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==PAPER 189: THE RESURRECTION==

==PAPER 189: THE RESURRECTION==

189:0.1 Soon after the [[burial]] of [[Jesus]] on Friday afternoon, the chief of the [[archangels]] of [[Nebadon]], then present on [[Urantia]], [[summoned]] his [[council]] of the [[resurrection]] of [[sleeping]] [[Free will|will]] [[creatures]] and entered upon the [[consideration]] of a possible [[technique]] for the restoration of [[Jesus]]. These [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_35 assembled sons of the local universe], the [[creatures]] of [[Michael]], did this on their own [[responsibility]]; [[Gabriel]] had not assembled them. By midnight they had arrived at the conclusion that the [[creature]] could do nothing to [[facilitate]] the [[resurrection]] of the [[Creator Son|Creator]]. They were disposed to [[accept]] the [[advice]] of [[Gabriel]], who instructed them that, since [[Michael]] had " laid down his life of his own [[free will]], he also had [[power]] to take it up again in [[accordance]] with his own [[determination]]. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_10] Shortly after the [[adjournment]] of this [[council]] of the [[archangels]], the [[Life Carriers]], and their various [[associates]] in the work of [[creature]] [[rehabilitation]] and [[morontia]] [[creation]], the [[Personalized Adjuster]] of [[Jesus]], being in [[personal]] command of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39 assembled celestial hosts] then on [[Urantia]], [[spoke]] these [[words]] to the [[anxious]] waiting watchers:

189:0.1 Soon after the [[burial]] of [[Jesus]] on Friday afternoon, the chief of the [[archangels]] of [[Nebadon]], then present on [[Urantia]], [[summoned]] his [[council]] of the [[resurrection]] of [[sleeping]] [[Free will|will]] [[creatures]] and entered upon the [[consideration]] of a possible [[technique]] for the restoration of [[Jesus]]. These [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_35 assembled sons of the local universe], the [[creatures]] of [[Michael]], did this on their own [[responsibility]]; [[Gabriel]] had not assembled them. By midnight they had arrived at the conclusion that the [[creature]] could do nothing to [[facilitate]] the [[resurrection]] of the [[Creator Son|Creator]]. They were disposed to [[accept]] the [[advice]] of [[Gabriel]], who instructed them that, since [[Michael]] had " laid down his life of his own [[free will]], he also had [[power]] to take it up again in [[accordance]] with his own [[determination]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_10] Shortly after the [[adjournment]] of this [[council]] of the [[archangels]], the [[Life Carriers]], and their various [[associates]] in the work of [[creature]] [[rehabilitation]] and [[morontia]] [[creation]], the [[Personalized Adjuster]] of [[Jesus]], being in [[personal]] command of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39 assembled celestial hosts] then on [[Urantia]], [[spoke]] these [[words]] to the [[anxious]] waiting watchers:

189:0.2 " Not one of you can do aught to [[assist]] your [[Creator Son|Creator]]-father in the return to life. As a [[mortal]] of the realm he has [[experienced]] [[mortal]] [[death]]; as the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:3._LOCAL_UNIVERSE_SOVEREIGNTY Sovereign of a universe] he still lives. That which you [[observe]] is the [[mortal]] [[transit]] of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] from life in the [[flesh]] to life in the [[morontia]]. The [[spirit]] [[transit]] of this [[Jesus]] was completed at the time I separated myself from his [[personality]] and became your temporary director. Your [[Creator Son|Creator]]-father has [[elected]] to pass through the whole of the [[experience]] of his [[mortal]] [[creatures]], from [[birth]] on the [[material worlds]], on through [[natural]] [[death]] and the [[resurrection]] of the [[morontia]], into the [[status]] of true [[spirit]] [[existence]]. A certain [[phase]] of this [[experience]] you are about to [[observe]], but you may not [[participate]] in it. Those things which you [[ordinarily]] do for the [[creature]], you may not do for the [[Creator]]. A [[Creator Son]] has within himself the [[power]] to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestow himself] in the likeness of any of his created sons; he has within himself the [[power]] to lay down his observable life and to take it up again; and he has this [[power]] because of the direct command of the [[Paradise Father]], and I know whereof I speak. "

189:0.2 " Not one of you can do aught to [[assist]] your [[Creator Son|Creator]]-father in the return to life. As a [[mortal]] of the realm he has [[experienced]] [[mortal]] [[death]]; as the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:3._LOCAL_UNIVERSE_SOVEREIGNTY Sovereign of a universe] he still lives. That which you [[observe]] is the [[mortal]] [[transit]] of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] from life in the [[flesh]] to life in the [[morontia]]. The [[spirit]] [[transit]] of this [[Jesus]] was completed at the time I separated myself from his [[personality]] and became your temporary director. Your [[Creator Son|Creator]]-father has [[elected]] to pass through the whole of the [[experience]] of his [[mortal]] [[creatures]], from [[birth]] on the [[material worlds]], on through [[natural]] [[death]] and the [[resurrection]] of the [[morontia]], into the [[status]] of true [[spirit]] [[existence]]. A certain [[phase]] of this [[experience]] you are about to [[observe]], but you may not [[participate]] in it. Those things which you [[ordinarily]] do for the [[creature]], you may not do for the [[Creator]]. A [[Creator Son]] has within himself the [[power]] to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestow himself] in the likeness of any of his created sons; he has within himself the [[power]] to lay down his observable life and to take it up again; and he has this [[power]] because of the direct command of the [[Paradise Father]], and I know whereof I speak. "

189:0.3 When they heard the [[Personalized Adjuster]] so [[speak]], they all [[assumed]] the [[attitude]] of [[anxious]] [[expectancy]], from [[Gabriel]] down to the most [[humble]] [[cherubim]]. They saw the [[mortal]] [[body]] of [[Jesus]] in the [[tomb]]; they detected [[evidences]] of the [[universe]] [[activity]] of their [[Master Son|beloved Sovereign]]; and not [[understanding]] such [[phenomena]], they waited [[patiently]] for [[developments]].

189:0.3 When they heard the [[Personalized Adjuster]] so [[speak]], they all [[assumed]] the [[attitude]] of [[anxious]] [[expectancy]], from [[Gabriel]] down to the most [[humble]] [[cherubim]]. They saw the [[mortal]] [[body]] of [[Jesus]] in the [[tomb]]; they detected [[evidences]] of the [[universe]] [[activity]] of their [[Master Son|beloved Sovereign]]; and not [[understanding]] such [[phenomena]], they waited [[patiently]] for [[developments]].

==189:1. THE MORONTIA TRANSIT==

==189:1. THE MORONTIA TRANSIT==

189:1.1 At two forty-five Sunday [[morning]], the [[Paradise]] [[incarnation]] commission, consisting of [[seven]] unidentified [[Paradise]] [[personalities]], arrived on the scene and [[immediately]] deployed themselves about the [[tomb]]. At ten minutes before three, [[intense]] [[vibrations]] of commingled [[material]] and [[morontia]] [[activities]] began to issue from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph]'s new [[tomb]], and at two minutes past three o'clock, this Sunday [[morning]], April 9, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_AD A.D. 30], the [[resurrected]] [[morontia]] [[form]] and [[personality]] of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] came forth from the [[tomb]].

189:1.1 At two forty-five Sunday [[morning]], the [[Paradise]] [[incarnation]] commission, consisting of [[seven]] unidentified [[Paradise]] [[personalities]], arrived on the scene and [[immediately]] deployed themselves about the [[tomb]]. At ten minutes before three, [[intense]] [[vibrations]] of commingled [[material]] and [[morontia]] [[activities]] began to issue from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph]'s new [[tomb]], and at two minutes past three o'clock, this Sunday [[morning]], April 9, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_AD A.D. 30], the [[resurrected]] [[morontia]] [[form]] and [[personality]] of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] came forth from the [[tomb]].

