Shri Mataji: I am here to do the job of God Almighty.

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" As for the Day of Resurrection (yawm al-qiyamah), one must

distinguish here between the individual experience of eschatological

realities and the eschatological events concerning the whole of

humanity. Usually the Day of Resurrection or Yawm al-qiyamah refers

in fact not to the death of the individual but to the final end of

present humanity not the eschatological experience which every

individual must understand at the moment of his or her death, but

that of the world of the present humanity itself. The Islamic

teachings reserve the term al-qiyamah for cosmic eschatological event

crowned by the resurrection of creation at well as the resurrection

of the individual. More specifically these sources distinguish

between the greater resurrection, al-Qiyamat al kubra which is that

of the cosmos followed by the resurrection of the whole of humanity

and the individual death and resurrection al-Qiyamat al-sughra which

the soul undergoes following upon the event of death. What takes

place between the death of the individual and the resurrection of the

whole of humanity has been debated by various schools of Islamic

thought and cannot be discussed in this work because it involves very

complicated theological and philosophical issues.

 

The Qur'an also refers to eschatological events which concern the

whole of humanity. As already mentioned Islam believes that this

world in which we live is not eternal. It has a beginning and an end

after which Allah will create other worlds. For He is always the

Creator, al-khaliq. But this present world was created with a

definite beginning and will have a definite end marked by

eschatological events. According to traditional sources, these events

involve, first of all, the appearance of a figure whose name is

Muhammad al-Mahdi. This appearance is anticipated on the basis of the

hadith of the Prophet who said that where oppression and iniquity

cover the earth " a member of my tribe shall appear whose name will be

the same as mine. " Therefore, throughout the centuries, Muslims, both

Sunni and Shi'ite, have believed that a figure will appear one day

who will be the Mahdi, the Guided One, who will destroy iniquity,

reestablish the rule of Islam and bring back justice and peace to the

world. His rule, however, will be fairly short and it will followed

by the return of Christ.

 

Islam and Christianity share the same vision concerning the second

coming of Christ because Christians also believe in his return.

Moreover, the Muslims also accept, as do the Christians, that

Christ's return will occur in Jerusalem and that this city will be

the place where final eschatological events will take place. Islam in

contrast to Christianity, however, sees the function of the Mahdi and

Christ as being associated with each other and their coming as part

of the same major eschatological events. While the Mahdi will rule

for some years on earth, the coming of Christ will coincide with the

termination of the present history of mankind and of time as we

ordinarily experience it. Historical time comes to an end and is

followed by the Day Resurrection, the final judgment of all human

beings, the weighing of the good and evil acts, the determination of

the inhabitants of heaven, purgatory and hell and the coming to end

of the history of the cosmos. These very complicated events have been

described in Islam in such a way that no man, no matter what claims

he makes, can predict exactly when the Hour will arrive. In fact,

there is a hadith of the Prophet which says that all those who

predict the time of the coming of the Hour are liars. Nevertheless,

all Muslims believe that the Hour will come, that is, there is an end

to human history, that Allah intervenes finally like lightning upon

the stage of ordinary time/space consciousness, that there is the

final death and resurrection of humanity and that there is an

accounting for all that men have done in this world.

 

Most of the details of these teachings are usually put aside in every

day life by ordinary Muslims who are not given to meditating and

thinking about them. It is for theologians, philosophers and other

authorities in the religious sciences to deal with their ultimate

significance. But as their consequences are concerned, they are meant

for all Muslims to think about them. First of all, we all die whether

we are illiterate or great religious scholars, kings or beggars;

therefore, the reality of death and what happens to the human soul

after death are the concern of every human being. Not only every

Muslim, but every human being whether Muslim, Christian, Jew or other

thinks naturally of his or her end. The consequences of the

eschatological teachings of Islam are there for the benefit of all

Muslims and they have been thought about by all types of people and

in very different forms ranging all the way from popular stories and

old wives' tales to the most scholarly and intellectual expositions

in which these realities have been presented in metaphysical and

theological terms.

 

The important lesson, as far as the general teachings of Islam are

concerned, is to keep in mind at all times the reality of death and

the afterlife, the ultimate consequence of our human actions and our

responsibility to Allah for what we do. The precious gift of human

life, while has allowed us by the grace of Allah to possesses the

freedom to act and to accept Allah's teachings on the basis of our

freedom and not by coercion, must always be kept in mind. Without the

eschatological realities the other teachings of religion would lose

much of their compelling influence and the spiritual tension of human

life in this world which is part and parcel of the reality of being

human would disappear, leaving human life without any ultimate

meaning. This would happen since no matter what man achieves in this

world, there is always the certitude that these achievements will

ultimately flounder and disappear. The greatest material

achievements, not only of the individual but also of whole

civilizations, can and in fact do whither away. It is only the

eschatological realities which bring into focus the permanent,

abiding and eternal consequences of human actions precisely because

human beings are being created for immortality and the eternal world. "

 

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" 25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.

26. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will

send in my name, shall teach you all things, and bring all things to

your remembrance, whatsoever I have told unto you... (John 14:25-6)

 

Jesus now summarizes all that He has been saying in this section.

