In the life of nations, the Americas, both South and North, have been but children. In earlier times they went through various childhood diseases (revolutions, civil wars, depressions, and so on) and are now in the terrible age of adolescence. For many years America has been "sowing its wild oats." This fact makes our position in the world different from that of older societies, which, being adult in years and experience, should know better, in the same way that conduct, acceptable if done by a teenager, would bring a severe reprimand if performed by an adult.

So it is that although the Western Hemisphere will be thoroughly chastised in the near future, its fate is not as ominous as that of the older nations.

America is coming to the end of its lenient "teen-age" years. It is time America grows up. In the material world not all teen-agers survive to adulthood. For some, their "wild oats" takes on a more malignant form and brings about their own early destruction. So is it in our country at this time. the country will survive, but many Americans will not because they are not willing to give up their teen-age fantasies for the personal responsibility of adult life.

This prophecy applies to the entire New World. Americans, south as well as north of the border, who are willing to "grow up," may become a part of the New Renaissance.

During the New Renaissance the distinction among the different Americas will become blurred as they join together and pool their efforts for the good of all. Many of the Old World markets will disappear, and it will be essential for the nations of the New Hemisphere to come under one general control to prevent dissolution. The natural resources of each country will be used for the best interests of the whole, but not without properly compensating the country of origin. In this way, each nation will retain its independent character, but will be a vital organ in the body of the hemisphere.

In the past the mighty Napoleon, with the help of the Gods, attempted to bring the nations of Europe together for a like purpose. Unfortunately, he failed - not because the cause was wrong, but because his ego became more important to him than his cause. It is now time to do for the New World what Napoleon attempted but failed to do for the Old.

The New World, A Part of God's Plan

The New World was no accident. It was discovered when the Old World had become so corrupt that there was almost no place an individual desiring to follow God's Divine Laws could do so. The New World offered every possibility to those who would truly be free, not only from physical bondage, but from Spiritual inhibition as well. Here, in the Western Hemisphere, was to be found a climate and environment that would fit the needs and desires of any and all seekers of the godly existence.

In the early days the nations of the Western Hemisphere were governed in a way children would run a business. In truth, the nations were in their childhood. Ah, but what a childhood! It is said that children, because of their innocence, see visions and dream dreams that are beyond the ken of their elders. This was certainly true of the childhood of the United States. In all of recorded history there is no other instance of a country progressing so far so fast.

The reasons for this miraculous development are two-fold. First, the character of those who migrated from the Old World to the New World was in harmony with the pioneering spirit required to prosper and advance in the New. Second, many developed Souls from times past reincarnating to Earth saw in the Americas the only hope for the future. Their desire brought them to this continent so that they could be a vital part of this New World. These Souls, many from ancient and advanced civilizations, are continuing to come in increasing numbers to take the place of those Souls being restrained from rapid reincarnation because of their disobedience to God's Laws.

Unfortunately, as America grew from childhood into adolescence, we Americans no longer heeded the wise admonitions of our parents (Forefathers). We became brash young upstarts, ever ready to listen to every con artist who came our way. And they came, oh, did they ever come! By listening to their self-seeking siren calls we were led away from the two most important factors that gave out childhood its greatness, an acceptance of personal responsibility and moral stability. From these simple God-given attributes we were beguiled onto the quagmire of believing that the world and the government owe us a living. We were seduced into the belief that there are no eternal values, that whatever feels good is right.

These sophistries, corrupters of the Old World, were brought to these shores to tempt us by those jealous of what we had accomplished and bent on bringing us down to their level, being too weak and degenerate to rise to ours. All this, of course, much after the fashion of the modern profligate who lies in wait to sell our budding teen-agers drugs or to inveigle them into despicable sexual practices. It is the nature of these beasts - for that is what they are, by no stretch of the imagination can they be called men - always to destroy and never to build.

This is not to say, however, that they do not serve a purpose. They do, and a very important one. The only way a child (person or nation) can become an adult is to suffer through this temptation and overcome it. The innocence of childhood must give way to the wisdom of maturity. This wisdom comes only through the experience gained by overcoming temptation. Although innocence and purity mark the badge of a successful childhood, they can lead to dire problems in the mature adult. Mature purity is our goal, but it can be achieved only by VOLUNTARILY choosing the good and pure after having been exposed to evil. The innocents follow God's Laws because they know nothing else, the wise because, knowing all, they choose that which is best here and hereafter.

The Age of Personal Responsibility

The coming to maturity of the entire Western Hemisphere will take place in the next ten to twenty years. Little can be done to halt this now, any more than an adolescent can stop growing into manhood. Continents age in exactly the same manner as people and must adapt to these changes if they are to prosper. It is now time for America and Americans, both North and South, TO GROW UP and assume the duties and responsibilities of ADULTS. We, as a nation, are now twenty-one. It is time for America to assume its responsibility to itself and to the world. On an individual basis also, Americans are now being judged as adults, and, unless we measure up, we will be cast aside.

Our flirtation with violence, pornography, crime, drugs, foreign ideologies, and all such ignoble pursuits which the Law of God tolerated in an adolescent nation will be considered an abhorrent degenerative habit in an adult country and will be severely punished. The period of tolerance is at an end, and the message for the next two decades is this: The New World is coming of age and those who can rise above their own spiritual and moral adolescence and become fit adults will be allowed to partake of this New Renaissance. Those who cannot, or will not, grow up will be cast aside as the bibical "chaff" to be burnt up.

At first thought this may seem a cruel dictum, but it is not. It is no more than the action society takes in the real world. By the time an individual reaches his majority, he is shunned perhaps made an outcast, imprisoned, or placed in a mental institution. We all agree that we cannot run a stable society and keep any degree of order unless such misfits are removed or controlled. The Divine Law, in essence, will put these misfits into a heavenly prison for approximately one thousand years. At the end of that time, they will be released and again given an opportunity to blend into an adult society. If they can, well and good. If they cannot, oblivion may be their only future.

Those who are left will be the nucleus of a New Age of Man: The age of true personal responsibility and moral uprightness. For a thousand years the "wheat" will have an opportunity to build and reconstruct before the "Devil" (those being held in the heavenly prison) is once again let loose among men. The supposition is, of course, that by the time the overgrown adolescents again reincarnate society will be able to accept them at their level and work as a whole for their regeneration.

The die has been cast. We cannot hold back momentum. We must either keep up or be lost. Growth and change is the Law of Life. If we do not adapt, we shall be left as so much debris on the shoulder of the road of time.

We all have been prodigal sons and daughters who have but a short time to return to our Father's household before we are burnt with the rest of the chaff. THERE IS NO LAW THAT SAYS PRODIGALS MUST RETURN. In fact, if the truth were acknowledged, we would find that most of them DO NOT RETURN. The Nazarene knew this all too well when He taught, "Many are called, but few are chosen."

Are you prepared to "grow up," to cast off the delusions of youth, and to make yourself fit for the New Renaissance? The Path is not hard, but you must walk it for yourself. There is no champion who can do it for you. As the Nazarene said, "My yoke is easy, and my burden is light."

The way to adulthood is also the only way to true freedom and all that is good in life now and in the hereafter. Is it not written, "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and his righteousness (rightness); and ALL these things shall be added unto you"?

Come with us into the adulthood of our great nation. Let us cast aside our adolescent toys and take up the mantle of responsible men and women.

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