Midnight beginning Wednesday January 1, 100 AD. In the Rome cathedral.

20:1. Kai eidon angelon katabainonta ek tou ouranou, echonta tēn klein tēs abyssou kai halysin megalēn epi ten cheira autou.

20:1. And I (John III) saw{eidon} (past tense west ) an angel going down out of the Heaven, he (angel) having the key of the abyss. And a great chain upon the hand of him (angel).

20:1. See the Introduction on the Abandonment of the Thousand Years Fallacy, giving the reasons for the chronological calculations.

The year 100 AD, at its Julian beginning January 1, had been long anticipated as the year 4000 from creation following the deferment by 40 years from 60 AD. It was called the year 1000, as the end of the final millennium of the 4000 years. It should bring the Eschaton, the Last, a catastrophic intervention by heaven that would mark the end of the present world order and the beginning of a new one in which only the initiates of the right party of ascetics would survive.

The abbot of Rome, John II, who was permitted to marry as all abbey members were, had had a son in January 82 AD. John III now 18 in 100 AD was old enough to act as the recorder in the west guest seat that had once been occupied by Tychicus. He would become the full abbot of Rome in June 113 AD and would then begin to use the dynastic name John (Rev 22:8)

On this occasion he saw an "angel", an abbot, "going down from Heaven". It would mean his father John II, aged 60, the abbot of Rome, who had a place in the "Gabriel" position of the deputy on the upper floor, and who came down to conduct the midnight vigil in the center east seat on row 7 of the middle floor.It was also the occasion for an emergency council to discuss the non-fulfillment.

The abbot had "the key of the abyss", controlling the deposit of money of abbey members, who because they could marry could have their money returned to them on leaving. At Qumran it was kept in the vault for reserve money, just below loc 113

Photo CCC. The recess between the steps and the eastern wall of the sanctuary, shown by the Copper Scroll to be the first vault for storing money.

When they left they walked down the chasm that could be called an "abyss", so the key to the vault was called the key of the abyss. The Rome cathedral reproduced the pattern of Qumran.

The John dynasty were members of the court of the Agrippas, as they had been since the gospel period. Agrippa I had recognized their birth, even though they were illegitimate born into a branch of the imperial family. (See Clementine Books in Section 4, The Other Gospels) ). They consequently had engraved on their bread paten the chain emblem of Agrippa I that had been given to him by the emperor Claudius (Josephus, Antiquities 19, 294).

Midnight beginning Wednesday January 1, 100 AD. In the Rome cathedral.

20:2. kai ekratēsen ton drakonta, ho ophis ho archaios, hos estin Diabolos. kai ho Satanas. kai edēsen auton chilia etē

20:2 And he (RLR to angel v. 1) seized (past tense west ) the Dragon, (in apposition) the Serpent of the beginning. Who (new subject) is (present tense center ) Devil. And the Satan (Chief Therapeut as Examiner). And he (RLR to Satan ) bound (past tense west ) him (RLR to Devil ) 1000 years{etos}.

20:2. Militancy was again on the rise, partly as a consequence of the non-fulfillment, partly because of perceived persecution by the Roman emperor Trajan (98 -117 AD). A triumvirate formed, reproducing that of 6 AD. They had been the Dragon, a Pharisee moderate priest; the Calf, Archelaus Herod; and the Beast (Lion), Judas the Galilean, who also could go up a grade to act as the Raphael-levite on behalf of the Calf Archelaus.

The Dragon who appeared in 100 AD was a moderate Pharisee in Rome who, being less committed in the debate took over the presiding role from John II the "angel". John II went to the west seat at the lectern, embracing the Pharisee in the fellowship of anti-militants.

The Beast who now appeared was Simon Bar Kokhba (Ben Kosba), who had begun to rally support for another anti-Rome uprising in Judea, and who would later become the head of a short-lived independent Jewish state. He was also called the Devil, a name that had been applied to Judas Iscariot who had the same role (Luke 4:3).

A fourth man in 6 AD had been Theudas-Saddok, the Chief Therapeut, who was the Serpent of healing. He could act both as a bishop and as a levite substitute for the Calf. As the levite his work was to be the Satan, meaning simply the Examiner, the one who tested for admissions to the celibate life. At the Last Supper Theudas had become the Satan after Judas had left the room. "Satan entered into him (Judas)." (John 13:27) From that point his title was changed to Judas not Iscariot (John 14:22).

The Chief Therapeut as head of the Egyptian Therapeuts was driven into frequent changes of policy because of varying attitudes in Egypt, from pro-Roman western to anti-Roman eastern. In 100 AD there was the same ambivalence, the Chief Therapeut in the succession of Apollos - who had died since Masada - held the role of the Satan who could be a moderate militant. He overcame the extremist Bar Kokhba the Beast in this debate. The changes of policy of a Chief Therapeut are told in the parabolic history of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32).

Bar Kokhba was hostile to Christians, as is stated by Justin Martyr, believing that he himself was the Star of the Davids. At the council he formed an opposition, sitting on the south side of the table on row 10. At the non-fulfillment of the date at 12:05 am , the Chief Therapeut Satan blamed him as the impediment, and came down to the seat west of him, sending him out, wearing the girdle of an outsider.

Parallel accounts in other sources

The militant Simon Ben Kosba, named in the Murabba'at documents, was also called Bar Kokhba, "son of the Star". Justin Martyr (quoted in Eusebius Ecclesiastical History 4, 6, 1-2;; 4, 8, 4 ) wrote that Bar Kokhba in the early 2nd century AD was the leader of a rebellion of the Jews, and "commanded that Christians should be punished severely if they did not deny Jesus as the Messiah and blaspheme him."

The remains of Bar Kokhba 's rebellion have been found at Murabba'at, in a series of hidden caves further down the west side of the Dead Sea than Masada. They show that he was in the process of setting up an alternative state as an independent legal power, with its own authority and legal records. His followers lived with their families in the caves, the utensils for their domestic arrangements still there when the archeologists found them. Bar Kokhba 's rebellion finally failed in 135 AD, and was the cause of Rome renaming Jerusalem Aelia Capitolina and forbidding all Jews to enter it.

