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136:6.1 Having settled his [[policy]] concerning all [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_37 personalities of all classes of his created intelligences], so far as this could be determined in view of the [[inherent]] [[potential]] of his new [[status]] of [[divinity]], [[Jesus]] now turned his [[thoughts]] toward himself. What would he, now the fully [[self-conscious]] [[creator]] of [[all things]] and [[beings]] existent in this [[Nebadon|universe]], do with these creator [[prerogatives]] in the recurring life situations which would [[immediately]] confront him when he returned to [[Galilee]] to resume his [[work]] among men? In [[fact]], already, and right where he was in these lonely hills, had this [[problem]] forcibly presented itself in the matter of obtaining [[food]]. By the third day of his [[solitary]] [[meditations]] the human [[body]] grew [[hungry]]. Should he go in [[quest]] of [[food]] as any ordinary man would, or should he merely [[exercise]] his [[normal]] creative powers and produce suitable bodily nourishment ready at hand? And this great [[decision]] of [[the Master]] has been portrayed to you as a [[temptation]]—as a challenge by supposed enemies that he " command that these stones become loaves of bread. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_4]

136:6.1 Having settled his [[policy]] concerning all [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_37 personalities of all classes of his created intelligences], so far as this could be determined in view of the [[inherent]] [[potential]] of his new [[status]] of [[divinity]], [[Jesus]] now turned his [[thoughts]] toward himself. What would he, now the fully [[self-conscious]] [[creator]] of [[all things]] and [[beings]] existent in this [[Nebadon|universe]], do with these creator [[prerogatives]] in the recurring life situations which would [[immediately]] confront him when he returned to [[Galilee]] to resume his [[work]] among men? In [[fact]], already, and right where he was in these lonely hills, had this [[problem]] forcibly presented itself in the matter of obtaining [[food]]. By the third day of his [[solitary]] [[meditations]] the human [[body]] grew [[hungry]]. Should he go in [[quest]] of [[food]] as any ordinary man would, or should he merely [[exercise]] his [[normal]] creative powers and produce suitable bodily nourishment ready at hand? And this great [[decision]] of [[the Master]] has been portrayed to you as a [[temptation]]—as a challenge by supposed enemies that he " command that these stones become loaves of bread. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_4]

136:6.2 [[Jesus]] thus settled upon another and consistent [[policy]] for the remainder of his [[earth]] [[labors]]. As far as his [[personal]] [[necessities]] were concerned, and in general even in his [[relations]] with other [[personalities]], he now deliberately chose to pursue the [[path]] of [[normal]] earthly [[existence]]; he definitely [[decided]] against a [[policy]] which would [[transcend]], violate, or outrage his own established [[natural law]]s. But he could not [[promise]] himself, as he had already been warned by his [[Personalized Adjuster]], that these [[natural law]]s might not, in certain conceivable [[circumstances]], be greatly [[accelerated]]. In principle, [[Jesus]] [[decided]] that his lifework should be [[organized]] and prosecuted in [[accordance]] with [[natural law]] and in harmony with the existing [[social]] [[organization]]. [[The Master]] thereby chose a [[program]] of living which was the [[equivalent]] of deciding against [[miracles]] and [[wonders]]. Again he decided in favor of " [[the Father]]'s will "; again he [[surrendered]] everything into the hands of his [[Paradise Father]].

136:6.2 [[Jesus]] thus settled upon another and consistent [[policy]] for the remainder of his [[earth]] [[labors]]. As far as his [[personal]] [[necessities]] were concerned, and in general even in his [[relations]] with other [[personalities]], he now deliberately chose to pursue the [[path]] of [[normal]] earthly [[existence]]; he definitely [[decided]] against a [[policy]] which would [[transcend]], violate, or outrage his own established [[natural law]]s. But he could not [[promise]] himself, as he had already been warned by his [[Personalized Adjuster]], that these [[natural law]]s might not, in certain conceivable [[circumstances]], be greatly [[accelerated]]. In principle, [[Jesus]] [[decided]] that his lifework should be [[organized]] and prosecuted in [[accordance]] with [[natural law]] and in harmony with the existing [[social]] [[organization]]. [[The Master]] thereby chose a [[program]] of living which was the [[equivalent]] of deciding against [[miracles]] and [[wonders]]. Again he decided in favor of " [[the Father]]'s will "; again he [[surrendered]] everything into the hands of his [[Paradise Father]].

