The Sixth Seal

2005-4-22 06:28:00

The next text to examine is:

And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. Revelation 6:12-14

It takes a brave soul to interpret the Book of Revelations. Ruth, Melva and Blayne all gave some great thoughts on the above verses. One interesting development is that the interpretation I see and the group sees is becoming more similar. This I attribute to our group consciousness tuning into the Oneness Principle.

I do not have time to elaborate on the comments of individuals but some will see overlap.

At the sixth seal the ajna center is open and active. This is the center between the eyebrows often called the third eye. This correlates to the point in the Spiritual Triad called Buddhi and is related to the intuition. It is at this point that the disciple becomes a true Seer and sees into the world of ideas and begins to understand the principle of direct knowing, or the Oneness Principle.

As the disciple sees directly into the world of knowing, or the understanding of principles he bypasses the power of the beast or the authorities of the world. At this moment there is "a great earthquake."

The earthquake occurs on two fronts.

As the disciple receives personal revelation the earth is pulled out from under his feet and his old belief system crumbles until it is completely destroyed. After the quake he has to build anew.
All those around him are also shaken. Friends, family, teachers and associates quake before him as he rejects and old ways and beliefs and teaches the new.

and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair.

The earth was the foundation of his belief system and the Sun here was the light that guided him in the past. As the disciple tunes into the Oneness Principle the truth he finds is often completely upside down from that which he previously believed. That which was a light (sun) to him in the past is now darkness, black as sackcloth, and has no further light to offer him.

and the moon became as blood.

The moon symbolizes his past emotional support, his enjoyments and his possessions. These were a reflection of the light that guided him in the past. Now that light has failed him he no longer sees a gentile, soft comforting light reflected by the moon. Blood here symbolizes the life principle expressed as anger. The disciple no longer has comforting emotional support but encounters anger at every turn because of his new vision. Friends and family feel betrayed because he is no longer one of them, his past enjoyments lose their luster and he will often lose all or a good portion of his possessions.

And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.

The earth, the moon and the sun all move, but the stars are fixed in their position and never seem to move out of their course. The stars symbolize those things in the disciples belief system that he thought were extremely secure and could be depended on 100%. Now the disciple has penetrated the buddhic world of knowing even these secure stars seem to be falling to the ground, and not just one or two, but as figs falling from a tree in a wind.

The disciples view of God, Christ, prophets, the universe, creation all fall and he discovers that before his eyes were opened he really knew nothing. He starts anew and discovers a new heaven and new earth, one closer to reality.

And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

The stars fall and as they are removed from their place it appears that heaven is rolled up. A new heaven is revealed. This is new knowledge, a direct knowing through the Oneness Principle. Mountains and Islands (as Blayne indicated) symbolize kingdoms, governments, belief systems that separate us. As the disciple moves into the understanding of the Oneness Principle all separation is moved out of its place and replaced by a knowing of oneness of all life and the brotherhood of man.

The next scripture to examine is:

And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? Revelation 6:15-17

We are just tenants on this world. We have just been given a new lease, and a warning from the landlord. Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - ), 2010