jensen epistle 4 to pepe january 18 1990

Dear Joseph,

I received your letter of December 13, '89 on December 30th and was overjoyed to find that I had misinterpreted paragraphs 4 and 5 your of June 19th letter"[1]: "Paragraphs 4 and 5 of my June 19th letter cannot be interpreted as you have done.... 'Individuals' were mentioned in that letter and your name was in no way connected with that of Joel and Rex." I was also happy to hear that where you wrote that "Mason was fully aware of the spiritual 'mission' you had set yourself to long before he died and,....His hopes were that all would be reconciled eventually thus avoiding definite cutoffs unless absolutely required--as was the case with Rex King," did not apply to me. That is he was not threatening me with a cut-off as was the case of Rex King.

I rejoice in this enlightenment for the last thing that I wanted to hear was that Mason was a "backbiter". I could hardly believe my own eyes however when I read your letter of June 19th and came to the conclusion that Mason had put me in that category of those nefarious people and refused to confront me on it. I could not see how this very kind and noble person that I held in the highest esteem could do this. I thank you very much for setting me straight.

I have a problem however. I am bewildered! Just what is the interpretation of paragraph 5 of your June 19th letter? Its a poser to me. In paragraph 5 you mention just two people, I and Joel Marangella, and then state "His hopes were all would be reconciled eventually thus avoiding definite cut-offs unless absolutely required--as was the case of Rex King." Please note the word cut-offs is plural so I could come to no other conclusion than I did. You were talking about two people. Joel

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and me, that were being considered for cut-offs--"as was the case with Rex King." I am confused, for in your last letter of December 13th, paragraph 2, you write: "'Individuals were mentioned in that letter [June 19th paragraph 2] and your name was in no way connected with that of Joel or Rex," how could that be? You write in your last letter (12/13/89):

"How can you hope to establish a REASONABLE communication between us if my words are going to be so misunderstood or misconstrued as to attribute to them meanings contrary to my meanings?

Those that I had shared your letter of June 19th also came up with the same interpretation as I did. They can't see how it could be construed otherwise. We couldn't even guess as to any other meaning other than what seemed to be obvious. How could we know what your meanings were? What we gleaned from what you wrote as different from what you now say. We are, however, overjoyed to now know what you meant but didn't write in your June 19th letter. We would have never known what you meant if you hadn't told us! We thank you for your explanations in your last letter of December 13, but we're still confused as to where your meanings were hid away in it.

You quote from my letter and remark:

"'just before he passed on. He then recognized that one of these knights was the Promised Lamb, that was firm and steadfast in all the Provisions of Abdu'l-Baha's Sacred Document'.....Mason never made that statement to me nor to anyone else to my knowledge and I would much appreciate knowing your source for it."

"These are an example of the many controversies found in your publications and others as well. This is not to insinuate that your conclusions are erroneous but offered merely to point out that contestable inconsistencies and controversial opinions are implicit therein."

I never said that Mason or anyone else made that statement, but let us just say that I "have a very keen insight as to what people are up to, as was the case of Rex King."[2] Because of this people should realize that certain promised ones possess a special faculty that give them this insight.

When a person is prophesied to come by name, address, date and a specific mission and he gives the proof of that he had fulfilled the prophecies of name, address and date people that are privy to this information should understand that God would not send his servant with a special mission and then withhold from him the necessary faculty to perform it. Therefore those

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that are privy to this information should teach it to the world, thus dispelling all controversies and inconsistencies.

I have been given a special perception to perceive the meanings of the prophecies found written in Holy scriptures especially those written in the Bible and to understand and to be firm in the Covenant. This background helps to give me the insight as to what people are up to. Because of this it was easy to deduce as to Mason's response to my wife's letter of December 1973 to you and Mason, and I was not erroneous in my deduction. This response was based upon the 5th chapter of the Book of Revelation:

"And I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals;" (Rev. 5:1 RSV).

Every king that is seated upon a throne holds in his right hand a sceptre proclaiming his power and authority to sit upon the throne. This sceptre is the authority for his kingship. The sceptre that Mason held in his hand was the Covenant of Baha'u'llah ("written within") and the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Baha ("and on the back", an addendum to Baha'u'llah's Covenant). Mason fulfilled the criteria of the Will and Testament to succeed 'Abdu'l-Baha on the throne, as explained to you in my last letter of 12/7/89; and by the letter of the Hon. Apostle Neal Chase in his letter to you of December 25, 1989.

"and I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, 'Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?' And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it. and I wept much that no one was found worthy to open the scroll and look into it" (Rev. 5:2-4 RSV)

Mason had made the claim that he was the one that was to appear in April 21, 1963, and he also claimed to be the Promised Lamb, but he was unable to break any of the seven seals, or to bring any new people into the faith, and all the so-called believers left him. In fact he was not the one that was to come in 1963, nor was he the Promised Lamb, for he was the king seated upon throne and the Lamb is before the throne:

"And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders, I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into the earth: and he went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne" (Rev. 5:6,7 RSV).

