Paul is definitely a tricky subject to talk about!

The world (but not the universe) can end because of earthquake, tsunami, meteor strike, nuclear war, supernova, and some other natural or man made disaster. These are however just local ends that have nothing to do with The Day of Judgment. End will also not happen on any arbitrary date like December 2012. The end of the universe is an entirely different phenomenon that is built into the laws of the universe by the creator. The contraction of the universe with reversal of time and gravity will commence the beginning of the end which will last for thousands and possibly millions of years. We will be removed from the regressing effects of reversed time as we
come back alive in our own time. We will the be taken across many dimensions to beyond this universe. A beautiful natural
mechanism that is based on the laws of physics will cause all that to happen. This real end has nothing to do with wishful thinking and predictions of priests or shamans.

This in no way means that Paul was not inspired by God to transform his life from a persecutor to a promoter. His association with the “Great Conspiracy” against God as represented by the Pharisaic tradition means that he had the ancient knowledge of the secrets and was oath bound under “pain of death” to keep them. Thus his writing is so heavily influenced by the symbolic language of secret societies that many people have refused to accept him as an “inspired of God” author. Some go so far as to reject the entire Bible because of this. Many others (the vast majority of Christians) believe that his every word supersedes (in many cases) even the very words and principles taught by Jesus.

The apparent contradictions are resolved by the proper understanding of the grand delusion (or working of error) as stated at 2nd Thessalonians 2: 9-11. The delusion is for those who fail – or refuse as the case may be – to understand the importance of resolving their contradictions, allowing them to stand as justified and teaching them to others as the truth.

The grand delusion has created Christendom which cannot provide a satisfactory answer to the question of division among the different denominations, and it leaves Christians with little or no effective defense against the New Age program of “Syncretism”, the blending of all religions and philosophies into one. Syncretism is “deception through duplicity, saying one thing, but meaning another, and having it appeal to a diverse global audience for the purpose of achieving their complicity in the deception by their acceptance of the resulting consensus which develops from the process.” Syncretism is an argument for realizing the Human Potential, becoming as God, and its in fulfillment of Revelation 12:9 because it is a global phenomenon.

In Revelation 22: 18-19, we read the warning not to add or to take away any words, which I believe is in regard to the whole Bible, not just the Revelation, for the Bible itself is ” prophecy”.

That’s nice that you believe that, but the Bible did not come out of thin air and there was no “Bible” when the book of Revelation was written. The reason for Rev. 22:18-19 was that it was common practice to write literature, especially of a “religious” nature, in community (which is how the gospels were most likely written). Letters such as the Pauline epistles, Hebrews, and Revelation were written by individual authors. The author of Revelation, known today only as “John,” expressed that this obviously personal vision was not to be added to by anyone else, whether in the “Johannine” community or otherwise.

Without Revelation 22 :18, 19 we get into all these controversies about who or what belongs in the Bible.

Revelation itself was rarely accepted into early lists of the canon. The canon itself was fought over right up until the 9th century. I strongly encourage a deeper look into how your Bible was created.

I personally am an Athiest, but I had to take the class, and in fact enjoyed it as I view religion and the bible as anthropological phenomena. Anyway, I’m a new reader, and excited to join in the conversation. I’ll be around!