“Swedenborg had a vague and imperfect idea regarding the spiritual heavens. He claimed that he visited many heavens of souls in their different degrees of unfoldment. Be that as it may, one thing is certain – there are centers, so to speak, where souls of like development are gathered together, all the way from the [...]
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the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter xiv (the angels of god)
“As the fulness of times has come and the souls of men have ripened and matured, the period when men are to come into the image and the likeness of God is at hand, and in order to bring about this image and likeness, an advance in knowledge is necessary. To be told “plainly of [...]
the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter xiv (the angels of God)
“Thus, we find ourselves on the earth-plane surrounded by dark and malignant spirits; yet these dark forces have no power at all except what is derived from the spirit of the mundane or the earthly spirit. And so far as the children of God ally themselves to the Spirit of God in covenant relation, and [...]
the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter xiv (the angels of God)
“As to how we are brought in touch with God's great nature, we have not been left to speculate, for every great truth has been recorded in some form in that wondrous book, the Bible. The apostle in his letter to the Hebrews said: “But ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city [...]
the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter xiv (the angels of God)
“The foregoing presentation of an idea of God within reach of the reasonable conception of the human mind, should bring to us a joy in the realization that God is not a myth, an incomprehensible something, or the mere life-principle, or even the spirit of mind, as many are now coming to believe; which is [...]
the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter xiii (Jesus of the order of Melchizedek)
“One of the Elohim came and “took on him the seed of Abraham”, that, doing away with types and shadows of religious service, he might give to the world all of the vital truth that it was possible for man to receive, and to establish a means by which the higher consciousness of the race [...]
the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter xii (the eternal order of melchizedek)
“These quotations suffice to show, with the aid of the chapters in immediate connection with them, that there did live during the period of the patriarchs, even down to the time of the Judges, an order of mystics, called “Masters” by men, but who called themselves, an “Order of the Sons of God”, who were [...]
the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter xii (the eternal order of melchizedek)
“Again, we read: "And Manoah said unto the angel of Yahveh, What is thy name, that when thy saying comes to pass, we may do thee honor? And the angel of Yahveh said unto him, Why askest thou after my name, seeing it is secret?" The angel did not deny that he had a name, [...]
the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter xii (the eternal order of melchizedek)
“As further evidence of the existence of this Eternal Brotherhood, we read in Genesis 32:24-28: "And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's [...]
the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter xii (the eternal order of Melchizedek)
“In verse 16, we find the following words: “And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.” Mark you, Abraham went with the three men; but in verse 17, the language is changed, for we read, “And Yahveh said, Shall I hide [...]
The Mark Of God: Understanding Your "I AM Presence" 