GRM 85.1-2
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Locations - Esdrelon plain
Theme: Galilee region · Page 1 of 2
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GRM 88
The Gospel as revealed to me
Detail
Levi, Joseph and the shepherds are with Jesus, along with John, Simon the Zealot and Judas. They arrive at the plain of Esdrelon. While Levi goes ahead to warn Jonah, Jesus remains alone with John. The beloved declares that he prefers his boat to the harsh torments inflicted by Doras, and Jesus, half-joking, asks him if he really prefers his boat. John impulsively replies that Christ prefers it, because he is Love on Earth. Jesus then takes the time to explain to him that Love is hungry for love, and that few men will know how to love God as they should. Loving is what John is all about, and the Lord takes the example of the wheat that gives itself to all, feeding its brothers and sisters. At the end of this sweet conversation, Jonah arrives. The mistreated shepherd is delighted to find his Master. They talk about Mary, then Doras' abuse. Jesuis encourages him to stay in his place, to continue sanctifying himself and others. He will be able to continue evangelizing among the poor. Finally, the Lord goes to see the other workers of Doras with his faithful friend.
GRM 88.1
The Gospel as revealed to me
Translation in progress
Keywords
GRM 109
The Gospel as revealed to me
Detail
Jesus arrives at the plain of Esdrelon. There he meets four peasants from Yokhanan, who are working in the fields. Peter decides to help them while they talk with the Master. The four men are impressed, but eventually stop being afraid and start questioning Christ. They tell him about Jonah and the harshness of Doras. Jesus goes to the Pharisee's house and a violent confrontation ensues. Doras wants to impress Jesus with his wealth, but the Lord only asks for Jonah, and Doras finally complies, ordering servants to bring him. Jesus, however, follows his servants to the shepherd of Bethlehem. The latter is dying, and the Messiah tells his apostles to take the bed on which Jonah lies: they are going to Nazareth. Before leaving, he puts an anathema on Doras' land. Doras wants him to withdraw his curse, but Christ leaves him to the God of Sinai. Finally, the apostolic group arrives in Nazareth and Jonah dies between Jesus and Mary.
Keywords
- André (apostle)
- Barthélémy - Nathanaël (apostle)
- Doras
- Hanne or Anne (former high priest)
- James of Alphaeus (apostle)
- James of Zebedee (apostle)
- Jesus Christ
- John of Zebedee (apostle)
- Jonas of Bethlehem (shepherd of the Nativity) and martyr of Esdrelon
- Locations - Esdrelon plain
- Marie d'Esdrelon
- Simon the Zealot (apostle)
- Simon-Pierre - Simon de Jonas (apostle)
- Summary of EMV
- Yokhanan peasants
GRM 109.1
The Gospel as revealed to me
Translation in progress
Keywords
GRM 187.3 · Volume 3
The Gospel as revealed to me
Quotation
«Where are we going exactly?» asks Peter.
«To give Passover to those who suffer. I have been wanting to do it for a long time. But I could not. I would have done it going back to Galilee. Now that they compel us to go along roads that we have not chosen, I am going to bless Jonah’s poor friends.»
«We will be wasting a lot of time! Passover is near! There are always delays for various reasons.» Another chorus of complaints rises to the sky. I do not know how Jesus can be so patient…
Without reproaching anyone He says: «Please, do not hinder Me! Endeavour to understand My need to love and to be loved. I have but this solace on the earth: to love and do the will of God.»
«And are we going from here? Was it not better to go from Nazareth?»
«If I had suggested that, you would have rebelled. No one will suspect that I am here… and I am doing it for you… because you are afraid.»
«Afraid? Ah! No! We are ready to fight for You.»
«Pray the Lord not to put you to the test. I know that you are quarrelsome, resentful, anxious to offend those who offend Me and to humble your neighbour. I know all that. But I do not know you to be brave. As far as I am concerned, I would have also gone by Myself and along the main road and nothing would have happened because it is not yet the time. But I feel sorry for you. I have to obey My Mother, yes, but I do not want to upset Simon the Pharisee. I will not disgust them. But they will disgust Me.»
«And where do we go from here? I am not familiar with this area» says Thomas.
«We will reach Tabor, we will coast part of it and will go to Nain via Endor; from there to the plain of Esdraelon. Be not afraid!… Doras, the son of Doras, and Johanan are already in Jerusalem.»
GRM 189.5 · Volume 3
The Gospel as revealed to me
Quotation
At last Jesus can steal away and enter the town. The crowd follow and pursue Him, exulting in their love.
A man rushes towards Jesus and bows deeply to Him. «Please come and stay under my roof.»
«I cannot. Passover prevents Me from making any stop except those programmed.»
«In a few hours it will be sunset and this is Friday…»
«Exactly, that is why I must reach My resting place before sunset. I thank you just the same. But do not keep Me back.»
«I am the head of the synagogue.»
«So you mean that you are entitled to have Me. Man, if I had arrived here only one hour later, that woman would not have had her son restored to her. I am going where other unhappy people are waiting for Me. Do not be so selfish as to delay their joy. I will certainly come again and I will be with you in Nain for several days. Now let Me go.»
