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The Faith that Can Do All ThingsThe Recognition of the Truth of GodThe Recognition of the Spiritual and DivineConditions for Spiritual RecognitionNecessary Growth of the Consciousness of ManChapter 37 — Correct Understanding of the Biblical TextsThe Interpretation of the Word and Promises of the BibleThe Revelation of Jesus through the Apostle JohnChapter 38 — The Three Divine Revelations and the SevenSealsThe Revelations of God and Spiritual DevelopmentThe Three Testaments of GodThe Third Era (Time)The Seven Epochs of Sacred HistoryChapter 39 — Earthly and Spiritual IsraelThe Historic Mission of Israel: and Its FailureThe Separation of the Jewish People into earthly andSpiritual CreedsThe Spiritual People of IsraelThe One Hundred and Forty — four Thousand ChosenChapter 40 — The Forces of Good and EvilThe Origin of Good and EvilArrogance and HumilityThe Good; the Man of Good WillEvil: Man in the Service of EvilThe Struggle between Good and EvilTemptations and SeductionsMoral CrimesThe Impotence and Fleetingness of EvilThe Power of ForgivenessChapter 41 — Connections between this World and TheBeyondInspiration and Aid from the Spiritual WorldDisturbed and Malicious SpiritsThe Struggle of the Spirits for Human BeingsThe Bond with the Spirits of 7469

Chapter 42 — Guilt and Penitence, Trials and SufferingThe Need for Repentance and AtonementThe Law of AtonementThe Reason for Trials and SufferingsFaith, Conformity, and Humility before the TrialsThe Significance of Suffering and PainChapter 43 — Illness, Healing, and RenovationThe Origin and Meaning of IllnessHealing through your own StrengthThe Renovation of Human BeingsChapter 44 — Life in the Divine SenseThe Necessary EquilibriumHealthy and Unhealthy PleasuresBlessed and Cursed WealthThe Law of GivingCompliance with Debts and ObligationsChapter 45 — Predestination, Sense and Compliance in LifeProvidence and the Determination of God in HumanDestinyIn the School of LifeThe Meaning and Value of Human LifeX. Materialism and SpiritualismChapter 46 — The badly Guided and Materialist ManLethargy of the Spirit, Ignorance and Arrogance of MenLack of Willingness for Abstention, Effort andResponsibilityThe Spiritual Misery of MenEarthly Misconduct and its ConsequencesChapter 47 — Materialism and SpiritualismThe Repercussions of the Present MaterialismThe Essence of SpiritualismWho can justly call themselves SpiritualizedSpiritualism in Religions and ConfessionsChapter 48 — Spiritual Gifts and SpiritualizationThe Spiritual Abilities of Human BeingsRequirements and Characteristics of authentic 5516519519524

The Blessed Effects of Spirituality525XI. HumanityChapter 49 — Religion and Justice on EarthNo Religion or Sect is the Only AuthenticThe Antagonism of Religions to DevelopmentThe Relation between Religion and ScienceThe Hardness and Injustice of earthly JudiciaryThe Arrogant self-righteous ManEarthly Justice as a Necessary EvilChapter 50 — Culture and ScienceThe Pride and Vanity of KnowledgeThe Consequences of Materialist ReasoningThe Inspiration of Scientific Knowledge by God and theSpiritual WorldRecognition of Scientists who work for the Goodof HumanityChapter 51 — The Powerful; Abuses of Power and WarsThe Fleeting Delirium of Power and earthly GreatnessThe Arrogant Exercise of Power over Persons and NationsReflections on the Second World WarThe Despicable Nature and Senselessness of WarsChapter 52 — The Injustice and Decay of HumanityThe Oppression and Exploitation of the Weak bythe PowerfulThe Depravity of HumanityThe Misguided World of an Immature Humanity527527527529530532533534535535537XII. The Judgment and Purification of HumanityChapter 53 — The Time of Judgment has ArrivedThe Gathering of the Harvest Sown by ManThe Purification of Humanity through the JudgmentThe Love of God in the JudgmentChapter 54 — Struggles between Doctrines, Religions andChurchesSpiritual Struggles before the Reign of Peace of Christon 58560569569

