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Jakob Lorber – The Great Gospel of John, vol. 5, part B<br />

now on you need no longer look for the Kingdom of God and its righteousness<br />

in the temple at Jerusalem or on Mount Gerizim nor worship God there, but<br />

such divine service may be held wherever there is a human being!<br />

[GGJ.05_132,04] The heart of man will be the living temple of the true, one<br />

and only God and the active love will be the only true service to God, and the<br />

love for God will be His one and only true worship!<br />

[GGJ.05_132,05] But since neither a true love for God without active love for<br />

one‘s neighbor, nor this without true love for God is conceivable, both loves<br />

are basically only one love and thus one and the same true worship of God.<br />

Whoever has that within has everything, all the law and all the prophets<br />

united in his own heart and no longer has need of anything more.<br />

[GGJ.05_132,06] I hereby abolish all old forms, as well as the law of Moses;<br />

however, not in the sense that they should no longer be observed — far from it<br />

— but only insofar as they had previously been an external coercion to act in a<br />

certain manner, followed by earthly punishment in case of non-compliance. In<br />

this way the law was a judge breathing down everyone's neck, and a<br />

permanent judgment from which no one could escape. But a human being<br />

weighed down by the burden of the law obviously is under permanent judgment;<br />

and he who is under judgment is spiritually dead and cursed by the inner,<br />

divine freedom of life.<br />

[GGJ.05_132,07] Not until the law becomes his own and is subject to the<br />

freedom of his own freest will is man rid of all judgment and curse and death. I<br />

came into this world mainly to free all men from the yoke of the law, the<br />

judgment, the curse and death. Therefore, from now on I take away all externals,<br />

let you truly come into your own and thereby make you true children of God<br />

and lords over all the law and judgment.<br />

[GGJ.05_132,08] If you, as well as your disciples, abide by this rule<br />

unchangingly, no judgment will ever come over you because you are above<br />

the judgment; but as soon as you allow in one or the other matter to have an<br />

ancient, external law added and adhere to some ancient, external ceremonial,<br />

you will again submit to a judgment, and death will touch you in the same<br />

measure as you have submitted to an old ceremonious law!"<br />

Chapter 133<br />

[GGJ.05_133,01] At this Roklus says, "But, Lord, what about the compliance<br />

with the political laws of the state? Surely one has to observe them,<br />

regardless of how much one has become one's own master!? Or can these<br />

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