Unknown Judas revealed

NEW and hitherto unknown information has been received by Dr. Aurelio A. Aquiatan Jr. from the spirit called Gabbey about the recently released translation of the Gospel of Judas discovered in the 1970s near Minya, Egypt.

Jun Aquiatan, a professor of business administration in a university in Pangasinan, has been receiving important spiritual messages through automatic writing since 1995 from an entity that calls himself Gabbey.Although Gabbey never identified himself, we suspect he is Archangel Gabriel because he communicates with Aquiatan only on Mondays and has profound knowledge of the spirit world.

In previous messages I wrote about in my book, “More Encounters with the Unknown,” Gabbey revealed the connection between the seven psychic centers or chakras (which he referred to as the seven power stations) and the Seven Sacraments, the Seven Last Words of Jesus, the 10 Commandments of God and the seven virtues.

It’s been quite a while since we heard from Jun Aquiatan and Gabbey. When the translation of the Gospel of Judas was released by National Geographic Society in April, my former assistant, Frances Gloria, asked Jun if there was anything Gabbey had to say about this controversial manuscript. Gabbey’s reply reveals information not found anywhere else and also confirms others already known before. But let us review what is currently known about the Gospel of Judas before talking about Gabbey’s new revelations.

Coptic
The Gospel of Judas is based on a manuscript found in the ’70s and brought to light recently by nine scholars commissioned by National Geographic. The manuscript, which made its way to the National Geographic team after a circuitous path of sales, counter sales and alleged pilfering, is written in Coptic, the language of the early Egyptian Christians. It was radio-carbon dated between 220 and 340 AD. Scholars believe it is a translation of an earlier Greek text probably dated between 130 and 180 AD.

Catholic Bishop Ireneus of Lyon, France, referred to the Gospel of Judas in his diatribe against heretics in the year 180 AD. So we know there really was such a gospel. We also know there were many other gospels circulating at that time, aside from the four gospels of Luke, Mark, Mathew and John, the only ones officially chosen and approved by the Catholic Church.
The choice was by no means unanimous. More than 100 bishops disagreed with the official stand and they were quickly banished by Emperor Constantine who convened the Council of Nicea in the year 325 AD precisely to define what Christians should believe.

No villain
In the newly revealed gospel, Judas Iscariot does not appear to be the villain and the betrayer he has always been portrayed in Christian teachings. On the contrary, he seems to be the hero who helped fulfill Christ’s mission by delivering him to his enemies.Judas also appears to be the only apostle who truly understood Christ more than any other apostle. That’s why Jesus chose him for that important task. Jesus also revealed to Judas secret teachings about the universe that were not given to the other disciples.

In this regard, Judas shared with Mary Magdalene the unique privilege of being the only recipients of secret knowledge from Jesus Christ. Why Judas was specially chosen to deliver Christ to his enemies was revealed in the message from Gabbey to Jun Aquiatan on April 17 which would be discussed later.

According to a news report by John Allen Jr. from Rome, “In the roughly 3,000-word text, of which large chunks are missing or indecipherable, Judas emerges as a hero. Jesus says Judas ‘will exceed all of them who are baptized,’ because Judas ‘will sacrifice the man that clothes me,’ a reference to the Gnostic belief that the body is a mere set of clothes, and the essence of the person is the immortal soul.”

What does the Gospel of Judas say about Jesus and his teachings? The website of National Geographic provides some glimpses. In Codex page 37, Jesus is shown to be laughing quite a lot. He is not at all the serious and reserved person portrayed in the official version of the Catholic Church.

Laughing Christ
“In the Gospel of Judas,” says National Geographic, “Jesus laughs quite a lot, particularly at the absurdities that dictate the rules of human life. But he also laughs at how seriously—and without question— the disciples take such things as prayer, offering it not because they want to but because they believe that their God really expects to be praised in such a way.”

