This is the final portion of the commentary on the Twentieth and Twenty-first Sayings, and it is quite profound. I encourage you to pay special attention to it. The Man discourses on truth, on the spiritual hope for the future, on the illusion of matter, and on Man’s origins. Most importantly, he discusses the new spiritual Nation, and God’s Promise and Incarnation within the spiritual Sun, which we call the Sun of Righteousness.
He goes on to explain the concept of God assuming the Office of Christ, and Jamil’s announcement of that which is the New Advent of God – that is, God appearing to humankind a second and final time. Lastly discussed is the importance of our Community as being an extension of the Community of Jesus.
The Twentieth and Twenty-first Sayings (Part 17)
“After saying these words, The Man looked at his Mariners and Companions before him, awaiting another question. Hearing none, he continued speaking. ‘Truth is eternal. No matter how often Truth is repeated, it is still Truth for any age. Jamil echoes out of the past many teachings known to the ancients. We know that the Truths revealed by the prophets of ancient times are as valid today as they were for the ancients. Jamil has supplemented these eternal Truths. Thus, we have new information. Allied with the Truth of God that now manifests in the Sun of Righteousness, this information can be utilized by us in a continuing and progressive evolutionary way. It is not static.’
“Having said these words and hearing no further questions, The Man fell silent. At a later time, a woman and Companion of The Way, the eighth person to speak to him on the giving of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Sayings, said, ‘I have thought much on the matter of the new spiritual Nation. My heart tells me that if this New Nation is to be, it already exists in the future. If this is true, we as humans have no other course but to make the Nation a reality for us today. Am I correct in this assumption?’
“And The Man answered her saying, ‘You are the first to understand that what God reveals through His Messengers is God’s Will and, therefore, is. For us mortals, the revelations are only a distant hope for the future – an undreamed reality which we can hardly imagine. But if God reveals to us that this is to be, then it will be; indeed, it already is. Those of us who are immortal, those who exist in the future, are part of this revelation even though our mortal bodies and our minds exist in the limited present. If we listen to our minds, or if we allow ourselves to become overly preoccupied with our physical beings, our vision into the future is dimmed and we lose hope. But our spiritual beings do exist for all time – past and future – since we have always existed and our descent into matter then becomes only an illusion. Once we are awakened and illuminated by God’s Image and Word, time stands still. We are united with God. It, therefore, becomes essential that we devote the remainder of our physical lives to God’s service as Agents of the Word and Image of Light. We have no other course. To serve the material world, to seek our own destiny outside of God’s Will, is to plunge ourselves deeper into the error of matter.’
“And The Man looked into the eyes of the young woman before him and said, ‘That you can see the reality of God’s Nation reveals your citizenship in that Nation, my daughter and sister in Light. You have recognized your own immortality by spanning time.’ And she said, ‘I see the end of an era, an ancient era that will be no more. Old nations, old peoples shall pass away to make way for the New Nation and its people.’
“And he replied, ‘The race must evolve toward Light whence it came, ever returning to its origins. This is the Promise of God who has revealed this to us through the prophets. This is the reason for the Second Appearance, to fulfill that promise.’
“The young woman replied to these words saying, ‘When I was in Jerusalem with other Companions of The Way, I had a remembrance of having been there before. I saw the man Jesus fall on his way to Calvary, and in his eyes, I saw the Light and the promise of a return. I have recognized that Light again and know it is with us as a Divine Presence in the Sun of God that will enlighten the whole universe and the peoples of the world.’
“And The Man responded saying, ‘The incarnation of God’s Word, whether in Man or in the Sun, is an irresistible power that the material universe and its peoples must acknowledge in time to come. Human life is as nothing compared to the eternity of spirit. What was begun with Jesus and the ancients before him, that is, the Spirit of God manifest as the Image and the Word, ever grows. It culminates with Jamil in this new era in which God has assumed the sovereignty of Christ by an appearance of redeeming Light. Jamil has announced this as the Mouthpiece of God, declaring that God’s Image and Word exist in the heavens for every eye to see – as perpetual Light shining on all nations and peoples of the world. By means of this Light, people may become One with God.’
