🕊️🌱 The Tithing Technique 🕊️🌱

Tithing, in and of itself, is NOT under any religious law. Long, long, long before our tribes or nations began implementing religious, socio-cultural LAWS, tithing was already being practiced in this our universe. Tithing is a great principle that helps a group of people plan, budget, and execute projects. Plain and simple. 

Tithe is NOT by force. But religious, socio-cultural laws (like the Law of Moses) may force people to pay tithes and attach penalties against defaulters. You, as an individual, have to decide whether or not to subject yourself to such laws. If you understand the teachings of Jesus, you will know that it is NOT in your best interest to enslave yourself to man-made religious, socio-cultural laws. 

At the same time, wisdom may admonish you to practice tithing - NOT under "the law" but under grace. Generally speaking, if you are truly intelligent, wise, and spiritually minded, you will always set money aside, for example, 3%, 10%, 20%, etc. 

This is money we may call "charity money" or "gift money". From this money, you may allocate a portion towards the work of a religious group; another portion towards assisting family members, friends, strangers, etc. And you do so cheerfully, according to what you can afford, NOT foolishly beyond your means. Some people give foolishly in the name of "Dangerous or Violent Giving" and then turn around later to beg others for financial assistance. Please, with all due respect, that's just being stupid. 

Melchizedek lived on earth, in Salem, before there was anything like the Jewish religious, socio-cultural laws, a.k.a. "the Law of Moses." He had a church and sent out missionaries around the world. His members gave tithes to his work. Abraham was one of them. 

We have a Biblical record, "Melchizedek Blesses Abram", Genesis 14:20, https://biblehub.com/genesis/14-20.htm, that makes mention of Abraham giving a tenth to Melchizedek. Please, understand this: What Abraham did was NOT a one-off thing. No, please. The record in the Bible does NOT say that was the first and only time Abraham gave tithes to Melchizedek. 

It simply shows an example, or an incidence of Abraham giving a tenth to Melchizedek, the Sheik, Leader, or King of Salem, who also functioned as a Priest. And there is so, so much more to be said about this amazing Melchizedek Son of God! Think. Listen to the Spirit of Truth. Receive insight. Abraham was a student of Melchizedek, and he regularly gave tithes to his work. 

In short, the Salem colony, at its height, carried over one hundred thousand (over 100,000) regular tithe payers on the rolls of the Melchizedek brotherhood. You will see this revelation in the Urantia Book Paper 93, "Machiventa Melchizedek", 93:6.8, https://www.urantia.org/urantia-book-standardized/paper-93-machiventa-melchizedek  

An Example of the Tithing Technique on another Planet
Source: The Urantia Book Paper 55, Section 3, "The Golden Ages" 

55:3.2-6
Human government in the conduct of material affairs continues to function throughout this age of relative progress and perfection. The public activities of a world in the first stage of light and life which I recently visited were financed by the tithing technique. Every adult worker—and all able-bodied citizens worked at something—paid ten per cent of his income or increase to the public treasury, and it was disbursed as follows:

1. Three per cent was expended in the promotion of truth—science, education, and philosophy.
2. Three per cent was devoted to beauty—play, social leisure, and art.
3. Three per cent was dedicated to goodness—social service, altruism, and religion.
4. One per cent was assigned to the insurance reserves against the risk of incapacity for labor resultant from accident, disease, old age, or unpreventable disasters. 

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Text: https://urantiabook.org/055-The-Spheres-of-Light-and-Life/#55_3
Audio: https://assetrepository.urantiabook.org/AssetRepository/Audio/eng01/055-The-Spheres-of-Light-and-Life/P055_03.mp3 

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- Karo E.K.D. Akamune 
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Why God Allowed Animal Blood Sacrifices

 

Please, we have to clearly understand the history of blood sacrifices. Long, long, long before Moses was even born, human and animal blood sacrifices were going on worldwide. Primitive man found it very, very difficult, even impossible to believe that salvation, divine favor, or any serious divine intervention can occur without him paying a very hefty price for it. And to him, that very hefty price of very great value has to be something physically tangible. And what better hefty price to pay than his own first-born son? In some communities around the world, the hefty price was their little babies, little children, or slaves. 

That's why, all over the world, primitive peoples practiced human blood sacrifices. They couldn't believe that a sincere heart of repentance that seeks to walk in love is good enough.

