GRM 68.5
The Gospel as revealed to me
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Blessed are those who will be worthy of being redeemed, because they are men of goodwill.
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GRM 68.5
The Gospel as revealed to me
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Prepare your hearts for the grace of the oncoming Redemption. The Redeemer is amongst you. Blessed are those who will be worthy of being redeemed, because they are men of goodwill.
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GRM 68.5-7
The Gospel as revealed to me
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68.5 The voice that spoke in the desert is no longer heard. But it is not mute. It still speaks to God on behalf of Israel and still speaks to every Israelite with an honest heart and it says — after teaching you to do penance to prepare the ways to the Lord Who is coming, and to be charitable giving what is surplus to those who lack even what is necessary, and to be honest without extorting and vexing — it says: “The Lamb of God, He Who takes away the sins of the world, Who will baptise with the fire of the Holy Spirit is amongst you. He will clear His threshing-floor and gather His wheat”.
Endeavour to recognise Him Whom the Precursor indicates to you. His suffering is imploring God to give you light. See. May your spiritual eyes be opened. You will recognise the Light that is coming. I pick up the voice of the Prophet announcing the Messiah, and with the power I receive from the Father, I amplify it and I add My authority to it and I call you to the truth of the Law. Prepare your hearts for the grace of the oncoming Redemption. The Redeemer is amongst you. Blessed are those who will be worthy of being redeemed, because they are men of goodwill.
Peace be with you.»
Someone asks: «Are You a disciple of the Baptist, since You speak of him with such veneration?»
«I was baptised by him, on the banks of the Jordan, before he was imprisoned. I venerate him because he is holy in the eyes of God. I solemnly tell you that among the children of Abraham there is no one greater in grace than he is. From his birth to his death, the eyes of God will rest upon that blessed man without any feeling of disdain.»
«Did he give You any assurance about the Messiah?»
«His word, which does not lie, pointed out the living Messiah to those present.»
«Where? When?»
«When it was time to do so.»
68.6 But Judas feels obliged to say to everybody: «The Messiah is He Who is speaking to you. I declare it, because I know Him, and I am His first disciple.»
«Him!… Oh!…» The people move away frightened. But Jesus is so sweet that they gather round Him again.
«Ask Him to work some miracles. He is powerful. He can heal. He can read your hearts. He can answer all your questions.»
«Tell Him, on my behalf, that I am not well. My right eye is blind. My left one is already failing…»
«Master.»
«Judas.» Jesus, Who is caressing a little girl, turns around.
«Master, this man is almost blind and he wants to see. I told him you can…»
«I can heal him who has faith. Have you faith, man?»
«I believe in the God of Israel. I come here to enter the Bethzatha Pool. But there is always someone before me.»
«Can you believe in Me?»
«If I believe in the angel of the pool, should I not believe in You, Who Your disciple says are the Messiah?»
Jesus smiles. He wets His finger with saliva and lightly touches the diseased eye. «What can you see?»
«I see things without the fog I used to see. Are You not healing the other one?»
Jesus smiles once again. He repeats the operation on the blind eye. «What can you see?» He asks, removing His fingertip from the closed eyelid.
«Ah! Lord of Israel! I can see as well as when I was a little boy, running through the meadows! May You be blessed forever and ever!” The man cries, kneeling at Jesus’ feet.
«Go. Be good, now, out of gratitude to God.»
68.7 A Levite who arrived towards the end of the miracle, asks: «With what authority do You do such things?»
«Are you asking Me? I will tell you, if you answer a question. According to you, who is greater, a prophet who prophesies the Messiah or the Messiah Himself?»
«What a question! The Messiah is greater: He is the Redeemer promised by the Most High!»
«Well, then, why did the Prophets work miracles? Whit what authority?»
«With the authority given to them by God to prove to the crowds that God was with them.»
«Well, I perform miracles with the same authority: God is with Me, I am with Him. And I thus prove to the people that what I say is true and that the Messiah, with a greater right and a greater power, can do what the Prophets were able to do.»
The Levite goes away pensive and the vision ends.
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Jesus spoke to the people in the Temple of Jerusalem and said:
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GRM 68.6
The Gospel as revealed to me
Quotation
«Master, this man is almost blind and he wants to see. I told him you can…»
«I can heal him who has faith. Have you faith, man?»
«I believe in the God of Israel. I come here to enter the Bethzatha Pool. But there is always someone before me.»
«Can you believe in Me?»
«If I believe in the angel of the pool, should I not believe in You, Who Your disciple says are the Messiah?»
