Voices from Ancient Bethlehem : A Dialogue with Jesus and the Twelve Apostles

by SCRIBE

• ISBN13: 9781588720948
• ISBN10: 1588720942
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-12-01
• Publisher: Jodere Group

Summary

From Publishers Weekly: The most unusual of the upcoming gnostic-flavored releases is almost certainly Jodere's "Voices from Ancient Bethlehem: A Dialogue With Jesus and the Twelve Apostles" by a writer known only as the Scribe, a contemplative man who claims he has received direct communication from Jesus and his disciples, much of which purports to clarify the teachings of scripture. In one section, the Scribe maintains that Jesus calls the church a "monstrous organization" that he never intended to establish, denies the purity and truth of the Nicene Creed, urges the return of Mary to a place of honor as his mother and confirms that Mary Magdalene bore his son, who was named Banjamin and created the Order of the Knights of the Grail. The Scribe continues with secrtions on the Holy Grail and the Knights Templars adn revelations from Jesus's "family circle": Mary and Joseph, Mary Magdalene and their son, Benjamin Martel, and Joseph of Arimathea.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION	1	(2)
CHAPTER ONE: JESUS' SCRIPTURES	3	(50)
OPENING THE DIALOGUE	3	(1)
WHY THE FATHER BROUGHT ME TO EARTH	4	(1)
OF THE BIBLE AND OTHER TEXTS	5	(1)
OF ANGELS, CHERUBS, AND SERAPHIMS	6	(1)
THE NATURE OF LOVE	7	(5)
OF GOD, LOVE, AND OTHER LIFE-FORMS	12	(1)
MY COMING	12	(1)
I WILL TEACH THEE TO PRAY	13	(1)
THE QUESTION OF MORALITY	14	(1)
OF THE SOUL AND NEW LIFE	14	(1)
THE COURAGE TO FIND GOD	15	(1)
THE DIVINE LAWS	16	(1)
THE GREAT ILLUSIONS	17
THE FOCUS OF MY MINISTRY	15	(3)
EXTRICATION FROM THE GREAT ILLUSIONS	18	(2)
OF THOSE SEEKING WORLD PEACE	20	(1)
HOW TO FIND YOUR MISSION IN LIFE	21	(1)
OF PROPER DECISIONS	22	(1)
OF DOING NO HARM	23	(1)
OF HEALING AND MIRACLES	23	(2)
MY PRAYER, SONG, AND GETHSEMANE	25	(1)
OF THE LAST SUPPER	26	(1)
OF THE SACRED RELICS	27	(1)
THE SHROUD OF TURIN	27	(1)
THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS	28	(1)
OF SCIENCE, THE MIND, AND THE PROOF OF GOD'S EXISTENCE	29	(1)
OF PROPHECY AND THE NATURE OF TIME	30	(1)
OF DESTINY AND FREE WILL	31	(1)
OF THE SUCCESS OF MY MISSION	32	(1)
MY CRUCIFIXION	33	(1)
OF THE JOURNEY OF SOUL	34	(1)
OF THE SPEAR OF LONGINUS	35	(1)
AND OF FORGIVENESS	35	(2)
WHAT OF TOLERANCE	37	(1)
MY VIEWS ON CHRISTIANITY	38	(1)
OF THE NICENE CREED	38	(1)
OF MY SON BENJAMIN	38	(1)
HOW THE DISCIPLES WERE CHOSEN	39	(2)
A FAREWELL TO LOVED ONES	41	(1)
BAPTISMAL FOR CHILDREN	42	(1)
