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ASTARIA Culture Resources:
Time Travel with Our Interstellar Society!
Our Cultural Engineering produces Science Fiction Worlds based
on Judeo-Christian Heritage.
Down through history, most governments have been content to let their
Society's Culture run wild, and do as it pleases. However, ZDK in
its plans for ASTARIA, and Our current bridge to get there, KoReY,
has developed a Ministry of Culture. Being a Future Thinking Group,
ZDK intends this to use Our concepts of Cultural Engineering to take
the best of the Divine Culture of the Judeo-Christian Heritage and
produce an Interstellar Society from it. (And, in the process,
provide for those who like to Time Travel a bit, and explore these
new Science Fiction Worlds of Ours.) Thus, we have the KoReY Heritage
Worlds!
Now, what is the Plan or Program Outline for doing this?
ASTARIAN CULTURS - Time Travel
As we survey the whole history of Mankind on Earth (and especially that
of Western Civilization), we can identify about a dozen major cultural
groups that contribute to Astarian Society (or KoReY). As these
progressed through time, we can also ascribe Tribal Identity to each
one (sequentially), as one of the Future Tribes of Israel in Our
Interstellar Society. Consequently, we do, indeed, expect them to be
strong social forces among us and to use their cultural energies to
help build up Our larger Realm, as a united whole! (Hence, their
inclusion as Tribal elements of Our Great Council--see Our Law
Library for details.)
So, where do you fit in??? Well, look...
Now, how did God lay out the development of Divine Culture in the
Plans for the History of Mankind? Well, He showed the Prophet Daniel
(in the vision of the image or statue) that HE intended there to be 4
Universal Empires, eventually followed by a 5th. In between is a Time
out of Time, composed of 7 Ages, which are covered in the first few
chapters of Revelation. All totalled, these make up Our 12 Heritage
Worlds (or Cultural Time Periods). So, let us see what God is trying
to teach us in these Lessons on Cultural Engineering. And how we, as
individuals, might fit into them with our own cultural heritage (and
enjoy the fantasy of Time Travel)--as well as use them,
administratively, to forge the coming KoReY melting pot (and Cultural
Integrator).
1. GOLDEN ERA - Ancient Babylon (Reuben)
STONEAGE, AFRICAN, AND INDIAN FASHIONS, STYLES, THEMES:
The Head of the Image (that Daniel saw) was of Gold, that stood for
Ancient Babylon, which spread out from the Plains of Shinar (Genesis
10:9-10) to dominate the whole early Middle East for many centuries
back in Our Antiquity. Now, this was a rather primative time,
something along a caveman or Stone Age style living or much like the
anthropological hunters and gathers, though they had learned to
farm--grow crops and domesticate animals. Yet, most importantly for
civilization, they learned to build structures and then cities
(perhaps, something along the lines of early
NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE?). Moreover, it was, reportedly a Hamidic
or Black Nation (Genesis 10:6-10). Thus, this tends to be the
homeland of the more physical, mussle bound (sports orientated) sorts
of Our Realm--and especially of Blacks or Africans (and Native
Americans). (And they tend to wear clothing of animal skins, as a
symbol of the early Adamaic Covenant.)
2. SILVER ERA - Ancient Persia (Simeon)
ARABIC AND MIDDLE EASTERN FASHIONS, STYLES, THEMES:
Following the Golden Head, were arms and shoulders of Silver, that
stood for Ancient Persia, which came to dominate the Middles East,
after Babylon. This was a bit more advanced technology than Babylon,
with extensive agriculture and the rise of governmental engineering
projects, such as we see among the Ancient Egyptians (which came to be
absorbed into the Persian Empire) and other early Arabs (that came out
of it to settle the Middle East). Moreover, their early bedhoin
family lifestyle (in the Days of Abraham and the later 12 Tribes)
laid the foundation for the Patriarchial model that has been the
standard among all of the Descendants of Abraham (Jews, Christians,
and Muslims), down through history. Thus, this tends to be the
homeland of Arabs and other Middle Eastern (or Ishmaelite) orientated
people.
Now, for more info on Our Arabic or Ishmaelite Organization, which
reflects these well established Middle Eastern values and customs,
consult Our Abrahamic Section of APPIRU.
3. BRONZE ERA - Ancient Greece (Levi)
GREEK AND HELLENISTIC FASHIONS, STYLES, THEMES:
Following the Arms of Silver, was the stomach and loins of Bronze,
that stood for Ancient Greece, which also came to dominate the Middle
East, after Ancient Persia--both by the conquests of Alexander the
Great and by the extensive Greek trade network that they developed.
