Joy Over the Repentant Sinner -
The Parable of the Prodigal Son
The true sons and daughters of God - The people of God on earth (1-2). God created and
beholds His children as perfect - Every
child returns to Him through Christ (3-15)
1. Jesus said to His disciples and to the people around Him, "Who is the son of God? Who is the daughter of God? They are those people who turn away from all evil and do right, who love mercy and walk full of reverence with their God. Those are the sons and the daughters of man who came out of Egypt and to whom it is given that they shall be called the sons and the daughters of God.
2. And they will be gathered from all tribes, nations,
peoples and tongues, and they come from the east and from the west and from the north and
from the south, and they live on the mountain of Zion, and they eat bread and drink the
fruit of the vine at the table of God, and they see God face to face.” (Chap. 58:1-2)
I, Christ, explain, correct
and deepen the word:
All people and beings are sons and daughters of God. For I have raised all people and souls again to the son- and daughtership of God through My Redeemer-deed.
However, many people do not know this, because they still live in the bondage of sin and still call themselves the sons and the daughters of man.
But the one who strives to fulfil the will of God is conscious of his son- or daughtership in God. He will also call himself the son or daughter of God, because he lives in God through the actualization and fulfilment of the eternal laws.
The time is dawning [1989] in which I, Christ, gather from all tribes, nations and peoples those who strive to follow the laws of God and to live consciously in the son- and daughtership of God, in the law of God, the law of life and of love.
They come from east, from west, from north and from south, and form o n e people: the people of God on earth. And they live in the city of Zion which is built on the blessed heights, in the city of New Jerusalem and in the communities which have a similar radiation as the New Jerusalem. Only out of Me, the Christ, will then come the New Israel, the true promised land, which will encompass the globe after the purification of the earth.
The people in God live with nature; and nature, which is from God, lays the table for them. They eat what nature offers them, the gifts from God.
After this life in God, in the Kingdom of Peace of Jesus Christ, the transformation and the dissolution of all the forms which are still dense will gradually take place. Then all beings in God will behold the eternal Father face to face, because they live in the eternal law, God.
3. Then all the tax collectors and sinners came nearer to Him in order to hear Him. But the pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them.”
4. And He told this parable to them: "Which one among you who has a hundred sheep and, losing one, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and search for the lost one till he has found it? And when he has found it, he takes it on his shoulders and rejoices.
5. And when he comes home, he calls his neighbours and friends together and says to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost!' I say to you that more joy will likewise reign in heaven over one repentant sinner than over ninety-nine just ones who need no repentance.
6. And which woman, having ten pieces of silver and losing one, will not light a candle and search for it diligently till she has found it? And when she has found it, will she not call together her friends and neighbours and say, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece of silver which I had lost'? Likewise, I say to you, joy will reign among the angels of God over one repentant sinner.”
7. And He also told this parable: "A man had two sons, and the younger of them said to his parents, 'Give me the share of the goods that falls to me.' And they shared their fortune with him. And a few days later, the younger son picked up his belongings and travelled to a far country where he squandered his fortune in a life of debauchery.
8. And when he had used up everything, a severe famine came over the country, and he came into want. And he moved away and entered the service of a citizen of this country. This one sent him into his pastures to guard the swine. And he would have been glad to still his hunger with the husks that the pigs ate, but no one gave them to him.
9. And when he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's servants have bread enough to spare and I perish with hunger. I will set out and go to my father and my mother and will say to them: My father and my mother, I have sinned against heaven and before you and am no longer worthy to be called your son. Take me in as one of your servants.'
10. And he set out and came to his parents. But while he was still a long way from the house, his parents saw him and felt compassion for him and ran towards him and fell on his neck and kissed him. And the son said to them, 'My father and my mother, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'
11. But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out the best robe and put it on him and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet and bring the most beautiful fruits and bread and oil and wine and let us eat and be merry. For this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' And they all began to be merry.
12. Now the older son was in the field and, as he returned and drew near the house, he heard music and dancing. And he called one of the servants and asked what this meant. And he said to him, 'Your brother who was lost has returned home, and your father and your mother have brought him bread and oil and wine and the most beautiful fruits, because they have him back safe and sound.'
13. And he was angry and did not want to go into the house. And his father came out and entreated him. And he said to his father, 'Behold, I have served you for many years and have never overstepped your commandments, but you have never given me such a lavish feast, so that I may be merry with my friends.
14. But as soon as your son, who has wasted his share of inheritance with whores, has returned, you prepare him a feast of the best you have.'
15. And his father said to him, 'My son, you are always
with me and all that I have is yours. But it is proper now that we should be merry and
glad, for your brother was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.'”
(Chap. 58:3-15)
I, Christ, explain, correct
and deepen the word:
These parables are at the same time commandments. The one who keeps them by forgiving and by receiving his neighbour in his heart thereby follows the commandments which indicate to him the path to eternal life.
The one who keeps the commandments not only looks at the sinful, but also sees into the heart which shows true remorse - just as the heavenly Father, too, does not look at the shortcomings and sins of His children, but only at what He has created: the pure, noble and good. When, through His eternally radiating love, His child has rid itself of all shortcomings and has expiated all sins, God will receive it in His glory. And God, the Eternal, will not ask about what was; it is finished. In the Eternal is the now, the eternity, and His child is the child of eternity. So has He, the great Spirit, created it, and so does He behold it eternally. Why should God ask about the past when He always beholds His child in the present as pure, noble and good?
Because God, the eternal Father, cherishes each of His children in His heart, they
will also return as children of God, as sons and daughters of the Eternal, and I, the
Shepherd of all souls and men, will lead them to Him.
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