30 The guard will say, you had the pass-word once, but you threw it away and now the Master knows you not; depart.
31 And verily I say to you, To whom much has been given, much is required; to whom a little has been given, a little only is required.
_In answer to a question of Lamaas Jesus teaches a lesson on the reign of peace and the way to it through antagonisms. The signs of the times. Guidance of the Holy Breath. The Christines go to Bethsaida._
Now, after they had dined, the guests and Jesus all were in a spacious hall in Mary’s home.
2 And then Lamaas said, Pray, tell us Lord, is this the dawn of peace?
3 Have we come forth unto the time when men will war no more?
4 Are you, indeed, the Prince of Peace that holy men have said would come?
5 And Jesus said, Peace reigns today; it is the peace of death.
6 A stagnant pool abides in peace. When waters cease to move they soon are ladened with the seeds of death; corruption dwells in every drop.
7 The living waters always leap and skip about like lambs in spring.
8 The nations are corrupt; they sleep within the arms of death and they must be aroused before it is too late.
9 In life we find antagonists at work. God sent me here to stir unto its depths the waters of the sea of life.
10 Peace follows strife; I come to slay this peace of death. The prince of peace must first be prince of strife.
11 This leaven of truth which I have brought to men will stir the demons up, and nations, cities, families will be at war within themselves.
12 The five that have been dwelling in a home of peace will be divided now, and two shall war with three;
13 The son will stand against his sire; the mother and the daughter will contend; yea, strife will reign in every home.
14 The self and greed and doubt will rage into a fever heat, and then, because of me, the earth will be baptized in human blood.
15 But right is king; and when the smoke is cleared away the nations will learn war no more; the Prince of Peace will come to reign.
16 Behold, the signs of what I say are in the sky; but men can see them not.
17 When men behold a cloud rise in the west they say, A shower of rain will come and so it does; and when the wind blows from the south they say, The weather will be hot; and it is so.