They viewed themselves as a remnant of the devoted, a voice crying in the desert is. A portrait of jesus world the essenes and the dead sea. The essenes the essene new testament the gospel of the. Membership in the brotherhood was attainable only after a probationary period of a year and three years of initiatory work, followed by seven more years before being given the full inner teaching. How the jewishness of jesus can transform your faith.
Like the historical jesus, the essenes can easily become a screen upon which one projects ones own interests and ideological locations, whether that be jesus hidden years, a window into the secret history of early christianity, or an historically nonexistent fabrication by philo, josephus, and pliny. Bringing gods perspective, and in plain language, it is based entirely on scripture, and known facts of history. We cant help but wonder what other dead sea scrolls lie hidden in the vatican vaults that were missed in olden times when the bible. Like all great initiates, he must travel in an easterly direction, and the silent years of his life no doubt were spent in familiarizing himself with that secret teaching later to be communicated by him to the world. It examines the life, ministry and teachings of jesus as never before, and excludes popular tradition. A remarkable revelation concerning the true character, life, and crucifixion of jesus. However, josephus records the essenes consider that everybody who does not marry, hereby affects the propagation and destination of mankind, as men would soon cease to exist otherwise.
It was in 1928 that edmond bordeaux szekely pronounced saykay first published his translation of the essene gospel of peace, an ancient manuscript discovered in the secret archives of the vatican as the result of limitless patience, faultless scholarship, and unerring intuition. The english version first appeared in 1937 representing yet another fragment of the complete. Records of the essene way of life have come down to us from writings of their contemporaries. The atmosphere of jesus an essene reminds me of the courtmartial of jesus a a christian defends the jews against the charge of deicide, written by the german lawyer weddig fricke. This book has three parts, the sources, the evidence and the narrative. A remarkable revelation concerning the true character, life, and crucifixion of jesus, by eyewitnesses who knew. This is the end time wherein the prophecy of the restoration of jesus teachings. This book would confirm that jesus was an essene at qumran, giving us an open door of hope. It is further confirmation of what our lord indicates is the secret of his power. Due to the volume of emails, i felt led to get to work writing this body of.
The membership was composed of adult males who led a celibate life, although at least one faction admitted women. They too, had been around for a hundred years at that point in time. The essenes lived in various cities but congregated in communal life dedicated. Member at some period in his life in contact and influenced. Spencer lewis, and possesses no authentic ties to the ancient essene movement, other pseudo essene weaselwords writers include the rev. The secret life of jesus the essene essene jesusapollonius series vol. The essenes were different from the other religious groups because they rejected animal sacrifices and.
Edmund bordeaux szekely, both of whom assert that the essene. Dionysius, the first bishop of athens, who said, the tradition of the. Where was jesus and what was he doing between the ages of 12. In this article i will describe the essene fruitarian diet practiced and advocated by jesus christ. A minus is the compactness of this edition, and the bizarre. Many claim that the essenes lived a celibate life, and that few if any were married. Jesus, there is an essene gospel which claims that you were an essene, is that correct. Scriptural study on such occasions was a communal affair, as with many other features of essene life, with the group assembling in their meeting hall or synagogue, according to seniority. The bible and interpretation on jesus, the essenes, and. Many of the essene groups appear to have been celibate, but josephus speaks also of another order of essenes that observed the practice of being engaged for three years and then becoming married.
These scrolls are a fascinating mystery, and a delight to unfold these unknown things revolving around the life of jesus. The secret doctrines of jesus 7 jesus included a woman among his memberswhether it was mary his mother or some other woman. This is the original teaching kept secret since this world began. A brief discussion of the relationship between jesus christ and the sect of the essenes. Included then, is the book of the rule of the community or sometimes called the manual of discipline, which talks about how one goes about. However after the crucifixion of jesus, james who was the leader of the essenes accepted jesus as someone special a messiah and perhaps even the son of god. But just because it is a surprising fact is no reason to challenge either the truthfulness of it or its implication, its definitely intended meaning, and the significance that lies back of it. The aquarian gospel of jesus the christ, by levi h. Liberated from the secret archives of the vatican, these sacred scrolls are testaments to the eternal and living truth of the way. The historical jesus is believed to have been born at the start of what is now called the christian era, and lived to about 33 ad. Szekely authored the essene gospel of peace, which he translated from an ancient text he supposedly discovered in the 1920s. And there is a jewish word of similar sound, chsahi, meaning secret or silent.
