Understanding
prophecy
Jesus:
I consider it extremely important that all sincere seekers attain a
correct understanding of prophecy. There is a multitude of both true
and false prophecies circulating on this planet. Many people have been
unnecessarily burdened by such prophecies. Many people have used prophecy
to generate fear. Many people have used prophecy, or rather a literal
interpretation of prophecy, to reject rationality or religion. Many
people have been unnecessarily confused by prophecies that do not make
sense or seem to contradict each other or natural laws.
I would like to offer some thoughts that can help you gain a deeper
understanding of prophecy. Let me say that prophecy is a very complex
topic. I do not desire to write an entire book on prophecy at this time,
so the following is simply a foundation to get you started. Feel free
to ask additional questions.
Should prophecy be taken literally?
The greatest problem we of the Ascended host face when we give spiritual
teachings (including prophecy) is the carnal mind and its tendency to
think in black and white terms. This is what causes people to take a
spiritual teaching and interpret it literally. The main problem with
this literal interpretation is that it often causes people to go into
a state of denial. There are two different versions of denial that I
would like to address.
The teachings and prophecies in the New Testament were given to people
in a specific state of consciousness, and therefore I used words and
images that these people could accept. Many modern Christians are still
attached to a literal interpretation of these words and images. However,
in today’s rational world some of these words and images simply
do not make sense when interpreted literally (in reality, they were
never meant to be interpreted literally).
If people insist on a literal interpretation, they will inevitably experience
a conflict between that literal interpretation and a rational, scientific
(one might say common sense) approach to life. Many people are not able
to deal with this conflict, and so they go into one of two forms of
denial:
- Some people
hold on to their religious beliefs and therefore deny anything that
seems to contradict their literal interpretation of those beliefs.
This often causes such people to abandon all reason and rationality
in an attempt to uphold their beliefs. If you take an objective look
at how some Christians have interpreted my teachings, including modern
and ancient prophecies, you will see that people have created some
truly bizarre ideas in order to uphold their literal interpretations.
- Some people
cannot hold on to their religious beliefs, and therefore they sink
into doubt, despair or discouragement. Some people eventually become
so enveloped in doubt that they reject all religion. However, the
only reason why people cannot resolve their doubt is that they insist
on holding on to a literal interpretation. For example, many modern
people see that certain religious statements (when interpreted literally)
are not at in accordance with the natural laws discovered by science.
Therefore, they reason that a particular spiritual teaching, or even
all religion, must be false. The obvious alternative is to look beyond
a literal interpretation. If people are not willing to do that, they
will inevitably be plunged into a state of consciousness dominated
by fear and doubt.
I would like to see all human beings resolve their doubts concerning
religion, spirituality and prophecy. However, this can only happen if
people are willing to reach beyond the relativity of the carnal mind
and reach for the insights that come from their higher selves, their
Christ selves. When you do look beyond the carnal mind, you realize
that all spiritual teachings, including prophecies, can be understood
at different levels. Even the New Testament records that I taught the
multitudes in parables, but expounded all things to my disciples. This
should prove to even the most literal Christians that my teachings can
be understood at more than one level.
Once you begin to look beyond the literal interpretation, you find a
much deeper meaning in spiritual teachings, including prophecies. You
begin to see that many teachings and prophecies do not necessarily refer
to the material dimension. Throughout history, many people have been
given true visions of future events, yet in many cases the events were
going to take place in the spiritual dimension. Yet, when people attempted
to describe such events, they used words and images that made sense
to them, and therefore they often described a spiritual event in a way
that made it sound like a material event.
Let me give you one example. Matthew 24, 29 records a prophecy that
I gave to my disciples. It states:
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be
darkened, and the moon shall not give her light . . .
Based on what I will show you in the rest of this section, I think you
can see that this particular statement could be interpreted as a spiritual
event. For example, a period of tribulation or darkness can refer to
the descent of negative energy that often accompanies the transition
from one age to the next. Although this descent of energy might trigger
certain outer events, it is primarily an event that takes place in the
spiritual dimension.
