The Glory Of This Angelic Core

The  Glory  Of  This  Angelic  Core

Martin Cecil  August 10, 1979  Assembly

We came to present ourselves before the Lord, to assume responsibility for whatever His will might be. We have had a most precious and valuable four weeks in association with each other, letting something be generated as it only could be by this Assembly of angels. There have been some transformations in consciousness—which is our service. We do not merely look beyond into the larger consciousness of the world and say changes need to come there. They do, undoubtedly—but how? Not by imposition but, “By my spirit, saith the Lord.” The Lord's spirit has been here present by reason of this Assembly, that by this spirit transformation might occur. We behold transformation occurring within the range of our own consciousness. We behold some of the things that need to happen in the consciousness of mankind, but only as there are these happenings in our own earthly consciousness are the changes being wrought in the consciousness of mankind. We do not stand in the judgment seat, observing what we imagine should happen, because we do not assume a vision that does not belong to us. The Master Himself emphasized this point when he indicated that the day and the hour of what it was that should occur, actually nobody knew, not even the angels in heaven, but the Father only. We leave that ultimate authority in His hands, but we have the authority to deal with our fields of responsibility on earth now, and consequently in each succeeding moment. So we accept this authority.

As you came up to speak this morning, I observed those who accepted the authority, those who were somewhat tentative about it as yet, and those who were still moving toward the experience. To this extent the Assembly was not entirely in agreement. I look for the day when we might have an assembly of angels all of whom have accepted their authority in the flesh. To the extent that this did not occur we did not achieve what we might have achieved. I do not say this in a spirit of condemnation but in simply a statement of fact. Obviously there was achievement, and I am most thankful for what has occurred. There have been evidences of individual transformation—greater acceptance of angelic responsibility, and the consequent expression of true authority. A little care needs to be taken in this regard. I noticed here and there, an endeavor on the part of lingering human nature to try to assume the authority of the angel, and it doesn't work too well—it isn't genuine. Sometimes a person feels so genuine about it, but it is the fact that we are concerned with and not the feeling.

I am sure that there was much learned during this period—perhaps learning may not be entirely the right word. We learn in the sense I mean when we find ourselves in position to assume the authority. That is a new experience, and therefore might be described as something learned—it's a new experience in your human form on earth at this time. It is a new experience even for the angel, because although there may have been incarnations in the dim and distant past, which naturally allowed the assumption of proper authority on earth, so that experience was known back then, it certainly would not be the same experience as would be known should it be done now. This makes it quite interesting from the angelic standpoint too. There are no repeat performances—and by the assumption of authority in angelic expression we have that experience in human form now; an experience that angelically had not been known before. Every moment is fresh—nothing boring about angelic incarnation and expression!

We have had experience during this time, as individuals, of association in a spiritual core. Because this association only included a few people, it may seem to be small. This core has had a particular task, but you all recognize that this core is part of a more extensive core—which has many facets. This has been one facet, a temporary facet, because this particular formation will not be in existence anymore in the days to come. This does not mean that you are not still responsible for playing your parts in the core. There are many facets, not necessarily geographical facets, but facets of varying qualities required, vibrational facets, which sometimes come to point in a geographical sense. But if there is no particular gathering of those who constitute the core at any particular time, this does not dissolve the core—it's still there. We may recognize a certain pulsation that occurs in the spiritual substance that has been generated. This pulsation occurs in the substance because of the pulsations of spirit, and the substance moves with spirit. Sometimes that substance is concentrated—the pulsation brings it together. In that sense it might be said, symbolically, that it occupies a smaller space. Such substance as has been generated has been contained, concentrated, so that the focus of spirit that related to the particular achievement that was necessary might have a facility through which to move. And so these pulsations occur when the substance becomes more concentrated, and then again it becomes more rarified.

The pulsations of spirit—the pulsations of life—we need to move as angels easily in those pulsations. For the pulsations to be known and experienced and shared there must be the essential substance, and it must be of our own individual generation. We can't trade on the substance of somebody else. Our connection is based in the fact that we have provided our own quota of substance and it all blends together, and it is all contained in whatever the formation may be at any particular time. We have known what the concentration of substance was during this Assembly period, and there was therefore a concentration of the experience of spirit. Actually, it is the spirit that brings the concentration once the substance is there. You all brought some substance with you, and you not only brought some substance with you, but the substance brought you in the external sense, here. The substance did that because the spirit was activating it—so you all showed up. You all showed up as angels from my standpoint, bringing along some necessary machinery by which we might achieve whatever could be done—taking into account what should reveal itself as being the limitations or the restrictions present in the machinery. I'm not judging you in this regard. The fact of it was revealed when you came up here to speak—whether you realized it or not, or whether you liked it or not, it was revealed. Not so much exactly in what you said, but beyond that in how you said it, how you presented yourself, what role you assumed when you were in this position.

