“Another thought is clear here; namely, this Melchizedek was in the body, not a spiritual form as some suppose, for he brought bread and wine to nourish Abraham after his long struggle with the kings; and Abraham gave Melchizedek a tenth part of the spoils that he had taken from the kings. So, Melchizedek not [...]
Category: The Goal of Life or Science and Revelation: Hiram Butler. 1908
the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter xii (the eternal order of Melchizedek)
“We have long believed that the lifeless shell of the Masonic Order is all that survives of what was originally the living formula of the Eternal Brotherhood; but, through perversion, it has lost so much of its vitality that what now remains is virtually a dead form, and even that form has been so changed [...]
the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter xii (the eternal order of melchizedek)
“We ask our readers carefully to read the seventh chapter of Hebrews, and especially to note the following verses: “If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest (Jesus the Christ) should rise after the order of Melchizedek, and not [...]
the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter xii (the eternal order of melchizedek)
“Before proceeding directly to the evidence in the Bible of the existence of this Eternal Order, we make the following statement: We find evidences from the beginning of Genesis to the time of Christ that there was a Brotherhood of men, who lived in the flesh and were masters in the highest sense of the [...]
the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter xi (the elohim)
“The thought presented in this chapter regarding Yahveh Elohim will meet with the strongest prejudice arising in the preconceived ideas of long standing in the mind of the Christian world; ideas which existed, as Professor Proctor says, among the early Semitic tribes. Because of constant touch with lower races who worshipped the sun, moon, and [...]
the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter xi (the elohim)
“You who would have additional evidence from the Scriptures relative to the truths presented in this chapter, we ask to follow the connection in which the word Elohim is used throughout the Scriptures, and also its use in combination with the name Yahveh – Yahveh Elohim; we think enough has been said to give you [...]
the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter xi (the elohim)
“In the second chapter of Genesis begins the use of the name Yahveh, frequently in connection with that of the Elohim – Yahveh Elohim. In the consideration of the name Yahveh, we have tried to present it as the embodiment of the idea of the Universal Spirit, the Mind and Will, which is the source [...]
the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter xi (the elohim)
“It was the Elohim that the Lord Jesus called his Father, and he made the astonishing statement that, “no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.” (Matthew 11:27) In the effort to reveal the Father, we necessarily [...]
the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter x (mind-centers)
““Humanity, the image now existing on this planet, is the product of creative law, as is evidenced by his subordination to that law; but when the likeness is obtained, then will man no longer act blindly under the impulse of law, but he will have awakened to a state of knowing. This state of ultimate [...]
the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter x (mind-centers)
“We have concluded, from our understanding of scientific research, that there is order in everything, from the microscopic to the telescopic, and that that order follows a definite law. Therefore, we may with very little difficulty discover in man the constitution of the whole body of humanity, he being composed of organs like, yet dissimilar [...]
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