How Jesus Christ
Visited Several Nations
After
His Resurrection
And
Before His Ascension
By
The
Twelve Apostles
World Tour After Death
He met the masters of all times and climes, and in the
great assemblies He stood forth and told the story of His life on earth, and of
His death in sacrifice for man, and of His promises to clothe Himself again in
garb of flesh and walk with His disciples, just to prove the possibilities of
man. To give to them the key of life, of death, and of the resurrection of the
dead. In council, all the masters sat and talked about the revelations of the
coming age, when He, the Holy Spirit, shall fill the earth and air with the
powers of the Holy Spirit, and open up the way of man to perfection and everlasting
life.
Jesus Appears To The Wise Men In The East: India
Ravanna, a prince of India, gave a
feast. His palace in Orissa was the
place where men of thought from all the farther East
usually do meet. Ravanna was the prince with whom
child Jesus went to India many years ago. The feast was made in honour of the wise men of the East. Among the guests were Meng-ste, Vidyapati and Lamaas.
The wise men sat about the table talking of the needs of India and the world.
The door unto the banquet hall was in the east.
a vacant chair was at the table to the east.
And as the wise men talked a stranger entered, unannounced, and raising up His
hands in benediction said, “All hail!”
A halo rested on His head, and light, unlike the light of sun, filled all the
room. The wise men rose and bowed their heads and said, “All hail!”
And Jesus sat down in the vacant chair.
Then, the wise men knew it was the Hebrew prophet who had come. And
Jesus said, “Behold, for I am risen from the dead. Look at my hands, my feet and my side. The
Roman soldiers pierced my hands and feet with nails, and one pierced my heart.
They put me in a tomb, and then I wrestled with the conqueror of men. I conquered death, I stamped upon him and
arose. I have brought
immortality to light and painted on the walls of time a rainbow for the sons of
men. And what I did all men shall do.
This gospel of the resurrection of the dead is not confined to Israelites and
Greek. It is the heritage of every man
of every time and clime. And I am here a
demonstration of the power of man.”
Then He arose and pressed the hand of every man and of the royal host, and
said, “Behold, I am not fairytale made of the fleeting winds, for I am flesh
and bone and brawn. But I can cross the
borderland at will – I can ascend to or descend from others planes of
existence.”
And then they talked together there a long, long time. The Jesus said, “I go my way, but you shall
go to all the world and preach the gospel of the omnipotence of men, the power
of truth, the resurrection of the dead.
He who believes this gospel of the son of man shall never die. The dead shall live again.”
Then Jesus disappeared, but He had sown the seed. The words of life were spoken in Orissa, and
all of India heard.
Jesus Appears To The Wise Men
In The East: Persia
The magian priests were in the silence in Persepolis,
and Kaspar, and the magian masters who were first to greet the child of promise
in the shepherd's home in Bethlehem, were with the priests. And Jesus came and
sat with them. A crown of light was on
His head. And when the silence ended Kaspar said, “A master from the royal
council of the Silent Brotherhood is here.
Let us give praise.”
And all the priests and masters stood and said, “All hail! What message from
the royal council do you bring?”
And Jesus said, “My brothers of the Silent Brotherhood, peace, peace on
earth. Goodwill to men! The problem of
the ages has risen from the dead. He has
shown that human flesh can be transmuted into divine flesh. Before the eyes of
humanity, this flesh in which I come to you was changed with speed of light
from human flesh. And so I am the
message that I bring to you. As the first of all the race to be transmuted to
the image of the AM, I have now come to you. What I have done, all men will
do. And what I am, all men will be.” And
Jesus said no more.
In one short time, He
told the story of His mission to the sons of men, and then He disappeared. The
magi said, “Some time ago, we read this promise, now fulfilled, upon the dial
plate of heaven. And then we saw this man who has just demonstrated unto us the
power of man to rise from carnal flesh and blood to flesh of God, a babe in
Bethlehem. And after many years He came and sat with us in these same groves.
