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'The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence....' II.

Much is expected of those who are still too attached to the world, they truly must use violence in order to acquire the kingdom of heaven, for due to their various weaknesses and cravings they are chained to the one who is lord of this world. If they want to release themselves they need a strong will to take a different path. It is therefore not an easy intention for a downright worldly person.... He needs help to do so; he needs the support of a Power which opposes the lord of the world, which is capable of releasing him from the control of the former. Hence he needs help from Jesus Christ, Who alone has this power and can snatch the human being from the adversary.... The more captivated a person is by the world the greater is the adversary's power over him, and this person truly has to fight against the temptations and attractions of this world. And this battle is not an easy one and neither would a person succeed, but as soon as he has resolved to release himself the thought will not leave him again, for then God Himself will intervene and try to exert His influence in every way without, however, forcing the person into changing his way of life. But once the thought of renouncing the world for the sake of a higher goal has arisen in a person, his thoughts will occupy themselves with God and His will increasingly more, he will also remember the divine Redeemer Jesus Christ and may receive a strengthening of will from His side, depending on his own will and its inclination. Then the severity of the battle against worldly temptation will ease but the kingdom of heaven will come ever closer, because the person will have taken up the fight against the ruler of the world and he will begin to become captivated by the kingdom which is 'not of this world'.... 'The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force....'

These Words were said to worldly people who can only separate themselves from their previous lord by the use of force, because for all others apply the Words 'My yoke is easy, and My burden is light....' In that case, however, the world, with all its temptations, must have been overcome already, then a person will no longer feel the burden as much, he will deem God's wishes easy to live up to because he will already be in contact with Him and will be consciously walking the path leading into the spiritual kingdom.... He will have already conquered the world with the result that the kingdoms will then be exchanged.... that this world will lie behind him and the kingdom of God will rank first.... that the person will no longer be burdened by excessive weight and will therefore be able to travel the earthly path almost unburdened.... with an easy yoke and a light burden.... Nevertheless, this path leads to the goal, just as a violent battle against the world will let the person reach the goal, so that he will be able to take possession of the 'heavenly kingdom' when he discards his physical body and enters the spiritual realm.... For his will, which aimed towards the spiritual realm, was victorious, because he will always be granted the strength he needs as soon as he has the serious will to take possession of the 'heavenly kingdom'.... And this decision must be taken in earthly life, the world must be recognised as the possession of God's adversary and God's kingdom as not of this world.... Then the human being's good will is enough in order to be granted the strength for taking up the fight against the earthly world with all its enticements and attractions and only to strive towards the kingdom of heaven, which certainly requires violence by someone who belongs to this earthly world but also wants to attain life in beatitude. The earthly world, however, will never be able to grant a person eternal beatitudes, the earthly world can only give earthly, that is, transient things which disappear when the human being dies and must leave earthly belongings behind.... But anyone who has already turned towards the spiritual kingdom will not fear physical death, for he knows that he cannot cease to exist, instead he will go on living in a kingdom which is incomparably more beautiful than the earthly world and therefore it should be everyone's goal and endeavour to acquire it as long as he lives on Earth....

Amen

‚KRALJEVSTVO NEBESKO TRPI NASILJE....‘ II.

