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169:4.1 [[Jesus]] always had [[trouble]] trying to [[explain]] to [[the apostles]] that, while they [[proclaimed]] the [[establishment]] of [[the kingdom]] of [[God]], [[the Father]] in [[heaven]] was not a [[king]]. At the time [[Jesus]] lived on earth and taught in the [[flesh]], the people of [[Urantia]] knew mostly of [[kings]] and [[emperors]] in the [[governments]] of the [[nations]], and the [[Jews]] had long [[contemplated]] the coming of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism the kingdom] of God. For these and other reasons, [[the Master]] [[thought]] best to designate the spiritual brotherhood of man as [[the kingdom]] of heaven and the [[spirit]] head of this brotherhood as [[the Father]] in heaven. Never did [[Jesus]] refer to his Father as a [[king]]. In his [[intimate]] [[dialogue|talks]] with [[the apostles]] he always referred to himself as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] and as their [[elder]] [[brother]]. He depicted all his followers as servants of [[mankind]] and [[messengers]] of the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]].

169:4.1 [[Jesus]] always had [[trouble]] trying to [[explain]] to [[the apostles]] that, while they [[proclaimed]] the [[establishment]] of [[the kingdom]] of [[God]], [[the Father]] in [[heaven]] was not a [[king]]. At the time [[Jesus]] lived on earth and taught in the [[flesh]], the people of [[Urantia]] knew mostly of [[kings]] and [[emperors]] in the [[governments]] of the [[nations]], and the [[Jews]] had long [[contemplated]] the coming of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism the kingdom] of God. For these and other reasons, [[the Master]] [[thought]] best to designate the spiritual brotherhood of man as [[the kingdom]] of heaven and the [[spirit]] head of this brotherhood as [[the Father]] in heaven. Never did [[Jesus]] refer to his Father as a [[king]]. In his [[intimate]] [[dialogue|talks]] with [[the apostles]] he always referred to himself as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] and as their [[elder]] [[brother]]. He depicted all his followers as servants of [[mankind]] and [[messengers]] of the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]].

169:4.2 [[Jesus]] never gave his [[apostles]] a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systematic_theology systematic] lesson concerning the [[personality]] and [[attributes]] of [[the Father]] in [[heaven]]. He never asked men to [[believe]] in his Father; he took it for granted they did. [[Jesus]] never belittled himself by offering [[arguments]] in [[proof]] of the [[reality]] of [[the Father]]. His teaching regarding the Father all [[center]]ed in the [[declaration]] that he and [[the Father]] are [[one]]; that he who has seen [[Creator Son|the Son]] has seen [[the Father]]; that the Father, like [[the Son]], [[knows]] [[all things]]; that only [[the Son]] really knows [[the Father]], and he to whom [[Divine Sons|the Son]] will [[reveal]] him; that he who knows [[Creator Son|the Son]] knows also [[the Father]]; and that [[the Father]] sent him into the world to [[reveal]] their combined [[natures]] and to show forth their conjoint [[work]]. He never made other pronouncements about his Father except to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_143#143:5._THE_WOMAN_OF_SYCHAR the woman of Samaria] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob's_well Jacob's well], when he [[declared]], " God is spirit. "

169:4.2 [[Jesus]] never gave his [[apostles]] a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systematic_theology systematic] lesson concerning the [[personality]] and [[attributes]] of [[the Father]] in [[heaven]]. He never asked men to [[believe]] in his Father; he took it for granted they did. [[Jesus]] never belittled himself by offering [[arguments]] in [[proof]] of the [[reality]] of [[the Father]]. His teaching regarding the Father all [[center]]ed in the [[declaration]] that he and [[the Father]] are [[one]]; that he who has seen [[Creator Son|the Son]] has seen [[the Father]]; that the Father, like [[the Son]], [[knows]] [[all things]]; that only [[the Son]] really knows [[the Father]], and he to whom [[Divine Sons|the Son]] will [[reveal]] him; that he who knows [[Creator Son|the Son]] knows also [[the Father]]; and that [[the Father]] sent him into the world to [[reveal]] their combined [[natures]] and to show forth their conjoint [[work]]. He never made other pronouncements about his Father except to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_143#143:5._THE_WOMAN_OF_SYCHAR the woman of Samaria] at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob's_well Jacob's well], when he [[declared]], " [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_143#143:5._THE_WOMAN_OF_SYCHAR God is spirit. " (143:5.6)]

169:4.3 You [[learn]] about [[God]] from [[Jesus]] by [[observing]] the [[divinity]] of his life, not by depending on his teachings. From the life of [[the Master]] you may each [[assimilate]] that [[concept]] of [[God]] which [[represents]] the [[measure]] of your [[capacity]] to [[perceive]] [[realities]] [[spiritual]] and [[divine]], [[truths]] [[real]] and [[eternal]]. The [[finite]] can never [[hope]] to [[comprehend]] the [[Infinite]] except as the Infinite was [[focalized]] in the [[time-space]] [[personality]] of the finite [[experience]] of the [[human]] life of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]].

