The Sixth Seal, Part 2

2005-4-23 06:55:00

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

Great job on interpretation, my friends. Here is my take.

Notice who wanted to hide themselves. The scripture starts out by naming the important people of the earth, the kings, great men, rich men, chief captains and mighty men.

When an inspired idea or thought is revealed from the opening of the sixth seal the powerful are the ones who are most alarmed when it is introduced to the public consciousness.

But then the verse throws in every man who is bond and free which would include the general population. When the leaders of the people become alarmed then the rank and file soon follow suit. Those affected would be the vast majority, and they are afraid, but of what?

What have they witnessed? They have seen one of their own reject the orthodox way of things and have seen his belief system completely altered and replaced by one that is blasphemous and sacrilegious. If accepted it will shatter the foundations of their own beliefs.

An example in history would be when Galileo invented the telescope and discovered that the earth is not the center of the universe. All the great and mighty men became alarmed and soon the rank and file joined in.

These fearful ones are not limited to the religious people but those in all walks of life are effected. For instance, when Velikosky presented his views of worlds in collision almost every scientist who examined his work became alarmed and fought against him being able to publish his work.

And today, if a scientist presents an alternative to the orthodox Big Bang theory or most anything Einstein taught he is attacked.

The scripture says these men are hiding. What are they hiding from? They are not hiding from the disciple but from the word of truth, or the revelation through the Christ (soul) energies he represents.

They attacked Galileo, but they hid from the truth he revealed. It terrified them to think it could ever be accepted.

Where did they hide?

In the dens (caves) and under the rocks of the mountains.

A cave is a symbol of consciousness and a mountain is a symbol of a government, church or belief system.

Those presented with a truth so powerful that it causes their fixed stars (beliefs) to fall will hide from facing that truth by retreating into a state of consciousness (caves) that does not accept new truth. They will then reinforce this "protection" from truth by calling on the authority of their church, government or organization to shield or cushion them from the revelation. They will hide, or identify with the system to delay facing the truth.

Then what happens? They try to hide, but the truth just does not go away. The idea that the earth is not the center of the universe continues to spread and keeps coming back to haunt those who hide. So, do they come out of hiding and examine the facts and see where they lead? Not hardly. Instead they cry:

"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:"

They appeal to the authorities: "Protect us from this blasphemer. Lock him up, burn him at the stake, banish all those bearing the truth. Save us from having to face it."

What wrath are they afraid of?

If the common people see their leaders were wrong and those they persecuted are correct, then the followers will be angry with their leaders for misleading them.

But then time passes and the world sees that the earth does indeed circle around the sun and there are other planets even larger than the earth. The day of reckoning finally comes and the truth must be faced. The powerful then exclaim:

"For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?"

Who shall be able to stand against a truth revealed and seen in the light of Christ or the soul?

No one.

The revelation continues:

And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. Revelation 7:1-4

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