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==PAPER 144: AT GILBOA AND IN THE DECAPOLIS==

==PAPER 144: AT GILBOA AND IN THE DECAPOLIS==

144:0.1 September and October were spent in [[retirement]] at a [[secluded]] camp upon the slopes of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Gilboa Mount Gilboa]. The month of September [[Jesus]] spent here alone with his [[apostles]], teaching and instructing them in the [[truths]] of [[the kingdom]].

144:0.1 September and October were spent in [[retirement]] at a [[secluded]] camp upon the slopes of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Gilboa Mount Gilboa]. The month of September [[Jesus]] spent here alone with his [[apostles]], teaching and instructing them in the [[truths]] of [[the kingdom]].

144:0.2 There were a [[number]] of reasons why [[Jesus]] and his [[apostles]] were in [[retirement]] at this time on the borders of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria Samaria] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapolis Decapolis]. The [[Jerusalem]] [[Sanhedrin|religious rulers]] were very [[antagonistic]]; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Antipas Herod Antipas] still held [[John the Baptist|John]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_135#135:11._JOHN_IN_PRISON in prison], [[fearing]] either to release or [[execute]] him, while he continued to entertain [[suspicions]] that [[John the Baptist|John]] and [[Jesus]] were in some way [[associated]]. These conditions made it unwise to [[plan]] for [[aggressive]] work in either [[Judea]] or [[Galilee]]. There was a third reason: the slowly augmenting [[tension]] between the [[leaders]] of [[John the Baptist|John]]'s [[disciples]] and [[the apostles]] of [[Jesus]], which grew worse with the increasing [[number]] of [[Conversion|believers]].

144:0.2 There were a [[number]] of reasons why [[Jesus]] and his [[apostles]] were in [[retirement]] at this time on the borders of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria Samaria] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapolis Decapolis]. The [[Jerusalem]] [[Sanhedrin|religious rulers]] were very [[antagonistic]]; [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Antipas Herod Antipas] still held [[John the Baptist|John]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_135#135:11._JOHN_IN_PRISON in prison], [[fearing]] either to release or [[execute]] him, while he continued to entertain [[suspicions]] that [[John the Baptist|John]] and [[Jesus]] were in some way [[associated]]. These conditions made it unwise to [[plan]] for [[aggressive]] work in either [[Judea]] or [[Galilee]]. There was a third reason: the slowly augmenting [[tension]] between the [[leaders]] of [[John the Baptist|John]]'s [[disciples]] and [[the apostles]] of [[Jesus]], which grew worse with the increasing [[number]] of [[Conversion|believers]].

144:0.3 [[Jesus]] knew that the days of the preliminary [[work]] of teaching and [[preaching]] were about over, that the next move involved the beginning of the full and final [[effort]] of his life on [[earth]], and he did not wish the launching of this undertaking to be in any [[manner]] either trying or [[embarrassing]] to [[John the Baptist|John the Baptist]]. [[Jesus]] had therefore [[decided]] to spend some time in [[retirement]] [[rehearsing]] his [[apostles]] and then to do some [[quiet]] [[work]] in the [[cities]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapolis Decapolis] until [[John the Baptist|John]] should be either [[executed]] or released to join them in a [[united]] [[effort]].

144:0.3 [[Jesus]] knew that the days of the preliminary [[work]] of teaching and [[preaching]] were about over, that the next move involved the beginning of the full and final [[effort]] of his life on [[earth]], and he did not wish the launching of this undertaking to be in any [[manner]] either trying or [[embarrassing]] to [[John the Baptist|John the Baptist]]. [[Jesus]] had therefore [[decided]] to spend some time in [[retirement]] [[rehearsing]] his [[apostles]] and then to do some [[quiet]] [[work]] in the [[cities]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapolis Decapolis] until [[John the Baptist|John]] should be either [[executed]] or released to join them in a [[united]] [[effort]].

==144:1. THE GILBOA ENCAMPMENT==

==144:1. THE GILBOA ENCAMPMENT==

*3. To await the [[fate]] of [[John the Baptist]].

*3. To await the [[fate]] of [[John the Baptist]].

144:1.3 While tarrying on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Gilboa Gilboa], [[Jesus]] told [[the twelve]] much about his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_122 early life] and his [[experiences]] on [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_134#134:8._THE_SOJOURN_ON_MOUNT_HERMON Mount Hermon]; he also [[revealed]] something of what happened in the hills during the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136#136:3._THE_FORTY_DAYS forty days] [[immediately]] after [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136#136:2._THE_BAPTISM_OF_JESUS his baptism]. And he directly charged them that they should tell no man about these [[experiences]] until after he had returned to [[the Father]].

