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Who are you Sharif’uddin…? Who are you in a previous life…? If your story is true, you are unlike anyone born since the birth of the las...
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MECCA : NEW JERUSALEM FULFILLED Sometimes, in the 80s, I had a miraculous experience in Mecca (Haram Mosque) that I have not told...
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UN Resolution 666...BEGINNING OF THE END To call the [endless] war in Iraq “Gulf War 2” is wrong because the Gulf War of 199...
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If cursing can kill, many would drop dead. We curse to give vent to our frustrations in the street. People noti...
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There is nowhere in the Qur’an where alcohol is specifically mentioned as prohibited. It is mentioned that one should not pray when into...
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If there is one place to find beautiful GIFs, it’s g+ because Google, among many giant tech companies, enables its websites, including G-m...
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APOCALYPSE COUNTDOWN 666 Preface THE QUEST FOR MEANINGS We always have that vague sense of purpose, that ...
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Why would Americans fret over Obama speaking of Islam like he is a believer…? His name alone should leave no doubt as to his family backg...
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When I was in high school, my family lived just across the street from the mosque. MARAWI CITY Lake Lanao is the sec...
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I have seen many strange and mysterious photos but I can agree that this could be the top 10 chosen by the maker of this video . ...
Saturday, December 31, 2016
Monday, December 19, 2016
JOURNEYS INTO THE UNKNOWN: My 9 Lives
At some
point in our lives, we arrive at a crossroads where the choices that lay before
us are no longer as captivating. The only challenge left that is worthy of our
imagination is the great unknown.
Is there
life after death? Where is heaven…? Are
we alone in the Universe? What happened to the Dinosaurs that once roamed a
tropical paradise called Earth, where everything grew giant size? Are we an
accident of nature, or did we come from another star? Where is the planet of the
Garden of Eden?
You may or
may not agree with what I wrote, but hopefully, it will stir your imagination and make you
ponder the great void.
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INTRODUCTION
Why I
discovered blogging so very late surprises even me. I have been busy writing on other sites; it is time to put it in one place that I can call my own. Hmm! I
chose a blog because it is free. Why pay for a domain when you can have it for
free? Besides, Google is not poor. Blogging is one of many that helped build
their company to what it is today; A USER FRIENDLY MONSTER! Love it...
I hope you
find the content of this book amusingly compelling and…intellectually
challenging at the same time.
WHY READ THIS BOOK…?
At some
point in our lives, we arrive at a crossroads where the choices that lay before
us are no longer as captivating. The only challenge left that is worthy of our
imagination is the great unknown.
Is there
life after death? Where is heaven…? Are
we alone in the Universe? What happened to the Dinosaurs that once roamed a
tropical paradise called Earth, where everything grew giant size? Are we an
accident of nature, or did we come from another star? Where is the planet of the
Garden of Eden?
You may or
may not agree with what I wrote, but hopefully, it will stir your imagination and make you
ponder the great void.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter1
MY
ENCOUNTERS WITH THE UNKNOWN
IF
TO SEE IS TO BELIEVE
THE
ANGRY GHOST
SPIRIT
OF THE GLASS: eager communicators…
PREVIOUS LIVES:
NOBODY IS A STRANGER
Strange
Lights and Spirit Guides
My Prayer
Carpet: a print of my “CHAKRAS.”
Chapter 2
MYSTERIES
AND RIDDLES
WERE
THE DINOSAURS EXTERMINATED BY ALIENS…?
QUR'AN:
WE ARE NOT ALONE
Qur’an: an astounding clue to the planet of the “GARDEN OF EDEN.”
THE
PROPHET: was he abducted by angels/aliens to repair his failing heart?
STAR
GATE AND THE QUR’AN
THE
JINN: Exorcism in Islam
Chapter 3
THE
UNBREAKABLE: My 9 Lives
Touch
of Death #1
Touch
of Death #2
Touch
of Death #3
Touch
of Death #4
Touch
of Death #5
Touch
of Death #6
Touch
of Death #7
Touch
of Death #8 and 9
Chapter 4
ON LETTERS,
DREAMS, THE MOON…
My
Letter and the Answers by Jaime Licauco
Monday, December 12, 2016
WHY IS JESUS COMING BACK…?
