FATHER DIVINE, the Body of GOD
It was Righteous Government Forum night at the Divine Lodge in Samsonville. In the flagstoned, glass enclosed, dining terrace, a fire burned brightly in the fire-place to take the chill off the bracing mountain air. Out to the hills, under starry skies, as well as throughout the building, amplifiers carried the sound of merriment, as many of the true and the faithful from New York City mingled with those from the various Extensions in the Promised Land.
Soon the Righteous Government song rang out enthusiastically and the Meeting was in progress — then a further great burst of ecstasy as FATHER Personally took a seat near the well with its wooden bucket.
The Righteous Government Platform was of course the Fundamental of discussion, but there was one announcement that brought a great deal of enthusiasm. This was the announcement by Mr. A. Honaeel, Editor of The Spoken Word, of the birth of a new publication — The World Herald, to take the place of the old New York News. Although not a direct organ of the Peace Mission or FATHER'S Personal publication, the true and the faithful could discern in the new World Herald, a new birth and a new name for the news and possibly a reincarnation of the former World Echo, and they rejoiced in such a Blessing.
The greatest blessing of all, however, was the Mighty Message given by FATHER Personally, revealing deeper mysteries, that had been hid from the creation of the world, blessing one and all as follows: —
THANK YOU FATHER!
PEACE EVERYONE! Good Health, Good Will, Good Appetite, Good Manners, Good Behavior, Good Afternoon, Good Evening, and Good Night! It is indeed Wonderful! It is a privilege to realize, all of the Goodness of GOD as exemplified is Ever Present, always has been and always shall be, but cannot always be understood by the conscious minds of the children of men. But we are privileged to know, when I AM apparently absent I AM Present. For this cause I have gone away from the microphone, that you might see and know the great significance of the Omnipresence of GOD, and of HIS Majesty, Dominion and Authority, as HE is Speaking parably through the different inventions to let you know, when HE is apparently absent HE is Ever Present. I may apparently be absent from the presence of the microphone. As I have stressed it to MY hearers, it is not necessary to be at the microphone. The microphone is as sensitive as you are. It will pick up every word you say when it is working accurately, anywhere in this auditorium or dining room whichever. I need not stand near it.
For this cause I got away from it, to let you see and know, when I AM apparently absent I AM Present. I hear all you do, and I see al1 you say; I feel all you think, and I enjoy all you know. Now isn't that Wonderful! I need not say more from that angle, but as I aforesaid, Righteousness, Truth and Justice I have actually established among you. I have caused it to be a living reality, no longer as something imaginary, no longer for a limited few, but for everyone among you, that the Reality of GOD might be as much for those of the meage means as it is for those of great means.
The time has truly come when Righteousness shall pave out the way far each and all of the children of men, that they might eat and enjoy the good of the land. This is accomplished through Righteousness. This is accomplished through doing according to the Scripture and the Gospel, as stressed and brought to the surface by Jesus the Christ. Christ in the Person of Jesus in the Sonship Degree declared:
"First seek ye the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all things shall be added unto you."
We are privileged to show each of you conclusively, that as you seek the Kingdom of GOD wholeheartedly and exemplify Righteousness in deeds and in actions, the things that are necessary are automatically added. Now isn't that Wonderful?
Just think of houses and lands, yachts, airplanes, and everything that life demands — all of these things are at your disposal, in other words at your service, when you shall have sought the Kingdom of GOD and HIS Righteousness, wholeheartedly. When you shall have sought it wholeheartedly, and made a complete surrender, the very 8pirit of MY Presence will bring into outer expression the desirable blessings for which your hearts have been yearning. Isn't that Wonderful!
Upon this Foundation if you will stand, Righteousness, Truth and Justice shall cover the land, for the Righteousness of GOD sha11 cover the earth even as the waters the sea, — in other words, the deep. So, Righteousness, Truth and Justice we have established among us, and we are now transmitting it to others, that they too as well as you, might be partakers of it. When this shall have been established in all of the nations of the earth collectively, individually and universally, then and there we shall have a Utopia, for which you have been contending, for which you have been seeking. But remember, you must relax your conscious mentality, still yourselves as individuals, free yourselves of your human fancies~, tendencies and pleasures, that you might come into possession of your rightful inheritance.
