Sunday 21 August 2011

Matthew 4:1 The devil


                        GATES OF HELL picture by rolostrip - Photobucket
 

1Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. -Bible, King James Version (KJV)

The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ by Levi H. Dowling

CHAPTER 8.

Elihu’s lessons to Jesus' mother Mary, Joseph and Elizabeth in Egypt:

1Again Elihu met his pupils in the sacred grove and said... 17Men seek salvation from an evil that they deem a living mon­ster of the nether world; and they have gods that are but demons in disguise; all powerful, yet full of jealousy and hate and lust; 18Whose favors must be bought with costly sacrifice of fruits, and of the lives of birds, and animals, and human kind. 19And yet these gods possess... no power to save. 20This evil is a myth... 21The only devil from which men must be redeemed is self, the lower self. If man would find his devil he must look within; his name is self. 22If man would find his savior he must look within; and when the demon self has been dethroned the savior, Love, will be exalted to the throne of power.

Heaven and its Wonders and Hell From Things Heard and Seen by Emanuel Swedenborg.
 
311. XXXV. HEAVEN AND HELL ARE FROM THE HUMAN RACE.

In the Christian world it is wholly unknown that heaven and hell are from the human race, for it is believed that in the beginning angels were created and heaven was thus formed; also that the devil or Satan was an angel of light, but having rebelled he was cast down with his crew, and thus hell was formed. The angels never cease to wonder at such a belief in the Christian world, and still more that nothing is really known about heaven, when in fact that is the primary principle of all doctrine in the church. But since such ignorance prevails they rejoice in heart that it has pleased the Lord to reveal to mankind at this time many things about heaven and about hell, thereby dispelling as far as possible the darkness that has been daily increasing... They wish for this reason that I should declare from their lips that in the entire heaven there is not a single angel who was created such from the beginning, nor in hell any devil who was created an angel of light and cast down; but that all, both in heaven and in hell, are from the human race; in heaven those who lived in the world in heavenly love and belief, in hell those who lived in infernal love and belief, also that it is hell taken as a whole that is called the Devil and Satan... The angels said that the Christian world had gathered such a belief about those in heaven and those in hell from some passages in the Word understood according to the mere sense of the letter not illustrated and explained by genuine doctrine from the Word; although the sense of the letter of the Word until illuminated by genuine doctrine, draws the mind in different directions, and this begets ignorance, heresies, and errors.

Matthew 3:16-17 TheSpiritOfGodDescendedLikeADove


16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Matthew 3:16-17 Bible, King James Version


"At Pentacost when the Lord the Maha Chohan sent down the Assistance to the Disciples, who were to carry on and use These Greater Powers which We had explained to them, there had to be Tongues of Flame come from the Lord Maha Chohan, directly into the brain structure of those who were to stand against the destructive forces of the outer world! ...The Beloved Lord the Maha Chohan... HE IS THE AUTHORITY AND THE PRESENCE WHICH PROJECTS THAT FLAME INTO THE BRAIN STRUCTURE OF THOSE IN THIS WORLD! I received It from Him, at the moment of baptism; and the Disciples received It from Him, just before they were to go to the outer world. It is the Gift of the Greater Powers of the Sacred Fire, which enables the outer self to be FREE from many and all limitations. It is the release of the Fire Element necessary to consume the human; and give the Greater Strengh to the outer self of others, to do that which sets each Life Stream FREE." -Beloved Master Jesus ('The Voice of the I AM' July 1948 p15) 


                             

Matthew 3:11-15 Baptism Ritual

                                           Baptism of Jesus
11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance. but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
14 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him. -Matthew 3:11-15 Bible, King James Version




                     Violet Flame: God's Gift to Man


John the Baptist introduced the symbolic rite, or ritual, of baptism which pointed the way to the real cleansing Baptism of Fire which the Master Jesus would bring. Mankind may be baptised in water a thousand times but this will not cleanse them of their sins because it is only symbolic. The Ascended Masters teach that the use of the Violet Flame is the way to cleanse ourselves of all our past mistakes.

The Beloved Master Jesus teaches: "Mankind thru the centuries has not been Free, even with all the Instruction that has been given from age to age; because individuals did not know the use of the Violet Consuming Flame!" ('The Voice of the I AM' 1948 March p13-14) Also He teaches: "...Know what the Beloved Saint Germain has given to you in the use of the Violet Consuming Flame. That is the Heavenly Love of Purity, Forgiveness and Mercy to Life in the use of the Sacred Fire." ('The Voice of the I AM' 1948 April p12)



Heaven and its Wonders and Hell From Things Heard and Seen by Emanuel Swedenborg. (First published, in Latin, 1758)


329. XXXVII. LITTLE CHILDREN IN HEAVEN.

...No one receives heaven... through baptism; for baptism is merely for a sign and memorial that man should be regenerated...

