Hole In The Rock' Grave

Question: The tomb where Jesus was buried... Where is it? What does it look like? Is there a picture of the tomb? Can you visit the burial site of Jesus?Answer: It would be really nice if I could tell you that the photo above is of the tomb that Jesus once was laid in. Though this tomb, well outside of Jerusalem, serves as a great example of a first century burial place, that's all it is... a great example.In the fax to San Diego, USA on April 17, 1994 this strange fact was thus written: "A light then shone on the earth over the "grave" and Lord Jesus rose up in a meditating position." The word "grave" is in inverted commas to emphasize uncertainty; that it is not a normally accepted description of a grave! (No mention was made of it being inside a rock mound.) Kash’s father had to emphasize the uncertainty of "grave" as he had no idea what type of burial place his son was talking about. All he knew was that graves were below the ground, and definitely not above it.

Part of fax sent to San Diego, USA, on April 17, 1994.

But Kash insisted that it was a 'hole in the rock' grave that he witnessed with the Great Holy Spirit and all the Divine Beings. Even when reminded that graves are underground he did not change his story, stressing that it was what he witnessed with Shri Mataji. This original fax is yet another piece of irrefutable documentary evidence as to the authenticity of his spiritual journeys with the Great Adi Shakti in the Sahasrara. Nearly fifty Malaysian Sahaja Yogis (see photo below) were also given bound copies of Kash’s experiences — which included this fax to San Diego, USA — in December 1994, when Kash’s father went there to attend his brother's marriage. Those who still have these copies may verify the above statement. We consider the confirmation of this evidence by independent third-party observers critical to the authenticity and infallibility of Kash’s witnessing the Resurrection of Lord Jesus Christ. It also verifies that Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi is indeed whom She claims to be.

Malaysian collective at 1994 Christmas Puja, most of whom received bound copies of Kash's experiences.]

Subsequently, after more than two years, he was found to be absolutely right. The Holy Spirit Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi did take him to witness the Resurrection of Lord Jesus Christ as it took place two thousand years ago!

On May 28, 1996, at 5.55 a.m. this precise mystical description by Kash of Jesus’ tomb were confirmed for the first time. On page 197 of Dan Costian’s Bible Enlightened the following facts, as witnessed by the Gospels just after the crucifixion, were obtained by his father:"On the day before Passover at about the sixth hour (at noon) Pilate handed Jesus over to them to be crucified (John 19:14,16). He was taken to Golgotha (Gulgultha, in Aramaic), the place of the skull (Matthew 27:33; Mark 15:22; Luke 23:33; John 19:17) where He was put on the cross (Matthew 27:35; John 19:18) at the third hour (Mark 15:25). From the sixth to the ninth hour (between 12 and 3 o’clock [p.m.]) the whole land was covered with darkness (Matthew 27:45; Mark 15:33; Luke 23:44). At the ninth hour (3 o’clock p.m.) Jesus died (Matthew 27:46-50; Mark 15:34-37; Luke 23:46).In the evening (Matthew 27:57) of the preparation, that is the day before the Sabbath (Mark 15:42; Luke 23:50; John 19:38) Joseph of Arimathaea, having obtained Pilate’s consent, took the body down from the cross, wrapped it in linen and laid it in a tomb hewn in the rock and rolled a great stone across the entrance (Matthew 27:57-60; Mark 15:43-46; Luke 23:50-53; John 19:38-42)."

Dan Costian, Bible Enlightened, 1995, p. 197.


Other sources point to the same fact of Jesus' grave:

"In Jesus’ day, the dead of wealthy families were typically laid to rest in family burial places in use for generations, either caves or tombs cut into soft rock. Although criminals were usually interred in the trench graves where the poor were laid to rest, Jesus did not receive a criminal’s burial. Since his own family would not have owned a burial spot near Jerusalem, a follower names Joseph of Arimathea arranged to bury Jesus in his own unused tomb in a garden near Golgotha. Such tombs usually had one or more irregular chambers with ledges where the bodies were placed and were accessible only by a short, low-ceilinged, ramp like shaft. No coffin was used. As suggested in the Gospels, a rough boulder or a specially cut closing stone blocked the entrance, basically to protect the corpse from jackals."

The Story of Jesus, The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc., 1993, p. 298.