This is accomplished by making a sacrifice according to MY request, by making a complete self-denial, a wide-open consecration, and a wholehearted sacrifice, that you might be a partaker no longer of the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil, but partakers of the Tree of Life. Adam was driven from the Garden of Eden, and the Cherubim was put there to keep the way of the Tree of Life. It could have been said to keep him away from the Tree of Life, lest Adam would put forth his hand, and take, and eat, and live forever. But it is written by Christendom, from the quotation and the expression of the Bible,
"Jesus died that you might have the right to the tree of life".
You have the right to the Tree of Life now. The Cherubim has been taken away from the Tree of Life; no longer there with the flaming sword to keep you away from it; no longer are you seeking the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil that will keep you severed from the Presence of your Maker.
Out of the Spirit of MY Presence, Righteousness, Truth and Justice have been established, and have been lifted uppermostly in your consciousness. By this you have made a complete surrender, that you might recognize MY Presence at MY apparent absence. By recognizing it, and being the same at MY apparent absence as you are in MY apparent Presence, I will work for you and work with you just according to your faith, your deeds and your actions.
I will be just as effective at MY apparent absence as I AM in and at MY apparent Presence. Harmony will exist among you if you rid yourselves of all tendencies of selfishness, all fancies, and every other expression that may reflect mortality.
By the relaxation of your conscious mentality the Spirit of MY Presence will Work for you automatically. By stilling yourselves continually, by living in the real Presence of GOD in consciousness in outward expression, GOD will bring to the surface the desirable blessings you all are seeking. GOD will put them in your presence and at your fingers' tips. Is not this, the Promised Land, an outward expression? This is not only an outward expression of the Majesty, Love and Mercy of GOD for the insignificant, for the illiterate, for the meek and the lowly, and the poor, but this is an outward expression for all of the nations of the Earth, and for each and every person or persons, that they might see and know, if GOD is for you who can be against you; that they might see and know, GOD can lift you above that which you could have imagined heretofore. It matters not what your profession may be, it matters not what your classification may be, it matters not what your trade, or gift, or talent, or manner of action may be, GOD in the midst of you can prove to you conclusively, and to others, GOD alone is Perfection. GOD alone can lift you! GOD alone can exalt you, and GOD from the insignificant state of expression can prove to the world conclusively once and forever, GOD in one person apparently, is the majority.
Now I would like to say in reference to this demonstration this evening, this is a common occurrence. If we happen to have any of our visiting friends or neighbors in this audience, this a common occurrence. If I happen to participate in a demonstration where there are a hundred and fifty or two hundred, or three hundred thousand, GOD in and from this angle of expression will be as HE has been, the majority; fulfilling the Scripture to the letter, no longer imaginary, no longer surmising, but bringing to your conscious recognition of what thousands and millions are realizing. They realizing today, GOD in one man as it may be termed, is the majority from every angle expressible. In whatsoever I endeavor, whatsoever I lay MY Hand to as an expression of MY Personal, Professional, Spiritual or Mental Activity, I will express the majority in that particular expression. Isn't that Wonderful!
The Scripture is fulfilled this day in your hearing —"Where the carcass is there sha11 the eagles be gathered together". Where it is there shall the eagles be gathered, and, "I, if I be lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men unto me." Do you not see them coming? They are coming from every tribe, from every nation, from every language, and from every people, because of the recognition of GOD'S Presence among you. Because that Essence of Salvation has the magneticness of your conscious mentality, it will attract it and it will draw it, therefore they must come. Isn't that Wonderful!
Then I say, Righteousness, Truth and Justice, I have established, I have inculcated in the hearts and lives of millions, and I sha11 reincarnate it in the same, I shall cause them to recognize it as their leading spirit and as their intuition, that they may be governed thereby. Paul said on one occasion,
"Let every man be persuaded by his own opinion".
