Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

THE EVERLASTING COVENANT.
RY H. Jo:. Hl'TJ.F.R.
PREFACE.
In bringing the covenant from the ark that is in the Holiest of
holieR, we unwittingly fulfi}) the prophecy of Zechariah (Zech. Y); for
"the flying roll" must ha\·e a physical means of expression, while the
real expression, being from God, the Creator of all thing~~, is from
the cause side, the inner life currents of the human family; and it
shall become to those who willingly and gladly re~eive it, a bleSBing
and an everlasting 11alvation. But thl" angi!l !laid to Zec: .. hariah (ver~~e
3): "This i!l the cur!le that goeth forth O\'er the face of the whnle
earth: for every one that stealeth 11hall be l•nt off 1111 on thi!! !!ide nrcording
to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off a. sai1l that he would "destroy
them that corr'upt the t-art h."
We. as a willing instrument in the han.ls of the Father. have l1t'1·n
r.atised to fulfill verse 4,.while the re11ultR are with Yahvt~h and not with
. us: "I will bring it forth. saith Yahvt>h of host~. and it shall enter
into the houl'le of the thief. and into the house of him that 11weareth
falsely by my name : and it 11hall remain in the midst. of his houst-,
and shall consume it with the timber thE-reuf and the Rtones thereof."
The God of the nni\·t>a·~e frequently ~~hooses instrumentalities an1l
. causes them to sflrve hi~ purpose while they them!!elve!l imagine that
they are serving t.lu•ia· own pnrpose11 ; hut they who11e live!! are de,)ieated
to God. aml whu ha,·e no hopt> or desire hut to know and do
his wjll, serve because it i~ their dt-light an1l thPir only pleatmre. anti
neither think of, twa· caa·p for the ronsequt-twe!l. '11te only anxious
· thought. if an_v exi~ts, i~ t.o know that what.t•ver i~ 1lone is in ll.('cortlanre
with divint- purposP.
All who love (jull atHl hi~ laws shoulll ~t.udy rarefully thi!! I'OVenant
in all its a·t-lat.ion:4; for it now com~>s forth in it.!~ new forJU. and i~ .
. ther nuto tht' king of hmt-1, an1l said, Tlm!-1 saith
Yall\·eh, Because tht- ~yriaus ha\'f-l sai1l, The Loa·d is Gnd of the
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