Jesus was "the root and offspring of David, the bright and

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morning star" (Rev. 22:16). He was slain and he returned as the Lamb with seven horns and with seven eyes. The horns represent the seven alive apostate religions that came into existence through seven appearances of the Holy Spirit and became corrupted by the clergy. The seven eyes of the Lamb are able to see the reality of these horns and to break the seals:

"Then one of the elders said to me, 'Weep not: lo, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals" (Rev. 5:5 RSV).

As the Book of Revelation is "the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants what must soon take place; and he made it known by sending his angel to his servant John" (Rev. 1:1 RSV), and as he gave this Revelation after he had ascended he did not give the explanations of its meanings to his apostles, nor to anyone else, therefore to the world it is an unexplained mystery. Baha'u'llah, the second Christ knew its meanings, but the explanations are not among His writings. 'Abdu'l-Baha explained the 11th, 12th and part of the 21st chapters. The 11th and 12th pertained to Islam and the 21st pertained to the descent of the New Jerusalem. The rest of Revelation was left unexplained. As this was the Revelation of Jesus its full explanations was only to be given by Jesus on his return. I have given the full explanations in my firesides and these explanations will appear in the multi-author book that is soon to be published. The explanations of the Book of Revelation is the breaking of one of these seven seals. My breaking of the seven seals will bring the whole world into the Kingdom.

The taking of the scroll and the breaking of the 7 seals are found in my explanations and commentaries which comprises the "new song":

"And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and with golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints; and they sang a new song,...." (Rev. 5:8,9 RSV).

Right after the IBC is established in Israel and the secret of the kingdom is revealed to the Israelis a great commotion will occur world wide and 144,000 will learn the new song[3]. This will be followed by the Judgement (Rev. 14:7 RSV). Following the Judgement the four beasts (England, France, United States and Russia) will become the four living creatures (the first Baha'i States).

My explanations and commentaries, the new song, (or the breaking the seven seals) is found no where among the writings of the world's great religions including the Baha'i writings. They are

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new before the throne. They can be found no where else! You not only lack a knowledge of the Baha'i faith[4], but also the new song before the throne.

My wife in December 1973 responded to a letter you wrote to her, that Mason was requesting her to ask her husband for information concerning a believer. After she wrote the information requested by Mason I also told her to tell Mason that he could not be the Lamb, for he is the King seated upon the throne and the Lamb is before the throne and among the elders. At this point Mason had to face the stark reality that: He was 99 years of age. All of his followers had left him except "those that you could count on the fingers of one hand," and as he didn't break any of the seals he had to admit to himself that he was not the Lamb, and that I was the only staunch, knowledgeable believer left, and that Opal and I were the only two "Knights of Baha'u'llah" left, and the knights would lead the legions of the Covenant to victory,[5] and that I had sent him "The Beast" showing that I had fulfilled prophecy for the return of Jesus,[6] which he told me that he thought he was, and that I had raised a large number of believers in "the stone with seven eyes," the prison, a number of them sending him letters telling him that they were new believers and that they had accepted him as the guardian. Once this reality sunk in he rejoiced in me. At that time I took the scroll from the right hand of Mason, and I now hold it in my hand and I am establishing this in the world.

Although I was not told that Mason never made a statement to this that transpired I have a knowledge of it. This happened this way to show you that I have the faculty to know these things without Mason making a statement to that effect. This happened this way to make you firm and for you to testify and ratify that I was not erroneous in my conclusions. This is for your good and that of the faith.

We find that the differences that arise between us is due primarily to your ignorance of the Baha'i Faith of which you "have no problem in admitting to it," as well as the new song. We realize that your knowledge is not so limited in other fields, but for you to sit at the head of the International Baha'i Council as its president it is essential for you to be knowledgeable in the Baha'i Faith and the new song. It is not a disgrace to be ignorant for we were born ignorant. But to choose to remain ignorant when it is essential to be knowledgeable is a defect. Because of this we send our children to School..

There are three levels of religious understanding, bet sefer (house of the book):

• 1. yeshiva--elementary

  2. yeshiva gavohah--high school

  3. bet midrash--College

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Most people never advance above yeshiva level. When Shoghi Effendi gave his examination (test) only a few passed and entered yeshiva gavohah--high school. When Mason gave his examination (test) only two people passed and they set up a Bet Midrash--an Academy which now has twelve professors. These are the twelve gates, which 'Abdu'l-Baha wrote: through which the blessed enter into the city of God....that the candle of God's confirming power shineth out from the lamp-niche of those souls (see page twelve of my #3 Epistle).