144:1.3 While tarrying on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Gilboa Gilboa], [[Jesus]] told [[the twelve]] much about his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_122 early life] and his [[experiences]] on [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_134#134:8._THE_SOJOURN_ON_MOUNT_HERMON Mount Hermon]; he also [[revealed]] something of what happened in the hills during the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136#136:3._THE_FORTY_DAYS forty days] [[immediately]] after [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136#136:2._THE_BAPTISM_OF_JESUS his baptism]. And he directly charged them that they should tell no man about these [[experiences]] until after he had returned to [[the Father]].

144:1.4 During these September weeks they [[rested]], [[visited]], recounted their [[experiences]] since [[Jesus]] first called them to [[service]], and [[engaged]] in an [[earnest]] [[effort]] to [[co-ordinate]] what [[the Master]] had so far taught them. In a [[measure]] they all sensed that this would be their last [[opportunity]] for prolonged [[rest]]. They [[realized]] that their next [[public]] [[effort]] in either [[Judea]] or [[Galilee]] would mark the beginning of the final [[proclamation]] of the coming [[The Kingdom|kingdom]], but they had little or no settled [[idea]] as to what [[the kingdom]] would be when it came. [[John, the Apostle|John]] and [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] thought [[the kingdom]] had already come; [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and [[James, the Apostle|James]] believed that it was yet to come; [[Nathaniel]] and [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] frankly [[confessed]] they were puzzled; [[Matthew, the Apostle|Matthew]], [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]], and [[Simon, the Apostle|Simon Zelotes]] were uncertain and [[confused]]; [[the twins]] were blissfully [[ignorant]] of the [[controversy]]; and[[ Judas Iscariot]] was [[silent]], noncommittal.

144:1.4 During these September weeks they [[rested]], [[visited]], recounted their [[experiences]] since [[Jesus]] first called them to [[service]], and [[engaged]] in an [[earnest]] [[effort]] to [[co-ordinate]] what [[the Master]] had so far taught them. In a [[measure]] they all sensed that this would be their last [[opportunity]] for prolonged [[rest]]. They [[realized]] that their next [[public]] [[effort]] in either [[Judea]] or [[Galilee]] would mark the beginning of the final [[proclamation]] of the coming [[The Kingdom|kingdom]], but they had little or no settled [[idea]] as to what [[the kingdom]] would be when it came. [[John, the Apostle|John]] and [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] thought [[the kingdom]] had already come; [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and [[James, the Apostle|James]] believed that it was yet to come; [[Nathaniel]] and [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] frankly [[confessed]] they were puzzled; [[Matthew, the Apostle|Matthew]], [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]], and [[Simon, the Apostle|Simon Zelotes]] were uncertain and [[confused]]; [[the twins]] were blissfully [[ignorant]] of the [[controversy]]; and[[ Judas Iscariot]] was [[silent]], noncommittal.

144:1.5 Much of this time [[Jesus]] was [[alone]] on the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Gilboa mountain] near the camp. Occasionally he took with him [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], [[James, the Apostle|James]], or [[John, the Apostle|John]], but more often he went off to [[pray]] or [[commune]] [[alone]]. Subsequent to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136#136:2._THE_BAPTISM_OF_JESUS baptism] of [[Jesus]] and the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136#136:3._THE_FORTY_DAYS forty days] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perea_(Holy_Land) Perean hills], it is hardly proper to speak of these [[seasons]] of [[communion]] with [[Universal Father|his Father]] as [[prayer]], nor is it [[consistent]] to speak of [[Jesus]] as [[worshiping]], but it is altogether correct to allude to these [[seasons]] as [[personal]] [[communion]] with [[Universal Father|his Father]].

144:1.5 Much of this time [[Jesus]] was [[alone]] on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Gilboa mountain] near the camp. Occasionally he took with him [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], [[James, the Apostle|James]], or [[John, the Apostle|John]], but more often he went off to [[pray]] or [[commune]] [[alone]]. Subsequent to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136#136:2._THE_BAPTISM_OF_JESUS baptism] of [[Jesus]] and the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136#136:3._THE_FORTY_DAYS forty days] in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perea_(Holy_Land) Perean hills], it is hardly proper to speak of these [[seasons]] of [[communion]] with [[Universal Father|his Father]] as [[prayer]], nor is it [[consistent]] to speak of [[Jesus]] as [[worshiping]], but it is altogether correct to allude to these [[seasons]] as [[personal]] [[communion]] with [[Universal Father|his Father]].

