TREE OF KNOWLEDGE, SAGA TWO
SEEKING THE DAVIDIC WARRIOR MESSIAH
PART TWO: THE CHILDREN OF KERIOTH—EVENTS DURING CHILDHOOD
CHAPTER 27. Childhood Beginnings: A Trade – 28. Childhood Beginnings: Judas’ Unexpected Skill – 29. Childhood Beginnings: Words & Numbers – 30. Weddings Bring on Thoughts of Children – 31. Childhood Beginnings: A Wedding at Hebron – 32. Childhood Beginnings: Judas Steps into a Harsh World – 33. Sorrow for the Tiny Village – 34. Eye for Eye, Tooth for Tooth -35. The Zealots Sect’s Fight for Freedom – 36. Childhood Beginnings: The Moses Camp – 37. Childhood Beginnings: Cave-Dwelling Prophet.
PART THREE: THE SIBLINGS HAMAN, MAAI, AND JUDAS
CHAPTER 38. Separation of Paths, Haman, Part 1: “I Wish I Felt More” – 39. Separation of Paths. Haman, Part 2: “An Honor to Die for the Cause” – 40. Separation of Paths, Haman, Part 3: Nothing but Water and Sand – 41. Separation of Paths – Haman, Part 4: Sicarii with Sicæ and Camel –
42. Separation of Paths, Maai, Part 1: “I want to heal, hate war, and will commit to our Cause” – 43. Separation of Paths, Maai, Part 2: “But You Are a Female!” – 44. Separation of Paths, Maai, Part 3: “Broken Every Boundary” – 45. Separation of Paths, Judas, Part 1: Living in a World of Religious Fences – 46. Separation of Paths, Judas, Part 2: Leaving Troubles Behind in Damascus – 47. Separation of Paths, Judas, Part 3: Meeting the Essen Monks & Ǣacos.
Palestinian daily life comes to life through the activities, educational pursuits, career choices, and conversations ongoing in Judas of Kerioth’s (Iscariot) family. Husband Simon is best friends with terrorist Judas of Gamala and is and his right-hand leader in the Zealot Freedom Fighter movement. His wife, Damaris, cares for their three sons and three daughters while making her woman’s point of view known. Their eldest son Haman, after committing a horrific crime (one based upon the need of a community), travels the hard road of becoming an assassin. Eldest daughter, Maai, experiences a life-altering event that leads her to Qumran where the monks train her to become a healer. The middle son, Judas, has a gift of knowing numbers, and the Zealot Sect wants him trained as an accountant. Each sibling came to their career, not by choice, but by experiences that will keep you on the edge of your seat as the search for the Warrior Messiah continues.
PART FOUR: SUSPICIONS, LIES, & BROKEN HEARTS
CHAPTER 48. The Matron Fulvia Scandal – 49. A Disgusting Incident in the Temple Complex – 50. Fighting Rage, Judas Seeks Qumran’s Help – 51. Coming Together of Haman, Maai, & Judas – 52. Maai’s Sin is Discovered – 53. Roxanne’s Life in Pagan Caesarea – 54. Sneak Attack – 55. Jerusalem’s Yom Kipper Service – 56. The Scapegoats – 57. Tarus, the Roman Soldier – 58. Zealot Assassin Haman’s Scapegoat.
TREE OF KNOWLEDGE, SAGA THREE
JESUS THE WARRIOR MESSIAH
TEACHINGS, HEALINGS, and ministry went against the tenets of the Jerusalem Temple hierarchy, Rome’s rule, its Palestinian Hebrew client-rulers, and too many of the religious practices of His day. The ꞌam ha-artez were in desperate need of help. The Zealot Freedom Fighters had their methods that led to breaking Roman laws, wounding and killing Roman soldiers, punishing Hebrewites doing business with Romans, and leaving behind chaos for the citizens to handle. Prophets John the Baptist and Jesus of Nazareth offered a different solution to the people’s problems. John’s ministry was short-lived, but Jesus’ ministry had the means of becoming eternal. Jesus preached a NEW LIFE in a manner entirely foreign and world-shattering in thought.
PART FIVE: THE DESERT GIVES THE DYING A SECOND CHANCE
CHAPTER 59. The Ceremony of “qesasah” – 60. Six Cities of Refuge – 61. First Surprise Encounter – 62. Second Surprise Encounter – 63. Trouble Heading to Jerusalem –
64. The Standard’s Affair, 26 CE – 65. Desert Travel Presents Problems – 66. Confusion Over Ethics – 67. This Has Been a Bad Year, Roxanna.
