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CHAPTER 175

Jesus appears, fully materialized, to the ten apostles in Simon’s house, and to Lazarus and his sisters.

The evening of the resurrection day had come; the ten apostles were in Simon’s house in Bethany. The lawyer, Thomas, was not there.

2 The doors were closed and barred, because the Jews had said that they would drive the Galileans from the land.

3 And as they talked, lo, Jesus came and stood forth in their midst, and said, Peace! peace!

4 And the disciples shrank in fear; they thought it was a phantom that they saw.

5 And Jesus said, Why are you troubled thus? why do you fear? I am no phantom form. I am your Lord, and I have risen from the dead.

6 I often said, I will arise; but you believed me not; and now come here and see. A phantom has not flesh and bones and brawn, like I possess.

7 Come now, and clasp my hands, and touch my feet, and lay your hands upon my head.

8 And every one came up and clasped his hands, and touched his feet, and laid his hands upon his head.

9 And Jesus said, Have you here anything to eat?

10 And they brought out a fragment of a fish; he ate it in the presence of them all, and then the ten believed.

11 Nathaniel said, And now we know that he has risen from the dead; he stands a surety of the resurrection of the dead. And Jesus disappeared.

12 Now, Mary, Martha, Ruth and Lazarus were in their home, and they had heard the rumor that their Lord had risen from the dead, and Martha said,

13 It cannot be, for such a thing has never happened since the world began.

14 But Mary said, Did not the Lord bring back our brother from the dead? and he could surely bring himself to life again.

15 And as they talked, the Lord stood in their midst and said,

16 All hail! for I am risen from the dead, first fruitage of the grave!

17 And Martha ran and brought the chair in which the Lord had ever loved to sit, and Jesus sat down on the chair.

18 And for a long, long time they talked about the trial, and the scenes of Calvary and of the garden of Siloam.

19 Then Jesus said, Fear not, for I will be your boon companion all the way; and then he disappeared.

CHAPTER 176

Jesus appears, fully materialized, to the eastern sages in the palace of Prince Ravanna in India. To the magian priests in Persia. The three wise men speak in praise of the personality of the Nazarene.

Ravanna, prince of India, gave a feast. His palace in Orissa was the place where men of thought from all the farther East were wont to meet.

2 Ravanna was the prince with whom child Jesus went to India many years ago.

3 The feast was made in honor of the wise men of the East.

4 Among the guests were Meng-ste, Vidyapati and Lamaas.

5 The wise men sat about the table talking of the needs of India and the world.

6 The door unto the banquet hall was in the east; a vacant chair was at the table to the east.

7 And as the wise men talked a stranger entered, unannounced, and raising up his hands in benediction said, All hail!

8 A halo rested on his head, and light, unlike the light of sun, filled all the room.

9 The wise men rose and bowed their heads and said, All hail!

10 And Jesus sat down in the vacant chair; and then the wise men knew it was the Hebrew prophet who had come.

11 And Jesus said, Behold, for I am risen from the dead. Look at my hands, my feet, my side.

12 The Roman soldiers pierced my hands and feet with nails; and then one pierced my heart.

13 They put me in a tomb, and then I wrestled with the conqueror of men. I conquered death, I stamped upon him and arose;

14 Brought immortality to light and painted on the walls of time a rainbow for the sons of men; and what I did all men shall do.

15 This gospel of the resurrection of the dead is not confined to Jew and Greek; it is the heritage of every man of every time and clime; and I am here a demonstration of the power of man.

16 Then he arose and pressed the hand of every man and of the royal host, and said,

17 Behold, I am not myth made of the fleeting winds, for I am flesh and bone and brawn; but I can cross the borderland at will.

18 And then they talked together there a long, long time. Then Jesus said,

19 I go my way, but you shall go to all the world and preach the gospel of the omnipotence of man, the power of truth, the resurrection of the dead;

20 He who believes this gospel of the son of man shall never die; the dead shall live again.

21 Then Jesus disappeared, but he had sown the seed. The words of life were spoken in Orissa, and all of India heard.

22 The magian priests were in the silence in Persepolis, and Kaspar, and the magian masters who were first to greet the child of promise in the shepherd’s home in Bethlehem, were with the priests.

