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Flavius, the Greek Jew, was a proselyte of the gate, having been neither circumcised nor baptized. Since he was a great lover of the beautiful in art and sculpture, the house that he occupied when sojourning in Jerusalem was a beautiful edifice. This home was exquisitely adorned with priceless treasures that he had gathered up here and there on his world travels. '''The Master saw that his host was bewildered at his friendly attitude toward art.'''

Flavius, the Greek Jew, was a proselyte of the gate, having been neither circumcised nor baptized. Since he was a great lover of the beautiful in art and sculpture, the house that he occupied when sojourning in Jerusalem was a beautiful edifice. This home was exquisitely adorned with priceless treasures that he had gathered up here and there on his world travels. The Master saw that his host was bewildered at his friendly attitude toward art.

Therefore, when they had finished the survey of the entire collection, Jesus said:

Therefore, when they had finished the survey of the entire collection, Jesus said:

*"Because you appreciate the beauty of things created by my Father and fashioned by the artistic hands of man, why should you expect to be rebuked? Because Moses onetime sought to combat idolatry and the worship of false gods, why should all men frown upon the reproduction of grace and beauty? I say to you, Flavius, Moses' children have misunderstood him. Now do they make false gods of even his prohibitions of images, and the likeness of things in heaven and on earth. But even if Moses taught such restrictions to the darkened minds of those days, what has that to do with this day when the Father in heaven is revealed as the universal Spirit Ruler over all? Flavius, I declare that in the coming kingdom they shall no longer teach `do not worship this and do not worship that'. No longer shall they concern themselves with commands to refrain from this and take care not to do that, but rather shall all be concerned with one supreme duty. This duty of man is expressed in two great privileges, sincere worship of the infinite Creator, the Paradise Father, and loving service bestowed upon one's fellow men. If you love your neighbor as you love yourself, you really know that you are a son of God.

*"'''Because you appreciate the beauty of things created by my Father and fashioned by the artistic hands of man, why should you expect to be rebuked?''' Because Moses onetime sought to combat idolatry and the worship of false gods, why should all men frown upon the reproduction of grace and beauty? I say to you, Flavius, Moses' children have misunderstood him. Now do they make false gods of even his prohibitions of images, and the likeness of things in heaven and on earth. But even if Moses taught such restrictions to the darkened minds of those days, what has that to do with this day when the Father in heaven is revealed as the universal Spirit Ruler over all? Flavius, I declare that in the coming kingdom they shall no longer teach `do not worship this and do not worship that'. No longer shall they concern themselves with commands to refrain from this and take care not to do that, but rather shall all be concerned with one supreme duty. This duty of man is expressed in two great privileges, sincere worship of the infinite Creator, the Paradise Father, and loving service bestowed upon one's fellow men. If you love your neighbor as you love yourself, you really know that you are a son of God.

*"In an age when my Father was not well understood, Moses was justified in his attempts to withstand idolatry, but in the coming age the Father will have been revealed in the life of the Son. This new revelation of God will make it forever unnecessary to confuse the Creator Father with idols of stone or images of gold and silver. Henceforth, intelligent men may enjoy the treasures of art without confusing such material appreciation of beauty with the worship and service of the Father in Paradise, the God of all things and all beings."  

*"In an age when my Father was not well understood, Moses was justified in his attempts to withstand idolatry, but in the coming age the Father will have been revealed in the life of the Son. This new revelation of God will make it forever unnecessary to confuse the Creator Father with idols of stone or images of gold and silver. Henceforth, intelligent men may enjoy the treasures of art without confusing such material appreciation of beauty with the worship and service of the Father in Paradise, the God of all things and all beings."