12:05 am beginning Wednesday January 1, 100 AD. In the Rome cathedral.

20:3. kai ebalen auton eis tēn abysson. kai ekleisen. kai esphragisen epanō autou hina mē planēsē eti ta ethnē achri telesthē ta chilia etē. meta tauta dei lythēnai auton mikron chronon.

20:3. And he (RLR to Devil Bar Kokhba, last "him" in v. 2) threw (past tense west ) him (RLR to Satan Chief Therapeut subject of "bound" in v.2) at the abyss. And he (RLR to last "him", Satan Chief Therapeut) used the key. And he (Satan) sealed up-upon of him (Devil Bar Kokhba) in order that he (Satan ) should not deceive still the Gentiles until{achri} the 1000 years{etos} were ended. After these things he (Satan ) must be loosed for a little {mikron} time.

20:3. At 12:05 am when hope was lost Bar Kokhba turned on the Chief Therapeut. He forced him to go down to the dais row 12, to fetch the key of the reserve vault. His position at the west side was a row above that of the novice, whose money was kept in the reserve vault. The Chief Therapeut refused Bar Kokhba access to the money, saying that he, the Chief Therapeut, was a celibate superior to Bar Kokhba. The Chief Therapeut moved up and in to the position of the female 13th, a proselyte, on the south side of the table, but as one who was not a militant Magian, but for peace with Rome. While being in charge of the reserve money in the court of Agrippa II, he would not deceive the elderly Agrippa II, now 73 and never a strong personality.

On the council's decision the Chief Therapeut was promoted and brought back into the leadership. The theory of sets of 40 years was applied to justify waiting for the rest of the day. It was reasoned that 100 AD was the extra generation of 40 years after 60 AD,in the Exodus chronological scheme of the Therapeuts, and they always waited until the end of the time unit.

12:05 am beginning Wednesday January 1, 100 AD. In the Rome cathedral.

20:4. kai eidon thronous. kai ekathisan ep' autous. kai krima edothē autois. kai tas psychas tōn pepelekismenōn dia tēn martyrian Iēsou. kai dia ton logon tou heou. kai hoitines ou prosekynēsan to thērion oude tēn eikona autou. kai ouk elabon to chargma epi to metōpon. kai epi tēn cheira autōn. kai ezēsan kai ebasileusan meta tou Christou chilia etē.

20:4. And I (John III) saw{eidon} (past tense west) thrones And they (RLR to ta ethnē v. 3) sat (past tense west) upon (+ accusative) them (thrones). And judgment was given (past tense west) to them ( ta ethnē ) . And the Souls of those axed on account of the witnessof Jesus (III). And on account of the Word of God. And the Certain Ones did not worship{proskyneō} (past tense west ) the Beast, neither the icon of him (the Beast). And they (the Certain Ones) did not receive (past tense west ) the mark upon the forehead. And upon (+accus) the hand of them (the Certain Ones). And they (the Certain Ones) lived (past tense west ). And they (the Certain Ones) were(past tense west) kings with (+ genitive) the Christ 1000 years{etos}.

20:4. The young John III had gone up to the upper floor at midnight, where he observed the reaction of Agrippa II to the non-fulfillment. Agrippa, now aged 73, had always been weak, and was now judged too feeble to make decisions about his money. He was sent to the western position on row 7 below which was that of the judge.

At the outset of the reign of Trajan (98-117 AD), the emperor was opposed to Christians in Rome, especially when they held public demonstrations in anticipation of the Eschaton of 100 AD. During the year before the great date Matthias Annas II the Priest-Pope of Christians from the 70's had been arrested and put to death. He had been "axed", an allusion to Isaiah 10:15, which spoke of the pagan power Nineveh as the "axe of God" wielded to punish Jews. With him was the lay Pope Clement, who had been appointed to the succession of Peter in 93 AD.

There was now no Annas priest to lead what was still regarded by some as a Jewish religious movement With the failure of the expectation and the early persecution of Trajan, the militancy of the house of Bernice was seen as an obligation, and the Hellenist Annas in her house now came to the fore. Jesus III, born 77 AD, who would be 23 in June of the great year, had no choice but to follow his father as deputy of the Hellenist Annas if he was to keep the David line going. He used the title Word of God, that of the David when he was in the outside world. But he was on his way to renouncing militarism, beginning to act as conciliator between both houses. He was called the Christ, a title never applied to Jesus Justus.

In the cathedral the Chief Therapeut was left to take charge, controlling Agrippa's money on behalf of the Christians. He refused to pay the January 1 Roman tribute to Bar Kokhba, who now claimed that he was a king, head of a Jewish state. He claimed the status of the Davids, calling himself "son of the Star". Bernice, herself 73, still acted as a priestess, an "icon", but accepted the position of queen to Bar Kokhba. Jesus III used his title the Christ in opposition to him.

At 12:05 am on this day all celebrated their millennium, the year 1000.

Parallel accounts from other sources

According to Eusebius. Ecclesiastical History III, xiii, in 69 AD Linus became Roman bishop. In 81 AD Linus handed it to Anencletus. In 93 AD Clement succeeded Anencletus. Eusebius says it was the same Clement as in Philippians 4:3. Eusebius refers to his one recognized epistle. From the Clementines it may be seen that he was born 10 AD and would have been 83 at the time of becoming Roman bishop. But he was active long before this, from 37 AD, and would have helped the Christians from his house in Rome, which became St Clement's church.

Wednesday January 1, 100 AD, 12:05 am. In the Rome house of Bernice.

20:5. hoi loipoi tōn nekrōn ouk ezēsan achri telesthē ta chilia etē. autē hē anastasis hē prōtē.

20:5. The Remnant of the lifeless ones did not live (past tense) until{achri} the 1000 years{etos} were ended. This the First Resurrection.

20:5. In Bernice's house a former proselyte had replaced the Hellenist Annas. He adopted a title - Resurrection (Anastasis) the First. It referred to celibacy, not to literal resurrection in which Sadducees did not believe. Celibates had a promotion system going up from "death", the married state. He was not a Christian - did not "live".

