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“My Kingdom Is Not Of
This Earth”
“Chapter I1 The Gospel According to the Spiritist Doctrine”
The
Roman authorities in Jerusalem
were worried that the Jews if given a chance would plan a revolt against
them. They knew that the Jews needed a
leader who could organize them into an opposing army. When Pilate asked Jesus “are you the king
of the Jews?” Pilate is assuming that
the Jews might proclaim Jesus their king and threaten the Roman occupation of
Jerusalem. The Romans should therefore crucify Jesus,
kill the Jews and prevent the revolt before it could get started. When Jesus replies “my kingdom is not of
this earth” he is saying, in the spirit world I may be called a king because
of my perfect state of spiritual evolution.
Jesus tells Pilate if “I were a king on earth my followers would not
allow you to take me,” here Jesus is telling Pilate, this is not my army, they
are not a threat to you, you need not kill them, this is referenced in the
parable “Jesus died for our sins.” In
Jesus’ final words to Pilate “I came into the world to give testimony to the
truth” Jesus is saying, at your appointed time you will all desire to come
before God, but first you must be reborn in the spirit, you must reincarnate
many times before you can be ready to receive God. “The Jews who condemn me and the Romans who
crucify me will be given the same opportunity to reincarnate to a higher
level of evolution, and in the end I will greet them in heaven with open
arms, this is my Kingdom.”
Jesus had one sole purpose and reason why he chose to reincarnate on
earth. His desire was to teach us how
to Love and to explain God’s plan, “Love God above all things and treat each
other as you would have them treat you.”
He demonstrated God’s plan in his teachings by doing “modeling” what
he preached for others to follow. He
traveled from village to village, temple to temple and his work of faith and
healing became the “Gospel.” He spoke
of heaven and described it as the place where we came from, where we would
return too, and where we would recognize each other and be with him again.
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God’s Creatures
The Pinta Island
tortoise, one of the few species
of Giant Galapagos tortoises and the rarest animal in the world since there
is only one left alive.
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In
the book Heaven and Hell the spirits tell us that heaven is perceived by each
of us according to our level of self awareness, intellectual and moral
development. Jesus explains that we
are all given an infinite number of opportunities to reincarnate (to be born
again) as he did. This is how we will
reach his same level of perfection.
This is the afterlife and salvation that Jesus promised we would have. .
This
is why we must make every effort to grow morally and intellectually in each
incarnation. The spirits tell us how
we can grow when they explain the parable “Without Charity there can be no
Salvation.” The spirits tell us that
we will gradually grow and reach our own spiritual greatness if we work in
truth, justice and in the service of Love.
The Spiritist Doctrine explains that our
life-time is like a minute on a 24 hour clock in comparison to the infinite
existence we have as spirits. This is
the meaning of the “parable you must first be reborn before you may enter the
kingdom of heaven.”
When we refer to Jesus as
King it is in recognition of his integrity and content of character. It is the application of his many virtues
as he completed his mission that inspires us to follow him. It is not the blinding light that he
represented but the promise of salvation symbolized by the light that we
follow. For the Spiritist
of the world Jesus is the Prince of Peace and our most senior brother.
Abraham Turull
Student of the Spiritist Doctrine
July 2007
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