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| '''David Evan Pedley''' was born in [[Daly City, | |||
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| He wrote the ]'s preface, | |||
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| translated Genesis, Exodus, Matthew and parts of | |||
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| Revelation as his "gift" to the Dominion of | |||
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| Melchizedek according its "Introduction" which was | |||
| David Evan Pedley was born in Daly City, California on April 8, 1929 and is one of the reputed founders of the ]. He wrote the ]'s preface, translated Genesis, Exodus, Matthew and parts of Revelation as his "gift" to the Dominion of Melchizedek according its "Introduction" which was first published in 1986. He also wrote the Glossary, which is called the "Key of David." | |||
| first published in 1986. He also wrote the Glossary, | |||
| which is called the "Key of David." | |||
| According to the introduction of the [[Melchizedek | |||
| The Introduction also claims the following: | |||
| Bible]], David Pedley graduated from the University of | |||
| "David's son, Ben David Pedely, translated the majority of Revelation, which David edited." Ben David was born at Griffith Park Maternity Home, California on July 19, 1953 | |||
| California, Los Angeles. In his twenties, David | |||
| became an entrepreneur. He attended classes with Dr. | |||
| Josiah Merriman, a doctor turned [[Christian | |||
| Scientist]]. Dr. Merriman "emphasized the importance | |||
| of resurrecting the Dominion of Melchizedek from | |||
| antiquity." | |||
| David was incarcerated in the 1970's after being | |||
| David Evan Pedley's parents were Pauline Ida Pedley and Lewis Logan Pedley, "an English professor and son of a Pasadena Pharmacist." | |||
| convicted of several financial crimes, including stock | |||
| fraud. Pedley claims the charges were false and the | |||
| result of a "witch-hunt" against him. | |||
| While incarcerated, David started a cattle business, | |||
| which Ben David operated for him in Los Angeles, | |||
| California. | |||
| Released in 1975, David partnered with his son Ben | |||
| David Evan Pedley graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles. | |||
| David in a real estate enterprise in Northern | |||
| California. Pedley came under repeated grand jury | |||
| David married Virginia in the year 1948. | |||
| investigations that resulted in further indictments | |||
| against him. In 1982, David and his son Ben David | |||
| "During his twenties, David became an entrepreneur in the businesses of stocks, bonds, mutual funds, oil tools, and lock washers, etc.. He owned various private planes which he used for business and pleasure. In his early twenties, he went through class with Dr. Josiah Merriman, a doctor turned ] Practitioner and Bible Teacher. Dr. Merriman emphasized the importance of resurrecting the Dominion of Melchizedek from antiquity. An assignment given to David and passed on to Ben David." | |||
| fled to Mexico to avoid arrest. Ben David was arrested | |||
| in January 1983 by Mexican immigration for not | |||
| "His reputation as a financial miracle worker reached to the highest levels of American government, making him the target of incessant witch hunts, leading to numerous indictments issued by California and the USA in the early 70's. Perhaps the root of all of the evil unleashed on David was grounded in the book "The Fountain Pen Conspiracy" which falsely labeled David as the "world's greatest con man." | |||
| renewing his visa. After being deported to the U.S. | |||
| Ben David was held pending trial. David Pedley | |||
| "David was incarcerated during the early 70's, receiving four 'false' convictions as a result of various trials from coast to coast. David and Virginia divorced as a result, opening the way for Paz to marry David while he was still incarcerated. Paz was instrumental in David's ability to befriend the prosecutor in his New Jersey case, and other law enforcement officials. | |||
| surrendered to Mexican authorities. While | |||
| incarcerated in Mexico, Pedley apparently began work | |||
| "David found an opportunity to convince the then Sacramento US Marshal, the Honorable Arthur Van Court, of his innocence while being escorted from New Jersey to the federal prison island in NcNeil, Washington. | |||
| on the Melchizedek Bible which was written over a period of 5 years by hand and on a computer (which he received from his son Ben David). | |||
| David Pedley apparently died while in Mexican custody, though the circumstances are not clear. A closed casket funeral was held in Altadena, California. At the funeral, FBI agents approached the Pedley family and requested to fingerprint David’s body. This request was denied by the family and allegedly some government regulators believe that David Pedley is still alive. | |||
