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May 13th, 2002
Received by H.R.
Cuenca, Ecuador.
I greet my dear brother A___ and his friend, the Reverend. For
both, I feel so much appreciation, due to their dedication and effort
in their constant quest for the Truth, so that my words will not
suffice to express my feelings. I can only send them my love and
my assurance that I will back them with all my forces in their noble
desire.
Our message is simple: God is Love, and He shares
it with all who so desire.
Such a simple message, and it may appear so complicated, especially
when we take into consideration that, apart from this central message,
we also communicate many statements we also call "Truths",
but which at the same time contradict what people usually believe.
However, of that conflict we are going to speak in the second part
of this message, which, as I warn you already now, my dear brother
H___, will be very long.
First, let us focus on a few questions, which
we have been asked.
1. On trinity
Repeatedly, we have communicated that that mysterious constellation,
commonly known as "trinity," does not exist. The doctrine
of the trinity, in fact, has its origin in a dispute between several
branches of the early church. Already some months ago, I dedicated
part of a message, referring to the Epistle to the Ephesians, to
this doctrine. Now, dear H___, write here the pertinent. That will
save us energy, which we will be able to use with much profit for
the remaining parts of our message.
[Judas had communicated on September
10th, 2001:
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“In the fourth chapter of Ephesians there are some verses
which were interpolated with the intention of making Jesus'
preexistence clear, and therefore, to refute the argument
of the Judeo-Christians and later of other mostly gentile
groups, who adhered to the same vision of Jesus, that is to
say, they considered Jesus a mortal man who had obtained "Christ",
the Divine principle, a principle which all mortals could
obtain, becoming Divine or Christs themselves. This teaching
is called adoptionism.
Beginning with the second century, a paradoxical situation
built up. Another group of Christians arose who taught that
Jesus was in truth God Father, incarnated to assume the sacrifice
in order to redeem humanity. This conception of Jesus, of
course, was unacceptable for the group, which would result
victorious after some centuries, forming the orthodoxy ("the
correct opinion") of the future, this orthodoxy where
most Christian denominations derive from, Catholics as well
as Protestants.
This situation was absurd, because these proto-orthodox Christians
had to defend their position, that Jesus was God, against
the adoptionists, and that Jesus was not God Father, against
the patripassionists, as the other grouping was called (because
the Father himself suffered the passion, according to their
teachings). And on the other hand, they had to defend themselves
against the accusation of preaching polytheism, or ditheism,
teaching that there was a superior God (the Father) and another
inferior God (the Son). Features of manipulations in this
sense can also be found in the same chapter of Ephesians.
Out of this tension and out of such a paradoxical situation
originated the doctrine of trinity, an absurd teaching trying
to reconcile a hidden polytheism with Judaism's pure monotheism.”]
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We must keep in mind that many of the high officials of the second
century church were first or second generation Christians. Through
Paul’s epistles you may understand clearly that some members
of the church even continued participating in pagan rites, which
raised the provocative question, that is: "Was it permitted
to eat from the meat of animals which were sacrificed to the gods?"
The idea of trinity, therefore, which formed part of many pagan
cults, not only in Hinduism but also in the Greco-Roman world, constituted
a well-known and easily accepted concept. As I have explained, it
was not introduced a priori into the doctrine of the church through
some form of assimilation of pagans ideas, but because the internal
conflicts in Christendom forced the orthodoxy to forge this term
as a last resource to defend themselves against two "dangerous
opponents" in their own ranks. And this idea did not cause
uneasiness in the leaders of the later orthodoxy, since it was commonly
accepted as something "natural," so that even the pagan
gentiles believed it. The firm rejection of those "heretics"
of that doctrine only confirmed orthodoxy’s opinion that their
statement was right, because its "profound truth" moved
the “devil” to revolt against it.
Unfortunately, the "depth of that truth" reached such
dimensions that nobody was able either to sound them or to explain
them. Therefore, in order to prevent uneasy moments, trinity was
declared a mystery of God, and forbidden its investigation.
There is only one God. The Holy Spirit is part of God, a part of
His Great Soul’s energy, which transports His Divine Grace
into the hearts of mortals and spirits. The Holy Spirit is the "language
of God," which He uses to speak from Soul to soul with men.
Jesus is the son of God, as we all are children of God, His beloved
creations, whose essence was created in His image. However Jesus
distinguishes himself from all men through the fact that he was
the first man who achieved the complete transformation of his natural
soul into a divine soul, constituted exclusively of God’s Divine
Substance. In this sense, Jesus ceased to be a man and belongs to
the Divine Kingdom. He was the first one to achieve this, but he
was not the only one. All inhabitants of the Celestial Heavens can
claim the same for their souls: They are divine souls exclusively
composed of God’s Divine Substance. Trinity is a myth.
