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177:0.3 When [[Jesus]] made ready to go into the hills [[alone]], [[David Zebedee]] accosted him, saying: " You well know, Master, that the [[Pharisees]] and rulers seek to destroy you, and yet you make ready to go alone into the hills. To do this is [[folly]]; I will therefore send [[three]] men with you well [[prepared]] to see that no harm befalls you. " [[Jesus]] looked over the three well-armed and [[stalwart]] [[Galilean]]s and said to [[David Zebedee|David]]: " You mean well, but you [[err]] in that you fail to [[understand]] that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] needs no one to [[defend]] him. No man will lay hands on me until that hour when I am ready to lay down my life in [[conformity]] to [[the Father|my Father]]'s will. These men may not accompany me. I [[desire]] to go [[alone]], that I may [[commune]] with [[the Father]]. "

177:0.3 When [[Jesus]] made ready to go into the hills [[alone]], [[David Zebedee]] accosted him, saying: " You well know, Master, that the [[Pharisees]] and rulers seek to destroy you, and yet you make ready to go alone into the hills. To do this is [[folly]]; I will therefore send [[three]] men with you well [[prepared]] to see that no harm befalls you. " [[Jesus]] looked over the three well-armed and [[stalwart]] [[Galilean]]s and said to [[David Zebedee|David]]: " You mean well, but you [[err]] in that you fail to [[understand]] that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] needs no one to [[defend]] him. No man will lay hands on me until that hour when I am ready to lay down my life in [[conformity]] to [[the Father|my Father]]'s will. These men may not accompany me. I [[desire]] to go [[alone]], that I may [[commune]] with [[the Father]]. "

177:0.4 Upon [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Senses#Audition hearing] these [[words]], [[David Zebedee|David]] and his armed guards withdrew; but as [[Jesus]] started off alone, [[John Mark]] came forward with a small basket containing [[food]] and [[water]] and suggested that, if he [[intended]] to be away all day, he might find himself [[hungry]]. [[The Master]] smiled on John and reached down to take the basket.

177:0.4 Upon [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Senses#Audition hearing] these [[words]], [[David Zebedee|David]] and his armed guards withdrew; but as [[Jesus]] started off alone, [[John Mark]] came forward with a small basket containing [[food]] and [[water]] and suggested that, if he [[intended]] to be away all day, he might find himself [[hungry]]. [[The Master]] smiled on John and reached down to take the basket.

==177:1. ONE DAY ALONE WITH GOD==

==177:1. ONE DAY ALONE WITH GOD==

177:1.3 [[Jesus]] did not return to the camp that evening until after [[Twilight|sunset]]. [[The Master]] spent this last day of [[quiet]] on [[earth]] [[visiting]] with this [[truth]]-[[hungry]] [[youth]] and talking with his [[Paradise Father]]. This [[event]] has become known on high as " the day which a [[young man]] spent with [[God]] in the hills. " Forever this occasion exemplifies the willingness of the [[Creator]] to [[fellowship]] the [[creature]]. Even a [[youth]], if the [[desire]] of the [[heart]] is really [[supreme]], can command the [[attention]] and [[enjoy]] the loving [[companionship]] of the [[God]] of a [[universe]], actually [[experience]] the unforgettable [[ecstasy]] of being [[alone]] with [[God]] in the hills, and for a whole day. And such was the [[unique]] [[experience]] of [[John Mark]] on this Wednesday in the hills of [[Judea]].

177:1.3 [[Jesus]] did not return to the camp that evening until after [[Twilight|sunset]]. [[The Master]] spent this last day of [[quiet]] on [[earth]] [[visiting]] with this [[truth]]-[[hungry]] [[youth]] and talking with his [[Paradise Father]]. This [[event]] has become known on high as " the day which a [[young man]] spent with [[God]] in the hills. " Forever this occasion exemplifies the willingness of the [[Creator]] to [[fellowship]] the [[creature]]. Even a [[youth]], if the [[desire]] of the [[heart]] is really [[supreme]], can command the [[attention]] and [[enjoy]] the loving [[companionship]] of the [[God]] of a [[universe]], actually [[experience]] the unforgettable [[ecstasy]] of being [[alone]] with [[God]] in the hills, and for a whole day. And such was the [[unique]] [[experience]] of [[John Mark]] on this Wednesday in the hills of [[Judea]].

