"What MUST I do to be saved?"
As far as God the Father is concerned, the answer to that question IS always
the same: yesterday, today and forever. The "MUST REQUIREMENT" for
salvation has never, ever changed. It is man's understanding of it that changes
from one era to the other. Our Heavenly Father's standard and requirement for salvation
remains the same.
Moses did not change it. Jesus did not change it. You and I
cannot change it. The very same requirement that Enoch met - is the very same
requirement that Elijah met. It is the very same requirement that Mary
Magdalene met. It is the very same requirement that you and I must meet. The
doctrine of salvation according to Paradise is changeless. But man's understanding
of it continues to evolve…
The spiritual technique of SALVATION
occurs when an individual accepts and is "quickened" by the
expression of God's LOVE and MERCY. Salvation is yours when you get a
revelation of God's love and mercy: a revelation or understanding-experience that
causes you to open your heart to God, to trust Him, to welcome Him into your
life; to surrender all to Him and have FAITH in Him as your Father. These acts
bring you to a place where you begin to see others as your brothers and sisters
and you develop FAITH in your eternal salvation – faith that you will exist in
and with God forever. Your heart becomes totally committed to doing His will.
This is possible because of the GRACE and GOODNESS of God. Herein is your
salvation.
This is the explanation of salvation by faith through grace. When you
experience true, real and living salvation, you are cleansed by God. In the
spirit realm, you go through the “Christ Portal” to God. You are enveloped in
the “Christ Anointing”. This is true even if you do not consciously mention the
names “Christ” or “Jesus Christ”. This happens because “The Way”, “The Truth”
and “The Life” is Christ. It has always been this way since time immemorial.
When you understand this, you will see that there are people from various
“faiths” who are saved. This is made very clear in different ways. There are
many, many examples. Do you know that even before Jesus died, his disciples
were saved? You see, they were already in God's Kingdom. People's sins were
washed away without the shedding of Jesus' blood. Jesus clearly forgave people
their sins before he died. This tells you that blood must not be spilled for
sins to be washed away. There's salvation at the Cross primarily because at the
Cross, Jesus gave a very deep and powerful revelation of God's love. In the
depths of the greatest hatred, despair and wickedness, he showed love and
forgiveness. He revealed the love of God. It is this revelation of God's love
in the midst of so much hatred that pulls many more people to God and His
salvation. It is not the shedding of blood per se which inevitably followed his
brutal hanging on the Cross.
This explains why some people recite the so-called sinner's prayer but do not
experience salvation, even though they may think they have magically become
saved. If at the Cross, an individual does not experience a soul-quickening
transformation birthed from an understanding of God's love, resulting to a
total acceptance of this love, he/she may not walk away saved. It does not
matter the amount of sinner's prayer memorized and offered. God is not a
magician.
As we understand the Heavenly Father better, we see that it is LOVE that saves.
This love may be discovered and wholeheartedly embraced at the foot of the
Cross or somewhere else. This explains why in Heaven, we would meet people from
all walks of life, various faiths and different planets. The atonement doctrine
of Christianity has so many loopholes. For starters, you cannot regard as
justice, the punishment by God of an innocent man for the wrongs of guilty offenders.
Even our human justice system knows better. How much more our Heavenly Father –
the all knowing and all wise God?
If you study human spiritual history very closely, you will learn that the
demand for blood as a ransom was an age old practice instituted by fallen
spirits of darkness. From a deeper esoteric standpoint, Jesus chose to go
through the Cross experience as a way to meet them at their low level and to
hand them a crushing defeat at that level of blood-energy thirst. This is a
matter of great significance in the angelic cosmic realm. God the Paradise
Father has no business asking people for blood sacrifices.
Salvation
is by faith through grace. You may ask, “Faith in what and whose grace?”
It is faith in God that He is
your Father and He loves you. This is possible because of His grace.
This is the summary of salvation. And this explains why we have aliens who are
saved. Jesus would not go to their planets to die... And some of them do not
yet know that Christ came to planet Earth as Jesus, let alone that he died,
resurrected and ascended. So, why did Jesus die? There are very important
reasons why...
