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[[File: | [[File:Rubens apostel johannes grt.jpg|thumb|Saint John, by Peter Paul Rubens]] | ||
'''John the Beloved''' was the closest disciple of [[Jesus]] the Christ. He authored the [[Book of Revelation]], which was dictated by Jesus, “sent and signified by [[Angel of the Revelation of John the Divine|his angel]].” He who best understood the mystical teachings of the Christ ascended at the close of that embodiment, the only one of the twelve apostles to do so. | '''John the Beloved''' was the closest disciple of [[Jesus]] the Christ. He authored the [[Book of Revelation]], which was dictated by Jesus, “sent and signified by [[Angel of the Revelation of John the Divine|his angel]].” He who best understood the mystical teachings of the Christ ascended at the close of that embodiment, the only one of the twelve apostles to do so. | ||
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== His service today == | == His service today == | ||
John uses as his symbol a purple [[Maltese Cross]] superimposed upon a pink Maltese Cross with gold radiance surrounding it. The flame focused in his retreat in the etheric realms above the state of Arizona is purple and gold. Through this flame, which focuses the power of divine love in its four phases, he teaches the mastery of fire, air, water and earth as the four aspects of the nature of God. | John uses as his symbol a purple [[Maltese Cross]] superimposed upon a pink Maltese Cross with gold radiance surrounding it. The flame focused in [[John the Beloved's retreat|his retreat in the etheric realms]] above the state of Arizona is purple and gold. Through this flame, which focuses the power of divine love in its four phases, he teaches the mastery of fire, air, water and earth as the four aspects of the nature of God. | ||
This hope is also held by beloved John and the brothers and sisters who serve in his retreat, who teach the impersonal impersonality of divine love through the mastery of the fire element, the impersonal personality of divine love through the mastery of the air element, the personal personality of divine love through the mastery of the water element, and the personal impersonality of divine love through the mastery of the earth element. (These four aspects of God’s consciousness correspond to God as Father, Son, Mother and Holy Spirit.) | This hope is also held by beloved John and the brothers and sisters who serve in his retreat, who teach the impersonal impersonality of divine love through the mastery of the fire element, the impersonal personality of divine love through the mastery of the air element, the personal personality of divine love through the mastery of the water element, and the personal impersonality of divine love through the mastery of the earth element. (These four aspects of God’s consciousness correspond to God as Father, Son, Mother and Holy Spirit.) | ||