I do not believe it necessary to say more at the moment, because
we will deal again with this topic at the proper moment, when we
will focus on the history of the first few centuries of the early
Christian church.
2. On the Revelation of John, with special
emphasis on chapter 13
There is already a series of messages on the Book of Revelation
where it has been explained clearly that this book, written originally
by John, has been mistreated and tampered with by a number of authors.
You can still recognize its Semitic origin, due to the awful style
of the Greek in which it has been written and the great quantity
of Semitisms. However, the apocalyptic work — that is to say,
the revelatory original — has become a mystical work, prone
to occultism and cabalistic number games. It serves nothing in faith.
The peak of occultist investigation centers on chapter 13, where
the image of the beast is clearly borrowed from the Book of Daniel
in the Old Testament, and on deciphering the meaning of the number
"666,” which has animated human fantasy so much.
There are the most varied explanations: 6 as the imperfect number,
because the perfect number was seven, and it missed one to reach
perfection. Three times imperfection, as a synonym for Satan, the
personification of evil. It is also possible to assign letters to
the Roman, Greek or Hebraic numbers, numbers that were represented
by letters. As a result, there are groups claiming with utter conviction
that this number refers to the Roman emperor Nero or to the Pope…
or to John Calvin, to vary things a little bit.
According to Hebrew numerology ("gematria"), in order
to sum up to value of 666, it is necessary to add the letters taw
(=400) + resh (=200) + samek (=60) + waw (=6). As a result the word
"TRSU" appears, which may be interpreted as the Hebrew
form of writing the name of "Tarsus," the native city
of Paul. Therewith, it is already clearly established for some that
Paul of Tarsus is the beast of Revelation. Oh my!
And if we take the three ciphers literally (although the Greek
text does not write this number in such a way), and we assign them
to the corresponding Hebrew letter value, we get three times waw,
which corresponds to the letter "W", that is to say, “WWW.”
Now, the beast even moves through the Internet!
You may also add the cipher values, which give 18, and check the
result, or sum this new number, which gives 9, and look for some
meaning in that. There is no limit to man’s imagination.
With a little effort people may come to any result they wish, so
absurd it is. To tell the truth, I cannot advise anybody to dedicate
their time to studies of this kind, because they constitute a road
that leads nowhere.
That special character of the Book of Revelation led many doctors
of the early church to reject the inclusion of this book into the
canon of the Bible. Only through much effort and fighting, this
writing finally achieved its objective, and now it forms part of
the New Testament of the main churches. However, not all churches
recognize it.
3. The Lord’s Supper celebrated in the
churches
The commemoration of the moment, when Jesus shared for the last
time food and wine with his disciples, indeed goes back to the very
beginnings of Christendom. It was a meeting of believers, for commemorating
this moment, and sharing a meal in love and friendship. For this
reason, the ancient ones called this meeting "agape,"
using the Greek word for "love."
The idea of transubstantiation, that is to say, of the transformation
of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ, is of pagan
origin. The invitation for drinking "blood", even in a
symbolic way, would have caused straight out rejection and repugnance
in any Jew.
At the bottom, here lies the idea that Jesus' blood washes away
our sins, on the cross, and later on during each celebration of
the mass or communion. In fact, when this ceremony is not taken
in a symbolic form, but as a reality, it is very dangerous. Because
nobody washes away our sins. To purify ourselves from our sins is
a work that concerns each and every one of us. We all receive help,
but nobody will do the job for us.
With Jesus' death, people did not change. Those who were evil before
continued evil later. The change of our attitude — and sin
is a form of attitude, out of harmony with God’s laws —
is a personal matter. It is as with learning. You may teach, but
your student has to study. If he does not study, your teachings
will be in vain. If man does not straighten his paths, what will
the effect of Jesus' blood be?
We will also analyze this topic more in detail
at a suitable moment.
But now, when I would like to focus on the second part of my message,
the most important part, I see that my poor medium is worn out and
exhausted. Don't worry, my dear H___, I will not draw on your energy
too much.
I would like to ask you to allow me to conclude my message tomorrow.
In fact, what I have to say may be of great benefit for all those
who want to play an active part in the spreading of the message
of Love.
See you soon, my dear friends, and do not doubt. Think well. Satan
does not encourage people to get closer to God through prayer, he
does not encourage anybody to develop their souls in Love, because
Love is the light that illuminates the soul even in its darkest
corners — these corners are what we call "the devil."
God bless you all,
Judas of Kerioth
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