Israelites The Gospels, is it Fact or Fiction THE LAW KEEPERS
This particular topic is one that can be very touchy. But the findings
on this book, the Gospels, is astonishing and it needs to be revealed.
This book is read by an undetermined amount of people, but a great
number are people of color, the African American.
The Oxford Annotated Bible RSV, which is edited by Herbert G. May and
Bruce M. Metzger, a Christian bible, says, " The King James Version has
graves' defects. By the middle of the nineteenth century, the
development of Biblical studies and the discovery of many manuscripts
more ancient than those upon which the King James Version was based,
made it manifest that these defects are so many and so serious as to
call for revision of the English translation."
The King James Bible came about when he called a conference at Hampton
Court in 1604. The purpose of the conference was to try and reconcile
some differences in the religious parties of England. Out of the
conference came the King James Version of the Bible, published in 1611.
The Revised Standard Version Bible was completed by using old ancient
manuscripts, such as the Syriac and Coptic ancient works (Oxford
Annotated Bible).
The Gospels, is it fact or fiction?
The Gospel comprises twenty-seven books. It was written four hundred
years after Malachi, the last book of the Holy Scriptures. These
twenty-seven books of the Gospel do not appear in the order of the dates
of their composition. They fall in a logical and systematic arrangement
based upon their historical content and doctrinal importance (Holy
Bible, KJV, Published by Heirloom).
The language in which the books of the Gospel were written was the Koine
or common Greek of the time (The Oxford annotated Bible, RSV).
Although, we can trace the language back to at least the Septuagint
period, it's a shame the same can't be said for the Gospel.
The original manuscript of the Gospel was lost, and the copy that
suddenly appeared is no older than the fourth century, said Donovan
Joyce, author of the "Jesus Scroll." I encourage everyone to read this
book. Check with your library because that is where I found my copy.
What could, possibly had happened to the original copy of the Gospel?
As the scholars were revising the bible, trying to correct their
mistakes, they found the following:
Mark 16:9-20 was added. It says, "Now when Jesus was risen early the
first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom
he had cast seven devils. And she went and told them that had been with
him, as they mourned and wept. And they, when they had heard that he
was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not. After that he
appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into
the country. And they went and told it unto the residue: neither
believed they them. Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat
at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart,
because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel
to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved;
but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that
believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with
new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly
thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and
they shall recover. So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received
up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. And they went forth, and
preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word
with signs following. Amen."
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John 7:53 - 8:11 was added. It says, "And every man went unto his own
house. Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. And early in the morning
he came again into the temple, and all the
people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them. And the scribes
and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they
had set her in the midst, they say unto him, Master, this woman was
taken in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses in the law commanded us,
that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? This they said,
tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped
down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as
though he heard them not. So when they continued asking him, he lifted
up himself, and said
unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone
at her. And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. And they
which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by
one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left
alone, and the woman standing in the midst. When Jesus had lifted up
himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are
those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither
do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more."
Matthew 6:13 was added. It says, "For thine is the kingdom, and the
power, and the glory, for ever. Amen."
Matthew 12: 47 was added. It says, "Then one said unto him, behold, thy
mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee."
Matthew 19:9 was added. It says, "and whoso marrieth her which is put
away, doth commit adultery."
Luke 9:55 - 56 was added. It says, " Ye know not what manner of spirit
ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but
to save them.
Luke 22:19 - 20 was added. It says, "which is given for you. Do this
in remembrance of me. Likewise also the cup after supper, saying this
cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you."
Luke 24:6 was added. It says, "He is not here, but has risen"
Luke 24:12 was added. It says, "Then arose Peter, and ran unto the
sepulcher; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by
themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to
pass." In some Christian bibles it also reads, "But Peter rose and ran
to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by
themselves; and he sent home wondering at what had happened."
John 5:3 - 4 was added. It says, "waiting for the moving of the water.
For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled
the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the
water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
And, Acts 8:37 was added. It says, "If you believe with all your heart,
you may. And he replied, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of
God."
