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Jacob had twelve sons, born of his four wives. They were anointed by Sanat Kumara to carry the seed of light for the ultimate fulfillment of the destiny of the lightbearers. His favorite son was the eleventh, [[Joseph, son of Jacob|Joseph]], for whom he made the coat of many colors. This coat is the symbol of the causal body of the children of Israel. He chose Joseph to wear this coat because he saw that Joseph had the greatest manifestation of the [[Christ consciousness]] and could carry the flame of the blending of all of the color rays of the causal body. So, Joseph received his birthright from his father, Israel. | Jacob had twelve sons, born of his four wives. They were anointed by Sanat Kumara to carry the seed of light for the ultimate fulfillment of the destiny of the lightbearers. His favorite son was the eleventh, [[Joseph, son of Jacob|Joseph]], for whom he made the coat of many colors. This coat is the symbol of the causal body of the children of Israel. He chose Joseph to wear this coat because he saw that Joseph had the greatest manifestation of the [[Christ consciousness]] and could carry the flame of the blending of all of the color rays of the causal body. So, Joseph received his birthright from his father, Israel. | ||
[[File:1080-Jacob Blessing Ephraim and Manasseh by Benjamin West.jpg|thumb|upright=1. | [[File:1080-Jacob Blessing Ephraim and Manasseh by Benjamin West.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|''Jacob Blessing Ephraim and Manasseh'', Benjamin West]] | ||
But Joseph’s brothers were jealous of him. They first plotted to kill him, but decided instead to sell him into slavery. Joseph was taken to Egypt, where he gained the confidence of the Pharaoh and became second in command. When drought and famine besieged the land, Jacob and his eleven sons came to Egypt to find food. Joseph revealed himself to them, and the family was reunited. Once again the twelve brothers became united as one mandala. As a token of his love for Joseph, Jacob took Joseph’s two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, for his own. | But Joseph’s brothers were jealous of him. They first plotted to kill him, but decided instead to sell him into slavery. Joseph was taken to Egypt, where he gained the confidence of the Pharaoh and became second in command. When drought and famine besieged the land, Jacob and his eleven sons came to Egypt to find food. Joseph revealed himself to them, and the family was reunited. Once again the twelve brothers became united as one mandala. As a token of his love for Joseph, Jacob took Joseph’s two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, for his own. | ||
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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]] | ||
== The | == The dispersion == | ||
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. | ||
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Old Testament prophecy, then, is our heritage. Coming out of Egypt, crossing over the Red Sea, going into the Promised Land and then being disobedient and being chastised—all of this is what we have gone through collectively in our incarnations of the West. | Old Testament prophecy, then, is our heritage. Coming out of Egypt, crossing over the Red Sea, going into the Promised Land and then being disobedient and being chastised—all of this is what we have gone through collectively in our incarnations of the West. | ||
[[File:Robert Walter Weir - Embarkation of the Pilgrims - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|''Embarkation of the Pilgrims'', Robert Walter Weir (1857). Many of the early settlers of America saw themselves as a new Israel.]] | |||
== The New World: promised land for the gathering of the twelve tribes == | == The New World: promised land for the gathering of the twelve tribes == | ||
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It was given to them to carry the cup of the Christ consciousness and to bring the [[English language]] all over the world through colonization and through discovery, so that when the teachings of the I AM THAT I AM would be given again to the children of Israel, they would come through the English language, the language chosen because it most nearly reflected the angelic tongue that is the source of the original teaching to the original people of Israel. So it was the destiny, then, of the English-speaking peoples to carry that Christ consciousness to the new world. | It was given to them to carry the cup of the Christ consciousness and to bring the [[English language]] all over the world through colonization and through discovery, so that when the teachings of the I AM THAT I AM would be given again to the children of Israel, they would come through the English language, the language chosen because it most nearly reflected the angelic tongue that is the source of the original teaching to the original people of Israel. So it was the destiny, then, of the English-speaking peoples to carry that Christ consciousness to the new world. | ||
The new world, America, is the land that was promised by the L<small>ORD</small> God to the children of Israel. They were told that they would be brought into a new land and would be given a new dispensation. Early records in the history of the nation show that the founding fathers of America knew that they were the people of Israel, that they were the inheritors of this promise and that they had come to a new world to found the New Israel, the [[New Jerusalem]], the new mystery school, the new place of dispensation. We see this symbolized in the Great Seal of the United States, with the All-Seeing Eye of God in the capstone of the pyramid, focalizing the mission of the twelve tribes. | [[File:Great Seal of the United States (reverse).svg.png|thumb|[[Great Seal of the United States]] (reverse)]] | ||
The new world, America, is the land that was promised by the L<small>ORD</small> God to the children of Israel. They were told that they would be brought into a new land and would be given a new dispensation. Early records in the history of the nation show that the founding fathers of America knew that they were the people of Israel, that they were the inheritors of this promise and that they had come to a new world to found the New Israel, the [[New Jerusalem]], the new mystery school, the new place of dispensation. We see this symbolized in the [[Great Seal of the United States]], with the All-Seeing Eye of God in the capstone of the pyramid, focalizing the mission of the twelve tribes. | |||
Even in the name, America, there is revealed the origin and destiny of the nation. The letters of the name, when rearranged, spell ''[[I AM Race]]''. This is the race of the children of Israel who have accepted their God-reality, who know God as the I AM that was revealed to Moses.<ref>Exod.3:14.</ref> They have been called to America as the gathering together of the elect from the four winds,<ref>Matt. 24:31; Mark 13:27.</ref> from the four corners of the earth, to bring forth the Christ consciousness and then to take that Christ consciousness to every nation. This is the mission of the Israelites in the United States, founded upon the mystery school of the thirteen—thirteen founding states, Christ and his apostles. | Even in the name, America, there is revealed the origin and destiny of the nation. The letters of the name, when rearranged, spell ''[[I AM Race]]''. This is the race of the children of Israel who have accepted their God-reality, who know God as the I AM that was revealed to Moses.<ref>Exod.3:14.</ref> They have been called to America as the gathering together of the elect from the four winds,<ref>Matt. 24:31; Mark 13:27.</ref> from the four corners of the earth, to bring forth the Christ consciousness and then to take that Christ consciousness to every nation. This is the mission of the Israelites in the United States, founded upon the mystery school of the thirteen—thirteen founding states, Christ and his apostles. | ||
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== Tracing the seed of light == | == Tracing the seed of light == | ||
We go back, then, to the very history of Jacob and the coming of the twelve tribes to discover our own history. As we understand our history, we understand our blessing. When we study the promises of the prophets and the patriarchs to us, then, when we give our invocations, we are standing upon the rock of Christ, and we have the confirmation of the Word through the flame of the [[ | We go back, then, to the very history of Jacob and the coming of the twelve tribes to discover our own history. As we understand our history, we understand our blessing. When we study the promises of the prophets and the patriarchs to us, then, when we give our invocations, we are standing upon the rock of Christ, and we have the confirmation of the Word through the flame of the [[ark of the covenant]]. | ||
These tribes have a destiny to fulfill. That destiny is to unite under the banner of the I AM THAT I AM—the Presence of God individualized in each one of us in whom there burns the flame of God. Through the Spirit of the living Christ, we are destined to become a major world power. | These tribes have a destiny to fulfill. That destiny is to unite under the banner of the I AM THAT I AM—the Presence of God individualized in each one of us in whom there burns the flame of God. Through the Spirit of the living Christ, we are destined to become a major world power. | ||