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96:7.1 Under the [[leadership]] of their sheiks and [[priests]] the [[Hebrews]] became loosely [[established]] in [[Palestine]]. But they soon drifted back into the benighted [[beliefs]] of the [[desert]] and became contaminated with the less advanced [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaanite Canaanite] religious [[practices]]. They became [[idolatrous]] and [[licentious]], and their [[idea]] of [[Deity]] fell far below the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion Egyptian] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamian_religion Mesopotamian] [[concepts]] of [[God]] that were maintained by certain surviving [[Salem]] groups, and which are recorded in some of the [[Book of Psalms|Psalms]] and in the so-called [[Book of Job]].

96:7.1 Under the [[leadership]] of their sheiks and [[priests]] the [[Hebrews]] became loosely [[established]] in [[Palestine]]. But they soon drifted back into the benighted [[beliefs]] of the [[desert]] and became contaminated with the less advanced [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaanite Canaanite] religious [[practices]]. They became [[idolatrous]] and [[licentious]], and their [[idea]] of [[Deity]] fell far below the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion Egyptian] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamian_religion Mesopotamian] [[concepts]] of [[God]] that were maintained by certain surviving [[Salem]] groups, and which are recorded in some of the [[Book of Psalms|Psalms]] and in the so-called [[Book of Job]].

96:7.2 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Psalms Psalms] are the [[work]] of a score or more of [[authors]]; many were written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion Egyptian] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamian_religion Mesopotamian teachers]. During these times when the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levant Levant] [[worshiped]] [[nature]] gods, there were still a goodly number who believed in the supremacy of [[El Elyon]], the [[Most High]].

96:7.2 The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Psalms Psalms] are the [[work]] of a score or more of [[authors]]; many were written by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion Egyptian] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamian_religion Mesopotamian teachers]. During these times when the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levant Levant] [[worshiped]] [[nature]] gods, there were still a goodly number who believed in the supremacy of [[El Elyon]], the [[Most High]].

96:7.3 No collection of [[religious]] [[writings]] gives [[expression]] to such a [[wealth]] of [[devotion]] and [[inspirational]] [[ideas]] of [[God]] as the [[Book of Psalms]]. And it would be very helpful if, in the perusal of this [[wonderful]] collection of [[worshipful]] [[literature]], [[consideration]] could be given to the [[source]] and chronology of each separate hymn of [[praise]] and [[adoration]], bearing in [[mind]] that no other single collection covers such a great range of [[time]]. This [[Book of Psalms]] is the [[record]] of the varying [[concepts]] of [[God]] entertained by the believers of the [[Salem]] [[religion]] throughout the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levant Levant] and [[embraces]] the entire period from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amenemope_(author) Amenemope] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Isaiah]. In the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Psalms Psalms] God is depicted in all [[phases]] of conception, from the crude [[idea]] of a [[tribal]] [[deity]] to the vastly expanded [[ideal]] of the later [[Hebrews]], wherein [[Yahweh]] is pictured as a loving ruler and [[merciful]] [[Father]].

96:7.3 No collection of [[religious]] [[writings]] gives [[expression]] to such a [[wealth]] of [[devotion]] and [[inspirational]] [[ideas]] of [[God]] as the [[Book of Psalms]]. And it would be very helpful if, in the perusal of this [[wonderful]] collection of [[worshipful]] [[literature]], [[consideration]] could be given to the [[source]] and chronology of each separate hymn of [[praise]] and [[adoration]], bearing in [[mind]] that no other single collection covers such a great range of [[time]]. This [[Book of Psalms]] is the [[record]] of the varying [[concepts]] of [[God]] entertained by the believers of the [[Salem]] [[religion]] throughout the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levant Levant] and [[embraces]] the entire period from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amenemope_(author) Amenemope] to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Isaiah]. In the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Psalms Psalms] God is depicted in all [[phases]] of conception, from the crude [[idea]] of a [[tribal]] [[deity]] to the vastly expanded [[ideal]] of the later [[Hebrews]], wherein [[Yahweh]] is pictured as a loving ruler and [[merciful]] [[Father]].

96:7.4 And when thus regarded, this group of [[Psalms]] [[constitutes]] the most valuable and helpful assortment of [[devotional]] sentiments ever assembled by man up to the times of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth century]. The [[worshipful]] [[spirit]] of this collection of hymns [[transcends]] that of all other [[sacred]] [[books]] of the world.

96:7.4 And when thus regarded, this group of [[Psalms]] [[constitutes]] the most valuable and helpful assortment of [[devotional]] sentiments ever assembled by man up to the times of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth century]. The [[worshipful]] [[spirit]] of this collection of hymns [[transcends]] that of all other [[sacred]] [[books]] of the world.

