The Scroll of the Rule
Adapted from The Essene Writings from Qumran by Dupont-Sommer,
For use in the religion of Shabuwa in the tribulation times
I.
1 This is the Book of Meditation
for the people of Ma’een who know Anokeesed
that they may instruct those who have consecrated their lives to Anokeesed
to live according to the rule of the Community
to seek Anokeesed with all their heart and all their soul
and to do what is good and right before Him
as He has revealed in our sacred writings
by his servants the prophets
to love all that He has chosen
and to rejoice where He rejoices
and grieve with Him when He grieves
and to depart from all of the evil
of the Fallen Watchers of Heaven
who teach against the love of Anokeesed and
to cling to all works of goodness
and to join with The Man in element to practice Truth
and righteousness
and justice on the earth
to walk no more in the blindness of a guilty heart
nor with lustful eyes committing every kind of offense
2 But to cause all those suited to the discipline
who wish to practice the precepts of Anokeesed
to enter into the Covenant of Grace
that they may be united in the Council of God
and behave perfectly before Him
according to all the revelations
concerning their visions of created purpose
that they may join with Him
to love all the people of His Right Hand in lovingkindness
each according to the desires of Anokeesed
in the Council of God
and that they may grieve with Him
over all the doings of the sons of darkness
each according to the feelings
of the tender heart of Anokeesed
3 And all of those of the Community of Ma’een that cling to His Truth
shall bring all their understandings
and powers
and possessions
into the Community of God
to purify their understanding in the Truth
of the precepts of Anokeesed
and to order their powers
according to the perfection of His Ways
and to view all their possessions
according to His gentle right counsel
and they shall make no single step away from the words of Anokeesed
in their hearts and lives
and they shall honor the desires of His heart
and not delay to embrace them for any reason
and they shall not depart from His precepts of the Truth
which are given to His people
to walk either to the right or to the left
4 And all who wish to live in the Community
must abide by the Rule of the Community
and shall enter into taking the Covenant in the presence of God
undertaking to act according to all
that which they have promised Him
and shown in their behavior according to the precept
and not turn back from Him in their Covenant
on account of fear
or fright
or any affliction whatever
if tempted by the dominion of Semihazah
5 And whoever among the people that knows Anokeesed
who wishes to join the Community
they shall be examined on their intelligence and deeds
by the man who is the Overseer at the head of the Many
and if the candidate is suited to the discipline
then the Overseer will bring them to the Council
so that their case may be considered
to see if they have indeed been converted to the truth
and have turned away from all perversity
6 If they are willing to cross over into the covenant
then they shall enter the Omer Classes
beginning with the First Omer
and be instructed in all the knowledge and ways of the Community
7 When they shall continue their process
they will faithfully make an effort
and shall say in their hearts
I will do whatever it takes in my repentance
and discipline to know Him
this is called the Omer of Repentance
and they shall use The Book of Remembrance of Achee
as their text
8 And when they approach the Many
after the accomplishment of their First Omer
the Many shall consider their case
and according to the leadings of the Spirit
and the advice of their instructors
they shall decide if they shall
either approach to the Second Omer Class
or depart from the Community
9 When they have accomplished their first promise
then they shall extend that promise unto the second
to become purified
and sanctified in Him
and come clean before Him
to begin to increasingly feel Him in all things
this is the time of the second Omer of Righteousness
and their text is The Book of Remembrance of Enoch
10 And when they approach the Many
after the accomplishment of their Second Omer
the Many shall consider their case
and according to the leadings of the Spirit
they shall decide if they shall either approach the Third Omer
or not
11 When next they enter into the time
of the third Omer of All Things Common
they are again extending that promise
to develop relationships with The Man
through righteousness in all things
to become sanctified in Him
and sickness and sorrow will be done away
to the extent that the Eerkodeshiy will obey them
and they shall use The Book of Remembrance of our Ancient Grandmothers as their text
12 And when they have lived in the Community
for three years or more
they may approach the Many
after the accomplishment of their third Omer
the Many shall consider their case
according to the leadings of the Spirit
13 When they undertake the Fourth Omer
so that they may enlarge their promise
to know
and feel
both the joys and burdens of Anokeesed
and participate in acts of companionship to comfort Him