The senseless killings of their fellow human beings continued until gradually, they made a leap of faith to replace humans with another high valued commodity - their highly valued animals. God and his angels helped them to make this leap. At least, it was better than human sacrifices. Please, this should not be interpreted to mean that God needs blood. No, he does not. All he needs is for you to have faith in him, in his goodness, and in his love. Faith and faith alone. His grace is already available. Just have faith, living faith! But man found it extremely difficult to run. So, holy angels helped him to crawl. 

The angels of the churches are in charge of the religious life of human beings. These angels, together with the angels of progress, guided primitive man to evolve from human blood sacrifices to animal blood sacrifices. These angels were involved in the delivery of the law of Moses. Even before Moses was born, the law was already in place in different communities all over the world. The law was a religious code of conduct that people practiced worldwide. The Hebrews were not the first to get the law - the religious codes of conduct. 

Now, please understand that even though godly, loyal angels helped man to create "the law," they did not literally write down everything for man. They simply led or guided man to come up with something he could work with, based on his level of understanding. The Spirit does not force. The Spirit leads and guides. 

This means the law was bound to contain some things that were not in line with the divine love of God because of the level of intelligence and spirituality of the men and women who put it together. Also, you have to factor in interference from rebel spirits, demons, pretending to be angels of love and light. In assisting us, holy angels do not write down everything for us. They will tell us some things and lead or guide us to some things, but ultimately, we have to evolve through EXPERIENCE to arrive at greater revelations. This takes time. 

The real, final destination was the total abandonment of blood sacrifices altogether. But back then, it was too big of a leap to get primitive minded man to abandon blood sacrifices altogether. This was why he was nudged to replace human blood sacrifices with animal blood sacrifices. That was simply the next practical step for most humans to take back then. 

While all those gruesome blood sacrifices were going on, God continued to send teachers, prophets, more enlightened men and women to teach mankind, worldwide, to help him evolve, grow, become more intelligent and more spiritually minded, little by little. And then, as a result, to abandon blood sacrifices altogether, totally and completely BECAUSE GOD DOES NOT NEED BLOOD. 

This explains why Melchizedek of Salem never practiced blood sacrifices. He had a system of worship in place. He had many students or members. Abraham was one of them. He sent out missionaries worldwide. In helping man to evolve, Melchizedek brought in the sacrament of bread and wine TO REPLACE the sacrament of flesh and blood. A very, very big tipping point came when Christ incarnated as Jesus. His life and teachings clarified everything, answered the puzzle, and sealed the icing on the cake. And if you pay close attention, you will see that Jesus, just like Melchizedek, used bread and wine, NOT flesh and blood. ❤️ 

God does not need blood because his infinite love is so, so, so powerful to transform a soul that opens up to it. His love can also easily break the yoke of sin or the grip of evil, sin, and iniquity. His love, his divine presence, and his holy spiritual anointing oil are so, so, so enriching, enlightening, and empowering to save, to heal, to deliver, and to lift you up. Father God does not need blood in the equation. 

Psalm 51:16-17, “For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart - These, O God, You will not despise.” 

To progress, 😇✨
In love and light! 🤍🎇
- Pastor Karo Akamune
ChristMichaelCenter.org 

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Epochal Revelations

Humans have been living on Earth for about one million years now. So far, we have had five major Epochal Revelations: 

(1) The First Epochal Revelation is: the coming of our Planetary Prince and the Dalamatia Civilization he established. He was the initial prince of this world, Earth - Prince Caligastia. Sadly he rebelled. The Apostle Paul called him, "the prince of the power of the air". After he fell, he proclaimed himself, "the god of Urantia". He came here about 500,000 years ago. 

Prince Caligastia joined Lucifer to rebel against the heavenly Father and Christ Michael about 200,000 years ago. This means he was loyal to God on Earth for about 300,000 years. He lived in the spirit realm. He was not visible to mortals. Some of us believe he was removed from planet Earth and judged in 1998. This is based on updated universe current affairs. He is no more on Earth, even though some of his wicked works are still here.  

(2) The Second Epochal Revelation is: Adam and Eve and their work. This couple arrived on Earth about 38,000 years ago as full grown adults. A body of flesh and blood was made for each of them and they were placed in a garden, "The Garden of Eden". They came from the heavenly realms. 

