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==PAPER 193: FINAL APPEARANCES AND ASCENSION==

==PAPER 193: FINAL APPEARANCES AND ASCENSION==

193:0.1 The sixteenth [[morontia]] [[manifestation]] of [[Jesus]] occurred on Friday, May 5, in the [[courtyard]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicodemus Nicodemus], about nine o'clock at night. On this evening the [[Jerusalem]] [[believers]] had made their first attempt to get [[together]] since the [[resurrection]]. Assembled here at this [[time]] were the eleven [[apostles]], [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_150#150:1._THE_WOMEN.27S_EVANGELISTIC_CORPS the women's corps] and their [[associates]], and about fifty other leading [[disciples]] of [[the Master]], including a number of the [[Greeks]]. This company of [[believers]] had been [[visiting]] [[informally]] for more than half an hour when, suddenly, the [[morontia]] [[the Master|Master]] [[appeared]] in full view and [[immediately]] began to [[Teaching|instruct]] them. Said [[Jesus]]:

193:0.1 The sixteenth [[morontia]] [[manifestation]] of [[Jesus]] occurred on Friday, May 5, in the [[courtyard]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicodemus Nicodemus], about nine o'clock at night. On this evening the [[Jerusalem]] [[believers]] had made their first attempt to get [[together]] since the [[resurrection]]. Assembled here at this [[time]] were the eleven [[apostles]], [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_150#150:1._THE_WOMEN.27S_EVANGELISTIC_CORPS the women's corps] and their [[associates]], and about fifty other leading [[disciples]] of [[the Master]], including a number of the [[Greeks]]. This company of [[believers]] had been [[visiting]] [[informally]] for more than half an hour when, suddenly, the [[morontia]] [[the Master|Master]] [[appeared]] in full view and [[immediately]] began to [[Teaching|instruct]] them. Said [[Jesus]]:

193:0.2 " [[Peace]] be upon you. This is the most [[representative]] [[group]] of [[believers]]—[[apostles]] and [[disciples]], both [[men]] and [[women]]—to which I have [[appeared]] since the time of my [[deliverance]] from the [[flesh]]. I now call you to [[witness]] that I told you beforehand that my [[sojourn]] among you must come to an end; I told you that presently I must return to [[the Father]]. And then I plainly told you how the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen_Gadol chief priests] and the [[Sanhedrin|rulers]] of the [[Jews]] would deliver me up to be put to [[death]], and that I would [[Resurrection|rise]] from the [[grave]]. Why, then, did you allow yourselves to become so disconcerted by all this when it came to pass? and why were you so [[surprised]] when I rose from the [[tomb]] on the third day? You [[failed]] to believe me because you heard my [[words]] without [[comprehending]] the [[meaning]] thereof.

193:0.2 " [[Peace]] be upon you. This is the most [[representative]] [[group]] of [[believers]]—[[apostles]] and [[disciples]], both [[men]] and [[women]]—to which I have [[appeared]] since the time of my [[deliverance]] from the [[flesh]]. I now call you to [[witness]] that I told you beforehand that my [[sojourn]] among you must come to an end; I told you that presently I must return to [[the Father]]. And then I plainly told you how the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen_Gadol chief priests] and the [[Sanhedrin|rulers]] of the [[Jews]] would deliver me up to be put to [[death]], and that I would [[Resurrection|rise]] from the [[grave]]. Why, then, did you allow yourselves to become so disconcerted by all this when it came to pass? and why were you so [[surprised]] when I rose from the [[tomb]] on the third day? You [[failed]] to believe me because you heard my [[words]] without [[comprehending]] the [[meaning]] thereof.

