Recently, a television documentary was screened dealing with varying opinions held by scholars and 'experts' regarding the Dead Sea Scrolls. Once scholar proposed that the scrolls were written some time before Jesus' physical birth, which suggests that Jesus was a latter day phoney. Another proposed that, because the scrolls mention the control of Judea by foreign invaders, meaning the Romans, the scrolls were written during or after Jesus' ministry.

Because these scrolls constantly refer to a nameless 'Lord of Righteousness' it is assumed that the reference is to Jesus; and because 'the liar' referred to closely parallels Paul of Tarsus, they suggest that Paul was not telling the truth about Jesus of Nazareth.

During Jesus' time, rumours that the Messiah had appeared were spreading throughout the Jewish people, and many persons, spiritual and otherwise, were quick to cast themselves in the role of Messiah. Just as some people today, after certain psychic or religious experiences, begin to believe that they are Jesus reincarnated. Most, if not all, psychiatrists are aware of that phenomenon.

The 'lord of righteousness' was just such a person and he set himself up as the 'real' Messiah. He was a zealot, promulgating the liberation of the Jews by violent means, a popular idea among many Jewish people at that time; particularly the young. This attitude is still prevalent in modern Israel. Naturally, he had his followers. His name was Menahem or Manahem and he was assassinated by a rival 'Messianic' group in about 60 to 70 AD. He was murdered in a cave outside of Damascus.

'The Liar' does indeed refer to Paul; particularly as he spoke of Jesus, the true Messiah. Now, whatever Paul may have done by systematising the teachings and establishing an organisational religion, he was no liar. He was a very passionate man in his beliefs of what is right and wrong. At one time he did hold some zealot beliefs, but rejected them for harmlessness after his spiritual experience on the road to Damascus. His main concern was to keep Christianity alive in a hostile world. Not an easy task.

The scholastic suggestion that Jesus was a zealot, based on the false premise that the 'Lord of Righteousness' must in fact be Jesus, stems from the supposition that the Dead Sea Scrolls are entirely true, and the Gospels as we know them are entirely false. Truth is not based on suppositions.

Where does this information come from? For those familiar with Universal mind, no explanations are necessary. For those who are not, none can be given. The truly wise will see all of these arguments as concepts about reality, and not reality itself.