THE
BOOK OF REVELATION
CHAPTER ONE
Revised Standard Version
(Unless Otherwise Indicated)
Chapter
1 verse 1-3: "The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave
him to show to his servants what must soon take place; and he
made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore
witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ,
even to all that he saw. Blessed is he who reads aloud the words
of the prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and keep what
is written therein; for the time is near."
TO
begin with, this shows that the Revelation of Jesus Christ was not
of his own creation, but was given to him by God—and that
also shows that Jesus was not God, as the Christians believe; and
that it was not the revelation of John. It also shows that the Book
of Revelation was a book of prophecies that were to take place in
the future. It pertained to nothing that was happening at that time
or in the past. This is also repeated in different words in chapter
4 verse 1: "After this I looked, and lo, in heaven an open
door! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like
a trumpet, said, 'Come up hither, and I will show you what must
take place after this.'"
Chapter
1 verse 4: "John to the seven churches that are in Asia:"
This
is Asia Minor which is now Turkey. The seven churches were in the
far western portion of Turkey.
Verse
4: "Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and
who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his
throne,"
This
refers to God who makes Himself known through the seven appearances
of the Holy Spirit in the Divine Manifestations before the coming
of Baha'u'llah. They are Adam, Moses, Krishna, Zoroaster, Buddha,
Muhammad and the Bab. The throne is the throne of King David, which
Baha'u'llah sat upon.
Verse
5: "and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the first-born
of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves
us and has freed us from our sins by his blood"
Jesus
explained that he was a witness of the one true invisible God, that
he referred to as the Father; and as he was the first to believe
in himself, he was thus the first born of the spiritually dead.
Jesus
said: "My kingship is not of this world" (John 18:36)—but
said that he would come again.
Jesus
explained that the wine or blood was a symbol of his covenant.
It is through his covenant that the Christians are to turn to for
their salvation. The covenant of Jesus is that he would come again.
Jesus placed his covenant in heaven (heaven of prophecy), keeping
it hidden. This Covenant refers to the Covenant of Baha'u'llah who
fulfills the prophecies for the second coming of Christ. Thus He
is the second coming of Christ. Baha'u'llah brought the Kingdom
of God. He is the one that all Christians should turn to for their
salvation.
Verse
6: "and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father,
to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen."
It
is prophesied that Jesus would come again. Baha'u'llah who fulfilled
the prophecies for the second coming of Christ, did not claim or
fulfill the prophecies for the return of Jesus. Leland (the land)
fulfills the prophecies for the second coming of Jesus the High
Priest after the Order of Melchizedec. See the book of Hebrews.
With
the passing of Shoghi Effendi in 1957 all of the believers were
to turn to his son: the "first International Baha'i Council."
Jesus Christ and Baha'u'llah both were called "Christ"
because both were descendants of King David. The meaning of the
word Christ is a male sperm descendant of King David. Jesus was
a descendant from David through his physical father Joseph, the
husband of Mary (Matthew 1:6-16 and Luke 3:23-31). Paul,
who did a lot of research in the archives, wrote in Romans: "Concerning
his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed
[translated from the Greek word Sperma] of David
according to the flesh; And [only] declared to be the Son of God
with power, according to the Spirit of holiness [the Holy Spirit]"
which made him a Manifestation of God, not God.[1]
The Son refers to the potency of his revelation whereas, Baha'u'llah,
the Father refers to the potency of His revelation. If God was Jesus'
physical father, Jesus could not be the Christ, for God is not a
descendant of King David.
The
difference between Jesus Christ and Baha'u'llah is that none of
Jesus ancestors sat on the throne of David except David himself.
In the 89th Psalms it is recorded: "Thou hast said; 'I have
made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant:
I will establish your descendants for ever and build thy throne
for all generations'" (Psalms 89:3, 4). Baha'u'llah's Covenant
is the continuation of the covenant that God made with David. Baha'u'llah,
a male sperm Descendant of King David seated on the throne
of King David, in His Covenant, passed this Lineage down to His
Son, 'Abdu'l-Baha. 'Abdu'l-Baha continued this lineage in his adopted
son, of whom Shoghi Effendi placed at the head, or president of
the future Universal House of Justice, the first International Baha'i
Council. This (the International Baha'i Council) was Shoghi Effendi's
non-biological son that he had for all the Baha'i world to turn
to upon his passing.