This is just a few that I have listed, and there's more. "For at least a
century it has been known that these verses were bogus," said Mr.
Joyce. If this was known, why didn't someone say something about it.
Is this a way of keeping people in the dark, just to keep them in their
religion? Do they want to keep people in the dark? This goes beyond
the color barrier. The Revised Standard Version has made the
corrections.
The Jesus birth story, is that fact or fiction? See if someone
committed plagiarism.
"The Indian legend of the birth of Krishna the Redeemer, for example,
relates how his coming was annunciated to the virgin, Jasoda, who was
destined to be his mother. Following this news, Vishnu the sun god
assumed bodily form and got the virgin with child. At his birth, the
shepherds came to adore while the jealous rajahs ordered that every male
child born on the same night as Krishma should be killed." This story
can be found in the book titled "The Jesus Scroll" by Donovan Joyce. Do
you see the parallelism between this story and the Jesus birth?
To keep in line with is the Gospel fact or fiction, did Joseph stay with
Mary?
Matt 1:19 says, "Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not
willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away
privily." Although verse 20 says he didn't divorce her, is that fact or
fiction?
Galations 1:18-19 says, "Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem
to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days. But other of the
apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother." In Matt 13: 55-56
Jesus' family was mentioned, and he has brothers and sisters. It reads,
"Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? and his
brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? And his sisters, are
they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things?" Mark
6:3 says, "Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of
James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here
with us?"
The books, chapters, verses definitely confirm Jesus' family, They are
all brothers and sisters. But are they all the son's and daughters of
Joseph.
The Holy Bible Dictionary, KJV, Published by Heirloom says, James, the
Lords brother is the son of Alpheus, and James is second to be born.
In several verses in the bible, Matthew 10:3 (James the son of Alphaeus,
and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;), Mark 3:18 (And Andrew, and
Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of
Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite), Luke 6:15 (Matthew
and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes), and
Acts 1:13 (And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room,
where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and
Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon
Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James) they all say James is the son
of Alpheus. The Bible dictionary of Heirloom says, "Alpheus, the father
of the Apostle James the Less; James, 2. ‘The Less: another apostle, son
of Alpheus; 3. Christ brother, or more likely cousin, and identical
with James the Less." Cousin? I don't think so because there is to
much that says James is his brother. Also, in Acts 15:13, during the
first council meeting, James was making a statement. In the commentary
of the Oxford annotated Bible (RSV), it says, "James, the brother of the
Lord."
The Bible also speaks of Mary the wife of Alpheus, let us examine it.
John 19:25 says, "Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and
his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene."
Matthew 27:55-56 says, "And many women were there beholding afar off,
which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: Among which was
Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother
of Zebedee's children." And Mark 15:40 says, "There were also women
looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother
of James the less and of Joses, and Salome";
Salome is the wife of Zebedee and the sister of Mary, Jesus mother; and
Cleophas is another name for Alpheus, the bible dictionary proves this.
According to John 19:25 Jesus' mother was at the cross, but at the same
time John 19:25 also tried to make Mary the wife of Cleophas not Jesus'
mother. Now according to Matthew and Mark, if we accept John's verse
the way it is written, then Jesus Mother wasn't there. Something I
doubt very seriously. According to Mark and Matthew, if they are
correct, then John is trying to deviate something from the truth. Mary
is at the cross in Matthew and Mark. In Matthew she is mentioned as he
the of James and Joses, and in Mark she is mentioned as the mother of
James the less and of Joses. With everything that I have stated above,
I truly believe Jesus mother was at the cross and John is trying to
cover up something.
But the question was, "did Joseph stay with Mary? According to the
evidence that I have given, Joseph did not stay with Mary. He did put
her away privately, and Alpheus married Mary. Read the book "The Jesus
Scroll" by Donovan Joyce. He goes deeper into this than what I have
touched on.
In a previous paper that I wrote titled "Is it Possible that Jesus is
the Messiah?" I had mentioned about him possibly being of the priestly
family and his father was the brother of Elisabeth which herself was of
the tribe of Levy. I said the following, "Well since we know that Jesus
lineage isn't that of David's, whose lineage can he be from? Hmm!
