The biggest difference between the christian scriptures and the "hidden scriptures"
is: DO NOT EAT FLESH MEAT!
Apparently the prophets did not eat meat, and neither did Yahshua. Certainly, the eating of meat requires one to shed innocent blood (the animal), and it seems like that would be a sin. During the forty years in the wilderness they did not eat flesh meat, except for the one occasion:
Jasher 83:26 At that time the children of Yisrayah continued their journey from the wilderness of Sinai, and they took a journey of three days, and the cloud rested upon the wilderness of Paran; there the anger of Yahwah was kindled against Yisrayah, for they had provoked Yahwah in asking Him for [animal] meat, that they might eat. 27 And Yahwah hearkened to their voice, and gave them meat which they ate for one month. 28 But after this the anger of Yahwah was kindled against them, and He smote them with a great slaughter, and they were buried there in that place. 29 And the children of Yisrayah called that place Kebroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who lusted flesh. See also Numbers chapter 11.
When they were brought into the Promised Land, the Yisrayahites were told they would eat fruit and vegetables, milk and honey. But the scriptures contain gobs of references to the eating of animal meat. It seems unlikely that all these references were false (but maybe they were). So we look at what kind of references they are. We see reference to the fact that Yisrayahites ate meat, but that does not mean they were not sinning, or that we are not sinning in following their example. Sure, we see places where it is said that we can eat clean animals. Did the original say eat, or did it say sacrifice before it was altered? (I don't know) I do know the original sacrifices were completely burned up, except for the part discarded -- none of it was eaten! These sacrifices were said to be accepted by Yahwah (presumably because the ultimate sacrifice of His Son had not yet been paid).
I was raised as a carnivore. My own conscience says Do not eat meat. It seems like the safest thing to do is to love the animals, and not eat them. Yahwah is love. Yahwah owns His creation, and the creation is a part of Yahwah. When we kill an animal, are we killing Yahwah? When we eat meat, are we eating Yahwah??
After Noah the scriptures have a ridiculous amount of references to the eating of flesh meat (both the bible and the Apocrypha). It is hard to believe that is all a result of human corruption. The so-called Laws of Noah specifically state it is now okay to eat meat as long as you don't eat the blood (the life of the animal). And from then on eating animal flesh was the norm in nearly every book. I find it easy to scripturally defend the eating of meat. We can start with the eating of the first Passover sacrifice in Exodus 12. That is why the subject is so confusing. But I still think it is wrong. Remember that in Yahwah's kingdom the lamb will lay down with the lion, and no one will eat meat.
The English versions which we have seem to say: Genesis 2:29 See these green plants and trees, the ones which reproduce via fruits, nuts, or seeds? These plants you may eat, but do not eat other plants (such as mushrooms, etc). A hint I heard of long ago; watch 'clean' animals such as deer - what they eat, we eat.
Perhaps cows, chickens, etc, are no longer clean, because of what we feed them. It is said that they are fed meat and blood, as well as anti-biotics and other even worse things. Perhaps even being genetically modified. And fish are swimming around in a cesspool of garbage and pollution in the oceans. So even if it used to be okay to eat them, this world of satan has changed that, no doubt!
The Laws given in these books reflect a much higher level of existence, and a purer form of belief.
This page is not meant to be an exhaustive list of the Laws. Mainly it is meant
to be a short list especially containing those differences between the hidden scriptures
and the catholic bible. I have another page with a
more extensive list
of what I found in the regular bible (you will find them in the menu under Yahchanan
and then Laws of Yahwah).
The Didache
The way of life is indeed this: First, you will love Yahwah who made you; secondly, you will love your neighbor as yourself. Now all the things that you do not want to have happen to you, you too do not do these to one another.
Give to everyone who asks from you, and do not ask for it back.
Do not practice magic. Do not practice sorcery. Neither murder a child by abortion, nor will you destroy what is born.
