28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. -Matthew 26:28 King James Version (KJV)
It is believed by mainstream Christians that Jesus atoned for the sins of all mankind past, present and future. This does not appear to be supported by the Teachings of the Ascended Masters although there is a degree of Truth in this concept. Beloved Jesus teaches us: "I came in those centuries long ago to take away a certain proportion of the hatred of the world. I consumed that hatred. I have poured Love to take its place." ('The I AM Discourses' p225) Also Beloved Saint Germain sheds more light on this subject: "Then remember your Beloved Master Jesus... He gave His Life to take away the hate which was destroying everybody and everything at that time on the Earth. It would have completely destroyed the Planet, if His Light had not come, taken away the hate and given His Life, His Sacred Fire Love in the place of the hate, so the World might be sustained."('The Voice of the I AM' 1952 April p9)
This Gift does not cleanse us from all our past mistakes. In order to do so we must use the Violet Consuming Flame. The Beloved Master Jesus teaches what He meant by Grace: "Now because of the Great Master Saint Germain's Use and Release of the Violet Consuming Flame, which was the "Grace" that I taught, mankind have been given the Way and Means of consuming their mistakes. If an individual has created discord thru mistakes of the past and in the Full Acceptance and Authority of the "Mighty I AM Presence," will call on the Law of Forgiveness, use the Violet Consuming Flame to dissolve and consume all that has been less than Perfection, then Life once again opens the Pathway into the Realm of Perfection!" ('The Voice of the I AM' 1946 April p7)
The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus Christ, by Levi H. Dowling, [1920], at sacred-texts.com
1. Elizabeth was blest; she spent her time with John, and gave to him the lessons that Elihu and Salome had given her.
2. And John delighted in the wilderness of his home and in the lessons that he learned.
3. Now in the hills were many caves. The cave of David was a-near in which the Hermit of Engedi lived.
4. This hermit was Matheno, priest of Egypt, master from the temple of Sakara.
5. When John was seven years of age Matheno took him to the wilderness and in the cave of David they abode.
6. Matheno taught, and John was thrilled with what the master said, and day by day Matheno opened up to him the mysteries of life.
7. John loved the wilderness; he loved his master and his simple fare. Their food was fruits, and nuts, wild honey and the carob bread.
8. Matheno was an Isrealite, and he attended all the Jewish feasts.
9. When John was nine years old Matheno took him to a great feast in Jerusalem.
10. The wicked Archelaus had been deposed and exiled to a distant land because of selfishness and cruelty, and John was not afraid.
11. John was delighted with his visit to Jerusalem. Matheno told him all about the service of the Jews; the meaning of their rites.
12. John could not understand how sin could be forgiven by killing animals and birds and burning them before the Lord.
13. Matheno said, The God of heaven and earth does not require sacrifice. This custom with its cruel rites was borrowed from the idol worshippers of other lands.
14. No sin was ever blotted out by sacrifice of animal, of bird, or man...
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25. And then an honest scribe came forth and said to Jesus, Lord, you speak as one whom God has sent, and may I ask,
26. Which is the greatest and the first of the Commandments of the Law?
27. And Jesus said, The first is Hear O Israel, the Lord our God is one; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your mind, with all your soul, with all your strength;
28. And you shall love your neighbour as yourself.
29. These are the greatest of the ten, and on them hang the Law, the Prophets and the Psalms.
30. The scribe replied, My soul gives witness that you speak the truth, for love fulfils the law, and far transcends burnt offerings and sacrifice.
31. And Jesus said to him, Lo, you have solved a mystery; you are within the kingdom and the kingdom is in you.
The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus Christ, by Levi H. Dowling, [1920], at sacred-texts.com
SECTION IV
DALETH
Childhood and Early Education of John the Harbinger
DALETH
Childhood and Early Education of John the Harbinger
Chapter 13
Elizabeth in Engedi. Teaches her son. John becomes the pupil of Matheno, who reveals to him the meaning of sin and the law of forgiveness.1. Elizabeth was blest; she spent her time with John, and gave to him the lessons that Elihu and Salome had given her.
