TIME_DIMENSIONS
The Play of Life
Life in this world is a divine 'play' where individuals are actors playing predetermined parts. These parts are temporary, but the actor (the true Self) is…
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Pre-existence
What is “justification”? Divine acquittal, for this is a “play.” This whole vast world is a play, and you and I are playing our parts, and these parts are forever. We leave the “parts” behind. And we are the actors playing; the part is left behind. I have seen at least twelve “Hamlets.” And no two actors interpreted Hamlet alike. Yet, they use the same words. ... So, you are playing a part, and you are allowed to interpret the part; but you came in on cue and you will depart on cue; and in spite of what our wise men called doctors today are telling us that they can prolong life – they are not prolonging life – you were born on time, as told you in the 3rd chapter of the book of Ecclesiastes: “A time to be born, a time to die; a time to laugh, a time to cry;”… There is not a thing new under the sun. The play is finished.
Life in this world is a divine 'play' where individuals are actors playing predetermined parts. These parts are temporary, but the actor (the true Self) is eternal. While the script (the overall divine plan) is fixed, actors have freedom to interpret their roles. This 'play' is already finished in Eternity, and all events, including birth and death, occur on cue, making attempts to prolong life futile. There is 'nothing new under the sun' because all has been played before.
The Story Of Judas
We are living in a world that is like a play and some seem from birth to be cast in a difficult role, and yet you tell him that God is Infinite Love. But he is the playwright and the casting director, for this is a play. As Shakespeare says, “All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players. We have our exits and our entrances and one man in his time plays many parts.” But that “time” is not three-score and ten; it is the time it takes to awaken that man, the perfect actor, or God. So I play every part, but playing every part does not mean I play every man or woman in the world. There are billions of actors but only so many parts, and every part you and I must play. The central figure, the star, is Christ, and the whole play is about Christ from Genesis to Revelation, but there are many parts that reveal it.
Life is a divine play orchestrated by God, who is both the playwright and the ultimate actor. All individuals are players, embodying various roles (states of consciousness) to ultimately awaken to their true identity as God (the perfect actor). The entire biblical narrative, from Genesis to Revelation, is the script for this play, centered on the revelation of Christ.