And there came unto me one of the
seven angels, which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with
me, saying, Come hither and I will show thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.
And he carried me away in the spirit to a
great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out
of heaven from God.
Having the glory of God: and her light was
like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
And had a wall great and high, and had twelve
gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of
the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
On the east three gates; on the north three
gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
And the wall of the city had twelve
foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
And he that talked with me had a golden reed
to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
And the city lieth foursquare, and the length
is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand
furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred
and forty-four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is of the angel.
And the building of the wall of it was of
jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
And the foundations of the wall of the city
were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the
second, sapphire; the third a chalcedony; the fourth an emerald;
The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the
seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the
eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst,
And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every
several gate was of one pearl; and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were
transparent glass.
And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God
Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
And the city had no need of the sun, neither
of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the
light thereof.
And the nations of them which are saved shall
walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into
it.
And the gates of it shall not be shut at all
by day: for there shall be no night there.
And they shall bring the glory and honour of
the nations into it.
And there shall in no wise enter into it any
thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they
which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
- Revelation 21:1-27
There is an old saying that
a house divided against itself cannot stand. Not only a house, but also a Nation and for
that matter a planet cannot exist in peace and harmony if the cells that make up the
planet’s consciousness are constantly at war with each other. Nowhere is this as
clearly demonstrated as in Israel, a Nation that has been touched by the Spirit of the
living God, but has yet to discern that the path to the Father’s house is the path of
love.
Israel is the home of one of the planet’s
most active spiritual chakras. A spiritual chakra is an energy vortex that receives light
directly from the Divine Spirit. The chakras are described in the Bible under various
names such as the "Well of Median." The one in Israel is located directly under
the Temple Mount. Any place that has an active chakra will be the recipient of higher
spiritual frequencies that are meant to uplift and illuminate the soul. It is because of
this that Israel has been the birthplace of three of the world’s major religions
– Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Figure 1: Planetary Chakra
What people fail to comprehend is that the
spiritual frequencies that are capable of illuminating the soul, will also bring
destruction to those who come in contact with this energy if they are not grounded in
love. I remember years ago watching "Indiana Jones and the Last Cruscade." In
this movie Indiana Jones goes in search of the Holy Grail. Hidden away in a mysterious
cave is a fountain, which is guarded by a very ancient knight. On the wall over a
fireplace there are several cups. One of these cups is the cup that belonged to Christ.
The knight instructs Indiana Jones, and two other people who have followed him there, to
choose a cup and to take a drink from the fountain of life – the Well of Median. One
of the individuals chooses a lavish cup and drinks from the fountain. The knight informs
the gentlemen that he did not choose wisely. Within seconds the man disintegrates. Indiana
Jones chose a simple looking cup, which turned out to be the cup that belonged to Christ.
Indiana filled the cup with water from the fountain, which he took to his wounded father
who had been shot. The life giving waters of the spirit magically healed the bullet wound.
This wonderful story demonstrates
quite clearly how the same energies that will bring life and bestow immortality on the
righteous soul will destroy those who are not in harmony with God’s laws. So what
laws are the people who live in Israel violating? The first and most important law is the
commandment to "love thy neighbour as thyself" (Matthew 19:19). For years the
people who inhabit Israel have been involved in an ongoing power struggle, which has at
its heart the ownership of the planetary chakra located under the Temple Mount. The souls
involved in this struggle don’t comprehend what it is that’s driving them, as
the inhabitants of Israel are not even aware of the planetary chakra that is located under
the Temple Mount, however, the Muslims and the Jews continue to struggle over who is the
rightful heir of this sacred place and of Jerusalem, a city that was supposed to be
dedicated to the Holy Spirit of the living God.
The fact that the formidable
religion of Islam (some billion strong worldwide) has occupied the site of the Temple
Mount for over 1,300 years, and that Israel is surrounded by powerful Islamic Nations bent
on its destruction, has prevented the Jews from recovering this sacred Jewish site. This
is still the reality today, despite the fact in 1967 Israel regained sovereignty over the
site and could remove the Muslim presence at any time. However, the political pressure on
Israel to keep the peace by international superpowers has kept Israel from exercising
their rights. The reason for this is that a key resource vital to the world’s economy
– oil – is held in abundance by Nations that are wholly Islamic.
When the newly declared State of Israel was under
siege by seven Arab armies, an armistice in 1948 ended the conflict, but resulted in
Jerusalem becoming a divided city. The eastern section of Jerusalem, with its Old City and
the Temple Mount, was held by Jordan, one of the Nations that had participated in the
attack. The terms of the armistice called for the Jews to have access to the Western Wall
for worship, but Jordan denied this right and systematically destroyed fifty-eight of the
Jewish synagogues in the Old City Jewish Quarter. Jordan also dismantled centuries-old
Jewish cemeteries, using the gravestones as building materials for private homes and even
for latrines. The result was that for the next 19 years, even though the Israelis shared
the same city and were only hundreds of feet away from the Wall, they were strictly
forbidden to come near it to utter even one prayer there.
