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And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. And [the | And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. And [the L<small>ORD</small>] said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. [This is a prophecy of the captivity of the twelve tribes in Egypt.] | ||
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.<ref> | And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.<ref>Gen. 15:12–16.</ref> | ||
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Sanat Kumara chose Abraham to be the father of the Israelites, to be the one who would receive in his old age, through Sarah, the son Isaac. Isaac would then have the son Jacob; Jacob would give birth to twelve sons, who would become the progenitors of the twelve tribes. Thus, Abraham is the great patriarch of the lightbearers, chosen to bear the seed of [[Alpha]]. These souls came with a specific mission to be a witness unto the true God in the midst of [[idolatry]], in the midst of the great darkness of the Middle East, such as that seen at [[Sodom and Gomorrah]]. They came to illustrate the blessedness of serving God, to receive and preserve the prophecy and the revelations, and above all, to be the channel through whom the Messiah would be born. | Sanat Kumara chose Abraham to be the father of the Israelites, to be the one who would receive in his old age, through Sarah, the son Isaac. Isaac would then have the son Jacob; Jacob would give birth to twelve sons, who would become the progenitors of the twelve tribes. | ||
Thus, Abraham is the great patriarch of the lightbearers, chosen to bear the seed of [[Alpha]]. These souls came with a specific mission to be a witness unto the true God in the midst of [[idolatry]], in the midst of the great darkness of the Middle East, such as that seen at [[Sodom and Gomorrah]]. They came to illustrate the blessedness of serving God, to receive and preserve the prophecy and the revelations, and above all, to be the channel through whom the Messiah would be born. | |||
[[File:Konstantin Flavitsky 001.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Joseph’s brothers sell him into slavery, Konstantin Flavitsky (1855)]] | [[File:Konstantin Flavitsky 001.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Joseph’s brothers sell him into slavery, Konstantin Flavitsky (1855)]] | ||
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Moses was the Great Guru unto the twelve tribes of Israel. We are living in an hour when all of the promises of God through the prophets for the restoration of the memory of the tribes and the restoration of the Promised Land are about to be fulfilled—prophecies concerning the [[transmutation]] of karma couched in the words, “I will remember their sin no more.”<ref>Heb. 8:12.</ref> | Moses was the Great Guru unto the twelve tribes of Israel. We are living in an hour when all of the promises of God through the prophets for the restoration of the memory of the tribes and the restoration of the Promised Land are about to be fulfilled—prophecies concerning the [[transmutation]] of karma couched in the words, “I will remember their sin no more.”<ref>Heb. 8:12.</ref> | ||
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[[File:12 Tribes of Israel Map.jpg|thumb|Map showing the territories of the twelve tribes]] | [[File:12 Tribes of Israel Map.jpg|thumb|Map showing the territories of the twelve tribes]] | ||
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Joshua divided the conquered territory among the tribes according to God’s direction. The only tribe that did not receive territory was the tribe of the Levites. The Levites led the people in worship, were responsible for teaching God’s Law and performed other religious functions. The twelve tribes formed a loosely knit confederacy bonded together by their religious covenant with God. They were each in charge of their own territory, but in time of crisis they banded together to fight a common enemy. | Joshua divided the conquered territory among the tribes according to God’s direction. The only tribe that did not receive territory was the tribe of the Levites. The Levites led the people in worship, were responsible for teaching God’s Law and performed other religious functions. The twelve tribes formed a loosely knit confederacy bonded together by their religious covenant with God. They were each in charge of their own territory, but in time of crisis they banded together to fight a common enemy. | ||
After Joshua passed on, the tribes were led by judges. The judges were primarily charismatic military leaders raised up by God to defend the people against the encroachments of neighboring nations. During the period of the judges, the Israelites began to worship pagan gods, the gods of materialism, the gods of the [[fallen angel]]s. God punished them for their idolatry and apostasy by allowing other nations to harass and attack them. These invaders seized their land and crops and exacted tribute from them. | After Joshua passed on, the tribes were led by judges. The judges were primarily charismatic military leaders raised up by God to defend the people against the encroachments of neighboring nations. | ||
