167: THOU HADST ASKED ABOUT FATE, PREDESTINATION AND ...

Thou hadst asked about fate, predestination and will. Fate and

predestination consist in the necessary and indispensable relationships

which exist in the realities of things. These relationships have been

placed in the realities of existent beings through the power of creation

and every incident is a consequence of the necessary relationship. For

example, God hath created a relation between the sun and the terrestrial

globe that the rays of the sun should shine and the soil should yield.

These relationships constitute predestination, and the manifestation

thereof in the plane of existence is fate. Will is that active force which

controlleth these relationships and these incidents. Such is the epitome

of the explanation of fate and predestination. I have no time for a

detailed explanation. Ponder over this; the reality of fate,

predestination and will shall be made manifest.

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