A Prophetic Poem: complete! With compliments (updated 4-2010)
In Spanish and English
With the commentaries and accounts: ‘The Coming War with Russia,’ read by over 50,000-readers worldwide. Also ‘The Judas Iscariot Dilemma,’ ‘A Testament to Mary Magdalene,’ and ‘‘Secret of the Virgin Mary’ (English and Spanish)
Dennis L. Siluk, Ed.D.
Andean Scholar, and Three Times Poet Laureate
Parts in English, Spanish
The Last Trumpet
2nd Edition
(A Prophetic Poem With Compliments)
Copyright © 2010 by Dennis L. Siluk, Ed.D.
By: Dennis L. Siluk, Ed.D.
(An, Ordained Minster)
Part I
In Winter's fog appeared the Christ,
With thorns and crown and frosted light.
For several months, like Job I cried,
As visions came like moving tides.
By providence biblical rhyme
They came, one by one, future time.
His hand was bright, His palm I saw,
Every print was visible now!
It lit the room, filled all the space,
Filled my body, lit my face...
Death was won, osmosis with Light,
Future sorrow was dead as night.
There was no hedge around me now...
A spinning wheel with pottery,
Did God step back I cried "O Lord!!"
Was this the steps, salvation's door?
O Mother Shipton of long ago,
Witch, prophetess, your words come true.
Part II
A jackal turned into a horse,
Could famine be its name? Of course!
A double-edged sword stood tall and bright,
Three times I saw its brilliant light.
Could not this be Eden's door?
Salvation, judgment, swords of war?
A mask that cries a joker's death
Gives a taste of Shakespeare's Hamlet,
An unclean spirit circles its brim
Do they watch the wound upon the head?
Joker, joker, O mask of death,
Tarnished copper is upon your head.
In my anguish and trying tears,
The Lord spoke softly to my ears,
"Like David, you are after my heart,"
And I cried in pretence—Ah, me!"
And I heard a stern utterance:
"Is this not so?" Yes, it's true.
Oh angel, angel, how I try...
To be like Paul, and still alive,
And to my earthly human ears
An angel spoke with soften tears,
"Saint Paul was human, just like you;
And your limitations are you."
I've heard...no tears in heaven,
And thought: "What of my friends in hell?"
Then, within a mist of sacred dew,
I became awe stricken...alive.
I now knew, of the wonder it is to be
A touch of God's eternity.
Visions come and yes, visions go
Yet weeping seems to be my goal,
I cry, "O Lord, give me peace!"
Two times I rest within His grace.
And like a vacuum it starts again,
Like in the book of Revelation:
One side is black, the other white;
Night and day unbalanced light.
An ancient battle now appears
Swords and soldiers fighting everywhere.
A black hand covers my dream...
Am I not to see the suffering?
Judea, Judea, is it not you?
The Battle of A.D. 70, I choose;
The mask again, warnings devise
The Prince of Darkness: out of sight.
A copper bullet, rocket speed,
Faith, faith it's headed at me!
"And young men shall see visions,"
Cried the prophets of long ago:
Daniel, St. John, David Wilkerson...
Have you not witness them too?
Ruin awaits a word asleep:
Prophets of old, time is ripe.
Panic I see, and buildings fall.
Is it my face I witness now?
Beside a stone wall I shift and rest:
Pre-trials, earthquakes: time is short.
Trumpets, trumpets, where are you now?
Time is winding up for all....
Like molten metal in bowl
And poured to earth like plagues of gold;
Stands a husky skeleton tall:
Babylon, Daniel's Beast, the toes?
Oh, but you will fall, quickly now—
Hollywood cracked, Sodom's fall!
Skulls, spirits, ships at sea;
Huddled demon standing, watching:
The Capitol, Cathedral, One?
Seattle, San Francisco, Why?
Landmarks: Florida entrenched-war or play?
White capes, death shapes, saints walk by.
Powerful looking, not feminine
Knelt the Saviour in the Garden Grove,
His elbows upon a rock
His eyes piercing in thought.
I knew He was the Christ, confirmed,
And the spirit in me was prompted by Him.
Tarnished baked skin by the sun
His beard, admirably kept...fine wool;
His hair, not long, like paintings shown,
But light-dark brown, like the profile of Psalms.
Unclean spirits circled the air;
No distraction, steadfast, He was in Prayer.
Avoid this vision if you can!
Christ on the Cross-Deboned like fish:
Ugly as sin, my body's in shock,
My mind is pulsing, vomiting....
Now I know the price He paid;
No man has ever been seen this way.
Odd looking space crafts, labs, all eerie;
Machinery unknown to me,
Demon possessed, falling from space--
Our earthly atmosphere defaced.
And the prophet prophesied:
"There will be strange things...in the sky."
A pale arm-dreadfully thin...falling;
'Tis called Pestilence, deadly sin:
The fourth horse of Apocalypse,
And the Lord spoke: "Repent, repent."
And the world shall taste uncouth rime—
Ah, that is the False Prophet's time.
Then I saw a High Priest, of sorts,
With a robe of precious stones,
Purple, prayerful, with jeering tones;
What church? Nimrod! Satan's Prince?
"The wheat and tars shall grow together,"
Cries the Rapture and heaven's quest....
Then I saw an eagle, a dragon--
The eagle hurt, falling from the sky!
Dragon-with a grin, abnormal—
Teeth like sharks, moping, passing by.
Oh! Darkness will befall the earth,
The Abyss is open 12:03, the curse.
Visions come and visions go,
The spiritual world’s becoming real;
Current events, unravelling time,
Hell's Abyss is alive!
Symbolic signs of Revelation,
Are but future Tribulation.
"Run to the mountains and the dens,"
Cries the scriptures and friend;
For death will have its sting to see
The latter days are nearing.
Reality with life's visions
Are witnessing globalism.
Was it hell or the "Lake of Fire?"
Prophecy, reality, 'tis true.
As I viewed this vision, I wasn't told--
He was preserved, consumed, and froze.
O but a joke, scorn, or jest
Is a far cry from this quest!
Oh, but this age in which we live,
Truly, this era is different, we sense;
A polarization of all things,
Neutrality doesn't exist—
Time, relativity, the present;
Satan will soon wage war in Heaven.
The Universe, like a body of cells,
Cascading like the gates of hell.
And so the science of physics
Whispers to thermodynamics:
"God's spiritual breathe gives life...
Like the cell that subsides and dies."
I saw Egypt, Russia, U.S.A.,
In different ways and stages, readying!
And Ezekiel cried from Scripture:
"Fire rains down on the coastlands."
Israel, Jerusalem—You!
Two wars: China and the far North.
Two planets close to each other I see,
One like our moon the other like Mars?
A third object a comet-speeding
Through its channel, it's leaving.
Another object, smoothly carved,
Headed towards earth's atmosphere.
Disaster rides the horse of red:
Three times I saw Washington's death—
Buildings, houses being attacked,
Jets, paratroopers, ablaze!
There on the coast sits Master Frog,
A satanic sprit, New York's god.
A roaring jet around the globe,
A wounded eagle, falling slow,
A Dragon standing, teeth like sharks
Great Babylon's in the dark.
The seeds of what shall surely be—
Daniel saw him too—the Lamb-beast.
Call now, but who will answer thee?
Control room, people, and clouds, smoke
Speeding missile (dust, hurricane);
Throwing earth like loose hay.
Two crowns, wooden bowls, long table,
An upheaval in nature—God's anger.
The end of a serpent's tail: shark?
A scorpion-like extension,
Flashes of faces I see, a demon,
A huge being, soaked: Neptune?
Prophecy: a beast from the sea;
And from the Abyss, tails that sting.
A mountain shows its mighty face
A pyramid, ship, fire, disgrace!
Is Egypt rising like the Nile?
In a political world like an unfed child.
Judgment bowls, with balancing scales—
One for man, and Satan's Child?
I see a Hawk...of Palestine?
His iris is a pitiless, dark design--
A bird of prey, I am told;
"Look to the South," cries the prophet Job.
Nations of prey, where is your light?
O Israel, you are their plight.
