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Before continuing, one must note that the preceding interpretation of the Apocalypse is not an attempt to force the state to obey the laws of religion. Nor is this interpretation an attempt to make one person’s religious views the law of the land. Governments must be based upon the rule of law, not upon the rule of men or upon the opinions of men. The preceding is an interpretation of the history of the world from the Renaissance up to the end of the 20th Century from a theological perspective. That is all it is, nothing else is implied.

The events that St. John describe henceforth pertain to the future and Judgement Day and the new earth that God will create for all His faithful children.

St. John begins the nineteenth chapter of his revelation by describing the praises of all the saints (v.1-3) who have overcome Satan. They give glory to Jesus Christ for having judged Babylon as she so richly deserved. In verse four, one sees the twenty-four ancients and the four evangelists giving homage to God.

Then in the fifth verse the Holy Spirit tells all the children of God to give thanks to our Lord. In the sixth verse they do so in unison, proclaiming His greatness. Hence, there is one voice of many waters. Then in the seventh and eighth verses they proclaim that the time has arrived for the marriage of Jesus Christ and His bride. She has clothed herself with fine linen manifesting the cleanliness of the souls of the saints.

In verse nine the angel who is giving this revelation to St. John tells him to write: Blessed are they that are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb. He also tells St. John that these words of God are true. The message here is that the children of God can rejoice for they have been called to heaven where they will never again be hungry or want of anything. The children of God know that this is true because they know that God’s promise to be with them is not and empty promise, for God never lies.

In verse ten St. John falls down to adore the angel who is telling him all this but the angel stops him, telling him that he is just another servant of our Lord. This angel was adored by St. John not because of anything the angel did or said. St. John mistook the angel’s glory for the greatness of God.

But the glory is not his. Rather, the glory is the dignity to which his message raises the souls of all the children of God. That is, all children of God are made to the image and likeness of God. The souls of all children of God are a trinity, consisting of a spiritual head, a spiritual body and spirit. This trinity cannot be divided except by mortal sin and is explained in the second book of this trilogy.

Next, St. John sees heaven opened with Jesus Christ sitting upon a white horse (v.11). This is the same man and horse that is in chapter six, verse two, only now He is finished conquering. He is called faithful and true because he does not lie and by teaching truth He overcomes all His enemies.

His eyes are as a flame of fire representing His wisdom and the diadems on His head (v.12) represent the many kingdoms He has conquered by teaching truth. He is sprinkled with blood (v.13) symbolizing the blood He shed in order to save the souls of all those who desire to believe in truth. The armies that follow Him (v.14) are symbolic for all those souls who believe in truth. His name, Word of God, is the truth. He is the King of kings and the Lord of lords.

The angel standing in the sun (v.17) represents our Mother Mary, who has a special protection from God. She calls all the children of God to our Lord’s Supper. The birds mentioned in verses seventeen and eighteen represent the spirits of all those who have ever gone to heaven and all those who will ever go to heaven. The flesh they eat (v.18) symbolizes all the evil that they overcame while in this physical world. Those who persecuted the saints will be destroyed by truth and justice.

Then in the nineteenth verse Satan, the beast, and all his unholy followers gather to war against God and His army, who are the faithful children of God. But the beast, the false prophet, and all the ungodly henchmen of sin are slain by the Word of God (v.20-21). Which is to say that the truth (the sword of God) proved that the teachings and beliefs of the henchmen of Satan are nothing but lies and offer nothing but injustice.

Thus, will our Lord divide the sheep from the goats (Mt.25:32-33). He will call His followers to join Him and all those who rejected Him by believing in lies and injustices will receive the second death.

Chapter twenty starts with St. John describing an angel coming down from heaven having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. The angel represents the Blessed Virgin Mary. The key with which She locks up the evil one (v.2) is the key of truth, the word of God. Her chain is symbolic for Her Rosary. The seal that She sets upon Satan (v.2) is the cross of Jesus Christ, Her Holy Son.

The one thousand years that the devil will be bound in his bottomless pit (v.3) is not to be taken literally. This “one thousand years” is symbolic for an extremely long period of time; only God knows the actual length of time. It could be for as long as ten or twenty million years or more. One cannot emphasize to too much: The one thousand years is only a symbolic length of time, representing an extremely long period of time. It is not meant to be taken literally.

