The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ

15 And then he said to James, Do you love her, the Holy Breath, with all your heart, and do you love your neighbor as you love yourself?

16 And James replied, Yea, Lord, I love the Holy Breath with all my heart; I love my neighbor as I love myself.

17 Then Jesus said, Protect my sheep.

18 And then he said to John, Do you love Christ, the love divine made manifest, with all your heart, and do you love your neighbor as you love yourself?

19 And John replied, Yea, Lord, I love the Christ with all my heart; I love my neighbor as I love myself.

20 And Jesus said, Then feed my lambs.

21 Then Jesus rose and said to Peter, Follow me. And Peter followed him.

22 When Peter saw that John was following him he said to Jesus, Lord, behold, John follows you! What shall he do?

23 Now Peter did not hear the master when he said to John, Then feed my lambs.

24 And Jesus spoke to Peter and he said, It matters not to you what John shall do; not even though I will that he remain until I come again.

25 Just do your duty; follow me.

26 And Jesus passed, they knew not where he went.

27 The news soon spread through all Capernaum that Jesus had arisen 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.

28 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,

29 And as they prayed the master came; they saw him and they talked with him.

30 He said to them, The Pentecost is near at hand; go to Jerusalem and I will meet you there.

31 And as he talked, a multitude of people came; they saw the Lord; they said,

32 Behold, for now we know that he, the Nazarene, has risen from the dead for we have seen him face to face.

CHAPTER 180

Jesus appears, fully materialized, to the apostles in Jerusalem. Gives them his instructions. Promises them a special endowment for their work on Pentecost. Goes to Mount Olives and in full view of many disciples ascends to heaven. The disciples return to Jerusalem.

The eleven apostles of the Lord were in Jerusalem and in a spacious room that they had chosen by the Lord’s command.

2 And as they prayed the Lord appeared to them and said,

3 Peace be to all; good will to every living thing. And then he talked with them a long, long time.

4 And the disciples asked, Will you restore the kingdom unto Israel now?

5 And Jesus said, Be not concerned about the governments of men; the masters will direct.

6 Do that which has been given you to do, and wait and murmur not.

7 All power in heaven and earth is given unto me, and now I bid you go to all the world and preach the gospel of the Christ, the unity of God and man, the resurrection of the dead, and of eternal life.

8 And as you go and preach, baptize the people in the name of Christ.

9 They who believe and are baptized shall rise up in the newness of the life of Christ, and they who disbelieve shall rise not in the newness of the life of Christ.

10 And you shall give to men the power I give to you.

11 They who believe and are baptized shall heal the sick; shall cause the blind to see, the deaf to hear, the lame to walk;

12 Shall cast the unclean spirits out of those obsessed; shall tread on deadly serpents and be not harmed; shall pass through flames and not be burned; and if they drink a poisonous draught it shall not kill.

13 You know the sacred Word, which is the word of power.

14 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,

15 Until the time shall come when all the world may hear and comprehend the words of truth and power.

16 And now I will ascend to God, as you and all the world will rise to God.

17 Behold, upon the day of Pentecost you all shall be endowed with power from on high.

18 But here you shall remain till then in holy thought and prayer.

19 Then Jesus went to Olivet, and his disciples followed him, and in a place not far removed from Bethany, he met the Marys and Salome;

20 Met Martha, Ruth and Miriam; met Lazarus and a host of others who had come from Galilee.

21 And Jesus stood apart and raised his hands and said,

22 The benedictions of the Holy Ones, of the Almighty God, and of the Holy Breath, of Christ the love of God made manifest,

23 Will rest upon you all the way till you shall rise and sit with me upon the throne of power.

24 And then they saw him rise upon the wings of light; a wreath encircled him about; and then they saw his form no more.

25 But as they gazed up into heaven two men, in robes of white, appeared and said,

26 You men of Galilee, why gaze you thus so anxiously upon the ascending Lord? Lo, he will come again from heaven as you have seen him go to heaven.

27 Then the eleven and Lazarus, and the other men from Galilee, together with the faithful women, not a few, returned unto Jerusalem and there abode.

28 And they were constantly in prayer and holy thought. They waited for the Holy Breath, and for the coming of the promised power from on high.

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