Where Art Thou?
by
John Presco
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
This morning as I lie in bed I cam up with the solution for my paintings of Rena Easton, and, what really happened to Salome and John the Baptist. I said twenty years ago that Salome danced for John’s head – after it was severed – so she can have it plated with silver, and put in the Cave of Machpelah. with the other heads of prophets. Essau’s head was put here. He is the Father of the Idimuties, of which Herod the great spring, as well as Salome and her mother.
OH MY GOD! I just took a sip of coffee, and aaked my Googlebot this question;
“Did Queen Berenice take the vow of the Nazarite”
Yes. According to first-century historian Flavius Josephus, the Jewish Queen Berenice took a Nazirite vow in 66 CE. She went to Jerusalem and undertook the vow’s requirements, which included abstaining from wine and shaving her head thirty days before offering sacrifices. [1, 2]
” She bravely approached the Roman procurator Gessius Florus barefoot and with her head shorn to plead for his protection of the Jewish people and to stop the massacre of Jews in Jerusalem.”
OMG! I just asked Googlebot are there any heads in the Cave of Patriarch?
The Tradition: The Midrash (ancient biblical exegesis) and the Talmud recount that after a dispute regarding the burial plots, Esau’s severed head rolled into the cave and came to rest in the bosom of his father, Isaac.
I began myu painting of Rena – six years ago? I put a lantern in her hand, holding up The Light of Truth! THE TRUTH that arrived at 8:16 AM June 9, 2026….. Salome is a devout Jew, who may have taken the Vow of the Nazarite…..
BECAUSE SHE WAS BAPTIZED BY JOHN THE BAPTIST!
God gave Rena to me, in the middle of the night. She was a professional dancer who danced in the Royal Ballet! I need a studio! I want to do a Lifesize satue of Rena, and gift it to the LDS church, along with the Gold Plate with the words of…
The Bitter Water
I spent a year doing thee genealogy of the Herod’s Family Tree. Today, I find
TWO HOLY WOMAN
Are these The Two Witnesses?
I believe Salome was made The Scapegoat! She was left….Holding the bag! Powerful men were afriad of John. He became…A Political Football! Salome was utterly disgusted. I believed she conversed with learned Jews. Why would she hate John, when all around her…..loved him! She loved John! What was not to love!
I got a text from The Sisters, and they are still coming to my door! I sent them my last three posts. We are……all in! When I become baptized. Salome will top my list of those who will own Salvation – when I do!
Holy! Holy!
John ‘The Nazarite’
EXTRA! EXTRA! EXTRA!
I took a break for breakfast and clicked on Salom’es geneagy. At 9:47 on June 9th. I read………..THIS!
- Married (2_BC), Bethlehem, Judea, to
Mary, daughter of Heli, Our Lady of Nazareth †48 with
James, son of Joseph, Saint James of Jerusalem, The Just. The Less. 1st Bishop of Jerusalem †82- Joseph, son of Joseph
- Simon, son of Joseph
- Jude, son of Joseph
Mary Jacob, daughter of Joseph, Nazarene priestess †55- Salome, daughter Joseph, Princess
- Joanna, daughter of Jacob
- Jesus Christ, King of Nazareth, son of GOD †33
- Married to Salome, daughter of Herodias
- Married to Salome, daughter of Herodias
- Married to Salome, daughter of Herodias
I am still in shock! Salome is…..The Stepmother of Jesus of Nazareth?
What? What has God wrought? I will share this with the LDS Sister tonight.
Salome, daughter of Herodias
Parents
- Herod II, son of Herod Boethus
- Herodias, wife of Herod, Jewish Princess of the Herodian Dynasty †
Spouses
- Married to Joseph, son of Jacob †17
Paternal grand-parents, uncles and aunts
Key details about her vow:
- Motivation: Berenice, the great-granddaughter of Herod the Great, likely took the vow to seek divine help or in thanksgiving for surviving an illness, as was customary at the time. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
- Public Witness: She bravely approached the Roman procurator Gessius Florus barefoot and with her head shorn to plead for his protection of the Jewish people and to stop the massacre of Jews in Jerusalem. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
- Historical Source: This event is documented by Josephus in his work, The Jewish War (Book 2.313-315), as detailed by Brill Academic Publishers. [1]
You can read more about Berenice’s life, her political influence, and her connection to Judaism in this article from the Torah.com.
