Re: [HoE] Book of Revelation (very long & very biblical)

[Allan Seyberth <darious@darious.com>]

Um.... WOW!

>2) Revelations 2&3-Talks of seven churches. The description of each of the
>churches that will help humanity could be the humans granted powers. I will
>list the churches and some of the parts that led me to these thoughts;
>
>2:1 to 7- The church of Ephesus- they hate "wicked men" and "test" people to
>see if they are true or not. Sounds like Templars.

Ah... but what of the "Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because
thou hast left thy first love."  Now THAT would be a cruel twist on the
Templars.

>2:8 to11- The church of Smyrna- they "died and came to life again" and some
>will be put in "prison" and be persecuted. This sounds like the Harrowed at
>first but I like to think it's the Junkers. They "died" when the manitou
>stopped talking to them and "came to life again" doing what they do now.
>Also the reference to the prison could mean the prison of insanity, while
>the persecution would be for the creation of the Bomb.

Personally - I think it a lot stronger if you play it as the harrowed  -
after all "He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death. "

>2:12 to 17- The church of Pergamum- they have a "double-edged sword" and
>live "where Satan has his throne" and "eat food sacrificed to idols" along
>will "committing sexual immorality." I think of the Doomsayers. The
>"double-edged sword" being Radiation, "where Satan has his throne" has got
>to be Las 'Sin City' Vegas, and as for "eating food sacrificed for idols"
>and "committing sexual immorality" sounds like their believe of Radiation
>satiating them and mutie being the next stage of evaluation. One last thing,
>2:17 said that a "white stone with a new name written on it" would be given
>to a chosen one. Does this sound like the Harbinger to anyone else?

That's just cool....

>2:18 to 29- The church of Thytira- this one I not sure on yet. Ether Joan or
>Husters.

This should be the Junkers.  With the whipsering Manitou being Jezebel.

2:20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou
sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach
and to seduce
my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. 
2:21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. 
2:22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with
her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. 

>3:1 to 6- The church of Sardis- they "have a reputation of being alive, but
>are dead" and some "have not soiled their close." This passage sounds to me
>like the Sykers. It talks about their deeds not being in the site of God and
>that something them dies, lie what happens to a man sent to do another man
>dirty work.

This one I can't peg down - the reputation of being alive, but art dead",
and the "He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment;
and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life " sounds like
Harrowed again.

3:7 to 13- The church of Philadelphia- I can't point to anything but my
>feelings are this is the Blessed, and more to the point Old Prosperi.

Sounds right, as  "I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open
door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast
kept my word, and hast not denied my name. 

That sounds like a promise to the Blessed, that access to their powers will
not be denied, even in this, the Apocolypse.

>3:14 to 22- The church of Laodicea- Again I can't point to any one thing but
>it feels like Muties to me.

Well - I think it sounds like the Ravenites.  For they are "lukewarm" - for
they are not followers of the old ways, even though they know that the old
ways have true power.  But even more so:

3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have
need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and
poor,
and blind, and naked: 3:18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the
fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be
clothed, and that
the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with
eyesalve, that thou mayest see. 
>
>Sorry it so long but I couldn't avoid it. I dout I have to ask what you guys
>think.
>Christopher Merrill

Great!  Cool!

I've just got a question.  Four seals have been broken - what about the
next three?
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6:1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it
were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. 

6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow;
and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. 

6:3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say,
Come and see. 

6:4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to
him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should
kill one
another: and there was given unto him a great sword. 

6:5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say,
Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him
had a pair
of balances in his hand. 

6:6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of
wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou
hurt not
the oil and the wine. 

6:7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth
beast say, Come and see. 

6:8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was
Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the
fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with
death, and with the beasts of the earth. 
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