Torah of Yeshuah: THE AGRAPHA

When Christ wished to come upon the earth to men, the good Father summoned a mighty power in heaven, which was called Michael, and entrusted Christ to the care thereof. And the power came into the world and it was called Mary, and Christ was in her womb seven months.

When Melchus, Casper and Phadizarda

saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. When Yosef looked out with his eyes, he saw a crowd of pilgrims who were coming in company to the cave, and he said: I will arise and go out to meet them. And when Yosef went out, he said to Shim'on, "It seems to me as if those coming were soothsayers, for lo, every moment they look up to heaven and confer with one another. But they seem to be strangers, for their appearance differs from ours; for their dress is very rich and their complexion quite dark; they have caps on their heads and their garments seem to be silky, and they have breeches on their legs. And they have halted and are looking at me, and lo, they have halted and are looking at me, and lo, they have again set themselves in motion and are coming here. And they came into the house, and they found the boy, and his mother, Miriam, with him, and they fell on the ground and paid homage to him: and opened their stores, and they presented to him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

Jesus said: I am he concerning whom Moses prophesied, saying, “A prophet shall the Lord our God raise unto you of your brethren, like unto me: Hear him in all things; and whosoever will not hear that prophet shall die.”...

… “The Lord said: I come to gather all nations and tongues.”

Jesus said, “I am the gate of life; he who entereth through me, entereth into life.”

The Lord's mother and brothers said to him, "John baptizes for the forgiveness of sins. Let's go and be baptized by John!" The Lord said to them, "In what way have I sinned that I should go and be baptized by him? Unless, of course, I have just committed the sin of ignorance!"

When the Lord had come out of baptism's waters, the entire of the Holy Spirit descended on him and remained. The Spirit said, "My Son, through all the prophets I have been waiting for you so that I might rest in you. For you are my rest; you are my first-begotten Son that will reign forever."

Jesus said, “Just now, my mother, the Holy Spirit, took me by one of my hairs, and bare me away to the great mountain Tabor.”

Jesus said, “I am not come to send peace on earth, but a sword; and henceforth ye shall see father separated from son, son from father, husband from wife, and wife from husband, mother from daughter, and daughter from mother, brother from brother, father-in-law from daughter-in-law, friend from friend.”

Jesus said, “I came to put an end to sacrifice, and unless ye cease from sacrificing, anger will not cease from you.”

Jesus said, “Except ye fast to the world, ye shall in no wise find the kingdom of God; and except ye keep the Sabbath as a Sabbath, ye shall not see the Father.”

“On the same day, having seen one working on the Sabbath, he said to him: O man, if indeed thou knowest what thou doest, thou art blessed; but if thou knowest not, thou art cursed, and art a transgressor of the law.”

Jesus said, “How long shall I be with you and speak with you? I am weary of this generation. They proved me, He said, ten times, but these, twenty times, and ten times ten.”

Jesus said, “I stood in the midst of the world, and in the flesh was I seen of them; and I found all men drunken, and none found I athirst among them; and my soul grieveth over the sons of men, because they are blind in their hearts.”

Jesus said, “Excepting a very few saints and illustrious ones, men have thought to atone for their crimes with a few pieces of money.”

Jesus said, “Thou hearest with one ear, but the other thou hast closed.”

Jesus said, “They who are with me have not understood me.”

Jesus said, “Even though ye were gathered together with me in my very bosom, yet if ye were not to keep my commandments, I would cast you off, and say unto you, “Depart from me; I know you not whence ye are, ye workers of iniquity.”

Jesus said, “But ye seek to increase from little, and from greater to be less.

There appeared a man of about thirty years of age named Jesus who chose us. When he came to Capernaum, he went into the house of Simon Peter and said, "As I walked along the Lake of Tiberias, I chose John and James the sons of Zebedee, then Simon, Andrew, Thaddeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the Iscariot. You, Matthew, I called as you sat at the tax collection table and you followed me. I will you to be 'sent ones' for a testimony to Israel."

Jesus said to the apostles: I have chosen you before the world was made.”

Jesus said: “There shall be with me, also, my twelve servants.”

Jesus said, “I will select to myself these things. Very, very excellent are those whom my Father who is in heaven hath given me.”

Jesus said, “Ye have dismissed the living, who was before you, and talk of the dead.”

Jesus said, “Ye shall be called by my name, and ye shall be the temple of my Godhead.”

Jesus said, “Blessed is the man whom his Lord shall appoint to the ministry of his fellow-servants.”

Jesus said, “What ye preach in word to the people, that set before every man in your works.”

Blessed are you who know your stumbling-blocks, and flee alien things. Blessed are you who are reviled, and not respected because of the love that the Lord has for you. Blessed are you who weep and are held captive by the hopeless, for you will be released from every bondage. Watch and pray that you do not remain in the flesh, but that you come forth. For the flesh is a bondage of bitterness that brings much suffering and disgrace.

When you leave the passion and suffering of your bodies, you will receive rest from the Good; you will reign with the King; you will be one with him and he with you from this time on and forever. Amen.

Jesus said, “Be ye subject unto kings and governors.”

Jesus said, “The labourer is worthy of his hire, and sufficient unto him that laboureth is his food.”

Jesus said, “If any one doth not work, let not such an one eat. For the Lord our God hateth the slothful.”

“The disciples thus spake unto Jesus: Thou art a key to every man, and the one who shutteth to every man.”

Jesus said, “How cometh it, that while so many go about the well, no one goeth down into it? . . . Why art thou afraid when thou hast gone so far on the way? Thou art mistaken; for I lack neither courage nor weapons.”

Whoever marvels will reign, and whoever has reigns will rest. Whoever looks will not rest until he finds; whoever finds will marvel; whoever marvels will reign. Whoever reigns will rest.

Jesus said, “He that wondereth shall reign; and he that reigneth shall rest. Look with wonder at that which is before you.”

Whoever seeks will not rest until he finds; whoever finds will be amazed; whoever is amazed will reign; whoever reigns will rest.

Jesus said, “A prophet is not acceptable in his own country, neither doth a physician work cures upon them that know him.”

Jesus said, "But where the pains are, thither hasteneth the physician."

And behold, Melek, a man which had his hand withered praying "I was

a mason seeking a livelihood with my hands: I pray you Yeshua, to restore

me my health, that I may not beg meanly for food." And they asked him, saying, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath to heal the sick?" And all this was that they might accuse him before the beit din. And he said to them, "What man among you, having one sheep that shall fall into a pit on the Sabbath, will not lay hold on it, and lift it out? And is not a man better than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath." Then said he to the man, "Stretch out your hand." And he stretched it out, and it was restored to health, like as the other.

Jesus said, “I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. For the heavenly Father desireth rather the repentance than the punishment of the sinner.”

“Zaccheus, according to others, Matthias, chief of the tax-collectors, when he heard how the Lord wished to come to him, said, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.” Of him said the Lord: “The son of man came today and found that which was lost.”

Jesus said, “Behold, I will make the last like the first.”

Jesus said, “My friend, I do thee no wrong; thou hast received thine own in thy lifetime, take now what is thine, and depart.”

Jesus said, “For the Father willeth that to all should be given of His gifts.”

Jesus said, “From above, I am about to be crucified.”

Jesus said, “For those that are sick, I was sick, and for those that hunger, I suffered hunger, and for those that thirst, I suffered thirst.”

Jesus said, “The weak through the strong shall be saved.”

Jesus said, “Be saved, thou and thy soul.”

Jesus said, “Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.”

Jesus said, “In whatsoever I may find you; in this also will I judge you.”

Jesus said, “Such as I may find thee, I will judge thee.”

Jesus said, “The Lord knoweth them that are His, both those that are near and those that are far off.”

Jesus said, “My mystery is for me and for the sons of my house. Keep the mystery for me and for the sons of my house.”

Jesus said, “For my brethren and fellow-heirs are those who do the will of my Father. And call no man your father upon earth; for there are many masters upon earth, but in heaven is the Father from whom is all the family in heaven and earth.”

Jesus said, “Our dwelling place is in heaven.”

Jesus said, “For the fashion of this world passeth away.”

Jesus said, “The world shall be built up through grace.”

Jesus said, “Buy for yourselves, O children of Adam, through these transitory things, which are not yours, that which is yours, and which passeth not away.”

Jesus said, “Why marvel ye at the signs? I give unto you a great inheritance, which the whole world hath not.”

Jesus said, “Show yourselves tried money-changers.”

Jesus said, “It is thine, O man, to prove my words, as silver and money are proved among the exchangers. Care for those things which are necessary for the body, and be anxious about nothing further save virtue.”

Jesus said, “Those who wish to see me, and to lay hold upon my kingdom, must receive me through tribulation and suffering.”

Jesus said, “Blessed are they who are persecuted by righteousness; for they shall be perfect. And blessed are they who are persecuted for my sake; for they shall have a place where they shall not be persecuted.”

Jesus said, “Watch ye, praying without ceasing, to escape from affliction.”

