Let My Beloved Come Into His Garden

Let  My  Beloved  Come  Into  His  Garden

Martin Cecil  August 7, 1977  am

“Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.” Here is a portrayal of what should rightly be your attitude and experience this morning. “Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south.” Here is an acknowledgment of the working of the Law—positive action, negative reaction—with which you must be directly associated if your presence here this morning is to have any real meaning. So there is an acknowledgment of the Law. “Blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out.” Only as your living is a revelation of the working of the Law do you know the reality of your garden. Are you aware of the sacred place in which you dwell and which you would never violate? By reason of your living in harmony with the Law the winds of the spirit blow upon your garden and the spices thereof flow forth. Here is the evidence of the generation of spiritual substance. It is only possible as you have a garden in which you dwell because your life gives evidence of the working of the Law.

The first great commandment brings to point something with respect to the working of the Law: “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all… And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” Most people spend their lives condemning their neighbors, evidencing little love, understanding, enfoldment, little blessing, which of course gives abundant evidence of a failure to keep the first great commandment. Living the Law, the garden is known. It seems that most live in rather barren and desolate places—no garden, no association with the Law, no living, merely dying—but here these words portray the attitude and the experience of those whose lives are of such quality that spiritual substance is constantly being generated and flowing forth. It is only as this is so that a genuine invitation may be offered: “Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.” There are many people who in fancy invite the Lord to be with them, but for the most part there is little real substance available for this fulfilment to be known. Response, the generation of substance, is essential if the reality of the positive radiation phase of the One Law is to be experienced. The positive radiation phase of the One Law is the coming of the Lord. Those who have called themselves Christians look hopefully for the day when this will happen, failing to recognize that it is their responsibility if it is to happen. Without response and the substance of response the fact of radiation cannot be known. There may be some fancy in the consciousness of people, some imagination, but the fact remains unknown.

There always has been radiation. There would be no universe if it were not for the fact of eternal radiation, to which there is response or the universe wouldn't exist—an easy, natural response which allows all things of creation to move according to the design inherent in the radiation. But insofar as human beings are concerned they have the ability to contend with the Lord. That contention of course has put in an appearance on the basis of the endeavor by human beings to determine what shall happen here on earth, and that endeavor is brought to point on the basis of the human intellect, that so wise creature which assumes that it is in position to be as God. That assumption has brought some terrible things into the experience not only of mankind on the surface of this planet but of all living things that are present here also.

Only to the extent that there is genuine response with a consequent quality of living which permits the generation of spiritual substance can the reality of the radiation be known, the radiation which is the source and the sustaining power of all things in the dimensional world, of which human beings are aware and of which they are not aware. Incidentally there is far more of which they are not aware than of which they are aware. In spite of delving so extensively in the bottomless pit of knowledge, what human beings know or think they know is almost entirely make-believe. Nowadays such things have the confirming tag of science placed upon the knowing. This is supposed to make it valid, but the truth which is inherent in this radiation of the One Law can only be known as there is response in living, so that the quality of life experienced permits the generation of spiritual substance.

The extent of spiritual substance that you have brought this morning into the Chapel will determine exactly the extent of radiation that you will experience. There is no limit, there is no restriction to the radiation, but it only has meaning to human beings to the extent that there is spiritual substance to give it meaning, and the spiritual substance is the responsibility of the individual to generate. That generation comes on the basis of a quality of living, so it isn't just a momentary thing in the Chapel now. You brought something in with you. I wonder how much. It is possible that there may be a further generation while you are here, but what happens when you leave?

In this particular verse which I read to you there is, as I say, a portrayal of what is properly and naturally true of you in this particular setting at this particular time. The next verse, which is at the beginning of another chapter, is an indication of what is properly true of me: “I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.”

Where there is the substance, the spiritual substance of response, there is the abundant experience of what is available by reason of radiation. You this morning in this setting are responsible for the response aspect of the unit which we together form, and I am responsible for the radiation aspect. You cannot have one without the other in experience. You cannot know the radiation without the response, and it isn't just a matter of mental agreement; it is a matter of living; it is a matter of fact. What is the actual fact in your own experience moment by moment, day by day? What is the quality of your living? If that quality gives evidence of true spiritual expression, of the fulfilment of the One Law in you, then there is the generation of spiritual substance and there is the experience of whatever arises by reason of the radiation in the moment.

Yesterday evening Grace spoke to those who were present here in the Chapel. [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/the-increase-melchizedek-is-here.html] Her words and the spirit of them were indeed most exquisitely beautiful, and I am sure that those who were present with any substance of response were touched by her spirit. Something flowed forth from you to her. According to that flowing forth, so was her expression, so was the radiation which she offered. Consequently there was a certain intensification in the experience of all concerned.

Subsequently, as seems to be customary in Emissary circles, snacks were served in the dining room and most of those who had been at the service were present there no doubt, but at least to start with we were not. When we arrived we came into the room and were met with a roar of sound—people talking. This is supposed to be quite natural for people; they do it all the time. The very level of noise that was present was an indication of the fact of what had occurred in the Chapel. There had been an intensification but then it was channeled back into the usual and customary human structures of expression and it came out loud and raucous. Lillian said something about it and it calmed down a bit. I draw attention to this not in condemnation of anyone but merely to indicate what tends to happen. If there begins to be something of experienced radiation in a service there is an intensification insofar as all present are concerned which, unless the quality of living is right and has become habitual, will subsequently be mistranslated in the factual experience of those concerned and the substance that was present, that had been generated, will thereby be dissipated, and the radiation will tend to vanish. Where did it go? What happened? The individual finds himself right back where he was before.

There are these two aspects, both of which are essential: the positive and the negative aspects, the response aspect and the radiation aspect. Now these must be brought to point in experience, human experience, on earth if they are to have any meaning to human beings. They may be operative, and are—the Law is operative everywhere in the universe but not presently in the experience of human beings. They do not consciously know what is happening, what they are doing, why they are here, or anything else. They try to make meaning for themselves in various ways because of this yawning chasm in their experience, this emptiness, this lack; and people rush hither and yon trying to fill it. This happens in the physical world, doesn't it, with respect to the disposition of the garbage: Find a chasm somewhere and fill it up with garbage and it will make a good building site. The way this is handled is very much the same as the way human beings handle the holes in themselves. They fill them up with garbage and then neatly cover the garbage over with a little surface appearance of something worthwhile. Negative response is the essential element that has been lacking insofar as human beings are concerned, that they might experience the truth inherent in the radiation of which I have been speaking. Positive and negative aspects—sometimes this is thought of in terms of male and female.

In the field which we have just been examining there is a tendency on the part of people, in their attitude and approach to the Lord, to try to play hard to get. “Well if you really want me, Lord, come after me.” [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/my-lord-i-love-you.html] This has been the general approach for a long time in human experience; but they have never tempted the Lord to the point where He came after them. You either offer the response or you go away empty. The Law works. It's absolute. It is the quality and nature of God; and human beings, no matter how hard they try, can't change it. There has been a lot of weeping and wailing on the part of human beings about their sad, miserable lot. What a cruel God to have things this way: Please, God, change things around to suit me so that I'm happy! And while that was endeavoring to tempt God, God was never tempted; He never fell for it. If human beings want their misery they can have it as long as they last. It is entirely a matter of human choice. The alternative has always been present, the radiation has always been there, but virtually no response, and human beings have been trying to get God to come after them. It doesn't work that way.

