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)
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.
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)
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