Exerpts from The Essene Gospel of Peace, Book 4

Jesus said to whom He was speaking to at that time:

(In the Dictionary, "Angel" means, "Messenger". God is Life and Love, and Mercy. God is Good and everything that is good and living.)


"I tell you truly, the Book of Nature is a Holy Scroll, and if you would have the Sons of Men save themselves and find everlasting life, teach them how once again to read from the living pages of the Earthly Mother. For in everything that is life is the law written. It is written in the grass, in the trees, in rivers, mountains, birds of the sky and fishes of the sea; and most of all within the Son of Man. Only when he returns to the bosom of his Earthly Mother will he find everlasting life and the Stream of Life which leads to his Heavenly Father; only then may the dark vision of the future come not to pass. "

"The Heavenly Father is the One Law, who fashioned the stars, the sun, the light and the darkness, and the Holy Law within our souls. Everywhere is he, and there is nowhere he is not. All in our understanding, and all we know not, all is governed by the Law. The falling of leaves, the flow of rivers, the music of insects at night, all these are ruled by the Law."

"In our Heavenly Father's realm there are many mansions, and many are the hidden things you cannot know of yet. I tell you truly, the kingdom of our Heavenly Father is vast, so vast that no man can know its limits, for there are none. Yet the whole of his kingdom may be found in the smallest drop of dew on a wild flower, or in the scent of newly-cut grass in the fields under the summer sun. Truly, there are no words to describe the kingdom of the Heavenly Father."~ From the Essene Gospel of Peace, Book 4

Sandy's Thoughts: Prayers connect us to God. We need to learn to try to balance both the body of this world, and the Spiritual Body of Heaven that is within each living thing. We are Spiritual Beings having a Human Experience.

The above photo is of the Sea of Galilee and what it looks like from a boat. "Galilee" means "Full Circle".

Part of the Essene Gospel of Peace, Book 4. Jesus was first teaching everyone about the earth, the fleshly body. How we should do with that. Then he later takes them into Spiritual things and thoughts. The New Testament speaks alot of the Spritiual Thoughts.  Later it is understood that the Spiritual is most important, but that we need a balance of both so that these "Tents" as the Apostle Peter called it, the fleshly body, will last longer and it also honors all life. Just as a baby is born, we grow, we learn. We think. We become Spiritual in thoughts on things that are not seen with the carnal or fleshly eyes. We see Spritual things. All Jesus Words are very valuable. And he spoke what He wanted as He assessed to whom he was speaking to.  :-)

Jesus said to those He was speaking to at that time:

"And on the seventh morning after Sabbath, say these words: 'Angel of Air, enter with my breath and give the Air of Life to my body.' Know, oh Sons of Light, that the Angel of Air is the messenger of the Heavenly Father, and no one comes before the face of God that the angel of Air lets not pass. For we do not think of the angel of Air when we breathe, for we breathe without thought, as the sons of darkness live their lives without thought. But when the power of life enters into your words and into your breathing, then for every time you invoke the Angel of Air, so do you also invoke the unknown angels of the Heavenly Father; and you will go closer and closer to the heavenly kingdoms.

"And on the Sabbath evening, say these words: 'The Heavenly Father and I are One.' And close your eyes, Sons of Light, and in sleep enter into the unknown realms of the Heavenly Father. And you will bathe in the light of the stars, and the Heavenly Father will hold you in his hand and cause a spring of knowledge to well up within you; a fountain of power, pouring forth living waters, a flood of love and of all-embracing wisdom, like the splendor of Eternal Light. And one day the eyes of your spirit shall open, and you shall know all things.

"And on the first evening after Sabbath, say these words: 'Angel of Eternal Life, descend upon me and give eternal life to my spirit.' And close your eyes, Sons of Light, and in sleep contemplate the oneness of all life everywhere. For I tell you truly, in the daylight hours are our feet on the ground and we have no wings with which to fly. But our spirits are not tied to the earth., and with the coming of night we overcome our attachment to the earth and join with that which is eternal. For the Son of Man is not all that he seems, and only with the eyes of the spirit can we see those golden threads which link us with all life everywhere.

"And on the second evening after Sabbath, say these words: 'Angel of Creative Work, descend upon earth and give abundance to all the Sons of Men.' For this most powerful of the angels of the Heavenly Father is the cause of movement, and only in movement is life. Work, Sons of Light, in the garden of the Brotherhood to create the kingdom of the heavens upon earth. And as you work, so will the angel of Creative Work nurture and ripen the seed of your spirit, that you may see God.

"And on the third evening after Sabbath, say these words: 'Peace, peace, peace, Angel of Peace, be always everywhere.' Seek the angel of Peace in all that lives, in all you do, in every word you speak. For peace is the key to all knowledge, to aR mystery, to all life. Where there is no peace, there does Satan reign. And the sons of darkness covet most of all to steal from the Sons of Light their peace. Go, therefore, on this night to the golden stream of light that is the garment of the angel of Peace. And bring back to the morning the peace of God that surpasses understanding, that with this perfect peace you may comfort the hearts of the Sons of Men.

