Represent The Truth

Represent  The  Truth

Martin Cecil  April 21, 1974 p.m.

My particular responsibility is to represent what is true and right in all of you, and many others, to the LORD. Perhaps this representation on my part can assist you to understand what your responsibility is. We accept people as they are. This, after all, is the only way that it is possible to do. We cannot take the attitude that such and such a person will have to conform to our views as to how he should behave before we are willing to accept him. Though we may accept people as they are, we only represent what is true and right in those concerned; we see no necessity at all to represent the things that are wrong. In this way we maintain the holiness of our own beings, and we make possible the reality of the Holy Place on earth.

This representation of rightness relates always to the present moment. Whatever it is that comes to point in the present moment as the specific responsibility for us to handle provides us with the means of right representation. If the present moment, and the circumstance of it, is ignored, then there is no right representation present in that moment. Regardless of what it is that the responsibility may be, that is the one in which there needs to be right representation. It is, as it were, that we proclaim, “This is the way.” What is the behavior which you accept for yourself in the circumstance of the moment? This indicates the nature of your representation. It isn't a matter of trying to see the things that are right and true in people; it isn't a matter of shoveling away the manure, so to speak, so that you can find the treasure underneath. It is simply a matter of providing right representation yourself in the moment. Then what is represented by you will find a chord of attunement in somebody else. That somebody else may be immediately present with you, or may be a thousand miles away; it makes no difference. Those who find that chord of attunement with your representation of rightness will be drawn to you.

If you are doing this and are right in the moment, then, in view of the fact that you are a part of a larger Body, it may mean that the one who is being drawn to you is drawn to some other part of the Body of which you are a part. So there is no looking for results, peering around to see which one is going to be drawn “to me.” This “to me” attitude is the self-centered attitude, isn't it? We do not particularly care where a responding one comes to, as long as he comes to the forming Body of which we are a part. But it is right representation in the moment that establishes the point of contact with what is right in somebody else, and if the Tone is sufficiently clear in that other person the drawing power of that Tone will bring him home. This is the way it works, in simple terms, so it emphasizes the importance of the circumstance of the moment. Again, we accept the circumstance of the moment; there is, rightly, no endeavor to escape from it. This, of course, requires a certain amount of honesty. All too many people subconsciously seek escape. We have taken note of the various mechanisms in this regard which assert themselves in human experience.

Sometimes the individual will feel too tired, too tired to accept the circumstance of the moment. The very fact of seeming tiredness is part of the circumstance of the moment. The thing which the individual should do is another part: How will this be handled? Will there be a representation of tiredness in the situation? A lot of people are feeling that way all over the place, so no doubt we will provide a representation in that regard for many. But that is exactly the wrong representation to provide. If we have begun to accept the responsibility of right representation, we know how to handle a state of affairs where we feel tired, and we do not permit our feelings to govern. We do the thing that needs to be done, in the way that it should be done, with an understanding of what it is we are about, for we are not here to represent human weakness. Most people find that very easy to do, and they justify themselves in various ways. But if we are representing what is true and right in people, we are not representing what is weak and wrong. Most are inclined to take the attitude that if some sort of weakness is being felt that this, while it may be unfortunate, is more or less inevitable because it has been so customary to identify oneself with weakness, thereby representing the weakness. We are here to represent the strength. And if a circumstance arises where there is a sense of weakness, what greater opportunity could there be than to represent strength? If we are feeling very robust, then there's nothing much of weakness to handle, is there? Mind you, there's nothing wrong with a sense of robustness; we have the responsibility of representing strength.

We represent, rightly, what is strong and right in people. Now this is an interesting thing. We find ourselves, if we do this, in an assembly: parliament, congress, what have you. We didn't have to campaign; we simply assumed the position of representing what is right in people and were elected. These in fact are the electorate. No one can stop you from being a true representative of the people. You don't need to belong to any political party, and you don't need to campaign, in the ordinary sense at least. Your campaign is the correct representation, so that in relationship to every detail of your momentary living experience you represent rightness. And part of the representation of rightness is strength. It is possible to be strong, you know, in seeming weakness. So regardless of the circumstance, regardless of personal feelings, regardless of likes and dislikes, the sole concern is to represent rightness in people.

