

### How to Believe in Christ According to the Gospel of John

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Problems in Modern Christianity

Problems in Modern Spiritualism

The Gospel of John Analysis

Gospel of John Conclusion

First Epistle of John Analysis

Second Epistle of John Analysis

Third Epistle of John Analysis

APPENDIX

The Christian Belief System, Events, and Definitions

Science and Religion

Techniques for Listening to God

About The Author

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INTRODUCTION

First of all, I must apologize for mistakes in the interpretation of this holy text and for the many revisions done in my effort to make it more readable. I am neither a professional writer nor a Bible Scholar. I wrote it in an effort to understand Christ for my own salvation. But I also only hope that it will be of some benefit to others, and pray that it is not in any way be a hindrance, since all true knowledge should be obtain internally by your own subjective effort and conscious realizations from the Holy Spirit of Truth, Christ, God and not just by reading academic worldly arguments. If it were not so, Christ would have written copious works for us to be saved with just an easy read.

I am not adding or removing any part to the Kings James Version, I am only writing a commentary and analysis, trying to understand, just as many others before me. We should all thank John and all be humbled by John's exquisite writings.

After writing this book, I wrote an analysis of Revelation under the title _"The City of God, the Bride of Christ, and the Second Death According to Revelation of John"_. If you have read a recent version of " _The City of God, the Bride of Christ, and the Second Death According to Revelation of John"_ , you will find some sections to be exactly the same since these sections cover common aspects of John's teachings. They have some shared commentary sections in common. For example, the two books share the same sections:

Problems in Modern Christianity

Problems in Modern Spiritualism

Appendix

The Christian Belief System, Events, and Definitions

Science and Religion

Techniques for Listening to God

About The Author
PROBLEMS IN MODERN CHRISTIANITY

Some books have been written criticizing common Christianity as being watered down. The formal organization of Christianity started soon after the Roman persecutions. Before the 5th century the beliefs were varied and the religion's worldly-wise leaders took measures to trim it down.

Is it easy to be a Christian? Pure Christianity is by far the toughest religion to follow. The true early Christians did not passively submit to torture and death just because they liked it, but by truly believing in and following the teachings and the example of Christ. Christianity seems to require a suppression of all of survival instincts, procreation instincts, social approval and praise and status, wealth and worldly security, and all the other worldly pleasures and passions. For example, it requests that followers to be celibate, give up worldly goods, turn the other cheek when attacked, give the shirt off their back when asked, hate and deny their worldly life, avoid the honor or praise of men, serve and feed all in need, seek martyrdom when challenged, and more – but there is a very sound logical and prophetic reason why this should be practiced, as revealed by John. Yet it is still a most rewarding religion based on its ideals in the pureness of body, heart, mind, will, and the awareness it advocates in the self-sacrificing unselfish Love, Spirit, and Light, as demonstrated by Christ. Unfortunately, very few can, and even those who often spoke and saw Jesus directly had a very hard time following his teachings and example. Yet billions currently believe themselves to be true Christians.

Can one comprehend something you haven't personally experienced firsthand? If someone hands you an advanced book on the theory of everything or a book on someone's mystical experience, it helps you very little unless you obtain the same intelligence, talents and abilities of the authors. If you don't, you will just stare at the equations or marvel at the fuzzy extrasensory experiences, or symbolic expressions when reading these books. They will not enlighten you. So with this disclaimer, please keep this in mind as we both try to understand John's works and his extraordinary experiences.

Can we be saved if we continue to sin? Christ did not say, just think and " _believe_ " in me and no matter what you do, your job is done. Christ did not needlessly tell parables about the struggling un-nurtured mustard seed, the harvest separating the sheep from the goats, the dark sins inside us and our enslavement to worldly sins and attachments, our blindness and deafness to spiritual truths; if salvation was just a matter of uttering a few words of belief. He forgave sins, but also told them to sin no more as a prerequisite to true forgiveness. But "sins" in those days where thought to be the cause of all physical sicknesses, so when he healed the physically sick, they assumed their sins where also healed and forgiven. There are very few instances where an act of sin is healed where no physical sickness was present. Adultery was one of the only pure sins that he forgave with the admonition to sin no more. Modern Christianity is not entirely in line with the Gospel of John.

Why John is the best source:

I believe that the works of John the Beloved probably has the best possibility of reflecting the teachings of Christ. There are more early copies of John's Gospel than the other Gospels. The Gospel of John has nuances that ring true to me, and more so by the contrasting frailty, ignorance, and misunderstandings, and is not always in agreement with the other Gospels. As a pastor once told me, John's Gospel stands alone. One should expect the many witness accounts of a single set of tragic events to be full of contradictions. Likewise, one should not be surprised by the disagreements and mismatches between the four Gospels.

In other non-Christian religious tales or belief systems, their divine heroes are depicted as spotless, without any candid humor or story contradictions, and their tales are surely not surrounded with clueless, shallow, petty participants. But unlike other religious belief systems, the Gospels are unique simply by having Christ surrounded with clueless, shallow, petty participants. There are some subtly humorous quotes attributed to Jesus, in the many times he reluctantly had to rephrase answers with a variety of analogies, metaphors, and parables, often repeatedly stating his frustration on how clued out the public was, and even towards his own close followers. The Gospels show all the complexities of real events involving very contemporary-like foibles and dynamics. The numerous recollections of very extraordinary psychic miracles are amazing, and perhaps more amazing is how much pettiness is shown by the masses, leaders, and Pharisees who by their unimaginable shallow envy, greed, and pride, sought to deny and kill Jesus.

John was given a special task. Sadly, the other disciples were all martyred and only John was spared and allowed to live on to write about it (see John [21:23]). John was the only apostle among the twelve apostles that stood undeniably faithful to Christ. John was the only disciple to attend Christ's trial and Christ's crucifixion. Because of his full faithfulness, as decreed by the resurrected Christ at the end of the Gospel, and much to the angst of the other disciples, especially Peter , " _If I will that he_ [John] _tarry till I come, what is that to thee?_ ", John was spared martyrdom. John is also the first male disciples to arrive at the tomb after the Resurrection. He is the apostle who wrote Revelation, a unique work of prophecy while in exile.

The Gospel of John contains a belief system that is continued in his Revelation - John's prophetic vision. Unfortunately the Gospels are a secondhand written down documents, multi-translated descriptions, so caution has to be taken by the reader, since any worldly-wise interpretation will always be wrong. You can bet on it that this book will be wrong as well and will likely be full of misinterpretations. Having said that, I think it is still worth reading it and making an effort to understand his belief system presented. You should avoid being an Armageddon-nist, and also avoid extracting any believable physical prophetic time-line of events, for your own worldly survival.

Salvation in John's Revelation:

John presents in Revelation, a cohesive continuation of his belief system from his Gospel. In fact the Gospel of Matthew [13:30-40] also lays out Revelation's plot and provides most of the keys to the mysteries: _"Let both_ [the good and the evil] _grow together until the harvest: ..._ _He that sows the good seed is the Son of man;_ _The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; 39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil;_ _the harvest is the end of the world_ _; and the reapers are the angels. 40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire_ [same as the second death's lake of fire in Revelation] _;_ _so shall it be in the end of this world._ " And in comparison, in Revelation [22:10-12] it states: " _Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. [11] He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. [12] And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be."_ A God that tolerates and allows evil to remain unchecked in Heaven and on Earth is seldom admitted by Christians.

So you can see that the Revelation plot is not an odd isolated fanciful plot solely dreamed up by John. The Revelation plot, in a parable, was indeed mentioned in the Gospels by Christ before the writing of Revelation. The proposition that evil, demon seeds, empty husks or weeds, what may seems conscious and with some inner Light, or potentially good, both good and bad must exist unhindered with their free will to reincarnate to repeat their evil or good till the end of time. Both are readied for the final harvest and separations, for some to possibly enter into the City of God. This makes perfect sense, as an explanation for why Christ did nothing to prevent the recurrence of sins, horrors, homicides, and abuses that he witnessed in his time and God's allowance for evil to continue to be in our present world.

Christ and God also did not forgive all the sins for all on Earth, as some think he promised, but God has provided a narrow venue for salvation, encouraging us to be the good seeds and sons of Man and God. Only the good can exist in harmony in Heaven. Christ did not bring God's Kingdom on Earth to exalt Israel as some sacred land, as some Jews expected. With this "evidence" of God's unfulfilled promises to save us, clean us of our sins and the elimination of all evil and suffering from our world after the Crucifixion, Atheists use God's "seemingly unfulfilled promises" as a shallow excuse to justify their disbelief in God.

How many times will God forgive an unrepentant sinner? The Gospels and Revelation both state that the evil ones must be given the maximum amount of time, till Earth's end, to try to redeem themselves on their own terms and time, or alternately truly identify themselves as the demon seeds or fallen souls of in rebellion (Satan). So in the meantime, the good **Just souls** of Light agree to and are willing to be treated **unJustly** by the evil and to suffer so that the evil **un-Just souls** can be given ample time for justice – forgiven "seventy times seven" - Matthew [18:22]. They evil ones are given all of God's patience and Love right to the end. This is why Christ did not seek revenge on Herod for killing his friend John the Baptist, but instead prayed for John and later deliberately exposed himself to crucifixion. This is the true reason why Christians, knowing God's plan, submit themselves to the violence of evil in order to grow in God. This is the true reason why we must forgive all sins and those trespasses upon us. As the ideal examples of goodness and love, we must give our love and patience to the evil, to save them. They need and are given more time,

What is the second death? The first death is assumed to be the death of the physical body and not the soul, and the Second Death, as mentioned a four times in Revelation, is defined as the death of a lost soul, weeds, or "chaff". It is described in the Final Judgment of all souls. The unforgivable souls and followers of Satan are not in Christ's Book of Life (as Light gives Life, as Christ is the Light and the Word from God) and are not in other books regarding their good deeds. These evil souls are cast into the Lake of Fire, assumed to perish, as Christ said in Matthew [10:28]: " _And fear not them who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him_ [I. e. God] _who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell."_

What are we to do on Earth? Strangely, some Christians don't see the requirement for good deeds. It is understandable that we'd all like a God who will love us unconditionally, tolerating all souls – good or evil. Most Christians believe that Christ has already paid a price for all their sins, and therefore guaranteeing their full salvation. Except it seems that God does not do all deeds needed for our salvation, since in Matthew [20:1-16] it states the importance for us do some deeds for God, by stating: " _For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner_ [God] _who went out early in the morning to hire_ [us] _laborers for his vineyard_ [( the vineyard is also the place where Christ is symbolized as being the "vine" and our souls are symbolized as the "branches" to be "pruned" to be made fruitful producing the good "seeds" or the good deeds)] _... Saying_ [that] _whatever is right_ [(I. e. done right in the vineyard)] _, you will receive."_ The verses also mention that you will receive exactly the same payment whether you were first to labor in God's vineyard for the whole day or whether you were the very last one to arrive to work in God's vineyard - even for just a very short time. The verse continues by stating "... _So the last_ [to arrive to work in the vineyard] _will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen._ " This first being the last and the last being the first is also mentioned a few more times in the Gospels. It also highlights a difference between being invited to work versus being chosen to receive your payment. The difference being determined by your good works in God's "vineyard" and your connection to the vine of Christ. " _For many are called_ [to help Christ the bridegroom] _, but few chosen_ [to enter the banquet of the New Heaven, the City of God]" This is not a new situation, in the Old Testament God tried to find just a handful of good men in an effort to spare the evil cities of Sodom and Gomorrah from destruction, but almost all men were found to be evil in their hearts. Similarly in Matthew [22:10] God decides to invite many even if some are evil, so God's "... s _ervants went out into the highways and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall_ [reception area] _was filled with guests.",_ except that not all of those invited into the wedding reception hall are chosen to enter the wedding feast. To be chosen, a soul must have worked in God's vineyards, hard doing good deeds, enough to be chosen to enter His wedding banquet. A soul mentioned among the guests who is rejected is the one " _which had not on a wedding garment_ ", and by that rejection by God, the soul is thrown " _away, and_ [is] _cast ... into outer darkness;_ [where] _there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth_. [I. e. the Second Death]". _For many are called_ [to the wedding hall reception in the City of God, or the vineyard], _but few are chosen_. _"_ The pure wedding garment is what we need to create for ourselves, which should be a sinless covering that hides our naked shame and sins (the corrected sinless garment replacing Adam's shamed sinful clothing). All of Chapter 25 in the Gospel of Matthew stresses that to enter the wedding or the Kingdom or City of God, one must do the good deeds or works, utilizing all of our God given abilities or talents to help God and others, to be kind to everyone, and treating everyone as our own self. In Matthew [40:25], it states " _Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me._... [so be kind and helpful to all, otherwise you will be] _... cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels"_. We can be forgiven of past sins or mistakes, but we must hear God's plan, to do good deeds, and be able enter into eternal life with God. We should not think that God is a slave driven. God is not a puppet master; He does not force us do the right thing. God wants us to be as good as God. Christ could have cured them without being with them in person, but the physical healing of just our body is not as important as having a loving live personal relationship with each one of us.

Can evil live peacefully in Heaven? If God allowed evil souls to enter the City of God, how would such bad souls cooperate with good souls in heaven and with God? Would they be any better than Satan? Would God entertain evil companions? Would God just stand back and accept insults from them forever? Would God be a fool? While many near death experience (NDE) anecdotes depict non-judgmental life reviews, with God embracing them in a "light" of pure love. They are often told that they need to return to their physical body to complete their good deeds. God's is encourages them to accumulate good deeds for their salvation. They are not told to just return, forget their sins, and have a good time! If souls were only needed just to worship God and not be His co-workers, then yes, God could forgive us all, since He would not need us to do anything, but only require us to be simple puppet worshipers. God's instead needs companion co-creators having God's Will, God's Conscious Light and God's divine Truth.

What is the destiny of our religiously guarded sacred lands on Earth? When in John's Revelations, the End Times Last Judgment happens; Earth is depicted as a desolate flattened scorched Earth. Some souls are cast into the Lake of Fire, and some are allowed to enter the City of God. The City of God is described to measure the same as a cube descending from Heaven with the diameter size of half of planet Mercury or slightly smaller than the Moon. If you calculate this volume, it would be large enough to accommodate more than 47,000 trillion 1000 sq. ft. apartments. It also mentions another quantitatively comparable number; Revelations states that 100 trillion angels surround the throne of God. Mentioning the " _second death_ " in both the Revelation and the Gospels means that there will not be a universal rapture that saves us all, good or evil, on earth.

How much time are we given to repent? Christianity is a bit different from other religions. In other eastern religions like Buddhism, a soul is allowed to have as much time as it wishes in as many incarnations it wants. Some other religions allow you to redeem yourself via many cycles of reincarnations. While NDE accounts seldom mention any judgments within a soul's life review, this does not mean that there will never be a truly final judgment. We are given a limited time-line to live or reincarnate on Earth. In Revelation, the Earth eventually becomes a scorched Earth. You are to either die by the truly final and complete second death, or you will be chosen to enter the City of God. The end times City of God becomes the new Heaven and new Earth. The NDE accounts do confirm a soul's need to complete many good deeds for good reasons. In John [9:4] Christ states " _I_ [and we] _must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work._ "

Why didn't Christ author and publish a How to Be Saved best seller? Christ did not hand write his own Gospel or Revelation for good reasons, since John [1:4-5] states " _In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not._ " Therefore regarding Christ, as the Light, you should not be surprised by the statement that the darkness of the worldly-wise, or the common masses, cannot comprehend any written message describing His Light. It is very naive for me or others to believe that any writing or seeing miracles can facilitate your divine salvation or your belief in a conscious living Christ and God. Only you alone can, if you have some consciously nurtured Light in you. Only by your own earnest conscious effort and faith, can you comprehend Christ and God's Light. It has been left only to us mortals to write down about our personal spiritual struggles. We alone are left to lift our neighbors on our own shoulders, as love others as your helpers.

Jesus the Christ:

Can someone truly believe in Christ without experiencing some Christ like consciousness? Can one see the Light in Christ without experiencing a little of the Light in oneself? After all in John's writing, Jesus' spirit is far beyond a simple contemplative state reached by normal meditators. Christ was not only in the presence of the Spirit, but instead Christ is in the center of the Spirit of God. Christ is like a higher dimensional creature, able to be above our reality by existing, seeing, and controlling future/past time (precognition), abiding in our thoughts (telepathy), able to see fate/prophecy (regarding sin and redemption), and Christ's being exists beyond space and matter (levitation, materialization). As a seemingly time-space independent being, Jesus is described as being with God from the beginning of time. In other words, his consciousness and identity is space-time independent and therefore able to nullify all space-time laws at will. So to be able to believe in Christ you should at least have had some insights into his level of existence.

Is Christ a way to reach and see the face of God? If one does not recognize the Jesus as the Christ, then one is also not recognizing the Face of God which abides in Him. As stated in John [10:27] _"My sheep_ [and those who belong to Christ] _hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me." S_ ince Christ, having the Light, Life and God dwelling in him, as a true " _living soul"_ made by God's own breath of Light _,_ are you a son of God in being able to recognize the primary Son of God, and are you in the Book of Life as described in John's Revelation, or one of his "sheep" as described in the Gospel of John? To insure your salvation in eternity, Christ points out that our sole task in life on Earth, decreed by God, is to first of all seek/desire Heaven, see/hear the Light, and believe in Christ by the method of Loving your God with all your being, in body, mind, and soul. Except that even the Devils can see and recognize Christ as the Son of God, in Matthew [8:28-29] it recounts that "... _there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of_ God?" We sleeping mortals seem to be more blind than mere devils that can recognize Christ. It turns out that even stones can see Christ, because in Luke [19:37-40] " _... the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen, saying: 'Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!' And some of the Pharisees called to Him from the crowd, 'Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.' But He answered and said to them, 'I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out.' And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out._ " The difference between us, as mortal physical beings, and the devils and stones, is that our consciousness is not mobile like the devils, which can jump into various material bodies or even inanimate stones. It is the nature of divine beings, devils and other spirits, to be able to inhabit various material lining and non-living objects. Normal humans are spiritually blinded and trapped in their worldly egos and bodies. Some NDE accounts tell of souls experiencing various living forms. An independent and physically non-emergent consciousness is free to inhabit any material form in any time. By listening for the voice of Christ and by asking him to enter into your soul, you will truly see the divine Christ, as described in Revelation [3:20] " _Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me._ "

Can one understand God from reading and formal education? If Christ was here, he would say that true knowledge and wisdom can only come from the Holy Ghost (the Spirit of Truth) which abides as a separate entity in Christ, or from your own faith and relationship with God. God also abides in the same manner in Christ. The Holy Ghost is described as a "comforter" that teaches wisdom/truth in sleep, dreams, and visions, blesses us with abilities as we seek the Kingdom of Heaven or the City of God (with talents, healing, psychic abilities, love, and wisdom). It is the internal hearing/seeing of the quiet voice from God that whispers in your dreams, in your gut, in your epiphanies of truths, in your deep meditative contemplation, to your burning questions, in your love and joys, and in your conscious realizations. John [6:13] states " _However when He, the Spirit of Truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth; for_ _He shall not speak from Himself_ _, but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak; and He will show you things to come._ " In other words, the Holy Spirit of Truth is a true witness of the true divine reality, which also covers future world events, along with other omniscient psychic abilities. It is interesting that the Holy Ghost as a separate identity or being is also spiritually modest, like Christ, in that neither of them spoke about their own innate abilities apart from what God gave them. Christ reaffirms the notion that no literature or lectures using our external worldly words can teach you as well as the Spirit of Truth. Your meaningful subjective spiritual experiences change your being and your world view by your first-hand experience of knowing and seeing the spiritual reality behind waking reality veil's veil. Worldly education or logical religious arguments will never bring you closer to knowing God. Only your personal relationship with God brings you closer to God.

Why would God hide some spiritual laws and truths? There is a reason for this, as Christ said: Matthew [11:25] " _I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes._ " No worldly agenda/gain is allowed to profit from this Godly knowledge. Because some truths can move mountains, heal sick, and forgive sins by the good, but if this divine knowledge is ever placed in the hands and minds of the worldly wise or dark ones, the divine knowledge would enable them to do enormous evil and chaos. This enormous evil, abuse, or chaos would create real paradoxes and upset the fate of the world set by God. How tempting it would be to change any future event if it was revealed to you, and how much more tempting if it was about your own future. God is protecting us by limiting the power available to our worldly evil persona. There is a divine censor to prevent this.

Fortunately God has designed a universe with spiritual safeguards. In the Spirit, one can imagine cooperation among other divine beings to be extremely important, any tiny evil fragment remaining in a soul could accidentally cause harm, so " _these things_...[of divine knowledge] _hast_ [God] _revealed them_ [only] _unto_ [the sinless] _babes._ ". Our life on Earth is really a triage to determine whose life can be saved and healed by Christ, or whose life is truly lost, like Satan and all his blind followers?

Is Christianity nonsense, scientifically? Science states that the normal physical world without God's divine intervention will unfold according to the worldly, mechanically unconscious and "simple" mathematically and quantitatively predictable objective relationships that can be mathematically modeled by scientific laws. This was also expressed by Rene Descartes' dualism, between the natural philosophy (nowadays called science), and spiritual divine intervention or what he called mind or consciousness. In Science, divine intervention is definitively not studied nor considered, because no pragmatic mathematical mechanical predictive models can be discovered in it. Only religions, and recently psychic research, have some interest in divine intervention or consciousness/mind over matter. Not surprisingly, science by refusing to study or look into events involving divine intervention or miracles, have now unanimously concluded that no event has ever been found to disobey their scientific laws. It is like deciding to perform experiments only in yellow colored rooms (I. e. the natural world devoid of divine interventions), only to later proudly come to concluding that they have never seen any non-yellow rooms (divinities or unnatural worlds). Yet they hypocritically speculate about non-provable, unverifiable, non-falsifiable theories for alternate universes. Logic states that one cannot prove the negative or non-existent, non-falsifiable existences or events. We all can agree that there can only exist one truth and one reality, and it should to be discovered to be the same by both a true science and a true religion, or by Descartes' body (objective science) and mind (subjective religion).

Christ's divine psychic abilities as told in the Gospel can be compared to eastern masters, and the accounts of the miraculous abilities of monks, ascetics, Sufi, and other wise men in history. The difference is that, in Christ, the abilities are fully under his conscious control, reproducible, and Christ goes one step beyond just having miraculous abilities, by reaching into the fabric that binds all of humanity and the origin of all creation as the Way, Son of God and the Son of Man. I don't think Christ is unrelated to other religions, since the first ones to recognize the importance of his incarnation where, after all, three wise men from the East, or Magi, who were probably not Jews. Jesus spent a portion of his childhood in Egypt, and possibly also exposed to Egyptian religions. We do know that there were as many sects of Judaism in His time, just as we currently have many sects in modern Christianity. But we don't really know much about his childhood and education.

If Christ was here today with the vast powers he exhibited, the leaders of the world would declare him a treat to the world... since nothing could defeat him. They would see him as an extremely powerful psychic, able to tell what all men did, think, conceive, and know, as well as know all events past, present and future. He would be able to levitate, materialize and dematerialize at will, remotely kill, resurrect himself many times, or cure anyone at will... basically able to defy all known laws of natural non-divine science or physics. Yet with all these abilities, Christians are wary about describing Christ as an extreme psychic. Perhaps they fear the encouragement or the connotation to the dark arts, as a gateway or temptation to hell (...probably a very wise advice). But Christ was not shy in talking about miracles, stating that they are to be naturally expected if one primarily seeks first the Kingdom of Heaven, with a deep conscious communion, hearing the Word and Will of God, and the Holy Ghost or the Spirit of Truth.

Those who work solely to develop these divine abilities normally cannot control them. Jesus the man and, as the Christ, just had them as a byproduct of his higher consciousness, being with the Word, Light, Life, Love, Truth, and the Grace of God being in him, applying them only in harmony with God's Will, as the Son of God. By being more perfectly aligned with God, as Adam once was, Christ is transformed to return to God as a redeemed Son of Man, as one of Adam's lineage fully healed – which may be the reason why Christ claimed himself to be the "trunk" from the tree of God by God's breath in Adam, from which we may be allowed to be the branches than can bear the good fruit.

Christ was more than a psychic. While Moses could not see the face of God directly and survive, but Christ, with God residing in Christ, like God's breath was placed and lived in Adam, some of his disciples where able to see/witness the face of God, Life, and Light residing within Jesus, and they did not perish! So, not being of the Darkness, but part of Light with ability to see and _comprehend_ the Light or God in Christ, believes in Christ.

The Gospels portrays Jesus as extremely humble, compassionate, non-vengeful, having an extreme sense of self-restraint - considering the powers he is shown to have. So, the New Testament's God that was presented indwelling and showing thorough Christ, God is a bit different from the Old Testament's God or LORD. It is a God of non-judgment, forgiveness, healing, self-sacrificing and infinitely compassionate – not a vengeful, jealous, or an eye-for-eye accountant. An ordinary person with similar powers would have abused these divine powers for revenge, vanity, judgments, grudges, and comforts. Jesus did not. Yet many believe he was harsh and temperamental with little evidence.

But John stated that Jesus, as the Christ, was much more than just an extreme psychic; he was the Way, Truth and Life by which we can seek God and be with God. We are asked to listen to God to be able to do God's good work so we can be qualified as sons of God. Likewise to obtain the salvation through Christ, as the Way (of Love in Him), the Truth (of the Holy Spirit in Him), and the Light (of God in Him), we are asked to listen for Christ's voice, as we are asked to listen to God, as stated in Revelation [3:20] " _Behold, I_ [Christ] _stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear_ [listen] _my voice, and open the door_ [invite Christ in] _, I_ [Christ] _will come in to him, and will sup_ [and nourish] _with him, and he with me."_ just like the bread and life given to us by the words from mouth of God. Being in Christ and God insures our divine wellbeing.

PROBLEMS IN MODERN SPIRITUALISM

Some Christians, New Age, Agnostics, and Occultists believe that to believe in non-physical forces, planes, or karmic laws, makes one a spiritual person. Spiritualism or the belief in the unseen is not faith. Believing in psychic forces does not make us a divine being; it only makes us a materialist trying to manipulate forces on another non-physical level. But still no matter how higher dimensional, such belief and ability is still just another material level or world. It does not make us unselfish, self-sacrificing in Love, divinely virtuous, listeners of God, nor part of God's plan.

On a personal level, I began as a Roman Christian, but since sermons did not address my childhood spiritual convictions and experiences, in my early teens I began studying many types of religions, psychic research, occult books, science, and psychology, any reality belief system. I began my much disciplined conscious exercises from my early teens onwards. All went well but I always knew that God wants us to use our divine gifts to perform God's work as companions.

There was a pattern of divine failure among those who took up "spirituality" after experiencing some spontaneous divine insights or powers. Seduced by worldly-wise materialistic thinking or agendas, many were led astray, abusing their divine gifts, only to lose their selves and their gifts – selling their selves out for the praise from men and power over men.

There is no divine science, occult science, nor psychic science since "science" has to do with predictable causality – causality with force and matter relationships that have event traceability within energy matter conservation law regimes. The divine has an absolutely non-deterministic or causal Free-Will. The Spirit does not occupy space and does not have any component dependencies otherwise it cannot have and entirely non-deterministic free will. Those worldly minded who sought some occult science to manipulate the spiritual realm eventually asked stupid questions, "How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?" The answer would be an infinite number, since spirit does not occupy space-time.

"Abide" is used often to indicate some kind of consciousness merging into each other, or to be closely connected. Conscious does not have volume or area and therefore is not of this world by time, content, volume, or area. It would be wrong to imagine a composition or component type of relationships between Christ, being "in" the Holy Ghost, and the Holy Ghost being "in" God. Those are worldly concepts.

Free will is solely from God. Yet spiritualists seek to access it without knowing the greater divine plan. Christianity from Genesis to Revelation describes a divine plan beyond just having magical abilities.

Is there anything in spiritualism events not mentioned in the Bible? Spiritualism believes in divine omnipotent and omniscient abilities. The Bible mentions the same divine or spiritual abilities. Regarding Christ's abilities in relation to the list of psychic or spiritual abilities:

* precognition → prophecy,

* telekinesis → walking on water,

* materialization → water to wine and Christ's creating food for feeding thousands with a few * pieces of bread and fish,

* telepathy → Christ's knowing the heart and minds of the Pharisees, speaking in tongues or simultaneously telepathically broadcast directly to the minds of a diverse crowd each in their native language, knowing the past of anyone,

* possession, mental projection, or out-of-body experience → casting devils into swine, appearing and disappearing within a crowd, exorcism,

* necromancy → raising the dead and speaking or commanding the dead,

* psychic healing and surgery → present and remote healing of the sick by command, forgiveness of sins.

* reincarnation → Christ mentions John the Baptist incarnation and Elijah.

Unfortunately spiritualism does not include the final judgment or spiritual conclusion. Most of them believe in a NDE type of self-evaluation judgment right after every physical death (first death). But the Gospels also point to a second death as well: the destruction of the soul in the final judgment solely for the wicked. Spiritualists believe in progressive incarnations leading to perfection with no time restrictions or limits, which would suggest that spiritualism does not believe in a limited physical space and time restricted universe. It does not address the fate of those failing to reach perfection. It does not provide details on perfection, except for the increase of divine abilities and enlightenment. That is where Christianity strongly disagrees. God does not allow rebellious mini-gods or demons to exist beyond the end of the Universe. But God allows evil to be evil and good to be good on earth, hell and heaven until the end of time, but not beyond the final judgment or this Universe. A new Universe in the form of a New Earth and a New Heaven is created only for the chosen few to enter. Spiritualism does not mention this. It encourages each soul to be gods. That is what the Spirit of Rebellion, or Satan, wants us to believe, since Satan wants to be God as well.
The Gospel of John Analysis

The King James' Version of Revelation is shown in bold _italic_ and the biblical excerpt quotes in my comments are given in non-bold _italic_ text. My comments follow the **→** arrows.

The Gospel of John begins with God and the Word, with a few Genesis references. He is telling us that Christ is an essential part in the evolving divine factors: Word → Creation → Light → Life → Love.

GOSPEL OF JOHN:

1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.

1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

1:4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

→ God is stated to not being just the Word, but was with God and later states that the Word was God. It could be interpreted that the Word is a part of God and was with God from the beginning. It also refers to the Word as the active means of, creation of all by God, which created Life and "a _ny thing made that was made",_ including our consciousness or Light as part of our human/man life experience. In a sense God's three aspects is stated from the beginning, as God-Word-Light:

Being/God → Will/Word of God → Awareness/Light/Life/Truth of God.

In this manner, Christ is also a packaging of these three aspects of the creation origins of spirituality as the Way, Truth, and Light/Life. Later on John states that Christ is the Word, with God from the beginning, meaning Christ is not simply a son of God, but the Son of God, closer to other sons from God, in verse [1:14] it states _"And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the_ _only begotten of the Father_ _,) full of grace and truth."_ Or the Word maybe able to be translated into many other forms other that Christ. The Word could have been made into angelic flesh as well. John in his First Epistle clarifies this verse by stating in 5:7 _"For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father_ [Light/Life] _, the Word_ [Christ's Way] _, and the Holy Ghost_ [Truth] _: and these three are one."_ and are within each other, and we are promised to become one with them as well, as sons of God and sons of Man. At that level of abstracted Heaven although very real, our understand using only simple words can't do, only direct experience in that realm allows one to comprehend it.

It also presents God as being the Only One, with absolute Will (Power) and Awareness (Glory), being able to do anything (omnipotent) and know everything (omniscient). It also means that none of the any somethings created is God, and that God cannot be something, since all somethings were created by God. One should remember that even our consciousness, mental thoughts and emotions are also part of the creations of God. Just like science believes all came from a singularity or paradoxical event, called a "big bang".

Before we proceed, there are two set of verses in Genesis that we need to examine from Genesis, because they are the foundations of Christianity's belief system.

In Genesis [3:22-24] it states:

Genesis 3:22 And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

Genesis 3:23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

Genesis 3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

In the above Genesis [3:22-24] after Adam and Eve had eaten the forbidden fruit from tree of the knowledge of good and evil, God is forced to banish them out of Eden and into our mortal bodies, to die and therefore to also reproduce, otherwise, as God stated, Adam/Eve would have been able to become immortal gods, able to judge/criticize the creations of God, as either good or evil (and therefore even grievously judge God or any of His creations).

Satan and other fallen angels also have the knowledge of good and evil and by it the spirit of rebellion, being displeased with their own being and place in heaven. Satan is constantly judging and an adversary of Adam, Job, and other men in the bible. Satan and his fallen angels are tolerated in heaven till the end times. It is no wonder that God does not want the same fate to happen to Adam and Eve, after their eating the forbidden knowledge of good and evil. By being able to judge something as being good or not, Adam can then judge the creation of "Adam", his own self, and be able to find himself defective (naked) and therefore self-condemn/shame himself even in relation to the rest of creation. This even becomes an eternal self-imposed everlasting eternal hell, if Adam or Eve had been allowed to consume the fruit from the eternal Life giving Tree of Life! That is why Christ, like a redeemed Adam, who originally was in charge of all the trees in the garden, is again back as part of the lineage of Adam, finally given control of the Tree of Life that Adam forfeited, to enable Christ to give everlasting Life to those of the lineage of Adam. Those who believe in Christ's existence as the Way, Truth, and the Light, can obtain the eternal life from the Tree of Life and safe passage into the City of God.

The cessation of judgment (I. e. the personal seeing good and evil without the Light in you) is the cornerstone of Christianity. Our shallow judgments of our fellow man, God, our life and the creation should be replaced with Love and Forgiveness, as shown by Christ's Way. One must have acceptance, and compassion for all that has been, and will be created by God. Without the ability to judge, obtained from the forbidden fruit from tree of the knowledge of good and evil, we will cease to have the " _weeping_ [fear from evil as a result from the judgments of others] _and gnashing of teeth_ [anger/aggression against evil from the judgments we pose on others]".

Another odd set of verses from Genesis [6.1-6] about the sons of God, which Christ defines as those who come from God, are introduced as being "seduced" or attracted by the daughters of Adam or mankind. God, seeing this, realizes that these sons of God will be trapped in the cycle of death and rebirth, by which due to the "dilution of God's light", man can only live up to 120 years. Some have interpreted this to mean that these fallen angels are also sons of God, since by Christ's definition, a son of God are all those who come from God as well as all those who can listen to God. Genesis [6.1-6] states:

Genesis 6:1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

_Genesis 6:2 That the_ _sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives_ _of all which they chose._

_Genesis 6:3 And the LORD said,_ _My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years._

Genesis 6:4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

Genesis 6:5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Genesis 6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart."

Another concept that Christianity stresses, and is supported by the above mentioned concern that God had about men, in that EVERY thought they had were evil (" _that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually._ ") So, sin is not just a sin that is a committed by the physical body, but can be any sin in thought that are evil. Adultery, murder, and blasphemy can be committed with just a fleeting thought. Matthew [5:28] states that Christ said, _"But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.",_ and in Matthew [6:1], Christ states: _"Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven."_ ). This is why true Christianity is not a physical religion, but an inner religion of the mind and soul of man's intent, thoughts, mercy, to love and not hate. You are not rewarded by physical deeds, but by what is in your heart and mind. Christianity also about having a personal relationship with God. Love thy God with ALL your Spirit, Mind, and Body. Personally, I believe that in the meditative practice, the thought-intent on what should be your goal/ideal-self from meditation, before practicing meditation, is extremely important. Your vision for what is your spiritual ideal self in entering meditation will determine how you realize/evolve/bring your true soul nearer to God.

Christ later on, often talks about his own flock or disciples, as not being of this world and having a little Light (small as a mustard seed parable) that needs to be wisely given light, nourishment, and protection from weeds, to be cultivated and returned to God. As God states above, "My spirit [God's Spirit or Light] shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh", meaning that the sons of God have been trapped into a short cycle of lives, death, and rebirth. Christ talks about: not losing any of His own, the un-worldly, or not of this world but from God, for the harvest of the sons of God, and to return to God those who are God's sons (as hinted in his statement, Mark [12:17] _"to give Caesar what is Caesar and to give God what is God's",_ and in Matthew [13:37-38 ] "... _that sows the good seed is the Son of man; 38 The field is the world;_ _the good seed are the children of the kingdom_ [City of God] _"_ ). These generations of sons of God, need redemption/rescue. So in the above verse, the bible basically says that not all men were created equal. Some souls are the evil sons/seeds of the evil/dark One/Satan, while some are the true sons of God. In Revelation, souls not in the Book of Life will not be saved, but also that God has not willed that any one soul should perish (Peter 3:9 " _Lord._..[is] _not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."_ True repentance requires us to own our sins in the Light, Life, Love, Way, and Truth of Christ. Souls are the only ones able and willing for their own demise. Also " _repentance_ " is essential on earth and even in heaven, since without consciously lighting your own sins and owning the responsibility of your own sins and repent, your own sins will be forever unconsciously repeated, and as a repeat "offender", you cannot enter the City of God.

Normal modern Christianity assumes that all souls will be saved, and should listen to and seek God, whether they are sons of God or not. We don't know if God may be giving Satan a chance to redeem himself before the arrival of the City of God but there is some indication that God will tolerate Satan right to end, as stated in Revelation, hoping that Satan would eventually change, since Satan is only banished out of Heaven just before the Judgment/Harvest time in Revelation (in accordance with the edict, Matthew [13:30-40] _"Let both_ [the good and the evil] _grow together_ _until_ _the harvest:..."_ ).

As stated in the next verse, darkness would have a hard time consciously repenting and redeeming itself, since it cannot see their sins, nor comprehend the Light, and therefore are not likely to be in the Book of Life.

1:5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

→ The above sentence is probably one of the most important sentence in the Bible. Light is defined as being a concept/Word, or creation of God. Light is also one the essential nature or creative force used by and essence of God. Normally Light is the ability to be conscious or observe God's reality. In this respect God is defined to transcend consciousness itself, so one can't really speculate on God's consciousness. This is normally hard for us to understand or _comprehend_ – beyond any of the common concepts of creation! It also points out that darkness, as an alternative creation or byproduct of Light (by not having it) or perhaps a class of beings, who are existing as unconscious entities (chaff, soulless, and lifeless inside), in whose minds, they lack the Light and therefore cannot _comprehend_ consciousness or the Light of God. Darkness has and never will experience the Light and will have no consciousness of the Light in them, and thus cannot easily listen to God. By not coming from God's Light, they are not God-like. Just like a blind man, in an internal darkness, trying to _comprehend_ the color blue or any other light, or a dreamer in a dark dream not able to _comprehend_ the waking state of living and light. Jesus commonly refers to the darkness as the " _worldly_ ", often stating that he and his disciples are not of this world, not having worldly ambitious, and not like the worldly-wise.

Some Bible translations have replaced " _comprehend_ " with " _overcome_ " - a typical worldly-wise interpretation emphasizing physical action or emotional violence, rather than the essence of Christ consciousness.

1:6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

→ John the Baptist is identified as being sent from God. Later on, Jesus argues that since John the Baptist was also sent from God, being Jesus' justification for saying that John, too, is a son of God. Elizabeth, John's mother, being quite infertile and childless due perhaps to her age, became pregnant only after a divine visitation, a bit similar to Mary's divine visitation that helped bring forth Jesus. One could speculate that John may have also been an immaculate conception of a non-impregnated and possibly infertile woman, rather than from a virgin. The Gospel of Luke 1:13–15 states: _"But the angel said to him: "Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John. He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth, for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is born."_ John's immaculate birth is reaffirmed in Luke [1:15] stating: " _he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is born."_ So Elizabeth was also visited by an angel and the Holy Spirit is in John, just like Jesus, as the Christ who later breathes the Holy Spirit of Spirit of Truth from within onto his disciples. There is no evidence that John baptized by the fiery Holy Spirit of Truth. He baptized only with water.