23 And Jesus came and sat with them; a crown of light was on his head.

24 And when the silence ended Kaspar said, A master from the royal council of the Silent Brotherhood is here; let us give praise.

25 And all the priests and masters stood and said, All hail! What message from the royal council do you bring?

26 And Jesus said, My brothers of the Silent Brotherhood, peace, peace on earth; good will to men!

27 The problem of the ages has been solved; a son of man has risen from the dead; has shown that human flesh can be transmuted into flesh divine.

28 Before the eyes of men this flesh in which I come to you was changed with speed of light from human flesh. And so I am the message that I bring to you.

29 To you I come, the first of all the race to be transmuted to the image of the AM.

30 What I have done, all men will do; and what I am, all men will be.

31 But Jesus said no more. In one short breath he told the story of his mission to the sons of men, and then he disappeared.

32 The magi said, Some time ago we read this promise, now fulfilled, upon the dial plate of heaven.

33 And then we saw this man who has just demonstrated unto us the power of man to rise from carnal flesh and blood to flesh of God, a babe in Bethlehem.

34 And after many years he came and sat with us in these same groves;

35 He told the story of his human life, of trials, sore temptations, buffetings and woes.

36 He pressed along the thorny way of life till he had risen and o’erthrown the strongest foes of God and man; and he is now the only master of the human race whose flesh has been transmuted into flesh divine.

37 He is the God-man of today; but every one of earth shall overcome and be like him, a son of God.

CHAPTER 177

Jesus appears, fully materialized, in the temple in Jerusalem. Rebukes the rulers of the Jews for their hypocrisy. Reveals himself to them and they fall back in fear. He appears to the apostles in Simon’s house. Thomas is convinced.

It was the Sabbath day and many priests and scribes and Pharisees were in the temple in Jerusalem. Caiaphas, Annas and some other ruling Jews were there.

2 A stranger came in garb of fisherman and asked, What has become of Jesus who is called the Christ? Is he not teaching in the temple now?

3 The Jews replied, That man from Galilee was crucified a week ago, because he was a dangerous man, a vile, seditious man.

4 The stranger asked, Where did you put the body of this man from Galilee? where is his tomb?

5 The Jews replied, We do not know. His followers came at night and stole the body from the tomb in which it lay and carried it away, and then declared that he had risen from the dead.

6 The stranger asked, How do you know that his disciples stole the body from the tomb? was any one a witness of the theft?

7 The Jews replied, We had a hundred soldiers at the place, and every one of them declares that his disciples stole the body from the tomb.

8 The stranger asked, Will any one of all your hundred men stand forth and say, I saw the body stolen from the tomb?

9 The Jews replied, We do not know; these men are men of truth; we cannot doubt their word.

10 The stranger said, You priests and scribes and Pharisees hear me: I was a witness of the facts, was in the garden of Siloam, and stood among your hundred men.

11 And this I know that not a man among your hundred men, will say, I saw the body stolen from the tomb.

12 And I will testify before the God of heaven and earth, The body was not stolen from the tomb; the man from Galilee is risen from the dead.

13 And then the priests and scribes and Pharisees rushed up to seize the man and cast him out.

14 But instantly the fisherman became a radiant form of light, and priests and scribes and Pharisees fell back in deadly fear; they saw the man from Galilee.

15 And Jesus looked upon the frightened men and said, This is the body that you stoned beyond the city’s gates and crucified on Calvary.

16 Behold my hands, my feet, my side and see the wounds the soldiers made.

17 If you believe that I am phantom made of air, come forth and handle me; ghosts do not carry flesh and bones.

18 I came to earth to demonstrate the resurrection of the dead, the transmutation of the flesh of carnal man to flesh of man divine.

19 Then Jesus raised his hands and said, Peace be to every one of you; good will to all mankind. And then he disappeared.

