The Twelve Segments Of Mankind

The  Twelve  Segments  Of  Mankind

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Uranda   July 4, 1953  Class

This day commemorates a great venture entered one hundred and seventy-seven years ago by those those who dared to dream of a land of the free and the brave. Our nation has paused to remember something of its birthright, to remember somewhat the labor pains of the birth of a nation, to remember the ideals, the hopes. I thought it might be well for us to give a moment's thought to our birthright as human beings, the birthright that is available to every man, woman and child on the face of the earth, that we may remember the goal of attainment, that we may remember something of the labor pains by which, in the struggles of the world, the beginnings of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth have been brought forth.

We remember our Master and His Ministry among men, and that which He experienced at the hands of human beings. We have recognized many times that His greatest service to us was the revelation of Deity, and that revelation is possible only by reason of oneness with the Father. We have come to the point where our attention is centered in the processes of integration. How can we let this reality of integration manifest in us and through us? We recognize that if we fail to reach the goal of attainment of the oneness of Heaven and earth in ourselves, individually, we cannot be of any real service in helping to attain that goal for the whole body of humanity.

At various times we have given thought to God's Love and recognized that Love was, and is, the integrating force by which all things which are a true part of the Divine formation are held in pattern, a force by which the patterns of relationship are established, near or far. We remember the One Law, the two Great Commandments, and we see here, without question, the basic Law of Integration: “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy mind, with all thy soul, and with all thy strength. This is the first and great Commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” This is indeed the Law of Integration, and it is under this Law that we have stability—in the solar system and in the atom. It is a violation of this Law, in the unstable fringe of atomic substance, which produces the violence of the atomic bomb. We recognize that we must be practical. We are living on earth, facing certain problems, and difficulties, and necessities. How can we let this Law of Integration be effective in and through us in relationship to these practical necessities of living, and how can we let the Magic of Living be a reality in and through ourselves?

I would like to draw your attention to the record, certain words our Master spoke which have a very definite and direct bearing on the answer to these questions. “And when He had called unto Him His twelve disciples.” Before proceeding further, let us pause to recognize the significance of the twelve disciples. We commonly hear of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel, and Jacob, who became Israel, had twelve sons. One of those sons, Joseph, had two sons, and there was a tribe of the Children of Israel named for each of the two sons, but there was no tribe of Joseph. There were thirteen tribes of the Children of Israel, commonly spoken of as the twelve tribes—and we recognize that the Priesthood, or the Levites, were  to carry on the traditional pattern of the patriarchs, the centering or the fatherhood of the twelve tribes, to inherit the responsibility of Jacob, or Israel, and his twelve sons. Then we have the Master and His twelve disciples, the thirteen altogether in all three cases. The thirteenth, in each case, represented the invisible realm of Being. The twelve, in each case, represented the patterns of formation in life and being on earth.

When we reach the point of a consideration of the Book of Revelation we come to the outline of the four-and-twenty elders, and we recognize that four-and-twenty is twice twelve—recognizing the positive and negative aspects of formation in the twelve. The four-and-twenty of Revelation carries out exactly the same pattern as, for instance, with the twelve tribes, for in the tribes there were the men and the women of the tribe, the four-and-twenty again emphasizing the twelve. Carrying out the pattern, we have the twelve months of the year. We have the day of twelve hours and the night of twelve hours, the four-and-twenty, or the positive and negative aspects of the twelve. So, whether it be with the day or the year, it is still the twelve. All of these things have certainly not been made evident by chance, by coincidence. There must be significance. We could spend a great deal of time on this one subject, but I would like to draw your attention to other things. So, let it suffice to remind you that the twelve tribes of the Children of Israel were supposed to provide symbolical representation of the twelve vibratory focalizations or patterns of humanity.

Humanity as a whole, counting all men, women and children, is the creation of God—Adam and Eve. Humanity today, in its wholeness—all-inclusive, needing to be made whole—is the Adam and the Eve of this this moment. Each female is a part of Eve, and each male is a part of Adam. And the body of Adam and Eve, in their patterns of relatedness, or oneness, has continued since the dawn of the history of man. Adam and Eve is, today. I say is in order to emphasize the reality of integration—Adam and Eve in the sense of the body of humanity. It is not a wholesome, whole and beautiful body, as God first created it. There are limitations and miseries, sufferings and sorrows. The stature of Adam and the stature of Eve have greatly decreased, and I am not thinking of it so much in the physical sense as in the sense of the moral and character aspects of being. There is not the noble fulness of beauty and capacity, quality and character, that first characterized the only begotten Son of God.

