161 Chapter 25
The Prophecy I. And Jmmanuel walked
out of the temple, and his disciples came up to him because they
wanted to show him the temple's structure. 2. He, however, spoke to them, "Look at all this.
Truly, I say to you, not one stone here will remain upon the other
without being broken. 3. "The Israelite people trespass against life and
the truth, and they built this city on human blood. These people are
divided into Israelites, who call themselves sons and daughters of
Zion, with whom I do not identify, and who want to kill me, and Jews,
who are misled believers of their religious cult, and to whom I bring
the teachings of truth, as I do to all Earth humans. 4. "The Israelites have ravaged this land through
plunder and murder, they have killed their friends with whom they had
drunk wine, and they have deceived and misled their fellow believers
of the Jewish cult, who are truly not Israelites but merely believers
in a cult. 5. "Thus the Israelites betrayed their own friends
and murdered them because of their greed, but it shall likewise be
done to them by the rightful owners of this land whom they have
deprived of their rights and subjugated since ancient times."
6. And when he sat on the 7. And Jmmanuel answered, saying, "Two thousand
and more years will pass, but meanwhile Israel will never find peace
because wars and many calamities will threaten the unlawful occupants
of this land; but see to it that nobody leads you astray. 8. "That is, many deceivers and false prophets
will come in my name and say, 'l am Jmmanuel, and I am the sign of
the time,' and they will mislead many. 9. "People will hear about wars and threats of
war, and they are to witness this but not be frightened because it
must transpire; but it will not yet be the end. 10. "For many a nation will rise up against its
government, one nation against another and one kingdom against
another, and there will be times of privation, earthquakes and
immense storms and floods all about. I 12. "Soon the knowledgeable people will be
consigned to misery and will be killed. 13. "They will be hated on account of the truth of
the teachings and the wisdom. 14. "Various religious cults will rise up against
one another, and much blood will flow. 15. "Then many will succumb to the temptation, and
they will betray and hate one another because they remained small in
consciousness. 16. "Love will grow cold in many people because
ignorance will gain the upper hand. 17. "Hatred will rule over the world and evil will
reign, 18. "but those who
persist in the truth will survive. 19. "This lesson will be preached in the new age
throughout the world as a testimony for all peoples, and then the end
will come. 20. "When the people see the horror of destruction
in 21. "Whoever is in the land seized by the
Israelites should flee to the mountains at that time. 22. "Those on the roofs should not climb down to
get things from inside their houses. 23. "Those who are in the fields should not go
back to get their coats. 24. "Woe to the pregnant women and nursing mothers
at that time, for they will suffer much grief and death, and there
will be many of them. 25. "Soon thereafter there will be a greater grief
than there has ever been before since the beginning of the world, and
than will ever be again. 26. "If these days were not cut short, no one
would survive; but the days will be cut short for the sake of the
spirit and of life. 27. "This will also be for the sake of the people
who serve the truth and the laws. 28. "But there will be howling and chattering of
teeth when this time is brought about by the people's lack of
understanding and by their greed. 29. "They will construct machines of metal for use
in the air, on the water and on land, and will bring about mutual
destruction. 30. "From these machines of metal they will fling
heavy projectiles across the land and upon the cities. 31. "Fire will burst from these projectiles and
burn the world; and little will be spared. 32. "They will place the basic elements of life
and deadly air into the projectiles to kindle the deadly fires and
destroy land and life. 33. "If at that time mighty nations were not to
intervene, as once did the celestial sons, to bring a halt to the
unrestrained madness and deadly conduct of demented dictators, truly,
I tell you, no human being would survive. 34. "Since the human populations will consist of
far more than ten times five hundred million people at that time,
great segments of them will be eradicated and killed. 35. "This is what the law ordains, because people
have violated it and will continue to violate it into the distant
future. 36. "If at that time someone will tell the people,
'Behold, here is Jmmanuel who is the sign of the time,' they should
not accept it as the truth, 37. "for many a false Jmmanuel and many deceivers
and false prophets will come forth and perform great signs and
miracles, so that it will become possible to lead astray not only the
seekers, believers and errant ones, but also the scholars and
knowledgeable people. 38. "Behold, I have told you this beforehand, and
so it will fulfill itself. 39. "Thus, when the deceivers and those led astray
will say, 'He is in the desert,' people should not venture there, and
when they say, 'Behold, he is in a chamber,' they should not accept
it as the truth. 40. "Since I will certainly return at that time, I
will let them recognize me. 41. "This is as the law and destiny ordain it, and
so it shall be. 42. "For as lightning flashes and illuminates from
start to finish, so will be my coming in the future, when I will
bring the teachings anew and announce the legions of the celestial
sons. At that time I will have a renewed life and will again be
accused of deception and blasphemy across the entire world, until the
teachings of truth will bring about insight and change in the
people. 43. "People of all times, beware: where the
carcass is, there the vultures gather, so watch out for them.
44. "Soon after the misery of that faraway time,
sun and moon will lose their luster, comets will fall from the sky
and the powers of the heavens will begin to sway. 45. "The makeup of the Earth's sky and air will be
disturbed, and the land will burn because of the black oil of the
Earth, ignited by people's craving for power. The sky will darken
because of smoke and fire, which will rage for a thousand days, and
everything above the burning land and far beyond will be covered with
black soot. Consequently the weather will break down, and severe cold
and much death will come over the people, plants and animals, and
over the Earth, as a result of the senselessly unleashed forces of
the people who live in lust for power, evil passions and
vices. 46. "And then signs will appear in the sky, and
all Earth humans will wail and come to see the signs in the clouds of
the sky that bear witness to great power and severe judgment against
irrationality. 47. "So god is lord over the three human lineages,
yet the laws and directives of Creation are eternally valid. Through
these laws and directives, which represent Creation, humankind in its
irrationality will bring cruel judgment upon itself. 48. "Humans owe their existence to god, who is the
ruler over them; so they must follow his commandments and respect him
as the greatest king of wisdom. 49. "In days to come, he will send forth his
guardian angels who will sound their trumpets and call together his
trusted followers from the four directions, from one end of the Earth
to the other. 50. "Do learn a parable from the fig tree; when
its branch puts forth leaves, you know that summer is nigh.
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1. "So will it also be for the people of that time; when they
see all this transpire they may know that these events are upon
them. 52. "Truly, truly, I say to you, this is how it
will be. 53. "And that generation will not pass away until
all of this has happened. 54. "At some future time the heavens and the Earth
will pass away, and so will the universe; but my words will not pass
away because they are the words of truth within the laws of
Creation. 55. "No one knows the day or hour when this will
all take place, not the guardian angels nor god himself nor I,
Jmmanuel; but only providence and destiny know this through the laws
and directives of Creation, which possesses the greatest
wisdom. 56. "Creation alone stands far above all
humankind, and it alone deserves honor and praise, just as it renders
honor and praise to the absolute power (Absolutum) above it.* (* See
34:23.) 57. "If people respect and honor god, and if above
him they recognize, honor, esteem and acknowledge only Creation as
the supreme power, then they act rightly in accordance with the
truth."