"And on the fourth evening after Sabbath, say these words: 'Angel of Power, descend on me and fill with power all my deeds.' I tell you truly, just as there is no life on earth without the sun, so there is no life of the spirit without the Angel of Power. What you think and what you feel, these are like the dead scriptures, which are only words on a page, or the dead speech of dead men. But the Sons of Light will not only think, will not only feel, but will also do, and their acts will fulfill their thoughts and feelings, as the golden fruit of summer gives meaning to the green leaves of spring.

'And on the fifth evening after Sabbath, say these words: 'Angel of Love, descend on me and fill with love all my feelings.' For it is by love that the Heavenly Father and the Earthly Mother and the Son of Man become one. Love is eternal. Love is stronger than death. And every night should the Sons of Light bathe in the holy water of the angel of Love, that with the morning he may baptize the Sons of Men with kind deeds and gentle words. For when the heart of the Son of Light is bathed in love, only kind and gentle words speak forth.

"And on the sixth evening after Sabbath, say these words: 'Angel of Wisdom, descend on me and fill with wisdom all my thoughts.' Know, Sons of Light, that your thoughts are as powerful as the bolt of lightning that stabs through th6 storm and splits asunder the mighty tree. It was for this that you have waited seven years to learn how to speak with the angels, for you know not the power of your thoughts. Use, then, wisdom in all you think and say and do. For I tell you truly, that which is done without wisdom is as a riderless horse, mouth foaming and eyes wild, running crazed into a yawning chasm. But when the angel of Wisdom governs your deeds, then is the path to the unknown realms established, and order and harmony govern your lives.

"And these are the communions with the angels which are given to the Sons of Light, that with bodies purified by the Earthly Mother and spirits purified by the Heavenly Father, they may command and serve the angels, continually, from period to period, in the circuits of the day, and in its fixed order; with the coming of light from its source and at the turn of evening and the outgoing of light, at the outgoing of darkness and the coming in of day, continually, in all the generations of time.

"The truth is born out of the spring of Light, falsehood from the well of darkness. The dominion of all the children of truth is in the hands of the Angels of Light so that they may walk in the ways of Light."

My Thoughts, Notes Today: Understanding The Scriptures

Discovering the Jewish Jesus, and understanding the old and new testaments.

There were 3 offerings to Yahwah (God).

1. Burnt Offering
2. Gift Offering
3. Peace Offering

Yeshua (Jesus) was the Mincha (Gift Offering)

The Gift offering was the Grain Offering, made up of fine flour, Oil, and Frankincense.

Flour symbolises substance, or Food, the Flesh.
Oil symbolises the "Oil of Gladness", the Holy Spirit.
Frankensense symbolizes "Prayer", or the beautiful smell or Glory of Yashua's Person.  Frankincense is the Peace with God.

What was the "Finger of God" in the scriptures? = He, God and Yeshua, helps us to understand the things of God in our own Languages about His Person, Words, Thoughts. God reveals Himself to Us, so that we can learn and understand Him. To have a relationship with someone, you want to get to know them. And they want to get to know you....or Us.

To me this means, words are important. Dictionaries are important to learn all the meanings of God's Words, Scriptures made into our own languages.  To me, I know God is a God of Love, Kindness, Mercy, and all Good.

The  Offerings were to be sprinkled with Salt. Salt is a preservative. It symbolizes the preservation of our relationship with God as our Friend and Spiritual Family.  It symbolizes preserving the truths, promises of God, and the covenant of God's friendship with us as well. He Loves Me and You, and He Wants Me and You. We are Friends. We are Family. God is our Family and Friend. We are God's Family and Friends.

What God doesn't want from us, or in the offerings, is "No Leaven" and "No Honey".  Leaven symbolises Sin, or the tampering of things. God doesn't want, for instance, the tampering of His Creations by mad scientists trying to join two different species together. To change His Creations, or making it live less longer, or to differ from it's life, or to make it suffer.

God is a God of Peace and Love, Mercy and Kindness. God is For Us. He is not against us. God loves the person, but hates any Sins. Jesus takes away the Sins, because we learn about God thru Jesus.

Sin is Tampering with God's Creations.

No Honey in the offering, for understanding, back in ancient times pagans used honey in thier offering to bribe their God's, or try to Bribe their God's.  Therefore, in this instance, God does not want humanity to try to force Him or Bribe Him. God also gives Humanity the freedom to choose for themselves. He also doesn't want us to be forced or Bribed to love Him. We freely really do Love God, and really Want Him as our God, Our Friend, Our Family.

Words and Dictionaries are important in our own languages. Look up words and the most peaceful meanings.

I Listened to Discovering The Jewish Jesus on TV.  http://www.discoveringthejewishjesus.com/  and these ideas are mostly from the Rabbi K. A. Schneider. I found it all interesting.

Psalms 136:1 (Chapter 126, verse 1)

Fun With Words :-)

I love to take a dictionary. It opens my mind to more possibilites of words that people speak, or translations of Scriptures and other historical writings. So with this, I pulled out my Dictionary and was thinking about the Book of Matthew in the Bible, Chapter 5, Verses 2 through 10.

The words and meanings:

Peace: To fasten, to confirm an agreement, freedom from public disturbances or disorder. Public security, law and order. Harmoney. An undisturbed state of mind. QUIET.

