One of the most common characteristics of the so-called near- death experience is encountering a being of light. This being is said to emanate love and warmth.

It has been claimed by numerous (not all) individuals who have had alleged near-death experiences that the being of light they encountered was none other than Jesus Christ. As appealing as the idea may initially sound, this identification seems to be flawed in view of the fact that the so-called being of light typically says and does things contrary to the Christ of the Bible. Since Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8), it would be impossible that these are one and the same Jesus. I believe that many of the individuals who go through near-death experiences actually encounter a counterfeit Christ.

The "Jesus" (being of light) typically encountered in near- death experiences teaches such things as:

* Death is good and is not to be feared.

* Sin is not a problem. In fact, this "Jesus" often responds to human sin and shortcomings with humor.

* There is no hell to worry about.

* All people are welcome to heaven, regardless of whether one has placed faith in Christ.

* All religions are equally valid.

In view of the fact that these ideas clearly go against what the biblical Jesus taught, I think we have good reason to conclude that this "Jesus" is in fact a lying spirit (see John 8:44). We must remember that Satan has the ability to appear as an "angel of light" and as a "servant of righteousness" (2 Corinthians 11:14-15). His goal, of course, is to lead people astray. He is happy to mimic a being of light if the end result is that he can lead people away from the true Christ of Scripture.

Consistent with the above is the fact that many who have had near-death experiences come out of the experience with a lower view of Scripture. One person concluded that "the Lord isn't interested in theology," and another said that God "didn't care about church doctrine at all." The true Christ of Scripture, however, is most certainly interested in correct doctrine (see John 8:31-32).

Now, other individuals -- particularly individuals affiliated with non-Christian religions -- claim that the being of light was Buddha, or Krishna, or some other leader of a particular world religion. Certainly this should raise "red flags" in the minds of Christians. Satan, the great counterfeiter, is seeking to keep people of ALL religions away from the true Christ of the Bible.

The Christian Dilemma!

If Christians are in error,

They have squandered away their opportunity of Life

While the above Christian opinion which is commonly held by most Fundamentalists is a pervasive position with respect to the Being of Light (BofL), while the Christian world should know the identity of the BofL, they remain totally ignorant. In fact, the BofL is neither Jesus, Buddha, Moses, God, or any other such person or being. And if believers truly embodied the meaning of the name Christian, they would be able to convey to the world the exact identity of the BofL. In fact, one of the primary reasons why Christianity came into being over Pharisaic Judaism, was to reveal to the people the means to understand the reality of the BofL -- but because Christianity very quickly became immersed in corruption and pagan manmade dogmas that alienated believers from the core essentials of Jesus' teachings and the Kingdom of God, the Church has itself become an obstruction to what was intended.

The Bible Curse

A Letter To Bill O'Reilly

Because much of the spiritual dilemma that confronts modern man is presented in a Blog Letter to Bill O'Reilly (see Letter), I have reproduced the associated letters in the below.

The Bible Curse - A Letter To Bill O'Reilly

When a people are given a gift from the Hand of God, and they viciously turn upon those who God chose to provide that gift, then the gift itself becomes a curse upon the people, until they repent of their evil. Paul warned the Gentile converts to "be afraid"! Yet, by ignoring what Paul portrayed as arrogance (see Pure Scriptures), the warning of absolute spiritual disenfranchisement has come upon the Church -- and remains as a curse upon believers even to this very day (see The Spiritual Diaspora). And in the same way that the Hand of God has deprived the Jews of the Jerusalem Temple, this curse that Paul warned the believers about, is upon the Christian world, every time they open their Bibles.

Bill O'Reilly had Don Piper as a guest on the Factor (see Factor). Prior to this, Don Piper had been featured on Hannity's America as proof of life after death. And as detailed in his book, 90 Minutes In Heaven, Don Piper tells the account of when he was dead for 90 minutes, and what he experienced in what he views as heaven -- before being sent back into the body. And while much of what Don has to say is typical of what has come to be known as the Near Death Experience (NDE), this knowledge that has been brought back by countless people who have died and been resuscitated, is limited by The Bible Curse that Christians brought upon themselves when they murdered the very people who were chosen by God to provide the Gentile converts with the scriptures they use today (see The Death Of The Religion of Jesus).

Bill O'Reilly's follow up guest should be perhaps even more thought provoking than Don Piper. Dr. Patrick Swift is the author of the book, One Mountain, Many Paths: Common Sense For The Spiritual Traveler, which was a book detailing the common faiths of man, and was written in response to the Sept. 11th tragedy. And while Dr. Swift, a psychologist, is a sincere intellectual and academic, he is not himself a mystic -- i.e., he did not learn the language of the mystics who authored the scriptures from the Essene Ebionite sources -- and in not possessing the Key of Knowledge, he is unable to provide his readers with the answer to the dilemma that confronts all of mankind today. In fact, it was Bill O'Reilly who pointed this out when he interviewed Dr. Swift. From a Christian perspective, salvation is only through Christ -- while from a Muslim perspective, it is necessary to follow the teachings of Allah in the Qur'an, and acknowledge Mohammed as the true prophet. Which means that either one or both of these religions are misrepresenting the Will of God, or those who are attempting to interpret these mystical spiritual writings lack what Jesus called the Key of Knowledge -- and thus, like the Pharisees before them, have come to the wrong doctrinal conclusions -- doctrinal conclusions that are threatening world peace today. In Dr. Swift's analysis, while Judaism has no formal position on life after death, not only is Christianity and Islam in conflict with each other, but they are found in opposition to the experiences of most people who have an NDE -- and this fact is documented in the article The Christian Dilemma. And while Don Piper has interpreted his NDE from a purely Christian perspective, we must ask the question: Is what he experienced any more valid than the countless people who have arrived at totally different conclusions with respect to their own Near Death Experiences? And if ordinary people are to accept the validity of these Near Death Experiences, are they too supposed to just choose what they want to believe, and simply disregard what does not conform to their predisposed opinions. In fact, this is exactly what the Atheists and skeptics do who attempt to dismiss the NDE as the illusions of an oxygen starved brain. Yet, no one who is an influential leader today, has even begun to broach the reality of whether it is necessary to physically die, to enter the presence and learn directly from what many who have an NDE describe as The Being of Light.

