Jesus’ Hands
On August 16th 1991 I received a vision of Jesus putting all of my pain in a vat of acid. Little did I know at that time, that this was a vision that I would return to over and over again during the next twenty years. Today I am looking back on my notes of that day:
****Fri 8-16-91: Jesus appeared to me with outstretched hands saying, “Give me your pain and agony, I have already paid the price.” As I handed Him my pain, immediately, peace beyond all understanding flooded my spirit, mind & body. Christ had delivered me.
Blood was like acid
Death – Penalty – Hell – Torment – Torture – Pain – Agony
Crucifixion – Welcome – Relief
Resurrection – Renew
The sin must die (old nature) It has no place within a Godly Mind…You do not have to take it to hell, Christ has already been there for you, just put it in his hands, release it forever… Christ died in the garden – the cross was a welcome relief – he had no choice but to take that sin to hell****
As I look back today, I understand that my interpretations of what I saw that day were sifted through years of religious teachings. However the vision itself and what it did for me that day was life saving… literally. I had my hand on the car door handle and was contemplating opening the door and just falling out. I figured that at the speed that Ross was driving that it would probably kill me and that was what I was counting on. To discount my religious ideas as being unimportant would be ludicrous, as Jesus has to communicate with us on the level that we are thinking so that we will accept what He is trying to tell us. How we accept it at that moment does not necessarily matter, the point is that we must recognize him for Who He Is and put our faith in him as our salvation at that moment, and this is exactly what I did.
As I remember the vision today, I can still hear his voice asking, “Give me your pain and agony, I have already paid the price.” His price being that he has conquered death, hell and the grave by recognizing their non-existence. By my handing him the pain of my heart, I witnessed it’s disappearance as he showed me a vision of a giant vat of acid in which he dropped my pain into. It made no difference whether I assumed the acid was his blood or not, the message of his vision was that I was torturing myself over something that didn’t exist, and seeing this was my salvation. Jesus understands the fact that we need to use the world’s symbols, without regarding them as real, knowing our reality is outside them. My notes, as sketchy as they are, still reveal some remarkable truths, even though I saw them from a slightly different point of view. ‘The sin must die (old nature) It has no place within a Godly Mind’ What a remarkable statement, recognizing that sin has no place within a Godly Mind! Using this world’s symbols, Christ had his garden experience and has lived through hell, now he is extending His Hands to us to show us the way of Freedom!
