A Jeffersonian Vision of the Future

Through the Lens of History, World Prophecies, and Spirituality Within Reason

Copyright © 1984 - 2016 The Initiative for Universal Peace, Freedom and Justice

Introduction

What is the world coming to? Seriously.

Is it doomed because it has been too damaged and corrupted by Man, as some say? Or are we on the verge of a comprehensive Reformation that will quell the greed, put an end to the corruption and unfairness, and bring progress, advancement and peace, as some say? Who do you choose to believe?

Today, unfortunately, it can seem impossible for the humble, gentle, kind, generous and peaceful majority of people in the world to inherit the earth and establish governments that will be truly of the people, by the people, and for the people -- governments that will be true democracies that represent all the people, promote the general welfare and use the common wealth for the common good, so that all the people are enabled to finally enjoy equal opportunity, freedom, liberty, widespread prosperity, peace, social justice, and legal justice.

But, while it may seem impossible to be thus liberated and empowered, it is actually possible. In fact, it is our destiny.

The obstacle preventing our evolution and progress is formidable, however. The cunning right-wing forces of greed and self-interest who control the legal, military and police power and most of the wealth believe their wealth entitles them to rule. They claim that their nation's constitution and the scriptures of their dominant religion justify them, even though the words in those documents have been misinterpreted, twisted and distorted so that they seem to favor the wealthy to the detriment of the majority.

Some of the wealthy right-wing forces of greed and self-interest even claim they serve God and Country, and, as they have shown, they will fight and kill to maintain their plutocratic power, wealth, and domain. And most "democratic" politicians who used to serve the interests of the people more, and claim they still do, have actually sold out to the wealthiest forces of greed and self-interest who actually pull the strings.

So the question is this: How do we, the people, overcome that obstacle? How will we be liberated and empowered?

There is only one way, and it is the way of strong truth. For to be meek does not mean weak, and there is a good reason why it has been written that "the sword of my mouth" will provide strong, undeniable, self-evident truth that will expose and correct the forces of greed and self-interest. For they must be exposed, chastised and set straight by a source of good, strong judgment -- the kind of true judgment that provides effective intercession -- the kind of judgment and intercession that was promised by the prophets.

Unfortunately, most people don't believe in a messianic figure, for many good reasons. For example, many of those who do believe in such a one believe in unreasonable, implausible myths about his coming. That is why the world needs to learn the real truth about who and what the genuine one is, and what his role is, because neither he nor his mission are what anyone expected.

The clergy of the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) believe they know the meaning of messianic prophecies, but it is obvious that the three religions have many conflicting ideas about it, and the ironic fact is that none of them know. In fact, some of them are counted here among the “goats” who masquerade as good, charitable, patriotic, religious and right, when they are wrong and self-serving. They serve "Mammon" rather than God, and they do not understand the divine will or the role of the true messenger of God.

For example, they all believe they know what the following statement means:

“ ... and the government shall be upon his shoulder ...” — Isaiah 9:6

Religious "authorities" generally think that means he will become a governing sovereign who rules the world. But if you consider the true meaning of real prophecies in context (as opposed to symbolic prophecies and myths), it actually means he merely responsible for showing the people how to establish good, sustainable government. After all, being a modern educated man knowing the history of the world, he understands that good, sustainable government must be of the people, by the people, and for the people.

However, while he understands how and why America's Founders were correct in general intent, he also realizes that they were only able to do the best they could at the time. That is why they wisely wrote Article 5 of the U.S. Constitution so that it could become a living document to be revised, altered, improved and updated as needed. But that has not been done yet.

Moreover, he realizes that for the U.S. Government to become a good example, it must become a real Democracy, a Democratic Republic such as the world has not yet seen; with government administered by an executive council nominated and elected directly by the people. No more sham democracies controlled by rich Plutocrats, no more self-serving partisan political parties that leave the people no choice but to choose sides and fight for power over each other, and no more corrupt and divisive elections to enthrone a pretender who is really a partisan contestant for the throne who does not represent all the people.

By now you probably wonder who and what is he -- this mysterious messianic figure. Well, it helps to know that the original Hebrew text says: “and his name shall be called counselor, adviser, messenger, intercessor, arbitrator of Peace," and other original verses and even canonical verses make his role very clear that he is not "God Himself" but a servant-messenger of God and the Spirit of truth.

When you understand real prophecies (as opposed to symbolic prophecies and myths), you will see that he is a servant called and chosen to “bring Jacob again” (Isaiah 49:1-5). So he not only rejects man-made dogma, doctrines and myths. In fact, like Jacob he even struggles with God, because while his calling came with knowledge of the reality of the Deity, he insists that reason need not be discarded when you receive knowledge of God and an accurate understanding of prophecies.