We see the same sort of thing in this matter of the male-female relationship too, don't we? I am speaking of it in a general sense; perhaps it's not true of you individually; but the idea is that the woman goes after her man, maybe quite subtly, but she plays hard to get. This has cast the male of the species in the role of the hunter. He has to chase her; otherwise he's not going to get her. But when he gets her he finds she's got him! And the male of the species has fallen for this. In fact it's become so habitual that very often manhood is equated in these terms, when it is exactly the opposite of manhood.

Insofar as the male is concerned the first great commandment applies: “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all.” It doesn't say, “Thou shalt love a female with all; worship her; set her up on a pedestal; try to please her.” Not at all. “Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.” That's the truth, because only so can there be generated the substance which will permit the experience of what real manhood is. If there is no spiritual substance there's no manhood; there can't be; just a pretense, just a counterfeit.

Manhood is not experienced by the male of the species because of the female;

it is experienced because of God.

And when there is a man around maybe that will inspire a woman somewhere to stop playing these childish games. Nowadays it seems that because men have not been men women are trying to be men—a woman can only be a woman and a man can only be a man, but neither one has known what this would mean for a long, long time.

“I am come into my garden.” To what extent is this true this morning? Of course first of all there must be a garden here to come into. There must be the substance which makes it possible. We can fool ourselves; we can jump around with evangelical fervor and generate a good deal of emotion, but it means absolutely nothing. It probably dissipates any substance there might have been to start with. I am come into my garden to the extent that you are willing to let me. “Let my beloved come into his garden.” The only way you can let me is because the spices of the garden are flowing out, are flowing to me. Then we are connected up; then there is substance in which the beautiful expression of the spirit of the living God may be known by all of us. This has been called the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, but there have been some very limited concepts in this regard. It is a real experience, not a fanciful one. Human beings have for so long been content with their imagination, excluding the reality. But we have parts to play; there is a design. Things work the way they work and they don't work any other way. Human beings have been trying to make them work all kinds of ways for millennia, but they won't. They only work the way they work, and the way they work includes an aspect of creation that is called man—at least insofar as this planet is concerned—but man has been absent for a long time, absent without leave. [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/man.html] He's been on the run. That's right, isn't it?

Long ago something happened, and the story is portrayed in the Book of Genesis. There was a moment when the Lord God came walking in the garden in the cool of the day and there was no one around, no one there. So the question was asked, “Where art thou?” And the answer came which indicated that those who should have been man were experiencing something that was not the evidence of real manhood and womanhood. They were ashamed and afraid—shame and fear are two very prominent experiences insofar as human beings are concerned, yourselves included. This is not the experience of man. This is not the experience in the garden. This is the experience in the state which has become habitual to human beings, but it's not the true state. At the point when the question was asked, “Where art thou?”—here is an analogy, but there was an actual happening—when that question was asked there was the opportunity for those who were present to say, “Here am I.” Obviously that opportunity wasn't taken. They were all wrapped up in their shames and their fears, as though they had somehow been imposed upon them, and that is the attitude most people take, isn't it? “I didn't ask to be born. All my miseries and troubles have been imposed on me and I can tell you specifically who some of the people are that have imposed these things on me.” Amongst them of course are our forebears; “original sin” they call it. Poppycock! There may be something there to which human beings have insisted upon being subject but that's their own choice, the choice that is made by each individual for him- or herself. There is no necessity. We can respond and allow our quality of life to generate some spiritual substance, which would cause us to be aware increasingly of the truth of ourselves instead of this shameful, fearful creature which a lot of people have the temerity to call man.

So the Lord God came walking in the garden, and that opportunity was rejected. So the way things worked out, the garden vanished from the experience of human beings. [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/the-garden-called-to-remembrance.html] There is nothing to say that the garden was dissolved; in fact a cherubim with a flaming sword was put there to keep the way of the tree of life which was in the midst of the garden, so it's still around; but if there was a rejection of that nature at that point there must be in the returning cycle an acknowledgment of the truth when that point is reached. The truth. There have been those down through the ages who brought to specific focus a point of representation in this regard at the level where human beings are. One of them was mentioned yesterday evening in the person of Melchizedek, the King of Righteousness, Prince of Peace, a positive expression of radiation which Abraham recognized. Apparently very few others did. He was the Priest of the Most High God, a point of radiation not understood, not understood even to this day. Why? Because there wasn't adequate spiritual substance to make it understandable. It's not a matter of wanting to understand: “Oh I wish I could understand. O God let me understand.” He will let you understand if your quality of living will generate the required substance which makes understanding possible. He's not holding out. How many people have blamed God for the condition in which they find themselves: “It's His fault!” No, it's one's own fault, in concert with about four billion other people.

The only way by which the truth can be brought to human beings is through human beings. We have taken note of one in the person of Melchizedek. Another obvious one I suppose is Moses, and more recently the one called Jesus. He wasn't understood—He isn't understood because to all intents and purposes there has been no spiritual substance which would make that understanding possible. There has been a lot of imagination. There have been a lot of concepts developed, a lot of beliefs, a lot of ideas; but the truth, what's that? There is no way of knowing it, certainly not on the basis of belief; that's not the truth. Belief is always in a human concept about something. What of the truth of the something about which there is a concept? That truth can never be found by conceptualizing it. It only becomes known by living it, and one will live it to the extent that there is a generation of the essential substance which connects one with the truth. Then you know it; otherwise you don't; and no amount of human effort will produce anything except more confusion.

Let us extend the invitation to the Lord,

which He will not hesitate to accept.

Let's make Him an offer that He cannot refuse, that He will not refuse, because it is the offer He has been waiting for, the offer of the essential spiritual substance generated by our living. “Let my beloved come into his garden,” because I have made that coming possible. Now in this particular setting together here we have the opportunity of exemplifying something, because all these requirements remain theoretical until they are accepted into the situation here and now. As long as we keep them out there somewhere—Jesus is coming one day—it's all nonsense. He will never come one day on that basis, because He will have no means of coming. There are the essential clouds of heaven in which He comes, but human beings are responsible for the clouds of heaven, to provide the facility for His coming. He came as an individual certainly, exemplified something as an individual, and there were those who were willing to make that coming possible. He was born into the world just as all the rest of us are.

Now we have this situation, together here this morning, where you are extending some sort of an invitation to me, or you wouldn't be sitting there. I must have some sort of a place in your hearts. “Let my beloved come into his garden.” Is that what you are saying? Well make sure that your garden isn't a counterfeit, make sure that it's the real thing, because if what I offer is the real thing I can't come into a counterfeit, only the real thing; and I can come in to the extent that that real thing is there. Then I may say, “I am come into my garden,” and I have something to offer, and we all become aware of what that is because we have substance which allows understanding. If we don't have the substance we don't have the understanding. Simple. In effect I say, “Eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved, my sister, my spouse.” That's the way it is in this particular situation.

The truth, the reality, can only come through human beings. That's the only way it comes. People may hopefully gaze into the sky, looking for the coming of something or other. If they gaze long enough they may see signs, but no coming. We only experience the truth, the reality, to the extent that we are in position to do it; and that isn't by fancy; it's by participating in the actual design. I am come into my garden to whatever extent there is a garden here this morning, and to that extent I have offered something to eat and to drink, that there might be the increased experience of the real nature and quality of life, that that nature and quality of life might be carried with us. Then when we leave the Chapel we do not revert immediately into the old state again, the old conventions, because if we do that we are saying in effect to the Lord, “Come get me. Come get me, next Sunday maybe”—playing hard to get.

