As a rule this mystery pertained to the story of some gods life and death and return to. If you are searching for answers, read the urantia book. If its not the way things are, its the way they should be. The urantia book reveals jesus jewish upbringing, education and racial outlook in such a way as to allow. Urantia book forum the urantia book from a jewish perspective. The crucifixion scattered the followers of jesus to the four winds. Jesus himself spent one or two nights each week in jerusalem at the home of flavius, a greek jew, where many prominent jews came in secret to interview him 142. You have just discovered the literary masterpiece that answers your questions about god, life in the inhabited universe, the history and future of this. First society for readers of the urantia book chicago. This was an age of universal restlessness and turbulence throughout the middle east. May 17, 20 history of jews facts about judaism, what are the abrahamic religions.
In all israel, there was no outstanding leader between moses and david. It appears that it might be appropriate to change the topic heading from the urantia book to simply urantia with the urantia book as a sub heading. Aug 25, 2019 ive been reading the ub for 40 years and, imho, its the mt. His father explained to him the meaning of all these seasons. He did not change his name from saul to paul because of his conversion. Part iv of the urantia book culminates in the thrilling story of the masters resurrection on that longago easter sunday in april, a. But i would call attention to the full and comprehensive manner in which the book does present the story of man s origin, nature, history, and destiny. History get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies tv shows news. The urantia book from wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Timeline of historic events in the urantia book readership. Revealing the mysteries of god, the universe, world history, jesus, and ourselves multiple authors on. Keep in mind the book is over 50 years old and back then there were a lot more ardent christians and that was the main audience of the book. Of these concepts there have been 64 identified as unique to the urantia book and presented for the first time on our planet. The hebrews probably entered egypt under the hyksos17501560 b.
The jews had variously conceived of the messiah as perfected human, superhuman, and even as divine. This is the illustrated version of the urantia book. The greeks brought to the new teaching clearer concepts of the eternal life. Sadler in august, 1939 she had collected about twenty thousand dollars for the publication fund, and this was used to set type and prepare plates for the printing of the book. The rapidly spreading influence of jewish religious and moral teachings. Paper 121 the times of michaels bestowal urantia book. How, when, and why they gathered in jerusalemwe do not know. Even the jewish leaders subsequently recognized that it was this secular idea of. The urantia book, the jews loved justice, wisdom, truth, and righteousness as have few peoples, but they contributed least of all peoples to the intellectual comprehension and to the spiritual understanding of these divine qualities. In the book joyfully shattered i tell the story of my more than 40year journey. By the times of jesus the jews had arrived at a settled concept of their origin, history, and. While the ancient jews taught the necessity of sacrifice, jesus, in his life and teachings, revealed a god of love, mercy, and forgiveness. Battle losses, executions, starvation, and disease almost depleted the country.
The urantia book paper 185 the trial before pilate 1987. The urantia book paper 96 yahwehgod of the hebrews 96. The urantia book was supposedly dictated to a chicago psychiatrist named w. Urantia book truth control truth control occult history. Critical examination of the urantia book please see the following links for more information about why this the urantia book and its followers should properly be viewed as a spiritually dangerous cult. The first psalm of the hebrew book of psalms was written by amenemope and is the heart of the teachings of ikhnaton. Because the urantia book is lengthy and covers a broad range of subjects, you might begin by studying its table of contents and then turning to subjects that catch your interest. I know a number of jewish urantia book students i expect they. The urantia book harmonizes history, science, and religion into a philosophy of living that brings new meaning and hope into your life.
Sadler formed a group to discuss these revelations, from which the urantia foundation was formed in 1950. If you have a christian background, you might start by reading the life and teachings of jesus. After listening to part 1 and part 2 of the urantia book, listening to part 3 makes you feel like an astronaut returning to earth from a long space voyage. The text of the urantia book was always delivered in written form. The urantia book presents approximately concepts covering theology, science, history, philosophy, cosmology and others.
