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===='''''[[Second Coming]]'''''====

===='''''[[Second Coming]]'''''====

These [[morning]] gatherings are great [[laboratories]] for you to [[practice]] this exchange with your closest loved [[friends]], and we do [[witness]] that you each are [[developing]] this [[skill]]. It is naturally spilling over into your other [[relationships]]. We witness the rise of those who can live [[the gospel]].[[Return of Michael|Michael will someday return to this world]] for all to witness, [[humans]] as well as the [[celestials]], but his [[method]] for doing so is to first return within you and to be [[expressed]] as you. Then he will return to greet himself, in a [[manner]] of speaking. This is the fellowship he seeks with all.

These [[morning]] gatherings are great [[laboratories]] for you to [[practice]] this exchange with your closest loved [[friends]], and we do [[witness]] that you each are [[developing]] this [[skill]]. It is naturally spilling over into your other [[relationships]]. We witness the rise of those who can live [[the gospel]].[[Return of Michael|Michael will someday return to this world]] for all to witness, [[humans]] as well as the [[celestials]], but his [[method]] for doing so is to first return within you and to be [[expressed]] as you. Then he will return to greet himself, in a [[manner]] of speaking. This is the fellowship he seeks with all.

You are once again approaching the close of another calendar [[cycle]]. It is fitting to [[reflect]] upon your [[goals]] and [[ideals]] as well as to recognize and work towards eradicating those [[factors]] of yourself you wish to discard that are acting as unnecessary weight on your flight to [[Paradise]]. These culturally based [[events]] are effective in rejuvenating the inner work, though we would [[encourage]] you to consider every day as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year's_Day New Year day]. To take on a fresh [[perspective]] means to slough off the worn-out view. It is [[difficult]] to become [[enthused]] over reaching to a higher level when you are disturbed by the continued [[presence]] of that which you wish to discard. But an [[event]] such as the turn of the year, and as I have said, each day can be this way, you are better [[enthused]] to do that very thing, [[accept]] the new and let go the old. [[Disappointment]] and [[depression]] follow from not making this clear distinction, this cut and dried [[change]]. The [[guilt]] of remembering that which hangs on is truly an [[illusion]] if you have chosen to step forward. When [[Michael]] on your world realized his mission of ministry to his own people was being [[rejected]], he altered his [[course]] and reached broader and more widely to those who would [[receive]]. He while doing this never lost the [[love]] and [[compassion]] he had for those of his own kind, the [[ancestral]] race that he was born into. Yet it did not pull him down; he reached for new avenues for ministry while yet attempting every time to help his own kind. I bring this up to [[illustrate]] that, while you do reach for your higher [[goals]], you must not simply ignore your [[faults]], for they do require a degree of [[diligence]] and [[energy]] to overcome, but the [[focus]] is to be upon the broader and greater [[horizon]]. If your [[faults]] [[reject]] your [[efforts]], be not so concerned with them, but seek the higher ground. Find the better avenues. Let your faults [[starve]] if they won't receive your ministry. It is in a sense the [[choice]] of your [[animal nature]] to rebel, but it is not the [[obligation]] of your [[higher self]] to cater to this rebellion. By doing so you are exchanging yourself, your [[mind]], your awareness for that of Michael. When you give up all that you are you [[receive]] all that he is. This [[process]] is not the negative process of erasing your [[worth]], but rather the positive of you [[becoming]] the worth of even a divine [[Creator Son]].

When [[Michael]] on your world realized his mission of ministry to his own people was being [[rejected]], he altered his [[course]] and reached broader and more widely to those who would [[receive]]. He while doing this never lost the [[love]] and [[compassion]] he had for those of his own kind, the [[ancestral]] race that he was born into. Yet it did not pull him down; he reached for new avenues for ministry while yet attempting every time to help his own kind. I bring this up to [[illustrate]] that, while you do reach for your higher [[goals]], you must not simply ignore your [[faults]], for they do require a degree of [[diligence]] and [[energy]] to overcome, but the [[focus]] is to be upon the broader and greater [[horizon]]. If your [[faults]] [[reject]] your [[efforts]], be not so concerned with them, but seek the higher ground. Find the better avenues. Let your faults [[starve]] if they won't receive your ministry. It is in a sense the [[choice]] of your [[animal nature]] to [[rebel]], but it is not the [[obligation]] of your [[higher self]] to cater to this rebellion. By doing so you are exchanging yourself, your [[mind]], your awareness for that of [[Michael]]. When you give up all that you are you [[receive]] all that he is. This [[process]] is not the negative process of erasing your [[worth]], but rather the positive of you [[becoming]] the worth of even a divine [[Creator Son]].