The Lord always provides what He does in radiation. It's always there, but a person only knows it to the extent that he maintains and sustains and generates the connecting substance in his momentary living; but he won't sink back into the same old state again. That same old state usually involves a lot of running off at the mouth in momentary living, idle words which fall to the ground, idle words which if they are expressed by someone in the descending aspect of the cycle carry the individual down with them. Down he goes, down, down, down. Every word proceeding out of the mouth of God, which should be the word falling from the lips of man made in the image and likeness of God, lifts up, up, up. Ascension. There are two ways to go: up or down; and each person makes the choice for him- or herself. Nobody else can or does do it for you. You can never blame somebody else.

You can make a right choice exactly the way things are. Let's not fool ourselves. Let's not deceive ourselves anymore. How much self-deception there has been in the world. It's obvious everywhere. Everyone is blaming everybody else. Nobody has the manhood or the womanhood to stand up and say, “It's me! It's my responsibility, nobody else's responsibility. I'm not going to try to palm it off on somebody else.” What wishy-washy people there are in the world. Let's grow up. Let's experience the reality of maturity in the current of the spirit of the living God as we move in harmony with the working of the Law and as the expression of our living exemplifies the beauty of the angelic character which is the truth for each one.

© emissaries of divine light

Holding The Line

Holding  The  Line

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Uranda   July 10, 1953  Class

There are many critical vibrational patterns in the world. We had atmospheric disturbance yesterday evening, and human beings are inclined to respond even to atmospheric pressures. We had rain here, which was very welcome. I do not know how many of you know that there was a very severe storm in Denver—a cloudburst with almost four inches of water falling at one point, and less at other points of course; but there were the severe convection currents and atmospheric pressures and changes. Human beings are inclined to respond somewhat to such things. We need to reach a point where we do not; we may feel them but we should not respond to them.

Another aspect of world pressure that is at work is the struggle that’s going on in Soviet Russia. Beria, the man who has headed the Soviet secret police for so long, sent so many tens of thousands to the firing squad, many times more to prison and Siberian exile, and so on; probably is directly responsible for the death of upwards of several million people at least’ it runs into the millions, and the suffering of other millions, has been stripped of all his authority and imprisoned, and the stage is set for a nice big trial, to prepare to liquidate him. So Malenkov has, as they say, won the first round with the Soviet big three. One is definitely on the way out, already in prison—a man who has wielded much power over the lives of others, and used it with heartlessness, comes at last to his own pattern of difficulty. These things all have a part to play in the world vibrational pattern, and fear factors are projected into the mass consciousness, elements of uncertainty, so that human beings under some attunement to these things, touching them and not being aware of their sources, tend to accept some little immediate thing, something at hand, something that can be seen, as the trigger which starts the reaction pattern. Sometimes the triggering acts very much like an atomic bomb. The process in the atomic bomb has to be triggered to get it started; a comparatively little thing, and then the larger explosion, the greater reaction, the greater influence.

We have these things far and near, with human beings everywhere suffering from various patterns of futility. We have a gigantic struggle going on in our own country. President Eisenhower is in the midst of it, attempting to hold the line, attempting to hold a basic sensible pattern for the welfare of our nation; but the pressures of all sorts exerted which tend to confuse many issues, for human beings have not learned to function outside of the patterns of selfishness and greed, and general patterns of uncertainty. There are the various reactions which center around the situation in Korea. We have the spectacle of a nation divided, and a civil war and conflict that drew in the great powers, and now all the great powers on both sides trying to get out of it. And both more or less manoeuvring for position in relationship to it, but seeking for some kind of a truce agreement. And then there are, in relationship to that, the projections of the vibratory patterns into the mass consciousness of those who have loved ones in that conflict who have met with accident, or who are numbered among the casualties, or the prisoners of war, etc.

And everywhere there is a sense of great futility, a sense of the senselessness of so much that goes on in the world. And unless we watch ourselves we tend share those feelings when they come within the range of our perception—we tend to become subject to this sense of futility and senselessness and, feeling it, the human mind is inclined to search about, perhaps unconsciously, but to search about for some reason. What is it that makes me feel this futility, this senselessness? And so, the human mind sees this thing, and sees that thing, recognizes something someone had done over here, etc, and forthwith the individual finds the reasons which he assumes to be the cause of what he has perceived—the futility and the senselessness. And the so-called reasons, the things he has assumed to be the cause, have actually little or nothing to do with it. He has merely identified his feelings with something or someone, and consequently there is more confusion. Instead of clearing the pattern, that adds to the confusion, adds to the difficulty, because it projects into the world consciousness concepts, ideas, attitudes which are not based upon fact, they are based upon fiction. And so there is more confusion.

All of this emphasizes the vital importance of learning to hold a vibratory pattern. Now we can take an attitude, I suppose, saying that we will hold this pattern for ten minutes, or a day, or a week, maybe a month if you are feeling real generous—and if everyone concerned doesn’t clear the deck in that time we are going to quit. I see, right here on Sunrise Ranch, patterns of confusion, unnecessary stress and strain, because things perceived are identified with those aspects which the mind has assumed to be cause, and they are not. Therefore there is no real way to correct the thing. The individual has to continue to feel, or perceive, the vibratory patterns presented and must reach a point where he is willing to relinquish the fictional aspect of the matter before he can make any step. But generally speaking human emotions and feelings are so tightly bound up in such matters that they want the fictional causes corrected, straightened out to the individual’s own satisfaction before he will consider accepting the idea that the pressure can be dealt with. In other words, the human being arbitrarily takes the attitude that God must deal with these things according to the individual’s own human concepts of what should be done, what should be corrected, where and how, and when, and with whom. That defeats the pattern of our progress. It injects things that increase the load, increase the problem in various ways. We undertake to hold the pattern for such individuals as long as possible, but sooner or later each one must reach a point where he or she is not identifying himself with the wrong thing, and where there is a willingness to admit the fictional nature of what has been assumed to be the cause. This is one of the favourite tricks of the devil; it’s a very clever and effective trick that has worked with untold billions of people. Let’s examine it just a little.

If there is pressure which the individual perceives and he can be caused, on an emotional basis, to accept the idea that the cause of this pressure is with some circumstance, some thing, some person, on a fictional basis, then the individual is in the position of demanding that this circumstance, thing, or person, must be corrected in order to permit the individual himself to feel freedom from the pressure. But because that is a fictional pattern in the individual mind and heart it can’t be corrected. The human being demands of God, or of the LORD, or of His servants, “You clear this and I will function thus-and-so.” But that to which the individual looks is a fictional thing. It cannot be corrected except to eliminate it or to give the appearance of something on a fictional basis. If I, for instance, were to disregard the basic principles of reality, I could in such a case produce a fictional set of circumstances which would apparently correct the fictional difficulty and the individual would for the moment be satisfied, but for the moment only, because immediately that individual would, the first time pressure came, develop another fictional pattern, and I would be under the necessity of producing a whole set of fictional outworkings to make the individual feel that he or she was being given adequate consideration, that I was adequately doing my job, etc. Whereupon, for the moment, everything would be lovely. But it wouldn’t last; it wouldn’t hold; and we would soon have our whole program based, not on the rock of reality but upon the fictional patterns devised by human minds—and that is sinking sand. Sooner or later there would be a pressure come along and the whole house would fall, because the fictional patterns would extend into a range beyond my ability to produce a fictional pattern that would seem to correct it. And all that while I would have to be violating the Laws of Being and my own basic Calling and Principles of Life. So that way leads to ruin, absolute ruin!