We had a session recently when there was opportunity to play roles—even human roles, like the shy person, for instance. We are not controlled by our roles. If you come up here to assume a focus point with respect to what is happening in this formation, you can't assume that focus point by playing a shy role. I could hardly provide what is necessary in this moment if I retired and played some sort of a recessive role. I have to come out front to do what is required and play this sort of a role. We need to see that with respect to ourselves in relationship to whatever field we may be responsible for, so that we never let roles dominate us—human nature roles. We see the necessity of roles, and for any particular occasion we can look over our wardrobe of roles and don the correct robe of role. We sense what is necessary as we proceed—we must have a starting point of some kind, and that must be fitting.

Here is something else that we need to recognize. What I have offered during this time that we have shared together has not been an arbitrary imposition on my part. I didn't decide ahead of time and say, “Well, these people need to hear this. I'm going to lay it on them.” I utilize the substance that you make available to me. There may have been occasions when I went just a little bit beyond the substance that was offered—I had some available of my own—but not very much at any time because, on the basis of your offering to me, the inheritance that comes to me, we may move together. And it isn't a class, anymore. That's what's supposed to be being learned in a class, actually—how to move in the current of the spirit. We've learned how to do that, so here we are moving in the current of the spirit. All I do is utilize whatever substance is available by reason of our combined generation to permit the spirit to be brought forth, so that it isn't just me. It includes all of us, and we are all sharing in what has been referred to as unified radiation. Unified radiation is possible only when there is a unified participation in the processes of radiation, and there is recognition that whatever substance one has brought is part of what is being used to allow the release of the spirit—and because it is all blended together, we can all share the release of the extent of spirit that is thereby made possible. None of this has been on any arbitrary basis, certainly not from my standpoint. One could say that it might have been possible to experience a far greater outpouring of the spirit if there had been a greater generation of substance. Well, it was what it was.

It is all dependent upon what we ourselves do, and we're not expecting, even in the background of our consciousness, that the Lord is going to provide something regardless of us. We are His emissaries—His angels—emissaries of Divine Light, emissaries of Glory. If there is Glory on earth, we bring it—we bring it. How could anyone else give Glory to God on earth except by sharing in allowing the Glory of God to be revealed on earth? All that happens is that we provide the substance by which the Glory may be made known—that's all—the Glory is there already. So we share in the Glory of God in expression on earth. Then others may sense that Glory, behold it even, and desire therefore to participate in the process by which this Glory is revealed in larger measure.

There was some mention of the fact that at times we do some laughing, and we have fun, and it is a light experience. If we're solemn and quiet the idea is there isn't so much glory around. I suspect that is a human nature concept. Whatever is fitting is the glorious thing, surely. And there certainly are occasions when we need to exercise a little restraint on ebullient spirits which otherwise would put feet in mouth. So there are roles to play, and the fitting role at the time is what is required. I trust that during this time we have shared together there has been a greater sense of the fitness of things. This is part of the reason for our closer and more intimate association during this period—to gain a greater sense of the fitness of things. We can do anything that is needful. We can play any role that is required. I say that from the angelic standpoint—not necessarily from the human standpoint, because there are certainly still some areas of what one might call stiffness, and a lack of resilience, so that one might, with grace and with understanding, and with effectiveness play the required role.

Usually in the human sense if one is an actor or an actress there is need for a good deal of training in playing these various roles—but you know, far less is required once there begins to be the release of angelic expression, because the angel already knows how to play whatever role may be necessary in a much more fitting way than the human mind could figure out. The human mind doesn't really know—but the angel does, and we begin to sense that in our expression. The angel knows—we know—and we bring forth accordingly, and we don’t need a great deal of theatrical training to learn this. Also in the matter of speaking. It may seem at times that it is necessary for a person to take a course in public speaking. I don't think it should ever be necessary for an angel. The angel certainly doesn't need it—and if the human facility is open and yielded, well that's all there is to it, really. You will find that you are doing the things that possibly you would have been trained to do if you had gone through a course; but you will be doing them genuinely, and it won't be an imitation. It won't be for effect, in the human sense. It will be for effect in the angelic sense—the effect that the impact of the spirit is going to have—and that can certainly be enhanced by reason of the role that is being played. So we play the right role in the right place. We discover, with this increasing sensitivity in our expression of ourselves, by reason of what facilities we have available for this, exactly what is fitting. 

We find that we do the things that are necessary when the angel does it—and the angel, he or she, is quite capable of handling the equipment that is available. Angelically speaking, we've all had vast experience in this regard—we've had all kinds of equipment down through the ages. This is not the first shot insofar as the angel is concerned; and he's quite aware of what is possible and what is needful. So we let it happen, we take responsibility as angels. We do not hide our light under a bushel. That doesn't mean we play the same role on every occasion. The light needs to shine in different ways. Glory is not just one great flash of lightning. As we continue to accept responsibility in the spiritual core, wherever we may be physically speaking, we let the Glory of the Lord shine round about.