Angry faces that seem to die,
Four faces in torment they cry,
A wound upon a shaven head
Sectioned in four, the centre spot...dread.
Is this not Daniel’s prophecy?
Revelation’s eighth king to be?
Behind a desk, regal in design
A clergy man stands not too high,
Is he Roman or Jewish breed?
A hat, medium build, short, with a sandy beard.
The skull and white cap is now gone—
Deception, emblem—wings, the White House?
A white horse now gallops by;
Could destruction be in his eyes?
The rider who holds death was gone,
A crown to conquer he’ll have on.
Two hands shake: “Peace, Peace,” they cry!
Beware the Antichrist is nearby!
Wisdom says: “Let the Prophet speak”
Visions are for all to seek:
Oh Persia, Persia—Khomeini,
I saw you in a vision-dream…
You have been weighed and balanced;
You too must face the King of Kings.
Twice I saw the skeletons walk
Within a boxcar that didn’t talk.
A death-train I saw today;
And one that wasn’t, faded away
Two months have passed, reality
Many aliens killed, suffocated.
Oh! Lean woman tied to the cross
Where are you from, what have you lost?
Naked against the wooden tree
Are you not called Blasphemy?
Who has an ear now let Him Hear?
Be watchful, the signs are near.
Ancient ruins, a guard tower I see,
Jerusalem, Jaffa Gate, Calvary
Slender serpent, ancient dragon,
I notice you pacing in dismay.
Did you not see the bright cross falling?
Defeat, the scroll, times ending.
Visions come and visions go,
Is not the quest to save the soul?
Does not God want to share His glory?
Within the Gospel lies the story.
Many times I’ve seen disaster
The twenty-first century will be no laughter
Old ship new ship both at war?
From the heavens, a crown of stars,
A lady’s face, lying down,
A festival and dancing about.
Bad news for modern man, Jonah,
Like the troubled days of Noah!
A white fish I see—an ancient sign
Christianity’s first symbol…
The apostate church great whore
The many cults our system hordes
Prophecy declares this so:
False prophets will come and go.
Slaughtered Christians stand in white,
From the Sea come two men with light,
Book in hand, precious with pearl,
It’s after twelve; time’s on trial.
To the world that will not wake,
Like King Saul, torment, and death awaits.
Ships at sea, skulls, a deadly sick arm,
A large eye, insect pestilence,
A coat of arms, chemistry?
Deformed creatures from the sea…
Hoof beats of Apocalypse scorn,
Gabriel stands close to his horn.
In a moment of a vision
There they sat...ah, in deaden pews,
Indifferent, in a faithless church,
People sleeping as in a trance.
So it is written of, end days,
Apostasy—new Christian ways.
"In whose hand is the club of wrath?"
Cries the word from Isaiah:
Whose purpose is to destroy?
Who can shift nations like toys?
And the prophet cries from the past:
The nations are his to leave and cast.
Then I asked with deep affair,
To grant two visions to a friend;
The Jews were held behind glass doors—
Bargaining, readying: a black book.
And the prophet cried long ago,
"It is time; Let my people go!"
And in the jungle, a puzzle—
Ten pieces, animals, different sizes;
The riddle was all put together,
Except for one piece called the beast.
Then all pieces become alive
"Set your house in order," Isaiah cries!
Part Two IIA
I saw her cast into a bed--
Jezebel, Jezebel, I dread;
Dabble not with her system, but heed:
Darkness, the last trumpet, history.
Tears, let him hear who has an ear,
A child in prayer, and a soldier’s gear.
Am I alive, in a womb...Dead?
In the sky by an angel’s breast?
Smoke, smoke, lots of smoke I see:
Jerusalem's looking at me.
You're illuminated? The White Knight
Untouchable in this darken night.
Egypt, Paris, fields of wheat;
Spacecraft, falling machinery;
Life, or death, an egg in a hand:
Starvation, war, global plans....
The bowl of judgment has arrived--
Anger and plagues are inside.
Florida, you're dusty and dark...?
China, you're in the news...:
People reading papers (a world event),
Poland's red tapestry, Java, etc.
Interplanetary gloom, woe!
The blood of Armageddon.
Part III
And now a verse of present rhyme,
The Middle East is losing time;
Believe in the Lord...His prophecies.
Do not shun them deliberately.
And from the Hawk and ships at sea,
The thunder of war is readying!
Behold! Tonight I see the Christ,
With an aging beard that wasn't right.
Had I not been warned years ago?
Do not tread the ground that's old.
Then I saw a Hawk, descending,
Claws, wings, expanding, readying,
And yes, I asked for prophecy,
A sign that all would know, believe;
The shroud, the shroud: three times I see,
The Shroud of Turin a mystery.
A Fast-moving war ship in sight,
And ancient folks, carved in stone, ducking.
Birth pains of Apocalypse, I see,
An eagle stunned (the U.S.A.),
A woman, standing by a desert...Why!
Eight Angel, Israel...let her by.
Visions come and visions go, be blessed;
Revelation declares this so...
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Note 1: Additional fragments of visions came, that followed this poem’s visions, those of which came in November of 1994, again in 1996, and in 2000, are not added on to this poem, but are in the original book “The Last Trumpet….”
Note 2: Written down in note form, as the visions were happening, and then put into poetic form and book form between 1984 to 1988, the book was four years in the making (the poem itself eighteen-months), to include the several months the visions were coming; the manuscript got lost for thirteen years, and the two clergy the author gave the manuscript to, one died lost the MS, the second one misplaced it, then in 2001, the author found his copy, and then reedited it for publication in 2001 and 2002, and therefore, published in 2002. Dedicated to my wife Rosa, and my dear mother Elsie T. Siluk, who wholeheartedly wanted the book “The last Trumpet…” published before she died. She died in July, 2003; she has lived this poem and book as much as the author has. When these visions were coming we were living together. The book is a tribute to the Lord and Messiah, Jesus Christ. The poem has been extracted from the book “The Last Trumpet…” which also has an introduction, and commentaries, glossary (a 40-page book). Up to the writing of this poem, the author never read the Bible much, and surely not the Book of Revelation, it was because of these visions, he took an interest in reading of the books of prophecy, and thereafter, deliberated on its similarities, and symbolisms. In this new copy of the poem, the only corrections that were made were spelling errors of five words, and the addition of two question marks and addition of one word ‘in’(4-10-2010). Two pages or about twenty-stanzas were left out of the Spanish Version of the poem, originally translated in January, 2006. These two pages were also left out when put on the internet in 2006, now the full poem is competed here, in 4-2010. All prophetic entries in this poem either have come to pass since its writings, or will.
By Dennis L. Siluk, Ed.D.
Spanish Version (Short description)Translated by Nancy Penaloza
La Última Trompeta
Un Poema Profético
Parte uno
En la neblina invernal apareció Cristo,
Con espinas y corona, y luz opaca.
Por muchos meses, como Job yo clamé
Mientras las visiones venían como mareas.
Por providencial orden bíblico
Ellas vendrán, una a una, en el futuro.
Su mano era brillante, yo vi sus palmas,
¡Cada huella estaba visible-ahora!
Esto ilumino el cuarto, lleno todo el espacio,
Lleno mi cuerpo, iluminó mi rostro.
La muerte fue ganada, penetró con fuego,
Sufrimientos futuros muertos como la noche.
No hubo ventaja alrededor mío ahora...
Una torno de hilado con alfarería,
¿Retrocedió Dios? Yo grite "OH Señor".
¿Fueron estos los pasos y la puerta de la salvación?
Parte dos
El chacal se convirtió en caballo,
¿Podría ser la hambruna su nombre? ¡Por supuesto!
Una espada con doble filo permaneció alta y brillante,
Tres veces yo vi su luz brillante.
¿No Podría ser ésta la puerta del Edén?
¿Salvación, sentencia, espadas de guerra?
Una mascara que llora la muerte del payaso
Da un sabor de Hamlet de shakespeare,
Un espíritu impuro circula su tope
¿Observan ellos la herida sobre la cabeza?
Payaso, payaso, o mascara de la muerte,
El cobre deslucido esta sobre tu cabeza.