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GRM 69
The Gospel as revealed to me
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Jesus leaves the Temple with Judas. Judas wants to go with him, but Jesus tells him that he needs to pray with the Father. He affirms that the spirit must always take precedence over the flesh, and that the flesh must almost be killed in favor of supernatural life. Judas then asks how we can be unconcerned about the flesh, and evokes the commandment "Thou shalt not kill". Jesus replies that we must eat with continence, without poisoning ourselves or overeating, as this flatters the taste. He then returned to the subject of suicide, and spoke about it at length. Christ declares that he who commits suicide sins through pride. Judas points out that people commit suicide out of despair, but Jesus says that despair is nothing other than pride: for we believe that we have no help anywhere, not even from God, who is a Father and can reach out to us. Judas points out that all those who committed suicide in Scripture before his coming sinned, but the Master declares that they will have been able to receive God's Mercy, even if it is never permitted to do violence, to oneself or to others. After the coming of the Word, on the other hand, the sin of suicide will always be severely condemned by God's Justice if the sinner commits suicide, declaring that he is forever separated from God and cannot receive God's forgiveness. Since life is a gift from God, we must love it, and use it to gain eternity.
Judas understands Christ's thought, but finds it hard to apply. They talk about Christ's temptation, then Jesus talks about angels (pure spirits) and man, king of creation, whom Jesus has come to rehabilitate.
About to leave Jesus, Judas asks him if he can't take him somewhere other than the olive grove, to make him "better considered". But while Jesus thanks him for his consideration, he likes to stay in this humble environment. He will come for all, for the little ones as well as for the great, but will remain above all where humility is to be found. Finally, the two men part shortly afterwards.
GRM 69.1
The Gospel as revealed to me
Quotation
He who wishes to live for the spirit, and lead others to live the same life, must disregard the flesh, even more, I would say: kill it, to devote all his attention to the spirit. Everybody must do that, you know (...). You, too, if you really want to belong to God, that is to the supernatural.
GRM 69.1
The Gospel as revealed to me
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GRM 69.1
The Gospel as revealed to me
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«Judas, I want to be alone at night time. At night, My spirit gets its nourishment from the Father. Prayer, meditation and solitude are more important for Me than material food. He who wishes to live for the spirit, and lead others to live the same life, must disregard the flesh, even more, I would say: kill it, to devote all his attention to the spirit. Everybody must do that, you know, Judas. You, too, if you really want to belong to God, that is to the supernatural.»
«But we are still on the earth, Master. How can we neglect the flesh and take care only of the spirit? Is what You say not the antithesis of God’s commandment: “You shall not kill”? Does the commandment not forbid also suicide? If life is a gift from God, must we love it, or not?»
«I will not reply to you as I would reply to a simple-minded man, whom it is sufficient to get to raise his soul or his mind to supernatural spheres, so that we can take him with us flying in spiritual kingdoms. You are not a simple-minded person. You were formed in an environment that refined you… and it also marred you with its quibbles and doctrines. Do you remember Solomon, Judas? He was wise, the wisest man of those times. Do you remember what he said, after acquiring all knowledge? “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity. To fear God and observe His commandments, that is all that matters to man”. Now I tell you that it is necessary to know how to get nourishment, but no poison, from food. And if we know that a food is bad for us, because it causes detrimental reactions in us, as it is stronger than our salutary juices which could counteract its effects, we must take no more of that food, even if it is pleasant to taste. Plain bread and water from the fountain are better than the sophisticated dishes of the king’s table, containing drugs which upset and poison.»
«What must I leave, Master?»
«Everything you know that upsets you. Because God is peace and if you want to follow the path of God, you must clear your mind, your heart and your flesh of everything that is not peace producing and causes perturbation. I know it is difficult to amend one’s way of living. But I am here to help you. I am here to help man to become the son of God once again, to recreate himself by means of a new creation, of an autogenesis wanted by man himself.
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GRM 69.1
The Gospel as revealed to me
Quotation
Do you remember Solomon, Judas? He was wise, the wisest man of those times. Do you remember what he said, after acquiring all knowledge? “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity. To fear God and observe His commandments, that is all that matters to man”. Now I tell you that it is necessary to know how to get nourishment, but no poison, from food. And if we know that a food is bad for us, because it causes detrimental reactions in us, as it is stronger than our salutary juices which could counteract its effects, we must take no more of that food, even if it is pleasant to taste. Plain bread and water from the fountain are better than the sophisticated dishes of the king’s table, containing drugs which upset and poison.
GRM 69.1
The Gospel as revealed to me
Quotation
«What must I leave, Master?»
«Everything you know that upsets you. Because God is peace and if you want to follow the path of God, you must clear your mind, your heart and your flesh of everything that is not peace producing and causes perturbation.»