A SEALED BOOK - COMMENTARY
“All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness”
2Timothy 3:16
Unlike the Buddhist scriptures, the Bible is an occult book.. By this, I mean all the biblical scriptures have been intentionally written in such a way as to prevent any casual reader from easily understanding what is actually being said. It is by this means many of the most valuable ideas remain concealed and intact . . . . hidden from those who lack insight. . just like a treasure buried in a field . . which only the most persistent of seekers can discover.
One very good reason for this concealing strategy. . (There are also other good reasons). . was that . . these writings . . when read with insight . . are often seditious and highly provocative . . and they are against the way the world is . . . . rather than for it.
In the prophet’s times, things were much the same as they are today: excessive egotism, tyranny, oppression, cruelty, greed, deception, fighting, wars, and gross human injustices were common place in the world.
Therefore for hundreds of years, the prophets were continually speaking out against the crooked path taken by the establishment. Each prophet in turn bearing witness to the deceptive worldly ideas and teachings . . especially those concerning: leadership, justice, and religion.
However like spiritual physicians, they also offered to “heal” mankind by teaching the Truth . . which is . . in reality. . . the knowledge of our hearts. Such forthright speech against those in the high places generated a lot of hatred towards the “speakers of perfect things” .
To stand up and question the validity of what people have blindly believed in for generations, to dare to question the entire system people were born into, brought up under, and to despise it openly doesn’t go down well in many people’s eyes. And as Jesus said : . . . . “They hated me without cause.”
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“The Sovereign Lord God himself has given me the tongue of the taught ones, that I may know how to answer the tired one with a word. He awakens morning by morning; he awakens my ear to hear like the taught ones. The Sovereign Lord God himself has opened my ear, and I, for my part, was not rebellious. I did not turn in the opposite direction. My back I gave to the strikers, and my cheeks to those plucking off the hair. My face I did not conceal from humiliating things and spit.
Isaiah 50:4
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Not only that, but both the dull and the wicked could not even begin to comprehend the changes the prophets were advocating at that time. Such people do not want to: hear the truth, nor do they want anyone to come along to dispel their illusions ( To “Cure” them from what is making their spirits sick).
To go around telling people their leaders are misleading them; the system of justice was corrupt and cruel; and that their religions were born out of lies, superstition, and hypocrisy isn’t the best way to gain popularity. It is . . however . . a way to get yourself killed!
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"I have hated the congregation of evildoers, and with the wicked ones I do not sit. No boasters may take their stand in front of your eyes. You do hate all those practicing what is hurtful.”
Psalms 26:5
Yet. . . Jesus spoke out against the spirit of wickedness and ignorance that governs this world . . which is symbolized by such terms as “the Devil” (the deceiver). . and “Satan” . . (the adversary) . This is why. . . in the end . . He was murdered by the very same authorities He turned His anger against . . those who He saw as being . .. the offspring of . . “Satan” !
Satan - the adversary of God - was revealed as being . . the perverse spirit within mankind . . that governs this world . . . . the perverse ideas of the high priests of the temple . . the scribes who wrote the laws . . and the governing authorities . . and finally . . even many of the common folk. . who turned against Jesus for . . what was seen to be . . His “blasphemy” . . and His seditious talk.
Obviously.. the prophets were always well aware of this situation.. and of the hopelessness of it all. So. . rather than attempting to bring about any real change in their own time... they concealed their true intentions and aspirations. . amidst riddles . . symbolic stories.. and by the use of everyday comparisons . . in the form of ambiguous words . . until a time when the conditions were ripe in the world for a new code of ethics to take root and to flourish . . as a universally accepted Law among the nations.
In fact . . their choice of words was such that they intentionally mirrored the very system they hated. By this I mean . .they created their double meanings by making comparisons with the traditions . . and the blinkered prejudices of the society they lived in. They applied a kind of “Trojan horse” strategy . . but with the use of carefully calculated words . . instead of using wooden planks . . they infiltrated the system . . and made themselves become an excepted part of it . . by becoming the very focus of the people’s religious beliefs and traditions . . even today many of our world leaders openly acknowledge Jesus as being “their Lord”.. yet.. do any of them REALLY believe what he said ?
Traditions like the law.. government.. and religion.. family values . . and even taxes . . all get mirrored artfully . . as if they are speaking in support of the system they lived under . . rather than against it . Yet in other parts of the book these things are ridiculed and denounced . This is the reason that the casual reader will be heard to comment that the Bible is full of contradictions... whereas.. in fact . . it is not . . . it merely appears that way to the reader who goes straight for the literal interpretation . . every time.
Yet . . almost magically . . among the sages writings . . ideas were being transformed semantically . . from everyday general mundane terms . . into much more profound spiritual ideas . . therebye demonstrating that they possessed a mastery over the use of language . . which has never been surpassed.
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“People of a stammering tongue . . I will speak to you in a language too deep for your understanding”
Isaiah .
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Words like marriage.. children. . divorce.. law.. fornication . . prostitution. . war. . blind. . lame. . and deaf . . are all good examples of this ambiguous usage. The prophets took the commonly held values and prejudices of their time . . and turned their meanings around . . by giving them much deeper spiritual implications instead.
Sadly . . a lot of confusion and error has resulted because of this .