Understanding prophecies, the work he sends before him reveals how and why the people of this world shall be liberated, empowered and enabled to establish governments that will actually be of the people, by the people, and for the people, so that governments will actually serve the interests of the people, promote the general welfare, and use the common wealth for the common good.

As it is, most of us don't have good governments because we have been misled and even deceived, even in America where government is actually controlled by Plutocrats and Theocrats who think their wealth and religion entitles them to rule. That is why the U.S. Government has enabled and catered to the growing number of Billionaires while producing the highest child poverty rate in the industrialized world. And while the wealthiest few are given tremendous privileges and enabled to become incredibly richer, the middle class shrinks, the working poor population grows, and increasing numbers fall into poverty, hunger and homelessness.

Deep in our minds, hearts and souls we know what is wrong, and we know how things should be. We know that good governments would ensure that the humble, gentle, kind, generous and peaceful majority of people in the world would inherit the earth and enjoy equal opportunity, freedom, liberty, widespread prosperity, peace, and justice for all the people. But we also know why things are not the way they should be, because our nation and much of our world is controlled by hypocritical people who claim and pretend to serve God and Country.

Some good men tried to change that in 1776. They signed a the American Declaration of Independence declaring that all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with unalienable Rights to be secured by government of, by, and for the people. And it is clear that John Adams helped Thomas Jefferson write that Declaration and they were like-minded at the time, because privately Adams wrote the following:

“Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity and happiness of the people; and not for the profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men. Therefore the people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government and to reform, alter, or totally change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity and happiness require.” -- John Adams, 1776

Of course, at the same time the wealthiest few who were driven by self-interest sought to perpetuate the aristocratic British political economic system wherein money was power, while those holding progressive democratic views argued against that. In fact, Thomas Jefferson argued with Alexander Hamilton, and Jefferson insisted that the real power ought to be in the virtues of education, knowledge and understanding. He even argued for public education through college and university, so that all the people could live up to their full potential on a level playing field, while the banker Hamilton ultimately believed a rich, "meritorious Christian aristocracy" should naturally rule. And any fair, educated, progressive thinking person can see Jefferson has been proven right. All of us are created equal and endowed by our Creator with unalienable rights that should provide all of us with equal opportunities.

In arguing against those who thought their wealth entitled them to rule, Jefferson tried to deal with the same kind of hypocrisy that plagues the world today. That was even demonstrated in his arguments against "religious" Theocrats who felt that their religion entitled them to rule. He made it very clear why Article 6 and the First Amendment of the Constitution were written to build a "wall of separation between church and state," which was clearly needed to prevent Theocracy and ensure Democracy. But the Theocrats ignored him, and some even slandered him. That is why Jefferson even said that theocratic clergy “have been a very formidable engine against the civil and religious rights of man," and Jefferson swore “upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.”

Unfortunately, sanctimonious Theocrats, like greedy Plutocrats, are relentless, and in time they found a way to rule anyway. They do even now, due to the aggressive partisan right-wing political action they've been able to take.

Of course, the forces of greed and self-interest did encounter resistance and temporary defeat between 1933 and 1969 due to the success of progressive democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. However, since then, and especially since 1982 when Reaganism and the deceptive Reaganite "gospel of prosperity" infected America, they have succeeded completely.

That is why today in 2016 the wealthiest few rule totally and the great majority of us suffer the consequences. It is because Jeffersonian principles, which Abraham Lincoln said are "the axioms of a free society," have been utterly ignored by the Theocrats and Plutocrats who in effect control the U.S. Government.

But, the good majority can and will inherit the earth. We the people of the world can liberated, empowered. We can establish governments that will be of, by, and for the people. And our governments will serve the people, promote the general welfare, and use the common wealth for the common good.

This is true because the author of this message serves the Spirit of truth and wisdom, which comes not to condemn, but to educate; not to punish, but to correct; and not to destroy, but to save. It teaches us the Universal Divine Imperative, which is to treat others as we would want to be treated if we were them. That imperative is common to all religions, and it is much like the Golden Rule taught by Hillel the Elder and the Mashiach Yeshuah ben Yosef (Jesus of Nazareth), who both said it was the summation of Torah (Law).

The truth about religions and governments will bring Reformation, and America can lead the way and become a good example. Americans can accomplish a comprehensive reformation of government legally, and perhaps even peacefully, due to the wisdom of America's Founders who realized that we the people must be able to update and improve our Constitution when needed, and provided a way to do that.

