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166:4.1 While most [[Palestine|Palestinians]] ate only two meals a day, it was the [[custom]] of [[Jesus]] and [[the apostles]], when on a [[journey]], to pause at midday for [[rest]] and refreshment. And it was at such a noontide stop on the way to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amman Philadelphia] that [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] asked [[Jesus]]: " Master, from hearing your remarks as we [[journeyed]] this morning, I would like to [[inquire]] whether [[spiritual]] [[beings]] are concerned in the production of [[strange]] and extraordinary [[events]] in the [[material]] world and, further, to ask whether the [[angels]] and other spirit beings are able to prevent [[accidents]]. "

166:4.1 While most [[Palestine|Palestinians]] ate only two meals a day, it was the [[custom]] of [[Jesus]] and [[the apostles]], when on a [[journey]], to pause at midday for [[rest]] and refreshment. And it was at such a noontide stop on the way to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amman Philadelphia] that [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] asked [[Jesus]]: " Master, from hearing your remarks as we [[journeyed]] this morning, I would like to [[inquire]] whether [[spiritual]] [[beings]] are concerned in the production of [[strange]] and extraordinary [[events]] in the [[material]] world and, further, to ask whether the [[angels]] and other spirit beings are able to prevent [[accidents]]. "

166:4.2 In answer to [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]]'s [[inquiry]], [[Jesus]] said: " Have I been so long with you, and yet you continue to ask me such questions? Have you [[failed]] to [[observe]] how the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] lives as one with you and consistently refuses to employ the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39 forces of heaven] for his [[personal]] [[Support|sustenance]]? Do we not all live by the same means whereby all men exist? Do you see the [[power]] of the [[spiritual]] world [[manifested]] in the [[material]] life of this world, save for the [[revelation]] of [[the Father]] and the sometime [[healing]] of his afflicted [[children]]?

166:4.2 In answer to [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]]'s [[inquiry]], [[Jesus]] said: " Have I been so long with you, and yet you continue to ask me such questions? Have you [[failed]] to [[observe]] how the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] lives as one with you and consistently refuses to employ the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39 forces of heaven] for his [[personal]] [[Support|sustenance]]? Do we not all live by the same means whereby all men exist? Do you see the [[power]] of the [[spiritual]] world [[manifested]] in the [[material]] life of this world, save for the [[revelation]] of [[the Father]] and the sometime [[healing]] of his afflicted [[children]]?

166:4.3 " All too long have your [[fathers]] believed that [[prosperity]] was the token of [[divine]] [[approval]]; that [[adversity]] was the [[proof]] of [[God]]'s displeasure. I [[declare]] that such [[beliefs]] are [[superstitions]]. Do you not [[observe]] that far greater numbers of the [[poor]] [[joyfully]] [[receive]] the [[gospel]] and [[immediately]] enter [[the kingdom]]? If [[Wealth|riches]] [[evidence]] [[divine]] [[favor]], why do the rich so many times refuse to [[believe]] this [[Gospel|good news]] from [[heaven]]?

166:4.3 " All too long have your [[fathers]] believed that [[prosperity]] was the token of [[divine]] [[approval]]; that [[adversity]] was the [[proof]] of [[God]]'s displeasure. I [[declare]] that such [[beliefs]] are [[superstitions]]. Do you not [[observe]] that far greater numbers of the [[poor]] [[joyfully]] [[receive]] the [[gospel]] and [[immediately]] enter [[the kingdom]]? If [[Wealth|riches]] [[evidence]] [[divine]] [[favor]], why do the rich so many times refuse to [[believe]] this [[Gospel|good news]] from [[heaven]]?

166:4.4 " [[The Father]] causes his rain to fall on the [[just]] and the unjust; the [[sun]] likewise shines on the [[righteous]] and the unrighteous.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_5] You know about those [[Galileans]] whose [[blood]] Pilate mingled with the [[sacrifices]], but I tell you these Galileans were not in any [[manner]] [[sinners]] above all their fellows just because this happened to them. You also know about the eighteen men upon whom the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Siloam tower of Siloam] fell, killing them. Think not that these men who were thus destroyed were offenders above all their brethren in [[Jerusalem]]. These folks were simply [[innocent]] [[victims]] of one of the [[accidents]] of [[time]].

166:4.4 " [[The Father]] causes his rain to fall on the [[just]] and the unjust; the [[sun]] likewise shines on the [[righteous]] and the unrighteous.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_5] You know about those [[Galileans]] whose [[blood]] Pilate mingled with the [[sacrifices]], but I tell you these Galileans were not in any [[manner]] [[sinners]] above all their fellows just because this happened to them. You also know about the eighteen men upon whom the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Siloam tower of Siloam] fell, killing them. Think not that these men who were thus destroyed were offenders above all their brethren in [[Jerusalem]]. These folks were simply [[innocent]] [[victims]] of one of the [[accidents]] of [[time]].