It is on this point, generally speaking, that there are those who leave us in the wrong way; they decide they can’t take it any longer, that they are going to have to leave, they are going to quit in some fashion, and so they decide it’s time for them to pull out if they are not given adequate consideration, adequate appreciation, etc. And so, if I and those who may be working with me are not able to establish the right vibrational pattern and the acceptance of it in such individuals, a parting of the ways comes, and that’s that. As servers in the field you will be faced with this sort of thing over and over again, not just once in a while, but many times. Are you going to try to shift your foundations to fit the arbitrarily projected structure of another? If you do you will soon be so far off your foundation and into the sinking sand that it is all gone, hopeless, and you fail. No, we cannot afford to shift our foundations.

We cannot shift the true Foundation; we cannot afford to shift our contact with the foundations. So often human beings will come along and say, “Look at this nice little structure over here; I’ve built this very carefully; I’ve spent a lot of time on it; this is what I like. Now, I’ll let it be included in what you’re doing if you’ll just move over here, move your structure right over and fit into it. I’ve already got this here, fit into it!” And sometimes the human being who is attempting to serve thinks, “Well that would be a nice addition. I certainly would like to have that. Maybe if I shifted over there and got it in, then maybe I could shift back. But before he gets that operation done someone over here says, “Well now that’s fine. I’ve got something over here. Come shift over here and include this too, and you’ll grow much more rapidly. Things will really take on form if you’ll just shift over here and take this in.” And pretty soon you’ve shifted so far, and the burden has gotten so heavy, that you have absolutely not chance of ever getting back on your foundations. It won’t work. We cannot afford to shift.

That which is to take part in the building of the Temple not made with hands must come to that building. We are not going to shift the building to the material, no how matter how pleasant or fine it may appear to be; no matter how slowly the structure may seem to rise. That which is to take part in the building must come to the Foundation and fit into the building. There is no other way. We are not going to be trying to shift it around to please human desire and fancy—no matter who may come or go. I would rather one or two who are faithful and true than many who are pulling this way and that, and refusing to share in the building of that which is of the Divine Pattern.

Someday, sooner or later, there will be those appear out of the world’s pressure and turmoil who have the capacity, the willingness, to accept a stable dedication. I can afford to wait. I don’t know how many others can. I can afford to wait. And someday, there are going to be those who provide a stable core vibrational pattern. It is to this that I have been long inviting you, according to your capacities, according to your ability, that you may share in the building of a structure not made with hands—a structure so stable and so sure that there will be something manifest in the world to give assurance that there is something dependable on earth, something of God, something that lasts, and that is not pushed down by the pressures that come and go, the storms that pass, the atmospheric storms around us, or the vibrational storms, or anything else.

In the testing of the material, I do not have to arbitrarily produce conditions which will test. I work to the end that the Temple may be built, but the daily outworking of circumstances tests the material to see whether it will check, whether it will break under the pressures, how it will withstand the wind and the rain, how it will withstand the heat of the sun, and all the rest; perhaps sometimes there’s a little hail. In any case, we have to remember that while we work with individuals, the world body of mankind is our servee. Unless we have that vision, sooner or later personal factors of love, concern, for individuals will break the pattern. Unless we remember that we serve a KING who is worthy of our uttermost devotion, and that our pattern of service extends to the world body of mankind, we will tend to get involved in personalities—those whom we love, those for whom we have a high regard, those whom we would like to see sharing in the true outworking of the Divine Pattern, and who begin to break from the field, who begin to violate the basic principles of polarity and become subject to world pressures whereupon they identify individuals or circumstances or things as the cause of these pressures on the fictional basis. And then the individual is lost in an emotional conviction that if this person that did so-and-so, if that situation were different, if this thing were not there, or if we had the other thing, then all would be well and all the troubles would be over. That is one of the worst snares of the devil because the changes of that nature that supposedly would make one content, will not. And, even if those changes were achieved the same thing would happen all over again—the insatiable pattern of human desire, wanting this and that to be thus-and-so, and then I will serve God, then I will be true to the KING, then I will devote myself to serving the body of humanity. Oh you will, will you?

If it takes those specialized conditions to make you a server, you will never be one. You must learn to take it as it comes, without saying, “This condition, and then I will serve; that person change, and then I will serve; give me the other thing, and then I will serve.” As long as the pattern is thus, you are a servant of the devil. The time comes when we have to face the facts, and look squarely at the fundamental principles of being, and realize that if persons and things and circumstances can push us around and make us serve or not serve, then we are not under the control of God. Oh, there are many things we would like with respect to persons and things and circumstances that would be pleasant, and perhaps desirable, but if we are controlled on that score we are not controlled by God, we are not controlled by the truth, we are not being honest with ourselves, with God, or our fellow man—and it takes integrity, it takes honesty.

What is this matter of holding a vibrational pattern?—and how long shall we hold it? How long? Our LORD has been holding it for twenty thousand years. Perhaps He should decide to quit tomorrow. Wouldn’t that be nice for us! Suppose He were to say, “I’ve held it long enough. Let them take the consequences.” I’ve had a little experience along that line myself. I don’t think there are many here that would like to see me step out of the picture and go on a vacation for three or four years; and say, “Well, I am going to quit holding the line for you. I will come back some day and see what’s left.” I wonder how much would be left? There would be those who would valiantly seek to do the job, but I have a job to do too! You’re not supposed to be able to do my job. Or are you? If you can do my job I will go on a vacation. Please step forward. I am not supposed to do your job either. It works both ways. I am perfectly willing to fill in, and I have and I will—but I am not supposed to do your job and you’re not supposed to do my job. Together we all have a pattern of service to the Glory of our KING and to the blessing of mankind. And the question is, “What does it take to turn us aside?”

Holding a vibrational pattern—this is not something that can be easily outlined for clear understanding, but it is something that you have to learn to do. Some of our servers in the field have learned to do it and some of them haven’t. Those who do it are making progress, and those who haven’t learned to do it may still be on the scene but they’re not, they’re not really getting the job done. Underlying factors break the vibrational pattern, and external things produce reactions. When can we learn to hold steady? Suppose there are pressures, things we do not like, things that should be changed—if we become subject to those things we’re no better than they, whether they be persons or circumstances or things. We are going to reveal who is our god—to worship false gods or God Almighty? If we are a part of the body for the manifestation of God Almighty, then let’s act like it. All Mighty, not just partly mighty.

Does than mean then that we’ll have the power to go out and smash things and turn them around, and force people into this pattern, and say, “If you don’t do as I say, I am going to kick you out, etc.?” Is that what it means to be all mighty? You are going to shape things real fast into the pattern of your own desire? No! But when human beings think of power and the Almighty, that tends to be what they think about. They say, “Oh, I wouldn’t be a dictator, but this ought to be so, and that ought to be so, and my neighbour over here should be thus-and-so; this person should change; this person should change; all these folks, we could make a little adjustment and get along much better. So, if God’s power is Almighty, let’s make these changes.” The same approach the devil used in testing the pattern of our LORD, “If thou be the Son of God command that these stones be made bread.” And it doesn’t work.