Jesus said, “Be ye watchful, circumspect, and well-instructed, since the ancient enemy goeth about attacking the servants of God.”

Jesus said, “The tempter is the wicked one.”

Jesus said, “Give no pretext to the evil one.”

Jesus said, “If ye resist the devil, he will be conquered, and flee from you in disgrace.”

Jesus said, “Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love Him.”

Jesus said, “A man that is a reprobate is not tried by God. A man who is not tempted is not approved.”

Jesus said, “He that is lawless, let him be lawless still; and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still.”

Jesus said, “There is a shame which leadeth unto death, and there is a shame which leadeth unto life.”

Jesus said, “Ye shall be as lambs in the midst of wolves. And Peter answered, and said unto him, “What, then, if the wolves shall tear in pieces the lambs?”

Jesus said unto Peter, “The lambs have no cause, after they are dead, to fear the wolves; and in like manner, fear ye not them that kill you, and can do nothing more unto you; but fear Him who, after ye are dead, hath power over both soul and body, to cast them into hell fire.”

My Lord Jesus Christ, our King, said to me, "Let's go into the holy mountain." And all the disciples went with him in an attitude of prayer.

Behold, two men appeared. We could not look them in the face, for a light brighter than the sun emanated from them. Their clothing also was glistening and indescribable. Nothing in the world could compare in radiance! They were gentle, and mouths cannot describe their beauty. Their countenance was astonishing and wonderful! One was very great, and appeared as though he were crystal. His appearance was like the color and texture of roses. They wore crowns of nard and braided flowers; their hair was as a rainbow in water. This was the beauty of their countenance, and they were adorned with a variety of ornaments. We saw them most suddenly, and marveled.

I approached the Lord and asked, "Who are these?" He told me that "These are your righteous brothers that you longed to see."

I said, "Then where are all the righteous, and what is the nature of their world?" The the Lord showed me a wide expanse of space outside this world, all agleam with light and flooded with the sun's rays. The ground of that place was budding with flowers which never fade, and bear fruit of blessings. The fragrance of the flowers was so strong that we even smelled it through the vision! The inhabitants wore radiant clothing suited to their surroundings.

Angels walked among them. Each inhabitant possessed equal glory and with one voice praised God as Lord, rejoicing there. The Lord explained, "This is the dwelling place of your high priests, righteous men."

Having seen the vision, I was joyful and began to believe wholeheartedly and understand perfectly that which is to be found in the book of my Lord Jesus Christ.

I said to him, "My Lord, do you want me to make three houses here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elias?" But he was angry with me, saying, "Satan makes war against you, and has veiled your understanding.

The good things of this world conquer you. Your eyes must be opened and your ears unstopped! Our dwelling place is a home which the hand of humankind has not made, but which my heavenly Father has made for me and for the elect." And we were full of joy as we beheld him.

Then Behold! A voice came from heaven saying, "This is my Son, whom I love and in whom I have pleasure, who has revealed my commandments." There came a great white cloud overhead that bore away our Lord, Moses and Elias. I was shaking, and very scared!

We looked up and the heavens opened. We saw men of flesh, and they greeted our Lord, Moses and Elias, then they all ascended into the second heaven. Scripture was thus fulfilled: This generation seeks him and has sought the face of the Elohim of Jacob.

Jesus said, “Ask great things, and the small shall be added unto you; and ask heavenly things, and the earthly shall be added unto you.”

Jesus said, “If ye keep not that which is small, who will give you that which is great? For I say unto you, that he that is faithful in very little is faithful also in much.”

Jesus said, “Let my name be hallowed in your hearts.”

Jesus said, “First must the one who prayeth, who offereth his prayer, well consider his gift to see whether there be any spot found in it; and then shall he offer it, that his offering remain not upon the earth.”

Jesus said, “Let the Holy Spirit come upon us and cleanse us.”

Jesus said, “Those who walk in the Spirit of God are the sons of God.”

Jesus said, “Grieve not the Holy Spirit which is in you, and extinguish not the light which shineth within you.”

Jesus said, “The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy; but He giveth more grace.”

Jesus said, “God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.”

Jesus said, “The Lord said to Peter: Verily thine eye shall never be closed in eternity for the light of this world.”

Jesus said, “Doubt not, that ye sink not into the world, as Simon when he doubted and began to sink into the sea.”

Jesus said, “He that ploweth, should plow in hope; and he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.”

Jesus said, “Cultivate faith and hope through which is begotten the love of God and of man, that gaineth everlasting life.”

Jesus said, “Charity covereth a multitude of sins. Love beareth all things, is long-suffering in all things.”

Jesus said, “He to whom more is forgiven, loveth more; and he to whom less is forgiven, loveth little.”

The Apostles said, "Speak to us that we may hear. We have followed you with our whole heart, having left father and mother, vineyard and field and all our goods. We have left the glory of the king and have followed you so that you might teach us about the life of your Father."

The Living One answered, "This is the life of my Father, that you receive your soul back from reason; that it cease to be of this world and become wise according to the words that I say to you so that it may be completed. For your soul needs be delivered from the Watcher of this Age and his endless traps. Since you are my disciples, be quick to carefully listen to what I say so that you may come to perfect understanding. May the Watcher of this Age find my commands within you, and thus no longer strive with you. May you yourselves, my Apostles, fulfill my Word in my way. I will thus make you free, and through freedom you may become whole and unblemished. As the spirit of the Comforter is whole, you will become whole through its freedom."

The Apostles, Matthew, John, Philip, Bartholomew, and James, answered him together, "Lord Jesus, you are the Living One whose goodness is spread out on those who have found his wisdom and know him; O light who shines and illuminates our hearts; true Word, which through knowledge teaches us the hidden wisdom of the Lord Jesus, the living."

Jesus answered, "Blessed is he who knows these things and has brought Heaven down to earth, then sent it back again. He became The Midst within nothingness."

Jesus said, “Good things must needs come, but blessed is he through whom they come. Likewise, evil things also shall come, but woe to him through whom they come.”

Jesus said, “Men must give an account of every good word which they shall not speak.”

Jesus said, “No one shall be called good who mixeth evil with the good.”

Jesus said, “He keepeth the good which he hath, and increaseth more and more.”

Jesus said, “Gall doth not mix well with honey.”

Jesus said, “If concupiscence or malice shall ascend into the heart of man, it shall be taken for the deed itself.”

Jesus said, “Let thy works shine, and, behold, a man and his works are before His face. For, behold God and His works.”

Jesus said, “A city built upon the top of a high hill, and stablished, can neither fall nor be hid.”

Jesus said, “All things whatsoever ye would not that a man should do unto you, do ye not unto another. And what thou hatest, thou shalt not do unto another.”

Jesus said, “Be ye angry, and sin not; let not the sun go down upon your wrath.”

Jesus said, “Anger destroyeth even the prudent. Render not evil for evil, or railing for railing, or blow for blow, or cursing for cursing.”

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Jesus said, “Pray for your enemies, and blessed are those who mourn on account of the destruction of the unbelievers.”

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Jesus said, “Amongst the greatest offenders is he who woundeth the spirit of his brother.”

The Lord said to his disciples, Be joyful only when you look upon your brother's face with love. The most grievous offenders are those who have offended their brothers' spirits.

Jesus said, “As one of you seeth himself in the water or in a glass, so see ye me in you.”

Jesus said, “Having seen thy brother, thou hast seen thy God.”

Jesus said, “I am thou, and thou, I. And wheresoever thou art, there am I also; and I am in all scattered. And whence thou wilt, thou canst gather me together; but when thou gatherest me together, thou gatherest thyself together.”

Jesus said, “Where one is, there am I also. And where two are, there also will I be, and when we are three.”

Jesus said, “Be ye joined unto the saints, because they that are joined unto them shall be sanctified.”

Jesus said, “He that seeketh me shall find me in children after the seventh year. For there, to become hidden in the fourteenth year, I am manifested.”

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The old men of gray hair will be instructed by little children; six year-olds will teach sixty year-olds.

Jesus said, “The just shall fall seven times and shall rise again.”

Jesus said, “If thy brother sin against thee by a word, and giveth thee reparation, thou shalt seven times in a day accept him.

" Then said Simon his disciple to him, “Seven times?”

The Lord answered, and said unto him: “Yea, I say unto thee, until seventy times seven. For even in the prophets, after they were anointed with the Holy Spirit, there is found a word of sin.”

Jesus said, “If the neighbour of an elect man sin, the elect man hath sinned. For had he conducted himself as the word prescribed, his neighbor also would have been filled with such reverence for the life he led as not to sin.”

Jesus said, “Whatsoever brother liveth in the manner of the aliens, and alloweth things like unto their deeds, refrain from being in his company, which, unless thou doest, thou also wilt be a partaker with him.”

Jesus said, “It is good to give rather than to receive.”

Jesus said, “Let thine alms sweat in thy hands, until thou know to whom thou shouldest give.”

Jesus said, “Accept not anything from any man, and possess not anything in this world.”

