T. 23. II. 6 – 8. Jesus: “The arrogance of the ego on which the laws of chaos stand could not be more apparent than what emerges in the second one, the notion that, as created, ‘each one must sin and therefore deserves attack and death.’
Accepting this principle would define what the Creator of reality must be; what He must think and what He must believe; and how believing it, He must respond. It is not seen as necessary that God be asked the truth of what His Son has ‘established’ for Him, the Father, to believe! The Son supposedly can dictate this to Him, and He has but the choice of whether to take the Son’s word for it or ‘be mistaken!’
This leads directly to the third preposterous belief that seems to make chaos eternal. For if God cannot be mistaken, He must accept his Son’s belief in what the Son is, a sinner, and must therefore hate him for it!
See how the fear of God is reinforced by this third principle! Now it becomes impossible for one in misery to turn to Him for help. For now the Father has become the ‘enemy,’ the One Who caused the misery, and therefore One to Whom appeal is useless!
Nor can salvation lie within the Son, whose every aspect seems to be at war with Him, and justified in its attack. And now is conflict made inevitable, beyond the help of God. For now salvation must remain impossible, because the Savior has become ‘the enemy.’ Surely there can be no release and no escape!
Atonement thus becomes a myth, and vengeance, not forgiveness, is perceived to be the Will of God. From where all this begins, there is no sight of help that can be expected to succeed. Only destruction can be the outcome! And God Himself seems to be siding with it, to ‘overcome’ His Son.
Think not the ego will enable you to find escape from what it wants for you! That is the function of this course, which does not value what the ego cherishes.”