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Scripture Explanations – Chapter 5 “I thirst!” and “It is finished!” 1. But lest you might say in the end that not every text is a complete Central Sun, but only one that I Myself put forth here, choose for yourselves a text, whichever one you wish, and we will then see whether it does not illuminate the very same fundamental principle as a central sun, shining most brightly before the eyes of the spirit. And so do just that! 2. You have chosen the two short passages: “I thirst” and “It is finished!” 3. But before we move on to the explanation, I must assure you that I have left the choice entirely up to you; for otherwise you might end up saying that I had inspired you with precisely what I needed. And only now do we turn to the main point! 4. “I thirst!” For what? For the love that the world does not have, which is why it has offered Me only vinegar and bile to quench My thirst instead of life-giving water, and continues to do so even now and forevermore. 5. “I thirst!” For what? For the life that I Myself have been from all eternity, and which I have lavished in such abundance upon countless beings from the very beginning! 6. Thus, it is for this life that I thirst! Endlessly many times has this life passed into death. I came to snatch it from death. That is why, in the moment of the great redemption, I thirsted so very much for this squandered life; but death had gained the upper hand to such an extent that even the eternally living blood of love could not revive it! 7. When I longed to drink life, they did not give Me life, but instead gave Me death to drink! The drink was vinegar and bile; vinegar as the symbol of contraction and hardening, and bile as the symbol of hatred, anger, and fury. 8. This image is clearly and distinctly portrayed, and let us see how it serves our cause from now on! 9. Behold, thus I cry out to the whole world, as I do to you, continually: “I thirst!” or, which is one and the same thing: “Love Me; give Me your love to drink! Love God above all things and your neighbor as yourself! This is the water of life, for which I thirst within you!” 10. Question: Are you really offering Me this water? Or are you not, rather, offering Me vinegar and bile?! 11. The little that I ask of you is nothing but love and action in accordance with it. But if, instead of true, living acts of love, you merely read and do nothing, except for what appeals to your worldly sensibilities in one way or another, I ask: Is that not vinegar mixed with bile that you are offering Me in place of living water?! Yes, I tell you: The more you read while doing nothing, except for what pleases you in your worldly sense, the more sour the vinegar becomes and the more bitter the bile! 12. It is then said, of course: “It is finished!” But what? My own struggle for you; for I can do no more, as your Creator, God, and Lord, and Eternal Life itself, than to take your death upon Myself! 13. But that I cannot be killed in My eternal Spirit needs no further explanation. Only the struggle for your life can I carry on to the highest, endless degree. However, since you yourselves are finite, this struggle must also have some highest possible goal. Once this goal is reached, the struggle is accomplished, from My perspective, but nonetheless for you as well, who, out of sheer gratitude, offer Me, the victorious warrior for your lives, only vinegar mixed with bile instead of the living water of love! 14. It is indeed accomplished; but not for you, unfortunately only for Myself! Or: I have done everything for you that is within the realm of divine possibility; that is why I have accomplished My work for you. But will you, too, act accordingly, so that this work may be accomplished within you? 15. Oh yes, you read diligently, you write diligently, and you enjoy discussing Me; but when I say: “Devote to Me just one full hour a day in place of your worldly thoughts and your many worldly diversions; set it apart, so that during that time you may devote yourselves to nothing but Me in your hearts!” Oh, then you will find a hundred excuses, and a hundred worldly thoughts will swirl around a single faint spiritual one like a whirlwind! 16. You will bring all sorts of worldly considerations to the fore; and even if someone were to resolve to set aside an hour, he would certainly not look forward to it all that much, but would rather feel a slight, uncomfortable reluctance towards it, diligently counting the minutes on the face of his watch and, not infrequently, waiting impatiently for the end of the time consecrated to Me! 17. And should even the slightest matter pertaining to the world come up, that little hour would either be canceled altogether or at least postponed to a time of day when beneficial sleep usually descends upon mortals, and during which, especially among women, no more pleasant visits are to be expected and no more nerve-soothing strolls are to be taken. 18. Behold, all this is nothing but vinegar and bile! And it is not accomplished within you even if, out of My infinite love, I do everything conceivable to bring you onto the proper path of life; for it to be accomplished within you, it is necessary that each one deny himself out of true love for Me, take up his cross, and follow Me faithfully. 19. But who does that? Women, when things are going well, can spend the whole day sewing and mending for the sake of the body; they can primp and preen and, not infrequently, rejoice excessively over some visit; but when I wish to say to them: “Stay at home in your little room, and remember Me in your hearts!” then they grow sad, they let their pretty faces droop, and they say: “But we have nothing good in this world!” 20. Question: Is that not just pure vinegar and bile, as it should be?! Or do such women not hold some trivial worldly amusement, no matter how meaningless, higher in their hearts than Me?! Have such people also accomplished within themselves what I accomplished for them on the cross in that great struggle?! 21. Give them pleasant little books filled with all manner of little stories that, for My sake, are supposed to refer to Me; they will read them quite gladly, especially if they mention a romantic marriage now and then or contain wonderful fairy tales. But give them just one little book written in a somewhat more serious tone; they will read it with just as much appetite as a dog accustomed to good food devours a dry crumb of bread set before him, a crumb he might sniff at most, but then soon leaves behind with his tail and ears drooping. 22. However, since doing is still something more serious than merely reading even the most serious of books, it goes without saying how difficult it will be to get people to act. 23. There are many who enjoy listening to good music performed by artists; but how few among them are willing to deny themselves in order to become artists themselves through diligent study! 24. It is easy to listen, not difficult to read, and just as easy to watch; but doing it oneself holds little appeal for anyone. But what good is knowledge to someone if they do not act upon it?! 25. Behold, all this is vinegar mixed with bile and does not bring about fulfillment! In Me, indeed, for I give everyone everything imaginable for this purpose, but not in the person who does not wish to use it in the way and for the reason that I give it to him! 26. Therefore, do not be mere listeners, but doers of the Word; for only as doers do you quench My thirst with the living water of love; otherwise you offer Me nothing but vinegar and bile! 27. I think that will be clear enough; however, more Central Suns will follow shortly! |

