My Rebel Gene blog will be a day late because I have been fighting depression. I can’t seem to do my usual activities. I take several anti-depressants, but I’m going to change my exercise routine to a Richard Simmons dance DVD. I would like to advertise an upcoming Mystery School given by David Wilcock. It will include all the really up to date ideas like Ascension, dream readings, Law of One, connecting with higher guides to fulfill your soul’s purpose, study of the Great Pyramid, and the idea that we are going through a great global awakening, lucid dreams and out of body experiences, prophecies. The title of David’s new book is “Awakening in the Dream,” and the Mystery School is based on the book. This school will come through the email, so you will need David’s email to sign up (if this sounds at all interesting). info@dwilcock.comviamoon-ray.com David is my source for the information about the Cabal and he’s saying they are no longer a threat. He’s still saying there will be a 3-day period when the computers are down and arrests take place. I will not be attending the Mystery School because at $333, it is too expensive for me. It can be broken down into 3 payments of $111 each. I am going to buy the book–it’s on Amazon kindle.

Urantia Book 111. It was man and not God who planned and executed the death of Jesus on the cross. True, the Father refused to interfere with the march of human events on Urantia, but the Father in Paradise did not decree, demand or require the death of his Son as it was carried out on earth. It is a fact that in some manner, sooner or later, Jesus would have had to divest himself of his mortal body, his incarnation in the flesh, but he could have executed such a task in countless ways without dying on a cross between two thieves. All this was man’s doing, not God’s. At the time of the Master’s baptism, he had already completed the technique of the required experience on earth and in the flesh, which was necessary for the completion of his seventh and last universe bestowal. At this very time Jesus’ duty on earth was done. All the life he lived thereafter, and even the manner of his death, was a purely personal ministry on his part for the welfare and uplifting of his mortal creatures on this world and other worlds. The gospel of the good news that mortal man may, by faith, become spirit-conscious that he is a child of God, is not dependent on the death of Jesus. The Father in heaven loved mortal man after the crucifixion as much as he loved him before the crucifixion. But the Gods and the other celestial intelligences love us more because Jesus made a revelation of man to the whole universe. Jesus is not about to die as a sacrifice for sin. He is not going to atone for the inborn moral guilt of the human race. Mankind has no such racial guilt before God. Guilt is purely a matter of personal sin and knowing, deliberate rebellion against the will of the Father and the administration of his Sons. Sin and rebellion have nothing to do with the fundamental bestowal plan, although it seems that a salvage plan is a provisional feature of the bestowal plan. The salvation of God for the mortals of Urantia would have been just as effective if Jesus had not been put to death by ignorant mortals. Mortals are the sons of God, and only one thing is required to make such a truth factual in their personal experience, and that is spirit-born faith. (Personal note: I grew up with a strict Baptist grandmother, who said we should hate ourselves because we were sinful. I grew up Baptist, but I switched to the Catholic Church, which seemed to be rational in comparison to Baptist). (186.5.1-9)******** Pilate didn’t have Jesus flogged again, but they put the cross beam on his back. The upright beam was already in the ground. Pilate had printed the following on a piece of wood: Jesus of Nazareth–King of the Jews in Latin, Greek and Aramaic. The Jewish leaders were very upset and tried to have Pilate change it, but Pilate said it was the accusation against Jesus, so it would not be changed. Usually they took the longest road to Golgotha, but today they took the shortest road, out of the city to the north. According to the UB, crucifixion was not a Jewish form of punishment. But both the Greeks and Romans learned this form of punishment from the Phoenicians. The Romans never crucified a Roman citizen. Some women walked with Jesus as he carried his cross-beam up to Golgotha. He said to some: “Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but rather weep for yourselves and for your children. My work is about done–soon I go to my Father–but the times of terrible trouble for Jerusalem are just beginning. The times are coming in which you shall say Blessed are the barren and those whose breasts have never suckled their young. In those day you will pray that the rocks of the hills fall on you so you can avoid the terrors coming.” Jesus fell down and the guard called Simon of Cyrene to carry the cross-beam. They got to Golgotha, they tied his arms to the cross-beams and nailed his hands to the wood. They nailed the cross-beam securely to the upright post, and then they put his feet together and nailed them with a very long nail. As they were nailing Jesus to the cross-beam, he said: “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” John brought his family to see Jesus and went back to bring Jesus’ mother, Mary, his sister Ruth and his brother Jude. Both thieves harassed Jesus, there is no thief that becomes a believer at the very end of his life. A sand storm came up and the skies darkened. Just before 3:00 Jesus gave his last breath and said: “It is finished! Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.” The Roman centurion struck his breast and said: “Truly he must have been a Son of God!”

