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At this point of the creative Apocalypse, we are entering into mayhem, and this is the point of the Book when the "doom and gloom" begins. Yes, there are some horrifying scenes being depicted from this point onward, and so we must tread cautiously when speaking about John's vision. Many interpreters go astray at this point, and begin looking at the events depicted from here on as taking place in the future. Among the four schools of thought surrounding these visions, the futuristic reading of it is the least compelling, at least in my mind. What these events depict are essentially what happens when we stray from Creativity as the Source of Life. At any given moment, we are either building or destroying. How are we contributing to society with the works of our hands, heart, mind, and spirit? Our actions either invoke Love, Light, and Life, or death, despair, and destruction. Which world are we creating today?

Speculation about 'the final years of planet earth' are uninteresting to me. There is no 'heaven in the sky' to which we can evacuate for safety. This Book is not really concerned with that, but is focused on creating a new Heaven and new Earth. If we follow the Way of Creativity, and consciously realize how powerful every choice we make is, we would never waste a minute of our lives on anything meaningless. Every intention of ours in the world would be to lessen the suffering of future generations, like the saints wisely pray for in this chapter. If we allow the pride of our hearts to deceive us, the only thing that can ensue from that point on is the end of the world as we know it. However, if we choose to clothe ourselves in humility, it will be beneficial not only to us, but every sentient being. Nature and humans must work hand in hand with one another, and create harmony together, or else our world will become imbalanced, and humans will ultimately suffer for it. No one is immune to this eternal principle, but are we fully aware of our strength to create or destroy? 

This chapter ends with a line that may induce fear, but it is not meant to do such a thing to any who follow that which is "good, right, and true" (Ephesians 5:9). John states how everyone became so full of despair that they "hid themselves in the caves...from the wrath of the Lamb." What kind of wrath proceeds forth from a slain Lamb? I would submit to you what Victorinius of Pettau wrote concerning this Creative Apocalypse: "For even as life is diminished, so also it is increased. Nor is the hope of those that [are dead] extinguished absolutely, as some think, but they have in their darkness a light such as the moon." In the words of ghetto scholars Ms. Lauryn Hill and Cappadonna, "Everything is Everything!" Life and death occur simultaneously, and we all have our time under the sun to do as we wish. Some sow vanity and reap the wind, while others project Light and mirror it back into the world. Unveiling before us is whatever we fashion, as we mimic the ancient Zen poem, which states, "When the mind is at peace, the world is also at peace." Peace is not devoid of conflict, but it is a state of grace in which we can all choose to live, and thereby nurture for Nature. "Nonviolence is the strongest weapon," as Gandhi put it, and Jesus shows us how to walk in that universal pattern. The question for everyone is then: will we follow Him on this humble path?

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