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136:2.1 [[Jesus]] was [[baptized]] at the very height of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John]'s preaching when [[Palestine]] was aflame with the [[Expectation|expectancy]] of his [[message]]—" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_God the kingdom of God] is at hand "—when all Jewry was [[engaged]] in serious and [[solemn]] [[self]]-[[examination]]. The [[Jewish]] sense of racial [[solidarity]] was very [[profound]]. The Jews not only believed that the [[sins]] of the [[father]] might afflict his [[children]], but they firmly believed that the [[sin]] of one [[individual]] might [[curse]] the [[nation]]. Accordingly, not all who submitted to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John]'s [[baptism]] regarded themselves as being [[guilty]] of the specific sins which John denounced. Many [[devout]] [[souls]] were [[baptized]] by John for the [[good]] of [[Israel]]. They [[fear]]ed lest some [[sin]] of [[ignorance]] on their part might delay the coming of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism the Messiah]. They felt themselves to belong to a [[guilty]] and [[sin]]-[[curse]]d [[nation]], and they presented themselves for [[baptism]] that they might by so doing [[manifest]] fruits of [[race]] [[penitence]]. It is therefore [[evident]] that [[Jesus]] in no sense received [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John]'s [[baptism]] as a [[rite]] of [[repentance]] or for the remission of [[sins]]. In accepting baptism at the hands of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John], [[Jesus]] was only following the example of many [[pious]] Israelites.

136:2.1 [[Jesus]] was [[baptized]] at the very height of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John]'s preaching when [[Palestine]] was aflame with the [[Expectation|expectancy]] of his [[message]]—" [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_God the kingdom of God] is at hand "—when all Jewry was [[engaged]] in serious and [[solemn]] [[self]]-[[examination]]. The [[Jewish]] sense of racial [[solidarity]] was very [[profound]]. The Jews not only believed that the [[sins]] of the [[father]] might afflict his [[children]], but they firmly believed that the [[sin]] of one [[individual]] might [[curse]] the [[nation]]. Accordingly, not all who submitted to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John]'s [[baptism]] regarded themselves as being [[guilty]] of the specific sins which John denounced. Many [[devout]] [[souls]] were [[baptized]] by John for the [[good]] of [[Israel]]. They [[fear]]ed lest some [[sin]] of [[ignorance]] on their part might delay the coming of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism the Messiah]. They felt themselves to belong to a [[guilty]] and [[sin]]-[[curse]]d [[nation]], and they presented themselves for [[baptism]] that they might by so doing [[manifest]] fruits of [[race]] [[penitence]]. It is therefore [[evident]] that [[Jesus]] in no sense received [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John]'s [[baptism]] as a [[rite]] of [[repentance]] or for the remission of [[sins]]. In accepting baptism at the hands of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John], [[Jesus]] was only following the example of many [[pious]] Israelites.

136:2.2 When [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] went down into the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_River Jordan] to be [[baptized]], he was a [[mortal]] of the realm who had [[attained]] the [[pinnacle]] of [[human]] evolutionary [[ascension]] in all matters related to the [[conquest]] of [[mind]] and to [[self]]-[[identification]] with the [[spirit]]. He stood in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_river Jordan] that day a [[perfected]] [[mortal]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary worlds] of [[time and space]]. Perfect [[synchrony]] and full [[communication]] had become [[established]] between the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE mortal mind] of [[Jesus]] and the [[Thought Adjuster|indwelling spirit Adjuster]], the [[divine]] gift of [[Universal Father|his Father]] in [[Paradise]]. And just such an [[Adjuster]] indwells all [[normal]] beings living on [[Urantia]] since the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_193#193:5._THE_MASTER.27S_ASCENSION ascension of Michael] to the [[Master Son|headship]] of his [[universe]], except that [[Jesus]]' [[Personalized Adjuster|Adjuster]] had been previously [[prepared]] for this special [[mission]] by similarly indwelling another [[superhuman]] [[incarnated]] in the likeness of [[mortal]] [[flesh]], [[Machiventa Melchizedek]].

136:2.2 When [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] went down into the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_River Jordan] to be [[baptized]], he was a [[mortal]] of the realm who had [[attained]] the [[pinnacle]] of [[human]] evolutionary [[ascension]] in all matters related to the [[conquest]] of [[mind]] and to [[self]]-[[identification]] with the [[spirit]]. He stood in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_river Jordan] that day a [[perfected]] [[mortal]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary worlds] of [[time and space]]. Perfect [[synchrony]] and full [[communication]] had become [[established]] between the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE mortal mind] of [[Jesus]] and the [[Thought Adjuster|indwelling spirit Adjuster]], the [[divine]] gift of [[Universal Father|his Father]] in [[Paradise]]. And just such an [[Adjuster]] indwells all [[normal]] beings living on [[Urantia]] since the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_193#193:5._THE_MASTER.27S_ASCENSION ascension of Michael] to the [[Master Son|headship]] of his [[universe]], except that [[Jesus]]' [[Personalized Adjuster|Adjuster]] had been previously [[prepared]] for this special [[mission]] by similarly indwelling another [[superhuman]] [[incarnated]] in the likeness of [[mortal]] [[flesh]], [[Machiventa Melchizedek]].

