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The Secret Testament Revealed 1
Abstract
The Original Gospel Revealed
The critical principles and their use in making this reconstruction of Mark’s gospel are explained in The Hidden Jesus. You must get it!
© Dr M D Magee
Contents Updated: Sunday, November 14, 1999
- Jesus is baptized a leader of the Essenes. He succeeds John the Baptist on his arrest and continues his work. Jesus conducts the Festival of the Renewal of the Covenant which appears in the gospels as the mass feedings
Abstract
Jesus is baptized a leader of the Essenes
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus, which is God’s saviour, whom they called Barabbas, which is the son of my father, for he was the Son of God, the messiah, a prince of Israel.
Even as it is written in the prophets:
The voice of one crying: in the wilderness prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight a high way in the desert for our God. For the glory of God shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together. Saith the Lord: Behold, I send my messenger, which shall prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come to His temple.
John appeared baptizing and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins, saying:
Ye shall not enter the water to be cleansed unless ye turn from your wickedness, obeying the law, as He commanded you through Moses to do by His holy spirit; for all who transgress His word are unclean.
John was the nasi, which is prince of the congregation, the Master of the Nazarenes, the successor of the nasi Zacharias, but, being humble, called himself Enosh, which is man; and he was great in the sight of the Lord drinking neither wine nor strong drink for he was also nazir, which is consecrated to God. He went before God to make ready a righteous people ready for the day of the Lord. And multitudes from Judaea and from Jerusalem went out to him and were baptized in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
And John announced:
After me one who is mightier than me will come, and I am not fit to stoop and untie the latchet of his sandals. I have baptized you with water but he will baptize you with the holy spirit for it is written: Who may abide the day of His coming? For he is like a refiner’s fire. And I will come near to you in judgement. When the day cometh it burneth as a furnace, and all the proud and all that work wickedness shall be stubble, and the day that cometh shall burn them up; but ye that fear my name shall gambol as calves of the stall and ye shall tread down the wicked, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet.
Being interpreted, the angel Michael cometh to judge the world.
Now it came to pass in those days that a man of repute, a Nazarene, being thirty years old, was baptized by John in the Jordan, and Zadokite priests came from Damascus by the Dead Sea. One was the Angel of the Lord and one was the Satan and John was Joshua, the High Priest. And the Angel spake:
Be silent, all ye flesh, before the Lord, for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
And the Zadokites asked:
Where is he who shall be the prince of the congregation, a sceptre who shall smite all the children of Seth, for it is written: a star shall come out of Jacob and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel.
And straightway the Nazarene rose up from the water. And the Angel said:
Saith the Lord of hosts: If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by. Hear now, behold, I bring forth my servant the branch; and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
And Joshua, the High Priest spake:
Saith the Lord of Hosts: I have set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. Thou art my son. This day have I begotten thee. Ask of me and I will give thee the nations for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron. Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel. Thou shalt be called the Son of the Highest, for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways, to give knowledge of salvation unto His people by the remission of their sins, through the tender mercy of our God, whereby the branch from on high hath visited us, to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Joshua, the High Priest, sprinkled him with water, making the sign of the cross on his forehead so that he would be among the saved, as in the previous visitation. They named him Joshua, the salvation of God, which is Jesus.
And Joshua, the High Priest, spake unto Jesus:
The Lord saith: Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee in pure apparel.
And they gave him holy objects and clothed him in clean white garments, and the spirit of the Lord settled on him.
And Joshua said unto Jesus:
Master, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word, for mine eyes hath seen salvation which thou hast prepared before the face of the people, a light to lighten the darkness and the glory of thy people Israel.
And Jesus replied saying:
My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my saviour. For He hath regarded the low estate of His servant: and from henceforth all generations shall bless Him. For He that is mighty hath done great things; and holy is His name. And His mercy is on them that fear Him from generation to generation. He hath shewed strength with his arm; He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree. He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich He hath sent empty away. He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of His mercy, as He spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to His seed for ever.
