Phillip Medhurst
A Pilgrimage to Truth
Tag: Jesus
Jul 13, 2016
The Apocalypse Revealed 12
The new Exodus began in fact with Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Thus the “great crowd” carrying their palms (Revelation 7:9) are compared implicitly to the throng who acknowledged Jesus as the Messiah and hailed him as he embarked on the series of events which will saw him crucified by the false religion of Babylon (Revelation: 7:4-10, 14:1). The New Jerusalem is founded on both the “old” and the “new” covenants (Revelation 21:12-14): Gnostics of all ages of history are able to recognise that higher Truth and imperative which inevitably leads to martyrdom at the hand of those religious Powers-that-Be which, though unmasked by the knowledge of Truth inherent in the Gnostic, have a Protean ability to form new images of themselves to worship (Revelation 13:13).
Robert Bowyer (d.1834) expanded his copy of the Macklin Bible by inserting over 6200 prints. The Bowyer Bible is housed in Bolton Museum. For the prints, see https://archive.org/details/bowyer-bible For Phillip Medhurst’s interpretation of the Revelation, see https://archive.org/details/The_Apocalypse_Revealed
Jul 13, 2016
The Apocalypse Revealed 11
The remnant saved by the “old” covenant is symbolised in Revelation by the 144,000 sealed; those saved by the “new” covenant in Jesus (who offers himself as a new Passover lamb and by so doing reveals his understanding of God’s plan, and is therefore alone worthy to open the seals hiding the scroll of history) is represented by the “great crowd” (Revelation 7:9). Both are symbolised by the 24 elders seen in the initial tableau beyond the door opened onto Heaven for John at the beginning of Revelation. The “old” covenants are brought about by physical movement from an old geographical place to a new one: to Ararat, Haran, Sinai, Gilgal and Jerusalem. The ”new” covenant is effected by Jesus’ physical passing into Heaven at his Ascension.
Robert Bowyer (d.1834) expanded his copy of the Macklin Bible by inserting over 6200 prints. The Bowyer Bible is housed in Bolton Museum. For the prints, see https://archive.org/details/bowyer-bible For Phillip Medhurst’s interpretation of the Revelation, see https://archive.org/details/The_Apocalypse_Revealed
Jul 13, 2016
The Apocalypse Revealed 10
The six periods of sin-induced catastrophe on the earth are punctuated by six covenants which are part of God’s salvage-operation: through Noah, through Abraham, through Moses, through Joshua, through David, and through Jesus. Each covenant is an agreement by means of which a faithful remnant is defined by its commitment to Higher Truth and sets itself apart from the world, so that it may not only be spared the second death in the lake of fire, but be re-admitted to Paradise and access to the Tree of Life (Revelation 20:11-15). In each case in the Biblical account the spiritual movement towards God is symbolised by a geographical movement, and each covenant is sealed by the blood of sacrifice.
Robert Bowyer (d.1834) expanded his copy of the Macklin Bible by inserting over 6200 prints. The Bowyer Bible is housed in Bolton Museum. For the prints, see https://archive.org/details/bowyer-bible For Phillip Medhurst’s interpretation of the Revelation, see https://archive.org/details/The_Apocalypse_Revealed
Jul 9, 2016
The Apocalypse Revealed 9
In the Apocalypse the 42 months of God’s judgement on the natural order of creation is spoken of as 1260 days and 3½ years: 6 times 7 months. After the half-hour complete “rest” of God His Sabbath continues with Jesus: the human son of God, the second Adam, ruling on behalf of his Father for 1000 years. Thus the 49 months of post-lapsarian creation is completed: the Great White Throne Judgment concludes a period of 7000 years from the death of Adam and the Flood, itself 7000 years after the creation of the Light of Gnosis. Creation is re-run and the world is renewed. A word of caution, however, is needed: the numbers are symbolic, as is the number 144,000 of the spiritual Israel.
Robert Bowyer (d.1834) expanded his copy of the Macklin Bible by inserting over 6200 prints. The Bowyer Bible is housed in Bolton Museum. For the prints, see https://archive.org/details/bowyer-bible For Phillip Medhurst’s interpretation of the Revelation, see https://archive.org/details/The_Apocalypse_Revealed
