Moses

Can he go back into the womb and come again to life?10. And Jesus said, The birth of which I speak is not the birth of flesh.11. Except a man be born of water and the Holy Breath, he cannot come into the kingdom of the Holy One.12. That which is born of flesh is child of man; that which is born of Holy Breath is child of God.13. The winds blow where they please; men hear their voices, and may note results; but they know not from whence they come, nor where they go; and so is every one that is born of Holy Breath.14. The ruler said, I do not understand; pray tell me plainly what you mean.15. And Jesus said, The kingdom of the Holy One is in the soul; men cannot see it with their carnal eyes; with all their reasoning powers they comprehend it not.16. It is a life deep hid in God; its recognition is the work of inner consciousness.17. The kingdoms of the world are kingdoms of the sight; the kingdom of the Holy One is that of faith; its king is love.18. Men cannot see the love of God unmanifest, and so our Father-God has clothed this love with flesh--flesh of a son of man.19. And that the world may see and know this love made manifest, the son of man must needs be lifted up.20. As Moses in the wilderness raised up the serpent for the healing of the flesh, the son of man must be raised up.21. That all men bitten by the serpent of the dust, the serpent of the dust, the serpent of this carnal life, may live.22. He who believes in him shall have eternal life.23. For God so loved the world that he sent forth his only son to be raised up that men may see the love of God.24. God did not send his son to judge the world; he sent him forth to save the world; to bring men to the light.25. But men love not the light, for light reveals their wickedness; men love the dark.26. Now, every one who loves the truth comes to the light; he does not fear to have his works made manifest.27. The light had come, and Nicodemus went his way; he knew the meaning of the birth of Holy Breath; he felt the presence of the Spirit in his soul.28. And Jesus tarried in Jerusalem for many days and taught and healed the sick.29. The common people gladly listened to his words, and many left their all of carnal things and followed him.

1. The Christines turned their faces toward the land of Galilee; but when they reached the city of Samaria, the multitudes pressed hard about them, begging them to tarry in their city for a while.2. And then they went up to the synagogue, and Jesus opened up the book of Moses, and he read:3. In thee and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blest.4. And then he closed the book and said, These words were spoken by the Lord of hosts unto our father Abraham, and Israel has been blessedness to all the world.5. We are his seed; but not a tithe of the great work that we were called to do has yet been done.6. The Lord of hosts has set apart the Israelites to teach the unity of God and man; but one can never teach that which he does not demonstrate in life.7. Our God is Spirit, and in him all wisdom, love and strength abide.8. In every man these sacred attributes are budding forth, and in due time they will unfold; the demonstration will completed be, and man will comprehend the fact of unity.9. And you, ruler of the synagogue, and you, these priests, are honoured servants of the Lord of hosts.10. All men are looking unto you for guidance in the ways of life; example is another name for priest; so what you would that people be, that you must be.11. A simple godly life may win ten thousand souls to purity and right.12. And all the people said, Amen.13. Then Jesus left the synagogue, and at the hour of evening prayer he went up to the sacred grove, and all the people turned their faces toward their holy mount and prayed.14. And Jesus prayed.15. And as he sat in silent mood a voice of soul spoke to his soul imploring help.16. And Jesus saw a woman on a couch in sore distress; for she was sick nigh unto death.17. She could not speak, but she had heard that Jesus was a man of God, and in her heart she called on him for help.18. And Jesus helped; he did not speak; but like a flash of light, a mighty virtue from his soul filled full the body of the dying one, and she arose, and joined her kindred while they prayed.19. Her kindred were astonished and they said to her, How were you healed?

or did he fall from heaven as a star?32. We read that Moses said, He came from God.

No, for your prophet, Moses, has done that; and if you hear not Moses' words you will not hearken unto me, for Moses wrote of me.

1. God gave the Ten Commandments unto men; upon the mountain Moses saw the words of God; he wrote them down on solid rock; they cannot be destroyed.2. These Ten Commandments show the justice side of God; but now the love of God made manifest brings mercy on the wings of Holy Breath.3. Upon the unity of God the law was built.

In all the world there is one force; Jehovah is Almighty God.4. Jehovah wrote upon the heavens and Moses read,5. I am Almighty God and you shall have no God but me.6. There is one force, but many phases of that force; these phases men call powers.7. All powers are of God; and they are manifests of God; they are Spirits of the God.8. If men could seem to find another force and worship at its shrine, they would but court illusion, vain,9. A shadow of the One, Jehovah, God, and they who worship shadows are but shadows on the wall; for men are what court.10. And God would have all men to be the substance, and in mercy he commanded, You shall seek no God but me.11. And finite men can never comprehend infinite things.