(3) The Third Epochal Revelation is: Machiventa Melchizedek and his teachings. "Melchizedek" came here from the heavenly realms. A physical body was prepared for him to live in or incarnate in. He came as a full grown adult male about 4,000 years ago in the days of Abraham. He belongs to the order of Sons of God known as, "The Order of Melchizedek". He was not born. He did not die. He dropped his physical body and left after his mortal mission was over. 

(4) The Fourth Epochal Revelation is: Christ Michael, incarnated as Jesus or Yeshua - Jesus and his teachings. He came here from the heavenly realms about 2,000 years ago. He was born, incarnated as a babe. He lived, died, resurrected and ascended to heaven. 

(5) The Fifth Epochal Revelation is: The Urantia Book. In heaven, "Urantia" is the name our planet, Earth is called. This book was given to us in 1934, getting close to 100 years ago. It's authors are unseen heavenly, godly beings. 

Psalm 147:4 

Berean Study Bible 

"He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name." 

In heaven, planet Earth is known as, "Urantia". 

You can read or listen to the entire Urantia Book online. You can download as well at:

UrantiaBook.org and Urantia.org

 

One love ❤️ and peace 🕊️ on the trail! 🙏🏾🙏🙏🏻
Sincerely,
- Pastor Karo Akamune
The Christ Michael Center

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"I Surrender All"

Hello! Greetings and Salutations!

Please, what do we really mean when we say, "I surrender all to God"? Surrendering all to our Heavenly Father implies we welcome Him to sit at the throne of our hearts; to be the 'man' in charge of our lives. We willingly welcome Him into the citadel of our lives. Please, listen closely and be blessed! 

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Jesus' Instruction for Teachers and Believers

Source: The Urantia Book, Part 4, "The Life and Teachings of Jesus", Paper 159, "The Decapolis Tour", Section 3: Instruction for Teachers and Believers http://www.urantiabook.org/newbook/papers/p159.htm#P159_3_0 
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3. Instruction for Teachers and Believers

^159:3.1 At Edrei, where Thomas and his associates labored, Jesus spent a day and a night and, in the course of the evening’s discussion, gave expression to the principles which should guide those who preach truth, and which should activate all who teach the gospel of the kingdom. Summarized and restated in modern phraseology, Jesus taught: 

^159:3.2 Always respect the personality of man. Never should a righteous cause be promoted by force; spiritual victories can be won only by spiritual power. This injunction against the employment of material influences refers to psychic force as well as to physical force. Overpowering arguments and mental superiority are not to be employed to coerce men and women into the kingdom. Man’s mind is not to be crushed by the mere weight of logic or overawed by shrewd eloquence. While emotion as a factor in human decisions cannot be wholly eliminated, it should not be directly appealed to in the teachings of those who would advance the cause of the kingdom. Make your appeals directly to the divine spirit that dwells within the minds of men. Do not appeal to fear, pity, or mere sentiment. In appealing to men, be fair; exercise self-control and exhibit due restraint; show proper respect for the personalities of your pupils. Remember that I have said: “Behold, I stand at the door and knock, and if any man will open, I will come in.” 

^159:3.3 In bringing men into the kingdom, do not lessen or destroy their self-respect. While overmuch self-respect may destroy proper humility and end in pride, conceit, and arrogance, the loss of self-respect often ends in paralysis of the will. It is the purpose of this gospel to restore self-respect to those who have lost it and to restrain it in those who have it. Make not the mistake of only condemning the wrongs in the lives of your pupils; remember also to accord generous recognition for the most praiseworthy things in their lives. Forget not that I will stop at nothing to restore self-respect to those who have lost it, and who really desire to regain it. 

^159:3.4 Take care that you do not wound the self-respect of timid and fearful souls. Do not indulge in sarcasm at the expense of my simple-minded brethren. Be not cynical with my fear-ridden children. Idleness is destructive of self-respect; therefore, admonish your brethren ever to keep busy at their chosen tasks, and put forth every effort to secure work for those who find themselves without employment. 

^159:3.5 Never be guilty of such unworthy tactics as endeavoring to frighten men and women into the kingdom. A loving father does not frighten his children into yielding obedience to his just requirements. 

^159:3.6 Sometime the children of the kingdom will realize that strong feelings of emotion are not equivalent to the leadings of the divine spirit. To be strongly and strangely impressed to do something or to go to a certain place, does not necessarily mean that such impulses are the leadings of the indwelling spirit. 