The Contest for Spiritual Supremacy on earthThe Struggle against SpiritualismThe Rejection of the Spiritual Revelations and SpiritualHealingsChapter 55 — The Purification of the World and Humanity inthe JudgmentThe Warning Voice of God and Nature before the JudgmentThe Power of Evil shall be brokenApocalyptic Wars, Pests, Plagues, and DestructionNatural Catastrophes and EarthquakesLoving Justice and the Mercy of GodThe Results of JudgmentXIII. The Transformation and Consecration of the World andCreationChapter 56 — Triumph and Recognition of the Spiritual Workof ChristThe Spreading of Spiritualism by the Envoys of GodThe Fight for the Recognition of the New WordThe Power of the Doctrine of The Holy SpiritThe Acceptance of the Return of Christ in All the WorldChapter 57 — Reversion and Renewal in all Human AreasNew and More Profound KnowledgeInstruction through Human Envoys of GodThe Metamorphoses of Human BeingsTransformations and Revolutions in all Areas of LifeChapter 58 — The Kingdom of the Peace of Christ and theCulmination of CreationThe Determining Power in the Kingdom of the Peaceof ChristThe New ManThe Earth as Promised Land and Reflection of the Kingdomof HeavenThe Consummation of CreationThe Song of Praise for the restored Harmony of 91592594596596598600603607607608610613615

XIV. The Missionary CallingChapter 59 — The Call to spread the New Word of GodInstructions for compiling Books, Extracts, andTranslationsThe Right to Knowledge of the New Word of GodInstructions for the Spread of SpiritualismChapter 60 — Work in Accord with The Spirit of ChristQualities and Abilities needed in the New ApostlesComportment while Spreading the WordThe Correct Way to spread the WordThe Mission of Comforting and Healing those who sufferThe Moment for Beginning the Worldwide Mission617617617618620623623628631635638XV. Exhortations, Warnings and Instructions640Chapter 61 — Exhortations and Warnings from The Lord640Mandates and Obligations640Faith, Hope, Love, Humility, and Trust642Prayer, Study, Alertness, Renovation, and Spirituality644Warnings to the Communities of the Revelation647Warning about the Continuation of the Revelations after 1950,and False Revelations of Christ648Bad Habits, Hypocrisy and Vice650False Penitence and mistaken Expectations652Warning to the Peoples and Powers of the earth654Chapter 62 — Words for the Present Listeners656Chapter 63 — Teachings for the Congregations and All theDisciples of Christ680The Spiritual Work of Christ680Spiritual Israel and the Jewish People692Ministry and Spirituality695Development710Purification and Perfection715Here, and Beyond the earthly720Revelations of the Divine725Humans and Destiny729Defects, Sin, and Absurdities737The Purification and Spiritualization of Humanity74116

XVI. Prophecies and Parables, Comfort and PromisesChapter 64 — PropheciesThe Fulfillment of Old and New PropheciesThe Great Prophecy to the Nations, deliveredon January 1, 1945Wars and Natural Catastrophes, Signs in the HeavensProphecy concerning the Schism in the MexicanCommunitiesChapter 65 — Parables; Comfort and PromisesParable of the Poor AdministratorsCrossing the Desert to the Great CityParable: The Magnanimity of a KingBlessingsExhortation for DevelopmentGod's Call to HumanityA Call to the Men of this TimeA Call to the IntellectualsA Call to the Worn and WearyExhortation to Spiritual 762763763

Observance of the Lord:" with this Book which humanity will come to recognize asthe Third Testament, you will defend my divine cause. Humanityrecognizes only the Law of the First Era and what is written in theFirst and Second Testaments, but the Third shall come to unify andcorrect that which men have altered through lack of readiness andunderstanding."My Word will continue written for all time; with it you will formthe book of the Third Era, The Third Testament, the final messagefrom the Father; for in the three Eras has God wielded his "goldenscribes" to leave his wisdom to humanity.""Form a book of my word. Extract from it the essence, so thatyou may have a true concept of the purity of my Doctrine. In theword transmitted by the speaker you may find errors, but not in itsessence. My interpreters have not always been prepared; for thatreason I have told you not to see their words superficially, but ratherto penetrate to their meaning, to find their perfection. Pray andmeditate so that you may understand them."" and I want you to form volumes of this word that I havegiven you, in fulfillment of my prophecies, afterward you will makeextracts and analysis of it, and make it known to your brethren."18