Jesus said, “Woe unto those who have, and in hypocrisy receive, or who, being themselves able to help, receive from others. For each one shall give an account to the Lord God at the day of judgment.”

The other of two rich men said to him, "Master, what good works should I do so that I will live?" The Lord said to him, "Man, fulfill the law and the prophets." The rich man said, "I have done that already." Then the Lord commanded, "Go and sell everything you have and distribute it among the poor, then come and follow me." The rich man could only scratch his head, for what the Lord had said hadn't pleased him at all. So the Lord said to him "How can you say that you have fulfilled the law and the prophets? For it stands written in the law, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' Yet, look around and see that many of the sons of Abraham are begrimed with dirt and die with hunger. Your house is full of all kinds of desirable things, but none of your wealth comes out of it for them!" He turned and said to his disciple Simon, who was sitting near by, "Simon, son of Jona, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven."

Jesus said unto Cephas: “What thinkest thou, Simon? The kings of the earth, from whom do they receive custom and tribute? From their sons, or from strangers?” Simon said unto him, “From strangers.” Jesus said unto him: “Children, then, are free?” Simon said unto him, “Yea.” Jesus said unto him: “Give thou also unto them, like the stranger.”

Jesus said, “Woe unto those who do anything through their own presumption, and not through God.”

Jesus said, “Woe unto those who join together their offences as with a long rope.”

Jesus said, “These are they that stretch the warps and weave nothing.”

Jesus said, “A man had three servants; one who consumed his substance with harlots and flute-players; another who increased it; and another who hid the talent. Afterwards, one was accepted, one was blamed alone, and another was shut up in prison.”

“Christ bade men to abandon and disregard [curious questions], which cause much strife, and not to waste their thoughts upon things which have been removed far from their knowledge; but as much as possible to seek the Lord of the universe with the whole mind and spirit.”

Christ said: “Wisdom killeth her own children.”

Jesus said, “Wisdom sendeth forth her own children.”

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Jesus said, “Woe to you, Korazin! Woe to you, Beit Tzaidah! for if the fifty three mighty works were done in Tzor and Tzidon, which were done in you, they would have turned from evil long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Jesus said, “God made the heaven and the earth and all things which are therein.”

Jesus said, “The soul is altogether impenetrable and hard to make out. For it abideth not always in the same form or shape, or in one condition, so that any one might expr

ess it by a type, or might lay hold upon its essence.”

The Lord revealed unto Philip what the soul must say when it ascendeth to heaven, and what it must answer to each of the powers above. Namely, “I have known myself, and have gathered myself together everywhere, and have not begotten children for the prince of this world,

but have extirpated his roots, and have gathered together the scattered members, and know who thou art. For I am one of those above.” And if it so speaketh, it is absolved. But if it is convicted that it hath borne a son, it is kept below, until it can take its children up and draw them to itself.”

Salome said, “Until when shall death have dominion?” He said: “As long as ye women bring forth. For I came to destroy the works of the woman, namely, of lust; of the works, namely, of birth and of destruction.” And she said, “I did well, then, in not bringing forth.” The Lord answered, saying: “Eat every herb, but of that which hath bitterness, eat not….

…And Salome, inquiring concerning when the things in regard to which he spake should be known, and when his kingdom should come, the Lord said: When ye shall trample underfoot the garment of modesty . . . when the two shall be one, and that which is without as that which is within, and the male with the female neither male nor female.”

Jesus said, “If ye do not make what is on the right to be left, and the left right, and what is above to be below, and what is before to be behind, ye shall not perceive the kingdom of God. If ye do not make your low things high, and your crooked things straight, ye shall not enter into my kingdom.”

Jesus said, “Let not the one who is married put away [his wife], and he who is unmarried, let him not marry. Let him who for the sake of chastity hath agreed not to marry, remain unmarried.”

Jesus said, “Let the women be subject unto their own husbands.”

Jesus said, “The son and daughter shall inherit alike.”

Jesus said, “Even if a woman doth all that is right, and yet once committeth the sin of adultery, she must be punished.”

Jesus said, “Keep the flesh holy and the seal unspotted, that ye may receive eternal life.”

Jesus said, “Preserve ye the flesh, that ye may become partakers of the spirit. The flesh must be contended with, be evil entreated, and its unbridled lust in no way be yielded to; but the soul must be made to grow through faith and knowledge.”

Jesus said, “Should any one for this reason kiss [a woman] a second time, because she pleased him, [he committeth sin]. Men must therefore act thus with extreme caution in the kiss [of peace], (or rather the salutation), as knowing that, if per chance it should be sullied by thought, it would place them out of the pale of eternal life.”

Jesus said, “If any one shall leave all things for my name’s sake, at the second coming he shall inherit everlasting life.”

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In the last days, there will be dissenting opinions and squabbles brought about by false teachers.

Jesus said, “Many shall come in my name, clothed outwardly in sheep s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. And there shall be schisms and heresies. Many false Christs and false apostles shall arise and shall deceive many of the faithful.”

Jesus said, “They are false Christs and false teachers, who have blasphemed the Spirit of grace, and done despite to the gift they had from Him, after the grace [of baptism], to whom forgiveness shall not be granted, neither in this world nor in that which is to come.”

Jesus said, “A false prophet must first come from some deceiver; and then in like manner, after the removal of the holy place, the true Gospel must be secretly sent abroad for the rectification of the heresies that shall be. …

… And then, toward the end, shall appear the world-deceiver as Son of God, and shall do signs and wonders; and the earth shall be delivered into his hands, and he shall do iniquitous things which have never yet come to pass since the beginning; and after this, the eternal light having sprung up, all the things of darkness must disappear.”

Jesus said, “Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.”

Jesus said, “What I say unto one of you, I say unto all.”

Jesus said, “Then shall the wicked go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous shall go into life eternal, to inherit those things which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man, such things as God hath prepared for them that love Him.”

Jesus said, “Good things are prepared which the angels desire to look into.”

Jesus said, “Often did I desire to hear one of these words, and I had not one to tell me.”

Jesus said, “The days will come in which vines shall grow, having each ten thousand branches, and in each branch ten thousand twigs, and in each true twig ten thousand shoots, and in every one of the shoots ten thousand clusters, and on every one of the clusters ten thousand grapes, and every grape when pressed will give five and twenty metretes of wine. And when any one of the saints shall lay hold of a cluster, another shall cry out, “I am a better cluster, take me; bless the Lord through me.”...

… In like manner, a grain of wheat shall produce ten thousand ears, and every ear shall have ten thousand grains, and every grain shall yield ten pounds of clear, pure, fine flour; and apples, and seeds, and grass shall produce in similar proportions; and all animals, feeding then only on the productions of the earth, shall be come peaceable and harmonious, and be in perfect subjection to man. ...

… And Judas the traitor, not believing, and asking, “How shall such growths be accomplished by the Lord?” the Lord said: They shall see who shall come to them. These, then, are the times mentioned by the prophet Isaiah, “And the wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf, and the young lion, and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them.”

Jesus said, “By way of reproach, he said to Jerusalem: Sodom is justified of thee.”

Jesus said, “O Father, let their temple be desolate.”

Jesus said, “The Gentiles are justified more than ye. Many shall come from the east, and from the west, the north, and the south, and shall recline on the bosoms of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob.”

Jesus said, “Prophesying concerning the temple, he said: See ye these buildings? Verily, I say unto you, there shall not be left here one stone upon another which shall not be taken away; and this generation shall not pass until the destruction begin. For they shall come and shall sit here, and shall besiege it, and shall slay your children here.”

Jesus said, “I will cleanse the house of my kingdom from every stumbling block.”

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"Then if there shall be two ploughing in a field, one righteous and the other evil, the one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding at a mill; one will be taken and the other left. This is because the angels at the end of the world will remove the stumbling blocks from the world and will separate the good from the evil."

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Jesus said, “Be ye merciful, that ye may obtain mercy. Forgive, that it may be forgiven to you. As ye do, so shall it be done unto you. As ye give, so shall it be given unto you

; As ye judge, so shall ye be judged. As ye are kind, so shall kindness be shown unto you. With what measure ye mete, with the same it shall be measured unto you.”

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"According to your words you will be judged, and according to your deeds you will be convicted."

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The Lord instructed the Apostles: "Powerful demons are striving against the inner man! This is how you are to fight them: Be united, and teach the world salvation with a promise. Clothe yourself with my Father's power and authority. Become known as people of prayer. In this way, the Father will help you in the same way as he helped you by sending me. I am with you forever, just as I told you when I was in the body, so you need not have any fear of demons."

After he had said these words, there was lightning and thunder, and that which had appeared to them there was taken up through the stratosphere. The apostles gave thanks to the Lord with every blessing they knew, then returned to Jerusalem. As they were walking along, they spoke about the light which had come. Someone made a remark about the Lord - "If he, our Lord, suffered, then how much must we?"

