The 5th Empire - Rapture

The rapture is a Biblical concept similar to the four horsemen of the apocalypse. It can be seen as pure magic, or it can be seen as an allegory on how things work in the real world. The four horsemen represents the four stages of a social-economic mega cycle. They appear whenever a social order is based on artificial hierarchy. The current one is the era of central banking in which some men can print money for free, while others work for a living.

Seen in this perspective, the rapture is a chain of events that happen near the end of a mega cycle. This is when things get so out of whack that it's as if the Lord himself comes down with a loud command. There is an awakening in which a large number of people, previously indifferent and ignorant of the corruption of the system, decide to leave. They disappear into the mist and clouds to create an alternative for themselves and others. This alternative order is based on equality and love. It's the kingdom of God or the 5th Empire, depending on our perspective.

An interesting detail in this is that those who are dead in Christ go first. A non-magical interpretation of this is that it is the non-believers that are the first to catch onto what's going on. These are typically citizens of the 5th empire, people who live according to the golden rule, without necessarily being devote Christians. This is particularly interesting to me because I was hit hard by a realization that I needed to escape the system back in 2017. I acted on this impulse, and things have gone very well for me ever since. My savings are secure. I'm with people I love. I've found a community of likeminded people. While  those still in the system are facing tribulations, things are well for me, my family and my friends. It's as if I've been raptured.

Continuing with our secular interpretation, we can expect great tribulations for everyone in the system. The 5th empire will gain in size and power, while those clinging onto the system will suffer. This will usher in a millennium in which the 5th empire exists in parallel with the current order of things. But there will be a final judgement at the end of this, and those who are still in the system will end up loosing everything. This is when true justice based on the golden rule is completely restored. Everyone, past or present, will be judged exclusively by what they did as individuals, not as a part of a group. The current system, which allows for immoral actions as long as they are done within the system will come to an end. It will be revealed once and for all that following orders is not a legal argument. Taxmen are thieves, soldiers are murderers, central bankers are fraudsters, politicians are liars, and so on and so forth.

Furthermore, it will be revealed that the system is bankrupt. All its promises will be broken. Those who fell for the Faustian bargain, that we can save ourselves by following orders, will be sorely disappointed. Obedience and loyalty will not in the end guarantee us health care, a pension or any other goodies.

Rapture

By Jan Luyken - Bowyer's Bible, Bolton, England, Public Domain, Link