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Chapter One said:THE DOCTRINE OF THE COMING ONE - Western Teaching
THE DOCTRINE OF AVATARS - Eastern Teaching
Right down the ages, in many world cycles and in many countries (and today in all) great points of tension have occurred which have been characterised by a hopeful sense of expectancy. Some one is expected and His coming is anticipated. Always in the past, it has been the religious teachers of the period who have fostered and proclaimed this expectancy and the time has always been one of chaos and difficulty, of a climaxing point at the close of a civilisation or culture and when the resources of the old religions have seemed inadequate to meet men's difficulties or to solve their problems. The coming of the Avatar, the advent of a Coming One and, in terms of today, the reappearance of the Christ are the keynotes of the prevalent expectancy. When the times are ripe, the invocation of the masses is strident enough and the faith of those who know is keen enough, then always He has come and today will be no exception to this ancient rule or to this universal law. For decades, the reappearance of the Christ, the Avatar, has been anticipated by the faithful in both hemispheres—not only by the Christian faithful, but by those who look for Maitreya and for the Boddhisattva as well as those who expect the Imam Mahdi.
When men feel that they have exhausted all their own resources and have come to an end of all their own innate possibilities and that the problems and conditions confronting them are beyond their solving or handling, they are apt to look for a divine Intermediary and for the Mediator Who will plead their cause with God and bring about a rescue. They look for a Saviour. This doctrine of Mediators, of Messiahs, of Christs and of Avatars can be found running like a golden thread through all the world faiths and Scriptures and, relating these world Scriptures to some central source of emanation, they are found in rich abundance everywhere. Even the human soul is regarded as an intermediary between man and God; Christ is believed by countless millions to act as the divine mediator between humanity and divinity.
The whole system of spiritual revelation is based (and has always been based) on this doctrine of interdependence, of a planned and arranged conscious linking and of the transmission of energy from one aspect of divine manifestation to another—from God in the "secret Place of the Most High" to the humblest human being, living and struggling and sorrowing on earth. Everywhere this transmission is to be found; "I am come that they may have life" says the Christ, and the Scriptures of the world are full of the intervention of some Being, originating from some source higher than the strictly human. Always the appropriate mechanism is found through which divinity can reach and communicate with humanity, and it is with this communication and these Instruments of divine energy that the doctrine of Avatars or of divine "Coming Ones" has to do.
"False doctrine" is such a subjective term.
Blush.... Gratitude. I delight in folk who disagree with me in an agreeable manner. Cheers!Unsafe, I don't think much of how George writes, but reading about his efforts in the communities he has served, not walking away and trying harder seem to define his life. You could hardly have picked a worse person to say that about.
Hmmm... I don't think Chansen has had that much wine GeoFeeEnjoy. Here is a little story song that goes well with a coupla cups or so...
We live in hope....!?Hmmm... I don't think Chansen has had that much wine GeoFee
unsafe said:Seeler ---your quote ----God, I wish those cows would hurry up.
There are 2 ways the Cows can come home according to scripture -----
in bondage ----The Law
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Or Free -----Grace
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I believe Blackbelt you should have read down James a bit more.sure
to understand what James is saying you need to go back and read from James 4;1, James is warning about Living the worldly ways and then James concludes with James 4:4. So James is saying with a stronger conviction of the seriousness of sin than most of us are willing to hold and live with.
if your interpretation of James 4:4 was correct, which it is not , it would have not conflicted with this verse
Matt 4:44 But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
or
Ephesians 6;12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
The bible has a clear theme that we are to love one an other as human beings, but warns us against not living there sinful ways.