What was it the Master said, when the disciples were fussing around about how they hadn't understood, and hadn't seen what they thought they should see? One of them spoke up and said, “Well, show us the Father and that's enough.” “Have I been so long time with you … He that hath seen me hath seen the Father.” Well, that's what we're here to proclaim—in unified radiation it is done. We proclaim the truth. All the Master apparently could say was, “If ye continue in my word, then ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.” Futuristic—one day! And He was going to depart and He would send the spirit of truth, and he would do something in the future. What future? When is the future here? The future is here the very moment someone accepts the responsibility of whatever it is that is required in the moment. That has been our approach. It has allowed something to happen. We do continue in the Word. Not if—not if we do it. We continue in the Word, and because we continue in the Word we know the truth and we are free to express it—and we're not going to allow any nonsensical hesitancies in human nature to prevent it.

Now my expression in this moment is to you who are in position to participate by reason of your own substance, in this formation, in a particular expression of this nature. If you observe what I am doing now and say, “Well, I should be doing that,” you would be wrong. You would be having the idea that you could imitate me in doing something which you merely have externally observed, without any awareness of what it was that made this expression possible. Well, in any situation there is that which makes your expression possible. There is so much substance that you can use. Whatever there is, you use that—as an angel. You never deny the reality of your own Being, but you know that you cannot violate the Law—you wouldn't wish to. You don't have to keep thinking about the Law in order not to violate it. It is a natural thing. Whatever substance is available, you use that. If there isn't much, that will condition what you are able to express. You are not imposing something on anyone. You use the substance that is there. There is a greater concentration of substance in this situation than there would be in some others; therefore there is a greater concentration of the release of the spirit. But when you will find yourself in some other situation, where there's very tenuous substance—you're in a store in town, and there would probably be very tenuous substance there, so your manner of expression would be, naturally, totally different to what it would be if you were standing up here speaking to a group of people who were providing a rich quality and quantity of substance. So we understand the meaning of the words “sense of the fitness of things.” We sense what substance is available and therefore what can be said. If you have a general situation in the world, the substance is very tenuous. Sometimes there will be some person who comes out of the general situation, in whom there is more substance, and you can say something more to that person. Some people have substance, but they never offer it to you. They're so wrapped up in their self‑centered selves that there's very little substance there available for use. A person has to look you in the eye, and offer something, if there is to be a starting point for the right use of substance. And our concern is totally with right use.

There's plenty to use, in fact—all we need to do is learn to use it rightly. We shouldn't ever take the attitude, “There's nothing to use rightly here; there's no response here.” Even if there isn't favorable reaction, that doesn't mean that there's nothing there. There is something else, maybe, to be used rightly. There's always something there. The way we use spiritual substance is one thing, but the way we may use other circumstances and other situations is something else again. We make right use of whatever it is, even if it's opposition, or unfavorable reaction. Nowadays, even if it's indifference we bring something to bear—we can do this to the extent that there is substance available in our own expression. People begin to be put on the spot one way or another. So we have wide fields of responsibility with some excellent substance available for right use, and other not‑so‑good substance available also, for our right use. We need to learn how to use it, so that there may be the Glory of the Lord present—“He that has seen me has seen the Father.” I'm not suggesting that one should have a brash approach in this regard, but you need to be conscious of the fact that you, an angel, are present—not to impose anything on anyone ever, but to make right use of whatever is available to your hand. If you, the angel, are present, don't behave in a manner that denies that the angel is present. As an angel you may play a particular role for a particular purpose—you can use any honorable role.

So we have shared this time, we have shared our substance, and we have consequently shared unified radiation in whatever measure. And we have been in position to utilize to advantage whatever has been brought to us. We have considered various fields, that there might be an outlook which is clear, reaching into the consciousness of mankind. If we ourselves are mucking around in a fog, of what value are we to anyone else? And if we have the attitude, “He that hath seen me hath seen the Father,” then we are very conscious of our usefulness in the world, and we would not let a moment slip by where that usefulness is not present. We are in motion, after all—in action. If it is true, “He that has seen me has seen the Father,” then here is Jehovah, and here is the creative power present on earth, required to accomplish the will of God. As we move along we discover what the will of God is. We don't have preconceptions as to what the will of God will be, as though the will of God was translatable into forms—this form is what is required for the will of God. What is required of us now, so that we may know the truth now, and the will of God be done now? The right word spoken, the right attitude revealed—now, and now, and now.

