A
Sequential Harmony of
The
Gospel of Thomas &
The (Second) Revelation of St John
(Highlighting the Key
Word Connections to Reveal a Unique Understanding)
"The Second Revelation of St John" is an early text unveiling the events of the Book of Revelation,
but in an uniquely laid out specific sequential order with many additional details.
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The
Gospel
of Thomas
(The Original Gospel of Jesus)
Translated by
Thomas o. Lambdin
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The
(Second)
Revelation
of St John
From The "Ante-Nicene Fathers," Vol. 8.
Translated by
Alexander Walker.
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| These
are
the secret sayings which the living Jesus spoke and
which Didymos Judas Thomas
wrote down. |
After
the
taking up of
our Lord Jesus Christ, I John
was alone upon Mount Tabor,
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(1)
And he
said, "Whoever finds the
interpretation of these sayings will not experience
death."
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where
also He showed us His
undefiled Godhead; and as I was not able to stand, I fell upon the ground, |
| (2)
Jesus
said, "Let him who seeks continue seeking
until he finds. When he finds, he will become troubled. When he becomes
troubled, he will be astonished, and he will rule over the All." |
and
prayed to the Lord, and said: O
Lord my God,
who has deemed me worthy to be Your servant, hear my voice, and teach me about Your coming. |
| (3)
Jesus
said, "If those who lead you say to you,
'See, the kingdom is in the sky,' then the birds
of the sky will
precede you. If they say to you, 'It is in the sea,' then the fish
will
precede you. Rather, the kingdom is inside of you, and it is outside of
you. When you come to know yourselves, then you will become known, and you will realize that it is
you who are the sons of the living father.
But if you will not know yourselves, you dwell in poverty and it is
you
who are that poverty." |
When You shall come to the earth,
what will happen? The heaven
and the earth, and the sun and the moon, what will happen to them in those times? Reveal to me all; for I am
emboldened, because You
listen to Your servant. |
| (4)
Jesus
said, "The man old in days will not
hesitate to
ask a small child seven days old about the place of life,
and he will live. For many who are first will become last, and they
will become one and the same." |
And
I spent seven days praying;
and after this a cloud of light caught me up
from the mountain, and set me before the face of the heaven. |
| (5)
Jesus
said, "Recognize what is in your sight,
and that which is hidden from you will become plain to you. For there is nothing hidden which will not become manifest." |
And
I heard
a voice saying to me: Look up, John, servant of
God, and know.
And having looked up, I saw the heaven opened, |
(6)
His
disciples questioned him and said to him,
"Do you want us to fast? How shall we pray? Shall we give
alms? What
diet shall we observe?"
Jesus said, "Do not tell lies, and do not do
what you hate, for all things are plain in the sight of heaven. For nothing hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain without being uncovered." |
and
there came forth from within the heaven a smell of perfumes of much sweet odour;
and I saw an exceeding great flood of light, more resplendent than the sun. And again I heard a voice saying to me: Behold,
righteous John. |
(7)
Jesus
said, "Blessed is the lion
which becomes man
when consumed
by man;
and cursed is the man
whom the lion
consumes,
and the lion
becomes man."
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And
I
directed my sight, and saw a
book lying, of the thickness, methought,
of seven mountains;
( C.f. Seven mountains,
Revelation
17:9 )
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| (8)
And he
said, "The man is like a wise fisherman
who cast his net into the sea and drew it up from the sea full of small
fish. Among them the wise fisherman found a fine large fish. He threw
all the small fish back into the sea and chose the large fish
without
difficulty. Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear." |
and
the
length of it the mind of man cannot
comprehend, having seven seals. And I said: O Lord my God, reveal to me what is written in this book. And I heard a voice saying to me: Hear, righteous John. |
| (9)
Jesus
said, "Now the sower went out, took a handful (of seeds), and scattered them. Some
fell on the road; the
birds came and gathered them
up. Others
fell on the rock, did not take
root in the soil, and did not
produce ears. And others
fell on thorns;
they choked the seed(s) and
worms ate them.
And others fell on the good soil and it produced good fruit: it bore sixty per measure and a hundred and twenty per measure." |
In this book which you see there have been written the things in the heaven, and the things in the earth, and the things in the abyss, and the judgments
and righteousness of all the human
race. And I said: Lord, when shall these things come to pass? And what do those times bring? And I heard a voice saying to me: Hear, righteous
John. |
| (10)
Jesus
said, "I have cast fire upon the world, and see, I am
guarding it until it blazes." |
There
shall
be in that time abundance of grain and
wine, such as there has never been upon the earth, nor shall
ever be until those times come. |
(11)
Jesus
said, "This heaven will pass away, and
the one above it will pass away. The dead are not alive, and the living
will not die. In the days when you consumed
what is dead, you made it
what is alive. When
you come to dwell in the light, what will you do? On the day when
you were one you became two. But when
you become two,
what will you do?"
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Then
the ear
of grain shall produce a half chœnix,
and the bend of the branch shall produce a thousand clusters, and the
cluster shall produce a half jar of wine; and in the following year
there shall not be found upon the face of all the earth a half chœnix
of grain or a half jar of wine. |
(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." |
And
again I
said: Lord, thereafter what will You do? And I heard a
voice saying to
me: Hear, righteous John. |
(13)
Jesus
said to his disciples, "Compare me to someone and tell me whom I am like."
Simon Peter said to him, "You are like a righteous angel."
Matthew said to him, "You are like a wise
philosopher."
