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148:6.1 It was this same evening at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida] that [[John, the Apostle|John]] also asked [[Jesus]] why so many apparently [[innocent]] people [[suffered]] from so many [[diseases]] and [[experienced]] so many afflictions. In answering [[John, the Apostle|John]]'s questions, among many other things, [[the Master]] said:

148:6.1 It was this same evening at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida] that [[John, the Apostle|John]] also asked [[Jesus]] why so many apparently [[innocent]] people [[suffered]] from so many [[diseases]] and [[experienced]] so many afflictions. In answering [[John, the Apostle|John]]'s questions, among many other things, [[the Master]] said:

148:6.2 " My son, you do not [[comprehend]] the [[meaning]] of [[adversity]] or the [[mission]] of [[suffering]]. Have you not [[read]] that [[masterpiece]] of [[Semitic]] [[literature]]—the [[Scripture]] [[story]] of the afflictions of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job]? Do you not recall how this [[wonderful]] [[parable]] begins with the [[recital]] of the [[material]] [[prosperity]] of the Lord's servant? You well remember that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job] was [[blessed]] with [[children]], [[wealth]], [[dignity]], position, [[health]], and everything else which men [[value]] in this [[temporal]] life. According to the [[time]]-honored teachings of the [http://books.google.com/books?id=Zu6EAAAACAAJ&dq=children+of+abraham&hl=en&ei=BiufTfaaJ8TAtgfz7KH1Ag&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ children of Abraham] such [[material]] [[prosperity]] was all-sufficient [[evidence]] of [[divine]] [[favor]]. But such material [[possessions]] and such [[temporal]] [[prosperity]] do not indicate [[God]]'s [[favor]]. [[Universal Father|My Father]] in heaven loves the [[poor]] just as much as the [[rich]]; he is no respecter of persons[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Wisdom_of_Jesus,_Son_of_Sirach#Sirach_35].

148:6.2 " My son, you do not [[comprehend]] the [[meaning]] of [[adversity]] or the [[mission]] of [[suffering]]. Have you not [[read]] that [[masterpiece]] of [[Semitic]] [[literature]]—the [[Scripture]] [[story]] of the afflictions of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job]? Do you not recall how this [[wonderful]] [[parable]] begins with the [[recital]] of the [[material]] [[prosperity]] of the Lord's servant? You well remember that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job] was [[blessed]] with [[children]], [[wealth]], [[dignity]], position, [[health]], and everything else which men [[value]] in this [[temporal]] life. According to the [[time]]-honored teachings of the [https://books.google.com/books?id=Zu6EAAAACAAJ&dq=children+of+abraham&hl=en&ei=BiufTfaaJ8TAtgfz7KH1Ag&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ children of Abraham] such [[material]] [[prosperity]] was all-sufficient [[evidence]] of [[divine]] [[favor]]. But such material [[possessions]] and such [[temporal]] [[prosperity]] do not indicate [[God]]'s [[favor]]. [[Universal Father|My Father]] in heaven loves the [[poor]] just as much as the [[rich]]; he is no respecter of persons[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Wisdom_of_Jesus,_Son_of_Sirach#Sirach_35].

148:6.3 " Although [[transgression]] of [[divine]] [[law]] is sooner or later followed by the [[harvest]] of [[punishment]], while men certainly [[eventually]] do reap what they sow, still you should know that human [[suffering]] is not always a [[punishment]] for antecedent [[sin]]. Both [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job] and his [[friends]] failed to find the true answer for their [[perplexities]]. And with the [[light]] you now enjoy you would hardly assign to either [[Satan]] or [[God]] the parts they [[play]] in this [[unique]] [[parable]]. While [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job] did not, through [[suffering]], find the resolution of his [[intellectual]] troubles or the solution of his [[philosophical]] [[difficulties]], he did [[achieve]] great [[victories]]; even in the very face of the breakdown of his [[theological]] [[defenses]] he [[ascended]] to those [[spiritual]] heights where he could [[sincerely]] say, `I abhor myself'; then was there granted him the [[salvation]] of a [[vision]] of [[God]]. So even through misunderstood [[suffering]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job] [[ascended]] to the [[superhuman]] [[plane]] of [[moral]] [[understanding]] and [[spiritual]] [[insight]]. When the [[suffering]] servant obtains a [[vision]] of [[God]], there follows a [[soul]] [[peace]] which passes all [[human]] [[understanding]].