We all continue to share responsibility in the spiritual core of the body of mankind. Never think of the core as a small place. Sometimes it's thought of as a point that has position but no magnitude. If that refers to the undimensional state, which is incomprehensible to the human mind, fine. There's the whole of that undimensional state, whatever it is—plenty of it. But if you're thinking of the dimensional state, the core is not a small thing at all. If you remind yourself once again of concentric spheres, the largest sphere is the core. Love substance—that is the core of everything, and it is the largest sphere. The smallest sphere is the physical level of substance, the physical sphere—that's just a little marble in the middle, permeated by all the other vibrational spheres which extend beyond the physical sphere. Every one of them extends further than the physical sphere, and the sphere of the pure essences of Love substance extends beyond everything—it is all‑inclusive. There's nothing outside of that. So to function in the core is not to function in a little narrow place. It is to function in a vast expanse, plenty of room—more room there dimensionally speaking than anywhere. Let us never feel that we're being constricted because we should be functioning in the spiritual core of this ministry—“that's just a little place, because after all there are only a few people there compared to the population of the earth.” There are a lot of people in a very small space—and there are a few people in a very big space! That's the way it is. It isn't determined by the number of people.

So there is this space available for those who assume responsibility, and  consequent authority, in the core of Love substance. It isn't a matter of cramming together. There may be occasions when the pulsation brings the Love substance into what might be seen as a density, necessary to accommodate the focus of spirit in the specific achievement that is necessary—and when that's done there is an expansion again. We have had this little four-week period when there has been a concentration of this substance, and we've done whatever was possible on this basis. We couldn't do what was not possible. We need to have a recognition that, given more substance, and given the willingness to let it all come together in a greater concentration, that more would be possible on that basis. We have experienced what was possible on this basis, and we do not condemn ourselves or anyone for what we didn't experience. I'm sure you're all very much aware that there's a lot we didn't experience. On the other hand, there was much that we did, and much that has been of value to many others.

Now as this Assembly dissolves and you begin to move out geographically speaking. You are still in the core of substance. I don't care where you go, you can't get out of it if you're actually in it. We need those who are consciously aware of being in it. That is what composes the core, regardless of geography. Because of that there is a continued presence of the reality of this core, the Glory of this Core, present with the world, with the people in it. Here is the enfoldment of which we may be aware. This is part of our spirit as individuals, as well as the blended spirit of all those who compose the control element in this core. You are invited to continue to share that control element, simply on the basis of your behavior in the proper roles which you will be playing. Then you'll be quite aware of what you need to be aware of relative to your responsibility in this core, and we will continue to be together.

We abide together. We continue in the Word—and because we continue in the Word we know the truth to be expressed in each moment and we experience the glorious freedom of the children of God. There is the Glory of the Lord, revealed in expression earth, which is an open invitation always for others to come and allow that revelation to be increasingly complete. We do not go forth from the spiritual core ever. We possess the land because it is the Lord's and it is brought to us. We have the responsibility for receiving the land into the hands of the Lord, clear and perfect. All that is not clear and perfect passes away. What is now clear and perfect is now in the hands of the Lord. There is more to be revealed in clarity and perfection, and this is the responsibility of those who maintain the core, continuing in the Word, that what is established, what is now done, may be finished and revealed, clear and perfect and complete.

Long ago the Master spoke the words, relative to His ministry—“It is finished.” And yet there were things yet to be clarified, to be made perfect, to be gloriously revealed. So it is in this day. It is finished, and no man can change that fact. After those words were spoken by the Master, it was impossible for human beings to change what took place, in permitting the reality of the resurrection to be known, and following through into His ultimate ascension. That couldn't be stopped. In fact, unwittingly, human beings cooperated in letting it occur. And so it is now with our responsibility. It can't be stopped. Let us be very sure that we are included amongst those who reveal the fact that it cannot be stopped.

© emissaries of divine light

All Things Made New

All  Things  Made  New

Uranda   March 18, 1944

With the world itself in the throes of a rebirth as made manifest through the turmoil, suffering, sorrow and death which engulf the globe, we are, as citizens of the world, subjected to increased pressure in the rapid tempo of life. This intensified stress causes us, individually and collectively, to turn whole-heartedly to that in which we have confidence and faith—to that which we feel provides a means for release and for a measure of happiness. Those who turn to worldly pleasures and temporal powers in the vain hope that thereby release and happiness may be experienced, must be allowed to follow in the way of their own fancies until they come to the time of disillusionment. If individual disillusionment comes while there is yet life, there will be an eager willingness to hear the Word, to learn the Way, and to do the requisite deeds. Therefore, it should be understood that these words are addressed to those who sincerely look to God for release and for the Divinely appointed measure of happiness. Sounding above the din of the world turmoil there is the clear and undying note of truth and confidence in the Divinely uttered words which we find in Revelation 21:5

