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Jesus Feeds a Thousand People and Heals on the Sabbath

CHAPTER 48

Jesus Feeds a Thousand People and Heals on the Sabbath

Having compassion (1-9). The healing of the sick -
Slanderous talk against Jesus and against the followers of Christ (10-13)

1. And it came to pass that as Jesus was teaching the multitudes and they had become hungry and suffered from the heat of the day, there passed by that way a woman with a camel laden with melons and other fruits.

2. And Jesus raised His voice and called, "O you who thirst, seek the living water which comes from heaven; for this is the water of life and the one who drinks it will never be thirsty again.”

3. And He took five melons and distributed them among the people, and they ate and their thirst was quenched. And He said to them, "If God makes the sun to shine and the water to fill these fruits of the earth, shall He, Himself, not be the sun of your souls and fill you with the water of life?

4. Seek the truth and let your souls be satisfied. The truth of God is the water that comes from heaven, without money and without price, and those who drink it will be fed.” And those whom He satisfied were a thousand people - men, women and children - and no one went home hungry or thirsty. And many who had fever were healed.

5. At that time, Jesus went through the grain fields on the Sabbath day, and His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and to eat.

6. But when the pharisees saw this, they said to Him, "Behold, your disciples are doing something that is not proper to do on the Sabbath.”

7. And Jesus answered and said to them, "Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? How he went into the house of God and ate the shewbread, which only the priests should eat, but not David and those with him?

8. Or have you not read in the law that, on the Sabbath days, the priests in the temple do their work without punishment? But I say to you that in this place there is One who is greater than the temple.

9. But if you had recognized what this means, 'I want pity and not sacrifice', you would not have condemned the guiltless. The Son of Man is the Lord, even of the Sabbath.” (Chap. 48:1-9)

I, Christ, explain, correct
and deepen the word:

The account about the "melons” means that the one who lives in God and gives from the eternal truth will also receive from the eternal truth. Neither the soul, which lives solely by the power of God, nor the human being, who receives his earthly food by the power of God, will hunger or thirst.

"To pity” is to feel sorry for someone. The one who only feels sorry for his neighbour increases the self-pity of the latter. This is why you should understand the words "to pity” as having compassion.

The one who is able to accept his neighbour just as he is and has taken within himself his neighbour's spiritual being, which is from God, will not look down on him, pitying and feeling sorry for him: He will empathize - that is, have compassion - and at the same time will recognize what his neighbour really needs. He will then help and give selflessly, just as it has been given to him, that is, as it is possible for him. This is the most beautiful and the true sacrifice, which is pleasing to God.

But the one who raises himself to be a judge over his neighbour condemns his fellow man. The one who practises justice places justice before the worldly law; for justice is God. Worldly laws are made by man.

10. He went further and came into their synagogue. And there was a man whose hand was withered. And the scribes and pharisees asked Him, "According to the law, is it allowed to heal on the Sabbath?”, so that they could accuse Him.

11. And He said to them, "Is there one among you who, owning but one sheep which falls into a pit on a Sabbath, would let it lie there and not lift it out? And if you help a sheep, why should you not help a man who is in need?

12. Therefore, it is according to the law to do good on the Sabbath.” Then He said to the man, "Stretch out your hand!” And he stretched it out and it became like the other one again.

13. And the pharisees went out and held council against Him as to how they could destroy Him. But when Jesus noticed this, He went away with His disciples; and a great multitude followed Him and He healed their sick and infirm, and He charged them not to make it known. (Chap. 48:10-13)

I, Christ, explain, correct
and deepen the word:

As Jesus, I healed many people, but there were many whom I could not help. Many a one was helped at the time of self-recognition. But when his everyday life returned to him and he lived his old vices again, illness broke forth anew. For in the one who again commits the same sins which led to the illness, what was already in the process of transformation in the soul - the old affliction or illness - breaks out again.

This is what the scribes and pharisees heard and saw and used as grounds to incite the people against Me; according to them, I was a charlatan who deceived the people and was in alliance with Satan. Furthermore, they said: If this Jesus were divine, then those who were seemingly healed would remain healthy. And so, He has brought forth only deceptions in order to bind the masses to Himself. He is the Satan, so they continued to say; He creates a healing hysteria among the people and lays invisible powers on the wounds. If the so-called healing hysteria - which they explained as hypnosis - then subsides, those who were seemingly healed have to then recognize that they still bear the old afflictions.

Such and other slanderous talk of the former pharisees and scribes was repeated throughout all generations, right up until today's time [1989]. Today, too, in the great turn of time, similar things are happening as during My earthly existence. Pharisees and scribes - today they are the intellectual church authorities and those servile to them - slander again those who follow Me, the Christ, and who strive to lead a genuinely Christian life, in order to help their fellow man selflessly and to announce the good news that the Kingdom of God has come near.

14. And so was fulfilled what Isaiah had said, "Behold My servant, whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom My soul* is well pleased. I will pour My Spirit over Him and He will bring justice to the unbelievers.

15. He shall not call nor cry out, nor shall any man hear His voice in the streets. He shall not break a bent reed nor quench the fire of a smouldering flax until He has spread justice and victory. And the heathens will trust His name.” (Chap. 48:14-15)