What if the essence of the problem is seen in the fact that St. Paul was correct, and it is impossible for men of an organic mind to understand the true meaning of the scriptures (see Death By The Letter That Killeth) by simply attempting to read the text as if it were a history book??? Prior to the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Essenes were viewed as Jewish heretics who had embraced mysticism, reincarnation and Persian Dualism (see Article). When it was later realized that the scriptures, and especially the New Testament, sprung from the Essene Foundation, the historical record was very quickly rewritten. Yet, the facts that have continued to be ignored, is that the original disciples, family and followers of Jesus were all Ebionites, who like the Essenes, were also condemned as heretics. And there is an Ebionite foundation to Islam that has caused it to oppose what it calls the corruption of Roman Christianity.

Why is this Ebionite Nazirene connection of the utmost importance in understanding such things as the Near Death Experience and the conflict of religious sectarianism? Because most people are not only ignoring the facts that have been presented to them on the basis of a predefined position based upon one's acceptance or rejection of the various scriptures derived from Judaism, Christianity and Islam, but all the destructive conflicts in the world today have been brought about by this same causal dilemma that has continued throughout history to spiritually disenfranchised most of mankind, and is the cause of global conflict today. And the positions of Bill O'Reilly's guests are a prime example of the grave error that alienates man not only from a more enlightened understanding of the life he is presently living, but also Creator-God and what awaits him after he passes from this life.

Contrary to what Christians have been led to believe by their religious politicians who have used fire and brimstone to lead the people, Jesus did not condemn the Jews because they did not believe he was the Messiah -- but rather, because they threw away what he called the Key of Knowledge, and led the people in the wrong direction (see http://KeyOfKnowledge.org ). And while the Key of Knowledge was possessed by many among the Essenes who Jesus portrayed as being Whole, and not in need of a physician, it was the very carnal interpretations of the scriptures on the part of the Pharisees that caused them to be portrayed as the blind leading the blind. And while the Key of Knowledge was passed on to the Ebionite Nazirene Disciples of Jesus, the Gentile Christians who called themselves Orthodox, merely became latter day Pharisees in the manner that they interpreted the scriptures. Because the Roman Church had adopted Pagan doctrines of belief (see The Christian Judas), corrupted the Bible in order to make it support the very Pagan doctrines of Rome (see http://BibleCorruption.com ), declared Jesus to be God when it can be proven that this position was not supported by the original scriptures (see http://TheTenWords.com ), they then brought the very curse of the Bible upon themselves that St. Paul warned them to "be afraid" of, when the Church in typical holocaust fashion silenced all opposition by hunting down and murdering the Ebionite Nazirenes, as well as the Spiritual Christians who were called Gnostic (see The Death Of The Religion Of Jesus). In fact, under the subheading of The Necessity of Islam in the article at http://TheThreeLies.com , it is demonstrated that Islam came into existence in order to counterbalance the counterfeit Church of Pagan Rome that had, like the Pharisees, thrown away the Key of Knowledge. Yet, the same corrupting political forces that attacked both Judaism and Christianity, also corrupted Islam when it threw away the Key of Knowledge, and corrupted the Qur'an (see Satanic Verses).

While Bill O'Reilly claims to be the No Spin Zone, it is plain to see that he will interview people such as Don Piper who has put a Christian spin on the NDE without challenging what has been stated, and Dr. Patrick Swift who attempts to ignore what he chooses not to acknowledge and confront. While Don Piper maintains that only Christians go to Heaven, countless others who have had NDE's have all disputed this sectarian position which is based upon a biblical interpretation where the Key of Knowledge was discarded. And while Bill O'Reilly will interview politically safe guests such as Dr. Swift -- who though he means well, only adds to the confusion as to why the NDE's of most people conflict with the traditional religious doctrines (see The Christian Dilemma ) -- Bill O'Reilly never gets to the seat of the dilemma that confronts the world today, because he fails to challenge the religious spin that is presented on his Factor program. Meanwhile, both the traditional religions, as well as their Atheist and Secular Progressive critics, as well as most of the very liberal New Age, all fear the truth -- and simply refuse to acknowledge the facts. What do they fear? The fact that there is a great void in their understanding that undermines the very dogmatic foundations of their beliefs about life, themselves, and God. And while Bill O'Reilly is sincere, in ignoring these facts, he is permitting the people to literally drown in the spin that the secular progressives and traditional religious authorities continue to promulgate, in order to control the thinking of the people.

In the words of Daniel Patrick Moynihan: "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts." And all the confusion and conflict in the world is due to the fact that men attempt to write history their way, and manufacture the facts in order to support their sectarian and philosophical opinions. If there is a vast conspiracy that is common to both the right and left, fundamentalist conservatives and liberals, then it is the common conspiracy not only in opposition to the truth, but the attempt to support their opinions by rewriting history and manufacturing facts which support their theological and philosophical doctrines of belief. In throwing away what Jesus called the Key of Knowledge -- and silencing those who possessed it, while rewriting history to portray them as heretics -- the religions of man have all led the lost prodigal sons and daughters in the wrong direction. If those who presently lead the people down the path of conflict, because of the prevailing spiritual ignorance brought about by the fact that their sectarian predecessors threw away the Key of Knowledge that Jesus and others came to give to mankind -- actually possessed the Key of Knowledge which unlocks the true meaning of the scriptures and all of life itself -- then they would understand that it is not necessary to physically die to come into the presence of what has been called the Being of Light (see http://BeingOfLight.com ) -- and the source of conflict among religions is the common doctrinal alienation among believers which has inhibited them from being taught by what Jesus and his Ebionite Nazirene disciples called the True Prophet (see True Prophet). And as long as people such as Bill O'Reilly let pseudo-authorities who do not possess the Key of Knowledge, continue to spin their doctrinal based propaganda on his program, then the people will continue to remain engulfed under the cloud of unknowing, and the present worldwide conflict which is being fueled by sectarian and philosophical ignorance, will continue to escalate.

