APOCALYPTIC EXAGGERATION and 

ESSENE-SPEAK

==VOCABULARY

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PARALLELISM

    In the study of the Bible, words mean what we think they mean. "Vocabulary" is everything.  We began with Mark's version of Peter's  "denial of Christ" during which the cock crowed twice. This difference allows us to discover Essene influence in the story, which we expanded to discover that the 144,000 of Revelation 7 and 14 are indeed Essenes.  Now we're turning to Isaiah 66 to make use of some PARALLELISM, another very important scholarship tool.. 

On our last page before this one of our "VOCABULARY" we were able to show exaggerated apocylyptic meanings to ordinary words by knowing information about the ESSENES that recent scholars have persisted in ignoring (because to accept this information would likely cost them their jobs and cause a major crisis in various churches). Now we will launch into a new technique for the following pages.   But a technique long used and relied on by these same scholars.  We will, of course retain and use the knowledge we have gained about

the 144,000 (Essenes)

You have now either rejected  what I have

tried to teach you so far, or, if you

agreed with it and learned it, have

sufficient knowledge and

"vocabulary"

to continue reading and understanding

 the messages from

the 7 "angels" of Revelation 14 and 18.

Only now, to the background I have given

 you of examples of how the Essenes used

 exaggerated apocalyptic expressions and

 ESSENE-SPEAK, a new

"vocabulary"

I will add the long-used, reliable tool of 

"PARALLELISM"

Revelation 14:6 "And I saw another angel (another message, another heavenly messenger) fly in the midst of heaven, (in this context, Qumran, the "heaven of the Essenes") having the everlasting gospel  (Essene rules, doctrines, and teachings, not Paul's adaptations of these rules, that eliminated most of them, allowing Christians to be "saved" because Jesus had kept these rules) to preach to them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, 7 Saying with a loud voice, (a "loud voice" first raised by William Miller, and later by Seventh-day Adventists) Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters."(these here have Astrological meanings -- 4 Ages)
Revelation 14:8 "And there followed another angel, (another message, another heavenly messenger, now the second in a series of 7, six of which are in this chapter, and the seventh in chapter 18) saying, Babylon (in this case not literal Babylon in Iraq, but the Vatican in Rome) is fallen, is fallen, (the repetition of "fallen" represents 2 "millennial days", or 2000 years) that great city, (the "great" expands the meaning to everyone the Vatican has influence over, including Protestantism) because she made all nations drink of the wine ((the Catholic Mass)tof the wrath ("wrath of God", hell, purgatory) of her fornication."(the Church's dogma, invention)
Revelation 14:9 "And the third angel (third message in this series) followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast  (here Roman Catholicism))and his image,(the Protestant Churches who are likewise Trinitarian and keep Sunday as their weekly holy rest day) and receive his mark (Sunday worship) in his forehead, (believe it to be God's blessed "Holy Day" in place of Saturday the 7th day of the week), or in his hand, work on Saturday-- 
10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented  with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb;  11 "And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever; and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever recieveth the mark of his name.  
Revelation 14:12 "Here is the patience (remnant, what is left) of the saints (the Essenes): here are they (the Essenes) that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus (Essenism)."

Vocabulary Definitions Summary

for  Revelation 14:6-12

Babylon -- not literal Babylon in Iraq, but the Vatican in Rome, who inherited the power of Pagan Rome after the Emperor Constantine made Roman Catholicism his state religion

beast -- not one of the 4 beasts of chapter 4, but one or both of the beasts of Revelation 13, in this context a "beast" that has exercised power for almost 2000 years, the Roman Catholic church

commandments of God -- to the Essenes represented more than the 10 commandments, but included also dietary requirements and feast days in addition to the weekly Seventh-day Sabbath

earth -- in the series, "heaven, and earth, the sea, and the fountains of waters",  "earth" is the Age of Aries, from 2000 BC until the birth of Christ in 7 BC

