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From the Introduction to the NEW NEW TESTAMENT

Paul's Introduction to His Epistles

About the Scribe, Ken Maley

The Following Text is From the Introduction to the New New Testament:

… the scribe would like to say as St. Paul did in Galatians: "All I want is to serve Jesus and his Message, which I received directly from him through many revelations, and not from any human person." (1, 10-12) When he asked Jesus why he had been asked to do this, the response was simply: "Because no one else would agree to do it." And the scribe clearly knows that it is Jesus using "the weak to confound the strong." (1 Cor. 1, 27)

Truth is always simple. Jesus is the Truth. Even though he was God, he was also a simple person and chose simple people to help spread the Good News to the world. He asked that his Message be rewritten now that his core Message is no longer illegal to proclaim. His core Message is very simple:

1. We are God. (John 10, 34) (We must remember that Jesus was crucified for saying that he was God.)

2. God is Love. (1 John 4, 8)

3. Love manifests as Service. (John 20, 26 & 28)

We can summarize all of this by saying simply: Our Essence is Divine Love, our Call is Human Service.

Jesus wants his simple Message to be presented here to bring unity to his people and his Churches. If we don't walk in unity, we don't walk with Jesus, who is God, who is Love, who is Service. We also don't live Jesus' Prayer: "That they all may be One!"

In this New New Testament the scribe was told to restore John's Gospel to its rightful place as the first Gospel, as reflected in ancient Aramaic Manuscripts. Thus this New Testament will begin as did the Old Testament: "In the beginning," as a sign that it is meant to supersede much of it. Revelation was to begin again with Jesus. This change of position of John's Gospel puts the two books of Luke—Luke's Gospel and Acts—back together as they were initially.

We must realize that Jesus was not simply to continue the Revelation of the Old Testament, but came with a radically different Message about God, Spirituality, and Community. His God was his "Dad"—"Abba" in his native language. That one word alone transcended much of the Old Testament, but all the original Apostles were Jews formed in the Judaism of the day, which had strayed a great deal from the Covenant of Abraham. Over and over Jesus upset the Jewish leaders of the time by preaching and acting a different Message. But much of his radical intimacy with God was lost on the Jewish Apostles, the authors of the original New Testament, and its translators.

For example, some scholars have pointed out that the passage usually translated, "I have not come to change the law, but to fulfill it," should actually be translated, "I have not come to change the law, but to abolish it."

The translators or scribes who changed this passage could not believe what Jesus had said, so they simply changed it to fit their own beliefs.

It should be stressed that the teaching of Jesus presented here is in no way something new. It was the core teaching in the early Church up until the fourth century when money and power overrode tradition, and to this day it is the teaching of many Eastern Churches, which never lost Jesus' real Message.

Those very close to Jesus knew this teaching and later taught it. Christianity went underground in many places because Jesus' core teaching — that we are God (John 10, 34) – continued to be illegal for a long time after Jesus was killed for preaching it, and so had to be kept secret except among members of the Communities.

Later, Jesus' teaching on love and peace became very popular with civil leaders who were tired of paying the cost of wars. The most graphic example of this was the Roman emperor Constantine. He called a meeting of the Christian Bishops of the "known" world at Nicaea to try to bring an end to the splits within Christianity, and more importantly for him, to bring peace to his realm based on Christian teachings … which, we should mention, that were getting further and further from Jesus' real teachings.

There was some talk in this Council about which scriptures were inspired, but no decision was made as to the actual Canon. However, this decision was unofficially made after the Council by Constantine himself when he ordered fifty copies of his selection of books to be produced for the Christians of his area.

This was the largest commission for books in history up until that point, and has had an amazing impact on Christianity even down to our own times. Churchmen were involved in this process, but the old adage applies here, "He who pays is he who says." Most historians don't believe Constantine's conversion to Christianity was sincere, but was rather political; and that his selection of a number of the books of "his" Canon were also political; particularly those that stress the law; when Jesus actually came to replace the law with Love.

Constantine wanted to drop all the writings of John because he thought they overemphasized love, particularly in 1 John 4, 8; which is the only place in the entire traditional Bible where God's essence is presented: God is Love. And even though love would bring peace, teaching that God is Love would do away with much of the power of Churches that often rule by threatening God's vengeance on those who do not follow the laws they have made.

