The Great Gospel of John
Volume 4
Jesus' Precepts and Deeds through His Three Years of Teaching
Jesus near Caesarea Philippi (cont.)
- Chapter 164 -
The key to understanding spiritual scriptures.
Says I: "Yes, My friend Cornelius, there does not exist any rules or instructions in the outer life sphere for that; the only thing providing you with a key for the spiritual understanding of the scriptures, is your own, by Me and My teaching reborn spirit. As long you are not reborn in the spirit, no rule is of any use to you; however, once you are reborn, then you do not need a rule anymore, since your awakened spirit will easily and quickly find its equal without any rules.
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But if you want to understand the physical sense of scriptures better as it was the case until now, then you have to familiarise yourself quite well with the language of the Illyrians, which has the biggest resemblance with the old Egyptian tongue, and this is nearly one with the primordial Hebrew language. Without this language knowledge you will never be able to properly read the scriptures of Moses, not even properly understand the meaning of the words. Therefore, if you do not even understand the earthly pictures contained therein, how do you want to obtain the hidden spiritual meaning, even with many thousand rules and instructions?!
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The present tongue of the Jews is nearly totally foreign compared to the original language which was spoken by Abraham, Noah and even Adam. But you stay with Me in faith and in love, and the right understanding will be given to you by itself, and this in a not too long time from now on! By the way, it will do you no harm if you read the Script more often; since by doing so, your soul will remain active in searching and thinking. - Are you happy with this answer?"
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Says Cornelius: "Certainly, Lord and Master! A just and on save ground standing hope is worth more than the full ownership of this what one is hoping for. And thus I will be happy for what I own form You. Receive my heart's warmest thanks for it!"
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After our Cornelius was satisfied with this, immediately the former head Stahar came to Me and said: "Lord and Master, this, what we all now have heard from Your mouth, is a teaching which we will understand now; but will also somebody else understand it, if we convey this to him? How many things did we already have learned, heard and seen, so that we also are able to understand this; but those who we should educate, have not learned, heard and seen anything before! How will they be able to understand this in a useful manner?"
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Says I: "Friend, where did you have your ears, when I right in the beginning said and even commanded you, not to disclose to any person anything which you have seen and learned during this night?! This must be kept hidden from all the world! Who truly is reborn in the spirit, to him everything will be revealed anyhow; but who stubbornly remains in his worldly outerness, this will be a foolishness to his great annoyance, if he heard something about it. Therefore it is better that the world does not learn anything about it; but for you it is for the sake of your strength necessary, to understand the secrets of the kingdom of God, and this is enough for all the world!
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What you should teach in My name, to the largest part you know already; everything else is a blessing for you, where you more or less has been elected to be teachers for the people, so that you undoubtedly believe, that I am alone be the Lord and Master since eternity. Because if you have the right and invariable steady believe, you will also easily awaken the same steady and living believe in your scholars, by first showing them your own strength of faith. However, so that you can show them this with all power, it was necessary that you have recognized Me first, that I have gone forth from the Father, to show you all in your flesh the path of live.
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If you hopefully has comprehended this, then you will also know, what you at this stage, once you will have been send out by me, have to preach to the people. Love God, your everlasting Father, above all and your neighbour as yourself and keep the commandments, which God has given to all mankind by Moses, then you already have everything together what you preach to the people; it does not require anything else.
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Everything else, however, what you learn here, belongs to you, as I have explained it to you repeatedly just now. Now you hopefully know, what you have to do and to observe for the future, and can therefore again go back to your place!" - With that Stahar returns to his place.
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Now the king Ouran rises and ask Me by saying: "Lord, Master and God! You know why I undertook a trip! What I searched for, I have found. This find pleases me a great deal; it will certainly please everyone likewise, who found it just like me! But without teaching, nobody can find it! The question therefore arises, who should teach and what does it take to be a teacher for the people! Should the teachers like messengers travel from town to town and move from country to country, or would it be better to found public schools, equip them with qualified teachers and prescribe laws to the people, so that they have to attend such schools? Lord and Master and God, I beg You, to give me most mercifully some instructions in this regard; since I will and shall do everything, what You want and wishes, that I should do!"