Mankind, one body of humanity, in the beginning, insofar as this earth is concerned—not being concerned for the moment with the planets or solar systems—was the Only Begotten Son of God. The whole body of humanity is now, as far as this earth is concerned, the only begotten Son of God. And no man or woman on the face of the earth who lives and breathes can be excluded from that body. Even though we may say, “That human being is dead to reality,” still that human being is a part of the body as it now exists, with its limitations, its sufferings, its sorrows. And this body needs to be healed. The body has been dying, but it has not reached a point of being dead. Individual human beings have died but the body of Adam has never died, as yet—the body of Eve has never died, as yet.

Whether it be the twelve tribes or the twelve disciples, they were supposed to be symbolical focalizations, representation of the twelve aspects of the positive and negative body of man, the twelve phases of being in mankind—the twelve tribes. But if we see that this point with respect to the twelve tribes is real we must accept every man, woman and child, of every race and color and creed, as having membership in the twelve tribes; for the twelve tribes of the children of Israel were supposed to provide the beginning points by which the whole body of humanity could be integrated into a controlled body, the whole body of Adam including Eve—the Son of God. But the twelve tribes of the children of Israel conceived themselves to be the thing, rather than the symbol of the thing. Rather than representation, they developed a pattern of exclusion, deeming themselves to be set apart from the rest of humanity.

The twelve tribes, then, the twelve disciples, the twelve focalizations, however, whenever, they may appear, provide an understanding of the completed cycle in relationship to the Central Son, or the higher Son, for the Son of God is the only begotten Son of God on the level of manifestation only. Every level of being has its own manifestation of the only begotten Son of God, and as the planets of our solar system represent one level we have another level on earth, as such. And the higher point in relationship to the Son we even call the Sun, the Sun which centers the solar system. The Sun is the symbol of the Son, the highest point of truly viewing the only begotten Son of God, at the point of the third level up from our physical realm of Being. The planet earth and the forms upon it provide the first level—man, the crowning creation, to be the Son of God; the planets of the solar system provide another level, the second; and then, the Sun itself. Each level has its Son, but every Son is related to every other Son, for every Son above finds expression on the level of the Son below, and is, in each case, the revelation of that which is above. So, though we may say there is an only begotten Son on every level, all levels constitute the One Son, for no level by itself has any true meaning, and each level is a particularized revelation of the next highest level by which the Son of God is revealed.

Once we carry the pattern back to the Central SUN of Suns, and to the GOD of all Gods, we see that the cosmos, centered in the Central Point of Deity, is the Son of God. Whether we think of the cosmos as the Son of God, or any of the levels in between that Central Point of Being and this earth, or whether we give thought to the body of humanity, mankind, as the Son of God, we have the privilege of knowing, in all the different aspects of revelation, the reality of the One. By this means you can begin to see, at least in faint outline to glimpse, the processes of integration, from the realm where we dwell to the very center of the Cosmos; for it is integrated, it is one thing, and all its levels are revelations of the one thing. And humanity, mankind, is supposed to be a specialized revelation of the one thing, whether we think of that as the cosmos or simply as some point in the intervening levels of Cosmic Being.

You gain a deeper insight, then, into the basic truth that mankind was made in the image and likeness of God, and, being so made, was the only begotten Son of God. Our Master coming, revealing the essence of that which mankind was supposed to reveal, was called the only begotten Son of God. And if we had allowed ourselves to be integrated with Him at that time there would have been the full manifestation, the full revelation, of the Only Begotten Son of God, a cycle of revelation initiated by our Master while He walked among men on earth.

