"for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord" - Christ Jesus Died around Rome at about 40 as a Poor Carpenter

 

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Christ Jesus Died around Rome at about 40 as a Poor Carpenter

We may wonder why Christianity grew and developed with its center at Rome in its early periods.  It could be Athens, Constantinople, Syrian Antioch, Alexandria, or Jerusalem.  It must not be enough to think that the reason is that St. Paul died in Rome as he was killed by Emperor Nero.

So, it is interesting that Florizel von Reuter (1890 – 1985) wrote that Christ Jesus died at the age about 40 near Rome while living as a carpenter after resurrection from the death on the cross.  Reuter, an American violinist, wrote the book The Master from Afar as he guided by a certain spirit.  This book described details of the last three years of Christ Jesus, which are briefly described in the Gospels.

According to The Master from Afar, Jesus survived as a big rain fell while He was put on the crucifix.  Roman soldiers were so embarrassed that they pulled Him down from the cross and left Him on the ground as they thought that He already died.  Subsequently, Jesus came back to life and ran away secretly through a port on the Mediterranean as He was afraid that Roman soldiers and the Jewish authority might accuse His relatives.  Finally, He found a job in a village near Rome as an old carpenter hired Him.  And, after death of the old man, Jesus took over his shop.  Before Jesus died, He happened to meet Peter and encouraged him to continue his work to preach His teaching.  And, when Jesus died, His spirit made a supernatural appearance in front of Mary of Magdala.    

The author depicted Christ Jesus as a social reformer with spiritual ability but not as the transformed God.  Therefore, this story cannot be accepted by the Vatican and other churches, but it gives some human insight into life of Christ Jesus as a man.  And it made it natural that Christianity grew and developed around Rome.  The spirit of Christ Jesus must have helped St. Paul live and work in Rome, though under house arrest.  From this point of view, it can be easily understood that Rome became the center of the early Christianity.

And, as Rome was the capital of the Roman Empire, Christianity could swiftly spread all over its territory and especially to the areas today called West Europe.  Indeed, the city Vatican must be close to the place where Christ Jesus died unnoticed by all as a plain man.

However, people must want to know how Christ Jesus secretly lived and helped St. Paul and other early Christians in Rome in the last nine years till his death.            

The background of the author Florizel von Reuter in terms of spiritualism is as follows:

During the 1920s his mother, Grace Reuter, developed apparent psychic powers by receiving supposed spirit messages through automatic writing. Florizel became closely involved with this and acted as a medium and as recorder of the findings, which were first described in The Psychic Experiences of a Musician (in Search of Truth) (1928) — with a foreword by writer Arthur Conan Doyle — and in its sequel The Consoling Angel (1930). These in particular described conversations with famous deceased musicians. His first important claimed contacts were Paganini and Pablo de Sarasate, and also the late Professor Heinrich Barth of Berlin. Messages were delivered through a type of planchette called an "Additor", used originally by his mother, and many of them were spelled out backwards.

He contributed an essay on "Nature Spirits" to the 1928 revised edition of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Coming of the Fairies, p. 156–157, and was associated with Baron von Schrenck-Notzing in a series of experiments with the Schneider brothers. 

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florizel_von_Reuter)

According to the psychic in the 18th century Swedenborg, not all the spirits coming to this world or communicating with spirit mediums can be trusted.  There are many spirits that deceive spirit mediums and other people.

However, if the spirit of Christ Jesus appeared to a pious believer, we should trust in Him after confirming that He is from Christ Jesus without doubt.  

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Matthew 10

King James Version
24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.