GGJ5b

Jakob Lorber – The Great Gospel of John, vol. 5, part B
later killed often in the very most terrible way. This discourages the followers
and admirers of the prophets so that very often they return to their former
ignorance, which at least guarantees them security during their earthly life.
[GGJ.05_156,04] How long ago was it then that a certain John performed all
sorts of truly great signs in the desert on the Jordan as proof of his divine
spirit?! Herod had him captured and soon after beheaded most gleefully and
most disdainfully in prison quite secretly. He truly already had a lot of
disciples, and many thousands were baptized by him in the Jordan as a sign
of their acceptance of his truly quite pure teaching; for he had turned almost
all Galilee and Judea into his foray on the Jordan. But then when his many
supporters learned what had happened to their master, they became full of
fear and worry and easily let on that they had accepted the baptism through
water by John; for they were afraid of having to suddenly share the sad fate
of their master. This one thing I find seriously somewhat inconsistent with my
reason, which until now has never been nailed up, and there seems to be
little cleverness and a much too little good will for the well-being of the people
according to our understanding.
[GGJ.05_156,05] This is quite thinkable under the invisible rule of some blind
fate of the pagans, but hardly under the reign of an all-wise, benevolent, just
and omnipotent God. That was also mainly the reason why I turned away
entirely from the belief in a God. A true prophet should have a neverconquerable
ability to defend himself until his end, against which all powers
and strengths of the Earth should never be able to do anything – then the
true, divine element would be recognized for all time and also kept; but most
seers and prophets take an earthly terrible end and thus make suspicious
everything divine that they have previously sown. Moses was never allowed
to set foot in the Promised Land, and the Archangel Michael had to fight
Satan for three full days and in the end leave without victory. Yes, why then?
Why must then the evil principle on this Earth almost always carry off the
victory over the good principle?
[GGJ.05_156,06] We say – and with justice - :All humanity, or the moral
world, is in disorder and is evil. But if we just look for the reason we will find it
more or less in what I have just presented! We people can do whatever we
want, but we will neither improve ourselves nor the others; for the powers of
the world constantly hold us in check and everywhere it is said: Only up to
this point – but then not an inch further! We may neither investigate nor
ponder. The iron law will force all heads under the same hat. Whoever dares
to move is lost to the world; but has he been won for another world? Well, we
have much less convincing certainty of that than of what will happen to
mankind in a hundred years after us!
[GGJ.05_156,07] Only true seers and prophets alone could get rid of this evil.
The people would thereby always have the invincible power and strength of
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