189:1.2 After the [[resurrected]] [[Jesus]] emerged from his [[burial]] [[tomb]], the [[body]] of [[flesh]] in which he had lived and wrought on [[earth]] for almost thirty-six years was still lying there in the [[sepulchre]] niche, undisturbed and wrapped in the linen sheet, just as it had been laid to rest by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph] and his [[associates]] on Friday afternoon. Neither was the stone before the entrance of the [[tomb]] in any way disturbed; the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_(emblem) seal] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilate Pilate] was still unbroken; the [[soldiers]] were still on guard. The temple guards had been on continuous [[duty]]; the [[Roman]] guard had been changed at midnight. None of these watchers [[suspected]] that the object of their [[vigil]] had risen to a new and higher [[form]] of [[existence]], and that the [[body]] which they were guarding was now a discarded outer covering which had no further [[connection]] with the delivered and [[resurrected]] [[morontia]] [[personality]] of [[Jesus]].

189:1.2 After the [[resurrected]] [[Jesus]] emerged from his [[burial]] [[tomb]], the [[body]] of [[flesh]] in which he had lived and wrought on [[earth]] for almost thirty-six years was still lying there in the [[sepulchre]] niche, undisturbed and wrapped in the linen sheet, just as it had been laid to rest by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph] and his [[associates]] on Friday afternoon. Neither was the stone before the entrance of the [[tomb]] in any way disturbed; the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_(emblem) seal] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilate Pilate] was still unbroken; the [[soldiers]] were still on guard. The temple guards had been on continuous [[duty]]; the [[Roman]] guard had been changed at midnight. None of these watchers [[suspected]] that the object of their [[vigil]] had risen to a new and higher [[form]] of [[existence]], and that the [[body]] which they were guarding was now a discarded outer covering which had no further [[connection]] with the delivered and [[resurrected]] [[morontia]] [[personality]] of [[Jesus]].

189:1.3 [[Mankind]] is slow to [[perceive]] that, in all that is [[personal]], [[matter]] is the [[skeleton]] of [[morontia]], and that both are the [[reflected]] [[shadow]] of [[enduring]] [[spirit]] [[reality]]. How long before you will regard time as the moving image of [[eternity]] and [[space]] as the fleeting [[shadow]] of [[Paradise]] [[realities]]?

189:1.3 [[Mankind]] is slow to [[perceive]] that, in all that is [[personal]], [[matter]] is the [[skeleton]] of [[morontia]], and that both are the [[reflected]] [[shadow]] of [[enduring]] [[spirit]] [[reality]]. How long before you will regard time as the moving image of [[eternity]] and [[space]] as the fleeting [[shadow]] of [[Paradise]] [[realities]]?

189:1.4 As far as we can [[judge]], no [[creature]] of [[Nebadon|this universe]] nor any [[personality]] from another [[universe]] had anything to do with this [[morontia]] [[resurrection]] of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]]. On Friday he laid down his life as a [[mortal]] of the realm; on Sunday [[morning]] he took it up again as a [[morontia]] [[being]] of [[the system]] of [[Satania]] in [[Norlatiadek]]. There is much about the [[resurrection]] of [[Jesus]] which we do not [[understand]]. But we [[know]] that it occurred as we have stated and at about the [[time]] indicated. We can also [[record]] that all known [[phenomena]] associated with this [[mortal]] [[transit]], or [[morontia]] [[resurrection]], occurred right there in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph]'s new [[tomb]], where the [[mortal]] [[material]] remains of [[Jesus]] lay wrapped in burial cloths.

189:1.4 As far as we can [[judge]], no [[creature]] of [[Nebadon|this universe]] nor any [[personality]] from another [[universe]] had anything to do with this [[morontia]] [[resurrection]] of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]]. On Friday he laid down his life as a [[mortal]] of the realm; on Sunday [[morning]] he took it up again as a [[morontia]] [[being]] of [[the system]] of [[Satania]] in [[Norlatiadek]]. There is much about the [[resurrection]] of [[Jesus]] which we do not [[understand]]. But we [[know]] that it occurred as we have stated and at about the [[time]] indicated. We can also [[record]] that all known [[phenomena]] associated with this [[mortal]] [[transit]], or [[morontia]] [[resurrection]], occurred right there in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph]'s new [[tomb]], where the [[mortal]] [[material]] remains of [[Jesus]] lay wrapped in burial cloths.

189:1.5 We know that no [[creature]] of the [[local universe]] [[participated]] in this [[morontia]] [[awakening]]. We [[perceived]] the [[seven]] [[personalities]] of [[Paradise]] [[surround]] the [[tomb]], but we did not see them do anything in [[connection]] with [[the Master]]'s [[awakening]]. Just as soon as [[Jesus]] [[appeared]] beside [[Gabriel]], just above the [[tomb]], the [[seven]] [[personalities]] from [[Paradise]] signalized their [[intention]] of [[immediate]] departure for [[Uversa]].

189:1.5 We know that no [[creature]] of the [[local universe]] [[participated]] in this [[morontia]] [[awakening]]. We [[perceived]] the [[seven]] [[personalities]] of [[Paradise]] [[surround]] the [[tomb]], but we did not see them do anything in [[connection]] with [[the Master]]'s [[awakening]]. Just as soon as [[Jesus]] [[appeared]] beside [[Gabriel]], just above the [[tomb]], the [[seven]] [[personalities]] from [[Paradise]] signalized their [[intention]] of [[immediate]] departure for [[Uversa]].

189:1.6 Let us forever [[clarify]] the [[concept]] of the [[resurrection]] of [[Jesus]] by making the following [[statements]]:

189:1.6 Let us forever [[clarify]] the [[concept]] of the [[resurrection]] of [[Jesus]] by making the following [[statements]]:

189:1.7 1. His [[material]] or [[physical]] [[body]] was not a part of the [[resurrected]] [[personality]]. When [[Jesus]] came forth from the [[tomb]], his [[body]] of [[flesh]] remained undisturbed in the [[sepulchre]]. He emerged from the [[burial]] [[tomb]] without moving the stones before the entrance and without disturbing the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_(emblem) seals] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilate Pilate].

189:1.7 1. His [[material]] or [[physical]] [[body]] was not a part of the [[resurrected]] [[personality]]. When [[Jesus]] came forth from the [[tomb]], his [[body]] of [[flesh]] remained undisturbed in the [[sepulchre]]. He emerged from the [[burial]] [[tomb]] without moving the stones before the entrance and without disturbing the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_(emblem) seals] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilate Pilate].

189:1.8 2. He did not emerge from the [[tomb]] as a [[spirit]] nor as [[Michael]] of [[Nebadon]]; he did not appear in the form of the [[Master Son|Creator Sovereign]], such as he had had before his [[incarnation]] in the likeness of [[mortal]] [[flesh]] on [[Urantia]].

189:1.8 2. He did not emerge from the [[tomb]] as a [[spirit]] nor as [[Michael]] of [[Nebadon]]; he did not appear in the form of the [[Master Son|Creator Sovereign]], such as he had had before his [[incarnation]] in the likeness of [[mortal]] [[flesh]] on [[Urantia]].

189:1.9 3. He did come forth from this [[tomb]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph] in the very likeness of the [[morontia]] [[personalities]] of those who, as [[resurrected]] [[morontia]] [[ascendant]] [[beings]], emerge from the [[resurrection]] halls of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:3_THE_FIRST_MANSION_WORLD first mansion world] of this [[local system]] of [[Satania]]. And the [[presence]] of the [[Michael]] [[memorial]] in the [[center]] of the vast court of the resurrection halls of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:3_THE_FIRST_MANSION_WORLD mansonia number one] leads us to [[conjecture]] that [[the Master]]'s [[resurrection]] on [[Urantia]] was in some way fostered on this, the first of [[the system]] [[mansion worlds]].

189:1.9 3. He did come forth from this [[tomb]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph] in the very likeness of the [[morontia]] [[personalities]] of those who, as [[resurrected]] [[morontia]] [[ascendant]] [[beings]], emerge from the [[resurrection]] halls of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:3_THE_FIRST_MANSION_WORLD first mansion world] of this [[local system]] of [[Satania]]. And the [[presence]] of the [[Michael]] [[memorial]] in the [[center]] of the vast court of the resurrection halls of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:3_THE_FIRST_MANSION_WORLD mansonia number one] leads us to [[conjecture]] that [[the Master]]'s [[resurrection]] on [[Urantia]] was in some way fostered on this, the first of [[the system]] [[mansion worlds]].

