1. In the antiquity of what we now call time,
there came first - "awareness." "Awareness" produced thought, and
thought, realization. The "awareness" came to know that- "I am.
The "I am" - we can only understand as "spirit." It is intrinsic,
pure - Holy. So too, with the passage of what one now names "time,"
came into being that which we call creation. "I am" could use thoughts
to create a scenario of colors and what we call matter. These things
combined - resulted in that which we also call substance. The
place of "I am's" abode is known as heaven. Yet no one confines him.
He can be omnipresent, or, go where he will. "I am," a being
the one who knows all things. He, "spirit," is the first part.
So it began.
2. "I am" mused- "Of what good is all this
if there is no one else to see and enjoy, or share this magnificence?
I am able to think and produce and create all manners of things. Nevertheless,
to do so for only myself is selfishness, which is not good.
I will make a companion and helper who can be with me, and we shall have
that which we have called "love"and "fellowship." "I am," fashioned
one called YHWH (Yahweh), a second part, who we know as Father. And given
to that one was all manner of power and ability. Given ability; verily,
the shared wisdom and ability of "I am." They would "pray" (converse)
together and built a beautiful place they named Heaven. And
they filled it with all manners of beautiful substances, and things fashioned.
That which they now shared would be even greater.
3. Again, within that time, "I am" said to
"YHWH" (Yahweh)- "You are now prepared to learn your greatest lesson, you
will now make one in your likeness" - and so it was. Those two, beheld
the fashioning of that other, and named him "Yeshuah (Jesus), the "son."
And he became the third part of whom we now know as God. The first
two, together, would make the son omnipotent, and now there are three,
who are one family; Who together, is God, and it is written that "God is
love.
4. Their kingdom grew and was filled with all
manners of things, such as are known to men on this earth. That which they
call food, and water and jewels and things such as we do not know. Mere
men cannot describe that beauty, for we see only dimly, and comprehend
only as little children. They created beings! They called some
angels, some Seraphim, some Cherubim, some Angels, and all were beautiful
and powerful beyond imagination. To each of those creatures came
endowments of what we call ability and talent and of course, the greatest
- the ability to share love. Love for God, and for each other.
We share our love for God in what we call worship, and so can understand
some of this which was long before us.
5. Still, there was also to be that which we
call by a name other than love- that known as hate. For in His infinite
wisdom, God knew that there must always be a balance of one substance and
another. That is to say, if there is darkness, there must be light, and
if cold - also warmth. If there is rest, there must also be activity. If
there is admiration, there must be envy. If there is peace, there must
be strife. If a place of life, a place of death. There came with the passage
of time, the moment of insurrection against God, by that being we know
as "The fallen angel," and those to whom he had gathered to himself, so
that he might be the greatest of all beings.
6. Now would come that which we know as war.
There came a battle between those dedicated to love and creation, and those
who wanted hate and destruction. That battled raged fiercely and long,
and in the end, fully a third of the host of heaven fell from the love
and grace that God had so freely offered. And God said "now there must
be a separation. They have done wickedly and will no longer be allowed
what they had. They must be separated from us, in an abode of their own."
So it was, that those who had followed the angel, were cast out of heaven,
with no hope of returning to their first estate. God knew that there was
an imbalance - for in one place lived a host numbering only on third of
what had been the host of heaven. This balance must be corrected.
7. And in that wisdom of infinity came a plan.
The plan, in all simplicity was as follows. God said "There will be, in
that realm of the outer darkness of waters, another heaven. It will be
at first cold and bleak, but it will be filled with new wonders. Within
that outer realm will there also be a place for beings such as will be
called creatures. They will be aware of us and will also be aware of the
fallen ones. They will choose with whom they will share their lot, until
the number s of Heaven and Hell are completed, and the balance is restored.