The relevant history is that i was raised in a family best described as culturally jewish and passionately atheist. The melchizedek teachings, which are a basic factor in all the religions of occident and orient that have arisen in the last four thousand years. They were also charged with full responsibility for supervising all the details connected with the publication of the book, securing the international s. The urantia book a biblical worldview perspective probe. Debunking the urantia book, christians join me page 34. First society for readers of the urantia book chicago, chicago, illinois. Evolution of the god concept among the hebrews urantia. Paul carried the christian message to the gentiles, and the greek believers carried it to the whole roman empire. I am a graduate of talmudical academy high school and of yeshiva college in new york city. The urantia book, a new revelation theology forums. Urantia followers reject the tenets of orthodox christianity particularly canonicity and thus cannot be considered christian by any traditional definition. A new and fuller revelation of the religion of jesus is destined to conquer an empire of materialistic secularism and to overthrow a world sway of mechanistic naturalism.
The urantia book was delivered to him by seven spirit beings in 1934. Skeptic martin gardner, in a book otherwise highly critical of the urantia book, writes that it is highly imaginative and that the cosmology outrivals in fantasy the cosmology of any sciencefiction work known to me. If you wish to read the plain text version of the book. May 01, 2018 at least the urantia book has an interesting cosmology of synthesized facts and religiousphilosophical truths to merit some interest or study of its general thesis and broader vision for humanity, charting a greater vision of progress, evolution and ascension for souls on the planet, perhaps a goal too high minded or accessible for the likes. Exile and restoration urantia book urantia foundation. The founder is a noted chicago physician and psychiatrist dr. Urantia book, table of contents urantia book fellowship. Lots of crazy things in it about the meaning of life, the nature of god and religon, science, and the history of earth. Check out the new, free course if you want to learn more about the urantia book. Paul was his latin or roman namehis father was a roman citizen. You have just discovered the literary masterpiece that answers your questions about god, life in the inhabited universe. Between 1934 and 1956 a group of 36 people, who called themselves the forum, met to study the original manuscripts of the urantia book. The urantia book sometimes called the urantia papers or the fifth epochal revelation is a spiritual and philosophical book that discusses god, jesus, science, cosmology, religion, history and destiny.
I come to this portion of the urantia book with some history and a key bias. The original text contains no visuals so weve added some for your enjoyment. The english text of the urantia book is in the public domain and may be reproduced or copied without permission. For a quick overview see how the urantia book came into existence by bill sadler there is also a short document titled, a history of the urantia movement consisting of notes regarded as written by dr. The urantia book is not a complete religion, like others described in this web site. It was these plates of the urantia book that constituted the basis for the formation of urantia foundation. Oct 26, 2012 jesus did not come to this world during an age of spiritual decadence. The history of this period is found in nehemiah and ezra, supplemented by the apocryphal book of i esdras.
The urantia papers he refers to were received over several years in the 1930s by a group of people known as the contact commission. There was one feature of the bestowal of michael which was utterly foreign to the jewish conception of the messiah, and that was the union of the two natures, the human and the divine. History of jews facts about judaism, what are the abrahamic religions. Where he came from, his real mission on earth, and what happened to him after his death. The urantia book also sometimes called the urantia papers or the fifth epochal revelation is a spiritual and philosophical book that discusses god, science, religion, history, philosophy, and destiny. See the world in a new way by harmonizing science, religion and philosophy into a cohesive, integrated and enlightening approach.
The urantia book this is a strange book supposedly dictated by celestial beings speaking through a man in a trance in the 20s. The urantia book is the first 110th of the fifth epochal revelation and provides the fulcrum by which the continuing fifth epochal revelation is written, also known as the cosmic family volumes. The first society of the urantia book fellowship was formed in chicago, in 1955. By martin greenhut, reader of the urantia book since 1970. Pauls doctrines were influenced in theology and philosophy not only by jesus teachings but also by plato and philo. The second edition of a history of the urantia papers is well written and was well researched by mullins. History, doctrine and a biblical response to the urantia book biblical distortions in the urantia book. During the fore part of the first century after christ, the jews were the most influential group of the semitic peoples, and they happened to occupy a peculiarly strategic geographic position in the world as it was at that time. They had built up a rigid wall of separation between themselves and the gentile world. The commissioners were the custodians of the urantia manuscript, keeping the carbon copy of the typewritten transcript in a fireproof vault. Blogs by urantia book community activists one of the urantia readerships most prolific writers dave holt. Urantia is now quivering on the very brink of one of its most amazing and enthralling epochs of social readjustment, moral quickening, and spiritual enlightenment.
