The Dead, Symbols, Relics & Saints ❤️ Christianity, Churches & Worship... 3rd Testament Chapter 14-2

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Remembering the Dead

51. Men are conservative in their traditions and customs; it is well that they bear an indelible memory of those beings who have gone down to the tomb, and that they are attracted to the place where they have deposited their remains. Yet if they consider the real meaning of material life, they will see that on the disintegration of that body it returns atom by atom to the different realms from which it is formed, and life continues to unfold.

52. But throughout time, man, for lack of study of the spiritual, has created a chain of worship services that are fanatically materialist. They try to make the material life imperishable, and forget the spirit, who is truly the one who possesses eternal life. How far they still are from comprehending spiritual life!

53. Now you know that it serves nothing to take offerings to those places where a headstone that says “Died,” should say, “Disintegration and Life,” for there Nature is in open flower, there is the earth that is the fertile and inexhaustible bosom of creatures and species.

54. When these lessons are understood, humanity will know how to give the material its place, and the Divine its own. That is when the cult of idolatry of one’s ancestors will disappear.

55. Man must recognize and love his Creator, from spirit to Spirit.

56. Those altars are black crepe, and the tombs are a proof of ignorance and idolatry. I pardon all your faults, but truly, I must awaken you. My teaching will be understood, and the time will come when men change the material offerings for elevated thoughts. (245, 16 – 21)

Material Symbols, Crucifixes and Relics

57. In the First Era you knew the symbols, the tabernacle, or sanctuary where the arc containing tablets of the law was kept. When those symbols had fulfilled their mission, My will erased them from the earth, it hid them from the sight of men so that the world would not fall into idolatry, but the meaning or essence of those lessons I left engraved in the conscience of My servants.

58. In the Second Era, when the sacrifice of Christ had been consumated, I made the greatest symbol of Christianity disappear: the cross, together with the crown [of thorns], the chalice, and all that might have been the object of fanatical adoration by humanity. (138, 36)

59. Humanity saw Jesus suffer and His teachings and testimonies are believed by you. Why continue crucifying Him in your sculptures? Are the centuries not enough that you must keep on exhibiting Him as the victim of your wickedness?

60. Instead of remembering Me in the torments and agony of Jesus, why do you not recall My resurrection, full of light and glory?

61. Sometimes, while seeing your idols representing Me in the form of Jesus upon the cross, there are some who have thought him to be a man weak, coward or timid, without realizing that I am Spirit and I came to endure what you call a sacrifice but which I call an obligation of love, as an example for all mankind.

62. “If you meditate in the fact that I was One with the Father, remember that there were no weapons, or forces or torture that would have made Me yield; but if as Man I suffered, bled and died, it was to give you My sublime example of humility”.

63. Men have not understood the greatness of that lesson, and everywhere they raise up the image of the crucified One, that represents a disgrace for this humanity, who without love or respect for the One whom they say they love, continues to crucify and offend Him daily injuring the heart of their brethren, for whom the Master gave His life. (21, 15 – 19)

64. If you were to remove all the crosses from earth that symbolize your Christian faith, and instead truly love one another, I would not find fault with that. Your faith and worship would then be spiritual rather than external. That is what I await from mankind.

65. If only your form of worship and symbols had the strength to prevent wars and addictions to vices, you would live in peace! Behold how you lack respect for those things that are sacred and Divine.

66. Once again I tell you that it would be better if there were not a single temple, altar, symbol, or religious image throughout the world. Instead, you need to pray with your spirit, to love your Father, to believe in him without the need of symbols, and to love one another as I have taught you in My doctrine. Then you would be saved and would be following the path that My footprints traced with My blood, footprints that sealed the truth of My teachings. (280, 69 – 70)

Veneration of the Saints

67. I give you these lessons because you have converted the spirits of many of the just into divinities, who you beg from and adore as if they were gods. Oh humanity, such ignorance! How can men judge the sanctity and perfection of a spirit by just its human works?

68. I am the first to tell you to imitate the good examples that your brothers have written with their works, their lives, and their virtue, and I tell you also that upon remembering them, to hope for their spiritual help and influence; but why raise altars that serve only to offend the humility of those spirits? Why create cults around their memories, as if they were the Divinity, putting them in place of the Father, whom you forget in order to adore your brothers? How painful the glory you give them here has been for them.

69. What does humanity know about My judgment of those who you call saints? What do they know of the spiritual life of those beings, or of the place that each one has achieved before the Lord?

70. Let none think that with these revelations I come to erase from your hearts the merit that My servants have gained among humanity, on the contrary; I want you to know that the grace that they have found before Me is great, and much have I conceded to you for their prayers; but it is necessary that you destroy your ignorance, from which religious fanaticism, idolatry, and superstition come.

71. If you feel that the spirits of those beings float over your lives, trust those who are part of the spiritual world, so that they and you, united in the way of the Lord, consummate the work of spiritual fraternity, the work that I await as the result of all My teachings. (115, 52 – 56)

Religious Festivities

72. Today, when the crowds run in a fuss to their churches to celebrate the moment in which the glory opened up to receive Me, I tell you, that is only a tradition to impress the hearts of humanity. They are merely rites that today make My Divine passion a material event.

73. You are not to follow that tendency, erecting altars and symbols; not to make representations of sacred events, nor use special clothing to distinguish yourselves, for all of that is idolatrous worship.

