ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en"> <head> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="images/rebecca_favicon.ico"/> <title>Elishevaa : About Jesus Continued</title> <meta name="robots" content="index, follow" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <meta name="author" content="Maria Petrova" /> <link href="css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <!--[if lte IE 7]> <link href="css/iehacks.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <![endif]--> <script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.js"></script> <!--[if IE 6]> <script type="text/javascript" src="js/ie6pngfix.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> DD_belatedPNG.fix('img, ul, ol, li, div, p, a, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, span'); </script> <![endif]--> <link href="css/superfish.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <script type="text/javascript" src="js/superfish.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function() { jQuery('ul.sf-menu').superfish(); }); </script> </head> <body> <div class="rapidxwpr"> <div class="rapidxwpr_bg"> <div id="header"> <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0" width="932" height="154" title="Elite Editing"> <param name="movie" value="flash/slideshow1.swf" /> <param name="quality" value="high" /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> <embed src="flash/slideshow1.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="932" height="154" vwmode="transparent" /> </object> </div> <div id="topmenu"> <ul class="sf-menu"> <li><a href="index.html">HOME</a></li> <li><a href="WhoTheyAre.html">ABOUT ELISHEVAA</a> <ul> <li><a href="WhoTheyAre.html">WHO THEY ARE</a></li> <li><a href="WelcomeFromE.html">WELCOME FROM E</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="Bio.html">ABOUT REBECCA</a> <ul> <li><a href="Bio.html">BIO</a></li> <li><a href="AboutJesus.html">ABOUT JESUS</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="SampleReading.html">READINGS</a> <ul> <li><a href="SampleReading.html">SAMPLE READINGS</a></li> <li><a href="Testimonials.html">TESTIMONIALS</a></li> <li><a href="Confidetiality.html">CONFIDENTIALITY</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="GetReading.html">Get a Reading</a></li> <li><a href="Books.html" class="style1">Books</a></li> <li><a href="Events.html">Events</a></li> <li><a href="QuarterlyMessage.html">Quarterly Message</a></li> <li><a href="Resources.html">Resources</a></li> <li><a href="Contact.html">Contact Rebecca</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="middle"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div class="picture"> <a href=""><img src="images/img_rebecca.jpg" alt="" /></a> </div> </td> <td valign="top"> <div class="message"> <h1> Words from Rebecca about Jesus &#8212; part 2 </h1> <div style="margin-bottom:15px">The basic truth in Christianity is that Jesus takes away sin and death by closing the gap of our separation from God. We lost our ability to do it ourselves, through will-power, rigid rules, the blood of atonement through animals, all the innumerable attempts by God to bring us close to him which all turned into forms of ego and ritual. This is what all Christian rituals aim for   closing the gap between us and God. And this is what Elishevaa does through their insightful, loving messages: they help us see the ways in which we hold ourselves in separation from God. </div><div style="margin-bottom:15px"> This brings us to what appears to be an issue within the Christian community about the work I do.  Prophecy, which is my gift, is defined by the dictionary as  to speak or utter by divine inspiration. Elishevaa aren't God, but they are servants of God and illuminate our path to God. I could never be as patient, loving, nonjudgmental, or kind and powerfully wise as our teachers Elishevaa. I can honestly say I m not ready for sainthood! If a friend tells me that her husband is abusive, I, Rebecca, am going to find myself jumping to her defense and judging the husband without hesitation. But when the friend has a reading with Elishevaa, they would speak of the husband with words of understanding and love. They would support her in leaving the relationship, but they amaze me constantly with their inability to criticize. Rather, they show us our limitations, our places of separation from God, but in a clear, loving, non-judgmental way. My parents and friends have often joked that one of the reasons they can recognize the spirit of God s divine workers speaking through me is that those gentle words could never in a million years come from me! That s a backward compliment if there ever was one. </div><div style="margin-bottom:15px"> Then there s the issue of  past lives. The Bible correctly states that we have  one life. Amen to that. We were created by God with one soul, one time. It really isn t a stretch of the imagination to understand that we don t get everything we need in one incarnation, which is not to be confused with one life. That is, in my way of thinking, like telling God  I m in first grade, I m staying in first grade, and I am NEVER going to second grade! I believe God created this beautiful earth to give us lots of opportunities to bring ourselves back into oneness with Him. God is GRACE, and grace is a vital part of love. What grace would exist if the death of a baby was its only lifetime? If a child subjected to sexual abuse was living her only lifetime? What contracts do we have with others and how does this chaos make sense if it isn t leading us to further opportunities?