Many people all over the Christian world became very frightened and believed that the world was coming to an end when the year 1,000 A.D. came and again when the year 2,000 A.D. came. They took all kinds of precautions to protect themselves from the wrath of God. But nothing happened! January 1, 1000, was just another day as was January 1, 2,000. This is just another example of how those who do not have their complete faith in God fall victims to the lies and deceptions of Satan and his henchmen.

During these one thousand years of peace the children of God will reign with our Lord (v.4-6). This is the first resurrection in which the damned do not take part (v.5). During this time period our Lord will teach each of His children of the many secrets of God. This will be at each one’s own ability to learn and grow. As each child learns all the secrets of God, they will ascend to the Father.

They will learn and grow without the hindrances of pride, envy, greed, sloth, prejudice, chauvinism, intolerance and the other byproducts of unbelief, despair and hate that this present universe is guided by. This is because the children of God will look to reason and logic to solve their problems, not superstition and conjecture as did ancient man.

God’s children will follow the will of the majority and offer equal representation and justice to everyone, not the precarious whims of ungodly monarchs, unholy shamans, and greedy merchants and businessmen. They will build upon knowledge and truth based upon facts, not upon the ignorance and lack of education that peoples of times past built upon. God’s children will depend on faith, hope and love of God.

After the last child of God has learned all the secrets of God, then the “one thousand years” of peace will come to an end.

One should note that all will not rise from the dead at the same time. But, as St. Paul has written (1Cor.15:23), everyone in their own order. Each child of God will rise one at a time, incorruptible and immortal (1Cor.15:50-53). Jesus Christ will descend from heaven just as He left it at His ascension. Appearing with Him will be Mary, His Holy Mother. He will call to His brethren to wake up and to arise to greet the new day and give praise and thanks to God our Father.

The first to rise from the dead will be the last person to meet physical death with a perfected love in their soul (1Thes.4:15). This will continue until the very first person to have a perfected love will have risen from the dead. One is not sure who this latter person is but it could be Henoch of Genesis. Rising with these saints will be those who suffered martyrdom for their faith.

Then will begin the resurrection of all those who died in the state of grace but with unperfected love in their soul. The spiritually strongest will arise before the spiritually weakest and the spiritually oldest before the youngest. This will continue until the spiritually weakest and youngest soul will have risen from the dead.

Finally, the last to rise from the dead will be all those who died with clean but unabsolved sin upon their soul. This too will be the strongest and oldest before the weakest and youngest.

For those with unwashed mortal sin upon their soul, death is an unbeatable foe. They will not have the strength to rise from the dead when Jesus Christ comes to call the children of God. Thus, our Lord will prove that even the weakest and youngest child of God has power over sin and death.

One should also note that in the omnipresence of God, Jesus Christ is now ascending into heaven and He is descending back to earth again in what one could call “a twinkling of an eye.” Just as His Resurrection from the dead is from all eternity to all eternity, so also His ascension into heaven and descent from heaven is from all eternity to all eternity. Thus, in God’s omnipresence our Lord is now calling all the children of God to arise with Him.

From the time a person meets their physical death until the time they rise from the dead is what one could call an “overnight sleep.” That is, from the time a person dies until the time of their resurrection is what appears to them as merely going to sleep and then waking up the next morning.

During this “sleep” a person will have what seems to be a dream. But it is not a dream; it is a their personal judgement. One will awaken and arise from this “sleep” to meet either Jesus Christ the King of mercy or an individual will disentomb to meet Jesus Christ the just Judge (Dan.12:2) — depending upon the condition of the person’s soul. Those who have washed their souls by asking for forgiveness will meet God as the King of mercy. But those with mortal sin upon their soul will meet God as the just Judge after the 1,000 years of peace.

All will arise from the dead as they came out of their mother's womb. All will rise nude, the essence of the resurrection. The children of God will rejoice over this essence but those with mortal sin upon their soul will be ashamed of their nakedness. They will seek to hide the nakedness of their sin but will fail.

After the last child of God has learned all the secrets of heaven then Mother Mary, at the command of Her Son Jesus Christ, will release the evil one from his bottomless pit (v.7). One could say that this the beginning of the final judgement.

