This document is a comprehensive analysis of Matthew 21 from the Bible, focusing on Divine Authority & Spiritual Awakening; spiritual and metaphysical interpretations. It discusses various events and teachings within the chapter, such as Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, the cleansing of the temple, and several parables. The analysis delves into the deeper symbolic meanings and spiritual messages behind these narratives, emphasizing themes like faith, the nature of divine authority, and spiritual awakening.

Ram Reading 10-38

Prayer – Channel

Almighty God,

who has created us,

we come before You asking through

Jesus the Christ that Thy presence be made

known to us that Thy direction be given to us

that we may be as tools of Thy use, oh Lord.

For, oh Father, we believe and have faith that

You are all-knowing, all-loving, all-wise.

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Behold the presence of the Lord! For ye that have faith will find the Way. And what is the way? To persevere. To find that which is the strength when you are in adversity. To be about thy Father’s business, even though the way is hard. To smile. To find love and patience with thy fellow man. To be as that which is as the persevering thought, one who – though he may stumble and fall-lifts self up and seeks the presence of the Lord.

Matthew 21:1-5

And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,” Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, ‘The Lord hath need of them’; and straightway he will send them.” All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, “Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.

S You have here, first, that which is the representation (or as that which is Jerusalem) of that which is the spiritual seat of the body, even as sometime given, or as exemplified in the body, as that which is the pituitary and the enlightening of same, or that which is the force or understanding of the Christ, coming to that which is the understanding in the man Jesus, as He came to that place, or that which is known in the Hebrew (or even as translated) as the House of Unripe Figs, or that which is the understanding or awareness of grace, and yet that which is left or that which has not accomplished to same. How is that to be accomplished? By seeking that which is given as the ass, or that which is the donkey, or that which is the work. For they are representing here that which is work, work, work to come to that place where the spirit is uplifted, where the spiritual is understood, where the grace is encountered. It is as work. Ye must ride upon that which is work. Let no man think that they may, or that he may, step aside, or glide through, without that which is the seeking of the hard work. For it is a labor to ride to that which is Jerusalem.

Q Several places in Matthew indicate that things were done so that statements of a prophet might be fulfilled. Could you give further explanation on that?

S Remember, prophet is that which stands for, in itself, the spirit or the spiritual enlightenment. The word prophet in the Testaments, in the sacred writings, wherever they appear, even in conjunction with a name, is that which means of the spirit, by the spirit, or that which is the Holy Spirit at work, see?

Q Would you please comment on this, ‘Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee.’

S This is as Zion, or Sion – is that which is as the spiritual awareness, or the harboring of same. Therefore, when one comes on that which are the lessons, the earning, the learning, the work, the spiritual awareness, which is the daughter that becomes then the mother, that even is given as Jesus‘ mother, held within that which was herself the perfected idea, the ideal of a Christ that allowed Jesus to be in and of this world, in that time, for Him to complete that which is the mission. Therefore, within selves, too, comes that awakening, that awareness, that holding.

Matthew 21:6-9

And the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them, and brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying,” Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.”

S Here you have that divesting of that which is the outer, as the garments are spread or thrown. That which is as the false, or the illusion, or the creation of – by the minds of the illusion. That which holds the soul force within this earth plane, being cast down to be trodden upon by that which is the beast or the work that carries that which is as the awareness, or the Christ Force which is the working of God. That which is symbolled here, in that of the palm branches, is that which is as the tree of life, the branching of same into a path that leads to that which is the overcoming of this world. For ye have that which is then called David, or that which is earth love properly channeled, being the forerunner here, then, of that which is the Son of Man, or the Christ Force, or the awakening (though we will comment upon David and the Christ in a time to come).

Matthew 21:10-11

And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? And the multitude said, “This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee”.

S You have that which is, once again, the spirit, or the force, or the truth coming to that which is the awareness within self of God and God’s forces, God‘s love, God‘s true creation – casting aside that which is the shell, or the man–woman self, or the concepts of same – the illusionary.

