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"And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done." (Revelation 16:17)
This last great labor done by the disciples of Christ concerns the pouring out of the vial of spiritual passion into the air. Air is a symbol of the mind and in this case it is the highest part of the mind to which humanity can respond. This is the mind that recognizes pure reason, logic and common sense. This aspect of the mind opens the door to the intuition, or soul contact, and leads to spiritual understanding.
When the disciples of the Master are no longer divided, but rise up to the plane of the higher mind and present the great work before the masses as a united whole then a great voice comes out of the temple of heaven saying "it is done." The temple of heaven represents the door to the soul and spirit. When the disciples teach with unity the pure words of spirit and "walk the walk" as well as "talk the talk," then the mission of the Christed one has run its course.
Christ came and made a great impact, but the work was suppressed and drowned out by false disciples and prophets. Even so, the message and the work was revived again and again by a handful of true disciples over thousands of years until the seventh angel releases his vial. Finally, the cumulative power of the spiritual force bears fruit and the truth of the message is presented so clearly with the higher mind and with light and love that those in the mind can no longer deny the truth.
"And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great." (Revelation 16:18)
There were voices (great teachers) and thunders (great awakenings) and lightnings (great revelations) until there was the greatest earthquake ever seen.
An earthquake is a symbol of a person's false belief system being broken apart, paving the way for a new one. At the consummation of the work of Christ and his disciples success will finally come and many will see the illusion that held them bound and let it go. Others though will want to hold on to the old insecure earth and not let go.
"And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath." (Revelation 16:19)
The great city is Babylon. As we said earlier, this symbolizes confusion of the masses which is caused by corrupt communication. The higher mind used by the seventh angel communicates in principles and through the soul, but those in Babylon communicate through the lower nature in black-and-white facts and data. This leads to many interpretations and the fighting of one interpretation against another.
When Babylon is presented with the higher communion of Eternal Words through the communication of true principles she is divided into three parts.
What does this mean?
What are the three parts?
The three parts are: first, the conservative polarity; secondly, the so-called liberal stance, and; third, those few who see the whole truth is never found completely on one side or the other, but must be discerned through good judgment.
The scripture continues: "And the cities of the nations fell...."
The cities of the nations represent many different belief systems and ideologies where there is a polarity of one side against another.
In politics it is one party against another.
In religion it is one sect against another.
In commerce it is one business against another.
In world affairs it is one nation against another, etc.
In the New Age brought by the Prince of Peace and his disciples the focus will be taken away from mean spirited competition and refocused on cooperation and the cities (polarized systems) will fall and be transformed.
Those who do not cooperate will receive "the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath."
"And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found." (Revelation 16:20)
An island represents a group of people living under a very separative belief system. When general humanity realizes that no man or organization is an island then many will drop their separative beliefs.
Mountains here represent the kingdoms of the world which rule men with great authority or tyranny. These will eventually cease to be and be replaced with governments allowing for the freedom of the human spirit.
"And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent (hundred pounds): and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great." (Revelation 16:21)
Hail represents destructive force that Light, Love and Truth have upon the foundations of illusion. Truth, as wonderful as it is to the seeker, is as dreaded as a great plague of hail by one whose foundation is built upon sand instead of rock.
When people curse the truth they are in reality cursing God, because God is the foundation of all true principles.
The next verses are:
1 "And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
2 "With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3 "So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 "And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 "And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6 "And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration."
(Revelation 17:1-6)
You are welcome to interpret.
Global Warming Enlightenment
"'Next they'll bring out a chart showing a football field. And they'll say, Imagine the composition of the Earth's atmosphere as a football field. Most of the atmosphere is nitrogen. So, starting from the goal line, nitrogen takes you all the way to the seventy-eight yard line. And most of what's left is oxygen. Oxygen takes you to the ninety-nine yard line. Only one yard to go. But most of what remains is the inert gas argon. Argon brings you within three and a half inches of the goal line. That's pretty much the thickness of the chalk stripe, folks. And how much of that remaining three inches is carbon dioxide? One inch. That's how much CO2 we have in our atmosphere. One inch in a hundred yard football field.'
"She paused dramatically, then continued, 'Now, ladies and gentlemen of the jury,' she said, 'you are told that carbon dioxide has increased in the last fifty years. Do you know how much it has increased, on our football field? It has increased by three-eighths of an inch--less than the thickness of a pencil.'"
(From "State of Fear," Page 387, by Michael Crichton)
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