The sleeping subject was apparently used only for administrative contact with the papers always appearing in. The view of jesus presented in the urantia book is equally disturbing and unbiblical. The urantia book a demonic new age revelation violates galatians 1. The urantia book sometimes called the urantia papers or the fifth epochal revelation is a spiritual, philosophical, and religious book that originated in chicago some time between 1924 and 1955. The huerians from the canaanite highlands are overrunning the fertile crescent. This section deals with the origin and history of our world, starting from the origin of our sun over six billion years ago and ending with the birth of jesus.
Bill sadler maintained that once the papers started coming through, there was not that much interaction with the sleeping subject. The urantia book fellowship expanding spiritual awareness. Beings on high help us expand cosmic consciousness and enhance spiritual perception. In ethics he was inspired not only by christ but also by the stoics. The captivity begins with the fall of jerusalem, 586 b. The hebrews suffer from a sense of national guiltsin. Consideration of some criticisms of the urantia book. The urantia bookpaper 121 wikisource, the free online library. While the ancient jews taught the necessity of sacrifice, jesus, in his life and teachings, revealed a god of love, mercy, and. The urantia book reveals jesus jewish upbringing, education and racial outlook in such a way as to allow me to identify with him as a jew.
The jews viewed history as the providence of god yahweh at work. The priests begin the revision of all of israels history. Handwritten notes in margins of marian rowleys official history. Judaism was the soil out of which christianity grew, but the jews were not a miraculous people. The disheartened pessimism is reflected in the book of lamentations. June millicent jordan was a jamaican american selfidentified bisexual, poet, essayist, teacher, and activist. The world needs new spiritual truth that provides modern men and women with an intellectual pathway into a personal relationship with god. The urantia book, urantia foundation, urantia fellowship, and the urantia three concentric circle symbol above banner of michael represent a modernday ariangnostic cult. The papers were later combined with an index and published in 1955 as the urantia book. Detailed contents of the illustrated urantia book this is the 2010 standardized text of the urantia book. Dave holt was born in toronto, ontario, canada, of. Part 3 depicts the history of life on earth since its origin more than fourandonehalf billion years ago. I think that the writers of the urantia book in this case the channeled entities know that the majority of readers come from a christian viewpoint and so somewhat write the story from that framework.
Peter was the real founder of the christian church. I also attended the hebrew teachers institute at yeshiva for six years. Sadler from 1934 to 1935 by a man who spoke in his sleep on behalf of alien supermortals called revelators. The ub offers, shall we say, an unacceptable history of the levant, which.
He had the same kind of home and schooling as did i, went to the synagogue as did i, and lived in a jewish culture which has not significantly changed to this day. The jews synthesized all gods into their more sublime concept of the lord god of israel. The hebraic system of morality, ethics, theology, and belief in both providence and the supreme yahweh. The story in john agrees with the urantia book, but john has placed it so early. According to the urantia book fellowship ubf, the urantia book. According to gardner, there are so many gods in the urantia book that its polytheism puts greek and hindu mythology to shame. The readership is mostly christian, but involves many jews, muslims and other theists. These accountings can be trusted and can be relied upon for accuracy, as they were written by spiritual beings who were actually there, beings called midwayers, who are the faithful recorders of planetary history. Seemed time for a new archive and a nice, fresh discussion page. Consider this, the midwayers could have told us that what is needed now is the dissemination of the urantia book, that we are called to do this work, and that the worldwide acceptance of the urantia book will bring about the new age. The urantia book is noted for its high level of internal consistency and an advanced writing style.
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