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INNER CIRCLE: Anointed by the Anointed One

INNER CIRCLE: Anointed by the Anointed One

Last updated on: October 4, 2024 at 3:53 pm by Keith Giles

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INNER CIRCLE: Anointed by the Anointed One 2024-10-04T15:53:54+00:00 Keith Giles

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Chapters 21 and 22

Anointed by the Anointed One

“For this reason, they said of Christ the Anointed One, in their midst, “Seek, and those who are troubled will return and he will anoint them with ointment.” This ointment is the mercy of the Father, who will have mercy on them. Those whom he anoints are full. For the fullest vessels are those which are used for pouring out.” [21:1-4]

So begins chapter 21 of The Gospel of Truth, reminding us that the Anointed One [the Christ] is the one who anoints all of us with God’s infinite mercy. This anointing – this “pouring out” of God’s grace upon us – fills us up with the One who fills everything in every way.

Endlessly Filled and Forever Poured Out

“But when an anointing is finished, the vessel is empty, and the cause of its deficiency is the consumption of its ointment. For a breath is drawn only through the power which he has. But from the one not lacking, no anointing is removed, nor is it empty, for what it lacks the Father fills again.” [21:5-7]

This “pouring out” of the Father’s anointing upon us does not diminish the Anointed One because the Christ lacks nothing. His anointing is not removed or emptied because the Father continually fills Christ – and us – again and again.

Planted In the Father’s Resting Place

“He is good. He knows his seedlings because he is the one who has planted them in his paradise which is his place of rest. This is the fullness of the Father’s thought, and these are the words of his reflection. Each one of his words is the work of his one desire in the revelation of his Logos. Since they were in the depth of his mind, the Logos, who was the first to come forth, caused them to appear, along with an intellect which speaks the unique word by means of a silent grace.” [21:6-11]

The Father, in his goodness, knows each of us by name and has planted us deep into the soil of his paradise of rest. This planting consumes the Father’s thoughts and he whispers to himself as he sows us into this field the secret words which encompass the Word [or the Logos] which is the revelation of the Christ and the reflection of himself made manifest.

We, as individual words, form the infinite Word which appeared first and brought us into being at the same time. This is an unspoken word that speaks with a graceful silence at the hushed peacefulness of all creation.

Where We Were Before Becoming Manifest

“It was called “thought,” since they were in it before becoming manifest. It happened, then, that he was the first to come forth at the very moment pleasing to the will of the Father who desired; and it is this desire that the Father rests in and with which he is pleased.” [21:12-14]

We were merely ideas or thoughts in the heart and mind of God before we were spoken. Words whispered encoding the Logos to us and us to him, we appeared at his appearing, bursting forth out of the desire of the Father who found his rest in us, even as we found our rest in him.

The Incomprehensible Desire of the Father

“Nothing happens without him, nor does anything occur without the will of the Father. But his desire is incomprehensible. His footprint is desire and no one can know him, nor does he exist for people to observe in order to grasp him. But when he desires, what he desires is this – even if the sight does not please them in any way before God – the desire of the Father.” [22:1-3]

Who can understand the desire of the Father? Who can know the Father or grasp his hand? Only those who are the Father’s desire. Only those to whom the Father has revealed himself and poured himself out for. Only those whose very names spell out the Logos which fills everything and only those who appear at his appearing.

Coming to the End of the Beginning

“For he knows the beginning of them all as well as their end. For when their end arrives, he will greet their faces. The end, you see, is the recognition of him who is hidden, that is, the Father, from whom the beginning came forth and to whom all will return; all who have come from him. For they were made manifest for the glory and the joy of his name.” [22:4-7]

The Father knows our beginning and our end which is without beginning or ending. Our end begins when we begin to see his face. Our beginning is to find what his hidden and to see ourselves for the first time reflected back in his beautiful face. Our ending is to return to the beginning which is the Father. We are his beloved ones, created to manifest his glory and to bask in the joy of his name which is too wonderful to speak.

The newest book from Keith Giles, “The Quantum Sayings of Jesus: Decoding the Lost Gospel of Thomas” is available now on Amazon. Order HERE>

Keith Giles is the best-selling author of the Jesus Un series. He has appeared on CNN, USA Today, BuzzFeed, and John Fugelsang’s “Tell Me Everything.”

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