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Life of Jesus Dictated by the Lord Himself LIFE OF JESUS DICTATED BY THE LORD HIMSELF 1 LIFE OF JESUS DICTATED BY THE LORD HIMSELF Foreword This is an amazing, profound and extremely important book as it tells us of many things we ignored about Jesus’ life and his teachings. It clarifies many obscure aspects of the Gospels and shines new light on the Messiah’s mission on earth. Jesus tells us in this book that his mission is not over and will only be completed when the Kingdom of God is finally realized on earth. The book was dictated by the Lord Himself in the 19th Century to a medium who we know not her name, though we know it was a woman, she is only known as Medium X. According to the Lord Jesus, a long chain of intermediaries had to be used so that he might be able to dictate this book. His energy vibration is so great he cannot do it directly as it would burn out, so to speak, the medium used to transmit His message, like a small light bulb would burn out if subjected to a greater voltage than it was designed for. It is also said that when Jesus came to the Earth it took him 1,000 years to diminish his energy vibration in order to incarnate in a human body. As a grown man his face and body used to bleed quite often without an apparent cause. It was, now we know, due to the extreme spiritual energies he was subject to when in prayer or addressing the crowds that came to listen to him. The original book was written in French and was later translated to Italian, and that version translated into Spanish. The Spanish translator was also a medium who received the dictation of the second part in the 20th Century. His name was Ovidio Rebaudi, born in Paraguay, but lived in Buenos Aires. At first he was reluctant to translate this book into Spanish, because he himself had lost faith in Jesus, believing him to be a myth. But a series of apparently unconnected occurrences happened which made him change his mind and he set forth on the difficult task of translating the book. It seems he was a very special person and highly spiritual indeed as he was then used by the Light Forces to transmit the second part Jesus had in mind. He is referred to in the book as Medium XX. I must warn all those who are attached to the traditional Christian beliefs that they will find great discrepancies with those traditions. They shall read that Jesus had seven brothers and sisters, that his father was a widower before he married Mary and had five children from his previous marriage. His mother was a virgin before Jesus was conceived by natural sexual intercourse, as “God will not violate His own laws,” and her body had to be kept pure of karmic interferences in order to nourish Jesus in her womb. He also tells in the book that he never performed any miracles, those were all exaggerations by the Apostle John, and that he studied the Kabala. He also says that he made many mistakes as all humans are prone to in the physical realm, and that he is not God. This last statement is vehemently remarked by Jesus in the second part of the book. The laws of karma are also addressed by Jesus here, where he remarks that we must reborn many times in order to achieve our destiny. He tells us that our material world is ephemeral but most importantly he transmits His message of Love and demands of us determination and action in our spiritual commitments. He urges us to pray with our hands more than with 2 our lips; to love each other over all. Jesus gives many proofs about the authenticity of his words within the book. This book should be read carefully and slowly, meditating each phrase and paragraph in order to fully grasp what the Lord Jesus is conveying to us. The English translation: The Spanish version is written in quite an old fashion language style that was in use more accurately in the first half of the 20th Century. In that sense I have tried to maintain the same style to keep the authenticity of the book intact. If I had tried to modernize it, it would probably not seem as authentic as it really is. However, in many cases I have followed Jesus’ own recommendation: “Keep the spirit of my words and not the words themselves.” I will not translate all the different forewords and articles of the Spanish version as it would only distract the reader from the book’s most important part: Jesus’ own account of his life. I believe that the time has come for all men and women to know the Truth from Jesus himself. Our human society is going through a turning point in history and a great change from above is awaited with great hope by all those who have achieved a greater spiritual awareness. This Great Change is imminent, I have no doubt about it. “The grain must be set apart from the weed in order for the Kingdom of God to descend on Earth.” Marcos Molina Baker March 2009 Buenos Aires, Argentina 3 LIFE OF JESUS DICTATED BY THE LORD HIMSELF FIRST PART TO THE MEDIUM X CHAPTER I Jesus speaks of his birth and of his family and begins to disclose his mission as the Messiah in the high motivation of his soul. He speaks also of his first trips to Jerusalem and of his intervention in a dispute between Wise-men in the Temple. rothers of mine: listen to the story of my life on earth as the Messiah. I was the eldest of seven siblings. B My father and my mother lived in a small house in Nazareth. My father was a carpenter. I was twenty-three years old when he died. I had to leave and traveled to Jerusalem sometime after my father’s death; there, in contact with active and restless men, I delved in public matters. The Romans ruled Jerusalem in the same way as all the other towns they had subjected. Taxes were settled on people’s fortunes, but a Hebrew paid more than a pagan. Men of State were called initiates, and the power of these men of State was manifested by all kinds of pillaging. The discontent convinced me that I should join them to the point that I forgot about my own family. I trusted to strangers the task of fixing my father’s matters, and deaf to my mother’s requests, listening and pronouncing my own speeches to enthuse popular passions, I deprived myself of all family happiness and deducted all influence from my brothers and sisters. My coreligionists inspired me pity; this pity didn’t take long in transforming into a desire to correct their mistakes: I began exalting myself more and more and God granted me that supreme clarity that gives stability to faith, strengthens the will and nourishes the spiritual energy. My visions, if this name can be given to the internal happiness that accompanied me, carried me away from my worldly occupations to trace me an Apostle’s life and prepare me for the glory of martyrdom. 4 Regarding the miracles that were attributed to me, dear brothers, not one of them is true ¹; but let us reflect on the wisdom and the depth of the grace of God. All destinations honored with a mission, need to be encouraged by God Himself, and the angels with their purity cover man’s fragility with a protective shield. God tosses the seed of His inspiration in the present, and this seed will bare its fruit in the future. The Father’s purpose dreams the happiness of all his children, and the Messiah is sent by the Father, to uphold his children in the midst of present and future dangers. Reason acknowledges a God that comes down the steps of his power, to pity the wrong doings of its creatures; but which could not admit a God that favored some forgetting the others, but He must deny the divine honors when these honors have not been settled for all and have not been explained by heavenly justice, of which thou already have the descriptions. The grace of God always has, as a pretext, the Supreme Being’s purpose over all, and the Messiahs are nothing else but instruments in the hands of God. Let us leave, then, the wonderful stories, the worthless stories built around my person and let us honor the light that God allows to shine today, by means of my individuality’s austere expression and my mission’s luminous development. My birth was the outcome of the marriage between Joseph and Mary. Joseph was a widower and the father of five children when he married Mary. These children passed before posterity as my cousins. Mary was daughter of Joaquin and Ana, from Jericho, and had just one brother called James, two years younger than her. I was born in Bethlehem. My father and my mother had made this trip, without a doubt, for private matters and for pleasure, in order to strengthen business relationships and also to tighten friendships; there is the true story. ¹ – Those who are familiar with the medium phenomena will easily realize the meaning of what the author means. (Translator’s note) My first years elapsed as those of all children of accomplished artisans, and nothing did they offer as indication to the greatness of my future destiny.
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