June 8, 1984

June 8, 1984

Globe, Arizona

Aka is here.

“Where is soul Ray, Aka?”

Soul Ray is with God.

Yes, we see thy need. And we shall answer in this manner and in this way, glory be the name of the Lord thy God; glory be the name of His children, forever and ever.

And we shall say unto thee this parable, in this manner and in this way. In the valley near the ocean there was a man who had beautiful vineyards. And he sold each year the yield of his crop to a very fine winemaker. And the winemaker sold his wine to a very rich merchant.

After doing business many years, the merchant said to the winemaker, “I would like to do honor to the farmer who grows such beautiful grapes for us.”

And so they ventured forth into this valley. And there, they found the farmer. And so the rich merchant said unto him, “You have given unto me great pleasure year after year with such a fine crop. In some way I would like to repay you.”

The farmer said unto him, “You have paid for my goods, and that is enough. But as I am getting on in years, I need an apprentice, one who could learn from me how to grow fine grapes.”

The merchant searched the country far and wide, and he brought forth into twenty of the finest young men [of all] the nation. And he said unto them, “Farmer, choose from these, choose all or choose one, whichever you wish.”

The farmer took each separately into his vineyard. And as they walked, he asked them but one question, “What do we grow in this vineyard and where does it come from?”

Many answered, “Grapes is what you grow in your vineyards. It comes from the sun and the rain.”

Two among the twenty answered, “You have grown love and tenderness in your vineyard, and it comes from God.”

These two he asked to be his apprentices. The others, their feelings were hurt, for they were fine workmen. Why should he choose just the two when he could have had all?

And the merchant was interested, and so was the winemaker. And he said, “Why, out of all of these, why did you choose just these two?”

And he said to them, “I asked these questions − what we grew in the vineyard. The others said, ‘grapes.’ But these two did not. When I asked them where they came from, the others said, ‘from the sun and the rain.’ These two did not.”

And so, as the years did pass, and as the farmer went into semi-retirement, the vineyards thrived and became better. The grapes became better than even the farmer could grow. And once again the merchant and his sons came forth and said unto the winemaker and his sons, “How has this farmer done this? How has he brought forth even better than before, and the yield is larger?”

So they ventured forth, and there they found the two young men and their families, and there were three vineyards. The farmer’s, and his two apprentices, each had vineyards of their own. And they took grapes from each, and each was as sweet as the other, each as yielding. It seemed like each grape, reached forth with one thought, and that was to please the taste buds of the taster.

The merchant said, “How could this be possible? How can you even achieve through your apprentice[s] more than you were capable of doing?”

And he said, “First, I shall say unto you, all things are possible before God and of God. And when you know who the giver is, then you know that it can only be the best. And when more than I ask, then it surely shall be better. And what greater compliment could I have than my two apprentices to improve upon my vineyards and their own?”

The merchant stopped and said, “But why do they have vineyards; they were sent here to learn from you? These vineyards should all belong to you.”

The farmer said, “Nay, no, from the first, the vineyards belong to God, but second, should a man work and know the sweat of his labor belongs to himself, he shall put more into it. Knowing these things, I did give them each a vineyard to work from. And because they loved me and loved their God, and knew their God was watching them as they went about their tasks and their work, and knowing that God would see the results, they have created even better vineyards.”

The merchant and his sons left. The winemaker and his sons left. And they thought, the merchant was selling more wine than he had ever sold before; more people were making comments on such fine wine he had, the finest in all the land. The winemaker was making better wine than he had ever made before because he was sharing all this, and each was sharing with their sons. And they realized that they themselves had been doing the same thing that the farmer had been doing.

There is many ways that you can look at this parable, and many solutions that you may contemplate. If the parable fits the taste buds of your mind, accept it, and let it grow and manifest within you, for this is the reason we have given you all the parables. Know these things.

We shall answer as many of your questions this night as we may, for soul Ray is tired. Ask.

“Thank you, Aka. Since this is our Annual Meeting, and many people have gathered, is there any message you would like to give anyone?”

We have given unto you all a special message, if you shall take it into your hearts and know from which it comes; it comes with love. We have said unto you, “Let 300 come,” and you may divert that great catastrophe, which so many shall dread. You are reaching and touching. Your numbers are growing. Let us all pray before the Seventh Seal is opened that the number of 300 shall be reached. [See The Revelation, chapter 8.]

But we say into you, the Lord, thy God, has loved thee unto the utmost, for He has trusted you with the most precious gifts He owns. And He is willing to give you all of the knowledge He has, for “nothing shall be covered that light shall not shine upon.” And no words shall be spoken that you shall not hear, if you wish to listen.

You have come from many places. You have brought yourselves with you. You are the vineyard[s]; you are the fine wine, and you are the merchants.

Glory be the name of the Lord, thy God.

Awaken soul Ray from his slumber.

[Editor’s note: This transcript was compared to the audio recording for accuracy.]