136:2.3 Ordinarily, when a [[mortal]] of the realm [[attains]] such high levels of [[personality]] [[perfection]], there occur those preliminary [[phenomena]] of [[spiritual]] elevation which terminate in [[eventual]] [[fusion]] of the [[matured]] [[soul]] of the [[mortal]] with its associated [[divine]] [[Adjuster]]. And such a [[change]] was apparently due to take place in the [[personality]] [[experience]] of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] on that very day when he went down into the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_river Jordan] with his two brothers to be [[baptized]] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John]. This [[ceremony]] was the final [[act]] of his purely [[human]] life on [[Urantia]], and many [[superhuman]] observers expected to [[witness]] the [[fusion]] of the [[Adjuster]] with its indwelt [[mind]], but they were all destined to suffer [[disappointment]]. Something new and even greater occurred. As [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptitst John] laid his hands upon [[Jesus]] to [[baptize]] him, the [[indwelling Adjuster]] took final leave of the [[perfected]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:2._NATURE_OF_THE_SOUL human soul] of Joshua ben Joseph. And in a few moments this [[divine]] [[entity]] returned from [[Divinington]] as a [[Personalized Adjuster]] and chief of his kind throughout the entire [[local universe]] of [[Nebadon]]. Thus did [[Jesus]] [[observe]] his own former divine spirit [[descending]] on its return to him in [[personalized]] [[form]]. And he heard this same spirit of [[Paradise]] [[origin]] now speak, saying, " This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Mark#Chapter] And [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John], with [[Jesus]]' two brothers, also heard these [[words]]. John's [[disciples]], standing by the water's edge, did not hear these [[words]], neither did they see the [[apparition]] of the [[Personalized Adjuster]]. Only the eyes of [[Jesus]] beheld the [[Personalized Adjuster]].

136:2.3 Ordinarily, when a [[mortal]] of the realm [[attains]] such high levels of [[personality]] [[perfection]], there occur those preliminary [[phenomena]] of [[spiritual]] elevation which terminate in [[eventual]] [[fusion]] of the [[matured]] [[soul]] of the [[mortal]] with its associated [[divine]] [[Adjuster]]. And such a [[change]] was apparently due to take place in the [[personality]] [[experience]] of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] on that very day when he went down into the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_river Jordan] with his two brothers to be [[baptized]] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John]. This [[ceremony]] was the final [[act]] of his purely [[human]] life on [[Urantia]], and many [[superhuman]] observers expected to [[witness]] the [[fusion]] of the [[Adjuster]] with its indwelt [[mind]], but they were all destined to suffer [[disappointment]]. Something new and even greater occurred. As [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptitst John] laid his hands upon [[Jesus]] to [[baptize]] him, the [[indwelling Adjuster]] took final leave of the [[perfected]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:2._NATURE_OF_THE_SOUL human soul] of Joshua ben Joseph. And in a few moments this [[divine]] [[entity]] returned from [[Divinington]] as a [[Personalized Adjuster]] and chief of his kind throughout the entire [[local universe]] of [[Nebadon]]. Thus did [[Jesus]] [[observe]] his own former divine spirit [[descending]] on its return to him in [[personalized]] [[form]]. And he heard this same spirit of [[Paradise]] [[origin]] now speak, saying, " This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Mark#Chapter] And [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John], with [[Jesus]]' two brothers, also heard these [[words]]. John's [[disciples]], standing by the water's edge, did not hear these [[words]], neither did they see the [[apparition]] of the [[Personalized Adjuster]]. Only the eyes of [[Jesus]] beheld the [[Personalized Adjuster]].

136:2.4 When the returned and now exalted [[Personalized Adjuster]] had thus spoken, all was [[silence]]. And while the four of them tarried in the [[water]], [[Jesus]], looking up to the near-by [[Adjuster]], prayed: " My Father who reigns in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come! Your will be done on earth, even as it is in heaven. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_11] When he had [[prayed]], the " heavens were opened, "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Mark#Chapter] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] saw the [[vision]], presented by the now [[Personalized Adjuster]], of himself as a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:1._ORIGIN_AND_NATURE_OF_CREATOR_SONS Son of God] as he was before he came to [[earth]] in the likeness of [[mortal]] [[flesh]], and as he would be when the [[incarnated]] life should be finished. This [[heaven]]ly [[vision]] was seen only by [[Jesus]].

136:2.4 When the returned and now exalted [[Personalized Adjuster]] had thus spoken, all was [[silence]]. And while the four of them tarried in the [[water]], [[Jesus]], looking up to the near-by [[Adjuster]], prayed: " My Father who reigns in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come! Your will be done on earth, even as it is in heaven. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_11] When he had [[prayed]], the " heavens were opened, "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Mark#Chapter] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] saw the [[vision]], presented by the now [[Personalized Adjuster]], of himself as a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:1._ORIGIN_AND_NATURE_OF_CREATOR_SONS Son of God] as he was before he came to [[earth]] in the likeness of [[mortal]] [[flesh]], and as he would be when the [[incarnated]] life should be finished. This [[heaven]]ly [[vision]] was seen only by [[Jesus]].

