Hopefully, your understanding of the first section of the first sentence of Matthew 5 is more clear and strong and has prepared you for moving on.
"... and when he was set in the place where he would teach the people, ..." To be "set" implies being settled, there is no wobbliness about oneself. Although having climbed a precipitous mountain, "Jesus" was stable, at balance, there was no conflict within his physical body, mind or heart. As revealed in the great "Revelation", the war called Armageddon takes place within a mortal's mind. Neural Scientists call this phenomenon "cognitive dissonance", the simultaneous holding of two or more conflicting beliefs. "Jesus" had none of this. He had come to KNOW *Real Truth*. He had aligned himself, his emotions, beliefs, actions, relationships, life ,with this *Real Truth*. He was settled. He was "set in the place where he would teach the people".
Knowing that the MAP is NOT the territory, no matter how good that map may be, "Jesus" knew that before he could be ready to "teach" anyone anything, he would have to have embodied the understanding himself. He had to become that which he wanted to teach others. He had.
Although easily misunderstood that this "place" where "Jesus" was set was a physical location, it was not. He had reached and realized a state of mind and heart, a level or degree of being that allowed, even compelled, him to take this further action. It is this "place" that is often religiously referred to as "Heaven". The Persistent Reader will discover, however, that "Heaven" is available anywhere a humane human being exists. It is a state of being. It is a degree of consciousness. It was this place that, having reached himself, "Jesus" desired to bring others into to experience with him. Being, thus, aligned with *Real Truth*, "Jesus" was a conduit, a dispenser of wisdom for the benefit of all. Truly, every time an individual steps forward in service to others, offering whatever gifts or abilities that person has to serve and build community, to comfort and heal broken people and a broken planet, "God", "the Father" or our combined collective consciousness, takes over, magnifies, and makes possible the dissemination of that gift to the world. We will explore just how this is done in future expose's.
That act alone, that act of giving of oneself in unadulterated service to others, engages an unimaginable enabling power. It is this very power that he desired to exemplify and offer to those who would come to him. The act of committing to the service of others transcends all belief systems, all IQ, all brain development, all knowledge. "Jesus" knew that he had the full power of consciousness backing him, in deed, moving through him, being the very words that he was to speak, those images that he was to convey. He was settled. He was engaged; and this engagement, this power, allowed him to fully utilize all that was needed to do the work required.
Please notice that the words are: "he was set". This is important. "Jesus" was required to take action and move himself "up" and "into" the mountain. But... he did not do it by himself. He had significant assistance in becoming "set" in this exact and solid state. As will be discussed at length, "Jesus" had learned to completely and unequivocally trust the power that moved within him. It was this trust, this power, this degree of connection, that moved him and provided impetus to give his life to assisting others in the procurement of this same power. "Jesus" had been taught properly. It was this correct "teaching" that he was now ready to use to "teach the people".
Our next installment addresses how this "teaching" is and was done correctly.
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