During the period of the judges, from about 1200 to 1030 <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>., the Israelites began to worship pagan gods, the gods of materialism, the gods of the [[fallen angel]]s. God punished them for their idolatry and apostasy by allowing other nations to harass and attack them. These invaders seized their land and crops and exacted tribute from them. | |||
When the Israelites repented and obeyed God’s laws, the L<small>ORD</small> empowered the judges to champion their cause, and once again they enjoyed peace. The pattern of disobedience then punishment, repentance then deliverance was repeated over and over again. The leadership of the judges ended when the people demanded of [[Samuel]], the last judge of Israel: “We will have a king over us that we also may be like all the nations.”<ref>1 Sam. 8:5.</ref> They believed their tribal confederacy was not strong enough to ward off the growing threat of Philistine armies. | When the Israelites repented and obeyed God’s laws, the L<small>ORD</small> empowered the judges to champion their cause, and once again they enjoyed peace. The pattern of disobedience then punishment, repentance then deliverance was repeated over and over again. The leadership of the judges ended when the people demanded of [[Samuel]], the last judge of Israel: “We will have a king over us that we also may be like all the nations.”<ref>1 Sam. 8:5.</ref> They believed their tribal confederacy was not strong enough to ward off the growing threat of Philistine armies. | ||
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Judah, like Israel, was guilty of idolatry, apostasy, corruption and moral degeneracy. They had erected altars to a host of foreign gods whom they worshiped alongside the L<small>ORD</small>. The fertility cult’s sacred prostitution was practiced in the Temple at Jerusalem. Some of the people even took part in the pagan practice of human sacrifice, making “their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech.”<ref>Jer. 32:35.</ref> | Judah, like Israel, was guilty of idolatry, apostasy, corruption and moral degeneracy. They had erected altars to a host of foreign gods whom they worshiped alongside the L<small>ORD</small>. The fertility cult’s sacred prostitution was practiced in the Temple at Jerusalem. Some of the people even took part in the pagan practice of human sacrifice, making “their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech.”<ref>Jer. 32:35.</ref> | ||
The L<small>ORD</small>’s prophecy through Jeremiah was fulfilled. The king of Judah rebelled against the Babylonians, and in 597 <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>. the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem and deported the king and leading men of Judah. In 587 <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>., the Babylonians totally destroyed Jerusalem—looting, burning every building including the Temple, and deporting all but a few inhabitants. A third deportation took place in 582 <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>. Although they had been taken from their homeland, the conditions for the exiles were not unfavorable. The Jews became farmers, merchants, traders, soldiers, even government officials, some rising to positions of wealth. | The L<small>ORD</small>’s prophecy through Jeremiah was fulfilled. The king of Judah rebelled against the Babylonians, and in 597 <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>. the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem and deported the king and leading men of Judah. | ||
In 587 <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>., the Babylonians totally destroyed Jerusalem—looting, burning every building including the Temple, and deporting all but a few inhabitants. A third deportation took place in 582 <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>. Although they had been taken from their homeland, the conditions for the exiles were not unfavorable. The Jews became farmers, merchants, traders, soldiers, even government officials, some rising to positions of wealth. | |||
== The coming of the Messiah == | == The coming of the Messiah == | ||
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What was left was a tiny remnant of lightbearers, and so, instead of coming into the kingdom of Israel, Jesus was born under the Roman Empire. Immediately facing the persecution of Herod, he and his family had to flee to Egypt. | What was left was a tiny remnant of lightbearers, and so, instead of coming into the kingdom of Israel, Jesus was born under the Roman Empire. Immediately facing the persecution of Herod, he and his family had to flee to Egypt. | ||
