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125:0.1 No [[incident]] in all [[Jesus]]' eventful [[earth]] [[career]] was more [[engaging]], more [[humanly]] thrilling, than this, his first remembered [[visit]] to [[Jerusalem]]. He was especially [[stimulated]] by the [[experience]] of attending the [[temple]] [[discussions]] by himself, and it long stood out in his [[memory]] as the great [[event]] of his later [[childhood]] and early [[youth]]. This was his first [[opportunity]] to enjoy a few days of [[independent]] living, the exhilaration of going and coming without [[restraint]] and restrictions. This brief period of undirected living, during the week following the [[Passover]], was the first complete [[freedom]] from [[responsibility]] he had ever [[enjoyed]]. And it was many years subsequent to this before he again had a like period of [[freedom]] from all sense of [[responsibility]], even for a short time.

125:0.1 No [[incident]] in all [[Jesus]]' eventful [[earth]] [[career]] was more [[engaging]], more [[humanly]] thrilling, than this, his first remembered [[visit]] to [[Jerusalem]]. He was especially [[stimulated]] by the [[experience]] of attending the [[temple]] [[discussions]] by himself, and it long stood out in his [[memory]] as the great [[event]] of his later [[childhood]] and early [[youth]]. This was his first [[opportunity]] to enjoy a few days of [[independent]] living, the exhilaration of going and coming without [[restraint]] and restrictions. This brief period of undirected living, during the week following the [[Passover]], was the first complete [[freedom]] from [[responsibility]] he had ever [[enjoyed]]. And it was many years subsequent to this before he again had a like period of [[freedom]] from all sense of [[responsibility]], even for a short time.

125:0.2 [[Women]] seldom went to the [[Passover]] feast at [[Jerusalem]]; they were not required to be present. [[Jesus]], however, [[virtually]] refused to go unless his [[mother]] would accompany them. And when his mother decided to go, many other [[Nazareth]] women were led to make the [[journey]], so that the [[Passover]] company contained the largest number of [[women]], in [[proportion]] to men, ever to go up to the [[Passover]] from [[Nazareth]]. Ever and anon, on the way to [[Jerusalem]], they chanted the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_130 one hundred and thirtieth Psalm].

125:0.2 [[Women]] seldom went to the [[Passover]] feast at [[Jerusalem]]; they were not required to be present. [[Jesus]], however, [[virtually]] refused to go unless his [[mother]] would accompany them. And when his mother decided to go, many other [[Nazareth]] women were led to make the [[journey]], so that the [[Passover]] company contained the largest number of [[women]], in [[proportion]] to men, ever to go up to the [[Passover]] from [[Nazareth]]. Ever and anon, on the way to [[Jerusalem]], they chanted the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_130 one hundred and thirtieth Psalm].

125:0.3 From the time they left [[Nazareth]] until they reached the [[summit]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Mount of Olives], [[Jesus]] [[experienced]] one long [[stress]] of [[expectant]] [[anticipation]]. All through a [[joyful]] [[childhood]] he had [[reverently]] heard of [[Jerusalem]] and its [[temple]]; now he was soon to behold them in [[reality]]. From the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Mount of Olives] and from the outside, on closer [[inspection]], the [[temple]] had been all and more than [[Jesus]] had expected; but when he once entered its [[sacred]] [[portals]], the great [[disillusionment]] began.

125:0.3 From the time they left [[Nazareth]] until they reached the [[summit]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Mount of Olives], [[Jesus]] [[experienced]] one long [[stress]] of [[expectant]] [[anticipation]]. All through a [[joyful]] [[childhood]] he had [[reverently]] heard of [[Jerusalem]] and its [[temple]]; now he was soon to behold them in [[reality]]. From the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Mount of Olives] and from the outside, on closer [[inspection]], the [[temple]] had been all and more than [[Jesus]] had expected; but when he once entered its [[sacred]] [[portals]], the great [[disillusionment]] began.

125:0.4 In company with his [[parents]] [[Jesus]] passed through the [[temple]] precincts on his way to join that [[group]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_Mitzvah new sons of the law] who were about to be [[consecrated]] as [[citizens]] of [[Israel]]. He was a little disappointed by the general [[demeanor]] of the temple throngs, but the first great [[shock]] of the day came when his [[mother]] took leave of them on her way to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechitza women's gallery]. It had never occurred to [[Jesus]] that his [[mother]] was not to accompany him to the [[consecration]] [[ceremonies]], and he was thoroughly [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2007-03-27-Self-Righteousness_and_Righteous_Indignation indignant] that she was made to [[suffer]] from such unjust [[discrimination]]. While he strongly resented this, aside from a few remarks of [[protest]] to his [[father]], he said nothing. But he [[thought]], and thought deeply, as his questions to the [[scribes]] and [[teachers]] a week later disclosed.

125:0.4 In company with his [[parents]] [[Jesus]] passed through the [[temple]] precincts on his way to join that [[group]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_Mitzvah new sons of the law] who were about to be [[consecrated]] as [[citizens]] of [[Israel]]. He was a little disappointed by the general [[demeanor]] of the temple throngs, but the first great [[shock]] of the day came when his [[mother]] took leave of them on her way to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechitza women's gallery]. It had never occurred to [[Jesus]] that his [[mother]] was not to accompany him to the [[consecration]] [[ceremonies]], and he was thoroughly [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2007-03-27-Self-Righteousness_and_Righteous_Indignation indignant] that she was made to [[suffer]] from such unjust [[discrimination]]. While he strongly resented this, aside from a few remarks of [[protest]] to his [[father]], he said nothing. But he [[thought]], and thought deeply, as his questions to the [[scribes]] and [[teachers]] a week later disclosed.

