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In a very real sense, what this structure ultimately represents, including Christian Science itself, comes to light not as something new, but as something that has already been known and been dealt with centuries ago. The specific scientific methodology of today's Christian Science may be new. The specific scientific development of thought and perception may be new, it may even be more effective in the long run. Fundamentally, however, the modern form of Christian Science as Mary Baker Eddy established it deals with the same truth that the Master had understood and practiced. It operates with the same effectiveness that the early Christians had experienced in their healing activities.
The structure for the Key of David that unfolded through Mary Baker Eddy's advance in Christian Science brings to light the same complexities that the shepherd boy, David, may have dealt with when facing Goliath, or as a young man, when he had to deal with envy and the relentless persecutions against him by King Saul who saw himself threatened by David who had been divinely anointed as King above him. The structure for the Key of David deals with the same demands that the historical David had to meet, even the tough ones as when he discovered his deep affection for Jonathan, King Saul's son, or when he became King himself and fell in love with another man's wife and caused the death of that man for the love of the woman. History tells us that King David was a great King, none-the-less. There were trials encountered, and victories, and failures coupled with deep repentance and strong spiritual growth. It seems appropriate, therefore, that Mary Baker Eddy chose a scriptural text that talks about a key of David as an identifier to point to the most central part of her outline of the scientific structure that she has presented.
In all of human history, there never was any formalized structure called the Key of David, or anything like it that could be attributed to the historical David. There existed a mental structure, however, that the historical David had created in his own consciousness through discoveries and experiences, dedication, alertness, and a keen sense of man's oneness with God. This, evidently is what Mary Baker Eddy was pointing to when she outlined that structure that represents the sum total all that she has scientifically recognized throughout the ages as evidence for what Christ Jesus referred to as "the truth."
The Key of David, therefore, appears to be that which lies beyond the advanced structure of divine Science that Mary Baker Eddy has outlined. It is that which unfolds in consciousness. The advanced structure of Science that she has outlined is a three dimensional structure, but, as said before, she also speaks of something called "the fourth dimension of Spirit," something which comprises all facets of Truth without reference to time as a present reality. This requires a whole new geometry of perception that is neither linear nor limited but represents the geometry of illimitable infinity. This is what finally may be identified as "the superstructure above the work of men's hands, even the outcome of their hearts," a superstructure that unfolds life, love, and reality, "that gives to the material a spiritual significance."*(Miscellany 6:22)
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