Quiet: rest, calm, peaceful.

Innocent: Free from guilt, free from cause, that does not harm. A simple person, harmless like a child. PURE.

Heart: Muscular organ in a vertibra animal that receives the blood. Anything like a heart that is in the center core of an animal or plant. ESSENCE.

Essence:  Something that is or exists, entity, Spirit, essential being, true concept, a flavor, fragerence, Proper. A SOLUTION.

God is the Peaceful Solution to All Our Problems. :-)

Random Thoughts On Communications: The Importance Of Words

Growing up as children, we learn to recognise and observe the importance of words and Ideas, and learning how to express those words and ideas.  We learn it matters how we present our words and idease, and we understand how we present our words and ideas will determine how others look at us, understand us, or respond to us. Therefore, presentation determines how others around us will react and respond. No matter if we are young or old.

Over the years, we learn that everyone's thoughts and communications are not necessarily on the same levels as our as we journey through life. Everyone is at different levels in our life's journeys. Sometimes people want to discuss and think on deeper levels. Other times, surface converstaion seems comfortable and more widely acceptable. Everyone feels alone at one time or another. But truth is, none of us is alone.

God is with us each moment, of each day, every week, every year. Not a moment goes by that God isn't with us.

It's a relationship. God is Family.

Imagine not being able to talk to your loved ones or family. When we ignore God, how do you think that makes Him feel? So it's important to talk to God. We can talk to Him privately in our minds, and in our Spirits. We can talk to him where ever we go and where ever we are. That never changes.

Always remember, you're not alone.

Imagine every person that ever journeyed on this Planet Earth since the beginning of time. I always stop and reason, "Where were these people in History and in time? What time in History did they live?"  This world is a classroom in which we are here to learn and experience. We are Spiritual Beings having a Human experience. :-)

Tuesday's Random Thoughts....

One of the beautiful things about being a Writer, is that no matter where we are in life, or what stage we are in life, we can take time to reflect, or renew, or re-learn, or create each and every day.  Whether it be in our stories or books we write, or in our journals, each day we wake up we are able to reach out to God, Family, Friends, Life and create and express our thoughts, our hopes our dreams. We are never too young or too old to do this. Everyone on the planet is still learning. These expressions in what ever form of our thoughts, our hopes, our dreams, our emotions, our realities, our art, we always have opportunities to express these things.  How lucky each and everyone of us is to wake up every morning and be thankful for all we have. The people in our lives, the love, the truths, the memories, everything. :-)

I am reminded of how quickly time goes by. How quickly 57 years has gone by in my life. I continue to hold on to those I love in my heart, in my mind, in my Spirit.

Everyone loves the best they know how. It may not be what we need or what we want. But everyone loves the best they know how.

I am amazed at all the generations we all have come from. Think about all the family members who have come and gone before you. Life is a journey. I hope your journey always leads you to love, kindness and happiness.

Thank you, God, for You, My Family, My Friends, My Pets, My Life, and the roof over our heads, food in our mouths, and the Love between us all.  :-)

A Dance of Thoughts Today

I woke up this morning thinking about all the original Star Trek movies and series I watched. I felt a tinge of sadness, and I wasn't sure why. I had watched the original Star Trek TV series and movies since it began in the early 1960's when I was a very young child, all the way through to now, to current years. 

in the 1960's, Star Trek was made during a time that my world and our world and our generation were changing. It was a time the Beatles singing group was made popular, it was a time of everyone talking about real love on all levels, and much more. The creator of Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry and his tv series at that time of the original cast and crew, his TV series was about "Exploring new places and going where no man has gone before...."  Well, to Gene Roddenberry, the Star Trek platform meant so much more.  it wasn't just about exploring new planets and finding new races, it was also about the interaction between any people, any culture, any race. It showed the successes and the difficulties at times when various peoples look at things differently in life, and what matters to them.

It was about the famous kiss back then between a white man and a black woman (Captain Kirk and Uhura) and interracial couples. It was about love on all levels. It was about accepting people even if they were different from us (Spock and ever alien the crews of Star Trek encountered). And even later it revealed the acceptance of Gays like everyone else, as we learned in later years that Geore Takei was gay in real life. Those who love Star Trek from the beginning, now all realised "Who cares if George was gay."  We loved Star Trek from the beginning, and still do even now until this day.

Yet, I realised I felt sadness when I finished watching all the Star Trek movies from beginning ones to the end one. Why did I feel that way? It was sadness about times come and gone, and people who had come and gone. Deforrest Kelly who played the original "Bones" (the doctor) on Star Trek had passed on. And James Doohan that played the original "Scotty" had also passed on.

Even from "The Next Generation" would no longer have the full or original cast. Brent Spiner who played "Data" said he will never again play Data because he feels he is too old now, and "Data wasn't suppose to age." All the original cast and crews of the original Star Trek and the Next Generations would no longer be there to make a movie of everyone there now. Time marches on.

Then I had to ask myself this morning, why did I feel so sad about Star Trek and all it's crews, that they would never all be there again? Was that the real thing I was thinking about deep inside?

Or was it the fact that I realised that whether it was the original Star Trek Crew or the Beatles singing group, these part of my life growing up. So what really was the sadness? Or did it have to do with my own life, and grieving for the years gone by that we can never get back this time around?

