Translation by Notovitch.
The Best of the Sons of Men.
Ancient scrolls reveal that Jesus spent seventeen years in India and Tibet. From age thirteen to age twenty-nine, he was both a student and teacher of Buddhist and Hindu holy men. The story of his journey from Jerusalem to Benares was recorded by Brahman historians. Today they still know him and love him as St. Issa. Their 'buddha.'
In 1894 Nicolas Notovitch published a book called The Unknown Life of Christ. He was a Russian doctor who journeyed extensively throughout Afghanistan, India, and Tibet. Notovitch journeyed through the lovely passes of Bolan, over the Punjab, down into the arid rocky land of Ladak, and into the majestic Vale of Kashmir of the Himalayas. During one of his journeys he was visiting Leh, the capital of Ladak, near where the buddhist convent Himis is. He had an accident that resulted in his leg being broken. This gave him the unscheduled opportunity to stay awhile at the Himis convent.
Notovitch learned, while he was there, that there existed ancient records of the life of Jesus Christ. In the course of his visit at the great convent, he located a Tibetan translation of the legend and carefully noted in his carnet de voyage over two hundred verses from the curious document known as "The Life of St. Issa."
He was shown two large yellowed volumes containing the biography of St. Issa. Notovitch enlisted a member of his party to translate the Tibetan volumes while he carefully noted each verse in the back pages of his journal.
When he returned to the western world there was much controversy as to the authenticity of the document. He was accused of creating a hoax and was ridiculed as an imposter. In his defence he encouraged a scientific expedition to prove the original Tibetan documents existed.
One of his skeptics was Swami Abhedananda. Abhedananda journeyed into the arctic region of the Himalayas, determined to find a copy of the Himis manuscript or to expose the fraud. His book of travels, entitled Kashmir O Tibetti, tells of a visit to the Himis gonpa and includes a Bengali translation of two hundred twenty-four verses essentially the same as the Notovitch text. Abhedananda was thereby convinced of the authenticity of the Issa legend.
In 1925, another Russian named Nicholas Roerich arrived at Himis. Roerich, was a philosopher and a distinguished scientist. He apparently saw the same documents as Notovitch and Abhedananda. And he recorded in his own travel diary the same legend of St. Issa. Speaking of Issa, Roerich quotes legends which have the estimated antiquity of many centuries.
... He passed his time in several ancient cities of India such as Benares. All loved him because Issa dwelt in peace with Vaishas and Shudras whom he instructed and helped. But the Brahmins and Kshatriyas told him that Brahma forbade those to approach who were created out of his womb and feet. The Vaishas were allowed to listen to the Vedas only on holidays and the Shudras were forbidden not only to be present at the reading of the Vedas, but could not even look at them.
Issa said that man had filled the temples with his abominations. In order to pay homage to metals and stones, man sacrificed his fellows in whom dwells a spark of the Supreme Spirit. Man demeans those who labour by the sweat of their brows, in order to gain the good will of the sluggard who sits at the lavishly set board. But they who deprive their brothers of the common blessing shall be themselves stripped of it.
Vaishas and Shudras were struck with astonishment and asked what they could perform. Issa bade them "Worship not the idols. Do not consider yourself first. Do not humiliate your neighbour. Help the poor. Sustain the feeble. Do evil to no one. Do not covet that which you do not possess and which is possessed by others."
Many, learning of such words, decided to kill Issa. But Issa, forewarned, departed from this place by night.
Afterward, Issa went into Nepal and into the Himalayan mountains ....
"Well, perform for us a miracle," demanded the servitors of the Temple. Then Issa replied to them: "Miracles made their appearance from the very day when the world was created. He who cannot behold them is deprived of the greatest gift of Life. But woe to you, enemies of men, woe unto you, if you await that He should attest his power by miracle."
Issa taught that men should not strive to behold the Eternal Spirit with one's own eyes but to feel it with the heart, and to become a pure and worthy soul....
"Not only shall you not make human offerings, but you must not slaughter animals, because all is given for the use of man. Do not steal the goods of others, because that would be usurpation from your near one. Do not cheat, that you may in turn not be cheated ....
"Beware, ye, who divert men from the true path and who fill the people with superstitions and prejudices, who blind the vision of the seeing ones, and who preach subservience to material things. "...
Then Pilate, ruler of Jerusalem, gave orders to lay hands upon the preacher Issa and to deliver him to the judges, without however, arousing the displeasure of the people.
But Issa taught: "Do not seek straight paths in darkness, possessed by fear. But gather force and support each other. He who supports his neighbour strengthens himself.
"I tried to revive the laws of Moses in the hearts of the people. And I say unto you that you do not understand their true meaning because they do not teach revenge but forgiveness. But the meaning of these laws is distorted."
Then the ruler sent to Issa his disguised servants that they should watch his actions and report to him about his words to the people.
"Thou just man, "said the disguised servant of the ruler of Jerusalem approaching Issa, "Teach us, should we fulfil the will of Caesar or await the approaching deliverance?"
But Issa, recognising the disguised servants, said, "I did not foretell unto you that you would be delivered from Caesar; but I said that the soul which was immersed in sin would be delivered from sin."
At this time, an old woman approached the crowd, but was pushed back. Then Issa said, "Reverence Woman, mother of the universe,' in her lies the truth of creation. She is the foundation of all that is good and beautiful. She is the source of life and death. Upon her depends the existence of man because she is the sustenance of his labours. She gives birth to you in travail, she watches over your growth. Bless her. Honour her. Defend her. Love your wives and honour them because tomorrow they shall be mothers, and later -progenitors of a whole race. Their love ennobles man, soothes the embittered heart and tames the beast. Wife and mother -they are the adornments of the universe."
"As light divides itself from darkness, so does woman possess the gift to divide in man good intent from the thought of evil. Your best thoughts must belong to woman. Gather from them your moral strength, which you must possess to sustain your near ones. Do not humiliate her, for therein you will humiliate yourselves. And all which you will do to mother, to wife, to widow or to another woman in sorrow - that shall you also do for the Spirit."
So taught Issa; but the ruler Pilate ordered one of his servants to make accusation against him.
Said Issa: "Not far hence is the time when by the Highest Will the people will become purified and united into one family."
And then turning to the ruler, he said, "Why demean thy dignity and teach thy subordinates to live in deceit when even without this thou couldst also have had the means of accusing an innocent one?"
From another version of the legend, Roerich quotes fragments of thought and evidence of the miraculous.
Near Lhasa was a temple of teaching with a wealth of manuscripts. Jesus was to acquaint himself with them. Meng-ste, a great sage of all the East, was in this temple.
Finally Jesus reached a mountain pass and in the chief city of Ladak, Leh, he was joyously accepted by monks and people of the lower class .... And Jesus taught in the monasteries and in the bazaars (the market places); wherever the simple people gathered - there he taught.
Not far from this place lived a woman whose son had died and she brought him to Jesus. And in the presence of a multitude, Jesus laid his hand on the child, and the child rose healed. And many brought their children and Jesus laid his hands upon them, healing them.
Among the Ladakis, Jesus passed many days, teaching them. And they loved him and when the time of his departure came they sorrowed as children.
There’s so much good information here it seems sad to me not to write a new commentary on it. If there was one I would leave it but here (on the website of the Reluctant Messenger) there doesn’t appear to be one - although Nicolas Notovitch‘s original book is probably a type of commentary. I take it that means the Great One is allowing me to do it. If I find one at a later date it will be good to compare and see how they think too or discuss it with the keepers if that is the case. I would think that’s unlikely too. Quite possibly I’m the first to do such a thing in the entirety of the book. Most will make comment and lecture on it among other things and move on but not do a write up like this on it. Admittedly writing is one thing and lecturing is another but do either really work for the good? People can take in good meaning in either form, take it in for many years too but do they really change or do something different? Do they return to their hearts and depart from this and put themselves in a place where they can Love their neighbour first? That’s what’s needed. From my part I’m in a unique position where I can do these things and show a better way in my commentaries and blogs. Perhaps I will find someone who can help put a website together for all my writings. Until then, the writings here will have to suffice and that those who have read the introduction above through the three witnesses of Notovitch, Abhedananda and Roerich (that’s proof in itself) as well as the chapters coming next will see the Life of Saint Issa and live like Him. As I do, I have made a few deity changes to the chapters, corrected spelling, etc. To the introduction I have not changed any names or words. I really don’t like chapters and verses. The Essene Gospel of Peace has neither. Here I have removed the verses but put dashes where they were. I would look also to change the text into paragraphs but this time will leave as it is and add my commentary to the chapter as a whole underneath. Enjoy and be set free by the beautiful stories and the spirit within.
The Life of Saint Issa.
Best of the Sons of Men.
Translation by Notovitch.
CHAPTER I.
- The earth has trembled and the heavens have wept because of a great crime which has been committed in the land of Israel.
- For they have tortured and there put to death the great and just Issa, in whom dwelt the soul of the universe,
- Which was incarnate in a simple mortal in order to do good to men and to exterminate their evil thoughts
- And in order to bring back man degraded by his sins to a life of peace, love, and happiness and to recall to him the one and indivisible Creator, whose mercy is infinite and without bounds.
- Hear what the merchants from Israel relate to us on this subject.
Plainly we are seeing here that Issa is mentioned as a ‘simple mortal,’ a human being. Of course, they might just not be giving too much detail which is also the case in the next chapter. What else can we learn from this introductory type chapter? They’ve put Him to death. He was great and just. In whom dwelt the soul of the universe. What was His purpose? To do good to men in order to bring back from sin (lower carnal behaviour) to the One and Indivisible Creator whose mercy is Infinite. So there we have it. In a few verses we have an introduction to what is coming in the rest of the book. All sorts of other thoughts, however, are coming to my mind as well. (Hope I can say the same for you?) Jesus who I will call Yahusha was an Essene. (There’s a few other deity changes in the chapters to come.) We have information about the Essenes in Essene Gospel of Peace:
“...Whatever their origin, it is certain that the Essenes existed for a very long time as a brotherhood, perhaps under other names in other lands.The teaching appears in the Zend Avesta of Zarathustra, who translated it into a way of Life that was followed for thousands of years. It contains the fundamental concepts of Brahmanism, the Vedas and the Upanishads; and the Yoga systems of India sprang from the same source. Buddha later gave forth essentially the same basic ideas and his sacred Bodhi tree is correlated with the Essene Tree of Life. In Tibet the teaching once more found expression in the Tibetan Wheel of Life.” Well that’s what we’ve been reading above in the introduction. Also:
“The Pythagoreans and Stoics in ancient Greece also followed the Essene principles and much of their way of life. The same teaching was an element of the Adonic culture of the Phoenicians, of the Alexandrian School of Philosophy in Egypt, and contributed greatly to many branches of Western culture, Freemasonry, Gnosticism, the Kabala and Christianity. Yahusha interpreted it in its most sublime and beautiful form in the seven Beatitudes of the Sermon on the Mount.” In other words (the Beatitudes that is) He taught the culture of the Kingdom but more importantly we know Him as MessiYah who lived as part of a community.
“The Essenes lived on the shores of lakes and rivers, away from cities and towns, and practiced a communal way of life, sharing equally in everything. They were mainly agriculturists and arboriculturists, having a vast knowledge of crops, soil and climatic conditions which enabled them to grow a remarkable variety of fruits and vegetables in comparatively desert areas and with a minimum of labour.” There’s mention in the feeding of the five thousand in Matthew 14 of Him withdrawing privately to a solitary place and immediately (afterwards) making His disciples get into the boat and go over to the other side. Did this event take place at one of their communities? It starts to ask other questions doesn’t it - about what might have been taken out of that passage?
“They had no servants or slaves and were said to have been the first people to condemn slavery both in theory and practice. There were no rich and no poor amongst them, both conditions being considered by them as deviations from the Law. They established their own economic system, based wholly on the Law, and showed that all man's food and material needs can be attained without struggle, through knowledge of the Law.”
