“Verily I say unto you, for this end have
I come into the world: that I may put
away all blood offerings and the eating
of the flesh of the beasts and the birds
that are slain by men.
In the beginning the Creator gave to all
the fruits of the trees, and the seeds
and the herbs for food; but those who
loved themselves more than the Lord
or their fellows, corrupted their ways
and brought diseases into their bodies,
and filled the earth with lust and
violence. Not by the shedding of
innocent blood, therefore, but by living
a righteous life shall you find peace.
Blessed are they who keep this Law, for
the Creator is manifest in all creatures
and all creatures live in the Creator.”
The Gospel of the Nazarenes.
75:9-14; the words of Jesus
This verbatim scroll preserved by the Mt. Carmel
branch of the Essenes (Carmelites) was found in
Tibet in the latter part of the first century.
This text pre-dates the writings of the New
Testament.
Confirming texts appear in the Dead Sea Scrolls
which were discovered in 1947.
A current copy of The Gospel of the Nazarenes can be
obtained from Essene Vision Books, P.O. Box 1080,
Patagonia, AZ 85624; 520-394-2060