Yeshua appears again to the disciples

1Knowing that Yehuda was reflecting upon something exalted, Yeshua said to him, Step away from the others and I shall tell you the mysteries of the kingdom. It is possible for you to reach it, but you will grieve a great deal. For someone else will replace you, in order that the twelve disciples may again come to completion with their god.

2Yehuda said to him, When will you tell me these things, and when will the great day of light dawn for the generation?

3But when he said this, Yeshua left him.

4The next morning, after this happened, Yeshua appeared to his disciples again. They said to him, Master, where did you go and what did you do when you left us?

5Yeshua said to them, I went to another great and holy generation.

6His disciples said to him, Lord, what is the great generation that is superior to us and holier than us, that is not now in these realms?

7When Yeshua heard this, he laughed and said to them, Why are you thinking in your hearts about the strong and holy generation? Truly I say to you, no one born of this aeon will see that generation, and no host of angels of the stars will rule over that generation, and no person of mortal birth can associate with it, because that generation does not come from anything that has come into being. Rather, the generation of the people among you is from the generation of humanity. Power has been provided so that there are other powers; you are kings with them.

8When his disciples heard this, each of them was troubled in spirit. They could not say a word.

9Another day Yeshua came up to them, and they said to him, Master, we have seen you in a vision, for we have had great dreams during the night that has passed.

10He said, Why have you gone into hiding?

11They said, We have seen a great house with a large altar in it, and twelve men — they are the priests, we would say — and a name; and a crowd of people is waiting at that altar until the priests finish presenting the offerings. We kept waiting.

12Yeshua said, What kind of priests are they?

13They said, Some fast for two weeks; some sacrifice their own children, others their wives, in praise and humility with each other; some sleep with men; some are involved in slaughter; some commit a multitude of sins and deeds of lawlessness. And the men who stand before the altar invoke your name, and in all the deeds of their deficiency the sacrifices are brought to completion.

14After they said this, they were quiet, for they were troubled. Yeshua said to them, Why are you troubled? Truly I say to you, all the priests who stand before that altar invoke my name. Again I say to you, my name has been written on this house of generations of stars by the human generations. They have planted trees without fruit in my name, in a shameful manner.

15Yeshua said to them, Those whom you have seen receiving offerings at the altar, that is who you are. That is the god you serve, and you are those twelve men whom you have seen. The animals you saw being brought for sacrifice are the multitude you are leading astray.

16Stop sacrificing. You have been sacrificing to your own god. The ruler of this world will stand up, and on the last day he will be put to shame.