I am Lantarnek. I have great [[hope]] for you all, for I have [[witnessed]] the work you have undertaken. Though we continually [[compliment]] you for your [[efforts]], though we act as your cheerleaders as well as your coaches, and though oftentimes you [[wonder]] why we give you such [[encouragement]] repeatedly, it is because it is rare on a [[confused]] planet such as [[Urantia]]. Given another world you would be simply ordinary people. And so when you do receive our compliments and it does make you squirm, realize you are simply ordinary people in the [[normal]] workings of [[the universe]]. But just as a single drop of water in the dry sands of a vast [[desert]] is simply a single drop of water, it becomes quite special when all around the conditions are [[extremely]] dry. We do see, in a sense, the [[storm]] [[clouds]] of a great rain storm coming upon you and this world is being refreshed. [[The teachers]] and ministers of many orders of [[beings]] are like the sheets of rain that are falling upon [[this world]], and you are all the new grass sprouting and growing and giving life and [[vitality]]. [[The rebellion]] has ended. the cultivation has begun. The [[harvest]] of [[light and life]] will soon follow. We welcome the day; you welcome the day. Let us together, in arms, hand in hand, marching in [[step]], take this good news to the rest of the world.

I am Lantarnek. I have great [[hope]] for you all, for I have [[witnessed]] the work you have undertaken. Though we continually [[compliment]] you for your [[efforts]], though we act as your cheerleaders as well as your coaches, and though oftentimes you [[wonder]] why we give you such [[encouragement]] repeatedly, it is because it is rare on a [[confused]] planet such as [[Urantia]]. Given another world you would be simply ordinary people. And so when you do receive our compliments and it does make you squirm, realize you are simply ordinary people in the [[normal]] workings of[[ he universe]]. But just as a single drop of water in the dry sands of a vast desert is simply a single drop of water, it becomes quite special when all around the conditions are [[extremely]] dry. We do see, in a sense, the [[storm]] [[clouds]] of a great rain storm coming upon you and this world is being refreshed. [[The teachers]] and ministers of many orders of [[beings]] are like the sheets of rain that are falling upon this world, and you are all the new grass sprouting and growing and giving life and vitality. The rebellion has ended. the cultivation has begun. The harvest of light and life will soon follow. We welcome the day; you welcome the day. Let us together, in arms, hand in hand, marching in step, take this good news to the rest of the world.

Though my [[encouragement]] to you may seem [[monumental]], the world is simply for you the arena of your daily life. Every [[individual]] has great [[influence]] in that small arena. For you it is your [[neighborhood]], your schedule of daily events. For others it does mean an entire [[planet]], and for still others it means [[the System|systems]] and [[the Constellation|constellations]] of systems. Now that would be a big task. But we are all assigned to the task at which we are capable of effecting [[change]]. As you take [[Michael]]'s message into the world, you can [[assure]] yourself that that one [[individual]] you meet in one day, that you minister to, is as significant as the entire world itself.

It is my [[pleasure]] to speak with you and I am always available for your [[questions]].

 

It is my pleasure to speak with you and I am always available for your questions.

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

Evelyn: We don't seem to have any questions, but you have hit on our discussion about working on our own shortcomings and how they seem so stubborn. I appreciate what you said about receiving from others as Michael would receive, that if we listen to others we appreciate that God listens to us and takes us seriously.

Evelyn: We don't seem to have any questions, but you have hit on our [[discussion]] about working on our own shortcomings and how they seem so stubborn. I [[appreciate]] what you said about [[receiving]] from others as [[Michael]] would receive, that if we [[listen]] to others we appreciate that God listens to us and takes us seriously.

Lantarnek: Great benefit can be derived for oneself in this manner for you do realize how strongly compassionate you can become when hearing the plight of another as they share their struggles. This ability to do so with another can be applied to yourself in that your own struggles, when they can come crying to you, can receive your sympathetic ear. As I have indicated, you then are able to trust that Michael likewise cares and listens when you strive and fail.

Lantarnek: Great benefit can be derived for oneself in this [[manner]] for you do realize how strongly [[compassionate]] you can [[become]] when hearing the plight of another as they [[share]] their [[struggles]]. This [[ability]] to do so with another can be applied to yourself in that your own struggles, when they can come crying to you, can receive your [[sympathetic]] ear. As I have indicated, you then are able to [[trust]] that Michael likewise [[cares]] and [[listens]] when you strive and fail.

===Closing===

===Closing===

I will take my leave this day. I thank you for receiving me.

I will take my leave this day. I thank you for [[receiving]] me.

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