Because as I looked at the original crew of Star Trek and the movies, and every time I still listen to the Beatles, even though John Lennon and George Harrison are now passed on, I realised these were people and things that mattered to me over the years. People and things I grew up, that seemed a part of me and learning and happiness.

So what was it again? It was also realizing that I am now 57 years old myself. And I look how fast time flies. It's ironic. As a kid because of my homelife, I couldn't wait until I was 16. Then I couldn't wait until I was 21. Then when I turned 25, I was married with three kids and a budding career as a Freelance Writer and Newspaper Columnist. I cried when I turned 25, because I felt when I was 25, I wanted to be married, have my children, and I wanted my career to be established by then. And while I was married and had my children, my career was not yet fully established. So I cried that I had not made my own self determined deadline back then when I turned 25. Now at age 57, I think "Wasn't I silly? Didn't I realise how much more to life there is?"

Did I cry back then because I felt I hadn't accomplished all I wanted to at age 25? Or did I cry because I was heading close to age 30. And in my generation when we were young, age 30 was thought to be very old. Again, at age 57 now I think to myself, "Boy weren't we silly?!!"

As the years went by, I learned and experienced alot more. And now at age 57, I remember some of George Harrison's last words some years before he passed on: "From age 17 to age 56, it goes by just like that" as he snapped his fingers. And now at age 57, I realise how true his words are. I remember, also, when I was in nursing, I took care of a woman who was 105. I asked her, "What does it feel like to be 105?" She answered, "Oh honey, you always feel the same inside. You just watch your body get older and fall apart is all." How true her words are too!!

We stay the same people on the inside, the Spritual body's of ours on the inside. But we continue to learn....  Looking back on my life as a child growing up, and at both my husbands, I realised my troubles and sorrows growing up were caused by the choices of other people when I was a child. How they chose to relate to me. Things they said or didn't say to me. How I always felt "Thrown away" by family. And keeping my spirit busy talking to God thru this life's journey since I was 3 years old and before, and keeping my mind busy in this world learning and seeing life and people, and choices I made and that others made, it is what it is. And I am so grateful to God being with me all my life, and being with all my family and friends all their lives, too.

I am grateful for the years. I am grateful for being able to watch and learn the lessons in life I have learned. I am mostly Grateful to God who never abandoned me. I am grateful to my life now, even having been diagnosed with a lung disease. I miss my adult kids. I miss my Grandkids.

I appreciate the time we do have together, whether it be talking on the phone or in person. Or reading what they put on Facebook. I've learned thru time and space how to love people no matter what their race is. I've learned to love people no matter what age they are and all life on the Planet. I've learned how important it is to love one another and how to accept one another for who they really are.

One of my questions remains, "Can family and friends now love me and accept me for who I really am? or will they ignore and throw me away too? Will they create me to be what they think I am in their own imaginations or want me to be?" Only they can answer that.  Only they can choose to get to know me myself, for who I am. I then realised the same thing was for God. Will we get to know God Himself, for who He is Himself?

I've come to understand the words of King Solomon when he said, "Anyone who thinks they know something, let them think they know nothing."  While here on life's journey, most of us see one another for who we appear on the outside to other people and them to us. But who are we all really on the inside? Will humanity finally start to see one another mind to mind, spirit to spirit, heart to heart in a peaceful and loving way? I think and believe all things are possible. Not only for humanity, but with God.

I watched Star Trek's newest movie. I think it should have won an award. It was simply called "Star Trek", and it featured a new cast and crew of a time before the original Captain Kirk and Spock I grew up watching in the 1960's. This movie was wonderful, in that it showed the young characters of the original Star Trek crew played by other actors and actresses. It gave a sense of meeting them all over again for the first time and what their home life was like growing up before they were on the Starship Enterprise. The movie had the original Spock, Leonard Nimoy on it. And he gave this new movie a send off with his blessing as well as being in the movie. 

The movie gave a renewed sense of hope, and of excitement for the journey ahead. It has a new time line now, so a new anything is possible. It made me realise, I am still here in this world. And my time isn't done yet either. I still have many new journeys and days ahead of me.

Truly, each day is a "present". Each day is a gift to us from the Creator. Each day we wake up, we have a new opportunity to make choices that will affect us, and affect others in our lives. Whether it be old family and friends, to new family and friends; neighbors and others we may meet along life's journey each day.

I want to meet each new day with a smile and of love and loving others in a kind and decent way. It is still keeping God with me where ever I go and talking to Him. It is letting him in my life to help me make choices. That doesn't mean following man made doctrines. But talking to God Himself. I can talk to God myself. So can you!!

So now as we dance thru tme and space each day, even here on Planet Earth, with God we can look at the future with renewed hope. And we can look at our pasts here on earth and the people and things that mattered to us, and hold them dear in our hearts and remember, and take them forward with us. Whether it be peoples, things, memories, lessons learned, pets, family, friends, live.  God and all Humanity. 

