This document is a comprehensive analysis of Luke Chapter 22 from the Bible, focusing on its spiritual and metaphysical interpretations. It covers the Last Supper, Betrayal, and Peter’s Denial; the events leading up to and including the Last Supper, Jesus’ betrayal by Judas, His arrest, and Peter’s denial. The material delves into themes such as sacrifice, redemption, and the struggle between spiritual truth and worldly betrayal.
RAM Reading 10-82
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Through the Christ we pray, oh lord, that You show Your mercy through us and to us, that those that seek, and that we that seek will find the Truth and the Light and the Way. Not for ourselves, oh Father, do we come before you, but for others, truly seeking to find the meaning of “Others first, Father, others first.”
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The Blood of the Lamb cleanses! The Light of the Lamb recreates and rebuilds! The love of the Lamb is the path, the way, the door, the truth – grace. Seek the Way, the Path, and the Truth. Find love, understanding, forgiveness, mercy, and yes, justice, through that which is the Door that is open to all that seek.
We have the Path, the Light, and the Way. We have that which is the Word, the love, and the mercy. And bear in mind that the trials and tribulations of this world are more of the mind than even of the body, more of the body than of the spirit. Therefore, let the spirit free, and that which are the mind and the body will fall to the wayside in that which is the perfection of the spiritual nature of self. Self is a spiritual being. Therefore, develop the spiritual being. How does one drop the mind and the body? By performing through the mind and the body those functions that are in conjunction with that of the holy way, the divine guidance – Love.
Luke 22:1-6
Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover. And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people. Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them. And they were glad and covenanted to give him money. And he promised and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude.
S The subtle force, as you would call Judas (whose true name is Judah), is that of the material yearning within man, that within yourself would rationalize and find the force of the physical-mental-material world to be overriding in that which is the search, or the finding of the spiritual, true nature of selves. In this example you have that which is the waywardness of yourselves overcoming that which is the more passive nature of self, which, in itself, is the spirit. For the true spirit or nature in you does not know zel, zeal, or that which accompanies it. For it is, in itself, a shadow of God, an imitation of the real thing, you see, to a degree, that really has not movement of itself. Therefore, in its protection, in its development, the soul of self, the soul-body mind, must be contacted, must be worked upon, ever through that which is the lever of faith. Well said was it, “your faith has made you whole.” Make this one of the tools that develops that which may be used to the glory of the Father-Creator within this world, without this world, within yourselves and your brothers, your sisters.
Luke 22:7-13
Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the Passover must be killed. And he sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare us the Passover, that we may eat.” And they said unto him, “Where wilt thou that we prepare?” And he said unto them, “Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in. And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, ‘The Master saith unto thee, ‘Where is the guest chamber, where I shall eat the Passover with my disciples?’ And he shall show you a large upper room furnished: there make ready.” And they went and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the Passover.
S Even as the Passover occurred to Moses and the peoples of that land, so the Passover, in its way, must come to you. It is that which overcomes the trials and tribulations, the forces of this world. And as the Prince of Love directed here, search for that which is the Aquarian. For through the Aquarian, or that of the New Age to come, is that entry into the time of justification of your being. God has created; God has offered; God has given a passage and a way; God will direct, have no fear. For even as Jesus the Christ was directed to become that which is an extension of God at work, so you may become an extension of Jesus the Christ, who is the bearer of the New Age.
Q What is the city in this?
S The city represents Jerusalem, or that within your body where you must go through all the trials that are within you, facing yourself, to come to that which is the room, or that which is the meeting place of God, that you may face the Passover then. For remember, what is partaken in the Passover or that form which is bitterness, the bitterness of life. And yet, the bitterness of life leads to that which is the overcoming of those forces within yourself and of this world that have detained you from the path you have chosen.
Q Which spiritual center does this symbolize?
S Nominally this signifies that which is the pineal.
Q Is there any significance to the fact that the room was an upper room?
S This is the center you find within yourself in the time of meditation and that which is the choice is to go up within yourself to that which is the area where your cup doth run over.
Luke 22:14-23
And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. And he said unto them, “With desire have I desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer”: For I say unto you, I will not anymore eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, “Take this, and divide it among yourselves: For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come. And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, “This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.” Likewise, also the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you. But behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table. And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed!” And they began to enquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing.
