Eternity includes all planetary cycles of expression, and there are such intervals from expression to the absolute, the state of being, as constitute sufficient respite from all expression. Every Soul is in the absolute state such cycles or aeons as intervene between angelic, arch' angelic, and Messianic states, and the commencement of a new series of embodiments on another system. Those are Angels who are perfected on each planet, having conquered that world. The Soul in its reunited state as an Angel has expressed all possible degrees, and therefore has charge over Souls that are still in the state of expression; when that charge is fulfilled after ever; planetary existence, the Soul passes on to another planet

If any one has endeavored to measure the periods or cycles of time in connection with earthly and planetary expression it would almost be fruitless; although it is possible to state in numbers the years included in the vast cycles that intervene between the commencement and close of expression on a planet, also the cycles that intervene between the planetary expressions, when the Soul is in a state of being instead of existence, also the awns that intervene between expressions in systems of planets; but those figures would convey no idea that the human mind could grasp, so vast would be the number.

Those who are Archangels of lesser degree in the solar system are Angela from the planet Jupiter: the Jupiter referred to in ancient symbolism as the central light of the gods; and as the gods were Archangels they had their beginnings, i. e., their home on that planet Souls in the highest angelic state of Jupiter, therefore, minister to the earth or any other planet within the radius of the orbit of Jupiter. Beyond the planet Jupiter Archangels are interstellar, and they have sufficient power to shape and mold some portion of the destinies of the planets of your system. The interstellar Archangels are those who announce the Messiahs, who are twelve in number. There are inter-solar Archangels from beyond your solar system, those who accompany the Messiahs; these are among the highest order of Archangels, and by them are chosen, from among the Archangels of your system, those who shall usher in and abide with a dispensation until its close.

Souls approach planets in certain numbers in a given cycle. We have given the number twelve as the family of Souls: that being the typical generic number of the universe; that being the typical number of planets in a system. In the companionship of Souls there are twelve families, one hundred and forty-four Souls, and in the larger groups one hundred and forty-four thousand kindred Souls. These come into a dispensation and are carried forward by a dispensation together; another one hundred and forty-four thousand approach the earth after a certain cycle of time, succeeded by others, until the preparation for a dispensation is complete.

The full number of Souls have approached the earth: all the Souls are upon the earth and within the heavens of your planet that ever will have expression here; so that all embodiments now are of Souls that have been embodied, some of them many times. The lower states are represented by the primitive states of nations now upon the earth; the higher states of expression now on earth offer sufficient encouragement to those who are seeking to know what the ultimate will be.

All states of existence having been expressed; all victories having been attained, as illustrated in the different conditions of human life upon planets and in the different degrees of angelic and arch-angelic states, there is but one other expression within the possible range of man's comprehension, or even conception, and that only in some of its results: the order of Divine Lives that come to the earth as Messiahs. These are the Sons of God: those who have overcome worlds, as explained in the sixth regular lesson. These are Archangels of so high an order that their names could not be spoken on earth with any knowledge of their meaning. Messiahs approach the earth in cycles: these are denominated the twelve Messianic cycles, as there are twelve Messiahs for each solar system; i. e., those who are Messiahs to each planet of a solar system.

A dispensation is the entire result of a Messianic visitation, from the birth of a Messiah to the full culmination of all Souls (as Angels) who belong to that Messianic cycle; the harvest of a Messianic life.

The Messiahs are a prophecy for all: the state illustrating the last and greatest victory over all expression in matter, the entire forgetfulness of self: the perfect recognition of the divine entity in each Soul, and the Infinite entity, God.

Of the twelve dispensations that the earth shall know, five have already transpired, the sixth now approaches. Its close will complete one-half of all the Messianic periods of earth; therefore its culmination will also be a culmination for the preceding dispensations; a restoration and a recognition of their places by the children of the New Light.

The Messianic expression of the New Dispensation will be in dual form, man and woman, typical of the perfect human state; symbol of the Divine Soul union. Both expressions will constitute the One Messiah and will have recognition in the New Life. In the Christian dispensation this is symbolized by the marriage of Christ and the Church, to which a superficial and very material interpretation has been given by an uninspired clergy. This will be the reconciliation of man to God. (As God never is other than one with man, but man departs from God; i. e., from the perception of God.) The new dispensation brings the "peace" of which the dispensation of Jesus was but the prophecy. The people of the New Nation will cease to wage war, will not outrage the "image of God," and therefore will not outrage God. All this is to come to the children of the new dispensation when the New Messiah appears, and to all the nations of the earth when all the Messiahs shall have come.

Thus have we given you the outlines of this system to be completed as you pass on. Thus yon have in the line of Impulsion from the Soul Involution toward and into matter, the line of Embodiments toward each Culmination, and the line of final Culmination in the Angel, the solution of the entire problem of human life; and thus yon have in the Angelic, Archangelic, and Messianic states, the suggestion of the state of Being, the Soul state: eternity.

As in the material state you are accustomed to consider the source of all life the light of the sun and of the more distant sun of suns, so in the Celestial state, within the Infinite Love, guided by the Messianic Sun, heralded by Archangels, ministered to by Angels, all Souls move in their expression toward the appointed goal