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Since, then, while the heaven and the earth still stand, sacrifices have passed away, and kingdoms, and prophecies among those who are born of woman, and such like, as not being ordinances of God; hence therefore He says, 'Every plant which the heavenly Father has not planted shall be rooted up.' Wherefore He, being the true Prophet, said, 'I am the gate of life; he who enters through me enters into life,' there being no other teaching able to save. Wherefore also He cried, and said, 'Come unto me, all who labour,' that is, who are seeking the truth, and not finding it; and again, 'My sheep hear my voice;' and elsewhere, 'Seek and find,' since the truth does not lie on the surface.

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But also a witnessing voice was heard from heaven, saying, 'This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear Him.' And in addition to this, willing to convict more fully of error the prophets from whom they asserted that they had learned, He proclaimed that they died desiring the truth, but not having learned it, saying, 'Many prophets and kings desired to see what ye see, and to hear what you hear; and verily I say to you, they neither saw nor heard.' Still further He said, 'I am he concerning whom Moses prophesied, saying, A Prophet shall the Lord our God raise unto you of your brethren, like unto me: Him hear in all things; and whosoever will not hear that Prophet shall die.'

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Whence it is impossible without His teaching to attain to saving truth, though one seek it for ever where the thing that is sought is not. But it was, and is, in the word of our Jesus. Accordingly, He, knowing the true things of the law, said to the Sadducees, asking on what account Moses permitted to marry seven, 'Moses gave you commandments according to your hard-heartedness; for from the beginning it was not so: for He who created man at first, made him male and female.'

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But to those who think, as the Scriptures teach, that God swears, He said, 'Let your yea be yea, and nay, nay; for what is more than these is of the evil one.' And to those who say that Abraham and Isaac and Jacob are dead, He said, 'God is not of the dead, but of the living.' And to those who suppose that God tempts, as the Scriptures say, He said, 'The tempter is the wicked one,' who also tempted Himself. To those who suppose that God does not foreknow, He said, 'For your heavenly Father knows that ye need all these things before ye ask Him.' And to those who believe, as the Scriptures say, that He does not see all things, He said, 'Pray in secret, and your Father, who sees secret things, will reward you.'

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And to those who think that He is not good, as the Scriptures say, He said, 'From which of you shall his son ask bread, and he will give him a stone; or shall ask a fish, and he will give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask Him, and to those who do His will!' But to those who affirmed that He was in the temple, He said, 'Swear not by heaven, for it is God's throne; nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet.' And to those who supposed that God is pleased with sacrifices, He said, 'God wishes mercy, and not sacrifices' —the knowledge of Himself, and not holocausts.

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But to those who are persuaded that He is evil, as the Scriptures say, He said, 'Call not me good, for One only is good.' And again, 'Be ye good and merciful, as your Father in the heavens, who makes the sun rise on good and evil men, and brings rain upon just and unjust.' But to those who were misled to imagine many gods, as the Scriptures say, He said, 'Hear, O Israel; the Lord your God is one Lord.'

Give us today tomorrow's bread.

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Jesus was keeping company with tax collectors. After he had eaten with them in the inn, a leper approached him and said, "Master Jesus, I was eating with lepers and keeping company with them, thus I became a leper. If you desire it, I am clean." Immediately the Lord said, "I AM, be clean." Then the leprosy left him.

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The scribes and lawyers came to test him, thus tempt him to break the law. "Master Jesus," they said, "we know that you came from Yahweh, for you have outdone all the prophets. Tell us, according to your teaching, are we allowed to bankroll kings by paying their taxes? Should we pay or not?" But Jesus discerned their evil intention and became angry, saying to them, "Why do you call me 'Master' with your mouth, but do nothing I say? Isaiah has spoken truly concerning you: 'This people honors me with their lips but their heart is far from me; their worship is vanity. They teach man-made rules.'"

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Jesus and his disciples were walking along the bank of the Jordan river. Jesus quizzed his disciples, "Behold, a grain of wheat. When it is planted by nature, lying invisible beneath the earth, do we consider that time is well spent pondering its wealth?"

And as they were pondering, perplexed by this strange question, Jesus knelt and sowed a handful of wheat on the bank, watering it. Immediately before their eyes, the wheat sprouted and grew to seed, to their amazement and great joy.

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"Evil doers plan their evil works through crafty designs. Guard that you do not deserve the same fate as they! Evil doers not only receive their just recompense in this life, but they must also suffer punishment and great torment after."

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He took his disciples to the place of purification, and he walked through the courts of the Temple of Jerusalem. Levi, a Pharisee, fell in with them and asked the Savior, "Who gave you and your followers permission to inspect this holy place and its holy utensils without having bathed and changed your clothing or even washing your feet? You are defiled, and have defiled this holy place and its utensils!" Not venturing to leave that place, the Savior spoke to Levi and said, "How is it with you, since you, too, are in the same Temple Court as we are? Are you then clean?" Levi said, "I am clean, because I washed in the pool of David by going down the one stair, through the water, and up the other stair, and I have put on clean, white clothing in the prescribed manner. Only after becoming clean have I ventured into this pure place and viewed its holy utensils." Then the Savior said to him, "Woe unto you unseeing blind man! So you have washed yourself in the water that was poured out from the same source where dogs and swine lie day after day. So you have scrubbed your skin to a chafe, just like prostitutes and erotic dancers do, making themselves up with rouge, oils, and perfumes in order to arouse men, looking so attractive, but being full of scorpions and vermin of every kind. You, who bathed with the swine, have dared to accused those who have been cleansed in the living water which falls from Heaven of being unclean? Woe to you and all like you!"

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This Teacher of Immortality made a living school against the other school, that which teaches using dead writings as textbooks. Through this school we are taught about our death and dead things. On the other hand, the teacher of immortality causes us to remove ourselves from this kind of worldly evil.

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Here is his teaching: Don't call to any father on the earth; rather, call upon your Father in heaven, for he is one. Those who do his will are my family and friends.

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You are the light of the world. But what good is it to gain the world when you lose your very soul? Now the world does not belong to you, nor you to it. Don't esteem worldly possessions as advantageous! On the contrary, the world is disadvantageous, even punishment....

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The one who is far from you today will be near tomorrow.

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Save your soul and your life!

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One who has never gone through trials can never perceive the Kingdom of Heaven!

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Those who want to see me and gain my kingdom must receive me through suffering and affliction.

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Seek first the Reign of the Deity and his righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you. Ask for great things and the Deity will add unto you small things.

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Those with me haven't understood me.

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Jesus, on whom be peace, said, "The world is like a bridge. Go over it, but do not install yourself upon it."

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Jesus to Nathaniel: Walk in the sun!

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Jesus said, “Pray ye, and faint not.”

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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.

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

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The Lord: "Eat every herb but the bitter one. I have come to undo the effects of lust, which are birth, then decay." Salome: "When will all know this?" The Lord: "When the garment of shame has been put underfoot; when two become one; when male and female are no longer distinguishable."

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You will not recognize the Kingdom of Yahweh until you make what is in your right hand the same as what is in your left hand; what is in your left hand the same as what is in your right hand; what is above as what is below; what is behind you as what is before.

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What manner of woman are you! You have told me a mystery of resurrection, you who instituted vain festivals in your own honor and delighted in worldly revelries and amusements! See what manner of young people are among you! Come together and think about the condition of your souls, for he is here who is a soul-thinker, and the last days of persecution and punishment are upon us. To me, those who despise their sinful condition are precious. I see that some have allowed their hearts to grow cold through vanity. Some have surrendered themselves to this age of uncleanliness and turned to the devil. I can help them by exhorting them by saying: O you hearts who abandon yourselves to voluptuousness! The fear of the Deity is not in you!

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Hear me, my chosen lambs! Do not fear the wolves!

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The cypress tree is a mystery of pious conduct.

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I am close to you, like clothing.

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He that dies will live; the humble will be lifted up.

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Blessed is the one who knows her own soul.

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Whoever works to come to that world of peace must collect his soul in the sign of the gods in paradise from now on.

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Know what is in front of your face and what is hidden will be revealed.

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I came to redeem you from death and destruction. I will give you what you have not seen with your eyes, have not heard with your ears, have not grasped with your hands.

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Blessed are the persecuted, for they will rest in light. Blessed are the hungry and thirsty, for they will be satisfied.

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Say to them, 'Rise up! Let's go! Your brother calls for you!' If they scorn brotherhood with me, tell them, 'Your master calls.' If they disagree with that, tell them, 'It is your Lord.' Use all your skill to bring the sheep in to the shepherd. If you see that they have lost their wits for grief, draw Simon Peter away and say to him, 'Remember what I spoke to you about privately on the Mount of Olives: I have something to say but no one to say it to.'

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Jesus stands among us; he winks at us secretly and says, "Repent, so that I may forgive you your sins".

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The one who sees himself on the outside only becomes small and makes others small.

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The one who has compassion on his soul will weep and lament, pray and implore, and beg remission of sins.

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Where love is little, all deeds are imperfect.

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What good is it for a man to say, "I have power in my members," when he creates corruption by eye, ear, and senses?

