The Great Gospel of John
Volume 9
Jesus' Precepts and Deeds through His Three Years of Teaching
The Lord in Kis at the Sea of Galilee
- Chapter 122 -
The temple servants receive Greek clothing.
These words of Mine made the completely converted temple servants extremely happy and cheerful, and they turned now to Kisjona with the request if he maybe could provide them with Greek clothing.
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But Kisjona said: "Dear friends, this will now be somewhat difficult because we have no tailor in our village. There are tailors in Kana, but I suppose you do not want to travel to that place now?"
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I said to Raphael: "Provide these 7 temple servants and also their servants with Greek clothing, for they must be made strong for the repentance of the Greeks in Africa."
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When I had said this aloud to Raphael, he went to the temple servant and said: "That what He wants, who has ordered me to give you new clothing like the Greeks in Africa are wearing, you will receive. For that reason I will go to a town in Egypt, where there are more than enough manufactured clothing for sale, and then you can put them on."
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The temple servants said: "O lovely and above all helpful young man, then we will have to wait here for a long time before you will have brought us these clothing completely out of Egypt."
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Raphael said: "In an earthly human manner this would indeed be so, but since I am no earthly human being anymore, my thought is here and there, and because I am my though myself, I am as fast as my thought. And look, I have already accomplished the work for you that the Lord has commissioned me to do. I went there already and am also already here again. Go now to your room and change clothing."
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The scribe said: "How could you have been in Egypt, for we did not miss you for one moment? That would surely be a miracle above all miracles."
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Raphael said: "For you certainly, but not for me. But go and convince yourself. Only after that, we can talk a little about it."
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Then they went into their room and found there everything what our Raphael had said to them, about which they were extremely amazed.
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Then they soon came back to us as Egyptians - for what their clothing is concerned - and also their servants, and they glorified and praised Me. And the scribe said to Me: "The fact that You, o Lord and Master, are the One whom all the Jews are expecting, we do not have to believe anymore, for we are fully convinced about it now. But now we also would gladly like to receive an explanation about the 3 young men of whom one of them has provided us in a very miraculous way with Egyptian clothing. For if they are blissful spirits, then how can they have a body that we can see and touch. And if their body is the same as ours, then how can it move so fast in such an inconceivable manner and bring the many clothing for us and our servants from the faraway land of Ham (a son of Noah)?"
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I said: "My dear friends, have you then not read what is written in the Scripture, namely that in that time angels will ascend and descend and visibly serve Me and men? And look, in this manner, the Scripture is now also being fulfilled before your eyes.
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But even if the high counsel of the temple would see that, then they still would not believe it, so that they would become blissful. Therefore, what Ezekiel has prophesied will also come over them.
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However, speak about this matter now with the angel who provided you with new clothing. I will go outside now for a while with the innkeeper and his friend Philopold and give Myself in this manner a little rest in My work."
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The temple servants were completely satisfied with that and they joined Raphael immediately who showed and explained many things to them, as he already did before on the Mount of Olives.
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Before I left the room with the 2 who were mentioned before, Mary came to Me to ask if she also should go with us.
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But I said that she could stay in the hall with the brothers where she would hear and see many things.
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And she stayed and had a conversation with the angel Gabriel about the secrets of life of Heaven.
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Then also Judas Iscariot came to Me and asked Me how long I would stay in Kis altogether.
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I said: "7 whole days, and since you asked Me to visit your family, you can already take the road."
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When Judas Iscariot heard Me saying that, he also took the road immediately.
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When this disciple was gone, the other disciples said: "That must be a clever spirit who inspired him to that. And we are glad that he will be gone for several days.
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I asked the other disciples if they perhaps also would like to visit their wives and children.
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But they said (the other disciples): "Lord, our wives and children are already excellently provided by You, and therefore we stay here where at each moment we can gain many things for our soul and spirit."
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I said: "Then stay, and when someone will come and ask for Me, then teach him and tell him that he should wait until I come back with My friends."
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On this, also the 4 indo-Jews asked Me if they could stay longer in Kis because of Me.
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I said: "As long as you want. If your heart desires that, then it is good for you to stay here."
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Only then I went outside with My 2 friends, and on a little hill near the Lake of Galilee we spoke about different things on Earth and also in the stars, and also about the inner arrangement of the Earth and of the other stars, about which the 2 friends were greatly delighted.