_{(Note: All biblical quotes are taken from the English Standard Version (ESV) because it’s a good balance of easy-to-read and accurate translation of the original text. With that in mind, please stay focused on Jesus’s overall teachings and avoid semantic debates about the centuries of agenda-driven translations & mistranslations of The Bible, thank you.) -- Originally Posted Here: https://jryze.me/jesus/}

My parents are devoutly Christian and raised me to be the same.

They taught me this deeply until I was a teenager, at which point I was encouraged to decide my religious beliefs for myself. So I attended a variety of churches. I also went to mosques and learned parts of the Quran from Islamic friends. I’ve also studied the wisdom of Maimonides, the Torah, and more with friends from Israel.

Despite my parents giving me the freedom to follow my heart & mind about spirituality, my Christian upbringing stayed with me late into my twenties. And even though I’m now a teacher of Law Of Attraction, I see myself more ‘spiritual’ rather than as a Christian…

I actually consider myself ‘more aligned with Jesus’ than most Christians.

Why?

Because even if someone believes Jesus is fictional rather than historical… he’s still an example of a master manifestor who used the law of attraction to create a giant legacy that lives on to this day, and I’d gladly use someone like that as a role model, goalpost, or someone to learn from.

So I’ve studied his way of being deeply because it’s worth thinking deeply about people like that. Same goes for stories of any legendary ‘achiever’ from Michael Jordan to Superman.

And by studying him I learned something important… There’s a hidden truth about Jesus that almost no one talks about.

The truth is:

Jesus taught the use of the law of attraction to manifest a ‘heavenly’, divine life.

When I say stuff like this, it sometimes triggers people. And once triggered, they put up diamond-hard walls in their mind to make sure nothing changes their viewpoint. Then they bounce back to their comfy lives without digesting the truth of my perspective any further.

And you’re free to do the same, be as triggered as you like, but ask yourself, would Jesus --who hung out with thieves and prostitutes-- run in fear when faced with a perspective different from his own? Would he make snap judgments without understanding the full reading? Would he keep himself in a cozy bubble with his disciples and no other views?

Or would Jesus kindly, lovingly, and open-mindedly hear what others have to say?

I bet you Jesus would not only read this... but agree with it enthusiastically.

Because what I’m writing here is 100% positive, uplifting, wise, well-reasoned, and aimed at elevating humanity and empowering them to do great works in their lives.

I bet Jesus would be like “J-Ryze! Dude! You’re the first person in centuries to truly understand what I was teaching!”

And it’s funny that I’m writing this because as a kid I was taught that other religions were ‘confused.’ I was taught that ‘spirituality’ wasn’t ‘true’ religion and astrology and such were ‘occult’ tools of the devil.

And now here I am claiming that Jesus taught the law of attraction and manifestation.

I consider myself doing this is actually following in the footsteps of possibly the greatest teacher of all time. He was the original ‘motivational speaker’, ‘guru’, or ‘influencer.’ Because Jesus was all about speaking as wisely and clearly as possible without fear or hindrance.

“Proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching… WITH ALL BOLDNESS and without hindrance.” — Acts 28:31

In this passage, it’s Paul doing the proclaiming, but you can be sure he took his example from Jesus. Not only that, I’m claiming that Jesus’s guidance on the law of attraction was obvious from the many words we have recorded about his teachings in The Bible.

And I get that this may ruffle people’s feathers, it’s not my intention, but it’s often a side-effect of the truth. “The truth shall set you free… but first it will piss you off.” - Gloria Steinem.

So please do your best to be open-minded. Make a real effort to allow new ideas to receive ‘thinking time’ in your mind before snapping to judgment or jumping to conclusions.

So...

Ready for the proof that Jesus was an epic LOA-teacher?

Let’s get into it.

The first thing that’s vital to grasp is that every word in The Bible isn’t literal. The Bible is overflowing with metaphor.

If you don’t get that books use loads of metaphor, hyperbole, analogy, story, and other literary devices in order to get a message across, and have since ancient times… you might as well stop reading now.

If you don’t realize that The Bible’s made of 66+ books, many written by different authors in different styles, and that some of those ‘books’ are more literal, some less so… you might as well stop reading now.

But if you understand that there is metaphor, allegory, and deeper meaning littered throughout all books of The Bible and that it takes a high level of discernment to know which is which, we may actually achieve some enlightenment together here.

