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3. Jesus explains Scripture… Written down through Jacob Lorber on December 22nd, 1843 Revelations with extensive explanations and interpretations of many important Bible passages by Jesus Himself, which have been difficult to interpret up until now. An important book, especially for those who compare the new revelations with the Bible, to check, if they correspond spiritually and for those who want to understand the bible scriptures better. The Lord says: 2. Anyone who views this parable even from a distance must surely behold two central suns at a glance! 3. Who, then, does the wise builder resemble? Certainly the one who had previously established himself firmly through the well-known two commandments! And when the storms and torrential rains come, not only will they do the builder no harm, but they even strengthen his house built upon the rock; for the winds thoroughly dry out the walls of the house and make them thirsty for moisture. When the rain comes, it soaks into the dry walls of the house, dissolving the particles therein at the joints; these become sticky and, as this process repeats again and again, bind the masonry ever more firmly together. 4. You can find natural examples of this truth in every old castle ruin, which often defies the passage of centuries; and if such a ruin were ever to be demolished, it would be easier to break off a piece of fresh rock than a piece of such a wall. The reason for this is the rain, which, through its dissolving power, transforms certain parts of the stone into a chalky, sticky mass, binding the entire masonry together into a single unit over time. 5. And behold, so it is also with a man awakened by the laws of love! He is a building on a rock. The winds that come and batter the building, making it dry and thirsty, are the noble desires to know the Creator of all things ever more deeply, so that, through such knowledge, he may grow in love for Him. The torrential rains that follow are the works that the one who is thirsty is given to read. He eagerly absorbs them and becomes aware of how, through their influence, the still empty, disconnected gaps within him are gradually filled and transformed into a fortress; and the more the torrential rain falls upon this building, the stronger the building becomes after each downpour. 6. Yet what an entirely different effect the winds and torrential rains have on the building that was erected down there upon loose sand! When the winds come and batter the loosely built structure, shaking it, and then the water caused by the torrential rain arrives, that is the end of the building. For the winds shatter the walls, which are often already cracked, cracks and fissures caused by the poor foundation, and when the floodwaters come, they tear down the entire building with little effort and sweep it into some nearby stream of destruction. 7. I think that should be as clear as daylight! For someone who has not even the faintest inkling of spiritual preparation must obviously perish if he deliberately allows the spiritual winds and downpour to come upon him, so they might turn him into a solid building or a steadfast, spiritually wise person! 8. Give the Bible to a man who is either a “worldly person” in the true sense or, at the least, half so, and say to him: “Friend! Read diligently in this, and you will find what you lack: A hidden treasure you are always seeking, consisting of gold, silver, and precious stones, which is a perfect life for your soul!” and this friend, upon hearing this advice, will immediately get a hold of some Bible and read it with great attention. 9. But the more eagerly and attentively he reads this work, the more apparent contradictions he will encounter, and he will soon say to his friend: “My friend, I have now read the book you recommended at least six or seven times; but the more I read it, and the more attentively I do so, the more contradictions and nonsense I find! What is the point of all this colorful nonsense, of these mysterious prophecies, which seem to have just as much connection to one another as the Chimborazo in America has to the Himalayas in Asia? 10. “These two mountains certainly stand on one and the same Earth, that is clear; thus, similar prophecies also stand in one and the same book, and that, too, is clear. But how such prophetic passages are sensibly connected, or how, if at all, Chimborazo is connected through the very center of the Earth to the Himalayas in Asia… determining such things will hardly be possible for an earthly naturalist as long as he still fears fire and finds the vast waters of the sea too overwhelming a means of quenching his moderate thirst. 11. “I can tell you, my dear friend and brother, that when I first read through this book, it truly seemed to me as if it contained some hidden, wise meaning; but the more often and the more critically and attentively I reread it, the more I became convinced that this entire book is nothing other than a most abundant treasure trove of the most blatant nonsense! For, apart from a few practical old sayings of wisdom, one piece of nonsense follows another; and even if we set aside those few sayings, which, to be sure, are not exactly pure gold either, this entire book is perfectly suited, by virtue of its mystical form, to provide sustenance for human stupidity for centuries to come!” 12. From this reasoning (rational consideration), you can sufficiently deduce what effect the winds and the downpour from the Bible have had on our worldly house of sand. But once someone has been destroyed in such manner by a sandcastle, let whoever wishes to do so gather him up; for I and all My angels find such a task to be one of the most difficult of all, and it is easier to bring ten thousand people from every alley and street into the great banquet of life than to bring in a single such person who set out to buy an ox by reading the Bible. 13. But just as it is with reading the Bible, so it is with reading all of its inner, spiritual exegeses (interpretations, explanations). For everyone will say: “If that is its meaning, why is it not written that way?” 14. And even if you explain the reason for its figurative form to him as clearly as possible, he will only laugh in your face and say: “It is easy to prophesy after the fact! For every piece of nonsense can be twisted and turned like dough, and you can shape it into whatever you want; for chaos is the foundation of all things. In time, everything can be formed from it! But why not give a prophecy exactly as it actually happens? The reason is this: Because one cannot know in advance; therefore, one offers mystical nonsense from which any event that occurs in the future can be derived!” 15. That, then, is the final judgment, which can no longer be lifted by the power of any Central Sun, however enlightened. I think that will be clear enough; but regardless, let us gather several more Central Suns. Next time, therefore, another Central Sun! |