And Constantine was especially concerned about John 10, 34, which talks of our being Divine. (Jesus here is quoting David who had also taught this in Psalm 82, 6; but this was never taken seriously, even though it was in the Bible.) Gods don't tend to feel a need to follow civil authority. So Jesus' main Message that we are God was very hard to keep alive because it was illegal, as mentioned earlier, and because it limited the power of Church leaders and civil governments. So when Constantine moved Christian Services from homes back into Temples by providing the money to build them, the main teachings of Jesus, like the preeminence of Family and Intimacy with God, almost completely died too. That is why Jesus asked that it be resurrected in this New New Testament.

It cannot be stressed enough that Jesus does not want a new Church, or a new sect to come from his Message here! He simply wants his core Message to be taught and believed in all his Churches! His teaching here may well radically change Christianity today everywhere except in those places, mainly in the East, were his core Message was never lost, but it must be seen as a return to that Message and not a changing of it!

Many Churches today teach that miracles died with the Apostles. Almost all Churches believe that the possibility of Scriptural Inspiration also died with the Apostles, even though Scripture itself totally negates this idea. For example, John 16, 12-15, where Jesus promises that his Spirit will continue to teach us even after he has died. There is absolutely nothing there limiting the Spirit's ability to teach us after the death of the Apostles. And there is absolutely nothing limiting Spirit's ability to inspire Scriptures after the death of the Apostles. Spirit still remains very much alive and able to do whatever (S)he feels will help Christians follow Jesus and live his teachings, even though the Apostles have long since died.

The idea of Jesus' core Message being openly proclaimed when it is no longer illegal shouts itself from all the roof tops of the world. How could he possibly not want a New New Testament dripping with the nectar of his core teaching, even as shocking as this may be to some?

Paul's teaching to the scribe who took down this New New Testament was extremely strong on this point. His own conversion to Jesus was instantaneous on the road to Damascus; but his understanding of Jesus took many years to sink into his Pharisaical bones. He now wanted his writings which were still steeped in law, to be rewritten into the Love that Jesus preached. Paul cried tears of gratitude as this rewriting took place, and as the key of Jesus' Message was unlocked from the jail of the Mosaic Law. As this happened Jesus' Message was also unlocked from the jail of Paul's prejudice against women and sexuality, and let the reverence for women and the deep respect for sexuality that Jesus had come shining through.

Jesus asks only that you read this with an open heart. Let us try to be aware of how it feels in your heart because that is where Jesus dwells. If we feel the love of Jesus in his words here, let us share it with everyone we meet, as he did!

The mind separates things in its search for knowledge and clarity, and this can be very helpful. However, the heart unites things as it seeks oneness, and this unity is even more important. The Age of Separating has ended. The Age of the Unity of All, that Jesus taught, can finally incarnate.

Spirit has said that the problems in the world today—greed, violence, perversion—do not come from something wrong in us, but from something wrong in our theology and spirituality. The lack of Jesus' main Message of Deification (our being God) being obvious in the original New Testament was due to it being a capital crime in that day to believe or teach it; and this lack has caused our Divine Energy and Identity to be twisted almost completely into these aberrations of Divinity. A main reason for this New New Testament is that Deification, our literally being made in the Image of God, is no longer illegal to talk about, so the Core Message of Jesus can now be openly proclaimed to the entire world.

Jesus was the core of the original New Testament. We could say that he was also its "editor in chief." The same exact thing is true here where he, and the other original authors, impart the Revelations that the scribe wrote down. To believe that Revelation has ended is like believing God is dead, and that all we have is a record of what Jesus did, rather than Jesus himself present in our hearts. This belief is not consistent with what he said, as mentioned above.

When he asked the scribe in 2009 to write this down he promised the aid of each of the original authors to help guide him. They were the authors and Jesus' Spirit the Editor in Chief. If that is not possible, then the original New Testament misspoke when it says, "Everything is possible with God!"

It should be noted that the scribe who wrote this down was told not to use the word "Church" in the manuscript, since it has lost its original meaning. Originally it meant what today would be called "Community." The advent of church buildings began the decay of the original concept of Community, and the modern large church buildings have almost totally destroyed any concept or possibility of true Community.