As I say, I have the responsibility of representing what is right in you and in others. I do not care at all to represent the things that are wrong. This makes me your representative of rightness. And you didn't elect me. And yet, if you are content to have the rightness in you represented by me, should there be an election I would be elected. Now, you need to see this in relationship to yourself, because you have the responsibility, individually, of representing rightness in your worlds. I could not represent rightness for you if I took as an excuse for not doing so the fact that there was some wrongness present in you. Neither can you take such an attitude with respect to those who people your world. Just because you might think there was something wrong inside someone—and no doubt there is—that's really none of your business, is it? Not if you are a representation of what is right. That's your business. And so, regardless of what may be wrong in anyone, anywhere, you still have the responsibility of representing rightness. The acceptance of that responsibility is what permits the reality of a Priesthood to be a fact on earth.

Some people have found it easy, apparently, to acknowledge the rightness that was made evident in Jesus. And so they say, “Look to Jesus to represent your rightness.” But unfortunately (although rightly so) Jesus is not around to provide that representation. Where are those who will accept the responsibility of themselves doing it? This is something that is open to anyone. It has very little to do with orthodox religion as such; it has nothing whatsoever to do with politics. And yet, anyone, anywhere, at any time, may accept the position of the representative of what is right in people. And those in whom that rightness is strong enough will become your constituents.

The Priesthood, as symbolized by the Tribe of Levi of old, was supposed to represent to God what was right in the Twelve Tribes. It certainly wasn't their business to represent what was wrong and bring it into the Holy Place. To come into the Holy Place it is necessary that one should be sanctified. One is sanctified by the truth. That sanctification takes place because the individual simply and solely represents the truth that is present wherever it is present in people. And that representation is not just a momentary thing, as though one were to say, “It's time now to go into the Holy Place, so I'll pick up my true representation and go marching in.” Representation relates to living. My representation of what is right in you is not merely a matter of words in a service. If this was all there was to it it would be pretty thin, wouldn't it? You would have no sense of any substance to it; it would be a veneer. I doubt if you'd pay any attention. Of course, even though it does have substance, sometimes you don't pay any attention anyway. But the substance relates to living, and living relates to the present moment, out of which we never get. Can you take a day off? I'd advise you not to try it! Living is of the moment, the ever-present moment, no time off, no moment when you do not have the responsibility of representing what is right and true in people anywhere and everywhere. You don't have to pick this person out or that person out; you let them pick themselves out in response to your representation. You do not have to explain what the truth is, particularly; just represent it, just be it in relationship to the thing of the moment. And you can't pick and choose in that regard. Whatever the thing of the moment is, that is your point of reference in representation—whatever it is that arises, whether it's something anticipated or something which seems suddenly to appear. There is a representation of rightness into the sudden appearance; there's a representation of rightness into what is anticipated. The question arises always: “Is it a right person who is handling the circumstance of the moment?”

How often you have found yourself representing something that wasn't so right, maybe an attitude of resentment, an attitude of jealousy, an attitude of you name-it, which is common in human experience. This is customary for human beings, to represent to each other the wrong things and, consequently, to destroy each other, to tear each other down. We are concerned not with the descending aspect of the creative cycle, but with the ascending; to hook people up with what is moving up. And that is what we are here to represent. We may say that this is a vibrational hookup; we're not going to hammer people over the head and say, “Come this way.” We simply provide the essential Tone of Life which is generated by reason of right representation. The words were written, “I am the Voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make His paths straight.” How? By representing what is true and right. The Voice of one crying in the wilderness is heard by those wandering in the wilderness, not those who are self-satisfied in the land of Egypt. This is rightly your Voice, heard through every circumstance because you in fact are preparing the way of the LORD and making His paths straight—the way by which human beings who are willing may come back to the LORD.

