Earliest Words of Jesus

Ed Rabel was a much loved and respected teacher of Metaphysics at Unity School

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Luke 2:49. “I must be about my father’s business.” This passage has two “metaphysical landmarks.” (1) This is the first time that Jesus speaks about God as being “our father.” (2) Jesus states why he is here, or what is “our father’s business”: teaching, healing, perfection.

Matthew 3:15. “Suffer it now.” Why Jesus “entered into the ministry of John the Baptist.”

Matthew 4:4. “Man shall not live by bread alone.” Unity is a ministry of the word. Matthew 4:7. “Thou shall not tempt the Lord thy God.” Don’t try to play games with Spirit. Matthew 4:10. “Get thee hence, Satan.” The way to decline the “satanic level of human nature or consciousness.”

John 1:39. Three simple and breathtaking statements: “What seek thee?” “Come and thee shall see.” “Follow me.” 

John 2:7-8. Jesus does not touch the water, but rather just makes three statements: “Fill the water pots with water,” “Draw out now,” and “Take to the ruler of the feast.”

John 3:3. “Ye must be born anew.” Jesus tells Nicodemus how to enter into higher levels of consciousness.

John 4:36-37. “He that reaps receives wages.” We are all either sowing or reaping in life, but the field in which we sow may not be the field in which we reap. Thank you, Ed Rabel, for explaining why we do ministry.

John 4:48. Jesus elicits the “healing consciousness” in the official who’s son was dying. 

Mark 2:10. Human beings on earth have been given power to forgive sins. Until now, the only response to sin had been punishment. Jacob Boehme: “The true spirit of Jesus Christ is continuous forgiveness of sin.” 

Matthew 9:17. Don’t stuff new metaphysical teachings on top of an old belief system. Put new spiritual wine into new wineskins.