No, its not that the Almighty power of God is going to enable us to shape things around to please ourselves! It is that the Almighty power of God is going to make us able to stand and hold the line in the right vibrational pattern, while this chaotic mass swishes back-and-forth and up-and-down until the parts that belong come and stay, and become a part of the Almighty. But meanwhile, we are going to have the ebb-and-the-flow, the ups-and-the-downs, the things that ought not to be, and the things that are in the process of changing. We begin to show whether we belong to the pattern of creation or the Pattern of the Creator—the Pattern of the Creator is thus! If we are a part of that then we are Almighty to hold that pattern, hold the line while these things swirl about in the realms of the creative action. We are inviting all who will to come out of the swirling into the stable pattern of the Almighty.

But, which will it be? Not to arbitrarily be able to change things! No, that is not what signifies power, to make things be what you want them to be—but to hold the line on the right vibration while everyone else is trying to make things over to suit themselves, and that’s the mess! We have fifty people, and each one wants it his own way, and each is going to make it over to suit himself, more or less, exaggerated just a bit so we can see it. And I’ll stand on the sideline and just hold the pattern while you’re wearing yourselves out trying to make each other over, and to make circumstances be thus-and-so, and things be thus-and-so. I’ll wait. Here’s the Pattern; here’s the Design; here’s the Foundation; here’s the Power, to make you a part of this. When you get tired of trying to make each other over, if you are not yet exhausted and ready to die, come over, come over and join us—and I’ll wait. I’ll just wait. I’ll hold the pattern. It’ll be here. Oh, I know, you must make each over a bit more, you must make yourself over a bit more. You’re not quite ready to fit in, so you’ll make yourself into some certain design, you’ll make your neighbour into some certain design. It won’t be worth the snap of your finger when you get here—but take your time, work on it hard, wear yourself out, spend the days of your years doing nothing. The Almighty can wait. He can afford to. Can you?

Just to hold the pattern, the pattern of Truth, the True Design, offering it, but not trying to jam it down anyone’s neck. Not saying, “Well, I am going to make you over.” No, but when you respond you find that you are made over, changed. But you can’t change yourself in advance. You can’t shape this to fit your fancy! So if you are going to shape something to fit your fancy, go on back down into the mess and take your chances—that’s all. This is the Design. Here is the Foundation. And there is the Power here to cause you to conform to this. Hesitate! For what? Because you haven’t made yourself over enough, or made someone else over enough? It won’t work. You must be a part of this, or you’re a part of that which the creative force is acting upon—and that swirling morass out there is being acted upon. That is not where you find the stability, the sure things. You say, “Well, I thought I would grow to the point where, in my contact with this that you’re talking about, I could then go out and I can make things over. I can do this! I am going to have Almighty power so I can go out and be little dictator number three-million six-hundred and ninety-eight. No! Not at all. You hold the line.

Geographically, you may be here or there, if you’re a part of Center—but if you go out trying to carry the Almighty power to shape and mould and do according to what you think ought to be done, it will not work! You’ll just fail. Millions have tried it and failed, and brought the things of God and the power of God into disrepute among the children of men. They say, “Oh, so-and-so has tried it; all of these people get fanatical; they get this-way-and-that, and look!” Sometimes people are called faith healers. People will even tend to classify you as a faith healer, which isn’t true at all if you are functioning correctly. But you’ll have all kinds of tags hung on you. If you have a diamond, say a nice three-carat diamond, and someone comes along and hangs a tag on it, “Cut glass.” Now does the tag make the diamond turn into cut glass? No. But, if it is cut glass instead of being a diamond, it’ll be terribly offended, because it wanted to appear as a diamond. Tags do not change you unless—unless you let them. I’ve been called all kinds of things; and my LORD before me was called a servant of Beelzebub. But the tag doesn’t change you, unless you let it.

And I’ve been informed at various times along the way that carrying the business of holding the line, and insisting that this be thus-and-so can be carried too far, that if I just yield a little bit, if I just say, “Yes, well, maybe we can altar the Divine Design to include this little habit pattern of yours, or this little attitude, or… We won’t insist that you clear completely. I know God love’s you so much that He’ll take you right in, if you are just a little bit off; we’ll have a special colony for people who are a little off, and we’ll make it nice for you in heaven.” You want to be a little off, in the colony? There isn’t any such, but if that’s your aspiration, OK—you’ll never get there! Why be a little off? Why not say, “I recognize that our LORD and KING has held the line for the Pattern of the Original Design. All the negotiations, all the pressures, all the rebellions and revolutions and pushings-and-pullings have not caused Him to budge from that one iota. Not one iota. It’s still, after twenty-thousand years with human beings existing in misery and dying, it’s still the same thing that it was in the beginning. Either this, or! It’s just the same. No change.

How is it put in the Bible? “My word shall not pass away.” My Law—not one jot or tittle of the Law. It’s just the same. No matter who dies; no matter who suffers; no matter how much misery anyone has—all of this will not change. God, or the Pattern, the Design—it’s exactly the same for you today as it was twenty-thousand years ago. It’s exactly the same as it will be in the future. So, if we’re true to the truth we hold the line! Of what? Of the Divine Design. And say, “This is it. Come and share it.” We reveal it, and do our best to present it so that it can be seen in it’s true beautiful light, so that it can be as appealing to the human consciousness as possible—but it’s the same thing, and its not going to change. And you cannot negotiate with God and say, “After while, I am sure that God will be willing to sign a truce.” He will be willing to modify His terms a little, after enough of us die on the battlefield of life, enough of us suffer. I am sure that He will say, “Well, its time to call a truce. And we’ll begin to work out colonies for all the distortion factors. Some of you can have this part of the earth, and some of you can have that part of the earth, and we’ll take a little part over here; it won’t have to be very big, I know, but we would like to have a few hundred acres for those who would really like to reveal the Divine Design, with nothing off, nothing distorted—the real thing.” No truce! No truce. No negotiation is going to work. There is the invitation, “Come and share it.” But don’t imagine that you can put enough pressure on God to make Him compromise, and say, “Well, I’ll accept some of your ideas if you will accept some of mine.” It doesn’t work that way.

Holding the line! On what? On truth—the Divine Design. Do you think you won’t feel pressures? Do you think I don’t? Do you think I don’t know what it is to feel sadness at human beings pulling and turning away, or doing a thousand-and-one things that they ought not to do? I’ve had people go so far as to try to make me compromise a bit by saying, “Well, do thus-and-so or I am going to quit.” Well, if you’re going to quit you’re going to quit; that’s a fact. I am not going to change! Like it or not, I don’t compromise, like it or not! Is it just my way? Am I being some kind of an arbitrary human being? No. I have pointed you to the truth. I’ve pointed you to our KING. I’ve pointed you to the Divine Design. And its that way! Now if it isn’t good enough for someone, well that’s too bad. It’s good enough for me. And that is what I stand for. And it will be the same whether this human form violates the principles or not. It doesn’t change it any—for that which appears as the man would go down as well as anyone else, by reason of a violation. So why do it? What’s the gain? Nothing.

