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- Second Sudden Mutation in the Creation of the Human Being (Forty-Nine) - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2021 from Sharon Beecroft BrownEventually, another birth of twins, a male and female, were very important animals being born into our world. For they were the new species of Primates, the second, sudden mutation. While at the same time, another couple, rather mentally and physically inferior of the mid-mammal tribe, also ...
Views: 549 - First Sudden Mutation in the Creation of the Human Being (Part Forty-Eight) - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2021 from Sharon Beecroft BrownEarly in the career of the dawn mammals, in the treetop abode of a superior pair of these agile creatures, twins were born one male and one female. Compared with their ancestors, they were really handsome little creatures. They had little hair on their bodies and this did not hinder them, ...
Views: 591 - Ancestry of the Human Race (Part Forty-Seven) - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2021 from Sharon Beecroft BrownAbout one million years ago, the immediate ancestors of mankind made their appearance by three successive and sudden mutations stemming from early stock of the lemur type of placental mammal. These early lemurs involved in the ancestry of the human species were not directly related to the ...
Views: 656 - Early Ice Age and Beyond (Part Forty-Six) - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2021 from Sharon Beecroft BrownAt and around two million years ago, the first North American glacier started its southern advance. The ice age was now in the making, and this glacier consumed nearly one million years in its advanced from, and retreat back toward, the northern pressure centers. The central ice sheet extended ...
Views: 606 - The Last Great Mammalian Migration (Part Forty-Five) - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2021 from Sharon Beecroft BrownFor a short time, all the world was again joined except for Australia, and the last great world-wide animal migration took place ten million years ago. North America was connected with both South America and Asia, and there was a free exchange of animal life. Asiatic sloths, armadillos, ...
Views: 646 - Age of the Elephant and the Horse (Part Forty-Four) - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2021 from Sharon Beecroft BrownTwenty million years ago was indeed the golden age of mammals. The Bering Strait land bridge was up, and many groups of animals migrated to North America from Asia, including the four-tusked mastodons, short-legged rhinoceroses, and many varieties of the cat family. The first deer appeared, ...
Views: 610 - The Age of Advanced Mammals (Part Forty-Three) - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2021 from Sharon Beecroft BrownThirty-five million ago marks the beginning of the age of placental-mammalian world domination. The southern land bridge was extensive, reconnecting the then enormous Antarctic continent with South America, South Africa, and Australia. In spite of the massing of land in high latitudes, the ...
Views: 619 - The Age of Early Mammals (Part Forty-Two) - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2021 from Sharon Beecroft BrownFifty million years ago, Earth became an eventful and active age on land and under water. Sea urchins increased while corals and crinoids decreased. Also, the ammonites rapidly declined. On land the fern forests were largely replaced by pine and other modern trees, including gigantic ...
Views: 630 - Different Species of Dinosaurs (Part Forty-One) - by Submitted on Mar 07, 2021 from Sharon Beecroft BrownEven though, sixty million years ago, the land reptiles were on the decline, the dinosaurs continued as monarchs of the land, the lead now being taken by the more agile, and active types of smaller leaping kangaroo varieties of the carnivorous dinosaurs. Previously, there had appeared new types ...
Views: 661 - Flowering Plant Stage (Part Forty) - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2021 from Sharon Beecroft BrownThere weren’t any actual mountains on our Earth, just elevated land on some of the continents. It didn’t occur until after there was another shift in the Earth crust creating mountain ranges on certain continents along with the help of the ocean sea pressure. Ninety million years ago the ...
Views: 678 - The Age of the Dinosaurs Continues (Part Thirty-Nine) - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2021 from Sharon Beecroft Brown110,000,000 million years ago, the potentials of marine life were continuing to unfold. The sea urchin was one of the outstanding mutations of this epoch. Crabs, lobsters, and the modern types of crustaceans matured. Marked changes occurred in the fish family, a sturgeon type first appearing, ...
Views: 631 - The Later Reptilian Age (Part Thirty-Eight) - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2021 from Sharon Beecroft BrownIt was 120,000,000 years ago when a new phase of the reptilian age began. The great event of this period was the evolution and decline of the dinosaurs. Land-animal life reached its greatest development, in point of size, and had virtually perished from the face of the earth by th end of this ...
Views: 638 - Early Reptilian Age (Part Thirty-Seven) - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2021 from Sharon Beecroft BrownAround 140,000,000 years ago, suddenly and with only the hint of the two prereptilian ancestors that developed in Africa during the preceding epoch, the reptiles appeared in full-fledged form. They developed rapidly, soon yielding crocodiles, scaled reptiles, and eventually both sea serpents ...