This commercial network fed the wealth of Greek merchants so that their
economic influence lasted for centuries upon centuries--which, in turn,
provided the funds to support the extensive rise of artworks and
creative crafts, and projects. Consequently, this civilization managed
to sprout lots of early writing, learning and education, and beginning
scientific (and technological) developments. Thus, it tends to be the
homeland of the intellectual and scholar in Our Realm.
4. THE IRON ERA - Ancient Rome (Judah)
ROMAN AND CLASSICAL WORLD FASHIONS, STYLES, THEMES:
Following the Bronze Belly, were legs of Iron, that stood for the
Ancient Roman Empire, which came to dominate the Middle East, after
the fall of Ancient Greece. This civilization produced one of the
best military organizations in the world--whose extensive conquests
produced an extensive government and bureacracy to manage what had been
conquered. Moreover, it has served as the model for ideal empires ever
since, in the West. Furthermore, their building projects and public
works are famous (many still standing today--and some still usable).
Thus this tends to be the heritage homeland of the military and the
bureacracy of Our Realm.
5. THE EPHESIAN CHURCH AGE - Messianic or Apostalic Church
(Dan)
HEBRAIC AND JEWISH FASHIONS, STYLES, THEMES:
During the height of the Roman Empire (above), Jesus or Y'Shua was
born and died on the Cross to pay (or atone) for Man's sins. With HIS
ascension back to Heaven and the coming of Pentecost, the Church Ages
were born, in about 30 something A.D.. The first of these Ages was
Messianic (Jewish-Christian) and is sometimes refered to as the
Apostolic Age, as all of the original 12 Desciples of Christ or
Apostles were Messianics (Jewish-Christians), and clung to the Hebrew
core of the teachings of their fore-fathers. And, because of its
closeness to the Messiah's original teachings, it is often held to be
the most desireable Age. Thus, it tends to be the heritage homeland of
the pious and the religious reformer--and those of a more Hebrew or
Jewish persuasion.
For more info on this Messianic Philosophy, that was the
foundation of Early Christianity, consult our Messianic Section of
EMUSPATEL.
6. THE SMYRNA CHURCH AGE - Early Roman Martyr Church (Naphtali)
NORDIC AND VIKING FASHIONS, STYLES, THEMES:
With the deaths of the Apostles, and the Fall of the Jerusalem Temple
(in 70 A.D.), the old Messianic founders lost influence and a new
form of Gentile Christianity emerged. Thus, while the Messianic Era
still clung to and preserved the Hebrew roots of the Faith (though it
often had conflicts with the more Jewish Culture), the dominance of
the Gentiles began to be seen. So, with Paul's massive conversion of
many Gentiles, and the Fall of the Jewish Temple (and, thereby, its
Jewish institutions of influence), the Smyrna Age took on a very
Gentile atmosphere. In fact, the Believers of the Time became so
racked by Gentile influence that Syncretism (mixing worldly culture
and Roman gods with their Christian beliefs--thus idolatry) took firm
root and multiplied. Therefore, God came to give them over to Great
Persecutions to purge and punish them for their idolatry, and thus the
Era of Roman Martyrs was birthed. Moreover, with the Fall of the
Revolt of Simom Bar Kokhba (135 A.D.), Judaism firmly separated itself
from the Messianics (diminishing their power), and as a result, the
Gentile Church took on a definate non-Hebrew distinctiveness (and
perhaps, something of an anti-Semitic tone) that was to continue for
centuries! Hence, the rise of the so called Dark Ages!
Now, while the Western Roman Empire fell into a collapse, mainly
due to its clinging to the old Roman gods (idolatry) and trying to mix
them in with Christian teachings (syncretism), the Northmen (or
Bar Bara or Varangians) blossomed. The earlier, Messianic (and
Apostolic) Missionaries had many conversions among the Barbarians or
Goths (Gahtsk) of Northern Europe, which then swept into Western
Europe (conquering the declining Rome). And, eventually produced a
strong Gothic community of Believers, especially in early Scandinavia,
that eventually produced the rise of Ivar Vidfadmi's Scandia (mid-600s
A.D.), which, in turn dominated most of Northern Europe--laying the
Judeo-Christian foundations of the Feudal European culture that was to
arise in the days to come. Consequently, this tends to be the
homeland of Our Nordics, Vikings, Scandinavians, and other Northern
Europeans.
Now, for more info on this Nordic Messianic Philosophy (of the
early Vikings), that was the foundation of Feudal Europe (in the so
called Dark Ages), consult our Nordic Section of
NORDESEL or Our Scandinavian Section
on the ANCIENT VIKINGS.
