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November 13th, 2001
Received by H.R.
Cuenca, Ecuador
Ain Karim was a small village in Judea, near Jerusalem, with people
living off their fields, from their flocks of sheep, their orchards
of olive trees, and from their crops. It was an accumulation of
a few mud houses, a dusty main street, and with a lot of peace.
Yes, perhaps peace was this village's greatest treasure.
The family of perhaps the highest prestige was that of Zacharias, because
he was a priest working in the splendid Temple of Jerusalem. He
was certainly not the High Priest, only an ordinary priest, however
this occupation enjoyed high reputation and honor.
Zacharias and Elisabeth, his wife, only had one son called John.
And that was rare in those times, because numerous offspring was
considered a blessing from God.
All that would not have been of much importance, had it not been
for the fact that this little boy, John, one day would be one of
the most influent people in Judea. But at that time, while he still
played with his friends in the quiet streets, nobody imagined that
this would happen some day.
John was a somewhat strange boy, a dreamer, or people perceived
it this way, because he had so many strange dreams or visions. Today
we would say that John was a medium, but in those days, people thought
that the boy suffered from an exaggerated fantasy. They thought
that would cease eventually.
As all know who have read the Bible, Elisabeth was a relative of
Mary, Jesus' mother, and therefore John was also Jesus' relative,
his cousin.
In several messages, Jesus and John the Baptist explained that
the history of John's birth is pure fiction. We read in the Bible
that the angel of the Lord appeared to Zacharias, the old priest,
in the Holiest of the Temple.
First, Zacharias was not an old man, second, only the High Priest
could enter the Holiest of the Temple, and that only once each year.
And as I have said, poor Zacharias was not the High Priest.
What the writers of the gospel texts, as they exist nowadays, tried
to do, was to establish some link with the Old Testament. So we
understand that the story of the old couple, who could not have
children, and who are able to engender a son in some miraculous
way, is already told in the Old Testament. It is the story of Abraham
and Sara. And they repeated the same story, and everybody (knowing
the Old Testament) said: "Yes, of course, this is how God works
among people!"
Modern Bible scholars very soon became aware of that, but they
draw other conclusions: Some say that the names of Zacharias and
Elisabeth are also pure fiction. They claim that the purpose of
the invention of these characters is the following:
In the Book of Exodus, we can read that Moses' sister, Miriam (meaning
Mary) had a kinswoman called Elisheba, meaning Elisabeth. And Moses'
brother, Aaron, married her, founding the priests' dynasty. Since
Mary and Elisabeth were relatives, and Elisabeth, married to a priest,
supposedly came from a priestly family, Mary also had priestly bonds.
Therefore, Jesus was an offspring of the House of David from his
father's side, and from his mother's side, he descended from Aaron's
priestly tradition.
No matter how things should have been, the fact is that the names
of John the Baptist's parents really were Zacharias and Elisabeth.
But there is another tradition that belongs to myth: John was born
approximately six months before Jesus. There is nothing exciting
about that, nothing mystical, but this tradition was transformed
into something extremely mystical through pagan influence, which
soon invaded the gospels.
For reasons we will deal with on another occasion, Jesus' birthday
was fixed in the month of December, coinciding with the celebration
of the winter solstice. And Saint John the Baptist's birth feast
was fixed six months earlier, at the summer solstice. The simple
fact that that the Messiah's precursor and the Messiah himself were
born more or less six months apart, became a cosmic event, leaving
its prints in the later church's cult, as in fact, I may suggest
that the gospels are neither historical nor biographical stories,
but they contain rather a vision of a cult, and all the known pieces
and fragments of Jesus' life, together with some fictions, were
compiled in such a way as to satisfy the cult of the primitive church,
in form of a narrative, and so it happened, how the gospels were
born. Different cult traditions gave light to different gospel narratives.
Something similar happened when the conquerors came to America
and found the celebrations of the solar god on the day of the summer
solstice, the Inti Raymi feast. The priests and monks reacted quickly,
and they transformed this feast into Saint John's feast.
But coming back to our story, we know that Joseph often visited
Jerusalem, complying with his obligations as a faithful Jew, and
certainly, he never let escape the opportunity of combining these
religious obligations with the possibility of having a good time
with friends and relatives. And so Jesus and John met.
I could almost say that it was love at first glance. The children
understood each other perfectly from the first moment on, and this
friendship would develop into something which I could call a religious
conspiracy, where both exchanged their ideas and visions that were
so different, but at the same time so compatible. But this we will
discuss on another occasion. We will dedicate several messages to
John, because, as I have already insinuated, he has been a man of
the greatest influence, of even more influence than Jesus had at
that time.
Tell D___ not to worry. His mother is in the best of hands, already
right now. It is true, when people pass over to the spirit world,
they are received by relatives, friends, by their guardian angel
or angels, because often there are more than one, who also have
bonds with the people they are in charge of on earth. Nobody feels
alone when entering the spirit world, all receive a warm welcome.
And what is more, they all receive help, we give them our heart.
But often these newcomers go back to their loved ones, who remain
on earth, for help and advice. They observe them, they try to read
their thoughts, and they give them even more credit than the higher
spirits. And here a great responsibility is imposed upon mortals.
They, with their example, exercise great influence over their beloved
ones in the spirit world, and frequently they are able to guide
them along the way towards happiness without realizing this. In
this sense, mortals may also be a great light in the spirit world.
We have had a good connection today, my dear brother. It would
be great if we could achieve this every day. But in spite of all
the inconveniences, we have already achieved a work of remarkable
dimensions.
I want to give my love to all who fight and struggle along the
Divine path. We will all gather in the Celestial Heavens some day,
remembering and celebrating in happiness and Love. God bless you
all.
Your brother in Christ,
Judas
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