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158:7.1 Early this Wednesday morning [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]] departed from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesarea_Philippi Caesarea-Philippi] for [http://urantiabook.org/jesus_photos/feeding-five-thousand.html Magadan Park] near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida_Julias Bethsaida-Julias]. [[The apostles]] had [[slept]] very little that night; so they were up early and ready to go. Even the stolid [[Alpheus twins]] had been [[shocked]] by this talk about the [[death]] of [[Jesus]]. As they [[journeyed]] south, just beyond the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hula_Valley Waters of Merom] they came to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus Damascus] road, and [[desiring]] to avoid the [[scribes]] and others whom [[Jesus]] knew would presently be coming along after them, he directed that they go on to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] by the Damascus road which passes through [[Galilee]]. And he did this because he knew that those who followed after him would go on down over the east Jordan road since they reckoned that [[Jesus]] and [[the apostles]] would fear to pass through the [[territory]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Anatipas Herod Antipas]. [[Jesus]] sought to elude his [[critics]] and the crowd which followed him that he might be [[alone]] with his [[apostles]] this day.

158:7.1 Early this Wednesday morning [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]] departed from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesarea_Philippi Caesarea-Philippi] for [https://urantiabook.org/jesus_photos/feeding-five-thousand.html Magadan Park] near [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida_Julias Bethsaida-Julias]. [[The apostles]] had [[slept]] very little that night; so they were up early and ready to go. Even the stolid [[Alpheus twins]] had been [[shocked]] by this talk about the [[death]] of [[Jesus]]. As they [[journeyed]] south, just beyond the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hula_Valley Waters of Merom] they came to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus Damascus] road, and [[desiring]] to avoid the [[scribes]] and others whom [[Jesus]] knew would presently be coming along after them, he directed that they go on to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] by the Damascus road which passes through [[Galilee]]. And he did this because he knew that those who followed after him would go on down over the east Jordan road since they reckoned that [[Jesus]] and [[the apostles]] would fear to pass through the [[territory]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Anatipas Herod Antipas]. [[Jesus]] sought to elude his [[critics]] and the crowd which followed him that he might be [[alone]] with his [[apostles]] this day.

158:7.2 They [[traveled]] on through [[Galilee]] until well past the time for their lunch, when they stopped in the [[shade]] to refresh themselves. And after they had partaken of [[food]], [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]], speaking to [[Jesus]], said: " Master, my brethren do not [[comprehend]] your deep sayings. We have come fully to [[believe]] that you are the [[Son of God]], and now we hear these [[strange]] [[words]] about leaving us, about dying. We do not [[understand]] your teaching. Are you speaking to us in [[parables]]? We pray you to [[speak]] to us directly and in undisguised [[form]]. "

158:7.2 They [[traveled]] on through [[Galilee]] until well past the time for their lunch, when they stopped in the [[shade]] to refresh themselves. And after they had partaken of [[food]], [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]], speaking to [[Jesus]], said: " Master, my brethren do not [[comprehend]] your deep sayings. We have come fully to [[believe]] that you are the [[Son of God]], and now we hear these [[strange]] [[words]] about leaving us, about dying. We do not [[understand]] your teaching. Are you speaking to us in [[parables]]? We pray you to [[speak]] to us directly and in undisguised [[form]]. "

158:7.3 In answer to [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]], [[Jesus]] said: " My brethren, it is because you have [[confessed]] that I am the [[Son of God]] that I am constrained to begin to unfold to you the [[truth]] about the end of the [[bestowal]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] on [[earth]]. You insist on clinging to the [[belief]] that I am [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism the Messiah], and you will not abandon the [[idea]] that the [[Messiah]] must sit upon a [[throne]] in [[Jerusalem]]; wherefore do I [[persist]] in telling you that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] must presently go to [[Jerusalem]], [[suffer]] many things, be [[rejected]] by the [[scribes]], the [[elders]], and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_priest chief priests], and after all this be [[killed]] and [[Resurrection|raised]] from the [[dead]]. And I speak not a [[parable]] to you; I speak the [[truth]] to you that you may be [[prepared]] for these [[events]] when they suddenly come upon us. " And while he was yet speaking, [[Simon Peter]], rushing impetuously toward him, laid his hand upon [[the Master]]'s shoulder and said: " Master, be it far from us to contend with you, but I [[declare]] that these things shall never happen to you. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Mark#Chapter_8]

