Revelation-12

Interpretation of Chapter Twelve by Betty Matteson Rhodes, which she first interpreted on August 12, 2012, updated on June 9, 2020 to include the 'on Earth' section. Webpage: https://the-red-thread.net/Revelation-12.html

Below is still another, perhaps easier to understand, version of that interpretation. Included here will be the parallel meaning of ‘on earth as in heaven’ and hopefully will help shed light on the Kingdom of God / Heaven, (they are the same kingdom). Think parables, parallels, and patterns. When the Book of Revelations was written, it was necessary to speak and write in riddles – which will be understandable after you have finished reading this interpretation of Revelation chapter twelve. The entire book of Revelations centers around the Kingdom of God/Heaven.

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; THY KINGDOM COME; thy will be done; on Earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. For thine is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever and ever. Amen.

113 – “His disciples said to him, "When will the kingdom come?" Jesus said, "It will not come by waiting for it. It will not be a matter of saying 'here it is' or 'there it is.' Rather, the kingdom of the father is spread out upon the earth, and men do not see it." ^{^[1]}

Woman, Clothed with Sun, Moon at feet, Crown of twelve stars, Woman travailing, Male child is born, Rule with iron rod, Child taken to throne of God, God, Throne of God, 1260 days

Red Dragon, 7 heads, crowns on head, 10 horns, Dragon's angels, War in heavens, Dragon makes war with seed of woman, Flood, Mouth of Dragon, Dragon cast down to Earth

Michael, Michael's angels, 3.5 times, Blood of Lamb, Wilderness, Kingdom of God/Heaven has come, Testimony of Jesus, Christ, Commandments

This section will interpret chapter 12 in the sense of ‘As in Heaven’. There will be a section following this one that will cover the ‘On Earth’ meaning.

Rev 12:1-2 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the Sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.

This scene takes place in the skies above us; that immense space in which our Sun, Earth, Moon, Planets, twinkling stars, and Constellations reside. This is our Solar System, called 'Sol's system' because it belongs to our very own Star that we call the SUN, but once called 'SOL'. The Sun is in fact a Star, one of the biggest Stars in our Galaxy. As far as our Solar System is concerned, without the Sun there would be no life on Earth of any kind, everyone and all living bodies would cease to exist in a matter of days. In this sense, the Sun is not only a Creator of life, but a sustainer of life. Furthermore, without the entire Solar System working in concert with the Sun, and each other, there would be total chaos, which would result in destruction – the opposite of creation. Albeit, there are heavenly bodies that can be destroyers as well… those being intruders into our Solar System.

The WOMAN in this chapter is the EARTH. Earth is basking in the brightness, warmth and light of the Sun at closer proximity to the Sun than where it is today. The Moon here is at her feet. We know that the moon was created to light the night on Earth, therefore we know Chapter Twelve is referring to a situation after creation was completed. Above the Earth's head are seen twelve stars, which make up the twelve constellations. The Sun, Moon, Earth, seven Planets, moons of planets, the asteroid belt, and distant stars are all visible from the Earth and make up the twelve Constellations seen in our Solar System. All the celestial bodies in this heavenly realm and their functions were called the Mazzaroth by God (found in the book of Job). These make up the crown of 12 stars, and all were created and strategically placed with specific purposes. This is the created Kingdom of God's Heaven.

The SUN is actually a white dwarf star, but is categorized as a yellow dwarf star because it appears to be yellow from Earth. Although it is listed as a "dwarf", the SUN is bigger than 90% of the stars in the Milky Way. The list of Dwarfs includes Brown (which is a failed star – a dud); red that make up 75% of all known stars; orange; and white dwarfs. They would all be smaller than our Sun, although some white dwarfs may have more mass. [2] Red dwarf stars are much smaller than our SUN, while Brown dwarfs can be larger than Jupiter but are failed stars that never made it as a star or planet.

God and his throne depicted in this story is the SUN, which reminds me of something else that Jesus said: “Behold I am the bright and morning Star.” And Rev 1:16 “And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.”

Back to chapter twelve: This chapter reveals to us that Earth is under great stress and is travailing in pain and upheaval much like a woman in labor pains before the birth of a child.

Rev 12:3-5 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.