166:4.5 " There are [[three]] [[groups]] of [[events]] which may occur in your lives:

166:4.5 " There are [[three]] [[groups]] of [[events]] which may occur in your lives:

*3. 166:4.8 " 3. You may reap the [[harvest]] of your direct [[efforts]] to comply with the [[natural law]]s governing the world.

*3. 166:4.8 " 3. You may reap the [[harvest]] of your direct [[efforts]] to comply with the [[natural law]]s governing the world.

166:4.9 " There was a certain man who planted a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fig_tree fig tree] in his yard, and when he had many times sought fruit thereon and found none, he called the vinedressers before him and said: `Here have I come these three [[seasons]] looking for fruit on this fig tree and have found none. Cut down this barren tree; why should it encumber the ground?' But the head gardener answered his master: `Let it alone for one more year so that I may dig around it and put on fertilizer, and then, next year, if it bears no fruit, it shall be cut down.' And when they had thus complied with the [[laws]] of fruitfulness, since the tree was living and [[good]], they were rewarded with an [[abundant]] yield.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_13]

166:4.9 " There was a certain man who planted a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fig_tree fig tree] in his yard, and when he had many times sought fruit thereon and found none, he called the vinedressers before him and said: `Here have I come these three [[seasons]] looking for fruit on this fig tree and have found none. Cut down this barren tree; why should it encumber the ground?' But the head gardener answered his master: `Let it alone for one more year so that I may dig around it and put on fertilizer, and then, next year, if it bears no fruit, it shall be cut down.' And when they had thus complied with the [[laws]] of fruitfulness, since the tree was living and [[good]], they were rewarded with an [[abundant]] yield.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_13]

166:4.10 " In the matter of [[sickness]] and [[health]], you should know that these bodily states are the result of [[material]] [[causes]]; [[health]] is not the smile of [[heaven]], neither is [[affliction]] the frown of [[God]].

166:4.10 " In the matter of [[sickness]] and [[health]], you should know that these bodily states are the result of [[material]] [[causes]]; [[health]] is not the smile of [[heaven]], neither is [[affliction]] the frown of [[God]].

166:4.11 " [[The Father]]'s [[human]] [[children]] have [[equal]] capacity for the [[reception]] of [[material]] [[blessings]]; therefore does he bestow [[things]] [[physical]] upon the children of men without [[discrimination]]. When it comes to the [[bestowal]] of [[spiritual]] [[gifts]], [[the Father]] is [[limited]] by man's [[capacity]] for [[receiving]] these [[divine]] [[endowments]]. Although [[the Father]] is no respecter of [[persons]], in the [[bestowal]] of spiritual gifts he is [[limited]] by man's [[faith]] and by his willingness always to abide by [[the Father]]'s will. "

166:4.11 " [[The Father]]'s [[human]] [[children]] have [[equal]] capacity for the [[reception]] of [[material]] [[blessings]]; therefore does he bestow [[things]] [[physical]] upon the children of men without [[discrimination]]. When it comes to the [[bestowal]] of [[spiritual]] [[gifts]], [[the Father]] is [[limited]] by man's [[capacity]] for [[receiving]] these [[divine]] [[endowments]]. Although [[the Father]] is no respecter of [[persons]], in the [[bestowal]] of spiritual gifts he is [[limited]] by man's [[faith]] and by his willingness always to abide by [[the Father]]'s will. "

166:4.12 As they [[journeyed]] on toward [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amman Philadelphia], [[Jesus]] continued to [[teach]] them and to answer their [[questions]] having to do with [[accidents]], [[sickness]], and [[miracles]], but they were not able fully to [[comprehend]] this instruction. One hour of teaching will not wholly [[change]] the [[beliefs]] of a lifetime, and so [[Jesus]] found it necessary to [[reiterate]] his [[message]], to tell again and again that which he [[wished]] them to [[understand]]; and even then they [[failed]] to grasp the [[meaning]] of his [[earth]] [[mission]] until after [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_187 his death] and [[resurrection]].

166:4.12 As they [[journeyed]] on toward [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amman Philadelphia], [[Jesus]] continued to [[teach]] them and to answer their [[questions]] having to do with [[accidents]], [[sickness]], and [[miracles]], but they were not able fully to [[comprehend]] this instruction. One hour of teaching will not wholly [[change]] the [[beliefs]] of a lifetime, and so [[Jesus]] found it necessary to [[reiterate]] his [[message]], to tell again and again that which he [[wished]] them to [[understand]]; and even then they [[failed]] to grasp the [[meaning]] of his [[earth]] [[mission]] until after [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_187 his death] and [[resurrection]].

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[[Category:Paper 166 - Last Visit to Northern Perea]]

[[Category:Paper 166 - Last Visit to Northern Perea]]

[[Category: Accidents]]

[[Category: Accidents]]