In MY language and in this particular dispensation I say the same but in MY own Version.—"Be governed by your highest intuition". Speaking in the language of Paul by his version I would say, `Be governed by your own mind or your own opinion," but the transposed version for this dispensation in this light of civilization, I speak after the manner of men: I say, "Be governed by your highest intuition as your Intutor tutors you inspirationally, GOD HIMSELF". When this is a reality in your consideration, you can relax your conscious mentality but your intuition will be your inspiration, and your inspiration will be the Mind of Christ, by the Spirit and by the inspiration of the Spirit in you, governing you and guiding you, and telling you just what you should do. That is what it is all about.
Now just look at all of these wonderful fplaces under the jurisdiction of the true and the faithful! By the leading of MY Spirit MY true Followers are coming into possession of their rightful inheritance according to the Scripture, and it is a matter of impossibility for them to be defeated.
"The meek shall inherit the earth and the righteous shall dwell in the land forever."
This I AM doing, and bringing into outer expression the fullness of the mystery of Righteousness, Truth and Justice, the Platform, upon which we are standing."The righteous shall dwell in the land forever." Do you not see the significance of having a Righteous Government? We have a Righteous Government. Why do we have a Righteous Government? We have a Righteous Government for the Righteous, that they might be governed by the Righteous Government and no longer be governed by the unrighteous government. That is what I AM talking about, and this we are exemplifying ourselves as individuals, to cause mankind to observe it, by making a sacrifice daily of millions and millions, for the establishment of this Kingdom upon the Foundation of Righteousness, Truth and Justice, which you all are stressing daily. Aren't you glad!
Now how can this be defeated? They will try, but they cannot defeat it, because the Mouth of GOD has spoken it. It is indeed Wonderful! Righteousness, Truth and Justice have been established, and GOD HIMSELF shall rule on the throne of Righteousness, of Truth and of Justice, and none sha11 defeat HIM. Now tell all the nations I said it, and carry it through the Press, and through the ether by mental telepathy, and by MY Spirit. Tell them I said, Righteousness, Truth and Justice shall have it;
"The law shall not depart from Judah, nor the lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes",
"When Shiloh comes the gathering of the people shall be unto him".Shiloh has come, I heard you say.
"The gathering of the people now is unto him, and none shall hinder",
declares MY Spirit. Righteousness, Truth and Justice, you can see the significance of it, for the Law shall not depart from Judah nor the Lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes, but when Shiloh comes the gathering of the people shall be unto Him.
Here it is and there I AM, there I sit and here you stand. Where are you standing? You are standing upon the Foundation that none other can lay saving the Foundation that I have already laid. Righteousness, Truth and Justice are the Platform for us. Now aren't you glad! Now the Law of the Spirit of Life that was in Christ Jesus has been incarnated in the hearts and lives of millions, and from the Law of the Spirit of Life which was in CHRIST Jesus, in the Name of Righteousness, Truth and Justice I have drawn the Righteous Government Platform, and I have established it as a Foundation for you to stand upon.
We are not asking men to believe us. We shall put this issue through, with or without a body. Now isn't that Wonderful! As I often say when opposers rise, I hope they will be harmonious, and I hope things will work out harmoniously, for it is too sweet to be defiled. It is written in the Scripture,
"He that defiled the temple of GOD, him shall God destroy."
GOD does not wish the Scripture to be fulfilled from a literal point of view, but the Scripture has declared that, to you and to all mankind. I AM declaring, it must be fulfilled in some way. I AM endeavoring to keep it in the spiritual realm of expression, that it might not have to be fulfilled literally, for the literal fulfillment of it would not be the reality of it unless it was fulfilled mentally and spiritually. Now isn't that Wonderful! So I AM sure MY Spirit will intervene, if anything rises in opposition to MY Plan of Righteousness, Truth and Justice as I have established it. Now isn't that Wonderful! Isn't that Wonderful!
We shall have a Righteous Government, and we shall not be defeated, and we shall not be molested, we sha11 not be conflicted, and we shall stand and withstand against every opposition, and GOD HIMSELF shall have dominion in all of HIS existence. It is a privilege to realize it! When you stand upon this Foundation you will not have an occasion to fret nor worry, for GOD not merely in one man is the majority individually, but GOD in one man expressedly is the majority collectively and universally. HE extends HIMSELF collectively, and universally and proves to the world conclusively, in reality HE is the majority, although firstly seen in an individual.