Here we have the words that came from the lips of the One who so served us on earth: “And when He had called unto Him His twelve disciples”—His contact points with the twelve segments of mankind, “He gave them power”; for to the degree that they—the twelve, or those who should partake of the reality of that represented by the twelve—answered the call, “He gave them power.” That representation, then, of that which was supposed to be, holds true for us now. Human beings have seen the twelve disciples as segregated from themselves. And there are those religious teachers, or leaders, or churches, that declare that the power was given to the twelve disciples only, and that they must be seen as separate and apart from the rest of us. They have failed to grasp the fact that instead of being segregated they were supposed to be the integrating points of focalization by which we might have direct contact with the Central Essence of Being, and that through them we might have an integrated body of mankind, containing the twelve segments of humanity.

“And when He had called unto Him.” When He called His twelve disciples He called you, in this generation, for you are one of the twelve—the twelve disciples representing the twelve segments of mankind. The body of Adam has continued till this day, and you are a part of one of the twelve segments; you are a part of one of the twelve disciples now, in this hour, just as much as any man in any hour when the Master Himself walked on earth. “And when He called unto Him His twelve disciples,” He called you, for the twelve negative aspects of the twelve segments are included, automatically, on the basis of Biblical symbolism, when we speak of the twelve positive aspects of the twelve segments.

He called you. In that moment He was not talking just to twelve men back there. He was talking to you, in this hour. He was talking to any human being who belonged to any of the twelve segments of the body of mankind. And there has never been a baby born on earth who did not belong in the twelve segments of mankind, even though the point of focalization in some carried out in relationship to the thirteenth, or the point of Essence of Centering, for remember that Levi was one of the original twelve, and the thirteenth was achieved by splitting one of the twelve. So, even though Levi was the thirteenth, Levi was one of the twelve. There has never been a baby born on earth, of any color, in any land, in any situation, not one, but what he or she was born with a birthright, as a member of one of the twelve segments of the body of humanity. You are one of the twelve. Whether you think of yourself as related to a tribe or a disciple makes not one whit of difference, for they both reveal exactly the same thing. And you, male or female, are one of the twelve now, whether you know it or not; whether you sell your birthright for a mess of pottage or not. Who, among the children of men, is willing to arise and claim the birthright? For every man, woman and child has that birthright, every baby that was ever born on the face of the earth, white or black, brown or yellow, it makes no difference. Regardless of the time or the circumstance, regardless of man's classification of parenthood, race or creed, regardless of anything, everything, every child that has ever been born on the face of the earth has been born with a birthright, an heritage, as a member of one of the twelve segments of the body of mankind.

So, He spoke to you, and I but re-echo His words. “And when He had called unto Him His twelve disciples.” Do you begin to see that this He has not yet achieved? That when still waits for the future. Those words do not apply to twelve men back there, as some may assume. The twelve apostles, the twelve disciples, the twelve tribes, the twelve elders—it makes no difference what we call them—are all the same thing, and they include you if you will let it be so. But the word is: “And when He had called.” He has been calling, but the twelve segments of humanity, either in total number or in representative form, have not been truly called in the sense of response. He has called, but they have not let themselves be called. They were too busy with something else, too many important things, to be concerned about the birthright. They were too hungry. So, like Esau, they have been selling their birthright for a mess of pottage.

“And when He had called unto Him His twelve disciples, He gave them power.” Now, whether it be in total form or in true representation, whether it be with twelve individuals, as such, or four-and-twenty, or a hundred and forty-four thousand—which is twelve times twelve thousand, is it not? the same principle carried out—wherever there comes together a true focalization of the twelve, there they receive power. But those who represent the whole cannot expect to have the power that should manifest through the whole. There were twelve men who were called to be the twelve disciples But we recall that Judas betrayed, Peter denied, and certain ones followed afar off, so those who were called the twelve apostles were not. They undertook to classify Paul as an apostle, for instance. He was an apostle of his degree of understanding of the things of God, but in any true sense he cannot be classified as one of the twelve apostles, although he was a member of the twelve segments of humanity.

Can you find any point in recorded history when there were twelve—apostles, tribes, elders, disciples—twelve who were faithful and true? Where, in history, have there been twelve who were faithful and true? Not of the tribes of Israel, not of the sons of Jacob, not of the twelve disciples, not with respect to twelve apostles. The pattern has been projected over and over again, but not once in all the range of recorded history can you find an example of the true focalization of the twelve segments of humanity in a true and absolute sense.

