The Stairway to Heaven... part 3--Eyes That See

So far, we have just discussed the first fourteen words of verse one of Matthew 5, the “Fullness of the Gospel of Christ”. There is sooo very much more! More words, more depths to expose and uncover. More “hidden treasures” to examine, rejoice over and share. But, if you WILL… stay with me. We will dig deeper. Much deeper.

The next words: “…the things which the Father had commanded of him…” say much. We will work with this material for a while. Bear with me. Again, if you WILL.

“things” refer to the material world. The matter that our physical bodies can more or less relate to. And WHY can we relate to these “things”? Precisely because they can be perceived with our physical senses: sight, sound, taste, smell, tactile feeling. Along with these “five generally accepted physical senses is the sense of thinking. Although we will discuss “thinking” much further as we go, suffice it to say at this juncture that “thinking” involves the logical, rational, reasoning capabilities of our individual mortal brain, usually upon a material—regarding matter—subject.

“the Father” Again, to be unveiled further in the future, “the Father” can be initially understood to be “the mental idea or blueprint” before and behind every “thing” ever created. It is the image conceived and “seen” within the frontal lobes after having been processed within the occipital lobes of the human. Because “Jesus” had ALWAYS maintained his connection with his TRUE “Father”, he “saw” correctly. He was not “blinded” as all the other beings that thought of themselves as “human” that walked within his sphere.

“had" Had implies the past tense of action. “The Father” *HAD* exerted an action, a cause, which created an effect upon “Jesus”.

“commanded”  To command must have an expanded and broadened definition. If the reader can understand that a command is that which a computer programmer sets up and “programs” into his software, then extrapolate that definition to conceive of “Jesus” having been “programmed” to understand “things” in a different way than other mortals. Previously we explored somewhat the term “seeing”. Saw is the past tense of “to see”. And to see, or saw, is VASTLY different than “looking”. Similarly, “to hear” is vastly different than “to listen to”. “Jesus” SAW the multitude. He understood them. He had intimately and deeply looked, not as most do… at the superficial material levels… but he saw into the very heart and essence of his people. He knew them. And this “knowing” had only been possible because he had been “commanded” by “the Father”. He was operating on a far more powerful program than any other. And, without pompous arrogance, he realized the reason WHY he was “different”. And, significantly, he knew what he was, thus, responsible for performing for the people’s sake… because of his heightened and up-graded programming, a.k.a. “commands”, into them. It was “Jesus’” role, and, thus, his JOY, to offer that same programming to all those who would not only listen to, but “hear” and not only look at, but “see” him and what he had to teach.

So, back again to *SIGHT*. Picture a person born blind into our world. Although light and color are all about him, he is unable to see them. To him, they are non-existent and incomprehensible, simply because he lacks the sense of sight wherewith to perceive them. Objects he can feel (at least superficially). They seem real. But light and color are beyond his ken.

So it was with those surrounding “Jesus”. He realized that they believed they could see. He heard them speak about the sense of sight, some even boasting about their great acuity and intelligence. However, he was operating on a different program. He knew that they were, in deed, blind. Because “Jesus” was connected still to “heaven” (which we have yet to explore, but go with me on this until I get to explaining it properly), he had access to, could see into, “higher worlds” that were hidden still to them.

 As the blind man unable to see color and light, yet still making his way through the world without those senses, so were the others around “Jesus” stumbling and groping their way through mortality, “kicking against the pricks” and against each others’ egos in ways to gain self-validation and existence. Yet, even if a blind man should acquiesce to the fact that perhaps there is more (or at least seems to be from what others share with him) to the world, does not bring him into understanding it, unless and until a successful operation is made on his eyes. It was this operation that “Jesus” was attempting to make upon any willing subjects. Yet, he could not, nor would he, perform any operation upon an unwilling participant. He would offer them his services, enticing them to the increased benefits, goad them into wanting it more for themselves, yet, of necessity, wait until their own individual WILL was completely ready.

Truly, just because the blind man cannot see light and color is no argument that light and color don’t exist. Neither is it an argument that because most people could not see into “heaven” did not mean that “Jesus” could not, nor even that they would NEVER be able to. If the blind man obtains his sight, he will see light and color. If those who came unto “Jesus” allowed him to assist them to awaken their latent senses and become, like him, “commanded” by “the Father”, then they, too, would be able to see that which had previously existed all around them yet been hidden from their view… because of THEIR inability to access them.

While many people make the mistake of being incredulous concerning the existence or reality of the super-sensuous worlds, there are also many who go to the other extreme, thinking that when a person has his inner senses heightened and empowered that all that is possible to be conceived within that new realm is perfectly understandable to him at once. This is erroneous. Not only did “Jesus” need to offer and perform “surgery” on the eyes of his disciples, but he had to then teach them how to correctly use and gain understanding from their amped-up senses.

To be continued…