Peace on
Earth
Ezekiel was told not to
entertain any illusions. . . ‘I (God) send you to them. . .
whether they hear or refuse to hear.’ Ezekiel 2&3 (p.19) The
prophet claims to be far more than a messenger.
He is a
person who stands in the presence of God
(Jer. 15:9). (p. 21).
The gift he is blessed
with is not a skill, but rather the gift of being guided and
restrained.
(p. 22). He not only conveys but reveals. (p.
22). The fundamental experience of the prophet is a fellowship
with the feelings of God, a sympathy with the divine pathos.
(p. 26).
Now consider the distinction
between a false and a true prophet from Josh McDowell’s
Evidence That Demands a Verdict,
1972: False prophets were
usually paid staff under the king. . . They "prophesied" what
the king wanted to hear. . . he preaches of peace. . . They
steal the name of the Lord, use their own authority in His
name and claim their own self-exalted status. . .
They lead the people
with false assurance.
(p. 269). True prophets. . .do
not begin with a message of peace
because god-like
peace comes only through holiness, righteousness and
repentance. The theme of the true prophet has been set by
Moses, which is the theme of God’s law. The true prophet is
commissioned by God and speaks in His name, with His
authority. . . He challenges his hearers head on to examine
themselves. (p. 270).
The "Lord" returns in the
future to "dwell in Zion" again, to "judge the nations," and
to establish peace and righteousness in the "latter days". The
Dead Sea Scrolls identifies this "Lord" as the Messiah figure
of the future and as being none other than Melchizedek
himself. 11Q13 is a striking and tremendously important
document written in the first century BCE.
It centers on the mysterious figure of Melchizedek and is
titled ‘the coming of Melchizedek’.
There are only a few
references (Genesis 14,and Psalms 110) in the Old Testament
regarding Melchizedek by name. The following excerpt is a
quote from Michael Wise,
The Dead Sea
Scrolls
about the 11Q13, Melchizedek scroll. This
excerpt is addressing "the agent of salvation," the Messiah
who comes at the end of the age and is referred to in the
Bible as Lord and even ‘God’.
Michael Wise The author (of
11Q13) declares that the agent of this Dead Sea Scrolls
salvation is none other than Melchizedek, a mysterious figure
referenced only twice in the Bible (Old Testament), in Psalms
110 and Genesis 14. For our author (of 11Q13, probably the
Teacher of Righteousness)
Melchizedek is an
enormously exalted divine being, to whom are applied
names that are generally
reserved for God alone, the Hebrew names el and elohim. In
the author’s citation of Isaiah 61:2, which speaks of "the
year of The
Lord’s favor,"
Melchizedek is substituted even for the most holy name of
Israel’s God,
Yahweh.
The Urantia Book tells us
that Melchizedek’s name is removed from scripture, here we see
it being put back in by the Teacher of Righteousness of the
Dead Sea Scrolls sect. This remarkable document (11Q13) tells
us several things. First, that the Qumran sect interpreted
scripture as we are doing right now. They substituted
Melchizedek’s name for "the Lord" designation used in the
original scripture. This sect must have still retained at
least some of the truth about Melchizedek and his role in the
history of Israel. Second, this document confirms the
statements in the Urantia Book pertaining to the
Lord/Melchizedek confusion, i.e., "Lord" is erroneously used
instead of "Melchizedek." The Dead Sea Scrolls reverse the
process and puts Melchizedek back in place of the ‘Lord’
designation in scripture. This correspondence between the Dead
Sea Scrolls and the Urantia Book mutually validates both
sources, as neither source could have had access to the other.
(Urantia Book published in 1955 before 11Q13 had been made
public.) Lastly, the document, by its truth, indicates that
the Qumran group is an heir to the "river of truth running
down through the ages" in the form of sacred scripture.
Isaiah 24:23 Then the moon
shall be ashamed,
And the sun shall be abashed.
For the Lord of Hosts will reign
On Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
And the Presence will be revealed to His elders.
The last stanza states again
that the "Lord of Hosts" will reign and dwell on Mount Zion
for the benefit of all the world. Could "the Presence" be
Melchizedek’s semi-material presence, as in the days of old? A
large scale healing of spiritual and physical wounds is
implied in scripture regarding the Messianic end of the age.
The "day of heavy slaughter" is the day that ‘all the nations’
come against modern Israel and are defeated by the arrival of
Melchizedek. "When towers topple" refers to the large,
possibly global, tectonic event that will cause walls and
towers to topple. The brooks and watercourses shall result
from this same tectonic event. The reference to the increased
light occurs repeatedly. This may be due to some physical
event or possibly due to the light emanated from Melchizedek’s
presence. These events described have not yet happened;
therefore, their future occurrence is very probable. More on
this subject:
Isaiah 31:4-5 So the Lord of
Hosts
will descend
to make war
Against the mount and the hill of Zion.
Like the birds
that fly,
even so will
The Lord of Hosts shield Jerusalem,
Shielding and saving, protecting and rescuing.
Melchizedek enters at a time
of great trouble, but peace is destined to reign. Also, we now
know that a remnant of Jerusalem and modern Israel (Judah)
survive, probably due to the protection provided them by
Melchizedek. We are also told here that the "Lord of Hosts"
"descends" and "shields" like
"the birds that fly."
We recall how
previously the Lord’s presence was said to reside in a pillar
of cloud
overhead the exodus community. "The Lord" led the peoples by
day and provided light at night from this "pillar of cloud."
Now we are told that he will "descend like a bird" and shield
Jerusalem upon his arrival. What could this mean? What might
we see that could descend in the literal sky. Next, we have
some other cloud references describing events during the
Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
Cloud
Ps. 78:14 In the daytime
also He (the Lord)
led
them (the Israelites) with a
cloud,
and all the night with a light of fire.
Ps. 99:7 He (the Lord)
spake
unto them in the
cloudy pillar;
They kept His testimonies, and the ordinance that He gave
them.
Neh. 9:12 Yet Thou (the Lord) in Thy manifold mercies forsook
them not in the
Wilderness, and the
pillar of the cloud
departed
not
from them
Day by day, to
lead them
in the way. . .
There are dozens of these
cloud references, and they are among many diverse books in the
Old Testament. If it were only one line in one book, one could
easily discredit this description. God wants us to understand
His plan. He doesn’t
hide it
from us.
Emily Dickinson writes that:
Tis not revelation that waits—
But our unfurnished eyes!
I couldn’t agree more. Revelation is all
around and within us but we can not see what we are not aware
of. More about clouds will come later. For now we will simply
note the occurrence of these events in the sky that involve
the Lord’s (Melchizedek’s) presence. And now:
Messianic Events
Isaiah 21:1 Behold, a
King
shall
reign in righteousness,
And ministers shall govern with Justice;
The name Melchizedek
literally means
King
of Righteousness.
Presently, the world has little or no justice therefore this
line describes a world not yet come, but when it does:
Isaiah 32:3
Then
the eyes of those
who have sight shall not be sealed,
And the ears of those who have hearing shall listen;
And the minds of the thoughtless shall attend and note . . .
