Can You Come To Jesus?
Who will be your leader? Quoting the Gospel of Thomas (see http://GospelOfThomas.Nazirene.org ): “The disciples said to Jesus, We know that you will depart from us. Who is to be our leader? Jesus said to them, Wherever you are, you are to go to Jacob the righteous, for whose sake heaven and earth came into being." In order to understand this statement you must make the connection to the Genesis account of Jacob -- the 12 sons which represent the 12 spheres of mind as patterned in the Tree of Life ( http://TreeOfLife.Nazirene.org ) -- and the transformation from Jacob to Israel after prevailing over the Laws as personified in the allegorical account of Jacob wrestling with the angel by night, and becoming Israel at dawn. This inward struggle which brings about the refinement of the lower nature and the transformation of the organic human consciousness is also portrayed in the words: "We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God" (Acts 14:22). And only after prevailing over the Laws can the reality be portrayed in the words: "Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie" (Rev 22:14-15 NKJ).
If the text of the Revelation represented the end of the world, as is commonly believed by the majority of Christians today, then we must pose the question: Why are those who remain outside the city portrayed as "dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie"? Armageddon, then, indicates the disciples personal tribulation described as the "pangs of birth", as he endeavors to overcome his own lower carnal nature through the crucifixion of what is symbolized by the flesh, in order that he can possess the Knowledge of the fruit of the Tree of Life, transcend the natural barriers of this world, and "enter through the gates into the city". So long as you use the name James without making the connection to the allegorical account in Genesis, it will remain impossible to understand the words: "...for whose sake heaven and earth came into being."
When you properly apply the scriptures as the Key of Knowledge (see Application Of The Key Of Knowledge http://KeyOfKnowledge.org#ApplicationOfTheKeyOfKnowledge ) -- thereby turning the Gospels within your own mind and being -- would mean that Jesus from an allegorical perspective of Mind, represents that condition and reality when the person begins to connect with the Logos/Son of God within as personified at At-Onement With The Logos/Son Of God http://BrotherOfJesus.org#AtOnement . But to bring this condition about, you must become and embody all that is allegorically personified in the name JACOB who people call James (see http://GospelOfThomas.Nazirene.org/#James ). But since people worship the condition of mind, and fail to embody it by using the Gospels as the Key of Knowledge ( see The Application Of The Key Of Knowledgehttp://KeyOfKnowledge.org#ApplicationOfTheKeyOfKnowledge ). Then only those who seek out the Soul who lives as Jacob who alone "...have the right to the tree of life" -- and in gaining access to the Inner Kingdom by entering through the "narrow strait gate", are able to "...enter through the gates into the city". And for this purpose "...heaven and earth came into being." In order to gain entrance into the inner Kingdom, you must put on the Wedding Garment of sinless purity (see http://TheCall.Nazirene.org ). And if you fail to become all that is embodied in the name Jacob, you will be cast into the "outer darkness" of Mind and Being -- i.e., "'Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?' He was speechless. Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness; there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.' For many are called, but few chosen." (Matt 22:1-14).
Mankind presently dwells in the "outer darkness" -- and as the lost prodigal sons and daughters, they have been stricken with Spiritual Amnesia (http://AnInconvenientTruth.org#SpiritualAmnesia ) -- unable to recall when they dwelt in the Kingdom of the Father before venturing into this, the Far Country. Stricken with Spiritual Blindness (see Soul-Evolution - Reincarnation And Soul-Development http://OriginalGospel.Ebionite.com#SoulEvolution ). Functioning from what the biblical authors portray as an "animal-soul" level of consciousness (see Animal-Soul http://AnInconvenientTruth.org#animal ) -- that is incapable of understanding the spiritual meaning of the scriptures, or their own higher Soul-Reality. Which means that so long as you fail to seek out to become Jacob the Righteous and the transformation into Spiritual Israel, you will remain spiritually blind and the victim of spiritual amnesia -- dwelling perpetually in "...the outer darkness; there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.' For many are called, but few chosen" .
With respect to the question: Who will be your leader? It is impossible to come to Jesus, without first seeking out Jacob/James.
posted by Brother Of Yeshua @ 6:46 AM
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