177:1.4 [[Jesus]] visited much with [[John Mark|John]], talking [[free]]ly about the affairs of this world and the next. [[John Mark|John]] told [[Jesus]] how much he [[regretted]] that he had not been old enough to be one of [[the apostles]] and [[expressed]] his great [[appreciation]] that he had been [[permitted]] to follow on with them since their first preaching at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethabara Jordan ford] near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho Jericho], except for the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_155#155:4._ON_THE_WAY_TO_PHOENICIA trip to Phoenicia]. [[Jesus]] [[warned]] the lad not to become [[discouraged]] by impending [[events]] and [[assured]] him he would live to become a mighty [[messenger]] of [[the kingdom]].

177:1.4 [[Jesus]] visited much with [[John Mark|John]], talking [[free]]ly about the affairs of this world and the next. [[John Mark|John]] told [[Jesus]] how much he [[regretted]] that he had not been old enough to be one of [[the apostles]] and [[expressed]] his great [[appreciation]] that he had been [[permitted]] to follow on with them since their first preaching at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethabara Jordan ford] near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho Jericho], except for the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_155#155:4._ON_THE_WAY_TO_PHOENICIA trip to Phoenicia]. [[Jesus]] [[warned]] the lad not to become [[discouraged]] by impending [[events]] and [[assured]] him he would live to become a mighty [[messenger]] of [[the kingdom]].

177:1.5 [[John Mark]] was thrilled by the [[memory]] of this day with [[Jesus]] in the hills, but he never forgot [[the Master]]'s final [[admonition]], [[spoken]] just as they were about to return to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gethsemane Gethsemane] camp, when he said: " Well, [[John Mark|John]], we have had a good [[visit]], a real day of [[rest]], but see to it that you tell no man the things which I told you. " And [[John Mark]] never did [[reveal]] anything that transpired on this day which he spent with [[Jesus]] in the hills.

177:1.5 [[John Mark]] was thrilled by the [[memory]] of this day with [[Jesus]] in the hills, but he never forgot [[the Master]]'s final [[admonition]], [[spoken]] just as they were about to return to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gethsemane Gethsemane] camp, when he said: " Well, [[John Mark|John]], we have had a good [[visit]], a real day of [[rest]], but see to it that you tell no man the things which I told you. " And [[John Mark]] never did [[reveal]] anything that transpired on this day which he spent with [[Jesus]] in the hills.

177:2.5 For more than an hour [[Jesus]] and [[John Mark|John]] continued this [[discussion]] of [[home]] life. [[The Master]] went on to [[explain]] to [[John Mark|John]] how a child is wholly dependent on his [[parents]] and the [[associated]] [[home]] life for all his early [[concepts]] of everything [[intellectual]], [[social]], [[moral]], and even [[spiritual]] since the [[family]] [[represents]] to the young [[child]] all that he can first know of either [[human]] or [[divine]] [[relationships]]. The [[child]] must derive his first impressions of the [[universe]] from the [[mother]]'s [[care]]; he is wholly dependent on the [[earth]]ly [[father]] for his first [[ideas]] of [[the heavenly Father]]. The [[child]]'s subsequent life is made [[happy]] or unhappy, easy or [[difficult]], in [[accordance]] with his early [[mental]] and [[emotional]] life, conditioned by these [[social]] and [[spiritual]] [[relationships]] of the [[home]]. A [[human being]]'s entire [[afterlife]] is enormously [[influenced]] by what happens during the first few years of [[existence]].

177:2.5 For more than an hour [[Jesus]] and [[John Mark|John]] continued this [[discussion]] of [[home]] life. [[The Master]] went on to [[explain]] to [[John Mark|John]] how a child is wholly dependent on his [[parents]] and the [[associated]] [[home]] life for all his early [[concepts]] of everything [[intellectual]], [[social]], [[moral]], and even [[spiritual]] since the [[family]] [[represents]] to the young [[child]] all that he can first know of either [[human]] or [[divine]] [[relationships]]. The [[child]] must derive his first impressions of the [[universe]] from the [[mother]]'s [[care]]; he is wholly dependent on the [[earth]]ly [[father]] for his first [[ideas]] of [[the heavenly Father]]. The [[child]]'s subsequent life is made [[happy]] or unhappy, easy or [[difficult]], in [[accordance]] with his early [[mental]] and [[emotional]] life, conditioned by these [[social]] and [[spiritual]] [[relationships]] of the [[home]]. A [[human being]]'s entire [[afterlife]] is enormously [[influenced]] by what happens during the first few years of [[existence]].

