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188:3.1 Throughout this [[Sabbath]] day the [[disciples]] and [[the apostles]] remained in [[hiding]], while all [[Jerusalem]] [[discussed]] the [[death]] of [[Jesus]] on the [[cross]]. There were almost one and one-half million [[Jews]] present in [[Jerusalem]] at this time, hailing from all parts of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Roman Empire] and from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia]. This was the beginning of the [[Passover]] week, and all these [[pilgrims]] would be in the [[city]] to learn of the [[resurrection]] of [[Jesus]] and to carry the report back to their [[homes]].

188:3.1 Throughout this [[Sabbath]] day the [[disciples]] and [[the apostles]] remained in [[hiding]], while all [[Jerusalem]] [[discussed]] the [[death]] of [[Jesus]] on the [[cross]]. There were almost one and one-half million [[Jews]] present in [[Jerusalem]] at this time, hailing from all parts of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Roman Empire] and from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia]. This was the beginning of the [[Passover]] week, and all these [[pilgrims]] would be in the [[city]] to learn of the [[resurrection]] of [[Jesus]] and to carry the report back to their [[homes]].

188:3.2 Late Saturday night, [[John Mark]] [[summoned]] [[the eleven apostles]] [[secretly]] to come to the [[home]] of his [[father]], where, just before midnight, they all assembled in the same [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenacle upper chamber] where they had partaken of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_179 Last Supper] with their Master two nights previously.

188:3.2 Late Saturday night, [[John Mark]] [[summoned]] [[the eleven apostles]] [[secretly]] to come to the [[home]] of his [[father]], where, just before midnight, they all assembled in the same [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenacle upper chamber] where they had partaken of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_179 Last Supper] with their Master two nights previously.

188:3.3 [[Mother Mary|Mary]] the [[mother]] of [[Jesus]], with [[Ruth]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude,_brother_of_Jesus Jude], returned to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany] to join their [[family]] this Saturday evening just before sunset. [[David Zebedee]] remained at the [[home]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicodemus Nicodemus], where he had arranged for his [[messengers]] to assemble early Sunday morning. The [[women]] of [[Galilee]], who [[prepared]] spices for the further [[embalming]] of [[Jesus]]' [[body]], tarried at the [[home]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph of Arimathea].

188:3.3 [[Mother Mary|Mary]] the [[mother]] of [[Jesus]], with [[Ruth]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude,_brother_of_Jesus Jude], returned to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany] to join their [[family]] this Saturday evening just before sunset. [[David Zebedee]] remained at the [[home]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicodemus Nicodemus], where he had arranged for his [[messengers]] to assemble early Sunday morning. The [[women]] of [[Galilee]], who [[prepared]] spices for the further [[embalming]] of [[Jesus]]' [[body]], tarried at the [[home]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph of Arimathea].

188:3.4 We are not able fully to [[explain]] just what happened to [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] during this period of a day and a half when he was supposed to be [[resting]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph]'s new [[tomb]]. Apparently he died the same [[natural]] [[death]] on the [[cross]] as would any other [[mortal]] in the same circumstances. We heard him say, " Father, into your hands I commend my [[spirit]]. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_23] We do not fully [[understand]] the [[meaning]] of such a [[statement]] inasmuch as his [[Thought Adjuster]] had long since been [[Personalized Adjusters|personalized]] and so [[maintained]] an [[existence]] apart from [[Jesus]]' [[mortal]] [[being]]. [[The Master]]'s [[Personalized Adjuster]] could in no sense be [[affected]] by his [[physical]] [[death]] on the [[cross]]. That which [[Jesus]] put in [[the Father]]'s hands for the time being must have been the [[spirit]] [[counterpart]] of the [[Adjuster]]'s early [[work]] in spiritizing the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 mortal mind] so as to provide for the [[transfer]] of the [[transcript]] of the [[human]] [[experience]] to the [[mansion worlds]]. There must have been some [[spiritual]] [[reality]] in the [[experience]] of [[Jesus]] which was [[analogous]] to the [[spirit]] [[nature]], or [[soul]], of the [[faith]]-growing [[mortals]] of the [[spheres]]. But this is merely our [[opinion]]—we do not really know what [[Jesus]] commended to [[the Father|his Father]].