There’s more to discover about this people, however, including when they were a presence in the land of Israel:
“From the remote ages of antiquity a remarkable teaching has existed which is universal in its application and ageless in its wisdom. Fragments of it are found in Sumerian hieroglyphs and on tiles and stones dating back some eight or ten thousand years. Some of the symbols, such as for the sun, moon, air, water and other natural forces, are from an even earlier age preceding the cataclysm that ended the Pleistocene period. How many thousands of years previous to that the teaching existed is unknown.” So it’s not just a New Covenant timeframe. Indeed, what is the New Covenant? Everything read here is observing the Law or more properly the hidden Law of Moshe (Moses) which he cast out of his hands and broke to pieces mentioning the Earthly Mother and Tree of Life.
“To study and practice this teaching is to reawaken within the heart of every man an intuitive knowledge that can solve his individual problems and the problems of the world.
“Traces of the teaching have appeared in almost every country and religion. Its fundamental principles were taught in ancient Persia, Egypt, India, Tibet, China, Palestine, Greece and many other countries. But it has been transmitted in its most pure form by the Essenes, that mysterious brotherhood which lived during the last two or three centuries B.C. and the first century of the Christian era at the Dead Sea in Palestine and at Lake Mareotis in Egypt. In Palestine and Syria the members of the brotherhood were known as Essenes and in Egypt as Therapeutae, or healers.” This paragraph provides the answer to my question. It was ‘last two or three centuries B.C. and the first century of the Christian era.’ It shows also where Mary & Joseph went at time of Herod looking to kill Him. This bit also suggests that a certain knowledge within everyone’s spirit has been available to them since the beginning which I have been labouring to make known through my continuing commentary on the Kolbrin which gives that special relationship with Yahuah to all who seek Him. There’s also that lovely enlightening tale of Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel’s book (even our Bible) returning to his heart here on Earth.
“The esoteric part of their teaching is given in the Tree of Life, the Essene Communions with the Angels, and the Sevenfold Peace, among others. The exoteric or outer teaching appears in Book One of "The Essene Gospel of Peace" and the recently discovered Dead Sea Scrolls.
“The origin of the brotherhood is said to be unknown, and the derivation of the name is uncertain. Some believe it comes from Esnoch, or Enoch, and claim him to be their founder, their Communions with the angelic world having first been given to him.” Yahusha mentions Enoch a few times so he might be a sort of one from ancient times to follow.
“Others consider the name comes from Esrael, the elects of the people to whom Moses brought forth the Communions at Mount Sinai where they were revealed to him by the angelic world.” This one has a particular ring as the Truth for me as Moshe prayed for the Israelites in the wilderness around Mt. Sinai. Here’s the passage:
‘Then another said: "Moses, the greatest in Israel, suffered our forefathers to eat the flesh of clean beasts, and forbade only the flesh of unclean beasts. Why, therefore, do You forbid us the flesh of all beasts? Which law comes from Yah? That of Moses, or Your law?"
And Yahusha answered: "Yah gave, by Moses, ten commandments to your forefathers. 'These commandments are hard,' said your forefathers, and they could not keep them. When Moses saw this, he had compassion on his people, and would not that they perish. And then he gave them ten times ten commandments. For he whose feet are strong as the mountain of Zion, needs no crutches; but he whose limbs do shake, gets further having crutches, than without them. And Moses said to Yah: 'My heart is filled with sorrow, for my people will be lost. For they are without knowledge, and are not able to understand Thy commandments. They are as little children who cannot yet understand their Father's words. Suffer, Yah, that I give them other laws, that they may not perish. If they may not be with thee, Yah, let them not be against Thee; that they may sustain themselves, and when the time has come, and they are ripe for Thy words, reveal to them Thy laws.' For that did Moses break the two tablets of stone whereon were written the ten commandments, and he gave them ten times ten in their stead.’ And those who are ‘ripe for Thy words’ are the Children of Yah from whom the Essenes came.
There’s one last part I need to add, though, which goes on from this and is the same:
‘When Yah saw that His people would perish because they did not see the Light of Life, He chose the best of Israel, so that they might make the Light of Life to shine before the sons of men and those chosen were called Essenes because they taught the ignorant and healed the sick and they gathered on the eve of every seventh day to rejoice with the Angels.” So here finally we find the Great One’s purpose in bringing them along. Not an individual but a group. They’ve been torn out of the Holy Scriptures which is called by the name, Holy Bible actually Roman Bible so none in this day can see them. People who I know in the land of Israel do refer to them from Yahusha’s time who copied Scriptures and had a certain way of Life governed by purity. I’ve been taken to Qumran but their main base in Israel was Mt. Carmel. Little more do they seem to say or probably know. Or that Yahusha was chosen for this distinct role to show in His Life a relationship with Yahuah. Blessings.
CHAPTER II.
- The people of Israel, who dwelt on a fertile soil giving forth two crops a year and who possessed large flocks, excited by their sins the anger of Yah
- Who inflicted upon them a terrible chastisement in taking from them their land, their cattle, and their possessions. Israel was reduced to slavery by the powerful and rich pharaohs who then reigned in Egypt.
- These treated the Israelites worse than animals, burdening them with difficult tasks and loading them with chains. They covered their bodies with weals and wounds, without giving them food or permitting them to dwell beneath a roof,
- To keep them in a state of continual terror and to deprive them of all human resemblance.
- And in their great calamity, the people of Israel remembered their Heavenly Protector and, addressing themselves to Him, implored His grace and mercy.
- An illustrious pharaoh then reigned in Egypt who had rendered himself famous by his numerous victories, the riches he had heaped up, and the vast palaces which his slaves had erected for him with their own hands.
- This pharaoh had two sons, of whom the younger was called Mossa (Moses/Moshe). Learned Israelites taught him diverse sciences.
- And they loved Mossa in Egypt for his goodness and the compassion which he showed to all those who suffered.
- Seeing that the Israelites would not, in spite of the intolerable sufferings they were enduring, abandon their Yah to worship those made by the hand of man, which were gods of the Egyptian nation,
- Mossa believed in their invisible Yah , who did not let their failing strength give way.
- And the Israelitish preceptors excited the ardor of Mossa and had recourse to him, praying him to intercede with the pharaoh his father in favour of their co-religionists.
- Wherefore the Prince Mossa went to his father, begging him to ameliorate the fate of these unfortunates. But the pharaoh became angered against him and only augmented the torments endured by his slaves.
- It happened that a short time after, a great evil visited Egypt. The pestilence came to decimate there both the young and the old, the weak and the strong; and the pharaoh believed in the resentment of his own gods against him.
- But the Prince Mossa told his father that it was the Yah of his slaves who was interceding in favour of these unfortunates in punishing the Egyptians.
- The pharaoh then gave to Mossa his son an order to take all the slaves of the Jewish race, to conduct them outside the town, and to find at a great distance from the capital another city where he should dwell with them.
- Mossa then made known to the Hebrew slaves that he had set them free in the name of Yah, Yah of Israel, and he went out with them from the city and from the land of Egypt.
- He led them into the land they had lost by their many sins, he gave unto them laws, and enjoined them to pray always to the invisible Creator whose goodness is Infinite.
- On the death of Prince Mossa, the Israelites rigorously observed His laws, wherefore Yah recompensed them for the ills to which He had exposed them in Egypt.
- Their kingdom became the most powerful of all the earth, their kings made themselves famous for their treasures, and a long peace reigned among the people of Israel.
The story of the Israelites exodus is well known. Here we see the bare bones of the story with only little mention of the destruction given to Egypt as a result of their treatment of them and the slaughtering by the Egyptian army when they realised it was a mistake to let them go. Two points of it stand out for me. (1) Mossa (Moses/Moshe) was loved for his goodness and compassion. (2) Israelites wouldn’t abandon worship to Yah for those of the Egyptians gods. More than these two points, however, Moses is an example of one who cares and a precursor to the One Yah would send for the world.
CHAPTER III.
- The glory of the riches of Israel spread throughout the Earth, and the neighbouring nations bore them envy.
- For the Most High Himself led the victorious arms of the Hebrews, and the pagans dared not attack them.
- Unhappily, as man is not always true to himself, the fidelity of the Israelites to their Yah did not last long.
- They began by forgetting all the favours which He had heaped upon them, invoked but seldom His Name, and sought the protection of magicians and sorcerers.
- The kings and the captains substituted their own laws for those which Mossa had written down for them. The temple of Yah and the practice of worship were abandoned. The people gave themselves up to pleasure and lost their original purity.
- Several centuries had elapsed since their departure from Egypt when Yah determined to exercise once more His chastisements upon them.
- Strangers began to invade the land of Israel, devastating the country, ruining the villages, and carrying the inhabitants into captivity.
- And there came at one time pagans from the country of Romeles, on the other side of the sea. They subdued the Hebrews and established among them military leaders who by delegation from Caesar ruled over them.
- They destroyed the temples, they forced the inhabitants to cease worshipping the invisible Yah, and compelled them to sacrifice victims to the pagan deities.
- They made warriors of those who had been nobles, the women were torn away from their husbands, and the lower classes, reduced to slavery, were sent by thousands beyond the seas.
- As to the children, they were put to the sword. Soon in all the land of Israel naught was heard but groans and lamentations.
- In this extreme distress, the people remembered their great Yah. They implored His grace and besought Him to forgive them; and our Father, in His inexhaustible mercy, heard their prayer.
This is Rome or at least Romeles sounds more like that than Babylon. Then, in chapter 4 there’s mention first of the Judge becoming incarnate which confirms the suspicion. Caesar is also mentioned here too. Rome is a big unwieldy force still around to our day. The feeling of the whole chapter, though, is different to how you’d expect with the Hebrews repenting not to be found anywhere in the Gospels of the Bible. Other than that, war is depicted here much as would be expected of in olden times with goods being carried off, women taken, prisoners taken into captivity and slaves being created but Yah in His inexhaustible mercy heard them.
CHAPTER IV.
- At this time came the moment when the all-merciful Judge elected to become incarnate in a human being.
- And the Eternal Spirit, dwelling in a state of complete inaction and of Supreme Beatitude, awoke and detached itself for an indefinite period from the Eternal Being,
- So as to show forth in the guise of humanity the means of self-identification with Divinity and of attaining to Eternal felicity,
- And to demonstrate by example how man may attain moral purity and, by separating His soul from its mortal coil, the degree of perfection necessary to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, which is unchangeable and where happiness reigns eternal.
- Soon after, a marvellous child was born in the land of Israel, Yah Himself speaking by the mouth of this infant of the frailty of the body and the grandeur of the soul.
- The parents of the newborn child were poor people, belonging by birth to a family of noted piety, who, forgetting their ancient grandeur on Earth, praised the Name of the Creator and thanked Him for the ills with which He saw fit to prove them.
- To reward them for not turning aside from the Way of Truth, Yah blessed the firstborn of this family. He chose Him for His elect and sent Him to help those who had fallen into evil and to cure those who suffered.
- The Divine child, to whom was given the name of Issa, began from His earliest years to speak of the One and Indivisible Yah, exhorting the souls of those gone astray to repentance and the purification of the sins of which they were culpable.
- People came from all parts to hear Him, and they marvelled at the discourses proceeding from His childish mouth. All the Israelites were of one accord in saying that the Eternal Spirit dwelt in this child.
- When Issa had attained the age of thirteen years, the epoch when an Israelite should take a wife,
- The house where His parents earned their living by carrying on a modest trade began to be a place of meeting for rich and noble people, desirous of having for a son-in-law the young Issa, already famous for His edifying discourses in the Name of the Almighty.
- Then it was that Issa left the parental house in secret, departed from Jerusalem, and with the merchants set out towards Sind,
- With the object of perfecting Himself in the Divine Word and of studying the laws of the great Buddhas.
Elect, incarnate and detached are some of the first words being used to describe what is going on here. Issa is born but first the Eternal Spirit is mentioned as detaching ‘itself for an indefinite period from the Eternal Being.’ This is a reference, I believe, to His spirit rather than to Him being Divine. Same can be said of the Ascension of Isaiah chapters 6-11. As stated in other books, why would it need a Divine person to come down when the sons of Men already have a spirit and natural body? To save them from their sin? Man’s purpose from the beginning, however, is to become more spiritual and to improve the Earth. Doesn’t matter if he’s a sinner. The wheat is still separated from the chaff. Nebuchadnezzar is a case of returning to his heart in Daniel 4:36-37 (‘At the same time that my sanity was restored, my honour and splendour were returned to me for the glory of my kingdom. My advisers and nobles sought me out, and I was restored to my throne and became even greater than before. Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of Heaven, because everything He does is right and all His ways are just. And those who walk in pride He is able to humble.’) Hurmanetar also finds Him in Book of Gleanings, the Kolbrin.