If, at this point in the pattern of the Master's Ministry, the twelve had actually received what He gave they would have been twelve faithful and true representatives of the whole body of humanity. The Master would have had twelve contact points, or handles, by which to take hold of the body of mankind, by which He could have controlled that body, by which He could have caused the power to manifest. But would they let themselves be integrated as true representatives? You will find, if you study the pattern, that they had their bickerings, their differences, their directions of interest, their little feuds—those twelve men whom the Master called, who were supposed to be something, but, insofar as the twelve were concerned, never became what they were supposed to be. But suppose they had, and they had proved to be worthy of the trust—twelve good men, faithful and true. Suppose they had received what the Master gave, what a different story there would have been written upon the pages of the past nineteen centuries, for, “He gave them power.” But did they receive it? Oh, to some slight extent. But even with respect to the working of the power and to the people who might be blest by it, there was, forthwith, bickering; there was, forthwith, a loss of the power.

After they had received something of the power and had thrown it away, the Master said, “Tarry in Jerusalem until the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and when the day of the Holy Spirit is fully come, after that the Holy Spirit is come upon you, ye shall receive power.” He had already given power to start with. They had started to receive it and then had lost it. And He said, “After certain things are true of you, you will receive power.” Again, the hundred and twenty who waited for the day of Pentecost—one, two, twelve, multiplied by ten, the same pattern all over again. The hundred and twenty began to receive the power which He had already given, and again they went out and used it wrongly, again they lost it, again they had their differences as to how it should be used, and for whose blessing, and in what manner. So, once more it was gone. But the Central Essence of Being had already given it.

“And when He had called unto Him His twelve disciples.” He has issued the call. We can respond here. And if there be twelve representatives of the segments of mankind—and they can be representatives without respect to color, or race, or creed—if there be twelve representatives, faithful and true, in this moment, here, or in any moment anywhere, twelve representatives who have truly come unto Him, centered in Him, accepting the basic Law of Integration, they will receive power because they will receive the Holy Spirit. Any twelve, anywhere, who are true representatives of the twelve segments of humanity—let them be either as twelve single individuals or any multiple of twelve that you may have, from twelve men to four-and-twenty, or on up to a hundred and twenty, or a hundred and forty-four thousand, it makes no difference—let twelve come together as true representatives of the twelve segments of humanity, and, being centered under the Law, they will receive the outpouring of the spirit and they will receive the power which the Master gave. The power He gave has never been truly received. Not by the disciples. He had given it before but it was not truly received by the twelve tribes of the children of Israel. They received only a little of it, and they lost it. The twelve children of Jacob received a little of it, but they lost it. All of the patterns of twelve that have ever been worked out with any meaning on the face of the earth began to receive something of it. But show me a pattern where they did not lose it, and throw it away, where they did not violate the reality of their birthright!

Integration under the Law

It has taken twenty thousand years for it to finally come to this point where I might appear on earth and speak to a little handful of people in a little valley in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, at the center of the United States of America, the center of a continent, if you please. And have we yet established twelve true representatives, twelve true patterns of representation for the twelve segments of humanity? Twelve who have represented humanity, yes, but have we found twelve who have represented humanity and God? To represent God to humanity, and humanity to God—that is the duty of the twelve. That was the calling of the twelve sons of Jacob, the twelve tribes of Israel, the twelve disciples—to represent the twelve segments of humanity to God, and to represent God to the twelve segments of humanity. Let those twelve be found, as twelve single individuals or any multiple of twelve, in true representation, and they shall, in that moment—when they shall come together with one accord in one place—receive the Holy Spirit and power shall be given unto them.

They shall receive power, for the power has already been given. The power was given when man was first created, and God breathed the breath of life into man's nostrils and man became a living soul. In that moment the power was given and, as far as God is concerned, it has never been taken back. It was given then. It has been re-given or revealed as having been given, over and over again down to this present day. And still human beings are too busy to give heed to their birthright, too deeply enslaved to be concerned about their independence, to be involved with their busy business to be about our Father's business in the Kingdom of Heaven that is at hand

“And when He had called unto Him.” Where will He succeed in having achieved that? He started to do it in many ways, at different times, but it still has not been done. When? Can we make that when be now? “And when He had called unto Him His twelve disciples He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness, and all manner of disease”—diseases of the body and the mind and the heart. Power—over all the things that limit the body of Adam and the body of Eve, the things that still crucify the body of the Son of God.

