(L) Now, I have this handy little book "Judas of Nazareth" by this guy, Daniel T. Unterbrink. First of all, he talks about this Judas of Galilee who apparently he believes was the original prototype for Jesus. Now, is he correct in what he is saying about this Judas the Galilean?
A: Judas was the "patsy" utilized to supplant Caesar.
Q: (L) Okay. Well, it appears that this group that was created by this Judas of Galilee was the so-called "Jerusalem Group" of the zealots, the Sicari, and what he calls the Jerusalem Christians because of course he is operating from the assumption that the Jerusalem Group were the earliest Christians because they proclaimed their Judas of Galilee as Christ. But apparently this Judas was crucified in something like 19 AD, which was quite early in the game.
Paul came along and was interacting with this group of individuals and apparently he was thrown out of the group. This is evident that he was thrown out of the group from his own authentic letters because he was at war with this group. This Interbrink of course calls Paul the evil one, says that he was just out to get money, create a church, make himself rich, and all that sort of thing. I find that a little difficult to swallow because I read the
Pauline Letters, and this is a very complex individual. When I think about how this guy describes these Sicari, these zealots, they “whack everybody's pee-pee and follow these dietary laws” gang... You put one in one hand, and one in the other, and Paul wins every time. I mean, I'm sorry! So, was Paul an evil guy the way Unterbrink has pejoratively described him?
A: Not even close!
Q: (L) Was
Paul a member of the Herodian family? That is,
was the Saul who WAS a member of the Herodian family as described by Josephus the same Saul that was the Apostle Paul?
A: Yes.
Q: (L) So, in other words,
Paul was not from Tarsus? Is that correct?
A: Yes.
Q: (L) Paul was... Where was
Paul from?
A: Near Jerusalem.
Q: (L) Okay. Why was it said that
Paul was from Tarsus? Why was this added to the legend?
A: To conceal and reveal.
Q: (L) What do you mean? Conceal and reveal? What would Tarsus reveal?
A: Where Antony spent time, where veterans retired, where the development and perpetuation of the Caesar cult actually took place.
Q: (L) So there were combinations of, say... I mean... Okay, I'm not going to ask any more about that because I've got to think about it some more. Okay, the other thing is that in the Slavonic version of Josephus, there is a story of the Star of Bethlehem. Obviously in the gospels, the birth of Jesus is all messed up. But supposedly, the Star of Bethlehem appeared at the time of the birth of this guy Judas of Galilee, and this was recorded in the Slavonic Josephus. The way they described it was:
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"The star image appeared to us signifying the birth of a king by whom the whole world will be held. And gazing on that star, we have been making our way for a year and half to this city, and we have not found the son of a king and the star is now hidden from us." But while they were on the way home, that remarkable star appeared to them again.
And Herod said, "Can you show it to me?"
"We reckon the whole world can see it."
They stepped out onto an open porch and showed him the star. But as they were on their way, the star again disappeared.
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(L) So of course Josephus interpreted this star as the Sign of Vespasian, but the interesting thing about it is, is that this star according to the timeline of Unterbrink, appeared in 25 BC. Now, in my Comet book here {waves book}, I have been adjusting the dates of comets according to my adjustment of the dates of Halley's Comet. As a result of my adjustments, which I’ve penciled in, there's a comet listed as occurring in 46 BC, which is supposedly two years before the death of Caesar. However, in my re-dated system, this is actually 25 BC. By standard dating, there is no comet 25 BC at all, but according to MY dating, I have one that's 25 BC which matches Unterbrink’s timeline based on Slavonic Josephus. The comet book says,
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"The Chinese text Han Chu is the oldest source to report this object. A guest star [a guest star can often mean not a comet, but a supernova] was seen sometime during the month of 46 BC, June 20th to July 18th. It appeared at the division of Mao, the Pleiades, and stayed about five degrees to the east of Chwon Shay [which is Perseii]. The object is bluish-white with rays."
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(L) So, is my corrected dating of this object on target?
A: Close.
Q: (L) Okay. Is this what they were talking about in their dating of the birth of this guy Judas the Galilean?
A: Close.
Q: (L) Okay... Am I off in my dating?
A: Yes.
Q: (L) How much am I off on that one?
A: 11 years.
Q: (L) 11 years?
(Chu) Forward or backward in time?
A: Subtract.
Q: (L) So you're saying move it forward to 14 BC?
A: Yes.
Q: (L) And that would put it when you said that the historical, Jewish Jesus was born?
A: Yes.
Q: (L) So, this guy Judas the Galilean was the teacher guy/rebel leader/whatever who became the prototypical Jewish Jesus?
A: Yes.