193:0.3 " And now you should give ear to my [[words]] lest you again make the mistake of hearing my [[teaching]] with the [[mind]] while in your [[hearts]] you fail to [[comprehend]] the [[meaning]]. From the beginning of my [[sojourn]] as one of you, I taught you that my one [[purpose]] was to [[reveal]] [[the Father|my Father]] in [[heaven]] to his [[children]] on [[earth]]. I have lived the [[God]]-[[revealing]] [[Paper 120 - The Bestowal of Michael on Urantia|bestowal]] that you might [[experience]] the [[God]]-knowing [[career]]. I have [[revealed]] [[God]] as y[[our Father]] in heaven; I have [[revealed]] you as the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God] on [[earth]]. It is a [[fact]] that [[God]] loves you, his sons. By [[faith]] in my [[word]] this [[fact]] becomes an [[eternal]] and [[living]] [[truth]] in your [[hearts]]. When, by [[living]] [[faith]], you become [[divinely]] [[God-conscious]], you are then [[born]] of the [[spirit]] as [[children]] of [[light and life]], even the [[eternal]] life wherewith you shall [[Ascension Career|ascend]] the [[universe of universes]] and [[attain]] the [[experience]] of finding [[God]] [[the Father]] on [[Paradise]].

193:0.3 " And now you should give ear to my [[words]] lest you again make the mistake of hearing my [[teaching]] with the [[mind]] while in your [[hearts]] you fail to [[comprehend]] the [[meaning]]. From the beginning of my [[sojourn]] as one of you, I taught you that my one [[purpose]] was to [[reveal]] [[the Father|my Father]] in [[heaven]] to his [[children]] on [[earth]]. I have lived the [[God]]-[[revealing]] [[Paper 120 - The Bestowal of Michael on Urantia|bestowal]] that you might [[experience]] the [[God]]-knowing [[career]]. I have [[revealed]] [[God]] as y[[our Father]] in heaven; I have [[revealed]] you as the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God] on [[earth]]. It is a [[fact]] that [[God]] loves you, his sons. By [[faith]] in my [[word]] this [[fact]] becomes an [[eternal]] and [[living]] [[truth]] in your [[hearts]]. When, by [[living]] [[faith]], you become [[divinely]] [[God-conscious]], you are then [[born]] of the [[spirit]] as [[children]] of [[light and life]], even the [[eternal]] life wherewith you shall [[Ascension Career|ascend]] the [[universe of universes]] and [[attain]] the [[experience]] of finding [[God]] [[the Father]] on [[Paradise]].

193:0.4 " I [[admonish]] you ever to [[remember]] that your [[mission]] among men is to [[proclaim]] the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]—the [[reality]] of the [[fatherhood]] of [[God]] and the [[truth]] of the [[sonship]] of [[man]]. [[Proclaim]] the whole [[truth]] of the good news, not just a part of the saving [[gospel]]. Your [[message]] is not changed by my [[resurrection]] [[experience]]. [[Sonship]] with [[God]], by [[faith]], is still the saving [[truth]] of the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. You are to go forth [[preaching]] the [[love]] of [[God]] and the [[service]] of [[man]]. That which the world needs most to [[know]] is: Men are the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God], and through [[faith]] they can actually [[realize]], and daily [[experience]], this [[ennobling]] [[truth]]. [[Paper 120 - The Bestowal of Michael on Urantia|My bestowal]] should help all men to know that they are the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD children of God], but such [[knowledge]] will not suffice if they [[fail]] [[personally]] to [[faith]]-grasp the saving [[truth]] that they are the living spirit sons of [[the Father|the eternal Father]]. The [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] is concerned with the [[love]] of [[the Father]] and the [[service]] of his [[children]] on [[earth]].

193:0.4 " I [[admonish]] you ever to [[remember]] that your [[mission]] among men is to [[proclaim]] the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]—the [[reality]] of the [[fatherhood]] of [[God]] and the [[truth]] of the [[sonship]] of [[man]]. [[Proclaim]] the whole [[truth]] of the good news, not just a part of the saving [[gospel]]. Your [[message]] is not changed by my [[resurrection]] [[experience]]. [[Sonship]] with [[God]], by [[faith]], is still the saving [[truth]] of the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. You are to go forth [[preaching]] the [[love]] of [[God]] and the [[service]] of [[man]]. That which the world needs most to [[know]] is: Men are the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God], and through [[faith]] they can actually [[realize]], and daily [[experience]], this [[ennobling]] [[truth]]. [[Paper 120 - The Bestowal of Michael on Urantia|My bestowal]] should help all men to know that they are the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD children of God], but such [[knowledge]] will not suffice if they [[fail]] [[personally]] to [[faith]]-grasp the saving [[truth]] that they are the living spirit sons of [[the Father|the eternal Father]]. The [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] is concerned with the [[love]] of [[the Father]] and the [[service]] of his [[children]] on [[earth]].