2. And John delighted in the wilderness of his home and in the lessons that he learned.
3. Now in the hills were many caves. The cave of David was a-near in which the Hermit of Engedi lived.
4. This hermit was Matheno, priest of Egypt, master from the temple of Sakara.
5. When John was seven years of age Matheno took him to the wilderness and in the cave of David they abode.
6. Matheno taught, and John was thrilled with what the master said, and day by day Matheno opened up to him the mysteries of life.
7. John loved the wilderness; he loved his master and his simple fare. Their food was fruits, and nuts, wild honey and the carob bread.
8. Matheno was an Isrealite, and he attended all the Jewish feasts.
9. When John was nine years old Matheno took him to a great feast in Jerusalem.
10. The wicked Archelaus had been deposed and exiled to a distant land because of selfishness and cruelty, and John was not afraid.
11. John was delighted with his visit to Jerusalem. Matheno told him all about the service of the Jews; the meaning of their rites.
12. John could not understand how sin could be forgiven by killing animals and birds and burning them before the Lord.
13. Matheno said, The God of heaven and earth does not require sacrifice. This custom with its cruel rites was borrowed from the idol worshippers of other lands.
14. No sin was ever blotted out by sacrifice of animal, of bird, or man...
Chapter 155
25. And then an honest scribe came forth and said to Jesus, Lord, you speak as one whom God has sent, and may I ask,
26. Which is the greatest and the first of the Commandments of the Law?
27. And Jesus said, The first is Hear O Israel, the Lord our God is one; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your mind, with all your soul, with all your strength;
28. And you shall love your neighbour as yourself.
29. These are the greatest of the ten, and on them hang the Law, the Prophets and the Psalms.
30. The scribe replied, My soul gives witness that you speak the truth, for love fulfils the law, and far transcends burnt offerings and sacrifice.
31. And Jesus said to him, Lo, you have solved a mystery; you are within the kingdom and the kingdom is in you.
Arcana Coelestia, by Emanuel Swedenborg, [1749-56], tr. by John F. Potts [1905-10], at sacred-texts.com
...[2]
Something may here be said about the Lord's work of salvation. It is
known in the church that the Lord is the Savior and the Redeemer of the
human race, but it is known to few how this is to be understood. They
who are in the externals of the church believe that the Lord redeemed
the world, that is, the human race, by His own blood, by which they mean
the passion of the cross; but they who are in the internals of the church know that no one is saved by the Lord's blood,
but by a life according to the precepts of faith and charity from the
Lord's Word. They who are in the inmosts of the church understand by the
Lord's blood the Divine truth proceeding from Him, and by the passion
of the cross they understand the last of the Lord's temptation, by which
He completely subjugated the hells and at the same time glorified His
Human, that is, made it Divine; and that thereby He redeemed and saved
all who suffer themselves to be regenerated by a life according to the
precepts of faith and of charity from His Word. Moreover, by "the Lord's
blood" in the internal sense, according to which the angels in the
heavens perceive the Word, is meant the Divine truth proceeding from the
Lord (n. 4735, 5476, 6978, 7317, 7326, 7850, 9127, 9393, 10026, 10033).
[3] But no one can know how man was saved and redeemed by the Divine
through the subjection of the hells and the glorification of His Human,
unless he knows that there are with every man angels from heaven and
spirits from hell... and thus that in respect to his interiors man is
either under the dominion of spirits who are from hell, or else is under
the dominion of angels who are from heaven. When this is first known,
it can then be known that unless the Lord had wholly subjugated the
hells, and reduced all things both there and in the heavens into order,
no one could have been saved; nor likewise unless the Lord had made His
Human Divine, and had thereby acquired for Himself to eternity Divine
power over the hells and over the heavens. For neither the hells nor the
heavens can be kept in order without Divine power, because the power by
which anything comes forth must be perpetual for it to subsist, for
subsistence is a perpetual coming forth. [4] ...the Lord then came into
the world and... saved and redeemed man through faith and love to the
Lord from the Lord; for such the Lord can withhold from the hells and
from eternal damnation, but not those who reject faith and love from Him
to Him, for these reject salvation and redemption...
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