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MESSIAH

A symbol of the incoming Truth and Love, the Higher Self born in the soul.

"Andrew findeth first his own brother Simon and saith unto him, We have found the Messiah (which is, being interpreted, Christ)." - JOHN i. 41.

The astro-mental nature was enabled to modify the closely allied physical brain and make it a better mental instrument for the needs of the Christ, who had now appeared within the soul.

"Andrew stays with the Lord at the tenth hour and finds the Son of God the Word and Wisdom, and is ruled by him as king. That is why he says, 'We have found the Messiah,' and this is a thing which every one can say who has found this Word of God and is ruled, as by a king, by his Divinity. As a fruit he at once brings his brother to Christ, and Christ deigned to look upon Simon, that is to say, by looking at him to visit and enlighten his ruling principle; and Simon, by Jesus looking at him, was enabled to grow strong, so as to earn a new name for that work of firmness and strength, and to be called Peter." - ORIGEN, Comm. on John, Bk. III. § 29.

The coming of the Messiah is Divine knowledge gained by experience through the power of the Breath of Life in breathed, that is the Mediator between God and man... But of the Breath of Life, in union with the human essence, Messiah was to be made, by the mind going through a fiery purgation, in which it leaves the dross behind, namely, the old evil nature. The Living Breath uniting with the upright and purified mind of the creature, and the human spirit of the man with it; thus Messiah is made, born, and comes forth. Charity bears him into the world for this principle (charity) is the 'Virgin Mary.'" - JOHN WARD, Zion's Works, Vol. III. pp. 200, 202.

“According to the Midrash Talpigoth, the Messiah will bring eternal peace. It is said in the Zohar that, according to tradition, wherever Solomon is mentioned in the Song of Solomon this King of Peace is designated." "This is the Spirit of the Messiah, as it is written: Renew a right spirit within me.' (Ps. li. 12)." - A. E. WAITE, Secret Doctrine in Israel, pp. 143, 147.

 

See Also

ANDREW
BREATH (divine)
CHRIST'S 2nd COMING
MEDIATOR
SELF
PETER, THE APOSTLE