Chapter XVI - The Apocalypse
Hidden ways of iniquity
571:1
not so willing to point out the evil in human thought,
not so willing to point out the evil in human thought,
and expose evil's hidden mental ways of accomplishing
iniquity.
Christly warning
571:4
Why this backwardness, since exposure is necessary
Why this backwardness, since exposure is necessary
to ensure the avoidance of the evil? Because people like
you better when you tell them their virtues
than when you tell them their vices. It re-
quires the spirit of our blessed Master to tell a man his
faults, and so risk human displeasure for the sake of doing
right and benefiting our race. Who is telling mankind
of the foe in ambush? Is the informer one who sees the
foe? If so, listen and be wise. Escape from evil, and
designate those as unfaithful stewards who have seen the
danger and yet have given no warning.
The armor of divinity
571:15
At all times and under all circumstances, overcome
At all times and under all circumstances, overcome
evil with good. Know thyself, and God will supply
the wisdom and the occasion for a victory
over evil. Clad in the panoply of Love,
human hatred cannot reach you. The cement of a
higher humanity will unite all interests in the one
divinity.
Pure religion enthroned
571:22
Through trope and metaphor, the Revelator, immortal
Through trope and metaphor, the Revelator, immortal
scribe of Spirit and of a true idealism, furnishes the
mirror in which mortals may see their own
image. In significant figures he depicts the
thoughts which he beholds in mortal mind. Thus he
rebukes the conceit of sin, and foreshadows its doom.
With his spiritual strength, he has opened wide the gates
of glory, and illumined the night of paganism with the
sublime grandeur of divine Science, outshining sin, sorcery,
lust, and hypocrisy. He takes away mitre and sceptre.
He enthrones pure and undefiled religion, and lifts on