My child, flee from every evil thing, and from everything like it. Do not become angry, for anger is the way to murder. Neither should you be jealous, nor one who creates strife, nor emotional. For murders are born out of all of these.
My child, do not become someone who looks for omens, since it is the way to idolatry. Neither should you be an enchanter, nor an astrologer, nor a cleanser. Nor should you want to look at these things, for idolatry is born out of all of these things.
Now about baptism, baptize this way: after first uttering all of these things, baptize into the name of the Father and of the Son in running water. But if you do not have running water, baptize in other water. Now if you are not able to do so in cold water, do it in warm water. Now if you don't have either, pour water three times on the head, into the name of the Father and of the Son. Now before the ritual cleansing, the baptizer and the one being baptized should fast, and any others who are able. Now you will give word for the one who is being baptized to fast for one or two days beforehand.
Jubilees (Little
Genesis)
Jubilees 50:6 Behold the commandment regarding the Sabbaths - I have written
(them) down for you - and all the judgments of its laws.
7 Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Master
Yahwah. In it you shall do no manner of work, you and your sons, and your men-servants
and your maid-servants, and all your cattle and the sojourner also who is with you.
8 And the man who does any work on it shall die: whoever desecrates that day, whoever
lies with (his) wife, or whoever says he will do something on it, that he will set
out on a journey thereon in regard to any buying or selling: and whoever draws water
thereon which he had not prepared for himself on the sixth day, and whoever takes
up any burden to carry it out of his tent or out of his house shall die.
9 You shall do no work whatever on the Sabbath day save what you have prepared for
yourselves on the sixth day, so as to eat, and drink, and rest, and keep Sabbath
from all work on that day, and to bless the Master Yahwah, who has given you a day
of festival and a set-apart day: and a day of the set-apart kingdom for all Yisrayah
is this day among their days for ever.
10 For great is the honor which the Master has given to Yisrayah that they should
eat and drink and be satisfied on this festival day, and rest thereon from all labor
which belongs to the labor of the children of men save burning frankincense and
bringing oblations and sacrifices before the Master for days and for Sabbaths.
11 This work alone shall be done on the Sabbath-days in the sanctuary of the Master
Yahwah; that they may atone for Yisrayah with sacrifice continually from day to day
for a memorial well-pleasing before the Master, and that He may receive them always
from day to day according as you have been commanded.
12 And every man who does any work thereon, or goes a journey, or tills (his) farm,
whether in his house or any other place, and whoever lights a fire, or rides on
any beast, or travels by ship on the sea, and whoever strikes or kills anything,
or slaughters a beast or a bird, or whoever catches an animal or a bird or a fish,
or whoever fasts or makes war on the Sabbaths:
13 The man who does any of these things on the Sabbath shall die,
The Humane Gospel of the
Essenes
But I tell you, the set-apart Law puts off all evil if you search after its power
and wisdom. Seek then first the Kingdom of Yahwah and all else in the world shall
be vanity unto you, for the truth sets free the righteous and breaks the chain of
bondage to sin. Yea, sin not, and evil shall find no place. Pray you then after
the manner I tell you, that you be spared the trials of Satan....
Love you one another and every creature of Yahwah. Be you also slow to anger,
for many sin in anger which they repented of, when their anger was past, for anger
is the sister of ignorance and ignorance the brother of every sin. Yea, learn patience
and endurance that you may not tire or grow weary of one another or the work set
before you.
Yea, unless you all remain as innocent as these beloved children, you shall never fulfill
the Law of Love.
Search you, therefore, the wisdom of the True Yahwah, which leads to life and mercy
for all creatures, great and small, weak and strong, and the evil one will flee
from you, for where light dwells, darkness enters not.
Seek you not, then, of Satan's evils; share not his table, decked with rich foods,
taken by the sword, where life has been taken and blood has been spilled. Eat you
the simple foods of the field that are lawful unto you. Neither drink the product
of the vine, and lose your senses, for whosoever drinks wine no longer owns his
soul, but gives it unto Satan for every foul deed. Drink the waters of life, and
every pure drink of the fruitage of trees, and touch not the strong or sour drink
that leads to sin.