The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ by Levi H. Dowling

CHAPTER 35.

Jesus and Vidyapati consider the needs of the incoming age of the world.


1The Indian sage and Jesus often met and talked about the needs of nations and of men; about the sacred doctrines, forms and rites best suited to the coming age.
2One day they sat together in a mountain pass, and Jesus said, The coming age will surely not re­quire priests, and shrines, and sac­rifice of life.
3There is no power in sacrifice of beast, or bird, to help a man to holy life.
4And Vidyapati said, All forms and rites are symbols of the things that men must do within the temple of the soul.
5The Holy One requires man to give his life in willing sacrifice for men, and all the so-called offerings on altars and on shrines that have been made since time began, were made to teach man how to give him­self to save his brother man; for man can never save himself except he lose his life in saving other men.
6The perfect age will not re­quire forms and rites and carnal sacrifice. The coming age is not the perfect age, and men will call for object lessons and symbolic rites.
7And in the great religion you shall introduce to men, some simple rites of washings and remembrances will be required; but cruel sacrifice of animals, and birds the gods re­quire not.
8And Jesus said, Our God must loathe the tinseled show of priests and priestly things.
9When men array themselves in showy garbs to indicate that they are servants of the gods, and strut about like gaudy birds to be ad­mired by men, because of piety or any other thing, the Holy One must surely turn away in sheer disgust.
10All people are alike the serv­ants of our Father-God, are kings and priests.
11Will not the coming age de­mand complete destruction of the priestly caste, as well as every other caste and inequality among the sons of men?
12And Vidyapati said, The coming age is not the age of spirit life and men will pride themselves in wearing priestly robes, and chant­ing pious chants to advertise them­selves as saints.
13The simple rites that you will introduce will be extolled by those who follow you, until the sacred service of the age will far outshine in gorgeousness the priestly service of the Brahmic age.
14This is a problem men must solve.
15The perfect age will come when every man will be a priest and men will not array themselves in special garb to advertise their piety.


CHAPTER 78.

1And Jesus went to Jericho, and at the inn of Asher he abode.
5But Jesus did not tarry long in Jericho; he went down to the Jor­dan ford where John was wont to teach.
6The multitudes were there and Jesus said to them, Behold, the time has come; the kingdom is at hand.
7None but the pure in heart can come into the kingdom of the Holy One; but every son and daugh­ter of the human race is called upon to turn from evil and become the pure in heart.
8The resolution to attain and enter through the Christine gate into the kingdom of the Holy One will constitute discipleship, and ev­ery one must make a public pledge of his discipleship.
9John washed your bodies in the stream, symbolic of the cleans­ing of the soul, in preparation for the coming of the king, the opening of the Christine gate into the king­dom of the Holy One.
10John did a mighty work; but now the Christine gate is opened up, and washing is established as the pledge of your discipleship.
11Until this age [the Piscean Age] shall close this pledge shall be a rite, and shall be called, Baptism rite; and it shall be a sign to men, and seal to God of men’s discipleship.




In the book 'Beyond the Himalayas' by Murdo MacDonald-Bayne, Geshe Rimpoche talks about rituals: "Ritual is mental, not spiritual; the ways of performing it may be different, but it is all of the mind and this is what you have to understand, otherwise you can never be free. If you refuse to understand it, you are still bound by it, whether you believe it or disbelieve it. Spirituality is the silent expression of Love, Wisdom and Power, not the repeating of ritual. (p40) The Christian religion has form and ritual too. It may be slightly different but they are all similar." (p39)



Saturday 20 August 2011

Matthew 3:7 Generation of vipers


But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? -Matthew 3:7 King James Version (KJV)


Arcana Coelestia, by Emanuel Swedenborg, [1749-56], tr. by John F. Potts [1905-10], at sacred-texts.com