Behold, I make All Things New

We know that God is making, and will make, all things new. We know that the human patchwork, and that the human efforts to retain and uphold the worn-out devices and worldly structures, must assuredly fail. We know that it is absolutely futile to pin our faith on anything which does not have its foundation in the Divine Plan in harmony with the Laws and Principles of the Christ Kingdom. For all those who are awake to the Reality of the Christ Kingdom, and to the actuality of the Divine Word, “Behold, I make all things new,” there is a Biblical passage that carries a heart-thrilling message: “And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.” Revelation 22:17

Those who are being prepared of the Spirit to be Citizens of the Kingdom always rejoice in the opportunity to learn the Language of the Kingdom, to learn the Ways of the Kingdom, and to learn the Laws and the Customs of the Kingdom, that they may learn to live in the Kingdom. In John 10:1-5 inclusive, we read: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. And when he putteth forth his sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.”

There is the one true Way and there is the one true Door into the sheepfold, and the true Shepherd enters by the true Way, to lead his sheep forth by the true Door, and the sheep of the fold know the Voice of the Shepherd and follow him. How wise are the sheep that flee from the sound of the stranger's voice when the stranger entereth not by the Door into the sheepfold. So it is that as I come in the Power of the Spirit, and by the command of the Lord Jesus Christ, to gather His sheep into the Fold, and then to lead them forth by the true Door into the Divine Way wherein they shall find all things made new, those who are of the sheepfold will hear My Voice and rejoice in the Language of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ our Lord. The clarion Call is sounding forth throughout the earth: “And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.” Behold, the Water of Life is now being offered to all those who feel and know the Spirit of the Language of the Kingdom, and to all who are willing to be led into the Way, the Truth and the Life, when they hear the Words of the Language of the Kingdom. We are not interested in the doctrines of men, and I am not concerned with the politics and plans by which human beings think to achieve the fulfilment of their own desires. I am concerned only with that which is My Purpose and Calling in the Spirit to Minister unto all the children of men who find it in their hearts to desire to be Citizens of the Christ Kingdom on earth.

I have no quarrel with any church, and I freely acknowledge the right of each and every one to affiliate with the church of his choice. I gladly recognize that there is at least a degree of truth in all churches and in all spiritual teachings, else they could not exist. But the time is here when a degree of truth is not sufficient. Jesus Christ our Lord gave the sure and certain promise which we find in the Thirteenth Verse of the Sixteenth Chapter of the Gospel according to John: “Howbeit when he, the Spirit of Truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.” And in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Verses we read: “He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.”

Here we see that by the decree of the King of the Christ Kingdom, the Spirit of Truth would come to guide all those of all nations and kindreds and tongues and peoples who would respond and let themselves become as little children, that they might become Citizens of the Christ Kingdom, and be guided into all Truth—not a portion of the Truth only, but the whole Truth. By this same decree of our King we see that the function of the Spirit of Truth made manifest in the world should take of that which was His—that is, of that which belongs to the King, and that which was of the King, and should show it unto all the children of men who were ready to hearken to His Voice, and to hear His Words: “He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.”

That about which I speak to you did not have its beginnings in the days of the Reformation, nor did it have its beginnings in the days when Jesus Christ our Lord Himself walked upon the earth, but it had its beginning in the days when God first created this world and all the things that are therein. Then it was that the Christ Kingdom was established in the earth. Then it was that the Christ Kingdom was set up. But even in that time when the Christ Kingdom was set up, it was established upon that which came from out of Eternity to that time and place, and is, therefore, Eternal.

That about which I speak to you is not something that will come to an end like the passing of man-made kingdoms and empires. No, this of which I speak to you is from out of Eternity and continues on into Eternity. The Christ Kingdom, insofar as this world is concerned, has always existed. The sinfulness and the waywardness of man down through the ages of recorded history have prevented the full manifestation of that Kingdom, but, nevertheless, the Christ Kingdom has, through all these thousands of years, been supreme over and above and beyond all the kingdoms which men have established upon the face of the earth, and the day comes, and shall surely appear, when the Christ Kingdom that is from Eternity to Eternity shall again manifest in the whole earth. We have the sure and certain promise of the Living, Almighty God, as expressed by decree of the King of the Christ Kingdom:

Behold, I make All Things New

Therefore, it behooves us, one and all, to give consideration to the way by which all things are made new—now. It behooves us to consider the Laws of God and the Principles of Life with which we must harmonize if we would have a part in the Kingdom that is from Eternity to Eternity. Let each and every one in whom the workings of the Spirit have aroused a desire to know the Kingdom, to understand its Laws, and to learn its Language, remember always, “And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.”