Thomas said to him, "Master, my mouth is wholly incapable of saying whom you are like."
Jesus said, "I am not your master. Because you have drunk, you have
become intoxicated from the bubbling spring which I have measured out."
And he took him and withdrew and told him three things. When Thomas
returned to his companions, they asked him, "What did Jesus say to you?"
Thomas said to them, "If I tell you one of the things which he told me,
you will pick up stones and throw them at me; a fire will come out of
the stones and burn you up." |
Then
shall
appear the denier, and he who
is set
apart in the darkness, who is called Antichrist.
And again I said:
Lord, reveal to me what he is like. And I heard a voice saying to me:
The appearance of his face is dusky; the hairs of his head are sharp, like
darts; his eyebrows like
a wild beast's; his right eye like
the star which rises in the morning, and the
other like
a lion's; his mouth about one cubit;
his teeth
span long; his fingers like scythes; the
print of his feet of two spans; and on his face an inscription, Antichrist; |
| (14)
Jesus
said to them, "If you fast, you will give rise to sin for yourselves; and if
you pray, you will be condemned;
and if you give alms, you will do harm to your spirits. When you go into any land and walk about in the districts, if they
receive
you, eat what they will set before you, and heal the sick among them.
For what goes into your mouth will not defile you, but that which
issues from your mouth - it is that which will defile you." |
he shall be exalted even to heaven,
and shall be cast down even to Hades, making false
displays. And then will I make
the heaven brazen, so that it shall not give moisture upon the earth;
and I will hide the clouds in secret places,
so that they shall not
bring moisture upon the earth; |
| (15)
Jesus
said, "When you see one who was not born
of woman, prostrate yourselves on your
faces and worship him. That one
is your father." |
and
I will
command the horns of the wind, so that the wind shall not blow upon the
earth. |
| (16)
Jesus
said, "Men think, perhaps, that it is peace which I have come to cast upon the world. They do not
know that it is dissension which I have come to cast upon the earth: fire, sword,
and war. For there will be five in a house: three
will be against two,
and two against three,
the father against the son, and the son against
the father. And they will stand solitary." |
And
again I
said: Lord, and how many years will
he do this upon the earth? And I heard a
voice saying to me: Hear,
righteous John. Three years
shall those times be; and I will make the three years
like three months,
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| (17)
Jesus
said, "I shall give you what no eye has
seen and what no ear has heard and what no hand has touched and what has never occurred to the human mind." |
and
the three months like three weeks, and
the three weeks like three days, and the three days like three hours,
and the three hours like three seconds,
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(18)
The
disciples said to Jesus, "Tell us how our end will be."
Jesus said, "Have you discovered, then, the beginning, that you look
for the end? For where the beginning is, there will the end be. Blessed
is he who will take his place in the beginning; he will know the end and will not experience death." |
as
said the
prophet David, His throne have You broken down to the ground; You have shortened the days of his time; You
have poured shame upon him. And then I shall send forth Enoch and Elias
to convict him; |
| (19)
Jesus
said, "Blessed is he who came into being before he came into being. If you become my disciples and listen to my words, these stones will minister to you. For there are
five trees for
you in Paradise which remain undisturbed summer and winter and whose
leaves do not fall. Whoever becomes acquainted with them will not experience death." |
and
they shall show him to be a liar and a deceiver;
and he shall kill them at the altar,
as said the prophet,
Then shall they offer calves upon Your altar. And
again I
said: Lord, and after that what will come to
pass?
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(20)
The
disciples said to Jesus, "Tell us what the kingdom of heaven is like."
He said to them, "It is like a mustard seed. It is the smallest of all
seeds.
But when it falls on tilled soil, it produces a great plant and becomes a shelter for birds of the sky." |
And
I heard a voice saying to me: Hear, righteous
John. Then all the human race shall die, and there shall not be a living man upon all the earth. |
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(21) Mary
said to Jesus, "Whom are your disciples
like?"
He said, "They are like children who have settled in a field which is
not
theirs. When the owners of the
field
come, they will say, 'Let us have back our
field.' They
(will) undress in their presence
in order to let
them have back their field and to give it back to them. Therefore I
say, if the owner of
a house knows that the thief
is
coming, he will begin his vigil before he comes
and will not
let him dig through into his house of his domain to carry away his
goods. You,
then, be
on your guard against the world.
Arm yourselves
with great strength lest the robbers
find a way to come to
you,
for the difficulty which you expect will (surely) materialize. Let there
be
among you a man of understanding.
When the
grain ripened, he came quickly
with his
sickle in his hand and reaped
it.
Whoever
has ears to hear, let him
hear."
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And
again I said: Lord, after that what will You do?
And I heard
a voice saying to me:
Hear,
righteous John. Then will I send forth
mine
angels, and that lie upon the cloud;
and they shall take
the ram's horns Michael and
Gabriel shall go forth out of
the heaven
and sound
with those horns, as the prophet
David
foretold, With the voice of a trumpet
of horn.
And the voice of
the trumpet shall be heard
from the one quarter
of the world to the other; and from the voice of that
trumpet
all the earth shall be shaken, as the prophet foretold, And at the voice
of the bird every plant shall arise;
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(22)
Jesus
saw infants being suckled. He said to
his disciples, "These infants being suckled are like those who enter the kingdom."
They said to him, "Shall we then, as children, enter the kingdom?"
