CHRIST’S LAST MESSAGE TO HIS FRIENDS

Most people claim that The Apocalypse is too deep and enigmatical to be understood. But it’s style consti­tutes a challenge to faith. In delivering it to John for the benefit of “his servants”, the Lord treated them as “his friends”. He declared: “Henceforth I call you not ser­vants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth; but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you” (John 15:15). The Apocalypse needs to be treated in that fashion. If we value the friendship of Christ we will not be deterred by its problems, but will prayerfully and con­scientiously seek to understand it. “Blessed is he that readeth,” declared Christ. Christ does not mock us by inviting us to engage in a vain study. The Apocalypse is not sealed: “Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book” (Rev. 22:10). That this book is understandable, the volumes of Eureka are a witness. With them before him, let no reader foster the idea that The Apocalypse is a book beyond comprehension. Under God, through the labours of its author, the basic principles of the Truth have been clearly set forth: and similarly, in Eureka, the deeper revelation of the divine purpose has been ex­pounded. And in a manner that the simplest mind can grasp with a prayerful effort. Let the reader gratefully accept the providential help of Eureka. By its means he can read himself rich unto life eternal.