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97:8.1 The [[custom]] of looking upon the [[record]] of the [[experiences]] of the [[Hebrews]] as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_history sacred history] and upon the [[transactions]] of the rest of the world as [[profane]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Beatrizet#Subjects_of_profane_history history] is [[responsible]] for much of the [[confusion]] existing in the [[human]] [[mind]] as to the [[interpretation]] of [[history]]. And this [[difficulty]] arises because there is no [[secular]] history of the [[Jews]]. After the [[priests]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_captivity Babylonian exile] had [[prepared]] their new [[record]] of [[God]]'s supposedly [[miraculous]] dealings with the [[Hebrews]], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_history sacred history] of [[Israel]] as portrayed in the [[Old Testament]], they carefully and completely destroyed the existing [[records]] of [[Hebrew]] affairs—such [[books]] as "The Doings of the Kings of Israel" and "The Doings of the Kings of Judah," together with several other more or less accurate [[records]] of [[Hebrew]] [[history]].

97:8.1 The [[custom]] of looking upon the [[record]] of the [[experiences]] of the [[Hebrews]] as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_history sacred history] and upon the [[transactions]] of the rest of the world as [[profane]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Beatrizet#Subjects_of_profane_history history] is [[responsible]] for much of the [[confusion]] existing in the [[human]] [[mind]] as to the [[interpretation]] of [[history]]. And this [[difficulty]] arises because there is no [[secular]] history of the [[Jews]]. After the [[priests]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_captivity Babylonian exile] had [[prepared]] their new [[record]] of [[God]]'s supposedly [[miraculous]] dealings with the [[Hebrews]], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_history sacred history] of [[Israel]] as portrayed in the [[Old Testament]], they carefully and completely destroyed the existing [[records]] of [[Hebrew]] affairs—such [[books]] as "The Doings of the Kings of Israel" and "The Doings of the Kings of Judah," together with several other more or less accurate [[records]] of [[Hebrew]] [[history]].

97:8.2 In order to [[understand]] how the devastating [[pressure]] and the inescapable [[coercion]] of [[secular]] [[history]] so terrorized the captive and alien-ruled [[Jews]] that they attempted the complete rewriting and recasting of their [[history]], we should briefly survey the [[record]] of their perplexing [[national]] [[experience]]. It must be remembered that the [[Jews]] failed to [[evolve]] an adequate nontheologic [[philosophy]] of life. They struggled with their [[original]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion Egyptian concept] of [[divine]] rewards for [[righteousness]] coupled with dire punishments for [[sin]]. The [[drama]] of [[Book of Job|Job]] was something of a [[protest]] against this erroneous [[philosophy]]. The frank pessimism of [[Book of Ecclesiastes|Ecclesiastes]] was a worldly [[wise]] [[reaction]] to these overoptimistic [[beliefs]] in [[Providence]].

97:8.2 In order to [[understand]] how the devastating [[pressure]] and the inescapable [[coercion]] of [[secular]] [[history]] so terrorized the captive and alien-ruled [[Jews]] that they attempted the complete rewriting and recasting of their [[history]], we should briefly survey the [[record]] of their perplexing [[national]] [[experience]]. It must be remembered that the [[Jews]] failed to [[evolve]] an adequate nontheologic [[philosophy]] of life. They struggled with their [[original]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion Egyptian concept] of [[divine]] rewards for [[righteousness]] coupled with dire punishments for [[sin]]. The [[drama]] of [[Book of Job|Job]] was something of a [[protest]] against this erroneous [[philosophy]]. The frank pessimism of [[Book of Ecclesiastes|Ecclesiastes]] was a worldly [[wise]] [[reaction]] to these overoptimistic [[beliefs]] in [[Providence]].

97:8.3 But [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_captivity five hundred years of the overlordship] of alien rulers was too much for even the [[patient]] and long-suffering [[Jews]]. The [[prophets]] and [[priests]] began to cry: "How long, O Lord, how long?"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.6] As the [[honest]] [[Jew]] searched the [[Scriptures]], his [[confusion]] became worse confounded. An olden [[seer]] promised that God would protect and deliver his "[[chosen people]]." [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_(prophet) Amos] had threatened that God would abandon [[Israel]] unless they re-[[established]] their [[standards]] of [[righteousness]]. The scribe of [[Book of Deutoronomy|Deuteronomy]] had portrayed the ''Great Choice''—as between the [[good]] and the [[evil]], the [[blessing]] and the [[curse]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Isaiah] the first had preached a [[beneficent]] [[king]]-deliverer. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah Jeremiah] had [[proclaimed]] an era of inner [[righteousness]]—the [[covenant]] [[written]] on the tablets of the [[heart]]. The [http://girardianlectionary.net/res/bvs_2nd-isaiah.htm second Isaiah] talked about [[salvation]] by [[sacrifice]] and redemption. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezekiel Ezekiel] proclaimed deliverance through the [[service]] of [[devotion]], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra Ezra] [[promised]] [[prosperity]] by adherence to the [[law]]. But in spite of all this they lingered on in bondage, and deliverance was deferred. Then [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel Daniel] presented the [[drama]] of the impending " [[crisis]] "—the smiting of the great image and the [[immediate]] [[establishment]] of the everlasting reign of [[righteousness]], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_prophecy#Messianic_prophecies_in_Judaism Messianic kingdom].