The beheading of John the Baptist, also known as the decollation of Saint John the Baptist or the beheading of the Forerunner, is a biblical event commemorated as a holy day by various Christian churches. According to the New Testament, Herod Antipas, ruler of Galilee under the Roman Empire, had imprisoned John the Baptist because he had publicly reproved Herod for divorcing his first wife and unlawfully taking his sister-in-law (his brother’s wife) Herodias as his second wife. He then ordered him to be killed by beheading.
As a non-Biblical source, Jewish historian Josephus also recounts that Herod had John imprisoned and killed due to “the great influence John had over the people”, which might persuade John “to raise a rebellion”. Josephus also writes that many of the Jews believed that Herod’s later military disaster was God’s punishment for his treatment of John.[1]
Traditional accounts
According to the synoptic Gospels, Herod Antipas, who was tetrarch of Galilee and Perea under the Roman Empire, had imprisoned John the Baptist because he had admonished Antipas for divorcing his wife (Phasaeli, daughter of King Aretas of Nabataea) and unlawfully taking Herodias, the wife of his brother Herod II. On Antipas’s birthday, Herodias’ daughter (whom Josephus identifies as Salome) danced before the king and his guests. Her dancing pleased Antipas so much that in his drunkenness he promised to give her anything she desired, up to half of his kingdom. When Salome asked her mother what she should request, she was told to ask for the head of John the Baptist on a platter. Although Herod Antipas was appalled by the request, he reluctantly agreed and had John executed by beheading in the prison.[2] In art, the episode is known as The Feast of Herod.
Josephus also relates in his Antiquities of the Jews that Herod Antipas killed John, stating that he did so, “lest the great influence John had over the people might put it into his [John’s] power and inclination to raise a rebellion, (for they seemed ready to do any thing he should advise), [so Herod] thought it best [to put] him to death.” He further states that many of the Jews believed that the military disaster that fell upon Herod Antipas at the hands of Aretas, his father-in-law (Phasaelis’ father), was God’s punishment for his unrighteous behavior.[1]
None of the sources gives an exact date, which was probably in the years 28–29 AD (Matthew 14:1–12; Mark 6:14–27; Luke 9:9) after imprisoning John the Baptist in 27 AD (Matthew 4:12; Mark 1:14) at the behest of Herodias, his brother’s wife, whom he took as his mistress (Matthew 14:3–5; Mark 6:17–20).[3] According to Josephus, the death took place at the fortress of Machaerus.
The following comparison table is primarily based on the New International Version (NIV) English translation of the New Testament.[4] The account of Flavius Josephus in Antiquities of the Jews was translated by William Whiston.[5]
srael Points of Interest in Israel
Cave of the Patriarchs (Machpelah)
The Cave of the Patriarchs compound as it appears today. (Photo: Wikimedia)
One of the most sacred sites on earth is the Cave of Machpelah (also known as the “Cave of the Patriarchs”) in the southern Israeli city of Hebron. There, Adam and Eve, Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, and Jacob and Leah are buried (our matriarch Rachel was buried elsewhere).
Machpelah means “doubled” in Hebrew. One reason given is that four prestigious couples are buried there. Another is that it was a double-decker cave.
According to Jewish and Midrashic tradition, the head of Esau is believed to be in the Cave of the Patriarchs (Machpelah) in Hebron. The tradition states that when Jacob was being buried, Esau tried to stop the procession, and one of Jacob’s nephews cut off Esau’s head, which then rolled into the cave. [1, 2]
Here is the breakdown of the traditions and facts surrounding this:
- The Tradition: The Midrash (ancient biblical exegesis) and the Talmud recount that after a dispute regarding the burial plots, Esau’s severed head rolled into the cave and came to rest in the bosom of his father, Isaac. [1, 2]
- The Other Interred Figures: Outside of this specific legend, the cave is traditionally revered by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as the burial site of the biblical patriarchs and matriarchs: Adam and Eve, Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, and Jacob and Leah. [1, 2]
- Historical Evidence: The monumental above-ground structure dates back to the Herodian era. However, the actual subterranean caves are sealed, meaning there is no forensic, modern archaeological evidence verifying the exact biological remains. [1]
But he stops her, “Do not cling to me; you see, I have not yet ascended to my Father. Go to others and tell them that I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
2/19/2017
Rena’s Cosmic Letter
Rena and I shared out of body experiences in our tent atop our mountain. We left our bodies because of the extreme abuse we suffered as children. We found each other over a long distance. I looked in the ocean and asked where she was. A minute later, she came out of a dark doorway. She came to me last night, while I was awake, and in my dream. When I called her at her grandmother’s in Nebraska in 1971, she said she was just thinking of me.