144:1.6 The central [[theme]] of the [[discussions]] throughout the entire month of September was [[prayer]] and [[worship]]. After they had [[discussed]] [[worship]] for some days, [[Jesus]] finally delivered his [[memorable]] [[discourse]] on [[prayer]] in answer to [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]]'s request: " Master, teach us how to [[pray]]. "

144:1.6 The central [[theme]] of the [[discussions]] throughout the entire month of September was [[prayer]] and [[worship]]. After they had [[discussed]] [[worship]] for some days, [[Jesus]] finally delivered his [[memorable]] [[discourse]] on [[prayer]] in answer to [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]]'s request: " Master, teach us how to [[pray]]. "

144:1.7 [[John the Baptist|John]] had taught his [[disciples]] a [[prayer]], a prayer for [[salvation]] in the coming kingdom. Although [[Jesus]] never [[forbade]] his followers to use [[John the Baptist|John]]'s form of [[prayer]], [[the apostles]] very early [[perceived]] that their Master did not fully approve of the [[practice]] of uttering set and [[formal]] [[prayers]]. Nevertheless, believers constantly requested to be taught how to [[pray]]. [[The twelve]] longed to know what [[form]] of [[petition]] [[Jesus]] would [[approve]]. And it was chiefly because of this need for some [[simple]] [[petition]] for the [[Public|common people]] that [[Jesus]] at this time [[consented]], in answer to [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]]'s request, to teach them a suggestive [[form]] of [[prayer]]. [[Jesus]] gave this lesson one afternoon in the third week of their [[sojourn]] on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Gilboa Mount Gilboa].

144:1.7 [[John the Baptist|John]] had taught his [[disciples]] a [[prayer]], a prayer for [[salvation]] in the coming kingdom. Although [[Jesus]] never [[forbade]] his followers to use [[John the Baptist|John]]'s form of [[prayer]], [[the apostles]] very early [[perceived]] that their Master did not fully approve of the [[practice]] of uttering set and [[formal]] [[prayers]]. Nevertheless, believers constantly requested to be taught how to [[pray]]. [[The twelve]] longed to know what [[form]] of [[petition]] [[Jesus]] would [[approve]]. And it was chiefly because of this need for some [[simple]] [[petition]] for the [[Public|common people]] that [[Jesus]] at this time [[consented]], in answer to [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]]'s request, to teach them a suggestive [[form]] of [[prayer]]. [[Jesus]] gave this lesson one afternoon in the third week of their [[sojourn]] on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Gilboa Mount Gilboa].

==144:2. THE DISCOURSE ON PRAYER==

==144:2. THE DISCOURSE ON PRAYER==

**And increasingly make us [[perfect]] like yourself.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_11]

**And increasingly make us [[perfect]] like yourself.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_11]

144:3.4 It is not strange that [[the apostles]] [[desired]] [[Jesus]] to teach them a [[model]] [[prayer]] for believers. [[John the Baptist]] had taught his followers several [[prayers]]; all great teachers had [[formulated]] prayers for their [[pupils]]. The religious [[teachers]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews] had some twenty-five or thirty set prayers which they [[recited]] in the [[synagogue]]s and even on the street corners. [[Jesus]] was particularly averse to praying in [[public]]. Up to this time [[the twelve]] had heard him [[pray]] only a few times. They [[observed]] him spending entire nights at [[prayer]] or [[worship]], and they were very [[curious]] to know the [[manner]] or [[form]] of his [[petitions]]. They were really hard pressed to know what to answer [[the multitudes]] when they asked to be taught how to [[pray]] as [[John the Baptist|John]] had taught his [[disciples]].

144:3.4 It is not strange that [[the apostles]] [[desired]] [[Jesus]] to teach them a [[model]] [[prayer]] for believers. [[John the Baptist]] had taught his followers several [[prayers]]; all great teachers had [[formulated]] prayers for their [[pupils]]. The religious [[teachers]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews] had some twenty-five or thirty set prayers which they [[recited]] in the [[synagogue]]s and even on the street corners. [[Jesus]] was particularly averse to praying in [[public]]. Up to this time [[the twelve]] had heard him [[pray]] only a few times. They [[observed]] him spending entire nights at [[prayer]] or [[worship]], and they were very [[curious]] to know the [[manner]] or [[form]] of his [[petitions]]. They were really hard pressed to know what to answer [[the multitudes]] when they asked to be taught how to [[pray]] as [[John the Baptist|John]] had taught his [[disciples]].

144:3.5 [[Jesus]] taught [[the twelve]] always to [[pray]] in [[secret]]; to go off by themselves amidst the [[quiet]] [[surroundings]] of [[nature]] or to go in their rooms and shut the doors when they [[engaged]] in [[prayer]].

144:3.5 [[Jesus]] taught [[the twelve]] always to [[pray]] in [[secret]]; to go off by themselves amidst the [[quiet]] [[surroundings]] of [[nature]] or to go in their rooms and shut the doors when they [[engaged]] in [[prayer]].