He began speaking at a very early age with Yah Himself by His mouth. So much for waiting until He was thirty. The parents with a bygone history of noted piety praised Yah the Creator and thanked for ills to prove them. So to reward them He chose Him(the Firstborn) as His elect to help those fallen into evil and to cure who suffered.
When He reached thirteen, the age He should chose a wife, the house of His poor parents became a meeting place for rich and noble desiring Issa for son-in-law. At this He left the parental house in secret leaving Jerusalem and travelling with merchants to Sind. Sind, recently changed to Sindh, is a province in southwestern Pakistan. He did this to perfect the Divine Word and study laws of the great Buddhas. This sounds suspiciously like the tale of Him staying behind to speak with the teachers in Jerusalem. If this is the case, clearly one is distorting the Truth. Why would the Bible be corrupted? Simple, the Romans or Vatican who changed it don’t want the Truth to come out but their influence instead. One must feel a bit for His parents who looked set to be blessed in a special way here but they too beforehand had praised and thanked for proving them also forgetting their ancient grandeur. Once they’d overcome this I’m sure knew He would return.
CHAPTER V.
- In the course of his fourteenth year, the young Issa, blessed of Yah, came on this side of Sind and established himself among the Aryas in the land beloved of Yah.
- Fame spread the reputation of this marvellous child throughout the length of northern Sind, and when He crossed the country of the five rivers and the Rajputana, the devotees of the god Jaine prayed Him to dwell among them.
- But He left the erring worshippers of Jaine and went to Juggernaut in the country of Orissa, where repose the mortal remains of Vyasa-Krishna and where the white priests of Brahma made Him a Joyous welcome.
- They taught Him to read and understand the Vedas, to cure by aid of prayer, to teach, to explain the Holy Scriptures to the people, and to drive out evil spirits from the bodies of men, restoring unto them their sanity.
- He passed six years at Juggernaut, at Rajagriha, at Benares, and in the other Holy cities. Everyone loved Him, for Issa lived in peace with the Vaisyas and the Sudras, whom He instructed in the Holy Scriptures.
- But the Brahmans and the Kshatriyas told Him that they were forbidden by the great Para-Brahma to come near to those whom he had created from his side and his feet;
- That the Vaisyas were only authorised to hear the reading of the Vedas, and this on festival days only;
- That the Sudras were forbidden not only to assist at the reading of the Vedas, but also from contemplating them, for their condition was to serve in perpetuity as slaves to the Brahmans, the Kshatriyas, and even the Vaisyas.
- "'Death only can set them free from their servitude' has said Para-Brahma. Leave them then and come and worship with us the gods, who will become incensed against thee if thou cost disobey them."
- But Issa listened not to their discourses and betook him to the Sudras, preaching against the Brahmans and the Kshatriyas.
- He inveighed against the act of a man arrogating to himself the power to deprive his fellow beings of their rights of humanity; "for," said He, "Yah the Father makes no difference between His children; all to Him are equally dear."
- Issa denied the divine origin of the Vedas* and the Puranas*. "For," taught He to His followers, "a law has already been given to man to guide him in his actions; *[The Abhedananda version of the Himis transcript does not include this denunciation.]
- "Fear Yah, bend the knee before Him only, and bring to Him alone the offerings which proceed from thy gains."
- Issa denied the Trimurti and the incarnation of Para-Brahma in Vishnu, Siva*, and other gods, for said He: [The Abhedananda version of the Himis transcript does not include this denunciation.]
- "The Judge Eternal, the Eternal Spirit, comprehends the one and indivisible soul of the universe, which alone creates, contains, and vivifies all. [Inasmuch as Jesus' closest disciple, John, begins his Gospel with a quote from the Vedas, "In the beginning was the Word . . . ," the authenticity of this passage may be questioned. (Notation added by Notovitch.)]
- "He alone has willed and created, He alone has existed since all Eternity, and His existence will have no end. He has no equal either in the heavens or on Earth.
- "The Great Creator has not shared His power with any living being, still less with inanimate objects, as they have taught to you; for He alone possesses omnipotence.
- "He willed it and the world appeared. In a divine thought, He gathered together the waters, separating from them the dry portion of the globe. He is the principle of the mysterious existence of man, in whom He has breathed a part of His Being.
- "And He has subordinated to man the earth, the waters, the beasts, and all that He has created and that He himself preserves in immutable order, fixing for each thing the length of its duration.
- "The anger of Yah will soon be let loose against man; for he has forgotten his Creator, he has filled his temples with abominations, and he worships a crowd of creatures which Yah has made subordinate to him.
- "For to do honour to stones and metals, he sacrifices human beings, in whom dwells a part of the spirit of the Most High.
- "For he humiliates those who work by the sweat of their brow to acquire the favour of an idler seated at his sumptuous board.
- "Those who deprive their brethren of divine happiness shall be deprived of it themselves. The Brahmans and the Kshatriyas shall become the Sudras, and with the Sudras the Eternal shall dwell everlastingly.
- "Because in the day of the last judgment the Sudras and the Vaisyas will be forgiven much because of their ignorance, while Yah, on the contrary, will punish with His wrath those who have arrogated to themselves His rights."
- The Vaisyas and the Sudras were filled with great admiration and asked Issa how they should pray so as not to lose their Eternal felicity.
- "Worship not the idols, for they hear you not. Listen not to the Vedas, for their truth is counterfeit. Never put yourself in the first place and never humiliate your neighbour.
- "Help the poor, support the weak, do ill to no one, and covet not that which thou hast not and which thou sees belongs to another."
[Sir John Wodroofe notes: "The fourth Gospel opens grandly, 'In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God.' These are the very words of Veda. Prajapatir vai idam asit: In the beginning was Brahman. Tasya vag dvitya asit; with whom was the Vak or the Word... Vag vai paramam Brahma; and the word is Brahman."]
(The Garland Letters, 7th ed. [Pondicherry: Ganesh & Co., 1979] p.4)
So Issa arrived in Sind. Very soon He was being welcomed. His fame and reputation rose. The worshippers of Jaine, however, didn’t meet with His approval so moved onto Juggernaut in Orissa. There, the priests of Brahma welcomed Him joyously. They taught Him to understand the Vedas, to cure by prayer, to teach and explain, drive out evil spirits and restore to sanity. He stayed six years in Juggernaut, Rajagriha, Benares, and other Holy cities. Everyone loved Him. He lived in peace with the Vaisyas and the Sudras, whom He instructed in the Holy Scriptures. This was a fourteen year old when He arrived in Sind. He’s moved on a bit since then and with six years here by the end will be into His twenties. So much again for waiting until He’s thirty for the lost sheep of the Children of Israel only. In short, these chapters are showing up the changes in the Gospels of the Bible. He set Himself at peace with the Vaisyas and the Sudras, whom He instructed. The Brahmans and the Kshatriyas told Him, however, it’s forbidden by the great Para-Brahma to come near or even look upon. Only death can set them free. So Issa betook Himself of them preaching to the Sudras against the Brahmans and Kshatriyas. In the Essene Gospel of Peace it says: And Yahusha answered- "Happy are you that you hunger for the Truth, for I will satisfy you with the bread of wisdom. Happy are you, that you knock, for I will open to you the door of Life. Happy are you, that you would cast off the power of Satan, for I will lead you into the Kingdom of our Mother's angels, where the power of Satan cannot enter."
"For," said He, "Yah the Father makes no difference between His children; all to Him are equally dear. A law has already been given to man to guide him in his actions; Fear Yah, bend the knee before Him only, and bring to Him alone the offerings which proceed from thy gains. The Judge Eternal, the Eternal Spirit, comprehends the one and indivisible soul of the universe, which alone creates, contains, and vivifies all. He alone has willed and created, He alone has existed since all Eternity, and His existence will have no end. He has no equal either in the heavens or on Earth. The Great Creator has not shared His power with any living being, still less with inanimate objects, as they have taught to you; for He alone possesses omnipotence. He willed it and the world appeared. In a divine thought, He gathered together the waters, separating from them the dry portion of the globe. He is the principle of the mysterious existence of man, in whom He has breathed a part of His Being. And He has subordinated to man the earth, the waters, the beasts, and all that He has created and that He himself preserves in immutable order, fixing for each thing the length of its duration. The anger of Yah will soon be let loose against man; for he has forgotten his Creator, he has filled his temples with abominations, and he worships a crowd of creatures which Yah has made subordinate to him. For to do honour to stones and metals, he sacrifices human beings, in whom dwells a part of the spirit of the Most High. For he humiliates those who work by the sweat of their brow to acquire the favour of an idler seated at his sumptuous board. Those who deprive their brethren of divine happiness shall be deprived of it themselves. The Brahmans and the Kshatriyas shall become the Sudras, and with the Sudras the Eternal shall dwell everlastingly. Because in the day of the last judgment the Sudras and the Vaisyas will be forgiven much because of their ignorance, while Yah, on the contrary, will punish with His wrath those who have arrogated to themselves His rights." Yet again this doesn’t look like the “Jesus” who is only called to the Jews in the Gospels of the Bible. Either that one is someone else or the facts have been changed. “Yah the Father makes no difference between His Children.” Filled with admiration they asked how not to lose their Eternal felicity. "Worship not the idols, for they hear you not. Listen not to the Vedas, for their truth is counterfeit. Never put yourself in the first place and never humiliate your neighbour. Help the poor, support the weak, do ill to no one, and covet not that which thou hast not and which thou sees belongs to another."
CHAPTER VI.
- The white priests and the warriors, becoming acquainted with the discourses of Issa addressed to the Sudras, resolved upon his death and sent with this intent their servants to seek out the young prophet.
- But Issa, warned of his danger by the Sudras, left the neighbourhood of Juggernaut by night, reached the mountain, and established Himself in the country of Gautamides, the birthplace of the great Buddha Sakyamuni, in the midst of a people worshipping the one and sublime Brahma.
- After having perfected Himself in the Pali language, the just Issa applied Himself to the study of the sacred writings of the Sutras.
- Six years after, Issa, whom the Buddha had elected to spread his holy word, had become a perfect expositor of the sacred writings.
- Then he left Nepal and the Himalayan mountains, descended into the valley of Rajputana, and went towards the west, preaching to diverse peoples the supreme perfection of man,
- Which is-to do good to one's neighbour, being the sure means of merging oneself rapidly in the Eternal Spirit: "He who shall have regained his original purity," said Issa, "will die having obtained remission for his sins, and he will have the right to contemplate the majesty of Yah."
- In crossing pagan territories, the divine Issa taught that the worship of visible gods was contrary to the law of nature.
- "For man," said he, "has not been permitted to see the image of Yah, and yet he has made a host of deities in the likeness of the Eternal.
- "Moreover, it is incompatible with the human conscience to make less matter of the grandeur of divine purity than of animals and objects executed by the hand of man in stone or metal.
- "The Eternal Lawgiver is one; there is no other Yah but He. He has not shared the world with anyone, neither has He informed anyone of His intentions.
- "Even as a father would act towards his children, so will Yah judge men after their deaths according to the laws of His mercy. Never would He so humiliate His child as to transmigrate His soul, as in a purgatory, into the body of an animal."
- "The Heavenly Law," said the Creator by the mouth of Issa, "is opposed to the immolation of human sacrifices to an image or to an animal; for I have consecrated to man all the animals and all that the earth contains.
- "All things have been sacrificed to man, who is directly and intimately associated with Me his Father; therefore he who shall have stolen from Me My child will be severely judged and chastised by the Divine Law.
- "Man is naught before the Eternal Judge, as the animal is naught before man.
- "Wherefore I say unto you, Leave your idols and perform not rites which separate you from your Father, associating you with the priests from whom the heavens have turned away.