Seek first the kingdom of Yahwah and you shall be blessed of Yahwah and be children
of Light. Therefore, I tell you also, all things whatsoever you would that men should
do to you, do you even so to them, and what you would not that any creature should
do unto you, do you not unto them -- for this is the Law of Love that the Prophets
before me spoke unto your forefathers. Keep this law and you will find eternal life,
for no other law is greater than love, for the law is love unto them obeying its
sayings.
And eat all that which is given unto you by strangers, but of that which is gotten
by bloodshed, by the taking of life, touch nor eat not, for it is not lawful to
you. Nor sit you with them who eat such things, lest you be counted unworthy by
the law.”
Yahushua, knowing that the law of Moses was corrupted by the scribes, who even
Jeremiah and Isaiah spoke of, said unto his disciples these words: See you the
Temple, the house of Yahwah, daily you know that thousands of innocents are slain
and offered up, and their flesh consumed by men as unlawful food; and yet the Prophets
cried out with loud voice that no blood offering, of beast or bird, or man or woman,
can take away or wash sin clean! For I say unto you, how can the conscience be purified
from sin by the shedding of innocent blood? Nay, it will only increase the condemnation,
for it is sin against the set-apart law Yahwah gives first unto Adam, Enoch and
Noah. Save by repentence and amendment only, there can be no remission of sins!”
For the prophet wrote: Put your blood sacrifices to your burnt offerings, and
away with them, and cease you from the eating of flesh, for I spoke not to your
fathers, nor commanded them, when I brought them out of Egypt, concerning these
things. But this thing I commanded saying: Obey my voice and walk in the set-apart
Laws that I have commanded you, and you shall be my people.
And what does the Eternal Being command to you also, but to do justice, love mercy
and walk humbly with Yahwah? This indeed is the pure oblation! For is it not written
that in the beginning Yahwah ordained the fruits of the trees and seeds and the
herbs to be food for all flesh? ... So, I say unto you now: Shed no innocent blood
nor eat flesh ever, but walk uprightly, love mercy, and do justly, for if you be
Humane and keep my laws and commands, your days shall be long and pleasant in the
earth; and good health shall cling unto you even into old age of many years.
Let all know that Yahwah gives the grains and the fruits of the earth for food,
both to man and beast, and let no man say he is righteous if he eat not the lawful
sustenance of the body.
Wherefore, I say unto all who desire to be my true disciples, keep your hands from
bloodshed and let no flesh meat enter your mouths, for Yahwah is just and bountiful,
who ordains that man shall live by the fruits and seeds of the earth alone.
But this I also tell you, if any animal suffer greatly, and if its life be a misery
unto it, or if it be dangerous unto you, release it from its life quickly, and with
as little pain as possible. But remember to send it forth in love and mercy
and only as the last thing done unto it, after all else has failed you. For I tell
you, truly, men fear animals in vain, and seek to destroy them out of fear and ignorance,
so judge not every animal vicious, wrongly, lest you be destroying the innocent
creatures of Yahwah in sin.
Yea, torment them not nor torture them in life or death or for profit of any kind,
lest the Eternal Father withdraw His mercy from you. Yea, show mercy unto them,
as you expect mercy to be showed unto you; for every beast, small and great, has
been given into your hands and under your care, so remember well, whatsoever you
do to the least of these my children, you do it to me.
Hear O Yisrayah, the Eternal All, Yahwah is One. Many are My overseers,
and My prophets. In Me all live and move, and have subsistence.
You shall love Yahwah with all your understanding of the set-apart
Law.
You shall love your neighbor as yourself, even as the law instructs.
You shall not take away the life of any creature for your pleasure, nor
for your profit, nor yet torment it.
You shall not steal the goods of any, nor gather lands and riches to yourselves,
beyond your need or use.
You shall not eat the flesh, nor drink the blood of any slaughtered creature,
nor yet anything which brings disorder to your health or senses.