WHY IS THE COMING NEW JERUSALEM SO IMPORTANT…? It is the
single most crucial sign of the end time because with it…Jesus’ second coming
is almost certain to happen in our lifetime.
Christians believe that the New Jerusalem is God’s City that
will come down from heaven. Since Muslims have no religious conception of the
New Jerusalem, it matters not to them, but imagine this…Christians turning to
Mecca and accepting Islam! It will fulfill that Qur’an verse where people will
enter Islam in droves and by legions. It is a sign of the end time because, accordingly, no conversion at that point in time will be accepted by God, meaning only the good deeds you have done before will benefit you on judgment day.
If you are a Muslim…please Google Image New Jerusalem, and if you are a Christian, Google Image Mecca, and if you are unfamiliar with the New Jerusalem, please Google Image New Jerusalem as well.
Thursday, December 1, 2016
DARANGEN: The Abduction of Princess Lawanen
Although I hold this piece of work dear to my heart, I didn’t expect to see it distributed as an eBook.
Since I write as a hobby, I neither expect to see it in print nor envision monetary benefit from it; however, the advent of eBooks is heaven-sent. It is doing what cable television and YouTube did to discard old films
that suddenly became a gold mine for collectors. Similarly, pieces of work gathering dust in the attics and dungeons can become best sellers in the cyber
world of eBooks. If you write for a
hobby, it’s time to find those “best sellers never told,”…so you thought with a
giggle eons ago. It’s time for the sleeping dragons to roar in flames!
This is how it will look on your tablets and mobiles...
The following epic is as strange as it is stunning. I could not imagine how my people got hold of such a work of genius. Now that it has been translated into the English language, it is the world's longest epic. It takes a number of reciters to complete the epic in days of continuous singing monologue. All 17 episodes have now been translated.
When I did the following translation, I resisted the
temptation to look at earlier works because I did not want to be influenced by their language. I have to admit I struggled with my own dialect. Like any other, classical Maranaw belongs to the ancients, and I am no different
from any in the present generation.
This translation is the first-ever attempt to write the epic
in a story form. If there are other works in the past of the same format, I am
not aware of it.
This is how easy it is to buy an eBook or anything from Amazon. Unfortunately, it is not available in Saudi Arabia.
1.)
Go to amazon.com and create an account
2.)
Amazon will ask you to link your mode of payment
with your credit card or debit (ATM) card – Visa or Master Card
3.)
Download the Kindle reader on your tablet or smartphone or laptop
4.)
Search for the eBook you want to buy from the
Amazon search box
5.)
Log in to your Kindle with your Amazon acct to
open/access your eBook
Sunday, November 20, 2016
LIFE AFTER DEATH
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This book is now available on Amazon.com in Kindle edition (eBook) and paperback. I receive very few royalties since I have not spent a single cent on these books. My goal is to get the message across to as many audiences as possible. Except for the Middle East, Amazon will mail the book to you if you buy it online from the Amazon.com store.
Introduction
This is the first book I wrote. Apocalypse Countdown 666 was published in 2000 by Janus Publishing Co., London, and was available at Amazon for quite some time. However, if you search for it now, Amazon lists it as
unavailable.
Thanks to technological advances, aspiring writers who do not have the means to see their books in print can turn them into eBooks free and in hours, not the months or years that it takes to see a book in print. With so many picture-editing websites on the net, I
designed and created my own cover.
After reviewing the edit, I realized that only about 50% of the original is left—I might as well call it my third book. I also changed the title.
If you think the movie Ghost is fiction, think again. This story happened in 1993 among the Filipino community in a town in
the Southwest Mountains of Saudi Arabia, the kingdom’s last frontier.
The reason why the dead man returned will shock you, shock
you beyond words. It will break your heart, and if you are an unbeliever, it will leave you wondering if there is, after all, Life after death.
When, in 1990, I discovered Beast 666, leading to the battle for Babylon that is still raging to this day, my life changed in more ways than I realized. A more significant portion of this book is an updated autobiography, a fascinating story of my existence.
In 1994, I also discovered the New Jerusalem, which means Jesus’ second coming could be imminent. But there is a catch: if time travel is not possible, the second coming will remain a myth that will never happen.