“He told the story of His human life, of trials, sore temptations, beatings and woes. He pressed along the thorny
way of life, He had risen and overthrown the strongest foes of God and
man. And He is now the only Master of
the human race whose flesh has been transmuted into flesh divine. He is the
God-Man of today. But every one of earth
shall overcome and be like Him, a son of God.
Man is a perfect God.”
Jesus
Appears In The Temple In Jerusalem
It was the Sabbath
Day, and many priests, Scribes and Pharisees were in the temple in Jerusalem. Caiaphas, Annas and
some other ruling Israelites were there. A stranger came in garb of fisherman
and asked, “What has become of Jesus who is called the Christ? Is he not
teaching in the temple now?”
The Israelites replied, “That man from Galilee was crucified a week ago,
because He was a dangerous man, a vile, seditious man.”
The stranger asked, “Where did you put the body of this man from Galilee? Where
is His tomb?”
The Israelites replied, “We do not know.
His followers came at night and stole the body from the tomb in which it
lay and carried it away, and the declared that He had risen from the dead.”
The stranger asked, “How do you know that His disciples stole the body from the
tomb? Was any one a witness of the theft?”
The Israelites replied, “We had a hundred soldiers at the place, and every one
of them declares that His disciples stole the body from the tomb.”
The stranger asked, “Will any one of all your hundred men stand forth and say,
‘I saw the body stolen from the tomb?’”
The Israelites replied, “We do not know.
These men are men of truth. We
cannot doubt their word.”
Then, the stranger said, “You priests and Scribes and Pharisees hear me: I was
a witness of the facts, was in the garden of Siloam, and stood among your
hundred men. And this I know that not a man among your hundred men will say, I
saw the body stolen from the tomb. And I will testify before the God of heaven
and earth. The body was not stolen from
the tomb. The man from Galilee is risen
from the dead.” And then the priests and Scribes and Pharisees rushed up to
seize the man and cast Him out.
But instantly, the fisherman became a radiant form of light, and priests and
Scribes and Pharisees fell back in deadly fear.
They saw the man from Galilee. And Jesus looked upon the frightened men
and said, “This is the body that you stoned beyond the city's gates and
crucified on Calvary. Behold my hands, my feet and my side, and see the wounds
the soldiers made. If you believe that I am phantom made of air, come forth and
handle me. Ghosts do not carry flesh and
bones. I came to earth to demonstrate the resurrection of the dead, the
transmutation of the flesh of carnal man to flesh of man divine.”
Then Jesus raised his
hands and said, “Peace be to every one of you.
Goodwill to all mankind.” And then He disappeared.
Jesus Appears To Thomas And Other Apostles
Now, Thomas, had not seen the Lord since He had risen
from the dead, and when the ten averred that they had seen and talked with Him
Thomas said, “Until I see the nail prints in His hands and feet, the spear
wound in His side, and talk with Him as I have talked with Him before, I cannot
have a reason to believe that He is risen from the dead.”
At Simon's house in Bethany, the men from Galilee had met. It was the evening of the Firstday of the
week, and on the morrow all would turn their faces toward their homes. The
eleven apostles all were there: the doors were closed and barred, and Jesus
came and said, “Peace be to all!”
And then He said to Thomas, “Friend, you do not know that I have risen from the
dead. The time has come for you to know.
Come here and see the nail prints in my hands, the spear wound in my side, and
talk with me as you have often talked with me.”
And Thomas came and saw and then exclaimed, “My master, and my Lord! Now, I not
only believe, also I know that you are risen from the dead.”
And Jesus said, “Because you see me you believe, and blessed are your eyes. But
thrice blessed are they who see me not and yet believe.”
Then Jesus vanished from their sight, but the disciples were established in
their faith.
Jesus
Appears To Appollo And
Silent Brotherhood In Greece
Apollo, with the Silent Brotherhood of Greece, was sitting in a Delphian grove. The
Oracle had spoken loud and long. The priests were in the sanctuary, and as they
looked the Oracle became a blaze of light.
it seemed to be on fire, and all consumed. The
priests were filled with fear. They
said, “A great disaster is to come. Our
gods are mad. They have destroyed our
Oracle.”
