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THE KEY OF KNOWLEDGE. IX. 27. In reply, Jesus warned his followers not to listen to the false prophets and christs who would arise in the external world, from time to time. This, as a matter of fact, shuts out the hypothesis of his own return in a literal sense. As to the signs of the coming of the Son of man, they were told to wait patiently for them. They would see wars, famines, persecution of the righteous, and all sorts of other calamities on the earth, but they must patiently possess their souls (Luke, XXI. 19), for the end is not yet (Mark, XIII. 7). They must wait and watch like the good servant for the coming of the master, for no one knoweth when he would come (Matthew, XXIV. 46 and 47). It is a wicked servant who turns away from the path of rectitude and ill-treats his fellow-servants, because of the delay in the coming of the Lord (Matthew, XXIV. 49). One who desires to enter into the kingdom of heaven must, there. fore, constantly remain on the alert, for no one knows of the day or the hour when his opportunity will come,
not even the angels of heaven, but the Father only (Matthew, XXIV. 36). When there be signs in the sun*
* The precise significance of such things as the Sun and the Moon in the mystery-language of symbolism would appear from the following brief extract from the Permanent History of Bharata Varsha (vol. I. p. 286):--
"The Ida or current of breath through the left nostril is techni. cally called the Moon, and Pingala on the right is known as the Sun. The passing of the breath from the right to the left is also technically known among philosophers as Uttarayana. The reverse is Dakshi. nayana. The junction of Ida and Pingala is Amavasya or new moon. When the life breath reaches Muladhara, it is Vishuva, or the New Year's day. When the life breath passes to Kundalini through Ida, it is Lunar Eclipse, and through Pingala it is Solar Eclipse."
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