Views: 594 - The Age of Biologic Tribulation (Part Thirty-Six) - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2021 from Sharon Beecroft BrownAround 170,000,000 ago, great evolutionary changes and adjustments were taking place over the entire face of the earth creating climatic change with great variations also incurred in the land plants. The seed plants first appeared, and they afforded a better food supply for the subsequently ...
Views: 580 - Age of the Insects (Part Thirty-Five) - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2021 from Sharon Beecroft BrownWhen I think of insects, I can’t help but remember catching little green grasshoppers in my neighbor’s yard, Debbie, as a child. We would catch them and then released them. The capturing of these insects was more for sport and anything else. Besides catching grasshoppers, we’d go after any ...
Views: 597 - The Age of Frogs (Part Thirty-Four) - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2021 from Sharon Beecroft BrownCheck out Ms. Oberne’s work, “The Birth of Jesus and Beyond.” FREE to READ available on Apple…https://books.apple.com/us/book/id1550769993 Our world continued to shift and nothing stayed the same over these millions of years allowing Earth to develop, before the first signs of man arrived. ...
Views: 571 - Silent Forests (Part Thirty-Three) - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2021 from Sharon Beecroft BrownCheck out Ms. Oberne’s work-in-progress, “The Birth of Jesus and Beyond.” FREE to READ available on Apple…https://books.apple.com/us/book/id1550769993 I found this so incredible and felt compelled to share it, which happened 230,000,000 years and so here goes: Besides changes in animal and ...
Views: 604 - The Age of the Fishes (Part Thirty-Two) - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2021 from Sharon Beecroft BrownCheck out Ms. Oberne’s work-in-progress, “The Birth of Jesus and Beyond.” FREE to READ available on Apple…https://books.apple.com/us/book/id1550769993 Anyone who has a basic understanding of Jesus, knew that our savior had been a good fisherman. Now, this gives me an opportunity to brag ...
Views: 635 - The Second Great Flood Stage (Part Thirty-One) - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2021 from Sharon Beecroft BrownCheck out Ms. Oberne’s work-in-progress, “The Birth of Jesus and Beyond.” FREE to READ available on Apple…https://books.apple.com/us/book/id1550769993 Around 300,000,000 years, our world had another bout of flooding and this revealed deposits of gas, oil, zinc, and lead from enormous ...
Views: 636 - Second Great Period of Marine Life (Part Thirty) - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2021 from Sharon Beecroft BrownCheck out Ms. Oberne’s work-in-progress, “The Birth of Jesus and Beyond.” FREE to READ. https://www.inkitt.com/stories/640601 Around 310,000,000 years ago, the animals that existed during this time period were marine organisms. No land animals had yet appeared except a few types of worms ...
Views: 631 - The First Continental Flood Stage (Part Twenty-Nine) - by Submitted on Jan 24, 2021 from Sharon Beecroft BrownCheck out Ms. Oberne’s work-in-progress, “The Birth of Jesus and Beyond.” FREE to READ. https://www.inkitt.com/stories/640601 The great flood period of all the continents, except Asia, happened 350,000,000 years ago, were completely cover with water; only the coastal highlands remained ...
Views: 619 - The Trilobite Age (Part Twenty-Eight) - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2021 from Sharon Beecroft BrownCheck out Ms. Oberne’s work-in-progress, “The Birth of Jesus and Beyond.” FREE to READ. https://www.inkitt.com/stories/640601 Around 400,000,000 years ago, the Earth’s surface was relatively quiet allowing marine life, both vegetable and animal, is well distributed over the whole world. The ...
Views: 650 - Life Begins (Part Twenty-Seven) - by Submitted on Jan 17, 2021 from Sharon Beecroft BrownCheck out Ms. Oberne’s work-in-progress, “The Birth of Jesus and Beyond.” FREE to READ. https://www.inkitt.com/stories/640601 The Life Carriers returned to Urantia 550,000,000 years ago, Urantia for three life implantations designated as: the central of Eurasian-African, the eastern or ...
Views: 694 - The Briny Deep (Part Twenty-Six) - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2021 from Sharon Beecroft BrownCheck out Ms. Oberne’s work-in-progress, “The Birth of Jesus and Beyond.” FREE to READ. https://www.inkitt.com/stories/640601 The Life Carriers returned 600,000,000 years ago to study the physical conditions of our planet, once again, to make changes and institute modifications for the basic ...
