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   Morality which cannot be applied universally but serves the purposes only of a   
   select community is hardly worthy of recognition as such. Even if one tries to   
   generalize the moral code of the Hebrews (Jews), to make this code apply for   
   and towards all    
   humanity, which obviously was not the original intention, to do so would be to   
   throw into question all of the various passages in the Bible, both before and   
   after the Ten Commandments, where God has ordered the Hebrews to violate this   
   code. And if one    
   places in jeopardy those many passages, then doubt is cast also on the Divine   
   Source and the Divine nature of the Ten Commandments themselves. Logically   
   these Ten Commandments cannot stand as absolute Truth from any point of view.   
   It is not possible to    
   generalize the Ten Commandments because of the intimate and special   
   relationship of the first four commandments with the Jewish people. And even   
   were it possible to somehow ignore or expand he first four, the remaining six   
   commandments are far too vague    
   in their expression to be practical in day to day life.   
      
   A Blot on the Collective Conscience   
   Other than the Ten Commandments, the teachings of Moses were mostly of an   
   administrative nature – the institution of judges and the enactment of various   
   laws and ordinances. To say that these laws were just would be untrue – they   
   were at best expedient.    
   The records point to a highly unequal and inequitable treatment of women and   
   illegitimate children, of religious and sexual deviants, of immigrants and   
   perhaps especially of those so accursed by God as to be poor. [62]   
      
   Regarding the plight of the poor for just a minute more, it is worth noting   
   here that there was apparently no guidance given by Moses on the subject of   
   law enforcement. This naturally meant that the rich could take benefit of the   
   law whenever it suited    
   them, while the poor were rarely able to bring a rich person to court, or   
   ensure that a court judgement was actually executed. Justice in such a   
   situation is poorly served – even impartial judges and even the best of laws,   
   which the Mosaic code    
   definitely was not, are of little real value unless coordinated with an   
   independent police force. The system set up by Moses was as efficient as a set   
   of gums without any teeth – a fact which one must reasonably assume could not   
   escape the notice of a    
   political leader as astute as Moses, at one time or another, during his forty   
   year reign.   
      
   What remains to be said for Moses? Whether or not he was Hebrew or Egyptian,   
   whether or not his laws were just or unjust, one must concede he was much more   
   than just a puppet of Aaron. Moses was a powerful and charismatic personality.   
   Without Moses the    
   clan and cult of Abraham might well have disappeared from the face of planet   
   Earth after a mere six to eight hundred years of not-so-distinguished   
   existence. [63] Abraham may have established the Hebrew clan, but Moses forged   
   the Hebrews into a Jewish    
   nation. And with the impact of that violent creation, Moses left an indelible   
   imprint upon the collective psychology of a people which has remained for more   
   than three thousand years.   
      
   The End of a Cycle   
   As a young boy I used to wonder how it was possible for a just God to permit   
   the slaughter of six million Jews during World War II. [64] Only after   
   studying the Bible in light of the cosmic law of karma and samskara (roughly,   
   action and reaction) could I    
   find the answer. In science we have discovered that each and every action   
   incurs an equal and opposite reaction, provided there is no change in time,   
   space or form. Similarly, in the realm of human existence, people both   
   individually and collectively are    
   bound to undergo the reactions of their actions. A good action begets a good   
   reaction. A bad action begets a bad reaction. This is the inexorable way in   
   which our universe is regulated – even God would be reluctant to interfere in   
   these matters, for    
   ultimately behind the requital of an act lies the Divine intention of   
   benevolence. The punishment for an evil act teaches us not to repeat the same   
   mistake, and the reward for a righteous act makes us realize that we can never   
   enjoy such bliss by    
   ignoring the dictates of morality. [65]   
      
   Looking at the early history of the Jews as recorded in the Bible, the Hebrews   
   wandered in the desert for forty years after leaving Egypt. Then they   
   conquered Israel by brute and brutal force under the leadership of Moses and,   
   thereafter, Joshua. It is    
   quite possible that this conquest was the most bloody and inhuman atrocity in   
   recorded history; and, on that basis alone, it is hardly any wonder that the   
   Jews have been oppressed throughout their checkered career. But more to the   
   point, and as much as    
   we may regret it, what took place under the warped conditions of the Nazi   
   Third Reich was undeniably in accordance with Natural Law. It was only just   
   that the modern Jews should return to Israel (following a second, even longer   
   wandering in the symbolic    
   wilderness which the Jews refer to as their diaspora years), [66] only after   
   they themselves had been butchered in like way as their ancestors had   
   massacred the original inhabitants of Canaan.   
      
   The cycle begun by Moses was completed in 1945, but the lesson of Abraham has   
   yet to be properly understood. Israel is not the sole property of the Jews,   
   nor even a safe refuge for them. Ultimately no individuals or nations can cut   
   themselves off from    
   the rest of humanity, declaring a piece of this planet to be their exclusive   
   domain. This earth and all its wealth is meant to be utilized for the   
   individual and collective welfare of all living beings. No matter what anyone   
   says and no matter what    
   anyone says that God says – human society is one and indivisible, and this   
   entire universe is our collective birthright.   
      
      
      
   6                       Of Prophets and Kings – The Christ Conspiracy   
   “Now Nebuchadrezzar King of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to   
   Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard, saying,   
      
   Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he   
   shall say unto thee”.   
      
   Jeremiah 39:11-12.   
      
      
      
   Preface   
   The year was 6 A.D. Judah of Galilee had just organized a Jewish rebellion   
   against the new Roman taxation of Judaea – but already he was dead. Judah's   
   followers, the Zealots, chose discretion as the better part of valor and   
   retreated to the sympathetic,    
   Essene-controlled deserts, where they hoped to carry on with greater secrecy   
   their guerrilla resistance to the Ronan occupation. That same year a Galilean   
   child was born to an unmarried woman, and with that baby boy the Messianic   
   dream of both the    
   Zealots and the Essenes took life. Who was the father of that child? Was there   
   any relationship between the child's mother and the Essenes? What was the   
   relationship between the Zealots and the Essenes? And what was their   
   relationship – if any – to that    
   child?   
      
   We may never have a definitive answer to these questions – at least not until   
   human beings develop the capacity to read directly the permanent imprints of   
   each and every action and event on the etheric records of relative time. Today   
   we can apply only    
   our logic and reason to analyze, as best we can, the limited historical and   
   Biblical information available to us. The only thing we know for certain is   
   that Jesus of Nazareth definitely did not save either the Jews or the   
   Gentiles, much less the whole    
   world.   
      
      
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