The Gospel of Thomas
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Excerpts From
Holy Wisdom and The Logos of God
James Brantingham © (2021)
1 Didymus Judas Thomas writes,
I, Thomas, inquired after the Living One, Jesus the Anointed. And he spoke to me and, I wrote down the words of our Rabbi; his hidden sayings and the Word. Amēn, amēn, I say, whoever finds His Wisdom within these words shall never taste death.”
The ‘little apocalypse’ in the Gospel of Thomas:
An event involving destruction or damage on an awesome or catastrophic scale…
The Little Apocalypse includes Verses 10, 11, 12, 13, 16 & 111 (Brantingham, J. 2021) (and should probably include verse 7)
10 Jesus says,
Behold, when I come, I will cast a consuming fire on this World; and, on the Powers and Archons ruling this complex, savage place. And I will guard it until its blaze burns the unjustified and the unrighteous, away.
11 Jesus says,
When thou looketh to the Sky and the Heavens above, or the deepest Aeons below Behold, thou shalt see it all vanish with thine own eyes! Lo, the Heavens above and all the Realms below will pass away. For, the Cosmos itself drains away before thee! So, if thou art “dead,” you will not live. Yet, they who sought and found the Light will live and shall never die! But when thou consumed lifeless food, your body gave it life (and Light). Now thou art unyoked and single. If thou art spiritual, step into the Light, and thy guardian Angel awaits and will joineth thee! What then, if thou doth not want this, will you do? Before thy existence, thou wert yoked as one. But, living in this world of matter, materialistic and fleshly things thee divided and now, ye no longer believeth in an ‘Age to Come.’ Nor doth thou wish to be forced into the Light. Or, join “some divided yoke” and be made one again. So, be it! But now, what will thou do?
12 The disciples said to Jesus,
You have said it, Lord, we will lose you! But after you leave us, teacher, who should our Rabbi be? Then Jesus said, No matter where you are, or what you have done, go to my brother James. James is Just; and ‘he who lives by righteousness.’ He will guide and sanctify you. For He (…and the Anthropos) brought this whole world into being. And the Blissful One shall teach you Word and Wisdom and lead you into Heaven above Heaven and, into the Life to Come.
13 Jesus says to his disciples,
Compare me and tell me whom do I resemble? Simon Peter says, Lord, you are like a righteous angel. Jesus asks Matthew (Levi) whom do you compare me to? Lord, you are like a wise philosopher of the soul, one who understands the heart and mind of the people. But Thomas hesitated… and then haltingly said, ‘Rabbi, my mouth, and the words of my mouth; even my heart and my mind are worthless to answer thee, for I cannot comprehend who you are, nor am I fit to acknowledge Who or What You really are! Yeshua looked deeply into Thomas face and He said, ‘Thomas, Brother Thomas, you are no longer my student for, you have drunk from my mouth the bubbling spring of the Word and Wisdom and become intoxicated with Knowledge and Faith.
And just then, he took Thomas away, withdrawing from the other disciples, and said to him in private ‘three words’^ (d, e, f, g, h, i, j). Thomas, who had begun to entertain such thoughts, was still scandalized. Thomas understood He was claiming “equality with the One!” Shocked to his “Jewish” core, mind, and heart, he walked out. When he returned to the other disciples, they asked him breathlessly, ‘What did Jesus say?’ Yet Thomas said, ‘if I spoke even one of the ‘three words‘ He said, you… would pick up stones and stone me. But before you could do that, the rocks would explode. And their broken bits, shock, and flames would destroy you!
^Buy the book (Holy Wisdom and the Logos of God) and see explanations below in the text (^For these ‘Three Words’ Sources and Footnotes)
16 Jesus says,
Twenty-four Prophets in the Torah and from the Word and full covenant speaketh about Thee, the Perfect Man, ‘the One’. They saith, ‘One like a Son of Man cometh on the clouds of Heaven’. Jesus saith to them, the One you await stands before thee, before thy face! Yet, thou wasteth time referring to the dead.
111 Jesus says,
“Heaven and the earth shall roll up before you, an apocalypse before your very eyes. No longer trapped by illusions, deception, or a this-worldly, fleshly and materialistic world, ‘the One’ revealed your authentic self! Living, and, ‘one with the Living,’ Ye no longer fear death and are free!”
22 Jesus saw some infants nursing
He said to his Disciples, ‘Look and see these little ones being suckled. Their trust and their full reliance allows them to enter the Kingdom of Heaven’. Then the disciples turned to Him and said, ‘Must we become like little children to enter Heaven?’ Jesus said, ‘When you make two into one and when you make the inside like the outside and above like below; so that a male is not just a male and a female is not just a female but the two together, one; and together they are more than a man or woman. And, when you see through God’s eyes in the place of your eyes; and use God’s hands in the place of your hands; and through love allow God’s feet to guide your feet to aid and assist others; then, Male or Female, Jew or Greek you become the image and likeness of ‘the One’ Above! Then — you will enter His Kingdom’!
7 Jesus says,
Many think, ‘I Am’ the Prince of Peace. Yet, society is not ready for peace. Behold, I come as an Avenging Lord; a Whirlwind of Fury, Judgment, and Fire! A ‘Stumbling Block’ to the people in this world. Lo, I stoke the fire and cut down all that rule by sword and by war. Look! Families tear each other apart in blood and conflict. Three against two; or, one against four; Father against son; daughter against brother; and (their) mother against them all! Like monks and nuns, each must stand alone on judgment day.
25 Jesus says,
If you hate the other but claim to be One with God, you lie! For it is written, ‘the one who loves the other fulfills the law!’ So I say, you must love one another and protect them as if they were the pupil of your eye!
28 Jesus says,
I incarnated into flesh and blood and stood up a man, the Messiah, for all! But I found everyone intoxicated and distracted by the flesh and the sensations, thrills, and material things here below; in this world. None, no, not one thirsted for divine knowledge and salvation. My soul exceedingly grieved; I wept! For they (too) are sons and daughters, the children of God! But their eyes and minds, their souls were blind. ‘For empty, they came into the world, and empty too they seek to leave the world.’ But when they come too,’ those who turn can see and hear and be saved.
77 Jesus says,
I AM the Light that shines over everything, good and evil left and right; right and wrong. I AM the sum of everything: the All. For everything cleaves off and, away from ME, and to Me, everything returns. Split the wood, and I am there. Lift up the stone, and you will find Me.
Excerpts From
Holy Wisdom and The Logos of God
James Brantingham © (2021)
The Gospel of Thomas in: “Holy Wisdom and The Logos of God.” Buy It At Amazon Today!
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