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180:2.2 " As [[the Father]] has loved me, so have I [[loved]] you. Live in my love even as I live in [[the Father]]'s love. If you do as I have taught you, you shall abide in my love even as I have kept [[the Father]]'s [[word]] and evermore abide in his [[love]]. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_15]

180:2.2 " As [[the Father]] has loved me, so have I [[loved]] you. Live in my love even as I live in [[the Father]]'s love. If you do as I have taught you, you shall abide in my love even as I have kept [[the Father]]'s [[word]] and evermore abide in his [[love]]. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_15]

180:2.3 The [[Jews]] had long taught that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism the Messiah] would be " a stem arising out of the vine " of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davidic_Line David's ancestors], and in [[commemoration]] of this olden teaching a large emblem of the grape and its attached vine decorated the entrance to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple Herod's temple]. [[The apostles]] all recalled these [[things]] while [[the Master]] talked to them this night in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenacle upper chamber].

180:2.3 The [[Jews]] had long taught that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism the Messiah] would be " a stem arising out of the vine " of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davidic_line David's ancestors], and in [[commemoration]] of this olden teaching a large emblem of the grape and its attached vine decorated the entrance to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple Herod's temple]. [[The apostles]] all recalled these [[things]] while [[the Master]] talked to them this night in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenacle upper chamber].

180:2.4 But great [[sorrow]] later attended the mis[[interpretation]] of [[the Master]]'s [[inferences]] regarding [[prayer]]. There would have been little [[difficulty]] about these [[teachings]] if his exact [[words]] had been remembered and subsequently truthfully [[recorded]]. But as the record was made, believers [[eventually]] regarded [[prayer]] in [[Jesus]]' [[name]] as a sort of [[supreme]] [[magic]], [[thinking]] that they would [[receive]] from [[the Father]] anything they asked for. For [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Christianity centuries] [[honest]] [[souls]] have continued to wreck their [[faith]] against this stumbling block. How long will it take the world of [[believers]] to [[understand]] that [[prayer]] is not a [[process]] of getting your way but rather a [[program]] of taking [[God]]'s way, an [[experience]] of [[learning]] how to [[recognize]] and [[execute]] [[the Father]]'s will? It is entirely true that, when your will has been truly [[aligned]] with his, you can ask anything [[conceived]] by that [[Free will|will]]-[[union]], and it will be granted. And such a will-union is [[effected]] by and through [[Jesus]] even as the life of the vine flows into and through the living branches.

180:2.4 But great [[sorrow]] later attended the mis[[interpretation]] of [[the Master]]'s [[inferences]] regarding [[prayer]]. There would have been little [[difficulty]] about these [[teachings]] if his exact [[words]] had been remembered and subsequently truthfully [[recorded]]. But as the record was made, believers [[eventually]] regarded [[prayer]] in [[Jesus]]' [[name]] as a sort of [[supreme]] [[magic]], [[thinking]] that they would [[receive]] from [[the Father]] anything they asked for. For [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Christianity centuries] [[honest]] [[souls]] have continued to wreck their [[faith]] against this stumbling block. How long will it take the world of [[believers]] to [[understand]] that [[prayer]] is not a [[process]] of getting your way but rather a [[program]] of taking [[God]]'s way, an [[experience]] of [[learning]] how to [[recognize]] and [[execute]] [[the Father]]'s will? It is entirely true that, when your will has been truly [[aligned]] with his, you can ask anything [[conceived]] by that [[Free will|will]]-[[union]], and it will be granted. And such a will-union is [[effected]] by and through [[Jesus]] even as the life of the vine flows into and through the living branches.