- "For it is they who have led you from the true Yah and whose superstitions and cruelties conduce to the perversion of your soul and the loss of all moral sense."
Giving us clear guidance into the ways of Yah our Father. ‘Yah the Father makes no difference between His children.’ Do good to one’s neighbours to immerse yourself in the Eternal Spirit. It isn’t permissible to see the Image of Yah so those who worship visible gods of wood, stone and metal do contrary to the Law of nature. There is no other Yah but He. He doesn’t share the world with anyone nor show His intentions. He will judge mortal man after his passing according to His laws of mercy. The Heavenly Law is opposed to human sacrifices to an image or an animal. I have consecrated to man all the animals and all the earth contains. He is directly and intimately associated with Me his Father. Therefore he who steals from Me My child will be severely judged and chastised. Man is naught before the Eternal Judge as animal is naught before man.
Having been warned by the Sudras He left quietly by night reaching the mountain and establishing at Gautamides. This was birthplace of the great Buddha Sakyamuni, where they worship the one and sublime Brahma. After learning the Pali language He studied the sacred writings of the Sutras. The Buddha after Issa spread the Holy Word and become a perfect expositor of the sacred writings. He left Nepal and the Himalayas descending to Rajputana and heading west, preaching the supreme perfection of man.
CHAPTER VII.
- The words of Issa spread among the pagans in the midst of the countries He traversed, and the inhabitants forsook their idols.
- Seeing which the priests exacted of Him who Glorified the Name of the True Yah, reason in the presence of the people for the reproaches He made against them and a demonstration of the nothingness of their idols.
- And Issa made answer to them: "If your idols and your animals are powerful and really possessed of supernatural strength, then let them strike Me to the Earth."
- "Work then a miracle," replied the priests, "and let Thy Yah confound our gods, if they inspire Him with contempt."
- But Issa then said: "The miracles of Yah have been worked since the first day when the universe was created; they take place every day and at every moment. Whosoever sees them not is deprived of one of the fairest gifts of Life.
- "And it is not against pieces of stone, metal, or wood, which are inanimate, that the anger of Yah will have full course; but it will fall on men, who, if they desire their salvation, must destroy all the idols they have made.
- "Even as a stone and a grain of sand, naught as they are in the sight of man, wait patiently the moment when He shall take and make use of them,
- "So man must await the great favour that Yah shall accord him in His final judgment.
- "But woe unto you, ye enemies of men, if it be not a favour that you await but rather the wrath of the Divinity - woe unto you if ye expect miracles to bear witness to His power.
- "For it will not be the idols that He will annihilate in His anger but those who shall have erected them. Their hearts shall be consumed with Eternal fire, and their lacerated bodies shall go to satiate the hunger of wild beasts.
- "Yah will drive the impure from among His flocks, but He will take back to Himself those who shall have gone astray through not having recognised the portion of spirituality within them."
- Seeing the powerlessness of their priests, the pagans had still greater faith in the sayings of Issa and, fearing the anger of the Divinity, broke their idols to pieces. As for the priests, they fled to escape the vengeance of the populace.
- And Issa further taught the pagans not to strive to see the Eternal Spirit with their eyes but to endeavour to feel Him in their hearts and by purity of soul to render themselves worthy of His favours.
- "Not only," said He unto them, "abstain from consuming human sacrifices, but immolate no creature to whom Life has been given, for all things that exist have been created for the profit of man.
- "Do not steal the goods of your neighbour, for that would be to deprive him of what he has acquired by the sweat of his brow.
- "Deceive no one, so as not to be yourselves deceived. Endeavour to justify yourself before the last judgment, for then it will be too late.
- "Do not give yourselves up to debauchery, for that would be to violate the laws of Yah.
- "You shall attain to supreme happiness, not only in purifying yourselves, but also in guiding others in the way that shall permit them to gain original perfection."
The words of Issa which He spoke spoke to the pagans where He went. They forsook their idols. They saw He Glorified the Name of the True Yah. “If your idols and animals are powerful let them strike Me to the Earth.” Work then a miracle the priests replied. “Miracles of Yah have been worked since the universe was created and every day at every moment. It’s one of the fairest gifts of Life to see them. The anger of Yah will have full course against those who if they desire salvation will destroy their idols. He shall annihilate in His anger those who have erected them. Their hearts consumed with Eternal fire, lacerated bodies shall go to satiating the wild beasts.” The wild beasts will know those who have meat rotting in their stomachs and wonder if they’re next. This seems a little off I would say. Of course, He will be angry and reserve judgment for the end but generally He is loving. From the Kolbrin we read: “I Am not the Yah of battles, not the Yah of nations, not even the Yah of men. I Am the Yah of Souls, The Keeper of the Treasures of Eternity.“ There’s other passages of Scripture. From Essene Book of Revelation: “And I saw Heaven open, and beheld a white horse; and He that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He does judge. His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns, and He was cloaked in blazing light and His feet were bare. And His Name is called the Word of Yah. And the Holy brotherhood followed Him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And they entered the Eternal Infinite Garden, in whose midst stood the Tree of Life.” Judgment yes but no war. There’s also another point here which is in sharp contrast to the Bible. Issa never talks about Himself. Only about Yah the Father and the Law. In the Bible, I and the Father are One. Also, in the Old Testament, lots of mention of Lord. It should be Yah or Father but the deity names were changed by Jewish priests (Sanhedrin) to put what they worship into pre-eminence. They created synagogues too to control the people. In short, replacing with the name of the king of darkness. What a shocker! Carrying on through the King James Bible too. Wonder what Wycliffe & Tindall would say if they could see this. Take care who your worshipping at church. Its the same names which are commonly used. Lovely people, sincere hearts, being warned every day but not seeing or comprehending. Do you ever wonder why the message can’t be kept? Because you agree in the wrong person’s name is one reason.
Woe, however, if you expect miracles to bear witness His power. And woe a second time, you enemies of Man - with a veiled reference here that the miracle Yahuah shows with Power is beyond human comprehension, a destruction. Yah will drive the impure from His flocks. The wheat and chaff are being separated again. Everything isn’t as it seems. I wonder why we need new and old covenants. The whole nature of Man is covered with those listening and not listening. From pre-recreation times there was Eloma (the Kolbrin, Book of Gleanings chapter 2) who listened. In Biblical times it would appear Enoch, Noah (and no he didn’t build the Ark on his own ), Abraham & Moses all listened. Then, Moses prayed that if they (the Israelites) aren’t for You (Yah) let them not be against You until they are ready to seek the Light. Those who were ready were called the Essenes. More on them can be found in the commentary on chapter 1 but quite clearly they were around centuries before Yahusha became one of them. Finally, in chapter 3, we hear of a couple praising the Creator ‘for the ills He saw fit to prove them’ and ‘to reward for not falling away from the Way of Truth He blessed the firstborn of the family by choosing Him for His elect.’ Wow! Father’s time is perfect. This was what He decided before time. As we read earlier in chapter 3 there is a suggestion His spirit is in some way special. The same thing can be seen in Ascension of Isaiah chapters 6-11 when the spirit goes down. However, again in Essene Gospel of Peace, we are afforded a bit more insight with the words: “For the spirit of the Son of Man was created from the spirit of the Heavenly Father, and His body from the body of the Earthly Mother. Become, therefore, perfect as the spirit of your Heavenly Father and the body of your Earthly Mother are perfect. And so love your Heavenly Father, as he loves your spirit. And so love your Earthly Mother, as she loves your body.” So where’s the need for a new covenant? 😧 Just a person here with a Divine call. We all have a Divine call but just not as great. If you were a Pope sometime in ancient antiquity or a Roman emperor wouldn’t you want to conjure two covenants (is there a coven in there somewhere) THEN in some way make “him” “divine” so you can create the system whereby you become that person? Hmmm. (If you look up at antiquity while I was writing it down antichrist appeared in predictive. It was a real eye opener. Ruach HaKodesh was saying he’s in some way connected with antiquity.) My guess for this character as things stand is President Trump but we wait and see. I’m also inclined to think that very little of what they have planned for us will actually happen. Yay!
“Deceive no one. Try to justify yourselves before last judgment for then its too late. No debauchery. This would violate Yah’s Laws. Attain supreme happiness by purifying yourselves and guiding others so they gain original perfection.”
CHAPTER VIII.
- The neighbouring countries resounded with the prophecies of Issa, and when He entered into Persia the priests became alarmed and forbade the inhabitants to listen to Him.
- And when they saw all the villages welcoming Him with joy and listening devoutly to His sermons, they gave orders to arrest Him and had Him brought before the high priest, where He underwent the following interrogation:
- "Of what new Yah cost thou speak? Art thou not aware, unhappy man, that Saint Zoroaster is the only just one admitted to the privilege of communion with the Supreme Being,
- "Who ordered the angels to put down in writing the word of Yah for the use of His people, laws that were given to Zoroaster in paradise?
- "Who then art thou to dare here to blaspheme our god and to sow doubt in the hearts of believers?"
- And Issa said unto them: "It is not of a new Yah that I speak but of our Heavenly Father, who has existed since all time and who will still be after the end of all things.
- "It is of Him that I have discoursed to the people, who, like unto innocent children, are not yet capable of comprehending Yah by the simple strength of their intelligence or of penetrating into His Divine and spiritual sublimity.
- "But even as a babe discovers in the darkness its mother's breast, so even your people, who have been led into error by your erroneous doctrine and your religious ceremonies, have recognised by instinct their Father in the Father of whom I Am the prophet.
- "The Eternal Being has said to your people through the medium of My mouth: 'You shall not worship the sun, for it is but a part of the world which I have created for man.
- "'The sun rises in order to warm you during your work; it sets to allow you the repose which I myself have appointed.
- "'It is to Me, and to Me alone, that you owe all that you possess, all that is to be found about you, above you, and below you."'
- "But," said the priests, "how could a people live according to the rules of justice if it had no preceptors?"
- Then Issa answered, "So long as the people had no priests, the natural law governed them, and they preserved the candour of their souls.
- "Their souls were with Yah, and to commune with the Father they had recourse to the medium of no idol or animal, nor to the fire, as is practiced here.
- "You contend that one must worship the sun, the spirit of good and of evil. Well, I say unto you, your doctrine is a false one, the sun acting not spontaneously but according to the will of the invisible Creator who gave it birth
- "And who has willed it to be the star that should light the day, to warm the labour and the seedtime of man.
- "The Eternal Spirit is the soul of all that is animate. You commit a great sin in dividing it into a spirit of evil and a spirit of good, for there is no Yah outside the good,
- "Who, like unto the father of a family, does but good to his children, forgiving all their faults if they repent them.
- "The spirit of evil dwells on the earth in the hearts of those men who turn aside the children of Yah from the strait path.
- "Wherefore I say unto you, Beware of the day of judgment, for Yah will inflict a terrible chastisement upon all those who shall have led His children astray from the right path and have filled them with superstitions and prejudices;
- "Those who have blinded them that see, conveyed contagion to the healthy, and taught the worship of the things that Yah has subordinated to man for his good and to aid him in his work.
- "Your doctrine is therefore the fruit of your errors; for desiring to bring near to you the Yah of Truth, you have created for yourselves false gods."
- After having listened to Him, the magi determined to do Him no harm. But at night, when all the town lay sleeping, they conducted Him outside of the walls and abandoned Him on the high road, in the hope that He would soon become a prey to the wild beasts.
- But, protected by Yahuah, Saint Issa continued His way unmolested.
Let’s take a look first at prayers to our Earthly Mother and Heavenly Father. Thus: ‘Be, therefore, true Sons of your Earthly Mother and of your Heavenly Father, that you fall not as slaves of Satan. And your Earthly Mother and Heavenly Father will send you their angels to teach, to love, and to serve you. And their angels will write the commandments of Yah in your head, in your heart, and in your hands, that you may know, feel, and do Yah's commandments.
"And pray every day to your Heavenly Father and Earthly Mother, that your soul become as perfect as your Heavenly Father's Holy Spirit is perfect, and that your body become as perfect as the body of your Earthly Mother is perfect. For if you understand, feel, and do the commandments, then all for which you pray to your Heavenly Father and your Earthly Mother will be given you. For the wisdom, the love, and the power of Yah are above all.
