A Wild Story From a Gospel Excluded from the Bible – the Gospel of Judas Iscariot

Video by Genetically Modified Skeptic

Commentary by Charles Sulka

Youtube Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhQmLFHxsBw

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At the time of Jesus’ arrival on the scene the Middle East, and Palestine in particular, was home to countless religious cults, fanatics, and false prophets — much like America today. Of the more than two dozen gospels of Jesus Christ that have been found to date — out of an estimated fifty or so that scholars believed to have been in circulation — one stands out because it presents a strikingly different cosmology than the four gospels that were incorporated into the canon of the Bible. The Gospel of Judas [Iscariot] is radically different in content not only from the canonical Gospels, but also from the dozens of gospels that were rejected by the Church fathers when the Bible was being compiled. Today the Bible is the cornerstone of Christian doctrine. For some, it forms the exclusive basis of their religious belief (sola scriptura.) For Christians of every denomination, the Bible is accorded a preeminent place, at the center of their religious understanding.

In this video, the Gospel of Judas is examined in some detail by a former Christian, a convert to agnosticism who has studied the Bible and Christian doctrine in depth for decades. While not a Biblical scholar per se, this man probably has a greater familiarity with, and understanding of, the scriptures and the tenets of the Christian faith than the vast majority of Christians.

Let us start with a close look at the social, political, and religious context of this gospel. Religious movements made up a large part of the cultural milieu of Palestine at the time of Jesus’ ministry.

Starting with the basics ….

As the Bible makes clear, Jesus told the self-righteous Jews — a hard-hearted, stiff-necked people, according to the Lord — that they were not the people of God, but rather that they were a Synagogue of Satan. Why did he say this, and to whom, and in what context? The Gospel of Judas provides some clues.

As Jesus tried to explain to an obstinate people, the ‘god’ of the Jews was a counterfeit, a false god — in truth, the Father of Lies. The god of the Jews was in reality an evil creature (‘entity’ is probably a better word) whose aim was to trick the Hebrew people, enticing them through flattery and promises of grandiosity. Satan’s aim was simple: to gain the allegiance of these people, to engender a loyal following among this tribal group — a people which he would over time manipulate and eventually control for use in his future plans. As many have come to realize, Satan’s plan is being fulfilled at this time, unfolding all around us. Zionist Jews are playing the central role in this global melodrama … with America playing the patsy.

A similar program was run by Satan on the neighboring tribes, people who today we think of as Mohammedans — followers of their ‘prophet’, Mohammed. The Evil One seduced Mohammed and his associates with the lure of power, of world domination and greatness. All of this was to be achieved through obeisance to him, putatively their ‘god.’ Satan’s process is consistent, that is for sure: simple and direct, appealing to man’s base nature, man’s lust for power…. And pride; an appeal to man’s prideful nature succeeds time after time.

The Middle East has been a hotbed of supernatural activity and intervention by spirit beings since time immemorial. In ancient times these non-corporal entities were referred to as desert djinn, or djinni (‘genies’ in English) or angels, or demons. There is no doubt a scientific explanation for the prevalence of spiritual activity in the region, although it is beyond man’s present level of comprehension of reality. One possibility would be the proximity of an alien psychotronic generator or a sub-space beacon serving as a repeater; it could be that Satan brought mind-control technology from the heavens (or the so-called astral plane, another dimension) when he and his cohort descended to earth. According to the Bible, the demon horde “fell to the earth like lightning” … and never left. It is reasonable to assume that they brought their advanced technology with them. That is, assuming they need technology. There is widespread consensus among physicists that matter transmission is not possible. Moreover, advanced knowledge is all that is needed if the program entails augmenting a race or species through genetic manipulation and guiding its development over time. The chosen people (the marionettes) will do the work that is needed, developing the technology as the program unfolds over time. This has been Satan’s plan all along.