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Every time you gather for begging for remission of sins, forgive - seek pardon from one another. The one who doesn't forgive is not forgiven.

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Jesus said to Andrew, "Come close to me, Andrew. Your name is 'the fire.' Blessed are you among men!"

Andrew answered, "Let me speak." Jesus replied, "Speak, then, Andrew. You are a steadfast pillar." Andrew said, "As God lives, who is your father? I came to you from the house of my father and mother, and as my soul lives, I have not returned to it. I haven't even looked at the faces of my father and mother, my children, or even my wife. But I have borne my cross every day, following you from morning until night, without once laying it down. A lesser disciple could not so bear your name, Lord. I have not even desired two tunics for myself. I despise even this coat that I wear."

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Jesus said, “Whoso reedeemeth souls from idols, he shall be great in my kingdom. Of the hire of an harlot hath she gathered them, and to the hire of an harlot shall they return; from filth it came, to the place of filth shall it go.”

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Jesus said, “Be ye valiant in war, and fight with the ancient enemy, and ye shall receive the everlasting kingdom.”

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Jesus said, “Neither did he sin at all, nor his parents, but that the power of God might be made manifest through him in healing the sins of ignorance.”

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He gave the disciples a small bag of medicine and told them, "Heal all who live in the city that believe in my name."

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Peter doubted the words of the Lord, but was afraid to speak up again. He motioned to John and said to him, "You speak to him about it this time." So John said, "Lord, we are afraid to say much to your face. We have not been taught to be doctors, but this is what you have asked us to be. How then will we heal bodies, as you bid us to?"

The Lord answered them, "You are correct in what you have said, John. I know that the world's doctors are able to heal those that belong to this world. However, the doctors of souls heal hearts. It is less difficult to heal bodies than hearts! Knowing this, heal the bodies first with true healing power, not medicines. Then, the ones who you have cured will have enough faith in your method that their hearts might be likewise healed!"

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"But I caution you to stay out of the houses of the rich of the city who have not even taken notice of what I have accomplished; do not eat with them or befriend them. You may think that you will influence them, but they will influence you! Many disciples have given undue respect to the rich, because they desire the riches of the world above heavenly wealth, and thus sin. These so-called disciples then influence others to sin. You have the discernment to judge these ones, but I exhort you to judge with honesty, so that your ministry may become well-known. In this way my name will be glorified."

The disciples answered, "Yes, these are the right things to do."

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Many there had lamps, attempting to dispel the darkness, for they supposed that it was night; it was very dark. They stumbled and fell.

Soon the Lord cried out loud, saying, "My Power, my Power, you have left me!" When he said this, he ascended. In that same hour the veil of the temple in Jerusalem was torn in two.

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A disciple asked Jesus to give him something belonging to the world. Jesus told him, "Ask your mother and she will see that you have someone else's things."

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Jesus went into Levi's dye works. He took seventy-two different colors and mixed them in a vat. Afterward, the cloth in the vat came out all white. "Even so, the Son of Man has come as one who dyes," he said.

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The disciples asked Jesus, "Why do you love Mary [Magdalene] more than any of us?" The Savior answered them, "Why don't I love you as much as I love her? Who said that I loved her? When a sighted person goes into a dark place with a blind person, they are both blind. When the light comes, the one who sees perceives it, but the blind man remains in darkness. The truth is that you are blind."

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"I came to make all things new, as things above are new, and to make the outside things like the inside. I came to bring these things together in one place.

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"Some say that there is a heavenly man and one even above him. They call the former 'the lower one' and the latter, who knows all hidden things, 'the upper one.' This type of thinking is wrong. It would be more accurate for them to say, 'There is the inner and there is the outer. Then there is the one outside the outer.' For example, the mouthpieces of the Lord called the place of destruction 'the outer darkness' because there is no other greater darkness. Likewise, we pray to the 'outer one,' (known as the Father, 'the one who is in secret'), from inside our own secret places. Yet, the Father, being the outer, is among us all at the same time and is the fullness of deity. So the Father is the one who they mean when they say, 'The man above.'"

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"Some have entered the kingdom of heaven laughing, and have left laughing, as well."

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You have heard it said, Everyone who seeks truth from the true Wisdom of God will grant himself wings to fly away from the lust that scorches men's spirits, as well as every spirit that the eye can see.

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Blessed is the wise one who has searched for the truth. When that one finds truth, he rests on it unafraid forever, undaunted by skeptics.

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It is useful and good to know the end. All things visible to men will dissolve, including men themselves. The vessel they call flesh will dissolve. Flesh will be dissolved to nothing. Those that have given up or otherwise denied the faith will count the flame as punishment for what they have renounced. The ordeal will make them finally realize that they are visible indeed and outside the invisible kingdom they once inhabited. Even those with a measure of spiritual insight will be scorched and perish, because their worldly concerns had overshadowed their first love.

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The dissolving of all things will happen unexpectedly. What will be left of men will appear to be shapeless ghosts unable to abandon their pain-filled corpses, dwelling forever in the dimness of the graveyard, their souls corrupted and ruined.

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Woe to you, godless ones, who have no hope, yet rely on a future that you have created for your own safety and security. Your future will never become reality! Woe to you, whose hope is set on your prison of flesh - you will surely die! How long will you be oblivious to the truth? How long will you suppose yourselves to be imperishable? Your hope is set on the world; your god is this life! Your blindness is ruining your chances by corrupting your souls.

Woe to you. The fire is already burning you up from within, and it is insatiable! Woe to you, for you are in the grip of an inward fire, which devours you openly, but secretly destroys your souls! Be prepared to meet your companions! Woe to you because of the wheels that grind in your minds. Woe to you captives bound in dark caves! You laugh! In mad laughter you rejoice! You do not reflect on your dire circumstances nor understand that you are already in perdition: living in darkness and death! On the contrary, you are drunk on fire, and consumed by bitterness! Your minds are deranged from your inner burning; the poison is sweet, as are the blows of your adversaries! Darkness rises as sunlight to you, for you have traded your freedom for bondage! You have surrendered your minds to the folly of your ways - you meditate on smoke, thus your hearts are blackened from it!

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Light only exists within light. Any light you might have shone has been hidden in the haze - it enshadows you like a shroud! Consider whom you have believed! Don't you know that your confidence cannot be placed in those who share your desperate situation? That the baptism of the world is in dirty waters? That you are the victims of your own untimely whims?

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Woe to you who dwell in this error. Why can't you heed the light of the sun which observes all from the sky as it circles. Only light can free you from your enemies! Even the moon, with its lesser light, can judge you by observing the bodies left from your slaughtering!

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Woe to you sex perverts, who thrive on immoral and wanton acts with with women! Woe to you, in the grips of the powers of your bodies! You are so afflicted! Woe to you, servants of the powers of demons!

Woe to you who destroy your limbs in fire! Who is it that can quench the burning with refreshing dew? Who is it that can chase away the darkness that enshrouds you, enlighten your inner man, and cleanse the polluted baptismal waters with holy sunlight?

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Who is it that can hide the confusion that torments you? It is not too late! The light of the sun and the moon together with fresh air, holy spirit, clean earth and unpolluted water will give you a new fragrance if you allow it to be so!

For if the light does not shine on your bodies, they will dry up and die like weeds or grass. If the light shines on these, they become so strong that they grow to choke out the grapevine! But if the grapevine prevails, and shades the weeds and grasses, it alone inherits the land on which it is planted. Every place a grapevine shades it dominates! We know grape arbors dominate all the land, bringing profit to the farmer, which pleases him greatly. He would have suffered great hardship on account of the worthless plants, until he would finally have to put forth the effort to uproot them! But the grapevine, because it was so nourished by the light, was able to remove them by choking them out. Thus the grapevine strengthens its dominion even more, as the remains of the weeds become as the soil, and provide mulch.

Jesus said, “Thou shalt keep what thou hast received, neither adding thereto nor taking away therefrom.”

Jesus said, “A share is allotted to all by the Father, according as each person is or shall be worthy.”

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Here is a copy of the the letter from King Abgar of Edessa to Jesus, delivered by Ananias to Jerusalem:

From Abgar Uchama the King to Jesus the good Savior in Jerusalem, greetings! I have heard about you, and your ability to heal without the benefit of drugs or herbs. It is said hereabouts that you make the blind see and the lame walk; You cleanse lepers, cast out demons and spirits, cure long-term diseases, and raise the dead. When I heard about these wonders, I concluded that either you are God or the Son of God. So now I am writing to ask you to visit with me, and hear me describe my affliction. Moreover, I have heard that the Jews are speaking against you and wish to harm you. I have a city here for your safety. It is small but noble, and sufficient for both of us.

Jesus' reply:

You are blessed, for you believe in me having not yet seen me. For it is written of me that those who see me won't believe in me, but those who haven't will, and those who believe will live! But concerning your letter that I should come to you: It is necessary that I fulfill all the purposes for which I was sent here. Afterwards, I must be taken back to Him who sent me. When that time comes, and I am taken up, I will send one of my disciples to you, so that you may be healed of your affliction, and that you and yours might have life. After the fulfillment of this prophesy, he appeared to Thaddeus, his disciple, and sent him to Edessa, where King Abgar was healed of his affliction, and many came to know of the power of the risen Lord through the disciple.