"After this manner, therefore, pray to your Heavenly Father: Our Father which art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
"And after this manner pray to your Earthly Mother: Our Mother which art upon earth, Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come, and Thy will be done in us, as it is in Thee. As thou send every day Thy angels, send them to us also. Forgive us our sins, as we atone all our sins against Thee. And lead us not into sickness, but deliver us from all evil, for Thine is the Earth, the body, and the health. Amen. And they all prayed together with Yahusha to the Heavenly Father and to the Earthly Mother.”
He’s now, we read, in Persia starting to head west back to His homeland. Here the priests are alarmed forbidding Him to speak or the inhabitants to listen. Let’s then look at how Issa answered those who brought Him before the high priest of Zoroaster. “It isn’t one who is new but our Heavenly Father from all time and will exist after the end. I have spoken to the people, innocent children, not yet capable of comprehending Yah or penetrating His Divine and spiritual sublimity. But even a babe in the darkness finds its mother’s breast so even your people who have been led into error by your doctrine have recognised by instinct their Father who I Am prophet of. Therefore, you shall not worship sun. It is part of the world created for man. Even as it rises to warm during your work it sets to allow repose. It is to Me and Me alone you owe all you possess to be found about, above and below you.
The priests replied, “How can a people live according to rules of justice if there’s no preceptors?” This shows the classic nature of religion. The “priests” exercise it over them but use them through it too. He answered, “The natural law governed them. They were with Yah to commune with Him and not answering to idol or animal as you practice. The sun isn’t the spirit of good and evil. Your doctrine is false. It acts according to will of Heavenly Father the invisible Creator. He gave it birth with a thought in a moment to light the day, to warm labour and seed time, the soul of all that is animate. Yah creates nothing out of the good. Like the father of a family who does but good forgiving children when they repent. Therefore, do not lead the children aside from the straight path. Wherefore beware of the day of judgment when Yah brings a terrible chastisement on all who have led the children astray. Who have brought contagion to the healthy teaching worship to that which is subordinate to man. So this shows the fruit of your errors desiring to be near the Yah of Truth have created false gods.” After listening therefore, they did Him no harm but came in the night they took Him out of the walls and abandoned on the high road hoping He’d be prey to wild beasts. The beasts would, of course, know He’s a vegetarian and a lover of them so leave Him alone. So thus Yahuah protected and Issa went on His way.
CHAPTER IX.
- Issa, whom the Creator had elected to remind a depraved humanity of the True Yah, had reached His twenty-ninth year when He returned to the land of Israel.
- Since His departure the pagans had inflicted still more atrocious sufferings on the Israelites, who were a prey to the deepest despondency.
- Many among them had already begun to abandon the laws of Yah and those of Mossa in the hope of appeasing their savage conquerors.
- In the face of this evil, Issa exhorted His compatriots not to despair because the day of the redemption of sins was at hand, and He confirmed them in the belief which they had in the Yah of their fathers.
- "Children, do not give yourselves up to despair," said the Heavenly Father by the mouth of Issa, "for I have heard your voice, and your cries have reached Me.
- "Do not weep, O My beloved ones! For your grief has touched the heart of your Father, and He has forgiven you, even as He forgave your forefathers.
- "Do not abandon your families to plunge yourselves into debauchery, do not lose the nobility of your feelings, and do not worship idols who will remain deaf to your voices.
- "Fill My Temple with your hope and with your patience and abjure not the religion of your fathers; for I alone have guided them and have heaped them with benefits.
- "You shall lift up those who have fallen, you shall give food to the hungry, and you shall come to the aid of the sick, so as to be all pure and just at the day of the last judgment which I prepare for you."
- The Israelites came in crowds at the word of Issa, asking Him where they should praise the Heavenly Father, seeing that the enemy had razed their temples to the ground and laid low their sacred vessels.
- And Issa made answer to them that Yah had not in view temples erected by the hands of man, but He meant that the human heart was the True Temple of Yah.
- "Enter into your Temple, into your heart. Illumine it with good thoughts and the patience and immovable confidence which you should have in your Father.
- "And your sacred vessels, they are your hands and your eyes. See and do that which is agreeable to Yah, for in doing good to your neighbour you accomplish a rite which embellishes the Temple wherein dwells He who gave you Life.
- "For Yah has created you in His own likeness - innocent, with pure souls and hearts filled with goodness, destined not for the conception of evil schemes but made to be sanctuaries of Love and justice.
- "Wherefore I say unto you, sully not your hearts, for the Supreme Being dwells therein Eternally.
- "If you wish to accomplish works marked with Love or piety, do them with an open heart and let not your actions be governed by calculations or the hope of gain.
- "For such actions would not help to your salvation, and you would fall into that state of moral degradation where theft, lying, and murder pass for generous deeds."
He thus returned to Israel in His twenty ninth year. He was elected by the Creator to remind of the True Yah and remove those from depravity. More atrocities had been inflicted on His people since He left and some had left the Law to appease their conquerors. “No despair because the day of redemption from sins is at hand through the Yah of our fathers. I have heard your voice. Your cries have reached Me. He has forgiven as He forgave your forefathers. Again, as in India and Tibet, Issa advised not to abandon families, avoid debauchery, lose nobility of feelings or worship idols. Fill My Temple with hope, patience stay with religion of your fathers who I heaped with benefits.” This redemption, however, isn’t a salvation of the body for the Romans will still be in charge but of the Spirit - a proper relationship from within. As we will see in the next few chapters the manner of redemption is different to what we accept or know. “Lift up those who have fallen, feed the hungry, aid the sick, be pure and just at the day of the last judgment which I prepare.”
At the teaching of Issa large crowds came. In view of their temples being razed to the ground they asked where they should praise Yah but He said, “The human heart is the True Temple of Yah. Illuminate it with good thoughts and confidence from what you should have of Yah. The sacred vessels are your hands and eyes. Do what is agreeable and good for your neighbour and embellish the Temple where He dwells to give you Life. You are created in His Likeness, innocent pure souls, hearts filled with gladness to withstand the conception of evil schemes. Love and justice in your sanctuaries. The Eternal Being dwells within Eternally. Do not sully your hearts. Accomplish works with Love and piety involving no calculations or hope of gain. Such actions don’t help salvation but fall into degradation with theft, lying and murder passing as good deeds.”
So learn from this. He brings salvation from within conformed to the Law as opposed to doing a few individual deeds. Notice the difference from the four Gospels we have. No mention of the Law there or hidden partially. Where do the Acts of the Apostles and the teachings of Paul fit into this? If your watching carefully some of Paul’s teachings are mentioned. He’s just copying Issa but he adds some of his own!
CHAPTER X.
- Saint Issa went from one town to another, strengthening by the Word of Yah the courage of the Israelites, who were ready to succumb to the weight of their despair; and thousands of men followed Him to hear Him preach.
- But the chiefs of the towns became afraid of Him, and they made known to the principal governor who dwelt at Jerusalem that a man named Issa had arrived in the country; that He was stirring up by His discourses the people against the authorities; that the crowd listened to Him with assiduity, neglected the works of the state, and affirmed that before long it would be rid of its intrusive governors.
- Then Pilate, governor of Jerusalem, ordered that they should seize the person of the preacher Issa, that they should bring Him into the town and lead Him before the judges. But in order not to excite the anger of the populace, Pilate charged the priests and the learned Hebrew elders to judge Him in the Temple.
- Meanwhile Issa, continuing His preachings, arrived at Jerusalem; and, having learnt of His arrival, all the inhabitants, knowing Him already by reputation, went out to meet Him.
- They greeted Him respectfully and opened to Him the gates of their temple in order to hear from His mouth what He had said in the other cities of Israel.
- And Issa said unto them: "The human race perishes because of its lack of faith, for the darkness and the tempest have scattered the flocks of humanity and they have lost their shepherds.
- "But the tempest will not last forever, and the darkness will not always obscure the Light. The sky will become once more serene, the Heavenly Light will spread itself over the Earth, and the flocks gone astray will gather around their shepherd.
- "Do not strive to find straight paths in the darkness, lest ye fall into a pit; but gather together your remaining strength, support one another, place your confidence in Yah, and wait till Light appears.
- "He who sustains his neighbour, sustains himself; and whosoever protects his family, protects the people and the state.
- "For be sure that the day is at hand when you shall be delivered from the darkness; you shall be gathered together as one family; and your enemy, who ignores what the favour of Yah is, shall tremble with fear."
- The priests and the elders who were listening to Him, filled with admiration at His discourse, asked Him if it were true that He had tried to stir up the people against the authorities of the country, as had been reported to the governor Pilate.
- "Can one excite to insurrection men gone astray, from whom the obscurity has hidden their door and their path?" replied Issa. "I have only warned the unfortunate, as I do here in this temple, that they may not further advance along the darkened way, for an abyss is open under their feet.
- "Earthly power is not of long duration, and it is subject to many changes. Of what use that man should revolt against it, seeing that one power always succeeds to another power? And thus it will come to pass until the extinction of humanity.
- "Against which, see you not that the mighty and the rich sow among the sons of Israel a spirit of rebellion against the Eternal power of Heaven?"
- The elders then asked: "Who art thou, and from what country cost thou come? We have not heard speak of thee before, and we know not even Thy Name."
- "I am an Israelite," replied Issa. "From the day of My birth I saw the walls of Jerusalem, and I heard the weeping of My brothers reduced to slavery and the lamentations of My sisters who were carried away by the pagans.
- "And My soul was filled with sadness when I saw that My brethren had forgotten the True Yah. As a child, I left My father's house and went to dwell among other peoples.
- "But having heard that My brethren were suffering still greater tortures, I have come back to the country where My parents dwell to remind My brothers of the faith of their forefathers, which teaches us patience on Earth to obtain perfect and sublime happiness in Heaven."
- And the learned elders put him this question: "It is said that thou denies the laws of Mossa and that thou teaches" the people to forsake the temple of Yah?"
- And Issa replied: "One cannot demolish that which has been given by our Heavenly Father, neither that which has been destroyed by sinners; but I have enjoined the purification of the heart from all blemish, for it is the True Temple of Yah.
- "As to the laws of Mossa, I have endeavoured to establish them in the hearts of men. And I say unto you that you do not understand their real meaning, for it is not vengeance but mercy that they teach; only the sense of these laws has been perverted."
This chapter gives a very good discourse on Issa’s purpose, that He is an Israelite also, seeks to establish the Temple of the heart and the Laws of Mossa (Moses/Moshe). Thus, He went from town to town strengthening by the Word from His Heavenly Father not to succumb to the weight of despair but the chiefs of towns who traditionally in Roman circles work for them told the principal governor in Jerusalem He stirs up by what He says against the authorities. It’s a lie, of course. Then Pilate, for he was the governor, ordered that they should seize Him, bring into town and put before the judges but so as not to incite the people to anger he told the priests and learned Hebrew elders to judge Him in the temple.
Meanwhile, Issa arrived in Jerusalem. Known already by reputation the populace went out to meet Him. Greeting Him respectfully they opened the gates of their temple to hear what He had said in other cities. Note that they opened their temple, not His. “You perish because of lack of faith. Darkness and the tempest have scattered humanity and have lost their shepherds. The tempest, however, will not last forever nor obscure the Light. The sky will become serene, Heavenly Light will spread over the Earth and flocks gone astray will gather around the shepherd.” Sounds like we’re still waiting for it today (not much longer to wait!) but this remark is an illusion to time which we are so fond of. “Straight paths will not be found in the darkness. Gather together in remaining strength, support one another, place confidence in Yah and wait for the Light” - that remark again. “Sustain neighbour, sustain yourself, protect family, protect the people and the state. The day is at hand when your delivered and gathered together as a family. Your enemy who ignores the favour of Yah will tremble.
Then the priests asked Him questions filled with admiration. Did you incite the masses against the authorities? “Can one lead to insurrection those gone astray in lost places from the correct door or path? I have warned the unfortunate and do so here too not to walk the darkened road or an abyss is opened under them. Earthly power is short lived, subject to change and another succeeds it such is the way to the extinction of mankind. The mighty and rich in Israel sow rebellion against the Eternal power of Heaven.”