Rebel Gene. Kerry says that we all have special powers and that the best way to access them is by activating Kundalini energy. Sitting Buddha-style is the best way to focus the mind and stimulate the base chakra. The base chakra is called the Root Chakra and is at the base of the spine. It is the foundational Chakra because if it’s balanced, one feels secure, calm and anchored in reality. It’s color is red. The next chakra is the Sacra Chakra, which is related to emotions and sexuality, and its color is orange. Next, going up the spine, is the Solar Plexus Chakra, located just above the navel. It’s related to the will and personal power, and its color is yellow. Next up the spine is the Heart Chakra, which is in the center of the chest and related to love and compassion. Its color is green. The Throat Chakra comes next. It’s at the base of the neck and is blue. Its related to the ability to influence or enlighten others. The Third Eye Chakra is above and in the middle of the eyes. In balance it is related to insight and intuition. Its color is purple. The Crown Chakra is just above the head and its color is gold. It is connected to information, understanding, acceptance, bliss and being one with the universe. Kerry says it is very important to visualize your chakras spinning clockwise. Visualize your chakras going to red at the base to purple third eye and gold at the crown. Visualize the purest, cleanest, most crystalline colors you can…moving slowly up the chakras…if the color you see is a bit dirty, work on it. Don’t hurry. Eventually you will reach the top. When all the colors are pure and clean and clear, start at the base of the spine and visualize a snake of light flowing up the spine and emerging above the Crown Chakra. You visualize a snake of gold when it rises and a snake of silver when sending it back down. ( A personal note: I have tried this and it isn’t very difficult. On the other hand I didn’t get much out of it. I have been attacked psychically and I have developed psychic skills as a result. I attacked the man who attacked me, I’ve remote viewed Mars, the moon–which really was very scary. I remote viewed an ET lab where genetic experiments were taking place, and a number of other places. I went out of my body on a couple of occasions. I can’t begin to tell about all the weird experiences that I had during that time in my life. It was an education–I learned things I never would have imagined existed. And I got a visit from Christ–he just appeared in my living room in golden robes one night and we smiled and laughed together. I could resurrect these skills but it would take energy I don’t have anymore. Back then I needed the skills; now I don’t. Nobody is attacking me.)******************* An author named Desmond Leslie discovered a profound secret about humans–that we can direct events and influence the material world through our thoughts and a form of music. This energy has many names: orgone, Kundalini, chi, vril, maybe even zero point energy? We can power UFOs, directed energy weapons and events by using this psychotronic energy. It doesn’t matter how the superpower manifests, it all depends on how developed the energy is inside us. This is how they built the pyramids. I think I said this before, but we are a hybrid race with the DNA of at least 12 ET races. These races are still out there monitoring us–their experiment, and that’s how I know nothing really bad is going to happen to us (they’ve cleaned the atmosphere once at least). The ET races are mostly human, which surprised me when I learned it. Also, all the nukes all over the world have been melted down by the ETs; none of them work. Kerry says we are becoming an Ascension Planet. That means this planet is a 24/7 stargate in certain places, facilitating the ascension of souls into higher dimensions to continue their journey instead of repeating in another guise the same elements reshuffled. Or one could go to God or the first step to God, which is Jerusem,the Headquarters of Satania, our sector. Kerry says if you view everything from a God-like perspective there are 2 key concepts: 1. All time and space are One. 2. All time and space are simultaneous. This is only half true. God gave us space; it is a real entity. It can take a long time to get from A to B in space. Galaxies are separated by space. On the other hand space is an illusion, as is time, but I believe it is an illusion only on a mental level. Or rather on a quantum level.