AND WHAT OF FALSE TEACHERS	42	(3)
AND OF REINCARNATION	45	(1)
AND OF HOLY UNION	45	(1)
OF MARRIAGE AND PARTNERS	46	(1)
OF INTERCESSION AND THE PRIESTHOOD AND CLERGY	47	(1)
OF PRIESTLY VOWS	48	(1)
OF JESUS' MESSAGE TO JOHN THE BAPTIST	49	(1)
OF THE MISSIONARY TRADITION	49	(1)
CLOSING TO SCRIPTURES	50	(3)
CHAPTER TWO: THE GOSPEL OF THE TWELVE DISCIPLES	53	(92)
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PETER	54	(11)
OF LOVE	54	(1)
DIVINE LAW	55	(1)
MORALITY	55	(1)
MY LIFE MISSION	55	(1)
THE LAST SUPPER	56	(1)
OF MY BETRAYAL	56	(1)
MY CONVERSATION WITH PAUL OF TARSUS	57	(1)
MY RELATIONSHIP TO MARK	57	(2)
THE RESURRECTION OF MY MASTER	59	(1)
OF MIRACLES I PERFORMED IN MY MASTER'S NAME	59	(1)
THE CENTURION CORNELIUS	60	(1)
RAISING THE DEAD	60	(1)
MY RELATIONSHIP WITH PAUL OF TARSUS	61	(1)
MY MESSAGE TO TODAY'S FLOCK	62	(1)
MY FINAL DAYS	63	(1)
BEWARE FALSE TEACHERS	64	(1)
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ANDREW	65	(14)
OF LOVE	65	(1)
DIVINE LAW	66	(1)
OF MORALITY	66	(1)
MY LIFE MISSION	67	(1)
TWO MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES WITH BEASTS AND EXORCISM	67	(1)
AS PATRON SAINT OF SCOTLAND	68	(1)
THE LAST SUPPER	69	(1)
WHY I WAS CHOSEN BY THE MASTER	69	(1)
MY FONDEST MEMORY	69	(1)
OF TRAVEL TO OTHER PLACES	70	(1)
MY CRUCIFIXION	70	(1)
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JAMES	71	(1)
OF LOVE	71	(1)
DIVINE LAW	72	(1)
OF MORALITY	72	(1)
OF MY MISSION	73	(1)
THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE	73	(1)
OF MIRACLES I WITNESSED	74	(1)
WERE JOHN AND JAMES TWIN BROTHERS?	74	(1)
THE LAST SUPPER	74	(1)
DRINKING FROM THE CHALICE	75	(1)
JESUS' NICKNAME FOR US	75	(1)
THE END OF MY MISSION	76	(1)
MY BURIAL PLACE	76	(1)
A MEMORY OF MOTHER MARY	77	(1)
AS PATRON SAINT OF SPAIN	78	(1)
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN OF ZEBEDEE	79	(9)
OF LOVE	79	(1)
DIVINE LAW	80	(1)
HOW I WAS CHOSEN?	80	(1)
OF JARIUS' DAUGHTER	80	(1)
THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE	81	(1)
THE LAST SUPPER	81	(1)
THE SANHEDRIN AND NOBLE CITIZENS	81	(1)
MY TITLE OF "BELOVED DISCIPLE"	82	(1)
THE FOURTH GOSPEL	82	(1)
OF THE TRINITY	83	(1)
PROPHECY OF REVELATIONS	84	(1)
MY FINAL DAYS	84	(1)
THE PASSING OF MOTHER MARY	85	(1)
THE FOURTH GOSPEL	86	(1)
THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS	87	(1)
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PHILIP	88	(5)
OF MORALITY	89	(1)
HOW I WAS CHOSEN?	89	(1)
THE LAST SUPPER	89	(1)
THE FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND	90	(1)
THE RESURRECTION	91	(1)
MY TRAVELS	91	(2)
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO BARTHOLOMEW	93	(6)