Christ later argues with the Pharisees, at his trial, by quoting verses from the old testament, saying that those who listen to God, are _"yea are gods"_ in front of the Pharisees, who accused Christ of the blasphemy of calling himself god, and he then further argues that since he was sent from God, like a son is born from the realm/seed and substance from the father, then he is by definition, a son of God. He does go beyond that claim, by stating that he, as a good son, listens and obeys God's Will to the extent that God's Will is the same as his Will, and that he is in God and God is in him, and does the work only by the power given to him from God.

As Jesus said about those with ears that cannot _"hear"_ , and those with eyes who cannot _"see"_ to indicate two tasks are needed, to be saved, one: to be able to hear God, which with the above definition would make one as " _yea are gods_ " qualified, and two: being able to see God in Christ or the Light in Christ, as two of the prerequisites to enabled us to be qualified as sons of God, by having the divine senses of true spiritual hearing and seeing, with a bit of Light, Truth, and Way of Christ in us to be able to hear, see and open the door to Jesus, the Christ, and believe.

1:7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

→ John the Baptist came to be a witness, or conscious observer, of Christ, to see the Light of God in Christ. The two are linked, to be born for a special purpose, both sent from God. John prepares, sees, and declares (witnesses) the Light in Jesus. Being sent from God, John would, by the above definition, also be a son of God. But Christ is being presented not only from God like John, but as the Light as well, so Christ is a special son of God, the Son of God. In other words God is in the Christ, so that we can see directly the face of God and not perish. The three components of the Christ are the Light (breath and Life of God), the Way (submission to God's Will) and the Truth (Holy Ghost or Spirit of Truth).

1:8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

→ Although like the Son of God, Christ, John is also from God, but Christ is literally the Light from God. As the Light, Christ is Pure Divine Consciousness ( _"that Light"_ ). Christ's Consciousness, the pure consciousness or Light, is the meditator's objective to listen to God in the quiet meditative state of the " _be still_ [no thoughts]... _quiet voice_ ", as the prerequisite to listening as " _yea are Gods"._ So the question one should ask, where does the born body of Jesus fit into the picture with Christ? Jesus was born from a virgin, part of mankind, and Jesus is a son of Man that sows good seeds (Matthew [13:30-40], but the Holy Ghost visited Mary and infused something special, a special son from God, which is named Son of God. Jesus talked about having God in him, since God is the Word, and the Light, then Jesus has the Light, the Word, and God in him. This is reminiscent of Genesis [6:2-3] _"That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. :3 And_ _the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man_ _, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years."_ This verse is complaining that man in the early days was not a well suited vessel or container for God to indwell. In the Contemporary English Version, it is translated as: _"Then the LORD said, "I won't let my life-giving breath remain in anyone forever. No one will live for more than 120 years."_ This reaffirms the belief that mankind's evolution is tied to becoming a better vessel or channel for the spirit or consciousness of God, to be functioning in the sons of God. It is also strange that God states a 120 years age limit, when archaeologists believed the average lifespan for both Romans and Jews to be 30-35 years on 0 AD and the oldest recorded modern human life has not exceeded 122 years!

As sons of God, then they must realize their divinity/Light and do the commandments, hear and follow the Way/Will of God with deeds, and be witness/declare the Truth and not the lies of Satan, in time for entry into the City of God or New Heaven.

1:9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

1:11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

→ Christ is NOT presented as a fundamental residing as a part of the normal consciousness of ordinary men, since he refers his essence to be in only to a few of us. It states that He is the Light that " _lighteth every man_ ". It would be encouraging if it is stating that all of us do indeed have His light. There is a distinction between the worldly common man and his own lineage. Those who are able listen to God, and therefore by Christ, are defined as gods, or his own with some Light in them, enabling them to believe and receive Christ. To recognize Christ, they are required to see their own divine Light in Christ. This verse also addresses his parable about the mustard seed parable, or the little seed of Light that needs to be nurtured in us to become the good seed. So whenever the opportunity arises when we are exposed to the Gospels or be fortunate enough to witness Christ, we will have the adequate amount of Light (insight) to enable us to believe in Christ even without ever having seen Jesus in the flesh (John [20:29] _"blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed."_ )

As Light, as the full or pure Consciousness as shown by divinities, Christ and God, as an awareness of oneself apart from the world and one's personality (the honor or dishonor of men or our mundane social relationship), as the pure nameless Observer (the " _I am that I am"_ ), as a conscious being, non-emergent property of matter or worldly brain, this Light or consciousness is the fundamental non-material part in creation (for our physics readers, this is in reference to Observer measurement/witness wave-function multi possible values collapse or QM decoherence of our classical reality experience).

It also points out the irony that in this material world, although made by Him, the Christ, He was not known, not received, nor accepted by many of the material beings in the world.

It points out that some men (" _the worldly_ ") currently live in ignorance, darkness, like in the sleep parables told by Christ. Even those who should have been able to recognize Him did not.

1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

1:13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

→ This verse is very important. The Sons of God are made by having a little of their consciousness or Light developed in Christ enough to " _received him_ " and recognize and believe the Christ. To receive or believe in the Son of God, then they become a brother of the Son of God, and therefore they become sons of God. By this "belief", they return to receive their inheritance like the prodigal son, as sons of God.

It also suggests that there are also those who are not born from the animal process of re-creation, but from the direct injection or re-incarnation from God (see Melchizedek). Similar to Christ, physically incarnated from God's realm (sons of God since they " _come from God_ ", "... _were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God."_ ). Christ also can redeem (raise up) these lost sons of God, being his flock to again become and return as sons of God. They return back again to work in the orchards of God's Heaven or City of God. Christ makes his disciples sons of God by infusing them with the Holy Ghost or as John calls, Spirit of Truth.

But "believe", as a word is not just a statement of an internal mental audible dialog of verbal belief, but the internal conscious capability to see/believe the Light in Jesus. Only those who have some Light can _"see"_ and " _comprehend"_ the Light. As it is said by the Christ, those who have (the experience of their own Light) get, and those who do not have the experience of their own Light, lose what Light or divine Life they think believed they had. This is the very hard spiritual. In Matthew [13:12], it states: " _For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath._ ").

Christ did not come to judge, for the inability to see the Light in Christ is an already an automatic judgment. The sons of God should be able to see their father in Christ, because " _I am in the Father, and the Father in me_ ". Through Christ, man is finally able to see the face of God and not perish (Exodus [33:20]).

By their inability to see the Light and God, they are automatically judged by their failure to _"comprehend"_ ).

1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

→ In this verse, Christ is said not to just be the Light, in grace and truth, but the Word as well, contrary to the previous verses. There is some importance in having God expressed in the flesh of a man, as a step for the returning of Adam and his lineage back again to Eden, and to be finally be given access to the fruit of eternal life from the Tree of Life in Eden or Heaven.

The two words, Glory and Power, are often mentioned in the Bible and in the Lord's Prayer as the divine attributes of God. When these two words are claimed by worldly men, they are debased into vanity. Divine Glory refers to awareness or consciousness, as a conscious witness and observer of what is made by God's Will, the universe. Power is God's Will or Word in the making of the observed objects, our universe and its miracles. The creation by God's Power must be appreciated by our awareness to Glorify God. All creation (power) without creation being perceived (glory) is futile. A Power or act of creation by a conscious Will must be perceived by Life. Glory is also our acceptance without ill judgment, in spite of our original sin in the eating of the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil. The giving Glory to God, we are giving our final redemption or payment in our acceptance of all that God has made. We finally judge and perceive the perfection of God.

Christ tells us to surrender our vanities (the Glory) and desires and will (the Power) to God - " _Our Father... for thine [only] is the Power and the Glory, Amen_ ".

1:15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

→ John is saying that Christ was created before John incarnated although Jesus, the man, perhaps was physically born after John's birth. He distinguishes the physical bodies apart from the "soul". Also Christ points out the reincarnation of Elias in John the Baptist in Matthew [17:12] _"But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them."_

This pre-birth or pre-reincarnation existence is no longer believed in current Christianity, although spelled out here. It was shamefully dropped from Christianity in 553 A.D. Politically the church could have more power over the people if they believed that they had only one life in which to earn eternal Heaven, otherwise eternal Hell, unless they were solely saved via their priests' blessings. By such a misleading belief, they could then argue that, since one has only one life to earn eternal life in heaven, then one should subject oneself with as much pain (flagellation), suffering and piety, and denials of all vanities. As well, by placing everyone on the same footing, having only one life, then no soul can be judged to be more advanced or divinely wiser, and therefore cannot have more authority than an organized worldly titled clergy, just as the Pharisees also tried to apply their superficial worldly titled authority over the Christ. Like then and now, organized religions prefer authority via a paper titled rank rather than by being an intrinsically divine spirit, since they can only control the former.

The belief in reincarnation addresses the issue of soul creation, whether souls are created from the beginning of time or at every physical birth. If a new soul can be created at every physical birth, as the worldly Christians believe, then it would be a shame not to increase the human population, to procreate sexually and create as many new souls as possible. This argument is similar to the argument that Martin Luther used regarding the forgiveness of sins by asking the Pope, as a God's true merciful representative, to generously print a money-free indulgence for every soul living, dead, and for eternity, as a true Christian Papal gesture of forgiveness, so that it would be insuring Heaven for all. If indeed the Pope truly believed he had the power to forgive sins by simply printing indulgences, for anyone willing to pay them money. Of course the church will not give up their hubris and "divine" power grab to condemn, excommunicate or forgive whoever they want.

Likewise Christians could also argue that we should create as many new souls before the end times as possible, by having as many children as possible – ridiculousness?

Can one argue that we have no free will, and that each earthly and mechanical physical intercourse is solely planned by God, just for creating a new soul for only one lifetime, and then that soul would have just a one lifetime's chance to become a believer in Christ. Such a hopeless situation for the millions of stillborn babes and child deaths!

But as stated in Genesis, the creation of Adam as a living soul, a portion of God, God's breath is deliberately injected into Adam, in creating the living (Light → Life) soul. A living soul should have a bit of the eternal divine God, not mechanically made by this world's procreation, but only from God and with his Light and Life to enable him to listen to God, as a son of God for more than a few minutes, days, or years within just one lifetime. As Jesus said, only those from above can return to above, which means that good souls or sons of God, are not created by worldly procreation. But it also suggests that worldly darkness, or non-souls, or those not from above, can be created by physical procreation here below. This idea may be hard for modern Christians to accept.

1:16 And of his fullness have all we received, and grace for grace.

1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

→ The Old Testament presented a God of Laws, stern and causally unforgiving type of "eye for an eye" sin retribution and accounting. Whereas in the New Testament, Jesus as a vessel of God gives us a clearer understanding of a personal God can abide within us as a companion along with Christ and the Holy Spirit of Truth. Jesus the Christ presents a personal God of Grace and Mercy.

Christ is Grace, by the ability to forgive sins and heal sickness (law of grace, generous forgiveness " _grace for grace_ "). The old Law of Moses is an eye for an eye – not " _grace for grace"_. Eastern religions call this: hard karma without grace. Judge others and you will be likewise judged, with no exceptions. As stated by Christ in Matthew [26:52] " _Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword."_ ). If you live by the sword, you can die by the sword. But there is forgiveness. God via grace will forgive the sin, only if the sin is repented and not repeated. Christ said repent " _and sin no more_ ". This is the conditional leniency of Grace after forgiving their sins. In other words, sin is not absolved, if the sin is repeated, or constantly active and re-lived. It is NOT a forgiveness of sins for the unrepentant repeat offender. In a sense, the person who quits sinning is already forgiven, since what will punishment accomplish or teach a sinner that has already been learned by the cured and repentant sinner? God is not a fool to forgive forever but God patiently loves us as long as we have a relationship with Him. As once said, 'the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom". This encourages us to maintain a positive relationship with God. As stated in Matthew [18:21-22]: "... _how often shall my brother sin against me... Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven."_ ) _._

From my subjective personal experience, when one is in a meditative consciousness awakened in oneself, or the Light in us, and being in the Light, our awareness does not judge others, but is only graced in a bliss, in the real presence and companionship of God, without any worldly concerns, without any knowledge of good and evil in our awareness. In the Light, or in the awakened Conscious state, one is devoid of sin in our hearts. Light does not hold onto darkness (one cannot entertain any evil thoughts or ill will), so in that eternal spiritual, "in present state" of Spiritual Self-awareness, one is truly free from any sinful state, and all our past sins, It is a whole being state that is cleansing, forgiven, and forgiving.

_1:18 No man hath seen God at any time,_ **[but]** _the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he [Moses] hath declared him._

→ Moses saw only the back of God and not the face of God (Exodus [33:20] " _you cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live._ "). Whereas John states that Christ is even closer to God than Moses, with the Light of God in him, can see the face of God, and through Christ, man [Adam and his lineage] again can see the face of God without perishing. This is done by seeing God indirectly via Christ. It is assumed that Adam, as the first Man, and Eve both saw the face of God in the garden and survived. Jesus, as the Son of Man, as he who sows the good seed or bears the good fruit and is of the lineage of Adam, and Son of God, being from God, is the only "man" who has seen the face of God and survived, because the Light and Love in Christ is in God and God is in the Light and Love of Christ. As stated in about Jesus and us in John [4:16] " _God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him._ " Jesus abides in love. So by this verse anyone who has true love inside dwells in Christ and God. So for those who worry about not being a child of God, only has to ask, "Do I have love and will not waver from love for others?"

It is a sweet circle of life to realize that Adam eventually brought forth a son who could perfectly contain the Father/God, and by Him, redeem the sins of Adam, and also save his fallen progeny, or the Sons of God. Adam coming from the breath of God can also be named a son of God according to Jesus' definition of all sons of God, as Jesus later said to the Pharisees at his trial.

Cain, as a son of Adam, was banished because he killed his brother Abel, to wed a daughter that was NOT a daughter of Adam, so we may assume that his wife must have been a sub-human, or from the first generation of mankind created on the sixth day instead on the 8th day when God created Adam. This affirms Christ's assertion that not every man/woman is part of his "flock", or even men with some Light in them, who, as Christ chides, can neither _hear n_ _or_ _see_ , or may not even be in the Book of Life, as referred in Revelations.

There may be some speculation why ordinary man cannot see the face of God directly. God, as the ultimate Observer/Consciousness and yet also beyond mere consciousness, God can absolutely consume any information or beings from his thoughts or creations, as well as create information or any universe, making something from nothing, and therefore God is able to destroy anything back into nothing. The closest facsimile to God's destructiveness in the universe would be a black hole ("the bottomless pit"), where no man could survive seeing its insides - the face of a black hole.

1:19 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?

1:20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.

1:21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.

→ Some Jews believed in reincarnation, so they ask John the Baptist if he is the same soul as Elias reincarnated.

Christ could be viewed as an "incarnation" or instantiation, or a material realization or instance, of the Light. The Light or Christ may be a special "class", concept, template for a way, or idea, created by God.

1:22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

1:23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

→ John identifies himself as a preparer, like Isaiah (a. k. a. _Esaias_ _)_ , or trail-blazer preparing the Way for Christ, acknowledging that his era is in darkness or in the wilderness. But Christ stated in Matthew [17:12] _"But I say unto you, That Elias_ [a. k. a. Elijah] _is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them."_

John recruited and prepared some of the disciples, to later leave him to follow Christ. He prepares the baptism or the symbolic rebirth or renewal of identity or self/God realization. John was about the same age as Jesus, but was public about his beliefs before Jesus. There is no mention if John performed miracles, except being able to declare the future and see the spirit of God and the spirit as a dove descent on Christ.

1:24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.

1:25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?

1:26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;

1:27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.

1:28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.

1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

→ Christ as the Lamb, like the sacrificial lamb (scapegoat) which the Jews believe could absorb their evil sins from their mind-bodies, to be mystically passed from their own evil hearts to the bodies of innocent animals, which they could later kill the animal, and in their absurd belief, by killing an innocent lamb, goat, bird, or other animals, they believed that were also destroying or killing their own sins. Believe it or not, Christ does something like this, he exorcised a legion of demons ( _"The demons begged Jesus, "Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them.")_ The demons are taken out from a possessed person, transferred demons into a heard of pigs, which Jesus then commands them to die by falling off a cliff and thus "taking away" his sins or demons with them. In our modern sensibility, we find this offensive and very strange. The other interesting aspect of having a legion or 1000 spirits, that all inhabit a single body, is the possibility of having many souls occupy one space, which is reaffirmed by Christ, stating that he was (or could be) in all of us. This is the strange "physics" of multiple conscious minds that can allow all of us to be able to occupy or "abide in" the same single "space" or body.

On the other hand, Adam, by his fall, as the sins of the father, condemned all his progeny to death and suffering, and us to continue to sin. So Christ is the anti-Adam equivalent as, grace, truth, and love, who saves Adam's progeny and the sons of God among men. In this case, the grace of the Adam or the Father, through Jesus his son, saves his progeny in contrast to the sins of the Father/Adam who enslaved his progeny. So the Lamb as Christ, is undoing the sins of Adam, as the Father of Mankind. On the other hand, Christ takes part in the judgment at the end times in Revelation with the arrival of the City of God. He comes not only to rescue the good, but to also banish and destroy by the second death, the sinners. One could mean that Christ " _taketh away_ [remove/destroy by the Last Judgment] _the sin_ [the sinners who seek to destroy the earth] _of the_ _world._ _"_ Revelation does not state that Christ literary forgives all the sins of all of mankind that ever existed in the world. In Revelation [11:17-18] it states: " _thanks, O Lord God Almighty... shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth."_ It states that the sinners are those who destroy the earth, its climate, nature, and resources. Christ and God destroy these evil sinners by the final second death. These evil sinners want their lifeless mechanical clothes (raiment), technologies, money, and material possessions, even if these will destroy this Earth, They don't take the advice of Christ as stated in Matthew [6:28-33]: " _why take ye thought for_ _raiment?_ _Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: ..._ _shall he not much more clothe you_ _, O ye of little faith?"_ These sinners chose to " _appear beautiful outwardly_ _, but inside are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness." -_ Matthew [23:27].

1:30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.

1:31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

1:32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.

1:33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.

1:34 And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.

→ John mentions Jesus coming first (" _for he was before me."_ ), when we know that John the Baptist was actually born before Jesus by a few months. So here John must be referring to the soul of Jesus, being in the spirit before John – another reference to a soul residing in heaven before reincarnation.

John states that he recognized Jesus as the Christ, by "seeing" His Spirit as the Son of God, coming/descending from God, but Christ will baptize by the Holy Spirit of Truth. Not symbolically with ordinary water, perhaps by the living breath within Christ manifested as the Spirit of Truth of the Holy Ghost. Later on, it is noted that Jesus never baptized with water, but his disciples did. Before Christ leaves, He baptizes his disciples by breathing the Holy Spirit or Spirit of Truth into them, giving them the realization that they are indeed sons of God in a divine reality. This gives them the needed courage and truth that they are indeed immortal spiritual beings, and so are no longer afraid of death or martyrdom.

Jesus later on identifies the Holy Ghost as their Comforter. Before leaving after the Resurrection, Jesus states that he leaves to allow the Holy Ghost of Truth to enter into them to teach the truth and help humanity. The Holy Ghost of Truth becomes more available as the teacher and divine comforter. Later on we are also told that Holy Ghost will teach us all things and bring all things to our remembrance. This may also mean that memories/remembrances of past incarnations may become available if needed by the soul.

Jesus purposely never wrote any books and praised that his secrets were not revealed to the worldly wise but only to " _babes"_ , pure of heart, divine beings, which identify themselves as beings from another world or heaven, independent of country and era and " _not of this world_ ". This is the divine constraint, arguably to insure that spiritual wisdom will not be used for worldly gain by the worldly wise (or mindless robots/men/corporations). So the Holy Ghost of Truth will baptize you into wisdom, insight, or talents. These talents, prophecy, and wisdom should not to be abused, otherwise they are withdrawn by God and you will be held responsible. So there is an attempt by the divine to censor the blessings of the Spirit of Truth, to protect those who would abuse them. So likewise, Christ, having the Spirit of Truth, obviously talked in parables and did not communicate using dead words printed into dead books. He had long arguments with the Pharisees over their shallow literal interpretation of the Bible, and their heartless interpretation of the commandments in the Bible – no wonder he never wanted to write. Christ's written words would have added more to their confusion.

1:35 Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;

1:36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!

1:37 And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

→ John came to ready or prepare his followers to leave and follow the Christ. The Lamb of God is his Son.

When God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son, God was testing the worthiness of the Father of all Jews, Abraham, or God's later chosen people. If Abraham was able to listen to God (and by definition Abraham is then a son of God), and Abraham's willingness to sacrifice Abraham's only son from Sarah, promised by God; then Abraham and his progeny are worthy to be saved with the sacrifice God's only begotten Son, the Christ (John [3:16] _"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."_ ) Of course, God spared Abraham's son because Abraham proved his absolute ability to hear and obey God at any personal cost. Thus his offspring became the chosen people – those who listen to God, to obey God and to help God. But later on, modern Christianity has expanded this to include all of humanity; those who can see God/Light in Christ, either in the spirit or in the flesh.

In the Bible, God often calls upon the least of men, since those are humble enough in their abilities, and who will never dare to claim their blessings to be the product of their own doings, talents, brilliance or being, but in their honest humility will acknowledge all their acts and gifts only being given by the grace of God. This is to say, these chosen people are not chosen to be served or to be protected by God, but are chosen to become humble sacrificing servants of God and the helpers of humanity. To be chosen is not to be blessed or be granted praise or privileges, but to bless others even if it involves sacrifice, pain and humiliation, so that more evil ones can be saved before the end times. Unfortunately narcissistic prosperity seeking false Christians think that by being Christians in name only provides them with divine blessings, gifts, protection, and special served privileges. The least among us are the true Christians, and bless us by their presence and deeds. As Christ says later on, those who are the greatest among them are requested and chosen to serve the least among them. Surely, a cripple should not be expected by God to carry on their crippled backs the strongest able bodied men. Only in our world of darkness, do the worldly wise expect the strongest and wealthiest among them to enslave and tax the weakest and the poorest.

1:38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?

1:39 He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.

1:40 One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.

1:41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messiah, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

1:42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.

1:43 The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.

1:44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

1:45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

→ Prophecy or perception of future events [precognition], of what must happen, is set by God's Will. Jesus already knows all about Cephas before being introduced to him - no surprises to He who _sees_. Peter seems to be the second disciple to join, after his brother Andrew.

1:46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.

→ Nathanael and Philip share some humorous dialog above, showing how very little has changed from today's cynical and comic remarks – the blanket bigotry/racism against all people from a different region, in this case Nazareth. To which Philip humorously challenges him with ... " _Come and see._ "

1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

1:48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.

→ Jesus by psychically viewing Nathaniel's racial remarks about Jesus, as a Nazarene, reciprocates with a mocking touché on Nathanael's racial Israelite background, which were characterized as liars, by stating that He is surprised that Nathanael is not deceitful, nor a liar (having _no guile_ ) unlike most Israelites, and states that He even saw him psychically with "remote viewing" or by divine sight, Nathanael under a fig tree, even before seeing Peter. Again, Jesus proves to his followers his ability to see across space (beyond normal sight) - an omniscient God like ability.

1:49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.

1:50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.

→ Nathanael, becomes a follower very simply by witnessing the psychic miraculous remote viewing abilities of Jesus. Later Jesus chides others' "belief" in him, not by spiritual cognition, but by material miracles or worldly sensory miracle events or via the physical senses rather than by the Light within them witnessing the God's Light in Christ. This is both the strength and fault of empirical science, in seeking truth solely by a consensus of sensory measurements. But Jesus takes the time to provide a scientific methodological method of empirical proof for his divinity by showing his non-material ability to know what is impossible for a mortal, who can only know local reality via their own normal physical senses.

1:51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

→ Perhaps he is referring to Christ's resurrection in the form of a physical son of Adam/Man and His ascension into Heaven witnessed by his apostles. But it is interesting that Christ like God, has angels reporting to him (John 1:51 " _the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man."_ ), similarly stated in Genesis [28:12] " _a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it._ ", then Christ is the " _ladder_ " on earth as a bridge or the _way_ between Earth and Heaven. To his followers, Jesus is not shy to show off his abilities, since he knows that they are prophesied to be his flock, and for most of them, to sadly die as martyrs, except the author John the Beloved. He knows that they will need a lot of divine faith and proof to endure their future hardships as martyrs. The final gift Christ gives them is his breath from the Spirit of Truth, or Holy Ghost.

2:1 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:

2:2 And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.

2:3 And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.

2:4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? Mine hour is not yet come.

→ It does not mention who was being married, and even if related to Jesus, so it may have been for a remote acquaintance. His mother must have requested other miracles from him before in his youth but solely for the benefit of his private family and hidden from public knowledge. The Son of God, is seemingly harsh and stern with his own mother (" _Woman_ _, what have I to do with thee?_ "), indicating that his mother fully knows the divine power and fate of her son (" _Mine hour is not yet come.")_ , as the Son of God. James, his brother, obviously knew as well, as part of the divine family. "Woman" was the name Adam gave to his female companion, meaning "from man", and oddly Christ is also calling his mother "woman". Adam, only after his banishment from Eden, later renames his female companion "Eve".

2:5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.

2:6 And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.

2:7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.

2:8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it.

2:9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,

2:10 And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.

2:11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.

→ The governor and bridegroom seem to be oblivious to the wine miracle, except for his mother and the servants. Is this is the beginning of regular miracles witnessed by a crowd of unbelievers or just in Cana? But by the request of his mother to "just" turn water into wine, one can assume that miracles have always been in the life of Jesus's childhood. She must have witnessed miracles from birth onward, fully cognizant of his divine powers, she wisely tells the servants to fully obey him. There is no mention of his mom or the servants being at all startled or surprised by his abilities.

2:12 After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.

2:13 And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

2:14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:

2:15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;

2:16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.

2:17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.

→ His mother and close ones follow him a few days later to the temple. It is indicative that there is a circle of support around the Son of God. There is no doubt in the eyes of his brethren that he is the Messiah. His large entourage could also explain why he was not arrested or killed in the temple for upsetting the rich merchants in the temple.

Taking to heart the sacrilege of a holy site, Jesus attacks the livelihood of the temple workers and this event is the first major act that upsets them financially (hitting them in their pockets) enough to later seek to kill him. Money should never be the major motivating factor in any religious organization or healing practice. It is very strange that a few days earlier he states that his time is not yet (" _Mine hour is not yet come._ "), but just a few days later he does an act that could get him killed. Does that mean that the exact timing for the beginning and the end of his public demonstration is so fine tuned to within a day? There are scholarly speculations on the birth and death dates of Jesus, being between 7 to 3 BC and 33 to 36 AD. These ranges allow Jesus to be 40 years old at his crucifixion. If such fine tuning of events is required, then it would make sense to use the often used divine number 40 for his years on earth. The divine number 40 was also used in his temptations in the desert, the 40 years in the wilderness in Exodus, Moses' 40 days on Mount Sinai. His ministry is also calculated to be about 3 years long. So his first severe public action, the turning of the tables in the temple, does not have any immediately consequences, perhaps due to the common belief that the merchants were hated as crooks. The public gets to know about Christ over a relatively long period of about 3 years. In the beginning, he tried to not publicize his miracles by asking some of them to not tell others, but slowly towards the end of his mission, he ramps up his public exposure performing more miracles among larger gatherings. This makes sense, if you want to survive, because such divine power would create fear and animosity among the common leaders. Even the Roman soldiers believed in him. John states that the soldiers fell back in fear when Jesus insisted that they arrest him.

2:18 Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?

2:19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

2:20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

2:21 But he spake of the temple of his body.

2:22 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.

→ They asked, by what authority can he cause such temple disturbances? He answers by referring to the future, his transformation resurrection from death to life in a new body in three days. His ultimate miracle, after raising Lazarus from death, he not only defeats death but also transforms his own body. Coincidentally, in the revolt of 70 AD of the first Jewish-Rome war where the Jews were the first nation to win a war against Rome, Rome in turn did level to the ground Jerusalem and their temples about 3 decades (rather than 3 days) after the crucifixion of Christ. It is interesting that he prophecies this within the first few days of his 3 yearlong Passion to the cross, which would explain why the disciples forgot about this, only to remember this after his resurrection. So Christ knew all the events that would happen to him, seemingly from childhood, as one would expect from the son of God. So it makes no sense that the Gospel of Luke [22:44] depicts Jesus sweating blood in fear in the garden just before his final arrest. John the Beloved does not indicate any of this in his version of events, but instead described Christ demanding the Roman soldiers to arrest him, since the soldier hesitated to arrest him because they believed and feared his powers.

2:23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.

2:24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,

2:25 And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.

→ Knowing the shallowness in the minds and hearts of men, he does not seek acknowledgment from those who only believe in sensory miracles, and not seeking to seeing the Light in Christ. God and Christ know the hearts of men and is not a respecter of men. Unlike many other self-proclaimed prophets, Christ did not write great works for all men to admire. Mere words are the words of darkness - including the words in this book. Jesus had many arguments with the Pharisees over their blind and confused literal interpretation of the written words in the Torah and other religious books. He declared that our true teacher is the Spirit of the Word of God, and the insights from the Holy Spirit.

3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

3:2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

→ In conflict with the Pharisees, by believing in Jesus, Nicodemus states " _by night"_ that many believe secretly in him as being with God in him and from God. So far, Jesus is stated to be from God, and therefore qualifies as a son of God. But this time, it is noted that God is in or with Jesus (" _God be with him.")_

3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

3:4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?

3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be bornof water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

→ Jesus basically says to Nicodemus, the spiritual nature of kingdom of God, wherein Christ really exists. To see Spirit's heaven one must be reborn in the Spirit realm with a new immortal body with living water within ( _"born of water"_ ). Jesus later mentions this again at the well with the Samaritan woman. In his statement, " _Except a man be born again... born of_ [living] _water and of the Spirit_ [as spirit] _",_ he may instead be only referring to the new body and eternal life when entering the City of God.

3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

3:8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

→ Again, Jesus states that to see the kingdom of heaven, where God resides, one must be different or reborn in Spirit and living water, and not of flesh, since the Light or divine Consciousness is not from or an emergent property of the physical flesh. We are to be born in a resurrected or transformed new body, taking on the mindset and innocence of a child, without any worldly agendas and thoughts. He states that those who are reborn in the spirit are like the wind; their spirit is imperceptible, as to where they come from or go. We can only vaguely hear them pass by. In that era, air was the invisible realm like the spirit; therefore they could not deduce any causality or origins for this invisible substance. The wind back then was like talking about consciousness in this modern age of science. We currently have no causal proof or grasp of Consciousness or Spirit. This is the "air" in modern science.

3:9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?

3:10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?

3:11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

3:12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?

3:13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

→ Jesus states the futility of language regarding the divine, saying that there is little that men can understand, without the Spirit or without experiencing the Light inside in their own awareness or soul.

Subjectively comparing the sleep and normal waking state, and anything in between, that short lived Spirit state, that one can experience within meditation/contemplation, is so different, that is for some, the transition is marked by an audible "crack", as stark as being suddenly awoken from a deep, deep sleep into a fully wide eyed, open waking state; except that Spirit within deep meditation, is state is altogether different in kind. In this transition, moving from a waking state a state of Self-awareness in the Spirit, one feels much more real, able to experience a clearer reality than any other state previously experienced waking state. All other states feel like death or a dream-fiction in comparison. There is a sense of being in some kind of "glow or light", where the body's boundary seems to be extended a few feet beyond your own body. There is also a slight sense that one can further extend one's "bodily" boundary to some unknown distance. As well, one sometimes even feels both the spirit hands and physical hands being different, the spirit hands being felt clasped together as if in prayer, while also one's physical hands are still separate by our sides. With such modest personal results, in comparison to what Jesus mentions, I find it hard to imagine the Christ's stratospheric divine power and insights, basically reaching within God and in oneness with God.

Those around Jesus think that material understanding and peer approved deeds can allow them to return to heaven. Not able to understand the simplest divine laws and details of heaven, Jesus points out to them, a non-evolutionary aspect of the Spirit. A spirit does not evolve into a divine being, it only returns to what is was before since the divine does not have ordinary causal laws of evolution (" _no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven"_ ). This is expected, since the Spirit is not a space-time dependent or an evolutionary emergent brain phenomenon. The spirit does not change or evolve in time, like Darwinian organic matter. Previously I mentioned that one must have a bit/seed of the Spirit or Light already to be able to see the Spirit in Jesus in order to believe in Him. That is not learned, or acquired, but part of our being, forgotten to be remembered again, in the same manner we forget our waking life when we fall asleep, only to later to be reawaken to regain our waking memories. We take it for granted to never expect our sleeping self to ever be able to realize that it is sleeping and unconscious of the physical reality outside its sleeping body. So why would we expect to understand the Spirit realm without being in the Spirit.

Jesus stated that one does not go to heaven, but can only return to it, ONLY if one came from it. So what is it to be reborn again, except to say that one is changed again, back to the purity one once was and had - just like Adam returning to the garden, or the Word or Light returning to God. The good shepherd/gardener, Jesus, is helping lost souls, seeds, or sheep, to be reborn, and to be recovered. Only the sheep with the Light of the good Sheppard return to their own place and recognize their owner, the darkness does comprehend and cannot go where it never was and where there is no space for darkness to hide from the Light.

Christ also states above that " _the Son of man which is in heaven_ ", which seems strange except that in Luke [Luke 17:20-21 " _For behold, the kingdom of God is in your midst._ " just as when his disciples witnessed " _Jesus' appearance was changed; his face became bright like the sun, and his clothes became white as light. Then Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Jesus." ._ This confirms that while Christ walked on earth, he also walked in Heaven as the son of Man, " _in your midst_ ". So to be reborn means to be able to again _see_ Heaven around us and God's divine plan.

Yet the old testament has some Darwinian like evolution obsession (Genesis 5), by recording the very long Adam family tree of " _begat_ ", which makes one think that the Biblical writers believed in keeping the genetic lineage clean with true believers or chosen ones. It suggests that the body, as a physical vessel, has to racially evolve to enable it to allow the indwelling Spirit to more fully be able to express its divine attributes, so that the spirit of God and our Light can " _strive with man ..._ [more than] _...hundred and twenty years." -_ Genesis [6:2-3]. Perhaps the bible writers believed in a racist need to genetically keep a pure race, to evolve the race to become a better host for the Light, Life and spirit, leading up to the vessel of Jesus, for Christ to inhabit and transform. God in choosing Abraham is also confirming the importance of a physical genetic line of evolution by God's unusual testing of Abraham. This is also confirmed by meditators or mystics, who spend many, many years keeping their focus on the divine, shunning worldly thoughts, reaching into deep relaxed, detoxified, serene physical and spiritual state, before achieving reliable experiences of divine events and experiences.

This dualism of physical Darwinism and divine redemption/intervention or divine Light being injected into temporal bodies, are not contradictory and part of Descartes's dualism. The Bible supports the idea of physical evolution existing alongside with divine spiritual intervention. After all, it states in Genesis [6:2-3] _"That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. :3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years."_ Also, since Adam had no daughters at the time when Cain left and got married. His wife may have been a daughter on a separate line of physical evolution, perhaps homo erectus, or another line of humans, or mankind that were solely made in the image of God that God created on the sixth day in Genesis. In Genesis 1-26 it states that before he created Adam on the seventh day, God created a separate line of humanity on the sixth day " _And God said,_ _Let us make man in our image_ _, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God_ _created he him; male and female created he them_ _. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it"._ Strangely, God refers to many gods, in stating _"let_ _us_ _create in_ _our_ _image_ ", God also quickly makes judgment soon after, declaring that mankind is evil in their heart, and regretted that creation, and latter almost killed all air breathing creatures by a flood of water except for the lineage of Adam who was not created in the image of God, but by the breath of God as a living soul, being Noah and his family.

As stated in Genesis, it was on the seventh day that Adam, a separate creation, was created in a special place in the Garden of Eden, not on normal earth as was done on the sixth day. So Cain must have wed the women of the sixth day, the worldly line of humanity. On this seventh day, Adam was created as a living soul with the breath of God, to look after a special place, the Garden of Eden, as a garden caretaker. As stated, " _God took the man [Adam], and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it._ " Adam and Eve were created by a different method, as a separate line of special beings, with the Breath or Life of God, not in the same creation manner as mankind was created on the sixth day, simply in their image without the living breath of God. Christ returns to primarily to harvest the lineage of Adam or an even smaller lineage than that, who are "not of this world". He constantly mentions his sheep or the good seed (sown by Adam?), as those solely from God.

3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:

3:15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

→ The possibility of a soul, perhaps even with some Light, perishing is stated here. The serpent-staff used by Moses enabled the Jew's exodus from Egypt, to freedom, likewise Christ as the son of Man in the flesh must be "lifted up" or resurrected heavenly to allow those to be able to believe in the Christ and the Truths of the Spirit, to again enable their freedom/exodus, not to have their soul perish, but have eternal life in heaven with Christ in the City of God. It is odd that the son of Man is linked to a serpent image, unless God is referring to saving the evil humanity or the sons of men, the exiled lineage of Adam, and perhaps some of souls from the sixth day creation of man. It says " _lifted up: ..._ [so] _That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life"_ because the sons of Man, who sow the good seeds, will be lifted up to eternal life, which can only be done by the Last Judgment, by being in the Book of Life and by entering the New Heaven, New Earth and the City of God in Revelation.

3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

→ Jesus is stated to be God's only Son (" _his only begotten Son_ "), whereas we also know that Adam was created by God by the light and breath of God in Adam, making Adam's living soul. By Adam his fallen lineage were created in sin, and by Jesus the Christ, Adam's lineage are redeemed back with Adam to the garden to obtain the fruit from the Tree of Life. So Adam and Jesus may be the same living soul, and the same first son of God?

Three times, the above 3 verses (15-17) emphasize to salvation via Christ specifically. As God tested Abraham, if his family lineage would be obedient enough to be willing to sacrifice his most precious son, likewise, God has sent his only begotten earthly son (by the Holy Spirit), the Christ to save those who believe (see). God has not willed that any soul should perish, but only wants his own lost Light/souls/breath, and those who are able to witness/believe in the Light/Word/God in Christ can then be returned to God. Jesus Christ mentions a few times that he did come at that time to earth, not to judge or criticize. But in the end times as indicated in Revelation, Christ does indeed come back with the Book of Life to judge according to their deeds, and thereafter God alone returns, to destroy the remaining wicked by the second death, as stated in Revelation [20:11]"... _from whose face_ _the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them...._ _stand before God_ _; and the books were opened:"._

3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

3:20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

→ The [18-19] verses above are probably the kind of verses that should be memorized. Jesus never judges in this "incarnation" since no judgment will be done to the wicked, except at harvest time, when the City of God descend in Revelation. Also " _he that believeth not is condemned already_ _, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God."_ It also defines darkness, as an area of ignorance or not knowing, which is basically unconsciousness in contrast to Consciousness/Light. In Science, chaos or high entropy, which is expanding as the universe expands and ages, has been described by Seth Lloyd, a QM scientist, as meaning "ignorance spreads". Also Christ sated, [9:4] _"I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work." -_ in other words it is in agreement at least with science, that the expanding universe is heading into darkness, ignorance, and high entropy and chaos, to an end that may be billions of years from now. But I suspect Christ is referring to the limited time of Earth, due to its quick destruction solely by man, giving man a limited time for doing good deeds. There is a limited time before the Harvest and judgment as well, since Jesus may be referring to a time to occur in Revelation's end times when darkness/evil takes over the world, making it very difficult for us to do good deeds for God. Currently climate change is forecasting a scorched earth by the end of this century. Curiously Issac Newton, who earnestly studied the Bible, also calculated the biblical End of Time to be 2050, or in 2060 if you don't correct his 10 year error.

