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126:3.1 By the middle of this fifteenth year—and we are [[Measure|reckoning]] [[time]] in [[accordance]] with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth-century] calendar, not by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_calendar Jewish year]—[[Jesus]] had taken a firm grasp upon the [[management]] of his [[family]]. Before this year had passed, their savings had about disappeared, and they were face to face with the [[necessity]] of disposing of one of the [[Nazareth]] houses which [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph] and his [[neighbor]] Jacob owned in [[partnership]].

126:3.1 By the middle of this fifteenth year—and we are [[Measure|reckoning]] [[time]] in [[accordance]] with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth-century] calendar, not by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_calendar Jewish year]—[[Jesus]] had taken a firm grasp upon the [[management]] of his [[family]]. Before this year had passed, their savings had about disappeared, and they were face to face with the [[necessity]] of disposing of one of the [[Nazareth]] houses which [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph] and his [[neighbor]] Jacob owned in [[partnership]].

126:3.2 On Wednesday evening, April 17, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9_AD A.D. 9], Ruth, the baby of the [[family]], was [[born]], and to the best of his [[ability]] [[Jesus]] endeavored to take the place of his [[father]] in comforting and ministering to his [[mother]] during this trying and peculiarly sad [[ordeal]]. For almost a score of years (until he began his [[public]] [[ministry]]) no [[father]] could have [[loved]] and nurtured his daughter any more [[affectionately]] and [[faithfully]] than [[Jesus]] cared for little Ruth. And he was an [[equally]] [[good]] [[father]] to all the other members of his [[family]].

126:3.2 On Wednesday evening, April 17, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9_AD A.D. 9], Ruth, the baby of the [[family]], was [[born]], and to the best of his [[ability]] [[Jesus]] endeavored to take the place of his [[father]] in comforting and ministering to his [[mother]] during this trying and peculiarly sad [[ordeal]]. For almost a score of years (until he began his [[public]] [[ministry]]) no [[father]] could have [[loved]] and nurtured his daughter any more [[affectionately]] and [[faithfully]] than [[Jesus]] cared for little Ruth. And he was an [[equally]] [[good]] [[father]] to all the other members of his [[family]].

126:3.3 During this year [[Jesus]] first [[Composition|formulated]] the [[prayer]] which he subsequently taught to [[his apostles]], and which to many has become known as " The Lord's Prayer. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_11] In a way it was an [[evolution]] of the [[family]] [[altar]]; they had many [[forms]] of [[praise]] and several [[formal]] [[prayers]]. After his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_126#126:2._THE_DEATH_OF_JOSEPH father's death] [[Jesus]] tried to teach the older [[children]] to [[express]] themselves [[individually]] in [[prayer]]—much as he so enjoyed doing—but they could not grasp his [[thought]] and would invariably fall back upon their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorization memorized] [[prayer]] forms. It was in this [[effort]] to [[stimulate]] his older brothers and sisters to say [[individual]] [[prayers]] that [[Jesus]] would endeavor to lead them along by suggestive [[phrases]], and presently, without [[intention]] on his part, it [[developed]] that they were all using a form of [[prayer]] which was largely built up from these suggestive lines which [[Jesus]] had taught them.

126:3.3 During this year [[Jesus]] first [[Composition|formulated]] the [[prayer]] which he subsequently taught to [[his apostles]], and which to many has become known as " The Lord's Prayer. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_11] In a way it was an [[evolution]] of the [[family]] [[altar]]; they had many [[forms]] of [[praise]] and several [[formal]] [[prayers]]. After his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_126#126:2._THE_DEATH_OF_JOSEPH father's death] [[Jesus]] tried to teach the older [[children]] to [[express]] themselves [[individually]] in [[prayer]]—much as he so enjoyed doing—but they could not grasp his [[thought]] and would invariably fall back upon their [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorization memorized] [[prayer]] forms. It was in this [[effort]] to [[stimulate]] his older brothers and sisters to say [[individual]] [[prayers]] that [[Jesus]] would endeavor to lead them along by suggestive [[phrases]], and presently, without [[intention]] on his part, it [[developed]] that they were all using a form of [[prayer]] which was largely built up from these suggestive lines which [[Jesus]] had taught them.