Believe it or not, time travel is no fiction. Jesus is
coming, and many other time-traveling prophets are in the company of legions from the planet of the gardens of Eden (Revelation 19: soldiers from
heaven).
I believe that humankind is not indigenous to
planet Earth. If aliens ever come to planet Earth…again, they will be from the
planet of the Gardens of Eden. They know where we are, and they know exactly how
to get here.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1
Life
after Death…
Chapter 2
APOCALYPSE
COUNTDOWN 666
The
Quest for Meanings
THE
BEAST 666
THE
MOON ROCK
Chapter 3
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Life
is Beautiful
My
Second Very Close Call
My
Third Very Close Call
My
Fourth Very Close Call
The
Saga Continues
Nader:
Golden Boy
Nishreen:
Golden Girl
A
Gift of Life
Chapter 4
PLACES
IN TIME
Chapter 5
Believe
it or Not: THE NEW JERUSALEM
Thursday, November 3, 2016
BEYOND 666 - my 2nd but first eBook
Barely 12 hours after I submitted the manuscript, Amazon converted it to an eBook and informed me that it is now available live for
purchase at the Kindle bookstore. I was excited, I wanted to be the first to
buy my 2nd but first eBook, but I couldn’t find it on Amazon.com.
Beyond 666 is not listed. My other book appeared whenever I typed my name as an alternative search. Huh! What happened was that after an hour of searching, I sent an email to Amazon, and I was informed that it was not available in Saudi Arabia/the Middle
East. It is only available in the USA, Europe (Italy, France, Ireland, and the UK), Brazil, Japan, India, and Australia. If you are in these countries…it will cost
you only 1.99 dollars, and Kindle enabled it to be shared with your friends for
2 weeks.
WHY READ THIS BOOK?
We have never been so close to Armageddon as we are
now and whether Hillary gets elected or not; the tracks she left behind as a
secretary of state are irreversible littered with dead bodies and smoldering ruins of Muslim nations – Afghanistan, Gaza/Palestine, Iraq, Libya
and Syria. She fulfilled the woman of Revelation 17 meaning we are left with
only 5 of the 22 chapters of the book of revelation. I have been screaming in
the last 26 years beginning with the birth of the BEAST 666 on September 13,
1990 but I am a Muslim crying wolf. Who will listen to me but now maybe some of
you would. The Nostradamus 27 year destructive battle for Babylon/Mesopotamia
that began with the birth of the Beast 666 is still raging. It is now on its
27th year. The 27th birth anniversary of the Beast 666 is on September 13, 2017.
If you have no idea of what UN Resolution 666 was; Google it and tell me that I
am wrong.
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I designed the cover with PiZap, but it didn’t fit the Kindle preset cover, so I was forced to accept the other design.
INTRODUCTION
After 20 years and 3
months, I left Saudi Arabia in 2000 for what I honestly believed to be final, but
during my first night home in Manila – I dreamt I was back in my town.
Things did not turn out
okay for me. In 2005, in order to keep my children enrolled in college, I was forced to return to Saudi Arabia in the same town where I had spent more than 20 years. I was hired to work as a GP by a family I knew who owned the only private
clinic in town.
I dreamt of World War 3 -
3 times, separated by weeks in the early months of my return. Although my dreams
of the future never failed (astral journeys in time), I ignored them. At the time, the world seemed a little bit at peace except for Afghanistan and Iraq. When
10 years after, bombs started to fall in my sleepy town, something I never thought would ever happen – I remembered my dream because one of the three was
fulfilled. Our town is 15 km away from the Yemen border, where war is raging, and
Saudi Arabia is a leading war participant.
A few weeks ago, I was watching an end-time Bible prophetic video on YouTube. Part of that was the 2
mystery women of Revelation 12 and 17. It suddenly dawned on me who they were.
The woman of Revelation 12 who wears many crowns on her head is Queen Elizabeth
of England, Empress of the British Empire, and the woman of Revelation 17 is…OMG
– she is about to be elected president of the United States of America. Even if
Hillary doesn’t get elected, the tracks she left behind as a secretary of state
are littered with the macabre piles of dead bodies and the smoldering ruins of
destroyed Muslim nations (Gaza /Palestine, Afghanistan, Beast returns to
Babylon/Iraq, Libya, and Syria) not to mention the millions running for their
lives braving the seas towards Europe.