And Jesus blessed God, saying:
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for He hath visited and redeemed His people, And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David, as He spake by the mouth of His holy prophets which have been since the world began, that we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us, to perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember His holy covenant, the oath which He sware to our father Abraham, that He would grant unto us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before Him, all the days of our life.
And the Satan tested him with promises of finery and glory. And they all called out:
The Lord bless Jesus, the salvation of God, and all the men of the lot of God who walked perfectly in His ways;
and they all called:
Truly, Truly.
And they called out:
The Lord rebuke thee Satan, and all the men of the lot of Satan for their wickedness and the darkness of their deeds; yea, the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee Satan, for is not this brand now plucked out of the fire?
And they all called:
Truly, Truly.
And he was tested by the Satan that he should stumble on the path to the kingdom of God. But Jesus was not tempted, rejecting all that Satan offered. And he said:
Get thee behind me, Satan; for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shall thou serve.
And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
Immediately the spirit driveth him into the wilderness; for the battle for the kingdom would be forty years and for every year a day and a night he fell down before the Lord in the wilderness lest Belial should triumph and the Lord look upon the stubbornness of His people, or on their wickedness, or sin, and destroy them. And the Lord hearkened to him that His people should enter the kingdom which He had promised. And the Angel and God’s elect ministered to him.
Now Herod the tetrarch feared John as a disturber of the multitudes, which counted him a prophet and were ready to do anything he should advise, and went out to lay hold on him, and would have him killed. He took him and bound him, and held him in prison in the fortress of Machaerus. But Herod feared John knowing he was a righteous one and an holy one for he was an Essene, and kept him safe. And when he heard him, he heard him gladly.
And this is what became of John. Herod sought to divorce his wife, the daughter of the king of Petra, that he might marry a niece, his brother Philip’s wife, Herodias. And John said unto him:
It is not lawful that a man should marry his niece, nor even the mother of his brother’s children; yet thou wouldst uncover her nakedness though she hath four children, thy brother’s.
And when he heard him Herod was sore perplexed, and Herodias had a quarrel against him; and Herod resolved to rid himself of John. And a day came that Herod on his birthday, made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee, for he was at war with the king of Petra who would avenge the wrong done to his daughter, and he said unto Herodias:
Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee.
And straightway she came in with haste unto the king, saying:
I will that thou give me by and by the head of John the Baptist.
And the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought for Herodias’s sake. And he went and beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head unto Herod. And he gave it to Herodias in a charger. And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
Jesus succeeds John the Baptist
and continues his work on his arrest.
After that John was handed over in Peraea, Jesus took up his mantle that had fallen from him, and he came thence into Galilee, by the sea that he might baptize, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God. saying:
The time is now come; the kingdom of God is at hand; hear this gospel; repent and be saved by God’s mercy.
And many heard, and Jesus spake unto them saying:
As the fishes that are caught in an evil net even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time. But, saith the Lord: I shall send for many fishers, and they shall fish them and I will bring them again unto their land that I gave unto their fathers. If thou wilt, follow me and thou shalt be fishers of men.
For the day of judgement is like a net cast into the sea which drew in fishes of every kind, clean and unclean. The fisher gathered the clean into baskets but cast away the unclean. In like wise shall the wicked be separated from the righteous in the end time. For the prophet Enoch said: The Most High will deliver the evil ones to His angels for punishment for they have oppressed His children but the righteous and elect shall be saved.
Cast ye nets on the wrong side and ye will gather in empty but cast ye nets on the right side and ye will gather in full, for every nation on earth will yield to the good net.
And they were astounded by his teaching, for he taught them with authority; and only a king’s word hath authority.
And he saw Simon and Andrew his brother, and Jesus said unto each of them:
Wilt thou repent and be a fisher of men?
And they followed him and were baptized. And he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; and Jesus said unto each of them:
Wilt thou repent and be a fisher of men?
And they left their father Zebedee with the hired servants, and went after him and were baptized.
Jesus repared to the house of his disciple Simon, with Andrew and James and John, to offer the repentant the sacred meal of bread and new wine. But Simon’s wife’s mother would do naught for them for she was sick out of fear.