| "Because the US Marshal learned that David's prosecutor was under the (false) assumption that one of David's 12 co-defendants was the same person as a famous mob boss, he used that as an excuse to give David a new, convictionless identity under the name, David Wellington, because David had assisted the prosecution in resolving that case. The way he resolved what was considered New Jersey's largest fraud case, being perhaps the only innocent defendant, was to allow the court to convict himself, which enabled the prosecutor to dismiss the other defendants, since the prosecutor had a mandate to get at least one conviction after spending 8 years investigating and prosecuting the case. David legally reserved the right to withdraw his self imposed conviction, but was denied the opportunity. | |||
| "Instead of transporting David to McNeil Island, the Marshal stopped in Sacramento, and placed David in the Placerville, El Dorado Country Jail, where he could use an office and telephone. From that office David started a cattle business, which Ben David operated for him in Los Angeles, California. | |||
| "The US Marshal introduced David to a Deputy Attorney General of the State of California, Jerome C. Utz, who went to work reducing David's sentences. | |||
| "Upon his release in 1975, David invited Ben David to become his co-partner in an enterprise that by 1978 had acquired more than 19,000 acres of real estate in Northern California and built 30 houses in El Dorado County. In 1976 Ben David was wed to this first wife, Janith Marie Wardy. Janith gave birth on March 17, 1977 to Ben David's first son, David James Pedley. | |||
| "With the appointment of a new U.S. Marshal to Sacramento, the new Marshal set out to undo what the friendly Marshal had done for David, opening four years of grand jury investigations that resulted in the indictment of the Deputy Attorney General, David, Ben David, and Michael Cano. Michael Cano assisted in the building of the 30 houses. The press has related this case to 'selling Sacramento suburbs they didn't own' when in fact that wasn't even a part of the indictment or conviction; however any knowledgeable investigative reporter can easily check the public records and find that the Pacific Park Properties, a California Partnership of David and Mark Wellington acquired upwards of 20,000 acres which included some 70-80 lots in El Dorado County, California, and 17,500 acres in Mendocino County, California. | |||
| "Among 400,000 documents the Grand Jury subpoenaed was a movie script that David and Ben David hired Kevin Jarre to write. The script, "Eternal War" was based on what the Deputy Attorney General claimed to be a true story about high level government corruption. Kevin, Ben David's Buckley High School friend, later became a world renowned sceen play writer, writing such movie scripts as Rambo II, Glory, Tombstone, The Devil's Own, The Day of the Jackal, and for 'The Mummy' Kevin was one of the writers and the Executive Producer. | |||
| "With foreknowledge of an imminent indictment, during the summer of 1982, David and Ben David moved to Mexico in order to negotiate with the USA as free men. Upon their arrival in Mexico, David handed Ben David a commentary on the book of Job, and said, 'For a better understanding of what you are experiencing, read Job.' Like a devout Rabbi, David used every opportunity imaginable to pass onto his only son, his deep understanding of Holy Writ and the indispensable mission that would rest the Melchizedek 'government' upon Ben David's shoulders. | |||
| "During their sojourn in Mexico, according to the FBI, David and Ben David founded a Saipan "Class A" Bank that helped Mexicans convert fast devaluating Pesos into more than $8,800,000 US Dollars. | |||
| "January of 1983. Ben David was arrested by Mexican immigration officials for not renewing his visa permit, and deported to the U.S. He was held for eleven months in San Francisco County Jail pending a lengthy and complex trial. During this time David surrendered to the Mexican authorities because he learned that they had captured Paz and were torturing her until she would disclose David's whereabouts. Paz asked the Mexican authorities what could possibly cause them to treat her so harshly, and the response came, 'We are acting at the request of the American government.' Soon after finding himself in Mexican custody, David finally began the task of translating the "New Tongue" versions of the Holy Bible, the work he promised Dr. Merriman decades earlier to begin. During that year, 1983, David began sending Ben David samples of his work on the Melchizedek Bible. | |||