When U.N. Resolution 666
was passed on September 13, 1990, my hands were virtually shaking while reading
Saudi Arabia’s English daily. I inquired from the Indian Christians in the
hospital where I could find the number of the beast in the Bible. I have
actually read the 4 gospels of the Bible but not the Book of Revelation. I
ended up borrowing a Bible from one of the nurses. If reading the number of the
beast in the papers gave me the creeps…reading it in the bible kept my hair standing on edge. I thought discovering the beast 666 was big, but there was
something even bigger. I also discovered – THE NEW JERUSALEM.
The discovery gave me
sleepless nights. I kept turning in bed at night, and I didn’t know why, except that it kept on playing in my mind. The weeks turned to months. It eventually
forced me to write “Apocalypse Countdown 666” if only to keep the beast off my
back, so to speak, and yeah, I am not a professional writer. Writing is just a
hobby. With a portable typewriter and under candlelight, I typed to the wee
hours of the morning while working at the Primary Health Care Centers in the
mountains of Saudi Arabia. If there was social media, then I would not have
spent a fortune to get it published. I didn’t get back all my investment, but it boosted my confidence, especially when YouTube and social media became a
hit.
Similarly, when I discovered the women of Revelation 12 and 17 – I had sleepless nights because Armageddon was so close my screams in the last 26 years may finally be heard.
Christians interpreting the Bible always refer to Jesus as the child the woman of Revelation 12 was/is pregnant with, which got them lost in the interpretation.
The woman of Revelation 12 is Queen Elizabeth of England – Empress of the
British Empire. The child is, in fact, the state of Israel, and the dragons
waiting to devour the child are the surrounding Arab countries. It was the
British Empire that gave birth to the state of Israel from the Balfour
Declaration of 1917 to 1948 when the United Nations partitioned Palestine and created the state of Israel at a time when Palestine was under the British
Mandate. The Queen – Empress of the British Empire gave birth to the state of
Israel, and the dragons of the Middle East have been trying to devour the child
ever since.
Trump promised Netanyahu
and the Jewish Lobby that if he wins, he will transfer the U.S. embassy to
Jerusalem. With his anti-Muslim rhetoric, it is almost certain that he will
buckle under pressure from Israel to pay a political debt and give the green
light to bomb Iran.
I had to go over my old
files to find the Revelation of wrecking angels of death that is yet to be
fulfilled, and I found it – Revelation 9: 13-15. Four (4) nuclear bombs will be
detonated in the Middle East, and Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) saw in a vision the places where the explosions will occur – Hijaz (Mecca), Yemen and Syria, and of course, Babylon (Iraq) according to revelation. It may be too late now to abort
Armageddon, but hey, if we can find the secret lab under the river Euphrates, we may stop it. Who is going to listen? People in authority are mostly
irreligious people who do not believe these things; no wonder they slaughter
millions of people without a twinge of guilt.
“…the four angels of
death bound by the great river Euphrates to slay third of men – Revelation 9:
13-15.” There was a rumor in the early days of the Gulf War that Saddam had
secret bunkers deep beneath the river Euphrates to evade spy satellites. Don’t
forget that commanding the ISIS (or ISIL) are former generals and military officers
of Saddam’s Republican Guard.
Believe it or not, the Nostradamus 27-year war (The Battle for Babylon) has just entered its 27th year. The
27th birth anniversary of the BEAST 666 is September 13, 2017. The nuclear
detonations in the Middle East will trigger Armageddon – the battle between the
forces of good and evil. It is in this battle that will bring back Jesus and
probably other time-traveling prophets. It is here where the Nostradamus
prophecies will be fulfilled. Jesus, according to the Nostradamus prophecies,
will unite the Muslims of Asia and Africa and waylay Europe into the wasteland.
“The long-awaited one will never come into Europe;
Instead, he will appear in Asia.
One issued from the great leagues of Hermes;
He will dominate over all the rulers of the Orient.”
Nostradamus X.75
Thursday, October 20, 2016
Nostradamus, Islam and the Book of Revelation: PROPHETIC CONVERGENCE
It boggles the mind how legions of Christian evangelists
and Christian End Time watchers continue to keep looking in the wrong direction.