Thus, the question I present to Bill O'Reilly: How long will you permit your guests to spin their sectarian and philosophical rhetoric, and attempt to create their own facts which support their doctrines of belief?

Brother Of Yeshua/Jesus

http://BrotherOfYeshua.com

http://Ebionite.com

http://Nazirene.org

http://DivineStrategery.com

Greetings Laurie Dhue:

While I fully recognize Bill O'Reilly's sincerity, the fact that he continues to let certain guests spin their doctrines of belief, has not only fostered a state of unknowing that pervades the thinking of most people who look to their sectarian religious and philosophical leaders for guidance, but this same spin is the root cause of the present state of world conflict that Mr. OReilly is one of the few rational voices attempting to alert mankind to the destructive ramifications of. Thus, not only is my February 15th Blog entry an important question presented to Bill O'Reilly and the Factor (see Blog), but I have added this letter to the Being of Light article entitled The Christian Dilemma, and also as an entry in the article The Three Lies (see The Bible Curse).

St Paul correctly warns the believers who attempt to read the letter of the written word of the scriptures, that without bringing about the necessary spiritual transformation of walking in TheWay, that they will reject the higher reality of the soul of man and the Mysteries of God as utter "foolishness" (see Bible Warning Statement). So, I therefore expect people such as Bill O'Reilly who considers himself a rational thinker, to totally reject the reality that someone who lived in the first century and knew the facts first hand, could be walking among us today (see http://BrotherOfJesus.org ). And while people in modern times would like to naively believe that if Jesus or one of his disciples were to come to them today, that they would embrace him, Jesus himself openly predicted that they would not only turn upon such a soul as a heretic, but that they would seek to kill him (see Statement). Thus, it is not an accident that I have approached Mr. O'Reilly with a number of questions in the above Blog and articles, that are of the utmost importance to all of mankind today. So, will Mr. O'Reilly permit a certain group of guests to continue to spin their rhetoric, or will he challenge them with the facts. In my Blog entry I quote the words of the late Daniel Patrick Moynihan who with wisdom stated: "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts." And this question has been presented to Mr. O'Reilly today.

GodSpeed In TheWay,

The Soul Who Lived As Jacob,

Brother Of Yeshua/Jesus

Known today as

Allan Cronshaw

PO Box 780
Graham, NC 27253

Greetings Dr. Patrick Swift:

After listening to you on the O'Reilly Factor, while you are sincere, you could be far more effective if you understood what I portray in my Blog entry to Bill O'Reilly and the below letter to Laurie Dhue as the Key of Knowledge. If you have a desire to learn about the traditions and mystical language that the scriptures are written in, then perhaps I can help you to understand a reality that would greatly increase your effectiveness in your goal of world peace and greater tolerance and understanding that you are working to bring about.

GodSpeed In TheWay,

The Soul Who Lived As Jacob,

Brother Of Yeshua/Jesus

What is clear is the fact that what Don Piper was shown in his NDE, was very different than what others have been shown in their own NDE, and it is truly important to understand why? In the foregoing Christian position published by Ron Rhodes at the top of this web page, Ron details why many NDE's are not compatible with the Bible. Yet, Don Piper has not only continued to embrace Evangelical Christianity, but the whole framework of his thinking remains totally faithful to his very Christian doctrines of belief. Quoting the FAQ page on the Don Piper Ministries web site (see Don Piper FAQ): Don Piper Ministries is a Christian ministry that believes the only way to go to heaven is to trust Jesus Christ as your savior. In the Gospel of John, Chapter 14, Christ tells his disciples he is going to prepare a place for them. Thomas asks the same question most of us would. Where is it, and how do we get there? Jesus responded without hesitation. Jesus said in John 14:6, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” What does this mean for those who do not follow Christ? As Christians, we believe the Bible teaches the only way to go to heaven is through Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior. We believe he did what he said he would do, he died and rose from the grave, and he is now preparing a place for us in heaven. Even though many great religions profess an after-life, that there is a place called “paradise” or “heaven,” Christ alone represents the one who conquered death to go to heaven. We profess Christ out of love for all the people of the world, and we hope they too will come to know Christ as their personal Lord and Savior.

If it is true that not only other people from various religions around the world have similar experiences as Don Piper -- and even Atheists have had NDE's and been brought up into what they would describe as Heaven, and many have encountered a Being of Light -- then why was Don Piper only shown in his experiences, what conformed to his Christian beliefs? The Answer: Even before Don Piper entered this life, his NDE was planned, in order to set him on the course that he is presently walking. Thus, Don Piper is serving the Higher Will of God, by exposing Christians to certain higher concepts of man's soul-reality that is totally absent today. In fact, many sects of Christians, as well as the Jehovah's Witnesses, believe that your consciousness is suspended upon physical death, until what they believe is the coming resurrection and judgment of all mankind. So what Don Piper experienced, demonstrates that this commonly held Christian doctrine is spurious. Secondly, the work of the Don Piper Ministries will have a beneficial and positive effect on the Christians who he speaks to, and who buys his books. It will induce them to begin to venture beyond their present doctrinal box, and begin to open their mind and thinking. In being exposed to the fact that non-Christians and even Atheists have has similar experiences before being sent back into the body, they will begin to search for answers within their faith -- and it is this part of the equation that is of the utmost importance.