“And the Companion spoke again saying, ‘The Nation, like the True Church, is invisible, inhabited by spiritual Beings of Light, which, though existing are not perceived by the physical senses of Man.’ And The Man said to her, ‘It is the destiny of the universe and its people to unite with God in spirit. The reality of it is a progressive event continually in motion. The truth of it shines as God’s Light, dawning upon Man’s intelligence and illuminating his spiritual nature, regenerating the race and creating him new. What is will be. All things are drawn to the future. The reality of it is not to be denied. The wise acknowledge this, and by so doing, begin their ascent back to the Godhead. In past ages, God’s Word incarnated in Holy Ones – those divine Teachers of The Way who appeared to many nations and peoples. In our own Christian tradition, the Word incarnated in the man Jesus, and we believe him to have been the Son of God, which of course he was. But the world worshiped the man as a human savior, forsaking his great Teaching. The religion built around the man has degenerated into a social order which, even though endowed with lofty ideals, has not brought the world to God. The Christian message in its original form was designed to teach the human race to become as Jesus – to exemplify The Way that he taught. To worship the man and to expect him to take the place of God to save a human soul is to renounce everything that he taught. He wanted humans to live as he did – to become reborn in spirit by turning from the ways of the world to The Way of God. This they have not done. And we see the results in the world today. We have only to look back at the history of the Church and of Christianity to see the results of the error. This is why Jamil, the Messenger of God, has appeared to the world in the image of a little child. He has declared the appearance of God in the Sun of Righteousness, a universal Image to which the whole race can turn in all equality.
“‘God’s Word has incarnated in a heavenly Image, the Sun behind the sun as the source of all life and Light. Jamil has announced God’s Second Advent, and God has revealed the means by which the human family may receive the seminal Force of God for spiritual regeneration and birth as spiritual beings. Thus the Word of God incarnates in each person – each man and each woman – as it did in Jesus and other Holy Ones of times past. Jamil has shown us The Way. We as a race are freed from the past – liberated from enslavement to old ideas that are no longer valid. The world is being made new by God’s Image and Word. This is the whole meaning of the New Religion of which we are a part. Each man and each woman must be prepared to live The Way. This is only possible in a new Community, a Nation of spiritual people.
“‘The spiritual Nation was begun by the Will of God, and that Nation consists of all those immortals throughout time who, by means of God’s Image and Word, have been reborn in spirit. We of the modern world have been invited to become citizens of this theocratic Nation and to assist in its greater formation on earth for all humankind. Jamil, as a citizen of this Nation, has announced to us the Advent of God in the universe in a second and final time. He was the first member of this nation in our age, and he leads the way for all of us.
“‘We are to devote ourselves unselfishly to the formation of the spiritual Nation on the planet in unison with God’s Image and Word manifest in the spiritual Sun. The Nation has begun with Jamil and it grows as each one of us becomes a member of it. By our dedication and example, others will follow. This Nation can have no life if we as individuals do not separate ourselves from the secular world and submit ourselves collectively to the Will of God.
“‘We must always remember that as The Work was begun by a single person – that being Jesus, in whom God’s Word incarnated – it has grown down through the centuries until the appearance of Jamil, in whom God’s Word incarnated for our age of the Second Advent of God. Thus our Community is an extension of the former Community, which gives it meaning and purpose. The two are one.
“‘God’s Will is irreversible, and no human power – no Dark power – can prevent it from taking root in those humble people who choose of their own free will to carry on the Divine Plan for human redemption. God is with The Community, and the meek shall inherit the earth as prophesied by Jesus and the older prophets of God.’”
And this concludes our review of the Twentieth and Twenty-first Sayings of Jamil.
