This essay continues a sequence. Read the previous one here.
Beware of false prophets,
which come to you in sheep’s clothing,
but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Ye shall know them by their fruits.
Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit;
but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit,
neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down,
and cast into the fire.
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
— KJV, Matt 7:15-20
This time is different…
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In the previous instalment, we established that the traditional definition of “false prophet” is misleading, and we provided a definition more in sync with The Word.
How about their fruits?
Do Our Taste Buds Work?
Ye shall know them by their fruits.
It is dangerous to assume that we know bad fruit when we taste it. Until we have started serious work on our self-renewal, we cannot begin to see/taste accurately (ref. “Ye Must Be Born Again, Part 2“).
We believe evil fruit is good because it tastes convenient, because it fits what we want, and because it aligns with our existing opinions (ref. “Blessed Are The Pure in Heart“).
Christ defined good fruit in the Beatitudes (ref. “The Beatitudes” and subsequent essays). Good fruit contains selflessness and alignment with the Laws of Creation. It has a lasting, positive impact on the world at large.
“Lasting” means long term. Many things that are hailed as good fruits of our civilisation in one generation prove disastrous for later generations, in keeping with the mundane motives that gave rise to them in the first place (e.g. communism, chlorofluorocarbons, plastics, social media algorithms, etc.).
Evil Fruit
False prophets tell us what we want to hear. It is what we want to hear, i.e. our own nature, that is the core problem. Particularly because we are blind to our own nature (ref. “Light Up Your Body“).
Love of ease makes us susceptible to messages that promise us material enjoyment and an easy path to Heaven (ref. “False Faiths, Part 2“, “Is Salvation For Everyone?“).
We like messages that allow us to ignore the Law of Sowing and Reaping, that absolve us of personal responsibility and that provide scapegoats for our problems (ref. “Judging You, Judging Me“).
We like messages that flatter our ego and make us feel important (ref. “Blessed Are The Pure in Heart“, “Turn The Other Cheek. Why? How?“).
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Good Fruit
The same weaknesses make us reject the taste of good fruit.
Love of ease makes us resistant to change, leading us to reject new revelations that sound different from what we are already familiar with (ref. “False Faiths, Part 1“).
It is also easier to focus on the bringer of a message and how a message is expressed, than on the content of the message itself (ref. “Open Minded: Not What We Think“).
Our biases and stereotypes make it difficult to listen objectively, and when we do listen the information is distorted through the lens of personal desire and ego (ref. “Narrow Minded: Hard To Escape“).
Have We Learned Anything?
As it is in the small things, so is it in the greatest things.
Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down,
and cast into the fire.
Today, there is a growing mass of evidence that suggests that we are living in a polycrisis – crises in the climate, economy, energy, commodities, and geopolitics – that is leading irreversibly to civilisational collapse.
From this perspective, prophecies referring to the End Time become of greater relevance, and we must make haste to ensure that our “taste buds” are prepared to recognise the Son of Man when He comes1.
It would be naive and spiritually arrogant to believe that we shall recognise Him without any effort on our part, or that His Message will be adapted to our tastes.
We must cleanse our “palate” to recognise Him2. The Word shows how (ref. “Ye Must Be Born Again, Part 2“).
Today’s Resolution:
- We shall accept that Truth can be very different from what we have already accepted, and we pray for the humility and strength to change ourselves in the face of genuine new revelations.
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- For a more detailed investigation, see Stephen Lampe, The Spirit of Truth Brings The Everlasting Testament ↩︎
- For a deeper treatment of this and related topics, see Abdrushin, In the Light of Truth: The Grail Message (Stuttgart: Stiftung Gralsbotschaft, 1993) ↩︎
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