2023/05/29

93. "I am the Alpha and the Omega."

"But there are also many other things which Jesus did; were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written" (John 21:25), wrote John the Evangelist. However, even if the world cannot contain them, they can be divided and put in the brains of individual believers as a collaborative experience with the Holy Spirit (cf. blog № 40). When they are gathered together, Jesus will be in the midst of them (cf. Matthew 18:20). This is the third Incarnation. For this purpose, God provided three "places" for believers, allowing them to be nurtured and to make "what Jesus did" a reality for the individual believer. 

Today, two thousand years later, the information society has arrived, and the time has come for many to perceive the work of the Holy Spirit. These people, trained by living in the personalised internet age, can take advantage of their thinking cycle in these three "places." By being accustomed to being connected to the internet and retrieving information, it is expected that, in contrast, they would be sensitive to the work of the Holy Spirit, who comes into contact with them through divine informationlessness. That is where the inevitability of using Revelation as a training book arises. 

Jesus said, "It is written in the prophets, 'And they shall all be taught by God.' Every one who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me" (John 6:45). This quote alludes to Revelation. Revelation cultivates a sense of Christ in the believer and makes those who continue the daily training retain the habit of "comes to me." That is the "blessedness" of "he who reads aloud the words of the prophecy" and "those who hear, and who keep what is written therein" (Revelation 1:3). The "Lord's Prayer" given by Jesus, responding to his requests, has continually taught that God is the Father in heaven and has protected believers in his name (cf. John 17:6-11). When we come to each of the three "places" mentioned above, the "place" of the formation by the Holy Spirit, the "place" where the Mass is celebrated and the "place" of the training of Revelation, the most important thing is that we take an attitude of being present there with all of our senses and with our whole body. These are divine "places" in which no contradictions arise because they are related to each other in superposition and strongly correlated. Therein lies the power of purifying human sensory memories and correcting knowledge. 

The Book of Revelation describes them in terms of the city, its gates and walls, which the angel measured with a measuring rod of gold (cf. Revelation 21:15-17). As discussed in blog № 60, the "city" represents the Mass, the "gates" the formation by the Holy Spirit, and the "walls" the training of Revelation. Here, the "man's measure" (Revelation 21:17) represents the function of the brain. The daily routine of collaborating with the Holy Spirit is essential for this function. The engine for this is found in Revelation. Hence, Jesus says: "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end" (Revelation 22:13).

Maria K. M.