144:3.6 After [[Jesus]]' [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_187 death] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_193 ascension] to [[the Father]] it became the [[practice]] of many believers to finish this so-called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord's_Prayer Lord's prayer] by the addition of—" In the [[name]] of the Lord [[Jesus]] [[Christ]]. " Still later on, two lines were lost in copying, and there was added to this [[prayer]] an extra clause, reading: " For yours is [[the kingdom]] and the [[power]] and the [[glory]], forevermore. "

144:3.6 After [[Jesus]]' [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_187 death] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_193 ascension] to [[the Father]] it became the [[practice]] of many believers to finish this so-called [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord's_Prayer Lord's prayer] by the addition of—" In the [[name]] of the Lord [[Jesus]] [[Christ]]. " Still later on, two lines were lost in copying, and there was added to this [[prayer]] an extra clause, reading: " For yours is [[the kingdom]] and the [[power]] and the [[glory]], forevermore. "

144:3.7 [[Jesus]] gave [[the apostles]] the [[prayer]] in [[collective]] form as they had prayed it in the [[Nazareth]] [[home]]. He never taught a [[formal]] [[personal]] [[prayer]], only [[group]], [[family]], or [[social]] [[petitions]]. And he never [[volunteered]] to do that.

144:3.7 [[Jesus]] gave [[the apostles]] the [[prayer]] in [[collective]] form as they had prayed it in the [[Nazareth]] [[home]]. He never taught a [[formal]] [[personal]] [[prayer]], only [[group]], [[family]], or [[social]] [[petitions]]. And he never [[volunteered]] to do that.

==144:6. CONFERENCE WITH JOHN'S APOSTLES==

==144:6. CONFERENCE WITH JOHN'S APOSTLES==

144:6.1 Around the first of October, [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]] and some of his fellow [[apostles]] were in a near-by village buying [[food]] when they met some of the apostles of [[John the Baptist]]. As a result of this [[chance]] meeting in the market place there came about a three weeks' [[conference]] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Gilboa Gilboa] camp between [[the apostles]] of Jesus and [[Abner|the apostles]] of [[John the Baptist|John]], for John had recently appointed twelve of his [[leaders]] to be apostles, following the precedent of [[Jesus]]. John had done this in [[response]] to the urging of [[Abner]], the chief of his [[loyal]] supporters. [[Jesus]] was present at the Gilboa camp throughout the first week of this joint [[conference]] but absented himself the last two weeks.

144:6.1 Around the first of October, [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]] and some of his fellow [[apostles]] were in a near-by village buying [[food]] when they met some of the apostles of [[John the Baptist]]. As a result of this [[chance]] meeting in the market place there came about a three weeks' [[conference]] at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Gilboa Gilboa] camp between [[the apostles]] of Jesus and [[Abner|the apostles]] of [[John the Baptist|John]], for John had recently appointed twelve of his [[leaders]] to be apostles, following the precedent of [[Jesus]]. John had done this in [[response]] to the urging of [[Abner]], the chief of his [[loyal]] supporters. [[Jesus]] was present at the Gilboa camp throughout the first week of this joint [[conference]] but absented himself the last two weeks.

144:6.2 By the beginning of the second week of this month, [[Abner]] had assembled all of his [[associates]] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Gilboa Gilboa] camp and was [[prepared]] to go into [[council]] with [[the apostles]] of [[Jesus]]. For three weeks these twenty-four men were in session three times a day and for six days each week. The first week [[Jesus]] mingled with them between their forenoon, afternoon, and evening sessions. They wanted [[the Master]] to meet with them and preside over their joint deliberations, but he [[steadfastly]] refused to [[participate]] in their [[discussions]], though he did [[consent]] to speak to them on [[three]] occasions. These talks by [[Jesus]] to the twenty-four were on [[sympathy]], [[co-operation]], and [[tolerance]].

144:6.2 By the beginning of the second week of this month, [[Abner]] had assembled all of his [[associates]] at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Gilboa Gilboa] camp and was [[prepared]] to go into [[council]] with [[the apostles]] of [[Jesus]]. For three weeks these twenty-four men were in session three times a day and for six days each week. The first week [[Jesus]] mingled with them between their forenoon, afternoon, and evening sessions. They wanted [[the Master]] to meet with them and preside over their joint deliberations, but he [[steadfastly]] refused to [[participate]] in their [[discussions]], though he did [[consent]] to speak to them on [[three]] occasions. These talks by [[Jesus]] to the twenty-four were on [[sympathy]], [[co-operation]], and [[tolerance]].