126:3.4 At last [[Jesus]] gave up the [[idea]] of having each member of the [[family]] formulate [[spontaneous]] [[prayers]], and one evening in October he sat down by the little [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_lamp squat lamp] on the low stone table, and, on a piece of smooth cedar board about eighteen inches square, with a piece of charcoal he wrote out the [[prayer]] which became from that time on the [[standard]] [[family]] [[petition]].

126:3.4 At last [[Jesus]] gave up the [[idea]] of having each member of the [[family]] formulate [[spontaneous]] [[prayers]], and one evening in October he sat down by the little [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_lamp squat lamp] on the low stone table, and, on a piece of smooth cedar board about eighteen inches square, with a piece of charcoal he wrote out the [[prayer]] which became from that time on the [[standard]] [[family]] [[petition]].

126:3.5 This year [[Jesus]] was much troubled with [[confused]] [[thinking]]. [[Family]] [[responsibility]] had quite effectively removed all [[thought]] of [[immediately]] carrying out any [[plan]] for responding to the [[Jerusalem]] [[visitation]] directing him to " be about his Father's business. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_2] [[Jesus]] rightly reasoned that the watchcare of his [[earth]]ly [[father]]'s [[family]] must take precedence of all [[duties]]; that the [[support]] of his [[family]] must become his first [[obligation]].

126:3.5 This year [[Jesus]] was much troubled with [[confused]] [[thinking]]. [[Family]] [[responsibility]] had quite effectively removed all [[thought]] of [[immediately]] carrying out any [[plan]] for responding to the [[Jerusalem]] [[visitation]] directing him to " be about his Father's business. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_2] [[Jesus]] rightly reasoned that the watchcare of his [[earth]]ly [[father]]'s [[family]] must take precedence of all [[duties]]; that the [[support]] of his [[family]] must become his first [[obligation]].

126:3.6 In the [[course]] of this year [[Jesus]] found a passage in the so-called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_enoch Book of Enoch] which [[influenced]] him in the later adoption of the term " [http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/boe/index.htm Son of Man] "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Daniel#Chapter_7] as a designation for his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:7._THE_SEVENTH_AND_FINAL_BESTOWAL bestowal mission] on [[Urantia]]. He had thoroughly [[considered]] the [[idea]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_messianism Jewish Messiah] and was firmly convinced that he was not to be that [[Messiah]]. He longed to help his [[father]]'s people, but he never [[expected]] to lead [[Jewish]] [[Military|armies]] in overthrowing the foreign [[domination]] of [[Palestine]]. He knew he would never sit on the throne of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David] at [[Jerusalem]]. Neither did he believe that his [[mission]] was that of a [[spiritual]] deliverer or [[moral]] [[teacher]] solely to the Jewish people. In no sense, therefore, could his life [[mission]] be the [[fulfillment]] of the [[intense]] longings and supposed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_messianism Messianic] [[prophecies]] of the [[Hebrew]] [[scriptures]]; at least, not as the [[Jews]] understood these [[predictions]] of the [[prophets]]. Likewise he was certain he was never to [[appear]] as the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Daniel#Chapter_7 Son of Man] depicted by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel Prophet Daniel].

126:3.6 In the [[course]] of this year [[Jesus]] found a passage in the so-called [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_enoch Book of Enoch] which [[influenced]] him in the later adoption of the term " [https://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/boe/index.htm Son of Man] "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Daniel#Chapter_7] as a designation for his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:7._THE_SEVENTH_AND_FINAL_BESTOWAL bestowal mission] on [[Urantia]]. He had thoroughly [[considered]] the [[idea]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_messianism Jewish Messiah] and was firmly convinced that he was not to be that [[Messiah]]. He longed to help his [[father]]'s people, but he never [[expected]] to lead [[Jewish]] [[Military|armies]] in overthrowing the foreign [[domination]] of [[Palestine]]. He knew he would never sit on the throne of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David] at [[Jerusalem]]. Neither did he believe that his [[mission]] was that of a [[spiritual]] deliverer or [[moral]] [[teacher]] solely to the Jewish people. In no sense, therefore, could his life [[mission]] be the [[fulfillment]] of the [[intense]] longings and supposed [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_messianism Messianic] [[prophecies]] of the [[Hebrew]] [[scriptures]]; at least, not as the [[Jews]] understood these [[predictions]] of the [[prophets]]. Likewise he was certain he was never to [[appear]] as the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Daniel#Chapter_7 Son of Man] depicted by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel Prophet Daniel].

