Publisher's Synopsis
At close of the Jesus ministry a battle for heart and mind ensued between new established churches and the mystic Jesus followers.
This historical novel, "And the Cock Crows", records a struggle that for nearly two thousand years has laid dormant, hidden deep and unnoticed inside the New Testament canon. At Passover supper Jesus and his disciples Peter, John, and the others, have convened for an annual traditional celebration in Jerusalem, but soon the disciples find their world shattered by unexpected events spiraling uncontrollably into a monumental crisis that astonishingly becomes the establishment church's pathway to salvation. But it is not the Master's message; a false message is seeded. And no one is in position to correct it. Enters Paul of Tarsus, an orthodox Jew and Roman citizen who takes the reins of the broken Jesus ministry from afar, deep in the Roman Empire and distant from Jerusalem. He tells of a way to eternal life that the Master never said and proclaims a wrong message as he builds new churches throughout the Roman Empire. Yet the Jews, to whom Jesus had ministered, reject Paul's message. So, Paul changes his mission, bringing his Christian message to non-Jews, and makes numerous journeys through the vast Roman Empire, evangelizing his message of salvation to a Pagan population, and they convert in flocks to his new religion. But Peter and the other disciples of Jesus, and most other Jews, fanatically oppose Paul, and drive him out of their cities. This differing take on the historical Jesus is a probable construction, not fantasy or fiction. Using Paul's own words in his fourteen preserved New Testament letters and following the biblical book, Acts of the Apostles, an incredible version of Jesus' message is revealed, contrary to the Church version, unveiling a far more powerful and elevated teaching of eternal life told through the lips of the Master, Jesus. This easy to read novel, both entertains and informs, and most importantly reveals the Master's true teaching for an era that is today ready for the hard kernel of truth.