There
is a wicked witch prophesied in this Book of Revelation: that she
had the "Hands" kill or destroy Shoghi Effendi's son,
so that she and the rest of the "Hands" could take over
the administration for their own aggrandizement and empowerment.
They then set up a wall around their Covenant-breaking violation
forbidding the Baha'i world from using their intellect that God
gave them, and the principle of "Independent Investigation
of the Truth" that Baha'u'llah gave them, for themselves to
know the truth. They had to set this wall up, for if their followers
were able to investigate the truth, they would find that they were
in a Covenant-breaking cult. This wall of oppression
is an essential part of all revelations (Kitab-i-Iqan). It is a
test to see if the so-called believers would go against the Covenant
for any reason. However the Bab said that the true Joseph is a vine
that goes over the wall of oppression.
Jesus
was the first born of the dead, because he ratified this Covenant
with his blood. That's how he saves us from our sins; by ratifying
this Covenant with his blood. That is, it is through his Covenant
that the Christians are saved.
Verse
5: "and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the first-born
of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves
us and has freed us from our sins by his blood
Verse
6: "and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father,
to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen."
The
word priest here doesn't mean like in the Catholic Church, but teacher.
On page 10, in the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Baha,
it says that every one must teach. There is no professional priesthood,
or paid clergy.
Verse
7: "Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will
see him, every one who pierced him; and all tribes of the earth
will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.
Verse
8: "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God,
"who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty"
The
"clouds" are the false interpretations of the clergy of
Christendom; and for the Baha'is it is the Wall of Oppression,
that prevent the wicked followers of the Jezebel
(Ruhiyyih Khanum) and the Covenant-breaking "Hands" from
investigating the truth for themselves. They are wicked because
they don't use the intellect that God gave them to know the truth,
and the principle that Baha'u'llah gave them of the "Independent
Search for the Truth." Daniel prophesied:
"Many
shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined;
but the wicked shall do wickedly;
and none of the wicked shall
understand; but those who are wise shall understand."
(Dan. 12:10)
The
one that comes "with clouds, and every eye shall see him"
pertains to Jesus on his second coming. He will be on International
hookup of all the TV stations of the world, and on the Internet
on your computers. Even the people in central Africa that live in
rondavals (mud or straw hut) will see this. This will happen right
after Iraq destroys New York City, the Seat of the Beast, because
Saddam Hussein is to be assassinated by either the US, or the UN.
Then all the tribes on earth will wail on account
of him. To wail is to make mournful and painful sounds. You think
they would be in great joy, as the Christian clergy puts it, when
they see Jesus returning on a cloud. Then why the wailing? It's
because it is put forth by Madam Albright, who is not too bright,
saying "If Iraq bombs New York City then the United States
would wipe Iraq off the face of the earth with a large barrage of
nuclear weapons." Thus every one will realize that this is
the "Battle of Armageddon" in which "one third of
the people will be dead in one hour." This war will be fought
between the Christian nations, as were the first and second World
Wars. The white race will all but disappear. Christianity can't
bring peace among Christians: how can it bring peace to the world?
Therefore, Jesus Christ never claimed to be the prophesied "Prince
of Peace." He said: "I have not come to bring peace but
a sword" (Matthew 10:34). If he was the prince of peace he
would be the biggest failure in the world as we have had nothing
but war ever since his advent.
Right
after New York City is evaporated, there will be 144,000 Covenant-breakers
that will repent and come under the provisions of the Covenant.
Some
of the Covenant-breaking "Baha'is" will see for the first
time that they were wicked for going against the
Covenant, and, throwing off their shackles, they will return to
the Covenant. The rest will die a very painful and untimely death.
