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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 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 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 [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]].

175:1.2 " In every manner consistent with 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 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 Jewish nation, even to these very men who now seek my destruction. And even now would 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 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 " 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 high priests and stubborn rulers go right on doing this same thing. As Herod brought about the death of John, you likewise now make ready to destroy the 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].

175:1.5 " As long as there is a chance that the Jews will turn to my Father and seek salvation, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and 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 my Father's mercy, this nation will be left to its own counsels, and it shall 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 all men and for all 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]].

175:1.6 " And when you do once reject this revelation of God to man, the kingdom of heaven shall be given to other peoples, to those who will receive it with joy and gladness. In the name of the Father who sent me, I solemnly warn you that you are about to lose your position in the world as the standard-bearers of eternal truth and the custodians of the divine law. I am just now offering you your last chance to come forward and repent, to signify your intention to seek God with all your hearts and to enter, like little children and by sincere faith, into the security and salvation of the kingdom of heaven.

175:1.6 " And when you do once [[reject]] this [[revelation]] of [[God]] to [[man]], [[the kingdom]] of [[heaven]] shall be given to other peoples, to those who will [[receive]] it with [[joy]] and gladness. In the [[name]] of [[the Father]] who sent me, I [[solemn]]ly [[warn]] you that you are about to lose your position in the world as the [[Avant-garde|standard-bearers]] of [[eternal]] [[truth]] and the [[Stewardship|custodians]] of the [[divine]] [[law]]. I am just now offering you your last [[chance]] to come forward and [[repent]], to [[signify]] your [[intention]] to [[seek]] [[God]] with all your [[hearts]] and to enter, like little [[children]] and by [[sincere]] [[faith]], into the [[security]] and [[salvation]] of [[the kingdom]] of heaven.

175:1.7 " My Father has long worked for your salvation, and I came down to live among you and personally show you the way. Many of both the 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 heavenly kingdom as the 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 Moses' seat, and therefore, until the Most Highs who rule in the kingdoms of men shall finally 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 destroy the 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 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 [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 Moses' seat, and therefore, until the Most Highs who rule in the kingdoms of men shall finally 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 destroy the 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 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-centered rulers delight in doing their good works so that they will be seen by men. They make broad their phylacteries and enlarge the borders of their 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-centered rulers delight in doing their good works so that they will be seen by men. They make broad their phylacteries and enlarge the borders of their 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.