And if you’re not sure whether a passage is literal, just know that since Jesus and his disciples loved using parables as teaching tools, it’s safe to assume it’s a metaphor for something else, at least as a starting point.

The Bible isn’t literal, it’s a giant metaphor for the law of attraction.

And it being a metaphor makes total sense.

"To understand a PROVERB and a SAYING, the words of the wise and their RIDDLES." — Proverbs 2:22

Solomon knew it was important to understand Jesus’s metaphors.

The Bible uses the Hebrew word hidah a lot. This is usually translated as "riddle" or "dark saying." I’d say it could also translate to “metaphor” because hidah refers to a “figure of speech” or other kind of indirect statement. More precisely, it means “communication that requires careful interpretation.”

The reason The Bible mentions hidah so often is because Jesus was trying to emphasize that he speaks in parables and that people need to look way deeper than taking his words at face value most of the time.

This is the whole point of wisdom and understanding, and Jesus encouraged it.

Think about it.

Jesus’s focus was on teaching people to live an empowered life. He was teaching people how to maintain a ‘high vibe’ of love.

And what does any good teacher do if they want to teach people a certain concept?

They use metaphors.

For example, if I want to teach someone to understand volts, amps, watts, and other electrical concepts, I might use the metaphor of kitchen plumbing and taps, because both are about the flow of current.

This is great for me as a teacher. It’s also great for any student who speaks the same language as me and is familiar with kitchen taps.

But it’s not great for someone unfamiliar with the concepts in my metaphor.

If someone from a primitive tribe in another country tried to translate my teachings, they could easily believe I was literally talking about the power of ‘metal kitchen taps,’ rather than electricity.

This is the downside of metaphor… it doesn’t translate well at all.

But Jesus knew that people understand things better through parables, analogy, metaphors, and stories.

“And he told them many things in PARABLES…” — Matthew 13:10

“And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the PARABLES.” — Mark 4:10

“I will open my mouth in PARABLES;” — Matthew 13:35

So every time Jesus talks about “The Father” or “The Son,” he’s not talking about literal family bonds. It’s a metaphor for everything being connected & made of the same universal ‘matter’ and ‘energy.’

Father and Son was Jesus’s best metaphor to help people at the time understand the vast, divine power of the universe.

"The Father" is “source energy,” the great photon, nature, the universe, whatever higher power you believe in.

Jesus knew that the name we call it doesn’t matter. He knew that every human had access to that energy to manifest their dreams, whether they were deaf, blind, and unable to read a single word of god, or whether they were the most devout minister.

“Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the DESIRES of your heart.” — Psalm 37:4

The word “desire” is used throughout The Bible. It comes from the Latin “of the Father,” (‘de’ = ‘of’, ‘sire’ = ‘father’.) Meaning that it’s from source energy where our desires originate from. The idea here is that by focusing (appreciating) the power of source, whatever we desire or want, we will receive – whether in this life or the next. Back then, Jesus’s only way to explain that our desires originate from source in Aramaic (or Hebrew), was with a metaphor “of The Father.”

I know, Christians don’t call God source energy or call him universe or nature; however, Christians do refer to “Higher Power,” or “the Holy Spirit.” These are all just ways of referring to the invisible ‘energy’ of the universe. Prophets have taught that we can only feel a presence (the Spirit) when we’re still of mind and focused positively. Law Of Attraction states we can only feel our connection to source energy when we’re still of mind and focused positively.

“The Son” isn’t specifically “Jesus the individual.”

He never meant he was the only one who’s special, or the only one able to channel divinity through themselves. In Jesus’s metaphor, we are all ‘The Sons’ of ‘The Father.’

Meaning we’re all the ‘offspring’ of the divine energy of the universe. We’re all souls who have manifested human bodies, and it’s our divine souls that pilot these bodies, adjust their focus, make choices with free will, and direct our thoughts. It’s our divine souls that tune into the feelings and emotions of our bodies or choose to suppress them.

“So God created man IN HIS OWN IMAGE, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” — Genesis 1:27

This is a line that people take literally often, but...

I repeat, The Bible isn’t very literal.

Ancient Hebrew is a language with few words, so many Hebrew words had multiple meanings. So in the above passage, ‘in his own Image’ —to Hebrews of the time— didn’t mean ‘looking visually similar to God.’

In the original Hebrew text, ‘created man in his own image’ meant ‘humans are extensions of source.’

The Bible simply uses Father, Son, and ‘in his own image’ as a metaphor for how our souls extend from source energy to become souls in human form.