Jesus conveyed Himself in a multitude of people, and that is the way He got by. Then I say, here you all are, every one of the real ones, and there I AM. There I sit and here you stand. Jot these thoughts down in your vocabularies, and be substantiated in this recognition, and understand it scientifically and perfectly, and naught will be able to hurt you nor harm you, for by MY Inspiration Jesus caught the thought and declared, "Lo I am with you always". It is indeed Wonderful! By the same, He conveyed Himself in a multitude of people and so passed by, to let you see and know conclusively in the future from that day of expression, He would convey Himself into millions from the FATHERSHIP Degree of unfoldment.
"Now why do you say that?" some thought may say. If you read in the Scripture where the Prayer is recorded, He prayed, "I pray that they may be one, even as we are one; you in me, and I in you, and I in them", or words to that effect. Therefore He conveyed Himself into a multitude f people and so passed by, as a pre-evidence and a prediction of the FATHERSHIP Degree of expression. When the Son should enter back into the FATHER, from whence He had descended, He would return and enter into the millions, and pass by in a way misunderstandable by the conscious mentality of humanity. Now this is misunderstandable by the conscious mentality of humanity. Why? Because they can only perceive things from the material plane. They cannot understand how GOD could be in one man and yet be in millions at the same time. But Jesus conveyed Himself in a multitude of people as a Sample and as an Example, and as a pre-evidence of the fulfillment of the request of His Prayer He and His FATHER would be expressly One, and He in One and all would come.
Now you are here and I AM there. Isn't that Wonderful! Therefore you are coming into possession of your rightful inheritance of material blessings. I mean material blessings among a good many of you! Houses and lands, and other necessities of life that you could not have even so much as entered in, had you not come into possession of them through and by Him who liveth forever! Now isn't that Wonderful! Just think of these beautiful homes — remodeling and renovating these old buildings that had gone down, just as GOD remodels old souls, rebuilds old motors, and causes them to work perfectly the same as new ones. Now isn't that Wonderful!
This is accomplished by this Righteous Government Platform upon which we are standing— Righteousness, Truth and Justice for the common good of mankind, bringing all nations, languages, tongues, and people together that they might return to the GOD from whom they had been driven. Isn't that Wonderful! Through Adam you were driven from the Presence of GOD. That is the first man Adam of whom I AM now speaking, but the second Adam, which is The Lord from Heaven, by Him you are returning to the Garden of Eden, where there is a full and a plenty and to spare, as it was there before Adam sinned. Isn't that Wonderful!
There was a plenty to eat in the Garden of Eden until sin entered in the land, but after sin entered, the earth became to be a curse for Adam's sake. Isn't that Wonderful! It could be said to be terrible, but the transposed version since the coming of Christ according to the composition given by one, "There is no more curse to the sod", that is why you are glad. Now you are qualified to go out and till the earth, and the sod is no more cursed, the sod is a blessing as it was in the beginning, because GOD put you in the Garden.
When GOD first put Adam in the Garden of Eden there was a plenty of fruit in the garden to eat, and to drink of the fruit of the vine. Isn't that Wonderful! Then and there it was a blessing to mankind until Adam sinned and was driven from the Garden of Eden, but GOD HIMSELF has truly come. HE has come and put you back in the Garden of Eden. Now you can till the Earth and there is no more curse to the sod. Aren't you glad ! No wonder they have been plowing under corn and cotton, and all sorts of produce of the earth, because the earth was cursed. Mankind in mortal consciousness was a curse. That is why they destroyed it, because it was a curse. But since I have come I have put you back in the Garden of Eden. The earth is no longer a curse, but it is a blessing to mankind. Now aren't you glad! It is a blessing! No longer a curse I say, but a blessing! It was a cure to the cursedness of man, because he lived in self and in sin, trying to graft and hoard up if he could, all of the wealth of the earth for himself. therefore to him it was a curse, and Solomon declared by inspiration for others, "All is vexation of spirit, and vanity". Why is it? It is because in mortal consciousness it was a curse. They tried to get all of it for themselves. But in the Christ Consciousness the version is transposed completely, therefore you act it out scientifically because you are New Creatures.
