ABOUT THE SON OF GOD AND THE SON OF MAN
Great confusion reigns over the SON of God and the SON of Man. Most Christian doctrines falsely attribute the designation "Son of Man" to the Son of God, Jesus of Nazareth, simply because He was born of a woman. While and in accordance with the truth the Son of God, Jesus Christ is not the Son of Man who is the Holy Spirit to Him. We suggest the following as a reflection :
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1. Some similarities and convergences between the two |
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2. Differences and Divergences: |
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A. Son of God (Jesus) |
B. Son of Man (Imanuel)
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In conclusion, let us first meditate on the Word of Abdrushin (Abd-ru-shin) from the "Christ Said" lecture:” You can hear these words repeated unctuously in a thousand ways today. Christ said! With this introduction every contrary opinion is supposed to be quashed from the very beginning. Every person using these words, however, also desires to absolve himself of all personal liability. But instead of this he burdens himself with an enormous responsibility... before God!
But this does not occur to him until it descends upon him with such a force that he will be compelled to remain silent for ever after! The hour is approaching, already the first stones of retribution are rolling! But the biggest stone of retribution for many human spirits was formed through using the introductory words: Christ said! — —
These words are then followed by some quotation from the “Holy Scriptures” which is meant to soothe and comfort, to encourage, also to warn and even to threaten, or in defense and argument. They are used both as a balm and as a sword, as a shield and also as a soft cushion!
All this would be beautiful and great, and would even be the right thing, if the words quoted still existed in the same sense as Christ actually spoke them!
But this is not so! Many of these words were fashioned out of themselves by men who had a very deficient memory, and therefore they could not reproduce the same sense as was intended by the words of Christ.
You only need to observe how it is today. Anyone wishing to explain in his own words, or to write down from memory alone, a passage from the Grail Message, which is available in printed form and written by myself, even today does not reproduce it according to the original sense; going through a second mouth, a second pen always introduces alterations. New words change the original meaning, sometimes even distort it, although the writer may be absolutely willing to answer for it. It is never that word which I have spoken.
And how much worse it was at the time of the Son of God when He Himself had not written down any of His words, and when everything could only be transmitted to posterity at second or third hand. Indeed, not until a long time after Christ had left the World of Gross Matter! Everything, evolved only out of the imperfect human memory, the writings and narratives, and all the words which today are customarily prefaced with a definite: Christ said!”
God being Love He has not abandoned us to our sad fate, thanks to the most eminent prayer of intercession of all time made by Christ, a last chance has been given to us by the coming on Earth of the Son of Man for the ultimate Word of truth from God so that there is no excuse for anyone. To illustrate our point, we invite you to study this extract from the Grail Message of Abdrushin (Abd-ru-shin) taken from the conference "Son of Man": “ He who believes in the Son of God and in His words and has made them come to life within himself, that is he carries them within him in their correct interpretation and acts accordingly, naturally need not wait for the promised Son of Man for the Son of Man has nothing to bring other than what the Son of God has already brought. It is a condition, however, that such a person has really understood the words of the Son of God, and does not stubbornly cling to erroneous transmissions. If he has bound himself to errors somewhere he will not be able to complete his ascent until he has received the enlightenment which was reserved for the Son of Man to bring because the limited human spirit is unable to free itself from the dense undergrowth which now obscures the Truth.
Jesus spoke of the Coming of the Son of Man as the last possibility of salvation, and also pointed out that with His Coming the Judgment would commence and that those who are still not willing, in other words, who, because of their own stubbornness or indolence, are not ready to accept enlightenment, would be irretrievably cast out. This leads to the conclusion that there will be no further opportunity for consideration and decision. It is also unmistakably an announcement of great tribulations to come which will bring to an end a period of patient forbearance. This in turn attests to the impending struggle of the Light against all darkness, which must end with the forced destruction of all darkness.”
Catégorie : teachings | article publié le : 06 octobre 2020