En mi angustia y lágrimas desapercibidas,
El señor habló suavemente a mis oídos,
"Como David, tu estas después de mi corazón"
Y yo grite- en pretensión-¡"Ah, yo"!
Y yo oí una palabra severa:
¿"No es esto así"? Si, es verdad.
OH ángel, ángel, como trato...
De ser como Pablo, y todavía vivir,
Y para mis terrenales, oídos humanos
Un ángel hablo con lágrimas enternecedoras,
"San Pablo era humano, justo como tu;
Y tus limitaciones son tuyas".
Yo he oído, ningunas lágrimas en el cielo,
Y pensé; ¿"Qué de mis amigos en el infierno"?
Luego, entre una niebla de roció sagrado
Yo llegué a sobrecogerme afligido--vivo.
Ahora yo se, de las maravillas de ser
Un toque de la eternidad de Dios.
Visiones vienen y si, visiones van
Aun el llanto parece ser mi meta
Yo clamo, "OH señor, dame paz"
Dos veces yo reposé dentro de su gracia
Y como un vació esto empieza otra vez
Como en el libro de las revelaciones:
Un lado es negro y el otro blanco;
La noche y el día desequilibraron la luz.
Una batalla antigua ahora aparece
Espadas y soldados que luchan por todas partes.
La mano negra cubre mis sueños...
¿No veré yo el sufrimiento?
¿Judea, Judea, no eres tu?
La batalla del 70 antes de Cristo, yo decido;
La mascara nuevamente, dispositivo de alarma
El príncipe de la oscuridad: Fuera de la vista.
Una bala de cobre, a la velocidad de un cohete,
¡"Confianza, confianza esto esta dirigiéndose a mi!"
"Y los jóvenes verán las visiones"
Clamaron los profetas de hace tiempo:
Daniel, san Juan, David Wilkerson..
¿No los han presenciado también?
Las ruinas esperan una palabra dormida:
Profetas de la antigüedad, el tiempo es oportuno.
Pánico veo, y edificaciones desmoronadas.
¿Es este mi rostro yo atestiguo ahora?
Al lado de una pared de piedra me desplazo y descanso:
Antes del juicio, terremotos: el tiempo es corto.
Trompetas, trompetas, ¿"Donde están Uds. Ahora"?
El tiempo esta concluyendo para todos...
Como metal derretido en un tazón
Y vertido en la tierra como peste de oro;
Permanece un ronco y alto esqueleto:
Babilonia, la bestia de Daniel, ¿La alerta?
OH, pero tú caerás, rápidamente ahora-
Hollywood agrietado, la caída de Sodoma!
Esqueletos, espíritus, barcos del mar;
Grupo de demonios permanecen, esperando:
El capitolio, la Catedral, ¿uno?
¿Seattle, san Francisco, ¿porque?
Lugares reconocidos: Florida atrincherada-¿guerra o juego?
Capas blancas, sombras de muerte, santos pasando de largo.
Mirada poderosa, no femenina
Arrodillado el salvador en el jardín del olivo,
Sus ojos penetrantes en reflexión.
Yo se que el fue el Cristo, confirmado,
Y el espíritu en mi fue impulsado por él.
Piel deslucida quemada por el sol
El está con barba, admirablemente mantenido- buena lana;
Su cabello- no largo, como lo muestran las pinturas,
Marrón pero ligeramente oscuro, como el perfil de los salmos.
Espíritus impuros circulando por el aire;
sin distracción, firme, el esta en oración.
Evita esta visión si tu puedes!
Cristo en la cruz-deshuesado como pescado:
Horrible como el pecado, mi cuerpo esta conmocionado,
Mi mente esta empujando vomitando....
Ahora yo se el precio que el pagó;
Ningún hombre alguna vez ha sido visto de esta manera.
Extraño- parecen naves espaciales, laboratorios, todo espeluznante;
Maquinaria desconocida para mí,
Demonios poseídos, cayendo del espacio-
Nuestra atmósfera terrenal desfigurada.
Y el profeta profetizo:
"Habrán cosas entrañas... en el cielo"
Un brazo pálido- espantosamente delgado--cayendo;
"Esto es llamado pestilencia, pecado mortal:
El cuarto caballo del Apocalipsis,
Y el señor hablo, "arrepiéntanse, arrepiéntanse."
Y el mundo probara inculta rima
Ah, ese es el tiempo del falso profeta.
Luego yo vi, un alto sacerdote, si puede llamarse así,
Con una toga de piedras preciosas,
Púrpura, piadoso orando- con tonos lastimeros:
¿Que iglesia? ¿Nimrod príncipe Satán?
"El trigo y el alquitrán crecerán juntos",
Llora la búsqueda del cielo y el éxtasis...
Luego yo vi un águila, un dragón-
El águila herida, ¡cayendo desde el cielo!
El dragón. Con una mueca anormal-
Dientes como tiburón, abatido, pasando cerca
¡OH! La oscuridad acontecerá la tierra,
el precipicio esta abierto 12:03, la maldición.
Visiones van y visiones vienen,
El mundo espiritual llegando a ser real;
Eventos actuales-tiempo sin revelación,
¡El precipicio del infierno esta vivo!
Signos simbólicos de revelación,
Pero son futuras revelaciones.
"Corre hacia las montañas y las guaridas",
Gritan las escrituras y amigo;
Para la muerte habrá su aguijón para ver
Los últimos días se están acercando.
Realidad con visiones de vida
Están presenciando la globalización.
Fue este el infierno o el ¿"lago del fuego"?
La profecía, la realidad, "esto es cierto"
Cuando yo vi esta visión, yo no fui dicho-
El fue preservado, consumido y congelado.
¡OH pero un chiste, menosprecio o burla!
¡Es una gran diferencia de esta búsqueda!
OH, pero esta época en la cual vivimos,
Verdaderamente, esta era es diferente, sentimos;
Una polarización de todas las cosas,
La Neutralidad no existe-
El tiempo, la relatividad, el presente;
Satanás pronto emprenderá la guerra en el cielo.
El universo, como un cuerpo de células,
Cayendo en cascada como las puertas del infierno.
Y entonces la ciencia de física
Susurros de termodinámica.
"Dios espiritual respira da la vida...
Como la célula que se hunde y muere".
Vi a Egipto, Rusia, USA,
En diferentes formas y representaciones, ¡preparándose!
Y Ezequiel grito desde las escrituras;
"Lluvias de fuego caerán en las costas".
Israel, Jerusalén-¡Tú!
Dos guerras: China y el polo Norte.
Dos planetas cerca uno del otro yo vi,
Uno como nuestra luna y el otro como ¿Marte?
Un tercer objeto un cometa - a exceso de velocidad
Directo a su canal, está alejándose.
Otro objeto, suavemente tallado,
Se dirige hacia la atmósfera de la tierra.
El desastre cabalga el caballo rojo:
Tres veces yo vi la muerte de Washington
Edificaciones, casas siendo atacadas,
Reactores, paracaidistas ! ardiendo!
Allí sobre la costa se sienta la Rana Magistral,
Un espíritu satánico, el Dios de Nueva York.
Un motor rugiente alrededor del globo,
Un águila herida, cayendo lentamente,
Un dragón posicionado, dientes como tiburones
La gran Babilonia en la oscuridad.
Las semillas de lo que serán seguramente
Daniel lo vio también- la bestia -de cordero.
Llama ahora, pero ¿Quién te responderá?
Sala de control, gente, y nubes, humo
Misiles velocísimos (polvo, remolino)
Lanzando la tierra como heno suelto;
Dos coronas, tazas de de madera, mesa larga,
Un trastorno, semejante a - la ira de Dios.
El final de la cola de una serpiente: ¿Tiburón?
Un escorpión-como propuesta
Los destellos de caras yo veo, un demonio,
Un enorme ser, empapado: ¿Neptuno?
Profecía: Una bestia del mar;
Y de los precipicios, colas que pican.
Una montaña muestra su cara impresionante
Una pirámide, barco, fuego, ¡vergüenza!
¿Está Egipto creciendo como el Nilo?
En un mundo político como un niño desnutrido.
¿El juicio juega a los bolos, con el equilibrio de la balanza
Uno por hombre, y el niño de Satanás?
