The Ransom

Chapter 16: The Ransom

Who gets the RANSOM? Who is the slave owner? Who is the kidnapper?

Is Jesus paying off the devil? Does the devil get the RANSOM?

No. The devil would not want it.

Still, for a thousand years, Church-Dogma decreed: “The Devil Gets the RANSOM.”

Let’s slow that down a bit.

Stop and think about that for just a moment. The full length of a millennium.

One thousand years.

Imagine that. This was the consensus of the theological geniuses — the godly stewards and in-flight navigators keeping The Church flying in the right direction — for a thousand years. Unimaginable ignorance. Especially as one considers, these were the closest years to the event itself. The first thousand years. “The devil gets the RANSOM.” More than enough Time and Light to prove beyond any doubt that the leaders of The Church are gullible “believers” of abject theological nonsense.

In ALL fairness, the leaders of The Church no longer “believe” in such nonsense: “The devil gets the RANSOM.” What theological nonsense the leaders of The Church DO still “believe” is the immediate issue. The leaders of The Church “believe” Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus of Nazareth. We are going to take a deep and astonishing look at Judas in our FREEDOM-Chapters once we commence digging “FREEDOM” up from the ground and out of the Weeds. At this juncture, the Holy Spirit would like to shine enough light upon Judas for us to... completely... resurrect our RANSOM. There were ominous Diabolical perils that would have certainly ended our RANSOM from the very start had Jesus not had Judas (his Number-One Apostle) at his right-hand side. The Holy Spirit declares:

“Judas is Our loyal emissary. Our bagman. The undefeatable Ox who delivered the RANSOM. Friend to the Son of Man, the Living God and to ALL humanity.”

Go ahead church congregation and scoff. Don’t “believe” the Holy Spirit. Keep “believing” your religious leaders. So... tell us, oh wise and knowledgeable religious leaders of The Church: Why, at the last supper, when Jesus revealed that it would be Judas who would deliver the Son of Man over to the likes of you (the religious leaders), why do you suppose the devil entered into Judas Iscariot?

Judge Fleming decrees: To make certain that Judas would betray Jesus over to the Jews and to the mob to be killed.

You are confused (as usual), your Honor. Jesus was DELIVERED by Judas. Not betrayed. However... now I’m confused. Why would the devil want anyone to do that? Why would the devil ever want Jesus to be delivered into the hands of the religious leaders and the mob? Tell us, oh wise, well-learned twenty-first century — NOW-we’ve-got-it-ALL-together — Christian Church.

Why would the devil want Jesus to end up in the hands of a crucifixion detail?

To make certain Jesus would die a horrible death.

Now, I am even more confused. Why would the devil want THAT to happen? Why would the devil want to help Jesus fulfill his God-Given Mission? Why would the devil want Jesus to die an unforgettable death, providing ALL of humanity (from Adam and onward — each and every one of us) with our very own ALL-Powerful psychological handle to eternally send ALL our brain cancer AWAY?

Let’s ask the congregation, “Christ’s Body.” I mean, come on, Body, why would the devil want that to happen?

No answer?

Need some help? Ask the Holy Spirit. She’ll confirm it for you. The devil would not want that to happen. Which brings us back to question number one. The tell-ALL conundrum. Why did the devil enter into Judas Iscariot the moment Jesus revealed to his Apostles at the last supper that it would be Judas who would deliver Jesus?

Still no answer from the Body? Well, I guess not. I mean, if the pilots don’t have a clue as to how to steer this thing, how can the passengers fly the airplane?

Is the devil ALL of a sudden on the same Team as Jesus & Judas and the Living God? Of course not. Team-Light is FOR ALL-The-Sin-In-the-World-Being-Taken-AWAY.

Team-Darkness is AGAINST ALL-The-Sin-In-the-World-Being-Taken-AWAY.

Granted, whenever applied to Sin, Judge Fleming has no idea what the Word “AWAY” means. Yet, it stands to reason, Judge Fleming should at least know which Team ALL of the Forces and Principalities are on.

Ya think?

Team-Light or Team-Darkness?

I often wonder which Team The Church is on. For, with the Living God comes True-Wisdom. And, at least ninety-five percent (now adding Judas into the equation) of what the present-day ALL-Accumulated, Multi-Denominational Christian Church “believes” is in abject error.

As to why the devil entered into Judas Iscariot? You will find no answer in the Christian handbook. I have talked to Christian Doctors of Divinity who sit and ponder about it.

The highest ranked among them quack: “Perhaps the devil was out to lunch — totally oblivious as to the matters at hand.” “Or maybe the devil just went crazy.”

The devil? Out to lunch? Totally oblivious to the matters at hand? Crazy? Right... like a fox. If you are a Mature-Christian, you should hope with everything you have that the entity out to lunch, the party totally oblivious to ALL these matters at hand, is The Church.