Isaiah 32:5 No more shall a villain be called noble,
At last, the upside down world is set
upright
on its
axis:
Isaiah 32:14 For the castle shall be abandoned,
The noisy city forsaken;
Citadel and tower shall become
Brushland forever
Till a spirit from on high is poured out on us,
And wilderness is transformed into farmland . . .
Then my people shall dwell in peaceful homes,
In untroubled places of rest
Even as the city is laid low.
Cities fare very poorly in the events to come both as a result
of natural and man made disasters.
Isaiah 44:18 Have no wit or judgment;
Their eyes are besmeared, and they see not;
Their minds, and they cannot think.
They do not give thought.
This is a good description
of many people that lived then and many that live now. We are
told what to think by the mass media. We have stopped thinking
for ourselves because our minds are numb and atrophied. We
"hear no evil, see no evil and do no evil." America, wake up!
Turn off the T.V. and the experts. Listen to God speak through
his servants, the prophets........
Isaiah 44:24 It is I, the
Lord, who made everything,
Who alone stretched out the heavens . . .
I annul the omens of diviners,
And make fools of the augurs;
Who turn sages back
And make nonsense of their knowledge;
But confirm the word of My servant
And fulfill the predictions of My messengers.
The intellectual elite of
our world appears daily in newspapers and on our televisions.
They are the "experts" who write the books about marriage,
although they are divorced three times. They tell us how to
bring up our children, and yet their own children rebel
against them. They know everything about anything, and there
is no doubt about it. Ask if they believe in God and somber
tones cover the smirk and smile. And yet,
the question
of God is the essential question of all philosophy, all
ideologies, and all human understanding.
If this most essential question were on a test, it would count
for ninety-nine percent of the grade and the remaining one
percent of the test would directly depend on the answer to the
first. If you are wrong about God, then you are wrong about
very much else as well. Yet the intellectual and political
elite are all confirmed in the opinion that "religion is the
opiate of the masses." Those who won’t say this in public
believe it in private, as their very actions and behavior
betray them. If our leaders are wrong about the first
question, what hope do we have for a peaceful world guided by
wisdom. My answer for that is zero. What do you think? Many of
us deny or question the existence of the very One who gave us
existence. God replies:
Isaiah 45:9 Shame on him who
argues with his Maker,
Though naught but a potsherd of earth!
Shall the clay say to the potter, "What are you doing?
Your work has no handle."
If you live on this world at
this time, no doubt you know of people who display this level
of arrogance. Balance is what we have lacked, and balance is
what we are given in the Fifth Epochal Revelation, the Urantia
Book. Further, God reads our thoughts to us and comments:
Leaders
Isaiah 47:10 And you thought
to yourself,
"I am and there is none but me."
Evil is coming upon you
Which you will not know how to charm away;
Disaster is falling upon you
Which you will not be able to appease;
Coming upon you suddenly
Is ruin of which you know nothing.
Isaiah is speaking about
Babylon and its upcoming conquest by Cyrus of Persia. But ends
of ages are similar. Perhaps this verse will also pertain to
our own upcoming "world crisis." Let’s review here what the
Urantia Book tells us about "the world crisis." (The comments
in parentheses are mine.)
World Crisis, Urantia Book
UB p. 1863 Although Jesus referred one
phase of the kingdom to the future and did, on many occasions,
intimate that such an event might appear as a part of a world
crisis. (dotted lines are my breaks in the text)
Secularism
UB p. 2081 The father of
secularism was the narrow minded and godless attitude of . . .
atheistic science. Secularism had its inception as a rising
protest against the domination . . . by the institutionalized
Christian church. The majority of professed Christians . . .
are unwittingly actual secularists. Secularism . . . sells man
into slavish bondage to the totalitarian state . . . the
tyranny of political and economic slavery.
Secularism can
never bring peace to mankind.
Nothing
can take the place of God
in human society . . .
Secularism simply ignores God. More recently,
secularism has assumed a
more militant attitude,
assuming to take the place of the religion whose totalitarian
bondage it one time resisted. But Beware:
this godless philosophy will lead only to
unrest, animosity, unhappiness, war, and worldwide disaster.
Secular Humanism
Humanist Manifesto I
was
the first major document (1933) of the modern Humanist
Movement. Consider the following quotes from this document.
"Religious humanists regard the universe as self-existing and
not created." To say that the universe has no cause is the
equivalent of professing belief in an astounding miracle of
infinite magnitude, unsurpassable by any human mind. And yet
science, the very study of cause and effect, is the pillar of
secular humanism. Secular humanists say that we should discard
"super-natural superstitions" that are non-scientific. The
statement that the universe has no cause is not testable and
therefore non-scientific. The statement is an overt
declaration of an unfounded, unscientific, belief, no
different than any other belief, including religious
varieties. My beliefs are axioms, yours are superstitions,
would be one way to express this. "Humanism asserts that the
nature of the universe depicted by modern science makes
unacceptable any supernatural or cosmic guarantees of human
values."(Humanist Manifesto I)
Here science is used to
exclude the possibility of any "supernaturally" established
values. First of all, science can have nothing to say about
the domain of intangible value, only religion can answer the
question why? Science attends only to the questions how, when
and where. Ultimate causes, origins, and destiny are questions
of religion. Second of all, humanists have already declared
that the universe merely is and is not created. This statement
itself, as shown above, lies outside the natural world of
causes.
It is itself a "supernatural" explanation. "We are convinced
that the time has passed for theism, deism, modernism, and the
several varieties of ‘new thought’."(Humanist Manifesto I)
Here we have stated the real
battle of the human will. Who makes the rules? God or man?
Whose universe is it anyway? The question has a real answer
and if the wrong answer is given there are real consequences
that will result. We truly reap what we sow. "In the place of
the old attitudes involved in worship and prayer the humanist
finds his religious emotions expressed in a heightened sense
of personal life and in a cooperative effort to promote social
well-being." God forever hopes that we
will come to
Him
so that we can become all that He means for us to become. ‘He
becomes what we are to make us what He is.
(UB)’ Why is it so hard for
God to give His children the greatest gift they could ever
receive – The Kingdom of Heaven within and the Grand Universe
throughout. If God were a door-to-door salesman, on this
planet He would probably have lost his job long ago for lack
of subscribers.
The second half of this
stanza introduces
a nation
that will ‘come running’
to assist Israel
‘for the sake of the Lord our God.’ We will see that this
nation and this people will assist in the rebuilding of the
Temple in Jerusalem:
Temple
Zech 6:12 Thus says the Lord
of Hosts: You Joshua behold
the Messiah whose name is the Branch, for He shall
grow up in His place and He shall build the
true
temple of the Lord.
Zech 6:13 Yes, (Joshua you are building a temple of the Lord,
but) it is He
(the Lord, the Messiah) who shall build
the true
temple of the
Lord, and He shall bear the honor
and glory and shall sit and rule upon His throne. And
He shall be a Priest upon His throne, and the council of
peace shall be between the two.
Zech 6:14 And they that are
afar
off shall come and build the
temple of the Lord, and ye shall know that the Lord of
Amplified Hosts hath sent me unto you. And this will come to
pass,
Bible if ye will diligently obey the voice of the Lord your
God.
