2006-9-27 05:43:00
Good thinking John that the future messenger with power over the bottomless pit may be female. This is a real possibility.
Hermaphrodites will not manifest during the coming age but will during the seventh root race which is millions of years in the future.
In that age the Ancient of Days will fulfill this prophecy in that cycle and will incarnate directly into the human race.
And (Satan) shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. Revelation 20:8
Gog and Magog represent the peoples of the nations of the earth who are not governed by soul contact, but by the bottomless pit of uncontrolled emotions.
This tells us of the situation after the Age of Peace has passed. The nations will return to the authority of the Dragon, or Satan, the adversary.
Notice that those who are deceived will be under the direct influence of Satan instead of the Beast and his false prophet. Why is this and what does it mean?
During the 1,000 years the teaching on true authority will so permeate consciousness that the people will be wary of placing themselves under the unearned authority of the Beast again. This causes the forces of darkness to use another tactic. Instead of using human representatives as a Beast the adversary will directly work with the "four quarters" of the earth to deceive the people. How will this happen?
At the time the great deception will begin it will be common knowledge that one should not reply on an outer authority over the inner and that the creation of a Beast in the place of the inner God should be avoided.
The trouble will come when the majority of people look within and contact the lower desire body rather than the soul. This will provide a base of contact for the Brothers of Darkness and powerful thoughtforms will be created that will send great signs, wonders and messages to deceive the masses.
It is interesting that we are told the number of the deceived "is as the sand of the sea." Most probably that will be several times the population that we have today, even taking into consideration some population reductions through a number of calamities.
These adversaries of peace shall gather the deceived together to battle the remaining forces of light. This gathering will take place in a number of ways. Part of it will be physical but much of it will be through the media in use at that time. These forces will spread all types of lies and propaganda in an attempt to destroy the light.
And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. Revelation 20:9
This could have a literal physical fulfillment to some degree, but it will definitely have a spiritual one. All attempts to corrupt and destroy the light will cause the "saints" to return fire with more light, reason, logic and wisdom through the power of the soul. The contrasts between light and darkness will become obvious and fire (enlightenment) will come down from God (the true inner God) out of heaven (higher consciousness) and devoured them (destroyed their false doctrines).
And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. Revelation 20:10
The brothers of darkness (represented by the devil) will be forced to see that their methods do not work and the light of the true disciples is superior. Because these wayward entities are divorced from the soul and refuse to change direction toward Spirit they are tormented. They cannot go forward and cannot go back. They are in limbo and their power and life force begins to unravel.
Here are the next verses:
11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
Revelation 20:11-13
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Edith Wharton (1862 - 1937), Vesalius in Zante
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