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*03/08/92 Sunday a.m. Machiventa Melchizedek's message to Virginia on the afterlife

*03/08/92 Sunday a.m. Machiventa Melchizedek's message to Virginia on the afterlife

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

-- And now the people live by the magnificent ocean, because they realize the ocean's power to soak up problems. Yet the people still have problems. They think the ocean is a tool, a resort, and fail to see it for its true symbolic value.

-- And now the people live by the [[magnificent]] [[ocean]], because they realize the ocean's [[power]] to soak up [[problems]]. Yet the people still have problems. They think the [[ocean]] is a [[tool]], a resort, and fail to see it for its true [[symbolic]] [[value]].

The Father is like that ocean: vast, imponderable, enduring always, stabilizing. Yet He is personal, and it is puzzling to Him that the people are so stubborn. The people think they can do everything, be everything. They think they can control the world. They think they can ignore the world -- and act with impunity. The people think that they can control the very quality of their lives. They do not realize that such things are beyond their control.

[[The Father]] is like that [[ocean]]: vast, imponderable, enduring always, stabilizing. Yet He is [[personal]], and it is [[puzzling]] to Him that the people are so [[stubborn]]. The people [[think]] they can do everything, be [[everything]]. They think they can [[control]] the world. They think they can [[ignore]] the world -- and [[act]] with [[impunity]]. The people think that they can control the very [[quality]] of their lives. They do not [[realize]] that such things are beyond their [[control]].

The life force that the Father has set in motion is too powerful for the people to stand alone against it. They must work together, in pairs or in groups, else they will be crushed by the ordinary events of daily life. But they do not do even this much, because they are rugged and stubborn and enamored of their independence. So it is then more important that they do what is not required, but most desired, and work with the Father. Daily communion with the Father will do for them what they sensed in the ocean. He knows that life can be too hard, and its problems too great. He desires your company, now and in the afterlife.

The life [[force]] that [[the Father]] has set in [[motion]] is too [[powerful]] for the people to stand [[alone]] against it. They must work [[together]], in pairs or in [[groups]], else they will be crushed by the ordinary [[events]] of daily life. But they do not do even this much, because they are rugged and stubborn and enamored of their [[independence]]. So it is then more important that they do what is not required, but most [[desired]], and work with [[the Father]]. Daily [[communion]] with [[the Father]] will do for them what they sensed in the [[ocean]]. He knows that life can be too hard, and its [[problems]] too great. He [[desires]] your company, now and in the [[afterlife]].

Not all the things in life can be accomplished in the material life -- that is why there is an afterlife. Just as the Master, the anointed one, said, "I will take it up again in three days," so will you take up the life force again, for there is still work to be done. Life is not over for you.

Not all the things in life can be accomplished in the [[material]] life -- that is why there is an [[afterlife]]. Just as [[the Master]], the [[anointed]] one, said, "[[173:5 Parable of the Marriage Feast|I will take it up again in three days]]," so will you take up the life [[force]] again, for there is still [[work]] to be done. Life is not over for you.

You think that your eternal survival is in jeopardy because you have not done enough, but the Father is not through with you. You have much work to do before you are ready to stand in His personal presence on the Isle of Paradise, for your first meeting. It is a grand experience -- just you and the Universal Father, with no courtiers or servants, no angels, no pomp or ceremony. It is a personal interview, person to person, to review the events and decisions of your spiritual progress -- a meeting between you and your God. You people have a name for it: the Last Judgment, and it happens the instant that you are fit to communicate directly with the Father. You are then truly a Paradise citizen.

You [[think]] that your eternal [[survival]] is in [[jeopardy]] because you have not done enough, but [[the Father]] is not through with you. You have much [[work]] to do before you are ready to stand in His [[personal]] [[presence]] on the [[Isle of Paradise]], for your first meeting. It is a grand [[experience]] -- just you and the [[Universal Father]], with no courtiers or servants, no [[angels]], no pomp or [[ceremony]]. It is a [[personal]] interview, person to person, to review the [[events]] and [[decisions]] of your [[spiritual]] [[progress]] -- a meeting between you and your [[God]]. You people have a name for it: the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_judgment Last Judgment], and it happens the instant that you are fit to [[communicate]] directly with [[the Father]]. You are then truly a [[Paradise citizen]].

 

To reach this [[point]] takes a long time. Each of you knows in your [[heart]] that you have a long way to go, before you are ready for such an [[event]]. But you are not the first to [[travel]] this [[path]], and you are not [[alone]]. For just these reasons, He sent [[Creator Son|His Son]] to live among you, and show you the way. And the Son said, "No one shall approach the Father but through me." He will be your [[guide]] through the [[afterlife]], and all of this is made easier by your [[companions]] in the heavenly [[progression]]. Do you know who peoples [[heaven]]? Your [[friends]] and [[family]] -- all of them. [[The Father]] has ensured that nothing is lost. You are yet [[children]] in the spiritual realm, and you will all [[grow]] as [[family]], each one [[destined]] to stand before [[the Father]]. That is the [[purpose]] of life.

==Session 7==

==Session 7==

*MARCH 8, 1992

*MARCH 8, 1992