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And the multitude that went before him, and behind him, cried, saying, "Hoshianna to the Son of David, Blessed is he that comes in the name of YHWH, Hoshianna barrama

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Jesus entered the temple of Yahweh and drove out all those who bought or sold. He overturned the moneychanger's tables and the seats of the pigeon-sellers. Rays of light came out from his eyes

and the majesty of the Godhead gleamed in his face, by which many were terrified and ran away.

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The disciples said, "Where do you want us to prepare the Passover?" Jesus answered, "Do you think I desire with desire to eat flesh with you at this Passover?"

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As he led them out, he said, "All of you will be offended tonight, as it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered.'" When Peter said, "Even if all, not I," Jesus said, "Before the cock crows twice, three times you will today deny me."

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Lord spoke thus when He took the bread: ‘Of all glory and confession and praise is the nature of Thy Godhead worthy, O Lord of all; for in all generations Thou hast accomplished and performed Thy dispensation, as though for the salvation and redemption of men. And though they were ungrateful in their works, Thou in Thy mercy didst not cease from helping them. And that Thou mightest accomplish the redemption of all and the renewal of all, Thou didst take Me (who am) of the nature of Adam, and didst join Me to Thee. And in Me shall be fulfilled all the compacts and all the promises; and in Me shall be realized the mysteries and types (shewn) unto the just men (of old). And because I have been without blemish, and have fully performed all righteousness, by Me Thou dost uproot all sin from human kind. And because I die without fault and without offence, in Me Thou appointest a resurrection of the body for the whole nature’.

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They will deliver me up and crucify me; on the third day will I rise from the dead. Go to Galilee this afternoon, and tell the news to Simon and the others.

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And there appeared to him an angel from heaven strengthening him

saying "Be constant, Adon, for now comes the time in which through your

passion mankind sold in Adam will be ransomed."

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And Shim'on Kefa and one of the other talmidim were following Yeshua. And the Chief Cohen knew that talmid as he was the son of the poor fisherman Zavdai, he had often brought fish to the palace of the high cohenim Hananyah and Kayafah. And Yochanan went out to the damsel that kept the door and secured from her permission for his companion Kefa, who stood weeping loudly before the door, to come in.

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One time Jesus took James, Peter, and I (John) to the mountain where he prayed, and we saw him in an indescribable light.

Another time he bid us come up the mountain saying, "Come with me." When we arrived, he went a distance and began to pray.

Since I knew he loved me, I quietly approached him from behind and stood looking at his back. Then I perceived in the spirit that he was not dressed in clothing, but stripped of his usual garments. As such, he did not look at all like a regular man. For his feet were very white, snow white, and the ground was lit up by them. And his head seemed to stretch upward to heaven. It so frightened me that I cried aloud.

As he turned to answer my cry, I saw him once again as a small man. He grabbed my beard and pulled it saying, "John, do not be without your faith, but believe. Do not question the vision that you have seen." I said to him, "Lord, what have I done?" But I'm telling you, friends, that, for a month, I suffered nearly unbearable pain where he pulled at my beard. I even told him, "Lord, if your playful tug has caused me such pain, how much pain would I have had to bear if you had struck me?" He said to me, "Be concerned from now on not to tempt the untemptable one."

One time all the disciples were sleeping in a house in Gennesaret. I unwrapped my covers to see what Jesus was doing. Jesus said to me, "John, go back to sleep." I pretended to sleep, and after a while I saw another man like him descending and I heard him say to the Lord, "Jesus, these men you have chosen still do not believe you." My Lord replied, "You are right; for they are men."

Before Jesus was arrested by the lawless Jews, whose lawgiver is the lawless serpent, he brought us together and said, "Before I am delivered to them, let us sing a hymn to the Father, and then go on to meet our destiny." We held hands at his bidding, and he stood in the middle of our circle. "Answer Amen to me." He sang this hymn.

Glory be to thee, Father.
Glory be to thee, Logos:
Glory be to thee, Grace. --Amen.

Glory be to thee, Spirit:
Glory be to thee, Holy One:
Glory be to thy Glory. --Amen.

We praise thee, Father:
We thank thee, Light:
In whom darkness stays not.
--Amen.

And why we give thanks,
I tell you: I will be saved,
And I will save.
--Amen.

I will be loosed,
And I will loose.
--Amen.

I will be wounded,
And I will wound.
--Amen.

I will be born,
And I will bear.
--Amen.

I will eat,
And I will be eaten.
--Amen.

I will hear,
And I will be heard.
--Amen.

I will be thought,
Being wholly thought.
--Amen.

I will be washed,
And I will wash.
--Amen.

Grace dances.
I will pipe,
Dance, all of you.
--Amen.

I will mourn,
Beat you all your breasts.
--Amen.

The one Ogdoad
sings praises with us.
--Amen.

The twelfth number
dances on high.
--Amen.

To the Universe
belongs the dancer.
--Amen.

He who does not dance
does not know what happens.
--Amen.

I will flee,
and I will be fled.
--Amen.

I will adorn,
and I will be adorned.
--Amen.

I will be united,
and I will unite.
--Amen.

I have no house,
and I have houses.
--Amen.

I have no place,
and I have places.
--Amen.

I have no temple
and I have temples.
--Amen.

I am a lamp to you
who see me.
--Amen.

I am a mirror to you
who know me.
--Amen.

I am a door to you
who knock on me.
--Amen.

I am a way to you
the traveler.
--Amen.

Now if you follow my dance,
see yourself in Me who am speaking, And when you have seen what I do, keep silent about my mysteries. You who dance, consider what I do, for yours is This Passion of Man which I am to suffer. For you could by no means have understood what you suffer unless I was to you as the Logos, sent by the Father.

You who have seen what I suffer saw me as suffering yourself, and seeing it you did not stay, but were wholly moved. Being moved towards wisdom, you have me as a support; rest in me.

Who I am, you shall know when I go forth. What I now am seen to be, that I am not; What I am you shall see when you come yourself.

If you knew how to suffer you would be able not to suffer. Learn how to suffer and you shall be able not to suffer.

What you do not know I myself will teach you.

I am your Deity, not the Deity of the traitor. I will that there be prepared holy souls for me.

Understand the word of wisdom!

As for me,
If you would understand what I am: By the word Word I was mocked at all things and I was not mocked at all. I leaped but do you understand the whole. And when you have understood it, then say, Glory be to thee, Father.

Say again with me,

Glory be to thee, Father,
Glory be to thee, Word.
Glory be to thee, Holy Spirit.
--Amen.

After the Lord had danced with us he left. We were like men amazed or fast asleep, and we ran away to and fro.

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Jesus revealed the mystery of the cross. "One ready man must hear what I have to say, John.... For your sakes I sometimes call this mysterious 'cross of light' by various names, among them, the Logos, the Son, the Father, the Spirit, Jesus, the Christ, the Mind, the Door, the Way, the Bread, the Seed, the Resurrection, the Faith, and Grace. All these are part of the mystery, but given names for the sake of mankind.

"But the true identity of the 'cross of light,' as it is known to itself and spoken to us, is the discernment of the nature of all things, the strengthening bulwark of stability from instability, and the harmonious application of wisdom, being wisdom in harmony. For unstable and transient things proceed from other convenient entities, such as principalities, powers, authorities, and demons with the accompanying demonic activities, the like of threats, inflamed passions, and devilish intentions.

All these sprout from the inferior root of Satan and his nature.

"This cross has united all things through the Logos, then dispatched that which is unstable and inferior. But I do not speak of the cross made of wood that you will see when you descend from here; nor am I that man you on the cross, I who you can hear but not see. I was recognized for what I am not. That which I was recognized for was the subject of mean insults, the likes of them I did not deserve. I am the Lord of this place, and as my place of rest is not seen nor rightly spoken of, all the more will I not be seen or rightly spoken of.

"Since the crowd around the cross is not united, then we perceive its inferior nature. Those who you saw on the cross are not united in him, for they had not yet been gathered together.

When human nature is humbled and the masses come to me and obey me, the one who hears me will be united with me. That one will be changed, and become superior to the rest even as I am now superior.

"For as long as you do not say that you belong to me, I am not what I am. If you listen to me, you will be like me, and I will be what I was, and we will be united - from me you become what I am!

So ignore what the rest say, and despise the talk of those outside the mystery. Know only that I am with the Father entirely, and he is with me.

"They will say I have suffered grievously, but I have not suffered at all. What you and the others perceived as suffering is to be called a mystery that has been revealed to you in my dance. For I have shown you that which you are; but what I am is known only to me. Allow me to be what I am and let me have that which is mine. What is yours you must see through me. Now you must see me not as I appear to your natural mind, but rather through your knowledge as my brother.