It seems an intruder has entered into the Sun’s Solar System and is about to cause great chaos. Behold a Red dwarf with its own family system of seven planets with disks, (much like the disks of Saturn), and ten moons encircled about the planets, appeared in close proximity of Earth. The disks around the Red Dwarf’s planets appeared to be crowns upon their heads. This Red Dwarf system caused one-third of the stars to fall from the sky as it traversed across our Solar System. This may have been how the Asteroid Belt, between Mars and Jupiter came into existence.

From time to time, there are intruders that wander into our Solar System and some of these intruder’s cause chaos in one form or the other and even great destruction. Intruders in the past, as well as presently, can come in the form of comets, meteors, debris from the tails of comets, asteroids, red and brown dwarfs and falling 'star' rocks. Chapter twelve of Revelation tells the story of a great Red Dragon, which was a Red Dwarf star in the ‘as in heaven’ story. Revelation chapter twelve called this Red Dragon the devil and Satan, which wanted to take over our Sun’s Solar System.

This occurrence would have been thousands, if not millions, of years ago. This Red Dwarf dragon not only intruded into our Solar System, but it collided with the Earth and caused quite a bit of chaos. So much so, it was as if there was a war going on in the heavens. Matter of fact, the Earth took a direct hit.

When coming into contact with the Earth, the Red Dwarf ripped apart her belly and tore away a massive chunk of Earth’s mantle and crust. This collision left a gaping hole as if the Earth had given birth to a child. This man-child was taken up to the throne of the SUN. The Red Dwarf would have ‘stolen’ the iron-based ‘child’ and either destroyed it or desired it to become part of their system, but instead, the man-'child, born from the Earth's belly, was caught up by the Sun’s very throne and became the planet, Mercury, the planet of angels and messengers.

The origin of planet Mercury has been a difficult question in planetary science because its composition is very different from that of the other terrestrial planets and the moon. This small, innermost planet has more than twice the fraction of metallic iron of any other terrestrial planet. Its iron core makes up about 65 percent of Mercury's total mass; Earth's core, by comparison, is just 32 percent of its mass. [3]

Mercury is made up mostly of iron, like the center of our Earth. Tiny Mercury is the second densest major body in the solar system after planet Earth, with a radius of 1,516 miles. Mercury's density is only slightly less than the Earth's. Mercury has a large iron core which is most likely at least partially molten and generates a magnetic field about 1% as strong as that of Earth's, and its interior appears to resemble that of the Earth. Both planets have a rocky layer called a mantle beneath their crusts and both planets have an iron core with a molten liquid mass surrounded the core. After all, if the Son of the Earth was made in the image of its mother, it would be the same basically, except for Mercury being closer to the Sun after the collision and the Earth further away from the Sun after the collision. Both Mercury and the Earth would have exhibited magnetic opposition toward each other, as in positive to negative magnetic poles, and in that sense the ‘child’ would 'rule' with a rod of iron to the Earth, however, Mercury is still part of the Earth, it is born of the Earth. Knowing this, is Mercury in reality a planet? This male-child who became Mercury, is the son of the woman.

Rev 6: And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

Mercury pushed the Earth further away from her earlier position near the Sun, with his magnetic rod of iron. At the same time, Earth received a pull inward by the Sun and other planets, so as not to allow the Earth to go reeling out into the far reaches of the Solar System. The collision with the Red Dwarf system, and the reaction of the Sun and other planets, allowed the Earth to be positioned in a more suitable place, which would now allow for life to survive on the Earth. The Earth then took up residence in her new protected location in the Solar System and this was a good location in spite of her ordeal. Earth licked her wounds and was kept peaceful for 1260 (3.5) years for days, which may have been 3.5 Great Ages. That would be 7,560 years before life began on Earth. However, more than likely, these 1260 days would probably be much longer and refer to the twelve celestial Great Ages of 2160 years per Age (2160 x 12 constellations). In that case, it would be 25,920 years for a complete orbit of Great Ages, however, you would then need to multiply that by 3.5 times (1260), which gives us a count of 90,720 years for the Earth to rest up under the Sun’s protection, before Man and Beast could begin roaming across her healed vastness.

Don’t know about you, but I’m quite satisfied with the new placement of the Earth’s abode, as it would have been mighty hot that close to the Sun.

