Throughout the centuries, the church has turned John 14:6 into a political statement.

This is despite the fact that Jesus did not support any political agenda: “My kingdom is not of this world.” He also said: “I have not come to rule, but to serve,” and: “You are not my slaves, but my friends.”

Instead, he brought a new commandment, as stated in John 13:34: to love one another in the way he has loved us.

For if Jesus were the only way to God, what about predecessors like Abraham, Moses, and Samuel? Did they not have a relationship with God? And wasn’t King David also called a son of God?

Furthermore, Jesus emphasized that God is a God of the living.

“I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob” (Exodus 3:6). According to Jesus, they were therefore already with the Father and were not lying somewhere under the sand waiting.

Jesus also offered his disciples a place in heaven. After all, he was going away to prepare a place for them. When they did not immediately understand this, he spoke those well-known words:

“I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”

Because for the church and many believers it has almost always been about power and prestige, they have turned this exact text into a political statement.

Jesus saw through this, however, and predicted the coming of false prophets. People would come speaking in his name and even performing miracles, yet he would not acknowledge them as his own. Why? Because they did not keep the law. The core of that law revolves around loving God and your neighbor. And love is not about ruling over others or amassing wealth, something we see all too often today in prosperity gospel churches.

From this perspective, John 14:6 can actually be translated as follows:

“Love is the way, the truth, and the life, and no one comes to God except through love.”

Jesus is pre-eminently the symbol of divine love, not of a ruling power.

Nathan Rozenhart therefore considers the Triangle of Forgiveness (1. Forgive others. 2. Forgive yourself towards others. 3. Forgive yourself towards yourself) as the crystallization of Christ’s message about love and forgiveness. Because of this, humanity no longer has to fight a losing battle (mopping with the tap running) starting January 5, 2026.

In addition, Nathan states that the Sign of Christ from Matthew 24:30 is a manifestation of love itself. Christ is this love; pure, divine love.

As 1 John 4:7-8 says: “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.”

Yet the church has, in a sense, become a liar, for example by swearing on the Bible. After all, their master taught: let your yes be yes and your no be no, and anything beyond that comes from the evil one.

The church has also become violent throughout history, whereas Jesus warned that those who take up the sword will perish by the sword. He taught us instead to pray for our enemies and to turn the other cheek.

The name of Jesus has thus been taken in vain all too often, exactly as he had foreseen.

He taught us not to be calculating like Judas, or solely focused on performance and good works like Martha.

He taught us the true meaning of the ‘first love’. Even Paul later emphasized that everything is hollow and meaningless if love is absent.

For didn’t Christ say that we must become like children to enter the kingdom of God? Children are pure, spontaneous, and real. They are flesh and blood, with their hearts in the right place.

At its core, the DVV therefore revolves around the liberation of that inner child.

Text Rozenhart October 23, 2026