Urantia Book 110. The life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, Joshua bin Joseph, Yeshua, Christ Michael, Sovereign God of Nebadon. Early Friday morning only Jesus’ sworn enemies and the unthinking populace are out and about. Pilate wanted to make one last appeal to their pity. Afraid of the mob who cried for the blood of Jesus, he ordered the guards to take Jesus and scourge him. This in itself was an unjust and illegal procedure; only those condemned to crucifixion were to receive scourging. Jesus’ enemies did not witness this scourging, but Pilate did, and before they were finished he gave the desist order. They put the purple robe back on him, and plaiting a crown of thorns, placed it on his brow. And when they had put a reed in his hand as a mock scepter, they knelt before him, saying: “Hail, King of the Jews!” They spit on him and struck him in the face. And then Pilate led out this bleeding and lacerated prisoner and, presenting him to the crowd, said: “Behold the man! Again I declare to you that I find no crime in him, and having scourged him, I would release him.” There stood Jesus in the old royal purple robe and the thorns cutting into his brow; his face bloodstained and his form bowed down with suffering and grief. The sight sent a mighty shudder through the realms of a vast universe, but it did not touch the hearts of those who had set their minds to effect the destruction of Jesus. When the crowds had recovered from the first shock of seeing the Master’s plight, they only shouted louder and longer: “Crucify him! Crucify him! Crucify him!” Finally Pilate understood that it was useless to appeal to their supposed feelings of pity, so he said: “I perceive that you are determined that this man shall die, but what has he done to deserve death? Who will declare his crime?” At that the high priest himself marched up to Pilate and angrily declared: “We have a sacred law, and by that law this man ought to die because he made himself out to be the Son of God.” When Pilate heard this, he was all the more afraid, not only of the Jews, but recalling his wife’s note and the Greek mythology of the gods coming down on earth, he now trembled at the thought of Jesus possibly being a divine personage. Pilate then led Jesus back inside the building to further examine him. Pilate was now confused by fear, bewildered by superstition, and harassed by the stubborn attitude of the crowd(185.6.1-7). Pilate sat down next to Jesus and said: “Where do you come from? Really, who are you? What is this they say, that you are the Son of God?” But Jesus could hardly answer such a question when it came from a man who declared him innocent and had him flogged anyway, who was afraid and vacillating. Pilate said: “You refuse to speak to me? Do you not realize that I still have power to release you or to crucify you?” Jesus answered: “You could have no power over me except it were permitted from above. You could exercise no authority over the Son of Man unless the Father in heaven allowed it. But you are not so guilty since you are ignorant of the gospel. He who betrayed me and he who delivered me to you, they have the greater sin.” This last talk with Jesus thoroughly frightened Pilate. This moral coward and judicial weakling now labored under the double weight of the superstitious fear of Jesus and the mortal dread of the Jewish leaders. Again Pilate appeared before the crowd, saying: “I am certain this man is only a religious offender. You should take him and judge him by your law. Why do you expect me to consent to his death because he has clashed with your traditions?” Pilate was just about to release Jesus when Caiaphus shook his finger in Pilate’s face and said: “If you release this man, you are not Caesar’s friend, and I will see that the emperor knows all.” This public threat was too much for Pilate. Fear for his personal fortunes now eclipsed all other considerations. The cowardly governor ordered Jesus brought out before the judgment seat. Pilate said, pointing at Jesus: “Behold your king!” And the Jews answered: “Away with him! Crucify him!” And then Pilate said with much irony and sarcasm: “Shall I crucify your king?” And the Jews answered: “Yes, crucify him! We have no king but Caesar!” Pilate realized that he was afraid of defying the Jews and thus could not save Jesus (185.7.1-5)****** Here stood the Son of God incarnate as the Son of Man. He was arrested without indictment; accused without evidence; adjudged without witnesses; punished without a verdict; and now was soon to be condemned to die by an unjust judge who confessed that he could find no fault in him. Pilate ordered a basin of water and there, before the crowds he washed his hands and said: “I am innocent of the blood of this man. You are determined that he shall die, but I have found no guilt in him. See you to it.” The crowd cheered and replied: “His blood be on us and our children.”