Adam (as Man), is the original " _only begotten"_ son of God (directly created by God's breath of light in making Adam's living soul), and Jesus is stated to be the same. Jesus is stated to be both Son of Man and Son of God, rather than sons of God, as defined to be those who come from God or can see or listen to God. The Capitals refer to how close to God in related degrees, as in LORD vs Lord vs lord.

Evil is wise enough to avoid the wrath of God and the face of God, since it, as darkness, would automatically perish under God's holy righteous Light, just like chaos/ignorance/entropy is destroyed by the creative/organizing spirit, life. Like thoughts being destroyed under the gaze of a mindful self-aware mind in meditation. The "light" of our conscious mind can destroy the distracting chaotic thoughts that pass through our mind, trying to confuse and distract us from waking into the consciousness of our true self (I. e. our pure " _I am_ ").

3:21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

→ Those who are comfortable and proud of their good deeds will not hesitate to bring them to His Light. The inability or unwillingness to see/believe God's Light in the Christ is a self-judgment or self-condemnation that God cannot correct. As part of our free will, God does not make us puppet believers of Christ. Christ and God, as pure love, the creators of the world do not ill judge the world they obviously only created within love. It also states that God will look at our deeds in the final judgment by bringing His Light to us so our _"deeds may be made manifest"._ This contradicts some modern day notions that we are not judged by our deeds, but are saved solely by the grace of Christ, irrespective of our deeds. On the other hand, grace is not an eye for an eye law, but knowing when to forgive sins that have been consciously repented enough to not recur.

3:22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.

3:23 And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.

3:24 For John was not yet cast into prison.

3:25 Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.

3:26 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.

3:27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.

3:28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.

3:29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease.

→ Like a best man in a wedding he assists in the preparation of the event that will allow Christ to receive his Bride, the City of God, in Revelation's Harvest. It also points out that not all of John's followers left him to follow Christ. In Revelation we discover that Christ's bride is the City of God, descending on earth, to rescue those in Christ's Book of Life and other books. Contrary to verse 4:2 later on which states that Jesus did not baptize with water but only his disciples did this, the above verse 3:22 mentions that Jesus too may have baptized others with water.

3:31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.

3:32 And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.

3:33 He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.

3:34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.

3:35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.

3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

→ Not partial ( _by measure_ ), but full authority is given to Christ. He who can see the Light in Christ, " _received his testimony_ " and therefore believes, will have everlasting life, but darkness can't believe on and doesn't believe Christ and will have God's wrath. Although Christ had no wrath, except once in the temple, God is still a wrathful God to those who remain wicked (Proverbs 9:10 "T _he fear of the_ _Lord_ _is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding._ "). It is strange that it states " _wrath of God abideth on him_ [Christ]", but if one considers the wrath of Christ as depicted in Revelation's end times, in which he speaks with a sword from his mouth, has red eyes and white hair, one can understand and accept this statement as stated Revelation "[19:13] _And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. [14] And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. [15] And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God._ ".

4:1 When therefore the LORD knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,

4:2 (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)

4:3 He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.

→ Contrary to the previous verse (3:22), Jesus did not baptize the public. Only his disciples baptized the general public. Jesus later baptized his disciples only with the Holy Spirit of Truth (" _4:2 Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples"_ ). The LORD, as God, knew that the Pharisees falsely thought that Christ baptized more than John.

4:4 And he must needs go through Samaria.

4:5 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

4:6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.

4:7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.

4:8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)

4:9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.

4:10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

→ Jesus tells her that because she did not see him as the Christ, she missed the opportunity of being given the living water from Christ. And as stated before, the worldly can't see or understand the Light (consciousness) which gives Life (living water). It seems a bit cruel for Jesus to tease her about a missed opportunity, nevertheless there is a bit of humor in how she tries to rationalize his remarks with the following (as was done by Nicodemus and Martha). The verse stating " _If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.",_ is similar to verse [ _3:5] "Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of_ [living] _water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God."_

The verse on the " _parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph_ " _,_ Joseph was very much loved by Jacob because he had been born to him in his old age as in the case for the father and birth of John the Baptist with the help of the Holy Ghost or Spirit of Truth. He was given a special gift by his father - a richly ornamented coat similar to the case of the special seamless coat of Jesus. Joseph in Genesis [37:9] recounted his dream, _"I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.",_ which basically identifies his as a reincarnation of Jesus, or on par with, Jesus, since only the Christ will have the stars in obedience to Christ and the blessing of the sun father (God) and moon (mother). It also seems fitting for a soul to revisit a site that was important in a previous lifetime, namely Jesus revisit the Jacob's well that he received from a previous incarnation. Joseph was all loving like Jesus, since Joseph still loved his brothers even after they tried to kill him, and gave him into slavery.

4:11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?

4:12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?

4:13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:

4:14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

Jesus is stating that he will be able to give living water, after the resurrection, as stated in Revelation [21:6] _"And he_ [Jesus] _said unto me_ [John] _, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst_ [I .e. thirsty] _of the fountain of the water of life freely._ "

4:15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.

4:16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

4:17 The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:

4:18 For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.

4:19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.

→ Christ's omniscience knows what is in the minds of all (having telepathy), and he knows her past, and present (I. e. omniscient). In those days, psychic abilities were more respected, for example in being impressed by Christ's divine psychic ability, she declares Christ a prophet, whereas today very few orthodox religions would even consider these psychic abilities to be holy, instead they would probably judge them evil, satanic, or delusional. It may be that, as depicted in movies, where these abilities are usually attributed to uncontrollable evil people, rather than these abilities being given to those who also can receive divine instructions for humanity's salvation.

4:20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

4:21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.

4:22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.

4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to

worship him.

4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

→ Christ criticizes material worship of things, in places (promised sacred grounds like Jerusalem, the Samaritan Mountain or any other), in manners/customs, and persons or social positions. It is important, that is, to only _"worship the Father in spirit and in truth"_ to do so with pure intent. Light and Love are not of this world of what, where, when, who, or how. Why (the meaningfulness) we choose to be righteous is the most important factor (" _the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.... must worship him in spirit and in truth")._ One should not worship in a public place, but in secret and in spirit, without deceit/pretensions, in truth. To worship in spirit, is not doing it in just good "spirit" or happiness, but in the spirit where one ascends into the Light or a level of higher divine awareness which brings us closer to the reality/truth of the presence of the divine laws and spirit of the God, I. e. both " _in_ _spirit and_ _in_ _truth"_. Some describe this worship "in spirit and in truth", as being in the present, now and here mindfulness, which is devoid of past and future thoughts, emotional baggage and worries, or other worldly concerns, which distract us from focusing our whole being of awareness and identity towards seeking Heaven, Christ, God, and our kindred souls) This goes against worshiping in public with fanfare and worldly rituals as is done by brick and mortar institutional religions.

Christ is also stating that salvation is from the belief system of the Jews, distinguishing it from all other religions, far and wide, known within the Romans Empire.

The reason why we give to charity, why we go to church, why we help others, which Christ later says, that intent/truth in our thoughts makes all the difference in the eye of God. Giving to charity for a tax deduction is different than giving or sacrificing in secret to a beggar in need without material or social compensation or acknowledgment from the honor of men or governments.

4:25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messiah cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.

4:26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.

4:27 And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?

4:28 The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,

4:29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?

4:30 Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.

4:31 In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.

4:32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.

4:33 Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?

4:34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

→ Jesus tells them that, by doing God's Will, God gives him Life (bread); he does not need water because of having living water in him, and bread because he lives by the Life giving breath from God. This is also stated in Matthew [4:4] " _It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." -_ in this case the Word of God is the command or Will of God that Christ carries out, the will of Him who sent Him and His deeds. He also states that "... _Man shall not live by bread alone..."_ in Matthew [4:4] after the devil asks him to turn stone to bread. Here, he is again stating the same, that normal food is not his real food. Also keep in mind that this is the same Jesus who can make food out of thin air: the materialization of loaves of bread and baskets of fish feeding thousands; so why would he need to eat anything since he can simply materialize new nutrition within his own body?

4:35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.

4:36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.

4:37 And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.

4:38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.

→ Jesus is stating that Mankind was planted, perhaps as Adam's lineages, on earth for a limited and perhaps short time, until Mankind will be uplifted and harvested by Christ or God. In the planting/sowing of man through Adam, by the fall of the first Man, all sons of Man, we, the descendants, inherit and also fell into sin, ignorance and suffering in our misunderstandings and judgments, to be converted, corrected and redeemed/reaped via Abraham, his descendants and the perfected line of Adam through the selective iterations of Noah, Abraham, Joseph, David, and others generations by divine interventions leading to the birth of Jesus the Christ.

The harvest for the "Life eternal" is not done in an instance (or rapture), but in the same manner as the reaping process, one head at a time, except for the final stage of burning or abandoning a cultivated field in the final judgment (by the second death) by God's reproaching gaze. He is asking his disciples to help in the harvest of the good seeds (deeds), the good sons of Man leading to and during the end times. The sowing was done in Genesis and by many other divine interventions from Noah, Abraham, Moses, Joshua, and the other prophets. Now Christ is asking his ministry _"to reap",_ and as stated in Matthew [4:19] " _Then He said to them, 'Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men."_

4:39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.

4:40 So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.

4:41 And many more believed because of his own word;

4:42 And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.

4:43 Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.

4:44 For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.

4:45 Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast.

→ " _A prophet hath no honour in his own country"_ , which is hard to believe, if he performed so many miracles in his home country (Judea). Joseph was also not honored in his own origins and brothers, because his brothers were jealous. Jesus's divinity was kept secret by Mary, waiting for "his time", so his neighbors probably believed his to be a normal lad, and like normal stiff minded people, refused to revise their beliefs.

In the beginning, Jesus tells the healed to keep their healing secret and only later on does he allow them to tell others. His family may have kept the infant Jesus out of the public eye, for fear, since Herod tried to kill all newborns upon hearing about the three Wise Men's prophecy regarding the destiny of Jesus. In Galilee, the crowds are gathering hoping to witness him turn water into wine again in their town.

4:46 So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.

4:47 When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.

4:48 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.

4:49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.

4:50 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.

4:51 And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.

4:52 Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.

4:53 So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.

4:54 This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee.

→ This is an account of the remote seeing and instantaneous remote healing ability of Christ. Also notice that the nobleman and father believed in Jesus' abilities to heal remotely. There are very few accounts, if any, where Christ heals those who do not want to be healed, or those who do not believe that healing was possible for them, or those who do not believe that Jesus can do so. Why? God maybe respecting the free will of man to not want miracles either by human or religious prejudice, non-belief in its possibility, non-belief in His ability, or just the lack of wanting it in their beliefs of what is possible in their reality, or system of beliefs. Likewise Christ only enters the life of those who believe in him, respecting their free will or beliefs. One could say that God is harvesting the good wills of faith nurtured over millennia among men.

This is said to be the second miracle witnessed by his disciples, but since Mary nonchalantly asked him to turn water into wine; he probably did many miracles in private solely for his inner circle of family and friends. It is interesting that the nobleman does a bit of scientific investigation and verification by asking for the time of healing from his servants, so that " _the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth:",_ in other words, the people of these times where not that gullible, by seeking some objective verification.

5:1 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

5:2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

5:3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.

5:4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.

5:5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.

5:6 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?

5:7 The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.

5:8 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.

5:9 And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.

→ Christ does not heal those who do not want to be healed. In this case the man had a belief in the divine intervention of an angel's ability to heal, and not necessarily by Jesus. In other words, he believed in miracles being part of real possibilities. The healing was instantaneous and would have been startling to witness (" _immediately the man was made whole_ ").

5:10 The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.

5:11 He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.

5:12 Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?

5:13 And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.

5:14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.

5:15 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.

5:16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.

→ After the rise in his believers, the Pharisees now come out of the woodwork with silly objections that the healed man was carrying, with his recently divinely healed legs, his bed on the Sabbath. The Pharisees are portrayed to follow ONLY the literal written words of the Torah. They, as the strong leaders, held on the written words, titles, and uniforms to enable them to rule over others - the least and weakest among of them. The Pharisees threaten them with excommunication or banishment from all their synagogues. Their darkness wanted to kill the Christ Light, using the literal (dead lawyer's) interpretation of the Jewish laws, forbidding work on the Sabbath. They wanted respect and to rule by their worldly position, but God is not a respecter of men. Mindless, heartless, fixed rules are the product of a dead dark world. It also shows their desperation in trying to subdue Jesus with frivolous objections.

Jesus also says " _sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee",_ pointing out that God does not forgive forever, but expects us to mend our ways, to sin no more, by our own effort and deeds, contrary to today's very liberal Christianity which rejects accountability or punishable sins – something that darkness and Satan would encourage us to believe, to encourage us to be vain, rebellious, and irresponsibly evil.

5:17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

→ He states that God works whenever, wherever, however, and for whomsoever needs divine intervention, and as his Son, carries out His Will on the Sabbath or not.

5:18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

→ Jesus, by declaring himself as equal to God, as a Son of God, was understandingly too much for them. But Jesus explains that he is NOT equal to God, but only says that he is from God, and therefore springs from substance of God like any son of natural birth from his father. As from God, he, as a son, does what his father asks his to do, by the abilities given by God, and solely in God's name and direction. He repeats this a few more times later in his trial. Jesus never stated that he was equal to God, period, nor is he a witness for himself by himself, or doing anything solely by his own ability or own divinity, but said that he has God abiding within him as he abides in God – this is an aspect of Consciousness and of the extreme Spiritual level of connectedness among spiritual being that physical minds cannot simulate.

One must realize that our free will is futile without also having the complete knowledge of all the results of our free will, otherwise what we may wish will have unforeseen negative results that may hurt ourselves and others, and since only God knows all, and sees all future fates, as the Omniscient Being, only his perfect Will or omnipotent should be followed and obeyed. It is a dilemma for us as possible co-creators, in that, yes, we can become fully conscious of God's creation and glory, but our free will must be coordinated with God's Will. God gave us the freedom and will to be bad, but hoped that we would choose be God's good companions in the Creation. In the other Gospels' accounts of Christ's 40 days in the desert, Satan tempts him to call on God in vain. Obviously this temptation does not make any sense if Christ was equal to God. So Earth is a testing bed for the good seeds and the weeds among us, to test those who would be the companions and fellow co-creators until the end times, creating harmoniously with God's will a universe of universes. It is like testing for membership into a league of gods in an advanced civilization of time-masters, universe creators, closely tied brothers and sisters, who share their consciousness, thoughts, emotions, and love intimately. Such a world can only survive without any spirits of rebellion (Satan) among them.

The Pharisees lie by accusing Christ of " _making himself equal with_ _God"._ Christ never made this claim. He only stated that as a good son, he followed and loved God's will. He also says below that, as a son, he cannot do anything on his own, but only by " _seeing_ " what his father or God does, then Christ does the same in harmony with God's plans and deeds. Except that Christ does not judge for now but waits to judge until Revelation.

5:19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.

5:20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.

5:21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.

5:22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:

5:23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.

→ " _Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son"_ is an extremely important verse! It points out that God does not judge or reject the creation which He made in Love. It would be odd to have a God that criticizes his own creation. In Genesis, He observed that all thoughts in men were evil, and criticized God's creations - not God! But instead, the harvest of humanity/souls will be solely judged by his Son from the lineage of Adam, that ate the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil that enables Christ to judge. But, in the very end in Revelation, it is only God who brings the second death for the destruction of the evil souls, as well as the destruction of the old earth and the old heaven, by the reproaching gaze of his face, or the wrath of God.

Jesus said previously that he does not need to judge, since the darkness, or lack of Light, in men already have a judgment against them. Their own sin testifies against them. Darkness or the worldly is a curse in itself. The gnashing of teeth (aggression/anger) and weeping (victimization/fear) which is their instinctive natural state, is enough punishment since it is NOT a Life worth living. Oddly many people think that these emotional weeping gnashing of teeth dramas of fear, lies, and violence is the cherished essence of a normal human life and entertainment.

Believing in Christ by witnessing the Truth and the Light in Christ is the only salvation before the Last Judgment in Revelation. The belief in Christ is also a full adoption of all three aspects perfected within Christ: the Way of Christ, Truth from the Spirit of Truth, and Light from God, is required for a complete salvation. The Way is the example he gave by his actions, the Truth is the reality Christ perceives by the Spirit of Truth, and the Light is the consciousness of Christ or the life giving breath of God that makes our living soul.

God states his son is able to bring to life and bring together or make whole, as in " _quickeneth them"_ which refers to raising the dead and making life. He also adds that the level of respect and honor that we need to give to Christ, from God, should be the same as what we would give to God.

5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

5:25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.

→ It mentions that some dead souls who have the divine ability " _hear_ " Christ will hear Christ and will be resurrected from Hell or sleep to live again with God and Christ. " _He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life._ " We must have the divine ears to hear and the divine eyes to see Christ and also in our hearts believe in God! In Revelation this is repeated [3:20] _"Behold, I stand at the door, and knock:_ _if any man hear my voice_ _, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me."_ If the dead can hear Christ's voice even in hell or death they are given the opportunity to invite Christ and " _live_ ".

As stated by Christ during his trial, those who can listen to God are the Sons of God, and those who can listen to Christ are listening to God in him, are his flock and sons of God as well, since Christ and God are one. Those with the ability to hear, by having God's life giving light in them, and do the Will of God, and have the truth to see the Light (the Consciousness of Christ) in the Son of God, will be saved, but those in darkness, being spiritually blind and deaf, will not, since the darkness cannot comprehend the Light, and so will hide their evil deeds from God.

As mentioned before, those who have a little Light (by being the good seed), that has not been darkened or squelched by the world, will be able to see and hear God. So for those who have the Light in them, as stated in Matthew [13:12]: " _For whosoever hath_ [the Light] _, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath._ "

5:26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;

5:27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.

→ Previously it stated that judgment is given " _unto the Son"_ of God, but now it states explicitly because Christ is also the _"Son of man"_. Matthew [13:30-40] verse defines son of Man to mean those who sow the goods seeds (men) and can enter the City of God or the Kingdom. But if we interpret it to mean simple a son of the first man, Adam, it may mean something else. Adam, as the father of mankind and Jesus, made all the sons of Man, after obtaining knowledge of Good and Evil in Eden, or the ability to have judgment or to judge. Jesus as son of Man, is now given the task of correctly applying that ability of judgment on Good and Evil, to judge us as being Evil or Good. So Adam, as son of God, having passed on the knowledge of good and evil by mistakenly having had eaten the forbidden fruit, now redeems that misused knowledge by putting it to good use on his evil progeny and the fallen angels.

It may seem unfair to think that those with no Light are doomed (did Lucifer who voluntarily lose his Light?). But Christ later states, " _t_ _o give Caesar what is Caesar_ ", and give God what is God's, in other words, God does not receive darkness in heaven, but only wants the return of His Light from men living or dead. So Christ instructs us to use our living soul, to nurture the seed of light and reap whatever Light or good is in us, by listening to God, being still, quieting our thoughts, and praying or asking for guidance, and to encourage the Light in others to help them realize and see God in themselves and others. This is a meditator's only true practice irrespective of religious beliefs, to reap and cultivate a higher brighter light and higher brighter consciousness within, to see the true divine reality (truth) behind our worldly veil, and God's desire to enlighten others. Christ, again, is the judge of our deeds.

5:28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

5:29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

→ It states here that the current world is a temporary abode of man. It portrays a reality in which humanity is divided or graduated to the regions of similar kind - the Earth as a triage scenario. Kind ones are sent to kind regions, and evil ones are sent to evil regions. Many modern day near death experiences (NDE) testify to these divisions as rooms or places, describing life on earth as a grading or triage area, separating/sorting the good from the evil by their deeds. The final sorting is done at harvest time, for qualifying for entry into the City of God, to escape from a scorched Earth or Lake of Fire. This is required for the benefit of the good. As well, many NDE see Christ if they experience hell or are lost in that experience by calling out, "Jesus help me!" or recite the Lord's Prayer, confirming that [5:28] " _the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,"_ [5:25] _... they that hear shall live."_ because as stated previously that the son of Man is in heaven, Christ must be accessible to the living and the dead.

5:30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

5:31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

5:32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.

→ Christ, as Son and from of God, performs the will of God, and nothing is done by his own accord – he just hears and solely by it, judges without self-interest (" _as I hear, I judge"_ ). His Will being the Will of God, means he has voluntarily aligned his Will with God's.

Christ points out that his judgment and witness is not self-serving, self-witnessing or narcissistically selfish. Later on, he also states, that he cannot and must not glorify himself, being an empty narcissistic assertions (" _If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true."_ ). It presents a reality where one can only glorify others and can only be a witness of others, and not speak about, or be a witness about oneself. They cannot make statements on how great they are themselves (self-witness), or how well they have done (self-judgment). Whereas, the worldly wise often self-aggrandize (narcissism, self-glorification) and lie about what they have done (self-deception and lies). Narcissism/selfishness, as well as ill will judgment, is against God, and is the antithesis of Christianity.

5:33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.

5:34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.

5:35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.

5:36 But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.

5:37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.

→ Christ states that his knowledge is not from man (" _not testimony from man"_ ) but from God, and states that while God is seeing, supports, believes in, or witnesses Christ, the others are NOT hearing or seeing God, in other words, they have not been able to hear God or see God (" _not seen his shape"_ ) directly. He is not referring to God's face but only his shape, in accordance to the Mosaic belief that no one can see God's face directly and still survive.

5:38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.

5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

5:40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.

5:41 I receive not honour from men.

5:42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.

_5:43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive_ **.**

→ Christ is stating that the Pharisees believe that by reading " _the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life"_ they think they can have salvation, but in truth salvation comes only by being close to Christ. You need to have the same Word that is in Christ in you, as it says, have the " _word abiding in you"_ [5:38] to enable you to believe. In this sense the "Word", is what created your Universe, so it is the Reality in you to believe God's reality and realness. In other words, you must have all three aspects (trinity) in you for salvation: His Light, His Word/Truth/Belief, and His Way.

Around 70 AD a false messiah came along as a zealot, leading the only successful colonial revolt against Rome, resulting in Rome's revenge in the leveling of Jerusalem soon after. Jesus predicts this (" _another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive_."). The life giving Son of God was not accepted; instead they would later accept a murderous false messiah. The majority of them did not have enough of the Light in them to believe in Him, except for a very few. As Christ said, blessed are those who have not seen [him] and yet have believed. Those who believe will approach His Light to have eternal Life. He repeats the need to love God with your whole being (" _ye have not the love of God in you._ ").

Near death experiences (NDE) mention they travel through a tunnel with a Light at the end that leads to a new life. Those who do not pass all the way through that tunnel to the Light have described regions of hell, or feeling lost in darkness.

5:44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?

5:45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.

5:46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me; for he wrote of me.

5:47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?

6:1 After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.

→ A true Christian only seeks the praise and glory that is from God, not the praise and honor of men – worldly honor, verbal praise and shallow compliments. How many of us can truly say that we sincerely ONLY seek " _the honour that cometh from God only?"_

Moses and Christ are linked, Moses in freeing the body from slavery, and Christ in freeing the soul from sin and death, into the Light and Life eternal into the City of God. Moses had accused them for worshiping a golden calf. Christ is also similar to Joseph, who was cast down a pit by his brothers but later rises to forgive, save, and bless them in Egypt.

6:2 And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased.

6:3 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.

6:4 And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.

6:5 When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?

6:6 And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.

6:7 Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.

6:8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him,

6:9 There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?

6:10 And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

6:11 And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.

6:12 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.

6:13 Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.

6:14 Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.

6:15 When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.

→ Here Jesus performs a miracle defying the scientific conservation of our mass and energy laws. As a result the people want to declare him king, probably for material gain, free bread and fish to eat, or as a champion for their country against Rome, but not as a king of their conscience, spirit, or soul, not understating that Jesus does not seek the praise and honor of men or their abuse to use him, as explained above. Five thousand men witnessed, so including women and children, one can then assume that this was a very large portion of Jews near Jerusalem having a first-hand experience of Jesus as the miraculous Christ.

6:16 And when even[ing] was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea,

6:17 And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.

6:18 And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.

6:19 So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.

6:20 But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.

→ After witnessing His power over matter in the materialization of loafs and fish, the disciples now witness his power over gravity by the walking on water, about four miles [" _twenty or thirty furlongs"_ ] from shore. So they are undeniably afraid of this extraordinary alien like non-worldly entity. Jesus was kind enough to slowly and gradually expose them to his divine powers, to not "freak them out".

6:21 Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.

→ Jesus instantaneously transports them and the vessel to its destination, breaking the laws of momentum or space. This is another extraordinary miracle since it states that " _immediately the ship was at the land"_. As we can see, Jesus is ramping up the level of miracles, only to stop all of it during his trial and crucifixion in preparation for the final miracle: his transformation.

6:22 The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone;

6:23 (Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)

6:24 When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.

6:25 And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?

6:26 Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.

→ Jesus is constantly pointing out to the people that they are missing the importance of his actions and message, since they only seek for their physical body's survival, for the free food, his miraculous healing, and his "fireworks" miracles, but not his divine wisdom. They are not of his kind from above or are simply blind. It now becomes more difficult for Jesus to have privacy, since he now has thousands chasing after him.

6:27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

6:28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?

6:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

→ He is stating that the only task or work in hand for us to believe in Christ and his message, to nurture the little Light and faith to enable us to see and believe in Christ. He later points out to the " _eating_ " of His divine flesh, by ridiculing perishable meat, as a metaphor of taking the Christ's Light inside oneself, since consciousness has no boundary, but can merge/be together and still be separate. Oddly consciousness, perhaps similar to photons as the physical light particles can all occupy the same space and yet remain separate, so theoretically, all the light in the universe can be physically placed within just one Plank volume (the smallest unit of space-time) as a point particle, similar to the flash of all light at the beginning time from a single dimensionless point - the Big Bang.

His references to eating and drinking his divine being, to spiritually benefit from his sinless pureness, also becomes his last message at the last supper remembrance, reminding us to accept him to sup with us or commune with us in spirit for our salvation benefit.

Christ at the end of this verse points out that their sole task in life on Earth, decreed by God, is to see/hear and believe in Christ from and by God, to insure their salvation into eternity. We know by now that this task is hard enough, that it will transform and give new birth to our soul, free us of sin, to enable the merging of our Light into the Light of Christ, becoming companions of Christ, God, and all other saved souls. It presents a glimpse into a divine "civilization" beyond our worldly comprehension, as indicated in many near death experiences. The kind of heavenly civilization perfected through infinite cycles of creations or Universes.

6:30 They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?

6:31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.

→ Again laughably, the populace miss the point, asking him for more sensory external miracles to help them believe in him in a worldly logical way that makes "common sense", rather than asking for help to enable them to truly believe by seeing and being in Christ's Light. They only want free food and experience sensory wonderful signs. It is like talking to the dreaming sleepers trying to convince them that there is a waking state. It is funny how gluttonously they argue for more food by taunting him, that if he is really like Moses, then he should give more food and better quality bread and meat from heaven.

6:32 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.

6:33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

→ By Moses, God gave physical quail bird meat in the evening and manna ["bread"] in the morning. Here again, Jesus states that he is from God and heaven, and states that the "bread" he gives is not physical but a bread that gives conscious Light (the Christ), and the essence of spiritual Life that springs from the Light, to enable them to believe in and be with Christ, the Light and living water [Life]. Still unbelieving, the crowds still nag and still insist for only more ordinary physical bread but not his divine bread and blood or Light and Life.

6:34 Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.

_6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst_ **.**

→ They again insist on food. Christ is again stating that he is the living bread if one approaches him and truly believes. Unfortunately the population of that era had limited concepts or words to describe the spiritual properties of the Christ, therefore his words were confusing to his disciples and others. On the other hands, one cannot comprehend what one does not experience or have (the Light), so physical sounding words or visual concepts can't help. It is like talking to a sleeping person, he just does not hear.

6:36 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.

6:37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

6:38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

→ Again, Jesus, the man and the Christ, says that they can see him physically but can't "see" the Light in him, nor believe in Christ, nor "see" God's face within His Light and Life. They refuse to approach Christ. But all those with the Light of God " _that God giveth me_ " will naturally " _come to me_ " and approach him to believe in Christ, so none from God will be lost or rejected. In verse [6:37] " _All that the Father giveth me shall come to me_ ". Jesus' will is in alignment with God's will to save all that can approach, can see, and believe the Truth.

6:39 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

6:40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

→ Again he states, as Son of God, he comes from God solely by God's Will to gather what is God's Light in men or his sons, what is given to be able to come Christ, to raise them all to return to God's Light, and lose none of the Light in them on the " _last day_ " of Revelation (the quickening of Light). God enables Christ to raise those who can see and come to the Light in Christ and so can believe in Him, to gather them all, leaving none behind, into His Light of everlasting Life back to God on the Last day. As sons of God, the Light returns as God's companions and co-creators in the City of God.

Perhaps the exiled Adam/Jesus saves and raises his lost progeny back to God, to enter back into the Garden. It does not state that he will restore their exact pre-death physical body when Christ raises us " _at the last day"_ , as some modern Christians believe. Many NDE accounts point out that the deceased take on the image of their previous incarnation in an image of a healthy prime young adult body in their 20's.

6:41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.

→ Still wanting normal bread, they do not understand. Again he is referring to the true food from God so that they will not perish.

6:42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?

6:43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.

6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

6:45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.

6:46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.

→ The verse " _that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father"_ or the ability to hear God is later defined by Christ, as one that can be called a son of God. Here Christ is stating that one must become by definition a son of God, one who can hear or see God, to be able to hear God's request that they should come to Christ and be saved. One cannot see God the Father, unless a bit of the Father is in them, just like physical sons having a father's genes. They would become sons of God by origin, just as Christ, the Son of God via God and the Spirit of Truth. Christ states that as a son of God has seen God, by his statement that " _he which is of God, he hath seen the Father"_. Christ seems to hint that most of those gathered around him will not be saved, since he hints that some may not be sons of God, or from God. He also hints to his own role in the end times of Revelation when Christ will raise only those souls that are guided or drawn by God towards Christ. Christ states that he " _will raise him up at the last day_."

Adam was made by God and " _is of God_ " by the breath of God being in Adam, so we may assume that Adam saw the face of God and did not perish, likewise the Christ being of God has seen the face of God, since God is in both (" _save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father._ "). So, through Christ, men who approach and believe in Christ will see the Life, Light, Word and the face of God indirectly and not perish.

In the disobedience to God's Will, is the sin that Adam tried to hide from God, is now corrected to be in full alignment with the Will of God with the help of Christ. He also points out that only those picked by God can approach Christ, stating that one must have the Light is us to be able to approach the Light, Life and Word of God.

The Darkness does not have free Will and Light, and will never be able to comprehend the Light or God, and cannot approach Christ and God. I guess this would ironically anger atheists enough to reaffirm their disbelief in God – accusing God to be cruel, for being so hard on their Darkness, by not creating a world where they could do whatever they wish without listening to God, and have no consequences from their evil. Atheists insist that if God wants all of us to be holy then why not create us all holy from the start and force us to forever remain holy? But He did when he made Adam. Like Lucifer, Adam and some of his progeny have lost their goodness by their own free will choice. So are atheists now insisting that God should have not given us any free will, but instead are asking God to force us to be forever good? What a boring creation!

6:47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.

6:48 I am that bread of life.

6:49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.

6:50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.

6:51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

6:52 The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

6:53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.

6:54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

6:55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

6:56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.

6:57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

6:58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.

6:59 These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.

→ The above statements on eating the flesh of Jesus are understood literally by the crowd. Except that it points to a purely spiritual principle that Christ is trying to teach them using the best metaphors that were available during those old times. He again states that BY only the Light of Christ or God can one see, recognize itself and believe in the Light and Life in Christ. By so doing it, they will partake and approach and "eat" together, or combine their Light, so that one is in Christ and Christ is in you. This is the true Holy Communion that we need to actively request from Christ, to listen for his voice and invite him into you. He reminds us to symbolically remember Him when having our food and drink, as practiced in Christian communion. He states in [ _6:56_ ] " _He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood,_ _dwelleth in me, and I in him._ ", and similarly in Revelation [3:20] He states _"Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door,_ _I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me._ _"_ ).

He is explaining the nature of spirit, where one can merge intimately in Spirit, and still be apart and individual, just like Christ and God and all the angels are together but are still separate. Also it states, " _Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day._ " Here he states that the soul obtains eternal life, and will also be raised physically on the last day of the end times in Revelation.

The worldly concepts and restrictions of mutual occupancy do not apply to the Spirit realm. This can also be found in science for photons (Light) that allow an infinite number of light particles to occupy the same space and state. Besides, does not eating and drinking merge us with what we eat and drink anyway? So when our consciousnesses merge in an extreme telepathic link are we not dwelling in each other?

Perhaps these concepts are an affront to our precious need for the individuality of the soul that common men insist on, in the seeking to be apart and independent from God, as advocated by Satan and the Spirit of Rebellion. Since some modern men foolishly state that it is better to rule (independently) in hell than serve (dependently) in heaven... expect that no one rules in hell, and the spirit of rebellion, or "Lucifer", is that misguided belief in wanting to be independent from God, is really to be self-condemned in darkness. God is not a narcissist or puppet master, and has not willingly created something he hates or would condemn. That is why God is pure Love to his creations, and has not created a following of slavish, puppet like worshipers. He only seeks to have us love and fully accept his creations.

He mentions that his body/flesh death on the cross is as " _the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world."_ Jesus, as the redeemed Adam, is allowed to return to Eden, to eat from the Tree of Life and obtain eternal life (immortality with God), and at this point as a new Adam, is offering his lineage the benefit of what he has ingested from the Tree of Life, by providing his divine body and therefore the ingested immortality fruit from the Tree of Life, to us and his audience. Remember that in Revelation, he also looks you up in his Book of Life. We know that Light (the Christ or consciousness, or breath of God) gives Life from the verses in Genesis.

At this point Jesus seems tired with thousands hounding him for free food and marvels, and decides to dispel them with a divine Light principle that their darkness cannot comprehend, which they only understand literally, and are therefore disgusted and so disperse.

6:60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?

6:61 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?

6:62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?

6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

6:64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.

→ Jesus as Son of God is like God, all knowing and all powerful, knows their thoughts, who will reject his words, see not his Light, and who would seek do him harm, yet he continues with extreme patience, repeating: where he came from, what they must to do be given everlasting life, that they will see him transformed from the death and ascend upwards to return to heaven, and that their Spirit or Light [pure consciousness] must be _quickened_ , united, or gathered into a focused unified spiritual identity within them to be united with divine Christ by their Light, recognizing the Light in Him. The physical man can't figure this out, nor sees it as beneficial to the physical man, or comprehend how it could at all be true, " _It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing:",_ but he points out that the words he is using are not related to physical activities (eating/drinking) but for spiritual nourishment, saying, " _words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life"._

At this point, he points out why he is being rejected by them, since their physical body or worldly self, and worldly physical-brain personality, in their earthly physical vessel, their animal worldly-small-false-self sees no benefit in acknowledging a true soul or the Light (" _the flesh profiteth nothing_ "), since if a body has a soul, that soul would be leaving its physical body, mind, and precious personality and material interests, worries, and concerns behind after its physical death, allowing the soul or Light to return to Christ and God into eternal Life, leaving its shell, the physical body's mind, persona, and its instinctual desires behind to die.

" _It is the spirit that quickeneth_ ", not their physical body, since the physical body dies and is not saved. Because the body and " _the flesh profiteth nothing_ " from the Light or Christ, we can understand why the worldly physical body-minds would likewise hate Christ and all of his spiritually divine flock. Christ states in Matthew [24:9] " _you will be hated by all nations for My name's sake._ "

Only the divine ascend to and descent or return and proceed from Christ and God, whereas the darkness or worldly-wise do not come from nor go to God. This is also affirmed in John [1:51] where it mentions that " _the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man."_ , and this is also similarly stated in Genesis [28:12] " _a ladder_ [on Christ was] _set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it._ ". Only those from heaven can return to heaven. The darkness or worldly wise cannot. The image of ascending and descending angels and souls from and to God and Christ is strange, but not for those who do the works of God. As workers of God, we are dispatched to work on Earth, and return to God.

6:65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.

6:66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

→ This is a hard statement from Christ. He is stating that it has been foreordained as to who will be able to be saved by Christ, by God the Father (by having God's Light given into them: " _no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father._ "). Matthew [22:14] _"For many are called_ [to enter the City of God wedding] _, but few are chosen"_ and given to Christ by God or " _given unto him of my Father_ ". This hurts the vain self-will of worldly men. The Light dwells in God, the Father, Son, and the brothers and sisters of Christ from Adam. The Light is like mercury that draw its fragments effortlessly into one, yet all participate as co-workers and co-creators in everlasting heaven under one agreed to Will, to insure not a destructive chaotic entropy end, but a creative unified universal outcome or rebirth. Christ realizes that only those with the Light or sons of God, from above can be saved – not the darkness. His fringe disciples are nauseated at the idea of eating Christ, and some leave at this point.

The disciple John, if John was a charlatan or liar in this Gospel, would not has taken the trouble to point out this harsh cannibalistic like dialog and event if he was trying to market and endear his Gospel. John is truthful by including this, which obviously would hinder the spread of Christianity. John is not trying to sell a religion – he is revealing the Truth even when the events were embarrassing, confusing, and disappointing.

6:67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?

6:68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.

6:69 And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.

6:70 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?

_6:71 He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve_ **.**

→ The 12 disciples chosen by God and given to Christ remain, and while Christ knows all thoughts in men, he gently and slowly reveals his traitor. Some believers thought that Jesus only mentioned the betrayer at the last supper, but he hints here as well. It is odd that Judas did not heed or care about these hints of his betrayal. Judas obviously did not believe that Christ could read his mind, being a non-believer, or just didn't care anymore. It later states that a devil entered Judas to betray Christ. So to some extend Judas was innocent since there was a devil in him, but his primed for possession evil thoughts and heart invited that devil.

7:1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.

7:2 Now the Jew's feast of tabernacles was at hand.

7:3 His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.

7:4 For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.

7:5 For neither did his brethren believe in him.

7:6 Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.

7:7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

7:8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast: for my time is not yet full come.

7:9 When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee.

7:10 But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.

7:11 Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?

7:12 And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.

7:13 Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.

7:14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.

→ He has polarized Israel after that talk about ingesting his flesh and blood. Having confused and upset the majority of Jews, they now want to kill him, but Christ is able to avoid them and wait for the God ordained time of the crucifixion. He is able to move freely in their mist, when needed, since he knows all. He is a divine time and space independent visitor to judge the earth as a whole [ _7:7_ ] _"The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil."._

In John [1:29] _"Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world."_ may not mean forgiveness for all, but may just mean the removal these sinners, who want to kill him, from the earth by the second death, since these are those who would destroy the earth, this is confirmed in Revelation [11:17-18] by stating " _thanks, O Lord God Almighty,... shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.")_. We may be currently at the cusp of this event as we are causing massive species extinction, pollution, and other environmental disasters. _  
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7:15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?

7:16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

7:17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

7:18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

→ Jesus addresses the thoughts of men accusing him of self-glorification, saying that what he does and knows is by the Power and Will of God, and not for himself for his own power, but to Glorify God, and that all of his knowledge springs from God as a result of being able to listen to and carry out God's will. They still don't realize that he has all the knowledge that resides in them, since he knows and hears all their thoughts.

One should only seek honor from God, and not men. How many can say that we " _seeketh his_ [God's] _glory_ " with full sincerity, and not speak or praise about one's own abilities, but praise only God's abilities. He also points out that his " _doctrine_ " is not his, but is directly from God. He again distinguishes himself from God.

7:19 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?

7:20 The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?

7:21 Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.

7:22 Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.

7:23 If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?

7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

→ Christ points out their lack of understanding regarding the Sabbath and points out why miracles are allowed on the Sabbath. The Sabbath was created to allow man to put aside a day of rest to worship God and for divine or religious events to be done (E. g. circumcision). Therefore Christ's miracles, as divine events, should also be allowed on the Sabbath, like circumcision, as a work of God.