Rev 12:7-9 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

During this entire process, the intrusion, the collision, the rearranging of the Solar System and the birth of Mercury was like a war was going on in the heavens. The male-child that was born of the Earth had a name, according to Revelation Twelve. At that time, his name was Michael. Michael had become an ‘angel’ for the Sun and fought with an iron rod against the Red Dwarf and its entire system of seven heads/crowns and ten moons/horns. The gravitational pull from our entire Solar System helped in fact, to chase the Red Dwarf from the Solar System and send it far out into the vastness of space to never return again. The Red Dwarf system was cast out, and was thereafter referred to as the Devil and Satan. This entire event would also be paralleled on Earth to the masses of people who would later live upon the Earth. The physical effect that the Red Dwarf wielded upon the Earth thousands of years ago, would have a physical influence to life on the Earth, as well as a Spiritual sense. This we shall see in Section Three.

Rev 12:10-12 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them.

After the Sun’s Solar System had settled down following the traumatic events caused by the Red Dragon Intruder, a renewed strength was gained with permanent placements of the Earth, Moon, Planets, Constellations and all that make up the Sun’s Kingdom. A satisfaction and sense of completion came over the Solar System. Strength and salvation (ability to save Earth from being destroyed) exerted from the Sun, and the strength from the rod of iron/the anointed Mercury, which was exercised over the Red Dwarf system, made the entire Kingdom of Heaven rejoice. (Note: the title ‘Christ’ is not a name, it means ‘anointed’). Michael, the male-child, was the anointed one (anointed by the Sun). Biblical reference thereafter referred to Mercury as ‘Michael’ in the ‘as in Heaven’ parallel. Because of Mercury’s high iron content, being part of the Earth, played a significant part in fighting off the Red Dwarf. The intruder and its entire system of planets was sent packing far from the Sun’s vicinity. The Sun/God and the man-child/Mercury had saved our Solar System from further destruction. The Earth was saved, given a new home, where she was protected and content. The Red Dwarf was the accuser of Earth, and the entire Solar System in this parallel, in other words the Red Dragon came into the Sun’s Solar System with the intent of being a destroyer. The Red Dragon wanted the Sun’s Kingdom bad enough to kill the child and deceive the Earth into joining the Red Dragon’s system. The Woman/Earth was the object of the Devil’s collision, hoping to destroy the Earth and her child.

The above verses sum up the events of the twelfth chapter of Revelation and explains the intrusion of the Red Dwarf and the collision it caused the Earth and the SEA. The Red Dwarf knew it only had a short time before it would be chased away, so it did as much damage to the Earth and as it could. The Dragon persecuted the Earth (woman), which brought forth the man child – Michael / Mercury. The Earth received two wings of a great eagle that she might flee further out into the Solar System and further from more harm and destruction. She found her place and was protected there for a time, times and half a time until the Red Dragon had left the Solar System. The Red Dwarf caused a flood after the Earth, hoping Earth would be carried further away, but she swallowed up the flood and it became the Atlantic Ocean. The flood was caused, without a doubt, when Earth’s canopy was torn by the intruder and the water that was above the Earth became the water on the Earth to fill up the gaping hole. The Red Dwarf was angry with Earth and vowed to make war with the Woman’s descendants (seed) who would come to live upon the Earth. Mercury helps to keep the natural order of the Solar System and is aided by the mighty Sun and all who have witnessed the destruction and birth of Mercury, whose Father is the Sun.

Now before you get all bent out of shape, the next parallel section will be more in keeping with what you were probably expecting of chapter twelve.

The apostles asked Jesus about the end of the world, and he told them, ‘Why ask about the end of the world, when you don’t ask about the beginning of the world. If you knew the beginning, you would know the end’. I paraphrased this but it is in essence what he meant.

Rev 12:1-2 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the Sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.

The Woman in the ‘On Earth’ parallel is the people, ISRAEL…the descendants of their father, Jacob, who represents the Sun/God in this parallel meaning. Jacob’s descendants include all twelve tribes, wherever they may be and no matter what age they have lived in history. Israel is not a location, Israel refers to people, the ‘sheep’ whom Jesus came to meet and teach about the kingdom of God. Israel has always been referred to in the Old Testament as a woman. The mother of the child, Jesus, is in fact, the woman, Israel.

