Ancient Mysteries of the Essenes

It is absolutely wonderful to have Ken Johnson's 3 research books involving The Essene Community in one volume. Perhaps not all 3 will come together for some readers in one sitting but this book should become a staple for a variety of casual & serious Bible researchers. Book 1 teaches you about the original Solar Calendar that God gave directly to Adam but was abandoned by some for a Lunar (Moon) system generally used by Pagans. Ken shows you how using the Solar Calendar predicted The State of Israel May 14 1948 & The Temple Mount June 7 1967. Follow Ken also through The 4 Ages predictions spanning 7000 years leading to The Messiah's Return. My personal hope is that because the death of The Messiah was calculated to be April 6 AD 32 there is now 10 years remaining to conclude His 2000 year Period of Age and so introduce His Messianic Kingdom Age for 1000 years. Book 2 teaches you the ancient writings from quite a number of Pre-Old Testament scribes which have been diligently tracked down, translated & presented beautifully by Ken - perfect for all you data lovers out there. Book 3 teaches you new insights into The New Testament through explaining The Book of Hebrews from the context of the original author & culture. Ken explains the Melchizedekian context of The Book of Hebrews in a way anyone can understand and benefit from. Overall, this book is definitely worth having in your collection for its painstaking research, its incredibly detailed information and impeccable presentation.

I just started to read this book, I am enjoying all the information that is there, I am satisfied buying this book.

I had a great time reading this well-documented and well-argued book. The recent expert translation and understanding of the Dead Sea Scrolls is revolutionizing the history of origins and these mysteries.

For years the Dead Sea Scrolls have been available and yet no one has done even a tiny fraction of fitting together the writings in them with the actual Bible passages they were taken from. Finding their commentaries on the Bible as understood by the Essene population of writers is awe inspiring. It coincides believe it or not with Bible codes (it would take a lot to explain how these are found within Scripture and does not fall within the purpose for writing here -they are not included within the writings of Ken Johnson). Dr Johnson's writings shows us what life was like for these ancient Jewish belivers in Messiah who were eagerly awaiting His arrival as the suffering servant son of Joseph. They knew exactly when He came and died and used Daniel to figure out the date! They seem to understand the time frame for when Messiah will return as the soon coming King of Kings to start His millennial reign on earth!I had read years ago that the Essenes ate locust beans and not really the locust insects. But there is not an ancient Essene around to ask if this is true, and yet recipes for preparing the locust insects into tasty dishes is actually found among the scrolls.Now we find the Jewish pharisees of the second Temple era used an entirely different calendar based upon oral tradition that was not written down. It looks like Jesus was actually crucified on the real Passover in 32 AD according to the calendar given to Adam and used by Abraham and Moses. This would also explain why one of the Gospels seems to differ with other Gospels on Passover that year. John was a follower of John the Baptist before he followed Christ. Things John the baptists says leads anyone to believe he had strong Essene teachings. And where he was baptizing is very near the Qumran area. His parents were quite aged when he was born by a miracle birth and the Essenes traditionally raised children not their own- taking in the son of a Temple priest to train by other former Temple priests would not have been a big deal. Once the calendar was figured out as recorded by the Essenes in our modern day- prophesy opens up and the times of last days prophesy are actually more advanced that we think!!! I'd recommend this book and any of Dr Ken Johnson's books to prophesy buffs. I own them all! I have read and love them all! When Daniel was told to seal up the Book until the last days I often think about what the Esssenes have revealed for us right now. Prophesy is coming alive and happening right now! It's a must have for any serious student of Biblical prophesy coming to pass today,!!!

I'm giving it 3 stars because all is good with this work up until the author declares the beginning of the year as on a Wednesday. I'm trying to keep an open mind but unless I can find a transliterated very reliable translation of the DSS to read this for myself, I cannot get onboard with the Wednesday (4thday). That leaves 3 days unaccounted for and that makes it messy by the standard of God and His balances and preciseness.Sadly, there seems to be no way to contact this author and discuss the matter. Hmmm......The detour from the true calendar takes its turn early in this work, but the information prior to that happening, the info is good, very good and in fact had there been no detour I would give it 5 stars.Here is what we agree on:364 day precise calendar year.4 intercalary Sabbaths (Saturdays) inbetween every set of 3 months (30 days each).There is nothing solar about this calendar. While the theory is that before the Great Flood, the sun's times were aligned with the four intercalary Sabbaths, there is no proof of that.The Sabbath or 7th day does not ever happen on any other day than the one God Himself put His Holy mark on and to say otherwise.....well it's just plain wrong.I applaud this man's work, he is on the right track but got derailed some (IMHO). It would be great to discuss it, it would be great to see the actual DSS material that states this. God began time and counted out 6 days of work and the 7th He SANCTIFIED and ALL the languages of the earth are PROOF of which day is the correct Sabbath and it is the one that Judaism keeps. No one, not even the adversary can ever touch that day because to change it truly, then the devil would have to be greater than God and HE-IS-NOT.The one main thread through any and all books on the calendar HINGE on man's interpretations without giving complete consideration to the ONE and ONLY POWER. That's truly sad.