136:2.5 It was the [[voice]] of the [[Personalized Adjuster]] that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John] and [[Jesus]] heard, speaking in behalf of the [[Universal Father]], for [[the Adjuster]] is of, and as, the [[Paradise Father]]. Throughout the remainder of [[Jesus]]' earth life this [[Personalized Adjuster]] was [[associated]] with him in all his labors; [[Jesus]] was in constant [[communion]] with this [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_107#107:2._CLASSIFICATION_OF_ADJUSTERS exalted Adjuster].

136:2.5 It was the [[voice]] of the [[Personalized Adjuster]] that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John] and [[Jesus]] heard, speaking in behalf of the [[Universal Father]], for [[the Adjuster]] is of, and as, the [[Paradise Father]]. Throughout the remainder of [[Jesus]]' earth life this [[Personalized Adjuster]] was [[associated]] with him in all his labors; [[Jesus]] was in constant [[communion]] with this [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_107#107:2._CLASSIFICATION_OF_ADJUSTERS exalted Adjuster].

136:2.6 When [[Jesus]] was [[baptized]], he repented of no misdeeds; he made no [[confession]] of [[sin]]. His was the [[baptism]] of [[consecration]] to the [[performance]] of the will of the [[heavenly Father]]. At his [[baptism]] he heard the unmistakable call of [[Universal Father|his Father]], the final summons to be about his Father's business, and he went away into [[private]] seclusion for forty days to think over these manifold [[problems]]. In thus retiring for a [[season]] from [[active]] [[personality]] [[contact]] with his earthly associates, [[Jesus]], as he was and on [[Urantia]], was following the very [[procedure]] that obtains on the [[morontia worlds]] whenever an [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending mortal] fuses with the inner [[presence]] of the [[Universal Father]].

136:2.6 When [[Jesus]] was [[baptized]], he repented of no misdeeds; he made no [[confession]] of [[sin]]. His was the [[baptism]] of [[consecration]] to the [[performance]] of the will of the [[heavenly Father]]. At his [[baptism]] he heard the unmistakable call of [[Universal Father|his Father]], the final summons to be about his Father's business, and he went away into [[private]] seclusion for forty days to think over these manifold [[problems]]. In thus retiring for a [[season]] from [[active]] [[personality]] [[contact]] with his earthly associates, [[Jesus]], as he was and on [[Urantia]], was following the very [[procedure]] that obtains on the [[morontia worlds]] whenever an [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending mortal] fuses with the inner [[presence]] of the [[Universal Father]].

136:2.7 This day of [[baptism]] ended the [[purely]] [[human]] life of [[Jesus]]. The [[divine Son]] has found his Father, the [[Universal Father]] has found his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS incarnated Son], and they speak the one to the other.

136:2.7 This day of [[baptism]] ended the [[purely]] [[human]] life of [[Jesus]]. The [[divine Son]] has found his Father, the [[Universal Father]] has found his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS incarnated Son], and they speak the one to the other.

136:2.8 ([[Jesus]] was almost thirty-one and one-half years old when he was [[baptized]]. While [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_the_Evangelist Luke] says that [[Jesus]] was [[baptized]] in the fifteenth year of the reign of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius_Caesar Tiberius Caesar], which would be [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/29_AD A.D. 29] since [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus Augustus] died in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus14_AD A.D. 14], it should be recalled that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberias_Caesar#Heir_to_Augustus Tiberius was coemperor with Augustus] for two and one-half years before the [[death]] of Augustus, having had coins struck in his honor in October, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11_AD A.D. 11]. The fifteenth year of his actual rule was, therefore, this very year of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26_AD A.D. 26], that of [[Jesus]]' [[baptism]]. And this was also the year that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontius_Pilate Pontius Pilate] began his rule as governor of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judea Judea].)

136:2.8 ([[Jesus]] was almost thirty-one and one-half years old when he was [[baptized]]. While [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_the_Evangelist Luke] says that [[Jesus]] was [[baptized]] in the fifteenth year of the reign of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius_Caesar Tiberius Caesar], which would be [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/29_AD A.D. 29] since [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus Augustus] died in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus14_AD A.D. 14], it should be recalled that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberias_Caesar#Heir_to_Augustus Tiberius was coemperor with Augustus] for two and one-half years before the [[death]] of Augustus, having had coins struck in his honor in October, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11_AD A.D. 11]. The fifteenth year of his actual rule was, therefore, this very year of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26_AD A.D. 26], that of [[Jesus]]' [[baptism]]. And this was also the year that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontius_Pilate Pontius Pilate] began his rule as governor of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judea Judea].)

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[[Category:Paper 136 - Baptism and the Forty Days]]

[[Category:Paper 136 - Baptism and the Forty Days]]