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==175:1. THE DISCOURSE==

==175:1. THE DISCOURSE==

175:1.1 " This long time have I been with you, going up and down in the [[land]] [[proclaiming]] [[the Father]]'s [[love]] for the [[children]] of [[Man|men]], and many have seen the [[light]] and, by [[faith]], have entered into [[the kingdom]] of heaven. In [[connection]] with this [[teaching]] and [[preaching]] [[the Father]] has done many [[wonderful]] works, even to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_168 resurrection of the dead]. Many sick and afflicted have been made [[whole]] because they [[believed]]; but all of this [[proclamation]] of [[truth]] and [[healing]] of [[disease]] has not opened the eyes of those who refuse to see [[light]], those who are [[determined]] to [[reject]] this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]].

175:1.1 " This long time have I been with you, going up and down in the [[land]] [[proclaiming]] [[the Father]]'s [[love]] for the [[children]] of [[Man|men]], and many have seen the [[light]] and, by [[faith]], have entered into [[the kingdom]] of heaven. In [[connection]] with this [[teaching]] and [[preaching]] [[the Father]] has done many [[wonderful]] works, even to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_168 resurrection of the dead]. Many sick and afflicted have been made [[whole]] because they [[believed]]; but all of this [[proclamation]] of [[truth]] and [[healing]] of [[disease]] has not opened the eyes of those who refuse to see [[light]], those who are [[determined]] to [[reject]] this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]].

175:1.2 " In every [[manner]] [[consistent]] with [[Doing the will of God|doing my Father's will]], I and my [[apostles]] have done our utmost to live in [[peace]] with our brethren, to [[conform]] with the reasonable requirements of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic_law#Mosaic_law laws of Moses] and the [[traditions]] of [[Israel]]. We have [[persistently]] sought [[peace]], but the [[leaders]] of [[Israel]] will not have it. By [[rejecting]] the [[truth]] of [[God]] and the [[light]] of [[heaven]], they are [[aligning]] themselves on the side of [[error]] and [[darkness]]. There cannot be [[peace]] between [[light]] and [[darkness]], between life and [[death]], between [[truth]] and [[error]].

175:1.2 " In every [[manner]] [[consistent]] with [[Doing the will of God|doing my Father's will]], I and my [[apostles]] have done our utmost to live in [[peace]] with our brethren, to [[conform]] with the reasonable requirements of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic_law#Mosaic_law laws of Moses] and the [[traditions]] of [[Israel]]. We have [[persistently]] sought [[peace]], but the [[leaders]] of [[Israel]] will not have it. By [[rejecting]] the [[truth]] of [[God]] and the [[light]] of [[heaven]], they are [[aligning]] themselves on the side of [[error]] and [[darkness]]. There cannot be [[peace]] between [[light]] and [[darkness]], between life and [[death]], between [[truth]] and [[error]].

175:1.3 " Many of you have [[dared]] to [[believe]] my teachings and have already entered into the [[joy]] and [[liberty]] of the [[consciousness]] of [[sonship]] with [[God]]. And you will bear me [[witness]] that I have offered this same sonship with [[God]] to all the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_nationalism Jewish nation], even to these very men who now seek my [[Death|destruction]]. And even now would [[the Father|my Father]] [[receive]] these blinded [[teachers]] and these [[hypocritical]] [[leaders]] if they would only turn to him and [[accept]] his [[mercy]]. Even now it is not too late for this people to [[receive]] the [[word]] of [[heaven]] and to [[welcome]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man].

175:1.3 " Many of you have [[dared]] to [[believe]] my teachings and have already entered into the [[joy]] and [[liberty]] of the [[consciousness]] of [[sonship]] with [[God]]. And you will bear me [[witness]] that I have offered this same sonship with [[God]] to all the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_nationalism Jewish nation], even to these very men who now seek my [[Death|destruction]]. And even now would [[the Father|my Father]] [[receive]] these blinded [[teachers]] and these [[hypocritical]] [[leaders]] if they would only turn to him and [[accept]] his [[mercy]]. Even now it is not too late for this people to [[receive]] the [[word]] of [[heaven]] and to [[welcome]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man].