193:0.5 " Among yourselves, here, you [[share]] the [[knowledge]] that I have [[Resurrection|risen]] from the [[dead]], but that is not [[strange]]. I have the [[power]] to lay down my life and to take it up again; [[the Father]] gives such [[power]] to his [[Paradise Sons]]. You should the rather be stirred in your [[hearts]] by the [[knowledge]] that the dead of an age entered upon the [[eternal]] [[ascent]] soon after I left [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph]'s new [[tomb]]. I lived my life in the [[flesh]] to show how you can, through [[loving]] [[service]], become [[God]]-[[revealing]] to your fellow men even as, by loving you and serving you, I have become [[God]]-[[revealing]] to you. I have lived among you as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] that you, and all other men, might know that you are all indeed the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God]. Therefore, go you now into all the world [[preaching]] this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] of heaven to all men. [[Love]] all men as I have loved you; serve your fellow [[mortals]] as I have served you. [[Free]]ly you have [[received]], freely give. Only tarry here in [[Jerusalem]] while I go to [[the Father]], and until I send you the [[Spirit of Truth]]. He shall lead you into the enlarged [[truth]], and I will go with you into all the world. I am with you always, and my [[peace]] I leave with you. "

193:0.5 " Among yourselves, here, you [[share]] the [[knowledge]] that I have [[Resurrection|risen]] from the [[dead]], but that is not [[strange]]. I have the [[power]] to lay down my life and to take it up again; [[the Father]] gives such [[power]] to his [[Paradise Sons]]. You should the rather be stirred in your [[hearts]] by the [[knowledge]] that the dead of an age entered upon the [[eternal]] [[ascent]] soon after I left [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph]'s new [[tomb]]. I lived my life in the [[flesh]] to show how you can, through [[loving]] [[service]], become [[God]]-[[revealing]] to your fellow men even as, by loving you and serving you, I have become [[God]]-[[revealing]] to you. I have lived among you as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] that you, and all other men, might know that you are all indeed the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God]. Therefore, go you now into all the world [[preaching]] this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] of heaven to all men. [[Love]] all men as I have loved you; serve your fellow [[mortals]] as I have served you. [[Free]]ly you have [[received]], freely give. Only tarry here in [[Jerusalem]] while I go to [[the Father]], and until I send you the [[Spirit of Truth]]. He shall lead you into the enlarged [[truth]], and I will go with you into all the world. I am with you always, and my [[peace]] I leave with you. "

193:0.6 When [[the Master]] had [[spoken]] to them, he vanished from their [[sight]]. It was near [[Dawn|daybreak]] before these [[believers]] [[dispersed]]; all night they remained [[together]], earnestly [[discussing]] [[the Master]]'s [[admonitions]] and [[contemplating]] all that had befallen them. [[James Zebedee]] and others of [[the apostles]] also told them of their [[experiences]] with the [[Paper 192 - Appearances in Galilee|morontia Master in Galilee]] and [[recited]] how he had [[three]] times [[appeared]] to them.

193:0.6 When [[the Master]] had [[spoken]] to them, he vanished from their [[sight]]. It was near [[Dawn|daybreak]] before these [[believers]] [[dispersed]]; all night they remained [[together]], earnestly [[discussing]] [[the Master]]'s [[admonitions]] and [[contemplating]] all that had befallen them. [[James Zebedee]] and others of [[the apostles]] also told them of their [[experiences]] with the [[Paper 192 - Appearances in Galilee|morontia Master in Galilee]] and [[recited]] how he had [[three]] times [[appeared]] to them.