Did my prophecy refer to the material sun and moon, or did it have a
symbolical meaning? Many teachings, both ancient and modern, talk about
a spiritual self. It is through the spiritual self that people receive
intuitive insights, understanding, enlightenment and comfort. During
a descent of negative energy, it becomes much more difficult for people
to commune with their higher selves. Some spiritual traditions say that
the higher self has various aspects and compare them to the sun and
the moon. Therefore, the above passage could be interpreted to mean
that when there is a descent of negative energy, people can no longer
contact the sun and the moon of their higher selves. Therefore, they
will literally feel like they are in spiritual darkness. This interpretation
can also be applied to my statement: “Work while the have the
light, for the night comes when no man can work.”
I hope you will use these ideas to rethink your attitude towards and
your interpretation of both prophecy and spiritual teachings. I hope
you will go deeply within your heart and allow your higher self and
me to give you a deeper understanding of the true spiritual meaning
behind the outer teachings. If you will make an effort to establish
this inner communion, you will find that your spiritual life will be
enriched beyond your current expectations.
The goal
of prophecy
Let us take a look at the goal of all true prophecy. When we of the
Ascended host give a prophecy, we give it exclusively as a warning.
Our intent is to warn people (sometimes humankind as a whole) that unless
they change their ways, certain undesirable consequences are likely
to occur.
Let me make this clear. Prophecy is not an intent to create fear or
to make people feel that they are being punished by God. As I have stated
elsewhere on this website, human beings have created their own situation.
If you misuse God’s energy, you will inevitably produce certain
consequences. You will reap as you have sown. Therefore, prophecy is
a warning that if you continue in your present misuse of God’s
energy, you will experience the consequences.
The true goal of prophecy is to make people realize that they have created
a self-destructive spiral, and unless they change their actions and
their state of consciousness, that destructive spiral may lead to their
own destruction. One might say that the true goal of prophecy is to
make people realize the folly of their ways, so they can decide to turn
their lives around and come up higher in consciousness.
The hope for a turnaround
Our goal is to bring all human beings back home to our Father’s
kingdom. God’s kingdom is a state of consciousness, namely the
Christ consciousness. Because so many people have fallen into a lower
state of consciousness, namely a state of consciousness that is dominated
by the relativity and duality of the carnal mind, many people are actually
in the process of moving further and further away from Christ consciousness.
Many people are literally sinking deeper and deeper into a lower state
of consciousness.
For an individual soul to start the process of rising out of the lower
consciousness, that soul must first reach a turning point. The soul
must come to an inner realization that it is moving away from God. Then,
the soul must decide that it does not want to continue in that direction,
and it must begin the process of coming back home. If a soul has descended
to a very low state of consciousness, fear is the only thing that can
make the soul turn around. This might be a fear of negative consequences,
a fear of hell or a fear of the wrath of God. Such a fear can indeed
be sparked by a prophecy.
We of the Ascended host desire every soul to turn around, but we do
not want people to live in fear. We want all souls to begin the spiritual
path whereby the soul consciously realizes and accepts that it has the
potential to put on Christ consciousness. Therefore, after a soul has
turned around, we want that soul to quickly move away from fear. We
want the soul to put on its individual Christhood, and thereby gradually
overcome its fears.
Throughout history, prophecy has awakened many people to the need for
change. If this does happen (or has happened) to you, simply be grateful
for the fact that you have realized the need to come up higher. Then,
realize that even though your personal turnaround may have been motivated
by fear, fear should only be a temporary motivation.
Is prophecy always accurate?
Many people, especially in this rational age, subscribe to the idea
that unless a prophecy is fulfilled to the letter, then it was a false
prophecy. Some people use an unfulfilled prophecy as an excuse for rejecting
a particular religion or even all religion. I must tell you frankly
that this reaction originates in the carnal mind and it’s tendency
to think in black and white terms. When a prophecy is given, it outlines
what might come to pass. It rarely describes an inevitable outcome.