Matthew 21:12-13

And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves. And said unto them, “It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

S For each and every individual the lesson is that, until ye in righteous anger, cleanse thine own temple, thine own house, so that it truly will be as a place of worship to God – not for self, not for mankind. It is not dedicated for that, but to present to yourself, to your God. The outer use of the body is as a tool of God, as you would have it used for a tool of God within this plane. But that which lies within, in the Holy of Holies, is where you will meet your God, your Father, your Creator, the Prime Cause, the First Cause.

Matthew 21:14-16

And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, “Hosanna to the son of David;” they were sore displeased, And said unto him, “Hearest thou what these say?” And Jesus saith unto them, ‘Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou has perfected praise?

S Here, there is that which is as the understanding can come even to those who, even as a child or as babes, would put their faith in God. For within self must come the awareness, see, of that which is as God. And whether ye be lame and blind in the ways of the Lord, that which you may find within and without, God in action, God the Father, God the Spirit, will heal. And that which will arise within self and awaken, that ye may see the more, do the more, act the more, think the more, is that which is the Christ or the Christ Force.

Matthew 21:17-19

And he left them and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there. Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered. And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, “Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward forever.” And presently the fig tree withered away.

S This is as those who are exposed to that which is the Way, the Truth, and the Light. And though it is there, though it has grown, though they have the knowledge, there is no wisdom present. Therefore, it must be turned to that which is the beginning again, or that which is once again a search, or the turning back to another, or the coming in again, if you would have it so – reincarnation – or the recycling of that which is the soul force, the mind force, that ye may once again work again and learn. That which is the fig tree, then, is that which gives off good fruit. Where no fruit is given, then it must be replanted to grow again.

Q What does the fig itself represent?

S Even as it is for man that which cleanses, that which values the body, that which balances the physical–mental forces within the body.

Matthew 21:20–22

And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How soon is the fig tree withered away!” Jesus answered and said unto them, “Verily I say unto you, if ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain,’ Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea’; it shall be done. And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.”

S Even as the mountain is that which represents the insurmountable, that which is overwhelming and overpowering within the lives of individuals, so in faith they may be overcome. For even as given, within self is that which is the temple of God, that which is holy. It is that which is important within the body, rather than how the body looks, how the body acts, or the physical or mental blocks that come before self. For view all things as that which is as a test of faith – how you would perceive your fellow man, how you would perceive your world, and most of all how you would accept, believe, and have faith in your God.

Q There has been a lot of discussion in orthodox churches on the actual physical moving of mountains. Could you comment on that further?

S As they see things only in the outer, or would present them only in the outer, with sometimes a coating of the spiritual, so they see the mountains as the physical thing through their physical understanding, their physical eyes, or as they would have the layman see them, view them. For it is as the insurmountable that would be presented. For they know that for the layman and for themselves it is impossible to move the mountain. They also know for those of the higher spiritual that can move the mountain, they would not move the mountain. For that would be contrary to God’s law of this plane, this place. For ye would be descending into that which is the material the more, to use the spiritual for that which is the moving of the mountain. For what would the moving of the mountain accomplish? Not a thing. It is that mountain of illusion that is put before an individual that must be cast into the sea of life, or the spiritual sea, that it may be washed away.

Matthew 21:23-27

And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority”? And Jesus answered and said unto them, “I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men?” And they reasoned with themselves, saying, “ if we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.” And they answered Jesus, and said, “We cannot tell.” And he said unto them, “Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.”

S Here you have that which is the confronting in self of that which are the doubts, the misunderstandings, that which is the aware mind -the ego-facing that which confounds it, or the spiritual nature, the spiritual truth. For to say ”yea’, ye have lost; to say ”nay”, ye have lost. Therefore, until that time when you may throw both out and receive God, He that is the Christ will reveal Himself not to you. You must find the Way. And He is ever ready, then, to give of Himself that helping hand, that love, the grace, the mercy.

