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Chapter 14 - The Wrongdoings Of Judas Iscariot
1. It came to pass that Jmmanuel and his disciples went to Bethlehem, where he taught and instructed the people.
2. However, Judas Iscariot had become disloyal to the teachings of Jmmanuel and lived only for his own gratification.
3. Secretly, he was collecting from Jmmanuel's audiences, accumulating gold, silver and copper in his money bag so he could live vainly.
4. And it happened that Juda Ihariot, the son of Simeon, the Pharisee, informed Jmmanuel of Judas Iscariot's wrongdoings since he hoped to be paid off for this.
5. But Jmmanuel thanked him and did not repay him with any gifts what ever, so Juda Ihariot thought of revenge, for he was greedy for gold, silver and goods.
6. But Judas Iscariot was led into the desert by Jmmanuel where, for three days and three nights, he taught him the concept of right and wrong, whereupon the disciple repented and forthwith followed the teachings of Jmmanuel.
7. When he returned to the city, he distributed all his possessions and collections among the poor and became a trusted disciple of Jmmanuel.
8. However, at the same time it transpired that the writings, in which Judas Iscariot had reported on the teachings of Jmmanuel, were stolen from him. So he told Jmmanuel about it.
9. But he spoke, "Truly, truly, I say to you, Judas Iscariot, you will have to suffer even greater evils than the mere loss of your writings about my teachings and my life.
10. "For over two thousand years you will be wrongly accused of betraying me, because Simeon the Pharisee wants it so.
11. "But his son, Juda Ihariot, is the real culprit; like his father, Simeon Ihariot, he is a Pharisee who seeks my life.
12. "It is he who stole the writings from you and brought them to the scribes and Pharisees, so they could thereby judge me and put me to death.
13. "He received seventy pieces of silver for your writings and will receive another thirty when he makes it possible to hand me over to the executors.
14. "Truly, I say to you, he will certainly succeed in this, and for two times a thousand years you will innocently have to pay the penalty for it; consequently you will become a martyr.
15. "But write down my teachings and my life story another time, for the time will come, in two times a thousand years, when your writings will be revealed.
16. "Until then my teachings will be falsified and will turn into an evil cult, which will cause much human blood to flow,
17. "because the people are still not prepared to comprehend my teachings and to recognize the truth.
18. "Not until two times a thousand years will an unassuming man come who will recognize my teachings as truth and disseminate them with great courage.
19. "He will be vilified by the established cult religions and advocates of the false teachings about me, and be considered a liar.
20. "But you, Judas Iscariot will until then be innocently reviled as my betrayer and thus be condemned, as a result of the deceitfulness of the chief priests and the ignorance of the people.
21. "But pay no attention to this, for the teaching of the truth demands sacrifices that must be made.
22. "The people are still not very great in their spirit, consciousness and knowledge. Therefore, they must first take upon themselves much guilt and error before they learn thereby to accumulate knowledge and wisdom, so as to recognize the truth.
23. "For all of this to take place, however, and for the knowledge of the truth to bring forth a rich harvest within people, write down my teachings and my life story once again. In this way, my teachings will be available for later generations and bear fruit to the truth.
24. "Remain with me from now on, follow me and faithfully carry out your duty as the transcriber of my teachings, namely the teachings of the laws of nature, which are the original laws of Creation.
25. "Never will there be a will greater than the will of Creation, which reveals itself through these laws.
26. "But the laws of Creation have been valid for yesterday and today, and therefore for tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and for all time.
27. "Thus the laws are also a determination and hence a predetermination for things of the future that must happen.