2nd Church, Berkeley, Wednesday, March 26, 2014 Readings on “The Kingdom of Heaven on Earth”
- SH Ps. 57:5
- 5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.
- SH Gen. 1:1, 11, 26, 28 (to 1st :)
- 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it:
- SH Gen. 2:1
- 1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
- SH Deut. 3:24
- 24 O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?
- SH Ps. 46:1, 2
- 1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
- SH Ps. 46:10 (to 1st :), 11 (to 1st .)
- 10 Be still, and know that I am God: 11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.
- SH Ps. 50:1, 2
- 1 The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. 2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
- SH Ps. 67:1 (to 2nd ;), 2
- 1 God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; 2 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.
- SH Matt. 16:13-19 (to 1st :)
- 13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? 14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. 15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. 18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven:
- SH Matt. 23:9
- 9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
- SH Matt. 24:35
- 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
- SH II Pet. 3:13 1st we
- 13 …we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
- SH 572:19-25
- In Revelation xxi. 1 we read: –
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first
heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was
no more sea.
The Revelator had not yet passed the transitional
stage in human experience called death, but he already
saw a new heaven and a new earth.
- SH 573:5-9, 13-17
- This testimony of Holy
Writ sustains the fact in Science, that the heavens and
earth to one human consciousness, that consciousness
which God bestows, are spiritual, while to another, the
unillumined human mind, the vision is material.
Accompanying this scientific consciousness was an-
other revelation, even the declaration from heaven, su-
preme harmony, that God, the divine Principle
of harmony, is ever with men, and they are
His people.
- SH 263:7-10
- When mortal man blends his thoughts of existence
with the spiritual and works only as God works,
he will no longer grope in the dark and cling
to earth because he has not tasted heaven.
- SH 339:20-25
- XXXII. As the mythology of pagan Rome has yielded
to a more spiritual idea of Deity, so will our material
theories yield to spiritual ideas, until the finite
gives place to the infinite, sickness to health,
sin to holiness, and God’s kingdom comes “in
earth, as it is in heaven.
- SH 72:30-32
- Not personal intercommunion but divine law is the com-
municator of truth, health, and harmony to earth and
humanity.
- SH 90:24-25
- The admission to one’s self that man is God’s own like-
ness sets man free to master the infinite idea.
- SH 361:25-28
- A germ of in-
finite Truth, though least in the kingdom of heaven is the
higher hope on earth, but it will be rejected and reviled
until God prepares the soil for the seed.
- SH 53:16-18
- The world could not interpret aright the discomfort
which Jesus inspired and the spiritual blessings which
might flow from such discomfort.
- SH 54:1
- Through the
magnitude of his human life, he demonstrated the divine
Life. Out of the amplitude of his pure affection, he de-
fined Love. With the affluence of Truth, he vanquished
error. The world acknowledged not his righteousness,
seeing it not; but earth received the harmony his glorified
example introduced.
- SH 191:13
- Thus the whole
earth will be transformed by Truth on its pinions of light,
chasing away the darkness of error.
- SH 253:9-14
- I hope, dear reader, I am leading you into the under-
standing of your divine rights, your heaven-bestowed har-
mony, – that, as you read, you see there is no
cause (outside of erring, mortal, material sense
which is not power) able to make you sick or
sinful;
- SH 122:1-7
- The evidence of the physical senses often reverses the
real Science of being, and so creates a reign of discord, –
assigning seeming power to sin, sickness, and
death; but the great facts of Life, rightly un-
derstood, defeat this triad of errors, contradict their false
witnesses, and reveal the kingdom of heaven, – the actual
reign of harmony on earth.
- SH 118:26
- The definitions of material law, as given by natural
science, represent a kingdom necessarily divided against
itself, because these definitions portray law as
physical, not spiritual. Therefore they con-
tradict the divine decrees and violate the law of Love, in
which nature and God are one and the natural order of
heaven comes down to earth.
- SH 202:17-23
- God, neither sins, suffers, nor dies. The days
of our pilgrimage will multiply instead of di-
minish, when God’s kingdom comes on earth; for the
true way leads to life instead of to death, and earthly
experience discloses the finity of error and the infinite
capacities of Truth, in which God gives man dominion
over all the earth.
- SH 560:10-15
- Heaven represents harmony, and divine Science inter-
prets the Principle of heavenly harmony. The great
miracle, to human sense, is divine Love, and
the grand necessity of existence is to gain the
true idea of what constitutes the kingdom of
heaven in man.
Ps. 57:5
Gen. 1:1, 11, 26, 28 (to :)
Gen. 2:1
Deut. 3:24
Ps. 46:1, 2
Ps. 46:10 (to :), 11 (to 1st .)
Ps. 50:1, 2
Ps. 67:1 (to 2nd ;), 2
Matt. 16:13-19 (to 1st :)
Matt. 23:9
Matt. 24:35
II Pet. 3:13 we
SH 572:19-25
SH 573:5-9, 13-17
SH 263:7-10
SH 339:20-25
SH 72:30-32
SH 90:24-25
SH 361:25-28
SH 53:16-18
SH 54:1
SH 191:13
SH 253:9-14
SH 122:1-7
SH 118:26
SH 202:17-23
SH 560:10-15
Gen. 1:1, 11, 26, 28 (to :)
Gen. 2:1
Deut. 3:24
Ps. 46:1, 2
Ps. 46:10 (to :), 11 (to 1st .)
Ps. 50:1, 2
Ps. 67:1 (to 2nd ;), 2
Matt. 16:13-19 (to 1st :)
Matt. 23:9
Matt. 24:35
II Pet. 3:13 we
SH 572:19-25
SH 573:5-9, 13-17
SH 263:7-10
SH 339:20-25
SH 72:30-32
SH 90:24-25
SH 361:25-28
SH 53:16-18
SH 54:1
SH 191:13
SH 253:9-14
SH 122:1-7
SH 118:26
SH 202:17-23
SH 560:10-15
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