The religious leaders of my time sent soldiers out to apprehend me. They encountered me but they returned without me. They had the authority and weapons to bring me back so the religious leaders asked them why they did not. The answer they gave was that never a man spoke like this before, but I didn’t even try to fast-talk my way out of being arrested. Do you think that power and position are what really matter in getting things done?

In the beginning I created a man and a woman. They were designed to come together to reproduce themselves, and so they have replenished the earth. I gave distinctive masculine and feminine qualities to them that persist to this day. This was part of my creation that I declared to be good. Do you find the whole question of gender characteristics to be a sensitive issue today? Different cultures have handled this in different ways throughout history. Is yours too easily threatened and heavily defended on this issue to hold a serious conversation about it? I have things to teach you about this if you can relax enough to learn them. 

Are you quick to reject unfamiliar things if you don’t understand them? There are evil influences in the world and some of them are discernable on sight. You are wise to reject them immediately as little children avoiding evil. Other things require more discernment. The gospel message itself was once unfamiliar to you, as were the deep things of the Kingdom of God. In your process of growth I will lead you into new things I want you to accept. If your intentions are pure you can consider new things and accept or reject them without being contaminated by them. Cast your net in the sea, and sort out your catch on the deck. Keep the good and discard the bad and trust me to keep you safe in this process. 

When I was crucified the veil in the temple was torn from top to bottom. Why did this happen? The material reality that it signified could not remain intact in the presence of such a profound change in spiritual reality. This changed everything. When it was over most people went about their daily lives as they always had, as if nothing had happened, unaware that they were living in a whole new world. But I really meant it when I said that I was making all things new. You have entered my Kingdom and the post-Calvary world is the only one you have known. Do you have eyes to see its unlimited potential?