189:1.10 The first [[act]] of [[Jesus]] on arising from the [[tomb]] was to greet [[Gabriel]] and instruct him to continue in [[executive]] charge of [[universe]] affairs under [[Immanuel]], and then he directed the chief of the [[Melchizedeks]] to convey his brotherly greetings to [[Immanuel]]. He thereupon asked the [[Most High]] of [[Edentia]] for the certification of the [[Ancients of Days]] as to his [[mortal]] [[transit]]; and turning to the assembled [[morontia]] groups of the [[seven mansion worlds]], here gathered [[together]] to greet and welcome their [[Creator Son|Creator]] as a [[creature]] of their order, [[Jesus]] spoke the first [[words]] of the postmortal [[career]]. Said the [[morontia]] [[Jesus]]: " Having finished my life in the [[flesh]], I would tarry here for a short time in [[transition]] form that I may more fully know the life of my [[ascendant]] [[creatures]] and further [[reveal]] the will of [[the Father|my Father]] in [[Paradise]]. "

189:1.10 The first [[act]] of [[Jesus]] on arising from the [[tomb]] was to greet [[Gabriel]] and instruct him to continue in [[executive]] charge of [[universe]] affairs under [[Immanuel]], and then he directed the chief of the [[Melchizedeks]] to convey his brotherly greetings to [[Immanuel]]. He thereupon asked the [[Most High]] of [[Edentia]] for the certification of the [[Ancients of Days]] as to his [[mortal]] [[transit]]; and turning to the assembled [[morontia]] groups of the [[seven mansion worlds]], here gathered [[together]] to greet and welcome their [[Creator Son|Creator]] as a [[creature]] of their order, [[Jesus]] spoke the first [[words]] of the postmortal [[career]]. Said the [[morontia]] [[Jesus]]: " Having finished my life in the [[flesh]], I would tarry here for a short time in [[transition]] form that I may more fully know the life of my [[ascendant]] [[creatures]] and further [[reveal]] the will of [[the Father|my Father]] in [[Paradise]]. "

189:1.12 [[Jesus]] now began the [[contacts]] of the [[morontia]] level, being introduced, as a [[creature]], to the requirements of the life he had [[chosen]] to live for a short time on [[Urantia]]. This [[initiation]] into the [[morontia]] world required more than an hour of [[earth]] time and was twice [[interrupted]] by his [[desire]] to [[communicate]] with his former [[associates]] in the [[flesh]] as they came out from [[Jerusalem]] [[wonderingly]] to peer into the empty [[tomb]] to [[discover]] what they considered [[evidence]] of his [[resurrection]].

189:1.12 [[Jesus]] now began the [[contacts]] of the [[morontia]] level, being introduced, as a [[creature]], to the requirements of the life he had [[chosen]] to live for a short time on [[Urantia]]. This [[initiation]] into the [[morontia]] world required more than an hour of [[earth]] time and was twice [[interrupted]] by his [[desire]] to [[communicate]] with his former [[associates]] in the [[flesh]] as they came out from [[Jerusalem]] [[wonderingly]] to peer into the empty [[tomb]] to [[discover]] what they considered [[evidence]] of his [[resurrection]].

189:1.13 Now is the [[mortal]] [[transit]] of [[Jesus]]—the [[morontia]] [[resurrection]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man]—completed. The [[transitory]] [[experience]] of [[the Master]] as a [[personality]] midway between the [[material]] and the [[spiritual]] has begun. And he has done all this through [[power]] [[inherent]] within himself; no [[personality]] has rendered him any [[assistance]]. He now lives as [[Jesus]] of [[morontia]], and as he begins this morontia life, the [[material]] [[body]] of his flesh lies there undisturbed in the [[tomb]]. The [[soldiers]] are still on guard, and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_(emblem) seal] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_governor governor] about the rocks has not yet been broken.

189:1.13 Now is the [[mortal]] [[transit]] of [[Jesus]]—the [[morontia]] [[resurrection]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man]—completed. The [[transitory]] [[experience]] of [[the Master]] as a [[personality]] midway between the [[material]] and the [[spiritual]] has begun. And he has done all this through [[power]] [[inherent]] within himself; no [[personality]] has rendered him any [[assistance]]. He now lives as [[Jesus]] of [[morontia]], and as he begins this morontia life, the [[material]] [[body]] of his flesh lies there undisturbed in the [[tomb]]. The [[soldiers]] are still on guard, and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_(emblem) seal] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_governor governor] about the rocks has not yet been broken.

==189:2. THE MATERIAL BODY OF JESUS==

==189:2. THE MATERIAL BODY OF JESUS==

189:2.1 At ten minutes past three o'clock, as the [[resurrected]] [[Jesus]] fraternized with the assembled [[morontia]] [[personalities]] from the seven [[mansion worlds]] of [[Satania]], the [[chief]] of [[archangels]]—the [[angels]] of the [[resurrection]]—approached [[Gabriel]] and asked for the [[mortal]] [[body]] of [[Jesus]]. Said the chief of the [[archangels]]: " We may not [[participate]] in the [[morontia]] [[resurrection]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowal experience] of [[Michael]] our [[Master Son|sovereign]], but we would have his [[mortal]] remains put in our [[custody]] for [[immediate]] [[dissolution]]. We do not [[propose]] to employ our [[technique]] of dematerialization; we merely [[wish]] to invoke the [[process]] of [[accelerated]] [[time]]. It is enough that we have seen the [[Master Son|Sovereign]] live and die on [[Urantia]]; the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39 hosts of heaven] would be spared the [[memory]] of [[enduring]] the [[sight]] of the slow decay of the [[human]] [[form]] of [[Creator Son|the Creator]] and Upholder of a [[universe]]. In the [[name]] of the [[celestial]] [[intelligences]] of all [[Nebadon]], I ask for a [[mandate]] giving me the [[custody]] of the [[mortal]] [[body]] of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] and empowering us to [[proceed]] with its [[immediate]] [[dissolution]]. "

189:2.1 At ten minutes past three o'clock, as the [[resurrected]] [[Jesus]] fraternized with the assembled [[morontia]] [[personalities]] from the seven [[mansion worlds]] of [[Satania]], the [[chief]] of [[archangels]]—the [[angels]] of the [[resurrection]]—approached [[Gabriel]] and asked for the [[mortal]] [[body]] of [[Jesus]]. Said the chief of the [[archangels]]: " We may not [[participate]] in the [[morontia]] [[resurrection]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowal experience] of [[Michael]] our [[Master Son|sovereign]], but we would have his [[mortal]] remains put in our [[custody]] for [[immediate]] [[dissolution]]. We do not [[propose]] to employ our [[technique]] of dematerialization; we merely [[wish]] to invoke the [[process]] of [[accelerated]] [[time]]. It is enough that we have seen the [[Master Son|Sovereign]] live and die on [[Urantia]]; the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39 hosts of heaven] would be spared the [[memory]] of [[enduring]] the [[sight]] of the slow decay of the [[human]] [[form]] of [[Creator Son|the Creator]] and Upholder of a [[universe]]. In the [[name]] of the [[celestial]] [[intelligences]] of all [[Nebadon]], I ask for a [[mandate]] giving me the [[custody]] of the [[mortal]] [[body]] of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] and empowering us to [[proceed]] with its [[immediate]] [[dissolution]]. "

189:2.2 And when [[Gabriel]] had conferred with the senior [[Most High]] of [[Edentia]], the [[archangel]] [[spokesman]] for the [[celestial hosts]] was given [[permission]] to make such disposition of the [[physical]] remains of [[Jesus]] as he might determine.

189:2.2 And when [[Gabriel]] had conferred with the senior [[Most High]] of [[Edentia]], the [[archangel]] [[spokesman]] for the [[celestial hosts]] was given [[permission]] to make such disposition of the [[physical]] remains of [[Jesus]] as he might determine.