...evils done with deceit are the worst, because deceit is like a poison which infects and destroys with infernal [hellish] venom, for it goes through the whole mind even to its interiors. The reason is that he who is in deceit meditates evil, and feeds his understanding with it, and takes delight in it, and thus destroys everything therein that belongs to man, that is, which belongs to life from the good of faith and of charity. [2] They who in the world have ensnared the neighbor with deceit in respect to worldly and earthly things, in the other life ensnare the neighbor with deceit in respect to spiritual and heavenly things; and because they do this in secret, they are dispatched to the hells behind the back, deep down according to the malignity and hurtfulness of the deceit, and in this way are separated from those who are in front; the latter being called "spirits," but the former, "genii" (n. 5035, 5977, 8593, 8622, 8625). Genii... they appear among themselves like men; whereas when they are looked at by the angels they appear like serpents, for they have the nature of serpents, and that which goes forth from them is like poison, and indeed is spiritual poison. [3] Wherefore in the Word "poison" signifies deceit, and poisonous serpents, such as "asps," "cockatrices," and "vipers," signify the deceitful; as in the following passages: ...Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of Gehenna [hell.] (Matt. 23:29, 33). [4] Deceit is called "hypocrisy" when there is piety in the mouth, and impiety in the heart; or when there is charity in the mouth, but hatred in the heart; or when there is innocence in the face and gesture, but cruelty in the soul and breast; consequently when they deceive by a show of innocence, charity, and piety. Such are "serpents" and "vipers" in the internal sense, because, as before said, when such are looked at by the angels in the light of heaven, they appear like serpents and like vipers, who hide evils under truths; that is, who deceitfully bend truths to the doing of evils; for such hide poison as it were under the teeth, and thus kill. [5] But they who are in the faith of truth and in the life of good from the Lord, cannot be injured by the poisons of such, for they are in light from the Lord, in which the deceitful appear like serpents, and their deceits like poisons. That these are kept in safety by the Lord is meant by His words to the disciples: Behold I give unto you power to tread upon serpents and scorpions (Luke 10:19). These signs shall follow them that believe; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not harm them (Mark 16:17, 18). The suckling shall play on the hole of the viper (Isa. 11:8). [6] Those who have been interiorly infected with spiritual deceit, that is, with hypocrisy, are they who are meant by those who speak against the Holy Spirit, for whom there is no forgiveness, in Matthew: I say unto you, All sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy of the spirit shall not be forgiven unto men. Nay, if anyone shall say a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is to come. Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad and its fruit bad. O offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak what is good (Matt. 12:31-34). By "saying a word against the Holy Spirit" is meant to speak well and think evil, and to do well and will evil, respecting those things which are of the Lord, of His kingdom, and of His church, also which are of the Word; for thus falsity lies inwardly hidden in the truths which they speak; and evil, which is hidden poison, in the goods which they do; consequently they are called "an offspring of vipers." [7] In the other life an evil person is allowed to speak evil and also falsity; but not good and truth, because there all are compelled to speak from the heart, and are not allowed to be of a divided mind. They who do otherwise are separated from the rest, and are hidden in hells from which they cannot possibly go forth. That such are they who are meant by "those who say a word against the Holy Spirit" is evident from the above words of the Lord, "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; how can ye, being evil, speak what is good?" The "Holy Spirit" denotes the Divine truth proceeding from the Lord, thus the Holy Divine Itself, which is thereby interiorly blasphemed and profaned. [8] That it will not be forgiven them is because hypocrisy or deceit in connection with Holy Divine things infects the interiors of man, and destroys everything of spiritual life in him, as was said above, insomuch that at last there is nothing sound in any part of him. For the forgiveness of sins is the separation of evil from good, and the rejection of evil to the sides (n. 8393), which cannot be done with him in whom all good has been destroyed. Therefore it is said "It shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age nor in that which is to come." Of this character also are those who are meant by "him that had not on a wedding garment," who was bound hand and foot and cast out into outer darkness (Matt. 22:11-13, see n. 2132)...



Matthew 3:1,4-6 John the Baptist

 

1In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea...

 4And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
 5Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,
 6And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. Bible, King James Version (KJV)

The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ by Levi H. Dowling


SECTION III

GIMEL

Education of Mary and Elizabeth in Zoan [which was according to the Hebrew Bible, a city of Egypt in the eastern Nile delta. Psalm 78:12,43 identifies the "field of Zoan" as where Moses performed miracles before Pharaoh to persuade him to release Israel from his service.]