And until you begin to have this realization and this basic attitude, maintaining at the same time a willingness to conform in the patterns of the Divine Design, you can’t really serve. It takes flexibility, great flexibility. I think I have revealed that flexibility, moving from point-to-point in various ways, serving here and there and everywhere. Sometimes human beings take an inflexible attitude, and they say, “You’re flexibility is going to have to take care of this, because I won’t budge.” Well then, of course, when it’s put like that, I get inflexible—then I begin to be inflexible, not because I can’t be flexible but because to yield on a point like that would be to damn the one whom I seek to serve; to increase the idea that if we struggle hard enough, press hard enough, work hard enough, and suffer enough, God will compromise. But, Blessed Ones, God will not compromise, and that’s that! And anyone who hopes to secure a compromise pattern with God has a vain hope. It’s a vain desire.

The LORD is your shepherd, you shall not want. Stop your wanting! Yield to the Divine Design, to the truth, and stay true to the truth. Be honest. Reveal the basic integrity, and the Almighty Power of God will be in you and express through you, to help you to hold the line while someone else pushes-and-pulls, and goes back-and-forth, and decides, “Well, maybe some day I’ll yield too. First I must do this; first I must do that, and the other thing. I’ll probably yield some day, when I get tired enough. But please just wait. Hold the line. I hope that there’s a place for me in the Temple. I’ll get around to filling it some day.” Some day! Some day. And so, we wait, letting the light shine, revealing the truth. What shall it be? What shall it be; when and where, and with whom? What shall it be? We shall see what we shall see.

© emissaries of divine light

God's Great Plan

God's  Great  Plan

     

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Michael  And  His  Angels

Uranda   August 5, 1951

Your faithfulness and sincerity in working forward here helps to carry the spirit of assurance and confidence to others. On our recent journey there were a few in various places who showed themselves ready for a deeper vision of what it means to be an emissary, a deeper recognition of the outworking of God's Great Plan, and our individual and collective relationship in it and to it. It was a joy unspeakable to be able to talk with them concerning the deeper things of God’s Great Plan, to share with them a consideration of the various steps of its outworking, and I wonder if we might well pause now to take another look, a deeper look, that with increased vision there may be truly a greater realization of the privilege and responsibility which we share. Always, when we consider these things, let us remember that at the present time, vibrationally speaking, all Responding Ones are included, no matter who or where they may be, and let us remember that, in the ultimate outworking, the pattern includes every man, woman and child who has a true willingness to let go of those human patterns of function and being which result in futility and failure, that they may share in the greater pattern, the greatest pattern there is, which assures fulfilment and not futility, which assures victory and not failure. When we have enough background of understanding, enough depth of vision, to allow us to take a perspective view of the practical nature of God’s Great Design, it is one of the most awe-inspiring, one of the most thrilling, one of the most glorious, opportunities to which any human being can aspire.

There are a number of things which we must bear in mind if we are to take that view. One of them is a recognition of the practical nature of the Master's instruction as given in the Beatitudes, where He emphasizes the present tense: “Blessed are the poor in the spirit of this world: for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven." Why? Because they let the Spirit of the Kingdom that is at hand fill their lives. But while we are rich in the spirit of this world we have no room for the Spirit of the Kingdom of God on earth. However, when we let the spirit of this world be cast out, so that there is room for the Spirit of the Christ Kingdom, He says: "For theirs is,” not  shall be, not will be, some day after they die, not something to be achieved a thousand years or ten thousand years from now, or from the day He was speaking: “For theirs is the Kingdom of God on earth.” We remember that that same theme runs throughout the expression of the Beatitudes.

And we remember that Jesus outlined the Pattern, the Plan, the Design, by which this Kingdom might become known to the children of men. We remember that it is only the human limitation of vision which has caused so many to assume that Jesus had to die on the cross. We recognize that there are prophecies in the Old Testament which could have been fulfilled at the time of Jesus. We recognize that if the twelve disciples had remained true there would have been a solid Core, a vibrational pattern established, which could have inspired many of the thousands who had received blessings at His Hand, and that instead of the intervening two thousand years of darkness and misery there would have been then the beginning manifestation of the things of God.

There was, nevertheless, a recognition of the nature of human beings, a recognition of the probable course that humanity would follow. Again bringing it up to the time of Jesus (and you will recognize that I am touching just a few high points here to establish a basis for that which I wish to present to you) He recognized the direction in which things were moving. We remember that after the victory over the tomb was made manifest, He spent forty days with the disciples. “To whom also He showed Himself alive after His passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days.” And what was He doing in those forty days? “Speaking of the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.”

Speaking of the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God. Through three and a half years of Ministry He had undertaken to establish a consciousness of the reality of God's Kingdom here on earth, something that was at hand, something that they could begin to share then, but after that three and a half years of Ministry, after the outworking which led to the cross, the resurrection, and these forty days when He was speaking to them concerning the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God, the hour came when He was to withdraw, as a part of that Pattern and Plan — for He had said, “It is expedient for you that I go away” — that He should return to the Inner Realm of things, so that the form could begin to appear, so that the Pattern He had provided could begin to have meaning in them. Yet, when it came to the last minute, virtually the last question they had an opportunity to ask of Him, certain of the disciples said, “Lord, wilt Thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?” There was a complete lack of comprehension, a complete failure to grasp what the Master had been talking about. It must have been a sad moment when our Master heard that inane question, the foolishness of the human mind failing to grasp the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.

Yet, we see that that same tendency has continued down to this present day. We recognize that when the Day of Pentecost came, if they had functioned according to the Divine Design the Power of God which began to manifest would not have diminished and vanished away, but it would have increased and become a true power in the world in the affairs of men, and according to that Pattern, trusting that His followers would allow that fulfilment an opportunity of manifestation. He gave the prophecies that are contained in the 24th chapter of Matthew. That cycle of fulfilment was supposed to come into manifestation about seventy years after the time when He was born. It was supposed to be in the middle of the cycle of fulfilment at the time when He spoke these words. Some of the things which He mentioned were fulfilled then, but many of them are not yet fulfilled.

We see that man's failure to follow through under the leadership which God had appointed, [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/the-leadership-ordained.html] his failure to allow the Power of God to increase instead of diminish, postponed the day of fulfilment. When they failed to follow through while He was ministering with them, it postponed it. Yet, He established a Plan and Pattern by which they could still experience the fulfilment at that time. But again His point was missed, the Plan was ignored, the leadership He appointed was denied, and instead of the outworking which God intended there was another delay. Consequently, the renewed Pattern, not a change of God's basic Plan but of the manner of its fulfilment, was given new form in what we call the Book of Revelation — some sixty years later, when the Pattern should have been fulfilled and was not, when the failure became evident. It had proved itself out, and the Power of God which began to appear at Pentecost had diminished until there was virtually nothing left of it, there was a reaction of persecution which the disciples had brought upon themselves [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/control-pattern.html] and so through John the Revelator a new Pattern, a new Program, was outlined by which the Plan of God might yet find manifest form on earth.