==180:6. THE NECESSITY FOR LEAVING==

==180:6. THE NECESSITY FOR LEAVING==

180:6.1 After [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], [[James, the Apostle|James]], [[John, the Apostle|John]], and [[Matthew, the Apostle|Matthew]] had asked [[the Master]] numerous [[questions]], he continued his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farewell_discourse farewell discourse] by saying: " And I am telling you about all this before I leave you in order that you may be so [[prepared]] for what is coming upon you that you will not stumble into serious [[error]]. The [[authorities]] will not be content with merely putting you out of the [[synagogues]]; I warn you the hour draws near when they who [[kill]] you will [[think]] they are doing a [[service]] to [[God]]. And all of these things they will do to you and to those whom you lead into [[the kingdom]] of heaven because they do not know [[the Father]]. They have refused to know [[the Father]] by refusing to [[receive]] me; and they refuse to receive me when they [[reject]] you, [[provided]] you have kept my new commandment that you [[love]] one another even as I have loved you. I am telling you in advance about these things so that, when [[Timing|your hour comes]], as mine now has, you may be [[strengthened]] in the [[knowledge]] that all was known to me, and that my spirit shall be with you in all your [[sufferings]] for my sake and the [[gospel]]'s. It was for this [[purpose]] that I have been [[talking]] so plainly to you from the very beginning. I have even [[warned]] you that a man's [[foes]] may be those of his own [[Home|household]]. Although this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] never fails to bring great [[peace]] to the [[soul]] of the [[individual]] [[believer]], it will not bring [[peace]] on [[earth]] until man is willing to [[believe]] my teaching wholeheartedly and to [[establish]] the [[practice]] of [[doing the Father's will]] as the chief [[purpose]] in living the [[mortal]] life.

180:6.1 After [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], [[James, the Apostle|James]], [[John, the Apostle|John]], and [[Matthew, the Apostle|Matthew]] had asked [[the Master]] numerous [[questions]], he continued his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farewell_discourse farewell discourse] by saying: " And I am telling you about all this before I leave you in order that you may be so [[prepared]] for what is coming upon you that you will not stumble into serious [[error]]. The [[authorities]] will not be content with merely putting you out of the [[synagogues]]; I warn you the hour draws near when they who [[kill]] you will [[think]] they are doing a [[service]] to [[God]]. And all of these things they will do to you and to those whom you lead into [[the kingdom]] of heaven because they do not know [[the Father]].[[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_16]

] They have refused to know [[the Father]] by refusing to [[receive]] me; and they refuse to receive me when they [[reject]] you, [[provided]] you have kept my new commandment that you [[love]] one another even as I have loved you. I am telling you in advance about these things so that, when [[Timing|your hour comes]], as mine now has, you may be [[strengthened]] in the [[knowledge]] that all was known to me, and that my spirit shall be with you in all your [[sufferings]] for my sake and the [[gospel]]'s. It was for this [[purpose]] that I have been [[talking]] so plainly to you from the very beginning. I have even [[warned]] you that a man's [[foes]] may be those of his own [[Home|household]].[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_21] Although this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] never fails to bring great [[peace]] to the [[soul]] of the [[individual]] [[believer]], it will not bring [[peace]] on [[earth]] until man is willing to [[believe]] my teaching wholeheartedly and to [[establish]] the [[practice]] of [[doing the Father's will]] as the chief [[purpose]] in living the [[mortal]] life.

180:6.2 " Now that I am leaving you, seeing that the hour has come when I am about to go to [[the Father]], I am [[surprised]] that none of you have asked me, Why do you leave us? Nevertheless, I know that you ask such [[questions]] in your [[hearts]]. I will [[speak]] to you plainly, as one [[friend]] to another. It is really profitable for you that I go away. If I go not away, the [[Spirit of Truth|new teacher]] cannot come into your [[hearts]]. I must be divested of this [[mortal]] [[body]] and be restored to [[Salvington|my place on high]] before I can send this [[spirit]] [[teacher]] to live in your [[souls]] and [[lead]] your spirits into the [[truth]]. And when [[Spirit of Truth|my spirit]] comes to indwell you, he will [[illuminate]] the [[difference]] between [[sin]] and [[righteousness]] and will enable you to [[judge]] [[wisely]] in your [[hearts]] concerning them.