169:4.3 You [[learn]] about [[God]] from [[Jesus]] by [[observing]] the [[divinity]] of his life, not by depending on his teachings. From the life of [[the Master]] you may each [[assimilate]] that [[concept]] of [[God]] which [[represents]] the [[measure]] of your [[capacity]] to [[perceive]] [[realities]] [[spiritual]] and [[divine]], [[truths]] [[real]] and [[eternal]]. The [[finite]] can never [[hope]] to [[comprehend]] the [[Infinite]] except as the Infinite was [[focalized]] in the [[time-space]] [[personality]] of the finite [[experience]] of the [[human]] life of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]].

169:4.4 [[Jesus]] well knew that [[God]] can be known only by the [[realities]] of [[experience]]; never can he be [[understood]] by the mere teaching of the [[mind]]. [[Jesus]] taught his [[apostles]] that, while they never could fully [[understand]] [[God]], they could most certainly know him, even as they had known the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man]. You can know [[God]], not by [[understanding]] what [[Jesus]] said, but by knowing what Jesus was. Jesus was a [[revelation]] of [[God]].

169:4.4 [[Jesus]] well knew that [[God]] can be known only by the [[realities]] of [[experience]]; never can he be [[understood]] by the mere teaching of the [[mind]]. [[Jesus]] taught his [[apostles]] that, while they never could fully [[understand]] [[God]], they could most certainly know him, even as they had known the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man]. You can know [[God]], not by [[understanding]] what [[Jesus]] said, but by knowing what Jesus was. Jesus was a [[revelation]] of [[God]].

169:4.5 Except when quoting the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_scriptures Hebrew scriptures], [[Jesus]] referred to [[Deity]] by only [[two]] [[names]]: [[God]] and [[Father]]. And when [[the Master]] made [[reference]] to his Father as [[God]], he usually employed the [[Hebrew]] [[word]] [[signifying]] the plural [[God]] (the [[Trinity]]) and not the word [[Yahweh]], which stood for the [[progressive]] [[conception]] of the [[tribal]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_96_-_Yahweh_-_God_of_the_Hebrews God of the Jews].

169:4.5 Except when quoting the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_scriptures Hebrew scriptures], [[Jesus]] referred to [[Deity]] by only [[two]] [[names]]: [[God]] and [[Father]]. And when [[the Master]] made [[reference]] to his Father as [[God]], he usually employed the [[Hebrew]] [[word]] [[signifying]] the plural [[God]] (the [[Trinity]]) and not the word [[Yahweh]], which stood for the [[progressive]] [[conception]] of the [[tribal]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_96_-_Yahweh_-_God_of_the_Hebrews God of the Jews].

169:4.6 [[Jesus]] never called [[the Father]] a [[king]], and he very much [[regretted]] that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism Jewish hope] for a restored kingdom and [[John the Baptist|John]]'s proclamation of a coming kingdom made it [[necessary]] for him to denominate his proposed [[spiritual]] brotherhood [[the kingdom]] of heaven. With the one exception—the [[declaration]] that " [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_143#143:5._THE_WOMAN_OF_SYCHAR God is spirit] "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_4]—[[Jesus]] never referred to [[Deity]] in any [[manner]] other than in terms descriptive of his own [[personal]] [[relationship]] with the [[First Source and Center]] of [[Paradise]].

169:4.6 [[Jesus]] never called [[the Father]] a [[king]], and he very much [[regretted]] that the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism Jewish hope] for a restored kingdom and [[John the Baptist|John]]'s proclamation of a coming kingdom made it [[necessary]] for him to denominate his proposed [[spiritual]] brotherhood [[the kingdom]] of heaven. With the one exception—the [[declaration]] that " [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_143#143:5._THE_WOMAN_OF_SYCHAR God is spirit] "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_4]—[[Jesus]] never referred to [[Deity]] in any [[manner]] other than in terms descriptive of his own [[personal]] [[relationship]] with the [[First Source and Center]] of [[Paradise]].

