The walking of Jesus Christ and the Apostle Peter on the waters... (Matthew 14:22–33)
Amazed by the miraculous multiplication of loaves, the people wanted to take Jesus Christ by force and proclaim him King. The Lord saw these intentions and hastened to prevent their fulfillment. AND IMMEDIATELY
, after performing a miracle,
JESUS FORCED HIS DISCIPLES
, who did not want to be separated from Him especially now, when it seemed to them that the hour of fulfillment of their cherished hopes was coming - to see Him as the King of Israel, but He commanded and had to be obeyed:
ENTER THE BOAT AND GO FIRST, HE WENT TO THE OTHER SIDE
, to the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, to another Bethsaida, which was near Capernaum,
UNTIL HE LET THE PEOPLE GO
.
The Lord wanted to teach His apostles not to pursue human glory, not to attract crowds to themselves for this purpose, and at the same time wanted them to think better, alone, without Him, into the miracle in which they themselves were participants, and the visible evidence which (baskets of bread) was in their hands. In the gathering twilight at sunset, He said goodbye to the disciples, meekly and gradually calmed the people's unrest, convinced everyone to disperse, AND
,
LETTING THE PEOPLE AWAY
,
HE WENT UP TO THE MOUNTAIN TO PRAY ALONE
.
The murder of His beloved Forerunner told Him that the hour of His suffering was approaching; but even earlier, how much labor and sorrow He had to endure in the fight against the Pharisees’ bitterness! And now, in the solitude of the night, He longed to strengthen His human nature in prayerful conversation with His Heavenly Father. And He teaches us by His Divine example: when the time for prayer comes, put aside all worldly cares and raise our minds to Heaven, so that our prayer, like a fragrant censer, ascends to God. He spent almost the entire night in prayer, teaching us patience and zeal in this holy work. AND IN THE EVENING I STAYED THERE ALONE
, on a deserted mountain.
“Why does the Lord ascend the mountain? - St. Chrysostom asks and answers: - In order to teach us how convenient the desert and solitude are when we need to pray to God. Such a place and night time dispose us to quiet prayer. For the desert is the mother of silence, peace and haven, sheltering us from all anxiety.” Meanwhile it became dark; a storm began to howl in the mountains; the wind rushed from the gorges; the sea was raging, AND the BOAT
of the apostles at that time
WAS ALREADY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEA
,
AND IT WAS BATTLED
BY FERIC
WAVES
.
Sailing away from the shore, the disciples perhaps thought that the Lord would join them where it would be convenient for the boat to land; but here it is night, and He is not visible... In vain the experienced fishermen worked their oars until exhaustion; the boat was ready to capsize from the breaking waves; BECAUSE THE WIND WAS OPPOSITE
.
“Why did He not bring down the winds from His treasures and He who rules over the power of the sea did not bring forth a favorable wind for His disciples? He did this in order to accustom them to the disasters that faced them during the preaching of the Gospel throughout the entire universe” (words of Nicephorus, Bishop of Astrakhan). It was well after midnight, and the boat was barely halfway there. “Previously, during a storm, Christ Himself was with them on the ship and, moreover, slept, in order to calm them down; now, leading them to greater patience, he leaves them, allowing the storm to overtake them in the middle of the sea; Before the storm was during the day, now it is at night” (St. John Chrysostom). The Lord saw them in distress while swimming, but left them to fight the waves all night in order to touch their hard hearts, because “their hearts were hardened,” says the Evangelist Mark (Mark 6:52). This was to produce fear, excited both by the storm and by the night. At the same time, the Lord disposes them to a strong desire to be with Him and to constant remembrance of Him. That is why He did not immediately appear to them, although He, invisible, is always close to them. IN THE FOURTH WATCH OF THE NIGHT
(after three o'clock in the morning)
JESUS WENT TO THEM
,
WALKING ON THE SEA
as on dry land.
For their own benefit, it was necessary to hurry to salvation, and now He seemed to want to pass them by in order to encourage them to pray and cry out for help. AND THE DISCIPLES
,
SEEING HIM WALKING ON THE SEA
,
WERE ALARMED AND SAID: THIS IS A GHOST
, a night apparition, through which the devil, according to the belief of the Jews, frightens people,
AND THEY CRY OUT OF FEAR
and began to cry out to God for salvation.
