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JOHN 12:48

"He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day."

In biblical symbolism, this verse describes an inner law, not an external tribunal.

The “judgment” is not a punishment from without, but the soul confronting the truth it has refused to embody.

“He that rejecteth me” symbolizes the lower personality turning away from the Higher Self, the Christ within.

To “reject” is not disbelief but non‑alignment, the refusal to rise into the higher vibration of the inner Word.

“Receiveth not my words” means the soul does not yet allow the spiritual pattern to shape its inner life.

The “words” are not doctrines; they are states of consciousness, the living impulses of the Divine Mind.

Then comes the key:

“Hath one that judgeth him.”

This “one” is not an external deity but the soul’s own higher nature, which holds the blueprint of what the person is meant to become.

Judgment is the contrast between what the soul is and what it could be.

“The word that I have spoken… shall judge him in the last day.”

“the last day” is not a future date but the moment of inner unveiling, when the soul stands before its own truth.

The “Word” is the inner Logos, the divine pattern implanted in every human being.

When the personality refuses to rise to it, the Word becomes a mirror, revealing the gap between the lower and the higher.

Thus the judgment is:
- the soul seeing itself clearly
- the personality confronted by the Higher Self
- the inner truth measuring the outer life
- the Divine pattern revealing what remains untransformed

Nothing external condemns; the soul awakens to its own unfinished work.

The Esoteric Message…..
The Higher Self does not judge, the soul is judged by the truth it carries within, the Word it was born to become.

 

See Also

BIBLE VERSES

JOHN 1:1

JOHN 3:16

JOHN 8:58

JOHN 10:10

JOHN 12:48

JOHN 16:5
JOHN 16:6
JOHN 16:7

JOHN 17:17