7. THE PERGAMOSUN CHURCH AGE - Byzantine or Greek (Orthodox)
Church (Gad)
BYZANTINE AND ASIAN FASHIONS, STYLES, THEMES:
With the victory of Constantine in 312 (in which he saw the sign of
the Cross in the sky), Christianity became an officially tolerated
religion in Rome (lifting the persecutions of the Roman Martyr Church
Age). And in 325, the Roman Emperor Constantine convened the Councl
of Nicea, which set the standards for Christian Beliefs and Teachings
for centuries. Then, in 395 A.D. the Emperor Theodosius made
Christianity the Official Religion of the Neo-Roman (or Byzantine)
Empire. And thus began the Millenual Reign of Christianity over the
New Roman Empire or Eastern Roman Empire (which we have come to call
the Byzantine Empire). And, while the rest of the Western Roman
Empire fell to the invading Barbarians (because of the error of the
West's Syncretism), the Eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire went on for
another thousand years. Thus, this tends to be the homeland for
a sparce number of ecclesiastics and other church leaders and
authorities--as well as missionaries and other cross cultural workers
(that have to confront and tame wild foreign cultures).
In addition, this was the time of the the Silk Road, which became
a regular trade route in later Roman Times. And this led to regular
contact with many of the Ancient Asian Empires (China, India, Japan,
etc.). Moreover, this was the Era of constant invasions and migrations
from the East as these Asian Peoples came looking for new lands to
settle and conquer. And the Byzantine Empire took them in, converting
them to Christianity, so that the Byzantine Empire became increasing
Asian in its population! And Oriental in its thinking.
8. THE THIATIRA CHURCH AGE - Latin or Catholic Church (Asher)
RENAISSANCE AND NOBLE (Late Mediavel) FASHIONS, STYLES, THEMES:
Meanwhile, as the Byzantine (Eastern Roman Empire) slowly slid into
the veneration of images and fell into worshipping idols (as they had,
earlier, in the Roman Era), God called for the Arabs under Mohamad to
destroy the idols of the Middle East (and beyond), which Mohamad and
his followers did with vigor. However, in 732, Charles Martel, riding
on the wave of Gothic or Northern Christianiy (from Scandia, that had
settled France), defeated the Muslim forces in Spain and spared the
rest of Western Europe from Islamic domination. Then, in around 800
A.D. Charlemaigne set up the Great Holy Roman Empire, which in turn,
gave rise to the Roman Catholic Church. And thus emerged the Era of
the Latin or Catholic Church, which came to dominate Feudal Europe.
Moreover, as this time is famous for its rebirth of learning and the
rise of Noble and Royal Governments, it tends to be the homeland of
the aristocratic and artistic.
9. THE SARDIS CHURCH AGE - Protestant Reformation State Churches
(Issachar)
REFORMATION AND ELIZABETHEAN FASHIONS, STYLES, THEMES:
Unfortunately, as time progressed, the Roman Catholics began to fall
back more and more under the influences of the early Roman Martyrs
and their Church became watered down and mixed with Pagan philosophies
and idolatrous practices. Consequently, the Nordic Messianic Heritage
re-asserted itself (once more), primarily in Northern Europe as the
Protestant Movement came forth in the early 1500s. Martin Luther was
one of the major Protestant leaders in Germany and Scandinavia, and
along similiar lines, the Anglican Church was also developed in
Britain. Now, while rejecting the errors and sins of the current
Latin churches, these groups also tended to fail to draw on the
strengths of those who had gone before them, and consequently lost out
on much of their own Heritage!
Meanwhile, the Catholic church went through a Counter Reformation
that got rid of many of its errors and then propelled them on to found
the Great Conquistador Empires of Spain and Portlugal. Then, later,
there arose the Protestant Empires of Holland and Great Britain. Thus,
this tends to be the homeland for Our European Colonists (about the
world) and other global settlers of the Northern Nations.
(Thus, such as we also find in the later British Empire and
Victorian Era--for Victorian Culture has a better fit with its
early Shakespearan Times than with the following Eras.)
As well as the great thinkers and scientists, who follow in the
steps of the Great Enlightenment of this Era.
10. THE PHILIDELPHIA CHURCH AGE - Baptist/Presbyterian Community
Churches (Zebulon)
COLONIAL AND AMERICAN WILD WEST, VICTORIAN, AND HISPANIC
FASHIONS, SYTLES, AND THEMES:
The Reformation State Churches (above) tended to stay under the
authority of the Kings of their own countries. However, many began to
feel that a more Republican (or Greek democracy) style of church
organization was needed (something like Jewish Eldership). Now, the
Anabaptists began almost as early as the Protestant Movement, in
Europe. However, they were not very popular with the monarchies of
Europe and their bureaucratic governments. Thus, it wasn't until
the rise of America, in the late 1700s and early 1800s that first saw
the spread of this Presbyterian type Movement and then emerged into
the Baptist Communuity Congregations, as this Church Age really took
off--with a more Eldership or Presbyterian style of government (where
the local council of elders were in control of the local congregation).
