JESUS' DISCIPLES TO BRITAIN #4

The Lost Disciples to Britain #4

The Gallic Testimony

DRAMA OF THE LOST DISCIPLES #4

by George Jowett (1961)

     THE religious spirit of the Gaul diminished with the coming

of the Franks but the fire never flickered in Britain. It flamed

like a volcano, fiery in its evangelism and bursting forth

fiercely at foreign interference. Even when resting, its

complacency was deceptive as the Nazis found out in World 

War II.

     To strike at her Christian institutions and sacred edifices is to

pierce her heart, causing her people to fight back with that

invincible fury that has ever astonished the world, as it finally

shattered her enemies.

     Long before the arrival of the Bethany castaways at Marseilles, 

Guizot informs us that the south of France was known as the 

Provence Viennoise, populated by Gauls, Phoenicians and

Greeks, 'with the Gauls most populous everywhere'. The

significance of this is quite important. The Phoenicians and the

Greeks had a long association with the south of France,

particularly the Phoenicians, who were the leading mariners

before the Grecian seafaring ascendancy. The ancient port of

Marseilles was the chief port of call for both in the comings 

and goings in the transportation of tin and lead from Britain. 

Over the centuries a common friendship had developed between 

them and the Gauls; consequently it is understandable how 

Phoenician and Grecian colonies came to be founded in Gaul. 

Marseilles is reputed to be the oldest city in France and its oldest 

seaport.

     It was a port long before either settled there but it was the 

Greeks who developed the port to its peak of prominence and

gave it the name it bears. However, we should never lose sight 

of the fact that the port had its first association with the biblical 

ships of Tarshish, commanded by the Danites, of the tribe of Dan. 

They were the first great sea power in history and the first to know 

intimately the inhabitants of Britain, and to trade with them. 

The Phoenicians and Greeks were very largely Danites.

     At the time of our story the port of Marseilles was familiar

with the ships of Joseph. To the Gallic populace his name was

well known as are the names of Carnegie, Schwab and Bethlehem

Steel to us today. Therefore, it can be well assumed that Joseph

had many influential friends at Marseilles, who would gladly

welcome him amongst them.

     Among the Gauls there existed a deep receptivity for the

persecuted followers of 'The Way'. Between the Gauls and the

Judean advocates of Christ there was mutual sympathy. The Gauls

were Druidic, and their faith held sway over all Gaul, which

explains more than anything else why the land was a safe haven

for Joseph and the Bethany family, as well as the many other

converts who had previously found refuge there, after a safe

escape from Judea in the ships of Joseph.

     Those who have been indoctrinated by the false stories

describing the Druidic religion may pause in consternation. 

The malevolent infamy heaped upon the Druidic priesthood, 

their religion, with the practice of human sacrifice, is just as

untruthful, vicious and vile as the other distortions stigmatizing 

the ancient Britons. On close examination it will be found that 

those who uttered the vindictive maledictions stand out in 

Roman history as the dictators of the Roman Triumvirate.

     Their bestial hatred for everything that was British and

Christian deliberately promoted the insidious propaganda to

defame the people they could neither coerce nor subdue. In our

own time, among others, none other than the eminent archaeologist

Sir Flinders Petrie, on examination of the ground around and

under the altar at Stonehenge, completely exploded the infamous

accusations. He found only the fossilized bones of sheep and

goats which more firmly established the affinity with the

patriarchal faith of the East. In each case the sacrificial burnt

offerings were as stated in the biblical record.

     The influence Druidism had upon the rest of the ancient

world, and its peaceful and ready reception of the Christian

faith, proves its noble structure. Hume, the high-ranking British

historian acknowledged for his impartiality and the lack of bias

in his reporting, wrote: 'No religion has ever swayed the minds

of men like the Druidic.'

     It prepared the way for Christianity by its solid acceptance

of 'The Way'. But for Druidism Christianity might never have

flourished. It drove the first nails into the Christian platform

that held it fast through all its early stresses, giving it the vigour 

to endure for all posterity.

     The Roman persecutors, despising Druidic opposition,

intensified their malignancy with the British conversion to

Christianity. The Emperors Augustus, Tiberius and the Claudian

and Diocletian decrees made acceptance of Druidic and Christian

faith a capital offence, punishable by death. Some have claimed

that this persecution by Rome drove both the religions together

to form the solid phalanx of Christianity. This is far from being

the case. It has been already pointed out how the ancient Kymry

were bonded in the ancient patriarchal faith even before they

arrived in Britain. Organized by Hu Gadarn (Hugh the Mighty) the

faith took on the name of Druid, a word some claim derived from

the Keltic word 'Dreus', meaning 'an oak', arising out of the

custom of worshipping in the open within the famous oak groves of

the island. A more likely derivation is from 'Druthin' - a

'Servant of Truth'. The motto of the Druids was 'The Truth

against the World.' A casual study of the Triads emphasized the

old Hebrew faith with positive clarification. The British Mother

Druidic Church continued to teach the immortality of the soul,

the omniscience of One God and the coming of the Messiah. They

were aware of the prophesied vicarious atonement and,

extraordinary as it may seem, the actual name of Jesus was

familiar to them long before the advent of Christ. They were the

only people to know it and say it, a fact that has astounded

students of theology. From this it can clearly be seen that there

existed a mutual understanding between the Druid and the

converted Judean on religious principles that readily opened the

door to general acceptance of 'The Way'. From this we can believe

it was no accident whereby the refugee followers of 'The Way'

