The Revealer

“The figure said to me, ‘John, John, why are you doubting? Why are you afraid? Are you not familiar with this figure? Then do not be fainthearted. I am with you always. I am the father, I am the mother, I am the child. I am the incorruptible and the undefiled one. Now I have come to teach you what is, what was, and what is to come, that you may understand what is invisible and what is visible, and to teach you about the unshakable race of perfect humankind.’ “

Here, in The Secret Book of John, one of Yeshua’s disciples is asked to confront – and not run from – the same doubt and fear that overwhelmed many of the Master's closest followers after the pain and confusion of the crucifixion. Yeshua Messiah tells us in several different sacred texts that “I am with you always.” Right here, in this text, he tells us that he lives within us as father, mother and the child. He reveals to us what is already deeply known within our hearts as truth and light and life. To “reveal” here means to uncover or show the hidden potential of who we most truly are.

Hayyah Yeshua revealed that the Christ Light lives strongly within each one of us as unfulfilled potential awaiting eternal life freed from the endless cycle of birth and rebirth. They had seen the miracles he had performed as an enlightened master but they still did know him as the Great Revealer until after the crucifixion and resurrection. Of course the many revelations – given by the Revealer after the resurrection – became the catalyst or energy that fueled the Gnostic gospels and Gnosticism itself. 

This passage from The Secret Book of John reminds us not to doubt ourselves. It seems so simple on the surface, but how soon do we forget who we are in the Christos and begin to doubt? Do we know the resurrected Christ as the Revealer of what is and always has been? Do we know the resurrected Christ as the doorway to greater gnosis? I guess I might as well ask, "Do we know ourselves?"