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The Minor Prophets in the Light of Christian Science
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Product Code: 0-85241-041-7
Manufacturer: Kappeler Institute Publishing
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Cloth, 214 pages
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SUBJECT(s):
The Bible in the Light of Christian Science
The Laws of Being
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SYNOPSIS: One of the essential premises for a scientific approach to God is that there are spiritual laws of being, and that these laws are structured and unfold to us in an ordered way. This book shows us that within each prophetic book of the Bible there is a spiritually ordered layout. Each prophet announces the Christ-operation through a different aspect—the 12 Minor Prophets and the 4 Major Prophets describe the 16 different offices of the Christ, which, when presented in a 4x4 Christ-matrix, form a coherent, divinely structured whole. These scientific orders give rise to spiritual laws, revealing the timeless messages of the prophets, fully practical for our age.
CONTENTS:
Chapter 1: The Fundamentals of the Prophetic Age
- The spiritual footsteps leading to the prophetic age
- The Christ-translation
- The structure of the prophetic books
Chapter 2: The Analysis of the Prophetic Books
- Hosea, Joel, Amos: The Word Triad
- Obadiah, Jonah, Micah: The Christ Triad
- Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah: The Christianity Triad
- Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi: The Science Triad
- The Major Prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel
Chapter 3: The Science of the Christ
- The Christ
- The Christ-matrix summarized
- Viewing the Christ from Science
- The consciousness of Christ Science
EXCERPT:
From Max Kappeler, The Minor Prophets in the Light of Christian Science, pp. vii–viii.
Foreword
Years ago in Zürich [1959], I began to give lectures and classes on the subject of the Minor Prophets to students of divine metaphysics. As our studies and work developed, it became increasingly apparent to us that the prophets were voicing, in the symbolism of their day, eternal, ever-applicable divine laws. Gradually, as these laws became clearer to us, the spiritual order unfolded, in which the specific law of one prophet linked up with the specific law of the next. Finally, the whole metaphysically scientific structure became clear enough for me to present our findings to a larger circle of advanced students for their investigation. This took place in London, August 1960, in a course of Talks extending over a week, and the essence of these Talks is contained in this book.
It should be stated that it has not been my intention to write a purely inspirational book on the Minor Prophets for a reader to take up and peruse, perhaps once or twice. My object has been to produce a study-book which would be an incentive to students to ponder spiritually and weigh the subject in their own thought, to form their own opinion on how far they agree with my conclusions, and to feel impelled to carry the search still further for themselves. For each one of us the system of divine metaphysics must be an individual discovery. The coming years will assuredly throw more light on this new and inspiring subject, and it may well necessitate some amendments to our present conclusions, but this does not make the publication of the book at this stage of development either premature or untimely. On the contrary, much good may be achieved by the mere fact that it could stimulate thought into new dimensions of research, from which sublimer flights of inspiration may emanate.
As my one concern was to deduce from the varied and vivid texts of the prophets the simple metaphysical laws underlying their prophecies and to formulate these laws as clearly as possible, it will be seen that I have used a somewhat stereotyped style and have repeated the main points over and over again, thus sacrificing any literary merit to Science. In so doing, I have hoped to impress on the student the points which really matter, and to leave him in no doubt as to their relative importance. Furthermore, many biblical expressions no longer in common use have been deliberately used in order to stress the unity existing between the Bible and Science.
The following suggestion may prove helpful: As my interpretation of the prophets' text is somewhat condensed, it is recommended that students first read through the whole biblical text of the prophet under consideration. Then, after reading my section on that prophet, check back with the Bible text and decide how far my interpretation harmonizes spiritually with the text of the prophet. The main object of this study is, of course, for students to verify and familiarize themselves with the laws of the prophets and completely assimilate them.
Full benefit from this book can really be derived only by advanced students of Christian Science who are already familiar with the definite spiritual meaning of the terms Mind, Spirit, Soul, Principle, Life, Truth, and Love, and the spiritual meaning of the Word, Christ, Christianity, and Science, as used in the terminology of Christian Science. Nevertheless, I am convinced that other readers also can gain much help and stimulus from it.
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