Jack, a die-hard Mature-Christian, who states his denomination is “non-denominational,” asks, “Why should we hope The Church is ‘out-to-lunch and totally oblivious’ to these matters?”

Because if The Church is Truly in possession of sound reason, then there can be no other conclusion than that The Church is in cahoots with the devil. Let us hope and pray that out-to-lunch stupidity and ignorance is the answer here. Let us pray it is Judge Fleming that has gone insane. For, The Church canonizes as a “saint” and honors as its first pope the Apostle whom Jesus addresses as “Satan” and “a stumbling block” to his Mission — Peter, a close friend of Jesus, who denied that he even knew Jesus (yes, THAT was the betrayal, three times over). Can the Church-Taught get matters any more wrong? Of course they can. Their most dire incompetence listed to date (yes, it keeps getting worser and worser). The Church-Taught judge Judas as the *Evil* “betrayer,” yet this is the man who stayed true to Jesus every day of his Life. Jesus’ first Apostle, his closest brother of Light and (literally) his Right-Hand-Man — our bagman, Judas Iscariot. Jesus openly honored Judas as the most praiseworthy of his Twelve Apostles. That’s a fact. Need Gospel proof? “The sop” (within itself) is indisputable proof.

The sop?

We’ll get to the sop in just a moment. First... let us get the answer (the True answer) to the question on the table. The overwhelming proof of Judas Iscariot being a star player on Team-Light is revealed by what the devil does. Follow the action of the devil. The moment the devil realizes it will be Judas who will be doing the delivering, the devil instantaneously enters into Judas Iscariot. For anyone who clearly understands whose Team everyone is on, there is only one answer as to why.

Duh. It was a desperate attempt on the part of the devil to STOP Judas from doing it.

This should come as no surprise.

Hello?

The devil does NOT want ALL the sin of the world to be taken AWAY. Keep in mind, Satan has been actively trying to stop the crucifixion from happening since the day he joined the entourage, hiding dormant in Peter. As Jesus revealed, it was Satan acting through Peter who stood in Jesus’ way on the road to Jerusalem. Do you think it is from out of thin air the devil enters into Judas Iscariot at the last supper? Hardly. The Desolate One is already in the room. In Peter. The action of the devil starts while he is still in Peter, working Peter like a puppet. Carefully read the Gospel of John 13:22-27. John is sitting to the left of Jesus and Peter is sitting to the left of John. Judas Iscariot is reclining at the other side of Jesus — to Jesus’ immediate right. Judas always sits immediately to the right of Jesus whenever they ALL dine together. Judas being, figuratively, literally and in ALL things, Jesus’ Right-Hand-Man.

Jack asks, “How do we know Judas ALWAYS sat to the right of Jesus?”

Because if it were out-of-the-ordinary for Judas to have been sitting to the right of Jesus (the place of honor), the writer would have said so. Carefully watch what the devil gets John to ask Jesus by motioning to John through Peter. Who is it? Which of the Apostles will be the one who delivers Jesus to the religious leaders? The exact Greek Word Jesus uses is “παραδώσει” (pronounced, paradōsei). It means “deliver,” “entrust” or “give.” It does not mean “betray” (see also Matthew 17:22, NIV — the Word is properly translated, “delivered”).

Jesus says, “One of you is going to deliver me.” The Apostles stare at each other. At a loss as to what Jesus can possibly mean. The devil knows exactly what Jesus means. And, so... the devil persuades Peter to elbow John while (at the same time) Peter nods his head toward Jesus — non-verbally beckoning John to ask:

John 13:25 (KJV) “Lord, who is it?”

Jesus answers:

“It is the one I honor. By giving the sop.”

Jesus feeds Judas the sop (a piece of bread dunked in the juices). Instantly, Satan exits Simon Peter and enters Judas Iscariot. Finally, you know the reason why. Satan is determined to stop Judas from delivering our RANSOM. More on that momentarily.

For now... the sop. Are you aware of the time-honored significance of the sop? Oh, it is significant. It is important for everyone to understand the significance of Jesus giving Judas the sop. The host of a gathering hardly ever does; however, if and when a host ever does so, it carries with it great meaning. Even more so, here, at THE LAST supper. In grand tradition, the host of a supper only gives the sop to one of his guests and for one reason alone. To show ALL the guests present at the gathering (especially the person receiving the sop) that the recipient of the sop is the most honored person in the room, the most loved among those present and is held by the host in the most absolute highest esteem. Whether you agree with these facts or not... these are the facts.

Here is one fact we can ALL agree upon. The devil could not stop Judas Iscariot nor Jesus of Nazareth.

So... what was the devil’s next obvious move in this High-Stakes game of chess?