Zech 6:15 And those who are far off shall come and help
build
the temple.
Joshua was the leader who
presided over the building of the second Temple after the
seventyyear exile of the Judahites in Babylon. This scripture
explicitly identifies the
true
Temple as being built by the
Lord Messiah. This temple will be the third and last, as it
will endure throughout time. Another Messiah is also called
the Branch, the anointed human being from the branch of David.
However, the Urantia Book tells us that David’s legacy is
mostly a fabrication of the exiled Jewish priests in Babylon
during the Babylonian captivity. Therefore,
I feel comfortable
downgrading statements referring to David.
The Messiah is
also identified as a Priest that sits and rules upon his
throne as a King. This would fit Melchizedek perfectly as he
is both the "Priest of the Most High" in Genesis and the "King
of Righteousness," the "King of Righteousness" being the
literal translation of Melchizedek in Hebrew.
Isaiah 56:7 I will bring
them to My sacred mount
And let them rejoice in My house of prayer,
"For My house shall be called
A house of prayer for
all peoples."
Thus says the Lord God,
Who gathers the dispersed of Israel:
"I will gather still more to those already gathered."
God himself is being quoted
here by the prophet. Isaiah presents his inspired
collaboration with Melchizedek with a certainty of mind beyond
mere human assurance. God is clear:
anyone
who would, can come.
He is a loving father,
actively pursuing
the embrace of every
mortal being in the world. The eternal covenant is open to
all
who have
faith
and who would follow God’s Ways
and Will. Man is not absolved of suffering, but he is lifted
up over it, in the "peace that surpasses all understanding."
And this is the "kingdom of heaven" that is "within" as spoken
of by the Son of Man. What are God’s Ways? What would God have
us do? Here is God’s answer through His inspired prophets. We
will first review the Old Covenant with its external commands
and then the New Covenant with its internal guidance.
Together
they are
the Way of God.
God’s Way – External Commandments/Old
Covenant
Genesis 17 God (Melchizedek)
spoke
to Abraham, "This is my
Covenant with you: You shall be the father of a
multitude of nations…I
assign…all the land of Canaan,
as an everlasting holding
(to Abraham and his
offspring.)"
Genesis 26 The Lord (Melchizedek) appeared to him (Abraham)
and said,
"…I will make your descendants
as numerous as
the stars of heaven…"
Isaiah 57:8 You have chosen
lust
You have provided many perfumes.
And you have sent your envoys afar,
Though wearied by much travel,
You never said, "I give up!"
You found gratification for your lust,
And so you never cared.
Whom do you dread and fear,
That you tell lies?
But you gave no thought of Me,
You paid no heed!
It is because I have
stood idly by for so long
That you have no fear of Me
I hereby pronounce
judgment on your deeds:
With a crown
of gold on his head
and a sharp
sickle
in his hand.
Again, "one like a son of
man" is the reaper. Why is there a sickle in his hand? The
prophets have asked God for thousands of years over and over;
"How long Lord? How long?" meaning how long will the strong
trample the weak? How long will the arrogant govern the meek?
God’s answer is that everything has a season to grow and yield
its full fruit; we then reap what we sow. The sun is made to
shine on the good
and
the evil. Remember the parable
when the good man sows good seed, but while he is sleeping, an
evil one sows weeds in the same field. And, when the weeds
grow up with the good crop, the parable tells us that both
good and bad will be allowed to reach harvest together. Then
the field will be harvested and the good crop stored away and
the weeds bound up and thrown into the fire. This is done
because pulling the weeds up early would damage the good as
well as the bad.
The end of an age is a
harvest time when everything is harvested and accounted for.
The one on the cloud has a "sickle in his hand" to harvest the
crop at the end of the age. This "one like a son of man" is
Melchizedek who comes to save the world from itself, give
restitution to "God’s people," and begin a new and glorious
age of promise. The prophecy, "The meek shall inherit the
earth" will finally become reality. Also, remember Jesus’
parable about the good landowner of the vineyard. The
landowner leaves his beautiful vineyard in the hands of
workmen who ransack his property and ruin his vineyard. The
landowner sends his best servants, and then even his very own
son to check on its progress. The son they kill, so as to
deprive him of his inheritance, and Jesus then looks to the
listening audience and asks, "What do you think the landowner
will do?" In unison they answer, "he will destroy those men…"
(UB.p.l893). This story is not only a parable. It is also a
prophecy
of
Jesus’ (the son in the parable) subsequent death at the hands
of the leaders of Jerusalem who are playing the role of the
workmen left in charge. Israel is the vineyard and God is the
landowner who sends his son Jesus to set right the spiritual
affairs of Israel. But Jesus is killed by the very ones
causing the trouble in the first place, the workmen left in
charge, i.e. the leaders of Israel. But wait! The parable
prophecy hasn’t ended yet because God has not yet sent anyone
to bring justice to the vineyard workers, i.e. the leaders.
The parable will end, when God’s Agent of Justice arrives and
sets the affairs of His "vineyard" aright, just as at the
ending of the parable. This is exactly the function of the
"Messiah" described in Old Testament prophecy. Not only was
Jesus aware of his upcoming death, but he also was aware that
the complete story would someday end like his parable ended.
The word messiah is used
only twice in the Bible, both times in Daniel (chp.9) embedded
in some passages regarding the seventy weeks prophecy. The
word messiah is also used several times in 1Enoch in
association with a divine being who brings peace and victory
to those who "elect" God’s will during the end of the Age.
This Messiah figure in 1Enoch is called the Elect One, the
Concealed One, the Mighty One, and God of the World. Notice
that the God of the World designation well describes the
function of a Planetary Prince/Sovereign. The word messiah
means anointed in spirit, and when capitalized, Messiah means
the
Anointed One over all other anointed ones.
Prophets and servants are also anointed ones, lower case.
Micah 4:11 And he shall
judge many people, and
rebuke strong nations afar off; and They shall
beat their swords into plowshares.
Micah 7:16 The nations shall see and be confounded
despite all their might; they shall lay their hand upon
their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
Again, what are they
seeing that so
confounds the nations? Could it be just an accident that all
the world’s peoples are looking simultaneously for their
version of the Messiah? Would God only prepare Jews and
Christians? Has Melchizedek’s involvement been solely with the
Judaic tradition? We learn from John Hogue in his book,
Millennium Prophecy,
of a very long list of expected Messiah figures
all of which are expected to set things aright. Here he
states: "Prophecy shares a collective vision of a Second
Coming of a Christ figure. All of our soothsayers say his
‘cloud’ is due to land from heaven during our time."
( Millennium
Prophecy pg. 333).
This is what the Kabala (a text of Jewish mysticism) says
about the number 21, that is, the 21st Century: The World
Ascension to leadership, Temporal and Spiritual.
Prosperity
Cycle in Mundane
Affairs. Advancement of
Backward People.
Adept Proper use of
talents in arts, science, and commerce. The power of
Peace.
The Hebrew Letter Schin,
Planetary Ruler!
The Luminous One, The Sun.
(Millennium Prophecy pg. 299). The Kabala
information is right on the mark in this quote. We are the
backward people who have struggled in darkness, retarded in
progress by the absence of benevolent and wise leadership.