Chapter 7


4. Now Joseph, Mary and their sons were down in Egypt in Zoan, and John was with his mother in the Judean Hills.
5. Elihu and Salome sent messengers in haste to find Elizabeth and John. They found them and they brought them to Zoan...
9. Elihu and Salome took Mary and Elizabeth out to the sacred grove near by where they were wont to teach.
10. Elihu said to Mary and Elizabeth, You may esteem yourself thrice blest, for you are chosen mothers of long promised sons,
11. Who are ordained to lay in solid rock a sure foundation stone on which the temple of the perfect man shall rest--a temple that shall never be destroyed.
12. We measure time by cycle ages, and the gate to every age we deem a mile stone in the journey of the race.
13. An age has passed; the gate unto another age flies open at the touch of time. This is the preparation age of soul, the kingdom of Immanuel, of God in man;
14. And these, your sons, will be the first to tell the news, and preach the gospel of good will to men, and peace on earth.
15. A mighty work is theirs; for carnal men want not the light, they love the dark, and when the light shines in the dark they comprehend it not.
16. We call these sons, Revealers of the Light; but they must have the light before they can reveal the light.
17. And you must teach your sons, and set their souls on fire with love and holy zeal, and make them conscious of their missions to the sons of men.
18. Teach them that God and man are one; but that through carnal thoughts and words and deeds, man tore himself away from God; debased himself.
19. Teach that the Holy Breath would make them one again, restoring harmony and peace;
20. That naught can make them one but Love; that God so loved the world that he has clothed his son in flesh that man may comprehend.
21. The only Saviour of the world is love, and Jesus, son of Mary, comes to manifest that love to men.
22. Now, love cannot manifest until its way has been prepared, and naught can rend the rocks and bring down lofty hills and fill the valleys up, and thus prepare the way, but purity.
23. But purity in life men do not comprehend; and so, it, too, must come in flesh.
24. And you, Elizabeth, are blest because your son is purity made flesh, and he shall pave the way for love.

25. This age will comprehend but little of the works of Purity and Love; but not a word is lost, for in the Book of God's Remembrance a registry is made of every thought, and word, and deed;
26. And when the world is ready to receive, lo, God will sent a messenger to open up the book and copy from its sacred pages all the messages of Purity and Love.
27. Then every man of earth will read the words of life in language of his native land, and men will see the light, walk in the light and be the light.
28. And man again will be at one with God.



CHAPTER 13.


1Elizabeth was blest; she spent her time with John, and gave to him the lessons that Elihu and Salome had given her.
2And John delighted in the wildness of his home and in the les­sons that he learned.
3Now in the hills were many caves. The cave of David was a-near in which the Hermit of En­gedi lived.
4This hermit was Matheno, priest of Egypt, master from the temple of Sakara.
5When John was seven years of age Matheno took him to the wil­derness and in the cave of David they abode.
6Matheno taught, and John was thrilled with what the master said, and day by day Matheno opened up to him the mysteries of life.
7John loved the wilderness; he loved his master and his simple fare. Their food was fruits, and nuts, wild honey and the carob bread.

CHAPTER 15.


2 Matheno said...
10Your mission here is that of harbinger; for you will go before Messiah’s face to pave his way, and make the people ready to receive their king.
11This readiness is purity of heart; none but the pure in heart can recognize the king.
12To teach men to be pure in heart you must yourself be pure in heart, and word, and deed.
13In infancy the vow for you was made and you became a Naza­rite. The razor shall not touch your face nor head, and you shall taste not wine nor fiery drinks.
17Men... come to God through ceremonies and forms.
18And so when you would make men know that sins are washed away by purity in life, a rite symbolic may be introduced.
19In water wash the bodies of the people who would turn away from sin and strive for purity in life.
20This rite of cleansing is a preparation rite and they who thus are cleansed comprise the Church of Purity.
21And you shall say, You men of Israel, hear; Reform and wash; become the sons of purity, and you shall be forgiven.
22This rite of cleansing and this church are but symbolic of the cleansing of the soul by purity in life, and of the kingdom of the soul, which does not come with outward show, but is the church within.
24You are to teach that men must wash; so you must lead the way, your body must be washed, symbolic of the cleansing of the soul.
27Matheno taught the har­binger, and he explained to him the inner meaning of the cleansing rite and how to wash himself and how to wash the multitude.
29Now in Engedi’s hills Ma­theno’s work was done and he and John went down to Egypt. They rested not until they reached the temple of Sakara in the valley of the Nile.
30For many years Matheno was a master in this temple of the Brotherhood, and when he told about the life of John and of his mission to the sons of men, the hier­ophant with joy received the har­binger and he was called the Brother Nazarite.
31For eighteen years John lived and wrought within these tem­ple gates; and here he conquered self, became a master mind and learned the duties of the harbinger.


