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Contents
Preface
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
To my wife: my life, spirit and inspiration
For this love was meant to be throughout ages, planets and heavens ago
Preface
When Ian was a young boy a neighbor told him that the end of the world would be coming very soon. For weeks he was very solemn and by no means fearless as he awaited the day he would see the earth’s final sunset. Finally, another neighbor asked him why he was so distraught and he explained to her that the world’s days were severely numbered. She laughed and informed him that it would probably not happen during his lifetime and he should not to worry about it. However, Ian did not realize at the time what a great impact this distant pending event
would have on his later life.
When he was in his late twenties, Christian friends, who he perceived to have good intentions and the desire to help him, influenced him to spend a considerable amount of time reading the King James Version of the Bible. This was followed by a desire to read many books by Christian authors that treated various aspects of the bible. He grew to love the word of God and found many of the books he had read very inspirational and thought provoking. In his youth in the Catholic Church he had done some bible reading but it did not seem to be presented in an interesting format, as it was in his later life experiences with the Christian churches. However, he believes that the current situation has changed regarding bible reading in the Catholic schools.
Ian contented himself reading many interesting books about the bible and listening to radio stations with preachers and avid Christians that talked about interesting aspects of the bible. He noted that only a small part of the bible was addressed in the Catholic sacrifice of the mass. He had visited several Christian churches but could not in good conscience commit to joining any of them since they seemed to him to rely on three basic principles:
1. That if you joined the particular church you were apparently guaranteed
to be raptured, which was defined as being bodily taken up to heaven or some other undefined location prior to the end of the world
2. If you called Jesus to come into your heart you were automatically
saved.
3. You must give ten percent of your income (tithe) to the church.
Ian upon reading the whole bible and due to his Catholic upbringing could not believe that the formula boiled down to these three basic elements. It appeared to him that they favored verses to serve their intended purpose and those that conflicted or were nebulous were disregarded or at least not emphasized. This seemed to him to be the opposite end of the spectrum from the Catholic Church, which appeared to be mired in rules and bureaucracy. He was, however, impressed by the zeal that he saw in many members of these Christian churches. Also he found that each minister could have a completely different interpretation of an identical verse of scripture. It seemed that the followers defended their preacher’s opinion generating an atmosphere of Our way is the only way
. To Ian this obviously created a separation among the various churches in their competition to win
souls for Jesus. Ian noted that in the Old Testament God always seemed to send his prophets to interpret His word. In the New Testament Jesus Himself clarified and redefined the meaning of the scriptures. This in itself indicated to Ian that you were obviously not expected to follow the parts of the Old Testament that were changed by the New Testament (e.g. no animal sacrifices were required, adulterers were not stoned, etc.). The idea of fanatically saying every word of the bible was to be literally followed did not seem to Ian to be what Jesus intended. Indeed the interpretation of the scriptures by others was the method used to crucify Jesus. Regarding the rapture, Ian considered what would happen if the people that were guaranteed
to be raptured see the antichrist ruling the world? What will happen to their faith if they get the idea that they were left behind
?
From his research he perceived that reincarnation is a very credible hypothesis to explain why the people that apparently had never done any harm to anyone were unjustly
punished and suffering. In reality these apparent innocent
victims could have been quite deserving of their present circumstances based on actions they had performed in previous lives. He saw this as the true meaning of reaping what you sow, an eye for an eye, etc. This would explain why we should do unto others, as we would have them do to us. In addition the baffling suggestion of Jesus to turn the other cheek, which seems so foreign to us makes sense if you consider that if you respond in kind, you will have to pay the debt
to that person in the future. In today’s world many people see others do evil and benefit without any apparent heavenly punishment. As a result many are falsely induced to follow the leader to gain their own unearned rewards here on earth concluding that there is no God so they may as well have the most comfortable life here whatever the means to the end. It seems that this mentality is defining this current generation where materialism supercedes the spiritual aspects and the body is far more important to people than the soul or spirit. Reincarnation seems to be the true essence of what appear to be life’s injustices because what you do to others creates something called karma that is like a debt to the person that you wronged that must be repaid in this life or in a future existence.
