Passages from Chapter Sixteen

Is There More To Life Than What We Know?

Universal God

 Jesus taught that there is only one God and that our Father God is known as the Universal God.

“All people worship God the One, but not all people see Him alike. In Egypt, he is Thoth, in Greece, he is Zeus, and Jehovah is his Jewish name. Everywhere there is root, from which things grow. You must not be afraid of God and do not treat him as a foe. You need no man, no priest to talk with God. You must not worship idols and sacrifice to please God. Give your life in service for the soul and God will be pleased.

“The universal God is one, yet he is more then one. All things are God, all things are one. The flowers and the birds and beasts are all of God. Every fiber of every living thing is God. The God I speak of is everywhere, He is not just in a temple, and He has no bounds of any kind. The universal God is of wisdom and love. God’s kingdom is not far away, it is not in the stars, it is not a country where we must go; it is a state of mind. Men with mortal eyes cannot see the kingdom of heaven, because it is within them. God never made a heaven or hell for man. We are the creator of our own heaven. Now cease to look for the heaven in the sky, open your heart and know what is inside. It is a flood of light, of boundless joy; this heaven is the kingdom you search for. To enter into this kingdom of God’s, you must shed the lower self. In spirit form, one can enter the kingdom of heaven.”

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Wash away your sins.

Jesus put his hands on John’s shoulders, smiled, and said, “I would be washed in water as a symbol of cleansing of the soul.”

John replied, “You do not need to be washed, for you are one who is pure in thoughts and deeds. I am not worthy to perform this rite.”

And Jesus said to John, “I come as a model for all sons of man to follow. If man is to follow in my steps, then I must walk in theirs. As I bid men to do, then I must do also. All men must be washed, for this is a symbolic way of cleansing the soul. This washing we establish as a rite, a baptismal rite. You, John, must wash the multitude in the name of Christ. This is done to blot out sin. But first you must baptize me in the name of Christ.”

As John was baptizing Jesus, a dove flew down from the sky and landed on Jesus’ head. The Archangel Gabriel looked down from the heavens and proclaimed,

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The Last Supper

The following evening, Jesus sat with his disciples, with Mary of Magdalene by his side, for the feast. He smiled at the woman as he touched her hand and said, “Behold the lesson of the hour. This is the hour I truly praise the name of God, for this will be the last time I will feast with you all. When we feast again, it will be in my father’s kingdom. Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.”

The disciples became greatly distressed and began to say, one after the other, “Surely not I, Lord!” Peter asked of Mary, who was seated by the Lord, “To whom does he refer?
Which one of us is so depraved as to betray his Lord?” “Look upon this dish I hold and see who shares with me this last morsel,” said the Lord. They looked as Judas pulled his hand away from the dish and Jesus said to Judas, “The Prophets cannot fail; the son of man must be betrayed, woe to him who shall betray the Lord, do quickly what you must do.”

Judas pushed his way to the door. “This must not happen, my Lord. By my sword, I vow that no one shall harm you,” exclaimed Peter. “Yes, my Lord,” cried Mary, “We will leave this place and hide; no harm will come to you if you are gone.”

“It is written, the way of my demise,” said Jesus. “Let us rejoice, for I will be in My Father’s Kingdom. Let us share this loaf of bread. See the bread as a symbol of my body and see it as a symbol of life. As I take this loaf and break it, so shall my flesh be broken so men will see the sacrifice I gave for all men to be free. So eat this bread of everlasting life and remember me.

“As you drink this wine, you shall drink in faith. The wine is the blood-line of the grape as the blood of man is the blood-line of carnal self. The wine is a symbol of life. You shall drink this wine, and keep it pure as if it were the Christ. And may the bloodlines of all men be as absolute as the Son of Man. This is the feast of life, our last supper. This day will be remembered and henceforth, this bread and wine shall be the remembrance of me. So drink this wine, eat this bread, and remember me. I give you a new commandment to learn. As I love you and give my life for you, so shall you love the world and give your life to save her. Love one another as you love yourself, and then the world will know that you are sons of God, disciples of the Son of Man God has glorified.

“I am the way, the truth of life; I manifest the Christ in God. No one comes unto the Father, but through who I Am. The Christ is Light, the Christ is Love. These are the words and works of God, who lives in me as I live in Him.
                               

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The Promise

Jesus looked into the heavens and beseeched His Father, “Father, please forgive them, for they know not what they do!”
 
To the crowd he proclaimed, “I will die for all sins on earth to be forgiven. Please remember me as a channel of love for our Father God. Remember me as a deliverer of goodness; do not remember me suffering on this cross. I will return again after my death. I will return in spirit,  one of light bodies, not of flesh. Then you will witness the promise; the promise of everlasting life given by God, the promise that your soul will live forever with the Father.” 