177:2.6 It is our [[sincere]] [[belief]] that the [[gospel]] of [[Jesus]]' teaching, founded as it is on the [[father]]-[[child]] [[relationship]], can hardly enjoy a world-wide [[acceptance]] until such a time as the [[home]] life of the [[modern]] [[civilized]] peoples [[embraces]] more of [[love]] and more of [[wisdom]]. Notwithstanding that [[parents]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth century] [[possess]] great [[knowledge]] and increased [[truth]] for improving the [[home]] and ennobling the home life, it remains a [[fact]] that very few [[modern]] homes are such [[good]] places in which to nurture boys and girls as [[Jesus]]' [[home]] in [[Galilee]] and [[John Mark]]'s home in [[Judea]], albeit the [[acceptance]] of [[Jesus]]' [[gospel]] will result in the [[immediate]] improvement of [[home]] life. The [[love]] life of a [[wise]] home and the [[loyal]] [[devotion]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_101#101:1._TRUE_RELIGION true religion] exert a [[profound]] [[reciprocal]] [[influence]] upon each other. Such a [[home]] life enhances [[religion]], and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_99#99:4._TRANSITION_DIFFICULTIES genuine religion] always [[glorifies]] the [[home]].

177:2.6 It is our [[sincere]] [[belief]] that the [[gospel]] of [[Jesus]]' teaching, founded as it is on the [[father]]-[[child]] [[relationship]], can hardly enjoy a world-wide [[acceptance]] until such a time as the [[home]] life of the [[modern]] [[civilized]] peoples [[embraces]] more of [[love]] and more of [[wisdom]]. Notwithstanding that [[parents]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth century] [[possess]] great [[knowledge]] and increased [[truth]] for improving the [[home]] and ennobling the home life, it remains a [[fact]] that very few [[modern]] homes are such [[good]] places in which to nurture boys and girls as [[Jesus]]' [[home]] in [[Galilee]] and [[John Mark]]'s home in [[Judea]], albeit the [[acceptance]] of [[Jesus]]' [[gospel]] will result in the [[immediate]] improvement of [[home]] life. The [[love]] life of a [[wise]] home and the [[loyal]] [[devotion]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_101#101:1._TRUE_RELIGION true religion] exert a [[profound]] [[reciprocal]] [[influence]] upon each other. Such a [[home]] life enhances [[religion]], and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_99#99:4._TRANSITION_DIFFICULTIES genuine religion] always [[glorifies]] the [[home]].

177:2.7 It is true that many of the objectionable stunting [[influences]] and other cramping features of these olden [[Jewish]] [[homes]] have been [[virtually]] eliminated from many of the better-regulated [[modern]] [[homes]]. There is, indeed, more [[spontaneous]] [[freedom]] and far more [[personal]] [[liberty]], but this liberty is not restrained by [[love]], [[motivated]] by [[loyalty]], nor directed by the [[intelligent]] [[discipline]] of [[wisdom]]. As long as we teach the child to [[pray]], " [[Our Father]] who is in [[heaven]], " a tremendous [[responsibility]] rests upon all [[earth]]ly [[fathers]] so to live and order their [[homes]] that the [[word]] father becomes worthily [[enshrined]] in the [[minds]] and [[hearts]] of all [[growing]] [[children]].

177:2.7 It is true that many of the objectionable stunting [[influences]] and other cramping features of these olden [[Jewish]] [[homes]] have been [[virtually]] eliminated from many of the better-regulated [[modern]] [[homes]]. There is, indeed, more [[spontaneous]] [[freedom]] and far more [[personal]] [[liberty]], but this liberty is not restrained by [[love]], [[motivated]] by [[loyalty]], nor directed by the [[intelligent]] [[discipline]] of [[wisdom]]. As long as we teach the child to [[pray]], " [[Our Father]] who is in [[heaven]], " a tremendous [[responsibility]] rests upon all [[earth]]ly [[fathers]] so to live and order their [[homes]] that the [[word]] father becomes worthily [[enshrined]] in the [[minds]] and [[hearts]] of all [[growing]] [[children]].

177:3.6 That evening, after returning to the camp, [[Jesus]] [[visited]] with the [[Greeks]], and had it not been that such a [[course]] would have greatly disturbed his [[apostles]] and many of his leading [[disciples]], he would have [[ordained]] these twenty [[Greeks]], even as he had [[the seventy]].

177:3.6 That evening, after returning to the camp, [[Jesus]] [[visited]] with the [[Greeks]], and had it not been that such a [[course]] would have greatly disturbed his [[apostles]] and many of his leading [[disciples]], he would have [[ordained]] these twenty [[Greeks]], even as he had [[the seventy]].

