And measures and matters of The Truth of the "time" we are in ...how "man" ..."thought to change time and times ... Dearly beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, how that one day is with the Lord, as a thousand year, and a thousand year as one day.
The Lord is not slack to fulfil his promise, as some men count slackness: but is patient to us ward, and would have no man lost, but would receive all men to repentance.
Behold in a wonder full dream during the whoreable nightmare of the dark season ...of the times and time ..of the season of man ...see son of man ...
and i was taken and shown the Truth the Word of God like a scroll ...like a flying book ...
and as the Truth the Word of God went out Trumpets sounded !!!
and as the Truth of the Word of God went out like a scroll over the whole earth and the trumpets began to sound a voice spoke ...
and the voice gave reason:
"That God our father be praised and honored."
and scripture came back to remembrance.
THE FOURTH BOOK OF ESDRAS Chpt 5
Nevertheless, as
concerning the tokens, mark this: Behold, the days shall come, that they which
dwell upon the earth, shall be taken in a great number, and the way of the
truth shall be hid, and the land shall be barren from faith: but iniquity
will have the upper hand, like as thou have seen now, and as thou hast heard
long ago. And the land that thou seest now to have rule, shall thou shortly see
waste. But if God grant thee to live, thou shalt see after the third trumpet,
that the sun shall suddenly shine again in the night, and the moon three times
in the day, and blood shall drop out of wood, and the stone shall give his
voice, and the people shall be unquiet: and even shall rule, whom they hope not
that dwell upon the earth, and the fowls shall flight, and the *Sodomitish
sea shall cast out his fish, and make a noise in the night, which many shall not
know, but they shall all hear the voice thereof.
There shall be a confusion also in many
places, and the fire shall be often sent again, and the wild beasts shall go
their way, and menstruous women shall bear monsters, and salt waters will be
found in the sweat: one friend shall fight against another: then shall all wit
and understanding be hid and put into their secret places, and shall be sought
of many, and yet not be found: then shall unrighteousness and voluptuousness
have the upper hand upon the earth. One land shall also ask another, and
say: Is righteousness gone through thee? And it shall say: No, at the same
time shall men hope, but nothing obtain: they shall labor but their wages shall
not prosper.
To show thee such tokens I have leave, and
if thou wilt pray again, and weep as now, and fast seven days, thou shalt hear
yet greater things. Then I awaked, and a fearfulness went through all my body,
and my mind was feeble and careful, so that I almost sounded withal. So the
angel that was come to talk with me, held me, comforted me, and set me up upon
my feet.
And in the second night it happened, that
Salathielthe Captain of the people came unto me, saying: Where hast thou been?
and why is thy countenance so heavy? Knowest thou not, that Israel is committed
unto thee, in the land of their captivity? Up then, and eat and forsake us not,
as the shepherd that leaveth his flock in the hands of the wicked wolves. Then
said I unto him: Go thy way from me, and come not near me: and he heard it, and
as I said, so went he his way from me. And so I fasted seven days, mourning and
weeping, like as Uriel the angel commanded me. And after seven days it happened,
that the thoughts of my heart were very grievous unto me again, and my soul
received the spirit of understanding, and I began to talk with the most highest
again, and said: O' Lord, Lord, of every wood of the earth and all the trees
thereof, thou hast chosen the one only vineyard: and of all the lands of the
whole world thou hast chosen the one pit: and of all the flowers of the ground
thou hast chosen the one lily: and of all the depths of the sea thou hast filled
the one river: and of all the builded cities thou hast hallowed Sion unto thy
self: and of all the fowls that are created, thou hast named the one dove: and
of all the cattle that are made thou hast provided the one sheep: and among all
the multitudes of flocks thou hast gotten the one people, and unto this people
whom thou lovest, thou gavest the law, that is proved of all.
And now, O' Lord, why hast thou given
this one people over unto many? And upon the one root thou hast prepared other,
and why hast thou scattered thy one only people among many? which tread them
down, yee which have ever withstand thy promises, and never believed thy
commandments? And though thou werest enemy unto thy people, yet shouldest
thou punish them with thine own hands. Now when I had spoke these words, the
angel that came to me the night before, was sent unto me, and said unto me :
Hear me, and harken unto the things that I say, and I shall tell thee more. And
I said: Speak on my Lord. Then said he unto me: Thou art sore vexed and troubled
for Israels sake. Lovest thou the people better than him that made thee? And I
said: No Lord, but of very grief and compassion have I spoken. For my reigns
pain me every hour, because I would have experience of the way of the most
highest, and to seek out part of his judgement. And he said unto me: that thou
mayest not. And I said: wherefore Lord? Where unto was I born then? Or why
was not my mothers childbed then my grave? So I had not seen the misery and
trouble of Jacob, and the travail of my people of Israel.
And he said unto me: Number me the things
that are not yet come : gather me together the drops, that are scattered abroad:
make me the flowers green again, that are withered: open me the thing that is
closed: and bring me forth the winds, that are shut up: Show me the image of a
voice, and then I shall declare the thing, that thou laborest to know. And I
said: O' Lord, Lord, who may know these things, but he that hath not his
dwelling with men? As for me I am unwise: how may I then speak of these things
whereof thou asketh me? Then said he unto me: like as thou can do none of
these things that I have spoken of, even so canest thou not find out my
judgement, or in the end the love that I have promised unto my people. And I
said: Behold O' Lord, yet art thou near unto them that have no end: and what
shall they do that have been before me, or we that be now, or they that should
come after us ? And he said unto me: I will liken my judgement unto a ring. Like
as there is no slackness of the last, even so there is no swiftness of the
first. So I answered and said: couldest thou not make those ( that have been
made, and that be now, and that are for to come ) in one, that thou might show
thy judgement the sooner? Then answered he me, and said: The creature may not
hasten above the maker, nether may the world hold them at once, that shall be
created.
And I said: Now hast thou said unto thy
servant, that thou living maker hast made the creature living at once, and the
creature bear it? even so might it now also bear them that be present, at once.
And he said unto me: Ask the childbed of a woman, and say unto her: If thou
bringest forth children, why doest thou not together, but one after another?
Pray her therefore, to bring forth ten children at once. And I said: she can
not, but must do it one after the other.
Then said he unto me: Even so have I
given a childbed unto the earth, for those that be sown upon it by process of
time. For like as a young child may not bring forth the things that belong
to the aged, even so have I ordered the world which I have made.
And I asked and said: Seeing thou hast now
given me the way, I will speak before thee: for our mother whom thou hast told
me, is yet young, and now she draweth near unto age. He answered, me and said:
Ask a woman that beareth children, and she shall tell thee. Say unto her:
wherefore are not they ( whom thou hast now brought forth) like those that were
before thee, but less of stature? And she shall answer thee: They that were born
in the youth of strength, are of one fashion : and they that are born in the
time of age ( when the childbed faileth) are otherwise. Consider now thyself,
how that yee are less of stature, then those that were before you, and so are
they that come after you, less then you, as the creatures that now begin to be
old, and have passed over the strength of youth. Then said I: Lord I beseech
thee, if I have found favor in thy sight, show thy servant, by whom doest thou
visit thy creature?
*Sodomitish sea ... is in caps in the original text ...hell low !!! (*note current events RN) shall cast out his fish
So I turned me, lifting up mine eyes, and
looked, and behold, a flying book. And he said unto me: what seest thou? I
answered: I see a flying book of twenty cubits long, and ten cubits broad. Then
said he unto me: This is the curse, that goeth forth over the whole earth: for
all thieves shall be judged after this book, and all swearers shall be judged
according to the same, I will bring it forth ( saith the Lord of hosts ) so that
it shall come to the house of the thief, and to the house of him, that falsely
sweareth by my name: and shall remain in his house, and shall consume it, with
the timber and stones thereof. Then the angel
that talked with me, went forth, and said unto me: lift up thine eyes and see
what this is that goeth forth. And I said: what is it? He answered: this is a
measure going out. He said moreover: Even thus are they ( that dwell upon the
whole earth ) to look upon. And behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead:
and lo, a woman sat in the midst of the measure. And he said: This is
ungodliness. So he cast her into the midst of the measure, and threw the
lump of lead up in to an whole.