The "Planetary Ruler" or
Sovereign, Melchizedek will establish "peace" and initiate an
era of spiritual and material "prosperity." We have discussed
the light given off by Melchizedek when he arrives amidst dark
clouds overhead. Notice the alternate name given for the
Planetary Ruler is The Luminous One, fitting in with the
scriptural description nicely. But even more important than
the transformation of our leadership is the transformation of
we the people from within: Should we then expect Jesus to be
present when Melchizedek is made Planetary Sovereign, which is
stated to be soon forthcoming by the Urantia Book? When might
this occur? The System Sovereign will also be present. Will
any of this be visible? We also know that the Ancient of Days
will be present at the end of the age, as his presence is
required whenever personality extinction takes place (Caligastia).
Quite a group of personalities on this "forsaken" world, I
would say.
UB pg. 820 The pouring out
of the Spirit of Truth provides the Spiritual Foundation for
the realization of great achievements…Urantia is therefore
far better prepared
(than the world
discussed in the Urantia Book chapter:
Government on a
Neighboring Planet)
for the more
immediate realization of a planetary government…(and)
to the establishment of world peace under law that could lead
to the dawning of a real age of spiritual striving; and such
an age is the planetary threshold to the utopian ages of light
and life.
In any event the oncoming
age will certainly be:
UB pg.1863 The advance
toward the dawn of a new social order in connection with
improved spiritual living – the next age of man.
Finishing Isaiah, the Lord
says:
Isaiah 66:14 You shall see
and your heart shall rejoice,
Your limbs will flourish like the grass.
The power of the Lord shall be revealed
In behalf of His servants.
Isaiah 66:18 The time has come to gather all nations and
tongues; they
shall come and behold My glory. I will set a sign among them
and send from them survivors to the nations: to Tarsish, Pul,
and
Lud – that draw the bow – to Tubal, Javan, and the
distant
coastlands, that have never heard My fame or beheld My glory.
Only the Jews, know the
"fame" of Melchizedek, who is known to them as "the Lord" of
the Old Testament. The "distant coastlands," the United States
among others, do not yet know "the Lord" Melchizedek of the
Old Testament, but rather are more familiar with "the Lord"
Jesus of the New Testament. In this passage, Isaiah 66:18,
Melchizedek is speaking (as indicated by the context: i.e. the
gathering of nations, and the glory that can be beheld.)
Micah 7:6 A man’s own
household –
Are his enemies
Yet I will look to the Lord,
I will wait for the God who saves me,
My God will hear me
Do not rejoice over me,
O my enemy!
Though I have fallen, I rise again
Though I sit in darkness, the Lord is my light.
In some circumstances, even
one’s own family can stand in the way of our choosing to do
God’s will. Such difficult and painful choices refine us in
the heat of affliction and as always, as we choose, so we
become.
Ultimately,
there is no peace between darkness and light, we must choose
one or succumb to the other.
Consider:
Mat 10:34 "Do not think that
I have come to bring peach on earth; I have
not come to bring peace, but a sword." (Jesus)
U.B. 1782 "Think not that I
have come to bring peace, but rather a soul struggle." (Jesus)
Everyone chooses for themselves their own
destiny – life or death? Yes or no? Darkness or light? These
are the days that bring clarity to what we are and what we
will become. No one will be allowed to sit astride the fence –
all will encounter life defining choices.
Micah 7:16 Let nations
behold and be ashamed
Despite all their might
Let them put their hand to their mouth;
Let their ears be deafened!
The world’s leadership will
be "caught in the act" when Melchizedek steps on the scene.
The worldview of many a
modern human being will be shattered, when brought face to
face with the reality of God’s existence.
Our worldviews are conceptual
frameworks with which we organize and interpret new incoming
data. It contains within it our philosophic, religious, and
other assumptions about reality. If our assumptions about
reality are different from true reality, the mind tries to
maintain coherence and consistency by either changing its
assumptions about reality or by changing its perception of
reality. The
honesty and sincerity of the individual is the only
counterforce against how far our minds will be allowed to bend
reality to make it fit with a false assumption. The most
important input
to the worldview
is the question of God.
UB 1745B
There is
no peace in the heart or progress in the mind
unless you fall
wholeheartedly in love with truth.
UB 2078A The pursuit
of truth, beauty, and goodness leads to God.
UB 42D Truth is valuable because it
can be acted out, it
can be lived
UB 1459C
Truth can never be
man’s… Without the exercise of faith.
UB 1731A "fail not
to discern the words of truth that come not through the
traditional oracles of supposed inspiration" (Jesus)
UB 1466B "the
man was not hungry for truth. He was not dissatisfied with
himself. He was not ready to ask for help, and the eyes of his
mind were not open
to receive light for the soul…You cannot
reveal God to those who do not seek for Him." (Jesus)
UB 1796C "You shall
know the truth and the truth will set you free." (Jesus)
UB 247D (The Urantia Book) is assigned to enlarge truth.
UB 1008B The Urantia Book is the most recent presentation of
truth.
But truth, if too bright, can
blind
as well
as illuminate, therefore –
Emily Tell all the Truth but
tell it
slant
–
Dickinson Success in Circuit lies
#1129 Too bright for our infirm delight
The Truth’s superb surprise
As lightening to the children eased
With explanation kind
The truth must dazzle
gradually
Or every man be blind –
It is more certain than a
law of physics that –
Hosea 4:14 A people that is
without sense
must
stumble.
1Enoch l: 1 The word of the
blessing of Enoch, how
he blessed the elect
and the
righteous who were
to exist in
the time of trouble.
(the end of the age trial period)
1Enoch 1:2 From them (the angels in his vision) I (Enoch)
heard all things, that
will not take place in this generation, but in a
distant generation,
which is to succeed
on account of
the elect.
1Enoch 1:9 The
elect shall
possess light, joy, and peace; and they shall inherit the
earth.
1Enoch 1:11 Then shall
wisdom be given to
the elect, all of
whom will live and not transgress.
1Enoch Another mystery also I point out.
To the righteous and wise shall
109:10
be given books of joy, of integrity, and
of great wisdom…Who from
these (books)
shall acquire the knowledge of every
upright path.
4Q381 DSC Man will not be
strong and will not rise
Vermes Fr.46 …and Thou hast tested all.
Noncanonical
And the elect, like
an offering;
Psalms.
Thou wilt purify
before Thee,
Thanksgiving
Light shines and joy
bursts forth;
Hymns
Morning vanishes and
sorrow flees.
Peace is revealed,
dread ceases…
Iniquity has stopped, plague has ceased
With no more illness
For He humbles the proud spirit with no remnant
And from the dust He lifts up the poor to eternal heights
He raises freely the totterers of the earth,
And His might is with their steps.
4Q267 …
He established appointed
times of goodwill for those who
Fr. 1 search His commandments and walk in the perfection of
way.
And he
revealed hidden
things to their
eyes, and opened their
ears so that they might hear deep (secrets) and
understand all
future things
before
they befall them.
It would appear that God is
going to make available to those who elect God, and all who
will listen, the events that will happen before they befall
them. This is possibly mediated through His servant, the final
prophet, who is said to reveal deep secrets and foretell all
that will happen to the elect through the interpretation of
the Prophets of Old.
