Daniel Rosenblit was not beneath ridiculing people
who practiced religion or believed in God. He believed
that religious people were weak-minded and that
religion was their crutch. But all that changed
in 1978 when, after weeks of failing health, he
died and was forced to "face the music." While dead,
he was shown true reality for the first time - from
God's perspective. While dead in body he was tutored
by God Himself. Daniel was taught the “spirit of
the law" and how "the letter killeth," but "the
spirit giveth life." Daniel returned from bodily
death and his private tutoring session with God
and was given his divine mission. His mission, most
importantly, is to first practice the holy way he
was taught. As he was in the process of practicing
this holy way, he was to share his testimony with
others of what constitutes "true religion." Daniel
states, "If one doesn’t practice what they preach,
that is hypocrisy; and hypocrisy is a stench before
our righteous Creator. Today more than ever, Bible
believing Christians need to learn how to follow
the "spirit of the law" rather than only being disciples
of the "letter of the law" as most unknowingly are!"
1. Why Daniel Rosenblit's
NDE is Important |
God moved Daniel to write about his experience about
of when he was dead in body and divinely tutored.
Throughout his testimony, he purposely backs it
up with scripture in order to prove to the reader
that his entire experience with God was authentic.
Because he has proven himself to be an eyewitness
to the Truth, as was the apostles of Jesus, Daniel's
testimony is on equal par to theirs.
Daniel's
NDE is especially important because it proves several
important things:
(1)
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Christendom
has misinterpreted some of Christ’s
statements. |
(2)
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Christendom
has wrong perceptions concerning the
spiritual validity of other monotheistic
faiths. |
(3)
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The priceless
spiritual value of performing good works. |
My
name is
Kevin Williams and I read Daniel's NDE testimony
many years ago at a time when I was having a severe
crisis of faith. I was in the middle of a gradual
process of transforming from a strict fundamentalist
to a much less restrictive Christian. I was learning
how the real meaning behind the teachings of Jesus
and the NDE were one and the same. That meaning
is the supreme importance of practicing of unconditional
love. At the same time, my Christian colleagues
suspected that I was straying from the true faith.
And it didn't help that I wasn't yet aware of all
the Biblical support to defend NDE insights. Then
I came across Daniel’s NDE testimony in his book
Transformed by the Light. His NDE insights and
Biblical support provided me with a better interpretation
of Christ's teachings and how Christ's teachings
are universally applied in other religions. In his
book, Daniel gave an interpretation of one particular
Bible verse (Luke
10:25-28) which, after I read it, put me in
a state of total "shock and awe." This was because
it was the Biblical proof I had been searching for
to convince my Christian friends that Jesus affirmed
the greatest universal truth found in so many NDE
testimonies. That truth is this:
The way
to heaven is through the practice of
unconditional love.
(Luke
10:25-28)
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Learning
about the existence of this Bible verse and Daniel's
interpretation of it from his NDE, was the proof
I needed to become more of a disciple of Christ
and less of a religionist. For this, I am extremely
grateful. The following is Daniel Rosenblit's NDE
testimony.
"He has made us competent
as ministers of a new covenant - not of the letter
but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the
Spirit gives life."
If
one sees the world from God's viewpoint (the big
picture), the mess we see from down here is not
really a mess at all ... It is perfection!
Through right thinking and right action you can
radically change your destiny for the better! The
following information will show you how to become
more spiritual and less religious, and show you
how to make your life more rewarding ... and show
you how to become blessed ... forever!
Note:
To fully comprehend my death experience, the information
below must be read completely from beginning to
end without skipping any of it.
I
know that the Almighty One wanted me to display
the details of my death experience. I had heard
about the recent popularity of books on this subject
and I thought to myself, "Maybe I should write about
my own personal experience. No one's death experience
could possibly be more profound than mine." Also,
I can remember most the details of it after so many
years!
Then I thought of an old friend who
edited and published a book. I hadn't seen or heard
from him in over six years. Then to my great surprise
he telephoned me the very next day! I took this
as a sign that I should proceed with writing down
my death experience.
Through my death experience,
God totally transformed my life. He graciously revealed
to me the true purpose of life and exactly how anyone
could become successful in attaining Heaven ...
and even prior to bodily death! I learned that we
are not on earth by accident or by chance, and that
there is a higher, divine purpose for our lives
which most of us are completely unaware.
Hopefully, the divine light that God shined on my
life will also shine on yours as you read this manuscript.
I sincerely pray that my death experience will act
as a "Light unto your path."
In 1978, while
in college, I had a death experience. It was not
a near-death experience, but a death experience.
Fortunately, I was given another chance by God to
live my life properly ... in the light.
Again,
to paint the clearest picture possible for you of
my death experience, it is essential that you read
the following completely from beginning to end.
First, I must give you a little background information
which will help you understand this life-changing
experience.
The information below
will make the important spiritual aspects of my
death experience far more understandable, so please
take the time to thoroughly read this segment of
the manuscript.
I grew up in a Jewish home
and my family observed the Jewish holidays. But
they did this for tradition’s sake rather than for
the love of God. Through my innocent eyes, these
practices appeared empty and lifeless. As a young
child I was taught by my parents that we were the
"chosen people". But through the objective eyes
of innocence I didn’t see my father acting nobly,
as a chosen-one ought. On the contrary, I observed
my father’s preoccupation with chasing the buck
... and it looked grotesque to me; like a dog panting
for table scraps. It appeared that he was acting
not like a Chosen-one but rather as one who is insane.
This hypocrisy bewildered me.
When
I became old enough to attend Hebrew school I was
at first elated because I felt that I was going
to learn about God. But to my dismay all I was taught
was Jewish customs and love for the Jewish people.
Because the spiritual side I was born with was not
affirmed by anyone, at this point it died. The public
school curriculum further buried it!
If
I had contracted some physical disease, my parents
would have rushed me to the hospital. But my spiritual
disease went undetected. How many children die within
as I did and for similar reasons?
In Synagogue
I observed that most of the people who regularly
attended religious services were old men. I had
surmised that they were merely afraid of death,
so that it was just a fear-based, self-interest
trip for them. I saw that the few young people who
were religiously observant were considered the "rejects"
(those who did not fit in anywhere else). None of
the popular kids went to Synagogue unless their
parents forced them.
Note:
This was my young Jewish experience, I’m sure this
doesn’t mirror all Jews in America, but I’m quite
sure it mirrors most!
After my spiritual
self died, I was neither interested in God, nor
concerned about spiritual matters whatsoever. As
I grew older it appeared to me that religious people
were weak and used religion as their crutch. I considered
myself to be a strong, self-reliant person who did
not need any crutch, so I felt superior to them.
I grew into puberty a purely carnal creature. Pretty
girls and squeezing the gusto out of life became
everything to me.
I was the type of person
who was successful in everything I did. I was a
good student and an excellent athlete - as a wrestler
and football player. Though I was short in stature
(5'6"), I won awards as a wrestler and was an exceptional
running back in football. God blessed me with being
an excellent football player and many of my classmates
admired me for this. But instead of acknowledging
God’s hand for my skills, I was becoming puffed-up
with pride. I was not grateful to God, nor did I
give Him any credit for anything (At this time in
my life I doubted whether a Higher Power even existed).
I considered my friends and myself to be upper
crust people, and I looked down with contempt on
people in school who I viewed as physically weak.
Additionally, I considered ugly or fat girls to
be utterly useless. A few of my classmates would
regularly make jokes directed at the mentally retarded
and physically handicapped kids, or racist jokes
directed against blacks or Puerto Ricans. I grew
up in an all-white school. But I never laughed to
their faces, but I laughed along with the crowd
behind their backs. One exception was that I belittled
a black fellow who was in my troop when I was a
boy scout. I believed that there were a few winners
and mostly losers in life, and I considered myself
one of the winners.
Note:
Sadly, the path of the "big ego" is the road that
many worldly and successful people travel. It is
one of the main roads to hell.
Anyway,
not everything in life went my way. My coach was
known for playing favorites with guys he favored.
Rarely would he play an underclassmen in varsity.
Frequently he would say, "The cream will rise to
the top," so I figured I would just bite the bullet
until I became a senior. Then I would get my chance
at glory!
The summer preceding my senior
year, I worked out intensely all summer long. By
the start of the season, I was confident that I
would break many records, I was quite elated. But
this elation did not last long. A few days prior
to our first game I was sidelined for the entire
season due to an injury. It appeared to be a fluke
accident. Ironically, it was the wimpiest and lightest
fellow on the entire team who felled me! When I
was returning a punt in practice, he grabbed me
by one of my ankles and it tore the ligaments. That
same day I was on crutches! My season was over.
My shot at glory abruptly ended. I was furious!
I angrily shook my fist at the heavens and exclaimed,
"Why me? It’s not fair!"
At the age of sixteen
I started having personal health problems ... but
didn’t focus on them much till about the age of
twenty. At the age of twenty I went to doctors for
relief, but they had no solution. After having a
brief "pity party" I made up my mind I would one
day cure myself. I was a confident fellow, so I
took personal charge of the situation. I got involved
in many different things: herbs, self-hypnosis,
health foods, fasting, etc. After a few years, I
actually became grateful for my problems! Despite
the initial anguish, I actually became a happier
and more balanced person. I became happier because
I was forced to look within myself, instead of spending
all my spare time chasing my carnal urges.
I began college by majoring in pre-vet, but
I couldn't make the high grades required to get
into veterinarian school. In those days it was harder
to get into vet school than it was to get into medical
school. Because I lost my career goal, I lost all
academic motivation.
I learned early upon
entering college that this so-called higher education
(bettering yourself) was a big sham. Higher education,
for the most part, actually meant higher pleasure-cation.
It was an opportunity for most of us big kids to
let it loose and party. For the first time in our
life, we were free from our parents. I hung out
with my new friends, smoked a lot of pot and drank
a lot of beer.
On campus, there were Christians
whom everyone called soul-talkers. They would diligently
speak about Jesus and try to get us to attend their
Bible study meetings. Even though I mocked them
along with most of the other kids in the dorm, in
their presence I felt very uncomfortable – because
I sensed that they had an inner strength, which
I did not have.
Nevertheless, behind their
backs my friends and I would make fun of them while
we were drunk or stoned. Within our immature group
we dehumanized them; we laughed at them and joked
about them being brain-washed fanatics. Once I even
went to one of their Bible studies with the sole
intent of arguing with them.
I witnessed
a lone Hare Krishna devotee with a shaved head who
used to chant and dance ecstatically in front of
the campus library. Most of the students, including
myself, would scorn and/or mock him. I figured this
guy had to be the most "whacked-out" person I had
ever encountered! I was genuinely scared to get
too close to him for fear I too might lose my mind,
shave my head, and become crazy like him!
I judged many other people and things that I did
not understand. Also, I viewed people who lived
and worked in communes as being "suckers" because
they worked without being paid. I considered all
religious people to be weak.
