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Mystery of Moses
CHAPTER 37
Yeshua reveals to the Egyptian
merchant, Babuaten, that the brother of the Pharaoh Akhenaten
was who the Hebrews know as Moses. Their father was the Egyptian
Pharaoh, Amenhotep III and their mother was Queen Tiy whose
mother was a Nubian princess and whose father was a Hebrew.
Their youngest brother was who we know today as "King Tut."
Yeshua then tells the true story of Moses.
1
And nine moons had passed since the departure of Lazarus and
Yochanan; and Yeshua and Miriam lived unto themselves with their
children. And they taught their children from an early age in
the ways of God, that as it was said by Solomon, “when they were
old they would not depart from them.
” And they also taught them
of the many good things of the lands of which they knew,
including languages and history and cultures.
2
From time to time, Yeshua journeyed to the market to sell his
creations to the merchants, but he did not sell directly to the
people as he did not wish to spend so much time away from his
wife and children.
3
And Yeshua and Miriam and the children did many things together
and waxed strong as a family.
4
And from time to time Yeshua and Miriam and the children visited
the home of Babuaten; and they were always greeted with great
respect and gratitude. And they had many long discussions
concerning the ways of God; and thus it was that Yeshua came to
reveal a great secret which the Father had told unto him.
5
And this came about when Babuaten said, “Yeshua, when you first
came to my house you invoked the name of Aten. It is no secret
among my friends that I revered the ancient Pharaoh Akhenaten
and believed in the one god, Aten of the Sun, which he
proclaimed, and turned the soles of my shoes upon the multitude
gods of Egypt.
6
Yet when my daughter was healed it was because my heart was
softened to accept a greater truth and a greater god. I was
moved by your words about the one true god and I perceived that
Aten was the glory of one sun, but Elohim was the glory of all
the Heavens.
7
Now it is that I realize that perhaps after all, Aten is just a
false God.
8
My heart is therefore open, but my mind is still ignorant and I
do not fully comprehend your words and I am somewhat vexed in my
thoughts that the blood of Egypt runs in the veins of both
Hebrews and Egyptians as you said. If you would be so kind,
enlighten me.”
9
Yeshua looked deeply into the eyes of Babuaten for he was moved
by the depth of his thoughts.
10 Many others were also present including Miriam and the wife
of Babuaten as well as his older sons and a priest of Ra and two
wealthy merchants who were friends of Babuaten. All of the
friends and family of Babuaten knew of the miraculous healing
which Yeshua had done, and most were followers of the religion
of Aten, but they were open to hear the words which Yeshua would
speak of the Almighty God who wrought the miracle.
11 And Yeshua said unto them, “My friends, listen closely, for
upon the foundations of this truth is a path to everlasting
brotherhood between the Children of Israel and the Children of
Egypt,
if they will receive it.
12 You know somewhat of the history of the Pharaoh Akhenaten and
now you shall know more; for this has my Father in Heaven
revealed to me: The man you know as the Pharaoh Akhenaten was
the brother of the man the Children of Israel know as Moses the
lawgiver.
13 The brothers were neither Egyptian nor Israelite, but both
and more, for they and their elder brother, and a younger
brother which came much later, were the sons of Amenhotep III,
an Egyptian Pharaoh of pure blood, and Queen Tiy, whose mother
was a Nubian princess and whose father was Yosef, who spoke for
a Pharaoh, and he was a mighty Hebrew through the loins of Yakov.”
14 There was a great amazement among the Egyptians at the words
of Yeshua for they shook the world which they all thought they
knew.
15 And Yeshua said, “And often the Queen dwelled in the land of
Goshen among the Hebrews, in the
palace of
Zarw, and it is here that Moses was born as royalty of Egypt.
16 Just before his birth, his eldest brother was slain by Amun
priests. His mother and father knew not the cause of the
disappearance of their older son, but they were suspicious of
the priests, and feared for the lives of their new born and of
his brother.
17 In truth, many of the priests continued to be angry because
of Queen Tiy, the chief wife of the Pharaoh; feeling she
polluted his thoughts with the beliefs of the Nubians and the
Hebrews.
