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Appendix H

1QS

Note: The following document from the Dead Sea Scrolls, designated as 1QS, was excerpted from the translations found in The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English, by Geza Vermes, and modified by my own editing and clarifications. Consequently, this is not an exact copy from the book, which is listed in Appendix I. My purpose is to provide a clear and timely rendition of this ancient wisdom text to permit you to fully and accurately understand its symbolism. Compare it to the refinement of the Doctrine of Two Spirits and the Seven Spirits of God described herein.

Mr. Vermes’ efforts to bring this material out of the clutches of Vatican operatives and his expert translations and analyses are greatly appreciated. Without his courageous efforts and those of others like him, I would not have had access to my earlier works at the exact time that I most needed them in my current native tongue.

Pay close attention to the now-proven fact that this Dead Sea Scroll is awash with the same symbolism that permeates The Apocalypse and other sealed Hebrew prophecies and wisdom texts. It serves as another proof text for pivotal Hebrew symbolism and as further verification of the true source and authorship of The Apocalypse. Observe the uses of spirit, walk, and waters and how they differ from the nebulous and mystical spin throughout the New Testament. It is undeniable that the so-called miracles attributed to Jesus Christ are actually recast Hebrew symbolism, hence they are blatant lies.

Contemplate the emphasis in the Epistle of James on works instead of faith and the relationship of all such narratives to the wisdom of karma and the refined Doctrine of Two Spirits. Also, compare the focus of this narrative with the Dead Sea Scroll 4Q 473 entitled “The Two Ways,” and to the early Christian Didache, which also contains a narrative titled “ The Two Ways,” as well as to Deuteronomy 11:26-28, and to Old Testament wisdom texts. These are all philosophical discussions on the direct relationship between deeds and character, of good and evil, and the outcomes and karma resulting from them. Use the “Apocalypse Symbol Guide” to translate the symbolism.

Community Rule

No one shall endure in the community of Her truth who refuses to dwell within the covenant of God. For they continue to walk in the stubbornness of their own heart and their soul detests the wise teaching of just laws. They will not be numbered among the upright for they have not prevailed in the conversion of their ways. Their knowledge, powers, and possessions will not enter the Council of the Community, for whoever ploughs the mud (earth and waters) of wickedness always returns defiled. They shall not be justified by that which their stubborn heart declares lawful, for in seeking the ways of light they are instead looking towards darkness. They shall not be reckoned among the perfect. They shall not be purified by atonement, nor cleansed by purifying waters, nor sanctified by seas and rivers, nor washed clean by any ablution. They remain unclean while they spurn the precepts of God because they do not understand the teachings of the Community, which are founded upon Her wisdom.

It is only through the spirit of true counsel concerning the ways of humanity that all sins will be atoned for as they discern the light of life. The spirit of righteousness that unites one to Her truth shall cleanse them from all transgression and the spirits of uprightness and humility shall remove their iniquity. And when their flesh is anointed with purifying waters, they shall be made clean by humble submission of their soul to all the precepts of God. Let them walk perfectly in all the ways counseled by God concerning the times appointed for them; straying neither to the right nor to the left and transgressing none of Her words. They shall be accepted only by virtue of a pleasing atonement before God, which shall be their covenant with the everlasting community.

The Master shall instruct all the sons of light and teach them the nature of all the children of men according to the kind of spirit which they possess; the signs identifying their works during their lifetime, their visitation for chastisement, and the time of their reward.

From the God of Knowledge comes all that is and shall be. Before they existed, She established their whole design, and when ordained for them, they come into being. It is in accord with Her glorious designs that they accomplish their tasks without variation. The laws of all things are in Her hand and She provides us with all our needs.

She created humanity to manage the world, and appointed for them two spirits in which to walk until the time of visitation: the spirit of truth and the spirit of injustice. Those born of truth spring from a fountain of light, but those born of injustice spring from a pit of darkness. All the children of righteousness are ruled by the Prince of Light and walk in the ways of light; but all the children of injustice are ruled by the Angel of Darkness and walk in the ways of darkness. The Angel of Darkness leads all the children of righteousness astray, and until his end all their sin, iniquities, wickedness, and all their unlawful (unwise) deeds are caused by his dominion in accordance with the Mysteries of God (religion and mysticism). Every one of their chastisements, and every one of the seasons of their distress, shall be brought about by the rule of his persecution; for all his spirits seek the defeat of the spirits of light.