When you understand these things, you will begin to see clearly the true
meaning of the gospel that Jesus declared. He declared the good news that, “The
Kingdom of God is within you”. This is true for God the Father has already
placed His indwelling spirit, the Still Small Voice, within you. Jesus taught
that God’s Kingdom is already within you. You just need to discover it by faith
through God’s great grace. He did not teach that you must believe that
without the shedding of his blood, your sins cannot be forgiven. The
salvation message of Jesus is different from that of Peter or Paul. There are
similarities. But there are differences. Study the Master’s teachings closely.
He taught salvation and the Kingdom life. Please, look at what he placed
emphasis on. It’s all there.
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Salvation and the Blood of Jesus
Matthew 9:1-2, 6-7
1 Jesus stepped into a boat, crossed over and
came to his own town. 2 Some men brought to him a paralyzed man, lying on a
mat. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, “Take heart, son; your
sins are forgiven.”
6 But I want you to know that the Son of Man has
authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the paralyzed man, “Get up,
take your mat and go home.” 7 Then the man got up and went home.
Jesus and Nicodemus: See John
chapter 3.
Hebrews 9:22, "And according to
the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of
blood there is no remission."
Hebrews
9:28, "so Christ was sacrificed
once to take away the sins of many..."
If blood MUST be shed before your sins
can be forgiven, please how come Jesus forgave the sins of this man in Matthew
chapter 9 WITHOUT the shedding of his blood? Clearly, God can forgive sins
WITHOUT the shedding of blood. But the author of Hebrews seems to tell us
otherwise. In a bid to portray “the Law” (or Judaism) as a perfect shadow of
the “New Covenant”, the author of the book of Hebrews knowingly or unknowingly
dabbled into syncretism. Please, keep on reading. You should see this.
I suspect the Apostle Paul is the author of that book. I see his fingerprints
all over it. It portrays Paul’s strategy of seeking to “become all things to
all men so that he might win some of them over”. This strategy made him to
adapt and adjust the teachings of Jesus to suit each particular audience. There
is wisdom in this but it can also be dangerous. There is the possibility of
weeding out true meanings, if care is not taken. The letter to the Hebrews
shows a great desperation to win over as many Jews as possible. This is a
desperation that yielded very, very little results, if any. It failed to win a
lot of Jews over to Paul’s Christianity. And New Millennium Kingdom
thought-leaders have to deal with the mess the good brother left behind… And of course, he knows better where he is now
in the Heavenlies.
Do you know Jesus told another man, Nicodemus that, in essence, right there and
then in the garden, he could become born again? No blood had been shed o! And
do you know that the Apostles and disciples were saved before Jesus died?
There's no true record anywhere that says they prayed for forgiveness and
salvation after Jesus died. None. There was no need to. They were saved
already.
So why do some people get saved at the Cross? It
is a soul-transforming revelation of the love of our Heavenly Father that they
receive at the foot of the Cross that ushers in salvation. It is not the blood
per se. We need to clear out the confusion. Is there a great spiritual drawing
power at the Cross of Christ? Of course, YES! There is! The tragic death of a
righteous and perfect God-man and the all powerful divine love displayed by him
in spite of the brutalities all have great saving powers! Jesus knew this. And
this is why we see in Matthew 26:27-28, “Then He took the cup,
and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for
the remission of sins.”
When you understand these things, then you'll
know that it is possible for people in very remote places on Earth, who have
not even heard of the death of Jesus to be saved. And that we have aliens in
many other planets who know nothing about the Cross that are saved. You do not
need to board a flight to their planets to go preach to them. In His own ways,
God reveals Himself to them.
To understand the Gospel of Salvation, we have
to focus, first and foremost on what Jesus Christ taught. What did Jesus teach
with regards to salvation? In other words, according to Jesus, what MUST one do to be saved? It is very
important you look at these questions, “according to Jesus” – not according to
the Apostles Peter or Paul. A very close examination reveals that “Salvation”
according to Jesus is not exactly the same as “Salvation” according to Peter or
Paul. There are similarities but there are differences.
In Luke 10:25-28 a lawyer asked Jesus, “What shall I do to inherit eternal
life?” It is very important to examine Jesus’ response very closely. If a
belief in the shedding of blood “as a MUST requirement” for
salvation is God’s ultimate standard, Jesus would have said so. But he did not.
Luke 10:25-28
25 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master,
what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
26 He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and
thy neighbour as thyself. 28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right:
this do, and thou shalt live.
