{"id":108408,"date":"2021-02-08T16:48:49","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T00:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=108408"},"modified":"2021-07-10T16:30:03","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T23:30:03","slug":"q1026-summary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=108408","title":{"rendered":"Q1026 Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary prepared by Fielding M. McGehee III. If you use this material, please credit The Jonestown Institute. Thank you.<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n

To read the Tape Transcript, click here<\/a>. To read the Annotated Tape Transcript, click here<\/a>.
\nListen to MP3<\/a>. To return to the Tape Index, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00a0FBI Catalogue:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jones Speaking<\/p>\n

FBI preliminary tape identification note<\/strong>: <\/strong>Labeled in part \u201cContinuation of 7-5-72\u201d<\/p>\n

Date cues on tape:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 May 7, 1972 (Sunshine Mine disaster of May 2, 1972 a few days before; date notation consistent with European\/Guyanese notation)<\/p>\n

People named:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 None<\/p>\n

Bible verses cited:<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Editor’s note<\/strong>: The verses below appear in order of biblical reference, not as they appear in Jim Jones\u2019 address. For a complete scriptural index to the sermons of Jim Jones, click here<\/a>.)<\/i><\/p>\n

    But it\u2019s a hard job gettin\u2019 it done. And when I walk down this isle, someone\u2019ll say, \u201cPray to me. Pray for me. Pray this, pray that.\u201d It says, \u201caccording to my works\u201d \u2013 the scripture says \u2013 \u201ccommand ye me.\u201d (Isaiah 45:11-13)<\/p>\n

    [Jesus] said, \u201cThy kingdom come, thy will be done in earth.\u201d In earth (Lord\u2019s Prayer, Matthew 6:9-13; also at Luke 11:1-4).<\/p>\n

    Somebody was in prison, somebody was in hell, and you didn\u2019t come unto them. Jesus was down there in that mine (Matthew 25:34-45)<\/p>\n

    The scripture tells you plainly, the heaven is within you, and that heaven must come on earth (Luke 17:20-21, \u201cAnd when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.\u201d).<\/p>\n

    He said, of Jesus, when they crucified him, he said he revolutionizes the people\u2013 he stirreth up the people. They wanted no part of him (Luke 23:1-24, esp. 23:5, \u201cAnd they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.\u201d).<\/p>\n

    He said, \u201cThese are they that turn the world upside down\u201d (Acts 17:6, \u201cThese that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;\u201d).<\/p>\n

    Do you believe that women should keep silent in the churches? \u2018Course you don\u2019t. And King James said, Let the women keep silence in (draws out word) all the churches. Suffer not a woman to teach. And let a woman keep silent, and if she wants to learn anything, go home and ask her husband. If the women would keep silent in the churches, we wouldn\u2019t have any churches! They\u2019re the backbone of the church! They\u2019re what\u2019s kept the church going! And yet the book says, Let the women keep silent in all the churches! Suffer not a woman to speak. (1 Corinthians 14:34-35, \u201cLet your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.\u201d Conflated with 1 Timothy 2:12, \u201cBut I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.\u201d)<\/p>\n

    And all I want you to do is to act like God, because that\u2019s the only way the world\u2019s gonna know that God exists, is for you to become living epistles, the manifestation of the sons of God. That\u2019s the only way people are going to know, is if you become the living Bible, so they can read you in decent actions (2 Corinthians 3:1-3).<\/p>\n

    God never said there was any slave. He said, There\u2019s neither bond nor free, Greek nor Jew, Scythian or Barbarian, black or white, they\u2019re all one in him! Out of one blood, God made all nations! (Galatians 3:27-29, \u201cFor as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.\u201d Conflated with Colossians 3:10-11, \u201c\u2026put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.\u201d)<\/p>\n

    And he said, If you got a good master, be thankful. If you got a bad master, be content. (1 Peter 2:18, \u201cServants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.\u201d) <\/p>\n

    Whatever state you find yourself in, therewith be content (Philippians 4:11, \u201c\u2026I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.\u201d).<\/p>\n

    [Slaveowners] put you in chains in the first pew. Tied you up, and told you to learn their religion, so that you wouldn\u2019t want what you had coming to you. Said, \u201cSlaves, obey your master.\u201d You think God said that? It\u2019s in the book: \u201cServants, obey your master.\u201d (Colossians 3:22-23, \u201cServants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God; And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;\u201d)<\/ol>\n

    Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    (This tape was transcribed by Kristian Klippenstein. The<\/em> editors gratefully acknowledge his invaluable assistance.)<\/em><\/p>\n

    This short fragment of a sermon is the continuation of Q 1020.<\/p>\n

    The theme of this piece is Jones\u2019 exhortation to his followers to build heaven on earth, instead of waiting for it to come to them after they die. Using the recent and deadly Sunshine Mine disaster \u2013 caused in large part by the owners\u2019 refusal to abide by safety regulations and precautions \u2013 as a point of departure, Jones says that the rich want the poor to focus on a pie-in-the-sky heaven, so they can oppress the them in the here-and-now. \u201cThe biggest corporate interests in this country, the biggest international bankers, they pay these preachers, they give foundations, they\u2019ll give money to churches that\u2019ll preach about heaven in the sky, because they don\u2019t want you to do anything about making a heaven here on earth.\u201d<\/p>\n

    In comparison, Jones says, reiterating a familiar theme, all the money the comes to Peoples Temple goes for the services that the church provides, especially in helping babies and senior citizens.<\/p>\n

    FBI Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Date of transcription: 7\/2\/79<\/p>\n

    In connection with the Federal Bureau of Investigation\u2019s investigation into the assassination of U.S. Congressman LEO J. RYAN at Port Kaituma, Guyana, South America, on November 18, 1978, a tape recording was obtained. This tape recording was located in Jonestown, Guyana, South America, and was turned over to U.S. Officials in Guyana and subsequently transported to the United States.<\/p>\n

    On June 14, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B107-38. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

    A short portion of a lesson on current events by JIM JONES with the remainder of the tap [tape] being blank.<\/p>\n

    Differences with FBI Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    The summary is accurate and meets the FBI\u2019s purposes.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Tape originally posted February 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Summary prepared by Fielding M. McGehee III. If you use this material, please credit The Jonestown Institute. Thank you. To read the Tape Transcript, click here. To read the Annotated Tape Transcript, click here. Listen to MP3. To return to the Tape Index, click here. \u00a0FBI Catalogue:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jones Speaking FBI preliminary tape identification note: Labeled […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":688,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-108408","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108408"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110582,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108408\/revisions\/110582"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}