Therefore . . the primary purpose of the Apocatastasis . . . . is to provide the best possible evidence of what the message of scripture REALLY is . . . and . . by that means . . TO SET THINGS STRAIGHT.
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“Now come, write it upon a tablet with them, and inscribe it even in a book, that it may serve for a future day, for a witness to time indefinite”
A SEALED BOOK - examples
THE PROPHET’S VISION
“For the vision is for the appointed time, and it keeps panting on to the end, and it will not tell a lie; for it will without fail come true. It will not be too late.”
Isaiah
28:20 For God will rise up, he will be agitated, that he may do his deed - his deed is strange - and that he might work his work - his work is unusual. And now do not show yourselves scoffers, in order that your bands may not grow strong.
29:9 Linger, you men, and be amazed; blind yourselves, and be blinded. They have become intoxicated, but not with wine; they have moved unsteadily, but not because of intoxicating liquor. For upon you men God has poured a spirit of deep sleep; and he has closed your eyes, and he has covered even your heads. And for you men the vision of everything becomes like the words of the book that has been sealed up, which they give to someone knowing the writing, saying: "Read this out loud, please," and he has to say: "I am unable for it is sealed up"; and the book must be given to someone that does not know writing, somebody saying: "Read this out loud, please," and he has to say: "I do not know writing at all."
29:13 And God says: "For the reason that this people have come near with their mouth, and have glorified me merely with their lips, and they have remove their heart itself far away from me, and their fear towards me becomes men's commandment that is being taught, therefore here I am, the One that will act wonderfully again with this people, in a wonderful manner and with something wonderful; and the wisdom of their wise men must perish, and the very understanding of their discreet men will conceal itself." Woe to those who are going very deep in concealing counsel from God himself, and whose deeds have occurred in a dark place, while they say: "Who is seeing us, and who is knowing of us?" The perversity of you men!
29:18 And in that day the deaf ones will certainly hear the words of the book, and out of the gloom and out of the darkness even the eyes of the blind ones will see. And the meek ones will certainly increase their rejoicing in God himself, and even the poor ones of mankind will be joyful in the Holy One, because the tyrant must reach his end, and the bragger must come to his finish, and all those keeping alert to do harm must be cut off, those bringing a man into sin by his word, and those who lay bait even for the one reproving in the gate, and those who push aside the righteous one with empty arguments. And those who are erring in their
spirit will actually get to know understanding, and even those who are grumbling will learn instruction."
30:8 Now come, write it upon a tablet with them, and inscribe it even in a book, that it may serve for a future day, for a witness to time indefinite. For it is a rebellious people, untruthful sons, sons who have been unwilling to hear the Law of God; who have said to the ones seeing, `You must not see,' and to the ones having visions, `You must not envision for us any straightforward things; envision deceptive things. Turn aside from the way; deviate from the path. Cause the Holy One to cease just on account of us.'
30:16 And God will certainly give you people bread in the form of distress and water in the form of oppression; and yet your Grand Instructor will no longer hide himself, and your eyes must become eyes seeing your Grand Instructor. And your own ears will hear a word behind you saying: "This is the way. Walk in it, you people," in case you people should go to the right or in case you should go to the left.
35:5 At that time the eyes of the blind ones will be opened, and the very ears of the deaf ones will be unstopped. At that time the lame one will climb up just like a stag does, and the tongue of the speechless one will cry out in gladness.
37:23
Have you not heard? From remote times it is what I will do. From bygone days I have even formed it. Now I will bring it in.
43:18
Do not remember the first things, and to the former things do not turn your consideration. Look! I am doing something new. Now it will spring up. You people will know it, will you not?
48:3
The first things I have told even from that time, and out of my own mouth they went forth, and I kept making them heard. Suddenly I acted, and the things proceeded to come in. Due to my knowing that you are hard and that your neck is an iron sinew and your forehead is copper, I also kept telling you from that time. Before it could come in, I caused you to hear it, that you might not say, `My own idol has done them, and my own carved image and my own molten image have commanded them.' You have heard. Behold it all. As for you people, will you not tell it? I have made you hear new things from the present time, even things kept in reserve, that you have not known. At the present time they must be created, and not from that time, even things that before today you have not heard, that you may not say, `Look! I have already known them.'
Moreover, you have not heard, neither have you known, nor from that time has your ear been opened. For I well know that without fail you kept dealing treacherously, and a transgressor from the belly you have been called.
52:13
Look! My servant will act with insight. He will be in high station and will certainly be elevated and exalted very much. To the extent that many have stared at him in amazement - so much was the disfigurement as respects his appearance more than that of the sons of mankind - he will likewise startle many nations. At him Kings will shut their mouth, because what had not been recounted to them they will actually see, and to what they had not heard they must turn their consideration.
HABAKKUK
1:5
See, you people, among the nations, and look on, and stare in amazement at one another. Be amazed; for there is an activity that one is carrying on in your days, which you people will not believe although it is related.
2:3
For the vision is for the appointed time, and it keeps panting on to the end, and it will not tell a lie; for it will without fail come true. It will not be too late.
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FootNotes:
“Intoxicated” means.. intoxicated by strange ideas. . for example... Hitler got the German people “intoxicated” with his ideas of nationalism and a super race.
The “gate” is this world. This world is the gateway to next life.. or . . the gateway to eternity.