126:3.7 But when the time came for him to go forth as a world [[teacher]], what would he call himself? What claim should he make concerning his [[mission]]? By what [[name]] would he be called by the people who would become [[believers]] in his teachings?

126:3.7 But when the time came for him to go forth as a world [[teacher]], what would he call himself? What claim should he make concerning his [[mission]]? By what [[name]] would he be called by the people who would become [[believers]] in his teachings?

126:3.8 While turning all these [[problems]] over in his [[mind]], he found in the [[synagogue]] [[library]] at [[Nazareth]], among the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalyptic_literature apocalyptic books] which he had been [[studying]], this manuscript called " [http://www.pseudepigrapha.com/pseudepigrapha/enoch1b.htm The Book of Enoch] "; and though he was certain that it had not been written by [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_45#45:4._THE_FOUR_AND_TWENTY_COUNSELORS Enoch] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:2._CAIN_AND_ABEL of old], it proved very [[intriguing]] to him, and he read and reread it many times. There was one passage which particularly impressed him, a passage in which this term " Son of Man " appeared. The [[writer]] of this so-called [http://www.pseudepigrapha.com/pseudepigrapha/enoch1b.htm Book of Enoch] went on to tell about this Son of Man, describing the [[work]] he would do on [[earth]] and explaining that this Son of Man, before coming down on this [[earth]] to bring [[salvation]] to [[mankind]], had walked through the [[courts]] of heavenly [[glory]] with his Father, [[the Father]] of all; and that he had turned his back upon all this grandeur and [[glory]] to come down on [[earth]] to proclaim [[salvation]] to needy [[mortals]]. As [[Jesus]] would read these passages (well [[understanding]] that much of the [[Oriental|Eastern]] [[mysticism]] which had become admixed with these teachings was [[erroneous]]), he [[responded]] in his [[heart]] and [[recognized]] in his [[mind]] that of all the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_messianism Messianic] [[predictions]] of the [[Hebrew scriptures]] and of all the [[theories]] about the Jewish deliverer, none was so near the [[truth]] as this [[story]] tucked away in this only partially accredited [http://www.pseudepigrapha.com/pseudepigrapha/enoch1b.htm Book of Enoch]; and he then and there decided to adopt as his [[inaugural]] title " the Son of Man. " And this he did when he subsequently began his [[public]] [[work]]. [[Jesus]] had an unerring [[ability]] for the [[recognition]] of [[truth]], and truth he never [[hesitated]] to [[embrace]], no matter from what [[source]] it [[appeared]] to [[emanate]].