If the body of Jesus, centralizing the body of the Son of God, had truly died upon the cross, then the body of the Son of God, which includes all mankind, would have been destined to die. But as the Master's body was in the tomb for a little time, and came forth from the coma into life, so do we see that, even though man failed to receive the power that was given, failed to use it aright, failed to let the twelve segments be truly focalized, there was a period of coma for the world that is called the Dark Ages, and for some centuries—which are as moments, or hours, in cosmic time—the process of resurrection has been at work in the body of the Son of God, for that body did not die. Through these centuries the resurrecting process has been going on, and you are called to have the privilege of beginning to see the reality of that resurrection, the reality of that life of the body of the Son of God which mankind is.

The question still remains: Even though our LORD and KING has given the power, when shall it be received? That is the question which remains unanswered still; for, searching among human beings in the body of the Son of God, we have not yet found those who would let the question be answered. But God has faith that in the body of the Son of God there will be found those who will let the question be answered, the power be received, the plan fulfilled, that the Son may be restored to the House of the Father, and be a Prodigal Son no more.

Our Gracious LORD and KING, we thank Thee for the privilege we have of seeing the opportunities of resurrection under the Law of Integration, that the Son, the Prodigal Son, may return to the Father's House, whensoever he will arise and go, having tired of the husks that are fed to the swine. The Father awaits the privilege of welcoming the Son. Who shall come, and when? Who shall be the ones through whom the plan shall be fulfilled? Who shall they be? When shall they appear? Blessed shall they be, whoever they are, whenever and wherever they shall appear, to the Glory of God, and to the Blessing of the children of men, that they may reveal the reality of “the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory, forever.” Aum-en.

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I Am Thine Inheritance

I  Am  Thine  Inheritance

The  Body  Within  The  Body

 

Grace Van Duzen  June 20, 1964

In the beginning God created this wonderful world, and there was a Body of God, and it was perfect and beautiful, and it was one thing. A lot has happened since then. And there was a design, a pattern of Twelve and a pattern of Seven—the fact. We don't know much, in an intellectual sense, of what happened in those days of perfection, because the mind of itself cannot know it. It is an awareness that recalls it, an awareness which utilizes every aspect of our consciousness: feeling, emotion, mind, body. It is not knowing about. It is coming into an awareness of. So this wonderful Body was created, a beautiful design, a perfect one, with dominion over all the kingdoms of the earth; and everything was lovely. The LORD created His Temple, this whole earth and each individual body, for His pleasure.

That which man knows something about started a little later in history, a time where man began to come together. There was a recognition that unless something came together, there would be nothing on earth—wars and rumours of wars; and this goes back five thousand years, and it goes back farther. Wars and rumours of wars because the Body was not One in its awareness—there was separation. There was an awareness of a need for Oneness, bringing together of mankind under One Father—a Nameless One in actuality—the Twelve aspects of the Body of God brought together. Way back there this was accomplished, and we have the people formed called the Children of Israel. This was not a racial thing—they were all integrated, because it was comprised of all the aspects of humanity.

And there was formed the beginnings of the Body of God again on earth—one thing—but there was something which integrated them all. You see, there were Thirteen, and the Thirteenth was called the Priesthood. Levites was the name of the Priesthood—something that was integrated into each of these Twelve aspects, something which could manifest in each of the Twelve and still be one thing. They represented God to man, and there was that in each of the Twelve or there would be no One Body: that which is of the LORD, and which can manifest in the Twelve without taking on subjection to the Twelve; that which remains in the world but not of it. This is the true Priesthood, and there must be that in all the Twelve to meld it into One Body. One could say that there must be a Body within a Body, and surely we are part of that Body. Are we not all different? The very fact that the Priesthood is in each of those Twelve means that the Priesthood is different—and yet it is not—it is above and beyond it; it is in the world but it is not of it. Without the Priesthood we don't have anything.