Having listened the elders asked: “Who are you? Which country are you from? We haven’t heard of you or even Your Name? “I Am an Israelite. I know Jerusalem and have seen My brethren, male and female, weeping under the burden of slavery and taken away. I was filled with sadness to see they had forgotten the True Yah. As a child I left My father’s house to visit other countries but having heard of even greater tortures suffered by My brethren where My parents still live I have returned to remind brothers of the faith of their forefathers. To teach patience is to obtain perfect and sublime happiness in Heaven.
The elders put to Him another question. It is said you deny the laws of Mossa and forsake temple of Yah. Issa replied: “What the Heavenly Father has given no one can demolish nor which was destroyed by sinners. The True Temple of Yah has been enjoined by the purification of the heart.” We have the Way of Truth shown by Issa’s parents with Yah blessing the firstborn and choosing Him for His Elect. So, the Judge became incarnate in a human being or giving Him His own Spirit with the Eternal Spirit (Ruach HaKodesh/Holy Spirit) detaching for an indefinite period from the Supreme Being in human guise, the self-identification Of Divinity. It does say a human being. Why, also, would this be happening if He was Divine Himself? “Regarding the laws of Mossa, I try establishing them in human hearts. However, to understand the True meaning they do not teach vengeance but mercy. You have perverted these laws.”
CHAPTER XI.
- Having hearkened unto Issa, the priests and the wise elders decided among themselves not to judge Him, for He did harm to no one. And presenting themselves before Pilate, appointed governor of Jerusalem by the pagan king of the country of Romeles, they addressed him thus:
- "We have seen the man whom thou accuses of inciting our people to rebellion; we have heard His discourses, and we know Him to be our compatriot.
- "But the chiefs of the cities have made thee false reports, for this is a just man who teaches the people the Word of Yah. After having interrogated Him, we dismissed Him, that He might go in peace."
- The governor then became enraged and sent near to Issa his servants in disguise, so that they might watch all His actions and report to the authorities the least word that He should address to the people.
- In the meantime, Saint Issa continued to visit the neighbouring towns, preaching the True ways of the Creator, exhorting the Hebrews to patience, and promising them a speedy deliverance.
- And during all this time, many people followed Him wherever He went, several never leaving Him but becoming His servitors.
- And Issa said: "Do not believe in miracles wrought by the hand of man, for He who dominates over nature is alone capable of doing that which is supernatural, whilst man is powerless to stay the anger of the winds or to spread the rain.
- "Nevertheless, there is one miracle which it is possible for man to accomplish. It is when, full of a sincere belief, he decides to root out from his heart all evil thoughts, and when to attain his end he forsakes the paths of iniquity.
- "And all the things that are done without Yah are but errors, seductions, and enchantments, which only demonstrate to what an extent the soul of him who practices this art is full of shamelessness, falsehood, and impurity.
- "Put not your faith in oracles; Yah alone knows the future: he who has recourse to diviners profanes the temple which is in his heart and gives a proof of distrust towards his Creator.
- "Faith in diviners and in their oracles destroys the innate simplicity of man and his childlike purity. An infernal power takes possession of him, forcing him to commit all sorts of crimes and to worship idols;
- "Whereas the Lord Yah, who has no equal, is One, Almighty, omniscient, and omnipresent. It is He who possesses all wisdom and all Light.
- "It is to Him you must address yourselves to be consoled in your sorrows, helped in your works, and cured in your sickness. Whosoever shall have recourse to Him shall not be denied.
- "The secret of nature is in the hands of Yah. For the world, before it appeared, existed in the depth of the Divine thought; it became material and visible by the will of the Most High.
- "When you address yourselves to Him, become again as children; for you know neither the past, the present, nor the future, and Yah is the Master of all time."
We’re now taking a look at Governor Pilate’s deliberations. The priests and wise elders of Israel reported to him saying, this man is one of our compatriots. A false report is brought about Him for He is just teaching the Word of Yah. After interrogating we dismissed Him to go in peace. At this the governor flew into a rage. So much then for the Israeli authorities usually known in the Bible as the Sanhedrin (Sadducees & Pharisees) being against Him. While they are getting a few details wrong it is not they who labour against Him. When looking at the Bible there’s a few passages which appear suspiciously changed. Take, Matthew 22:15-17 talking about paying the imperial tax to Caesar. “Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap Him in His words. They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of Yah in accordance with the Truth. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are. Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay the imperial tax to Caesar or not?” Surely it would be the Romans asking questions about their coins? Also, John 19:12: “From then on, Pilate tried to set Him (Jesus/Yahusha) free, but the Jewish leaders kept shouting, “If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar.” Why would the Jewish authorities be interested in Caesar being their king? ‘Pilate then sent his servants in disguise to watch His actions and report to the authorities.’ If was Pilate who sent not the Israelis to catch Him in His words or other. Later in this book we find Pilate has no interest in setting Saint Issa free. Notice also the Roman centurion cast in a good light. (Matthew 8/ Luke 7.) Hmmm. At a later time we also have Paul appealing to Caesar (Acts 25:11) against the Jewish authorities and going to Rome. Not that I’m saying it didn’t happen but its kind of curious. Looks like Rome being lifted up. In the meantime, Issa continued preaching True ways of the Creator, encouraging patience for the True deliverance was near, e.g. His death, to bring a partial release from the servitude of sin. Full deliverance is coming at the end of the age. ‘Many followed Him including several who became His servitors.’ I’m presuming these are who become known as His disciples but do we know their deeds or who they are? Unlike in the Bible we here no mention of their names and mistakes.
“Miracles only come from the Creator.” Having said that, quite possibly others from the Essene brotherhood were fulfilling True miracles from the Creator. “Only He is capable of the supernatural who dominates over nature. Nevertheless, True repentance from the heart, that miracle is possible forsaking iniquity. All things done without Yah are errors and mistakes leading to shamelessness, falsehood, and impurity. Have no faith in oracles or knowing the future for only Yah knows this. By doing so the temple of your heart is profaned putting distrust in the Creator. These things destroy the innate simplicity of man and childlike purity. An infernal power takes hold of him. Whereas Yah is One, Almighty, omniscient, and omnipresent. He possesses wisdom and all Light. He will console in sorrows and cure your sickness. Address yourself to Him. The world existed deep in the depths of the Divine thought before appearing in the will of the Most High. So, become again as Children before Him knowing not the past, present or future. He is Master of All Time.” So where does that leave prophets? As a clue to this we read in the Kolbrin, Book of Gleanings, Eloma: "I will not send prophets, nor will I appoint spokesmen, but such will arise through their own efforts and enter into conscious union with Me. They will point the way, which will be followed by the spiritually sturdy, but others less strong in Spirit must take a slower path, and many will advance only by faith and service, by justice and kindliness towards others. The spark of Divinity in man generates inspiring dreams which will ever lure him onward and upward, yet the road is long, the journey wearing and often unpleasant. Man has unnecessarily encumbered himself, he has enshrouded his spirit under a winding sheet of earthly passions. With his Great Eye blinded by indulgence in vice and his spirit corroded by corruption, his fallible senses only are left to him, and these deceive him into believing the mortal vehicle is his total being. Affliction and decay are now the lot of man and he has passed into a long, dark night of ignorance. Now only by journeying the long and painful road of Earthly experience can his soul be cleansed and awakened to the realisation of the Glory within him." So there we have it. Take the relationship with Yah in all its fullness and forsake the world. Trust in His ways and miracles.
CHAPTER XII.
- "Righteous man," said unto him the spies of the governor of Jerusalem, "tell us if we shall perform the will of our Caesar or await our speedy deliverance."
- And Issa, having recognised them as people appointed to follow him, replied: "I have not said to you that you shall be delivered from Caesar. It is the soul plunged in error that shall have its deliverance.
- "As there can be no family without a head, so there can be no order among a people without a Caesar; to him implicit obedience should be given, he alone being answerable for his acts before the supreme tribunal."
- "Does Caesar possess a divine right?" further asked of him the spies. "And is he the best of mortals?"
- "There should be no better among men, but there are also sufferers, whom those elected and charged with this mission should care for, making use of the means conferred on them by the sacred law of our Heavenly Father.
- "Mercy and justice are the highest attributes of a Caesar; his name will be illustrious if he adhere to them.
- "But he who acts otherwise, who exceeds the limit of power that he has over his subordinates, going so far as to put their lives in danger, offends the great Judge and loses his dignity in the sight of man."
- At this juncture, an old woman who had approached the group, the better to hear Issa, was pushed aside by one of the spies, who placed himself before her.
- Then Issa held forth: "It is not meet that a son should set aside his mother, taking her place. Whosoever respects not his mother, the most sacred being after his Yah, is unworthy of the name of son.
- "Listen, then, to what I say unto you: Respect woman, for she is the mother of the universe, and all the Truth of Divine Creation lies in her.
- "She is the basis of all that is good and beautiful, as she is also the germ of Life and death. On her depends the whole existence of man, for she is his natural and moral support.
- "She gives birth to you in the midst of suffering. By the sweat of her brow she rears you, and until her death you cause her the gravest anxieties. Bless her and worship her, for she is your one friend, your one support on Earth.
- "Respect her, uphold her. In acting thus you will win her love and her heart. You will find favour in the sight of Yah and many sins shall be forgiven you.
- "In the same way, love your wives and respect them; for they will be mothers tomorrow, and each later on the ancestress of a race.
- "Be lenient towards woman. Her love ennobles man, softens his hardened heart, tames the brute in him, and makes of him a lamb.
- "The wife and the mother are the inappreciable treasures given unto you by Yah. They are the fairest ornaments of existence, and of them shall be born all the inhabitants of the world.
- "Even as the Yah of armies separated of old the Light from the darkness and the land from the waters, woman possesses the Divine faculty of separating in a man good intentions from evil thoughts.
- "Wherefore I say unto you, after Yah your best thoughts should belong to the women and the wives, woman being for you the Temple wherein you will obtain the most easily perfect happiness.
- "Imbue yourselves in this Temple with moral strength. Here you will forget your sorrows and your failures, and you will recover the lost energy necessary to enable you to help your neighbour.
- "Do not expose her to humiliation. In acting thus you would humiliate yourselves and lose the sentiment of Love, without which nothing exists here below.
- "Protect your wife, in order that she may protect you and all your family. All that you do for your wife, your mother, for a widow or another woman in distress, you will have done unto Yah."
The servants of the governor came to Issa in disguise but He knew them as appointed to follow Him. They questioned Him with, “shall we perform the will of our Caesar or await our speedy deliverance.” Issa replied: “It isn’t stated you shall be set free from Caesar but the soul plunged into error (or sin) will be delivered” showing that it’s not powers or a time period we are set free from. “A family must have a head. Likewise, a people must have a Caesar who is obeyed implicitly or be answerable before the supreme tribunal.” "Does Caesar possess a divine right?" Is he the best of mortals?" “There should be no better among men but there will be sufferers who those elected and charged to take care must acquit themselves by the sacred law of our Heavenly Father. Mercy and justice should be his highest attributes. His name illustrious if he adhere to them but he who exceeds his power over others or puts their lives in danger offends the Judge of the whole Earth losing dignity in the sight of men.”
A woman came close to listen more attentively but was pushed aside by one of the spies standing in front of her so Issa spoke to him saying, “A son should not put aside his mother but respect her as most sacred after Yah. She is mother of the universe and the Truth of Divine Creation is in her. She is all that’s good and beautiful. The germ of Life and death. On her depends the existence of man. His natural and moral support. She gives birth in suffering. She rears you and goes through the gravest anxieties. Bless and worship her. Your friend and only support on Earth. Respect and uphold her. You will win her love and her heart by doing so. By so doing ou will find favour from Yah and many sins forgiven. Also, love your wives and respect them for they become mothers tomorrow and later on the ancestress of a race. Be lenient to them. Love ennobles man. It tames the brute and makes him a lamb. Wife and mother are inappreciable treasures given by Yah. The fairest ornaments of existence. Even as Yah of old separates the darkness from Light and land from waters so woman possesses the Divine faculty to separate good intentions from evil thoughts. After Yah your best thoughts should be with woman and wives being the Temple for you wherein the most perfect happiness comes. In this Temple imbue yourself with moral strength forgetting sorrows and failures. Recover lost energy to help your neighbour. If you humiliate yourself you expose her to it also. Do not lose the sentiment of Love otherwise nothing exists down here. The wife needs protection. Through it she protects you and the whole family. Do everything for wife, mother, widow or another woman and it’s done for Yah.”
