Keys to the Kingdom: Jesus and the Mystic Kabbalah looks at the basic tenets of the Kabbalah and its intrinsic interconnections to Judaism and Christianity. Judaism is to Kabbalah is to what Christianity is to Judaism, the foundation on which these
religious beliefs were built upon. In the time of Jesus, the ancient
knowledge of Kabbalah was preserved as secret knowledge taught only to Rabbis as part of their religious training. This specialized training insured that all religious teachers fully understood the underlying nature and interactions of all symbolic
aspects of the Jewish belief system. Strict restrictions, in regards to whom could learn this secret knowledge, ensured that only those willing to fully commit themselves to the full understanding of these aspects could gain the valuable insights that Kabbalah could provide. Jesus was born a Jew and raised as a Jew. Moreover, he even taught principles that in his time were described simply as a sect of Judaism. In this way, as a Jew and as a teacher of Judaism, Jesus would likely have had to adhere to certain restrictions and would have been privy to certain aspects of the Kabbalah. Keys to the Kingdom: Jesus and the Mystic Kabbalah explores these aspects comparing them to biblical accounts and comes up with some very intriguing ideas. Keys to the Kingdom: Jesus and the Mystic Kabbalah is an extremely well written
book. The author has provide a well researched and expertly presented information on the Kabbalah, compiling information that one usually only finds after reading dozens of rather complex and difficult to understand texts on the subject. Moreover, the author poses some very intriguing and important questions about the life of Jesus and the nature of our biblical accounts.