148:6.3 " Although [[transgression]] of [[divine]] [[law]] is sooner or later followed by the [[harvest]] of [[punishment]], while men certainly [[eventually]] do reap what they sow, still you should know that human [[suffering]] is not always a [[punishment]] for antecedent [[sin]]. Both [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job] and his [[friends]] failed to find the true answer for their [[perplexities]]. And with the [[light]] you now enjoy you would hardly assign to either [[Satan]] or [[God]] the parts they [[play]] in this [[unique]] [[parable]]. While [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job] did not, through [[suffering]], find the resolution of his [[intellectual]] troubles or the solution of his [[philosophical]] [[difficulties]], he did [[achieve]] great [[victories]]; even in the very face of the breakdown of his [[theological]] [[defenses]] he [[ascended]] to those [[spiritual]] heights where he could [[sincerely]] say, `I abhor myself'; then was there granted him the [[salvation]] of a [[vision]] of [[God]]. So even through misunderstood [[suffering]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job] [[ascended]] to the [[superhuman]] [[plane]] of [[moral]] [[understanding]] and [[spiritual]] [[insight]]. When the [[suffering]] servant obtains a [[vision]] of [[God]], there follows a [[soul]] [[peace]] which passes all [[human]] [[understanding]].

148:6.4 " The first of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job]'s [[friends]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliphaz_%28Job%29 Eliphaz], exhorted the sufferer to [[exhibit]] in his [[afflictions]] the same [[fortitude]] he had prescribed for others during the days of his [[prosperity]]. Said this false comforter: `[[Trust]] in your [[religion]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job]; [[remember]] that it is the [[wicked]] and not the [[righteous]] who [[suffer]]. You must deserve this [[punishment]], else you would not be afflicted. You well know that no man can be [[righteous]] in [[God]]'s [[sight]]. You know that the [[wicked]] never really prosper. Anyway, man seems [[predestined]] to trouble, and perhaps the Lord is only chastising you for your own [[good]].'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.4] No [[wonder]] poor [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job] failed to get much [[comfort]] from such an [[interpretation]] of the [[problem]] of [[human]] [[suffering]].

148:6.4 " The first of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job]'s [[friends]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliphaz_%28Job%29 Eliphaz], exhorted the sufferer to [[exhibit]] in his [[afflictions]] the same [[fortitude]] he had prescribed for others during the days of his [[prosperity]]. Said this false comforter: `[[Trust]] in your [[religion]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job]; [[remember]] that it is the [[wicked]] and not the [[righteous]] who [[suffer]]. You must deserve this [[punishment]], else you would not be afflicted. You well know that no man can be [[righteous]] in [[God]]'s [[sight]]. You know that the [[wicked]] never really prosper. Anyway, man seems [[predestined]] to trouble, and perhaps the Lord is only chastising you for your own [[good]].'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.4] No [[wonder]] poor [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job] failed to get much [[comfort]] from such an [[interpretation]] of the [[problem]] of [[human]] [[suffering]].

148:6.5 " But the [[counsel]] of his second [[friend]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bildad Bildad], was even more [[depressing]], notwithstanding its soundness from the [[standpoint]] of the then accepted [[theology]]. Said [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bildad Bildad]: `[[God]] cannot be unjust. Your [[children]] must have been [[sinners]] since they perished; you must be in [[error]], else you would not be so [[afflicted]]. And if you are really [[righteous]], [[God]] will certainly deliver you from your [[afflictions]]. You should [[learn]] from the [[history]] of [[God]]'s dealings with [[man]] that the [[Almighty]] destroys only the [[wicked]].'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.8]

148:6.5 " But the [[counsel]] of his second [[friend]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bildad Bildad], was even more [[depressing]], notwithstanding its soundness from the [[standpoint]] of the then accepted [[theology]]. Said [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bildad Bildad]: `[[God]] cannot be unjust. Your [[children]] must have been [[sinners]] since they perished; you must be in [[error]], else you would not be so [[afflicted]]. And if you are really [[righteous]], [[God]] will certainly deliver you from your [[afflictions]]. You should [[learn]] from the [[history]] of [[God]]'s dealings with [[man]] that the [[Almighty]] destroys only the [[wicked]].'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.8]

