35. St. John

Jesus' Presence Like That Of A Very God

.    I am here, St. John, apostle of Jesus;
    I am here again so soon because I want to help you believe in what the Master just wrote you as to your mission and the work that he has chosen you to do.
    I know it is difficult for you to believe that the communication actually came from Jesus, but I must tell you that he wrote the message, and that what you received and wrote he actually said; and in doing so he was the king as well as the loving savior who heretofore appeared to you as the loving and kindly brother that he is.
    You must not doubt that he wrote you just as you received it, and that he has selected you for his disciple to do this great work of receiving and transmitting to mankind the wonderful truths which he shall write.
    When he selected me as his disciple on earth I had my doubts as you have yours, and it was only after I came in close personal contact and association with him and saw the wonderful power that he had, as well as the great absorbing love, did my doubts leave me. While you cannot see him as I did, and hear his voice of love and blessings as I did, yet you will be able to feel his love and realize his presence.
    When he told you that you must doubt no longer as to your being selected for this work, he was a magnificent spirit in his aspect of power and authority, and we who saw him as he told you these things knew that he was the Jesus who led us through Galilee and performed the wonderful things that he did; and also the great Jesus who gave to us the knowledge and the way to obtain the powers to heal the sick and open the eyes of the blind and raise the dead. His presence was that of a very God, for he seemed possessed of power and authority, as well as of love and grace.
    The spirits who were present and who had never seen these qualities of his nature displayed before were awe-struck, and like Peter and James and myself on the Mount of Transfiguration, fell to their faces because of the exceeding brightness of his countenance, and the glory of his power which illuminated his whole being.
    When he comes into the spheres lower than that in which he lives, as you would say, he leaves behind him this great brightness and glory and appears only as a beautiful, loving brother spirit. And never before had those spirits who were present when he wrote you seen the wonderful and inspiring appearance which he then showed.
    I tell you that you are a very favored mortal, and when your faith grows you will realize what a wonderful mission has been given you to carry out.
    Now we are all the more interested in you than ever, and continually will you have around you some of the high celestial spirits to aid and enlighten you in doing this great work; but the greatest of all will be the Master, for he will be with you often.
    Now you must strive to attain to the fullness of this divine love and the faith which is so necessary. There is no doubt as to your getting it if you will only pray. And I must tell you here that you have the prayers of a host of celestial spirits ascending continually to the Father that this faith be given you in its greatest degree. I, John, tell you this because I know, and my knowledge is based on fact.
    So let your prayers go to the Father, and let your trust in the Master and his promises increase until at last you may realize the wonderful blessings that may be yours.
    With my love and blessings I am- 
    Your brother in Christ, John