Barnabus Josephus; A Testament to Our Father

I offer peace to my brother Justus and all who support the House of Aristobulus. People ask why I should be so blessed to be a son of Jeshua, and to those I can only say read my works and ponder life. I have written and published thirty manuscripts in four volumes and have helped with both scripture and legislation for decades. My mother was also a truly great human being, a persona so deep and profound that scared followers have recast her writings as those of a man.

Everyone asks about the Messianic Secret, and why dad always told people not to spread the word of his good works and his healings. Think about it; my father was cast as Messiach before he was born, the royal family of Middle Earth awaiting the mystery and intrigue like the rising sun. So yes, it is a true story, it happened many times, but it didn't really matter, nobody could resist coming out to see dad. Crowds welcomed us wherever we went in Judea, Galilee and Samaria. New territories were added to Our Kingdom by Nero, and my mother and father were loved and respected by royalty and commoner alike. There was an element of genius in the double-headed coin my parents released, Of King Aristobulus / Queen Salome, and my mom claims the whole thing was my dad's idea.

Someday human beings will have access to almost everything that has been written, and they will overstand how much my dad, the one you call Jesus Christ, was a believer in the equality and dignity of women and children. My grandmother had five husbands in her life (my own mother was married three times), and even though these were all royal men, they did not always treat her with the love and respect she so sorely needed. She clung to my father, her Golden Son, and even though she battled him over philosophical and safety issues sometimes, there was not a soul that she loved so dearly nor felt so close to. Aristobulus and Salome were the premier couple of their time, and my parents felt that the involvement of women in religious, social and political matters made for a healthy and educated populace.

My dad said that someday "all things will be revealed" and even though I am telling it here as best as I can, some of these things have to await the end of times and the opening of the books and the contemplation and the Judgment. May you all live in Peace, spread goodwill among your Sistren and Brethren, and carry Goodness and Faith to the edges of the Empire and through all the lands of the world.

A Proposal for Peace Among the Family

From Uncle Claudius to my brother Timotheus to his son Trajanus, the line of Philip Jahn remains a powerful force in civil administration and I do hear all the talk about my worthiest successors. I have no problem with Trajan, as my brother Justus is busy helping with the rebuilding of Judea, to his credit, and my sons are still learning from travel, and not anywhere near ready for this level of leadership, though I hope and pray that there will be such a Day.

The pool of talent and Middle Earth (really from Briton in the west to Persia in the east, Germany in the north and Arabia / Ethiopia in the south) familial connections will best be served by unity and harmony among our two leading families. May the beneficence of my reign be emulated and extended through the decades ahead, and may Our Family stay righteous and strong and not be corrupted by the corrosive forces loitering near the courts. As of Saturday, September 12th, I declare that Trajanus is my equal in wisdom and vision, and from this day on he will be viewed as Co-Emperor and addressed in the same manner as myself, that is, as my adoptive son Caesar Nerva Trajanus Augustus; prepare the way for the Lord, the Light and a beacon to all humanity in the sight of Jah Above.