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To: Sam Ferguson who wrote (16188)	5/23/1998 7:23:00 AM
From: Sam Ferguson	Respond to of 39621

Part 2 of research that was continued. From this it is evident that the missionaries of the Christian church were far more willing to admit the similarities between their faith and the faith of the Pagans than were their successors in later centuries. In an effort to solve some of the problems arising from any attempts to chronocle accurately the life of Jesus, it has been suggested that there may have lived in Syria at that time two or more religious teachers bearing the name of Jesus, Jehoshua, or Joshua, and that the lives of these men may have been confused in the Gospel stories. In his,"Secret sects of Syria and the Lebanon," Bernard Springer (a Masonic author, quotes from an early book the author whose name could not be disclosed because of its connection with the ritual of a sect. The last part of his question is Germane to the subject at hand. "But Jehovah prospered the see of the Essenians, in holiness and love for many generations. Then came the chief of the Angels, according to the commandment of God to raise up an heir to the Voice of Jehovah. And in 4 generations more an heir was born, and named Joshua, and he was the child of Joseph & Mara, devout worshippers of Jehovah, who stood aloof from all other people save the Essenians. And this Joshua, in Nazareth, reestablished Jehovah, and restored many of the lost rites and ceremonies. In the year 36th year of his age he was stoned to death in Jerusalem***" Within the last century several books have been published to supplement the meager descriptions in the Gospels. In some instances these narratives claim to be founded upon early manuscripts recently discovered; in others uipon direct spiritual revelation. Some of these writings are highly plausible while others are incredible. There are persistent rumors that Jesus visited and studied in Greece & India, and that a coin struck in His honor in India has been discovered. Early Christians records are known to exist in Tibet, and the monks of a Buddhist monastery in Ceylon still preserve a record that which indicate Jesus sojourned with them and became conversant with their philosophy. Although early Christianity shows every evidence that of Oriental influence, this is a subject the modern church refuses to discuss. If it is ever established beyond question that Jesus was an initiate of the pagan Greek or Asiatic mysteries, the effect upon the more conservative members of the christian faith is likely to be cataclysmic. If Jesus was God incarnate, as the solemn councils of the church discovered, why is He referred to in the New Testament as "Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisadek,"? The words after the order make Jesus one of a line of order which there must have been others of equal or Superior dignity. If the Melchisadeks were divine or priestly rulers of the nations of the earth before the inaugeration of the system of temporary rulers, then the statements attributed to St.Paul would indicate that either Jesus was one of these philosophic elect" or was attempting to reestablish their system of governing. It will be remembered that Melchisadek also performed the same ceremony of the drinkinbg of the wine and the breaking of bread as did Jesus at the last supper. George Faber declares the original name of Jesus was Jescua Hammasiah. Godfrey Higgins has discovered two references, one the "Midrash Joheloth" and the otherr in the "Abodazara" early Jewish commentaries on the scriptures, to the effect that the surname of Joseph's family was Panther , for in both of these works it is stated that a man was healed "in the name of Ben Panther." The name Panther establishes a direct connection between Jesus and Bacchus-who was nursed by panthers and is sometimes depicted riding either on or in a chariot driven by them. The skin of the panther was also sacred in certain of the Egyptian initiatory ceremonials. The monagram IHS now interpreted as Jesus Hominum Salvator (savior of men) is another direct link between the Christians and the Bacchic rites. IHS is derived from Greek "the" which as its numeral value (608) signifies, is emblematic of the sun and constituted the sacred and concealed name of Bacchus. (Ref: "The Celtic Druids" by Godfrey Higgins.) The question arises.Was the early Roman Christianity confused with the worship of Bacchus because of the numerous parallelisms in the two faiths? If the affirmative can be proved, many of the hitherto incomprehensible enigmas of the New Testament will be solved. Gee have to split this up. (Some people require lots of proof and I'm just getting started with report of research. GGGG Getting tired and need to catch 40 winks. L8R