169:4.7 [[Jesus]] employed the [[word]] [[God]] to designate the [[idea]] of [[Deity]] and the [[word]] [[Father]] to designate the [[experience]] of knowing [[God]]. When the [[word]] [[Father]] is employed to denote [[God]], it should be [[understood]] in its largest possible [[meaning]]. The word [[God]] cannot be defined and therefore stands for the [[infinite]] [[concept]] of [[the Father]], while the term Father, being capable of partial [[definition]], may be employed to [[represent]] the [[human]] [[concept]] of the [[divine]] Father as he is [[associated]] with man during the [[course]] of [[mortal]] [[existence]].

169:4.7 [[Jesus]] employed the [[word]] [[God]] to designate the [[idea]] of [[Deity]] and the [[word]] [[Father]] to designate the [[experience]] of knowing [[God]]. When the [[word]] [[Father]] is employed to denote [[God]], it should be [[understood]] in its largest possible [[meaning]]. The word [[God]] cannot be defined and therefore stands for the [[infinite]] [[concept]] of [[the Father]], while the term Father, being capable of partial [[definition]], may be employed to [[represent]] the [[human]] [[concept]] of the [[divine]] Father as he is [[associated]] with man during the [[course]] of [[mortal]] [[existence]].

169:4.8 To [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews the Jews], [[Elohim]] was the God of gods, while [[Yahweh]] was the God of [[Israel]]. [[Jesus]] [[accepted]] the [[concept]] of [[Elohim]] and called this [[Supreme Creators|supreme group]] of [[beings]] [[God]]. In the place of the [[concept]] of [[Yahweh]], the [[racial]] [[deity]], he introduced the [[idea]] of the [[fatherhood]] of [[God]] and the world-wide brotherhood of man. He exalted the [[Yahweh]] concept of a deified [[racial]] [[Father]] to the [[idea]] of a [[Father]] of all the [[children]] of men, a [[divine]] Father of the [[individual]] [[believer]]. And he further taught that this [[God]] of [[universes]] and this Father of all men were one and the same [[Paradise]] [[Deity]].

169:4.8 To [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews the Jews], [[Elohim]] was the God of gods, while [[Yahweh]] was the God of [[Israel]]. [[Jesus]] [[accepted]] the [[concept]] of [[Elohim]] and called this [[Supreme Creators|supreme group]] of [[beings]] [[God]]. In the place of the [[concept]] of [[Yahweh]], the [[racial]] [[deity]], he introduced the [[idea]] of the [[fatherhood]] of [[God]] and the world-wide brotherhood of man. He exalted the [[Yahweh]] concept of a deified [[racial]] [[Father]] to the [[idea]] of a [[Father]] of all the [[children]] of men, a [[divine]] Father of the [[individual]] [[believer]]. And he further taught that this [[God]] of [[universes]] and this Father of all men were one and the same [[Paradise]] [[Deity]].

169:4.9 [[Jesus]] never claimed to be the [[manifestation]] of [[Elohim]] (God) in the [[flesh]]. He never [[declared]] that he was a [[revelation]] of [[Elohim]] (God) to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 the worlds]. He never taught that he who had seen him had seen [[Elohim]] (God). But he did [[proclaim]] himself as the [[revelation]] of [[the Father]] in the [[flesh]], and he did say that whoso had seen him had seen the Father. As the [[divine Son]] he claimed to [[represent]] only [[the Father]].

169:4.9 [[Jesus]] never claimed to be the [[manifestation]] of [[Elohim]] (God) in the [[flesh]]. He never [[declared]] that he was a [[revelation]] of [[Elohim]] (God) to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 the worlds]. He never taught that he who had seen him had seen [[Elohim]] (God). But he did [[proclaim]] himself as the [[revelation]] of [[the Father]] in the [[flesh]], and he did say that whoso had seen him had seen the Father. As the [[divine Son]] he claimed to [[represent]] only [[the Father]].

169:4.10 He was, indeed, the Son of even the [[Elohim]] God; but in the likeness of [[mortal]] [[flesh]] and to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE mortal sons of God], he chose to [[limit]] his life [[revelation]] to the portrayal of his Father's [[character]] in so far as such a [[revelation]] might be comprehensible to [[mortal]] man. As regards the [[character]] of the other [[persons]] of the [[Paradise Trinity]], we shall have to be content with the teaching that they are altogether like [[the Father]], who has been [[revealed]] in personal portraiture in the life of his [[incarnated]] [[Creator Son|Son]], [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]].

