ABSTRACT
Some people think of Jesus as an idealist, a prophet, and a great dreamer of the Utopian type. In one sense he was; for anyone who cannot see visions he is only a simpleton. But Jesus was not a mere idealist; he revealed his ideal future state to his own time; this existed as a fact in his own experience. Jesus is most thorough in his thinking. The brotherhood of men is the Kingdom of Heaven and the beginning of the Kingdom lies in men's communion with God. The life of men must be built on the Foundation of the Universe. In Christianity, the peoples frequently emphasize the death of Jesus as an important doctrine pertaining to salvation. It is quite proper so to regard it, for in him not only do they find the union of God and men, religion and ethic, but also life and death as the gateway of virtue.