1. Magdala is beside the sea, and here the teachers taught.2. A man obsessed, and who was blind and dumb was brought, and Jesus spoke the Word, and lo, the evil spirits went away; the man spoke out, his eyes were opened and he saw.3. This was the greatest work that men had seen the master do, and they were all amazed.4. The Pharisees were there, and they were full of jealous rage; they sought a cause whereby they might condemn.5. They said, Yes, it is true that Jesus does a multitude of mighty works; but men should know that he is leagued with Beelzebul.6. He is a sorcerer, a black magician of the Simon Cerus type; he works as Jannes and as Jambres did in Moses' day.7. For Satan, prince of evil spirits, is his stay by night and day and in the name of Satan he casts the demons out, and in his name he heals the sick and raises up the dead.8. But Jesus knew their thoughts; he said to them, You men are masters, and you know the law; whatever is arrayed against itself must fall; a house divided cannot stand;9. A kingdom warring with itself is brought to naught.10. If Satan casts the devil out, how can his kingdom stand?11. If I, by Beelzebul, cast devils out, by whom do you cast devils out?12. But if I, in the holy name of God, cast devils out, and make the lame to walk, the deaf to hear, the blind to see, the dumb to speak, has not God's kingdom come to you?13. The Pharisees were dumb; they answered not.14. As Jesus spoke a messenger approached and said to him, Your mother and your brothers wish to speak with you.15. And Jesus said, Who is my mother?

a love beyond the love of any fleshly kin;24. Who was the sorest tempter in the temple Heliopolis beside the Nile, who sung for him the sacred songs, was there.25. The recognition was of kindred souls, and Jesus said,26. Behold, for God has brought to us a power men cannot comprehend, a power of purity and love;27. To make more light the burdens of the hour, to be a balm for wounded souls;28. To win the multitude to better ways by sacred song and holy life.29. Behold, for Miriam who stood beside the sea and sung the song of victory when Moses led the way, will sing again.30. And all the choirs of heaven will join and sing the glad refrain:31. Peace, peace on earth; good will to men!32. And Miriam stood before the waiting throngs and sung again the songs of victory, and all the people said, Amen.

you came not for the bread of life;6. You came to gratify your selfish selves; you all were fed the other day across the sea, and you are after more of loaves and fish.7. The food you ate was nourishment for flesh that soon must pass away.8. You men of Galilee, seek not for food that perishes, but seek for food that feeds the soul; and, lo, I bring you food from heaven.9. You ate the flesh of fish, and you were satisfied, and now I bring the flesh of Christ for you to eat that you may live for evermore.10. Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; and then they ate the flesh of quail, and drank the waters of a flowing spring that Moses brought out from the rock; but all of them are dead.11. The manna and the quail were symbols of the flesh of Christ; the waters of the rock were symbols of the blood.12. But, lo, the Christ has come; he is the bread of life that God has given to the world.13. Whoever eats the flesh of Christ and drinks his blood shall never die; and he will hunger nevermore; and he will thirst no more.14. And they who eat this bread of heaven, and drink these waters from the spring of life cannot be lost; these feed the soul, and purify the life.15. Behold, for God has said, When man has purified himself I will exalt him to the throne of power.16. Then Jesus and the twelve went to Capernaum; and Jesus went into the synagogue and taught.17. And when the Jews, who heard him in Gennesaret, were come they said,18. This fellow is beside himself.

No man comes unto God but by the Christ.9. The kingdom of the Christ will come; yea, some of you who hear me now will not pass through the gates of death until you see the kingdom come in power.10. For seven days the master and the twelve remained in Cæsarea-Philippi.11. Then Jesus, taking Peter, James and John, went forth unto a mountain top to pray.12. And as he prayed a brilliant light appeared; his form became as radiant as a precious stone;13. His face shone like the sun; his garments seemed as white as snow; the son of man became the son of God.14. He was transfigured that the men of earth might see the possibilities of man.15. When first the glory came the three disciples were asleep; a master touched their eyes and said, Awake and see the glory of the Lord.16. And they awoke, and saw the glory of the Lord; and more, they saw the glory of the heavenly world, for they beheld two men from thence stand forth beside the Lord.17. And Peter asked the master who awakened them, Who are these men who stand beside the Lord?18. The master said, These men are Moses and Elijah, who are come that you may know that heaven and earth are one; that masters there and masters here are one.19. The veil that separates the worlds is but an ether veil.