Then lift up I mine eyes, and looked: and behold,
there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings ( for they had
wings like the wings of a stork ) and they lifted up the measure between the
earth and the heaven. Then spake I to the angel that talked with me: whither
will these bare the measure? And he said unto me: in to the land of Sinear, to
build them an house: which when it is prepared, the measure shall be set there
in his place
THE GOSPELL OF ST. MATTHEW Chpt 25
When the son of man cometh in his glory, and all the holy
angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his glory, and before him
shall be gathered all nations. And he shall separate them one from
another, as a shepherd divideth the sheep from the goats. And he shall
set the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on the left. Then shall the
King say to them on his right hand: Come ye blessed children of my father,
inherit ye the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world. For I
was an hungered, and ye gave me meat. I thirsted, and ye gave me drink. I was
harborless, and ye lodged me. I was naked and ye clothed me. I was sick and ye
visited me. I was in prison and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer
him saying: master, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or a thirst, and
gave thee drink? when saw we thee harborless, and lodged thee? or naked and
clothed thee? or when saw we thee sick or in prison and came unto thee? And the
king shall answer and say unto them: Verily I say unto you: in as much as ye
have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it to me.
Then shall the king say unto them that
shall be on the left hand: depart from me ye cursed, into everlasting fire:
which is prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was an hungered, and
ye gave me no meat. I thirsted, and ye gave me no drink. I was harborless, and
ye lodged me not. I was naked, and ye clothed me not. I was sick and in prison,
and ye visited me not.
Then shall they also answer him saying:
master, when saw we thee an hungered, or a thirst, or harborless, or naked, or
sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them
and say: Verily I say unto you, in as much as ye did it not to one of the least
of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go into everlasting pain: And the
righteous into life eternal
The Lord hateth as well him that justifieth the ungodly, as him that condemeth the innocent.
Every man
can *eschue a person moved to anger, for what he doth wisely? Even so shall the
Lord of Hosts take away from Jerusalem and from Juda, all possessions and power,
all meat and drink, the captain and the soldier, the judge and the prophet, the
wise and the aged man, the worshipful of fifty year old, and the honorable: the
Senators, and the men of understanding: the masters of crafts and orators. And I
shall give you children to be your princes,( sayeth the Lord ) and babes
shall have the rule of you. One shall ever be doing violence and wrong to
another. The boy will presume against the elder, and the vile person against
the honorable. Ye when one shall take a friend of his own kindred by the
bosom, and say: Thou hast clothing, thou shalt be our head, for thou mayest keep
us from this fall and peril.
Then shall he swear and say: I can not help
you. Moreover, there is neither meat nor clothing in my house, make me no ruler
of the people. For Jerusalem and Juda must decay, because both their words and
counsel are against the Lord, they provoke the presence of his Majesty unto
anger. The changing of their countenance betrayeth them, yee they
declare their own sins themselves, as the Sodomites,
and hide them not. Woe be unto their souls, for they shall be heavily
rewarded. Then shall they say: O happy are the godly, for they may enjoy the
fruits of their studies. But woe be unto the ungodly and unrighteous for they
shall be rewarded after their works. O my people, *ribaudes oppress thee, and
women have rule of thee. O my people, thy leaders deceive thee, and tread out
the way of thy footsteps. The Lord is here to commune of the matter, and
standeth to give judgement with the people. The Lord shall come forth to reason
with the Senators and princes of his people, and shall say thus unto them: It is
ye that have burnt up my vineyard, the robbery of the poor is in your house.
Wherefore do ye oppress my people, and marred the faces of the innocents? thus
shall the Lord God of Hosts revile them.
*ribaudes ( extortioners :MN).
yee they declare their own sins themselves, as the Sodomites, and hide them not.
For the wrath of God appeareth from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men which withhold the truth in unrighteousness: seeing, what may be known of God, that same is manifest among them. For God did show it unto them. So that his invisible things: that is to say, his eternal power and godhead, are understood and seen, by the works from the creation of the world. So that they are without excuse, in as much as when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful but waxed full of vanities in their imaginations, and their foolish hearts were blinded. When they counted themselves wise, they became fools and turned the glory of the immortal God, unto the similitude of the image of mortal man, and of birds, and fourfooted beasts, and of serpents. Wherefore God like wise gave them up unto their hearts lusts, unto uncleanness, to defile their own bodies between themselves: which turned his truth unto a lie, and worshipped and served the creatures more then the maker, which is blessed for ever. Amen. For this cause God gave them up unto shameful lusts. For even their women did change the natural use unto the unnatural. And likewise also the men left the natural use of the woman, and burned in their lusts one on another. And man with man wrought filthiness, and received in themselves the reward of their error, as it was according.
And as it seemed not good unto them to be a known of God, even so God delivered them up unto a lewd mind, that they should do those things which were not comely, being full of all unrighteous doing, of fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness, full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, evil conditioned, whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, doers of wrong, proud, boasters, bringers up of evil things, disobedient to father and mother, without understanding, covenant breakers, unloving, truce breakers and merciless. Which men though they knew the righteousness of God, how that they which commit such things, are worthy of death, yet not only do the same, but also have pleasure in them that do them.
The Lord hateth as well him that justifieth the ungodly, as him that condemeth the innocent.
For this cause God gave them up unto shameful lusts.
THE SECOND TO THE CORINTHIANS Chpt 11
If the truth of Christ be in me, this rejoicing shall not be taken from me in the regions of Achaia. Wherefore? Because I love you not? God knoweth. Nevertheless what I do, that will I do, to cut away occasion from them which desire occasion, that they might be found like unto us in that wherein they rejoice. For these false apostles are deceitful workers, and fashion them selves like unto the Apostles of Christ. And no marvel, for Satan himself is changed into the fashion of an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing, though his ministers fashion them selves as though they were the ministers of righteousness: whose end shall be according to their deeds.
THE FOURTH BOOK OF ESDRAS Chpt 6
And he said unto me: In the beginning when the
ground was made: before the world stood, or ever the winds blew, before it
thundered and lightened, or ever the foundations of paradise were laid, before
the fair flowers were seen, or ever the moveable powers were established, before
the innumerable multitude of angels were gathered together, or ever the highness
of the air was lifted up, afore the measures of the firmament were named, or
ever the chimneys of Sion were hot, and the present years were sought out, and
or ever the inventions of those that now sin, were put aside, before they were
sealed that now gather faith for a treasure: then did I consider and ponder all
these things, and they all were made through me, and through none other: Then
answered I and said: which shall be the parting asunder of the times? Or when
shall the end of the first, and the beginning of it that followeth? And he said
unto me: From Abraham unto Isaac, when Jacob and Esau were born of him, Jacobs
hand held first the heel of Esau: for Esau is the end of this world, and Jacob
is the beginning of it that followeth. The hand of man between the heel and the
hand. Other question ( Esdras ) ask thou not.
I answered then, and said: O' Lord, Lord, if
I have found favor in thy sight, I beseech thee, show thy servant the end of the
tokens, whereof thou showest me part the last night. So he answered and said
unto me: Stand up upon thy feet, and hear the perfect voice and sound. There
shall come a great motion, but the place where thou standest will not be moved.