I've learned alot in my journey here in this world so far. What have you learned? Not just about me, but about you? What memories do you hold dear and take with you as you go forward in life? Have you enjoyed this Dance of Thoughts and Words I have shared today? Are you enjoying your Dance thru time and space, on your life's journey?  I hope you are! I hope you wake up and look at each day with a renewed sense of being and inspiration! :-)

"You can't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again." - Bonnie Prudden

Could It Be That All Translations Are Not Always Correct?

Could it be that all translations are not always correct?

I have several hobbies or like to collect various things, as I study and learn.  I love to take a Bible, and a Dictionary, and look up a word, a key word, and find the most peaceful answer to what that word may mean. For instance, I looked up "Sacrifice", and one of the translations was "Prayer".  Jesus was a Jew who was for Peace. So to me, the word "Sacrifice" meaning "Prayer" seemed a lot more logical to me.

I also love Biblical Archeology in all aspects of it. And one of my favorites, is also to listen to "Naked Archeology", which is a Jew for Jesus, who sets out to understand more about Biblical Archeology, and more from the original texts or the original Hebrew and Aramaic Writings.  Since he is a Jew himself and knows how to interpret the original language, I found myself learning even more. For instance in the Scriptures that have been translated many many many many times over 2011 years since the crucifiction of Christ, may have changed. Let me bring clarity to this thought.

In the New Testament it says Joseph was a Carpenter. But I found out from the original scriptures and language, Joseph was not a Carpenter, but a mason of sorts...a rock layer or what we call a brick layer now adays. Back in ancient times, you would see buildings and walls made from stones and rocks. When you go to the Holy Land and Israel, these buildings are unearthed all the time showing the buildings in ancient times. So that means Jesus was trained up to be a Stone Mason. Which makes alot more sense when we read, "On this rock I will build my church". It refers back to what Jesus was trained to do while he was growing up before he took over the ministry from his cousin John the Baptist.  Also in Biblical Archeology, they unearthed a place in Galilee where it was a trade route of sorts. It is where alot of different peoples and nationalities would come to, to trade items like a big flea market of sorts in how we would understand it today.  And these buildings and walls were all made of stone and mortar. So it is believed logically that Joseph and Jesus, and other Stone Masons helped to build these places in Galilee long before Jesus was officially introduced to the public.

Well, today's study was about Judas Iscariot. In the scriptures, over thousands of years and translations, could they have gotten it wrong about him too? Now, it is correct that Judas did bring soldiers to Gethsemane to arrest Jesus,and to turn Jesus over to the Jewish High Priest, Caiaphas. But why did he do it? Who was Judas?

According to original writings, Judas was a Jew who was part of the Revolt or Revolution of Jews who believed and who were looking for a Messiah who would bring War. To BRING war, and fight for Israel. We also know that Judas was a Tax Collector, and back in those days, they were hated worse then Tax Collectors are not liked even now adays.

So Judas was part of the Revolution and a group of Jewish Young Men who were called the "Sicari".  They were a group of Jews who carried hidden daggers in their clothes. They carried their knives that way, they felt, in case they felt they had to fight.

Jesus spoke of Peace. He spoke of another way of doing things. Now all 12 of Jesus Desciples saw all the miracles that God did thru Jesus.  They saw the healings, the fishes and 5 loaves of bread miraculously feed thousands and thousands of people, how the food was multiplied. They saw it all, and they all 12 learned the teachings of Jesus.

There is a Jewish Law that all Jews know, saying that it it against the law for a Jewish High Priest to condemn a Jew. Jesus was a Jew. That is why the High Priest Caiaphas and the family with the sur (last name) annas, turned Jesus over to Rome to be condemned.

It is logical then that Caiaphas, the High Priest, and the annas family knew that Judas was an insider of Jesus 12. And they would also know Judas, because he was a Tax Collector.  So it is logical that this is how Caiaphas and the annas family talked Judas into turning Jesus over to them.

1. It is against Jewish Law for a High Priest to condemn a Jew.
2. Judas thought that since he knew Jesus was Holy, that surely the Angels of God would come down and that is how a Holy War would happen. Again, the Jewish Sicari believed in a Messiah that would be Warlike and bring War.  So when Judas turned Jesus over to the High Priest, he thought Jesus would be safe and not be put to death. He thought this would force Heaven to fight for Jesus and for Israel, and prove Jesus was the Messiah. 

Now it was apparent that for some reason, Peter also had a type of sword. Was he "Sicari", too?  I personally don't think he was of the same group as Judas. But instead was just wanting to protect Jesus. If you remember right, when the army came to get Jesus and arrest him from the Garden of Gethsemane, it is recorded that Peter got upset and cut the right ear off of one of the soldiers. When that happened, Jesus said, "Peter!" while Jesus healed the ear on the soldier back to normal. Which probably threw all the Disciples for a loop. Here they were ready to fight to protect Jesus, and he was telling them "NO." They even watched as Jesus healed the ear back on the soldier.

They hadn't truly understood Jesus's words yet. What He was talking about. About being the passover lamb. Think about the passover lamb. Even all the way back in Egypt with Moses, before the Israelites were led out of Egypt by Moses, they had to put the blood from an unblemished lamb over their door posts so that anyone who was inside the home would not be hurt by the Angel of Death. They would be protected inside.

Anyhow, back to Judas, when he then realised that he, himself, had been betrayed by Caiaphas and Annas seeing they turned Jesus over to the Jews to die, he then walked outside of Jerusalem to that famous field.

