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141:1.5 From night to night [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] carefully instructed his fellow [[apostles]] in the delicate and [[difficult]] task of getting along smoothly with the followers of [[John the Baptist]]. During this first year of [[Jesus]]' [[public]] ministry more than three fourths of his followers had previously followed John and had received his [[baptism]]. This entire year of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_AD A.D. 27] was spent in quietly taking over John's [[work]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perea_(Holy_Land) Perea] and [[Judea]].

141:1.5 From night to night [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] carefully instructed his fellow [[apostles]] in the delicate and [[difficult]] task of getting along smoothly with the followers of [[John the Baptist]]. During this first year of [[Jesus]]' [[public]] ministry more than three fourths of his followers had previously followed John and had received his [[baptism]]. This entire year of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_AD A.D. 27] was spent in quietly taking over John's [[work]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perea_(Holy_Land) Perea] and [[Judea]].

==141:2. GOD'S LAW AND THE FATHER'S WILL==

[[The kingdom|kingdom]]. Said [[the Master]]: " You have been taught to look for the coming of [[the kingdom]] of [[God]], and now I come [[announcing]] that this long-looked-for kingdom is near at hand, even that it is already here and in our midst. In every kingdom there must be a [[king]] seated upon his throne and [[decree]]ing the [[laws]] of the realm. And so have you [[developed]] a [[concept]] of [[the kingdom]] of heaven as a glorified rule of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jewish people] over all the peoples of the [[earth]] with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism Messiah] sitting on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davidic_line David's throne] and from this place of [[miraculous]] [[power]] promulgating the [[laws]] of all the world. But, my [[children]], you see not with the eye of [[faith]], and you hear not with the [[understanding]] of the [[spirit]]. I [[declare]] that the [[kingdom of heaven]] is the [[realization]] and acknowledgment of [[God]]'s rule within the [[hearts]] of men. True, there is a [[King]] in this kingdom, and that King is [[Universal Father|my Father]] and your Father. We are indeed his [[loyal]] subjects, but far [[transcending]] that [[fact]] is the [[transforming]] [[truth]] that we are his sons. In my life this [[truth]] is to become [[manifest]] to all. [[Our Father]] also sits upon a [[throne]], but not one made with hands. The [[throne]] of the [[Infinite]] is the [[eternal]] dwelling place of [[the Father]] in the [[Universe of universes|heaven of heavens]]; he fills [[all things]] and [[proclaims]] his [[laws]] to [[Grand Universe|universes upon universes]]. And [[the Father]] also rules within the [[hearts]] of his [[children]] on [[earth]] by [[Thought Adjuster|the spirit]] which he has sent to live within the [[souls]] of [[mortal]] men.

141:2.1 The night before they left [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pella,_Jordan Pella], Jesus gave the apostles some further instruction with regard to the new kingdom. Said the Master: " You have been taught to look for the coming of the kingdom of God, and now I come announcing that this long-looked-for kingdom is near at hand, even that it is already here and in our midst. In every kingdom there must be a king seated upon his throne and decreeing the laws of the realm. And so have you developed a concept of the kingdom of heaven as a glorified rule of the Jewish people over all the peoples of the earth with Messiah sitting on David's throne and from this place of miraculous power promulgating the laws of all the world. But, my children, you see not with the eye of faith, and you hear not with the understanding of the spirit. I declare that the kingdom of heaven is the realization and acknowledgment of God's rule within the hearts of men. True, there is a King in this kingdom, and that King is my Father and your Father. We are indeed his loyal subjects, but far transcending that fact is the transforming truth that we are his sons. In my life this truth is to become manifest to all. Our Father also sits upon a throne, but not one made with hands. The throne of the Infinite is the eternal dwelling place of the Father in the heaven of heavens; he fills all things and proclaims his laws to universes upon universes. And the Father also rules within the hearts of his children on earth by the spirit which he has sent to live within the souls of mortal men.

141:2.2 " When you are the subjects of [[Paper 170 - The Kingdom of Heaven|this kingdom]], you indeed are made to [[hear]] the [[law]] of the Universe Ruler; but when, because of the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] which I have come to [[declare]], you [[faith]]-[[discover]] yourselves as sons, you henceforth look not upon yourselves as [[law]]-subject [[creatures]] of an all-powerful [[king]] but as [[privileged]] sons of a loving and [[divine]] [[Father]]. Verily, verily, I say to you, when [[the Father]]'s will is your [[law]], you are hardly in [[the kingdom]]. But when [[the Father]]'s will becomes truly your will, then are you in very [[truth]] in [[the kingdom]] because the kingdom has thereby become an [[established]] [[experience]] in you. When [[God]]'s will is your [[law]], you are [[noble]] [[slave]] subjects; but when you [[believe]] in this new [[gospel]] of [[divine]] sonship, my Father's will becomes your will, and you are elevated to the high position of the [[free]] [[children]] of [[God]], liberated sons of [[the kingdom]]. "

141:2.3 Some of [[the apostles]] grasped something of this teaching, but none of them [[comprehended]] the full significance of this tremendous [[announcement]], unless it was [[James, the Apostle|James Zebedee]]. But these [[words]] sank into their [[hearts]] and came forth to gladden their ministry during later years of [[service]].

 

141:2.3 Some of the apostles grasped something of this teaching, but none of them comprehended the full significance of this tremendous announcement, unless it was James Zebedee. But these words sank into their hearts and came forth to gladden their ministry during later years of service.

==141:3. THE SOJOURN AT AMATHUS==

==141:3. THE SOJOURN AT AMATHUS==