Anthony Testa - The Key of the Abyss.pdf

"If I be Master of the Barn, owner of the Corn, and deliverer of my
flayle: If all be mine (And unto you, there is nothing: for you are
hirelings, whose reward is in heaven.)
"Then see, that you neither thresh, nor unbinde, until I bid you, let it
be sufficient unto you: that you know my house, that you know the
labour I will put you to: That I favour you so much as to entertain you
the labourers within my Barn: For within it thresheth none without my
consent."
Presuming the being that spoke through Kelley in this case was in fact
the Archangel, we are left with a puzzle. Even allowing that the words
here spoken are from (or by the authority) of God, it is not clear that
the “harvest” here described is in fact the Apocalypse, though the
interpretation is not without merit. It is odd, though, that the Angel
would say For, my Barn hath been long without Threshers. And I have
kept my flayles for a long time hid in unknown places: Which flayle is
the Doctrine that I deliver unto you, meaning that the mechanism by
which the plan of salvation is to be completed is waiting on the arrival
of a man, in this case Dee 56 . And, once the Calls are delivered, Gabriel
finds it necessary to instruct Dee, as a parent to a child who has just
gotten his first hunting rifle, not to use it until they (the angels) tell
him it is safe to do so. In other words, the Angel has just given Dee a
loaded weapon, one that will destroy the entire world! Tyson also
quotes an exchange between Dee and the Angel “Mapsama”
concerning the use of the Calls. Dee enquired about the use of the
Calls to open the Watchtowers to which Mapsama replies; You called
for wisdom, God hath opened unto you, his judgement: He hath
delivered unto you the keyes, that you may enter; But be humble. Enter
not of presumption, but of permission. Go not in rashly; But be
brought in willingly: For, many have ascended, but few have
entered 57 . (my emphasis) Dee presses the Angel asking How shall we
understand this Calling by God? who seems to realize he may have
said too much: God stoppeth my mouth, I will answer thee no more. 58
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Whether or not the “God” spoken of by the Angels was the same as the Christian God is
irrelevant; that is how Dee and even more so, it seems, Keeley
57
Tyson, ibid. This recalls the saying in the Gospels: For many are called, but few chosen.
Matthew 22:14
58 Tyson, ibid.
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