Who Is Without? And Who Is In The House With the Lord?

In a conversation this morning pertaining to spiritual development, mental evolution and the diet of eating dead flesh, I was reminded of an account that happened to me many years ago.  I was at work and walking down a street in North Jamaica in Queens, New York, when I encountered a Hare Krishna woman handing out pamphlets on the  corner.   As I approached her she said to me: "you are a vegetarian".  And I said yes.  How did she know that I was a long-time vegetarian? She saw it in my aura or mental-bodies that surround the physical. As a person walks the spiritual path and begins the process of purification and transformation, their mind begins to develop beyond the physical-organic, and they develop the ability to see the mental-bodies and energy that surrounds each person. While as a male I am only able to sense the mental bodies, my wife who is a Spiritual Empath, can not only see the energy bodies surrounding a person, but also the amount of Light coming out of a person's eyes (see The Development Of The Feminine Intuitive http://TheRealFactsOfLife.Ebionite.com#DevelopmentOfFeminineIntuitive ). The more Light, the greater advancement of the Soul. Those who eat dead flesh, do not develop, and they don't have the same Light in their mental bodies that surround the physical. Neither does the Light of their Soul project out of their eyes. Meat eaters lack Spiritual Vision -- and their consciousness is anchored to the earthly.  

Jesus taught a mindset and holistic lifestyle that is crucial to each of our development (see The Holographic Mind http://TreeOfLife.Nazirene.org#TheHolographicMind ).  The term Nazirene did not denote a geographical place located at the outskirts of Jerusalem.  The term Nazirene was making reference to the Vow of the Nazir (see The Nazirene Vow And The Holographic Mind http://TreeOfLife.Nazirene.org#NazireneVow ), which is instrumental to the person's mental and spiritual development.  In the Gospel of the Nazirenes a suppressed teaching is preserved where the question is posed to Jesus: "And again that one asked, If anyone comes to us who eats flesh and drinks strong drink, how shall we receive them? And Jesus said to him, Let such a person abide in the outer court until they cleanse themselves from these grosser evils; for till they perceive, and repent of these, they are not fit to receive the higher mysteries." Why can't they be permitted into the inner core of the Congregational Body of Messiah/Christ? Because their minds are incapable of contemplating the Mysteries of God by virtue of the polluted body-vessel -- and therefore, the necessary spiritual transformation cannot be brought about. And this is further demonstrated in the words of Jesus as preserved in the Gospel of the Nazirenes: "And Jesus said to them, They, whose hands are stained with blood, or whose mouths are defiled with flesh, or they who partake of benefits which are gotten by wronging one of God's creatures, cannot be righteous; nor can they touch holy things, or teach the mysteries of the kingdom."  

Quoting from The Esoteric Gospel Teachings http://TheLawOftheGospels.com#EsotericGospelTeachings : When Jesus accused the leaders of the Jews of throwing away the Key of Knowledge -- i.e., "Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key of knowledge; you did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering” (Luke 11:52) -- it is important to understand the source and type of knowledge Jesus accused the Jews of throwing away. The word Knowledge that was being referenced to is translated from the Greek word Gnosis, as seen in the Greek Interlinear where it shows "knowledge" in this verse is translated from the word "gnosis" at https://biblehub.com/interlinear/luke/11-52.htm . Gnosis, from a biblical perspective is defined as: "Gnosis refers to knowledge based on personal experience or perception. In a religious context, gnosis is mystical or esoteric knowledge based on direct participation with the divine." The word Gnosis then indicates Spiritual Knowledge that is revealed or taught to the person directly from the Divine Mind within them. This Divinely Revealed Spiritual Knowledge cannot be read literally in the writings of man -- it cannot be literally written in scriptures or religious writings -- it cannot be taught by a teacher or rabbi -- because it can only be taught to the person individually by the Divine Mind whose thinking and mindset is capable of receiving the Higher Spiritual Knowledge.  What Jesus was warning was that those who eat deaf flesh cannot develop spiritually, and therefore "...Let such a person abide in the outer court until they cleanse themselves from these grosser evils; for till they perceive, and repent of these, they are not fit to receive the higher mysteries."  The Church Father Origen made reference to those "without" in the "outer court" of Spiritual Mind, and those who are portrayed as being "In The House" when he stated in Contra Celsum: “I have not yet spoken of the observances of all that is written in the gospel, each one of which contains much doctrine difficult to be understood, not merely by the multitude, but even by certain of the more intelligent, including a very profound explanation of the parables, which Jesus delivered to ‘those without' while reserving the exhibition of their full meaning for those who have passed beyond the stage of exoteric teachings, and who came to him privately in the house. And when he comes to understand it, he will admire the reason why some are said to be without, and others in the house”.  Those who fail to live the holistic spiritual lifestyle, cannot comprehend either the spiritual meaning of the scriptures, or their higher Soul-Reality.  Therefore, they are only capable of reading the scriptures in accord with the literal text, and like the leaders of the Jews, they throw away the Key of Knowledge -- which is why they reject and condemn the Divine Manna/Gnosis of the Kingdom that can only be revealed to them by the Divine Mind.   

When Jesus stated to the Jews that the Kingdom would never come outwardly, because it is "within you" (Luke 17:20-21), this is "...knowledge based on personal experience ...based on direct participation with the divine" within the Mind of the disciple, as the person begins to open what is portrayed as the "narrow gate", and experiences the Kingdom coming within them -- i.e., "Then Jesus said to them, Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God arrive with power" (Mark 9:1). Which is why Peter acknowledged the coming of the Kingdom when he stated: ”looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God” (2 Pet 3:12). Which provokes the question: How could the believers in that time-frame of the first-century, hasten or speed up the coming of the Kingdom, if it was coming externally in the outer world? Yet, in every generation, doomsday prophets have predicted Armageddon and the coming of the Kingdom in their lifetime. That modern Christians continue to preach their End Times doctrines, is because they are as the Jews who threw away the Key of Knowledge/Gnosis -- which is the application of the Gospels within them.

If the Spiritual Knowledge could not be read literally in the scriptures where it could be learned and discerned by the Jewish scholars, then what is indicated is the fact that Jesus taught that there is an esoteric meaning to the scriptures that is not apparent or even understood by reading the literal text of the scriptures. And if the meaning of the scriptures could be simply understood by reading the text, then Jesus never would have portrayed the leaders of the Jews as the "spawn of the devil" who threw away the Key of Knowledge/Gnosis. And this is demonstrated when Jesus said to the Jews: "Why do you misunderstand what I am saying? It is because your spiritual ears are deaf and you are unable to hear the truth of My word" (John 8:43 Amplified Version). As to why the Jews could not understand the spiritual teachings and concepts, Jesus explained: "You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies" (John 8:43-44).  It can be rightfully stated that the teachings of Jesus disappeared in the first century -- and when rightly understood, the Roman Empire was not converted to the religion of Jesus -- but rather, the personage and image of Jesus was converted to the religion of pagan Rome -- which has virtually nothing in common with the original Gospel teachings as restored at The Law Of The Gospels http://TheLawOfTheGospels.com   .