Send us a textEugene begins by saying that the prophets in the earliest times were men who were persecuted and killed for speaking out against the wickedness of the rulers. An example being that of John the Baptist who criticised Herod for marrying his brother’s wife, Herodias. The prophets heard voices inside themselves and declared these to be divine in origin, and so it was their duty to speak out. Some of these had ‘visions’ instead of voices and began to make ‘apocalyptic writings’ in which they could disguise what they were saying so that the rulers would not realise it was they who were being described. A lot of the symbology used in these was borrowed from previous writings and Old Testament sources. We know that ‘power corrupts’ and it always did. From the earliest times we find that governments have made rules to control the people whilst protecting themselves. Those who disagreed with the rules were punished and killed to maintain the position of the rulers. The prophets were the ones who spoke out against the corruption inevitable in such systems. The apocalyptic writers could not speak out openly and so had to create a symbology to do so. The idea of ‘The Beast’ became the symbol for the state. In ‘Revelation’, the lawmakers, the power pursuers, are called the ‘anti-Christ’ because they are opposed to ‘Cosmic Logic’, the logic of the relationship of all beings, introduced by Christ. The human race can be divided in this way into those who love power and want to rule over others, and those who do not.Please note that further information can be found at www.eugenehalliday.com/welcomeOn the website, there are links for you to freely download full transcripts of all of the talks available here. eugenehalliday.com encourages dialogue and would warmly welcome opening a dialogue with anyone who has an interest in wanting to discuss the contents of eugenehalliday.com further.

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