175:1.4 " [[the Father|My Father]] has long dealt in [[mercy]] with this people. [[Generation]] after generation have we sent our [[prophets]] to [[teach]] and [[warn]] them, and [[generation]] after generation have they killed these [[heaven]]-sent [[teachers]]. And now do your willful [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen_Gadol high priests] and stubborn rulers go right on doing this same thing. As [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Antipas Herod] brought about the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_135#135:12._DEATH_OF_JOHN_THE_BAPTIST death of John], you likewise now make ready to destroy the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man].

175:1.4 " [[the Father|My Father]] has long dealt in [[mercy]] with this people. [[Generation]] after generation have we sent our [[prophets]] to [[teach]] and [[warn]] them, and [[generation]] after generation have they killed these [[heaven]]-sent [[teachers]]. And now do your willful [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen_Gadol high priests] and stubborn rulers go right on doing this same thing. As [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Antipas Herod] brought about the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_135#135:12._DEATH_OF_JOHN_THE_BAPTIST death of John], you likewise now make ready to destroy the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man].

175:1.5 " As long as there is a [[chance]] that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews] will turn to [[the Father|my Father]] and seek [[salvation]], the [[God]] of [[Abraham]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac Isaac], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob Jacob] will keep his hands of [[mercy]] outstretched toward you; but when you have once filled up your cup of impenitence, and when once you have finally [[rejected]] [[the Father|my Father]]'s [[mercy]], this [[nation]] will be left to its own [[counsel]]s, and it shall [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_jerusalem#Destruction_of_Jerusalem speedily come to an inglorious end]. This people was called to become the [[light]] of the world, to show forth the [[spiritual]] [[glory]] of a [[God]]-knowing [[race]], but you have so far departed from the [[fulfillment]] of your [[divine]] [[privileges]] that your [[leaders]] are about to commit the [[supreme]] [[folly]] of all the ages in that they are on the verge of finally [[rejecting]] the [[gift]] of [[God]] to [[Mankind|all men]] and for all [[Epoch|ages]]—the [[revelation]] of the [[love]] of [[the Father]] in [[heaven]] for all his [[creatures]] on [[earth]].

175:1.5 " As long as there is a [[chance]] that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews] will turn to [[the Father|my Father]] and seek [[salvation]], the [[God]] of [[Abraham]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac Isaac], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob Jacob] will keep his hands of [[mercy]] outstretched toward you; but when you have once filled up your cup of impenitence, and when once you have finally [[rejected]] [[the Father|my Father]]'s [[mercy]], this [[nation]] will be left to its own [[counsel]]s, and it shall [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_jerusalem#Destruction_of_Jerusalem speedily come to an inglorious end]. This people was called to become the [[light]] of the world, to show forth the [[spiritual]] [[glory]] of a [[God]]-knowing [[race]], but you have so far departed from the [[fulfillment]] of your [[divine]] [[privileges]] that your [[leaders]] are about to commit the [[supreme]] [[folly]] of all the ages in that they are on the verge of finally [[rejecting]] the [[gift]] of [[God]] to [[Mankind|all men]] and for all [[Epoch|ages]]—the [[revelation]] of the [[love]] of [[the Father]] in [[heaven]] for all his [[creatures]] on [[earth]].

175:1.7 " [[the Father|My Father]] has long worked for your [[salvation]], and I came down to live among you and [[personal]]ly show you the way. Many of both the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews] and the [[Samaritans]], and even the [[gentiles]], have [[believed]] the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]], but those who should be first to come forward and [[accept]] the [[light]] of [[heaven]] have [[steadfastly]] refused to [[believe]] the [[revelation]] of the [[truth]] of [[God]]—God revealed in [[man]] and man uplifted to God.

175:1.7 " [[the Father|My Father]] has long worked for your [[salvation]], and I came down to live among you and [[personal]]ly show you the way. Many of both the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews] and the [[Samaritans]], and even the [[gentiles]], have [[believed]] the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]], but those who should be first to come forward and [[accept]] the [[light]] of [[heaven]] have [[steadfastly]] refused to [[believe]] the [[revelation]] of the [[truth]] of [[God]]—God revealed in [[man]] and man uplifted to God.