But when the flames had spent themselves, a man stood on the oracle platform
and said, “God speaks to man, not by an oracle of wood and gold, but by the
voice of man. The gods have spoken to the Greeks and kindred tongues, through
images made by man. Now and henceforth,
God, the One, speaks to man through Christ the only FirstSon, who was, and is
and evermore will be.” This Oracle shall fail.
But, the Living Oracle of God, the One, will never fail.”
Apollo knew the man who spoke. He knew
it was the Nazarene who once had taught the wise men in the Acropolis and had
rebuked the idol worshippers upon the Athen's beach.
And in a moment Jesus stood before Apollo and the Silent Brotherhood, and said,
“Behold, for I have risen from the dead with gifts for men. I bring to you the title of your vast estate.
All power in heaven and earth is mine.
Go forth and teach the nations of the earth the gospel of the
resurrection of the dead and of eternal life through Christ, the love of God
made manifest to men.”
And then He clasped Apollo's hand and said, “My human flesh was changed to
higher form by love divine and I can manifest in flesh, or in the higher planes
of life, at will. What I can do, all men can do. Go preach the gospel of the omnipotence of
man.” Then Jesus disappeared. But Greece
and Crete and all the nations heard.
Jesus Saves Two Romans From
Drowning
Claudas and Juliet, his wife, lived on the Palatine in Rome and they were
servants of Tiberius. But they had been
in Galilee. Had walked with Jesus by the sea, had heard His words and seen His
power. And they believed that He was
Christ made manifest. Now Claudas and his wife were
on the Tiber in a little boat. A storm
swept from the sea, the boat was wrecked and Claudas
and his wife were sinking down to death.
And Jesus came and took them by the hands and said, “Claudas
and Juliet, arise and walk with me upon the waves.” And they arose and walked
with Him upon the waves. A thousand people saw the three walk on the waves, and
saw them reach the land, and they were all amazed.
And Jesus said, “You men of Rome, I am the resurrection and the life. They that are dead shall live, and many that
shall live will never die. By mouth of gods and demi-gods God spoke unto your
fathers long ago. But now, he speaks to
you through the perfect man. God sent His FirstSon, the Christ, who is the same
God Almighty in human flesh, to save the world.
As I lifted from the watery grave and saved you servants of Tiberius, so
Christ will lift the sons and daughters of the human race, yea, every one of
them, from darkness and from graves of carnal things, to light and everlasting
life.
“I am the manifest love raised from the dead. Behold my hands, my feet, my
side which carnal men have pierced. Claudas and
Juliet whom I have saved from death, are my ambassadors to Rome. And they will
point the way and preach the gospel of the Holy Spirit and of the resurrection
of the dead.” And that was all He said, but Rome and all of Italy heard.
Jesus Appears To The Priests
In Egypt
The priests of Heliopolis met in their temple, to
celebrate the resurrection of their brother Nazarite. They knew that He had risen from the dead.
The Nazarite appeared and stood upon a sacred
pedestal on which no man had ever stood. This was an honour
that had been reserved for him who first would demonstrate the resurrection of
the dead. And Jesus was the first of all the human race to demonstrate the
resurrection of the dead.
When Jesus stood upon
the sacred pedestal, the masters stood and said, “All hail!” The great bells of
the temple rang and all the temple was ablaze with light. And Jesus said, “All honour to the masters of this Temple. In flesh of man there
is the essence of the resurrection of the dead.
This essence, quickened by the Holy Spirit, will raise the substance of
the body to a higher tone, and make it like the substance of the bodies of the
higher planes of existence, which human eyes cannot see.
“There is a holy
ministry in death. The essence of the
body cannot be quickened by the Holy Spirit until the fixed is solved. The body must disintegrate, and this is
death. And then upon these flexible substances God breathes, just as He
breathed upon the chaos of the deep when worlds were formed, and a spirit life
springs forth at death. The carnal form
is changed to form divine.
“The will of man
makes possible the action of the Holy Spirit.