They are still waiting for the Beast 666 and the wrecking angels of death most
if not all have already been fulfilled in the last 26 years of war in Babylon
except this one:
Revelation 9:
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the
four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet, Loose the four angels bound in the great river Euphrates.
15 And the four angels were loosed, prepared for an hour, a day, a month, and a year, to slay the third part of men.
It’s really creepy, my skin crawled because the Prophet
Muhammad (s.a.w.) identified where these nuclear explosions would occur:
1) A bright light will come from Hijas (Mecca) that will illuminate the neck of the camel in Busra (50km away).
2) A fire from Yemen will drive people to the
sea.
3) A gentle breeze will come from the direction of Syria
that will take the life of every believer in a way that even if you can hide
inside a mountain (bunker/tunnels), death will come and take you.
I realized now that 260 of Nostradamus’s 1000 prophecies dealing with the M.E./Europe destructive war are post-nuclear apocalypses, meaning nuclear explosions will trigger ARMAGEDDON, which will truly pit the
forces of good against the forces of evil.
Because of the chaos, a rock headed towards Earth will be unnoticed that will smash Earth…THE END?
NOSTRADAMUS
“A great spherical mountain about one mile in diameter,
When peace gives way to war, famine, and flooding,
Will roll end over end, then sink great nations,
Many of ancient origin; of great age.”
Monday, October 3, 2016
HILLARY, NOSTRADAMUS, TRUMP AND THE BOOK OF REVELATION
If you Google search or search on YouTube the “Woman and the
Beast” of Revelation 17, you will find varied guesses, most if not all of them
bordering on fantasy. Whether Hillary gets elected or not, her role in the
world as a secretary of state has already fulfilled the prophecy of the woman of
Revelation 17. We should be very afraid because, with this, only 5 of
the 22 chapters of revelation will remain unfulfilled. Chapter 21 refers to the
coming of the New Jerusalem, and the last chapter, 22, to the second coming. The
real shocker is chapters 18, 19, and 20 – the final battle of Armageddon.
While reading the Bible’s book of Revelation, which I did several times, I felt that this was a plain and simple prophetic dream by an astral time traveler. It would have been very easy to understand if the writers of the Bible had not rewritten it to become a religious book. This is the reason why the Beast 666’s birth on September 13, 1990, passed unnoticed except by me—LOL! It changed my interest in life.
Why be very afraid…?
According to the Nostradamus prophecies, the war will last 7 and 20 years, meaning 27 years. From the birth of the Beast 666, which marked the countdown to the final and absolute annihilation of Babylon (Iraq), the 27th
anniversary of its birth will be September 13, 2017. The good news is that the Book of Revelation is a prophecy for Babylon. There is no end of the world, at least
not yet, not in this war. It is the end of Babylon, but the writers of the Bible
made it look like Babylon is the world. There is no other Babylon on the face
of the earth other than the Biblical Babylon, which is now Iraq, whose destruction continues unabated to this day, 26 years hence.
We all know that Hilary is Israel’s lover or, as the Bible correctly describes her – a political whore, a political fornicator for power, but all big-time politicians are, without exception. As secretary of state,
what Israel wants – Israel gets.
The battle for Babylon has been raging for the last 26 years
that saw the almost total destruction of 5 Muslim nations, the hanging of
Saddam, who called himself Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, the murder of
Khadafy, the birth of ISIS – Islam’s version of the anti-Christ, the raging
horrific war in Syria and Yemen.
Trump promised Netanyahu and the Jewish lobby that if he
wins, he will move the US embassy to Jerusalem. With his anti-Muslim rhetoric,
he will almost certainly buckle under pressure from Israel to pay a political
debt and give the green light – God forbids ‘to bomb’ Iran, and as a
consequence, someone will detonate not one but 4 nuclear devices that will
render Babylon (Iraq) and Syria inhabitable for a very long time.
Jeremiah:
I will stir up and bring against Babylon an alliance of
great nations from the land of the north [Europe]. Their arrows will be like
great skilled warriors (Tomahawks computer and laser Guided Missiles). The earth will tremble at the sound of Babylon’s capture; its cry will resound among the nations.
Isaiah:
God will overthrow Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, the glory
of the Babylonian's pride. She will never be inhabited or lived in through all
generations; no Arab will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock
there.
