This document offers a metaphysical and spiritual analysis of Revelation Chapter 18, focusing on Deciphering Babylon – Fall, Awakening, Redemption; the allegory of the fall of Babylon. It explores themes such as spiritual purification, the consequences of materialism and moral decay, and the call for spiritual awakening and transformation. The text emphasizes the importance of rejecting earthly temptations and aligning with divine will for spiritual growth and redemption.
RAM Reading 10-125
Channel – Prayer
Beloved Lord, we ask for Your patience, Your guidance and wisdom that we may be as You would have us be – Your hands at work within this earth. And we ask that our Brother, Jesus the Christ, be the Guide, be our Leader, that we may learn from Him and have His love and support that is so necessary for our progress. And as always, dear Lord, we keep in mind, “Others first, other first.”
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Greetings to those that are the children of the Lord. For we have presented to you that which is knowledge. We have given you that which is the Way, that which is the Word, by the Light and through the Light. It is for you to show that which is of your own volition in using the Light and the Way and the knowledge. For it is given that the truth shall set you free and the truth is at hand. For lo, He is with you as you journey through that which are your experiences, that which is your servitude in the earth and that which is your release into the spirit or the Light. For the Light and the Truth are as one, even as you are one and He is one and then He is one with the Lord.
Revelation 18:1-4
And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, “Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.” And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.”
S This is self or the individual, self in the free will, self that has chosen amiss, self that must be cleansed and resurrected. For choices in the many existences have been that which is the failing point of the individual, or the individual would not be in the position of having life within this plane, as life is seen in the physical form. For those things that Babylon represents are those illusions that have trapped the individual within this earth. For Babylon is self, the experience of self, the mind, the intellect and the will as captivated by selfishness and the selection of selfishness.
Q Does it also refer to the city of Rome?
S At that time. But Rome is not that which is the center of the center of the world in this time. Therefore, that which is as the issue in this time.
Q What is the significance of the “every unclean and hateful bird”?
S Birds represent thoughts.
Revelation 18:5-6
“For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.”
S In this, `doubling’ means reversal. Therefore, that which is of the negative is replaced by the positive and a double measure of same. Those acts, those thoughts, those deeds, though they are illusion, are replaced by the illusion of the perfect, as seen and done by those captivated by the mental person, the physical world. Even those, as you see, that are positive, in themselves are illusion. Therefore, even as they seem so concrete to selves, they must then be looked at in the truth of what they are and replaced by those concrete things, even illusionary, as seen by self in the positive structure of things.
Q What would be an example of a concrete positive illusion?
S A concrete positive illusion is that which you see as acting, living, through the path, through the way of Jesus as He gave, as He has shown self. Even though this is an illusionary place, but so real to you, then that which is His path, His way, His truth, must become as concrete among the shifting sand, It is that which in its way becomes the rock that you build your own temple, your own world. Concrete is that which is solidified spiritual thought and action in a material plane.
Revelation 18:7-8
“How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, ‘I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.’ Therefore, shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.”
S In the awakening within self, in that which is the finding of the word, even that which is the first glimmer of that which is of God, so then the cleansing begins. For that which is the queen is that which is the selfishness (or the attitude or that which all have seen in selves, all have lived through — bowing to nothing), for that which is considered the widow would have acknowledged that some great thing came before, which is the husband or the death or the partnership of same. Therefore, selfishness, or that which is the ego itself, must be replaced by the cleansing. For the queen of self is that which is the individual putting upon a throne the ego, the desires of the material-mental being.
Revelation 18:9
“And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,”
S Oh, the emotions, the wants and desires that must be destroyed and the anguish to self when these are replaced with that which is the force of love and unselfishness and goodness.
Revelation 18:10
Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, “Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.”
S This is a warning that you must face, in a measure of time, that which you have created. It is not a long way off, but will seem a short way off. Regardless of that which you would see as mankind’s existence, or future existence (even of self), the time approaches and is closer than you would like. It is closer than you would think. Therefore, prepare self. For in the preparation of self is the finding of the truth and the path. It is the accomplishment towards the One that is your way, your salvation.
Revelation 18:11
“And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise anymore:”
S What has mankind to sell but selfishness? The merchants of this earth are those who sell ideas and the ideal of selfishness. If you would be a merchant of God, then you would sell (and not for silver or gold, for “silver or gold have I none”) the ideas of God, as prescribed, as dictated through the prophets, the saints, and Jesus the Christ.
Revelation 18:12-13
“The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.”
S And computers, and credit cards, and bombs, and airplanes, and what have you – all as material aspects of the mind, valued only by the mind, valued only by selfishness. For remember, as given so often, it is the act, the act of love, the act of forgiveness, the act of brotherhood, the act of love as exemplified by the Word within this plane.