Wednesday January 1, 100 AD, 6 am. In the Rome cathedral.

20:6. makarios kai hagios ho echōn meros en tē anastasei tē prōtē. epi toutōn ho deuteros thanatos ouk echei exousian, all' esontai hiereis tou theou. kai tou Christou. kai basileusousin met' autou chilia ete.

20:6. A Blessed One. And a Holy One, he having a part in the First Resurrection. Upon of These Ones the Second Death not has authority, nevertheless priests of God will be (future tense east ). And of the Christ , And they (priests east cardinal) will be (future tense east) kings with (+genitive ) him (Second Death) 1000 years{etos}.

20:6. Resurrection the First was allied with the new Magus, who acted as his deputy with the title Death the Second. Of Christian celibates, the Saints for peace associated with Resurrection the First , and the more militant These Ones avoided the Magus. The system of cardinals in the east and west was preserved, a Magus alternating with a Sadducee Annas priest.

Jesus III, born 77 AD, was now approaching 23 years old , the age for first initiation. He had qualified for the title the Christ.

Wednesday January 1, 100 AD, 3 pm. In the Rome cathedral.

20:7. Kai hotan telesthē ta chilia etē, lythēsetai ho Satanas ek tēs phylakēs autou.

20:7. And when{hotan} the 1000 years{etos} were ended, Satan will be loosed (future tense, east) out of the prison of him (Satan).

20:7. At 3 pm on the Wednesday the workers' day had concluded , and it was seen that there was no further prospect of an Eschaton on that date. The Chief Therapeut with Christians in the cathedral was now promoted to cardinal, of the south. There were now four cardinals at the four compass points, with Jesus III equal to them but also superior as the potential Messiah of Israel.

Midnight beginning Thursday January 1, 106 AD. At the Rome house of Bernice.

20:8. kai exeleusetai planēsai ta ethnē ta en tais tessarsin gōniais tēs gēs, ton Gōg. kai Magōg, synagagein autous eis to polemon, hōn ho arithmos autōn hōs hē ammos tēs thalassēs.

20:8 And he (RLR to Satan v.7 Chief Therapeut ) will come out{erchomai} (future tense, east) to deceive the Gentiles, the ones in corner 4 of the Earth, the Gog. And Magog, to lead-with them (masc plural agreeing with priests of God, east cardinal in v.6,) at the war, of whom (plural) the Number of them (priests of God) as the sand of the Sea.

20:8 Later in the year 106 AD Agrippa II would die, and in January he was seriously ailing. The question of a continuing headship of the Herod family in Rome now arose. Since the death of his adopted heir Timothy in 64 AD Agrippa had appointed no new heir, and was so much under Christian influence that he had made a will leaving his estate to them. Bernice his twin sister as the Herod queen had some legal right to claim her son Bernicianus as the heir, born of her marriage with her uncle Herod of Chalcis. There was no impediment to such marriages in the Herod family.

The names Gog and Magog were used in Ezekiel 38 and 39 to denote an evil foreign power. The Christians, accustomed to playing with the double meanings of Hebrew letters, gave their own meanings to them to refer to the house of Bernice as evil. Omitting the vowels, as was normal for Hebrew, they saw in Gog a double Gimel grade 3. There were two cardinals of that grade, the eastern and western Sadducees "priests of God". Adding Mem for grade 9, the low grade for Bernice as merely the Merari, the Moon, they read her into the name Magog.

Agrippa II, dying, was now of the status of a novice outside the ministry, so in "corner 4 of the Earth" the novice's seat in the 4 cubit wide center of row 13.

The changing policies of Alexandria led the Chief Therapeut to affirm his order's allegiance to war. In his capacity as cardinal of the south he deceived Agrippa, and gave his money, which he now controlled, to the militant cause. The Magus as cardinal of Babylon and its dependencies, including Arabia, sat on the east, where anti-Roman militancy still flourished. Thus the three anti-Roman cardinals outnumbered Jesus III, and an uprising was planned using the Herodian money.

Midnight beginning Thursday January 1, 106 AD. In the Rome cathedral under revision.

20:9. kai anebēsan epi to platos tēs gēs. kai ekykleusan tēn parembolēn tōn hagiōn. kai tēn polin tēn ēgapemēnēn. kai katebē pyr ek tou ouranou. kai katephagen autous.

20:9 And they (RLR to priests of God, the east cardinal v.6) went up (past tense west) upon (+ accusative ) the breadth(street){plateia} of the Earth. And they (priests of God ) encircled (past tense west) the camp of the Saints. And the Beloved City. And Fire went down(past tense west) out of the Heaven. And it (Fire) ate down them (priests of God).

20:9 As it was known that the Rome cathedral, the house of Agrippa, would be bequeathed to the Christians, they set about altering it in accord with their current ideas. They were changing it into a monastery

The Sadducee cardinal now alternating in the west stood at the top of the steps, row 10, and declared that the center of the row between 9 and 10 was the center of the time circle, thus bringing it down 3 cubits. It would mean that the system was less controlled by hereditary priests, making laymen more equal.

Figure 20. The Monastery.

Row 13 which had been that of the Earth came up to row 10, called "the breadth of the Earth." The position above the central point of the circle was for celibate Gentiles of Dan, the Saints with Jesus III. The position below the central point was called "the Beloved City", being on row 10 as the "bosom" for an "Eve", the Beloved. A woman could stand there with an "Adam" at the new "Earth". It would become the practice that a communion rail was placed across the line dividing rows 9 and 10, and a gate was placed at its central 2 cubits. A celibate "Saint" would celebrate communion there, giving the wine. The arrangements that survived for the Christian communion had now been set up.

There was no longer an upper floor "Heaven". A counterpart to the eastern Sadducee cardinal called Cloud by Day , in the role of Fire by Night , brought the lectern down to row 10, remaining as the judge-presbyter's position. On the corresponding east side a less significant pulpit was set up. The communion that was taken by other people along row 10 was for all people equally without distinction.

Midnight beginning Monday June 1, 106 AD In Judea.