S You have, here, the symbols of all that keep mankind within this realm, within this plane. You have that which is the betrayer that betrays you of yourself to the Christ Force within you. You have that mentioned where the Prince of Love does point out His desire, which is of this world, also pointing out that He would take, partake of that which was to the benefit of the flesh and share these things with others (for all must share that which is the knowledge of the frailty, the desires of mankind, that hold you to this earth), but then declaring that no more would these bind Him. For then He would go to that which is the garden, that which is the promised place, that which is love or God. In the overcoming of that which is the earth, that which are the desires of the earth, whether it be earthly love, companionship, or the needs of this earth, He became that which declared the freedom for the soul force – not only of Himself, but of all mankind – opening the last way to that which is the sacrifice of the ego, the ego-centered mind and intelligence, and in so doing, opening the way that you may find the true redemption, true life – grace.
Luke 22:24-30
And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. And he said unto them, “The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them: and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. For whether it is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth. Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”
S You have the judgment of yourself and of the flow of that [of] your past and your present. You may sit on the throne of the Christ when you have reached that perfection and that forgiveness which is of meditation and prayer brought on by good works towards others. For your greatest intentions are nothing if they are without works. And yet, it is better to have intentions than to be selfish. Jesus the Christ spoke here of the temptations. And we have given of the temptations that crossed the mind and path of Love. For there was the temptation to overcome this world before the mission had been accomplished, or to relieve this world of that which are the problems of this world, to overcome the suffering of others through that which was the power invested in this entity. And yet, there was that realization through the prayer and meditation, more than even the training could give to this entity, that there must be the overcoming and the fulfillment of the entire journey that all might find the way, that they, too, even in their lesser degree, can attain to that which is the Christ perfection.
Luke 22:31-37
And the Lord said, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.” And he said unto him, “Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death.” And he said, “I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.” And he said unto them, “When I sent you without purse, and script, and shoes, lacked ye anything?” And they said, “Nothing.” Then said he unto them, “But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. For I say unto you, “that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me. And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.”
S The man to be called Peter was realizing the first true test of faith, and in this series of that which faced him, that the entity come from that which is the seeker of faith, in the mind finding faith, to faith positive – Peter. Jesus the Christ prayed not that he overcome that which came to him, but to become that which is Peter upon fulfilling that which he must fulfill (and you must fulfill) through the tribulation of that night. Had Jesus the Christ prayed for Simon not to be tested or to overcome, the night would not have been fulfilled. Peter faced it as Simon the man, but came out as Peter of faith, as you shall see. Therefore, all of you that seek must go through that which is the Simon, making the promises, thinking that you are fulfilled within, that you have developed that which is faith. Only in that time of the stress, the temptations, only in that time of tempering can you overcome and then truly be Peter, or faith – the rock.
Q What are we to understand about taking a purse and scrip and buying a sword if we don’t have one? How does it apply to seekers on the path?
S You can find two meanings here. To convert yourself, even though it seems that you have nothing, or must give everything to the sword of the spirit, yet there is the meaning that you may turn that which is your apparent lack, or gratuities, riches, to the sword, but that is the sword of the mind and the ego, that is the sword of war and destruction. But regardless of either sword you take, it is true that he that lives by the sword does die by the sword. If it is the sword of spirit, then the personality that is excessive or egocentric dies upon the sword. But if it is the sword of the worldly personality, the intelligence, the mind captured by the physical, it is the sword of destruction towards that which is the spiritual of self.
Q Is it also saying that when the Lord is with you, you need nothing else? He was about to depart and therefore they would have to, once again, depend to some extent at least upon the tools of this world.
S God is the spirit that is within. God is the sword. Each and every individual has the sword of the spirit. They need not more. For there is no offense that can penetrate, there is nothing that can destroy the spirit – hamper it, chain it down, crimp it. Only you do that. The body is of no consequences, the mind is of no consequences, the intelligence is of no consequences – but the spirit has the true mind, is the true body, has the truth of intelligence coupled with wisdom. It is the sword. As you put it, it is the tool of this world, and yet it is the tool that comes from out of this world. It is the gift of the Father that is given to each entity that they may overcome and become.
Luke 22:38-46
And they said, “Lord, behold, here are two swords.” And he said unto them,” It is enough.” And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him. And when he was at the place, he said unto them, “Pray that ye enter not into temptation.” And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, Saying, “Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless, not my will, but thine, be done.” And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow, and he said unto them, “Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.”
S Temptation is that which leads you from the Path, oh so subtly, using those powers, not only of the mind, but that of the psychic, or the psychical, or those things given to you, in a selfish manner. This is that which pads the ego; this is that which fans the personality as developed through the outer man. Why was there sleep among the disciples? For when Jesus went to the Mount of Olives (which is another way of saying meditation), He found none others were meditating, but asleep in that area. For they had not developed sufficiently that which was necessary for them to go into that which is the house of God. The swords, as presented, are not the swords of the spirit, but that which is used by the hand of man, which is rhetoric, which is rationality, and neither have their place in the house of God. For you do not rationalize with God and rhetoric does no good with God. It is the action, the prayer, and, as given, the meditation.