^159:3.7 Forewarn all believers regarding the fringe of conflict which must be traversed by all who pass from the life as it is lived in the flesh to the higher life as it is lived in the spirit. To those who live quite wholly within either realm, there is little conflict or confusion, but all are doomed to experience more or less uncertainty during the times of transition between the two levels of living. In entering the kingdom, you cannot escape its responsibilities or avoid its obligations, but remember: The gospel yoke is easy and the burden of truth is light. 

^159:3.8 The world is filled with hungry souls who famish in the very presence of the bread of life; men die searching for the very God who lives within them. Men seek for the treasures of the kingdom with yearning hearts and weary feet when they are all within the immediate grasp of living faith. Faith is to religion what sails are to a ship; it is an addition of power, not an added burden of life. There is but one struggle for those who enter the kingdom, and that is to fight the good fight of faith. The believer has only one battle, and that is against doubt — unbelief. 

^159:3.9 In preaching the gospel of the kingdom, you are simply teaching friendship with God. And this fellowship will appeal alike to men and women in that both will find that which most truly satisfies their characteristic longings and ideals. Tell my children that I am not only tender of their feelings and patient with their frailties, but that I am also ruthless with sin and intolerant of iniquity. I am indeed meek and humble in the presence of my Father, but I am equally and relentlessly inexorable where there is deliberate evil-doing and sinful rebellion against the will of my Father in heaven.

^159:3.10 You shall not portray your teacher as a man of sorrows. Future generations shall know also the radiance of our joy, the buoyance of our good will, and the inspiration of our good humor. We proclaim a message of good news which is infectious in its transforming power. Our religion is throbbing with new life and new meanings. Those who accept this teaching are filled with joy and in their hearts are constrained to rejoice evermore. Increasing happiness is always the experience of all who are certain about God. 

^159:3.11 Teach all believers to avoid leaning upon the insecure props of false sympathy. You cannot develop strong characters out of the indulgence of self-pity; honestly endeavor to avoid the deceptive influence of mere fellowship in misery. Extend sympathy to the brave and courageous while you withhold overmuch pity from those cowardly souls who only halfheartedly stand up before the trials of living. Offer not consolation to those who lie down before their troubles without a struggle. Sympathize not with your fellows merely that they may sympathize with you in return. 

^159:3.12 When my children once become self-conscious of the assurance of the divine presence, such a faith will expand the mind, ennoble the soul, reinforce the personality, augment the happiness, deepen the spirit perception, and enhance the power to love and be loved. 

^159:3.13 Teach all believers that those who enter the kingdom are not thereby rendered immune to the accidents of time or to the ordinary catastrophes of nature. Believing the gospel will not prevent getting into trouble, but it will insure that you shall be unafraid when trouble does overtake you. If you dare to believe in me and wholeheartedly proceed to follow after me, you shall most certainly by so doing enter upon the sure pathway to trouble. I do not promise to deliver you from the waters of adversity, but I do promise to go with you through all of them. 

^159:3.14 And much more did Jesus teach this group of believers before they made ready for the night’s sleep. And they who heard these sayings treasured them in their hearts and did often recite them for the edification of the apostles and disciples who were not present when they were spoken.

Having a Sustainable Impact on, "The World-Mind"

#Preaching #Teaching #PublicMinistry 

Fellow Urantia Book readers, please let us strike directly at a very important objective: "What did Jesus do?" Where are the pastors, teachers and evangelists in our midst? Where are the ministers?

There has to be a better way of presenting the "undiluted" message of the gospel to the world - to people in villages, towns and cities. This would involve having a "structure" in place. This would involve "money". Some teachers would have to commit at least 40 hours per week to the work. 4 hours of "volunteer" work is not sufficient. This is what we see looking at Jesus and his apostles and evangelists as they embarked on a "Public Ministry" (not "Private Ministry").

This is not about forcing the entire Urantia Book down the throats of the masses. It's not about "rushing" to get millions of humans to change their entire mindset instantly. That's not the point. Rather, the point is having a sustainable impact on "the world-mind" with the simple, clear and undiluted gospel teachings as presented in the Urantia Book. Many souls will be saved, healed, delivered, spiritually enlightened, uplifted... Laborers are needed in the Master’s vineyard. More people, who can devote 40 or more hours weekly are needed to take the message of love, grace and truth to the ends of the Earth.

