Evidently here among these people were the "beginnings of the end," the preparation for the closing of the Great Cycle. The "Line of Descent" is both material and Spiritual; the restoration of the true worship (One God), the establishment of the line of prophets, the preservation of Egyptian and Hindu symbols, and their esoteric meanings. The founding of the "line of descent," "Abraham, Isaac, Jacob"; the esoteric "House of David" and "Throne of David" was the esoteric line of descent for the "coming of the Messiah."

In passing, it is well to note, as you are aware, that the Jews never accepted the Messiah called "Christ" (Jesus); that they are looking (at least the orthodox Jews) for their Messiah to appear and restore Jerusalem and establish His Kingdom upon the earth, and where they expect (such as are accepted) to abide with Him forever in the literal Kingdom of Heaven on Earth.

It is not possible, within the limits of these teachings, to trace the Jewish (or Mosaic) history through the various national stages that caused it to become the one central or culminating line that led to the Completion, the Fulfillment, of the Fifth Dispensation. Scholars have access to the various books that form the Jewish Bible (Pentateuch) and to other records; while the "Apocrypha," or "hidden" works, are possibly only understood by those instructed in the esoteric teachings of the "Inner Temples," or the "Holy of Holies." Neither can we here discuss the adoption by Christians of the Sacred and other books of the Jewish record as a portion (the Old Testament) of their Bible.

The ramifications of the "Origines" of the Hebraic peoples (tribes), their divisions and national characteristics, must be left for the Student of Races. It is certain, however, that glimpses of all lines of preceding revelations are found in the sacred books of the Jews; as well as the symbols that denote scholarship of learning traceable to both Egypt and India. While in both the revealed (Apocalyptical) and Apocryphal (hidden) portions are clear indications of the various Sacred Orders and the wonderful reveal-ments of preceding Dispensations. As the prelude to the Final Cycle of this Grand System of the Orient the history of the Hebraic nations is the history of the most interesting epoch of the world; preceding and including, as it does, the