In Matthew 24:1-31, Jesus speaks of what is believed to be the prophecy of the End Times. One of the reasons many people doubt the authenticity of the Gospel of Thomas is because of Saying 51 in which Jesus denies this prophecy:
His disciples said to him, “When will the dead have rest, and when will the new world come?”
He said to them, “What you are looking for has already come, but you don’t know it.” (Gospel of Thomas 51)
Jesus in this passage is saying that the prophesied “new world” has “already come.” But how could this new world have already arrived?
This new world had arrived because humanity now had in Jesus a high-level teacher it could adopt as a savior, and this changed everything. A savior is necessary for anyone with a level of consciousness below 600 because the path to unconditional love, the ultimate end goal of Christianity, is too difficult without one. (Hawkins, 2003, pp. 102-103)
“for behold, the Kingdom of God is within you.” (Luke 17:21)
And reaching unconditional love (540 on the Map of Consciousness) is how we can experience the Kingdom on earth.
But what about what Jesus said in Matthew 24:1-31? I believe that Jesus here is not referring to the End Times when he would supposedly return to destroy the world. Instead, I believe he was referring to what I wrote on page 94 in Christianity 2.0:
Until relatively recently, the level of consciousness of mankind was in the negative range. But in the year 1986 it jumped from 190 to 205 for the very first time in human history. The significance of this event cannot be overstated.
When the LOC of mankind was below 200, wars were much more common and total nuclear destruction of the planet was likely. But now the LOC of mankind is in the positive range and, as a result, the world is a much different place. It is a whole new era in which the influence of falsehood is seriously weakened, and truth is in a stronger position to prevail. As long as this holds, a bright future for mankind is assured. Therefore, we can be optimistic about what lies ahead.
Muscle testing confirms that we can accurately describe this new level of consciousness as Christ Consciousness. It is indeed the Second Coming of Christ. He has returned, not in physical form, but in the form of this new level of consciousness for mankind. Let us rejoice! (Hawkins, 2001, p. 29; 2006, p. 28)
In other words, the Second Coming was never meant to bring about the end of the world but to start a new beginning. And I believe Matthew 24:1-31 can be interpreted to support this. Let us examine some of these verses:
As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?” (3)
Jesus replied that there would be “wars and rumors of wars.” (6)
“For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places.” (7)
But he who endures to the end, the same will be saved. This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come. (13-14)
for then there will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be. (21)
For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. For wherever the carcass is, there is where the vultures gather together. But immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken; And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory. He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other. (27-31)
When it comes to interpreting these verses, we must remember that Jesus often spoke in an exaggerated manner due to the nature of his language which was Aramaic. As a result, this was a language that did not easily translate into other languages, and thus Jesus isn’t always saying what he appears to be saying. (Lamsa, Idioms, pp. 76, 78-79)
When the disciples ask Jesus what will be the sign of his coming and of “the end of the age”, he vaguely speaks of wars, famines, plagues, and earthquakes. He says there will “great oppression” of which the world has never before seen.
I believe many of the events of the 20th century can fit into this description. This century had the two most terrible wars in human history (World War I and World War II), the rise of the two most evil empires in human history (Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union), the Spanish flu pandemic, and the Cold War which for decades threatened the nuclear destruction of the entire planet. There were certainly many “rumors of wars” during this nuclear standoff.
When Jesus says that “the end will come,” (14) I don’t believe he means the end of the world. Instead, he is referring to the end of the time when darkness (i.e. falsehood) has a tight grip on the world.
Jesus is speaking in an exaggerated manner when he says that all the tribes of the earth will mourn. He actually means most (which would make sense since the vast majority of the world’s population lacks integrity).
I believe Jesus is also greatly exaggerating when he describes the details of his coming: The sun being darkened, and stars falling from the sky. In 1986, when the level of consciousness of mankind finally rose into the positive range, no one saw Jesus arriving in the sky. The event itself went unnoticed. But Jesus did in fact arrive, and it wasn’t very long before the entire world saw the effects of this.
In 1989, the Berlin wall came down. In 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed. Both of these extraordinary events occurred without a single shot being fired. To be fair, the policies of Ronald Reagan certainly had a lot of influence in these events. But for the Soviets to stand down, to not roll in the tanks, and simply allow their empire to collapse? I can’t help but suspect there was some divine intervention involved (tests as true).
It simply would make no sense for God or Jesus to destroy the world because the world is the perfect training ground for us to grow and evolve. It is the perfect place for us to work through negative karma and acquire positive karma. If the world indeed offers all these things, then what purpose would it serve to destroy it?
In conclusion, Christ has finally returned, and thus a new era is here. Truth finally has the edge over falsehood, and the new tools now available mean that the path forward for mankind has never been more clear. More and more people are raising their level of consciousness, and it only requires a relatively small number of people doing this for it to have a transformational impact on society. It is already happening.
And so the time is long past for Christianity to finally let go of the End Times prophecy in Revelation. The world is getting better. Christianity needs to do the same.
Hawkins, David R. The Eye of the I: From Which Nothing Remains Hidden. Sedona, Veritas Publishing, 2001.
Hawkins, David R. I: Reality and Subjectivity. Sedona, Veritas Publishing, 2003.
The Holy Christian Bible: A New Bible for a Modern Era. John Dorsey, 2024.
