Alpha Omega

The Holy Bible warns one to beware that Judgement Day will come when it is least expected.

One has a similar warning of the approaching fulfillment from the second epistle of St. Peter, the chief of the apostles.

Our Lord Jesus Christ also warned all the children of God to be watchful and to be ready for the Second Coming.

The entire book of the Revelations of St. John the Apostle deals with those events that are to precede Judgement Day and the Second Coming. The Holy Bible tells the children of God that when they see the signs spoken of in this apocalyptic revelation “come to past,” then they should know that Judgement Day and the Second Coming are imminent.

Many people believe that the signs prophesied by St. John have already been fulfilled. Others believe that these revelations are now being fulfilled. Still, many others are looking to the future. Most of these latter individuals are all waiting for the coming of the great antichrist. Because of all these beliefs, many individuals have taken it upon themselves to interpret St. John’s book of Revelations.

It is for this purpose that one now comes to the main reason this trilogy was written. It is to warn the children of God so that they will be ready when our Lord comes to rescue their souls. The purpose of this trilogy is to reveal to the children of God those mysteries of St. John’s apocalyptic revelation and to reveal the secrets of the prophecy of Daniel that deal with the coming of Judgement Day and the Second Coming.

Our Lord revealed this information to several different people, all living in separate areas and all living at different times. One should note that the total information of these revelations was not understood by any one person before it was revealed by our Lord and before it had “come to pass.”

That is, no one would understand the event before the event was fulfilled. No one understood or foresaw any of these events until after the event happened. This was to fulfill the Holy Scriptures, for God told the prophet Daniel that no one would understand the words until the appointed time.

What is meant here is that many will read this prophecy and other prophecies concerning Judgement Day and the Second Coming but will not understand their interpretation. Although mankind will gain much knowledge, the meaning of these passages will be lost to man because God has “sealed up” the interpretation until the time that our Lord has appointed for their understanding to be given.

St. Paul the apostle wrote explaining when the appointed time was to come. He proclaimed that the great antichrist was to be revealed by the Holy Spirit, not by man because mankind does not love truth. Hence, many would not recognize him when he comes, because they believe in lies.

The revolt that St. Paul predicts in the third verse of his letter is the science revolution that began with the book de Revolutionibus, by Nicolaus Copernicus. Science has seemingly been opposing the Holy Scriptures since the publication of this book. However, as one has learned from the first book of this trilogy, science is not opposed to what the bible proclaims. The teachings of science and the Holy Bible just have different methods of explaining the same creation process. Science and the Holy Bible cannot contradict each other for they both proclaim the truth.

St. Paul also writes that the great antichrist will not be revealed until our Lord reveals him. This is because Jesus Christ will not allow man to understand those particular verses in the Holy Scriptures that foretell of his coming until after the great antichrist is finished his work. This is what is revealed in six, seven and eight. “That he may be revealed in his time . . . until he be taken out of the way.”

Our Lord will not allow mankind to understand these verses because mankind does not believe in truth; man believes in lies. After his ministry is completed, the Spirit of God will reveal the great antichrist and all his religious beliefs.

In verse eight one reads that our Lord will kill him. This is not meant to be interpreted as a physical death. Rather, it is the death of his religious beliefs and teachings (that are founded in lies) by the propagation of truth. It is the teaching of the exclusive divinity of Jesus Christ, which lights up the night and gives a death blow to Satan and all his wicked lies. Hence our Lord will kill the teachings of the antichrist with the Spirit of His mouth.

A word of caution must be noted about this individual. He will come (indeed has already come and gone) disguised as an angel of light (2Cor.11:14) in an attempt to get mankind to establish peace on earth. The great antichrist wanted mankind to forget about God and religion but come together in peace by obeying the law of love to one’s neighbor.

Which is true. If everyone obeys the Golden Rule (Mt.7:12) by being truthful and just with their neighbor — tempering truth with wisdom and justice with mercy — then peace will be established on earth. But if an individual does not have God in this life, then such a person will not have peace in the world to come.

This is how the great antichrist deceived many individuals. He tried to get mankind to live in peace but at the same time he tricked many souls into believing in religious falsehoods. He did not believe in God and he attempted to get all those who followed him to also quit believing in God.

One should also note that many individuals are claiming to denounce the rise of a future, Hitler-type antichrist who will use military might, police states and esoteric wisdom in order to force the world to follow him. But this cannot be, for the bible makes it very clear that mankind will follow the great antichrist willingly. Mankind will not be forced to follow nor forced to believe in the great antichrist. Mankind loves not the truth and will believe in lies out of free will.

Nor did St. John write that the great antichrist would be overthrown by a man. He will not be denounced before his public ministry is finished by some pseudo-Christian, quack evangelist claiming to point out a rising Hitler-type dictator. Rather, it is the Spirit of our Lord (2Thes.2:8) who will reveal the great antichrist after he finishes his public ministry (2Thes.2:6-7).