180:6.2 " Now that I am leaving you, seeing that the hour has come when I am about to go to [[the Father]], I am [[surprised]] that none of you have asked me, Why do you leave us? Nevertheless, I know that you ask such [[questions]] in your [[hearts]]. I will [[speak]] to you plainly, as one [[friend]] to another. It is really profitable for you that I go away. If I go not away, the [[Spirit of Truth|new teacher]] cannot come into your [[hearts]]. I must be divested of this [[mortal]] [[body]] and be restored to [[Salvington|my place on high]] before I can send this [[spirit]] [[teacher]] to live in your [[souls]] and [[lead]] your spirits into the [[truth]]. And when [[Spirit of Truth|my spirit]] comes to indwell you, he will [[illuminate]] the [[difference]] between [[sin]] and [[righteousness]] and will enable you to [[judge]] [[wisely]] in your [[hearts]] concerning them.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_16]

180:6.3 " I have yet much to say to you, but you cannot stand any more just now. Albeit, when he, the [[Spirit of Truth]], comes, he shall [[eventually]] [[guide]] you into all [[truth]] as you pass through the [[Ascension Career|many abodes in my Father's universe]].

180:6.3 " I have yet much to say to you, but you cannot stand any more just now. Albeit, when he, the [[Spirit of Truth]], comes, he shall [[eventually]] [[guide]] you into all [[truth]] as you pass through the [[Ascension Career|many abodes in my Father's universe]].

180:6.4 " [[Spirit of Truth|This spirit]] will not speak of himself, but he will [[declare]] to you that which [[the Father]] has [[revealed]] to [[Creator Son|the Son]], and he will even show you things to come; he will [[glorify]] me even as I have glorified [[the Father|my Father]]. This [[spirit]] comes forth from me, and he will [[reveal]] my [[truth]] to you. [[Everything]] which [[the Father]] has in this [[domain]] is now mine; wherefore did I say that this new [[teacher]] would take of that which is mine and [[reveal]] it to you.

180:6.4 " [[Spirit of Truth|This spirit]] will not speak of himself, but he will [[declare]] to you that which [[the Father]] has [[revealed]] to [[Creator Son|the Son]], and he will even show you things to come; he will [[glorify]] me even as I have glorified [[the Father|my Father]]. This [[spirit]] comes forth from me, and he will [[reveal]] my [[truth]] to you. [[Everything]] which [[the Father]] has in this [[domain]] is now mine; wherefore did I say that this new [[teacher]] would take of that which is mine and [[reveal]] it to you.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_16]

180:6.5 " In just a little while I will leave you for a short time. Afterward, when you again see me, I shall already be on my way to [[the Father]] so that even then you will not see me for long. "

180:6.5 " In just a little while I will leave you for a short time. Afterward, when you again see me, I shall already be on my way to [[the Father]] so that even then you will not see me for long. "

180:6.6 While he paused for a [[moment]], [[the apostles]] began to talk with each other: " What is this that he tells us? `In just a little while I will leave you,' and `When you [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_190 see me again] it will not be for long, for I will be [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_193 on my way] to [[the Father]].' What can he mean by this `little while' and `not for long'? We cannot [[understand]] what he is telling us. "

180:6.6 While he paused for a [[moment]], [[the apostles]] began to talk with each other: " What is this that he tells us? `In just a little while I will leave you,' and `When you [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_190 see me again] it will not be for long, for I will be [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_193 on my way] to [[the Father]].' What can he mean by this `little while' and `not for long'? We cannot [[understand]] what he is telling us. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_16]

180:6.7 And since [[Jesus]] knew they asked these [[questions]], he said: " Do you [[inquire]] among yourselves about what I meant when I said that in a little while I would not be with you, and that, when you would see me again, I would be on my way to [[the Father]]? I have plainly told you that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] must die, but that he will [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_189 rise again]. Can you not then [[discern]] the [[meaning]] of my [[words]]? You will first be made [[sorrowful]], but later on will you [[rejoice]] with many who will [[understand]] these things after they have come to pass. A [[woman]] is indeed [[sorrowful]] in the hour of her [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childbirth travail], but when she is once delivered of her [[child]], she [[immediately]] forgets her [[anguish]] in the [[joy]] of the [[knowledge]] that a man has been born into the world. And so are you about to [[sorrow]] over my departure, but I will soon see you again, and then will your sorrow be turned into [[rejoicing]], and there shall come to you a new [[revelation]] of the [[salvation]] of [[God]] which no man can ever take away from you. And [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_32#32:2._UNIVERSE_ORGANIZATION all the worlds] will be [[blessed]] in this same [[revelation]] of life in effecting the overthrow of [[death]]. Hitherto have you made all your requests in [[the Father|my Father]]'s name. After you see me again, you may also ask in my [[name]], and I will hear you.