To stop the Word. (AWAY)

To stop the Word. (RANSOM)

If no one Truly-Accepts what the Word “AWAY” means; then, as Paul would say, “We are ALL still in our sins and our ‘faith’ is useless.” If no one understands what the Word “RANSOM” means, what Judas did to deliver our RANSOM and what Jesus did to personally fulfill our RANSOM has been rendered totally negligible. Sadly, “totally negligible” is exactly what has become of What’s-Been-Done-For-Us-On-the-Cross for two-thousand years and counting. Ya gotta hand it to that “crazy”... “out-to-lunch”... devil.

Every die-hard Church-Enthusiast should hope and pray that The Church has simply been outdone by the devil (as opposed to The Church being in cahoots with the devil). In either case, the “crazy” devil made certain that the “sane” Church wrapped up and buried the Word “AWAY” where no one was ever supposed to find it. The “out-to-lunch” devil made certain that the “ALL-knowing” Church replaced the Word “RANSOM” with “satisfaction.” Exactly as Jesus predicted: “The enemy will throw Tares into the Wheat.” I hate to lecture or sermonize. However, we have ALL had plenty of sermons from Judge Fleming. So... turnabout is fair play. This is the problem we run into with discerning things not from God’s perspective; but, rather, through the muddled knowledge of what MAN perceives to be *Good* and what MAN perceives to be *Evil.* This is the problem we run into here on Earth by Judging. Especially when we Judge anything by Judge Fleming’s arbitrary notion of *right* and *wrong.* (Thanks Church) Even *Evil* Old Hollywood knows: In war, when it comes to the uniform a soldier may don upon himself, whomsoever we (the audience) may think is “the bad-guy” is not necessarily the bad-guy. “Do it quickly” Jesus reminds Judas.

For, idle hands are the devil’s workshop.

Which brings us back to Judas and the delivery of our RANSOM. Can you fathom (if you would) for just a moment or two, what THAT walk must have been like for Judas? From the last supper to the Chief Priest’s courtyard, with the Son of Darkness ALL over him (outside and within)? We are deprived of the original Gospel of Judas; however, no power on earth can keep the Holy Spirit from telling us the Truth. If you are Christian, you have been taught by The Church to “believe” that Judas is a “betrayer.” However (and answer truthfully): Have you ever asked the Living God about Judas Iscariot?

Jeremiah 33:3 (NIV) “Call to Me (the Living God) and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.”

As for the Truth about Judas Iscariot, I made that phone call while I was High in the Spirit. Ask... and you shall receive. Since ALL of Time is happening at the same time, now (as you are reading this) Judas is walking from the last supper to Caiaphas’ house. Open your ears. Hear what the devil is shouting into the ear of Judas — the terrible down-to-earth logic of it ALL:

“This is insane! Look what you are doing! Have you completely lost your mind?”

We know from the Gospels exactly how the devil tempts Jesus. The tempter loves to show the temptee the True future. At the time Jesus & Judas walked the earth, an honorable man valued the honor of his Good name more than he valued his own Life. You can “believe” it: The devil shows Judas exactly what will become of his Good name should he continue onward in his Mission.

“ALL of humanity will hate you, curse you and condemn you! Starting with those good friends of yours with whom you just broke bread! Your name will be hated and despised by every good follower of your Brother of Light!”

ALL of this being shouted into Judas’ ear and, yet... still... despite the full power of the devil upon him, Judas continues onward. It is half a mile to the courtyard. To Judas, it seems like half a continent. Literally, with EVERYTHING at stake (you can “believe” it), the devil is absolutely relentless.

“Oh, they WILL tell the tale! And, wherever the tale is told, your name will be trashed and torn asunder!”

The Old Pro, mixing Truth with deceit. You can “believe” it. The devil shows Judas a panoramic visual documentary, “The Depiction of Judas Iscariot In the World’s Historical Future”...and the devil provides the narrative:

“Throughout the ages of man, your very name will be synonymous with betrayal. If you go through with this, you’ll be known as the villain who murdered the one true Christ! Sold him out for a handful of coins! No one ever again will name a suckling-child by your name! The name that you bear! For, your very name, from now and forevermore, will mean ‘betrayer’!”

Most people are unaware of what the name Judas actually means: “Praised.” The name “Judas” was such a common name (back in the day) that two of Jesus’ twelve Apostles are named Judas. Not so common anymore for a father to name his son Judas, now is it? Not so common at ALL. Across the earth, it is decidedly uncommon to find the name.

Still... onward Judas marches. Undaunted.

In their private powwows, Jesus prepared Judas for this perilous encounter with the Desolate One. Reminding him (just before he leaves the supper) of the one vital precaution out of ALL of what they had meticulously planned:

“That which you do, do quickly.”