20:10. kai ho diabolos ho planōn autous eblēthē eis tēn limnēn tou pyros kai theiou, hopou. kai ho thērion. kai ho pseudoprophētēs, kai basanisthēsontai hēmeras kai nyktos eis tous aiōnas tōn aiōnōn.

20:10 And the devil , (in apposition) the one deceiving them (RLR to priests of God ,v. 9, ) was thrown (past tense west) at the lake of Fire. And of sulphur, the where. And the Beast. And the false prophet. And they (priests of God east cardinal )will be tormented (future tense, east) of day. And of night at the aeons of the aeons.

20: 10 Agrippa II died, aged 78, shortly before June 1, 106 AD. Serious tensions at once arose between the two houses, with quarrels over his will. He had left his money and houses to the Christians, having no son of his own.

The term "aeons of the aeons" means June 1 in the 7th year of a king. Bar Kokhba had claimed to become the Jewish king in June 99 AD, the north solar intercalation year. The Magus was allied with him on the question of money, saying that Bernicianus was the legal heir. The matter was dealt with firmly, at the cathedral by the eastern cardinal, and it may be supposed that he was helped by Jesus III, now aged 29.

Bar Kokhba , the Magus and Bernicianus were sent to the Dead Sea , where Bar Kokhba began setting up his alternate Jewish state. Bernicianus maintained his claim to the Herodian property. The eastern cardinal who had started the changes to a monastery arrived to take control in the East, where he occupied Mird-Hyrcania with its underground cells for females.

In the East to which he went the post-position of the solar calendar was used, so that on the Day position 31st another 17 1/2 days were intercalated,going forward to the Night position, from which the days would drop back over the next 14 years. The order of words in the phrase shows that the calendar was in the Day position, to which it had changed in 99 AD.

Midnight beginning Monday June 1, 106 AD. In the Rome monastery.

20:11. Kai eidon thronon megan leukon kai ton kathēmenon ep' auton, hou apo tou prosōpou ephygen hē gē kai ho ouranos, kai topos ouch heurethē autois.

20:11. And I (John III as recorder) saw{eidon} a great white throne. And the one sitting (accus. masc) upon it (throne), of whom from the face fled the Earth. And the Heaven, And a place was not found for them (RLR to priests of God east cardinal vv 6, 8,9, 10).

20:11. As there was now no upper floor in the Christian monastery, the throne had been brought down to the middle floor, its seat on row 6 and its footstool on row 7. On June 1 it was draped in white for the summer season. It now had a new occupant, who may be identified as Pope Alexander I, the first Roman who was not Jewish to become the Christian Pope.

There are two accounts of his exact dates, both feasible for the stages of his achievements. Catholic tradition gives 105-115 AD, (see Popes in Catholic Encyclopedia in Google). Eusebius gives 109-120 AD (Ecclesiastical History IV, i, iv ). Alexander I may be understood as the Priest-Pope authorizing the expansion of the Christian Church and the transformation into a monastery after the death of Agrippa II.

On June 1, very soon after Agrippa's death, John III the recorder from the side of row 7 observed the footstool of the throne in the center and Pope Alexander on the seat. The center of row 10 where communicants knelt , now called the Earth, was declared to be a sanctuary, a sacred place. The Pope himself still represented Heaven, but brought down closer to Earth.

The east cardinal who had begun the renovations was still in the East.

Monday June 1, 106 AD, noon. In the Rome monastery.

20:12. Kai eidon tous nekrous, tous megalous kai tous mikrous, hestōtas enōpion tou thronou, kai biblia ēnoichthēsan kai allo biblion ēnoichthē , ho estin tēs zōēs, kai ekrithēsan hoi nekroi ek tōn gegrammenōn en tois bibliois kata ta erga autōn

20:12. And I (John III) saw{eidon} (past tense west ) the lifeless ones, (in apposition) the great ones. And the little ones{mikron}, (in apposition) standing Before{enōpion} the throne. And books were opened (past tense west ). And an other book was opened (past tense west) , which is (present tense center ) of Life. And the lifeless ones were judged (past tense west ) out of the ones written in the books according to the works of them (lifeless ones).

20:12 Pope Alexander I now set about making proselyte ministers into full Christians and giving them a form of ministry. Acting as the Standing One, a name for the supreme leader, he brought before him to the footstool of the throne a proselyte bishop and a proselyte presbyter, kneeling to ask forgiveness and acceptance. At the lectern the Old Testament was opened, for it was to be included in the Christian canon. Another book was opened next, containing the names of fully Christian ministers, brought to the center. It had two leaves, the further one for those still retaining Jewish Nazirite practices, the nearer one for those who had fully changed, who were subject to judgment from the lectern.

Monday June 1, 106 AD 3 pm. In the Rome monastery.

20:13. kai edōken hē thalssa tous nekrous tous en autē. kai ho thanatos. kai ho Hadēs edōkan tous mekrous tous en autois. kai ekrithēsan hekastos kata ta erga autōn

20:13. And the Sea gave (past tense west) the lifeless ones the ones in it (Sea). And the Death. And the Hades they (RLR to lifeless ones in Sea) gave (past tense west) the lifeless ones the ones in them (lifeless ones in Sea). And they (lifeless ones in Sea) were judged (past tense west) Each One according to the works of them.

20:13. A proselyte separated from Bernice's house. He renounced his Magian initiation. He agreed that the proselyte minister now Christian should not charge fees. A homosexual from Bernice's house was accepted on condition that he kept a Nazirite vow of abstinence.

Friday January 1, 107 AD. At the Dead Sea.

20:14. kai ho thanatos kai ho Hadēs eblēthēsan eis tēn limnēn tou pyros. houtos ho thanatos ho deuteros estin, hē limnē tou pyros.

20:14. And the Death. And the Hades they (RLR to Lifeless Ones v. 13) were thrown at the lake of the fire. This One the Second Death is (present tense, center), the lake of the fire.

20:14. The proselyte who called himself Resurrection the First was appointed to the Dead Sea, together with his deputy the Magus Death the Second.

Friday January 1, 107 AD. At the Dead Sea.

