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This Week's Gospel Reading

 

“In His Light”

04/11/26

 

Book of Yochanan/John 17:9-19    

 

“I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In this week’s gospel reading, we witness the ongoing ever love of Yehoshua for His Tamim (disciples). As is His manner, Yehoshua focused energy for the unity, protection and consecration in truth of His eager followers. In the absence of unity, the disciples will be defeated by the enemy always. In present day, there sure is a lot of talk about unity, most especially among politicians who are obviously just courting their constituents to support them.

 

That is to say, they seek only unity which provides for their own appointed interests. We of the light must strongly emphasize that as Yehoshua speaks of unity, He speaks of a single mindedness for the defeat of the faithfless who would harm in their ignorance and the enemies of peace enemy that we may blessedly re-establish of our Father’s Kingdom where we stand. Those seeking truth, righteousness and harmony, must never sacrifice truth and justice for the sake of unity. Though we live among the world, the faithful who follow Yehoshua do not belong to the world.

 

They belong to the unity of Pleroma, the harmony of all existence. The Tamim (apostles) do not conform their values and principles to the world, but rather to the Path of The Way through Yehoshua alone; this is why the world dismisses gnetle and faithful, though their light shine brightly, the world turns from the revelations found within their light, not in ignorance, but rather in fear, fear of what the brilliant light illiminates of themselves. The world resists the light of Ha’ Moshiach as it prefers to remain in the darkness forever hidden from His light. We, the faithful followers of Yehoshua, remain loved and encouraged to be the beaconing  light of and hope of light before the face of darkness and deception.

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