Commentary on the Gospel of God

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THE GOSPEL OF GOD

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The Gospel Writers

Authored by Clinton S. Clark
Copyright © 2004 Clinton S. Clark
All Rights Reserved

VERSION: FULL DRAFT - June 16. 2004

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Introduction

The Search and Rescue of Historical Jesus

Which makes more sense to you?

A) A man named Jesus, son of God, who was buried in a tomb, who has historical documentation outside of the Bible, and who has physical artifacts to support his existence?

B) A man named Jesus, son of God, who was buried in a tomb, who has no historical documentation outside of the Bible, and who has no physical artifacts to support his existence?

If your choice is letter (A), then you have found Jesus, son of God. If your choice is letter (B), then it would be a waste of your time to continue to read The Gospel Writers.

The Gospel Writers is the search and rescue of historical Jesus and not of a legend left in the wake of cultural need. Together, we will be looking at various behavioral attributes of Jesus minus commentary attached to those behavioral attributes.

In the American Civil War between the Northern and Southern states, history records different views of noteworthy individuals, depending upon whether the history was seen from the Northern perspective or from the Southern perspective. The same famous General for one side, can appear to be almost two different people, depending on whose point of view is being expressed. However, if we look at the behavioral attributes of that famous General, minus commentary attached to his behavioral attributes, we see a profile emerge that is consistent, regardless of whose view is being expressed.

Therefore, we will not be concerned with, "Why Jesus said something" or "Why Jesus did something" in The Gospel Writers. We will only be concerned with, "What Jesus said" and "What Jesus did."

By approaching this search and rescue of historical Jesus in this way, we can map out and build an accurate “Profile of Jesus” that can be used to compare his profile with the profiles of other people. Then, if Jesus was know by another name or from a different point of view, we should still be able to locate him.

Another important step in building an accurate Profile of Jesus is to compare his behaviors with the Mediterranean Sea Basin society at his time in history. As a scholar himself, Jesus would have studied many of the Egyptian and Greek writings that you and I have available to read today. He grew up in a Hellenized Roman world, not in a vacuum. His behaviors would have had similar attributes. In fact, had he not had similar attributes, he would have been regarded as a fraud by the very people he was trying to convince.

Jesus's intent was never to start a brand new religion called Christianity; his intention was to change Judaism. The problem with Jesus is that he was involved in changing the direction of Judaism forever and apparently never recorded as making an attempt to do so by the Jews. How can this be? How could a Jewish leader with the legitimate authority to debate Pharisees, Sadducees, and Scribes, fail to be recorded in any of the typical Rabbinic records? Other Jewish leaders had fallen out of favor with the Great Sanhedrin, such as Rabbi Meir, and were still recorded even if it was anonymously. When looking for legal precedence in the practice of Judaism, today's Jews still refer to these ancient records. That's how important these records are. Considering the amount of record-keeping behavior that the Jews have exhibited, it is highly

unlikely that Jesus was not recorded as a matter of legal record. Whether he was a proponent or an opponent, he should still be in those records somewhere.

Most Jews have never been willing to recognize Jesus for what the Christians said he was. And most Christians have never been willing to recognize Jesus for what the Jews said he was not. I myself do not believe in ghosts, gods, spirits or spooks. It is my belief that we dishonor this great philosopher of religion by either not acknowledging him as having existed or by acknowledging him falsely.

One of the tactics used by both Jews and Christians to keep their respective forms of Judaism separate, was to use different names for functionally-similar cultural artifacts. We are going to change that in this study to enhance our search and rescue capabilities. As an example, a dunking in water is still a physical dunking in water, whether it is referred to as a baptism or a ritual immersion. As another example, a house to God is still a place of religious exercise, whether it is referred to as a Church, Synagogue, or Temple. We are going to cut down on this confusion as much as possible, even in quoted materials. And in cases where a passage is modernly unclear, it will be edited for clarity.

The cultural words, Church, Synagogue, Temple, or Mosque, will all be referred to as, "Temple-Church." The Old Testament (Tanakh) Jewish God will be referred to as, the "Jewish God of Moses." Additional culturally attribute changes will be introduced along the way. The lean will generally be toward New Testament (NT) verbiage.

The use of the word "Christ"

In English: Christ, from Latin: Christus, from Greek: Christos, from Hebrew: Messias, all meaning: the anointed. And "the anointed" meaning, divinely legitimate or distinguished above something or someone else.

From the Stromata of Clement, "And Christ our Lord, ‘the Holy of Holies,’ having come and fulfilled the vision and the prophecy, was anointed in his flesh by the Holy Spirit of his Father. In those ‘sixty and two weeks,’ as the prophet said, and ‘in the one week,’ was he Lord."

From Acts 4:23-28, "When they had been released, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them. And when they heard this, they lifted their voices to the NT Jewish God with one accord and said, "O Lord, it is you who MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND THE SEA, AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM, who by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David your servant, said, `WHY DID THE GENTILES RAGE, AND THE PEOPLES DEVISE FUTILE THINGS? `THE KINGS OF THE EARTH TOOK THEIR STAND, AND THE RULERS WERE GATHERED TOGETHER AGAINST THE LORD AND AGAINST HIS CHRIST.' For truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod Antipas and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, to do whatever your hand and your purpose predestined to occur."

From Acts 10:38, "You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how the NT Jewish God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for the NT Jewish God was with Him."

From Luke 4:1-19, "And Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through all the surrounding district. And He began teaching in their (Galilee's) Temple-Churches and was praised by all. And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up; and as was his custom, he entered the Temple-Church on the Sabbath, and stood up to read. And

the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. And he opened the book and found the place where it was written, "THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME, BECAUSE HE ANOINTED ME TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE POOR. HE HAS SENT ME TO PROCLAIM RELEASE TO THE CAPTIVES, AND RECOVERY OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND, TO SET FREE THOSE WHO ARE OPPRESSED, TO PROCLAIM THE FAVORABLE YEAR OF THE LORD."

From Luke 7:46-47, "You did not anoint my head with oil, but she anointed my feet with perfume. For this reason I say to you, her sins, which are many, have been forgiven, for she loved much;"

The word "christ" and the word "the anointed" are synonymous. And "the anointed" means, divinely legitimate or distinguished above something or someone else. Objects or persons can be referred to as "christ." In other words, your favorite coffee cup could be anointed (with oil or perfume if you prefer), and called "christ."

The use of the word "Lord"

In the Bible, the word "Lord," can refer to any of the following:

· Above all else

· First and foremost

· Holding the highest position

However, the word can be referring to a person, a place, a statement, or a thing. It does not always refer to a holy person or holy entity.

Example One:

Leviticus 19:18, "Take no revenge and cherish no grudge against your fellow countrymen. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.”

The last line, "I am the LORD," means: above all else, the first and foremost of all these writings.

Saul confirms this in his letter to the Galatians, Galatians 5:14, “For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Example Two:

The God of Moses is often referred to as the LORD of Hosts, i.e. the first and foremost of all the Hosts. All the gods together are referred to as “Elohim,” which is the plural of “El.” "El" is Hebrew for the word “god.” From Genesis 1 verse 1:

"In the beginning Elohim (gods) created the heavens and the earth.”

At this time in history, the Jews as well as the other Mediterranean Sea Basin cultures, believed that many gods existed. However, the Jews were told that no other god should be more important then the Jewish God of Moses. From Exodus 20:1-4:

Then God spoke all these words, saying, "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. "You shall have no other gods before Me.”

The Jewish God of Moses never said, “I am the only god.” He only stated that the Jews should not consider any of the other gods as LORD. A number of ancient Jewish artifacts have also confirmed that the Jews believed in other gods. However, to them there was to be only one Jewish God that was LORD, according to Moses.

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Chapter One
Mediterranean Sea Basin Society

The Gospel of God

From the time of Spartacus, c.109 BCE - 71 BCE, to the end of the Second Temple-Church in Jerusalem, c.68 CE - 70 CE, some amazing changes occurred in the history of the Mediterranean Sea basin.

The word Gospel (Aven - Euaggelion - Evangelion), translated, refers to, good news from angels.

Gods and goddesses, ghosts, spooks, and spirits were abundant in all cultures of the Mediterranean Sea Basin cultures at the time of Jesus. To expect that Jesus of Galilee would have been an exception to these cultural behaviors would be naive. Stories of these heavenly and Earthly cosmological dramas served as teaching vessels and as entertainment. At night, small groups of friends, family, and workmates would sit around a fire and lookup into the stars, like viewing an immense big screen television, and tell each other wonderful stories of great battles and of love tragedies. Through the telling and listening of these stories, important bonds were formed between people. Great scholars would gather and debate science, politics, and the mysteries of the universe. All of these topics were intricately woven into the origins of life, the contemplations of death, and into the histories of humankind. John and Jesus, both of Galilee, were two of these outstanding scholars.

The Jewish God of Moses had said, "I am a jealous god, and there is no other god beside me." But by announcing this he indicated to the angels, who attended him, that there exists another god. For if there were no other god, of whom would he be jealous of? SOURCE: 81

Jesus said, according to Thomas, "I will give you what no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, what no hand has touched, what has not arisen in the human heart.” SOURCE: 83 verse 17

Jesus made it clear, according to Luke in Luke 12:49-53, that he was about to teach something new. And that this new idea would divide the Jews. He said,

"I have come to cast fire upon the earth; and how I wish it were already kindled! But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished! Do you suppose that I came to grant peace on earth? I tell you, no, but rather division; for from now on five members in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three. They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."

The author of Romans 1 writes:

"For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of God, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it, the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "BUT THE RIGHTEOUS man SHALL LIVE BY FAITH." For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the Truth in unrighteousness, because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures. Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them. For they exchanged the Truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen."

Saul of Tarsus describes the Jewish God of Moses in Romans 7:9-11, "I was once alive apart from the Law; but when the commandment (of the Jewish God of Moses) came, sin became alive and I died; and this commandment, which was to result in life, proved to result in death for me; for sin, taking an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it, killed me."

Wikipedia online has more information on the Jewish God of Moses, known as Yaldabaoth:

Yaldabaoth (the Demiurge) was the name given to the deity responsible for the creation of the physical universe and the physical aspect of humanity. His name is derived from ancient Greek, meaning an artisan or craftsman (like a carpenter).

Marcion of Sinope (c.70 CE - 150 CE), characterized Yaldabaoth (the Demiurge) as being Jehovah, the Jewish God of the Old Testament, in opposition and contrast to the Jewish God of the New Testament. Marcion, who lived from the late first century to the mid second century CE, was an early Christian teacher whose opinions were later condemned by the orthodox Temple-Church as heresy.

Marcion was a wealthy ship owner who became a Bishop in the Christian Temple-Church, and a major financial supporter of the Christian movement. He was excommunicated by the Temple-Church at Rome in 144 CE.

Marcion's teaching was that Jesus Christ revealed to the world an entirely new Jewish God, who was different from the Jewish God in the Hebrew Bible. According to Marcion, the Jewish God of the Hebrew Bible was jealous, wrathful, and legalistic. The material world he created was defective, a place of suffering; the god who made such a world was the bungling or malicious demiurge. Jesus was not the Messiah promised by Judaism; that Messiah was to be a conqueror and a political leader. Rather, Jesus was sent by a Jewish God greater than the Jewish creator God of Moses. Jesus's role was to reveal the transcendent Jewish God of light (Truth) and pure mind, different in character from the creator Jewish God of the Hebrew Bible. Jesus's NT Jewish God was free from passion and wrath, wholly benevolent; and Jesus was sent to lead believers out of subjection to the limited, wrathful creator Jewish God of the Old Testament.