"Biblical scholars try to pinpoint the Resurrection
From Jerusalem Bureau Chief Walter Rodgers

"The earliest preaching insisted that Jesus was actually alive after being actually dead. No feature of the Christian message caused more intellectual problems, or more rejection in the Greek world, and some recent trends in Western thought have found it equally hard to accommodate. But in the Christian movement as a whole, belief in the resurrection of Christ has obstinately remained a fixed point. It is fundamental to the conviction of the triumph of God and of good in the face of the crucifixion of Jesus [15:177-242]. There has followed from it the conviction of the eventual resurrection of the rest of the race."

John R. Hinnells, A Handbook of Living Religions


JERUSALEM (CNN) — This weekend, hundreds of millions of Christians will be commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth and celebrating his resurrection.The Resurrection in the Holy Land some 2,000 years ago is a central tenet of Christian faith, symbolizing life and hope and triumph over death.

Biblical scholars have identified at least two possible sites of Golgotha, the tomb from which Christians believe Jesus rose from the dead. One is within the walls of modern Jerusalem in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. The other is a cave-like structure outside the ancient city of Jerusalem.

"We don't have striking evidence (either site) is the place. We have circumstantial evidence for both places," said Israeli archeologist Rame Arav.

Most Christians believe the tomb inside Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulcher is Golgotha, according to one biblical scholar.

"Christians who come to the Holy Sepulcher have a 99 percent certitude that Golgotha is where it's said to be. You can actually see the rock beneath the glass," said the Rev. Jerry Murphy O'Connor, a Dominican scholar.

Christians believe the rock is the one that was placed in front of the tomb of Jesus. But Jewish burials were required to be a certain distance from the Second Temple and the Holy Sepulcher tomb is too close, according to some scholars.

A cave outside the ancient city, near a first century Jewish tomb, is another possible resurrection site.

"We believe the Romans may have used this as a crucifixion site," said O'Connor.

Mary Magdalene was the first to see the risen Christ, according to the Bible, but, "Why a woman?"

"I believe in the Jesus movement women were extremely important. They were probably more numerous than men and I think they had a deeper intuitive, sympathetic understanding of what he was trying to achieve than men," said O'Connor."

CNN, April 6, 1996


"The Resurrection Of Christ (PDF format) ...one of the cardinal facts and doctrines of the gospel. If Christ be not risen, our faith is vain (1 Cor. 15:14). The whole of the New Testament revelation rests on this as an historical fact. On the day of Pentecost Peter argued the necessity of Christ's resurrection from the prediction in Ps. 16 (Acts 2:24-28). In his own discourses, also, our Lord clearly intimates his resurrection (Matt. 20:19; Mark 9:9; 14:28; Luke 18:33; John 2:19-22).The evangelists give circumstantial accounts of the facts connected with that event, and the apostles, also, in their public teaching largely insist upon it. Ten different appearances of our risen Lord are recorded in the New Testament. They may be arranged as follows:

(1.) To Mary Magdalene at the sepulchre alone. This is recorded at length only by John (20:11-18), and alluded to by Mark (16:9-11).
(2.) To certain women, "the other Mary," Salome, Joanna, and others, as they returned from the sepulchre. Matthew (28:1-10) alone gives an account of this. (Compare Mark 16:1-8, and Luke 24:1-11.)
(3.) To Simon Peter alone on the day of the resurrection. (See Luke 24:34; 1 Cor. 15:5.)
(4.) To the two disciples on the way to Emmaus on the day of the resurrection, recorded fully only by Luke (24:13-35. Compare Mark 16:12, 13).
(5.) To the ten disciples (Thomas being absent) and others "with them," at Jerusalem on the evening of the resurrection day. One of the evangelists gives an account of this appearance, John (20:19-24).
(6.) To the disciples again (Thomas being present) at Jerusalem (Mark 16:14-18; Luke 24:33-40; John 20:26-28. See also 1 Cor. 15:5).
(7.) To the disciples when fishing at the Sea of Galilee. Of this appearance also John (21:1-23) alone gives an account.
(8.) To the eleven, and above 500 brethren at once, at an appointed place in Galilee (1 Cor. 15:6; compare Matt. 28:16-20).
(9.) To James, but under what circumstances we are not informed (1 Cor. 15:7).
(10.) To the apostles immediately before the ascension. They accompanied him from Jerusalem to Mount Olivet, and there they saw him ascend "till a cloud received him out of their sight" (Mark 16:19; Luke 24:50-52; Acts 1:4-10).
It is worthy of note that it is distinctly related that on most of these occasions our Lord afforded his disciples the amplest opportunity of testing the fact of his resurrection. He conversed with them face to face. They touched him (Matt. 28:9; Luke 24:39; John 20:27), and he ate bread with them (Luke 24:42, 43; John 21:12, 13).
(11.) In addition to the above, mention might be made of Christ's manifestation of himself to Paul at damascus, who speaks of it as an appearance of the risen Savior (Acts 9:3-9, 17; 1 Cor. 15:8; 9:1).
It is implied in the words of Luke (Acts 1:3) that there may have been other appearances of which we have no record.
The resurrection is spoken of as the act (1) of God the Father (Ps. 16:10; Acts 2:24; 3:15; Rom. 8:11; Eph. 1:20; Col. 2:12; Heb. 13:20); (2) of Christ himself (John 2:19; 10:18); and (3) of the Holy Spirit (1 Peter 3:18).
The resurrection is a public testimony of Christ's release from his undertaking as surety, and an evidence of the Father's acceptance of his work of redemption. It is a victory over death and the grave for all his followers.