Mnogo se ocekuje od onih koji su i dalje priljubljeni uz svijet, oni doista moraju koristiti nasilje kako bi postigli kraljevstvo nebesko, jer zbog njihovih raznoraznih slabosti i žudnji oni su okovani za onoga koji je gospodar ovog svijeta [[(Sotonu)]]. Ako oni žele sebe osloboditi njima je potrebna snažna volja da bi krenuli drugacijom stazom. To prema tome nije lagana namjera za apsolutno svjetovnu osobu.... On treba pomoc da bi to napravio; on treba potporu Sile koja se suprotstavlja gospodaru svijeta, koja je sposobna osloboditi ga od kontrole prijašnjeg. Otud je njemu potrebna pomoc od Isusa Krista, Koji jedini ima silu i može otrgnuti ljudsko bice od neprijatelja.... Što je više osoba obuzeta/zarobljena svijetom to je veca protivnikova moc nad njime, i ova se osoba doista mora boriti protiv iskušenja i privlacnosti svijeta. I ova borba nije lagana i niti bi osoba uspjela, ali cim je on odlucio osloboditi sebe misao ga više nece napustiti, jer onda ce Bog Osobno intervenirati i pokušati iznutra izvršiti Svoj utjecaj na svaki nacin, kako god, prisiljavajuci osobu na mijenjanje njegovog nacina života. Ali jednom kada se je misao o odbacivanju svijeta poradi višeg cilja pojavila u covjeku, njegove ce misli okupirati sebe sa Bogom i Njegovom voljom povecavajuce više, on ce se takoder prisjetiti Božanskog Iskupitelja Isusa Krista i može primiti snaženje volje s Njegove strane, zavisno o njegovoj vlastitoj volji i njegovoj sklonosti. Onda ce se žestina borbe protiv svjetovnih iskušenja oslabiti i kraljevstvo ce se nebesko približiti, buduci se covjek morao uhvatiti u koštac sa vladarom svijeta i on ce poceti biti obuzet od strane kraljevstva koje ‘nije od ovog svijeta’.... ‘Kraljevstvo nebesko trpi nasilje, i na-silni ga silom osvajaju....’

Ove su rijeci bile recene svjetovnim ljudima koji jedino mogu sebe razdvojiti od njihovog prethodnog gospodara uz korištenje sile, buduci za sve druge važe Rijeci ‘Moje je breme lagano, i Moj teret lak za nošenje....’ U tom je slucaju, medutim, svijet, sa svim njegovim iskušenjima, morao vec biti prevladan, onda covjek više nece toliko osjecati teret, on ce smatrati Božje želje laganima za ispuniti buduci ce biti vec u kontaktu sa Njime i svjesno ce hodati stazom koja vodi u duhovno kraljevstvo.... On je vec nadvladao svijet sa rezultatom da ce kraljevstva onda biti zamijenjena.... da ce ovaj svijet ležati iza njega a kraljevstvo Božje ce zauzimati prvi položaj.... da covjek više nece biti opterecen sa pretjeranom težinom i prema tome ce biti sposoban putovati zemaljskom stazom skoro neopterecen.... sa jednim laganim bremenom i lakim za nošenje teretom.... Unatoc tome, ova staza vodi do cilja, baš kao što ce nasilna borba protiv svijeta omoguciti covjeku da ostvari cilj, tako da ce on biti sposoban zaposjednuti ‘nebesko kraljevstvo’ kada odbaci njegovo fizicko tijelo i ude u duhovno carstvo.... Jer njegova je volja, koja je stremila ka duhovnom carstvu, bila pobjedonosna, buduci ce mu uvijek biti podarena snaga koju potrebuje cim on ima ozbiljnu volju da zaposjedne ‘nebesko kraljevstvo’.... I ova odluka se mora donijeti u zemaljskom životu, svijet se mora prepoznati kao vlasništvo Božjega protivnika i Božje kraljevstvo kako nije od ovog svijeta.... Onda je dobra volja ljudskog bica dovoljna kako bi bila podarena snaga da se zapocne borba protiv zemaljskog svijeta sa svim njegovim mamljenjima i privlacnostima i jedino stremi ka kraljevstvu nebeskom, koje zasigurno potrebuje nasilje od strane nekoga tko pripada ovom zemaljskom svijetu ali takoder želi postici život u blaženstvu. Zemaljski svijet, medutim, nece nikada biti u stanju podariti covjeku blaženstva, zemaljski svijet može jedino dati zemaljsko, to jest, prolazne stvari koje nestaju kada ljudsko bice umre i mora ostaviti zemaljske imovine iza sebe.... Ali svatko tko se vec okrenuo spram duhovnog kraljevstva se nece plašiti fizicke smrti, jer on zna kako ne može prestati postojati, namjesto toga on ce nastaviti živjeti u kraljevstvu koje je neusporedivo više lijepo nego zemaljski svijet i prema tome bi trebao biti svaciji cilj i nastojanje postici ga sve dok živi na Zemlji.

AMEN