Volume 11 · Chapter 46

THE LORD EXPLAINS THE REASON FOR HIS DEATH When the habitations were arranged and divided and when everyone also took an appropriate domestic task upon him, Peter expressed his idea to Me: “Lord, how comfortable it is to rest here under this roof. O, a house without worries is really something wonderful. Why did You not do this earlier? You never took care to have a place of Your own to rest. Only now You make one for Yourself. Could we not stay here always and only visit the Jews outside from time to time to teach them? It surely would be better to stay here from now on, because those out there are not worth it anyway to see Your deeds and to hear Your voice apart from a few exceptions.”

[GGJ.11_46,02] I said: “Dear brother, this also is not a lasting place for the Son of man, but He needs one to strengthen Himself for the corner stone of His activity. As long as I was active outside and was teaching, the inner Spirit, to which this body is also subjected, drove Me, but now the corner stone must be laid without the drive of the Spirit, so that the soul alone may take its decision out of love.

[GGJ.11_46,03] See, that which is now happening in My soul will never be experienced by any human heart, because now the Son of man must elevate Himself to the Son of God. That is why he will also be stripped of all His power, and then all of you, who were around Me up to now, recognize the will of the Father.”

[GGJ.11_46,04] Peter asked: “Yes Lord, but You Yourself are the Father. Then how can You be stripped of Your power?”

[GGJ.11_46,05] I answered: “The greatest warrior and hero is he who meets the enemy also without weapons and does not fear death if he knows that he will strike down the enemy sooner by his contempt of death. That is why I lay down all weapons of power and go to meet the enemy only with the power of the word, of meekness and of love so that also he will lay off all weapons of cunningness and evilness and will come near remorseful as the lost son.

[GGJ.11_46,06] But see, this you do not grasp yet. Therefore, be very attentive – to everything that you will see now.”

[GGJ.11_46,07] Peter went now very seriously to his brothers and related My words to them, but they also did not understand them and thought that I was very strange again in My Being, as it happened once before at Capernaum. But they did not ask further but tried to understand the meaning of My words.

[GGJ.11_46,08] One day, when we lived about 8 days in our castle, the chief came to Me again and said: “Master, I heard from a citizen of Ephraim about Your last great deed, but also that because of this the whole temple is now very fraud.

[GGJ.11_46,09] Yes, they even attempted to bring Lazarus before the Council so that he would purify himself by revoking everything. But Lazarus did not appear and said that if they want to hear something from him that they can come to know this in his house. But the priests declared his house as impure and refuse to go to him, probably only out of fear, for they say that he is protected in a miraculous way.

[GGJ.11_46,10] Of course You know all this already for a long time. But I am very scared for Your sake, for Jerusalem is so close by and a coincidence can betray You and they could try to pick You up here.”

[GGJ.11_46,11] I said: “My dear chief of the city, do not be afraid for that, for as long as I will not permit it Myself, no evil of the temple has any power over Me and no one can succeed to grab Me. As I have been unknown until now, so it will remain. Even the inhabitants of this city have no suspicion and no desire to know Me, for I just want it that way. So do not worry at all. You are the only one here who wants to talk to Me and My followers and for who the gate of the house is thus not shut. But besides that, no one will have it easy to pass this threshold unless the spirit would lead him to Me.”

[GGJ.11_46,12] The chief, who was completely reassured by My words, said: “Lord, I know that You are more than a prophet or another anointed one of God, for only the one in whom the power of God lives can do the works that happen through You. So I totally agree with Your way of acting and Your will. You Yourself will surely know best why it is determined by You like this and not otherwise. But I ask You if You would like to initiate me completely in Your teaching which I only came to know partially.”

[GGJ.11_46,13] Now I sent him to My disciples who completely instructed him in the time ahead.