The document is an extensive analysis of John Chapter 18 from the Bible, focusing on spiritual betrayal and its metaphysical interpretations. It covers the arrest of Jesus, His trial before Annas and Caiaphas, Peter’s denial, and Jesus’ questioning by Pilate. The material explores themes such as spiritual betrayal, the nature of truth and power, and the juxtaposition of earthly authority against divine purpose.
RAM Reading 10-101
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Beloved Mother-Father, into Thy hands, into Thy presence do we put ourselves, trusting in the Word, the power, the love of the Master of Life Jesus the Christ. We seek, oh Lord, to be as a help, a tool that others may find Your presence, Your light, Your way. And now through the power and the promise of Jesus the Christ we seek the light and the life.
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In the beginning was the Word and the Word was Love. The Word is Love, the Word shall be Love – so is hope, so is glory. Behold that which is the Truth, and it shall set you free that you may seek and find. This is in the asking; this is in the receiving. As in the beginning, as in now, as in the future, so is love evermore that which gives [material, now], gives [mental, in the future], forgives [spiritual, in the past].
John 18:1-3
When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples. Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.
S Even as Jesus the Christ reached that point of no return, of the decision, of that final decision, so in yourselves you will be as that, too, crossing that point that the mind has given the opening to the spirit, or the spiritual search. This is that time; there is no more turning back. For you have opened yourself to the Light and the Life. It is true at this time, you will be besought by that which is the negative, or the karmic negative influences of the world around you, that world that you have helped to produce. It is the world of opportunity coming towards you as even that which is Judas and the soldiers. But you must remember, it is in the battle of that which is the giving that is the overcoming. And in yourself, the desires, the hopes, the dreams, that are of this world, are those things that will come in conflict with you, and that which are the passive and aggressive natures of self. It is then in the selection of the way, of the belief, that you must then proceed. For you have passed that point where the influences of the world will be that which is the anchor that holds you back, or that which keeps you from the purpose of this world. Remember: each and every incarnation is as a learning experience. And even as you are a tree in that which is the plan of God, where the trunk falls is where you will begin in the next incident within the earth. For even as the trunk is that which is the past becoming the present – so your mind, your drives, your abilities of the past make for that which is the bedrock of the present life. Then if you would proceed the higher, or to that which is the better, follow that which is the Path, that in the next incarnation or go-around you will be more of that which your God Father-Mother would have you be. And remember that you must proceed as if there is naught but that which is giving the light, the love, the way, the measure, the path, that a brother, a sister might find the hope, the joy of the Lord.
John 18:4-9
Jesus, therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, “Whom seek ye?” They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus saith unto them, “I am he.” And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground. Then asked he them again, “Whom seek ye?” And they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus answered, “I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way.” That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, ‘Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.’ ”
S When you have found that which is the Savior, that which is the Light and the Pathway, then you will be as those who are not lost. Remember, as you call upon His name, in truth He is near. For if this were not the Law, the Way, and the Life, it would not be true. Have faith in the seeking. Have faith in the searching. Have faith in the covenant. For the new covenant has been given for you, and you, and you, that all the children might have the opportunity to find that which is the Lord of Life, the Lord of Love, the Lord of Salvation. For His promises are ever true. Therefore, open the heart, the mind, knowing full well that the physical is only the tool for the mental, the spiritual, and that is the goal of the material body – to be as the tool of God through the use of your mental and spiritual being.
Q When He identified Himself, who was it that fell to the ground and why?
S It was really the son of Caiaphas – not as one who was a disciple, but one of Caiaphas’ children, or his eldest son, see – bound to that which is the priestly order, but come yet to observe that which is as Jesus, called the prophet at that time. But knew, from that which was the life the entity had led, and the training received, that this indeed was the Lord of Love and Truth within the earth.
John 18:10-13
Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus. Then said Jesus unto Peter, “Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?” Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him, and led him away to Annas first; for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.