A SEALED BOOK - COMMENTARY
“All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness”
2Timothy 3:16
Unlike the Buddhist scriptures, the Bible is an occult book.. By this, I mean all the biblical scriptures have been intentionally written in such a way as to prevent any casual reader from easily understanding what is actually being said. It is by this means many of the most valuable ideas remain concealed and intact . . . . hidden from those who lack insight. . just like a treasure buried in a field . . which only the most persistent of seekers can discover.
One very good reason for this concealing strategy. . (There are also other good reasons). . was that . . these writings . . when read with insight . . are often seditious and highly provocative . . and they are against the way the world is . . . . rather than for it.
In the prophet’s times, things were much the same as they are today: excessive egotism, tyranny, oppression, cruelty, greed, deception, fighting, wars, and gross human injustices were common place in the world.
Therefore for hundreds of years, the prophets were continually speaking out against the crooked path taken by the establishment. Each prophet in turn bearing witness to the deceptive worldly ideas and teachings . . especially those concerning: leadership, justice, and religion.
However like spiritual physicians, they also offered to “heal” mankind by teaching the Truth . . which is . . in reality. . . the knowledge of our hearts. Such forthright speech against those in the high places generated a lot of hatred towards the “speakers of perfect things” .
To stand up and question the validity of what people have blindly believed in for generations, to dare to question the entire system people were born into, brought up under, and to despise it openly doesn’t go down well in many people’s eyes. And as Jesus said : . . . . “They hated me without cause.”
==================================================================
“The Sovereign Lord God himself has given me the tongue of the taught ones, that I may know how to answer the tired one with a word. He awakens morning by morning; he awakens my ear to hear like the taught ones. The Sovereign Lord God himself has opened my ear, and I, for my part, was not rebellious. I did not turn in the opposite direction. My back I gave to the strikers, and my cheeks to those plucking off the hair. My face I did not conceal from humiliating things and spit.
Isaiah 50:4
==================================================================
Not only that, but both the dull and the wicked could not even begin to comprehend the changes the prophets were advocating at that time. Such people do not want to: hear the truth, nor do they want anyone to come along to dispel their illusions ( To “Cure” them from what is making their spirits sick).
To go around telling people their leaders are misleading them; the system of justice was corrupt and cruel; and that their religions were born out of lies, superstition, and hypocrisy isn’t the best way to gain popularity. It is . . however . . a way to get yourself killed!
==================================================================
"I have hated the congregation of evildoers, and with the wicked ones I do not sit. No boasters may take their stand in front of your eyes. You do hate all those practicing what is hurtful.”
Psalms 26:5
Yet. . . Jesus spoke out against the spirit of wickedness and ignorance that governs this world . . which is symbolized by such terms as “the Devil” (the deceiver). . and “Satan” . . (the adversary) . This is why. . . in the end . . He was murdered by the very same authorities He turned His anger against . . those who He saw as being . .. the offspring of . . “Satan” !
Satan - the adversary of God - was revealed as being . . the perverse spirit within mankind . . that governs this world . . . . the perverse ideas of the high priests of the temple . . the scribes who wrote the laws . . and the governing authorities . . and finally . . even many of the common folk. . who turned against Jesus for . . what was seen to be . . His “blasphemy” . . and His seditious talk.
Obviously.. the prophets were always well aware of this situation.. and of the hopelessness of it all. So. . rather than attempting to bring about any real change in their own time... they concealed their true intentions and aspirations. . amidst riddles . . symbolic stories.. and by the use of everyday comparisons . . in the form of ambiguous words . . until a time when the conditions were ripe in the world for a new code of ethics to take root and to flourish . . as a universally accepted Law among the nations.
In fact . . their choice of words was such that they intentionally mirrored the very system they hated. By this I mean . .they created their double meanings by making comparisons with the traditions . . and the blinkered prejudices of the society they lived in. They applied a kind of “Trojan horse” strategy . . but with the use of carefully calculated words . . instead of using wooden planks . . they infiltrated the system . . and made themselves become an excepted part of it . . by becoming the very focus of the people’s religious beliefs and traditions . . even today many of our world leaders openly acknowledge Jesus as being “their Lord”.. yet.. do any of them REALLY believe what he said ?
Traditions like the law.. government.. and religion.. family values . . and even taxes . . all get mirrored artfully . . as if they are speaking in support of the system they lived under . . rather than against it . Yet in other parts of the book these things are ridiculed and denounced . This is the reason that the casual reader will be heard to comment that the Bible is full of contradictions... whereas.. in fact . . it is not . . . it merely appears that way to the reader who goes straight for the literal interpretation . . every time.
Yet . . almost magically . . among the sages writings . . ideas were being transformed semantically . . from everyday general mundane terms . . into much more profound spiritual ideas . . therebye demonstrating that they possessed a mastery over the use of language . . which has never been surpassed.
==================================================================
“People of a stammering tongue . . I will speak to you in a language too deep for your understanding”
Isaiah .
==================================================================
Words like marriage.. children. . divorce.. law.. fornication . . prostitution. . war. . blind. . lame. . and deaf . . are all good examples of this ambiguous usage. The prophets took the commonly held values and prejudices of their time . . and turned their meanings around . . by giving them much deeper spiritual implications instead.
Sadly . . a lot of confusion and error has resulted because of this .