Marcion produced the first Christian canon, (a list of the books of the Bible), that he considered authoritative. His list however, was much smaller than that current cannon. Marcion's canon included the Gospel of Luke, the Acts of the Apostles, and ten of the letters attributed to Saul of Tarsus. According to Marcion, these books were the ones that contained the true teachings of Saul. He completely rejected the Old Testament, believing and teaching that it should not be part of the Christian Bible and was of no value to Christians. SOURCE: 84
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A man, so close in time to the original source (c.70 CE - 150 CE), elected to the post of Bishop, and a major financial supporter of Christianity would have to be considered as a credible source.

He was an avid supporter of Jesus and of Jesus's teachings and says nothing disrespectful about Jesus. As we will soon learn, the early Temple-Church had a significant "conflict of interest," which allows us to count Marcion's writings as dependable. And as a dependability check, Marcion's writings also reflect again, the typical behaviors of the cultures in the Mediterranean Sea basin, by insisting that two Jewish gods existed with differing personalities.

As mentioned before, a key element in the historical search and profiling of Jesus, will be to look for religious writings that have similar behavioral attributes to other typical writings near the time of Jesus. In other words, if a religious writing in support of Jesus outside of the teaching version of the Gospel of God, does not have a sense of Egyptian, Geek, and Roman culture in it, it should be considered highly suspect.

Conversely, if it does have a sense of Egyptian, Geek, and Roman culture in it, and especially if it was also labeled as heresy by the Temple-Church, those writings need to be considered as highly probable and stanch accounts of Jesus. Why? Jesus was born in, lived in, educated in, and taught in a Hellenized Roman world. There is no way of getting around this historical fact. Only a Jesus with Hellenized Roman behaviors would have historically existed.

Biblical scholars could argue that Jesus was different, therefore the NT versions of the Gospel of God could be complete and authentic for the times. This dogma defense, (that because he was a holy being, he could have been different), does not fly; because it was not Jesus being different that would have been the problem. The whole of society would have to have been different. The entire population in the Mediterranean Sea basin, would have had to have been as different as Jesus, or nobody would have freely listened to him. Because, these are the people that had to believe in what Jesus was telling them; along with believing that Jesus had the authority, the knowledge, and the legitimacy to offer changes to Judaism.

Had Jesus not had an elaborate story with Egyptian-Greek cultural attributes in it, no one would have considered him an authority on these matters. Jesus said, according to Mark in Mark 4 verses 33-34:

"With many such parables Jesus was speaking The Word to them (the Jews), so far as they were able to hear it; and he did not speak to them without a parable; but he was explaining everything privately to his own disciples.”

Putting a social oddball into the middle of a Hellenized Roman society, and expecting the two to be able to relate to one another, is a pipedream.

There is a rule for Mediterranean Sea Basin gods, whether they were Egyptian, Canaanite, Phoenician, Greek, Roman, or Jewish. They can morph, meaning they can die and be reborn into some other set of personality characteristics. They can merge. However, the one cultural rule they cannot break, is abruptly change personalities without some elaborate event, usually involving other gods. History has shown us that when either the function and/or philosophy of a deity change, you either modify the existing deity or you build a new one. This included the Jewish God of Moses.

Question: If the Jewish God of Moses, Yaldabaoth, and the Jewish God of Jesus, were not the same Jewish God, why package the Old Testament with the New Testament?

Answer: Because the Old Testament is Jesus's legal source and legal precedence for debates. When Jesus debates with Pharisees, Sadducees, and scribes, he draws from the Old Testament for legitimacy against his opponents. We can think of the Old Testament as a legal document archive, containing previous case histories. Packaging it with the New Testament would have offered a sense of legal continuity for Jews who were in the process of deciding if they wanted to adopt Jesus's form of Judaism.

So, how did Jesus know that his new idea would ever catch on? He knew, because he had done his market research. He knew what the consumers of Judaism needed.

John and Jesus were pacifists. The foundation for Jesus's behavior was his strong believe that kindness begetting kindness behaviors would atone for sins. The Jewish God of Moses was a jealous and wrathful God with many rules and regulations. The Second Temple-Church leaders had used the God of Moses to promote separateness from the rest of the Mediterranean Sea Basin society. This separateness created a sense of rejection in non-Jews; which in return caused hostility toward, what appeared to be, these arrogant, non-caring, and less then loving Jews. This obsessive need for separateness, along with cleanliness (trying to remain pure like the Essenes), will be better understood when we discuss Moses and Leontopolis, Egypt, later on. The Second Temple-Church leaders were also using the God of Moses to generate obscene amounts of wealth for the Temple-Church in Jerusalem.

The majority of Jews in Palestine and surrounding areas (Turkey and Egypt), were in terrible financial shape. They were extremely poor. What had made them so poor was the financial burden the Second Temple-Church leaders had placed on them. Participating in their own religion had caused them to suffer in poverty. It was a terrible burden to shoulder.

To make matters worse, there was no money left to pay their Roman taxes. The Second Temple-Church was seen as a competitor by the Romans, competing for available financial resources in Jewish occupied areas. Jews who could not pay their debt to either the Second Temple-Church or the Romans were forced into slavery until the debt was recovered or until a relative could redeem them. The Romans eventually outlawed the practice of Judaism and destroyed the Second Temple-Church.

Jesus's NT Jewish God was much different then the Second Temple-Church God of Moses. This Jewish God advocated harmony among different cultures instead of separateness or just token tolerance of another culture. Jesus's NT Jewish God had only one rule: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

Saul confirms this in his letter to the Galatians, Galatians 5:14, "For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

And unlike the Second Temple-Church God of Moses, Jesus's NT Jewish God did not require tithing to participate in Judaism. Jesus specifically said in Matthew 10 verse 5-10:

"These twelve (disciples) Jesus sent out after instructing them: "Do not go in the way of the Gentiles and do not enter any city of the Samaritans; but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And as you go preach saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand,' heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give. Do not acquire gold, or silver, or copper for your money belts, or a bag for your journey, or even two coats, or sandals, or a staff; for the worker (of the NT Jewish God) is worthy of His support."

Jesus's version of the Jewish God was a radical version that annulled sacrifices, burnt offerings, and oblations for the atonement of sins. As we can see from Matthew 10 above, not only was this new version a radical departure from the current form a Judaism, it was also free. Free Judaism? No Jew, at least from the time of the reconstruction of the Second Temple-Church, had ever experienced that.

I would speculate that, this is one of the major reasons why Jesus knew that his form of Judaism would catch on and spread like wildfire. Who would turn down a Covenant that cost nothing to participate in?

According to Jesus, the Second Temple-Church leaders had caused Jesus's original Jewish God to die, meaning to be forgotten, by covering him over him with greed and corruption. And, the Temple-Church leaders were teaching a form of Judaism that had manipulated the Jews (their spirit-souls) into forgetfulness. Therefore, the Jews forgot from who they had originated from.

Pope Clement, according to Tertullian, was ordained by Peter and was the first of the Apostolic Fathers. Clement wrote:

"To these men who spent their lives in the practice of holiness, there is to be added a great multitude of the elect, who, having through envy endured many indignities and tortures, furnished. us with a most excellent example. Through envy, those women, the Danaids and Dircae, being persecuted, after they had suffered terrible and unspeakable torments, finished the course of their faith with steadfastness, and though weak in body, received a noble reward. Envy has alienated wives from their husbands, and changed that saying of our Father Adam, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh." Envy and strife have overthrown great cities and rooted up mighty nations." SOURCE: 85

Jesus was well trained in Egypt, Greece, and in Babylon. From his studies and training, his understanding was that the original kingdom of the NT Jewish God on Earth through Adam, was a democracy in which no man ruled over another without having been voted into a position of leadership by a majority. Unfortunately, many non-democratic kingdoms developed after this first and Holy ordained one, creating a problem for a pacifist like Jesus.

The use of military force would not have been an option for consideration by Jesus. He decided that, to recreate the first kingdom of his Jewish God, he would have to promote its recreation in the hearts of humankind. He would have to show that this kingdom existed everywhere, including in everyone, from the very beginning of humankind; all the way back to Adam.

Jesus believed that at birth, a preexisting spirit-soul would descend from the heavens and occupy a new body being formed in the womb. When the body died, this spirit-soul would ascend back into the heavens. These spirit-souls were everlasting and never died. However, when on Earth, through the unrighteous teachings of others, a spirit-soul could become covered over by lies and forget from where they originated. However, at birth and in very early childhood, they knew who they were and from where they had come. Therefore, through the power of Truth, they could be again be revealed and remember their origin. Jesus would call this process, being reborn. Performing deeds of loving kindness, as in loving thy neighbor as thy self, demonstrated that the spirit-soul had been resurrected from its forgetfulness. Because this was, according to Jesus, the true spirit and nature of the NT Jewish God.

Peter in 1 Peter 1:22-23, "Since you have, in obedience to the Truth, purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from the heart, you have been born again; not of seed which is perishable, but imperishable. That is, through the living and enduring Word of God.

Adam was synonymous with "Truth" and "Truth" was synonymous with "Son" because the Son was the Truth that Jesus's original Jewish God existed. In other words, a Son is the Truth that a Mother and Father existed.

As there were different kinds of Love in religion and philosophy, there were different kinds of Truth. This kind of Truth was an original Truth; a Truth that had always existed and was the undefiled and incorruptible Truth. This Truth had the combined power of the Father, the Mother, and the Son. No matter what you do the biological Son of a Father and a Mother, the fact is, that the Son always is and remains the biological Son of a Father and a Mother. That is an undefiled and incorruptible Truth.

And Jesus had his work cut out for him. On his list of things to do:

· · Develop a form of Judaism that was free; one that allowed the Jews to participate in a Covenant with the NT Jewish God.

· · Develop a form of Judaism that offered atonement of sins for free.

· · Develop a form of Judaism that the Jews could practice discretely and virtually unnoticed by the Romans.

· · Resurrect the Truth which had died, through the unrighteous teachings of the greedy Second Temple-Church.

· · Demonstrate how the NT Jewish God had saved Adam, the Father of humankind, from his forgetfulness.

The first action item on Jesus's list was to debunk, Yaldabaoth, the jealous God of Moses. Jesus would have to legitimately debunk the Jewish God of Moses, in order to replace that god with the NT Jewish God.

When researching this first topic, I needed to find similar behaviors between Jesus and the Mediterranean Sea Basin culture in the writings during the time of Jesus. The behavior in these writings would have Egyptian-Greek cultural attributes in it, i.e. elaborate character development and not resemble the watered-down versions of the Gospel of God in the NT. The writings would be that of a pacifist, demonstrating problem solving though intellectual maneuvers and not through war maneuvers or brute force. Jesus's cousin, John ben Zebedee, who wrote The Apocryphon of John, fits these requirements. From the Nag Hammadi Library:

The Apocryphon of John ben Zebedee

The teaching of the Truth, and the revelation of the mysteries and the things hidden in silence, even these things which he (the Truth) taught John, his disciple.

And it happened one day, when John, the brother of James - who are the sons of Zebedee - had come up to the Temple-Church, that a Pharisee named Arimanius approached him and said to him, "Where is your master whom you followed?" And he said to him, "He has gone to the place from which he came." The Pharisee said to him, "With deception did this Nazarite (Nazarene) deceive you, and he filled your ears with lies, and closed your hearts, turned you from the traditions of your fathers."

When I, John, heard these things I turned away from the Temple-Church to a desert place. And I grieved greatly in my heart, saying, "How then was the Truth appointed, and why was he (the Truth) sent into the world by his Father, and who is his Father who sent him, and of what sort is that aeon to which we shall go? For what did he mean when he said to us, This aeon to which you will go is of the type of the imperishable aeon, but he did not teach us concerning the latter, of what sort it is.