97:8.3 But [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_captivity five hundred years of the overlordship] of alien rulers was too much for even the [[patient]] and long-suffering [[Jews]]. The [[prophets]] and [[priests]] began to cry: "How long, O Lord, how long?"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.6] As the [[honest]] [[Jew]] searched the [[Scriptures]], his [[confusion]] became worse confounded. An olden [[seer]] promised that God would protect and deliver his "[[chosen people]]." [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_(prophet) Amos] had threatened that God would abandon [[Israel]] unless they re-[[established]] their [[standards]] of [[righteousness]]. The scribe of [[Book of Deutoronomy|Deuteronomy]] had portrayed the ''Great Choice''—as between the [[good]] and the [[evil]], the [[blessing]] and the [[curse]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Isaiah] the first had preached a [[beneficent]] [[king]]-deliverer. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah Jeremiah] had [[proclaimed]] an era of inner [[righteousness]]—the [[covenant]] [[written]] on the tablets of the [[heart]]. The [https://girardianlectionary.net/res/bvs_2nd-isaiah.htm second Isaiah] talked about [[salvation]] by [[sacrifice]] and redemption. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezekiel Ezekiel] proclaimed deliverance through the [[service]] of [[devotion]], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra Ezra] [[promised]] [[prosperity]] by adherence to the [[law]]. But in spite of all this they lingered on in bondage, and deliverance was deferred. Then [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel Daniel] presented the [[drama]] of the impending " [[crisis]] "—the smiting of the great image and the [[immediate]] [[establishment]] of the everlasting reign of [[righteousness]], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_prophecy#Messianic_prophecies_in_Judaism Messianic kingdom].

97:8.4 And all of this false [[hope]] led to such a [[degree]] of racial [[disappointment]] and frustration that the [[leaders]] of the [[Jews]] were so [[confused]] they failed to [[recognize]] and accept the mission and [[ministry]] of a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:6._THE_MORTAL-BESTOWAL_CAREERS divine Son] of [[Paradise]] when he presently came to them in the likeness of [[mortal]] flesh—[[incarnated]] as the Son of Man.

97:8.4 And all of this false [[hope]] led to such a [[degree]] of racial [[disappointment]] and frustration that the [[leaders]] of the [[Jews]] were so [[confused]] they failed to [[recognize]] and accept the mission and [[ministry]] of a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:6._THE_MORTAL-BESTOWAL_CAREERS divine Son] of [[Paradise]] when he presently came to them in the likeness of [[mortal]] flesh—[[incarnated]] as the Son of Man.

97:8.5 All [[modern]] [[religions]] have seriously blundered in the attempt to put a [[miraculous]] [[interpretation]] on certain [[epochs]] of [[human]] [[history]]. While it is true that [[God]] has many times thrust a [[Father]]'s hand of [[providential]] [[intervention]] into the [[stream]] of human affairs, it is a mistake to regard [[theologic]] [[dogmas]] and [[religious]] [[superstition]] as a [[supernatural]] sedimentation appearing by [[miraculous]] [[action]] in this [[stream]] of [[human]] [[history]]. The [[fact]] that the "[[Most Highs]] rule in the kingdoms of men"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Daniel#Chapter_4] does not convert [[secular]] history into so-called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_history sacred history].

97:8.5 All [[modern]] [[religions]] have seriously blundered in the attempt to put a [[miraculous]] [[interpretation]] on certain [[epochs]] of [[human]] [[history]]. While it is true that [[God]] has many times thrust a [[Father]]'s hand of [[providential]] [[intervention]] into the [[stream]] of human affairs, it is a mistake to regard [[theologic]] [[dogmas]] and [[religious]] [[superstition]] as a [[supernatural]] sedimentation appearing by [[miraculous]] [[action]] in this [[stream]] of [[human]] [[history]]. The [[fact]] that the "[[Most Highs]] rule in the kingdoms of men"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Daniel#Chapter_4] does not convert [[secular]] history into so-called [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_history sacred history].

97:8.6 [[New Testament]] [[authors]] and later [[Christian]] [[writers]] further complicated the [[distortion]] of [[Hebrew]] [[history]] by their well-meant attempts to [[transcendentalize]] the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Hebrew_Prophets Jewish prophets]. Thus has [[Hebrew]] [[history]] been disastrously exploited by both [[Jewish]] and [[Christian]] writers. [[Secular]] [[Hebrew]] [[history]] has been thoroughly [[dogmatized]]. It has been [[converted]] into a [[fiction]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_history sacred history] and has become inextricably bound up with the [[moral]] [[concepts]] and religious teachings of the so-called [[Christian]] [[nations]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Zionism]

97:8.6 [[New Testament]] [[authors]] and later [[Christian]] [[writers]] further complicated the [[distortion]] of [[Hebrew]] [[history]] by their well-meant attempts to [[transcendentalize]] the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Hebrew_Prophets Jewish prophets]. Thus has [[Hebrew]] [[history]] been disastrously exploited by both [[Jewish]] and [[Christian]] writers. [[Secular]] [[Hebrew]] [[history]] has been thoroughly [[dogmatized]]. It has been [[converted]] into a [[fiction]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_history sacred history] and has become inextricably bound up with the [[moral]] [[concepts]] and religious teachings of the so-called [[Christian]] [[nations]].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Zionism]

97:8.7 A brief recital of the high points in [[Hebrew]] [[history]] will [[illustrate]] how the [[facts]] of the [[record]] were so altered in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon Babylon] by the [[Jewish]] [[priests]] as to turn the everyday [[secular]] [[history]] of their people into a [[fictitious]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_history sacred history].

97:8.7 A brief recital of the high points in [[Hebrew]] [[history]] will [[illustrate]] how the [[facts]] of the [[record]] were so altered in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon Babylon] by the [[Jewish]] [[priests]] as to turn the everyday [[secular]] [[history]] of their people into a [[fictitious]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_history sacred history].

<center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_97 Go to Paper 97]</center>

<center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_97 Go to Paper 97]</center>