ever and ever -- by repetition, 2 millennial days, or an Age -- 2000 years

everlasting gospel -- Essene rules, doctrines, and teachings, not Paul's adaptations of these rules, that eliminated most of them, allowing Christians to be "saved" because Jesus had kept these rules

faith of Jesus -- Essenism, with all its requirements, Jesus, even while living in India, kept the Sabbath day and was an evangelist for Vegetarianism

fallen, is fallen -- by repetition, represents 2 millennial days of the Essene Millennial Week prophecy, identifying Roman Catholicism as the "Babylon" referred to by the second angel of Revelation 14. No other religious and political power reigned for almost 2000 years during the Age of Pisces

forehead -- minds, doctrines, beliefs (Jews wore phylacteries containing scripture on their foreheads)

fountains of waters -- in the series, "heaven, and earth, the sea, and the fountains of waters",  "fountains of waters" is the Age of Aquarius, slated to begin in 2000 AD but instead begun in 1844 to fulfill a promise to the Essenes in John 14:1-3.   Begun for the Jews in May of 1948.

great city -- the "great" expands the meaning to everyone the Vatican has influence over, including Protestantism

heaven -- still the Qumran monastery, "heaven" to the Essenes, secondarily, the Age of Taurus, when the gods still walked on earth

hour of his judgment -- not the "end of the world" as mistranslated by King James' translators, but the end of the "sea", the Age of Pisces

image (of the beast) -- another group (modern Protestants) who slavishly copy and obey the major dogma of the Roman Catholic Church -- the almost 2000 year old "beast" of Revelation chapter 13

Lamb -- Jesus Christ, Essene Messiah from 29-33 AD, declared the "Lamb of God" by the Essene John the Baptist in 29 AD

loud voice -- a "loud voice" first raised by William Miller, and later by Seventh-day Adventists 

mark (of the beast) -- the two major identifying doctrines forced on Christianity by the Roman emperor Constantine in the 4th century in exchange for granting the Church legitimacy as his state religion -- the doctrine of the "Holy Trinity" and Sunday observance substituted for 7th day Sabbath observance

no rest -- a reference to the Sabbath commandment, broken by most Christians for 2000 years

patience -- remnant, or that which remains, used in Adventism for themselves as the "Remnant Church"

saints -- Essenes and those who live like Essenes, practicing "good works" not so-called "justification" by faith (without good works)

sea -- in the series, "heaven, and earth, the sea, and the fountains of waters",  "sea" is the Age of Pisces, from 7 BC until the year 2000 or 2001.  But shortened because of the Jewish holocaust

tormented with fire and brimstone --  the Catholic doctrines of hell and purgatory spelled out in detail -- also a reference to homosexual and pedophilic priests using Sodom as an example

wine --  the Catholic Mass, "bread" is not added because it has so many other meanings

wine of the wrath of God -- the Catholic doctrines of hell and purgatory have been used to control the ignorant and superstitious for 2000 years

NOTE that without knowing how the Essenes distort word-meanings and how they lived and what they believed the reader cannot really know that the Qumran Essenes were the most dedicated and stringent Seventh-day Sabbath-keepers of that Age. And that they were total vegetarians.  Such people can and will torment themselves and others with all sorts of weird and unusual identifications of the "mark of the beast" and the "image of the beast" and see every new world leader as a potential "Antichrist" intent on either severing their heads or throwing them into prison.

I have found the PARALLELISM of

ISAIAH 66

to be the major pattern for true prophecy

that avoids the pitfalls and distortions

the Essenes introduced into New

 Testament prophetic texts such as

Matt. 34, Mark 13, and Luke 22 -

and especially Revelation (all chapters)

ISAIAH 66

 

Isaiah 66:1 "Thus saith the Lord, the heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?  2 For all those things hath my hand made, and all those things have been, saith the Lord: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word."