Satan will then gather the souls of all his ungodly henchmen (v.7). They will then begin to offer temptations to the children of God in the vain hope that these children will follow them (v.8).

But their efforts will be fruitless as the Holy Spirit will come down out of heaven and overcome all the temptations of the evil one (v.9). Then the henchmen will be forever damned to non-being and death with the evil one (v.9-10). After this will come the final judgement.

God our Father will enter the physical universe in all His glory and it vanishes from His presence (v.11) into the nothingness from which it was created. This is symbolic of His superiority over this world. The children of God will remain standing in the presence of our Lord’s Holy Altar (v.12).

The books that are opened (v.12) are symbolic for the history of everyone’s good deeds. These deeds will be revealed by God our Father. The other book of verse twelve represents the names of the children of God recorded forever in our Lord’s memory. Thus, their names are written in the book of life.

Finally, all the damned will disentomb from the dead (v.13) to be judged by our Lord. They will be gathered from whence they will have been scattered and will be thrown into eternal death and damnation with Satan (v.15). God does not know their names (Mt.7:23); they are not written in the book of life. They are full of sin and hate and will receive the second death (v.14).

Chapter twenty-one begins as St. John describes the evolution of a new universe and a new earth (v.1). This is because the first one is no more. Unlike the old universe (this present limited one), in the new universe the children of God will not be confined by the physical laws of nature. Nor will the new universe be under the influence of Satan and his henchmen. Hence, the sea is no more (v.1). One will not have to wait for death in order to enter heaven. One may go there any time one chooses to enter.

Man is a spiritual being living in a material world and at present man cannot enter the spiritual world except through physical death. But in the new world it will not be this way. This is because the great chaos that divides life and death will no longer exist. One may say that our Lord will fill in this ditch and cover it over.

Our Lord will put an infinite distance between Himself and His all children and the evil one and all his henchmen. In fact, Jesus Christ has already done this by His death and Resurrection. Thus, the devil will remain forever in his sewer pipe with his henchmen.

After describing the creation of a new universe and a new earth, St. John then sees a new Holy City coming down out of heaven (v.2). All mankind will live within it in complete happiness and peace forever (v.3-4). In verse five our Lord proclaims what St. John saw in verse one — that it is God Himself who makes all things new.

He then tells St. John to write down what he has seen (v.5). Jesus Christ then proclaims that He will give eternal happiness to all who thirst for truth and justice and who overcomes the wickedness of Satan (v.6-7). But the ungodly liars, He says, will be thrown into damnation. The fearful and unbelieving will receive the second death (v.8).

God also calls Himself the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End (v.6). Here He is just restating His authority over all creation and nature. He is the first cause and last end of everything that exists. He is within all things and all things are within Him. Everything exists by Him and from Him. There is nothing that exists without Him. Hence, He is the Amen, the All. He is the only thing that exits, as discussed in the second book of this trilogy.

An angel then takes St. John up to see the Bride of Jesus Christ coming down out of heaven (v.9-10). The Bride of Christ consists of all the children of God. She has twelve gates, one for each tribe of Israel, and twelve foundations, one for each apostle (v.12-14). This symbolizes the basic source of all faith to all mankind. Thus, the word of God is proclaimed to all mankind and thus is the universality of God’s love for all mankind.

One’s belief or faith is only secondary to salvation. God will judge each person on how they treated their neighbor. Each person will be judged primarily on the love they have for their neighbor. Those who have been truthful and just with their neighbor will go to heaven and those who have not will receive the second death.

A person’s belief will only be considered in their judgement if with their belief such a person knowingly and willingly led others away from God. Other than that, each person’s particular faith will only play a minor role in their judgment.

The remaining verses of chapter twenty-one mystically describe the new Holy City. In verses fifteen, sixteen and seventeen She is measured. This perfect symmetry is symbolic for Her laws. This perfect symmetry will guarantee to all the faithful children of God that truth and justice will prevail at all times.

The precious stones described in verses eighteen through to twenty-one symbolize the love that the children of God have for the Holy City. There will be no temple therein for, as verse twenty-two proclaims, God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit will be there.