Idle hands are indeed the devil’s workshop. That you can “believe.” Jesus rehearsed every detail with Judas. Exactly what to do and what to say during this entire confrontation with Satan. To every logical point the Desolate One would make, Judas was to answer (and does answer) by reciting in order, one after another, The Twenty-Eight Points. Jesus had Judas commit every Word of them to PERFECT memory — by rote — backwards and forwards, forwards and backwards and even upside-down and backwards. For, there is no other way that Judas could have possibly successfully continued onward. This is Judas’ Best Friend Forever he is about to hand over to the Neanderthals and the whip and the nails and the wood and the gravity of earth pulling at Life itself. Were it not for Jesus’ GOOD counsel and the power of the Living God upon Judas, ALL the devil would have had to have done to have kept Judas from fulfilling his God-Given Mission was to give him the first excuse not to do it, long before the devil ever got around to the panoramic-view of what would happen to Judas’ GOOD name:

“One thing will be given your name! The goat that leads the herd to slaughter! You go through with this, and you’ll regret it for ALL eternity! You’ve lost your mind!’ the devil repeatedly wails. ‘You’ve lost your reason! And, you’re about to lose your soul!”

When Judas finally gets to the outskirts of the courtyard, what do you suppose the devil does as a last resort to stop him? You can “believe” it. He crushes him to the ground. ALL the weight of Darkness — Team-Darkness — the Absolute of NOTHING. The O Silent Ones, crushing him. Their mouthpiece (the Desolate One) trouncing Jesus’ right-hand man. Yet, with Jesus’ GOOD counsel and the Living God’s GOOD strength, Judas manages to get up.

Hell hath no fury? There is no fury like the Accuser scorned. That you can “believe.”

“Go on to them now! You imprudent wretch! Go on! Let the stench of your transgression besmirch what was once your good name! And, mark my words, from the hour of this crime you seem Hell-Bent to commit — from the dawn of this day until the breath of man no longer rests in the breast of man — whosoever is betrayed by his fellow man will charge the betrayer with the curse of your very name! My curse be upon you! Your curse! Which you bring upon yourself! You Judas!”

The Christian Church perpetuates the devil’s curse. It saddens my soul to hear preachers take it into their heads to add Judas into their sermons. There is no end to these near-sighted pilots dragging a GOOD man’s name through the slime and the mud. They continue to this very day. To this very hour.

For a thousand years, The Church had “praise-Jesus Faith” that the devil gets the RANSOM. Why so, Judge Fleming? Are you in cahoots with Team-Darkness? Or is it pure clueless ignorance?

Either way, The Church should have known better. Getting humanity to find humanity Evil is worth more to the O Silent Ones than every piece of silver in the universe. Why? Because MAN is the epidimy of the Living God’s Creation. And if, ultimately, the decision comes back from the Highest Court (Four to Three) that MAN is Evil, then Creation itself must equally be found to be Evil. Which, if that turns out to be the Truth says what about our Creator? It would say that the Dying God of Darkness has every Truthful right to turn absolutely EVERYTHING into absolutely NOTHING — the True Mission of Darkness. And, so? Bottom line? The devil, having absolutely no use for the RANSOM (other than to destroy it) is certainly not the kidnapper.

Is the Living God (our Heavenly Father) the kidnapper?

Hardly. Although, many people (mostly Christians) tend to look at God the Father as THE BANK and what Jesus calls “a RANSOM” not a RANSOM at ALL; but rather, a hefty mortgage that we, as debtors, need to pay back. Keep in mind, this is not a MORTGAGE. This is not a BILL. This is not a FINE. Nor is it a non-descriptive FEE that is being paid here. This is specifically a RANSOM. And, the Living God of Light is neither a kidnapper nor a slave owner.

So... who is the kidnapper? Are you ready for the God’s-Honest Truth?

The kidnapper is the Earthly adjudicator of The Knowledge of Good & Evil. What in blazes is THAT supposed to mean? Same as the Lord sang to David: The kidnapper is “your own mother’s son.” In other words, you are the kidnapper. The “you” wearing those black robes. The “you” sitting behind the bench. The “you” one-in-being with the Courtroom of Conscience. The Mind-Altered-Thought-Master version of you. Judge __________ (simply fill in your name here). It’s not complicated. Under what knowledge does any Judge run his or her courtroom here on Earth? Under The Knowledge of Good & Evil of course. Yep. We have a lot more in common with Judge Fleming than many of us would care to imagine.

Come clean and admit it. You appointed yourself magistrate in your Courtroom of Conscience. (We ALL did.) And, there was only one thing that was standing in your way when you bestowed upon yourself YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD & EVIL RUN JUDGESHIP. A little child. And, so... the little child (YOU) had to be kidnapped. This is an inside job. You kidnapped YOU. Yes... the victim is also you. The real YOU. The Factory Setting YOU. YOU... the little child rendered unconscious. Having been thrown into a hole in the basement. Hands and feet bound in duct tape and pillow case tied around your little head. Our little heads. That’s right. It didn’t just happen to YOU. It happened to ALL of us.

