9 I John, your brother, and your partner in the tribulation, in the kingdom and in the patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island called Patmos, because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, 11 saying: I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last. Write what you see in a book, and send it to the seven churches that are in Asia: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.
12 And I turned to see the voice that spoke with me; and turning, I saw seven candlesticks of gold, 13 and in the midst of the seven candlesticks, one like the Son of Man, dressed in a garment that reached to the feet, and girded about the chest with a golden belt. 14 His head and his hair were white like white wool, like snow; his eyes like a flame of fire; 15 and his feet like burnished brass, shining as in a furnace; and his voice like the sound of many waters. 16 He had in his right hand seven stars; from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword; and his face was like the sun when it shines in its strength.
17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he put his right hand on me, saying to me: Fear not; I am the first and the last; 18 and he who lives, and was dead; but behold, I live for ever and ever, amen. And I have the keys to death and Hades. 19 Write the things that you have seen, and those that are, and those that will be after these. 20 The mystery of the seven stars that you have seen in my right hand, and of the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands that you have seen are the seven churches.

It is difficult to understand why this writing of John, entitled “Revelation”, has been associated with the end of time. In truth, its symbolic content is very difficult to reveal, and, although paradoxically, it is a revelation, we must admit, ironically, that it is very veiled.
However, one of the interpretations that we can give to this paragraph transcribed above is that it is an appearance of Jeshua (Christ) after his crucifixion where he assumes his identity as God, declaring that he is the beginning and the end and that his death has been only apparent, being, as it is, someone who lives forever and ever.
This revelation implies the eternity of life. The Christic spirit holds the keys to death and Hades (which is not hell, but the place where the dead go).
At all times the teachings of Jeshua indicated a series of truths that the Church tends to hide suspiciously. A very important one is the identity of Jeshua with his Father and of spirit-endowed human beings with Jeshua himself.
Another is the constant reference to “those who understand nothing” of the teachings (and who finally cry out for his execution), as if they had been addressed only to the small group of disciples who followed him everywhere.
Personally, I do not understand the allusion to the seven churches as other than indicating to them this same truth.
The question of the eternity of life takes on special importance and is contradicted by ecclesiastical doctrine, considering that said doctrine tries to lower man to the condition of the obedient and meek sinner when his true condition is similar to that of the mythical gods.
Humans should reflect on the true teaching of the Messiah in order to understand it and put it into practice, putting an end to the current preponderance of groups interested in keeping us in ignorance.

Juan Laborde (Night Sentinel)