148:6.6 " And then you [[remember]] how [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job] replied to his [[friends]], saying: `I well know that [[God]] does not hear my [[cry]] for help. How can [[God]] be [[just]] and at the same time so utterly disregard my [[innocence]]? I am [[learning]] that I can get no [[satisfaction]] from [[appealing]] to the [[Almighty]]. Cannot you [[discern]] that [[God]] [[tolerates]] the [[persecution]] of the [[good]] by the [[wicked]]? And since [[man]] is so weak, what [[chance]] has he for [[consideration]] at the hands of an [[omnipotent]] [[God]]? God has made me as I am, and when he thus turns upon me, I am [[defenseless]]. And why did [[God]] ever [[create]] me just to [[suffer]] in this miserable [[Manner|fashion]]?'

148:6.6 " And then you [[remember]] how [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job] replied to his [[friends]], saying: `I well know that [[God]] does not hear my [[cry]] for help. How can [[God]] be [[just]] and at the same time so utterly disregard my [[innocence]]? I am [[learning]] that I can get no [[satisfaction]] from [[appealing]] to the [[Almighty]]. Cannot you [[discern]] that [[God]] [[tolerates]] the [[persecution]] of the [[good]] by the [[wicked]]? And since [[man]] is so weak, what [[chance]] has he for [[consideration]] at the hands of an [[omnipotent]] [[God]]? God has made me as I am, and when he thus turns upon me, I am [[defenseless]]. And why did [[God]] ever [[create]] me just to [[suffer]] in this miserable [[Manner|fashion]]?'

148:6.7 " And who can [[challenge]] the [[attitude]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job] in view of the [[counsel]] of his [[friends]] and the [[erroneous]] [[ideas]] of [[God]] which occupied his own [[mind]]? Do you not see that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job] longed for a [[human]] [[God]], that he [[hungered]] to [[commune]] with a [[divine]] [[Being]] who [[knows]] man's [[mortal]] estate and [[understands]] that the [[just]] must often [[suffer]] in [[innocence]] as a [[part]] of this first life of the long [[Ascension Career|Paradise ascent]]? Wherefore has the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] come forth from [[the Father]] to live such a life in the [[flesh]] that he will be able to [[comfort]] and succor all those who must henceforth be called upon to [[endure]] the [[afflictions]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job].

148:6.7 " And who can [[challenge]] the [[attitude]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job] in view of the [[counsel]] of his [[friends]] and the [[erroneous]] [[ideas]] of [[God]] which occupied his own [[mind]]? Do you not see that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job] longed for a [[human]] [[God]], that he [[hungered]] to [[commune]] with a [[divine]] [[Being]] who [[knows]] man's [[mortal]] estate and [[understands]] that the [[just]] must often [[suffer]] in [[innocence]] as a [[part]] of this first life of the long [[Ascension Career|Paradise ascent]]? Wherefore has the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] come forth from [[the Father]] to live such a life in the [[flesh]] that he will be able to [[comfort]] and succor all those who must henceforth be called upon to [[endure]] the [[afflictions]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job].

148:6.8 " [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job]'s third [[friend]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zophar Zophar], then [[spoke]] still less [[comforting]] [[words]] when he said: `You are [[foolish]] to claim to be [[righteous]], seeing that you are thus [[afflicted]]. But I admit that it is impossible to [[comprehend]] [[God]]'s ways. Perhaps there is some hidden [[purpose]] in all your miseries.' And when [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job] had [[listened]] to all [[three]] of his [[friends]], he [[appealed]] directly to [[God]] for help, pleading the [[fact]] that `man, born of woman, is few of days and full of [[trouble]].'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.11]

148:6.8 " [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job]'s third [[friend]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zophar Zophar], then [[spoke]] still less [[comforting]] [[words]] when he said: `You are [[foolish]] to claim to be [[righteous]], seeing that you are thus [[afflicted]]. But I admit that it is impossible to [[comprehend]] [[God]]'s ways. Perhaps there is some hidden [[purpose]] in all your miseries.' And when [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job] had [[listened]] to all [[three]] of his [[friends]], he [[appealed]] directly to [[God]] for help, pleading the [[fact]] that `man, born of woman, is few of days and full of [[trouble]].'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.11]