We recognize that it is this part of the Great Plan, according to this particular Pattern of its manifestation, which we have the privilege of sharing. But unless we look back and examine into the cycles of outworking which have led to this hour, we are inclined to make some of the same mistakes that were made in time past, inclined sometimes to forget the Way, the Truth and the Life. When Jesus was outlining His Great Plan with respect to the One Body of many members, the means by which His Power should continue on earth, He pointed out this particular possibility. He made it clear. Let me read you His words, the familiar text that begins:

“I am the true Vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away.” If a branch is taken away, in the sense in which He is speaking here, it is evident that the fruit was not appearing. “And every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it.” How often the human spirit rebels against the necessities of the purging. The human being says, “But I have served thus and so. I have borne such and such fruit for our Lord.” If you bear fruit, remember that it is the greatest, the most wonderful compliment that God can give to any man or woman, to provide for a purging, a cleansing, so that there may be an increase to the end that the individual may bring forth more fruit. And the process continues until he brings forth much fruit. Now note: “Abide in me, and I in you.” Remember that that is what impulsive Peter forgot. “As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.” That literally took place.

When, after the beginning of the manifestation of the Power of God at Pentecost, they failed to abide in Him, they failed to let the Pattern continue and increase, what happened first? The manifestation of the Power of God, instead of increasing, withered. It diminished very rapidly. We have the record here that it did so. It diminished rapidly. It withered, and because there was self-activity, because it was an imposition of a human plan, a human idea, persecution arose, and in the years that followed, as you know, many of those who tried to be Christians were literally burned. They say, “Burned at the stake.” Too often those who call themselves Christians look back at those so-called martyrs and feel a certain pride, a certain attitude that that is evidence of greatness. That was an evidence of man's failure to recognize the Plan and Purpose of God. It was not a part of God's Plan or intent. It was completely unnecessary. Jesus pointed out here:

“If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.” Of course. He did not intend to convey the idea that all would be literally burned, as at the stake, and yet it reached that point. The Master had given forewarning of what would follow If they failed to pay attention to the Laws and Principles involved. We have the same responsibility today. As the Power of God is beginning to increase in the earth, we must remember that if we start using it self-actively as Peter and the others did, the results would be the same.

Jesus made it very, very clear on a number of occasions who was to be the leader, and at the cross He passed the place of authority and leadership to John. [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/third-and-last-time-.html] But the disciples refused to acknowledge that. They decided to select their own leader, and bold and impulsive Peter was the one they thought could do the better job, and he was the one who led them. Not just at the time of the crucifixion, but again and again all but John followed in patterns which were, in fact, denial and betrayal. And as John was the only one of the disciples who had stood at the cross, so was he the only one who followed through in the Pattern and it was through him that a re-arrangement of the Program became possible. It was because he did remain true that it was possible for God to establish a Program, and make it evident in what we call the Book of Revelation, whereby the fulfilment could yet be. The Dark Ages did not need to be. All this human suffering did not need to be. We can look back and see that. There is an old saying that, “Hindsight is better than foresight,” because we can look back and see that which leaves us without excuse.

Now, with this introduction, so that you may remember all of these things as we move forward in our consideration, I would like to remind you next of God's revelation of His Plan and intent as it was made manifest in the Old Testament period. Jesus did not reveal God's intent, actually. He gave it new form, yes, and He revealed the Way by which it could be experienced, by which fulfilment might come; but let us look back. Seven hundred years before the Master's birth, through the prophet Isaiah, these words were uttered: “Thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness. Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.”

Thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise. The Gateway to the Kingdom of God here on earth is the Gateway of Praise, of Gratitude to God — the Spirit of Thanksgiving. We have recognized that, and we have found that it works in our lives. Sometimes people forget the Gates. Let us not do it. “Thy sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting Light, and thy God thy glory. Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself; for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation.”

Because things did work out as they did, human beings have failed to recognize that that prophecy, among others, pointedly shows what could have been if the disciples had held steady when Jesus came. That fulfilment could have been then. It is not yet. It is still to be experienced. It could have been under the leadership of Jesus, in the first part of its manifestation at least. Again, He prepared the way for it to appear after He left this sphere of things. It could have come into being and real power following the Day of Pentecost if the disciples had held true, but they did not. But the LORD provided another opportunity, the Program for the fulfilment of the Divine Plan as outlined in the Book of Revelation, and we are sharing that. That is our opportunity, our privilege. If we were to fail — but let us not even contemplate, or speculate on, such a thing. There have been too many failures in the past. This must not fail.

Let me read another passage which relates to the same fulfilment which could have been, and is yet to be, in the 6th chapter of Isaiah: “For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. But be ye glad and rejoice forever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, (the New Spiritual Consciousness which shall manifest) and joy in my people.” Has the LORD had an opportunity to rejoice in the outworking of things on earth? Has He had the opportunity of having joy in His people in this interval of the past two thousand years? No. We have been making Him wait a long time. It is time for someone, somewhere, to begin to so function that He can have joy in His people. “I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.” We see how that same pattern of fulfilment was carried over in the new Program as outlined in the Book of Revelation. “And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble.”

As long as human beings carry out the pattern of their own desires, the ideas of their own making, trying to make things be what they want, it always results in this: “They labor in vain, and bring forth for trouble.” Your own lives can testify to that, and you have seen it on every hand wherever you have been in this old world. But, for those who are following the Divine Pattern something else is the case. “They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them. And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.” These are some of the things that direct our attention to a recognition of the fact that it could have been.

Let us turn now to another view of the Divine outworking of things. This was actually nearly two hundred years after Isaiah. You will remember that when man first fell, when Lucifer first decided to oppose the Pattern of God and substitute an idea of his own, according to the record there was war in Heaven, and Michael and His Angels fought with the dragon and his angels, and the dragon was cast out of Heaven into the earth. Heaven is at hand. Heaven was on earth. People have tried to understand these things by imagining a separation of earth from Heaven at that time, which did not exist. Heaven and earth were One. It was here on earth that this thing took place, and it was Heaven here, and it was through those whom God had created, Lucifer, the Bright and Morning Star, Divine Man on earth, created to let Deity be revealed in the realm of form in this world. Heaven was here, and it was here in that Heaven on earth that the battle came.

We will not go back and examine all the different phases of it now, but touching a few highlights, recognize that that is what took place. Michael and His Angels fought. The dragon, the self-active mind of man, was cast out of Heaven — and in the realm of self-active human beings they still are out of Heaven. They have been trying to get back into Heaven according to their own way and desire ever since, but they cannot do it. Heaven was here then, and has been at hand all the time ever since. So, Michael and His Angels fought, and the dragon, the self-active expression of man, was cast out of Heaven. The restoration, salvation — the thing for which the Master came into the world — the purpose of all God’s Designs and Plans down through the ages, has been the restoration. The restoration to what? The restoration of the mind, the consciousness of man, to Heaven that is at hand. That is all it amounts to. But the consciousness of man cannot get back into Heaven except by the way which God has established. From that time on the work of focalizing the activities designed to bring about man's salvation, his restoration to Heaven at hand, was in the hands of the One who had cast out the dragon and all his angels, all those who followed after that pattern of self-activity.