This Gospel sounds so true because it highlights the embarrassingly depressing shallow petty nature of the "holy" Pharisees. It is not a religion telling stories of magnificent glorious heroic struggles, but a struggle with the embarrassing common ignorance of small men. It also highlights Jesus' struggle with the confusion produced by the written word, interpreted literally or at face value (" _Judge not according to the appearance_ "), and distorted by small minded worldly men, and tainted by their agenda for greed and power. No wonder Jesus never wrote a book about his teachings, but repeatedly stated his gratitude in keeping the truth secret to be revealed to only the babes that believe and approach the Christ, to be reveled only though the still voice teachings of Truth given solely by the Holy Ghost and the Light from God by obedience to His will. It is also ironic that the true divine Christ is mired by the petty written words of worldly men.

7:25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?

7:26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?

7:27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.

7:28 Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.

7:29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.

7:30 Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

→ There is a sense of frustration in his crying, this frustration is in conveying to them the truth. The crowd makes an interesting observation. They note that the rulers have not acted at all against Christ's many bold blasphemous assertions and murmur among themselves, " _Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?_ " When the Romans later come to arrest Jesus, his fearless request that they should quickly arrest him frightens them enough to fall to the ground – an obvious sign that even the Romans believed him to be psychically powerful, able to kill them with just a thought ("[18:6] _As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground._ ").

They are puzzled by his ability to be so elusive (" _Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is."_ )

7:31 And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?

7:32 The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.

7:33 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.

7:34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.

7:35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?

7:36 What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?

→ The people ask the Pharisees if their officially authenticated future Messiah will be any better or be able to perform even more miracles than what Christ has already demonstrated (" _When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?"_ ). This panics the Pharisees to take actions against Jesus, since the whole populace is getting ready to accept his as the real, true and final Messiah. But Jesus knows the thoughts of the officers sent to arrest him, and so tells them that his days on earth are numbered. He states that he will return transformed to the Father, which they cannot understand.

7:37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying,

If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.

7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

7:39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

7:40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.

→ The belly or pit in the stomach area, is in the area of the abdomen's solar plexus, from which some near death experiences indicate it to be what connects the soul to the physical body, being severed upon death, to allow a soul to be released to heaven, just like an umbilical cord is severed to bring alive a physical newborn child into the world (" _out of his belly shall flow rivers of living_ water.")

John gives the key interpretation: the living water to be from the Holy Spirit of Truth which is to be released to all believers after his resurrection, since the Holy Ghost or Spirit of Truth, is the giver of knowledge and remembrance. In a sense the living water of knowledge and experience, that gives life (eternal experience), and the Spirit of Truth from the breath or stomach inside of Christ will satiate our "thirst" for the "water" of knowledge or truth. Verse [7:39] also gives the synonyms for "Spirit", as being the "Holy Ghost" or as stated later, the "Spirit of Truth". In a sense when one awakens from our normal waking state, the new wakened state allows us to see and live in a reality where the divine truth surrounds us plainly and puts in into the realm of the Spirit or mindfulness of Truth.

The truth should be sweet to the stomach – as opposed to the bitter truth stated in Revelation [10:9] that was ingested by John after saying, " _Give me the little book._ [the prophetic truth] _" And he_ [the angel] _said to me, "Take and eat it; and it will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth."_

7:41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?

7:42 Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?

7:43 So there was a division among the people because of him.

→ It is odd that they are not aware that Christ was really born in Bethlehem from the house of David, escaped to Egypt and only returned to Nazareth and Galilee, which really does fulfill all the check-boxes in the scriptures. They are confounded by their insistence on relying on the literal words of prophecy to be used as a mundane paper checklist, rather than taking time to witness the Light of Christ. They are only seeking a worldly and geographical belief in Christ and are trying to understand as well as they can solely in that material context.

7:44 And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.

7:45 Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?

7:46 The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.

7:47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?

7:48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?

7:49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.

7:50 Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)

7:51 Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?

7:52 They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.

7:53 And every man went unto his own house.

→ Grasping at straws, they argue over their "understandings" of the literal words of scriptures to deny Christ, unaware that he was from Bethlehem. It suggests that Nicodemus tries to give Jesus a chance to defend himself. They accuse Nicodemus of being a sympathizer. The officers are afraid of Christ (" _The officers answered, Never man spake like this man._ "), and some being sensible believers of his power. Their fear is again shown later on, when they try to arrest him ("[18:6] _As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.")_

**8:** _1 Jesus went unto the mount of Olives._

8:2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.

8:3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,

8:4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.

8:5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?

8:6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.

8:7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

8:8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.

8:9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

8:10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?

8:11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

→ One wonders what he wrote on the ground that could have made them feel so guilty of sins. His challenge to declare themselves free of sin before stoning her is ingenious and makes the account ring true. One must assume that they all read what Jesus was writing in the sand, probably he read their minds and wrote down a listing of their most grievous sins, to made them all leave her unharmed. Jesus restates he did not come to earth then to judge anyone, but advises her to sin no more, else as stated in prior verses, something worse will come to her.

8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

8:13 The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true.

8:14 Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.

8:15 Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.

8:16 And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.

8:17 It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.

8:18 I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.

8:19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.

8:20 These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.

→ It seems like the battle lines are being drawn more and more. Again he states that he is the Light and Life, free of sins, returning to God and eternal life. He again states that he does need to judge man (perhaps referring to the condemnation of the woman in adultery), since the light or lack of light in man is the judgment, since without it, man cannot believe in Christ, and being in the darkness and sinning will not have eternal Light and Life in Christ, but will die instead.

They accuse him of being his own witnessing braggart, " _bear record of thyself"_ , thus saying uncorroborated false statements. He states that his statements are corroborated by two, since his God and Father is his witness as is He, adding up to two witnesses, one of which (God) they cannot see. It is interesting that he is arguing in the treasury. It seems like the whole Pharisees' argument is again purely semantic. " _Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man."_ means that while they judge the external actions of the flesh of man, he does not, since Christ follows the views stated in Revelation and Matthews, that God allows good to be good and evil to be evil unpunished to grow "un-pulled" or uninterrupted, and not to be judged until the final judgment.

Even today, if one heard such statement from someone, one would assume that he must be insane to declare himself as " _the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life_." , except that Christ demonstrated numerous miracles witnessed by hundreds over many years, even by his accusers.

8:21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.

8:22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.

8:23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

8:24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

8:25 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.

8:26 I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.

8:27 They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.

→ The Pharisees know much about Jesus and take his threat to expose and judge their thoughts and deeds seriously enough to keep them at bay. They also tolerated many other holy men back then who professed to be able to listen to the words of God. He prophesies his death and resurrection being crucified by their self-condemning sin - their inability to see the Father's Light in Christ, which will cause them to die in their sins (because " _if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your_ sins."). In other words, if one does not awaken just in time into the Light or Higher Divine Consciousness to be able to listen and believe in Christ and God, they will be left behind to simply perish (by the second death in Revelation).

He speaks about not being of this world, and will be going to a place unavailable to them. From Heaven near God is not a place for sinners. They obviously cannot see the Christ, so they are not from Heaven, and therefore cannot return to Heaven.

8:28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.

8:29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.

8:30 As he spake these words, many believed on him.

8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;

8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

→ He hints about his crucifixion (" _When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he"_ ).

He also states that in believing in Christ, the enabling light in them will allow them to see the spirit of truth and free them from the sin and darkness (" _And ye shall know the truth_ [the Holy Spirit of Truth revealed by the Light of Christ/God] _, and the truth shall make you free."_ ). The darkness is shown in those who seek to kill him, arising from their ignorance of the truth and their earthly addictive sins. The Truth is personalizes as an entity called the Holy Spirit or Ghost of Truth, which injects us directly with knowledge without us going through any the human learning process. The truth placed in us gives us the wisdom to free us from being slaves to sin and frees us from future sinful errors. When Christ injected the same Spirit of Truth to the disciples after his resurrection, the disciples became quite different. They ceased to be afraid of martyrdom or persecution. The obtained the realization of their divine selves and their immortal soul independent of their physical existence.

The truth is revealed by the Holy Ghost or Spirit of Truth, the teacher that Christ introduces and who baptizes with fire, seeding knowledge in dreams and visions and by remembrance. The truth or knowledge of reality allows them to see that the Kingdom of God is already all around them on earth. He states that we should " _do always those things that please him_ [God] _"._ He also states " _the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him."_ This contradicts the other Gospel account where Christ states that God abandoned him on the cross, Matthew 27:45-50 " _My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?_ " Or it could just be the flesh-mind of Jesus, the man without the Christ within, crying out?

I always found it so ironic it is that the people on a sinking ship (us on Earth) want to kill the only fellow (Christ) who is trying to save them.

" _And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.",_ is my favorite verse, which can be interpreted as saying that, as a disciple of Christ, he will give you the Holy Spirit of Truth within you, and it will give you the insight to God, Christ, and your divine soul.

8:33 They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

8:34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

8:35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.

8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

→ Jesus explains that true freedom is different from physical freedom, as spiritual freedom from sin, stating that sin is a sin of the spirit's lack of conscious Will obedient to God, so the sinful will binds in our physical will and desires of the physical self/persona or flesh. As well our sin, shames us into bondage to our sinful actions, and by that sin, Satan has something on us to enslave us and accuse us in hell. As stated by Christ regarding his free will in the garden waiting to be arrested, he was divinely free and not afraid to be enslaved or be tempted by Satan to avoid his crucifixion, [14:30] " _Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the_ _prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me_ _."_ Christ being clean and sinless with a conscious effective Will that is listening only to God, is not a slave to sin since he only does God's Will or sinless deeds. Satan holds our sins over us, to enslave us and take ownership. Our consciousness has to bear witness to God's reality and our will has to be aligned to God's plan, if one's soul is to survive.

Moses freed the Jews from physical slavery, Christ's Will in alignment with God, and if Christ frees you, you will always be free. Christ's grace changes the old law under Exodus [21] that calls for an eye for an eye retribution, which could hold us in a circle of perpetual accountability. It was Adam's own Will to succumb to disobey God due to ignorance of the dangers in the knowledge of good and evil, which allowed Adam to criticize God's creation, making a judgment on his own physical body that God created for him which was sufficient and complete, but instead Adam judged his own physical body or being to be insufficient and naked, and requiring a different cover or clothes, or external dependencies (or technologies).

Christ, unlike Adam, while knowing good and evil, his Will is truly in aligned with God's Will. He not only sees the sins of man, but is in full agreement and fully accepts God's creation only in praise without any ill judgment. Whereas Adam with the knowledge of good and evil criticized God's creation, and had to lose his immortality otherwise he would be perpetually hating and criticizing other aspects of God and His creation. The immortal Lucifer and/or Satan, as the serpent in the garden that tempted Eve to eat the forbidden knowledge of Good and Evil, knew all about the tree of good and evil, and had criticized God's creation, not satisfied with his place in Heaven and the Universe, so fell from grace by their own spirit of rebellion, or sin, forever bound in his hate or hell (gnashing of teeth) even while in Heaven with the other angels.

Man is still asleep in sin with his Will carrying out the will of the flesh and all things mortal, seeking will/honor from men, lost in the will of wrong ideals apart from God, forever seeking something that satisfies his thirst for knowledge and hunger for a better being or life that was in heaven or Eden. The concept of good and evil allows a small minded individual to pass misguided judgments or gossip - the root of all sin in Christianity.

Christ emphasized that one must not judge, or condemn, since all that is, is as it should be, and a man's judgment is done in the belief that God is in not in command or that God does evil. Jesus accepted by Faith that Pontius Pilate's power was there, only by the power given to Pontius over Jesus by God. This self-sacrificing depth of faith and acceptance is what distinguishes Christianity, since true Christians know the plan specified in Revelation and the Gospel of Matthews, to allow the evil weeds to grow until the end time. The worldly wise find this compassionate righteous acceptance of suffering, a hard religion to follow.

All sins are rooted in wrong judgments with the false confidence in having ability to "see" good and evil, rather than the Will and Consciousness of God. By seeing the Will or truth of God, man is freed. God in Christ allows man to see the truth in God, by "believing" or seeing God in Christ. By listening to God, one is given the reason for why "bad" events are happening around them, and with this divine understanding they can endure the hardships.

God and Christianity only want us to see and hopefully understand the Truth/Light/Life or reality and to accept the Universe, and not judge it to be good or evil. Anything else just shows our ignorance or darkness.

Christianity presents a scenario where there is a spirit realm of souls created by God that able to transverse space and time. God's Word, Light and Life is spread among a vast number of souls across the universe, perhaps as conscious companions, as the awareness side of the coin versus the inanimate matter side.

So in contrast to the worldly-wise desires, the divine see no urgency to physically survive or to travel physically across the Universe, since the true nature of souls, are immortal, able to transcend time and space by their on means, to go and indwell in any physical place or living forms created within God's Universe, as long as they do not interfere with the unfolding of the Universe too much by their own actions and judgments. So, if Christ visited N.A.S.A today, with the ability to dematerialize, walk through closed doors, levitate, and know all that can be, he would say to them, "Why labor so hard to reach the stars? With the Light and Power of God in you, you can travel across space and time at will."

The real stumbling block preventing their conscious immortality is their lack of awareness of God and not hearing or seeing God and the way of Christ. It prevents their alignment with God and doing the Will of God. The result of having true alignment with God is the blessing of the Spirit of Truth or Holy Ghost, which brings remembrance – the continuity of consciousness and remembering your true identity throughout the planes/phases of reincarnations and other states in Heaven and Earth. Without this loss of your unique self-awareness or your sense of being your true divine self. This is indeed is your immortality.

8:37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

8:38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.

8:39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

8:40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.

→ Jesus defends his ability to listen to God by stating that Abraham was distinguished by his ability to hear and obey God to the point of carrying out God's commandment to kill Issac, his only son (" _If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham."_ ). Abraham is not their father since Abraham would know Christ since Abraham knew the high priest of Salem, Melchizedek, (Genesis [14:18-20]) and Hebrew [7:16-17] names Christ also as a high priest from God in the order of Melchizedek _"Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life."_ ; if they were indeed like their father Abraham, they would not try to kill him, the son of God. Christ is leading them on, and will later accuse them of being the sons of the Devil.

It is interesting that Jesus is not afraid to confront head-on, their future plans to kill him. Normally when one is threatened to be killed, one does not taunt, insult or dare their murderers; one normally will run away from them, or try to make peace with the suspected murderers. Jesus has no fear. It is speculated that he may have laughed on the way to the cross, since he had no fear and by now, one can see his constant ridiculing and taunting behavior, knowing full well that he is inviting their vile acts on him.

8:41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

8:42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.

8:43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.

8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

8:45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

8:46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?

8:47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.

8:48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?

8:49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.

8:50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.

8:51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.

8:52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.

8:53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?

→ The name calling and bantering is very odd and almost humorous. John is just remembering the type of inane conversations Jesus had to tolerate. John is recalling the type of banal arguments one would expect us hear in real situations. These conversations are giving these dialogues an authentic nuance. They accuse each other of having or being the devil. They ask him to prove his identity. Christ may be suggesting that their father was Cain who also killed Abel and lied to God " _from the beginning_ " in Genesis by saying that their father " _was a murderer from the beginning_ _,_ _and abode not in the truth"_.

8:54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:

8:55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.

8:56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.

→ One should always remember this " _If I honour myself, my honour is nothing_ " - one should not seek the honor/fame from men or self, but only from God. Jesus states that as the Light and Son of God, he existed before Abraham. Abraham was visited by Melchizedek, the priest without birth most High of God, with no beginning or end. Christ may be referring to himself as being the same Melchizedek, the high priest without birth, everlasting _(_ Hebrew [7:16-17] _"Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life."_ ) _._ He is also stating that Christ's memory has no boundary, extending to the past beyond his birth as Jesus back to the time as Melchizedek. In other words Christ has a divine continuous consciousness and a unified single contiguous/unified/whole consciousness from the beginning of time, as evidenced by his recounting of what Abraham actually saw in him (" _Before Abraham was, I am_ ").

8:57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?

8:58 Jesus said unto them, Verily,verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

8:59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

→ Interestingly they suggest that Christ may be around forty years old, or in his forties (" _not yet fifty years old"_ ). If he was born 6 BC and died 33AD, he may have been 40 years old. He restates his immortality or reincarnations ( _"Before Abraham was, I am."_ ) and foresees their intentions to stone him, so he miraculously vanishes from their mist (" _going through the midst of them_ ").

9:1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.

9:2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?

9:3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

9:4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

9:6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,

9:7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.

→ In those days without knowing about biological illness, they believed, like in all primitive societies, that illness was a only result of the misfortunes of the mind, spirits, sin, curses of men or gods, rather than by natural accidents, viruses, infections, or genetic diseases. Christ points out that this blind man accepted his blindness, not as a punishment but to enable God to be glorified, through his voluntary blindness, by his Son doing the works of God. It also indicates that this soul, the man, was willing to be a vessel in one incarnation, " _to do the work"_ and suffer from birth for this biblical story to be told and to glorify the Spirit – just like Jesus (" _I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day"_ ). It also affirms the notion that the spirit of man and Christ can gracefully accept unimaginable suffering to save humanity. It makes sense since suffering is only in the physical senses, and is not part of the essence of the Spirit. In that light, an atheist should not argue his personal non-belief in God, by stating, how God could be so cruel to allow so much visible sufferings on Earth. Suffering is shown to be a platform on which one can construct our love for God.

Christ also warns that the night is coming (the end times " _the night cometh, when no man can work."_ when the Book of Life or the book of deeds are closed), when all souls must have done all that they could have done to save their souls and qualify for entry into the City of God.

It is interesting that Christ cures him with his flesh (by his spit). It seems to indicate that the physical body of Christ is not ordinary. He also told others that they must eat and drink his body. His body after his crucifixion is transformed. His body must have had special healing powers.

9:8 The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?

9:9 Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.

9:10 Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?

9:11 He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.

9:12 Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.

9:13 They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.

9:14 And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

9:15 Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.

9:16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.

9:17 They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.

9:18 But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.

9:19 And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind?

how then doth he now see?

9:20 His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:

9:21 But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.

→ Amazingly the priests still fume over Christ doing miracles on the Sabbath, interpreting the words literally in the Torah rather than the spirit of love and forgiveness behind these written words. They knew that the works of circumcisions were also done legally on the Sabbath. It's no wonder Christ did not write books! Christ pointed these out many times to the worldly literal interpreting Pharisees – a warning to all orthodox religions. Christ's books would just be mistranslated and later just cause more confusion by orthodox literal interpretations.

There is no reason to believe that the Pharisees, and their kind, as religious leaders, crucified Christ, have disappeared – their kind are currently well and alive working in this world, in all the major religions, in other words, Satan is still influencing, confusing, blaspheming, and corrupting all the orthodox religions of the current world in the same way as when Christ walked on the earth.

9:22 These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

9:23 Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.

9:24 Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.

9:25 He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.

9:26 Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes?

9:27 He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples?

9:28 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples.

9:29 We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is.

9:30 The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.

9:31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.

9:32 Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.

9:33 If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.

→ They even threaten to punish and excommunicate this formerly blind man and his parents for being cured on the Sabbath or for believing in Christ. Personally, the Pharisees' pettiness and stupidity shown here, makes this account ring true to me.

This Gospel give such a realistic account of the foibles of men in power, and their stubbornness seems to defy reason! As the cured man states, how can a man heal the blind from birth for the first time in human history unless he is from God?

9:34 They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.

→ They are accusing a child born blind of committing sin in the womb or as a soul before birth. It points out their Jewish belief in reincarnation, with an inherited karmic like sin, from a past life. A fetus can't commit a sin in the womb so it must have been from a previous reincarnation.

9:35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?

9:36 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?

9:37 And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.

9:38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.

9:39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.

→ A superb ironic observation by Jesus, pointing out that only the Light within the soul, and not the eyes, allows one to see the truth, heaven and Christ, and those who cannot "see", are shown to be blind by their own inner darkness - " _they which see might be made blind_ ".

Although, Christ stated before that he has not come to judge proactively, still the act of not seeing Christ is a self-induced judgment, as he basically conveyed to them that, " _For judgment I am come into this world, that they which_ [can] _see_ [but have] _not_ [yet seen me until now] _might see_ [my divinity now] _; and that they which see_ [me now only physically and cannot see me divinely] _might be made blind_ [and later be cast into blind darkness] _._ "

9:40 And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?

9:41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.

→ Christ points out their darkness (sins) which blinds them in not seeing the Light or the divine consciousness of God in Christ, is a self-determined fact, that binds them in sin (and death), rather than from any verbal condemnation directly from Christ. The Pharisees seem to understand his cryptic play on "seeing", by replying " _Are we blind also?_ **"**

10:1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

10:2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

→ Later Jesus explains that Christ is the **Way** , in that as a true shepherd or divine being of the Light will abide by or use the _"door"_ or Way of Christ, to bring salvation to the earthly souls or lambs, since he states, " _I am the door of the sheep"._ The others are not coming from God, like the superficial dark organizations of the Pharisees that " _climbed up some other_ _way_ ", will only kill or lead astray their lambs or religious followers are " _a thief and a robber_ ". Just count the number of false religions and cults in humanity's past!

10:3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

10:4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

10:5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

10:6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

10:7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

10:8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

10:12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

10:13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

10:14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

10:15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

10:16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

10:17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.

10:18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

→ Christ warns of those leaders who do not use the door of Christ's Way, " _I am the door of the sheep."_ Those leaders neither have nor see the Light of Christ in his followers/flock, and therefore his followers/flock cannot see the Light in those false leaders or shepherds (" _I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine."_ ).

The false evil shepherds/leaders and Pharisees will mislead their followers into darkness, danger, and will not care them with their own life. This is in agreement to Revelation [3:20] " _if any man_ _hear my voice_ _, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me."_ Here it basically states that only his sheep can " _hear"_ his " _voice"_ enough to knock and open the door [of Christ], as stated above 10:9 _"I am the_ _door_ _: by me if any man_ [my sheep] _enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture._ " Also notice that Christ calls his sheep by their individual names, and the sheep recognize Christ by his unique voice, in other words, Christ, as the Son of God, and the sons of God, both not being of this world, recognize and know about each other, and the darkness knew not Christ nor comprehended his Light.

Those who have the Light of Christ in them will see/believe/recognize Him (the Sheppard), and He will likewise see/recognize the Light in his kind (sheep). As their protector, he will repeatedly lay down his life for them over and over again, perhaps referring to Christ's many reincarnations, many resurrections, or have had appearances on earth, ([ _10:18_ ]" _I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again._ "), who is able to live with each other as One, all abiding in God.

Verse [10:18] implies that this is not the first time Christ has defeated death! God can created life out of dust, so why can't Christ? Can one doubt the account in the Gospel of Luke [22:44] " _And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground._ ", when Christ is described being fearful about his pending crucifixion, unless for some reason his flesh was tempting him Mark [14:38] " _the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."_? Whereas, John later depicts this event in "[12:27] _Now is my soul troubled_ _;_ _and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour._ _12:28 Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. 12:29 The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him."._ John's account makes more sense and is in keeping to Christ's sensibilities.

He also points out that heaven is a gathering of those who know, love, abide by the Way of Christ, which is the Light, Life, Love, Grace and Mercy towards others, and who listen to the Will and Word of God. He also affirms the previous verses that stated that his sheep were given to him by God, basically stating that the dark souls cannot have the will to believe in Christ by their own effort or will, since they have no Light from God in them to enable them to believe in Christ. An atheist could judge this to be unfair: it points to a fact that divine free will and consciousness may have been initially given to all, yet one can still lose one's divinity and become lost by sin. Christ states that he has " _other sheep ... which are not of this fold"_ hinting about a larger gathering, perhaps across the Earth or the universe or in other countries.

10:19 There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.

10:20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?

10:21 Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?

10:22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.

10:23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.

10:24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.

→ Obviously the Jews in Judea are trying to get Jesus to plainly declare himself as the Savior so that they can immediately stone him with cause.

10:25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.

10:26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.

10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

10:28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

10:29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.

10:30 I and my Father are one.

→ Jesus as the Christ is saying that his will is not his own but of God since he knows the destiny of man and knows that God's timeline for humanity must not be changed. Being from God, he is Son of God. The divine sheep given by God to Christ will never be stolen or lost.

He states that " _My sheep hear my voice_ ". To repeat Revelation [3:20] again, " _if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me."_ So by his sheep's ability " _hear"_ his " _voice"_ then they can obtain " _eternal life; and they shall never perish"_ _,_ as stated in [10:9] _"I am the door: by me if any man_ [my sheep] _enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture._ "

Oddly, the Jews didn't mind Caesar calling himself God (they did not recognize this as their own blasphemy), but objected to any Jew declaring himself divine or God. What Jesus said is well beyond anything they ever heard from a pretender. But there must have been many false and delusional messiahs before Jesus, as there was after Jesus, but they did not have miraculous powers, so were mostly ignored as harmless. They did not sincerely seek a Messiah; they were waiting only for one that would glorify their land, their race, their religion or themselves – very much like today.

10:31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.

10:32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?

10:33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.

10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?

10:35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;

10:36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

10:37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.

→ This is an important passage quoting Psalm 82:6 " _Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High [God]. But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes._ " He is stating that those who have a little of God's Light, came from God, and so are sons of God by divine intervention or creation, and therefore must return to God. It is also stated that for those who can receive the word from God, in other words, those who have the ability to listen to God, are the sons of God. In this trial Christ defends himself by stating, " _Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? ... he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came"_. He states that none will ever be lost from the care of Christ after believing in Christ. The darkness, or dark ones are not of his flock, can't listen God or Christ, are not sons of God, and do not do God's works or good deeds.

They admit to believe in his miracles which must be with God's blessings, but refuse to believe that Jesus is from God, and therefore a son of God. They ignore these semantics, and insist that he stated that he was God by accusing him that he " _makest thyself God"_ , although Jesus never exactly said that. In fact, he said that all miracles were from God's power and will, not his. Jesus often stated that his powers, his awareness, and his will to be separate from God, but stated that as the special son of God and from God, God listened to him and Jesus the Christ listened and followed the Will of God by being in and abiding in each other. Worldly men have a hard time comprehending their divine relationship.

10:38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.

→ He tells them to just believe in his miraculous works. He is pointing out the truth that Life has its being in the Light, with the Light being in the Word, and the Word being in God. So his own, as the sons of Gods, are alive in Him, as Christ, the Son of God, as the Way, the Light and the Word is in God.

He is stating a property of the spirit or consciousness, that allows our consciousness to be merged, yet still remain individual (for the physicist reader, this means that consciousness does not have the Pauli exclusion principle, which is also not applicable to photons, so that photons can occupy the same space yet remain separate), by saying "" _Father is in me, and I in him",_ just like we can have Christ in us and us in Him as his flock, as co-creators, brothers, and companions. Love others as you would love yourself means that we must realize that like wave peaks on an ocean, those waves are all part of the one ocean.

10:39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,

10:40 And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.

→ Again, Jesus is able to seemingly "disappear" from their grasp. You would think having witnessed this so often, would convince them of his divinity. They know that they will be given the second death in Revelation by their deeds.

10:41 And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.

10:42 And many believed on him there.

11:1 Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

11:2 (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

11:3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

11:4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.

→ Jesus is able to remotely see Lazarus, his condition, and the outcome instantaneously. Like the blind man, that Christ healed, was born blind solely in order allow his soul his desire to glorify God, Lazarus dies solely for the purpose of providing a venue so that his soul can set the venue by which the Son of God may be glorified (" _This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby._ "). Their spirit is forever willing to serve and glorify God.

11:5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

11:6 When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.

11:7 Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.

11:8 His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?

11:9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

11:10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.

→ Jesus decides to wait for 2 days after the death of Lazarus, so that he can raise Lazarus on the forth day, as Christ will raise Jesus on the third day.

His disciples remind Jesus that Judea or the land of the Jews; want to kill him, so he should not go to the Judea to save Lazarus. But Jesus reminds them that he can " _see_ " the future and the current conditions of that place, since he is all knowing like God. He reminds them that the Light in Jesus, " _lights_ " up the space-time events before him. It is amazing that his disciples, even after witnessing so many miracles are still questioning his judgment, his clairvoyance, his telepathy, and his power, and are still lacking confidence in Jesus. Their feeble faith will cause themselves to scatter after the crucifixion, except for John the Beloved.

11:11 These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.

11:12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.

11:13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.

11:14 Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

→ It is so funny, to see how often Jesus has to repeat himself by using more than one metaphor, perhaps due to their poor intellect or lack of proper words. To Jesus, death is like sleep, since the soul survives into another realm for a time being, to be awakened again back into another life. Jesus plainly re-states again that Lazarus is indeed dead and not sleeping but can be called back like in many from N.D.E. episodes where some see Christ telling them to return back to their human lives, can be called back to their physical dead body – except not many return after more than four days of death.

11:15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.

→ He states that this death of Lazarus is destined for the glory of God and the help others to believe in Christ. The miracles are performed for their belief in his own resurrection later on.

11:16 Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.

11:17 Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.

_11:18 Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs_ **[about 3 km]** _off:_

11:19 And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

11:20 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house.

11:21 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

11:22 But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.

11:23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.

11:24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection

at the last day.

11:25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

11:26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?

11:27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.

→ Thomas says something strange: " _Let us also go, that we may die with him._ ", which makes Thomas a bit of a jester or sarcastic about going to a place that was so hostile and looking forward to being killed along with Lazarus, in character to the "doubting" Thomas. It is also odd that John takes the time to recall this.

Again his disciples don't get it: Martha believing that Lazarus can only be raised in the next reincarnation or final resurrection, not believing that Christ can raise the death at will, that day, just for Lazarus. Understandably, the Lazarus event is the first "resurrection" miracle done by Christ, showing them his powers that will transform and resurrect himself later on.

Christ is stating that he gives life to souls so that they will never die physically in the City of God, well after they die, if only they could believe in Christ now and in the afterlife.

11:28 And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.

11:29 As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him.

11:30 Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him.

11:31 The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.

11:32 Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

11:33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled.

11:34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.

11:35 Jesus wept.

11:36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!

11:37 And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?

11:38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

11:39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.

11:40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?

11:41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.

→ John gives fine vivid details about this event. John and Jesus sees this as a crucial event in allowing current and future Christians believe in the resurrection of the dead and as a preparation for his own resurrection and transformation. He demonstrates his emotional compassion " _Jesus wept."_ by his groaning and weeping in empathy to their weeping, and from the patience he had to endure in the confused communications (containing some sympathetic humor).

Notice that his inner circle calls him " _Lord"._ Perhaps a mistake in the John's recollection, but that after Christ wept, Jesus asks where he was buried, as if he has lost his divine vision, to know all, in that emotional weeping (as in the " _weeping and gnashing of teeth_ " plight).

11:42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.

11:43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.

→ He explains why he shouts in public to Lazarus to rise, after he had already mentally asked God to raise Lazarus and God had heard since God is in Christ, just to help the audience believe, he calls out aloud to God, to give credit to the Power of God, as a respectful son. God seldom performs miracles through the vain and egotistical men since they would certainly try to claim their miracles solely done by their own power, independent of God. Christ does not give himself credit, and shows them that God is outside of Jesus, while being in Jesus as well – such is the possibility in the spiritual domain, rather than just command Lazarus to rise without mentioning God and taking all the credit. How many of us would be tempted into vanity with Christ's powers?

11:44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.

11:45 Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.

11:46 But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.

11:47 Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.

11:48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.

→ It is amazing that the Jews would rather have their position place and their physical real estate nation, Israel (a piece of land), rather than God's physical presence on earth (" _Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation._ "), even after admitting to some belief in Christ, " _for this man doeth many miracles"._

11:49 And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,

11:50 Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

→ They plan to kill the Son of God to save their worldly goods (" _that_ _one man should die for the people"_ ). To this day, Christians still cling to and declare their "sacred" grounds, even in light of their belief in the Resurrection and for some, Revelation, or the final harvest from the earth.

11:51 And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;

11:52 And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.

→ High priest Caiaphas is a worldly Jewish believer and ordained high priest prophet, in that he partially believes in the divinity of Christ but like Judas, misunderstands and believes he can utilize/twist, possibly even use his own made up false "prophecy", into a worldly self-serving agenda. Both Judas and Caiaphas tried to steer the pearls of prophetic knowledge to redirect these prophetic events in the direction for their worldly goals. Caiaphas, as a leader, and Judas, as a zealot, wanted worldly power and glory on earth, in Israel, for their own or for their clan, worldly gain, pride, and power. They seek to bend the hand of God, second guessing the Will of God. They wanted Jesus to save the lands Israel, a mere speck in God's Universe, to define themselves as a "superior" race and nation, to rule the world, rather than having his chosen people help humanity towards God like the good Sheppard.

Judas may have wanted to tempt Jesus to call down his legion of angels to save his own life from the cross, and defeat the Romans, or out of anger, envy to prove Jesus to be a false prophet, or for profit.

Caiaphas wanted to prevent Jesus from becoming the ultimate high priest or attracting negative Roman attention, yet he also believed that Jesus' death would fulfill some written words of prophecy, that the messiah would return all the scattered Jews back to Israel (" _it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.... he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.")_.

God, via Christ, is lifting the consciousness of His sons to return to God. As the high priest, Caiaphas thought he could manipulate God's plan in the direction of what he wanted, trying to sidestep destiny to fulfill an alternative prophecy. Similarly, when Herod heard about the Lord's birth prophecy from the wise men, and like Caiaphas, he tried to change fate, or God's Will, by trying to kill every newborn in the region.

Unless a prophecy comes directly to you firsthand from the Spirit, then one is left to try to interpret mere written or secondhand words solely on a worldly level, like the Greeks tried to interpret their Greek Oracles of Delphi, while the literal words may be found to be true only after the event, but their interpretation were always interpreted entirely wrong. For example, if one is told that death will "by water", one could interpret it as death by drowning, but could actually mean that death may be by car accident nearby a body of water. Yet the worldly wise can't resist trying to bend fate's hand to their will. This is why Jesus said, in Matthew [11:25] _"I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes."_

11:53 Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.

11:54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.

11:55 And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.

11:56 Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast?

11:57 Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.

12:1 Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.

12:2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.

12:3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

12:4 Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him,

12:5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?

12:6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.

12:7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.

12:8 For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.

12:9 Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.

12:10 But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;

12:11 Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.

12:12 On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

12:13 Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.

12:14 And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,

12:15 Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.

12:16 These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.

12:17 The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.

12:18 For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he had done

this miracle.

12:19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.

12:20 And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:

12:21 The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.

12:22 Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.

12:23 And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.

12:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.

12:25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

→ Judas is accused to being a thief and perhaps also being jealous or accusing Jesus of being narcissism by allowing expensive oil to be squandered on him (" _Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? This he said, not that he cared for the_ _poor_ "). It is so excruciating to again read that there were so many very close to him that were still ignorant, non-believing, and so unbelievably clued out even after witnessing so many miracles and so much long suffering kindness in Jesus. One can feel John's pain he must have felt while recounting these events. It also states that as soon as the priests decide to kill Christ, Christ knowing their minds, immediately refrains from traveling (" _11:53... they took counsel together for to put him to death. 11:54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly_." Also, it is unbelievable that the priests would want to kill Lazarus just because he was resurrected by Christ so they could believe in God and Christ - " _the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death"._ Evil seems insane.

Christ states that " _The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified._ " and states that by this death it will bear " _much fruit_ " (I. e. Christianity), confirming that "son of Man" as defined by Matthew [13:30-40] is one that seeds the good seed so men can enter the Kingdom or the City of God. Verse [12:25] tells Christians to allow yourself to be killed rather than try to defend your life. Our solitary life is empty unless we die for a cause or for others, since " _Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit._ ". Do not love your temporal worldly identity, but love your Light in the eternal Life of Christ. If you try to keep your worldly possessions or worldly self you will lose the only remaining divine Light in you and your higher true Self. By saving oneself or our life selfishly one is just gaining a very short life (" _He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal._ "). By hating your current life, you will be able to consciously and mindfully re-examine it, enabling you to turn your back to your selfishness or shallow life, and seek to be reborn in the Spirit, seeking the Kingdom of Heaven (and the City of God). In deep meditation, your desire for your spirit will allow you to remove your consciousness or concerns from your physical body ("hate your life's fears and desires") in order to come into the presence of the divine and life eternal. Matthew [6:24] " _No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon_ [money]."

12:26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

12:27 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.

12:28 Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.

12:29 The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.

→ The people hear God's or and angel's out loud voice from the sky, saying God has glorified Christ, His Way, Light and Life before and will do so again, in reference to the upcoming crucifixion and resurrection (" _Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again._ "). He says that his corporal soul is troubled, but admits to knowing his fate from birth and says " _Father, glorify thy name._ " This does not at all resemble the other Gospel's depiction of an extremely troubled Jesus, especially the Gospel of Luke [22:44] " _And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground."_ It seems out of character for Jesus to be afraid of death or pain especially in relation to how he was able to disappear, walk on water, and transform himself many times. Surely Christ can suppress the feeling of physical pain. Simple auto-hypnosis can achieve this with a little bit of amateurish training. Many monks have set themselves in flames in protest.

12:30 Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.

12:31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

12:32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.

12:33 This he said, signifying what death he should die.

→ He seems to suggests that there is another spiritual lifting from earth later on which will allow his to lift some from their own sinful entrapment on Earth using his bride, the City of God, prepared for Christ (" _And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me._ "), rather than just the Romans lifting him nailed to the cross. The City of God is described in Revelation to be large enough to accommodate for 47,000 trillion 1000 sq. ft. apartments with 10 foot ceilings, which descends from heaven as a result of the way Christ is killed by those on earth - " _Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world_ [of Satan] _be cast out"._

12:34 The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?

12:35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

12:36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.

→ Again Christ states that he is the Light referred to in the Beginning in Genesis. While Christ as the Light is with us we must try to believe in the Light of the Son of Man, as He who sows the good seeds, the men with the light, so men can nurture their light to become the children of Light (Christ) and return to God's Light. Again he warns that light's time is running out (" _While ye have light, believe in the light_ "). One can only return to God, and darkness cannot go to where it never was, since God is Light and Love.

12:37 But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:

12:38 That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? And to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?

12:39 Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,

12:40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

12:41 These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.

→ God can remove the free will of evil men. He hardened the heart of the Pharaoh many times, to force the Pharaoh to refuse to allow the Jews to leave Egypt. This gave Moses more time to perform many more miracles that forcing Pharaoh to surrender to all of Moses' demands. Likewise, God is blinding and hardening the hearts of the Pharisees and the worldly men of darkness to not believe in Christ so that their judgment and His Passion can be completed, fulfilling prophecy and enabling all of the sons of God and Light to believe in Christ, and be freed. As stated above, " _He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them."_ In Matthew's Gospel [13:15], it states that if they would have believe, Jesus would have forgiven and healed them.

One could argue that the worldly-wise had no chance of believing, since God blinded and hardened their hearths, basically nullifying their free will to believe. So why right now, would God be reducing them to mere puppets, by stifling their free will, to save themselves? It seems that God can do this to those without the Light, because not only do they not have the spiritual consciousness of God, they also do not have the spiritual free will of God. Your consciousness or "light" and your will are two sides of the same divine coin – if you lose one you will lose the other. God can command Satan, devils, and others of the darkness, just like Christ was able to command and cast the devils into pigs, and killed them (Mark 5:6-13). When one loses the Light one also loses the free Will; to allow God to discard them. But remember, God does not judge evil, but will allow evil to be evil to exist until the end time judgement.

12:42 Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:

12:43 For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

12:44 Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.

12:45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.

12:46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

→ Again, Christ refers himself as the Light of/with God to free the sons of God from the worldly darkness. To believe in Christ one must be able to see the Light and God in him: " _he that seeth me seeth him_ [God] _that sent me."_ Christ is again stating that he is an agent representative from God, having the Light of God, and the Holy Spirit of Truth in him.