When the will of man and will of God are one, the resurrection is a
fact. In this we have the chemistry of mortal life, the ministry of death, the
mystery of Godly life. My human life was wholly given to bring my will to tune
with the Godly will. When this was done
my earth-tasks all were done.
“And you, my brother,
know full well the foes I had to meet. You
know about my victories in Gethsemane.
My trials in the courts of humanity, and my death upon the cross. You know that all my life was one great
drama for the sons of men, a pattern for the sons of men. I lived to show the possibilities of man.
What I have done all men can do, and what I am all men shall be.”
The masters looked. The form upon the
sacred pedestal had gone, but every temple priest, and every living creature
said, “Praise God.”
Jesus Appears To The Apostles At The Sea Of Galilee
Now, the apostles
were at home in Galilee. The women
tarried in Judea until the Pentecost. And Peter, James and John, and Andrew,
Philip and Nathaniel were in Capernaum.
They joined with Jonah and with Zebedee, and in their boats went out to
fish. They toiled all night and when the morning came, they had no fish. And as
they neared the shore, a man stood on the shore and said, “How many fish have
you?”
And Peter answered, “None.”
Again the man called out and said, “A school of fish is passing now upon the
right side of your boat. Cast out your
net.” They cast their net, and it was filled.
And John exclaimed, “It is the Lord who stands upon the shore.”
And Peter plunged into the sea and swam to shore. The other men brought in the net, and it
contained a hundred and fifty-three fishes and yet it did not break. And Jesus
said, “My children, let us break our fast together here.”
They found some living coals upon the beach and Peter brought and dressed the
fish. They had some bread.
And when the meal had been prepared they broke their fast, and Jesus ate of
both the fish and bread.
Now, after breakfast all the men were sitting on the beach, and Jesus said to
Peter, “Do you love the Lord your God with all your heart, and do you love your
neighbour as you love yourself?”
And Peter said, “Yes, Lord, I love the Lord my God with all my heart. I love my neighbour
as I love myself.”
And Jesus said, “Then feed my sheep.”
And then He said to James, “Do you love Him, the Holy Spirit, with all your
heart, and do you love your neighbour as you love
yourself?”
And James replied, “Yes, Lord, I love the Holy Spirit with all my heart. I love my neighbour
as I love myself.”
Then Jesus said, “Protect my sheep.”
And then He said to John, “Do you love Christ, the love divine made manifest,
with all your heart, and do you love your neighbour
as you love yourself?”
And John replied, “Yes, Lord, I love the Christ with all my heart. I love my neighbour
as I love myself.”
And Jesus said, “Then feed my lambs.”
Then Jesus rose and said to Peter, “Follow me.” And Peter followed him.
When Peter saw that
John was following Jesus, Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, behold, John follows you!
What shall he do?”
Now Peter did not hear the Master when He said to John, “Then feed my lambs.”
And Jesus spoke to Peter and said, “It does not matters to you what John shall
do. Not even though I will that he
remain until I come again. Just do your duty.
Follow me.” And Jesus passed, they knew not where He went.
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Jesus Appears To Seven Disciples
After this Jesus revealed himself
again to the disciples by the Sea of Tibe′ri-as;
and he revealed himself in this way.
Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Bartholomew of Cana in Galilee, the
sons of Zeb′edee, and two others of his
disciples were together. Simon Peter
said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We will go with you.”
They went out and got into the boat; but that night they caught nothing.
Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the
beach; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them, “Children, have you any
fish?” They answered him, “No.” He said
to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.”
So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, for the quantity of
fish. That disciple whom Jesus loved
said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord,
he put on his clothes, for he was stripped for work, and sprang into the sea. But the other disciples came in the boat,
dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, but about a
hundred yardsoff.
When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal
fire there, with fish lying on it, and bread.
Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish that you have just caught.” So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net
ashore, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three of them; and although
there were so many, the net was not torn.
Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” Now none of the disciples
dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to
them, and so with the fish. This was now
the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised
from the dead. John 21:1-14
Jesus And
Peter
When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said
to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said
to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my
lambs.”