found a natural haven in Gaul, and their apostolic leaders a

safer sanctuary in Britain. At that period in history Britain was

the only free country in the world. Gaul had received its baptism

of Roman persecution long before the Caesars turned their

attention upon the British. It was the constant aid given the

Gaulish brethren by the warriors of Britain which brought about

the invasion of the Isles. The first attack, led by Julius Caesar, 

55 B.C., was purely a punitive expedition against the

Britons for thwarting his arms in Gaul. Contrary to general

opinion that Caesar's attack was a conquest, it was a dismal

failure. Within two weeks his forces were routed and pulled back

into Gaul. On his return to Rome Caesar was openly ridiculed by

Pompey's Party in the Triumvirate. His famous legend, 'Veni,

Vidi, Vici' ('I came, I saw, I conquered') was satirized by the

pens of the Roman ilite. They wrote in rebuke, 'I came, I saw,

but failed to stay.' Over the ten years that followed, to 43

B.C., the mightiest armed forces of Rome, led by its ablest

generals, fought to establish a foothold in Britain. In this

Caesar failed to penetrate farther than a few miles inland.

     It was not until the reign of Hadrian, A.D. 120, that Britain 

was incorporated (by treaty-not conquest) within the Roman 

dominions, as described by Spartians in "Vita Hadriani." By

this treaty the Britons retained their kings, lands, laws and

rights, accepting a Roman nucleus of the army for the defence 

of the realm.

     Surely no one can misconstrue this conquest or support the

belief that naked barbarians could defy and defeat the Roman

legions, during those ten years led by its Emperors and greatest

generals.

     The invasions were repelled by the famed British Pendragon,

Caswallen, who reigned for seven years after the invasion.

     For Gaul it was not to last. They lacked the security of the

seas which protected the British Isles. Unhappily Gaul, later to

be known as France, was destined to be the world crossroads of

continental invasion, and on its soil, up to our own time, some

of the bloodiest battles in all history have been fought. Until

the coming of the Franks, the Visigoths, Ostrogoths and Vandals,

the Gauls for centuries were to carry on the great evangelizing

work of Christianity, laying the foundation of the Church by the

great leaders who stemmed from Britain, with carefully formed

plans. It was to be immortalized with the presence and great work

of Philip, Lazarus, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary, each of

whom left an enduring mark in the name of their Saviour. As the

story of Joseph of Arimathea is brought forth to the light of

day, so are those others, who laboured under his instruction,

lifted out of the obscure darkness of the past to thrill us with

their devotion and sacrifice.

     The record shows that Joseph frequently journeyed to Gaul to

confer with the disciples, particularly with Philip, who had arrived 

at Marseilles ahead of Joseph, and was awaiting him and the Bethany 

family.

     It must not be forgotten that Joseph, by his tin mining

interests in Cornwall and Devon, had a long association with the

British. Consequently the comings and goings of his ships most

certainly would have kept the British up to date with world

happenings, and also with Gaul.

     Long before Joseph arrived in Britain, the scandal of the cross 

was known to them and had become a cause of grave concern

to the Druidic Church. By similarity of patriarchal faith and

knowledge of prophecy, the Druidic prelates recognized in the

death of Christ the fulfilment of prophecy. The swiftness with

which the Druidic delegates journeyed to Gaul to meet Joseph

shows how concerned they were to obtain first-hand information.

     Contrary to the fallacious story of later historians, there was 

no argument, civil or religious, no bloodshed. It was an open

acceptance that elected Joseph of Arimathea to the head of the

Christ-converted British Church.

     From then on the Druidic name and the old religion in

Britain and Gaul began to be superseded by the Christian name,

which the British created to identify the accepted Christ faith,

formerly known as 'The Way'.

     The miraculous safe arrival of Joseph and his companions at

Marseilles, and thence to Britain, surely was the Will of God

working out His inscrutable purpose gradually to fulfil the

prophetic words of Jesus, to come to the lost sheep of Israel.

     From that time commenced the organization of the Christian

clan, the marshalling of their forces into determined action.

     Thus began the epochal drama that was to change imperial

destiny and lead the peoples of the world to a better way of

life. Yet, before this was to be fully achieved, millions were to

wade their way through unbelievable tragedy, defying tyranny in

its basest and most terrifying form, wholesale massacre and

fiendish torture, suffering the brutalities of the Colosseum, the

horrors of the fetid prison of the Mamertine, and the dreadful

scourging wars in which the British were to make the most

colossal sacrifice in blood and life known to history.

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NOTE:

YES  THE  RECORDS  OF  TRUE  HISTORY  ARE  PRESERVED  FOR  US, 

BUT  MOST  HISTORIANS  TILL  LATE,  BECAUSE  OF  EITHER  THE 

EVOLUTIONARY  THEORY  OR  ROMAN  CATHOLIC  MIND-SET,  HAVE 

IGNORED  AND  JUST  OUT  AND  OUT  REJECTED  THESE   HISTORIES.

A  FEW  BOLD  AND  NOBLE  HISTORIANS  HAVE  BEEN  WILLING  TO 

RESEARCH  AND  PROCLAIM  THE  TRUTH  OF  THE  MATTER  REGARDING  

TRUE  RECORDS  OF  HISTORY.  TRUE  HISTORY  IS  BEING  RESTORED  

AND  WHAT  A  MAGNIFICENT  HISTORY  IT  IS!

Keith Hunt

To be continued with "St. Philip Consectrates Joseph of Arimathea

in France."