The earth is no longer a curse, but the earth is a blessing, and every sod of the earth will eventually be a blessing to man and to beast as it was in the beginning of the creation. Isn't that Wonderful! That is why the burning of crops and throwing it overboard, and such as that — it was vexation of spirit and vanity, and a curse to those who were under the curse and did not recognize their GOD. They lived in self and lived in sin, and tried to get it all for themselves. Because of this, naturally it was a curse. But when mankind recognizes this Righteous Government I have exemplified, they will realize even as you do, the earth is no longer a curse. Isn't that Wonderful! Why? Because whatsoever you produce from the earth, it will not be for yourself. It will be for others, therefore it could not be a curse for you.
Upon this Foundation we sha11 continue to expand, and as I say, the Agricultural Department in Ulster County will produce chickens and ducks, and guineas and geese, horses and cows, turkeys and pigs, and everything necessary to eat. They will increase them and multiply them. As I said this afternoon at one of the smaller farms, I said, "You should produce at least a thousand pigs as these larger pigs you have here, next year — and the larger farms should produce from two to three thousand pigs weighing from two to five hundred pounds each. That is what you should do! Chickens and pigs should be multiplied the same as you have ever heard of locusts, for the wicked. Turkeys and cows, and all of the things, or animals whichever, for the sustenance, and comfort, and convenience of the body, and for the children of men collectively. Your crops should increase, and multiply and produce much more than men can produce, more than they can develop, because they are under the curse and they are living for self. Therefore they have been limited in increasing and multiplying, because they were living for self alone. A few in a family did not need so much, but as we have the millions and millions to feed through Righteousness, Truth and Justice, we need a plenty of it.
We shall continue to increase and multiply, and I AM sure the Government will not say, "Do not do it" for we will set a sample and an example for the Government; if they do not know it. We will show them haw they should express it — the wealthiest Country in the world — how to be independent to other Countries as a Country, as a Nation as it may be termed, as far as produce is concerned. Isn't that Wonderful! Everything that is necessary for the sustenance of the body, for the comfort and for the convenience of one and all — the Spirit of MY Presence through you all will produce and bring into outer expression, that you might express the Spirit of Independence — that of which I have exemplified. Isn't that Wonderful!
By this, all mankind sha11 realize there is reality in the Truth as has been exemplified, and they too will copy after the Fashion, and eventually will bring themselves into subjection to Righteousness, Truth and Justice, and all will finally found themselves and their organizations upon this Platform upon which we stand. Isn't it a Wonderful privilege! This is not merely a supposition. I AM not merely talking. You all can see, I AM fulfilling! I AM materializing, not merely theorizing! I AM personifying and not merely spiritualizing!
Mankind has been talking about spiritual things and has believed in spiritual things long enough. They could not be spiritualized, because they believed too much in spiritual things, not realizing, through your concentration on the Spiritual One as being materialized would cause you to be spiritualized. By your concentration on the Spiritual One as being materialized, it will cause you as a person to be spiritualized, will cause all things under your jurisdiction to be equivalently spiritualized even as you are spiritualized. Therefore all material things under your conscious jurisdiction and under your personal jurisdiction, will be spiritualized by you visualizing the Spiritual One as being Personified. Isn't that Wonderful! The Scripture is now fulfilled, and the mystery is now revealed. You have vividly visualized the Spiritual One as being Personified, and in turn by such a visualization, you have been spiritualized, and the mate~rial things of your domain have been spiritualized together with you.
Oh it is a privilege to realize the Truth concerning all things! Your very home and your affairs and all things that concern you, are spiritualizable because you have realized, as one that could realize, the materialization of the Spiritual One. If you recognize the Personified Christ, Christ will recognize the spiritualization of you. If you disrecognize the Personification of Christ, Christ will disrecognize the spiritualization of you, and He will only see you as mortal, as matter, and refuse to see you as spiritual. But if you see Him as material, and as personified, GOD will see you and recognize you as spiritual and as spiritualized.