In this day and age the Beloved Master Jesus teaches us that; "Purity alone is the Passport to the Immortality of Perfection." (The Voice of the I AM 1951 February p21)







Arcana Coelestia, by Emanuel Swedenborg, [1749-56], tr. by John F. Potts [1905-10], at sacred-texts.com

9372

...[8] ...Moreover, the Word in the ultimate [outer lowest,] or such as it is in the external form in which it appears before man in the world, is described by the "clothing" and "food" of John the Baptist, in Matthew: John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, had His clothing of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey (Matt. 3:1, 4). In like manner it is described by Elijah in the second book of Kings: He was a hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins (2 Kings 1:8). By "clothing," or a "garment," when said of the Word, is signified truth Divine there in the ultimate form; by "camel's hair" are signified memory-truths such as appear there before a man in the world; by the "leathern girdle" is signified the external bond connecting and keeping in order all the interior things; by "food" is signified spiritual nourishment from the knowledges of truth and of good out of the Word; by "locusts" are signified ultimate or most general truths; and by "wild honey" their pleasantness. [9] That such things are signified by "clothing" and "food" has its origin in the representatives of the other life, where all appear clothed according to truths from good, and where food also is represented according to the desires of acquiring knowledge and growing wise. From this it is that "clothing," or a "garment," denotes truth (as may be seen from the citations above; and that "food" or "meat" denotes spiritual nourishment, n. 3114, 4459, 4792, 5147, 5293, 5340, 5342, 5576, 5579, 5915, 8562, 9003; that "a girdle" denotes a bond which gathers up and holds together interior things, n. 9341; that "leather" denotes what is external, n. 3540; and thus "a leathern girdle" denotes an external bond; that "hairs" denote ultimate or most general truths, n. 3301, 5569-5573; that "a camel" denotes memory-knowledge in general, n. 3048, 3071, 3143, 3145, 4156; that "a locust" denotes nourishing truth in the extremes, n. 7643; and that "honey" denotes the pleasantness thereof, n. 5620, 6857, 8056). It is called "wild honey," or "honey of the field," because by "a field" is signified the church (n. 2971, 3317, 3766, 7502, 7571, 9139, 9295). He who does not know that such things are signified, cannot possibly know why Elijah and John were so clothed. And yet that these things signified something peculiar to these prophets, can be thought by everyone who thinks well about the Word. [10] Because John the Baptist represented the Lord as to the Word, therefore also when he spoke of the Lord, who was the Word itself, he said of himself that he was "not Elias, nor the prophet," and that he was "not worthy to loose the latchet of the Lord's shoe," as in John: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and God was the Word. And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory. The Jews from Jerusalem, priests and Levites, asked John who he was. And he confessed, and denied not, I am not the Christ. Therefore they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? But he said, I am not. Art thou the prophet? He answered, No. They said therefore unto him, Who art thou? He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet. They said therefore, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet? He answered, I baptize with water; in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not; He it is who is to come after me, who was before me, the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to unloose. When he saw Jesus, he said, Behold the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world! This is He of whom I said, After me cometh a man who was before me; for he was before me (John 1:1, 14, 19-30). From these words it is plain that when John spoke about the Lord Himself, who was Truth Divine itself, or the Word, he said that he himself was not anything, because the shadow disappears when the light itself appears, that is, the representative disappears when the original itself makes its appearance. (That the representatives had in view holy things, and the Lord Himself, and not at all the person that represented, see n. 665, 1097, 1361, 3147, 3881, 4208, 4281, 4288, 4292, 4307, 4444, 4500, 6304, 7048, 7439, 8588, 8788, 8806.) One who does not know that representatives vanish like shadows at the presence of light, cannot know why John denied that he was Elias and the prophet. [11] From all this it can now be seen what is signified by Moses and Elias, who were seen in glory, and who spoke with the Lord when transfigured, of His departure which He should accomplish at Jerusalem (Luke 9:29-31); namely, that they signified the Word ("Moses" the historic Word, and "Elias" the prophetic Word), which in the internal sense throughout treats of the Lord, of His coming into the world, and of His departure out of the world; and therefore it is said that "Moses and Elias were seen in glory," for "glory" denotes the internal sense of the Word, and the "cloud" its external sense (see the preface to Genesis 18, and n. 5922, 8427).