And therefore when thou hearest the words be not afraid: for of the end shall
the word and the foundation of the earth be understand. And why? the word
thereof trembleth and quaketh, for it knoweth, that it must be changed at the
end. And it happened, that when I heard it, I stood up upon my feet, and
harkened: And behold there was a voice that spake, and the sound of it was like
the sound of many waters, and it said. Behold, the days come, that I will begin
to draw near, and to visit them that dwell upon the earth, and will begin to
make inquisition of them, what they be that have hurt equity with
unrighteousness, and when the low estate of Sion shall be fulfilled: and when
the world, that shall vanish away, shall be oversealed, then will I do these
tokens.
The books shall be opened before the
firmament, and they shall see altogether, and the children of a year old shall
speak with their voices: the women with child shall bring forth untimely
children of three or four months old, and they shall live, and be raised up: and
suddenly shall the sown places appear as the unsewn, the full store houses shall
suddenly be found empty, and the trumpet shall give a sound, which when every
man hearth, they shall be hastily afraid. At that time shall friends fight
against one another like enemies, and the earth shall stand in fear with them.
The springs of the wells shall stand still,
and in three hours they shall not run. Whosoever remaineth from all these things
that I have told thee, shall escape, and see my salvation, and the end of your
world. And the men that are received, shall see it, they that have not tasted
death from their birth: and the heart of the indwellers shall be changed, and
turned into another meaning: for evil shall be put out, and deceit shall be
quenched. As for faith, it shall flourish, corruption shall be over come: and
the truth, which hath so long been without fruit, shall be declared. And it
happened when he talked with me, that I looked demurely upon him, before whom I
stood, and these words said he unto me: I am come to show thee, the time of the
night for to come.
If thou will pray yet more, and fast seven
days again, I shall tell thee more things, and greater than before: for thy
voice is heard before the Highest: for why? the Mighty has seen the righteous
dealing, he hath seen also thy chastity, which thou hast had ever since thy
youth: and therefore hath he sent me to show thee all these things, and to say
unto thee: Be of good comfort, and fear not, and haste not with the times that
are past to think vain things, and make not haste of the latter times.
And it happened after this, that I wept
again, and fasted seven days in like manner, that I might fulfill the three
weeks, which he told me. In the eighth night was my heart vexed within me again,
and I began to speak before the Highest: for my spirit was greatly set on fire,
and my soul was in distress, and I said: O' Lord, thou speakest unto thy
creature from the beginning ( even the first day ) and sayest: Let heaven and
earth be made, and thy word was a perfect work. And then was there the spirit,
and the darkness was yet on every side, and silence: there was no mans voice yet
from thee. Then commandest thou a fair light to come forth out of thy treasures,
that thy work might appear and be seen.
Upon the second day thou madest the spirit
of the firmament, and commandest it to part asunder, and to make a division
betwexed the waters, that the one part might remain above, and the other
beneath. Upon the third day thou broughtest to pass, that the waters were
gathered unto the seventh part of the earth: Six parts hast thou dried up, and
kept them, to the intent that men might sew and occupy husbandry therein. As
soon as thy word went forth, the work was made. For immediately there was great
innumerable fruit, and many diverse pleasures and desires of temptation, flowers
of changeable color and smell, and this was done the third day.
Upon the fourth day thou commandest that the
Sun should giveth his shine, and the moon her light: the stars didest thou set
in order, and gavest them a change to do serve even unto man, that was for to be
made. Upon the fifth day, thou sayest unto the seventh part ( where the waters
were gathered ) that they should bring forth diverse beasts, souls and fishes.
And so it came to pass, that the dumb water and without soul, brought forth
living beasts, at the commandment of God, that all people might praise his
wondrous works. Then didest thou preserve two souls, the one thou callest *Enoch
and the other Leviathan, and did separate the one from the other: for the
seventh part ( namely where the water was gathered together ) might not hold
them both. Unto Enoch thou gavest one part, which was dried up the third day,
that he should dwell in the same part, wherein are a thousand hills. But unto
Leviathan thou gavest the seventh part, namely the most, and hast kept him to
devour what thou wilt, and when. Upon the sixth day thou gavest commandment unto
the earth, that before thee it should bring forth beasts, cattle, and all that
creep, and ( besides this ) Adam also, who thou madest of all the creatures: Of
him come we all, and the people also, whom thou hast chosen specially unto thy
self. All this have I said now and spoken before thee, that I might show, how
that the world was made for our sakes. As for the other people which also come
of Adam thou hast said that they are nothing, but be like spittle, and hast
likened the abundance of them unto a drop ( that falleth ) from the roof of the
house.
And now, O Lord, the Heathen which have ever
been reputed as nothing, have gone to be lords over us, and to devour us: but we
thy people ( whom thou hast called the first born, thy only begotten, and thy
fervent lover ) are given into their hands and power. If the world be made now
for our sakes, why have we not the inheritance in the possession with the world?
How long shall this endure?
* Enoch = "dedicated" in root Hebrew
THE GOSPELL OF ST. MATTHEW Chpt 6
Take heed to your alms, that ye give it not in
the sight of men, to the intent that ye would be seen of them. Or else ye get no
reward of your father which is in heaven. Whensoever therefore thou givest thine
alms, thou shalt not make a trumpet to be blown before thee, as the
hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, for to be praised of men.
Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. But when thou doest thine alms,
let not thy left hand know, what thy right hand doth, that thine alms may be
secret: and thy father which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as
the hypocrites are. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues, and in
the corners of the streets, because they would be seen of men. Verily I say unto
you, they have their reward. But when thou prayest, enter into thy chamber, and
shut thy door to thee, and pray to thy father which is in secret: and thy father
which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
And when ye pray, babble not much, as the
heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard, for their much babblings
sake. Be ye not like them therefore. For your father knoweth whereof ye have
need, before ye ask of him. After this manner therefore pray ye.
O' our father which art in heaven, hallowed
be thy name. Let thy kingdom come. Thy will be fulfilled, as well in earth, as
it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our
trespasses, even as we forgive our trespassers. And lead us not into temptation:
but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power, and the glory
for ever. Amen. For and if ye shall forgive other men their trespasses, your
heavenly father shall also forgive you. But and ye will not forgive men their
trespasses, no more shall your father forgive your trespasses.
Moreover when ye fast, be not sad as the
hypocrites are. For they disfigure their faces, that they might be seen of men
how they fast. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. But thou, when
thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face, that it appear not unto men
how that thou fastest: but unto thy father which is in secret: and thy father
which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
See that ye gather you not treasure upon the
earth, where rust and moths corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.
But gather ye treasures to gether in heaven, where neither rust nor moths
corrupt, and where thieves neither break up nor yet steal. For where soever your
treasure is, there will your hearts be also.
The light of the body is thine eye.
Wherefore if thine eye be single, all body shall be full of light. But and if
thine eye be wicked then all thy body shall be full of darkness. Wherefore if
the light that is in thee, be darkness: how great is that darkness.
No man can serve two masters. For either he
shall hate the one and love the other: or else he shall lean to the one and
despise the other: ye cannot serve God and *Mammon. Therefore I say unto you, be
not *careful for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, nor yet
for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more worth than meat, and
the body more of value then raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow
not, neither reap, nor yet carry into the barns: and yet your heavenly father
feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Which of you (though he took thought
therefore) could put one cubit unto his stature? And why care ye then for
raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They labor not neither
spin. And yet for all that I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his royalty
was not arrayed like unto one of these. Wherefore if God so clothe the grass,
which is today in the field, and tomorrow shall be cast into the furnace, shall
he not much more do the same unto you, O' ye of little faith?
Therefore take no thought saying: what shall
we eat, or what shall we drink, or wherewith shall we be clothed? After all
these things seek the gentiles. For your heavenly father knoweth that ye have
need of all these things. But rather seek ye first the kingdom of heaven and the
righteousness thereof, and all these things shall be ministered unto you.
