Yahshua (Jesus): Why the Silence (12 to 30 Years of Age-Nothing)

Have you ever wondered, as I have, what Yahshua (most today call him Jesus) did during that eighteen year hiatus when we hear nothing about him?  We hear of his birth, then twelve years later at age 12 we hear of him in the Temple at Jerusalem, astounding the Rabbis with his understanding and wisdom, and then nothing until he began his ministry, a ministry that lasted but three years.  And, even though it was three years, for the number of times we actually hear what he was up to, well, you could likely pack those oh so few events into a couple of weeks.  Having deducted that, just look at the power of what was packed into such a short time.  Here we are, some 2000 years later, and even those who don’t “believe” he is the Messiah, even those not categorized as religious (one denomination or another, it matters not); even those who label themselves as agnostic or even total disbelievers, well, they know about him and they can tell you some of the things he is purported to have said or done.

I’ve often felt that we’ve been fed what some religious organization wanted us to know, so that it would support their agenda.  Why and who decided what to leave in and what to take out of what makes up today’s Bible or even, for that matter, the Tanakh or Torah?  It was men, men belonging to a religious organization with its own agenda, own doctrine and own set of rules.

So, just like it was men who left out various things from today’s somewhat similar versions of the Bible (even they differ depending on the religious denomination), why not apply the same to the very life of what we call both the Old Testament and the New Testament?

The Old Testament was or is supposed to be a precursor to the coming of the Messiah.  The New Testament is supposed to be about the time of the Messiah. But, who decided what went in and what got left out that spoke directly about the Messiah (as we awaited his coming), what to expect, how to identify him; and, after his coming (according to the New Testament), who was it that decided what got put into those books about Yahshua’s activities, his words, his thoughts?  You have to admit that even if we restricted it and believed he did nothing noteworthy (other than the Temple thing at age 12), surely three whole years of active ministry would have filled every page of the New Testament; yet it does not.  It is filled, on occasion with his disciples ramblings and workings – but not the long awaited Messiah!  One would think that the greatest event, one that mankind had awaited for generations upon generations, well it would have been so written about; the Messiah would have been so quoted, that you could fill the walls of a library with man’s books on the Messiah and all subjects he spoke of; what he did.

But, it’s not there – and why not?  Is there a hidden agenda that will fit under the wrathful warning that says, “Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, that lead my people astray?”

Why did Joseph of Arimathea[1], the wealthy Jew, pay for Yahshua’s burial?  Who was he and who was he in relation to Yahshua?  Did he know Yahshua or his family?  Why do we, out of the blue, here that this rich Jew provided the burial for Yahshua – and we are left with that; nothing more?  Had Joseph become a close friend, a confident of Yahshua?  Joseph was a rich merchant.  Rich merchants travelled.  Did Yahshua travel with him?

In Jesus the Master Builder (Strachan, Gordon), we are told that there is a very real possibility that long before the Romans brought Christianity to Britain, Joseph of Arimathea was on the shores and that the earliest church, Glastonbury, is attributed to his building.  There is even a question raised as to whether or not Yahshua had travelled with Joseph.  There is no evidence that I’ve gleaned, thus far, to say he did or he did not, so I like to say it is a plausible idea.

Certainly Yahshua would have travelled about with this trade at least from his early 20’s.  We have eighteen missing years.  We have recent discoveries (for our time) of the Dead Sea Scrolls and latest the Nag Hammadi.  Within the latter there is much reference to material and words which could very well destroy the fragile foundation upon which the Romans built what we call today the Christian churches.  One very real example is that of Mary Magdalene.  It was the church who labelled her a prostitute.  She wasn’t.  She travelled with Yahshua and the disciples, and she was indeed much beloved by Yahshua and he revealed things to her that she later had to explain and teach to the male disciples!

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[1] Jesus the Master Builder by Strachan, Gordon