(Essene) Vocabulary of Isa. 66:1,2

contrite spirit -- to the Essenes, their "spirit", the "holy" spirit, that spirit or force that allowed them to be always correct and make prophecies that were fulfilled

earth -- this earth, the earth inhabited by the Essenes

heaven -- the third heaven, in which were the sun, moon, and stars, which Astrologers, such as the Essenes, could "read" to make their prophecies

him, man -- primarily, the Essenes, and secondarily, their Messiah, Jesus Christ, identified by the phrase "my word"

house -- 2 meanings, literal and symbolic -- the Jerusalem temple as Yahweh's "house", and the sky full of stars as the Creator God's "house" -- half or more of the Essenes saw Yahweh as a false god, and they all scoffed at the idea the Jerusalem temple was a proper "house" for the real God (who was for all practical purposes, unknowable)

my word -- an Essene code title for Jesus Christ

poor -- an Essene code title for themselves, the Essenes, derived from their requirement to give everything they owned to the sect when they joined

rest -- the Seventh-day Sabbath (weekly) and the Seventh Millennium (prophetic)

the Lord -- not Yahweh, but the real Creator God, who revealed Himself to some degree by Astrology

those things -- the constellations of the Zodiac

CONCLUSION: the Essenes wrote or heavily edited Isaiah 66

 

Isaiah 66:3 "He that killeth an Ox ("bull" in some newer translations) is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb (baby ram), as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation (non-animal offering), as if he offered swine's blood (as Israel was forced to do by the Syrian Antiochus Epiphanes); he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol.  Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.  4 I will also choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not."

(Essene) Vocabulary of Isa. 66:3,4

abominations -- actions and beliefs the Creator God disapproves of

baby ram (lamb) -- represents the Zodiac figure for the Age of Aries, 2000 BC to 7 BC (birth of Christ)

bull (ox) -- represents the Zodiac figure for the Age of Taurus, 4000 BC to 2000 BC.  This further use of Astrology confirms that the Essenes wrote or heavily edited Isaiah 66

delusions -- in this context, the Christian gospel, (Pauline gospel) as an excuse for wrong-doing.  In theology "Justification by Faith" when devoid of good works.

fears -- any number of fears and the general terror and mental distress and poor planning brought on by listening to false prophets promoting alternative and varied scenerios for a literal end of the world preceded by 7 years of "Tribulation", a rule by a literal Antichrist, and on and on and on.

idol -- represents the Zodiac figure for the Age of Aquarius, 2000 AD to 3000 AD.  The Essenes, using Jesus' prophecies, shortened the Age of Pisces, to end early in 1844, 1948, 1988, and 1993-1994.  But finally on Sept. 11, 2001. We are now in the Age of Aquarius.

I -- the virtually unknown Creator God, not Yahweh

I called -- this Creator God "calls" through Essene doctrines and fulfilled prophecies

I delighted not -- evil actions bring forth evil results, the "delusion" is that church rituals can change this and reward those who do evil with everlasting life

I spake -- rather specifically, this refers to the atomic explosion over Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945 at 8:16 AM, since this event is explained by virtually everyone as not being related to Bible prophecy, "none did hear"

own ways -- mankind is addicted to selfish acts with little or no regard to the fate of others, and of mankind

swine's blood -- represents the Zodiac figure for the Age of Pisces, 7 BC to 2000 AD.  The Essenes were beginning as Israel was forced to worship swine on their altars  by the Syrian Antiochus Epiphanes.  The Romans, their foreign masters in the time of Jesus loved swine's flesh and offered it to their pagan gods.  And the Essene prophets knew that swine's flesh would be popular food for Dark Ages and Middle Ages' Christians.  Also it is a major staple food in the "Bible Belt" of the American south. Fishes are the usual Zodiac symbol for the Age of Pisces, but is not used here because "Fishes" generally have a good meaning, not bad, as is here desired.

they -- the vast majority of modern Christians

they did evil -- evil actions and unhealthful diets indulged in under a hypocritical veneer of "saved" Christianity

CONCLUSION: the Essenes promoted the Christian "gospel" as a temporary "delusion", but saw that it would provide an excuse to "do evil".  These evil actions would bring upon Christians what they "feared".

