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to attend to their tasks. †. In the Gospel of Thomas (published in 1959) we read:. Again we read in the Gospel of Thomas:. The disciples said to Jesus: We know that you are going to leave us. Who shall (then) be chief over us? Jesus said to them: Wherever you have come, you shall go to. James, the righteous one. †t (But) the days shall come when you shall seek me and you shall not find me. (Logian 38)*. It is clear from the above quoted passages that Jesus Christ escaped death on the cross. He lived with his disciples for nearly a year and a half, he 'filled' Peter and James with 'fullness' because they had to look after his sheep in his absence. At last he left his disciples for good, nominating James as their Head. . There is also another find, a parchment spread over 30 pages. . This was found on the border between Egypt and Sudan. In this we read that Jesus Christ remained alive after the crucifixion and could be seen in the flesh assuring his followers that he was alive and among them. (Kurt Berna, Christ did not Perish on the cross). (vii) In 1947 were found the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Valley of. Qumran, in the caves of the neighbourhood. Many Hebrew writings up to the first Century A. D. came to light. At that time Jews were divided into three sects, the Pharisees, the. Sadducees and the Essenes. The Qumran find belongs to the. Essenes. It was among the Essenes that John the Baptist and Jesus grew up. The Qumran Scrolls speak repeatedly of a. Teacher of Righteousness, the same one who is mentioned in the Book of Damascus. Hebrew Hymns attributed to this. Teacher have also been found with the theme:. The Jews wanted to kill me and condemn me to a place, worst among the worst. But God had other designs, I was to be saved from this fate and raised up to Him. (viii) In 1873 an ancient document (Essenian Epistle) was found in a monastery at Alexandria. This find, composed in Latin, passed into the hands of the Freemason Society. Freemasons had a strict tradition which puts a seal of secrecy on all ancient documents. They refuse to reveal anything about these documents. Their followers and affiliates also take a † Ibid. p. 120-121. ††Bertil Gartner: The Theology of the Gospel of Thomas; p. 56-57. * Ibid. p. 115. 136