Yo vi un halcón....¿de Palestina?
Su iris es un implacable, designio negro-
Un ave de rapiña, me dicen;
"mira hacia el sur", clama el profeta Job.
¿Naciones de rapiña, donde esta tu luz?
O, Israel, tu situación es grave.
Rostros enfadados que parecen morir,
Cuatro rostros atormentados ellos lloran,
Un herida sobre una cabeza. Afeitada,
Seccionada en cuatro, el centro un poquito sobrecogido.
El casco golpea el desprecio del Apocalipsis,
Gabriel esta parado cerca de su cuerno.
En un momento de visión
Allí ellos sentados...ah, en bancos de iglesia amortiguados,
Indiferentemente, en una iglesia desleal,
La gente durmiendo como en un trance.
Entonces esta escrito de -los días finales,
La deslealtad- los caminos cristianos.
¿"En manos de quien esta el club de la ira"?
Clama la palabra de Isaías:
¿De quién es su objetivo destruir?
¿Quien puede cambiar naciones como juguetes?
Y los profetas clamaron desde el pasado:
Las naciones son su salida y elección.
Entonces yo pregunté con profundo desconcierto
Conceder dos visiones a un amigo;
Los judíos eran mantenidos detrás de unas puertas de vidrio.
Negociando, preparando: un libro negro.
Y el profeta clamo por mucho tiempo,
¡"Este es el tiempo; deja ir a mi gente"!
Y en la selva, un rompecabezas-
Diez piezas, animales, de diferentes tamaños;
El enigma era poner todo junto,
Excepto por una pieza llamada la bestia.
Todas las piezas transformadas en vivas
¡"Pon nuestra casa en orden", clamo Isaías!
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Yo vi su forma dentro de una cama-
Jezabel, Jezabel, yo temo;
Interesándome no con su sistema, si no con su atención:
Oscuridad, la última trompeta, historia.
Lagrimas, déjale oír quien tenga oídos,
Un niño en oración, y soldados en marcha.
¿Estoy vivo, en un útero... muerto?
¿En el cielo amamantado por unos Ángele
Humo, humo, bastante humo veo:
Jerusalén esta mirándome.
Tu estas iluminado? El caballero blanco
Intocable en esta noche oscura.
Egipto, Paris, campos de trigo;
Naves espaciales, maquinaria cayendo;
Vida, o muerte, un huevo en una mano:
Hambre, guerra, planes globales...
Los bolos de sentencia han llegado-
Ira y plagas están dentro.
Florida, tu estas polvorienta y ¿oscura...?
China, tú estas en las noticias...:
La gente leyendo el periódico (un evento mundial),
El tapiz rojo de Polonia, Java, etc.
¡Infortunio de penumbra interplanetaria!
La sangre de Armagedon.
Parte tres
Y ahora un verso de rima actual,
El Oriente medio pierde tiempo;
Crean en el señor...sus profecías.
No los rechace deliberadamente.
Y desde el halcón y los barcos del mar,
¡Los truenos de guerra esta alistándose!
¡Contempla! Esta noche yo veo al Cristo,
Con una barba envejecida que no estaba correcta.
¿No lo había advertido hace años?
No pises la tierra que esta vieja.
Luego vi un halcón, descendiendo,
Garras, alas extendiéndose, alistándose,
Y si, le pregunte por la profecía,
Una señal que todos podríamos conocer, yo creo;
El sudario, el sudario: tres veces yo vi,
El sudario de Turín un misterio.
Nacimiento de dolores del Apocalipsis, yo veo,
Un águila aturdida (los estados unidos)
Una mujer, parada en el desierto... ¿Porque?
Ángel octavo, Israel...déjala ir.
Visiones vienen y visiones van, ser bendecido;
Revelaciones declaraciones eso es así...
#1632
The Coming War with Russia
((Written in April of 2004) (Reedited, 2-2009, and again in 11-2009))
Read by thousands of people on the internet; soon to be in a book
By its author: Dennis L. Siluk
In my book, "The Last Trumpet..." I write about prophecy, and World War III, which I wrote about seven-years ago (2002, which came out of, or from my manuscript of which I wrote in, 1984, when I wrote out my visions); thus, I have not wrote much on it since, which I fear, I should have. Many things have happened in the past several years (or two decades), besides me traveling around the world a number of times, and writing book after book, in consequence, World War III has been gearing up; how so? Let me explain. First of all, I was an Ordained Minister, in good standing, in 1993 (I have since left that area, for my own personal reasons); I wrote out the Manuscript, of "The Last Trumpet..." in 1984, sent it to three clergy I knew, and one of those three died, and he had misplaced the manuscript and it was never to be found; and the second clergy, when I went see how he evaluated his copy that I gave him, he said he lost it, and believe it or not, the third clergy, died also, and the manuscript was never to be found; and as for my personal copy, it was misplaced for thirteen-years. Then my mother told me I needed to get the book out no matter what, she died in 2003, I had found the manuscript I had misplaced in 2001, gotten the book out in 2002, so she got her wish. Anyhow, they use it for Bible Study, for prophecy in Haiti, believe it or not, so the pastor wrote me and told me. And it has become a collectable on the internet, especially. Only 400-copies were printed, of which I signed perhaps less than a hundred. And two-hundred and fifty were burnt up. So we have only 150-copies out in the public, of which fifty were sent out to media at the time. But let me get to the premise of this article here.
We are presently, somewhat friendly with Russia (in 2008, this has now changed, and now in 2009, with this second reediting, things are back to a semi normal state), but it will not remain that way. In the book of Ezekiel, prophecy foretold that Israel would (in time) return to their land, and now we see this has come to pass. I do believe Iran will be directly involved with the invasion, as will Russia, as they plan to invade Israel in the near future (as they had planned and did with Georgia). That is one of the reasons we are in Iraq (and even though the war is over, we have over 50,000-troops remaining); believe it or not; we are a buffer ((this is why now in 2009, Israel wants to destroy the nuclear capability in Iran before Russia and Iran become partners, as has a portion in Georgia done so, in the European arena, recently)(and we must not forget they destroyed Iran’s nuclear capability in the 1980s, so they’ve been trying hard to build a nuclear bomb for thirty-years, and they dream, and hope this will come to pass soon, and I hope President Obama doesn’t allow it, note; 2-2009; now eight months later, in 10-2009, nothing has been accomplished in this area, and I don’t expect anything to be, even if the media reports to the contrary)). And now as I reedit this article again, I see were are simply transferring troops from one place to another, meaning, Obama is sending thousands of more American soldiers to Afghanistan—what for? I mean, really what for?
Look into chapter 38, verses 1 and 2, Ezekiel, he mentions Gog, the land of Magog. If you ask a Russian what are the tops of the Caucasus Mountains called, he'd say, "The Gogh."
Magog, with his tribe, left Asia Minor and went to the southern part of the land we now call Russia. As a result, Russia is going to play a major part in the war to come in the Middle East, I mean the big war, everything so far will be considered small in comparison (in the big war, of wars, we will witness more than two billion humans inhabitants of this earth vanish in war.
These are the times, Israel's last Holocaust you could say, is coming (that is, a war, and then the Holocaust). The people to come against Israel will look like a cloud. Two hundred-million, military forces will come against Israel. China can boast that now with their reserves, so it has been written; that is two thirds the population of the United States, at present and, in a like manner, all of the new Russian Federation. Those who have mocked the Bible, look closer skeptics, look at 2 Peter 3:10, there you will find a clear definition of the atomic warfare as is contained in any library. '...the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up."
This is the end, the end times; Russia will hit Israel (once there is an agreement with Iran and Russia) before her last strike; when I say her last strike I'm jumping too far into the future, but not that far. First comes the war with Russia and then the 200-million military force, all pointing to the Battle of Armageddon.
† Updated Number 1: 8-13-2008
I have talked within my original article above on Gog and the land of Magog, which in essence is Russia. Russia, the word has roots, stems from a Finnish word, meaning rowers of a vessel, And ‘Rosh,’ is a Hebrew word meaning ‘boss.’ (Ezekiel Chapter 27).
