Vision of the Weeping Woman.
2 Esdras 38 When I said these things in my heart, I lifted up my eyes and saw a Woman on my right, and behold, she was mourning and weeping with a loud voice, and was deeply grieved at heart, and her clothes were rent, and there were ashes on her head (Ash Wednesday). 39 Then I dismissed the thoughts with which I had been engaged, and turned to her and said to her, 40 Why are you weeping, and why are you grieved at heart?" 41 And she said to me, "Let me alone, my lord, that I may weep for myself and continue to mourn, for I am greatly embittered in spirit and deeply afflicted."
42 And I said to her, "What has happened to you? Tell me." 43 And she said to me, your servant was barren and had no child, though I lived with my husband thirty years. 44 And every hour and every Day during those thirty years I besought the Most High, Night and Day. 45 And after 30 years the Most High heard your handmaid, and looked upon my low estate, and considered my distress, and gave me a Son. And I rejoiced greatly over him, I and my husband and all my neighbors’; and we gave great glory to the Mighty One. (Cry'ist began his ministery at 30 years of age)
46 And I brought him up with much care. 47 So when he grew up and I came to take a Wife (Liberty) for him, I set a day for the Marriage feast (1972 the year of I spiritual birth in NYC). 1 It happened that when my son entered his wedding chamber, he fell down and died. 2 Then we all put out the lamps, and all my neighbors’ attempted to console me; and I remained quiet until evening of the second day. 3 When they all had stopped consoling me, that I might be quiet, I got up in the Night and fled, and came to this field, as you see. (Hells Gate Field in Astoria)
4 And now I intend not to return to the City, rather to stay here, and I will neither eat nor drink, without ceasing, I will mourn and fast until I die." 5 Then I broke off the reflections with which I was still engaged, and answered her in anger and said, 6 "You most foolish of woman, do you not see our mourning, and what has happened to us? 7 Zion, the Mother of us all is in deep grief and great affliction. 8 It is most appropriate to mourn now, because we are all mourning, and to be sorrowful, because we are all sorrowing; you are sorrowing for one Son, we, the Whole World, for our Mother.
9 Now ask the Earth, and she will tell you that it is she who ought to mourn over so many who have come into being upon her. 10 And from the Beginning all have been born of her, and others will come; and behold, almost all go to perdition, and a multitude of them are destined for destruction. 11 Who then ought to mourn the more, she who lost so great a multitude, or you who are grieving for one? 12 If you say to me, `my lamentation is not like the Earth's, for I have lost the fruit of my womb, which I brought forth in pain and bore in sorrow;
13 Yet it is with the Earth according to the way of the Earth, the multitude that is now in it goes as it came. 14 Then I say to you, `as you brought forth in sorrow, so the Earth also has from the Beginning given her fruit, (that is, man), to him who made her.' 15 Now, therefore, keep your sorrow to yourself, and bear bravely the troubles that have come upon you. 16 For if you acknowledge the decree of the Most High to be Just, you will receive your son back in due time, and will be praised among women.
17 Therefore go into the City to your husband." 18 She said to me, "I will not do so; I will not go into the City, but I will die here." 19 So I spoke again to her, and said, 20 "Do not say that, let yourself be persuaded because of the troubles of Zion, and be consoled because of the sorrow of Jahrusalem. 21 For you see that our sanctuary has been laid waste, our altar thrown down, our Temple destroyed;
22 Our Harp has been laid low, our Song has been silenced, and our Rejoicing has been ended; the Light of our Lamp stand has been put out, the Ark of our Covenant has been plundered, our Holy things have been polluted, and the name by which we are called has been profaned; our free men have suffered abuse, our Priests have been burned to death, our Levites have gone into Captivity, our Virgins have been defiled, and our Wives have been ravished; our Righteous men have been carried off, our little ones have been cast out, our young men have been enslaved and our strong men made powerless.
23 And, what is more than all, the Seal of Zion - for she has now lost the seal of her glory, and has been given over into the hands of those that hate us. 24 Therefore shake off your great sadness and lay aside your many sorrows, so that the Mighty One may be merciful to you again, and the Most High may give you rest, and relief from your troubles."
