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Foundation Of Melchizedek
An International Priestly Order, Teaching and Healing Ministry



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 2




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