Q What is this sweat “as it were great drops of blood”?
S You see sometimes in humans, as you sometimes see in other animals, in stress, there is a breakdown of that which is the capillary system releasing blood. Jesus, being in such command of the body, and being overwhelmed with the task, the greatest task faced ever by an entity, focused upon that which was the task, laying that down which were the guards of the body. For Jesus, having the power over the body, then must regulate the body with the control of the mind, rather than that which is the animal, or that which you would see as the medulla, causing that which is the hemorrhaging, as you would call it, because of the intensity of the effort. And realize, if there were such intensity for Jesus to control the mind and body because of the intensity of overcoming the ego, realize the task that is in front of you. It is all well and good for teachers to say, “overcome the ego.” but the ego is wrapped through the cellular body, through the neural body, through the thought body, and even into the action body – all told a terrific job to do. It is as if someone were being told to black out all the suns in your universe. Quite a task. For even He, the Prince of Love and Peace, must learn the lesson, must learn obedience, when the way is given, and the path made clear. You must learn same.
Luke 22:47-53
And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him. But Jesus said unto him, “Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?” When they which were about him saw what would follow, they said unto him, “Lord, shall we smite with the sword?” And one of them smote the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear. And Jesus answered and said, “Suffer ye thus far.” And he touched his ear and healed him. Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, “Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves? When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.”
S Darkness is simply that, that recognizes not the Light. And there is a place for darkness within this world because it was created so to be by the necessities put forth in mankind’s treasure – the earth. For the earth has become the treasure of the physically oriented and those that would find the entrapment of excitement, desire, lust. When comes that time that you must face the fact that you cannot strike back, even with the weapons that you possess – whether they be either of the swords, or both – you cannot physically attack nor spiritually attack. For this is the symbol of cutting off that which this entity was given, that “those that have ears, let them hear” is symblomatic of. You cannot impede anyone regardless of their acts. For how did Jesus with the power of life and death within His hands (life and death, as you would see it), how did He react? By using that term, “it is their hour of darkness.” For all have an hour of darkness – yes, even each of you. For it is the learning process and it is that which must be overcome. For none among you have found the Light, though it glimmers and gleams within you. Once you have found the Light in totality, the darkness is vanquished. You must then take the sword and use it, not upon your neighbors, but upon yourself. The sword is light; the sword is truth; the sword is, in reality, the key. Be then as the Master, condemning not, using not the power that comes to you even for those things that apparently are selfless, but in that which is the greater weighing is the selfish intent. For He could have changed their minds, changed their fate and their faith, but they would not have overcome and met that which is the law. For even Jesus the Christ is not the law, but the Way, the Light, and the Truth. None among you are even that. Therefore, strive to be as the Blueprint and become the way, the light, and the path.
Q Do darkness and fear, more or less, have the same meaning?
S Fear is a product of darkness, not of the Light.
Q Why did Judas choose to kiss Jesus as the sign of betrayal?
S The kiss at that time was a symbol of comradeship and fellowship. It was the taunting, you see, of Judas, or Judah, to challenge Jesus the Christ to use that manifest power, or to manifest the power, as Judas was sure that the Christ Jesus would do. Judah was one who taunted, one who twisted, one who forced. It was the nature of the individual. Though well meaning, it was of the dark. And how often do we find that dark is accentuated by those well-meaning peoples?
Q Had Judah been the brother of Joseph, as Reuben?
S Yes.
Q Did he do this habitually?
S This was part of the personality of the entity. Yes, habitually.
Q When was Jesus’ hour of darkness?
S Jesus suffered the hour of darkness as a prolonged thing; much was in the time of David. Some came upon the cross as that final accomplishment in the overcoming.
Luke 22:54-63
Then took they him and led him and brought him into the high priest’s house. And Peter followed afar off. And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them. But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire and earnestly looked upon him, and said, “This man was also with him.” And he denied him, saying, “Woman I know him not.” And after a little while another saw him, and said, “Thou art also of them.” And Peter said, “Man, I am not.” And about the space of one hour after another confidently affirmed, saying, “Of truth, this fellow also was with him: for he is a Galilaean.” And Peter said, “Man, I know not what thou sayest.” And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew. And the Lord turned and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord. How he had said unto him, “Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.” And Peter went out and wept bitterly. And the men that held Jesus mocked him and smote him.