158:7.3 In answer to [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]], [[Jesus]] said: " My brethren, it is because you have [[confessed]] that I am the [[Son of God]] that I am constrained to begin to unfold to you the [[truth]] about the end of the [[bestowal]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] on [[earth]]. You insist on clinging to the [[belief]] that I am [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism the Messiah], and you will not abandon the [[idea]] that the [[Messiah]] must sit upon a [[throne]] in [[Jerusalem]]; wherefore do I [[persist]] in telling you that the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] must presently go to [[Jerusalem]], [[suffer]] many things, be [[rejected]] by the [[scribes]], the [[elders]], and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_priest chief priests], and after all this be [[killed]] and [[Resurrection|raised]] from the [[dead]]. And I speak not a [[parable]] to you; I speak the [[truth]] to you that you may be [[prepared]] for these [[events]] when they suddenly come upon us. " And while he was yet speaking, [[Simon Peter]], rushing impetuously toward him, laid his hand upon [[the Master]]'s shoulder and said: " Master, be it far from us to contend with you, but I [[declare]] that these things shall never happen to you. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Mark#Chapter_8]

158:7.4 [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] [[spoke]] thus because he [[love]]d [[Jesus]]; but [[the Master]]'s [[human]] [[nature]] [[recognized]] in these [[words]] of well-meant [[affection]] the subtle suggestion of [[temptation]] that he [[change]] his [[policy]] of pursuing to the end his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 earth bestowal] in [[accordance]] with the will of his [[Paradise Father]]. And it was because he detected the [[danger]] of [[permitting]] the suggestions of even his [[affectionate]] and [[loyal]] [[friends]] to dissuade him, that he turned upon [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and the other [[apostles]], saying: " Get you behind me. You savor of the [[spirit]] of [[Lucifer|the adversary]], the tempter. When you talk in this [[manner]], you are not on my side but rather on the side of our [[enemy]]. In this way do you make your [[love]] for me a stumbling block to my [[doing the Father's will]]. [[Mind]] not the ways of men but rather the will of [[God]]. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Mark#Chapter_8]

158:7.4 [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] [[spoke]] thus because he [[love]]d [[Jesus]]; but [[the Master]]'s [[human]] [[nature]] [[recognized]] in these [[words]] of well-meant [[affection]] the subtle suggestion of [[temptation]] that he [[change]] his [[policy]] of pursuing to the end his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 earth bestowal] in [[accordance]] with the will of his [[Paradise Father]]. And it was because he detected the [[danger]] of [[permitting]] the suggestions of even his [[affectionate]] and [[loyal]] [[friends]] to dissuade him, that he turned upon [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and the other [[apostles]], saying: " Get you behind me. You savor of the [[spirit]] of [[Lucifer|the adversary]], the tempter. When you talk in this [[manner]], you are not on my side but rather on the side of our [[enemy]]. In this way do you make your [[love]] for me a stumbling block to my [[doing the Father's will]]. [[Mind]] not the ways of men but rather the will of [[God]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Mark#Chapter_8]

158:7.5 After they had recovered from the first [[shock]] of Jesus' stinging [[rebuke]], and before they resumed their [[journey]], [[the Master]] spoke further: " If any man would come after me, let him disregard himself, take up his [[responsibilities]] daily, and follow me. For whosoever would save his life [[selfish]]ly, shall lose it, but whosoever loses his life for my sake and the [[gospel]]'s, shall save it. What does it [[profit]] a man to gain the whole world and lose his own [[soul]]? What would a man give in exchange for [[eternal]] life? Be not [[ashamed]] of me and my [[words]] in this [[sinful]] and [[hypocritical]] [[generation]], even as I will not be [[ashamed]] to acknowledge you when in [[glory]] I appear before [[Universal Father|my Father]] in the [[presence]] of all the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_25 celestial hosts]. Nevertheless, many of you now standing before me shall not taste [[death]] till you see this [[kingdom of God]] come with [[power]]. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Mark#Chapter_9]

158:7.5 After they had recovered from the first [[shock]] of Jesus' stinging [[rebuke]], and before they resumed their [[journey]], [[the Master]] spoke further: " If any man would come after me, let him disregard himself, take up his [[responsibilities]] daily, and follow me. For whosoever would save his life [[selfish]]ly, shall lose it, but whosoever loses his life for my sake and the [[gospel]]'s, shall save it. What does it [[profit]] a man to gain the whole world and lose his own [[soul]]? What would a man give in exchange for [[eternal]] life? Be not [[ashamed]] of me and my [[words]] in this [[sinful]] and [[hypocritical]] [[generation]], even as I will not be [[ashamed]] to acknowledge you when in [[glory]] I appear before [[Universal Father|my Father]] in the [[presence]] of all the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_25 celestial hosts]. Nevertheless, many of you now standing before me shall not taste [[death]] till you see this [[kingdom of God]] come with [[power]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Mark#Chapter_9]

158:7.6 And thus did [[Jesus]] make [[Clarity|plain]] to [[the twelve]] the [[painful]] and [[conflicting]] [[path]] which they must tread if they would follow him. What a [[shock]] these [[words]] were to these [[Galilee|Galilean]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisherman fishermen] who [[persisted]] in [[dreaming]] of an earthly kingdom with positions of [[honor]] for themselves! But their [[loyal]] [[hearts]] were stirred by this [[courageous]] [[appeal]], and not one of them was minded to forsake him. [[Jesus]] was not sending them [[alone]] into the [[conflict]]; he was [[leading]] them. He asked only that they [[brave]]ly follow.