What comes next in Zech. 14, we see a man trying to lead an army, seize Israel, and this starts a world war.
“…wake up the mighty men, let all men of war draw near: let them come up…” Joel Chapter three, in the Old Testament is talking about future times.
The superpower here is Gog and Magog, (Rev. 20); the invasion of Palestine by the nations will turn out to be in the long run, the last great battle.
God says to Gog and I shall paraphrase it: are you not the one I foretold would come against my people of Israel? Ezek. 38. All Russian leaders should take not of this (but of course they will not. Alexander the Great was not even that foolish, during the time he was conquering the world, the Jewish clergy, showed him scripture, where he was written into it, foretold of his coming, that he was to be confronted, and he was not to try and conquer this holy city of Jerusalem, lest he anger their God. And he left it alone).
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Update Number 2: 8-15-2008
I do believe Egypt and Libya will join a Middle East Confederation, or conspiracy against Israel. (Jer. 46)
Turkey will be added into this group, although we are really talking now about three groups in the end days (Russia and Iran, the Middle East Confederation, and China, and even Europe).
The Confederation, the Russians, and the European Union, Ezekiel refers to Turkey as Gomer, which is not Germany as many have thought in the past, it is in Asia Minor he points.
The point here is, as Russia and Iran are thinking about the invasion to be, so are these other folks, or groups, the other two groups that is, if Russia fails, and Russia will fail, but at what cost? And how do or will the other parties feel at the time, is the bigger question (America in particular?)
On the other hand, America is strong because whoever helps Israel, that country is blessed by God, and that is biblical.
The question comes up although: will the other groups fail also?
Back to Russia—we see an old prophet has named the nations of the future around Israel, but way? This in itself is a hard task to do two-thousand plus years ahead of time, unless you got God’s notebook. (These will be part of the beast…the warlords.)
The other missing link here is America, the United States, where are they going to be in all this mess? The recent attack, now called “911” proves we are vulnerable, and God can, and has, and may again, do an about-face on America. You see we Americans have forgotten the great blessings we have received from God, like Israel had at one time. To put it in blunt terms, “911” was just a simple warning.
Now who is Magog? It is the beast (Satan’s Armies), as Gog is the individual (or the antichrist that is possessed by Satan). In other words, The Beast is the mass group complex. America must be weakened, or tied up, perhaps after Russia invades, and we attack and help (if indeed this is the scenario); America will be too weak to get involved beyond that. Whatever path America takes, this war will come about, and I assure you.
The Judas Iscariot Dilemma
(The Gospel of Judas Iscariot)
In years past, I wrote a few articles on Judas Iscariot, and became more aware of his situation with each passing piece of writing. Did he have a secret? Or was there more to this old story than the eye caught…?
Well, I knew that Judas Iscariot knew, Jesus’ mission, his divinity, perhaps even clearer than anyone at that time on earth, even amongst his kind, the apostles. He also knew ahead of time the sacrifice Jesus was going to make and why (and thereafter his work being done for the time being, on earth anyhow, and he’d be headed back up to the kingdom in heaven, and Judas left to his mission here down on earth).
Also Judas knew, the power Jesus had behind that mortal shell He lived temporarily in; —and to repeat myself he knew His divinity, His immortality, unquestionable knew it, he perhaps was the most intellectual of the disciples, if not in theology, like Paul was, surely in being shrewd, cleaver and downright smart, he handled the money for the sacred group. He was not disbelieving, as perhaps still some of his comrades may have been.
But that isn’t what I want to tell my story about. There’s a lot of things you’ve got to look at, some psychological, some spiritual, and who’s to say, one might even come to the conclusion: he didn’t know any better—God forbid, but man may have done some dumber things, a few of the apostles remember denied Christ, one by the name of Thomas had to see and touch before believing (Doubting-Thomas), and Peter denied Christ three times. But of course, they are not really part of the premise here, so I shall let it lie where dead lions lie in a moment, but let me say first that Peter is considered to have possessed the keys to the Universal Church to be, so if we condemn Judas, perhaps we need to take another look at who we, or Christ made overall Commander and Chief, if not Commanding General of the Church.
So here was a question I had to answer, it was right in front of me, right in the grandstand, you might say,
“Why then did Judas choose potential self-destruction?”
You know how it is, nobody in their right mind selects this for an ultimatum—I knew that much when I was looking at both sides of the coin, the psychological and spiritual. You see, Judas knew the interconnecting of the Divine Trinity, he wasn’t stuck on himself, to the point of denying this, if anything knowing so put him in a race against time—and this will come out later, but never mind that now.
It is also safe to say, Judas knew Jesus’ self-limitations; he knew the inside of Jesus’ shell of humanity (I hate to say, but it is obvious once looked at, biblically and in a humanistic way), this is a sweaty area for Christendom, or Christology—that being pretty close to the end, for here was a man, and God, and who could by choice, make a decision, and be omnipotent, but didn’t. Perhaps again, I may throw a tidbit into this bowl of crickets, one Judas created: perchance, Judas knowing this, and Christ not using such power, irked him. I’m only telling you this to get everything straight (I don’t want any bent lines here), rather let’s put it out in the open. If you are saying, “Gee whiz,” how can you say such a thing—or such things? We are talking about a human being, Judas, a psychological man, so looking at it from that perception, it is plain to see, he was cleaver, a thinking man’s man, and one who did not tell all his secrets, he was no dope, nor am I blaming him, but who doesn’t want to be on the side of great power, or what man doesn’t? And if that power is not being used according to the Gospel of Judas, just like the power of Julius Cesar, or Alexander the Great, people will lean on that person. Maybe Judas was not so different.
In any case, the question arises, “Why did Judas do what he did?”
Well, again to be frank, what exactly did he do? One person could say, “What a chump—he ran for the gold and ended up hanging from a tree limb,” he was all of that, and he did all of that. Or another could say, “What a traitor,” and so conceivably he might have been! But anyway you look at it, this is surface talk—the situation, the real problem for me is under the exterior, it always is: perhaps this person, flesh and blood, and a psychological individual, was on a power high (as implied earlier on).
When a man goes to war for his homeland, he is in essence doing so for the greater glory of his country, and in the process may have to give up his life for that country, and the people in it. Is this not so? And did not Jesus say in essence: the greatest gift man can give to another is his life, something on that order? Oh yes, He said it loud and clear. This may shed some light on Judas’ humanity, his psychological make up, his act of treason, his reasoning, and perhaps a little bit on his nature, and motive.
Let’s remember, this fellow was no mutt, many a man, or men in his day, would have given their golden teeth to be in his position, I mean, and I’d bet he could had made a million on the side by just introducing Jesus to the local elite. But you know how a fellow is; if there are diamonds hidden in the well, why squander your time on other things, especially when you got the golden goose, who can lay the golden eggs, sitting right next to you (it reminds me of Colonel Parker, who was Elvis Presley’s manager for over twenty years, Mr. Parker gave up all his other interests to manage Elvis, he knew he had his golden goose—a good thing, and didn’t want to lose it).
Anyhow, I don’t want to make a fool of myself, for a slip-up—but the question has come to surface, “Did Judas love Jesus?” To say otherwise, or even think he did not, is an offence—of course he did. But how do you force a person’s hand who is not listening? Remember he is a man of his day. If he didn’t love Jesus, after receiving his thirty pieces of silver, he would not have thrown them away, and then he would not have sunk into a dreadful depression, nor would he have committed suicide by hanging himself. He was not guilty of blasphemy, rather a different offence, perhaps he loved power more than anything, or perhaps he loved the power Jesus could have, and he’d be part of it.
History has sat on a nice sofa chair talking about Judas as if they knew him each and everyone, for years and years, personally, and left out the psychological man, for the spiritual dilemma they put themselves into: and in so doing, bluffed it through, never finding out the real man behind the mask, they’ve been like lame cows.