126:3.8 While turning all these [[problems]] over in his [[mind]], he found in the [[synagogue]] [[library]] at [[Nazareth]], among the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalyptic_literature apocalyptic books] which he had been [[studying]], this manuscript called " [https://www.pseudepigrapha.com/pseudepigrapha/enoch1b.htm The Book of Enoch] "; and though he was certain that it had not been written by [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_45#45:4._THE_FOUR_AND_TWENTY_COUNSELORS Enoch] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:2._CAIN_AND_ABEL of old], it proved very [[intriguing]] to him, and he read and reread it many times. There was one passage which particularly impressed him, a passage in which this term " Son of Man " appeared. The [[writer]] of this so-called [https://www.pseudepigrapha.com/pseudepigrapha/enoch1b.htm Book of Enoch] went on to tell about this Son of Man, describing the [[work]] he would do on [[earth]] and explaining that this Son of Man, before coming down on this [[earth]] to bring [[salvation]] to [[mankind]], had walked through the [[courts]] of heavenly [[glory]] with his Father, [[the Father]] of all; and that he had turned his back upon all this grandeur and [[glory]] to come down on [[earth]] to proclaim [[salvation]] to needy [[mortals]]. As [[Jesus]] would read these passages (well [[understanding]] that much of the [[Oriental|Eastern]] [[mysticism]] which had become admixed with these teachings was [[erroneous]]), he [[responded]] in his [[heart]] and [[recognized]] in his [[mind]] that of all the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_messianism Messianic] [[predictions]] of the [[Hebrew scriptures]] and of all the [[theories]] about the Jewish deliverer, none was so near the [[truth]] as this [[story]] tucked away in this only partially accredited [https://www.pseudepigrapha.com/pseudepigrapha/enoch1b.htm Book of Enoch]; and he then and there decided to adopt as his [[inaugural]] title " the Son of Man. " And this he did when he subsequently began his [[public]] [[work]]. [[Jesus]] had an unerring [[ability]] for the [[recognition]] of [[truth]], and truth he never [[hesitated]] to [[embrace]], no matter from what [[source]] it [[appeared]] to [[emanate]].

126:3.9 By this [[time]] he had quite thoroughly settled many [[things]] about his forthcoming [[work]] for the world, but he said nothing of these matters to his [[mother]], who still held stoutly to the [[idea]] of his being the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_messianism Jewish Messiah].

126:3.9 By this [[time]] he had quite thoroughly settled many [[things]] about his forthcoming [[work]] for the world, but he said nothing of these matters to his [[mother]], who still held stoutly to the [[idea]] of his being the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_messianism Jewish Messiah].

126:3.10 The great [[confusion]] of [[Jesus]]' younger days now arose. Having settled something about the [[nature]] of his [[mission]] on [[earth]], " to be about his Father's business "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_2]—to show forth [[the Father|his Father]]'s [[loving]] [[nature]] to all [[mankind]]—he began to [[ponder]] anew the many [[statements]] in the [[Scriptures]] referring to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_messianism coming of a national deliverer], a [[Jewish]] [[teacher]] or [[king]]. To what [[event]] did these [[prophecies]] refer? Was not he a [[Jew]]? or was he? Was he or was he not of the house of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David]? His [[mother]] averred he was; his [[father]] had ruled that he was not. He decided he was not. But had the [[prophets]] [[confused]] the [[nature]] and [[mission]] of the [[Messiah]]?

126:3.10 The great [[confusion]] of [[Jesus]]' younger days now arose. Having settled something about the [[nature]] of his [[mission]] on [[earth]], " to be about his Father's business "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_2]—to show forth [[the Father|his Father]]'s [[loving]] [[nature]] to all [[mankind]]—he began to [[ponder]] anew the many [[statements]] in the [[Scriptures]] referring to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_messianism coming of a national deliverer], a [[Jewish]] [[teacher]] or [[king]]. To what [[event]] did these [[prophecies]] refer? Was not he a [[Jew]]? or was he? Was he or was he not of the house of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David]? His [[mother]] averred he was; his [[father]] had ruled that he was not. He decided he was not. But had the [[prophets]] [[confused]] the [[nature]] and [[mission]] of the [[Messiah]]?

126:3.11 After all, could it be possible that his [[mother]] was right? In most matters, when [[differences]] of [[opinion]] had arisen in the past, she had been right. If he were a new [[teacher]] and not the [[Messiah]], then how should he [[recognize]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_messianism Jewish Messiah] if such a one should [[appear]] in [[Jerusalem]] during the time of his [[earth]] [[mission]]; and, further, what should be his [[relation]] to this [[Jewish]] [[Messiah]]? And what should be his [[relation]], after embarking on his life [[mission]], to his [[family]]? to the [[Jewish]] [[commonwealth]] and [[religion]]? to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Roman Empire]? to the [[gentiles]] and their [[religions]]? Each of these momentous [[problems]] this young [[Galilean]] turned over in his [[mind]] and seriously [[pondered]] while he continued to [[work]] at the [[carpenter]]'s bench, laboriously making a living for himself, his [[mother]], and eight other [[hungry]] mouths.