"You have heard that I did suffer, but I did not. You heard that I did not suffer, yet I did. You have heard that I was pierced, yet I was not wounded; that I was hanged, yet I wasn't; that my blood flowed, yet it didn't. Those things that they say that I endured, I did not. But those things that they did not say I endured. I did!

Now I will show you the mystery of what I really suffered, for I know that you will understand. Know me, then, as the torment of the Logos, the piercing of the Logos, the blood of the Logos, the wounding of the Logos, the nailing of the Logos, and the death of the Logos. I have thus discarded my manhood. In order to fully know the Deity, you must first know the Logos. Finally, know the man, and what he has suffered."

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Now on the feast day it was the custom for the governor to bring out to the people one prisoner, whom they would. And they had then in custody one prisoner, a bandit, whose name was called Bar Rabbah. Therefore when they were assembled, Pilate said to them, "Who wish you that I release to you? Bar Rabbah, or Yeshua which is called Messiah?" For he knew that for hatred they had delivered him up. And when he had set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, "Have you nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things this day because of him." But the Chief Cohenim and elders persuaded the people to ask Bar Rabbah, and destroy Yeshua. And the governor answered and said to them, "Which of the two wish you that I release to you?" And they said, "Bar Rabbah." And Pilate said to them, "What will I do then with Yeshua who is called Messiah?" And they all answered and said, "Let him be crucified." Then the governor said to them, "But what evil has he done?" And they repeated and cried, "Let him be crucified." Then Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, for a great commotion arose. Therefore he took water, and washed his hands before the people, saying, "I am innocent of the blood <of this righteous man, this see you. "Then answered all the people, and said, "His blood be on us, and our children."

Then

Pilate released Bar Rabbah to them, but delivered Yeshua to them to be scourged with whips, and crucified. For certain Judeans had bribed four of the soldiers to scourge him so severely that the blood might flow from every part of his body.

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But of the Jews none washed his hands, neither Herod nor one of his judges. And since they did not desire to wash, Pilate stood up. And then Herod the king orders the Lord to be taken away, having said to them, 'What I ordered you to do, do.'

But Joseph, the friend of Pilate and of the Lord, had been standing there; and knowing they were about to crucify him, he came before Pilate and requested the body of the Lord for burial. And Pilate, having sent to Herod, requested his body. And Herod said: 'Brother Pilate, even if no one had requested him, we would have buried him, since indeed Sabbath is dawning. For in the Law it has been written: The sun is not to set on one put to death.'

And he gave him over to the people before the first day of their feast of the Unleavened Bread. But having taken the Lord, running, they were pushing him and saying, 'Let us drag along the Son of God now that we have power over him.' And they clothed him with purple and sat him on a chair of judgment, saying: 'Judge justly, King of Israel.' And a certain one of them, having brought a thorny crown, put it on the head of the Lord. And others who were standing there were spitting in his face, and others slapped his cheeks. Others were jabbing him with a reed; and some scourged him, saying, 'With such honor let us honor the Son of God.'

And they brought two wrongdoers and crucified the Lord in the middle of them. But he was silent as having no pain. And when they had set the cross upright, they inscribed that THIS IS THE KING OF ISRAEL. And having put his garments before him, they divided them up and threw as a gamble for them. But a certain one of those wrongdoers reviled them, saying: 'We have been made suffer thus because of the wrong that we have done; but this one, having become Savior of men, what injustice had he done to you?' And having become irritated at him, they ordered that there be no leg-breaking, so that he might die tormented.

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It was noon, yet darkness descended over Judea. Those who were in charge of the crucifixion were troubled, because they had a law that the sun should not set on anyone who has been put to death. One of them said, "Mix up some gall and vinegar for him to drink." They did so and administered it to him, thus fulfilling that which was to happen and completing their sins against themselves.

Many there had lamps, attempting to dispel the darkness, for they supposed that it was night; it was very dark. They stumbled and fell. Soon the Lord cried out loud, saying, "My Power, my Power, you have left me!" When he said this, he ascended. In that same hour the veil of the temple in Jerusalem was torn in two.

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And, behold, the earth did quake, the lintel of the Temple of wondrous size was broken and even forced asunder, and overhead awful voices were heard which said: ‘Let us depart from this abode', the veil of the Temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom, and, and the rocks were torn;

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Then said Yeshua, "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do." At this word many thousands of the Jews who were standing around the gallows became believers.

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As the Lord spoke the words of Isaiah from the cross, thousands of the Jews standing around became believers.

And they drew out the nails from the hands of the Lord and placed him on the earth; and all the earth was shaken, and a great fear came about. Then the sun shone, and it was found to be the ninth hour. And the Jews rejoiced and gave his body to Joseph that he might bury it, since he was one who had seen the many good things he did. And having taken the Lord, he washed and tied him with a linen cloth and brought him into his own sepulcher, called the Garden of Joseph. Then the Jews and the elders and the priests, having come to know how much wrong they had done themselves, began to beat themselves and say: 'Woe to our sins. The judgment has approached and the end of Jerusalem.' But I with the companions was sorrowful; and having been wounded in spirit, we were in hiding, for we were sought after by them as wrongdoers and as wishing to set fire to the sanctuary. In addition to all these things we were fasting; and we were sitting mourning and weeping night and day until the Sabbath. But the scribes and Pharisees and elders, having gathered together with one another, having heard that all the people were murmuring and beating their breasts, saying that 'If at his death these very great signs happened, behold how just he was,' feared (especially the elders) and came before Pilate, begging him and saying, 'Give over soldiers to us in order that we may safeguard his burial place for three days, lest, having come, his disciples steal him, and the people accept that he is risen from the death, and they do us wrong.' But Pilate gave over to them Petronius the centurion with soldiers to safeguard the sepulcher. And he delivered to them armed men, that they might sit over against the cave and keep it day and night; And with these the elders and scribes came to the burial place. And having rolled a large stone, all who were there, together with the centurion and the soldiers, placed it against the door of the burial place. And they marked it with seven wax seals; and having pitched a tent there, they safeguarded it. But early when the Sabbath was dawning, a crowd came from Jerusalem and the surrounding area in order that they might see the sealed tomb. But in the night in which the Lord's day dawned, when the soldiers were safeguarding it two by two in every watch, there was a loud voice in heaven; and they saw that the heavens were opened and that two males who had much radiance had come down from there and come near the sepulcher. But that stone which had been thrust against the door, having rolled by itself, went a distance off the side; and the sepulcher opened, and both the young men entered. And so those soldiers, having seen, awakened the centurion and the elders (for they too were present, safeguarding). And while they were relating what they had seen, again they see three males who have come out from they sepulcher, with the two supporting the other one, and a cross following them, and the head of the two reaching unto heaven, but that of the one being led out by a hand by them going beyond the heavens. And they were hearing a voice from the heavens saying, 'Have you made proclamation to the fallen-asleep?' And an obeisance was heard from the cross, 'Yes.' And so those people were seeking a common perspective to go off and make these things clear to Pilate; and while they were still considering it through, there appear again the opened heavens and a certain man having come down and entered into the burial place. [Having seen these things, those around the centurion hastened at night before Pilate (having left the sepulcher which they were safeguarding) and described all the things that they indeed had seen, agonizing greatly and saying: 'Truly he was God's Son.' In answer Pilate said: 'I am clean of the blood of the Son of God, but it was to you that this seemed [the thing to do].' Then all, having come forward, were begging and exhorting him to command the centurion and the soldiers to say to no one what they had seen. 'For,' they said, 'it is better for us to owe the debt of the greatest sin in the sight of God than to fall into the hands of the Jewish people and be stoned.' And so Pilate ordered the centurion and the soldiers to say nothing. Now at the dawn of the Lord's Day Mary Magdalene, a female disciple of the Lord (who, afraid because of the Jews since they were inflamed with anger, had not done at the tomb of the Lord what women were accustomed to do for the dead beloved by them), having taken with her women friends, came to the tomb where he had been placed. And they were afraid lest the Jews should see them and were saying, 'If indeed on that day on which he was crucified we could not weep and beat ourselves, yet now at his tomb we may do these things. But who will roll away for us even the stone placed against the door of the tomb in order that, having entered, we may sit beside him and do the expected things? For the stone was large, and we were afraid lest anyone see us. And if we are unable, let is throw against the door what we bring in memory of him; let us weep and beat ourselves until we come to our homes.' And having gone off, they found the sepulcher opened. And having come forward, they bent down there and saw there a certain young man seated in the middle of the sepulcher, comely and clothed with a splendid robe, who said to them: 'Why have you come? Whom do you seek? Not that one who was crucified? He is risen and gone away. But if you do not believe, bend down and see the place where he lay, because he is not here. For he is risen and gone away to there whence he was sent.' Then the women fled frightened. Now it was the final day of the Unleavened Bread; and many went out returning to their home since the feast was over. But we twelve disciples of the Lord were weeping and sorrowful; and each one, sorrowful because of what had come to pass, departed to his home. But I, Simon Peter, and my brother Andrew, having taken our nets, went off to the sea.

