25 And all the priests and masters stood and said, All hail! What message from the royal council do you bring? 26 And Jesus said, My brothers of the Silent Brotherhood, peace, peace on earth; good will to men! 27 The problem of the ages has been solved; a son of man has risen from the dead; has shown that human flesh can be transmuted into flesh divine. 28 Before the eyes of men this flesh in which I come to you was changed with speed of light from human flesh. And so I am the message that I bring to you. 29 To you I come, the first of all the race to be transmuted to the image of the AM. 30 What I have done, all men will do; and what I am, all men will be. 31 But Jesus said no more. In one short breath he told the story of his mission to the sons of men, and then he disappeared. 32 The magi said, Some time ago we read this promise, now fulfilled, upon the dial plate of heaven. 33 And then we saw this man who has just demonstrated unto us the power of man to rise from carnal flesh and blood to flesh of God, a babe in Bethlehem. 34 And after many years he came and sat with us in these same groves; 35 He told the story of his human life, of trials, sore temptations, buffetings and woes. 36 He pressed along the thorny way of life till he had risen and o’erthrown the strongest foes of God and man; and he is now the only master of the human race whose flesh has been transmuted into flesh divine. 37 He is the God-man of today; but every one of earth shall overcome and be like him, a son of God. CHAPTER 177. _Jesus appears, fully materialized, in the temple in Jerusalem. Rebukes the rulers of the Jews for their hypocrisy. Reveals himself to them and they fall back in fear. He appears to the apostles in Simon’s house. Thomas is convinced._ It was the Sabbath day and many priests and scribes and Pharisees were in the temple in Jerusalem. Caiaphas, Annas and some other ruling Jews were there. 2 A stranger came in garb of fisherman and asked, What has become of Jesus who is called the Christ? Is he not teaching in the temple now? 3 The Jews replied, That man from Galilee was crucified a week ago, because he was a dangerous man, a vile, seditious man. 4 The stranger asked, Where did you put the body of this man from Galilee? where is his tomb? 5 The Jews replied, We do not know. His followers came at night and stole the body from the tomb in which it lay and carried it away, and then declared that he had risen from the dead. 6 The stranger asked, How do you know that his disciples stole the body from the tomb? was any one a witness of the theft? 7 The Jews replied, We had a hundred soldiers at the place, and every one of them declares that his disciples stole the body from the tomb. 8 The stranger asked, Will any one of all your hundred men stand forth and say, I saw the body stolen from the tomb? 9 The Jews replied, We do not know; these men are men of truth; we cannot doubt their word.