In The Last Days . . .
(Prophecies)
Knowledge
Shall Increase
"But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even
to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge
shall be increased." (Daniel 12:4)
"Surely, your Lord is Compassionate, Ever Merciful. He has created horses, mules and donkeys that you may
ride them, and also as adornment; and He will create for that
purpose other means which you do not yet know.
Allah points out the right way, for some ways are devious. Had He enforced His Will, He would have guided you all."
(Qur'an, Al-Nahl, 9-10)
"...and the wild ones are gathered together, and the rivers are
diverted, and people are brought together,…then everyone will
know that which He has wrought." (Qur'an, p. 606 Al-Takvir,
Chapter 81)
Since World War II many new discoveries and many new ways of living
have come to humanity.
Suddenly we felt we were freer, however, Maya has became stronger.
We reached a point where we discovered evolution. We discovered the psychological analysis and Freudian
theories. We reached a point when the computer came in. The human became more powerful.
Knowledge was released to humanity exactly the way it was prophesied
in
Daniel, "...knowledge shall be increased." Comparing before 1945 to after, humanity suddenly jumped from
living in the stone age (or a little better than the stone age) to
the space age. In less than fifty years, we amazingly progressed in
all levels of science, technology, etc.
False
Prophets & Antichrists Will Arise
“And what I say unto you, I say unto all, Watch." (Mark
13:37)
In the twenty-fourth chapter of
Matthew, in which Christ so clearly foretold His own return,
we also find one of His strongest warnings about the last days and
false prophets:
"Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or
there; believe it not.
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and
shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were
possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Behold I have told you before.
Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the
desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not." (Matthew
24:23-26)
"Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's
clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Ye shall know them by their fruits.
Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree brings forth good fruit: but a
corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit.…Wherefore by their fruits
ye shall know them." (Matthew 7:15-20)
"Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a
famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for
water, but of hearing the words of the Lord." (Amos
8:11)
The world has suffered from a famine of spiritual truth, coupled
with the emergence of many false prophets who claim to have the
truth, but continually guide humanity in wrong directions. Read the pages of a new age magazine and you will find
everything from ethereal beings, to alien invaders. Clearly the prophecies given by Christ are being fulfilled in
our day.
New Revelation
Will Come
“For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not
worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed
in us. For the earnest
expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation
of the sons of God.” (Romans 8:18-19)
Again in Romans, St. Paul jubilantly writes on the same
event:
“But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto
thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of
the righteous judgment of God;” (Romans 2:5)
St. Paul clearly speaks of Revelation that would come after Christ’s
Dispensation during the “Day of Wrath” to the sons of God (Elected
Ones). The book of
Revelation
also supports St. Paul’s words.
St. John wrote:
“Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify thy name? For thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for
thy judgments are made manifest.” (Revelation
15:4)
It is through sending a Prophet with revelation that mankind is
judged. That is why St. Paul and John show the link between the
coming of Revelation (appearances of the Prophets) and the advent of
tribulations. An illustration of this point can be found throughout many of
the books of the Prophets of the Old Testament, who not only
prophesied of the future, but also passed God’s Judgments upon
Israel. In brief we may say: Where there is God’s Judgment, there also
is God’s Revelation, and God’s Revelator!
The Final Revelation is
THOTH, The Holiest Of The Holies, “The Last Testament.”
“. . .
I would like people to see the truth,
what has been revealed through me, through the prophecies,
through the teaching, through the words that have come through
THOTH, through the truth of the unification of all
religions together as one, through the possibility to bring
peace and unity to humanity through the Communities of Light,
the truth that the only way is the formation of the
Communities of Light. And then they will see the prophecies
are fulfilled” (Discourse given by Maitreya on
7/16/89)
Babylon the Great Will Fall
“Have you heard of the Event which will
overwhelm mankind?” (Qur’an 88:1).
Many places in Scripture we are given a
description of the same event, generally speaking the event is the
destruction of the old social order and the coming of the New Order
Of The Ages and The Kingdom Of Heaven On Earth.
In this section we are going to look at several of the places this
is discussed and see how these prophecies are about the
Seventh Angel and subsequently
Maitreya. The first
prophecy we are going to examine is from the book of Ezekiel:
“Afterward he brought me to the gate, even
the gate that looketh toward the east:
And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of
the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory. And it was according to the appearance of the vision
which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came
to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the
river Chebar; and I fell upon my face. And the glory of the Lord came into the house by the way of the
gate whose prospect is toward the east. So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner
court; and, behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house.” (Ezekiel 43:1-5).
The above prophecy has five major points.
The first major point is:
“Afterward he brought me
to the gate…And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came
from the way of the east:...”
As we, in the other pages of the Prophesies
in this web site, have seen,
Maitreya
is going to come from the east, in Persia, and this prophecy also
refers to His appearance. He
also Glorifies God (in all aspects) and His Revelation is the Most
Glorious. It is the Most Glorious because: The only time the whole
Universe rejoiced and Glorified God to the Highest was when the Book
with the Seven Seals (THOTH) was opened (Revelation chapter 5).