Jesus said, “Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.” Oh
Hallelujah! The Master said, “You have answered correctly – do this and you
shall live.” Right here, Jesus reveals our Heavenly Father’s “MUST requirement” for salvation. In
order for you to be born again, all you need to do is to embrace LOVE, the
divine LOVE with all your heart. This is the gospel of salvation according to
God the Father. This is what Jesus Christ, God incarnate in the flesh preached
and taught. Adding all kinds of requirements to this leads to syncretism.
And by syncretism, I mean adding man-made culture, ideas and practice into that
of God and in the process, diluting, watering down and even losing completely,
the pure truth from God. Syncretism is the combination of different
forms of belief or practice. Christianity practices “salvation syncretism”
because it mixes or combines “salvation by faith through grace, not of works”
with “salvation by blood sacrifice – the
work of the offering of blood”. You have to key into the ministry of the
Spirit of Truth, the very spirit of Jesus Christ in order to fully understand
these things. There are very subtle meanings and values you might miss out on
or lose if you do not allow the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth to work with you
unfettered.
Now, some people may ask, “Why did Jesus die a brutal death which led to a
literal spilling of his blood?” Here are some thoughts in answer to such an
inquiry:
The Death of Jesus on the Cross
As we ponder upon the blood of
Jesus, we may ask, “Is there power in the blood of Jesus?” The answer is a very
resounding, “YES!” Life is in the blood. And the blood “speaks”. For example,
the blood of an innocent child, that is brutally murdered cries out for
JUSTICE! In a very tangible, spiritual sense, his/her blood speaks. Great
changes have transpired in various societies because of the blood of people
“speaking”. Now if the blood of mere mortals can be this powerful, how much
more the blood of Jesus, God incarnate in mortal flesh? Please, stop and think
about this for a minute! This is very, very powerful! It carries great meanings
and values beyond our present ability to comprehend!
The Cross shows that Jesus was completely overtaken by the divine love - to
such an extent he wasn't afraid to die for believing and teaching truth,
goodness and love. It also shows that when you are filled with love, it becomes
so easy to forgive your friends (who may have betrayed or denied you) and your
enemies who hate you with all their hearts. The Cross reveals the love of God
in a very unique, touching and moving way. The display, in any way, form or
fashion of deep love has great spiritual drawing power!
Rebellious fallen spirits always
demanded blood as a sacrifice for atonement. In part, they depended on blood
for power. Blood sucking demons always hungered for blood to draw “energy”
therefrom. For centuries upon centuries human beings would spill or shed blood
to appease their tribal gods - rebellious fallen spirits pretending to be gods.
All over the world, a lot and a lot
of blood were shed for many, many years - blood of animals and the blood of
human beings as well. A lot of blood – at the altar of ceremonial sacrificial
offerings! This means a lot of energies wasted away; destroyed and even messed
up! This was happening every week, every year, all over the world! This was
creating serious problems in the spirit realm which was affecting the progress
of planet Earth. It was a very mean and calculated attempt by rebellious fallen
spirits to mess up the planet and make things very difficult, if not impossible
for God. That was their core but delusional mission!
All those messed up, wasted and
troubled "energies" had to be cleared off from the planet. Also, the
culture of shedding blood all in the name of "atonement" had to be
brought to an end. The rebellious fallen spirits had that messy program going
on and on, on Earth and a powerful answer or response had to be given to them
to shut them up forever. Someone had to show in a very emotional, touching and
moving way the folly of what they were doing.
The rebellious fallen spirits didn't
kill Jesus but they had a hand in it. Jesus hung on the Cross, bleeding and
dying in a very painful and slow manner. Here was the Creator of our Universe,
in mortal flesh, hanging, sweating, bleeding and dying slowly like a guilty,
useless, reckless and common criminal! Hanging on a Cross in public, almost
naked like a distasteful animal; like a useless vagabond! This sent shock waves
all over the Universe. The entire Celestial Realms were in total shock! Even
Lucifer turned his face away. He couldn't withstand it! Very powerful and
resounding messages were sent all over the Universe and beyond! This was the
stroke that broke the camel's back! This was when Lucifer, Satan (Lucifer’s
assistant), Caligastia (the fallen and deposed Prince of our planet), Beelzebub
(a rebellious Midwayer), etc lost any and all sympathy they enjoyed from some
loyal-to-God Celestial Personalities. It was over! Game up! They were
effectively silenced! They lost any leeway to argue or state their case!!