The people of the Middle East have, from antiquity, been bombarded by telepathic messages, dreams, and visions from demonic spirits, sometimes regarded as angels or messengers from Heaven. Whether these demonic beings actually exist with differentiated personalities, whether they comprise a collective of linked individuals (a hive-mind); or are ethereal, generated in the spirit realm — sub-programs in a virtual reality — by a single intelligence running an advanced AI program hosted on the alien’s (or our own) computer system … is conjectural, and beyond the scope of this discussion. But it is definitely something we should think about.

The Gospel of Judas presents a counterpoint to the other gospels in that it reveals a very different picture of the ministry of Jesus … but this picture is actually quite believable in light of some of the obscure content in the writings of the early church. To summarize the main points in an attempt to put things in perspective….

There were a great number of religious cults in Palestine at the time of Jesus’ ministry. Indeed, the Middle East was literally overrun by religious cults, with bands of prophets, itinerant preachers, and ‘holy men’ of every stripe. Mysticism, magick, and witchcraft featured prominently in the religious practices of the time, with blood sacrifice, including human sacrifice, having been prevalent in the region in the not too distant past. This is well documented by the historical and religious writings of the region, as well as numerous passages of the Bible.

The Hebrew people of Moses’ time were an amalgam of desert nomads, descendants of emigrees from Iran and Iraq (the land of Ur), and pagan and Hindu emigrees from Asia (India). By the time Jesus arrived on the scene, the Romans had arrived to bring order to the Middle East, or at least to the regions along the Mediterranean. The Hebrew people previously had never known peace, unity, security, or the rule of law; the region had always been occupied by tribal factions engaged in never-ending wars.

The Romans were accomplished administrators. Under Roman rule Palestine thrived, as it was strategically located as a nexus of trade between Asia, the Middle East, and north Africa. Commerce flourished and times were good for the people of the region, including the holy men (religious con artists.) Due to their alliance with the civil authorities (the Roman powers), the Temple cult in Jerusalem came to dominate religion, driving the ascetics, fanatics, and prophets into exile. It is clear from the canonical gospels that Jesus visited these regions, spending time in the desert wilderness, where he would have encountered the ascetics and religious truth-seekers. We are told that Jesus encountered John the Baptizer, one of the few true prophets in Palestine in those days. It is even possible that Jesus studied under the prophet as an early pupil in search of religious truth himself. It is implied that at some point John realized that his pupil has surpassed his master in religious understanding, and in a moment of ineffable grace, John the Baptizer deferred to Our Lord, fell to his knees, and asked that Jesus baptize him.

It is clear that before Jesus began his ministry to the towns and villages, he traveled through the neighboring regions and spend time with the ascetics and religious cults in the hinterlands. How long Jesus was involved with these truth-seekers is unclear; nothing of Jesus early years has been preserved in the canonical scriptures.

The composition of the Semitic tribes in the region is quite complex. We know (from the Bible, as well as DNA analysis) that intermarriage was common among the various peoples of the region, many of whom were nomads and immigrants. The truth of the matter is further obscured by the creation myths, folklore, and legends from that region, some of which have been incorporated into the collected scriptures we think of as the Bible. Several Biblical legends suggest that the human race — and the Jews in particular — are descended from a very limited number of individuals, a gene pool of one (or two) in other words, which of course is scientifically impossible. These allegorical writings show an obsession with ancestry, as social rank was usually based on tribal affiliation. Power struggles were never ending in the Middle East.

Clay tablets (the accounting records of the times) found in Iraq reveal that Noah — the patriarch who is at the center of the legend of Noah’s ark — was really a river trader. Noah was considered a deadbeat by his financial backers when he failed to return to repay his investors after the disappearance of his barge loaded with livestock and produce on that fateful last trading mission. Instead, he remained in Palestine with his provisions, his flocks, and his livestock to found a dynasty … and in doing so he left us with a legend of Biblical proportion. The Jews plagiarized Sumerian legends about a great flood when crafting the allegorical story of Noah’s Ark, a magnificent literary work (even if scientifically preposterous.)

