GGJ5b

Jakob Lorber – The Great Gospel of John, vol. 5, part B
himself, orders servants and slaves to drive away anyone who approaches
the house of a great and high-positioned greedy man, without being invited.
The rich man then soon buys up a great piece of land, becomes the legal
ruler of it, often acquires via blackmail every property from his subordinates
and treats them like a genuine tyrant.
[GGJ.05_168,02] Once the greedy man is quite extraordinarily rich, he
throws himself into the arms of every possible sensual life of luxury, seduces
girls, whores and commits adultery and other shameful actions without any
moderation or measure. And because he is the first in his land, he leads
astray soon a whole nation through his poor example; for they say: The Lord
must of course know better than we. If he does it, we can do it too! And so in
the end in such a land everyone begins to steal, rob, murder and sleep
around, and there is no longer any trace of recognition of God!
[GGJ.05_168,03] Go to those lands and those rich men of the Earth and look
in their chronicles and you will find how most of all these rulers initially were
highly greedy and avaricious- and profit-seeking normal trading people who
over time bought with their treasures lands and people and then made use of
them through all sorts of means of violence, even transformed the often very
good traditions and religions of the people who had become subservient to
them in such a way that there is hardly a trace of the old purity left to be
found.
[GGJ.05_168,04] Therefore you, Mark, have to pay attention above all that in
this healing institute of yours which will be very much visited by people in the
near future no greed should slip in! Yes, from this place even an exaggerated
thriftiness should remain proscribed; for that is usually the germ of greed!
[GGJ.05_168,05] Let everyone have what he needs for life; nobody shall
have more in your household. Take into safe custody the personal presents
which will often be given to your servants by the guests and give them later
back with interest to the servants, but not until they have become old and
too weak for serving. And when they die, the savings shall go to their children
and grandchildren.
[GGJ.05_168,06] Naturally, this advice is meant chiefly for you, but later also
for all your descendants. Also, if there is a spendthrift among your servants,
admonish him to exercise proper thrift. Deprive him of your favor for a while
and show him that a spendthrift is often very selfish and gradually becomes
a burden to his brothers instead of helping his poorer brothers with his just
savings in times of poverty.
[GGJ.05_168,07] Whoever saves only for himself and, in a wider sense, for
his own family, does not save according to My order. I commend the one who
saves so that he can help his poor brothers in times of poverty and bless his
savings so that he will never suffer want.
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