The ancient
healing art of acupuncture had then just recently
become well-known in this country. Many people had
joked about acupuncture as being fraudulent - a
myth that had been perpetrated by the American Medical
Association. I thought that these acupuncturists
had to be quacks since they claimed they could heal
people by sticking needles in them! What kind of
weak-minded people would go to them?!? In like fashion
I would laugh at or judge most everything I did
not understand, or things that made me feel uncomfortable.
Like some great Lord on a throne, I had my views
on how others should live their lives wisely. But
in my own life I was doing absolutely nothing for
anyone but myself. I was such a hypocrite, but I
honestly did not realize this about myself. Indeed,
I was a thoroughly selfish person! When I went to
Synagogue on Yom Kippur - the Day of Atonement.
I never knew what to atone for. That is how jaded
my consciousness was!
At that time I had not yet learned that all forms
of selfishness are sin!
By the time I dropped
out of the pre-vet program all my distractions were
gone so my primary focus and goal in life was to
deal with my personal health problems. I stumbled
across an amazing book entitled,
Survival into the 21st Century by Viktoras Kulvinskas.
This book covered many subjects, but what really
caught my attention was the information it contained
concerning a "raw-food" diet and the need for detoxification
of the body. The book touted this regimen as the
"fountain of youth" and after reading this book
I whole-heartedly believed it. It gave me the answers
I had been searching for. Finally, I believed that
I had found it. After reading a small portion of
this book, I got so excited about the purification
diet that I converted from eating the typical American
diet to a raw-food diet virtually overnight. Months
later I discovered the hard way that radically changing
your diet, even for the better, can be very dangerous
for your health; especially like myself, if you
don't fully know what you're doing. The old adage,
"A little bit of knowledge can be a dangerous thing"
was certainly true for me in this case.
But a raw-food diet
can be wonderful if it is implemented properly.
Over a period of six months, I dropped from
a muscular 145 lbs. to an emaciated 105 lbs. My
college buddies were always telling me that I was
now always irritable and I looked horrible! I dismissed
their comments. I didn't notice any changes in my
appearance nor mood. I was not an introspective
person at that time in my life, as I am today.
As my health was gradually deteriorating I was
led to another book entitled,
Be Your Own Doctor by Anne Wigmore. She stresses
that the critical part of the detoxification diet
was something called wheat-grass juice. I had failed
to incorporate this into my regimen which was a
major blunder. So, I started following the book's
advice to grow the wheat grass, but I couldn't extract
the chlorophyll-rich juice without a special juicer.
So, I ordered one through the mail because there
were none sold locally at that time (1978 – Tallahassee,
FL). Intuitively, I knew I needed the wheatgrass
juice badly, and that it would rescue me from my
failing health. As the days passed as I was waiting
for my juicer to arrive, I began to become progressively
weaker. As I neared the time of my death experience
I felt my vitality rapidly leaving me. It was as
if my life force became like dry grass in a field
that suddenly caught fire and burned all at once!
During this time I didn't visit a doctor for two
reasons: First, I had no faith in them. Second,
I didn't realize how dangerously ill I was rapidly
becoming.
This downward spiral in my health
happened at the worst possible time ... around the
time of finals week of my senior year! I clearly
remember returning from classes feeling exceptionally
fatigued. I looked in the mirror and was suddenly
hit with the reality that my body was emaciated.
My skin and the whites of my eyes were yellow. I
looked at my hands and was shocked to find that
my fingernails were purple. I couldn't urinate and
noticed that my abdomen was so full of liquid that
I could barely breathe. Common sense told me that
my kidneys must have backed-up. I was now drowning
in my own toxins! At that moment, I was overcome
with fear. A deeper reality hit me, I realized I
was dying!
Note:
At the time of my death experience, I was your typical
narcissistic college student who was solely seeking
personal pleasure and personal goals. Like most
middle class young people in America, I had no responsibilities.
With all my spare time and energy, I desperately
tried to squeeze the most fun and pleasure out of
life than I possibly could. Spiritual matters meant
nothing to me.
Before describing my
death experience, I must mention the format I used
to describe it. At that time I was spiritually and
scripturally ignorant. But after my death experience
I’ve done much spiritual studying. For the book
God wanted me to pepper my entire experience with
passages from the Bible and other sacred teachings
in order to prove to all that my visionary experiences
were authentic; thus it is worthy of your undivided
attention. I could have backed up my entire experience
solely with Bible verses, but chose to also use
wisdom from other sources in order to prove to Christians
that the Word of God is bigger and more widespread
than what is written down in the Bible. What we
get in the New Testament is merely snapshots of
Jesus.
Bible:
"Jesus did many other things as well. If every one
of them were written down, I suppose that even the
whole world would not have room for the books that
would be written." - John 21:25.
"Those with ears to hear,
let them hear!"
I
knew I was dying, but I rationalized that I was
too young to die! I was only twenty-two years old
but for once I understood that the catastrophes
that at times happen to our neighbor, such as cancer,
stroke, serious auto accident, etc., can easily
happen to us.
What happened next will not
make sense to the rational mind because the many
revelations and experiences during my death all
seemed to occur at the same time, so please bear
with me. I will do my best to describe my death
experience for you.
At that time, I looked
up and saw God. Even though I was not a spiritual
person, something inside of me instantly recognized
Him. At that very moment, I knew beyond any shadow
of a doubt that even an atheist would instantly
recognize Him. I looked up and saw what looked like
a ball of fire in the clouds.
The Bible
Teaches the Following
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Immediately,
I placed my hands over my eyes and wept. Instantly,
I knew that all the spiritual people my friends
and I used to mock were all right, and I had been
100% wrong!
Dedicating ourselves to be faithful to God in all
things is the only purpose for life!
Bible:
Jesus said, “Those who save their live will lose
it, and those who lose their life for my sake will
preserve it."
Sadly, I had lived my
entire life in disregard of God and His ways. Now
I was so painfully aware of this fact. It was like
this scenario: Imagine working hard all your life,
then making a gamble by selling everything you have
to place one huge bet, and betting on a losing team
- and instantly losing everything!
But this
was far, far worse because this was not my possessions
that I was losing, but my very own soul!
The emotional pain and anguish I was experiencing
was so awful it was beyond human comprehension!!
Bible:
When Jesus describes the emotional state of unfaithful
souls on their Judgment day when they are shut out
of heaven, He proclaims, "There will be much wailing
and gnashing of teeth."
Also, I instantly
understood that if I had built my life around God
and the things of God, I would have been overjoyed
at this awesome sight. It would have been far better
than winning the Powerball Lottery! Sadly, since
I had lived such a totally self-serving (sinful)
existence, I was now paying for it by experiencing
a hellish state of indescribable agony and sorrow.
Next this great ball of fire descended upon
me. This light was so bright, that it totally blinded
me. I attempted to dim it by putting my hands over
my eyes ... but this brilliant, blinding light just
could not be dimmed! It was like an all consuming
fire ... and more blinding than I can describe.
Bible:
Saul encountered this same light during his conversion
on the road to Damascus. He stated later that, "This
light was brighter than the sun."
Additionally,
eastern mysticism describes the light of God as
being brighter than the sun.
Again, I repeat
that throughout this experience, I was in sheer
agony on account of the selfish (sinful) life that
I had lived. I still remember being on my knees
while this brilliant, blinding light broke and crushed
my hard-heartedness, which was the prideful nature
that dominated in me, and had actually made a home
in me as a consequence of sinful (self-centered)
living. This crushing process was extremely painful.
But so was God’s mercy!
Next, I saw myself
as though I had been living behind a curtain my
entire life ... that all my thoughts and deeds had
I had assumed had been conceived in secret; that
I was this physical body and that this world is
only physical, devoid of Spirit (God). All of a
sudden, this veil of illusion - this curtain - was
lifted and the floodlights shone on me. For the
first time I saw Reality. Reality is that everything
that appears to be physical - devoid of spirit -
is God’s energy. Incredibly, I saw that I had been
on display my entire life. Every thought, word,
and deed of mine that I had assumed was conceived
in secret, had been recorded since my birth and
were now being fully exposed. Everything that I
ever did in secret was brought out into the light
for review in front of God and all the Heavenly
Hosts! Now, my entire life was laid out bare before
them. I knew they were all there. The awareness
of their presence was clearly felt by me.
Shakespeare describes it best when he declares:
"We are all actors on a stage." He knew!
The truth that I experienced is that the finality
of death is clearly false. When "I died," I merely
dropped my physical body, and my consciousness never
died but instead crossed-over into another dimension.
But because I had lived such a narcissistic and
sinful life, this transition was extremely, extremely,
extremely painful!!!
The Bible states that
for those who sinned out of ignorance - people such
as myself - that they will receive fewer lashes
as compared to those who sin and knew better. I
can't imagine how painful it will be on Judgment
Day for those who, unlike myself, knew righteousness
and still lived a sinful and selfish life!!!
Later in life, God taught me this: The spreading
of the gospels is called the “Great Commission”
because the knowledge of holy gospels had to be
spread throughout the world. Because this has already
been successfully done throughout the western countries,
now the “Great Commission” for us all is to WALK
THE TALK!
It seemed that all the cumulative
actions of my entire life happened all at the same
time. Strangely enough, though, my brain had no
difficulty dealing with this explosion of experiences.
Yes, this was my JUDGMENT DAY! Sadly, it was
something that I had never given any fore-thought
to.
In this new divine light, I saw more
Reality. The Reality was this:
My entire life had been one huge test and I was
now being graded on literally everything! Every
word, deed, and even thought!
Interestingly enough, my judge was not some
immense being on a great white throne. Something
had emerged from within myself which I believe was
my soul, and “It” sat in judgment of me. I had never
recalled ever being in touch with this part of myself
before. My soul showed absolutely no partiality
towards me, even though "It" had resided within
me my entire life. My own soul sat in Judgment of
my entire life. It assumed a totally objective and
impartial role. At this time I was fully aware that
this soul of mine would just as soon plunge me into
Hell rather than offend God. "It" knew perfection,
which is God’s standard, and all of my actions were
compared to this standard. By "perfection," I mean
pure, untainted Love. Also, because I was living
contrary to God’s ways, I learned that all of creation
considered me their enemy and was poised to persecute
me! I learned that all of creation serves God except
for human beings. This is because we are the only
creatures with free will. But most of us choose
to misuse it!
I was shown that pure love
was serving God and others without any self-centered
motives. Even if one was motivated to perform a
good deed in order to feel good about one’s own
self or to attain future treasures in heaven, this
would be considered to be a tainted act; totally
unacceptable to God. I was shown that God only accepts
selfless acts of love. God is Love. Love only recognizes
love.
Now this does not mean that if someone
rewards you, you are not to accept it. It means
that your actions are not motivated by desires of
any personal reward.
I saw that pure love
is God’s divine measuring stick, and that all of
my actions were compared to this divine standard.
Pleasing God and doing what is right in His eyes
must be one’s sole motive. Also, God revealed to
me that pure acts done for love of Him purify the
heart; thereby eventually leading the one who learns
to live right and live selflessly back home - back
to God. Becoming pure within is the way back to
God.
Bible:
Jesus said, "The pure in heart shall see God."