Rebel Gene. While Kerry was in NYC she, with the help of aliens and unseen beings, remade her body. She also spent days meditating. She connected all her chakras and reached Samadhi numerous times. This has continued to benefit her in many ways. Kundalini is a snake of light that winds up the spine starting with the base chakra and up through the major chakras up through the crown of the head. As it rises, it burns through impurities and blockages accumulated in your system through the years. It moves not only along the spine but also encompasses the organs and areas in the inner body. This is where the secret power of humanity resides. Kerry has had numerous sightings of UFOs, but one that was not pleasant. She and Bill were sleeping in a hotel in Oslo and Kerry woke up totally aware that she had been fighting with Grey ETs in a base under the hotel. She grabbed Bill and ran out of the hotel. Kerry thinks this race of ETs is stupid and easy to deceive. One day as Kerry was slipping into meditation, she saw out of the corner of her eye a huge winged Reptilian and he was watching her! They exchanged a glance and then she jerked back into normal reality. She later learned the thing was a Chakar, a species of Reptilian. That was when every thing changed for her. Through a backchannel contact, Kerry learned that sea ETs who live on the sunken continent of Mu were fighting the Koreans and the US got involved. The inciting event was the disaster at Fukushima, a man-made tsunami which hit Japan and its nuclear power station, spewing radiation all the way to kingdom come. That event apparently made the ocean unlivable for these creatures. These creatures are amphibian/Reptilian and occupy many bases underwater;they are also related to the Japanese. Our navy was working with the Korean navy to battle these ETs. Then Kerry casually drops a bomb–she can go invisible! She did so when she didn’t have money for a ticket to see a concert, so she walked up to the door keeping a distance and went invisible.*********************** President Trump said the next two weeks would be hell. Yesterday he had the CEOs of the major telecom companies to the WH. I sounds like he is going ahead with the internet blackout.The blackout is for the purpose of taking out the infrastructure supporting the dark web and any other nastyness the internet has accumulated. Also cell phones will be offline. But TV will have 3 eight hour programs telling why this was necessary and why the arrests were necessary. I have been waiting for this since December, so I am surprised that its finally taking place. But they didn’t send the 30,000 troops with tanks for nothing. He sent them with house plans to make the arrests easier. Our children have been disappearing-now is the time to act.

Urantia Book 109. The life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, Joshua bin Joseph, Yeshua, Christ Michael, Sovereign God of Nebadon. When they brought Jesus before Herod, the tetrarch was startled by his stately appearance and the calm composure of his countenance. For some 15 minutes Herod asked Jesus questions, but the Master would not answer. Herod taunted and dared him to perform a miracle, but Jesus would not reply to his many inquiries or respond to his taunts. Herod, after making fun of him for a time, arrayed him in an old royal purple robe and sent him back to Pilate. Herod knew he had no jurisdiction over Jesus in Judea. Though he was glad to believe that he was finally to be rid of Jesus in Galilee, he was thankful that it was Pilate who had the responsibility of putting him to death. Herod had never fully recovered from the fear that cursed him as a result of killing John the Baptist. Herod at certain times had feared that Jesus was John risen from the dead. But he now saw that Jesus was a far different sort of person from the fiery prophet who dared to expose and denounce his private life.** Pilate was out on his steps where his judgment seat was put. He said to the chief priests: “I have examined this man and failed to find him guilty of the charges. In fact, I find no fault in him. Then I sent him to Herod, and he must have reach the same conclusion since he has sent him back to us. Certainly, nothing worthy of death has been done by this man. If you still think he needs to be disciplined, I am willing to chastise him before I release him.” At that point a huge crowd of people came up to ask Pilate to release a no-good prisoner named Barabbas. During Passover a Jewish prisoner was released from prison due to some tradition, but I’ve read that this is not true, that there was no such tradition. (The UB doesn’t cover the Anunnaki in its section on the Universe, it suppresses the information). But Pilate thought this would be a way of solving the Jesus problem–just let the crowd have Jesus; weren’t they just yesterday singing his praises? So Pilate gave the crowd the choice between Jesus or Barabbas. But the Chief priest and other leaders shouted at the top of their voices “Barabbas, Barabbas!” The crowd, seeing which way the wind was blowing, also started yelling “Barabbas, Barabbas!” The Jewish leaders went through the crowd and told them to shout for release of Barabbas and Jesus’ death. And when Pilate, trying to make a decision, received a note from his wife, he stood aside to read it. It said: “I pray you have nothing to do with this innocent and just man whom they call Jesus. I have suffered many things in a dream this night because of him.” So they all shouted with one accord: “Crucify him, Crucify him!” The unanimity of this demand from the mixed multitude startled and alarmed Pilate, the unfair and fear-ridden judge. He said: “Why would you crucify this man? What evil has he done? Who will come forth to testify against him?” But when they heard Pilate speak in defense of Jesus, they cried all the louder: “Crucify him, crucify him!” Once more Pilate asked which prisoner they wanted him to release, Jesus or Barabbas. They shouted: “Barabbas, Barabbas!” Then Pilate asked: ” But what will I do with Jesus?” Once more the multitude shouted: “Crucify him, crucify him!” Pilate was terrorized by the insistent clamor of the mob, acting under the direct leadership of the chief priests and the counselors of the Sanhedrin; nevertheless, he decided to try one more attempt to appease the crowd and save Jesus (185.4-5.1-13).