148:6.9 " Then began the second session with his friends. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliphaz_(Job) Eliphaz] grew more stern, [[accusing]], and [[sarcastic]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bildad Bildad] became [[indignant]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job]'s contempt for his [[friends]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zophar Zophar] reiterated his [[melancholy]] [[advice]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job] by this time had become disgusted with his [[friends]] and [[appealed]] again to [[God]], and now he [[appealed]] to a [[just]] [[God]] against the God of injustice embodied in the [[philosophy]] of his [[friends]] and enshrined even in his own [[religious]] [[attitude]]. Next [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job] took [[refuge]] in the [[consolation]] of a [[future]] life in which the inequities of [[mortal]] [[existence]] may be more justly rectified. Failure to [[receive]] help from man drives [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job] to [[God]]. Then ensues the great [[struggle]] in his [[heart]] between [[faith]] and [[doubt]]. Finally, the [[human]] sufferer begins to see the [[light]] of life; his [[tortured]] [[soul]] [[ascends]] to new heights of [[hope]] and [[courage]]; he may [[suffer]] on and even [[die]], but his [[enlightened]] [[soul]] now utters that cry of [[triumph]], `My Vindicator lives!'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.19]

148:6.9 " Then began the second session with his friends. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliphaz_(Job) Eliphaz] grew more stern, [[accusing]], and [[sarcastic]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bildad Bildad] became [[indignant]] at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job]'s contempt for his [[friends]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zophar Zophar] reiterated his [[melancholy]] [[advice]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job] by this time had become disgusted with his [[friends]] and [[appealed]] again to [[God]], and now he [[appealed]] to a [[just]] [[God]] against the God of injustice embodied in the [[philosophy]] of his [[friends]] and enshrined even in his own [[religious]] [[attitude]]. Next [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job] took [[refuge]] in the [[consolation]] of a [[future]] life in which the inequities of [[mortal]] [[existence]] may be more justly rectified. Failure to [[receive]] help from man drives [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job] to [[God]]. Then ensues the great [[struggle]] in his [[heart]] between [[faith]] and [[doubt]]. Finally, the [[human]] sufferer begins to see the [[light]] of life; his [[tortured]] [[soul]] [[ascends]] to new heights of [[hope]] and [[courage]]; he may [[suffer]] on and even [[die]], but his [[enlightened]] [[soul]] now utters that cry of [[triumph]], `My Vindicator lives!'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.19]

148:6.10 " [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job] was altogether right when he [[challenged]] the [[doctrine]] that [[God]] [[afflicts]] [[children]] in order to punish their [[parents]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job] was ever ready to admit that [[God]] is [[righteous]], but he longed for some [[soul]]-[[satisfying]] [[revelation]] of the [[personal]] [[character]] of the [[Eternal]]. And that is our [[mission]] on [[earth]]. No more shall [[suffering]] [[mortals]] be denied the [[comfort]] of [[knowing]] the  of [[God]] and [[understanding]] the [[mercy]] of [[the Father]] in heaven. While the [[speech]] of [[God]] spoken from the whirlwind[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.38] was a [[majestic]] [[concept]] for the day of its utterance, you have already [[learned]] that [[the Father]] does not thus [[reveal]] himself, but rather that he [[speaks]] within the [[human]] [[heart]] as a still, small [[voice]][http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=First_Book_of_Kings#Chapter_19], saying, `This is the way; walk therein.'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.30] Do you not [[comprehend]] that [[God]] dwells within you, that he has become what you are that he may make you what he is! "

148:6.10 " [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job] was altogether right when he [[challenged]] the [[doctrine]] that [[God]] [[afflicts]] [[children]] in order to punish their [[parents]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job] was ever ready to admit that [[God]] is [[righteous]], but he longed for some [[soul]]-[[satisfying]] [[revelation]] of the [[personal]] [[character]] of the [[Eternal]]. And that is our [[mission]] on [[earth]]. No more shall [[suffering]] [[mortals]] be denied the [[comfort]] of [[knowing]] the  of [[God]] and [[understanding]] the [[mercy]] of [[the Father]] in heaven. While the [[speech]] of [[God]] spoken from the whirlwind[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.38] was a [[majestic]] [[concept]] for the day of its utterance, you have already [[learned]] that [[the Father]] does not thus [[reveal]] himself, but rather that he [[speaks]] within the [[human]] [[heart]] as a still, small [[voice]][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=First_Book_of_Kings#Chapter_19], saying, `This is the way; walk therein.'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.30] Do you not [[comprehend]] that [[God]] dwells within you, that he has become what you are that he may make you what he is! "