The man does not insist any more. He only says: «As You said. I will wait for You.»
«Yes. Peace to you and to the citizens of Nain. Also to you, people of Endor, peace and blessings. Go back to your homes. God has spoken to you through the miracle. Endeavour, through the power of love, to have all your hearts restored to Goodness.»
A last chorus of hosannas. Then the crowds let Jesus go and He crosses the town diagonally and goes out into the country, towards Esdraelon.
Detail
Jesus has just raised Daniel from the dead. The crowd rejoices.
Annotation
I'm going where other unfortunates are waiting for me. Don't delay their joy out of selfishness. Jesus is talking about the peasants of Yokhanan, who are waiting for him on the plain of Esdrelon.
GRM 190
The Gospel as revealed to me
Detail
Chapter title: Arrival on the Esdrelon plain at dusk on Friday.
Date of vision: Friday, June 15, 1945.
Calendar: Friday, March 17, 28 (4 Nissan 3788)
Location (map): Esdrelon
Cycle: The second Paschal journey
Summary: Jesus arrives on the plain of Esdrelon. Peter goes ahead to see if Doras, the son of Doras, has gone to Jerusalem. On the way, the Lord meets Isaiah, a peasant from Yokhanan, and the man reveals that Doras' fields are a disaster. Yokhanan, on the other hand, has fertile land, which creates a greater contrast between the ravaged land and the fruit-bearing, healthy land. Following his neighbor's misfortune, Yokhanan fears the Lord, and has decided not to mistreat his servants. Jesus requests hospitality from the Pharisee's servants, and it is agreed that Doras's former servants, who were scattered following the death of their former master, will be gathered as best they can.
Chapter contents: 190.1: Yokhanan's new attitude towards Jesus, whom he fears. 190.2: The cursed fields of Doras are completely ravaged. 190.3: Jesus stays with Yokhanan's peasants.
Previous edition: Tome 3, chapter 51.
GRM 190.1-3 · Volume 3
The Gospel as revealed to me
Quotation
The sun is setting in a red sky when Jesus comes in view of Johanan’s fields.
«Let us quicken our pace, My friends, before the sun sets. And you, Peter, go with your brother to inform our friends, Doras’ men.»
«I will go indeed, to see also whether the son has really gone away.» Peter stresses the word «son». And he goes away.
In the meantime Jesus proceeds at a slower pace, looking around to see whether any of Johanan’s men are about. But He can only see the fertile fields, in which the ears of grain are already well formed.
At last, a face, wet with perspiration, appears among the vine-leaves and an exclamation is heard: «Oh! Blessed Lord!» and the peasant runs out of the vineyard and prostrates himself at Jesus’ feet.
«Peace to you, Isaiah!»
«Oh! You remember my name too?»
«It is written in My heart. Stand up. Where are your companions?»
«Over there. In the apple-orchards. But I will tell them at once. You will be our guest, will You not? The master is not here and we can welcome You. In any case… what with the fear, what with the joy… it is better. Just imagine, he gave us a lamb this year and will allow us to go to the Temple! He has only given us six days…. but we will run all the way… We will be in Jerusalem, too… Imagine!… And thanks to You.» The man is in his seventh heaven of delight because he has been treated as a man and as an Israelite.
«I have done nothing, as far as I know…» says Jesus smiling.
«Eh! no! You have done a great deal. Doras, and the fields of Doras, and these ones here, which are instead so beautiful this year… Johanan was informed of your visit, and he is not a fool. He is afraid and… and he is afraid.»
«Of what?»
«He is afraid that what happened to Doras may happen to him. Both with regards to his life and to his property. Have You seen Doras’ fields?»
«I have come from Nain…»
«In that case You have not seen them. They are a complete ruin. (The man whispers that in a low but clear voice, like someone imparting a secret concerning something dreadful.) They are all ruined! There is no hay, no fodder, no fruit. Vines and orchards withered… Dead… everything is dead… like Sodom and Gomorrah… Come, I will show You.»
«It is not necessary. I am going to see those peasants…»
«But they are no longer here! Did You not know? Doras, the son of Doras, has scattered them or dismissed them, and the ones he sent to the other country places which belong to him, must not speak of You, or they will be lashed… Not to speak of You! That will be difficult! Also Johanan said so to us.»
«What did he say?»
«He said: “I am not so foolish as Doras and I will not say to you: ‘I do not want you to speak of the Nazarene’. It would be useless, because you would do it just the same and I do not want to lose you by lashing you to death like untameable animals. On the contrary I say to you: ‘Be good as the Nazarene certainly teaches you and tell Him that I treat you well’. I do not want to be cursed, too”. Of course, he can see what these fields are like after You blessed them, and what the ones You cursed are like.
190.2
Oh! Here are the ones who ploughed the field for me…» and the man runs to meet Peter and Andrew.
But Peter greets him briefly and proceeds on his way and begins to shout: «Oh! Master! There is no one left! They are all new faces. And everything is laid waste! He could very well do without any peasants here. It is worse than the Salt Sea!…»
«I know. Isaiah told Me.»
