The Rich Man Thought He Lacked Nothing…That Very Night He Died!

 “There was a rich man who had much money. He said, ‘I will use my money that I may sow and reap and plant and fill my storehouses with fruit, so that I lack nothing.’ This was what he thought in his heart. And that very night he died. Whoever has ears let him hear!”

--Jesus, saying 63, The Gospel According To Thomas

 
Have you ever reflected upon what happens to you upon your death? Do you live your life believing that if you acquire more material possessions that this will make you happy? Are you so caught up in world that you take no time for your soul?

I invite my readers to spend a few minutes reflecting upon the parable of the rich man who thought he lacked nothing, only to die that very night. Please note that Jesus makes no mention of an afterlife or that the rich man will be punished in an afterlife; instead, Jesus just says “that very night he died.”

Indeed, this is the end of all who die: They suffer both a spiritual and physical death. This follows since as Jesus tells us in saying 29, “Spirit came into being because of the body.” In other words, all living beings have a) a life force which in humans beings is part of the blueprint body and is the source of Chi or God’s energy. This life force is lifeless without the second part, b) Spirit or animating energy which is what you are but again this is potential as without Chi or the white life force located in the belly region and in one’s central column, there is no movement or life. Thus, when the physical body dies, then one is lifeless since the animating function or spirit has nothing with which to animate.

It is God’s plan for human beings to live on planet earth in paradise (see saying 19) forever in physical form. We know that Immortality is in physical form since in saying 85 Jesus said, “Adam came into existence from a great power and a great wealth, and yet he did not become worthy of you. For had he been worthy, he would not have tasted death.”  Note that when Adam died he suffered both a spiritual and physical death. There is no mention in Genesis that Adam went anywhere when he died. No, when Adam died that was the end of him as is the case for all human beings who follow Adam.

Thus, I invite he who has ears to hear: Today is the day of salvation!