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124:6.1 [[Jesus]], having now reached the [[threshold]] of young manhood and having been formally [[graduated]] from the [[synagogue]] [[schools]], was qualified to [[proceed]] to [[Jerusalem]] with his [[parents]] to [[participate]] with them in the [[celebration]] of his first [[Passover]]. The Passover feast of this year fell on Saturday, April 9, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_AD A.D. 7]. A considerable company (103) made ready to depart from [[Nazareth]] early Monday morning, April 4, for [[Jerusalem]]. They journeyed south toward [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria Samaria], but on reaching [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jezreel_(city) Jezreel], they turned east, going around [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Gilboa Mount Gilboa] into the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_valley_(Middle_East) Jordan valley] in order to avoid passing through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria Samaria]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph] and his [[family]] would have enjoyed going down through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria Samaria] by way of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob's_well Jacob's well] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethel Bethel], but since the [[Jews]] disliked to deal with the Samaritans, they decided to go with their [[neighbors]] by way of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_valley_(Middle_East) Jordan valley].

124:6.1 [[Jesus]], having now reached the [[threshold]] of young manhood and having been formally [[graduated]] from the [[synagogue]] [[schools]], was qualified to [[proceed]] to [[Jerusalem]] with his [[parents]] to [[participate]] with them in the [[celebration]] of his first [[Passover]]. The Passover feast of this year fell on Saturday, April 9, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_AD A.D. 7]. A considerable company (103) made ready to depart from [[Nazareth]] early Monday morning, April 4, for [[Jerusalem]]. They journeyed south toward [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria Samaria], but on reaching [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jezreel_(city) Jezreel], they turned east, going around [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Gilboa Mount Gilboa] into the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_valley_(Middle_East) Jordan valley] in order to avoid passing through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria Samaria]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph] and his [[family]] would have enjoyed going down through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria Samaria] by way of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob's_well Jacob's well] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethel Bethel], but since the [[Jews]] disliked to deal with the Samaritans, they decided to go with their [[neighbors]] by way of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_valley_(Middle_East) Jordan valley].

124:6.2 The much-dreaded [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Archelaus Archelaus] had been deposed, and they had little to [[fear]] in taking [[Jesus]] to [[Jerusalem]]. Twelve years had passed since the first [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_the_Great Herod] had sought to destroy the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_122#122:8._THE_BIRTH_OF_JESUS babe of Bethlehem], and no one would now [[think]] of associating that affair with this obscure lad of [[Nazareth]].

124:6.2 The much-dreaded [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Archelaus Archelaus] had been deposed, and they had little to [[fear]] in taking [[Jesus]] to [[Jerusalem]]. Twelve years had passed since the first [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_the_Great Herod] had sought to destroy the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_122#122:8._THE_BIRTH_OF_JESUS babe of Bethlehem], and no one would now [[think]] of associating that affair with this obscure lad of [[Nazareth]].

124:6.3 Before reaching the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jezreel Jezreel] junction, and as they [[journeyed]] on, very soon, on the left, they passed the ancient village of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunem Shunem], and [[Jesus]] heard again about the most [[beautiful]] [[maiden]] of all [[Israel]] who once lived there and also about the [[wonderful]] works [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisha Elisha] performed there. In passing by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jezreel Jezreel], [[Jesus]]' [[parents]] recounted the doings of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahab Ahab] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jezebel Jezebel] and the exploits of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehu Jehu]. In passing around [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Gilboa Mount Gilboa], they talked much about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul Saul], who took his life on the slopes of this [[mountain]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David King David], and the associations of this historic spot.

124:6.3 Before reaching the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jezreel Jezreel] junction, and as they [[journeyed]] on, very soon, on the left, they passed the ancient village of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunem Shunem], and [[Jesus]] heard again about the most [[beautiful]] [[maiden]] of all [[Israel]] who once lived there and also about the [[wonderful]] works [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisha Elisha] performed there. In passing by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jezreel Jezreel], [[Jesus]]' [[parents]] recounted the doings of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahab Ahab] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jezebel Jezebel] and the exploits of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehu Jehu]. In passing around [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Gilboa Mount Gilboa], they talked much about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul Saul], who took his life on the slopes of this [[mountain]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David King David], and the associations of this historic spot.

124:6.14 [[Jesus]] was [[profound]]ly impressed by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple] and all the associated services and other activities. For the first time since he was four years old, he was too much preoccupied with his own meditations to ask many questions. He did, however, ask his [[father]] several [[embarrassing]] questions (as he had on previous occasions) as to why the heavenly Father required the slaughter of so many [[innocent]] and helpless [[animals]]. And his [[father]] well knew from the [[expression]] on the lad's face that his answers and attempts at [[explanation]] were unsatisfactory to his deep-[[thinking]] and keen-reasoning son.

124:6.14 [[Jesus]] was [[profound]]ly impressed by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple] and all the associated services and other activities. For the first time since he was four years old, he was too much preoccupied with his own meditations to ask many questions. He did, however, ask his [[father]] several [[embarrassing]] questions (as he had on previous occasions) as to why the heavenly Father required the slaughter of so many [[innocent]] and helpless [[animals]]. And his [[father]] well knew from the [[expression]] on the lad's face that his answers and attempts at [[explanation]] were unsatisfactory to his deep-[[thinking]] and keen-reasoning son.