That need is great right now, and we need to take action to create a huge progressive populist demand for reformation to put an end to the plutocratic rule of money, and end to the offensive drive toward Theocracy, an end to divisive partisan political contest for power, and an end to the presidential form of monarchy. But current legislators will not do it for us. Instead, we, the people, need to create clear and popular demand to use our legal means to enjoy our power through representatives that we actually and freely choose.

This is not a wild idea. It is destined and was prophesied. The author of this message is a called and chosen servant-messenger of God and he received the “apokalupsis eschaton,” which literally means "revelation at the end of the age (or aeon)." That is what Jesus of Nazareth foresaw and foretold, as did preceding prophets. But the messenger is not what anyone expected, because their expectations of a messianic figure are based on symbolic prophecies and myths which misguided the Abrahamic religions especially.

The truth is that, guided by the real truth and the counsel provided in the promised message of judgement and intercession the messenger has delivered, we the people will save, liberate and empower our selves. Just consider the following two jewels of wisdom:

"Be wise and consider the ways of the ants, which having no guide, overseer or ruler, provide food in the summer and gather in the harvest." -- Proverbs 6:6-8

"As for the best leaders, the people do not notice them. When the best leader's work is accomplished, the people say, 'We did it ourselves!'" -- Lao Tzu, The Book of Tao

That leader is here, though he is old now and due to many afflictions he has very little time left to live. But he has led and will still lead through divinely inspired written, spoken and sung words which he leaves to you, which are meant to show you the way.

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Ignored American History

The New Inquisition

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About the Message

Our predicament and this tribulation has increased as we have approached the end of the age, and it was foreseen and foretold, or prophesied.

However, it was also foreseen and foretold that in order for the humble, gentle, kind, generous, peaceful and “meek” majority of people to inherit the earth and enjoy the birthright with which we've been endowed by our Creator, an authentic, truly righteous judgment would be needed to set things straight.

That is because proper, honest judgment is needed to correct the political and religious leaders of the world who have brought us to this terrible state of inequity and injustice -- because it was not God who caused this tribulation. It was the vain folly of Man.

However, even though a judgment and a divine intervention and intercession was prophesied, it is not as most religious people expected. For while they want a conquering hero and king, the fulfillment of real prophecies is not about the rule of one man, nor is it about one world religion or one world government. Moreover, it has nothing to do with a so-called “holy war” or magic, or anything supernatural.

The fulfillment of prophecy is about truth, love, reason and justice overcoming false beliefs, hate, bigotry and injustice. And it is about the pen finally proving mightier than the sword.

Fulfilling prophecy, the author of this message is a man of sorrows, well acquainted with grief. He is from your midst, and of your brethren. And he is not a holy man. In fact, he is a contrite son of man who is painfully aware of his failings and mistakes, and realizes his limitations, impotence and helplessness to deal with the elements that are causing such horrific suffering, death, and destruction in our world.

He knows that all he can do is tell the truth and deliver this promised judgment, and trust in God that as soon as enough people get the message it will provide the intervention and intercession that was promised. For it is the message that is important, not the messenger, and it is the truth, and nothing but the truth, that will set us free.

The judgment, intervention and intercession is not to issue commandments. It cannot be imposed, and it is designed not to condemn but to educate; not to punish but to correct; and not to destroy but to save. It is merely to counsel and guide humanity to the truth, explain religious prophecies and the nature of God as much as possible, plead for the poor, the elderly and the disadvantaged, celebrate our diversity, show you things to come, and suggest how we may proceed forward toward a brighter future together.

The judgment and the fulfillment of prophecy is about the liberation and empowerment of the people, so that we may finally become the family of religions and races and nations with governments that will be truly of the people, by the people, and for the people, at long last.

The promised judgment helps us understand that only God the eternal, omnipresent Great Spirit-Parent reigns Sovereign, above all human beings (including he who delivers the message). And it explains that the fulfillment of prophecy is to bring about a reformation of our religions and our governments so that they will use the common wealth for the common good, promote the general welfare, and ensure domestic tranquility, pluralism and freedom of religions, equal rights and opportunities, and justice for all the people.

That is what this comprehensive message and judgment is all about, and the message cites Judeo-Christian scriptural evidence merely because Christianity is the largest religion in the world and the most powerful, but the message is universal in scope and appropriate for all religions.

The messenger began delivering the message in 1984, but, as was prophesied, he is rejected by his generation. Meanwhile, spiritually blind leaders still lead their blind flocks astray because the greatest refuge of a scoundrel is patriotism and the greatest refuge of a hypocrite is religiosity, and the proud and militant have claimed that their religion or nation or race or culture is superior to all others, or that their wealth entitles them to rule. But, they are woefully wrong.