While many in the New Age have long embraced the reality of the NDE, as well as other paranormal experiences, the New Age for the most part is lacking the necessary foundational structure to build upon. It is a hodgepodge of confusing and conflicting opinions, often drawn from religions and religious teachings that in many important points reject one another -- and in making themselves a big tent group, they are often lacking in essential core values and standards of life. On the other hand, while what the soul who lived as Jesus taught is true, because of the strong influence of Pagan Rome has had upon the Church and Christian doctrine, Christians have themselves been alienated from the very spiritual essence of what Jesus actually taught, and what the objectives are in following these important teachings. What this means is that while the original teachings of Jesus are true, what the Church has published has very little in common with the spiritual essence and objectives of these teachings.

Paul warns that it is impossible for man in his organic and natural mindset to comprehend the higher reality of the soul, and warns that even baptized and committed Christians of the simple faith will reject the Mysteries of God and the Kingdom as utter "foolishness" (see link). While not understood, this is the absolute truth when Christians attempt to read the written text of the Bible, and it is the absolute truth when New Age people attempt to learn in their many classes, meetings, forums and symposiums. And only those who understand the Laws that control every person and event in this world are able to even begin to understand what I am attempting to convey to the reader -- i.e., as a seeker, you can never possess any greater level of truth, than you are willing to live and manifest in word, thought, desire and deed. And not only is this reality of life the very meaning of the parable of the Sower and the Seed (see http://SowerAndSeed.com ), but it is warned in this parable that “Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?” (Mark 4:13 KJV) -- or, in the wording of a the modern language New Living Translation: “But if you can’t understand this story, how will you understand all the others I am going to tell?” And the essential teaching of the parable has very little to do with faith and belief -- but rather, in the necessary actions and environment that is crucial to expanding the soul-seed kernel that as the prodigal son, is our inheritance from our Heavenly Father. And it is this process of living the truth, as taught by the historical Jesus, and creating the proper environment of growth and development, that begins the necessary process of spiritual transformation that provides not on the vision and insight to understand the true meaning of the scriptures, but also to enter the Inner Kingdom without physically dying (see http://GateOfEden.com ).

What Ron Rhodes (see above) and many Christians fail to realize, is the fact that the Being of Light (BofL) is neither Jesus or the Christ! And what the Christians ARE doing is gambling -- gambling that the doctrines of the Church of Constantine and Pagan Rome are correct (see The Death Of The Religion Of Jesus) -- that the witness of the anti-Nicene witnesses are in error as to what the original scriptures stated at the baptism of Jesus (see The Ten Words That Restore The Truth) -- that the overwhelming evidence that the Church of Constantine corrupted the scriptures is not true (see The Orthodox Corruption Of The Scriptures) -- and that carnal Christians are not plagued by the same spiritual blindness with respect to the inner meaning of the scriptures, as is the Jews (see No Jew Has Ever Read The Torah). And what really makes most Christians gamblers -- and this is true of all people -- is seen in the fact that if they truly embraced the teachings of Jesus and TheWay, that they could prove all Truths by virtue of the own spiritual experiences as they gain access into the Kingdom within (see Gate Of Eden).

The above position of the Church is based upon the premises that the Roman Emperor Constantine was correct when he declared that Jesus was God, and then murdered all who did not share his (Constantine's) belief which was well represented in the writings of Plato and the Greek philosophers as the doctrine of the Trinity. Contrary to what Christians believe today, the original disciples and followers of Jesus did not believe he was God -- and very much believed as is presented on the Ebionite HomePage, that Jesus was Anointed (Messiah/Christ) by "...fulfilling the Law. He was the Christ of God, since not one of the rest of mankind had observed the Law completely. Had any one else fulfilled the commandments of the Law, he would have been the Christ." Hence, what this means is that when all disciples and believers "...thus fulfill the law, they are able to become Christs" (Hippolytus, Refut. Omn. Haer. vii. 34).

What is the truth? The modern Christians are gambling that the Ebionite/Nazirene disciples of Jesus who were taught directly by him and the original disciples, were wrong in their assertion that the Christ is a Power of Anointing and Illumination from God that enlightens the mind of those who are truly faithful, and that Jesus was in “...supernatural union of a man and God... In their eyes, Jesus of Nazareth was a mere mortal, the legitimate son of Joseph and Mary: but he was the best and wisest of the human race, selected as the worthy instrument to restore upon earth the worship of the true and supreme Deity. When he was baptized in the Jordan, the Christ, the first of the aeons, the Son of God himself, descended on Jesus in the form of a dove, to inhabit his mind, and direct his actions during the allotted period of his ministry” (Gibbon; The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire, V.4, P.366).

Why are modern Christians gamblers? Because they have been warned in an uncountable number of ways that what they presently believe -- beliefs which were imposed upon the Church by the emperors and priests of the 4th century Roman Church -- has very little in common with the original essence of what Jesus taught. “Biblical scholars”, writes A. Powell Davies, ”were not disturbed by what they found in the Dead Sea Scrolls because they had known all along that the origin of Christianity was not what was commonly supposed to have been” (quoted by Millar Burrows in More Light on the Dead Sea Scrolls). When Edmund Wilson, an expert who worked on the Dead Sea Scrolls asked the question as to what difference it makes if “Jesus... had been trained in the discipline and imbued with the thought of a certain Jewish sect, and that he had learned from it the role that he afterwards lived...” (The Scrolls From The Dead Sea), the defectiveness of modern Christian Church doctrine which was imposed on the Church by the Emperor Constantine, is in absolute conflict with what is now commonly known with respect to the original teachings of Jesus.