There are many who wander in the wilderness, who are betwixt and between, so to speak. They may have one foot in Egypt still, but they don't really know where the Promised Land is. And they wander, and they wonder, in the wilderness. They may have emerged out of Egypt; they may still be clinging to certain aspects of Egypt, even as the children of Israel did after they were in the wilderness. “Oh, for those fleshpots!” Those who wander in the wilderness are more likely to hear the sound of the True Tone than those who are satisfied in Egypt; and hearing that Tone, because there are those who consistently provide it in the moment, they may be gathered together unto one place. When the point of orientation is available, and it is there constantly, there are those who will come home. You do not have to try to persuade people. If we feel under the necessity of trying to persuade people it is probably because we are aware that we are not offering the True Tone in any adequate sense. So persuasion seems to be an acceptable substitute for the True Tone; trying to convince people. But a person doesn't come home on the basis of that. Sometimes people can be seemingly brought close by this means but, if the True Tone isn't present and there isn't an adequate response to that True Tone, the person who seemed to be convinced will depart. It isn't the fancy ideas of the human mind that bring people home or keep them in the vicinity of home when they approach. They never come home on that basis, actually. It is what is moving in the heart where the True Tone sounds. If the heart is too impure, no matter how persuasive you may be, the individual won't come home.

Now, the Priesthood are always concerned to maintain the holiness of the Holy Place, so that nothing that defiles or works abomination or makes a lie can be represented by the one who aspires to the Priesthood; he keeps the Holy Place holy. By the way, where is the Holy Place? Just exactly where you are, just exactly where you are in the present moment. So often the Holy Place is looked upon as being somewhere else; perhaps: “When I get through the day's work I'll be able to have a quiet time somewhere and enter into the Holy Place.” And what will you bring into it if this is your view of the Holy Place?—all the unholiness of the day? If you do, it won't be a Holy Place, will it? The Holy Place is nowhere else but in the present moment, in relationship to the circumstance of the moment. There can seem to be some pretty unholy circumstances. Does that mean that the Holy Place is out? It shouldn't, if you are there. If you're there representing what is right and true, then the Holy Place is there and the abominations cannot enter in.

Let no excuse cause you to allow abominations to enter into your Holy Place. Do not imagine that you can help others by becoming involved in their abominations so as to try to make them believe that you're not so different from what they are. In such case you sure won't be! The point is that they need to be different from what they are, and you provide the evidence of what that difference should be. Always keep the Holy Place holy because it is the place where you dwell. And you will never invite anything into it that is not holy, that is not right, that is not true, and you will never leave your Holy Place to go into somebody else's unholy place. This begins to indicate the nature of a Priest or Priestess in the Tabernacle of God; each one represents what is true and what is right and therefore holy.

It is my particular responsibility, now shared increasingly by others, to represent what is true and right in the Priesthood, that the veil between the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies may constitute no barrier anymore to the Shekinah, the evidence of the Presence of the One Who Dwells. It is my responsibility in this hour to represent what is right and true in you. I would that all that is not right and true should be relinquished. But even if it is not, I accept whatever you are as a symbol of what you should be, and I represent what you should be. What is not true or right is always excluded from the Holy Place insofar as I'm concerned. On occasion some of you may have been keenly aware of this when something that didn't belong was brought close to me. In such case it's almost as though there were a wall. Some, on occasion, have felt rather badly because of this.

