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John 17:5

First Nations Version

It is now time, my Father, for you to honor me with the beauty I shared at your side before you created all things.

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He was chosen to walk this path before the world was made, but he has been revealed in these last days for your good.


for I and my Father are one.”


Even though Creator Sets Free (Jesus) has always been the same as the Great Spirit and shared everything equally with him, he did not even think of holding on to this in a selfish way.


Our Sacred Teachings have also said of the Son, “O Honored Chief, in the beginning it was you who formed the earth and sky.


This Son is the light coming from the face of the Great Spirit in all its bright-shining beauty. What is true about the Great Spirit is true about the Son, for he represents Creator in every way. It is his powerful word that holds the stars above, the earth below, and all things seen and unseen in their place. He came into this world to purify the bad hearts and broken ways of all people. When he was finished, he returned to the One Above Us All to sit in the place of greatest honor at the right hand of the Great Mystery.


“O Great Father, I want the ones you have given to me to share this place of beauty that I have with you, so they can see the power of your love for me, a love that we shared before you created all things.


“I speak from my heart,” he answered. “I was there before Father of Many Nations (Abraham) was born—for I am.” The tribal leaders had heard enough!


No one has ever seen the Great Spirit, but the one Son, who is himself the Great Spirit and closest to the Father’s heart, has shown us what he is like.


“Friend of Horses (Philip),” Creator Sets Free (Jesus) said, “how long have you walked with me, and still you do not know me? How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? The ones who have seen me have seen the Father.


“Then the Chief will say to the sheep on his right, ‘The blessing of my Father rests upon you. Come into the Land of Creator’s good road that has been prepared for you from the beginning of the world.


For there is only one who has gone up and come down from the world above—the True Human Being.


I will give the ones who win the victory the right to sit with me on my seat of honor in the same way that I also won the victory and sat down with my Father on his seat of honor.


All who dwell in the land will honor and serve the wild beast—all whose names have not been written down in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was chosen to be violently killed from the formation of the world.


This Life was made known to us. We have seen it, we give witness to it, and we are now telling you the story of the life of the world to come that never fades away, full of beauty and harmony. This Life was with our Father the Great Spirit and has now been revealed to us.


When Creator Sets Free (Jesus) was finished speaking to his followers, he lifted his eyes to the spirit-world above and sent his voice to the Great Spirit. “O Great Father,” he prayed, “it is time for you to bring honor to your Son, so he may bring honor to you.


Through him you trust in the Great Spirit, who raised him to life from death and honored him with shining-greatness. Creator did this so you would put all your hope and trust in him.





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