A second time he said to him, “Simon,
son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love
you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.”
He said to him the third time,
“Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him
the third time, “Do you love me?” And he said to him, “Lord, you know
everything; you know that I love you.”
Jesus said to him, “Feed my
sheep. Truly, truly, I say to you, when
you were young, you girded yourself and walked where you would; but when you
are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry
you where you do not wish to go.” (This
he said to show by what death he was to glorify God.) And after this he said to
him, “Follow me.” John 21:15-19
Jesus And
The Beloved Disciple
Peter turned and saw following them the disciple
whom Jesus loved, who had lain close to his breast at the supper and had said,
“Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?”
When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about this man?” Jesus said to him, “If it is my will that he
remain until I come, what is that to you? Follow me!” The saying spread abroad among the brethren
that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not
to die, but, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to
you?”
This is the disciple who is bearing witness to
these things, and who has written these things; and we know that his testimony
is true.
But there are also many other things which
Jesus did; were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world
itself could not contain the books that would be written. John 21:20-25
Jesus Appears To A Multitude
The news soon spread
through all Capernaum that Jesus had risen from the dead, that He had walked
with His disciples by the sea and ate with them the morning meal. The multitudes came forth to see. Now Peter,
James and John, together with the other men who had been called to be apostles
of the Lord, went to the mountains near Capernaum to pray. And as they prayed,
the Master came. They saw Him and they
talked with Him. He said to them, “The Pentecost is near at hand. Go to Jerusalem and I will meet you there.”
And as He talked, a multitude of people came.
They saw the Lord. They said,
“Behold, for now we know that He, the Nazarene, has risen from the dead for we
have seen Him face to face.”
Jesus Appears To The Apostles In Jerusalem
The eleven apostles of the Lord were in Jerusalem and
in a spacious room that they had chosen by the Lord's command. And as they
prayed, the Lord appeared to them and said, “Peace be to all. Good will to every living thing. “And then He talked with them a long, long
time.
And the disciples asked, “Will you restore the kingdom to Israel now?”
And Jesus said, “Be not concerned about the governments of humanity. The angels of heaven will direct. Do that
which has been given you to do, and wait and murmur not. All power in heaven
and earth have being given to me, and now I bid you go to all the world and
preach the Gospel of Truth and Salvation: the gospel of the Christ, the unity
of God and man, the resurrection of the dead, and of eternal life. And as you
go and preach, baptize the people by immersion, in the name of God the Father,
God the FirstSon and God the Holy Spirit.
They who believe and are baptized shall rise up in the newness of the life of
Christ, and they who disbelieve shall not rise in the newness of the life of
Christ.
“And you shall give to men the power I give to you. They who believe and
are baptized shall heal the sick, shall cause the blind to see, the deaf to
hear and the lame to walk. They shall cast the unclean spirits out of those
possessed, shall tread on deadly serpents and not be harmed. They shall pass through flames and shall not be
burnt. And if they drink a poison, it
shall not kill.
“You know the sacred Word, which is the word of power. The secret things that I have told to you, that may not now
be told to all the world, you shall make known to faithful men who shall in
turn reveal them unto other faithful men. Until the time shall come when
all the world may hear and comprehend the words of truth and power. And now I
will ascend to God, as you and all the world will rise to God.
Baptize And Spread
The Gospel Of Truth And Salvation
Then the eleven disciples went away into
Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them. When they saw Him,
they worshiped Him; but some doubted. And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying,
"All authority has been given to Me in heaven and
on earth. Go therefore and make disciples
of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and
of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to
observe all things that I have commanded you; and behold, I am with you always,
even to the end of the age." Amen. Matthew 28:16-20
Explanations:
1. Indeed, all power and authority belong to
Jesus, in heaven and on earth.
2. Jesus is indeed the Lord and Saviour.
3. And whoever that does not believe in Him is
condemned already. The same is true of whoever that does not believe in His
blood.
4. Nobody is condemned to hell fire because he
committed sin.
5. God casts a sinner into the hell fire,
because the sinner refuses to repent.