Straightway, while I was contemplating these things, behold, the heavens opened and the whole creation which is below heaven shone, and the world was shaken. I was afraid, and behold I saw in the light (the Truth) a youth who stood by me. While I looked at him, he became like an old man. And he changed his likeness (again), becoming like a servant. There was not a plurality before me, but there was a likeness with multiple forms in the Truth, and the likenesses appeared through each other, and the likeness had three forms.

The Father which is (1) Thought (2) Foreknowledge (3) Indestructibility (4) Eternal Life (5) Truth.
The Mother which is (1) the First to Know the Mind of God.
The Son which is (1) the Truth that the Father and Mother exist; the undefiled and incorruptible evidence. (2) the Light. (3) the Life.

He said to me, John, John, why do you doubt, or why are you afraid? You are not unfamiliar with this image, are you? - that is, do not be timid! - I am the one who is with you always. I am the Father, I am the Mother, I am the Son. I am the undefiled and incorruptible Truth. Now I have come to teach you what is and what was and what will come to pass, that you may know the things which are not revealed and those which are revealed, and to teach you concerning the unwavering race of the perfect Man. Now, therefore, lift up your face, that you may receive the things that I shall teach you today, and may tell them to your fellow spirits who are from the unwavering race of the perfect Man.

And I asked to know it, and he said to me, The Monad is a monarchy with nothing above it. It is He who exists as God and Father of everything, the invisible One who is above everything, who exists as incorruption, which is in the pure Truth into which no eye can look.

He is the invisible Spirit, of whom it is not right to think of him as a god, or something similar. For He is more than a god, since there is nothing above Him, for no one lords over Him. For He does not exist in something inferior to Him, since everything exists in Him. For it is He who establishes Himself. He is eternal, since he does not need anything. For He is total perfection. He did not lack anything, that He might be completed by it; rather He is always completely perfect in light (Truth). He is illimitable, since there is no Truth prior to Him to set limits to Him. He is un-searchable, since there exists no one prior to Him to examine Him. He is immeasurable, since there was no one prior to Him to measure Him. He is invisible, since no one saw Him. He is eternal, since He exists eternally. He is ineffable, since no one was able to comprehend Him to speak about Him. He is un-nameable, since there is no one prior to Him to give Him a name.

Comment: He is the nameless, and more than a god. Since He lacks nothing to be complete, He is both male and female, i.e. literally the power of creation.

He is immeasurable Truth, which is pure, holy immaculate. He is ineffable, being perfect in incorruptibility; not (just) in perfection, nor in blessedness, nor in divinity, but He is far superior. He is not corporeal nor is He incorporeal. He is neither large nor is He small. There is no way to say, 'What is his quantity?' or, 'What is his quality?', for no one can know Him.

He is not someone among beings, rather He is far superior. Not that He is superior, but his essence does not partake in the aeons nor in time. For he who partakes in an aeon was prepared beforehand. Time was not apportioned to Him, since He does not receive anything from another, for it would be received on loan. For he who precedes someone does not lack, that he may receive from Him. For rather, it is the latter that looks expectantly at Him in His Truth.

For the perfection is majestic. He is pure, immeasurable mind. He is an aeon-giving aeon. He is life-giving life. He is a blessedness-giving blessed one. He is Truth-giving knowledge. He is goodness-giving goodness. He is mercy and redemption-giving mercy. He is grace-giving grace, not because he possesses it, but because He gives the immeasurable, incomprehensible Truth.

How am I to speak with you about Him? His aeon is indestructible, at rest and existing in silence, reposing, being prior to everything. For He is the head of all the aeons, and it is He who gives them strength in his goodness. For we know not the ineffable things, and we do not understand what is immeasurable, except for Truth who came forth from Him, namely the Father.

For it is he who told the Truth to us alone. For it is he who looks at himself in his Truth which surrounds him, namely the spring of the water of life. And it is he who gives to all the aeons and in every way, who gazes upon his image which he sees in the spring of the Spirit. It is he who puts his desire in his water-light which is in the spring of the pure light-water which surrounds him.

And His thought performed a deed and She came forth, namely She who had appeared before Him in the shine of His Truth. This is the first power which was before all of them, which came forth from His mind, She is the forethought of the ALL - Her Truth shines like His Truth - the perfect power which is the image of the invisible Virginal Spirit who is perfect. The first power, the glory of Barbelo, the perfect glory in the aeons, the glory of the revelation, She glorified the Virginal Spirit and it was She who praised Him, because thanks to Him, She had come forth. This is the first thought, His image; She became the womb of everything, for it is She who is prior to them all,

The Mother-Father
The first Man
The holy Spirit
The thrice-male
The thrice-powerful
The thrice-named androgynous one
and the eternal aeon among the invisible ones

and the first to come forth.

She requested from the invisible Virginal Spirit - that is Barbelo - to give Her foreknowledge. And the Spirit consented. And when He had consented, the foreknowledge came forth, and it stood by the forethought; it originates from the thought of the invisible Virginal Spirit. It glorified Him and his perfect power, Barbelo, for it was for Her sake that it had come into being.

And She requested again to grant her indestructibility, and He consented. When He had consented, indestructibility came forth, and it stood by the thought and the foreknowledge. It glorified the invisible One and Barbelo, the one for whose sake they had come into being.

And Barbelo requested to grant Her eternal life. And the invisible Spirit consented. And when He had consented, eternal life came forth, and they attended and glorified the invisible Spirit and Barbelo, the one for whose sake they had come into being.

And She requested again to grant Her Truth. And the invisible Spirit consented. And when He had consented, Truth came forth, and they attended and glorified the invisible, excellent Spirit and His Barbelo, the one for whose sake they had come into being.

Comment: The Androgynous Pentad -- the five, having the nature of both male and female.

This is the pentad of the aeons of the Father, which is the first man, the image of the invisible Spirit; it is the forethought, which Barbelo, and (1) the thought, and (2) the foreknowledge, and (3) the indestructibility, and (4) the eternal life, and (5) the Truth. This is the androgynous pentad of the aeons, which is the Decad of the aeons, which is the Father.

And He looked at Barbelo with the pure Truth which surrounds the invisible Spirit, and with His spark, and She conceived from Him. He begot a spark of Truth with a Truth resembling blessedness. But it does not equal His greatness. This "Truth" was an only-begotten son of the Mother-Father which had come forth; it is the only offspring, the only-begotten one of the Father, the pure Truth.

Comment: It is the teachings in Kabbalah, which means "received teachings," that pay a great deal of attention to the feminine aspects of God. Kabbalah was not included in its entirety in the Christian Bible, nor explained in depth, however it should have been. It is a significantly important missing piece to understanding Jesus and the NT. Jesus had this knowledge and he used it often. I would speculate that due to the threat it would have posed to male dominated cultures at various times throughout history, it was excluded; even though Jesus had a female disciple. And even as a female disciple, she was falsely portrayed as a prostitute, which she was not as we will learn later on. We continue now with what John was learning:

And the invisible Virginal Spirit rejoiced over the Truth which came forth, that which was brought forth first by the first power of His forethought, which is Barbelo. And He anointed it with His goodness until it became perfect, not lacking in any goodness, because He had anointed it with the goodness of the invisible Spirit. And the Truth attended Him as He poured upon it. And immediately when the Truth had received from the Spirit, the Truth glorified the holy Spirit and the perfect forethought, for whose sake the Truth had come forth.

And the Truth requested to give the Truth a fellow worker, which is the Mind, and He consented gladly. And when the invisible Spirit had consented, the Mind came forth, and it attended the Truth, glorifying Him and Barbelo. And all these came into being in secrecy.

And the Mind wanted to perform a deed through the Truth of the invisible Spirit. And His will became a deed and it appeared with the Mind; and the Truth glorified the Mind. And the Truth followed the will. For because of the Truth, Christ the divine Autogenesis created everything. And (1) the Eternal life, His will, and (2) the Mind, and (3) the Foreknowledge attended and glorified the invisible Spirit and Barbelo, for whose sake they had come into being.

Comment: In English: Christ, from Latin: Christus, from Greek: Christos, from Hebrew: Messias, all meaning: the anointed. And "the anointed" meaning, divinely legitimate or distinguished above something or someone else. In the line above, "Christ the divine Autogenesis," can be restated as, " the divine and legitimately chosen Autogenesis (autogenes, self-acting-birth)."

And the holy Spirit completed the divine Autogenesis, His son (the divine Autogenesis), together with Barbelo, that he may attend the mighty and invisible Virginal Spirit as the divine Autogenesis, the Christ whom He had honored with a mighty voice. He (the divine Autogenesis) came forth through the forethought. And the invisible Virginal Spirit placed the divine Autogenesis of Truth over everything. And He subjected to him (the divine Autogenesis) every authority, and the Truth which is in him, that he may know the ALL which had been called with a name exalted above every name. For that name will be mentioned to those who are worthy of it.

For from the Truth, which is the Christ, and the indestructibility, through the gift of the Spirit the four Truths (came fourth) from the divine Autogenesis. He expected that they might attend him.

And the three are (1) will, (2) thought, and (3) life. And the four powers are (1) understanding, (2) grace, (3) perception, and (4) prudence.

And grace belongs to the Truth-aeon Armozel, which is the first angel. And there are three other aeons with this aeon: (1) grace, (2) truth, and (3) form. And the second Truth is Oriel, who has been placed over the second aeon. And there are three other aeons with him: (1) conception, (2) perception, and (3) memory. And the third Truth is Daveithai, who has been placed over the third aeon. And there are three other aeons with him: (1) understanding, (2) love, and (3) idea. And the fourth aeon was placed over the fourth Truth Eleleth. And there are three other aeons with him: (1) perfection, (3) peace, and (3) wisdom. These are the four Truths which attend the divine Autogenesis. These are the twelve aeons which attend the Son of the mighty one, the Autogenesis, the Christ; through the will and the gift of the invisible Spirit.

And the twelve aeons belong to the Son of the Autogenesis. And all things were established by the will of the holy Spirit through the Autogenesis.

And from the foreknowledge of the perfect Mind, through the revelation of the will of the invisible Spirit and the will of the Autogenesis, the perfect Man appeared, the first revelation, and the Truth.

Comment: Adam was synonymous with "Truth" and "Truth" was synonymous with "Son."

It is he, the perfect man, whom the Virginal Spirit called Pigera-Adamas, and He placed him over the first aeon with the mighty one, the Autogenesis, the Christ, by the first Truth Armozel.

And with him are his powers. And the invisible one gave him a spiritual, invincible power. And he spoke and glorified and praised the invisible Spirit, saying, 'It is for thy sake that everything has come into being and everything will return to thee. I shall praise and glorify thee and the Autogenesis and the aeons, the three: the Father, the Mother, and the Son, the perfect power.'

Comment: If it has not already occurred to you, this scholarly interpretation would have been next to impossible to transmit via Oral Tradition at the time of Jesus; nor would it have likely been understood by the majority of illiterate and unscholarly masses in the Mediterranean Sea Basin at that time. If knowledge could not be distributed orally or via pictorially by coinage, it would have gotten lost or really distorted. A much simpler version would need to be developed, one that could withstand the rigors of Oral Tradition. We continue now with what John was learning:

And he placed his son Seth over the second aeon in the presence of the second Truth Oriel. And in the third aeon, the seed of Seth was placed over the third Truth Daveithai. And the souls of the saints were placed there. And in the fourth aeon the souls were placed of those who do not know the Pleroma and who did not repent at once, but who persisted for a while and repented afterwards; they are by the fourth Truth Eleleth. These are creatures which glorify the invisible Spirit.