12:47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not:for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

12:48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

→ A cornerstone of Christianity is non-judgment. To judge others is to condemn others, as said, judge not lest you will be judged to be the same. We must BE in the active process of forgiving all others when we request God to forgive us. Christianity is a religion of love, life, and light, a consciousness within us and of the consciousness of Christ, others, and God, not separated by hate or judgment. For example, if one hates and condemns another for being on welfare, to force forgiveness, God will bring poverty and welfare on him, to soften his heart enough to forgive those who he previously condemned for being poor, otherwise be forever self-condemning since he has now become exactly like those he condemned previously and refused to forgive. God is guiding us between reincarnations to do good deeds and to correct our faults, hoping that our deeds will noteworthy enough to allow us to enter the City of God. It is a process of compassion and acceptance for whatever is ordained by God in reality, but it is not an acceptance to do or allow evil deeds to be done.

Here Jesus follows his own non-judgmental creed, stating he also does not judge. The only judgment that occurs is self-determined by one's own failure in not seeing God's Light in Christ. The Truth and the Word is the Light within us, sons of God, as listeners of God (gods), and being taught by the Holy Ghost about the Truth, so that Truth can set you free. Those not in the Light, are "blind' to the spiritual reality or the Word. The pursuit of Truth will always lead one closer to reality.

The quote _"He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my_ _word_ _s, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken,_ _the same_ [as the Word] _shall judge him in the last day."_ states that as well as not seeing the Light in Christ, by not hearing and receiving in acceptance the Word from Christ, but not received, is the same Word that will come back to judge them. Christ is given the keys to Heaven (City of God) and Hell (Lake of Fire and the Second Death) in the afterlife and Revelation, so he can prevent your entrance into Hell and open the gates to Heaven for you, even if undeserving, if one changes consciously or make a conscious decision of repentance and see the Light and Word of God, within Christ, asking to be cleaned and forgiven of past sin, and not repeat our sins. Many near death experiences (NDE) verify that Christ or his angels released them from Hell by calling on Him, even by just reciting the Lord's Prayer. The darkness or the spirit of rebellion won't _comprehend_ or call on Christ, and are not in the Book of Life [or Light].

12:49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

12:50 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.

→ Moses was afraid to lead men free, fearing his stuttering voice, but God promised to give him the right words to speak. Christ likewise is like Moses " _as the Father said unto me, so I speak_ ", speaking only the words given to him by God. Christ speaks of life everlasting, stating his complete understanding and alignment with God. God has not willed that anyone should perish, but have life everlasting. He also states humbly that he is not God, but as son of God, only doing His work. This is in contradiction to a shallow literal understanding of the Trinity.

13:1 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.

→ Those with the Light believe and love their good Sheppard who loves them, because he is willing to give up his life for his flock. John's tender memory of Christ is very evident. He notes that Jesus loved his own, his disciples, right to the end.

13:2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;

13:3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;

13:4 He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.

13:5 After that he poureth water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.

13:6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?

13:7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.

13:8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.

13:9 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.

13:10 Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.

13:11 For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.

→ Jesus does not confront Judas about his intentions to betray him. On the other hand, one could ask, if Jesus knew Judas would betray him, and how Judas would commit suicide in regret, and how he would be dammed, perhaps later wishing he was never born, one would think a normal person would try to stop the event of betrayal by taking Judas aside and have a conversation with him saying, "Hey Judas, I know what you are planning to do. The thirty pieces of silver are not worth it. It will cause you to commit suicide." or ask his disciples to just tie up Judas. That is what the worldly wise or those lacking the Light may do. But Jesus is the good servant of God, knowing to obey God's Will and plans, ever listening to his will and wisdom, able to see God's plans in a future landscape of destiny for our salvation spread before him.

Here Jesus hints for the first time that one among them will betray him (" _ye are clean, but not all_ "). Jesus has full understanding of prophecy, what he can change (by miracles or deeds) and what he cannot, and what must not be changed. Jesus knows that God is letting Judas have his free will's right to betray Jesus as part of prophecy, whereupon, " _devil having now put into the heart of Judas... And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly._ " Since it mentions that Satan entered Judas, then should one absolve Judas of the crime? We see that Satan is directly obeying the will of God, in the same manner as Satan made a wager with God to test Job's unwavering faithfulness to God no matter how many hardships Satan bring upon Job. God lets Satan do his evil to test and better Job. The Lord's Prayer asks God to " _lead us not into temptation_ ". God gave Adam the free will temptation of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. God allowed Judas's free will to open his heart to Satan, whereupon the " _devil having now put into the heart of Judas ..._ [and by his acceptance of Satan] ... _after the sop Satan entered into him._

The voluntary control over our own Will is as important as our Awareness. With Power come restraint and a tempered (or circumcised) Will. Can you imagine a child being given the Godly powers to create a whole race of beings or universes – what chaos and misery for us all? Obedience to God depends on having a disciplined Will aligned with God, just as our Consciousness should be focused onto the Light and Life of God's presence, as a companion and co-creator in divine harmony with our other sibling co-creators.

Along with divine precognition comes the Will to not abuse that knowledge. For example, an ordinary person getting a firsthand prophetic vision that a sea coast will be destroyed might be tempted to:

1 - Wager (or short sell) on stocks of companies on that coast that will be destroyed,

2 - Warn those on the coast.

The first one is obviously evil and the second one likely less, but if God wants all on the coast to die, what should be done? On the other hand, why provide the vision to someone unless the prophetic vision also contains an explanation on why it must be keep undisturbed?

This is why, the gift of prophecy or precognition is a gift of great consequences and responsibility. It is a blessing, like a finding a bottle on your faraway island shore stuffed with a message telling you that God's knows your condition and will soon rescue you. To use it properly, one must know not only what will happen but why it will happen, to not interfere in God's plan. Jesus knows the Will of God and his plans - when to intervene and when not to. The Pharisees had no clue.

13:12 So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?

13:13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.

13:14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.

13:15 For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.

13:16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.

13:17 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.

→ He is stating that Christ is the example or Way for man. If our Master does it, then we as servants should do it as well, for our own salvation and happiness. He is also stating that he sent as a messenger from God, as Son of God (" _neither he that is sent greater than he that sent_ _him_."), and is not greater than God. He is also stating that we are not greater than Christ. It also points out the Christian principle that the greater among us must serve the least (the master serving to clean and help the poor and sinful), and that the first to reach God must do labor in saving humanity, and will be the last to reap the rewards in heaven (see the parable of the prodigal son and the workers in the field).

13:18 I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.

13:19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.

→ It is sad how Christ has to still perform an enormous amount of miracles as proof of his divinity to his disciples even after they have already seen so many extraordinary miracles by Christ. God always chooses the lowest among us, those who are most in need of God, just like Jesus surrounded himself with sinners, tax collectors, and the outcasts of society. The weakest are chosen from the greatest among us, in order to help those most in need. Otherwise, the greatest worldly-wise men among us would either abuse God's insights, or vainly claim that God's gifts as solely their own, from their own magnificent abilities or efforts.

Here Jesus hints for the second time that one among them will betray him by saying he who " _eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me",_ He talks about Judas who is sharing bread with him will betray him.

13:20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

→ Christ states that when you receive into you the Holy Ghost of Truth from Christ, you also receive Christ into you, and when you receive Christ into you, you also receive God into you. In other words you too will be like Christ, since you too will have in you Christ's Way, the Truth of the Holy Spirit of Truth, and the Light and Life of God. So you too will be the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and like Christ to be able to do " _greater works"_ (John [14:12] " _He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father._ ").

13:21 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.

13:22 Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake.

13:23 Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.

13:24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake.

13:25 He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it?

13:26 Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.

13:27 And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.

→ Christ has given at least three hints of betrayal, once when cleaning their feet, another when the breaking of bread when the sop is dipped, and finally he clearly states " _I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me._ " Due to his lack of Light in him, Judas was unable to believe in Christ, and within his dark emptiness or evil, Satan has something in Judas' heart, the spirit of rebellion against God, entered Judas.

God respects the will of those that are or were his sons (including Satan, who willed to rebel and leave the Light. God even allows Satan to remain in Heaven with to the end). The spirit of rebellion is based on a misunderstanding about God, believing that to submit your will to be in alignment with God is a sacrifice, initiated also by the criticism of God's creation of their own being as being not sufficient, a judgment on the creation of God, which includes their own existence, which indirectly is an indirect self-condemnation. If you condemn the whole of creation, you as a part of it, condemn yourself as well.

Many naively may ask, "How can I believe in a God that created an earth which still has so much suffering?" God did not create the suffering. Man did when Adam left Eden, Cain killed Abel and people still kill and hate people, creating a world of " _weeping and gnashing of teeth_ ". God did not create a simplistic idea of heaven as proposed by many religions - men did. God is not a narcissist requesting worship. Only a wise man sees the beauty and perfection beyond his imagination and capability to be awed in thankfulness gratitude to God for creating the sons of God to have Love and Life abundantly. As well, as stated in Revelation and in Matthew [13:29], God's lets evil be evil and no weeds [evil] will be pulled out [given the second death or destroyed] in case the good grains are collaterally damaged by accident, until the end time, when the City of God descends and the reading out our good and evil deeds from the Book of Life is done for all souls (good and bad).

Prophesy is the precognition of the Will of God across time for those crucial events that should not be changed. You will notice that neither Christ nor his followers try to prevent prophecy, even when the details are fully known. For example, Christ knew who would betray him, but did not warn Judas that he would regret it and would be committing a horrible sin, and although he warns Peter about his future three denials to knowing Jesus, Christ does not tell Peter how to prevent these denials. Care is taken to preserve the events crucial to humanity's salvation.

It seems that prophecy is a type of dramatic play of fate, where the format of an event must happen, but the player has not been selected beforehand. This fate is like leaving empty shoes that are destined to be walked, without foreknowledge of whose feet being selected beforehand, or a divinely written play with roles in a play, with no actors yet selected. An unfortunate material soul will slip on these shoes. If not Judas, then someone else would have slipped into the traitor's shoes, as stated in Luke [17:1] _"Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!"_ According to Gospel of John, Satan entered Judas to carry out the act. So did Judas commit a sin? Or did Judas commit the sin by entertaining evil enough to open his heart wide enough to allow his body to become a vulnerable channel or vessel for Satan to possess him ( _"Satan entered into him_ ").

13:28 Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him.

13:29 For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.

13:30 He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night.

13:31 Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.

13:32 If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him.

13:33 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.

13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

13:35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

13:36 Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.

13:37 Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.

13:38 Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.

→ Finally Christ announces that his betrayal has begun (" _Now is the Son of man glorified,_

_and God is glorified in him._ "). It is interesting that Jesus says " _Son of man glorified"_ and not " _Son of God glorified_ ". As defined previously, a son of Man is one or a gardener that sows the good seeds or makes good men who can return to the Kingdom or City of God, which is basically the purpose for why Christ walked among us. Perhaps Jesus is also referring to the first redemption of a son of Adam, or son of Man, or Adam in God, since Adam is also the father of the lineage of "sons of man". Also note that Adam was a special gardener created solely for Eden's animals, and assumed to be the original sower of good seeds for the garden and for the caring of those special divine trees: the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.

Now after revealing the betrayal of Judas, he point to Peter's 3 denials betrayal. But before mentioning it he states " _ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another._ " In other words a disciple of Christ will not betray each other, but love and give up their lives for each other. He also states that God is love, and that solely by their love for each other, we can identify our Messiah and fellow sons of God or his disciples. Christ knows what is in the hearts of men and negates Peter's promise to love and lay down his life for Christ, and tells him that instead Peter will betray Christ 3 times instead.

14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

14:4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.

→ Christ states a curious fact, by saying that " _In my Father's house are many mansions...I go to prepare a place for you._ " He is preparing _"a place for you_ " and will return as described in John's Revelation with his bride, the City of God, to receive us divinely within Him abode once we have Him spiritually in us. The City of God according to John in Revelation can physically house 47,000 trillion apartments or mansions. Enough unique mansions for each one of us!

14:5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?

14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

14:7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

14:8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.

14:9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?

14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

14:11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.

14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

→ [14:6] " _Jesus saith unto him, I am the way_ [and the method how Adam was redeemed to become the obedient son of God], _the truth_ [with the Holy Ghost/Spirit of Truth] _, and the life_ [with Light and Life from God] _: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."_ This is the clue to the 3-in-1 trinity of Christ. Christ as the vine attached to God, we are only branches connected to the vine. As a mere branch, we can access God only through the vine, Christ.

1 – Able to listen to the Will of God as a son of God, and be able to do the good deeds or sow the good seeds for God as a son of Man, is the Way of Jesus Christ in the lineage of Adam, and

2 - The Truth from the Holy Spirit of Truth (the alternate name for the Holy Ghost or Comforter referred by John's Gospel) that resides in Christ, and

3 – by containing God as the Light/Life in us. (Some translations use " _light_ " instead of " _life_ ", but both translations refer to the essential God life giving component that enabled Adam to have a true living soul directly infused as a non-brain emergent phenomena, in the material dust, from the breath of God - the Life and the Light, or consciousness - " _the_ [non materialistic] _I am that I am_ ").

Amazingly the disciples are still asking Christ to " _shew us the Father_ ", forgetting that no ordinary man can see God's face and not perish. Christ assures them that they have already seen the Father by seeing God in Christ, as the Son of God and Man. That is why he states in [14:6] _"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."_ Remember that Christ is the only door and the way to God (Revelation [3:20] " _if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me._ ").

This is a unique to Christianity, that Christ is the Light path or tunnel that must be followed to enable one to see God and Heaven. Man cannot see God directly otherwise he will perish, perhaps Adam was able to see God, but here Christ told them that God is in him and Christ is in the bosom of God, so that man can now have the opportunity to see the face of God behind the face of Christ and not perish. Christ is also promising those who believe will have the same powers as the son of God, since they too will return again to "become" sons of God (" _and greater works than these shall he do"_ ).

14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

14:14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

→ Christ is stating that his disciples can do miracles by calling on their Teacher, the Christ. It does not imply that any ordinary modern Christian can call on the name of Christ for their needs without first having the real belief in Christ. While having Christ in us, glorifies Christ, and by the actions of Christ having God in Christ, also glorifies God. The inner shell is glorified by the outer container. Exterior facades are not.

Christ refers himself to be like a **Comfort** er (" _give you another Comforter,_ "). The Comforter or Holy Ghost, or Spirit of Truth as John calls him, is also sent from God, also as a son of God, like Christ is the Son from God. It may also mean that there are many from God, who are comforters, like a class of guardian angels, guiding us towards God. This time the comforter is assigned to provide assistance to the sons of God, Christ's disciples, and those who are able hear Christ, believe and follow the Way in Christ. This Comforter will teach the truth and empower the sons of God, just like Christ giving wisdom and guidance to his disciples. By your realization that you are a spiritual being, the worldly attacks by " _gnashing of teeth_ " and the worldly fears and anxieties of " _weeping_ ", will not be able to distract you from your peace and comfort here on Earth while waiting for your return to God.

When Christ talks of being with, being in, dwelling with, one with, or abode in us, he is referring to what consciousness can do in the consciousness realm or Light. This ability to be one in consciousness with another, and yet be individual, is like a tear being on the face of God, or as a wave crest (soul) on a vast ocean (God). In physics, this is a kin for an object to being both a wave and a particle. The peak of a single wave crest (soul) sees [by the soul's Light] the other souls, as different waves [Souls, Sons of God], and still be part of the same ocean [God], as sons or wave crests as unique features but all arising from the surface of the shared Ocean [God].

In the Spirit one can "travel" into other minds, like Jesus "spoke" telepathically in many tongues directly into the inside consciousness of the crowds (see " _speaking in tongues_ "). So can you imagine the level of spirit-to-spirit communion between God and the Sons of God? To the worldly-wise it would make them seem indistinguishable. You need to have some first-hand experience to really comprehend it.

14:17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

→ Here Christ, or John, describes the Holy Ghost as the Spirit of Truth that is capable to be in you as the Truth, just as Christ is also capable to be in you as the Way, and just a God is capable to be in you as the Life, if you become like Christ or have Christ in you.

There is only one reality, the reality created by God, and the one knowing reality, or what is true, or truth, and the ones who can comprehend it, come from God. Christ states that true reality has not been witnessed by the worldly-wise (I. e. our world of materialistic people) because the truth is not in them to comprehend the truth, in the same manner that they cannot see the Light because there is no light in them, which is basically saying that when you are real to yourself by using your real self and not your false persona, then you will be able to see the real outside of you, or reality outside of you. You cannot comprehend something which is not experienced or is inside or you. A liar can't see the truth; the liar will eventually believe and live only in his own lies.

14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

14:19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.

→ Jesus can become visible in the everyday life of his disciples, since he lives in them. He whispers them in dreams and trials, and if needed will be seen as well. His Spirit of Truth or Holy Ghost that is in him can be given to you as your comforter to assure you that the Kingdom of Heaven is all around you. Heaven is just behind the veil of ordinary life, hidden or invisible from the worldly-wise.

In a deep meditative/prayer state some have realized that consciousness is mobile, it can travel not only to places, but inside into other minds. If some mere mortals can do this, surely Christ can do this simultaneously into all souls, giving comfort to all the sons of God. There is an episode in the Gospels where Christ exorcises a legion of devils from one possessed person, forcing all these spirits to be trapped into the bodies of pigs, and then killing them. Christ is shown to be able to move spirits or "souls" from body to body, so how much more can Christ enter to come into those of his own?

There is no reason to really have Christ walk among us, unless Christ sees that someone really needs it for their salvation. Truly the sons of God have no need of space travel or conventional scientific technologies when the Light and Life is in them and they have the capability to move through time and space at will, just as able as Christ, the Son of God. Darkness and the Spirit of Rebellion (Satan), or the worldly-wise, or materialists will rely on material technology, the intelligence of unconscious mechanical machines, unconscious artificial intelligence, and they will try to incorporate the lifeless cybernetic machines into man to reduce/overcome their inner spirit, tempting and attacking our morality, to try to destroy or rule over the sons of God. They will inherit their world view and their believed reality: a life with no true consciousness, no free will, no morals, no afterlife, and no love, and a senseless servitude to their truly selfish God Satan. Humanity will face a divine existential crisis by their materialistic toys.

Consciousness or "Light" is not an emergent brain phenomenon, contrary to what the worldly-wise try to teach us. Intelligence or information derived or measured by tools from the material world, or from the worldly wise, is the only emergent phenomenon. This is not the Light, since intelligence can be wrong and misleading. The Light sees the world and the information from the world created solely by God to perceive it as Life. Unfortunately the darkness (non-Light consciousness) can deceive us. But in the patient quiet stillness of their mind, the sons of God, can have companionship in the presence with God, can gather together (unify, coordinate, re-legion/unite) their dispersed light within their body into one (focused) conscious true identity of self, as a son of God, which the Holy Ghost can visit and impart non-worldly knowledge and talents. So in the next verse, it affirms this spiritual union, or intimate channel of communication.

14:20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.

→ He is stating that when you will receive his Spirit of Truth in you, you will also experience God and Christ in you. This is the contemplative divine presence or union with God as described by the Carmelite, John of the Cross (1542-1591). Being in each other, means being together in Love. It also points out the misconception some have regarding "returning". It is not a returning to a place, or a position (or to be seated at the right hand of God), but rather a place in a consciousness relationship, like a supremely intimate telepathic relationship of being in each other's field of consciousness. It may be that what we consider "nebulous", soft, seemingly indistinguishable parts in the spirit realm may turn out to have the same kind of firmness between those parts as we experience here on earth between physical parts. Oddly, the City of God, as described in Revelation, has definite physical like shape and dimensions.

14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

14:22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?

14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

→ Christ promises to appear in their eyes/minds/souls, like the Holy Ghost (" _he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.... make our abode with him")_. He is trying to comfort them before the crucifixion, knowing that they, in fear, will scatter, and deny a bit of their love for him.

14:24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.

14:25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.

14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

→ By following the Way, by believing and loving Christ and others, then God, Christ, and the Holy Ghost as the Spirit of Truth and Comforter will abide/dwell in you. This is one of the most significant clues ("the _Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.")_. The spirit does not evolve; it only returns to where it came from and only learns what it has forgotten or what it knew before. The Spirit of Truth will teach you by allowing you to remember your spiritual inheritance and its divine knowledge and our own complete knowledge of God, as co-creators with God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit of Truth.

By the statement " _Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name",_ also means that the Spirit of Truth is not solely in or from Christ, but differentiated, as another coming from God. But like angels who come from God, we don't know if the Spirit of Truth is an Angel, or another son from God. In Revelation's Heaven, many diverse looking beasts surround the throne of God. We know that the Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, or Spirit of Truth had a hand in Mary's conception of Jesus, was breathed from Christ to baptize and enter into his disciples after the Resurrection, and resides in Christ, in the same manner that God resides in Christ, in the same manner that they will also reside/abide in or sup with us in Heaven. As a separate entity from God, the Spirit of Truth is the truth teacher and talent giver, and the agent that will allow the sons of God to remember and re-learn what they have forgotten. In Acts 5:3, " _to lie to the Holy Spirit ...You have not lied to men but to God_ ", one could argue that the Spirit of Truth, God, and Christ are equivalent in divine power, but yet God is above all of them, as One God, as Christ affirmed.

In Platonic philosophy, it was believed that there is no such thing as learning something new, Plato believed that learning new knowledge was actually the act of remembering lost knowledge. In the Platonic world of ideas, all possible ideas ever possible in the future already all exist in the Platonic realm or sphere, so when a mind learns something, that mind is only accessing something that has been in existence since the beginning of time, therefore that mind is remembering a past idea since that idea was created at the beginning of time in eternity. For example, for the number _2_ idea or concept has no reference to "of any unit" or "of any object". In the world of ideas, the number 2 can exist as an independent idea or concept without any references, instances, or collections of two objects or two unit of measurement (E. g. 2 miles, 2 ants, 2 degrees Centigrade)?

The world of ideas is similar to believing that the Word existed before creation. Christianity shares some of these Platonic concepts. Many modern physicists believe in this, as some even believe that the Universe is founded on mathematical formulas, or relationships between definitions, which can be viewed as Words. So as existing "before" the universe, then knowledge exists independent of creation or materialization, in its own realm, accessible by a non-space-time dependent Spirit.

Like the Platonic World of Ideas or Knowledge, the Holy Ghost, or Comforter, it gives the sons of God access to these truths by the act of remembering from the world of ideas from which the sons of God came from in the beginning of time and also allow the sons of God to remember their true identity before their reincarnations from the beginning of time. In other words, the Holy Ghost assists the sons of God to obtain the similar abilities as Christ, slowly as they progress (" _Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.")_.

14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

→ He may be referring to peace by the act of divinely leaving behind the Holy Ghost, the Comforter from God, but " _not as the world giveth, give I unto you._ " Again he is trying to give them courage when they will be witnessing his crucifixion. Here Christ is more concerned about them who may be slightly frightened than the real pain that Christ will have to endure all by himself! He also states the Christ gives or injects directly into our consciousness by divine means, not materially.

14:28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

→ John is emphasizing, by the repeated assurances that Christ loves them, that Christ will look after them, etc. showing Jesus' extraordinary level of unselfishness at a time when most mortals would be extremely frightened, when facing their own torture and crucifixion! Christ is from God, and he states " _for my Father is greater than I_ _"_ This contradicts the Catholic God-Christ-Holy Ghost trinity equivalence. It is not an equivalence but an abiding or contained-within relationship. Christ and the Holy Ghost both do the works and by the will of the Father (God).

Although angels are numbered to count 100 trillion around the throne of God in Revelation, there are very few angels as agents appearing in the Gospels. Christ and the Holy Ghost seems to be much more elevated the angels. Christ seems to be portrayed himself as a commander of angels. So Christ is much closer to being God, than the angels. It is odd in a way, since Christ is tied to a redeemed Adam or the lineage of Adam. Adam was created by God just to look after God's own special garden in Eden, in Genesis.

14:29 And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.

14:30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.

14:31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman [Gardener].

15:2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he [Gardener} taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

15:3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

15:6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

→ He sates " _the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me."_ in reference to Satan trying to dissuade Christ to not lay down his life, but says that Satan has nothing in him, to tempt, or use to leverage, him to fail, since Christ is pure and has no sins or vices in himself.

In " _I am the true vine, and my Father_ [God] _is the husbandman [Gardener]... Every branch_ [connected to the vine or ] in _me that beareth not fruit he [Gardener} taketh away_ [and burns it by the second death in Revelation but] _every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth_ [tests to perfection] _it, that it may bring forth more fruit_ [as those who sow the good seeds that are the sons of Man] _",_ Christ says that the Light in the sons of God can only be sustained with the constant companionship with Christ, and in turn Christ is sustained by God. Isolation from God is the equivalent of Hell, their Light as a separated branch from the Christ trunk of Light, will dim their consciousness towards death. Isolation from consciousness or Light is by definition death, by becoming part of the darkness. " _Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God._ ", so without companionship with God, we become mad idiots and perish. Likewise, as siblings and under the lineage of Adam, and Christ, he is the root of our divine family tree planted on the grounds of God. The source of our nourishment is traceable from God through Christ.

With the Light (Christ) comes the fruit of Life. God is the gardener or creator of the vine Christ and trims its branches, the followers, or sons of God which are connected to the vine, the Christ, so that they may bear more fruit and Life. The pruning of the vine is similar to inducing an artificial drought practiced in rice fields. The practice of pruning fruit trees (I. e. " _purgeth_ [to perfection] _it, that it may bring forth more fruit")_ creates a instinctual survival stress to plants, "frightening" or triggering it, and causing it to produce many more seeds and fruits. It presents a picture of a God, driving mankind to a perfect fruition. It further states that power and life is given to the branches, the lineage of Adam, abiding in Christ the vine, to the redeemed Adam's lineage. It also indicates that if you " _beareth not fruit he_ [God as the Gardener] _taketh away"_ by the real and final second death in Revelation.

It is interesting that he says _"abide in me_ [follow my commandments and bear fruit as a branch of Adam's lineage and like Christ] _my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.",_ suggesting the his words (the commands and Will of Christ) will then be available to you, connected as a branch to the trunk/vine of Christ, so that the Will of the trunk/vine becomes at the disposal to the branch, like the branch is at the disposal to the vine/trunk, into one Will, like Christ's Will/Word in one with God's. This is also analogous to Revelation [3:20] " _if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.",_ indicating a spiritual connectives like a branch of a vine to the trunk or root of the vine. It is also interesting and perhaps a mistake in translation, in the way Jesus uses "vine" instead of "root" or trunk of the vine - suggesting that Christ's consciousness is in the whole vine, enveloping all, rather than just the main trunk of the vine. Has Christ become the Tree of Life? It does not really matter; we can't comprehend it anyway until we get there.

15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

15:9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.

15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

15:11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

→ It presents a chain of command that upholds a chain of love and joy between God, Christ, and us. It also presents a universal divine desire to be creative, unfolding the creation of God, like a creative force of life, constantly vying to create higher and better worlds or universes of joy and love, but not chaos, misery, and hell.

Life, as a creative force, organizes, and in science this is called low entropy or high information density, individualism, complexity and organization. The creation of God was at the lowest state of entropy (highest in organization by the creator), or in a minimum state of chaos, and in this divine organization, it has the highest form of beauty, symmetry, meaningfulness, design, all things in a creative embracing rather than tearing down, and is Love. In other words God is presented as an organizing/coordinating influence, so Christ says that " _my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit_ [organized beauty]" indicating that the good fruit will become the good seeds sown by the sons of Man, as in the branches analogy above that bear these good fruits. Uncoordinated (rebellious and destructive) free and selfish Wills among us would tear us and Heaven apart, and are only sowing evil vampire parasitic weeds that bear no fruit.

He is stating that God, Christ, and the sons of God are Love and Joy – the best from our range of emotions. While darkness is the worst qualities of Life, unconsciousness, ignorance, chaos, nonsense, meaningless, death, sin, vanities, gossip, and all things of destruction, rather than creation and the organization of beauty and love. Christ called the darkness: the _weeping and gnashing of teeth_ (fear and anger – the worse emotions for us to experience).

15:12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

15:15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

→ It suggests that to be a companion, you have to obey and abide in his Love and rules (" _Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you._ ").

You must remember that at this point, Christ is describing his relationship to his inner circle of disciples, not to us and the general population, and so from now he is promising to talk plainly only to his disciples about the Truth, which previously was only revealed in parables, but you will notice that John does not reveal those conversations, since that Truth must come directly to you via the Spirit of Truth or Holy Ghost/Spirit, otherwise it would only confuse the dark worldly-wise. Christ, as Son of God, is stating to the disciples are now not just true servants of God and disciples of Christ, but that they are now real siblings, brothers and friends, and is telling them that thereafter he will not be hiding anything from them as their friend (" _all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you._ "). It suggests more of a brotherly/sibling relationship with his disciples from then on. Also as stated in Mark [4:33] Christ did not speak in parables to his disciples just before his resurrection, " _And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it. But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples._ " Here Mark states that his parables were just attempts to convey some ideas to the general public that were not able to " _hear"_ nor understand much.

15:16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

15:17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.

15:18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

15:19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

→ Again Christ stresses that of we, as a branch of Christ, bear good fruit, then God will perform whatever miracles we want, in other words our fruits could be those divine creative ideas that may evolve into the creation of new worlds, or many consciousness that enrich God's domains.

As those who hate the Light of Christ is referring to the worldly wise and the darkness of the earth, He is also pointing out that his promises apply only to his flock or his own – not everyone. He may be only referring to the sons of God, or those that have His/God's Light in them. It makes sense since Christ did not try to maximized on the number of followers, but concentrated on having just a small number of the right kind of disciples, since Christ is stating that there are very few who are " _not of the world_ " because the world in general knew/comprehended him not. In a way, Jesus, the man, is sowing the good seeds, the disciples, to spread and bear the fruits of Christianity.

15:20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

15:21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.

→ Those not from God, or the darkness, know not God, and therefore will hate Christ and his sons of God. They also fear the sons of God who may shed God's light on their sins that condemns them. He is predicting that his friends will suffer the same crucifixion or treatment since they are not greater than Christ and therefore can expect not to be treated any better. Christ is saying that the world does not know God – he does not say just some men, but almost implies most of the world.

15:22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin.

15:23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

15:24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.

→ As stated before, Christ does not need to judge the darkness or those who choose the darkness to hide their sins, since their inability to recognize the Light and Christ, are already self-judged. Christians should not judge or condemn the sins of others. In this respect, the coming of Christ in their presence has caused them to sin by their inability to see the God's Light in Jesus and all their sins have now been exposed by his Light (so " _now they have no cloak for their sin_ "). So the darkness in anger will now seek and hate the sons of God, or those with the Light (their divine level of consciousness) – because their naked sins has been exposed. As well _6:63 "It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing:" -_ the worldly-wise ridicule and deny the existence of consciousness, as unscientific, foolish, unnecessary, and irrelevant in their lives. Also note the importance of having a garment or " _cloak for_ [hiding] _their sin_ ", as in the parable of the wedding garment.

15:25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

15:27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

→ He is again saying that the Holy Ghost, the Spirit of Truth (teacher), as a separate divine being from God, is the Comforter, bringing peace to his disciples, is sent from God, just as Christ, a Son of God. Jesus says that his disciples " _have been with me from the beginning."_ as true sons of God.

16:1 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.

16:2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

→ He predicts the misguided "righteous" persecution of his disciples by the worldly religions. As we know from history, many religious or political groups have that " _killeth you will think that he doeth God service."_ Hopefully today's Christians, Jews, Muslims, and others will not repeat their history of "religious" murder.

16:3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

16:4 But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.

16:5 But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?

16:6 But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.

16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

→ He also acknowledges that his words are putting sorrow in them. Christ is almost stating that the Holy Ghost cannot arrive if Christ remains physically with them. This is explained after the transformation, since only after Christ is transformed, did Christ breathe the Spirit of Truth or Holy Ghost into his disciples, so by this method after Jesus is gone, does the Spirit of Truth arrive ([20:22] " _And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:_ "). It may seem strange that Christ breathes out a separate being, the Spirit of Truth, but considering that God is in Christ, then what is emitted out of Christ, is also emitted out of God, since God abides in Christ – such is the nature divine "physics" that allows beings of consciousness to reside in each other, Revelation [3:20] " _just open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me."_

16:8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

16:9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;

16:10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;

16:11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.

16:12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.

→ When he is gone, the Holy Ghost (Comforter/Spirit of Truth) will reprove, admonish or reprimand the worldly for their lack of righteous, not recognizing or believing in Christ, and for belonging to and serving their leader or prince, Satan. It mentions that unlike Christ who did not come to judge, the Spirit of Truth can now give judgment: 1. to the unbelieving world, 2. to the unrighteous, 3. to the followers and prince of this world (Satan).

One wonders what else Christ held back for the Spirit of Truth to reveal (" _I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now._ ")

16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

16:14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

→ Jesus is saying that the Holy Ghost, or Spirit of Truth will tell them truth and the future (the talent gift of clairvoyance and precognition or to " _shew you things to come"_ ). Christ states that the Spirit of Truth gets some messages or resources from Christ, in that " _he shall receive of mine",_ so that what the Spirit of Truth gives conveys knowledge from Christ, and so glorifies Him.

Interestingly, the Holy Ghost will not disclose his own origin, identity himself, bear witness of himself, or his personal past (" _he shall not speak of himself"_ ), but this Spirit may be another class of angel or divine entity, perhaps a class of divine angel or one of the odd beasts surrounding the throne of God in Heaven. Oddly this may be true, since the Holy Ghost or the Spirit of Truth, assumed to be one of the important three god-heads in the Christian Trilogy (Christ-Holy Ghost-God), strangely does not show up at all in Revelation. In Revelation, angels step in to explain to John the truth and the significant features of Revelation's visions to John.

16:15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

→ Christ is making the case for the Holy Trinity here. As stated before, individuality maybe a little different in the spirit. He states that the Holy Ghost, send via Christ, can show all things that are God's. God will show the disciples what Christ has (God will " _take of mine, and shall shew it unto you._ ").

16:16 A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.

16:17 Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?

16:18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.

16:19 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?

16:20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

16:21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.

16:22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

→ Back in 16:5 " _none of you asketh me, ... Whither goest thou?"_ where he was going because his repeated talk of departure was depressing them _,_ but now the disciples _"were desirous to ask him"_ what will happen. He reassures them that it is a necessary persecution, so that his disciples will rejoice in the Resurrection of Christ, whereas the world will rejoice in his crucifixion. This account of the world's reaction is also similar to Revelation's [11:5-12] where God's _"two witnesses, ... if any man will hurt them... he must in this manner be killed.... These have power to shut heaven, ... when they shall have finished their testimony,...shall overcome them, and kill them....where also our Lord was crucified....And they of the people ...shall rejoice over them, and make merry, ... after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and... ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them."_

Christ is also predicting that after his crucifixion, he will come back after his death to see them for a while and then return to Heaven.

16:23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.

16:24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

→ It should be remember that Christ is stating this to only those disciples chosen by him and who have been qualified to receive his training and teaching – not us. Christ has faith in his disciples, and encourages them to ask the Father for help after Christ is gone, rightly assuming that the disciples would only ask what they need to carry out God's will, and not for their own worldly vanities. Some Christians may quote this to back their vain belief that God promises to give you whatever you whimsically ask God – remember the Exodus [20:7] 5th commandment, " _Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in_ vain.". Only the fruitful branches (sons of God and sons of Man) attached to the vine (Christ) can ask God residing in Christ, for anything that they require in love and good deeds.

16:25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.

16:26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:

16:27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.

16:28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again,I leave the world, and go to the Father.

16:29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.

16:30 Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.

→ As stated above, Jesus acknowledges that he has been describing the world of God in encrypted parables, and that he will henceforth talk plainly about their destiny, God and his realm because his disciples are now more like fellow brothers. At first he talked in stories, analogies, metaphors, with the excuse that they would not be able to bear the naked truth or comprehend, but now Christ tells them that they are his friends, and will speak plainly, and that he will no longer hide any facts from them. Previously in the Gospel, Christ said: " _I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes._ ", but from now on, Jesus promises to provide them the naked truth. But this does not mean that John wrote those new clear non-proverb revelations in the rest of his Gospel or in John's Revelation, since Revelation was still written with many proverb like symbols, so it can be assumed that some of those truths will forever continue to be hidden from us, since we are a part of the sinning worldly-wise and unworthy novice believers. Truth should only be taught through the Spirit of Truth since God gives what we need to grow, and not what we want vainly. John also points out that the disciples " _have loved me_ [as the Christ] _, and have believed that I came out from God",_ confirming the definition that to be a son of God means to come out of, or from, God.

16:31 Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?

16:32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

17:1 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:

17:2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

17:4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.

17:5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

17:6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.

17:7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.

17:8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.

17:9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.

17:10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.

→ Jesus talks to God, saying his work to teach only his disciples is finished (" _he should give eternal life to as many_ [of the very few chosen true believing disciples] _as thou_ [God] _hast given him_ [Christ] _._ "), and that he is now ready, having _"power over all flesh_ ", is ready for the death and Resurrection to seal the prophecies and begin Christianity.

Christ states that "[Christ] _should give eternal life to as many as thou_ [God] _hast given him."_ In other words, Christ is stating that he will NOT be giving eternal life to all of Humanity, only those chosen by God and given to Christ, for Christ to give them his eternal life. As stated in Matthew [22:14] the king [God] at the wedding banquet [the City of God in Revelation] kicks out a guest who was not wedding garment, stating " _For many are called, but few are chosen._ " to have eternal life.

Christ is stating that he was with God from the beginning before the creation of the universe, or before the world, by saying (" _glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was._ ") The sons of God are co-creators before the beginning of this universe, in unity or oneness with God, Christ, and the sons of God is incomprehensible. In the next verse it states, " _those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are._ "

Those who are not in Christ are abandoned by the second death at the end of this world.

17:11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.

17:12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

17:13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

17:14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

17:15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

17:16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

17:18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

17:19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.

17:20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;

17:21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

→ Jesus explains that his own, and like him are not of this world, and these are not just his disciples, but are NOW the sons of God as " _one, as we are."_

When Christ talks about being one with his disciples, one must remember that Christ could know the thoughts of his accusers, for example the accusers who wanted to stone a woman for adultery, then one must imagine a very special close relationship between Christ and his disciples as sons of God since " _They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world"_ , and must be in a relationship so closely knit that His thoughts are their thoughts, minds, desires, knowledge, awareness and will in full aligned and one with Christ and God. They have now become the truly united branches to the one vine tree of Christ and God. He also refers to the Spirit of Truth. He later sanctifies his disciples by breathing onto them the Spirit of Truth so that they are " _sanctified through the truth_ ".

We currently have technology of almost instantaneous communication across the globe, mind-machine interfaces, and other wonders, unimaginable just 50 years ago, therefore the divine spirit can do a lot more between other spirits to spirit in heaven, or what oneness Christ has with his disciples and God, Holy Ghost, and God's legions of angels.

He prays for their safe keeping and states that he was able to save all except Judas (" _They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.... none of them is lost, but the_ _son of perdition_ _; that the scripture might be fulfilled.")_. He expects his disciples to find others, who are also of not of this world (" _I also sent them into the world_."). He therefore instructs us to not only nurture our seed of Light, but help others with the Light in them.

_17_ _:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:_

17:23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

17:24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

17:25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

17:26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

→ Jesus again states his immortal beginnings and the ability of consciousness to indwell with each other. When he states that the " _glory which thou gavest me I have given them",_ he is stating an aspect of conscious or perception of joy in their united comprehension of God's identity and works that are glorious to behold and that if we connect to Christ as a branch to a vine, all that is that vine, Christ, will be and flow in us - a truly privileged position.

18:1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.

18:2 And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.

18:3 Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.

18:4 Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?

18:5 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.

18:6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.

