28. The Christ

©1999 Athene Bitting

XXVIII

Christ: The Office of Redemption

Lecture based Questions:

1. What is Christ and why do we need it?

Christ is a rotating planetary office. Its purpose is to lead all of humanity on the quest to perfection. It is a mantle of responsibility and influence that empowers the Christ Officiant to help and nurture all souls in our Planetary Logos.

Each astrological age (when the Tropic of Capricorn intersects a successive astrological sign) is led by a new officiant who sets the keynote for the two thousand year term. This age is the Piscean Age. In 2023, the Tropic of Capricorn will enter Aquarius, which will begin to influence us.

The Lord who takes on this office has a dimensional portal to the Soul Body of every human on our planet. Christ leads us to redeem ourselves for all the harm we have done to others in the past. Christ shows us how through the example of The Incarnation. Our current Christ, known historically as Jesus of Nazareth, used his physical life as a roadmap through all the initiations. Each important moment in his life was intentionally enacted to fulfill the prophecies of Isaiah.

2. Why does Lord Emmanuel hold so many titles?

The harvest is yet small, but the jobs are many. Some of the offices that Lord Emmanuel currently holds are The Great Physician, the Beloved, the King of Kings, the Grand Artisan, The Divine Redeemer, The Only Begotten Son of God, Son of Man, The Wayshower, The Light and the Way, Lord of Angels and of Men, The Bridegroom, The Messiah, The Lamb of God, The Forerunner, The Transformer, The Alchemical Stone, The Rose of Sharon, The Sacred Heart, The Bright and Morning Star.

3. How can we become avatars of Christ? Why would we want to?

It’s a great job! An avatar (according to Annie Besant) is someone who steps aside from his physical mind to allow Divinity to express itself. Every soul in humanity bears a Christ Portal—you could call it an interdimensional portal between each soul and the Christ. This enables each us to be potential avatars of Christ.

You’ve experienced it already—some stranger says a casual remark to you that suddenly unlocks your current problem! That person was acting as an Avatar for Christ. This usually happens without knowledge of the Avatar. You yourself have done this many times without knowing the blessing that you have given to others. What fun it is to think that we are working for the upliftment of humanity without any effort on our part.

4. What is a mystery religion, and why does this title apply to Christianity?

There have been many mystery religions in the history of mankind. They usually include sacramental rites of cleansing, eating, drinking, and sacrificing. They always originate around a story of death and resurrection, which is the definitive requirement of a Fifth Degree Initiate.

Following is a list of some of our mystery religions from our post-ice age: Orphic, Samothracian, Eleusinian, Mithras, Zeusian, Saturnian, Isis, Serapis, Inanna, Attis, Sabazios, Adonis, Atargatis, Stella Maris. See also Chapter 59 on FDI’s.

5. Exercise: Invoking the Spirit of Grace

Spreading outward from the crown chakra, envision a mantle of rose and turquoise colored light filigreed with gold and white. As it completely encases you in a sphere of protection, feel the solidity of it and the resilience of it. Also note that it functions as a barrier against negativity. It is good to be like a child again.

6. Draw or describe one of your helpers.

How about Jesus? Why not? Go ahead!

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Sacred Heart

The keynote for the Piscean Age is sensitivity. We have entered life at this point in time with the overlying purpose of developing empathy for all life. It became the new law of the age—if one could develop feeling for the experiences of others, the karmic debt was automatically paid. And so it began for us, Christ changed the law and gave rise to the new spirit. Christ transcends all laws. At the moment of crucifixion, the Spirit of Grace was born and a new order was created.

Christ walks among us, speaks to us and through us on a daily basis. Every one of us—great and humble—are potential avatars of the Christ Office. The connection is perpetual. The Christ in you and the Christ in me is the same. It marks us as a thumb print of our humanity. You could say that there is a temple within each of us, the purpose of which is to guide and comfort, accompany and inspire ourselves and others along the path of earthly life. There can be no hidden agenda from Christ. The Soulic connection between Lord Christ and every individual reveals all and sends clarity into every mind that invites it. The consciousness of Christ permeates all minds and hearts. The biblical story of Jesus Christ is a road map for personal endeavor.

We become momentary avatars whenever we somehow improve the quality of another life. To give comfort, encouragement, and respite is the best we can consciously do in this life. When others avatar Christ for us, they do or say something that completely alters one’s point of view in a way that relieves pressure, reveals order and clarity, and encourages balance.

