About the liberation from the ceremonies and the Law

Great Gospel of John Book 5 Chapter 132 Jakob Lorber

[GGJ 5.132.1] (The Lord:) "With this I give you a divine life precept which is as far removed from
any ceremony as one celestial pole is from another. There is then no need for a Sabbath, a temple, a
prayer-house, any fasting, a staff and coat of Aaron, a two-horned head-dress, an ark of the
covenant, a sensor, a blessed and, still less, a cursed water. With this teaching man as such is all in
all and needs nothing but himself.
[GGJ 5.132.2] In the ancient, rudimentary teachings man was only partly depicted materially as,
more and more ennobling himself, he developed into a true spiritual man and it was therefore
necessary to portray him in all sorts of spiritually corresponding forms, vessels and ceremonial
rituals.
[GGJ 5.132.3] In this My new teaching man is completely at one in and with himself, as if in one
point. In the same way I Myself am here united with all My former primordial and infinite Deity in
one point before you and tell you that from now on you need no longer look for the Kingdom of
God and its righteousness in the temple at Jerusalem or on Mount Gerizim nor worship God there,
but such divine service may be held wherever there is a human being!
[GGJ 5.132.4] The heart of man will be the living temple of the true, one and only God and the
active love will be the only true service to God, and the love for God will be His one and only true
worship!
[GGJ 5.132.5] But since neither a true love for God without active love for one's neighbor, nor this
without true love for God is conceivable, both loves are basically only one love and thus one and
the same true worship of God. Whoever has that within has everything, all the law and all the
prophets united in his own heart and no longer has need of anything more.
[GGJ 5.132.6] I hereby abolish all old forms, as well as the law of Moses; however, not in the sense
that they should no longer be observed — far from it — but only insofar as they had previously
been an external coercion to act in a certain manner, followed by earthly punishment in case of
non-compliance. In this way the law was a judge breathing down everyone's neck, and a permanent
judgment from which no one could escape. But a human being weighed down by the burden of the
law obviously is under permanent judgment; and he who is under judgment is spiritually dead and
cursed by the inner, divine freedom of life.
[GGJ 5.132.7] Not until the law becomes his own and is subject to the freedom of his own freest
will is man rid of all judgment and curse and death. I came into this world mainly to free all men
from the yoke of the law, the judgment, the curse and death. Therefore, from now on I take away
all externals, let you truly come into your own and thereby make you true children of God and
lords over all the law and judgment.
[GGJ 5.132.8] If you, as well as your disciples, abide by this rule unchangingly, no judgment will
ever come over you because you are above the judgment; but as soon as you allow in one or the
other matter to have an ancient, external law added and adhere to some ancient, external
ceremonial, you will again submit to a judgment, and death will touch you in the same measure as
you have submitted to an old ceremonious law!"
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About the relations of God's children to state laws

[GGJ 5.133.1] At this Roklus says, "But, Lord, what about the compliance with the political laws
of the state? Surely one has to observe them, regardless of how much one has become one's own
master!? Or can these laws be dealt with in the same manner as those of the great prophet Moses?"
[GGJ 5.133.2] Say I: "But, friend, how can one call rules of state laws? By law is meant only the
proclaimed will of God ; your rules of state are nothing but the very changeable will of a man and
can never deal with anything but the most external and material conditions of physical life. If they
are good, you will approve of them and accept them with your free will; once you have done that,
you have already mastered the rules of state and can no longer come under judgment because of
them. But if they are bad, you have the liberty to free yourself of them and to move to where there
are wiser laws or to make the legislator aware in the very gentlest way of the shortcomings of some
laws and give him a correct and good advice. If he accepts the advice, you will well be able to
remain; but if he in his domineering arrogance does not accept your advice, then move on! For the
Earth is large and has many lands and peoples and kingdoms and kings and princes."
[GGJ 5.133.3] Once you are pure in your inside, then everything will also be clean; for to the clean
all things are clean because he can see the reason for everything, which is to say: For the seer
everything during the day is illuminated, and even the night is not lightless for a sharp seer, while
to the blind everything is dark and the day has no advantage over the night for him.
[GGJ 5.133.4] Therefore whoever is once in the full order within, is also a lord over all disorder
that can occur anywhere in the world in one way or another. But because he is a lord and in himself
cannot slide into any disorder any longer, he may and can basically exist well in every political
society, however it may be created and organized; for he sees clearly where he has to go.
[GGJ 5.133.5] I Myself am now on this Earth and subject Myself, according to My external
personality, to the order prescribed by the emperor of Rome and never contradict it, not even for
appearance's sake! Do I thus lose order in My innermost divine being? Oh not at all "I am who I
am, unchanged, and My advice will also be accepted by those who bear the power of the ruler in
their hands, and I am therefore a master and lord over them, and no one asks Me and says: Lord,
why do you do that?
[GGJ 5.133.6] Believe Me that someone who has truly become lord over himself can also easily
become lord over a whole nation; and no one will say to him: Friend, how can you do such a thing?
For the people will make him into it themselves, in that they will hurry to him in droves and will
seek advice. But what is a wise advisor but a wise legislator? Whoever gives these laws, however,
will also be a lord over those who have received the laws from him! Or are Ouran, Mathael, My
noble friend Cyrenius here, Cornelius, Faustus and Julius not rulers and commanders and have
nonetheless accepted laws from Me and call Me their Lord? Why did they do that then? Because
they have got to know very brightly the truth and its power and strength in Me more than enough!
But what I now say and do, that and many other greater things you will also do in the near future
and will thus have to bring forth quite the same effects on the whole dear Earth.
[GGJ 5.133.7] Certainly a decided courage is needed for this, which does not fear the death of the
body; but how should he fear something that carries eternal life in the highest clarity and quite
perfectly has become a lord of life in itself and must know very well that firstly those who may
well kill the body are not able to do any more damage to the soul and its eternal spirit of life, and
that secondly the soul makes a never pronounceable gain through losing the heavy body for ever,
which all the treasures of this earth would never be able to take away!
[GGJ 5.133.8] But whoever sees such a thing in oneself in life's highest and deepest basic clarity,
well, will he perhaps have fear of physical death?! And even if he did still, he would resemble
obviously a fool who laments that he has been freed from his straitjacket and instead is clothed
with the robe of the highest and most liberal freedom and clarity of eternal life! But that is not
thinkable, therefore the necessary courage will also most certainly not be lacking for you at the
right time.
[GGJ 5.133.9] Therefore, do strive above all to become perfect masters over your own self and you
will also be masters over all the laws and all judgment and not subject to the curse of some foolish
worldly law.
[GGJ 5.133.10] What you become yourself, however, make sure that all those who will learn from
you the innermost order of life will become as well "then they will become your true friends and
brothers and will give no other laws anymore because they like you will see that the innermost law
of life replaces all the others and makes them fully useless!"

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