That I prefer to speak through Bobbe will probably dismay many of you who consider yourselves “pious” and “holy”. That I have chosen a nonbeliever as our voice pleases me, and you shouldn’t be surprised. You have long ago stopped listening to ME.
I have tried from time out of mind to make my will known to you. What I make easy, you must make difficult. What I give as a gift, you try to sell for a price. Why do you think I cannot give my love to all of you without strings attached? What could you offer me that I could not grant myself? I have made promises to this world of Man, and I have recorded them for you to find in different books all over the world. I deliver on my promise to mankind every time a baby is brought into this world. It is my heart that brings the warmth of the rays in the morning sun. It is my voice you hear in the forest during the day, or in the desert wind at night. I shout at you with the surf crashing against the rocks, and still you do not listen.
Do you suppose the creator of humanity wants his children to kill each other? Does it sit with you that I would create one race to set above all others? Does a father make such choices about his children? I favor no race above all others, if I did that, why bother to create other races at all? There is no hidden truth, no secret book, no lost tribe. You are all my children, I love you with the same heart. Pagan and Christian. Catholic and Lutheran. Muslim and Jew. You all believe along different paths. They all lead to me. Do you hate your brother because his path takes him past the ocean, while yours follows a trail through the forest? I say to you, none of you holds to the one true path, for such does not exist. I have given all of you the capacity for love, and you cannot stand to cherish the gift without perversion to hate. I have given you a soul and you cannot tolerate it. I have given you variety of race, and you think I want you to choose a dominant species. Where did I say this? My TRUE word does not speak of it, though you may be confused by the human interpretations of it.
You who read my books and find contradictions, you will know my word when you hear it, it is NOT filled with hate, and blood, and malice. These are HUMAN failings, and I do not endorse them in my holy books. I want you to love each other, as I love you all. Do not put your trust in one who claims such things in my name, invoking me doesn’t grant you an endorsement.
There is no one who can argue your case to the kingdom of Heaven. There is no one who can speak for you. When you stand before me it will be you & I alone. I will judge you not on your works, not on your appearance, not on how many $20’s you put in the basket on Sunday. Dunking your head under water, eating a cracker from a priest, singing hymns, covering your wife’s face with a rag will not do it. These are the rituals of MAN, and it is man who needs them. I am God.
I will judge you with the love you carry in your own heart. You, yourself, will decide your fate.
And I will hold you to it! You, who put your selfishness above the heavenly host, you false prophets, who presume to speak for me, ME, He who was, before there WAS a was. I created the Earth. I created the stars. I CREATED YOU. I do not need you to speak for me. When you spew hate from your mouth, you do NOT speak for me. And all your talk of genocide will not endear you to me. Your slander and false witness against your human brother will not bring you into my fold. You do not decide who will enter my kingdom and who will not.
You whose words imply that I endorse your taking up arms against your brother, beware: I will condemn you to the same soil that you have buried your brother in, and it will bring you no closer to me. There is nothing about war that is holy, you are lying to yourselves. I stand behind no bullet fired at another, I grant no allegiance to any nation that would oppress another, I bless no bomb that kills children. You will not find me in a trigger, a missile or a detonator. I am not on your side, whichever side you are fighting for.
You whose words inspire killing and cruelty in others, you shall I also hold accountable as surely as the one you deceived. Your lies are more toxic than snakes venom, and I shall deal with you harshly. I saw you rise from dust. I shall watch as you return to the source, and I will divine that your passing shall be unremarkable. Whosoever amongst you prophecies killing another in my name is damned, and I will turn my face from you in judgment when you sit before me, as you turned your face from those who begged your mercy.
I tell you that the children hear my voice the clearest, and hold council with me attentively. They come to me with an open countenance, and their hearts are pure. If you are still unsure about what my criteria is, look at a child; I have granted you the power to create my best example.
You can still do it if you want to. You can save yourselves. I have not closed my door to my children, but you have nonetheless lost sight of it. I give you these words in the hope that you can find your way back to me. You don’t need another to guide you: I have left a map for you in your heart. Look for it there. Look for ME there.
Silence your mouths.
Bend your knees.
BOW YOUR HEADS.
I will answer you.
I Am The God You Know
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