Well, now you know that it refers to a dividing line in a doorway that marks a point where one room (in this case a "dimension of reality”) ends and another room (“dimension of reality”) begins.
Yes, and in order to redeem those treasures, Jesus also allegedly said [bracketed inserts mine]…
“…Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water [via the human womb] and of the Spirit [via death], he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit…
…Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again."
To which I am suggesting that our second (and final) birth will involve us (our minds / souls) being born into a higher context of reality (and a higher level of consciousness) that is metaphorically depicted in the following illustration…
Indeed, how much more “natural” and “organic” can the truth of reality be than in what I am speculatively proposing? - which corresponds beautifully with that old Hermitic axiom…
“…As Below, So Above…”
Good advice there, Ichthus77.
However, I’m not sure if I made it clear as to why the presence of a “trans-dimensional doorway” would be a bad idea.
It’s because after every human on Earth would have trampled over each other in the mad rush to make it to - and through - that doorway, there would be no human bodies left on the planet to carry on the physiological means and process by which God awakens new eternal souls (God’s literal offspring) into existence.
In other words, the disappearance of all human bodies and brains from the Earth because everyone opted to walk through that “trans-dimensional doorway,” would be the metaphorical equivalent of giving God a “hysterectomy” *
* (Hence the reason for why the truth of our ultimate destiny needs to be kept hidden from us ← in case that crucial point was getting lost in the fog of this extensive conversation.)
I’m not sure what you’re getting at, but seeing how you referenced Revelation 20:4 as being “a thing,” it reminded me of the fact that in my description of my “Burning Bush-like” encounter with God that I provided in the OP of this thread, I stated the following (additional bolding mine)…
“…I was immediately compelled to reach for the Bible that was sitting on the case next to me and turn to the book of Revelation, because, at that time, that is what the word “apocalypse” meant to me.
And after a few minutes of reading chapters that made no particular sense to me, I finally focused on the ninth and tenth chapters - chapters whose clarity of meaning seemed to be openly revealed to me and somehow pertinent to my state of mind…”
Well, I already explained what was revealed to me regarding Revelation Chapter 10.
So, just for funzies, how about I offer up my interpretation of Revelation Chapter 9.
Here it is…
Revelation 9:1:
“And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key to the bottomless pit.”
The term “bottomless pit” does not, as it may sound, represent “hell.”
I suggest that it represents the infinite (as in bottomless) manifestations of material phenomena that the quantum realm (the informational underpinning of the universe) can produce when handled properly.
Furthermore, its “bottomlessness” is a direct reference to mind and the infinite (again, bottomless) permutations of “reality” that imagination can create out of mental imaging energy - (the stuff that the quantum realm is made of).
So how is the quantum realm handled properly?
One way is with the “key.”
“…and to him was given the key to the bottomless pit…”
That (I suggest) is a direct reference to Albert Einstein and the key to matter – E=mc2.
Armed with this “key,” the efforts of an international group of physicists culminated in the discovery and practical application of quantum mechanics.
With this “key” leading to quantum science, humans have unlocked the secrets of physical matter (God’s mental holography) and have been reshaping objective reality ever since.
Revelation 9:2:
“And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace…”
You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to figure out what that refers to…
The mushroom cloud billowing up from the “great furnace” of a nuclear blast says it all, which, of course, is one of the most significant (albeit negative) fruits of quantum mechanics.
“…and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.”
The sun, and the air, and all of nature have been darkened just by “reason” of the foreboding pall of potential nuclear destruction (the “smoke of the pit”) hanging over the Earth.
Revelation 9:3:
“And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.”
Locusts are an allegorical representation of a destructive force on Earth.
The locusts in this case are those nations possessing nuclear weaponry. Their power, besides that which is obvious, is likened to the power of a scorpion.
When humans encounter scorpions, they are usually overcome with fear.
Fear is the allegory here, because fear is the power with which the leading nations deal with each other. It is the fear produced “…by reason of the smoke of the pit…”. Like a scorpion’s venomous tail, the specter of death, in the form of all-out nuclear war, stands poised over the Earth, casting a grim and fearful shadow over the future of all of creation.
Revelation 9:4:
“And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree: but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.”
Again, it is obvious what nuclear devastation would do to the grass, and the trees, and the green things of the Earth.
However, the real targets in this situation are those humans who do not yet recognize or accept the absolute reality of the existence of God.
Revelation 9:5:
“And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.”
Scorpion venom contains powerful neurotoxins that affect the central nervous system. These neurotoxins can produce symptoms in the victim that have been described as feelings of “restlessness,” or “apprehensiveness,” creating a sense of foreboding and dread.
The threat of nuclear destruction is causing worldwide apprehension with the underlying intent of compelling humans to seek out God for spiritual peace and comfort, ultimately putting “…the seal of God in their foreheads…”
The rest of Revelation Chapter 9, from verses 6 through 19 (using strange and arcane language) reads like a scenario of modern-day aerial warfare.
Finally, the last 2 verses state:
Revelation 9:20, 21:
“And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and of silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.”
Setting aside the harshness of that ancient rhetoric, don’t you think that that last quote sounds a lot like a depiction of our modern world? – especially America, which is presently represented by the most unrepentant person the world has ever witnessed (Trump - the freakin’ Antichrist) who epitomizes pretty much every word mentioned in that quote?
Anyway, for what it’s worth, that’s my interpretation of Revelation Chapter 9. 