The mind, Judas labored with his ambition—psychologically and with his spirit— he was of both fibers (perhaps he forgot happiness was or is a byproduct, not a divine attribute), in saying this, the next question that comes up is: “Was Judas trying to force the hand of God?” In essence, was he trying to take charge of the world through his son? Or trying to get a piece of it ahead of time? And if so, who would be Jesus’ right hand man? And did Judas think: ‘Look here, I got a chance to be by the Father and Holy Spirit, the whole Godhead!” Perhaps so, and perhaps to degrees, who’s to say—John’s mother is guilty of that very same sin.
Vanity and self-interest, which are part of the fiber of man, part of the original sin man inherited, is stronger than the whims of the devil himself.
No: 456 ((8-25-2009) (reedited and revised 9-21-2009 for inclusion)) Here is part one of two parts.
A Testament to Mary Magdalene
((Written between 96 to 180 AD) (Discovered in 1896))
Pertaining to the Gospel of Mary Magdalene, its origins, Ephesus in Asia Minor
(…included are other writings)
Considered of a non-canonical gospel status…apocryphal works (Gnostic)
These are works that presented themselves as "authentic" but have not obtained general acceptance from within the churches
1) She, Mary Magdalene, is mentioned as accompanying Jesus on his journeys (Luke 8:2) and is listed in the Gospel of Matthew as being present at his crucifixion (27:56). In the Gospel of John, she is recorded as the first witness of Jesus' resurrection (John 20:14-16); (Mark 16:9 later manuscripts).
2) In the Gospel of Mary it is Peter who is opposed to Mary’s words, because she is a woman…(so it appears, and I do believe it to be so)
3) Levi, in his defense of Mary and her teaching, tells Peter "Surely the Savior knows her very well. That is why he loved her more than us." In the Gospel of Philip, a similar statement is made about Mary Magdalene.
4) Mary comes to fullness, not only as a woman ahead of her times, but as an exemplary disciple, a witness to Jesus’ ministry, a visionary of the glorified Jesus, and in contest with Peter, in a man’s world. Perhaps it is time, being the 21st Century that one need not look any longer at her as they have in the past, but perhaps as the 13th Apostle (the forgotten one).
5) A true look into Mary’s life, we see the erroneous view that Mary of Magdala was not a prostitute and for what it is worth—it is a cheap piece of theological fiction, of some jealous madman—most likely. It is perhaps, a step to freeze the legitimacy of woman’s leadership qualities. That no longer can be frozen. Plus it cheapens the viewer’s look at the first Christians. This was a time the disciples were putting together, the doctrines of Christ’s foundation, and I suppose being in a male orientated world, the disciples were concerned about reliability, how people would accept—mentally being able to accept, a female teacher of God, Jesus Christ as part of the trinity, incarnate.
6) We see in John 20 and, Matthew 28 of Mary Magdalene, wanting to take hold of Jesus’ feet. This has been widely popularized in many dimensions, with critical comments, a point of contention. Let’s straighten this out, now and forever. There is nothing good on this planet earth that Satan and his followers have not tried to corrupt, having said that, this simply is a textual corruption I do believe. How can one tell? The original text read “fear” rather than “touch” so it should read, “…do not fear me” not “…do not touch me” or perhaps it could have read “…do not fear to touch me” if we do not want the word ‘touch’ to vanish, just words “…fear to touch,” are the ones in question, because the words are odd for Jesus’ indentation. It is not the way he spoke. Another point is, later on in the same chapter, John, to Thomas Didymus, Jesus says in so many words: touch my hands and side… Again, it is to Mary’s discredit I do believe such textual corruption was made. I repeat Thomas is actually encouraged to touch. On the other hand, Jesus might have been simply saying in his own way to Mary: I’m really me, here, right now, and you do not need to fear or touch me. Again, Thomas, like Peter, was a little weak, and perchance, Jesus was trying to say: faith is better than denial or even doubt, the two sins of Thomas and Peter. There are many possibilities here, but the main factor being, he was not scolding her for anything, as the corrupter of the text was trying to install, and in the process create a morsel of doubt.
7) Dialogue: "(Mary) said, ‘I saw the Lord in a vision and I said to him, ‘Lord, I saw you today in a vision.’ He answered and said to me: “Blessed are you that you did not waver at the sight of me. For where the mind is, there is the treasure.’ I said to him, ‘So now, Lord, does a person who sees a vision see it
Comments on the Dialogue:
In the conversation, Jesus Christ teaches that the inner self is composed of: the soul, spirit, and mind, and visions are seen and understood in the mind. (Andrew and Peter oppose her…)
The dialogue and context of Mary called, Magdalene, should be viewed I do believe in a broader Christen context. She is if anything, an intriguing glimpse into that long lost and biased past, the ancient years of the past, and into the apostles (and their human nature), and in what they only allowed a look into, some 2000-years ago, one can now see a deeper Christianity, and its identity.
The confrontation between Peter and Mary can also be found in the Gospel of Thomas, Pistis Sophia, and the Coptic Gospel of the Egyptians. It would seem—and understandable so—Peter and Andrew preferred, and represented the orthodox positions of their day, which rejected the authority of women to teach, at near any cost.
It might be noted, psychologically, Peter was heartbroken, because of his denial of Christ, and hence, Christ restored his credibility—or tried to, this never happened to Mary, and this may even have played a roll in Peter’s heavy confrontation with her, she was unspoiled in this area, where he was not. Like it or not, such betrayals, although forgivable, play a roll mentally in self approval, and maybe worth, he wasn’t getting any from Mary. We too often think of the Apostles as superhuman, when in essence, they are humans, although they had been chosen for a specific task.
No: 560 (12-28-2009)
Secret of the Virgin Mary
In English & Spanish†
(Translated into Spanish by Rosa Peñaloza de Siluk)
Article written by Rev., Dennis L. Siluk, Ed.D.
(Ordained Minister, 1993)
After I finished my BA degree, many, many years ago, I started working on my MA, in counseling, psychology, drugs and alcohol, etc., a combination—then I stopped for a period of time, not really knowing what I wanted to do, so I studied theology, read 400-books in 18-months, listened to over 10,000-hours of tapes from every corner of Christendom, Christology—through theology, even went to Haiti, up in the mountains to do some missionary work, only to find out I was not meant—or cut out—to be a missionary, or priest, or clergy, although I did go to a theological university for six-months, and studied Old Testament Studies, along with several other courses, in particular eschatology. But what bothered me was, I shouldn’t say bothered me, it was neither here nor there for me, not a big issue for the most part, just a thorn in my side you could say, was the controversy around Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ. Why is there even an issue I asked myself, in that: was Mary a virgin from the day she was born to the day she died? I mean, did she never have sex? Some folks said Jesus had brothers, sisters, and all that kind of stuff. And of course Joseph was a quite and perfect role model as a father in his time—I would think, and I also think his time was short, and there is a reason for that, I believe he was an old man when he married Mary. Had a few children of his own, a widower.
Now we all have opinions, and I can’t prove anything beyond a doubt (nor can anyone else), but I can share what I think, and so I shall, and what my research has surfaced. If I hurt your feelings, don’t take it personal, it is just as it is an assessment, evaluation. We shall venture into Joseph, Mary, and Jesus’ lives—quickly, and I shall throw some Bible substance your way, if you like it, do some homework on your own, if you don’t—, file-thirteen it (that’s old Army talk for toss it in the basket). Anyhow, I shall put this to rest once and for all:
1) The book of Mark, Chapter 6…and Matthew (Mt.) Chapter (Ch) 13, we see a Carpenter, Jesus, the son of Mary, and a few brothers: James, Joseph, Jude and Simon. And “Are not his sisters here with us….” We now can check out Mt. Ch. 12 and Mark (Mk) Ch. 3 and Luke, Chapter 8, and John Chapter 7. By all appearance, it looks like Christ had some brothers.
But in Bible reading I have learned you have to check out many things—don’t take anything at face value, the meaning of words, from the Hebrew to the Greek to the English (all translations) which can be, and are in many cases, varying if not unstable, and one must read above and below the point of issue, and there are several other books, canons, not blessed, that can be reviewed in helping to produce a healthy translation; history that was not put into the bible simply because it was not necessary, or so the founding fathers of the bible (s) felt—when the holy scriptures were canonized. Meant
2) Let me point out in the Hebrew text, when it’s said: “brother” it means just that: son of the father, as you would expect it to be. Mark wrote his Gospel in Greek and used the word “brother” or to be more exact “adelphos” (adelphos), meaning exactly what I said earlier, or implied: blood related. Now go to John, chapter 20, see what Jesus has to say “…go to my ‘brethrens’ (in some bibles this is referred to as ‘brothers’)”. He knew what He was saying. When Jesus said brethren, He meant Disciples. Jesus points out his brothers in Matt: 12, Mark 3; and in John Chapter 7, it says, “Even his brothers didn’t believe him.”