S You will have that which are the trials and tribulations within yourselves, as so often given. You have come into this plane to learn. You, yourselves, have bound Jesus the Christ. You have bound the Christ that lies within yourselves. You have struck at the servant’s ear. You have been the servant. You have been those on both sides of the fence, and represent within yourselves, your emotions, and your ways, both of these sides. Then comes the decision within yourselves. Are you the Lord’s? Are you in truth your brothers’ keepers? Are you a vehicle of love, forgiveness, and help? Or are you yet bound to that which is the material-mental? Are you that which serves only lip service to that which is the Lord, who counts the desires of the flesh, desires of the mind, as greater than that which is the spiritual? You, too, are at that place of selection. Will you bind the Christ within, or go with the Christ within, facing that which is the world, the world thought? For remember: though they abuse you, find fault with your walk, your talk, your thoughts, your deeds, if they are based within the Christ, then the opinions of others are of naught. Release the Christ, bind Satan, and follow the Lord.
John 18:14-17
Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people. And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: that disciple was known unto the high priest and went in with Jesus into the palace of the high priest. But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter. Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, “Art not thou also one of this man’s disciples?” He saith, “I am not.”
S The temptation to not bear the burden, to ease away, to allow others to do the work, is the example here. And yet, with Simon, the man called Peter, we find that which, in truth, is the rock or faith. And faith must find its way, must be awakened, that it may become the rock. Therefore remember, He that is the Lord is a forgiving Lord. You must lean upon forgiveness. For who has earned the way? Only He that is Jesus the Christ, He that gave you the Way that you may climb up. Remember as it is given: that if you do not proceed through Jesus the Christ, then you climb up that way which is not the way to God.
Q Who was the other disciple that was known to the high priest?
S Andrew. For he had been seen with Jesus.
John 18:18-23
And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter stood with them and warmed himself. The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine. Jesus answered him, “I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing. Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said.” And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, “Answerest thou the high priest so?” Jesus answered him, “If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?”
S The reaction of the world and the reaction that has been trained within yourselves is that which is the preservation of world thought, world being, that which is selfishness. And then that which is the Word which lightens yourself, and enlightens the world, is always that which will be attacked, whether it is within you or without. For you are the light of the world if you do that which is `live by the pattern of Jesus the Christ.’ You will face that which is the battle within, the ego self seeking to be supreme – which sees the right and the good and attacks therein. You cannot reason with that which is the ego but must then let that which is the Way become that which overcomes. For of yourselves you can do nothing. But through God all things are possible. Therefore, the Holy Spirit gives that which is redemption, salvation, through the name and power of Jesus the Christ, when you come to that which is the battle with yourselves, the battle with that which you have created, that which is the past that must be vanquished, that which is the present that must be vanished, so that you might find that which is the truth, or the true presence of yourselves, in that which is the light of the Lord.
John 18:24-27
Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest. And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, “Art not thou also one of his disciples?” He denied it, and said, “I am not.” One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, “Did not I see thee in the garden with him?” Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew.
S You have been given a conscience; you have been given an intelligence – in short, you have been given a mind. And as the mind directs, so you go. Either you will be in that stage which knows the presence and forgiveness of Jesus the Christ, or you will be in that stage which knows not of anything but of self. Simon, the one called Peter, was awakened to that which had been given to him – the opportunity to find the faith and the strength of the Lord – and knew, then, at that time, that the opportunity had given rise to that which would propel him to do the duty that he had assumed upon coming into this world.
John 18:28-32
Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the Passover. Pilate then went out unto them, and said, “What accusation bring ye against this man?” They answered and said unto him, “If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee.” Then said Pilate unto them, “Take ye him, and judge him according to your law.” The Jews therefore said unto him, “It is not lawful for us to put any man to death” That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die.
S The death of a body may be ritualistic, may be useful, or it may be for naught. In any case, you make the selection within your lives, even as He, the Master of Life, made the selection. Then if you would make the proper selection, know this: it is in the progress through the search and the trying that makes your life a success or a nonsuccess as judged by the spiritual achievements. If you have challenged that which is the authority of the world in keeping with the manner of Jesus the Christ, then you have had the successful life. If you have struggled and found strife because of your belief in Jesus the Christ, the one God Lord, then you have succeeded in the life. If you have saved or shown the Way to just one soul, then you have succeeded in the life. Thus Jesus the Christ in His success chose the manner of the dismissal of that which was the muscle, the nerves, the meat, the bone, the sinew, the systems of the body-physical, that they would glorify, the spiritual release, the spiritual achievement.
John 18:33-35
Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus and said unto him, “Art thou the King of the Jews?” Jesus answered him, “Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me?” Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?”
