Understanding the Sheep and the Goats Part Four

Who Are "The Sheep And The Goats?"
(By John of AllFaith © December 06, 2007)
Part Four

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Based on this understanding that, "The Kingdom of Heaven is within you" some people believe the Kingdom of God is only a metaphor for an internal state of meditative awareness, that the Kingdom of the One is synonymous with the idea of Nirvana or the Turiya state of dhyana consciousness and nothing more.

But the Kingdom of the One is much more than a state of consciousness even as Brahman is more than the non-dualist Nirguna or the earthly Saguna planes of existence! Similarly the Kingdom is the soon coming physical (Saguna) manifestation of that inner (Nirguna) realm of consciousness revealed in Oneness wherein the lion will lie down with the lamb and there will be Peace (At-Onement). This Kingdom Consciousness is planted within the Mind of the Sheep for a reason!

Mark 4:30 And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
32 But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.

You see this? The Seed that had been placed within the consciousness of the Sheep must be cared for, nurtured and allowed to grow. Then it will be useful for their good purposes! It is not enough to horde one's spiritual insights, to keep the goodness of God to oneself, to lock oneself away in some cloistered monastery (well, OK there is room for that as well, but that's a different topic!)! The Sheep inwardly KNOW that there is a new and better world coming that cannot be compared with the smoke and mirror abomination now being created by the Novus Ordo Seclorum! And they usually have an inner knowing, at some level, that they are called to serve in its establishment!

"Oh no John! Not back to THAT again!"

YES! Because that counterfeit kingdom is an integral part of the blossoming Oneness! Without Yin and Yang there is no Tao!

Since before time and space were,
the Tao is.
It is beyond is and is not.
How do I know this is true?
I look inside myself and see (Tao Te Ching 21)

I look within myself.

And I see...

The kingdom of Heaven!

What is happening in the world today is but a poor reflection of what is transpiring within humanity as a whole! A Master of the One once said, As above so below!

I say, Even so!

It is now coming to be, even as Prophet Daniel foretold that,

... many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

But with this knowledge comes responsibility and choice!
What will we do with this rising sense of our innate inner divinity? In a world where we can call into being that which never before has been...

What will we do? How will we use our burgeoning powers?

Psalm 82:1 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked?
3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.

Will we arise? Will we Stand? Will we judge among the gods with righteous judgments and dare to imagine the implementation of the Kingdom of the One?

Or will we feint? Will we for false security bend our knees and expose our necks to the Goats in our midsts even now? Will we bow before the Rex Mundi and accept his Mark?

Hear the word of the Prophet!

For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

Stand!

The Sheep must choose! If the Sheep do not choose the Goats will! As they intend to choose March 01, 2008 with the implementation of the pre-mark system known as REAL ID! The Sheep are being called as active ambassadors, as soldiers, as participants in the establishment of the coming outward manifestation of the Kingdom of God! The Sheep are they who receive the Seed of the Spirit and nurture it in their lives and then, when the timing is correct, they act as they are led by the Spirit!

But perhaps some will say, "The Sheep must be this or that!" Wish such people Godspeed and be about the business of the Kingdom for truly did the Master say:

John 10:16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

The Nazarene Master revealed deep spiritual truths for all who were ready to receive them, but he was also an old time prophet of the Hebrews who spoke in detail of the future of his people and of the literal establishment of the Kingdom of God on earth as promised them through Abraham and his spiritual descendants. Both realities are true! Both are intertwined! Both are One!

In order for spiritual Israel to rise, physical Israel must stand! In order for physical Israel stand, spiritual Israel must rise! The Sheep MUST Stand with Israel! The Sheep have the power! Only then will Moshiach will come!

Matt 18:18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.

Master Y'shua spoke of the literal fulfillment of the biblical prophecies concerning Israel but he also revealed the necessity of spiritual preparedness and of our involvement in these unfoldings. To understand his mystical teachings without including his literal meanings is not enough. Our view must be deeper, more inclusive than that!

Understand too that even as the Sheep have been furthering the Kingdom of Light, so too the Goats have been hard at work establishing the Kingdom of Lucifer, the Novus Ordo Mundi or New World Order! This is nothing new, but it is now coming to a climax!

The time is fast approaching and now even is when this contest will be resolved one way or another! And the outcome is not set in stone! Else, why would the forces of Lucifer be working so feverishly? They have reason to believe they can win and history appears to be on their side!

But they will not win! The Sheep forbid it!

Whether this conflict will be decided more on the celestial or the terrestrial plane is up to the participants! But the war is now, as it has always been, being fought on both planes of existence. Workers are needed on both planes.

Matthew 9:36 But when he [Master Y'shua] saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;
38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

So, what did the Master mean when he said, The Kingdom of God is within you? Consider the context:

Luke 17:20 And when he [Master Y'shua] was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

Here then is the verse. The Kingdom of One will not rise as previous kingdoms did, as the result of military might or the signing of diverse treaties. People will not be able to travel to the Kingdom of the One by plane as one might travel to some earthly country and there seek liberation. So when they say go here or go there don't go... Rather the Kingdom of the One will arise within the heart of a prepared humanity, when the Sheep stand firm of Will and manifest the Kingdom outwardly from that place. Then shall Moshiach come! The will the Will of the One be done on earth as it is in the heavens!

But make no mistake, there is another kingdom, a Goat kingdom, a dark kingdom, a kingdom that would enslave humanity given the chance!

According to the Prophets, that Kingdom will arise by military might and the signing of treaties!

Understand too that before the Kingdom of the One is established, the Kingdom of Lucifer will first appear!

John 5:42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

There are:
Two kingdoms.
One Light.
One Dark.
Two possible futures.
The camps:

The Sheep and the Goats.

It is not a question of religion

It is a question of Will.

Will the Good!

And Stand!

And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold:
Them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice;
And there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

Here ends my study, The Sheep and the Goats.