→ It shows that even the Romans feared Jesus ([18:6] " _they went backward, and fell to the ground._ "), having heard of his miraculous powers to cure and possibly to kill by sheer will, initially fearing him as a god. It was also unnerving to hear Jesus aggressively stating that he was the one that they are seeking, and he seems to insist that they must take him now.

Also notice that in this Gospel, Judas does not identify Jesus with a kiss, but instead Jesus proactively identifies himself. John's depiction of Jesus is not of a crying, fearful, and hiding in the midst of his disciples, type of messiah.

18:7 Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.

18:8 Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:

18:9 That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.

18:10 Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.

18:11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?

→ Jesus again states the importance to keep all his disciples safe (" _let these go their way:_ ") by quickly identifying himself and shielding his disciples behind him.

18:12 Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,

18:13 And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.

18:14 Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.

18:15 And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: that disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace of the high priest.

18:16 But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter.

18:17 Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man's disciples? He saith, I am not.

18:18 And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter stood with them, and warmed himself.

18:19 The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine.

18:20 Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.

18:21 Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said.

18:22 And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?

18:23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?

18:24 Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.

18:25 And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not.

18:26 One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him?

18:27 Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew.

→ The " _other disciple_ ", other than Peter, who followed Jesus, is not identified, but was probably John, the author. John identifies himself later on, again as that other disciple as being himself (" _so did another disciple: that disciple was known unto the high priest_ ,"). John did this as part of the modest virtue of not bearing witness to oneself. Not naming himself outright was also John's way of not aggrandizing himself.

The detailed account of the judgment dialogues can only be explained by having John as a witness, attending all of Jesus' hearings, or that Christ later revealed the dialog to John after his Resurrection, or after Christ promised to no longer talk in parables, but to speak plainly to his disciples.

Sadly, we are given the sordid details of deceit, agendas, and shallow worldly manipulation of our Savior. The level of pettiness detailed speaks true authenticity. Jesus mocks their pretentious justice system by pointing out the stilted formal interrogation aimed to crucify him no matter what he says.

18:28 Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.

18:29 Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man?

18:30 They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not

have delivered him up unto thee.

18:31 Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:

18:32 That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die.

→ The Jews quite often practiced putting sinners to death by stoning but here they lie, saying that by their Jewish law they can't put any man to death. The Pharisees wish to blame the Romans for Jesus' death, in case in the future, the Christians will seek revenge on them. Also Jews seemed to never have used crucifixion but perhaps they want Jesus crucified out of malice or to fulfill prophecy, under the misunderstanding that his death will reunited the lost tribes or Israel.

To fulfill destiny, Jesus must be condemned by the Romans, who often crucified criminals. As stated in [18:14] Caiaphas foolishly believes in using Jesus as a tool to force God's hand, utilizing his flawed understanding of the prophecy of the crucifixion of the Messiah, to recall back the scattered Jews back to Israel and heaven in Israel (" _it was expedient that one man should die for the people._ "). Oddly, nations at the conclusion of WWII, and also by today's evangelists, tried and are trying to do the same: trying to accelerate the Day of Judgment, Armageddon, and the "Christian Rapture" in Revelation by the creation of Israel and the building of the Temple. Instead Caiaphas achieved the utter leveling of some parts of Jerusalem, and therefore one can reasonably expect the evangelists and others will make the same mistake, perhaps bringing destruction to Israel again without the return of any Messiah. It takes foolish hubris to believe a human can quicken the hand of God.

18:33 Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?

18:34 Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me?

18:35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?

18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

→ Jesus never states that he was " _the King of the Jews_ ". But he answers and logically replies that if he was truly their king, then he would not be standing bound before them. But Jesus admits to being a king of another kingdom that is not of this world (leaving Satan as the prince of it) and therefore should not be a treat to Rome and should not be judged by Rome or by Pilate. Also, Jesus leaves evil (and Satan) alone, in accord to Revelation and Matthew [13:30-40] " _Let both_ [the good and the evil] _grow together until the harvest:... so shall it be in the end of this world._ "), uninterrupted so that the chaff (evil souls) can be separated from the good souls and be given the second death only at the final judgment.

The zealots and Pharisees believed in making their "sacred land", Israel, great, having good overcome evil before the end-time, somewhat like most false Christians who believe that they will be protected from evil, and have evil is punished, and be rewarded in their own time. But John wrote in Revelation (" _Let both_ [the good and the evil] _grow together until the harvest_ ").

18:37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

18:38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.

→ Pilate see Jesus as harmless and perhaps eccentric man who is not a treat to the Roman Empire, since Jesus is talking about vague ideal and concepts, saying, " _I should bear witness unto the truth_ ".

But the Jews want prophecy to be fulfilled, and do not want Jews fighting Jews, or his followers seeking revenge on the court of the Pharisees if they killed Jesus directly with their own hands instead.

18:39 But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?

18:40 Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.

→ Pilate believing Jesus to be an innocent eccentric proposes that the Jews should free him, but oddly, he stacks the cards against Jesus by calling Jesus " _the king of Jews_ ". For the majority of non-followers of Christ in the crowd, this title must have evoked insults and anger. No wonder they instead demanded the release of Barabbas just because they hated hearing the meek Jesus called " _the king of Jews_ ". It seems Pilate was either stupid or really wanted to taunt the Jews and to anger them by calling and placing a plaque stating Jesus as their King. Pilate places a plaque on his cross " _King of Jews_ " in three languages to boldly insult them again.

19:1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.

19:2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,

19:3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.

19:4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.

19:5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!

→ The Romans seem to hate the Jews, beating and mocking Jesus with a cruel crown of thorns. Again Pilate, like his soldiers, insults the Jews by showing off their Jesus as bloodied meek man with a mock-up and insulting " _crown of thorns"_ as their "King of the Jews".

The crown of thorns been placed on Jesus head could be Satan's revenge on Jesus for rejecting Satan's temptations in the wilderness. In the other Gospels' account of Jesus in the wilderness, Satan tried and failed to temp Jesus with the title of King of the Earth.

19:6 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.

19:7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

19:8 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;

19:9 And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.

19:10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? Knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?

_19:11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above:_ _therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin._

→ Pilate reacts with fear when the Jews deny Jesus as their King and simply state that " _We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God."_ Pilate as a Roman believes in Gods, and has heard much about Jesus, as his soldiers fell back in fright when Jesus bravely insisted that they arrest him. Jesus' had been preaching for years and performing miracles witnessed by many, including Roman soldiers.

Jesus has incomprehensible divine compassion towards Pilate. Jesus sees the fear in Pilate and tries to assure him that he is not committing a sin and kindly tell him _"therefore he_ [Judas and the Pharisees] _that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin."_

19:12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.

19:13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.

19:14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!

19:15 But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.

→ Pilate sees something different in the divine bravery and confidence of Jesus, but he still refers to Jesus as the King of the Jews (" _Jews, Behold your King!"_ ) to beg them to release him or to mock the Jews. I really don't know.

Since Judas did not betray Jesus, but it stated that Satan entered into the heart and later into Judas at the last supper to carry out the betrayal, one has to think that perhaps the temptations of Satan in the wilderness were not idle threats, and by turning down Satan's offers of World Power, Satan wanted revenge and initiated a plan to kill Christ via Judas' possession by Satan. Also in Revelation just before the end time, Satan tries to destroy the birth of the new Christ child in Revelation [12:2-5] "... _she being with child cried, travailing in birth... the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born... a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron ..."_

The Gospel of John does not have the account of the 40 days in the wilderness. But one can argue that it was the Pharisees, Satan, and evil in Judas who delivered Jesus to Pilate, and therefore they _"hath the greater sin."_

In desperation, the chief priests declare their allegiance to Caesar, a man who also declared himself God, saying " _We have no king but Caesar._ " They have condemned themselves in the eye of God by swearing belief in Rome's false God, just like they did under Moses while Moses was with God on top of the mountain, which condemned the early Jews to 40 years in the wilderness as punishment for worshiping a false God in the form of a golden calf. The Jews were again dispersed in the "wilderness" in 70 AD until 1948's foundation of Israel.

19:16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.

19:17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:

19:18 Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.

19:19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.

19:20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.

19:21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.

19:22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.

19:23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.

19:24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.

19:25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.

19:26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!

19:27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.

19:28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.

19:29 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.

19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

→ There is very little evidence that Jesus objected to the mortal pains. As a divine being, he existed beyond the worldly senses. Any advanced religious adept has the ability to withdraw his consciousness from his senses and pain. Monks can voluntarily martyr themselves in flames for the right cause. Again, " _the disciple_ " is not identified, but is again known to be John, loved by Christ, known as John the Beloved, the author of this Gospel. This is also typical of John, as one should not be a witness of oneself (identify or give credit to oneself), since it would bragging.

Jesus wore a seamless robe as a High Priest (Leviticus 21 commanded the High Priest to wear a seamless robe.) He whore this expensive High Priest robe when he lectured many times in the synagogues, without any former dispute by the Pharisees.

It is again strange, that Christ calls his mother " _Woman_ " for the second time. He called Mary woman when she asked for the water to wine wedding miracle. This time he says, " _Woman, behold thy son!"_ It seems reminiscent to when Adam first named the companion God made for him in the garden, naming her " _Woman_ ", meaning coming from man. Adam later renamed Woman as Eve.

Coincidentally, Jesus' first miracle involved making wine at a wedding feast, and now Christ's blood miraculously becomes part our salvation during the Revelation wedding feast for Christ for the arrival of the City of God, his bride.

19:31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

19:32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.

19:33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:

19:34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.

→ Christ died fairly quickly on the cross because he was brutally beaten before being crucified. Blood and water from the lungs is an indication of pericardial and pleural effusion, or water around heart and lungs due to blood loss from torture. The details " _came there out blood and water._ " are medically true. So later on, Jesus resurrects his own dead body, which was drained of blood via brutal torture and piercing.

19:35 And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.

19:36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.

19:37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.

→ John is referencing Zechariah [12:10] _"And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me_ [Christ] _whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him_ [Christ] _, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for_ [God's] _his firstborn."_

19:38 And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.

19:39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.

19:40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.

19:41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.

19:42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.

20:1 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.

20:2 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the LORD out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.

20:3 Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre.

20:4 So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.

→ Notice that in this Gospel, there is no mention of any Roman soldiers specially assigned to secure the tomb.

John identifies himself wining the leg race with Peter to the tomb, by not naming the disciple (" _to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved_ "). The race seems propelled with some enthusiasm; since there is a playful competition between John and Peter (" _the other disciple did outrun Peter,")_. It seems like John truly believes that the crucifixion is something to be joyous about, and that is why they are joyously having a playful race.

20:5 And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.

20:6 Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,

20:7 And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.

20:8 Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.

20:9 For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.

20:10 Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.

→ As assumed, the disciples accept the events _._ Although Christ talked about laying down and raising himself many times, John states that " _they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead._ ", stating that the disciples were not aware that Christ would soon be transformed and resurrected. But looking at the number of times Christ told his disciples about his ability to raise his own dead body, even John seems still clueless, perhaps they forgot in fear of a possible Roman and Jewish persecution, as later stated in, [20:19] the " _disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews_ ".

20:11 But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,

20:12 And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.

20:13 And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my LORD, and I know not where they have laid him.

20:14 And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.

20:15 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.

20:16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.

20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

→ Angels finally appear by Jesus. Jesus's body is the process of being transformed physically, since Mary tried to touch him but Christ asked her to wait (" _Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended_ "). He may have been in a form of energy, semi-physical in a form that can be acceptable to God, the Father, as the Son of God. Later on after the transformation was completed, he allows his disciples to touch him. In Luke [8 46]: " _And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me._ " - is another instance where Christ's body seems to contain a divine source of unusual power that can be tapped with a touch. Scientifically, the worldly-wise could interpret Christ as a beyond physical plane, multi-dimensional or divine alien.

20:18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the LORD, and that he had spoken these things unto her.

20:19 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

→ Note that Jesus appears to have entered a locked room. He is divinely able to defy material barriers and appears in their midst. There is no mention of anyone unlocking the door to allow him to enter. His disciples witnessed him walking on water, transporting them instantaneously to a shore; disappear from a crowd, so this should not be that strange to them.

20:20 And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side.

Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the LORD.

20:21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

20:22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:

20:23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

→ It is strange that the resurrected Christ retained scars (" _he shewed unto them his hands and his side._ "), on the other hand, Christ has been seen in more than one form to his disciples, for example: with Moses, to Mary Magdalene at the tomb, across the shore. Later on it seems this was done for the benefit of Thomas, stating " _Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe._ "

Jesus breathes the Holy Ghost into his disciples in the same way God breathed Life into Adam (" _he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: 20:23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained._ ") By God's breath " _The first man Adam became a living being;_ ", and the redeemed Adam lineage [Jesus] breathes the truth spirit in men. The disciples, as sons of God, are given the ability to forgive sins, just as the Son of God, the Christ. By the breath of Holy Ghost, Christ is giving them the gift to start their mission of miracles and healing sins, " _as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you"._

The Holy Ghost can impart this gift to others, as stated in Joel [2:28] for the end days: _"And it shall come to pass afterward, I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions"._

20:24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

20:25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the LORD.But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.

20:26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.

20:27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.

20:28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My LORD and my God.

20:29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

→ Again Christ materializes instantaneously in their midst: "... _came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst_ ". One can assume that the Spirit of Truth will enable us to believe in Christ or God without having seen Christ firsthand. This is our hope in studying John's writings and nurturing the Light inside by listening to God with sincerity, emptied of worldly concerns, vanities, ego thoughts, desires, and interests.

The description of the hands containing the nail wound, " _see in his hands the print of the nails"_ seems to reinforce the traditional image of crucifixion, having nails through the palm of the hands, unless " _in hands_ " also includes the wrist. Recently archaeological evidence suggests that the nail was driven into the wrist of the hands, rather than into the palm. Perhaps John's definition of a hand, back then, included the wrist, or the soldiers just adlibbed in their cruelty.

20:30 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:

20:31 But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son ofGod; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

21:1 After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself.

21:2 There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples.

21:3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.

21:4 But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.

21:5 Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No.

21:6 And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.

21:7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea.

21:8 And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes.

21:9 As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.

21:10 Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught.

21:11 Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes,

an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.

21:12 Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.

21:13 Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise.

21:14 This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.

→ John states that _"many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:_ ", so first of all, John wrote this Gospel from perfect hindsight and after many other miracles, which he admits, are not mentioned in his Gospel.

As well, John also does not mentions the clear non-parable and non-proverb conversations promised by Christ, John [15:15] _Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you."_ , and soon after, Christ also stated, "John [16:25] _These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father."_

With this perspective timeline on how and when John wrote the Gospel, we can understand the gap in the understanding between the deep spiritual knowledge and state of John the writer many years after receiving the breath of the Spirit of Truth from the resurrected Christ, versus the disciples' state before receiving the breath of the Spirit of Truth, and their childish, amateurish, doubting, and poor understanding and actions accounts of all the disciples, including John.

By believing in Christ one has to believe in his identity which is Light, and by Light one can _"have life through his name."_ John is first to recognize Christ waiting at the shore ( _"that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord._ ") and states that _"This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead."_

_2_ _1:15 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs._

21:16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

21:17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

21:18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdest thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old,

thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.

21:19 This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.

→ Just after having a full meal of fish, Christ asks after " _they had dined"_ if Peter " _lovest thou me more than these_ [, the nice meal of fish] _?_ " Does Peter love his meal of fish more than the Christ? As penance for his betrayal and love of food, to undo his three denial of knowing Jesus at the trial, Christ forces Peter to sacrifice his worldly loves, by asking him to match his three denials with three affirmations to love Christ and feed his sheep, to be faithful and to give up his love of food, (" _Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me?"_ and _"...signifying by what death he should glorify God ...he saith unto him_ [Peter] _, Follow me_ [and lay down your life as a martyr] _."_ ) It is interesting that even after receiving the Holy Spirit of Truth and the power to forgive sins, they are still bound by the vices and weaknesses of their persona, or vestiges of their worldly self. Peter went on to spread the Gospel, imprisoned, and hung on a cross upside down.

His disciples are told, since they now have the Spirit of Truth within them, as matured disciples, they will be following Christ's Way, led by God to where they may not want to go (" _when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not._ "), perhaps to their own martyrdom.

Even in the garden, at Jesus' own arrest, Jesus kept all his disciples out of harm from the Romans, yet all his disciples except John abandoned Christ at the Crucifixion. For their cowardliness and betrayal, they sealed their fate into martyrdom. What is martyrdom? It is to state the truths from the Spirit of Truth, Christ and God, and your willingness to risk your life and be exposed to worldly non-believers, to " _lay down_ " your temporary corporal body for your belief and for the Spirit of Truth. Matthew [16.25] " _For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it._ "

21:20 Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?

21:21 Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?

21:22 Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.

21:23 Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?

21:24 This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.

21:25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.

→ Peter jealously asks, what will happen to John. Christ says that his beloved disciple, John who wrote this Gospel, is not destined to die but will wait [ _tarry_ ] for Christ. Christ sees that Peter, and perhaps the other disciples as well, seem to be upset, so Christ responded by saying: " _If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?"_ Even at this point at the very end, Christ had to defend for his favoritism, by basically saying: "If I decide that John should not die, but wait for me, what's it to you?" - how authentic!

John did indeed live in exile to also write Revelation.

GOSPEL OF JOHN CONCLUSION

Christ did not write his own versions of Gospel or Revelation for good reasons, since as Light, the darkness of the worldly-wise cannot comprehend any written message regarding the spirit. It is very naive for me or others to believe that any writing or showing of miracles can facilitate any salvation or belief in a conscious living Christ and God. Only you can, with your faith/belief that the Light or spiritual consciousness is real, by nurturing it, exercising it, spending time with it, and being true to your spiritual self as a son of God who listens to and obeys God with your whole body, mind and spirit. The Spirit of Truth, being the Holy Ghost, will teach you all that is needed as a son of God in their quiet moments of meditation.

Paul, who was not a disciple of Christ and never saw Jesus in person, was instrumental in creating modern Christianity. There were some disagreement between Peter and Paul. I don't know if John had any dialog with Paul. The Roman Empire took over Christianity, as a means of consolidating their rule using religious beliefs instead of force.

Christ warned us about using words literally. So how can we believe in Christ merely by stating a stream of words? To believe in Christ, we have to be a witness/seer/believer of Christ, witnessing and seeing the Light and God in Christ, using our cultivated Light and in the intense meditative state of listening to the still quiet voice of God. We must be able to truly " _hear"_ or " _see_ " in an awakened state, the Christ or God, and " _knock"_ on the Christ, the door and the Way, to the " _pasture"_ or Heaven.

If we are in or of the darkness then we cannot _comprehend_ or believe in Christ, the Spirit of Truth, and God because God is Light _"And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not."_

Since darkness cannot enter heaven, Earth is a an odd triage to separate the chaff and the weeds from the good fruit and seeds, or a playground where all of the evil and good souls and the sons of God are allowed to exist together till the end times for the arrival of the City of God, to prove their worthiness on Earth by their good deeds to be chosen to enter new Heaven or to be cast into the darkness or second death. Revelation [22:10-12] " _Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. [11] He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. [12] And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be."_

John's Revelation reveals the details regarding the City of God, the second death, and the final judgment as stated by Christ in Matthew [13:30-40] _"Let both_ [the good and the evil] _grow together until the harvest:... He that sows the good seed is the Son of man; 38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; 39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil;_ _the harvest is the end of the world_ _; and the reapers are the angels. 40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire;_ _so shall it be in the end of this world._ ").

May we consciously decide and will to become a loving co-creator in God's universes.

GOSPEL OF JOHN - END
THE FIRST EPISTLE OF THE APOSTLE JOHN

Introduction:

It seems only fair to also include his three short letters/epistles, to see if there are any additional insights or contradictions in his belief system, assuming the letters were indeed written by John the apostle.

1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;

1:2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)

1:3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

1:4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.

1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

→ He states that Christ was the " _Word of life_ ", since he has the light of God in him. The Word from the Genesis 1 beginning which was used to say " _let there be light_ ". He also stated that God _"is light"_ and confirms that Christ's blood cleans us of our sins, which is a little different from single sin forgiveness, like the living waters from Christ washes out all our sins, rather than remove or scrub out one sin at a time. It is closer to the idea of being wholly reborn, freed of sin, rather than being an adult scrubbed free of one digression/sin at a time. In other words, it alludes to a whole being consciousness healing from all thoughts of evil in our existing corporal hearts and brain – a kind of a ←off - on → Light switch. If this is true, then why have the Book of Life in Revelation to judge the deeds of souls to determine if the soul can enter the City of God? Because verse [1:7] states the prerequisite conditions. It states that we must:

1 - walk (using the Way of Christ) in

2 - the Light of Christ (in us), and

3 - have loving fellowship one with another

This is a life of loving one another as yourself, not with evil judgments but with a steady peaceful relationship with others that will occupy Heaven with you. Only then will " _the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin."_ In other words, have the Way, the Truth, and the Light or Life of Christ in you, so that his blood will do the complete cleansing of your sins to allow you to enter the City of God and the New Heaven.

1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1:10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

It confirms the need for a conscious honest acknowledgment and repentance to our past sins, in other words you cannot be in darkness or in denial of your darkness when asked to be forgiven, but must be in both your own honest humbleness and light, and the Light of Christ for the cleansing to happen. We know that it takes a conscious acknowledgment of our faults before we can make a resolution to improve. Invite the Spirit of Truth to shed light on your sins, ask it before going to sleep.

2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

_2:2 And he is the propitiation_ [redemption] _for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world._

2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

2:5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

2:6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

→ John emphasizes _"keepeth his word"_ referring the Word as containing Light, to walk the walk, or live about in this life physically in the manner as Christ carried out his life (His Way), in the love of his commandments – to love one another as being the same as oneself, unselfishly without a worldly persona or identity, and to love God, and not have the Spirit of Rebellion of Lies (Satan). Whereas Christ is our sins' forgiver and " _if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:_ _advocate with the Father",_ whereas Satan is our accuser before God (see Job).

2:7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.

2:8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.

2:9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.

2:10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.

2:11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.

→ In the Light, one should automatically love our brother and knows where one is going in the world scene, willed by the Father. Being in the Light, is a whole being state, as a state of consciousness that affects the lower emotions of hate and judgment, and ignorance in how to serve God and to see clearly God's path for us. He again states that the _darkness"_ is not a physical darkness outside, but it is a darkness inside us that makes us hate our brother and in the absence of " _light_ " disables our ability to see clearly our path to salvation. That hate is also the result of our ability to judge and condemn for whatever justification we invent. This was done after inheriting the knowledge of good and evil from Adam, which was in Cain resulting in the murder of his brother Abel. Such hate cannot exist in in those wishing to enter Heaven.

2:12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

2:13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.

2:14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.

→ John is writing to a known audience of believers in Christ, and sons of God, so he does not need to repeat the belief system, but is only reminding his readers of the Way.

2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 2:17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

→ As Christ stated, a Christian should hate his life among the sinners and unbelievers, but still have love for all of them. One loves all animals, even when an animal does a vile act, by understanding their nature. The lust of the temporary physical body _"of the world"_ is not the same as the love in our eternal spirit body.

As well according to Revelation and Matthew [13:30-40] " _Let both_ [the good and the evil] _grow together until the harvest:..."_ , so Evil is allowed to roam unpunished, in heaven and earth, till the end times, because, as Christ said, the weeds will not be pulled out before the final harvest, just in case the act of pulling a weed will damage the sons of God's good seeds shown by Christ. Even Satan and his fallen angels are also allowed to stay in Heaven, right up to the very end times, when Michael the archangel defeats and ejects them out of Heaven. So, why hate your brother if God has mercifully willed to give them the maximum time till the end. You should love your brothers in patience like God, to allow them time to redeem themselves before the harvest. In the spirit meditative presence, entertaining focused hate is impossible, only a deep understanding of the love of whole is possible within that state.

2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

2:20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.

2:21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

2:23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.

→ John is warning against many Antichrists, who as non-believers are temporal, as an indicator of the end times, " _we know that it is the last time."_

In reference to " _But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things._ ", one can refer to the Barby Translation of John [2:27], which states "... _the unction_ [,one who is anointed or holy and teaches, or the Holy Ghost or Spirit of Truth,] _which ye have received from him abides in you, and ye have not need that any one should teach you; but as the same unction teaches you as to all things, and is true and is not a lie, and even as it has taught you, ye shall abide in him."_ So John is stating that his letter is being sent to only those who already have received the truth form the Spirit of Truth and therefore " _ye know all things."_

2:24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.

2:25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.

2:26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.

2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

→ John is writing to a select audience that have been with God _"from the beginning"_ as from the beginning of time, are already the sons of God, to forever retain that Light which is eternal from the beginning, " _shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father._ ". He is also stating the true source of knowledge comes from God, the Light and the Holy Ghost (" _from the Holy One_ "), rather from the written and spoken words of the worldly wise. The Light, or awakened reborn consciousness in you, lets you know in your heart, the truth of life and reality, while the worldly wise's known utilitarian commonsense knowledge ("y _e need not that any man teach you"_ ).

2:28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

2:29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.

3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

→ John describes them, as a stranger in a material world (" _the world knoweth us not")_ , as sons of God, we wait to become like our Father (" _we shall be like him_ [Christ]"), and witness each other. Also, he warns us to be in the proper "garment" (spiritual state) " _when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed_ [and naked] _before him at his coming._ " Since they are already sons of God in Christ, he states that his followers " _shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is."_

3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

3:5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.

3:6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.

3:7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

→ Hope in Christ can purify us, while sin leads to the works and being of the devil (spirit of rebellion and Satan), and to become an enemy of Christ. It confirms the fact that God had let evil be evil be until the end times since God has not ousted the devil, " _for the devil sinneth from the beginning"._ In Revelation's harvest, Christ " _the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil"._

By saying that one " _sinneth_ [if one] _hath not seen him_ ", which is similar to the statement said by Christ in John's Gospel, that by not witnessing, seeing God in Christ, or believing in Christ is sin enough. He also states that to be forgiven of sin and sin no more, one must have Christ in us and us in Christ, in that if we " _abideth in him_ [the Christ, we] _sinneth not"._

3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

3:10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

3:11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

→ A son of God should have difficulty in committing a lie, sin, and hate his brother, but will love one another; otherwise we cannot become all one in Heaven. He states that the souls of the sons or God are the symbolic "good seed" reference by stating " _his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God."_ in the parables, especially the parable of Matthew [13:3-9] " _Behold, a sower went forth to sow; And when he sowed, some_ _seeds_ _fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear._ "

3:12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

3:13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.

3:14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

3:15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

3:16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

→ He states " _Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer"_ and will not " _lay down our lives for the brethren",_ is essentially saying that the holy are devoid of selfish thought, or any instinct to look after their worldly physical life and ego, but see mankind as an extension of their whole being, to love others enough to sacrifice oneself for others, since they see their corporal self as a limited temporal illusion of a semi-sleeping self/ego containing solely a shallow web of worldly relationships and persona; whereas the holy sons of God instead sees their spiritual brothers as an extension of their own spiritual being, and as stated " _He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.",_ or the second death in Revelation.

3:17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

3:18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

3:19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

3:20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

3:21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.

→ John points out that if your heart is heavy with guilt and condemns us, then God assuredly also knows much more about our sins. The book of Life has a record of all the deeds that Christ will use to judge us. We are accountable for our deeds or omissions, and if we change our ways in time, Christ will heal us and let us enter the City of God. Love in deed, not just in mind or words.

3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

3:23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

3:24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given

us.

4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

4:2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

→ We are warned and reminded that not all spirits and prophets are good. You can test the source by the pureness of their Christian beliefs, in other words avoid atheists, other religions, and the unloving vile. He who " _dwelleth in him, and he in him"_ should be able to verify this in his spirit as being true. It also seems to suggest that one should be careful in communicating with spirits, since some spirits or ghosts may be evil, so _"try the spirits whether they are of God"._

4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

4:5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

4:6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

4:7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

4:9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

_4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation_ **[atonement]** _for our sins._

4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

4:12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

4:13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

→ The divine in you is greater than what you are outside. He who hears and sees God is a son of God, and therefore God listens to him. God created us in love, he sent his Son in love as well, and expects us to love each other, Christ, and God in return. It is in this manner that we get to see God in Christ, and not perish, and allows us to merge in consciousness to dwell/sup in each other's presence and being, as we did from the beginning of time Revelation [3:20] _"Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me."_ You should feel a sense of loneliness increasing between the times of " _knocking"_ to spend some time in meditation, prayer, and in your spirit listening to God. We should learn to know to recognize the " _spirit of truth_ [Holy Ghost] _and the spirit of error [Satan and] devils in our lives_ " in our lives _._

4:14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

4:15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.

4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

4:17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

4:19 We love him, because he first loved us.

4:20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

4:21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

5:1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.

5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

→ John confirms his belief in getting us ready for the final day of judgment, urging " _our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment",_ along with good deeds of love for our brothers, Christ, and God.

5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

5:5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

5:6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.

5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

5:8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and

the blood: and these three agree in one.

→ Light nor comprehended by darkness is in Genesis, but some translations state that Light overcame the darkness, so here it stated that those who have the Light will be able to overcome the world's evil. In your divine consciousness, physical phenomena are seen an illusion and untrue.

The statement " _the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one."_ is a bit different from the Father, Christ, and the Holy Ghost being one in the Trinity, as we believe, unless one equates the Word as being Christ. Christ is often equivalent to the Light and Life, and sometimes is referred as the Word John [1:3] _"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.... All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made."_ John in this verse is referring to Christ. So in that respect, Christ should be more exactly equated as the Word. This makes sense since it is said that nothing was created without the Word or Christ as the commandment, or creative instrument, or essence of conceptualization or information. But the Gospel of John states that Christ is not just one aspect but all three within each other. So first, Christ is the Way to God, and secondly Christ abides in God the Light and God the Light is in Christ, and thirdly " _the Holy Ghost_ " or the Spirit of Truth is also in Christ. Our salvation is in having the same three divine components in us, by believing and seeing the Trinity of Christ.

5:9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.

5:10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.

5:11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

5:12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

5:13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

→ Our eternal life or divinity is only within the consciousness or Life of Christ, in other words the eternal life is in our loving companionship relationship with God, which has Christ and the Holy Spirit abiding in each other.

5:14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

5:15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

5:16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.

5:17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.

5:18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

5:19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

→ There are some sins that are hard to be forgiven (" _There is a sin unto death"_ ), sins that the sinner never ceases to repeat or repent, self-destructive sins, that if God forgives does not cleans the soul to become closer to God. Self-condemnation or suicide, are such examples. Christ often forgave sins but reminded us to sin no more. But in pure Love, one should pray for all sins to be forgiven, and pray that God can help that poor soul.

If you are with God, God will protect you (" _God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not."_ )

John ends with the warning to no have idols in front of you that will obscure your vision of God and keep you apart from God.
THE SECOND EPISTLE OF THE APOSTLE JOHN

1:1 The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;

1:2 For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.

1:3 Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

1:4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.

1:5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

1:6 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.

1:7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

→ John mentions that we should walk in truth and love with one another. Even in John's later life, many began denying that Jesus ever existed. The non-believing Jews shut out the Christians from attending the synagogues, and probably also denied Jesus ever existed (" _For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh.")_.

1:8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

1:9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

1:10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:

1:11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

1:12 Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.

1:13 The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.

→ Abiding to the doctrine of Christ is following Christ's Way, and by this then one can have Christ and God in us. One is committing the sin of omission, when one tells someone who preaches against the doctrine and the belief in Christ, "good luck", and by it, tells the one to go ahead spread their evil beliefs. In that situation, to not commit this sin of omission, one should have voiced the truth about Christ and God, and try correct their errors. (" _For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.")_

John's letter is very short, ending by stating that he prefers to have face to face conversations instead.

THE THIRD EPISTLE OF THE APOSTLE JOHN

1:1 The elder unto the well beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.

1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

1:3 For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.

1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

1:5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;

1:6 Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:

1:7 Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.

1:8 We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellow helpers to the truth.

1:9 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.

1:10 Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.

1:11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

1:12 Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true.

1:13 I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee:

1:14 But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name.

→ This letter from John describes the hardships of rejections experienced by his friends. This letter is also very short, and again he ends it by stating that he prefers to have face to face conversations instead.

EPISTLES OF JOHN – END
APPENDIX
THE CHRISTIAN BELIEF SYSTEM, EVENTS, AND DEFINITIONS

John's belief system comprises of a set of beliefs, events, and definitions. We must keep in mind the dangers of dissecting truth from dead written words, but they can become questions for you to ask your Spirit of Truth or Holy Ghost to teach and guide you into true understanding.

God:

God is, as God states: " _I am that I am", "I am a jealous God", "_ _God is light_ _; in him there is no darkness at all.", "God created the heavens and the earth.", "Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.", "God of gods.", "LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God"._

God, the " _I am that I am",_ has no material face or a physical representative image, but Christ from God, has God in him to allow us to see the Light, the divine consciousness, or the face of God through Christ and not perish. From the personality of Christ, one can derive the "persona" of God, as the light and life → love.

**God as a creator:** If God is the creator of reality or the stream of traceable determinism, then emergent material consciousness does not apply to Him, being the creator of darkness (the void), matter (the physical realities) and consciousness (the Light, _God is light; in him there is no darkness at all."_ ). So, no created material concept, experience, existence, concepts, or consciousness can represent God. The consciousness of Christ and God, are not identifiable within anything in the materialistic or spiritual worlds, any relationships within these worlds, or any of the emotions, thoughts, concepts or ideas. Having no darkness in God, as beyond the pure Light like Christ, the darkness or worldly-wise cannot _comprehend_ or properly obey or do His Will, love, and worship God. All souls with the Light, humbly worship God around his throne in the conscious realization that without God, they and all of creation would cease to exist, except _"by every word that comes from the mouth of God." -_ Matthew [4:4].

**God as a destroyer:** since no one can see the face of God and survive, the face or gaze of God is used to destroy the old earth and heaven, and in the last judgment's final death, the second death (John [1:18] " _No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.",_ John [4:12] _"No man hath seen God at an time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.",_ Revelation [20:11-15] _"...from whose face_ [of God] _the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. [12] And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out..._ [by] _books_ [ and ] _book of life:.... according to their works...were cast into the lake of fire...the second death... whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.",_ Proverbs [9:10] _"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom...",_ and Matthew [10:28] _"... fear him_ [God] _which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell."_ This is the second death. Also God, as the Gardener, God is presented as the creator of Adam which later is the redeemed Christ by stating in John [15:1] "... _my Father is the husbandman [Gardener]. 15:2 Every branch in me_ [Christ] _that beareth not fruit he [Gardener_ [God] _] taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he_ [God] _purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 15:3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 15:5 I_ [Christ] _am the vine, ye_ [us] _are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. 15:6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned_ [by the Second Death] _. 15:7 If ye abide in me_ [Christ] _, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you."_ So God is the creator and destroyer, making Adam and Christ, and the lineage of the sons of God [abide in Christ and God] and sons of Man [the good seeders], the Christ, to enter the City of God in Revelation.

**God as a personal God:** Since John mentions quite often that God resides in Christ and Christ with all his three aspects, the Way, the Truth, and the Life, can also be in you, as a son of God, a son of Adam, and a son of Man, who seeds the good seeds. As a personal God, Mark in [12:30] states "... _thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment._ " In other words, cease to be like Adam, repent your evil judgments and deeds, and cease blaming God for your faults, as done my Adam in Genesis [3:10-12] Adam states " _I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. ..._ [then God asks] ... _Who told thee that thou wast naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat? ..._ [then Adam replied] _, "The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate._ " In this passage, immediately after consuming the ability to make judgment for himself as to whether something is Good or Evil, Adam judges God's creation of Adam to be naked and becomes fearful (the beginning of Man's _"weeping and gnashing of teeth"_ ), hides his self-condemnation, lies to and blames God, and then blames another, "the Woman".

**God as a child:** God is never presented by Christ as an old bearded overbearing patriarch, but instead presents a Heaven populated with the pure minds of babes. The Gospels repeat notion that one must be a babe, reborn again anew, to enter Heaven, have God in us, and have the knowledge of the Spirit of Truth. God is the raw creative imagination or force most often seen in our very young children's imagination. The manipulating rich, worldly-wise, judgmental, violent, and liars among us are not allowed to be with God, but God allows babes, children, pure in heart, forgiving, accepting, joyful, and positive souls, similar to God, to reside in God (the light), Christ (the Way), and the Spirit of Truth/Holy Ghost (the Truth). References regarding these creative pure in heart babes: in Matthew [11:25] Jesus states _"I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes.",_ in John [3:5] Jesus states _"...unless one is born of water_ [from Christ] _and the Spirit_ [of Truth] _, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.",_ in Luke [17:1] Jesus says _"it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.",_ and lastly in Matthew [18:3] _"Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven."_ and Matthew [19:13] Jesus states " _Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them;_ _for of such is the kingdom of heaven_ _._ "

Word:

The Word can be interpreted but not limited to information, concepts, commands, and knowledge. It should be a low entropy, less chaotic, highly structured state. As information, it defines and describes what is created.

In the Gospel of John

1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.

1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

1:4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men."

Christ refers to the Word as the command or Will of God, which Christ listens, obeys, and lives by the Word that is with God. Matthew [4:4] states _"Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God."_ Christ also defines those who listen to God, as being all sons of God, and those who in his name seed the good seeds or deeds are the sons of Man.

Light:

The Light, or the divine consciousness of God, is Christ's consciousness ( _"_ _God is light_ _; in him there is no darkness at_ all."). While Light is a word used as a force/energy that allows awareness to perceive reality, nowadays, one would more simply call it "consciousness". Matthew [6:22] states " _The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light."_ Meaning that _"thine eye be single",_ so that your conscious identifications or personas of your being (eye) should be singular (single) and united, or having a contiguous (sameness/united) consciousness, united Self in the Present Moment (singular I AM) and not possessed with multiple identities or personal "demons".

The " _light"_ is not just the normal waking state consciousness, but a state in which God's presence in God's world is perceived, as in " _witnessing the Light_ ". "A _nd the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it_ [Light] _not._ " - in other words, darkness, or the worldly beings, cannot comprehend that which it cannot experience or have in its being, the consciousness of Life and Light, or the " _I AM_ " that is a non-emergent consciousness, independent of creation, as the creator.

It does not say that darkness or demons will not recognize the "Light" enough to not identify those who have it and therefore not persecute them, since evil legions in the possessed, are all frightened by the Light, recognized, and named of Christ. It just means that that the darkness have nothing of it in them to enable them to comprehend it. Some Bible translations have replaced " _comprehend_ " with " _overcome_ " - a typical worldly-wise interpretation emphasizing physical action, emotions and violence, rather than the essence of Christ's Light/Consciousness.

One should remember that God has not only created all of the material multi-dimensional worlds/universes/souls, but the whole spectrum of subjective experiences or consciousness from which all the created living, and perhaps darkness, that His creations can pick from.

Adam and Eve's first fear (embarrassment) and anger (disapproval) was described only after they ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, by this acquired new ability to judge themselves and others and God, they are able to decide and freely judge their own sin/nakedness/shame, enabled by that knowledge and the subsequent ability. The freedom to criticize or make judgment is not gray, but black and white, true or false, good or bad, which is a quick to judgment type of binary thinking, rather than having a wider merciful contextual judgment within the grand scheme of God's creation. It is an ignorant judgment that results in the spirit of rebellion.

The Tree of Good and Evil, may have some aspect of consciousness, since one has to "see or hear" it with the light in order to judge it. Christ Consciousness is also tied to the other tree, the Tree of Life, since from Him comes eternal life, and sustenance (breath of Holy Ghost, Living Water, the Bread of Life).