Spiritual healing was another area that fascinated Ian. In Yugoslavia he had witnessed a priest in the Catholic Church, who was a healer, put his hands on the foreheads of hundreds of people. Assistants eased the vast majority of them to the floor after they lost consciousness. They lay there for various periods of time and seemed to be so happy and relieved when they revived. In Rome he had attended other healing masses performed by priests. He had also met non-clerical individuals that were capable of healing people of maladies seemingly incurable by modern medicine using spiritual methods.
Ian had the great fortune in his travels to meet Pope John Paul II, Mother Theresa of Calcutta and other religious figures and got the impression that they recognized
him. In the Vatican the Pope had been walking down the aisle amid many avid believers and was well past Ian when he turned around and returned to him as if he had known him. Ian said
God bless you and the Pope laughed and said in his booming voice,
Oh, God Bless you too and made the sign of the cross over him. When he was introduced to Mother Theresa of Calcutta and kissed her hand she said,
Oh he kissed my hand and was very excited as if he was someone important that she had known. When he took her photograph with a friend of his she said,
Every time someone takes my photograph a soul gets out of purgatory. In addition after a healing mass by a noteworthy Jesuit priest in Rome, the priest who was a renowned healer pulled away from the throng of admiring people and came to where Ian was sitting. He told him that he was sure that Ian had
a vocation" but did not know what it was. The priest said that he had a spiritual ability to predict these things. These incidents were impressive to Ian and he felt that his life was destined for some divine purpose that hopefully would be revealed to him one day as God had done with Abraham and Moses; and Jesus had done with the apostles and St. Paul.
He thought that although so many Christian religions were based on the same teachings of Jesus they appeared to be light years apart from each other to the extent that wars had been initiated to protect the different interpretations and more likely the economic interests of the various groups. This astounded him. It seemed that the crusades, inquisition, Protestant-Catholic wars, colonization or more appropriately genocide and enslavement of natives to save
their souls caused Ian to wonder if this could be the church or churches that Jesus had in mind. Pope John Paul II humbly asked for forgiveness for the past actions of the Catholic Church and made conciliatory gestures with the Jewish, Muslim and other Christian religions. To Ian, any institution with human members was capable of error.
In Ian’s young life experiences, in Catholic school he had never done any serious reading of the bible, which was probably due to a carryover from the days when their were very few books and priests and the very wealthy were the only literate people that could read and write. In addition the church probably had the insight to know that everyone could have their own interpretations or more likely misinterpretations of the many, hard to comprehend or apparently conflicting verses causing schisms in the church. This is self evident to anyone who studies the distinct differences of the various Christian religions. The prevalence of You will be saved our way.
with the strong inference that You won’t be saved their way
astounded Ian. It seemed that anyone could interpret a particular bible verse in totally different ways and use this as a barrier to separate their group from others. He noted groups took their few select verses such as those that dealt with their interpretation of the rapture (which we shall see may be very different than they think it to be), the gospels or other parts within the sacred books including how to be saved. Parts that contradicted their basic tenets were, nebulous, or introduced doubt seemed to be ignored or not emphasized. Ian had to wonder why God was not sending his prophets at this time to clarify these matters.
It seemed to him that today we have evolved into a situation where the various Christian or in some cases anti-Christian sects use the scriptures to crucify
their Christian brethren whose interpretation is not the same as their own. Ian wondered if the bible’s end time prophecy of brother against brother was not based on this present situation. He thought that there must be some way to obtain God’s interpretation of the scriptures. In the Old Testament God spoke through His elect people particularly the patriarchs, judges, kings, and prophets, whereas in the New Testament Jesus clarified the teachings based on the current conditions of that time and after his ascension the apostles, disciples, etc. carried on this work. He felt that the present apparently apocalyptic world needed to hear God’s voice anew to cut through the spiritual quagmire that man has created for himself on planet earth.
Ian was determined to find the connection between all the concepts that he had studied and experienced. It seemed to him that God would find a way to reveal the true path in the present environment as he had in biblical times. At that stage he had no idea of the astounding coming events that would provide the thread to sew the various seemingly opposing pieces of this patchwork together. He was soon to be blessed to find the missing link of spiritual evolution for which he was seeking.