Referring to the many things which He has taught them while He has

been present with them in the flesh, He tell the disciples that the

Comforter not only is going to remind them of these things, but also

will go to teach them all things necessary to their understanding and

happiness. The Comforter will recall to their minds Jesus' teachings,

will enable them to understand truly and completely, and will develop

and expand them into new and wonderful truths. "

 

The Randall House Bible Commentary

 

 

“Jesus does not reveal the Holy Spirit fully, until he himself has

been glorified through his Death and Resurrection. . . . Only when

the hour has arrived for his glorification does Jesus promise the

coming of the Holy Spirit, since his Death and Resurrection will

fulfill the promise made to the fathers. The Spirit of truth, the

other Paraclete, will be given by the Father in the answer to Jesus'

prayer.”

 

Catechism of the Catholic Church

Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1992, p. 161

 

 

But She-the Spirit, the Paraclete-will teach you everything

 

" Where then do we go for direct textual evidence that the Holy Spirit

was, in the origins of Christianity, considered feminine? We go to

the existing Greek minuscules copied in the early part of the last

millennium to find only circumstantial evidence. Likewise, as we go

to the earlier copied Greek uncials, the Byzantine copies, the

eastern Syriac Peshitta, and the Old Latin we find some peripheral

corroboration. Then when we go to the earlier copied Old Syriac that

predates the Peshitta we find a pearl of great price. In the most

ancient of the rare Old Syriac copies, the Siniatic Palimpsest, from

the 4th or 5th century, found in the Covenant of St. Catherine in the

Sinia by Mrs. Anes Lewis and transcribed by Syriac Professor R.L.

Bensly of Cambridge University in 1892, the words of Jesus in John

14:26 read:

 

But She-the Spirit, the Paraclete whom He will send to you, my

Father, in my name-She will teach you everything; She will remind you

of that which I have told you.

 

(Translation by Danny Mahar, author of Aramaic Made EZ)

 

In both the Hebrew and Aramaic language the word spirit is in the

feminine gender but in the Greek language it is neuter. It is the

Greek neuter word, pnuema, that was employed by the ancient

Septuagint translators of the Hebrew Old Testament when they

translated the feminine ruach into Greek. The authors who wrote in

Greek were limited in expressing the Holy Spirit in the feminine by

the constraints of the language...

 

This concept of the feminine gender of the Holy Spirit is not new or

original. The early church had this belief and within the last

several decades it has been considered at large with acceptance by

individuals of faith in all areas. It may be that this writing is a

unique synergism in understandings and that there are some new

considerations within what is written here to add to the accumulating

evidence. Whatever the case may be there is much more that is written

and to be written that patterns the feminine gender of the Holy

Spirit through the breadth of scripture...

 

I offer this presentation so that the revelatory script of the

knowing playwright and the intuitions of the wise director may be

more fully understood and, in the end, be joined harmoniously

together within our souls and within our family to bring to pass the

eternal plan of salvation for all humankind through the cross of

Christ. "

 

The Feminine Gender of the Holy Spirit

On the Orthodox Revision of the Gender of the Holy Spirit

A Journey Unto Revelation's End, by Steve Santini

 

 

The Messiah " will bear the signs of that same Jesus who arrived in

the past. "

 

" Almost clandestinely, the Roman Catholic Church has in recent weeks

taken another step toward reducing Christian animosity toward

Judaism - animosity stemming from the theological dispute between the

two religions. In a 210-page document published in book form in Rome,

the Church states that there is no contradiction between the Jews'

anticipation of the Messiah's arrival and the Christians' belief that

the Messiah has already arrived, because Christians believe that the

Messiah will return at the End of Days. It is significant that the

Vatican's new document does not unequivocally or explicitly state

that the Messiah destined to return will be Jesus Christ but instead

says that the Messiah " will bear the signs of that same Jesus who

arrived in the past. " The document even adds that the Jews'

anticipation of the Messiah's arrival can significantly encourage

Christians' belief in the Messiah's return. The new document was

written by the Pontifical Biblical Commission, established by Pope

John Paul II in 1997. The commission was headed by Cardinal Joseph

Ratzinger, prefect of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith

and its other members were 20 Bible experts, each of whom received

papal authorization to serve on the committee. "

 

Eliahu Salpeter

Waiting for the Messiah

 

 

" I am here to do the job of God Almighty. "

 

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

Bordi, India — February 6, 1985

 

 

" To know God itself is such a great blessing, because He is the God

Almighty; the God who has all the powers and all the loved ones.

 

He is our Father, He is waiting for us to enter into His Kingdom, to

enjoy that peace and beauty of His Being, because He has created us

and He wants His creation to come up to that. "

 

Shri Mataji Shri Nirmala Devi

 

 

" Today we are celebrating the resurrection of Christ. With it we also

have to celebrate the resurrection of human beings, of Sahaja Yogis,

who have been resurrected as realised souls. With that we have to

understand that we enter into a new awareness. He had to come down

and again to show to this world that you are the eternal life, that

you lead a life that is spiritual, which never perishes. You have to

rise, into that new realm, which is the Realm of God Almighty, what

you call the Kingdom of God.

 

And He said it very clearly to Nicodemus that ‘You have to be born

again’ when he asked, ‘Am I to enter back into my mother’s womb?’,

and He said it so clearly. Those who don’t want to see can remain

blind. No, that is, whatever is born of the flesh, is the flesh, but

whatever is born of the Spirit is the Spirit.’

 

But whatever is manmade is not the Spirit. This is the clear

statement of Christ, which people wanted to avoid, and start their

own organisations, and ideas, and created a very mythical thing in

His name. And now the time has come for it to be blasted. It has been

going on and on now for thousands of years, captures so many innocent

people and people are into it. "

 

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

V4 No 23 Sept 84 p4