| "During Ben David's lengthy trial of 1983, an expert witness testified that Michael Cano looked up to David as if he were a king, and that visiting David in prison would be like visiting Ghandi while he was in prison for attempting to set India free from foreign rule. The special prosecutor, Leslie 'Pete' Hoffman III, who was sent from Washington DC to handle the trial in San Francisco, (later was interviwed by CBS 60 Minutes II in April 2000 about that and his opinion of Melchizedek) complained to the judge, the Honorable Thelton Henderson, about the fact that David was contacting witnesses from a foreign prison, offering them immunity from prosecution, if they would only tell the truth. Almost complete, the trial was halted when Judge Henderson was diagnosed as having cancer, and months latter was replaced with a retired traveling judge from Idaho. | |||
| "The special prosecutor convinced the jury that David was an extraordinary confidence man, and since he wasn't on trial, that his loyal son and friends should pay the price, although the jury was unable to reach unanimous verdicts concerning Michael Cano. | |||
| "Seven years after the conviction, the friendly US Marshal who was also a subject of the grand jury investigation that led to the indictment against David, Ben David, Jerome, and Michael, made history as the first Marshal to be presidentially appointed to a Marshal's post five times; and in response to questions from the Sacramento Bee, he declared that the 'Pedley case was politically motivated.' | |||
| "Ben David's public defender, Christopher Cannon appealed the conviction, however, the appellate court confirmed the conviction of David Wellington, who was not on trial, instead of Mark Wellington, which demonstrated that the appellate court didn't understand the case. Once this error was brought to their attention, without further ado, the court simply changed it from David Wellington to Mark Wellington without any explanation. Having been consolidated with the appeal of Jerome C. Utz, and quoting 'facts' that where not presented at trial, the decision of the court read like an ugly joke. | |||
| "Because David was in custody in Mexico avoiding extradition, he did not stand trial with his son. During five years of incarceration in Mexican federal prisons, the Melchizedek Bible was written by hand, and then on a computer. Ben David was able to send the computer to David within months after being granted an appeal bond in November of 1983. | |||
| "In Mexico City prisons, during 1984-5, the female prisoners were allowed on weekends to visit the male populated federal prisons. A young, beautiful Jewish woman, named Ruth met David on one of those visits. The two fell in love, and together David and Ruth befriended the Jewish Director of David's prison; therefore, David and Ruth were able to live together until her release in 1986 in an apartment designed for conjugal visits. The Jewish Director also allowed David for a short time to own and posses in that prison apartment a private mobile telephone. In that setting, David could work peacefully on the computer. | |||
| "When his appeal bond was revoked under the New Reform Bail Act of 1984, Ben David began to translate the book of Revelation in San Francisco County Jail. Perhaps a first in History, from the pay phone in his prison cell, Ben David was once able to call directly to David's private mobile phone in his prison suite in Mexico City. | |||
| "In 1985 Ben David escaped from Federal Camp Boron and its taskmasters in an attempt to return to his duties as the father of his two daughters, Rachael Grace and Yvonne Marie; but his then wife, Cynthia, in a successful attempt to diminish any punishment Ben David might receive for his escape, arranged for him to turn himself over to certain deputy US Marshals at a public park in San Francisco where he expected to meet her alone. Back in custody, completing his three year sentence in the Federal Correctional Institution of Safford, Arizona, Ben David finished translating the book of Revelation during the year 1985. | |||
| "Ben David sent the completed chapters of Revelation to David in Mexico where he typed them into his word processor. While typing in chapter eleven of Revelation, the great earthquake hit Mexico City. The official death toll was set at 7,000, which coincided with the 7,000 slain by a terrible earthquake in the eleventh chapter of Revelation. Neither father nor son taught that this is the fulfillment of prophecy, but it helped to remind Ben David of the time frame of his work. | |||
| "January 1986. Ben David was released to a half-way-house in San Francisco. Within ten days, Ben David, his sister Suzanne, their cousin, Brian Fisher, and the attorney for the ] Bank, Gjon Nivica were all arrested. Ben David was allowed to remain in the half-way-house pending their trial in Boston where he published the first edition of the Melchizedek Bible. | |||
