No 351 of Living Life Series 1
Lord Bo Tien is a heavenly spirit that has no historical human origin in the sense that he attained sainthood in the heavenly realms as a heavenly spirit. His mission is to deliver the message of God that all beings due to their shortcomings have fallen short of the divine expectations of Heaven and the glory of God.
They have more often than not, and more than ever got themselves entangled in ignorance and mis-represented the prophets and saints of religions and sects. Instead of unifying men and bringing them together through the cosmopolitan diversity of religions and sects, they end up bringing about disharmony and disenchantment to men in the name of religions.
Many flocked to religious institutions and these like flowers would wither because of the "insects" amongst men. But nevertheless, seeds will come forth and more religious institutions will germinate to give rise to new plants and bear new flowers.
Whilst men of religions may not live up to the expectations of God and saints, they are and will be given many chances. After all, the least expected amongst men are the ones who most need the grace of God to be saved.
God is benevolent and tolerant. Free will is the gift of God and men are given the benefit of the doubt not just once but once too often.
So blame not a saint like Lord Bo Tien if men in the name of a temple or religion tarnish the good name of the lord saint. Verily, verify do take heart that the saint knows but please do not blame the saint if insects amongst men come to the temple and cause it to whither but at least there will be seeds and new plants to give rise to more flowers.
The great saint is like the vast ocean that reaches out to many a land and to many a man. No land or man can affect the great ocean. The great saint like the ocean will always be the ocean for the many both the good and the not-so-good. There is no chosen one.
In fact, those who are wayward and far from Heaven are welcome even if they go to his temple for the wrong inclination. They are after all the ones that need help most. The far therefore may be near after all.
Those who keep to the word and the spiritual path may not find it favorable to be in his temple and cannot be in the temple. This is no issue for if they know what they should know. They can be far from his temple but still make good and play their part in his mission. They are near to the saint. But to be able to do more good and not to be affected by others who are not in the right path, they need to be afar. Though afar from the temple of the lord, they are near.
He who knows the truth and the doctrine know the saint. He who does not know but yet claim possession and control of his temple is dear to the saint for he needs to be given more ropes to make good. He is near but yet far from the saint.
Whatever it is, the issues of men are many and plentiful. This is to be expected and that is why beings and men need the shelter of God and saints. The misdeeds and problems of men are troublesome but do not in the least irk and incur the displeasure of God and saints.
On the contrary, there is more resolve, benevolence and compassion by God and saints like Lord Bo Tien to reach out to them like the ocean to many a land and to many a man. This is the essence of the Mission of Heaven, for which Lord Bo Tien is a divine messenger for God Almighty. This is so that men of diverse faiths and sects will see the truth and purpose of God to bring them to God through not one way but many.
These is need to see the complementary roles of religions and sects and not the divisiveness, and to see the need to save souls in more ways than one. All religions and sects are good and have their distinctive roles. They are complementary and there is synergy amongst religions and sects
There is but one God and one truth behind all the diversity of existence in the yin and yang world. The truth is the need to save souls. This requires that beings with problems of living need to be helped through welfare schemes and encouraged to help one another via 'mutual help and care', but this should not be the end but only means to the end. The end is to save souls, our own, your own and others as well in all levels of existence, not just in human realms.
Thus the mission is not at the human level but for all. The mission must be undertaken and spearheaded by Heaven. The mission is the Mission of Heaven and a saint like Lord Bo Tien must be a great ocean to reach out to many a land, to many a man and to many a religion or sect so that they could see the inner truth that is the need to save souls and not just stop and be content with welfare and worldly matters.
The mission is way beyond mutual help and care, way beyond solace, alleviation of worldly suffering and way beyond correcting social standing and branding amongst men and beings. Like Lord Bo Tien, the mission too is like the great ocean to reach out to many a land and to many a man. The purpose is to save souls.