177:3.7 While all of this was going on at the camp, in [[Jerusalem]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen_Gadol chief priests] and [[elders]] were [[amazed]] that [[Jesus]] did not return to address [[the multitudes]]. True, the day before, when he left [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple], he had said, " I leave your house to you desolate. " But they could not [[understand]] why he would be willing to forego the great [[advantage]] which he had built up in the [[friendly]] [[attitude]] of the crowds. While they [[feared]] he would stir up a [[tumult]] among [[the people]], [[the Master]]'s last [[words]] to [[the multitude]] had been an [[exhortation]] to [[conform]] in every reasonable [[manner]] with the [[authority]] of those " who sit in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses]' seat. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_23] But it was a [[busy]] day in the [[city]] as they [[simultaneously]] [[prepared]] for the [[Passover]] and [[perfected]] their [[plans]] for [[Murder|destroying]] [[Jesus]].

177:3.7 While all of this was going on at the camp, in [[Jerusalem]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen_Gadol chief priests] and [[elders]] were [[amazed]] that [[Jesus]] did not return to address [[the multitudes]]. True, the day before, when he left [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple], he had said, " I leave your house to you desolate. " But they could not [[understand]] why he would be willing to forego the great [[advantage]] which he had built up in the [[friendly]] [[attitude]] of the crowds. While they [[feared]] he would stir up a [[tumult]] among [[the people]], [[the Master]]'s last [[words]] to [[the multitude]] had been an [[exhortation]] to [[conform]] in every reasonable [[manner]] with the [[authority]] of those " who sit in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses]' seat. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_23] But it was a [[busy]] day in the [[city]] as they [[simultaneously]] [[prepared]] for the [[Passover]] and [[perfected]] their [[plans]] for [[Murder|destroying]] [[Jesus]].

177:3.8 Not many people came to the camp, for its [[establishment]] had been kept a well-guarded [[secret]] by all who knew that [[Jesus]] was expecting to stay there in place of going out to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany] every night.

177:3.8 Not many people came to the camp, for its [[establishment]] had been kept a well-guarded [[secret]] by all who knew that [[Jesus]] was expecting to stay there in place of going out to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany] every night.

177:5.4 Even [[the Master]]'s [[good]] [[cheer]] and his unusual sociability [[frightened]] them. They all felt the [[certain]] drawing upon them of the terrible [[isolation]] which they [[realized]] was about to [[descend]] with crashing suddenness and inescapable [[terror]]. They vaguely sensed what was coming, and none felt [[prepared]] to face the test. [[The Master]] had been away all day; they had missed him tremendously.

177:5.4 Even [[the Master]]'s [[good]] [[cheer]] and his unusual sociability [[frightened]] them. They all felt the [[certain]] drawing upon them of the terrible [[isolation]] which they [[realized]] was about to [[descend]] with crashing suddenness and inescapable [[terror]]. They vaguely sensed what was coming, and none felt [[prepared]] to face the test. [[The Master]] had been away all day; they had missed him tremendously.

177:5.5 This Wednesday evening was the low-[[tide]] mark of their [[spiritual]] [[status]] up to the [[actual]] hour of [[the Master]]'s [[death]][http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_187]. Although the next day was one more day nearer the [[tragic]] Friday, still, he was with them, and they passed through its [[anxious]] hours more [[gracefully]].

177:5.5 This Wednesday evening was the low-[[tide]] mark of their [[spiritual]] [[status]] up to the [[actual]] hour of [[the Master]]'s [[death]][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_187]. Although the next day was one more day nearer the [[tragic]] Friday, still, he was with them, and they passed through its [[anxious]] hours more [[gracefully]].

177:5.6 It was just before midnight when [[Jesus]], knowing this would be the last night he would ever [[sleep]] through with his chosen [[family]] on [[earth]], said, as he [[dispersed]] them for the night: " Go to your [[sleep]], my brethren, and [[peace]] be upon you till we rise on the morrow, one more day to do [[the Father]]'s will and [[experience]] the [[joy]] of [[knowing]] that we are his sons. "

177:5.6 It was just before midnight when [[Jesus]], knowing this would be the last night he would ever [[sleep]] through with his chosen [[family]] on [[earth]], said, as he [[dispersed]] them for the night: " Go to your [[sleep]], my brethren, and [[peace]] be upon you till we rise on the morrow, one more day to do [[the Father]]'s will and [[experience]] the [[joy]] of [[knowing]] that we are his sons. "

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

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