PrologueThe present book contains a selected summary of verbatimquotes from the 12 volumes of the Divine Manifestations publishedin Mexico between 1956 and 1962 under the title, Libro de La VidaVerdadera, or "The Book of True Life"*. In these Doctrines, orTeachings, declared by Him as His "Third Testament", God revealedhimself as Creator, Judge, and Father; and Christ as His Word andthe Divine Master** of the Wisdom of God, in the Unity of TheHoly Spirit with Him, declaring these revelations to be thefulfillment of his promise to return to humanity, of his SecondComing.* When the Lord mentions "The Book of Life", or simply, "My Book",he does not refer to any printed work such as the present volume, butrather to all the doctrine and teachings of this, The Third Era, whichwere given to mankind in Mexico, from the first lessons in 1884, to thelast teachings in 1950. Those teachings, or "book," represent his ThirdTestament as He tells us several times.** The original Spanish uses the word Maestro. In spite of theunfortunate connotations of the word due to its misuse in earlierAmerican history, it was decided to translate this term as "Master,"following the example of the New Testament in English, whichconsistently uses that term in referring to Jesus Christ.Both as translated from the original Aramaic or Greek of the NewTestament, and from the original Spanish of this, the Third Testament,the term might better be rendered as "Teacher," and the reader mightbe advised to read the word with that meaning in mind.It was not an easy task to find and select, from among theextensive texts of the Teachings, those which would, in an extractedwork, be the most appropriate and necessary in content andlanguage for each topic, and in what one hopes to be as complete arepresentation as possible. Additionally, at times it became evidentthat in working with a given message contained in some one verse19

of the original, that it was necessary to include various connectedanalogous verses. In other parts of the text it was seen as necessaryto include only a portion of a longer original verse that containedvarious different themes.The current compendium, divided thematically, attempts to servethe interested reader, and all those persons who find themselvessearching for understanding and truth, to form for themselves anintegral vision of what the Divine Spirit has revealed throughout thenumerous Manifestations given in Mexico prior to the year 1950;that is to say, in the years between 1884 and 1950, as the newMessage and Teaching for mankind. But, above all, it has as itsmission to facilitate and promote the exhaustive study andimmersion in the Teachings of the Spirit, of the new Spiritual Wordof God.Thanks to the methodical arrangement of the themes, it ispossible, using the index, to quickly find any of the themes and theexact text which in a given moment are of interest to the reader, orwhich is needed in a discussion with a person with differingopinions, or to present them for comparison to our spiritual brothersand sisters.The task of the elaboration of this compendium, and theauthorization to do it in this way and under this title, was given byChrist himself in his new Word. The individual chapters of the bookdeal with one theme at a time (with exception of chapters 61-63)and are comprehensible even for those who have not read thepreceding chapters. Nonetheless, for a complete understanding ofthe Spiritual Doctrine, a systematic study of the work from the firstto the last chapter is recommended.Special attention should be given as well to the Teachings(twelve volumes) from the publications of El Libro de la VidaVerdadera, or "The Book of True Life". By means of these works,20

the interested reader or believer may obtain an integral vision ofhow the Divine Manifestations were given, and through theirreading, as well as that of this "Third Testament", experience a deephappiness and enlightenment of the spirit and of the heart. May thisbe offered to all men of good will.21

