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142:7.1 After the [[busy]] period of teaching and [[personal]] [[work]] of [[Passover]] week in [[Jerusalem]], [[Jesus]] spent the next Wednesday at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany] with his [[apostles]], [[resting]]. That afternoon, [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] asked a question which elicited a long and instructive answer. Said Thomas: " Master, on the day we were set apart as [[ambassadors]] of [[the kingdom]], you told us many things, instructed us regarding our [[personal]] mode of life, but what shall we teach the [[multitude]]? How are these people to live after [[the kingdom]] more fully comes? Shall your [[disciples]] own [[slaves]]? Shall your believers court [[poverty]] and shun [[property]]? Shall [[mercy]] alone prevail so that we shall have no more [[law]] and [[justice]]? " [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]] spent all afternoon and all that evening, after supper, discussing [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]]'s questions. For the [[purposes]] of this [[record]] we present the following summary of [[the Master]]'s instruction:

142:7.1 After the [[busy]] period of teaching and [[personal]] [[work]] of [[Passover]] week in [[Jerusalem]], [[Jesus]] spent the next Wednesday at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany] with his [[apostles]], [[resting]]. That afternoon, [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] asked a question which elicited a long and instructive answer. Said Thomas: " Master, on the day we were set apart as [[ambassadors]] of [[the kingdom]], you told us many things, instructed us regarding our [[personal]] mode of life, but what shall we teach the [[multitude]]? How are these people to live after [[the kingdom]] more fully comes? Shall your [[disciples]] own [[slaves]]? Shall your believers court [[poverty]] and shun [[property]]? Shall [[mercy]] alone prevail so that we shall have no more [[law]] and [[justice]]? " [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]] spent all afternoon and all that evening, after supper, discussing [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]]'s questions. For the [[purposes]] of this [[record]] we present the following summary of [[the Master]]'s instruction:

142:7.2 [[Jesus]] sought first to make plain to his [[apostles]] that he himself was on [[earth]] living a [[unique]] life in the [[flesh]], and that they, [[the twelve]], had been called to [[participate]] in this [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 bestowal experience] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man]; and as such coworkers, they, too, must [[share]] in many of the special restrictions and [[obligations]] of the entire [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowal experience]. There was a veiled intimation that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] was the only person who had ever lived on [[earth]] who could [[simultaneously]] see into the very [[heart]] of [[God]] and into the very depths of man's [[soul]].

142:7.2 [[Jesus]] sought first to make plain to his [[apostles]] that he himself was on [[earth]] living a [[unique]] life in the [[flesh]], and that they, [[the twelve]], had been called to [[participate]] in this [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 bestowal experience] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man]; and as such coworkers, they, too, must [[share]] in many of the special restrictions and [[obligations]] of the entire [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowal experience]. There was a veiled intimation that the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] was the only person who had ever lived on [[earth]] who could [[simultaneously]] see into the very [[heart]] of [[God]] and into the very depths of man's [[soul]].

142:7.3 Very plainly [[Jesus]] explained that [[the kingdom]] of heaven was an [[evolutionary]] [[experience]], beginning here on [[earth]] and [[progressing]] up through [[successive]] life stations to [[Paradise]]. In the [[course]] of the evening he definitely stated that at some [[future]] stage of kingdom [[development]] he would revisit this world in [[spiritual]] [[power]] and [[divine]] [[glory]].

142:7.3 Very plainly [[Jesus]] explained that [[the kingdom]] of heaven was an [[evolutionary]] [[experience]], beginning here on [[earth]] and [[progressing]] up through [[successive]] life stations to [[Paradise]]. In the [[course]] of the evening he definitely stated that at some [[future]] stage of kingdom [[development]] he would revisit this world in [[spiritual]] [[power]] and [[divine]] [[glory]].

142:7.4 He next [[explained]] that the " kingdom idea " was not the best way to [[illustrate]] man's [[relation]] to [[God]]; that he employed such [[figures of speech]] because the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jewish people] were [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism expecting the kingdom], and because [[John the Baptist|John]] had [[preached]] in terms of the coming kingdom. [[Jesus]] said: " The people of another age will better [[understand]] the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] when it is presented in terms [[expressive]] of the [[family]] [[relationship]]—when man understands [[religion]] as the teaching of the [[fatherhood]] of [[God]] and the brotherhood of man, sonship with God. " Then [[the Master]] [[discoursed]] at some length on the earthly [[family]] as an [[illustration]] of the heavenly family, restating the two [[fundamental]] [[laws]] of living: the first commandment of [[love]] for [[the father]], the head of the [[family]], and the second commandment of [[mutual]] [[love]] among the [[children]], to love your brother as yourself. And then he [[explained]] that such a [[quality]] of brotherly [[affection]] would invariably [[manifest]] itself in [[unselfish]] and loving [[social]] [[service]].