The woman, Israel, has a crown of twelve stars/tribes as their ancestry. Israel has roots (Moon=origins/roots) from the foundation of the world with the Earth / Woman. There would be no Child if there were no woman, no Michael if there were no Earth. The birth of the male child was to save the Earth, to save the people, Israel. Referring to the above verse, the tribal people, Israel, is travailing in birth during difficult times. Israel had long-since lost their identity and had taken a direction that was very much in line with Babylon, and had strayed far away from her origins/roots. The woman/Israel, is about to give birth to a child and pains to be delivered.

Rev 12:3-4 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.

About the time the Woman/Earth/Israel was to deliver her child, a great red dragon/power makes itself known. It has seven heads and ten horns. This red dragon is the culmination and development of what the Roman Empire had become at the time of the birth of this child. Keep in mind that this Red Dragon, during the lifetime of the people of Israel, persecuted her people and her seed/descendants. Here is the list the 7 kingdoms of power (heads with crowns=power) that have caused the Israelite people great harm and distress from the time of Jacob up until the birth of Israel’s child’s birth. Up until the birth of the ‘child’, the seven heads with crowns/kingdoms are:

1) Egypt, 2) Assyria, 3) Babylon, 4) Medes, 5) Persia, 6) Greece, 7) Rome. This mega Roman Babylonian beast, who had roots in all seven mentioned kingdoms, stood ready to devour and destroy the anointed child as soon as it was born. This was a preconceived murder that Rome intended to commit, if and when a Messiah-type figure were to show up. The seven heads of the red dragon had powerful kings/crowns who exerted much control and destruction to the people, Israel.

A third of the stars who were cast out of heaven were actually Israelites from the tribe of Dan. Because of their joining, not destroying, the red beast for the destruction of the woman/Israel, they were cast down from ‘heaven’, meaning they were no longer considered part of the Israelite people...they were cast out of the family of Israel by God. These 10 horns were the Germanic tribes. The Germanic most unHoly Roman Empire became more detrimental to Jesus after his death than perhaps Rome was before his death. Rome murdered his physical body, and also that of his disciples; but the unHoly Roman Empire, created by the ten Germanic tribes with Rome/Babylonian beast as their foundation, murdered millions of lives, and have put their souls in bondage. This was the outcome for many Israelites who turned their souls over to the Babylon-type beast.

Rev 12:5-6 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

The previous section was about the ‘as in Heaven’ parallel to chapter 12, which occurred at the beginning of the world. This section is about the parallel that takes place ‘on Earth’ toward the end of the world. The woman, Israel, brought forth a male child around the year 3 BCE. He lived for 3.5 times, which was about 35 years. His name was called Jesus. Jesus was killed by Rome when he was 35 years old. The Jews of the day said he was an imposter and wanted him killed…little did they know that they were the imposters. If Jesus had lived a full life, he would have led all nations with a rod of iron, but he was brutally murdered by Rome and by Jews. These ‘Jews’ are not the sheep in which Jesus came to meet and to warn ahead of time about the apostacy that was coming, in fact he called them ‘the sons of the devil’ as they were bought and paid for by the beast throughout most of the heads of Babylonian/Rome. They were corrupt and disowned by Jesus. Note: Paul’s father was a Pharisee in fact, I believe Paul was not a friend of Jesus or the disciples, but rather, a spy for Rome.

After his death, the man-child called Jesus, was then caught up to the throne of God. At that time, the true Israelites were sent into a life of secrecy by the Spirit of God. The woman/Israel was taken into a wilderness protection plan for 1260 days/years where she was kept from harm as the beast would have destroyed every last one of them if their identity had been known. The umbrella of protection was right under the nose of Rome and they never suspected a thing. The true descendants of Jacob are still in disguise for the most part today and there are thousands, if not millions of them – still undetected. Actually, for nearly 3000 years, the woman/Israel has been lost to the world but protected by God.