Q How does the merchandise of the ‘souls of men’ fit in with the rest of the list.
S This is meant that the soul, misdirected, misguided by that which is the will and that which is the way, is even worse than those things as given. For it is the missing of the mark in the spiritual sense. It is in itself that which is denying of the Holy Spirit.
Revelation 18:14
“And the fruits that thy soul lusteth after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.”
S You are stripped of the facade. No longer does it matter which was valued by the mind, for it has become a past tense, a past thing. No longer is it important. That which is important is the spirit and things of the spirit, and the seeking and the finding, and the lifting up of others that they may behold the throne of God.
Revelation 18:15-17
The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, and saying, “Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! For in one hour so great riches is come to nought.” And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
S And you are the merchants that have heaped upon yourself all those wondrous things because you have been the center of your world and your action. You have been the ship’s master that guided your way through these eons of time and now you see what you have done and know what must be done in the fall of Babylon or the ego.
Revelation 18:18-19
And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, “What city is like unto this great city!” And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, “Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.”
S In the understanding of that which is lost, you will feel that which is the pain of the loss. For in the knowledge that you are no longer the center of everything but one with others, one with many, and one with the Supreme, you lose that thought of self as the supreme individual. And who amongst you hast not felt the tang or the pang of that which is the fear of loss of the individual, even though you see yourself as the individuality in only a particle of self, that is the conscious self, at this time. Yet, how you feel, or fear the feeling of loss of self, and would deny that self must become a greater thing which then is all.
Revelation 18:20
“Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.”
S That which is the spiritual nature of self, here given as the prophets, the saints and those who have come before, which in truth are aspects of self, thoughts of self, works of self (known and unknown to others) that pour forth as a golden fountain heavenward towards that which is the throne of God, that you may position yourself in that which is the audience chamber, which is a spiritual receiving of God.
Revelation 18:21
And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great mill- stone, and cast it into the sea, saying, “Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.”
S The millstone is that which is, indeed, your acts, your thoughts, that have held you away from that which is God, and in casting it aside, the angel is showing that which is the freedom that occurs in the destruction of Babylon.
Q Where is the fallen Babylon located?
S The fallen Babylon is that which is the past and present of self becoming the truth of itself, illusion. And there is no place for illusion. It is gone. Only in that which is touching others will it be seen. But for the individual who has cast it aside, it no longer exists. We have explained this in more detail prior to this reading. It is sufficient to say that you go back through time erasing, by your actions of the spiritual nature that which is your participation in the illusions that are Babylon throughout all time, all place, as created for self, by self, to understand the material.
Q How is the conscious mind aware of this process?
S You are totally in control at that time of all aspects of self. Conscious, unconscious, subconscious, become mingled into a oneness of spiritual purpose, of spiritual mind, casting aside that which is the evil or the misused, or that which is not of the spirit. Therefore, all that is positive is retained as an understanding to that which is or has been the negative so that all is become as one or that which is the light itself.
Q How does that relate to Jesus Christ bearing the sins of the world?
S You become one with Jesus the Christ bearing the sins of the world, going off to unburden the complications that have occurred through your own creation and evolution in that which is the material circumstances by putting aside and destroying the illusion as pertains to self towards all other things, thus freeing others to find that which is the path, even as Jesus, to lift up their end of the burden and erase at that time the illusion. For as you act through Jesus the Christ, the burden is being borne by Jesus the Christ, for you and He are one.
Revelation 18:22
“And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;”
S These are the thoughts and actions that have been constructed and orchestrated by self of the negative quality, or as seen as the spiritual or lower elements that will be discarded. For they are the millstone; they have become the orchestration that is not in harmony and not in melody with that which is the spiritual force or love.
Revelation 18:23
“And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nation deceived.”
S You are the great nations, the great merchants. You are the nation of this earth. You have deceived yourself and will be deceived no more. Therefore, that which you see as the governing forces as noted in the candle, in the bride and the bridegroom, will be no more. For that of the earth will no longer exist as it was before, only will exist as that which is a tool of salvation of others and of worship to God the Creator.
Revelation 18:24
And in her was found the blood of the prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
S For in you, you have the blood of the prophets and all the slain in this earth. For you have been the prophets. You have experienced all things at this time. Therefore, you know the way, the truth. You know the light, the action. You know action and reaction. You know that which is the law — physical, mental, and spiritual. And you then have that which is an eye that is single and the singleness of purpose which is to be about your Father’s business and to become one with the Christ, and from then you proceed to become one with the Holy Spirit that you, too, then may act as god or gods in that which is the expansion of the Word, the Light, and the Way through all that is in the creation of new times, new places, new beings.
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And we give that which is the love, the peace, the hope, the glory, that which is grace, through Jesus the Christ which is, was, and shall be the Word of God in action.