 

Isaiah 66:5 "Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.

(Essene) Vocabulary of Isa. 66:5

ashamed -- surprised, puzzled, disappointed, their delusion evaporated by the events of May, 1948 as Israel becomes a nation once again

he shall appear -- Christ shall appear in Israel (to Jews), not in the skies all around the world (to Christians)

brethren which hated you -- Christians, who during the Middle Ages, began persecuting Jews and killed them in the Inquisition

Lord -- Jesus Christ, the Essene Messiah from 29 AD to 33 AD -- not Yahweh -- here a shortening of "word of the Lord that begins the verse

word of the Lord, -- his word -- phrases that represented Jesus Christ in the Essene "Gospel Pesher" in New Testament Acts of the Apostles by Luke, who knew and used this "Gospel Pesher" repeatedly and freely.  Examples: Acts 4:31 "and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness," means Jesus was physically present at this meeting late in 33 AD, after Pentecost. And in Acts 6:7, still later in 33 AD, six months after Jesus' crucifixion "the word of God increased" shows Jesus had a child (a daughter, Demaris), with Mary Magdalene.  Again in Acts 12:24 "But the word of God grew and multipled." secretly indicated a son was born to Jesus and Mary Magdalene in 36 AD, close to the time of the death of King Herod Agrippa.  Similarly, use of the phrase "word of God" in other places throughout Acts shows Jesus to be physically present at other meetings and events.

my name's sake -- not Yahweh's name sake, but Jesus' name sake -- even Adolph Hitler used Jesus an an excuse to kill Jews, -- Jews were called "Christ-killers".

they (shall be ashamed) -- the Christians of the world (as well as the Arabs)

your joy -- the joy of Israel after the UN mandate that gave them a country, a homeland, once more

CONCLUSION: once again, the exact correspondence with events that transpired in the 20th century, as well as the use of exact "Gospel Pesher" phrases indicates the Essenes either wrote or heavily edited Isaiah 66.

 

Isaiah 66:6 "A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the Lord that rendereth recompence to his enemies. 7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.  8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things?  Shall the earth bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion  travailed, she brought forth her children. "

(Essene) Vocabulary of Isa. 66:6-8

a man child -- refers back to the birth of Jesus Christ in 7 BC, (or forward to 7 BC if you believe Isaiah wrote this) emphasizing that Jesus was a Jew

a nation be born -- "birth" of Israel on May 14, 15 - 1948

her children -- Israelis of the new nation of Israel, formerly called the "Children of Israel"

his enemies -- first, the Nazi - Japanese alliance that brought on World War II and almost exterminated all Jews by the holocaust, -- later the Arab nations that surround Israel, who all attacked the 1-day-old nation immediately after it declared itself a nation

Lord -- still Jesus Christ as defined in the previous verse, shortened from "word of God", "word of the Lord"

one day -- May 14, 15 -- 1948

pain -- labor pains, birth pains

she brought forth -- like a woman having a baby

she travailed -- likewise

temple -- the sky, the Zodiac ages, the "temple" of verses 1-3 of this chapter -- the message means "it was the appointed time for this to happen"

voice of noise from the city -- the explosion of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945, at 8:16 AM -- this ended the war in which Jews were being exterminated and allowed the UN to mandate a new nation for Israel

Zion travaileth --  one of the rare instances in prophecy when an exact word or name is used -- The "Zionists" were the ones lobbying Great Britain and the UN to bring these events about

  CONCLUSION: the explosion of the atomic bomb on August 6, 1945 at 8:16 AM gives the exact day, hour, (and minute) that God (the God of Fate) delivered Israel as promised in the Old Testament.  Jesus is here as the "word of God" claiming some credit for this event, and three years later, for the mandate that made Israel a nation.

Isaiah 66:9 "Shall I bring to birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the Lord: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God. 10 Rejoice thee with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love  her: rejoice for joy  with her, all ye who mourn for her: 11 That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out,  and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. 12 For thus saith the Lord, Behold I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles, like a flowing stream; then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees. 13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.Requires no interpretation.