Before the Piscean age, Matreya filled the office. His work was to reveal the workings of the Universal Law, so that we could learn to work in harmony with it, despite the sometimes overwhelming urges of the instinctive hormones. Matreya now works with the Rays and implements the will of the Solar Logos. Emmanuel presently fulfills the office of Christhood for this age. He also fulfills several other offices simultaneously, as do all the other Lords, for the harvest has just begun to ripen, and the workers are still few. Among his titles is the peculiar one of Lord of All Religions. Because tribal people feel strongly about their personal religious choices, this title can be offensive to many. Christ is only in this position because of the office’s function as Personal Interpreter of the Divine Spirit. All religions are of equal spiritual value; Christian religions hold no higher place nor greater weight.

At the initiation of Lordhood, a connection is formed between the new Lord and every member of humanity at the Soul level. This connection cannot be broken, no matter what occurs during the challenges of physical life. It is like a guide-wire for the weary to use when inspiration or guidance are needed. We may focus on this connection at any time and experience the presence of any one of these mighty beings. The Christ connection draws us in a specific direction, which is fulfillment through service to others.

The season of Christ during the year has always been the same in mystery religions. The darkest week of the year is a fitting time to remember that Christ the Light is born in the heart of darkness. The title itself indicates the responsibilities of the work—redemption through enlightenment. The traditional notion of redemption is to cast upon each person a shadow of shame and guilt, which can be cleansed through prescribed ritual. In its full paradigm, the word can mean much more: relief from victimization, receiving the key to the secrets of life, coming into adulthood after the constraints of childhood, mastery over the four points of perfected life—in short, after being subjugated by the Laws of the Universe and its machinery, the individual becomes the skilled operator of law and machine. The slave of ignorance becomes the master of understanding.

During the First Degree of Initiation, a blessing of enlightenment shines upon the initiate; this is from Christ the Wayshower. During subsequent initiations, an avatar of Christ or a direct manifestation of Christ is present in attendance. As we perceive more truth, we are changed by it. Our revelations become collective power, energy beacons and transducers in a vast network of Light that extends far beyond our earthly milieu.

What can I tell you about the living portal of Light that you do not already know on an intimate level in your heart of hearts? Your own darkness keeps your thoughts separated from Him, in Whom there is no separation. Forget the high drama, the suffering, the hungering need to struggle. The real value of living is the precious victory of Now, as you perceive the world of illusion from your center of Light. Christ demonstrated that the Word creates what we desire, so we monitor our desire and watch the Divine Order manifested here as goodness on all levels. This is what it means to be the Great Physician, the Beloved, the King of Kings, the Grand Artisan. Christ really is the personal interpreter for ourselves and the Great Spirit.

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1:00 p.m. September 6, 1950

Grace be unto thee through Christ. I am your brother John. We have long kept company—missed but few lives out of our numerous times on earth in which we were apart. That which has been given in the foundation of this work was within my territory of responsibility. It is time again to speak directly and to acquaint you with the devotions, practices, the overcoming necessary for you each to achieve as the result of your being tried and tested, blessed and made worthy for bridging work between earth and heaven!

My special duty and my supreme joy in relation to you as a group is to acquaint you more thoroughly with our elder brother who bears the title, as well as the investment of power, known as Christ. Today through the earth we are sending legions of Light, urging persons individually and unitedly to become and maintain areas of peace—centers of alignment for Christ to use. Whenever you are prone to respond to haste, impatience, or anger, you are delaying the conquest of earth by the legions of God Light. You too curtain the earth and prevent the door of world peace from opening in permitting yourselves to know separation in thought or feeling from any living person, creature or thing!

My brothers and I urge you especially to bring to peace your entire lives, all of the attributes with which they are associated, and all of the interests which encircle them. Allow yourselves no liberties in expressing that which closes out the Light! Know that every individual, event, animal, and instrument that you use or are near, or with which you must be associated, is to enter your attention peacefully, your thoughts courteously, your employments and care lovingly. How can be ordain and make possible the era of peace until you and those like you who have had communication with Light for ages, are unbroken mirrors of that rue Light? You are not even permitted the indulgence of anger at yourself, or shame regarding yourself! Let there be peace, reverence, certainty of the kind that affiliates you with kingdoms and levels and orders of supernal peace. Cease to serve death by conquering in yourselves all that separates, divides and censures. Lift up in your own hearts every offender, every imperfect instrument, every unruly vehicle, until the Light of your innermost sanctuary blesses, renews, and transforms completely the elementals composing your bodies and your instruments of action.

We are closer to you than you know and much more concentrated upon you and the details of your living and serving than you have ever been aware. From this time forward, serve us in peace, and knowingly make beautiful, complete, and gracious all that you do or attempt to think while under the observation of the Wise and the Strong.

And now once more to you is given the blessing of Grace from our lord Emmanuel, the Christ!

Signs are taken for wonders. “We would see a sign!”

The word within a word, unable to speak a word,

Swaddled with darkness. In the juvescence of the year

Came Christ the tiger

—from “Gerontion” by T.S. Eliot