It’s surreal to me that people take this passage literally.

It’s coming from a constantly parable-using master-teacher, doing his best with a limited ancient language. Still, I’m in no position to criticize, because I took it literally as a teenager myself. Which reminds me of something else I took literally. The concepts of ‘good’ and ‘evil.’

I took it literally as if the world is that black and white. As if Jesus wanted to divide society into ‘good people’ and ‘bad people.’ As if he encouraged divisiveness, polarization, or extremism.

What was I thinking? Lol.

“You will be like God, KNOWING GOOD AND EVIL.” — Genesis 3:4

Again, Jesus nearly always talks in parables and metaphor, there wasn’t an actual magic snake or something. (Note: If you still think this is literal, and not God/Jesus speaking in parable to the minds of the day, that’s fine, but this isn’t the article for you.)

The Bible is just teaching that you can know ‘hell on earth’ (bad) or ‘heaven on earth’ (good) depending on how you align your thoughts. He’s teaching that all of us, the moment our soul takes a physical body, now has ‘emotional guidance.’ We have ‘negative’ or ‘painful’ or ‘evil’ emotions, and we have ‘positive’ or ‘soothing’ or ‘good’ emotions, and it’s now up to us in our earthly life to navigate those emotions well.

We have ‘knowledge of good and evil’, not to make us judgy, but as an emotional compass inside us, moment to moment.

“For you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, WHOSE NAME IS JEALOUS, is a jealous God.” — Exodus 34:14

Here, talking to Moses, God doesn’t actually mean “I’m crazy jealous”, I mean come on...

God is divine love.

What the word of God means here is that if you’re more focused on specific manifestations than you are on the process of aligning with source… then god (source) won’t deliver results in your favor. The passage is saying that once you start over-focusing on manifestations (‘worshipping’ them), rather than being a loving, conscientious manifestor, it’s a slippery slope and a quick emotional downfall.

For even more understanding that “The Father” is actually infinite energy… Jesus tried to tell us that when he’s referring to God, he doesn’t actually mean a person, with person-like traits.

He never meant that God is a personified deity like Zeus or something.

For Jesus, ‘God’ was his metaphor for ‘source energy’ or ‘light’.

“GOD IS NOT MAN, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?” — Numbers 23:19

And…

“This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that GOD IS LIGHT, and in him is no darkness at all.” — I John 1:5

John tells Jesus’s message is to seek, embody, and be light. So we’re seeking to receive divine pure light. But how? Is it by literally sacrificing oxen and stuff?

Jesus said that connecting with the light of God is accomplished by seeking within ourselves.

“Behold, the kingdom of God is within YOU.” — Luke 17:21

And how do we tap into this kingdom of light?

“THE EYE IS THE LAMP OF THE BODY. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness.” — Matthew 6:22

A ‘single eye’ has long been known in most religions as the third eye chakra. Scientifically it’s the pineal gland. Jesus was referring to a healthy ‘intuitive vision.’ Not literal. It was Jesus doing his best to explain the law of attraction to the people of the time so that they could live fulfilling lives and manifest their dreams.

Buddha, Krishna, and so many great teachers have long taught seeking (and finding) the light within yourself. Jesus taught this too, but most people ignore it, gloss over it, or get into giant confused debates about it.

Anyway, if you get that almost anything confusing in The Bible is probably a metaphor, then we can move on to more clear signals that Jesus was obviously teaching the law of attraction.

Remember how I said ancient languages had strange quirks, nuances, and limitations that don’t always translate well into English? Well, this is a big reason why the similarities between biblical teachings and LOA teachings are hard for people to spot.

Because the only people who’d be able to see such similarities properly would need to be a) talented manifestors, b) Bible-savvy, c) adept at translation, and d) fairly unbiased communicators. This is a pretty rare combination to find, and even if you did find someone with these traits... they’d then have to passionately translate all 31,102+ verses of The Bible from as old and as original texts as possible (The Dead Sea scrolls, etc.)

That said, I’ll do my best to point out some concepts Jesus referenced often and show how they’re just his way of teaching the law of attraction with the language he had available.

1. ‘Prayer’ was Jesus’s word for ‘meditate.’

Prayer is just an ancient-Hebrew-friendly synonym for the word ‘meditate.’

Jesus tells us to empty our mind of thoughts and concerns. (See Matthew 6:25)

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by PRAYER and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God." — Philippians 4:6

Paul preaches Jesus’s wisdom, straight-up saying to ‘quiet your mind and meditate, yo.’