So you see, we can get confused with the word brother and brethren, but we shall try to straighten this out—for simplicity sake.
3) The New Testament is pretty upfront about Mary’s character, in that she was a virgin at the time she was born through the conception of Christ, by the Holy Spirit. Later acknowledged by the so called Universal Church—that she remained a virgin thereafter; this is part of the controversy, more of the argument that seems to hang over Christendom, that is, after Christ’s birth, in that, “Did she (Mary) remain a Virgin, or was she or was not thereafter?”
I say, it really shouldn’t matter all that much one way or the other (so I feel), but for folks that like poking their nose (like me) into history, it is worth the time. Either way it proves no wrongdoing on Mary’s part. But let not the blind lead the blind, and for the past one-hundred years or so, that is what many of our Christian Scholars have been doing.
When I talk in English to someone, I use the term “My brother…” and then the name “Mike” when we say “brother” we usually mean brother— in English, a male sibling sharing both biological parents, this is no big research finding, just a normal everyday thing that has been going on worldwide for a very long time—but to make a point I must stretch this train of thought out. But to be honest, the term brother has a wider range of meanings, for example: sibling, biological parent, step-brother, male sibling, male sibling adopted, comrade, etc., all depending on the environment, the culture, the social up bringing, and as an issue, one must point this out (some folks in Peru expect their second cousins, to call them uncles or aunts: by blood this is not possible, but by social acceptance of the meaning, it is. In another corner is the honorary thing, for example, I called my mother’s boyfriend, whom she went with for forty-years, Uncle; in Peru, my wife’s sister who goes with a man who has two kids, the daughter calls me Uncle, there is no semblance in family, neither in blood or social standing, only on a respectful platform does she call me uncle, and out of familiarity and love). For, in everyday life, this is not all that important—in the overall picture that is—but perhaps to a few select, when it becomes an issue, the proper meaning for the word used, must be correct—beyond a doubt. Otherwise what isn’t an issue becomes one, and what is a small issue, becomes a bigger one.
4) So, the question is: “Did Mary remain a virgin?”
Aramaic had a strong influence on the New Testament Bible, one point I did not bring out above was, a word for brother can mean ‘cousin’ the Aramaic word aha would have been rendered literally with the Greek word for brother (adelphos), with the new Christians.
We can also look at: were they adoptive brothers, in trying to save Mary’s reputation of being a virgin to her death. This would do it, but I can’t find any evidence to support this. Yet as a counselor, I’ve learned to keep a clear head, look at what is underneath, not the surface, the surface is always the situation, not the problem or issue, and we are getting close to that.
5) It would seem to me, a more likely conclusion anyhow, they were step-brothers: children of Joseph who were Jesus’ brothers by marriage. That is to say, the manuscript known as the Protoevangelium of James (c. A.D. 120)—indicates that Joseph was a widower who already had a family prior to his marriage to Mary, and therefore was willing to become the protector, or custodian of a sanctified, and set apart virgin. (He was old at the time they married I do believe, and that is why the bible does not go on with Joseph, to the point of him being around when Christ grew to manhood.)
So did Christ have brothers? Perhaps so, if indeed Jesus was the single son of Mary, and James was the only son of Joseph, then Jesus and James would not literally have been brothers, blood brothers that is. When we hear the phrase “brother of Jesus” we must look deep into the well, Matt. 13. You see, the word ‘brother’ meant more than that, or perhaps in this case, less, it did not mean ‘blood’ related ((review the Book of Tobit)(for broader meanings)).
6) Perhaps what Eve did, Mary, the mother of Christ undid. When I look at this issue I also look at who is saying what. The Church Fathers, believed Mary as remaining a virgin throughout her life; when I say Church Fathers I mean, those who could remember her, perhaps had talked to the apostles ((up to the turn of the first century, 100 AD or so)( if indeed Christ died about AD 30, as stated by many scholars)). Also, one should look at what Pope Martin I, AD 659 insisted on at the council, which was: that she, Mary remained “ever-Virgin,” thus she was already considered that ((long before this issue became an issue)(I do see that, in my time, and even a century before—to include the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries—we have a horde of False Prophets out there trying to steer mankind into confusion over doctrine that was set thousands of years prior; everyone’s an expert nowadays)).
7) In any case, another point of contention may be: what did Christ say at Calvary? Did he not say to John in essence ‘…take care of my mother, and take her home with you…’ he entrusted her with him, why not with his blood brothers or sisters that would be the norm (John 19). Matter-of-fact, it was unthinkable for a Jewish mother to go live with a friend after the death of her son, if she had any other children of her own!...
In short, did Mary remain a virgin, after the birth of Christ? And did Christ have brothers and sisters? Which is the premise of this article; I feel, and I think she was a virgin and remained one until the day she died, and I can’t find anything to the contrary. And yes, Christ had brothers and sisters, but to the best of my research and knowledge, I think not blood related.
The Secret is that the Virgin Mary remained a virgin after the birth of Christ to her death (if indeed that is a secret at all).
Written: 4-8-2007 ((reedited 4-9-2007, and again in 10-2009) (reedited a slightly revised 11-2009))
Spanish Version
El Secreto de la Virgen María
Después de obtener mi grado de Bachiller, muchos, muchos años atrás, comencé a trabajar en mi Maestría en psicología, asesoría, adicciones a las drogas y alcohol, etc., una combinación—después lo dejé por un periodo de tiempo, realmente no sabiendo qué es lo que quería hacer, así estudié teología, leí cuatrocientos libros en dieciocho meses, escuché más de diez-mil horas de cintas de todas las esquinas sobre Cristiandad, Cristología—a través de la Teología, incluso fui a Haití, para realizar algún trabajo misionero en las montañas, sólo para descubrir que mi vocación no era ser misionero, o sacerdote, o clérigo, aunque fui a una universidad teológica durante seis meses y estudié el Antiguo Testamento, junto con varios otros cursos, en particular escatología. Pero lo que me molestaba era—aunque no debería decir molestaba porque me daba lo mismo, no era una cuestión grande, sólo una espina en mi costado—la controversia alrededor de María, la madre de Jesucristo. Por qué existe incluso un problema, me preguntaba a mi mismo, en que: ¿María fue virgen desde el día en que nació hasta el día en que murió? Quiero decir, ¿Nunca tuvo ella sexo? Alguna gente dice que Jesús tenía hermanos, hermanas, y toda esa clase de cosas. Y por supuesto José era un perfecto modelo de padre en su tiempo—yo pensaría, y pienso además que su tiempo fue corto, y hay una razón para ello, yo creo que él era un anciano cuando se casó con María. El tuvo hijos antes de casarse con María, él era un viudo.
Ahora todos tenemos opiniones, y no puedo probar nada más allá de una duda (tampoco nadie más lo puede), pero puedo compartir lo que pienso, y por eso lo haré, y lo que he obtenido con mi investigación. Si hiero tus sentimientos, no lo tomes personal, es sólo lo que es: una evaluación, una investigación. Nos aventuraremos en la vida de José, María, y Jesús rápidamente y mencionaré algunos pasajes de La Biblia en el proceso, si te gusta, realiza tu tarea por tu cuenta, si no archívalo. De todos modos, pondré esto a descansar de una vez para todas:
1) En el Evangelio de Marcos, Capítulo 6…y en el de Mateo, Capítulo 13, vemos a un carpintero, Jesús, el hijo de María, y unos cuantos hermanos: Santiago, José, Judas y Simón. Y “no están sus hermanas aquí con nosotros…” ahora podemos comprobar en Mateo, Capítulo 12, Marcos Capítulo 3, Lucas, Capítulo 8, y Juan, Capítulo 7. Por las apariencias, pareciera como que Cristo tuvo algunos hermanos.
