The Communion of Saints: An Ocean of Grace
By
Rabban +Mar Andreos
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Now, we know that a soul has to opportunity to turn to God in Sheol if they never had done this in their early career. This is reality not open for interpretation. When Messiah went to Sheol to preach the Good News, it was not only the souls in Judea that were listening
ALL of Sheol was listening! That is every soul that was ever created that had ever lived and had died up to that point were in the various levels of Sheol and those who had ears could hear! This meant saintly people from all times in history, from regions of the globe, from all cultures, and from all other religious beliefs heard Messiah and those who had ears followed Messiah, entered Paradise and many entered the Communion of Saints...Remember the Ocean analogy?
So, if all people from all walks could come to Messiah after death, in Sheol, then what about now? For some reason, people have been spoon fed this lie that unless a person hears the Good News in their earthly life and accepts Messiah only at this point, then that soul is lost forever. This is total garbage. It is not real and it has hurt so many people on so many levels the world over.
What was true then, is true now. If a soul for whatever reason, does not accept Messiah and His Torah in this life, they will have the chance to do this in Sheol.
Keeping this in mind, it should not come as any surprise that many of the greatest Jewish thinkers in history since the time of Messiah, have entered Sheol have embraced Yeshua as Messiah and have entered the Communion of Saints. It has been confirmed that most, if not all the Greatest Yemeni Jewish Scholars have entered the Communion of Saints among them. Among them Saadia Gaon and RaMBaM (also known as Maimonides) and Baba Sali.
Other Great Jewish saints in the Communion of Saints:
The Bal Shem Tov
Rabbi Dov Ber of Mezeritch
Shneur Zalman Baruchovitch of Liadi
We know the Rebbe Schneerson, even before his death accepted Yeshua as Messiah and he is now in the Communion of Saints.
Those who know anything about the Church of Jerusalem will come into conact with the writings of St. Sadhu Sundar Singh. What many may not know is that Sundar Singh, while a devotee of Messiah in his earthly life, and a friend to the Nasranis, had not accepted His Torah or the Mother Church in his earthly life. This changed immediately upon his entrance into Sheol. He is extremely active in the Communion of Saints and does more than many servants of the Church while still in the flesh. He is truly a great and beloved Saint of the Holy Mother Church.
This is something you need to prepare for.
Many of the founders of the world's religions are not only in Paradise after having accepted Messiah and Torah, but are currently working in the Communion of Saints!
Let's have a rundown of some of these saints (I assure you this is only the tip of the tip of a very large Iceberg).
From Buddhism:
Siddhartha Gotama (Founder of Buddhism)
Milarepa (One of the greatest Tibetan Buddhist heroes)
Shinran Shonin (The found of Jodoshin Buddhism)
Many Tibetan Buddhist Lamas and Geshes are embracing Messiah and immediately entering the Communion of Saints.
From Hinduism:
Sri Ramakrishna
Sri Shird Sai Baba
Paramahamsa Hariharananda
Krishnamurti
From Sikhism:
Guru Nanak (The Founder of Sikhism)
Many Sikhs both in the flesh and in Sheol are accepting Messiah and entering the Communion of Saints.
From Zoroastrianism:
Zararathushra (The Founder of Zoroastrianism)
From Jainism:
Mahavir (the founder of the Jain religion)
From Sufism:
Baha al-Din Naqshband (The Founder of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order. Many Naqshbandis have entered the Communion of Saints).
Jalaludin Rumi (One of the most famous Sufis of all time)
Hazrat Inayat Khan (of the Chishti Order)
Farid-ud-din (Of the Chisti Order)
Bulleh Shah (Great Punjabi Sufi Poet of the Qadiri Sect)
Shah Sain Yatim
Asaph bar Yuzu (a saint of the Shemishqo family whose tomb is in Srinigar. Many people make pilgrimages to his tomb thinking that it is the tomb of Messiah, for those in the kashmiri region who believed that Messiah did not die on the cross but traveled through Afghanistan into the Kashmir and lived a full life. It is the tomb of Asaph bar Yuzu that people receive their blessings. Messiah is not buried in the Kahshmir. Messiah is not buried anywhere.)
From Taoism:
Lao Tsu
Chuang Tsu
Many Taosist saints
From the Bahai faith:
The Bab
Baha'u'llah
Other Notable mentions:
Confucius
There are also individuals from Shinto that have entered into the Communion of Saints.
From Roman Catholicism:
Padre Pio
St. Katherine
Pope John Paul II (known now as St. John the Bridge Builder)
Francis of Assisi
From Eastern Orthodoxy:
St. Moses
St. Cyprian
Now this list, is only a small fraction of the Saints in the Communion of Saints. A veritable Ocean of Saints, don't you think?