Ian had great respect for all the religions and concepts to which he had been exposed. He had always dreamed of making spiritual discoveries that would have a significant impact on the world. At the start of the new millenium he took an extensive trip throughout Latin America and was greatly impressed by the peoples’ reverence for God in their everyday lives. The names of the people and places all seemed to have a religious significance to them. The beautiful churches and cathedrals with their flowered courtyards were everywhere and were filled to capacity on every Sunday. Taxi drivers had rosary beads hanging from their rear-view mirrors and they reverently made the sign of the cross when they passed a church. There seemed to be a much deeper devotion than he had witnessed in other countries. It is his hope that this book might have a positive impact on the thinking of a few people in order to approach the scriptures and the Christian religion with an open mind. People should free themselves of fixed or quasi-fanatic ideas, and reach their own conclusions concerning the true meaning of Jesus, His words and salvation. From the gospels it can be seen that Jesus loved all people and sought the lost sheep in greatest need of His teachings. It seems today that the Christian religions are preying on each other to save
the souls of those, who are already on the path to salvation. Ian saw this as the true essence of the expression, robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Ian felt that people were surely reaching heaven long before the Protestant and other Christian religions were established.
Ian had taken a course in learning to think outside the box
and decided that he would do that to resolve this issue for himself, if for no one else. What follows is an account of the significant revelations of which he became aware during his trip through Latin America with the aid of a being and an entity that he would soon find were a significant part of his life and his past. He would find that he was, had been and was yet destined and honored to play a small but significant part in God’s plan for salvation. This book describes his education in preparation for the performance of his mission for the endtimes. These are truly the endtimes spoken of in the bible. These revelations that he encountered are for you to consider. You have free will. If you do nothing else read your bible with an open mind. Ian did not directly quote and reference specific bible versions or verses as is done in so many books as he sees this as part of the reason for separation. Read your own bible, find the related references, and find God based on your own interpretation. Many of the ideas that are etched so well in our minds may not be what we think them to be, as Ian was to discover. Regardless of your opinion of this book may God bless you and give you the guidance you need for your personal spiritual evolution. Live your life as Jesus lived His.
Chapter 1
Ian was an orphan, who was raised by his widowed Aunt Nan after the death of his parents when he was young. He was taught strict Catholic teachings. After many years of attempting to follow every principle that he learned he could not in good conscience say that he could comply with all the rules that the church imposed on him. He grew to feel that the church with these humanistic rules created in him a feeling of guilt and low self esteem and seemed to be a barrier to reaching God. As a young man he could not conceive of breaking or even bending any of the rules and found himself caught in a web from which he did not see any means of escape. He later thought it hypocritical to confess his sins every week and then promise not to commit the same sins again, minor as they were in his youth. He went to church and saw expressions ranging from boredom to mild paranoia on the faces of the people attending the services, which he eventually came to find repetitive and routine. He sensed that the fear of hell was a great deterrent in the ability of many to evolve spiritually. This caused him to go on what he considered to be a lifetime quest to find the real god.
He realized that this was no easy task and that probably thousands of people of all religions throughout the history of this planet have attempted to accomplish this. How would he succeed where so many had failed?
In later life, Ian pursued his quest by trying to seek the true meaning of life and God through many different paths. He was particularly interested in the prophecies and the many writings about the endtimes found in the bible. Although many people consider the bible a passe history book he was surprised to discover that a significant portion of the text concerned events that had not yet occurred as of the time of it’s writing. Many of these dealt with the world’s end he had awaited as boy. He considered how fortunate the principal characters in the bible were to have played such an important part in God’s plan. He admired the patriarchs, prophets, bible writers, and especially the people that had known Jesus. It seemed to him that compared to the biblical times there was little opportunity for himself or anyone else to be a significant part of God’s plan of salvation. He was particularly interested in John the Apostle, as he was the key figure in the Book of Revelation, which is the last book in the bible and deals with the endtimes. He also found the gospel of John to be the most inspirational of the four and introduced the concept of Jesus being the light
which would figure heavily in the path to truth that would eventually lead him to find his own true light.
Angels were a fascinating concept to Ian and were mentioned countless times in the bible as well as other sacred books. He had to wonder if these unseen entities were guardians, who went about the world fighting evil, performing healing, delivering god’s messages and retribution as well as singing and playing their instruments in the heavenly choirs. He recalled an account he had read of an event in World War I where during a particularly bloody battle soldiers on both sides had claimed to see a giant archangel above the battlefield and the fighting stopped as a result.
