The Messenger

Marshall Vian Summers is God's Messenger for this time and the times to come, bringing a New Message from God. He is the Messenger for this millennium. Marshall is the most important person on Earth. (The Initiation)

Short Quotes

"A Messenger has been sent here to receive the New Revelation and to carry it forth into the world and to build its essential community so that its purity and its efficacy can be assured."

"Those who are sent to be close to him must become developed, educated and strong, strong with the power of Knowledge, or they could betray him to those forces who will seek to undermine and to thwart his presence in the world."

• The Burden of the Messenger, April 5, 2011

"As long as the Messenger is in the world you have an opportunity to receive and to prepare. When he is gone it will be different. It will be more difficult. In this he is a light in the world."

• The Story of the Messenger, April 22, 2011

"Humility, patience, perseverance, honesty, discretion, discernment—all essential qualities for true accomplishment."

• Discerning False Messengers, 3/21/00

"Grace and humility, perseverance, trustworthiness, patience, silence—these are the qualities of a powerful individual."

"His journey is inexplicable to anyone living in the world, for living in the world is only a partial experience of your complete reality."

• The Message and the Messenger, 1/26/08

"It is at this great threshold in humanity’s history that a New Revelation has been sent into the world, and a Messenger has been sent here to receive it, to prepare it and to present it. For him, it is a long journey, a long and difficult journey."

• God Is Moving Humanity in a New Direction (April 22, 2011)

Long quotes

"God’s Messages are rare, as we have said. They are not given frequently. They are never given to the ambitious and they are never given to those who would assign themselves splendid roles. Indeed, those chosen to be the true Messengers are reluctant, even to the point of self-denial. They don’t really want the job. But they will accept it because of who asks it of them. They don’t really want to shine in the world as an Emissary or as a Messenger. This is almost painful to them."

• Discerning False Messengers, 3/21/00

"The Messenger now will need great assistance from others to bring this New Message into the world. It is not something one person can do. It is not something a small group of individuals—committed as they are, devoted as they are—can really do. It is going to take the assistance of others. It is going to take people learning The Way of Knowledge, learning the New Message, living the New Message and seeing its complete relevance to the world that you see and its complete relevance to the world you have not yet seen. The Messenger will need protection. He will need true students. He will need supporters. And he will need others to simply bear witness to this great event in human history."

"He is not here to proclaim himself as a ruler or a leader or a great power. He is here simply to bear witness to the New Message and to be its primary advocate. He is not here to claim political power, economic power, to displace other people or to overthrow anyone. His presence here is to serve as a demonstration and as a presentation of the wisdom and the love of God and the great challenges that are now facing the human family, for which humanity is not prepared."

• The Message and the Messenger, 1/26/08

The world is growing dark, and this greater promise is needed now. Only the light of Knowledge, the greater intelligence that the Creator has bestowed upon the human family and upon all the races in the universe, only this now can enable you to comprehend and respond.

For you return to God on God’s terms, God’s Messages must be comprehended, as they truly are and are intended to be. There will be much struggle and contention with this, and the Messenger and the Messenger’s followers must face this difficulty, this frustration and exercise great patience.

Such a Revelation will not be accepted at the outset, and only the few will be able to respond completely. But as time moves forward and as the world grows more turbulent, the New Message will gain a greater attraction, greater recognition and greater relevance.

• God Is Moving Humanity in a New Direction (April 22, 2011)

The Messenger is here to provide the Revelation. It has taken him decades to receive it. It will take decades for it to be recognized in the world.

But the problem is time. Humanity does not have much time to prepare for a new world and for Contact with life in the universe—Contact which is occurring already, Contact with a dangerous purpose and intention.

• God Is Moving Humanity in a New Direction (April 22, 2011)

You cannot go backwards thousands of years and try to comprehend what is occurring today, for humanity’s evolution has moved into a new position, a position of dominance in the world and a position of greater vulnerability in the universe.

Where will this education begin to prepare you for a new world and for the Greater Community of life—two events that will alter the course of human history and affect the life of every person?

The governments do not know. The religious leaders do not know. The experts do not know. The universities cannot prepare people.

The Revelation must come from the Creator of all life, and this is what is occurring now, for you are living in a time of Revelation, and the Messenger is in the world.

As long as he is in the world, you have an opportunity to receive and to prepare.

When he is gone, it will be different. It will be more difficult. In this, he is the Light in the world.

He is a humble man and makes no claims other than to be the Messenger, for that is the role that has been assigned to him.

He must prepare humanity for a new world through the Revelation.

He must prepare humanity for the Greater Community through the Revelation.

He must speak of the great change that is coming and that is already upon the people everywhere through the Revelation.

God is moving humanity in a new direction.

Can humanity move?

Can people respond?

Can you respond?

• God Is Moving Humanity in a New Direction (April 22, 2011)

People want the Messenger to be a super person—powerful, magnificent, immaculate, utterly pure, well behaved, in accordance with human expectation. But the Messenger is a human being and is always fallible, but it is the Message and the Presence that accompany the Messenger that makes all the difference.

Jesus made mistakes. Mohammed made mistakes. The Buddha made mistakes. All the great leaders that followed them, and all the great teachers in other traditions, they all made mistakes.

To live in Separation is to make mistakes.

To enter a world of Separation means you will make mistakes.

But if the Messengers deliver the Message and do not elevate themselves into a godlike position, then they have achieved their goal.

• God’s Power & Presence in the World (April 23, 2011)

Further Study

The Story of the Messenger

Who Is Marshall Vian Summers?

The Burden of the Messenger

The Message and the Messenger 1/26/08

Discerning False Messengers, 3/21/00

Stories of meeting the Messenger

Years ago, in the mid 1980's, I went to see/meet a Jain Master. After leaving this event I said that I thought I should have felt something - some connection - but there was nothing. Whatever I thought should be there was not present.

Many years later, in October of 2009, I sat in the Sanctuary of The New Message from God in Boulder, Colorado having traveled from Ann Arbor, Michigan to meet and hear Marshall Vian Summers speak for the first time. As I sat in the room listening to Marshall, the experience that was lacking during my meeting with the Jain Master, was profoundly present with Marshall. It was powerful, palpable and almost overwhelming.

I didn't really understand what I was experiencing at the time, but I knew whatever I was experiencing was deep and real and that this vast Teaching was meant for me. Now, in September of 2011, I understand that my response to Marshall was pure and authentic recognition. I recognize Marshall as the Messenger for our time. It is a gift and an honor to know him.

• TA, Called to Boulder to serve the Messenger and the New Message from God

See also

Messengers