Daniels:
There will be times of distress, such as not from the
beginning of nations until then. Multitude who sleeps in the dust of the earth
[desert] will wake up: some to everlasting life, others to shame and
everlasting contempt.
Revelation 18.17
For in one hour, so great riches come to naught. And every
shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by
sea, stood afar off,
18.18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning,
saying, what city is like unto this great city!
The Gulf Oil fields will be irradiated and unusable for 50 years, which will bring the industrialized world to its knees. The world as we know it
will come to an end, but not the physical annihilation of us and the planet.
Donkeys and other beasts of burden will become priced commodities again.
The 22 billion-dollar New Jerusalem (Mecca) reconstruction will be completed in 2020 (Rev 21).
Jesus will return (Rev 22), and not many people will notice, like the birth of the Beast 666. According to the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.), “Jesus will come, break crosses, have a family, and live with us for 40 years upon which he will pass away and be buried in Medina,” meaning there is no end of the world as the writers of the Bible described it in the Book of
revelation.
Jesus in the second coming will be perceived by Christians
as the anti-Christ, and according to Nostradamus, he will unite the Muslims of
Asia and Africa.
Nostradamus X.75
“The long-awaited one
will never come into Europe;
Instead, he will
appear in Asia.
One issued from the
great leagues of Hermes;
He will dominate over
all the rulers of the orient.”
Had Nostradamus mentioned the name of Jesus – he would have
been lynched and burned at the stake by the church’s inquisitors, and his
prophecies would have never seen the light of day.
Note: The Beast 666 (U.N.) is an insignificant beast
subservient to the Red Dragon (U.S.A.) that gives it power and provides it with a
home (N.Y.) and money.
Thursday, September 29, 2016
WHAT NEXT AFTER NOVEMBER 2016 – Jesus’ second coming?
From the day the Beast 666 was born on September 13, 1990; I
read and reread from time to time the Book of Revelation. I watched Christian’s
You Tube prophetic documentary movies when I have nothing better to do. In the
process, I discovered the Beast 666 (U.N.), the Red Dragon (U.S.A.) that gives
powers unto the Beast 666 and the second Beast (NATO). I also discovered the
New Jerusalem but the women of Rev 12 and 17 remained a riddle. Last night
while I was watching a 1 hour Christian’s prophetic documentary movie; there
were scenes that shook me out of my wit. I replayed back the movie and took
screenshots of the scenes. You be the judge…
I have no iota of doubt that the woman with crowns over her
head with 12 stars is Queen Elizabeth of England – Queen of the British Empire;
MOTHER OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL.
Few clicks in Google will bring you to the 1)
Balfour Declaration of 1917 2) The British mandate in Palestine and 3) the
founding of Israel in 1948.
The woman in Revelation 17 riding over the Beast 666 (U.N.)
is about to be fulfilled in November when the Beast of Empires (USA) vote for a
woman president.
What is next after the fulfillment of Revelation 17 – Jesus’
second coming in 2020?
If you want to know why 2020; ask and I will tell you.
http://beyond666-acson005.blogspot.com/2011/05/un-resolution-666beginning-of-end.html
http://beyond666-acson005.blogspot.com/2015/09/beast-666s-25th-birth-anniversary_12.html
http://beyond666-acson005.blogspot.com/2014/08/back-to-end-of-world.html
Saturday, July 9, 2016
THE VEIL – my strange dreams at the end of Ramadan
(Don’t stop reading…)
THE DREAM: scene 1
I was in a huge building with maze-like hallways. I was
lost; I exited through a gate that leads to a forest. The trail in the forest
seems to be leading to nowhere until I run into a half-naked man (my spirit
guide) bending along the path. I asked if it was the right path, but he ignored me, so I turned back. My spirit guide was behind me as I took another route. We
(I mean my spirit guide and I) were clawing our way to a slope in the forest
amidst a meshwork of overgrown tree roots (imagine a giant mangrove tree with
all the roots above ground). I heard my spirit guide say ‘snake’ at my left foot, so instinctively, I snapped with my right foot whatever was there at my
left foot. I woke up. With a sigh of relief, I said – thanks, it’s only a dream, but then, trees didn’t pop into my windows and plants didn’t grow from my lights, so I thought, this is not my room, and I woke up again, meaning I woke up twice from two-layered dreams.