Our true nature is not Evil. Our true nature is not even “the duality of man” — that impossible “Good/Evil combo,” fluctuating in various percentages from one person to another. An idea, which, in and of itself, is a Judgment (more than a concept) created by CONSCIENCE and fed to us by... guess what? Our mental illness.

Our true nature is locked up in the basement.

The solution is not to become “a sinner saved by grace.” In ALL Truthfulness, there is no such thing. No such combination of the two. We are either one... or the other. A sinner. Or “saved” by PERFECT-Grace. A better word than “saved” would be “rescued.” Jesus always uses the PERFECT Word:

RANSOMED

We are RANSOMED by PERFECT-Grace. RANSOMED out of sorrow, captivity and death... and brought back to “Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” The core YOU is RANSOMED (as in, permitted to part company with your kidnapper) and brought back to FREEDOM and the Place of Life. A change of mind so huge and total, Jesus likens it to being “born again.” Our unaltered way of looking at things, both outward and inward, yet always, starting with inward. Individually — how each one of us sees our own self. Our core self. Our very own soul. We — the one Living it. From the inside, we ALL ABSOLUTELY KNOW what we are. Our change of mind starts with NOT seeing the human soul as a stench-filled cloud of methane gas held together by depravity. Not even a microscopic smidgen of such.

“Born again.”

Jesus is talking about you seeing your core self PERFECT as the day you were born. As PERFECT as your Father in Heaven is PERFECT.

Or go on. Continue seeing your SELF as partial or total depravity through the eye of your accuser — your Knowledge of Good & Evil run CONSCIENCE. Your Kidnapper. We ALL have the same kidnapper here on Plantation Earth. CONSCIENCE. IT comes from NOTHING and IT takes the same form across the entire planet. Same shape for “believers” and “non-believers.” Makes no difference what Religion you may have bought into, IT sees you (or at least some percentage of you) as Evil. In Christianity, Islam and Judaism, IT sees you as “a sinner.” In Hinduism, IT sees you as “a person with an evil nature that creates bad karma.” In Buddhism, IT sees you as “a person unskillful and unwholesome.” In Secular dogma, IT sees you as an Evil product of Evolution — “a badmon,” “an evildoer,” “a Jackass-of-ALL-trades,” “a grumplestiltskin,” and/or “it-sucks-to-be-you.”

Certainly, being RANSOMED from ALL this is a decisively victorious solution. As opposed to you “working out your own ‘salvation’.” Ask any Mature-Christian, “How’s that working out for you?” No matter what starry-eyed speech you may get for an answer, be sure not to forget Jesus’ follow-up questions. “Oh, blind then you are to sin? So... you no longer see any sin in your Life?”

Um, er, BUT... um, ah, oops.

As a grown up, the solution is not for you to “die to yourself to kill the sin in your Life.” Such advise should scare any sensible adult, same as it would scare any sensible three to nine-year-old.

It IS a scary thing whenever the kidnapper tries to fix the kidnapper. The disease is way too smart for self-medication. Whenever the kidnapper tries to fix himself, it just makes the kidnapper angrier to the REAL-fixing when it comes around. Especially those of us snowed-under by Organized Religion, where the kidnapper has spent a lifetime trying to fix the kidnapper. Sometimes blind with rage. Sometimes outright livid. As the Pharisees were in Jesus’ presence. Same as were the “godly” people of Capernaum — an entire city of people with which Jesus could make no headway whatsoever.

Well, the kidnapper’s got himself on the straight and narrow — he’s become “godly” and found himself a “higher walk.”

Instead of trying to reform the kidnapper with Rabbinic Judaism or Fundamental Christian Maturity, it is much better to convince the kidnapper that the first thing he needs to do is go down to the cellar and at least take the God-Dammed pillowcase off his victim’s head. Sorry, for the strong language (if it offends) but the subject at hand is much too serious and much too long overdue to be meekly patient anymore with pigheadedness. I am literally trying to shake YOU into alertness.

According to a Child Abduction/Kidnapping study released on July 12, 2010, 75% of kidnapped children are murdered within the first three hours of their abduction. That is a haunting figure. That is an appalling figure that should bring tears to our eyes. Especially when we consider the horrific kidnapping that each one of us have perpetrated upon a PERFECT and innocent little child. That child is our core SELF. Our very soul.

Fundamental Christian Maturity and Pharisee Hypocrisy are Siamese-Twin-Sisters someone soon separated after birth. The kidnapper (disguised as a Mature-Christian) takes his sweet time religiously learning Paul’s laundry list of do’s and don’ts... while both Paul and the Mature-Christian each have a little child chained up in the basement.