The Water of Life is the Truth of Life, of which you are invited to partake freely, that you may be led of the Spirit into all Truth, and remember, that it is the Truth that shall set you free. It is only through the Truth, the Truth of God, the Truth of the Christ Kingdom, the Truth into which you shall be led by the Spirit according to your response, that you may find release from the turmoil, from the suffering, and the sorrow and death of this world, that you may receive and know and experience the Divinely appointed measure of peace and happiness that is the Will of God for you.

We have the sure and certain promise that all things shall be made new, and through the inspiration of the Spirit as made manifest through the prophets of old, and through the inspiration of the Spirit as made manifest now, we see that in this time of world turmoil the Creator of Heaven and earth is now making All Things New. If you have a sincere, earnest, persistent longing from the depths of your heart to share in this world made new, with the Edenic State restored, it is for you, now, to give yourself, whole-heartedly and without reservation, to God, that through the Spirit you may be made new. Until you are reborn and made new, you cannot comprehend fully that which is to be of the world made new, and until you yourself have been made new, you cannot be a part of the world made new. All things are being made new, but only those who let themselves be made new can share in the state of being that is envisioned in the Words of our King when He said,

Behold, I make All Things New

Are you ready now? If you are ready, you feel the stirrings of the Spirit at the sound of My Voice as I speak to you these words of Truth concerning the Kingdom that is from Eternity to Eternity. And if you are ready, you will hearken and give heed to the words spoken by the Spirit and the Bride, with the invitation to, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst, Come. Turn aside from the way and will of the world into the Way and the Will of God, that you may come into the One Christ Body, to be a part of the One Vine, to be made new and prepared as a worthy Citizen of the Christ Kingdom that shall be made manifest in all the earth.

Behold, I make All Things New

In Daniel 2:44 we read: “And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a Kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the Kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, And it shall stand forever.”

Thrice blessed are all they who recognize, and respond to, the Language of the Kingdom, that as they, themselves, are transformed and made ready for the Kingdom, they may be instruments in the Hand of God by which the world itself is transformed and prepared for the full manifestation of the Christ Kingdom. As the world is being reborn, that it may be made new, the people of the world must be reborn if they would become Citizens of the Kingdom. Consider the words of our Lord and King as recorded in Luke 14:16-24, where the servant was sent to proclaim, “Come; for all things are now ready,” but those who should have come began to make excuse.

You will note that the excuses which Jesus outlined cover, in principle, the excuses which the people of the world are making today. Consider this matter well, for those who think to make excuse have, in fact, been left without excuse before God, and that by which human beings delude themselves into a false sense of security is of no avail before the Judgment Bar of our King. Consider, also, the Words of our Master as found in Matthew 22:1-14. Only those who respond to the heavenly invitation, “Come”, can know when and where and how to receive the Wedding Garment, and such as do not have the Wedding Garment will surely hear the command of the King to His servants, “Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called but few are chosen.” Thrice blessed are they who let themselves be chosen of the King, that they may be at Home at the Marriage Feast of the Lamb.

Our Gracious Heavenly Father, we would let ourselves be so drawn by the Cords of Thy Love, and so directed in the Way by Thy Spirit, that we may hear Thy Cosmic Call to “Come” and, hearing, to Respond with that unspeakable Joy that wells up from the depths of our being—for we would let ourselves be made worthy to wear the Wedding Garment, that through us Thy Will may be done in earth as Thy Will is done in Heaven. We thank Thee that it is so established in the Christ, even as Thy Kingdom shall fill the whole earth and endure forever, in Thy Holy Name. Aum-en. Peace be unto you in the Way in which you go, that being blest of the Lord you may be a blessing to all the children of men, of whatsoever race or nation or belief they may be, that according to their response they may share the Peace of God with you, now and ever more, as you walk in the Way of the Christ Kingdom on earth.

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The Nature Of The Real Is To Grow

The  Nature  of  the  Real  is  to  Grow

The  Nature  of  the  Unreal  is  to  Decay

Uranda   July 23, 1946

You are beginning to realize the value of what I have talked about as “focalizations”. You are beginning to experience a specific focalizatlon of Reality in the earth. Focalizatlon—the key to all things is to be found in their focalizations. Is it not so? With that background—and I will go back and pick up the thread again in a few moments—I would read to you from Ephesians 6-12: “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”

It is true that the rulers could not have become rulers had not those ruled contained within themselves that which corresponds to the qualities of the unreal; but, even so, we find that focalizations established in the world begin, sooner or later, if they be maintained, to overlap each other. There may be, suppose, in a certain place ten thousand people who, by reason of the unreal in them and the situations that cause them to function in the outer, have a focalization of the unreal for some specific purpose, and the focalization exists according to the concepts of needs or of the uses of power. As long as those ten thousand people are left alone, anyone looking at them will see little, if anything, beyond that focalization of the unreal. But when we come along in the Spirit and Power of the One Christ Body and begin to set up a focalization in that same place, or cause a focalization to overlap into that same place, we find that there are those among the ten thousand who have in them that which responds to our focalization. Then, for a little time, two pyramids stand on the same ground at the same time. Such a situation introduces interesting possibilities.