Jesus said to them, "When you make the two one, and when you
make the
inside like the outside and the outside like the inside, and the above like the below, and when you make the male and the female one and the same, so that the male not be male nor the female female; and when you
fashion eyes in the place of an eye, and a hand in place of a hand, and
a foot in place of a foot, and a likeness in place of a likeness; then will you enter the kingdom."
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that
is, at
the voice of the archangel all the human race shall arise.
And again I said: Lord, those who are dead from Adam even
to this day,
and who dwell in Hades from the beginning
of the world, and who die at the last ages, what like shall they arise? And I heard a
voice saying
to me: Hear, righteous John. All the human race shall arise thirty years old.
And again I
said: Lord, they die male and female,
and some old,
and some young,
and some infants.
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(23)
Jesus
said, "I shall choose you, one out of a thousand, and two out of ten
thousand, and they shall stand as a single one."
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In the resurrection what like shall they arise? |
(24)
His
disciples said to him, "Show us the place where you are, since it is necessary for us to seek it."
He said to them, "Whoever has ears, let him hear. There is light within a man of light, and he lights up the whole world. If he does not shine,
he is darkness."
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And I heard a voice saying to me: Hear, righteous
John. Just as the bees are, and differ not one from another, but are all of one appearance and one size, so also shall every man be in the resurrection. |
(25)
Jesus
said, "Love your brother like your soul, guard him like the pupil of your eye."
( C.f. The pupil
as a mirror to see the countenance)
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There is neither fair, nor ruddy, nor black, neither Ethiopian nor different
countenances; |
| (26)
Jesus
said, "You see the mote in your brother's eye,
but you do not see the beam in your own eye. When you cast
the beam out
of your own eye, then you will see clearly to cast the mote from your brother's eye." |
but
they shall all arise of one appearance
and one stature. All the human race shall arise without
bodies,
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| (27)
<Jesus said,> "If you do not fast as regards the world, you will not find the kingdom. If you do
not observe the Sabbath as a
Sabbath, you will not see the father." |
as
I told
you that in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage,
but are as the angels of God. |
| (28)
Jesus
said, "I took my place in the midst of
the world, and I appeared to them in flesh. I found all of them intoxicated;
I found none of them thirsty. And my soul became afflicted for the sons of men, because they are blind in their hearts and do not have sight; for empty
they came into the world, and empty too they seek
to leave the world. But for the moment they are intoxicated. When they shake off their wine, then they will repent." |
And
again I
said: Lord, is it possible in that world to recognise each other, a brother his
brother, or a friend his
friend, or a father his own children, or the children their own parents?
And I heard a voice saying to me: Hear, John. To the righteous there is recognition, but to the sinners not at all; |
| (29)
Jesus
said, "If the flesh came into being because of spirit, it is a wonder. But if
spirit came into being
because of the body, it is a wonder of wonders. Indeed, I am amazed at how this great wealth has made its home in this poverty." |
they cannot in the resurrection recognise each other.
And again I John said: Lord, is there there recollection of the things that are here, |
| (30)
Jesus
said, "Where
there are three gods, they are
gods. Where
there are two
or one, I am with him." |
either fields or vineyards, or other things here? And I heard a voice saying to me: |
| (31)
Jesus
said, "No prophet is accepted in his own village; no physician heals those who know him." |
Hear,
righteous John. The prophet David speaks, saying, I remembered that we are dust: |
| (32)
Jesus
said, "A city being built on a high mountain
and fortified cannot fall, nor can it be hidden." |
as
for man,
his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he shall flourish: |
| (33)
Jesus
said, "Preach from your housetops that
which you will hear in your ear. For no one lights a lamp
and puts it under a bushel, nor does he put it in a hidden place, but rather he
sets it on a lampstand so that everyone who enters and leaves will see
its light." |
for
a wind has passed over it, and it shall be no more, and it shall not any longer know its place. And again the same said: |
| (34)
Jesus
said, "If a blind man leads a
blind man, they will both fall into a pit." |
His spirit shall go forth, and he returns to his earth; in that day all his thoughts shall perish.
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| (35)
Jesus
said, "It is not possible for anyone to enter the house of a strong man and take it by force unless he
binds
his hands; then he will (be able to) ransack his house." |
And
again I
said: Lord,
and after that what will You do? And I heard a
voice saying to me: Hear, righteous John. Then
will I send forth mine angels over the face of all the earth, |
(36)
Jesus
said, "Do not be concerned from morning until evening and from evening until morning about what you will wear."
( C.f. The
moon in the evening.
The sun in the morning.
They shall lift off the earth. ) |
and
they shall lift off the earth
everything honourable, and everything
precious, and the venerable and holy images,
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(37)
His
disciples said, "When will you become revealed to us and when shall we see you?"
Jesus said, "When you disrobe without being ashamed and
take up your garments
and place them under your feet like little children and tread
on them, then will you see the son of the living one, and you will
not
be afraid" |
and
the glorious and precious crosses, and the sacred vessels of the churches, and the divine and sacred books; and
all the precious and
holy things shall be lifted up by clouds into the air. |
(38)
Jesus
said, "Many times have you desired to hear these words which I am saying to you, and you have no
one else to
hear them from. There will be days when you will look for me and will not find me."
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And
then
will I order to be lifted up the great and venerable sceptre, on which I stretched forth my hands, and
all the
orders of my angels shall do reverence to it. |
(39)
Jesus
said, "The pharisees and the scribes
have taken the keys of knowledge (gnosis) and hidden them. They themselves have not entered, nor have they allowed to enter those who wish to. You, however, be as wise as serpents and as innocent as doves."
