Volume 11 · Chapter 48

THE SOUL’S CONDITION OF THE DISCIPLES AT one time My disciples (meaning the apostles) made a trip in the mountains – I Myself instructed them to do this so that they could also open their sense for their environment without My presence. And they were overtaken by a heavy rainstorm. In Palestine the winter is associated with heavy rainstorms which are not as harmless as in Europe. The water streams faster together, and in the mountains, that are completely dried up in the sun during the summer, big streams of water quickly develop in the clefts which can be dangerous for a traveler since the water rages very heavily and suddenly downwards and the rocks cannot absorb the big quantities of water but act only as a reservoir for the water. It is therefore dangerous to visit the clefts at the time of the sudden rainstorms because a careless person is not able to save himself when he is overtaken by a storm.

[GGJ.11_48,02] This was also the situation of My followers who were overtaken by a storm in the middle of a long cleft and were now quickly surrounded by raging streams of water so that they could not move forward or backward.

[GGJ.11_48,03] This would have been an opportunity to proof the power of their faith which resisted as long as the water was flushing around the rocks on which the disciples brought themselves into safety. However, when the water reached also up to there and was flooding, their faith strongly diminished and the fear for a miserable physical death became stronger. Their souls called out for help to God, but to the God Jehovah of their fathers, not to the One of whom they knew that He was embodied in Me so that their wailing and shouting faded away without being heard.

[GGJ.11_48,04] They already all grabbed each others hand and together they braced themselves against the water, which was rushing up to them, in order to keep the weak support under their feet when also the rocks began to move under the pressure of the water and they were in the greatest of danger.

[GGJ.11_48,05] Then John called out aloud from the deepest of his fearful heart: “Lord and Master, save us, as You often have commanded the elements.”

[GGJ.11_48,06] And see, immediately the raging and the violence of the water stopped, and in a very short time My followers stood again on firm ground, although very wet but nevertheless unharmed.

[GGJ.11_48,07] They thanked Me now deeply in their heart as their Savior but they discussed among each other why their first cry was left unheard since Jehovah and I are one and the same person.

[GGJ.11_48,08] Then John asked his brothers if they also thought about Me when they cried out at first, or only to the God of their fathers as a God outside of Me.

[GGJ.11_48,09] They were all ashamed to acknowledge that in the fearfulness of their heart they indeed made that difference, and they then understood also very well why their crying did not have any result. So they immediately looked for Me and asked Me to forgive them 193 because of their offense.

[GGJ.11_48,10] But I said to them: “What should I have to forgive you? If I did not want that your faith was tested in this way the water could not have surrounded you. But do believe with all the more conviction that He truly lives in Me, the One who rules the universe, and put aside the differences which your narrow minded Judaism still imposed on you, for no one can come to the Father than only through Me, the Son.”

[GGJ.11_48,11] These words made them wondering again because if I lately pointed out the difference between the Son and the Father to them they still did not understand why My body was still not glorified but still belonged to the Earth.

[GGJ.11_48,12] Only after My resurrection their eyes were completely opened up as to why I did not and could not speak otherwise. They therefore spoke often among each other about this subject and they had to get rid of all the wrong ideas that were still in them, and they did this mainly when I was not with them.

[GGJ.11_48,13] It is easy to imagine that still many things that were wrong and old Jewish came up and that were similar to the prejudices of the temple, especially because they could no more witness any outer sign of My power anymore, which moreover, since they were very familiar with it, did not make much impression on My disciples anymore in the years that we were together.

[GGJ.11_48,14] Everyone who knows how important it is to give up something, which means a purification of the soul, will understand how necessary the isolation of My followers was who could not endanger themselves by what they said, but rather others who listened to them. So while being together, one improved the other, and when something went wrong I knew very well when the time had come for Me to speak again. But unripe ears would not have been allowed to hear My words nor those of My followers in order to prevent the unripe fruits to dry up and fall off.