118.
The problem of how the woes can be in the first timeline when the seals
are not opened therein again presents itself. We would have to assume
the Assumption is defined during the 'period of peace', and then the
seals are opened after the period of peace. But if the book of life were
to be opened either way, why is Apocalypse arranged like this ?
Perhaps it is like the third secret of Fatima, which treats the second timeline as though there were no book of life,
which is impossible (and again, this means the third secret was not intended to be revealed; but its non-revelation is the revelation). The first timeline, chapter 11, seems to indicate that the
seals were indeed opened, which lead into the trumpets and final three
woes; this would be the case, if not for 'that time shall be no longer'
of the angel of chapter 10 (meaning everything which came before). Chapter 11 is a stand-alone
end-times scenario. It begins after the period of peace (with no seals
being opened) and ends shortly before the Second Coming (no millennium).
They cancel each other out somehow: If the third secret of Fatima was
never meant to be revealed, because it represents an impossible
scenario, then so also the first timeline end-times was never meant to
be fulfilled, because it represents an impossible scenario.
By the way it is structured, it can be argued that neither scenario of Apocalypse is possible without
contradicting the other somehow; but that is precisely the case. There
can only be one; so the other is precluded, whichever is fulfilled.
But
the contradiction cannot be resolved before one of the two timelines is
selected. Then the alternative seems to be impossible.
But the point is one of them was impossible all along (or not meant to be fulfilled all along). Also this cannot be known until it is very late.
An
'error' made deliberately is not a lie if it was intended (it was
intended to keep the Revelation secret until it was time). No one was
told that it was an error; but that is merely an omission. Many things are omitted which it is not necessary for us to know.
The
Revelation was all revealed; it is all there (including the omission
which is there by inference). Including the integrated 'error' (the
'circular' element mentioned in footnote #116) which itself is a part of it.
In that sense, it becomes not an error, but a feature. It is part of the secret which was revealed from the beginning. That is called a paradox.
So
the 'error' is the crossing (or even the collision) of both timelines in the text, through chapters
ten and eleven. It is more of a limitation of presenting both at once in
parallel although only one can be 'seen' at a time. This is why it
cannot be seen accurately until one or the other timeline is selected. This is because, until then, there is not only one to be seen. This is another paradox.
Another way to illustrate this metaphorically (taken from footnote #5 in "Flipping The Script"):
"It is in the order of presentation: Of both timelines' respective
events, including those which may happen for both (such as the trumpets
of chapters 8-9), they cannot be paralleled simultaneously in text; it
does not work that way; nor in St. John's vision. We may liken this to
'hardware limitations' of this life and of the intellect, and the
difficulty of relating visions as St. John's to text. In other words,
such 'hardware limitations' are in fact a feature".
To continue, let us assume there was no second timeline. What would happen then ?
The
narrative would halt in Apoc. 8:13 with the last three trumpets already
described but to happen at some point in the future. Then chapter 12
would begin with no explanation.
But
chapter 12 begins if the Divine intervention did not happen. That means
the seals were already being opened, which thus enables chapter 12's fulfillment
(again, 'circular').
If not, then the narrative 'breaks' with chapter 11, and the sequence ends.
2,000
years of Catholic prophecy were leading to the Divine intervention as
the 'default' timeline. If that did not change, then the Divine
intervention would be required, so that chapter 10 is fulfilled: "That
time shall be no longer".
If
it is not required, then the narrative parallels with the seals'
opening and chapters 12 and 13. That is when it really begins;
otherwise, it is ending with chapters 10-11 following 2,000 years of
Catholic prophecy after Revelation ended with St. John's vision.
The
second timeline, then, really has two endings: The three 'woes' spoken
of by the eagle of Apoc. 8:13, which does not happen yet, but holds
until the very end; particularly the third woe. In this way the 'trumpets' part of the narrative does not reach chapter 10.
Those woes, the last three trumpets, parallel Apoc.
20:7-11, which is the other ending. In a way, the rest of the second
timeline is contained within the sequence of the trumpets' soundings.
But
there is a third ending; or rather, the Gospel parallel ending, where the seventh
trumpet and third woe is finally found. It is a 'woe' to the world but
not to the faithful.
We
think there
is only one who can engineer this, because though he has the 'mark' of
original sin he never sinned; and he is placed highly enough in
the hierarchy of Heaven to make it happen. What we mean is this
not-entirely-forthright presentation of the timeline(s). It was not
meant to deceive us, but meant for the deceiver to deceive himself
trying to deceive everyone else. Thus, it was not meant to deceive even
the adversary; but in the adversary's attempt to deceive everyone else
he caused the second timeline to be enabled.
It was counted on
that the adversary would take a certain course. So two timelines were
presented: One which is worse than the other for those who are between
them. Heaven was not bound to explain which was which; not to the
adversary, and not to us, especially as They did not even make known, to
us, that there were actually two of them. That was not necessary to
know for salvation, although it was revealed anyway.
That is the closest we can arrive at this time to a cogent explanation of how it all happened.
But
it is important to remember that along the first timeline, Heaven did
everything They could to prevent the Divine intervention to become
actually necessary, at least until the devil defeated himself in
attempting to defeat the Church. We know of no other way to describe it.
It is not a case of the members of the Church doing more than is
necessary the whole time. No, all of their efforts were required to get
to this point, and for the devil to 'overreach'.
If
it became necessary for the Divine intervention to happen, it is
because something even worse would happen if it did not (and there would
be no book of life). At the same time, it was preferred that the second
timeline be the one fulfilled, as the book of life is for the good of souls.
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