Rebel Gene. In discussing whistleblowers, Kerry says they might not be honest. They may be afraid of losing their retirement, or their family’s health insurance. Or they could be killed, which has happened to a couple of people Kerry interviewed. These things are at stake. When we talk about the secret government or the secret space program, we are not talking about an organization that works within the law. These people consider themselves above the law. They operate beyond the laws of surface earth society. And they will continue to do so as long as we the people allow that to be so. Admiralty Law is their instrument of control of the masses. But they bend it and subvert it at will. They own the judges and the network behind them. In these days of AI it’s only going to get worse. Ultimately, this is the nature of the war being fought. Kerry relates some of her background. In 2011 she went to Egypt. She went into a deep meditation. The place was full of beautiful greenery and stone walls and monuments. A family was gathered with a number of others. She recognized Nefertiti, who was dressed in a long shimmering blue dress. But she was agitated–pacing up and down. They were trying to reach a decision about something. When Kerry came out of meditation, she felt like the events were going on at the same time–she in her time and Nefertiti in her time. I’ve had the experience of living one event two different ways. Kerry believes that humanity is progressing to Source, which is as close to God as she gets. Kerry’s life has been messed with by ETs. Not in a bad way. She hasn’t indicated that she feels uncomfortable about it. But they build her up during the night and she feels slightly different in the morning. She calls it enhancing and she points out older people who do not seem to age any further. But the indefinable properties of Human consciousness will override the enhancement. What happens then. Attack from an AI? We have the Skynet chip, the failsafe switch. The maker, Pete Peterson, says it can maintain command and control. * In other news the rate of new cases of C19 is slowing in NYS, which is the epicenter. Although I think Louisiana is now the epicenter. I’m 73, so I can’t go to stores, but I drove by a grocery store and the lot was FULL!

Urantia Book 107. The life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, Joshua bin Joseph, Yeshua, Christ Michael, Sovereign God of Nebadon. The Jews took Jesus to Pilate, who came out of the judgment hall and said: “What accusation do you bring against this fellow?” The Jews wanted confirmation of the death penalty without volunteering any charge. Thus, the spokesman for the Jews said: “If this man were not an evildoer, we should not have delivered him up to you.” Pilate answered: “Since you have not agreed on a definite charge, why don’t you pass judgment on him in accordance with your own laws?” The clerk spoke again: “It is not lawful for us to put any man to death, and this disturber of our nation deserves to die for the things which he has said and done. Thus, we have come to you for confirmation of this decree.” To come before the Roman governor with this attempt at evasion discloses both the ill will and the ill humor of the Jews toward Jesus, as well as the lack of respect for the fairness, honor and dignity of Pilate. Pilate had already heard about Jesus from his wife, who was a believer. Pilate would have liked to postpone this matter, but he knew that this was not only the forenoon of preparation for the Passover, but that this day, being Friday, was also the preparation day for the Jewish Sabbath of rest and worship. So Pilate said to them: “I will not sentence this man to death without a trial; neither will I consent to examine him until you have presented your charges against him in writing.” The clerk then handed up the charges against Jesus. They were: 1. Perverting our nation and stirring our people to rebellion. 2. Forbidding the people to pay tribute to Caesar. 3. Calling himself the king of the Jews and teaching the founding of a new kingdom. Jesus had not been regularly tried nor legally convicted on any of these charges. Pilate now insisted that these charges be read in Jesus’ hearing. He made no reply to these false charges. Even when Pilate bade him answer these charges, he said nothing. Pilate was so astonished at the unfairness of the whole proceeding and so impressed with Jesus silent and masterly bearing that he decided to take the Master inside the hall and examine him privately (185.2.1-13).****** Pilate took Jesus and John Zebedee into a private chamber. He began by saying that he didn’t believe the first charge against Jesus, that he perverted the nation and incited rebellion. Then he asked: “Did you ever teach that tribute should be refused Caesar?” John explained that they paid taxes to both Caesar and the temple. Then Pilate asked: “What about the third accusation–are you king of the Jews?” Jesus explained about the kingdom of heaven and how he was like a king, but only in a spiritual way. Pilate had a hard time understanding it, but he concluded that Jesus was just a harmless fanatic. When Pilate brought Jesus out and told the Jews his opinion, the Jews went crazy. To buy himself time, Pilate sent Jesus to Herod, who was in town for Passover.