S If this were a correct version of that which is the Scripture, the word, or the name Simon would have been used until the last. When the awakening of the deed was in Simon, he became Peter. For there was, then, the realization of that which was fulfilled and the part that he must have played. For Peter, became aware and awakened to true faith and indeed became the rock. That which is the weeping is the cleansing. For after the act comes the cleansing. It is even as that which is the child that has been punished, weeps for the punishment, but often also for that which is considered the crime. There was no crime, here in Peter. It was the steps that must have been taken. It is the act that had to be – to accomplish that which is faith. You have a lesser degree to finding faith than Peter. For Peter, in his way, broke the ground for you. Oh, there have been others that have established faith through their act and beliefs for a great time before and will again and again. But Peter took to himself in a manner emulating that which is the Master, and did that which was his, by choice, at that time. For Peter came in not to fulfill totally, but to do that superficially and to a degree, internally. But Peter found that cord and responded to same, and then became truly faith – making the most of the opportunity. There, in itself, is a challenge great for you to assume. Can you take the opportunity and invest and come out to the greater, and be the servant that returns the greater abundance of God?
Q Is Peter alive today to help the work?
S The spirit of Peter is present. It is not necessary for you to know whether Peter, the man, or the entity rather, has returned or not. This is not the importance. The importance is the act and the establishment of faith which is at work now, and that you all will find and have in abundance.
Q Would the Christian martyrs fall into this group?
S You are getting into something that is not quite apropos. However, we will say this: faith does not mean you throw yourself into the jaws of a lion. Faith does not mean that you put your eyes out. Faith does not mean that you pick up a deadly viper and eliminate your physical body. Faith is the belief that you have an eternal, joyous soul – a gift of God that may be released from earthly bondage through that which is following the path, the light, and the way, as set forth by Jesus the Christ, the Savior from Nazareth. Many would term (and quite correctly) martyrs to the greater degree in the times that followed Jesus the Christ, not as progressive but regressive. They might be termed as psychotic and self-destructive. They are the same ilk that would tie a bomb to themselves to blow away walls or kill others. We have said the darkness often is expanded by those who think and believe they are acting in that which are the best interests of mankind or God. Some martyrs were correct in their martyrdom – a majority were ignorant of what was happening to them, and some were as those described, a product of the darkness.
Luke 22:64-71
And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, “Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?” And many other things blasphemously spake they against him. And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying, “Art thou the Christ? tell us.” And he said unto them, “If I tell you, ye will not believe: And if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let me go. Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God.” Then said they all, “Art thou then the Son of God?” And he said unto them, “Ye say that I am.” And they said, “What need we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth.”
S You will find the release of the Christ within yourself to be a shattering experience. It is not the same as meeting that which is the still, small voice in meditation. It is a cataclysmic thing within your mind and your body. It affects the mental and physical as well as that which is the spiritual. It is the cracking of the shell that holds that which is the soul within. It is an awareness that penetrates the very cells and atoms of your body. It is a song sung within the vibrations that are you. It is a time when you must accept, or not accept, even as those around Jesus knew in their hearts what and who He was and hated Him for being that which they could not accomplish to for their very smallness. And yet, pity them the more, for their suffering has been the greater, not because God has struck them down, nor has Jesus taunted them nor hurt them. Their very beings carry that guilt within them that is so hard to rid themselves of – even though He forgave them.
Q When Jesus was charged by the elders of Israel who asked if He were the Son of God. He said unto them, “Ye say that I am.” They immediately accused Him of heresy. What was the belief at that time? Who did the Jews think they were in relationship to God? Why was it a crime to be a son of God?
S The understanding here, though dealt with by theologians and historians, has not been clarified. The understanding that you seek is this: the Jews felt themselves the chosen children, seeing children as that as you would see something raised by say the shepherd or the farmer, that created as a separate line, separate beings, though they realized, to a greater degree and extent, that they had a spirit, and that God was and is a spirit. They felt that there was the gap between themselves and God, filled by that which is the Son of God. There, even in the Greek, is not the word to convey the thought here of that special position and extension between themselves and the Deity. It is like the generator, the power line, and the light bulb, with the Hebrew believing they were the light bulb, God the generator, and the chosen, the special, or as later defined in the Greek, the Christo, as that which was the touch both. It is as if Jesus were telling them, or agreeing with them, that He was as God, or the Holy Spirit, which, to the Jew was blasphemy. [10-83]
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And now we give that which is love and blessings, peace and rejuvenation.