There are those who teach that every word of the Bible hides a secret code, a forecast of wars, plagues, or the exact moment the world will end. They whisper that each verse is a puzzle piece in a cosmic timeline, and that only by deciphering it can we secure our salvation or avoid divine wrath.
This belief is not born from love or wisdom, but from fear. And fear has always been the easiest tool of control.
For centuries, powerful men have twisted sacred texts into weapons. They have insisted that prophecy proves their authority, that they alone can interpret the signs, and that obedience to them is the only refuge from a future of doom. But prophecy taken as fatalistic prediction robs us of freedom, responsibility, and the sacredness of the present.
The Bible is many things: an anthology of wisdom, poetry, law, and stories—some carrying timeless truths, others bound by the ancient world’s limited understanding. But it is not a celestial crystal ball.
The Gospels, for instance, speak of love, forgiveness, courage, and justice. Jesus did not come to deliver a secret calendar of the apocalypse; he came to awaken hearts. The so-called “end times” language in scripture, like Revelation, was often political satire, veiled critiques of empire, and calls for perseverance against oppression—not predictions of future earthquakes or microchips.
When early Christians read John’s Revelation, they recognized references to their present: the Roman beast, the imperial cult, the persecution of believers. These were urgent words for their own day, not encrypted forecasts of ours.
Moreover, true gnosis—spiritual knowing—teaches us that what matters is not tomorrow’s imagined terrors, but today’s real choices: how we love, how we heal, how we stand up to injustice, how we care for the Earth and each other.
To see the Bible as a secret future map is to miss its living heart. It is to idolize the text instead of embodying its wisdom. It is to surrender our power to those who claim to hold the only key to tomorrow, rather than awakening to the divine spark in us that is always here, always now.
Starting July 30th 2025
Join us as we take a deeper look into this with our Wednesday Wisdom Series: The End of End Times – Breaking the Spell of False Prophecy
Starting July 30th 2025
Course Description:
For too long, many have lived in fear of doomsday predictions rooted in biblical literalism. This course reveals how these so-called “prophecies” were never meant to be crystal balls of the future but poetic, political, and mystical commentaries for their own time. By exposing the illusions of fear-based eschatology, we reclaim faith as a force for love, growth, and collective transformation — not terror.
Weekly Breakdown:
| Week | Theme |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Birth of Apocalyptic Thinking |
| 2 | Revelation Unveiled: Poetry or Prediction? |
| 3 | Jesus and the Kingdom: Here and Now |
| 4 | The Psychology of Doomsday Beliefs |
| 5 | Gnostic Vision: Awakening Beyond End Times |
| 6 | Living Without Fear: Faith Rooted in Love |
Remember:
- The sacred is not in predicting disaster, but in preventing it through compassion.
- The true prophecy is not a forecast, but a call to transform ourselves and the world.
- Fear says “follow me or perish.” Love says “become yourself and live.”
Let us reclaim scripture as a guide to the present, not a prison of fear for the future.