“Therefore DO NOT BE ANXIOUS ABOUT TOMORROW, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” — Matthew 6:33

Seek a higher (meditative) vibration and source energy first. Let go of worries, concerns, and thoughts in general.

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.... LET NOT YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED, neither let them be afraid.” — John 14:27

Again, still your heart & mind.

“BE STILL, and know that I am God.” — Psalm 46:10

A still mind is the way to know God (connect with source energy.)

“You keep him in PERFECT PEACE WHOSE MIND is stayed on you,” — Isaiah 26:3

Peace comes to those who meditate mentally on the infinite power of source energy. And the examples go on and on in verses like II Thessalonians 3:16, I Peter 5:6, Zephaniah 3:17, etc.

Meditation means to be still & observe thought, rather than engage with our thoughts or actively think.

Prayer is just meditation with a purpose or intention. Prayer is setting an intention, then quieting one’s mind in order to connect with the divine. Jesus encouraged people to pray well, because if you pray well, you’ll manifest well, and if you don’t, you won’t.

“And what I say to you I say to all: STAY AWAKE.” — Mark 13:37

This is sometimes translated as “And what I say unto you, I say unto all: Watch!” Jesus isn’t suggesting we should all abandon sleep or take a shift on the wall.

He’s encouraging us to be present, aware, and be watchful shepherds over our internal landscape, watching the ‘sheep’ (thoughts), and being quick to see the child born of virgin consciousness (inspired thought, divine intuition), in the midst of the usual chaos of our minds.

When we observe ourselves objectively, without judgment, it changes brainwaves. It is an elevated state of consciousness available to all humans. It was available to Jesus, and it’s available to you. It triggers electric impulses in the neurons of your brain. It activates the pineal gland which is often dormant in most ‘asleep’ people. It changes the particles, electrons, and photons (light) in your brain.

Prayer (meditation) attunes you to the ‘light’ and the way begins to open.

The funny thing is Buddhists, LOA practitioners, and celebrities all practice meditation more than most Christians do. (And they all tend to get pretty epic results from it too.)

Because meditation —or prayer— works.

“If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in PRAYER.” — Matthew 21:22

“Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in PRAYER, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” — Mark 11:24

Jesus preaches over and over on the effectiveness of prayer as a tool for manifesting our dreams.

“And when you PRAY, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.” — Matthew 6:7

Jesus also taught some guidelines about how to pray (meditate) effectively, for example, in the passage from the book of Matthew above.

He taught that prayer (meditation) is often best as a personal, solitary act, done in private, even in silence... just like meditation.

In this passage, we’re being taught that the law of attraction works on vibration, not words. It works on the vibration of your emotions and beliefs first primarily, and your words are factored in second, if at all. Meditating, praying, and attuning yourself to divine energy can be done with or without words, but if you’re babbling or overdoing it, chances are you’re not in the right vibration to manifest whatever you’re praying for.

“Rejoice always, PRAY CONTINUALLY, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” — 1 Thessalonians 5:16

Instructions for successful prayer are the same as instructions for successful manifestation. Keep your mood uplifted & positive, be continual/consistent with it, and embody plenty of gratitude.

Even Jesus’s most famous ‘example prayer’ explains how manifestation works.

“Your kingdom come, your will be done, ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.” — Matthew 6:10

This ending line of the Lord’s Prayer is saying “As I envision things to be in heaven (imagination), also let it be so here on earth (physical reality.)” This relationship between what we imagine and what manifests, in reality, is touched on again in Matthew 16:19 as well.

Heaven is ‘above,’ it’s the realm of thought and consciousness. In Luke 22:10, Jesus said when you see the man with the pitcher of water follow him into the house and go to the upper room.

This isn’t referring to a literal upstairs floor in a house.

It wasn’t put in The Bible because Jesus felt people in bungalows suck and people in penthouses are awesome.

It’s there because the ‘upper room’ is a metaphor for the higher vibrations of your mind, reached through meditation, dance, or ‘being in the zone.’ It’s there because in ancient Greek times ‘water’ was a state of mind, as were the other elements, earth, fire, and air. He encourages us to go to a higher state, the ‘upper room’ of our minds.

Anyway, we already covered how God is a metaphor for source, so next, we’ll see how ‘Heaven’ is one of Jesus’s best metaphorical teaching tools too.

