This is what Jesus meant when He spoke in riddles such as to live you must die, to be exalted you must be brought low, to rule you must serve, to be first you must be last, and so on. Much that He said has never been realized by the Church throughout her long history as we tend to keep His teachings on the surface level of the mind, but what He pointed to is a deeper, spiritual reality which comparatively few believers, including Christian leaders have ever perceived, let alone have experienced.
