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==93:5. THE SELECTION OF ABRAHAM==

==93:5. THE SELECTION OF ABRAHAM==

93:5.1 Although it may be an error to speak of " [[chosen people]], " it is not a mistake to refer to [[Abraham]] as a chosen individual. [[Melchizedek]] did lay upon Abraham the responsibility of keeping alive the truth of one God as distinguished from the prevailing belief in plural deities.

93:5.1 <u>Although it may be an error to speak of " [[chosen people]], " it is not a mistake to refer to [[Abraham]] as a chosen individual. [[Melchizedek]] did lay upon Abraham the responsibility of keeping alive the truth of one God as distinguished from the prevailing belief in plural deities.</u>

93:5.2 The choice of [[Palestine]] as the site for [[Machiventa]]'s activities was in part predicated upon the desire to establish contact with some human family embodying the potentials of leadership. At the time of the incarnation of Melchizedek there were many families on earth just as well prepared to receive the doctrine of [[Salem]] as was that of Abraham. There were equally endowed families among the red men, the yellow men, and the descendants of the Andites to the west and north. But, again, none of these localities were so favorably situated for Michael's subsequent appearance on earth as was the eastern shore of the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. The Melchizedek mission in Palestine and the subsequent appearance of Michael among the Hebrew people were in no small measure determined by geography, by the fact that Palestine was centrally located with reference to the then existent trade, travel, and civilization of the world.

93:5.2 The choice of [[Palestine]] as the site for [[Machiventa]]'s activities was in part predicated upon the desire to establish contact with some human family embodying the potentials of leadership. At the time of the incarnation of Melchizedek there were many families on earth just as well prepared to receive the doctrine of [[Salem]] as was that of Abraham. There were equally endowed families among the red men, the yellow men, and the descendants of the Andites to the west and north. But, again, none of these localities were so favorably situated for Michael's subsequent appearance on earth as was the eastern shore of the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. The Melchizedek mission in Palestine and the subsequent appearance of Michael among the Hebrew people were in no small measure determined by geography, by the fact that Palestine was centrally located with reference to the then existent trade, travel, and civilization of the world.