They came up against a wall. I've been judged and blamed because of this, or sometimes the individual will feel very badly—there must be something terribly wrong with the person concerned. Then there is indulgence in self-centeredness; weeping and wailing—"Oh dear. Woe is me.” Either judgment or such self-centeredness is quite unnecessary. Just recognize that there was something present that didn't belong, that's all. As you become increasingly aware of the True Tone you will know immediately what it was, too. You don't have to figure it out. Incidentally, this is the only way you can know what it is that doesn't belong. You can't tell by the judgments of the mind, which is inclined to say, “Well this is pretty good.” Some of the pretty good things stink. In fact, if you try to bring them along, try to push them into the Holy Place, you'll come up against the wall. Thus far, and no further.

Now, when you are true to the Tone yourself, that Tone will operate the same way through you, and others will, on occasion, come up against the wall in you. But you understand what it is; there is no condemnation. Some people get headaches butting their heads up against the wall, thoroughly convinced that what they are bringing is really needed in the Kingdom, when it doesn't belong there at all. We need to learn to keep the Holy Place holy. We are only able to do this when we are keenly aware of the true nature of the Tone. The true nature of the Tone appears perhaps, in whatever measure, in a service such as this. It appears on the basis of whatever rightness there is available to represent, so it will appear in this unique manner on the basis of all who are here present. In another setting it will appear in another way. But the True Tone is always harmonious with itself, no matter how it may take form in any particular setting, though it does take form in a unique way with respect to the setting. This makes it impossible for someone to say, “Well, I know what the Tone is on the basis of my observation of the way it appeared in that setting. So I'm going to take this Tone now and I'm going to blare out in the same way wherever I am. I know what the Tone is. I don't need any more understanding in this regard. I know what the Tone is.” But the Tone is peculiar to the setting even though it's harmonious to itself in every setting.

The most vital thing, insofar as what is unfolding in the world now is concerned, is that there should be those who have a keen ear for the Tone. The Tone being reproduced sometimes gets off-key; then it is that others are being invited to be off-key. Those who have already some keenness of hearing will immediately be aware that it is off-key. Then with others there is the tendency to judge the off-key tone which they have touched as though it were the Tone, the True Tone, emerging through this particular focalization, when it isn't at all. Woe unto those who offer an off-key tone as though it were the True Tone. So, how important it is that one find that True Tone, to become keenly aware of it.

Now, it appears in a service, but don't imagine that what is said in the service is the Tone. It is what is being conveyed by what is said that is the Tone. And if you don't perceive what it is that is being conveyed you don't perceive the Tone; you may hear the words and you may say, “Oh, those are wonderful words. Now I'll go out and I'll reproduce those words”—and we've had a lot of jargon appearing on that basis—but it isn't the genuine thing at all. It doesn't indicate what the Tone is. It may multiply human concepts pro and con, but what is the Tone? How much of the Tone do you think you have heard in what has been offered this evening, for instance? You've heard some words, but the Tone is always much deeper, has more depth to it than what may emerge in any particular service. Because, as has already been indicated, if it is the True Tone, it is a Tone of Living, total living, not just the Tone of the momentary service. The Tone may be touched in the service but not yet really known. It comes through the experience of living. And those who begin to touch the Tone must be very cautious that they do not jump to conclusions and try to force or impose something on others before they themselves know what the True Tone really is. It is never a matter of forcing concepts about something on somebody else. You may think your concepts about the truth are better than someone else's concepts about the truth, but who's going to judge in the matter? It's not the concepts that count; it's the Tone of Living—the real Tone of Living.

The real Tone cannot be experienced by anyone who does not dwell in the Holy Place. To dwell in the Holy Place, what is right and true must be represented, represented in the moment, in the circumstance of the moment, in relationship to whatever is to be done or not done in the moment. How is the situation handled? By a true representative of what is right or by a representative of something that is wrong? That's always the question in the moment. And human beings have such firmly embedded habits with respect to representing what is wrong that it takes some real alertness to handle the momentary circumstance as it should be handled, handled by a true person who is a real representative of what is right. And when what is right is represented for human beings consistently, those in whom that rightness is sufficiently strong will come home in spite of themselves. In fact, it could be said that you couldn't keep them away. There's no great task to bringing home those who are ready to come home—and that isn't everybody by any means—those who are ready to come home, when the right Tone is consistently there.