18 The Pharaoh and his Queen determined they must take action to
protect the royal lineage. Therefore, in the darkness of the
night, Queen Tiy had her infant taken by boat beyond the walls
of Zarw, and given into the safekeeping of her family dwelling
in the land of Goshen.
19 And the priests sent forth spies among the people of Egypt
trying to determine what had happened to the newborn son of
Queen Tiy; for they desired to kill him rather than chance that
a kingdom of Egypt might someday be founded upon the son of a
Nubian Hebrew.
20 But they found him not, for the child was kept among the
Hebrews for several years and was never permitted to enter into
any of the major cities of Egypt.
21 When he was of an age to begin his education, he was sent to
Heliopolis to live and train in secret with members of the
queen’s family.
22 During this time his brother Amenophis would sometimes visit
his relatives at Goshen, and then secretly be sent to
Heliopolis
to receive training with his younger brother.
23 During these infrequent visits, Amenophis was quickened by
the concept of one god taught by his Hebrew relatives and his
younger brother. But rather than accept the truth of the one
Almighty God in fullness and purity, he was moved in his
thoughts to adorn the one true god with aspects of Egyptian
religious beliefs and ritual.
24 Thus, he fashioned a god of his liking that was neither
Hebrew nor Egyptian, but his.
25 When he was of age, he appeared in
Memphis,
taking the name of his father, Amenhotep, and he gained the
right to ascend to the throne when he married his half-sister
Nefertiti.
26 He was then named co-regent by his father Amenhotep III, and
became known as Amenhotep IV.
27 And the wicked priests of Amun were exceedingly angry at the
Pharaoh Amenhotep III, because he had made his half-breed son
co-regent.
28 And that which they most feared soon came to pass, for not
long after his appointment, Amenhotep IV began to erect temples
to the God of his creation, whom he called Aten of the Sun.
29 Though Aten was entirely created from the mind of Amenhotep
IV, there still remained some of the foundations of truth; for
among the secret rites of the followers of Aten it was made
known that the Sun was merely a point of light in the crown of
the God of all the Earth and all the stars in the sky. And this
was never said to be Aten, but was left for each believer to
ascertain its meaning. Is it not even so today?”
30 And Babuaten and his brethren nodded their heads, perplexed
that Yeshua could know the inner secrets of their religion. But
still they did not understand that which he was plainly saying.
And one of the men with Babuaten said, “What has this to do with
the god of the Hebrews?”
31 And Yeshua said, “Verily I say unto you, even as the Pharaoh
Akhenaten was the brother of the man known as Moses by the
Hebrews, so has your worship of Aten laid the foundation in your
heart and mind to find and know the one true god of all the
stars and all the earth, which same Almighty Lord is the God of
the Hebrews; and verily, this is the very god which the Pharaoh
Akhenaten learned of among his mother’s people when he was
young.
32 Then one of the visitors of Babuaten objected to the words of
Yeshua and said unto him, “You are sticking a dagger in our
hearts to say that Aten is not the true god we believe, and that
Akhenaten was not the greatest of all Pharaohs and a man of
inspired faith as we have also believed.”
33 And Yeshua answered unto them, “Though Akhenaten erred in
substance, he was blessed for bringing his followers closer to
the truth than any had ever been. His heart was filled with
righteousness for his family and his followers and his sincere
belief in Aten. In his mind were many truths, and he vowed to
always walk the path of light, regardless of the consequences.
34 And for this cause, because of his example and the good that
he taught, those who followed him became better than they were,
which thing is always pleasing unto God.
35 But great unrest was caused by the actions of Akhenaten, and
wroth were the priests of Amun. Therefore his mother asked him
to relocate to a place dedicated to no other Gods where he might
build his temples as he desired.
36 Thus it was that he came unto a land dedicated to no other
gods and built a large new city with great monuments of stone to
mark its boundaries. To this place came his followers, to have
fulfillment to worship as they would.
37 And many Hebrews came to live in the city built by Akhenaten,
for within it they were given the peace and freedom to worship
in the ways of their fathers under the protection of Akhenaten.
38 Upon the death of his father, Akhenaten became the ruler of
all Egypt, and he forbid the worship of any god but Aten, except
for the Hebrews, who were allowed to continue in their ways,
worshiping the one god as they desired.
