Article published in the
Chicago Sun Times Sunday April 16th 2000 by Reverend Martin C.
Swanson.
Peace
on Earth, Good Will toward Mankind. World Peace by 2010. World
disarmament by 2020.
The Ancient and Eternal, Priesthood of
Melchizedek, progenitor of the Jewish tribes, and religions,
the Moslem people and beliefs, the Christian principles,
more ancient than the fire of Zoroaster, and written of in
the principles of Tao, expounded upon by Confucius, and
Buddha, and the great philosophers, and woven into the Hindu
practices, and the spiritual, religious beliefs, of all
tribes, and nations throughout history, has ever been
present in this world, but not of it. Melchizedek is
written of in the Bible, both in the old testament and the
new, for those who seek to understand the nature of the
Priest King of the most high God, whom conferred the
Priesthood, and affirmed the Kingship of Abram, the father
of the tribes. Passed on through Isaac, and Jacob, and
through Israel, upon the 9 sons he Blessed, whose remnant is
spread about upon the earth in all places in our present
world today. The Places of reference to look into for
information on Melchizedek are found in Genesis 14, Psalms
110, and the book of Hebrews, which is dedicated to the
explanation of what the eternal priesthood is actually
about, and the difference of its mind and purpose, from the
mind and purpose of those who fail to grasp the ways of
Righteousness and Peace, which are the two attributes, from
which the priests of Melchizedek embody and conduct their
lives and affairs. Due to the fact that these are self
evident truths, to any person who takes upon themselves an
oath to live in righteousness and peace, the principles of
Freedom, Truth, and Love, are the ways in which the kingdom
of heaven are made manifest upon the earth. The only context
in which these principles can properly work, is that of true
Equality, through which honor, due regard and respect for
the due boundaries of the lives of others, are equal one to
another among men and women in a loving truth that set them
free to live by conscience, to fulfill happiness in their
lives. Thus the priesthood is open to all men and women to
live in their individual lives, or to be Ordained into
formally, by those whom call out and choose to follow the
making of a world wherein people treat one another in a more
loving, and honest way. These principles were written
into the sacred documents of Declaration of Independence,
and the Constitution of the United States of America,
inspired by the priest kings, who fought, and won the right
to live by inner conviction, rather than outer authority, of
either Church, or State. Equality is found in recognition of
the fact that all are created equal, and endowed with
unalienable rights to life, liberty, and pursuit of
happiness, which others do not have the right to dominate
manipulate, nor control. Being equal, is recognition that no
one regardless of position, power, wealth, nor fame, is
essentially and better or worse than another. No human
being, has reason to look down upon, nor talk down to,
another human being because that is arrogance. No person has
reason to look up to, nor talk up to another, because that
is ignorance. So the way of Righteousness, and Peace, is
achieved by treating another the way one would want to be
treated by another. This has nothing to do with what
religion a person happens to believe in, because it is the
underlying principle of all religion, spiritual, and
material belief. We invite all to join our brotherhood,
sisterhood, officially, or unofficially by living within the
principles that produce harmony in our lives. We have
dispensed with the practices of hierarchy, and lowerarchy,
the cast system that makes all but the few, unequal. Our
Priests, Masters, Healers, and teachers, are here to lift up
to the highest potential of expression, those who seek the
wisdom to better fulfill their individual calling in life.
We provide the tools by which success in life is better made
possible, through our dedication toward setting the
individual free to express, and giving unconditional support
toward that end. We do not succeed, till all succeed,
because those who are not with us, are against us, and make
life difficult, by being oppositional to harmony. The Two
tribes, that were given the priestly rights, to confer the
priesthood upon others were the Tribe of Judah, and the
Tribe of Joseph. One dedicated to the right hand of Father,
God in the Heavens, and the other dedicated as the Right
Hand of the Mother Earth below in the marriage of heaven and
earth, for the fulfillment of the need and desire of all
living things. In the present day shall be the Gathering of
the tribes, as was written to be, for fulfillment would come
by the people of this day. The ways of peace, were from
the beginning, and are now, for anyone who would seek them,
and practice them. The time for the fulfillment of the
promise's of God, for all religious, and spiritually minded
persons has finally arrived. All of the good promised from
the prophets, saints, and holy men and women, whose visions
were sent to inspire courage throughout the ages, in the
history of mankind and the earth, are here to support us, to
accomplish the coming together of heaven and earth. When the
minds and hearts of the people turn toward the right and
true goal of the true purpose of life, there is nothing that
cannot be accomplished. We then need only to put aside the
things that do not work, and replace them for the thinking,
feeling, and actions that provide for better results. In
the founding of what became the United States of America, it
took only 54 persons, to start the process of what became
the land of the free and the home of the brave, in the
battle that followed to establish the first free nation in
the world. Through the members of the Tribes of Judah, and
Joseph, the descendants of the scepter of the Priesthood of
Melchizedek, who wrote the sacred documents of the
Declaration of Independence, and later the principles of the
constitution, we are the inheritors of the promise of
freedom, for which they laid down their lives. This country
was to them, the manifest place of their destiny, the New
Jerusalem, and a Light unto the World of the principles that
the maker of mankind, made them for, providing freedom of
choice, and equality among men, and women, by casting off
the yoke of bondage of Church, and State, that was to them
an unbearable burden, that had to be removed. Through
resolve, planning, and effort, the chosen path of destiny,
became the reality of their lives.
We intend to start the project by the gathering of the
living Shepherds of the different religions, spiritual
belief disciplines and practices, in the name of the fallen
Shepherds who laid down their lives for the principles of
Freedom, Truth, and love of God, and humanity. When the
leaders come into one accord and treat one another with due
regard, in brotherly love, and with honor and respect, the
flocks of all of the shepherds will begin to become safe.
When all are persuaded it is better to work together than
separately, and that we are all children of one God,
entitled to perceive the awareness of that God, from an
individual perception of direct personal experience, which
is personal and unique to the individual person, we will be
on the right path, in the right direction, and what we
decide, must come to be. Peace is not led by others because
it is a matter of self choice, and the actions that prove
it. Due
to the limited space given for the newspaper article a
continuation of the intended content is published here in Article
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