( C.f.
Lifted up on The Tau-Rho "Cross"
in Thomas 55
or the Tree,
those turned
sideways look almost like
the key.
)
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And
then
shall be lifted up all the race of
men upon clouds, as the
Apostle Paul foretold,
1Thessalonians
4:17. Along with them we shall be snatched up in clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And then shall come forth every evil spirit, |
(40)
Jesus
said, "A grapevine has been planted
outside of the father, but being
unsound, it will be pulled up by its
roots and destroyed."
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both in the earth and in the abyss, wherever they are on the face of all the earth, from the
rising of the sun even to
the setting, |
| (41)
Jesus
said, "Whoever has something in his hand
will receive more, and whoever has nothing will be deprived of even the little he has." |
and
they
shall be united to him that is served by the devil, that is, Antichrist, |
(42)
Jesus
said, "Become passers-by."
(An alternate translation:
Passing away, come into being)
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and
they
shall be lifted up upon the clouds. |
(43)
His
disciples said to him, "Who are you, that you should say these things
to us?"
<Jesus said to them,> "You do not realize who I am from what I say to you, but you have
become like the Jews, for they (either) love the tree and hate its fruit (or)
love the fruit and hate the tree."
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And
again I said: Lord, and after that
what will
You do? And I heard a voice saying to me: Hear, righteous
John. Then
shall I send forth mine angels over the face of all the earth, |
| (44)
Jesus
said, "Whoever blasphemes against the
father will be forgiven, and whoever blasphemes against the son will be
forgiven, but whoever blasphemes
against the holy spirit will not be forgiven
either on earth or in heaven." |
and
they shall burn up the earth
eight thousand
five hundred cubits, and the great mountains shall be burnt up,
and all the rocks shall be melted and shall become as dust, |
| (45)
Jesus
said, "Grapes are not harvested from
thorns, nor are figs gathered from thistles, for they do not produce fruit. A
good man brings forth good from his storehouse; an evil man
brings forth evil things from his evil
storehouse, which is in his
heart, and says evil things. For out of
the abundance of the heart he
brings forth evil things." |
and
every tree shall be burnt up, and every
beast,
and every creeping thing creeping upon
the earth, and every thing moving
upon the face of the earth, and every flying thing flying in the
air; |
| (46)
Jesus
said, "Among those born of women, from
Adam until John the Baptist, there is no
one so superior to John the Baptist
that his eyes should not be lowered (before him). Yet I have said,
whichever one of you comes to be a child will be acquainted with
the kingdom and will become superior to John." |
and
there
shall no longer be upon the face of all the earth
anything
moving, and
the earth shall be without motion. And again I said: Lord, and after
that what will You do? And I heard a voice saying to me: Hear, righteous John. |
| (47)
Jesus
said, "It is impossible for a man to
mount two horses or to stretch
two bows. And it is
impossible for a
servant to serve two masters; otherwise,
he will honor the one and
treat the other
contemptuously. No man drinks old wine and immediately
desires to drink new wine. And new wine is
not put into old wineskins,
lest they burst; nor is old wine put into a new wineskin, lest it
spoil
it. An old patch is not sewn onto a new garment, because a
tear would
result." |
Then
shall I
uncover the four parts of
the east,
and there shall come forth four great winds,
and they shall sweep all
the face of the earth from the one end of the earth to the other; and
the Lord shall sweep sin from off the earth, and the earth shall be made white like snow, and it shall
become as a leaf of paper,
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| (48)
Jesus
said, "If two make peace with each other
in this one house, they will say to the mountain, 'Move Away,' and it will move away." |
without cave, or mountain, or hill, or rock; but
the face of the earth from
the rising even to the setting of the sun
shall be like a table, and
white as snow; |
| (49)
Jesus
said, "Blessed are the solitary and elect,
for you will find the kingdom. For you are
from it, and to it
you will return." |
and
the reins of the earth shall
be consumed by fire, and it shall cry unto me, saying, I am a virgin before you, O Lord, |
(50)
Jesus
said, "If they say to you, 'Where did
you come from?', say to them, 'We came from the light, the place where
the light came into being on its own
accord and established itself and became manifest through
their image.' If they say to you, 'Is it you?',
say, 'We are its children, we are the elect of the living father.' If
they ask you, 'What is the sign of your father in you?', say to them,
'It is movement and repose.'"
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and
there is no sin in me; as the prophet
David
said aforetime, You shall sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be made
pure; You shall wash me, and I shall be made
whiter than snow. |
(51)
His
disciples said to him, "When will the repose of the dead come about,
and when will the new world come?"
He said to them, "What you look forward to has already come, but you do not recognize it."
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And
again he
said: Every chasm shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill brought low, and the crooked places shall be made straight, and the rough ways into smooth;
and all flesh shall see the salvation of God. Isaiah
40:4-5 |
(52)
His
disciples said to him, "Twenty-four prophets spoke in Israel, and
all of them spoke in you."
He said to them, "You have omitted the one living in your presence and have
spoken
(only) of the dead." |
And
again I
said: Lord, and after that what will You do? And I heard a voice saying to me: Hear, righteous John. |
(53)
His
disciples said to him, "Is circumcision beneficial or not?"
He said to them, "If it were beneficial, their father would beget them
already circumcised from their mother. Rather, the true circumcision in spirit has become completely profitable." |
Then shall the earth be cleansed from
sin, and all the earth shall be filled with a sweet smell, because I am about to come down upon the earth; |
(54)
Jesus
said, "Blessed are the poor, for yours is the kingdom of heaven."
