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Alpha and Omega

The Gospel of Jesus.
The Christ Revelation, which
the world does not know.

         Jesus condemns
      the Scribes
and Pharisees as Hypocrites


CHAPTER 60

Jesus Condemns the Scribes
and Pharisees as Hypocrites

Taking the name of Christ in vain for unchristian purposes - There are no "saints” -
The ravenous wolves in sheep's clothing
- The Antichrist - Christ is victorious (1-18)

 

1. Then Jesus said to the people and to His disciples, "The scribes and pharisees sit on the seat of Moses. Now all that they bid you to observe, observe and also do. However, do not act according to their works; for they talk, but do not do it. For they themselves bind heavy and unbearable burdens and lay them on the shoulders of men; but they themselves do not want to move these with even one finger.

2. But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the borders of their garments. They love the place of honour at feasts and the best seat in the synagogues. They like to be greeted at the market and to be called by men Rabbi, Rabbi.

3. But you shall not let yourselves be called Rabbi. For One is your Rabbi, Christ. But you are all brothers. And you shall call no man on earth, father, for on earth the fathers are fathers in the flesh only; but in heaven is the One who is your Father, who has the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot receive.

4. Nor shall you let yourselves be called master, for One is your Master, Christ. But the greatest among you shall be your servant. For the one who exalts himself will be humbled. And those who are humble in themselves will be exalted.

5. Woe to you, scribes and pharisees, you hypocrites! For you lock the Kingdom of Heaven to man. You do not enter yourselves, nor let those who would enter go in.

6. Woe to you, scribes and pharisees, you hypocrites! You, who devour widows' houses and, for pretence sake, speak long prayers! For this reason, you will receive all the more damnation.

7. Woe to you, scribes and pharisees, you hypocrites! You, who travel through sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he has become one, you make of him twice as much a child of hell as you are!

8. Woe to you, you blind guides, who say: Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but the one who swears by the gold of the temple is guilty. You fools and blind ones! What is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

9. And: Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing. But the one who swears by the offering that is on the altar is guilty. You fools and blind ones, what is greater? The offering or the altar that sanctifies the offering?

10. Therefore, the one who swears by the altar swears by it and by all things thereon. And the one who swears by the temple swears by it and by him who dwells therein. And the one who swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by the One who sits thereon.

11. Woe to you, scribes and pharisees, you hypocrites! You, who tithe mint and anise and cumin, and neglect the weightiest matters of the law, namely judgement, mercy and faith. One should do this and not neglect that. You blinded guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!

12. Woe to you, scribes and pharisees, you hypocrites! You, who clean the outside of cups and bowls, but inside they are filled with extortion and excess! You blind pharisees, clean first the inside of the cup and of the bowl, so that the outside may also become clean!

13. Woe to you, scribes and pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs which appear beautiful on the outside, but are filled within with the bones of the dead and all filth. So you, too, appear outwardly righteous before the people, but within you are full of hypocrisy and pretence.

14. Woe to you, scribes and pharisees, who build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the sepulchres of the righteous and say: If we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we would not have been to blame for the blood of the prophets with them!

15. Thus, you bear witness of yourselves, that you act as children of those who have killed the prophets. So you, too, fulfil the measure of your forefathers!

16. Therefore, the holy wisdom says: Behold, I send you prophets and wise ones and scribes; and you will kill and crucify some of them, and you will scourge some of them in your synagogues and will persecute them from city to city. And upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of the righteous Abel up to the blood of Zacharias, the son of Barachias, whom you killed between the temple and the altar. Verily, I say to you, all that will come upon this generation.

17. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you that kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often have I wanted to gather your children, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not.

18. Behold, your house shall be left desolate to you! For I say to you: From now on, you will not see Me until you say: Holy, holy, holy! Praised be the one who comes in the name of the just One!” (Chap. 60:1-18)

 

I, Christ, explain, correct
and deepen the word:

What I said, as Jesus of Nazareth, to the pharisees and scribes and their adherents still holds true today [1989]. Just as they have accused Me, Christ, in Jesus of Nazareth, of being satanic and persecuted and ridiculed Me, so will the theologians and so-called Bible experts and their adherents treat My own today [1989]. Many church authorities and also some of the worldly authorities are today's scribes and pharisees again. Since they consider their dogmas and their canons as the basis for being Christian, they do not understand what true Christianity means.

Many representatives of the ecclesiastic and worldly authorities pursue politics and use the word "Christian” for unchristian purposes. They use My name to do honour to their name. They talk to the people about the gospel of love, but very few of them live accordingly. They issue several laws which are against the divine law, thus trampling underfoot the Most Holy, the law of love and of life. They permit animals to be killed. They eat a lot of meat and drink strong drinks. Many of them are co-responsible for the violation, exploitation and poisoning of the earth, and many who call themselves Christian arm themselves for purposes of war.