OF LOVE	93	(1)
MORALITY	94	(1)
HOW I WAS CHOSEN?	94	(1)
THE LAST SUPPER	94	(1)
MY FINAL DAYS	95	(1)
OF MIRACLES I PERFORMED	96	(1)
OF ANGELIC INTERVENTION	97	(1)
THE ARMENIAN CHURCH	98	(1)
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW	99	(7)
OF MORALITY AND DIVINE LAW	100	(1)
HOW I WAS CHOSEN?	100	(1)
HOW I RECEIVED MY NICKNAME	101	(1)
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT	101	(1)
CHRIST CAME TO SERVE	102	(1)
BEING TAX COLLECTORS	103	(1)
THE GATHERING AT COPERNAUM	103	(1)
THE STORM UPON THE SEA	103	(1)
NO MIRACLES IN NAZARETH	104	(1)
THE LAST SUPPER	105	(1)
MY FINAL DAYS	105	(1)
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JAMES (BROTHER OF MATTHEW)	106	(5)
OF LOVE	106	(1)
MORALITY AND DIVINE LAW	106	(1)
HOW WAS I CHOSEN?	107	(1)
HOW I RECEIVED MY NICKNAME	107	(1)
THE LAST SUPPER	108	(1)
MY FINAL DAYS	108	(1)
MY MINISTERIAL TRAVELS	109	(1)
MY MESSAGE TO TODAY'S FLOCK	110	(1)
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SIMON THE ZEALOT	111	(4)
OF LOVE	111	(1)
MORALITY AND DIVINE LAW	111	(1)
MY POLITICAL AFFECTIONS	112	(1)
TRAVEL AND OF MIRACLES	112	(1)
HOW I WAS CHOSEN?	113	(1)
THE LAST SUPPER	113	(1)
MY FINAL DAYS	114	(1)
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JUDAS, SON OF JAMES	115	(8)
OF MY NICKNAME	115	(1)
THE SANHEDRIN AND ROMAN OCCUPATION	115	(2)
MY EXPERIENCE WITH KING ABGAR	117	(1)
SPIRITUAL TRAVELS AND FINAL DAYS	118	(2)
OF LOVE	120	(1)
OF LAWS AND MORALITY	121	(1)
HOW I WAS CHOSEN?	121	(1)
THE LAST SUPPER	122	(1)
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THOMAS	123	(9)
OF LOVE	123	(1)
OF MY NAME "DIDYMUS"	124	(1)
MORALITY AND DIVINE LAW	124	(1)
HOW I WAS CHOSEN?	125	(1)
THE LAST SUPPER	125	(1)
OF PROOF OF HIS RISING	125	(1)
OF MY TRAVELS FOR THE CHRIST TO MALABAR	126	(1)
OF MY DEATH IN MAYLAPORE	127	(1)
OF JESUS' SAYING "I AM THE WAY"	128	(1)
OF THE PERFORMANCE OF MIRACLES AND WONDERS	128	(1)
OF ANGELS AND OTHER BEINGS	129	(1)
OF JESUS' BROTHER, JAMES	130	(1)
OF THE KING GONA	130	(1)
OF ISRAEL, POWER, AND MIRACLES	131	(1)
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JUDAS ISCARIOT	132	(8)
OF LOVE	132	(1)
MORALITY AND DIVINE LAW	132	(1)
HOW I WAS CHOSEN?	133	(1)
THE LAST SUPPER	133	(1)
OF MY BETRAYAL AND THE LAST SUPPER	133	(2)
OF RELIGION AND POLITICS	135	(1)
OF BETRAYAL AND SORROW	135	(1)
OF MY BETRAYAL AND JESUS' LOVE	136	(1)
OF MY FINAL NIGHT OF LIFE	137	(1)
OF MY BODY AFTER DEATH	138	(1)
OF FAITH AND LOVE TO THE MASTER	138	(1)
OF ISRAEL'S NEED OF A MESSIAH	139	(1)
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHIAS THE SUBSTITUTE	140	(5)
OF LOVE	140	(1)