189:2.3 After the [[chief]] of [[archangels]] had been granted this request, he [[summoned]] to his [[assistance]] many of his fellows, together with a numerous host of the [[representatives]] of all orders of [[celestial]] [[personalities]], and then, with the aid of the [[Urantia]] [[midwayers]], proceeded to take [[possession]] of [[Jesus]]' [[physical]] [[body]]. This [[body]] of [[death]] was a [[purely]] [[material]] [[creation]]; it was [[physical]] and [[literal]]; it could not be removed from the [[tomb]] as the [[morontia]] [[form]] of the [[resurrection]] had been able to escape the sealed [[sepulchre]]. By the aid of certain [[morontia]] auxiliary [[personalities]], the [[morontia]] [[form]] can be made at one time as of the [[spirit]] so that it can become indifferent to ordinary [[matter]], while at another time it can become [[discernible]] and contactable to [[material]] [[beings]], such as the [[mortals]] of the realm.

189:2.3 After the [[chief]] of [[archangels]] had been granted this request, he [[summoned]] to his [[assistance]] many of his fellows, together with a numerous host of the [[representatives]] of all orders of [[celestial]] [[personalities]], and then, with the aid of the [[Urantia]] [[midwayers]], proceeded to take [[possession]] of [[Jesus]]' [[physical]] [[body]]. This [[body]] of [[death]] was a [[purely]] [[material]] [[creation]]; it was [[physical]] and [[literal]]; it could not be removed from the [[tomb]] as the [[morontia]] [[form]] of the [[resurrection]] had been able to escape the sealed [[sepulchre]]. By the aid of certain [[morontia]] auxiliary [[personalities]], the [[morontia]] [[form]] can be made at one time as of the [[spirit]] so that it can become indifferent to ordinary [[matter]], while at another time it can become [[discernible]] and contactable to [[material]] [[beings]], such as the [[mortals]] of the realm.

189:2.4 As they made ready to remove the [[body]] of [[Jesus]] from the [[tomb]] [[preparatory]] to according it the [[dignified]] and [[reverent]] disposal of near-instantaneous [[dissolution]], it was assigned the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_77#77:6._THE_SECONDARY_MIDWAYERS secondary Urantia midwayers] to roll away the stones from the entrance of the [[tomb]]. The larger of these two stones was a huge [[circular]] affair, much like a millstone, and it moved in a groove chiseled out of the rock, so that it could be rolled back and forth to open or close the [[tomb]]. When the watching Jewish guards and the Roman soldiers, in the dim light of the [[morning]], saw this huge stone begin to roll away from the entrance of the [[tomb]], apparently of its own accord—without any visible means to account for such [[motion]]—they were seized with [[fear]] and panic, and they fled in haste from the scene. The [[Jews]] fled to their [[homes]], afterward going back to report these doings to their captain at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple]. The [[Romans]] fled to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonia_Fortress fortress of Antonia] and reported what they had seen to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion centurion] as soon as he arrived on [[duty]].[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_28]

189:2.4 As they made ready to remove the [[body]] of [[Jesus]] from the [[tomb]] [[preparatory]] to according it the [[dignified]] and [[reverent]] disposal of near-instantaneous [[dissolution]], it was assigned the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_77#77:6._THE_SECONDARY_MIDWAYERS secondary Urantia midwayers] to roll away the stones from the entrance of the [[tomb]]. The larger of these two stones was a huge [[circular]] affair, much like a millstone, and it moved in a groove chiseled out of the rock, so that it could be rolled back and forth to open or close the [[tomb]]. When the watching Jewish guards and the Roman soldiers, in the dim light of the [[morning]], saw this huge stone begin to roll away from the entrance of the [[tomb]], apparently of its own accord—without any visible means to account for such [[motion]]—they were seized with [[fear]] and panic, and they fled in haste from the scene. The [[Jews]] fled to their [[homes]], afterward going back to report these doings to their captain at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple]. The [[Romans]] fled to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonia_Fortress fortress of Antonia] and reported what they had seen to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion centurion] as soon as he arrived on [[duty]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_28]

189:2.5 The [[Jewish]] [[leaders]] began the sordid [[business]] of supposedly getting rid of [[Jesus]] by offering [[bribes]] to the [[traitorous]] [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]], and now, when confronted with this [[embarrassing]] situation, instead of [[thinking]] of [[punishing]] the guards who [[deserted]] their post, they resorted to bribing these guards and the [[Roman]] [[soldiers]]. They paid each of these twenty men a sum of [[money]] and instructed them to say to all: " While we [[slept]] during the nighttime, his [[disciples]] came upon us and took away the [[body]]. " And the [[Jewish]] [[leaders]] made solemn [[promises]] to the [[soldiers]] to defend them before [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilate Pilate] in case it should ever come to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_governor governor]'s [[knowledge]] that they had [[accepted]] a [[bribe]].[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_28]

189:2.5 The [[Jewish]] [[leaders]] began the sordid [[business]] of supposedly getting rid of [[Jesus]] by offering [[bribes]] to the [[traitorous]] [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]], and now, when confronted with this [[embarrassing]] situation, instead of [[thinking]] of [[punishing]] the guards who [[deserted]] their post, they resorted to bribing these guards and the [[Roman]] [[soldiers]]. They paid each of these twenty men a sum of [[money]] and instructed them to say to all: " While we [[slept]] during the nighttime, his [[disciples]] came upon us and took away the [[body]]. " And the [[Jewish]] [[leaders]] made solemn [[promises]] to the [[soldiers]] to defend them before [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilate Pilate] in case it should ever come to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_governor governor]'s [[knowledge]] that they had [[accepted]] a [[bribe]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_28]

189:2.6 The [[Christian]] [[belief]] in the [[resurrection]] of [[Jesus]] has been based on the [[fact]] of the " empty tomb. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_20] It was indeed a [[fact]] that the [[tomb]] was empty, but this is not the [[truth]] of the [[resurrection]]. The [[tomb]] was truly empty when the first believers arrived, and this [[fact]], [[associated]] with that of the undoubted [[resurrection]] of [[the Master]], led to the [[formulation]] of a [[belief]] which was not true: the teaching that the [[material]] and [[mortal]] [[body]] of [[Jesus]] was raised from the [[grave]]. [[Truth]] having to do with [[spiritual]] [[realities]] and [[eternal]] [[values]] cannot always be built up by a combination of [[apparent]] [[facts]]. Although [[individual]] [[facts]] may be [[materially]] true, it does not follow that the [[association]] of a [[group]] of [[facts]] must necessarily lead to [[truthful]] [[spiritual]] conclusions.

189:2.6 The [[Christian]] [[belief]] in the [[resurrection]] of [[Jesus]] has been based on the [[fact]] of the " empty tomb. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_20] It was indeed a [[fact]] that the [[tomb]] was empty, but this is not the [[truth]] of the [[resurrection]]. The [[tomb]] was truly empty when the first believers arrived, and this [[fact]], [[associated]] with that of the undoubted [[resurrection]] of [[the Master]], led to the [[formulation]] of a [[belief]] which was not true: the teaching that the [[material]] and [[mortal]] [[body]] of [[Jesus]] was raised from the [[grave]]. [[Truth]] having to do with [[spiritual]] [[realities]] and [[eternal]] [[values]] cannot always be built up by a combination of [[apparent]] [[facts]]. Although [[individual]] [[facts]] may be [[materially]] true, it does not follow that the [[association]] of a [[group]] of [[facts]] must necessarily lead to [[truthful]] [[spiritual]] conclusions.

189:2.7 The [[tomb]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph] was empty, not because the [[body]] of [[Jesus]] had been [[rehabilitated]] or [[resurrected]], but because the [[celestial hosts]] had been granted their request to afford it a special and [[unique]] [[dissolution]], a return of the " dust to dust, "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Common_Prayer#Literary_influence] without the [[intervention]] of the [[delays]] of [[time]] and without the operation of the [[ordinary]] and visible [[processes]] of [[mortal]] [[decay]] and [[material]] [[corruption]].