Rebel Gene. My computer is sometimes messed with when I repeat what I’ve learned from Kerry Cassidy at Project Camelot. Her YouTube Channel is messed with a lot when she is giving interviews. For example I tried twice recently to access an interview on YT, and the picture was blacked out. This is just almost normal these days. But I have her book on my kindle and there is much information in it. No matter how bad the humans are in the Cabal or the Illuminati or the bankers or rulers or child traffickers, I believe now that the Reptilians are behind it all. The ultimate game is to take control of planet earth, reduce the population, so they can control us easier and put us under some kind of mind control. Do I think they will succeed? Hell, no. But people have to wake up, because so far this has been a stealth operation. ************* Now, to Kerry’s book. She starts at the beginning with the Anunnaki, tall (9-12′) ETs who came to earth 450,000 years ago to find gold for their failing atmosphere. They created humans for working in their gold minds (they crossed their own DNA with that of an early human). Kerry says that we are the product of at least 11 different ET races. The Anunnake finally upgraded the humans after the Flood and a civilization was formed–Sumer, where Iraq is today. Enki and Enlil were brothers and Enki was more favorable to the humans; Enlil was the commander and didn’t like the humans–wanted them only to work. Enki had sex with human women. Their sister Ninharsag was a doctor and helped Enki with the creation of humans. They were high tech and built space ports and the civilization is known for a lot of “firsts.” First writing, first laws, first schools, etc. Kerry has other information. She says that Enlil wanted to dumb down the humans who were gaining critical thinking and also multiplying fast. So it appears that there was a split in the genome in this period when a certain portion of the tribe of Humans were allowed to keep the “rebel gene,” while the other portion were selected for their obedience to authority and their administrative skills. This is a crucial juncture. Because even today large portions of Humans obey authority unquestioningly. They align themselves with the mainstream party line and go out of their way to defend it. And then there are the ones with the rebel genes, like Kerry. I’ve also got the rebel gene. I’ve never known when to keep my mouth shut. Kerry believes that, if we are to progress, our re–evolvement back to Source is dependent on the rebellious and innovative souls among us.

Urantia Book 106. The Life of Jesus of Nazareth, Joshua bin Joseph, Yeshua, Christ Michael, Sovereign God of Nebadon. After 6am on Friday morning Jesus was brought before Pilate, the Roman procurator who governed Judea, Samaria and Idumea. Jesus was accompanied by his accusers, the guards and John. Although much of the examination was conducted inside the praetorium, Pilate took Jesus out on the steps for the public trial. This was a concession to the Jews who refused to enter any gentile building where leaven might be used this day of preparation of the Passover. This would subject them to purification ceremonies before they would be able to participate in the Passover supper (185.0.1-4).************** If Pontius Pilate had not been a reasonably good governor of the minor provinces, Tiberius would hardly have suffered him to remain as procurator of Judea for 10 years. Although he was a fairly good administrator, he was a moral coward. He was not a big enough man to comprehend the task as governor of the Jews. He failed to grasp that these Jews had a real religion, a faith for which they were willing to die, and that millions upon millions of them, scattered here and there throughout the empire, looked to Jerusalem as the shrine of their faith and held the Sanhedrin in respect as the highest tribunal on earth. Pilate did not love the Jews, and this deep-seated hatred early began to manifest itself. Of all the Roman provinces, none was more difficult to govern than Judea. Pilate never really understood the problems involved in the management of the Jews, and therefore, very early in his experience as a governor made a series of almost fatal and almost suicidal blunders. It was these blunders that gave the Jews such power over him. When they wanted to influence his decisions, all they had to do was threaten an uprising, and Pilate would speedily capitulate. In each controversy the Jews would come out on top due to a number of unfortunate encounters. First, he failed to take seriously their deep-seated prejudice against all images as symbols of idol worship. His soldiers had banners with pictures on them, and the Jews wanted them gone, as in yesterday. He refused and threatened them with death. But they were ready to die for their cause. Then Pilate realized that he had made a threat he was not able to carry out and surrendered and had the images removed from the banners. From that day on, he found himself subject to the whims of the Jews. To regain his lost prestige, Pilate put Caesar’s shields on the walls of Herod’s palace walls. The Jews protested and when he refused to remove them, they appealed to Rome. The emperor promptly ordered the shields taken down. The next act of Pilate was that he dared to take money from the temple treasury to pay for an aqueduct to provide water for the millions of people who came on the Jewish holidays. The Jews, of course, objected. Riots and bloodshed resulted from this action and a group of people at prayer were massacred. Finally, Pilate was called to Rome. Tiberius died while Pilate was enroute, and he was not reappointed to Judea. He retired to the province of Lausanne, where he later committed suicide.