Many of the New Revelation's books written between 1840 - 1877 can be found today for free on the Internet in various translations... For English, please see: THE NEW REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST through Jakob Lorber and Gottfried Mayerhofer / Presentations of THE NEW REVELATION and various excerpts / Excerpts from THE NEW REVELATION / (also on The Internet Archive: THE NEW REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST through Jakob Lorber and Gottfried Mayerhofer / Presentations of THE NEW REVELATION and various excerpts/ Jakob Lorber Search Database / Download a free Natural Reader (turning pdf files into audio)
WHY THE NEW REVELATION?
In the landscape of countless spiritual writings promising the way to eternal realisation and happiness, the New Revelation may just appear as another and maybe quite doubtful option and, even in the case of the few ones who take the time to study it, paradoxically a too "New Age" or "gnostic" one for Christians and a too "Christian" one for non-Christians.
However, as far as we know, these vast teachings are unique in the world's literature because of offering to the reader, in a perfectly clear and logical manner and in harmony with the greatest moral values, all of the following (please doubt and check yourselves, as this is the only purpose of this website)...
However, as far as we know, these vast teachings are unique in the world's literature because of offering to the reader, in a perfectly clear and logical manner and in harmony with the greatest moral values, all of the following (please doubt and check yourselves, as this is the only purpose of this website)...
- CONFIRMATION AND EXPLANATIONS OF MANY FUNDAMENTAL FACTS PERTAINING TO THE OLD TESTAMENT, WITH A CLEAR UNVEILING OF THEIR SPIRITUAL MEANINGS (Genesys, History of first men, The Flood, The 10 Commandments, Old Prophecies etc) - in The Household of God, The Great Gospel of John
- CONFIRMATION, DEVELOPMENT AND EXPLANATION OF ALL FACTS AND TEACHINGS PRESENTED IN THE GOSPELS FROM BOTH A NATURAL AND A SPIRITUAL PERSPECTIVE - in The Great Gospel of John - 11 vol., The Lord's Childhood, 3 Days in the Temple, Interpretation of Scripture, Lord's Sermons
- THE MOST COMPLEX AND DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF JESUS CHRIST'S LIFE AND TEACHING, IN FULL AGREEMENT WITH THE CHRISTIAN SCRIPTURES - in The Great Gospel of John (11 vol.), The Lord's Childhood , 3 Days in the Temple, Interpretation of Scripture, Lord's Sermons
- DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF GOD AS TRINITY (FATHER, SON, HOLY SPIRIT) AS ALSO OF HIS SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL CREATION. CLEAR REVELATION OF GOD'S PLAN OF SALVATION - in The Great Gospel of John (11 vol.), The Lord's Childhood , 3 Days in the Temple, Interpretation of Scripture, Lord's Sermons, From Hell to Heaven, Spiritual Sun
- THE MOST IMPRESSIVE PORTRAIT OF A GOD OF INFINITE LOVE, WISDOM, FORGIVENESS, COMPASSION AND SELF-SACRIFICE, INCARNATED IN JESUS FOR THE SAKE OF HUMANITY AND ALL HIS CREATION FOR THE SAKE OF HUMANITY AND ALL HIS CREATION - in all the books of the New Revelation
- DETAILED PRESENTATION OF OLD HISTORICAL, GEOGRAPHICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL FACTS FROM TIMES AND PLACES REFERRED IN THE CHRISTIAN SCRIPTURES - in The Household of God, The Great Gospel of John, The Lord's Childhood
- COMPELLING ANSWERS TO THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES EVER RAISED AGAINST THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE - in The Great Gospel of John (11 vol.), The Lord's Childhood , 3 Days in the Temple, Interpretation of Scripture, Lord's Sermons, From Hell to Heaven, Bishop Martin, Spiritual Sun
- A PRESENTATION OF THE HUMAN BEING UNDER ALL POSSIBLE ASPECTS FROM A NATURAL AND SPIRITUAL PERSPECTIVE, OF HIS PURPOSE AND ETERNAL DEVELOPMENT - in all the books of the New Revelation
- A SPIRITUAL APPROACH TO THE MAIN SOCIO-POLITICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES THROUGHOUT HUMAN HISTORY - in all the books of the New Revelation (except maybe Saturn, Natural Sun)
- DETAILED REVELATIONS CONCERNING LIFE AFTER DEATH, HEAVEN AND HELL, ETERNAL DESTINY OF MAN AND ALL MATERIAL AND SPIRITUAL CREATION, IN ACCORD WITH THE CHRISTIAN SCRIPTURES, BUT ALSO WITH RELIABLE NEAR-DEATH-EXPERIENCE AND PARANORMAL RESEARCH - in The Great Gospel of John, From Hell to Heaven, Bishop Martin, Spiritual Sun, Earth and Moon, Deathbed Scenes, Letters for Abgarus