Therefore . . the primary purpose of the Apocatastasis . . . . is to provide the best possible evidence of what the message of scripture REALLY is . . . and . . by that means . . TO SET THINGS STRAIGHT.
“Now come, write it upon a tablet with them, and inscribe it even in a book, that it may serve for a future day, for a witness to time indefinite”
A SEALED BOOK - EXAMPLES
PROPHET’S VISION
“For the vision is for the appointed time, and it keeps panting on to the end, and it will not tell a lie; for it will without fail come true. It will not be too late.”
Isaiah
28:20 For God will rise up, he will be agitated, that he may do his deed - his deed is strange - and that he might work his work - his work is unusual. And now do not show yourselves scoffers, in order that your bands may not grow strong.
29:9 Linger, you men, and be amazed; blind yourselves, and be blinded. They have become intoxicated, but not with wine; they have moved unsteadily, but not because of intoxicating liquor. For upon you men God has poured a spirit of deep sleep; and he has closed your eyes, and he has covered even your heads. And for you men the vision of everything becomes like the words of the book that has been sealed up, which they give to someone knowing the writing, saying: "Read this out loud, please," and he has to say: "I am unable for it is sealed up"; and the book must be given to someone that does not know writing, somebody saying: "Read this out loud, please," and he has to say: "I do not know writing at all."
29:13 And God says: "For the reason that this people have come near with their mouth, and have glorified me merely with their lips, and they have remove their heart itself far away from me, and their fear towards me becomes men's commandment that is being taught, therefore here I am, the One that will act wonderfully again with this people, in a wonderful manner and with something wonderful; and the wisdom of their wise men must perish, and the very understanding of their discreet men will conceal itself." Woe to those who are going very deep in concealing counsel from God himself, and whose deeds have occurred in a dark place, while they say: "Who is seeing us, and who is knowing of us?" The perversity of you men!
29:18 And in that day the deaf ones will certainly hear the words of the book, and out of the gloom and out of the darkness even the eyes of the blind ones will see. And the meek ones will certainly increase their rejoicing in God himself, and even the poor ones of mankind will be joyful in the Holy One, because the tyrant must reach his end, and the bragger must come to his finish, and all those keeping alert to do harm must be cut off, those bringing a man into sin by his word, and those who lay bait even for the one reproving in the gate, and those who push aside the righteous one with empty arguments. And those who are erring in their
spirit will actually get to know understanding, and even those who are grumbling will learn instruction."
30:8 Now come, write it upon a tablet with them, and inscribe it even in a book, that it may serve for a future day, for a witness to time indefinite. For it is a rebellious people, untruthful sons, sons who have been unwilling to hear the Law of God; who have said to the ones seeing, `You must not see,' and to the ones having visions, `You must not envision for us any straightforward things; envision deceptive things. Turn aside from the way; deviate from the path. Cause the Holy One to cease just on account of us.'
30:16 And God will certainly give you people bread in the form of distress and water in the form of oppression; and yet your Grand Instructor will no longer hide himself, and your eyes must become eyes seeing your Grand Instructor. And your own ears will hear a word behind you saying: "This is the way. Walk in it, you people," in case you people should go to the right or in case you should go to the left.
35:5 At that time the eyes of the blind ones will be opened, and the very ears of the deaf ones will be unstopped. At that time the lame one will climb up just like a stag does, and the tongue of the speechless one will cry out in gladness.
37:23
Have you not heard? From remote times it is what I will do. From bygone days I have even formed it. Now I will bring it in.
43:18
Do not remember the first things, and to the former things do not turn your consideration. Look! I am doing something new. Now it will spring up. You people will know it, will you not?
48:3
The first things I have told even from that time, and out of my own mouth they went forth, and I kept making them heard. Suddenly I acted, and the things proceeded to come in. Due to my knowing that you are hard and that your neck is an iron sinew and your forehead is copper, I also kept telling you from that time. Before it could come in, I caused you to hear it, that you might not say, `My own idol has done them, and my own carved image and my own molten image have commanded them.' You have heard. Behold it all. As for you people, will you not tell it? I have made you hear new things from the present time, even things kept in reserve, that you have not known. At the present time they must be created, and not from that time, even things that before today you have not heard, that you may not say, `Look! I have already known them.'
Moreover, you have not heard, neither have you known, nor from that time has your ear been opened. For I well know that without fail you kept dealing treacherously, and a transgressor from the belly you have been called.
52:13
Look! My servant will act with insight. He will be in high station and will certainly be elevated and exalted very much. To the extent that many have stared at him in amazement - so much was the disfigurement as respects his appearance more than that of the sons of mankind - he will likewise startle many nations. At him Kings will shut their mouth, because what had not been recounted to them they will actually see, and to what they had not heard they must turn their consideration.
HABAKKUK
1:5
See, you people, among the nations, and look on, and stare in amazement at one another. Be amazed; for there is an activity that one is carrying on in your days, which you people will not believe although it is related.
2:3
For the vision is for the appointed time, and it keeps panting on to the end, and it will not tell a lie; for it will without fail come true. It will not be too late.
FootNotes:
“Intoxicated” means.. intoxicated by strange ideas. . for example... Hitler got the German people “intoxicated” with his ideas of nationalism and a super race.
The “gate” is this world. This world is the gateway to next life.. or . . the gateway to eternity.
