🌿 The Forty Days We Almost Lost. How Christ’s Own Words Survived in Ethiopia — and Why They Matter Now
🌿 The Forty Days We Almost Lost
How Christ’s Own Words Survived in Ethiopia — and Why They Matter Now
I want to write this plainly.
Not as a scholar.
Not as a preacher.
Just as an old man from the sticks who loves Jesus and listens carefully when He speaks.
What I’m about to share isn’t meant to tear anything down.
It’s meant to lift something up that has been quietly preserved for a very long time.
🕊️ First — What Are These Ethiopian Records?
After Jesus rose from the dead, the Bible tells us He spent forty days teaching His disciples before He ascended to heaven.
Most Christians know that verse.
What most people don’t know is this:
Some early Christians wrote down teachings attributed to Christ during those forty days — teachings about the Kingdom of God, about watchfulness, about humility, about deception, about how His followers should live after He was gone.
Many of these early writings were:
suppressed
lost
destroyed
or rewritten as Christianity became an institution tied to empire and power
But not all of them.
🌍 Why Ethiopia Matters
Ethiopia was one of the earliest Christian nations on earth — long before Rome controlled Christianity.
Here’s the simple part:
Ethiopia accepted Christianity early
Ethiopia was outside Roman political control
Ethiopia used its own ancient language (Ge’ez)
Ethiopia kept records in monasteries, caves, and remote places
Ethiopia wasn’t trying to build an empire
Because of that, Rome couldn’t destroy or rewrite everything.
Some teachings survived there that didn’t survive elsewhere.
Not because Ethiopia was smarter.
But because it was out of reach.
📜 What Do These Records Contain?
These Ethiopian writings include teachings attributed to Jesus after His resurrection, during those forty days.
And what struck me wasn’t the history.
It was the voice.
When I read what Christ is said to teach, I thought:
I’ve heard Him speak like this before.
🤍 The Voice Sounds Familiar
Here’s what Jesus emphasizes in these Ethiopian teachings:
Watch and pray without ceasing
Be humble
Care for the poor
Beware of false shepherds
Don’t be deceived by outward religion
Prepare your heart, not just your behavior
Carry your cross daily
Expect corruption after prosperity
That should sound familiar.
Because it’s the same Jesus who speaks:
in the Book of Mormon
in Christ’s visit to the Nephites
in the Nemenhah records, where He is remembered as the Peacemaker
Different lands.
Different people.
Same Shepherd.
🔥 Christ Talks More About Hearts Than Institutions
One thing becomes very clear in these Ethiopian teachings:
Jesus is not focused on building an institution.
He doesn’t talk about:
hierarchy
centralized power
enforced obedience
religious control
He talks about:
repentance
humility
love
endurance
deception creeping into religion
leaders who harm instead of heal
That lines up exactly with:
the Book of Mormon warnings to the Gentiles
the Nemenhah teaching that power corrupts stewardship
Christ’s own words: “By their fruits ye shall know them.”
🌿 Healing, Light, and Free Giving
Another thing that stopped me in my tracks:
In these Ethiopian records, Christ is remembered as:
healing freely
comforting the poor
drawing near to prisoners and outcasts
giving light without price
No permission slips.
No gatekeepers.
No paywalls.
That’s the same Christ who says:
“Freely ye have received, freely give.”
And the same Christ who appears in the Book of Mormon ministering one by one.
🕯️ Why I Compared These Records
I didn’t read these Ethiopian teachings in isolation.
I laid them side by side with:
the Book of Mormon
the Nemenhah records
Christ’s own words in the Bible
And I wasn’t looking for proof.
I was listening for recognition.
What I found was harmony — not contradiction.
Not carbon copies.
But the same spirit, the same tone, the same priorities.
🤍 What This Confirms (For Me)
This doesn’t prove institutions are evil.
It simply confirms something quieter and deeper:
Christ works with people, not systems
Truth survives on the margins
Power and prosperity often precede corruption
Zion begins in hearts, not buildings
The Savior never stopped teaching His people
And most importantly:
Getting close to Jesus matters more than belonging to anything else.
That message runs through:
the Book of Mormon
the Nemenhah records
and these Ethiopian teachings from the forty days
🕊️ A Gentle Invitation
I’m not asking anyone to believe anything because I said so.
I’m just saying this:
If you know the Shepherd’s voice…
you’ll recognize Him here.
And if you don’t yet —
maybe that’s okay too.
Walk slowly.
Listen carefully.
Stay humble.
He’s patient.
🌿 If You Want to Study These Writings for Yourself
I want to be clear about something.
These Ethiopian Christian writings are not something I received privately, secretly, or through any special access.
They are real historical texts, preserved and translated through academic and historical work.
They survived because they were kept outside the reach of Roman religious power, in places like Ethiopia, where early Christianity took root and continued without being absorbed into institutional control.
If you feel prompted to look for yourself, here is where I began:
Public digital libraries such as Archive.org
University collections that host translations of Ethiopian (Ge’ez) Christian texts
Scholarly works that study early Christianity outside the Roman Church
Helpful search phrases include:
Ethiopian Christian manuscripts
Ge’ez Christian texts
Christ forty days after resurrection
post-resurrection teachings of Jesus
early non-Roman Christian writings
I’m not asking anyone to accept my conclusions.
I’m simply inviting you — if you feel drawn — to read, pray, and listen for yourself.
The same Jesus who spoke then
is still able to speak now.
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