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95:6.1 From [[Palestine]] some of the [[Melchizedek]] missionaries passed on through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia] and to the great [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_plateau Iranian plateau]. For more than five hundred years the [[Salem]] [[teachers]] made headway in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Iran Iran], and the whole nation was swinging to the [[Melchizedek]] [[religion]] when a change of rulers precipitated a bitter [[persecution]] which practically ended the [[monotheistic]] teachings of the [[Salem]] [[cult]]. The [[doctrine]] of the [[Abraham]]ic [[covenant]] was virtually [[extinct]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persia Persia] when, in that great century of [[moral]] [[renaissance]], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/600_BC sixth before Christ], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroaster Zoroaster] appeared to revive the smouldering embers of the [[Salem]] [[gospel]].

95:6.1 From [[Palestine]] some of the [[Melchizedek]] missionaries passed on through [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia] and to the great [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_plateau Iranian plateau]. For more than five hundred years the [[Salem]] [[teachers]] made headway in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Iran Iran], and the whole nation was swinging to the [[Melchizedek]] [[religion]] when a change of rulers precipitated a bitter [[persecution]] which practically ended the [[monotheistic]] teachings of the [[Salem]] [[cult]]. The [[doctrine]] of the [[Abraham]]ic [[covenant]] was virtually [[extinct]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persia Persia] when, in that great century of [[moral]] [[renaissance]], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/600_BC sixth before Christ], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroaster Zoroaster] appeared to revive the smouldering embers of the [[Salem]] [[gospel]].

95:6.2 This founder of a new [[religion]] was a [[virile]] and [[adventurous]] [[youth]], who, on his first [[pilgrimage]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur Ur] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia], had learned of the [[traditions]] of the [[Caligastia]] and the [[Lucifer rebellion]]—along with many other [[traditions]]—all of which had made a strong appeal to his [[religious]] [[nature]]. Accordingly, as the result of a [[dream]] while in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur Ur], he settled upon a [[program]] of returning to his northern [[home]] to undertake the remodeling of the [[religion]] of his people. He had imbibed the [[Hebrew|Hebraic]] [[idea]] of a [[God]] of [[justice]], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Mosaic] [[concept]] of [[divinity]]. The [[idea]] of a supreme God was [[clear]] in his [[mind]], and he set down all other gods as devils, consigned them to the ranks of the [[demons]] of which he had heard in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia]. He had learned of the [[story]] of the [[Seven Master Spirits]] as the [[tradition]] lingered in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur Ur], and, accordingly, he created a [[galaxy]] of [[seven]] supreme gods with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahura_Mazda Ahura-Mazda] at its head. These subordinate gods he [[associated]] with the [[idealization]] of Right [[Law]], [[Good]] [[Thought]], [[Noble]] [[Government]], [[Holy]] [[Character]], [[Health]], and [[Immortality]].

95:6.2 This founder of a new [[religion]] was a [[virile]] and [[adventurous]] [[youth]], who, on his first [[pilgrimage]] to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur Ur] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia], had learned of the [[traditions]] of the [[Caligastia]] and the [[Lucifer rebellion]]—along with many other [[traditions]]—all of which had made a strong appeal to his [[religious]] [[nature]]. Accordingly, as the result of a [[dream]] while in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur Ur], he settled upon a [[program]] of returning to his northern [[home]] to undertake the remodeling of the [[religion]] of his people. He had imbibed the [[Hebrew|Hebraic]] [[idea]] of a [[God]] of [[justice]], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Mosaic] [[concept]] of [[divinity]]. The [[idea]] of a supreme God was [[clear]] in his [[mind]], and he set down all other gods as devils, consigned them to the ranks of the [[demons]] of which he had heard in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia]. He had learned of the [[story]] of the [[Seven Master Spirits]] as the [[tradition]] lingered in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur Ur], and, accordingly, he created a [[galaxy]] of [[seven]] supreme gods with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahura_Mazda Ahura-Mazda] at its head. These subordinate gods he [[associated]] with the [[idealization]] of Right [[Law]], [[Good]] [[Thought]], [[Noble]] [[Government]], [[Holy]] [[Character]], [[Health]], and [[Immortality]].

95:6.3 And this new [[religion]] was one of [[action]]—[[work]]—not [[prayers]] and [[rituals]]. Its [[God]] was a [[being]] of supreme [[wisdom]] and the [[patron]] of [[civilization]]; it was a militant [[religious]] [[philosophy]] which dared to battle with [[evil]], inaction, and backwardness.

95:6.3 And this new [[religion]] was one of [[action]]—[[work]]—not [[prayers]] and [[rituals]]. Its [[God]] was a [[being]] of supreme [[wisdom]] and the [[patron]] of [[civilization]]; it was a militant [[religious]] [[philosophy]] which dared to battle with [[evil]], inaction, and backwardness.

95:6.4 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroaster Zoroaster] did not teach the [[worship]] of [[fire]] but sought to utilize the flame as a [[symbol]] of the [[pure]] and [[wise]] [[Spirit]] of [[universal]] and supreme [[dominance]]. (All too true, his later followers did both [[reverence]] and [[worship]] this [[symbolic]] [[fire]].) Finally, upon the [[conversion]] of an Iranian prince, this new [[religion]] was spread by the [[Coercion|sword]]. And [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroaster Zoroaster] [[heroically]] died in battle for that which he believed was the "[[truth]] of the Lord of [[light]]."