144:6.3 [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] and [[Abner]] alternated in presiding over these joint meetings of the two apostolic groups. These men had many [[difficulties]] to [[discuss]] and numerous [[problems]] to solve. Again and again would they take their troubles to [[Jesus]], only to hear him say: " I am concerned only with your [[personal]] and [[purely]] [[religious]] [[problems]]. I am the [[representative]] of [[the Father]] to the [[individual]], not to the [[group]]. If you are in [[personal]] [[difficulty]] in your [[relations]] with [[God]], come to me, and I will hear you and [[counsel]] you in the solution of your [[problem]]. But when you enter upon the [[co-ordination]] of [[divergent]] human [[interpretations]] of religious questions and upon the [[socialization]] of [[religion]], you are [[destined]] to solve all such problems by your own [[decisions]]. Albeit, I am ever [[sympathetic]] and always interested, and when you arrive at your conclusions touching these matters of nonspiritual import, provided you are all [[agreed]], then I [[pledge]] in advance my full [[approval]] and hearty [[co-operation]]. And now, in order to leave you unhampered in your [[deliberations]], I am leaving you for two weeks. Be not [[anxious]] about me, for I will return to you. I will be about my Father's business, for we have [[Paper 49 - The Inhabited Worlds|other realms]] besides this one. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_10]

144:6.3 [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] and [[Abner]] alternated in presiding over these joint meetings of the two apostolic groups. These men had many [[difficulties]] to [[discuss]] and numerous [[problems]] to solve. Again and again would they take their troubles to [[Jesus]], only to hear him say: " I am concerned only with your [[personal]] and [[purely]] [[religious]] [[problems]]. I am the [[representative]] of [[the Father]] to the [[individual]], not to the [[group]]. If you are in [[personal]] [[difficulty]] in your [[relations]] with [[God]], come to me, and I will hear you and [[counsel]] you in the solution of your [[problem]]. But when you enter upon the [[co-ordination]] of [[divergent]] human [[interpretations]] of religious questions and upon the [[socialization]] of [[religion]], you are [[destined]] to solve all such problems by your own [[decisions]]. Albeit, I am ever [[sympathetic]] and always interested, and when you arrive at your conclusions touching these matters of nonspiritual import, provided you are all [[agreed]], then I [[pledge]] in advance my full [[approval]] and hearty [[co-operation]]. And now, in order to leave you unhampered in your [[deliberations]], I am leaving you for two weeks. Be not [[anxious]] about me, for I will return to you. I will be about my Father's business, for we have [[Paper 49 - The Inhabited Worlds|other realms]] besides this one. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_10]

144:6.12 On the afternoon of their final [[discussion]] of [[financial]] questions, [[Jesus]] returned, heard of their [[deliberations]], listened to their [[decisions]], and said: " These, then, are your conclusions, and I shall help you each to carry out the spirit of your [[united]] [[decisions]]. "

144:6.12 On the afternoon of their final [[discussion]] of [[financial]] questions, [[Jesus]] returned, heard of their [[deliberations]], listened to their [[decisions]], and said: " These, then, are your conclusions, and I shall help you each to carry out the spirit of your [[united]] [[decisions]]. "

144:6.13 Two months and a half from this time [[John the Baptist|John]] was executed, and throughout this period the apostles of John remained with [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]]. They all worked [[together]] and [[baptized]] believers during this [[season]] of [[labor]] in the [[cities]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapolis Decapolis]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Gilboa Gilboa] camp was broken up on November 2, A.D. 27.

144:6.13 Two months and a half from this time [[John the Baptist|John]] was executed, and throughout this period the apostles of John remained with [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]]. They all worked [[together]] and [[baptized]] believers during this [[season]] of [[labor]] in the [[cities]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapolis Decapolis]. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Gilboa Gilboa] camp was broken up on November 2, A.D. 27.

==144:7. IN THE DECAPOLIS CITIES==

==144:7. IN THE DECAPOLIS CITIES==

144:7.1 Throughout the months of November and December, [[Jesus]] and the twenty-four worked [[quietly]] in the [[Greek]] [[cities]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapolis Decapolis], chiefly in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythopolis Scythopolis], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerasa Gerasa], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abila_(Decapolis) Abila], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadara Gadara]. This was really the end of that preliminary period of taking over [[John the Baptist|John]]'s [[work]] and [[organization]]. Always does the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_99 socialized religion] of a new [[revelation]] pay the price of [[compromise]] with the [[established]] [[forms]] and usages of the preceding [[religion]] which it seeks to salvage. [[Baptism]] was the price which the followers of [[Jesus]] paid in order to carry with them, as a socialized [[religious]] [[group]], the followers of [[John the Baptist]]. John's followers, in joining [[Jesus]]' followers, gave up just about everything except water [[baptism]].