Two things cannot occupy the same place at the same time. So we recognize that the pyramid that we establish in the same place that is already occupied is primarily vibratory—it is not filling all the space as yet, so there is some space for the pyramid of the unreal. But the strange thing is that the unreal, while it can be added to, never grows. You can add to it, but it never grows, does it? It decays. The interesting characteristic about the unreal is that it continually decays. If it were not for the additions all the time, decay would soon wipe evil from the face of the earth. If that which is good, of the Life Current, was not continually added to the form of evil, it would not take very many years for evil to just simply decay—it cannot grow; it cannot add to itself; it would decay and be no more. Is that not right? Evil is absolutely powerless to grow. Had you ever thought about that? All we can do is to keep taking something good and adding it to the form, so that, as fast as the form decays, we keep building around it with that which is of the good. Generally speaking, the way it works in this world is that, as the form decays in the center—in the altar of Baal—the young people in whom the natural essence of life and goodness is to be found, are just pushed into it at the center which is decaying. That is the only way that the altar of Baal can be maintained—that is, as the good in which life is, is added to it. The world is sacrificing its sons and daughters unto Baal. The interesting point, to me, is that that which is of Reality cannot decay—it always grows. Interesting facts, are they not?

When we have these pyramids, not actually occupying the same space at the same time, but having their foundations on the same ground, or at least overlapping—then, the nature of the unreal is to decay; the nature of the Real is to grow. If the focalization is maintained, the base cannot be moved. That is true of both pyramids, but in the case of the unreal pyramid the focalization is maintained by pushing that which still has life in at the bottom and forcing it up, so that a pinnacle is maintained arbitrarily, regardless of decay. The focalization of the Real does not stand on something forced into it and under it, or something that is forced to stay there until it decays. In the first place, it is of the Current of Life; and, in the second place, through the creative power of Love it draws unto itself its own, and by its nature it grows.

Let us suppose that this is an equal contest—now, there isn't anything of equality in this contest at all, but we might suppose for a minute a condition where it might seem to be somewhat equal—and the focalization of the Real is simply maintained. The nature of the Real is to grow, and, as it grows, it finds space around it that was previously occupied by the unreal, but the unreal decays pretty soon and the space is occupied by that which grows, and there is no space for the unreal. Just that simple process alone, maintained, would, in a comparatively short time, cleanse the earth of all unrighteousness, would it not? Do you see what I mean? Even if we had to meet the situation on what we might, in a sense, call equal ground, we should have a sure thing against a certainty of losing on the other side. There is no equality. But we are not limited to that—we have a focalization, and when it is maintained the focalization is not concerned about all the good people who are going bad in order to maintain the pyramid of the unreal. We are not concerned about them at all, for the moment at least—we are concerned about that which is at the point of focalization of that pyramid of the unreal, that which is at the point of control. And so, if we have a point of control, and if we have a pyramid that has an apex—i.e., not just flat on top—then the point of the apex can begin to deal with that which is at the apex of the pyramids of the unreal.

The most difficult thing in the world for human beings is to find people who can be satisfactory points of apex in their pyramids of the unreal. Isn't that true? Leadership according to world concepts is comparatively rare. There have been times in the past when, by reason of some great leadership, there was a great pyramid. That leadership goes and this pyramid settles down and spreads out, becoming half a pyramid with many points of apex. Then, if they cannot find leaders to maintain it at this level, this gradually settles down, and we get more and more little pyramids—lots of them, not because they are multiplying, but because they are decaying. In the world as it is today, you do not find very many really big pyramids. To the outer mind, that makes it seem to be a difficult problem. I rather think that it makes the job easier. The fact is that their points of apex are not very solid, and when we deal with these points, one by one, step by step—or maybe getting a lot of them together once in a while—then what happens to the pyramid? So-called leaders may scramble around and find someone whom they can push up to the top and make it hold, but generally the pyramid squashes down. They may manage to make a few little pyramids, but they do not amount to much. The main thing is that, as those points of control of the unreal are removed, as the strength of these pyramid apexes is reduced, and this thing gets scattered out, then the people who were absolutely bound about by the structure of the great pyramid, so to speak, can get out—they can peek out of the little ones and see the daylight. It is turning them loose. We could go out there and hammer against the base of the big pyramid—we might kill ten thousand from the outside of the pyramid but it would not do any good. So we simply let the thing crumble of its own weight. It is a very simple matter.