20:15. kai ei tis ouch heurethē en tē biblō tēs zōēs gegrammenos eblēthē eis tēn limnēn tou pyros.

20:15 And if{ei} a Certain One was not found (past tense, west) written in the book of the Life , he (Certain One) was thrown (past rense, west) at the lake of the fire.

20:15. Bernicianus was not included in any list of Christian ministers. But as a layman he was appointed to the Dead Sea.

Midnight beginning Tuesday January 1, 110 AD In the Rome abbey.

21:1. Kai eidon ouranon kainon kai gēn kainēn. ho gar prōtos ouranos kai hē prōtē gē apēlthan, kai hē thalassa ouk estin eti.

21:1. And I (John III) saw{eidon} (past tense, west) a new{kainos} Heaven. And a new{kainos} Earth. For a first Heaven. And the first Earth they (RLR to Lifeless Ones 20:14) came-from{erchomai}. (past tense, west) And the Sea is not (not present tense, so future, east outside) still.

21:1. In 110 AD a decade after the disappointment of 100 AD, hopes were renewed for an Eschaton allowing for a zero decade from creation. The emperor Trajan was now showing a more tolerant attitude to Christians, as is exemplified in his reply to Pliny's letter (below). It was helped by the fact that Christians had severed connections with anti-Roman militants.

Some of the functions of the cathedral, such as a meal table for 12 men, had been transferred to the abbey. The imagery of Heaven and Earth could be maintained in terms of the missionary chariot. The resumed north base was for excluded persons such as Bernice.

Parallel accounts in other sources. The changing attitudes of Trajan

Under Nero Christians had been confined to Ephesus, and they operated successfully in the provinces of Asia Minor (modern Turkey). It was from Bithynia, one of the provinces, that the letter of the governor Pliny the Younger was written, asking for advice from Trajan (emperor 98 - 117 AD) on what to do about Christians, who refused to pay formal worship to the emperor. His letter, written before his death in 112 AD, included:

"In the case of those brought before me as Christians, I ask them if they are Christians. If they admit it I repeat the question a second or third time, threatening capital punishment; if they persist I sentence them to death....There were others who displayed a like madness and whom I reserved to be sent to Rome, since they were Roman citizens. ... All who denied that they were or had been Christians I considered should be discharged, because they called upon the gods at my dictation and did reverence, with incense and wine, to your image....and especially because they cursed Christ, a thing which, it is said, genuine Christians cannot be induced to do...."

Trajan replied to Pliny, showing a measure of tolerance for Christians:

"You have taken the right line, my dear Pliny, in examining the cases of those denounced to you as Christians, for no hard and fast rule can be laid down, of universal application. They are not to be sought out; if they are informed against, and the charge is proven, they are to be punished, with this reservation - that if any one denies that he is a Christian, and actually proves it, that is by worshipping our gods, he shall be pardoned as a result of his recantation."

Saturday June 1, 110 AD, noon. In the Rome monastery, the revised cathedral.

21:2. kai tēn polin tēn hagian Ierousalēm kainen eidon katabainousan ek tou ouranou apo tou theou, hētoimasmenen hōs nymphēn kekosmēmenēn tō andri autēs

21:2 And the city the holy Jerusalem{Ierousalēm} (singular form) new{kainos} I (John III) saw{eidon} going-down out of the Heaven from God, prepared (fem participle agreeing with city) as a bride in adorned to the husband of her (bride).

21:2. The betrothal ceremony of Jesus III and the young woman who was to be his bride was carried out 3 years before their wedding, in the monastery. They stood at the center of row 10 in front of the communion rail. This position was called the "city", as a New Jerusalem for initiated Christians without using the word Jerusalem. Being the position formerly that of the "bosom" of the Heavenly Man, the east side was for "Adam" and called the Holy City, and the west side for "Eve": and called the Beloved City (Revelation 20:9). This verse adds kainos, "new", meaning that Jewish Christians were counted as Christians.

The betrothed young woman, called the Bride as she was now permanently committed, was not called Herself as in Revelation 19:7 for the bride of Jesus Justus, for this one had a less priestly marriage and could wear female adornments. Jesus III acted in the grade 7 status of a village husband.

Midnight ending Saturday June 1, 110 AD, In the Rome abbey.

21:3. kai ēkousa phōnēs megalēs ek tou thronou legousēs, Idou hē skēnē tou theou meta ton anthrōpōn, kai skēnōsei met' autōn, kai autoi laoi autou esontai, kai autos ho theos met autōn estai.

21:3. And I (John III) heard a Great Voice out of the throne saying, " see{eidon} the tabernacle of God with ( + genitive) the Men{anthrōpos}, And it (the tabernacle) will (future tense east) tabernacle with (meta + gentitive) them (RLR to Lifeless Ones 20:13, 21:1). And They peoples of him (RLR to husband v. 2) will be (future tense east). And He the God with (+ genitive) them (peoples of him) will be (future tense east).

21:3 For the next stage of the betrothal ceremony, the couple were directed by the abbot to go across to the abbey, where more liberal marriage laws applied. They were there for a midnight vigil. The future tenses in this verse show that events took place in the east, in the abbey building east of the monastery.

Description of the abbey.

See Figures 1 and 15b and Photos LL, MM below

Figure 1. The Qumran buildings

Sunday June 1, 111 AD, 3 pm. Outside the Rome cathedral.

21:4. kai exaleipsei pan dakryon ek tōn ophthalmōn autōn, kai ho thanatos ouk estai eti, oute penthos oute kraugē oute ponos ouk estai eti. ta prōta apēlthan.

21:4. He (RLR to autos ho theos v. 3)will (future tense east) wipe away an All tear{dakryon} out of the eyes of them (RLR to autoi laioiv. 3). And Death not-will be (not future tense so present tense) still, nor mourning nor sheding tears nor pain not-will be (not future tense so present tense) still, The first things came-from{erchomai}.