From the time of Jesus’ birth up until 1806, when Napoleon put an end to the unHoly Roman Empire, great wars and atrocities took place as the beast fought and killed millions of Israelites, who were now known as Jesus’ sheep. Rome captured millions of souls, which they hold in bondage for the devil. Michael (Jesus) and his angels/followers fought against the “unHoly Roman Empire” and that Empire fought against Jesus’ people. The ten horns that come out of the all-encompassed Babylonian/Roman beast are the Germanic tribes, who created the ‘Holy’ Roman Empire on December 25, 800 A.D. with Charlemagne as both King and Pope. And yes, that is why you celebrate that day as the birth of Christ – it is for Charlemagne, not Jesus. This unholy empire caused great wars with the woman, Israel, and the sheep of Jesus, whom he came to warn and teach, hopefully to save many from this satanic beast. Those Germanic tribes who proudly took part in the unHoly Roman Empire and fought against the Israelites, have lost their place among the people of Israel. These are the ‘on Earth’ stars that were cast out of heaven…or out of the flock of God’s chosen people, Israel.

The loud voice came in the form of the Great Reformation that sounded loud and clear all across Europe among the Israelite nations. Most significantly was the Scottish Reformation Act, which held the supreme status on the woman, Israel. In Scotland, the 1560 AD Parliament instituted the Scottish Reformation Act severing all ties from the Pope and Rome. The power of the anointed people broke the hold that the unHoly Roman Empire and the Vatican had over them. Strength was given them by their strong belief in their Lord and Master, and they were redeemed by the blood/death of the anointed one, as he had more power after the crucifixion than he did before his death.

On Earth, the accuser is someone that gives a false testimony of the subject, just as the Roman Babylonian dragon has done to Christ. Think of it this way, CNN and other liberal news outlets are the ‘accusers’ of Trump. They report falsities and twist everything he says and does it to deceive the uninformed. They do this because they have a different agenda than that of Trump. The accusers of Christ were no different. They had a different agenda than what Christ was all about. There will come the day when the Babylonian/Roman beast will be permanently destroyed by Michael / Jesus. The ‘blood’ of the Lamb represents the death of the innocent, who are without sin. The anointed and appointed One who was to represent the man-child, born of the woman, Israel. His life/death became a new covenant between two parts of the same body. In this case the two parts are the children of Israel and the children of Judah. These are his sheep that he came to warn of what was to happen after he was gone. Warn them about the Roman-Babylonian devil beast that would not only murder them but would rob their very souls if they became weakened.

The Holy Roman Empire of the Germanic Nation, who were from the tribe of Dan, therefore part of Israel, developed during the Early Middle Ages (December 25, 800 AD) under the Frankish King Charlemagne, who was crowned both Emperor and Pope on that day. This appointment began the unHoly Roman Empire, which continued until its dissolution in the year 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars.

Prior to the ‘Holy’ Roman Empire, the Roman empire held its strong grip over the throne of David, and the Israelites for 1260 years, from 300 AD with Constantine until 1560 AD when the Scottish Reformation Act was enacted. From this time around 1560 all of Europe participated in the Reformation to break away from Rome, the Pope, and the Vatican. They were highly successful.

“On July 18, 1536, the English Parliament passed the law titled “An Act Extinguishing the authority of the bishop of Rome”. This was in fact one of a series of laws which had been passed during the previous four years, severing England from the pope and the Roman Catholic Church.” [5] As far as the Israelites are concerned, the authority of Ephraim and Manasseh, on whose heads the name Israel passed, by their grandfather, Jacob, were living chiefly in the British Isles prior to 1603.

The reformation actually began in the year 1515 with the German professor of theology, Martin Luther, but wasn’t until a few years later that it reached the throne of Scotland in year 1560. The throne of Scotland is the inherited throne of King David, celebrated King over all of Israel. In the year 1603 AD King James I of Scotland united all of Scotland, England, Wales, Ireland in a great unification of the twelve tribes of Israel, exactly 2520 years from the time that Israel became divided into two kingdoms in 917 BC.

After the Roman/Babylonian satanic grip over the Israelite people for 1260 years, beginning in 300 AD with Constantine, they break ties with the Roman Babylonian beast and its false religion. From Constantine’s mandatory Christian religion in 300 AD to 1560 AD is exactly 1260 years. The Dragon’s flood, in the name of Christianity, had been swallowed up by the woman Israel during this loud voice that swept all across the Israelite nations in the form of the Great Reformation. The bonds with the red dragon beast should have been severed completely, but many found it hard to come clean away.