Giving the man the benefit of the doubt…. Noah might have been prevented from returning home to repay his financial backers due to his ‘ark’ (barge) having been destroyed in a great storm. This would be consistent with the Biblical legend of the great flood. There are historical reports of massive floods in southern Asia and the Middle East that are consistent with the Biblical story of the Flood, suggesting that the story of Noah’s Ark is based (at least allegorically) on actual events.

Or, on the other hand, Noah might have just been a swindler, an opportunist. Let’s face it, swindlers were (and still are) plentiful among the tribes of the Middle East.

According to hieroglyphs on a stone monument discovered by archaeologists a few years back in Egypt, the slaves who built the pyramids were descended from Hindu Asian immigrants — either refugees, indentured servants, or chattel slaves, all of which were common at the time. The foreign workers brought with them their religious practices and their pagan gods, including Baphomet and Baal. Thus we can assume that the Israelites’ golden calf and orgiastic displays of drink, drugs, and sex that so outraged Moses were a continuation of the religious practices the Hindu proto-Jews brought with them from India. The Jews who, according to legend, streamed across the Red Sea to wander aimlessly for two generations in the desert were in large measure of Hindu stock, then, decedents of the Asian (Indian) slaves who built the pyramids in Egypt.

We know that the Israelites brought slaves with them when they crossed the Red Sea. The captives of the Hebrews were almost certainly not Egyptians, as it would have been unthinkable for Jews living under the patronage of Pharaoh to own Egyptians as chattel slaves. Thus it can be assumed these were the refugees from India who built the pyramids, referred to in the inscription on the stone monument. We also know that the Israelites absconded with much of the wealth of Egypt in what appears to be the first of many financial upheavals caused by this tribe.

The Bible makes it clear that the Jews were financial manipulators and money-lenders, a people inspired by their ‘god’ who promised them a good life as economic parasites lording it over the rest of the human population. Supposedly their ‘god’ cajoled them, “You will eat crops you did not plant, and live in houses you did not build….” In other words, the ‘god’ of the Jews inspired them to be murderers and thieves, in addition to their traditional roles as spies, raiders, dishonest traders, and usurers (money lenders.) This is a rather unauspicious beginning for the tribes of Jews who abandoned Egypt for Palestine. But it is the truth. As Jesus said repeatedly, these people were taking their marching orders from The Evil One. They were in reality the Synagogue of Satan. And as anyone can see, they have taken Satan’s message to heart. Evil is at the core or their being. Soon, thanks to the machinations of the Jews, the Synagogue of Satan, all of mankind will be under the direct control of the Evil One.

Baphomet, a creature half man and half goat, is still widely worshipped (usually in secret) in America’s fraternal orders (Freemasons, Skull & Bones, etc.) Baphomet is also seeing a renewed popularity in Europe, which has seen a resurgence in pagan practices in recent years. Baphomet is possibly the ‘Mr. Splitfoot’, a symbolic representation of Lucifer who purportedly communicated telepathically with the American spiritualists (i.e., the Fox sisters, credited with founding the American spiritualist movement.) The Fox sisters, who knew — and later admitted — that their spiritualist performances were nothing but fraud, based on lies and deception, no doubt were inspired by Satan, with their reference to Mr. Splitfoot being a private joke. (In the end, the joke was on them; they suffered the ignominious fate of all who dabble in witchcraft and the occult.) But we should not be distracted by these modern manifestations of the spiritual realm; the focus here is on Palestine and the early Church.

Other cults from the East brought similar pagan religious practices — religions attributed to ‘ancient aliens’ or non-human creatures with supernatural powers and advanced technology who are reported to have been directly involved with the human race in its formative years. The Old Testament’s reference to war in the heavens and fire and brimstone falling to earth from warring factions of supernatural beings suggests that there is a historical basis for the Biblical stories of the interaction of man and supernatural beings. Similar stories are recorded in the legends of aliens and ‘gods’ from the heavens in the Far East, especially India.

All of this is well established by historical records and religious writings. This was the religious and cultural milieu at the time of Jesus’ appearance in Palestine. It was not (quite) chaos.