126:3.11 After all, could it be possible that his [[mother]] was right? In most matters, when [[differences]] of [[opinion]] had arisen in the past, she had been right. If he were a new [[teacher]] and not the [[Messiah]], then how should he [[recognize]] the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_messianism Jewish Messiah] if such a one should [[appear]] in [[Jerusalem]] during the time of his [[earth]] [[mission]]; and, further, what should be his [[relation]] to this [[Jewish]] [[Messiah]]? And what should be his [[relation]], after embarking on his life [[mission]], to his [[family]]? to the [[Jewish]] [[commonwealth]] and [[religion]]? to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Roman Empire]? to the [[gentiles]] and their [[religions]]? Each of these momentous [[problems]] this young [[Galilean]] turned over in his [[mind]] and seriously [[pondered]] while he continued to [[work]] at the [[carpenter]]'s bench, laboriously making a living for himself, his [[mother]], and eight other [[hungry]] mouths.

126:3.12 Before the end of this year [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary] saw the [[family]] [[Money|funds]] diminishing. She turned the sale of doves over to James. Presently they bought a second cow, and with the aid of Miriam they began the sale of milk to their [[Nazareth]] [[neighbors]].

126:3.12 Before the end of this year [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary] saw the [[family]] [[Money|funds]] diminishing. She turned the sale of doves over to James. Presently they bought a second cow, and with the aid of Miriam they began the sale of milk to their [[Nazareth]] [[neighbors]].

126:3.13 His [[profound]] periods of [[meditation]], his frequent [[journeys]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazareth#Geography_and_population the hilltop] for [[prayer]], and the many strange [[ideas]] which [[Jesus]] advanced from time to time, thoroughly alarmed his [[mother]]. Sometimes she [[thought]] the lad was [[Sanity|beside himself]], and then she would steady her [[fears]], remembering that he was, after all, a [[child]] of [[promise]] and in some [[manner]] [[different]] from other [[youths]].

126:3.13 His [[profound]] periods of [[meditation]], his frequent [[journeys]] to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazareth#Geography_and_population the hilltop] for [[prayer]], and the many strange [[ideas]] which [[Jesus]] advanced from time to time, thoroughly alarmed his [[mother]]. Sometimes she [[thought]] the lad was [[Sanity|beside himself]], and then she would steady her [[fears]], remembering that he was, after all, a [[child]] of [[promise]] and in some [[manner]] [[different]] from other [[youths]].

126:3.14 But [[Jesus]] was learning not to speak of all his [[thoughts]], not to present all his [[ideas]] to the world, not even to his own [[mother]]. From this year on, [[Jesus]]' [[disclosures]] about what was going on in his [[mind]] steadily diminished; that is, he talked less about those [[things]] which an [[average]] [[person]] could not grasp, and which would lead to his being regarded as peculiar or [[different]] from ordinary folks. To all [[appearances]] he became commonplace and [[conventional]], though he did long for someone who could [[understand]] his [[problems]]. He craved a trustworthy and confidential [[friend]], but his [[problems]] were too [[complex]] for his [[human]] associates to [[comprehend]]. The [[uniqueness]] of the unusual situation [[compelled]] him to bear his burdens [[alone]].

126:3.14 But [[Jesus]] was learning not to speak of all his [[thoughts]], not to present all his [[ideas]] to the world, not even to his own [[mother]]. From this year on, [[Jesus]]' [[disclosures]] about what was going on in his [[mind]] steadily diminished; that is, he talked less about those [[things]] which an [[average]] [[person]] could not grasp, and which would lead to his being regarded as peculiar or [[different]] from ordinary folks. To all [[appearances]] he became commonplace and [[conventional]], though he did long for someone who could [[understand]] his [[problems]]. He craved a trustworthy and confidential [[friend]], but his [[problems]] were too [[complex]] for his [[human]] associates to [[comprehend]]. The [[uniqueness]] of the unusual situation [[compelled]] him to bear his burdens [[alone]].