Why would the son of God laugh at these things? “Because the Gospel of Judas is a Gnostic gospel, an early form of spirituality that focuses on gnosis, the Greek word for ‘knowledge.’ Gnostics believe in mystical knowledge, a knowledge of God that allows them to be one with him and to communicate directly with him without an intermediary. Such beliefs were in direct conflict with members of the emerging orthodox church,” which became a monolithic religious organization in the 4th century.The Gnostics were persecuted by the dominant orthodox church and their teachings condemned as heretical, their books burned and destroyed.

In Codex page 37 of the Gospel of Judas, “Jesus seems to be criticizing those who preach in his name but whose proclamations lack substance or fruitful content.”

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IN Codex page 40, “The conflict between the Gnostics and the orthodox church is reflected in how Jesus sees the church and its questionable doctrine. The disciples have a vision of the temple, which Jesus explains in allegorical terms. He compares what they see in the temple to the wrong message coming from the emerging mainstream church.

The disciples, he explains, are akin to a temple priest, or ‘minister of error,’ one who expounds inaccurate teachings.”

The big mistake the emerging Christian church made then was to see only the outer or exoteric aspects of Christ’s words and teachings, completely ignoring the hidden or esoteric meaning.

That’s why the accepted teaching lacks substance, leading to erroneous knowledge, although the church insists it is the only correct interpretation.
By crushing any form of dissent or opposition, the mainstream church succeeded in consolidating its power within the hierarchy of the priesthood. Only they can interpret the teachings. All the rest are heretical.

But the people who wrote down the Gospel of Judas and the other Gnostic writers did not think they were being heretical. In fact, it was the other way around.

Deviation
Followers of Christ called Gnostics considered the teachings of the mainstream church heretical. In their belief, it was the Orthodox Church that deviated from the true teachings of Christ.

Codex page 56 says, “…You will exceed all of them. For you will sacrifice the man that clothes me.”
In this passage, Christ described how Judas would rank among the other disciples after Jesus’ death.

“According to the Gospel of Judas, the savior is the spiritual being inside Jesus who lives in a spiritual dimension. The physical being of Jesus is a simple covering, much like a clothing that the Spiritual Savior wears in the world. Jesus is essentially telling Judas that, by betraying him—knowingly and at his request—he is being a true friend and allowing the man Jesus to die, so that the Savior can be free to return to his home in heaven. In Gnostic tradition, Jesus neither sees his death as a tragedy, nor as a necessary act to save the world from its sins.”

No wonder the Catholic Church in the Philippines is denouncing the Gospel of Judas as heretical and is downplaying its significance.But the church, by doing this, only arouses the curiosity of the faithful who have been conditioned merely to obey the dictates of the church and not to question its pronouncements. The church indeed has a lot of explaining to do.

Shocking
As if these new data about Judas Iscariot were not enough, the entity Gabbey brought out more shocking revelations that, although they could not be independently verified, were at least consistent with Gnostic and New Age beliefs.

The entity Gabbey revealed to Jun Aquiatan the following pieces of secret information about Judas Iscariot that were completely unknown before:

“The account in the life of Judas during the time of Christ was not written by Judas himself but by people who knew the story through Judas’ disciples.”

According to Gabbey, “Judas did not kill himself. He just withdrew from the rest of the apostles. He went away and formed a group that also preached about Christ.”

The news that he killed himself was circulated “so that Judas’ act would be forgotten.”“It was Judas’ men who circulated the news, not the apostles,” according to Gabbey.

Aquiatan asked why there were no records or documents of Judas and his group preaching about Christ.

Gabbey replied documents would be found later regarding this. “In fact, some fragments have already been found, but not yet shown to the world. These documents, together with others, would really shock the world.”

“Did Judas really betray Jesus or was he really asked by Jesus, in order to fulfill his mission?” Jun asked Gabbey.

Brothers
Gabbey said the initial agreement was reached by Judas and Jesus in one of their past lives when they were brothers.