144:7.1 Throughout the months of November and December, [[Jesus]] and the twenty-four worked [[quietly]] in the [[Greek]] [[cities]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapolis Decapolis], chiefly in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythopolis Scythopolis], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerasa Gerasa], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abila_(Decapolis) Abila], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadara Gadara]. This was really the end of that preliminary period of taking over [[John the Baptist|John]]'s [[work]] and [[organization]]. Always does the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_99 socialized religion] of a new [[revelation]] pay the price of [[compromise]] with the [[established]] [[forms]] and usages of the preceding [[religion]] which it seeks to salvage. [[Baptism]] was the price which the followers of [[Jesus]] paid in order to carry with them, as a socialized [[religious]] [[group]], the followers of [[John the Baptist]]. John's followers, in joining [[Jesus]]' followers, gave up just about everything except water [[baptism]].

144:7.2 [[Jesus]] did little public teaching on this [[mission]] to the [[cities]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapolis Decapolis]. He spent considerable time teaching the twenty-four and had many special sessions with John's [[twelve apostles]]. In time they became more [[understanding]] as to why [[Jesus]] did not go to visit [[John the Baptist|John]] in [[prison]], and why he made no [[effort]] to secure his release. But they never could [[understand]] why [[Jesus]] did no [[marvelous]] works, why he refused to produce outward [[signs]] of his [[divine]] [[authority]]. Before coming to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Gilboa Gilboa] camp, they had believed in [[Jesus]] mostly because of [[John the Baptist|John]]'s [[testimony]], but soon they were beginning to believe as a result of their own contact with [[the Master]] and his teachings.

144:7.2 [[Jesus]] did little public teaching on this [[mission]] to the [[cities]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapolis Decapolis]. He spent considerable time teaching the twenty-four and had many special sessions with John's [[twelve apostles]]. In time they became more [[understanding]] as to why [[Jesus]] did not go to visit [[John the Baptist|John]] in [[prison]], and why he made no [[effort]] to secure his release. But they never could [[understand]] why [[Jesus]] did no [[marvelous]] works, why he refused to produce outward [[signs]] of his [[divine]] [[authority]]. Before coming to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Gilboa Gilboa] camp, they had believed in [[Jesus]] mostly because of [[John the Baptist|John]]'s [[testimony]], but soon they were beginning to believe as a result of their own contact with [[the Master]] and his teachings.

144:7.3 For these two months the [[group]] worked most of the time in pairs, one of [[Jesus]]' [[apostles]] going out with one of [[John the Baptist|John]]'s. The apostle of John [[baptized]], the apostle of [[Jesus]] instructed, while they both preached the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] as they [[understood]] it. And they won many [[souls]] among these [[gentiles]] and [[apostate]] [[Jews]].

144:7.3 For these two months the [[group]] worked most of the time in pairs, one of [[Jesus]]' [[apostles]] going out with one of [[John the Baptist|John]]'s. The apostle of John [[baptized]], the apostle of [[Jesus]] instructed, while they both preached the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] as they [[understood]] it. And they won many [[souls]] among these [[gentiles]] and [[apostate]] [[Jews]].

==144:8. IN CAMP NEAR PELLA==

==144:8. IN CAMP NEAR PELLA==

144:8.1 The latter part of December they all went over near the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_river Jordan], close by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pella,_Jordan Pella], where they again began to [[teach]] and [[preach]]. Both [[Jews]] and [[gentiles]] came to this camp to hear the [[gospel]]. It was while [[Jesus]] was teaching [[the multitude]] one afternoon that some of [[John the Baptist|John]]'s special [[friends]] brought [[the Master]] the last [[message]] which he ever had from the [[John the Baptist|Baptist]].

144:8.1 The latter part of December they all went over near the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_river Jordan], close by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pella,_Jordan Pella], where they again began to [[teach]] and [[preach]]. Both [[Jews]] and [[gentiles]] came to this camp to hear the [[gospel]]. It was while [[Jesus]] was teaching [[the multitude]] one afternoon that some of [[John the Baptist|John]]'s special [[friends]] brought [[the Master]] the last [[message]] which he ever had from the [[John the Baptist|Baptist]].