Jesus came as a lone avatar, and he had to stand against the entire Babylon of Church and the Babylon of State. He stood against the priesthood that had invaded the people of Israel, that had destroyed the real essence of the teaching of Moses and Sanat Kumara. Because they had already lost their true race and had mingled with the peoples of Canaan and of the Fertile Crescent, most of the twelve tribes had compromised their own Christ consciousness given to them by their prophets. Therefore, they could not recognize the Christ in Jesus.<ref>The essence of the original teaching of Moses and Sanat Kumara was kept by the [[Essene communities]], who were only a small minority in the Holy Land. Jesus’ parents were part of this community, which provided the spiritual cradle for Jesus’ incarnation. It is believed by many scholars that the early Christian community grew out of the Essene community.</ref> | Jesus came as a lone avatar, and he had to stand against the entire Babylon of Church and the Babylon of State. He stood against the priesthood that had invaded the people of Israel, that had destroyed the real essence of the teaching of Moses and Sanat Kumara. | ||
Because they had already lost their true race and had mingled with the peoples of Canaan and of the Fertile Crescent, most of the twelve tribes had compromised their own Christ consciousness given to them by their prophets. Therefore, they could not recognize the Christ in Jesus.<ref>The essence of the original teaching of Moses and Sanat Kumara was kept by the [[Essene communities]], who were only a small minority in the Holy Land. Jesus’ parents were part of this community, which provided the spiritual cradle for Jesus’ incarnation. It is believed by many scholars that the early Christian community grew out of the Essene community.</ref> | |||
Nevertheless, he came, and when he raised up his apostles and gave them his [[mantle]] to go after the lost sheep of the house of Israel (Matt. 10:6), he was sending them to find the lightbearers of the lost tribes, those who had lost their identity, forgotten who they were and were now scattered abroad. He sent them throughout Asia Minor. They went as far as India and Italy. They went throughout the entire known world, searching for the lightbearers. | Nevertheless, he came, and when he raised up his apostles and gave them his [[mantle]] to go after the lost sheep of the house of Israel (Matt. 10:6), he was sending them to find the lightbearers of the lost tribes, those who had lost their identity, forgotten who they were and were now scattered abroad. He sent them throughout Asia Minor. They went as far as India and Italy. They went throughout the entire known world, searching for the lightbearers. | ||
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The genius of the twelve tribes is in every nation. All of the nations are forcefields for the development of the Christ consciousness through the twelve tribes, and each of the nations of the earth is an opportunity for the lightbearers to master a certain initiation of a certain [[chakra]]. | The genius of the twelve tribes is in every nation. All of the nations are forcefields for the development of the Christ consciousness through the twelve tribes, and each of the nations of the earth is an opportunity for the lightbearers to master a certain initiation of a certain [[chakra]]. | ||
We find today that the twelve tribes have been caught up and lost their identity as the tribes of Israel and have identified themselves now within their many nations. They have not realized that they have put on their nationhood to identify in that nation, to set the example of the lightbearer to the people. The Ascended Master [[Saint Patrick]] has come to help us make contact with the lightbearers of all nations, to alert them to the message, to alert them to the teachings of the ascended masters, to bring them together so that they can form the nucleus for the victory and the salvation of earth. Until we make this contact, identify our brotherhood, identify our community, we do not sense our strength. | We find today that the twelve tribes have been caught up and lost their identity as the tribes of Israel and have identified themselves now within their many nations. They have not realized that they have put on their nationhood to identify in that nation, to set the example of the lightbearer to the people. | ||
The Ascended Master [[Saint Patrick]] has come to help us make contact with the lightbearers of all nations, to alert them to the message, to alert them to the teachings of the ascended masters, to bring them together so that they can form the nucleus for the victory and the salvation of earth. Until we make this contact, identify our brotherhood, identify our community, we do not sense our strength. | |||
He has said: | He has said: | ||