Volume 11 · Chapter 4

THE PHARISEES MEET THE LORD With almost tears in his eyes the innkeeper said to Me: “Lord and Master, I already clearly felt in my heart that You and that Galilean whom the Pharisees – who are now in my house – want to persecute, are one and the same person. But what my heart suspected is to me now also completely sure, namely that You are no other than the personified highest God Himself, because doing such miracles and explaining very clearly how the nature is set up can only be done by someone who completely penetrated in it and who became a supreme ruler over it. The one who can create bread out of nothing and wine out of water can also call with one word Heaven and all its stars into existence, as Moses described for the Jews of his time. So I thank You with all my heart, Lord of Heaven and Earth that You considered me worthy to visit me and my house which has always fervently searched You and has now also found You in all its fullness.”

[GGJ.11_004,02] I said to My disciples: “Now you can see again how fast the gentiles recognize and accept Me among them while the chosen ones reject Me and try to capture and kill Me. This Roman has found Me only in his heart while in other places I had to perform miracle after miracle to change the tough hearts into a useful soil to let grow the seed of My word. That is why the Kingdom of Heaven will be taken away from the Jews and be given in all its fullness to the gentiles, for they will better know how to keep it than the Jews and Pharisees who became very dark now.

[GGJ.11_004,03] But you, My Mucius, will still be a mighty instrument for Me here in the South, a fortification against the wickedness of the Pharisees and scribes which will give Me great services, for it is necessary to establish strong places that are impregnable. And such strong place, which carries the treasure of My Word in itself, will be for Me your heart and the hearts of your family.

[GGJ.11_004,04] Send now the Pharisees and the businessmen to Me, and while I will try to at least lead them on somewhat better paths, let yourself be instructed in the depths of My teaching by My disciple John, so that you will completely come to know it.”

[GGJ.11_004,05] The innkeeper Mucius went now first to the Pharisees and businessmen and brought the message to them that they were invited to see Me to let their request be known and that he could not give them a more satisfying answer.

[GGJ.11_004,06] Whether they liked it or not, if they did not want to show that they did not take seriously what was said, the 3 Levites had to go to the garden to see Me. Only the one businessman that I already indicated as being one of the temple money changers joined them because the others pretended to be concerned about their merchandise that could not stand or lay without supervision and went then to their sacks to prepare for a quick departure.

[GGJ.11_004,07] Soon the 3 Pharisees and the businessman met us in the garden, followed by Mucius who went immediately to John for an earnest discussion with him about Me and My teaching.

[GGJ.11_004,08] The speaker of yesterday came to Me because Mucius had already pointed Me out and said in a real kind but nevertheless haughty tone to Me: “Dear friend, we as members of the High Council in Jerusalem ask You politely for some information which You will certainly be willing to give, assuming that You can give it, which we however suspect.

[GGJ.11_004,09] We noticed from the wise words which we heard yesterday from the next room – without actually wanting it – that You are very familiar with the Scripture and ethnology, otherwise You could not have given such profound explanations that were even for us completely unknown, although we are quite familiar with the history of our own and neighboring country. You certainly must have made faraway trips and examined things which also could be of great interest to us and hear from You on some occasion.

[GGJ.11_004,10] But it is very important to us now to know something more about that Galilean about whom the innkeeper had repeatedly discussed with You and with us, because we were send out to gather information about His activities. For it is very well possible that You met Him on one of Your trips and that You can tell us more about Him, and we want to ask You to do that if You can.”

[GGJ.11_004,11] I answered: “What you ask from Me, I easily could do, since indeed I know that Galilean very well. But the thing is: I have to know what I have to tell you about Him. To hear good things about Him will sound unpleasant in your ears, for you went out to gather accusations against Him in order to destroy Him. And if I have to speak according to the truth, there will be no one to witness that He has ever done something wrong, and it are only such reports that you would like to hear. So what do you want Me to do?”