The very early Christians, as we read in Acts, met daily in the temple for prayer and in their homes for the "Breaking of the Bread." Meeting in the temple to pray was based on their belief that they were still Jews. The gathering in homes was based on Jesus' new Ceremony of the Breaking of the Bread. This tradition has been lost in many Churches because it was seen as connected with sacrifice rather than with Deification as is very clear in John's Gospel. His "Wedding Feast of Cana" was his mystical wedding of our Humanity and Divinity, as will be clear from a reading of that section of John's Gospel.

It should also be noted that the original Scriptures were not written for personal study, but for Community sharing. The "luxury" of everyone having their own bible did not exist until fairly recently. The original belief that the spoken Word of God contained the Energy/Love of God has been lost. So the guidance was given that this New New Testament generally be seen as something to be read out loud in Community, and then discussed under the guidance of Spirit, the Spirit of Jesus. This will lead to a better, and more Spirit-filled understanding of Scripture, and a deepening sense of Community, which was the original intent of Jesus. And we all know that Community is something very needed in Christianity today.

There were two Introductions given to the scribe. One from all the authors together, and a special one from Paul since he wrote so much of the New Testament and has grown so much since he did that. He has evolved more into Jesus and so can better present here what Jesus has revealed to him. Paul's Introduction is placed right before his Epistles, the authors in general's comments are here:

It should be mentioned that an attempt was made to keep the original numbering of the chapters and verses. However, this was not always possible because of Jesus and the original authors wanting something deleted or something added.

The marvelous painting of Jesus Laughing was chosen for the cover of this New New Testament. Sometimes Jesus laughs to keep from crying about what has happened to his peoples and his Churches. And sometimes he simply likes a good joke. He even tells them occasionally in the Scriptures as he did in John 10, 32: "I have done many nice things for you. For which of these do you want to stone me?"

Ask the scribe, Ken Maley:

"Did you look forward to working with Paul?"

Paul's Introduction to this new edition of his Letters:

My dear sisters and brothers, I write to you anew to move my teaching from my Jewish roots to my Christian Faith.  When Jesus came to me so powerfully on the road to Damascus, I was very much a Jew.  A Jew by blood, a Pharisee by choice. As he worked with me in the desert, I opened to his new teaching, but my Jewish bones interfered with my hearing completely his radically new teachings.  And even though God said so clearly through my beloved prophet Hosea, “It is Love that I want and not sacrifice," At that time I still believed in the need for sacrifice.  Our bones often impede our hearing! I have watched my brother who is rewriting this for me struggling with my old Jewish bones; and now want to free both of us to proclaim Jesus’ real Message.

Jesus does not want sacrifice; he wants Love, because he is Love.  He has reincarnated in all of you, so that you could become completely one with him.  So please open to the Jesus that you are.  Once you walk in Love, forget about the law. It tried to point us to the Truth, but couldn't because Jesus is the Truth! And he is Truth, not law.

Forget what I told you before about the need for salvation.  You are already God’s Children. You do not need to be saved from anything other than your belief that you are only human.  You were already saved when you were born. You were saved from nothingness. That is the only salvation you ever need. Except perhaps from the fear that is still in you, instead of faith.

You were born into the Light, into God, into Love. The God that you are does not need to be saved, only recognized. You do not need to be saved; you only need to recognize you are indeed already the Daughters and Sons of God. You are God, as my brother John relates [10, 34]. John's eagle perspective of Jesus' real Message is the basis of this, but my more practical perspective is also needed.

I did not reincarnate for a long time after my life as Paul since I wanted to soak up all of Jesus in me. I was very surprised to learn that Jesus wanted to soak up all of me too. It is so very hard to walk in the reality of our Divinity. Realizing our Divinity needs to be our first priority.

Loving our Divinity is our second.

I have a totally different concept of Spirituality than I had on the road to Damascus. Jesus coming to me that day obviously changed my whole life, but it took a number of years to change my whole self. But I have done it, and I want to help you do it too. Together we can present Jesus' Message to the world.

I realized all this as I walked toward death, but my writings were already out there with my old beliefs.  How I have longed through these two millennia to remold my writing with the hands of God!

Please don’t be scandalized and believe this is a new scripture. It is not. It is simply the Scripture that had not made it from my head to my heart when I originally wrote these letters. Open your hearts and you will know this comes from me. You now have the real Truth from the very Heart of Paul, which is now also the Heart of Jesus. And please don’t be surprised if parts of my previous letters are not here. We have included only what was divinely inspired. 

Please don’t let this shock you, since God’s Love and Wisdom is way beyond anything written.