“I love you more from afar, than near!”
She recites poetry all day while at work. She says she has committed a million poems to memory. This is dissociation. This takes Rena of reality, and keeps her grounded. She is incredibly intelligent. She got all As, and was skipped a grade. Rena needs to be examined and helped by a top rate psychologist. She tore up my letter because I MADE HER AWARE she was leaving her body – and traveling! This is why she avoids people. I saw she had a façade by a waterfall, and talked to that extremely beautiful being, who said;
“Nobodies talked to me before!”
“What do you mean? You’ve conversed with others, right?”
“I mean, no one has really talked to me. You are the first.”
I also made her aware – she really loves me, and never stopped loving me, because she never left me. She didn’t have to. She captured the essence of me, like a long poem. I made her aware of this, and she was afraid she would have to give me back. She saw that we had been sharing the same soul. We were twins. We are soul mates. Christine saw this. This is why she took up art after seeing the large canvas of Rena standing atop our mountain watching the sunset. She wanted to go with!
Trump is a sexual and psychic abuser who uses fear to get people to submit to him. He lies in order to get his victims to doubt reality, and, be dependent on him, not his view of reality, but HIM. I am going to create a Soul Sanctuary, a refuge for us cosmic travelers.
Rena danced with the Royal Ballet. The movie ‘The Black Swan’ is a good example of dissociation. She is all about – perfection! She never misses a step. I asked her for a dance. I have to laugh! She tore my letter into tiny little pieces, put them in a paper sack, and threw them on the Sheriff’s desk.
“I want this man arrested – thrown off my stage!”
She then produces my letter she has rewritten in her hand, that she committed to memory. What kind of creature is this? I asked the Deputy Sheriff………if he was spooked. I asked him if she was still beautiful.
“She danced with the Royal Ballet.”
Jon Presco
Copyright 2017
Rena Easton’s Christmas Letter
Posted on December 25, 2015 by Royal Rosamond Press
Two years ago before I recieved a letter from Rena, I learned she was a widow living on the Isle of Wight. I called to her in a blog, with this song.
Rena begins her letter, thus;
“Here I am!”
She is responding to another post. She had not read this one posted on July 26 2012
I thought she was dead. I grieved. Her ghost came to console me, be by my side. As fate would have it Rena’s daughter died in a car accident when she was twenty..
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Former Bozeman High School state debate champion Kathleen Anne
“Katie” Easton, passed away as a result of an automobile accident early
Sunday, Jan. 10, 1999. She was born April 20, 1979, to Irene (Rena) and
Admiral Sir Ian Easton, K.C.B. D.S.C. on the Isle of Wight, England.
I had compared our relationship to Orpheus and Eurydice. This time, I rise from Hades to be with my beautiful and beloved muse once again. I called to her, while looking down at the waves. She emerged from a darkened door in te dead of night, and asked;
“Can I walk with you?”
“A year ago the spirit of Rena Christiansen came to live with me. She is still here. She married a Commodore and lived on the Isle of Weight. Her husband died, leaving her with two children. Her grief at being left behind was overwhelming. She had no ties with her natal family, and may not have been accepted by her husband’s family. I believe Rena died in an automobile accident in a foreign land, and her husband’s upper class family took her children into their closed circle. When I began my portrait of Rena – she winged home. She is my Eurydice. She is Andromeda I was her Hero who rescued her by the sea. I took her to the mountain of the ‘Sleeping Maiden’ and showed her heaven, we above the blanket of fog that came in my the sea.”
Apollo gave his son Orpheus a lyre and taught him how to play. This Orpheus did to such perfection that even Apollo was surprised. It is said that nothing could resist his music and melody, neither enemies nor beasts. Even trees and rocks were entranced with his music.
Orpheus fell in love with Eurydice, a woman of unique beauty; whom he married and lived happily with for a short time. However, when Hymen was called to bless the marriage, he predicted that their perfection was not meant to last.
