to the strong kings. And look. Now his throne sinks down, and the strong kings are hurrying towards the place and are dividing it up into several pieces. And so, all his might, pride and greatness is going to ruin. Although he still slings arrows and weak lightning all around him, but those are harming no one anymore because most of the time they are returning to him and are injuring him and his weak and dark troops." (THE GREAT GOSPEL OF JOHN, Book 18, chp. 95)
The Antichrist "First of all, I make it comprehensible to you that in My Teachings and Words lie considerably more salvation and blessings, if lived accordingly, than if you could interpret all the vials of wrath in the prophecies of John. This much I can tell you: The earth, with its entire humanity, is engaged in the process of separation, and that everything which is going to happen soon is, indeed, written in those prophecies, but it will not be fulfilled in the sense in which you would interpret it. To "shorten the days" means - in view of the spreading of My Word - to speed up the cleansing of the earth of its corruptible elements, which has already been taking place for some time. You also keep reading of the" Antichrist" ; most people imagine this to be a personality. If they looked upon the world with an attentive eye, they would find many "anti-Christians", because there are only very few actual successors of Christ or My Teachings, and even these are still far from being what they really should be. The actual" Antichrist" is the generally prevailing obsession for entirely different things than are preached by My Teachings. It is the prevailing inclination of so many people where only the head is active and the heart is being condemned to silence. Here you must accept the "head" or the calculating intellect (as the spiritual principle) as the" Antichrist" who has already for a long time been actively working his wiles on earth, endeavoring to explain to mankind, by seductive arguments, that only what the intellect can grasp and elucidate is true. Whereas, what the heart feels or suspects is nothing but the fleeting haze of an excited imagination! That is why the doctrine of the materialists is the last stage of rationalistic wisdom, and therefore, the addiction to pleasure and the means by which to satisfy it, and the contempt for all which is noble, good and sublime. Thusly, "knowledge and no faith"! And still man forgets what I once said: ' Your knowledge is but fragmented!' All these pictures in the Apocalypse of John are spiritual figures. They are prevailing epidemic mental disorders which drive and dominate people. In order to be able to decode these revelations, a person must think on a much higher level than he is capable of at this stage. He must see and understand, from My standpoint, the spiritual inner world of the souls enveloped in a physical body on earth. He must recognize how the spiritual trend changes, how I then make use of it for My Own purposes and how, instead of what mankind would like to achieve, only My Great Goal can be strived for! If he is capable of rising to this point of view, then he will also understand what it means: "They killed the prophets and left their dead bodies lying in the street for three and one-half days." This signifies: 67