A SEALED BOOK - COMMENTARY
“All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness”
2Timothy 3:16
Unlike the Buddhist scriptures, the Bible is an occult book.. By this, I mean all the biblical scriptures have been intentionally written in such a way as to prevent any casual reader from easily understanding what is actually being said. It is by this means many of the most valuable ideas remain concealed and intact . . . . hidden from those who lack insight. . just like a treasure buried in a field . . which only the most persistent of seekers can discover.
One very good reason for this concealing strategy. . (There are also other good reasons). . was that . . these writings . . when read with insight . . are often seditious and highly provocative . . and they are against the way the world is . . . . rather than for it.
In the prophet’s times, things were much the same as they are today: excessive egotism, tyranny, oppression, cruelty, greed, deception, fighting, wars, and gross human injustices were common place in the world.
Therefore for hundreds of years, the prophets were continually speaking out against the crooked path taken by the establishment. Each prophet in turn bearing witness to the deceptive worldly ideas and teachings . . especially those concerning: leadership, justice, and religion.
However like spiritual physicians, they also offered to “heal” mankind by teaching the Truth . . which is . . in reality. . . the knowledge of our hearts. Such forthright speech against those in the high places generated a lot of hatred towards the “speakers of perfect things” .
To stand up and question the validity of what people have blindly believed in for generations, to dare to question the entire system people were born into, brought up under, and to despise it openly doesn’t go down well in many people’s eyes. And as Jesus said : . . . . “They hated me without cause.”
==================================================================
“The Sovereign Lord God himself has given me the tongue of the taught ones, that I may know how to answer the tired one with a word. He awakens morning by morning; he awakens my ear to hear like the taught ones. The Sovereign Lord God himself has opened my ear, and I, for my part, was not rebellious. I did not turn in the opposite direction. My back I gave to the strikers, and my cheeks to those plucking off the hair. My face I did not conceal from humiliating things and spit.
Isaiah 50:4
==================================================================
Not only that, but both the dull and the wicked could not even begin to comprehend the changes the prophets were advocating at that time. Such people do not want to: hear the truth, nor do they want anyone to come along to dispel their illusions ( To “Cure” them from what is making their spirits sick).
To go around telling people their leaders are misleading them; the system of justice was corrupt and cruel; and that their religions were born out of lies, superstition, and hypocrisy isn’t the best way to gain popularity. It is . . however . . a way to get yourself killed!
==================================================================
"I have hated the congregation of evildoers, and with the wicked ones I do not sit. No boasters may take their stand in front of your eyes. You do hate all those practicing what is hurtful.”
Psalms 26:5
Yet. . . Jesus spoke out against the spirit of wickedness and ignorance that governs this world . . which is symbolized by such terms as “the Devil” (the deceiver). . and “Satan” . . (the adversary) . This is why. . . in the end . . He was murdered by the very same authorities He turned His anger against . . those who He saw as being . .. the offspring of . . “Satan” !
Satan - the adversary of God - was revealed as being . . the perverse spirit within mankind . . that governs this world . . . . the perverse ideas of the high priests of the temple . . the scribes who wrote the laws . . and the governing authorities . . and finally . . even many of the common folk. . who turned against Jesus for . . what was seen to be . . His “blasphemy” . . and His seditious talk.
Obviously.. the prophets were always well aware of this situation.. and of the hopelessness of it all. So. . rather than attempting to bring about any real change in their own time... they concealed their true intentions and aspirations. . amidst riddles . . symbolic stories.. and by the use of everyday comparisons . . in the form of ambiguous words . . until a time when the conditions were ripe in the world for a new code of ethics to take root and to flourish . . as a universally accepted Law among the nations.
In fact . . their choice of words was such that they intentionally mirrored the very system they hated. By this I mean . .they created their double meanings by making comparisons with the traditions . . and the blinkered prejudices of the society they lived in. They applied a kind of “Trojan horse” strategy . . but with the use of carefully calculated words . . instead of using wooden planks . . they infiltrated the system . . and made themselves become an excepted part of it . . by becoming the very focus of the people’s religious beliefs and traditions . . even today many of our world leaders openly acknowledge Jesus as being “their Lord”.. yet.. do any of them REALLY believe what he said ?
Traditions like the law.. government.. and religion.. family values . . and even taxes . . all get mirrored artfully . . as if they are speaking in support of the system they lived under . . rather than against it . Yet in other parts of the book these things are ridiculed and denounced . This is the reason that the casual reader will be heard to comment that the Bible is full of contradictions... whereas.. in fact . . it is not . . . it merely appears that way to the reader who goes straight for the literal interpretation . . every time.
Yet . . almost magically . . among the sages writings . . ideas were being transformed semantically . . from everyday general mundane terms . . into much more profound spiritual ideas . . therebye demonstrating that they possessed a mastery over the use of language . . which has never been surpassed.
==================================================================
“People of a stammering tongue . . I will speak to you in a language too deep for your understanding”
Isaiah .
==================================================================
Words like marriage.. children. . divorce.. law.. fornication . . prostitution. . war. . blind. . lame. . and deaf . . are all good examples of this ambiguous usage. The prophets took the commonly held values and prejudices of their time . . and turned their meanings around . . by giving them much deeper spiritual implications instead.
Sadly . . a lot of confusion and error has resulted because of this .
