2 ESDRAS: The Hidden Book of Prophecy With 1st Esdras - Book - Page 11
F O R E W A R D
The Dead Sea Scrolls identify those factions who were new to Yerusalem and
foreigners, not Hebrews, as the “sons of darkness,” the “Wicked Priest,” “those who
seek smooth things,” and “liars” even. They place them at war spiritually with the Bible
keepers and we listen to these “Sons of Darkness” today which is why we know little
about this community and the church loses track of the Bible keepers in ignorance. Of
course, the Protestant Church is so busy marginalizing the Old Testament in willing
ignorance, it cannot even see this narrative yet this is one of the most important issues
of our era. The days of increasing knowledge Daniel predicted are upon us and they
will render themselves obsolete as they are left behind clinging to what are now proven
to be the doctrines of men injected and certainly not scripture and there are many.
In our introduction we publish our research proving the Qumran community is
not Essene which we find an illiterate proposition. There is no mention of Essenes a
single time in all the many writings from Qumran yet over a hundred identifying the
inhabitants of this community as the exiled Temple Priests who are the sons of Zadok
from Levi from Aaron. We cover the history and archaeology of the Essene headquarters
well-entrenched 25 miles South of Qumran in Ein Gedi. We also prove Qumran is the
Biblical Bethabara where John the Baptist, a son of Zadok and the Great Prophet even,
lived and operated and baptized Messiah there. Messiah even visited this community
again placing his endorsement on their practices including their Bible.
These are the Biblical keepers of scripture and never once are they on record as
operating as such frauds as to make up their own writings and call it scripture. They do
not pretend to be prophets falsely. That is the practice of the Rabbis not the Temple
Priests whom Moses and even Yacob entrusted as the curators of scripture. What an
insane accusation for a so-called Bible scholar to level at an Aaronic Levite Temple
priest whose lineage went before the very presence of Yahuah in His Holy of Holies.
The opinion that these curators lost their passion and sense of responsibility in their
calling is ludicrous and unscholarly. Most seem to forget that though Israel and the
Southern Kingdom rebelled, the sons of Zadok who led the Temple worship, continued
to remain holy. This is not only evidenced in the abundant Qumran scrolls of their
local community writings in application and interpretation, but even in Ezekiel’s days
of prophecy, these remained truly pious.
Ezekiel 40:46 KJV
And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of
the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which
come near to the LORD to minister unto him.
Ezekiel 44:15 KJV
But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my
sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall
come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to
offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD:
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