“The Lord did not suddenly reveal Himself to the disciples. It is impossible for a person to endure prolonged and strong temptations; therefore, the Lord, wanting the righteous to gain more, increases the trials before the end of their exploits.” BUT, as soon as they exclaimed, JESUS
, as if stopped and detained by a cry of despair,
IMMEDIATELY SPEAKED TO THEM AND SAID: BE OF CHARM;
THIS IS ME , for whom nothing is impossible,
DON'T FEAR
.
In the darkness of the night, the disciples could not find out who this walker on the waves was; but the voice of the Divine Teacher, so familiar to their hearts, immediately dispelled their fear and inspired courage. They were about to receive Him in the boat, but suddenly Peter stepped forward, “always fiery, always warning the disciples”: PETER SAID IN ANSWER TO HIM: LORD!
IF IT IS YOU (I have no doubt that it is You - who but You can walk on the sea as on dry land?),
COMMAND ME
, You just command me
to COME TO YOU ON THE WATER
.
“He didn’t say: pray and call on God for help, but they led him. You see how much heat there is, although Peter is often exposed to danger because he asks for too much, for here too he asked for too much, however, out of love alone, and not out of boasting. He did not say, command me to walk on the waters, but to come to You. Peter was confident that Jesus could not only walk on the sea Himself, but also lead others.” The heart-reader knew how Peter’s daring attempt to walk on the waves would end; He did not say to him: “I command”; did not say: “Come to Me,” but simply: “Go,” if you want (St. John Chrysostom). HE SAID: GO
.
“If Christ had said, “You cannot,” then Peter, in his ardor, would have contradicted here too. Therefore, Christ by deed convinces him to be more careful in future. But even this does not deter Peter, says St. Chrysostom. – He wants to show that his faith, his love for the Savior is stronger than that of the other apostles. So later he assured: “even if everyone is offended because of You, I will never be offended” (Matthew 26:33). But experience showed that this time too he was too arrogant and lacking in faith.” AND
COMING OUT OF THE BOAT
,
PETER
stepped firmly onto the boiling waves, and while his gaze was fixed on the Lord, the wind vainly tore his hair and the waves splashed his clothes
; he joyfully WALKED ON THE WATER
, rejoicing not in walking on the waves, but in order to
APPROACH
JESUS
before others and throw himself at His feet.
So miracle follows miracle: not only the Creator and Lord of the sea, but also the servant, by the power of His permission, walks on the waters as on dry land... “But having overcome the difficult, Peter almost suffered harm from the easiest. Such is human nature: often having succeeded in great things, it becomes difficult with small things,” says St. Chrysostom. When Peter looked at the furious waves and the dark abyss below him, flesh and blood spoke in him: BUT
,
SEEING THE STRONG WIND
,
HE WAS AFRAID AND
,
BEGINNING TO DROWN
,
SCREAMED
in a voice of despair:
LORD!
SAVE ME .
It was not a storm of water that threatened him, but a storm of doubtful thoughts, just as it was not the density of the water that kept him on the waves, but the strength of his faith... Fear forced him to sincerely admit the weakness of his faith, and the Lord did not hesitate with His help: JESUS IMMEDIATELY STRETCHED OUT HIS HAND
,
SUPPORTED HIM
... But Why didn’t the Lord command the winds to calm down, but Himself supported Peter?
Because it was not the wind that was to blame for his drowning, but his cowardice; and Christ does not tame the wind, but this cowardice. “Peter’s faith was needed, but it turned out to be a lack, and so the Lord lovingly reproaches him and SAYS TO HIM: YOU OF LITTLE FAITH!
WHY DID YOU DOUBT? He does not say - unfaithful, but “of little faith”; doesn’t say, “why did you go?” therefore, he does not want to cool the future zeal of His apostles, but encourages them, shows them that with His help they can do everything. All things are possible to him who believes.” “Like a chick that has prematurely flown out of the nest and is ready to fall to the ground, the mother places it on her wings and carries it back to the nest; so did Christ.” This taught Peter not to be arrogant, and it calmed the other disciples so that they would not envy Peter. What happened to him at sea foreshadowed his renunciation and subsequent conversion and repentance. AND
WHEN THEY ENTERED THE BOAT
,
THE WIND DIED
, the storm immediately subsided and the sea became calm.
Witnesses of the miracle were extremely amazed and amazed; When the Lord previously calmed the storm with a word, they said: “Who is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?” (Matt. 8:27). And now the apostles and others, WHO WERE IN THE BOAT, APPROACHED
HIM in reverence,
WORSHIPED HIM AND SAID: TRULY YOU ARE
THE MESSIAH,
THE SON OF GOD
.