Michael was the One who carried on that focus of activity in various cycles, in various ways, many of which are recorded and some are not, leading to an opportunity for man — the opportunity that was established at the time of Abraham, the opportunity that was established at the time of the Children of Israel when they came out of Egypt. It is written that Moses did not enter the Promised Land. The place to which he was taking the people was only a symbol to him. The Promised Land to which he was looking was the restoration of the Divine Kingdom on earth. Looking over Jordan to the land to which the Children of Israel were going, geographically, meant nothing to him. There has been a great misunderstanding in this, for actually he was concerned with leading the people back to the Kingdom of God on earth, and already it had become evident to him that that pattern was not going to work, that taking those people to the geographical place of the so-called Promised Land was moving into too many tangents. They had wasted too many years wandering in the wilderness. That was a Plan, a Pattern, which could have worked. If those who had been delivered from Egypt had followed the Plan which God established, it could have been done then, and it would not have been necessary for Jesus Christ to come into the world.

That is the fundamental point I wish to emphasize now. There was, repeatedly established, an opportunity for human beings to come into the Kingdom. It could have been done without Jesus Christ having to come into the world. As you begin to see this Great Cosmic Plan in all of its points and its relatedness, remember that. And remember that from the standpoint of Michael that was the most important thing of all. That was his greatest desire, that the restoration should be accomplished without any inconvenience to His LORD and KING. Over and over again he worked and labored to that end. Now, if you remember the things we have covered in this brief outline, you will be in position to understand and appreciate something I would read to you now from the 10th chapter of the Book of Daniel:

“In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.

“In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;

“Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz: His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.

“And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength. Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground. And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.

“And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling. Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.

“But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia. Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.

“And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb. And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my Lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength. For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.

“Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me, And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.

“Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come. But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.”

We will not take time to analyze all the different phases of this passage, but certain points need to be brought clearly into focus. As it is emphasized here, Michael  was incarnated in the form that was called Daniel. Michael was in the earth at that time working toward the end that we have been considering, appearing as Daniel, and it is indicated here in this text also that from the Divine standpoint he was recognized as the Lord of Truth. But what was the vision? The Bible does not say. I can tell you what it was. It was at that time that the decision was made from the standpoint of our LORD and KING that He would come into the world. Michael, manifesting in various times and ways, had worked to bring about the restoration of man without this necessity on the part of our LORD. It was at that time that Daniel [Michael] was informed, through that vision, that the LORD of Lords had determined to come into the world Himself and to establish the Program, to work out a Plan to make possible the hastening of the Program of Salvation for man. That was a great sadness to Michael, as it is put: “My comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.”

This was a manifestation to Daniel at that time, revealing to him that since the outworking with respect to the Children of Israel had failed, the Divine decision was made to let all of those old patterns go and to move forward into another cycle. The way it affected Daniel is vividly portrayed here: “And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb. And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my Lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength. For how can the servant of this my Lord talk with this my Lord?” The feeling of failure, of recognizing that all that had been accomplished up to that time had not achieved the desired end, that the LORD Himself was going to come into the world, was heavy upon him. Then there came the assurance: “Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me.” There we see the picture of the acceptance of the Divine Plan.

We recognize that Michael was again manifest, when the Master was here, through the one who was called the Beloved Disciple John, and that for the period that Jesus Christ Himself was here on earth the focalization of the whole program was, of course, in the Master’s hands on earth; but that when humanity had rejected Him, the moment He lost consciousness on the cross, the authority, the responsibility with respect to carrying on that Program, passed back to the hands of Michael, the one who has worked from the beginning of the days of the fall for the restoration and the salvation of man. Concerning the particular pattern of fulfilment that was to be, the Master gave some very definite statements, and with a brief consideration of them we will bring our meditation to a close. “Nevertheless,” the Master said, “I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on me.”

From the standpoint of Michael, from the standpoint of the outworking of the Cosmic Plan, there is just one sin — just one! Any other ill thing would have to come under the classification of that one sin. All ill things come into manifestation as a result of that one sin. And the moment an individual clears, so that he is not subject to that one sin, the former things begin to pass away, and that which has been has no more power, no more meaning. The one sin — "Because they believe not on Jesus Christ our LORD.” The one sin — to share with the world the rejection, the denial, the betrayal, and the crucifixion. From that day the world has been under judgment. Opportunity is given to human beings to be forgiven of that one sin, that believing, believing according to the standard the Master gave — “the works that I do shall ye do also” — they shall be saved. That is the standard of belief. Then there is evidence of whether there is belief. The only sin there is is failure to believe on Jesus Christ our LORD. That is the basis of judgment for the world. That is the basis of judgment for every man, woman and child, without a single exception.

So, we come down to this time, this day, this cycle of fulfilment, having a share in that Great Pattern that is portrayed here from cover to cover in the Bible, when a new opportunity has been established for human beings. If we remember the broad scope of it, the Glory and the Wonder of it, the Awe of God’s Love and Patience — and what an awesome thing it is! — then, surely, in this day and age we can remember what we are here for, to Whom we belong, and where we are supposed to live and serve in the Spirit of the Living Christ. Surely we can leave behind the spirit of self-centeredness, leave behind the whims and fancies, the reactions, that spoil the Pattern, delay the outworking, and in effect say to the hungry ones in the world, “Wait a little longer while I have my own way, while I struggle with God a bit,” and which in effect say, “God, I know you have a Plan, a Design; I know you are All-Powerful, but I am still going to contend with you and try to impose my will over yours.” The contemptible foolishness of the human mind, the human being, who takes such a stand!

We have an opportunity toward which the Prophets of All Ages have looked. This time of outworking is ours to share. If we recognize that which is portrayed in the Bible, and which we have viewed briefly in broad perspective, we can surely remember, and keep centered in, the Spirit of the Living Christ all the time, that we may not only share His Victory but that we may have a part in making that Victory have meaning in the lives of others. Except as we so serve we are nothing. Unless we bring forth fruit we are nothing. What Jesus did will be in vain for each one who fails to follow through on this Pattern, this cycle of outworking. For all who reject that Plan as it now stands, the opportunity and the things that Jesus did are in vain. God forbid that it should be so for any of you. Let us share the Victory, and, sharing it, inspire others to do likewise; for we remember the words of the Master’s Prayer where He taught us to pray, “Thy Kingdom come.” Where? On earth. “Thy Will be done.” Where? “On earth as it is in Heaven. For Thine is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory forever. Aumen.”

I thank God for the blessings we have shared, that as we remain steady and true, learning to abide in that polarity which permits the fulfilment of this Great Plan, the Power of God can work through us more effectively than ever before. And there are so many Earnest Ones out there working with us, sharing this outworking where they are. They do not have to be here, geographically. They are a part of it. I thank God for what has been accomplished, but it is little more than a beginning. But, concerning small things, we read the Promise: “A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation,” and the Master pointed to the growth of the mustard seed. Let us let it be so in our lives regardless of what anyone else may do.

Heavenly Father, I thank Thee for Thy Blessings upon these Faithful Ones here gathered, and for all who are with us in Spirit, for all who are turning to Thee, that Thy Will may be done on earth as it is in Heaven, causing Thy Kingdom to come; For Thine is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory forever. In the Christ. Aumen.

I thank God for the privilege of this hour with you. I thank God for the response that is in you — and according to thy response, so be it unto thee. We are not here to satisfy ourselves or please ourselves. We are not here to play children^’s games. We are here to share the outworking of the Cosmic Plan of God which began immediately to come into force and being at the time of the fall of man. It is ours to share, and I thank God for the privilege of sharing it with you, and all the others who are responding and showing themselves willing to forget the human, petty things which spoil so much that is lovely, that the things of God may appear on earth. God Bless you.

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