And though popular as this appeal to freedoms may be, they usually
tend to fail to produce an effective unions, and therefore, lack the
organized clout that the former, monarchial style churches have! Thus,
this tends to be the homeland of Americans (
COUNTRY AND WESTERN CULTURE) and those seek a more representative
style of organization.
This Era also reflects the end result of the earlier Conquistadors
of Spain as Latin America emerged as a big influence--but independent
from the King of Spain and more Democratic like America. Thus many
Hispanics find their Cultural attachment here.
11. THE LAODECIAN CHURCH AGE - Modernist Home Churches
(Joseph--Manasseh/Ephairim)
WORLD WARS AND FIFTIES FASHION, STYLES, THEMES:
Just as the Baptists tended to not like the authority of the Kings over
them, the Modernists thought that no man should rule their Faith, so
they even shied away from organized religions and tended to collect in the
homes of friends, who had somewhat similiar interests in serving God
in a wide-open atmosphere of total freedom (other than, perhaps, the
restraint of peer pressure). Moreover, they often point to the
persecutions of the Roman Martyr Churches as justification for meeting
just in homes (overlooking the idolatrous reasons for that purge).
Unfortunatley, this kind of democracy of the Faith tends only to lead
into more chaos and anarchy (and few of these so called home churches
seems to last long--though branches of them seem to be popping up,
endlessly, all over). For, demanding their own Rights (and ignoring or
even rejecting, God's Rights), they tend to leave out the basic
morality and ethics of the Faith and guidelines for proper supervision,
which opens the door for disasters with various kinds of major sins!
However, their modern music and open worship (often refered to as
Charismatic--though not Pentecostal) is a ready appeal to Modern Youth.
Thus, this tends to be the homeland of teens and other Youth (or other
groups demanding their own rights).
12. THE RISE OF ASTARIA - KoReY: Our Interstellar Realm
(Benjamin)
SCI-FI AND FUTERISTIC FASHIONS, STYLES, THEMES:
Now, here, is beginning to emerge God's 5th Universal Empire--but one
that will dominate the Stars (Daniel 7:27), not the Earth! So, mixing
the 3 streams (or Major Religious Movements of this century) of Jews
(Zionism and Messianics), Pentecostalism (with Gifts and Tongues), and
Holiness (obedience to God's Laws), Our Spiritual Society (or coming
Religious Realm) of KoReY enters a New Dispensation, that aims to
bring back or RETURN (ShuVaH) ALL the Descendants of Abraham (Jews,
Christians, and Muslims) together in a Unity of the Faithful--and a
New Nation of the Tribes of Israel out among the Stars.
We see this a occuring in 3 phases: 1-KoReY or a Spiritual Society
(Religious Realm), 2-Astaria or the rise of an official Nordic
Nation of Israel out among the Stars (Pergamosan--marriage of Church
and State), and 3-The BRIDE and Millenial Reign and Second Coming of
the Messiah (and the renewal of all things--Marriage of the Lamb).
Consequently, this tends to be the homeland of Science Nerds and
Sci-Fi Freaks or others with a gift to see this Future World coming
(visionaries). And a fertile ground for some of the best of the
Science Fiction Worlds of other authors to grow and develop in! To
produce Our Interstellar Society under the Divince Culture of the
Judeo-Christian Heritage.
Church Heritage Integration:
THEREFORE, rather than rejecting all of the previous churches,
as some groups do, we encourage their participation in Our Coming
Realm, for each has a rich Heritage that can add strength and color
to Our United whole. (And, their participation is legally provided
for in Our Grand Council or Sanhedrin, as Our kind of Legislative
Body--see the Divine Law Library, for details.) For, it is this
Divine Culture of the Judeo-Christian Heritage that they expressed in
their own Times that we want to preserve and use for the Cultural
Engineering of Our Realm!
DIVINE CULTURE
OKAY! So, every Society and Peoples thinks that its Culture was
God ordained. Yes, and I guess we must confess to being a bit
ethnocentric, as well, in this area. However, considering the
historical record of where Our Culture is coming from (and its
longstanding traditions of the Judeo-Christian Heritage, with its
respectful worship of the ONE TRUE GOD), I think that we can truely
contend that Our Culture will be a Divine Culture!
Now, for more info on that DIVINE CULTURE, of Our Future
Interstellar Realm, and its Judeo-Christian Heritage, read the
Articles in Our Revival Chapel (on how dynamic and powerful some of
the teachings from the Scriptures can be), or simply click on
OUR REVIVAL.
So, now, why don't you just come on in, and help us!!! (Yes,
Resistance is Futile!!!)
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MYSTERIES OF GIVING.
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