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After his ascension, Elijah received the almost unique dispensation that enabled him to reembody; and so he came again as John the Baptist to “prepare the way of the Lord.” He willingly took on a flesh form and allowed himself to be sacrificed at the hand of Herod, in order to assist his disciple to fulfill his mission. | After his ascension, Elijah received the almost unique dispensation that enabled him to reembody; and so he came again as John the Baptist to “prepare the way of the Lord.” He willingly took on a flesh form and allowed himself to be sacrificed at the hand of Herod, in order to assist his disciple to fulfill his mission. | ||
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O Mestre Ascenso João Batista teve duas encarnações que estão registradas na Bíblia: o profeta Elias, no Antigo Testamento e João Batista, no Novo Testamento. O próprio Jesus declarou que João Batista era Elias que retornara.[1]
Elias e Eliseu
A história de Elias, o tisbita, e de seu discípulo Eliseu (uma encarnação anterior de Jesus) está registrada no Livro de Reis, onde a ascensão de Elias é descrita da seguinte maneira: “... um carro de fogo, com cavalos de fogo, os separou um do outro, e Elias subiu ao céu num redemoinho”.[2]
Depois de testemunhar a ascensão do seu mestre, Eliseu apanhou “a capa que caíra de Elias” e golpeou as águas do rio Jordão. Quando elas se dividiram e Eliseu passou, os filhos dos profetas viram que o espírito de Elias repousava sobre ele. Daquele dia em diante, Eliseu realizou muitos milagres, feitos alquímicos que profetizaram o triunfo do seu Espírito sobre a matéria, que ocorreria durante a sua encarnação final como Jesus. As narrativas de Eliseu sarando as águas, multiplicando o óleo da viúva, abrindo o ventre da sunamita e, mais tarde, ressuscitando o seu filho, a multiplicação dos pães e a cura da lepra de Naamã estão registrados no segundo Livro de Reis, juntamente com outras demonstrações da Lei realizadas pelo “Homem de Deus”.
João Batista
After his ascension, Elijah received the almost unique dispensation that enabled him to reembody; and so he came again as John the Baptist to “prepare the way of the Lord.” He willingly took on a flesh form and allowed himself to be sacrificed at the hand of Herod, in order to assist his disciple to fulfill his mission.
The relationship of Jesus and John the Baptist is a story of great devotion, love and respect—beautiful to behold and seldom equaled. It is the story of the guru-chela, master-disciple relationship. Being the great and humble teacher that he was, John said of Jesus, “He must increase, but I must decrease”[3]; for he bore in his heart the great God-desire that Jesus should exceed him in attainment and in service. He wanted to remain in the background, to see the glory—the full mantle of his ascended consciousness—upon Jesus. After his lifetime as John the Baptist, he returned to the ascended state.
His service today
The ascended master John the Baptist says:
There must be a meeting ground for heaven and earth, and that is the place of the heart. Your heart is the receiver of God, of Christed ones; and the womb of the Divine Mother is the recipient of the seed of Alpha for the birth of the Divine Manchild. Therefore, as Christed ones, welcome the King of kings and Lord of lords into your heart! As flames of the Divine Mother, cherish the incarnation of the Christ!
It is the materialization of the God flame that we pursue to make earth a haven of light that all mankind might know the kingdom of God within and without, the conformity of sacred law.[4]
Sources
Mark L. Prophet and Elizabeth Clare Prophet, The Masters and Their Retreats, s.v. “Elijah (John the Baptist).”