148:6.11 Then [[Jesus]] made this final [[statement]]: " [[The Father]] in heaven does not willingly [[afflict]] the [[children]] of men. Man [[suffers]], first, from the [[accidents]] of time and the imperfections of the [[evil]] of an immature [[physical]] [[existence]]. Next, he suffers the inexorable [[consequences]] of [[sin]]—the [[transgression]] of the [[laws]] of life and [[light]]. And finally, man reaps the [[harvest]] of his own [[iniquitous]] [[persistence]] in [[rebellion]] against the [[righteous]] rule of [[heaven]] on [[earth]]. But man's miseries are not a [[personal]] [[visitation]] of [[divine]] [[judgment]]. Man can, and will, do much to lessen his [[temporal]] [[sufferings]]. But once and for all be delivered from the [[superstition]] that [[God]] afflicts man at the behest of the [[evil one]]. [[Study]] the [[Book of Job]] just to [[discover]] how many wrong [[ideas]] of [[God]] even [[good]] men may [[honestly]] entertain; and then note how even the [[painfully]] afflicted [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job] found the [[God]] of [[comfort]] and [[salvation]] in spite of such [[erroneous]] teachings. At last his [[faith]] pierced the clouds of [[suffering]] to [[discern]] the [[light]] of life pouring forth from [[the Father]] as [[healing]] [[mercy]] and everlasting [[righteousness]]. "

148:6.11 Then [[Jesus]] made this final [[statement]]: " [[The Father]] in heaven does not willingly [[afflict]] the [[children]] of men. Man [[suffers]], first, from the [[accidents]] of time and the imperfections of the [[evil]] of an immature [[physical]] [[existence]]. Next, he suffers the inexorable [[consequences]] of [[sin]]—the [[transgression]] of the [[laws]] of life and [[light]]. And finally, man reaps the [[harvest]] of his own [[iniquitous]] [[persistence]] in [[rebellion]] against the [[righteous]] rule of [[heaven]] on [[earth]]. But man's miseries are not a [[personal]] [[visitation]] of [[divine]] [[judgment]]. Man can, and will, do much to lessen his [[temporal]] [[sufferings]]. But once and for all be delivered from the [[superstition]] that [[God]] afflicts man at the behest of the [[evil one]]. [[Study]] the [[Book of Job]] just to [[discover]] how many wrong [[ideas]] of [[God]] even [[good]] men may [[honestly]] entertain; and then note how even the [[painfully]] afflicted [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_%28Biblical_figure%29 Job] found the [[God]] of [[comfort]] and [[salvation]] in spite of such [[erroneous]] teachings. At last his [[faith]] pierced the clouds of [[suffering]] to [[discern]] the [[light]] of life pouring forth from [[the Father]] as [[healing]] [[mercy]] and everlasting [[righteousness]]. "

148:6.12 John pondered these sayings in his [[heart]] for many days. His entire [[afterlife]] was markedly changed as a result of this [[conversation]] with [[the Master]] in the [[garden]], and he did much, in later times, to cause the other [[apostles]] to [[change]] their [[viewpoints]] regarding the [[source]], [[nature]], and [[purpose]] of commonplace [[human]] [[afflictions]]. But [[John, the Apostle|John]] never spoke of this [[conference]] until after [[the Master]] had [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_193 departed].

148:6.12 John pondered these sayings in his [[heart]] for many days. His entire [[afterlife]] was markedly changed as a result of this [[conversation]] with [[the Master]] in the [[garden]], and he did much, in later times, to cause the other [[apostles]] to [[change]] their [[viewpoints]] regarding the [[source]], [[nature]], and [[purpose]] of commonplace [[human]] [[afflictions]]. But [[John, the Apostle|John]] never spoke of this [[conference]] until after [[the Master]] had [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_193 departed].

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