Pero en el estudio de la Biblia he aprendido que tienes que comprobar muchas cosas—no tomes nada literalmente—: el significado de palabras, del hebreo al griego y al inglés (todos traducciones) que pueden ser, y son en muchos casos, variables e inestables, y hay que leer los párrafos anteriores y posteriores del punto en cuestión (el concepto entero), y hay otros varios libros, cánones no benditos, que pueden ser revisados para ayudar a producir una traducción sana; la historia que no fue puesta en la Biblia fue simplemente porque no fue necesario—o eso los padres fundadores de la Biblia lo sintieron—cuando las sagradas escrituras fueron canonizadas.
2) Déjame indicar que el texto hebreo cuando dice: “hermano”, quiere decir solamente eso: el hijo del padre, como tú esperarías que ello fuera. Marcos escribió su Evangelio en griego y usó la palabra “hermano” o para ser más exactos “adelphos”, queriendo decir exactamente lo que impliqué antes: pariente de sangre. Ahora vayamos a Juan, Capítulo 20, veamos lo que Jesús tiene que decir “...anda donde mis hermanos…” Él sabía lo que estaba diciendo; cuando Jesús dijo “hermanos”, Él se refería a sus “discípulos”. Incluso Él indica a sus hermanos en Mateo, Capítulo 12; Marcos, Capítulo 3; y en Juan, Capítulo 7, dice, “Incluso sus hermanos no lo creyeron”.
Entonces tú ves, podemos confundirnos con la palabra hermano, pero trataremos de arreglar esto—por simplicidad.
3) El Nuevo Testamento es bastante claro sobre la naturaleza de María, en el sentido de que Ella fue virgen en el momento de la concepción de Cristo (por el Espíritu Santo). Más tarde reconocido por la llamada Iglesia Universal—que Ella permaneció virgen después; esto es parte de la controversia, más del argumento que parece asirse sobre la Cristiandad, esto es, después del nacimiento de Cristo: ¿Ella permaneció virgen o no lo fue después de esto?
Digo, esto realmente no debería importar mucho de una forma u otra (eso lo siento), pero para la gente que les gusta indagar en la historia (como yo), vale la pena. De cualquier forma esto prueba no crimen en la parte de Maria. Pero no dejemos que el ciego guíe al ciego, y en el siglo pasado, esto es lo que muchos de nuestros eruditos Cristianos lo han estado haciendo.
Cuando hablo en inglés con alguien, uso el término “mi hermano…” y luego el nombre “Miguel”. Cuando decimos “hermano” por lo general queremos decir hermano—varón que comparte a ambos padres biológicos, esto no es ninguna investigación grande, sólo una cosa normal diaria que existe y continúa en el mundo por mucho tiempo—pero para hacer una observación debo estirar estas ideas persistentes. El término hermano tiene una amplia gama de significado, por ejemplo: hermano del padre biológico, el medio hermano, el hermanastro, el hermano adoptado, el amigo, etc. todo dependiendo del ambiente, la cultura, y como una cuestión, uno debe indicarlo (algunas personas en Perú llaman sobrinos a sus segundos-primos (o al hijo del primo), lo cual por la línea sanguínea no es posible, pero por aceptación social del significado si lo es. En la otra esquina está la forma honoraria, por ejemplo, yo le llamaba “tío” al enamorado de mi mamá, con él que ella estuvo por cuarenta años; en Perú, la hermana de mi esposa sale con un hombre que tiene dos hijos, que no son de ella, los hijos de él me llama “tío”; no hay relación familiar, ni de sangre, y sólo es por familiaridad y amor). Porque en la vida diaria, esto no es tan importante—es decir en el cuadro total—pero talvez si para unos cuantos seleccionados, cuando esto se vuelve un problema, el propio significado por la palabra usada, debe ser corregido—más allá de la duda. De otra manera lo que no es un problema se convierte en uno, y lo que es un problema pequeño, se convierte en uno más grande.
4) Entonces, la pregunta es: ¿María permaneció virgen?
El arameo tenía una influencia fuerte sobre el Nuevo Testamento de la Biblia, un punto que no recalqué en los párrafos anteriores, es de que la palabra hermano puede significar “primo”. La palabra Aramea ¡ahá! habría sido dada literalmente con la palabra griega para hermano (adelphos), con los nuevos cristianos.
Podemos decir también que ellos eran hermanos adoptivos, en la tentativa de salvar la reputación de María, de ser virgen hasta su muerte. Esto lo haría, pero no puedo encontrar ninguna prueba para apoyar esto. Pero como psicólogo, he aprendido a mantener una cabeza clara, a mirar lo que está debajo, no a la superficie, la superficie es siempre la situación no el problema o la cuestión, y nos estamos acercando a ello.
5) Me parecería a mí, una conclusión más probable de todas formas, que ellos eran hermanastros: los hijos de José que se convirtieron en hermanos de Jesús por el matrimonio. Es decir, el manuscrito conocido como el ProtoEvangelio de Santiago (120 años después de Cristo) —indica que José era un viudo que ya tenía una familia antes de su matrimonio con María, y por lo tanto estaba dispuesto a convertirse en el protector, o el guardián de un Santificado (Él era anciano en el tiempo en que ellos se casaron realmente creo, y es por eso que la Biblia no continúa con José, al punto de no estar él alrededor cuando Cristo pasó a la madurez.)
Entonces, ¿Cristo tuvo hermanos? Quizás, si efectivamente Jesús fue el hijo único de María, y Santiago fue el hijo único de José, entonces Jesús y Santiago no habrían sido literalmente hermanos, hermanos de sangre esto es. Cuando oímos la frase “hermano de Jesús” debemos de mirar profundamente en el pozo, Mateo Capítulo 13. Como ves, la palabra “hermano” significaba más que eso, o quizás en este caso, menos, ésta no significaba “familiar de sangre” (examina el: Libro de Tobit por significados más amplios).
6) Quizás lo que Eva hizo, María, la madre de Cristo lo deshizo. Cuando veo este tema también miro a quién lo dice. Los Padres de la Iglesia, creyeron que María permaneció virgen toda su vida; y cuando digo los Padres de la Iglesia, quiero decir, aquellos que podrían recordarla, quizás los que hablaron con los apóstoles ((hasta aproximadamente el primer siglo, 100 años después de Cristo o algo así) (si efectivamente Cristo murió alrededor del año 30 d.C. como lo afirman muchos eruditos)). También, habría que ver a lo que el Papa Martín I, en el año 659 después de Cristo, insistió en el Concilio, de que María permaneció “Siempre Virgen”, de esta forma ella ya había sido considerada así ((muchísimo antes de que este tema se volviera un problema)(Yo veo que en mi tiempo—e incluso un siglo antes, incluyendo al siglo 19, 20 y 21—tenemos un montón de falsos profetas tratando de confundir a la humanidad sobre una doctrina que fue asentada miles de años atrás; hoy día todos son unos “expertos”)).
7) En todo caso, otro punto de discusión podría ser: ¿Qué dijo Cristo en el calvario? ¿No le dijo Él a Juan en esencia que llevara a su madre a su casa con él? Él confió su madre a Juan, por qué no con sus hermanos o hermanas de sangre que esa sería la norma (Juan Capítulo 19). De hecho, ¡era inconcebible para una madre judía ir a vivir con un amigo después de la muerte de su hijo, si ella tuviera otros hijos propios!...
En resumen, ¿María permaneció virgen, después del nacimiento de Cristo? ¿Y Cristo tuvo hermanos y hermanas? que son las ideas de este artículo. Siento, y pienso que ella fue virgen y permaneció virgen hasta el día en que murió y no puedo encontrar nada de lo contrario. Y sí, Cristo tenía hermanos y hermanas, pero no hermanos(as) de sangre, de acuerdo con lo mejor de mi investigación y conocimiento.
El secreto es que la Virgen María siempre permaneció virgen hasta su muerte (si realmente esto es un secreto).
Escrito: 8 de Abril del 2007 (corregido el 9-Abril 2007)
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