He wondered why God was not providing a means to clarify the meaning of his word. These are the later days of a world rapidly heading toward atheism, self-gratification, collapse of the family unit, greed and desolation of an unprecedented nature. It appears that mankind is rapidly self-destructing. We do not have the right to destroy what God created.
Ian eventually became a man of science, and worked very diligently. For many years his life consisted in working long hours and in his free time he resorted to drinking and unfulfilling noncommittal relationships with women he met at whichever place he happened to be working at the moment. He almost loathed marriage due to an unhappy family life in childhood as well as the unpleasant experiences his friends and acquaintances went through. Notwithstanding the women that he happened to meet were frequently married and it seemed to him that they performed all kinds of tricks to better their lot in life. He saw many that considered abortion as a convenient way to hide their sinful and non-committal lives to their husbands. The bars he visited seemed to be filled with married people looking for a one night stand.
He was also put off by the prevalence of divorce often of an extremely bitter nature. He came to view marriage as a personal and economic debacle, where there was really little intention of commitment. He enjoyed life in other countries and found it to be a great and invigorating experience. He spent years working and living in North and South America, in Asia and Australia continuing with his scientific work. His studies revealed to him that there are many indications that science goes hand in hand with spiritual matters. The more he investigated the more spiritual questions he found that required answers. During all this time he did not forget his goal to seek the true meaning of God.
Ian took an interest in visiting holy places associated with the apparitions of Virgin Mary in her various aspects (Fatima in Portugal, Lourdes in France, Medjugorje in Yugoslavia, and Rome Italy). He was impressed by the many miracles that took place at these sites of a nature that transcended the scientific teachings he had learned. During the years when he lived in Asia he visited uncounted artistic Buddhist temples tucked away at the tops of mountains, which were a sort of reward after a hard climb.
He was fascinated with the concept of reincarnation, which as far as his scientific and mathematical mind could determine, was a very logical representation of true justice. He could find no clear evidence to discount it. He considered the decision to declare it essentially null and void centuries ago by the Christian religion to be unsupportable. Apparently, there were those, who at the time did consider it a valid possibility and that the proclamation boiled down to an arbitrary vote or edict coming down from the top. In this process of many lives, in contrast to Darwin’s theory of evolution of the body, it is really the soul which evolves until it is ready for heaven or should it never evolve to that point is destined for some other place or more accurately dimension. Evolution must be a trinity in itself of body, soul and spirit. Ian could not find a link between the Catholic religion or to his knowledge the Christian religions with their concept of the one true God and reincarnation. The Hindu concept of reincarnation seemed to be linked to the belief in many gods including animals, which did not augur well with his Christian beliefs although he found these people to be very sincere in their beliefs. In reincarnation he saw a truly just God that allowed a person many lifetimes to make himself perfect in preparation for heaven. Each person has a free will and God allows him to make his own mistakes and return under harsher circumstances, if required, to learn his lessons for spiritual evolution but still with free will to evolve or not evolve. During his travels Ian met so many people, who felt that God had taken a loved one for no reason. This caused some to lose their faith, when in reality there may have been a very good reason for this loss including perhaps a lesson for the spiritual evolution of those loved ones that were left behind. Reincarnation also explains why turning the other cheek, which seems foreign to his native people, is the only way to break the chain of karma where one does to another, who then does to him, ad infinitum. Jesus taught us to love and forgive our enemies. Ian also came to the conclusion that many people that seemed to be evil and have everything in this life did not seem to get the punishment that was due to them at least not in this lifetime. This concept of reincarnation seemed to augur well with Ian’s scientific teachings that emphasized that for every action there is an opposite and equal reaction. As a young boy he could not grasp the idea that all those who did not come to know the teachings of Jesus in their supposedly only lifetime were going to hell as he had been taught in his Catholic and Christian teachings. In Ian’s reasoning a just and loving God would give everyone a chance to achieve salvation. He does not create that which is predestined for hell. Heaven or hell is attained based on the free will that God has given us.
Chapter 2
It was during middle age that Ian’s answers were to be found during one of his trips to Mexico, a country that fascinated him because of its people’s enormous faith and beliefs. It was there that Ian met Marie by the ocean. After a couple of days in the sun he was planning to continue on to the next destination on his flexible itinerary. At the last minute he decided to remain longer for no apparent reason. Something in his heart kept telling him he should stay there, a feeling of perception unknown to him before that time. He was later to find that this; unbeknownst to him was not a random decision.
After