And the Sophia of the Epinoia, being an aeon, conceived a thought from herself and the conception of the invisible Spirit and foreknowledge. She wanted to bring forth a likeness out of herself without the consent of the Spirit, - he had not approved - and without her consort, and without his consideration. And though the person of her maleness had not approved, and she had not found her agreement, and she had thought without the consent of the Spirit and the Truth of her agreement, she still brought forth. And because of the invincible power which is in her, her thought did not remain idle, and something came out of her which was imperfect and different from her appearance, because she had created it without her consort. And it was dissimilar to the likeness of its mother, for it has another form.

And when she saw the consequences of her desire, it changed into a form of a lion-faced serpent. And its eyes were like lightning fires which flash. She cast it away from her, outside that place, that no one of the immortal ones might see it, for she had created it in ignorance.

And she surrounded it with a luminous cloud, and she placed a throne in the middle of the cloud that no one might see it except the holy Spirit who is called the mother of the living. And she called his name Yaltabaoth (the God of Moses).

This is the first archon who took a great power from his mother. And he removed himself from her and moved away from the places in which he was born. He became strong and created for himself other aeons with a flame of luminous fire which exists now. And he joined with his arrogance which is in him and begot authorities for himself.

The name of the first one is Athoth, whom the generations call the Reaper. The second one is Harmas, who is the Eye of Envy. The third one is Kalila-Oumbri. The fourth one is Yabel. The fifth one is Adonaiou, who is called Sabaoth (or possibly Sabbath). The sixth one is Cain, whom the generations of men call the Sun. The seventh is Abel. The eighth is Abrisene. The ninth is Yobel. The tenth is Armoupieel. The eleventh is Melceir-Adonein. The twelfth is Belias, it is he who is over the depth of Hades.

And Yaltabaoth placed seven kings - each corresponding to the firmaments of heaven - over the seven heavens, and five over the depth of the abyss, that they may reign. And Yaltabaoth shared his fire with them, but he did not send forth from the Power of the Light (Truth) which he had taken from his mother, for he is ignorant darkness.

And when the light (Truth) had mixed with the darkness (False), it caused the darkness (False) to shine. And when the darkness (False) had mixed with the light (Truth), it darkened the light (Truth) and it became neither light nor dark, but it became dim (a Grey Area).

Now the Archon, who is weak, has three names. The first name is Yaldabaoth, the second is Saklas, and the third is Samael. And he is impious in his arrogance which is in him. For he said, "I am God and there is no other God beside me," for he is ignorant of his strength, the place from which he had come.

And the Archons created seven powers for themselves, and the powers created for themselves six angels for each one until they became 365 angels.

And these are the bodies belonging with the names: the first is Athoth, he has a sheep's face; the second is Eloaiou, he has a donkey's face; the third is Astaphaios, he has a hyena's face; the fourth is Yao, he has a serpent's face with seven heads; the fifth is Sabaoth, he has a dragon's face; the sixth is Adonin, he had a monkey's face; the seventh is Sabbede, he has a shining fire-face. This is the seven-ness of the week.

But Yaldabaoth, the weak Archon, had a multitude of faces, more than all of them; so that he could put a face before all of them, according to his desire, when he is in the midst of seraphs (celestial beings). He shared his fire with them; therefore he became Lord over them. Because of the power of the glory he possessed of his mother's Truth, he called himself God.

And he did not obey the place from which he came. And he united the seven powers in his thought with the authorities which were with him. And when he spoke it happened. And he named each power beginning with the highest.

The first is goodness with the first authority, called Athoth. The second is foreknowledge with the second authority, called Eloaio. The third is divinity with the third authority, is called Astraphaio. The fourth is lordship with the fourth authority, called Yao. The fifth is kingdom with the fifth authority, called Sabaoth. The sixth is envy with the sixth authority, called Adonein. The seventh is understanding with the seventh authority, called Sabbateon. And these have a firmament corresponding to each Aeon-heaven.

They were given names according to the glory which belongs to heaven for the destruction of the powers. And in the names which were given to them, by their originator, there was power. But the names which were given them, according to the glory which belongs to heaven, mean for them destruction and powerlessness. Thus they have two names.

And having created (...) everything, Yaldabaoth organized according to the model of the first Aeons which had come into being, so that he might create them like the indestructible ones. Not because he had seen the indestructible ones, but the power in him, which he had taken from his mother, produced in him the likeness of the cosmos.

And when he saw the creation which surrounded him, and the multitude of the angels around him, which had come forth from him, he said to them, "I am a jealous God, and there is no other God beside me." But by announcing this he indicated to the angels, who attended him, that there exists another God. For if there were no other God, of whom would he be jealous of?

Comment: Good point, "For if there were no other God, of whom would he be jealous of?"

Then the mother began to move to and fro. She became aware of the deficiency when the brightness of her Truth diminished. And she became dark because her consort had not agreed with her.

And I (John) said, "Lord, what does it mean that she moved to and fro?" But he smiled and said, "Do not think it is, as Moses said, 'above the waters.' No, but when she had seen the wickedness which had happened, and the theft which her son Yaldabaoth had committed, she repented. And she was overcome by forgetfulness in the darkness of ignorance and she began to be ashamed. And she did not dare to return, but she was moving about. And the moving is the going to and fro.

And the arrogant one, Yaldabaoth, took a power from his mother. For he was ignorant, thinking that there existed no other except his mother alone. And when he saw the multitude of the angels which he had created, then he exalted himself above them.

And when the mother recognized that the garment of darkness was imperfect, then she knew that her consort (who she had mated with to create Yaldabaoth) had not agreed with her (did not produce a good offspring). She repented with much weeping. And the whole pleroma heard the prayer of her repentance, and they praised, on her behalf, the invisible Virginal Spirit. And He (the invisible Virginal Spirit) consented; and when the invisible Spirit had consented, the Holy Spirit poured over her from their whole pleroma. For it was not her consort who came to her, but He (the invisible Virginal Spirit) came to her through the pleroma in order that He might correct her deficiency. And she was taken up not to her own Aeon, but above her son Yaldabaoth, that she might be in the ninth until she has corrected her deficiency.

And a voice came forth from the exalted Aeon-heaven: "The Man exists and the Son of Man." And the chief Archon, Yaldabaoth, heard and thought that the voice had come from his mother above him. Yet, he did not know from where it came.

Comment: And "a voice came forth from the exalted Aeon-heaven": The perfect Man exists and the Word of Man exists. The first perfect Man was Pigera-Adamas, the "Truth" that the Holy and Perfect Mother-Father existed and had created the legitimate first aeon.

Also from John 1 verses 1-4: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with the NT Jewish God, and the Word was the NT Jewish God. He (the Word) was in the beginning with the NT Jewish God. All things came into being through him. And apart from him, nothing came into being that has come into being. In him (the Word) was life, and the life was the Truth of Men." We continue now with what John was learning:

And Yaldabaoth taught them (the whole Aeon of Yaldabaoth), the complete foreknowledge of the Holy and Perfect Mother-Father, the image of the invisible one (the Virginal Spirit), who is the Mother-Father of the ALL and through whom everything came into being, (including) the first perfect Man. For He (the invisible Virginal Spirit) revealed His likeness in a human form.

And the whole Aeon of Yaldabaoth trembled, and the foundations of the abyss shook. And of the waters which are above matter, the underside was illuminated by the appearance of His image (the invisible Virginal Spirit) which had been revealed. And when all the authorities and Yaldabaoth looked, they saw the whole region of the underside which was illuminated. And through the Truth they saw the form of His image in the water.

And Yaldabaoth said to the authorities which attend him, "Come, (now that we know what he physically looks like) let us create a man according to the image of the invisible Virginal Spirit and according to our likeness; that his image may become a Truth for us."

And they created by means of their respective powers in correspondence with the characteristics which were given. And each authority supplied a characteristic in the form of the image which they had seen in His natural Man form. Yaldabaoth created a being according to the likeness of the first, perfect Man. And they said, "Let us call him Adam, that his name may become a power of Truth for us."

And the powers began: the first one, goodness, created a bone-soul; and the second, foreknowledge, created a sinew-soul; the third, divinity, created a flesh-soul; and the fourth, the lordship, created a marrow-soul; the fifth, kingdom created a blood-soul; the sixth, envy, created a skin-soul; the seventh, understanding, created a hair-soul. And the multitude of the angels attended him and they received, from the powers the seven substances of nature, in order to create the proportions of the limbs and the proportion of the rump and the proper working together of each of the parts.

The first one began to create the head. Eteraphaope-Abron created his head; Meniggesstroeth created the brain; Asterechme (created) the right eye; Thaspomocha, the left eye; Yeronumos, the right ear; Bissoum, the left ear; Akioreim, the nose; Banen-Ephroum, the lips; Amen, the teeth; Ibikan, the molars; Basiliademe, the tonsils; Achcha, the uvula; Adaban, the neck; Chaaman, the vertebrae; Dearcho, the throat; Tebar, the right shoulder; (...), the left shoulder; Mniarcon, the right elbow; (...), the left elbow; Abitrion, the right underarm; Evanthen, the left underarm; Krys, the right hand; Beluai, the left hand; Treneu, the fingers of the right hand; Balbel, the fingers of the left hand; Kriman, the nails of the hands; Astrops, the right breast; Barroph, the left breast; Baoum, the right shoulder joint; Ararim, the left shoulder joint; Areche, the belly; Phthave, the navel; Senaphim, the abdomen; Arachethopi, the right ribs; Zabedo, the left ribs; Barias, the right hip; Phnouth the left hip; Abenlenarchei, the marrow; Chnoumeninorin, the bones; Gesole, the stomach; Agromauna, the heart; Bano, the lungs; Sostrapal, the liver; Anesimalar, the spleen; Thopithro, the intestines; Biblo, the kidneys; Roeror, the sinews; Taphreo, the spine of the body; Ipouspoboba, the veins; Bineborin, the arteries; Atoimenpsephei, theirs are the breaths which are in all the limbs; Entholleia, all the flesh; Bedouk, the right buttock (?); Arabeei, the left penis; Eilo, the testicles; Sorma, the genitals; Gorma-Kaiochlabar, the right thigh; Nebrith, the left thigh; Pserem, the kidneys of the right leg; Asaklas, the left kidney; Ormaoth, the right leg; Emenun, the left leg; Knyx, the right shin-bone; Tupelon, the left shin-bone; Achiel, the right knee; Phnene, the left knee; Phiouthrom, the right foot; Boabel, its toes; Trachoun, the left foot; Phikna, its toes; Miamai, the nails of the feet; Labernioum - .

And those who were appointed over all of these are: Zathoth, Armas, Kalila, Jabel. And those who are particularly active in the limbs (are) the head Diolimodraza, the neck Yammeax, the right shoulder Yakouib, the left shoulder Verton, the right hand Oudidi, the left one Arbao, the fingers of the right hand Lampno, the fingers of the left hand Leekaphar, the right breast Barbar, the left breast Imae, the chest Pisandriaptes, the right shoulder joint Koade, the left shoulder joint Odeor, the right ribs Asphixix, the left ribs Synogchouta, the belly Arouph, the womb Sabalo, the right thigh Charcharb, the left thigh Chthaon, all the genitals Bathinoth, the right leg Choux, the left leg Charcha, the right shin-bone Aroer, the left shin-bone Toechtha, the right knee Aol, the left knee Charaner, the right foot Bastan, its toes Archentechtha, the left foot Marephnounth, its toes Abrana.

Seven have power over all of these: Michael, Ouriel, Asmenedas, Saphasatoel, Aarmouriam, Richram, and Amiorps. And the ones who are in charge over the senses (are) Archendekta; and he who is in charge over the receptions (is) Deitharbathas; and he who is in charge over the imagination (is) Oummaa; and he who is over the composition Aachiaram, and he who is over the whole impulse Riaramnacho.