IntroductionIrrespective of the confession or faith professed, the majority ofChristians will consider the title of this work, "The ThirdTestament" as presumptuous, since with it, this work of recentrevelation is placed upon an equal footing with the Old and NewTestaments of the Bible as known to them, and which, regarded asSacred Scripture and the foundation of their faith, they consider tobe completed, and not subject to any continuation or amplificationwhatsoever.Nonetheless, the true scholar of the Bible will know that thistraditional position has no basis in the classic teachings of Jesus astransmitted to us through the Gospels of the New Testament. Quitethe contrary. In His last preachings before departing, Jesus onnumerous occasions referred to His Second Coming, and in thatregard he made allusion to "The Spirit of Truth," to "The Comforting Spirit," and to the "Holy Spirit," which would later"introduce you to the truth." (John 14, 26)This introduction offers the believing Christian, and to all otherinterested readers of this book, a truthful understanding of itscreation, in what way, and under what exterior circumstances thepromise of Jesus concerning his Second Coming has been madereal, since, in spite of the affirmations on that subject which arefound in the contents of the revelations themselves, unansweredquestions may remain and might engender doubts or falseconjectures. This introduction tries, therefore, to facilitate theunderstanding of that which The Holy Spirit, in a new revelation,has bequeathed to mankind in his Third Testament.As each reader of this new Word of God can prove to himself, itirradiates full authority, wisdom, and love. It is the fulfillment of thepromise of Jesus to return, "in a cloud" (Luke 21:27), which,expressed in the symbolic language of the Spirit, means: in spiritual22

form. It is therefore that this Third Testament of God, as athematically ordered compendium of the divine revelations made inMexico, constitutes a true witness to The Second Coming of Christ"in The Spirit;" it is his message and current teaching for humanity,in the form of a compendium, selected from the original 12 volumesof His teachings.This word is intended to be for man a guiding aid, and lead himto a better and more complete understanding of God, of himself, andof the meaning of his existence in this world; and of the eventswhich occur in his personal life, as well as the happenings andtransformations which necessarily accompany the beginning of the"Era of the Holy Spirit."It is to this time that the medieval bishop, Joaquin de Fiore, andvarious others who succeeded him referred. It is the coming Reignof the Peace of Christ on earth, which from the time of the Prophetshas been promised to mankind.With the second spiritual coming of Christ in His Word, this eraof the Spirit and of Spirituality for mankind has already begun, andChrist, with his new message of love, has shown us the way thatleads us to it.Contrary to all the expectations of Christians, the principal eventof the Second Coming of Christ waits not in the future, but hasalready occurred. In the period of time between 1866 and 1950, itwas fulfilled in silence, unseen and unknown to "the greater world"and the Christians. Not in the center of western Christianity, inRome, nor in the center of the Orthodox faith, Mount Athos, noteven, as was expected by many, in ancient Judeo — ChristianJerusalem, or in any of the theological or philosophical centers ofProtestantism, but in a country of the so called Third World — inMexico. And even there, not in the midst of the pomp andcircumstance of the dominant Catholic Church, but in the impoverished and insignificant environment of the simple, humblepeople of the marginal zones around the City of Mexico, from whereit irradiated, spreading around the country. Who would haveexpected it?23

The return of Christ was made real in the form of revelationsreceived spiritually in a state of ecstasy by persons chosen by Himand among these humble people.In the last years before 1950, a considerable part of theserevelations were recorded in shorthand, edited, and later publishedin twelve volumes under the title of "Libro de la Vida Verdadera" or"The Book of True Life." And during these last years, all of the priorteachings were reiterated in an augmented and more profound form.The present book contains a selection of texts from that work, asthey apply to some of the themes addressed by it.All of the teachings of Christ, as well as the subjects dealt with,were intended by the Lord, to be his "Third Testament" for mankind.It is hoped that with this introduction, the authenticity of thistranscendental manifestation is clarified for the reader.The choice of Mexico as the land destined for the secondcoming of Christ in the Spirit, according to the words of the Lord,was due to the indigenous ancestors of the current inhabitantshaving been martyred and "christianized" by force in his name, bythe Spanish conquistadors

The Third Testament Compendium of the Teachings of the Divine Revelations contained in the twelve volumes of "The Book of True Life" The original work entitled "The Book of True Life" of which this book is a compendium, is registered in México City, under 20111, 26002 and 83348