Welcome to the second series of readings from the Essene Gospel of Peace.
You will find an introduction about who the Essenes were,
Based on what we know so far,
And where these texts were rediscovered at the beginning of my series from Book 3.
In summary,
The Essenes were a highly advanced spiritual community that lived very purely and simply,
Not only serving their own needs,
But often going into the cities to provide for the poor,
To heal,
And to teach their ways.
In this second book,
There are extracts from a number of texts.
Firstly,
The vision of Enoch,
Which is a very beautiful message from God to man.
The book of Moses provides a different view of the Ten Commandments,
Of which we are familiar.
There's something interesting to think about in this story,
Which I have observed.
You can contemplate the idea,
Or leave it as you please.
The idea is this.
When you look at astrology and the signs of the zodiac in the sky,
The ages move from one sign to the next,
Not necessarily in an evenly spaced timing,
But roughly every few thousand years.
The sign of Jesus and Christianity has been the fish.
We have been in the age of Pisces,
And are in the process of moving into the age of Aquarius.
Before that was the age of Aries,
The sign of the goat,
And before that the age of Taurus,
The sign of the bull.
There is more you can learn about the Canaanites in the Bible,
And in other ancient texts who worshipped the bull.
Their practices are not what we would consider acceptable today,
But they did modernise in their own way to worship the goat after that.
Not all of them progressed through to worshipping under the peaceful,
Loving ways of Jesus.
Some showed themselves to be of the fish,
But secretly continued right through to today,
Praising the goat and the bull in secret.
As we are at the turning point of moving now from Pisces to Aquarius,
The time for their outdated ways has come to an end,
And we are looking forward to a more peaceful,
Pleasant world with those finishing.
When we look at the story of Moses coming back down from the mountain,
And finding the people worshipping the golden calf,
This may be representing the old ways of praising from the age of Taurus.
This is what Moses was instructed to supersede with his ten commandments.
You will also see there are actually two sets of commandments,
One set for the masses,
And one more detailed set for the select few whom Moses saw as more spiritually advanced than the others.
These were called the children of light,
And became the second wave of the Essenes.
The first wave of Essenes was back in the time of Enoch,
Many thousands of years before Moses.
The Essenes continued on and seemed to have disappeared around about the time of the life of Jesus.
Their texts have been dated to be written a hundred years after Jesus at the latest.
The two final parts of this second Gospel book are both quoting the words of Jesus,
Who is considered the most advanced of the Essenes.
You will hear the fourteen communions and the sevenfold peace.
I hope you enjoy these readings.
I'll be uploading the first book after this,
And you are welcome to suggest any other ancient texts you'd like to hear,
Or drop a donation my way if you enjoyed them.
Thank you.
The Essene Gospel of Peace,
Book 2,
Part 1,
Taken from the original Hebrew and Aramaic texts,
Translated and edited by Edmund Szeke.
The first part is the vision of Enoch.
God speaks to man.
I speak to you.
Be still.
Know I am God.
I spoke to you when you were born.
Be still.
Know I am God.
I spoke to you at your first sight.
Be still.
Know I am God.
I spoke to you at your first word.
Be still.
Know I am God.
I spoke to you at your first thought.
Be still.
Know I am God.
I spoke to you at your first love.
Be still.
Know I am God.
I spoke to you at your first song.
Be still.
Know I am God.
I speak to you through the grass of the meadows.
Be still.
Know I am God.
I speak to you through the trees of the forests.
Be still.
Know I am God.
I speak to you through the valleys and the hills.
Be still.
Know I am God.
I speak to you through the holy mountains.
Be still.
Know I am God.
I speak to you through the rain and the snow.
Be still.
Know I am God.
I speak to you through the waves of the sea.
Be still.
Know I am God.
I speak to you through the dew of the morning.
Be still.
Know I am God.
I speak to you through the peace of the evening.
Be still.
Know I am God.
I speak to you through the splendor of the sun.
Be still.
Know I am God.
I speak to you through the brilliant stars.
Be still.
Know I am God.
I speak to you through the storm and the clouds.
Be still.
Know I am God.
I speak to you through the thunder and the lightning.
Be still.
Know I am God.
I speak to you through the mysterious rainbow.
Be still.
Know I am God.
I speak to you when you are alone.
Be still.
Know I am God.
I will speak to you through the wisdom of the ancients.
Be still.
Know I am God.
I will speak to you at the end of time.
Be still.
Know I am God.
I will speak to you when you have seen my angels.
Be still.
Know I am God.
I will speak to you throughout eternity.
Be still.
Know I am God.
I speak to you.
Be still.
Know I am God.
Be still.
This next section is from the Essene book of Moses about the Ten Commandments.
And Mount Sinai was altogether in smoke,
Because the Lord descended upon it in fire.
And the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace,
And the whole mount quaked greatly.
And the Lord came down upon Mount Sinai on the top of the mount.
And the Lord called Moses up to the top of the mount,
And Moses went up.
And the Lord called unto Moses out of the mountain,
Saying,
Come unto me,
For I would give thee the law for thy people,
Which shall be a covenant for the children of light.
And Moses went up unto God.
And God spake all these words,
Saying,
I am the law,
Thy God,
Which hath brought thee out from the depths of the bondage of darkness.
Thou shalt have no other laws before me.
Thou shalt not make unto thee any image of the law in heaven above or in the earth beneath.
I am the invisible law,
Without beginning and without end.
Thou shalt not make unto thee false laws,
For I am the law,
And the whole law of all laws.
If thou forsake me,
Thou shalt be visited by disasters for generation upon generation.
