If you are a history turd like me and love history and alternate history and possibly some type of Aliens that this 4chan post is for you. However you can ingore all that and just start reading the Dead sea scrolls to read the truest translations of word of Christ directly after he said them to his disciples.
This is my favorite so far after starting my journey into relearning Christanity as it was meant to be learned.
Has anyone else dived into these scrolls? The few things that strike out to me from Thomas gospel is the teachings are so raw and enlightened. You can tell how much stuff was made up in the new testament or dragged out. Everything out here is raw.
Couple great quotes for you:
(16)
Yeshua said,
People may think I have come to impose peace upon the world.
They do not know that I have come to impose conflicts upon the earth: fire, sword, war.
For there will be five in a house.
There will be three against two and two against three,
father against son and son against father,
and they will stand alone.
(102)
Yeshua said,
Shame on the Pharisees.
They are like a dog sleeping in the cattle manger.
It does not eat or let the cattle eat.
(107)
Yeshua said,
The kingdom is like a shepherd who had
a hundred sheep.
One of them, the largest, went astray.
He left the ninety-nine and looked for the one until he found it.
After so much trouble he said to the sheep,
“I love you more than the ninety-nine.”
(48)
Yeshua said,
If two make peace with each other in one house,
they will tell the mountain, “Move,”
and the mountain will move.
I have trod the Gnostic path for many years now. I struggled with the texts in general, but I got the gist. These days I get my guidance from the horse's mouth, so to speak :)
Great passages and "raw" is a good description. Have studied these manuscripts back in the 1990s at length. Some of these ancient scrolls have yet to be translated. Since you are someone after my own heart, the Coelbren or Kolbrin Bible may also interest you and may give you a better understanding of Matt 24, being that we are at the end of the age of grace. The Book of Manuscripts describes what is coming, with more details than what Matthew gives us, but its scary stuff. There is also much on the youth of Yashua/Jesus whom was with Joseph of Arimathea at the time and we learn that he never grew up in Judea, He was far away in a safe place. Some of my professors at theological seminary discouraged us from studying the Gnostic texts. Best wishes.
The fact that wickipidia deleted its entry on this Kolbrin Bible, alone, tells me something here needs looking at. Not saying it's true or false but their history tells me I should look it over at the very least.
You will enjoy the research, it can become quite controversial but it will fill in the blanks on many thoughts and questions that you may have had of our wonderful Scriptures.
If you are a history turd like me and love history and alternate history and possibly some type of Aliens that this 4chan post is for you. However you can ingore all that and just start reading the Dead sea scrolls to read the truest translations of word of Christ directly after he said them to his disciples.
http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/gosthom-meyer.html
This is my favorite so far after starting my journey into relearning Christanity as it was meant to be learned.
Has anyone else dived into these scrolls? The few things that strike out to me from Thomas gospel is the teachings are so raw and enlightened. You can tell how much stuff was made up in the new testament or dragged out. Everything out here is raw.
Couple great quotes for you:
(16) Yeshua said, People may think I have come to impose peace upon the world. They do not know that I have come to impose conflicts upon the earth: fire, sword, war. For there will be five in a house. There will be three against two and two against three, father against son and son against father, and they will stand alone.
(102) Yeshua said, Shame on the Pharisees. They are like a dog sleeping in the cattle manger. It does not eat or let the cattle eat.
(107) Yeshua said, The kingdom is like a shepherd who had a hundred sheep. One of them, the largest, went astray. He left the ninety-nine and looked for the one until he found it. After so much trouble he said to the sheep, “I love you more than the ninety-nine.”
(48) Yeshua said, If two make peace with each other in one house, they will tell the mountain, “Move,” and the mountain will move.
I have trod the Gnostic path for many years now. I struggled with the texts in general, but I got the gist. These days I get my guidance from the horse's mouth, so to speak :)
Amended. You are referring to the Gospel of Thomas.
Great passages and "raw" is a good description. Have studied these manuscripts back in the 1990s at length. Some of these ancient scrolls have yet to be translated. Since you are someone after my own heart, the Coelbren or Kolbrin Bible may also interest you and may give you a better understanding of Matt 24, being that we are at the end of the age of grace. The Book of Manuscripts describes what is coming, with more details than what Matthew gives us, but its scary stuff. There is also much on the youth of Yashua/Jesus whom was with Joseph of Arimathea at the time and we learn that he never grew up in Judea, He was far away in a safe place. Some of my professors at theological seminary discouraged us from studying the Gnostic texts. Best wishes.
The fact that wickipidia deleted its entry on this Kolbrin Bible, alone, tells me something here needs looking at. Not saying it's true or false but their history tells me I should look it over at the very least.
thanks for posting this. I had never heard of it and am now down a new exciting rabbit hole
You will enjoy the research, it can become quite controversial but it will fill in the blanks on many thoughts and questions that you may have had of our wonderful Scriptures.
I second this. I will also look into this. Thanks
I 3rd this. Very cool.