A short time after this ominous prophecy, Eurydice was wandering in the forest with the Nymphs, when Aristaeus, a shepherd, saw her and was beguiled by her beauty. He made advances towards her and began to chase her when she attempted to flee. As Eurydice sprinted through the forest, she managed to escape him, but was tragically bitten by a snake and died instantly.
Orpheus sang his grief with his lyre and managed to move everything living or not in the world; both humans and gods were deeply touched by his sorrow and grief.
Apollo then advised his son to descend to Hades and see his wife. Any other mortal would have died, but Orpheus, protected by the gods, went to Hades and arrived at the infamous Stygian realm, passing by ghosts and souls of people unknown. He also managed to charm Cerberus, the monster known to have three heads. Orpheus presented himself in front of the god of the Underworld Hades (Pluto) and his wife Persephone.
Orpheus played his lyre, melting even Hades’ cold heart. Hades told Orpheus that he could take Eurydice with him but under one condition; Eurydice would follow him while walking out to the light from the caves of the Underworld, but he should not look at her before coming out to the light because he would lose her forever. If Orpheus was patient enough he would have Eurydice as a normal woman again by his side.
Orpheus was delighted; he thanked the gods and left to ascend to the world. He was trying to hear Eurydice’s steps, but he could not hear anything and he started believing that the gods had fooled him. Of course Eurydice was behind him, but as a shadow, waiting to come to light to become a full woman again. Only a few feet away from the exit, Orpheus lost his faith and turned to see; Eurydice was behind him, but her shadow was whisked back among the dead. Eurydice was gone forever.
Orpheus tried to return to the Underworld but a man cannot enter the realm of Hades twice while alive. According to various versions of the myth, Orpheus started playing a mourning song with his lyre, calling for death so that he could be united with Eurydice forever. Orpheus is ultimately killed either by beasts tearing him apart, or by the Maenads, in a frenzied mood. According to another version, Zeus decided to strike him with lightning knowing Orpheus would reveal the secrets of the Underworld to humans.
In any case, Orpheus died but the Muses decided to save his head and keep it among the living people to sing for ever, enchanting everyone with the lovely melodies and tones.
As for the Christmas card that came with Rena’s letter, I wonder if it was the source of alarm. A tiny piece of glitter had come off of it, and found its way to page one. For me, this speck became a star, that we could follow like Hanzel and Gretal, it taking us out of the darkness children of alcoholics find themselves in. Did Rena believe I was suggesting we live happily ever after together, and thus feel stalked? What I was suggesting was bringing our stories together so that we can be a shining star of hope to others. This was how I saw my autobiography ending.
Before you read what’s coming next, there is an account of me having a conversation with Jesus. My major copyright is a special one that protects all the writing of ministers. I am the head of my Nazarite Church. Let us not go bothering the sheriff with any more – alleged fear!
In 1989, I read the Bible for the first time. At 4:00 in the morning, I put Jesus to the test. I was not a believer. I closed my eyes and asked him to come into the darkness of family incest, and help us. And, there he was, radiating slivers of gold light. He said this to me;
“Be not afraid. I and my father in heaven are already working with these matters. Spiritual Courage, will be met with Spiritual Courage.”
“I saw the star making its way from your tree, to the snow in your poem, and then to me. It was so full of life. It was the promise of a completely happy life that has eluded you and I since we can remember.
I too was held prisoner. Both my parents were violent and insane alcoholics that played evil games with their four children till the day they day – and after.”
In her letter, Rena told me she deals with fear almost every hour of the day. That tiny little speck of glitter, was the fulfillment of a promise.
Jon Gregory Presco
President: Royal Rosamond Press
Copyright 2014
Dear Rena
About ten this evening I put on my slippers and went to get my mail. I pulled a bundle out and noticed your letter nestled in a packet. On the walk back to my apartment I took a peek and noticed the beautiful handwriting, and the name “Rosemond”. There was this energy pouring from the envelope and flowing up my arm. When I opened it and saw the name “Bozeman” I began to cry. For several minutes I sobbed, let go tears of great relief as if you were my child who had been kidnapped, or lost, for all these years. And, now…..you are found.
