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Chapter 27: The Transition to Holy Ground
8. For They Have Come
Think only on how holy you must be, through whom the Voice of the Divine calls lovingly unto your sisters and brothers, that you may awaken in them the Voice that answers to your call. And think how holy they must be, when in them rests your own awakening, with your Freedom joined. However much you may wish in madness that they be condemned for their mistakes and the insanity of their nightmares, the Divine is in them. And never will you know It is in you as well while you attack Its chosen Home, and battle with Its Host. Regard your sisters and brothers gently and with compassion. Behold with loving eyes those who carry Divine Essence within themselves, that you may behold Its Glory, and rejoice that Heaven is joined in you.
Is it too much to ask a little trust for them who carry Divine Essence to you, that you may be forgiven for all your mistakes, and left without a single one you cherish still? Forget not that a shadow held between your sisters and brothers and yourself will obscure the Face of Divine Essence and Memory of the Divine, if that is your wish. And would you trade these Treasures for an ancient enmity long ago dissolved? The ground whereon you stand is holy ground because of Divine Essence and Its Creator Who, standing there with you, have blessed it with Their Innocence and Peace. The blood of an ancient hatred fades to let the grass grow green again and the flowers be all colorful and fragrant in the summer sun. Because of Them who stand there with you, what was a place of death has now become a living Temple in a world of Light.
It is Their Presence that has lifted Holiness again to Its Place of Power in your mind. Because of Them miracles have sprung up as abundant gardens on the barren ground that conflict and enmity had scorched and rendered desolate. What enmity had wrought have They undone. And now you stand on ground so holy Heaven leans to embrace it and lift it to Itself. The shadow of an ancient dream of hate has gone, and where They have come all the blight and withering have passed forever from the land.
What is a hundred or a thousand years to Them, or tens of thousands? When They come, time’s Purpose is fulfilled. What never was passes to nothingness when They have come. What fear seemed to claim is given up to Love, and Freedom lights up every living thing and lifts it into Heaven, where the Lights grow ever brighter as each one comes Home. The incomplete is made Complete again. And Heaven’s Joy has been increased because what is Its Own has been restored to It. The bloodied earth is cleansed, and the mad have shed their garments of insanity, to join Them on the ground whereon you stand.
Heaven is grateful for this gift of what has been withheld so long. For They have come to gather in Their Own. What has been blocked is opened. What was held apart from Light is given up that Light may shine on it, and leave no space or distance lingering between the Light of Heaven and the world. The holiest of all the places on Earth is where an ancient hatred has become a present Love. And They come quickly to the living Temple where a Home for Them has been prepared. There is no place in Heaven holier. And They have come to dwell within the Temple offered Them, to be Their Resting Place as well as yours.
What fear has released to Love becomes the brightest Light in Heaven’s Radiance. And all the Lights in Heaven brighter grow with gratitude for what has been restored. Around you angels hover lovingly, to keep away all darkened thoughts of separation, and sustain the Light where It has entered in. Your footprints lighten up the world, for where you walk forgiveness goes with you. Everyone on Earth offers thanks to one who has restored their home, and sheltered them from bitter winter and the freezing cold. And shall the Creator of Heaven and Its Children be less grateful for so much more?
Now the Temple of the Living that the Divine rebuilt is Host again to It by Whom It was created. Where It dwells Its Children dwell with It, never separate. And They who have come give thanks that They have been made welcome at last. Where stood a cross of abandonment and martyrdom stands now the risen Divine Essence, and ancient scars are healed within Its Sight. A timeless miracle has come to bless and to replace an ancient enmity that came to kill. In gentle Gratitude do the Creator and Its Children return to what is Theirs, and will forever be. Now is the Holy Spirit’s Purpose completed. For They have come! For They have come at last!