And the origin of the demons which are in the whole body is determined to be four: heat, cold, wetness, and dryness. And the mother of all of them is matter (as in physics). And he who reigns over the heat (is) Phloxopha; and he who reigns over the cold is Oroorrothos; and he who reigns over what is dry (is) Erimacho; and he who reigns over the wetness (is) Athuro. And the mother of all of these, Onorthochrasaei, stands in their midst, since she is illimitable, and she mixes with all of them. And she is truly matter (as in physics), for they are nourished by her.

Comment: It is worth stating again, that if it has not already occurred to you, this scholarly interpretation would have been next to impossible to transmit via Oral Tradition at the time of Jesus; nor would it have likely been understood by the majority of illiterate and unscholarly masses in the Mediterranean Sea Basin at that time. If knowledge could not be distributed orally or via pictorially by coinage, it would have gotten lost or really distorted. A much simpler version would need to be developed, one that could withstand the rigors of Oral Tradition. We continue now with what John was learning:

The four chief demons are: Ephememphi, who belongs to Pleasure, Yoko, who belongs to Desire, Nenentophni, who belongs to Grief, Blaomen, who belongs to Fear. And the mother of them all is Aesthesis-Ouch-Epi-Ptoe.

And from the four demons, passions came forth. And from Grief (comes) envy, jealousy, distress, trouble, pain, callousness, anxiety, mourning, etc.

And from Pleasure much wickedness arises, and empty pride, and similar things.

And from Desire (comes) anger, wrath, and bitterness, and bitter passion, and unsatedness, and similar things.

And from Fear (comes) dread, fawning, agony, and shame. All of these are like useful things as well as evil things. But the insight into their true nature is Anaro, who is the head of the material soul, for it belongs with the seven senses, Ouch-Epi-Ptoe.

This is the number of the angels: together they are 365. They all worked on the body of Adam until, limb for limb, the natural and the material body was completed by them.

Now there are other ones in charge over the remaining passions whom I did not mention to you. But if you wish to know them, it is written in the book of Zoroaster.

Comment: We will learn more about Zoroaster, the Persian Prophet, and Cyrus, the King of Persia, later on and how the two relate to each other (Zoroaster - Zarathushtra).

And all the angels and demons worked until they had constructed the natural body of Adam. And their product was completely inactive and motionless for a long time.

And when the mother wanted to retrieve the power which she had given to Yaldabaoth, she petitioned the Mother-Father of the ALL (the invisible Virginal Spirit), who is most merciful.

He sent, by means of the holy decree, the five Truths down upon the place of the angels of Yaldabaoth. They advised Him that they should retrieve the power of the mother. And they said to Yaldabaoth, "Blow into Adam's face something of your spirit and his body will arise." And he blew into Adam's face the spirit which was the power of his mother; he did not know this, for he exists in ignorance. And the power of the mother went out of Yaldabaoth into the natural body of Adam, which they had fashioned after the image of the Mother-Father who exists from the beginning. The body moved and gained strength, and it was luminous.

And in that moment, the rest of the powers became jealous, because Adam had come into being through all of them and they had given their power to the man, therefore his intelligence was multiplied and greater than that of those who had made him, and greater than that of the chief Archon.

And when they recognized that he was luminous, and that he could think better than they, and that he was free from wickedness, they took him and threw him into the lowest region of all matter.

But the Blessed One, the Mother-Father, the beneficent and merciful One, had mercy on the power of the mother which had been brought forth out of Yaldabaoth, for they (the Archons) might gain power over the natural and perceptible body of Adam.

And so he sent, through his beneficent Spirit and his great mercy, a helper to Adam, luminous Epinoia which comes out of the Mother-Father, and who is called Life.

And she assists Adam, by toiling with him, and by restoring him to his fullness, and by teaching him about the descent of his seed (the Truth), and by teaching him about the way of ascent.

And the luminous Epinoia was hidden in Adam, in order that the Archons might not know her, but that Epinoia might be a correction of the deficiency of the mother.

And Adam came forth because of the shadow of the Truth which is in him. And his thinking was superior to all those who had made him (365 angels).

When they looked up, they saw that his thinking was superior. And they took counsel with the whole array of Archons and angels. They took fire and earth and water and mixed them together with the four fiery winds. And they wrought them together and caused a great disturbance. And they brought Adam into the shadow of death, in order that they might form him again, from earth, and water, and fire, and the spirit which originates in matter, which is the ignorance of darkness and desire, and their counterfeit spirit.

This is the tomb of the newly-formed body, with which, the robbers had clothed Adam in the bond of forgetfulness; and he became a mortal man, instead of the immortal he had been.

This is the first one who came down, and the first separation. But Epinoia of the Light (Truth), which was in him, she is the one who was to awaken his thinking. And the Archons took Adam and placed him in paradise, called the Garden of Eden.

Then Epinoia of the Light (Truth) hid herself in Adam. And Yaldabaoth wanted to bring her out of his rib. But Epinoia of the Light (Truth) cannot be grasped. Although darkness pursued her, it did not catch her.

And Yaldabaoth brought a part of his power out of Adam. And he made another creature, in the form of a woman, according to the likeness of Epinoia who had appeared to him. And he brought the part which he had taken from the power of Adam and put it into the female creature Eve, and not as Moses said, "his rib-bone."

Comment: Eve was not formed from Adam's rib bone.

And Adam saw the woman beside him. And in that moment, luminous Epinoia of the Light (Truth) appeared, and she lifted the veil which lay over Adam's mind. And he became sober from the drunkenness of darkness.

And he recognized his counter-image, and he said, "This is indeed bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh." Therefore the man will leave his father and his mother, and he will cleave to his wife, and they will both be one flesh.

Yet, Yaldabaoth seduced Eve and he begot in her two sons; the first and the second are Eloim and Yave.

Eloim has a bear-face and Yave has a cat-face.

Eloim is unrighteous and Yave is righteous.

And these he called with the names Cain and Abel with a view to deceive.

Cain, the unrighteous, he set over the water and the earth - he was a tiller of the ground, who slew Able. Able, the righteous, he set over the fire and the wind - he was a keeper of sheep.

Now up to the present day, sexual intercourse continued due to Yaldabaoth. And Yaldabaoth planted sexual desire in Eve who belonged to Adam. And Yaldabaoth produced, through intercourse, copies of the bodies; and he created them with his counterfeit spirit.

And the two Archons, he set over principalities so that they might rule over the tomb (the body).

And when Adam recognized the likeness of his own foreknowledge, he begot the likeness of the son of man (the likeness of Truth). He called him Seth, according to the way of the race in the Aeons.

Likewise, the mother also sent down her spirit, which is in her likeness and a copy of those who are in the pleroma, for she will prepare a dwelling place for the aeons which will come down. And he (the spirit she sent down) made them (the aeons) drink water of forgetfulness, from Yaldabaoth, in order that the aeons might not know from where they came.

Thus, the seed remained for a while assisting, in order that, when the Spirit comes forth from the holy aeons, the Spirit may raise up and heal Seth from the deficiency, that the whole pleroma may again become holy and faultless.

Comment: Such is the story of Adam. We continue now with what John was learning:

And I (John) said to the savior, "Lord, will all the souls then be brought safely into the pure Truth?" He answered and said to me, "Great things have arisen in your mind, for it is difficult to explain them to others except to those who are from the immovable race. Those on whom the Spirit of life will descend and that person will be with the power, they will be saved and become perfect and be worthy of the greatness and be purified in that place from all wickedness and the involvements in evil. Then, they have no other care than the incorruption alone, to which they direct their attention from here on, without anger or envy or jealousy or desire and greed of anything. They are not affected by anything except the state of being in the flesh alone, which they bear while looking expectantly for the time when they will be met by the receivers of the spirit-soul. Such then are they worthy of the imperishable, eternal life and the calling. For they endure everything and bear up under everything, that they may finish the good fight and inherit eternal life.

I said to him, "Lord, the souls of those who did not do these works, but on whom the power and Spirit descended, will they be rejected?" He answered and said to me, "If the Spirit descended upon them, they will in any case be saved, and they will change for the better. For the power will descend on every man, for without it no one can stand. And after they are born, then, when the Spirit of life increases and the power comes and strengthens that soul, no one can lead it astray with works of evil. But those bodies on whom the counterfeit spirit descends are attracted to Yaldabaoth and they go astray.

And I said, "Lord, where will the souls of these inhabited with counterfeit spirit go when they have come out of their flesh?" And he smiled and said to me, "The soul, in which the power will become stronger than the counterfeit spirit, is strong and it flees from evil. And through the intervention of the incorruptible one, it is saved; and it is taken up to the rest of the Aeons.

And I said, "Lord, those however, who have not known to whom they belong, where will their souls be?" And he said to me, "In those, the despicable counterfeit spirit has gained strength when they went astray. And Yaldabaoth burdens the soul and draws it to the works of evil; and Yaldabaoth casts it (the soul) down into forgetfulness. And after it comes out of the body, it is handed over to the authorities, who came into being through the Archon. Then, they bind it with chains and cast it into prison, and consort with it until it is liberated from the forgetfulness and acquires Truth. And if thus it becomes perfect, and is saved.

And I said, "Lord, how can the soul become smaller and return into the nature of its mother or into man?" Then he rejoiced when I asked him this, and he said to me, "Truly, you are blessed, for you have understood! That soul is made to follow Epinoia of the Light (Truth). And, it is not again cast into another flesh.

Comment: Here are three other verses related to the spirit-soul becoming smaller. In other words, being born again:

1) Jesus in John 3:3, "Jesus answered and said to him, his friend Nicodemus, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see (experience) the kingdom of God."

2) Peter in 1 Peter 1:3-4, "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the anointed, who according to his great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus, the anointed, from the dead; to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you."

3) Peter in 1 Peter 1:22-23, "Since you have, in obedience to the Truth, purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from the heart, you have been born again; not of seed which is perishable, but imperishable. That is, through the living and enduring Word of God.

We continue now with what John was learning:

And I (John) said, "Lord, these also who did know, but have turned away, where will their souls go?" Then he said to me, "To that place where the angels of poverty go. They will be taken to the place where there is no repentance. And they will be kept for the day on which those who have blasphemed the Spirit will be tortured, and they will be punished with eternal punishment.

And I said, "Lord, from where did the counterfeit spirit come?" Then he said to me, "The Mother-Father who is rich in mercy and the holy Spirit in every way, the One who is merciful and who sympathizes with you, i.e. the Epinoia of the foreknowledge of Truth, he raised up the offspring of the perfect race, and its thinking, and the eternal Truth of man. When Yaldabaoth realized that they were exalted above him in the height - and they surpass him in thinking - then he wanted to seize their thought, not knowing that they surpassed him in thinking, and that he will not be able to seize them."

Yaldabaoth made a plan with his authorities, which are his powers, and they committed together adultery with Sophia (wisdom), and bitter fate was begotten through them; which is the last of the changeable bonds.

And it is of a sort that is interchangeable. And it is harder and stronger, than she with whom the gods united, and the angels and the demons and all the generations until this day. For from that fate came forth every sin and injustice and blasphemy, and the chain of forgetfulness and ignorance and every severe command, and serious sins and great fears. And thus the whole creation was made blind, in order that they may not know the Mother-Father, who is above all of them.

And because of the chain of forgetfulness, their sins were hidden. For they are bound with measures and times and moments, since wisdom is lord over everything. And Yaldabaoth repented for everything which had come into being through him.

Yaldabaoth had planned to bring a flood upon the work of man. But the greatness of the Truth of the foreknowledge informed Noah, and he proclaimed the Truth to all the offspring which are the sons of men.