You shall cherish and protect the weak, and those who are oppressed, and
all creatures who suffer wrong.
You shall work with your hands the things that are good and seemly; so shall
you eat the fruits of the earth, and live long in the land.
You shall purify yourselves daily and rest every Seventh Day from labor,
keeping set-apart the Sabbaths and the Festivals of your Yahwah and Creator.
You shall do unto others, as you would that others should unto you.
For it has been written: you shall not kill, but I say unto you, if any
hate and desire but a moment to kill, they are guilty of the law. Yea, if they cause
harm or pain to any innocent creature, they are indeed guilty. Only if they kill
to put an end to suffering which cannot be healed, they are not guilty, if they
do it quickly.
It has also been said, you shall not steal, but I say unto you, if any is
not content with that which he has, and so desires and seeks after that which is
another's, or if he withholds that which is just from the worker, he has already
stolen in his heart. Truly I tell you, his guilt is greater than that of one
who steals bread in necessity, to satisfy his hunger.
Again you have been told: you shall not commit adultery. But I say to
you, if man and woman join together in marriage with unhealthy bodies, and beget
unhealthy offspring, they are guilty, yea, even though they have not taken their
neighbor's spouse.
And if any enter into marriage for unnatural relations and raise not offspring,
but do come near to each other, they are guilty. And if any has not taken a woman
who belongs to another, but desires in his heart and seeks after her body, he has
committed adultery already in spirit.
And again I say unto you, if any lust and seek to possess the body of any
creature for food, or for pleasure, or for profit, they defile themselves thereby,
and thus deny my commandments, and are guilty.
And he said unto them: Yea, and if a man tells the truth to his neighbor
in such a way as to lead him into evil, even though it be true in the letter, he
is guilty. Walk therefore in the spirit, and thus shall you fulfill the law in the
letter and be made ready for the Kingdom.
Do you not know what is written? Obedience is better than sacrifice and to hearken
better than the fat of rams. I, Yahwah, am weary of your burnt offerings, and vain
oblations; your hands are full of blood.
And is it not also written: What is the sacrifice? Wash you and make you
clean and put away the evil from before my eyes, cease to do evil, learn to do well.
Yea, do justice for the fatherless and the widow and all that are oppressed. For
by so doing, you shall fulfill the law ... Pure worshippers worship the Eternal
Spirit in purity and in truth.
Yahushua said to his disciples: So it is with the soul of every creature,
though unseen by human eyes, for it is hidden within the garment of flesh and blood.
Every creature is twofold by nature: for without the spiritual half there can be
no physical manifestation. Therefore, I tell you, the body is dust, but the soul
is of Yahwah. Fear not, then, those wicked who destroy the physical body but cannot
kill the spiritual soul. For the man of Yahwah knows his root, he being of Yahwah
and Yahwah knows him, which belongs to the fold.
Seek you the set-apart Law and love and mercy of My ways, and you shall find eternal
life and peace. Separate yourselves from wicked men, who twist and garble the sacred
scriptures to satisfy their lust and pleasure.
And also Jeremiah did bear testimony when he said, concerning blood offerings
and sacrifice: I the True Yahwah Commanded none of these things in the day that
you came out of Egypt, but only this I commanded you: To do righteousness, walk
in the ancient paths of My laws, so as to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly
with your Yahwah. But you did not hearken to Me, Who in the beginning gave you all
manner of seed, and fruit of the trees and seed having been for the food and healing
of man and beast.
Be you therefore perfect and good shepherds of the flock of Yahwah and lead the
sheep to safety and to life.”
Blessed are you who abstain from all things gotten by bloodshed and death, and
thus fulfill all righteousness; Blessed are you, for you shall attain Beatitude.