96:7.5 The variegated picture of [[Deity]] presented in the [[Book of Job]] was the product of more than a score of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamian_religion Mesopotamian] religious [[teachers]] extending over a period of almost three hundred years. And when you read the lofty [[concept]] of [[divinity]] found in this compilation of Mesopotamian [[beliefs]], you will recognize that it was in the [[neighborhood]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur Ur] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaldea Chaldea] that the [[idea]] of a real [[God]] was best preserved during the dark days in [[Palestine]].

96:7.5 The variegated picture of [[Deity]] presented in the [[Book of Job]] was the product of more than a score of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamian_religion Mesopotamian] religious [[teachers]] extending over a period of almost three hundred years. And when you read the lofty [[concept]] of [[divinity]] found in this compilation of Mesopotamian [[beliefs]], you will recognize that it was in the [[neighborhood]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur Ur] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaldea Chaldea] that the [[idea]] of a real [[God]] was best preserved during the dark days in [[Palestine]].

96:7.6 In [[Palestine]] the [[wisdom]] and all-pervasiveness of God was often grasped but seldom his [[love]] and [[mercy]]. The [[Yahweh]] of these times "sends evil spirits to dominate the souls of his enemies "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Judges#Chapter_.9]; he prospers his own and [[obedient]] [[children]], while he [[curses]] and visits dire [[judgments]] upon all others."He disappoints the devices of the crafty; he takes the wise in their own deceit."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.5]

96:7.6 In [[Palestine]] the [[wisdom]] and all-pervasiveness of God was often grasped but seldom his [[love]] and [[mercy]]. The [[Yahweh]] of these times "sends evil spirits to dominate the souls of his enemies "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Judges#Chapter_.9]; he prospers his own and [[obedient]] [[children]], while he [[curses]] and visits dire [[judgments]] upon all others."He disappoints the devices of the crafty; he takes the wise in their own deceit."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.5]

96:7.7 Only at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur Ur] did a [[voice]] arise to cry out the mercy of God, saying: "He shall pray to God and shall find favor with him and shall see his face with joy, for God will give to man divine righteousness."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.33] Thus from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur Ur] there is preached [[salvation]], [[divine]] [[favor]], by [[faith]]: "He is gracious to the repentant and says, `Deliver him from going down in the pit, for I have found a ransom.'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.33] If any say, `I have sinned and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not,' God will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and he shall see the light."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.33] Not since the times of [[Melchizedek]] had the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levant Levantine] world heard such a ringing and cheering [[message]] of [[human]] [[salvation]] as this extraordinary teaching of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elihu_(Job) Elihu], the [[prophet]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur Ur] and [[priest]] of the [[Salem]] believers, that is, the remnant of the onetime [[Melchizedek]] colony in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia].

96:7.7 Only at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur Ur] did a [[voice]] arise to cry out the mercy of God, saying: "He shall pray to God and shall find favor with him and shall see his face with joy, for God will give to man divine righteousness."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.33] Thus from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur Ur] there is preached [[salvation]], [[divine]] [[favor]], by [[faith]]: "He is gracious to the repentant and says, `Deliver him from going down in the pit, for I have found a ransom.'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.33] If any say, `I have sinned and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not,' God will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and he shall see the light."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.33] Not since the times of [[Melchizedek]] had the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levant Levantine] world heard such a ringing and cheering [[message]] of [[human]] [[salvation]] as this extraordinary teaching of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elihu_(Job) Elihu], the [[prophet]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur Ur] and [[priest]] of the [[Salem]] believers, that is, the remnant of the onetime [[Melchizedek]] colony in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia].

96:7.8 And thus did the remnants of the [[Salem]] missionaries in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia] maintain the [[light]] of [[truth]] during the period of the disorganization of the [[Hebrew]] peoples until the [[appearance]] of the first of that long line of the [[teachers]] of [[Israel]] who never stopped as they built, concept upon [[concept]], until they had achieved the [[realization]] of the [[ideal]] of the [[Universal]] and [[Creator]] [[Father]] of all, the [[acme]] of the [[evolution]] of the [[Yahweh]] [[concept]].

96:7.8 And thus did the remnants of the [[Salem]] missionaries in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia] maintain the [[light]] of [[truth]] during the period of the disorganization of the [[Hebrew]] peoples until the [[appearance]] of the first of that long line of the [[teachers]] of [[Israel]] who never stopped as they built, concept upon [[concept]], until they had achieved the [[realization]] of the [[ideal]] of the [[Universal]] and [[Creator]] [[Father]] of all, the [[acme]] of the [[evolution]] of the [[Yahweh]] [[concept]].

96:7.9 [Presented by a [[Melchizedek]] of [[Nebadon]]].

96:7.9 [Presented by a [[Melchizedek]] of [[Nebadon]]].