GRM 59.5.6-7
The Gospel as revealed to me
Quotation
59.5 A bearded sumptuously dressed Israelite stands up to contradict Him. He says: «Master, what You have stated appears to be in contrast with what is said in the second book of Maccabees, glory of Israel. It is said there: “Indeed when evil-doers are not left for long to their own devices but incur swift retribution, it is a sign of great benevolence. In the case of the other nations, the Lord waits patiently for them to obtain the full measure of their sins, before He punishes them”. According to what You said, instead, the Most High would appear to be very slow in punishing us, waiting, as for the other nations, the time of Judgement, when the measure of sins is full. Events, indeed, give You the lie. Israel is punished as stated by the historian of the Maccabees. But if what You say is correct, is there no conflict between Your doctrine and the sentence I have quoted?»
«I do not know who you are, but I will give you My answer, whoever you are.»
[Jesus gives his explanation, and their conversation continues. He declares himself to be the Messiah.]
«I am Jesus of Joseph of the House of David, I was born at Bethlehem Ephrathah, as was promised, named Nazarene, because I live at Nazareth. And that according to the world. According to God I am His Messenger. My disciples know.»
«Oh! They! They can say what they like or what You tell them to say.»
«Another will speak, who does not love Me, and will say Who I am. Wait till I call one of the people present here.»
59.7
Jesus looks at the crowd, who are astonished and annoyed at the dispute, and divided between the two opposite doctrines. He looks for someone with His sapphire eyes, and then in a loud voice He calls: «Aggaeus! Come here. It is an order.»
There is great excitement in the crowd. They open out to let a man pass, who is violently shaking all over his body and is supported by a woman.
«Do you know this man?»
«Yes, he is Aggaeus, of Malachi, of Capernaum. He is possessed by an evil spirit which tortures him with sudden fits of fury.»
«Does everybody know him?»
The crowd shout: «Yes, we do.»
«Can any of you say that he has spoken to Me, even for a few minutes?»
The crowd shout: «No, no, he is half-witted, he never leaves his house, and nobody has seen You in it.»
«Woman, bring him here in front of Me.»
Detail
This statement by Jesus is explained by the following note by Maria Valtorta on a typed copy:
"Christ, as God and as Holy of Holies, penetrated consciences; he pierced their most secret thoughts (perfect introspection); as Man, he knew persons and places in a human way only, when his Father and his own divine nature did not deem it useful for him to know them without having to ask."
On this same copy Maria Valtorta adds the following note on the words "Haggai, draw near":
"Here, it is because he must prove to the Pharisee his divine omniscience that he calls by name Haggai, who was unknown to him, but whom he knows to be possessed, whereas on the previous page, as Man, he had said to the Pharisee: 'I don't know who you are.'"
These two notes by Maria Valtorta will be confirmed by the texts of 224.2, 357.3, 527.4/6, 554.7 and justify Jesus' statements of "ignorance", which we will encounter, for example, in: 73.7, 75.3, 362.2, 365.10, 376.9, 377.2, 382.5, 395.2, 406.9, 413,8, 433.5, 472.4, 488.5, 583.23, 584.6.
Annotation
“I do not know who you are ”: This statement by Jesus is explained by the following note by Maria Valtorta on a typewritten copy:
"Christ, as God and as the Holy of Holies, penetrated people’s consciences; He discerned their most secret thoughts (perfect introspection); as a Man, He knew people and places only in a human way, unless His Father and His own divine nature deemed it necessary for Him to know them without having to ask.”
On this same copy, Maria Valtorta adds the following note regarding the words, “Haggai, come forward”:
“Here, it is because He must prove His divine omniscience to the Pharisee that He calls Haggai by name—a man unknown to Him, yet whose existence He knows—whereas on the previous page, as a Man, He had said to the Pharisee: ‘I do not know who you are.”
These two notes by Maria Valtorta are confirmed by the texts in 224.2, 357.3, 527.4/6, 554.7 and justify Jesus’ statements of “ignorance,” which we encounter, for example, in: 73.7, 75.3, 362.2, 365.10, 376.9, 377.2, 382.5, 395.2, 406.9, 413.8, 433.5, 472.4, 488.5, 583.23, and 584.6.
Editor’s note: A second explanation of Jesus’ “ignorance” is provided in connection with a series of questions he asks Annalie in 156.3. Here is the note that Maria Valtorta records on this subject in a typewritten copy: “Jesus knew and remembered, but he wanted the souls to open up freely and with confidence.”
This explanation is confirmed by passages 128.1 and 153.1, as well as by a particular remark by Judas in 468.4: “I know that you know, but that you are waiting for me to tell you.”
A third explanation is the subject of a lengthy note by Maria Valtorta on this statement by Jesus: “I do not know who it is” (175.5). We reproduce the essence of the handwritten note, which spans four pages of a sheet inserted into a typewritten copy: *“And the Eternal Father, in order to test hearts and separate the children of God—of the Light— the children of the flesh and of darkness, allowed—in the presence of the apostles, the disciples, and the crowds—gaps in the Son’s perfect clarity, similar to these questions and answers: ‘Who is this man? I do not know him…’ And this was for the sake of humanity. But also for His Beloved Son, in order to prepare Him for the great darkness of the hour of darkness, for the forsaking by the Father, for He had made Himself ‘an anathema for us.’”
This explanation by Maria Valtorta is confirmed by the words of the Apostle John in the context of 334.2/3 regarding the hearts that are to be tested. As for the preparation of the Beloved Son for the hour of darkness, it is confirmed and elaborated upon in 582.14, 598.4, 602.5, and 603.4; this explanation lends profound meaning to certain hesitations on Jesus’ part (as in 302.4.7) and especially to his disconcerting uncertainties in 339.14 and 464.14.
Apart from these exceptions, Maria Valtorta’s work presents a Jesus who is omniscient and clairvoyant, or prescient and foresighted. See: 48.6, 60.7, 78.3, 80.9.10, 89.2, 117.5, 133.2, 149.1/2, 160.6, 174.7, 203.1, 204.4, 218.1, 220.4, 224.2, 236.5, 317.3/5, 329.14, 335.13, 340.5, 351.4, 357.3, 371.9, 387.3, 391.8, 406.11, 409.3, 411.8, 471.3, 473.5, 503.2, 522.5, 524.8, 525.2, 531.10 (last lines), 531.20 (last lines), 532.4.6, 534.9, 540.7, 548.27, 555.4, 561.14, 563.5, 565.3/4, 566.18, 567.18.21, 580.2, 587.5.8, 595.6, 602.4/5.