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17] Up until John, all the prophets as well as Moses’ law have prophesied. He was the last prophet before Me. [18] If you will receive it, this very John is Elijah who is to come again before the Messiah. He also has come and prophesied before Me and has prepared My ways, as you have found out yourselves. Say it now whether you know who John is.’ 45. JOHN THE BAPTIST’S SPIRIT AND SOUL [1] SAY the people: ‘Lord, if so then it is wrong for You to leave him in prison. Judging by Your deeds, which only God is likely to accomplish, it would surely have been easy for You to free him, since he worked for You. Lord, this You ought to do now and not let him be stuck in prison.’ [2] I said: ‘He who comes himself accomplishes more than by sending a messenger or a letter. John’s spirit is big and bigger than any spirit that ever acted in a body on this Earth, but his body is of this Earth and out of its weakness a weak soul has developed and it is good thus. [3] For such strong spirit is indeed capable of raising a strong soul, but the flesh and soul of John are weak. Therefore he always sent messengers in his own stead and here messenger or letter never effect what a person does himself in whom reside soul and spirit. [4] Because I must not and cannot, hang My own strength and power upon someone, be it that someone comes and takes same himself, because on My part none is precluded from taking either life, or judgment, whatever he will, and thus neither My authority nor power for a good cause. [5] But whoever does not come by himself, to him it shall not be granted, other than the grace of light, through which he would find the way to Me, here or in the beyond and realize along the way that I Myself am the way to life and the Life itself. [6] John indeed, like no other, attained to near mastery of his flesh. He saw the blessings in front of him yet did not take them by force. Why not? Did he have to be like that? [7] Here stands before you He who pronounces the ‘Must’, where necessary. But this One also is telling you that He did not pronounce for John a must in this respect. [8] His being called to make straight for Me a way, for the people's sake, was a kind of must, behind which nevertheless there was hidden an eternity of freedom, which however you shall not grasp in your flesh, but that he should not have been allowed to follow Me when seeing and recognizing Me, there was neither a “should not”, and even less a “must not”. There his spirit listened to the soul, wherewith he also got into doubts about Me and has for this reason sent messengers to Me for the second time. He who asks is not yet in the clear, since every question presupposes either a complete lack of knowledge, or a doubt about whether what one knows is true. If John were fully in the clear, he would not be sending Me messengers. [9] No one indeed before him had led a life so strict – because he would eat and drink nothing for days if he felt even the slightest carnal desire in his flesh and therefore was the Earth’s greatest penitent – without ever having sinned. I nevertheless say unto you all: a sinner who has never mended his ways, approaching Me with a love-filled heart, rates higher with Me than John. (GGJ Book 2, chap. 45 ) 32. THE INCARNATIONS OF JOHN THE BAPTIST [1] But Peter came up to Me as we were still on the way down the mountain and asked Me what that should mean, if the scribes said that Elijah must come before the arrival of the Messiah and restore all things and thus prepare the way for the Lord. [2] At this I said to Peter: “The scribes are right, and you too with this question of yours! Elijah is indeed coming first and will restore everything, yet I say to you all: Elijah already came, but they did not recognize him, just as little as they now recognize Me and did to him whatever they wished. So also the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands, as I have told you already many times. I say unto you: This whole corrupt kind will not move before they have reached the goal of their revenge and through it then also their judgment! [3] John, in whom Elijah‘s spirit lived, did signs, taught and baptized and prepared thus the people for Me. What happened to him for this? [4] I Myself teach only the purest religion of life and perform signs which have never been seen before on this Earth and will never be seen again in such size and extent; therefore they have all the more anger and rage at Me and will do to Me with the permission from above what I have already pointed out to you. [5] Of course, the old question again and again arises in your hearts as to why I Myself allow men to do such a thing to Me. But you have been instructed often enough on this topic, and so let us go down to our people in the valley!” [6] When I had finished this speech, the three saw only then that John the Baptist was actually Elijah. [3] John, in whom Elijah‘s spirit lived, did signs, taught and baptized and prepared thus the people for Me. What happened to him for this? [4] I Myself teach only the purest religion of life and perform signs which have never been seen before on this Earth and will never be seen again in such size and extent; therefore they have all the more anger and rage at Me and will do to Me with the permission from above what I have already pointed out to you. [5] Of course, the old question again and again arises in your hearts as to why I Myself allow men to do such a thing to Me. But you have been instructed often enough on this topic, and so let us go down to our people in the valley!” [6] When I had finished this speech, the three saw only then that John the Baptist was actually Elijah. (GGJ Book 13, chap. 32 ) [7] I said: “Oh, do not think that I will impeach you before the Father! There is another who will impeach you, and that is Moses, who you are hoping will come again with Elijah. And he has indeed come, but was recognized by you just as little as now I Myself. (N.B.: Moses’ spirit was in Zachariah, and Elijah’s spirit in John.) (GGJ Book 13, chap. 75)
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