GREAT MILLENNIUM

Great Millennium - What is the most important thing in all the world for humans to do, in order to bring about the Great Millennium.

Great Millennium

November 30th, 1916

I am here, Luke.

    Yes, I desire to write tonight a few lines upon a subject that has never yet been written on.  I know it will interest you.

    My subject is:  What is the most important thing in all the world for humans to do, in order to bring about the Great Millennium that the preachers proclaim will come before, or after, the coming of Jesus?

    Of course, in stating the question thus, I do not intend to be understood as consenting to the doctrine that Jesus will come to Earth in physical form, on the clouds with a great shout, etc., as many of the preachers teach.  For that event will never happen, because, as we have written you before, he has already come to Earth, or rather to humans, in the Spiritual Way that we have explained.  Neither do I intend to embrace in the phrase, "the greatest thing".  The Divine Love, for that of course is The Greatest Thing in All the Earth, and in the Heavens, as well.  By this expression I mean the greatest thing that humans can do, independently of the assistance of the Divine Love.

    Well, as commonly understood, the Millennium is a time, or period of a thousand years, when Peace will reign on the Earth.  The devil, as it is said, will be bound and not permitted to roam over the Earth, causing sin, destruction of souls, sickness, and the other sins that now so generally beset mortals.  Of course, there is no personal devil, in the sense of a satanic majesty.  There are spirits of evil, which abound in the unseen World, and are constantly with mortals, exercising upon them their influence of evil, suggesting to them thoughts and desires that eventuate in sinful and wrong deeds.  These evil ones are merely the spirits of departed mortals, and are not beings of a superior kind in power and qualities.

    Sin as we have told you, was never created by God.  Nor is it the product, or emanations, of any of God's Perfect Creations.  Is wholly the result of the wrongful exercise of human's appetites, and will.  When the desires of the flesh are permitted to overcome the desires of their Spiritual Nature.  With sin, come all the evils, discords, and inharmonies that constitute human's manner of living their Earth Life.  Until these things, which are not a part of their Original Nature, but which are the creation of the inversion of that Original Nature, be eliminated from their thoughts, desires, and appetites, the Millennium will never be established on Earth.  Neither will "satan" be bound in chains and prevented from doing his work of soul destruction.

    Now, the converse of this proposition is True.  The possibility of its occurring is also True.  The question is:  How can this be brought about?  For to bring this about, is "the most important thing for humans to do”.

    When the cause of the present condition of humankind in sin, sorrow, and unhappiness, is definitely determined, then, will readily appear what is necessary to remedy the condition, and remove the cause.  Hence, when the remedy is applied, and removal made, the Millennium will surely come.  This glorious time of human's desired and looked for happiness, is merely one in which Peace rules, and discord does not exist.  Every human is their own brother's keeper in Love.

    Then what are the causes of the present condition of existence on Earth, marred, tainted, and controlled by sin, error and disease?

    These causes are two-fold:  The one arising from human's fall from their Created Perfection of body, mind, and soul, in permitting and encouraging the animal nature to subordinate their Spiritual Nature.  Thereby, by the over-indulgence of the former, causing the carnal appetites to grow and transform the human into a lover of sin and things evil.  The other arising from the influences, which the spirits of evil, who are always endeavoring to make close rapport with humans, and exercise their evil influence over them.

    While the personal satan does not exist, yet the idea conveyed by the necessity of binding him, in order to bring about this Millennium, is a True One, and applies to the actual relationship of humans to these evil spirits.  Except this; that in the case of the latter, it is not necessary, or even possible to bind them, but to loosen them.  That is; to loosen their rapport with, or influence over, humans.  For when that is done, humans become as it were, free.  These evil spirits are, as if they were not.

    So you see, as a preliminary to the ushering in of this greatly desired time of Peace and purity, humans must cease to believe that it will come with the coming of Jesus in a manifested physical way as a mortal conqueror might come with legions of followers, noises of drums, by force of arms, greatness of power, and subdue his enemies.

    This will never be, for no human is an enemy of Jesus.  All are his brothers and sisters.  He is not now making, and never will make war on any human being.  Only on the sin and defilement that is within their souls.  This war can never be waged by power, or force of legions of angels.  For so great is the power of human's will, and so respected is its freedom of action by the Father, that there is no power in Heaven, or Earth, that can, or will, change a sinful soul into a pure one, by force, threats, and conquering legions of angels, even though they might be led by Jesus, which will not happen.  No, the soul is the (real) human.  That soul, can be made Pure and sinless, only when that soul desires and consents that such a condition may become its own.

    So, it should not be difficult for humans to understand that this erroneous belief, that Jesus will come in this semblance of a human conqueror and establish this Great Time of Peace, is doing them much harm, and delaying the actual time of the coming of this event.  The effect of this belief upon the soul is; that everything is to be accomplished by the work of Jesus.  Nothing by themselves (human), except to believe in his coming and wait, and be ready to be snatched up in the clouds.  Then help the hosts of heaven to destroy all of their late fellow mortals who had not believed with them, and put on the robes of ascension, as they literally, or figuratively, designate such robes.  They thus believe!  In their minds, they may be honest, yet their souls may be disfigured and tainted with sin and the Life's accumulation of sin, so that they could not possibly be in condition to enjoy a place of purity and freedom from sin. Some of them expect and claim that they will be the judges of others of their fellow mortals, because of the deeds done in the body.  Yet in how many cases would it prove to be the blind and sinful, judging the blind and sinful.

    They further claim that Jesus, by his great power, and the fact that they believed that he would come again to Earth and establish his kingdom, will in the twinkling of an eye make them fit subjects for his kingdom, and qualified to judge the unrighteous and help cast them out of his kingdom.

    No this can never be the way in which the Millennium will be established.  The sooner humans discard this belief, and seek the Truth; the True Way to Purity and Perfection, the sooner the hope and expectation of humankind will be realized.  Your brother in Christ, Luke.

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