158:7.6 And thus did [[Jesus]] make [[Clarity|plain]] to [[the twelve]] the [[painful]] and [[conflicting]] [[path]] which they must tread if they would follow him. What a [[shock]] these [[words]] were to these [[Galilee|Galilean]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisherman fishermen] who [[persisted]] in [[dreaming]] of an earthly kingdom with positions of [[honor]] for themselves! But their [[loyal]] [[hearts]] were stirred by this [[courageous]] [[appeal]], and not one of them was minded to forsake him. [[Jesus]] was not sending them [[alone]] into the [[conflict]]; he was [[leading]] them. He asked only that they [[brave]]ly follow.

158:7.7 Slowly [[the twelve]] were grasping the [[idea]] that [[Jesus]] was telling them something about the [[possibility]] of his [[dying]]. They only vaguely [[comprehended]] what he said about his [[death]], while his [[statement]] about [[Resurrection|rising from the dead]] utterly failed to register in their [[minds]]. As the days passed, [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], [[James, the Apostle|James]], and [[John, the Apostle|John]], recalling their [[experience]] upon the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_158#158:1._THE_TRANSFIGURATION mount of the transfiguration], arrived at a fuller [[understanding]] of certain of these matters.

158:7.7 Slowly [[the twelve]] were grasping the [[idea]] that [[Jesus]] was telling them something about the [[possibility]] of his [[dying]]. They only vaguely [[comprehended]] what he said about his [[death]], while his [[statement]] about [[Resurrection|rising from the dead]] utterly failed to register in their [[minds]]. As the days passed, [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], [[James, the Apostle|James]], and [[John, the Apostle|John]], recalling their [[experience]] upon the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_158#158:1._THE_TRANSFIGURATION mount of the transfiguration], arrived at a fuller [[understanding]] of certain of these matters.

158:7.8 In all the [[association]] of [[the twelve]] with their Master, only a few times did they see that flashing eye and hear such swift [[words]] of [[rebuke]] as were [[administered]] to [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and the rest of them on this occasion. [[Jesus]] had always been [[patient]] with their [[human]] shortcomings, but not so when faced by an impending threat against the [[program]] of implicitly carrying out [[Universal Father|his Father]]'s will regarding the remainder of his [[earth]] [[career]]. [[The apostles]] were [[literally]] stunned; they were amazed and [[horrified]]. They could not find [[words]] to [[express]] their [[sorrow]]. Slowly they began to [[realize]] what [[the Master]] must [[endure]], and that they must go through these [[experiences]] with him, but they did not [[awaken]] to the [[reality]] of these coming [[events]] until long after these early [[hints]] of the impending [[tragedy]] of his latter days.

158:7.8 In all the [[association]] of [[the twelve]] with their Master, only a few times did they see that flashing eye and hear such swift [[words]] of [[rebuke]] as were [[administered]] to [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and the rest of them on this occasion. [[Jesus]] had always been [[patient]] with their [[human]] shortcomings, but not so when faced by an impending threat against the [[program]] of implicitly carrying out [[Universal Father|his Father]]'s will regarding the remainder of his [[earth]] [[career]]. [[The apostles]] were [[literally]] stunned; they were amazed and [[horrified]]. They could not find [[words]] to [[express]] their [[sorrow]]. Slowly they began to [[realize]] what [[the Master]] must [[endure]], and that they must go through these [[experiences]] with him, but they did not [[awaken]] to the [[reality]] of these coming [[events]] until long after these early [[hints]] of the impending [[tragedy]] of his latter days.

158:7.9 In [[silence]] [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]] started for their camp at [http://urantiabook.org/jesus_photos/feeding-five-thousand.html Magadan Park], going by way of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum]. As the afternoon wore on, though they did not [[converse]] with [[Jesus]], they talked much among themselves while [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] talked with [[the Master]].

158:7.9 In [[silence]] [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]] started for their camp at [https://urantiabook.org/jesus_photos/feeding-five-thousand.html Magadan Park], going by way of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum]. As the afternoon wore on, though they did not [[converse]] with [[Jesus]], they talked much among themselves while [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] talked with [[the Master]].

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[[Category:Paper 158 - The Mount of Transfiguration]]

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[[Category: Disillusionment]]

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