Tell ’em Paul: “When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.”

So, first of ALL, are you willing to step up to the table? Yes? No? Is it really that hard?

Why of course it is. Because YOU are unconscious, tied up and given up for dead at the bottom of a hole somewhere. Here is some helpful encouragement. “Sin” and “guilt” and “slavery” are ALL mastermind-inventions of NOTHING. This is important to know.

Douglas, a Christian missionary-inducer (and 5-star general) said, “Know your enemy.”

As a little child, “sin” was nothing to you. IT had no power over you... until you gained the knowledge of IT. “Guilt” is the Eater of Souls — the assassin of O Death. However, to a little child, it is a toothless nobody. “Slavery” is also nothing to a little child... until little he or little she comes of age and, sure as Hell, experiences the Reality of IT. We need to wake up, see the chains of slavery and realize the Reality of IT. Our Good & Evil run world is very much like the world depicted in the film, The Matrix. Only the opposite. We Live with Diabolical tubes coming in and out of us under the projection of a Conscience-Controlled mind submerged in fecal goop. ALL while our Core-Factory-Self-Set-For-Paradise is held fast in the basement. It is helpful to know these Truths about our enemy. For, the Truth can (and will) set us FREE.

In plain English... you are the kidnapper. You are the slave owner. You are both the victim and the kidnapper. You are both the slave and the slave owner. Your CONSCIENCE is the Master — Master Knowledge-of-Good-&-Evil. And, you are its kidnapped slave. Jesus is giving you the RANSOM so that you can pay yourself off. Buying you your own FREEDOM. (See? It is you and not the Living God with the multi-personality disorder.)

I promise you, I am not “preaching” to you. I am providing you with a conclusive diagnosis. And... Truly-Accepting What’s-Been-Done-For-Us-On-the-Cross is the absolute cure. Period. I have a PhD, a PsyD and an MS in What’s-Been-Done-For-Us-on-the-Cross. I am simply offering you my professional opinion. This time, you can use your conscience — instead of the other way around (letting your conscience use you). Letting your conscience bad-cop you. Need some further professional advice? Get yourself to admit it: Alright already. I guess I did do this to myself. Finally... you get to play the good-cop roll. Better yet, you get to play the good-cop against the bad-cop. You get to interrogate the bad-cop.

“Why put ME in the roll of the bad-cop?” demands CONSCIENCE.

Because our Father in Heaven warned us never to open the door to you. That more than helps. It helps the bad-cop see that, yeah, even though I was left unprotected — left wide-open for this to happen to me — and even though I was talked into this kidnapping scheme by my accomplices (Sin, Guilt and O Death) that, indeed...

...I AM the kidnapper. I am the Mastermind behind this kidnapping scheme. And, yes, it is profitable for CONSCIENCE (the bad-cop) to come clean and admit that. Straight up.

Why? For the same reason good cops interrogate ALL kidnappers caught in the very act. So the Authorities can find the victim. Before that little child — that I did, indeed, kidnap — flat out dies.

The Life of a little child is at stake here. What we have done to our self is bad enough, but think for a moment what we have done to our Heavenly Father. What a loss for a parent to lose a little child. Even to an accident. However, for the little child to be senselessly stolen and brutally murdered is a crime that goes beyond what anyone can call as tame as “sin.” It is a crime that touches and effects everyone. What a loss to ALL the rest of us when a little child is abducted and killed. We ALL have to wonder: What is the sum total of ALL of what we have lost? Who knows? When the little child got “bigger,” he or she might have done something great for his or her Father in Heaven. Little he or little she could have helped humanity in ways of which we have no knowledge.

Would you like to serve your fellow man? Of course YOU would. The only problem is that, right now (stuck in the basement) YOU have absolutely nothing to offer. YOU are tied up and given up for dead at the bottom of a hole somewhere. May I offer yet another GOOD suggestion? Muster up some hope. Hope is very important; for, what comes with hope is anticipation. With anticipation comes alertness. Come on, sleepyhead. Time to get wide-awake alert. The best I can ever hope to be is a little child. A pure soul.

BUT... how can a grown man, woman or any other claimed gender become like that again?

By having total PERFECTION thrown upon him, her or whatever pronoun YOU identify as. Look inside. “I,” “Me” and “My” are universal pronouns.

Is What’s-Been-Done-For-Me-On-the-Cross more powerful than my notion of “imperfection”?

Absolutely. Overwhelmingly.

Is What’s-Been-Done-For-Me-On-the-Cross more powerful than my notion of my *Evil*?

Absolutely. Overwhelmingly.

Is What’s-Been-Done-For-Me-On-the-Cross more powerful than any sin I have ever committed or ever could commit?

Absolutely. Overwhelmingly.

