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january-March, 2008

Introducing the Holy Spirit’s Interpretation of the New Testament

Regina Dawn Akers

On June 18, 2005, I was in meditation with Holy Spirit when I began to hear a message in my mind. I was asked to accept that the New Testament is only a symbol, and I was asked to read the New Testament realizing that I do not understand the symbol. I was told that if I would do this, its meaning would be given to me.

I had already received guidance to leave my job and my home in Massachusetts and move to North Carolina, so I did not start reading the New Testament immediately. My time was focused on making that move. But early one morning in August, after completing the move to North Carolina, I was awakened by the Holy Spirit and told to begin the work now. It took 13 ½ months to complete the scribing of The Holy Spirit’s Interpretation of the New Testament: A Course in Understanding and Acceptance (NTI).

NTI is an incredible gift that came like A Course in Miracles (ACIM), through a process of inner dictation. It is an interpretation of the New Testament that is compatible with ACIM. And yet, NTI stands alone and does not need to be read with ACIM.

NTI uses different symbols and approaches the mind from a different angle, so that it teaches the same message in a different way. Many students of A Course in Miracles have found it helpful to read NTI. Because of its different approach, it often helps them to gain clarity where there may have been confusion before.

When people ask me to describe NTI for them, my first reaction is always wordlessness. Wordlessness may be the best description of NTI, because the value of this gift cannot be described in words. It can only be known in the heart.

NTI is somewhat like a spiral staircase. It seems to begin on a specific step and continually ascends from there. Step-by-step, it takes us very high into spiritual realization through our willingness to awaken and know thy Self.

NTI is a tool that helps us release the idea of guilt, accept our innocence and realize the Love that we are as One. It helps us to be aware of the obstacles that block our knowledge of truth, and it provides specific guidance on how to let those obstacles go. NTI has been described as a loving approach to letting go of the ego. It is given to us by the Voice of Love, and the experience of reading it is one of Love.

I am very happy to be able to share NTI with you. It is a gift for all of us, and it is given to us through our willingness to receive it. As the Holy Spirit says in the introduction to NTI, “It is a gift of Love given to one who recognizes he has forgotten Love, and so he asks that its remembrance be given him in Grace and Love. Love cannot say no to a request for Love.”

Following is an excerpt from the book:

Matthew, Chapter 22

#(v 1 – 10) 1The kingdom of Heaven is like a wedding banquet. 2For marriage is the symbol of joining, and the kingdom of Heaven is joining. 3But at this wedding banquet, there are no guests. 4For everyone who comes will find himself joined within the glory of this ceremony.

5All who come may see himself as bride or as groom. 6It is not important how he sees himself on coming. 7During the journey to the banquet, he may even see himself as an invited guest. 8As long as he is following his invitation to come, how he sees himself in the coming is not important.

9Some may seem to have a long journey to the wedding banquet with many distractions along the way. 10Others may seem to live closer and arrive quickly after hearing the call to come. 11The length of the journey is not important. 12The journey itself, or what seems to happen along its way, matters not.

13All are invited to the wedding banquet, and all, in their time, will arrive. 14It is upon arriving that they will realize what they have been invited to attend. 15Upon that realization, all else will fall away. 16They will not remember if they were bride or groom or guest. 17They will not remember if the journey was short or long, with many distractions or few. 18All that they will know is that they have arrived, and they are joined.

(v 11 - 14) 1No one who comes will be turned away, for no one can come unless he is ready, and if he is ready, he shall be wearing his wedding clothes. 2Do not fear that you will be turned away from God. 3When God looks at you, God sees you as spotless and ready for the joining. 4Even more, God sees you as already joined and at the banquet.

5It is you who judges and sees yourself as guilty.

6This is but a distraction on your journey to the wedding banquet. 7Let it not keep you from your Father, who waits in peace at the banquet table, eager to embrace His Son again.

(v 15 - 22) 1The journey to the wedding banquet seems to be time in the world. 2On this journey, the distraction of the world may be great. 3There will be times that you have forgotten you are on the journey, because the distraction of the world is great. 4Let this not distress you. 5Your joy will come when you have completed the journey, for then you will know where the journey led. 6But until then, do not feel guilty for journeying, my child. 7For this seems to be something you must do.

8On your journey, remember Me and keep Me close to your heart. 9But do not deny the journey you are on. 10It leads to Me and the disappearance of the journey.

11“Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s” means, do what you seem to need to do while you are in the world.

12When you have forgotten you are on the journey, there will seem to be many things that need your attention. 13I am in those things too, whether you see Me or not, so do them in peace.

14When you remember you are on the journey, many things of the world will seem to fall away. 15Let them go, but do not worry about the things in the world that seem to need your attention. 16Just as I have always been with you, I am there in those things too.

17As you learn to see Me in all things, the journey will seem easier, but it is not until you arrive at the wedding banquet that the journey will fall away. 18So live within your journey in peace and with Me. 19Be happy, and rest your mind. 20I am walking beside you, pleased, as we journey to the wedding banquet together.

(v 23 - 33) 1Do not be confused by what you see in the world, for Heaven is nothing like the world at all. 2In the world, there are differences; there are conflicts; there is suffering, and there is death. 3But none of these things exist in Heaven.

4Think of the world as a dream, for it seems real while you are here. 5But think of Heaven as awakening. 6Upon reaching Heaven, you will realize that the world, and all you thought there, was never true and so it mattered not.

7I tell you, the truth is always true, and there is no truth in the world.

8Do not let your worldly concerns distract you long. 9Lay them aside that you may continue your journey and awaken to that which calls you.

(v 34 - 40) 1And so the greatest commandment shall lead you on your journey:

2Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind.

3Let your love for God be your guiding light in all you do and all you think. 4Never forget your love for God, and give all things to Him. 5In this way, you will move steadily along your journey.

6And the second commandment is like it, for the second commandment guides you within the distraction of the world.

7Love your neighbor as your Self, because he is.

8There is no greater truth than this.

9Your Father, of course, is right. 10You are joined and at the wedding banquet, but the dream of the world keeps you from knowing this is true. 11Awaken from the dream by accepting the truth. 12The journey to acceptance is the journey to Heaven. 13Accept the truth, and you are there.
(v 41 – 46) 1The Holy Spirit is the Christ. 2Each one may call the Holy Spirit “Lord,” for the Holy Spirit guides you and leads you forward on your journey. 3It is your Lord that you shall follow.

4The Holy Spirit is within, and so it is within each one waiting to be heard. 5In this way, you may see the Holy Spirit in your son or daughter or husband or wife or mother or father or neighbor, and you may call them “Lord.” 6But the Lord is within you too, for there are no differences among men. 7It is all the same. 8And the call of the Lord is the call to awaken. 9Following the call is the seeming journey, but awakening to it is realizing there was no journey and there is no Lord but one.

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