The Household of God
Volume 2
Rise and spiritual prime of the first world empire Hanoch
- Chapter 94 -
SETH'S HUMBLE GRATITUDE. SETH AS THE LORD'S BROTHER
When Seth had heard these exceedingly friendly words from Abedam he did not want to leave but fell on his knees before Him, saying:
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"O You exceedingly good, holy, most loving Father! I am a weak man, not even worthy that You enter my hut, and unworthy of a look from You.
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"And You make me, a poor sinner before You, Your brother, even a brother of Your love!
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"O You good, holy, most loving Father, remove this thought again from my poor heart; for it is too sublime, too holy, too endlessly great! I cannot think it without trembling through and through.
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"I - to You - a brother! O You great, holy God, Father and Creator through all eternities, Who alone fills all infinity!
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"I, a mite crawling in the sand of the earth, to You - a brother in love? No, no, I cannot possibly harbor such a thought!
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"Father, dear holy Father, retract the brother and let me be the least of those who are allowed to call themselves Your children!
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"O You dear holy Father, behold, I am still trembling all over.
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"I am overcome with such weakness by the immensity of the thought of being called by You a brother of Your love.
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"Therefore, do graciously again take this immensely great and holy burden, of which I shall surely not ever become worthy, from me so that I may again walk freely before You, before Adam and Eve, before my brothers and sisters and all my children, whom You now wanted so graciously through Your endless mercy and love to receive as Your children.
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"O You dear, holy Father, graciously grant, grant this my timid request; but now, as always, only Your holy will be done. Amen."
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But the high Abedam promptly bent down to Seth, quickly lifted him from the ground and, pressing him to His holy heart, kissed him on the forehead and then said to him in the most loving tone of voice:
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"Seth, My beloved brother, behold, only now are you completely My brother, having given him back to Me.
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"Behold, previously I found in you again the dear brother owing to the great, immensely selfless love of your heart; this you proved to your brothers and sisters as well as your and their children out of Me by opening to them all the larders where, through your diligence, you have kept bread and durable fruits in proper measure; and you did not keep closed the entrance to your milk-and-honey larder but invited all the needy there to appease their hunger.
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"But now that your love has also combined with the greatest possible humility, you are in all truth and reality a perfect, true, dear brother of My love.
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"So that you may see that this is quite possible, listen, and I shall enlighten you:
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"Behold, love is My innermost fundamental original being! Only from this being does the Deity proper go forth, or the power working forever through all infinity, which power is My infinite Spirit of all Holiness.
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"This fundamental original being am I in person, as I am before you, and this breast fills the whole of infinity with My Spirit, which is My long mighty arm which at all times works into all infinity, just as I will it in this My breast.
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"Behold, hence I am through this My Spirit completely omnipresent and can create, work and arrange everything.
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"For My thoughts fill at all times the infinite space, which is forever out of Me; but they make their appearance only where and when I seize them with My will and then fix them.
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"Behold, out of this My very fundamental original being I have also formed you, a second, freely active love out of Me, in full self-awareness, not only just a single thought, but a spontaneous love out of Me.
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"Since you are now with Me one and the same love, how could you not be My brother if your love is like Mine?
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"So be without fear and be at all times My true brother, and I tell you, also you will work freely in spirit, as I work freely filling infinity.
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"You can already see when throwing a stone that the arm of your physical strength is longer than your physical arm; - how much longer will then the arm of your spirit be!
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"Hence, if you are to Me a true brother in love, you are also one to Me in the spirit of strength. Only the future, dear brother in love, Seth, will show you that My love within you is well worthy to be My brother, for I Myself am this spontaneous love in you.
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"So follow Me courageously to the height as a brother; for I tell you that you are now My true brother and will remain so forevermore. Amen."