But was Judas just going there to committ suicide? Or did he have another intention in mind? Turns out by history, the burial site of the annas family was there in that field. And where it is recorded in history that Judas killed himself, was right in front of the openings to Annas's family tombs and burial cave sites.  Why did Judas kill himself there? Because according to Jewish Traditions, that would then defile the Annas family burial site. He went there and killed himself there not only to get back at Annas. By defiling their gravesites, but it was also his way of getting revenge. (About Caiaphas and the annas family: http://www.biblehistory.net/Joseph_Caiaphas.pdf ) (Just so you know, the word "clouds" also means "Witnesses").

So when I see the words of Jesus say, "I have come to bring a sword"...many people thought he meant, "Sword of faith?" and assumed this was the translation. But if you get the dictionary out and look up the most PEACEFUL TRANSLATION, you will find it means, "arguing".  In Christ's time, the Jewish Pupils were taught to argue scriptures, to discover different meanings; to go over various meanings of translations. Jesus was willing to put a good arguement on what translations really meant.

You know how you can read the Scriptures and time and time again come away with another meaning or possibility, and come away with another thought? It was the same back in Christ's day as well. And is still even to this day. Look how many translations of the Scriptures there are? Look how many doctrines of different churches there are? Look how many different sects of Jews there. This goes for EVERY AND ALL RELIGIONS in the world even today. All religions have different sects or choose this idea or that idea. But what is the correct one?

We know that Jesus spoke of love. And He was trying to bring people into a peaceful spiritual mindset. Not of violence and wars and murder. When humanity is done with that phase, God knows humanity will be willing to be for peace. And willing to listen. But humanity is still trying to figure out how to get there.

In 2011, now there are Muslims/Islamics who want to have a "Holy War".  Come to find out by some of their history, is that thru time, THEIR leaders have changed their words of their Koran thru time words to bring war as well. For instance there was a part in their writings talking about a woman with Dove's eyes. They changed that meaning to mean violence and war. Could this by what the SONG OF SOLOMON was getting at? The song of solomon is about the radicaIs who go against Isreal. Anyhow, back to today's Muslims/Islamic radicals, for understanding, that is why so many of the uneducated Muslims/Islamics who are so very poor, listen to those "educated" who continue to pass down the violence in their writings, is that why there are suicide bombers. What about the fact that there are so many uneducated poor in the world, that they will do anything? They are hungry, starving, and watch their own families starving and children growing up very poor. 

In the story of Judas, Caiaphas and the annas family gave Judas 30 pieces of silver to turn Christ over to them.  Now adays, the radical Muslims/Islamics offer the starving poor moneys if they go and kill themselves as suicide bombers. These poor families feel in despair. The rich Muslim/Islamic radicals who hate Jews, Christians, or any religion other then their own, they offer moneys and they offer to take care of their families for life if they will go and blow themselves up.

These people then go and blow themselves up, believing that those radical Muslim/Islamics will then take care of their families. But they are not around then, to see if those who told them that, do in fact financially take care of their families for them. What if they are duped like Judas was? What if those radical rich Muslims/Islamics have given a small portion as a down payment before the person blows themselves up?

The thing of it is, the writings of the Muslims/Islamics has been changed so much and violent translations advocated, I say the world needs to pay attention. These radicals are invading every country.

What's the solution to this problem? How can we stop the radical Muslims/Islamics? Or any radical group? In the radical's minds, they think if they keep pushing and prodding, that they will force the world into a war. They are doing this to Israel right now. They are trying to convince the world that it's Israel that is causing the problem.

Now things over there have become so confused. But I do hope that when push comes to shove, that everyone will defend Israel. Israel has a right to exist. And Jesus was sent to them first. 

The end goal for Humanity? To learn how to live together side by side in peace. There is the Carnal Body and there is the Spiritual Body.  We know the Carnal body wears out eventually and dies. This releases the Spiritual Body back to God, and God places us where He wants us to be.  

Sometimes this world can be overwhelming. God knows this. So It's okay to just "Be", too. Look that up in the dictionary and look for the most peaceful translation. But carnally, it appears there is going to be a process before peace happens. Why? Because of the radicals who insist on killing others instead of allowing humanity to live their journeys and accomplish their journeys here on earth according to God's timings. Radicals have not yet learned that all humanity has a right to not only exist, but to live, to love, to learn. to follow their God given journeys on this earth, and not be bullied with the threats of death.

If we focus on God in our minds, to pray and talk to God in prayer inside, and follow the ways of peace inside, we find happiness and life and purpose. That is the way to peace here and now. And to Love God and to Love One Another. Then we truley become children of God, Spiritual Beings who are in these earthly containers called the fleshly bodies. And we then can start looking at life, this earth, and one another with loving, peaceful eyes of co existing. But to get there, it's going to take some time. But with everyone still trying, it can happen. All things are possible when it comes to God I believe.  Again, we are Spiritual Beings having a Human experience. Now, look up the word "Metaphysics". If you look up it's meaning, it simply means "The balance of all things."  Jesus said to be Temperate in all things. Now, get your dictionaries, and look up the most peaceful meaning to this word. What do you think Jesus peacefully meant by this word?