2. Heaven was never a ‘place’ you go to.

‘Heaven,’ (just like ‘The Vortex’ in LOA) isn’t a place you go. Jesus meant that the Kingdom of ‘Heaven’ was something inside you. It’s inside your heart and mind, and you access it, internally, through the power of your thoughts and emotions.

“Behold, the kingdom of God is WITHIN you.” — Luke 17:21

Heaven is within you. The kingdom is within you. All abundance is within you. It is the infinite divine energy of the universe that manifests into your tangible reality. Jesus knew that true power and true abundance are inside you, always accessible.

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, WHERE NEITHER MOTH NOR RUST DESTROYS and where thieves do not break in and steal.” — Matthew 6:19

Can you think of any treasures that are indestructible? Really think about it. Food rots, metal rusts, even plastic eventually degrades. But the treasures of ‘heaven’ Jesus refers to, are treasures of the heart & mind. A positive attitude, a developed mind, and talents, a consistently high vibration.

Heaven is usually referred to as being ‘above’ because heaven is a metaphor for high vibration, elevated beliefs, and uplifted emotion. Tap into such a ‘kingdom’ and you’re guaranteed to manifest a reflection of that in your earthly experience.

In modern times, thoughts are generally seen as ‘above’, and are ‘pulled’ out of the air or our mind, and brought ‘down to earth.’ This isn’t random. Jesus saw things the same way. What Jesus called ‘Heaven’ is actually our ‘imagination.’

Every dream and desire begins in the imagination. And Jesus knew that if we can imagine it we can manifest it. He knew that things are ‘done on earth’ as they’re ‘done in heaven’ because ‘heaven’ is the beliefs, visualizations, and imaginings. It’s the ideas and creations that blossom forth from our imaginations, to become ‘works’ in our physical reality.

Speaking of which...

3. ‘Works’ is just an old word for ‘manifestations.’

“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the WORKS that I do; and greater works than these will he do because I am going to the Father.” — John 14:12

People will create more impressive manifestations than Jesus did. Cellphones? Impressive AF manifestation that would’ve been considered miraculous. Airplanes? Same deal. Satellites? Literally mind-blowing for anyone from Jesus’s era.

How about this one?

“So also faith by itself, if it does not have WORKS, is dead.” — James 2:17

Belief without corresponding manifestations indicates that something is wrong, that it’s a ‘dead’ approach to desire-fulfillment.

Or this:

“He will render to each one according to his WORKS.” — Romans 2:6

Paul is telling us that “source gives us exactly what we manifest, period.” Jesus taught him that by example, rarely got upset about how his life went or what actually manifested, because he understood that he attracted it all either deliberately, accidentally, or by default.

“Yet we know that a person is not justified by WORKS of the law but through faith,” — Galatians 2:16

A person isn’t justified because he was able to manifest celebrity status, massive wealth, or even a sovereign knighting him.

Manifesting great stuff doesn’t magically make you a kind, loving person, and it doesn’t mean you can’t fall from grace the very next moment due to a lapse in faith.

Jesus wasn’t gonna sling the word ‘manifestation’ around back in the day, he spoke for the understanding of the masses, calling manifestations ‘works’ or ‘gifts.’ Basically they’re the ‘actions’, ‘results’, and ‘realities’ that come about due to a person’s belief and attitude, just like in the law of attraction.

“To each is given the MANIFESTATION of the Spirit for the common good.” — 1 Corinthians 12:7

(“Everyone is manifesting their own unique life and gifts. Some do it better, some do it worse.”)

“Jesus answered them, ‘I told you, and you do not believe. The WORKS that I do in my Father’s name bear witness about me.’” — John 10:25

(“I told you I’m connected to source, my manifestations prove it.”)

I could go on, but hopefully, you’re able to see that Jesus understood the difference between manifestations (works) and the roots of manifestation (beliefs.)

Jesus taught the use of higher consciousness (heaven), often through prayer (meditation), to access a higher power (source) to do greater works (manifestations) than even he had done.

‘Works’ was just Jesus’s word for manifestations.

Those were some of the most common confusing metaphors but there’s another big one I have to discuss.

We can’t forget the metaphor of ‘judgment.’

Some form of the word ‘judgment’ shows up in The Bible over 500+ times, depending on the translation.

And sure, ‘judgment’ is occasionally used literally, but it’s mostly a metaphor.

Think about it.

