Salvation Reconsidered: Toward a Rational, Universal, and Material Framework
Salvation Reconsidered: Toward a Rational, Universal, and Material Framework By Ronen Kolton Yehuda (MKR: Messiah King RKY) Abstract The concept of salvation occupies a central role in religious and philosophical traditions, yet its meaning remains ambiguous, often framed in mystical, future-oriented, or non-material terms. This article proposes a rational reconstruction of salvation as a continuous, stable, and material condition of human existence. It argues that salvation should be understood not as a singular event or post-mortem state, but as a sustained condition of individual and collective fulfillment within the physical world, aligned with a higher ethical order associated with God. By comparing traditional interpretations in Judaism and Christianity and engaging philosophical frameworks such as Aristotle’s concept of eudaimonia and Abraham Maslow’s theory of self-actualization, while extending them toward a higher level of human development defined here as self-essence by the...