Alice Bailey & Djwhal Khul - The Externalization of the Hierarchy - IV -
Preparation for the Reappearance of the Christ







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The Externalization of the Hierarchy - Section IV - Stages in the
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These are natural reactions when considering the present field
of conflict, the prevalent greed and the international and racial antagonisms, and the
selfish motives which control so many national units, plus the dull apathy of the masses,
and in particular, the growing suspicion and distrust between the United States and Russia
- a situation in which both groups are almost equally to blame. This war-generating
situation is fostered behind the scenes by the highly clever and strongly anti-communistic
power of the Roman Catholic Church, with its organized political plans - plans which are
growing notably in the United States. To these, the intelligent thinker adds the
reactionary activities in every land, and the fight for oil which governs the policies of
Russia, the United States and Great Britain. To these factors must be added today the
struggle between Hindu and Moslem for the control of India, and the fight over Palestine -
fomented by the Zionists, and not by the Jews as a whole - a fight in which the
Zionists prevented the displaced Jewish persons (only 20% of the whole) from discovering
how welcome they are in many countries throughout the world; a fight which has greed and not
any love of Palestine behind it, and which is governed by financial interests and not
by the humanitarian spirit which the Zionists claim and which would force them to accept
the offers made by Great Britain, Canada, Chile, Belgium and many other lands.These
factors, when realized by thinking men and women, produce a deep discouragement and a
sense of futility and hopelessness. Instead, they should be faced [616] with courage,
with truth and understanding, as well as with the willingness to speak factually, with
simplicity and with love in the effort to expose the truth and clarify the problems which
must be solved. The opposing forces of entrenched evil must be routed before He for Whom
all men wait, the Christ, can come.
The
knowledge that He is ready and anxious publicly to appear to His loved humanity only adds
to the sense of general frustration, and another very vital question arises: For what
period of time must we endure, struggle and fight? The reply comes with clarity; He will
come unfailingly when a measure of peace has been restored, when the principle of sharing
is at least in process of controlling economic affairs, and when the churches have begun
to clean house. Then He can and will come; then the Kingdom of God will be publicly
recognized and will no longer be a thing of dreams and of ideals.
Aspirants are prone to ask the question as to why the Christ does not come - in the
pomp and ceremony which the churches ascribe to the event - and by His coming demonstrate
His divine power, prove convincingly the authority and the potency of God, and thus end
the cycle of agony and distress. The answers to this are many. It must be remembered that the
main objective of the Christ will not be to demonstrate power but to make public the
already existent Kingdom of God. Again, when He came before He was unrecognized, and
is there any guarantee that this time it would be different? You may ask why would He not
be recognized? Because men's eyes are blinded with the tears of self-pity and not of
contrition; because the hearts of men are still corroded with a selfishness which the
agony of war has not cured; because the standards of value are the same as in the
corrupt Roman Empire which saw His first appearance, only in those days these standards
were localized and not universal; because those who could recognize Him and who hope and
long for His coming are not willing to make the needed sacrifices, and thus ensure the
success of His advent. [617]
Another
factor militating against His being recognized, and one which will probably surprise you,
is the fact that there are so many exceedingly good people in the world today, so many
selfless workers and disciples and so many truly saintly people, that the spiritual
competition would call forth a degree of holiness on His part which would negate His
appropriation of a physical body of a caliber which would enable Him to manifest among
men. This was not the case two thousand years ago; it is, however, the case
today, so great is human advancement and the success of the evolutionary process. To
enable Him today to walk among men requires a world which will have in it enough effective
workers and spiritually-minded people to change the atmosphere of our planet; then and
only then, the Christ can and will, come. I am not, however, presenting you with an
impossibility.





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