Chapter 85: The Harbinger Imprisoned

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Herod Antipas, the tetrarch of Paraca and of 📍 Galilee, was dissipated, selfish and tyrannical. He drove his wife away from home that he might take as wife Herodias, the wife of one, a near of kin, a woman life himself, immoral and unjust. The city of Tiberius, up on the shores of Galilee, was Herod’s home. Now, John, the harbinger ✉️, has left the Salim Springs ⛲ to teach the people by the sea of Galilee; and he rebuked the wicked ruler and his stolen wife 💋 for all their sins. Heriodas was enraged because the preacher dared accuse her and her husband of their crimes; and she prevailed on Herod to arrest the Harbinger and cast him in a dungeon in the castle of Machaerus that stood beside the Bitter Sea. And Herod did as she required; then she lived in peace in all her sins, for none were bold enough to censure her again. The followers of John were warned to speak not of the trial and imprisonment of John. By order of the court, they were restrained from teaching in the public halls 🚫. They could not talk about this better life that Herod called the Heresy of John. [Aquarian Gospel 85:1-10]

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When it was known that John had been imprisoned by the tetrarch court, the friends of Jesus thought it best that that he should not remain in Galilee. But Jesus said: “I have no need of fear; my time 📅 has not yet come; no man can stay me.” [Aquarian Gospel 85: 11, 12]

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And when they asked why God permitted Herod to imprison John ⛓️, he said: “Behold yon stalk of wheat! 🌾 When it was brought the grain to perfectness, it is of not more worth; it falls, becoming part of earth again from which it came. John is the stalk of golden wheat; he brought unto maturity the richest grain of all the earth; his work is done ✔️. If he had said another word 🤫, he might have marred the symmetry of what is now a noble life. And when my work is done the rulers will do unto me what they have done to John, and more 🪨🩸✝️. All these events are part of God’s own plan 🗺️. The innocent will suffer 😢 while the wicked 👿 are in power; but woe to them who cause the suffering of the innocents.” [Aquarian Gospel 85:13-18]

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notes

Chapter 85:1-9

Chapter 85:1-9

Chapter 85:10-18

Chapter 85:10-18