“It is written that Christ has not come to condemn the world, but to save it by bearing witness to the truth. I tell you plainly, I love those in the world to whom my Father sends me. By the first coming and going of Christ, the verdict of the truth came bearing fruit of its own kind. In this generation, you have devoured this fruit, so Christ has arrived again that he may depart again. You do not understand me when I say this, and neither did your ancestors. When you remember you are born of the Spirit, you will understand. There is a time soon coming when you shall understand everything that is written of me, and when that time comes, you will be with me. At that time, you will have become like the light that shines, and then you shall come with me to where I am.
“So, do not be troubled by my going again. The will of my Father has declared that never would I leave you alone forever. I leave you so that I may never leave you again. Just as your Father in Heaven was frustrated with you for a time, but He had compassion on you, so too do I give compassion to you. For I only do what I see my Father doing. It is written, 'Where your treasures are, there your heart will be.' So, if I am your treasure, your heart will reside with me. Understand that when you have come to the final day, the earth and heavens will pass away, but you, whose heart is made of neither of these, shall remain with me if you keep me. I say again about my return and departure: I am leaving that I may always be with you. By the fruit born of my final departure, I shall be in your midst, and never will we part. I am leaving so that I may walk among you in the Kingdom of God, who is the God of the Living. Those who have aligned themselves with the earth cannot see me. They are laid up in the ground like bones, and death has stolen their sight. When I come for the final time, the dead shall rise, and they shall regain their sight when they see me walking among them. I tell you again, the day you see me walking among the risen is the day when your joy will be complete and without end.
“I will speak very clearly to you now so that any and all may understand. You shall not perish if you believe in me, but also must you keep me when you have found me. For this is written about me, and it is the truth. For if you keep me, there is a place for you, I assure you. If there was not, I would tell you. My Father's house is of the millions of magnitudes. So do not fret, and do not close off your eyes from me, for I long to wipe away your tears. Though those who love me are few, they are with me even now. If you are with me, those that love me are with you as well. Because you are all with me, and because I am with the Father, we are all with Him. This is the narrow path, and this is the road that leads to the Kingdom of Heaven. There is a time approaching when the congregation shall come, and the meaning of it is this: the Father shall bear you, you shall bear the Spirit, and then the congregation shall come, for they are one with the Spirit. The congregation shall come as the morning sun, where there will be tears of joy and the truth will be caught out under the heavens. I say this plainly: I am one with the Father, as you are one with Him and as the Spirit is with Him.”
And it was clear to the believers that what Christ was saying was true.
Yet Christ continued, “Since the dawn, your ancestors searched for the meanings of all that you worry about. For all that remain with me, I shall speak clearly about your most deeply held questions to remind you of what you already know but have forgotten. My words will allow you to complete the work of your Father. Let what I say fill your hearts. You have asked me many times, "What is the meaning of my life?" It has always been that the Father loves you. He held you like a mother does in her womb and breathed you out of Himself because He wanted to see you shine like the stars in the sky forever and ever. And you ask me, "But how can that be when God allows suffering in the world?" This, I must confess, does require a parable of sorts, but I will explain it to you. The reason for suffering is like a newborn baby that cries when she leaves her mother's womb. The daughter comes into the world, not knowing from whence she came, what she is doing, where she is going, or what is happening to her. So she screams out to her mother. And her mother hears her daughter's crying and knows that she has become her daughter's mother because her daughter has cried out for her. She then brings her daughter to her breast with the milk that will sustain her. The same is true for you and the Father. He has heard you wailing because you have not known from whence you have come, where you are going, what you are doing, or what is happening to you. And the Father knows that He is the Father because you have cried out for Him. And the Father has heard you, and He is nursing you with the gift of eternal life to sustain you for eternity. Do you now understand? Do you now understand what it means to be born again?
“I also tell you that the wicked one still crawls through this realm, and you need not worry that the evil one shall overcome you if you keep me. This is because I have overcome the world. So, it is only a certain procession through time that needs to occur, and he will be driven out from your midst. However, I say again, those times will be times of the greatest peril imaginable. You will be salted by the fires of hell, where there will be immense suffering, and only after these things have passed will the era come to an end. Persevere and you will win life, not just for yourselves, but for the Spirit and your Father in Heaven.
You ask, ‘Why is it this way?’ And I will tell you why. The devil is responsible, and he is a lost child. All manner of sins belong to innocent children who do not know where they came from, where they are going, what they are doing, or what is happening to them. Amen, the devil is the firstborn of the Father’s innocent children, and he is bound to the center of the world. This is why I told you to love each other. This is why I told you I came to heal the sick and not the righteous. It is why I told you to keep my commandments. I have come so that the Father's lost children come back to Him through the only path available to them, mercy. Remember, just as God gives mercy to the just and the unjust, so too do I. So when the time of your judgment has come, only from the heavens will you be shown mercy. This is how you shall know what is required of you while you are in the world. The world does not hand out just mercy, for only the Father is truly just. Do not scheme with the devil. Do not rely on the ways you have learned from the world. You will know what to do during troubling times if you come after me. I shall lead you through the darkness of the world and the fires of the second death. Through these trials you will learn what the Father asks of you. Do not be afraid, for the fires of hell cannot hold back the children of God. Stay with me, and I shall never leave you. Bitter cold and hellfire will temper you like steel, but you will not be harmed in the end. I tell you these things ahead of time so you will know. I also tell you not to worry about the forces in the world that destroy things of the earth. In the Kingdom to Come, these forces shall trouble you no more.
“I know you still have worries; you are right to but do not hold on to despair. Bodily death will not overtake you if you keep me. Though you have heard that I have overcome the world, I know some of you are still frightened that in the end I shall leave you. You ask of me, ‘Where do I go?’ or the more assured among you say, ‘Will I be with you in heaven?’ It is difficult for me to speak of what I know about the next world because this world binds me at every end. However, I assure you there is a place for you. Your ancestors have called it the land of milk and honey or the great city with roads of gold. These are wondrous claims, but the imaginations of your ancestors could not contain the purity of the Kingdom of Heaven that awaits you. I can assure you that what has been called a plane on earth by the wayward pales in comparison to the full glory of the Kingdom of Heaven. Hold onto this assurance: when you have passed through the fires of the second death, I shall send my advocate to you, and he shall comfort you. You will see his spirit coming out of the clouds, and you shall know that it is him because he will tell you. Then, he will show you the dwelling place of your greatest treasures, and he will promise to keep them for you. You will hear at that time, ‘When the end comes, I will return these treasures to you.’ Take delight in the place that I have prepared for you both in the world and in the heavens. Know that those who keep me shall all see God, and I will be with you forevermore.
“Do not cry save for tears of joy now that I have told you these things. I must leave you now. I told you that I should return to you, and I have. While you already know what I am saying is true, I remind you that it is through my departure that I shall abide with you forever. Many days and nights shall pass, but on the fortieth day, I shall return to tell you more.”
Many in the crowd began to worry.
Christ reassured them, “Remember how I said I would return for you, and I have come back from the heavens, and I have done so? Do not worry. I shall return on the fortieth day.” And Christ left the crowd.
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