Can be read online at: "The Passover Visit"

This chapter is based on Luke 2:41-51

One of the most striking thoughts in this chapter comes after Mary and Joseph find Jesus. In Messiah , the paragraph reads:

"Jesus’ answer to His mother showed for the first time that He understood His relationship to God. But for now, nothing changed between Jesus and His earthly parents. He returned home with them and worked for them like He had before. The mystery of His mission stayed hidden in His heart as He waited patiently for the right time to begin His work. For eighteen years after He knew He was the Son of God, He honored His obligations at home in Nazareth as a son, a brother, a friend, and a citizen."

For eighteen years after He knew He was the Son of God, Jesus continued in His duties at home. For 18 years!

It's like finding out that you've been named Bill Gates' sole heir, then going back to work or school the next day like nothing had changed. It's like holding the winning $100 million lottery ticket in your hand and saying, "I'll have to cash that in one of these days."

Of course, it was far more than those examples. Jesus began to see His place as the Messiah and the Sacrifice, but He was willing to wait for His Father's timing. What an amazing picture of faith--and patience.

Jerry D Thomas

I'm sure Jesus was quite familiar with the layout of the Tabernacle in the days of Moses. At some point in time he must have realized that the Tabernacle/Temple was a miniature, human-sized model of something far away, in a place no human was able to visit.

Each piece of furniture in the human Sanctuary had its counterpart in Shaw-mah-yim, that is, "heaven". One of the functions of the human Sanctuary was to symbolically store requests to delete evil acts or thoughts from one's life record, then, on the yearly Day of Atonement, the repented-of evil acts and thoughts were symbolically removed from the individual's life record. There was a serious problem if any evil remained unrepented-of.

One of the functions of the real Sanctuary in the Kingdom of the Stars is to store every human's memories, including their unique DNA codes. Requests to delete evil acts or thoughts are also stored in the real Sanctuary, in a separate area from the life records storage area.

Not only would Jesus have seen himself as the sacrificial Lamb of the Passover, he would also have seen himself as the High Priest, entering into the Most Holy Place. At the beginning of the Cosmic Day of Atonement, Jesus, as "High Priest" removes the requested evil acts or thoughts from everyone’s life records.

What is the medium for storage and transfer of memories? When Jesus died on the cross, he gave up his spirit. It was this spirit who subsequently downloaded a copy of his memories into a new, mutation-free, defect-free body.

When any other human dies, they too give up their spirits. These spirits then return to Shaw-mah-yim where they download copies of their human’s memories into the life-record storage area.

I think Jesus understood the functions of both Sanctuaries, and his role as sacrifice, and High Priest, upon his first visit to the Temple in Jerusalem, if not before.

Aliensanctuary

Aliensanctuary, welcome!

Hah! There you are. I've been waiting for you. I had a feeling God would be bringing you here, even though I had no idea who you'd be (nor have I any idea who you are). Welcome.

"If Joseph and Mary had stayed their minds upon God by meditation and prayer, they would have realized the sacredness of their trust, and would not have lost sight of Jesus. By one day's neglect they lost the Saviour; but it cost them three days of anxious search to find Him. So with us; by idle talk, evilspeaking, or neglect of prayer, we may in one day lose the Saviour's presence, and it may take many days of sorrowful search to find Him, and regain the peace that we have lost."

I can understand this, as I deliberately rejected the Spirit. I can feel the separation. This confirms that it's not just my imagination.

Thank you for your kind remarks, Sid and Nicodema. I am very glad to meet both of you.

I was reading your posts in the 2nd Resurrection forum a few days ago, but was unable to post a reply there. I actually sent Nicodema a private message at that time, but it was rejected due to her quota of private messages being reached. She’s the only other person I’ve known to mention evil as being a virus. I think Nicodema is a she, that is. I apologize if you're not.

Here’s my definition of evil which I attempted to send to her:

What is Evil?

"Created by the Evil One himself, Satan, evil is the dark energy of chaos. It’s a highly contagious, fatal virus that brings ruin upon on everyone it infects, destroying goodness and beauty and peace. The virus of evil always brings selfishness, hatred, cruelty, conflict, destruction, disease, chaos, and death. To everyone embracing it, it causes permanent damage, leaving them even less able to resist its power over them."


Evil is a really nasty bug, and without outside intervention, we're all doomed, because we can't fight it on our own. It's the power of the spirit within each one of us that enables us to think the right thoughts and make the right choices.

Unfortunately, we do things to diminish our receptivity to the guidance of the spirit within. If we keep overriding our conscience, eventually, there's little hope that we'll make it to the Crystal Sea and stand before God in the Celebration of Victory after the final war between Good and Evil.

I suppose that's why we should focus on what we need to do to do things right, and spend little or no time complaining about what other's are doing wrong. This life is a test to see if we choose to obey God. We can't take anyone else's test for them and no one can take the test for us. There's no cheating in this. The best we can do is to help someone learn the right answers, if we think we have them...

Like EGW said in this chapter, it would be good for us to spend an hour a day thinking about the life of Christ.

There's some really interesting stuff in the Bible that just might blow your socks off, if you let it.

Aliensanctuary

I like the thought of evil being a virus.

A bacterial infection is one that can be treated with antibiotics. A viral infection is one that only God can get rid of for ud--through the healing powers He puts in us!

Yes, Christine, I agree. I think that's how Jesus was able to heal people, even from a distance. It was the spirit in him that could cure sickness, rapidly repair DNA, replicate or change matter (food), and read minds.

When the Centurion requested that his servant be healed from a distance, he must have understood the process. Jesus' spirit communicated with the servant's spirit, which in turn did the actual healing.

It's this concept that is changing my thinking and behaviors. The "miracles" in the Bible have a better explanation than just magic words. The scientific community would have a good, snorting, laugh about the concept, I suppose, but if we understand this, why couldn't we be participants in the healing process just like Jesus and a few others were? Do we have to be virus-free, first?

Here's something else that I don't understand: Do all of us have evil spirits inside of us, too? Are these evil spirits causing diseases in us? I know this much, they're influencing certain humans to do horrific acts of violence.