175:1.8 " This afternoon my [[apostles]] stand here before you in [[silence]], but you shall soon hear their [[voices]] ringing out with the call to [[salvation]] and with the urge to [[unite]] with [[the Kingdom|the heavenly kingdom]] as the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of the living God]. And now I call to [[witness]] these, my [[disciples]] and [[believers]] in the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]], as well as the [[unseen]] [[messengers]] by their sides, that I have once more offered [[Israel]] and her rulers deliverance and [[salvation]]. But you all behold how [[the Father]]'s [[mercy]] is slighted and how the [[messengers]] of [[truth]] are [[rejected]]. Nevertheless, I [[admonish]] you that these [[scribes]] and [[Pharisees]] still sit in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses]' seat, and therefore, until the [[Most Highs]] who rule in the [[Nation|kingdoms]] of men shall finally [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Jerusalem#Destruction_of_Jerusalem overthrow this nation] and destroy the place of these rulers, I bid you [[co-operate]] with these [[elders]] in [[Israel]]. You are not required to [[unite]] with them in their [[plans]] to [[Murder|destroy]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man], but in everything related to the [[peace]] of [[Israel]] you are to be subject to them. In all these matters do whatsoever they bid you and [[observe]] the essentials of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic_law#Mosaic_law the law] but do not [[pattern]] after their [[evil]] works. Remember, this is the [[sin]] of these rulers: They say that which is [[good]], but they do it not. You well know how these [[leaders]] bind heavy burdens on your shoulders, burdens [[grievous]] to bear, and that they will not lift as much as one finger to help you bear these weighty burdens. They have [[oppressed]] you with [[ceremonies]] and [[enslaved]] you by [[traditions]].

175:1.8 " This afternoon my [[apostles]] stand here before you in [[silence]], but you shall soon hear their [[voices]] ringing out with the call to [[salvation]] and with the urge to [[unite]] with [[the Kingdom|the heavenly kingdom]] as the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of the living God]. And now I call to [[witness]] these, my [[disciples]] and [[believers]] in the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]], as well as the [[unseen]] [[messengers]] by their sides, that I have once more offered [[Israel]] and her rulers deliverance and [[salvation]]. But you all behold how [[the Father]]'s [[mercy]] is slighted and how the [[messengers]] of [[truth]] are [[rejected]]. Nevertheless, I [[admonish]] you that these [[scribes]] and [[Pharisees]] still sit in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses]' seat, and therefore, until the [[Most Highs]] who rule in the [[Nation|kingdoms]] of men shall finally [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Jerusalem#Destruction_of_Jerusalem overthrow this nation] and destroy the place of these rulers, I bid you [[co-operate]] with these [[elders]] in [[Israel]]. You are not required to [[unite]] with them in their [[plans]] to [[Murder|destroy]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man], but in everything related to the [[peace]] of [[Israel]] you are to be subject to them. In all these matters do whatsoever they bid you and [[observe]] the essentials of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic_law#Mosaic_law the law] but do not [[pattern]] after their [[evil]] works. Remember, this is the [[sin]] of these rulers: They say that which is [[good]], but they do it not. You well know how these [[leaders]] bind heavy burdens on your shoulders, burdens [[grievous]] to bear, and that they will not lift as much as one finger to help you bear these weighty burdens. They have [[oppressed]] you with [[ceremonies]] and [[enslaved]] you by [[traditions]].

175:1.9 " Furthermore, these [[self]]-[[center]]ed rulers delight in doing their [[good]] works so that they will be seen by men. They make broad their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefillin phylacteries] and enlarge the borders of their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_Anglicanum official robes]. They crave the chief places at the feasts and demand the chief seats in the [[synagogues]]. They [[covet]] laudatory [[salutations]] in the [[market places]] and [[desire]] to be called [[rabbi]] by all men. And even while they seek all this [[honor]] from men, they [[secretly]] lay hold of [[widows]]' houses and take [[profit]] from the services of the [[sacred]] [[temple]]. For a [[pretense]] these [[hypocrites]] make long [[prayers]] in [[public]] and give alms to [[attract]] the notice of their fellows.