The Cross
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and
then
shall come forth the great and venerable scepter
The
Scepter
|
(55)
Jesus
said, "Whoever does not hate his father
and his mother cannot become a disciple to me. And whoever does not
hate his brothers and sisters and take up his
cross in my way will not be worthy of me."
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with
thousands of angels worshipping it, as I said
before; and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man from the
heaven with power and great glory. Matthew
24:30.
The sign of the
Son of man
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| (56)
Jesus
said, "Whoever has come to understand the world has found
(only) a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." |
And
then the worker of iniquity
with his servants
shall behold it, and gnash his teeth exceedingly, and all the unclean spirits shall be turned to flight. |
(57)
Jesus
said, "The kingdom of the father is like a man who had good seed. His enemy came
by night and sowed weeds among
the good seed. The man did not allow them to pull up the weeds; he said
to them, 'I am afraid that you will go intending to pull up the weeds and pull up the wheat along with them.' For on the day of the harvest the weeds will be plainly visible, and they will be pulled up
and burned."
( Cf. The good seeds are the sayings of Jesus )
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And
then, seized by invisible power,
having no
means of flight, they shall gnash their teeth
against him, saying to
him: Where is your power? How have you led us astray? And we have fled away, and have
fallen away from the glory which we had beside Him who is coming to judge us, |
| (58)
Jesus
said, "Blessed is the man who has suffered
and found life." |
and
the whole human race. Woe to us! |
| (59)
Jesus
said, "Take heed of the living one while you are alive, lest you die and seek to see him and be unable to do so." |
Because
He banishes us into outer darkness. And again
I said: Lord, and after that what will You do? |
(60)
<They saw> a Samaritan carrying a lamb on his way to Judea. He
said to his disciples, "That man is round about the lamb."
They said to him, "So that he may kill it and eat it."
He said to them, "While it is alive, he will not eat it, but only when
he has killed it and it has become a corpse."
They said to him, "He cannot do so otherwise."
He said to them, "You too, look for a place for yourself within repose, lest you become a corpse and be eaten." |
And
I heard
a voice saying to me: Then will I send an angel out of heaven, and he shall
cry with a loud voice, saying,
Hear, O earth, and be strong, says the
Lord; for I am coming down to you. And the voice of the angel shall be heard from the one end of the world even to the other,
and even to the remotest part of the abyss. |
(61)
Jesus
said, "Two will rest on a bed: the one will die, and the other will
live."
Salome said, "Who are you, man, that
you... have come up on my couch
and eaten from my table?"
Jesus said to her, "I am he who exists from the undivided.
I was given some of the things of my father."
<...> "I am your disciple."
<...> "Therefore I say, if he is destroyed, he will be filled with light, but if he is divided, he will be filled with darkness." |
And
then shall be shaken all the power of the angels and of
the many-eyed ones, and there
shall be a great noise in the heavens, and the nine regions of the heaven shall be shaken, and
there shall be fear and astonishment upon all the angels. And then the heavens shall be rent from the rising of the sun even to the setting, |
(62)
Jesus
said, "It is to those who are worthy of my mysteries that I tell my mysteries. Do not
let your left (hand) know
what your right (hand) is doing."
(C.f. My
mysteries for angels, Ephesians
3:10)
|
and
an innumerable multitude of angels shall come
down to the earth; and then the treasures of the heavens shall be opened, |
| (63)
Jesus
said, "There was a rich man who had much
money. He said, 'I shall put my money to use so that I may sow, reap,
plant, and fill my storehouse with produce,
with the result that I shall lack nothing.' Such were
his intentions, but that same night he died. Let him who
has ears hear." |
and
they shall bring down every precious thing, and
the perfume of incense, and they shall bring down to the earth Jerusalem robed like a bride. Revelation
21:2 |
(64)
Jesus
said, "A man had received visitors. And when he had prepared the
dinner, he sent his servant to invite the guests.
He went to the first one and said to him, 'My master invites you.' He
said, 'I have claims against some merchants. They are coming to me this
evening. I must go and give them my orders. I ask to be excused from the dinner.'
He went to another and said to him, 'My master has invited you.' He
said to him, 'I have just bought a house and am required for the day. I shall not have any spare time.'
He went to another and said to him, 'My master invites you.' He said to
him, 'My friend is going to get married, and I am to prepare the
banquet. I shall not be able to come. I ask to be excused from the dinner.'
He went to another and said to him, 'My master invites you.' He said to
him, 'I have just bought a farm, and I am on my way to collect the
rent. I shall not be able to come. I ask to be excused.'
The servant returned and said to his master, 'Those whom you invited to the dinner have asked to be excused.' The master
said to his servant,
'Go outside to the streets and bring back those whom you happen to meet, so that they may dine.' Businessmen and merchants will not enter the places of my father." |
And
then there shall go before me myriads of angels and archangels, bearing my throne, crying out, Holy, holy, holy, Lord of Sabaoth; heaven and earth are full of Your glory. Isaiah 6:3
And then will I come forth with power and great glory, and every eye in the clouds shall see me; and then every knee shall bend, of things in heaven, and things on earth, and things under the earth. Philippians
2:10
And then the heaven shall remain empty; and I will come down upon the earth, and all that is in the air shall be brought down upon the earth, and all the human race and every evil spirit along with Antichrist, and they shall all be set before me naked, and chained by the neck.