25 While I was talking to her, behold, her face suddenly shone exceedingly, and her countenance flashed like Lightning, so that I was too frightened to approach her, and my heart was terrified. While I was wondering what this meant. Krakatoa
26 Behold, she suddenly uttered a loud and fearful cry, so that the Earth shook at the sound. 27 And I looked, and behold, the woman was no longer visible to me, but there was an established City, and a place of Huge Foundations showed itself. Then I was afraid, and cried with a loud voice and said, 28 "Where is the angel Uriel, who came to me at first? For it was he who brought me into this overpowering bewilderment; my end has become corruption, and my prayer a reproach." 29 As I was speaking these words, behold, the Angel who had come to me at first came to me, and he looked upon me;
Uriel Interprets The Vision
30 And behold, I lay there like a corpse and I was deprived of I over-standing. Then he grasped I "right hand" and strengthened I and set I on my feet, and said to me, 31 "What is the matter with you? And why are you troubled? And why are your over-standing and the thoughts of your mind troubled?" 32 I said, "Because you have forsaken I! I did as you directed, and went out into the field, and behold, I saw, and still see, what I am unable to explain." 33 He said to I, "stand up like a man, and I will instruct you."
34 I said, "speak, my Lord; only do not forsake I, lest I die before I time. 35 For I have seen what I did not know, and I have heard what I do not over-stand. 36 Or is I mind deceived, and I soul dreaming? 37 Now therefore I entreat you to give your servant an explanation of this bewildering Vision." 38 He answered I and said, "Listen to I and I will inform you, and tell you about the things which you fear, for the Most High has revealed many secrets to you.
39 For he has seen your righteous conduct, that you have sorrowed continually for your people, and mourned greatly over Zion. 40 This therefore is the meaning of the Vision. 41 The woman who appeared to you a little while ago, whom you saw mourning and began to console 42 You do not now see the form of a woman, rather an established City has appeared to you 43 As for her telling you about the misfortune of her Son, this is the interpretation: 44 This woman whom you saw, whom you now behold as an established City, is Zion.
45 And as for her telling you that she was barren for thirty years, it is because there were 3000 Years in the Earth before any offering was offered in it. 46 And after 3000 Years Soloman built the City, and offered offerings; then it was that the barren woman bore a son.
47 As for her telling you that she brought him up with much care, that was the period of residence in Jahrusalem. 48 As for her saying to you, when her Son entered his wedding chamber he died, and that misfortune had overtaken her that was the destruction, which fell upon Jahrusalem.
49 And behold, you saw her likeness, how she mourned for her son, and you began to console her for what had happened. 50 For now the Most High, seeing that you are sincerely grieved and profoundly distressed for her, has shown you the brilliance of her glory, and the loveliness of her Beauty. 51 Therefore I told you to remain in the field where no house had been built, 52 for I knew that the Most High would reveal these things to you.
53 Therefore I told you to go into the field where there was no foundation of any Building, 54 No work of man's building could endure in a place where the City of the Most High “New Jahrusalem” was to be revealed.
55 "Therefore do not be afraid, and do not let your heart be terrified; go in and see the splendor and vastness of the (building) Temple, as far as it is possible for your eyes to see it, 56 Afterward you will hear as much as your ears can hear.
57 For you are more blessed than many, and you have been called before the Most High, as few have been chosen. 58 Tomorrow night you shall remain here, 59 The Most High will show you in those Visions what He will do to those who dwell on Earth in the Last Days." So I slept that Night and the following one, as he had commanded me.
REVELATION 21
The New Jerusalem, The Bride Of The Lamb
One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to I, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” And he carried me away in the Spirit to a Mountain Great and High, (Matthew Chap 5) and showed I the Holy City, Jah'rusalem, coming up out of the Earth from the Creator. It shone with the glory of the Universe, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as "Diamond" crystal. It had a great, High Tower with twelve gates, and with twelve Angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the Twelve Tribes of Israel.