For I say unto you, only by doing the will of the Eternal shall you enter into the
kingdom,
For truly if you keep my commandents, you shall surely abide in my love
at all times, even as I have kept my parents commandment, and abide in the Spirit
of Love. For I say unto you this day, the will of the All-Parent is that Love be
manifested in all things, that all creatures small and great may come to rejoice
in the spirit of love itself; for there is no greater thing in Heaven nor on earth
than the realization of all-love.
For in the beginning the Eternal Spirit put forth that Love be made known
to all things, and the Eternal All did proceed to formulate the will of love and
placed in every creation the desire to give and receive love, for being loved and
sharing in love is the will of the Father-Mother who sent me into the world, that
they who abused love would know and understand that Yahwah is Love and His Mercy
is without limit and cannot be measured in human terms.
Know you therefore, that in every creature, Yahwah gave the enjoyment of
love, that these creatures may experience the Love of Yahwah, for Yahwah is in all
things and all things are in Yahwah. Know you then, that love is the fulfillment
of the will and law of Yahwah, and they who keep the commandments share in this
great love. There is no greater blessing or realization for man or malak than to
know the love of Yahwah, for they who come to knowledge of One Father, come to knowledge
of the Great Household of Life.
Yea, I say unto you this day, life is the pathway to love and love is the
roadway to eternal life. Love you one another and the creatures of Yahwah, and all
manner of peace and joy shall come upon you. Have mercy upon one another and the
creatures of Yahwah and you shall rejoice in the Household of Yahwah, knowing the
good from the evil. For the Eternal Parent shares Love with all things, both visible
and invisible, and He brings forth all manner of life that love may be manifested
in every state and age.
Therefore, tell you the meek of the earth, that they may know truth: In the beginning,
Yahwah gave to all the fruits of the trees, and the seeds, and the herbs for food;
yea, to every man and beast.
Keep you therefore my commandments: Love Yahwah with all your heart, and your neighbor
as yourself; for on these first two greater laws do hang all the set-apart Law and
the Prophets. Yea, I tell you, again, the sum of the law is this: Do not unto others
as you would not that others should do unto you. Thus, do unto others as you would
that others should do unto you. ... Blessed are they who do keep this law, for Yahwah
is manifested in all creatures and all creatures live in Yahwah, and Yahwah is hid
in them. Do unto all things, then, that which you would do unto Yahwah, for Yahwah
sees all things and knows all things done unto every creature that lives and gives
life.
The Teachings of the Essenes
Love one another, for Yahwah is love, and so shall His Malaks know that you walk
in His paths. And then shall all the Malaks come before your face and serve you.
And Satan with all sins, diseases and uncleannesses shall depart from your body.
Go, eschew your sins; repent yourselves; baptize yourselves; that you may be born
again and sin no more.
'You shall not kill,' for life is given to
all by Yahwah, and that which Yahwah has given, let not man take away. For I tell
you truly, from one Mother proceeds all that lives upon the earth. Therefore, he
who kills, kills his brother. And from him will the Earthly Mother turn away, and
will pluck him from her quickening breasts. And he will be shunned by her Malaks,
and Satan will have his dwelling in his body. And the flesh of slain beasts in his
body will become his own tomb. For I tell you truly, he who kills, kills himself,
and whoso eats the flesh of slain beasts, eats of the body of death. For in his
blood every drop of their blood turns to poison; in his breath their breath to stink;
in his flesh their flesh to boils; in his bones their bones to chalk; in his bowels
their bowels to decay; in his eyes their eyes to scales; in his ears their ears
to waxy issue. And their death will become his death.
For the wages of sin is death. Kill not, neither eat the flesh of your innocent
prey, lest you become the slaves of Satan. For that is the path of sufferings, and
it leads unto death. But do the will of Yahwah, that his Malaks may serve you on
the way of life. Obey, therefore, the words of Yahwah: 'Behold, I have given you
every herb bearing seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree,
in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to everything
that creeps upon the earth, wherein there is breath of life, I give every green
herb for meat.
Also the milk of every thing that moves and lives upon earth shall be meat for
you; even as the green herb have I given unto them, so I give their milk unto you.