But those who were strangers to the Truth, did not listen to Truth. It is not as Moses said, 'They hid themselves in an ark' (Genesis 7: 7), but they hid themselves in a place, not only Noah, but also many other people from the immovable race. They went into a place and hid themselves in a luminous cloud. And Noah recognized his authority. And she who belongs to the Truth (Epinoia of the Light) was with Noah, having shone on the people from the immovable race, because Yaldabaoth had brought darkness (falseness and counterfeit) upon the whole earth.

Comment: This supports the majority view by Christians, that no worldwide flood ever occurred.

And Yaldabaoth made a plan with his powers. He sent his angels to the daughters of men, that they might take some of them for themselves and raise offspring for their enjoyment. And at first they did not succeed. When they had no success, they gathered together again and they made a plan together. They created a counterfeit spirit, who resembles the Spirit who had descended, so as to pollute the souls through it. And the angels changed themselves in their likeness into the likeness of their mates, filling them with the spirit of darkness, which they had mixed for them, and with evil.

They brought gold and silver and a gift and copper and iron and metal and all kinds of things. And they steered the people who had followed them into great troubles, by leading them astray with many deceptions.

Comment: Jesus had specifically said in Matthew 10 verse 5-10:

We continue now with what John was learning:

They became old without having enjoyment. They died, not having found Truth and without knowing the Holy and Perfect Mother-Father. And thus the whole creation became enslaved forever, from the foundation of the world until now. And they took women and begot children out of the darkness according to the likeness of their spirit. And they closed their hearts, and they hardened themselves through the hardness of the counterfeit spirit until now.

Comment: About Jesus in Mark 3, He (Jesus) entered again into a Temple-Church; and a man was there whose hand was withered. They (the other Pharisees) were watching Jesus to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. He said to the man with the withered hand, "Get up and come forward!” And Jesus said to them (the other Pharisees), "Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to kill?” But they kept silent. Jesus, after looking around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

We continue now with what John was learning:

I (the undefiled and incorruptible Truth) therefore, the perfect Pronoia (provision) of the all, changed myself into my seed, for I existed first, going on every road. For I am the richness of the Truth; I am the remembrance of the pleroma. And I went into the realm of darkness and I endured till I entered the middle of the prison. And the foundations of chaos shook. And I hid myself from them because of their wickedness, and they did not recognize me.

Again I returned for the second time, and I went about. I came forth from those who belong to the Truth, which is I (the Truth), the remembrance of the Pronoia (provision). I entered into the midst of darkness (falseness) and the inside of Hades, since I was seeking my task (the Truth). And the foundations of chaos shook, that they might fall down upon those who are in chaos and might destroy them. And again I ran up to my root of Truth, lest they be destroyed before the time.

Still for a third time I (the Truth) went - I am the Truth which exists in the Truth, I am the remembrance of the Pronoia (provision) - that I might enter into the midst of darkness (falseness) and the inside of Hades. And I filled my face with the Truth of the completion of their Aeon.

And I entered into the midst of their prison, which is the prison of the body. And I said, "He who hears, let him get up from the deep sleep (of forgetfulness)." And he wept and shed tears. Bitter tears he wiped from himself and he said, "Who is it that calls my name, and from where has this hope come to me; while I am in the chains of the prison?"

And I said, "I am the Pronoia (provision) of the pure Truth; I am the thinking of the Virginal Spirit, who raised you up to the honored place. Arise and remember that it is you who hearkened, and follow your root, which is I (Truth), the merciful one, and guard yourself against the angels of poverty and the demons of chaos and all those who ensnare you. And beware of the deep sleep (forgetfulness) and the enclosure of the inside of Hades.

And I (the undefiled and incorruptible Truth) raised him up, and sealed him in the Truth of the water with five seals, in order that death (forgetfulness) might not have power over him from this time on.

And behold, now I shall go up to the perfect Aeon. I have completed everything for you in your hearing. And I have said everything to you that you might write them down and give them secretly to your fellow spirits, for this is the mystery of the immovable race.

And the undefiled and incorruptible Truth presented these things to John that he might write them down and keep them secure. And the undefiled and incorruptible Truth said to John, "Cursed be everyone who will exchange these things for a gift or for food or for drink or for clothing or for any other such thing."

And these things were presented to John in a mystery, and immediately he, the undefiled and incorruptible Truth, disappeared from John. And John went to his fellow disciples and related to them what the undefiled and incorruptible Truth had told him. SOURCE: 82
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Jesus said, according to Thomas, "From Adam to John the Baptist, among those born of women, no one is so much greater than John the Baptist that his eyes should not be averted. But I have said that whoever among you becomes a child, will recognize the kingdom and will become greater than John.” SOURCE: 83 verse 46

Whether knowingly, or unknowingly due to the lack of information in Kabbalah or the hierophantic teachings, Adam played a much more prominent role in Christianity than what has been promoted by the Temple-Church.

1 Corinthians 15:44-49, If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. So also it is written, "The first MAN, Adam, BECAME A LIVING SOUL." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural (in the womb); then the spiritual. The first (element of) man is from the earth, earthy; the second (element of) man is from heaven. As is the earthy, so also are those who are earthy; and as is the heavenly, so also are those who are heavenly. Just as we have born the image of the earthy, we will also bear the image of the heavenly.

Romans 5:12-15, Therefore, just as through one man, sin entered into the world and death through sin, so death spread to all men because all sinned-- for until the Law sin was in the world, sin was not even considered. Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the offense of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.

Although Jesus uses the phrase, "the Son of Man," in many verses of the NT, Adam's name is only mentioned in seven verses.

As mentioned earlier, Pope Clement wrote:

The Undefiled and Incorruptible Truth

No matter what you do to the biological son of a father and mother, the son will always remain the biological son of his father and mother. This is the undefiled and incorruptible Truth.

In mathematics, the Son of Addition, is that, one number (greater than zero) plus another number (greater than zero) equals a third number. This is the undefiled and incorruptible Truth.

Adam was synonymous with "Truth" and "Truth" was synonymous with "Son" because the Son was the Truth that the Holy and Perfect Mother-Father existed.

The complete power of the invisible Spirit in the traditions of Mediterranean Sea Basin society was the trinity of the Father, the Mother, and the Son. This power theme is found in almost all Egyptian, Geek, and Roman traditions at, and before, the time of Jesus. Jesus would have read or heard these same traditions in his studies. Having studied these traditions, he would have been able to debate intelligently with opponents.

As for the phrase, "the Son of Man," Jesus offers this example:

So Zaccheus whom they call Matthew, the chief tax collector, when he had heard that the Lord had esteemed him highly enough to be with him, said, "Behold, half of my present possessions I give as alms, and Lord, if I ever extorted money from anyone in any way, I return it fourfold." At this the savior said, "When the Son of Man came today, he found that which was lost." SOURCE: 86

Once again using the phrase, "the Truth of Man," in place of the phrase, the Son of Man:

So Zaccheus whom they call Matthew, the chief tax collector, when he had heard that the Lord had esteemed him highly enough to be with him, said, "Behold, half of my present possessions I give as alms, and Lord, if I ever extorted money from anyone in any way, I return it fourfold." At this the savior said, "When the Truth of Man came today, he found that which was lost." SOURCE: 86

According to Jesus, "the Word" is "the Truth" and "the Truth" is "the Son." The Truth illuminates the darkness (or forgetfulness). Therefore, "the Truth" is "the Light."

So what is "the Truth" of "the Word?" "The Word" is "the Truth" of Adam and the Holy and Perfect Mother-Father including the Creation of the ALL and Adam as the Father of all humankind (and the truth of Seth). Other options for "the Son of Man" would be:

· · the Light (Truth) of Man

· · the Knowledge of Man

· · the Wisdom of Man

· · the Truth of Man (Adam)

In this study, we will use, "the Truth of Man."

Part of the historical confusion in reading the New Testament is that "the Son of Man" is treated as if it were a person; when in fact it is a concept. In many places throughout the NT, words like, "He," "His," and "Him," are referring to a concept and not to a person. This confusion also takes place with other words such as "Light" and "Truth." A modern day example would be:

This new sailboat of mine, she's faster than any of her competitors on the lake. She's trimmed out with the latest sonar gear and her hull is a new sleeker design.

Is the sailboat above a person? No. It's a sailboat. Is the "Son of Man" a person? No. It's a concept.

Some scholars have claimed that Jesus preached the end of the world. Jesus was a pacifist. Not only was he a pacifist, he was a loving and humble pacifist. Loving and humble pacifists do not manipulate people through the use of fear, by claiming that the end of the world is at hand.

Those two behavioral opposites do not match. What was at hand, and what was coming, was the Truth of Man and not the end of the world. Jesus confirmed this when he said, according to Matthew in Matthew 21:33-46, "the kingdom of God will be taken away from you (greedy Temple-Church leaders) and given to a people producing the fruit of it."

In Matthew 13 verse 22-23: "And the one on whom seed was sown among the thorns (thieves), this is the man who hears the Word, and the worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke "the Word," and it becomes unfruitful. And the one on whom seed was sown on the good soil, this is the man who hears the Word and understands it; who indeed bears fruit and brings forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty."

In Matthew 12 verse 32: "Whoever speaks (preaches) a (different) Word against the Truth of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever speaks (preaches) against the Holy Spirit (the Perfect Mother-Father), it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come."

In Matthew 8 verse 8: But the centurion said, "Lord, I am not worthy for you to come under my roof, but just say the Word, and my servant will be healed."

In Matthew 8 verse 16: "When evening came, they brought to Jesus many who were demon-possessed; and he cast out the spirits with a Word, and healed all who were ill."

In Matthew 13 verse 19: "When anyone hears the Word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road."

In Matthew 13 verses 20-21: "The one on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, this is the man who hears the Word and immediately receives it with joy; yet he has no firm root in himself, but is only temporary, and when affliction or persecution arises because of the Word, immediately he falls away."

In Matthew 15 verse 5-9: But you say, `Whoever says to his father or mother, "Whatever I have that would help you has been given to the Jewish God," he is not to honor his father or his mother.' And by this you invalidated the Word of the Jewish God for the sake of your tradition. You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you: `THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME. `BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.'

In Mark 2 verse 2: And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room, not even near the door; and Jesus was speaking the Word to them.

Here are examples from the Gospel of God according to Matthew, using the phrase, "the Truth of Man" in place of the phrase, the Son of Man:

Matthew 8:20, "Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Truth of Man has nowhere to lay his head." " Meaning: That the Truth of Man has no home yet.

Matthew 9:6, "But so that you may know that the Truth of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins." Meaning: The Truth is that we can forgive each other without an intermediary.

Matthew 10:23, "But whenever they persecute you in one city, flee to the next; for truly I say to you, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel until the Truth of Man comes." Meaning: That the Truth about Man will spread and most likely be adopted quickly throughout Israel.

Matthew 11:19, "The Truth of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, "Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!" Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds." Meaning: That when some people heard the Truth of Man, they tried to discredit it. Yet over time, the Truth will prevail.

Matthew 12:8, "For the Truth of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."

Matthew 12:32, "Whoever speaks (preaches) "a (different) Word" against the Truth of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever speaks (preaches) against the Holy Spirit (the Perfect Mother-Father), it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come."

Matthew 12:40, "for just as JONAH WAS THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS IN THE BELLY OF THE SEA MONSTER, so will the Truth of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."

Matthew 13:37, "And He said, "The one who sows the good seed is the Truth of Man," "

Matthew 13:41, "The Truth of Man will send forth his angels, and they will gather out of the NT Jewish God's kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness, …"

Matthew 16:13, "Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he was asking his disciples, "Who do people say that the Truth of Man is?" "

Matthew 16:27, "For the Truth of Man is going to come in the glory of his Father with His angels, and WILL THEN REPAY EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS."

