The Resurrection of the World: Collective Awakening in A Course in Miracles (Sunday Gathering Sermon)

May 2, 2025

Delve into the revolutionary vision of a world reborn through collective awakening. Explore how forgiveness can transform not just individual lives but society as a whole. Discover the potential of a reality where love overcomes ego, leading humanity toward healing and peace. The discussion highlights moral pioneers who embraced change long before it was recognized. Join the call to be voices for this new reality, emphasizing that our personal commitments to healing can accelerate the journey home for everyone.

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Collective Awakening to Vision

The resurrection of the world means all of humanity attains vision collectively, standing ready for God to bring us home.
This represents a complete shift from ego-based perception to universal forgiveness and holiness.

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Idols Relinquished for Forgiveness

A resurrected world is characterized by giving up idols, those worldly pursuits mistaken as salvation.
This world focuses solely on forgiveness as the path to God and healing.

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Peace and Joy Define Resurrection

A key sign of the resurrected world is peace, free of war, violence, and fear, with all relationships healed through forgiveness.
The world will be reborn spiritually, filled with joy, laughter, and the absence of sorrow.

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In A Course in Miracles, Jesus invites us to think beyond his personal resurrection and even beyond our own — to a third and even greater vision: the resurrection of the entire world.

In this message from a Sunday Gathering, Emily Perry explores Section 28 of the Manual for Teachers, What Is the Resurrection?, where Jesus describes a future where everyone — every living heart — awakens, forgives, and returns home to God together.

You'll learn what the resurrected world looks like, how we know we're making progress toward it, and how our individual commitment to healing and forgiveness helps speed its arrival.

Along the way, Emily reflects on the lives of moral pioneers like Benjamin Lay, ACIM co-scribe Bill Thetford, and the heroes of the Montgomery Bus Boycott — those who stood for a new world long before it became visible to others.

Like them, and like Jesus himself, we are called to be early voices of the healed world. If we devote ourselves to forgiveness and love, we can shorten the time it takes for everyone to get home.

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