And then he called to Jesus and he said, My master and my Lord, this is the gate of heaven, and it is well that we remain.21. May we go down and bring three tents; a tent for you, a tent for Moses, and for Elijah one?

But Jesus answered not.22. And Moses and Elijah talked with Jesus on the mount.

No man can know except he enters into life and does the will of God.28. Now, Moses gave the law; but none of you have kept the law; how can you judge the worthiness of any man?29. Once in these courts I healed a man upon a Sabbath day, and in a rage you sought to take my life; and now because I tell the truth you seek again to take my life.30. A scribe spoke out and said, You foolish man, you are obsessed; who wants to take your life?31. The common people said, Is this not Jesus whom the rulers long have sought to kill?

The law of Moses says that such as she shall die, be stoned to death; what do you say should be her punishment?22. And Jesus stooped and made a figure on the ground and in it placed the a soul, and then he sat in silent thought.23. And when the priests demanded that he speak, he said, Let him who has no sin stand forth and be the first to cast a stone at her.24. And then he closed his eyes, and not a word was said.

We follow Moses, but this man, we know him not, and know not whence he is.45. The man replied, It is a marvel that you know not whence he is, and yet he opened up my eyes.46. You know that nothing but the power of God can do such things.47. God hears not sinners pray, and you must know that he is not a wicked man who can employ the power of God.48. The Pharisees replied, You wretch!

Who can be saved?33. And Jesus said, The rich may give his gold away; the high may kiss the dust, and God will save.34. Then Jesus spoke this parable to them:35. A rich man lived in splendid state; he wore the finest garments men could make; his boards were loaded with the costliest viands of the land.36. A beggar, blind and lame, whose name was Lazarus, was wont to sit beside the waste gate of this home that he might share with dogs the refuse from the rich man's board.37. It came to pass that Lazarus died, and angels carried him away unto the bosom of our father Abraham.38. The rich man also died, and he was buried in a costly tomb; but in the purifying fires he opened up his eyes dissatisfied.39. He looked and saw the beggar resting peacefully in the bosom of his father Abraham, and in the bitterness of his soul he cried,40. My father Abraham, look down in mercy on your son; I am tormented in these flames.41. Send Lazarus, I beseech, that he may give me just a sup of water to cool my parched tongue.42. But Abraham replied, My son, in mortal life, you had the best things of the earth and Lazarus had the worst, and you would not give him a cup of water there, but drove him from your door.43. The law must be fulfilled, and Lazarus now is comforted, and you are paying what you owe.44. Besides, there is a great gulf fixed between your zone and us, and if I would I could not send Lazarus to you, and you cannot come up to us till you have paid your debts.45. Again the man in anguish said, O father Abraham, I pray, send Lazarus back to earth, and to my father's house, that he may tell my brothers who are yet in life, for I have five of them, about the horrors of this place, lest they come down to me and not to you.46. And Abraham replied, They have the words of Moses and the seers, let them hear them.47. The man replied, They will not hearken to the written word; bit if a amn would go up from the grave they might believe.48. But Abraham replied, If they hear not the words of Moses and the seers they would not be persuaded even though one from the dead stood in their midst.49. And Peter said, Lord, we have left our all to follow you; and what is our reward?50. And Jesus said, Most verily I say to you, that you who have left all to follow me shall come into a newness of a life hid deep with Christ in God.51. And you shall sit with me upon the throne of power, and judge with me the tribes of Israel.52. And he who conquers carnal self, and follows me through Christ shall have a hundred fold of that which is the wealth of life on earth, and in the world to come, eternal life.

Show me the tribute money that you speak about.5. The man brought forth a piece of coin on which an image was engraved.6. And Jesus said, Whose image and whose name is on this coin?7. The man replied, 'Tis Cæsar's image and his name.8. And Jesus said, Give unto Cæsar that which is Cæsar's own; but give to God the things of God.9. And they who heard him said, He answers well.10. And then a Sadducee, who thinks there is no resurrection of the dead, came up and said, Rabboni, Moses wrote that if a married man shall die, and have no child, his widow shall become his brother's wife.11. Now, there were seven brothers and the eldest had a wife; he died and had no child; a brother took his widow for his wife, and then he died;12. And every brother had this woman for his wife; in course of time the woman died;13. Now which will have this woman for a wife in the resurrection day?14. And Jesus said, Here in this plane of life men marry just to gratify their selfish selfs, or to perpetuate the race; but in the world to come, and in the resurrection day, men do not take upon themselves the marriage vows.15. But, like the angels and the other sons of God, they form not unions for the pleasure of the self, nor to perpetuate the race.16. Death does not mean the end of life.