125:0.5 He passed through the [[consecration]] [[rituals]] but was [[disappointed]] by their perfunctory and [[routine]] natures. He missed that [[personal]] interest which characterized the [[ceremonies]] of the [[synagogue]] at [[Nazareth]]. He then returned to greet his [[mother]] and prepared to accompany his [[father]] on his first trip about the [[temple]] and its various [[courts]], [[galleries]], and corridors. The [[temple]] precincts could accommodate over two hundred thousand [[worshipers]] at one time, and while the vastness of these buildings—in comparison with any he had ever seen—greatly impressed his [[mind]], he was more [[intrigued]] by the [[contemplation]] of the [[spiritual]] significance of the [[temple]] [[ceremonies]] and their associated [[worship]].

125:0.5 He passed through the [[consecration]] [[rituals]] but was [[disappointed]] by their perfunctory and [[routine]] natures. He missed that [[personal]] interest which characterized the [[ceremonies]] of the [[synagogue]] at [[Nazareth]]. He then returned to greet his [[mother]] and prepared to accompany his [[father]] on his first trip about the [[temple]] and its various [[courts]], [[galleries]], and corridors. The [[temple]] precincts could accommodate over two hundred thousand [[worshipers]] at one time, and while the vastness of these buildings—in comparison with any he had ever seen—greatly impressed his [[mind]], he was more [[intrigued]] by the [[contemplation]] of the [[spiritual]] significance of the [[temple]] [[ceremonies]] and their associated [[worship]].

125:0.6 Though many of the [[temple]] [[rituals]] very touchingly impressed his sense of the [[beautiful]] and the [[symbolic]], he was always disappointed by the [[explanation]] of the real [[meanings]] of these [[ceremonies]] which his [[parents]] would offer in answer to his many searching [[inquiries]]. [[Jesus]] simply would not accept [[explanations]] of [[worship]] and religious [[devotion]] which involved [[belief]] in the [[wrath]] of [[God]] or the anger of [[the Almighty]]. In further [[discussion]] of these questions, after the conclusion of the [[temple]] visit, when his [[father]] became mildly insistent that he acknowledge [[acceptance]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodox_Judaism orthodox Jewish beliefs], [[Jesus]] turned suddenly upon his [[parents]] and, looking appealingly into the eyes of his father, said: " [[Universal Father|My father]], it cannot be true—[[the Father]] in [[heaven]] cannot so regard his erring [[children]] on [[earth]]. The heavenly Father cannot [[love]] his [[children]] less than you [[love]] me. And I well know, no matter what unwise thing I might do, you would never pour out wrath upon me nor vent [[anger]] against me. If you, my earthly father, [[possess]] such [[human]] [[reflections]] of the [[Divine]], how much more must the [[heavenly Father]] be filled with [[goodness]] and overflowing with [[mercy]]. I refuse to believe that [[Universal Father|my Father]] in heaven [[loves]] me less than my [[father]] on [[earth]]. "

125:0.6 Though many of the [[temple]] [[rituals]] very touchingly impressed his sense of the [[beautiful]] and the [[symbolic]], he was always disappointed by the [[explanation]] of the real [[meanings]] of these [[ceremonies]] which his [[parents]] would offer in answer to his many searching [[inquiries]]. [[Jesus]] simply would not accept [[explanations]] of [[worship]] and religious [[devotion]] which involved [[belief]] in the [[wrath]] of [[God]] or the anger of [[the Almighty]]. In further [[discussion]] of these questions, after the conclusion of the [[temple]] visit, when his [[father]] became mildly insistent that he acknowledge [[acceptance]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodox_Judaism orthodox Jewish beliefs], [[Jesus]] turned suddenly upon his [[parents]] and, looking appealingly into the eyes of his father, said: " [[Universal Father|My father]], it cannot be true—[[the Father]] in [[heaven]] cannot so regard his erring [[children]] on [[earth]]. The heavenly Father cannot [[love]] his [[children]] less than you [[love]] me. And I well know, no matter what unwise thing I might do, you would never pour out wrath upon me nor vent [[anger]] against me. If you, my earthly father, [[possess]] such [[human]] [[reflections]] of the [[Divine]], how much more must the [[heavenly Father]] be filled with [[goodness]] and overflowing with [[mercy]]. I refuse to believe that [[Universal Father|my Father]] in heaven [[loves]] me less than my [[father]] on [[earth]]. "

125:0.7 When [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_122#122:1._JOSEPH_AND_MARY Joseph and Mary] heard these [[words]] of their first-born son, they held their [[peace]]. And never again did they seek to [[change]] his [[mind]] about the [[love]] of [[God]] and the [[mercifulness]] of [[the Father]] in [[heaven]].

125:0.7 When [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_122#122:1._JOSEPH_AND_MARY Joseph and Mary] heard these [[words]] of their first-born son, they held their [[peace]]. And never again did they seek to [[change]] his [[mind]] about the [[love]] of [[God]] and the [[mercifulness]] of [[the Father]] in [[heaven]].

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[[Category: Paper 125 - Jesus at Jerusalem]]

[[Category: Paper 125 - Jesus at Jerusalem]]

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