OF MY SELECTION AS A SUBSTITUTE	141	(1)
MORALITY	142	(1)
THE APOSTLES' SUPPORT AND LOVE	142	(1)
OF MY FAVORITE BROTHER	143	(1)
OF MY MIRACLES AND HEALINGS	143	(1)
MY MISSION	143	(2)
CHAPTER THREE: SPIRITUAL LEADERS OF THE APOSTOLIC COMMUNITY	145	(60)
PAUL OF TARSUS AND HIS GOSPEL	145	(13)
OF LOVE	145	(1)
OF MORALS AND DIVINE LAW	146	(1)
THE TWELVE DISCIPLES	146	(1)
THE ISSUE OF MARTYRDOM	147	(1)
MY ISSUE WITH THE JUDAIC CHRISTIANS	148	(1)
MY FAVORITE DISCIPLE	149	(1)
OF ANGELIC INTERVENTION	149	(1)
MY UPBRINGING	149	(1)
THE SACRIFICES OF WOMEN	150	(1)
OF PRISCA AND HER TEACHINGS	151	(1)
ROMAN OCCUPATION	151	(1)
OF THE ROMANS' EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM	152	(1)
OF THE ROMANS' VIEWS OF OTHER CULTURES AND PEOPLES	153	(1)
FOR TODAY'S TIME	153	(2)
THE PLOT ON MY LIFE	155	(2)
MY DEATH	157	(1)
LUKE, DISCIPLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE	158	(17)
OF LOVE	158	(1)
MY OPENING THE HEART TECHNIQUE	159	(1)
OF MORALITY	159	(1)
PAUL AND THE COMMON TONGUE	160	(1)
PAUL'S PERSONAL VIEWS	161	(1)
PAUL'S INNER CIRCLE	162	(1)
WHAT INSPIRED THE WORKS OF "ACTS"	162	(1)
THE VIRTUES	163	(1)
THE ROLES OF WOMEN	164	(1)
PATRON SAINT	165	(1)
A PRAYER FOR TODAY'S FLOCK	166	(1)
FRICTION AMONGST OUR OWN	167	(2)
THE ESSENES	169	(1)
JAMES, BROTHER OF JESUS	169	(2)
OF FINAL DAYS	171	(1)
OF MY RELICS	172	(1)
OUR SALVATION AND THE POWER OF FEAR	173	(2)
MARK, DISCIPLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE	175	(9)
OF LOVE	175	(1)
OF MORALITY	176	(1)
OF THE ARGUMENT ON THE ROAD TO CYPRUS	176	(1)
OF BARNABÁS	177	(1)
OF PETER	178	(1)
OF BARNABÁS' TEACHINGS	178	(1)
OF OUR CAPTURE AND ESCAPE FROM ROME	179	(1)
OF PETER'S LOVE FOR ME	180	(1)
OF ROME AND MY GOSPEL	180	(1)
AS ALEXANDRIA'S FIRST BISHOP	180	(1)
OF NERO AND MY DEATH	181	(1)
OF THE PRAYER OF PAUL, PETER, AND BARNABÁS
UPON THE DUSTY ROAD	182	(1)
AS PATRON SAINT OF VENICE	182	(1)
OF THE LION AND MY SYMBOL	183	(1)
TITUS, DISCIPLE OF PAUL THE DISCIPLE	184	(7)
OF BEING PAUL'S COMPANION AND SCRIBE	184	(1)
OF PAUL THE MAN	184	(1)
OF THE COUNCIL OF JERUSALEM	185	(1)
OF MY CONVERSION	185	(1)
OF MY MISSION TO CORINTH	186	(1)
OF THE CHURCH OF CRETE	187	(1)
OF DALMATIA	187	(1)
OF PAUL AND THE CRETAN PEOPLE	188	(1)
OF MY DEATHIN CRETE	188	(2)
OF MY HEAD AND VENICE	190	(1)
TIMOTHY, DISCIPLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE	191	(5)
OF PAUL AND MY LEARNING	191	(1)
FIRST BISHOP OF EPHESUS	191	(1)
OF FALSE PROPHETS AND CHARLATANS	192	(1)
THE ANOINTING OF BISHOPS AND DEACONS	193	(1)
MY DEATH IN KATAGOGIA	193	(2)
OF CONSTANTINOPLE AND MY RELICS	195	(1)