They were very faithful, dedicated—to the LORD. And they were constantly warned that all the world was to be included in this pattern—never to let it be a segregated thing. When something comes together to form the Body of God, there is a Oneness, there is a coming together. When the LORD is forgotten it is dispersed, it dissipates, it falls part—there is the very opposite of the working of the Law which draws together all things, and it is scattered abroad. So, going along with our story we found that the Twelve began a wonderful movement toward the forming of a Body, a Temple for the LORD on earth. But at one point along the way we find a very graphic story, symbolic of what took place in the whole: the priesthood became corrupt. It began to drift away from that firm dedication whereby there was no partaking of anything except what came from the LORD. They began to pay certain ones to be priests, and the very minute that the priesthood became corrupt there was nothing to cement the Body together. It is that Body within the Body which is so vitally important. Then the Twelve began to fall apart, because Twelve aspects don't make the Body. The Priesthood is that which cements it together, and when that became corrupt, everything fell apart.

We go along, and we see that the minute there was division within the Body, there were predatory excursions from outside, and these took place from all directions—all around their enemies began to take over. But this was after the failure of what was inside. Up until this time it couldn't do a thing, and it never can from the outside; but when it happens from the inside, it can all come rushing in, and that is what happened. And we find that first the one solid kingdom was divided into two, and then they were taken away captive into foreign lands. First the kingdom of the ten, the ten tribes were taken away captive. We could say this was the second fall of man. Without the Priesthood we don't have anything.

Something has been brought to point on earth in this day which is absolutely priceless—the Body within the Body that is so vitally important. There must be that Body, within the Body, that is trained for that deep dedication to the LORD. And if in that Body, the Priesthood, there is not that deep sense of belonging, how can there ever be throughout the Twelve Tribes? It is right that there are Twelve aspects, but it must be One Body. We have a place close to the LORD where we inherit Him—I Am thine inheritance—we inherit His very Being. We don't receive something from Him. It is what He is that is our inheritance, within the Temple of the Living God. I Am thine inheritance. That means I Am the wonderful Body within a wonderful Body. When I and the Father are One then He is my inheritance, and then all that has been done through the years, heroically, by dedicated men and women in their places, will have meaning, will not have been in vain. Each of us is that Body.

This is that which must be done by that Body within the Body. There is a design in the Divine State—not something hodgepodge, just a mixing, but a perfect design. Something glorious has taken place in our day, which is completely without any meaning unless there is that Body within the Body—a Body that is close to the LORD, and which lets the things of God come through in meaningful living, in humility, really letting the things of God take form through us. It is time for the Divine Priesthood after the Order of Melchizedek, the Divine Design ordained by God for His creation. Every part of this Body, every people on the face of the earth, belongs in One Body. Is there any part, any people, you can think of that you'd like to exclude? It all belongs together. Isolation—that is the order of fallen man. It is exactly the opposite to the Order of Melchizedek, which draws everything together into the One Body it was created to be.

As that Holy Priesthood, we surely have a deeper, more vibrant, more thrilling awareness of the perfection of God's creation. And we have one place to start—this Temple, oneself. The Divine Order is really order. It is perfect, and it partakes of none of this filthy thing that man calls design. He has names for it, all kinds of names for diseases, for mental disturbances; they are all categorized, a certain design, they say, an order. But it is not order. It is disorder. It is chaos. It takes everything apart, and you have nothing. So let us, remembering the One who draws us all together, and cherish his words with respect to belonging. Then we find that, seeking the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, all things are added. We don't have to get anything from the Body. All things are added to the Body—they're all here, and what a joy when we realize it. It's all here.

We're all moving in the air of the spirit. Constant movement—it's a wonderful feeling to keep aloft the Body of the LORD. The Body within the Body we are, exactly the way it is now. And it is absolutely essential for a Body to come together—and it will come together. Wherever those parts of the Body of God are, they will not remain isolated. They must come together. It is a magnet drawing unto itself its parts. But let's never think that there aren't those parts all over the face of the earth. They are being drawn to form that Body. But it must come together in actuality. There is the drawing, and the time is shortened. This is why we are here. Praise the LORD.

