Joseph of Avalon returns to Glastonbury in AD38

Joseph of Avalon returns to Glastonbury in AD38 to build the first Christian church in the world outside of Jerusalem. Britain was safe for Christians and visiting disciples of Jesus because the Romans did not invade until AD45.

‘The Voyages of Joseph of Avalon’ offers a true and compelling account of Joseph of Avalon’s return to Glastonbury in AD 38 to build the first Christian church in the world, outside of Jerusalem.

We learn that Joseph was forced to flee from Jerusalem in his sailing ships shortly after the Crucifixion of his great nephew Jesus, when suspicion arose that there would be problems when Nero became Emperor.

As suspected, when Emperor Nero (AD 37-69) was informed that Jesus was seen three days after his Crucifixion and that the news was spreading through Jerusalem, he went crazy. He ordered everyone connected with the Crucifixion to be arrested and questioned (his name for torture). This, of course, included Joseph, a Minister of Mines.

Fortunately, Joseph had been tipped off by contacts in Rome and hastily fled in his ship from the Port of Joppa. Accompanying him were the Disciples Lazarus, Mary, Martha, Marcella and Maximin.

Ronald Rayner, the author of ‘The Voyage of Joseph of Avalon’ offers us research which gives irrefutable proof that Joseph settled with his extended family in Glastonbury, before proceeding in peace with his plan to set up the first Christian Church outside Jerusalem. His research also reveals that Disciples were subsequently able to visit the church when making their regular round trips to Britain, on Joseph’s fleet of ships.

We learn with satisfying detail, the dimension and physicality of the church. sixty feet in length by twenty six feet in breadth, it was built of timber pillars and framework doubly wattled inside and out, and thatched with straw. We are informed that there were certain essentials to every temple, as dictated by the Druidic faith, to which Joseph of Avalon adhered. The temple had to be circular; it had to be roofless and open at the sides and its materials had to be monoliths: vast single stones, untouched by metal.

Britain proved to be a safe haven for Joseph of Avalon during the construction of the first Christian church outside Jerusalem and subsequently for Christians and visiting Disciples of Jesus. The Romans were not to invade for another seven years, in AD 45.

‘The Voyages of Joseph of Avalon’ offers us an accessible and riveting insight into the reality that the church in Glastonbury, was indeed built by Joseph of Avalon in AD 38. It was, we learn, to become the thriving centre and mother of Christianity in Britain, and the world.

Ronald Rayner's Fascinating Book 'The Voyages of Joseph of Avalon, The boy Jesus and the Crystal Skull' is available to buy in paperback now from www.JosephOfAvalon.com or from Amazon.