(Might be useful to read Articles 1, 2, and 3 before reading this: there are 8 articles in all)
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RESURRECTING THE CAPACITY TO LOVE
“In the time of Christ, people had little concept of a world outside of their own. Their world consisted largely of the land on which they lived, and the land to which they could travel by foot or by donkey, along with knowledge from passing traders about other peoples and cultures, and information from occupying Roman authorities. The Jews of the time were a fairly homogeneous people and the temple in Jerusalem, the seat of religious governance, established the laws and rituals of daily Jewish life.
When Jesus of Nazareth, seen as a rabbi by most and a prophet by some, announced that he was not going to follow the standard practices of the time, it came as a jolt to the people and the authorities, both Jewish and Roman. His declared intention to establish a self-rule under the guidance of God the Father, who had sent him to awaken his people to higher Truth, was viewed as an unforgivable act of heresy that warranted death by crucifixion.
The sin of Jesus in the eyes of the Pharisees and Sadducees, in addition to rejecting their prescribed teachings and rules for living, was that he was gaining adherents through seemingly miraculous healings. The fact that his divinity was being recognized by people throughout Judea and Samaria became a threat to the cadre of religious leaders. The living Spirit flowing through him exposed the hypocrisy of holy men who recited ancient prayers and teachings yet did not live by them, and who were complicit with the brutal authority established by Rome.
Parallels can be drawn between life in ancient Palestine and the present. In the earlier time, a major conflict raged among the people that was viewed as a religious struggle but was in fact a political rivalry among Jewish sects and between those who held power and those who—weary of the yoke of cruel, authoritarian forces—anxiously awaited a messiah. The major dispute among Jews of the time was whether Jesus came as the Messiah in fulfillment of prophecy, heralded in the words of Old Testament prophets, or whether he was an ambitious rabbi who sought to replace the established religious power.
In today’s world, religious battles and political conflicts are intensifying, along with a growing realization of the cruelty and perfidy of the ruling classes and authorities. What is different now is the dawning awareness that there is one human race, dwelling on a small planet. And there is growing recognition of the common patterns woven into the human condition. Factual global realities are readily known and people have the capacity to think and draw conclusions. Many are realizing how manmade laws have penalized the vast majority, mainly serving those at the top of the pyramid. This recognition has been spreading across the globe.
People everywhere are rising up against the authoritarian rule of earthly powers. Even those who would prefer autocratic rulers are searching for replacements to the present order. Governors of peoples and nations have yielded little to the citizens whose lives they rule, while enjoying fantastic wealth unearned by them, but by the labors of the governed—wealth that rivals the ancient pharaohs whose fortunes were made on the backs of slaves. Monied interests have come to rule the world and enslave the people.
What has been lost under this rule is love. The absence of love is destroying generations and populations, starting with the family. The capacity of parents to love their children has diminished under the pressures of having to make a living in a harshly material civilization. Untold millions of souls are forced to choose whether to heat their homes or feed their families, whether to raise their own children or allow them to be raised by strangers, or to sit in front of soulless screens that numb their minds and hearts. Families are breaking up and younger generations are ending their own lives. Societies have been sickened from within by growing demands for money and dwindling capacities for love.
Christ is returning to Earth to resurrect the capacity to love and to awaken an adjunct to love—the power to discern truth. It is his mandate to expose the wounds of the human heart and work to heal them by fostering a recognition of Truth. The word ‘radiance’ is a weak substitute for the glory of God that will be reflected through him and through the ranks of those who will accompany him. They will radiate the love and wisdom of the Spiritual Kingdom unobstructedly, tilling the soil for the birth of the new world of the Aquarian Age, when Christ will begin his mission as World Teacher.”
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