The Lord always figures out the easy way to do things. We just let it crumble of its own weight, and then those people who have been bound with bars of iron and gates of brass will have a chance to get out. When they have that chance we want to be sure that they have every opportunity to see that there is a reason for them to come out. We must be sure that they have an opportunity to hear the Call: “Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sin.” If they are given the correct opportunity, many of them will come out. We are not so interested in just eliminating all of the evil from the face of the earth. Suppose, right now, by some act of God I were given power to wipe all evil from the face of the earth immediately. I wonder how many of you would be left. Do you suppose that there would be enough of the unreal left in you that you would be partly destroyed, at least. Just wiping evil from the face of the earth would be wiping humanity from the face of the earth, destroying the good with the bad. So that is the reason for letting this work out in the way that it has done, so that every individual on the face of the earth will be given every possible opportunity to obey the Call: “Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sin.”

When we have so functioned that the Gospel of this Kingdom has been preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations, and all who will have come and responded and been drawn into the Way, the Truth and the Life, then the residue will constitute no great problem. When they see the manifestation of the Real in the earth, their natural reaction will be to feel that the people who have served God are the cause of all of their difficulties. The point is that those who refuse to obey God always have troubles, and they always blame someone else, never themselves, so they jump to the conclusion that the people of God are the cause of their difficulties. That is bound to come as the focalization of the things of God begin to actually appear on the earth, not because we want it so, but we know in advance that that is what is going to happen, and there isn't anything under the sun that will keep it from happening, except to eliminate the people of God from the earth—that is, to stop being people of God. That would deny God and put us in a spot that I would not like to share. Since we have a real focalization, it will continue to be so as long as we abide in the Lord and let Him do the works.

Having that focalization of Reality in the earth, the simplest process of all will be taking care of those who undertake to fight against God. The difficult and delicate operation, after the manifestation of the Body, and it is trained to truly function, is to be certain that we have given every one ample opportunity to turn and know the Way. During that time, points of opposition will appear, and we just let it come—not that we wish it—we are not fighting against them—but we just let it come, because a peculiar fact about the fire is that it will flash out just as easily on a vibration of opposition as it will on a vibration of response. The only thing that does not make it flash is that which is absolutely passive and neutral. Do you see what I mean?

My function previously has been as an individual working to draw together the Members who will permit themselves to be the One Christ Body. Now, with the manifestation of the Body in actual function, our job is to Let Love Radiate. And remember that it is the Head—or the properly authorized Member—who deals with the adversary, because the Head may find that there are occasions where the adversary can be dealt with, with the right hand in proper position. On the other hand, various Members, under various conditions, might be utilized. But always, if it is going to be effective, unless the action is simply leading with one's chin, in which case it is not the Head that is leading—the Head has to direct the action.

The first great realization for the Members of the Body is to remember that they need not be concerned about meeting these things of the opposition, of the unreal, or things of that nature. Understanding in that realm will come, true enough, but remember that segregated action on the part of a Member, self-actively, for no matter how good a purpose, will create division and prevent the function of the Body. In other words, a Member might just want so much to double up his fist and sock, but that fist had just better stay put, no matter how much it wants to move—until the Head says to let go. As long as we function as a Unit under the control of a single point of focalization, we are absolutely invincible, but the very moment that the Members of the Body try to work out these things according to what they think would be a good idea for the good of the Lord's Service, it is going to lead to trouble and they will probably be the ones to catch it first. If something like that ever does happen, I am going to be sure that you are without excuse.

If we are to function properly, the purpose of function is to Let Love Radiate to all alike, regarding no one as enemy. We must radiate all of the time—as the sun shines—not being concerned about so-called focalizations of evil. If you start looking for them, you will think you find them everywhere; you will start imagining things. The thing to do is to remember that the Body has one job, and that is to Let Love Radiate, and when, on the basis of correct function, under the direction of the Head, we do meet opposition—that is, deal with it—it will be on the basis of Love, because it is the only basis upon which we can act. Most of this expression might not appear to the human concept as real at the moment, but that is beside the point.

Since there is a Christ Body and there is a radiation of the fire of the Christ Love, those within the scope of our radiation have, automatically, the opportunity to know, and if it were not for the radiation there would not develop a focalization of opposition—therefore, when the focalization appears, it has already had its opportunity. It would not take form on the basis of opposition unless it had had that opportunity; therefore, we deal with it on the basis of its own judgment of itself. That is the principle involved; but I want to emphasize that except as it may be brought out for consideration by the Head, the Members of the Body are not to concern themselves about dealing with the dark forces, or opposition, or evil, or any of these things, because if you start thinking about it, meditating upon it, or trying to figure it out, you are going to cease to be a Member of the One Christ Body. And it can happen awful fast, and I mean awful—full of awe. Remember always that the basic principles that you have learned all the way through still hold, and except as we give attention to the things of Reality, we cannot possibly hope to carry through.

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