20 Now, Thomas had not seen the Lord since he had risen from the dead, and when the ten averred that they had seen and talked with him he said,

21 Until I see the nail prints in his hands and feet, the spear wound in his side, and talked with him as I have talked with him before, I cannot have a reason to believe that he is risen from the dead.

22 At Simon’s house in Bethany the men from Galilee had met. It was the evening of the first day of the week, and on the morrow all would turn their faces toward their homes.

23 The eleven apostles all were there; the doors were closed and barred, and Jesus came and said, Peace be to all!

24 And then he said to Thomas, friend, you do not know that I have risen from the dead; the time has come for you to know.

25 Come here and see the nail prints in my hands, the spear wound in my side, and talk with me as you have often talked with me.

26 And Thomas came and saw, and then exclaimed, My master, and my Lord! I do not now believe, I know that you are risen from the dead.

27 And Jesus said, Because you see me you believe, and blessed are your eyes;

28 But blessed thrice are they who see me not and yet believe.

29 Then Jesus vanished from their sight, but the disciples were established in their faith.

CHAPTER 178

Jesus appears, fully materialized, before Apollo and the Silent Brotherhood in Greece. Appears to Claudas and Juliet on the Tiber near Rome. Appears to the priests in the Egyptian temple at Heliopolis.

Apollo, with the Silent Brotherhood of Greece, was sitting in a Delphian grove. The Oracle had spoken loud and long.

2 The priests were in the sanctuary and as they looked the Oracle became a blaze of light; it seemed to be on fire, and all consumed.

3 The priests were filled with fear. They said, A great disaster is to come; our gods are mad; they have destroyed our Oracle.

4 But when the flames had spent themselves, a man stood on the orac pedestal and said;

5 God speaks to man, not by an oracle of wood and gold, but by the voice of man.

6 The gods have spoken to the Greeks, and kindred tongues, through images made by man; but God, the One, now speaks to man through Christ the only son, who was, and is and evermore will be.

7 This Oracle shall fail; the Living Oracle of God, the One, will never fail.

8 Apollo knew the man who spoke; he knew it was the Nazarene who once had taught the wise men in the Acropolis and had rebuked the idol worshippers upon the Athen’s beach;

9 And in a moment Jesus stood before Apollo and the Silent Brotherhood, and said,

10 Behold, for I have risen from the dead with gifts for men. I bring to you the title of your vast estate.

11 All power in heaven and earth is mine; to you I give all power in heaven and earth.

12 Go forth and teach the nations of the earth the gospel of the resurrection of the dead and of eternal life through Christ, the love of God made manifest to men.

13 And then he clasped Apollo’s hand and said, My human flesh was changed to higher form by love divine and I can manifest in flesh, or in the higher planes of life, at will.

14 What I can do all men can do. Go preach the gospel of the omnipotence of man.

15 Then Jesus disappeared; but Greece and Crete and all the nations heard.

16 Claudas and Juliet, his wife, lived on the Palatine in Rome and they were servants of Tiberius; but they had been in Galilee;

17 Had walked with Jesus by the sea, had heard his words and seen his power; and they believed that he was Christ made manifest.

18 Now Claudas and his wife were on the Tiber in a little boat; a storm swept from the sea, the boat was wrecked and Claudas and his wife were sinking down to death.

19 And Jesus came and took them by the hands and said, Claudas and Juliet, arise and walk with me upon the waves.

20 And they arose and walked with him upon the waves.

21 A thousand people saw the three walk on the waves, and saw them reach the land, and they were all amazed.

22 And Jesus said, You men of Rome, I am the resurrection and the life. They that are dead shall live, and many that shall live will never die.

23 By mouth of gods and demigods God spoke unto your fathers long ago; but now he speaks to you through perfect man.

24 He sent his son, the Christ, in human flesh, to save the world, and as I lifted from the watery grave and saved these servants of Tiberius,

25 So Christ will lift the sons and daughters of the human race, yea, every one of them, from darkness and from graves of carnal things, to light and everlasting life.

