This blog is actually part II of my previous blog titled "1490: Christian Kabbalah and the Illuminati".
The all-embracing theology which predates Judaism, Christianity, and Islam is the priesthood and spiritual laws of Melchizedek, King of Salem.
This is what the apostle Paul has to say about Melchizedek and his priesthood:
Hebrews 7:1 This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him, 2 and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. First, his name means "king of righteousness"; then also, "king of Salem" means "king of peace." 3 Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God he remains a priest forever. 4 Just think how great he was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder! 5 Now the law requires the descendants of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people--that is, their brothers--even though their brothers are descended from Abraham. 6 This man, however, did not trace his descent from Levi, yet he collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises. 7 And without doubt the lesser person is blessed by the greater. 8 In the one case, the tenth is collected by men who die; but in the other case, by him who is declared to be living. 9 One might even say that Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham, 10 because when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the body of his ancestor.
Paul is saying that Melchizedek is greater than Abraham and predates him, and that his priesthood is also greater than the Levitical priesthood and predates it as well.
Could perfection of the soul and of our faith be achieved by observing the spiritual laws of Melchizedek? Remember that the perfection of the Soul is the ultimate goal of the Kabbalists and the Alumbrados, and apostle Paul is implying that this is possible through the Melchizedek priesthood:
Hebrews 7:11 If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on the basis of it the law was given to the people), why was there still need for another priest to come--one in the order of Melchizedek, not in the order of Aaron? 12 For when there is a change of the priesthood, there must also be a change of the law... 17 For it is declared: "You (Christ) are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek... 12:2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith.
Paul is saying that Christ's priesthood is actually a revival of the Melchizedek priesthood which was temporarily suspended when the Levitical priesthood was introduced. The Levitical priesthood in turn was given to the people of Israel at the time of Moses simply because they were not yet ready to recieve the Melchizedek priesthood. The Law of Moses was meant to tutor or prepare the people of Israel for the greater and perfect Law of Christ, which is one and the same as Melchizedek's:
Galatians 3:19 What then is the law [of Moses]? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise hath been made; 24 So that the law is become our tutor [to bring us] unto Christ
Now let me make myself clear lest I be misunderstood, the salvation of the soul is a gift from God and is received through faith, but, the perfection of the soul and of one's faith is achieved only through observance of Christ's Law. The oneness of Christ's covenant and that of Melchizedek's can be seen through their use of the same sacred emblems, namely, the bread and the wine:
Genesis 14:18 Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High, 19 and he blessed Abram, saying, "Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth. 20 And blessed be God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hand."
Matthew 26:26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it; and he gave to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. 27 And he took a cup, and gave thanks, and gave to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; 28 for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many unto remission of sins. 29 But I say unto you, I shall not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.
Some people even go so far as to say that the cup which Melchizedek used to offer wine to Abraham was the same cup used by Christ during the Last Supper, namely, the Holy Grail. One statue in the Chartres Cathedral is that of King Melchizedek holding the Holy Grail with a piece of bread inside which some believe to be the Lapis ex Caelis of the Grail, or in other words, the Philosopher's stone! (In his book The Mysteries of Chartres Cathedral the French architect Louis Charpentier claims that Chartres was built by the Knights Templar as a repository for ancient wisdom).
In the 13th century Arthurian novel Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach, the knights of the Grail are described as wearing white surcoats with red crosses, which is a uniform unique to the Knights Templar. And the following is what the hermit Trevrizent said to Parzival in this novel:
Do you wish to possess the Grail? I must pity your inexperience. Indeed, none can pretend to it unless he is predestined by heaven, who knows him well. If I must speak thus about the Grail, it is because I have seen it. I know it well. It is defended, in Munsalvaesche, by numerous knights: they are the Knights Templar who are a formidable troop. A stone feeds them, the nature of which is incorruptible and which is named: Lapis ex Caelis, stone from heaven. That stone is also called the Grail. Stone from heaven, pure and perfect stone since it fell from heaven; it was the Lapis ex Caelis of the Grail! ... There never was a human so ill that if he one day sees the stone, he cannot die within the week that follows ... and though he should see the stone for two hundred years [his appearance] will never change, save that perhaps his hair might turn grey.
In the Book of Revelation, we read of Christ rewarding his faithful disciples with "the hidden manna", or the "bread from heaven", which he curiously associated with a "white stone" (which I believe to be fossilized manna that hardened over time):
Revelation 2:17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, which no one knoweth but he that receiveth it.
John 6:51 I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world. 52 The Jews therefore strove one with another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? 53 Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have not life in yourselves.
in the work of Robert de Boron titled Joseph d’Arimathie, composed between 1191 and 1202, Robert tells the story of Joseph of Arimathea acquiring the chalice of the Last Supper to collect Christ’s blood and water which flowed after Christ was pierced by a spear in his side. Joseph is thrown in prison, where Christ visits him and explains the mysteries of the blessed cup.
John 19:34 howbeit one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and straightway there came out blood and water.
Both works, Parzival and Joseph d'Arimathie were written in the early 13th century, which corresponds to the time when the Knights Templar's power and popularity were at its peak. It is my belief that the authors of the Arthurian and Grail legends were closely associated with the Knights Templar; however, this is a subject which I would like to discuss in detail in my future blogs.