PART SIX: JUDAS BEGINS TO UNDERSTAND JESUS’ ACTIONS
CHAPTER 68. High Expectations for Our Warrior Messiah – 69. Disciple Andrew Speaks of Jesus – 70. Is It He? – 71. I Am Chosen – 72. Maai’s Last Beating – 73. Judas Lacks Sermon Understanding – 74. Miracle at Nain – 75. Pontius Pilate’s Disrespect, 28 CE – 76. Three Women Join Apostles While Jesus is Called Crazy – 77. “The Kingdom of Heaven is Like . . .” – 78. Judas Must Answer, “Is Jesus Their Warrior Messiah?”
PART SEVEN: JUDAS SEEKS TO UNDERSTAND JESUS’ WORDS
CHAPTER 79. I Will Never Doubt Again! – 80. Demon-Possession, a Kin of Insanity – 81. Two by Two – 82. The Beloved Prophet – 83. Compliancy Kills – 84 Feeding the People – 85. “Be Our King!” – 86. A Cloud on the Horizon – 87. “I Am the Bread of Life”
TREE OF KNOWLEDGE, SAGA FOUR
JESUS TRIUMPHS AS WARRIOR MESSIAH
FOR YOUR AUTHOR, this saga has several troublesome endings as too many questions arise. In these last months of Jesus’ life, we follow the debates with His enemies, the hundreds of healings, the powerful messages of His sermons, and the insights from His parables. Then we come to the last days, hours filled with disappointment and aloneness. When Jesus needed people on his side at the trial, where were the people who benefited from His preaching? In His three-year ministry, Jesus healed thousands. Where were they when His cross needed carrying? When John the Baptist was walking across Palestine to be imprisoned, hundreds walked with him, talking with him, praying for him. Who walked and prayed for Jesus as He traveled to His crucifixion?
But we must remember that this volume is not a book about endings or closure. It is about new hope and new beginnings, for we have our Lord’s teachings on what we can do to become better people, more in keeping with what the Creator had in mind in the creation of our souls.
So far, we have shown slight improvement. Surely, Heaven looks down upon us with sadness, knowing our God created a beautiful people capable of compassion, clear thinking, and peaceful intent.
PART EIGHT: DEATH, CONFUSION, ZEAL, SURPRISES, A SEAT IN HEAVEN
CHAPTER 88. A Death Breaks My Heart – 89. Apostle Confusion Over Jesus’s Words – 90. Judge with Right Judgment – 91. Righteous Man & An Adulterous Woman – 92. Having Zeal—A Curse or Blessing? – 93. Maai’s Surprise & Haman’s Shocking Disclosure – 94. Samaritan’s Anger & The Third Temple – 95. The Seven Sons of Hannah – 96. Stoning Jesus—Again! – 97. Twice Over, Death Makes a Stink – 98. Who Is to Sit Where?
PART NINE: FINAL SOLUTIONS
CHAPTER 99. Rededication of the Temple – 100. Decision in the Temple – 101. Judas’ Life Confession – 102. An Unknown Truth from the Ages – 103. Two Dead Men Walking – 104. Hosanna! – 105. Maai, The Soothsayer – 106. Jesus Talks Too Much – 107. Jesus is the Warrior Messiah! – 108. Simon the Leper Tells His Story – 109. The Ritual of Remembrance – 110. Arrest of the Warrior Messiah – 111. First Casualty from Jesus’s Ministry.
Palestinian daily life comes to life through the activities, educational pursuits, career choices, and conversations ongoing in Judas of Kerioth’s (Iscariot) family. Husband Simon is best friends with terrorist Judas and his right-hand leader in the Zealot Freedman Fighter movement. His wife, Damaris, cares for their three sons and three daughters while making her woman’s point of view known. Their eldest son Haman, after committing a horrific crime (one based upon the need of a community, travels the hard road of becoming an assassin. Eldest daughter, Maai, experiences a life-altering event that leads her to Qumran where the monks train her to become a healer. The middle son, Judas, has a gift of knowing numbers, and the Zealot Sect wants him trained as an accountant. Each sibling came to their career, not by choice, but by experiences that will keep you on the edge of your seat as the search for the Warrior Messiah continues.