142:7.4 He next [[explained]] that the " kingdom idea " was not the best way to [[illustrate]] man's [[relation]] to [[God]]; that he employed such [[figures of speech]] because the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jewish people] were [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism expecting the kingdom], and because [[John the Baptist|John]] had [[preached]] in terms of the coming kingdom. [[Jesus]] said: " The people of another age will better [[understand]] the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] when it is presented in terms [[expressive]] of the [[family]] [[relationship]]—when man understands [[religion]] as the teaching of the [[fatherhood]] of [[God]] and the brotherhood of man, sonship with God. " Then [[the Master]] [[discoursed]] at some length on the earthly [[family]] as an [[illustration]] of the heavenly family, restating the two [[fundamental]] [[laws]] of living: the first commandment of [[love]] for [[the father]], the head of the [[family]], and the second commandment of [[mutual]] [[love]] among the [[children]], to love your brother as yourself. And then he [[explained]] that such a [[quality]] of brotherly [[affection]] would invariably [[manifest]] itself in [[unselfish]] and loving [[social]] [[service]].

142:7.5 Following that, came the memorable [[discussion]] of the [[fundamental]] characteristics of [[family]] life and their application to the [[relationship]] existing between [[God]] and [[man]]. [[Jesus]] stated that a true [[family]] is founded on the following [[seven]] [[facts]]:

142:7.5 Following that, came the memorable [[discussion]] of the [[fundamental]] characteristics of [[family]] life and their application to the [[relationship]] existing between [[God]] and [[man]]. [[Jesus]] stated that a true [[family]] is founded on the following [[seven]] [[facts]]:

*7. 142:7.12 ''Provision for the future''. [[Temporal]] [[fathers]] like to leave an inheritance for their sons. The [[family]] continues from one [[generation]] to another. [[Death]] only ends one [[generation]] to mark the beginning of another. Death terminates an [[individual]] life but not necessarily the [[family]].

*7. 142:7.12 ''Provision for the future''. [[Temporal]] [[fathers]] like to leave an inheritance for their sons. The [[family]] continues from one [[generation]] to another. [[Death]] only ends one [[generation]] to mark the beginning of another. Death terminates an [[individual]] life but not necessarily the [[family]].

142:7.13 For hours [[the Master]] [[discussed]] the application of these features of [[family]] life to the [[relations]] of man, the [[earth]] child, to [[God]], the [[Paradise Father]]. And this was his conclusion: " This entire [[relationship]] of a son to [[the Father]], I know in [[perfection]], for all that you must [[attain]] of sonship in the eternal [[future]] I have now already [[attained]]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] is [[prepared]] to [[ascend]] to the right hand of [[the Father]], so that in me is the way now open still wider for all of you to see [[God]] and, ere you have finished the [[glorious]] [[progression]], to become [[perfect]], even as your Father in heaven is perfect. "

142:7.13 For hours [[the Master]] [[discussed]] the application of these features of [[family]] life to the [[relations]] of man, the [[earth]] child, to [[God]], the [[Paradise Father]]. And this was his conclusion: " This entire [[relationship]] of a son to [[the Father]], I know in [[perfection]], for all that you must [[attain]] of sonship in the eternal [[future]] I have now already [[attained]]. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] is [[prepared]] to [[ascend]] to the right hand of [[the Father]], so that in me is the way now open still wider for all of you to see [[God]] and, ere you have finished the [[glorious]] [[progression]], to become [[perfect]], even as your Father in heaven is perfect. "

142:7.14 When [[the apostles]] heard these startling [[words]], they recalled the pronouncements which [[John the Baptist|John]] made at the [[time]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136#136:2._THE_BAPTISM_OF_JESUS Jesus' baptism], and they also vividly recalled this [[experience]] in [[connection]] with their [[preaching]] and teaching subsequent to [[the Master[['s [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_187 death] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_189 resurrection].

142:7.14 When [[the apostles]] heard these startling [[words]], they recalled the pronouncements which [[John the Baptist|John]] made at the [[time]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136#136:2._THE_BAPTISM_OF_JESUS Jesus' baptism], and they also vividly recalled this [[experience]] in [[connection]] with their [[preaching]] and teaching subsequent to [[the Master[['s [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_187 death] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_189 resurrection].