A demonstration of these facts with respect to the modern-day rejection of genuine New Covenant teachings of Jesus, in the endeavor to continue to embrace traditional (Pagan) church doctrine, even when believers are shown that their doctrinal beliefs are in error, is seen in the words of Dead Sea Scroll expert John Allegro, who was at that time a Professor at Manchester University, who worked extensively on the scrolls, where he was quoted in the August 1966 issue of Harpers Magazine as stating: “The very scholars who should be most capable of working on the documents and interpreting them have displayed a not altogether surprising, but nonetheless curious, reluctance to go to the heart of their matter. The scholars appear to have held back from making discoveries which, there is evidence to believe, may upset a great many basic teachings of the Christian Church. This in turn would greatly upset many Christian Theologians and believers. The heart of the matter is, in fact, the source and originality of Christian doctrine”. What Prof. Allegro is conveying to us is that Church authorities have rejected what the very Hand of God has in fact placed in their hands, because there is no doubt that the essence of Christianity has very little in common with what is commonly believed today.

Once properly understood, the encounter with the Being of Light in the Near Death Experience is further conformation that the modern Christian Church has strayed so far from the spiritual essence of Jesus' teachings, that it can be said that it has spiritually disenfranchised itself from its Source! Moreover, because modern Christians are so anchored to the thinking and mindset of this present agnostic/secular culture -- and have thus lost the Keys of Knowledge that opens the door to man's own higher soul and spiritual realities -- and in them the prediction of Jesus in The Apocalypse of Peter where his words have come to pass when he warned: "I have told you that these (people) are blind and deaf. Now then, listen to the things which they are telling you in a mystery, and guard them, Do not tell them to the sons of this age. For they shall blaspheme you in these ages since they are ignorant of you, but they will praise you in knowledge. For many will accept our teaching in the beginning. And they will turn from them again by the will of the Father of their error, because they have done what he wanted. And he will reveal them in his judgment, i.e., the servants of the Word. But those who became mingled with these shall become their prisoners, since they are without perception. And the guileless, good, pure one they push to the worker of death, and to the kingdom of those who praise Christ in a restoration. And they praise the men of the propagation of falsehood, those who will come after you. And they will cleave to the name of a dead man, thinking that they will become pure. But they will become greatly defiled and they will fall into a name of error, and into the hand of an evil, cunning man and a manifold dogma, and they will be ruled without law. For some of them will blaspheme the truth and proclaim evil teaching. And they will say evil things against each other..."

The reference here is being made to the historical Jesus ("...cleave to the name of a dead man, thinking that they will become pure"), while rejecting by virtue of their manmade doctrines, the Spiritual Living Christ that must be found by seeking the Kingdom within (see Gate of Eden) by living a consecrated life to the Most High God. Thus, the modern Christian doctrine that they are saved -- "...thinking that they will become pure... by cleaving to the name" of the historical Jesus, while rejecting the spiritual lifestyle that he taught was absolutely necessary to be his disciple. In fact, if the believers would live the life which was taught by Jesus -- and had enough faith to release themselves from the shackles of their manmade doctrines -- they would be able to come into the presence of the Being of Light without having to physically die in the manner of those who have had a Near Death Experience. And while they are correct that the Being of Light is not the Christ -- this Being of Divine Love is a necessary step in the disciples search for Messiah/Christ. In fact, a believer can never come to the Living Son of God until they discover who the Being of Light truly is.

Who is the Being of Light? One of the more straightforward presentations of the identity of the Being of Light is found in the 84th saying of the Gospel of Thomas where it is written: (84) Jesus said, "When you see your likeness, you rejoice. But when you see your images which came into being before you, and which neither die nor become manifest, how much you will have to bear!"

Because the Church has literally thrown away the Key of Knowledge, and limited their thinking to the very carnal doctrines of the Roman Emperors who dictated the acceptable beliefs of the Church, there is no possible way for them to interpret the above saying. What is their Likeness? What are images which came into being before them? If the reasoning of the Emperor Justinian is correct when he condemned the Church Father Origen -- and we began our existence at conception and birth -- then what image of us could have existed before us? The reality of man’s plight in this world is that he is an embryonic image of his pre-existent soul that has entered into this realm in order to perfect those laws and elements that he must overcome (see Embryonic Image). In the same way that a fetus is an embryonic copy of its parents, our mind is an embryonic image of our soul.

Your likeness that you rejoice when you see, is your soul which has existed since the beginning of time. The images which came into existence before you, are the previous lives your soul has lived prior to the incarnation which you are living at the present. These images which represent lifetimes in the manner that we are presently living, are alien to the soul because they have gone in the ways of this world which Jesus portrayed as the broad-way of self-destruction -- and can be compared to miscarriages with respect to the next level of birth which is the paramount theme of the Bible. In becoming part of the culture of the time in which they lived, and not living in accordance with the scriptures and the Royal Law of God, they possessed no valid spiritual substance, and therefore remain failed attempts of the soul to manifest itself in the Kingdom. Thus, the words that they "...neither die nor become manifest". And while modern Christians will immediately reject the teaching of the pre-existent soul that evolves to perfection (Mt. 5:48) over the course of many lifetimes, the facts of the matter is that you can't even walk in TheWay and be a disciple of Jesus without the understanding that the soul evolves through more than one lifetime (see The Unanswerable Question).

In the symbology of this world, these previous images can be compared to the eggs of a woman that possess the potential to be a person -- but having never developed into a mature fetus, were never physically born into this world. What this means is that we all have the potential to be born into the Kingdom -- and the seeker of Truth and Light who has received the testimony of the Word can be likened to those eggs of a woman that has been fertilized -- but whether we are actually born into the Kingdom will depend upon our ability to embrace the Word in its absolute fullness.

The modern believer will of course oppose such a reality, saying that Jesus came to save those who are lost. Yet, it was the Lord himself who warned: “But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living” (Matt 22:31-32 KJV). Thus, those who are worthy of the resurrection are those who follow in the footsteps of the Lord along The Way. What this means is that, where the fetus has the potential to be born into this physical world, we have the potential to be born into what Jesus called the Kingdom. The images that are noted in the Gospel of Thomas that Jesus states “neither die nor are manifested”, having failed to develop and mature, never attain the second birth spoken about in the third chapter of John that Christians widely quote today.

