The Hidden Christ

2006-12-5 05:15:00

Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. (Revelation 1:7)

Clouds, as indicated in the scriptures, represent a veil between the carnal person and the spirit, or the higher and the lower. (More details will be given later in this book on this subject.) When Christ comes he will be veiled or hidden from those in the lower nature so they will not recognize him. This is true collectively and individually.

When the seeker first feels the glimmer of the still small voice of the Christ consciousness he will dismiss it. There is a veil as a cloud of resistant energy between him and his soul, which causes him to not recognize the Christ within for some time after the first quiet contact.

The same will be true when the Master comes again and walks among us. He will eventually capture the attention of the public and every eye will see him on television but the cloud of unbelief will cause the vast majority to not recognize him with their souls, even though their physical eyes see and their ears will hear his words.

It is interesting that it tells us even those who pierced him will see him. Those who pierced him died almost 2000 years ago, so how could they see the Christ at his Second Coming which is still in the future?

The only way this could happen is through reincarnation. It is fitting indeed that those who crucified the Christ (for whom he prayed to the Father to forgive) would be here a second time to confront him. They did not recognize him last time. Will they this time? Perhaps some will and obtain peace to their souls and others will stubbornly not see the glory of God through the clouds.

So what does this scripture mean in relation to the individual and the Christ within? The answer is obvious when seen. In his past, before he accepted the inner Christ as well as the outer, the seeker had a cloud between him and his soul. This caused him to reject the spiritual message in favor of the deceptive temptations of the lower self. When centered in the lower nature the pilgrim becomes an enemy to Christ and seeks to destroy anything associated with Him. In one life he may have just fought against the truth but in another he may have assisted in putting holy and just men and women to death to get them out of the way. In this way the individual has in the past pierced the Christ, for whatsoever we do unto the least of the brethren we do to Christ.

The verse ends with: "and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen."

This has a number of interpretations that can apply but in relation to the outer and inner Christ it means this:

All of us in our past, even "all kindreds of the earth," have rejected truth spoken by inner and outer voices. These voices spoke the truth as clearly as Jesus would if he were standing in front of us. Then finally a day will come that the seeker will listen to the inner voice. When this day comes he will "wail" within himself and realize what a fool he has been in his past. The fortunate thing, however, is that the wailing is not the end. Soon the seeker finds the joys of the spirit and is "born again" into a higher life and consciousness wherein joy awaits.

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. (Revelation 1:8)

When the life of God is contacted the seeker is born again into a new beginning (Alpha), but it is also the end of the dominion of his lower nature (Omega). All these things, the good and the bad, the beginnings and the endings were created for us by "the Almighty."

The next verses read:

⁹ I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

¹⁰ I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

¹¹ Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
Revelation 1:9-11

But all endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time.
Mitch Albom,
The Five People You Meet In Heaven, pg. 1 line 3-4