861. So what was it that these beings received? Had the Godhead really been appeased? Did they actually receive "forgiveness of their sins" so that they were "saved" from "eternal damnation"? No, absolutely not. A Godhead that is eternally the culmination of love cannot be "appeased", "sins" that have never ever been committed cannot be "forgiven", and one cannot be "saved" from an "eternal damnation" that has never ever existed, one cannot be "liberated" from situations that one is not in. But what was it that world redemption gave to these human beings through the words of Jesus? It gave them the one thing they needed – "peace". It removed all the temporary trouble and unease from their consciousness and left them with a stronger trust in the Godhead or Providence. World redemption cannot give more than this to any being, and no being can receive more than this from outside or from any other being. And is it not precisely the same gift that world redemption gives like-minded unhappy beings today? What else can the quiet "true believer" today get from the "Lord's table" than a strengthening of his relationship to God and the peace of mind that is based on it? No being can in reality be freed from the effects of its actions because these effects form the eternal foundation of life itself; indeed they are the very manifestation of the culmination of love. Without these effects there would be no wisdom, no experience and therefore no volition, no life. To bestow "forgiveness of sins" in the form of freedom from these effects would be the same as to deprive the beings of a corresponding amount of their experience of love, it would be to cast the beings out into total damnation and utter darkness, indeed, the inevitable result would be a real "eternal damnation". And such a manifestation can be manifested by neither the world redeemer nor, far less, the Godhead. And any desire that manifests as a prayer for the "forgiveness of sins" cannot be fulfilled in the absolute sense by anyone in the world, not even by the eternal Godhead, without him thereby being an unloving being. And we also see that the "forgiven" or "saved" beings are subject to the same illnesses, the same frailties and the same hardships as the beings who do not attend communion or who have not received "forgiveness of sins". But it cannot be denied that the truly faithful partakers of the sacraments can bear their sufferings in quite a different and better way than the "non-believers" or atheists. Amid their sufferings they can have a quiet peace of mind and be happy; indeed, they can even die with gladness when the time comes.