The Book of Revelation Adapted Version 2012

Foreword

Human minds are great heavenly gifts. Brain research has recently discovered some amazing phenomena. There is no really a free will, but an illusion of it. This goes along with claims wise people were telling all the time.

We are given that illusion of an "I" in order to go trough separation, which is in fact also a big illusion. By having those experiences we have strong stimulants of finding reality behind any illusion. And in reality we are all connected, and connected we are all with the source or Ground of Being, from which all - seemingly separated - emanated. Many call it God.

Conscience happens if Being is reflecting upon itself. This is called self-reference, which is taking place in all conscient Beings. The All-That-Is conscience is finding itself in each self-referencial Being by giving it the illusion of an "I". Thus separation becomes a sign of unity. A conscient Being is always part of God, for it represents Him with every particle and expression. And reality as we perceive it is an ever changing challenge to discover the joy of being even in a crazy world.

Joy of being does not necessarily mean that all is smooth and easy-going. There are many obstacles and not seldom pain and tears. Most of it comes from our thoughts. We are unaware of the difference between reality and thinking. A wonderful medicine against sadness and too much thinking is playing. Our mind is not only made for intelligent guessing, but also for playing. And our abilities in imagination are a big miracle.


Playing with imagination is opening many doors to well being and reluctant considerations. Some might appear childish, some unbelievable, and some quite serious. The fun of playing is - you can leave behind what you don´t like.

The work you are reading now I have done by playing with it. For many years I was occupied with the Revelation of John, and mostly it was in serious ways. You will find countless approaches and explanations, and all are more or less of dissatisfying nature.

So why not playing with it, I thought. I took the New International Version of the New Testament, since my mother tongue is German, and I made it the ground for my play. And my imagination exceeded countless borders...

I ask you to be gentle and kind with me and yourself. Maybe you try for yourself and look what comes out. If only my little work could inspire some readers to play even with biblical texts, it was worth doing it. I, by the way, have never considered John`s Revelation as God`s time table explaining world history, but a very strange and nevertheless strong text of a deeply moved man who wanted to comfort his fellow believers in hard times. And he did it by using incredibly strong images and figures. God`s spirit may inspire you!

Tertiusgaudens

Germany, June 2012


Revelation 1

Prologue

1 The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending a stroke to his servant Tertiusgaudens, 2 who suffered great pain in his mind and found courage and testifies to everything he saw—that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. 3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.

Greetings and Doxology

4 Tertiusgaudens,

To the seven G7 states:

Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before his throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.

To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, 6 and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father —to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.

7 “Look, he is coming with the clouds,”
and “every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him”;
and all peoples on earth “will mourn because of him.”
So shall it be! Amen.

8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”

Tertiusgaudens’s Vision of Christ

9 I, Tertiusgaudens, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of desparation called Mobbing, because the testimony of Jesus made some folks angry. 10 On the Lord’s Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, 11 which said: “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven states: to France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States and Canada.”

12 I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands, 13 and among the lampstands was someone like a son of man, dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. 14 The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. 15 His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. 16 In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.

17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. 18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.

19 “Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later. 20 The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven states, and the seven lampstands are the seven states.

Revelation 2

To the state of France

2 “To the angel of the state of France write:

These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands. 2 I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be people of God but are not, and have found them false. 3 You have persevered fundamental principles in proclaiming freedom, equality and fraternity and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.

4 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. 5 Consider how far you have fallen by hate, bribery and accepting advantage! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. 6 But you have this in your favor: You

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Verlag: BookRix GmbH & Co. KG

Tag der Veröffentlichung: 27.06.2012
ISBN: 978-3-86479-893-1

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