CHAPTER XIII.
- Saint Issa taught the people of Israel thus for three years, in every town, in every village, by the waysides and on the plains; and all that He had predicted came to pass.
- During all this time the disguised servants of Pilate watched Him closely without hearing anything said like unto the reports made against Issa in former years by the chiefs of the towns.
- But the governor Pilate, becoming alarmed at the too great popularity of Saint Issa, who according to his adversaries sought to stir up the people to proclaim him king, ordered one of his spies to accuse Him.
- Then soldiers were commanded to proceed to His arrest, and they imprisoned Him in a subterranean cell where they tortured Him in various ways in the hope of forcing Him to make a confession which should permit of His being put to death.
- The Saint, thinking only of the perfect beatitude of His brethren, supported all His sufferings in the Name of His Creator.
- The servants of Pilate continued to torture Him and reduced Him to a state of extreme weakness; but Yah was with Him and did not allow Him to die.
- Learning of the sufferings and the tortures which their Saint was enduring, the high priests and the wise elders went to pray the governor to set Issa at liberty in honour of an approaching festival.
- But the governor straightway refused them this. They then prayed him to allow Issa to appear before the tribunal of the ancients so that He might be condemned or acquitted before the festival, and to this Pilate consented.
- The next day the governor assembled together the chief captains, priests, wise elders, and lawyers so that they might judge Issa.
- They brought Him from His prison and seated Him before the governor between two thieves to be judged at the same time as He, in order to show unto the crowd that He was not the only one to be condemned.
- And Pilate, addressing himself to Issa, said unto Him: "O man! is it true that thou incites the people against the authorities with the intent of Thyself becoming King of Israel?"
- "One becomes not king at one's own will," replied Issa, "and they have lied who have told thee that I stir up the people to rebellion. I have never spoken of other than the King of Heaven, and it is He I teach the people to worship.
- "For the sons of Israel have lost their original purity; and if they have not recourse to the True Yah, they will be sacrificed and their temple shall fall into ruins.
- "As temporal power maintains order in a country, I teach them accordingly not to forget it. I say unto them: 'Live conformably to your station and your fortune, so as not to disturb the public order.' And I have exhorted them also to remember that disorder reigns in their hearts and in their minds.
- "Wherefore the King of Heaven has punished them and suppressed their national kings. Nevertheless, I have said unto them, 'If you become resigned to your destinies, as a reward the Kingdom of Heaven shall be reserved for you."'
- At this moment, the witnesses were brought forward, one of whom made the following deposition: "Thou hast said to the people that the temporal power is as naught against that of the king who shall soon deliver the Israelites from the pagan yoke."
- "Blessed art thou," said Issa, "for having spoken the Truth. The King of Heaven is greater and more powerful than the terrestrial law, and His Kingdom surpasses all the kingdoms of the earth.
- "And the time is not far off when, conforming to the Divine will, the people of Israel shall purify them of their sins; for it has been said that a forerunner will come to proclaim the deliverance of the people, gathering them into one fold."
- And the governor, addressing himself to the judges, said: "Doss hear? The Israelite Issa confesses to the crime of which He is accused. Judge Him, then, according to your laws, and pronounce against Him capital punishment."
- "We cannot condemn Him," replied the priests and the elders. "Thou hast just heard thyself that His allusions were made regarding the King of Heaven and that He has preached naught to the sons of Israel which could constitute an offence against the law."
- The governor Pilate then sent for the witness who, at his instigation, had betrayed Issa. The man came and addressed Issa thus: "Didst thou not pass Thyself off as the king of Israel when thou saddest that He who reigns in the heavens had sent thee to prepare His people?"
- And Issa, having blessed him, said: "Thou shalt be pardoned, for what thou sayest does not come from thee!" Then, addressing Himself to the governor: "Why humiliate thy dignity, and why teach thy inferiors to live in falsehood, as without doing so thou hast power to condemn the innocent?"
- At these words the governor became exceeding wroth, ordering the sentence of death to be passed upon Issa and the acquittal of the two thieves.
- The judges, having consulted together, said unto Pilate: "We will not take upon our heads the great sin of condemning an innocent man and acquitting thieves. That would be against the Law.
- "Do then as thou wilt." Saying which the priests and the wise elders went out and washed their hands in a sacred vessel, saying: "We are innocent of the death of this just man."
We have the curious remark near start of chapter IV (4) that: ‘the Eternal Spirit, dwelling in a state of complete inaction and of Supreme Beatitude, awoke and detached itself for an indefinite period from the Eternal Being...’ We also have other references to this Eternal Spirit. Here in this chapter, however, there is a similar remark when it says, ‘The Saint, thinking only of the perfect beatitude of His brethren, supported all His sufferings in the Name of His Creator.‘ It’s a reference to the culture of the Kingdom reflected also in the Beatitudes of Matthew’s Gospel. For instance (Matthew 5:10), “Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.” Going back to the Eternal Spirit the other one I want to make mention which is on the same subject is: “Which is-to do good to one's neighbour, being the sure means of merging oneself rapidly in the Eternal Spirit: "He who shall have regained his original purity," said Issa, "will die having obtained remission for his sins, and he will have the right to contemplate the Majesty of Yah." In Matthew 5:8 we read: “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see Yah.” There’s also a thought that Yah speaks to us much but acts little.
This chapter starts, however, with the timespan of three years being that decided by the Supreme Judge for which He would teach Israel. During this time the spies of Pilate wandered around with Him. Although no information as in previous times was shown that He incited the people to rebellion with the intention of making Himself king Pilate proceeded to accuse and arrest Him. He was taken to a prison where they proceeded to torture with the aim of soliciting a confession. As already stated He thought only of His brethren. He was tortured to a state of complete weakness. Learning of the sufferings the priests and wise elders asked the governor to set Him free in honour of an approaching festival. I would suggest that this is Passover but there’s also the possibility it was Tabernacles. Note in the text of this chapter or indeed anywhere in this book there’s no connection shown between the Saint and the festival. Of course, they might just not be mentioning it. So what can we say about the festivals of Israel?
Firstly, there’s one paragraph from Essene Gospel of Peace (EGoP) to read: ‘And Moses hid the invisible Law within his breast, and kept it for a sign to the Children of Light. And YAH gave unto Moses the written law for the people, and he went down unto them, and spake unto them with a heavy heart.’ The festivals are for the Children of Light who will keep them properly.
Secondly, (also EGoP) from the Essene Worship, The Moon: ‘We invoke the New Moon and the Moon that is waning and the Full Moon that scatters the Night and the yearly festivals and the seasons of the Heavenly Father.’ All being part of the same they are connected with each other. Thirdly, a lengthy passage from Essene Humane Gospel (EHG) recounting the Passover. It seems several bits have been added compared with the ‘Lost Years of Jesus’ account for how could He be in prison and also at this but a True reflection of the festivals can be seen through this showing True relationship with Yahuah (the Father) and no necessary connection with Him (Issa/Yahusha/Jesus). Startling stuff! (Note: All writing of EHG kept as in the book except a few capitalisations including Yah.) Thus:
(69) The Love Supper of YESHUA The Day Before The Pagan Passover Ritual Of The Jews.
And it came to pass, after Yeshua had spake many other things unto His disciples and all things were revealed unto them, the Love Supper of Yeshua had drawn near and was about to take place.
And the disciples gathered together. All clad in garments of pure white linen, neat and spotless, white linen being the symbol of righteousness among the elect saints and prophets of Yah.
Yeshua was also dressed in His own pure white robe without seam and spotless.... And Yeshua said unto them, "I rejoice greatly to share this Love Feast with ye before I go My Way, for here today, is instituted the Memorial of My Oblation for the service and salvation of all. For great has been the redeeming quality of My stay on earth, much greater than any of thee know at this hour, for truly I tell ye many have been restored to the Eternal All, and many yet shall be. For the Son of Man came into the world to the being of every nature, in order to restore each to its original root; thus shall the deficiency be healed, and all things will become one again unto the All-Parent.
"For ye behold this day of the Jews, before the pagan Passover ritual, whereby they sacrifice the innocent creatures of Yah and eat the flesh of dead animals. Such ones are blind and see not the Holy things of Yah, for Truth is not in them. I tell ye truly, better for such ones never to have come into the world at all, lest they corrupt the saints of Yah!
"But behold the True Oblation, Yea, the Pure Oblation set before thee this day! Such was the Memorial that Moses gave unto the sons of Israel out from the land of Egypt. But they proved to be sons of disobedience and transgressed My commandments and profaned the Pure Oblation and sacrificed to demons and lusted after much flesh and evil things. But My saints among them did go forth and kept My laws and proved Holy to the Eternal All, who sees all and knows the hearts of men, good and evil.
(70) The Pure Oblation The Salvation Of The World.
"But, Lo! One greater than Moses speaks Truths and is in thy midst. Behold, the unleavened bread and the juice of the fruit and also the oil and the herbs. But they ignorant of Truth ask, where is the lamb that Moses commanded?" They who know not the True Yah cannot know Me, nor can they ever come to be near Yah, when they reject the Son, Whom the Father sent forth. Hypocrites! Offspring of vipers! Corrupters of the Holy Law given unto Moses!
"They imagine that slaying of beasts and birds and the eating of their flesh shall wash them clean, but I tell ye, if the pure waters of the Jordan wash not them clean, neither shall all the streams and seas of the earth make pure their evil souls! Yea, how much less so, the blood of the innocent creatures of Yah!
"See how they delight in the cries and agonies of the innocent, for they have rejected the Household of Yah for vain traditions of men and devils; their hearts are hard and lusts many. Mercy, they know not, the sword being their god and riches their king.
"But I say unto ye, if any man knows the law of Yah and raises a sword against the least of these My brothers and sisters, the innocent creatures of Yah, he shall himself die by the sword and see not life. For know ye, I come into the world in the form of every life. And mercy was showed not, thus they who work evil unto the least of these My creatures, work evil against the Son and the Father and the Great Household of Yah.
"Did not Adam speak of Me as the Bread of Life that comes down from Heaven to save the righteous seed? And did not Abel know the Pure Oblation and was put to death on account - for Satan entered into Cain and bloodshed was manifested in the earth, and man and beast cried out to Yah and Yah hears their cries. "But I did not recognise Cain's blood offering nor did Yah the evil of Satan but grieved over the evil of mankind that spread over the land even as the waters cover the sea basin.
"For truly, I say to you, for this end have I come into the world that may put away all blood offering and eating of flesh. But mankind are wicked and rejoice in their evils and change not, for strong is the power of the evil one and many follow.
"Therefore, tell ye the meek of the Earth, that they may know Truth: In the beginning, Yah gave to all the fruits of the trees, and the seeds, and the herbs. For food; yea, to every man and beast. But those who loved themselves, or their fellows, more than the True Yah, did corrupt their ways, and introduced every disease into their bodies, and filled the Earth with lust and violence.
"And unto this day, men have changed not, and yea, the Holy Law did they indeed corrupt to suit their own evil ways. But I kept sending them prophets in their midst, to restore the Law, but they added to their evil a hundred fold, by taking innocent blood upon themselves and their children, yet boasting in their false gods and idols, and sacrificing the innocents of the earth, both man and beast."
Yah was with Him in all His suffering. Pilate refused so they asked if He could appear before the tribunal of the ancients that He might be condemned or acquitted. He agreed to this. Therefore, everything which is mentioned of the trial in the Bible referring to Him is shown to be set up with this request.
