2006-5-20 06:19:00
My Friends,
It's time to get back to finishing my book on Revelations. Even so I will add new principles now and then until the list is fairly substantial.
I really had to shake off the cobwebs and get back into the right mindset to tackle Revelations again. It takes a lot of spiritual energy to give intelligent commentary on this.
And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. Revelation 14:17
This is the second being having a sharp sickle. The first was the Christ self, the "Son of man," who was commanded by an angel to reap. Now a second angel comes out of the temple having another sharp sickle.
And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe. Revelation 14:18
Now still another angel comes forth, but from the altar and has power over fire. This angel commands the second angel with the sickle to reap.
The first angel reaps from the earth, but the second reaps from the "clusters of the vine of the earth." The first angel comes from the temple. The second also comes from the temple, but is directed by an angel from the fiery alter within the temple. What does this mean?
The first angel uses the soul infused lower self (the temple) to reach earthy or practical people through the Christ consciousness. He gathers them with his sharp sickle or powerful words presented in the wisdom of the spirit. The practical people of the earth listen to spiritual wisdom presented in a logical earthly manner and are gathered into a higher consciousness or methods of thinking.
The second angel is directed by the angel of the fire of sacrifice to reap from the fruit of the vine.
What is the difference between reaping from the earth and the vine? The simple answer is one is dead and the other alive. Technically, the earth is not dead, for it is the source of life, but a vine is organic and much further along in the evolution of life than earth.
The fruit which is reaped by the second angel with the sickle are those who are "alive in Christ" and are living conduits of the fiery energy from God. These are those who allowed living seeds to be planted in their hearts and minds and made them grow until they enjoyed the fruits of spiritual life.
The fact that the angel giving the command to reap was from the sacrificial fiery alter in the temple tells us that the gathering of fruit requires sacrifice from true servants, but the fire of the spirit will be a means of recognizing them.
The scripture continues:
19And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
Revelation 14:19-20
The first group who were of the earth were touched by the spiritual wisdom and seeds were planted in them to mature later. The second group were living vines. These produced fruit that was gathered at the end of an age to prepare for the new. After they were gathered they were "cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God."
What does this mean? When the lights of the earth are gathered tremendous pressure ensues similar to that required to press the juice out of grapes. Those gathered will have difficulty in adjusting to each other and then unifying enough to deal with outside threats. This pressure is symbolized here as the "wrath of God." It is not literally God pouring out his wrath, but will seem like it to those who are involved.
For instance in the gathering of Israelites by Moses the people first had many conflicts with each other that had to be resolved before they could fight their outward enemies. The same goes for those who gathered to America from Europe. They had many conflicts with each other they had to work through before they could think of fighting the British.
The gathering to come will have similar difficulties and the pressure created will unify the group life so it flows as one life or one stream of juice from many grapes. This thought was symbolized by our motto "E Pluribus Unum" or "out of the many, one."
This process occurred "without the city." The city was the place that was supposed to be holy but crucified their Lord. What was holy in one age is avoided in a future time and in each new gathering the lights must come together in a place not recognized as holy by those with backward looking eyes.
The scripture ends with these curious words: "...and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs."
Why does it say blood rather than juice? Because blood is a symbol of spiritual life--and look how much of it came forth. It came clear up to the horse bridles covering a distance of around 200 miles or about the length of Palestine.
Now, the fact that we will never see that much literal blood in one place merely tells us that the end result of the gathering of lights will be an increase of life in the spirit that will be beyond our ability to measure or comprehend.
Next we read:
1And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.
2And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
3And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
4Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
Revelation 15:1-4
Legend tells us the Holy Grail is a chalice - a cup. But the Grail's description as a chalice is actually an allegory to protect the true nature of the Holy Grail...The Grail is literally the ancient symbol for womanhood and the Holy Grail represents the sacred feminine and the goddess, which of course has now been lost, virtually eliminated by the Church.
--The Da Vinci Code
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