“I am the Voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make His paths straight.” Here is the True Tone. Let that be your Voice in the wilderness. We may abide in the Holy Place when our representation is true and right. And through the Holy Place, Shekinah emerges, the True Tone is released, and the fact that the earth is the LORD's and the fulness thereof, the world and they that dwell therein, is made evident.

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Within the Kingdom of the Prince of Peace

Within  the  Kingdom  of  the  Prince  of  Peace

"A New Vision Of Peace"

Uranda   July 28, 1946  3 pm

The LORD is good, and greatly to be praised. Each time we consider the words of Psalm 107, that I read in the close of our Service this noon, you find that the expression is from a different level, that you see things that you never saw before; and you have been coming into a realization of the fact that there are many levels of consciousness. As we reach a point where we function correctly as the One Christ Body on earth, we are able to function on those levels according to the natural outworking of the Will of God as it is done on earth, and according to the necessities in the world itself.

On this level of consciousness which we now share, I would like to emphasize, perhaps to repeat, two or three points which we have considered before. Each one who is sharing in the formation of this Body on earth has brought into it certain focalizations with respect to the world as it is. These focalizations give us our contact points with the world. They are the channels through which we can work effectively in radiation, though we are few in number, because we have been gathered from the lands, from the north, south, east and west, not just in a geographical sense, but in the sense of our world attunements, levels and spheres of function. Even in these few people, whom the world would count to be so few that they would be of no effect, we have vibrational focalizations within the world that permit us, in a very real sense, to take hold of the world as a whole.

You have, in a primary sense, brought into this focalization that which is called good in the world, the good manifestation of the world. But you know that that which is of the good of the world, as it is known in the world, still brings destruction and failure. Nevertheless, it is in this sense that we have the vibrational contact points which reach out into all of the good of the world—all the good people of the world, in other words—contained within the scope of radiation which we have focalized here. Because of the actuality of these focalizations, you have first to meet these things individually, more or less as if they were problems of outworking, matters which are very real in you, adjustments that must be made in you in a very real sense, and in that process the outworking of world events is even now being influenced.

First, there must be victory over barriers, obstacles and limitations of consciousness. Those things that are not in perfect harmony with the Truth are worked out in adjustment in you. You individual members of the One Body, sharing this thing together, let the creative power work through you here and now, to gain the victory over such barriers as may be present, to adjust where it may be necessary, to get that which is the expression of you as an individual coordinated with the Truth, and to provide a channel for the flow of the creative power in the earth.

As that is done, the victory is established in you as a member of the Body; and with respect to that point of victory, it is established for the Body because it is established in you. Then, as soon as we have completed the cycle here with respect to the clearing of these matters in the members of the Body, we will have reached a point where the Body, as such, having gained the victory, stands as the point through which the power flows to cause this same working to move back into the world.

Once that victory is really established in you as a Unit, through all of the different aspects of the problem which you represent in the world, and you continue to function as a Unit, the same process, because of the continued flow of the Spirit of Love and the Spirit of Truth through you, must begin to take place out in the world, first with respect to those who are most closely attuned to your vibration. It is first picked up by those individuals, whether they are here, or in China, or anywhere else, but those individuals, whoever they are, wherever they are, begin to be influenced by that Current that flows through you. They will either respond to it and begin to let themselves be adjusted for the perfect function of the creative power, or, resisting to too great a degree, they will find themselves swept back by the force of the power.

Every time an individual is drawn from out of the world into a harmonization, so that he begins to function on the Rock, as a part of the Unit, the cycle of movement out of the world into the Kingdom becomes stronger, begins to move more rapidly, and the range of the manifestation of the Kingdom, in a vibrational sense, expands outward. That means that once this is established in the Body in a true sense, and it is working as a Victorious Unit, the battle is over insofar as you yourself, as an individual, may be concerned.