| "In Boston during the summer of 1986, Ben David attempted to act as co-counsel in order to defend his father, since David was not there to defend himself, and Ben David was uncomfortable with his court appointed counsel. Ben David was denied his constitutional right to call witnesses, submit evidence, or even have his court appointed co-counsel examine him on the witness stand: therefore Ben David requested that the jury ask any questions they might have; however the judge didn't see the wisdom in that request. The jury unable to learn the truth, found Ben David guilty of the allegations concerning the bank's business of converting Pesos into Dollars; but Suzanne and Brian were found not guilty for lack of involvement in the activities of the bank. At sentencing, Ben David's co-defendant and the bank's attorney, eloquently explained to the sentencing judge that he came to realize that his involvement in representing the bank and his subsequent trial were certainly part of a divine plan. | |||
| "At a side bar, Ben David stated for the record that he felt the prosecutor, Dennis Kelly brought the indictment to steal the assets of the bank, since he was asking that the government keep those seized assets, and as an attempt to stop the publication of the Melchizedek Bible. The prosecutor did not deny these charges. Interestingly, Ben David asked that the face value $10,000,000 USD in State of Texas AAA bonds, a major asset of the bank, be submitted to the jury as evidence, yet the prosecutor objected that they were irrelevant, when in fact, in a civil case brought by creditors of the Saipan bank in the same Federal Court Building, the same prosecutor argued that the bonds couldn't be released to the creditors since they were needed for evidence in the pending criminal trial. | |||
| "An appellate lawyer was appointed to appeal that case, however only one of the panel of three judges in the Boston Federal Appeals Court found that the judge in that lower court, the Honorable David Mazzone should have taken measures to protect Ben David's constitutional rights during trial. The opening words in their decision were, 'Money makes the world go round'. | |||
| "During the Boston trial, David began to write a book called the "Burning Bush", and thereafter made his letters to Ben David more voluminous concerning spiritual matters. His last letter written a few days before the stock market crash of 1987, stated, ''Dear son, I feel that I'm about to have a 'Jonah and the whale' experience.'' Before that letter made its long journey from Mexico City to Federal Prison in Ottisville, New York, Ben David had already received the devastating news through his uncle Pierson of notification by the US State Department concerning David's death. | |||
| "While at Ottisville, Ben David fasted forty days and nights. | |||
| "A closed casket funeral was held in Altadena, California three and one half days after David's death. At the funeral, two FBI agents approached the Pedley family requesting permission to fingerprint David. Permission was denied. Since December of 1991, Forbes magazine and many newspapers have reported that certain government regulators doubt that David is really dead. Perhaps they are correct, since good never dies. To add to the sensationalism, one British reporter even wrote that he thought that he witnessed the appearance of David while visiting Ben David. John Shockey when working for the OCC claims that they had David surrounded at a location in Florida, but he disappeared when they moved in to see him up close. | |||
| "Ben David was paroled in early 1990 from Walla Walla State Penitentiary to his then wife, Cynthia at Tahoe Vista, California where he was reunited with his daughters Rachel Grace and Yvonne Marie. On the bus ride from Walla Walla, Washington to California, Ben David received a revelation that he was to go by the 'new name', Branch Vinedresser, which translates from his Hebrew name, ''Tzemach Korem'' which is a portion of his full legal and Hebrew name: ''Tzemach 'Ben' David Netzer Korem.'' | |||
| "By inviting business men in 1990 to incorporate their businesses under the laws of the Dominion of Melchizedek, 'Branch Vinedresser', caught the attention of the media. Articles began to appear in Europe, America, and Asia about the Dominion. Since Ben David's background was a complete mystery to the media, they were intrigued, and went so far as to write that the reputed leader of the Dominion, 'inimitable religious and financial guru' 'looks eerily like popular depictions of Jesus', 'has the debating skills of a first rate trial lawyer, and a powerful command of financial tools,' entitling some of the articles, 'Father of His Country', 'My Country T'is of Me', 'King of the Seven Seas', and after his true identity was revealed, more recently, 'The Ruse that Roared' resulting from the DOM's successful attempt to stop France from nuclear testing in the South Pacific Ocean by declaring spiritual war on France through the Washington Post. The Washington Post observed that the Dominion of Melchizedek 'may be the ultimate post modern state.' NBC Nightly News with ] proclaimed Dominion of Melchizedek to be the first nation on the Internet in conjunction with the Wall Street Journal's February 9, 1999 article, 'a nation in cyberspace draws fire from authorities.' | |||