14 Then they may enter into the Fourth Omer of Common Consent
with all the Many
upon being approved by the Council
and they shall declare
The nature of His personality will be before me in all of my daily walk
and the power of it will influence all of my behavior towards my fellows
and my loving kindness will abound
and The Book of Remembrance of Melchizedek shall be their text
15 To pass from one Omer to the next
each one shall be instructed by their teachers
according to whatever amount of time they need
and having passed their Omer
they shall have a ceremony of installation
for each stage of commitment
and all promises shall be made at the altar during Ingathering
before all their fellows
if more than one Omer has been accomplished during the year
they may state all of the promises at this time
16 And since the time that they entered into the Covenant
this is what they shall do
year by year
during all the time of their service to Anokeesed
17 All the people of Ma’een shall pass before Anokeesed in their order
according to their place of inscription
one after another
that every person of Ma’een may know the place they must occupy
in the Community of God
and that of the eternal council of Anokeesed by His Spirit
together with the council of the Eerkodeshiy
18 And no one shall go down from their place they occupy
nor raise themselves
above their place to which they are assigned
for all those in the Community of Truth
shall maintain virtuous humility
loving charity and careful discernment
one toward another in the Council of holiness
as people of the everlasting company
19 But whoever scorns to enter the ways of God
and be taught by the Community of His Counsel
in order to walk in the stubbornness of their heart
they shall not pass into His Community of Truth
for their soul has demonstrated
a loathing of the teaching of knowledge
an unwillingness to teach their children the ways of Anokeesed
and they have not established within them
the understanding of righteousness
by the conversion of their lives
20 Therefore
they shall not be counted among the upright people of Ma’een
And their understandings
and powers
and possessions
shall not be brought in to the Council of the Community of God
For their silence is invaded by the confusion of pride
and defilements are hidden within their calm
21 If they will not allow themselves to be taught
then they present to others
that they feel things in their hearts which they do not feel
Then in the stubbornness of their hearts they shall not be justified
nor when they behold the ways of light
while clinging to their stubbornness
among the obedient they shall not be counted
They shall not be absolved by atonement
nor purified by lustral waters
nor sanctified by seas and rivers
nor cleansed by all the waters of washing
or helped by any use of the element of righteousness
Unclean
unclean shall they be
in their awareness of The Man Who Is
as long as they scorn the Truth of God
and allow not themselves to be taught
by the Community of His Council
22 For by the Spirit of the Lord’s true counsel
concerning the ways of mankind
shall all their sins be forgiven
so they may look upon the Living Light
By the Holy Spirit of Ka’ee in the Community of His truth
shall they be cleansed of all their sins
and by the Spirit of uprightness and humility
shall their iniquity be atoned by the Lord’s love and compassion
By their humility towards all the precepts of God
shall their soul be cleansed
when washed with lustral water
and sanctified in the flowing living water of Motsah the Lamb
23 And they shall order their steps
to walk perfectly in all the ways of God
according to the desires of Anokeesed
concerning His purposes for them in Community
And they shall step aside neither to right
nor to the left
and shall make no single step away
from all His words and counsel to the Community
Then will they please God with agreeable service
and thus it will obtain for them
the inheritance of the eternal Community
24 And this is that which they shall delight to be taught
to love repentance and virtue
to pray unceasing
to conform their personal interests to the will of God
to have righteous relationships
with the elements of the Eerkodeshiy
and no friendly relationships with all the Decadarchiy
to form no opinion without the guidance of the Lord
and include Him in all their decisions
to love whatever they love with Him
and thereby love it completely
to seek Him with all their heart and soul
in order to keep the First Commandment
and the Second likewise
to put the Lord first in all their doings
to live their visions of created purpose individually
collectively
and completely
to do everything they do for Him
to learn how to care about everything
to learn how to blend their personal relationship with God
with that of others
to vigorously pursue their independent dominion
with its contribution to Community
to live by faith
to reject the desires for the satisfaction of possessions
and the satisfaction of dominance
to always assume the best of their fellows
to seek the Lord
to find Him
to know Him
to love Him as He has loved each of His children
and to diligently instruct their children in all these ways