From ‘The Essene Humane Gospel of Christ’: Be Merciful to Animal-people, Part 2 of 2

Let’s continue with selections from The Essene Humane Gospel of Christ, where Lord Jesus (vegetarian) reminds humans of God’s Holy Law that the animal-people should remain free to live their lives in joy and peace.

The Eating Of Animals Birds And Fish is Unlawful Fishermen Condemned

“‘See ye the fishes of the sea as we stand beside the seashore and look upon the waters of many lives. Yea, the water is their world, even as the dry land belongs to man; I ask ye, do the fishes come unto thee and ask of thee for thy dry land or of its foods? Nay, nor is it lawful for thee to go into the sea and ask for things which belong not unto thee; for the Earth is divided into three kingdoms of souls – one of the land, one of the air, and one of the sea, each according to its kind. And deposition for the Eternal Being has given unto them each the Spirit of life and the Holy Breath, and what He giveth freely unto His creatures, neither men nor angels have authority to take back or claim as their own.

For behold the fisherman, how he takes not what is his own, a thief he is. He steals the treasures of the deep and disrupts the holy life of the blessed, for has not God Blessed the sea creatures in the age they were created and said unto them all: “Yea, it is Good and Holy, let them have life and bring forth after their kind and let them rejoice in their watery home and sing unto me songs of praise and of much joy and peace.” But the fisherman casts many kinds of food into the waters because each one of the fish has his own food, and the fish then sees and pursues the food and is snatched up, and the fisherman rejoices because he has caught the unwise fish.

And most truly I tell ye, satan, like the fisherman, casts his hooks into ye, for the evil one lies in wait, wishing to seize thee, that he might swallow thee up and rejoice at the catch. For satan, likened to a fisherman, places many foods before thy eyes, wishing to make thee desirous of them, even if only to taste a little, so that he may seize thee and bring thee out of light into darkness. Wherefore, I say unto thee, do not be touching the food of satan, for the wicked one lies in wait for the unwise and the unlearned with many hooks and traps and every kind of net, for if ye be tempted with a single unlawful food, it is necessary for ye to desire all others, and finally, then, such unlawful things become the food of death; and satan is victorious. Wherefore, be ye not deceivers as fishermen, men of trickery, nor be eating the catch thereof, for many are they who satan ensnares with the taste of unlawful things and makes them partners in death.’

Jesus Releases The Caged Birds

“And Jesus said unto him, ‘What think thou, if another man, stronger than thou or with greater craft, were to bind thee and cage thee, or thy wife, or thy children; and throw them into a cage, in order to sell them into captivity for profit, thus making his living by such? I ask thee, are not these thy fellow creatures, but only weaker than thou are? And does not the same God, our Father-Mother care for them as for thee? I tell ye, let these thy little brethren and sisters go free, and see that thou do this cruel thing no more, but take up a living of honest means, whereby causing no harm to any of God’s innocent creatures.’

And the man marveled at Jesus’ words and listened unto Him and agreed to let the birds go free. And when the man unbound the birds, they flew unto Jesus and rested upon His shoulder and did sing songs unto Him, and there they remained for a time until they flew away in freedom.”