Since He is also from the
Tribe of Judah (King David) He indeed is
“the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east.”
Another interesting point here is the word “gate.” It is the “gate” (the door or forerunner) that is supposed to
come before the Christ. Although others also might fill this position for Maitreya,
Baba (His Spiritual Teacher from India) seems also to fit this
position. Baba, with a little playing on the words in His name (Baba),
can be accepted as the door (gate) for Maitreya to come.
“Bab” of course means door (like Bab the founder of the Bahá’í
Faith), “a” is the beginning of Aum (or God – most
subtle Sound in the universe). So Baba (“Bab-a”) is the Gate
for God to come to humanity.
Indeed
Maitreya joined only one Spiritual organization (or teacher -
as Christ joined John The Baptist) and that was Ananda Marga (The
Path Of Bliss), which was founded by Baba. It was through joining that organization and being initiated by Baba
(like Christ being Baptized by John before He realized His Own
Mission) that Maitreya
realized His Mission. In a
sense Baba was the Gate for Maitreya to Manifest, as was John
the Baptist for Christ!
The second point found in
Ezekiel 43, is that the glory of the Lord’s voice is:
“…like a noise of many waters.”
There is another person in the Bible who also has such a
voice, it is the Lamb found in Revelation 14:2 whose voice
was like “…the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of
thunder.” The Lamb in Revelation 14:2, is the same as the Glory
of the Lord in Ezekiel 43, but the Lamb is also the same
person as the
Seventh Angel in Revelation
11:19.
The
Bible shows us the connection between the Lamb and the
Seventh Angel by this verse in
Revelation 11:19, “flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of
thunder, an earthquake and a great hailstorm.”
Simply stated the second clue that Ezekiel gives us about the Glory
of the Lord who comes from the east is that He is also the
Seventh Angel found in Revelation.
So,
Maitreya
is the
Seventh Angel, as we will examine
in a greater degree in this section.
The third point found in Ezekiel
43 is that:
“The glory of the Lord came into the house. . .”
The glory of the Lord who enters the temple in Ezekiel 43, is
the same as the
Seventh Angel who comes
“out of the temple of heaven, from the throne” in
Revelation 16:17. We can see that the glory of the Lord (God) is the same
figure as the
Seventh Angel.
The fourth
point of
Ezekiel 43 is that:
“. . .the glory of the Lord filled the house.”
Comparing the above statement from Ezekiel 43:5 to
Revelation 18:1, we will again see that the Glory of the Lord is
the
Seventh Angel, “the glory of the
Lord filled the house.”
With these first four points we see two significant things, first
that the Glory of the Lord will come (be born) from the east of
Jerusalem, and second that the Glory of the Lord is the
Seventh Angel. Also, this can mean that Baba will come before Maitreya
as also promised in Ezekiel 17:1-7, Zechariah 4:11-14,
and Revelation
11:1-14. Knowing the former
clue helps us to understand that the
Seventh Angel will be born in Persia and will be initiated by Baba. But knowing the latter clue(s) helps us better understand what the
Glory of the Lord will do while He is with us.
Even with these proofs being enough to
satisfy our interest, the Bible promises even more wonderful
things about the
Seventh Angel. The final point of Ezekiel’s 43rd chapter
will be a springboard into the reminder of these prophecies.
The fifth
point of
Ezekiel 43 is:
“…even according to the vision that I
saw when I came to destroy the city:…”
To begin to analyze this statement, let us
look at the prophetic words of Haggai:
“And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all
nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the
Lord of hosts.” (Haggai 2:7)
Haggai gives us two important clues that help to link all these
verses together, first Haggai makes clear that God will “fill this
temple with glory,” which is the same thing that the
Glory of the Lord does in Ezekiel, “The
glory of the Lord entered the temple.” This allows us to again see the connection between all
prophecies. Haggai’s second clue is the shaking of the nations, which is
what the
Seventh Angel does according to
St. John’s
Revelation, and again this shows us that the
Seventh Angel and the Glory of the Lord are the same figure.
Haggai gives us a clear picture of what the
Seventh Angel will do. He will shake the nations, or as Ezekiel says, He will
destroy the city of Babylon, both of these are confirmed in
Revelation chapter 16:18-19:
“ . . . and there was a
great
earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the
earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of
the nations fell….”
Clearly, we can see that the glory of God is
the same figure as the
Seventh Angel,
and both figures come to destroy the “city.”
As we are going to see, from the Qur’an, these are the same
promises mentioned in the Qur’an by the final angel of the
apocalypse Israfil (the
Seventh Angel).
