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149:2.7 When the [[Creator Son|Creator]] himself was on [[earth]], [[incarnated]] in the likeness of [[mortal]] flesh, it was [[inevitable]] that some [[extraordinary]] [[things]] should happen. But you should never approach [[Jesus]] through these so-called [[miraculous]] occurrences. [[Learn]] to approach the [[miracle]] through [[Jesus]], but do not make the mistake of approaching [[Jesus]] through the [[miracle]]. And this [[admonition]] is warranted, notwithstanding that [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] is the only founder of a [[religion]] who performed supermaterial [[acts]] on [[earth]].

149:2.7 When the [[Creator Son|Creator]] himself was on [[earth]], [[incarnated]] in the likeness of [[mortal]] flesh, it was [[inevitable]] that some [[extraordinary]] [[things]] should happen. But you should never approach [[Jesus]] through these so-called [[miraculous]] occurrences. [[Learn]] to approach the [[miracle]] through [[Jesus]], but do not make the mistake of approaching [[Jesus]] through the [[miracle]]. And this [[admonition]] is warranted, notwithstanding that [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] is the only founder of a [[religion]] who performed supermaterial [[acts]] on [[earth]].

149:2.8 The most astonishing and the most [[revolutionary]] feature of [[Michael]]'s [[mission]] on [[earth]] was his [[attitude]] toward [[women]]. In a day and [[generation]] when a man was not supposed to [[salute]] even his own [[wife]] in a [[public]] place, [[Jesus]] [[dared]] to take [[women]] along as [[teachers]] of the [[gospel]] in [[connection]] with his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_150 third tour of Galilee]. And he had the consummate [[courage]] to do this in the face of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbinic_Judaism rabbinic] teaching which declared that it was " better that the [[words]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah the law] should be burned than delivered to [[women]]. "

149:2.8 The most astonishing and the most [[revolutionary]] feature of [[Michael]]'s [[mission]] on [[earth]] was his [[attitude]] toward [[women]]. In a day and [[generation]] when a man was not supposed to [[salute]] even his own [[wife]] in a [[public]] place, [[Jesus]] [[dared]] to take [[women]] along as [[teachers]] of the [[gospel]] in [[connection]] with his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_150 third tour of Galilee]. And he had the consummate [[courage]] to do this in the face of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbinic_Judaism rabbinic] teaching which declared that it was " better that the [[words]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah the law] should be burned than delivered to [[women]]. "

149:2.9 In one [[generation]] [[Jesus]] lifted [[women]] out of the disrespectful [[oblivion]] and the [[slavish]] drudgery of the ages. And it is the one [[shame]]ful thing about the [[religion]] that presumed to take [[Jesus]]' [[name]] that it lacked the [[moral]] [[courage]] to follow this [[noble]] example in its subsequent [[attitude]] toward [[women]].

149:2.9 In one [[generation]] [[Jesus]] lifted [[women]] out of the disrespectful [[oblivion]] and the [[slavish]] drudgery of the ages. And it is the one [[shame]]ful thing about the [[religion]] that presumed to take [[Jesus]]' [[name]] that it lacked the [[moral]] [[courage]] to follow this [[noble]] example in its subsequent [[attitude]] toward [[women]].

149:2.10 As [[Jesus]] mingled with the people, they found him entirely [[free]] from the [[superstitions]] of that day. He was free from [[religious]] [[prejudices]]; he was never intolerant. He had nothing in his [[heart]] resembling [[social]] [[antagonism]]. While he complied with the [[good]] in the [[religion]] of his [[father]]s, he did not [[hesitate]] to disregard man-made [[traditions]] of [[superstition]] and [[bondage]]. He [[dared]] to teach that [[catastrophes]] of [[nature]], [[accidents]] of time, and other calamitous happenings are not [[visitations]] of [[divine]] [[judgment]]s or [[mysterious]] dispensations of [[Providence]]. He denounced [[slavish]] [[devotion]] to meaningless [[ceremonials]] and exposed the [[fallacy]] of [[materialistic]] [[worship]]. He boldly [[proclaimed]] man's [[spiritual]] [[freedom]] and [[dared]] to teach that [[mortals]] of the [[flesh]] are indeed and in [[truth]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of the living God].

149:2.10 As [[Jesus]] mingled with the people, they found him entirely [[free]] from the [[superstitions]] of that day. He was free from [[religious]] [[prejudices]]; he was never intolerant. He had nothing in his [[heart]] resembling [[social]] [[antagonism]]. While he complied with the [[good]] in the [[religion]] of his [[father]]s, he did not [[hesitate]] to disregard man-made [[traditions]] of [[superstition]] and [[bondage]]. He [[dared]] to teach that [[catastrophes]] of [[nature]], [[accidents]] of time, and other calamitous happenings are not [[visitations]] of [[divine]] [[judgment]]s or [[mysterious]] dispensations of [[Providence]]. He denounced [[slavish]] [[devotion]] to meaningless [[ceremonials]] and exposed the [[fallacy]] of [[materialistic]] [[worship]]. He boldly [[proclaimed]] man's [[spiritual]] [[freedom]] and [[dared]] to teach that [[mortals]] of the [[flesh]] are indeed and in [[truth]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of the living God].

149:2.11 [[Jesus]] [[transcended]] all the teachings of his forebears when he boldly substituted clean [[hearts]] for clean hands as the mark of true [[religion]]. He put [[reality]] in the place of [[tradition]] and swept aside all pretensions of [[vanity]] and [[hypocrisy]]. And yet this fearless man of [[God]] did not give vent to destructive [[criticism]] or [[manifest]] an utter disregard of the [[religious]], [[social]], [[economic]], and [[political]] usages of his day. He was not a [[militant]] [[revolutionist]]; he was a [[progressive]] evolutionist. He [[engaged]] in the destruction of that which was only when he [[simultaneously]] offered his fellows the superior thing which ought to be.

149:2.11 [[Jesus]] [[transcended]] all the teachings of his forebears when he boldly substituted clean [[hearts]] for clean hands as the mark of true [[religion]]. He put [[reality]] in the place of [[tradition]] and swept aside all pretensions of [[vanity]] and [[hypocrisy]]. And yet this fearless man of [[God]] did not give vent to destructive [[criticism]] or [[manifest]] an utter disregard of the [[religious]], [[social]], [[economic]], and [[political]] usages of his day. He was not a [[militant]] [[revolutionist]]; he was a [[progressive]] evolutionist. He [[engaged]] in the destruction of that which was only when he [[simultaneously]] offered his fellows the superior thing which ought to be.

149:2.14 On both [[friends]] and foes he exercised a strong and peculiarly [[fascinating]] [[influence]]. Multitudes would follow him for weeks, just to hear his [[gracious]] [[words]] and behold his [[simple]] life. [[Devoted]] men and women loved [[Jesus]] with a well-nigh [[superhuman]] [[affection]]. And the better they knew him the more they loved him. And all this is still true; even today and in all [[future]] ages, the more man comes to know this [[God]]-[[man]], the more he will [[love]] and follow after him.

149:2.14 On both [[friends]] and foes he exercised a strong and peculiarly [[fascinating]] [[influence]]. Multitudes would follow him for weeks, just to hear his [[gracious]] [[words]] and behold his [[simple]] life. [[Devoted]] men and women loved [[Jesus]] with a well-nigh [[superhuman]] [[affection]]. And the better they knew him the more they loved him. And all this is still true; even today and in all [[future]] ages, the more man comes to know this [[God]]-[[man]], the more he will [[love]] and follow after him.

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[[Category:Paper 149 - The Second Preaching Tour]]

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