Later in life I learned that walking by faith
and obedience is the highest form of religion. By
walking this way, God leads us down a harder road.
Walking this harder path will purify us even faster!
Street ministry is one way to experience this.
Until this point in my life I had thought of
myself as being basically a good person. Though
being a good person was never the motivating force
in my life. After all, I used to reflect that I
had never robbed, raped, nor killed anyone. I certainly
was not a criminal. Merely because I had never done
anything horrible, I assumed that I was a good person!
What a stupid man I was!! When I compared myself
to others around me, I seemed all right. When I
used to go to the synagogue on Yom Kippur, which
is the Jewish day of Atonement, I never knew what
I had done wrong to atone for. I honestly felt that
I had never sinned. This is how jaded my consciousness
had been.
Now, for the first time, I saw
everything from a totally different perspective
... from God's perspective. For me this was a most
shocking and extremely painful experience.
Important note:
God showed me that it is a grave mistake that we
make by judging our level of goodness by comparing
ourselves to the righteousness of our neighbors.
Since most of our neighbors - the entire human
race - live their lives in darkness and are headed
for very great sorrow at the time of death, we are
real fools if we compare ourselves to them! God
showed me the wise alternative is to compare ourselves
to the holy ones ... the saintly - people such as
the eastern mystics, Mother Teresa, etc. Truly,
God expects us all to become like these holy ones!
I'm not kidding!! Indeed, God's expectations of
our character are far, far higher than most realize
or want to admit! Jesus taught people to ”be perfect
as your Father is in Heaven." My friends, this is
not an opinion. It is a commandment! He fully expects
us to sincerely strive for it!
Catholic teachings
state that the only way to go straight to heaven
and skip purgatory is to die a martyr or become
a living martyr by becoming a truly crucified, totally
selfless saint, such as an apostle, and no longer
having the lower nature and becoming all good as
Jesus and His Father are!
Concerning these
exalted expectations of God, please don't despair.
If one perseveres on the spiritual path like a soldier,
with God's grace eventually anyone can attain sainthood
... even ME and YOU! Jesus stated, “Humanly
speaking it not possible to become perfect, but
with God’s grace all things are possible!” I saw
the truth of this statement with my own eyes!
Note:
Even if you don’t attain God consciousness in this
life, God is merciful to all those who sow sincere
effort - those who try hard.
Later
in life I discovered that our holy efforts attract
grace like a magnet attracts iron filings! If you
desire to reap grace, then sow holy effort! Jesus
declared, “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall
obtain mercy.”
The Holy One showed me that
throughout my entire life, my ego had occupied the
center-stage of my life. I had lived solely for
gratifying myself. I was motivated by self-interest
in everything that I did; though, I had never consciously
thought about this before. The foundation of my
life was myself and all of my actions were performed
to obtain some type of reward for myself; either
tangible or intangible. Either I wanted money, sex,
a pat on the back, a wink, a smile, someone to think
well of me, etc. Thus, all of my acts had been polluted
by selfish motives in varying degrees. Thus, until
this point all of my life’s deeds had been totally
unacceptable to God!
Bible:
Our deeds and self-righteous acts are described
as being like "dirty rags" before God.
Actually, I was shown that I had not even performed
one deed that was acceptable to God my entire life;
not even one! I was shattered, speechless, and panic
stricken all at the same time. I cried, "I cannot
believe it, I have wasted my entire life!" I had
absolutely nothing to show for all my entire time
spent on Earth.
Fun and pleasure, which were
once everything to me, were not in my mind anymore.
At this point, all that mattered to me was to find
pure acts of love to offer up to God so that He
would accept them. I feverishly searched, but to
my dismay I could not find any!
Later in
life the Lord taught me the added importance of
"offering up" all our devotional acts to Him! If
we don’t "offer them up" we don’t receive the full
credit from God. This wisdom is in line with Catholic
teachings.
God showed me that if I would
have put Him on the throne of my life and lived
to please Him, that this would have been the most
important thing that I could have done! Then I surely
would have produced acts acceptable to Him! The
reason why groups like Alcoholics Anonymous and
Narcotics Anonymous are successful is because this
is precisely what they do - among other good things.
Totally submitting one’s life to the one God
and striving to live His precepts sets the foundation
for a proper, successful life. Previously, I had
thought that people who had lived like this were
fanatics. But I now saw that this was what the Eternal
One expects from us all. It is not fanaticism, but
the minimum requirement!
Then, I saw that
once God was on the throne of my life if my actions
I performed were motivated solely by a desire to
please Him, they would be acts of pure love. These
acts of pure love are not dirty rags, as the others
had been. God would readily accept these selfless
acts as holy deeds!!!!
I must stress the
point that this is the most important part of my
enlightening experience. Actions motivated solely
by love of God or doing what is right are holy deeds
- not "dirty rags" - and have the power of "spiritual
dynamite" that can be felt right up in Heaven! I
saw this with my own eyes!
Note:
One doesn’t have to be in the ministry or one who
works for a charity to please God - the Lord accepts
any honest work as a love offering!
For example, a few years after my death experience
I had the good fortune of spending time in an "ashram"
which is a Hindu spiritual community. Life in the
ashram is centered on devotion to God. Everyone
in the ashram is given work. Work there is called
"seva." Seva is a Sanskrit word translated into
English means "selfless service." In the ashram
all work performed is performed as a selfless service
to God. Ashram life trains a person in the art of
making your life sacred. When you leave the ashram
the holy intention is to take the disciplines that
you have learned by doing with you into the real
world and continue practicing this newly learned
sacred lifestyle. Even though in the real world
we all work for a paycheck, with this sacred lifestyle
people now work for their "seva" (selfless service)
and thus it becomes part of your devotion to God!
You will receive your paycheck all the same whether
you think about it or not!
In a documentary
video about Mother Teresa, she made the statement,
“I have to be holy at what I do, and you have to
be holy at what you do.”
As long as we guard
our lives from sin, God always remembers our pure
deeds ... forever!
Many people desire to
leave their mark on the world when they die. They
desire to be remembered favorably. Many desire fame.
God showed me that if I would have dedicated my
life to Him it would bring Him great pleasure, and
He would favorably remember me ... forever! This
is far better than earthly fame! How incredible!
I was in aguish. If only I received this wisdom
beforehand! But I thank God that I received it then!!!!
The Eternal One showed me how easy it would
have been to attain the kingdom of God. He gave
me a bird’s eye view of my past, and I saw all the
effort I had exerted in my life toward the attainment
of worldly pursuits such as money, glory, sex, and
other pleasures. I was shown that this whole creation
was like a rigged roulette wheel in a gambling casino.
As much as one tries, one can never be able to fully
satisfy one’s selfish desires. It is virtually impossible,
because this whole world is rigged.
Some
people are as rich as King Solomon of the Bible
and have the opportunity to thoroughly satisfy themselves
as he did. Solomon possessed over a thousand women
and had an incredible amount of wealth. Yet he proclaimed
that he thoroughly satisfied himself and learned
that everything is vanity - a chasing after the
wind.
St. Francis of Assisi, one of the greatest saints
of all time, stressed the great importance of living
a life of "holy simplicity." Holy simplicity means
to cut everything out of your life that is not necessary
for you to perform your "dharma" which is Sanskrit
for "sacred duty."
By attaining the kingdom
of God (i.e., God consciousness), I am referring
to something both very great and extremely rare
in this world. I am talking only about someone whose
heart has become purified, and who has thus become
a living saint - a person who has attained heaven
while living - a person who has made it back home.
Bible:
Jesus said, "The pure in heart shall see God."
If I would have attained the kingdom of God,
I would have passed the most important test one
will ever encounter. Compared to this test, all
other tests are worth less than nothing. Only if
you pass this test has your life been successful.
This is the test of your character or the "Test
of Life." Believe me, whether we like it or not,
the Lord is testing us all! Having an impeccable
character is far more valuable than winning the
Powerball Lotto! It is the absolute prerequisite
to attaining God consciousness.
Later in
life I learned that God tests us to see what we
are made of - whether we are worth saving. Many
Christians say, “Jesus knows my heart” and use that
as an excuse for inaction. The Lord wants me to
respond to this way of thinking by saying this:
Just as Jesus demonstrated His love for us on the
cross, God desires us to demonstrate what is in
our heart!
Holy actions are what God desires!
Note:
Jesus and the holy ones only know God only because
they are/or became one with Him at varying degrees.
To be one with God is the only way to truly know
Him. That is how Jesus knew Him. So for us, the
two essential ingredients here are being pure at
heart and having an impeccable character so we can
become in the image of the Father just like Jesus!
Bible:
"The purpose of life is to know God."
The only
way to know Him is to become in His image. Note
that you don’t have to be a Christian, but you must
strive to be a person such as Jesus! The famous
quote of Christ, “I am the way, the truth, and the
life, no-one comes to the Father but through me”
means to be in His image. My death experience repeatedly
pointed to this truth.
At this point, if
I had been in touch with my physical body, I would
have pulled out all of my hair in anguish and I
would have torn all my clothes to pieces in agony
over the realization that I had discarded this "more
than a golden opportunity." The pain I experienced
was greater than mere human words can convey. This
"golden opportunity" I am referring to is to live
a holy life in this dark world - a world that is
full of temptations and distractions at every turn.
It states in eastern mysticism that all the
angels in heaven desire a human body. The reason
is that being faithful to God in this carnal world
demonstrates a higher love of God than the angels
can demonstrate. Unlike humans, they perform their
dharma in a temptation-free environment.
But if we can successfully perform our dharma
in a temptation riddled environment like we live
in now, we demonstrate a higher love of God than
them! Thus we are greater in God’s sight! Now you
know one of the main reasons that unfaithful souls
on Judgment Day have such a great gnashing of teeth.
It's because they see that their golden opportunity
of living a human life was squandered!
The
Bible states that there will be "gnashing of teeth"
on Judgment Day for the ungodly. On the other hand,
for the godly ones it is written, "No eye has seen
nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived, what
God has prepared for those who love Him."
Winning the Lord’s favor is far better than
having the most beautiful women or winning the lottery!
If we follow God's recipe, anyone can win! The good
news is that your neighbor winning does not exclude
you from winning. In fact, God desires everyone
to win, and no one to lose! This reveals how great
God loves everyone. But His love can't make you
win, although it can inspire and motivate; it’s
only your own wise actions which will be the deciding
factor!
Bible:
St. Peter said, "Truly I perceive that God shows
no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears
Him and does what is right is acceptable to Him."
- Acts 10:34.
Sadly, because of man’s
inherent selfishness and lack of interest in the
divine ways, very few, indeed, win in life.
Bible:
Jesus said, "The path to heaven is straight and
narrow and few there are that find it; the path
to destruction is wide and most walk thereon."
Few find
it. Not because God is that tough, but because hardly
anyone is crucifying their flesh and diligently
walking the path. Studying the scriptures without
walking the path makes you a worse sinner!
Bible:
“For him who knows righteousness and doesn’t perform
it, for Him it is sin."
Bible: Jesus proclaimed that the
two most important commandments are: "To love God
with all your heart, mind, and soul" and "To love
thy neighbor as thyself." He said, "If you do these
two things, you fulfill the entire law."