Know this, that it is the truth, and nothing but the truth, that shall set us free, and the messenger was sent to provide true counsel and liberate and empower you all.

The Universal Divine Imperative to Care For the Poor

Hypocrites masquerading as religious believers in God claim that government should not promote the general welfare, and they claim that the rich are blessed and that the poor deserve their lot. But just look at what the Bible actually says:

"Is it not [your divine obligation] to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house; and when you see the naked, to cover them?" -- Isaiah 58:3-24

“Defend the poor and fatherless. Do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy: take them out of the hands of the wicked.” – Psalm 82:3-4

“He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he that honors the Lord has mercy on the poor.” – Proverbs 14:31

“He that has pity on the poor lends to the Lord; and what he has given will be repaid.” --.Proverbs 19:17

“The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked care not to know it.” – Proverbs 29:7

“Judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.” -- Proverbs 31:9

“If a brother or sister is naked and hungry, and one of you who are warmed and filled says to them, ‘Depart’ and do not give them those things which the body needs; what does it profit you? Therefore, faith without works is dead, being alone. Yes, a man may say, you have faith, and I have works, but show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.” (James 2:14-18)

“And all that believed were together, and had all things common. They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed proceeds to everyone as they had need.” -- Acts 2:44-45

“None among them lacked, for those that owned lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds from the things that were sold, and distributed them to everyone according to their need.” -- Acts 4:34-35

“Then [Jesus] said: 'Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.’” -- Luke 6:20-21

“[Jesus] went to the synagogue and stood up to read, and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written: 'The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor.'” -- Luke 4:18:

“Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said, ‘You lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.’" -- Mark 10:21-22:

“When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or relatives or rich neighbors, so they may invite you in return to be repaid. But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid [by God].’" -- Luke 14:12-14

"None among them can be found richer than another. It is their law that all who enter the sect must divide their property among the members of the society, with the result that there is never seen among them either abject poverty nor great wealth, for, since every man's possessions are put into the common treasury, they all have, like brothers, one inheritance.” -- Flavius Josephus, a Jewish historian writing of the Essenes ( the Jewish sect to which Mary, Joseph, Jesus and James belonged, which is why the disciples of Jesus did the same thing according to the Christian book of Acts).

The United Nations International Bill of Human Rights

In 1948, following the Second World War, the United Nations adopted the International Bill of Human Rights, also called the International Declaration of Human Rights. It declares that the utmost among these rights are:

1) All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights;

2) Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person;

3) No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;

4) All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law;

5) No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile;

6) Everyone charged with a crime is entitled equally to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal;

7) Everyone has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law;

8) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state;

9) Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion;

10) Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression, and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers;

11) Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association;

12) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to fair and equal pay, and to form and join trade unions;

13) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for their health and well-being, especially mothers and children.

Unfortunately, many nations have ignored those rights, including the United States of America. And the U.N. has been unable to do much about it.

In fact, because of right-wing partisan politicians in America, the power of the U.N. has been declining since 1981 and particularly since 2000, and the U.S. has been as much responsible for that decline as any other violators have been.

Obviously, the U.S. Government, as it has been since 1981 and as it still is, will not abide by this declaration or ensure these rights for all Americans, nor will other nations that are similar or worse. Therefore, we, the people, must stand up and be counted to advocate these rights for all people in all nations of the world.

Please read the article on The 21st Century Declaration of Independence to see suggestions about how we, the people, may finally abolish the rule of money and finally establish government that is actually of, by, and for the people.

Also, please listen to a brave child who speaks the plain truth that we all should take to heart.

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This seed of this message was implanted in the heart and mind of the author in 1971 when he was 30 years old. After much trial and error, much self-doubt, and much meditation and study, it was developed in 1984 and finally self-published in early 2002 in books and summarized in articles at Internet sites that no longer exist (realprophecyunveiled.netfirms.com and then reformationcomingsoon.bravehost.com). Then in 2010, feeling all his work had been in vain, the author closed his site. But the articles were preserved here on these Initiative sites where they've been edited and updated when possible. The author initially wrote under a pen name (Joseph J. Adamson), but he is know by many names and titles by different religions as is explained in Prophecies Re: He Who Fulfills Them. He also goes by the name of J.J. Jeffers, the name he chose as a singer-songwriter. However, he knows he and his name don't matter. He is but a servant-messenger of God and like a blade of grass that withers and dies, while the message, as imperfect as it is, is an important and lasting testament and needed interceding judgment.