Can you picture Jesus --anytime he’s about to make a decision-- cowering in fear of a ‘judgy’ God who may rain punishment down onto him at any moment?

Of course not.

There’s no mention of Jesus himself fearing ‘judgment’ from God because Jesus knew that God is source energy, which does not judge. It’s simply a source for each individual soul to tap into and manifest whatever they imagine.

Judgment was Jesus’s metaphor for vibrational ‘matching.’

“A person may think their own ways are right, but THE LORD WEIGHS THEIR HEART.” - Proverbs 21:2

(“A person may think they’re saying and doing all the right things, but source delivers manifestations based on your overall vibration or energy.”)

Jesus taught that God (source) is an impartial, unconditional law or energy that doesn’t change its mind. It simply delivers manifestations to each of us, according to our overall vibration, frequency, or attitude, on any given topic.

If you have positive beliefs, positive moods, and minimal doubt or resistance about wealth, source will manifest wealth for you. If you have negative beliefs, negative moods, and lots of doubt or resistance about wealth, source will manifest poverty and financial struggle for you.

This phenomenon appeared to be ‘judgment’ to the people of Jesus’s time, so rather than use weird ‘science-y’ words like ‘alignment’, ‘harmony’, or ‘vibrational frequency’, Jesus used the metaphor of a judgy king, doling out ‘gifts’ (manifestations) differently to each citizen.

And Jesus even knew that holding a vibration of judgment inside you would automatically manifest judgment aimed back at you in your own life.

“JUDGE NOT, that you be not judged.” — Matthew 7:1

So many Christians live in fear because they anthropomorphize God from the impartial eternal energy of the universe into a petulant, fickle, judgy God scouring your every behavior and declaring it ‘good’ or ‘bad.’

Jesus didn’t live in that fear though, because Jesus knew that “God’s judgment” was just a metaphor for manifestation-matching-vibration.

“But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of JUDGMENT for every empty word they have spoken.” - Matthew 12:36

Jesus knew this didn’t mean he had to watch every word he spoke so his speech was more perfect than the best scholar or poet. He knew it meant that whatever vibration a human emits will attract a matching manifestation.

If you get mad at someone who cut you off while driving, your vibration of annoyance will attract something else slightly annoying later that day. If you’re annoyed daily by people cutting you off, source may deliver an annoying ‘chronic’ illness that is with you each day as well.

“And the dead were JUDGED by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.” - Revelation 20:12

There aren’t actual paper books in some otherworldly land, recording everything by divine scribes. It’s just the only thing the people of the time could understand. (Apologies to my Akashic-Records-peeps. xD)

What it means is that your ‘vibe’ gets accounted for by source, then matched with manifestations-- even after your soul passes from the earthly plane and reunites with source energy. Jesus wasn’t afraid of God’s judgment, because…

...Jesus knew every person’s own vibration was responsible for what manifests in their experience.

He knew that we each control our thoughts, moods, choices, and therefore, our vibration, so we have massive influence over our life path, and need fear no judgment from source.

Christians who don’t understand Jesus’s teachings live in fear of The Father’s judgment.

Christians who literally follow Jesus’s (fearless) example, have zero fear of The Father’s ‘judgment.’

And the law of attraction metaphors go on.

• God = Source.
• Vision = Visualization. Heaven = Imagination.
• Kingdom = Abundance.
• Good = High-Vibration.
• Evil = Low-Vibration.
• Acts/Deeds = Actions.
• Works = Manifestations / Results.
• Sin = Incorrect Manifestation.
• Doubt = Resistance.
• Body = Collective.
• Be Saved = Manifest better.
• Judgement = Vibrational Match.

If you substitute these concepts in many verses, then confusing parts of The Bible start to make a whole lot of sense.

Why?

Because Jesus was rarely literal.

So hopefully you’re getting a clearer picture of how one of history's greatest teachers (and greatest manifestors) taught the law of attraction through metaphor.

We’ve discussed how prayer, heaven, works, and many other things didn't mean what most people have translated them to mean.

And how they in fact refer to powerful, helpful law of attraction principles.

This is a great start, but I’d like to make a stronger case and show even more similarities between Jesus and modern-day LOA teachers. Basically, Jesus covered the same topics, with a similar frequency as current LOA teachers do.

Jesus taught ‘believing’ as much as modern-day LOA teachers.

Some version of the word ‘believe’ appears approximately ~250 times in the Bible. ‘Believe’ (or ‘faith’) is a keyword and central theme in The Bible, just as it is in all the law of attraction teachings.