Footnotes:
Reference of the Priest Annas.....("The first man before whom Jesus stood was a crook. John 18:13 tells us they led him to Annas. Why Annas?! He wasn't even the High Priest! He was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the High Priest. What's the father-in-law doing seeing an accused man at 2 o'clock in the morning when he is no longer in the court? That's Caiaphas's job. Well, do you remember when Jesus put together some leather thongs, and he made a whip, and went into the temple and he drove the moneychangers from the temple (Matthew 21:12, Mark 11:15)? Well, the man in charge of that bazaar at the time was named Annas, who was the High Priest at that time. He has been the High Priest for seventeen years. He was the boss of the Mafia.
 
The Mafia was in charge of two special things at Passover. First, the changing of money (and the discount rate was atrocious). Second, the purchasing of sacrificial animals (and the cost was incredible). If you were smart enough to bring your own animal, you had to have it pass the Mafia, or Annas' men. And when you brought your animal there, they would take a careful look at the animal and would surely find some marks that would keep you from using your animal. So you must buy their animal, and their animals were three times, sometimes four times more than you would ever pay back home for a good old sheep. And all the profit wound up in Annas' pocket. He was a crook. " ~Chuck Swindall on Annas historical account.")


FACT NOTE: Mary, mother of Jesus, her Mother's first name was Anna.  So Jesus Grandmother and the Father in Law of Caiaphas is not the same family. Jesus Grandmother's FIRST name was Anna, Mary's Mom.  Caiaphas's Father in laws LAST name was Annas. Totally different families. Also, alot of people still don't get why Jesus over turned the money changers tables. Jesus was upset that they were killing innocent animals and birds, the shedding of their blood and making a living at it. The slaughter. I have Jewish friends now, and they said that Jews no longer sacrifice animals like they use to do.
In the beginning when people were in Eden, when Adam and Eve were created, people were vegetarians.  It was only after the great flood, that people began to eat meat and slaughter animals.

And about today, all peoples, kindreds, tongues and nations please remember.... just because a few people in any country or any race make the wrong choice, that doesn't mean the entire country or the entire race of peoples are like those few who made a mistake. All humanity is still learning. We can't just sweep up countries and races of peoples together. Not everyone should be punished for the crimes of a few. Remember, everyone is still learning, no matter how young or how old.   It's why it is good to be forgiving of one another. Because only God knows where that other person is on their learning and their journey.  :-)

God's Creation And What Humanity Did Wrong

In the beginning, there was happiness.
God formed the human being from the moist earth,earth that was made out of star dust, and God breathed His own breath within His craft, and placed the two of them in a garden of delight. There they ate the luscious fruits of enchanting trees, savored the pungent aromas of fecund blossoms, delighted in a symphony of richly multicolored birds, bathed in refreshing spring waters and lay down to rest peacefully upon a mattress of soft moss beneath the open sky. They played and delighted, rejoiced and celebrated. They delighted in God’s creation and He delighted in them, and in that way, the Creator was found within His creation, the Infinite Light within the finite bounds it had emanated. The sparks of holiness that had fallen at the outset of Creation were pulled towards the light in harmony, as metallic dust is pulled towards a magnet. Heaven and earth, spirit and matter, soul and body were at peace.

And then Eve said, “I feel.”
“I feel happiness, I feel pleasure.”
“I taste, I enjoy. I love and yes, I fear.”

Happiness had been stung; it had swollen and the wound festered. No longer open and focused to contain the luminance from beyond, like a leaf in the autumn it shriveled and fell earthward. There was now no smile without a tinge of sadness, no sweet song without bitterness, no delight without pain. Now there was no human emotion, no experience of life left uncontaminated by the primordial snake, that ubiquitous sense of “I am.”
Happiness was poisoned by “I am”, or the focus of self, rather than God.

“And they both opened their eyes and saw that they were naked.” The garden was no longer. In its place was a jungle of confusion, the voices of a thousand dissonant emotions all screaming at once.

“Where are you, Adam?” God cried out. “Why can I no longer find you?”
“Because I felt my nakedness,” Adam called back. “I felt that I am here, and I was ashamed.”
“Adam,” God cried again, “you have tasted of the fruit of knowing (the tree of the knowledge of good and evil), of feeling that which is good and that which is evil, of being who you are as though I am not there. You have left My garden of innocent delight and entered into the chaos of your own creation. And so, you can no longer find me there, for all you find is your own self.”

As chaos had entered human life, so it had spread throughout the creation. Like an ineptly crushed walnut, the sparks of primal light that were to be gathered were now crushed helplessly into the fragments of their own shells. The entire cosmos had become a mayhem of darkness and light.

God said:
“So now you must bend down to work the earth from which you were taken; go deep down into each and every emotion and experience of life to pick up the pieces and rebuild them as they once were. You must recreate the human being; you must recreate your world.”

But God knew this might happen. Because God knows all possibilities of how we might choose. God had a plan for humanity in case this happened. The plan of saving humanity. The plan of Salvation.