And speaking to them Jesus said:
When Hezekiah, the king, was sick unto death, he wept and prayed to the Lord: I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And the Lord heard his prayer and said: I will add unto thy days fifteen years. And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria.
For God hath created man to govern the world, and has appointed for him two spirits in which to walk until the time of His visitation, the spirits of truth and deceit. For all who walk in the spirit of truth, it shall be healing, a long life and fruitfulness; but for all who walk in the spirit of deceit it shall be blindness of eye and dullness of ear and stubbornness of heart, All who walk in this spirit shall suffer a multitude of plagues and everlasting damnation by the avenging wrath of the fury of God. But God has ordained an end of deceit and at the time of the visitation He shall destroy it forever.
And he came and took her by the hand and rebuked her for her trembling knees, and did tell her privily that the Lord was as a fortified wall and as an iron bar against all destroyers for He would lead His elect in the way of everlasting life and in His paths. And the fever of fear left her; and she arose and ministered unto them.
Again Jesus taught of the kingdom, saying:
A certain mason was stricken and his right hand did wither. He was unable to practise his trade and his children hungred. And he prayed to the Lord, saying: I was a mason seeking my bread with mine hands, and for my sins mine hand hath withered; now my children hunger. Lord, forgive me my sins for I repent my vanity and deceit. And the Lord saw that he was sincere and said to the man: Stand forth and stretch forth thine hand; and it was made whole like as to the other. Then saith the Lord God: Go thou to Zion, and there thou shalt lay for me a stone, a foundation which shall not rock or sway in its place, for thine hand is now whole. And that foundation shall be an house of perfection and truth in Israel forever. And thou shalt inscribe it: who trusts will fear not; for this is my covenant with mine elect. The man did as the Lord commanded, and he did build a house of perfection to the Lord. And the house was the foundation of a great kingdom. In like wise shall the right hand of power be restored to Israel, and God shall build a kingdom, and the scornful men in Jerusalem shall be swept away. And judgement shall be the line and righteousness shall be the plummet.
And his fame spread abroad throughout all the region. And Jesus went about teaching in synagogues and preaching the gospel of the coming kingdom. Again Jesus came with his disciples to Capernaum and preached in the synagogue. Now there was a man who feared the retribution of the authorities who called out:
Let us alone, Jesus the Nazarene! You will destroy us all. Thou art the messiah, come to drive out the sons of Seth.
But Jesus halted him commanding:
Be silent! The spirit of Belial possesses thee. Let it be driven out.
And the disciples beat him sorely until the perverse spirit left him, and badly torn he cried:
Enough.
And they were all amazed, questioning among themselves:
What thing is this that the perverse spirit called him? For with authority and power he commandeth.
And His fame spread. And great multitudes gathered together unto him. And a large number of people followed him and many came from Judaea and the other side of the Jordan and even from Tyre and Sidon when they heard of his teaching of the kingdom.
And as Jesus spake the word to his disciples four men passed down a pallet on which lay an enfeebler of the law, and a profaner of the House of God, for he was Matthew the Levite, a tax collector, a Sadducee, who had been praying on a housetop. Recognizing him Jesus said:
Saith the Lord: if ye turn away from following me then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and though this house be never so high yet shall everyone that passeth by it hiss for they forsook the Lord, their God. Yet if my people which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways then will I hear their prayers in heaven and will forgive their sins and will heal their land. Repent, Levite, discard your pallet and rise.
And the enfeebler of the law was overcome with shame, smiting his breast and calling out:
God be merciful to me, a sinner;
and he was healed of his polluted spirit. He cast aside his pallet and was received by the righteous. At this they were all amazed and glorified God, saying:
We never saw anything like it.
But the Sadducees were filled with fear for many of their number heard of it also and repented to follow after Matthew.
Now when he admitted the Levite to the sacred meal of bread and new wine at his house some of his disciples said:
How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans who are the worst sinners.