188:3.4 We are not able fully to [[explain]] just what happened to [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] during this period of a day and a half when he was supposed to be [[resting]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph]'s new [[tomb]]. Apparently he died the same [[natural]] [[death]] on the [[cross]] as would any other [[mortal]] in the same circumstances. We heard him say, " Father, into your hands I commend my [[spirit]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_23] We do not fully [[understand]] the [[meaning]] of such a [[statement]] inasmuch as his [[Thought Adjuster]] had long since been [[Personalized Adjusters|personalized]] and so [[maintained]] an [[existence]] apart from [[Jesus]]' [[mortal]] [[being]]. [[The Master]]'s [[Personalized Adjuster]] could in no sense be [[affected]] by his [[physical]] [[death]] on the [[cross]]. That which [[Jesus]] put in [[the Father]]'s hands for the time being must have been the [[spirit]] [[counterpart]] of the [[Adjuster]]'s early [[work]] in spiritizing the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 mortal mind] so as to provide for the [[transfer]] of the [[transcript]] of the [[human]] [[experience]] to the [[mansion worlds]]. There must have been some [[spiritual]] [[reality]] in the [[experience]] of [[Jesus]] which was [[analogous]] to the [[spirit]] [[nature]], or [[soul]], of the [[faith]]-growing [[mortals]] of the [[spheres]]. But this is merely our [[opinion]]—we do not really know what [[Jesus]] commended to [[the Father|his Father]].

188:3.5 We know that the [[physical]] [[form]] of [[the Master]] [[rested]] there in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph]'s [[tomb]] until about three o'clock Sunday [[morning]], but we are wholly uncertain regarding the [[status]] of the [[personality]] of [[Jesus]] during that period of thirty-six hours. We have sometimes [[dared]] to [[explain]] these things to ourselves somewhat as follows:

188:3.5 We know that the [[physical]] [[form]] of [[the Master]] [[rested]] there in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph]'s [[tomb]] until about three o'clock Sunday [[morning]], but we are wholly uncertain regarding the [[status]] of the [[personality]] of [[Jesus]] during that period of thirty-six hours. We have sometimes [[dared]] to [[explain]] these things to ourselves somewhat as follows:

*1. 188:3.6 The [[Creator Son|Creator]] [[consciousness]] of [[Michael]] must have been at large and wholly [[free]] from its associated [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 mortal mind] of the [[physical]] [[incarnation]].

*1. 188:3.6 The [[Creator Son|Creator]] [[consciousness]] of [[Michael]] must have been at large and wholly [[free]] from its associated [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 mortal mind] of the [[physical]] [[incarnation]].

*2. 188:3.7 The former [[Thought Adjuster]] of [[Jesus]] we know to have been present on [[earth]] during this period and in [[personal]] command of the assembled [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39 celestial hosts].

*2. 188:3.7 The former [[Thought Adjuster]] of [[Jesus]] we know to have been present on [[earth]] during this period and in [[personal]] command of the assembled [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39 celestial hosts].

*3. 188:3.8 The acquired [[spirit]] [[identity]] of the man of [[Nazareth]] which was built up during his lifetime in the [[flesh]], first, by the direct [[efforts]] of his [[Thought Adjuster]], and later, by his own [[perfect]] [[adjustment]] between the [[physical]] [[necessities]] and the spiritual requirements of the [[ideal]] [[mortal]] [[existence]], as it was [[effected]] by his never-ceasing [[choice]] of [[the Father]]'s will, must have been consigned to the [[custody]] of the [[Paradise]] [[the Father|Father]]. Whether or not this [[spirit]] [[reality]] returned to become a part of the [[resurrected]] [[personality]], we do not know, but we [[believe]] it did. But there are those in the [[universe]] who hold that this [[soul]]-[[identity]] of [[Jesus]] now reposes in the " [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#13:1._THE_SEVEN_SACRED_WORLDS_OF_THE_FATHER bosom of the Father], " to be subsequently released for [[leadership]] of the [[Nebadon]] [[Corps of the Finality]] in their undisclosed [[destiny]] in [[connection]] with the uncreated [[universes]] of the unorganized realms of [[outer space]].

*3. 188:3.8 The acquired [[spirit]] [[identity]] of the man of [[Nazareth]] which was built up during his lifetime in the [[flesh]], first, by the direct [[efforts]] of his [[Thought Adjuster]], and later, by his own [[perfect]] [[adjustment]] between the [[physical]] [[necessities]] and the spiritual requirements of the [[ideal]] [[mortal]] [[existence]], as it was [[effected]] by his never-ceasing [[choice]] of [[the Father]]'s will, must have been consigned to the [[custody]] of the [[Paradise]] [[the Father|Father]]. Whether or not this [[spirit]] [[reality]] returned to become a part of the [[resurrected]] [[personality]], we do not know, but we [[believe]] it did. But there are those in the [[universe]] who hold that this [[soul]]-[[identity]] of [[Jesus]] now reposes in the " [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#13:1._THE_SEVEN_SACRED_WORLDS_OF_THE_FATHER bosom of the Father], " to be subsequently released for [[leadership]] of the [[Nebadon]] [[Corps of the Finality]] in their undisclosed [[destiny]] in [[connection]] with the uncreated [[universes]] of the unorganized realms of [[outer space]].