So God sent Jesus to earth to live amongst humanity. And He knew later that Humanity would read about Jesus, and read about other writings in their own Search for God. God wants us. God doesn't abandon humanity. Humanity abandons God many times. They get caught up in the form of religion, and demand their own interpretations are the right ones, but forget to talk to God each and every day themselves, and forget to let God Himself lead the way. God knows we must change focus sometimes for these fleshly vessels to continue. And there are no walls that can seperate God from anywhere, or from us. But it's humanity that gets caught up of the chaos and cares of this world. And why it is so important to take time out and focus on God.

In the New Testament, we have been taught how to fix this problem. Jesus tried to teach us all this. But no one got it fully. No one understood what He was trying to teach completely. This world is a classroom in which God teaches us. We live here, learn, touch, experience both good and evil. And while we exist here, our Spiritual Bodies are in these fleshly bodies as well, until the fleshly bodies wear out. Then it releases the Spiritual Body back to God. 

But we are Spiritual beings having a human experience. It is our  thoughts that can seperate us from God, and our thoughts that many times can seperate us from one another as well.

The Apostle Peter called the fleshly body a "Tent". What do you do in a tent? Camp out in it, right? Our Spiritual bodies camp out in our fleshly bodies while we are here on earth. Predestined and assigned to be here on this day, in this time.

How do we connect with God? All we have to do is believe God is and talk to God every day. Talk to God. Ask Him questions, and look for the answers. You will find them. And remember, it's not God's fault that people make bad choices or that people do bad things. We must have the freedom to make choices in order to learn. That is why we are here in this world. Don't give up on God, ever. God never gives up on us! As for me and mine, we belong to God.  :-)

In the Bible, the book of 1 Corinthians, Chapter 15, verses 44 through 52. Nothing can seperate us from the Love of God. He loves us and wants us. To be spiritually minded and to pray and talk to God is life.  To be carnally minded, it seperates us from God. Because God is Spirit and must be worshiped in Spirit and in Truth. Jesus even said so. The first book of John in the Bible, Chapter 4, verse 23. So it is thinking on the carnal things that seperates us from God.

Take time every single day, take the time to spend time with God. He is our Family, too. We need Him. And He Loves Us. Do you ever feel afraid? Talk to God. Do you ever feel alone? Talk to God. There is nothing in Heaven and On Earth that God can't fix. We just have to look for His answers. We are here in this world to do the fixing of the world. And remember to forgive. People love the best they know how. It may not be what we need or what we want, but people love the best they know how. And all of us are still learning. Humanity does make mistakes. We learn from those mistakes hopefully. If we don't, those lessons will continue to be brought around back to us until we learn those lessons we are to learn.

One day at a time, one step at a time. We have to first take the time to talk to God and figure out how to do that, each of us. We are all here for a reason and a purpose. No matter how great or how small, all of us, all of our contributions matter to God. Focus on the good, the positive and the constructive. We can do this! Humanity is finally getting it....we are suppose to create this world and contribute to this planet while we are here. What's stopping us in humanity as a whole? What can we do to resolve the problems of this time? Never give up!

In the Bible, the book of Romans, Chapter 8, verses 8 through 39.

Random Thoughts Today

It's been a long long time since I blogged here last. Today I just felt alot of randome thoughts. As a Freelance Writer, I often times will get thoughts or ideas and just jot them down on paper. They may or may not make sense, but it is what I am feeling or my thoughts at that time on any subject I may be thinking about. Here goes....

God knows I love my Adult "kids" and my Grandchildren. I believe we all knew one another in Heaven before we were born here on earth. I believe God sent us all to earth with a plan. We are all here for a reason and a purpose, all of us in Humanity. The New Testament talks about predestination. I believe this world is a classroom in which God sends us to. We are here to learn, to experience both good and bad. To learn from our choices. And also learn that the choices of others also affects our lives. There are many levels to that thought. Governments, strangers, family, friends, ourselves, all these do affect our lives. For negative choices: Mad scientists who did nuclear experiements on it's own peoples here in America during the cold war also affected us. Mad scientists who want to ignite the ionic sphere can affect all of humanity. A stranger can choose to rob you or kill you. Or a terrorist can choose to blow themselves up in the name of their religion, thereby stopping your worldy journey. There are so many ways to look at this thought. But it is truth. People can affect our lives for good or bad. 

Good Choices are like how my Mother chose to give us love and make us feel special. Good choices was my Dad sending me to Montery Bay Academy when I was 17. Good choices were my Grandparents spending time with me and sharing their thoughts and knowledge of things, and always loving me unconditionally.

Random thought: Truth is I haven't figured the fleshly world out yet. Inside, the Spiritual self I am sure of. Truth is, I am concerned about any religion or anybody, government, group, or peoples who think it is okay to kill others in humanity and end the life assigned journeys of those people they kill. Our journeys in this world are between ourselves and God. We must always include God, like talk to Him, ask Him questions. In life, we share our life's journey with others.  When we are in relationships, we choose to be in them. Sadness is when you want to be in a relationship, whether family or friend, and they choose not to be with you. I think every person on the planet Earth should have the right to their own journeys without someone killing them. I include thoughts on abortion here, and also thoughts for Isreal, America, and everyone on this planet.

Random Thought: I love Biblical Archeology and trying to find out about their ancient history.

To all, have a lovely day.

:-)