When the State of Israel ended this intolerable
situation by capturing East Jerusalem in the Six-Day War in 1967, it might have been
expected that the previous two decades of Jordanian abuse and restrictions on Jewish holy
places would have been repaid in kind, according to the law of the desert. But shortly
after the city’s reunification, the Israeli Prime Minister, Levi Eshkol, and the
Israeli Knesset passed a special law guaranteeing all the various religions –
including Islam – free access to all the holy places. This law, known as the
"Protection of Holy Places Law," prescribed punishment of seven years of
imprisonment for "desecration or violation of a holy place" and five years of
imprisonment to anyone who "violates the freedom of access to the members of the
various religions." The implementation and regulation of the law has since been the
jurisdiction of the Israeli Minister of Religious Affairs, who is supposed to maintain the
equal access status for those whose religions hold these places as sacred. This has held
true for the Western Wall even though it is still claimed by the Islamic Wakf as their
possession. However, with the return of the jurisdiction of the Temple Mount to Islam,
Jews were again strictly forbidden to have free access to their holy place, even though
they had both passed a law guaranteeing it and restored the site to the Wakf as a gesture
of peace.
Although I do not wish to paint the Muslims as the
harbingers of discord, the fact remains that to this day the Muslims have refused to share
the Temple Mount with the Jews who not only have as much right to worship on the Temple
Mount as those of the Islamic faith, but who, since 1967, are actually the rightful owners
of this sacred site. The world continues to watch this power struggle with horror. The
obvious solution is for those of the Islamic faith, Christians and Jews to worship freely
on the Temple Mount together. If this could be accomplished Israel would become a model of
peace and goodwill that all peoples in every country could admire. But to use a Biblical
phrase "these peoples hearts are hardened." They do not live in peace and do not
seem capable of loving anyone. They continue to destroy not only their supposed enemies
but also themselves. The hatred that is rampant in Jerusalem is not only killing its
citizens it is also destroying the economy and their way of life. Such is the end result
of living a life of hatred that violates the supreme law of love. The chaos and madness
that dominates the lives of the Israelis and Muslims is negative karma that can only be
transformed through love. If these people would wake up to the fact that there are no
winners in their hate war then perhaps they could be saved, but if they continue on their
present course they will be destroyed.
The holy Jerusalem that is described in The
Book of Revelation is in existence today, but exists in a different dimension. It is
not a physical city, but the home of the Divine Spirit or the Solar Christ. The wall that
is described in The Book of Revelation is not a physical wall, but represents an
octave or dimension that is only accessible to those individuals who have purified their
souls and become one with their own Angel or Higher Self. The spirit body is made up of
energy vortexes that resemble the planetary chakras. Presently the soul has seven chakras
that function within the physical body; a transfigured soul has twelve. These chakras are
closely related to the endocrine system. A more detailed explanation of the chakras that
operate within the soul of man and of the planetary chakras is provided in The Mystical Keys to the Book of Revelation.
Esoteric spirituality teaches that man is actually
a microcosmos based on the model of the macrocosmos. What this means is that God has
fashioned man to be a receptacle for spiritual influences. The twelve angels that guard
the gates to the new Jerusalem actually represent celestial influences. These influences
have, throughout history, been depicted as the twelve signs of the zodiac: The Book of
Revelation lists twelve precious stones as the foundation stones of the new Jerusalem
and which are in fact the birthstones that have been affiliated with the zodiac. For those
of you who find references to astrology hard to swallow, just understand that there are
twelve angels who govern the earth and that are the embodiment of different spiritual
forces. The planetary angels and their influence on the souls of mankind is discussed in
detail in The Mystical Keys to the Book of Revelation.
The chakras are also described as gates in The
Book of Revelation. This is an apt description as you must truly become attuned to
the frequencies of the planetary chakras if you are to access higher states of
consciousness. In order for the soul to evolve and pass through the gates that lead into
the holy city, the soul must become unified with its Angel. This is accomplished once the
spirit body, which is made up of 144,000 points of light, is activated. So what do we have
to do in order to become one with our Higher Self and achieve immortality? We must purify
our souls. The Book of Revelation states that all souls who defile others, who
commit abominable acts, who spin webs of deceit, are not written in the Lamb’s Book
of Life and thus will not enter the new octave and attain immortality. My own spiritual
journey, which resulted in my unification with my Higher Self, is discussed in detail in The Mystical Keys to the Book of Revelation. The keys that
the soul must assimilate in order to become unified with the Higher Self are revealed
within the pages of this book.
It is God’s sincere desire that all souls
awaken to the call of the spirit, however, each soul has to make the critical decision to
follow the path of light, which requires inner work on one’s ego. I get letters from
people from all walks of life who seek answers to the mysteries of metamorphosis. There
are many who believe that all they have to do is go to church on Sunday, believe in
Christ, and they will be saved. I would agree that believing in Christ is a good thing,
but we must do more than just believe. We must love the Lord thy God – your Lord is
your Higher Self – with all our hearts and dedicate our lives to the service of our
Higher Self and to God. We must make an effort to purify ourselves so that we can become
the worthy recipients of the life giving waters of the Holy Spirit. We can only achieve
this through inner work. Christ made it abundantly clear that aspects of the human self
had to be transmuted: "And if thy right eye offend thee pluck it out, and cast it
from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish and not
that thy whole body should be cast into hell. And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it
off and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should
perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell (St. Matthew 5:29-30)."
The aspect of the self that Christ was referring to is the human ego. The processes
involved in the psychological transformation of the ego are described in detail within the
pages of The Mystical Keys to the Book of Revelation.
Clearly we cannot expect to get to heaven without
putting some effort into it. For those who are truly seeking a life of spiritual
fulfillment they will find that the light of truth will shine upon them and guide them to
the inner sanctum where peace and revelatory information can be received from the Higher
Self directly.