Care not then for the morrow, but let the
morrow care for itself: for the day present hath ever enough of his own travail
*Mammon: to serve for gain. *careful: that is full of care.
THE REVELATION OF ST JOHN Chpt 8
And when he had opened the seventh seal,
there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. And I saw angels
standing before God, and to them were given seven trumpets. And another angel
came and stood before the altar having a golden censer, and much of odors was
given unto him, that he should offer of the prayers of all saints upon the
golden altar, which was before the seat. And the smoke of the odors which came
of the prayers of all saints, ascended up before God out of the Angels hand. And
the Angel took the censer and filled it with fire of the altar and cast it into
the earth, and voices were made, and thunderings and lightnings, and earthquake.
And the seven Angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to blow. The first Angel blew, and there was
made hail and fire, which were mingled with blood, and they were cast into the
earth: and the third part of trees was burnt, and all green grass was burnt.
And the second Angel blew: and as it were a great mountain: burning with fire
was cast into the sea, and the third part of the sea turned to blood, and the
third part of the creatures which had life, died, and the third part of ships
were destroyed.
And the third Angel blew, and there
fell a great star from heaven burning as it were a lamp, and it fell into the
third part of the rivers, and into fountains of waters, and the name of the star
is called wormwood. And the third part was turned to wormwood. And many men died
of the waters because they were made bitter. And the fourth Angel blew, and
the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the
third part of stars: so that the third part of them was darkened. And the day
was smitten that the third part of it should not shine, and likewise the night.
And I beheld and heard an Angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with
a loud voice: Woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth because of the voices
to come of the trumpet of the three Angels which were yet to blow
THE REVELATION OF ST JOHN Chpt 9
And the fifth Angel blew, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the
earth. And to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. And he opened the
bottomless pit, and there arose the smoke of a great furnace. And the sun and
the air were darkened by the reason of the smoke of the pit. And there came out
of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power as the
scorpions of the earth have power. And it was commanded them, that they should
not hurt the grass of the earth: neither any green thing: neither any tree: but
only those men which have not the seal in their foreheads. And to them was
commanded that they should not kill them, but that they should be vexed five
months, and their pain was as the pain that cometh of a scorpion, when he hath
stung a man. And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it, and
shall desire to die, and death shall fly from them.
And the similitude of the locusts was like
unto horses prepared unto battle, and on their heads were as it were crowns,
like unto gold: and their faces were as it had been the faces of men. And they
had hair as the hair of women. And their teeth were as the teeth of lions. And
they had habergeons, as it were habergeons of iron. And the sound of their
wings, was as the sound of chariots when many horses run together to battle: And
they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails. And
their power was to hurt men five months. And they had a king over them, which is
the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue, is Abadon: but
in the Greek tongue, Apollion. One woe is past, and behold two woes come after
this.
And the sixth Angel blew, and I heard
a voice from the four corners of the golden altar, which is before God, saying
to the sixth angel, which had the trumpet: Loose the four Angels, which are
bound in the great river Euphrates. And the four Angels were loosed which were
prepared for an hour, for a day, for a month, and for a year, for to slay the
third part of men. And the number of horsemen of war, were twenty times ten
thousand. And I heard the number of them: And thus I saw the horses in a vision,
and them that sat on them having fiery habergeons of a Jacinth colour, and
brimstone, and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions. And out of
their mouths went forth fire and smoke and brimstone. And of these three was the
third part of men killed: that is to say, of fire, smoke, and brimstone, which
proceeded out of the mouths of them: For their power was in their mouths and in
their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with
them they did hurt: And the remnant of the men which were not killed by these
plagues, repented not of the deeds of their hands that they should not worship
devils, and images of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood, which
neither can see, neither hear, neither go. Also they repented not of their
murder, and of their sorcery neither of their fornication neither of their theft
THE REVELATION OF ST JOHN Chpt 10
And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven clothed with a cloud,
and the rain bow upon his head. And his face as it were the sun, and his
feet as it were pillars of fire, and he had in his hand a little book open: and
he put his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth. And cried
with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth. And when he had cried, seven thunders
spake their voices. And when the seven thunders had spoken their voices, I was
about to write. And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, seal up those
things which the seven thunders spake, and write them not.
And the Angel which I saw stand upon the
sea, and upon the earth, lifted up his hand to heaven and swore by him that
liveth for evermore, which created heaven, and the things that therein are, and
the sea, and the things which therein are: that there should be no longer time:
but in the days of the voice of the seventh Angel, when he shall begin to blow:
even the mystery of God shall be finished as he preached by his servants the
prophets.
And the voice which I heard from heaven,
spake unto me again, and said: go and take the little book which is open in the
hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea, and upon the earth. And I went
unto the angel, and said to him: give me the little book, and he said unto me:
take it, and eat it up, and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in
thy mouth as sweet as honey. And I took the little book out of his hand, and ate
it up, and it was in, my mouth as sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it,
my belly was bitter. And he said unto me: thou must prophesy again among the
people, and nations, and tongues, and to many kings
THE REVELATION OF ST JOHN Chpt 1
I John your brother and companion in
tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience which is in *Jesu Christ, was in
the isle of Pathmos for the word of God, and for the witnessing of Jesu Christ.
I was in the spirit on a *sonday, and heard behind me a great voice, as it
had been of a trumpet saying: I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last.
That thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the congregations which are
in Asia, unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thiatira,
and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicia.
And I turned back to see the voice that
spake to me. And when I was turned: I saw seven golden candlesticks. And in the
midst of the candlesticks, one like unto the son of man, clothed with a linen
garment down to the ground, and girt about the *paps with a golden girdle. His
head, and his hairs were white, as white wool, and as snow: and his eyes were as
a flame of fire: and his feet like unto brass as though they burnt in a furnace:
and his voice as the sound of many waters. And he had in his right hand seven
stars. And out of his mouth went a sharp two edged sword. And his face shone
even as the *son in his strength.
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet, even
as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me: fear not. I am the
first and the last, and am alive, and was dead. And behold I am alive for
evermore, and have the keys of hell and of death. Write therefore the things
which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be
fulfilled hereafter: and the mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my
right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the
messengers of the seven congregations: And the seven candlesticks which thou
sawest are the seven congregations
*Jesu: Hebrew for Jesus. *sonday : exactly as it appears, sun in the text would have been sunne, see chap 6. *paps (chest)
THE REVELATION OF ST JOHN Chpt 4
After this I looked, and
behold a door was open in heaven, and the first voice which I heard, was as it
were of a trumpet talking with me which said: come up hither, and I will show
thee things which must be fulfilled here after. And immediately I was in the
spirit: And behold a seat was put in heaven, and one sat on the seat. And he
that sat, was to look upon, like unto a jasper stone and a sardine stone: And
there was a rainbow about the seat, in sight like to an emerald. And about the
seat were twenty four seats. And upon the seats twenty four elders sitting,
clothed in white raiment, and had on their heads crowns of gold.
And out of the seat proceeded lightnings,
and thunderings, and voices, and there were seven lamps of fire, burning before
the seat, which are the seven spirits of God. And before the seat there was a
sea of glass like unto crystal, and in the midst of the seat, and round about
the seat were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. And the first beast
was like a lion, the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as
a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. And the four beasts had
each one of them six wings about him, and they were full of eyes with in. And
they had no rest day neither night saying: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God almighty,
which was, and is, and is to come.