“Jesus, as true man, had a human soul that kept reincarnating. When this human soul had already perfected itself after several reincarnations, it was used as a human vehicle for the Divine to manifest in this world. That Divine Being was called Christ. Remember that God is a spirit. He has no material body. The Divine spirit, who was Christ, used Jesus as human vehicle to be in this world.

“Jesus and Judas... were (in a previous life) the only children of a couple who lived in Egypt. They were orphaned at an early age and survived through farming. Due to their closeness, they swore they would help each other and, if one should be in need, the other would help even at the expense of his own life.

“Now, when they met again during the time of Christ, that agreement was revived. But it was only Jesus who remembered it, having the power to read past lives, while Judas did not know this. So, Jesus asked Judas’ help to fulfill his mission.”

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“SO why did the Bible depict Judas as a traitor?” asked Jun Aquiatan.

“Only the four gospels that are in the present Bible depicted Judas as a traitor. However, there are other writings aside from the four gospels that narrated (differently) and these are the documents that would be found later.”

“But again, why depict Judas as a traitor, if he was not?” insisted Aquiatan.

“You must understand,” explained Gabbey, “the selection of the gospels was based on similarity to avoid conflicts. That is why the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke are called the synoptic gospels or gospels with the same point of view. Since the gospel of John also portrayed Judas as a traitor, then it was also selected.

“However, there are many written gospels that are not in the present Bible. You see, the Church did not have a system or criteria in the selection of books to be included in the present Bible.“The personal views of those charged with the task of putting up the Bible prevailed. Additionally, the present Bible underwent several changes. Most of those changes were made to suit the intentions of those in charge at that time.”

Meeting
After the resurrection of Jesus, according to Gabbey, he met Judas personally and gave him the task of preaching the gospel in Egypt.

Why Egypt? “Because both Judas and Jesus were from Egypt during a previous incarnation when they were brothers,” explained Gabbey. “You see, Egypt was a very important land even during the time of the Old Testament; the chosen people came from Egypt. When Jesus was sought by Herod, Joseph, with Mary and Jesus, went into hiding in Egypt.“Did you not wonder why, in the Bible, no apostle went to Egypt to preach the gospel? Why should Egypt be left out in preaching the gospel when it played a very important role in the life of Jesus and even with the chosen people?

“Actually, Egypt was not left out because Judas was tasked to preach there. One of Judas’ disciples in fact wrote a gospel for the Egyptians.”

What happened to the mission of Judas in Egypt?

“The disciples and converts of Judas grew and reached far lands,” replied Gabbey. “However, the Christian practices of Judas’ disciples and converts differed from those of the other apostles.”

What was the difference?

“I told you Jesus met Judas after the resurrection. Jesus emphasized the secrets of the kingdom and these secrets were the basis of Judas’ Christian practices.”

What were the secrets?

Key
“Central among the secrets was the activation and use of the Seven Power Stations to gain spiritual enlightenment. I told you several times before the key to the kingdom of God was through the Seven Power Stations. Read Luke chapter 17 verse 21 and it says the kingdom of God is within you. The Seven Power Stations are all within you. All you have to do is to activate them, as Judas preached.”

“I read somewhere the Gnostics practiced self-illumination to gain knowledge and understanding,” said Aquiatan. “Was Judas a Gnostic?”

“The word Gnostic,” replied Gabbey, “was coined later on. Judas himself did not even know the word Gnostic. What he knew was that the practice he taught his disciples was from Christ himself and therefore an original Christian practice.”

After that statement, Gabbey abruptly ended his message by saying, “I believe I have given you enough information. Our meeting ends now.”

No matter how much we may doubt Gabbey’s identity, one thing is clear. The information he gave to Aquiatan about the life of Judas Iscariot was consistent with the newly translated Gospel of Judas and explained a great deal more than what could be found in the Judas gospel itself.It was also consistent with the other teachings of Jesus as contained in the Nag Hammadi papyrus texts, especially the Gospels of Thomas, Philip and Mary Magdalene.

We may not be able to prove what Gabbey has revealed, but they certainly make sense.

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