189:2.7 The [[tomb]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph] was empty, not because the [[body]] of [[Jesus]] had been [[rehabilitated]] or [[resurrected]], but because the [[celestial hosts]] had been granted their request to afford it a special and [[unique]] [[dissolution]], a return of the " dust to dust, "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Common_Prayer#Literary_influence] without the [[intervention]] of the [[delays]] of [[time]] and without the operation of the [[ordinary]] and visible [[processes]] of [[mortal]] [[decay]] and [[material]] [[corruption]].

189:2.8 The [[mortal]] remains of [[Jesus]] underwent the same [[natural]] [[process]] of elemental disintegration as characterizes all [[human]] [[bodies]] on [[earth]] except that, in point of [[time]], this natural mode of [[dissolution]] was greatly [[accelerated]], hastened to that point where it became well-nigh [[instantaneous]].

189:2.8 The [[mortal]] remains of [[Jesus]] underwent the same [[natural]] [[process]] of elemental disintegration as characterizes all [[human]] [[bodies]] on [[earth]] except that, in point of [[time]], this natural mode of [[dissolution]] was greatly [[accelerated]], hastened to that point where it became well-nigh [[instantaneous]].

==189:3. THE DISPENSATIONAL RESURRECTION==

==189:3. THE DISPENSATIONAL RESURRECTION==

189:3.1 A little after half past four o'clock this Sunday morning, [[Gabriel]] [[summoned]] the [[archangels]] to his side and made ready to [[inaugurate]] the general [[resurrection]] of the termination of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:3._POST-ADAMIC_MAN Adamic dispensation] on [[Urantia]]. When the vast host of the [[seraphim]] and the [[cherubim]] concerned in this great [[event]] had been marshaled in proper [[formation]], the [[morontia]] [[Michael]] [[appeared]] before [[Gabriel]], saying: " As [[the Father|my Father]] has life in himself, so has he given it to [[Creator Son|the Son]] to have life in himself. Although I have not yet fully resumed the [[exercise]] of [[universe]] [[jurisdiction]], this self-imposed [[limitation]] does not in any manner restrict the [[bestowal]] of life upon my [[sleeping]] sons; let the roll call of the [[planetary]] [[resurrection]] begin. "

189:3.1 A little after half past four o'clock this Sunday morning, [[Gabriel]] [[summoned]] the [[archangels]] to his side and made ready to [[inaugurate]] the general [[resurrection]] of the termination of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:3._POST-ADAMIC_MAN Adamic dispensation] on [[Urantia]]. When the vast host of the [[seraphim]] and the [[cherubim]] concerned in this great [[event]] had been marshaled in proper [[formation]], the [[morontia]] [[Michael]] [[appeared]] before [[Gabriel]], saying: " As [[the Father|my Father]] has life in himself, so has he given it to [[Creator Son|the Son]] to have life in himself. Although I have not yet fully resumed the [[exercise]] of [[universe]] [[jurisdiction]], this self-imposed [[limitation]] does not in any manner restrict the [[bestowal]] of life upon my [[sleeping]] sons; let the roll call of the [[planetary]] [[resurrection]] begin. "

189:3.2 The [[circuit]] of the [[archangels]] then operated for the first time from [[Urantia]]. [[Gabriel]] and the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_37#37:3._THE_ARCHANGELS archangel hosts] moved to the place of the [[spiritual]] [[polarity]] of the [[planet]]; and when [[Gabriel]] gave the [[signal]], there flashed to the first of [[the system]] [[mansion worlds]] the [[voice]] of [[Gabriel]], saying: " By the [[mandate]] of [[Michael]], let the dead of a [[Urantia]] [[dispensation]] rise! " Then all the [[survivors]] of the [[human]] [[races]] of [[Urantia]] who had fallen [[asleep]] since the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_74#PAPER_74:_ADAM_AND_EVE days of Adam], and who had not already gone on to [[judgment]], appeared in the [[resurrection]] halls of [[mansonia]] in readiness for [[morontia]] investiture. And in an instant of [[time]] the [[seraphim]] and their [[associates]] made ready to depart for the [[mansion worlds]]. Ordinarily these [[seraphic guardians]], onetime assigned to the [[group]] [[custody]] of these surviving [[mortals]], would have been present at the [[moment]] of their [[awaking]] in the [[resurrection]] halls of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:3_THE_FIRST_MANSION_WORLD mansonia], but they were on this world itself at this time because of the [[necessity]] of [[Gabriel]]'s presence here in connection with the [[morontia]] [[resurrection]] of [[Jesus]].

189:3.2 The [[circuit]] of the [[archangels]] then operated for the first time from [[Urantia]]. [[Gabriel]] and the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_37#37:3._THE_ARCHANGELS archangel hosts] moved to the place of the [[spiritual]] [[polarity]] of the [[planet]]; and when [[Gabriel]] gave the [[signal]], there flashed to the first of [[the system]] [[mansion worlds]] the [[voice]] of [[Gabriel]], saying: " By the [[mandate]] of [[Michael]], let the dead of a [[Urantia]] [[dispensation]] rise! " Then all the [[survivors]] of the [[human]] [[races]] of [[Urantia]] who had fallen [[asleep]] since the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_74#PAPER_74:_ADAM_AND_EVE days of Adam], and who had not already gone on to [[judgment]], appeared in the [[resurrection]] halls of [[mansonia]] in readiness for [[morontia]] investiture. And in an instant of [[time]] the [[seraphim]] and their [[associates]] made ready to depart for the [[mansion worlds]]. Ordinarily these [[seraphic guardians]], onetime assigned to the [[group]] [[custody]] of these surviving [[mortals]], would have been present at the [[moment]] of their [[awaking]] in the [[resurrection]] halls of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:3_THE_FIRST_MANSION_WORLD mansonia], but they were on this world itself at this time because of the [[necessity]] of [[Gabriel]]'s presence here in connection with the [[morontia]] [[resurrection]] of [[Jesus]].

189:3.3 Notwithstanding that countless [[individuals]] having [[personal]] [[seraphic guardians]] and those achieving the requisite [[attainment]] of [[spiritual]] [[personality]] [[progress]] had gone on to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:3_THE_FIRST_MANSION_WORLD mansonia] during the ages subsequent to the times of [[Adam and Eve]], and though there had been many special and millennial [[resurrections]] of [[Urantia]] sons, this was the third of the [[planetary]] roll calls, or complete [[dispensation]]al [[resurrections]]. The first occurred at the time of the arrival of the [[Planetary Prince]], the second during the time of [[Adam and Eve|Adam]], and this, the third, [[signalized]] the [[morontia]] [[resurrection]], the [[mortal]] [[transit]], of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]].

189:3.3 Notwithstanding that countless [[individuals]] having [[personal]] [[seraphic guardians]] and those achieving the requisite [[attainment]] of [[spiritual]] [[personality]] [[progress]] had gone on to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:3_THE_FIRST_MANSION_WORLD mansonia] during the ages subsequent to the times of [[Adam and Eve]], and though there had been many special and millennial [[resurrections]] of [[Urantia]] sons, this was the third of the [[planetary]] roll calls, or complete [[dispensation]]al [[resurrections]]. The first occurred at the time of the arrival of the [[Planetary Prince]], the second during the time of [[Adam and Eve|Adam]], and this, the third, [[signalized]] the [[morontia]] [[resurrection]], the [[mortal]] [[transit]], of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]].

189:3.4 When the [[signal]] of the [[planetary]] [[resurrection]] had been [[received]] by the [[chief]] of [[archangels]], the [[Personalized Adjuster]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] relinquished his [[authority]] over the [[celestial hosts]] assembled on [[Urantia]], turning all these sons of the [[local universe]] back to the [[jurisdiction]] of their respective commanders. And when he had done this, he departed for [[Salvington]] to register with [[Immanuel]] the completion of the [[mortal]] [[transit]] of [[Michael]]. And he was [[immediately]] followed by all the [[celestial host]] not required for [[duty]] on [[Urantia]]. But [[Gabriel]] remained on [[Urantia]] with the [[morontia]] [[Jesus]].