The Gospel of Judas suggests the Twelve Disciples were a group, already existing as a religious cult when Jesus encountered them. This is certainly plausible, more so than the unlikely story inferred from the canonical Gospels … that Jesus’ closest followers were selected at random from the people he met, who were attracted to him charismatically, then instantly converted, becoming devout followers. This certainly could have happened, especially after Jesus started performing public miracles. But it is reasonable to assume that before embarking on his public ministry to the masses, he spent considerable time studying with the ascetics in the desert. The canonical gospels make it clear that Jesus expected most of those he encountered to return to their homes and get on with their lives, living in righteousness and with a new understanding of the Lord. In other words, his mission was to save the Jews by encouraging them to embrace the true God and reject their master, Satan.

It is clear from the canonical gospels that most of Jesus’ followers abandoned him along the way … with the rest, including his staunchest supporter, the Apostle Peter, abandoning him at the crucifixion. The Jews of Palestine were not interested in hearing God’s truth; they had been deceived by their god, Satan, and were awaiting their savior, their messiah, the promised one who would lead them to worldly domination, when they would lord it over all of mankind, as they believed was their rightful place. After all, they were the crown of creation. Hadn’t their god (who was really Satan, as Jesus said) told them so?

As we have seen, there were countless religious cults in the region — the Essenes being one of the better known because of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. It is highly likely that Jesus would have first contacted such groups when He was embarking on His ministry. Jesus’ message was not well received by the religious leaders in Palestine at the time. Indeed, they eventually had him put to death for it. He probably sought out the more reclusive spiritual seekers, at least at first. If the ascetics were not more receptive to His message, they were probably less threatening.

The Jews were known as hucksters throughout the Middle East. They were renowned for their clever and devious ways to cheat others in business dealings — something the true God — who occasionally broke through the static to bring the word of truth to the people — found detestable. The words of the Old testament prophets make this clear. The Jews were known for lies, deception, and crooked business practices, dishonest weights and measures, shaving coins, extortionate money changing practices, shabby products, and foisting off trinkets and baubles and worthless polished stones on a gullible people. (This is where the word ‘jewelry’ comes from, by the way, and it was probably not originally intended to be flattering.)

What is not so widely recognized is the Jews’ widespread involvement in occult practices (witchcraft, astrology, and numerology especially) and promoting false religions through false prophets and bogus visionaries. Fleecing the people through magick, chicanery, and false religion was a common practice of the predatory Jew of the day. Playing the prophet was profitable; there were even trade unions and cartels of professional prophets. (It’s in the Bible.) If this brings to mind images of modern-day TV preachers and New Age ‘visionaries’, it should. Like the false prophets of old, today’s TV preachers and New Age fraudsters prey on vulnerable peoples’ fear and superstition, and a deep-rooted yearning for knowledge of, and communion with, the Almighty.

Not every Jewish huckster was a crooked desert trader, pawn-broker or money changer (today the money-lenders would prefer to be called investment bankers.) Many were the equivalent of America’s TV preachers or modern day spiritualists. Religion was big business — then, as now.

Not explicitly stated in this video, but apparent from the words of the writer of this Gospel, is the proposition that Jesus was actually a higher being who was ‘hosted’ in a human body. This is not such a radical departure from spiritual concepts expressed throughout the Bible. Spirits can occupy, and take possession, of human beings. This is, after all, the whole point of rites exorcising evil spirits, the driving out of demons, and spiritual cleansing. If an evil spirit can possess a human body, so can one linked to the spirit of God.

According to the Gospel of Judas, the twelve disciples were not readily convinced of Jesus’ special place in the universe, and were confused by his teachings, as is apparent from many passages in the New Testament which reveal the Lord’s frustration at the Apostles’ difficulty in comprehending what he was saying.

Jesus told them (the Twelve, and probably countless others with similar religious beliefs) that they had no concept of the true God, that they were being misled by deceiving spirits. Jesus referred to them — the Jews, collectively, and especially the hypocrites, ‘holy men’ and religious leaders — as the Synagogue of Satan. He scornfully rebuked them, telling them they lacked understanding and discernment, that they had no idea who the ‘god’ they worshipped actually was.