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| (65)
He
said, "There was a good man who owned a
vineyard. He leased it to tenant farmers so that they might work
it and
he might collect the produce from them.
He sent his servant so that the
tenants might give him the produce of the
vineyard. They seized his servant and beat him, all but killing him. The servant
went back and
told his master. The master said, 'Perhaps he did not recognize them.'
He sent another servant. The tenants beat this one as well. Then the owner sent his son and said, 'Perhaps they will show respect to my son.' Because the
tenants knew that it was he who was the heir to the
vineyard, they seized him and killed him. Let him who has ears hear." |
And again I
said: Lord,
what will become of
the heavens,
and the sun, and the moon,
along
with the stars?
And I heard
a voice saying to me:
Behold, righteous John.
And I looked,
and saw a Lamb having seven
eyes and seven horns. Revelation
5:6
And again I heard
a voice saying to me: I will bid
the Lamb come before me,
and will say, Who will open
this book? And all the multitudes of
the angels will
answer, Give this book to the
Lamb
to open it. And then will
I order the book to
be opened.
|
(66)
Jesus
said, "Show me the stone which the
builders have rejected. That one is
the cornerstone."
( C.f. Open the first seal and Show me
The Unveiling of Jesus Christ.
"Behold
a white horse:
and he that sat on him," Revelation
6:2.)
|
And
when He shall open the first seal, the stars of
the heaven shall fall, from the
one end of it to the other. |
(67)
Jesus
said, "If one who knows the all still feels a
personal deficiency, he is completely deficient."
( Cf. The Red Horse: "Power was
given to him that sat thereon
to take peace from the
earth," Rev
6:4.)
|
And
when He shall open the second seal, the moon shall
be hidden, and there shall be no light in her. |
(68)
Jesus
said, "Blessed are you when you are hated and persecuted. Wherever you have been persecuted they will find no place."
(C.f. "A black horse; and he that
sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand... A measure of wheat for
a penny," Revelation
6:5.)
|
And
when He shall open the third seal, the light of
the sun shall be withheld, and there shall not be light upon the
earth. |
(69)
Jesus
said, "Blessed are they who have been persecuted within themselves. It is
they who have truly come to know
the father. Blessed are the hungry, for the belly of him who desires
will be filled."
(C.f. "A pale horse: and his name
that sat on him was Death, and Hell
[the hidden place]," Revelation
6:7.)
|
And
when He shall open the fourth seal, the heavens
shall be dissolved, and the air shall be thrown into utter confusion,
as says the prophet: |
| (70)
Jesus
said, "That which you have will save you if you bring it forth from yourselves. That which you do not have within you will kill you if you do not have it within you." |
And
the heavens are the
works of Your hands; they shall perish, but You endure,
and they shall all wax old as a garment. |
(71)
Jesus
said, "I shall destroy this house, and no one
will be able to build it
[...]."
(C.f. "The fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they
held... dost thou not judge and avenge our blood," Revelation
6:9.)
|
And
when He shall open the fifth seal, the earth shall be rent, and
all the tribunals upon the face of all the earth shall be revealed. |
(72)
A man
said to him, "Tell my brothers to divide
my father's possessions with
me." He said to him, "O man, who has made me a divider?" He turned
to his disciples and said to them, "I am not a divider, am I?"
(C.f. "The sixth seal, and, lo, there
was a great earthquake...
and (every) island were moved out of
their places," Revelation
6:12,14).
|
And
when He
shall open the sixth seal, the half of the sea shall disappear.
|
(73)
Jesus
said, "The harvest is great but the laborers are few. Beseech
the Lord, therefore, to send out laborers to the harvest."
(Cf. "The 144,000... were
sealed," Revelation
7."And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the
space of half an hour," Revelation
8:1.
|
And when He shall open the seventh seal, Hades
shall be uncovered. And I
said: Lord,
who will be the first to be questioned, and to receive judgment? |
| (74)
He
said, "O Lord, there are many around the
drinking trough, but there is nothing in the cistern." |
And
I heard
a voice saying to me, The unclean spirits, along with the adversary. I bid
them go
into
outer darkness, where the depths are. |
| (75)
Jesus
said, "Many are standing at the door, but
it is the solitary who will enter the bridal chamber." |
And
I said:
Lord, and in what place does it lie? And
I heard a voice saying to me:
Hear, righteous
John. |
| (76)
Jesus
said, "The kingdom of the father is like a merchant
who had a consignment of merchandise and who discovered a pearl. That merchant
was shrewd. He sold the merchandise and bought the pearl
alone for himself. You too, seek his unfailing and enduring treasure where no moth comes near to devour and no worm destroys." |
As
big a stone as a man of thirty years old can
roll, and let go down into the depth, even falling
down for twenty
years will not arrive at the bottom of Hades; |
| (77)
Jesus
said, "It is I who am the light which is
above them all. It is I who am the all. From me did the all come forth,
and unto me did the all extend. Split a piece of wood, and I am there.
Lift up the stone, and you will find me there." |
as
the
prophet David said before, And He made darkness His secret place.
|
| (78)
Jesus
said, "Why have you come out into the
desert? To see a reed shaken by the wind? And to see a man clothed in fine garments like your kings and your great men? Upon them are the
fine garments, and they are unable to discern the truth." |
And
I said:
Lord, and after them what nation will be questioned?
And
I heard a voice saying to me: Hear, righteous John.
|
(79)
A woman
from the crowd said to him, "Blessed are the womb which bore you and the breasts which
nourished
you."
