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This is My Word
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About Vigilance - The Tax Collector Zacchaeus
About Vigilance - The
Tax Collector Zacchaeus
The treasure in heaven and earthly possessions (1-3).
Being prepared for the coming of Christ (4-6). The good steward (7-8).
Much is required of the one who is given much (9-10).
To sin despite knowing better is to sin against the Holy Spirit (11-12).
No soul and no human being is lost (13-18)
1. Jesus went up on a mountain and sat there with His disciples and taught them. And He said to them, "Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's kind will to give you the kingdom.
2. Sell everything you have, and do good to those who have nothing. Provide yourselves with a pouch which does not wear out, a treasure in heaven, which does not diminish, which no thief can reach and which no moth consumes.
3. Let your loins be girded and your lights burn. And be
like men who wait for their master to return from the wedding; so that when he comes and
knocks, they open right away for him. (Chap. 59:1-3)
I, Christ, explain, correct
and deepen the word:
The statement "Sell everything you have, and do good to those who have nothing. Provide yourselves with a pouch which does not wear out, a treasure in heaven, which does not diminish, which no thief can reach and which no moth consumes” means that you should have only what you need. You should not gather earthly treasures and call them your own. For if you gather earthly treasures and call them your own, there, too, is your heart. A narrow, egocentric heart constantly beats in the fear that what is actually not his own could be taken from him.
How can the person receive the bridegroom, when his heart is closed to Him, the bridegroom who brings with Him the gifts of heaven to all who have opened their heart for God, the inner fullness, the inner wealth?
The one who keeps his heart open to God will not live in want in this world. He will receive what he needs - and beyond that. However, he will not cling to what he owns on earth, because he recognizes that it is the gifts of God. Such people do not fence themselves off into a world of conceptions of mine and thine, but manage the gifts of God in such a way that they also bring fruits to their fellow man. They live in God, and they give from God to the one who works in a righteous way, according to the commandment "pray and work”.
The one who has turned within is in Me, the Christ, and I Am in him, and between us there is nothing left which separates us.
4. Blessed are the servants whom the master finds awake when he comes. Verily, I say to you, he will gird himself and invite them to his table and will come and will serve them.
5. And if he comes in the second watch or in the third watch and finds them so, then blessed are these servants.
6. But you should know this: If the guardian of the house
knew what hour the thief would come, he would watch and would not let his house be broken
into. This is why you, too, should be prepared, for the Son of Man will come at an hour
when you do not expect it.” (Chap. 59:4-6)
I, Christ, explain, correct
and deepen the word:
Blessed are the people who are vigilant and refuse the base aspects, the human ego, access into their inner being. They keep their inner being, their house, clean and open for the bridegroom. No matter when He comes, they are ready; for they watch over themselves and their senses will therefore be alert when I, Christ, appear.
In today's time [1989], many people already are awake and aligned with Me, and thus prepare themselves for My coming. Many souls and men have already set out to receive Me in their inner being, for the Kingdom of God is a kingdom of the inner being. It takes on form and shape externally through the people who live in the kingdom of the inner being.
Recognize that the Kingdom of God on earth is at hand. I, Christ, enter into many hearts; for more and more people are walking the path within in order to unite with Me, the Christ of God. My spiritual coming announces itself not only in the firmament, but first in the hearts of those who have decided for Me and for the Kingdom of God on earth.
7. Then Peter said to Him, "Lord, do you give this parable to us or to all others, too?” And the Lord said, "Who then is that faithful and wise steward whom the master puts in charge of his servants, that he give them their portion in due time?
8. Blessed is the servant whom his master finds awake,
when he comes. Verily, I say to you, he will put him in charge of all his properties.
(Chap. 59:7-8)
I, Christ, explain, correct
and deepen the word:
The one who is able to manage the gifts of God lawfully is the steward of many. He is the one who knows and keeps the law of God and, at the right time, says and gives to each person, from the law of life, what his soul can accept and fulfil. Often, a person still rejects the help from the law of God. Nevertheless, his alert soul has absorbed it and will reflect it to the shell, to the human being, at the right time. The Lord will reward the one whose soul is alert and ripe for the gifts of life. This one will manage the goods of life on earth well, by looking after the well-being of all those who work righteously, by fulfilling the commandment "pray and work”.
The one whose heart is alert is also of clear mind. He is in Me and I Am in him. And the one who lives in Me is the one through whom I act. He will possess the earth.