Matthew 16:28, "Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the Truth of Man coming in the NT Jewish God's kingdom."

Matthew 17:9, "As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, "Tell the vision to no one until the Truth of Man has risen from the dead."

Matthew 17:12, "but I say to you that Elijah already came, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wished. So also the Truth of Man is going to suffer at their hands."

Matthew 17:22, "And while they were gathering together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "the Truth of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men;" "

Matthew 18:11, "For the Truth of Man has come to save that which was lost."

Matthew 19:28, "And Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you, that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Truth of Man will sit on his glorious throne, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel." "

Matthew 20:18, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Truth of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn the Truth to death, …"

Matthew 20:28, "just as the Truth of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many." Meaning: That the Truth will save many.

Matthew 24:27, "For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to the west, so will the coming of the Truth of Man be." Meaning: Most likely from Hillel's academy in Babylon. John ben Zakarias (John the Baptist) was a disciple of Hillel and Jesus was a disciple of John.

Matthew 24:30, "And then the sign of the Truth of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the TRUTH OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY with power and great glory."

Matthew 24:37, "For the coming of the Truth of Man will be just like the days of Noah."

Matthew 24:39, "and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Truth of Man be."

Matthew 24:44, "For this reason you also must be ready; for the Truth of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think the Truth will."

Matthew 25:31, "But when the Truth of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then the Truth will sit on his glorious throne."

Matthew 26:2, "You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Truth of Man is to be handed over for crucifixion."

Matthew 26:24, "The Truth of Man is to go, just as it is written of him; but woe to that man by whom the Truth of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born."

Matthew 26:45, "Then he came to the disciples and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand and the Truth of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners." "

Matthew 26:64, "Jesus said to him, "You have said it yourself; nevertheless I tell you, hereafter you will see the TRUTH OF MAN SITTING AT THE RIGHT HAND OF POWER, and COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN." "

Jesus summed it all up for his friend Nicodemus ben Gurion in John 3 verses 13-21:

"No one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended from heaven: the Truth of Man. As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Truth of Man be lifted up; so that whoever believes will in the Truth will have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Truth, that whoever believes in the Truth shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Truth into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through the Truth. He who believes in the Truth is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Truth of God. This is the judgment, that the Light (Truth) has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light (Truth), for their deeds were evil. For everyone who does evil hates the Light (Truth), and does not come to the Light (Truth) for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But he who practices the Truth comes to the Light (Truth), so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God."
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The Holy and Perfect Mother-Father, a more powerful God than Yaldabaoth, awoke Adam from his forgetfulness and saved him by reveling to him that he, Adam, was Truth. Two Jewish gods and two different personalities. One with lots of requirements that made up the Law; while the other one, only one requirement that made up the Law.

As mentioned earlier, Saul, in his letter to the Galatians wrote, "For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, You shall love your neighbor as yourself." In other words, atonement for sins can be done by practicing good deeds of loving kindness. Because, kindness begets kindness. Blasphemy according to the Second Temple leaders in Jerusalem, but only if you sold the Jewish religion as your wares.

Jesus has also answered one of history's oldest philosophical arguments. If God created everything in the universe, who created God?

Think of a blank universe as a fertile field of black dirt. This black dirt is entirely composed of "the potential for life." Nothing is currently growing in the field. However, the potential for something to grow exists.

Consider the "dirt" and "the potential for life" as being synonymous. Now think of the blank universe as being totally composed of "the potential for life," and that the blank universe, and "the potential for life" are synonymous.

Taking this one step further, the blank universe and the invisible "Holy and Perfect Mother-Father" are synonymous, because the invisible "Holy and Perfect Mother-Father" exists as both male and female at the same time.

In other words, the invisible "Holy and Perfect Mother-Father" is literally the power (potential) of creation. And conversely, the power (potential) of creation is literally the blank universe. They are the same; there is no difference.

According to Jesus, all things and all life literally exist inside of the power of creation.

How could any opponent of Jesus's claim to have a god higher or more powerful than a god who was literally the power of creation itself? Or whose kingdom was completely inside, outside, and totally encompassing humankind?

It might have been less confusing, had those who wrote the teaching versions of the Gospel of God used either the phrase, "the Word of Man" or the phrase "the Truth of Man" (Adam), in place of the phrase, "the Son of Man."

Whether they did it knowingly, or did it unknowingly (due to the lack of information in Kabbalah or the hierophantic teachings), it created a puzzle for humankind later on in history. In Jesus's time, teaching Kabbalah to those not sanctioned by the Temple-Church, could warrant a death sentence for the person teaching it. Maybe that was part of the problem. Manichaeism was less strict in this respect, which may account for why it spread so fast at intermittent times.

As we have readily seen in the teachings revealed to John ben Zebedee, the Gospel of God was certainly more scholarly and philosophically complex, than the majority illiterate could have understood at Jesus's time in history. Not to mention that most of these teachings were being transmitted verbally as Oral Traditions. The simpler the story, the easier it would have been to transmit and retain its symbolism.

A Teaching Version of the Gospel of God Needed

Jesus's scholarly interpretation of the Holy and Perfect Mother-Father, as recounted by John ben Zebedee, would have been too complex to verbally transmit from person to person.

In Jesus's time, very few Jews or Gentiles could read or write. Only trained scholars, many of whom were associates of a Temple-Church, were literate. For the general population, information was passed via Oral Tradition or visually on the face of coins. A teaching version would be needed to spread Jesus's new interpretation of Judaism with the NT Jewish God. Clement of Alexandria, in his letter to Theodore, confirms that a teaching version of the Gospel of God was created.

The letter of Clement of Alexandria to Theodore, translation by Morton Smith:

From the letters of the most holy Clement, the author of the Stromateis.

To Theodore.

Such men are to be opposed in all ways and altogether. For, even if they should say something true, one who loves the Truth should not, even so, agree with them. For not all true things are the Truth, nor should that Truth which merely seems true according to human opinions be preferred to the True Knowledge, that according to the faith.

Now of the things they keep saying about the divinely inspired Gospel according to Mark, some are altogether falsifications, and others, even if they do contain some true elements, nevertheless are not reported truly. For the true things being mixed with inventions, are falsified, so that, as the saying goes, even the salt loses its savor.

As for Mark, then, during Peter's (Kefar's) stay in Rome he (Peter) wrote an account of the Lord's doings, not, however, declaring all of them, nor yet hinting at the secret ones, but selecting what he thought most useful for increasing the faith of those who were being instructed. But when Peter died a martyr, Mark came over to Alexandria, bringing both his own notes and those of Peter, from which he transferred to his former book the things suitable to whatever makes for progress toward knowledge. Thus he composed a more spiritual Gospel for the use of those who were being perfected. Nevertheless, he yet did not divulge the things not to be uttered, nor did he write down the hierophantic teaching of the Lord, but to the stories already written he added yet others and, moreover, brought in certain sayings of which he knew the interpretation would, as a mystagogue, lead the hearers into the innermost sanctuary of that Truth hidden by seven veils. Thus, in sum, he prepared matters, neither grudgingly nor incautiously, in my opinion, and, dying, he left his composition to the Temple-Church in Alexandria, where it even yet is most carefully guarded, being read only to those who are being initiated into the great mysteries.

But since the foul demons are always devising destruction for the race of men, Carpocrates, instructed by them and using deceitful arts, so enslaved a certain presbyter of the Temple-Church in Alexandria that he got from him a copy of the secret Gospel, which he both interpreted according to his blasphemous and carnal doctrine and, moreover, polluted, mixing with the spotless and holy words utterly shameless lies. From this mixture is drawn off the teaching of the Carpocratians.

To them, therefore, as I said above, one must never give way; nor, when they put forward their falsifications, should one concede that the secret Gospel is by Mark, but should even deny it on oath. For, "Not all true things are to be said to all men.” For this reason the Wisdom of God, through Solomon, advises, "Answer the fool from his folly,” teaching that the Truth of the Word should be hidden from those who are mentally blind. Again it says, "From him who has not shall be taken away,” and, "Let the fool walk in darkness.” But we are "children of light,” having been illuminated by "the dayspring” of the spirit of the Lord "from on high,” and "Where the Spirit of the Lord is,” it says, "there is liberty,” for "All things are pure to the pure.”

To you, therefore, I shall not hesitate to answer the questions you have asked, refuting the falsifications by the very words of the Gospel. For example, after, "And they were in the road going up to Jerusalem,” and what follows, until "After three days he shall arise,” the secret Gospel brings the following material word for word:

“And they come into Bethany. And a certain woman whose brother had died was there. And, coming, she prostrated herself before Jesus and says to him, 'Son of David, have mercy on me. 'But the disciples rebuked her. And Jesus, being angered, went off with her into the garden where the tomb was, and straightway a great cry was heard from the tomb. And going near Jesus rolled away the stone from the door of the tomb. And straightway, going in where the youth was, he stretched forth his hand and raised him, seizing his hand. But the youth, looking upon him, loved him and began to beseech him that he might be with him. And going out of the tomb they came into the house of the youth, for he was rich. And after six days Jesus told him what to do and in the evening the youth comes to him, wearing a linen cloth over his naked body. And he remained with him that night, for Jesus taught him the mystery of the kingdom of God. And thence, arising, he returned to the other side of the Jordan.”

After these words follows the text, "And James (the Just) ben Zebedee and John ben Zebedee come to him,” and all that section. But "naked man with naked man,” and the other things about which you wrote, are not found.

And after the words, "And he comes into Jericho,” the secret Gospel adds only,

"And the sister of the youth whom Jesus loved and his mother and Salome were there, and Jesus did not receive them.”

But the many other things about which you wrote both seem to be and are falsifications.
Now the true explanation and that which accords with the true philosophy. . .” (here the text stops in the middle of the page) SOURCE: 17

As confirmed by Clement, a record of Jesus's doings that included his version of the Gospel of God and a separate teaching version of the Gospel of God existed. The teaching versions, the ones we know of today as the Gospels in the NT, do not contain the "hierophantic teaching of the Lord" as suspected.

Hierophantic teachings refer to the Greek Eleusinian mysteries. For a person to participate in these rites, which were held in Athens and in Eleusis, they had to be able to speak the Greek language. The Greek Eleusinian mysteries were basically a secret and sacred journey of self transformation for the Initiates.

In 1889 H. P. Blavatsky wrote that to speak of "anyone as having descended into Hades, was equivalent in antiquity to calling him a full Initiate." SOURCE: 87

From Mark 4:33-34, "With many such parables Jesus was speaking the word to them (the Jews), so far as they were able to hear it; and he did not speak to them without a parable; but he was explaining everything privately to his own disciples.”

As we can see, Mark also gives confirmation of a teaching version of the Gospel of God being used for the general population and a private version which Jesus would explain to his disciples.

From Barnabas in his letter, Barnabas 17:1-3, he writes:

“So far as it was possible, with all simplicity to declare it unto you, my soul hopeth that I have not omitted anything (of the matters pertaining unto salvation and so failed in my desire). For if I should write to you concerning things immediate or future, ye would not understand them, because they are put in parables. So much then for this.”

And he continues in the next line (Barnabas 18:1), “But let us pass on to another, lesson and teaching. There are two ways of teaching and of power, the one of light (Truth) and the other of darkness (Falseness); and there is a great difference between the two ways. For on the one are stationed the light giving angels of God, on the other the angels of Satan.”

As we can see again, Barnabas also gives confirmation of a teaching version of the Gospel of God being used for the general population via parables; and without his letters of explanation, "ye would not understand them," referring to the true meaning of the parables.