PART TWO: THE CHILDREN OF KERIOTH—EVENTS DURING CHILDHOOD
CHAPTER 27. Childhood Beginnings: A Trade – 28. Childhood Beginnings: Judas’ Unexpected Skill – 29. Childhood Beginnings: Words & Numbers – 30. Weddings Bring on Thoughts of Children – 31. Childhood Beginnings: A Wedding at Hebron – 32. Childhood Beginnings: Judas Steps into a Harsh World – 33. Sorrow for the Tiny Village – 34. Eye for Eye, Tooth for Tooth -35. The Zealots Sect’s Fight for Freedom – 36. Childhood Beginnings: The Moses Camp – 37. Childhood Beginnings: Cave-Dwelling Prophet
PART THREE: THE SIBLINGS HAMAN, MAAI, AND JUDAS
CHAPTER 38. Separation of Paths, Haman, Part 1: “I Wish I Felt More” – 39. Separation of Paths. Haman, Part 2: “An Honor to Die for the Cause” – 40 Separation of Paths, Haman, Part 3: Nothing but Water and Sand – 41. Separation of Paths – Haman, Part 4: Sicarii with Sicæ and Camel – 42. Separation of Paths, Maai, Part 1: “I want to heal, hate war, and will commit to our Cause” – 43. Separation of Paths, Maai, Part 2: “But You Are a Female!” – 44. Separation of Paths, Maai, Part 3: “Broken Every Boundary” – 45. Separation of Paths, Judas, Part 1: Living in a World of Religious Fences – 46. Separation of Paths, Judas, Part 2: Leaving Troubles Behind in Damascus – 47 Separation of Paths, Judas, Part 3: Meeting the Essen Monks & Ǣacos
PART FOUR: SUSPICIONS, LIES, AND BROKEN HEARTS
CHAPTER 48. The Matron Fulvia Scandal – 49 A Disgusting Incident in the Temple Complex -50. Fighting Rage, Judas Seeks Qumran’s Help – 51. Coming Together of Haman, Maai, & Judas – 52. Maai’s Sin is Discovered – 53. Roxanne’s Life in Pagan Caesarea – 54. Sneak Attack – 55. Jerusalem’s Yom Kipper Service – 56. The Scapegoats – 57. Tarus, the Roman Soldier – 58. Zealot Assassin Haman’s Scapegoat
TREE OF KNOWLEDGE, SAGA TWO: SEEKING THE DAVIDIC WARRIOR MESSIAH
Palestinian daily life comes to life through the activities, educational pursuits, career choices, and conversations ongoing in Judas of Kerioth’s (Iscariot) family. Husband Simon is best friends with terrorist Judas and his right-hand leader in the Zealot Freedman Fighter movement. His wife, Damaris, cares for their three sons and three daughters while making her woman’s point of view known. Their eldest son Haman, after committing a horrific crime (one based upon the need of a community, travels the hard road of becoming an assassin. Eldest daughter, Maai, experiences a life-altering event that leads her to Qumran where the monks train her to become a healer. The middle son, Judas, has a gift of knowing numbers, and the Zealot Sect wants him trained as an accountant. Each sibling came to their career, not by choice, but by experiences that will keep you on the edge of your seat as the search for the Warrior Messiah continues.
PART TWO: THE CHILDREN OF KERIOTH—EVENTS DURING CHILDHOOD
CHAPTER 27. Childhood Beginnings: A Trade – 28. Childhood Beginnings: Judas’ Unexpected Skill – 29. Childhood Beginnings: Words & Numbers – 30. Weddings Bring on Thoughts of Children – 31. Childhood Beginnings: A Wedding at Hebron – 32. Childhood Beginnings: Judas Steps into a Harsh World – 33. Sorrow for the Tiny Village – 34. Eye for Eye, Tooth for Tooth -35. The Zealots Sect’s Fight for Freedom – 36. Childhood Beginnings: The Moses Camp – 37. Childhood Beginnings: Cave-Dwelling Prophet
PART THREE: THE SIBLINGS HAMAN, MAAI, AND JUDAS
CHAPTER 38. Separation of Paths, Haman, Part 1: “I Wish I Felt More” – 39. Separation of Paths. Haman, Part 2: “An Honor to Die for the Cause” – 40 Separation of Paths, Haman, Part 3: Nothing but Water and Sand – 41. Separation of Paths – Haman, Part 4: Sicarii with Sicæ and Camel – 42. Separation of Paths, Maai, Part 1: “I want to heal, hate war, and will commit to our Cause” – 43. Separation of Paths, Maai, Part 2: “But You Are a Female!” – 44. Separation of Paths, Maai, Part 3: “Broken Every Boundary” – 45. Separation of Paths, Judas, Part 1: Living in a World of Religious Fences – 46. Separation of Paths, Judas, Part 2: Leaving Troubles Behind in Damascus – 47 Separation of Paths, Judas, Part 3: Meeting the Essen Monks & Ǣacos
PART FOUR: SUSPICIONS, LIES, AND BROKEN HEARTS
CHAPTER 48. The Matron Fulvia Scandal – 49 A Disgusting Incident in the Temple Complex -50. Fighting Rage, Judas Seeks Qumran’s Help – 51. Coming Together of Haman, Maai, & Judas – 52. Maai’s Sin is Discovered – 53. Roxanne’s Life in Pagan Caesarea – 54. Sneak Attack – 55. Jerusalem’s Yom Kipper Service – 56. The Scapegoats – 57. Tarus, the Roman Soldier – 58. Zealot Assassin Haman’s Scapegoat
TREE OF KNOWLEDGE, SAGA THREE: JESUS THE WARRIOR MESSIAH
TEACHINGS, HEALINGS, and ministry went against the tenets of the Jerusalem Temple hierarchy, Rome’s rule, its Palestinian Hebrew client-rulers, and too many of the religious practices of His day. The ꞌam ha-artez were in desperate need of help. The Zealot Freedom Fighters had their methods that led to breaking Roman laws, wounding and killing Roman soldiers, punishing Hebrewites doing business with Romans, and leaving behind chaos for the citizens to handle. Prophets John the Baptist and Jesus of Nazareth offered a different solution to the people’s problems. John’s ministry was short-lived, but Jesus’ ministry had the means of becoming eternal. Jesus preached a NEW LIFE in a manner entirely foreign and world-shattering in thought.