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The Passing

Jesus’ mother Mary, his brother James, and Mary of Magdalene stood at the foot of the cross, steadfast among the unruly crowd. “My beloved son, why do they do this to you? This is injustice they have done to you. You shall all go to purgatory for what you have done to my son,” cried Mary, as her son James tried to comfort her. Mary of Magdalene wept at the sight of her Lord, for she loved him as a wife would love a husband. Mary said, “You have prepared me for this day, my Lord, and yet I’m not prepared for what I have witnessed today. Why must you suffer this way?  Why do you give in to the damned? Does not your Father frown on those who take contentment hurting His beloved son? Why does He not cast down His wrath and smite these wrongdoers?”

Jesus said to both Marys, “It is ordained that it shall happen this way, for this will be the day that I will be remembered. Also, it will be known when I will rise again. Look for me on the third day and you will see how it is to be of one soul, free from all carnal bondage.” 

The day turned into night, though the sun had been up for only a few hours. “What witchery is this?” cried the mob.  They built large fires so they could see the Lord suffer on the cross. The sun refused to shine all day and the Lord yelled out, “My Father!  Have you forsaken me?  Why does the sun cease to shine?”  The hours passed, and then, in the darkness of the sunless day, the earth began to shake. 

Finally, a flood of golden light appeared above Jesus’ head. Jesus lifted up His head toward the heavens and said, “Father, I give you my soul.” The earth began to rumble more intensely and the rocks split in two as the earth opened. Tombs rose from the ground; some thought they saw the dead walk the streets. A soldier who had kept watch over Jesus during the crucifixion exclaimed, “This man was truly the Son of God!”

When evening came, the lifeless body of Jesus was still nailed to the cross. Mary pleaded for the soldiers to free her son. A man by the name of Joseph of Arimathea approached the guards and said, “By the permission of Pilate, my job is to prepare the body for entombment.” Mary recognized Joseph as a friend and a great admirer of Jesus; a man that was known for his generosity. He would have been known as one of the disciples, but his life with his family kept him close to his place of origin. Nevertheless, when Jesus visited Jerusalem, Joseph’s home had always been a haven for Jesus and his flock.

Joseph held Mary and wept with her. “What have they done to my brother and loyal friend?  These men will be judged for the crimes they have inflicted upon the Lord this day; they will be shown no mercy on their souls when they convene with God.” Joseph lowered Jesus down from the cross and laid him in his mother’s lap.

Mary of Magdalene washed the dried blood from Jesus’ weathered face, hands and feet. “I shall never forget you, my Lord,” said Mary of Magdalene. “You will always be with me in flesh and spirit. The bloodline of your truth is within me and will multiply in the passing of time.” Joseph wrapped Jesus’ body in clean linen cloths and brought Him to the tomb made personally for Joseph, for his time of death. With deep sorrow, Joseph sighed, “My Lord, I give to you my final resting place. May you find peace and rest.  One day we will meet at your peaceful dwelling. You will welcome me as I have welcomed you into my heart. I shall leave and enclose you in this tomb so no one will devastate this sacred place.”

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The Resurrection

On the third night, just past midnight, a blaze of light descending from the heavens awakened the soldiers. The light encircled the tomb and the ground began to shake as it had done on the day Jesus was put to death. Ghostly figures appeared around the tomb, as the stone was rolled from the entrance. A voice from the heavens called out, “The man who once was Jesus is no longer here. He has risen as The Christ. The light of Christ surrounds you. Henceforth, here is the good news; The Christ has risen! He is now seated in his Fathers Kingdom, the Kingdom of Heaven.”

The next morning, both Marys visited the tomb to pay their respects. To their surprise, they found the large stone rolled away from the entrance tomb. “Someone has desecrated my Son’s tomb,” said Mary as she ran inside. When she arrived at the place where Jesus had been laid, she noticed that the cloth he had worn was folded neatly in a pile. She cried out to Mary of Magdalene, “What barbaric being has stolen my Son’s body?” Out of the shadows, the silhouette of a man appeared and Mary called to him, “Was it you who took my Son?”

Mary heard the man say, “Behold! My Mother - I told you that I would meet you at this tomb, on this day.”

Mary of Magdalene approached the figure and fell to her knees with disbelief. “My Lord! Say it is true that you have come back from the dead.”

Jesus said to both Marys, “Do not look for the living among the dead, and do not look for me in the flesh. I have risen! My soul and carnal self is of one soul. There will not be any remains of the flesh body to be found. This is what I tell you, to be one as the Father. Go, now, and find the others, so they will witness the One who is risen.”

 Mary of Magdalene went forth, found Peter, and told him of the blessed event.  Peter gathered the disciples and went to Galilee to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them to go upon word of his resurrection. The doubting Thomas was not convinced that the Lord had risen. “We have seen with our own eyes the passing of our Lord,” said Thomas. A voice from the shadows answered, “Why do you doubt when you never have doubted before? Haven’t I been truthful?  Yes, Thomas! I have risen!”

Jesus welcomed his disciples and gave them their last duty.  “All authority of heaven and earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations. Teach them everything I have taught you. Baptize in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit and remember that I am with you always, to the end of the Age.”
 

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