If you could choose only nine words to summarize the purest teachings found in the Bible, what would it say?
All three triads mentioned above flowed from the quill of Saint John.
Gospel of John 13 v 34 : A new commandment I give unto you, That ye LOVE ONE ANOTHER; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
1 John 4 v 7: Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for GOD IS LOVE.
Gospel of John 10 v 34: Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, YE ARE gods?
The Pharisees and teachers of the law confronted Jesus about the claim that he was the ‘son of God’, they even wanted to stone him to death. Jesus calmly repeated their own scripture back to them by quoting directly from Psalm 82 in the Old Testament.
6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
The I in the verse above is God, not a prophet, not a priest or king, but God. Only the Gospel of John mentions this particular episode, none of the Synoptic Gospels venture anywhere near this explosively controversial topic. The official reason provided for the crucifixion is because the Jews accused Jesus of claiming to be the Son of God. But could the true reason be connected to the teaching, Ye are gods, not I am God? Did Jesus reintroduce the radical and revolutionary idea that all people were gods, fractals of the Most High God of Love?
The Church in all its various incarnations all agree on one thing, Jesus is the Son of God, Jesus is God. Is this the greatest of all ‘conspiracies’ – the concerted effort of the church fathers to stifle consciousness, to stop spiritual evolution by trapping souls in a condition of ignorant bliss? Instead of being taught to save themselves, people are instructed to put all of their faith in Jesus as Savior.
Instead of taking care of the only earth we do have, people are waiting for the Second Coming, waiting for Jesus – the Bright Morning Star, to rescue them from the evil clutches of Lucifer, the Bright Morning Star.
