What did the scriptures of TheWay look like before they underwent a massive editing and re-write by the Church of Rome? Did you know that the followers of Yeshua (Jesus) did not believe he was God? Did you know that the beliefs of the people of TheWay parallels those of Jewish Mysticism? They believed in the pre-existent soul that evolves to perfection over the course of many lives. They embraced the concept that the Fifth Commandment that states: Thou Shalt Not Kill, is applicable to not only all people, but also the animal kingdom which is portrayed as our lesser brothers.
The followers of Yeshua were Torah Observant -- but not in the manner of the Sadducees and Pharisees whose carnal blindness caused them to see only the literal written word of the Torah -- but rather, they were Torah Observant on all three levels of being (physical, soul and spirit -- see The Law). In fact, it will come as a shock to most Jews and Christians today once they begin to realize that Yeshua did not condemn the Sadducees and Pharisees for any other reason than they sought only to fulfill the Torah physically, and failed to be Torah Observant in soul/mind and spirit.
Moreover, the Gospel of the Nazirenes demonstrates that the sin of the historical Judas was seen in the fact that he attempted to bring about the conditions where Yeshua would fulfill the Messianic prophesies and inaugurate the Kingdom upon the earth -- failing to realize that the Kingdom can never come upon the earth, because it is within us (Luke 17:20-21). Thus, the sin of Judas is exactly the same as the sin of the majority of Jews and Christians today who look for the Messiah to come in the world, rather than within them.
messianic.nazirene.us/gospel_index.htm
______ Introduction to the Gospel of the Nazirenes ____________
The Gospel of the Holy Twelve : Click to read the history and about the Gospel of the Nazirenes
In 1870 an important writing known as The Gospel of the Holy Twelve was published from an ancient manuscript that had been hidden away in an eastern monastery in order to protect it from falling into the hands of the (church) corrupters. It is my understanding that another copy of this gospel has also been found at the Mt. Carmel Monastery, and that many other fragmentary copies also exist which were in like manner hidden away for safekeeping. In 1997 a newer translation of this gospel was published under the name of The Gospel of the Nazirenes, by Alan Wauters and Rick VanWyhe.
This Gospel was not that which was used by the Ebionites -- but rather, was fundamentally used to instruct those Jews who were converting from the simple (Jewish) faith, to that of Nazirene Judaism and TheWay. It therefore focuses on conversion from a very (carnal) Jewish perspective -- i.e., the flawed ritual practice of temple sacrifice, the polluting effect of eating animal flesh, the uselessness of physical circumcision, the inner Kingdom -- and the Gospel further clarified such spiritual concepts as the pre-existence of the soul, the deeper spiritual meaning of the written word of the scriptures, the reality of the Royal Law of the Most High God, the Masculine and Feminine aspects of God as perceived in the Singleness of the All-Parent, and the universal nature of the indwelling Word to all peoples of the earth.
______ The Ebionite Factor ____________
ebionite.com/Evidence_of_the_Ebionites.htm
Modern Christianity is founded upon the 4th century Roman doctrine that Paul was the only one who knew the real Jesus, and his disciples were too Jewish to understand his teachings. With the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls we now know that the vast majority of Gentiles were too Pagan to comprehend the true teachings of Jesus, and too heathen to comprehend the very Spiritually founded Gnostic teachings of Paul.
______ The Main Ebionite Website ____________
http://ebionite.com/
As Essene/Ebionites who live in accordance with the Vow of the Nazirenes, we know that it is sinful and turned out of TheWay to argue over manmade doctrines and carnal concepts of the meaning of the scriptures. As disciples of the Vow of the Nazirene, we seek Total and Absolute Oneness with the Lord in the manner that Yeshua/Jesus taught, and the whole focus of our religion is to learn what we must do in our lives to bring this Intimate Union with our Creator/God about. As the Prodigal Sons and Daughters of our Heavenly Father, we seek to release ourselves from the carnal and elemental limitations of this world, and walk in TheWay on our return journey back to the Edenic Kingdom of Origination that we emerged from in the beginning.