Today, let us continue with “The True Temple: The Body of Man in Which GOD’s Spirit Dwells,” from the Essene Humane Gospel of Christ.
The True Temple: The Body of Man in Which GOD’s Spirit Dwells.
“And Jesus said unto them: ‘It is written in the Prophets, my house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations, for the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving. But ye know not the Pure Oblation, nor do ye wish to know, for ye have it a house of slaughter and bloodshed, a house filled with many evils.’”
“Again I say unto thee, it is written, From the rising of the Sun unto the setting of the same, my Name shall be great among the Gentiles, and incense with a Pure Offering shall be offered unto me. But ye have made it a desolation with your flesh and blood offerings, and use the sweet incense only to cover the ill favor thereof. Know ye, I am not come to destroy the law, but to interpret and fulfill all things spoken of me.
Know ye not what is written? ‘Obedience is better than sacrifice, and to hearken better than the fat of rams. I, the Lord, am weary of your burnt offerings, and vain oblations; your hands are full of blood.’
And is it not also written, ‘What is the sacrifice? Wash you and make you clean and put away the evil from before mine eyes, cease to do evil, learn to do well. Yea, do justice for the fatherless and the widow and all that are oppressed. For by so doing, ye shall fulfill the law ... Pure worshippers worship the Eternal Spirit in purity and in truth...’
[…] And Jesus […], said further unto them: ‘I ask ye, how teach ye the spiritual matters of GOD, if ye understand not the physical matters? For if ye have not mercy on the creatures of GOD that ye do see and touch, how can ye grasp the spiritual things of GOD which ye see and touch not?’
And the Pharisees and scribes looked upon Jesus with great contempt and remained silent.
And Jesus said unto His disciples: ‘So it is with the soul of every creature, though unseen by human eyes, for it is hidden within the garment of flesh and blood. Every creature is twofold by nature, for without the spiritual half, there can be no physical manifestation.
Therefore, I tell ye, the body is dust, but the soul is of GOD. Fear not, then, those wicked who destroy the physical body but cannot kill the spiritual soul. For the man of GOD knows his root, he being of GOD and GOD knows him, which belongs to the fold.
Know ye also, that whosoever treats the least of these the souls of GOD with contempt, does the same unto me; for these hypocrites respect not the marvel of life within all things. Yea, they seek the death of things and rejoice therein. Know ye, they originate from the mother of seven evils, for where is suffering and bloodshed, there be Satan also. […]
Seek ye the Holy Law and love and mercy of My ways, and ye shall find eternal life and peace. Separate thyselves from wicked men, who twist and garble the sacred scriptures to satisfy their lust and pleasure. […]
And also Jeremiah did bear testimony when He said, concerning blood offerings and sacrifice: “I, the True GOD. Commanded none of these things in the day that ye came out of Egypt, but only this I commanded you: To do righteousness, walk in the ancient paths of My laws, so as to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with thy GOD. But ye did not hearken to Me, Who in the beginning gave you all manner of seed, and fruit of the trees and seed having been for the food and healing of man and creature.”’
And the Scribes said unto Jesus, ‘Thou speak against the law! Thy sin is great!’
And Jesus, perceiving the hardness of their hearts and the stubbornness of their evil ways, for they were without mercy or goodness, said unto them: ‘Nay, against Moses I speak not, nor against the ancient law that always was; but against those who corrupted the law, I do speak out! For out of the hardness of your hearts the law was corrupted.
But behold, a greater than Moses is here! For I come to inscribe the law on soft fleshly hearts and not on stone tables, that the meek may live and the wicked be judged. For ye speak according to thy wickedness and ye judge Moses by thy standard of evil. Know ye that Moses, my servant, speaks in truth of the True GOD, but thy forefathers, evil in their ways, calls the truth a lie, and makes the lie the truth. And ye do believe the lie every time, because no truth can be found in ye.
Thy law is of the maker of the lie, and thy beliefs are the inventions of thy god, who knows not truth, but only the lie. For truth was not found in this one, who thought the impossible thought to be like the Eternal Spirit, but strove not for light, but darkness. Know ye then, ye are workers of darkness, because no light is in thee, for ye behold the Light before thee, but see not. If ye know not the real Moses, ye know not the greater Moses.’
And the Elders and scribes were angry at Jesus’ words, for they understood Him to mean they were wicked and stubborn, and they took up stones to cast at Him, but Jesus passed through their midst, hidden from their violence.”