«But come and see! What a sight…»
Jesus pleases him after saying to Isaiah: «I will stay with you. Tell your companions. But do not go to any trouble. I have enough food. All we need is a barn to sleep in and your love. I will come back soon.»
The sight of Doras’ fields is really distressing. Fields and meadows are dry and barren, vineyards are withered, the foliage and fruit of trees are completely destroyed by millions of insects of all kinds. Also the garden-orchard near the house looks like a desolate dying wood. The peasants wander to and fro uprooting weeds, crushing caterpillars, snails, earth-worms and the like, shaking branches under which they place basins full of water to drown little butterflies, aphides and other parasites which cover the leaves and eat away the plant until it dies. They endeavour to find a sign of life in the vine-shoots, which break like dry wood as soon as they are touched and sometimes fall off the main branch, as if the roots had been cut by a saw. The contrast with Johanan’s fields, vineyards and orchards is most striking and the ruin of the cursed fields seems more impressive when compared to the fruitfulness of the others.
«The hand of the God of Sinai is a heavy one» whispers Simon the Zealot.
Jesus makes a gesture as if to say: «How right you are!» but He does not say anything. He only asks: «How did it happen?»
A peasant replies between his teeth: «Moles, locusts, worms… but go away! The steward is faithful to Doras… Don’t cause us trouble…»
Jesus sighs and goes away.
Another peasant, who is bent under an apple-tree earthing it up, in the hope he may save it, says: «We will reach You tomorrow… when the steward goes to Jezreel for the prayer… we will come to Micah’s house.»
Jesus makes the gesture of blessing and goes away.
190.3
When He goes back to the cross-road, all the peasants of Johanan are there and joyful and happy they surround their Messiah and take Him to their poor dwellings.
«Did You see, over there?»
«Yes, I did. Doras’ peasants are coming tomorrow.»
«Of course, when the hyenas go to pray… We do that every Sabbath… and we speak of You, we tell what we heard from Jonah, from Isaac, who often comes to see us, and what we learned from You in Tishri. We speak as best we can. Because it is impossible not to speak of You. And the more we suffer, the more we are forbidden, the more we speak of You. Those poor people… they drink the essence of life every Sabbath… But how many there are in this plain who are in need of knowing, of knowing You at least, and yet they cannot come here…»
«I will see to them as well. And may you be blessed for what you do.»
The sun is setting while Jesus enters a kitchen blackened by smoke. The Sabbath rest begins.
Annotation
"The man runs to meet Peter and Andrew. Cf. EMV 109.4: Peter and Andrew, James and John, who took the place of the ploughmen to enable them to listen to Jesus' word.
The God of Sinai has a heavy hand. Direct reference to Jesus' words in EMV 109.12.
We speak of You, with what we have learned from Jonah, from Isaac who often comes to us, and from your speech at Tisri. Cf. EMV 109.5.
GRM 191
The Gospel as revealed to me
Detail
Chapter title: The Sabbath in Esdrelon. Little Yabeç (Jabé) and the parable of the rich man Epulon (parable of Lazarus and the bad rich man).
Date of vision: Saturday, June 16, 1945.
Calendar: Saturday, March 18, 28 (5 Nissan 3788)
Location (map): Esdrelon
Cycle: The second Paschal journey
Summary: Jesus sends Andrew and John to two points where the roads to Jezrael can be seen, to watch for the return of the steward devoted to the son of Doras. Then he sends Peter and Simon to fetch the Pharisee's peasants. Meanwhile, Yokhanan's peasants tell him of a quarrel between their master and Jonah's former tyrant, then the Lord finds all the peasants and gives them a lamb brought by John of En-Dor. He acts like a father, and the poor servants swallow their meal. One of them has a child in his arms, and cries. Jesus asks why he's doing this, and they start talking about the boy, an orphan who has lost both his brothers and his parents: they died in a landslide. Christ offers to entrust this innocent boy to the old man, and the grandfather gladly accepts. The child had no objection and gave his name: Yabeç.
Having heard this, the Master gives the parable of Lazarus and the rich man. Jonah is like Lazarus, just as Doras is like the bad rich man, and Jesus would like to help his servants materially, but he can't and he suffers for it. So he teaches them never to hate, but always to love. As for the punishment of the fields of Doras, Jesus says he is Love and would not have struck, but since Love could not bend the cruel rich man, he abandoned him to Justice. May this remind them that Justice is always on the alert, even when it may seem absent. Jesus then takes leave of the peasants, and the wretched depart with regret...
Chapter contents: 191.1: Waiting for the peasants of Doras. 191.2 : Jesus serves them a meal. 191.3 : How his grandfather protected his grandson Yabeç (Jabé). 191.4 : Peter would like to adopt him. 191.5 : The parable of Lazarus and the rich man. 191.6: The rich man begs Abraham to deliver him. 191.7: Abraham cannot help the rich man. 191.8: Jonah was the new Lazarus. 191.9: Farewell to the peasants of Doras.
Former edition: Volume 3, chapter 52.