But the Creator of All and Her Angel of Truth will sustain all the sons of light. For it is She who created the spirits of light and darkness and founded every action upon them and established every deed upon their ways. And She loves the one everlastingly and delights in its works forever; but the counsel of the other She loathes and forever opposes its ways.

These are their ways in the world for the enlightenment of the heart of humanity, and so that all the paths of true righteousness may be made straight before them, and so that the fear (respect) of the laws (wisdom) of God may be instilled in their heart:

a spirit of humility, patience, abundant charity, unending goodness, understanding, and intelligence;

a spirit of mighty wisdom which trusts in all the deeds of God and leans on Her great loving-kindness;

a spirit of discernment in every purpose and of zeal for just laws;

a spirit of holy intent of admirable purity which detests all unclean idols;

a spirit of humble conduct sprung from an understanding of all things;

a faithful concealment of the mysteries of the truth (until the time of visitation).

These are the counsels concerning Her spirits to the sons of truth (light) in this world. The visitation of all who walk in this spirit, shall be healing, great peace in a long life, and fruitfulness, together with every everlasting blessing and eternal joy in life without end, a crown of glory and a garment of majesty in unending light.

But the ways of the spirit of falsehood are these:
greed, and slackness in the search for righteousness;
wickedness and lies, arrogance and pride, falseness and deceit;
cruelty and abundant evil, ill-temper and much folly and brazen insolence;
abominable deeds committed in a spirit of greed and ways of fornication in the service of uncleanness;

a blaspheming tongue, blindness of eye and dullness of ear, stiffness of neck and heaviness of heart;

so that such a person walks in all the ways of darkness and guile.

The visitation of all who walk in this spirit shall be a multitude of plagues by the hand of all the punishing angels, everlasting damnation by the avenging wrath of the fury of God, eternal torment and endless disgrace together with shameful extinction in the heat of the dark regions. The times (cycles) of all their generations shall be spent in sorrowful mourning and in bitter misery and in calamities of darkness until they are destroyed without remnant or survivor.

The nature of all the children of men are ruled by these two spirits; during their life all the hosts of humanity have a portion of their divisions and walk in both their ways. The whole reward for their deeds shall be, for everlasting ages, according to whether each person’s portion in their two divisions is great or small. For God has established the spirits in equal measure until the final age, and set everlasting antipathy between their divisions. Truth abhors the works of injustice, and injustice hates all the ways of truth. And their struggle is fierce in all their arguments for they do not walk together. But in the mysteries of Her understanding, and in Her glorious wisdom, God has ordained an end for injustice, and at the time of the visitation She will destroy it forever. Then truth, which has wallowed in the ways of wickedness during the dominion of injustice until the appointed time of judgment, shall arise in the world forever. God will then purify every deed of humanity with Her truth. She will refine the human frame for Herself and root out all the spirits of injustice from the bounds of flesh. She will cleanse them of all wicked deeds with the spirit of holiness; like purifying waters, She will shed upon them the spirit of truth to cleanse them of all abomination and injustice. And they shall be plunged into the spirit of purification, that the Master may instruct the upright in the knowledge of the Most High and teach the wisdom of the sons of heaven to the perfect of way. For God has chosen them for an everlasting covenant and all the glory of Adam shall be theirs. There shall be no more lies and all the works of injustice shall be put to shame.

The spirits of truth and injustice struggle in the hearts of humanity and they walk in both wisdom and folly. According to their portion of truth, so does a person oppose injustice, and according to their inheritance in the realm of injustice, so are they wicked and accordingly oppose truth. For God has established the two spirits in equal measure until the determined end and until the renewal and She knows the reward of their deeds from all eternity. She has allotted them to the children of men that they may know good and evil and that the destiny of all the living may be according to the spirits with them at the time of the visitation.