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WHY
THE New Church is now instituted because that stage of human development is reached when a new and spiritual era can be entered.
When the Lord was upon earth He said, "I have many things to say unto you, but ye can not bear them now." Then mankind was not able to receive or comprehend a full disclosure of divine truth. There was no interest in spiritual things. The Lord came with a spiritual kingdom of spiritual glory and power, but the world wanted a natural kingdom of physical glory and power. So it crucified Him who stood for spiritual law, life, and power. Yet the beginning was instituted, and preparation was made by revelation