Q: (L) Now, there is a problem because supposedly the Testimonium Flavionum that was inserted into Josephus about Jesus happens to occur at exactly the place where, were Josephus to write about the death of this Judas of Galilee, it would have been there. It appears that insertion was not really so much that it was just made up about Jesus, but that they just changed the name and it was actually describing the death of this Judas of Galilee. Is that correct?
A: Yes.
Q: (L) So they could easily change names without having to really write anything new. Okay. Now there's... Okay, well if I'm off 11 years there, then that means I've got to readjust everything. Is that what we're getting at here? I have to adjust everything 11 years?
A: Yes.
Q: (L) Well...
(Perceval) Well, fooey!
(Approaching Infinity) That Halley's Comet stuff is so complex when you take into account that there might be like 500 years added in, and then you have all these supposed comet sightings in between all those years...
(L) Well, I have to get back to the drawing board obviously, because all of my plans have been discombobulated with that 11 year discrepancy. Does anybody else have a question of some importance because now I'm all messed up and I can't ask any more of my questions?
(Approaching Infinity) You want to ask about Baby Caesar?
(L) What about Baby Caesar?
(Approaching Infinity) If his story was either taken on by Augustus, or if the Jesus story... if either of those people stole it from Caesar?
A: The Baby Jesus Story is an amalgamation of Mithras and Caesar. The story of "Jesus" causing wonder among the "Doctors of the Law" is referring to Caesar. Augustus borrowed an element or two of the tale of Caesar, but mostly not.
Q: (L) Okay. Hmm. Well, that doesn't help me at all, does it?
Was there anything remarkable about Caesar's birth?
A: Comet.
Q: (L) So there was a comet at the time of his birth, and that was the main thing. A comet at his birth, and a comet at his death. Is that it?
A: Yes.
Q: (L) But, no “laid in the manger” business, no wise men, nothing like that.
A: No.
Q: (Pierre) But the comets meant something. It was not only random chance, was it?
(L) But all the stuff about Jesus and the manger and being born in a cave or whatever...
(Perceval) Well, how long was the comet in the sky, and how many were born at the same time?
(Pierre) But an individual having a comet at his birth and at his death...
(L) Is kind of special. I mean, look at Mark Twain!
(Perceval) But how many people were born at that time? It doesn't necessarily relate to Caesar. If it was there in the sky for a week or two weeks, then you've got hundreds of people
being born with the comet in the sky. But
from a human point of view, people took it as a sign...
A: Receivership capability!
Q: (L) So there can be hundreds of people born with the emanations of a comet in the atmosphere, but only the one that has the receivership capability would be affected or influenced by it?
A: Yes
Q: (L) So it can be very important, but only for...
(Perceval) From a hidden perspective, and not from an ordinary human perspective. Was the cult surrounding Caesar after his death perceived as a threat by someone at that time or thereafter?
A: Indeed!
Caesar advocated treating the poor and the masses with care and kindness.
Q: (Perceval) So they were threatened enough to kill him and undo pretty much everything he had done... But,
was there a real threat that his teaching would have spread across the world and changed everything?
A: Yes.
Q: (L) The ideas of communalism, sharing, caring, mercy etc.
(Perceval) What I'm trying to do is contrast the extent of that threat of changing the world in a positive way with what they did to his story. And we still have it today! They didn't just stamp it out at the time and then forget about it. We're still lumbered with the deception. So, it's so big and so monstrous... Like opportunistically, they killed two birds with one stone... "We can get rid of Caesar and his teachings, and then we can also have this new religion that gets us what we want!"
(L) Yeah, a religion of passivity, obey your masters, give them all your money, pay your taxes, and all this kind of stuff.
(Perceval) Yeah, maybe the perception at that time was that a new organized religion was necessary...
(L) Was
Paul the author of those things where he advised people to pay their taxes, render to Caesar and all this kind of stuff?
A: Partly, yes. But
he was being wise as a serpent and gentle as a dove. What he wrote in his letters was the "milk", he only gave the meat in person.
Q: (L) Okay. Well, is there anything that we want to... We've been here for a longer time than I expected. My backside is really... Are you raising your hand, Approaching Infinity? I can't see your hand, but...
(Chu) Approaching Infinity is giggling there...
(L) Alright Approaching Infinity, come on.
(Approaching Infinity) Allegedly, one of the earliest things about the Jesus people was their communal meal, the Eucharist. Was there something about Caesar's life, or something that he did, that led to that?
A: Not in particular, however it came to be a sign shared because
Caesar made sure that the hungry were fed and if his soldiers were hungry, he shared their suffering. The "meal" was another aspect borrowed from Mithras. Notice that the clue about Tarsus points to Mithraism also. Finally, elements of Caesar's last supper were incorporated into the story as well!
Q: (Perceval) Caesar's last supper?
(Kniall) Yeah, he had a meal and he was asked how he would like to die.
(L) And he said it didn't matter, just as long as it was quick. [...]