Interesting Things to Think About #9: The Prophet is You

Prophecy is not foretelling the future; it is speaking as God. Jews have never been impressed by all the "prophecies" supposedly fulfilled by Jesus Christ because most of them were not prophecies at all. I believe there was a prophet or were prophets at the end of the Season of Grace, but we possibly have no real record of him or them.

We are stuck, though, with this prophecy from Deuteronomy 18:15: "The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken" (KJV). As I said in my previous post (and according to Neville Goddard), ”Moses” is the germ of the Gospel in us. This characteristic in man once played out in the writing of the Pentateuch, and then the Old Testament, but it is a general quality inherent in each of us.

We all have that germ of the Gospel in the midst of us. Each of us is a Moses, for Moses is a quality of God, and we all are God. The prophet Moses speaks about also arises in the midst of us . . . in the head-ball, as it were. Christians are quick to jump to the conclusion that the only prophet whom Moses could be referring to is Jesus. Well, yes, but my point is that that is, again, us. Each individual.

As 'Moses' played out in the writing of the scriptures, what prophet played out in the writing of the New Testament? How about the author of the Book of Mark? Just as the Book of Genesis was actually about Moses‘ psychological development, the Book of Mark was likewise about its author’s psychological development. Just a higher level, a higher order than Moses’. The author of the Book of Mark was, in my opinion, an Indian Therapeut Buddhist missionary to Israel who learned the true ancient Jewish religion, and then, using Gautama Buddha as his model and example (just as Genesis' author used the true historical Moses as his model and example), WROTE OF HIS OWN EXPERIENCES IN CHRIST. The Book of Mark is autobiographical.

My point is that the “prophet” who enters into the living relationship with the Holy Spirit is us. The 'prophet' is inherently resident in each of us. We carry the germ of the Gospel, and we carry the germ of the Life from on High. Our inner man speaks on behalf of God. As God.

Here is a short clip from a biography of Vivekananda:

"Our Master (Vivekananda) used to laugh at himself for the strength of the impression that this dream had made on him. But he could never shake it off. The fact that the second of the two etymologies
has been lost is deeply to be regretted. The Swami had to say that before he had had this
dream, it had never occurred to him to doubt that the personality of Christ was strictly historic.
We must remember, however, that according to Hindu philosophy, it is the completeness of an
idea that is important, and not the question of its historical authenticity. The Swami once asked
Sri Ramakrishna, when he was a boy, about this very matter. "Don't you think," answered his
Guru, "that those who could invent such things were themselves that?" (emphases mine).

And from the author of Mark from the ancient Aramaic (Victor N. Alexander's translation, with my cut-and-paste corrections):

Mark 1
1. The beginning of the Revelation* of Jesus Christ,* Son of God. [Lit. "He (the Father) reveals the anointed Life-Giving, Living Branch (the anointed Life-Giver)."} 2. As it was written by Isaiah the Prophet, that, "Behold, I shall send my messenger before your face, to lay out your path. 3. "The voice that cries in the wilderness, 'Consecrate the path of the Lord, and lay down his avenues.' " 4. There was John in the wilderness, and he preached the Baptism of Grace for the forgiveness of sins. 5. And there came out to him all the inhabitants of Judea and the children of Jerusalem, and he baptized them in the Jordan River, as they confessed their sins.

6. John wore clothes made from camel hair and tied a leather belt on his back, and his food was the grasshoppers and honey of the wilderness. 7. And he preached and said, "Behold, there comes one after me, who is mightier than me, whom I am not even worthy of untying the belts of his sandals ("...not worthy of being his servant"). 8. "I baptize you with water, however he will baptize you by the holy Spirit.

9. And it happened in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee ("Nussrat d'Ga-lee-la," meaning, "Victorious Revelation."), and he was baptized in the Jordan River by John. 10. And at once when he rose from the water, he saw the heaven split open and the Spirit like a dove descending over him. 11. And the voice from heaven, "You are my beloved Son, in you I am fulfilled." 12. And at once the spirit drove him to the wilderness. 13. And he was there in the wilderness forty days, as he was tempted by Satan, and he was with beasts and the angels ministered to him.

14. After John was betrayed, Jesus came to Galilee, and preached the Hope of the Kingdom of God,
15. And he said, "The Age has ended ("The season is finished," "Time is up," or in
other words, "The Age of the Old Testament is over."), and the Kingdom of God has
arrived. Repent and believe in the Hope [of Salvation.]

*1:1.1 Literal Aramaic idiomatic (Lit. Ar. id.) name: "Awon-galee-yoon," or He Reveals.
*1:1.2 Lit. Ar. id. name "Eashoa'," meaning "The Life-Giving, Living Branch," and,
"M'shee-khah, "The Anointed One." For simplicity, then, in the proper English syntax
"The Anointed Life-Giver."
*1:7 Lit. Ar. idiomatic expression retained: "...not worthy of being his servant."
*1:9 Lit. Ar. names, "Nussrat d'Ga-lee-la," meaning, "Victorious Revelation."
*1:15 Lit. Ar. idiomatic figure of speech: "The season is finished," "Time is up," or in
other words, "The Age of the Old Testament is over."
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The Age of Moses comes to its natural close, and we move on to the Life in the Holy Ghost! "Mark," the Indian Buddhist missionary, got it! We are the Prophet Moses spoke of! Get it!