The Easter story of my life, passion, death, and resurrection happened
on the earth plane 2,000
years ago, and the story lives on until the present time. Has your
world changed very much since the
first Easter? I think not. Let me expound on this statement:
While in human form, I taught the people about the love of God. I gave
them examples and teachings to follow to bring them back to the Creator.
I was instructed by God the Father to live among the
people and proclaim his love for his creation--to teach them how he
wanted them to live in order to
give him honor and glory. He wished me to bring man-kind his peace
and love that could not be
found by human standards, only by heavenly standards.
My last few weeks as a human were very painful, both physically and
mentally. I suffered mental and physical anguish. I cried tears of sorrow
because I knew the majority of my people would fail me,
would hand me over to the enemy to be persecuted like the basest of
criminals. What had I done to
make them hate me? I came among the people speaking of God's love for
them, healing their
maladies, working miracles in the name of God the Father, and proclaiming
his wishes for his people. I gave them simple rules, not complicated rules,
to follow. I went among them and chose twelve men to help me in this endeavor.
I taught them to learn of me and my Father. I instructed them and taught
them of the Father's love for his people and his wishes for them. These
men were hand-picked by
me to do my bidding so that after I left this world, they would carry
on my teachings for the people.
Why was I persecuted for such a simple, but beautiful, task? Why am
I still persecuted?
Has the world changed in 2,000 years? Has the world grown closer to
God? I'm afraid not. My
messages of love, my messages of peace, still go unnoticed. Today,
as in days of old, I go among my people and I choose certain ones to bring
my good news of salvation to my people--to speak my
words of love, my words of truth, and to make my words come alive so
that they will find their God
and savior, not a dead God, but a living, vital God of love. I AM NOT
DEAD! I still live among my
people speaking words of love to all who will listen.
Some think that since my resurrection, I sit on a heavenly throne and
never tend to the needs of my
people, that I never come to converse with my people. Oh, NO, for I
have a "stake" in their welfare. I suffered, was tortured, and died a horrible
death that you might have life--not life by human
standards, but by heavenly standards. I still am aware of your sufferings,
of your needs, of how cruel the world can be to those who believe in my
words. I have sent the Holy Spirit to comfort you, to be with you in times
of trouble. To him be given glory, for he is truly the comforter of the
soul, the one
that carries on my triumphant message of love to all my people. But
I, your friend and your savior,
still care for you and ac-knowledge your conversation with me.
I come among you today and I ask you, "Am I being persecuted today in
your world?" You have
only to witness the news reports daily, the ungodliness in the world
today. How many give witness to the Easter story today? I'm afraid not
as many as proclaim the Christmas story. Are children being
taught about my passion, death, and resurrection, or is this significant
portion of my life on earth
being neglected by parents, teachers, and even churches? I come to
you and ask that each one of
you acknowledge my last days on earth, that you, once again acknowledge
my suffering and death
as a human and then that you pay homage to me, as your God, in proclaiming
my resurrection.
Today, I come again in peace and love and choose disciples to go out
among the people and tell
them, in simple terms, how I wish them to live. I speak as true today
as I did 2,000 years ago. I ask
certain chosen ones to do my bidding and write journals of love to
be given to my people. My
WORD is the same today as yesterday. My love for my people never wavers.
It is the people who
are fickle with their feelings for me. They run hot and cold, but most
of the time, lukewarm in their
feelings for me. Some pray, fast, and pay homage to me in worship service
every week, but their
acknowledgment of me is only lip service. I do not find any warmth,
any real love in their everyday
acknowledgment of me. I need strong, vital people who willingly give
me their total love and witness
for me with their hearts. My disciples must do my work every day, no
matter where they are--home, work, school, or play. I come among you and
single you out of the crowd and ask you to "Come,
follow me, and I will make you leaders of men, not by worldly standards,
but by heavenly
standards." If you are chosen, I need you to follow me with your whole
hearts. Do not tell me
"Maybe" or "I'll follow you until I tire of your work." It's now or
never, me or the world.
What kind of people have you been until now? Have you been like Pilate
who washed his hands of
me and what I stood for? Have you been like some of my chosen ones
who professed to love me
and do my bidding and said they would be true to me until the end,
but during my persecution they
left me and one even denied me, for fear they would be persecuted like
me? Or have you been like
Judas, who betrayed me because he wished for power and position, and
when he was given an
opportunity to have this power, he turned me in so that he would receive
his reward--money? Do
you sometime turn your back on me in order to gain worldly position,
power, and money, even
though you know, like Judas, you will hurt your friend, your master,
and your teacher? Or are you
like my faithful followers who stayed with me until the end, not caring
if they were questioned as
being friends or relatives of mine, only wanting to show their love
and support for me during those
trying times?
You must state your case now--are you with me all the way, or do you
feel I strike too hard a
bargain? Do you feel that life is easier without me, that it is much
simpler to go your own way,
denying my wishes and living only to do what pleases you and the world,
but not what pleases your
God, your Creator?
Today, in this year of 1993, I ask [you], as I did 2,000 years ago,
to come away with me and rise to a new glory--arise from the world's lies
and deceptions and come with me to a higher life where you
will always find me, your risen savior. You will know, at last, my
everlasting love and peace that I
promise to all who follow me and do my bidding. Go down on your knees
and repent of your
worldly ways and lift your arms up to me so that I might lift you to
a higher realm, where I will meet
you in full glory, and together we will reach the heavenly planet,
where you will find your rainbow
that spans your world and mine. I love you--won't you please love me
in return? I await your answer today, as you again celebrate my resurrection.
Discard your life of sin that weighs and binds you to
earth and brings death to the soul. Rise with me and discover a new
life, a new beginning. Choose
me and I will lift you above the world, and you will come into my heavenly
realm, where you will
rejoice with me. Accept me as your Lord, master, teacher, friend, and
savior, and I will
acknowledge you before my heavenly Father. I love you.
I am your risen savior,
JESUS
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