Is it possible that the United States of America has a divine
destiny to fulfill? When Europeans came to the New World they brought
destruction to the lives of America’s indigenous peoples. Could there have been
a divine plan woven into the knotty fabric of events that led from the European
invasion to the establishment of a new nation?
For thousands of years, people had lived
and fought among themselves, and died in the same part of the world where they
were born. Divine Love saw what was going on in each separate country, how each
culture felt superior to every other, and how the leaders of one nation waged
war against another nation, their egos leading them to believe they were
entitled to whatever the inhabitants of the other country had.
Divine Love very much wanted to create
a new civilization, where people from vastly different backgrounds would live
harmoniously and work side-by-side, and grow in understanding of one another.
Toward the middle of the last millennium, Divine Love saw that some areas of the
world were more populated than others, and the continents now known as the
Americas held vast areas of land that were as yet uninhabited. So Love suggested
that certain divine messengers identify and guide the person who was most
qualified to lead the first Europeans to the New World where a great experiment
would begin. This person, as we all know, was Christopher Columbus, of Genoa,
Italy.
Even though he was not wholly aware
of the reason for his journey, Christopher knew that his mission was divinely
inspired and guided. He explains this in the Introduction to his Book of
Prophecies:
At a very early age I
began to sail upon the ocean. For more than forty years, I have sailed
everywhere that people go. I prayed to the most merciful Lord about my heart’s
great desire, and He gave me the spirit and the intelligence for the task:
seafaring, astronomy, geometry, arithmetic, skill in drafting spherical maps
and placing correctly the cities, rivers, mountains and ports. I also studied
cosmology, history, chronology and philosophy.
It was the Lord who
put into my mind (I could feel His hand upon me) the fact that it would be
possible to sail from there to the Indies. All who heard of my project rejected
it with laughter, ridiculing me. There is no question that the inspiration was
from the Holy Spirit, because he comforted me with rays of marvelous
illumination from the Holy Scriptures … encouraging me to continually to press
forward and without ceasing for a moment they now encourage me make haste.
In
1492, Christopher Columbus and his crew arrived, not in the Indies, but on the
island now known as Hispaniola in the Caribbean. This introduction of European white men to
the land of peaceful, dark-skinned Arawaks was the first step in Divine Love’s
Melting Pot Experiment. More than 500 years later, we are still waiting to see what
the ultimate outcome of this experiment will be.
Some
people have already proclaimed the experiment a failure, pointing to the
persecution and genocide of the Native Americans, the enslavement of African
Americans, the Civil War, and the ongoing prejudice of the majority against the
latest newcomers. But the experiment isn’t over yet, and we have to keep in
mind that among the pot’s ingredients have been many people who retained thick
crusty shells around their souls. These people have prevented the pot’s
ingredients from melding together into a harmonious existence, and yet, much
has been accomplished toward the achievement of Love’s goal.
In
1776 the Angel of Freedom inspired Thomas Jefferson’s first draft of the Declaration
of Independence, which was then edited by congress. The immortal words of this
document became a beacon of hope for people all over the world, not just those in
the thirteen colonies of America. To say that all men are created equal was a
radical concept at that time. Eventually these words would come to mean that
all men AND women of every race and nationality are created equal.
The conflict between people who want Divine Love’s
plan of Oneness to unfold, and those who want to maintain their superiority over
others, has raged on since the signing of this document. However, the blueprint
for Love’s New World is woven into the context of the Declaration, and stated
on the currency of the United States: E
Pluribus Unum – “Out of many, one.” The
founders of the United States proclaimed the divine ideal, for a nation of
diverse peoples united as one beautiful conglomerate. Bits and pieces of that
conglomerate may squabble and strain to remove others from the pot, but they
cannot erase the goal of Oneness inscribed in a heavenly tome more permanent
than any earthly document.
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