If thou keepest thy commandments,
Thou shalt enter the infinite garden,
Where stands the tree of life in the midst of the eternal sea.
Thou shalt not violate the law.
The law is thy God,
Who shall not hold thee guiltless.
Honor thy earthly mother,
That thy days may be long upon the land.
And honor thy heavenly Father,
That eternal life be thine in the heavens,
For the earth and the heavens are given unto thee by the law,
Which is thy God.
Thou shalt greet thy earthly mother on the morning of the Sabbath.
Thou shalt greet the angel of earth on the second morning.
Thou shalt greet the angel of life on the third morning.
Thou shalt greet the angel of joy on the fourth morning.
Thou shalt greet the angel of sun on the fifth morning.
Thou shalt greet the angel of water on the sixth morning.
Thou shalt greet the angel of air on the seventh morning.
All these angels of the earthly mother thou shalt greet,
And consecrate thyself to them,
That thou mayest enter the infinite garden where stands the tree of life.
Thou shalt worship thy heavenly Father on the evening of the Sabbath.
Thou shalt commune with the Angel of Eternal Life on the second evening.
Thou shalt commune with the Angel of Work on the third evening.
Thou shalt commune with the Angel of Peace on the fourth evening.
Thou shalt commune with the Angel of Power on the fifth evening.
Thou shalt commune with the angel of love on the sixth evening.
Thou shalt commune with the angel of wisdom on the seventh evening.
All these angels of the Heavenly Father shalt thou commune with,
That thy soul may bathe in the fountain of light and enter the sea of eternity.
The seventh day is the Sabbath.
Thou shalt remember it and keep it holy.
The Sabbath is the day of the light of the law,
Thy God.
In it thou shalt not do any work,
But search the light,
The kingdom of thy God,
And all things shall be given unto thee.
For know ye that during six days thou shalt work with the angels,
But the seventh day thou shalt dwell in the light of thy Lord,
Who is the holy law.
Thou shalt not take the life from any living thing.
Life comes only from God,
Who giveth it and taketh it away.
Thou shalt not debase love.
It is the sacred gift of thy Heavenly Father.
Thou shalt not trade thy soul,
The priceless gift of the loving God,
For the riches of the world,
Which are as seed sown on stony ground,
Having no root in themselves,
And so enduring but for a little while.
Thou shalt not be a false witness of the law,
To use it against thy brother.
Only God knoweth the beginning and the ending of all things,
For his eye is single,
And he is the holy law.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's possessions.
The law giveth unto thee much greater gifts,
Even the earth and the heavens,
If thou keep the commandments of the Lord thy God.
And Moses heard the voice of the Lord,
And sealed within him the covenant that was between the Lord and the children of light.
And Moses turned and went down from the mount,
And the two tablets of the law were in his hand.
And the tablets were the work of God,
And the writing was the writing of God graven upon the tablets.
And the people knew not what became of Moses,
And they gathered themselves together,
And break off their golden earrings,
And made a golden calf.
And they worshipped unto the idol,
And offered to it burnt offerings.
And they ate and drank and danced before the golden calf which they had made,
And they abandoned themselves to corruption and evil before the Lord.
And it came to pass,
As soon as he came nigh unto the camp,
That he saw the calf,
And the dancing,
And the wickedness of the people.
And Moses's anger waxed hot,
And he cast the tablets out of his hands,
And break them beneath the mount.
And it came to pass on the morrow,
That Moses said unto the people,
Ye have sinned a great sin,
Ye have denied thy creator.
I will go up unto the Lord,
And plead atonement for thy sin.
And Moses returned to the Lord,
And said,
Lord,
Thou hast seen the desecration of thy holy law.
For thy children lost faith,
And worshipped the darkness,
And made for themselves a golden calf.
Lord,
Forgive them,
For they are blind to the light.
And the Lord said unto Moses,
Behold,
At the beginning of time was a covenant made between God and man.
And the holy flame of the Creator did enter unto him.
And he was made the Son of God,
And it was given to him to guard his inheritance of the firstborn,
And to make fruitful the land of his Father,
And keep it holy.
And he who casteth out the Creator from him doth spit upon his birthright.
And no more grievous sin doth exist in the eyes of God.
And the Lord spoke,
Saying,
Only the children of light can keep the commandments of the law.
Hear me,
For I say thus,
The tablets which thou didst break,
These shall never more be written in the words of men.
As thou didst return them to the earth and fire,
For shall they live invisible,
In the hearts of those who are able to follow their law.
To thy people of little faith,
Who did sin against the Creator,
Even whilst thou stood on holy ground before thy God,
I will give another law.
It shall be a stem law,
Yea,
It shall bind them,
For they know not yet the kingdom of light.
And Moses hid the invisible law within his breast,
And kept it for a sign to the children of light.
And God gave unto Moses the written law for the people,
And he went down unto them,
And spake unto them with a heavy heart.
And Moses said unto the people,
These are the laws which thy God hath given thee.
Thou shalt have no other gods before me,
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image,
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain,
Remember the Sabbath day,
And keep it holy,
Honour thy father and thy mother,
Thou shalt not kill,
Thou shalt not commit adultery,
Thou shalt not steal,
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour,
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house,
Nor thy neighbour's wife,
Nor anything that is thy neighbour's.
And there was a day of mourning and atonement for the great sin against the Creator,
Which did not end.
And the broken tablets of the invisible law lived hidden in the breast of Moses,
Until it came to pass that the children of light appeared in the desert,
And the angels walked the earth.
That's the close of part one.
Feel free to move on to part two.
