Power(s), Strength(s), The First

See also: Rich, Riches, Treasure, Little Ones, Last Ones, Weakness(es), powerlessness.

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"The first shall be last," says Jesus - James Tissot, Brooklyn Museum.

In truth many of the first will become last and many of the last, even the very last, will become first...

The union with God is the weapon that no strong one can defeat: "When a strong and Good man armed guards his palace, his goods are safe; but when someone stronger than him comes and overcomes him, he takes away the armor in which he trusted and distributes his spoil. But if the man lives in God, through faithfulness to the Law and to justice exercised saintly, God is with Him, I am with him, and nothing evil can happen to him."-

In "The Gospel As It Was Revealed To Me"

The Powerful of the World

• Being great and being small in the world: In my Kingdom one becomes "great" by making oneself "small." Whoever wants to be "great" in the eyes of the world is not capable of reigning in my Kingdom. It is straw for the bed of the demons. For worldly greatness is opposed to the Law of God.
  The world calls "great" those who almost always, through illicit means, know how to seize the best places.
  To achieve this, they use their Neighbor as a stepping stone on which they rise by trampling him underfoot. It calls "great" those who, to reign, know how to kill, kill morally or physically, who extort places or conquer countries and enrich themselves by plundering others' riches, whether personal or collective. Often the world gives the title of "great" to criminals. No. "Greatness" is not compatible with crime.
  It resides in goodness, honesty, love, and justice. See what Fruits your "great ones" offer you — poisoned fruits they pick from the demonic corruption of their inner garden!
• I did not come to impose myself and make War. I do not dispute with the strong and the powerful any kingdom, any power. It is only with Satan that I come to dispute the Souls and I come to break Satan’s chains with the Fire of my love. I come to teach mercy, justice, humility, and continence. I tell you, and I say it to all: "Do not thirst for earthly riches, but work for the eternal ones."
• "Be opposed to the desire for gold as to the desire of the flesh; to carnal desire as to the desire for power. That is what Satan offers you. Oh! His deceptive riches! Honors, success, power, money: impure goods that you buy at the price of your Soul. Be content with little. God gives you what is necessary. That suffices. He guarantees it to you as He guarantees it to the birds of the air, and you are much more than birds. But He wants trust and sobriety from you. If you have trust, He will not disappoint you. If you are sober, His daily gift will be enough."
• The worthy and the unworthy are found in all social classes. And, without failing in charity, but so as not to offend justice, I tell you that the unworthy, the "maliciously unworthy," are often found among the great. It is not necessary nor useful to be powerful to be good or to conceal what is sin in the eyes of God. Everything must be turned under my Sign. And the great will not be he who is powerful, but he who is humble and holy."
• The Son of man does not set traps for human powers, but comes to instill power in the spirits. Go and report that the Lamb will never be a wolf.

The First

• The first shall be last. – At Ramah (Judea), in the house of Thomas, Easter of the 3rd year: (In Heaven) "And it will then be seen that many who seemed the 'smallest' in the army on earth will be the first in the population of the Kingdom. And likewise it will be seen that not all the powerful of Israel will be powerful in Heaven, and that not all those whom the Christ has chosen to be his servants have deserved to be chosen for the nuptial table. But also it will be seen that many thought to be 'first' will not only be last, but will not even be last. For many are called, but few are those who from their election know how to make true glory."
• "And I tell you again that not all who seem first, and should be having received more than all, will be such. And not all who seem last, and even less than the last, not apparently my Disciples and not even belonging to the chosen People, will be last. Truly many of the first will become last and many of the last, even the very last, will become first..."

Spiritual Strength

• Strong God: "No other force is stronger than His. Man is free to act, Satan is free to tempt. But when God says: 'Enough,' man can no longer act evil and Satan can no longer tempt. The latter is repressed in his hell, the former is struck down by excess of his evil Actions, for there is a limit which God does not allow him to exceed."
• Union with God is the weapon that no strong one can defeat: "When a strong and Good man armed guards his palace, his goods are safe; but when someone stronger than him comes and overcomes him, he takes away the armor in which he trusted and distributes his spoil. But if the man lives in God, through faithfulness to the Law and to justice exercised saintly, God is with Him, I am with him, and nothing evil can happen to him. 
  Union with God is the weapon that no strong one can defeat. Union with Me is certainty of victory and of an eternal reward of Virtues for which forever a place will be given him in the Kingdom of God. But he who separates from Me or makes himself my enemy, consequently rejects the weapons and protection of my Word. He who rejects the Word rejects God. He who rejects God calls himself Satan. He who calls himself Satan destroys what he had to conquer the Kingdom.
  Therefore whoever is not with Me, is Against Me. And he who does not cultivate what I have sown, harvests what the Enemy has sown. He who does not harvest with Me scatters and will come, poor and naked, before the Supreme Judge who will send him to the master to whom he sold himself, preferring Beelzebub to Christ." and
• "Be humble. You cannot reproach your Master for not being so. I give you the example. Act as I act. Be humble, gentle, and patient. This is how the world is conquered, not by Violence and force. Be strong and violent Against your vices, uproot them, even if you must tear your Heart."