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originally posted by: ZeussusZ
a reply to: infoseeker26754
I always wondered about revelations. Then you get to the 144000 special people that get to rule with jesus. Guess which "tribes" they come from. The chosen people always find a way to be the top dogs.
originally posted by: Blue Shift
Apparently, the Revelation is pretty much agreed to be a pre-Christian Jewish text that was re-purposed to give the New Testament a more "hopeful" ending. The symbolism and cosmology is largely incongruous with the rest of the New Testament, and in some ways contradictory, presenting the returned Savior as a kind of warrior king, not the humble Son of Man who teaches us the virtue of poverty, humility and charity towards our fellow men.
But, hey. People love a good fight.
originally posted by: Milleresque
I allow me to offer a very different take to what are commonly proposed as prophesies to the end of days. It makes old John--and the Bible in particular--a far more interesting book.
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originally posted by: infoseeker26754
I find it odd that Christ Never Had a church.
originally posted by: Blue Shift
originally posted by: ZeussusZ
a reply to: infoseeker26754
I always wondered about revelations. Then you get to the 144000 special people that get to rule with jesus. Guess which "tribes" they come from. The chosen people always find a way to be the top dogs.
Yeah, but it's not all great for them. Despite what a lot of apologists and quibblers might say, Revelation pretty clearly indicates that the 144,000 have to be Jewish virgins. So there's a downside.
originally posted by: mysterioustranger
a reply to: infoseeker26754
Im just going to say Christ didnt have a church because he was a Jew. Jews dont have churches. They have synagogs-Temples. He was busy preaching around the OLD one (Temple).
He was preaching from the old Jewish scriptures. AFTER He lived and died and was Born Again...we have a newly created RELIGION...Christianity....divided into seperate beliefs of His teachings.
HIs LIFE created a new religion...and therefore, many churches. AFTERWARDS.
Which was, 'by rejecting me as Messiah, God is rejecting you as His people.'
All Christ did was Roam the streets, spreading The Word.
Pastors who teach and preach this are reading into things too literally or regurgitating Biblical commentaries.
.....It’s a little uncanny how often literal scripture reading conveys the very opposite meaning than what was intended. While most people assume Revelations is about the future, it’s really about the eternal NOW. Jesus Christ declares that he is the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, throughout this book of spiritual revelation. These phrases are indicative of the eternal NOW. The past, present, and future are of no concern to the higher self.
......It isn’t about devastation, destruction, and the end. It’s about new birth and life in the conscious experience. It’s about the purging of lower thoughts and emotions in order to awaken to our higher natures. The stigma that has come with the Book of Revelations needs to be lifted.
Let’s begin with Revelations 5:1:
“And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.”
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The backside of the book of life represents your spine. The seven seals are your seven chakras located on the spine. The book itself represents your bodies—including the etheric, emotional, and mental—manifested in the physical plane in order to spiritually evolve your soul to achieve enlightenment. The fact that the book is held by the right hand of the one on the throne is another firm clue; the right hand in scripture signifies the active, outgoing energy (kundalini), which is a spiritual evolutionary force for the soul. Whereas the right is outgoing (evolution), the left is incoming (involution). By the way, we can be sure that this “right hand” of force is undeniably speaking of kundalini based on the multiple statements throughout Revelations where 3 ½ is used. 3 ½ is a number designating dormant kundalini. You can see the article explaining this in more detail here.
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In another article on Spirit of the Scripture I have briefly discussed the meaning of angels. Angels are simply messengers of light—i.e., information, or cosmic light itself. The information provided always moves the soul into action in order to evolve. We can receive these angels, or burst of spiritual energy and information, in deep meditation. The strong angel designates a dynamo power (kundalini) rising in our bodies, up the spine and opening the chakras, or seals. Revelations speaks of them as seals because our chakras are literally somewhat sealed. When fully open, kundalini clears out the emotional baggage and subconscious blockages that hinder our spiritual growth.
revelations 9:1
And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
revelations 6:9
And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
revelations 6:10
And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
revelations 6:11
And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
revelations 9:2
And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
revelations 9:3
And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
revelations 9:4
And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
revelations 9:5
And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
revelations 9:6
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
revelations 19:11
And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
revelations 19:12
His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
revelations 19:13
And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
revelations 19:14
And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
revelations 19:15
And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
revelations 19:16
And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
revelations 19:17
And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
revelations 19:18
That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
revelations 19:19
And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.