21:4. The death of Bernice, aged 84, occurred in 111 AD. Pope Alexander I conducted the funeral service in the abbey. Then the four men who had come back from the Dead Sea came to the area outside the former cathedral where the pillar bases had stood. The position was still treated as signifying exclusion, that for a 13th, eti. The Magus called Death spoke from there first, followed by Bernicianus her son, called "pain". Two others represented "mourning" and a "weeping". These four then became pallbearers, laying her coffin on a stone bench for the literally or symbolically dead, reproducing the one at Qumran row 23.

Photo ZZ. The bench and large stones outside the lower vestry door.

Sunday June 1, 111 AD, 6 pm. In the Rome monastery, the revised cathedral.

21:5. Kai eipen ho kathēmenos epi tō thronō, Idou kaina poiō panta. kai legei, Grapson, hoti houtoi hoi logoi pistoi kai alēthinoi eisin.

21: 5 And said (past tense west) the one sitting upon(+ dative) to the throne, " see{eidon} I make (pres indic and subj) All things new{kainos}. And he (one sitting) says (present tense center), " Write,, that These Words faithful. And true they (These Words) are (present tense center).

21:5 Immediately after the funeral of Bernice, Pope Alexander announced from the the double seat on row 6 of the abbey that he was giving Bernice's property and all Herodian money to Jewish Christians, who being Poor in the homeland needed it. He directed John III to make a legal record of what was being done with the money, and also to record that the younger brother of Jesus III was to be his crown prince until he had a son of his own. The younger brother was a Christian.

Midnight beginning Thursday January 1, 112 AD. In the Rome abbey.

21:6. kai eipen moi, Gegonan, egō to Alpha kai to O (Omega) hē archē kai to telos, egō tō dipsōnti dōsō ek tēs pēgēs tou hydatos tēs zōēs dōrean.

21:6 And he (RLR to one sitting v.5) said (past tense west) to me(John III). "It has come about. I the Alpha. And the Omega, the beginning. And the End. I to the thirsty one will give (future tense east) out of the well of the water of Life a gift.

21:6. Alexander I now took the titles that had been used by Matthew Annas (Revelation 1:8). He was a priest of class A, and also gave the highest grade mark, in his case using an O shape for the last letter of the Greek alphabet, not the T shape. He officiated both at midnight and at 3 am, the hour for the prayers of workers. When pilgrims came to the west panel of the abbey, he gave them their drink of water at 3 pm, without charging any fee for initiation.

Midnight beginning Thursday January 1, 112 AD. In the Rome abbey.

21:7. ho nikōn klēronomēsei tauta, kai esomai autō theos kai autos estai moi huios

21:7. The conquering one will inherit (future tense east) These Things. And I will be to him (conquering one) a God. And He (new subject) will be to me a son.

21:7. Pope Alexander I continued, "I retain the Chief Therapeut in the abbey, to which the functions of the cathedral, the Vineyard, have been transferred. He will be permitted to treat me as a priest. Jesus III will also be my deputy while he is outside preparing for his marriage,"

Midnight beginning Tuesday, June1, 112 AD. At the Dead Sea.

21:8. tois de deilois kai apistois kai ebdelygmenois kai phoneusin kai pornois kai pharmakois kai eidōlolatrais kai pasin tois pseudesin to meros autōn en tē limnē tē kaiomen ē pyri kai theiō , ho estin ho thanatos ho deuteros

21:8. To the cowardly. And faithless. And abominable. And murderers. And fornicators. And pharmacists, And idolaters. And All the false ones the part of them (All the false ones) in the lake burning with fire. And sulphur, which is (present tense center) Death the Second.

21:8. The militants from Bernice's house returned to the Dead Sea after settling her affairs. In June they formed an abbey of 7 ministers under Berniciaunus the Chief Proselyte and the Magus, called Death the Second. Its 7 "days" were, from the point of view of Christians:

FRIDAY 6. Cowardly. Proselyte.deacon 6. Like Nicolaus the proselyte eunuch Friday Acts 6:5 , Revelation 2:15, Revelation 3:14-22.

THURSDAY 5 Faithless. Pharisee. Presbyter 5, not believing in justification by faith.

WEDNESDAY 4 Abominable. Pagan. Bishop 4. An anti-Roman Gentile with them

TUESDAY3 Murderers. Raphael Archbishop 3 Bar Kokhba the Beast Calf-Lion 3-4.

MONDAY 2. Fornicators. A proselyte not keeping the marriage rules.

SUNDAY 1 Pharmacists. A Chief Therapeut, an eastern replacement for the one in Rome.

SATURDAY 0 Idolaters. A hellenised proselyte not keeping the sabbath rule.

In addition to these were the three leaders Bernicianus characterized as the false claimant to the Herod throne; and the Magus called Death the Second.

Bar Kokhba the Murderer made Murabba'at his headquarters, in an inaccessible area further down the west coast of the Dead Sea.

Midnight beginning Saturday January 1, 113 AD. In the Rome abbey.

21:9. Kai ēlthen heis ek tōn hepta angelōn tōn echontōn tas hepta phialas, tōn gemontōn tō hepta plegōn tōn eschatōn, kai elalēsen met emou legōn, Deuro, deixō soi tēn nymphēn tēn gynaka tou arniou.

21:9. And came{erchomai} One out of the 7 angels the ones having the 7 bowls, (angels) full of the 7 plagues Last. And he (RLR to One) spoke with (+gentitve) me (John III) saying, " came{deute}, I will show (future tense east) you the bride the Woman of the Lamb"

21:9. When Pope Alexander I was not present in the abbey, his place as substantive abbot was taken by the elderly John II, now aged 73.

He was still called angel 7, although not in Ephesus, because Rome as the 7 hills had now become province 7 in relation to the mission field further west. John II , active in the period 71-74 AD that had brought the fall of Masada, retained some militant attitudes. He continued the annual collection of freewill offerings in large bowls for a war fund. He had continued the system of using the ordinal number 7th at the beginning of the year and the cardinal number 7 at the end, so had bowl 7 for an end of the previous 7 years. He now believed that a new set of 7 years was to be counted from January 113 to 120 AD.

As militant he still interpreted a set of 7 years in terms of "plagues", seasonal acts of harassment against Rome. Plague 7 meant the end of the previous 7 years in January 113 AD. It would be the Last, for the Eschaton, because a delay of 14 years had been permitted since 99 AD , in accordance with the north solar calendar.

