The Impersonal Life

by Joseph Sieber Benner

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The Inner Life

THE HERALD OF THE NEW AGE | JANUARY 1934

In order to comprehend this great enigma, we will have to consider Satan in his other aspect as Anti-christ. As Anti-Christ he must not only be opposed to Christ, but he must be the very opposite of Him in all ways. Then in order to know just what is Anti-christ, we will have to learn just what is Christ.

To this end we will use a definition of Christ given elsewhere in the Sun literature, one that is short and concise and very expressive:

“Christ is the EX-pression of God’s Love; is His Holy Spirit, the Comforter, come to man to abide in him, when man’s soul (consciousness) has been cleansed of all darkness, and his outer mind has truly dedicated itself to God. That Love then becomes the Light which lighteth him and leads him in all ways and in all that he does.”

Then if Anti-christ is the opposite of that which is Christ, he cannot be other than what is expressed in the following words:

Anti-christ is the EX-pression of the opposite of God’s Love; is His Holy Spirit, the Adversary, come to man to abide in him, when man’s soul (consciousness) is filled with darkness and his outer mind hates and denies God. That hatred then becomes the power which motivates and leads him in all ways and in all that he does.

In other words, even as Christ comes to proven disciples as the Comforter and is the Light which lights their way and teaches them all truth; so does Anti-christ come to his proven disciples as the Adversary, ever subtly influencing and confusing their minds and leading them farther and farther into the darkness of evil and untruth.

You will note that we are considering both Christ and Anti-christ as principles or attributes of God—acknowledging


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