America
And when we wake up we will
realize that these bereft beings are running the political and
financial centers of the world.
And that
no mere human effort
will be able to correct this problem.
This is why divine intervention will be needed; otherwise
everyone and everything would be destroyed. Hyperbole? No,
simple and honest logic. If nations had nuclear weapons when
Rome fell – none of us would be here today to discuss this
problem. Do we really think that when things start to turn
sour for our world that force will
not
be seen as the answer. Does
anyone really believe that thousands of nuclear weapons will
never be used? Mankind has never invented a weapon that he has
not subsequently used. Does anyone look upon the world scene
and not see the
progressive
danger that we
are entering? China and Russia are building up their military
(with our money and technology) and staking out their
territories.
America suddenly is the
bully of the world, using its military might in an aggressive,
self-serving way rather than as a defensive stronghold of
peace. We have lost all respect and goodwill in the eyes of
the world’s nations. They will accept our money, but no longer
look up to us as a moral force in the world.
And yet
America notices nothing,
as long as the stock market
stays up and the material goods keep flowing.
We have ceased to use
our minds to think
for ourselves, our opinions are those of the last newspaper
article we have read. We take our media and information
sources at face value, without question. When the "wagging
heads" of the experts wag so do ours –
glassy-eyed, inured,
and asleep. The
prophets have said "our people are stupid." We only see what
we want to see. Where is the thirst for truth? Prophets pull
no punches; they live and die for the truth and only truth.
Our own leaders
prepare before us the rudiments for the potential destruction
of an entire world.
What does God
say about America’s world leadership of the sale and
exportation of weapons technology to an entire world? When did
it become acceptable to export destruction so that our richest
people can become richer? Is it acceptable? What do we do?
What do we say? The answer is a resounding nothing. History
and God will hold America accountable for the deaths of tens
or hundreds of million lives. But as long as we still have our
cozy lives and our wants fulfilled – we see nothing. And so,
not until our toys and possessions are taken away from us will
anybody notice that there are a lot of bully’s that have moved
onto the block. Then will America cry and then will America
open her glazed-over eyes.
Israel and Arab Nations are
on a collision course of war. Arab states are uniting and
strengthening their ties to Russia and China. The UN is
unanimously sympathetic to the Arab Nations, and last but not
least, the United States and Britain have for the first time
withheld their historic position of support for Israel. And so
the biblical scorecard
of Israel vs. the World is coming into view just as prophesied.
And yet, people say that Barak will bring peace but the
prophets say "peace, peace there shall be
no
peace" (Jer 8:11). Who should
we bet on? Barak or the prophets? Both Israel and the Arab
states have proclaimed their absolute rights to Jerusalem and
its Temple Mount. The Arab nations openly proclaim that Israel
ultimately has
no right to exist.
Since, we have learned that "the Lord" is preparing to restore
to Judah and Israel to what is rightfully theirs, through a
covenant with God and Melchizedek 4000 years ago, we can well
surmise who the winner of this battle for the land of Canaan
shall be. For more evidence that the age is ending now, we
turn to Daniel:
Dan 12:4 And thou, Daniel,
close the words, and seal the book for the time
of the end; until many are taught, and
knowledge is increased.
Dan 12:7 Daniel asks: when will the end be of the wonders
which thou hast
mentioned? And I (Daniel) heard the man clothed in linen,…who
swear by Him that lives forever, that it should be for a
time, times
and a half of time;
when the dispersion (of Israel) is ended They shall
know all these things. (My parenthesis)
Natural disasters, wars,
famine, droughts, military events, and overpopulation are all
becoming progressively worse. Will all of these mounting
problems be solved by human beings before they reach a crisis?
There really are no solid arguments or facts that support such
an optimistic thesis? Are world leaders committed to creating
a peaceful, free, and healthy world?
The
Dead Sea
Scrolls
in speaking about the "last days" of the
messianic period identify a figure they call "the Liar" who
comes to power from among the gentiles of Ephraim, whom we
have previously identified, generally as Christians and
specifically as Americans:
DSC 4Q171 (I)…Be silent
before the Lord and long for him, and be not heated against
the successful, the man who achieves his plans (Ps 37:7a) Its
interpretation concerns
the Liar
who has
led astray many by his lying words so that they chose
frivolous things and heeded not the interpreter of knowledge
in order to…(II) they shall perish by the sword and famine and
plague. (Teacher of Righteousness)
The interpreter of knowledge
here is the messianic prophet who is also referred to as the
interpreter of the law. The people seem to heed "the Liar" and
not the interpreter of knowledge. This is a repeat of all the
prophets’ experiences who have gone before – nothing changes.
Ends of ages have a leader, character type that personifies
deceit, here referred to as "the Liar."
Are there any
such character-types in view? If so this would be another
indicator of an ending age.
DSC 4Q171 The wicked draw
the sword and bend their bow to bring down the
poor and needy and to slay the upright of way. Their sword
shall
enter their own heart and their bows shall be broken (Ps
37:14-15).
Interpreted, this concerns
the wicked of Ephraim and Manasseh, (the deceitful leaders)
who shall seek to lay their hands on the Priest and the men of
his Council at the time of trial which shall come upon them.
But God will redeem them from out of their hands. (Teacher of
Righteousness)
The Priest is another
designation for the interpreter of the law, the messianic
final prophet. The men of his council are the congregation of
the elect. Here we establish that Ephraim and Manasseh, the
nations of the Lost Ten Tribes, i.e. primarily America and
Britain, are the likely nations of residence of the Liar, the
Priest, and the men of his (the priest’s) counsel (the elect).
Further:
DSC 4Q169 Woe to the city of
blood; it is full of lies and rapine (Ps 3: 1)
II Tim 3:9 But they will not
get very far, for their rash folly will become obvious to
everybody…
These descriptions would
have sounded completely foreign just five to ten years ago.
Now, they send a chill of recognition down our spine. The only
line I would wonder about is the last; "the rash folly" of our
leaders is unfortunately
not obvious
to a
majority of people.
The blind lead the blind, in lock step, over the cliff. Now
lets turn to the
Urantia Book
for more
evidence that our age is ending:
UB 1490 Another world war
will teach the so-called sovereign nations to form some sort
of federation, thus creating the machinery for preventing
small wars, wars between the lesser nations…but global wars
will go on until the government of mankind is created.
This statement was probably
made in or shortly before 1934, the year that the Urantia Book
was completed but not yet published. "Another world war" would
logically seem to be WWII and the League of Nations and the
United Nations is the "some sort of federation" that has
evolved and will prevent small wars. Since we have no world
government, further world wars
will
occur
until a world government is established. Stated otherwise,
there will be more global wars after WWII until the government
of mankind is created. Nothing short of a global disaster
could cause such a government to form at the present time, and
the one that would form would be a global disaster itself.
UB 2082
The inherent
weakness of secularism is that it discards ethics and
religion
for politics and power.
Has this happened? If it is
still true, then it follows that we are still in big trouble.
UB 2082
Secular
social and political optimism is an
illusion.