That does not mean that the battle is over in the world—and we will be participating in that outworking until it is finished—but it does mean that the struggle is no more inside of you. You have love, compassion, understanding; you do everything that you can to uplift, bless and assist all of the Responding Ones who may come within your sphere of influence; but, as this thing rolls back into the world, the battle line will be in those who are awakening, in whom the victory in the next wave, so to speak, is being made manifest.

Those who find the victory in each new wave will be drawn in; those who refuse to share in the victory will go down; and, wave on wave, it will come, each time getting larger and larger, and stronger and stronger, until it sweeps the world. But, inside of this, regardless of anything else, no matter what is rising or falling in the world, no matter how much turmoil there may be, there is one point where peace must reign supreme, where the Prince of Peace actually has His Kingdom manifest on earth, and that peace must be in heart, in mind, in function, in attitude, in feeling, in action, in you. That does not mean that we will not feel the Fire of Divine Love flowing out, that is, a real Creative Current, but that Fire does not bring a lack of peace.

Now, here is a particular point. Let us see how well we can bring it out, in clarity. Human beings are used to having, or feeling, a certain degree of conflict or emotional upheaval when they feel real Currents of Love in one way or another, Love to God, for instance; they are used to feeling emotional reactions of one kind or another when there is a true flow of Love; and that has tended to establish a state of consciousness where people generally feel that there is, more or less, a lack of peace, in one sense at least, when there is a powerful flow of Divine Love. This is what I was seeking to clarify, then, with respect to this peace. It is not a peace that is simply negative, passive, without Fire, a peace that simply—what shall we say?—the peace of a landscape. Why do we say that?

According to human concept, there is nothing much being done, or if anything is being done, it does not have any particular effect on the scene as it is comprehended. Do you begin to see a distinction here as to the ordinary concept of peace, and peace as I am undertaking to clarify it for you? This peace is an Absolute Peace, in the sense that it is not reacting to turmoil, conditions; there is absolute contentment, satisfaction. But it is also a peace that is alive and aflame in the Fire of Divine Love.

It is a searching point of power, ever active

according to the necessities of the Divine outworking.

And yet it is peace.

As you have come along thus far, you begin to have a sense of recognition or appreciation of this distinction, as I have undertaken to clarify it. You can feel that there is a difference. Then there comes a new vision of peace, and as you have this new vision of peace, this sphere of function of the One Christ Body, where the Prince of Peace reigns, does not merely sort of exist, without much activity, where things are just running smoothly, so that nothing much is happening. It is a peace that is running smoothly, where all is harmonious within it, but it is a peace on a battle front, where something is being done. It is a peace where there is no conflict within us, but we are meeting points of conflict, where creative activity is moving forward apace, changing, transmuting, transforming, letting the power of God make all things new.

So this basis of our operation, as the One Christ Body, will be a realm where the Prince of Peace reigns supreme. But the Prince of Peace is the Creator, and through His instrument on earth, established in peace, He sends not peace unto the world, but a sword, causing all the unreal to be cut away, causing that which is not of Him to either be transformed or consumed.

As we come into this Sabbath Rest of the LORD more and more fully [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/a-from-principles-cycles-uranda-july-27.html], so that we feel and know His Peace, the training that we have in being unmoved by these things that are happening around us, or working out in individuals, assists tremendously in preparing the way whereby, when the day comes, when the Spirit begins to direct us to move into the battle front, we will be unmoved, undisturbed by these things that are taking place. Reactions and upheaval in the world cannot get inside of the Hedge; because, if the devil can, he will make you the battle ground, and if he does, and he keeps you the battle ground long enough! You see my point?

Our first step is to reach a point where we are not the battle ground, where we are so established upon the Rock, so coordinated in function, so abiding in peace, so polarized in Reality, so one-pointed in Responsive Love to the LORD of Lords, so coordinated with respect to the Truth, that absolutely nothing can shock, disturb or upset us in the sense of breaking correct polarity.