Therefore . . the primary purpose of the Apocatastasis . . . . is to provide the best possible evidence of what the message of scripture REALLY is . . . and . . by that means . . TO SET THINGS STRAIGHT.
==================================================================
“Now come, write it upon a tablet with them, and inscribe it even in a book, that it may serve for a future day, for a witness to time indefinite”
A SEALED BOOK - examples
THE PROPHET’S VISION
“For the vision is for the appointed time, and it keeps panting on to the end, and it will not tell a lie; for it will without fail come true. It will not be too late.”
Isaiah
28:20 For God will rise up, he will be agitated, that he may do his deed - his deed is strange - and that he might work his work - his work is unusual. And now do not show yourselves scoffers, in order that your bands may not grow strong.
29:9 Linger, you men, and be amazed; blind yourselves, and be blinded. They have become intoxicated, but not with wine; they have moved unsteadily, but not because of intoxicating liquor. For upon you men God has poured a spirit of deep sleep; and he has closed your eyes, and he has covered even your heads. And for you men the vision of everything becomes like the words of the book that has been sealed up, which they give to someone knowing the writing, saying: "Read this out loud, please," and he has to say: "I am unable for it is sealed up"; and the book must be given to someone that does not know writing, somebody saying: "Read this out loud, please," and he has to say: "I do not know writing at all."
29:13 And God says: "For the reason that this people have come near with their mouth, and have glorified me merely with their lips, and they have remove their heart itself far away from me, and their fear towards me becomes men's commandment that is being taught, therefore here I am, the One that will act wonderfully again with this people, in a wonderful manner and with something wonderful; and the wisdom of their wise men must perish, and the very understanding of their discreet men will conceal itself." Woe to those who are going very deep in concealing counsel from God himself, and whose deeds have occurred in a dark place, while they say: "Who is seeing us, and who is knowing of us?" The perversity of you men!
29:18 And in that day the deaf ones will certainly hear the words of the book, and out of the gloom and out of the darkness even the eyes of the blind ones will see. And the meek ones will certainly increase their rejoicing in God himself, and even the poor ones of mankind will be joyful in the Holy One, because the tyrant must reach his end, and the bragger must come to his finish, and all those keeping alert to do harm must be cut off, those bringing a man into sin by his word, and those who lay bait even for the one reproving in the gate, and those who push aside the righteous one with empty arguments. And those who are erring in their
spirit will actually get to know understanding, and even those who are grumbling will learn instruction."
30:8 Now come, write it upon a tablet with them, and inscribe it even in a book, that it may serve for a future day, for a witness to time indefinite. For it is a rebellious people, untruthful sons, sons who have been unwilling to hear the Law of God; who have said to the ones seeing, `You must not see,' and to the ones having visions, `You must not envision for us any straightforward things; envision deceptive things. Turn aside from the way; deviate from the path. Cause the Holy One to cease just on account of us.'
30:16 And God will certainly give you people bread in the form of distress and water in the form of oppression; and yet your Grand Instructor will no longer hide himself, and your eyes must become eyes seeing your Grand Instructor. And your own ears will hear a word behind you saying: "This is the way. Walk in it, you people," in case you people should go to the right or in case you should go to the left.
35:5 At that time the eyes of the blind ones will be opened, and the very ears of the deaf ones will be unstopped. At that time the lame one will climb up just like a stag does, and the tongue of the speechless one will cry out in gladness.
37:23
Have you not heard? From remote times it is what I will do. From bygone days I have even formed it. Now I will bring it in.
43:18
Do not remember the first things, and to the former things do not turn your consideration. Look! I am doing something new. Now it will spring up. You people will know it, will you not?
48:3
The first things I have told even from that time, and out of my own mouth they went forth, and I kept making them heard. Suddenly I acted, and the things proceeded to come in. Due to my knowing that you are hard and that your neck is an iron sinew and your forehead is copper, I also kept telling you from that time. Before it could come in, I caused you to hear it, that you might not say, `My own idol has done them, and my own carved image and my own molten image have commanded them.' You have heard. Behold it all. As for you people, will you not tell it? I have made you hear new things from the present time, even things kept in reserve, that you have not known. At the present time they must be created, and not from that time, even things that before today you have not heard, that you may not say, `Look! I have already known them.'
Moreover, you have not heard, neither have you known, nor from that time has your ear been opened. For I well know that without fail you kept dealing treacherously, and a transgressor from the belly you have been called.
52:13
Look! My servant will act with insight. He will be in high station and will certainly be elevated and exalted very much. To the extent that many have stared at him in amazement - so much was the disfigurement as respects his appearance more than that of the sons of mankind - he will likewise startle many nations. At him Kings will shut their mouth, because what had not been recounted to them they will actually see, and to what they had not heard they must turn their consideration.
HABAKKUK
1:5
See, you people, among the nations, and look on, and stare in amazement at one another. Be amazed; for there is an activity that one is carrying on in your days, which you people will not believe although it is related.
2:3
For the vision is for the appointed time, and it keeps panting on to the end, and it will not tell a lie; for it will without fail come true. It will not be too late.
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FootNotes:
“Intoxicated” means.. intoxicated by strange ideas. . for example... Hitler got the German people “intoxicated” with his ideas of nationalism and a super race.
The “gate” is this world. This world is the gateway to next life.. or . . the gateway to eternity.
