Older traditions and the New Message
"The New Message is here, in part, to affirm the importance of all the world’s religions and to proclaim that they are all initiated by God. However far they may have wandered or deviated from the original intent, they are still important for humanity’s future and well-being."[1]
"Here you must realize that God has initiated all the world’s religions, and they have all been changed by people, even radically changed. To correct the errors of the past, to renew the true faith, and to bring forth the great truth of the ancient religions in their pure form, God has sent a New Revelation into the world, not to replace the religions of the world, but to clarify them and to give them new strength and power and a greater unity with one another." [2]
Directives
"Learn of the New Message from God. Realize it will affirm all that is true within your current traditions." [3]
"You must not come to the Revelation just to confirm your own beliefs or to associate it with what you have been taught before."[4]
God's Greater Plan
"It is a gift to all the world’s religions, for it is part of God’s Greater Plan. It will give to Islam what Islam needs. It will give to Christianity what Christianity needs. It will give to Buddhism what Buddhism needs now and to all the faith traditions—preparation for a new world experience, preparation for contact with life in the universe, a greater and clearer understanding of the One Spirituality of humanity that unites and binds you all to your Creator even while you appear to live in Separation in this world."[5]
"There is so much for you to learn. It cannot be communicated in a few words, but in a great series of teachings, which are part of God’s Revelation. Here a Christian must become a Christian with a Greater Community awareness. A Muslim becomes a Muslim with a Greater Community awareness. A Buddhist and a Jew gain a greater panorama of life to which their religious teachings must become relevant. If religion in the world is to educate and to enlighten, it must have this greater capacity and awareness. You cannot be fooling around in the face of the Greater Community or in the face of the Great Waves of change that are already occurring in the world. It is time to grow up." [6]
"The stories, the miracles, the admonitions from the past cannot really explain what God is doing here. For to understand what God is doing here, you must understand what God is doing in the entire universe. And for the first time in this world, in your history, this is now being revealed through God’s Revelation."[4]
The Calling
"There are many people in the world today who know they must prepare for something, who feel called to a greater participation, who have a sense that their life is more important than the mundane activities of the day. Some will not find their way in the religious traditions of the world because they are being prepared and called for something new in the world. They are more connected to the future than the past, and the future is calling them and pulling them forward." [7]
"That is why there is a New Message from God—not to compete with the world’s religions, not to overshadow them, but to unite them and to strengthen them so that their ancient wisdom can come to the fore and serve humanity in its changing circumstances at this great threshold in your evolution." [8]
"Many will find their purpose in the traditions of the world, for there is much wisdom and value there. However, many will not find their purpose there because their preparation has to do with the future specifically, and they must learn a new way. They must receive a new testament, and they must prepare for a new experience." [9]
The same God
"A New Revelation is being sent into the world for the protection and the advancement of humanity. If you are a practitioner of a religious tradition, do not be threatened by this. It is here to resonate with the essence and the core of your religious faith. It is a Message from the same God who has provided you your pathway in life. It is a New Testament. It is here to enliven your religion, to expand it and to make its realm of application greater. It is here to prepare you. It is providential." [10]
"The old religions, if they are held in contempt of one another, have really become obsolete and will become increasingly so in the future. Now you must see Jesus within the Greater Community and Muhammad and the Buddha and all the great saints and emissaries in a larger context, in a greater series of Revelations—each bringing humanity closer to world civilization and to greater cooperation and a deeper experience of the conscience that God has placed within you. In this sense, all religions are ecumenical. They are all meant to support one another instead of compete and denounce one another. [11]
"Something this pure, given, contravening much of the belief about God’s activity and God’s past Messages, will certainly arouse resistance and condemnation. This always happens at a time of Revelation. Heaven knows that this is the case."[4]
The New Revelation, in contrast with older traditions
"The Revelation from God must awaken you to the realities, the difficulties and the opportunities of emerging into a Greater Community of intelligent life. None of God’s previous Revelations were required to do this because the need was not there. Humanity had not progressed that far. But you now have a global civilization—diffracted, conflicted, destructive, heedless and irresponsible, but it is a world community nonetheless." [12]
"The Message for humanity now is great, more comprehensive and complete than any Message that has ever been sent into the world, complete with teaching and commentary so that its wisdom and Knowledge can be discerned and applied correctly and not simply left up to human interpretation." [13]
"This is what a New Message looks like in its pure form. It is clear. It is powerful. It requires great things of people. And it gives great things to people. It has not been watered down to be acceptable to the masses. It has not been socialized so that it is socially acceptable. This is the real thing. You must be genuine in order to see it and to respond to it and to receive the power and the grace that it brings into your life."[14]
"The Revelation has been given with its own commentary and in such great detail and repetition that it will not rely so greatly upon human interpretation as have the previous Messages that have been given to humanity." [15]
The New Message in relation to the world's religions
"This New Message from the Creator of all life is not here to replace or to displace the world’s religions but to give them a greater dimension, to give them a vision of what is coming over the horizon and to prepare them for humanity’s encounter with a Greater Community of intelligent life in the universe."[16]
"The New Message is not here to replace the world’s religions but to establish and reinforce their common ground, to enlighten them and to give them strength and purpose so that they may have a future—both within the world and within the Greater Community of life into which humanity is now emerging." [17]
"God is moving the world in a new direction. It is a direction that was always intended, but it will be new for the people of the world. It will be new to your understanding. The Great Revelations from the Creator are always like this. They are always presenting a new reality, a new awareness, a new dimension and a greater promise."[18]
References
- ↑ The New Message for the Religious Leaders of the World (May 28, 2006)
- ↑ The One God, Chapter 2: The New God Revelation
- ↑ God Has Spoken Again, Chapter 1: The Proclamation (July 6, 2006)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 *The Worldwide Community of God’s New Message, Chapter 12: Protecting the Message and the Messenger
- ↑ The Worldwide Community of God’s New Message, Chapter 5: How to Regard the Messenger
- ↑ The Greater Community, Chapter 4: Entering the Greater Community
- ↑ The Journey to a New Life, Chapter 6: The Gift of a New Life
- ↑ The Time of Revelation: Destiny (July 21, 2007)
- ↑ Greater Community Spirituality, Chapter 20: What is religious education and who is it for?
- ↑ The Greater Community, Chapter 11: The New Revelation
- ↑ The One God, Chapter 2: The New God Revelation (Feb. 12, 2009)
- ↑ The Greater Community, Chapter 4: Entering the Greater Community
- ↑ God Has Spoken Again, Chapter 12: God Is Moving Humanity in a New Direction
- ↑ The Great Waves of Change, Chapter 12: Your Purpose and Destiny in a Changing World
- ↑ The New Messenger, Chapter 4: The Story of the Messenger
- ↑ The Worldwide Community of the New Message from God, Chapter 2: Recognizing the Message and the Messenger
- ↑ God Has Spoken Again, Chapter 8: The Blessing
- ↑ God Has Spoken Again, Chapter 12: God Is Moving Humanity in a New Direction
See also
Further study
- The Allies of Humanity Book One, Fourth Briefing: Manipulation of Religious Traditions and Beliefs
- The One God, Chapter 12: The Heart of God