Eric, an avid Atheist, insists, “ALL you are doing is promoting a conceptual Reality.”

An infinitely better one than the one you are presently Living in, that’s for sure. Look outside. “You,” “Your” and “We” are universal pronouns as well. The perception that every single one of us has of the world around us is a conceptual Reality. We make it what it is. We came into a world that was made by our Creator ALL-GOOD. Look what we have made of it. Epic movies, now, are indeed our best modern day “Life-Lesson-Literature.” Again, consider The Matrix. Perhaps, you’ve seen it? If not, hey, it’s an iconic flick. Put it on your bucket-list. Make it a point to watch it. How does Morpheus answer Neo when Neo asks him if the Matrix is Real? Morpheus states a Psychological-Truth about our world-environment — ANY world-environment perceived by the human mind: “We make it Real.” That is our power bestowed upon us by our Creator. Every notion in the human mind is a conceptual Reality. The notion of “Evil” is a conceptual Reality. The notion of “Sin” is a conceptual Reality. Therefore, let us phrase ALL of these important questions in Eric’s terms.

Is the conceptual Reality of What’s-Been-Done-For-Me-On-the-Cross more powerful than the conceptual Reality of my *Evilness*?

Absolutely. Overwhelmingly.

Is the conceptual Reality of What’s-Been-Done-For-Me-On-the-Cross more powerful than the conceptual Reality of my *sins*?

Absolutely. Overwhelmingly.

This is so simple, it is actually ridiculously simple.

If 100% in my mind and 100% in my Father’s Sight, ALL of what CONSCIENCE (or anyone else) can ever say is my *evil* and/or my *sins* — if I Truly-Accept, 100%, that ALL of... that... has simply been taken AWAY...

...what is left for me and for my Father to see me as... at my God-Created core-level?

PERFECT

Whether I do whatever is considered *right* or whether I do whatever is considered *wrong* I will always be the PERFECT cherished little child of the Living God of Light, forever, and no thing (not even NOTHING) can ever take that AWAY from me nor stand in the way of my relationship with the Living God, my Father.

The cure is way more powerful than the disease. The cure is a psychological slam dunk. The best part? The cure is totally FREE. And, ALL one has to do, Sir and/or Madame Kidnapper, is take the RANSOM.

Perhaps one of you readers may have, easily, already done so.

What’s the big deal? It IS so easy to TAKE.

Bare with me then. I am speaking to the hard-core indoctrinated. See the RANSOM. It has been dug up. It has been unwrapped. It has been counted. If the entire world had read this book ALL the way up unto this very page, the entire world would at least be to able to see the RANSOM.

Well?

The entire world can wait. You first. What in the entire world am I talking about? When ALL the oxygen masks drop down in front of you, in front of your children and in front of your co-passengers, whom do the flight attendants instruct for you to first hook up to the oxygen? YOU. Then (and only then) perhaps YOU can assist somebody else. First, get the board out of your own eye.

Look! Can you see the RANSOM? If so, simply take the RANSOM... and go in peace.

If you see the RANSOM, but still... you do not take the RANSOM (the GIFT-HORSE), perhaps you are looking a gift horse in the mouth. Again, may I offer some GOOD advice? Be served. Do you remember Jesus’ Mission statement? He came “to serve.”

Mark 10:45 (Original Greek) “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but TO SERVE and to give his Life as a RANSOM on behalf of many.”

“Serve” is such a meaningful word for Jesus to use here in his Mission Statement. For, it promotes alertness. Like a server at a dinner party. We have anticipation when we are sitting at our favorite restaurant, waiting for our meal to arrive. We ALL do. Whenever we see our server coming, tray in hand, we have hope that, this time, it might really be OUR meal.

Anticipate getting it.

If you can see it (it’s arrived) and, yet, you still can’t simply reach out and grab it, do you have any idea of how much anticipation you should be having right now? Do you have any idea how much hope you should be feeling? If your answer is “nope”... then once again, I am going to try my very best to shake some alertness into you. For, in this capacity, I am an angel, looking into a locked, dug-out pen, cut deep into a basement floor somewhere. I am an angel praying to the Living God — praying that YOU are not already dead. That maybe (even though ALL vital signs say otherwise) YOU are still alive down there.

It does not matter how long you have been kidnapped. There is a chance YOU might still be alive down there. There are documented cases of victims, kidnapped for many years. Somehow... someway... finally they were able to escape. Granted, these cases are few and far between. As Jesus says:

Matthew 7:14 (Original Greek) “How narrow is the gate and constricted the road leading to Life and few are the ones finding it.”

