21. Gnosis and the Apocalypse

GA 87/1902-03-29/p031 ·1902-03-29 · English High

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The book with the seven seals opens up the views of the ancient mystery cults to him. He imagines that I am being led before the Savior, Christ Jesus. The seven seals of the book are unsealed for me. That means nothing other than: It becomes clear to me that the world is built on the basis of seven principles that have flowed out of the Eternal. New things will now be proclaimed after man has reached the highest level, after wisdom and spiritual powers have developed, when the first trumpet sounds, the voice of the Lamb. Then Christ leads man further. In a larger human community, humanity is led back to the divine. We can see particularly clearly that this is the case when we see how the seventh vision [that of the New Jerusalem] is described last. This is nothing other than the new, larger community compared to the earlier, narrower community. The New Jerusalem is the new church, the new community. "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth." In the past, heaven and earth were also depicted: The light of dawn shone into the burial chambers.

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