God Gene
Modern science claims that everything in the world develops from simple to complex. And man is no exception. According to the theory of evolution, we are all descendants of monkeys, who inexplicably evolved into such perfect creatures. However, our distant ancestors thought completely differently. Ancient books, which contain the knowledge of all generations of people who once lived on Earth, say that the Almighty created man, giving him a piece of himself.
Evolutionists recognized that artificial protein synthesis was not possible. What did this recognition mean? It meant that the spontaneous origin of life was impossible and only the higher mind and powers of the creator could cause the origin and development of life on Earth. This is exactly what the Holy Scriptures say.
A more detailed study of sacred texts forced scientists to take a different look at the history of the origin of the first people: Adam and Eve. After all, the details that describe paradise indicate that it was a closed, well-guarded zone.
According to the theory of engineer and researcher Peter Pol, the first people are the result of experiments by a higher being, the one we call God. And according to the text of the Bible, when the experiment ended, the owner of the laboratory released Adam and Eve into ordinary earthly life.
One of the ancient handwritten texts says that Adam and Eve were not only created by God, they inherited his genes. Together with them, the first people received superpowers, which modern science cannot explain. The Bible says that the bodies of the first people could not be burned by fire; they had the gift of foresight and were able to read each other’s thoughts.
The works of St. Seraphim of Sarov said that Adam could walk through the air, as if on the firmament. Distances did not exist for him, because he could instantly be anywhere. He drank poison and could not be poisoned by it.
But what if the first people, leaving heaven, lost all information about the past, forgot who they are and what capabilities they have, because they were cut off from God?
However, the already created Adam and Eve did not lose the most important thing - the particle of God given to them at creation. And since the Bible says that all living people are descendants of Adam and Eve, it means that each of us has a divine gene, hidden superpowers that lie dormant in our body. And only a select few know how to use them. After all, if a person manages to realize more of the image and likeness of God in himself, such a person automatically turns out to have superpowers. He develops in himself what was originally inherent in him. And then it turns out that his thoughts, his desires, his words begin to acquire a power that is not typical in our ordinary life.
Ancient Scandinavian texts preserved the mention that once upon a time entire nations lived on Earth, in which everyone, young and old, could work miracles.
Predictions and mind reading
Egyptian papyri contain a legend about how the prophet Joseph unraveled the dreams of the pharaoh. One day, after listening to a new dream of the Egyptian ruler, Joseph warned him about seven lean years, and advised the pharaoh to take measures so that the Egyptians could avoid famine. The chronicles testify that the prophet was not mistaken. But how did he manage to do this? Modern scientists call this clairvoyance.
The ability to foresee the future and read people's thoughts was first mentioned in Sumerian texts, then in the Bible, Koran and other scriptures. All these ancient manuscripts contain references to people from whom nothing could be hidden, because other people's thoughts unfolded before them like frames on film. Physicists around the world, since the nineteenth century, have tried to explain the effect of telepathy from a scientific point of view.
It is known that in Russia Vladimir Bekhterev was engaged in similar developments in 1919. As a result of lengthy experiments, the scientist was able to find out that the human brain emits electromagnetic waves that can be picked up by another person.
Even deaf people hear a buzzing sound if they find themselves in the range of pulsed radio waves with a frequency of 200 to several thousand MHz.
But can each of us really read minds and see the future?
Back in the USSR, it was found that ten percent of the world's population is born with certain properties of the nervous system, thanks to which they require practically no effort to read the thoughts of another person. Successful experiments were even carried out on the transfer of thought forms in a special metal, mirror ball.
The brain allows a person to see the past and travel to the future. The brain is capable of moving a person to any point in the Universe with the power of thought. All these abilities just need to be able to launch. But how?
The ancients had no doubt that it was possible to force the brain to perform beyond its function if we created ideal conditions for human life, an earthly paradise in which there would be an abundance of food and comfort. Thanks to such conditions, the brain will not waste energy on various tasks of organizing life for a person and will begin to realize its hidden superpowers.
However, there is another explanation for the phenomenal ability of prophets to read minds. They possessed sacred knowledge of how to instantly move from the present to the future or past in their physical incarnation. Researchers are convinced that the prophets had the ability to teleport. They could go beyond the dimensions that are accessible to our understanding.