What does he mean “few are the ones finding it”? Jesus is alluding to the four human beings (out of ALL humanity) identified in the Scriptures as PERFECT by their own righteousness. Details still way ahead of us. We will cover these details in detail when we unwrap “PERFECTION.” Right now, we are still in the process of breathing Life into “RANSOM.” I specifically reference this Jesus-Quote here (in a contemporary sense) with respect to the few and far-between cases of hopeless modern-day kidnap victims, whom, BY THEIR OWN MEANS, somehow managed to get FREE. Rosalynn McGinnis fled after nineteen years of captivity. Natascha Kampusch managed to escape after being kept in a cellar for eight years. Can you even imagine how much anticipation and hope these kidnap victims must have felt when they initially saw their first real opportunity to get FREE? Probably a thousand times more than the anticipation we feel as we wait to be served a meal at our favorite restaurant. What do you think? In both cases, the victim’s only chance was that... somehow... she became alert. Not an easy thing for the kidnap victim who has been convinced by the kidnapper that it is okay to be kidnapped. That this is where you need to be. Even worse for the kidnap victim who has been drugged or repeatedly beaten into submission — or both. Who can say what the worst kidnap victim scenario is. But, certainly, one of the worst is laying unconscious, tied-up and given-up for dead at the bottom of a hole somewhere. Choosing Life is not a hard choice.

Again, may I offer some GOOD advice? Take Life. Take the RANSOM.

Carl, a Catholic Mature-Christian asks, “Why do you keep saying that? What exactly do you mean by ‘take’ the RANSOM?”

A great question. Finally, we are getting to the heart of what any RANSOM is ALL about. Let’s qualify Carl’s question by clarifying how the RANSOM-Payoff can fall apart — how it might not get taken. Yes, it IS a Done-Deal. Yes, it IS on the table. We counted it. Yes, it IS ALL there. It should be PERFECTLY easy to simply grab it up and take it. Correct? Provided... the kidnapper does not renege (or welch) on the deal.” Welch... as in, simply NOT TAKE the RANSOM.

Keep “The Deal” in mind. The Deal is a covenant between two parties. Who are these two parties? The guy paying the RANSOM... and... the kidnapper. So again, let’s slow this down a bit.

The world-wide realized-power of the human mind has finally reached a generation that can completely turn the world around. It has taken us 2000 years to press forward to this point... where we can cure ALL our ills by Truly taking the Jesus-Solution. We do not want this generation to end with CLOSE BUT YET SO FAR written on our tombstones. What good is a RANSOM to the kidnap victim if the RANSOM never makes its way ALL the way to the kidnapper? Think. In order for the kidnapper... to be willing... to set the victim FREE, the kidnapper has to take the RANSOM. Trust me, I am not over-thinking this. It IS simple. If you got it (if you have really taken it), go in peace. The rest of this section is for those still imprisoned-indeed, soon to be set FREE-Indeed. Indeed, stupidity is an enabling friend of our sickness. Even when it comes to something so simple as... taking... some folks have the needful glitch to completely stupid-it-up with a dim-witted “if,” a totally unnecessary “and” or a ridiculous “but.” If you happen to be one of these folks, no offense intended. Please continue.

The fruition of THE EXCHANGE part of this covenant between two parties is ALL on the kidnapper — taking possession of the payoff and setting the victim FREE. Simple. Yet, still... this can be the dicey part of any kidnapping ordeal. Kidnapping in general is a dangerous business; mainly, because of the human-stupidity factor involved. Dumb things happen. Even worse, in this ordeal, the kidnapper and the victim are ALL-wrapped-up in the same person; and stupidity is a big part of what got ALL of us into this mess to begin with. Another complex factor is the Time already involved. This is a lifetime ordeal where the victim has become a prisoner. And, the kidnapper has become the jailor. So, let’s take a little extra time here to smoke-out any last-minute hitches that may come up as the exchange goes down.

As to the first part: Taking possession of the payoff. When does the RANSOM actually buy the kidnap victim’s FREEDOM? Only when the kidnapper actually takes the RANSOM — making the two (the kidnapper and his victim) FREE to part company. Fair enough. That brings us directly into the second part: Setting the victim FREE. Even with the RANSOM in hand, will the kidnapper/turned jailor set the victim FREE? Parting company with the kidnap victim should be a no-brainer for the kidnapper/turned jailor. A huge RANSOM has got to be worth more to the jailor than holding on to a prisoner. Correct?

Uh... not necessarily. Okay. That’s one wrinkle that may still need some ironing-out: Last-minute-stupidity on the part of (you) the kidnapper/turned jailor.

As for (YOU) the kidnap victim/turned prisoner: There should be no such last-minute glitches for the little child, right? I mean, come on. After being stuck in a hole for ALL these years, parting company with your kidnapper has got to be a cake-walk for YOU the kidnap victim. Correct? Yikes. Not necessarily. Don’t forget the Stockholm Syndrome.

Oh, boy. Let’s definitely iron-out both of these last-minute wrinkles.