End Of School In Exile
And
Return To Israel
By
The
Twelve Apostles
Salome Explains How God Speaks And
Teaches Humanity
Now, when the morning sun arose, the masters and their
pupils all were in the sacred grove.
Salome was the first to speak; she said, Behold the sun! It manifests the power
of God who speaks to us through sun and moon and stars;
Through mountain, hill and vale; through flower, and plant and tree.
God sings for us through bird, and harpsichord, and human voice; He speaks to
us through wind and rain and thunder roll; why should we not bow down and
worship at His feet?
Salome Explains What Prayer Is
God speaks to hearts apart; and hearts apart must
speak to Him; and this is prayer.
It is not prayer to shout at God, to stand, or sit, or kneel and tell Him all
about the sins of men.
It is not prayer to tell the Holy One how great He is, how good He is, how
strong and how compassionate He is.
God is not man to be bought up by praise of man.
Prayer is the ardent wish that every way of life be light; that every act be
crowned with good; that every living thing be prospered by our ministry.
A noble deed, a helpful word is prayer; a fervent, an effectual prayer.
The fount of prayer is in the heart; by thought, not words, the heart is
carried up to God, where it is blest. Therefore, let us pray.
They prayed, but not a word was said; but in that holy Silence every heart was
blest.
Time To Return To Israel
And then Elihu spoke. He
said to Mary and Elizabeth, Our words are said; you need not tarry longer here;
the call has come; the way is clear, you may return unto your native land.
A mighty work is given you to do; you shall direct the minds that will direct
the world.
The Great Works Of Salvation
Explaining further, Elihu said:
“Your sons are set apart to lead men up to righteous
thoughts, and words, and deeds;
To make men know the sinfulness of sin; to lead them from the adoration of the
lower self, and all illusive things, and make them conscious of the self that
lives with Christ in God.
In preparation for their work your sons must walk in many thorny paths.
Fierce trials and temptations they will meet, like other men; their loads will
not be light, and they will weary be, and faint.
And they will know the pangs of hunger and of thirst; and without cause they
will be mocked, imprisoned, scourged.
To many countries they will go, and at the feet of many masters they will sit,
for they must learn like other men.
But we have said enough. The blessings of the Three and of the Seven, who stand
before the throne, will surely rest upon you evermore.”
End Of Three-Year Course
Thus closed the
lessons of Elihu and Salome. Three years they taught
their pupils in the sacred grove, and if their lessons all were written in a
book, lo, it would be a mighty book; of what they said we have the sum – we
have given the summary here.
The Death Of Herod
Now Herod sat upon his throne; he did not seem to
move; his courtiers came; the king was dead. His sons reigned in his stead.
The Return To Israel
Now, Mary, Joseph and
They journeyed by the
But Joseph, Mary and their son went by the
Now when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a
dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, "Arise, take the young Child and His
mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the young Child's
life are dead." Then he arose, took the young Child and His mother, and
came into the land of Israel.
But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning
over Judea instead of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And being
warned by God in a dream, he turned aside into the region of Galilee. And he
came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that it
might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, "He shall be called a
Nazarene." Matthew 2:19-23
Explanations:
1. At times, it is necessary to keep away for a
while from a place or home town, for peace, for safety and for wellbeing,
because of the evil doings of the wicked ones.
2. Doing so helps a person to grow, both
physically and spiritually, without being afflicted, persecuted or hindered by
the ancestral idols, misdeeds and abominations.
3. The kingdom of darkness and forces of
darkness wanted to kill and destroy Jesus, in order to prevent the salvation of
the children of God.
4. Such bad fate still befall Christians in many
parts of the world, simply because they have abandoned the Everlasting Covenant
of God – the original Ten Commandments as in Exodus 20 and the Seven Annual
Festivals of God.
5. The innocent may suffer, because of
righteousness or kingdom of God. But, their rewards in heaven are exceedingly
great.