Views: 640 - The Life Carriers (Part Twenty-Five) - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2021 from Sharon Beecroft BrownCheck out Ms. Oberne’s work-in-progress, “The Birth of Jesus and Beyond.” FREE to READ. https://www.inkitt.com/stories/640601 According to the BOOK, it was 900,000,000 years ago, when a group of divine beings known as “life carriers,” examined Urantia and felt it could be adopted as Urantia ...
Views: 721 - Due to tragic events, "Where Do We Go From Here?" - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2021 from Sharon Beecroft BrownWhere do we move on from here? Words of comfort can be found in Jesus’ first sermon which he gave before the coming of his fifteenth birthday and to me it means, “Let us begin anew.” The following is part of his sermon: “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me; ...
Views: 663 - The Beginning of Earth History (Part Twenty-Four) - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2021 from Sharon Beecroft BrownCheck out Ms. Oberne’s work-in-progress, “The Birth of Jesus and Beyond.” FREE to READ. https://www.inkitt.com/stories/640601 Around a million years ago, Earth’s history begins. Earth had been given its name, Urantia, and placed on a physical registry by the powers-that-be. The real ...
Views: 652 - The Birth of Earth (Part Twenty-Three) - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2021 from Sharon Beecroft BrownCheck out Ms. Oberne’s work-in-progress, “The Birth of Jesus and Beyond.” FREE to READ. https://www.inkitt.com/stories/640601 The mass expanse of outer space has been around without a number for time. For time, itself, doesn’t really exist when a reference is made for the very beginning. ...
Views: 691 - How Our Universe Came into Existence (Part Twenty-Two) - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2020 from Sharon Beecroft BrownThe Book of Urantia is divided into four parts. Part One, which I have attempted to explain discusses outer space and how it continues to expand with super-universes, spheres, etc. Part Two, which I have not mentioned goes into more detail about the making of a super-universe and those ...
Views: 660 - Our Existence...Energy (Part Twenty-One) - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2020 from Sharon Beecroft BrownWe are all made of energy. And the only way I can best describe this is from a description made by the physician, Dr. Ben Johnson, and from the philosopher, James Arthur Ray, in their appearance in the video, “The Secret.” Dr. Ben Johnson describes energy as part of the bigger picture starting ...
Views: 594 - Our Soul (Part Twenty) - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2020 from Sharon Beecroft BrownYes, we have a soul! Our soul has a basic memory and personality. I do believe in reincarnation; otherwise, how would I know about going through life again. Right after birth, I remember being carried to my mother’s hospital bed. She was so weak and tired, and I remembered noticing her ...
Views: 599 - Our Cosmic Mind (Part Nineteen) - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2020 from Sharon Beecroft BrownAll of us possess an innate cosmic mind capable of scientific, moral, and spiritual insights. Unfortunately, only a few of us actually use all three. In many instances, it’s the way we are raised. If one is brainwashed as a child and is not able to think “outside the box,” then how will ...
Views: 566 - Only a Pebble in an Endless Sand (Part Eighteen) - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2020 from Sharon Beecroft BrownThe title doesn’t do justice in describing how tiny we are in such a vast expanse of the Cosmos. The following is what makes up outer space and believe me it is impossible to fathom. As a child I did imagine our universe and I’d get lost in it. But never could I possibly have imagined how ...
Views: 578 - True Religion (Part Seventeen) - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2020 from Sharon Beecroft BrownTrue religion, is there one? Sure, the Bible provides some kind of a framework to build upon, but that’s just it! To build upon! The Old Testament was based on a falsehood about the Universal Father as being a jealous God and we should worship him (out-of-fear). The New Testament focuses ...
Views: 596 - An Amazing Trick (Part Sixteen) - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2020 from Sharon Beecroft BrownBefore bed last night, I always bring a bottle of water and place it near my pillows. My throat gets dry during the night and it’s nice to have a sip of water. Well, m throat was dry before climbing into bed and I needed a sip. Before I could put the top back on the bottle, I lost it. I knew ...
Views: 606 - 7-7-7 (Part Fifteen) - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2020 from Sharon Beecroft BrownThe three 7s has significant meaning for many of us. It is supposed to be a sign of “good luck.” For me, it’s much more than that! My dad passed away on 7-7-7 (July 7, 2007). Dad was always into numbers and for my family 7-7-7 will always remind us of his passing. After his passing, I ...
Views: 626 - Hard to Imagine…The Universe Continues (Part Fourteen) - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2020 from Sharon Beecroft BrownWhenever I gaze at an evening sky full of bright stars, as well as those not quite as bright, it’s truly an amazing sight! I can pretend to travel among those stars and pretend I wonder what I may find. According to the BOOK, the myriads of planetary systems were all made to be eventually ...