95:6.4 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroaster Zoroaster] did not teach the [[worship]] of [[fire]] but sought to utilize the flame as a [[symbol]] of the [[pure]] and [[wise]] [[Spirit]] of [[universal]] and supreme [[dominance]]. (All too true, his later followers did both [[reverence]] and [[worship]] this [[symbolic]] [[fire]].) Finally, upon the [[conversion]] of an Iranian prince, this new [[religion]] was spread by the [[Coercion|sword]]. And [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroaster Zoroaster] [[heroically]] died in battle for that which he believed was the "[[truth]] of the Lord of [[light]]."

95:6.5 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroastrianism Zoroastrianism] is the only Urantian creed that perpetuates the [[Dalamatia]]n and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 Edenic teachings] about the [[Seven Master Spirits]]. While failing to evolve the [[Trinity]] [[concept]], it did in a certain way approach that of [[God the Sevenfold]]. Original [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroastrianism Zoroastrianism] was not a [[pure]] [[dualism]]; though the early teachings did picture [[evil]] as a [[time]] [[co-ordinate]] of [[goodness]], it was definitely [[eternity]]-submerged in the [[ultimate]] [[reality]] of the good. Only in later times did the [[belief]] gain credence that [[good]] and [[evil]] contended on [[equal]] terms.

95:6.5 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroastrianism Zoroastrianism] is the only Urantian creed that perpetuates the [[Dalamatia]]n and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 Edenic teachings] about the [[Seven Master Spirits]]. While failing to evolve the [[Trinity]] [[concept]], it did in a certain way approach that of [[God the Sevenfold]]. Original [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroastrianism Zoroastrianism] was not a [[pure]] [[dualism]]; though the early teachings did picture [[evil]] as a [[time]] [[co-ordinate]] of [[goodness]], it was definitely [[eternity]]-submerged in the [[ultimate]] [[reality]] of the good. Only in later times did the [[belief]] gain credence that [[good]] and [[evil]] contended on [[equal]] terms.

95:6.6 The [[Jewish]] [[traditions]] of [[heaven]] and [[hell]] and the [[doctrine]] of devils as [[recorded]] in the [[Hebrew scriptures]], while founded on the lingering [[traditions]] of [[Lucifer]] and [[Caligastia]], were principally derived from the Zoroastrians during the times when the Jews were under the [[political]] and [[cultural]] [[dominance]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persia Persians]. Zoroaster, like the Egyptians, taught the "day of judgment," but he [[connected]] this [[event]] with the end of the world.

95:6.6 The [[Jewish]] [[traditions]] of [[heaven]] and [[hell]] and the [[doctrine]] of devils as [[recorded]] in the [[Hebrew scriptures]], while founded on the lingering [[traditions]] of [[Lucifer]] and [[Caligastia]], were principally derived from the Zoroastrians during the times when the Jews were under the [[political]] and [[cultural]] [[dominance]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persia Persians]. Zoroaster, like the Egyptians, taught the "day of judgment," but he [[connected]] this [[event]] with the end of the world.

95:6.7 Even the [[religion]] which succeeded [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroaastrianism Zoroastrianism] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persia Persia] was markedly [[influenced]] by it. When the Iranian [[priests]] sought to overthrow the teachings of Zoroaster, they resurrected the [[ancient]] [[worship]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithra Mithra]. And [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithraism Mithraism] spread throughout the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levant Levant] and [[Mediterranean]] regions, being for some time a contemporary of both [[Judaism]] and [[Christianity]]. The teachings of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroaster Zoroaster] thus came successively to impress three great [[religions]]: [[Judaism]] and [[Christianity]] and, through them, [[Mohammedanism]].

95:6.7 Even the [[religion]] which succeeded [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroaastrianism Zoroastrianism] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persia Persia] was markedly [[influenced]] by it. When the Iranian [[priests]] sought to overthrow the teachings of Zoroaster, they resurrected the [[ancient]] [[worship]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithra Mithra]. And [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithraism Mithraism] spread throughout the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levant Levant] and [[Mediterranean]] regions, being for some time a contemporary of both [[Judaism]] and [[Christianity]]. The teachings of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroaster Zoroaster] thus came successively to impress three great [[religions]]: [[Judaism]] and [[Christianity]] and, through them, [[Mohammedanism]].

95:6.8 But it is a far cry from the exalted teachings and [[noble]] [[Songs|psalms]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroaster Zoroaster] to the [[modern]] [[perversions]] of his gospel by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsees Parsees] with their great [[fear]] of the dead, coupled with the [[entertainment]] of [[beliefs]] in [[sophistries]] which Zoroaster never stooped to countenance.

95:6.8 But it is a far cry from the exalted teachings and [[noble]] [[Songs|psalms]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroaster Zoroaster] to the [[modern]] [[perversions]] of his gospel by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsees Parsees] with their great [[fear]] of the dead, coupled with the [[entertainment]] of [[beliefs]] in [[sophistries]] which Zoroaster never stooped to countenance.

95:6.9 This great man was one of that [[unique]] [[group]] that sprang up in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/600_BC sixth century before Christ] to keep the [[light]] of [[Salem]] from being fully and finally extinguished as it so dimly burned to show man in his [[darkened]] world the path of [[light]] leading to everlasting life.

95:6.9 This great man was one of that [[unique]] [[group]] that sprang up in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/600_BC sixth century before Christ] to keep the [[light]] of [[Salem]] from being fully and finally extinguished as it so dimly burned to show man in his [[darkened]] world the path of [[light]] leading to everlasting life.

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[[Category:Paper 95 - The Melchizedek Teachings in the Levant]]

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