169:4.10 He was, indeed, the Son of even the [[Elohim]] God; but in the likeness of [[mortal]] [[flesh]] and to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE mortal sons of God], he chose to [[limit]] his life [[revelation]] to the portrayal of his Father's [[character]] in so far as such a [[revelation]] might be comprehensible to [[mortal]] man. As regards the [[character]] of the other [[persons]] of the [[Paradise Trinity]], we shall have to be content with the teaching that they are altogether like [[the Father]], who has been [[revealed]] in personal portraiture in the life of his [[incarnated]] [[Creator Son|Son]], [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]].

169:4.11 Although [[Jesus]] [[revealed]] the true [[nature]] of the heavenly Father in his [[earth]] life, he taught little about him. In [[fact]], he taught only [[two]] [[things]]: that God in himself is [[spirit]], and that, in all matters of [[relationship]] with his [[creatures]], he is a [[Father]]. On this evening [[Jesus]] made the final [[pronouncement]] of his [[relationship]] with [[God]] when he [[declared]]: " I have come out from [[the Father]], and I have come into the world; again, I will leave the world and go to [[the Father]]. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_16]

169:4.11 Although [[Jesus]] [[revealed]] the true [[nature]] of the heavenly Father in his [[earth]] life, he taught little about him. In [[fact]], he taught only [[two]] [[things]]: that God in himself is [[spirit]], and that, in all matters of [[relationship]] with his [[creatures]], he is a [[Father]]. On this evening [[Jesus]] made the final [[pronouncement]] of his [[relationship]] with [[God]] when he [[declared]]: " I have come out from [[the Father]], and I have come into the world; again, I will leave the world and go to [[the Father]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_16]

169:4.12 But mark you! never did [[Jesus]] say, " Whoso has heard me has heard God. " But he did say, " He who has seen me has seen the Father. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_14] To hear [[Jesus]]' teaching is not equivalent to [[knowing]] [[God]], but to see [[Jesus]] is an [[experience]] which in itself is a [[revelation]] of [[the Father]] to the [[soul]]. The [[God]] of [[universes]] rules the far-flung [[creation]], but it is the Father in heaven who sends forth [[Thought Adjuster|his spirit]] to dwell within your [[minds]].

169:4.12 But mark you! never did [[Jesus]] say, " Whoso has heard me has heard God. " But he did say, " He who has seen me has seen the Father. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_14] To hear [[Jesus]]' teaching is not equivalent to [[knowing]] [[God]], but to see [[Jesus]] is an [[experience]] which in itself is a [[revelation]] of [[the Father]] to the [[soul]]. The [[God]] of [[universes]] rules the far-flung [[creation]], but it is the Father in heaven who sends forth [[Thought Adjuster|his spirit]] to dwell within your [[minds]].

169:4.13 [[Jesus]] is the [[spiritual]] [[lens]] in [[human]] likeness which makes [[visible]] to the [[material]] [[creature]] Him who is [[invisible]]. He is your [[elder]] [[brother]] who, in the [[flesh]], makes known to you a [[Being]] of [[infinite]] [[attributes]] whom not even the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39 celestial hosts] can presume fully to [[understand]]. But all of this must consist in the [[personal]] [[experience]] of the [[individual]] [[believer]]. [[God]] who is spirit can be known only as a [[spiritual]] [[experience]]. [[God]] can be [[revealed]] to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40 finite sons] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 material worlds], by the [[Divine Sons|divine Son]] of the spiritual realms, only as a [[Father]]. You can know the [[Eternal]] as a Father; you can [[worship]] him as the God of [[universes]], the infinite [[Creator]] of all [[existences]].

169:4.13 [[Jesus]] is the [[spiritual]] [[lens]] in [[human]] likeness which makes [[visible]] to the [[material]] [[creature]] Him who is [[invisible]]. He is your [[elder]] [[brother]] who, in the [[flesh]], makes known to you a [[Being]] of [[infinite]] [[attributes]] whom not even the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39 celestial hosts] can presume fully to [[understand]]. But all of this must consist in the [[personal]] [[experience]] of the [[individual]] [[believer]]. [[God]] who is spirit can be known only as a [[spiritual]] [[experience]]. [[God]] can be [[revealed]] to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40 finite sons] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 material worlds], by the [[Divine Sons|divine Son]] of the spiritual realms, only as a [[Father]]. You can know the [[Eternal]] as a Father; you can [[worship]] him as the God of [[universes]], the infinite [[Creator]] of all [[existences]].

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[[Category:Paper 169 - Last Teaching at Pella]]

[[Category:Paper 169 - Last Teaching at Pella]]