39 He commanded his soldiers to close the temples to all other
gods of Egypt and to remove their names from the buildings, and
to put the priests of the false gods into the street and to
confiscate their estates.
40 Then anger grew among the soldiers, for many worshiped the
old gods and paid homage at the temples; and it came to pass
that the generals rose up against Akhenaten and forced him into
exile in the Sinai along with his followers who would not
repudiate Aten, and a relative was given to rule in his stead.
41 And it came to pass that Moses, the younger brother of
Akhenaten, who had remained in obscurity, living in contentment
among the Hebrews, came unto him in the desert.
42 And for many days the two brothers spoke, for Akhenaten was
stricken with grief for having lost his kingdom so soon after
losing his wives Nefertiti and Kaya and others of his family to
a plague.
43 And he gave unto Moses his royal scepter and told him to go
and be Pharaoh of Egypt as it was his right, but Moses refused
to do this.
44 And Akhenaten became sorrowful unto despair and soon after he
died.
45 His body was returned to the city which he built, but
thereafter in Egypt it was punishable by death to mention the
name of Akhenaten in the lands of the Pharaoh and his city of
the sun was let to fall to ruin and his name was wiped from the
monuments throughout the
land
of Egypt.
46 And when the priests of the old Egyptian religions came to
power once more, they heard rumors of a forgotten brother of
Akhenaten and sought to find him. But God warned Moses and he
departed to deep in the Sinai, and the Egyptians searched no
more for him for a time, thinking he was only a myth.
47 But many of the Hebrews came to him into the Sinai as did
many of the Egyptians who still worshipped Aten.
48 But the followers of Moses in Egypt desired to have
the priests and generals continue to think of him as a myth of a
wishful people, and therefore, only spoke of him in secret by
saying MS,
which was to mean, the rightful son or heir.
49 And there was another brother, the youngest yet, who had also
been born to Queen Tiy. A couple of years after the death of
Akhenaten, the priests of Egypt put him on the throne for he was
only a young boy whom they could control, and thus Egypt
returned completely to the ways of old.
50 But he grew into a young man with thoughts of his own and
their control lessened. And it came to pass that he was
poisoned in the dark of the night.
51 And then, because they believed in the one true God, the
Hebrews that remained in Egypt began to be greatly persecuted.
52 After a time this came unto the ears of Moses who had dwelt
for almost forty years with his followers in the Sinai. And
Moses felt compelled by God to do what he could to save his
Hebrew kinsfolk from the persecutions of the Egyptians.
53 The reign of two Pharaohs had passed since the death of his
younger brother who had been given the throne two years after
the death of Akhenaten; and Moses decided that he must leave the
wilderness and claim the throne of Egypt to save the Hebrews.
54 As he walked back into
Egypt,
word was quickly carried across the land that the true successor
to Akhenaten, and a son of Amenhotep III was coming to claim the
throne. And many vowed to find and kill him, but many others
came unto him, both Hebrews and Egyptians, to be one with him.
55 Then he came unto the
palace of
General Pa-Rameses in Zarw, even as he was preparing to assume
the throne, and Moses revealed himself to be the brother of
Akhenaten and the son of Amenhotep and Tiy. And Moses carried
the royal scepter of power which had been given unto him by
Akhenaten. And there was much confusion among the priests and
wise men as to who should be Pharaoh.
56 Therefore, a great meeting was called to determine whether
Moses or Pa-Rameses should claim the throne of
Egypt.
And Moses showed unto the priests and wise men his royal scepter
and revealed unto them secret rituals which only the king could
know, which Akhenaten had told unto him in the Sinai. And then
they prostrated themselves before him and acknowledged that only
he could be the rightful Pharaoh.
57 But the soldiers of
Egypt
answered only to Pa-Rameses, and with their power they put Moses
out, and Pa-Ramses took the throne of
Egypt
and called himself Rameses I.
58 Then there was no place in
Egypt
for Moses and his followers, and they began to be persecuted
greatly. Therefore Moses sought to depart the boundaries of
Egypt,
but Rameses would not permit him or those who followed him to
leave, for he wanted them to remain under his subjugation.