189:3.4 When the [[signal]] of the [[planetary]] [[resurrection]] had been [[received]] by the [[chief]] of [[archangels]], the [[Personalized Adjuster]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] relinquished his [[authority]] over the [[celestial hosts]] assembled on [[Urantia]], turning all these sons of the [[local universe]] back to the [[jurisdiction]] of their respective commanders. And when he had done this, he departed for [[Salvington]] to register with [[Immanuel]] the completion of the [[mortal]] [[transit]] of [[Michael]]. And he was [[immediately]] followed by all the [[celestial host]] not required for [[duty]] on [[Urantia]]. But [[Gabriel]] remained on [[Urantia]] with the [[morontia]] [[Jesus]].

189:3.5 And this is the [[recital]] of the [[events]] of the [[resurrection]] of [[Jesus]] as viewed by those who saw them as they really occurred, [[free]] from the [[limitations]] of partial and restricted [[human]] [[vision]].

189:3.5 And this is the [[recital]] of the [[events]] of the [[resurrection]] of [[Jesus]] as viewed by those who saw them as they really occurred, [[free]] from the [[limitations]] of partial and restricted [[human]] [[vision]].

==189:4. DISCOVERY OF THE EMPTY TOMB==

==189:4. DISCOVERY OF THE EMPTY TOMB==

189:4.1 As we approach the time of the [[resurrection]] of [[Jesus]] on this early Sunday morning, it should be recalled that the ten [[apostles]] were [[sojourning]] at the [[home]] of [[John Mark|Elijah and Mary Mark]], where they were [[asleep]] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenacle upper chamber], resting on the very couches whereon they reclined during the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_179 last supper] with [[the Master|their Master]]. This Sunday morning they were all there assembled except [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]]. Thomas was with them for a few minutes late Saturday night when they first got [[together]], but the sight of [[the apostles]], coupled with the [[thought]] of what had happened to [[Jesus]], was too much for him. He looked his [[associates]] over and [[immediately]] left the room, going to the home of Simon in Bethpage, where he [[thought]] to [[grieve]] over his troubles in [[solitude]]. [[The apostles]] all [[suffered]], not so much from [[doubt]] and [[despair]] as from [[fear]], [[grief]], and [[shame]].

189:4.1 As we approach the time of the [[resurrection]] of [[Jesus]] on this early Sunday morning, it should be recalled that the ten [[apostles]] were [[sojourning]] at the [[home]] of [[John Mark|Elijah and Mary Mark]], where they were [[asleep]] in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenacle upper chamber], resting on the very couches whereon they reclined during the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_179 last supper] with [[the Master|their Master]]. This Sunday morning they were all there assembled except [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]]. Thomas was with them for a few minutes late Saturday night when they first got [[together]], but the sight of [[the apostles]], coupled with the [[thought]] of what had happened to [[Jesus]], was too much for him. He looked his [[associates]] over and [[immediately]] left the room, going to the home of Simon in Bethpage, where he [[thought]] to [[grieve]] over his troubles in [[solitude]]. [[The apostles]] all [[suffered]], not so much from [[doubt]] and [[despair]] as from [[fear]], [[grief]], and [[shame]].

189:4.2 At the [[home]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicodemus Nicodemus] there were gathered [[together]], with [[David Zebedee]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph of Arimathea], some twelve or fifteen of the more prominent of the [[Jerusalem]] [[disciples]] of [[Jesus]]. At the [[home]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph of Arimathea] there were some fifteen or twenty of the [[leading]] [[women]] [[believers]]. Only these [[women]] abode in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph]'s house, and they had kept close within during the hours of the [[Sabbath]] day and the evening after the [[Sabbath]], so that they were [[ignorant]] of the [[military]] guard on watch at the [[tomb]]; neither did they know that a second stone had been rolled in front of the [[tomb]], and that both of these stones had been placed under the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_(emblem) seal] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilate Pilate].

189:4.2 At the [[home]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicodemus Nicodemus] there were gathered [[together]], with [[David Zebedee]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph of Arimathea], some twelve or fifteen of the more prominent of the [[Jerusalem]] [[disciples]] of [[Jesus]]. At the [[home]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph of Arimathea] there were some fifteen or twenty of the [[leading]] [[women]] [[believers]]. Only these [[women]] abode in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph]'s house, and they had kept close within during the hours of the [[Sabbath]] day and the evening after the [[Sabbath]], so that they were [[ignorant]] of the [[military]] guard on watch at the [[tomb]]; neither did they know that a second stone had been rolled in front of the [[tomb]], and that both of these stones had been placed under the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_(emblem) seal] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilate Pilate].

189:4.3 A little before three o'clock this Sunday morning, when the first signs of day began to [[appear]] in the east, five of the [[women]] started out for the [[tomb]] of [[Jesus]]. They had prepared an [[abundance]] of special [[embalming]] lotions, and they carried many linen bandages with them. It was their [[purpose]] more thoroughly to give the [[body]] of [[Jesus]] its [[death]] [[anointing]] and more carefully to wrap it up with the new bandages.

189:4.3 A little before three o'clock this Sunday morning, when the first signs of day began to [[appear]] in the east, five of the [[women]] started out for the [[tomb]] of [[Jesus]]. They had prepared an [[abundance]] of special [[embalming]] lotions, and they carried many linen bandages with them. It was their [[purpose]] more thoroughly to give the [[body]] of [[Jesus]] its [[death]] [[anointing]] and more carefully to wrap it up with the new bandages.

189:4.4 The [[women]] who went on this [[mission]] of anointing [[Jesus]]' [[body]] were: [[Mary Magdalene]], Mary the [[mother]] of the [[Alpheus twins]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salome_(disciple) Salome] the [[mother]] of the Zebedee brothers, [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_150#150:1._THE_WOMEN.27S_EVANGELISTIC_CORPS Joanna] the [[wife]] of Chuza, and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_150#150:1._THE_WOMEN.27S_EVANGELISTIC_CORPS Susanna] the daughter of Ezra of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria].

189:4.4 The [[women]] who went on this [[mission]] of anointing [[Jesus]]' [[body]] were: [[Mary Magdalene]], Mary the [[mother]] of the [[Alpheus twins]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salome_(disciple) Salome] the [[mother]] of the Zebedee brothers, [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_150#150:1._THE_WOMEN.27S_EVANGELISTIC_CORPS Joanna] the [[wife]] of Chuza, and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_150#150:1._THE_WOMEN.27S_EVANGELISTIC_CORPS Susanna] the daughter of Ezra of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria].

189:4.5 It was about half past three o'clock when the five [[women]], laden with their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ointment ointments], arrived before the empty [[tomb]]. As they passed out of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus_gate Damascus gate], they encountered a number of [[soldiers]] fleeing into the [[city]] more or less panic-stricken, and this caused them to pause for a few minutes; but when nothing more [[developed]], they resumed their [[journey]].

189:4.5 It was about half past three o'clock when the five [[women]], laden with their [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ointment ointments], arrived before the empty [[tomb]]. As they passed out of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus_gate Damascus gate], they encountered a number of [[soldiers]] fleeing into the [[city]] more or less panic-stricken, and this caused them to pause for a few minutes; but when nothing more [[developed]], they resumed their [[journey]].

189:4.6 They were greatly [[surprised]] to see the stone rolled away from the entrance to the [[tomb]], inasmuch as they had said among themselves on the way out, " Who will help us roll away the stone? " They set down their burdens and began to look upon one another in [[fear]] and with great [[amazement]]. While they stood there, atremble with [[fear]], [[Mary Magdalene]] ventured around the smaller stone and [[dared]] to enter the open [[sepulchre]]. This [[tomb]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph] was in his [[garden]] on the hillside on the eastern side of the road, and it also faced toward the east. By this hour there was just enough of the [[dawn]] of a new day to enable [[Mary Magdalene|Mary]] to look back to the place where [[the Master]]'s [[body]] had lain and to [[discern]] that it was gone. In the recess of stone where they had laid [[Jesus]], Mary saw only the folded napkin where his head had [[rested]] and the bandages wherewith he had been wrapped lying intact and as they had rested on the stone before the [[celestial hosts]] removed the [[body]]. The covering sheet lay at the foot of the [[burial]] niche.