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God's Great Plan #2

God's  Great  Plan  #2

Michael  The  Archangel

Uranda   August 5, 1951

Let us turn now to another view of the Divine outworking of things. This was actually nearly two hundred years after Isaiah. You will remember that when man first fell, when Lucifer first decided to oppose the Pattern of God and substitute an idea of his own, according to the record there was war in Heaven, and Michael and His Angels fought with the dragon and his angels, and the dragon was cast out of Heaven into the earth. Heaven is at hand. Heaven was on earth. People have tried to understand these things by imagining a separation of earth from Heaven at that time, which did not exist. Heaven and earth were One. It was here on earth that this thing took place, and it was Heaven here, and it was through those whom God had created, Lucifer the Bright and Morning Star, Divine Man on earth, created to let Deity be revealed in the realm of form in this world. Heaven was here, and it was here in that Heaven on earth that the battle came. We will not go back and examine all the different phases of it now. Michael and His Angels fought, and the dragon, the self-active expression of man, was cast out of Heaven. The restoration, salvation—the thing for which the Master came into the world—the purpose of all God’s Designs and Plans down through the ages, has been the restoration. The restoration of the mind, the consciousness of man, to Heaven that is at hand. That is all it amounts to. But the consciousness of man cannot get back into Heaven except by the way which God has established.

From that time on the work of focalizing the activities designed to bring about man's restoration to Heaven at hand, was in the hands of the One who had cast out the dragon and all his angels, all those who followed after that pattern of self-activity. Michael was the One who carried on that focus of activity in various cycles, in various ways, many of which are recorded and some are not, leading to an opportunity for man, a Plan, a Pattern, which could have worked. If those who had been delivered from Egypt had followed the Plan which God established, it could have been done then, and it would not have been necessary for Jesus Christ to come into the world. As you begin to see this Great Cosmic Plan in all of its points and its relatedness, remember that. And remember that from the standpoint of Michael that was the most important thing of all. That was his greatest desire, that the restoration should be accomplished without any inconvenience to His LORD and KING. Over and over again he worked and labored to that end.

Now, if you remember the things we have covered in this brief outline, you will be in position to understand and appreciate something I would read to you now from the 10th chapter of the Book of Daniel:

“In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.

“In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;

“Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz: His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.

“And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength. Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground. And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.

“And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling. Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.

“But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia. Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.

“And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb. And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my Lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength. For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.

“Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me, And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.

“Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come. But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.”

We will not take time to analyze all the different phases of this passage, but certain points need to be brought clearly into focus. As it is emphasized here, Michael  was incarnated in the form that was called Daniel. Michael was in the earth at that time working toward the end that we have been considering, appearing as Daniel, and it is indicated here in this text also that from the Divine standpoint he was recognized as the Lord of Truth. But what was the vision? The Bible does not say. I can tell you what it was. It was at that time that the decision was made from the standpoint of our LORD and KING that He would come into the world. Michael, manifesting in various times and ways, had worked to bring about the restoration of man without this necessity on the part of our LORD. It was at that time that Daniel was informed, through that vision, that the LORD of Lords had determined to come into the world Himself and to establish the Program, to work out a Plan to make possible the hastening of the Program of Salvation for man. That was a great sadness to Michael, as it is put: “My comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.”

This was a manifestation to Daniel at that time, revealing to him that since the outworking with respect to the Children of Israel had failed, the Divine decision was made to let all of those old patterns go and to move forward into another cycle. The way it affected Daniel is vividly portrayed here: “And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb. And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my Lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength. For how can the servant of this my Lord talk with this my Lord?”

The feeling of failure, of recognizing that all that had been accomplished up to that time had not achieved the desired end, that the LORD Himself was going to come into the world, was heavy upon him. Then there came the assurance: “Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me.” There we see the picture of the acceptance of the Divine Plan.

We recognize that Michael was again manifest, when the Master was here, through the one who was called the Beloved Disciple John, and that for the period that Jesus Christ Himself was here on earth the focalization of the whole program was, of course, in the Master’s hands on earth; but that when humanity had rejected Him, the moment He lost consciousness on the cross, the authority, the responsibility with respect to carrying on that Program, passed back to the hands of Michael, the one who has worked from the beginning of the days of the fall for the restoration and the salvation of man.