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Mary, Mary - know me but do not touch me. Stop the tears from flowing and know that I am your master. Only do not touch me, for I haven't seen my Father's face yet. Your God wasn't stolen from you, as your small thoughts lead you to believe. Your God did not die, but mastered death! I am not the gardener! I have given life and received life eternal. But I now appear to you because I have seen the tears in your eyes. Throw your sadness away from me to wandering orphans. Start rejoicing now and tell the eleven. You will find them gathered on Jordan's bank. The traitor persuaded them to once again become fishermen as once they were and to lay down their nets that caught people to life!

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Jesus said, "

As they were going Jesus passed before them saying: 'May the Name deliver you.'"

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When he came to Peter and the others with him, he said to them, "Behold! Touch me and see that I am not a bodiless demon!" Right away, they touched him and believed, being in close contact with his flesh and his spirit.

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Afterward Jesus appeared to the eleven as they reclined at table and reproached them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen him after he arose. The eleven made an excuse: "This age of lawlessness and unbelief is controlled by Satan, who, by means of unclean spirits, doesn't allow the truth to be known. So," they said to Christ, "reveal your righteousness now!"

Christ replied to them, "The measure of Satan's years of power is filled up, although other fearful things draw nigh to those for whom I, because of their sin, was delivered to death, that they might turn back and not sin anymore so that they might inherit the imperishable, spiritual glory of righteousness in heaven."

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The Lord appeared to James, who had sworn that he would not eat until he should see the Lord risen from them that are asleep. The Lord said, "Bring a table and bread!" James did as he was told. The Lord took the bread, blessed it and broke it. Handing it to James the Just, he said, "My brother, you may now eat your bread, for the Son of Man is risen from sleepers."

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You say that your bitter tears, mourning, and anguish are behind you now, but I still remember them. You must continue to weep, but now for those outside Father's inheritance. So preach what is good - for the son is about to ascend as it is fit for him to do. Verily I say unto you, I would never have descended to earth if my mission was to those who had ears to hear my message. It is to your shame that I say this.

In your heart of hearts you really do not wish me to stay with you any longer. And I do not wish to stay. Behold then, I shall soon depart from you. Therefore, follow me quickly! After all, I told you that "for your sakes I came down," and for this reason! Until you ascend to my place, you will still be "the Beloved," the ones who will cause many to live for eternity!

Invoke your Father, fervently ask him often, and he will grant your desires. You are blessed, for you were seen with the Son when he was proclaimed before the angels and glorified among the saints. Yours is life! Rejoice and be glad as sons of the Deity! You will be saved if you keep in his will; you will save yourself if you accept my reproof. Father will forgive much i know, for I am interceding on your behalf.

The body without the soul cannot sin. Neither can the soul be saved without the spirit. For it is the spirit that saves the soul, but the body that kills it. In other words, since soul and body are the same (scripture says, the man became a living soul), the soul thus kills itself. But if the spirit saves the soul by freeing it from evil, then the body becomes free from sin.

Verily I say to you, the Deity will not forgive the sin of the soul nor the guilt of the flesh by any means other than by spirit - no one who wears flesh will be saved. Do you think that many will find themselves to be the fourth one in heaven?

I have endued you with many measures of faith and have even revealed my glory to you, James. Still, neither of you have known me for who I AM. Now and again I have seen you elated and rejoicing at the promise of eternal life, yet you are very sad and full of grief when you learn of the kingdom. Why? After all, you, through faith-knowledge, have received eternal life!

So do not grieve at the hardship of the kingdom or the rejection of mankind, but rejoice the more in hearing the promise! Verily I say to you, the ones who receive life and believe in the kingdom will never leave it, even if the Father should wish to throw them out!

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"The Lord said unto the apostles: Should, then, any one of Israel be willing to repent, so as to believe upon God through my name, his sins shall be forgiven him. After twelve years, go out into the world, lest anyone say, "We did not hear."

I have chosen the twelve because I have found them worthy to be my disciples. I sent these, whom I was sure would be true Apostles, into the world to proclaim to all the joyous message that all may know that there is only one qeos, and to reveal the future through those who believe in me. The end of which is that those who hear and believe might be saved; and those who do not believe may yet testify that they too have heard the message. That they might not be able to excuse themselves by saying, "We haven't heard."

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Lord Jesus the Christ our Saviour commanded us: "that before ye are ready to divide anything by lot, for eparchies, ye shall count the places of the numbers, the authorities of the Bishops, the seats of the Elders, the continual offerings of the Deacons, the admonitions of the Readers, the blamelessnesses of the Widows, and all the things that are fitting to the foundation and confirmation of the Church, according as they already know the type of heavenly things. Let them take care and keep themselves from all error, knowing that they have an account to give in the great day of judgment concerning the things that having heard they have not kept They commanded us Ho confirm’ His words in all places.

"Go and teach them to carry out all the things which I have commanded you forever."

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The Father of Light is not merely god or a god, or similar to a god. It is incorrect to think of him so: he is The Invisible Spirit. Since there is none more powerful, no one is able to give him orders. He does not live in inferior beings; rather, everything exists in him. He even brought himself into being, and he lives forever because he does not require sustenance. Since he does not lack for anything, he needs nothing for completion. He is a completely perfect being in light.

His ability is unlimited, since there is no one more powerful to set limits. He is not able to be closely examined as a specimen, for no one lived before him to examine him. For the same reason, he cannot be measured. He is invisible since no one has seen him. He is eternal for he had no beginning.

He is indescribable since no one is able to comprehend him to speak of him. He cannot be named since there was no one with the authority to name him. He is blinding light - pure, holy, immaculate.

Since all but him are corrupt, and he is incorruptible, no one is able to describe his blessedness, divinity, or perfection.

He is even superior to such eloquent words in their fullness of meaning!

He is not corporal or incorporeal. He is neither large nor small. One cannot say, "Of what quantity is he, or what quality?" No one can know him. He is more than superior - he is beyond the confines of time and reality since he created these and did not receive them from another. He does not look to anyone for anything out of need. All look expectantly to him in his light.

His perfection is majestic. He is pure, limitless mind. He is time-giving time, life-giving life, blessings-giving blessed, knowledge-giving knowledge, goodness-giving goodness, mercy- and redemption-giving mercy, grace-giving grace - not because these are his possession; rather, they are the benefits of his gift of immeasurable and incomprehensible light.

How can I describe him so that you can understand? His existence is indestructible; his repose is in the confident knowledge of being before all. He is the head of all creation, and he imparts strength through his goodness. We are unable to describe him accurately or understand him; all, that is, but the one who came forth from the Father.

This one who came forth is able to describe him because he looks at the Father through the very light that surrounds him. This light is also called the "spring water of life." So he is the mediator who imparts this light to all creations in every way, for he is able to gaze upon the Father's image in the spring water of the spirit. He is able to accomplish his desires through this water-light that surrounds him. Now you know, for I have told only you.

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The resurrected Lord said to his disciples, "Go to the city called Habitation. Stay there and endure with patience those who have believed in my name because of the hardships I have endured. They should be taught the things I have imparted to you. I will provide for your needs if you are obedient in this work. Give the poor what they need from what you have until I give them something better - those things that you received from me for nothing."

Peter answered the Lord, "Lord you have instructed us to give up the world and all that is therein. We have done so for your sake. But we are concerned about what we will eat, for we have sustenance only from day to day, and no more than for a single day. How will we be able to provide for these poor when we can barely provide for ourselves?" The Lord answered, "Peter, understand me. Don't you yet know that my name, which you teach, is greater than all riches, and the Wisdom of the Deity is better than gold, silver, and precious stones?"

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Jesus said, "As for the mysteries I will impart to you: keep them; repeat them to no one except the worthy. Don't confide them to your mother, brother, sister, or any relative neither for food, drink, women, gold or silver or for anything else of this world. Keep them and give them to no one for the sake of the world's good!"

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Jesus, the living, said to his apostles, "Blessed is he who has crucified the world, and has not allowed the world to crucify him!" The Apostles answered with a voice, "Lord, teach us how to crucify the world so that it may not crucify us, so that we may not perish by losing our lives!" Jesus answered, "The one who has crucified the world is the one who has found my Word and has fulfilled it in the will of the One who sent me."

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Jesus said, “To his chosen, he saith: Go ye out of the house of my Father.”

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Jesus said, “Let us resist all iniquity and hold it in hatred.”

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“The Saviour himself testified that Solomon was wiser than all who came before.”

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Jesus said, “Few things are needful, or just one.”

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Jesus said, “Blessed is he who also fasts for this, that he might feed the poor.”

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Jesus said, “Honour the demons, not that ye may be assisted by them, but that they may not injure you.”

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Jesus said, "The Father begat me, he said, and I came forth from the Father, and am here."

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Jesus said, “He who is near me is near the fire; but he who is far from me is far from the kingdom.”

Torah of Yeshuah

יום ראשון, 5 באפריל 2015

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