Also, by claiming to be God (2Thes.2:4) it is evident that the great antichrist did not seek preeminence in a political kingdom on earth. Thus, he will not be denounced by some “television evangelist” pointing out a Hitler-type antichrist seeking a position of authority in any government.

No one will discover the great antichrist or have a complete understanding of the various apocalyptic revelations because no one will be worthy enough. While the great antichrist was propagating his beliefs, everyone was looking in the wrong directions for the answers to their problems. Instead of looking at their own sins and the past, everyone looked at everybody else’s sins and the future. This is not humility, which it takes in order to understand the word of God. Thus, no one will be worthy enough to receive this information and unveil the mysteries contained in these revelations.

St. Paul, quoting the thirteenth Psalm in his letter to the Romans, also recognized that no one is worthy enough to understand God’s word.

One may therefore assume that it will take a special call by our Lord, along with divine guidance and revelation, in order to reveal the great antichrist and the other hidden mysteries of St. John’s Revelation and the apocalyptic revelations of the prophet Daniel.

This is not to insinuate that the person to whom these mysteries were revealed is a gifted child of God or that this person should be appraised as special. This person is just another servant of our Lord who does not desire to be considered above this position. Just as the prophet Amos was a simple herdsman tending his flock, so also at the time of his call this person was a simple workman, seeking the pleasures of this world instead of seeking God. Thus, he too is unworthy to reveal this revelation.

One also learns from the book of Revelations that Jesus Christ, giving His message to St. John through the servant of our Lord, said not to keep the revelation a secret.

This is just the opposite of what He told the prophet Daniel (Dan.12:4). Our Lord revealed with Daniel that the words would remain sealed until the appointed time. Then through the Holy Spirit, He revealed to St. John that he was not to seal the words of his revelation. That is, the prophecy was not to keep a secret.

This is not a contradiction. As each event comes to pass, our Lord will reveal it to someone and this person will give this knowledge to the other children of God. Hence, each event will remain hidden until after it comes to pass, then it will be revealed. It is written “the time is at hand,” (Rev.1:3) because the time has come for the revelations to be revealed.

What is revealed here is that at the time of its original writing, the book of Revelations was revealing events of its past, events of its present and events of its future. Some of the events that are described by St. John happened before he wrote his prophetic book and some of the events he wrote about were happening while he was writing his revelation. But most of the events were of his future.

Those prophecies of St. John’s past and his present that he wrote about, as well as those events of his immediate future, were revealed by God to His servants over the passing years. All this type of information was gathered from biblical footnotes, dictionaries, encyclopedias, history books and other such sources.

Those mysteries that concern today’s current events were gathered from the various news media that are available to anyone living today: books, magazines, radio, newspapers, television and other such sources.

One should note that none of the prophecies of either St. John or the prophet Daniel were revealed before they occurred. They were all revealed after they came to pass, after they were fulfilled. This is because “there is not any man just” and therefore worthy enough to reveal these mysteries.

Also, it is doubtful whether those servants of God who revealed or fulfilled the mysteries of St. John in the past even knew that they were prophesied about in his revelation. For example, the two witnesses of chapter eleven did not know that they were fulfilling prophecy. They were just two children of God trying to do His will by attempting to establish peace on earth.

Finally, the fact that all this information came to the servant of our Lord in a manner that is available to anyone proves that he is not special in any way. He is just another child of God who wishes to be thought of in that manner.

In attempting to interpret the Apocalypse of St. John one must understand who, what and where it is written about. Although the revelation is written about the Jews, Jerusalem and Babylon, what these terms mean once interpreted are the Christians, the Holy City of Rome and an anti-God government, respectively. The entire population of this nation will not be against God, but many of its local, regional and national leaders are anti-God.

The henchmen of this nation are using subtle laws and inconsequential regulations; they are using dishonest police and corrupt courts; they are using political influence and economic coercion; and they are using social blackmail and peer pressure in order to unjustly deny the children of God their basic human rights.

The ungodly leaders of this nation accomplish this under the disguise of seeking freedom and justice for all the citizens, when in reality they are only seeking to enrich themselves at the expense of the less affluent children of God.

But above all this, the ungodly military, political and business leaders of this nation are seeking to draw the nations of the world into a war in which they believe they will emerge victorious and in a position of absolute control over the whole world. However, this war will hurl mankind into a pit, a dark hour from whence only God can save humanity.

Hence, this nation has become a Babylon; a name that is synonymous with any nation that seeks to persecute the children of God and to destroy that which is God’s.

In attempting to interpret the book of Revelations one must also understand that it is a book of symbolism for actual people and events. The angels mentioned are servants of our Lord and the description of them is symbolic for their messages from our Lord to the children of God.

