Under The Olive Tree

The Next Wave

Surfers know – almost anyone who experiences time/space transcendence knows –

Waves come in sequences – and regardless of the rhythms – sooner or later – there is a “big one”.

Michelangelo was one. So was Edison – and so was Hitler.

The Einsteins and Newtons shine down through many generations – whether it is The Beatles in music – or Mao in managing the multitudes – every sphere of human endeavor has its waves –

In 1993 we did “Countdown to Armageddon” – and we led to the climax that the stage had been set – and the curtain drawn for the final act-

I don’t think we missed the Mark by very far –

But what we may have misunderstood is just how far man would reach in his achievements – and the nature of the Beast at its onset.

We may have looked at the waves in a very analog way – the three dimensions of the digital age – in 1993 – were yet to come.

When you observe the successive waves in an analog manner – the tsunami becomes the most likely outcome – and the incarnation of Evil becomes a predictable manifestation of sanctions and cruelty – and hate – and abomination personified – a mere amplification of present sorrows and grief.

But that is not where we are headed.

The next wave – rather than a continuation – will be a departure.

Like C.S. Lewis’ ever expanding garden – that increases in size as you enter its inner confines – we are on the verge of an explosion of knowledge that is unheard of – yea – scarcely imagined.

The Anti-Christ will not come on the scene as an oppressor – or a demagogue –

No . . . . rather – we will see the intelligence and ingenuity – the very precociousness of the human race – rise up in a way heretofore unimagined – glorious and benevolent – full of grace and understanding – and all a sham.

The next wave will be exhilarating in its portent and its magnitude – and its influences – and its redeeming qualities.

The Son of Perdition will appear – a Saviour and a friend – solving insurmountable problems – and proclaiming a new age – and a new understanding.

“(But) when they shall say Peace and safety – then sudden destruction cometh upon them as travail upon a woman with child – and they shall not escape.” - the Ancient texts

We are on the cusp of another explosion of knowledge – the application of which will catapult us into a new age – man as his own Saviour – fulfilled and exonerated.

No longer linear – but exponential. Not even calculus – but quantum mechanics. No longer theory but application. Executable. Repeatable – harnessable.

When the Preacher of Jerusalem set himself to know wisdom and folly – he lamented . . . .

“all is vanity – and a striving after the wind.”

“Though one bring forth a company – and a company a thousand – and a thousand a million – and a million become as the stars – and as the sand which is by the sea,

Yet for want of an apology – it will all come to naught.” – Ossian