Admittedly, these biblical and historical facts can only begin to make sense when we perceive the reality of our pre-existent soul and the foundation of New Covenant teachings with regard to the Kingdom coming within the mind and being of the disciple. In two important recent Christian archeological discoveries known as the Oxyrhynchus Papyri and the Gospel of Thomas, we can see an essential teaching that Constantine removed from the Bible which Jesus conveyed to those who asked him about the coming of the Kingdom: “When the Lord was asked by a certain man, when should his kingdom come, he said unto him, when two shall be one and the without as the within, and the male with the female, neither male nor female”. That this is an authentic saying of the Lord which was at one time in our scriptures is affirmed by St. Clement, the disciple of Peter, in his The Second Epistle of Clement where he writes: “Let us expect, therefore, hour by hour, the kingdom of God in love and righteousness, since we know not the day of the appearing of God. For the Lord Himself, being asked by one when His kingdom would come, replied, 'When two shall be one, that which is without as that which is within, and the male with the female, neither male nor female’”. What these important teachings convey is the reality of an inner Armageddon, and the spiritual birth of the disciple in the Kingdom within.

These strange sounding words are so very crucial for the modern Christian to understand, that no amount of words can possibly do them justice with respect to their immense importance. The great fact is that in these words is the essence of what the Bible calls the Key of Knowledge. What they convey to us is the Divine Pattern -- i.e., in the same way that each of us came into being through the intermingling of the polar opposites (male and female) of our physical parents, the disciple is born into the next world by the merger of the paradoxical opposites within his own mind and being. Thus, where in the expression of the sexes each of us already moves within the forces of Creation throughout every aspect of our lives, now we only have to learn to apply this knowledge to make the two one, the inner and the outer the same, merge the feminine and masculine powers, and thereby open the gate that Jesus spoke of as existing within our own selves.

Why The Being Of Light

Does Not Respond In The Manner Like

Fundamentalist Christians Would Predict

What the majority of Fundamentalist Christians are looking for is the Being of Light to convey to the person in the Near Death Experience (NDE) that they should believe in him, repent and go to church, and be saved. Yet, this response by the Being of Light would only be appropriate if the doctrines of the Emperor Constantine, Justinian, and the Roman Church were correct, and the original disciples and followers of Jesus were in error. That the Being of Light responds in the manner that it does in the countless recorded NDE's, is because the Being of Light is the person's own pre-existent soul/higher self. Further, the Being of Light understands that all the events of the person's life was brought about by the Laws of God acting upon the individual in order to bring about the persons eventual destiny as the return of the prodigal son to the Edenic Kingdom of Origination.

Why Bad Things Happen To Good People? Contrary to what most men and women believe, there is a reason for all things -- i.e., there is a reason for every event that transpires -- and there is no such thing as an accident in the scope of luck and fate. Yet, because of our adherence to manmade doctrines of men with a very limited vision of man and the world, both mainstream Christianity as well as science is totally devoid of any reasonable understanding of the realities of life. They therefore are not even prepared to comprehend either the Being of Light, or why he responds in the manner he does. And with respect to Christians, they simply refuse to believe the Bible where it states that not only every hair on our head is accounted for, but that a single sparrow cannot fall to the ground except it be the Will of God (see The Paradox Of FreeWill). Moreover, modern science has now proven the validity of the Hebrew/Christian Mystics, and the biblical reality that all events that transpire in this world are the direct result of the influence of a parallel field/realm (see Science Proves Religion). So while we have it within our ability to learn and demonstrate the reason for all events that take place in this world, we continue to dwell in abject ignorance because we reject this knowledge. Why? Because it does not confirm either modern Christian Church doctrine, or the very flawed Darwinist perception of Creation.

What Is The Cause Of All Events In Life: In the words of the third century Church Father Origen -- the man who is known as the greatest Christian theologian and authority second only to the disciples, and St. Gregory of Nyssa called “the prince of Christian learning in the Third Century” wrote that “according to their merit” based upon our deeds and accomplishments in our previous lives (see Origen), and that our lot in life is the direct result of our own deserts, and writes: “For God the Creator makes a certain vessel unto honor, and other vessels to dishonor; but that vessel which has cleansed itself from all impurity He makes a vessel unto honor, while that which has stained itself with the filth of vice He makes a vessel unto dishonor. The conclusion from which, accordingly, is this, that the cause of each one's actions is a pre-existing one; and then every one, according to his deserts, is made by God either a vessel unto honor or dishonor. Therefore every individual vessel has furnished to its Creator out of itself the causes and occasions of its being formed by Him to be either a vessel unto honor or one unto dishonor. And if the assertion appear correct, as it certainly is, and in harmony with all piety, that it is due to previous causes that every vessel be prepared by God either to honor or to dishonor, it does not appear absurd that, in discussing remoter causes in the same order, and in the same method, we should come to the same conclusion respecting the nature of souls, and (believe) that this was the reason why Jacob was beloved before he was born into this world, and Esau hated, while he still was contained in the womb of his mother”.

By Law, We Create Our Own World In Which We Dwell: When Origen writes that "every individual furnishes to its Creator out of itself the causes and occasions of its being formed", that does not mean that The Most High God who is the Supreme Intelligence decided for each person what their next life will be like. What it means is that by interacting with the Laws which Creator-God put into place in the beginning -- Laws which the scriptures confirm and the Constitutional forefathers of the United States called "the Laws of Nature and Nature's God" -- we have not only invoked these Laws that control every aspect of our lives, but that we are so immersed in these Laws that individualizes and personalizes every event and occurrence of our lives, that it is as if we are a fish that swims in a sea of Laws. Science has already proven that what we perceive as concrete matter with our physical senses is an illusion (see http://messianic.nazirene.org/science_proves.htm#illusion ). Science has already proven that we see and interact with all of life through the filter of our beliefs (see http://messianic.nazirene.org/science_proves.htm#filter ). That all physical matter is merely a blemish where the fields collide one with another (see http://messianic.nazirene.org/science_proves.htm#blemish ). And that it is the field which surrounds our physical body, that is the true source of our being -- and it is for this reason that people experience an out-of-body during the Near Death Experience (see Life After Life). Thus, based upon our own past actions in conjunction with our interaction with others, the whole of our life is pre-programmed into the field that surrounds our body in much the same way that the atmosphere surrounds the earth -- that every aspect of our present life is founded upon our more distant past that we don't remember -- and that we are presently creating our future lives here on earth.

