History of Paul and Peter's Jesus

Enter Saul of Tarsus

Since the city Saul heralded from was a main hub of the Mithraic mystery religion, there is no way that Saul, who became Paul would not have been very familiar with it. In fact he may have even been a priest of Mithra. What follows is what I think actually happened, in spite of the interpolations and extrapolations in the New Testament by the later organized church to cover up the truth.

First of all, Paul could not be a Pharisee, as he claimed, if he were a Roman citizen. The Pharisees hated Rome. There would be about as much chance of a Jewish Pharisee being a Roman citizen as the Pope joining Osama Bin Ladin’s merry men.

Saul was not with the Jews in stoning Stephen but stood by and watched (Acts 7:58 – 8:3). Those witnesses laying their clothes at Saul’s feet shows that rather than being one of the Jews, he was a hired bounty hunter. Going about “entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison” also indicates that Saul is a bounty hunter. And, evidently, he really was Roman because a Pharisee would not have the authority to go into Gentile territory in search of “heretics” of Judaism, which he does when he goes to Damascus, way outside of Judea.

However, in Saul’s pursuit of the followers of the Jesus movement, something happens on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:1-2). He most probably decided to become one of them and in that way capture all of them at once, as they had become so scattered (Acts 8:4). Instead, he learns some of the beliefs of “the way” from one of the disciples in Damascus. Acts 9 says that Saul went to Jerusalem and joined with the “pillars” Peter, James and John, however, contrariwise Paul says he did not go to Jerusalem but went into Arabia and was there for 3 years and then returned to Damascus before going to Jerusalem (Gal. 1:16-20). What was in Arabia for Paul to go there? Zoroasterism and Mithraism were there, a good place for Paul to gather his thoughts and his doctrines. Maybe that’s why there is mention of the “wise men” from the East (the Magi, Priests of Zoroaster) in the gospel of Matthew (Matt. 2:1-2).

Then after preaching and establishing gentile congregations and leaving bishops in charge of them Paul returns to Jerusalem after 14 years (Gal. 2:1). Upon Paul’s arrival in Jerusalem there is contention between Paul and Peter. Paul has been preaching that it was not necessary for the gentile churches to keep the Old Testament law but the Jewish converts in Jerusalem were still doing so. It was agreed that Paul did not have to do that and letters were sent out to the congregations (Gal. 2:9) (Acts 15:1-24). This, however, was only the beginning of the contention between Paul and the “Pillars”; Peter, James and John.

Enter Church Wars

Paul complains that the Judaizers that he contended with about the law, Peter, James and John, were sending spies to check on what gospel Paul was preaching and accuses them of teaching a different gospel from what he and his bishops were teaching and also another Jesus (II Cor. 11:4) (Gal. 1:6-7) (Gal. 2:4) “that they might bring us into bondage” (of the law).

This causes Paul to make another trip to Jerusalem and the same contention over the law is still there (Acts 21:17-21). However, Peter, James and John get Paul to pretend that he also keeps the law (Acts 21: 22-25). Thus, Paul is cruelly set up by his “brothers” to be captured by the Jews (Acts 21: 26-30) while Paul’s “brothers” close the door behind him (v.30). By these means, the “Pillars” (Peter, James and John) are finally rid of the “apostle Paul” and desert him to his fate.

However, Paul pulls his trump card out of his sleeve, so to speak, and reveals that he is a Roman citizen (Acts 22:25) and escapes the fate intended for him by Peter, James and John. The rest of the Acts has Paul going on to Rome and this is probably where he retired from the preaching scene and likely lived out his days satisfied that he had succeeded in destroying the Jesus movement and setting up his own religion based on Mithra, leaving his bishops in charge.

After all, Paul himself said that he did not learn his doctrines from the original disciples in Jerusalem (Gal. 2:6) no, he received his doctrine by revelation (Gal. 1:11-12) and this “revelation” came “in a mystery” and this “mystery” was the Persian Mystery Religion of Mithra which contained the “wisdom of God, hidden in a mystery” (I Cor. 2:7).

Instead of writing letters to the congregations to straighten things out about the contentions between the followers of Peter and those of Paul, as promised in the Acts, Peter, James and John wrote letters contrary to Paul.

The letter to the seven churches calling Paul’s bishops “Nicolaitans” (Rev. 2:6, 15) and accusing Paul and his bishops of not being Jews or apostles (Rev. 2:2, 9). John further accuses Paul of teaching, “to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.”

Actually, Paul did teach that it was okay to eat things sacrificed to idols if it is done correctly (I Cor. 8:4-13). The result of this letter to the churches in Asia was that they all turned away from Paul, “This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me . . . “ (II Tim. 1:15).

Peter, James and John’s Jesus is a flesh and blood man while Paul’s Jesus is “the lord from heaven”, “God manifest in the flesh”. Therefore, to them, Paul is the deceiver and the antichrist (II John 1:7) because it is Paul that said these things. That would also make Paul the false prophet etc. But when all is said and done, Christendom ends up a perfect portrait of what can be found in any good encyclopedia by looking up the word “Mithra” which is Paul's “mystery” of I Cor. 2:7. from which his revelation sprang.

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