Although, Jesus within the lineage of Adam and by the consumption of the Knowledge of Good and Evil (judgment) becomes the Righteous Judge, as the Christ in Revelation, assigned to judge all of the lineage of Adam (I. e. us). The Tree of Life is a symbol or representative for the life experience, higher/god Christ Consciousness, which when we have it, makes all past sins and judgment impossible to comprehend when we are within that Consciousness or state, and therefore achieving the promised conscious immortality in the Light. It may also be related to the meditative consciousness or state, in which one is unable to judge or be aware of sin. That deep meditative state, akin to Christ Consciousness, by being self-cleansing and forgiving.

The goal is to get to as close to God's consciousness via Christ Consciousness/Light, to let it become our _"wedding garment"_ that Christ states that we must wear to qualify in being chosen for entering into the City of God, and not have the second death in Revelation.

Life:

This is represented in relation to Light, Breath, and the breath of God. If darkness did not have the Light/Life and therefore cannot comprehend the Light, then it cannot be a part in the essence of conscious Life which must have Light in it. As well, within Life as consciousness, the best part of it is expressed as Love, just as many have stated, God is the breath of Life/Light and therefore Love, and used Light in creating all that there is. Heaven is also described often by Near Death Experiences (NDE) as a place of pure Love. The dead (material beings) have no life/light in them and therefore cannot comprehend the Light/Life/Love, what they never experienced.

Breath:

Breath is referred in Genesis to have given Life to Adam, as the breath of Life from God.

Biologically used in reference to being essential to all land air breathing creatures, and used once for Adam, as well as when Jesus breathed the Holy Spirit _"And when he had said this, he_ _breathed_ _on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:" -_ just like God breathed into Adam in making his " _living soul_ ".

In this case Christ may be summoning or emitting the Holy Ghost, or Spirit of Truth, to assist them. In consciousness, God, Christ, the Holy Ghost, and all the heavenly beings reside in each other, as One, but not in a physical sense of containment, but in what is capable by the Light or consciousness. Christ may have passed to his disciples what was "in" him. Some have stated that in Near Death Experiences (NDE) experiences that the tunnel of Light is the breath of God.

Water or Living Water, Bread:

Christ says that he is the Water, as the Living Water that comes from him. John [7:37] states " _If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)_ "

It is also used as part of immortality, in never thirsting or eating again. John [6:56] states " _He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him._ " Or in reference to Revelation [3:20] states " _I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me."_ Of course, this is not cannibalism, only the consciousness link between two spirits, or companionship with God, or its antithesis - the spiritual death (second death) if one is separated from the consciousness of God. It points out that Adam's lineage, as sons of Man that sow good seeds for the Kingdom, with Christ as the Son of God, both in combination, bears evidence that through Christ and God, Adam and his lineage will be able to consume the Tree of Life, and through Him/Christ, Adam's lineage can forthwith receive the immortality that was withheld from Adam and Eve because of their disobedience, and in that immortality with no thirst nor hunger, the benefits of that consumed fruit from the Tree of Life is only given upon entering the City of God in Revelation for those good seeds chosen by Christ according to their deeds.

Water is also used in reference to thirst for knowledge, in that Christ answers all questions via the Holy Spirit (also named as the Spirit of Truth by John). Water is also used to clean or cleanse away sin, as used in baptism.

Divine Interventions, Sons of God and Man, and the Generations of Mankind:

Christ is described as the only begotten Son, and Christ defines anyone from God is a son of God, and also defines those who can listen to or are from God, are indeed gods. While God is described as the creator of the Word, Light, and Life, as well as Satan, Angels, and the Universe before Earth. The bible chronicles more than one creation or generations of mankind, via divine interventions:

1 – The first generation in Genesis chapter 1, covers the creation of the universe and on the sixth day on this chapter, is the creation of Man, as the first mankind, coming right after the _cattle and the kind that creepeth_ , this generation of mankind was made in the image of " _us_ " Gods: "Genesis [1 _:26_ ] states _And God said,_ _Let us_ _make man in_ _our_ _image, after_ _our_ _likeness_ _: ... So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.... male and female.."_ It refers to " _us_ " gods, perhaps referring to his angels and Satan before Satan's fall to tempt Eve, otherwise may be referencing to other co-creator gods – being in contradiction to a single creator belief or pointing to a cooperative co-creation act, perhaps with other co-creators (his angels). Also in Genesis 3 _"us"_ is mentioned again after Adam and Eve ate from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, _"And the_ _Lord_ _God said, Behold, the man_ _is become as one of us_ _, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:" The_ bible does not mention other Gods, except in the reference stating that God being a jealous God and perhaps hinting to other Gods, or the sons of God. The Word, Light, and Life were the first real creations, from which or with Christ, Holy Spirit, and Angels could have been created. The first creation of mankind may be classed as the " _Sons of Man_ " unless it should only be used in reference to the pure lineage of Adam, and most likely not the " **Sons of God** ", both mentioned often in the Bible. Matthew [13:30-40] defines " _He that sows the good seed is the Son of man",_ so by this definition this generation may not be entirely sons of Man since God later says that they are full of evil and therefore seed bad/evil seeds. In the first creation of man, God makes both sexes in one action, unlike the second creation of mankind (Adam and Eve). Also there is no mention of hiding the Trees of the fruit of the Knowledge of Good and Evil and other Trees from this mankind generation since they are not in or have access of the special garden east of Eden where Adam and Eve worked.

Also by creating this generation of mankind in the mere "image" of God, it is assumed that these beings made were made with the same image/pattern like the gods, then it may explain how it may be feasible or easier for God, gods (or devils), or sons of gods to enter mankind, as is evidenced by the spirit possessions mentioned by Christ, the exorcisms, and in Matthew [8:31] states " _So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.",_ as lastly how the redemption of sin was practiced in Leviticus [16:21-22] states: " _He is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the wickedness and rebellion of the Israelites—all their sins—and put them on the goats head. He shall send the goat_ [scapegoat] _away into the desert in the care of a man appointed for the task_ [of killing it] _. The goat will carry on itself all their sins_ [devils] _to a solitary place;_ " this indicates the ability of transferring "spirits" of evil/souls or sins to other living forms/images/patterns to be dispatched from the physical earth and mankind.

Genesis [3:29] states " _God created he him; male and female created he them.... male and female ..."_ sexes were created on the same day, in contrast to how God made Adam and Eve.  
The first mankind was made with two sexes in one action, for the purpose of immediate procreation to _"be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion",_ unlike the making of Adam solely to " _till_ " the ground of the garden east of Eden.  
Also on the sixth day, it mentions Genesis [1:30] states _"And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food."_ , which means that God considers all animals to have the breath of life in them, except that for the first creation it does not state that they each had a _"living soul"_. Perhaps, God is elevating beasts closer to the first generation of mankind. This also affirms the possibility of souls or devils being cast into "living" animals (Matthew [8:31] states _"cast us ... into... swine"_ ).

2 - The second generation in Genesis chapter 2, after God's official holy 7th day of rest, being the 8th day, God again makes another Man, as the second creation of mankind. Some scholars think that the double creation of mankind was a biblical typographical error, but considering the pain the scribes went through in making sure copies were true, I prefer to literally interpret it as correct. So while the first chapter of Genesis created the first mankind, Adam and Eve are created in the 2nd chapter of Genesis [2:5] states " _God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground....watered the whole face of the ground. 2:8 God planted a_ _garden eastward in Eden_ _2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and_ _breathed_ _into his nostrils the breath of life; and_ _man became a living soul_ _."._ Genesis [2:15] states that " _the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it._ "

This generation of Man is a direct injection of God by his own living breath, creating a " _living soul_ ", rather than the 5th day creation of mankind " _in his own image"_ , as a special single creation of just one man being uniquely created directly by God, could be defined as a " _Son of God_ ", or could just be another copy of mankind, as a "s _ons of man_ ". God states the reason for creating Adam, as being specifically created as a solitary non-sexual caretaker to look after a special portion or garden east of Eden, containing the Tree of Life (immortality) and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil (judgment). God after making this special man from earth, " _took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.",_ and does not state that Eden was part of earth.

The first generation are not mentioned to have access to the special Trees of God, and one should assume that they are not the typical trees as we know, but trees in another realm. Eden is akin to immortal Heaven protected by angels, since Adam's first sin gets him and Eve banished out to normal earth and death.

Adam as Man and God's gardener for Eden, would have sowed only good seeds in Eden and therefore, as defined by Matthew [13:30-40] " _He that sows the good seed is the Son of man"._ like the other " _sons of Man_ " to come like Jesus, descended from Adam,

3 - The third creation is the creation of Eve from the rib of Adam. Genesis [2:21] states "A _nd the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man._ " as a companion of Adam. This is also very different in how this mankind (Eve) was created, different from the first creation of mankind in chapter 1, where male and female are created in one action together in _"in our likeness...his own image",_ and different in how Adam was created. Adam and Eve become the special workers for His special garden east of Eden. It is assumed that these special trees, including the tree of good and evil, and the tree of life and immortality, were kept from the first creation of mankind created on the 6th day. But by chapter 6, after Adam is banished and breeds in normal earth, God observes that all of mankind has evil in their hearts.

4 - A forth creation of Man is implied, since Adam who was banished from Eden, that special garden they were supposed to look after. They went out somewhere east of Eden. The first sin from the lineage of Adam was committed by Cain. Cain killed Abel his brother. Cain inherited from his parents, Adam and Eve, the Knowledge of Good and Evil. That lineage ability to judge gave him the capacity to be evil in his thoughts, and actions. He judged God and his brother Abel.

In Nod, Cain must have married the first generation of Mankind's daughters created from the sixth day in the first chapter. Since Eve had no daughters when her only living son, Cain, went into Nod. Genesis [4:16] states " _Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch._ " One could call this creation of interbreeding between the offspring of Adam and Eve and the first creation of mankind (that were made with " _Let us make man in_ _our_ _image, after_ _our_ _likeness...in his own_ image"). After Cain left, Eve later had Seth and daughters. One could argue that Adam and Eve's banishment from the garden was a devolution creation/modification change from possible perfection and immortality in Eden, to mortality, due to their disobedience, into our worldly scientific anthropological time-line of human evolution. Here is the beginning for Christ's redemption of Adam's lineage or the sons of God, as branches off the vine of Christ, to be judged by Christ as branches attached to Christ, whether the branches (us) bear fruit or do good deeds and enter the City of God, or not and be cut off from the vine and given the second death in the last judgment, see John [15:1].

5 - This fifth generation is very odd, reminiscent of the virgin Mary being visited and impregnated by the Holy Ghost, because it happens when **the true** " _sons of God_ " breed with the daughters of men. Genesis [6:1] states " A _nd it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, That the_ _sons of God_ _saw the daughters of_ _men_ _that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. And the Lord said,_ _My spirit shall not always strive with man_ _, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown."_ Here these sons of God are gods [some have speculated to also being devils or fallen gods/angels] from heaven, and not definitely not part of Adam's progeny, "impregnate" mankind in the same manner as the Holy Ghost saw the Virgin Mary in creating Jesus. These sons of God create " _mighty men which were of old, men of renown."_ (perhaps referring to Goliath and Samson). Perhaps, the sons of God were the original co-creators with God (" _let us create man"_ ) _,_ since by Christ's definition they are able to listen to the Will of God, or are from God, and therefore can do divine creation or divine interventions like God. This is similar to the ideas of Zeus/God and his lesser gods. Also it states " _My spirit shall not always strive with man_ _, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years._ " which coincides to the scientifically verified limitations of human life - the oldest verifiable person so far has been Jeanne Calment (1875–1997) of France at 122 years old. But immortality is available to anyone, even if one dies, if one has a continuous memory and contiguous identification between incarnations like Christ, in which God's spirit strives forever. Remembrance is a gift from the Spirit of Truth.

6 - The destruction of the first generation of man – an evolutionary change.  
Genesis [6:5] states " _God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them."_ Here God mentions the same assembly of man and his creatures that were created in Genesis chapter 1, on the sixth day, or what seems to include all animals that can breathe air. At this point after eating the fruit of good and evil, and having lesser gods, fallen angels, or general angels breed with mankind, God determines that mankind has evil in their hearts (intent/emotions) and mind (plans/thoughts). It points out that redemption must correct this. It asks us to love one another like oneself - nurturing our fellow seeds/souls that have been planted by Christ, for us to be redeemed and harvested in the end times for entry into the City of God. To this end, it can be assumed that only a select lineage of Adam, who "begat" Noah, are allowed to survive the flood, as well as pairs of other animals in Noah's ark. A destruction of part of mankind is still a type of creation since mankind's evolution as a whole is changed. This is after the " _sons of God_ " inbreeding into Adam's lineage, maybe beginning the redemption of mankind through Noah's family. I am not sure if the first creations of mankind's "genes" are also in Noah's children, along with the "genes" of Adam, Eve, and the true " _sons of God_ ".

God in Genesis [6:11] promises to Noah that "... _neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth."_ At this point or soon after the Exodus, may have decided to let evil be evil and good to be good until the end time harvest for entry into the City of God, as stated in Revelation [22:10-12] " _Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. [11] He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. [12] And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be."_

7 - There is another sub-generation by the selection of Abraham and Sarah, in the selection of one who is able to listen to and fully obey God, enough to be willing to sacrifice his own son, Isaac. God only tests Abraham's hearing and obedience, as a new lineage steam, whether he and his lineage is deserving of the eventual sacrifice of God's own son Jesus the Christ for their salvation. Noah, Abraham, and David are sub-lineages of Adam towards the birth of Jesus. It would seem odd for an all-powerful God to depend on the unfolding struggle of Adam's lineage, but that is for the redemption of human disobedience.

8 - This generation is the creation of Jesus Christ, again being half human (son of Man) and part God (Son of God) via the Holy Spirit of Truth visitation, to redeem/change perhaps only the second of mankind's generation via Mary, Adam's lineage and the generation from the lost _sons of God_ 's lineage, which Christ refers to many times in the Gospel of John, that God wants to " _render unto God... that are God's"_ and _"not of this world_ " (see John [8:22-24]). Jesus refers himself as being both a Son of God and a Son of Man (son of God and Adam). Matthew [13:30-40] defines " _He that sows the good seed is the Son of man"._ One could argue that there may be another generation, after the Spirit of Truth or Holy Ghost is released from God as the Comforter to reveal the truth about yourself (evil or good) and divine reality we live in, along with the gifts of the spirit (PSI abilities and consciousness of what is Real/True) to enable the disciples to overcome their fear of death and martyrdom to facilitate/prepare the generations of true Christians for the City of God.

9 - This generation on Earth is implied in Revelation, as those specially selected and allowed to incarnate on normal Earth during the thousand year period ruled by Christ, and are assumed to be in Christ's Book of Life, as martyrs, or Sons of God, and those having Christ's Light (consciousness or seeds), Way, and Truth in them. Perhaps, this generation has Christ in them, as instructed by Christ in Revelation [3:20] " _Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me._ "

10 - This generation is only implied by the Final Judgment selection of those keeping their faith and deeds, not falling into the hands of Satan or the Beast, and via Christ, as the first redeemed member of the lineage of Adam as Jesus, since " _no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."_ is _chosen_ only by Christ to enter the City of God or Kingdom of Heaven arriving on Earth, to escape from Earth, acting as the final ark, similar in purpose to Noah's ark, but this time selecting souls written in the Book of Life and other books of deeds in the possession of Christ (mentioned in Revelation).

11 - The end time destruction by the Second Death those of the darkness, lost souls, weeds, or _"chaff"_ , as well as the end of Earth, is a destruction of fallen angels, fallen sons of God, and some of mankind or sons of Satan. They are denied their freedom/will by being bound _"hand and foot_ " (Matthew [22 1-14]), and as being from darkness are thrown back into darkness.

The bible presents a God that can create universes, but thereafter tries not to intervene or undo the causal laws from which the Universe has been created. In other words, once the causal laws are set and if mistakes are done by His creations, very small micro divine interventions are done to assist his creations individually to consciously redeem/correct themselves. In other words, God seems to appreciate our hardships and human dramas or sufferings taken by our free will and voluntary actions to perfection, in our process of returning to God.

There is no obvious mention on the salvation of animals and plants into the City of God, except for the descriptions of beast like creatures surrounding the throne of God in heaven. Perhaps his other creations have different paths of salvation since in Revelation [4:6-7]; it states that _"round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. [7] And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle."_ But just as the Ark was used to save all his good creatures, one could assume that the City of God will do the same.

Believe, Belief, Faith:

Christ says that belief in him is a process of consciously "seeing" the Light or God in Jesus, as from God, the Son of God to " _bear witness of the Light_ ", to see the face of God that resides in Christ.

As an experienced meditator, one can recognize other meditators by seeing the same calm focused field of awareness and peace in others. Likewise, one can believe in Christ by seeing the same precious light one consciously nurtures and has in oneself as being the same Light in Christ. Since Jesus does not walk physically among the worldly-wise, how can one "believe" in this manner without seeing him? By experiencing and therefore comprehend the qualities of the Christ consciousness, Light or the " _small mustard seed_ ", one can more easily take steps towards experiencing, believing or comprehending the Light, Word, and God in Christ. " _Bear witness_ " means to consciously perceive and therefore comprehend with your own personal "light" as being the same Light being alive in Christ and in you. This will help you become like Christ - a servant of God, a son of God, and one who wants and can listen to the Will of God.

The way to God is given by what Christ had abiding in him. One must comprehend the Light of God by having it within oneself. One must have the Truth, from the Holy Spirit of Truth in us. And lastly to also have in us the Way and follow the Way of Christ, which is to follow his behavior, the full obedience and alignment with the Will of God, to Love others as oneself, to forgive sins against us, accepting all sinners, and finally to have NO JUDGEMENT or pretense to know nor judge what is truly good or evil in God's creation – as sons of Adam's true atonement and cure for having consumed the forbidden fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.

Mark [11:24] states " _Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them."_ This is faith or a belief without material evidence, as having faith in the unseen God by divine sight. God provides what you need even before you ask it, not what you think you want/desire selfishly, which is the gift from Satan or the Spirit of Rebellion.

Prophecy:

Precognition, or clairvoyance, is the clear sight of the future. Fulfillment of prophecy or foreseen future events are protected, rather than subverted. Prophecy is also a means of knowing the Will of God, and the spiritual undercurrent or context behind the destined event required by God's Will. Doing God's Will means that you know his Will as it will be realized in the future – the prophecy. There is little evidence of prophets trying to undermine or bend prophetic events to their advantage. Only the worldly-wise try to undermine or bend prophetic events to their advantage.

It is extremely wrong for Christians to try to bend the hand of God in naively trying to facilitate the early onset of Armageddon by impatience or in their belief of having the rapture. Caiaphas wanted to prevent Jesus from becoming the high priest in Israel or attracting negative Roman attention, yet he believed that Jesus' death would fulfill the written words of prophecy that would return and unite all the scattered Jews back into Israel. As the high priest, Caiaphas thought he could manipulate God's plan to Caiaphas' desires, schedule, and direction, trying to sidestep destiny, and to fulfill a desired alternative fate. Caiaphas, as a leader, and Judas, as a zealot, wanted worldly power and glory on earth, for Israel, for some imagined worldly gain and power. They wanted Jesus to save the land of Israel, but instead by the crucifixion, later on in about 70 A.D after Israel's successful rebellion against Rome, Caiaphas' Israel was leveled to the ground by the Romans. Likewise, Herod heard about the prophecy of the Lord's birth from the wise men, and like Caiaphas, tried to change fate or God's Will by trying to kill every newborn in the region.

Unless a prophecy comes directly to you firsthand, then one is left to try to interpret mere second hand knowledge of prophecy, not meant for you, on a worldly and false/dark/selfish level. Yet the worldly wise are perpetually narcissistic and can't resist trying to bend God's hand or his prophecy to match their own will. No wonder Jesus said, " _I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes._ " So in your study of John's works, please avoid having a worldly bunker-like physical survivor agenda or attitude. Let us just humbly seek the truth.

The Way, Truth, Light, and Life of Christ:

Christ repeatedly states that he is the three essential ingredients: Way, Truth, and Light to God and salvation. Here are some references from the Gospel of John:

[3:18] _"He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth_

not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of

the only begotten Son of God."

[3:36] _"He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth_

not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him."

[5:44] _How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek_

not the honour that cometh from God only?

[10:9] _"I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall_

go in and out, and find pasture."

[10:18 ] _"I have power to lay it_ [my body] _down, and I have power to take it again._ "

[14:6] _"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life:_

no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."

[15:10] _If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have_

kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

[15:12] _This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you._

First Epistle of John [5:7] _For there are three that bear record in heaven,_

the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

The other Gospels provide more instruction on Love for God and seeking Heaven first, above all else. Love is the antidote for the poison of the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. It quenches our need to judge. It actively helps, accepts others and never condemns others and events. It restores and quietens our soul. It is the garment needed as a prerequisite in your entering the City of God or Kingdom of Heaven. Love enables your ability to _"seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." -_ Matthew [6:33] _._

John mostly stresses being a witness to Christ's divinity, the Light and God in Him. It seems that the Way has to do more with having the Christ Consciousness (and therefore " _abide in my love"_ ), or the compatible awareness in you, to not be the darkness but to be able to comprehend the Light, as given in Genesis and John [1:5-10] states "A _nd the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.... He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not._ ".

In the Gospel of John [14:6] _"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."_ the Trinity aspect of Christ is mentioned. Unless one has all three parts of the Christ by consciously and truly believing that Christ is exists and can be welcomed into you, one cannot approach God:

1 - the **"** _way"_ _,_ as in how to live, having the same virtues and Will of Christ **doing God's good works** , and behave like Christ, and being a son of God by listening to God and seeding good seeds or doing the good works of God into fruition,

2 - the **"** _truth_ **"** in having the **Spirit of Truth in you** or able to see the reality of God and his kingdom presently in your midst, as John calls the Holy Ghost, knowing and seeing the true reality of the Spirit and God's realm, far beyond the knowledge of the worldly-wise, and lastly,

3 – having the **"** _life",_ as being the Ligh **t** or Life **consciousness** essence that God did breath into Adam, making Adam a " _living"_ soul.

Christ, as the Way, repeats the imminent harvest of the good souls (the seeders and the good seeds, sheep, fruits) for entry into the new Heaven, City of God, the bride of Christ for the last judgment, and being exempt from the Second Death of the evil dark souls (the fallen weeds, chaff, wolves, and liars) as described in John's Revelation. With this in mind, Christ asks his followers or siblings to group together and feed and care for his sheep (find and nurture their fellow brothers of Light to salvation, and not approach or fight the dark ones, but leaving them undisturbed, because as Matthew [13:30-40] stated: _"Let both_ [the good and the evil] _grow together until the harvest:..._ _He that sows the good seed_ [sheep] _is the Son of man_ _; 38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares_ [goats] _are the children of the wicked one_ [Satan] _; 39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil;_ _the harvest is the end of the world_ _; and the reapers are the angels. 40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire_ [second death] _;_ _so shall it be in the end of this world._ "). Christ is our older sibling, or the vine and we are his branches, as he stated in Matthew [12:50], " _For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother."_

Christ states that he has layed down his life and raised it many times before, saying [10:18] _"I have power to lay it_ [my body] _down, and I have power to take it again._ ", and just before his arrest for crucifixion, God verifies his ability to raise Christ from death many times before, by replying to Christ saying [12:27] " _Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. 12:28 Father, glorify thy name."_ And God replied: " _Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again."_ Also in Matthew [17:1-3], " _And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.",_ so in these verses, there is plenty of evidence that Christ defeated death and transformed many times before, contrary to a common Christian belief of only one resurrection and transformation of Jesus the Christ.

Lastly, in the First Epistle of John, [5:7] " _For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one"._ Notice that John does not say the " _Son_ ", but some assume it to be Christ. Whether Christ is the Word or not Christ still has a special place on the right hand of the throne in reference to the salvation of Adam's lineage. John repeated that all are one in heaven, that by accepting Christ into us, because God is already in Christ, then we become one with God via Christ. In Heaven we are individual but are also one within each other abiding as one, which is impossible to represent physically, but when dealing with the spirit or pure consciousness, independent of matter, there are no restrictions or laws for those who solely by themselves make the laws of the universe and create them.

Will of God, and doing the works of God:

Jesus states that his Way, or behavior, requires aligning your will with the Will of God, not asking or working for what you want, but what God and God's plan or what prophecy, revealed personally to only you, dictates, to not upset prophecy, or God's divine plan.

This is basically aligned with the idea that selfish desires or wants by the many, would just play into the hands of the devil, or produce chaos in the shared fate of humanity. It proposes a very narrow path for mankind, in which all must cooperate and align themselves. This is very similar to the popular notion of time travelers trying to avoid upsetting the timeline of history, or what is the best timeline for humanity. In this case God is presented as the master planner in time and space and the sons of God as his time-masters, for the salvation or harvest of a special family humanity, as sated by Jesus, our divine sibling, in Matthew [12:50], " _For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother."_

In Matthew it states that " _Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word_ [or command] _that proceeds out of the mouth of God_." In this case God's Will is also the Bread or Flesh of Christ, allowing us to carry out the Will of God, or the Word (commands) from God. Also what came out of God, as breath, gave Life to Adam, as bread or Will of God can sustain life.

For most of us, God does not give us our morning minutes, telling us what to do or not to do. Our trial in this dark seemingly Godless world is to do good entirely by our own choice. Not because God will reward us. Not because we will be liked by many, or because we like to feel especially chosen or selected and protected by a personally assigned Godly champion covering our backs. Not because of self-interest. We must decide to do good, even with the assumption that this is our only lifetime, even if no God exists, and seeing how Evil always wins materially. But because we want Love and Goodness, even to our detriment and with more suffering. Even if the Universe turns out to be a dead creation, we have consciously decided to make it a loving creation. This is our challenge – to be Good entirely by our own choice, in our won utter darkness, to prove to God and to yourself that you are not one of those weeds/evil in the harvest, even without His guidance or presence, and to prove ourselves worthy of His companionship and to be proven to be a trusted and a good solitary creator on our own – just like God, who is a sole and solitary creator.

Christ did not subject himself to abuse and to the will of Evil (e. g. Pharisees). We avoid evil acts on us, and we flee from abuse, because not all challenges are from God. To be sons of God, we must try to better listen to God's Light to guide us in our decisions affecting others. Here's the dilemma, if we don't listen earnestly for God's Omniscient Will, we are left on our own dim perceptions to take actions, lashing out in darkness in the ignorance of our effects, and not knowing the time and place for what has to happen. Christ knew his full prophecy and waited for his time to act, John [2:4] states " _Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come._ ". So to be able to listen to God means more than knowing what to do next but also your whole plot or prophecy, or role to be carried out, fully seeing why and what has to be done. It is not a simple act or servitude in our tolerance to allow evil to remain evil, and good to be good until the harvest, but we act wisely under the guidance of God, as sons of God who are able to _"hear"_ and " _see"_ God. By this we, Matthew [7:6] _"Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you."_

Our free will cannot be allowed to be evil and have immortality. The next Ark, City of God under Christ, contains only the good immortals who carry out the Will of God, with access to Eden's Tree of Life which gives eternal life and immortality. God does not need mindless eternal worshipers, but seeks to have souls who have the Godly conscious omniscience (omniscience and Light) total knowledge or the Truth from the Spirit of Truth, and the Godly will of omnipotence, the Way of Christ, to do the good deeds for God.

Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, Spirit of Truth:

This is a divine force, or intervening force, or a non-corporal state in which one communicates with helpers. The Holy Ghost, who comes from God like Christ, and the Holy Ghost is a son of God by Christ's definition, is portrayed as a "comforter" who teaches, instructs and guides us, shedding light on our real faults, sins and " _nakedness_ ", and provides memory, talents and abilities, and enlightens us with the Truth in a spiritual initiation. John calls the Holy Ghost the Spirit of Truth in his Gospel. Only after the disciples are given the breath of the Spirit of Truth, the disciples become fearless in spreading Christianity (John [8:32] states _"And ye shall know the_ _truth_ _, and the truth_ [from the Spirit of Truth] _shall make you free."_ )

Garment/Clothes and Consciousness and Free Will:

In general the consciousness of Christ is the Light symbol, allowing us to see true reality and how God is the creator. It is refined by the spirit, faith, meditation, belief, righteousness, and virtues. In the bible clothing is also used as a symbol of consciousness. _Isaiah [61:10]"I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels."_ Garments refer to consciousness and virtues, while a facade or mask refers to a worldly personality/persona.

In deep meditation, I personally experienced the change in consciousness being instantaneous, sometimes accompanied with an "audible" snap and a "swoosh flood over the body" as if one is transformed into a new body or attire of consciousness, entirely different from our normal waking state, as if awakened into the spirit world. With this insight, one can see that the bible uses "garment" as a symbol of a "new consciousness", for example when Adam ate the apple, he realized that he had no clothes, which may be a realization that his consciousness was "lacking", inadequate or hard to accept. In the Revelation [16:15], " _Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame."_ , this is told in reference to the returning Christ and the City of God, warning us to be wrapped in our best level of spirit and consciousness or Light. It suggests that Christ will come to rescue and take away only those with the proper consciousness/spirit/garment, as suggested in Matthew [24:40-42] " _Then there shall be two men in the field; one will be taken, and one will be left. Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken, and one will be left. Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming.",_ and in Luke [17:34] _"I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left."_

Remember that the level of your Free Will is the other side of the same coin containing your level of God's consciousness. As a son of God, your Free Will is the small portion of your father and God's Power, while your consciousness is the small portion of God's Glory. As you lose your consciousness, you also lose your free will. A mechanical being has no free will (- even scientists agree on this). God readily overrides the "free" wills of the worldly-wise and evil men, e. g. Exodus [4:21] hardened the heart of the Pharaoh, Deuteronomy [2:30] " _God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate",_ and in John [13:27] Jesus commands Satan to do, what will condemn Satan and Judas " _And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly."_ Also in Revelation, even the fallen angels have lost some of their free will, in Revelation [9:14 _] "...Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels_ _which are bound_ _in the great river Euphrates._ Also in reference to the wedding of Christ, or the descent of the City of God in Revelation and the end of Earth, Matthew [22: 8-14] " _Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. 9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. 10 So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found,_ _both bad and good_ _: and the wedding was furnished with guests. 11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: 12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 14 For many are called, but few are chosen.",_ this passage points out, that to be allowed to enter the City of God, you must be ready to enter with the right consciousness, spirit, light, cleanliness, and righteousness, otherwise one has wasted our Will to repent and enlighten ourselves, and therefore God will remove our Free Will, or ability to do without material causality or mechanically, as symbolized by the deactivation of our limbs (Matthew [22:13] _"bind him hand and foot"_ ). This is a just punishment to atheists who believe they have no real consciousness and no real free will, since by the final second death, they get what they believed themselves to be, dark and dead material beings.

The symbol of gaining abilities, interest or "talents", are also used as a substitute for our need to gain righteousness, abilities to serve God and be a Light in the world, or channel of blessing to those in need. It is interesting that the punishment for those who lead a life of strife, selfishness, and rebellion are appropriately given the same world, or the second death, of their addiction, forever causing pain or receiving pain, exactly as shown in movie and TV showings where we abuse each other emotionally (dramas), where we are placed in fear and tension (thrillers, horrors, crimes, wars), and finally where we take pleasure in ridicule, lies, and failures (comedies). The merciful God is just giving the darkness what entertains them and what they can comprehend – darkness.

Judgment:

Although one can witness evil without judging it, many times judgment is mainly a judgment of disapproval, dislike, rejection, condemnation, or criticism of people or perceived reality. The ability to misjudge could be viewed as a prerequisite to some evil deeds.

Adam in seeing his nakedness, Adam made a judgment on his lack of clothes, suggesting that by obtaining worldly knowledge from the fruit of Good and Evil, Adam obtained the ability and "righteousness" to judge and suggest shallow worldly "improvements" to God's creation – Adam's suggestions for improvements were for only man made items of clothes or man's technology or solutions of man's own making, but as Matthew [6:27] states _"Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?",_ rather asking for a closer companionship with God _._ As well, Adam's desire to cover himself or hide his nakedness with clothes is an aspect of dishonesty. His desire to hide is nakedness could be interpreted as hiding his real makeup or nature, seems like his first attempt to hide something from God or lying. After all, he was not hiding his nakedness from Eve, and there was no one else there.

Is Adam's new "talent" the ability to Lie? Is it the beginning of evil, since [Revelation 22:15] " _whosoever loveth and maketh a lie"_ is cast into the lake of fire _,_ the second death in the final judgment. A lie or untruth is a description of something that does not exist in reality, an alternative existence/fact, not done by God.

Adam and Eve do not repent or confess to their disobedience in eating from the one tree that God forbade, but instead lie and blame/judge God or God's creations. Adam blames God's creation, Genesis [3:12] _"The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat."_ and Eve blames/judges the evil serpent, _"The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat."_ Do you wonder if God would have forgiven them if they had only confessed to their wrongdoings instead? Evil or being able to judge others is always done with some sense of being logically right in its judgment or blame.

With the ability to Judge something in reality made by God, as good or evil, desirable or undesirable, useful or not useful, cursed or blessed, Adam, as a creation, is given the ability to reject and curse himself (the unforgivable sin of self-condemnation, or self-inflicted shame) or others, as a creation, and indirectly reject creation/reality, and/or hate God. As a result of judgment, which Christianity discourages, God states in Genesis [3:22] " _The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever._ " since an immortal man would be able to hold a grudge against God for eternity (like Satan), in other words, man would be able create an eternal hell for himself, hating God, and therefore self-condemn himself to cease and be without God, Light, and Life, in other words, perish.

Narcissism, or self-love, is psychologically known to have as its base, a self-loathing judgment. Self-loathing is a condemning self-judgment, as mentioned above, part of the gift of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil (I. e. the ability to see evil or good, or judge something as evil or good). Adam first judgment was against himself, not only making a judgment on God's creation, but a shaming or self-loathing of his own body. Revelation [16:15] states _"Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame."_ is not referring to physical clothes but to the consciousness of Adam restored to the non-judgmental pure Christ Consciousness (Light). Those with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), in their struggle to hide their conviction/judgment and self-condemnation, by knowing that they are inwardly corrupt and evil, hide themselves from God in shame and fear (as did Adam and Eve), and therefore anxiously fight against their own self-image, by denying culpability and God, and seeking the adoration of men/public. The personality traits typical in NPD are: sense of self-importance, fantasies of unlimited success/power, "special" entitlement, high-status, excessive admiration, unreasonable expectations, exploitation of others, non-empathy, envious of others, arrogance, and prideful behaviors or attitudes. Surely by these traits, that resemble many of the Roman Catholic seven vices, disqualifies one from an eternal life and access to the Tree of Life and the City of God.

God and Christ can forgive non repeating sins but how can one forgive a repeating sin? Criminal courts are lenient to first time offenders and unintentional crimes, but how can society let loose those repeat offenders having little remorse. Their rehabilitation can only come from sincere acknowledgments, repentance and desire to change, so likewise God is no different and can't forgive repeated self-inflicted offenses/sins, such as self-condemnation, self-shame, or other non-repentant sins, since their forgiveness can only come from their own efforts. Those NPD souls with self-loathing, and self-shame must forgive and cure themselves of their own NPD personality traits. " _Repentance_ " is essential, since without consciously lighting your own sins, your own sins will be unconsciously repeated, and repeat offenders cannot enter the City of God.

Unfortunately, just like evil, judgment or free will to form a judgment without God's omniscience, or complete knowledge, most likely will be a wrong stupid judgment. Adam and Eve assumed that they had the knowledge and understanding to properly identity evil/good or judge for themselves. Their simple declaration that they were naked, without questioning their own knowledge, is an attribute of darkness, evil, and ignorance. Judgment, or wishing things to be different (from one's own self-will), is like wishing to have God's Omnipotence/Power without God's Omniscience/Knowledge/Consciousness. Obvious this can only result someone suffering, chaos and a detour from Christ's path. After all, most evil acts are done by people who think they are doing the right thing, using their non-omniscient judgment. Few, if any, carry out deeds that they know are wrong – yet by this, many sins are committed.

Christ reminded us to not judge in Matthew [7:2 and 15:11] " _For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again._ " and " _Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man._ " Love is the unconditional acceptance of God's creations and our reality, and the cure for our judgment illness. Only in Love can one overcome the judgment curse from Fruit of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Love only helps and does not condemn. It is your cure.

Divine Judgment:

Divine judgment is not always forgiving, contrary to some Christian beliefs. In NDE experiences, most are given a life review without any hint of condemnation or judgment, but that does not mean that it will always be so, since it states that God's judgment will be delayed till the end times, since Revelation and Matthew [13:30-40] states _"Let both_ [the good and the evil] _grow together until the harvest:..."._ The NDE experiences to pose works to be completed by the soul, to return and correct some faults or bad deeds in them, so whether one return from a NDE or return to another reincarnation, in both cases one returns to complete an error or duty, which one would term as karmic duty to make good deeds to be recorded in the Book of Life, which will determine the outcome of the sole judgment from God and Christ in Revelation or the end times.

Jesus stated that he did not need come to judge since almost all did not recognize him as the Son of God, and by their failure, they were already self-judged as not the good sheep of Jesus (John [16:9] states _"Of sin, because they believe not on me;")_. He state that God at the time did not judge, and judgment was given to Jesus. Later after the transformation, Jesus releases the Holy Ghost or Spirit of Truth, it will judge: John [16:8] states _"And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:"_

In Revelation, Christ returns to judge the world, the living and the dead using the Book of Life and other books, according to their deeds. The weeds/goats and the good seeds/lambs are sorted out, one to have the second death, and the other to enter the City of God, New Heaven, New Earth, or the Kingdom. God is actually the agent to destroy old earth, old heaven, Satan and his seeds by the Second Death. Revelation [20:11-12] described God: " _him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. [12] And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works."_

Evil and Sin:

Lessening Evil and Sin is the primary goal of all religions and God.

Exodus [20:4-5] _"You shall not make unto yourself any graven image ... Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them",_ are the second and third sentences in Moses' commandments from God, and these sentences are not just referring to physical idols, but are referring to thoughts or images produced in our minds, or other respected "great" minds, as well as our worldly thoughts that are quite often simple sequences of mental images of desirable physical objects. Avoiding these idols, helps us to maintain our true conscious identity as an immortal, non-material, non-worldly soul

In meditation/prayer one tries to be in the Light, in the presence of God, without thoughts/ideas/images/idols blurring or becoming a barrier, separating our Spirit from Him. This may be the true message of this commandment. This may be the reason why God names himself as "I am that I am" - referring his identity to no material images, as being the primary commandment.

These thoughts, ideas, images, or idols that distract your Spirit from feeling and seeing the presence of God, do so by making you believe that you are them – the thoughts, ideas, images, or idols in your mind, and distract you from being released into your true divine identity.

These distracting mental images also has to do with your own self-image/persona or self-identification of what you "believe" to be your, rather than a kindred in the Spirit with Christ. These temptations and desirable false identifications, or Narcissistic self-images, is the root of most evils. It is the idealization (making a self-image idol) of selfishness, rather than in our realization (becoming into being) as Sons of God. It is our " _sleep_ ".

It is assumed that the angels and other sons of God were created before man. The origin of Evil has been depicted as the initial spiritual disobedience against God, as in the Rebellion or Satan, or the disobedience of Adam and Eve in judging God's creations and themselves.