Hearing this Jesus said:
They that are whole have no need of a doctor, but they that are sick. They that are full have no need of bread, but they that hunger. I come not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance. Saith the Lord: My people have been lost sheep; their shepherds have caused them to go astray.
And he spake unto them a parable, saying:
What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the fold and go after that which is lost, until he find it? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders rejoicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost. Likewise there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine of God’s righteous which need no repentance. To the lost sheep of the house of Israel this son of man is called and today hath one who was lost been found.
And Jesus expounded all things to his disciples, saying unto them:
This son of man will impart knowledge with discretion for it is written in the prophet Isaiah: Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. But with the remnant which held fast to the commandments of God, He made His covenant with Israel forever, revealing to them the hidden things in which all Israel had gone astray, the mysteries of amazing truth, that they may walk perfectly together in all that has been revealed to them. Unto you therefore it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand.
And it was the fast of the fifth month when pious Jews mourned the destruction of the temple by Nebuchadnezzar singing lamentations. And his disciples of the simple of Ephraim come and say unto him:
The Pharisees eat not wine nor meat, and wail and confess and repent. Why doest thou say unto us, brake bread and drink wine?
And Jesus said unto them:
God’s righteous will enter into His kingdom and feast. Hearken ye to the word of the Lord: I am returned unto Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem.
The kingdom of God is like a bridegroom who is coming to the wedding feast, for it is written: I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord. After the fast the wedding feast begins, and the Lord is even now at the door. Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is without? This bread and new wine is like unto a wedding feast, for when the bridegroom is without, the fast is ended. Those hypocrites fast for the loss of the temple, when God drove Israel into captivity for her sins. But, on the third day of His visitation, the Lord will raise up to the righteous a new temple not built by hands.
No man seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the clean will be mixed with the unclean contrary to the commandments of God. Better to wear the old until the tailor delivereth the new. And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles, for only thus may the righteous partake of it. If these be what men do, will God do other wise. The Lord will destroy the polluted temple and in three days will raise up for the righteous a holy temple, as the prophet Ezekiel has written.
And they brought backsliders to him, children of Israel who had turned away from God to the gods of the Greeks, for they now sought the kingdom of God. And his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them:
Suffer all the children to come; forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God. Truly, Whosoever is not one of the children shall not enter therein, save who the Lord taketh unto him and blesseth.
And some of the simple of Ephraim came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven that the kingdom was indeed nigh. And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith:
Why doth this generation seek after a sign? Truly, no further sign shall be given unto this generation save the day of God’s vengeance.
And he left them.
Then Jesus took apart into the hillside twelve men of his disciples that they might be with him until he should ordain them and send them forth as shepherds to gather the lost sheep. There was Simon the brigand whom he called Rocky, for he was immovable; James and John, sons of Zebedaeus, whom he called the sons of tumult and the sons of the wild ox for they were untameable; Andrew, Simon’s brother, Philip and Nathanael, his brother, sons of Tholomaeus, the Zealot; Matthew, the Levite; Thomas the twin; James the son of Alphaeus, Judas Thaddaeus which is broadchest; Simon the Zealot; Judas Iscariot which is the knifeman and the deliverer. And Jesus said:
You shall be twelve apostles as a covenant to Israel, one for each tribe.
And Jesus judged them for qualities and ordained Peter, James and John as pillar apostles who might act as priests when they praised God, and three more he appointed in their place that there were still twelve as a covenant to Israel.
And he resolved to baptize many of the simple of Ephraim. and he called unto him disciples and began to send them forth by two and two. Nor would they need take anything for their journey, no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse, neither two pairs of sandals, nor two coats, save only a staff; for the elect would provide. And Jesus commanded them:
Go not into the way of the gentiles and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And when ye stand before them, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the holy ghost. And as ye go preach, saying: The kingdom of God is at hand, repent that God might heal thee that thou might join the elect of God. Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the kingdom be come.
And thereby gained they power over sickness and unclean spirits.