There may be problems; there may be things that we recognize are working out. We recognize that each one here has problems, that each one is going through the process of transformation, the process of being renewed and made whole. Each one here comes to a point of recognizing that since that is true of everyone else, as it is true of himself, then, those things that appear with respect to the various members of the Body who are going through this process, cannot move into a reaction, or a disturbed state of mind. In other words, just as you are, each one in his or her place, given consideration, so must you give consideration to each other one, recognizing that these changes are working out, that each one is under stress and strain, moving forward to victory. Something is being done.

It is not yet required that any one of you shall be absolutely perfect; but it is required that, from this point on, being in the Body, you remember that you are under the Jurisdiction of the Prince of Peace; therefore, these things which other members of the Body say, these things out here, cannot take you out of the realm of peace, because as long as there are those things that take you out of the realm of peace, or that can take you out of the realm of peace, you are not yet completely, utterly, fully, a Subject of the Prince of Peace.

When I say that it is necessary, I am not putting that down as an arbitrary rule. I am not saying that if you do get disturbed, you are failing. What I am seeking to do is to bring out a realization of what it is to abide in peace, under the Jurisdiction of the Prince of Peace, so that we can begin to feel on earth that quality of being unmoved, the expression of the Rock itself, so that whether this, that or the other thing takes place, we know absolutely that what is responding will be lifted up, and what is not responding will be cast down. It is the Law. According to the response of each one, so will it be.

As we are working in this realm of peace—not to say that you have reached a point where you must be fully in it yet, only that this is the beginning of training in function from the standpoint of the realm of the Prince of Peace. As you work from that standpoint, becoming at home in the Kingdom of the Prince of Peace, you will reach a point where every step of the way with respect to service, with respect to that which we are required to do, can be carried on from inside the Kingdom, so that we will no longer have to go out.

The Word is that we reach a point in the Kingdom

where we go no more out.

You have all been in the Kingdom; you have been outside of it; you have known it for various periods of time; sometimes you find that which takes you out of the Kingdom for little periods of time, at least. This afternoon, I am undertaking to clear the way for a deeper understanding, so that no matter what works out, you can always function from inside the Kingdom, where the KING is Supreme. When you cross the borderland out of His Kingdom into the kingdom of the prince of this world, His Power reaches out there very effectively, but He does not reign Supreme there, as yet. Do you see what I mean?

Today, He reigns Supreme within His Kingdom,

and we are coming to that point where we,

as Subjects of His Kingdom,

must remain in it all of the time.

That does not mean that we could not travel to the ends of the earth, if we had to. It is not a matter of geographical location; it is a matter of being in the Kingdom from the standpoint of what is inside of you; then, we always remain under His Jurisdiction. When we always stay inside of His Kingdom, we always have His Power working through us; we have His Authority back of us; we have His Power back of us; and if we have that, the prince of this world and all of his armies are as nothing. Do you have a deeper realization of that than you had before? Yes. We come to the point of abiding in the Kingdom.

As we consider this principle of abiding in the Realm of the Prince of Peace, recognizing that as we learn to rest in the LORD, to become at home in His Kingdom, then when He directs, when the way opens, when everything is set for it, we will function within the Kingdom to let the Power of that Kingdom move out into the world.

The first and important point is for us to become fully, utterly, completely, members of that Kingdom, proving that we are Subjects of the KING, the Prince of Peace, by the fact that we reach a point where, resting in Him, nothing disturbs, nothing can cause an upheaval in us, because the upheavals have moved out behind us. If we meditate on that, consider it, realize it, with respect to all of the factors, our afternoon will have been well worthwhile.

© emissaries of divine light

Michael The Archangel

Michael  The  Archangel

    

   

God's  Great  Plan

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, 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 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 the Disciple John. [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/the-leadership-which-jesus-ordained.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 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. Aum-en.”

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. Aum-en.

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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