136:6.3 [[Jesus]]' [[human]] [[nature]] dictated that the first [[duty]] was [[self-preservation]]; that is the [[normal]] [[attitude]] of the [[natural]] man on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 worlds] of [[time and space]], and it is, therefore, a legitimate [[reaction]] of a [[Urantia]] [[mortal]]. But [[Jesus]] was not concerned merely with this world and its [[creatures]]; he was living a life designed to instruct and [[inspire]] the manifold [[creatures]] of a [[Nebadon|far-flung universe]].

136:6.3 [[Jesus]]' [[human]] [[nature]] dictated that the first [[duty]] was [[self-preservation]]; that is the [[normal]] [[attitude]] of the [[natural]] man on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 worlds] of [[time and space]], and it is, therefore, a legitimate [[reaction]] of a [[Urantia]] [[mortal]]. But [[Jesus]] was not concerned merely with this world and its [[creatures]]; he was living a life designed to instruct and [[inspire]] the manifold [[creatures]] of a [[Nebadon|far-flung universe]].

136:6.4 Before his [[baptismal]] [[illumination]] he had lived in [[perfect]] submission to the will and [[guidance]] of his [[heavenly Father]]. He emphatically [[decided]] to continue on in just such implicit [[mortal]] dependence on [[the Father]]'s will. He [[purposed]] to follow the unnatural [[course]]—he decided not to seek [[self-preservation]]. He chose to go on pursuing the [[policy]] of refusing to [[defend]] himself. He formulated his conclusions in the [[words]] of [[Scripture]] familiar to his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE human mind]: " Man shall not live by bread alone but by every [[word]] that proceeds from the mouth of [[God]]. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deutoronomy#Chapter_.8] In reaching this conclusion in regard to the [[appetite]] of the [[physical]] [[nature]] as [[expressed]] in [[hunger]] for [[food]], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] made his final declaration concerning all other urges of the [[flesh]] and the [[natural]] [[impulses]] of [[human]] [[nature]].

136:6.4 Before his [[baptismal]] [[illumination]] he had lived in [[perfect]] submission to the will and [[guidance]] of his [[heavenly Father]]. He emphatically [[decided]] to continue on in just such implicit [[mortal]] dependence on [[the Father]]'s will. He [[purposed]] to follow the unnatural [[course]]—he decided not to seek [[self-preservation]]. He chose to go on pursuing the [[policy]] of refusing to [[defend]] himself. He formulated his conclusions in the [[words]] of [[Scripture]] familiar to his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE human mind]: " Man shall not live by bread alone but by every [[word]] that proceeds from the mouth of [[God]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deutoronomy#Chapter_.8] In reaching this conclusion in regard to the [[appetite]] of the [[physical]] [[nature]] as [[expressed]] in [[hunger]] for [[food]], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] made his final declaration concerning all other urges of the [[flesh]] and the [[natural]] [[impulses]] of [[human]] [[nature]].

136:6.5 His [[superhuman]] [[power]] he might possibly use for others, but for himself, never. And he pursued this [[policy]] consistently to the very end, when it was jeeringly said of him: " He saved others; himself he cannot save "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_23]—because he would not.

136:6.5 His [[superhuman]] [[power]] he might possibly use for others, but for himself, never. And he pursued this [[policy]] consistently to the very end, when it was jeeringly said of him: " He saved others; himself he cannot save "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_23]—because he would not.