Concerning the particular pattern of fulfilment that was to be, the Master gave some very definite statements, and with a brief consideration of them we will bring our meditation to a close. “Nevertheless,” the Master said, “I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on me.”

From the standpoint of Michael, from the standpoint of the outworking of the Cosmic Plan, there is just one sin—just one! Any other ill thing would have to come under the classification of that one sin. All ill things come into manifestation as a result of that one sin. And the moment an individual clears, so that he is not subject to that one sin, the former things begin to pass away, and that which has been has no more power, no more meaning. The one sin—"Because they believe not on Jesus Christ our LORD.” The one sin—to share with the world the rejection, the denial, the betrayal, and the crucifixion.

From that day the world has been under judgment. Opportunity is given to human beings to be forgiven of that one sin, that believing, believing according to the standard the Master gave—“the works that I do shall ye do also”—they shall be saved. That is the standard of belief. Then there is evidence of whether there is belief. The only sin there is is failure to believe on Jesus Christ our LORD. That is the basis of judgment for the world. That is the basis of judgment for every man, woman and child, without a single exception.

So, we come down to this time, this day, this cycle of fulfilment, having a share in that Great Pattern that is portrayed here from cover to cover in the Bible, when a new opportunity has been established for human beings. If we remember the broad scope of it, the Glory and the Wonder of it, the Awe of God’s Love and Patience—and what an awesome thing it is!—then, surely, in this day and age we can remember what we are here for, to Whom we belong, and where we are supposed to live and serve in the Spirit of the Living Christ. Surely we can leave behind the spirit of self-centeredness, leave behind the whims and fancies, the reactions, that spoil the Pattern, delay the outworking, and in effect say to the hungry ones in the world, “Wait a little longer while I have my own way, while I struggle with God a bit,” and which in effect say, “God, I know you have a Plan, a Design; I know you are All-Powerful, but I am still going to contend with you and try to impose my will over yours.” The contemptible foolishness of the human mind, the human being, who takes such a stand!

We have an opportunity toward which the Prophets of All Ages have looked. This time of outworking is ours to share. If we recognize that which is portrayed in the Bible, and which we have viewed briefly in broad perspective, we can surely remember, and keep centered in, the Spirit of the Living Christ all the time, that we may not only share His Victory but that we may have a part in making that Victory have meaning in the lives of others. Except as we so serve we are nothing. Unless we bring forth fruit we are nothing. What Jesus did will be in vain for each one who fails to follow through on this Pattern, this cycle of outworking. For all who reject that Plan as it now stands, the opportunity and the things that Jesus did are in vain. God forbid that it should be so for any of you. Let us share the Victory, and, sharing it, inspire others to do likewise; for we remember the words of the Master’s Prayer where He taught us to pray, “Thy Kingdom come.” Where? On earth. “Thy Will be done.” Where? “On earth as it is in Heaven. For Thine is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory forever. Aum-en.”

I thank God for the blessings we have shared, that as we remain steady and true, learning to abide in that polarity which permits the fulfilment of this Great Plan, the Power of God can work through us more effectively than ever before. And there are so many Earnest Ones out there working with us, sharing this outworking where they are. They do not have to be here, geographically. They are a part of it. I thank God for what has been accomplished, but it is little more than a beginning. But, concerning small things, we read the Promise: “A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation,” and the Master pointed to the growth of the mustard seed. Let us let it be so in our lives regardless of what anyone else may do.

Heavenly Father, I thank Thee for Thy Blessings upon these Faithful Ones here gathered, and for all who are with us in Spirit, for all who are turning to Thee, that Thy Will may be done on earth as it is in Heaven, causing Thy Kingdom to come; For Thine is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory forever. In the Christ. Aum-en.

I thank God for the privilege of this hour with you. I thank God for the response that is in you—and according to thy response, so be it unto thee. We are not here to satisfy ourselves or please ourselves. We are not here to play children^’s games. We are here to share the outworking of the Cosmic Plan of God which began immediately to come into force and being at the time of the fall of man. It is ours to share, and I thank God for the privilege of sharing it with you, and all the others who are responding and showing themselves willing to forget the human, petty things which spoil so much that is lovely, that the things of God may appear on earth. God Bless you.

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