175:1.9 " Furthermore, these [[self]]-[[center]]ed rulers delight in doing their [[good]] works so that they will be seen by men. They make broad their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefillin phylacteries] and enlarge the borders of their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_Anglicanum official robes]. They crave the chief places at the feasts and demand the chief seats in the [[synagogues]]. They [[covet]] laudatory [[salutations]] in the [[market places]] and [[desire]] to be called [[rabbi]] by all men. And even while they seek all this [[honor]] from men, they [[secretly]] lay hold of [[widows]]' houses and take [[profit]] from the services of the [[sacred]] [[temple]]. For a [[pretense]] these [[hypocrites]] make long [[prayers]] in [[public]] and give alms to [[attract]] the notice of their fellows.

==175:2. STATUS OF INDIVIDUAL JEWS==

==175:2. STATUS OF INDIVIDUAL JEWS==

175:2.1 The [[fact]] that the [[spiritual]] [[leaders]] and the [[religious]] [[teachers]] of the [[Jewish]] [[nation]] onetime [[rejected]] the teachings of [[Jesus]] and [[conspired]] to bring about his [[cruel]] [[death]], does not in any [[manner]] [[affect]] the [[status]] of any [[individual]] Jew in his standing before [[God]]. And it should not [[cause]] those who profess to be followers of the [[Christ]] to be [[prejudiced]] against the [[Jew]] as a fellow [[mortal]]. The Jews, as a [[nation]], as a sociopolitical [[group]], paid in full the terrible price of [[rejecting]] the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.9 Prince of Peace]. Long since they ceased to be the [[spiritual]] [[Avant-garde|torchbearers]] of [[divine]] [[truth]] to the [[races]] of [[mankind]], but this constitutes no valid [[reason]] why the [[individual]] descendants of these long-ago Jews should be made to [[suffer]] the [[persecutions]] which have been visited upon them by intolerant, unworthy, and [[bigoted]] professed followers of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]], who was, himself, a Jew by [[natural]] [[birth]].

175:2.1 The [[fact]] that the [[spiritual]] [[leaders]] and the [[religious]] [[teachers]] of the [[Jewish]] [[nation]] onetime [[rejected]] the teachings of [[Jesus]] and [[conspired]] to bring about his [[cruel]] [[death]], does not in any [[manner]] [[affect]] the [[status]] of any [[individual]] Jew in his standing before [[God]]. And it should not [[cause]] those who profess to be followers of the [[Christ]] to be [[prejudiced]] against the [[Jew]] as a fellow [[mortal]]. The Jews, as a [[nation]], as a sociopolitical [[group]], paid in full the terrible price of [[rejecting]] the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.9 Prince of Peace]. Long since they ceased to be the [[spiritual]] [[Avant-garde|torchbearers]] of [[divine]] [[truth]] to the [[races]] of [[mankind]], but this constitutes no valid [[reason]] why the [[individual]] descendants of these long-ago Jews should be made to [[suffer]] the [[persecutions]] which have been visited upon them by intolerant, unworthy, and [[bigoted]] professed followers of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]], who was, himself, a Jew by [[natural]] [[birth]].

175:2.2 Many times has this unreasoning and un-Christlike [[hatred]] and [[persecution]] of [[modern]] [[Jews]] terminated in the [[suffering]] and [[death]] of some [[innocent]] and unoffending Jewish [[individual]] whose very [[ancestors]], in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_century times] of [[Jesus]], heartily [[accepted]] his [[gospel]] and presently died unflinchingly for that [[truth]] which they so wholeheartedly believed. What a shudder of [[horror]] passes over the onlooking [[celestial]] [[beings]] as they behold the professed followers of [[Jesus]] indulge themselves in [[persecuting]], harassing, and even [[murdering]] the later-day [[descendants]] of [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]], [[Matthew, the Apostle|Matthew]], and others of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Jews Palestinian Jews] who so [[gloriously]] yielded up their lives as the first [[martyrs]] of the [[gospel]] of [[the Kingdom|the heavenly kingdom]]!