But flesh, and the blood which quickens it, shall you not eat. And, surely, your
spurting blood will I require, your blood wherein is your soul; I will require all
slain beasts, and the souls of all slain men.
Master, where is the fire of life? asked some of them. In you, in your blood,
and in your bodies. And the fire of death? asked others.
It is the fire which blazes outside your body, which is hotter than your blood.
With that fire of death you cook your foods in your homes and in your fields. I
tell you truly, it is the same fire which destroys your foods and your bodies, even
as the fire of malice, which ravages your thoughts, ravages your spirits. For your
body is that which you eat, and your spirit is that which you think. Eat nothing,
therefore, which a stronger fire than the fire of life has killed. Wherefore, prepare
and eat all fruits of trees, and all grasses of the fields, and of milk of beasts
good for eating. For all these are fed and ripened by the fire of life; all are
the gift of the Malaks of our Earthly Mother. But eat nothing to which only the
fire of death gives savor, for such is of Satan.
So eat always from the table of Yahwah: the fruits of the trees, the grain and
grasses of the field, the milk of beasts, and the honey of bees. For everything
beyond these is of Satan, and leads by the way of sins and of diseases unto death.
Be content with two or three sorts of food, which you will find always upon the
table of our Earthly Mother. And desire not to devour all things which you see around
you. For I tell you truly, if you mix together all sorts of food in your body, then
the peace of your body will cease, and endless war will rage in you. ... And when
you eat, never eat unto fulness. Flee the temptations of Satan, and listen to the
voice of Yahwah's Malaks. For Satan and his power tempt you always to eat more and
more. But live by the spirit, and resist the desires of the body. And your fasting
is always pleasing in the eyes of the Malaks of Yahwah. So give heed to how much
you have eaten when your body is sated, and always eat less by a third.
And forget not that every seventh day is set-apart and consecrated to Yahwah. On
six days feed your body with the gifts of the Earthly Mother, but on the seventh
day sanctify your body for your Heavenly Father. On the seventh day eat not any
earthly food, but live only on the words of Yahwah,
And take no delight in any drink, nor in any smoke from Satan, waking you by night
and making you to sleep by day. For I tell you truly, all the drinks and smokes
of Satan are abominations in the eyes of Yahwah.
Work, therefore, without ceasing, to build the kingdom of Yahwah, lest you be cast
into the kingdom of Satan.
Go, and sin no more. And give to everyone your peace,
I am the Law, Yahwah, which has brought you out from the depths of the bondage of
darkness.
You shall have no other Laws before me.
You shall not make unto you any image of the Law in heaven above or in the earth
beneath. I am the invisible Law, without beginning and without end.
You shall not make unto you false laws, for I am the Law, and the whole Law of all
laws. If you forsake me, you shall be visited by disasters for generation upon generation.
If you keep my commandments, you shall enter the Infinite Garden where stands the
Tree of Life in the midst of the Eternal Sea.
You shall not violate the Law. The Law is Yahwah, who shall not hold you guiltless.
The seventh day is the Sabbath: you shall remember it, keep it set-apart. The Sabbath
is the day of the Light of the Law, Yahwah. In it you shall not do any work, but
search the Light, the Kingdom of Yahwah, and all things shall be given unto you.
For know you that during six days you shall work with the Malaks, but the seventh
day shall you dwell in the Light of your Master, who is the set-apart Law.
You shall not take the life from any living thing. Life comes only from Yahwah,
who gives it and takes it away.
You shall not debase Love. It is the sacred gift of your Heavenly Father.
Yea, it was said in the ancient of days, you shall love your Heavenly Father with
all your heart, and with all your mind, and with all your deeds, and you shall love
your brothers as yourself.