Without God,
neither freedom and liberty, nor property and wealth will lead
to peace. You simply
cannot
establish the
brotherhood of men without the Fatherhood of God. A lasting
social system without a morality predicated on spiritual
realities can no more be maintained than could a
solar system without
gravity.
No matter how hard we hope
that our secular systems will "evolve smoothly" into spiritual
based systems, it doesn’t change the evidence arrayed against
that possibility.
Zech 8:2 Thus, said the Lord
of Hosts: There shall yet be old men and
women in the squares of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand
because
of their great age. And the squares of the city shall be
crowded with
boys and girls playing in the squares… Though
it would seem impossible
to the remnant of
this people in those days, shall it also be impossible to
Me?…I will
rescue
My people from the lands of the east and from
the
lands of the west, and I will bring them home to dwell in
Jerusalem.
They shall be My people.
Certainly, this pleasant and
peaceful Jerusalem scene is impossible to conceive in the
present – but we will see its day of fulfillment come. Notice
the reference to "great" age possibly hinting at the extended
longevity of the coming age. Notice that God has to
save
"His
people" that are gathered from all over the world. This is
because of the intense persecution they will be under. These
saved people are the same "captives" as those that are
"ransomed" by the Lord after his messianic entrance, as
previously discussed in other scripture references.
Zech 8:11 But now I will not
treat the remnant of this people as before
declares the Lord of Hosts – but what it sows shall prosper:
The vine will produce its fruit, the ground will produce its
yield,
and the skies shall provide their moisture.
…And just as you were a curse among the nations, O House
of Israel and House of Judah, so, when I vindicate you, you
shall be a blessing.
The long age of persecution,
prejudice, and marginalization of faithful Jews is swept away
as restoration is enacted. The dry land from the present and
progressive drought in the Middle East will receive the rain
of forgiveness and will yield great bounty through God’s
mercy. The Lord tells us:
Zech 8:16 You must love
honesty and integrity…
Speak the truth to one another…
Render true and perfect justice in your gates…
Also, the Holy days of
fasting "become occasions for joy and gladness."
Repentance blooms into joy."
The rebellion will end when Melchizedek arrives and overcomes
Caligastia at the time of harvest, depicted in
Revelation:
Rev 14:14 Then I looked, and
there was a white cloud, and sitting on the
cloud
was what looked
like
a son of man. With a
crown
of gold on his
head and a sharp
sickle
in his hand.
Continuing on with the
Teacher of Righteousness and his interpretations of scripture
found in
11Q13
of the
Dead Sea Scrolls,
we find:
11Q13
How beautiful
upon the
mountains
are the feet of the messenger who
proclaims peace, who brings good news, who proclaims
salvation,
who says to Zion: Your ELOHIM reigns. (Isaiah 52:7)
It’s interpretation; the
mountains are the
prophets (Old Testament)…and
the messenger is the Anointed one of the spirit concerning
whom Daniel said, Until an anointed one, a prince…(missing
text). (Dan 9:25) (TR, Teacher of Righteousness) To comfort
all who mourn, to grant to those who mourn in Zion. (Isaiah
61:2) Its interpretation,
to make them understand
all the ages of time… In truth…(missing
text) will turn away from Belial…by the judgments of God, as
it is written concerning him, who says to Zion; your Elohim
reigns. Zion is…, those who uphold the Covenant, who turn from
walking in the way of the people.
And your Elohim is
Melchizedek, who will save them (those who uphold the
Covenant) from the hand of Belial.(TR)
(End 11Q13)
As for
that which He said, "Then you shall send abroad the
trumpet
in all
the land." (Lev 25:9
The Teacher of Righteousness
tells us in his interpretation of Isaiah 52:7 that the final
prophet is a "messenger" who stands on top of the mountains,
the Prophets, by interpreting "all that they wrote," and who
then proclaims "Your Elohim reigns." By reading between the
lines one can also infer that the messenger, or final prophet
makes them (the elect) understand
all the ages
of time
in some way. The final prophet is an "anointed
one" whom God has put his spirit upon.
"Behold my servant…I have
put My spirit upon him" (Isaiah 42:1). Elohim means divine
being and is identified as Melchizedek by the Teacher.
Deliverance from distress
finally comes when the people of God
arise, bringing
peace and prosperity. God is working through them and in them
and His rule shall finally prevail. (Author’s comment, Michael
Wise)
4Q246
until
the people of God arise; then all will have rest from warfare.
DSC Their kingdom will be an eternal kingdom, and all their
paths will
be righteous. They will judge the land justly, and all nations
will
make peace. Warfare will cease from the land, and all the
nations
shall do obeisance to them.
The great God will be
their help,
He
Himself will fight for them, putting peoples into their power,
overthrowing them all before them. God’s rule will be an
eternal rule and all the depths of [the earth are His].
This gives a few more
details on the reign of the "Antichrist" figure. He will call
himself the "Son of God," he will reign but a "few" years, all
the nations will obey him, he will be part of a father and son
team, and will be beaten by God’s help through the elect.
(Teacher of Righteousness)
Melchizedek will visibly
"appear with his hosts." How so? The Watchers are probably the
descendants of those who had been "cast out of heaven," (the
Dalamatia 100) who are from the Nodite (Nephilim) racial line.
Are these some of the "princes" of the world, the powerful and
heartless that run our world system from behind the scenes.
Many of these behind the scene leaders apparently come from
"royal" lineages. They are terrified, as they should be, when
Melchizedek comes. As many
other times stated in scripture, the hills are made low during
cataclysmic tectonic activity. Notice that all those
in
(but
not above or on) the earth perish, i.e. those hiding in
mountains and subterranean locations. All people are then
subject to individual judgment according to prophecy. Further
information on those who elect God’s will follows next.
The Elect
1Enoch 1:7
But to
them shall he give peace: he shall preserve the elect, and
towards them exercise
clemency.
1Enoch 1:8 Then shall all belong to God; be
happy and blessed; and the splendor
of the Godhead shall illuminate them (Isa. 40:5; 65:21-25).
The elect are physically "preserved" probably to help build a
new world from the old.
1Enoch 2 Behold he comes with ten thousands of his saints, to
execute judgment
upon them, and destroy the wicked, and reprove all of flesh
for every thing
which the sinful and ungodly have done, and committed against
him. (Jude14, 15).
Are these "ten thousands of
his saints" the "hosts" of 1Enoch 1:4? The "wicked ones"
behind the scene will be exposed and dealt with. Mankind will
be rid of Caligastia (the devil) and like-minded men forever.
The Elect
1Enoch 6:1 They (the elect
and righteous) consider how the trees, when they
put forth their green leaves, become covered, and produce
fruit;
understanding that He
who lives forever
does all these things for you:
1Enoch 6:2 That the works at the beginning of every existing
year, that all
his works, are subservient to him, and invariable; yet
as God has
appointed, so are all things brought to pass.
1Enoch 6:3 They see,
too, how the seas and the rivers together complete their
respective operations:
1Enoch 6:9 The
elect shall possess light, joy, and peace; and they shall
inherit
the earth. (Mat.
5:5; Ps. 1:1-6).