(A few days back, I watched the movie Inception on Netflix for the third time. Only then did I understand what the movie was all about? They tried to create a three-layered dream—a dream in a dream in a dream.)
From the nearby mosque, the morning call to prayer was
blaring from the sound system. I got to my feet, did ablution, and performed my
dawn (Fajr) prayer.
I must have fallen asleep as soon as I returned to bed
because I was immediately back to my dream world.
THE DREAM: scene 2
I was in an unfamiliar place with unremarkable houses. I
flagged down a jeep (…to my surprise, the driver was a Maranaw, and with him were two relative women passengers). I asked if he was going to Pasig (I have no idea why Pasig), and he said, "No, but I can drop you where you can get a ride to where you are going."
THE DREAM: scene 3
He dropped me in front of a house and pointed down the
street where I could get another ride.
There was a small store in the house (travel back in time –
our garage house), and in front was a rectangular table in the open where 3-4
men were sitting sipping soft drinks. I joined them, although I knew neither of
the men. A man came out a door from the extreme side, and one of the men asked what happened, and he said; we talked about marriage.
THE DREAM: scene 4 – a journey back in time
I walked down the street to find the bus terminal. (Travel
back in time – I used to do this when I was young, selling px chewing gums,
peanuts, and cigarettes)
The buses looked like rectangular coaches, with long seats arranged in the old-fashioned way (travel back in time). If you are over 50 years of age, you probably rode in one of these buses.
Inside the bus was my aunt (deceased) and a female cousin.
There were other passengers. My aunt handed me money to pay for our fare. I
felt embarrassed that I had already paid for my fare, but I didn’t have enough to pay for the three of us. She was telling me that her son (also deceased) had not
changed his ways.
THE DREAM: scene 5 – questions of faith. (If this dream had not come to me at the end of Ramadan, a holy of holies in Islam, I would not have blogged about it. I don’t want to influence what people believe in.)
I felt that I was still inside the bus with my spirit guide sitting on my side (and by the way, spirit guides are often shadow-like. Often, you just feel their presence.). Young passengers were asking me questions.
Question 1: Is it absolutely necessary for women to wear the
Nikab or veil? (Strange, this is a topic I have not discussed with anyone for a
very long time)
Answer: I will tell you the story of how the veil came to
be, I started. The prophet’s wives were not initially wearing the veil, but as
Islam expanded, multitudes came to the prophet’s house. There were tribes in
the Arabian Peninsula that were traditionally wearing the veil. Those tribes
asked the prophet if he could ask his wives to wear the veil when they were visiting. The prophet’s initial response was to put curtains to isolate his
wives from view, but this was not enough for the tribes. The prophet was in a
dilemma until the angel Gabriel came with a message from God (forgot the number
of the Qur’an verse). It is alright to let his wives wear the veil but (this is
an important “but”) – they should remove their veil when they are in the
vicinity of the scared house. (God unbounded by space and time knew that time
will come when millions will be performing the hajj. It will be extremely
uncomfortable and dangerous for women to be wearing the veil.)
But that is not the true story of the veil…I continued. In
the olden times, and I think this is not unique to the Arabs, clans, and tribes
were endlessly engaged in wars. Clans and tribes veiled their women to conceal
their identity when shepherding in the valleys, hills, and mountains. That was
the sole purpose of the veil…to hide the women’s identity from rival/enemy
clans and tribes until it became a tradition with the real meaning lost in the
carcasses of time.
Question 2: how about women’s circumcision in Islam? (This
is another strange question I have not talked about for how long – I cannot
remember)
…I said; don’t do it (followed by laughter). It is a tradition
by some African tribes that has nothing to do with Islam. Africa just happened
to be a Muslim continent, and it is now considered mutilation by Western nations, meaning if you are living in the West, women circumcision is unlawful, and you
can be in jail. (The explosion of laughter woke me up.)
(I spent another half hour awake, turning in bed, deciding
whether to blog or not to blog. There was another element in the dream where I
traveled so far back in time I’d rather keep it to myself. There is a meaning
to every aspect of the dream; I will eventually figure it out – In-sha Allah.)
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