S The Praetorium is that place of judgment. It is that place where the mind and the body and the spirit come within the contact. Are you that which seeks? Are you that which accomplishes? Are you that which finds the Lord? These are those things that you must face. Do you hold that grudge against your brother? Do you find fault with your own soul? Do you doubt God? These are the Praetorium, or the Praetoriums of yourselves in that which is the judgment of your accomplishments that occurs daily within yourselves. You will know what, innately know what there is that you must accomplish and work upon. That is why there is the must of prayer and meditation, that the achievements will be made known to you, and the weaknesses corrected. How else will you judge yourself that the aware mind will understand? Then clear the mind and the body that the soul may know its way through that which is prayer and meditation.
John 18:36-37
Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.” Pilate therefore said unto him, “Art thou a king then?” Jesus answered, “Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Everyone that is of the truth heareth my voice.”
S This is the still, small voice that in meditation comes to you or to those who are enlightened to guide the way and the path. For when you reach that point, you may call upon that voice to guide you, to propel you, to see you through those troubled times. Then let that which is the crow of the cock awaken within you the true desire to find that which is the rock of faith that is yours. Remember, as has been given so often: he that the Lord loveth, the Lord chastises. Remember, that in times to come, and in those times where you must strive, must work, must face that which are the lessons, He that was the King of the Jews who are the searching, is your King. Then follow your King. Be not of this earth (though you may live within this earth) that when you are questioned by that which is yourselves, you may proclaim the day of the Lord. For surely each one of you will find the doubts, the questions, the crises. This is the time for finding the faith to make yourselves whole, to find the rock, to be about your Father’s business.
John 18:38-40
Pilate saith unto him, “What is truth?” And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, “I find in him no fault at all. But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the Passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?” Then cried they all again, saying, “Not this man, but Barabbas.” Now Barabbas was a robber.
S Barabba, Barabbas, what have you, are those that you would call the primeval voices of within, or the forces from within, the primitive forces, that which are the selfish forces – the forces that push you to survive in the physical world, to find that which is the satisfaction within the physical world, to find the strength of the physical world, the rewards of the physical world. It is the mental that calls you to find beauty, power, authority, through that physical world – guided and conquered by the mental, or the selfish. It is the intellect unrestricted for personal use. This is the bandit, or the devil, that holds mankind to this earth. It is in truth through these lessons that it is pointed to you, the objective. Would you be as the Christ and sacrifice this world, or the bodily world? Or would you be as that which are the forces unleashed of selfishness, of the intellect and the mind, guided by the personality of the world rather than the spiritual? These are the choices. You have been given that which are the lessons that show you how to make your choice, how to find the strength of God, how to overcome the world. And if you follow these when you, too, must face the Pilate of your world and your creation, you may then cast aside the doubts, the personal drives, ambitions, the foolishness – all these things that are of this world – to find the greater world, which is the world of the spiritual realm.
Q You described truth as it pertains to individuals. Were you saying that it doesn’t matter how each of us individually interpret the truth as long as it’s right for us, even if we disagree?
S Absolutely correct. Because for each and every entity the truth must be different. For all see it from different platforms, different stages, different internal eyes, external eyes, hearing, et cetera.
Q Is there any time when we will all agree as to Truth?
S When the Truth does set you free, then you will see Truth as Truth is. For Truth is God. [10-108]
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We would give the thought to those who face the personal responsibilities or selections or overcoming of those things that come into their lives, that you are all now in that place of gentle enforcement, of gentle fasting, of the spiritual-mental-physical being. You must put into your mind the evaluation that is from Jesus the Christ – that if you have strived, you have won. If you have sought, you have found the goal. If you have overcome that which is the ego of the world – to be about His business – then you have found that which is the crown. For we have given this to you often enough: it is in the search and the seeking; it is the channeling of that which are the energies within that is the criteria that you must weigh the life by. In short, that which are the accomplishments as seen by others have no validity. For the greater the accomplishments, the less thy fellowman will know of them. And as you go about your daily routines keep these things in mind. For the bodily accomplishments, the material accomplishments, are nothing. It is in the light that they have been achieved, or sought after, that is the gold of the crown, or the lead of the feet. And now we give you that which is the Love, the Blessings, the guidance, and the healing power of Jesus the Christ, of the Way, the Truth, and the Light. This is the servant of the Lord, Angel of Light.