Evil has a complex origin, and is allowed to exist among us, freely, until the final " _harvest_ " or Revelation's end times. In Matthew [13:30-40] it states: _"Let both_ [the good and the evil] _grow together until the harvest: ... He that sows the good seed is the Son of man; 38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; 39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil;_ _the harvest is the end of the world_ _; and the reapers are the angels. 40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire;_ _so shall it be in the end of this world._ " And similarly Matthew [25:31-46]: _"When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal."_

So as a result of this edict to allow " _both_ [the good and the evil] _grow together until the harvest"_ , Satan in the old testament seems to be tolerated by God (in Job [2:2-6] _"And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it."_ Astonishingly, God gives Satan permission to again torture and tempt Job.) God allows Satan to tempt Eve, Job, Jesus, and in Revelation allows Satan to try to try to kill the returning Christ child in Revelation. This scenario willed by God, allowing evil and suffering to exist till the end time harvest, should remove some atheist arguments, and justify Christ's directive for all of us to tolerate, forgive, and have compassion for evil ones, to allow evil to proper/grow among us rather than be terminated before the end times. This is done in the hope that the abundant amount of grace and time provided to the evil ones, will allow them to mend their ways and be saved. In their reincarnations, they are given opportunities to improve themselves, and no judgments are given in their life reviews, only to be free to judge their life entirely on their own. The principle to guide a soul to perfection is stated in Matthew [7:1-2] " _Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again." ,_ which is a bit more merciful than the strict law in Exodus [21:24] " _eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise."_ The good and Just are sometimes treated unjustly, sometimes as martyrs, so that the evil and the Unjust will be given a gracious amount of Justice and forgiveness, and are given as much time as possible to repent, before the end time's arrival of the City of God.

God also regretted in allowing circumstances that resulted evil to reside in the heart of mankind in his first creation, as stated in Genesis, right after the sons of God and/or fallen angels mated with mankind ( see Genesis [6:4-6]). But as in the seeding of souls for the last harvest, the planting of demon seeds may be part of the gift of free will, as part of divine powers that God bestowed to His children and all creations.

Many atheists and agnostics declare themselves non-believers, stating that they cannot believe in any Creator or God, if that God or Creator willfully created a world where pain and distress exists. So the atheist's "judgment" or belief in their own internal ability to judge good and evil, or disapprove anything manifested in reality, are placing themselves as God's equal, wishing to have their our custom made universe (the original rebellion in heaven) that would be in perfect harmony without any free will, good or evil.

Many vainly say "better to rule in Hell than serve in Heaven". The problem is that these self-named "gods" or rulers are also part to the creation - they are condemning, and indirectly self-condemning themselves. Also, sorry to disappoint them, no one/soul rules in Hell.

Evil is also part of the darkness (the void) that God separated from and before Light, pure consciousness, or the "I AM", the pure Observer/Witness of God's presence and the consciousness component of Life was created. So as stated by John in his Gospel, _"_ _darkness cannot comprehend the Light"_ (Christ or God). Darkness is the realm of the worldly-wise, lifeless objects, artificial intelligence, technology, quantitative/empirical applied science, which is the study of nature not influenced by divine forces (see the Dualism of Paul Descartes). Divine forces also include those angels that once were in the Light but voluntarily choose or rebelled to be separated from the Light/God and became part of the darkness (e. g. Satan).

Darkness prefers to accumulate its own kind since it cannot comprehend the " _light_ ", the dark dead lifeless things such as money, properties, commodities – things of Nature and the Worldly. Evil man seeks these things, and has no need for non-tangible God-Life-Light-Consciousness, and will actively ridicule and punish others who have the Light.

As depicted in movies, Evil is like a "vampire" or "walking dead", seeking living blood or living brains, due to evil's darkness and not having the Light or true Life in themselves. Just like _"weeds"_ or _"tares"_ that do not produce fruit but feed selfishly off the good plants, these "weeds" will pulled out only at the end time and will be burnt by the second death. Evil will seek to destroy the Light or make worldly abuse of the Light and its abilities, seeking occult arts or the psychic abilities in the sons of God, for their own material gains.

As well, the evil darkness seeks lifeless additions, just as did Eve and Adam in their confused desires for lifeless materialistic clothing to hide their shame, not understanding what is stated in the Gospel of Matthew [6:26-34] " _Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? So_ _why do you worry about_ _clothing_ _? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin;_ _and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these._ _Now if God so_ _clothes_ _the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven,_ _will He not much more_ _clothe_ _you_ _, O you of little faith?"_

Adam and Eve lost faith in the perfect creation of God, with the forbidden knowledge of Good and Evil (they also became paranoid/fearful of Evil's possibilities), criticized God's creation, becoming blind to their own innate Light, non-corporal ability to experience God's creation, and immortality. As a result they experienced, for the first time, fear and anger over their new nakedness, as well as shame, self-loathing, and self-judgment. As well, their nakedness was a self-judgment of evil, since Adam after their eating/gaining the knowledge of good and evil or the ability to make judgment, hiding from God, said in Genesis [3:10] " _I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself._ ", since God asked them in Genesis [3:11] " _Who told thee that thou wast naked?"_. As stated in John [3:20] _"For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.",_ and being evil in their own eyes, Adam and Eve wanted to put themselves into the darkness, by covering their nakedness under a light blocking material, clothes or fur. Their judgment is also superficial since they judge their appearance rather than appreciating their innate living soul. By their self-image-loathing (self-loathing shame) they then are seeding their desire to have an external beauty, via lifeless attire and self-idealization or self-external-image in the past and future, rather that pursuing their, in the present moment, living self-realization which brings into realization or reality, a living soul more intimately, as a companion and child of God. So in their darkness/evil knowledge their self-loathing becomes the foundation to their selfish narcissism – the antithesis of Christ's Way.

As part of Darkness, or the study of the lifeless (clothes), it may be that science and space exploration is a misguided delusion of the worldly wise, in that an advanced civilization of God can simply move in the Spirit into whatever life forms it wishes, across space and time, as suggested by the abilities of Christ, in the various events stated in the Bible, such as casting out of devils, as conscious entities, from the bodies of possessed people. The mobile ability of the spirit in the physical is also demonstrated in the appearances of Moses in spirit form with Jesus, the voice from God from Heaven in the clouds, and the dematerialization (disappearances) and materialization/appearances of Jesus to and from the crowded places. As well, similar spiritual traveling abilities are given in personal Near Death accounts. That may be the reason we have not been visited by intelligent aliens. On the other hand, if visited by aliens, they may well be the product of the Evil that have been banished into the physical universe, who are left to only use materialistic technologies to travel, rather than by the Spirit, or by the innate abilities of the sons of God and Light.

Evil as Chaos, is structural ignorance or mere stupidity (not having the Truth nor knowing reality, nor worldly and nor divine, and nothing from the Holy Ghost/Spirit of Truth). Entropy is evil since the big bang creation or in the beginning was by the Word, indicating an extreme low entropy or chaos and with high organization/functions or high information/intelligence initial state. As the universe unfolded, the ignorance/darkness spread. Would a smart soul follow a narcissistic Satan whose agenda is to simply destroy him?

Lastly, the darkness misunderstands Christianity, by mistakenly believing in material spirituality, assuming that, if one just verbalizes sounds, verbal affirmations of belief, perform self-inflicted corporal denials, self-flagellation, material showoff acts of holiness, or having brilliant worldly brain thoughts/ideas of religious discussions, then he will be given access to Light and Heaven – in this manner. Darkness cannot " _comprehend"_ , or truly " _hear_ ", or " _see_ " the Light.

The litmus test for Evil is the absence of unselfish Love of and Way of Christ, and the existence of hate for your brother. As stated in the Gospel of John [2:9-11] _"He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes."_ As stated in John [3:15] _"Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him."_ You cannot join your brothers in Heaven while having hatred for any brother.

Second Death:

The following four instances of the "second death" being mentioned are in the following.

It is defined as not being faithful unto death: Revelation [1.10]: _"...behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. [1.11] He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the_ _second death."_

It states that it happens after the First Resurrection lasting 1000 years, as a period of reincarnation of only good souls, because the " _dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished."_ and that [1.11]: " _he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the_ _second death_ _hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years."_ Satan, after the first resurrection 1000 year period ruled by Christ, _"must be loosed a little season."_ to do battle, to be defeated, and the rest of his souls to be judged.

It mentions that even the already dead are judged, and hell are both cast into the lake of fire. Being thrown into the lake of fire, is the second death: Revelation [20.14] _And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the_ _second death_ _."_

The type of sins deserving the second death: Revelation [21.8] states _"But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the_ _second death_ _."_

There are some references in the Gospels to the second death, as being cast into the lake of fire. Without the belief in Christ then the realm of " _weeping and gnashing of teeth_ " or hell is mentioned in Matthew [22:12-14] _"And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a_ _wedding garment_ _? And he was speechless. Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few are chosen."_ is stated in reference to being invited since all are invited good and evil " _as many as ye shall find"_ to Revelation's City of God, or the wedding of Christ. If the soul is invited, but fails to put on a holy consciousness or garment that is unsoiled and clean of sins, having done good deeds as a prerequisite to being chosen and allowed to enter the City of God, then the soul is rejected and cast into the lake of fire and given the second death.

The plot of Revelation is also mentioned in the Gospel of Matthew [13:30-40] with the statement: _"Let both_ [the good and the evil] _grow together until the harvest ... He that sows the_ _good seed is the Son of man_ _; 38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; 39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. 40 As therefore_ _the tares are gathered and burned in the fire_ _; so shall it be in the end of this world.")._ The Gospel of Matthew is confirming the plan to let evil prosper unchecked up to the end of Revelation, so that Christ can judge all souls if they are allowed to enter the City of God, to be rescued from a scorched and destroyed Earth or be left behind to perish in the lake of fire. Also both good and bad are invited to the wedding feast of the Bride of Christ, the City of God, but while all (good and bad) are invited, few are chosen, and the chosen must be wearing their unsoiled wedding garments, otherwise they are the weeds in the final "weeding" out of the harvest and are cast into the second death's lake of fire.

The second death is also implied in Matthew [22:13] when God see an invitee to Christ's wedding to the Bride of Christ (the City of God) being in the wrong garment (consciousness, light, or spirit) " _Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.",_ because to be bound " _hand and foot"_ it signifies the loss of free will, which is the other side of divine consciousness, being divine free will, so the offender also losses his light to be thrown back into the darkness – the second death.

Ironically the Second Death may just be the type of real death that stubborn atheists wish for themselves, in accordance with their belief in no free will, no afterlife, no soul survival, no true divine consciousness, and the complete destruction of their soul and life.
SCIENCE AND RELIGION

**Seeking with Objective Science and Subjective Consciousnes** s **/Spirit** :

Science seeks external objective truth or reality via quantitative measurements resulting in predictive mathematical models of reality. Life can only subjectively consciously grasp reality via the comprehension and interpretation from the information derived from our senses, even when the senses are interpreting scientific models based on objective methodologies. But we can't get around the eventual consumption of all truth is obtained solely from one's own subjective efforts and solely achieved levels of awareness and epiphanies, even when the truth was produced from the efforts of non-subjective, objectively measured findings. Subjective realizations are not given with just dead worldly thoughts, words, creeds, teachings, and verbal and written theories. No amount of waking or sleep thinking will save you - you have to "see" and "hear" reality at a level suggested in the Gospels.

_I became convinced that one cannot_ _consciously comprehend_ _what one has not directly experienced._ No amount of books on your bookshelf or in computers will elevate your subjective awareness without your conscious comprehension of reality. Can one try to comprehend reality by second hand talk and sleep-like internal dialogues? Can we use assumptions/axioms, logically deducted knowledge, liberal uses of metaphors/analogies, and whatever limited amount of evidence based quantitative science available in achieving the spiritual consciousness of Christ?

Science is not about our comprehension or our subjective conscious life, but more concerned with fine tuning pragmatic predictive quantitative models. As far as science is concerned, science would be perfectly comfortable in denying the existence of all our subjective consciousness and God. As a result, science without any divine compass is a dangerous force, since it is focused on tools independent of spirit or Light, so with the extremely rapid development of AI and quantum computing, that will glorify worldly knowledge, man will be tempted even more to forget God and worship darkness.

Institutional Religions have a horrible history of declaring facts solely by pontifical decree, or by presenting seemingly reasonable logical arguments to back extraordinary religious beliefs. Emanuel Kant, the famous philosopher, wrote a good treatise criticizing their dependence on "Pure Reason" or non-empirical knowledge (apriori knowledge, information purely deduced solely from pure reason or logical deductions). Scientists are a bit less guilty in declaring facts solely by "pontifical"/authoritative decree, or by extrapolating empirical facts, to their false conclusions, since they have their better scientific methodology, like a litmus test for reality, that requires all theories proposed to contain a plausible experiment that will allow one to falsify it. Science also insists that a theory should have a predictive model, depicting a semi-visual understanding of the forces involved in affecting the results. Very few scientists will accept unexpected data, unless a model exists to assure them that the data is not in violation of causality or predictable reality, which obviously excludes all miracles. By definition, miracles cannot have within this plane or dimension, any causal traceability/origins, so miracles will never be able to propose a physically verifiable model or falsifiable hypothesis.

Religion or subjective experiences do not have a reliable truth verification methodology as robust as science, since miracles are not normally reproducible on demand, unless you are Christ. But the Gospels and Revelation try to depict a higher dimensional model of reality involving God's plan, our creation, our purpose, and an outline for our salvation or damnation. Having said that, this book, in its interpretation of John's works has to rely a bit on surmising facts via plausible "pure reason" deductions - sorry, but at least I am admitting it here.

Sleep and Waking State:

According to my and perhaps your subjective experience, in our waking "worldly" consciousness, we entertain thoughts on relationships, components, qualities, ethics, science, religion, history, traumas, but these "thoughts" are not something that one cannot also experience in ordinary dreams. So by just thinking with worldly thoughts does not elevate us much higher than normal sleep, since even deep sleep can contain them. As well, normal physical sensations in the waking state are not that much different form lucid dreaming sensations. Emotions in sleep and waking states are basically the same. Other mammals probably have the same, and in some degree have similar worldly thoughts or thoughts and emotions based on instincts for worldly survival. Some of our mental states are probably similar to normal mammalian brain emergent phenomena. But if one experiences a conscious state that cannot be verbalized as a normal waking state, then perhaps one can say that something special has happened in unveiling a deeper reality. For example, using an old analogy, how can a blind man comprehend color without experiencing it? How can one _comprehend_ and thereby truly believe in God without experiencing God or some spiritual consciousness or information that is not causally knowledgeable (e. g. prophecy/precognition).

How can one _comprehend_ a higher or deeper reality and consciousness without taking the very sincere and intense effort to experience it? If the universe opens like a torn veil revealing its secrets before you, which would be hard to describe in words, but "sticks to your skin" for months or years, then perhaps one is making progress. Some of these experiences have been described as akin to jumping into a higher dimensional existence, looking down on "Flatland", or seeing the future and past together within the context of a type of divine Will. Many near death experiences by accident or severe illness will artificially give one a glimpse into the non-material spirit's higher dimensional existence, by temporarily unbinding us from our brain emergent earthbound thoughts. Jesus said the same in the Gospels - John [1:5] "A _nd the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not._ "

Our normal conscious state is very fragmented. To experience the truth, as a prerequisite, in order to be truly consciously comprehending the truth or the hyper awake reality, one has to go deep with sincere intent (and love) and effort into your own consciousness, extracting your true self-awareness, higher self, and spiritual I-ness. This extraction of your true divine identity must be separated from your material worldly identifications, material awareness and consciousness fragmentation identifications and worldly personality. These are mostly caused by our normal worldly concerns and worries, persona identifications, sensory distractions, emotional addictions, conceptual assumptions or reality beliefs. This process is done so that you can unify all your "bits of conscious fragments", so you can unit them into your contiguous (whole) and continuous (time lasting persistence) self-awareness of your Spiritual Self-awareness. In that united conscious state, one truly and unmistakably awakens into a new being, a conscious rebirth into a new reality apart from your worldly state. This new-being state is as different as the wakeful state is to the sleep state. This new rebirth is a self-aware wakefulness state is extremely different to the wakeful state. In other words, you will feel like you are "reborn" or re-awakened from your normal waking states. You will look back at the old waking state as just being a form of semi-sleep. In that new united states your being expands outwards into a contemplative eternal state that some call, "in the presence of the Spirit or God".

In a dreamer's sleep state; there are accounts of living relatives communicating in the spirit state but within a dream like setting, with the perceived undercurrent of God's plan or the Will in the world. Also in such dreams, and sometimes in a swift, waking state with some time distortion, other living personalities "visit" with their present and future life situations. But their shallow worldly waking personas are not the "visitors" in these dream states, but rather something more than their worldly or waking personalities. They visit or communicate into the sleeper's dreams from their pure soul or spirit being levels, since they talk and predict about their own destiny, as if they are speaking in a very detached manner, about their physical personas as being confused, "sleeping" ignorant and weak. These living souls in their visitations to the dreamer speak about themselves, like actors speaking off-stage about their stage personas or part in an actively unfolding play, feeling almost helpless in fixing their unfolding destiny. So when we speak of sleep, waking, and the more in-the-light consciousness, the soul is not the same state in any of them. Each state is a different consciousness state " _garment"_ having different abilities and knowledge (power and glory) for the soul. " _Garment"_ in reference to Matthew [22: 8-14] is one's right conscious level or state to quality you to have the right and respectful spiritual preparedness to enable you to enter the City of God in Revelation. Now, I must say that in the NDE experience, is a similar situation except that in the NDE, you are the visitor this time now, communicating to your related deceased spirits/souls discussing your earthly persona, desires, past, and destiny.

But with the belief from experiencing the above independent non-material, non-brain emergent property of consciousness or state, then one should be able to accept that there should exist some level of consciousness not be limited by our corporal existence.

But there is also another human limitation in truly comprehending divine reality that is the inability to remember after returning to the normal waking state these experienced states of awareness. Although one may experience the waking state daily, at night in our dreaming state we seldom comprehend the waking state, no matter how many times the waking state has been experienced. Likewise your extraordinary divine revelations and experiences soon become incomprehensible and dim memories. In this manner we can understand that, while the disciples frequently witnessed and experienced the extraordinary Light in Christ, they remained confused, fearful, and doubtful when not in Christ's presence (e. g. Peter's three denials). Their faith solidified only after Christ breathed the Holy Ghost (the Spirit of Truth), on them, giving them the permanent _"remembrance"_ of their states in the divine Light, and therefore retained the courage to spread Christ's Ministry (John [8:32] _"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."_ ).

We have to assume that we can spiritually evolve and change. Whereas Darwinian evolution is not possible within one individual, since only through breeding and death does the whole species evolve, not within a single individual life. But with the above conscious physical independence or the divine enlightenment for an individual consciousness, then an individual's conscious "evolution" is possible, allowing an individual spirit to reach higher consciousness. The ramification for conscious evolution within a lifetime is huge. Trying to save our spirit in a lifetime and across many lifetimes (reincarnations), spiritual cooperation among these individual consciousness or spirits becomes extremely important, as evident in Revelation's immortal depiction of Satan's rebellious spirit frequently battling the angels and Christ. Also since consciousness or the spirit cannot be a physical component, or a mechanical worldly object or effect, or any physical emergent property, then one must assume that consciousness' evolution for an individual must be in a form of becoming towards (returning to) what was one's original being, existence, or state; rather than becoming something entirely different or new. This is similar to Socrates' idea that learning is just a form of remembering what we already previously knew, rather than being a process of learning something new – like the fallen prodigal son returning to the City of God. It also is reminiscent of being like a fallen angel, who evolves by returning to God or where it descended from. In many NDE experiences the soul is given all the knowledge of the creations, confirming the Platonic/Socrates World of Ideas, wherein all ideas/learning are preexisting in the higher spiritual realm of God, ready to be remembered by the "inventors" of this world. Our consciousness or Light came from one source, God, and God asks us to return as his own. Like they say, all legal tender (money) must return to its country of origin, to be cashed/redeemed/rendered, for it to be realized, realizing their true value (in God), otherwise this "paper cash" is just an unfulfilled promissory note (an unfulfilled promise from God).

A Personal Note:

By now, the reader has probably concluded that my analysis is a bit personal. Although religious, I have always naively hoped that science would find and accept God. But as Christ stated, the darkness or the worldly wise leaders, or the "Pharisees" of our age, will never comprehend and will refuse to believe and have the light of God shine and expose their naked sins. I have to confess my weakness, in that I try to believe in Christ via logical arguments. I am in a perpetual struggle, trying to reconcile the divine act of creation with what I know in science. So please forgive me for digressing with the following argument.

Genesis may be describing a big bang like scenario from which differentiation or splits occur as time progresses, e. g. in physics this is called symmetry breaking, the breaking of sameness, the not distinguishable, _"the same was in the beginning"_ to non-sameness (I. e. separation/identifiable). There is some difficulty in trying to "define" God, Word, Light, Life, and Love within any scientific context. Using some of the Greco-Roman concepts at the time, especially Plato, from God comes the Word (ideas/concepts), and from the Word, the Word defines laws of creation from which Light is realized, Light is a one word concept for Consciousness, From this consciousness, which requires a means to observe, comes the word/law for Light, and from each Observer/Consciousness, in awe of the observed universe created by the Word, the observer experiences and becomes a Life. While the portions, or other beings not having the _"light of men"_ or darkness (not life) is differentiated from man, as the "worldly" men referred many times by Jesus later on in the Gospel, and the "weeds" in Revelation.

From the One, God, only the many can come. And perhaps from the many, in the End Time, the many can merge into the One, if there is an end at all, which I doubt. From Nothing (non-material, nameless, image-less, just " _I AM_ ", non-what-ness) something can arise. In science this is called "Zero Sum": the notion that the whole of universe's energy, antimatter/matter, must sum up to Zero, or nothing, otherwise there must have been something "before" the Big Bang(s). So true "nothing" truly "existed" before the Big Bang(s) or creation. This may surprise many, that something could be nothing when added up.

In reference to something that one cannot "scientifically" verify, say a particular dimensional alternate creation, a parallel creation having different laws or dimensions or hyper-dimensional, and in being not-related to any of the our laws; one could correctly say that it is nothing to us since it is outside our domain of possible verifiable experiences. It is like saying, that to a 3 dimensional person, a 2 dimensional person or God is non-existing, or nothing.

But Nothing or the Infinite (God), as the nameless, has the freedom to conceive of anything to be named, since it is not contained or bounded, or defined/limited. Like God, only nothing, or infinity has no laws, no boundaries, and no restrictions. Interestingly, as a new born child, a child can much more easily conceive an alternate universe. Similarly in physics, it believes that from a singularity point, of no material dimensionless position, like the child, as an infinitesimal point, having no area or volume, the greatest creativity can unfold. Paradoxically the dimensionless and space-less, singularity/single point, can by moving, unfold, from one dimension, to two dimensions, to three and so on, - like the construction of an flat 2 dimensional paper sheet made into a 3 dimensional origami... to a three dimensional object like us. The lower two dimensional world is invisible to us, or nothing to us, and likewise the one dimensional world being is "nothing" to a 2 dimensional world being, and finally, to a non-dimensional point type God, that started the Big Bang, then all the other nth dimensional beings arising out of it, to those higher dimensions beings, a point is "nothing". So logically we can conclude that, indeed, the unbounded non-being "nothing/infinity" made something (the beings with images). God is unbounded, impossible to imagine, with infinite freedom.

It is also theorized that the nothing that is the "center in" a black hole, which is space-time curled around itself, has no laws within it, since no laws defining space-time is within a black hole, or all laws break down within it, therefore it can be conjectured that it can spawn new "bubble" universes with alternative laws within it.

Here I am assuming that space-time is required as the medium holding our laws of the universe, since anything outside space-time, is undefined to us. By the way, one can view the expansion of the universe, as the process in which new space-time is being defined.

It would be tempting to imagine that the Boltzmann Brain hypothesis, as being the way God was created, but it would beg the question → who made the quantum chaos per-requisite, resulting in a low entropy Boltzmann Brain creation, arising from pure chance from a limitless timeline.

In physics, the observation or information consumption (measurement) by a consciousness, collapses the various many quantum states/values possibilities of what reality an observer can classically observe, I. e. QM multi-valued superposition or possibilities) to a single value classical measurement or observation that creates reality without paradoxes, in conjunction with other reality collapsed facts in the waking mind of man. In a sense, then our Light from God or our consciousness makes our classically collapsed reality, a non-paradoxical consistent single valued reality that we experience. So the Light of Christ, as the ultimate Observer, may be the QM creation of the world.

The Word may also be representing thoughts or information, which is stated to have been with God, and with His thought or thought conceptualization, all things are created. In other "words" thoughts arising or from the Mind of God, is the creator of concepts and thoughts and information. The Mind is the creator, via thoughts, created all life. This may be just an anthropomorphic fault of our human imagination, trying to imagine the mind of God. Genesis also presents the world being created, first with ideas or words, similar to the Platonic World of Ideas, e. g. the concept of numbers, such as the idea or classification of "two" as the abstract idea behind all realized instances of 2-pair existences of similar objects, or of the abstract counting number 2 without any objective or concrete reference to any particular of any 2 "of what" existed, or "before" any instances or manifestations of any two objects in the material world. Therefore, God is the creator of ideas, concepts, and all types of information, or the Word as part of all that there is. So when God created the singular word "soul", it became an abstract template to instantiate or creates the concrete multitudes of "souls".

Because in our personal experience in the practice of meditation, we can assume that creation comes from some mental concepts. There is the distinction between the meditative conscious Observer and the thoughts it creates, and the internally observed or created thoughts one tries to control. This separation between idea and God (as absolute consciousness) is similar to the meditative process in which one realizes that our thoughts ("Words") are not an intrinsic part of our pure Observer Self (inner "god"). Our conscious Observer Self is the creator of our thoughts, and asserts its independence by controlling its own thoughts, and by withdrawing from them, The Observer's self-awareness or self-identification or in our assertion that it is not identified, or attached to these thoughts. So in that meditative practice we can in turn realize within this process, the similar relationship, that God has with the Word, Light, mankind, and his creations.

Later on in Genesis, man is described to be created in the image of God, which implies that like us, who believe that we can create our own thoughts/Word, in the same manner or relationship in our true Self, like God created the Word, since we were made in his image to have analogous mini abilities.

As "gods", we would like to imagine that we are similar, as mini co-creators in the image of God, and hopefully eventually be a companion with some god like omniscience and omnipotence in Heaven with God. But as Christ stated regarding himself, he had God's omniscience or sight, but not God's omnipotence or power, since Christ is not selfish or self-Willed, but faithfully abides with and follows the Will of God. If Christ is the better Adam redeemed. Adam having had the fruit of good and evil, and therefore able to judge, gossip and imagine lies, or do evil, then it would make sense that a redeemed Adam, must restrain his will to fully abide/surrender solely to the good Will of God, in other words, to only have a Will that does only good deeds, or the works required by God. As Christ stated in John [14:12] that " _Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these"_. In other words, God is choosing those among us who will not cause chaos and misery in Heaven. This is the sacrifice that all Christians are asked to do, to circumcise your own will and to listen to God's Will, by focusing their internal conscious Light or Christ like awareness, to listen with their whole body, mind, and spirit and be quiet and be still internally to be able to hear the almost silent voice of God's Will, to enable you to do the good deeds on which you will be judged.

To listen with their whole body, mind, and spirit, being quiet and still internally is the true essence of the practice of mindful meditation. But without the goal of listening to God, mindful meditation is an empty and limited practice. Without God, it would only be a simple mundane exercise of mental concentration, or a process of controlling of thoughts like mental gymnastics. As in mindful meditation, one of the ten commandments state that _"thou shalt not have any graven image before me"_ , which states that one should not use any visible materialistic objects as a representative of one's true identity, just as the commandment states that no materialistic object or imagined image shall be used as the identity of God. This is the same commandment used in mindful meditation: You are not allowed to interrupt your sense of self-awareness, and not be distracted or identified or involved by any stray worldly thoughts, images, or emotional concerns.

God is infinite and unbounded just like infinity or the paradoxical nothingness, which is something which cannot be represented by any bounded limited image or idea. The _"no image before me"_ literal interpretation of the first Commandment does not allow for any life painting or life sculptures, especially images of God, in holy places. We must also do the same in our practice of deep contemplation, in the presence of the Spirit, to also have no images in front of our consciousness to distract us, otherwise thoughts, material identifications, or more desires would arise in our consciousness, causing our separation from being in your own pure Spiritual Self-Consciousness. This practice is the seeking for the nameless, image-less presence of God or Heaven.

Techniques for Listening to God

Christ gave hints on how to listen to God. Some non-Christian systems and science present some technical hints as well on how to " _still_ "/focus/control your mind to listen to God or the divine inside or simply to become more awake or consciously alive to have a more stable sane emotional life and robust and healthy personality.

Christ pointed out some factors preventing your ability to listen to God, for example: having worldly concerns (Mark [10:25] " _It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God._ "), seeking the praise of others (John [12:43] " _they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God."_ ), having worldly or material interests distract you like weeds on your spiritual farmland, lack of effort or desire for the spirit, or false/vain intentions/vices rather than the seven virtues to gain the Way or behavior/righteousness of Christ, and finally if you have the spirit of rebellion or pride or a need to be disobedient to God or harbor atheistic convictions and have no faith in the possibility of God. Christ who listened perfectly to God had three aspects: the Truth of Christ (the Spirit of Truth/Holy Ghost) by having the higher consciousness' _eyes to see_ and _ears to hear_ the Truth/reality, the Light of God or consciousness that gives life to you soul, making you a living soul like Adam, and finally the behavior of Christ's Way to love one another, not judge or hold grudges, and his peace which is helpful in stilling/quieting your mind's internal dialog enough to listen to God.

In order to still your mind and "hear" God in spirit, and not with ears, you need to withdraw from the world mentally, feeling, and awareness, so that in that vacuum from sensations or senses, worries or worldly thoughts, and body awareness or physical presence, you can come to a state of being solely within your pure spiritual identity – this will awaken you.

It helps to believe in your spiritual self and expect it. One can't find something unless you have at least a vague ideal/image for what you are looking. So read about God and think about God and your real spiritual self, and not your false persona and idols, your image in society, your stuff, your gains and losses, your pride, guilt or shame.

You can start to withdraw for your "world" of lies which mainly in a PAST-FUTURE self-drama, by concentrating on your present worldly time frame, by focusing on your physical NOW: what you do Now and your Now conditions, and not on your "past or future" lies (your past failures/pride and future desires/avarice). This can be done in many ways. Do the tasks, that are normally done unconsciously, but instead do them in the NOW, do them purposely under full awareness and consciousness in the present. This exercises your free/divine Will, given by God, is your path toward your free Will conscious decision self, to assert you as a Spirit, as your true identity. You need to cultivate conscious decision making (Will) and conscious self-awareness (Light).

The following steps are not sectarian practices, and can be applied even if one is a non-believer. It simply cultivates your conscious will to control your awareness for any intentions. I have inserted " _in the Spirit_ " because even if you are not "spiritual" you will " _feel"_ to be in a realm of self-control, self-awareness, and a self of new identity, independence, or freedom and never felt before bliss or " _spirit_ ". On average, it probably will take you an hour a day for a few years. There are many other similar methods practiced by various religions and even scientists that can be leveraged by your intent to listen to the Spirit. But like the act of swimming, even after years, one does not float effortlessly – you will still need to tread water to keep afloat.

Step One: Consciously in the NOW moment, do what we always do unconsciously, for example: walk, breathe, observe/feel/see/hear, dream, and so on. Each of these activities can be used to assert you Spirit identity. By consciously breathing, or any task normally done unconsciously by your autonomic system without out your awareness or thinking involved, you gain the spiritual Will to overcome your worldly self, and to overcome your worldly institutionalized conditioning. It will make you aware of yourself as the conscious controller (the (the brain activity normally in the left frontal lobes) so that you are gaining awareness of your spiritual capabilities. It does not really matter which yogic breathing method you adopt, just choose one, but do it consciously, focusing in the present moment. Initially you should sit on a hard chair, because beginners tend to fall asleep when they are too comfortable, upright for about 15 minutes consciously breathing once a day. When getting distracted or falling asleep is not a problem, you can graduate yourself to a lying down on a very comfortable bed.

Alternatively walk consciously one a day: decide to take a short walk, noticing as much as possibly how you walk, the pace, gait, etc. and then decide to consciously decide when to place one foot ahead of the other, the stride, the frequency, the pressure or gait, and alter it as much as possible to prevent your walk from becoming autonomic.

Perform a housekeeping task consciously, for instance cooking, cleaning, tidying, etc. - so make your bed consciously, deciding to perform the tasks out of the normal sequence, the speed, the method, every day.

Perform the task of conversations in your daily life, as a conscious exercise, instead of talking about your problems, listen consciously to others, absorbing in the present time, their small nuances, tone, facial expressions, the stance, and listen. Do this on a daily basis when you interact with sales clerks, friends, and family, and above all be kind and loving.

Step Two: Doing the above worldly actions, under your spiritual Will or volition, they will give you the tools/abilities to proceed to the next level: your control over your awareness, focus, or concentration in consciousness. This is a harder task, but the previous conscious exercises in the NOW, will help you gain focus or concentration. Although I don't recommend it for everyone, I used to practice memorizing a shuffled deck of cards or cards numbered 1 to 52, and recalling the sequence of about a random 100 digit number or 52 game cards, or perform conscious memory associations between a selected word by drawing a perfectly penciled straight line, similar to a "Word Associations Network" but also labeling the association as either as "part of", "function", "event association", "descriptive attribute", or one can use the classification of When/Where/What/How/Why/Who.

Observe how your subconscious pushes thoughts into your stream of thinking. Gain control over what thoughts you are willing to pay attention to or ignore. This helps you withdraw your slavish attention to whatever thoughts pop into your stream of consciousness. If you do not regain your spiritual worldly independent conscious Will, there is little hope in focusing your spiritual attention to listen to God.

Step Three: Now before you can practice meditation, you need to relax and withdraw from the physical awareness that binds you and prevents you from " _being in the Spirit_ " as John states in Revelation [4:2]. This can be done if you can control your subconscious, or at least get your mind to cooperate. This, in modern terminology, is called self-hypnosis or doing a self-hypnotic induction, which means giving yourself internal commands to relax your body, withdraw pain or distractions from your body, which undermine your ability to be in the non-physical spirit. Sit on a hard chair (a hard chair will prevent you from daydreaming or falling asleep, and when you get better at it, you can lie on your back to reduce physical pain distractions), and give internal dialog sentenced commands to yourself. Scan of your body and detach: Pick a part of your body, one at a time in sequence, saying any of the following: "I am relaxing my left arm", "your left arm is relaxing", "all pain is leaving my left arm", "I am not aware of my left arm", "I am removing my consciousness from my left arm", "All health and perfection is being restored into my left arm". Do this for all parts of your body while visualizing the respective part selected. While you are doing this, keep in mind that while you are becoming less aware of your body, your agenda is to become more aware of the Truth of your spiritual awareness or light or your real identity apart from this world, as an independent divine spirit, a son of God, and one who is seeking to listen to God. Some mindful meditation books describe some of the methods, but by not having the spirit/God in the practice, you will never be able to go beyond rudimentary physical and mental benefits – it will not bring you to what John of the Cross describes as a contemplative union.

Actually the visualization exercise of clearly seeing, in your mind's eye, the part of the body selected, when visually perfect it, will automatically bring you into the spirit state, because one cannot have the ability to visualize as clearly as one can in a real dream without automatically causing your body to become fully relaxed and detached from your conscious awareness. This process also leads into lucid dreaming, where you retain waking conscious and free will in the dream state, where you will be able to control the dream or thought distractions, to allow you to become an independent divine spirit. In other words you become more independent of your physical brain structure or worldly person, which will lead you into the spiritual realm.

The above three tasks or exercises should be done concurrently and it may take many years of practice before getting a level of spirituality, but the acts of focusing your attention no matter how tedious, painful, annoying, or frustrating, the immediate after effects will astound you. It is like any exercise, like weight lifting, that although painful while doing it will give you great feelings of wellbeing and self-poise, after these "painful" exercises, for the rest of the day. If done in the morning, you will find that in your remaining day you will be much more patient, in control, peaceful, centered, imaginative, inventive, inspirational, and productive.

Step Four: After the prerequisite acts of concentration, relaxation, and visualization exercises, you can practice listening to God while " _in the Spirit_ ". As you progress you may feel or hear an audible "snap", or rush over your body as a distinct real and dramatic shift or "awakening" into a new state of being, just like waking from sleep, but in this case you are awakening form a wakeful state – true! You will gain a full self-awareness of your spiritual being, apart from your body, persona, and the rest of the world, in a blissful state of peace, a divine " _presence_ ", without any worldly judgments or concerns, where you would not mind to reside in it for eternity.

Final Step: After step 4, when one is awakened into one's own spiritual self-awareness, the next step is to proceed to visit other souls in the spirit, and finally visit and receive Christ to save your soul, as stated in Revelation [3:20] " _Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me._ " Alternatively, you can internally seek the kingdom of heaven and contact God.

Just keep an eye on the results and note them in a diary - just in case you have negative results for some reasons. Keeping a diary of dreams helps in monitoring your mental health – your dreams should give you more insights and guidance, not nightmares.

Please keep your motivations and intentions pure and unselfish. Remember that your thoughts or intentions are real, and whatever you visualize, your images or thoughts will be interpreted as commands and will be realized by your subconscious. So if you are angry or negative, please do NOT practice meditation, since negative thoughts or desires will be taken as destructive commands by your subconscious. You should not pray with evil or negative feelings in your heart.

As you do these tasks as stated in Matthew [6:33] "... _seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you._ ", many gifts of the spirit will be given to you, such as PSI related gifts, be careful not to look for them or let these gifts temp you or distract you, and never let your worldly self or social personality or ambitions use them, otherwise these "gifts" will be your undoing.

Of course, you don't need to do any of the above steps if you are innately sincerely always in an attentive listening mode for God. In that mode your thoughts are silent, in the present and void of past and future worries, in faithfulness to the invisible spiritual reality around you - in a natural contemplative state of spiritual awareness. That is why some are naturally sons of God and sons of Man solely by their own nature, and do not need any help from books, since the Spirit of Truth is their ever-present teacher. If you already have the ability to listen to God or Christ (" _if any man hear my voice_ "), Christ asks us to knock and open up, since Christ is the right door, as stated in Revelation [3:20] " _Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me._ ".

About The Author

My Background:

I am not a formally accredited bible scholar, but have been sincerely seeking God all my life. Other than reading the bible and other religious works, I will try to contribute my understanding in the light of my personal subjective mystical and spiritual based methods, mental exercises, and spontaneous experiences over the past 55+ years (currently 71 years old). I am making an attempt to look at this scripture anew, looking for what John says and where it leads me, irrespective of my assumptions to the contrary, rather than what current Christians believe to be the gospel truth. Frankly I always found Jesus a bit of a puzzle in relation to God, but after reading John's works in detail, John presents a Jesus who is deliberate, alien, and truly unworldly Godlike, not just in power but with unique compassion, as an example of an ideal companion of God and the ideal sibling for all of humanity.

I was born as a Roman Catholic but did not attend church regularly unless forced by my mom or my wife, not because of lack of spiritual belief, but by a conviction that most church sermons weren't authentic or promoting real Christianity as a personal discipline. They just seemed to promote a passive practice of an overly cliché phrased religion. It felt like I had to check-in my mind at their door before listening to church sermons – becoming like a pulpit puppet believer. The process of trying to keep myself awake and alert during a sermon was mentally akin to having my nails pulled slowly, off my fingers, one by one. Of course not all sermons were that bad, but too many have been. It is easy for pastors and priests to string together many overused Christian clichés hoping that some may stick on our shallow memories. But I always found the saying of Jesus to feel true, except for some of his declarations, but now in hindsight after writing this book, I see that I was misled more by the religion's creed than by what Jesus actually said about himself.

As an introverted teen in the 1960's, I was keen about science, religions and mysticism. I practiced a form of mindful meditation. I studied most religions, sacred traditions, normal science, pseudo-science, psychic research, prophets, etc.... being open minded enough to look at any reality theories or belief systems, hoping to discover true reality, whether it is materialistic or divine. Yet after all that, I eventually became convinced that whatever someone tells you, their secondhand knowledge will hinder you from incorporating within you, the life changing conscious realizations, or reality insights.

I have written these books under a pseudonym solely for privacy. I am not a professional writer and will not be profiting from this, so please pardon my many revisions and typos.

THANK YOU.