74. Invoke Me in your hearts, remember My teachings, and imitate My examples. Offer Me the tribute of your reform, and you shall feel how the doors of glory open to receive you.

75. Flee from the false and profane representations that are made of Me and of My passion, for none can represent Me. Live My examples and teachings; any who do so, will have represented their Master on earth. (131, 11 – 13 and 16)

76. Humanity: During these days when you celebrate the birth of Jesus you allow your heart to feel peace. You are as a family that is living in harmony and joy.

77. I am aware that not all individuals are sincerely happy as they remember My arrival on earth during the Second Era, as there are only a few who truly meditate and spiritually rejoice remembering My arrival.

78. Today, as in the past Eras, man celebrates the birth of Jesus with festivities and rituals, but they lack spirituality. These festivities only satisfy man’s material and sensual pleasures but do not offer him true spiritual joy.

79. If man was to spiritually meditate on My great love for mankind as evidenced by My coming to earth to live among humanity during the Second Era, truly I say that you would develop great faith. That great faith would guide you toward Me. Your spirit would develop great virtue and kindness, allowing you to offer great charity, comfort, and tenderness to all the needy along your path. You would perceive each human being as your true brother and would forgive those who offend you. You would sincerely feel compassion for all those you meet along your path who are lonely and for children without parents and who lack love and a true home. You would remember those nations that are without peace because war has destroyed all the good, noble, and sacred things that are found in life. You would then elevate a pure and sincere prayer and ask Me: Lord, what right do we have to live in peace, while so many of our brethren are suffering greatly?’

80. My response would be the following: Now that you have felt the pain of your brethren, have been charitable with them, and have prayed for them, you may gather with your loved ones in your home and enjoy this holy moment because I am now with you. I will be present in your home. Do not be afraid of feeling joy even though you know that many of your brethren are now suffering. Truly I tell you that if you truly feel compassion for those who are suffering, they will feel the peace, hope, and love that you feel for them.

81. No one should think that I no longer want you to celebrate the birth of Jesus, the most important and holiest event of the year. I only come to teach you to give to the world what belongs to the world and to give to the spirit what belongs to the spirit. Man celebrates many of his worldly accomplishments in an unspiritual manner; therefore, why not allow his spirit to celebrate the birth of Jesus? This will allow your spirit to come before Me, like a small child, to present its gift of love, as it learns to worship Me in the same simple manner as did the shepherds during the Second Era and with the same humility the wise men offered Me when they presented Me their gifts.

82. I have not come to limit the joy that men feel during these days. Although celebrating the birth of the Savior has become a strong tradition, man also feels My charity that touches him, My light that enlightens him, and My love that surrounds him. His heart becomes filled with great hope, joy, and tenderness. Although He is inspired to perform deeds of love and charity, with his brethren, He does not always choose to carry out those pure and elevated deeds; instead, He chooses to please himself through the material pleasures of this world. He does not allow his spirit to attain purification, salvation, and spiritual enlightenment by practicing elevated deeds. The Savior came to earth during the Second Era to offer salvation to your spirit, and He presents himself eternally along your path in life to help you resurrect spiritually. (299, 43 – 48)

The Presence of God in spite of Misguided Worship

83. Since man is in material form, He must seek Me through material worship, and as He does not keep his spiritual eyes open, He must forge My image in order to see Me. Because He is not spiritually sensitized, He always demands material miracles and evidence to believe in My existence, and places conditions on serving Me, on loving Me; and in exchange for all I give him, He gives Me something. And so I see all the churches, all the religions, and all the sects that men have created on the face of the earth; they are enveloped in materialism, fanaticism, and idolatry, as well as Mystification, falsification, and profanation.

84. What do I accept from them? Only their intentions. What, from all of this, arrives to Me? The spiritual or physical needs of My children, their ounce of love, their need for light. That is what arrives to Me, but I am with all. I do not contemplate churches, nor forms, nor rites. I come to all My children equally. I receive their spirit in prayer. I draw to embrace them, so that they feel My warmth, and that warmth is the stimulus and encouragement in their road of vicissitudes and trials. But just because I know how to receive the good intentions of humanity, I will not let them remain forever in darkness, enveloped in their idolatry and fanaticism.

85. I want man to wake up, his spirit to ascend to Me, and that in his ascension He can behold the true splendor of the Father, forgetting the false splendors of the liturgies and rites. I want him upon achieving his true ascension to be regenerated and emancipated from his human miseries, and able to dominate materialism, passions, and vicissitudes, finding himself, so that He never says to the Father that He is a vile worm, and knows that the Father created him in his image and semblance. (360, 14 – 16)

86. Many religions exist on earth, and the majorities are based on faith in Christ, but they do not love one another, nor even recognize each other as disciples of the Divine Master.

87. Do you not believe that if any of them had understood My Doctrine, they would have practiced it by bringing reconciliation and peace to the people? But it has not been thus. All of them have remained distanced from one another, distancing and dividing men spiritually so that they see each other as enemies or strangers. Each seeks means and arguments to demonstrate to the rest that He is the possessor of truth and that the others are wrong; but none have the strength or courage to struggle for the unification of all, nor do they have the good faith to discover that in each belief and in each cult exists something of truth.