The Responsibility of this Messenger
"He must proclaim, call and teach all dimensions of this Revelation to the world. He must perceive the opportunities and pitfalls ahead for the Worldwide Community into the deep future. He must guide the Society and be a source of inspiration and encouragement. He must prepare for his genuine relationship with greater and greater numbers of people all over the world. He must engage directly with the world, its environments, its cultures of people , its condition. He must uphold the health of his mind and his body, and all that they have endured with him. And back in the direction of Heaven, he must be responsive to the Angelic Assembly and be prepared to receive their communications on a moment's notice. "[1]
He "is here to warn of the great change that is coming to the world and to strengthen the human spirit and human confidence, to call upon human cooperation and human awareness, and to provide the inner preparation so that others can become strong with the power and the presence of Knowledge, which is God’s great endowment to each person."[2]
Receive the Revelation
"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." [3]
Prepare the text of the Revelation
"Preparing the Revelation is just one of Marshall’s tasks."[1]
Proclaim the Revelation
"While the world goes about its daily affairs, the Messenger must proclaim. He must proclaim God’s New Revelation, for it holds the key to so many people’s lives and future." [4]
Establish the Revelation
Present a New Reality
Correct
"The Messenger will not condemn religions of the world, but he will provide in contrast the very essence of their Teachings that has been lost, or forgotten or denied." [5]
Speak
Demonstrate
"People do not see, they do not hear. They are strangers to themselves. And their native skills of discerning the environment, for many, have been lost and are undeveloped. This makes the Messenger’s task more difficult. He must carry the Mystery, for the Revelation is beyond the realm of the intellect and certainly is not conditioned by people’s expectations, beliefs or comprehension." [3]
"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." [5]
Call
Build
What he does not
"He is not here to proclaim himself as a ruler or a leader or a great power." [6]
"He is not here to claim political power, economic power, to displace other people or to overthrow anyone." [6]
"His mission is not to build bridges or change governments or rectify every problem and error and injustice in the world." [5]
"The Messenger is not here to condemn nations and governments and institutions." [7]
"He is not here to answer every question or to have a solution for every need." [5]
"The Messenger is not here to argue or to debate or to take issue with world affairs or the ambitions of different groups, nations or tribes. He is here to bring a Message of Revelation and redemption to the peoples of the whole world, regardless of their individual cultural position or religious affiliation, if they have one at all." [5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Patricia Summers on the weekly online gathering of the Worldwide Community of the New Message from God, December 29, 2018.
- ↑ The Worldwide Community of God’s New Message, Your Relationship with the Messenger (November 8, 2008)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 God Is Moving Humanity in a New Direction (April 22, 2011)
- ↑ The Initiation (June 28, 2011)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 The Mission of the Messenger (April 10, 2012)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 The Message and the Messenger (Janurary 26, 2008)
- ↑ The Burden of the Messenger (April 5, 2011)
See Also
Further Study
- Messenger's Vigil, January 25, 2016 (Fourth Night)] beginning at 39:40
- The Worldwide Community of God’s New Message, Your Relationship with the Messenger (November 8, 2008)