As they are spiritually dead now, they will then also be dead physically.
They will find in the next life that they are in the outer fringes
of the nethermost gloom, for there is nothing worse on this planet
than a damn Covenant-breaker.
Verse
8: "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God,
who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
The
first and the last refers to the Divine Manifestations:
"From
these statements therefore it hath been made evident and manifest
that should a Soul in the 'End that knoweth no end' be made
manifest, and arise to proclaim and uphold a Cause which in
'the Beginning that hath no beginning' another Soul had proclaimed
and upheld, it can be truly declared of Him Who is the Last
and of Him Who is the First that they are one and the same,
inasmuch as both are the Exponents of one and the same Cause...."
(The Kitab-i-Iqan, p. 161)
Verse
9: "I John, your brother, who share with you in Jesus the
tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance, was on
the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the
testimony of Jesus."
Patmos
is an island in the Aegean Sea, about 60 miles southwest of Ephesus,
about 150 miles east of Athens. It is about 10 miles long, 6 miles
wide, treeless and rocky. John was sent, banished there, in the
persecution of Roman Emperor Dalmatian on the Sabbath (Lords day);
and, through spiritual inspiration, a voice like a trumpet (meaning
that it was clear) told John to write what he saw in a book (the
Book of Revelation) and send it to the above cities. At the time
that John was writing, Christianity had broken up into over 22 sects,
with new ones being created. The seven churches signify the good
and bad parts of the Christian beliefs. There was only one that
didn't have anything wrong, and that was the church of Philadelphia.
Verse
10: "I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind
me a loud voice like a trumpet
Verse
11: "saying, 'Write what you see in a book and send it to
the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna, and to Pergamum
and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.'
Verse
12: "Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to
me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands,"
The
seven lampstands are the seven churches (congregations).
Verse
13: "and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of
man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden girdle round his
breast;"
In
some countries the magistrates wear a silken girdle around their
waste to signify their authority. The golden girdle signifies that
this person has authority from God. Baha'u'llah referred to His
Revelation as a robe; and the "son of man" (meaning that
he is a man who has a physical father) referred to here, is the
second coming of Jesus the Lamb.
Verse
14: "his head and his hair were white as white wool, white
as snow; his eyes were like a flame of fire,"
Jesus
on his second coming is now eighty-one years old and fulfills this
prophecy. His eyes are sorta red like a flame of fire.
Verse
15: "his feet were like burnished bronze, refined as in a
furnace, and his voice was like the sound of many waters;"
On
his feet and his hands the skin is very thin and there is no fat
or muscles under the skin making his hands and feet look like reddish
burnished bronze.
The
many waters are: "The waters that you saw...are peoples and
multitudes and nations and tongues" (Rev. 17:15), meaning that
his explanations and commentaries establishes Baha'u'llah's Revelation
that is to unite the entire world together. The feet of bronze (brass
and tin), as if they were burned in a fire (refined in a furnace),
indicates: "feet" symbolizes understanding, and molten
brass is one of the most blinding metals, thus indicating that his
explanations shows the splendor of the Revelation of Baha'u'llah.
The word "splendor" or glory is the meaning of the word
"Baha."
Verse
16: "in his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth
issued a sharp two-edged sword and his face was like the sun shinning
in full strength."
The
"seven stars" are the angels of the seven churches; and
the "sharp two-edged sword," that cuts for either good
or for bad, are his explanations and commentaries. They are so clear,
that anyone reading them can see that they expose the corrupted
teachings of the churches, so that they can turn to Jesus the Lamb
and be saved: but for the miscreant and malefactor which are for
the fire. And he exposes the corrupted takeover of the Baha'i faith
by the Arch Covenant-breakers (lawbreaker), the wrongdoers: so that
those who are searching for the truth will find it in the explanations
of Jesus the Lamb. And those that turn away from Jesus the Lamb
are also for Death and Hades, the fire. His face is like the sun
shining in full strength, for those that have had the good fortune
to meet him could see his face shining like the sun.