Nor is the book of Revelations an apocalyptic horror story, as many individuals seem to believe. It was never intended to reveal esoteric wisdom or any other type of hidden knowledge. For the most part, it is a story about everyday twentieth century events as seen through the eyes of a first century apostle of Jesus Christ.

For example, the great antichrist is described as a seven-headed beast. But one knows that such an animal does not exist in this world. It should be obvious that this description is symbolic for an ungodly individual or individuals.

Finally, one must not forget that our Lord uses everyday events and normal courses of action, not sensationalism, in order to reveal His message. Thus, the book of Revelations is about normal events.

One should further note that there are some chapters that overlap and some of the events are described before other events that preceded them in time. For example, in chapter seven and again in the beginning of chapter fourteen the Lamb of God appears on Mount Zion with 144,000 children of God at His side. Also, it appears that Babylon is destroyed twice, once in the eighth verse of the fourteenth chapter and then again in chapter eighteen.

Anyone attempting to interpret St. John’s revelation must be able to explain this juxtaposition of events or their interpretation is not of God.

Nor was this apocalyptic revelation revealed to our Lord’s servant in 1, 2, 3 order. It was revealed in order of importance. The first thing revealed to our Lord’s servant was the identity of the great antichrist. The last thing revealed to him was the identity of the three kings overthrown by the little, big horn.

Jesus Christ revealed the prophecy of St. John in this manner in order to confuse the proud in the conceit of their hearts (Lk.1:51) and to ensure to the children of God that anyone professing to have the interpretation would give the one that God wanted given, not a private interpretation.

Thus, anyone professing to interpret this prophetic book must be able to explain the symbolism and the overlay of the chapters or their interpretation was not gotten from our Lord.

Also, many have noted that St. John uses many symbolisms that are also found in the Old Testament. The reason for this is that God was using St. John’s own knowledge and beliefs about the world in which he lived in order to reveal to him the mysteries that are in the book of Revelations. Much of St. John’s knowledge came from the Old Testament. Hence, there are a number of similarities between the book of Revelations and the prophets.

Finally, and most importantly, any interpretation of St. John’s Apocalypse must be a religious teaching. For God our Father seeks to establish truth on earth. He does not want a political kingdom. Thus, any interpretation of the Revelation of St. John must help God establish truth, not build a political empire.

The interpretation presented in this book is an interpretation of history and current events from the point of view of religion. It is in no way an attempt to slander or to discredit anybody, either politically, socially, economically or morally. Many individuals are mentioned herein because their religious beliefs and actions are anti-God and oppressive to the children of God. Others are mentioned because their religious beliefs and actions are helping to establish truth and justice on earth.

This book is not an attempt to defame or exalt anyone, to change the morals or beliefs of anyone or to offend or flatter anyone. It is not an attempt to overthrow any government, church or organization. Nor is it an attempt to bring anyone or any organization, church or government into a position of political power anywhere in the world. It is an interpretation of history from a religious point of view and an attempt to establish the truth about St. John’s book of Revelations. That is all it is, an interpretation of history and nothing more.

No one will be forced, persuaded or coerced in any way into believing this interpretation. Those who believe what it reveals will do so because they want to and those who do not believe it will not do so because of their own beliefs.

One’s religious and philosophical beliefs and morals are between themselves and God. No one — absolutely no one — has the right to use pressure tactics, intensive persuasion or any type of coercion in order to get another person to change their beliefs.

The only acceptable method of getting someone to change their beliefs is by calmly asking that person to do so or by making a request to a friend to quietly intercede on one’s behalf, then by living a good life and setting a good example for the hopeful convert to follow. But if this fails, then one can only pray to God our Father in the hope that the person will change their beliefs (Mt.18:15-17).

The only time one has the right to interfere with another’s beliefs is when the propagation of those beliefs is causing harm or potential harm to others, especially children. Even then, one can only use the courts and proper courtroom procedures to stop a person from propagating these types of harmful beliefs.

Those who would choose violence in order to force others to follow their beliefs are not doing the will of God, for violence begets violence and is not of God. A person is not justified in the use of non-peaceful methods of propagating the word of God. For a person cannot draw souls to God by disobeying the law and ignoring the rights of others.

Therefore, this book will not force anyone to follow its philosophy or force anyone to believe what it teaches. One only prays that truth will prevail.

Before beginning to actually interpret the Apocalypse, one should note that St. John’s entire prophecy is not recopied within this book, as are the opening chapters of Genesis in the first book of this trilogy. However, the more important verses of each chapter of St. John’s Revelation and those of the prophecy of Daniel are recopied herein as each verse is interpreted. For the most part, the verses are just given a reference as they are interpreted.

One may therefore wish to follow along in their own bible and read those verses that are referenced and compare them with the interpretation presented herein.

Alpha Omega

An Introduction