Joseph, son of Jacob
Sosa : 4,611,800,386,091,615,232
(Joseph of the House of David, Joseph the Betrothed, Joseph of Nazareth Jacob)
Joseph or Saint Joseph, “the Carpenter”
- Born (94BC) – Bethehem, Judea
- Deceased October 26, 17 (Thursday) – Judea, Roman Empire
Parents
Spouses and children
- Married (2_BC), Bethlehem, Judea, to Mary, daughter of Heli, Our Lady of Nazareth †48 with
- James, son of Joseph, Saint James of Jerusalem, The Just. The Less. 1st Bishop of Jerusalem †82
- Joseph, son of Joseph
- Simon, son of Joseph
- Jude, son of Joseph
- Mary Jacob, daughter of Joseph, Nazarene priestess †55
- Salome, daughter Joseph, Princess
- Joanna, daughter of Jacob
- Jesus Christ, King of Nazareth, son of GOD †33
- Married to Salome, daughter of Herodias
Siblings
- Joseph, son of Jacob †17
- Clopas, son of Jacob
Paternal grand-parents, uncles and aunts
Notes
Individual Note
Matthew and Luke showed that Joseph was a legal parent, but not a genetic parent to Jesus. Jesus was miraculously conceived in Mary, through the Holy Spirit. By virtue of being Mary’s husband, Joseph was considered the father of Jesus. Since Jesus was born into Joseph’s family, he was a legal heir. Through Joseph, Jesus obtained a rightful claim to the throne of David.
Although Jesus was a legal descendant to Joseph, he was not a physical descendant. Luke’s genealogy directly addressed this issue by stating Jesus was “supposedly the son of Joseph” (Luke 3:23). Clearly, people had assumed that Joseph was the biological father of Jesus, when in fact he was not (Matthew 13:55).
Who was Joseph’s Father?
At first glance, Matthew and Luke appear to be in disagreement as to who Joseph’s father was. Matthew states he was the son of Jacob, while Luke states he was the son of Heli. Fortunately, an unlikely source has aided scholars in unraveling this mystery.
The Jerusalem Talmud indicates that Mary was the daughter of Heli (Haggigah, Book 77, 4). Joseph was the son-in-law of Heli. Luke could rightfully call Joseph the “son of Heli” because this was in compliance with use of the word “son” at that time. Moreover, designating a son-in-law as a son had scriptural precedent. Refer to Son in Jewish Genealogies for more on this topic. Thus, Joseph was the son of Jacob, and the son-in-law of Heli.
The Curse
Jehoiakim was a king of Israel. He angered God by burning a scroll that Jeremiah the prophet wrote. God cursed Jehoiakim by indicating that none of his children would sit on the throne of David (Jeremiah 36:29-31). And although Jehoiakim had children, scripture shows that none of them ever reigned as King David had.
The Problem
Joseph, the father of Jesus, was one of Jehoiakim’s descendants (through Jeconiah). Joseph’s offspring could not claim David’s throne because of the curse. Jesus laid claim to the throne of David (Luke 1:32, Acts 2:30, Hebrews 12:2). If Jesus had been born of Joseph, the curse would have been contradicted. Also, God had promised David that one of his physical descendants would reign on the throne of his kingdom forever (2 Samuel 7:12-13). As explained above, Joseph was excluded from being the genetic father of the future king of Israel. It was impossible to fulfill the requirements of both curse and promise by natural means. One man had to be both heir to and offspring of David, without being the genetic descendant of Jehoiakim. This problem required a divine solution.
The Solution
God created a solution through the miracle of the virgin birth. Although Joseph was one of Jehoiakim’s offspring (through Solomon), Mary was not. She was a descendant of Nathan, one of David’s other sons (Luke 3:31). God’s promise to David was fulfilled because Mary was the biological parent of Jesus. The virgin birth also addressed the curse God had pronounced upon Jehoiakim. Kingship was an inherited right. By Joseph, Jesus inherited a legal claim to the throne of David. However, he was exempt from the curse of Jehoiakim because Joseph was not his genetic father. So the miracle of the virgin birth accomplished God’s will in two ways. First, it granted Jesus a legal claim to the throne of David. And second, it maintained the integrity of the curse God had pronounced upon Jehoiakim. Indeed, Jesus was not one of Jehoiakim’s offspring.
Sources
- Individual: Matthew 1:12-16 Bible Genealogy. Genealogy of Jesus.
- Family 1: Bible-Genealogy.com
- Family 2: Wikipedia
Family tree (up to grandparents)
Ancestry Chart Descendancy Chart
| Matthan, son of Eleazer Esta, wife of Matthan ||| Jacob, son of Matthan Gadot, wife of Jacob||| Joseph, son of Jacob †17 |
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