</div><div style="margin-bottom:15px"> Elishevaa says, and many other teachers agree, that between lifetimes we experience a time of review, a time of making amends, a time of completion and wholeness in the heavens before working through more issues. A day of rest so to speak. In this sense there really is no death in God s eyes, except the spiritual death we suffer when we stubbornly refuse to return to oneness. We just continue our work in a different form. Our souls intended to have a variety of experiences on earth, and to learn many lessons, many more than can be learned in a single life time. </div><div style="margin-bottom:15px"> Jesus said that through his power he can take away anything that keeps us stuck in separateness from God. Why don t we take advantage of this free ride? Because the ego doesn t like to let anything go. My own history has been sort of like  Here, you take this one, but let me hang on to this for a while. When we re really, really ready to let the ego go, to release control, of course it s not necessary to know every single past life. </div><div style="margin-bottom:15px"> I consider the work we do to be similar to seeing a doctor. The doctor can say  Your cholesterol is too high because you need to get off the Twinkies. The Bible doesn t tell you that exactly, so you don t feel less spiritual in some way for seeing the doctor. Elishevaa can say  You ve carried around anger at this person for so long that you hold on to it like a talisman. You ve got to let it go. Maybe you ve been hanging on to jealousy since you were in Egypt, like a prized possession that gives you the only power you think you have. You can be healed in a variety of ways from the dead weight of the past, and my work with Elishevaa is just one of them.</div><div style="margin-bottom:15px"> The greatest news is that we are new creatures through Christ. Jesus gave us access to the holiest of places, the true temple within. When he died, the spiritual  veil, as well as the physical veil in the temple of Solomon, was torn asunder (Matthew 28:51). We re in! We re divine through the Holy Spirit. This is indeed good news! You are truly a brand new person with a new identity and altered in every way.</div><div style="margin-bottom:15px"> When I woke up one night in 1996, after about eleven years of studying Christianity (and actually enjoying not having "spiritual gifts quite honestly), and words were pouring forth through my soul onto paper, I was astonished, but at the same time it felt natural. I had promised God years earlier that I would use my gifts for Him if and when He desired. I had gotten comfortable thinking that wouldn t happen. Yet when it did, I accepted it. I know a lot of people might have thought I would have felt instantly blessed, but I have to say for a long time my thought was more along the lines of  please take this cup away from me. I didn t relish the idea of being outcast from church, of being different. But I do like a challenge, and following God into unchartered territory is exciting. He can trust me to follow through, and not look down at the waves and fear being swallowed by them.</div><div style="margin-bottom:15px"> After the words started coming that night, I let many more words flow through me and develop for a long time. I asked an untold number of questions about who was speaking, why they were with me, and what was going on. I tested every known reference to prophecy in the Bible against what I was doing. After at least a year when I finally ventured forth to attempt to help others by using this gift, I then felt guilty and insecure about being paid for it. God got on me about that one, in very clear terms. He pointed out that he had always taken care of his priests so they could focus on their spiritual work, always and without exception. And that people do not value what they do not give energy for in exchange. Humility and insecurity are not the same thing. Self-care is important. That was a tough one for me! </div><div style="margin-bottom:15px">  Elishevaa is just a name. If you could see them, they re a group of six monks! And they appear to be male. But they want to balance the female and male energy within their work, so they chose a Hebrew name meaning Elizabeth,  Consecrated to God. Their mission is to fulfill the true fullness of Jesus work on Earth. They consider themselves as  paving the way for the Second Coming. I don t pretend to know exactly what the  Second Coming is, but I do believe it has a lot to do with us walking through that veil and approaching with divinity and dignity the Holy of Holies, as the Priests and Priestesses we truly are.</div><div style="margin-bottom:15px"> Elishevaa, our guides and teachers, are under the authority and guidance of Jesus Christ and the Godhead, and belong to the White Brotherhood, a group of Ascended Masters who work under the direction of Jesus. </div><div style="margin-bottom:15px"> My teachers are your teachers. They just don t happen to be wearing the garment of bodies right now. We work together through the veil, touching spiritual to physical, and it s a marvelous thing. It isn t magical or mystical. It s actually very practical. Their teachings are devoted to our Master Jesus. They respect wherever you are, whether Jesus is important to you or not. 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