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Teleportation and time travel
History has preserved a description of the journey of the Prophet Muhammad, which still does not find a scientific explanation. According to the ancient text, the prophet had a dream in which a shining white-maned horse appeared before him. Muhammad, without hesitation, saddled his horse, after which he was instantly transported from the city of Mecca, which is located in western Saudi Arabia, to Jerusalem. It would seem that this is simply a description of the prophet’s dream, but the most amazing thing is that Muhammad was actually seen that day in Jerusalem.
How did Muhammad manage to make such a journey, and what seven levels of heaven are mentioned in the manuscript? Historians interpret ancient manuscripts differently. Some argue that the seven levels of heaven that the prophet visited are just a figurative expression. Others see in the ancient lines a very specific indication of the physical parameters of our world.
It is generally accepted that time travel is impossible. This contradicts the physical laws of our world. But what if this is not the case? And there were once people on earth who could visit the past or the future, or even be in two places at the same time?
More recently, researchers have discovered new facts that make the story of the Prophet Muhammad not just a beautiful legend, but a real historical document. So in 2013, one of the events predicted by the prophet back in 600 AD came true.
It goes like this: the world will not end until time speeds up. Obviously, we are talking about new types of communication and transport. Nowadays, thanks to airplanes, trains and other means of transportation, journeys that in earlier times could take months are now completed in a few hours. Thus, the sign communicated to us by the Prophet Muhammad was fulfilled.
Physicists have made a sensational discovery. Time on earth began to speed up. Scientists came to this conclusion after discovering that the Earth is gradually approaching the Sun, gradually decreasing its orbit around it. Astrophysicists have calculated that the Earth approaches the Sun by 360 meters per year. One of the consequences of these processes is a reduction in the length of the year. It is known that millions of years ago, when the Earth was much further from the Sun, there were 800 days in a year. Now there are 365 days in a year, but now this figure is inevitably decreasing. This fact forced historians to reconsider the lives of the prophets. What if Muhammad could truly foresee the future, read minds, and travel through time.
But if a person is able to read minds, travel through time, fly and walk on water, does this mean that we have the power to change the physical properties of objects?
Miracle of Resurrection
The most famous centenarian was the biblical Methuselah. Holy Scripture says that he lived 969 years. An ancient Chinese legend tells of a nobleman who died at the age of 254. Today there is only one person in the world who is called immortal. This is the head of the Buddhists, Lama Itigelov. He left the earth of his own free will. 80 years ago, the monk sat in the lotus position and ordered his disciples to remove his body from the grave in 2002. After a few seconds he stopped breathing. The lama was placed in a cedar box and buried. When the monks removed the lama’s body at the appointed time, they were shocked - it turned out to be incorrupt. Until now, scientists cannot explain this phenomenon. Some call this a miracle, others claim that the lama arrives in a state of lethargic sleep, which means he can wake up at any moment.
Lethargic sleep can be confused with death because the body temperature decreases, the heartbeat slows down, and the heartbeats become muffled and may not be heard. The longest lethargic sleep in modern history lasted forty days. But the lama has been in this state for eighty years, and science will be able to explain what happened to his body when he wakes up or dies. Until then, no one can say for sure whether he is in a state of lethargic sleep, or whether a real miracle is happening to him, something for which modern science cannot yet explain. And someday Lama Itigelov will rise again.
The miracle of resurrection is described in many sacred texts. So, according to the biblical text, the prophet Elijah resurrected a dead fifteen-year-old boy. The Bible even explains how the prophets brought the dead back to life. They lay on the boy, pressing tightly against him, and connected with him by breathing in order to make him a participant in the living body of the prophet. And after many prayers, we managed to resurrect this youth.
Official science tried to explain the phenomenon of resurrection. Opinions were often expressed that there was no miracle. Many scientists argue that the description of the ritual of bringing the dead back to life is in fact very similar to first aid. In the event that a person has fallen into a short-term coma or lethargic sleep, such a practice can really bring him back to life.
But how to explain one of the miraculous incidents described in the Bible? After all, according to the ancient text, Jesus resurrected a man who had been dead for four days. And a strong smell of decay came from the cave. Could God's chosen people and prophets literally breathe life into a dead body? It is known that only a select few possessed such a gift of healing, the ability to resurrect from the dead: prophets, priests, and magicians. These people were called differently in different countries. They were feared and worshiped. They could cure deadly diseases, knew how to travel through time and could predict the future.