- NUMEROUS FUNDAMENTAL FACTS ABOUT NATURE (BIOLOGY, GEOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, ASTRONOMY ETC), PRESENTING ALSO THE SPIRITUAL CAUSES OF ALL MATERIAL MANIFESTATIONS - SOME OF THE DATA CONFIRMED LATER BY SCIENCE, OTHER DISPUTED OR NOT YET STUDIED - in all the books of the New Revelation (except maybe Letter for Abgarus, Deathbed Scenes), but especially in Earth and Moon, Natural Sun, Saturn, Secrets of life, The Great Gospel of John
- ACCURATE SOCIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL PREDICTIONS CONCERNING THE TIMES WE ARE LIVING IN (REFERRED AS THE END-TIME PRECEDING THE LORD'S SECOND COMING) - in The Great Gospel of John, The Lord's Sermons, From Hell to Heaven
- NUMEROUS IMPRESSIVE LIFE STORIES, WITH CHARACTERS MOVING AND SPEAKING IN A CINEMATIC WAY, ALL POINTING TO AN UNCESSING MORAL AND SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION - in The Great Gospel of John, From Hell to Heaven, Bishop Martin, Spiritual Sun, Deathbed Scenes
- EXISTENCE OF MANUSCRIPTS AND NOTABLE WITNESSES TEXTS TESTIFYING OF THE FLUENT, NON-INTERRUPTED WRITING, WITH NO CORRECTIONS, WHICH, TOGETHER WITH THE HIGHEST INTELLECTUAL QUALITY OF TEXTS, JUSTIFY THE HYPOTHESIS OF INNER DICTATION - most of the manuscripts of the New Revelation, testimonies of witnesses and Lorber's biography are held by the Lorber Verlag Publishing House in Bietigheim Germany
- see also
THE STRONG LINK BETWEEN THE BIBLE AND THE NEW REVELATION - THE TWO WITNESSES
QUESTIONS FOR CHRISTIANS... AND NOT ONLY
The New Revelation through Jakob Lorber and Gottfried Mayerhover versus other religions (short study)
THE STRONG LINK BETWEEN THE BIBLE AND THE NEW REVELATION - THE TWO WITNESSES
QUESTIONS FOR CHRISTIANS... AND NOT ONLY
The New Revelation through Jakob Lorber and Gottfried Mayerhover versus other religions (short study)
Despite all previous, of course, debatable arguments and also the fact that the New Revelation is one of the very few large teachings presenting as if dictated by Jesus Christ Himself, even after 140 years since its completion, it's still completely neglected by all earthly authorities and institutions. No known scientific or religious organisation deems it worthy to be studied, not to mention, promoted (particularly, the Vatican put it on index at the end of the XIX-th century). As a consequence, the absolute majority of the people who may have an interest in it are still unaware of its existence.
Happily, due to the Internet and the selfless work of a few disciple-translators, the New Revelation books are available on the Internet, for free, in about 10 European languages and the number of readers is estimated to be around 100,000 on all continents.
However, there's still no active movements of dissemination in the real world. The believers may attend Christian churches or not and, with few exceptions, especially in the German-speaking Europe, do not gather together in groups. According to the teachings, the creation of another institutionalised church is out of the question for the followers, so they usually just try to inform other Christians and seekers of truth about it - an enterprise which is received, according to various testimonies, with an amazing amount of reticence. Thus, at the present it seems that very many followers get accustomed to keep their knowledge and faith only for themselves and try to live as true Christians, in spirit and in truth, expecting the Lord Himself to be their leader and guide at His Second Coming which is predicted to happen before 2000 years from His death will come to pass (thus probably meaning before 2029, as according to the majority of scholars, the Lord was born in or before 4 BC and according to the Great Gospel of John he indeed lived 33 years). However, the fact that, in order to avoid a total collapse of civilisation and even life on this planet, humanity needs more than ever this highest moral and spiritual teaching, is not doubted by any of them.
Happily, due to the Internet and the selfless work of a few disciple-translators, the New Revelation books are available on the Internet, for free, in about 10 European languages and the number of readers is estimated to be around 100,000 on all continents.