Machiventa Melchizedek did it with his students. He had a headquarters in Salem (that is "structure" or "organization", folks). The Salem headquarters needed "funding" constantly. Remember Abraham paid tithes to Melchizedek? Jesus did a similar thing with his apostles, disciples, evangelists... They were funded as well. The Apostles couldn't work full time at a job or business. Their families had to be supported. Jesus and his inner circle had to be supported financially as well. Matthew was "the money getter". Believers gave cheerfully to Jesus' Public Ministry. Judas was the treasurer.

More light workers are needed to "GO!" - and preach the gospel of the kingdom and proclaim the saving truth that man is a son of God; to present the teachings of the kingdom in ways that can be easily understood by the common man. Jesus said "the harvest is plenteous". How do we look at this? Please, compare and contrast with the "slow growth" concept of the dissemination of the Fifth Ephocal Revelation.

Look at it this way: There may be "slow growth" with regards to people fully embracing the Fifth Ephocal Revelation and having a very good grasp of its many information. But when it comes to getting people to having a clear understanding of the "gospel message", the harvest is plenteous. We do not have to shelve the entire Urantia Book on people's laps. But we are called to work together in teams, to share the gospel message to the entire world's population.

So the question is, "Please, what is stopping us from having a sustainable impact on "the world-mind" with the simple, clear and undiluted gospel teachings as presented in the Urantia Book?" Let us strike directly for our objectives! Please, let's not make it look complicated. "Strike directly for your objectives!" 

Peace be upon us!

“Jesus continued to teach the twenty-four, saying: “...The heathen strike directly for their objectives; you are guilty of too much chronic yearning. If you desire to enter the kingdom, why do you not take it by spiritual assault even as the heathen take a city they lay siege to? ...Cease your useless yearning and go forth bravely doing that which concerns the establishment of the kingdom.” - Urantia Book 155:1.3

“And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force." - Jesus, Matthew 11:12. The violent ones take it by force - by spiritual assault! Glory!

- The Christ Michael Center, http://www.christmichaelcenter.org 

Global Gospel Outreach through Facebook Boost

Beloved, are you interested in Gospel Outreach? Through Facebook Boost (advertising) you can present the gospel to people in cities around the world or in countries around the world. Words of truth, beauty and goodness in their undiluted form can be offered to hundreds, thousands or even millions of people. It all depends on the amount of money you spend. You may spend $5, $10, $25 or more each month.

First of all, you would have to create a Facebook Like Page. And post messages: texts, pictures and/or videos there. It’s all free. You may then pick a post and “boost” it. You initiate the boost by clicking on the “Boost” icon by the post. You have the opportunity to share that post with men and women, boys and girls in a particular city or cities around the world. Also, you may choose to share using the Country option. You can select one or more countries.

Just imagine the difference we can make in the lives of people all over the world by sharing teachings from the Urantia Book. You can make a commitment of spending $10 or $25 per month. You can even spend less or more. Each month, your message may reach 5,000, 20,000 or more people. In partnership with divinity, you can bring salvation, healing, deliverance and spiritual enlightenment to your fellow brothers and sisters globally. New Urantia Book readers would most definitely be generated.

Just imagine if 1,000 readers create Facebook Like Pages and each spend $10 a month, sharing the gospel of grace and truth, in its undiluted form as presented in the Urantia Book! Each month, we will be reaching millions of people, globally! There are thirsty and hungry souls, seeking, searching, waiting for people like you and I to help them get to know of the existence of the Urantia Book. Please, stop and think about this for a minute.

If you do not wish to create a “Like” page, may I suggest to you to consider giving money to those who do? A cash donation of $5, $10 or $20 per month would go a long way in bringing salvation, spiritual growth, peace and joy to many. Through Facebook Boost, organizations like “Stories of Jesus”, “The Urantia Book Fellowship”, “The Christ Michael Center”, etc are making a remarkable impact in the lives of individuals globally. Please, consider praying for them and giving financially to them. 

Let us work together - sow seeds together. Let us allow Jesus to re-live his life through us today; to pass by our fellows, bringing gifts of love, healing, joy and spiritual power! Let us make this world a better place. 'Thank you! 

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"The next evening, having gathered together the twelve apostles, the apostles of John, and the newly commissioned women's group, Jesus said: "You see for yourselves that the harvest is plenteous, but the laborers are few. Let us all, therefore, pray the Lord of the harvest that he send forth still more laborers into his fields."" - Urantia Book Paper 150:4.1

"And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force." - Jesus, Matthew 11:12