Christians basically ignore the words of the Apostle when he warned: “Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows” (Gal 6:7 NIV). If a soul, then, enters this world as a “vessel of wrath prepared for destruction” (Rom 9:22), that soul is responsible for their lot in life that was brought about by virtue of his own pre-existent deeds and actions. If a soul enters this life as a “vessel for honor” (Rom 9:21 NKJ), this good that has been inherited is the result of that soul’s efforts to “cleanse himself” from the defilements of this world, in order that “he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work” (2 Tim 2:21 NKJ).

That our deeds and the desires of our heart -- whether good, bad or indifferent -- remain with us as we interact with the Laws of Creation that God invoked when this realm came into existence, is the understanding that we must possess in order for us to even begin to comprehend the biblical doctrine of predestination -- and ultimately the Bible and Life itself. That the Protestant Reformers in the Middle Ages did not possess this understanding, and they were unable to explain the great void that existed in their thinking and comprehension of the scriptures, life, and God, resulted in their reactionary position whereby they condemned the very use of the mind and the exercise of reason among Christians. This was a political doctrine that was used to maintain their own position of religious authority, and they had no other choice. Martin Luther who is known as the father of the Reformation, was a Roman Catholic priest -- and the original beliefs about Jesus, the scriptures, God, and the meaning and purpose of life itself, was totally foreign to the teachings of TheWay (see http://ebionite.com ). How were they to maintain their position of authority among the body of believers, when they were unable to explain the to the people the reason that God moves in the manner that He does. They could not!

“Reason”, writes Luther, “is the greatest enemy that faith has; it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but - more frequently than not - struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God” (Quoted in: The Great Thoughts; compiled by George Seldes). Luther sets the standard for Christians when he writes that "To be a Christian, you must pluck out the eye of reason." And orders those who desire to be faithful to the Word of God that "Reason must be deluded, blinded, and destroyed. Faith must trample underfoot all reason, sense, and understanding, and whatever it sees must be put out of sight and ... know nothing but the word of God." Luther provided a whole new dimension to the popular X-Files phrase Trust No One, when he warned: "The Devil can so completely assume the human form, when he wants to deceive us, that we may well lie with what seems to be a woman, of real flesh and blood, and yet all the while 'tis only the Devil in the shape of a woman. 'Tis the same with women, who may think that a man is in bed with them, yet 'tis only the Devil; and...the result of this connection is oftentimes an imp of darkness, half mortal, half devil...."

Martin Luther went as far as to condemn the Bible when he could not twist it to affirm his own political authority and doctrines of belief, as seen in his condemnation of the Epistle to the Hebrews because it denies the doctrine of the Trinity which was forced upon the Church by the Roman Emperor Constantine: "The fact that [the biblical book] Hebrews is not an epistle of St. Paul, or of any other apostle, is proved by what it says in chapter two....". Thus, orthodox Christian doctrine came to mean whatever Luther and the fathers of the Reformation decided it should be, and everything else -- including scripture -- was condemned as the work of the Devil.

Natural Law: Everything that we know about Creation affirms to us the great reality that all things are controlled by natural laws. Whether it be the movement of the heavenly bodies, the atmospheric and elemental currents of the world in which we dwell, right down to the atomic and genetic fabric and structure of life itself. All of life is immersed in a sea of natural law that controls every aspect of Creation. The very prediction of the atomic bomb as theorized by Einstein, is proof that once man is able to envision the laws that control every aspect of Creation, he is able to successfully foresee the eventual results.

Interaction With The Being Of Light: The underlying principle of the scriptures that is confirmed by the people of the New Covenant -- whether Jewish or Gentile -- prior to the institutionalization of the church in the fourth century, is that our deeds and accomplishments in life remain with us -- and because of our interaction with the natural laws that control this world, it is our own deeds, caused by our own actions, that is returned to us in the future -- which future can be in our present life, or a future life when we again re-enter this world. The Being of Light who is our true self, knows this, and compassionately interacts with us. Have we learned our lessons in life? The Being of Light asks us: What have we learned? Why would such a question be asked? Because we have created our present life out of our own past thoughts, desires and actions. Thus, everything in our life has been a lesson-plan and syllabus that was brought about when our own pre-existent soul who is the Being of Light (in the words of the Church Father Origen) "... furnished to its Creator out of itself the causes and occasions of its being formed". So if we pose the question as to why a person lived a less than spiritually desirable life? The answer is that our thoughts, desires, judgments, and actions towards our fellow brothers and sisters invoked the Laws that brought such a life about. More than anything else, Jesus taught the Royal Law with respect to the manner in which we live and treat our brothers and sisters -- and when we violate that Royal Law, then our own judgment comes back upon us. Which means that the Being of Light wants to know if we have learned anything, because it is our own past thoughts, desires, judgments and actions that brought our lives about.