Q How do we obtain faith? Is that a growing thing by degrees?

S Through that which is even given, by taking and holding to yourself the one thought. By being steady in what you see and do. By (though that which are the stumbling blocks come to self, and ye may stumble, ye may fall) by lifting up, by being that which attains in that which is as the direction. And as ye move forward, as ye hold to yourself that which is the strength, that which is the seeking, there will come to selves that which is the awareness. Maybe not so much to the aware mind which is held so oft in illusion. Yet to that which is the subconscious, or the true mind of self, comes that which is the feeding, the understanding, the awareness. Hold fast.  Hold steady.

Matthew 21:28-31

“But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard’. He answered and said,’ I will not’: but afterward he repented and went. And he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said, ‘I go, sir:’ and went not. Whether of them twain did the will of his father”? They say unto him, “The first.” Jesus saith unto them, “Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.”

S Here is the understanding, once again, as so often given: though ye stumble, though ye walk on the wrong path, though ye knock at the wrong door, once ye start to seek- not in self, not for self, but for God – then you overcome that which would be as chains, that which would hold you back. For those who are self-righteous, those who feel they have attained, those who are not humble, they are those that will miss that which is the calling. For it is to those who have strayed, the lost sheep, that He has come. He is not the shepherd of the mighty. He is not the shepherd of those who would find God in their own image. He is the shepherd of those, that even if they have found those things, would cast them aside, would find His way, His truth, His love, through Jesus the Christ.

Q The second son said he would go and did not. Does this work in with people having the right purposes but failing to meet the mark?

S This is lip service. This is those who would slide by. These are those who have the knowledge but not the wisdom.

Matthew 21:32

For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.

S The voice, the knowledge, awakens and knows who would find the path regardless of what they seem to be or have been. For once the path is found, once that which are the stumbling blocks are overcome, once perseverance has had its day and brings forth the joy of love, so the illusion is cast aside and that which would be termed as karma is lost, or that which is the negative karma is lost, and only that which would be termed as good is retained.

Matthew 21:33.41

Hear another parable: “There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen that they might receive the fruits of it. And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise. But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, ‘They will reverence my son’. But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.’ And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen? They say unto him, ‘He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.’”

S Here, then, is that which-by your fruits ye shall be known. For as is given to you in understanding, in example, in love: how ye treat that is how you are treated, by your own selection, in that which is the judgment. For selves will be judged, and by selves. And when that time comes, when that period is climaxed, those who have cast aside the warnings, those who have not followed the Light, those who have thought only of themselves and destroyed or cast out that which is the life force within themselves, the God Force, must begin again in that harrowing experience of those eons of time, till they once again will have the opportunity to raise above that which is the physical mental level.

 Matthew 21:42–44

Jesus saith unto them, “Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes? Therefore, say I unto you, ‘The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.’”

S Here is that which is the great example, the great warning, the great reward. For that which is the falling upon the stone is destroying within self the ego self, the image self, the illusionary self, that ye may find that which is the cornerstone – cast aside by the ego, the illusionary self, the image self – the Christ Force it is. And if ye cannot find the Christ Force, then once again the Christ Force will overcome you, that you may once again seek through that which is the overcoming of the eons of time, the physical-mental man. For the Christ is ever ready to take you and dash your fallacious self upon the truth that ye may be, in truth, set free.

Matthew 21:45.46

And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them. But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.

S This is that which occurs within self, once ye find the truth, even though it is that which bedazzles, even that which mystifies, even that which excites, even that which would cast within the self the turmoil, the fighting, that which is as the beginning of awareness. For the prophet, then, is the spirit, is the love that gives that which is theWay -also the warning. For it leads to that which is the fight between the darker side of self and the lighter self. It is at that time ye must choose whom you will serve.