And when those beasts gave glory and honour
and thanks to him that sat on the seat, which liveth for ever and ever: the
twenty four elders fell down before him that sat on the throne, and worshipped
him that liveth for ever, and cast their crowns before the throne saying: thou
art worthy Lord to receive glory and honour, and power, for thou hast created
all things, and for thy wills sake they are, and were created
THE FOURTH BOOK OF ESDRAS Chpt 10
And it happened that when my son went to his
chamber, he fell down, and died: then overthrew we all the lights, and all my
neighbors rose up to comfort me. Then took I my rest unto the second day at
night: and when they had all rested, that they might comfort me, I rested also,
and rose up by night and fled, and am come hither in to this field, as thou
seest: and am proposed not to come in the city, but to remain here, and neither
to eat nor drink, but to continually mourn and fast, until I die.
Then let I my meditations and thoughts fall,
that I was in, and spake unto her in displeasure: Thou foolish woman, seest thou
not our heaviness and mourning, and what happeneth unto us? how Sion our mother
is all woeful and sorry, and how she is clean brought down and in misery? seeing
we be all now in heaviness, and make our moan ( for we be all sorrowful ). As
for the heaviness that thou takest, it is for but one son. Demand the earth, and
she shall tell thee, that it is she which ought ( by reason ) to mourn, for the
fall of so many that grow upon her. For from the beginning all men are born of
her, and other shall come: and behold, they walk almost all into destruction,
and many shall be rooted out.
Who should then ( by reason ) make more
mourning, then she, that hath lost so great a multitude? and not thou, which are
sorry but for one. But if thou would sayest unto me: My mourning is not like the
mourning of the earth, for I have lost the fruit of my body, which I bear with
heaviness: but the earth is according to the manner of the earth, and the
present multitude goeth again into her, as it is come to pass: Then say I unto
thee: like as thou hast born with travail and sorrow, even so also the earth
from the beginning giveth her fruit unto man, for him that made her. And
therefore withhold thy sorrow and heaviness by thy self, and look what happened
unto thee, bear it strongly. For if thou judgest the mark and end of God to be
righteous and good, and receive his counsel in time, thou shalt be commended
therein. Go thy way then in to the city to thy husband.
And she said unto me: that will I not do, I
will not go into the city, but here will I die. So I communed more with her, and
said: Do not so, but be counseled, and follow me: for how many falls hath Sion?
Be of good comfort because of the sorrow of Jerusalem. For thou seest that our
Sanctuary is laid waste, our altar broken, our temple destroyed, our playing of
instruments and singing laid down, the thanksgiving put to silence, our mirth is
vanished away, the light of our candlestick is quenched, the ark of the
covenant is taken from us, all our holy things are defiled, and the name
that is called upon over us, is dishonored: our children are put to shame, our
priests are burnt, our Levites are carried away into captivity, our virgins are
defiled, our wives are ravished, our righteous men spoiled, and our children
destroyed, our young men are brought in bondage, and our strong worthies are
become weak: and Sion ( which seal is greatest of all ) is loosed up from her
worship: for she is delivered into the hands of them that hate us.
And therefore shake off thy great heaviness,
and put away the multitude of sorrows: that the Mighty may be merciful unto
thee, and that the Highest may give thee rest from thy labor and travail. And it
happened, that when I was talking with her, her face did shine and glister, so
that I was afraid of her, and mused what it might be. And immediately she cast
out a great voice, very fearful, so that the earth shook at the noise of the
woman: and I looked, and behold, the woman appeared unto me no more: but there
was a city builded, and a place was shown from the ground and foundation.
Then was I afraid, and crieth with loud
voice, and said: where is Uriel the angel, which came to me at the first? For he
hath caused me to come in many considerations and high thoughts, and mine end is
turned to corruption, and my prayer to rebuke. And as I was speaking these
words, he came unto me, and looked upon me, and I lay as one that had been dead,
and mine understanding was altered, and he took me up by the right hand, and
comforted me, and set me up upon my feet, and said unto me: what aileth thee?
and why is thy understanding vexed? and the understanding of thy heart, and
wherefore art thou sorry? And I said: Because thou hast forsaken me: and I have
not done according to thy words, I went in to the field, and there have I seen
things, that I am not able to express. He said unto me: Stand up and be manly,
and I shall give thee exhortation.
Then said I: Speak on to me my Lord, forsake
me not, least I die in vain: for I have seen that I knew not, and heard that I
do not know. Or shall my understanding be deceived, and my mind? But now I
beseech thee, that thou will show thy servant of this wonder. He answered me
then and said: hear me, and I shall inform thee, and tell thee wherefore thou
art afraid, for the Highest hath opened many secret things unto thee.
He hath seen that thy way is right, and that
thou takest sorrow continually for thy people, and maketh great lamentation for
Sion: and therefore understand the vision which thou sawest a little while ago
after this manner: Thou sawest a woman mourning, and thou hast comforted her:
Nevertheless seest now the likeness of the woman no more, but thou thoughtest
there was a city builded: and like as she told you of the fall of her son, so is
this the answer,: The woman whom thou sawest, is Sion: and where as she told
thee, that she hath been thirty years unfruitful and barren, those are the
thirty years, wherein no offering was made in her.
But after thirty years Solomon builded her,
and offered, and then bare the barren a son. And where as she told thee, that
she nourish him with labor, that was the dwelling of Jerusalem. But where as the
son died in her chamber, that is the fall of Jerusalem. And thou sawest her
likeness, how she mourned for her son: and what else happened unto her, I have
showed thee. And now God seeth, that thou art sorry in mind, and sufferest from
thy heart for her, and so hath he showed thee her clearness, and the fairness of
her beauty.
And therefore I had thee remain in the
field, where no house is builded. For I knew that the Highest would show this
unto thee, therefore I commanded thee to go into the field, where no foundation
or building is. For the place where the Highest will show his city, there shall
be no mans building, And there for fear not, and let not thine heart be afraid,
but go thy way in, and see the glorious and fair building, and how great it is,
and how great thou thinkest it after the measure of thine eyes, and then thou
shall hear as much as thine ears may comprehend. For thou art blessed above many
other, and art called with the Highest, as the few. But tomorrow at night thou
shalt remain here, and so shall the Highest show thee visions of high things,
which he will do unto them, that dwell upon earth in the last days. So I slept
that same night like as he commanded me
THE REVELATION OF ST JOHN Chpt 1
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave
unto him, for to show unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass.
And he sent and showed by his angel unto his servant John, which bare record of
the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he
saw. Happy is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of the prophecy, and
keep those things which are written therein. For the time is at hand.
John to the seven congregations in Asia.
Grace be with you and peace, from him which is and which was, and which is to
come, and from the seven spirits which are present before his throne, and from
Jesus Christ which is a faithful witness, and first begotten of the dead: and
Lord over the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from
sins in his own blood, and made us kings and Priests unto God his father be
glory and dominion for ever more. Amen. Behold he cometh with clouds, and all
eyes shall see him: and they also which pierced him. And all kindreds of the
earth shall wail. Even so: Amen. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the
ending, saith the Lord almighty, which is and which was and which is to come.
I John your brother and companion in
tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience which is in *Jesu Christ, was in
the isle of Pathmos for the word of God, and for the witnessing of Jesu Christ.
I was in the spirit on a *sonday, and heard behind me a great voice, as it had
been of a trumpet saying: I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last. That
thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the congregations which are in
Asia, unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thiatira, and
unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicia.
And I turned back to see the voice that
spake to me. And when I was turned: I saw seven golden candlesticks. And in the
midst of the candlesticks, one like unto the son of man, clothed with a linen
garment down to the ground, and girt about the *paps with a golden girdle. His
head, and his hairs were white, as white wool, and as snow: and his eyes were as
a flame of fire: and his feet like unto brass as though they burnt in a furnace:
and his voice as the sound of many waters. And he had in his right hand seven
stars. And out of his mouth went a sharp two edged sword. And his face shone
even as the *son in his strength.