59 And Moses pleaded unto God in prayer to deliver his people
from the persecutions of Rameses. And Elohim heard the voice of
Moses, and loved Moses for his goodness.
60 And it came to pass that seven dreadful plagues fell upon the
land of Egypt. And each was foretold by Moses to Rameses; and
before each he asked Rameses to allow those who wished to follow
him to peacefully depart from Egypt. And each time Ramses
refused.
61 Upon the last, the son of Rameses perished even as Moses had
foretold, and at last the Pharaoh Rameses bowed down to the
power of the one true God and let Moses depart with his
followers, both the Hebrews and the Egyptians.
62 Then Moses led the people across the shore of the desert sea
and the swamps north of the sea that the chariots of the Pharaoh
could not easily follow. And upon the low tide the sea suddenly
retreated farther from the shore than any could remember as the
people of Moses finished to pass across it.
63 But when Moses and his followers had been gone from the sight
of Rameses, the Pharaoh conceived a great anger at Moses for the
dreadful plagues that had befallen Egypt and for the death of
his son.
64 He therefore called forth the armies of Egypt to pursue the
Israelites and Egyptians who followed Moses and to slay them,
every one.
65 And even as the last of the people of Moses came to the far
shore of the sea, the army of the Pharaoh was fast behind them,
crossing near the sandy edge of the receded sea that they might
gain ground on those who had crossed when the sea was higher.
66 But the wisdom of Moses and the power of God was manifest;
for when the mounted army of the Pharaoh were all upon the
smooth sand, the wheels of their chariots slowed and wallowed in
it, and then the waters of the sea came quickly upon them in a
great wave and swallowed them all.
67 But Moses knew that Pharaoh would come again to attack the
Children of Light. And one of his leaders, an Egyptian named
Hamadi, counseled that they should hasten to Gaza to conquer and
fortify it, that they might have a city to defend when the
armies of Pharaoh came upon them.
68 But God spoke into the ear of Moses and said unto him that
they must hasten south into the Sinai. When Moses revealed the
counsel of God, the Egyptians were not desirous to flee into the
wilderness, nor did they see how the food of the wilderness
could support such a large number of people. And many of the
Hebrews agreed with the Egyptians.
69 Therefore they divided into two groups with the Children of
Israel and some Egyptians taking a trail into the south of the
Sinai, and the greater number of Egyptians and some Hebrews
following the road to Gaza.
70 But before the Egyptians and Hebrews who marched to Gaza
could take the city, a son of Rameses led an army of Egypt
against them at many places on the road to
Gaza
and they were destroyed.
71 And Moses and the Children of Israel and those Egyptians who
came with them, wandered many years in the wilderness of the
Sinai, and Moses communed with God in the great emptiness.
72 And it was in the Sinai that God gave Moses the Twelve
Commandments to Happiness and Exaltation inscribed on stone by
the finger of God; but the Children of Israel were not worthy of
such a gift, for they had become idolatrous and adulterous and
cared not what they ate or what they drank.
73 Therefore Moses broke the commandments upon the ground and
they became as dust. And the wicked people, who remembered not
the God who had delivered them from Pharaoh, created Ten
Commandments that were easier to live, whereby they could find
peace amongst them.
74 And the Twelve Commandments whereby they could know God, and
find the God within themselves, were taken from the Earth, nor
will they be given again until a more righteous generation shall
come forth in the last epoch.
75 And verily, the words I have given unto you are for a great
cause, that you might come to desire to know the one true God;
the magnificent God of all light; and know that we are brothers
in spirit and blood, and never should the Children of Israel and
the children of Egypt be enemies, for there is more that unites
us than divides us.
76 Now I declare unto you with the power of God that is in me,
that the light you have known in the beliefs you have held is
but a glimmer of the brilliance that waits for you.
77 It is only as far as your knees to the ground, in humble
supplication with a sincere desire to know the truth, a mind
open to discover it, and a heart willing to accept it.
78 If you shall ask of Elohim to know if my words are true, then
the spirit of Elohim will enter your heart and fill you with a
marvelous expansion of light such as you have never known; and
in that, you will have a firm knowledge of truth and open your
life to receive cherished blessings that endure beyond the span
of days.
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