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121:1.1 [[Jesus]] did not come to this world during an age of [[spiritual]] [[decadence]]; at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Century the time] of his [[birth]] [[Urantia]] was experiencing such a [[revival]] of spiritual [[thinking]] and religious living as it had not known in all its previous [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:3._POST-ADAMIC_MAN post-Adamic history] nor has experienced in any era since. When [[Michael]] [[incarnated]] on [[Urantia]], the world presented the most favorable condition for the [[Creator Son]]'s [[bestowal]] that had ever previously prevailed or has since obtained. In the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_history#Timeline_of_ancient_history centuries] just prior to these times [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Greek culture] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language Greek language] had spread over [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece#Hellenistic_Greece Occident and near Orient], and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews], being a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levant Levantine race], in nature part [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occident Occidental] and part [[Oriental]], were eminently fitted to utilize such [[cultural]] and [[linguistic]] settings for the effective spread of a new [[religion]] to both East and West. These most favorable circumstances were further enhanced by the [[tolerant]] [[political]] rule of the [[Mediterranean]] world by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occident#The_Roman_Empire Romans].

121:1.1 [[Jesus]] did not come to this world during an age of [[spiritual]] [[decadence]]; at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Century the time] of his [[birth]] [[Urantia]] was experiencing such a [[revival]] of spiritual [[thinking]] and religious living as it had not known in all its previous [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:3._POST-ADAMIC_MAN post-Adamic history] nor has experienced in any era since. When [[Michael]] [[incarnated]] on [[Urantia]], the world presented the most favorable condition for the [[Creator Son]]'s [[bestowal]] that had ever previously prevailed or has since obtained. In the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_history#Timeline_of_ancient_history centuries] just prior to these times [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Greek culture] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language Greek language] had spread over [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece#Hellenistic_Greece Occident and near Orient], and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews], being a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levant Levantine race], in nature part [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occident Occidental] and part [[Oriental]], were eminently fitted to utilize such [[cultural]] and [[linguistic]] settings for the effective spread of a new [[religion]] to both East and West. These most favorable circumstances were further enhanced by the [[tolerant]] [[political]] rule of the [[Mediterranean]] world by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occident#The_Roman_Empire Romans].

121:1.2 This entire combination of world [[influences]] is well [[illustrated]] by the [[activities]] of [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]], who, being in [[religious]] culture a [[Hebrew]] of the Hebrews, proclaimed the [[gospel]] of a Jewish [[Messiah]] in the [[Greek]] tongue, while he himself was a [[Roman]] [[citizen]].

121:1.2 This entire combination of world [[influences]] is well [[illustrated]] by the [[activities]] of [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]], who, being in [[religious]] culture a [[Hebrew]] of the Hebrews, proclaimed the [[gospel]] of a Jewish [[Messiah]] in the [[Greek]] tongue, while he himself was a [[Roman]] [[citizen]].

121:1.3 Nothing like the [[civilization]] of the times of [[Jesus]] has been seen in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occident Occident] before or since those days. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe European civilization] was unified and [[co-ordinated]] under an extraordinary threefold [[influence]]:

121:1.3 Nothing like the [[civilization]] of the times of [[Jesus]] has been seen in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occident Occident] before or since those days. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe European civilization] was unified and [[co-ordinated]] under an extraordinary threefold [[influence]]:

*1. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occident#The_Roman_Empire Roman political and social systems].

*1. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occident#The_Roman_Empire Roman political and social systems].

*2. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece#Hellenistic_Greece Grecian language and culture]—and [[philosophy]] to a certain extent.

*2. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece#Hellenistic_Greece Grecian language and culture]—and [[philosophy]] to a certain extent.

*3. The rapidly spreading [[influence]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jewish] religious and [[moral]] teachings.

*3. The rapidly spreading [[influence]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jewish] religious and [[moral]] teachings.

121:1.4 When [[Jesus]] was [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_122#122:8._THE_BIRTH_OF_JESUS born], the entire [[Mediterranean]] world was a unified [[empire]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_roads Good roads], for the first time in the world's history, interconnected many major centers. The [[seas]] were cleared of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates pirates], and a great era of [[trade]] and [[travel]] was rapidly advancing. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe Europe] did not again enjoy another such period of travel and trade until the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century nineteenth century] after [[Christ]].

121:1.4 When [[Jesus]] was [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_122#122:8._THE_BIRTH_OF_JESUS born], the entire [[Mediterranean]] world was a unified [[empire]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_roads Good roads], for the first time in the world's history, interconnected many major centers. The [[seas]] were cleared of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates pirates], and a great era of [[trade]] and [[travel]] was rapidly advancing. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe Europe] did not again enjoy another such period of travel and trade until the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century nineteenth century] after [[Christ]].

121:1.5 Notwithstanding the internal [[peace]] and [[superficial]] [[prosperity]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Roman_world Greco-Roman world], a [[majority]] of the [[inhabitants]] of the [[empire]] languished in squalor and [[poverty]]. The small upper class was rich; a miserable and impoverished lower class embraced the rank and file of [[humanity]]. There was no [[happy]] and prosperous [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_class middle class] in those days; it had just begun to make its [[appearance]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_citizenship Roman society].

121:1.5 Notwithstanding the internal [[peace]] and [[superficial]] [[prosperity]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Roman_world Greco-Roman world], a [[majority]] of the [[inhabitants]] of the [[empire]] languished in squalor and [[poverty]]. The small upper class was rich; a miserable and impoverished lower class embraced the rank and file of [[humanity]]. There was no [[happy]] and prosperous [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_class middle class] in those days; it had just begun to make its [[appearance]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_citizenship Roman society].

121:1.6 The first [[struggles]] between the expanding [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Republic Roman] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthia Parthian] states had been concluded in the then recent past, leaving [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria Syria] in the hands of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome#Empire Romans]. In the times of [[Jesus]], [[Palestine]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria Syria] were enjoying a period of [[prosperity]], relative [[peace]], and extensive [[commercial]] [[intercourse]] with the lands to both the East and the West.

121:1.6 The first [[struggles]] between the expanding [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Republic Roman] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthia Parthian] states had been concluded in the then recent past, leaving [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria Syria] in the hands of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome#Empire Romans]. In the times of [[Jesus]], [[Palestine]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria Syria] were enjoying a period of [[prosperity]], relative [[peace]], and extensive [[commercial]] [[intercourse]] with the lands to both the East and the West.

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