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet, even
as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me: fear not. I am the
first and the last, and am alive, and was dead. And behold I am alive for
evermore, and have the keys of hell and of death. Write therefore the things
which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be
fulfilled hereafter: and the mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my
right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the
messengers of the seven congregations: And the seven candlesticks which thou
sawest are the seven congregations
*Jesu: Hebrew for Jesus. *sonday : exactly as it appears, sun in the text would have been sunne, see chap 6. *paps (chest)
THE REVELATION OF ST JOHN Chpt 2
Unto the messenger of the congregation
of Ephesus write: These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his
right hand, and walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks.
I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not
forbear them which are evil: and examinedst them which say they are Apostles,
and are not: and hast found them liars and didst wash thy self. And hast
patience: and for my names sake hast laboured and hast not fainted. Nevertheless
I have somewhat against thee, for thou hast left thy first love. Remember
therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works. Or
else I will come unto thee shortly, and will remove thy candlestick
out of his place, except thou repent. But this thou hast because thou hatest the
deeds of the Nicolaitans, which deeds I also hate. Let him that hath ears hear,
what the spirit saith unto the congregations. To him that overcometh, will I
give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.
And unto the Angel of the congregation of
Smyrna write: These things saith he that is first, and the last, which was dead
and is alive. I know thy works and tribulation and poverty, but thou art rich:
And I know the blasphemy of them which call themselves Jewes and are not: but
are the congregation of *Sathan. Fear none of those things which thou shalt
suffer. Behold, the devil shall cast of you into prison, to tempt you, and ye
shall have tribulation ten days. Be faithful unto the death, and I will give
thee a crown of life. Let him that hath ears hear, what the spirit saith to the
congregations: He that overcometh, shall not be hurt of the second death.
And to the messenger of the congregation in
Pergamos write: This saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges. I know
thy works and where thou dwellest, even where *Sathans seat is, and thou keepest
my name and hast not denied my faith. And in my days Antipas was a faithful
witness of mine, which was slain among you, where Sathan dwelleth. But I have a
few things against thee: that thou hast there, they that maintain the doctrine
of Balaam which taught in Balak, to put occasion of sin before the children of
Israel, that they should eat of meat dedicated unto idols, and to commit
fornication. Even so hast thou them that maintain the doctrine of the
Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. But be converted, or else I will come unto thee
shortly and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. Let him that
hath ears, hear what the spirit sayth unto the congregations. To him that
overcometh will I give to eat Manna that is hid, and will give him a white
stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that
receives it.
And unto the messenger of the congregation
of Thiatira write: This sayth the son of God, which has his eyes like unto a
flame of fire, whose feet are like brass: I know thy works and thy love,
service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy deeds, which are more at the last
then at the first. Not withstanding I have a few things against thee, that thou
*sufferest that woman Jezabel, which called herself a Prophetess, to teach and
to deceive my servants, to make them commit fornication, and to eat meats
offered up unto idols. And I gave her space to repent of her fornication and she
repented not. Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit
fornication with her, into great adversity, except they turn from their deeds.
And I will kill her children with death. And all the congregations shall know
that I am he which searches the reins and hearts. And I will give unto everyone
of you according to your works.
Unto you I say, and unto others of them of
Thiatira, as many as have not this learning and which have not known the
deepness of *Sathan (as they say). I will put upon you none other burden, but
that which you have already. Hold fast until I come, and whosoever overcometh
and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over nations, and he
shall rule them with a rod of iron: and as the vessels of a potter, shall he
break them to shivers. Even as I received of my father, so will I give him the
morning star. Let him that has ears, hear what the spirit says to the
congregations
*Sathan (Satan); exact spelling. *sufferest (allow)
THE REVELATION OF ST JOHN Chpt 11
And then was given me a reed, like
unto a rod, and it was said unto me: Rise and meet the temple of God, and the
altar, and them that worship therein, and the *quere which is within the temple,
cast out and meet it not: for it is given unto the Gentiles, and the holy city
shall they tread under foot forty two months. And I will give power unto my two
witnesses, and they shall prophesy one thousand, two hundred and sixty days,
clothed in sack cloth. These are two olive trees, and two candlesticks,
standing before the God of the earth.
And if any man will hurt them, fire shall
proceed out of their mouths, and consume their enemies. And if any man will hurt
them this wise must he be killed. These have power to shut heaven, that it rain
not in the days of their prophesying: and have power over waters to turn them to
blood, and to smite the earth with all manner plagues, as often as they will.
And when they have finished their testimony,
the beast that came out of the bottomless pit, shall make war against them and
shall overcome them, and kill them. And their bodies shall lie in the streets of
the great city, which spiritually is called *Zodom and Eygpt, where our Lord was
crucified. And they of the people and kindreds, and tongues, and they of the
nations, shall see their bodies three days and an half, and shall not *suffer
their bodies to be put in graves. And they that dwell upon the earth, shall
rejoice over them and be glad, and shall send gifts one to another for these two
Prophets vexed them that dwelt on the earth.
And after three days and an half the spirit
of life from God, entered into them. And they stood up upon their feet: and
great fear came upon them which saw them. And they heard a great voice from
heaven, saying unto them. Come up hither. And they ascended up into heaven in a
cloud, and their enemies saw them. And the same hour was there a great
earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were
slain names of men seven thousand and the remnant were feared, and gave glory to
God of heaven. The second woe is past, and third woe will come *anon.
And the seventh angel blew, and there were
made great voices in heaven, saying: the kingdoms of this world are our Lords
and his Christs, and he shall reign for evermore. And the twenty four elders,
which sit before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God
saying: we give thee thanks Lord God almighty: which art and wast, and art to
come, for thou hast received thy great might, and hast reigned. And the nations
were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead that they should be
judged and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the Prophets and
Saints, and to them that fear thy name small and great and shouldest destroy
them, which destroy the earth. And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and
there was seen in his temple, the ark of his testament: and there followed
lightnings, and voices, and thunderings and earthquake, and much hail
*Zodom (Sodom) *suffer (allow) *anon (shortly). *quere : place of asking ...where petitions are heard.
Seeing brethren that by the means of the blood
of Jesu, we may be bold to enter into that holy place, by the new and living way
which he hath prepared for us, through the veil, that is to say, by his flesh.
And seeing also that we have an high priest which is ruler over the house of
God, let us draw nigh with a true heart in a full faith, sprinkled in our hearts
from an evil conscience, and washed in our bodies with pure water: and let us
keep the profession of our hope, without wavering (for he is faithful that
promised) and let us consider one another, to provoke unto love, and to good
works: and let us not forsake the fellowship that we have among ourselves, as
the manner of some is: but let us exhort one another, and that so much the more,
because ye see that the day draweth nigh.
For if we sin willingly after that
we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no
more sacrifice for sins but a fearful looking for judgment, and
violent fire, which shall devour the adversaries. He that despiseth Moses
law, dieth without mercy under two or three witnesses. Of how much sorer
punishment suppose ye shall he be counted worthy, which treadeth under foot the
son of God: and counteth the blood of the testament as an unholy thing wherewith
he was sanctified, and doth dishonour to the spirit of grace. For we know him
that hath said: vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense saith the Lord.
And again: the Lord shall judge his people. It is a fearful thing to fall
into the hands of the living God.
THE SECOND TO THE THESSALONIANS Chpt 2
We beseech you brethren by the coming of our
Lord *Jesu Christ, and in that we shall assemble unto him, that ye be not
suddenly moved from your mind and be not troubled neither by spirit, neither by
words, nor yet by letter which should seem to come from us, as though the day of
Christ were at hand. Let no man deceive you by any means, for the Lord cometh
not, except there come a departing first, and that, that sinful man be opened,
the son of *perdition which is an adversary, and is exalted above all that is
called God, or that is worshipped: so that he shall sit as God in that temple of
God, and show himself as God.