The key here is to always
strive to live the Golden Rule as Jesus affirmed
in Luke 10:25-28:
On one occasion
an expert in the law stood up to test
Jesus.
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"Teacher,"
he asked, "What must I do to inherit
eternal life?"
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"What is written
in the law?" he replied. "How do you
read it?"
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He answered:
"Love the Lord your God with all your
heart and with all your soul and with
all your strength and with all your
mind, and love your neighbor as yourself."
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"You have
answered correctly," Jesus replied,
"Do this and you will live."
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Other religions have
very similar teachings, although not exactly the
same. This shows that God wants everyone to follow
it. However, Christ's Golden Rule is certainly the
most excellent formula. Here are the similar teachings
from other religions which parallel the Golden Rule:
Hinduism:
This is the sum of duty: Do naught unto
others which would cause you pain if
done to you. (Mahabharata 5:1517)
Buddhism: Hurt not
others in ways that you yourself would
find harmful. (Udana-Varga 5:18)
Confucianism: Surely
it is the maxim of loving kindness;
do not unto others what you would not
have them do unto you. (Analects 15:23)
Taoism: Regard your
neighbor's gain as your own gain and
your neighbor's loss as your own loss.
(T’ai Shang Kan Ying P’ien)
Judaism: What is hateful
to you, do not do to your fellow man:
That is the entire Law; all the rest
is commentary. (Talmud, Shabbat 31a)
Islam: Not one of you
is a believer until he desires for his
brother that which he desires for himself.
Sunnah
Sikhism:
I am a stranger to no one; and no one
is a stranger to me. Indeed, I am a
friend to all. (Guru Grath Sahib, pg.
1299)
Jainism: One
should treat all creatures in the world
as one would like to be treated. (Mahavira,
Sutrakritanga)
Baha'i:
Lay not on any soul a load that you
would not wish to be laid upon you,
and desire not for anyone the things
you would not desire for yourself. (Baha'u'llah,
Gleanings)
Zoroastrianism:
Do not do unto others whatever is injurious
to yourself. (Shayast-na-Shayast 13:29)
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The more that my past
was examined, the more tears and regrets consumed
me. In high school I had considered my friends and
I to be the best of the lot, but from God’s viewpoint
we were among the lowest of men! At one time I had
considered most other people beneath me, but in
this new perspective I saw I was beneath most others.
Now, the entire celestial kingdom was mocking me
as I had once mocked others! Due to my prideful
attitude, I was among the lowest of sinners. Because
I had thought so well of myself and so badly of
others - especially less fortunate people and God’s
devotees - I had sealed my own hellish fate!
Bible: Jesus said, "Whatsoever
you have done to the least of them, you have done
to me."
I had actually been serving
the false-god (Satan), although unconsciously. My
prideful, self-centered attitude had put me at odds
with God. Since I had lived a totally self-centered
lifestyle, absolutely everything I did was sin!
Note:
Sadly, I never knew that living for self was sin,
until this moment.
My friend, the
pain of these realizations was beyond words. Even
thinking about all this now, sixteen years later,
is still extremely painful.
In this divine
light, I saw God’s heavenly barometer. I was on
the lower end. Because of my arrogant, puffed-up
attitude for which I considered myself on the top,
I was actually on the bottom. Some of my bedfellows
were the arrogant lawyers and businessmen that most
people despise because of their egotism. I was spiritually
as low as them because, inwardly, I was as prideful
and egotistical as they were.
I was shown
that the masses of people - the silent majority
- were above me. They also were living in darkness,
but not as deep of a darkness as myself because
their love was greater than mine. At least they
served their families, whereas I only served myself.
I saw that the handicapped and mentally retarded
people, the ones at whom I had once laughed at,
were exalted above the masses of people because
they were humble and innocent. They had remained
relatively pure because they had not looked down
on others or thought badly of and never judged their
neighbors. They were similar to cars idling in neutral.
They were not moving forward spiritually, but neither
were they moving backward as most of the human race
sadly is! In hindsight, I came to realize that,
spiritually, they are situated at the same neutral
level as the animals. Since animals do not have
free will, they cannot pollute themselves with sin.
Therefore, they are innocent and do not live in
darkness like the majority of the human race.
Orthodox Judaism teaches that if a man or woman
does not serve God in his life it would have been
better for this person to be born a worm; for a
worm is only capable of being a worm. But a person,
because of free will, can either rise to great spiritual
heights (higher than an angel), or sink to degraded
realms (becoming like a devil).
Unfortunately,
since most people misuse the gift of free will by
not striving to be faithful to God in all things,
it would have been better if they never had been
born! This is the sad and shocking truth I saw with
my own eyes!
Note: And at the time of death this
God of love is stuck with the disgusting task of
being involved with punishing the overwhelming majority
of the human race ... billions of us!
Bible: In the story of Noah, it
states that God was sorry that He had created man.
Now you know why!
Note:
Today, there are far, far more people on the earth
than in the days of Noah. One doesn't have to be
a genius to realize that sinful mankind has become
a much heavier burden to our Creator than in the
days of Noah!
Next, above the innocent
retarded and crippled folks were the soul-talkers.
Remember those brainwashed religious fanatics that
I had so often mocked in college? Well, I saw that
these people were so exalted in God’s eyes because
they were consciously using their free will to seek
out God and please Him with a total commitment of
their lives. Even though they were not as humble
and innocent as the retarded and handicapped people,
they were more exalted in God’s eyes. I saw that
this was the case because their holy efforts were
appreciated by God and had made them dear to Him
- earning His respect. Holy effort earns God’s respect!
Bible: Saint Paul proclaimed, "Present
your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable
to God, which is your spiritual worship."
Interestingly enough, when the soul-talkers
witnessed to me about Jesus, they had informed me
that I would surely go to hell if I did not accept
Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior. On account
of my upbringing, I hadn’t received their words
of life, but instead I had stopped up my ears to
their preaching.
Understand that at the time
the New Testament was written, the flawless reputation
of Jesus had not yet been tarnished by those who
claimed that they represented Him. This "tarnishment"
was a problem that developed after the Bible was
written. The name of Jesus has been demonized in
the eyes of countless Jews the world over because
of widespread anti-Semitism and persecution that
had been propagated for centuries in the name of
Christ through pogroms, inquisition, crusades, etc.
Additionally, most of the Christian nations didn’t
lift a finger to help the Jews during the Holocaust.
This is the reason most Jews have been raised to
block their hearts and minds to the teachings of
Jesus. This is the reason why many are so unreceptive.
I know this because I was once one of those Jews.
However, God who is perfectly Fair and Just takes
this fact into account. He judges each soul individually,
taking all factors into account. Thank God! Thus,
I was never condemned for rejecting Christ which
is a huge sin! But instead, I was merely slapped
on the wrist!
Note: The Word of God that the
soul-talkers had previously preached to me was now
being relived by me. Only this time, it was causing
me extreme pain and remorse.
Bible: God said, "My word will
not return void."
God requires Jews,
Christians, and everyone else to strive for perfection
and attain the perfect love which Christ commanded
us to attain in order to be saved. He expects all
of us, including atheists, to strive to live the
noblest lifestyle we can. For this reason, those
who study holy books like the great philosophers,
but who don’t strive to walk its path, are unknowingly
paving their way to hell!
The thing that
surprised me the most here was that the solitary
Hare Krishna fellow with the shaved head, who danced
and chanted God’s holy names on the college campus,
was actually the most exalted in God’s eyes! It
was not that his religion was superior to that of
the Christians that made him superior, but rather
it was the fact that he personally had the greatest
love of God. In fact, this particular Hare Krishna
fellow loved God so much that he was continually
willing to publicly display his praises to Him alone
in the midst of ungodly people like myself who continually
mocked and scorned him. I was shown that this man
was so very much in love with the Lord, that he
was oblivious to those of us who mocked him. The
soul-talkers had not transcended their egos and
were still on the mental platform, but this Hare
Krishna devotee was on a transcendental platform
of consciousness. Greater than the soul-talkers
was he, because unlike them he truly loved God more
than his own self (ego). As a result, he was in
direct union with God. For him, it was as if the
very heavens had opened up, and I saw him encircled
by a glorious light. God was by far the most pleased
with this individual, and I had mocked him the most!
How shocking!
The one whom I had thought
was the most insane and whom I had mocked the most
was actually the most exalted in God’s eyes!
What pain in seeing this truth!!
Bible: Jesus proclaimed, "Those
who save their lives will lose it, and those who
lose their lives for my sake will preserve it."
Note:
That Hare Krishna fellow was the only one of the
lot who loved God more than his very life. Also
the Bible states that, "God is searching the whole
earth looking for the man whose heart is perfect
toward Him." Many Christians believe that just because
Jesus went to the cross, God is not continuing to
weigh the hearts of men. But that is not true! God
continues to weight our hearts! So let this be a
wake-up call not to become complacent!
Then I saw that retarded and crippled people
are all disciples of the Lord and are practically
the only ones living in the light. As for myself
and the vast majority of other people, we are living
in darkness - places of great torment. It was clear
to me that the vast majority of people, including
religious folk, are not headed for heaven. I'm not
saying they are going to hell either - I don’t know.
All I saw was that the vast majority of people are
headed to a place of very great torment.
Additionally, the times I acted as a racist was
a huge sin. God especially detests racism because
it is one of the sins that is tearing the world
apart. There is never an excuse for racism!
To favor only attractive people or to make ridicule
or ignore less attractive people is also a form
of racism. Once again:
The only purpose for our existence is to be faithful
to God in all things.
And the
reason why most don't go to heaven is not that God
is unreasonable or unmerciful; He definitely is
not. It is that most people are disinterested in
the spiritual path of living a life of love and
truth. Most people are disinterested in working
on or correcting their own flaws so that they can
become better human beings. Most people love their
own life, comfort, and habits more than molding
themselves into becoming Christ-like people. As
a consequence, they don't have the power or motivation
in their lives to overcome the enticements of this
world. Thus, they are serving the flesh and living
in total darkness. Because they are living for self
(the flesh), they place their priceless souls in
great peril!
You can
proclaim that you are a Christian till you are blue
in the face ... but if you live a life of selfishness
- He will know you not!
I was shown
that people who worked in communes were not weak-minded
as I had previously believed. In actuality, they
were wiser than most because they were motivated
by love, sharing and altruism, instead of being
motivated by selfishness as most of us are.
Also, I saw that acupuncture was a gift given
by God to benefit mankind. I still remember seeing
God literally drop this wisdom out of the heavens.
Bible: "Every good and perfect gift comes
from above, from the Father of heavenly lights."