Lamsa, George. Idioms in the Bible Explained and A Key to the Original Gospels. New York, HarperCollins, 1985.
His disciples said to him, “When will the dead have rest, and when will the new world come?”
He said to them, “What you are looking for has already come, but you don’t know it.” (Gospel of Thomas 51)
Jesus in this passage is saying that the prophesied “new world” has “already come.” But how could this new world have already arrived?
This new world had arrived because humanity now had in Jesus a high-level teacher it could adopt as a savior, and this changed everything. A savior is necessary for anyone with a level of consciousness below 600 because the path to unconditional love, the ultimate end goal of Christianity, is too difficult without one. (Hawkins, 2003, pp. 102-103)
“for behold, the Kingdom of God is within you.” (Luke 17:21)
And reaching unconditional love (540 on the Map of Consciousness) is how we can experience the Kingdom on earth.
But what about what Jesus said in Matthew 24:1-31? I believe that Jesus here is not referring to the End Times when he would supposedly return to destroy the world. Instead, I believe he was referring to what I wrote on page 94 in Christianity 2.0:
Until relatively recently, the level of consciousness of mankind was in the negative range. But in the year 1986 it jumped from 190 to 205 for the very first time in human history. The significance of this event cannot be overstated.
When the LOC of mankind was below 200, wars were much more common and total nuclear destruction of the planet was likely. But now the LOC of mankind is in the positive range and, as a result, the world is a much different place. It is a whole new era in which the influence of falsehood is seriously weakened, and truth is in a stronger position to prevail. As long as this holds, a bright future for mankind is assured. Therefore, we can be optimistic about what lies ahead.
Muscle testing confirms that we can accurately describe this new level of consciousness as Christ Consciousness. It is indeed the Second Coming of Christ. He has returned, not in physical form, but in the form of this new level of consciousness for mankind. Let us rejoice! (Hawkins, 2001, p. 29; 2006, p. 28)
In other words, the Second Coming was never meant to bring about the end of the world but to start a new beginning. And I believe Matthew 24:1-31 can be interpreted to support this. Let us examine some of these verses:
As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?” (3)
Jesus replied that there would be “wars and rumors of wars.” (6)
“For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places.” (7)
But he who endures to the end, the same will be saved. This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come. (13-14)
for then there will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be. (21)
For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. For wherever the carcass is, there is where the vultures gather together. But immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken; And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory. He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other. (27-31)
When it comes to interpreting these verses, we must remember that Jesus often spoke in an exaggerated manner due to the nature of his language which was Aramaic. As a result, this was a language that did not easily translate into other languages, and thus Jesus isn’t always saying what he appears to be saying. (Lamsa, Idioms, pp. 76, 78-79)
When the disciples ask Jesus what will be the sign of his coming and of “the end of the age”, he vaguely speaks of wars, famines, plagues, and earthquakes. He says there will “great oppression” of which the world has never before seen.
I believe many of the events of the 20th century can fit into this description. This century had the two most terrible wars in human history (World War I and World War II), the rise of the two most evil empires in human history (Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union), the Spanish flu pandemic, and the Cold War which for decades threatened the nuclear destruction of the entire planet. There were certainly many “rumors of wars” during this nuclear standoff.
When Jesus says that “the end will come,” (14) I don’t believe he means the end of the world. Instead, he is referring to the end of the time when darkness (i.e. falsehood) has a tight grip on the world.
Jesus is speaking in an exaggerated manner when he says that all the tribes of the earth will mourn. He actually means most (which would make sense since the vast majority of the world’s population lacks integrity).
I believe Jesus is also greatly exaggerating when he describes the details of his coming: The sun being darkened, and stars falling from the sky. In 1986, when the level of consciousness of mankind finally rose into the positive range, no one saw Jesus arriving in the sky. The event itself went unnoticed. But Jesus did in fact arrive, and it wasn’t very long before the entire world saw the effects of this.
In 1989, the Berlin wall came down. In 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed. Both of these extraordinary events occurred without a single shot being fired. To be fair, the policies of Ronald Reagan certainly had a lot of influence in these events. But for the Soviets to stand down, to not roll in the tanks, and simply allow their empire to collapse? I can’t help but suspect there was some divine intervention involved (tests as true).
It simply would make no sense for God or Jesus to destroy the world because the world is the perfect training ground for us to grow and evolve. It is the perfect place for us to work through negative karma and acquire positive karma. If the world indeed offers all these things, then what purpose would it serve to destroy it?
In conclusion, Christ has finally returned, and thus a new era is here. Truth finally has the edge over falsehood, and the new tools now available mean that the path forward for mankind has never been more clear. More and more people are raising their level of consciousness, and it only requires a relatively small number of people doing this for it to have a transformational impact on society. It is already happening.
And so the time is long past for Christianity to finally let go of the End Times prophecy in Revelation. The world is getting better. Christianity needs to do the same.
Hawkins, David R. The Eye of the I: From Which Nothing Remains Hidden. Sedona, Veritas Publishing, 2001.
Hawkins, David R. I: Reality and Subjectivity. Sedona, Veritas Publishing, 2003.
The Holy Christian Bible: A New Bible for a Modern Era. John Dorsey, 2024.
Lamsa, George. Idioms in the Bible Explained and A Key to the Original Gospels. New York, HarperCollins, 1985.