The Coming
Sat Nov 3, 2007 4:01 am
A reader writes:
"Here is something I have only seen discussed once in my seeking
experience. Yet it could strongly hint at the most mind blowing event
ever.
"We discuss here often the reappearance of Jesus, who some know as the
Son of God. We have the One Mighty and Strong scriptures that perhaps
might point to the Lord Jesus walking amongst us.
"However, there is one parable of Jesus that strongly hints that not
only might the Son walk among us, but also God the Father. How so?
"'Hear another parable: There was a householder who planted a
vineyard, and made a fence round it, and dug a winepress in it, and
built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country. 34
But when the time of fruit drew near, he sent his bondmen to the
husbandmen to receive his fruits. 35 And the husbandmen took his
bondmen, and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. 36 Again
he sent other bondmen more than the first, and they did to them in
like manner. 37 And at last he sent to them his son, saying, They
will have respect for my son. 38 But the husbandmen, seeing the son,
said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him and
possess his inheritance. 39 And they took him, and cast him forth out
of the vineyard, and killed him. 40 When therefore the lord of the
vineyard comes, what shall he do to those husbandmen? 41 They say to
him, He will miserably destroy those evil men, and let out the
vineyard to other husbandmen, who shall render him the fruits in
their seasons.' (Matt 21:34-31)
"I believe it is God the Father represented by the lord of the
vineyard in this parable. The Father sent the prophets, and they were
mistreated. He sent more servants, more prophets, and they in turn
were abused. Then he sent his only son, which must be Jesus and also
proves the lord of the vineyard is the Father, because He sends His
only son. And they killed the son, the heir. So the conclusion of the
parable is: 'When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes...' It
clearly says the lord of the vineyard will appear on the scene just
as the servants and the son did.
"Perhaps JJ with his superior knowledge and familiarity with original
scripture texts can shed more light on this passage. But as it
stands, it strongly hints the Father will come to the vineyard as
well as the prophets and the Son."
JJ:
Thanks for the vote of confidence. What can I say?
There's another scripture indicating this idea from Daniel:
"I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed
against them; Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given
to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints
possessed the kingdom." (Dan 7:21-22)
Many believe that the Ancient of Days is God the Father and this also
indicates a "coming" or an appearance of some kind.
Such a coming could happen in a number of different ways.
- It could merely be his presence picked up by a group of disciples
or being seen in vision or some type of manifestation as predicted
for Adam-ondi-Ahman, or "Adam who is God."
- His presence could work in conjunction with a Moses type of character.
- Some think he could manifest in the sky with armies of angels.
- Others think he could manifest again in the flesh or even be born
as a baby.
The ancient wisdom as related through Alice A. Bailey gives an
interesting take on this and says basically the following:
The Ancient of Days was the first self-conscious man upon the earth,
but we are not talking about 6000 years ago as commonly believed by
Christians. He was born in the flesh 18 million years ago. He will
be born again as a baby but it will not be until the last, or seventh
root race which is still several million years in the future. This
will be a race of androgynous beings.
But the Book of Daniel refers to our near future so how will this
being come to us?
Notice in the verse we quoted that the dark forces prevail against
the saints, or the lights of the earth, "until the Ancient of Days
came." This will create a turning point in that judgement will be
given to the saints.
This tells us that a time will come that the lights of the earth will
have power of judgement rather than the forces of darkness.
This is a prediction of a day of power as predicted:
"Behold, I say unto you, the redemption of Zion must needs
come by power;
"Therefore, I will raise up unto my people a man, who shall
lead them like as Moses led the children of Israel." (D&C 103:15-16)
This one like Moses will not be the Ancient of Days but will be
linked to him and will shift the balance of power away from the
forces of darkness to the power of light and love.
God the Father thus "comes" with his power, his presence and
intelligence, just not yet in a physical body.
"The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change
everything - or nothing."
-- Nancy Astor (1879 - 1964)
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