There was a strong organization among the essenes that was missing among john the baptists disciples. So, the conclusion that essene philosophy may have inspired jesus or contributed to his teachings is historically defensible, if not provable. It is a summary of work done on the life of jesus by various scholars over the years, but written in quite a lively style and one that looks for evidence, both outside the bible and by making a study of the bible itself for evidence of what the historical jesus may have been like. But during his entire life, jesus had ready access, as did his society, to the views and practices of the essenes. The essene jesus is a product of the enlightenment. Excerpts from the essene gospel of peace, book two.
The unknown books of the essenes lost scrolls of the essene brotherhood jesus and the essenes edgar cayce on biblical reincarnations and the essenes the. The secret life of jesus the essene essenejesus apollonius series vol. Gnostics like valentinus, according to irenaeus, thought that passages like mark 4. This story is told in his book, the discovery of the essene gospel of peace, published in 1975. The false doctrine of the essene humane gospel of jesus christ.
While it is true that jesus only required basic vegetarianism no meat to become a baptized disciple, it is also true that he strongly encouraged those who were able and willing to go on to become essene fruitarians. Essene secret knowledge origins of the word essene. It was during the first few centuries before the birth of jesus that the work of the brotherhood became so divided in distant lands that various names were adopted for these branches in order to conform to the language and customs of the people. Who were the essenes and were jesus and john the baptist. Plan enough time to read this in one sitting or two at most. Answer from ascended master jesus through kim michaels. This man was a fellow soldier of vespasian, and was perhaps with the tenth legion in a. The true jesus christ unknown to christianity does this. Yet the idea that jesus, john the baptist, or the early jesus movement were influenced by the essenes has always been controversial. Jesus apocalyptic teachings seem to align with them a lot. The essenes were a jewish sect during the second temple period that flourished from the 2nd. Sep 16, 2012 i think the evidence strongly suggest that jesus was a nazarene essene and even if you dont agree with me that jesus was an essene or that nazareth did not exist i just hope this blog made you question the story you have been told your whole life. Essene revelations on the historical jesus jesus is baptized favorite stories about jesus books the jesus centered life.
Spencer lewis, and possesses no authentic ties to the ancient essene movement, other pseudoessene weaselwords writers include the rev. The secret life of jesus the essene volume 2 of essene jesus apollonius series vol. The essenes and the messiah march 25, 20 by julia cannon leave a comment as we approach easter, a time of renewal, not just for christians, but a time of new beginnings and a new year for many ancient cultures, i thought it would be topical to share insights revealed to me about jesus through my many past life regressions. Edmond bordeaux szekely march 5, 1905 1979 was a hungarian philologistlinguist, philosopher, psychologist and natural living enthusiast.
It was in 1928 that edmond bordeaux szekely first published his translation of book one of the essene gospel of peace, an ancient manuscript he had found in the secret archives of the vatican as the result of limitless patience, faultless scholarship, and unerring intuition, a story told in his book, the discovery of the essene gospel of peace. The poetic style of the translator brings to vivid reality the exquisitely beautiful words of jesus and the elders of the essene brotherhood. The bible and interpretation on jesus, the essenes, and the. Jesus was reared and educated by the essenes and later initiated into the most profound of their mysteries. The essenes were a jewish mystical sect somewhat resembling the pharisees. It is a wonderful document of jesus teaching about how to live in harmony with the laws of nature. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
Ufo sightings and abductions by aliens were the beginning, the tip of the iceberg. Many of the essene groups appear to have been celibate, but josephus speaks also of another order of essenes that observed the practice of being engaged for three years and then becoming. They desired to be of service in the world, but chose not to live. Although this is a lengthy article, i know if you bear with me through the end, it will answer many questions you may have pertaining to what is known as the essene humane gospel of jesus christ. Aug 01, 2011 the aquarian gospel of jesus the christ, by levi h.
