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Tablet Thirty-Four
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"And he that shall swear by
heaven,
sweareth by the throne of
God, and by
him that sitteth thereon." (Matthew 23:22)
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<1>That is because
God
is in heaven.
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"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have
omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and
faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other
undone." (Matthew 23:23)
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<2>They have left out the reason for the
rituals and laws, and perform them without emphasizing
(understanding) their purpose. They should have understood and made
others understand that the goal of all those laws and rituals is to
create justice, mercy, and faith -- be(come)
Divine. These things
they should have taught and done.
<3>Also those laws and rituals were
necessary, and
Christ did not say they
should be forgotten. Their significances should have been understood
and then they would become great vehicles to be(come)
Divine. That is why he said, "these ought ye to have done,"
which is to teach what is the goal of these laws and rituals. <4>But
he did not say to just teach the reason for them and leave the
rituals out, "and not to leave the other [pay tithe of mint and
anise and cummin, etc.] undone." <5>Again we see that he had
not come to do away with God's
Laws and Commandments.
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"Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and
swallow a camel." (Matthew 23:24)
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<6>They emphasize the smaller points and
forget the greater things.
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"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the
platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess."
"Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that
which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be
clean also."
"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! for ye are like unto
whited sepulchres, which indeed appear
beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of
all uncleanness."
"Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous
unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity."
(Matthew 23:25-28) |
<7>It is the
purification
of the spirit (ethereal
body) which is important. So clean the
spirit, "which is within the cup and platter," then the outward
actions will be cleaned automatically. Otherwise the dirt inside
will come out and there is no way for a person with a dirty
spirit (heart) but to
be(come) a hypocrite.
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"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the
prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the
righteous,"
"And say, If we had been in the days of our
fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of
the
prophets."
"Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves,
that ye are the children of them which killed the
prophets."
"Fill ye up then the measure of your
fathers." (Matthew 23:29-32) |
<8>Most of the humans do not really want to
know or hear the truth, especially those who are hypocrites. That is
why they kill the
Prophets and distort
the truth so that they may continue in their ways. <9>But
more and more humans will reach higher consciousness and eventually
the truth will prevail.
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"Ye
serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye
escape the damnation of
hell?"
(Matthew 23:33)
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<10>But these hypocrites and those who close
their ears to the truth will go through suffering and
tribulation
until they would have no choice but to open their eyes and see the
truth.
<11>That is why even the suffering,
tribulations, and
all the things that had happened in history to man are for his own
good.
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"Wherefore, behold, I send unto you
prophets,
and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and
crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and
persecute them from city to city:" (Matthew 23:34)
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<12>God
knows man and the power of his lower nature (power of the
tama guna) so well
that He had predicted beforehand what humans would do to His
Prophets.
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"That upon you may come all the righteous
blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the
blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the
temple and the altar." (Matthew 23:35)
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<13>By doing these things, you create such a
great burden upon yourselves, "that upon you may come all the
righteous blood shed upon the earth." That is when I bring
tribulation, holocaust, suffering, etc, unto you to awaken you.
<14>It would be justified because of your own previous actions.
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"Verily I say unto you, All these things
shall come upon this generation." (Matthew 23:36)
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<15>These surely will happen and no human
power can stop it, until this generation (those who are chosen for
this reward of creation, to reach
Pure
Consciousness) eventually become awakened and know, through
creation and history, that there is only one way and it is
God's way.
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"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest
the
prophets,
and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have
gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens
under her wings, and ye would not!"
"Behold, your house is left unto you
desolate." (Matthew 23:37-38) |
<16>How many times should
God send
Prophets
to gather His children together and they would not come? <17>So
again with the coming of
Christ,
the scepter was
taken from those who thought they were the Chosen Ones and given to
another nation as it was prophesied by Jacob and was promised to
Abram (Abraham);
for more detail read
Children of Abram
(Abraham), All Prophecies Are Fulfilled.
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"For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me
henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name
of the Lord." (Matthew 23:39)
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<18>That is the only sign
Christ gave for his
ultimate return. He will come, "in the name of the Lord." The Holy
Name of the Lord ( )
is in him, and he ( )
is in the Holy Name of the Lord. This Sacred Name of the Lord is the
only name of the Lord which cannot be pronounced or uttered in the
manifested (material) world. It is the Name of the Son (),
who comes in the Name of the
Father ()
as One,
The Word (/).
<19>He will not be recognized (accepted) by
everyone, "...ye shall not see me henceforth,...." He will be
accepted only by those who recognize him, see that he is Blessed and
is a Blessing. They will also Bless him and will be Blessed,
"Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord."
<20>So the mission of
Christ finished here. He
said what he wanted to say, and he did what he wanted to do. <21>In
chapters 24 and 25 some prophecies for the later days (before the
Kingdom comes) are foretold. And the rest of the gospel explains the
last supper (symbol of overcoming the last material attachments),
his betrayal (symbol of the hatred of the lower nature for truth),
and his crucifixion.
<22>By this he reached the zenith of his mission, that is,
self-sacrifice for
his ideal -- not being self-centered, being humble.
<23>Then he was resurrected to show that in
order to be
born again
you have to crucify your lower nature for a great ideal (His Will).
Then you will rise from the lower self (death) to the
higher self (life).
<24>Many in the past have truly been
born again,
and many will be. But now is the time that those who have been
born again
in the past and are now on the earth in many different places and
nations (also in the Jewish communities), and who long for the
Kingdom Of Heaven On Earth, should gather together and see the
truth which has been revealed through
The Greatest
Sign (creation and history). <25>They should put all
their efforts together so that the truth may come and His Kingdom
come on earth as it is in
heaven.
Amen ( ).
Next: The next book in THOTH is "St.
John (Explained)." You also can go to "The
Table Of Contents."
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