And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them, and he said unto them:
Whosoever shall receive one of these children, the children of Israel, receiveth not this son of man but Him that sent him. For it is not for this son of man to receive the children into God’s kingdom, but God alone. But whosoever shall mark them in baptism with the cross of water in God’s name, because they belong to Him, truly, they shall not lose their reward when the kingdom comes. And whosoever shall offend any one of these little ones that believe that God cometh, yea, any one of these simple of Ephraim that have repented and entered the pure water of baptism, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea; for his punishment at God’s appointed time will be an hundred fold.
So they went out and preached repentance; and they cast out demons and cured sick people admitting them into the new covenant by the sacrament of baptism.
And Jesus travelled through the countryside and villages speaking to them at even, when the sun did set lest the authorities did hear of it. And they that sought the kingdom brought unto him all that dispaired of it, and some that hated it, those blind and dumb and diseased, and those possessed with devils. And all gathered together and he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils that hated God’s kingdom; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him as the prince.
The Festival of the Renewal of the Covenant
…which appears in the gospels as the mass feedings, conducted by Jesus.
And he took the multitude of repentant apart into a desert place, for it was Pentecost, the festival for the renewal of the new covenant. And many ran afoot thither out of the camps, and came together unto him. And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd. And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass. And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties, and by tens.
And James and John, the priestly apostles, come unto him, saying:
Master, we would that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in the glory of God’s kingdom.
But Jesus said unto them:
Ye know not what ye ask. Can ye drink of the cup of righteousness? and be baptized with the baptism of repentance?
And they said unto him:
We can.
And Jesus said unto them:
So be it. Withal shall ye be baptized, but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand in the kingdom is not mine to give. God only knowest what He hath prepared, seeing your works. Ye know that they which wish to rule over the gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among ye, shall be your servant. And whosoever of ye will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all. If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all; for even he that is greatest among ye shall be your servant, and whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
For ye come not to be served, but to serve.
And he said unto those who had repented:
Your baptism is a binding oath, which dedicates you to god until ye shall enter His kingdom. Yet ye might not say to your father or mother: I have vowed myself to God, therefore that which I wouldst provide for thee is corban (which is a gift to the temple), and thou must go destitute, for my vows to God are binding to me unto death. For corban is merely a tradition whereas Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth his father or mother, let him die the death. Make not the word of God of none effect, for no man on pain of everlasting death might swear to depart from God’s law. If ye wouldst please God, your tradition must be to reserve for your household that which it needs, then give your surplus to God.
For there were those of Israel who would seek atonement from God by vowing the money of their family to the temple treasury.
And he stood on a high place, and began to teach them many things, blessing the men of the lot of God, saying:
Blessed are the poor and humble in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled with everlasting life. Blessed are they merciful unto the poor: for they shall obtain God’s mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see the face of God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted in everlasting light.
Ye are the light of the world. Come, ye blessed, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Then the righteous answered him, saying:
Master, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
And Jesus in turn answered, saying unto them:
Truly, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Then he cursed them of the lot of Satan, saying:
Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not
Then Satan led other voices answering him, saying:
Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
Then Jesus answered them, saying:
Truly, inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad, ye righteous: for great is your reward in heaven: for so rewarded were the prophets which were before you. Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins, as we forgive those that sin against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Truly. For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses, and ye shall find the gates of the kingdom closed.
Ye are forgiven and baptized as repentant sinners but think not that the gates of the kingdom are wide open to ye all; think not that the glory of God’s kingdom meaneth an end to the law. This son of man is come not to destroy the law, or the prophets: this son of man cometh not to destroy, but to fulfil. For till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall suffer everlasting death: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called into the kingdom of heaven, and have everlasting life. For except that ye hunger for righteousness, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
And many people gathered unto Jesus, who stood with Peter, and James, and John the brother of James. And behold, there cometh from the crowd one of the rulers of the council, Jair, which is God’s enlightened. And he announced:
The bridegroom is without, but woe to us all; for His betrothed, a damsel coming to the age of marriage hath been ravished by the stranger, and must die.
While he yet spake, a voice said:
The damsel is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further?