Some human beings have a desire to see certain prophecies come true.
Yet, we of the Ascended host do not desire to see our prophecies come
true. The simple fact is that a prophecy only comes true if people do
not heed the warning and change their ways.
If people heed the warning, then a prophecy can be partially or completely
mitigated. We always hope that every prophecy will be mitigated so that
the predicted events do not come to pass. Therefore, to us a prophecy
is successful only if the predicted events do not occur. If people do
not heed the prophecy, and the predicted events do occur, then the prophecy
has failed (it has not had the desired effect).
Because so many people are caught up in the carnal mind, they tend to
think in black and white terms about everything that relates to religion
(and everything else for that matter). Such people tend to think that
when we give a prophecy, that prophecy must be completely accurate and
therefore describe events that will certainly come to pass. However,
in reality no prophecy is ever completely accurate. It is simply not
possible for us to predict exactly what will happen on planet earth.
I think you will realize why when I describe the basis of prophecy.
The basis of prophecy
When we of the Ascended host decide to give a prophecy, we look at three
main factors:
- Misqualified
energy.
As stated elsewhere on this site, everything you do is done with God’s
energy. When people engage in negative thoughts and feelings, they
generate negative energy. Energy cannot be destroyed, so it is stored
in the energy fields of individual human beings and in the energy
field of the planet. If you send radioactive energy into your body,
that energy will eventually produce a cancerous tumor. Likewise, when
people continue to send negative energy into the earth body, the earth
body can eventually become so burdened that it produces what human
beings call natural disasters. The energy can also become so intense
that it causes upheaval in society.
- Returning
karma. As explained elsewhere (see Teachings
section and this question),
human beings are constantly generating energy impulses that are sent
out into the universe. These impulses will inevitably be returned
to them. The common term for this phenomenon is karma. When such karma
is returned to people, or to a group of people, it can manifest as
natural disasters or upheaval in society.
- The psychological
conditions of a group of people.
One of the most unpredictable factors that affect prophecy is how
human beings will respond to certain situations. If their self-generated
energy reaches a certain intensity, people are likely to react in
negative ways. But exactly how will they react? When karma returns
and things begin to break down in society, how will human beings respond
to this? Planet earth is a warring planet. Whenever conditions intensify,
there is always a risk that people will respond with anger and violence.
But exactly how will they respond, and how far will they go?
We can look at the past records of an individual soul and a group
of souls. Based on these observations, we can predict how people are
likely to react to a given situation. Yet, human beings have free
will. Therefore, we can never predict with certainty how people will
react. While this might seem like a curse, it is also a potential
blessing. We of the Ascended host always hope that humankind will
choose the higher road, and that is indeed why we give forth prophecy.
Prophecy is probability, not certainty
It is unfortunate that the war between science and religion has caused
so many devout Christians to be suspicious of science. Quantum Physics
has demonstrated that at the subatomic level you cannot predict the
outcome of an event. You can predict the probability of certain outcomes,
but you cannot know exactly what will happen.
This also applies to prophecy. We can predict the probability that certain
events will happen, but we can rarely predict with certainty.
When you understand that prophecy is given as a warning, in the hope
that people will turn back prophecy, you understand that we are never
trying to predict with certainty. We are simply trying to predict which
one of the potential outcomes has the highest probability of manifesting.
In most cases, we give a prophecy far ahead of the predicted event.
Our hope is that people will heed the prophecy and mitigate the event.
However, if this does not happen, then the probability increases. The
closer we move to the time of the predicted event, the higher the probability
that the event will occur. In other words, there simply isn't time for
people to turn back the prophecy.
Therefore, we do sometimes give a prophecy because an event is so close
to occurring that it is unlikely to be mitigated. We seek to warn those
who have ears to hear so that they can protect themselves or escape
the situation. While such instances are indeed true prophecies, they
are not the kind of prophecies we like to give. We always seek to warn
people far ahead of time, in the hope that the predicted events will
never occur.
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