26 I am the manifest of love raised from the dead; Behold my hands, my feet, my side which carnal men have pierced.

27 Claudas and Juliet, whom I have saved from death, are my ambassadors to Rome.

28 And they will point the way and preach the gospel of the Holy Breath and of the resurrection of the dead.

29 And that was all he said, but Rome and all of Italy heard.

30 The priests of Heliopolis were in their temple met to celebrate the resurrection of their brother Nazarite; they knew that he had risen from the dead.

31 The Nazarite appeared and stood upon a sacred pedestal on which no man had ever stood.

32 This was an honor that had been reserved for him who first would demonstrate the resurrection of the dead.

33 And Jesus was the first of all the human race to demonstrate the resurrection of the dead.

34 When Jesus stood upon the sacred pedestal the masters stood and said, All hail! The great bells of the temple rang and all the temple was ablaze with light.

35 And Jesus said, All honor to the masters of this Temple of the Sun.

36 In flesh of man there is the essence of the resurrection of the dead. This essence, quickened by the Holy Breath, will raise the substance of the body to a higher tone,

37 And make it like the substance of the bodies of the planes above, which human eyes cannot behold.

38 There is a holy ministry in death. The essence of the body cannot be quickened by the Holy Breath until the fixed is solved; the body must disintegrate, and this is death.

39 And then upon these pliant substances God breathes, just as he breathed upon the chaos of the deep when worlds were formed,

40 And life springs forth from death; the carnal form is changed to form divine.

41 The will of man makes possible the action of the Holy Breath. When will of man and will of God are one, the resurrection is a fact.

42 In this we have the chemistry of mortal life, the ministry of death, the mystery of deific life.

43 My human life was wholly given to bring my will to tune with the deific will; when this was done my earth-tasks all were done.

44 And you, my brothers, know full well the foes I had to meet; you know about my victories in Gethsemane; my trials in the courts of men; my death upon the cross.

45 You know that all my life was one great drama for the sons of men; a pattern for the sons of men. I lived to show the possibilities of man.

46 What I have done all men can do, and what I am all men shall be.

47 The masters looked; the form upon the sacred pedestal had gone, but every temple priest, and every living creature said, Praise God.

CHAPTER 179

Jesus appears, fully materialized, to the apostles at the sea of Galilee. Appears to a multitude of people. Tells his apostles to go again to Jerusalem and he would meet them there.

Now, the apostles were at home in Galilee; the women tarried in Judea until the Pentecost,

2 And Peter, James and John, and Andrew, Philip and Nathaniel were in Capernaum. They joined with Jonah and with Zebedee, and in their boats went out to fish,

3 They toiled all night and when the morning came they had no fish.

4 And as they neared the shore a man stood on the shore and said, How many fish have you?

5 And Peter answered, None.

6 Again the man called out and said, A school of fish is passing now upon the right side of your boat; cast out your net.

7 They cast their net, and it was filled; and John exclaimed, It is the Lord who stands upon the shore.

8 And Peter plunged into the sea and swam to shore. The other men brought in the net, and it contained a hundred fifty and three fish and yet it did not break.

9 And Jesus said, My children, let us break our fast together here.

10 They found some living coals upon the beach and Peter brought and dressed the fish; they had some bread.

11 And when the meal had been prepared they broke their fast, and Jesus ate of both the fish and bread.

12 Now, after breakfast all the men were sitting on the beach, and Jesus said to Peter, Do you love the Lord your God with all your heart, and do you love your neighbor as you love yourself?

13 And Peter said, Yea, Lord, I love the Lord my God with all my heart; I love my neighbor as I love myself.

14 And Jesus said, Then feed my sheep.

15 And then he said to James, Do you love her, the Holy Breath, with all your heart, and do you love your neighbor as you love yourself?

16 And James replied, Yea, Lord, I love the Holy Breath with all my heart; I love my neighbor as I love myself.

17 Then Jesus said, Protect my sheep.

18 And then he said to John, Do you love Christ, the love divine made manifest, with all your heart, and do you love your neighbor as you love yourself?