I was shown that, unlike the times of the ancient
Hebrews, God is behind all the monotheistic religions
in the world today. However, within these paths,
truths and falsehoods are also mixed. I was shown
that if great multitudes of people used a certain
healing practice or followed a monotheistic religion
for several hundred to thousands of years, they
would obviously receive some benefit from it or
else the practice would not have endured. They are
receiving some benefit from it because God has His
hand in it. Because of this, practices which are
foreign to us - or of ancient wisdom - should not
be routinely discounted. The reason why such people
are benefiting from these practices is because God
is helping them. Wherever the Lord is involved,
know that mercy and healing are also there! Know
that the merciful Lord has His hand in countless
things throughout the world. I have learned that
just because I don't understand something, it doesn't
mean that God is not somewhere within it. Also,
it is not necessary for a person to understand the
validity of all the spiritual paths - unless, of
course, you desire to become personally involved
with one. So, I learned it is always wise for us
to bow our heads low, be humble, and think carefully
before passing judgment upon some practice that
is foreign to us.
Sadly, in my past, too
often I mocked the works of God!
I also saw
that I had to repent for all of my mocking. In fact,
I saw that I had been mocking God and His friends
- His servants! To even recall this grave error
of mine makes my knees shake in fear. What a huge
sin! But if you are sure that what you are mocking
is of Satan, then don’t hesitant to do it!
Though, if you are positive that something is
of Satan don’t hesitant to say it!
As we
walk in the light, God by His grace gradually removes
our sinful and selfish nature and we become gradually
purified. In this purified state, we become more
and more innocent and less and less carnal; more
like an angel and less like a beast. Thereby, we
become more godly. When we fall short and sin, God
is more than willing to forgive us if we repent,
clean-up our mess, and then return to the narrow
road. This is the path to perfection.
With
His help, I actually saw that we are capable of
becoming perfect. God is perfectly Fair and Just
and would not hold us accountable to His high standard
if we were not capable of attaining it! He wants
us to be sincere in our hearts and be willing to
back it up with the commitment of our lives through
deeds. God is really not that hard-line. It is that
we, the human race, are so selfish and sinful.
Note:
It's important that you understand the essence of
this: God is a pure and holy God. Most of us are
so filthy in our sinful ways we don't even know
what holiness is. Being aware of our extremely fallen
state and the paramount importance of holy-humility
on the spiritual path, it is wise to only come before
the Lord in the name of Jesus or some great saint
... not by yourself! For this same reason the Muslims
wash themselves before prayer, and the orthodox
Jews reserve a special name for God only to be used
in prayer.
Also, God revealed other
aspects of my life. Remember the times when things
did not work out for me and I used to get so angry?
This was God, Himself, who was protecting me by
stopping me. In my football days the most insignificant,
wimpiest fellow on the entire team felled proud
me. Often, God uses the humble, base things of the
world to fell the proud; This is one of His signatures.
God used the wimpiest man on the team to fell proud
me!
Bible: "God uses the foolish things
of this world to confound the wise."
Some
examples are:
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David, the
shepherd boy, felled the seemingly invincible
giant Goliath with two smooth stones. |
(2)
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Nebuchadnezzar,
the proud evil king of Babylon, was
humbled through having to eat grass
like an ox for many years. |
(3)
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God's apparent
weakness of Jesus hanging on the cross
demonstrated his greatest power over
evil. |
Only truly humble,
God-fearing people in this life have the eyes to
see His hand at work in their trials. What a rare
gift this is for the person who has developed it!
God had shown me that He had blessed me with
being a gifted runner. But since I had no spiritual
foundation, I did not attribute my skill to God’s
grace. Therefore, I did not give God any credit
for my success; thereby I was robbing His glory.
Therefore, my success was gradually swelling my
head; I was becoming puffed up though at the time
since I was such a shallow person I was not aware
of how this talent was negatively affecting me.
Bible: God warns, "No man shall
rob my glory."
Now you
know the reason. It swells your ego, thereby making
you extremely difficult to become saved!
By that injury which abruptly ended my high school
football career, God was further protecting my immortal
soul by keeping my ego from further swelling, as
would have occurred when fame would have knocked
on my door ... if I wasn’t stopped or injured!
Remember my health problems. This is God’s mercy
again! How incredible! God’s mercy for me was at
its height when I felt I was the most unfortunate.
Who could figure it? All this time God had actually
been protecting my soul from my own self-destructiveness;
I just did not have the spiritual eyes to see it.
Even though I had never cared at all about God,
He cared deeply about me!
If God favors you
and you do not submit to Him voluntarily; He will
personally break you. His intent is to humble you
so that your soul can be saved; so this is His very
great mercy. Though, God would much prefer that
we humble ourselves voluntarily since He loves us
and therefore takes no pleasure in making us suffer;
but would prefer the sinner voluntarily humble himself,
so he can be saved.
In the Hindu holy book called
the Bhagavad Gita, an incarnation of God named Krishna
said, “To my most beloved devotees I give poverty,
disease, and dishonor.”
God also showed
me that all of creation - plants, trees, and animals
- is groaning in pain over its separation from Him.
He also revealed to me that He is behind all monotheistic
religions that submit to His laws of sacrificial
love. They are all dear to Him, even though few
people truly practice them in the proper spirit
as the Eternal One requires.
God also revealed
to me the kind of love that He has for people. He
looks at all of us through the eyes of eternity.
His overriding desire is to remove the darkness
from our souls; to purify us. The suffering He has
to put us through to achieve that end is secondary.
In order to atone for big sins we must experience
great suffering. But it will greatly minimize our
sufferings if we learn to accept it and see God's
hand in the painful things in our life that we cannot
change. We must learn to see the "silver lining"
in our troubles. We minimize our suffering by voluntarily
humbling ourselves, doing penance for our sins,
and walking the spiritual road.
Many of us,
myself included, have looked at the seeming injustices
of the world and said to ourselves, "If I were God,
I would run this world differently" or "If there
is a God, then why is there so much suffering in
the world?" Many things in this world appear to
us to be unfair. Well, God straightened me out -
and now hopefully you too. He took me on top of
"His Holy Mountain" where I saw the whole creation
from His viewpoint. It was as though I were sitting
on the cornerstone of eternity and for a moment
in time my mind merged with God's! In that moment
I saw the timeless journey of each soul - not just
this present short life. I was shown that we have
all lived before! That everyone born in this world
is born with a debt; some people have small debts
while others have large debts. I saw that the entire
creation was perfect! It only appears imperfect
because we as humans have limited knowledge which prevents
us from seeing its perfection. If I had the wisdom
and power of God, I would not change a thing! Indeed,
I saw that God is perfectly wise and just.
Bible: In reference to God, it
states, "He is Just; all the angels proclaim it."
It also
states in eastern mysticism that, at the time of
death, the spiritual master brings the disciple
before the throne of God and all disciples leave
with the same conclusion on their lips, “If I were
God I would not change a thing!”
Important note:
It's very important that I educate you on the fact
that in these modern times the ancient teachings
of reincarnation have been tampered with by heretical
"New Agers" who refuse to accept the fact that the
awful severity of divine justice is hanging over
all our heads if we walk the sinful road. Thus,
these heretical New Agers have taken reincarnation
as their own philosophy, but "conveniently" omitted
an uncomfortable portion of the philosophy called
"transmigration." A half-truth has the same terrible
effect as a lie. Isn’t this true?
This philosophy of "transmigration" teaches: “People
who don't make good use of their human birth, who
live as they please, who refuse to bend the knee
to the Eternal One, and who refuse to live the sacred
way He has ordained for us to live by, usually in
their next birth will lose this blessed human form
and become lower life forms such as a rat, a bug,
a tree, etc. As a result of this "transmigration,"
the soul's journey back to its heavenly home is
very greatly prolonged, as are the terrible sufferings
they must experience!
As you can now see,
the true philosophy of reincarnation is not represented
by the New Agers who refuse to face the truth concerning
the great perils of all souls born into this creation.
Sadly, humans by nature seek a painless
and discipline-less way to attain heaven. We want
to believe the lie that just because we say the
sinner's prayer or believe in the heretical, New
Age, candy-coated version of reincarnation, then
we’re saved no matter what we do.
The bottom
line is that the whole world despises the cross!
By "the cross" I am not referring to Christ’s cross,
but our own cross.
Adherents of the Catholic
teaching on purgatory or the ancient teachings of
reincarnation both develop the priceless virtue
of fear of God.
Bible: “The fear of God is
the beginning of all wisdom."
Thus,
devotees of both of these philosophies are
equally motivated to get off their lazy, pleasure
seeking butts and do something for God in their
lives to overcome themselves. In reality, the philosophy
of the Catholics and the eastern mystics about how
to deal with sin are far closer ideologically than
that of the Protestants and the Catholics! Followers
of the ancient form of reincarnation or the purgatory
philosophies both understand sanctity; whereas,
most Protestants sadly have only a very shallow
understanding of it.
Also, the Jews at the
time of Jesus believed in reincarnation.
Bible: "I tell you that Elijah
has already come and people did not recognize him
... Then the disciples understood that He (Jesus)
was talking to them about John the Baptist." - Matt
17:12-13
Bible: The disciples asked Jesus,
"Teacher whose sin has caused him to be born blind?
Was it is own or his parents' sin?" - John 9:1
How could
the blind man's fault be considered when he was
born blind?
Continuing with my death experience,
I felt myself in God’s arms. I did not actually
see Him at this point; but I felt incredible comfort
and felt His divine love. This feeling of God’s
divine love is so wonderful that it is virtually
impossible to describe. So I will not even attempt
to do it. Though, I will say it makes the greatest
pleasures of this world seem pale by comparison.
Anyway,
at this point I knew beyond any doubt that I had
been granted forgiveness for my past sinful life.
Interestingly enough, because God had totally
forgiven me, the door to heaven was swung wide open.
But because I hadn't performed any good works, my
very own soul prevented me from entering therein!
Important note:
Therefore a deathbed conversion does not insure
a repentant person will attain heaven. It merely
saves them from hell! Note that the good thief on
the cross had the honor of demonstrating compassion
to Jesus in the Master’s final hours. This was a
priceless honor! For that reason Jesus personally
took him to heaven.
Anyway, the pain
I experienced was purely emotional in nature. There
was no more physical pain like I had previously
felt from being punished for sins. Now I was only
punishing myself and this was plenty bad enough!
At this point, even if God had taken me to heaven,
it would have still been like hell to me because
I was living in hell within myself because I hadn't
performed any good deeds! I was most painfully aware
of the fact that I hadn't any good works credited
to my account. Because of this, I was in enormous,
seemingly endless, emotional pain, and the real
hell is much worse than this!!!
Bible: "There will be much wailing
and gnashing of teeth."
Bible: Additionally it states that,
"The one who didn't know he was doing wrong would
receive fewer lashes."
I can't
even image the pain backsliders experience at the
time of death - those who knew the truth and didn't
return to God!! The pain that they experience is
incomprehensible!!!!!! My pain was incomprehensible,
but theirs will be far worse than mine!
Still,
my entire being was intent on remembering everything
I had learned just in case I was given another chance.
I was begging God to give me another chance; but
in all honesty I didn't think that I would get one.
Then, I felt as though my entire being dissolved
and merged with the atmosphere of the room. I do
not know exactly how much time elapsed. I heard
a knock at the door which stirred me out from my
trance-like state.
I struggled to answer
the door. It was the mailman with a package. I opened
this package, and found to my surprise that it was
the wheatgrass juicer which I had waited so long
for!