According to Luke chapter one, he tells you that Mary is Elisabeth'
cousin and Mary stayed with Elisabeth three months. The bible
dictionary says, the same bible dictionary that I quoted above, this
about Mary, ‘Mary was connected by marriage with Elisabeth of the
lineage of Aaron.' And this is what it said about Elisabeth, ‘She was
herself of the priestly family, and a relation of the mother of our
Lord.'
Lets take a look at this. In the Gospel it states that Elisabeth was
married to Zacharias the high priest who was of the seed of Aaron.
Knowing that Elisabeth was of the seed of Aaron and married to a high
priest of the seed of Aaron and Mary was related through marriage to
Elisabeth, which is of the seed of Aaron, then Mary's husband had to be
of the seed of Aaron. Mary's true husband was Elisabeth's brother."
Then I said, "now lets recaps! The bible through genealogy tries to
link Jesus to Joseph. But it doesn't work because Mary was already with
child prior to Joseph. The bible also tries to link Jesus to the line
of David through Mary. But it doesn't work because the child doesn't
receive their heritage from their mother. The bible also says that Mary
stayed with Elisabeth for three months, and she was related through
marriage. Is Jesus father really of the line of Aaron? Again hmm! "
One other thing I want to point out in relation to Jesus being of the
priestly family. Professor Windsor says in his book titled "Judea
Trembles Under Rome," "The early church historians, for example,
Eusebius 4th century Bishop of Caesarea and Hegesippus, a 2nd century
historian, say this about James. He alone was permitted to enter the
Holy Place (the Temple Proper), for his garments were not of wool but
linen . . . Another church historian by the name of Epphanius says that
James wore the mitre of the high priest. If this is true, then James
and his brother Jesus had to have been descendants of Aaron, the first
high priest in Israel; because, according to the law, only males of the
offsprings of Aaron could be a priests."
I write this here to show and ask what is fact and what is fiction. In
the Gospels there are to many discrepancies, and this is what the
scholars have said.
I am going to point out one other thing which is written by Professor
Rudolph R. Windsor concerning Jesus. Professor Windsor said in his book
titled "Judea Trembles Under Rome" that Jesus seems to possess a dual
personality. Why do you think Professor would say that? Read this
exertion from his book. "The Jesus of the New Testament seems to
possess the personality of more than one person . . . The Gospels
writers seem to have combined several personalities into one; as a
result, there are many contradictions which are too numerous for this
book. However, I shall explain some of the most important ones." I am
only going to list two.
Professor Windsor said, "The two Jesuses that I see in the gospel
writings are the Judean Jesus and the fictitious Jesus created by Paul
(who never met Jesus) and some gentiles. The Judean Jesus taught:
‘Honour thy father and thy mother: and thou shall love thy neighbor as
thyself' (Matt. 19:19 and Exodus 20:21). When Jesus' mother met him at
the marriage feast in Cana of Galilee, she said to Jesus: ‘They have no
wine'. Jesus said unto her, ‘Woman, what have I to do with thee' (John
2:1-4)? For any body to address his or her mother as woman, is highly
disrespectful, and to follow it up with the question: ‘What have I to do
with thee?' Is even worse." And Professor Windsor said, "In another
incident, Jesus was meeting with his disciples and his mother and four
brothers came to talk with him. Then, Jesus answered the messenger and
said unto him: ‘Who is my mother and who are my brethren? And he
stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my
mother and my brethren (Matt.12:46-50)!' Here again, the fictitious
Jesus is disrespectful. In these verses, Jesus implied that his family
wasn't religious. I don't believe this, but even if they were not, this
is no reason for him to ignore and disrespect his brothers and mother."
What Professor Windsor has pointed out here are excellent and events
that show and demonstrates a fact or fiction
There's other that I can list from Professor Windsors book, but get the
book titled "Judea Trembles Under Rome," it is really good reading.
I asked earlier in my writing is the Gospel fact or fiction, what do you
think? Is it?
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