Evidence of christianitys secret teachings is replete in the writings of the early church fathers, such as st. Jesus teachings the original teaching kept secret since the world began. Edmond bordeaux szekely was able to discover essene documents in the secret archives of the vatican. A remarkable revelation concerning the true character, life. The possible relationship of the essenes to the early christian activities has not only. The essenes were an apocalyptic judaic sect who lived between 150 bce and 70 ad. Josephus mentions a certain essene teacher named judas living in jerusalem in 104 b. A portrait of jesus world the essenes and the dead sea scrolls. Jan 02, 2020 the essenes did not recognize jesus as messiah, but they thought that the teacher of righteousness would himself be an essene. The history of the white brotherhood on earth and its teachings.
Available on kindle ebook and can be read on any device with the free kindle app. Wright on the historical jesus, this clip answers the question. Greetings in the name of our lord jesus christ and peace be unto you. Like the violent revolutionary jesus hypothesis, it is an attempt to portray jesus as a human being without the mythical accretions of theological dogma. The publics thirst for information about the scrolls has been whetted. The emblem of the early templars was a red rose on a cross, adopted by them because of its use by the essenes.
Jesus begins by what i call the formula of focused attention. The secret life of jesus the essene volume 2 of essenejesusapollonius series vol. The life you didnt think possible, with the jesus you never knew sitting at the feet of rabbi jesus. In his book the discovery of the essene gospel of peace, he tells the story of how two chess players helped him meet the renowned msgr. The essene gospel of peace is an ancient manuscript found in the vatican library. That is what he is talking about how he lived a life that was continually the point of release of the power of god in whatever he said or did. Introduction at the time of jesus there were three major jewish religious sects, they are known as the pharisees, sadducees and the essenes.
Book one of the essene gospel of peace, an ancient manuscript he had found in the secret archives of the vatican as the result of limitless patience, faultless scholarship, and unerring intuition. Dolores wrote 18 books about her research in hypnosis and ufo cases. If anything can help bridge the gaps between the modern day christian beliefs and the ancient earth religions, its knowledge of the community once known as the essenes. The accounts by josephus and philo show that the essenes led a strictly communal lifeoften compared to later christian monasticism. According to these accounts, the essenes lived in palestine in scattered groups from about 150 b. I intentionally chose not to title this article qumran and jesus cf. I was never formally an essene, and i held no official position in the essene community. One aspect of essene daily worship was the study of their sacred scriptures, a task to which special expression was given on the sabbath. During his lifetime, the three principle factions of judaism were the sadducees, the pharisees and the essenes, an ascetic breakaway. The word truly comes from the egyptian word kashai, which means secret. Some say that it was because of jesus connection with the essenes that james his brother also became associated with the community and it is because of this that the early christians. I was wondering how big of an influence you think the essenes had on jesus and his teachings, and if theres any evidence that he and john the baptist were students of that philosophy. The mystery of the essene brotherhood has intrigued scholars for many centuries. Ahmed osman suggests in his book, out of egypt, that essene is translated as essa, or follower of jesus.
In 1928 edmund bordeaux szekely translated the first english copy of the egop which he claims was an ancient essene manuscript that he stole from secret archives of the vatican. So jesus was yeshai beth halachmee, and his life was mixed with the hindu prophet christna and thus giving the wrong account of his. She talks to suddi at different periods of his life, from the age of 12 to subsequent to his death when he was over sixty. Some including myself, believe they were the first christians. The community of qumran, populated by the sectarian essenes, evidenced attitudes ranging from a serious reservation about temple piety to a stricter view tantamount to an abandonment of its precincts. The original teaching kept secret since the world began. Were jesus and john the baptist members of this group. Sep 07, 2010 the essene gospel of peace is an amazing treatise by jesus on healthy livingeating in which he advocates fasting, detoxing, vegetarianism, and a 100% raw food diet.
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