T. 19. IV. D. 17 – 19. Jesus: “It is almost Easter, the time of resurrection. Let us give redemption to each other and share in it, that we may rise as one in resurrection, not fall separate in death!
Behold the gift of freedom that I gave the Holy Spirit for you! Be you and your brother freed together, as you offer to the Holy Spirit this same gift of freedom for your brother. And giving it, receive it of Him in return for what you gave!
The Holy Spirit leadeth you and me together, that we might meet here in this holy place, and make the same decision. Free your brother here, as I freed you. As you look upon him without the slightest trace of condemnation, give him the self-same gift I have given you. See him as guiltless, just as I see you, and overlook all sins he thinks he sees within himself.
Here in this world, a garden of seeming agony and death, offer your brother freedom and complete release from sin. So will we prepare together the way unto the resurrection of God’s Son, and let him rise again to glad remembrance of his Father, Who knows no sin, no death, but only life eternal!
Together we will disappear as one into the Presence beyond the veil, not to be lost but found; not to be seen but known! And in our knowing, nothing in God’s plan for salvation will be left undone. This is the journey’s purpose, without which is the journey meaningless.
Here is the peace of God, given to you eternally by Him. Here is the rest and quiet that you seek, the reason for the journey from its beginning.
Heaven is the gift you owe your brother, the debt of gratitude you offer to the Son of God in thanks for what he is, and what his Father created him to be. Think carefully how you would look upon the giver of this gift, for as you look on him so will the gift itself appear to be. As he is seen as either the giver of guilt or bringer of salvation, so will his offering be seen and so received.“