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SONS OF GOD
A symbol of the Divine monads or spiritual
egos which incarnate in the human forms when the lower nature of man
has evolved mind.
"And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the
ground, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw
the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives
of all that they chose." - GENESIS. vi. 1, 2.
This refers to the period when from the anthropoid animal the human
animal evolved, and mind began to function in each individual,
uncouth, human form.
And the period arrived when evolution of the individual mind
commenced in many human units, and as the consciousness was drawn to
the objects of desire, and as affection for them was set up, the
spiritual egos, or ideals in the mind (sons of God), identified
themselves with the sensations and affections (daughters of men),
and hence illusion of the personality was produced. The taking of
"wives" is the seeking for the Self through the form-life.
"Primeval monsters all lived and died in fulfilment of their
destiny, doing their appointed part, but without asking any
questions about it. And then came man -a beast, no doubt, at first,
like the rest, but a thinking beast. He is able to do this because
there has awakened in him a spark of that same divine reason, that
eternal Word, which was before creation and is incarnate within it.-
For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the
manifestation of the sons of God' (Rom. viii. 19).” - R. J.
CAMPBELL, Serm., God's Greater Works.
“But who were the Nephilim of Genesis (vi. 4)? There were
Palæolithic and Neolithic men in Palestine ages before the events
recorded in the Book of the Beginnings. The theological tradition
identifies these Nephilim with hairy men or satyrs, the latter being
mythical in the Fifth Race, and the former historical in both the
Fourth and Fifth Races." - H. P. BLAVATSKY, Secret Doctrine, Vol.
II. p. 819.
“And the Lord said, My spirit shall not strive with man for ever,
for in their going astray they are flesh; therefore shall his days
be an hundred and twenty years." - GENESIS, vi. 3.
This refers to the subsequent evolution of the spiritual ego through
human forms, and its final reunion with the Self.
And the Divine Mercy expresses itself in the soul, and imparts
confidence of ultimate re-conjunction of the many with the One. Like
"lost sheep" they have gone astray into the lower nature. The lower
self (flesh) is now converted into an instrument of the Divine will
for the evolution of the soul, and cannot be for ever opposed to the
higher nature. The time-limit for the lower self to function is
therefore fixed at twelve periods (120) of the cycle of life.
"Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear
what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall
be like him; for we shall see him as he is." - 1 JOHN iii. 2.
"Man is God's son, not because God has adopted him, but because man
in his inmost is spirit. God and man must then come together,
because of the affinity between them, because the distinctive
element of humanity is an emanation from the fullness of Divine
life." - B. WILBERFORCE, Problems, p. 79.
“God has been at work from the beginning of time, the Life-Force of
all existence, giving himself, sacrificing him. self, that the
latent wonder and beauty of his eternal Being might be declared in
his children. The whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain
together until now waiting '-waiting for what? 'Waiting for the
manifestation of the sons of God.' Yes, the end of creation is the
fashioning of a divine humanity which will perfectly embody and show
forth the greatness and goodness of God, and the day will come when
we shall say with him that the end to be gained was worth the price
to be paid." - R. J. CAMPBELL, Serm., Jesus and the Life-Force.
“Brethren, happiness is not our being's end and aim. The Christian's
aim is perfection, not happiness, and every one of the sons of God
must have something of that spirit which marked their master.' - F.
W. ROBERTSON, Sermons, 3rd Series, P. 153.
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