180:6.7 And since [[Jesus]] knew they asked these [[questions]], he said: " Do you [[inquire]] among yourselves about what I meant when I said that in a little while I would not be with you, and that, when you would see me again, I would be on my way to [[the Father]]? I have plainly told you that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] must die, but that he will [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_189 rise again]. Can you not then [[discern]] the [[meaning]] of my [[words]]? You will first be made [[sorrowful]], but later on will you [[rejoice]] with many who will [[understand]] these things after they have come to pass. A [[woman]] is indeed [[sorrowful]] in the hour of her [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childbirth travail], but when she is once delivered of her [[child]], she [[immediately]] forgets her [[anguish]] in the [[joy]] of the [[knowledge]] that a man has been born into the world. And so are you about to [[sorrow]] over my departure, but I will soon see you again, and then will your sorrow be turned into [[rejoicing]], and there shall come to you a new [[revelation]] of the [[salvation]] of [[God]] which no man can ever take away from you. And [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_32#32:2._UNIVERSE_ORGANIZATION all the worlds] will be [[blessed]] in this same [[revelation]] of life in effecting the overthrow of [[death]]. Hitherto have you made all your requests in [[the Father|my Father]]'s name. After you see me again, you may also ask in my [[name]], and I will hear you.

180:6.8 " Down here I have taught you in [[proverbs]] and [[spoken]] to you in [[parables]]. I did so because you were only [[children]] in the [[spirit]]; but the time is coming when I will talk to you plainly concerning [[the Father]] and [[the Kingdom|his kingdom]]. And I shall do this because [[the Father]] himself [[loves]] you and [[desires]] to be more fully [[revealed]] to you. [[Mortal]] man cannot see the [[Universal Father|spirit Father]]; therefore have I come into the world to show [[the Father]] to your [[creature]] eyes. But when you have become [[Paper 31 - The Corps of the Finality|perfected in spirit growth]], you shall then see [[the Father]] himself. "

180:6.8 " Down here I have taught you in [[proverbs]] and [[spoken]] to you in [[parables]]. I did so because you were only [[children]] in the [[spirit]]; but the time is coming when I will talk to you plainly concerning [[the Father]] and [[the Kingdom|his kingdom]]. And I shall do this because [[the Father]] himself [[loves]] you and [[desires]] to be more fully [[revealed]] to you. [[Mortal]] man cannot see the [[Universal Father|spirit Father]]; therefore have I come into the world to show [[the Father]] to your [[creature]] eyes. But when you have become [[Paper 31 - The Corps of the Finality|perfected in spirit growth]], you shall then see [[the Father]] himself. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_16]

180:6.9 When the eleven had heard him speak, they said to each other: " Behold, he does [[speak]] [[Simplicity|plainly]] to us. Surely [[the Master]] did come forth from [[God]]. But why does he say he must return to [[the Father]]? " And [[Jesus]] saw that they did not even yet [[comprehend]] him. These eleven men could not get away from their long-nourished [[ideas]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism Jewish concept of the Messiah]. The more fully they [[believed]] in [[Jesus]] as the [[Messiah]], the more troublesome became these deep-rooted notions regarding the [[glorious]] [[material]] [[triumph]] of [[the kingdom]] on earth.

180:6.9 When the eleven had heard him speak, they said to each other: " Behold, he does [[speak]] [[Simplicity|plainly]] to us. Surely [[the Master]] did come forth from [[God]]. But why does he say he must return to [[the Father]]? " And [[Jesus]] saw that they did not even yet [[comprehend]] him. These eleven men could not get away from their long-nourished [[ideas]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism Jewish concept of the Messiah]. The more fully they [[believed]] in [[Jesus]] as the [[Messiah]], the more troublesome became these deep-rooted notions regarding the [[glorious]] [[material]] [[triumph]] of [[the kingdom]] on earth.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_16]