Allan@BrotherOfYeshua.com

Main WebSites

While I have written in the name of Jacob, the Brother of Yeshua, most of the below web sites are written in the name of Allan Cronshaw, which is my birth name in this present life. The manner in which these other web sites are composed is very different than on this one -- wherein, on these other web sites there is an attempt to document and demonstrate every proof and concept of TheWay using a multitude of resources and biblical verses -- while on this web site there is no other authority than Jacob writing to you as the Brother Of Yeshua who was the leader of the Hebrew/Christian movement of TheWay. In the recently discovered Gospel of Thomas it is written: (12) The disciples said to Jesus, "We know that you will depart from us. Who is to be our leader?" Jesus said to them, "Wherever you are, you are to go to James the righteous, for whose sake heaven and earth came into being." So to once again restore the teachings of TheWay which is today known as Christianity, the Lord has sent Jacob/James, the Brother of Yeshua/Jesus, back into the world in order to guide the faithful flock into the Truth, the Light, and the Kingdom within (Luke 17:20-21). It is there that my brother Yeshua/Jesus awaits you.

The above warning with respect to the predicted corruption of Yeshua's teachings is further stated in the first century writings known today as the Clementine Recognitions where it is written: "Our Lord and Prophet, who hath sent us, declared to us that the wicked one, having disputed with Him forty days, and having prevailed nothing against Him, promised that he would send apostles from amongst his subjects, to deceive. Wherefore, above all, remember to shun apostle or teacher or prophet who does not first accurately compare his preaching with that of James, who was called the brother of my Lord, and to whom was entrusted to administer the church of the Hebrews in Jerusalem, — and that even though he come to you with witnesses: lest the wickedness which disputed forty days with the Lord, and prevailed nothing, should afterwards, like lightning falling from heaven upon the earth, send a preacher to your injury, as now he has sent Simon upon us, preaching, under pretense of the truth, in the name of the Lord, and sowing error. Wherefore He who hath sent us, said, ‘Many shall come to me in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. By their fruits ye shall know them.’"

Again it is warned by Clement: "Wherefore observe the greatest caution, that you believe no teacher, unless he bring from Jerusalem the testimonial of James the Lord’s brother, or of whosoever may come after him. For no one, unless he has gone up thither, and there has been approved as a fit and faithful teacher for preaching the word of Christ, — unless, I say, he brings a testimonial thence, is by any means to be received. But let neither prophet nor apostle be looked for by you at this time, besides us. For there is one true Prophet, whose words we twelve apostles preach"

As predicted, the ministers of Satan have succeeded in altering the teachings of my brother Yeshua, and continue to lead many into the abyss of darkness. But have no fear my brothers and sisters, for the teachings of TheWay has been restored so that you might be able to overcome the darkness, and enter the Kingdom of Light within you (Luke 17:20-21).

		The Brother Of Yeshua/Jesus: 2000 years ago I lived as Jacob who many all James, and I was known as the Brother of Yeshua and the first leader of the New Covenant movement of TheWay which is today known as Christianity. I was sent back into the world to restore the teachings of my brother Yeshua to their original spiritual essence, and to guide you in TheWay that is "narrow" so you will be able to open the "strait gate" within you and enter the Kingdom that Yeshua declared must be attained through the second birth.
		The Ebionite HomePage: If you call yourself a Christian, Jew, Messianic believer, Evyonim, Nazarene or Muslim, then it is imperative that you learn of the Ebionites who are True Spiritual Israel -- They are the Poor Ones to the ways and thinking of this world -- The Ebionites were the Israelites of the Nazirene Vow They are/were the Genuine Disciples of Yeshua/Jesus who are in the world and not of it!
		The Gate Of Eden: Why were the Disciples and followers of Yeshua vegetarian? Why did they live in accordance with the precepts of the Torah/Law? Why did they live separate and apart from both Jews and Christians? The answer is very simple: The Gate of Eden is within us, and if we fail to enter therein while we are still physically alive in the body, we will have failed in our opportunity to enter into Life. And while it can be countered that we are saved by our belief in Messiah/Christ, faith, or the blood of the lamb, the truth is that if we were truly faithful disciples of TheWay, that we would experience the opening of the inner door and the Kingdom coming within us. The GateOfEden article explores all aspects of the need to pick up one's own cross and follow the narrow path that leads to the inner gate to the Edenic Kingdom of Origination.
		The Nazirene HomePage: The original spiritual teachings of Yeshua/Jesus as practiced by the people of The Way who where known historically as the Essenes, Ebionites, and Nazirenes. The teachings of The Way are Spiritual -- and provide a means to open the "strait gate" into the Kingdom while still physically alive in the body/vessel.
		The Light Of Yeshua -- The Messianic Nazirene Disciple of TheWay: While many teach that believers are saved by faith, the journey of the disciple of Yeshua is one of absolute dedication to The Way. The disciple who becomes a brother to Yeshua must live as he lived, and become a Nazirene who is consecrated and wholly set apart as they walk the Narrow Way, enter into the Kingdom through the Strait Gate, and learn directly from the L-rd -- the One Rabbi and Teacher of the Mysteries of G-d.
		TheWay of the Nazirene Rings HomePage: This is the Ring Home page of TheWay of the Nazirene. It will provide you with a listing of all the Nazirene Rings, and a brief description of the importance of walking in The Way and entering the Kingdom of God before physical death occurs. Come visit and learn the essence of the teachings of Jesus/Yeshua that were lost by the institutionalized church.
		The Long Island Mystic and Nazirene Disciple of TheWay: The Organizational HomePage of The Nazirene -- the Long Island Mystic, Evangelical Minister, and Prophet of TheWay -- who God bestowed upon him the gift of the recall of his previous life as a Disciple and Brother of Messiah/Christ -- and thus has re-entered this world at the present time in order to restore the Spiritual Essence and Teachings of his Master, Yeshua/Jesus. The Kingdom is within! And we must sojourn the narrow path of TheWay, enter the "strait gate" to the Inner Spiritual Temple, while still alive in the physical body. Thus, modern Christians have misunderstood the words of Yeshua -- he never said that we must physically die to enter the Edenic Kingdom of Origination -- but rather, we must die to the culture, mindset and ways of this world in order to enter the Kingdom!