Therefore, if you will give GOD a Body, GOD will give you a spirit. If you will not give GOD a Body, GOD will not give you a Spirit. GOD will just let you have your body and you will not have a spirit. That is why thousands of people today are spiritless, because they would not give GOD a Body, and GOD would not give them a Spirit. Isn't that Wonderful! You all had bodies! GOD did not have any Body! Isn't that Wonderful! You had a body; GOD did not have any Body, but GOD had a Spirit, and you did not have any spirit. Therefore GOD breathed in Adam the Breath of Life. GOD gave Adam a spirit. Adam did not have a spirit at first. Therefore I say, you did not have a spirit at first, you only had a body; and GOD did not have a Body at first, He only moved out upon the Face of the Deep as Spirit without a Body. He had no Body. Isn't that Wonderful! GOD did not have any Body, and you did not have any spirit, but GOD in Mercy gave you a spirit before you gave HIM a Body. Isn't that Wonderful! GOD gave you a spirit to see if you would in turn give HIM a Body! GOD trusted you with HIS Spirit for many years according to the Scripture. Yea according to the Gospel HE trusted you with HIS Spirit four thousand and four years, before you gave HIM a Body.
After a while, as humanity, you gave HIM a Body. Through Mary you gave HIM a Body! You know it is true! The preachers know it is true! The doctors know it is true! The ministers know it is true! The teachers know it is true! They all know, GOD did not have any Body! Now GOD has given you a body, and after a long time you gave GOD a Body. Humanity gave GOD a Body through the person of Mary. "Prepare me a body." GOD prepared HIMSELF a Body — prepared it through the Virgin. Isn't that Wonderful! As He prepared it through the Virgin through humanity, humanity gave GOD a Body. She delivered it up; He offered it up as a living sacrifice. Isn't that Wonderful!
Then I say, GOD has a Body! Individually and collectively, yea universally, if you refuse to give GOD a Body continually, GOD will refuse to give you a spirit continually, and cause you to be as Adam was before HE Breathed in him the Breath of Life that he might be in HIS Likeness and in HIS Image. Isn't that Wonder fu]! But because you have given GOD a Body, GOD has given YOU all HIS Spirit. Isn't that Wonderful! If your children ask bread would you give them a stone? If they ask a fish would you give them a serpent? If they ask an egg would you give them a serpent? If they ask an egg would you give them a scorpion? The answer is no! Then the Word says. "If you being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more does your heavenly Father know how to give the holy spirit to those who ask of him." Now isn't that Wonderful! You have asked for the Spirit because you did not have it, but as you understandingly or misunderstandingly gave HIM a Body through the recognition of the Personification of GOD, GOD in turn gave you a spirit, for you did not have one.
Now the Work is done since Christ in you, as Spirit, has truly come in the Name of the Law of the Spirit of Life that was in Christ Jesus, that we might have a Righteous Government. It is the Law of the Spirit of Life that was in Christ Jesus, Christ gave you, and that Law in you, which is a Law in itself, has made you free from the law of sin and death. Not only so, but that Law in you has also organized a Righteous Judgment in your conscious mentality, and that Law in you has also given to humanity the Righteous Government Platform from your Righteous Judgment, in your conscious mind. From your analytic mind from your intellectual mind, GOD has given you the Righteous Government Platform to stand upon, from your Righteous Judgment in your Righteous mind. In your Righteous, conscious, analytic mind, after you analyzed it and found out it was Just and Right by weighing it on the Scale of Justice, you found out the accurateness of it. Isn't that Wonderful!
Therefore the Righteous Government Platform has truly been Established, and it is upon a Foundation that cannot be shaken, for it came out from the Law of the Spirit of Life that was in Christ Jesus, that made you free from the law of sin and death. Therefore it has brought a real emancipation to and for everybody else. I need not say more. I believe I have said enough to go down on record for this dispensation. I do not mean the Christian dispensation only, but the A.D.F.D. Dispensation. Isn't that Wonderful! Where the Prince of Peace shall never cease, but shall exist throughout all eternity, as the Prince and the King of Peace in the hearts, lives, minds, and affairs of all mankind! I thank you.
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