However, there's still no active movements of dissemination in the real world. The believers may attend Christian churches or not and, with few exceptions, especially in the German-speaking Europe, do not gather together in groups. According to the teachings, the creation of another institutionalised church is out of the question for the followers, so they usually just try to inform other Christians and seekers of truth about it - an enterprise which is received, according to various testimonies, with an amazing amount of reticence. Thus, at the present it seems that very many followers get accustomed to keep their knowledge and faith only for themselves and try to live as true Christians, in spirit and in truth, expecting the Lord Himself to be their leader and guide at His Second Coming which is predicted to happen before 2000 years from His death will come to pass (thus probably meaning before 2029, as according to the majority of scholars, the Lord was born in or before 4 BC and according to the Great Gospel of John he indeed lived 33 years). However, the fact that, in order to avoid a total collapse of civilisation and even life on this planet, humanity needs more than ever this highest moral and spiritual teaching, is not doubted by any of them.
BUT STILL... WHY NOT?
The reasons why people can avoid or reject the New Revelation are most variate:
- many people, especially among the young ones, do not have a particular religious or spiritual belief but also do not show any interest in seeking truth or meaning of life and that is because...
- some are kept in the heavy mental and emotional chains of a most pervasive culture of leisure and entertainment: shows, games, movies, travels etc. or of various affordable addictions (sex/ pornography, alcohol, drugs, pain killers/ neuroleptics) - all these offering rapid gratification and thus, become personal goals in life
- some are almost exclusively concerned with their professional or/ and family life
- some have been convinced by education or self-education that religion always was just 'opium for the people' and the hypothesis of materialist science are the only reliable ones according to reason and common-sense
- some (even people who once believed) look at life, considering the numerous bad incidents and circumstances, and infer that the existence of a good and loving God, who really cares about the human beings is a sheer non-sense
- according even to the NR 's teachings, laziness is natural to man, as also to animal, so an innate avoidance of anything that can be perceived as an unnecessary effort can still sadly be the most important reason why most people have no desire to search for the truth or the meaning of life, outside of very special and usually very painful circumstances
- majority of people who already hold a religious and spiritual belief, consider that they have found everything they have searched for and avoid any other teachings for fear of being deluded. They usually tend to assume that all people who do not share their belief are either deluded or animated by bad intentions (atheists as believers in blind nature make no exception to this). We observed that Christians particularly are tempted to deny the New Revelation any chance to be a divine prophetic teaching because...
- in the case of Catholics and Orthodox, who admit that God can speak even today through His 'saints', they cannot however agree with a teaching, no matter how compatible with the Scriptures, if, as it is the case with the New Revelation, it strongly argues against church hierarchy, rituals and ceremonies, sanctifications etc and deals particularly harsh with the institution of the Catholic Church.
- in the case of Protestants, they are usually educated according to the original lutheran 'Sola Scriptura" ("only the Bible") principle, (although the New Testament promotes the idea of testing new prophecies and accepting what is good and encouraging the people to expect genuine prophecies (1Thessalonians 5:19-21, 1 Cor 14) and although they are aware of being still far from fully understanding the Bible and of the general lack of theological unity, due to the emergence of countless different and sometimes contradictory interpretations throughout history).
Other main issues that genuine Christians raise against the NR may concern:
- the denial of the eternal punishment in hell (idea which however finds its opposition also in the Scriptures),
- the existence of life on all the other planets (because there's no clear mention of that in the Bible or because it is contradicted by astronomy - although, at a second look, the demonstrated existence of dark matter and dark energy appears compatible with the idea that the bodies of alien people may be of an ethereal consistency, resembling the nature of light (Sunsets to Sunrises, chap. 145),
- the fact that no Christian church acknowledges and supports the New Revelation (although no Jewish church supported the Lord 2000 years ago either, but on the contrary)
The common reaction towards new teachings, in the case of believers of any faith, is driven by an educated fear of being deluded by false messages, especially if the new teachings are not recognised and recommended by any authority in their area and, linked to that, a fear of being rejected by the containing religious community (and sometimes even the family and closest friends) on the ground of 'heresy'. Such fears would, naturally, be proportional with the measure in which this one contradicts the tenets of their own faith. Therefore, strictly rationally speaking, it might be more difficult for an Orthodox or Catholic, than for a Protestant to adhere to the New Revelation, much more for a New Age believer and even more for a Hindu or Muslim.