Matthew 3:1-2 The Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand


1In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, 2And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. -Matthew 3:1-2 Bible, King James Version

The Kingdom of Heaven is the Kingdom of the Soul, or the Higher Plane where our Higher Self resides, which is near at hand but at a higher frequency. The Kingdom of Heaven manifests Itself physically in various forms including the Sun and the Masters like Jesus.

The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ by Levi H. Dowling

CHAPTER 68.
1The news soon spread abroad that Jesus, king of Israel, had come to Bethany, and all the people of the town came forth to greet the king. 2And Jesus, standing in the midst of them, exclaimed, Behold, indeed, the king has come, but Jesus is not king. 3The kingdom truly is at hand; but men can see it not with carnal eyes; they cannot see the king upon the throne. 4This is the kingdom of the soul; its throne is not an earthly throne; its king is not a man... 10I am not sent to sit upon a throne to rule as Cæsar rules; and you may tell the ruler of the Jews that I am not a claimant for his throne. 11Men call me Christ, and God has recognized the name; but Christ is not a man. The Christ is univer­sal love, and Love is king. 12This Jesus is but man who has been fitted by temptations over­come, by trials multiform, to be the temple through which Christ can manifest to men. 13Then hear, you men of Israel, hear! Look not upon the flesh; it is not king. Look to the Christ within, who shall be formed in every one of you, as he is formed in me. 14When you have purified your hearts by faith, the king will enter in, and you will see his face. 15And then the people asked, What must we do that we may make our bodies fit abiding places for the king? 16And Jesus said, Whatever tends to purity in thought, and word, and deed will cleanse the temple of the flesh... 19Until men reach the higher plane, and get away from selfishness, this rule will give the best results: 20Do unto other men what you would have them do to you.

CHAPTER 145.

1A company of Pharisees came up to speak with Jesus and they said, Rabboni, we have heard you say, The kingdom is at hand.
2We read in Daniel that the God of heaven will form a kingdom, and we ask, Is this the kingdom of the God you speak about? If so, when will it come?
3And Jesus said, The prophets all have told about this kingdom of the God, and it is just at hand; but men can never see it come.
4It never can be seen with car­nal eyes; it is within."


The Great Cosmic Angel on whose crown blazes the word "Union's" teaches us that; "The outer world's incessant Demand upon your time, attention, upon your energy, and upon your feeling world, is the thing that has hypnotized mankind into the belief, that the outer is more important than the inner!" ('The Voice of the I AM' 1948 December p40) 

 

Matthew 2:19 Joseph in Egypt

                                                             Flight into Egypt
                                                                   
But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to
Joseph in Egypt, -Matthew 2:19 Bible, King James Version

In The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ by Levi H. Dowling we read:

CHAPTER 7.
4Now Joseph, Mary and their son were down in Egypt in Zoan, and John was with his mother in the Judean hills.
5Elihu and Salome sent mes­sengers in haste to find Elizabeth and John. They found them and they brought them to Zoan.
6Now, Mary and Elizabeth were marveling much because of their deliverance.
7Elihu said, It is not strange; there are no happenings; law gov­erns all events.
8From olden times it was or­dained that you should be with us, and in this sacred school be taught.
9Elihu and Salome took Mary and Elizabeth out to the sacred grove near by where they were wont to teach.

CHAPTER 12.
Now, when the morning sun arose the masters and their pupils all were in the sacred grove...
22Thus closed the lessons of Elihu and Salome. Three years they taught their pupils in the sa­cred grove, and if their lessons all were written in a book, lo, it would be a mighty book; of what they said we have the sum.

Matthew 2:13-14 Jesus lived in Egypt


                                                                    Flight into Egypt

13And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
14When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt: Bible, King James Version (KJV)

In The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ by Levi H. Dowling we read:

CHAPTER 7.
4Now Joseph, Mary and their son were down in Egypt in Zoan, and John was with his mother in the Judean hills.
5Elihu and Salome sent mes­sengers in haste to find Elizabeth and John. They found them and they brought them to Zoan.
6Now, Mary and Elizabeth were marveling much because of their deliverance.
7Elihu said, It is not strange; there are no happenings; law gov­erns all events.
8From olden times it was or­dained that you should be with us, and in this sacred school be taught.
9Elihu and Salome took Mary and Elizabeth out to the sacred grove near by where they were wont to teach.

CHAPTER 12.
Now, when the morning sun arose the masters and their pupils all were in the sacred grove...
22Thus closed the lessons of Elihu and Salome. Three years they taught their pupils in the sa­cred grove, and if their lessons all were written in a book, lo, it would be a mighty book; of what they said we have the sum.