I immediately assembled it as I had
a few trays of the wheatgrass growing that were
ready to be juiced. I had needed this special juicer
in order to extract the life-giving juice from the
grass. I then juiced enough grass to fill a 7-11
Slurpy cup - approximately 16 oz. This juicing process
zapped all of my strength because the wheatgrass
juicer had to be manually operated. Then I held
the cup up to the heavens and exclaimed, "God, I
don’t know if this will help me, but I will try
anything" and then I drank the glassful of juice.
Those
of you who are familiar with wheatgrass juice know
that 16 oz. in one sitting is far too much!
About twenty minutes elapsed before my heart
suddenly began to pound uncontrollably. I thought
I was having a heart attack! I then laid down on
the floor because my entire body began to tremble.
After about 45 minutes, I stood up. Amazingly, I
felt strong and clear-minded. Miraculously, I urinated
... instantly! This was something that I could not
do prior to drinking the grass juice. But shortly
thereafter, I started feeling weak and sick again.
So I juiced more wheatgrass, drank the juice and
was buoyed up once again.
From this point
on, my health took a gradual turn upward. All told,
it took me about a full year for my physical body
to adequately recover from this trauma because all
my muscles had atrophied during just during those
last few hours! Even today, my health is not what
it used to be. But what I have lost in strength
and vitality, I gained in wisdom. It was a worthwhile
trade. As you can clearly tell, this experience
was both incredibly painful and incredibly blessed
at the same time. Words cannot adequately describe
it.
After this experience, I was what Christians
call "born-again." I began to perceive life from
a totally different perspective. Now, God was on
the center-stage of my life and my desire to please
Him was the motivating force in my life. I knew
I was not perfect, but I could sense the kingdom
of heaven for the first time since early childhood.
Bible: Jesus proclaimed, "One must
be born again to see the kingdom of heaven."
It is as the song Amazing Grace proclaims:
“Amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved
a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now am found was blind,
but now I see”
Everything I had previously
learned or believed in before my death experience,
I counted as being less than nothing. Now my mind
was like a blank slate and I was beginning life
anew. I literally felt as though I had just been
born. Everything was brand new to me and my life
was now a gift. Now, I would not take it for granted
as I previously had done.
God truly blessed
me beyond imagination. He showed me everything I
had done wrong. It was as though I was given a divine
spanking for it. And it really hurt!
Note:
God is a big dude. When He blesses, it's incredibly
pleasurable. But when he punishes, it's soooo painful.
When you are on the Other Side, the feelings of
either blessings or punishments are beyond the comprehension
of our finite, earthly minds.
Then
he graciously showed me how to live in a selfless
and sinless fashion. He gave me back my life and
said in a wordless way, "Now live it; but in the
proper way!" And now you have also been taught!
God had personally taught me (and now you) the basics
of spirituality. I was given a fresh, new start
and I began to practice living properly. And now,
hopefully you will make a brand new start as well!
Interestingly enough, at this point I thought
that because I had committed myself to live entirely
for God, my whole life would be boring. I humbly
accepted that fact. I didn't think that I was going
to get anything for myself anymore.
At the
time, I was so spiritually naive that I didn't even
know the famous spiritual principle, "It is in giving
that you receive." I had just made a deal with God
to strive to serve Him in all my actions and, at
the same time, I resigned myself to living what
I thought would be an extremely boring life.
But to my amazement, I later discovered that
my expectations were completely wrong. My life became
anything but boring! I will not tell you what happened
to me after I committed my life to living totally
for God because I do not want to rob you of that
personal discovery which you need to experience
for yourself. It is the mystery of the spiritual
life which the world can never comprehend. It is
something which must be experienced yourself.
Mysterious things happen when you "jump off
the cliff" within yourself and totally submit your
life to God and strive to live out His teachings
daily in every aspect of your life. His teachings
must become your lifestyle. So if you haven't yet
done so already, I urge you to consider the spiritual
life a lifelong commitment. But once you make the
commitment, you can never break it under any circumstances.
Breaking vows to God are gigantic sins. It was for
this reason that Jesus taught us to "count the cost"
before making the commitment.
Note:
There is no rule stating that you must live the
spiritual life through a vow. However, the commitment
to God we make is not a one-way commitment either.
God commits Himself to us as well. God always reciprocates!
If you have served God in the past and have
fallen away, you must repent and recommit yourself
or enormous sorrow awaits you when you die. Remember
this: we are dealing with the Creator of the universe!
He is not a mere man!
Bible: Jesus said, "For whom
much has been given much will be expected."
Also,
recall the parable of the rich man giving out talents.
Life does have a higher purpose. This total
commitment to God, whether it is with or without
a vow, is only the first - but absolutely necessary
- step to becoming a man or woman of God.
As it is within a bee hive, where the sole purpose
of the worker bee’s existence is to serve the Queen
Bee, so it is the sole purpose of our existence
to serve God in all that we do. By refusing to do
this, we are only acting against the purpose for
which we were created and become a "lost soul."
Unfortunately, most people are lost souls. Therefore,
please act wisely and not waste anymore of your
precious life! Most of us have already wasted too
much already!!
Through my experience, I saw
that nobody gets away with any of their evil actions.
Many times we hear about people who seemingly escape
punishment for terrible crimes. We might say that
it's not fair or that they are getting away with
it. Perhaps you have done something evil or dishonest
in secret and never got caught. I will tell you
for sure that nobody gets away with anything ...
not me, not you, or anyone! I have seen this with
my own eyes!
For the benefit of those people
who consider themselves part of any particular religion,
I must explain what I know to be a fact:
Only the person who lives God's teachings is a true
Christian or Jew or Buddhist or Muslim, etc.
Mother Teresa once said, "I’m not trying to
convert others to my religion. I’m trying to make
them into human beings."
My friend, Mother
Teresa understood the sole purpose of religion.
Anyone who preaches contrary to this is self-deceived.
If you are not really trying to reform yourself
to become all-good like He is (i.e., become Christ-like),
then you are deceived.
Note:
The bottom line is this: You don't need
much book knowledge to be Christ-like.
To get
close to God, you don't have to study your brains
out like many people seem to believe. The Jews of
the Old Testament took God’s simple teachings and
made them complex. But Jesus came and made it all
simple again and easy to understand. But over time,
Christians have once again made it complicated!
It's good to study scripture as the Apostle Paul
admonished us. But it becomes a sin if this knowledge
is not practiced.
Bible: "Whoever knows what is right
and fails to do it, for him it is sin." - James
4:17
Many are wrongly taught to spend
all their time going over the same scriptures again
and again, thinking they will obtain the ultimate
truth from the words. But the scriptures merely
point the way. We must strive to fully LIVE the
teachings in our day-to-day lives. Only then will
our spiritual eyes open and wisdom come. When a
person becomes one with the teachings by walking
the talk, only then does one begin to understand
the heart of Eternal One.
The Bhagavad-Gita states:
"Out of great number of people, only a few sincerely
seek Me. Out of a great number of those who sincerely
seek Me, it is a rare soul who truly knows Me."
It is far wiser to learn what we must do and,
instead of continuing to study, spend the bulk of
our time obeying God and developing those virtues
which the scripture speaks of. This famous saying
is good advice: "An ounce of practice is worth tons
of theory."
Bible: Jesus said, "Let your light
so shine before men that they may see your good
works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven."
- Matthew 5:1
St. Francis of Assisi
also said, "Christ preferred action above teaching."
When we live the holy teachings which scripture
admonishes us to follow, our religion becomes alive
and real. It becomes a direct link to the living
God. But if a person only quotes scriptures like
a parrot and doesn't live it, their religion is
dead. If we are not willing to give our religion
a whole-hearted effort, then we are wasting our
time because we can't fool God. We only fool ourselves.
Salvation is not easily attainable as most people
art taught. Salvation entails striving to sacrifice
all of our selfishness in order to love God and
righteousness more than anything in the world -
even more than life itself!
Bible: Jesus said, "Those who save
their life will lose it, and those who lose their
life for My sake will preserve it."
The Apostle Paul was
a great man who spoke many great truths; but with
all humility, I’m sorry to say that a few things
he said were contrary to the teachings of Christ!
Namely this: “There is no name under heaven
and earth where a man must be saved!” This statement
is contrary to the teachings of Christ! When Jesus
spoke about salvation, the apostles were amazed
and said things such as, “Who then can be saved?”
I wholeheartedly agree that the name of Jesus is
above all other names; but we can never say to God
that He is obligated to save you. The Bible says,
"Only those who preserve to the end” have salvation
guaranteed. There is no other guarantee! Here are
some important teachings of Jesus which support
this:
"Blessed
are the peacemakers for they shall be
called sons of God.
Blessed
are the poor in spirit for theirs is
the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed
are the merciful, because they shall
obtain mercy.
Blessed
are the pure at heart, for they shall
see God.
Blessed
are those who are persecuted for righteousness’
sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
If you
forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly
Father will also forgive you. But if
you do not forgive men their trespasses,
neither will your heavenly Father forgive
your trespasses.
Pray for
those who persecute you so that you
may be sons of your Father who is in
heaven; for He makes the sun rise on
the evil and the good, and sends rain
on the just and on the unjust."
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Jesus
gave us these principles. He never said we must
first accept Him as our personal Savior for these
principles to work. These are universal principles.
If we follow and practice such principles in our
lives, they will work for us and we will receive
the desired results. Even if we have no religion
at all or are even an atheist!
Christians
in general often say that being a good person does
not get you into heaven. But I’m not so sure about
that! Recall the parable of the Good Samaritan.
Jesus was telling us to be like that man. According
to what was written about the Good Samaritan, we
don’t know anything about him except that he had
a great love for his neighbor. My question to you
is this: Do you suppose Jesus would call the Good
Samaritan one of His sheep or a goat? I believe
that that parable speaks for itself!
Bible: "Knowledge puffs up but
love builds up."
Many
foolish intellectuals waste their precious time
playing with scripture verses instead of developing
an inner purity and being fruitful in good works.
The thirteenth-century Saint Francis of Assisi
was possibly the greatest Christian of all time.
He stated it correctly when he said, "Christ preferred
action above teaching."
Sadly, most of Christendom
makes a terrible mistake by following the very opposite
path by placing teaching above action!
My
dear friend, if you study the life of St. Francis
of Assisi and his companions, it will definitely
deepen your understanding of what it takes to be
a good Christian. I guarantee it. It certainly has
worked for me!
Truly, I tell you that many
pastors, rabbis, and spiritual scholars will go
to hell because they do not practice the holy teachings
they preached to others to practice but did not
follow it themselves. This is hypocrisy. It is especially
bad if one is a hypocrite and subsists off the charity
of others - such as tithes. Their punishment will
be far worse!
Sadly, as I mentioned before,
most people are not interested in God or His ways.
For them, it would have been better if they had
never been born! Remember, religious hypocrites
are far worse than them! Woe to them! Now you know
the reason that Jesus reserved his harshest criticism
for the religious leaders of his day.
