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Land by a "cloud"—and in accordance with this continued sented by the Church, that is; not by the book itself. This book is Exodus imagery, the priestly Leader of the Pilgrims was designat- quite unlike any other in the Bible. It is dubbed with terrible ed with the title "Cloud". supernatural overtones, and its straightforward imagery has been So, if we now read the Acts verses as they were intended to be savagely corrupted by the Church to present the text as some form understood, we see that Jesus was taken up by the Cloud (the of foreboding or prophecy of warning! But the book is not called Leader of the Pilgrims) to the Kingdom of Heaven (the High "The Prophecy" or "The Warning". It is called "The Revelation". Monastery). And the man in white (an angelic priest) said that So, what does the book reveal? Chronologically, its story fol- Jesus would return at the time of restitution (when his Earthly lows The Acts of the Apostles, and the Book of The Revelation is, marriage was restored). in fact, the continuing story of Jesus, Mary Magdalene and their If we now look at St Paul's Epistle to the Hebrews we discover __ sons, particularly the elder son, Jesus Justus. It follows his life that he explains the said Ascension event in some greater detail, and details his marriage, along with the birth of his own son. This for Paul tells of how Jesus was admitted to the Priesthood of much-misunderstood New Testament book is not a foreboding or Heaven when he actually had no entitlement to such a sacred a warning as the fearful Church would have us believe. It is pre- office. He explains that Jesus was born (through his father cisely what it says it is: a revelation. Joseph) into the Davidic line of Judah—a line which held the right of kingship but had no right to priesthood, for this was the A s we saw earlier, ordained priests of the era were called sole prerogative of the line of Aaron and Levi. fishers"; their helpers were called "fishermen", and bap- But, says Paul, a special dispensation was granted, and he tells tismal candidates were called "fishes". Jesus became an that "for the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity ordained fisher when he entered the Kingdom of Heaven, but until a change also of the law". As a result of this express "change of __ that time (as explained by St Paul) he held no priestly office. the law", it is explained that Jesus In the rite of ordination, the officiat- was enabled to enter the Kingdom of ing Levite priests of the Sanctuary Heaven in the priestly Order of would administer five loaves of Melchizedek. bread and two fishes to the candi- So, in September AD 33, the first H H dates, but the law was very firm in child of Jesus and Mary Magdalene Prior to the birth of her second that such candidates had to be cir- was born, and Jesus duly entered the son in AD 44, Mary Magdalene cumcised Jews. Gentiles and uncir- Kingdom of Heaven. There is no ref- was exiled from Judaea following cumcised Samaritans were on no erence to this child being a son (as account afforded any such privilege. there is for the two subsequent a political uprising in which Indeed, it was this particular minis- births), and given that Jesus returned . . terial ritual which Jesus had flouted three years later, in AD 36, we know she was implicated. at the so-called "feeding of the five- that Mary must have had a daughter. By following the chronology of the Acts, we see that in September AD 37 a second child was born; and then thousand", because he presumed the right to grant access to his own new liberal ministry by offering the loaves and fishes to an unsanctified another in AD 44. The period between these two births to the sec- gathering. Apart from eventually becoming a fisher, Jesus was ond restitution in AD 43 was "six years", which denotes that the also referred to as "the Christ"—a Greek definition which meant AD 37 child was a son. This fact is also conveyed by the use of | "the King". In saying the name "Jesus Christ", we are actually cryptic wording—the same cryptic wording afforded to the AD 44 saying "King Jesus", and his kingly heritage was of the Royal child—so we know that this third child was also a son. House of Judah (the House of David), as mentioned numerous In accordance with the scribal codes detailed in the Dead Sea times in the Gospels and in the Epistles of St Paul. Scrolls, everything cryptic within the New Testament is set up From AD 33, therefore, Jesus emerged with the dual status of a beforehand by some other entry which explains that the inherent "Priest Christ" or, as is more commonly cited, a "Fisher King". message is "for those with ears to hear". Once these codes and This definition, as we shall see, was to become an hereditary and allegories are understood, they never ever vary. They mean the dynastic office of Jesus' heirs, and the succeeding "Fisher Kings" same thing every time they are used, and they are used every time — were paramount in the history of the Grail bloodline. that same meaning is required. For example, the Gospels explain that Jesus was called "the rior to the birth of her second son in AD 44, Mary Word of God": "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among Pirstesiee was exiled from Judaea following a political us...full of grace and truth." John goes to great lengths to explain uprising in which she was implicated. Along with Philip, the relevance of this definition, and subsequent entries give details Lazarus and a few retainers, she travelled (by arrangement with such as "the Word of God stood by the lake" and "the Word of | King Herod-Agrippa II) to live at the Herodian estate near Lyon, God was in Samaria". in Gaul (which later became France). Messages conveying information about fertility and new life are From the earliest times, through the mediaeval era, to the great established in the Parable of the Sower whose seed "bore fruit and Renaissance, Mary's flight was portrayed in illuminated manu- increased". Thus, when it is said that "the Word of God scripts and great artworks alike. Her life and work in France, increased", "those with ears to hear" would recognise at once that especially in Provence and the Languedoc, appeared not only in "Jesus increased"—that is to say, he had a son. There are two works of European history but also in the Roman Church litur- such entries in the Acts, and they fall precisely on cue in AD 37 gy—until her story was suppressed by the Vatican. and AD 44. Mary Magdalene's exile is told in The Book of The Revelation Probably the most misrepresented book of the New Testament — which describes that she was pregnant at the time. It tells also of is The Book of The Revelation of St John the Divine—misrepre- how the Roman authorities subsequently persecuted Mary, her sented by the Church, that is; not by the book itself. This book is quite unlike any other in the Bible. It is dubbed with terrible supernatural overtones, and its straightforward imagery has been savagely corrupted by the Church to present the text as some form of foreboding or prophecy of warning! But the book is not called "The Prophecy" or "The Warning". It is called "The Revelation". So, what does the book reveal? Chronologically, its story fol- lows The Acts of the Apostles, and the Book of The Revelation is, in fact, the continuing story of Jesus, Mary Magdalene and their sons, particularly the elder son, Jesus Justus. It follows his life and details his marriage, along with the birth of his own son. This much-misunderstood New Testament book is not a foreboding or a warning as the fearful Church would have us believe. It is pre- cisely what it says it is: a revelation. a political uprising in which she was implicated. Magdalene was exiled from Judaea following a political uprising in which she was implicated. Along with Philip, Lazarus and a few retainers, she travelled (by arrangement with King Herod-Agrippa II) to live at the Herodian estate near Lyon, in Gaul (which later became France). From the earliest times, through the mediaeval era, to the great Renaissance, Mary's flight was portrayed in illuminated manu- scripts and great artworks alike. Her life and work in France, especially in Provence and the Languedoc, appeared not only in works of European history but also in the Roman Church litur- gy—until her story was suppressed by the Vatican. Mary Magdalene's exile is told in The Book of The Revelation which describes that she was pregnant at the time. It tells also of how the Roman authorities subsequently persecuted Mary, her Pr: to the birth of her second son in AD 44, Mary 14 = NEXUS JUNE - JULY 1998 Prior to the birth of her second