In Acts Chapter 11:19-26, we find that it was Barnabas who had moved Christianity forward. And only after "considerable numbers were brought" into the group, did Barnabas go and look for Saul in Tarsus and bring him back to Antioch:

"So then those who were scattered because of the persecution that occurred in connection with Stephen made their way to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word (the teaching version) to no one except to Jews alone. But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks also, preaching Christ. And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord. The news about them reached the ears of the Temple-Church at Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas off to Antioch. Then when he arrived and witnessed the grace of God, he rejoiced and began to encourage them all with resolute heart to remain true to the Lord; for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And considerable numbers were brought to the Lord. And he left for Tarsus to look for Saul; and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And for an entire year they met with the Temple-Church and taught considerable numbers; and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch."

Eusebius (EH 2:1, 4) tells us, "To James (the Just) ben Zebedee, and John ben Zebedee and Peter, the Lord after his resurrection imparted knowledge. These imparted it to the rest of the apostles, and the rest of the apostles to the seventy (the Sanhedrin), of whom Barnabas was one."

From The Apocryphon of James ben Zebedee:

"James writes to [...]: Peace be with you from Peace, love from Love, grace from Grace, faith from Faith, life from Holy Life!

Since you asked that I send you a secret book which was revealed to me and Peter by the Lord, I could not turn you away or gainsay you; but I have written it in the Hebrew alphabet and sent it to you, and you alone. But since you are a minister of the salvation of the saints, endeavor earnestly and take care not to rehearse this text to many - this that the Savior did not wish to tell to all of us, his twelve disciples. But blessed will they be who will be saved through the faith of this discourse.

I also sent you, ten months ago, another secret book which the Savior had revealed to me. Under the circumstances, however, regard that one as revealed to me, James (the Just) ben Zebedee; " SOURCE: 88

Two Gospels, one a scholarly version and one a teaching version, existed. Two Jewish Gods, one jealous, wrathful, and legalistic, and one with only one rule to satisfy the Law: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." What most is interesting about these sets of two, as we will find out later through the profiling of Jesus, is that there were also two.

A New Covenant

Jesus believed that a spirit-soul existed first up in heaven, or as he describes it: "for I existed first, going on every road." When a new body is conceived in the womb of a women, this spirit-soul, which is eternal and never ending, descended from heaven and inhabited the new body. It stayed in the body until the body died, then it ascended back to heaven.

This idea of spirit-soul, angels, and resurrection was paramount to the foundation of Jesus's belief system. Saul confirms this in Acts 23 verses 7-10:

"As he (Saul) said this (that he was a Pharisee), there occurred a dissension between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor an angel, nor a spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all."

"And there occurred a great uproar; and some of the scribes of the Pharisaic party stood up and began to argue heatedly, saying, ‘We find nothing wrong with this man; suppose a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?’ And as a great dissension was developing, the commander was afraid Saul would be torn to pieces by them and ordered the troops to go down and take him (Saul) away from them (the Great Sanhedrin) by force, and bring him into the (Roman) barracks."

From the Gospel of Truth, "For the Father knows the beginning of them all as well as their end (the spirit-souls). For when their end arrives, he will question them to their faces. The end, you see, is the recognition of him who is hidden, that is, the Father, from whom the beginning came forth and to whom will return all who have come from him. For they were made manifest for the glory and the joy of his name." SOURCE: 89

Hippolytus described the spirit-soul in this way:

"The Naassenes say that the soul is very hard to find and to perceive; for it does not continue in the same fashion or shape or in one emotion so that one can either describe it or comprehend its essence. And they have these various changes of the soul, set forth in the Gospel of God entitled according to the Egyptians."

Jesus's logic of a spirit-soul existence probably developed historically over time in this way:

Through scientific observation, when the blood of an animal or a person drained out of the body (from a wound of something similar), the body became lifeless. However, if someone were to stop the bleeding, before all the blood drained out of the body, the animal or the person remained living. Therefore, the essence (the animation) of life must be in the blood of the body. At Jesus's time in history, that certainly would have been a solid scientific and medical conclusion.

Later on, by making the additional observation that man and animals had very similar body structures, especially when compared with other mammals, they must indeed be from the same maker or divine carpenter. However, man was able to talk, to build, to draw, to paint, to sail on the seas, think great thoughts, and come up with new ideas. Therefore, man must be more than animal. The consciousness of man, must logically contain a divine spirit to be able to think, dream, and do all of these things. There must certainly be a powerful and intelligent spirit that inhabits the body of a man, that is not present in the body of an animal. This spirit must descend from heavens at birth and ascend to the heavens after death. At Jesus's time in history, this too certainly would have been a solid scientific and medical conclusion. How else could one explain such an observable large gap between man and animal?

It would not have occurred to him, that if humankind's ability to use tools to make others tools (physical and social), and its ability to assign complex concepts to a vocalized sound, where to suddenly disappear, humankind would have appeared to be the same as all other mammalian life on the planet.

According to Jesus, the idea of the Temple-Church built in the hearts of humankind, became the new Covenant. Practicing good deeds of loving kindness, i.e. to love thy neighbor as thy self, replaced sacrifices, burnt offerings, and oblations for the atonement of sins. This practice of Love demonstrated that the true self had been revealed (a self transformation from forgetfulness). This was to be the new acceptable behavior for the spirit-soul, while on its Earthly adventure. Jesus's legal precedence came from Leviticus 19 verse 18:

"Take no revenge and cherish no grudge against your fellow countrymen. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD."

The last line, I am the LORD, means: this is the most important, the foremost of all these writings.

Saul confirms this in his letter to the Galatians, Galatians 5:14, "For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

Kindness begetting kindness is also a proven biologically-beneficial principle. Treating yourself and others with kindness and respect promote life enhancing and life extending processes in the human body. Biologically speaking, if you treat someone with kindness and respect, they suffer less from physical and emotional disease, and they live longer. This also applies to other inhabitants on the planet. In fact, some scholars have concluded that John the Baptist and Jesus might have both been vegetarians.

However, as we can imagine, this new Jewish belief system was going to shake a few foundations in Jerusalem. As mentioned earlier, it was never Jesus's intent to start a religion called Christianity. He was out to offer a reinterpretation of Judaism, one that would save Jews and Gentiles. For review:

Jesus said, according to Thomas, verse 17, "I will give you what no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, what no hand has touched, what has not arisen in the human heart.” Or as recorded by Luke, in Luke 12 verses 49-53:

And to confirm that Jesus was offering a reinterpretation of Judaism, we have the Gospel according to Matthew, Chapter 5 verses 17-20:

"Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill. For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter (experience) the kingdom of heaven."

Jesus said, according to Luke, "This cup, which is poured out for you, is the new Covenant in my blood."

We could also interpret this statement by Jesus to indicate that, "This new belief of mine is so strong and I believe it to be so true, that it has become a part of me. It lives in me now, it's in my blood, and it will be my life's pursuit from now on."

Covenants between a Jewish God and the Jews were usually accompanied by an external sign:

The Covenant made with Abraham was symbolized by the act of male penis mutilation - Genesis 17:10.
The Covenant made with Noah was symbolized by a rainbow - Genesis 9:13.
The Covenant with the house of Israel was symbolized by the Sabbath - Exodus 31:13.
The Jewish God also made a Covenant with Aaron to ensure that Aaron's line received the wealth of the Temple-Church - Numbers 25:12-13.
And, the Jewish God made a covenant with David to establish that his line would rule - 2 Samuel 23:5.

Jesus's external sign, the sign of Jonah, is found in Matthew 12:38-45,

"Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, "Teacher, we want to see a miraculous sign from you." Jesus answered, "A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a miraculous sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Truth of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The men of Nineveh, in Iraq, will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now one greater than Jonah is here. The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon's wisdom (on how to become wealthy), and now one greater than Solomon is here. When an evil spirit (counterfeit spirit) comes out of a man, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, "I will return to the house I left." When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order (no Life, Truth, or Love). Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there (with no Life, Truth, or Love). And the final condition of that man is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation (of greedy Temple-Church leaders)."

Jesus's New Jewish God

As mentioned earlier, gods and goddesses, ghosts, spooks, and spirits were abundant in all cultures of the Mediterranean Sea Basin cultures at the time of Jesus. To expect that Jesus of Galilee would have been an exception to these cultural behaviors would be naive.

If we were going to build myself a new car, we would not go down to the flower shop to get the parts we needed. We would go to the place where car parts are located. If we were going to build ourselves a new Jewish God, we would not go down to the clay pottery shop to get the parts we needed. We would go to the place where god parts are located. In the Mediterranean Sea Basin cultures at the time of Jesus, most god parts came from components above the Earth, i.e. the stars in the heavens.

In order for Jesus's Holy and Perfect Mother-Father Jewish God to have had legitimacy with the Jews, the attributes of this new Jewish God would have been gathered from known stars in the heavens. Had the behaviors of Jesus's new Jewish God been assembled from some unknown, unrecorded, and obscure source, Jesus would never have been able to debate on the attributes of the Holy and Perfect Mother-Father, (from any established legal precedence), and win. The Jews would have booed him back to Bethlehem.

As the author of Romans 1 wrote: "For since the creation of the world, the Jewish God's invisible attributes, eternal power, and divine nature, have been clearly seen; being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse."

Jesus's Holy and Perfect Mother-Father Jewish God was built form the four corners of heaven, since his god was literally the power of creation itself. They are the stars Regulus, Aldebaran, Antares, and Fomalhaut. Together these four stars formed the four corners and points of support in heaven. They were well known in the science of the Zodiac, of which John the Baptist, Jesus, Saul of Tarsus, and James (the Just) ben Zebedee, would have learned about in their studies. This group of stars is known as either the Four Cardinal Stars or the Four Royal Stars. The character attributes of these god parts are as follows:

Regulus in Leo the Lion: Regulus symbolized the Ruler or the Lawgiver. As a point of interest, Leo was the name of thirteen popes and a number of Byzantine emperors. To early Jews, the Lion was the traditional tribal sign of Judah. Archaeological evidence suggests that the Lion replaced the earlier "sacred" symbol, which was the Bull. Transfer of power from a horned animal to the Lion, was a significant transition from lunar-based to a sun-based religious philosophies. Rulers identified with the Lion's strength and power, along with a celestial body that ruled the day. This transition may also have had something to do with the Mediterranean Sea Basin change from a hunter-gather society to a more agricultural society. Regulus was the Heart of Leo; a courageous heart, but a heart to be combined with the Heart of Scorpio to teach the concept of forgiveness. Regulus was also known as Heaven's Guardian.

Aldebaran in Taurus the Bull: Aldebaran symbolized the Eye of Illumination. As mentioned above, the Lion replaced the Bull. The Lion replacing the Bull would also have symbolically assisted Jesus's new form of Judaism in the replacement of sacrificial bulls in Jewish Blood Rites.

Antares in Scorpio the Scorpion: Antares symbolized the red of desire that required Transformation and Forgiveness in life. Scorpio has dominion over death, rebirth, and transformation. The Egyptian Phoenix represented the highest expression of Scorpio.

Fomalhaut in Pisces the Fish: Fomalhaut symbolized the Divine Consciousness. Pisces ruled the feet and is symbolic of treading the "Path of Return" and attaining the goal. Fomalhaut also embodied humanitarian vision and support.

We now have a good foundation and working knowledge of Jesus's spiritual belief system of the Mother-Father of the ALL , through whom everything came into being, and of kindness begetting kindness. And we have finally seen a realistic Jesus, a person whose behaviors more closely resemble those of the Mediterranean Sea Basin culture. We are well on our way in the search and rescue of Historical Jesus.

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