He said to her, "Blessed are those who have heard the word of the father and have truly kept it. For there will
be days when you will
say, 'Blessed are the womb which has not conceived and the breasts
which have not given milk.'" |
There
will
be questioned of Adam's race those nations, both the Greek and those who have believed in idols, and in the
sun, and in the stars, and those who have defiled the faith by heresy,
|
| (80)
Jesus
said, "He who has recognized the world has found the body, but he who has found the body is superior to the world." |
and
who have not believed the holy resurrection, and
who have not confessed the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost:
then
will I send them away into Hades,
|
| (81)
Jesus
said, "Let him who has grown rich be king, and let him who possesses power renounce it." |
as
the prophet David foretold, Let
the sinners be turned into Hades, and all the nations that forget God. |
| (82)
Jesus
said, "He who is near me is near the fire, and he who is far from me is far from the kingdom." |
And
again he
said: They were put in Hades like sheep;
death shall be their shepherd. And
again I said: Lord, and after them whom will You judge? |
(83)
Jesus
said, "The images are manifest
to man,
but the light in them remains concealed in the image of the light of the father. He will
become manifest, but his image will remain
concealed by his light."
|
And
I heard
a voice saying to me: Hear, righteous
John. Then the race of the Hebrews shall be examined, who nailed me to the tree like a malefactor.
(This Image of The Tree
is like a disciple carrying
his cross & is called
the Tau-Rho "Cross")
|
| (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 not become manifest, how much you will have to
bear!" |
And
I said:
And what punishment will these get, and
in what place, seeing that they did such things to You? And I heard a
voice saying to me: |
| (85)
Jesus
said, "Adam came into being from a great power and a great wealth, but he did not become worthy of you. For had
he been worthy, he would not have experienced death." |
They shall go away into Tartarus,
as the prophet David
foretold, They cried out,
and there was none to save; to
the Lord, and He did not hearken to them. |
(86)
Jesus
said, "The foxes have their
holes and the birds
have their nests, but the son of man has no place to
lay his
head and rest."
(C.f. "The Apostle (or sent out
one) and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus," Hebrews
3:1.)
|
And
again the Apostle Paul said: As many as have sinned
without law shall also
perish without law, |
| (87)
Jesus
said, "Wretched is the body that is
dependant upon a body, and wretched is the soul that is
dependent on these two." |
and
as many as have sinned
in law shall be judged by means
of law. Romans
2:12 |
(88)
Jesus
said, "The angels and the prophets will come
to you and give to you those things you (already) have. And you
too, give them those things which you have, and say to yourselves,
'When will they come and take what is theirs?'"
|
And
again I
said: Lord, and what of those who have received baptism? And I heard
a voice saying to me: Then the race of the Christians shall be examined, |
| (89)
Jesus
said, "Why do you wash the outside of the cup? Do you not
realize that he who made the inside is the same one
who made the outside?" |
who have received baptism;
|
| (90)
Jesus
said, "Come unto me, for my yoke is easy and my lordship is mild, and
you will find repose for yourselves." |
and
then the righteous shall come at my command, and
the
angels shall go and collect them from among
the sinners,
|
(91)
They
said to him, "Tell us who you are so that we may believe in you."
He said to them, "You read the face of the sky and of the earth, but you have not recognized the one who is before you, and you do not
know
how to read this moment." |
as
the prophet David foretold: The Lord will not suffer the rod of the sinners in the lot of the righteous;
and all the righteous shall be placed on my right hand, Matthew
25:33 and shall shine like the sun. Matthew
13:43.
|
| (92)
Jesus
said, "Seek and you will find. Yet, what you asked me about in former times and which I did not tell you then,
now I do desire to tell, but you do not inquire after it." |
As
you see, John, the stars of
heaven, that they were all made together, but differ
in light, 1Corinthians
15:41 so shall it be with the righteous and the
sinners; |
| (93)
<Jesus said,> "Do not give what is holy
to dogs, lest they throw them on
the dung-heap. Do not throw the pearls
to swine,
lest they [trample]
it
[under their feet]." |
for
the
righteous shall shine as lights and as the sun, but the sinners shall stand in darkness. |
(94)
Jesus
said, "He who seeks will find, and he who knocks will be let in."
|
And
again I
said: Lord, and do all the Christians go into one punishment? |
| (95)
Jesus
said, "If you have money, do not lend
it at interest, but give it to
one from whom you will not get it back." |
—
kings,
high priests, priests, patriarchs, rich
and poor, bond and free?
|
(96)
Jesus
said, "The kingdom of the father is like a certain woman. She took a little leaven, concealed it in
some dough,
and made it into large loaves. Let him who has ears hear."
|
And
I heard a voice saying to me: Hear,
righteous John. As the prophet David foretold, The expectation of the poor shall not perish forever.
|
| (97)
Jesus
said, "The kingdom of the father is like a certain woman who was carrying a jar full of meal.
While she was
walking on the road, still some distance from home, the handle of the jar broke and the meal emptied out behind her on the road. She did not
realize it; she had noticed no accident. When she reached her house,
she set the jar down and found it empty." |
Now about kings:
they shall
be driven like slaves, and shall weep like infants; and about
patriarchs,
and priests, and Levites, of those that have sinned, they shall be
separated in their punishments,
according to the
nature of the peculiar transgression
of each—
|
| (98)
Jesus
said, "The kingdom of the father is like a certain man who wanted to kill a powerful man. In his own
house he drew his sword and stuck it into the wall in order to
find out whether
his hand could carry through. Then he slew the powerful man." |
some
in the
river of fire, and some to
the worm that dies not, and others in the seven-mouthed pit of punishment. To these punishments the sinners will be apportioned. |
(99)
The
disciples said to him, "Your brothers and your mother are standing
outside."