But not only such fears, but also, the previously mentioned natural laziness which makes any new and unexpected effort, especially if it involves much patience and diligence, appear as undesirable, has to be overcome by the one who humbly seeks the face of the Lord (2 Chronicles 7:14) and has also the firm intention to seize the Kingdom of God by force (Matt 11:12).
However, beyond any faith and worldly authority stand the living human heart and conscience which are the ultimate witnesses of the real God. Thus, any honest and thinking persons who take the time to study the New Revelation, no matter their cultural or religious background, may also develop a very accurate personal opinion and conviction about it. 'For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.' (Matt 7:8)
- many people, especially among the young ones, do not have a particular religious or spiritual belief but also do not show any interest in seeking truth or meaning of life and that is because...
- some are kept in the heavy mental and emotional chains of a most pervasive culture of leisure and entertainment: shows, games, movies, travels etc. or of various affordable addictions (sex/ pornography, alcohol, drugs, pain killers/ neuroleptics) - all these offering rapid gratification and thus, become personal goals in life
- some are almost exclusively concerned with their professional or/ and family life
- some have been convinced by education or self-education that religion always was just 'opium for the people' and the hypothesis of materialist science are the only reliable ones according to reason and common-sense
- some (even people who once believed) look at life, considering the numerous bad incidents and circumstances, and infer that the existence of a good and loving God, who really cares about the human beings is a sheer non-sense
- according even to the NR 's teachings, laziness is natural to man, as also to animal, so an innate avoidance of anything that can be perceived as an unnecessary effort can still sadly be the most important reason why most people have no desire to search for the truth or the meaning of life, outside of very special and usually very painful circumstances
- majority of people who already hold a religious and spiritual belief, consider that they have found everything they have searched for and avoid any other teachings for fear of being deluded. They usually tend to assume that all people who do not share their belief are either deluded or animated by bad intentions (atheists as believers in blind nature make no exception to this). We observed that Christians particularly are tempted to deny the New Revelation any chance to be a divine prophetic teaching because...
- in the case of Catholics and Orthodox, who admit that God can speak even today through His 'saints', they cannot however agree with a teaching, no matter how compatible with the Scriptures, if, as it is the case with the New Revelation, it strongly argues against church hierarchy, rituals and ceremonies, sanctifications etc and deals particularly harsh with the institution of the Catholic Church.
- in the case of Protestants, they are usually educated according to the original lutheran 'Sola Scriptura" ("only the Bible") principle, (although the New Testament promotes the idea of testing new prophecies and accepting what is good and encouraging the people to expect genuine prophecies (1Thessalonians 5:19-21, 1 Cor 14) and although they are aware of being still far from fully understanding the Bible and of the general lack of theological unity, due to the emergence of countless different and sometimes contradictory interpretations throughout history).
Other main issues that genuine Christians raise against the NR may concern:
- the denial of the eternal punishment in hell (idea which however finds its opposition also in the Scriptures),
- the existence of life on all the other planets (because there's no clear mention of that in the Bible or because it is contradicted by astronomy - although, at a second look, the demonstrated existence of dark matter and dark energy appears compatible with the idea that the bodies of alien people may be of an ethereal consistency, resembling the nature of light (Sunsets to Sunrises, chap. 145),
- the fact that no Christian church acknowledges and supports the New Revelation (although no Jewish church supported the Lord 2000 years ago either, but on the contrary)
The common reaction towards new teachings, in the case of believers of any faith, is driven by an educated fear of being deluded by false messages, especially if the new teachings are not recognised and recommended by any authority in their area and, linked to that, a fear of being rejected by the containing religious community (and sometimes even the family and closest friends) on the ground of 'heresy'. Such fears would, naturally, be proportional with the measure in which this one contradicts the tenets of their own faith. Therefore, strictly rationally speaking, it might be more difficult for an Orthodox or Catholic, than for a Protestant to adhere to the New Revelation, much more for a New Age believer and even more for a Hindu or Muslim.
But not only such fears, but also, the previously mentioned natural laziness which makes any new and unexpected effort, especially if it involves much patience and diligence, appear as undesirable, has to be overcome by the one who humbly seeks the face of the Lord (2 Chronicles 7:14) and has also the firm intention to seize the Kingdom of God by force (Matt 11:12).
However, beyond any faith and worldly authority stand the living human heart and conscience which are the ultimate witnesses of the real God. Thus, any honest and thinking persons who take the time to study the New Revelation, no matter their cultural or religious background, may also develop a very accurate personal opinion and conviction about it. 'For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.' (Matt 7:8)