Remember ye not, that when I was yet with
you, I told you these things? And now ye know what withholdeth: even that he
might be uttered at his time. For the mystery of that iniquity doth he already
work: till he which now only letteth, be taken out of the way. And then shall
that wicked be uttered, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his
mouth, and shall destroy with the appearance of his coming even him whose coming
is by the working of Satan, with all lying power, signs and wonders: and in all
deceivableness of unrighteousness, among them that perish: because they
received not the love of the truth, that they might have been
saved. And therefore God shall send them strong delusion, that they
should believe lies: that all they
THE GOSPELL OF ST. JOHN Chpt 15
I am the true vine, and my father is an husbandman. Every branch that beareth
not fruit in me, he will take away. And every branch that beareth fruit, will he
purge, that it may bring more fruit. Now are ye clean through the words which I
have spoken unto you. Bide in me, and let me bide in you. As the branch cannot
bear fruit of itself, except it bide in the vine: no more can ye except ye abide
in me. I am the vine, and ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in
him, the same bringeth forth much fruit. For without me can ye do nothing. If a
man bide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered: and men
gather it and cast it into the fire, and it burneth. If ye bide in me and my
words also bide in you: ask what ye will, and it shall be done to you.
Herein is my father glorified, that ye bear
much fruit, and be made my disciples.
As the father hath loved me, even so have I
loved you. Continue in my love. If ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall bide
in my love, even as I have kept my fathers commandments, and bide in his love.
These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that
your joy might be full.
This is my commandment, that ye love
together as I have loved you. Greater love than this hath no man, than that a
man bestow his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I
command you. Henceforth call I you not servants: for the servant knoweth not
what his lord doeth. But you have I called friends: for all things that I have
heard of my father I have opened to you.
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you
and ordained you, that ye go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit remain,
that whatsoever ye shall ask of the father in my name, he should give it you.
This command I you, that ye love together.
If the world hate you, ye know that he hated me before he hated you. If ye were
of the world, the world would love his own. How be it because ye are not of the
world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore hateth you the world.
Remember the saying that I said unto you: the servant is not greater than the
Lord.
If they have persecuted me, so will they
persecute you. If they have kept my sayings, so will they keep yours.
But all these things will they do unto you
for my names sake, because they have not known him that sent me. If I had not
come and spoken unto them they should not have had sin: but now have they
nothing to cloak their sin with all. He that hateth me, hateth my father. If I
had not done works among them which none other man did, they had not had sin.
But now have they seen, and yet have hated both me and my father: even that the
saying might be fulfilled that is written in their law: they hated me without a
cause.
But when the comforter is come, whom I
will send unto you from the father, which is the spirit of truth, which
proceedeth of the father, he shall testify of me. And ye shall bear witness
also, because ye have been with me from the beginning
Therefore my brethren dearly beloved and
longed for, my joy and crown, so continue in the Lord ye beloved. I pray Euodias,
and beseech Sintiches that they be of one accord in the Lord. Yee and I beseech
thee faithful yokefellow, help the women which laboured with me in the gospell,
and with Clement also, and with other my labour fellows, whose names are in
the book of life. Rejoice in the Lord alway, and again I say rejoice. Let
your softness be known unto all men. The Lord is even at hand. Be not carefull:
but in all things show your petition unto God in prayer and supplication with
giving of thanks. And the peace of God which passeth all understanding, keep
your hearts and minds in Christ *Jesu.
Furthermore brethren, whatsoever things
are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever
things are pure, whatsoever things pertain to love, whatsoever things are of
honest report: if there be any virtuous thing, if there be any laudable thing,
those same have ye in your mind, which ye have both learned and received, heard
and also seen in me: those things do, and the God of peace shall be with you. I
rejoice in the Lord greatly, that now at the last ye are revived again to care
for me, in that wherein ye were also carefull, but ye lacked opportunity. I
speak not because of necessity. For I have learned in whatsoever estate I am
therewith to be content. I can both cast down myself, I can also exceed.
Everywhere and in all things I am instructed, both to be full and to be hungry:
to have plenty, and to suffer need. I can do all things through the help of
Christ which strengtheneth me. Not withstanding ye have well done, that ye bare
part with me in my tribulation
*Jesu: Hebrew for Jesus
THE GOSPELL OF ST. MARK Chpt 3
And they came unto house, and the people
assembled together again, so greatly that they had not leisure so much as to eat
bread. And when they that longed unto him heard of it, they went out to hold
him. For they thought he had been beside himself. And the Scribes which came
from Jerusalem, said: he hath Belzebub, and by the power of the chief devil,
casteth out devils. And he called them unto him, and said unto them in
similitudes.
How can Satan drive out Satan? For if a
realm be divided against itself, that realm cannot endure. Or if a house be
divided against itself, that house cannot continue: So if Satan make
insurrection against himself and be divided, he cannot continue, but is at an
end. No man can enter into a strong mans house, and take away his goods, except
he first bind that strong man, and then spoil his house. Verily I say unto
you, all sins shall be forgiven unto mens children and blasphemy wherewith they
blaspheme. But he that blasphemeth the holy ghost, shall never have forgiveness:
but is in danger of eternal damnation: because they said, he had an unclean
spirit. Then came his mother and his brethren, and stood without, and sent
unto him and called him. And the people sat about him, and said unto him: behold
thy mother and thy brethren seek for thee without. And he answered them saying:
who is my mother and my brethren? And he looked round about on his disciples,
which sat in compass about him, and said: behold my mother and my brethren. For
whosoever doeth the will of God, he is my brother, my sister, and mother
These things have I said unto you, because ye
should not be offended. They shall excommunicate you: ye the time shall come
that whosoever killeth you, will think that he doth God service. And such things
will they do unto you, because they have not known the father neither yet me.
But these things have I told you, that when that hour is come, ye might remember
then, that I told you so. These things said I not unto you at the beginning
because I was present with you.
But now I go my way to him that sent me, and
none of you asketh me: whither goest thou? But because I have said such things
unto you, your hearts are full of sorrow. Nevertheless I tell you the truth, it
is expedient for you that I go away. For if I go not away, that comforter will
not come unto you. But if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is
come, he will rebuke the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgement.
Of sin, because they believe not on me: of righteousness, because I go to my
father, and ye shall see me no more: and of judgement, because the chief ruler
of this world, is judged all ready.
I have yet many things to say unto you:
but ye cannot bear them away now. How be it when he is come (I mean the spirit
of truth) he will lead you into all truth. He shall not speak of himself: but
whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak, and he will show you things to
come. He shall glorify me, for he shall receive of mine and shall show unto you.
All things that the father hath are mine. Therefore said I unto you, that he
shall take of mine and show unto you.
After a while ye shall not see me, and again
after a while ye shall see me: For I go to the father. Then said some of his
disciples between themselves: what is this that he saith unto us, after a while
ye shall not see me, and again after a while ye shall see me: and that I go to
the father. They said therefore: what is this that he saith after a while? we
cannot tell what he saith. Jesus perceived that they would ask him, and said
unto them: This is it that ye enquire of between yourselves, that I said after a
while ye shall not see me, and again after a while ye shall see me. Verily,
verily I say unto you: ye shall weep and lament and the world shall rejoice. Ye
shall sorrow: but your sorrow shall be turned to joy.
A woman when she travaileth hath sorrow,
because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she
remembreth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. And
ye now are in sorrow: but I will see you again, and your hearts shall rejoice,
and your joy shall no man take from you. And in that day shall ye ask me no
question. Verily, verily I say unto you, whatsoever ye shall ask the father in
my name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name. Ask and
ye shall receive it: that your joy may be full.
These things have I spoken unto you in
proverbs. The time will come when I shall no more speak to you in proverbs: but
I shall show you plainly from my father. At that day shall ye ask in mine name.
