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Originally posted by Roy Collins
I am particulaly interested in the works of Barbara Thiering on the Dead Sea Scrolls. Thiering believes that early Christianity developed out of the Qumran community. She identifies the Teacher of Righteousness with John the Baptist and the Wicked Priest (or the Man of the Lie) with Jesus. These two figures led two factions of the community. The faction led by Jesus/the Wicked Priest produced the Gospels.
Jesus is said to have once been part of the Qumran community
which has a connection to the Essenes who practiced dietary principles similar to macobioitcs and who were in self-reflection and ritual cleanings. Maybe you can enlighten us a bit more
on this topic. Please continue to post your findings here.
In peace, Roy
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I have heard of Barbara Thiering and I have read a few of her deductions. Do you yourself believe that Jesus was a wicked priest? The problem with determining exactly who stood for what, and for whatever reasons, 2000 years ago, is that are there are so many authors of so many writings. Personal, political and ethical reasons have twisted truthes for a long time. Barbara Thiering is simply adding her view to the mix, however noble her intentions MIGHT be. It is much harder to twist more recent history. To me the connections, are an indicators of which of the ancient writings were written with noble, honest intent, and which writings or portions of writings are corrupt.
Another thing I would like to add, is that I have no special diet and I don't take illegal drugs. I eat meat, and I am thankful to God for it. One night in 1985, before I feel asleep, I prayed that God would let me friends with him. I didn't let myself feel anything but peaceful, calm feelings. That night I believe I had a prophetic dream. A voice was telling some things and withholding others(or maybe it was that I didn't understand). I saw a three lane, one way highway. All the cars on it are the people of the Earth headed for doom, at the end of the road. God would intervene, with a rain of truth. I would be one of many who will help spread a rain of truth. There will be some who pull over to the side, early on. Others will persist on farther. For them the rain will become more intense. Some keep going, turning on their head lights, but inevitably they will have no choice but to stop. Also in the dream I saw planes crash into two tall buildings. I then saw many people with bags under their eyes, virtually the whole world was crying and had lost sleep. Before I awoke, I saw the face of an impressive figure. He was light complexioned, with blond hair. Between the awake and asleep state, I felt a strong breeze. I had a similar dream in the spring of 2001. I wasn't sure if it was only a dream or not. On 9/11, I wished that it was a dream. I don't feel that I am the only one with such dreams. In a society that shuns at things that can't yet be explained, I wouldn't doubt that thousands have had the dreams, but have been afraid to come forward. I predict that in the not too distant future, there will be news reports on how many people are coming forward to reveal that they dreamed about 9/11 and other things.