9. But if this servant will say to himself, 'My master is delaying his coming', and then begins to beat the other servants and maids, and to eat and get drunk, then the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour that he does not know; and he will give him his portion in keeping with the unfaithful.
10. And the servant who knows the will of his master and
has not prepared himself, nor acted according to his will, will have to suffer many blows.
However, the one who did not know it but did things worthy of blows will receive few
blows. For much will be required from the one who was given much; and little will be
required from the one who was given little. (Chap. 59:9-10)
I, Christ, explain, correct
and deepen the word:
The one who knows the will of the Lord, that is, the laws of life, and does not keep them will also create many causes and will have to bear the corresponding effects; he will suffer many blows, for he has knowingly violated the law of God.
"For much will be required from the one who was given much” means that the soul which possesses inner strength and power and which has not become the slave of sin should be there for and give to and help those who are still at the beginning of the spiritual path, whose souls are only beginning to purify themselves and who are opening themselves to God and His works. This is why those who are still at the beginning of the spiritual path to the heart of God will "receive fewer blows”, because their souls are still weak, like a small plant, and have to be protected until they have attained inner maturity through the actualization of the eternal law.
The eternal love protects the germinating life in soul and person so that it cannot be attacked by the adversary. Only when the soul has been strengthened will it be exposed to outer influences in order to prove itself. For when soul and person have received much of the divine, that is, when they have been given an understanding of the laws of Inner Life and have actualized them, then soul and person are strengthened and can withstand the storms and attacks of the darkness. Then they can also give to those who still have to be protected in order to grow stronger. And so, the still weak souls which are just at the beginning of the spiritual path are protected by the power of love, since they cannot yet bear the blows of the darkness. However, the one who receives from the law of Inner Life and accepts it, thereby makes it his duty to actualize the eternal law which was received.
The one who does not actualize or fulfil it despite knowing better will also be exposed to the storms one day. For his negligence, he will then reap what he has sown in the time of spiritual protection, when he could have actualized the spiritual knowledge.
11. This is why those who know the Godhead and have found the path of life and the mysteries of light and have nevertheless fallen into sin will be punished more severely than those who did not know the path of life.
12. These will return when their cycle is completed, and
they will be given the time to consider and to improve their lives and to learn the
mysteries and to enter the kingdom of light.” (Chap. 59:11-12)
I, Christ, explain, correct
and deepen the word:
The one who knows the laws of God and sins despite knowing better will burden himself even more - that is, will have to bear far more severe effects - than those who know less about the path to the Inner Life.
Recognize that everyone knows the commandments for life. Therefore, no one is unknowing. The one who fulfils the commandments also comes to know the path within, the steps of evolution to eternal bliss.
But the one who knows the Inner Path and has already taken some steps of evolution and then sins, despite knowing better, sins against the Holy Spirit. After he has died, he will be stuck to the wheel of reincarnation - like all other people who live in deep sin - until that which binds the soul to this wheel is paid off.
For this reason, the words "These will return when their cycle is completed” mean that only when they have left the wheel of reincarnation will they gradually enter into the light.
13. Jesus came through Jericho. And behold, there was a man called Zacchaeus who was the chief of the tax collectors and very rich.
14. And he wanted to see who in the crowd was Jesus and could not, for he was small of stature. And he ran ahead and climbed a mulberry tree to see Him, for He was to pass by that way.
15. And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him and said to him, "Zacchaeus, make haste, come down, for I must stay at your house today.” And he climbed down hastily and received Him joyfully.
16. When they saw that, they all murmured that He stayed as a guest at a sinner's house.
17. But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, I give the poor half of my goods; and if I have defrauded anyone, I restore it fourfold.”
18. And Jesus said to him, "Today, salvation has
come to your house; if you are a righteous man, you are also a son of Abraham. For the Son
of Man is come to seek and to save what was lost.” (Chap. 59:13-18)
I, Christ, explain, correct
and deepen the word:
"For the Son of Man is come to seek and to save what was lost” means that I, Christ, came in Jesus into this world to gather all men and souls and to unite them in My Redeemer-light.
All souls and men are now united in Me. For this reason, no soul and no man will be lost. I, Christ, bear them in Me. Through My Redeemer-deed, every soul and every human being have become a cell in My body. Every soul - even when it thinks it is lost - will one day behold the glory of the Father, when it has left the wheel of reincarnation; for then it has consciously accepted and received Me, its Redeemer and divine brother. Every soul will one day develop the longing for its Father's house, for there is its spiritual land of birth and home.
Recognize that even now, the Son is glorified in the sons and daughters of God who
fulfil the will of the Father.
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