Chapter 22
God said: I have heard your prayer, O man: Your kingdom come on earth, as it is in heaven.
Have you considered your words? And are you prepared for it? Have you fulfilled the commandments? And do you love your neighbor like yourself? And have you done to the least among you, what you desire your Creator to do to you?
Now, behold, Jehovih has sent me, your God, to answer your prayer.
I demand of you, that you have no favorite doctrine above your neighbor;
And that you are servant to no God, Lord, Savior or church that is unacceptable to any man in the world.
But, that you serve Jehovih with all your wisdom and strength, by doing good to your fellow- men with all your might.
That because you are strong or wise or rich, you understand that you shall use these excellencies for raising up those who do not have them, believing that Jehovih so provided you to that end.
Consider, O man! You have a kingdom (Jehovih’s government) already. Would you have two kingdoms?
Behold, the kingdom of man has its power in armies and ships of war.
The kingdoms of your Father do not have these, but love, wisdom, righteousness and peace.
I demand of you, that you shall give up your army and navy. Are you prepared to say: To whom strikes me on one cheek, I turn the other to be struck also?
Is your faith still more in weapons of death, than in the Voice of Everlasting Life? Do you esteem your army and navy to be depended on, more than Jehovih?
Are you willing to sacrifice your time, money, and self-interest for the sake of Jehovih’s kingdom?
Use your judgment, O man. From the time of the ancients till now, the only progress toward the Father’s kingdom has been through sacrifice.
What less can you expect?
If you sell what you have, and give to the poor, behold your neighbors will imprison you for being a madman.
If you abnegate yourself and labor for others, they will persecute and revile you.
If you should profess to love your neighbor as yourself, they would mock you.
Therefore, I declare to you, O man, in the land of Uz the Father’s kingdom cannot be.
But you shall depart from Uz; and, behold, I will go with you, and with your neighbor, and show you how to build, even as a kingdom in heaven is built.