| "By coincidence federal officials discovered in late 1991 that the mysterious Branch was born, Mark Logan Pedley, and because of their surprise over his becoming the intriguing figure that left them scratching their heads, they pressured his parole officer into revoking his parole. The grounds for revocation were based on alleged technical administrative violations, such as leaving the Central District of California without permission, which landed him another 8 months in custody. | |||
| "While being housed in a high rise federal prison during the first half of 1992, the LA riots broke out one block from that location, and Ben David's prison was violently shaken by the earthquakes of Joshua Tree, California. All-in-all, as a result of the financial, political and religious persecution following a partnership with his father, Ben David was housed in various minimum and maximum county, state, and federal prisons with every type of criminal and numerous falsely accused male and female prisoners. He read often, attended college courses, organized Bible studies, studied with the various religious groups, and played guitar and organ in several prison bands. | |||
| "Ben David's parole terminated in July of 1994, at which time he was faced with a shorter lived, but far more serious ordeal which ended after two cancer operations with a clean bill of health. He has since resumed traveling the world, visiting and assisting in the establishment of Dominion of Melchizedek legations. His DOM diplomatic passport has been stamped with entry permits by several foreign countries, including that of the USA. | |||
| "During the Spring of 1994 Ben David and Pearlasia experienced a cosmic wedding uniting their common interests in magnifying the Dominion for the benefit of mankind. On October 7, 1995 Pearlasia brought forth an heir to the Melchizedekian leadership; and Ben David named their son, "Hazemach" as his sole name, which translates into English, "The Branch". This birth was essentially marvelous, given the nature of Ben David's cancer operations and considering that Pearlasia was then 45 years of age. Pearlasia became the President of the Dominion of Melchizedek in the Fall of 1994. | |||
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Revision as of 11:58, 19 October 2005
David Evan Pedley was born in [[Daly City, California]] on April 8, 1929 and is one of the reputed founders of the Dominion of Melchizedek. He wrote the Melchizedek Bible's preface, translated Genesis, Exodus, Matthew and parts of Revelation as his "gift" to the Dominion of Melchizedek according its "Introduction" which was first published in 1986. He also wrote the Glossary, which is called the "Key of David."
According to the introduction of the [[Melchizedek Bible]], David Pedley graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles. In his twenties, David became an entrepreneur. He attended classes with Dr. Josiah Merriman, a doctor turned [[Christian Scientist]]. Dr. Merriman "emphasized the importance of resurrecting the Dominion of Melchizedek from antiquity."
David was incarcerated in the 1970's after being convicted of several financial crimes, including stock fraud. Pedley claims the charges were false and the result of a "witch-hunt" against him. While incarcerated, David started a cattle business, which Ben David operated for him in Los Angeles, California.
Released in 1975, David partnered with his son Ben David in a real estate enterprise in Northern California. Pedley came under repeated grand jury investigations that resulted in further indictments against him. In 1982, David and his son Ben David fled to Mexico to avoid arrest. Ben David was arrested in January 1983 by Mexican immigration for not renewing his visa. After being deported to the U.S. Ben David was held pending trial. David Pedley surrendered to Mexican authorities. While incarcerated in Mexico, Pedley apparently began work on the Melchizedek Bible which was written over a period of 5 years by hand and on a computer (which he received from his son Ben David). David Pedley apparently died while in Mexican custody, though the circumstances are not clear. A closed casket funeral was held in Altadena, California. At the funeral, FBI agents approached the Pedley family and requested to fingerprint David’s body. This request was denied by the family and allegedly some government regulators believe that David Pedley is still alive.