Manual For Teachers Part 35

How Will The World End?

 

ACIM STUDY GROUP VIDEOS

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"The world will end when all things in it have been 'rightly' judged by His judgment...It will not be destroyed nor attacked nor even touched. It will merely cease to seem to be...The world will end in joy because it is a place of sorrow. The world will end in peace because it is a place of war. The world will end in laughter because it is a place of tears. "-A Course in Miracles

A Course in Miracles

Manual For Teachers

 

How Will The World End?

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Can what has no beginning really end?

The world will end in an illusion, as it began. Yet will its ending be an illusion of mercy.

The illusion of forgiveness, complete, excluding no one, limitless in gentleness, will cover it,

    • hiding all evil,
    • concealing all sin,
    • and ending guilt forever.

So ends the world that guilt had made, for now it has no purpose and is gone.

The father of illusions is the belief that

they (illusions) have a purpose; that they serve a need or gratify a want.

Perceived as purposeless, they are no longer seen. Their uselessness is recognized and they are gone.

How but in this way are all illusions ended?

They have been brought to truth, and truth saw them not.

It merely overlooked the meaningless.

 

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Until forgiveness is complete, the world does have a purpose.

It becomes the home in which forgiveness is born, and where it grows and becomes stronger and more all embracing.

Here is it (forgiveness) nourished, for here it is needed.

A gentle Savior, born where sin was made and guilt seemed real.

Here is His home, for here there is need of Him indeed.

He brings the ending of the world with Him.

It is His Call God's teachers answer, turning to Him in silence to receive His Word.

The world will end when all things in it have been rightly judged by His Judgment.

The world will end with the benediction of holiness upon it.

When not one thought of sin remains, the world is over. It will not be

    • destroyed nor
    • attacked nor
    • even touched.

It will merely cease to seem to be.

 

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Certainly this seems to be a long, long while away.

"When not one thought of sin remains" appears to be a long-range goal indeed.

But time stands still and waits on the goals of God's teachers. Not one thought of sin will remain the instant any one of them accepts the Atonement for himself.

It is not easier to forgive one sin than to forgive all of them.

The illusion of orders of difficulty is an obstacle the teacher of God must learn to pass by and leave behind.

One sin perfectly forgiven by one teacher of God can make salvation complete.

Can you understand this?

No; it is meaningless to anyone here.

Yet it is the final lesson in which Unity is restored.

It goes against all the thinking of the world, but so does Heaven.

 

 

Read an excerpt on THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE from Alter Your Life by Emmet Fox

A church that does not inspire love has a hidden altar which is not serving the purpose for which God intended it. Chap 6 Message of
the Crucifixion

 

The Last Judgment is a Final Healing, rather than a meting out of punishment...The aim...is to restore right-mindedness to man. The first step... must entail a sorting out of the false from the true. This is a process of division... and reflects the true meaning of the Apocalypse. Chap 2 Meaning of the Last Judgmento

 

The second coming of Christ means nothing more than the end of the ego’s rule over part of the minds of men, and the healing of the mind. Chap 4 Escape from Fear

 

If the Apostles had not felt guilty, they never could have quoted me as saying "I come not to bring peace ut a sword." This is clearly the opposite of everything I taught. Chap 6 Message of the Crucifixion

 

The message of the crucifixion is perfectly clear: Teach only love, for that is what you are. If you interpret the crucifixion in any other way, you are using it as a weapon for assault rather than as the call for peace for which it was intended. Chap 6 Message of the Crucifixion

 

Both the separation and the fear are miscreations of the mind, which must be undone. This is what is meant by “the restoration of the temple.” It does not mean the restoration of the building, but the opening of the altar to receive the tonement. This heals the eparation, and places within man the one defense against ALL separation mind-errors which can make him perfectly invulnerable. Chap 2 Reinterpretation of Defenses

 

 

 

 Manual For Teachers Part 36

God's Final Judgment

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"Time pauses as eternity comes near...that everyone may hear this judgment of the Son of God: Holy are you, eternal, free and whole at peace forever in the Heart of God." -A Course in Miracles

 

 

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The world will end when its thought system has been completely reversed.

Until then, bits and pieces of its thinking will still seem sensible.

The final lesson, which brings the ending of the world, cannot be grasped by those not yet prepared to leave the world and go beyond its tiny reach.

What, then, is the function of the teacher of God in this concluding lesson?

He need merely learn how to approach it; to be willing to go in its direction.

He need merely trust that, if God's Voice tells him it is a lesson he can learn, he can learn it.

He does not judge it either as hard or easy. His Teacher points to it, and he trusts that He will show him how to learn it.

 

5

The world will end in joy, because it is a place of sorrow.

When joy has come, the purpose of the world has gone.

The world will end in peace, because it is a place of war.

When peace has come, what is the purpose of the world?

The world will end in laughter, because it is a place of tears.

Where there is laughter, who can longer weep?

And only complete forgiveness brings all this to bless the world. In blessing it departs, for it will not end as it began.

To turn hell into Heaven is the function of God's teachers, for what they teach are lessons in which Heaven is reflected.

And now sit down in true humility, and realize that all God would have you do you can do.

Do not be arrogant and say you cannot learn His Own curriculum.

His Word says otherwise.

His Will be done.

It cannot be otherwise.

And be you thankful it is so.

 

Is Each One To Be Judged in The End?

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Indeed, yes! No one can escape God's Final Judgment.

Who could flee forever from the truth?

But the Final Judgment will not come until it is no longer associated with fear.

One day each one will welcome it, and on that very day it will be give him.

He will hear his sinlessness proclaimed around and around the world, setting it free as God's Final Judgment of him is received.

This is the Judgment in which salvation lies.

This is the Judgment that will set him free.

This is the Judgment in which all things are freed with him.

Time pauses as eternity comes near, and silence lies across the world that everyone may hear this Judgment of the Son of God:

Holy are you, eternal, free and whole, at peace forever in the Heart of God.

Where is the world, and where is sorrow now?

 

2

Is this your judgment on yourself, teacher of God? Do you believe that this is wholly true?

No; not yet, not yet.

But this is still your goal; why you are here.

It is your function to prepare yourself to hear this Judgment and to recognize that it is true.

One instant of complete belief in this, and you will go beyond belief to Certainty. One instant out of time can bring time's end.

Judge not, for you but judge yourself, and thus delay this Final Judgment.

What is your judgment of the world, teacher of God?

Have you yet learned to stand aside and hear the Voice of Judgment in yourself?

Or do you still attempt to take His role from Him?

Learn to be quiet, for His Voice is heard in stillness. And His Judgment comes to all who stand aside in quiet listening, and wait for Him.

 

3

You who are

    • sometimes sad and
    • sometimes angry;
    • who sometimes feel your just due is not given you, and
    • your best efforts meet with lack of appreciation and even contempt;

give up these foolish thoughts!

They are too small and meaningless to occupy your holy mind an instant longer.

God's Judgment waits for you to set you free.

What can the world hold out to you, regardless of your judgments on its gifts, that you would rather have?

You will be judged, and judged in fairness and in honesty. There is no deceit in God. His promises are sure. Only remember that. His promises have guaranteed His Judgment, and His alone, will be accepted in the end.

It is your function to make that end be soon.

It is your function to hold it to your heart, and offer it to all the world to keep it safe.

 

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