GGJ5b

Jakob Lorber – The Great Gospel of John, vol. 5, part B
[GGJ.05_158,04] In such circumstances they then turned back to Me and
praised Me for being active in the correct ordinance of life. For a time things
went fairly well again and progressed well; but when the blessed well-being
set in again as a fruit of activity, the old lethargy began again from the
beginning. They were rich in everything and wanted to shine and demanded
an earthly king as the representative of physical wealth and well-being.
[GGJ.05_158,05] A king was given to them and anointed. But as the contract
between king and nation did not remain undone, the evil that the nation
demanded and received was again nothing more than a painful lever for the
people to a newer and higher necessary activity.
[GGJ.05_158,06] When the king soon fell into lethargy along with the people,
it was immediately necessary to waken external, very threatening enemies in
the form the crude and powerful Philistines. Then war and all sorts of the
same accompanying afflictions penetrated the land of My people, woke it,
made it active and therefore strong.
[GGJ.05_158,07] In great affliction and need they found their way back to Me
and increased in mercy, wisdom and wealth to a hardly conceivable degree.
This, however, caused an important exhaustion of the previous activity in the
days of Solomon‘s rule, and the kingdom literally collapsed under the first
descendents of Solomon. And so this nation had constantly to be forced
through all sorts of misery and affliction to keep them active.
[GGJ.05_158,08] It is now once again generally way below the animal
kingdom, particularly in respect of the class of the priests and teachers. But
for that reason I came Myself in the flesh in order to prepare the greatest
embarrassment and confusion for the most lethargic part of the people; and
they therefore seek to catch me and to kill Me, because they fear losing their
bread for the lazy through My most active actions and stimuli. But their effort
is of course in vain.
[GGJ.05_158,09] The seed of fullest laziness has already set roots in them
that are too strong. Therefore the feeling of lethargy must be first taken from
them and they must scatter themselves to the four winds and lead a nomadic
life or enter the new covenant of life and activity just established by Me, in
which no-one will be allowed to let his hands lie inactive in his lap in order to
be able to live.
[GGJ.05_158,10] Whoever will not do that will hunger and thirst and have to
take up the most worthless and dirtiest job of begging, and people will call to
them with hard hearts: Whoever does not work shall not eat! For every
worker is worth his reward.
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