If
secular people only understood the fact that God
is not on a power trip and that all His laws were
designed by Him which, if obeyed, can make us into
better human beings, restore our character, and
purify our souls. Through His holy laws, God is
trying to teach us to live nobly so we can become
like Jesus - a Saint who is the image of our noble
Father in heaven. God wants us to act in a humble
and righteous fashion as He Himself acts! Since
we were created in His image, God expects us to
act accordingly! If people only realized these simple
truths, I believe that all good people would be
willing to take up the cross of self-denial.
For the benefit of my Christian readers, I must
inform them that there is no assurance of
salvation! Yes, I said the scary thing. Now let
me explain. If someone truly repents for their sins
and accepts Jesus on his or her deathbed ... no
problem. If they are sincere, God will show them
mercy. However, as I mentioned earlier, this does
not mean that they will go to heaven. But it will
save them from going to hell. And for those who
call themselves Christians, I must say that it is
worth nothing to call yourself a "Christian" if
God does not consider you one. Please stop reading
and think about that for a moment.
Christ
is the one who separates the faithful from the unfaithful
- the sheep from goats. His great sacrifice on the
cross will ultimately only benefit His flock. My
friend, when you die, you might just see people
from all different religions accepted in His flock.
Many people who professed to be Christians will
be turned away. His flock consists only of those
who earnestly strive to live God’s sacred teachings,
thereby becoming noble human beings.
Bible: The only guarantee of salvation
is this: “Those who persevere to the end will be
saved."
Bible: Jesus said, "In my Father’s
house there are many mansions."
Some
of these mansions were created for people practicing
other spiritual paths.
In the days of Jesus,
the Pharisees assumed they were God’s children merely
because they had Jewish blood. They claimed their
father was Abraham. However, Jesus revealed the
hypocrisy that they were really made of. Therefore,
Jesus said of them, "Their father is really the
devil." Dear reader, please make sure you are not
like one of them! I’m sorry to say that many religious
people today are just like those depraved Pharisees!
If you
are sincere, then there is no need to fear for your
salvation. Your ultimate salvation is assured if
living to please God is the greatest desire of your
heart. God wants us to sincerely strive to put Him
and His higher principles first in all things. "Striving"
means "winning" in God’s book! God is extremely
merciful and patient towards all sincere people
who desire to live noble lives. As I said previously,
because everyone was made in God's image, the Father
expects us to act like He acts ... like Jesus. Think
about it, don't you think God is being reasonable
here?
But even if a person is very sincere,
if they don't cultivate discipline as well, they
cannot bear much good fruit. However, with sincerity
and discipline, a person can even become a spiritual
giant ... and bear much good fruit.
Bible: "Other seeds fell on good
soil and brought forth grain, some a hundred-fold,
some sixty, some thirty." - Matt. 13:8
If you are not sincere, you ought to fear greatly
because you are gambling with your very salvation.
Salvation is not cheap. It is a great honor reserved
only for those who are sincerely striving to love
God and what is right more than anything else in
this world. You must be very sincere about your
spiritual life or the pleasures of life and cares
of this world will draw you away from the right
path.
When a student studies for a test,
it helps them to pass the test. In this same way,
but far more importantly, when you read the holy
scriptures or the teachings of the saints, it gives
you the wisdom you need to pass the all-important
tests of life. The enemy of our soul lays many hidden
traps. Humility and wisdom is needed to defeat him
or he may very well defeat you. Just remember that
studying is not an end in itself. If it has become
that for you, you are following a false path.
A Franciscan saint once gave this parable: "Sometimes
a ship appears on the sea which is beautiful, large,
new, and full of rich treasure. But then some disaster
happens to it and it does not reach port safely
and sinks miserably. What good did all its excellence
and beauty do it? Again, sometimes there is a ship
on the sea which is small, ugly, old, contemptible,
and not full of treasure. And with great difficulty
it escapes the dangers of the sea and safely reaches
port. That alone is worthy of praise. This happens
also with men in this world. So it is right that
we should all fear."
Bible: This is why St. Paul admonished
us to, "Work out your salvation with fear and trembling."
It's best if we repent for our sins and make
restitution whenever possible. This way we can clear
the "black spots" from our souls. Otherwise, if
we die with these blemishes on our soul, we will
suffer more horribly than our mind can conceive.
Christians often say that we must "get right with
God." I will tell you truly that this is by far
the most important thing that you can ever do! So
please, if you haven't done so already, do it straight-away
by making it a priority. That way you are proving
to God that you honor Him as Lord of your life ...
and that is what He desires from us.
Bible: Jesus said, "Unless you
repent, you shall perish." He also said, “Seek the
Kingdom of Heaven first and all these things shall
be added unto you."
God’s mercies
are greater than our sins. Therefore, no sinner
who is sincere about reforming himself should ever
despair of God's mercies. Also, the greater your
sins are, the more you will have to sacrifice and
suffer to come out.
Bible: "Return to me, though your
sins be as red as scarlet, I will make them white
as snow."
God loves us more than we
can conceive. He truly desires to forgive and bless
those who repent for their sins, make restitution
whenever possible, and strive to walk the right
road which is the path of humble and righteous living.
This is the experience of countless servants of
God.
But God has one huge problem - the free
will He has entrusted to us human beings. If we
misuse it, even He cannot help us. As merciful as
God is, He is also righteous. He will punish sin.
So your salvation to a large extent is in your own
hands. So be wise about how you use your free will.
God speaks through the holy scriptures and His
holy servants (the saints and prophets), to show
us the way back to Himself. This is our true home.
Some people believe that the great scriptures were
only written by men; but I know they were written
by God through men.
Bible: This is why King David,
speaking of the word of God, proclaimed in the psalms,
"Your word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto
my path."
Jesus said concerning Peter,
"Upon this rock I will build my Church." In this
example, Jesus is not glorifying the physical man;
but rather the spiritual gift of revelation that
Peter possessed. In the same vein, when Jesus proclaimed,
“I am the way, the truth, and the life, no man comes
to the Father but through Me,” Jesus was not speaking
of His outer man - which is not different from other
mortals - but rather He was speaking of us becoming
one with His inner man.
Having that same
purpose in mind, St. Francis of Assisi, the most
Christ-like mortal of all time I believe, labored
at maximizing every godly virtue within himself
such as great love, compassion, humility, selflessness,
purity, obedience, and courage. In a very practical
sense, dying to self and perfecting these virtues
within oneself is what it means to become Christ-like.
To a large extent, this is what is meant by "making
Jesus the Lord of your life" and "you cannot have
Him as Savior without having Him as your Lord as
well."
Just as Jesus is one with God, as
we become like Jesus, we automatically become one
with the Father as well. All the truly saintly people
of any spiritual path are Christ-like. Of course,
though, not as perfect as Him. Again, the greatest
love of Christ, or of any true spiritual master,
is to die to oneself and, with God's help, remold
oneself into their image - just as they are in the
likeness of God.
Bible: In part, this is what the
Bible means when it states, "To lose your life for
His sake."
Additionally,
eastern mysticism teaches that the highest love
for the spiritual master is to become as the spiritual
master. Mahatma Gandhi, who was probably the most
Christ-like man of the twentieth century, once said,
“The greatest flattery is imitation.” This is because
becoming Christ-like, such as the early Franciscans
strove for, is what really counts!
Hear this: If
you consider yourself a Christian, you must truly
strive to please God with your entire life; otherwise
you might not get to heaven.
Note:
Sincere people in other monotheistic religions which
teach and practice sacrificial love are your brethren
also; just as fellow believers in your own faith
are. Understand?
Now I feel it is
necessary to smash another Christian sacred cow
by saying this:
The blood of Christ is not the only way for
a person to atone for their sins.
The Bible
itself attests to other ways to atone. The Master
Himself stated, "Blessed are the merciful for they
will attain mercy.” Also, "Blessed are those who
suffer for righteousness sake for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven." And "Blessed are the poor in
spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” What
we have here are different formulas to attain heaven.
If a person was already going to heaven simply because
they were a "Christian" - or considered themselves
as one of the elect - what is the reason for Jesus
to mention these other ways?
For this reason,
these Bible verses reveal that the shedding of the
blood of Jesus was not the only way for fallen humanity
to become pure of their sins. Though, it is the
only gratuitous (free) way.
According to
Jewish teachings there was always three different
ways to atone for sins; the sin sacrifice which
is the blood and known in the Jewish scriptures
as Korban Chatat, repentance, and love. In
Christianity's zeal to glorify Jesus, some passages
of the original Hebrew Bible were misinterpreted
and taken out of context. These falsehoods were
then passed down from generation to generation until
they were institutionalized! By taking God’s word
out of context, we have inadvertently covered over
- and buried for dead - other mercies of God the
Father (i.e., other than the blood).
The Lord
wants me to raise these other mercies from the dead
for all Christians so they will receive a more in-depth
understanding of the atonement. Check out this website:
www.outreachjudaism.org and read their response
to the organization known as Jews for Jesus. If
you investigate it, you will find that the blood
of Jesus is the only purely gratuitous way (i.e.,
free gift) to atone for sins. The other ways to
atone involves having to pay a price. Remember that
Jesus said, “I’ve come for the sick. Those who are
well don’t need a doctor.” Those who are "well"
must do penance for their own sins!
More ways from the Bible: "Above
all, love each other deeply, because love coverith
a multitude of sins" - 1 Peter 4:8. This
is yet another way to atone!
Also from the Bible: "Remember
this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his
ways will save him from death, and covers over a
multitude of sins." - James 5:20. Still
another way!
The whole world needs to wake
up! Christ never said we had to be a Christian in
order to be blessed by practicing these spiritual
principals. Anyone who practices the spiritual principals
listed above will receive the blessed promised results
... whether they are a Christian or not.
Some believers are afraid of stepping out into
"unchartered waters" as I have done and are afraid
of heresy. This is a valid concern. Although I am
a man who fears God, I do this work fearlessly.
Why? Because I know that Truth is Jesus as in "I
am the way, the truth and the life." Therefore,
as long as I stand on what is true, I am always
in the center of God’s will.
What I am going
to say now is common sense. Please ponder this:
Selfless love, put into action through hard work,
gradually purifies the sin-darkened heart. The evidence
that we are inwardly cleansed is when we begin to
see with our own mortal eyes that God is everywhere!
When we walk the hard road for God’s sake,
it purifies us even faster!!
Bible: "The pure at heart shall
see God."
Additionally, Mother
Teresa once said, "I am grateful for the poor, because
without them I would have never found Jesus" Mother
Teresa's definition of "finding Jesus" is a lot
different from most people's. She is talking about
seeing the Divine everywhere!
When
the psalmist made this statement concerning God,
"The entire earth is full of His glory," it was
the personal experience of the writer. He was a
man who was pure at heart. Now when a person walks
the hard road - the road of penance - it takes a
greater love. This greater love purifies the sin-stained
heart much faster than performing easier services
to God. Am I making sense?
Here is a parable
which illustrates why many born-again Christians
are misinformed. Please receive this parable - even
though it is rather vile. The parable is vile because
it represents reality! Here it is:
Imagine
that the entire world is like a giant
toilet with no water in it and a pile
of feces at the bottom of the bowl.
