Essenes & Revelation

Jesus and the Essenes (Initiatory Role)

• In this lens, Jesus was not a supernatural, divine being, but a chosen initiate of an older sect. A Messenger
  
  

• The Essenes may have recognized him as someone fit to fulfill their messianic prophecies (what Revelation encodes as “Armageddon” for their own generation).
  
  

• His years in Egypt could have been initiatory—studying Mystery School teachings in healing, sacred geometry, cosmic cycles, and esoteric law.
  
  

This aligns him more with figures like Moses (trained in Egyptian wisdom) and Muhammad (a messenger chosen from among the people)—both tasked with transmitting teachings, not inventing divinity.

Revelation in Context

• Here at NAM, we argue Revelation was written for the 1st century, during Roman persecution, not as a prophecy for today.
  
  

• The Essene expectation of a cosmic war was real in their time—Rome vs. Jerusalem.
  
  

• Later Christianity repurposed Revelation as a future apocalypse, fueling fear and obedience.

Centralization of Sacred Knowledge 

• After his death, the Roman Empire and later the Vatican institutionalized Christianity.
  
  

• The original Essene/Mystery knowledge was transformed into dogma, ritual, and political control.
  
  

• This echoes across history:
  
  

  • Egyptian priesthoods centralized sacred knowledge through the Mystery Schools, keeping esoteric teachings reserved for the initiated.
    
    

  • Greek philosophers systematized this into philosophical schools.
    
    

  • The Vatican absorbed and controlled it through councils and creeds.
    
    

Religion thus became a management system for populations, often suppressing the very knowledge it was based on.