144:8.2 [[John the Baptist|John]] had now been in [[prison]] a year and a half, and most of this time [[Jesus]] had [[labored]] very [[quietly]]; so it was not strange that John should be led to [[wonder]] about [[the kingdom]]. John's [[friends]] interrupted [[Jesus]]' teaching to say to him: " [[John the Baptist]] has sent us to ask—are you truly the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism Deliverer], or shall we look for another? "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_7]

144:8.2 [[John the Baptist|John]] had now been in [[prison]] a year and a half, and most of this time [[Jesus]] had [[labored]] very [[quietly]]; so it was not strange that John should be led to [[wonder]] about [[the kingdom]]. John's [[friends]] interrupted [[Jesus]]' teaching to say to him: " [[John the Baptist]] has sent us to ask—are you truly the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism Deliverer], or shall we look for another? "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_7]

144:8.3 [[Jesus]] paused to say to [[John the Baptist|John]]'s [[friends]]: " Go back and tell John that he is not [[forgotten]]. Tell him what you have seen and heard, that the [[poor]] have good tidings [[preached]] to them. " And when [[Jesus]] had spoken further to the [[messengers]] of [[John the Baptist|John]], he turned again to [[the multitude]] and said: " Do not think that John [[doubts]] the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. He makes [[inquiry]] only to [[assure]] his [[disciples]] who are also my disciples. [[John the Baptist|John]] is no weakling. Let me ask you who heard John [[preach]] before [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Antipas Herod] put him in [[prison]]: What did you behold in John—a reed shaken with the [[wind]]? A man of changeable [[moods]] and clothed in soft raiment? As a rule they who are gorgeously [[Dress|appareled]] and who live delicately are in [[kings]]' [[courts]] and in the [[mansions]] of the [[rich]]. But what did you see when you beheld [[John the Baptist|John]]? A [[prophet]]? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a [[prophet]]. Of John it was written: `Behold, I send my [[messenger]] before your face; he shall [[prepare]] the way before you.'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_7]

144:8.3 [[Jesus]] paused to say to [[John the Baptist|John]]'s [[friends]]: " Go back and tell John that he is not [[forgotten]]. Tell him what you have seen and heard, that the [[poor]] have good tidings [[preached]] to them. " And when [[Jesus]] had spoken further to the [[messengers]] of [[John the Baptist|John]], he turned again to [[the multitude]] and said: " Do not think that John [[doubts]] the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. He makes [[inquiry]] only to [[assure]] his [[disciples]] who are also my disciples. [[John the Baptist|John]] is no weakling. Let me ask you who heard John [[preach]] before [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Antipas Herod] put him in [[prison]]: What did you behold in John—a reed shaken with the [[wind]]? A man of changeable [[moods]] and clothed in soft raiment? As a rule they who are gorgeously [[Dress|appareled]] and who live delicately are in [[kings]]' [[courts]] and in the [[mansions]] of the [[rich]]. But what did you see when you beheld [[John the Baptist|John]]? A [[prophet]]? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a [[prophet]]. Of John it was written: `Behold, I send my [[messenger]] before your face; he shall [[prepare]] the way before you.'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_7]

144:8.4 " Verily, verily, I say to you, among those born of women there has not arisen a greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is but small in the kingdom of heaven is greater because he has been born of the spirit and knows that he has become a son of God. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_7]

144:8.4 " Verily, verily, I say to you, among those born of women there has not arisen a greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is but small in the kingdom of heaven is greater because he has been born of the spirit and knows that he has become a son of God. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_7]

144:8.5 Many who heard [[Jesus]] that day submitted themselves to [[John the Baptist|John]]'s [[baptism]], thereby [[publicly]] professing entrance into [[the kingdom]]. And the apostles of John were firmly knit to [[Jesus]] from that day forward. This [[occurrence]] marked the real [[union]] of [[John the Baptist|John]]'s and [[Jesus]]' followers.

144:8.5 Many who heard [[Jesus]] that day submitted themselves to [[John the Baptist|John]]'s [[baptism]], thereby [[publicly]] professing entrance into [[the kingdom]]. And the apostles of John were firmly knit to [[Jesus]] from that day forward. This [[occurrence]] marked the real [[union]] of [[John the Baptist|John]]'s and [[Jesus]]' followers.

144:8.6 After the [[messengers]] had [[conversed]] with [[Abner]], they departed for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machaerus Machaerus] to tell all this to [[John the Baptist|John]]. He was greatly [[comforted]], and his [[faith]] was [[strengthened]] by the [[words]] of [[Jesus]] and the [[message]] of [[Abner]].

144:8.6 After the [[messengers]] had [[conversed]] with [[Abner]], they departed for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machaerus Machaerus] to tell all this to [[John the Baptist|John]]. He was greatly [[comforted]], and his [[faith]] was [[strengthened]] by the [[words]] of [[Jesus]] and the [[message]] of [[Abner]].

