The Sanctuary’s Meditation Miracles Sangha will be meeting next Sunday, Sept. 20th from 3 to 5 PM. After our opening mindfulness meditation, I'll be offering a presentation focused on Chapter 19 of the Book of Revelation where we get an account of the return of Jesus as a spiritual warrior on a white horse. This ongoing class explores the interesting similarities and differences between the non-dualistic teachings of A Course in Miracles and the charged symbolism and eschatological drama of the Bible’s most controversial book. See below for links to texts for this upcoming meeting as well as notes from our previous meetings this spring. 

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From Miracles to Revelation:

Reading the Course alongside the Book of Revelation

Course Notes

The word "apocalypse" is often understood to mean the end of the world, but it is based on the Greek word Ἀποκάλυψις apokalypsis, meaning "revelation" or "disclosure" of what was previously hidden. Ironically, while used to connote disaster, the original Jewish messianic tradition from which this genre of worldview arises, understood the phenomenon to be hopeful, the ultimate saving disclosure of Truth, Beauty and Justice - of God. As a component of our regular Meditation Miracles Sangha meetings, the Sanctuary will be offering a year long study of the (i.e. phenomenology, epistemology and worldview) of apokalypsis, from The Book of Revelation to UAP Disclosure.

Central to our study will be The Book of Revelation. This mysterious book has occupied the fringes of Christian theology and culture for some time due to its strangeness, symbolic density and moral dualism. Non-Pauline followers of Jesus see the book as mistakenly reflecting the vindictive tribalistic God of the Old Testament, while modern liberal progressive theologians balk at God’s supernatural intervention into physical history. The text is a singular nexus point for theological, historical, technological and metaphysical questions, while interpretations of its end of days narrative influence current US foreign policy towards Israel and elsewhere. As humans face down the triple threats of ecocidal collapse of the biosphere, escalating global war mongering and the advent of Artificial Intelligence, this book helps us think through our assumptions about the nature of reality, history human “civilization” and Divine Purpose. It offers a worldview horrifying realistic in its carnage while uniquely optimistic about the End of History. This on-going study will take us into Bible study, history of early Christianity, Jewish apocalyptic theology, Christology, eschatology, and naturally A Course in Miracles, together with reflections on contemporary events such as ecocide, nuclear war and the rise of Artificial Intelligence. We’ll also be looking at contemporary metaphysical views of history and time which reflect in compelling ways the narrative structure of Revelation, specifically the Law of One Ra Material, the work of Dolores Cannon in her book The New Earth and The Three Waves of Volunteers, and the work of Irish mathematician John Lennox.

Class Notes

May 3rd • “Christian Zionism, Apocalyptic Worldview and Religious Dimensions of the Iranian War”

May 31st • “Three Jesuses: The Lamb, The Lion and the Singularity”

June 14th • “The Lamb’s Wrath, God’s Plan, and the Ego’s Sacrifice”

Aug. 2nd • “Revelation, God’s Forced Idolatry Detox and the Lucifer Rebellion”

Aug. 16th • “The Anti-Christ, Technology and the Problem of Idolatry”

Sept. 20th • “The Second Coming of Jesus and the Defeat of Satan”

Bibliography

The Holy Bible, New Living Translation, English Standard Version and King JamesVersion

Michael Gorman, Reading Revelation Responsibly (Cascade Books, 2010).

Steve Gregg, Revelation: Four Views, A Parallell Commentary (Thomas Nelson, 2013).

John Lennox, God, AI & The End of History: Understanding the Book of Revelation in an Age of Intelligent Machines (London: SPCK Group, 2025).

John Lennox, 2084: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity (Chicago: Zondervan Reflective, 2020).

Carla Rueckert, Living the Law of One (Louisville: L/L Research, 2009).

Dolores Cannon, The New Earth and the Three Waves of Volunteers.

Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End.

Bart Ehrman, “My New View of the Book of Revelation”

Don Samdahl, “Understanding the Book of Revelation”

BEMA Podcast commentary on the Book of Revelation

“The purpose of the Atonement is to restore everything to you—that is, to restore your awareness of everything. You had everything when you were created, just as everyone did. Having been restored to this original state, you naturally become part of the Atonement yourself. You now share my inability to tolerate lack of love in yourself and in everyone else, and must join the Great Crusade to correct it. The slogan for this Crusade is “Listen, learn, and do.” This means: Listen to my voice, learn to undo the error, and do something to correct it. The first two are not enough. The real members of my party are active workers. The power to work miracles belongs to you. I will arrange the right opportunities for you to do them. But you must be ready and willing to do them, since you are already able to. Doing them will bring conviction in the ability. I repeat, “You will see miracles through your hands through mine.”Conviction really comes through accomplishment. Remember that ability is the potential, achievement is its expression, and Atonement is the purpose.”

• From the additional material from Chapter 1 Principles of Miracles found in the Circle of Atonement edition of the Course.