124:6.15 On the day before the [[Passover]] [[Sabbath]], flood tides of [[spiritual]] [[illumination]] swept through the [[mortal]] [[mind]] of [[Jesus]] and filled his [[human]] [[heart]] to overflowing with [[affection]]ate [[pity]] for the spiritually blind and morally [[ignorant]] multitudes assembled for the [[celebration]] of the ancient [[Passover]] commemoration. This was one of the most extraordinary days that the Son of God spent in the [[flesh]]; and during the night, for the first time in his [[earth]] [[career]], there appeared to him an assigned [[messenger]] from [[Salvington]], commissioned by [[Immanuel]], who said: " The hour has come. It is time that you began to be about your Father's business. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_2]

124:6.15 On the day before the [[Passover]] [[Sabbath]], flood tides of [[spiritual]] [[illumination]] swept through the [[mortal]] [[mind]] of [[Jesus]] and filled his [[human]] [[heart]] to overflowing with [[affection]]ate [[pity]] for the spiritually blind and morally [[ignorant]] multitudes assembled for the [[celebration]] of the ancient [[Passover]] commemoration. This was one of the most extraordinary days that the Son of God spent in the [[flesh]]; and during the night, for the first time in his [[earth]] [[career]], there appeared to him an assigned [[messenger]] from [[Salvington]], commissioned by [[Immanuel]], who said: " The hour has come. It is time that you began to be about your Father's business. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_2]

124:6.16 And so, even ere the heavy [[responsibilities]] of the [[Nazareth]] [[family]] descended upon his [[youth]]ful shoulders, there now arrived the [[celestial]] [[messenger]] to remind this lad, not quite thirteen years of age, that the hour had come to begin the resumption of the [[responsibilities]] of a [[universe]]. This was the first [[act]] of a long [[succession]] of [[events]] which finally culminated in the completion of the Son's bestowal on Urantia and the replacing of " the [[government]] of a [[universe]] on his human-divine shoulders. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.9]

124:6.16 And so, even ere the heavy [[responsibilities]] of the [[Nazareth]] [[family]] descended upon his [[youth]]ful shoulders, there now arrived the [[celestial]] [[messenger]] to remind this lad, not quite thirteen years of age, that the hour had come to begin the resumption of the [[responsibilities]] of a [[universe]]. This was the first [[act]] of a long [[succession]] of [[events]] which finally culminated in the completion of the Son's bestowal on Urantia and the replacing of " the [[government]] of a [[universe]] on his human-divine shoulders. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.9]

124:6.17 As time passed, the [[mystery]] of the [[incarnation]] became, to all of us, more and more unfathomable. We could hardly [[comprehend]] that this lad of [[Nazareth]] was the [[Creator Son|creator]] of all [[Nebadon]]. Neither do we nowadays [[understand]] how the spirit of this same [[Creator Son]] and the spirit of his [[Paradise Father]] are [[associated]] with the [[souls]] of [[mankind]]. With the passing of time, we could see that his [[human]] [[mind]] was increasingly [[discerning]] that, while he lived his life in the [[flesh]], in spirit on his shoulders rested the [[responsibility]] of a [[universe]].

124:6.17 As time passed, the [[mystery]] of the [[incarnation]] became, to all of us, more and more unfathomable. We could hardly [[comprehend]] that this lad of [[Nazareth]] was the [[Creator Son|creator]] of all [[Nebadon]]. Neither do we nowadays [[understand]] how the spirit of this same [[Creator Son]] and the spirit of his [[Paradise Father]] are [[associated]] with the [[souls]] of [[mankind]]. With the passing of time, we could see that his [[human]] [[mind]] was increasingly [[discerning]] that, while he lived his life in the [[flesh]], in spirit on his shoulders rested the [[responsibility]] of a [[universe]].

124:6.18 Thus ends the [[career]] of the Nazareth lad, and begins the [[narrative]] of that adolescent [[youth]]—the increasingly [[self-conscious]] [[divine]] [[human]]—who now begins the [[contemplation]] of his world [[career]] as he strives to integrate his expanding life [[purpose]] with the [[desires]] of his [[parents]] and his [[obligations]] to his [[family]] and the [[society]] of his day and age.

124:6.18 Thus ends the [[career]] of the Nazareth lad, and begins the [[narrative]] of that adolescent [[youth]]—the increasingly [[self-conscious]] [[divine]] [[human]]—who now begins the [[contemplation]] of his world [[career]] as he strives to integrate his expanding life [[purpose]] with the [[desires]] of his [[parents]] and his [[obligations]] to his [[family]] and the [[society]] of his day and age.

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[[Category:Paper 124 - The Later Childhood of Jesus]]

[[Category:Paper 124 - The Later Childhood of Jesus]]

[[Category: Angelic Contact]]

[[Category: Angelic Contact]]

[[Category: Vocation]]

[[Category: Vocation]]