And the people wept and wailed. And Jesus saith unto them:
Why make ye this ado, and weep? She shall live, and find favour once more with the bridegroom. Be not afraid, only believe; the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
And a voice, which was Satan, laughed him to scorn. And Jesus looked up, praying:
Lord, forgive thy children their trespasses, hear them repent and enter the sacred water. If it be thy will, let Israel be restored in thy sight. Talitha cumi, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.
And a voice announced:
the damsel is arisen, and walketh.
And Jesus said unto them:
the bridegroom awaiteth
And they were astonished with a great astonishment. And he charged them straitly that no man should know it. And he commanded that they should partake of the holy meal of the just.
And the day was now far spent, and he called out:
O ye poor ones! be ye ordained that God shall save you! The children shall have bread and be filled.
And a voice answered him:
Whence can a man in the wilderness be satisfied?
And he asked:
How many loaves have ye?
And the disciples called out:
Seven.
And he said:
This is the bread of life. If ye be repentant, ye who partake of it shall be filled and have everlasting life.
And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground. And when he had taken the seven loaves, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave morsels to his disciples that they might eat. And his disciples then took up, and blessed, and set before them twelve baskets of morsels of bread, full. And they did all eat, and were filled of the bread of life. And they that did eat of the loaves were about four thousand.
And he charged them, saying:
Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of the Sadducees, for leaven can be sour, and yield foul bread; or it can be sweet, and yield choice bread. If ye would have the bread of everlasting life, hearken ye not to these others, for they know not the kingdom of God.
And Jesus said to them a parable.
A certain woman had an issue of blood twelve years, and had suffered many things of many physicians, but none could heal her. And eventually she had spent all that she had, and was still nothing bettered, but rather grew worse. And a gazer came to her, and said: Doest thou know, and believe in your whole heart that thou hast only one Lord, the Lord thy God? And the woman wept and confessed her sins, and begged forgiveness, and repented. And the gazer forgave her sins. And when she stepped from the holy water, straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague and cleansed. And this son of man says unto you, truly Israel shall be healed of her plague.
And Jesus led a service of dedication of the repentant to God. And he said:
God’s judgement will be as a refiners fire, and the wicked shall be burned as stubble; but for the righteous it shall be as warm milk; for the wicked will be punished in a fire that never shall be quenched: but the righteous shall be rewarded in everlasting life. Ye repentant, remain chaste and think not adulterous thoughts, so that ye be not tempted into sin, for the kingdom is nigh, and every one shall be salted with fire.
And he called out, chanting:
If thine hand offend thee, cut it off. It is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell.
And they all sang:
Into the fire that never shall be quenched: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
And again he called out, chanting:
And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off. It is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell.
And they all sang:
Into the fire that never shall be quenched: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
And again he called out, chanting:
And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out. It is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
And they all sang:
Into the fire that never shall be quenched: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
And Jesus said:
Lord, let thy will be done; we are ready; salt us with thy fire, for every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. Salt is good: but if the salt have lost His saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.
And being interpreted this is the meaning of the parable: Ye shall be salted with the salt of the covenant of thy God. Ye would not suffer thy lustful eye, or thy grasping hand, to tempt you into sin. Howbeit then that God would admit you into His kingdom, who do not hold to His covenant with His chosen. Know ye then that ye must honour God’s covenant with His elect for it is good, for if no one honoureth it then what other good is there?
And last of all he said:
Ye of His new covenant! for ye, God hath ordained that the first is last and the last first. Ye who are most humble, ye who serve God, and his brothers, ye shall be first. And ye who would be first, ye vainglorious and ye who love esteem above all else, ye shall be last. For, all are judged in the fire of God’s judgement. Put the covenant in your hearts and have peace with each other.
And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught. And they told Jesus of the cities at which they had to shake off the dust of their feet. And Jesus said:
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! It shall be more tolerable at the day of God’s vengeance for Sodom and Gomorrha than for you. Woe unto thee, Bethsaida! It shall be more tolerable at the day of God’s vengeance for Sodom and Gomorrha than for you. For if God’s mighty works had been done even in Sodom and Gomorrha, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But ye reject God’s message.