Isaiah 66:14 "And when you see this, your heart shalll rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the Lord shall be known toward his servants, (Pentecostal and Evangelical Christians of the USA, and the United States government) and his indignation towards his enemies.((the Arab nations that attacked Israel.)

Isaiah 66:15 "For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a wirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. 16 For by fire and by his sword will the Lord plead with all flesh: and the slain of the Lord shall be many."

Isaiah 66:17 "They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the Lord.

Isaiah 66:18 "For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.

Isaiah 66:19 "And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those who escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.

Isaiah 66:20 "And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the Lord out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the Lord, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord.

Isaiah 66:21 "And  I will  also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the Lord."

Isaiah 66:22 "For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain. 23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord."

Isaiah 66:24 "And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcasses of the men who have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh."

(Essene) Vocabulary of Isa. 66:9-24

abhorring unto all flesh -- an example to prevent re-occurrance in other generations

abomination -- forbidden foods to Jews and Essenes, including, but not limited to, pork products

a sign -- an example, a "miracle'

come with fire -- refers back to the birth of Jesus Christ in 7 BC, (or forward to 7 BC if you believe Isaiah wrote this) emphasizing that Jesus was a Jew

fire -- not fire (generic) but modern missiles and bullets

fire (not) be quenched -- the example is Gehenna, in the valley of Hinnom, for Christians, "hell"

flames of fire -- not "fire from God" but with more conventional weapons, -- in Israel, not world-wide

his servants -- Israelis of the new nation of Israel, formerly called the "Children of Israel"

his enemies -- first, the Nazi - Japanese alliance that brought on World War II and almost exterminated all Jews by the holocaust, -- later the Arab nations that surround Israel, who all attacked the 1-day-old nation immediately after it declared itself a nation

Lord -- still Jesus Christ as defined in the previous verse, shortened from "word of God", "word of the Lord"

many -- in "Gospel Pesher" this means the Herodians, who later became the Christians

men who have transgressed against me -- those who attack Israel, here Jesus, as Lord, (word of God) is identifying himself with Israel, not Christianity

my holy mountain Jerusalem -- again Jesus is identifying himself with Israel, not Christianity

new earth -- this present earth in a "new age"

new heaven -- the "Age of Aquarius"

new moon -- now a symbol for Arabs in Jerusalem

one tree in the midst -- a sarcastic reference to the "cross of Christ" as the crucifixes of the Catholic church, refers back to the "Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil" in the Garden of Eden -- Jewish Midrash

priests and for Levites -- Gentiles performing Jewish-type worship, the latter-day Essenes, Adventists

purify themselves -- sarcastic reference to the Christian belief that they need not "be good", but only trust and have faith in Christ's good life

Sabbath -- both the weekly Sabbath and the millennial Sabbath of 1000 years

sanctify themselves -- sarcastic reference to the Christian belief that they need not "be good", but only trust and have faith in Christ's good life

slain of the Lord -- in Essene "midrash" refers sarcastically to those who give up living a real life here and now to gain an imagined better life in some type of heaven, most pronounced in the Middle Ages monks

swine's flesh -- pork products, banned by Jews and Essenes, but used enthusiastically by ancient Romans, the Europeans of the Middle Ages, and modern Americans

they shall come -- not Jesus coming for us to take us to "paradise", but Christians making pilgrimages to Israel, the land that Jesus now calls his own

your brethren -- the Christians, once enemies of the Jews (verse 5) but later worshipping in Israel with the Jews (verse 20)

  CONCLUSION: When Isaiah 66 is used as the pattern to which Matt. 24, Mark 13, and Luke 22 is compared, a lot of misconceptions and foolish predictions are cleared up.  One must, however CORRECT  apparent discrepancies in favor of the Isaiah 66 "model", not try to correct Isaiah 66 to match what we think we see in the other texts.   Jesus does not come as we thought he would in any of these texts.   In Isaiah 66, we come to visit him in Jerusalem!

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