GGJ5b

Jakob Lorber – The Great Gospel of John, vol. 5, part B
[GGJ.05_157,01] Cyrenius however says to Me once again, ―Lord, indeed I
know now from Your own divine mouth why everything in the world is and
happens the way it does, and I now know Your divinely wisest plans
concerning the education of mankind in all times and all zones of the Earth;
but at the same time I must nonetheless admit quite openly that, seen from a
worldly viewpoint, this Pharisee basically has a lot going for him. There is
truly from alpha to omega no world of love and truth, but instead a very
terrible world full of hate and full of lies and falsehoods and injustice! But it
could indeed be quite different! But things are so and will never be otherwise,
and the Earth is damned to remain a house of misery, and its human children
will constantly have to swelter on its surface! But it could surely be different!‖
[GGJ.05_157,02] I say, ―Yes, yes, it could indeed be different, as it is
different on countless many other planets; but then exactly this Earth would
not be chosen for the cultivation of those people who are designated and
called to become My children!
[GGJ.05_157,03] Can true, powerful love ever become fully aware of itself
among human beings who themselves are pure love? What object on which to
practice patience, humility and meekness could be given to people filled with
love from birth?
[GGJ.05_157,04] If I had endowed every man's nature with the highest degree
of perfection from birth, not requiring his own effort, what practice in lifeand
self development would be thinkable for him?
[GGJ.05_157,05] For what activity could such spirits finally be used? I tell
you: The trees of the wood and the rocks of the mountains in the very most
indispensable self-activity would be many times more preferred than a
person quite perfected in every respect right from birth on!
[GGJ.05_157,06] Picture a man, fully developed physically and always
enjoying a table richly laid with the most delicious foods and drinks so that he
would never suffer from hunger or thirst. Moreover, he had a most magnificent
living-room and besides the mental capacity to see, perceive, enjoy and
communicate with everything and everyone in the minutest detail, both
nearby and at a great distance, never encountering any difficulties whatsoever.
Surely such a man would never leave his comfortable abode even for a
moment.
[GGJ.05_157,07] I tell you: Such a man would be as little touched by My
greatest miracles as by the snow that at Adam's time clothed the mountains with
the mantle of eternal innocence. Or do you think that My boundless, everlasting
perfection of life would benefit Me and give Me bliss? Verily not!
[GGJ.05_157,08] My own greatest bliss is felt when I take part in the inner growth
of My innumerable imperfect children and lies in their growing cognition and
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