Could it be that Christ's coagulated blood transformed into bread (the Philosopher's stone) while his water fluids and uncoagulated blood transformed into wine after touching the Holy Grail? Did the Knights Templar narrate this miraculous "alchemical" story to the families of the Jewish Exilarchs who befriended them shortly after their expulsion from France in 1306? Was this the reason why the Kabbalah practicing families of the Exilarchs became convinced that Christ was indeed their promised Messiah? The close connection between Kabbalah and Alchemy has been written about by several authors who are experts in this subject.
If indeed the Holy Grail possesses the alchemical power to transform blood and water into bread and wine, then we can conclude that the bread and wine which King Mekchizedek offered Abraham to eat and drink, must have originally come from Melchizedek's immortal body. As a result, Abraham came to receive Melchizedek's sacred DNA in his body after consuming the sacred emblems. This sacred DNA was then passed on by Abraham from one generation of his descendants to another until it finally produced Christ, the promised Messiah. Technically speaking, all of Abraham's descendants who received this sacred DNA were all descendants of King Melchizedek as well, and this became the basis of Christ's birthright to inherit the priesthood of Melchizedek: "You (Christ) are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek".
I believe that Joseph of Arimathea partook of the bread and wine produced by the Holy Grail, and as a result, Joseph received the sacred DNA of Christ in his body. So technically speaking, all of Joseph's descendants who received the sacred DNA of Christ from Joseph, were also descendants or children of Christ. This is the literal interpretation of the following scripture which Apostle Paul applied to Christ:
Hebrews 2:13 ... "Behold, I and the children whom God hath given me". 14 Since then the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner partook of the same; that through death he might bring to nought him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
According to the following chart, Joseph of Arimathea became the ancestor of Faramund, who was the grandfather of Merovee, the legendary founder of the Merovingian dynasty. it is on this basis, and this basis alone, that the Merovingians have the right to claim that they are true descendants of Christ.
As a rule, the sacred DNA (of either Christ or Melchizedek) can be passed on by the one currently possessing it to only one of his/her offspring. The only exception to this rule was King David, who passed on Melchizedek's DNA to two of his offsprings, namely, King Solomon and Nathan. Eventually, King Solomon produced Christ's lineage through his foster father Joseph, while Nathan produced Christ's lineage through his mother Mary (the only female who inherited the Melchizedek DNA).
Now Christ's lineage through King Solomon has been cursed because of King Coniah, one of Solomon's descendants, and an ancestor of Christ through his foster father Joseph.
Jeremiah 22:24 As I live, saith Jehovah, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence; 30 Thus saith Jehovah, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days; for no more shall a man of his seed prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling in Judah.
Since Joseph, the foster father of Christ, was not Christ' natural father, Joseph could not have passed on his cursed Melchizedek DNA to Christ. But, could Joseph have produced natural offsprings of his own, one of whom inherited the cursed Melchizedek DNA? This offspring I believe was Joseph of Arimathea (who could have been Joseph's son through an earlier wife before Mary).
Melchizedek's uncursed sacred bloodline through Nathan ended with Christ who produced no natural offspring of his own. If Joseph of Arimathea was indeed the inheritor of Melcihizedek's cursed DNA through Joseph, the foster father of Christ, then this explains two important facts about Joseph of Arimathea:
- Since Joseph of Arimathea was Christ' brother-in-law, he had the right to claim Christ's dead body and bury it, which he actually did.
- Since Joseph of Arimathea was the only surviving inheritor of Melchizedek's DNA after the death of Christ, he earned the right to possess the Holy Grail of King Melchizedek, which Arthurian legend tells us that he did!
The first connection of Joseph of Arimathea with Britain is found in the 9th century Life of Mary Magdalene by Rabanus Maurus (AD 766-856), Archbishop of Mainz. Rabanus states that Joseph of Arimathea was sent to Britain, and he goes on to detail who travelled with him as far as France, claiming that he was accompanied by "the two Bethany sisters, Mary and Martha, Lazarus (who was raised from the dead), St. Eutropius, St. Salome, St. Cleon, St. Saturnius, St. Mary Magdalene, Marcella (the maid of the Bethany sisters), St. Maxium or Maximin, St. Martial, and St. Trophimus or Restitutus."
Now Mary Magdalene is one other person (other than Joseph of Arimathea) who is so closely associated with both the Holy Grail and the Merovingians, that some people claim that the Merovingians were descendants of Christ and Mary Magdalene. Technically, this could be true if Joseph of Arimathea married Mary Magdalene, and passed on Christ's sacred DNA (which he received after partaking the bread and wine of the Holy Grail) to one of their offsprings.
Some authors believe that Mary Magdalene may have been an Ethiopian, who was of the lineage of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, and that she was in fact the Black Madonna. The Black Madonnas are generally found in Catholic areas. The statues are mostly wooden but occasionally stone, often painted and up to 75 cm tall, generally dating from between the 11th and 15th centuries. They fall into two main groups: free-standing upright figures and seated figures on a throne. The pictures are usually icons which are Byzantine in style, often made in 13th or 14th century Italy. Their faces tend to have recognizably European features. There are about 450-500 Black Madonnas in Europe, depending on how they are classified. There are at least 180 Vierges Noires in France, and there are hundreds of non-medieval copies as well.
In my next blog, I will discuss more about King Melchizedek and his special role with Kabbalah and the Christian Church.