All of us vile sinners are living at
the bottom of the toilet bowl on the
pile of feces. When we accept Jesus
and are spiritually born again, we then
rise a little bit off from the pile
of feces. But because we are accustomed
to living on a pile of feces where it
smells real bad, we mistakenly think
we are out of the toilet! However, it
is only when we put into practice righteous
living that we start rising out of the
toilet. But while we were still in the
toilet and living a little bit away
from the feces, we thought we were free
in Jesus - but were not. This is because
we had nothing but feces to compare
our new situation with! The fact is
that rarely does a soul make it out
of the toilet and breathe the fresh
air for the first time. Such a soul
has become a fully sanctified Christian
(i.e., a living saint). Living completely
away from the toilet is the only situation
where a soul is really free in Jesus.
Such was the situation of the psalmist
and Mother Teresa! Everyone else, by
comparison, is covered in feces in varying
degrees, but don’t realize it. Instead,
they think they have reached the Promised
Land!
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Now do
you understand?
Note:
God wants me to share this parable with people.
I’m not trying to take anyone away from Jesus at
all. I am merely attempting to open the minds of
others to God’s larger spiritual providence.
Even after all I have said, some people
may still consider my views to be heresy. But the
real heretics are those who believe and teach that
a Christian is saved no matter how hypocritical
or evil he is. In other words, the doctrine of eternal
security is pure baloney! Not only is it heresy;
it is the ultimate heresy! It is a lie that is the
devil’s crowning achievement. Because of this lie,
millions of souls who call themselves Christians
will go to hell. In large part, it is for the benefit
of such souls that the Lord wanted me to write this
manuscript.
But sadly, it is uncommon to
find anyone holding to the true spirit of the scriptures
of any religion. But by putting righteousness into
practice, we have the opportunity to experience
the true spirit. The truth can be found in all the
sacred teachings for everyone to learn and, most
importantly, to put into practice. The true spirit
can be observed within the holy and saintly people
in every true religion. So, my message for people
is this: Read the holy teachings and LIVE THEM!
Bible: "Whoever knows what is right
to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin."
Finally, we shouldn't be impressed by leaders
who are popular, smart, good looking, highly educated,
charismatic, or even gifted preachers. If they don't
have a good character ... don't even receive their
words!
This manuscript could be called an
"Instruction Manual on the Art of Living." When
a person combines this wisdom with regular daily
spiritual practice (such as praise, worship, chanting,
mediation, prayer, etc.) they enhance each other.
When they are strictly put into practice, they work
together like two wheels working together to move
a chariot - to bless your existence.
Additionally,
it's absolutely imperative that we learn to become
greatful to God for all the good things He
has given us in our life - both material and spiritual.
God really does honor a greatful person.
When you think about it, of all the praise and worship
done in churches and in all the Eastern religions,
chanting is being greatful to God!
Note:
A great Sikh saint by the name of Kirpal Singh once
said, “The biggest sin is the sin of ungreatfulness.”
Although I don’t believe this is the biggest sin,
but it is certainly very bad.
Notice
that the grammatically correct way to spell "greatful"
is "grateful." The reason I changed its spelling
is because God taught me to be "Grateful" to God.
It should be spelled "greatful" because to be greatful
to God is something truly GREAT!
God also
showed me that the most important thing is to live
the good things that our religion teaches us. Even
if you follow the greatest of all religions, it
won't do any good if you don't put their teachings
into practice.
Brother Giles, a great thirteenth
century Christian and Franciscan saint, once said,
"A man has only as much wisdom as the truth he puts
into practice and no more." I have found that there
is hardly a soul in the West who practices the deeper
things in Christianity. But God wants to create
a new way - a higher way - which is not centered
in a building; but rather, in the streets.
The Bible reveals God's most important anointing
on the planet - what He did through the ancient
Hebrews and the advent of the Messiah. Subsequently,
they spread the gospels throughout the Middle East
and parts of Europe. But the Bible does not even
address those "good things" that the Lord was doing
in other regions of the world, such as India, China,
or Tibet in those ancient days.
The point
I am making here is that the Creator has blessed
westerners with Jesus and the gospels. However,
He did not forget about His other children in other
lands. He also shed His grace on them in other ways.
Note:
Ever since this death experience of mine, I've been
involved with many Bible-believing Christians and
Hare Krishnas. Sadly, many of them are like "know-it-alls"
who believe they have reached the Promised Land.
Although many of them speak with authority (and
I’m including Hare Krishna gurus and Christian pastors
here), many of them dispense a certain amount -
but certainly not all - faulty spiritual advice.
Many of them are like the Pharisees who rejected
Jesus in His day! I haven't been involved in all
of the spiritual paths, but I'm quite sure that
this problem exists in all organized religions.
Before I go any further, our Eternal Father
wants me to comment about people who do horrible
things in His name - or in the capacity as His representative.
Examples of such people are these: the Muslim terrorists,
the Catholic priests who molest children, and those
who refuse to resign when they are caught in the
cover-up of these terrible sins against innocent
ones. Whenever religion, anger, people-pleasing
group pressure, and politics are mixed together,
it creates a real perverse outcome.
These
perverse and deceived people who purposely murder
innocent ones while proclaiming "Allah Akbar" are
giving a horrible witness of God to the secular
world of God. Their horrible witness chases many
good people away from God. By publicly performing
such evil deeds in His name, they are making an
all-good God appear instead as Satan. They slander
the holy reputation of God throughout the entire
secular world. To slander God’s flawless reputation
the world over is such a huge sin, that it makes
all my worst sins look like holy deeds by comparison!
Sadly, these terrorists actually believe they will
receive a Martyr’s reward!
Someone might
make the claim that Israel is the terrorist's land
and that I only speak this way because I am Jewish.
My reply is to give you the simple answer that God
revealed to me. Both Jews and Muslims believe Moses
to be a prophet. It's common knowledge that 3000
years ago, Moses brought the Hebrews out of Egypt
and led them into a land given to them by God -
the Promised Land. Since God gave them this land,
how can any devout Muslim claim Israel to be Muslim
property? It's an affront to common sense. I’m writing
an article on this subject entitled, "Revelations
and Common Sense on the Middle East" You can
request it from me if you like! I will email it
to you.
Also,
the Jews are willing to share their God-given land
with anger-addicted and violent terrorists. But
we never see any Muslim mullahs standing up and
saying this simple truth. It is because the "God"
of the terrorists is not the God of heaven. Instead,
they worship their own people and sadly don't realize
it. How disappointed God must be with most of this
insane humanity!
Shortly
before I wrote this section of the manuscript, God
spoke to me through a good lady who was picketing
an abortion clinic. I believe that God wants me
to grandstand the statement she was making
which was this:
Through the death experience I had, which I
call my Judgment Day Experience (JDE), I am convinced
of the truth of this statement. God created human
beings because He wanted children to bless. Our
soul is made in the likeness of the Father - only
in miniature. The Hare Krishnas also teach this.
When the Eternal One created human beings, it
was a massive experiment where He trusted us with
the gift of free will. Free will, by nature, is
something outside of God's control. He assumes that
most of us will choose the right road by striving
to live humble and righteousness lives. This is
why we were created. God would then be able to bless
our lives and we would be greatful to Him.
In the same way that love wants to share with others,
God loves to bless and to share His glory with those
who merit it by consciously choosing to walk the
right road. But God is also a righteous Being and
will only bless right action while punishing selfish
actions - actions that violate the way of Love.
Sadly for God, His massive experiment turned
into a massive nightmare! Most of humanity chose
to misuse their precious gift of free will by rejecting
the right path - the path of taking up the cross
of denial-of-self and, for His sake, living humble
and righteous lives. Instead, most of humanity chose
to live their lives for their own enjoyment and
against the divine order of things.
As a
consequence of the vast majority of humanity's selfish
living, God was stuck with the disgusting job of
having to punish the majority and only blessing
a small percentage. He also assumed the role of
a judge dispensing punishment. Also, sinful humanity
kept procreating which forced God, who was at one
time only experienced in unceasing love and bliss,
to punish more and more countless multitudes of
souls! But God is certainly no sadist! The disgusting
task of punishing sinful humanity is like a good
father having to continually rear spoiled and ungrateful
children without end.
For this same reason,
the Bible states that during the days of Noah, God
was sorry that He created humans and so resolved
to destroy most of them. Yet there are far, far,
far more sinful souls on Earth today compared to
then!
Through my Judgment Day Experience
(JDE), I learned that God expects us all to attain
the platform of perfect love and to ultimately become
living saints such as the prophets and the apostles.
I don't exactly enjoy using the word "saint"
because most Protestants falsely assume that they
are saints once they commit their life to Christ.
But they are clearly deceived because most Christians
have never had the good fortune of meeting a real-life
saint as I have. Sainthood is the spiritual condition
of reaching your full spiritual potential, thereby
becoming a son of God.
Also, whenever I speak
on this topic to wrongly discipled Christians, I
say this: "Is a caterpillar a butterfly? Most of
us are caterpillars. There are very few cocoons
and almost no butterflies! A saint is like a butterfly
- one who has become pure, and who has entered and
resides in heaven prior to bodily death."
Bible: Jesus said, "I give you
power to become sons of God."
Notice
that Jesus didn't say that they already were one.
If you realize how very few living saints there
are in the world today, it doesn't take a rocket
scientist to figure out what a very great disappointment
and burden sinful man is on the Lord. Before God
created man, His joy was complete and unceasing.
Now He has a constant and undeserved pain. Although
God's bliss is so great - far beyond our mortal
comprehension - stiff-necked fallen humans have
become as a constant low level pain, such as a person
who has an infection in their foot.
Instead
of consciously manifesting a love which would bring
great joy to God, most of the humanity lives for
self (selfishly) and this really bums God out -
much in the same way that a severely depressed person
can hinder the joyful atmosphere of a party. Also,
the more that sinful man procreates, the more punishment
God is stuck with dispensing!
This is why
God despises having to punish us for our sins. Therefore,
if we always clean up after our own mess and punish
ourselves here and now by doing penance for our
sins, God will let us all off lightly!
So
if you love God, discipline your life and punish
yourself for your sins through penance and you will
be letting God off the hook. Then He will let you
off lightly. See what I mean?
Note: When
you punish yourself for a particular sin, as long
as you are fair with God by not being too lenient
on yourself, God will usually honor it! A great
example of a big sinner doing penance for his sins
is depicted in the movie called
The Mission. This is a
deeply spiritual movie and there is much that can
be learned by watching it. I believe that whoever
produced this movie should get an Oscar. I believe
God Himself loves this movie!
P.S.
The Lord desires to create a mega-massive
interfaith spiritual revival that will bless the
entire world! This is a big claim I have made, but
if you request more info, I will gladly show you
the blueprint! If you would like to help make this
message manifest to the world, make a donation of
time or finances, or to learn more about it, please
contact me and I will send you the information via
email.
Daniel Rosenblit Ministries. Copyright
© 1998. All right reserved
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