175:2.2 Many times has this unreasoning and un-Christlike [[hatred]] and [[persecution]] of [[modern]] [[Jews]] terminated in the [[suffering]] and [[death]] of some [[innocent]] and unoffending Jewish [[individual]] whose very [[ancestors]], in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_century times] of [[Jesus]], heartily [[accepted]] his [[gospel]] and presently died unflinchingly for that [[truth]] which they so wholeheartedly believed. What a shudder of [[horror]] passes over the onlooking [[celestial]] [[beings]] as they behold the professed followers of [[Jesus]] indulge themselves in [[persecuting]], harassing, and even [[murdering]] the later-day [[descendants]] of [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]], [[Matthew, the Apostle|Matthew]], and others of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Jews Palestinian Jews] who so [[gloriously]] yielded up their lives as the first [[martyrs]] of the [[gospel]] of [[the Kingdom|the heavenly kingdom]]!

*1. 175:4.5 They [[feared]] that the increased [[popular]] [[favor]] with which [[the multitude]] regarded him threatened to endanger the [[existence]] of the [[Jewish]] [[nation]] by possible involvement with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_governor Roman authorities].

*1. 175:4.5 They [[feared]] that the increased [[popular]] [[favor]] with which [[the multitude]] regarded him threatened to endanger the [[existence]] of the [[Jewish]] [[nation]] by possible involvement with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_governor Roman authorities].

*2. 175:4.6 His [[zeal]] for [[temple]] [[reform]] struck directly at their [[revenues]]; the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_173#173:1._CLEANSING_THE_TEMPLE cleansing of the temple] affected their pocketbooks.

*2. 175:4.6 His [[zeal]] for [[temple]] [[reform]] struck directly at their [[revenues]]; the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_173#173:1._CLEANSING_THE_TEMPLE cleansing of the temple] affected their pocketbooks.

*3. 175:4.7 They felt themselves [[responsible]] for the [[preservation]] of [[Society|social order]], and they feared the [[consequences]] of the further spread of [[Jesus]]' [[strange]] and new [[doctrine]] of the brotherhood of man.

*3. 175:4.7 They felt themselves [[responsible]] for the [[preservation]] of [[Society|social order]], and they feared the [[consequences]] of the further spread of [[Jesus]]' [[strange]] and new [[doctrine]] of the brotherhood of man.

*2. 175:4.10 They held that [[Jesus]] was a [[Criminal|lawbreaker]]; that he had shown utter disregard for the [[Sabbath]] and numerous other [[legal]] and [[ceremonial]] requirements.

*2. 175:4.10 They held that [[Jesus]] was a [[Criminal|lawbreaker]]; that he had shown utter disregard for the [[Sabbath]] and numerous other [[legal]] and [[ceremonial]] requirements.

*3. 175:4.11 They charged him with [[blasphemy]] because he alluded to [[God]] as his [[Father]].

*3. 175:4.11 They charged him with [[blasphemy]] because he alluded to [[God]] as his [[Father]].

*4. 175:4.12 And now were they thoroughly [[angry]] with him because of his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_175#175:1._THE_DISCOURSE last discourse] of bitter [[denunciation]] which he had this day delivered in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple] as the concluding portion of his [[farewell]] address.

*4. 175:4.12 And now were they thoroughly [[angry]] with him because of his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_175#175:1._THE_DISCOURSE last discourse] of bitter [[denunciation]] which he had this day delivered in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple] as the concluding portion of his [[farewell]] address.

175:4.13 The [[Sanhedrin]], having formally [[decreed]] the [[death]] of [[Jesus]] and having issued orders for his [[arrest]], adjourned on this Tuesday near midnight, after appointing to meet at ten o'clock the next [[morning]] at the home of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caiaphas Caiaphas] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen_Gadol high priest] for the [[purpose]] of [[formulating]] the charges on which [[Jesus]] should be brought to [[trial]].

175:4.13 The [[Sanhedrin]], having formally [[decreed]] the [[death]] of [[Jesus]] and having issued orders for his [[arrest]], adjourned on this Tuesday near midnight, after appointing to meet at ten o'clock the next [[morning]] at the home of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caiaphas Caiaphas] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen_Gadol high priest] for the [[purpose]] of [[formulating]] the charges on which [[Jesus]] should be brought to [[trial]].

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[[Category: PART IV: The Life and Teachings of Jesus]]

[[Category: PART IV: The Life and Teachings of Jesus]]