Matthew 27:62-66 Jesus Visits the Spirit World

⁶²Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, ⁶³Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. ⁶⁴Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first. ⁶⁵Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can. ⁶⁶So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch. -Matthew 27:62-66 Bible, King James Version

The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ by Levi H. Dowling

CHAPTER 171.

³⁰The rabbis came and took away the body of the Lord and when they had prepared it with the spices they had bought, ³¹They laid it in the new-made tomb that had been made for Joseph in a solid rock.³²And then they rolled a stone up to the sepulcher. ³³The priests were fearful lest the friends of Jesus would go forth at night and take away the body of the Nazarene, and then report that he had risen from the dead, as he had said; ³⁴And they requested that the governor would send his soldiers to the tomb to guard the body of the dead. ³⁵But Pilate said, I will not send a Roman guard; but you have Jewish soldiers and may send a hun­dred men with a centurion to guard the tomb. ³⁶And then they sent a hun­dred soldiers out to guard the tomb.

CHAPTER 172.

¹The tomb in which they laid the body of the Lord was in a gar­den, rich with flowers, the garden of Siloam, and Joseph’s home was near. ²Before the watch began Caia­phas sent a company of priests out to the garden of Siloam that they might be assured that Jesus’ body was within the tomb. ³They rolled away the stone; they saw the body there, and then they placed the stone again before the door. ⁴And Pilate sent his scribe who placed upon the stone the seal of Rome, in such a way that he who moved the stone would break the seal. ⁵To break this Roman seal meant death to him who broke the seal. ⁶The Jewish soldiers all were sworn to faithfulness; and then the watch began. ⁷At midnight all was well, but suddenly the tomb became a blaze of light, and down the garden walk a troupe of white clad soldiers marched in single file. ⁸They came up to the tomb and marched and countermarched before the door. ⁹The Jewish soldiers were alert; they thought the friends had come to steal the body of the Nazarene. The captain of the guard cried out to charge. ¹⁰They charged; but not a white clad soldier fell. They did not even stop; they marched and countermarched among the fright­ened men. ¹¹They stood upon the Roman seal; they did not speak; they un­sheathed not their swords; it was the Silent Brotherhood.¹²The Jewish soldiers fled in fear; they fell upon the ground. ¹³They stood apart until the white clad soldiers marched away, and then the light about the tomb grew dim. ¹⁴Then they returned; the stone was in its place; the seal was not disturbed, and they resumed their watch. ¹⁵Now, Jesus did not sleep within the tomb. The body is the manifest of soul; but soul is soul without its manifest. ¹⁶And in the realm of souls, unmanifest, the Lord went forth and taught. ¹⁷He opened up the prison doors and set the prisoners free; [1 Peter 3:18-20 & 4:6] ¹⁸He broke the chains of cap­tive souls, and led the captives to the light; ¹⁹He sat in council with the patriarchs and prophets of the olden times; ²⁰The masters of all times and climes he met, and in the great as­semblies he stood forth and told the story of his life on earth, and of his death in sacrifice for man, ²¹And of his promises to clothe himself again in garb of flesh and walk with his disciples, just to prove the possibilities of man; ²²To give to them the key of life, of death, and of the resurrec­tion of the dead. ²³In council all the masters sat and talked about the revelations of the coming age, ²⁴When she, the Holy Breath, shall fill the earth and air with holy breath, and open up the way of man to perfectness and endless life. ²⁵The garden of Siloam was silent on the Sabbath day; the Jew­ish soldiers watched and no one else approached the tomb; but on the following night the scene was changed. ²⁶At midnight every Jewish soldier heard a voice which said, Adon Mashich Cumi, which meant, Lord Christ arise. ²⁷And they supposed again that friends of Jesus were alert, were coming up to take the body of their Lord away. ²⁸The soldiers were alert with swords unsheathed and drawn, and then they heard the words again. ²⁹It seemed as though the voice was everywhere, and yet they saw no man. ³⁰The soldiers blanched with fear, and still to flee meant death for cowardice, and so they stood and watched. ³¹Again, and this was just be­fore the sun arose, the heavens blazed with light, a distant thunder seemed to herald forth a coming storm; ³²And then the earth began to quake and in the rays of light they saw a form descend from heaven, They said, Behold an angel comes. ³³And then they heard again, Adon Mashich Cumi. ³⁴And then the white-robed form tramped on the Roman seal, and then he tore it into shreds; he took the mighty stone in hand as though it were a pebble from the brook, and cast it to the side. ³⁵And Jesus opened up his eyes and said, All hail the rising sun! the coming of the day of right­eousness ³⁶And then he folded up his burial gown, his head bands and his coverings and laid them all aside. ³⁷He rose, and for a moment stood beside the white-robed form. ³⁸The weaker soldiers fell upon the ground, and hid their faces in their hands; the stronger stood and watched. ³⁹They saw the body of the Nazarene transmute; they saw it change from mortal to immortal form, and then it disappeared. ⁴⁰The soldiers heard a voice from somewhere; yea, from every­where, it said, ⁴¹Peace, peace on earth; good will to men. ⁴²They looked, the tomb was empty and the Lord had risen as he said. ⁴³The soldiers hastened to Jerusalem, and to the priests, and said, ⁴⁴Behold, the Nazarene has risen as he said; the tomb is empty and the body of the man is gone; we know not where it is. And then they told about the wonders of the night. ⁴⁵Caiaphas called a council of the Jews; he said, the news must not go forth that Jesus has arisen from the dead; ⁴⁶For if it does all men will say, He is the son of God, and all our testimonies will be proven false. ⁴⁷And then they called the hundred soldiers in and said to them, ⁴⁸You know not where the body of the Nazarene is resting now, so if you will go forth and say that his disciples came and stole the body while you slept, ⁴⁹Each one of you shall have a silver piece, and we will make it right with Pilate for the breaking of the Roman seal. ⁵⁰The soldiers did as they were paid to do.