The deputy abbot of John II - "one out of angel 7" - was not yet John III, who was still the recorder, not quite old enough to be a full abbot. The deputy was the Roman Chief Therapeut, a bishop, who had reverted to the pro-Rome party following another change in Alexandrian politics. At the January 1 council in the monastery he came down to the lectern, now on row 10, and said to John III in the west guest seat beside him, "Come to the outer hall, the abbey, where I will show you the young woman who is to marry Jesus III, sitting in the "Eve" place on row 13 in the congregation annexe. It is 6 months before her wedding, and she is to receive instruction in her role from myself as the "Gabriel", the abbot who instructed Mary (Luke 1:26-27)."

Saturday January 1, 113 AD, noon. In the Rome monastery.

21:10. kai apēnengken me en pneumati epi oros mega kai hypsēlon, kai edeixen moi tēn polin tēn hagian Ierousalēm katabainousan ek tou ouranou apo tou theou.

21:10 And she (RLR to Bride v. 9,) brought (past tense west) me (John III) in a Spirit upon a Mountain Great. And High One . And he (High One) showed (past tense west) me (John III) the city holy Jerusalem{Ierousalēm} (singular form) going down out of the Heaven from God.

21:10. At noon the bride brought John III to the communion step in the monastery to witness the further betrothal ceremony. She stood on the top step in front of the communion rail, a "mountain" because steps led up to it. It was the row for Christian celibate initiates of the "holy city" as a Jerusalem, but omitting the word "new" kainos which included Jewish Christians. Jesus III stood there, in the lay state, having left the Heaven footstool on row 7 before the Pope's throne.

Jesus III on row 10 was in the place of "a Spirit", "in the body" down from the Spirit on row 7. The terms were retained because the heir of the Davids was to be "conceived by the Spirit", a name for the David in one of his roles. The terms assocaited with the Virgin Birth are employed in these verses,

Saturday January 1, 113 AD noon. In the Rome monastery.

21:11. echousan tēn doxan tou theou. ho phostēr autē s homoios lithō timōtatō, hōs lithō iaspidi krystallizonti.

21:11. It (fem, holy city) having the Glory of God. The radiance of it (Glory) like a stone of price, as a stone jasper crystallizing

21:11. The light for noon, the Glory, now hung above the communion rail.There was no skylight opening as there was no upper floor. Its radiance, the line to which its light extended, lay on row 13, where the leaders of the congregation stood. Their emblems were jewels, as they were the ones who gave money to the monastery.

Saturday January 1, 113 AD, noon. In the monastery.

21:12. echousa teichos mega kai hypsēlon, echousa pylōnas dōdeka, kai epi tois pylōsin angelous dōdeka, kai onomata epigegrammena ha estin tōn dōdeka phylōn huiōn Israēl.

21:12. It fem (RLR to Glory v.11, on row 10 having R13 a great wall(bottom of wall). And a high one. It (feminine, Glory) having gate12. And upon to the gates angel 12. And Names written. which are of the tribe 12 (Asher) of the sons of Israel(Jesus III)

21:12. The details of gates from the Temple Scroll were now introduced, as the monastery was developing as the center of a vast geographical domain according to the principles of the Temple Scroll. Rome was now to replace Jerusalem as the center of all. But the north wall of the Temple Scroll was now reversed and placed on the south, at the wall behind row 13 that held up the middle floor. It was brought there because the "unclean" orders of Naphtali Dan and Asher for Gentiles had become Christian and formed the foundation of the whole institution.

Gate 12 of the Temple Scroll had been for the order of Asher, married Gentiles. Its head now stood at the west center of row 13 as a congregation leader. He was the former Chief Proselyte, now fully Christian. He shared the seat with Angel 12, who was an abbot, head of 12 outlying abbeys in the domain. He authorised the giving of new names to Christian initiates in the 12 abbeys. They were educated as far as class C (Gimel) that of the Sons of Israel (CD 14:5-7), then came for their further education to Rome. On St Peter's basilica the statues of the 12 figures on the roof show the later form of this arrangement.

Saturday January 1, 113 AD, noon. In the monastery.

21:13. apo anatolēs pylōnes treis, kai apo borra pylōnes treis, kai apo notou pylōnes treis, kai apo dysmōn pylōnes treis.

21:13. From east gates 3. And from north gates 3. And from south gates 3. And from west gates 3.

21:13. The gates at the center of the Temple Scroll walls were for the superiors. As graduates of grade 3 they came to Rome for their further education and took their places at the corresponding points, with the center now on row 9 instead of row 6.

Saturday January 1, 113 AD, noon. In the Rome monastery.

21:14. kai to teichos tēs poleōs echōn themelious dōdeka, kai ep' autōn dōdeka onomata tōn dōdeka apostolōn tou arniou

21:14. And the wall of the city having foundations 12. And upon (with genitive) of them (gates 12) 12 Names of the 12 apostles of the Lamb.

21:14. Row 13 was called the Foundation, as the Christian congregation leaders were the foundation of the Church. The row had been that for a married village leader of grade 12, who was equal to Gentiles in forming the foundation of the institution. On the west center seat new names were given at the initiation of married men of this class. As Jesus III would belong on this row during his marriage, the west center was for the eqivalent of the wife, the Dan Gentile who acted as the "eunuch" in a dynastic marriage. He was called an "apostle" as a monastic who was sent out for "uncleanness".

Saturday January 1, 113 AD, noon. In the Rome monastery

21:15. Kai ho lalōn met' emou eichen metron kalamon chrysoun, hina metrēsē tēn polin kai tous pylōnas autēs kai to teichos autēs.

21:15. And the one speaking with (+ genitive) me (John III) had a measure a reed golden, in order that it (the reed) might measure the city. And the gates of it (fem, city). And the wall of it (fem, city).

21:15. The 2 cubit measuring rod once used for the "unclean" north-south measurement, the place for Gentiles in the north vestry(Revelation 11:1-2 ), was now made of gold and used to measure east-west holy places. It measured the 2 cubit wide top step to which leaders came to receive communion. The width implied that steps below were of the same width. The measurement was made by the presbyter from row 7.