Verse
17: "When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But
he laid his right hand upon me, saying, 'Fear not, I am the first
and the last,
Verse
18: "and the living one; I died, and behold I am alive for
evermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.'"
Here
Jesus is saying that he is the first and the last. He is the first
Jesus and the last Jesus that comes in the final days at the end
of the 6000 year cycle that started with Adam in 4000 BC, and ends
in 2000 AD. He is the first letter of the alphabet, "a".
There are 27 letters in the Arabic alphabet, and Jesus being the
first, has the value of one. The second letter is "b"
which signifies the Bab, and has the value of two. The Bab had 19
letters of the living = 1+2+19 = 22. The letter "h," representing
Baha'u'llah, in the Arabic alphabet, has the value of 5. 22+5 =
27, making the full value of the alphabet. Also, Jesus representing
the first letter "a" having the value of "1,"
and the Bab representing the letter "b," having the value
of "2," and Baha'u'llah having the value of "5,"
and Jesus having the value of "1," equals 1+2+5+1 = 9,
the number of ABHA. That is, Jesus on his first coming has the value
of "1," the Bab has the value of "2," and Baha'u'llah
has the value of "5," and Jesus on his return—as
the High Priest after the Order of Melchizedec (Heb. 6:20)—having
the value of "1," is 1+2+5+1 = 9, being the highest single
number: or the complete number.
Jesus
being the first and the last has the keys of Death and Hades. That
is, all the religions of the world have become apostate. The Baha'i
faith became apostate when Ruhiyyih Khanum did away with Shoghi
Effendi's plan, thus going against Shoghi Effendi, therefore going
against God,[2] by deleting the Executive
Branch from the House of Justice. In the Will and Testament,
which is the charter of the Universal House of Justice, it states
that:
"The
legislative body must reinforce the executive, the executive
must aid and assist the legislative body so that through the
close union and harmony of these two forces, the foundation
of fairness and justice may become firm
and strong, and that all the regions of the world may become
even as Paradise itself." (Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Baha,
p. 15)
That
is, without the Executive Branch there could be no justice, and
without justice there could be no Universal House of Justice. That
is what Ruhiyyih Khanum and the "Hands" set up: a UHJ
without the Executive Branch is not Baha'u'llah's Universal House
of Justice. In fact it is not a House of Justice
at all.
Verse
19: "Now write what you see, what is and what is to take
place hereafter."
What
is meant here is Jesus on his return has the keys of Death and Hades;
and he has relegated what Ruhiyyih Khanum and the "Hands"
set up, in opposition to Baha'u'llah's House of Justice, to Death
and Hades. That is, Ruhiyyih Khanum and the "Hands," and
all that follow them, are relegated to Death and Hades, along with
all the followers of all the other apostate religions. We are now
on the very edge of the great catastrophe, in which two thirds of
mankind will be destroyed, with one third being destroyed in one
hour, which is prophesied later on in this Book of Revelation.
Verse
20: "As for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw
in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars
are the angels of the seven churches and the seven lampstands
are the seven churches."
The
one that has "the seven stars in his right hand" is Jesus
the Lamb. The seven churches are the seven alive revealed religions.
There are no Adamites left in the world, as they all have been absorbed
into the succeeding revelations: The first is the Jewish, or the
religion of Moses, as found in the Old Testament. 2. The second
is the Hindu, the religion of Krishna. 3. Zoroastrian, the religion
of Zoroaster. 4. The Buddhist, the religion of Buddha. 5. Christian,
the religion of Jesus Christ. 6. Islam, the religion of Muhammad.
There are no Babi's left in the world as they have either all died
off or have been converted into the Baha'i faith, therefore it is
no longer an alive religion. 7. The Baha'i faith, the religion of
Baha'u'llah. The word "angel" here means messenger or
the Divine Manifestations of the 7 religions.
The
7 churches are prognostications of the last days, or right now.
All of the churches religions are guilty of the same things, especially
Christianity and the Baha'i faith.

ENDNOTES
1
see Romans 1:3, 4 KJV [back]
2 Will
and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Baha, page 11. [back]
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