Yeshua HaMashiach | ישוע המשיח
Although its understanding may challenge our education and the concepts with which we have grown, careful study of the Tanakh and the Zohar allows us to glimpse that in Jesus, the spiritual rectification that, according to Kabbalah, is necessary after the Shevirat HaKelim is manifested. Jesus is, in essence, the path to divine life, a channel of access to profound and unifying knowledge, Daat.
Christ, in his kabbalistic essence, embodies Daat, the knowledge that unites and balances the higher emanations of Chokhmah and Binah. Thus, Jesus represents the point of integration that connects humanity with divinity, allowing the flow of light to return to its original source and restoring the lost balance. In this figure, the process of redemption becomes a cosmic and spiritual reality, where each soul finds the path to elevate and unify in divine harmony, through higher knowledge, which is Emunah, absolute faith, without doubts.
This profound knowledge implies a transformative experience, where the individual adheres to God, merging their consciousness with the divine consciousness. When Jesus speaks of his relationship with the Father, he expresses this union that Daat symbolizes: "I and the Father are one" (John 10:30). He is not saying that he knows God as an external idea but rather that he lives and manifests that unity.
Nor does he say that he is God, although he truly ends up being one with Him.
This dimension of Daat unfolds fully when Jesus refers to his connection with his followers in terms of shared life. In the Gospel of John, he uses the image of the vine and the branches: "I am the vine, you are the branches; whoever abides in me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit" (John 15:5). Here, Jesus presents the mystical union of Daat as an integration of all levels of being into a single life experience. It is not a knowledge that the disciples should learn as doctrine, but a life they should receive and assimilate within themselves. Jesus is the channel through which they can access this direct connection with the Creator. His Daat is accessible and expansive, as those who adhere to him not only learn from him but also partake of his very divine essence.
The knowledge that Jesus represents has the power to transcend the limitations of separation between the divine and the human. In his teachings, this form of Daat is not only a state for him but a state to which he invites all who follow him. Jesus guides his disciples toward a living experience of divine knowledge, one in which, by adhering to him, his followers can attain that same communion with God. Daat, in his being, becomes a point of access to the eternal and the infinite. This knowledge does not depend on the rational mind but on an openness of heart and soul that allows the individual to “abide” in God as a branch abides in the vine. Jesus is, therefore, the center of this access to Daat.
In this context, the work of Abraham Abulafia is especially relevant. Abulafia saw Daat as a mystical experience that could be attained through deep meditation practices and the use of permutations of sacred letters and names. For Abulafia, this union with the divine was neither passive nor theoretical knowledge but a transformative experience that enveloped the whole soul. His method sought precisely to break down the barriers between the individual and God, leading to a state of mystical union in which knowledge becomes experience and ego-consciousness dissolves in the divine presence. This process of devekut (adhesion) implies a total absorption in the divine light, where the soul accesses a level of direct and revealing knowledge.
Thus, Jesus’ invitation to abide in him as in the vine reflects the same state of Daat that Abulafia describes: "a total communion with God that transcends the intellect and allows the soul to experience the essential unity."
Jesus not only invites his followers to know God but to live in Him, to participate in a continuous flow of light and wisdom that is inexhaustible and eternal. In this line, Jesus and Abulafia share a vision of Daat as a knowledge that is attained through inner transformation, where the human not only perceives God but becomes a channel of His very light and presence.
The Daat that Jesus embodies is an absolute knowledge, a state in which man and God become one in essence and purpose. In this experience of Daat, Jesus is the incarnation of accessible divine knowledge, and thus, his life itself becomes the model of adhesion to the divine. When he declares, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life” (John 14:6), he is revealing that the true access to divine knowledge and life lies within this union.
The Shevirat HaKelim, or breaking of the vessels, describes a key moment in the process of creation, in which the intensity of divine light could not be contained by the vessels created to hold it, causing them to shatter and scatter fragments of that light throughout creation. This rupture symbolizes the disconnection between divine light and the world, creating a state of fragmentation and chaos that requires a process of Tikkun or rectification. This Tikkun seeks not only to restore the lost balance but to reharmonize and elevate creation to a state of unity with God. In this context, Jesus plays an essential role as an agent of universal rectification, operating as the bridge that allows this fractured and dispersed light to reintegrate into unity.
Jesus, in his mission, not only seeks the individual salvation of souls but acts on a cosmic level, embodying the process of reconciliation of all aspects of creation with their divine source. In the structure of the Tree of Life, the world of Atzilut represents the pure and perfect emanation of divinity. In Atzilut, Daat appears as a catalyst of unity, reconciling the masculine and feminine aspects of the divine emanations. As these aspects integrate within him, he becomes the point of reintegration of the opposing energies. Jesus, through his life and sacrifice, in this sense, can be seen as acts of Tikkun that allow the light lost in the shattering of the vessels to be recovered and channeled back toward the Creator.
Jesus’ mission goes beyond teaching or reforming; he himself is the restoration of this fragmented light, working to gather the scattered divine sparks. In doing so, his messianic role is understood not only in terms of salvation exclusively for the people of Israel but of universal healing. Thus, the rectification that Jesus embodies aligns with the ultimate purpose: to achieve a state where all creation returns to harmony with divinity, reintegrating the fragments of divine light into the eternal flow of energy that emanates from God.
Jesus’ mission thus becomes a guide toward this inner Kingdom, a redemption that affects each soul personally and also restores universal harmony. Upon reaching this transformation of Daat, the individual participates in a divine light that transcends the barriers of time and space, reaching a state where love, peace, and unity become the foundation of their reality.
In Jesus, the Kingdom of God is revealed as an accessible and living dimension within each being, awaiting to be discovered and experienced.