Lord of Karma, Page 20

Rev 2,23b and 3,2-3:

(2,23b): And all the churches shall know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you as your works deserve.

(3,2-3): (2) Awake, and strengthen what remains and is on the point of death, for I have not found your works perfect in the sight of my God. (3) Remember then what you received and heard; keep that, and repent. If you will not awake, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come upon you.

It is important here to know, as Steiner tells us, that Rev 2,18-29 is a letter to the angel of the church in Thyatira. It is the fourth “letter” and represents the fourth Cultural Era of the post-Atlantean Epoch. It is the era inwhich Christ incarnated, the era in which he gave human beings his “word,” which “will be [their] judge on the last day” (Jn 12,48). “All the churches .. . know” this as well as the fact that he “searches mind and heart” and “will give to each .. . as your works deserve.” This tells what the churches “know” and what Christ “will” do in regard to karmic justice in the future. It does not purport, at that time, to execute such judgment.

Rev 3,1-6 is a letter to the angel of the church in Sardis. Being the fifth “letter,” it represents the fifth Cultural Era, the present one from A.D. 1414 to 3574 (see I-19). Here Christ admonishes that humanity “awake,” for it “is on the point of death.” Steiner is the prophet who has shown us that the time for awakening is here. We are told in vs 2 that Christ’s judgment has actually commenced, for he has “not found your works perfect in the sight of my God.” We are reminded in Mt 5,48 that we must become “Perfect.” We must here be intrigued that his “coming” is “like a thief.” See “Thief in the Night.” In vs 3 Christ says, “you will not know at what hour I will come upon you.” In truth, he has been with us in the etheric world now for almost a century and we have not even suspected his presence, like that of a thief. It is essential that we “awake, and strengthen what remains.”

Rev 22,12:

Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense, to repay every one for what he has done.

When the long evolutionary periods envisioned by the Apocalypse are understood, a “coming” two millennia after the events in Palestine is a “coming soon.” Illusion has existed about the meaning of the Second Coming since humanity has not understood its nature. We see here, however, in this final illustration, the recurring theme that “every one” is to be repaid “for what he has done.” No exceptions are made for those who are “forgiven” (see “Forgiven Sins”). This meshes with all that has been said here. The “repayment” involves the settlement of all karmic debt, taking into account that objective karmic debt which has been paid by Christ. Fortunately, as we have seen, karma can be good as well as bad, so that “recompense” can be joyful as well. This thought is a fitting conclusion for all that has been said before in the Biblical narrative.

We have now examined those New Testament passages that speak significantly of Christ Jesus as judge. Now we can begin to see how broad and wonderful was the vision of Isaiah, who called him one upon whose shoulder the government would be, who would be called “Wonderful Counselor” (Is 9,6), upon whom the “spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel,” etc., “shall rest,” who would “not judge by what his eyes see, or decide by what his ears hear; but with righteousness” (Is 11,1-4). Here we have administration (government) that includes “counseling” and “judging.” There could not be a more perfect description of the Lord of Karma who will see that “the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain” (Is 40,4) until even the extremes of the lower kingdoms are reconciled (Is 11,6-9 and 65,25; Rom 8,19-23; Eph 1,9-10).