A SEALED BOOK - COMMENTARY
“All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness”
2Timothy 3:16
Unlike the Buddhist scriptures, the Bible is an occult book.. By this, I mean all the biblical scriptures have been intentionally written in such a way as to prevent any casual reader from easily understanding what is actually being said. It is by this means many of the most valuable ideas remain concealed and intact . . . . hidden from those who lack insight. . just like a treasure buried in a field . . which only the most persistent of seekers can discover.
One very good reason for this concealing strategy. . (There are also other good reasons). . was that . . these writings . . when read with insight . . are often seditious and highly provocative . . and they are against the way the world is . . . . rather than for it.
In the prophet’s times, things were much the same as they are today: excessive egotism, tyranny, oppression, cruelty, greed, deception, fighting, wars, and gross human injustices were common place in the world.
Therefore for hundreds of years, the prophets were continually speaking out against the crooked path taken by the establishment. Each prophet in turn bearing witness to the deceptive worldly ideas and teachings . . especially those concerning: leadership, justice, and religion.
However like spiritual physicians, they also offered to “heal” mankind by teaching the Truth . . which is . . in reality. . . the knowledge of our hearts. Such forthright speech against those in the high places generated a lot of hatred towards the “speakers of perfect things” .
To stand up and question the validity of what people have blindly believed in for generations, to dare to question the entire system people were born into, brought up under, and to despise it openly doesn’t go down well in many people’s eyes. And as Jesus said : . . . . “They hated me without cause.”
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“The Sovereign Lord God himself has given me the tongue of the taught ones, that I may know how to answer the tired one with a word. He awakens morning by morning; he awakens my ear to hear like the taught ones. The Sovereign Lord God himself has opened my ear, and I, for my part, was not rebellious. I did not turn in the opposite direction. My back I gave to the strikers, and my cheeks to those plucking off the hair. My face I did not conceal from humiliating things and spit.
Isaiah 50:4
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Not only that, but both the dull and the wicked could not even begin to comprehend the changes the prophets were advocating at that time. Such people do not want to: hear the truth, nor do they want anyone to come along to dispel their illusions ( To “Cure” them from what is making their spirits sick).
To go around telling people their leaders are misleading them; the system of justice was corrupt and cruel; and that their religions were born out of lies, superstition, and hypocrisy isn’t the best way to gain popularity. It is . . however . . a way to get yourself killed!
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"I have hated the congregation of evildoers, and with the wicked ones I do not sit. No boasters may take their stand in front of your eyes. You do hate all those practicing what is hurtful.”
Psalms 26:5
Yet. . . Jesus spoke out against the spirit of wickedness and ignorance that governs this world . . which is symbolized by such terms as “the Devil” (the deceiver). . and “Satan” . . (the adversary) . This is why. . . in the end . . He was murdered by the very same authorities He turned His anger against . . those who He saw as being . .. the offspring of . . “Satan” !
Satan - the adversary of God - was revealed as being . . the perverse spirit within mankind . . that governs this world . . . . the perverse ideas of the high priests of the temple . . the scribes who wrote the laws . . and the governing authorities . . and finally . . even many of the common folk. . who turned against Jesus for . . what was seen to be . . His “blasphemy” . . and His seditious talk.
Obviously.. the prophets were always well aware of this situation.. and of the hopelessness of it all. So. . rather than attempting to bring about any real change in their own time... they concealed their true intentions and aspirations. . amidst riddles . . symbolic stories.. and by the use of everyday comparisons . . in the form of ambiguous words . . until a time when the conditions were ripe in the world for a new code of ethics to take root and to flourish . . as a universally accepted Law among the nations.
In fact . . their choice of words was such that they intentionally mirrored the very system they hated. By this I mean . .they created their double meanings by making comparisons with the traditions . . and the blinkered prejudices of the society they lived in. They applied a kind of “Trojan horse” strategy . . but with the use of carefully calculated words . . instead of using wooden planks . . they infiltrated the system . . and made themselves become an excepted part of it . . by becoming the very focus of the people’s religious beliefs and traditions . . even today many of our world leaders openly acknowledge Jesus as being “their Lord”.. yet.. do any of them REALLY believe what he said ?
Traditions like the law.. government.. and religion.. family values . . and even taxes . . all get mirrored artfully . . as if they are speaking in support of the system they lived under . . rather than against it . Yet in other parts of the book these things are ridiculed and denounced . This is the reason that the casual reader will be heard to comment that the Bible is full of contradictions... whereas.. in fact . . it is not . . . it merely appears that way to the reader who goes straight for the literal interpretation . . every time.
Yet . . almost magically . . among the sages writings . . ideas were being transformed semantically . . from everyday general mundane terms . . into much more profound spiritual ideas . . therebye demonstrating that they possessed a mastery over the use of language . . which has never been surpassed.
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“People of a stammering tongue . . I will speak to you in a language too deep for your understanding”
Isaiah .
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Words like marriage.. children. . divorce.. law.. fornication . . prostitution. . war. . blind. . lame. . and deaf . . are all good examples of this ambiguous usage. The prophets took the commonly held values and prejudices of their time . . and turned their meanings around . . by giving them much deeper spiritual implications instead.
Sadly . . a lot of confusion and error has resulted because of this .