The judging of Issa started the next day. Grand staging of trials happening in past times too so that when He came out before the governor the crowd saw also two robbers who were to be tried at the same time. Pilate asked Him: “Are you inciting the people with the intent of becoming King of Israel?" “ You cannot become king at one's own will. They have lied who told you this. I have never spoken other than of the King of Heaven. The sons of Israel have lost their ancient purity. They need to have recourse to the True Yah or their temple shall lie in ruins. As temporal power maintains order so I teach not to forget it. Otherwise disorder reigns in their hearts and minds. The King of Heaven has punished and suppressed their kings. Nevertheless if they accept their destinies a place will be reserved for them in the Kingdom of Heaven.” At this point, witnesses were brought forward. “Thou has said, temporal power is as nought against the King who will deliver Israelis from the pagan yoke.” “Blessed are you for telling the Truth. King of Heaven is greater than that which is terrestrial. It surpasses all those of Earth. Even not far off the people of Israel shall purify themselves of all their sins. A forerunner will proclaim deliverance gathering into one fold.” Did the Israelis reject this and were scattered around AD70 & 135 or is that a lie too? There is no evidence either way in this book. It will, therefore, have to be left for another place and time.
Therefore, governor Pilate addressed the judges saying, “Do you hear? The Israelite confesses the crime. Judge Him therefore and proclaim capital punishment.” Their reply was: “ We cannot condemn Him for as you hear He speaks only of the King of Heaven which constitutes no offence to the Law.” There’s so many hidden Truths in here its untrue! Did the Father need pre-prophecies to announce He would make an Elect? Did they need a betrayer - one who went around with Him - because no one knew who He was in the crowd? (I’m saying this because the usual ideology is slightly different.) Did the priests and elders know that one like this was coming before He appeared? There’s a good possibility I would say they did not. Its not for us to know the past, present nor future for Yah is Master of All Time and we’re to become like Children. ("The secret of nature is in the hands of Yah. For the world, before it appeared, existed in the depth of the Divine thought; it became material and visible by the will of the Most High. When you address yourselves to Him, become again as children; for you know neither the past, the present, nor the future, and Yah is the Master of all time.") Where indeed also does it leave ‘church?’ Probably in the same place as synagogue which was created by the priests to control the masses of Israel in that time. The True reflection of the Children of Light through Mossa’s prayer (Moses/Moshe) can be found through the Essene brotherhood but they came along centuries before Issa (otherwise known as Yahusha). (Its a shocker!)
Pilate then called for him who had betrayed Him and addressing Issa he (the betrayer) said: “Didst thou not pass Thyself off as the king of Israel when thou said that He who reigns in the heavens had sent thee to prepare His people?" After blessing him Issa says, “You are pardoned for these aren’t your words.” In other words planted on him to say thus but most importantly he’s pardoned. Wow! This is who’s generally referred to as Judas. Of course, names were added long after the event. Therefore, was ‘Judas’ an Essene? Would have doubted it but under pressure who knows what someone may do. Likely he was picked up in the crowd by the spies looking for a way to accuse Issa. Issa’s reply, though, is emphatic. Addressing the governor: "Why humiliate thy dignity, and why teach thy inferiors to live in falsehood, as without doing so thou hast power to condemn the innocent?" At this Pilate was wroth and ordered the death sentence and the thieves released. The judges having counselled spoke thus, “We will not take this ‘great sin of condemning an innocent man and acquitting thieves.’ Our Law doesn’t accept that.” In other words, it would appear, kill the thieves too. Not very salutary although it might just be as it says forgiving thieves and condemning an innocent man is what they’re thinking. Nevertheless, now go off, kill some animals and proclaim your pagan rituals as stated in Essene Humane Gospel. Wonder what the Herodians thought of this. I line up as a ‘Sudras.’ So the priests and wise elders went off and washed their hands in a sacred vessel. “We are innocent of the death of this just man." Amongst all this condemning the Bible condemns itself for in it we have Pilate washing his hands and not the Jewish authorities.
CHAPTER XIV.
- By the order of the governor, the soldiers then seized Issa and the two thieves, whom they led to the place of execution, where they nailed them to crosses erected on the ground.
- All the day the bodies of Issa and the two thieves remained suspended, terrible to behold, under the guard of the soldiers; the people standing all around, the relations of the sufferers praying and weeping.
- At sunset the sufferings of Issa came to an end. He lost consciousness, and the soul of this just man left His body to become absorbed in the Divinity.
- Thus ended the earthly existence of the reflection of the Eternal Spirit under the form of a man who had saved hardened sinners and endured many sufferings.
- Meanwhile, Pilate became afraid of his action and gave the body of the saint to his parents, who buried it near the spot of His execution. The crowd came to pray over His tomb, and the air was filled with groans and lamentations.
- Three days after, the governor sent his soldiers to carry away the body of Issa to bury it elsewhere, fearing otherwise a popular insurrection.
- The next day the crowd found the tomb open and empty. At once the rumour spread that the Supreme Judge had sent His angels to carry away the mortal remains of the Saint in whom dwelt on Earth a part of the Divine Spirit.
- When this rumour reached the knowledge of Pilate, he became angered and forbade anyone, under the pain of slavery and death, to pronounce the Name of Issa or to pray to Yah for Him.
- But the people continued to weep and to glorify aloud their Master; wherefore many were led into captivity, subjected to torture, and put to death.
- And the disciples of Saint Issa abandoned the land of Israel and scattered themselves among the heathen, preaching that they should renounce their errors, bethink them of the salvation of their souls and of the perfect felicity awaiting humanity in that immaterial world of Light where, in repose and in all His purity, the Great Creator dwells in Perfect Majesty.
- The pagans, their kings, and their warriors listened to the preachers, abandoned their absurd beliefs, and forsook their priests and their idols to celebrate the praise of the all-wise Creator of the universe, the King of kings, whose heart is filled with Infinite Mercy.
There are a few more interesting points to add from this chapter. Firstly, though, the governor gave the order, Issa and the thieves were seized, taken away and nailed to crosses with a guard of soldiers. People came and stood all around. The relations came too praying and weeping. At sunset, Issa’s sufferings ended as He lost consciousness. The soul left His body to become absorbed in the Divinity. So the reflection of the Eternal Spirit in the form of a man ended. He had saved hardened men and endured sufferings.
Pilate became afraid and released the Saint’s body to His parents. They buried Him nearby. While this doesn’t preclude Joseph of Arimathea having gone to Pilate its highly unlikely. It does mean He didn’t appear to Mary Magdalene, though, and various other details. It’s unlikely there was a tomb and certainly little chance of one being made before hand. Most fascinating is He didn’t rise from the dead - according to this account! NO RESURRECTION! 😧 The body was taken away by the Roman soldiers after three days. That’s the closest we have to the resurrection described in the Bible. What a shocker! If I was to give this subject as a Sunday sermon I would be cast out as a heretic. This same crowd, when Pope Frances announces the body of ‘Jesus’ has been found will castigate him as an infidel for quite possibly telling the Truth! The Romans do know where they buried Him. Are you surprised by this? Why would the Roman authorities under Constantine the Great around 320AD write up the stories under how they want it and include the Truth? They wouldn’t. Add a Divine person come down. Add a resurrection. Add a Lord over 3,500 times in Old Testament which is actually a Deity change name beforehand by the Jewish priests before the Romans and creating a different character from YAH/Yahuah the Father namely the king of darkness so as, it seems, to distract from Him. All this with the intention of creating a false religion called Christianity (shock, horror) to make Christians think they’re the chosen ones which they also tell Muslims, Buddhists, etc. all going into the world religion a part of the New World Order. 😳 They’ve built up lies in Judaism to point towards this king of darkness so when he (called Antichrist comes) all the deceived of the religions will worship him. Those who don’t will be killed. Oh dear. However, YAH sends the Destroyer (not as envisioned by any religion) to reset things protecting His who truly believe and reinstating the Earthly Mother leading back to the Tree of Life with full relationship under Yahuah. Your in need of hearing this with both ears open and taking it on board. On finding the tomb empty next day the rumour spread the angels of the Supreme Judge had come to take Him away. Either way, He didn’t appear to people, wasn’t with them forty days, didn’t ascend into Heaven and didn’t correct Simon Peter as well as other things which are in Biblical account. Why would details like this be changed? As already stated above, to hide the Truth? Simple really. They want their version to gain precedence in the eyes of the masses and especially for now in the end-times. (I have already done a commentary on the Essene Book of Revelation for your interest and that’s a shocker too. In short, its becoming a part of my spirit that they have done this. Its a realisation that Ruach HaKodesh has shown me. (Ruach HaKodesh, by the way, is Yahuah’s Holy Spirit. He’s so Holy He has a Name. Wow!) When Pilate received this information he was angered. (Pilate wouldn’t have a clue about this either.) So he forbade anyone to say His Name or pray to Him on pain of death. Nevertheless, the people still continued and were thus taken away, tortured and killed.
Afterwards the disciples abandoned Israel scattering among the heathen to preach salvation that they renounce their idols and errors taking on the Truth which leads to the Perfect Felicity in that immaterial world of Light where the Great Creator dwells in Perfect Majesty. No doubt the ones mentioned in chapter XI (11) as servitors are the ones principally being shown here. Continuing my discussion from previously why would extra details be added by the Romans? To head us off in a different direction. So Paul can be added. When indeed did Paul meet Peter in Jerusalem if he wasn’t there? What happens to apostles, prophets, evangelists, teachers and pastors if Paul’s very existence is questioned? Answer to this one is we should all be witnessing to salvation. In chapter 12 we read: ‘And Issa, having recognised them as people appointed to follow him, replied: "I have not said to you that you shall be delivered from Caesar. It is the soul plunged in error that shall have its deliverance.’ So He was chosen as YAH’s Elect to deliver the soul plunged in error (or sin). What then happened on 14 May 1948 or 1947 at the newly formed United Nations? Did Israel need to come back at all? Leave the Israelis to live their own lives I say or come back to a land which was there’s after all thousands of years ago. What happens with Aliyah (immigration back to The Land)? I’ll leave this one for another time. I’m sure, though, Bible was rewritten with the extra detail so there is somewhere for a future Lawless one to appear and rule from. Aliyah is good too, though, as it brings Israelis of all tribes back to their native land which is something I’m sure the Great Yah would agree with.
Why has this book never come to the Light of day? It sits in remote monasteries no doubt with only a few people privileged to look upon it. The Bible by contrast is all around the Earth. Hmmm. Am I saying there’s been a deliberate purpose to doing so? Yes I am. Especially for now at the end of times so that everyone can be taken unquestioning to worship the ‘Jesus’ they give us. Put this about among other ‘Children of Light’ also known as the ‘Essene brotherhood.’ As already stated, a few details are put wrongly to lead in another direction. There will be some who don’t take this. Without going further, Saint Issa said in this book: ‘ “Those who deprive their brethren of Divine happiness shall be deprived of it themselves. The Brahmans and the Kshatriyas shall become the Sudras, and with the Sudras the Eternal shall dwell everlastingly. Because in the day of the last judgment the Sudras and the Vaisyas will be forgiven much because of their ignorance, while Yah, on the contrary, will punish with His wrath those who have arrogated to themselves His rights." ‘
The fourteen chapters of the ‘Lost Years of Jesus’ are filled with the Ruach HaKodesh illuminating them. I know it’s Him. Read it carefully. There’s much good to be learnt here for salvation. Of course, I could be wrong unintentionally. Having reached this point in my life, however, I don’t set out to find things to read about and comment. It seems YAH leads me to different books then shows certain things which I write up. I might make mistakes in my assumption. There might be errors put in here too. Whatever happens we will both learn and move on in the relationship with Yahuah. If you’ve reached the commentary at the end of chapter XIV Ithink I can take it your serious!
One last parting thought from the ‘Lost Years of Jesus,’ the last paragraph indeed:
‘The pagans, their kings, and their warriors listened to the preachers, abandoned their absurd beliefs, and forsook their priests and their idols to celebrate the praise of the all-wise Creator of the universe, the King of kings, whose heart is filled with Infinite Mercy.’
(Editor’s Note: This is an update on the original ‘Lost Years of Jesus’ which was first posted on Facebook. I will add it again as a downloadable resource when I have a website to put it on.)