In the Days of Noah
A reader expressed interest in knowing more of my views on the predictions in Matthew, chapter 24.
I have written some about the scripture in question. This first quote is from The Gathering of Lights.
Concerning the gathering Jesus gave another short parable. He talked about Noah and the days of Lot where the righteous were gathered out from the unjust and prophesied of the future: “I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord?…
They wanted to know where those who are the “elect” would be taken. Unfortunately, most born again Christians teach the unrealistic doctrine that they will be raptured into heaven, but Jesus said unto them: “Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be GATHERED TOGETHER.” Luke 17:34-37 Compare Matt 24:28.
The word “body” here is a symbol of the body of Christ or a group of those with the Christ consciousness and the “eagles” are a symbol of the Israelites [enlightened ones]. In addition, there is another correspondence here. “Body” comes from the Greek SOMA which is a derivative of SOZO. SOZO is the word that is translated as “save” throughout the New Testament, but literally means deliverance.
“Eagle” comes from AETOS which is derived from AER which means flair” or “breath” and is the word from whence the modern word “air” is derived. Air is a symbol of the mind, of those who have risen above the emotional waters of life. The eagle is a symbol of freedom. The eagle flies through the air, or ‘the world of the mind and wisdom with great freedom. “Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.”. The eagle is also a symbol of a free government. AETOS is a good word to correspond to spiritual Israelites for they live in the plane of the mind and love freedom of thought.
The core meaning of the scripture could read: “Where ever deliverance or salvation is, there will the Israelites (the enlightened) be gathered together.”
Interestingly, the scriptures tell us that one of the main purposes of the gathering is deliverance, and possible physical as well as spiritual protection. How much protection we will need depends on the free will of man and the steps he takes towards peace in the near future. If he is wise then the deliverance talked of will be of a spiritual nature, but if he is not and there is a World War III or earth changes, then a physical deliverance will be necessary.
This second is from The Literal Gathering: An examination of the Greek words involved here will give us further light on the interpretation. In the scripture Jesus compares his coming with the days of Noah, that the people were unprepared then and adds: “so shall be the coming of the son of Man.” Matt 24:37 Then “two men shall be in the field; one is taken and one is left…” Luke 17:36 Two key words here are “taken” and “left”. Taken here comes from the Greek word PARALAMBANO which literally means “to accept or receive into a close relationship”. The word “left” comes from the Greek APHIEMI which literally means “to send away”. Thus if we translate the scripture according to the true meaning we have: “Then two men shall be in the field; one shall be received into full fellowship [By the Christ] and the other one shall be sent away.” This agrees with the inspired Version which says that the unworthy “should be cut off from among the people” in that day. …
This is all reiterated in the parable of the Virgins which follows the rapture scripture: “And then, at that day, before the Son of man comes, the Kingdom of Heaven shall be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps, and WENT FORTH [Gathered together] to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five of them were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps [meaning they did all things that were physically necessary] and took no oil with them [they were not spiritually prepared and depended on others for their strength]; but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps [these had the Holy Spirit and light within them]. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Then all these virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out [Stay with us and teach us for without you to lean on we cannot stand.] But the wise answered, saying, lest there not be enough for us and you, go ye rather to them that sell and buy for yourselves. [We will retrogress and loose the Spirit if we stay any longer with you. Go and find other teachers to help you prepare]. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; [Notice that he came when only the five wise virgins were gathered] and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage; and the door was shut. Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, Ye know me not. Watch therefore; for ye know neither the day not the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.” Matt 25:1-12 Inspired Ver.
Initiation
Not all will achieve the high initiations during this earth existence. DK tells us that 60% of us will graduate when these planetary lessons are finished. To achieve this, one needs to move out of emotional polarization to the mind or higher. The 40% who do not graduate will have to take many of their lessons over again on another planet while the rest will separate and move on. When this happens there still will not be a high percentage of fifth degree initiates but much more than now. As more people become initiates the circumstances for initiation may change some but the moving forward in consciousness will be essentially the same.
After the disciple has successfully circumvented the fourth initiation, he has released himself from attachment which is the cause of most pain and from that point on doesn’t suffer the regular pain of humanity – unless he is in a mortal body. In that case, he is subject to normal physical discomforts.
Common Sense
This account may help explain to the unthinking why it makes no sense to borrow money the way our nation does.
Mr. Brown wanted to get a lot of stuff but he didn’t have the money to fulfill all his desires. Then he received a credit card with no limit. The only negative was he had to pay the interest.
To get all the stuff he wanted he borrowed 40 cents for each dollar he spent and paid off none of the principle, but only the interest. After a time, he approached a crisis where even paying the interest was difficult and sought for advice.
A friend told him that he must cut back on his spending and work toward balancing his budget. He should work toward paying for his desired stuff as he goes. The cutbacks will be difficult but necessary.
Brown tried this for a while and found himself struggling so he blamed his friend for giving bad advice.
Mr. Brown sought out another friend. This friend sympathized with him and said, “I like lots of stuff too so I’d say don’t cut back but spend more than ever. The future will take care of itself.”
Mr. Brown liked this idea and spent like crazy.
Finally, the credit card company became alarmed and cut off his credit. He could borrow no more. Furthermore, they demanded not only the interest, but payment on the principle.
This time Mr. Brown had to make real cutbacks. He had to stop buying all his goodies and this life was miserable.
On reflection he blamed his second friend as a crazy man and recognized the first as the wise one.
You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. – Ray Bradbury
Dec 3, 2012
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