The seed may seem to die, but from its grave the tree arises into life.18. So man may seem to die, but he lives on, and from the grave he springs up into life.19. If you could comprehend the word that Moses spoke about the burning bush that burned and still was not consumed, then you would know that death cannot destroy the life.20. And Moses said that God is God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel.21. God is not God of dead men's bones, but the living man.22. I tell you, men, man goes down to the grave, but he will rise again and manifest the life;23. For every life is hid with Christ in God, and man shall live while God shall live.24. The Pharisees and scribes who heard the Lord, exclaimed, He speaks the truth; and they were glad to have the Sadducees discomfited.25. And then an honest scribe came forth and said to Jesus, Lord, you speak as one whom God has sent, and may I ask,26. Which is the greatest and the first of the Commandments of the Law?27. And Jesus said, The first is Hear O Israel, the Lord our God is one; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your mind, with all your soul, with all your strength;28. And you shall love your neighbour as yourself.29. These are the greatest of the ten, and on them hang the Law, the Prophets and the Psalms.30. The scribe replied, My soul gives witness that you speak the truth, for love fulfils the law, and far transcends burnt offerings and sacrifice.31. And Jesus said to him, Lo, you have solved a mystery; you are within the kingdom and the kingdom is in you.32. To his disciples Jesus spoke, and all the people heard; he said, Beware you of the scribes and Pharisees who pride themselves in wearing long and richly decorated robes,33. And Love to be saluted in the market place, and seek the highest seats at feasts, and take the hard-earned wages of the poor to satisfy their carnal selves, and pray in public, long and loud.34. These are the wolves who clothe themselves to look like sheep.35. And then he said to all, The scribes and Pharisees are placed by law in Moses' seat, and by the law they interpret law;36. So what they bid you do, that do; but do not imitate their deeds.37. They say the things that Moses taught; they do the things of Beelzebul.38. They talk of mercy, yet they bind on human shoulders burdens grievous to bear.39. They talk of helpfulness, and yet they put not forth the slightest helpful efforts for their brother man.40. They make a show of doing things, and yet they do not anything but show their gaudy robes, and broad phylacteries, and smile when people call them honoured masters of the law.41. They strut about and show their pride when people call them father, so and so.42. Hear, now, you men, Call no man father here.

I have observed your works and words three years and more;10. And I have often stood in your defence when your own countrymen would fain have stoned you as a criminal.11. But now the priests, the scribes and Pharisees have stirred the common people to a stage of frenzied wantonness and cruelty, and they intend to take your life.12. Because, they say, that you have sworn to tear their temple down; to change the laws that Moses gave; to exile Pharisee and priest and seat yourself upon a throne.13. And they aver that you are fully in league with Rome.14. The streets of all Jerusalem are filled this moment with a horde of madmen all intent to shed your blood.15. There is no safety for you but in flight; wait not until the morning sun.

In the Book of Jubilees, Methuselah marries Edna, the daughter of Azrial (his father's brother), in the 14th jubilee, and is part of a chain of figures entrusted with secret traditions revealed to Moses, including knowledge passed from Enoch through to Noah and later generations.

In Mormon texts like the Book of Moses, Methuselah remains on earth after Enoch's city is taken to heaven to fulfill divine promises, serving as a prophet and ancestor to Noah.

The holy name Yahweh wasn’t revealed until ages later to Moses, and this is an event long before Moses.

So you know straight away somebody after the time of Moses is retelling an ancient story, and they’ve altered it.

Now Moses was shepherding the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he took them beyond the desert to the sacred mountain of God, called Horeb.

For the law was given by (Moses?), but grace and truth came by (Jesus Christ?).

Verses 17-18 shift slightly to introduce Moses and the law, then pivot to Jesus as the bringer of grace and truth, and finally to the idea of the "only begotten Son" revealing God.

Thematic Development: Verse 17 contrasts the law given through Moses with grace and truth through Jesus Christ, a theme that aligns with later Johannine theology but is less explicit in the earlier verses.