PART FIVE: THE DESERT GIVES THE DYING A SECOND CHANCE
CHAPTER 59. The Ceremony of “qesasah” – 60. Six Cities of Refuge – 61. First Surprise Encounter – 62. Second Surprise Encounter – 63. Trouble Heading to Jerusalem – 64. The Standard’s Affair, 26 CE – 65. Desert Travel Presents Problems – 66. Confusion Over Ethics – 67. This Has Been a Bad Year, Roxanna
PART SIX: JUDAS BEGINS TO UNDERSTAND JESUS’ ACTIONS
CHAPTER 68. High Expectations for Our Warrior Messiah – 69. Disciple Andrew Speaks of Jesus – 70. Is It He? – 71. I Am Chosen – 72. Maai’s Last Beating – 73. Judas Lacks Sermon Understanding – 74. Miracle at Nain – 75. Pontius Pilate’s Disrespect, 28 CE – 76. Three Women Join Apostles While Jesus is Called Crazy – 77. “The Kingdom of Heaven is Like . . .” – 78. Judas Must Answer, “Is Jesus Their Warrior Messiah?”
PART SEVEN: JUDAS SEEKS TO UNDERSTAND JESUS’ WORDS
CHAPTER 79 I Will Never Doubt Again! – 80 Demon-Possession, a Kin of Insanity – 81 Two by Two – 82 The Beloved Prophet – 83 Compliancy Kills – 84 Feeding the People – 85 “Be Our King!” – 86 A Cloud on the Horizon – 87 “I Am the Bread of Life”
TREE OF KNOWLEDGE, SAGA FOUR: JESUS TRIUMPHS AS WARRIOR MESSIAH
FOR YOUR AUTHOR, this saga has several troublesome endings as too many questions arise. In these last months of Jesus’ life, we follow the debates with His enemies, the hundreds of healings, the powerful messages of His sermons, and the insights from His parables. Then we come to the last days, hours filled with disappointment and aloneness. When Jesus needed people on his side at the trial, where were the people who benefited from His preaching? In His three-year ministry, Jesus healed thousands. Where were they when His cross needed carrying? When John the Baptist was walking across Palestine to be imprisoned, hundreds walked with him, talking with him, praying for him. Who walked and prayed for Jesus as He traveled to His crucifixion?
But we must remember that this volume is not a book about endings or closure. It is about new hope and new beginnings, for we have our Lord’s teachings on what we can do to become better people, more in keeping with what the Creator had in mind in the creation of our souls. So far, we have shown slight improvement. Surely, Heaven looks down upon us with sadness, knowing our God created a beautiful people capable of compassion, clear thinking, and peaceful intent.
PART EIGHT: DEATH, CONFUSION, ZEAL, SURPRISES, A SEAT IN HEAVEN
CHAPTER 88. A Death Breaks My Heart – 89. Apostle Confusion Over Jesus’s Words – 90. Judge with Right Judgment – 91. Righteous Man & An Adulterous Woman – 92, Having Zeal—A Curse or Blessing? – 93. Maai’s Surprise & Haman’s Shocking Disclosure – 94. Samaritan’s Anger & The Third Temple – 95. The Seven Sons of Hannah – 96. Stoning Jesus—Again! – 97. Twice Over, Death Makes a Stink – 98. Who Is to Sit Where?
PART NINE: FINAL SOLUTIONS
CHAPTER 99. Rededication of the Temple – 100. Decision in the Temple – 101. Judas’ Life Confession – 102. An Unknown Truth from the Ages – 103. Two Dead Men Walking – 104. Hosanna! – 105. Maai, The Soothsayer – 106. Jesus Talks Too Much – 107. Jesus is the Warrior Messiah! – 108. Simon the Leper Tells His Story – 109. The Ritual of Remembrance – 110 Arrest of the Warrior Messiah – 111 First Casualty from Jesus’s Ministry