136:6.6 The [[Jews]] were [[expecting]] a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism Messiah] who would do even greater [[wonders]] than [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses], who was reputed to have brought forth [[water]] from the rock in a [[desert]] place and to have fed their forefathers with [[manna]] in the [[wilderness]]. [[Jesus]] knew the sort of [[Messiah]] his compatriots [[expected]], and he had all the [[powers]] and [[prerogatives]] to measure up to their most sanguine [[expectations]], but he decided against such a [[magnificent]] [[program]] of [[power]] and [[glory]]. [[Jesus]] looked upon such a [[course]] of expected [[miracle]] working as a harking back to the olden days of [[ignorant]] [[magic]] and the degraded [[practices]] of the [[savage]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_90 medicine men]. Possibly, for the [[salvation]] of his [[creatures]], he might [[accelerate]] [[natural law]], but to [[transcend]] his own laws, either for the benefit of himself or the overawing of his fellow men, that he would not do. And [[the Master]]'s [[decision]] was final.

136:6.6 The [[Jews]] were [[expecting]] a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism Messiah] who would do even greater [[wonders]] than [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses], who was reputed to have brought forth [[water]] from the rock in a [[desert]] place and to have fed their forefathers with [[manna]] in the [[wilderness]]. [[Jesus]] knew the sort of [[Messiah]] his compatriots [[expected]], and he had all the [[powers]] and [[prerogatives]] to measure up to their most sanguine [[expectations]], but he decided against such a [[magnificent]] [[program]] of [[power]] and [[glory]]. [[Jesus]] looked upon such a [[course]] of expected [[miracle]] working as a harking back to the olden days of [[ignorant]] [[magic]] and the degraded [[practices]] of the [[savage]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_90 medicine men]. Possibly, for the [[salvation]] of his [[creatures]], he might [[accelerate]] [[natural law]], but to [[transcend]] his own laws, either for the benefit of himself or the overawing of his fellow men, that he would not do. And [[the Master]]'s [[decision]] was final.

136:6.7 [[Jesus]] sorrowed for his people; he fully [[understood]] how they had been led up to the [[expectation]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism coming Messiah], the time when " the earth will yield its fruits ten thousandfold, and on one vine there will be a thousand branches, and each branch will produce a thousand clusters, and each cluster will produce a thousand grapes, and each grape will produce a gallon of wine. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.5] The [[Jews]] believed the [[Messiah]] would usher in an era of [[miraculous]] plenty. The Hebrews had long been nurtured on [[traditions]] of [[miracles]] and [[legends]] of [[wonders]].

136:6.7 [[Jesus]] sorrowed for his people; he fully [[understood]] how they had been led up to the [[expectation]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism coming Messiah], the time when " the earth will yield its fruits ten thousandfold, and on one vine there will be a thousand branches, and each branch will produce a thousand clusters, and each cluster will produce a thousand grapes, and each grape will produce a gallon of wine. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.5] The [[Jews]] believed the [[Messiah]] would usher in an era of [[miraculous]] plenty. The Hebrews had long been nurtured on [[traditions]] of [[miracles]] and [[legends]] of [[wonders]].

136:6.8 He was not a [[Messiah]] coming to multiply bread and wine. He came not to minister to [[temporal]] needs only; he came to [[reveal]] [[Universal Father|his Father]] in [[heaven]] to his [[children]] on [[earth]], while he sought to [[lead]] his earth children to join him in a [[sincere]] [[effort]] so to live as to [[do the will of the Father]] in heaven.

136:6.8 He was not a [[Messiah]] coming to multiply bread and wine. He came not to minister to [[temporal]] needs only; he came to [[reveal]] [[Universal Father|his Father]] in [[heaven]] to his [[children]] on [[earth]], while he sought to [[lead]] his earth children to join him in a [[sincere]] [[effort]] so to live as to [[do the will of the Father]] in heaven.

136:6.11 [[Jesus]] thus [[revealed]] to the [[creatures]] of his [[universe]] the [[technique]] of the new and better way, the higher [[moral]] [[values]] of living and the deeper [[spiritual]] [[satisfactions]] of [[evolutionary]] human [[existence]] on the [[worlds of space]].

136:6.11 [[Jesus]] thus [[revealed]] to the [[creatures]] of his [[universe]] the [[technique]] of the new and better way, the higher [[moral]] [[values]] of living and the deeper [[spiritual]] [[satisfactions]] of [[evolutionary]] human [[existence]] on the [[worlds of space]].

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

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

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