Jah Seeker, perhaps the following may better answer your earlier question, however you may want to be pre-warned...it ain't gonna be brief!!! LOL
Our Ancestors taught us that "As Above So Below"
Man is the microcosmic "universe" reflecting the microcosmic Heavens.
With that in mind, let us look at Revelations from a multilayered Afrikan Eye.
The Afrikan/Kemetic Taht-Aan (aka "John the Divine") was the witness for Horus, the only-begotten son of the father.
The "Book of Revelations" is SYMBOLIC of the human being, and the seven seals are the seven spiritual serpents of our Inner KRST "Christ" (Anointed One")
The opening of the seven seals is symbolic of resurrection and eternal life.
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From "Egyptian wisdom in the Revelation of John the Divine" by Gerald Massey:
"The present contention is that the book is and always has been inexplicable because it was based upon the symbolism of the Egyptian astronomical mythology without the gnosis, or “meaning which hath wisdom,” that is absolutely necessary for an explanation of its subject-matter; and because the débris of the ancient wisdom has been turned to account as data for pre-Christian prophecy that was supposed to have had its fulfilment in Christian history. For example, the lamb alone has power to open the book of seven seals. His power comprised the powers of the “seven spirits of God”, the primordial seven. And, as represented astronomically, when the vernal equinox passed from the sign of Taurus into the sign of Aries the son of God was imaged as a lamb, instead of the earlier calf or still earlier lion; thenceforth his was the power and the glory and the majesty, and his the book of life then newly-opened, in the cycle of precession for another 2,155 years. But in the Book of Revelation the drama of the mysteries has been mistaken for human history, and a mythical catastrophe for the actual ending of the world. The book as it stands has no intrinsic value and very little meaning until the fragments of ancient lore have been collated, correlated, and compared with the original mythos and eschatology of Egypt"
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Kush/Kemet was also known as "The Land of the Seven Seals"
We know that in ancient Kemet, the number seven represented completion.
In ancient Kemet, there were also seven cardinal principles/virtues of Goddess Ma'at to achieve human perfectibility. These principles are Truth, Justice, Balance, Order, Compassion, Harmony, and Reciprocity.
In Kemetic Temples were given and education in the seven Liberal Arts
There is also the "seven pointed star," where all seven points are equidistant, radiating seven currents of force that represent seven principles of human existence.
"This ancient Afrikan belief system gave rise to the seven Hermetic principles, which are the foundation of Hermetic philosophy. These principles are the Principle of Mentalism, The Principle of Correspondence, The Principle of Vibration, The Principle of Polarity, The Principle of Rhythm, The Principle of Cause and Effect, and The Principle of Gender.
In addition, the Afrikan spiritual belief system cities seven Stages/Ages of Man in the completion of his life cycle. They are Infancy, Boyhood, Youth, Manhood, Middle-age, Old-age, and Senility. And every human being possesses seven senses; they are Hearing, Touch, Sight, Taste, Smell, Intuition, and Clairvoyance.'
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