19 And John replied, Yea, Lord, I love the Christ with all my heart; I love my neighbor as I love myself.

20 And Jesus said, Then feed my lambs.

21 Then Jesus rose and said to Peter, Follow me. And Peter followed him.

22 When Peter saw that John was following him he said to Jesus, Lord, behold, John follows you! What shall he do?

23 Now Peter did not hear the master when he said to John, Then feed my lambs.

24 And Jesus spoke to Peter and he said, It matters not to you what John shall do; not even though I will that he remain until I come again.

25 Just do your duty; follow me.

26 And Jesus passed, they knew not where he went.

27 The news soon spread through all Capernaum that Jesus had arisen from the dead, that he had walked with his disciples by the sea, and ate with them the morning meal. The multitudes came forth to see.

28 Now Peter, James and John, together with the other men who had been called to be apostles of the Lord, went to the mountains near Capernaum to pray,

29 And as they prayed the master came; they saw him and they talked with him.

30 He said to them, The Pentecost is near at hand; go to Jerusalem and I will meet you there.

31 And as he talked, a multitude of people came; they saw the Lord; they said,

32 Behold, for now we know that he, the Nazarene, has risen from the dead for we have seen him face to face.

CHAPTER 180

Jesus appears, fully materialized, to the apostles in Jerusalem. Gives them his instructions. Promises them a special endowment for their work on Pentecost. Goes to Mount Olives and in full view of many disciples ascends to heaven. The disciples return to Jerusalem.

The eleven apostles of the Lord were in Jerusalem and in a spacious room that they had chosen by the Lord’s command.

2 And as they prayed the Lord appeared to them and said,

3 Peace be to all; good will to every living thing. And then he talked with them a long, long time.

4 And the disciples asked, Will you restore the kingdom unto Israel now?

5 And Jesus said, Be not concerned about the governments of men; the masters will direct.

6 Do that which has been given you to do, and wait and murmur not.

7 All power in heaven and earth is given unto me, and now I bid you go to all the world and preach the gospel of the Christ, the unity of God and man, the resurrection of the dead, and of eternal life.

8 And as you go and preach, baptize the people in the name of Christ.

9 They who believe and are baptized shall rise up in the newness of the life of Christ, and they who disbelieve shall rise not in the newness of the life of Christ.

10 And you shall give to men the power I give to you.

11 They who believe and are baptized shall heal the sick; shall cause the blind to see, the deaf to hear, the lame to walk;

12 Shall cast the unclean spirits out of those obsessed; shall tread on deadly serpents and be not harmed; shall pass through flames and not be burned; and if they drink a poisonous draught it shall not kill.

13 You know the sacred Word, which is the word of power.

14 The secret things that I have told to you that may not now be told to all the world, you shall make known to faithful men who shall in turn reveal them unto other faithful men,

15 Until the time shall come when all the world may hear and comprehend the words of truth and power.

16 And now I will ascend to God, as you and all the world will rise to God.

17 Behold, upon the day of Pentecost you all shall be endowed with power from on high.

18 But here you shall remain till then in holy thought and prayer.

19 Then Jesus went to Olivet, and his disciples followed him, and in a place not far removed from Bethany, he met the Marys and Salome;

20 Met Martha, Ruth and Miriam; met Lazarus and a host of others who had come from Galilee.

21 And Jesus stood apart and raised his hands and said,

22 The benedictions of the Holy Ones, of the Almighty God, and of the Holy Breath, of Christ the love of God made manifest,

23 Will rest upon you all the way till you shall rise and sit with me upon the throne of power.

24 And then they saw him rise upon the wings of light; a wreath encircled him about; and then they saw his form no more.

25 But as they gazed up into heaven two men, in robes of white, appeared and said,

26 You men of Galilee, why gaze you thus so anxiously upon the ascending Lord? Lo, he will come again from heaven as you have seen him go to heaven.

27 Then the eleven and Lazarus, and the other men from Galilee, together with the faithful women, not a few, returned unto Jerusalem and there abode.

28 And they were constantly in prayer and holy thought. They waited for the Holy Breath, and for the coming of the promised power from on high.