And there’s a good reason for this.

It’s because belief is a pillar of manifesting your dreams into reality.

It always has been. It was in Jesus’s time, and it is now. And Jesus knew that he had to teach people the importance of belief, or they’d live miserably, manifesting nothing to speak of.

The adage ‘if you can believe it, you can achieve it’ pops up in my feed all the time. And it’s a principle Jesus taught repeatedly... If he were around today, his disciples would be making memes of it, and he’d be discussing it on YouTube.

“And Jesus said to him, ‘If you can?’ All things are possible for one who BELIEVES.” — Mark 9:23

When I teach people how to manifest things, I do my best to help them deal with resistance and doubt more than I help them with belief, because the world has had so many teachings about belief already, and most people’s biggest stumbling blocks are usually resistance, but belief still is incredibly vital.

Jesus understood both factors of manifestation and did address ‘doubt’ (resistance), but its likely belief was much more of an issue than resistance was in his time, which is why his teachings emphasized it so much.

“As a man THINKS IN HIS HEART, so is he.” — Proverbs 23:7

There’s all kinds of other translations of this line, but like the rest of The Bible’s message, the point is clear (to me at least):

Solomon was teaching that whatever you believe deep in your heart is what manifests.

This is a basic principle of the law of attraction. The ideas and imaginings you hold close to your heart, full of joy about them, are what flow into your reality.

For example, if you believe in your heart that you’re undeserving or ‘not good enough,’ then your reality will keep serving you up to experiences that reflect that. But the second you realize the truth that you are worthy and deserving, and replace negative beliefs with positive ones, reality will serve you up things to affirm that instead.

“Now FAITH is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” — Hebrews 11:1

Jesus knew that faith is what creates our reality. He knew that the way life works isn't “I’ll believe it when I see it,” … but instead the way life works is “I’ll believe it, then I’ll see it.”

The Law of Attraction doesn’t say ‘we always get what we want,’ it says ‘we get what we believe.’

• Jesus believed he could walk on water, feed multitudes with five loaves, and resurrect from the dead, and was seen as delusional by the people of his time.
• Roger Bannister believed he could break the 4-minute mile and was seen as delusional by the doctors of his day.
• The Wright Brothers believed they could fly, and were seen as delusional by scientists of their day.

Like everyone, these people believed first, (even in the face of their haters,) then manifested second.

Law of Attraction teachers believe in manifestation with the same depth that Christians believe in miracles. It’s the same principle, just two different languages, two different teachers, two different eras.

Jesus also taught ‘trusting the universe’ as much as LOA teachers.

This gets a bit tricky because The New Testament was largely written in Koine Greek, where the word ‘pistis’ means ‘believe,’ and it also means ‘faith,’ and it also means ‘trust.’

So we could say that just as above, the word trust is used about ~250 times as well. Perhaps more accurately the King James Version of The Bible mentions some form of the word ‘trust’ about ~191 times.

Point is, Jesus talked about ‘trusting god’ as much as LOA teachers talk about ‘trusting the universe.’

“TRUST in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.” — Psalm 37:4

This might as well say trust in source and your desires will manifest.

“Whoever gives thought to the word will discover good, and blessed is he who TRUSTS in the Lord.” — Proverbs 16:20

Whoever thinks about Jesus’s teachings will manifest good, blessed is he who trusts in source.

“TRUST in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.” — Proverbs 3:5

This might as well say trust in source and ignore your ‘logic’ of how you think your dreams ‘should’ manifest.

Remember, it doesn’t matter what word you call ‘God’, even a primitive tribe with no word for God can manifest a wonderful life, and Jesus knew that. He knew any human who trusted their ability to elevate their beliefs, to be a light in the world, to align with divine energy would be rewarded with fulfilling manifestations.

I really hope you’re seeing the parallels. I really hope it’s becoming obvious to you that Jesus was teaching people how to live a great life on earth, by leveraging the powers of their hearts and minds to manifest a fulfilling ‘heaven on earth’ for ourselves.

And this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Did Jesus use LOA tools like visualization, gratitude, affirmation, and so on?

Well, next we'll find out by looking at even more similarities between Jesus and LOA teachers.

CONTINUED IN PART 2

Apologies: Hive's character-limit on posts means have I have to break this up into two parts, but you can read how Jesus did many things similar to modern LOA teachers at this link to part 2.