As we know, Jesus’ message infuriated the religious leaders, especially the leaders of the Temple Cult in Jerusalem. After all, religion was their livelihood … and if today’s false prophets are any example, religion could be a profitable endeavor indeed. It is easy to imagine that the scribes and Pharisees reacted to Jesus the same way that modern day false prophets — TV preachers and evangelists for America’s corporate church — would react if they were to encounter the living Son of God. It would not be pretty. They might even crucify Him … again. Or at least hang him, after suitable torment, torture, and humiliation.

A brood of vipers, indeed. In the words of the prophet, “there is nothing new under the sun.”

Jesus’ initial followers were skeptical. Some of the cynics did eventually become devout believers in their ‘guru’ … but it was not an Epiphany, it was a painfully slow process.

Judas, according to this gospel, was the only one of Jesus’ inner circle of followers who recognized Jesus for what and who He was. Judas recognized the spiritual being who occupied the human form. Judas knew the true nature of the Christ. It goes without saying that Judas must have been possessed of an alien spirit himself. He did not bow down to Jesus and submit to His teachings. He was disdainful. Judas was the child of a lesser god, so to speak.

In the Gospel of Judas, Jesus acknowledges that Judas is correct about his assessment of Our Lord, and will be rewarded accordingly in the end. The operative word here is ‘accordingly’. In the video we are asked to give this thoughtful examination. Judas’ reward, unsurprisingly, would be eternal punishment. The Gospel of Judas says that Judas’ fate was to be elevated to a high rank in the spiritual realm, a king lording it over other spirits in hell. There is no reason to doubt the veracity of this, even though it is not explicitly stated in the official Church canon. In his betrayal of the Christ, we see Judas as the incarnation of evil. In his obstinate refusal to embrace Jesus as Lord, Judas Iscariot brought his eternal punishment upon himself.

This is fully in accord with Biblical accounts, but it expands on those accounts. It also reinforces the contention that Jesus knew the role Judas was to play in the coming drama. It should be clear that Jesus could not have ‘saved’ Judas Iscariot, that they were enemies at the core of their being. Both were destined to play out the roles fate had assigned to them.

It might seem like the Gospel of Judas contradicts the Bible; it certainly conflicts with many peoples’ interpretation of various passages in the Bible. This is a serious problem for those confused individuals who are hampered in their understanding of Holy Writ by the mistaken belief that the Bible is literally true (Biblical inerrancy.) Nothing could be further from the truth. How do we know this? For one thing, Jesus said so. As he Himself said, “I speak to you in figurative language.”

There is obviously more to this reality than any of us can fully comprehend. There is more to it than the Twelve Apostles understood, that is evident from their own words and actions. And there was obviously more to it than the Church fathers could grasp when they collected scriptures from all of Christendom in their effort to compile the various religious writings into the anthology that today we know as the Bible. Perhaps the assembly of Bishops who compiled in Bible in the fourth century A.D. thought that the Gospel of Judas would only confuse the people, and like so many of the other gospels in circulation, this work should be excluded from the compilation. After all, the whole point of the Council of Rome (382 A.D.) was to simplify Christian doctrine — to enlighten the people, to bring clarity to the clergy, and to promote unity in the Church. To bring order out of chaos, you could say.

Watch this video. Read the Gospel of Judas. Think about what the Gospel of Judas says. Think about how these concepts expand our understanding of the ministry of the Christ. Think about how this enlarges our understanding of the cosmos … and our understanding of the Christian faith.

It is ironic that some of the most revelatory material on religion comes from non-believers. The honest religious seeker will continue to search for understanding throughout his life. He will ask himself, Should we forcefully convert those whose religious understanding differs from our own, censoring their words and disparaging their ideas? Or should we engage in dialogue with them, allowing them to enlarge our understanding through a thoughtful examination of the issues? If you don’t know the answer to this question, ask yourself, “What would Jesus do?” The answer should be clear: use your head, and think.

(CHS 10-23-2021 1755 -0500 / 11-02-2021 1309 -0500 (minor edits))