"And now an absurd problem came up: ‘How could God have permitted that? For this question the deranged reason of the little community found a downright terrifying absurd answer: God gave his Son for forgiveness of sins, as a sacrifice. All at once it was all over with the Gospel! The guilt sacrifice, and that in its most repulsive, barbaric form, the sacrifice of the innocent man for the sins of the guilty! What atrocious paganism! — For Jesus had done away with the concept ‘guilt’ itself — he had denied any chasm between God and man, he lived this unity of God and man as his ‘glad tidings’ . . . And not as a special prerogative!"

Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols/The Anti-Christ


The importance of Christ's resurrection will be seen when we consider that if he rose the gospel is true, and if he rose not it is false. His resurrection from the dead makes it manifest that his sacrifice was accepted. Our justification was secured by his obedience to the death, and therefore he was raised from the dead (Rom. 4:25). His resurrection is a proof that he made a full atonement for our sins, that his sacrifice was accepted as a satisfaction to divine justice, and his blood a ransom for sinners. It is also a pledge and an earnest of the resurrection of all believers (Rom. 8:11; 1 Cor. 6:14; 15:47-49; Phil. 3:21; 1 John 3:2). As he lives, they shall live also.

It proved him to be the Son of God, inasmuch as it authenticated all his claims (John 2:19; 10:17). "If Christ did not rise, the whole scheme of redemption is a failure, and all the predictions and anticipations of its glorious results for time and for eternity, for men and for angels of every rank and order, are proved to be chimeras. 'But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first-fruits of them that slept.' Therefore the Bible is true from Genesis to Revelation. The kingdom of darkness has been overthrown, Satan has fallen as lightning from heaven, and the triumph of truth over error, of good over evil, of happiness over misery is for ever secured." Hodge.

With reference to the report which the Roman soldiers were bribed (Matt. 28:12-14) to circulate concerning Christ's resurrection, "his disciples came by night and stole him away while we slept," Matthew Henry in his "Commentary," under John 20:1-10, fittingly remarks, "The grave-clothes in which Christ had been buried were found in very good order, which serves for an evidence that his body was not 'stolen away while men slept.' Robbers of tombs have been known to take away 'the clothes' and leave the body; but none ever took away 'the body' and left the clothes, especially when they were 'fine linen' and new (Mark 15:46). Any one would rather choose to carry a dead body in its clothes than naked. Or if they that were supposed to have stolen it would have left the grave-clothes behind, yet it cannot be supposed they would find leisure to 'fold up the linen.' "

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Note: The Gospel of Mary from the Nag Hammadi Library reveals the deeper mystical experiences and superior spiritual understanding of Mary Magdalene which are more consistent with Christ’s teachings. When Peter questions Mary Magdalene about her gnostic experience with Shri Jesus, she replies:

"I, I saw the Lord in a vision and I said to him, ‘Lord I saw you today in a vision.’" He answered and said to me, "Blessed are you that you did not waver at the sight of me. For where the mind is, there is the treasure." I said to him, "Lord, how does he who sees the vision see it through the soul or through the spirit?’ The Saviour answered, "He does not see through the soul nor through the spirit, but the mind which [is] between the two — that is [what] see the vision and it is [. . .. . .. . .. . ..]" (the mid- section of the original text is missing from here.)