1Enoch 6:11
Then shall wisdom be given to the elect,
all of whom shall live, and
not again transgress by impiety or pride; but shall humble
themselves, possessing prudence, and shall not repeat
transgression.
1Enoch 6:12 They shall not be condemned the whole period of
their lives,
nor die in torment and indignation; but the sum of the days of
their
life shall be completed, and
they shall grow old
in peace;
while
the years of their happiness shall be multiplied with joy, and
with
peace for ever, the whole duration of their existence.
1Enoch 39:8 There was I (Enoch) desirous of remaining, and my
soul longed
for that habitation. There was my antecedent inheritance; for
thus
had it been revealed
respecting me before the Lord of spirits.
Note the mention of a
"cloud" in 39:3, Enoch specifically states he is
snatched up in a cloud
and then
is above the surface
of the earth
as if looking back at it from space, again
raising questions about the identity of these "clouds" so
frequently mentioned in scripture.
1Enoch 45:3 In that day
shall
the Elect
one
sit upon a throne of glory; and
shall choose their conditions and countless habitations (while
their
spirits within them shall be strengthened, when they behold my
Elect one), shall choose them for those who have fled for
protection
to my holy and glorious name.
The Elect one
is
Melchizedek, "King of Righteousness," who sits on the throne
of Planetary Sovereignty. The spirits of those who have "fled
to the protection" of God are the spirits of those who elect
God’s will. They are uplifted at the sight of Melchizedek.
1Enoch 45:4
In that day
I(God) will cause my Elect one(Melchizedek) to dwell in the
midst of them; will change the face of heaven; will bless it,
and
illuminate it for ever (Rev. 2l:1, 20:15). The Elect One
(Melchizedek) dwells among the righteous and elect. He changes
the face of heaven.
How, I do not know. He
"illuminates" the area or the world probably with the light of
his own radiance.
1Enoch 45:5
I will also
change the face of the earth;
will bless it; and cause
those whom I have elected to dwell upon it. But those who have
committed sin and iniquity shall not tread upon it; for I have
seen
them. My righteous ones will I satisfy with peace, placing
them
before me; but the condemnation of sinners shall draw near,
that
I may destroy them from the face of the earth.
He "changes the face of the
earth," possibly through tectonic activity, which begins, upon
his Arrival.
1Enoch 56:2 Blessed are ye,
O saints and elect, for glorious is your lot.
1Enoch 56:3 The saints shall exist in the light of the sun,
and the elect in the
light of everlasting life, the days of whole life shall never
terminate;
nor shall the days of the saints be numbered who seek for
light, and
obtain righteousness with the Lord of spirits (Php. 3:14; Rom.
9:23;1 Tim. 6:16).
1Enoch 56:4 Peace be to the saints with the Lord of the world.
1Enoch 56:5 Hence forward shall the saints be told to seek in
heaven the secrets
of righteousness, the portion of faith; for like the sun has
it arisen
upon the earth, while
darkness has
passed away. There shall be
light which cannot be numbered;
nor shall they enter upon the
enumeration of time; for darkness shall be previously
destroyed,
and light shall increase before the Lord of spirits; before
the Lord of
spirits shall the light of uprightness increase for ever (Rev.
22:4-5).
It is these behaviors that
can easily identify those who seek to possess power over
others. If you are busy asserting your will you are not
following God’s. This is why our "leaders" and our "elite" end
up on "the top of the heap."
They are willing to
disregard ethics and religion for power and politics.
Many others will not.
Unfortunately, the well intended are confused and altogether
too passive, thus allowing the controllers to dictate the way
unopposed.
In 90:6, Enoch discusses the
pre-flood iniquity that was cleansed by the flood and then
states that such iniquity will be again "embraced a second
time," which is now. Hardship is coming and it will bring out
the best and the worst in human nature. Since "the worst"
controls the power of the world the "best" will be at a
distinct
worldly
disadvantage. But it is not
man’s
world that counts in the
end, but rather it is
God’s
world
that counts. Human and sacred history will finally intersect
at the point of Melchizedek’s arrival. The kingdom of heaven
within intersects with the Kingdom of God on earth.
1Enoch 93:2 To men of note
in their generation the paths of oppression and death are
revealed; but they keep far from them, and do not follow them.
1Enoch 93:3 Now, too, let me exhort you who are righteous, not
to walk in the paths of evil and oppression, nor in the paths
of death. Approach them not, that you may not perish; but
covet.
1Enoch 93:4 And choose for yourselves righteousness, and a
good life.
1Enoch 93:5 Walk in the paths of peace, that you may live, and
be found worthy. Retain my words in your inmost thoughts, and
obliterate them not from your hearts; for I know that
sinners counsel men to commit crime craftily.
They are not found in every
place, nor does every counsel possess a little of them.
1Enoch 93:6
Woe to those who build up iniquity and oppression,
and who lay the foundation of
fraud; for
suddenly shall they be subverted,
and never obtain peace.
1Enoch 93:7 Woe to those who build up their houses with crime;
for from their very foundations shall they be demolished, and
by the sword shall they themselves fall. Those, too, who
acquire gold and silver, shall justly and suddenly perish. Woe
to you who are rich, for in your riches have you trusted; but
from your riches you shall be removed; because you have not
remembered the Most High in the days of your prosperity (Jas.
5:1-8).
Enoch warns his children and
us indirectly to choose righteousness and peace. Those who
acquire "gold and silver riches" and covet their wealth will
suddenly perish because "they have not remembered the Most
High." But remember:
Ezek 18:32
For it is not
My desire that anyone shall die – declares the
Lord God. Repent therefore, and live!
1Enoch 95:1 Wait in hope, ye righteous; for suddenly shall
sinners perish from
before you, and you shall exercise dominion over them,
according to your will.
Urantia will be reinstated
and restored to the system circuits and to interplanetary
communication only after Melchizedek arrives. Final
adjudication will not be complete until earth, its citizens,
Caligastia, and Daligastia experience "Judgment Day" as
described in the Bible. Only then will the current
dispensational age end and a new age begin. Planetary peace
and order cannot come until the harvest of this age is reaped
and Melchizedek assumes sovereignty. In this regard consider:
UB p. 597 The bestowal son
(Jesus) is the Prince of Peace. On normal worlds this is a
dispensation of world-wide peace…such salutary influences
did not
attend the coming of your
bestowal Son…Urantia
is not
proceeding in the normal order.
Your Master…warned…his advent would not bring the usual reign
of peace…He
distinctly told them (his disciples) that there would be "wars
and rumors of wars," and that "nation would rise against
nation."
At present one-third of all
nations (65 out of 185) are at war. At the end of the cold war
in 1990 there were only 35. This planet is in the hands of
self-serving, unwise, and immature leadership who, as a rule,
have little spiritual connection. The world is getting more
violent and uncertain.
This corrupt world
leadership possesses all the political, economic, military,
and financial power. It cannot be removed or replaced except
by force and defeat.
The world cannot
evolve smoothly into a peaceful age without a crisis and only
divine intervention can conclude that crisis favorably on the
behalf of the
brotherhood of man,
which is otherwise in the process of formation. The
Urantia Book
quotes the following Bible passage:
UB p. 600 ‘For, as the new
heavens and the new earth, which I (God) will make, shall
remain before me,
so shall you and your
children survive;
and it shall come to pass that
from one new moon to
another and from one Sabbath to another all flesh shall come
to worship before me,’
says the Lord.
