GGJ5b

Jakob Lorber – The Great Gospel of John, vol. 5, part B
[GGJ.05_247,06] And it is exactly for this that the Son of Man has come into
the world to look for what was practically lost from eternity, to redeem it and
render it suitable for eternal bliss (Mt.18:11)
[GGJ.05_247,07] What do you think Suppose a man has a hundred sheep. If
one of them strays somewhere in the woods, does he not leave the other
ninety-nine on the hillside and go in search of the one that strayed? (Mt. 18,
12) And if he should find it, truly I tell you this: Will he not be more delighted
over that sheep than over the ninety-nine that never strayed? (Mt. 18, 13).
[GGJ.05_247,08] And behold, the same thing applies also to God, although
He has through His almighty will created everything contained in infinite space
out of the eternal fullness of His everlasting, innumerable thoughts, ideas and
concepts that He put, as it were, outside of Himself through the firmness of His
will. If everything had to stay forever as it is now, in rigid judgment and death,
it would be like the lost sheep that could no longer be found anywhere. And
what pleasure and joy would a forever dead, material creation give to God?
[GGJ.05_247,09] This is mainly why I now came into this world, clothed in matter,
namely, to look for this lost sheep and lead it to its blissful destination.
[GGJ.05_247,10] God's Spirit and will are now being appeased and, as it were,
made pliable and loosened up in this My body, thus in matter. Once this has
been accomplished, this My matter must, in the greatest degradation and
humiliation possible, be detached and then broken and the Spirit of God that
dwells within Me and is at one with My soul must awaken and enliven this
broken matter, purified through the fire of His love, and it will then rise as a
conqueror over all judgment and death.
[GGJ.05_247,11] I have told you in advance that at present you will not yet
clearly understand how and why this must — and will —happen. But you can
conclude from this that such an act, however abhorrent it may look to a mere
human eye, is yet necessary if all creation is to be led back in the proper
course of time to a free, independent, pure life in God.
[GGJ.05_247,12] Now that I have unveiled this sufficiently for you to
understand, you will inwardly see — since you now understand who the little
ones really are — that it is the Father's will that not even the least and most
insignificant of them should ever be lost (Mt. 18, 14).
[GGJ.05_247,13] And I therefore presented these children to you all and
showed you in a well-ordered correspondence to the will of Him who lives in
Me and is a Lord for eternity over all creation in the whole infinity. And since I
now have spoken such to you and we have time and leisure in abundance,
you may speak again and show where you are still lacking. Peter, is there
something else?‖
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