Chapter 21
God said: Hear the words of your God, O man. In the ancient times, I came as a father to a child, dictating to man.
Now that you have attained to comprehensive judgment, Jehovih has inspired you to liberty, and to think for yourself, and to consider what is best for you.
And your God does not come now as a dictator, but as your elder brother, with ample experience.
And I say to you, like your professors in the college to their graduated classes: Behold, you are free; go your way, and no longer hope to hold your God accountable for your behavior.
For with your freedom, you also attain to responsibility.
Do not think that because I emancipate you from the God, Lords and Saviors of the ancients;
And from the bibles and sacred books of the ancients; and from the ancient commandments and injunctions, that, as a consequence, you are not bound in fidelity to your Creator.
You are bound more now than before; for you shall not, from this time forward, throw the responsibility of your conduct onto this man or that man, or onto any God, Lord, Savior, holy book, bible, priest or church decree.
So that your fidelity to your Creator and to your fellow-man, in righteousness, love and good works, shall be the most sacred study of your life.
And your example from day to day shall be a perpetual register of your accountability; truly you shall be a living sermon before men and before Jehovih.
And where your behavior detracts from the grades of your fellow-men, you shall be bound in the behavior of those who copy after you; and for the shortness you bring them into, you shall suffer for them in time to come.
Beware, O man, for this rule applies to all the generations of men: that, by sudden emancipation from an old condition, man runs into another extreme, from which spring libertinism and licentiousness.
For which reason, you shall proclaim before the multitude the responsibilities of the new condition, rather than try to win their applause by proclaiming their emancipation from the old.
Because I have opened the heavens, the spirits of the dead return to you, and commune in your household; do not flatter yourself that the whole of the Father’s kingdoms are revealed to you, and that the angels who converse with you, can make plain the dominions of the higher heavens.
Many of these shall return to you, saying: There is no hell, no satan, no God, no Lord, or anything in this world to make you afraid. For, in truth, the hell they looked for, they did not find; nor did they find a God, Lord, or Savior, such as they had hoped or expected to find. And for this reason, such angels are jubilant for the time being.
Nevertheless, a time will come to them also, when they shall tire of dwelling on the earth, in the places of their mortal kin; and they shall seek resurrection into more exalted places, where wisdom and purity dwell. Then, indeed, they shall begin to comprehend the ways of the kingdoms of the Almighty.
And they will cry out in pain; pleading for pity, compassion and help. And after that, when they come to you, they will also proclaim, even as your God now does, that the commandments must be fulfilled:
To love the Creator above all else;
And your neighbor as yourself;
Sell all you have, and give to the poor;
Return good for evil;
Do good to others, with all your wisdom and strength;
Abnegate self in all respects;
Making yourself a servant to your Creator;
Owning or possessing nothing under the sun;
And look into your soul, to judge yourself constantly, to discover where and how you shall do the most good;
Complaining not against Jehovih for anything that happens;
Making your neighbor rejoice in you;
Making yourself affiliative;
Without self-righteousness above anyone;
Being a producer of something good;
And learn to rejoice in your own life, with singing, dancing, and a jovial heart, paying due respect to rites and ceremonies, so that all things may be orderly before Jehovih. ||
Remember the words of your God, O man, when angels or men advise you against these commandments, they have little to offer you that will promote the harmony of the state.
Consider, therefore, that whatever promotes the greatest harmony and wisdom within the state, has also been discovered and is in practice in the higher heavens.
And given the case proven to you, that a state divided against itself cannot stand, even so are the heavens above not divided, but as a unit.
Judge, then, O man, when one spirit comes to you preaching one thing, and another spirit comes to you preaching another thing, their contradicting words are proof that they have not yet entered the harmonious heavens of your God.
And it is because of the disharmony of your own soul, that you are open to these conflicting messengers. This is infidelity against the All Person, Jehovih. And such conflicting spirits deny the Person and the Unity of the Almighty.
Do not let your emancipation from the bondage of the doctrines of the ancients lead you into infidelity against Jehovih.