SYLVANUS, DISCIPLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE	196	(4)
OF MY NICKNAME "SILAS"	196	(1)
OF MY CONVERSION	196	(1)
OF OUR MANY TRAVELS	197	(1)
OF MY DEATH IN MACEDONIA	197	(3)
PRISCA, DISCIPLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE	200	(5)
OF MY CONVERSION	200	(1)
OF MY TEACHINGS	201	(1)
OF THE LIONS	201	(1)
OF MY DEATH AND BETRAYAL	202	(3)
CHAPTER FOUR: THE RETURN OF SPIRITUAL RELICS	205	(18)
VORTEXES AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS	205	(1)
WORLD PEACE	206	(1)
CONSCIOUSNESS OF WORLD PEACE	206	(1)
THE HOLY GRAIL	206	(3)
THE CHALICE AND HOLY GRAIL	206	(1)
THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE HOLY GRAIL	207	(1)
CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE HOLY GRAIL	208	(1)
THE SPEAR OF LONGINUS	209	(2)
THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE SPEAR OF LONGINUS	209	(1)
CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE ILLUMINATI	210	(1)
THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS	211	(12)
CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR	211	(2)
OF BERNARD OF CLAIVAUX'S SUPPORT AND LOVE	213	(1)
OF GABRIEL'S GUIDANCE OF HUGES	213	(1)
OF OUR PURPOSE AND MISSION	214	(1)
OF JACQUES' DEATH	214	(1)
OF PHILLIP'S FEAR AND WEAKNESS	215	(1)
OF THE FIRST BANKING SYSTEM	216	(1)
OF THE END OF OUR MISSION	217	(1)
OF PRINCE HENRY'S WISDOM	218	(1)
OF OUR AID TO RICHARD	219	(1)
OF OUR HIDDEN WEALTH	220	(1)
IN JERUSALEM AND THE MIDDLE EAST	221	(1)
OUR FINAL ACT	222	(1)
CHAPTER FIVE: THE FAMILY CIRCLE	223	(28)
JESUS' FATHER JOSEPH	223	(3)
THE ESSENES	223	(2)
JESUS GROWING UP	225	(1)
FATHERLY ADVICE TO OTHER FATHERS	225	(1)
MOTHER MARY	226	(8)
WHY JESUS WAS GIVEN TO ME	226	(1)
HOW I WAS GIVEN JESUS	227	(1)
HOW I AND THE WORLD LOST MY SON	228	(1)
MY SON JESUS HAD A SON	229	(1)
THE HIDING OF MY GRANDSON	229	(2)
MY ADOPTIVE FAMILY	231	(1)
THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN MY TIME	232	(1)
THE THE WOMEN OF TODAY	233	(1)
MARY MAGDALENE	234	(8)
A HARD LIFE	234	(1)
JESUS, THE MAN	235	(1)
OF MEN AND WOMEN	236	(1)
THE PLIGHT OF WOMEN	237	(1)
THE ROLE AND STATION OF WOMEN	238	(1)
MY EVANGELISM	239	(1)
A SINGLE MOTHER	239	(1)
ON SINGLE MOTHERHOOD	240	(1)
OF WHAT I LEARNED FROM JESUS	240	(1)
A FAVORITE PRAYER	241	(1)
THE RETURN TO MY BELOVED	241	(1)
BENJAMIN MARTEL	242	(4)
THE INCEPTION OF THE GRAIL KNIGHTS	243	(1)
HEAVENLY ASSISTANCE	244	(1)
MY SPIRITUAL ADVENTURES	245	(1)
JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA (30 A.D.)	246	(5)
THE BLOOD OF CHRIST	247	(1)
THE GIFT OF THE SHIELD TO KING MONDRAIN OF SARRAS	248	(1)
OF MY PASSING	249	(1)
MY SON	249	(2)
MY FINAL WORDS	251