So-called Christians who are blindly loyal to their authorities receive training in the use of weapons of war, in order to kill men when the call to war sounds out. Blind to the eternal truth, they act like slaves and do what they are commanded. Dazed and intoxicated by their base ego, many violate the great "earth-man”, the earth, and interfere in its lawful course. Thus, they disturb and destroy the atmosphere and the magnetic fields of the earth. All these things are satanic excesses - the base ego of men who consider themselves Christian.

Still today, the ecclesiastic authorities sit in the places of honour, in feasts as well as in their churches, and let their faithful address them by honorary titles. Still in the present time [1989], they continue to honour a man with the title "Holy Father”, even though I taught as Jesus of Nazareth, that there is only o n e Holy Father: He is the Father in heaven, the Father-Mother-God of all beings and men. They also honour their "saints”, even though I taught that there are no "saints” - only blessed beings who live in God.

On earth, there is the father in the flesh, the male as the begetting principle. The man who begets a child gives the seed for the earthly body of an incarnating soul. In the flesh, he is then called father - just as the female - who receives the seed of the man for the developing physical shell, bears the child and gives birth - is called mother, in the flesh.

The earth is the place of expiation for the souls in an earthly body. Many of the hypocrites of that time are again in a shell of flesh now, in order to continue their intrigues against Me, the Christ, by again persecuting those people who strive to let the truth become manifest. My words still hold true today: If they have persecuted Me, they will persecute you, too.

Driven by ambition, power and vain illusion, these souls go into earthly bodies again and again, in order to begin anew where they left off when earthly death seized them. This will continue until incarnations are no longer possible for such base souls, or until the ambitious and power-hungry souls bow, in order to become the least among their brothers and sisters, in the time remaining for incarnation. For the one who exalts himself has to come to his senses by way of humiliation.

And so in many cases, they are again and again the same hypocrites as in My time, when I walked on earth, as Christ in Jesus. The same and similar crimes take place again and again, yet with other arguments and methods, according to the changing times. However, the purpose is the same: Eliminate all those who let the eternal truth become manifest and who actualize a true Christian life.

Recognize that those who actualize the true Christianity are the greatest danger to the demons. For this reason, the satan of the senses wrapped himself in the guise of Christianity, in order to instigate great confusion, so that not everyone will recognize right away what is truly Christian. For the true Christian life is the life according to the laws of God which I taught and lived as Jesus of Nazareth.

At all times, many righteous prophets and righteous men and women had to suffer in a similar way as I, Jesus.

The one who not only preaches the gospel of love and of life but also practises it and gives an understanding of the law of love and of life to many, out of his own actualization - that is, shows them the path to Me, the Christ of God, in their inner being, so that they can follow Me - is a danger for those who have only draped themselves in the guise of "being Christian”.

Because the woman in the earthly garment - the co-bearer of divine wisdom of whom I have already told you - is bringing again to mankind the eternal laws and the path into the eternal law, she has, like Me and many prophets, to bear scorn, ridicule, contempt and slander. Despite all, the eternal truth will gain acceptance, and Christ, linked with the divine wisdom, will emerge victorious.

The one who wants to recognize the ravenous wolves in the sheep's clothing of the so-called Christians should examine the ecclesiastic authorities and their adherents - among them are also many rulers of this world who use My name as a means to an end:

Are these ecclesiastic and worldly office-bearers followers of the Nazarene?

Does the teaching of the church authorities make people healthy and happy?

Is the mother earth healthy, and does the atmosphere of the earth offer protection to the earth and the people?

Who are those who approve of killing?

Seek the wolves in the sheep's clothing of the seeming Christians. Then you will find the Antichrist who comes towards you with My name - Christ - and deceives you and leads you astray.

Since My time as Jesus of Nazareth until today, they are always the same hypocrites - just in other earthly bodies - who have sold themselves to the demonic power and to the satan of the senses, in order to tempt the people with the guise of Christianity. The one who sells himself to the darkness also serves the darkness. It will send its own into the world again and again, in order to deceive people and lead them astray.

As their flock, many peoples have followed human shepherds and were led by them into chaos. But even in the chaos, there is hope for the good, for the New Era, the era of Christ.

I Am the hope; I Am the truth and the life.

In spirit, I Am very close to My own and prepare My coming through them. This led and leads to battle. For the one who, for centuries, had put on and still wears the guise of Christianity, in order to seduce still many with it, does not give up easily.

I, Christ, Am the life; I do not destroy. I explain so that those who see the serpent recognize it and crush its head. In this way, I expose the hypocrites and, at the same time, give them the opportunity to bow their head and to become the least among their brothers and sisters.

Recognize that I am victorious through people who are with Me and prepare the New Era. Equipped with My strength, they are still fighting against their own faults and weaknesses and at the same time - with the power of love - against the hypocrites in Christian guise.

The battle in and with Me is a righteous battle. I, Christ, go before those who strive to do the will of the Father. The earth will become cleansed and more light-filled, because I, the Christ of God, come.

The word "swear” should be understood according to its meaning. It corresponds to the word "affirm”.
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