Saturday January 1, 113 AD, 1 pm. In the Rome monastery

21:16. kai he polis tetragōnos keitai, kai to mēkos autēs hoson to platos. kai emetrēsen tēn polin to kalamō epi stadiōn dōdeka chiliadōn. to mēkos kai to platos kai to hypsos autēs isa estin

21:16. And the city lies (present tense center) foursquare. And the length of it (city) as much as the breadth(street){plateia}. And he (one speaking v. 15 ) measured (past tense west ) the city with the reed upon (+ genitive) stadia 12000. The length. And the breadth(street){plateia}. And the height of it ( city) equal is (present tense center)

21:16. The blueprint for the vast domain of which the Rome monastery was to be the center was now laid out on the lectern. The central square of 2x2 cubits on rows 9 and 10 was treated as a microcosm of the whole, multipled many times so that its sides were 12000 stadia, about 2400 kilometers, about 1500 miles. It would cover Italy and beyond.

The "height" meant the square gate at the communion rail, 2x2 cubits, which marked the very center of the domain.

Saturday January 1, 113 AD, 1 pm. Concerning the Vatican building.

21:17. kai emetrēsen to teichos autēs hekaton tesserakonta tessarōn pēchōn, metron anthrōpou, ho estin angelou

21:17. And he (RLR to one speaking v. 15 ) measured the wall of it (fem, the city) , 144 cubits, a measure of a Man{anthrōpos}, which is (present tense center) of an angel.

21:17. The plan was next shown for the grounds of the Rome monastery. It was to be 144 cubits, 72 yards, 216 feet, which would be too large for the buildinns that had been Agrippa's house the Vineyard at the south wall of Rome on the east side of the Tiber. The measurement meant that the Christians had taken over the Vatican site, which remained their headquarters. They were able to do so because the Magus who had had his school there was exiled to the Dead Sea, and Bernice had died.

The new building was to be like Ain Feshkha, having two storeys each with a height of 6 feet (4 cubits), the "measure of a Man". It retained some features of a cathedral. It would have an attached abbey with its "angel" abbot on its more open east side.

Saturday January 1, 113 AD, 1 pm. Concerning the Vatican building.

21:18. kai he endōmēsis tou teichous autēs iaspis, kai hē polis chrysion katharon homoion hyalō katharō

21:18. And the in-platform of the wall of it (fem RLR to city vv. 16, 17) jasper. And the city gold pure like glass pure.

21:18.The first layman of the congregation, with his emblem jasper, could come to stand on the top step to take communion at 1 pm, his hour. The celibate in the same place used the emblem of gold, that of a priest. Above row 10, in place of the skylight, was a glass roof such as was found in cathedrals for the light to come through.

Saturday January 1, 113 AD. Concerning the Vatican building.

21:19. hoi themelioi tou teiuchous tēs poleōs panti lithō timiō kekosmēmenoi. ho themelios ho prōtos iaspis, hodeuteros sapphiros, ho tritos chalckēdōn, ho tetartos smaragdos,

21:19. The foundations of the wall of the city adorned, for All stone of price. The foundation the first jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald,

21:19 There was a congregation of 12 married men, using the emblem of a jewel because it was the money they gave that supported the monastery. They could sit with their wives in pews, 3 sets along the row, with 2 aisles between, and 2 cubits between each row of pews, allowing space to kneel. The congregation thus consisted of 24 married persons, the 12 men only being named for giving the money.

The pews began on row 15, but their leaders came forward to instruct them from row 13, that of the Foundation, where the emblems were depicted to honor those who had given to the mission. The chief married man was Antipas Herod III, a Christian, who was made a congregation leader for the sake of retaining Jewish Christians, who still paid membership fees.

MARCH 113 AD

JUNE 113 AD

Revelation 22:1

22:1. Kai edeixen moi potamon hydatos zōēs lampron hōs krystallon ekporeuomenon ek tou thronou kai tou arniou

22:1. And it (RLR to book with diagram at lectern 21:27 ) showed me(John III, past tense west) a river of water of Life , bright as crystal traveling out of the throne of God. And of the Lamb.

22:1 At midnight beginning Wednesday June 1, 113 AD, the birthday of Jesus III aged 36 began. It was to be the occasion of his wedding at midnight. That fact is only indirectly given, as the full treatment of the wedding of his father Jesus Justus had been given in 19:7-9. Jesus III began as the Lamb in the celibate state. The return of the pillar bases for exclusion, but for Jews. The buildng on the Vatican site had restored some of the features that characterised the Qumran monastery. Its triangular area east of the vestry, loc 100, had contained the two pillar bases. The north base was used as the first point of entry for those qualified for the sacred meals, and as the place of exclusion for those who were not qualified. It used Eden imagery for Gentiles, who were kept outside the Jewish sacred meals, so the aqueduct that bound it was likened to the river in the garden of Eden (Genesis 2:10). The north base had stood for the circumcision requirement, as only Jews passed the test, but it had been overthrown in 72 AD by the abbot John II(Rev 18:21). It was now restored, but with an opposite meaning. The north base, likened to the Tree of Life in the Eden imagery, was the starting point for initiated Christians to enter their sacred meal in the Vatican monastery, and the exclusion point for Jews and proselytes. The aqueduct in the Qumran loc 100 had run down from the well beside the east wall of the vestry down to row 4 just above a door, then had branched out at an angle to form the boundary of the triangular area. Figure 1. The Qumran buildings Rows 3 and 4 inside the vestry had contained the throne for the priest on the prayer platform, so the aqueduct "came out of (east of) the throne of God". In the new monastic arrangement at the Vatican a channel of fresh water for baptisms ran at the extended rows 6 and 7 to which the throne had been brought down. So this "river" again came "out of the throne of God". The water was likened to crystal because the Tiber river had two different kinds of water, called the Sea for sewerage on its west side and the River for drinkable water on its east side. The Tiber Island divided them. The Vatican site had been on the western side, so it had to be emphsised that it now used fresh water for baptisms.

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