The Heavenly Father is the One Law, who fashioned the stars, the sun, the light
and the darkness, and the set-apart Law within our souls. Everywhere is he, and
there is nowhere he is not. All in our understanding, and all we know not, all is
governed by the Law. The falling of leaves, the flow of rivers, the music of insects
at night, all these are ruled by the Law.
the Gospel of the Nazarenes
Be you therefore considerate, be tender, be you pitiful, be you kind, not to your
own kind alone, but to every creature which is within your care, for you are to
them as gods, to whom they look in their need. Be you slow to anger for many sin
in anger which they repented of, when their anger was past.
Therefore all things whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do you even
so to them. And what you would not that men should do unto you, do you not so unto
them; for this is the Law and the prophets.
Yahushua answered: No blood offering, of beast or bird or man, can take away
sin, for how can the conscience be purged from sin by the shedding of innocent blood?
No, it will increase the condemnation.
Obey my voice and walk in the ways that I have commanded you, and you shall be my
people, and it shall be well with you. And what does the Eternal command you but
to do justice, love mercy and walk humbly with YHWH? Is it not written that in
the beginning YHWH ordained the fruits of the trees and the seeds and the herbs to
be food for all flesh? But I say unto you: Shed no innocent blood nor eat flesh.
Walk uprightly, love mercy, and do justly, and your days shall be long in the land.
And he said unto them, Verily these are your fellow creatures of the great Household
of YHWH, yea, they are your brothers and sisters, having the same breath of life in
the Eternal. Whosoever cares for one of the least of these, and gives it to
eat and drink in its need, the same does it unto me. Whoso willingly suffers
one of these to be in want, and defends it not when evilly entreated, suffers the
evil as done unto me. For as you have done in this life, so shall it be done unto
you in the life to come.
You shall not do unto others as you would not that they should do unto you. You
shall love YHWH with all your heart and all your soul and all your mind. You
shall do unto others as you would that they should do unto you.
Yahushua said to them: Verily I say to you, they who partake of benefits
which are gotten by wronging one of YHWH's creatures, cannot be righteous: nor can
they touch set-apart things, or teach the mysteries of the kingdom, whose hands
are stained with blood, or whose mouths are defiled with flesh. YHWH gives the grains
and the fruits of the earth for food: and for righteous man truly there is no other
lawful sustenance for the body. Wherefore I say unto all who desire to be my disciples,
keep your hands from bloodshed and let no flesh meat enter your mouths, for YHWH is
just and bountiful, who ordains that man shall live by the fruits and seeds of the
earth alone.
But if any animal suffer greatly, and if its life be a misery unto it, or if it
be dangerous to you, release it from its life quickly, and with as little pain as
you can, Send it forth in love and mercy, but torment it not, and YHWH
will show mercy unto you, as you have shown mercy unto those given into your hands.
And whatsoever you do unto the least of these my children, you do it unto me. For
I am in them and they are in me, Yea, I am in all creatures and all creatures are
in me. In all their joys I rejoice, in all their afflictions I am afflicted. Wherefore
I say unto you: Be you kind one to another, and to all the creatures of YHWH.
but if you will enter into life, keep the commandments.
You shall not take away the life of any creature for your pleasure, nor for your
profit. Nor yet torment it.
You shall not eat the flesh, nor drink the blood of any slaughtered creature, nor
yet any thing which brings disorder to your health or senses.
You shall cherish and protect the weak, and those who are oppressed, and all creatures
that suffer wrong. You shall work with your hands the things that are good and seemly; so shall you
eat the fruits of the earth, and live long in the land.
If you love me, keep my commandments. They who have my commandments, and keep them,
these are those who love me. Those who love me will be loved of my Parent. He said to
them: Love you one another and all the creatures of YHWH.
the Secret Book of James
Become zealous about the Word. For the Word's first condition is faith; the second
is love; the third is works. Now from these comes life. Therefore I say to you,
be sober. Do not go astray. Pay attention to the Word. Understand Knowledge. Love
Life. Beseech the Father. Implore Yahwah often, and He will give to you. Yours is
life! Rejoice and be glad as children of Yahwah. Keep His will in order that you
may be saved. Take reproof from me and save yourselves.