189:4.6 They were greatly [[surprised]] to see the stone rolled away from the entrance to the [[tomb]], inasmuch as they had said among themselves on the way out, " Who will help us roll away the stone? " They set down their burdens and began to look upon one another in [[fear]] and with great [[amazement]]. While they stood there, atremble with [[fear]], [[Mary Magdalene]] ventured around the smaller stone and [[dared]] to enter the open [[sepulchre]]. This [[tomb]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph] was in his [[garden]] on the hillside on the eastern side of the road, and it also faced toward the east. By this hour there was just enough of the [[dawn]] of a new day to enable [[Mary Magdalene|Mary]] to look back to the place where [[the Master]]'s [[body]] had lain and to [[discern]] that it was gone. In the recess of stone where they had laid [[Jesus]], Mary saw only the folded napkin where his head had [[rested]] and the bandages wherewith he had been wrapped lying intact and as they had rested on the stone before the [[celestial hosts]] removed the [[body]]. The covering sheet lay at the foot of the [[burial]] niche.

189:4.7 After [[Mary Magdalene|Mary]] had tarried in the doorway of the [[tomb]] for a few moments (she did not see distinctly when she first entered the [[tomb]]), she saw that [[Jesus]]' [[body]] was gone and in its place only these grave cloths, and she uttered a [[cry]] of alarm and [[anguish]]. All the [[women]] were exceedingly [[nervous]]; they had been on edge ever since meeting the panicky [[soldiers]] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus_gate city gate], and when [[Mary Magdalene|Mary]] uttered this scream of [[anguish]], they were [[terror]]-stricken and fled in great haste. And they did not stop until they had run all the way to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus_gate Damascus gate]. By this time Joanna was [[conscience]]-stricken that they had [[deserted]] [[Mary Magdalene|Mary]]; she rallied her companions, and they started back for the [[tomb]].

189:4.7 After [[Mary Magdalene|Mary]] had tarried in the doorway of the [[tomb]] for a few moments (she did not see distinctly when she first entered the [[tomb]]), she saw that [[Jesus]]' [[body]] was gone and in its place only these grave cloths, and she uttered a [[cry]] of alarm and [[anguish]]. All the [[women]] were exceedingly [[nervous]]; they had been on edge ever since meeting the panicky [[soldiers]] at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus_gate city gate], and when [[Mary Magdalene|Mary]] uttered this scream of [[anguish]], they were [[terror]]-stricken and fled in great haste. And they did not stop until they had run all the way to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus_gate Damascus gate]. By this time Joanna was [[conscience]]-stricken that they had [[deserted]] [[Mary Magdalene|Mary]]; she rallied her companions, and they started back for the [[tomb]].

189:4.8 As they drew near the [[sepulchre]], the frightened [[Mary Magdalene|Magdalene]], who was even more [[terrorized]] when she [[failed]] to find her sisters waiting when she came out of the [[tomb]], now rushed up to them, excitedly exclaiming: " He is not there—they have taken him away! " And she led them back to the [[tomb]], and they all entered and saw that it was empty.

189:4.8 As they drew near the [[sepulchre]], the frightened [[Mary Magdalene|Magdalene]], who was even more [[terrorized]] when she [[failed]] to find her sisters waiting when she came out of the [[tomb]], now rushed up to them, excitedly exclaiming: " He is not there—they have taken him away! " And she led them back to the [[tomb]], and they all entered and saw that it was empty.

189:4.9 All five of the [[women]] then sat down on the stone near the entrance and [[talked]] over the situation. It had not yet occurred to them that [[Jesus]] had been [[resurrected]]. They had been by themselves over the [[Sabbath]], and they [[conjectured]] that the [[body]] had been moved to another resting place. But when they [[pondered]] such a solution of their [[dilemma]], they were at a loss to account for the orderly arrangement of the grave cloths; how could the [[body]] have been removed since the very bandages in which it was wrapped were left in position and apparently intact on the [[burial]] shelf?

189:4.9 All five of the [[women]] then sat down on the stone near the entrance and [[talked]] over the situation. It had not yet occurred to them that [[Jesus]] had been [[resurrected]]. They had been by themselves over the [[Sabbath]], and they [[conjectured]] that the [[body]] had been moved to another resting place. But when they [[pondered]] such a solution of their [[dilemma]], they were at a loss to account for the orderly arrangement of the grave cloths; how could the [[body]] have been removed since the very bandages in which it was wrapped were left in position and apparently intact on the [[burial]] shelf?

189:4.10 As these [[women]] sat there in the early hours of the [[dawn]] of this new day, they looked to one side and [[observed]] a [[silent]] and motionless stranger. For a [[moment]] they were again [[frightened]], but [[Mary Magdalene]], rushing toward him and addressing him as if she [[thought]] he might be the caretaker of the [[garden]], said, " Where have you taken [[the Master]]? Where have they laid him? Tell us that we may go and get him. " When the stranger did not answer [[Mary Magdalene|Mary]], she began to [[weep]]. Then spoke [[Jesus]] to them, saying, " Whom do you seek? " [[Mary Magdalene|Mary]] said: " We seek for [[Jesus]] who was laid to [[rest]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph]'s [[tomb]], but he is gone. Do you know where they have taken him? " Then said [[Jesus]]: " Did not this [[Jesus]] tell you, even in [[Galilee]], that he would die, but that he would rise again? " These [[words]] startled the [[women]], but [[the Master]] was so changed that they did not yet [[recognize]] him with his back turned to the dim [[light]]. And as they [[pondered]] his words, he addressed the Magdalene with a familiar [[voice]], saying, " Mary. " And when she heard that [[word]] of well-known [[sympathy]] and [[affectionate]] greeting, she knew it was the [[voice]] of [[the Master]], and she rushed to kneel at his feet while she [[exclaimed]], " My Lord, and my Master! " And all of the other [[women]] [[recognized]] that it was [[the Master]] who stood before them in [[glorified]] [[form]], and they quickly knelt before him.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_20]

189:4.10 As these [[women]] sat there in the early hours of the [[dawn]] of this new day, they looked to one side and [[observed]] a [[silent]] and motionless stranger. For a [[moment]] they were again [[frightened]], but [[Mary Magdalene]], rushing toward him and addressing him as if she [[thought]] he might be the caretaker of the [[garden]], said, " Where have you taken [[the Master]]? Where have they laid him? Tell us that we may go and get him. " When the stranger did not answer [[Mary Magdalene|Mary]], she began to [[weep]]. Then spoke [[Jesus]] to them, saying, " Whom do you seek? " [[Mary Magdalene|Mary]] said: " We seek for [[Jesus]] who was laid to [[rest]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph]'s [[tomb]], but he is gone. Do you know where they have taken him? " Then said [[Jesus]]: " Did not this [[Jesus]] tell you, even in [[Galilee]], that he would die, but that he would rise again? " These [[words]] startled the [[women]], but [[the Master]] was so changed that they did not yet [[recognize]] him with his back turned to the dim [[light]]. And as they [[pondered]] his words, he addressed the Magdalene with a familiar [[voice]], saying, " Mary. " And when she heard that [[word]] of well-known [[sympathy]] and [[affectionate]] greeting, she knew it was the [[voice]] of [[the Master]], and she rushed to kneel at his feet while she [[exclaimed]], " My Lord, and my Master! " And all of the other [[women]] [[recognized]] that it was [[the Master]] who stood before them in [[glorified]] [[form]], and they quickly knelt before him.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_20]

189:4.11 These [[human]] eyes were enabled to see the [[morontia]] form of [[Jesus]] because of the special ministry of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS transformers] and the [[midwayers]] in [[association]] with certain of the [[morontia]] [[personalities]] then accompanying [[Jesus]].

189:4.11 These [[human]] eyes were enabled to see the [[morontia]] form of [[Jesus]] because of the special ministry of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS transformers] and the [[midwayers]] in [[association]] with certain of the [[morontia]] [[personalities]] then accompanying [[Jesus]].

