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time--self destruction that wise men had warned the world against since the days of Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
Those who are "experts" and "authorities" of guesswork hold the fate of the Earth in their hands. But
assistance has come from outer space, and no longer will they be allowed to function as the self-appointed
guardians of mankind.
In Proverbs 24:2, we read: "For their heart studieth destruction and their lips talk of mischief." These are _The
Guessers!_Â
CHAPTER 8
THE REMNANT
"His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled." (Psalms 97: 4).
The "lightnings" of the Creator have been observed for thousands of years and at last, in the Aquarian Age,
Man is beginning to respond to their message.
Theological dogma has enslaved mankind as it pictures "heaven" as a place where those who have been true
to church tenets will be led by the hand of the Master into shaded groves and there left for eternity to rest and
meditate on the harp-playing "angels" singing praises unto the Father.
Needless to say, this is not the case when we consider the reality of "heaven". However, it is natural for man
to picture the after-life in this manner, for he constantly hopes to be rid of the materialistic pursuit of lucre and
fame. Love for money there is, but only as a means of his attaining freedom to do what he wants when he
wants it. But man is never satisfied with "inactivity"; men who retire almost invariably get active again in
some way. And when we think of an eternity of "idleness", it becomes ridiculous to say the least.
To picture the "many mansions" our Infinite Father has prepared for us as rest homes where men lie about in a
state of morbid drowsiness or lethargy, is both childish and an insult to our Creator. People who really think,
will never entertain such thoughts for a moment.
The Aquarian Age then, is not going to see a decline of inventive activity or pursuit; the Master is not going to
abolish everything except a picnic-society that drives the Father to distraction with all-sung hymns!
The Father's "mansions" are bee-hives of activity, where each individual is working out his destiny and
serving his fellowman to the best of his ability. Our "heavenly" reward in the Golden Times will be the
opportunity for more and more expressive labor in order to better serve ourselves and others. Harp-playing
forever? I'm afraid not. That would soon become "hell", as anyone knows who has been forced to practice
music lessons day in and day out. Man needs intense activity and the opportunity to expand his consciousness.
Working at something you despise in order to eat, of course, is something else; and living to work, or working
to live will cease as such. Every person has something wonderful to contribute to society, and many times in
our present setup these persons never get a chance to present their talents to the world because of the faulty
economic practices of today.
The New Age will see a great theological upheaval. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick said: "A religious
reformation is afoot, and at heart it is the endeavor to recover for our modern life the religion of Jesus as
against the vast, intricate, largely inadequate and often positively false religion about Jesus. Christianity today
has largely left the religion which He preached, taught and lived, and has substituted another kind of religion
altogether. If Jesus should come back to earth now, hear the mythologies built up around him, see the
creedalism, denominationalism, sacramentalism, carried on in His name, he would certainly say, 'If this is