Alice Bailey & Djwhal Khul - The Reappearance of the Christ - III - World
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The Reappearance of the Christ - Chapter III - World Expectancy





Many years ago, I indicated that the Christ would come in
three ways, or rather, that the fact of His Presence could be proved in three distinctive
phases.It was pointed out then that the first move which the Christ would make
would be the stimulation of the spiritual consciousness in man, the evocation of
humanity's spiritual demands on a large scale and the nurturing - on a worldwide scale -
of the Christ consciousness in the human heart. This has already been done and with most
effective results. Of the factual nature of this process, the vociferous demands of men of
goodwill, of welfare workers and of those pledged to international cooperation, to the
relief of the world distress and to the establishment of right human relations, are the
undeniable expression. That phase of the preparatory work which is indicative of His
coming has now reached a stage where nothing can arrest its progress or slow down its
momentum. In [48] spite of appearances, this uprising of the Christ consciousness has been
successful and what may appear as reverse activity is of no importance in the long run,
but is only of a temporary nature.
The second
indicated move of the Hierarchy would be the impressing of the minds of enlightened men
everywhere by spiritual ideas embodying the new truths, by the "descent" (if I
may so call it) of the new concepts which will govern human living and by the
over-shadowing of all world disciples and the New Group of World Servers by the Christ
Himself. This planned move of the Hierarchy is progressing well; men and women everywhere
and in every department of life are enunciating those new truths which should in the
future guide human living; they are building those new organizations, movements and groups
- large or small - which will familiarize the mass of men with the reality of the need and
the mode of meeting it. This they are doing because they are driven thereto by the warmth
of their hearts and by their loving response to human distress; without formulating it
thus to themselves, they are, nevertheless, working to bring into visibility the Kingdom
of God on Earth. No denial of these facts is possible, in view of the multiplicity of
organizations, books and speeches.
Thirdly, we
are told that Christ might come in Person and walk among men as He did before. This has
not yet taken place but plans are being laid which will enable Him to do so. Those plans
do not involve the birth of some nice child in some nice home on Earth; they will not
produce the wild claims and the credulous recognition of the well-meaning and the
unintelligent as is so frequently the case today, nor will someone appear and say:
"This is the Christ. He is here or He is there." I would point out to you,
however, that the widespread appearance [49] of such tales and claims, though undesirable,
misleading and wrong, nevertheless demonstrates human expectancy of the imminence of His
coming. Belief in His coming is basic in the human consciousness. How He will come and in
what manner is not yet stated. The exact moment has not yet arrived nor has the method of
His appearance been determined. The factual nature of the two earlier and preparatory
moves, already made by the Hierarchy under His direction, are the guarantee that He will
come and that when He does, mankind will be ready.
Let us
summarize certain aspects of the work He set in motion two thousand years ago, because
they hold the clue to His future work. Some of it is well known to you, for it has been
emphasized by the world faiths and particularly by teachers of the Christian faith. But
all of them have made His work appear difficult for man to grasp, and the undue emphasis
laid upon His divinity (an emphasis which He Himself never made) has made it appear that
He and He only and no one else could possibly do the same works. Theologians have
forgotten that He Himself stated that "greater things shall ye do, because I go unto
my Father." (John XIV, 12.) He here indicates that this passing to the Father's House
would result in such an inflow of spiritual strength, insight and creative accomplishment
for man, that their deeds would surpass His; because of the distortion of His teaching and
its remote relation to man, we have not yet done those "greater things." Some
day, we assuredly will and - along certain lines - we already have. Let me relate some of
the things He did which we can do, and which He will aid.
1. For the first time in human history, the love of God was embodied in a man and
Christ inaugurated the era of love. That expression of divine love is still in the [50]
making; the world is not Yet full of love and few there are who understand the true
meaning of the word. But - speaking symbolically - when the United Nations has emerged
into factual and actual power, the welfare of the world will then be assured. What is that
welfare but love in action? What is international cooperation but love on a world scale?
Those are the things which the love of God in Christ expressed and those are the things
which we are working here today to bring into being. We are attempting to do it on a vast
scale and this in spite of opposition - an opposition which can only temporarily succeed,
such is the potency of the awakened spirit of man. These are the things which the
Hierarchy, in its already successful procedures, is aiding and will continue to aid.





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