Hallelujah!!!
In hanging, bleeding and dying on the Cross, Jesus effectively terminated the
shedding of blood - that was used as atonement. In a new and deep way, it
became so very clear that the shedding of the blood of animals and humans must
be abandoned! The blood of Jesus gave a very powerful answer to that. The
devil’s scheme of wasting countless “energies” through the shedding of blood
was squashed - once and for all! Blood sucking demons who always demanded for
blood from which to draw “energy” could not handle Jesus’ blood. This
was a quicker and faster way to squash “ceremonial sacrificial blood-letting”
and save Earth from all the troubles and karma that such a scheme piles up. In
dying the way he did, Christ, as Jesus cleared up the karmic debts from the
ruthless and senseless shedding of the blood of animals and humans - a global
practice that, in many ways, was having a very heavy toll on mother Earth and
her inhabitants. This as well, has Universe-wide implications.
These
things explain why demons and evil forces shudder in fear and withdraw when
people petition, "The Blood of Jesus".
And do you know that an earthquake
occurred in Calvary while Jesus hung on the Cross? Do you also know that his
blood flowed through the cracks to the "Mercy Seat" of the Ark of the
Covenant underground? Years before, King Solomon had made provisions for the
Ark to be moved and hidden underground, in the event that a foreign power
attacks Jerusalem and seek to steal or remove it.
In the Bible, the Ark, with regards
to its location, was last mentioned in 2 Chronicles 35:3. This was during the
reign of Josiah, king of Judah. Judah was conquered by Babylon in 586 B.C. -
less than 3 decades after Josiah's death and the Ark disappeared. In actuality,
it was taken to the secret underground location prepared by king Solomon, who
through foresight provided an alternate dwelling place for it, to secure it
from theft or seizure in any event of a foreign invasion.
Interestingly, when Jesus showed up
on planet Earth, the Ark was hidden and kept away. And the Master was crucified
on the same location where it was in safe hiding underground. As he bled, and
the ground shook, his blood flowed to that same "Mercy Seat", where
the Jewish High Priest would offer blood once a year. This is no mere
coincidence! An online search for a brother by the name, "Ron Wyatt",
an archeologist would show you this discovery. He also discovered many
different things. Some people say Ron was a "Destiny reservist". It
is significant to observe that the blood of Jesus flowed to the same “Mercy Seat”
of the Ark of Judaism, a religion that was troubled by syncretism – righteous
divine practice, mixed with man-made belief and also demonic interferences.
These demonic interferences were fallen spirits appearing as angels of light to
interject their agenda into human religious/spiritual experiences.
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Your salvation is by faith through grace – faith that the Heavenly Father is
“your Father” and that He loves you! This is a quickening faith that causes you
to, as it were, “Surrender everything to the Father of all”. Nothing extra or
additional is needed as a “must requirement”. Christ did not come to planet
Earth to change the Father’s requirement for salvation. However, His mortal
bestowal played a great role in making it much easier for humans to develop a
better understanding of the Father and His love. This makes it much easier for
them to embrace salvation and walk in the fullness of life – the God kind of
life. Hallelujah!
Christ did not come because it was
impossible for people to be saved. The Father’s free gift of salvation has
always been available all through the ages. Enoch embraced it. David received
it. Isaiah did as well and millions more all through the ages before Christ
showed up as, “Jesus of Nazareth”. True indeed, the mortal incarnation of our
Creator-Christ brought a lot of numerous blessings to our planet and our
Universe. YES! However, a primary reason Christ came was for Him to reveal “our
Father in Heaven” in new, greater and better ways and also for Him to attain, “a
name far above all other names”. With regards to the attainment of, “a
name far above all other names”, Paul the Apostle had some
understanding of this. We are challenged to even go deeper and come up with a
far greater understanding than Paul had…
Christ came to Earth to be promoted by the Father. He did not come because
humans were finding it impossible to be saved. It was important for Him to
“experience” the life of His mortal children. This results in a lot of progress
in terms of Universe Administration. These are matters that concern the
organization and administration of Universe affairs. We may need a separate
space and time to go in greater details concerning these things. Anyway my dear,
go get your salvation and hold onto it firmly and wholeheartedly! Peace be upon
you! Hallelujah!
