Bible Review V15: October 1916 - March 1918 - Iapsop.com

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being fully known] even Moses showed at the bush,
when he called the Lord the God of Abraham, the God
of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. For he is not the God
[power] of the dead, [those living in generation] but of
the living: [who live in the control of the ever-present
energies of life] for all live unto him." (Luke xx. 35-38.)
They had individually and collectively outgrown this animal
impulse and turned the fires of life thru transmutation
into intellectual and spiritual uses, thus sustaining
their conscious being in an unbroken continuity. Having
reached unity with the Source of their existence, their
life in externals was a marvel of order,
harmony and
peace;for USE in every department of that State was
the rule.
Man is an epitome of the universe, but as long as he
exists in the light thrown upon him by nature, which is
periodicity, he has no knowledge of his true mission and
place in the Universal being. It is only as man throws
off the hypnotic influence of the serpent, that he awakens
to the realization of being a spiritual intelligence
destined to govern the earth or his bodily structure; the
waters, or the psychic influence, are eternally seeking
access to the fountain of life, or the sex; the fires, are
the desires and loves of his heart; and the air, is the
world of thought wherein he formulates ideas which
descend into the sphere of desire, and thence is clothed
with vital essence, and finally makes its appearance in
the world of phenomena. It will be observed that the
distinction between the two kinds of intelligences;
namely, the natural, sensuous man who is born from
beneath, and the spiritual intelligence dwelling in the
functions of a man, is that the former being fully persuaded
that he enters a heavenly state after death, which
is a deception of the mortal mind, leaves the acquisition
of virtue thru practice, as well as truth and right-doing,