*4. 188:3.9 We [[think]] the [[human]] or [[mortal]] [[consciousness]] of [[Jesus]] slept during these thirty-six hours. We have [[reason]] to [[believe]] that the [[human]] [[Jesus]] knew nothing of what transpired in the [[universe]] during this period. To the [[mortal]] [[consciousness]] there appeared no lapse of time; the [[resurrection]] of life followed the [[sleep]] of [[death]] as of the same instant.

*4. 188:3.9 We [[think]] the [[human]] or [[mortal]] [[consciousness]] of [[Jesus]] slept during these thirty-six hours. We have [[reason]] to [[believe]] that the [[human]] [[Jesus]] knew nothing of what transpired in the [[universe]] during this period. To the [[mortal]] [[consciousness]] there appeared no lapse of time; the [[resurrection]] of life followed the [[sleep]] of [[death]] as of the same instant.

188:3.10 And this is about all we can place on [[record]] regarding the [[status]] of [[Jesus]] during this period of the [[tomb]]. There are a [[number]] of correlated [[facts]] to which we can allude, although we are hardly competent to undertake their [[interpretation]].

188:3.10 And this is about all we can place on [[record]] regarding the [[status]] of [[Jesus]] during this period of the [[tomb]]. There are a [[number]] of correlated [[facts]] to which we can allude, although we are hardly competent to undertake their [[interpretation]].

188:3.11 In the vast [[court]] of the [[resurrection]] halls of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:3_THE_FIRST_MANSION_WORLD first mansion world] of [[Satania]], there may now be [[observed]] a [[magnificent]] [[material]]-[[morontia]] [[structure]] known as the " Michael Memorial, " now bearing the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_(emblem) seal] of [[Gabriel]]. This [[memorial]] was created shortly after [[Michael]] departed from this world, and it bears this inscription: " In commemoration of the [[mortal]] transit of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] on [[Urantia]]. "

188:3.11 In the vast [[court]] of the [[resurrection]] halls of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:3_THE_FIRST_MANSION_WORLD first mansion world] of [[Satania]], there may now be [[observed]] a [[magnificent]] [[material]]-[[morontia]] [[structure]] known as the " Michael Memorial, " now bearing the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_(emblem) seal] of [[Gabriel]]. This [[memorial]] was created shortly after [[Michael]] departed from this world, and it bears this inscription: " In commemoration of the [[mortal]] transit of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] on [[Urantia]]. "

188:3.12 There are [[records]] extant which show that during this period the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33#33:8._THE_LEGISLATIVE_AND_EXECUTIVE_FUNCTIONS supreme council] of [[Salvington]], numbering one hundred, held an [[executive]] [[meeting]] on [[Urantia]] under the presidency of [[Gabriel]]. There are also [[records]] showing that the [[Ancients of Days]] of [[Uversa]] [[communicated]] with [[Michael]] regarding the [[status]] of the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]] during this time.

188:3.12 There are [[records]] extant which show that during this period the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33#33:8._THE_LEGISLATIVE_AND_EXECUTIVE_FUNCTIONS supreme council] of [[Salvington]], numbering one hundred, held an [[executive]] [[meeting]] on [[Urantia]] under the presidency of [[Gabriel]]. There are also [[records]] showing that the [[Ancients of Days]] of [[Uversa]] [[communicated]] with [[Michael]] regarding the [[status]] of the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]] during this time.

188:3.13 We know that at least one [[message]] passed between [[Michael]] and [[Immanuel]] on [[Salvington]] while [[the Master]]'s [[body]] lay in the [[tomb]].

188:3.13 We know that at least one [[message]] passed between [[Michael]] and [[Immanuel]] on [[Salvington]] while [[the Master]]'s [[body]] lay in the [[tomb]].

188:3.16 And there is much other [[evidence]] which suggests that not all of the [[personality]] of [[Jesus]] was [[asleep]] and [[unconscious]] during this time of [[apparent]] [[physical]] [[death]].

188:3.16 And there is much other [[evidence]] which suggests that not all of the [[personality]] of [[Jesus]] was [[asleep]] and [[unconscious]] during this time of [[apparent]] [[physical]] [[death]].

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[[Category:Paper 188 - The Time of the Tomb]]

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