Views: 521 - Hard to Imagine…The Universe Part Thirteen - by Submitted on Nov 28, 2020 from Sharon Beecroft BrownEven though I am reading the Book of Urantia for the second time, it’s not any different to comprehend than the first time; especially the first section. Part One, I’m currently reading discusses God and the universe using certain terms and descriptions beyond my mindset. It wasn’t until I ...
Views: 536 - Here and Now GONE! Warren! Part Twelve - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2020 from Sharon Beecroft BrownMy younger brother, Warren, and I were very close. Even though, we were living in different states, we kept in touch by having our Sunday morning talks over the cell phone. Every few years, I’d return to Florida to visit Warren but it was less often than it should have been, and that’s because ...
Views: 608 - Here and Now GONE! My Mom! Part Eleven - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2020 from Sharon Beecroft BrownMother passed away a year after Dad. Warren took care of her and I know he would always remember the time they spent together. I traveled from Virginia to Florida to see Mother lying in a hospital bed in Warren’s den. Hospice had already been involved and I was glad Warren had assistance in ...
Views: 647 - Here and Now GONE! My Dad Part Ten - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2020 from Sharon Beecroft BrownI can still remember Dad’s funeral. Since he had been a World War II Veteran and an Army Officer, he was buried at the Florida National Cemetery with full honors. The sky was a clear blue with puffy, white clouds on that day. It was the kind of day Dad would have enjoyed by sitting outside ...
Views: 576 - More About Invisible/Visible (Part Nine) - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2020 from Sharon Beecroft BrownIn a short-read I wrote about extraterrestrials. I mentioned my son, A.M. seeing an alien in the kitchen as a young boy. He had heard a noise in the kitchen and went to investigate. This event happened in the late evening when everyone was in bed. A.M. noticed a gray-colored extraterrestrial ...
Views: 606 - Visible/Invisible (Part Eight) - by Submitted on Nov 12, 2020 from Sharon Beecroft BrownJust because you can’t see something doesn’t mean it’s not there! Years ago, my brother, Warren, and I stumbled across a large circular patch of dirt in a vacant field near our home. Now, Warren and I were always going on adventures together to keep from being bored. This large circular ...
Views: 569 - Energy (Part Seven) - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2020 from Sharon Beecroft BrownWithout energy, nothing would exist. We are all a part of energy, except that each of us is a copy of the master design. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have separation of various species, such as mammals, reptiles, birds, fish, insects, and amphibians. Human beings are a copy of a master design, ...
Views: 625 - Our Body, Mind, Spirit, and More Part Six - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2020 from Sharon Beecroft BrownAs I have just read the definitions for body, mind, and spirit for the second time, it is still rather baffling to me. Our body is the physical organism. Our mind is not just how we think, feel, or perceive the world around us, but it also includes the conscious and the unconscious ...
Views: 629 - God the Supreme is Infinite Part Five - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2020 from Sharon Beecroft BrownTrying to define who God is, is beyond my ability or anyone’s for that matter. When those who speak about Science and can’t believe unless there is concrete evidence of God’s existence, do not know anything about having faith. Like God the Supreme or Divine, he is not concrete. Not everything ...
Views: 633 - Who is God? Part Four - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2020 from Sharon Beecroft BrownTo me, God is the Supreme Being, and to say more than that would become complicated and so I refer to him as the Universal Father. Our Universal Father did not come into my life or my awareness, since I knew from birth I had been reincarnated. I had to go through life again and realized this ...
Views: 620 - What is the Book of Urantia? Part Three - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2020 from Sharon Beecroft BrownWell, for starters it is not some special book used in some ritual or a cult. It was created for everyone. In fact, this book is a translation of papers having word symbols and interpreted by a group of truth revealers known as the Orvonton Corps. I’m not sure exactly who makes up the ...
Views: 649 - Who Are You? Part Two - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2020 from Sharon Beecroft Brown“Who are you?” You might ask. Well, the answer is, “a human being just like I am.” And, we are all connected. How do I know? Well, it’s in the Book of Urantia. The life carriers, messengers from our Divine God, placed life plasma on our planet, Earth, a very, very, very long time ago, as our ...
Views: 685 - Who Am I? Part One - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2020 from Sharon Beecroft BrownWho am I? I am ME! I’m a human being, a small pebble on an endless shore. At a young age, I remember staring in the bathroom mirror at my reflection, wondering who am I. My thoughts would drift into imagining how huge is the universe. Of course, at that time, I knew nothing about the Book ...
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