The glory of God will enlighten the new Holy City (v.23), while the nations of the world and their leaders will be guided by the wisdom of the city’s leaders (v.24). The children of God will be able to see all the glory of our Lord therein and all nations will give Him honor (v.26). There will be no corruption in the new Holy City. One will be able to enter and leave at anytime. The doors will always remain open (v.25-27).

In the last chapter, St. John describes the river of life proceeding from the throne of God (v.1). The tree of life is growing on both sides of the life-giving waters (v.2). This symbolizes that one will be able to eat from it and live forever regardless of whether one is in heaven or on earth. One side of the river is for one’s soul and the other side is for the body. Both the soul and the body will be united in love to God. The tree of life gives fruit every month (v.2) symbolizing that one can eat from it at any time and any season that one chooses.

In verses three and four St. John is told that the saints will always serve God and that they will always see Him face to face. They will always know how to find truth. With this knowledge they will always be filled with light, wisdom and the grace of God (v.5).

Next, St. John is back to the time that he received his revelation (v.6). He has “awakened” from his visions. The angel sent to him by our Lord is telling him that everything that he has seen will come to pass (v.7). St. John falls down to adore the angel. But the angel stops him (v.8-9). This is the same person of chapter one, verse one and chapter nineteen, verse ten.

The angel tells St. John not to seal the prophecy of this book (v.10) meaning that he is not to keep anything secret. Each event will be revealed to him and then by him as it happens.

In verse eleven, the angel tells St. John that everyone should be allowed to teach their own beliefs concerning this apocalyptic revelation, and that one should not prevent another individual from teaching what they will about this revelation. Because, as our Lord says in verse twelve, He will come and give everyone according to their own works.

Then God proclaims His rewards and His punishments (v.13-15) and from whom this revelation of mysteries comes (v.16) namely, our Lord Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit and the Holy Mother Church proclaim in verse seventeen that all those who wish to believe in truth may do so, no one will stop them.

In these two verses our Lord proclaims that anyone attempting to give the interpretation of St. John’s apocalyptic revelation is going to have to give the complete and the correct interpretation, or they have not gotten their interpretation from Jesus Christ.

Many individuals have come and claimed to be able to interpret this prophetic book but all of them have given incorrect explanations. None of these individuals have given complete interpretations and they have all failed to explain various different mysteries. Thus, they have added to this book and have taken away from this book.

Finally, anyone who disagrees with the explanation presented herein is, first of all, going to have to explain this interpretation in a logical and rational manner, because God is a logical being. If such cannot be done then their interpretation is not of God.

Thus ends the explanation of St. John’s apocalyptic revelation as it was revealed by our Lord to St. John and then to our Lord’s servant. Our Lord’s servant did the best that he could do to interpret this revelation through the studies and research that he concluded and through the dreams and locutions he received. One must not forget that our Lord’s servant is a normal human being with normal yearnings, desires, aspirations, strengths, weaknesses and misgivings. He is prone to all the frailties and uncertainties to which all human beings are prone to.

He does not believe that there are any errors with this interpretation. There are no major errors in faith and morals of that he is sure. Nor are there any errors with the major events and characters, for both the Holy Spirit and the spirit of St. John were with him — guiding and directing him — the entire time he was writing it.

One does not mean to insinuate here that either St. John or our Lord told him what to write. Rather, our Lord allowed His servant to write what he chose, to use his own writing style and analogies to reveal his message. The only time our Lord intervened was when His servant wrote something that was inconsistent with the truth. Then our Lord would reveal the error to His servant and he would then edit his work and correct the error.

Usually the revelation of the error was through the studies he was accomplishing. But on a few occasions our Lord would reveal the error through a dream to His servant. This is true of the entire trilogy.

Finally, God chose him to write this trilogy. He did not choose to interpret Genesis or St. John’s revelation on his own. He only prays that those who read this trilogy will accept the truth found herein and judge him mercifully for any misunderstandings that these interpretations may contain.

Finally, one should note that one does not know how many visions St. John actually received in receiving his revelation. Nor does one know how long it took for St. John to receive his revelation. It could have been one long vision in one day or it could have been several smaller visions over several days. Although it was probably several visions over several days, because our Lord’s servant received the messages over several years. However, one must leave this kind of information to those theologians who are better at answering these types of questions.

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