144:8.7 On this afternoon [[Jesus]] continued to teach, saying: " But to what shall I liken this [[generation]]? Many of you will [[receive]] neither [[John the Baptist|John]]'s [[message]] nor my teaching. You are like the [[children]] playing in the [[market]] place who call to their fellows and say: `We piped for you and you did not [[dance]]; we wailed and you did not [[mourn]].' And so with some of you. [[John the Baptist|John]] came neither eating nor drinking, and they said he had a [[devil]]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] comes eating and drinking, and these same people say: `Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a [[friend]] of publicans and [[sinners]]!' Truly, [[wisdom]] is justified by her [[children]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_7]

144:8.7 On this afternoon [[Jesus]] continued to teach, saying: " But to what shall I liken this [[generation]]? Many of you will [[receive]] neither [[John the Baptist|John]]'s [[message]] nor my teaching. You are like the [[children]] playing in the [[market]] place who call to their fellows and say: `We piped for you and you did not [[dance]]; we wailed and you did not [[mourn]].' And so with some of you. [[John the Baptist|John]] came neither eating nor drinking, and they said he had a [[devil]]. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] comes eating and drinking, and these same people say: `Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a [[friend]] of publicans and [[sinners]]!' Truly, [[wisdom]] is justified by her [[children]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_7]

144:8.8 " It would appear that [[the Father]] in heaven has hidden some of these [[truths]] from the [[wise]] and haughty, while he has [[revealed]] them to babes. But [[the Father]] does all things well; the Father [[reveals]] himself to the [[universe]] by the [[methods]] of his own [[choosing]]. Come, therefore, all you who [[labor]] and are heavy laden, and you shall find rest for your [[souls]]. Take upon you the [[divine]] yoke, and you will [[experience]] the [[peace]] of [[God]], which passes all [[understanding]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_11]

144:8.8 " It would appear that [[the Father]] in heaven has hidden some of these [[truths]] from the [[wise]] and haughty, while he has [[revealed]] them to babes. But [[the Father]] does all things well; the Father [[reveals]] himself to the [[universe]] by the [[methods]] of his own [[choosing]]. Come, therefore, all you who [[labor]] and are heavy laden, and you shall find rest for your [[souls]]. Take upon you the [[divine]] yoke, and you will [[experience]] the [[peace]] of [[God]], which passes all [[understanding]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_11]

==144:9. DEATH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST==   

==144:9. DEATH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST==   

144:9.1 [[John the Baptist]] was [[executed]] by order of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Antipas Herod Antipas] on the evening of January 10, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28_AD A.D. 28]. The next day a few of John's [[disciples]] who had gone to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machaerus Machaerus] heard of his [[execution]] and, going to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Antipas Herod], made request for his [[body]], which they put in a [[tomb]], later giving it [[burial]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebaste Sebaste], the [[home]] of [[Abner]]. The following day, January 12, they started north to the camp of John's and Jesus' [[apostles]] near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pella,_Jordan Pella], and they told [[Jesus]] about the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_135#135:12._DEATH_OF_JOHN_THE_BAPTIST death of John]. When [[Jesus]] heard their report, he dismissed [[the multitude]] and, calling the twenty-four [[together]], said: " [[John the Baptist|John]] is dead. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Antipas Herod] has beheaded him. Tonight go into joint [[council]] and arrange your affairs accordingly. There shall be delay no longer. The hour has come to [[proclaim]] [[the kingdom]] openly and with [[power]]. Tomorrow we go into [[Galilee]]. "

144:9.1 [[John the Baptist]] was [[executed]] by order of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Antipas Herod Antipas] on the evening of January 10, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28_AD A.D. 28]. The next day a few of John's [[disciples]] who had gone to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machaerus Machaerus] heard of his [[execution]] and, going to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Antipas Herod], made request for his [[body]], which they put in a [[tomb]], later giving it [[burial]] at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebaste Sebaste], the [[home]] of [[Abner]]. The following day, January 12, they started north to the camp of John's and Jesus' [[apostles]] near [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pella,_Jordan Pella], and they told [[Jesus]] about the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_135#135:12._DEATH_OF_JOHN_THE_BAPTIST death of John]. When [[Jesus]] heard their report, he dismissed [[the multitude]] and, calling the twenty-four [[together]], said: " [[John the Baptist|John]] is dead. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Antipas Herod] has beheaded him. Tonight go into joint [[council]] and arrange your affairs accordingly. There shall be delay no longer. The hour has come to [[proclaim]] [[the kingdom]] openly and with [[power]]. Tomorrow we go into [[Galilee]]. "

144:9.2 Accordingly, early on the morning of January 13, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28_AD A.D. 28], [[Jesus]] and [[the apostles]], accompanied by some twenty-five [[disciples]], made their way to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] and lodged that night in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee]'s house.

144:9.2 Accordingly, early on the morning of January 13, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28_AD A.D. 28], [[Jesus]] and [[the apostles]], accompanied by some twenty-five [[disciples]], made their way to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] and lodged that night in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee]'s house.

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