Therefore . . the primary purpose of the Apocatastasis . . . . is to provide the best possible evidence of what the message of scripture REALLY is . . . and . . by that means . . TO SET THINGS STRAIGHT.
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“Now come, write it upon a tablet with them, and inscribe it even in a book, that it may serve for a future day, for a witness to time indefinite”
A SEALED BOOK - examples
THE PROPHET’S VISION
“For the vision is for the appointed time, and it keeps panting on to the end, and it will not tell a lie; for it will without fail come true. It will not be too late.”
Isaiah
28:20 For God will rise up, he will be agitated, that he may do his deed - his deed is strange - and that he might work his work - his work is unusual. And now do not show yourselves scoffers, in order that your bands may not grow strong.
29:9 Linger, you men, and be amazed; blind yourselves, and be blinded. They have become intoxicated, but not with wine; they have moved unsteadily, but not because of intoxicating liquor. For upon you men God has poured a spirit of deep sleep; and he has closed your eyes, and he has covered even your heads. And for you men the vision of everything becomes like the words of the book that has been sealed up, which they give to someone knowing the writing, saying: "Read this out loud, please," and he has to say: "I am unable for it is sealed up"; and the book must be given to someone that does not know writing, somebody saying: "Read this out loud, please," and he has to say: "I do not know writing at all."
29:13 And God says: "For the reason that this people have come near with their mouth, and have glorified me merely with their lips, and they have remove their heart itself far away from me, and their fear towards me becomes men's commandment that is being taught, therefore here I am, the One that will act wonderfully again with this people, in a wonderful manner and with something wonderful; and the wisdom of their wise men must perish, and the very understanding of their discreet men will conceal itself." Woe to those who are going very deep in concealing counsel from God himself, and whose deeds have occurred in a dark place, while they say: "Who is seeing us, and who is knowing of us?" The perversity of you men!
29:18 And in that day the deaf ones will certainly hear the words of the book, and out of the gloom and out of the darkness even the eyes of the blind ones will see. And the meek ones will certainly increase their rejoicing in God himself, and even the poor ones of mankind will be joyful in the Holy One, because the tyrant must reach his end, and the bragger must come to his finish, and all those keeping alert to do harm must be cut off, those bringing a man into sin by his word, and those who lay bait even for the one reproving in the gate, and those who push aside the righteous one with empty arguments. And those who are erring in their
spirit will actually get to know understanding, and even those who are grumbling will learn instruction."
30:8 Now come, write it upon a tablet with them, and inscribe it even in a book, that it may serve for a future day, for a witness to time indefinite. For it is a rebellious people, untruthful sons, sons who have been unwilling to hear the Law of God; who have said to the ones seeing, `You must not see,' and to the ones having visions, `You must not envision for us any straightforward things; envision deceptive things. Turn aside from the way; deviate from the path. Cause the Holy One to cease just on account of us.'
30:16 And God will certainly give you people bread in the form of distress and water in the form of oppression; and yet your Grand Instructor will no longer hide himself, and your eyes must become eyes seeing your Grand Instructor. And your own ears will hear a word behind you saying: "This is the way. Walk in it, you people," in case you people should go to the right or in case you should go to the left.
35:5 At that time the eyes of the blind ones will be opened, and the very ears of the deaf ones will be unstopped. At that time the lame one will climb up just like a stag does, and the tongue of the speechless one will cry out in gladness.
37:23
Have you not heard? From remote times it is what I will do. From bygone days I have even formed it. Now I will bring it in.
43:18
Do not remember the first things, and to the former things do not turn your consideration. Look! I am doing something new. Now it will spring up. You people will know it, will you not?
48:3
The first things I have told even from that time, and out of my own mouth they went forth, and I kept making them heard. Suddenly I acted, and the things proceeded to come in. Due to my knowing that you are hard and that your neck is an iron sinew and your forehead is copper, I also kept telling you from that time. Before it could come in, I caused you to hear it, that you might not say, `My own idol has done them, and my own carved image and my own molten image have commanded them.' You have heard. Behold it all. As for you people, will you not tell it? I have made you hear new things from the present time, even things kept in reserve, that you have not known. At the present time they must be created, and not from that time, even things that before today you have not heard, that you may not say, `Look! I have already known them.'
Moreover, you have not heard, neither have you known, nor from that time has your ear been opened. For I well know that without fail you kept dealing treacherously, and a transgressor from the belly you have been called.
52:13
Look! My servant will act with insight. He will be in high station and will certainly be elevated and exalted very much. To the extent that many have stared at him in amazement - so much was the disfigurement as respects his appearance more than that of the sons of mankind - he will likewise startle many nations. At him Kings will shut their mouth, because what had not been recounted to them they will actually see, and to what they had not heard they must turn their consideration.
HABAKKUK
1:5
See, you people, among the nations, and look on, and stare in amazement at one another. Be amazed; for there is an activity that one is carrying on in your days, which you people will not believe although it is related.
2:3
For the vision is for the appointed time, and it keeps panting on to the end, and it will not tell a lie; for it will without fail come true. It will not be too late.
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FootNotes:
“Intoxicated” means.. intoxicated by strange ideas. . for example... Hitler got the German people “intoxicated” with his ideas of nationalism and a super race.
The “gate” is this world. This world is the gateway to next life.. or . . the gateway to eternity.