And I say not unto you that I will speak unto my father for you. For the father
himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out
from God. I went out from the father, and came into the world: and I leave the
world again, and go to the father.
His disciples said unto him: lo now speakest
thou plainly, and thou usest no proverb. Now know we that thou understandest all
things, and needest not that any man should ask thee any question. Therefore
believe we that thou camest from God. Jesus answered them: Now ye do believe.
Behold the hour draweth nigh, and is already come that ye shall be scattered
every man his ways, and shall leave me alone. And yet am I not alone. For the
father is with me.
These words have I spoken unto you, that
in me ye might have peace. For in the world shall ye have tribulation: but be of
good cheer, I have overcome the world
So I turned me, lifting up mine eyes, and looked, and behold, a
flying book. And he said unto me: what seest thou? I answered: I see a flying
book of twenty cubits long, and ten cubits broad. Then said he unto me: This is
the curse, that goeth forth over the whole earth: for all thieves shall be
judged after this book, and all swearers shall be judged according to the same,
I will bring it forth ( saith the Lord of hosts ) so that it shall come to the
house of the thief, and to the house of him, that falsely sweareth by my name:
and shall remain in his house, and shall consume it, with the timber and stones
thereof. Then the angel that talked with me, went forth, and said unto me:
lift up thine eyes and see what this is that goeth forth. And I said: what is
it? He answered: this is a measure going out. He said moreover: Even thus are
they ( that dwell upon the whole earth ) to look upon. And behold, there was
lifted up a talent of lead: and lo, a woman sat in the midst of the measure. And
he said: This is ungodliness. So he cast her into the midst of the measure,
and threw the lump of lead up in to an whole.
Then lift up I mine eyes, and looked: and behold,
there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings ( for they had
wings like the wings of a stork ) and they lifted up the measure between the
earth and the heaven. Then spake I to the angel that talked with me: whither
will these bare the measure? And he said unto me: in to the land of Sinear, to
build them an house: which when it is prepared, the measure shall be set there
in his place
The Lord hateth as well him that justifieth the ungodly, as him that condemeth the innocent.
Therefore holy brethren, partakers of the celestial callings consider the
ambassador and high priest of our profession Christ Jesus, which was faithful to
him that made him, even as was Moses in all his house. And yet was this man
counted worthy of more glory than Moses: In as much as he which hath prepared
the house, hath most honour in the house. Every house is prepared of some man.
But he that ordained all things, is God. And Moses verily was faithful in all
his house, as a minister, to bear witness of those things which should be spoken
afterward. But Christ as a son, hath rule over the house, whose
house are we, so
that we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of that hope, unto the end.
Wherefore as the *holy ghost saith: today
if ye shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts, after the rebellion in the
day of temptation in the wilderness, where your fathers tempted me, proved me,
and saw my works forty years long. Wherefore I was grieved with that generation
and said: They *erre ever in their hearts: they verily have not known my ways so
that I sware in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest. Take heed
brethren that there be in none of you an evil heart in unbelief, that he should
depart from the living God: but exhort one another daily, while it is called
today, lest any of you wax hard hearted through the deceitfulness of sin.
We are partakers of Christ if we keep sure
unto the end the first substance, so long as it is said: today if ye hear his
voice, harden not your hearts, as when ye rebelled. For some, when they heard,
rebelled: how be it not all that came out of Egypt under Moses. But with whom
was he displeased forty years? Was he not displeased with them that sinned whose
carcasses were overthrown in the desert? To whom sware he that they should not
enter into his rest: but unto them that believed not? And we see that they
could not enter in, because of unbelief.
THE GOSPELL OF ST. MATTHEW Chpt 7
Not all they that say unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter in to the kingdom
of heaven: but he that doth my fathers will which is in heaven. Many will say to
me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not in thy name Prophesied? And in thy name
have cast out devils? And in thy name have done many miracles? And then will I
knowledge unto them that I never knew them. Depart from me, ye workers of
iniquity.
Whosoever heareth of me these sayings and
doeth the same, I will liken him unto a wise man which built his house on a
rock: and abundance of rain descended, and the floods came and the winds blew
and beat upon that same house, and it fell not, because it was grounded
on the rock. And whosoever heareth of me these sayings and doth them not, shall
be likened unto a foolish man which built his house upon the land: and abundance
of rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that
house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.
And it came to pass, that when Jesus had
ended these sayings, the people were *astonied at his doctrine. For he taught
them as one having power, and not as the scribes
Chpt 17 The Acts of the Apostles
Paul stood in the midst of Marce street and said: ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by and beheld the manner how ye worship your gods, I found an altar wherein was written: unto the unknown God. Whom ye then ignorantly worship him show I unto you: God that made the world and all that are in it, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, he dwelleth not in temples made with hands, neither is worshipped with mens hands, as though he needed of any thing, seeing he himself giveth life and breath to all men everywhere, and hath made of one blood all nations of men, for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath assigned before, how long time, and also the ends of their inhabitation, that they should seek God, if they might feel and find him, though he be not far from every one of us. For in him we live, move and have your being, as certain of your own Poets said. For we are also his generation. For as much then as we are the generation of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, silver or stone, graven by craft and imagination of man.
And the time of this ignorance God regarded not. but now he biddeth all men everywhere repent, because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world according to righteousness, by that man whom he hath appointed, and hath offered faith to all men, after that he had raised him from death
and others of a similitude ...
"vile evil and the first golden trumpet and the candlestick..."
"Last trumpet" ..."Last sword" ...
"once received of the truth no turning back."
"Trump and the truth overcomes the lies of the LEFT. "
"The
Searchers for The Way and the Truth."
" do not turn from ...the way, the truth and the life... "
"over looking the TRUTH causes bigger LIES. PERIOD "
"Americans helping Americans out of the Way of riots... "
"The truth and the times of darkness and the beastly..."
"The children and The Way of the UNGodlie world. "
"Why the religious and churchly can not receive the truth."
"the LEFT binding the way of the RIGHT"
"a multitude fleeing the Truth... "
"Americans helping Americans out of the Way of riots... "
"of passing interest in the truth of the Word of God..."
"The man and the way to the woman's house... "
"The EPA and the visitation of the TRUTH."
"Choose the way the works and the people God shows you.(PERIOD) NOT YOUR OWN CHOICES "
"the religious churchly not moved by the truth."
"going the way of the worldly wife..."
"the truth the going out and the receiving and the fleeing."
"the LEFT is teaching your children the way ...they want them to go..."
"trump gathering the truth of measures of matters..."
"imagination and thoughts of the heart. "
"could not preach the truth..."
"no not one ...and why the many hate the truth ..."
" do not turn from ...the way, the truth and the life... "
"if they love not ...the truth... "
"why the truth is not in the church... "
"church town and the truth ... "
"two and seven acres ...and the truth..."
"the soldiers ...three officers and the truth..."
"a woman preacher and the congregation not interested in the truth ..."
"a people who love the truth ...made free..."
"cursing or repenting ...at the hearing of the truth ..."
"courtesy ...the truth ...men women and fatherless .."
"central intelligence ...political science ...and the truth ..."
"the church ...loves not the truth of God ..."
"the bride ...the Truth ...and the bibles of man ..."
"old friends ...in the flesh and in the truth ..."
"The spirit of the truth ...the bride ...ministers and 2 Macc 8..."
"seven times ..the love of the truth ..."
"Catholics come in ...to the truth ..."
"the church and the the Truth of God ....just another "bible" ..."
"Black board ...the Truth and the spirit of Wisdom ..."
"Two men standing in the Truth ...of God and Christ...Yet !"
""..."religious christians"...cartoon the Truth of God ...and James 5
Earth be centered on the truth ...