(Isaiah 66:22-23).
The authors of the
Urantia Book
would not have quoted the Bible on something they didn’t agree
with.
One must conclude that something very sudden
will occur such that "all flesh will come to worship" before
God over a short time period of only one week or one month.
Evil and sin exist, but they
remain powerless relevant to the destiny of any soul.
Rebellion against God, the very source of being and all
reality, is tantamount to cosmic insanity. It is suicidal and
bears its own seed of self-destruction. God allows it, because
true freedom requires it and
true freedom
is necessary to any prospect of true love, and true love, the
love a Father for His children is the foundation of the world.
Emily
Dickinson says it the best, as usual, "Evil is the leisure of
God’s Will" – it is the transient shadow cast by God’s
ever-increasing light of life. Before leaving this topic let’s
continue down the line of iniquitous ones and consider the
Caligastia 100:
Caligastia 100
UB p. 747 Nod was the leader
of the Caligastia’s staff of one hundred.
UB p. 758 Nodites were the descendants of disloyal Dalamatia
staff of one hundred
UB p. 856 Nodite was both a racial and cultural term. They
were the
eighth Urantian race.
UB p. 857 The
Sumerian descendants of the Nodites produced the inscribed
clay
tablets of ancient Sumer. (which are in our possession).
UB p. 856 Nodites are one half the ancestry of the secondary
midwayers. (Adamites the other)
UB p. 856
legend had represented the Nodites as
gods
who came down and mated
with daughters of men
(referred to in
Genesis and 1Enoch).
1Enoch speaks about a race
of people who are descended from the offspring of "the sons of
God who mated with the daughters of men." This race is
referred to as the Nephilim, which corresponds to the Nodite
race of the Urantia Book. This inter-racial union between
Nodites and the daughters of man is blamed for the evil and
sin that resulted in "the flood," by which God purified the
earth. Enoch again identifies "an evil race" which is
associated with the evil harvest of the messianic period. This
raises the question of whether or not there are still present,
relatively pure line descendants of this ancient Nodite race?
Is this the race that has been associated with royalty
throughout the centuries? If so, this would explain the royal
links between the ruling class, the Power Elite, and the
secret societies. Who are they, where are they, and what role,
if any, will they play in the messianic period? Lets consider
further the topic of evil, sin, and iniquity:
1Enoch 100:3 And if he send
his wrath upon you, and upon all your deeds,
you are not they who can supplicate Him; for you utter against
his
righteousness great and powerful things. To you there shall be
no peace.
1Enoch102:5 But you, ye sinners, are for ever accursed; to you
there shall be no peace.
1Enoch 102:7 And when you die, sinners say concerning you: As
we die, the righteous die. What profit have they in their
works? Behold, like us, they expire in sorrow and in darkness.
What advantage have they over us? Hence forward are we equal.
What will they obtain, and what behold for ever? For behold
they are dead; and never will they henceforward for ever
perceive the light. I say unto you, ye sinners: You have been
satiated with meat and drink, with human plunder and rapine,
with sin, with the acquisition of wealth and with the sight of
good days.
Have you not
marked the righteous, how their end is in peace?
For no
oppression is found in them even to the day of their death.
They perish, and are as if they were not, while their souls
descend in trouble to the receptacle of the dead.
1Enoch 103:4 Woe to you, sinners, when you die in your sins;
and they, who
are like you, say respecting you, Blessed are the sinners.
They have
seen all their days; and now they die in goodness and in
wealth.
Distress and slaughter they saw not while alive; in honor they
die;
nor ever in their lifetime did judgment overtake them.
1Enoch 103:6 Woe to you, for to you there shall be no peace.
1Enoch 104:11 And in which they shall rejoice. And all the
righteous shall be
rewarded, who from these shall acquire the knowledge of every
upright path.
In 104:8, Enoch tells us
that the words of his writing, paradoxically will be preserved
correctly by the iniquitous ones who translate his words,
despite their otherwise outrageous deceit. And as if in
response the editor here writes in a footnote for this
passage: "Despite Enoch’s mandate, his book was
most
certainly
‘changed’ and ‘diminished’ by late editors,
though these fragments of it have survived." Were Enoch’s
words preserved correctly as Enoch foretells or were they
‘changed’ as claimed by the seemingly irritated editor?
Personally, I would bet on Enoch. When God is on your side
your chance of winning is always 100%.
In 104:10, Enoch reads from
the "tablets of heaven" about "books of joy, great wisdom, and
integrity" which shall be given to the "righteous and wise"
who "from these" books "shall acquire the knowledge of every
upright path." Enoch is speaking here about the end of the age
generation which implies that these books are made available
not until the time period of the end of the age.
1Enoch itself may qualify as
one of these books as it was only recently (nineteenth
century) made accessible after: centuries of censorship,
attempts to destroy it, and deep submergence of the text
(found only in Ethiopia and also among the
Dead
Sea Scrolls). The
Dead Sea
Scrolls would also
qualify as a recently given source of great wisdom and joy.
Finally, of course, is
The Urantia Book,
which is the "mother load" of wisdom, joy, and integrity. And
it has been indeed a "gift," as prophesied.
1Enoch 104A: 1-2
In those days, he
(Enoch) says:
105:1-2 "The Lord will be patient and cause the children of
the earth
to hear. Reveal it to them with your wisdom, for
you are their
guides; and
you are a reward
upon the whole earth.
Until I
and my Son are
united with them in the upright paths
in their
lifetime,
and there shall be peace unto you, rejoice you
children of
truth. Amen." (Charlesworth,Pseudoepigrapha)
This
important
passage
addresses the "children of truth" who have received the "books
of wisdom and joy" in the previous chapter. It tells these
individuals to be leaders and guides for others who will be
trying to understand what is happening in the world and in the
kingdom of heaven within and without. These "children of
truth" will be a blessing upon the whole earth especially to
those who suffer in darkness. Note carefully that these people
of wisdom are united with "I and my Son," God and Melchizedek,
during their lifetime presumably when Melchizedek arrives in
person.
The money power
preys on the
nation in times of peace, and
conspires
against it in times of
adversity. It is more
despotic
than monarchy, more
insolent
than autocracy, more
selfish
than bureaucracy. It denounces,
as public enemies, all who question its methods or throw light
upon its crimes.
(Abraham
Lincoln)
Eph. 6:12 For we wrestle not
against flesh and blood, but
against
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of darkness
of this world…(the
Power Elite)
Eph. 6:13 Wherefore take unto you the full armour of
God, that ye may withstand the evil day.
Eph. 6:14 Girt your loins about with truth, and have
on the breast plate of righteousness…
Eph. 6:15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the
gospel of peace.
Eph. 6:16 and above all, take the Shield of Faith…
Eph. 6:17 the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the
Spirit.
Melchizedek/Messiah
arrives in a very visible display and quickly puts down the
war of the
nations against Israel.
War is put to an end forever. The world’s leadership is
replaced and peace reigns for evermore.
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