189:4.12 As [[Mary Magdalene|Mary]] sought to [[embrace]] his feet, [[Jesus]] said: " [[Touch]] me not, Mary, for I am not as you knew me in the [[flesh]]. In this [[form]] will I tarry with you for a [[season]] before I [[ascend]] to [[the Father]]. But go, all of you, now and tell my [[apostles]]—and [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]—that I have [[Resurrection|risen]], and that you have talked with me. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_20]

189:4.12 As [[Mary Magdalene|Mary]] sought to [[embrace]] his feet, [[Jesus]] said: " [[Touch]] me not, Mary, for I am not as you knew me in the [[flesh]]. In this [[form]] will I tarry with you for a [[season]] before I [[ascend]] to [[the Father]]. But go, all of you, now and tell my [[apostles]]—and [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]—that I have [[Resurrection|risen]], and that you have talked with me. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_20]

189:4.13 After these [[women]] had recovered from the [[shock]] of their [[amazement]], they hastened back to [[Jerusalem|the city]] and to the [[home]] of [[John Mark|Elijah Mark]], where they related to the ten [[apostles]] all that had happened to them; but [[the apostles]] were not inclined to [[believe]] them. They thought at first that the [[women]] had seen a [[vision]], but when [[Mary Magdalene]] repeated the [[words]] which [[Jesus]] had [[spoken]] to them, and when [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] heard his [[name]], he rushed out of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenacle upper chamber], followed closely by [[John, the Apostle|John]], in great haste to reach the [[tomb]] and see these things for himself.

189:4.13 After these [[women]] had recovered from the [[shock]] of their [[amazement]], they hastened back to [[Jerusalem|the city]] and to the [[home]] of [[John Mark|Elijah Mark]], where they related to the ten [[apostles]] all that had happened to them; but [[the apostles]] were not inclined to [[believe]] them. They thought at first that the [[women]] had seen a [[vision]], but when [[Mary Magdalene]] repeated the [[words]] which [[Jesus]] had [[spoken]] to them, and when [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] heard his [[name]], he rushed out of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenacle upper chamber], followed closely by [[John, the Apostle|John]], in great haste to reach the [[tomb]] and see these things for himself.

189:4.14 The [[women]] [[repeated]] the [[story]] of [[talking]] with [[Jesus]] to the other [[apostles]], but they would not [[believe]]; and they would not go to find out for themselves as had [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and [[John, the Apostle|John]].

189:4.14 The [[women]] [[repeated]] the [[story]] of [[talking]] with [[Jesus]] to the other [[apostles]], but they would not [[believe]]; and they would not go to find out for themselves as had [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and [[John, the Apostle|John]].

==189:5. PETER AND JOHN AT THE TOMB==

==189:5. PETER AND JOHN AT THE TOMB==

189:5.1 As the two apostles raced for Golgotha and the tomb of Joseph, Peter's thoughts alternated between fear and hope; he feared to meet the Master, but his hope was aroused by the story that Jesus had sent special word to him. He was half persuaded that Jesus was really alive; he recalled the promise to rise on the third day. Strange to relate, this promise had not occurred to him since the crucifixion until this moment as he hurried north through Jerusalem. As John hastened out of the city, a strange ecstasy of joy and hope welled up in his soul. He was half convinced that the women really had seen the risen Master.

189:5.1 As the [[two]] [[apostles]] raced for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvary Golgotha] and the [[tomb]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph], [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]'s [[thoughts]] alternated between [[fear]] and [[hope]]; he feared to meet [[the Master]], but his [[hope]] was aroused by the [[story]] that [[Jesus]] had sent special [[word]] to him. He was half persuaded that [[Jesus]] was really alive; he recalled the [[promise]] to rise on the third day. [[Strange]] to relate, this [[promise]] had not occurred to him since the [[crucifixion]] until this [[moment]] as he hurried north through [[Jerusalem]]. As [[John, the Apostle|John]] hastened out of the [[city]], a strange [[ecstasy]] of [[joy]] and [[hope]] welled up in his [[soul]]. He was half convinced that the [[women]] really had seen the [[Resurrection|risen]] [[the Master|Master]].

189:5.2 John, being younger than Peter, outran him and arrived first at the tomb. John tarried at the door, viewing the tomb, and it was just as Mary had described it. Very soon Simon Peter rushed up and, entering, saw the same empty tomb with the grave cloths so peculiarly arranged. And when Peter had come out, John also went in and saw it all for himself, and then they sat down on the stone to ponder the meaning of what they had seen and heard. And while they sat there, they turned over in their minds all that had been told them about Jesus, but they could not clearly perceive what had happened.

189:5.2 [[John, the Apostle|John]], being younger than [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], outran him and arrived first at the [[tomb]]. [[John, the Apostle|John]] tarried at the door, viewing the [[tomb]], and it was just as [[Mary Magdalene|Mary]] had described it. Very soon [[Simon Peter]] rushed up and, entering, saw the same empty [[tomb]] with the grave cloths so peculiarly arranged. And when [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] had come out, [[John, the Apostle|John]] also went in and saw it all for himself, and then they sat down on the stone to [[ponder]] the [[meaning]] of what they had seen and heard. And while they sat there, they turned over in their [[minds]] all that had been told them about [[Jesus]], but they could not clearly [[perceive]] what had happened.

189:5.3 Peter at first suggested that the grave had been rifled, that enemies had stolen the body, perhaps bribed the guards. But John reasoned that the grave would hardly have been left so orderly if the body had been stolen, and he also raised the question as to how the bandages happened to be left behind, and so apparently intact. And again they both went back into the tomb more closely to examine the grave cloths. As they came out of the tomb the second time, they found Mary Magdalene returned and weeping before the entrance. Mary had gone to the apostles believing that Jesus had risen from the grave, but when they all refused to believe her report, she became downcast and despairing. She longed to go back near the tomb, where she thought she had heard the familiar voice of Jesus.

189:5.3 [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] at first suggested that the [[grave]] had been rifled, that [[enemies]] had stolen the [[body]], perhaps [[bribed]] the guards. But [[John, the Apostle|John]] reasoned that the [[grave]] would hardly have been left so orderly if the [[body]] had been [[stolen]], and he also raised the [[question]] as to how the bandages happened to be left behind, and so apparently intact. And again they both went back into the [[tomb]] more closely to [[examine]] the grave cloths. As they came out of the [[tomb]] the second time, they found [[Mary Magdalene]] returned and [[weeping]] before the entrance. [[Mary Magdalene|Mary]] had gone to [[the apostles]] believing that [[Jesus]] had risen from the [[grave]], but when they all refused to [[believe]] her report, she became downcast and [[despairing]]. She longed to go back near the [[tomb]], where she [[thought]] she had heard the familiar [[voice]] of [[Jesus]].

189:5.4 As Mary lingered after Peter and John had gone, the Master again appeared to her, saying:" Be not doubting; have the courage to believe what you have seen and heard. Go back to my apostles and again tell them that I have risen, that I will appear to them, and that presently I will go before them into Galilee as I promised. "

189:5.4 As [[Mary Magdalene|Mary]] lingered after [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and [[John, the Apostle|John]] had gone, [[the Master]] again [[appeared]] to her, saying:" Be not [[doubting]]; have the [[courage]] to [[believe]] what you have seen and heard. Go back to my [[apostles]] and again tell them that I have [[Resurrection|risen]], that I will appear to them, and that presently I will go before them into [[Galilee]] as I [[promised]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_28]

189:5.5 Mary hurried back to the Mark home and told the apostles she had again talked with Jesus, but they would not believe her. But when Peter and John returned, they ceased to ridicule and became filled with fear and apprehension.

189:5.5 [[Mary Magdalene|Mary]] hurried back to the [[John Mark|Mark]] [[home]] and told [[the apostles]] she had again [[talked]] with [[Jesus]], but they would not [[believe]] her. But when [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and [[John, the Apostle|John]] returned, they ceased to [[ridicule]] and became filled with [[fear]] and apprehension.

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