When Adam received the full revelation of the Adamic cycle, including the revelations of the succeeding Manifestations he only told the people what they were capable to understand, which was the yeshiva. However to one person, Enoch, he revealed the full Revelation. To him he gave his robe. Enoch brought the yeshiva to the world. He built the Great Pyramid, which means Revelation Measure and contained the yeshiva gavohah.

Enoch gave the robe, the bet midrash, or the full revelation to Methuselah. Methuselah gave the robe to Noah. Noah gave it to Shem (Melchizedek) who built the city of Jerusalem. He also set up a Bet Midrash (College) with his grandson Eber as one of the most honored professors. It was in this Academy that Abraham became educated in the full revelation of Adam, and to whom Shem passed the robe of Adam. Isaac and Jacob also were educated in the Bet Midrash of Melchizedek.

Jesus was a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.[7] To his apostles he revealed the bet midrash but they didn't share this with the people:

"And he said to them, 'To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables; so that they may indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand; unless they should turn again, and be forgiven'" (Mark 4:11).

The Gospel of Jesus was the "Good News of the Kingdom" but the apostles never taught the secret of the kingdom. Therefore the level of understanding of Christianity only arose to the yeshiva. Some may have arose to the yeshiva gavohah, but none arose to the understanding of the Apostle or the bet midrash. This was left for Jesus on his return in the 'stone with seven eyes'.

'Abdu'l-Baha explains that Jesus' revelation was that of the potency of the "Son". Baha'u'llah's revelation is that of the potency of the Father (Mark 8:38, "The World Order of Baha'u'llah"), but He withheld the secret of the Kingdom. He gave this secret to one person, 'Abdu'l-Baha. This secret is the robe,

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or bet Midrash. Undoubtedly 'Abdu'l-Baha taught this secret to Shoghi Effendi and to his son Mason Remey. For instance, the genealogy of Baha'u'llah was withheld from the Baha'is. Your genealogy. is the longest recorded from father to son in the world: from Joseph Pepe Remey Aghsan to Adam.

Mason wrote that he tried to teach you the Baha'i Faith but you wouldn't listen. Thus your "ignorance of the Faith" you "have no problem admitting to it." But as Mason didn't reveal the secret of the Kingdom to anyone there is but one place for you to get this education. God had already provided for such an emergency. He has provided for another priest after the order of Melchizedek, or the return of the Jesus the high priest after the order of Melchizedek. Like Jesus, or rather being the return of Jesus, he has established a Bet Midrash, an Academy with 12 professors, or Apostles, that have the secret of the Kingdom. But unlike the Apostles of Jesus Christ, who had been instructed not to reveal the secret of the Kingdom, they are to reveal the secret of the Kingdom to the people of the world at the appointed time; (certain aspects of this secret is to be carefully guarded until the right time and place). They are the body of the IBC by which you need to be educated, in order to sit at its head as President, and is to go through various stages until it blossoms into the UHJ, as laid out by Shoghi Effendi.

You are urged to matriculate into this Academy as did Abraham in the Academy of Shem. There are no dues, matriculation or tuition fees. All is free. You have a scholarship that even covers housing and transportation. If you have any questions please call or write for further particulars. We cordially invite you to be our honored guest and student.

With Baha'i love,

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ENDNOTES

1. "Then there were the innumerable unpleasant incidents involving individuals who, under false pretenses and spiritual guises, camouflaged their ulterior motives aimed largely at the mythical wealth Mason Remey was believed to possess. Amongst my papers is an account in Mason's own hand entitled: "The Myth of My Millions". All that came as no surprise to me as Mason had long since told me of the early Persian Pioneers who went to America under the pretense of Teaching the Faith while amassing large fortunes selling oriental carpets.

Mason was fully aware of the spiritual "mission if you had set yourself to long before he died and, although your goals were in contrast to his own, he preferred not to openly oppose you. When Joel Marangella came forth whimsically claiming the Guardianship, Mason simply admonished his act by stating that "Joel acted prematurely". His hopes were that all would be reconciled eventually thus 'avoiding definite cut-offs unless absolutely required - as was the case with Rex King."' (June 19th letter of J. Pepe Jr.)

2. Or words to that effect as found in your letter to Dr. Opal of December 1974.

3. "Then I looked, and lo, on Mount Zion [Carmel] stood the Lamb, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand who had his name [the land] and his father's name [Baha'u'llah's] written on their foreheads [intellect]. And I heard a voice from heaven like the sound of many waters [world wide] and like the sound of harpers playing on their harps [harping on the new song] and they sing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth" (Rev. 14:1-3).

4. Mason wrote that when he tried to teach you the Baha'i faith you wouldn't listen.

5. "World Order of Baha'u'llah" p. 17

6. The third chapter of Zechariah (KJV)

7. "Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek" (Hebrews 5:6). ".. ..being designated by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek" (Hebrews 5:10).

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source: dave Cornell, http://web.archive.org/web/20030530195947/www.lelandjensen.net/html/doc/900118pepe.htm