He said to them, "Those here who do the will of my father
are my
brothers and my mother. It is they who will enter the kingdom of my father." |
And
again I
said: Lord, and where will the righteous dwell?
And I heard a voice saying to me: Then shall paradise be revealed; and the whole world and paradise shall be made one, |
(100)
They showed Jesus a gold coin and said to
him, "Caesar's men demand taxes
from us."
He said to them, "Give Caesar what belongs to Caesar, give God what
belongs to God, and give me what is mine." |
and
the
righteous shall be on the face of all the earth
with my angels, as the Holy Spirit foretold through the prophet
David: The righteous shall inherit the earth, and dwell
therein for
ever and ever.
|
| (101)
<Jesus said,> "Whoever does not hate his father and his mother as I do
cannot become a disciple to me. And
whoever does not love his father and his mother
as I do cannot become a disciple to me. For my mother [...], but my true mother gave me life." |
And
again I
said: Lord,
how
great is
the multitude of the angels?
And which is the
greater, that of angels
or of men? |
| (102)
Jesus
said, "Woe to the pharisees, for they are like a dog sleeping in the manger of oxen, for neither
does he eat
nor does he let the oxen eat." |
And
I heard
a voice saying to me: As great as is the multitude of the angels, so
great is the race of men, |
(103)
Jesus
said, "Fortunate is the man
who knows
where the brigands will enter,
so that he may get up, muster his domain,
and arm himself before they
invade." |
as
the prophet
has said, He set bounds to the nations according to
the number of the angels of God. |
(104)
They
said to Jesus, "Come, let us pray today and let us
fast."
Jesus said, "What is the sin that I have committed, or
wherein have I
been defeated? But when
the
bridegroom leaves the bridal chamber, then let them fast and pray." |
And
again I
said: Lord, and after that what will You do? And what is to become of the world? Reveal to me all. And I
heard a voice saying to me: Hear, righteous John. After that there is
no pain, there is no grief,
there is no groaning; |
| (105)
Jesus
said, "He
who knows the father and the mother will be called the son of a harlot." |
there
is no
recollection of evils,
there are no tears,
there is no envy,
|
| (106)
Jesus
said, "When you make the two one, you
will become the sons of man, and
when you say, 'Mountain, move away,' it will move away." |
there is no hatred of
brethren, there is no unrighteousness, there is no arrogance, there is no slander, there is no bitterness, |
| (107)
Jesus
said, "The kingdom is like a shepherd
who had a hundred sheep. One of them, the largest, went astray. He left the ninety-nine sheep and looked for that one until he found it. When
he had gone to such trouble, he said to the sheep, 'I care for you more than the ninety-nine.'" |
there are none of the cares of life, there is no
pain from parents or children, there is no pain from gold, there are no
wicked thoughts, there is no devil, there
is no
death, there is no night, but all is day. As I said before, And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold,
|
| (108)
Jesus
said, "He who will drink from my mouth will become like me. I myself shall
become he, and the things that are hidden will be revealed to him." |
that
is, men who have been made like the angels through their excellent course of life; them
also must I bring, and they will hear my voice,
|
| (109)
Jesus
said, "The kingdom is like a man who
had a hidden treasure in his field without
knowing it. And after he
died, he left it to his son. The son did not know (about the treasure).
He inherited the field and sold it. And the one who bought it went plowing and found the treasure. He began
to lend money at interest to
whomever he wished." |
and
there shall be one fold, one shepherd.
And again I
heard a voice saying to me: Behold, you have heard all these things,
righteous John;
|
(110)
Jesus
said, "Whoever finds the world and
becomes rich, let him renounce the
world."
|
deliver
them
to faithful men, that they also may teach others, |
| (111)
Jesus
said, "The heavens and the earth will
be rolled up in your presence. And
the one who lives from the living one will not see death." Does not
Jesus say, "Whoever finds himself is superior to the world?" |
and
not think lightly of them, nor cast our pearls before swine, |
| (112)
Jesus
said, "Woe to the flesh that depends on the soul; woe to the soul that depends on the flesh." |
lest
perchance they should trample them with their feet. Matthew 7:6
|
(113)
His
disciples said to him, "When will the kingdom come?"
Jesus said, "It will not come by waiting for it. It will not be a matter of saying 'here it is' or 'there it is.' Rather, the kingdom of the father is spread out upon the earth, and men do not see it."
( C.f. "They have seen the kingdom of God come with power... he was transfigured before them... a voice came out of the cloud, saying... Hear him," Mark
9:1-2,7. Origen identifies the Mount of transfiguration
as Thabor. )
|
And
while I was still hearing this voice, the
cloud brought me down, and
put me on Mount Thabor. And there came a voice to me, saying:
Blessed are those who keep judgment and do righteousness in all time. And blessed is the house where this description lies,
(C.f. See Mount Thabor in the prologue.)
|
(114)
Simon Peter said to him, "Let Mary leave us, for women are not worthy
of life."
Jesus said, "I myself shall lead her in order to make her male, so that she too may become a living spirit resembling
you males. For every woman who will make herself male will enter the kingdom of heaven."
|
as
the Lord said, He that loves me keeps my sayings (John
14:23) in Christ Jesus our Lord; to Him be glory forever.
Amen.
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