Constantine was born on February 27, and the year was circa 275- 285. He converted to Christianity around 300 AD and made Christianity the mandatory religion over the Roman Empire. Later on, in 529 AD, Justinian ordered ALL people to become Christian and in 534 AD came the completion of ‘Justinian’s Law Code.’ There were thousands of Israelites who were killed during the Dark Ages all across Europe. But alas, the Babylonian beast had lost 90% of its power over the Israelites. More still needs to be done. The message about the real Kingdom of God hasn’t been taught yet. This needs to be done before the return of the Anointed One, when he gathers up his lost sheep.

Rev 12:12-17 Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

The devil is the Babylonian / Roman beast with the 7 heads as explained previously. The fallen stars / Germanic ten horns were explained previously. It was Rome that killed Jesus, they killed his disciples, burned and destroyed most all knowledge of what Jesus was about, what he taught his followers, why he spoke in parables, and what the warning to his people was about. From what I can gather from the books that didn’t make it into the New Testament, there was an imposter that worked with Rome to hijack the teachings of Jesus, to create their own ‘messiah’ and religion around the popularity of Jesus. I am not referring to Judas, who betrayed Jesus and resulted in the death of his body, but there was one who led in the robbing of the very souls of the sheep of whom Jesus loved. The disciples did not like Paul and even Jesus hinted that there was one that would come that would teach something other than what he (Jesus) taught. In fact, Paul, son of a Pharisee was probably an instigator in the death of Jesus and the disciples. I believe they were all killed and only one left alive and that was Mary Magdalene, as Rome didn’t kill women because to them, women didn’t know anything anyway. I believe that the book of Revelations was written by Mary who received the revelations from Jesus before his death. The book was so written so that it wouldn’t be understood, until one day, someday, someone would understand.

The disciples were continually calling Paul a liar and implied that he was a spy for Rome. Paul argued that his gospel was the authentic "gospel of Christ" and that "another gospel" (that of James, Peter, and John) was false. Paul sounds more like CNN doesn’t he? For example, his letter to the Galatians contains his argument supporting "Justification/salvation by faith, not by works." However, the Gospel of James (2:14-17) proclaimed: "What does it profit…if a man says he has faith, but has not works? Can his faith save him? If a brother or sister is ill-clad and in lack of daily food, and one of you says to them, `Go in peace, be warmed and filled,' without giving them the things needed for the body, what does it profit? So, faith by itself, if it has not works, is dead."

The teachings of Jesus, as described by the gospel writers, agreed with James but Paul disagreed. Jesus never met Paul, but the disciples knew that Jesus did not approve of Paul and considered him contrary to what Jesus was teaching. Paul admitted he had persecuted those who followed Jesus, although he never revealed that he had done so under another name, Saul. If not for Luke, we would not be aware that he had ever been called Saul. If not for Luke's important information about his birth name, Paul could never have been associated with the Saulus, whom the Jewish historian, Josephus, accused of participating in the stoning death of James, Jesus' brother, c. 62, long after Paul's claimed conversion on the road to Damascus. Josephus' Saulus was the grandson of Salome (Saulome?), sister of King Herod the Great. (Source: Josephus, Antiquities, Book 20.9.1-4).

What do I think? I think that Paul, in concert with Rome, used Jesus as a foundation in which to build their Roman / Babylonian religion upon. Paul, a spy for Rome, instigated the murder of Jesus and the disciples. So therefore, the Christian religion is mainly built on what Paul wrote, and not what Jesus taught or wanted to be taught. Case in point: Jesus told his disciples what they were to teach was about the Kingdom of God / Heaven. And his return would not occur until this was taught. Jesus said this:

Gospel of Thomas 113 – “His disciples said to him, "When will the kingdom come?" Jesus said, "It will not come by waiting for it. It will not be a matter of saying 'here it is' or 'there it is.' Rather, the kingdom of the father is spread out upon the earth, and men do not see it."

Tell me, you who are reading this – do you know what the kingdom of God is? They have had 2000 years to teach about it and yet I have not heard zip zero about the kingdom of Heaven taught by religious leaders. That’s because they, themselves, do not know.

2 Cardiff University. "Earth's Crust Missing In Mid-Atlantic." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 2 March 2007. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070301103112.htm

[1] Gospel of Thomas 113

[2] https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/sun/overview/#ten_things_to_know_about_the_sun_otp

[3] https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140708153904.htm

[4] One kilometer is .62 miles

[5] Library of Congress.gov