"When the earth is rocked in her last
convulsion; when earth
shakes off her burdens and man asks, ‘What may this mean?’ On that Day she will proclaim her tidings, for your Lord will have
inspired her." (Qur’an 99:1-5)
The earthquake mentioned in these Scriptures
causes the destruction of the city.
In the Qur’an we also see that the “city” will be destroyed,
and this entails the coming of a Prophet. So we will see from the Qur’an clearly a Prophet is
expected to come who will destroy the “city,” which as we will see
is the old social order.
Also see Maitreya's article
in the
May/June 2012 Newsbrief:
Babylon The Great Has Fallen!
Other points in
the
Qur’an:
"Never have We
destroyed a nation
whom We did not warn and
admonish before hand.
We are never unjust" (Qur’an 26:208-209).
"Nor did your Lord
destroy the nations until
He had sent apostles to their capital
cities proclaiming to
them Our revelations. We destroyed those cities only because their inhabitants
were wrongdoers” (Qur’an 28:59).
God promises that before He destroys a nation or city, He will
warn and admonish them first. The only question that this verse leaves us with is, how did
God warn the nations? The
answer seems to be made very clear in the Surah of the Moon (54),
which states that when the hour of doom struck in previous times,
God first sent a Prophet as a Warner:
Noah, Ad, Thamud, Lot, Moses among others. Also, the Qur’an explains that God’s ways do not
change:
"That has been Our method
in the case of Our Messengers whom We sent before, and
you will not find Our
method to change." (Qur’an, Bani Israel, 17:77)
Clearly, before a nation is going to be
destroyed, or a city to be set to ruin, God first sends His Prophets
to admonish. Those who come
and admonish bring God’s Revelation. God’s ways do not change, therefore before God sends the
great earthquake mentioned in the Qur’an 99:1-7, Haggai
2:7, and Revelation 16:17-18, He must first send a Messenger
(so, even Muslims should expect another Messenger). Also we must consider the immensity of the Day of Judgment,
which according to the Qur’an will not just be against a
single nation (as in the past) but against all nations collectively:
“And thou wilt see every nation bowing the
knee: every nation
will be called to its Record: ‘This Day shall ye be recompensed
for all that ye did!’” (Qur’an 45:28)
So clearly on the Day of Judgment, God will
first send a Messenger before He begins His destruction. According to the Bible, this Messenger is the
Seventh Angel. In Scripture we see that God can call angels as His servants:
“God
bears witness that there is no god but Him, and
so do the angels and the sages. He is
the Executor of Justice, the Only God, the Mighty, the Wise One”
(Qur’an
3:18)
“God chooses messengers from the angels and from men. God hears all and observes all” (Qur’an 22:75)
From all of Scripture, it becomes evident that
the
Seventh Angel is going to come to
destroy the “city.” Also, this figure is going to be born in the
east in Persia. This figure is fulfilled in
Maitreya;
He is the Warner and destroyer of the “city.”
The “city” is symbolic language for the old
social order, as it is explained in
THOTH:
“‘And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there
was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the
earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great’ (Rev. 16:18). . .
The earthquake is always a symbol of the disruption of the old
order in society and the coming of a new order to humanity. So the new revelation, or the new set-up of rules and the
system, will be revealed to humanity.
The old order will fall off just like an earthquake which
destroys the earth. Everything will fall off the earth and a new kind of
understanding, revelation, and set of rules and regulations will
be established.”
(THOTH,
Revelation Of The Revelation T27, V3-4)
The
Bible uses symbolic terms to express the destruction of the
old social order of man and the establishment of God’s social order
through the use of the words Babylon (the old social order) and
earthquake. In Revelation chapter eighteen, the
Seventh Angel is symbolized as the Lamb making
war against the beast and false prophet (Revelation
19:11-21). As we have seen
previously, the Lamb and the
Seventh Angel
are the same Being.
We, however, need to see one final connection which is from
Psalm
24:7-10, which states: “Lift
up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye left up, ye everlasting
doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates, even lift them up, ye
everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory….” Compare this verse about the King of glory to the one which
opened this essay about the Glory of the Lord, and you will find
three similarities.
First, the name is the same, as
King of glory and glory of the Lord, which have
synonymous meanings. Second, you will see that both the King of glory and the
Glory of the Lord come to us by way of the gate (Prophet Bab,
also any other Prophet, “O you gates”).
Third, you also will notice that the King of Glory is
victorious in battle, which according to Revelation
nineteen, it is what the Lamb accomplishes as “King of Kings
and Lord of Lords”
(Rev.19: 16, i.e. King of glory) who attacks the beast
(Babylon, the old social order) and defeats him, “with the sword
which proceeded from the mouth of Him” (Rev. 21), that is to say,
“The Word of God ” (Rev. 19:13)
Later in the section
entitled the Prince of Peace, we will see that the King of Kings
mentioned there (and subsequently the
Seventh Angel and the Glory of God) is the same figure. All these figures are in reference to
Maitreya who fulfills the prophecies.
