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"I know thy works, and charity, and
service, and faith, and
thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the
first." (Rev. 2:19)
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<5>By residing in the fourth
chakra and trying to
reach the fifth
chakra, the quality of
giving charity, doing
service, and having
great faith and patience will become manifest. You become merciful
(Matthew 5:7). <6>Islam
is the symbol of all these things. In fact definite rules and
regulations are set up to awaken the people to do these things.
Another quality in Islam
was bringing the right of all being spiritually equal, "the last to
be more than the first."
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"Notwithstanding I have a few things against
thee, because thou sufferest that
woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and
to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things
sacrificed unto idols." (Rev. 2:20)
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<7>Who is this Jezebel? She is the false
understanding of the teachings and realities that were revealed to
the person who has come to the fourth
chakra and is trying to
go to the fifth
chakra. These false
understandings (which occur because of narrowness and not being a
universalist) will lead these people to become a hindrance in the
way of The Plan of the Lord.
<8>Islam
is the most misunderstood religion. The
Moslems have forgotten the depth of the teaching of
Muhammad.
Like many other religions, they follow
concepts that have
been imposed on them. <9>They have forgotten to be
surrendered to His Will, so they oppose any Prophet after
Prophet Muhammad.
They do not accept the three truths after the sign of
Islam in
The Greatest
Sign, nor do they add the knowledge of the three previous
signs to their own.
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"And I gave her space to repent of her
fornication; and she repented not."
"Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them
that commit adultery with her into great
tribulation, except they repent of their deeds." (Rev. 2:21-22)
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<10>Islam
means "to be surrendered." The surrendered person is the one who
understands that the Lord God
is able to do whatever He wants to do, and all the great events in
the world have been directed by His Permission. <11>However,
Moslems, like
Jews, did not believe in
any other great personality that came to teach them, and they
opposed
Prophets after
Muhammad.
They, like the
Jews, killed the next
Messiah, Bab, and did
not believe in him.
<12>The following of this false belief is
like adultery with Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and this
will create confusion and cause men
tribulation and
misery.
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"And I will kill her children with death; and all
the churches shall know that
I
am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto
every one of you according to your works." (Rev. 2:23)
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<13>In the phrase, "And I will kill her
children with death," death means
ignorance. Therefore, those who follow the false understandings
of these teachings and realizations in this state (which is
narrowness and not having a universal view), will become ignorant
and their minds will become more narrow, further to death (ignorance).
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"But unto you I say, and unto the rest in
Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not
known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none
other burden." (Rev. 2:24)
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<14>"As many as have not this doctrine"
means, "As many as are surrendered to my will and are submissive to
me, and so will progress further in the spiritual path, or are
ignorant of the depth of Satan as they speak [they think they know],
to these people will I be merciful."
<15>The point is that the doctrine you follow in
your life is the most important part of your spiritual progress.
Doctrine means your ideology and goal.
<16>Therefore, if you are ignorant of the
depths of Satan (you are following false teachings or
ignorance), "I will
put upon you none other burden."
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"But that which ye have already hold fast till I
come." (Rev. 2:25)
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<17>Those who stay in this state from
ignorance will not be
punished for their
ignorance, but only
for their bad deeds (samskaras,
or
sins).
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"And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will
I give power over the nations:" (Rev. 2:26)
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<18>Those who overcome these false
understandings of the teachings of the fourth symbol in
The Greatest
Sign will become surrendered ones to the Will of
God. They will become
people with expanded minds, and eventually will become
Universalists. They will study the teachings of the three truths
before (in The
Greatest Sign) and also will accept the next three truths
after this fourth one, "and keepeth my works unto the end." <19>Only
such people can assume the leadership of the nations, because they
have overcome the
narrowness
of the mind. The power over the nations was given to the
Moslems when, in a short period of time, they conquered so many
strong nations, such as Persia and Rome. <20>This was
possible only because knowingly or unknowingly they were following
the Eternal
Divine Path
and the true teachings of
Prophet Muhammad at that time. <21>Also, it was His Will.
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"And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as
the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I
received of my
Father." (Rev. 2:27)
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<22>"He shall rule them with a rod of iron"
because his authority will not come from man but from the
Father. <23>"Even
as I received of my Father"
means, in the same way,
as my authority which is from the
Father.
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"And I will give him the morning star." (Rev.
2:28)
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<24>The star of the morning is the sun. The
"morning star" (sun) is the symbol of the highest spiritual
realization, which is to be completely surrendered and submissive to
The Plan of
God.
<25>Surrendering
does not mean escapism, but it means to use all the beautiful gifts
of life, such as
intellect, spiritual
powers, our bodies, tongues, eyes, etc., toward bringing about The
Plan of the Lord. This Plan was the main purpose for creation of the
universe, which is to create the proper environment in order for all
to reach Pure
Consciousness.
<26>So we try our best to use all of our abilities to do His
Will and then surrender the results of our actions to Him. Or, we
let Him do the actions through us.
<27>The people in the fourth
chakra are those who are
merciful and shall obtain mercy (Matthew 5:7). The Spirit says, "I
will put upon [them] none other burden" (Rev. 2:24) and power over
the nations will be given to them (Rev. 2:26), and they will receive
the morning star -- true knowledge of
God (Rev. 2:28). <28>Also,
power is given to them over the fourth part of the earth (Rev. 6:8).
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"He that hath an ear, let him hear what the
Spirit saith unto the churches." (Rev. 2:29)
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<29>Those
whose hearts are open will know these revelations to be true.
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