==193:1. THE APPEARANCE AT SYCHAR==

==193:1. THE APPEARANCE AT SYCHAR==

193:1.1 About four o'clock on [[Sabbath]] afternoon, May 13, [[the Master]] appeared to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_143#143:5._THE_WOMAN_OF_SYCHAR Nalda] and about seventy-five [[Samaritan]] [[believers]] near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob's_well Jacob's well], at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shechem Sychar]. The [[believers]] were in the [[habit]] of [[meeting]] at this place, near where [[Jesus]] had spoken to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_143#143:5._THE_WOMAN_OF_SYCHAR Nalda] concerning the [[water]] of life. On this day, just as they had finished their [[discussions]] of the reported [[resurrection]], [[Jesus]] suddenly [[appeared]] before them, saying:

193:1.1 About four o'clock on [[Sabbath]] afternoon, May 13, [[the Master]] appeared to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_143#143:5._THE_WOMAN_OF_SYCHAR Nalda] and about seventy-five [[Samaritan]] [[believers]] near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob's_well Jacob's well], at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shechem Sychar]. The [[believers]] were in the [[habit]] of [[meeting]] at this place, near where [[Jesus]] had spoken to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_143#143:5._THE_WOMAN_OF_SYCHAR Nalda] concerning the [[water]] of life. On this day, just as they had finished their [[discussions]] of the reported [[resurrection]], [[Jesus]] suddenly [[appeared]] before them, saying:

193:1.2 " [[Peace]] be upon you. You [[rejoice]] to know that I am the [[resurrection]] and the life, but this will avail you nothing unless you are first [[born]] of the [[Thought Adjuster|eternal spirit]], thereby coming to [[possess]], by [[faith]], the [[gift]] of [[eternal]] life. If you are the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD faith sons of my Father], you shall never die; you shall not perish. The [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] has taught you that all men are the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God]. And this good news concerning the [[love]] of [[the heavenly Father]] for his [[children]] on [[earth]] must be carried to all the world. The [[time]] has come when you [[worship]] [[God]] neither on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Gerizim Gerizim] nor at [[Jerusalem]], but where you are, as you are, in [[spirit]] and in [[truth]]. It is your [[faith]] that saves your [[souls]].[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_4] [[Salvation]] is the [[gift]] of [[God]] to all who [[believe]] they are his sons. But be not [[deceived]]; while [[salvation]] is the [[free]] [[gift]] of [[God]] and is [[bestowed]] upon all who [[accept]] it by [[faith]], there follows the [[experience]] of bearing the [[fruits of this spirit]] life as it is lived in the [[flesh]]. The [[acceptance]] of the [[doctrine]] of the [[fatherhood]] of [[God]] implies that you also freely [[accept]] the [[associated]] [[truth]] of the [http://www.tentmaker.org/Quotes/humanity_brotherhood_quotes.html brotherhood of man]. And if man is your [[brother]], he is even more than your [[neighbor]], whom [[the Father]] requires you to [[love]] as yourself. Your [[brother]], being of your own [[family]], you will not only [[love]] with a [[family]] [[affection]], but you will also serve as you would serve yourself. And you will thus [[love]] and serve your brother because you, being my brethren, have been thus loved and served by me. Go, then, into all the world telling this good news to all [[creatures]] of every [[race]], [[tribe]], and [[nation]]. My spirit shall go before you, and I will be with you always. "

193:1.2 " [[Peace]] be upon you. You [[rejoice]] to know that I am the [[resurrection]] and the life, but this will avail you nothing unless you are first [[born]] of the [[Thought Adjuster|eternal spirit]], thereby coming to [[possess]], by [[faith]], the [[gift]] of [[eternal]] life. If you are the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD faith sons of my Father], you shall never die; you shall not perish. The [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] has taught you that all men are the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God]. And this good news concerning the [[love]] of [[the heavenly Father]] for his [[children]] on [[earth]] must be carried to all the world. The [[time]] has come when you [[worship]] [[God]] neither on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Gerizim Gerizim] nor at [[Jerusalem]], but where you are, as you are, in [[spirit]] and in [[truth]]. It is your [[faith]] that saves your [[souls]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_4] [[Salvation]] is the [[gift]] of [[God]] to all who [[believe]] they are his sons. But be not [[deceived]]; while [[salvation]] is the [[free]] [[gift]] of [[God]] and is [[bestowed]] upon all who [[accept]] it by [[faith]], there follows the [[experience]] of bearing the [[fruits of this spirit]] life as it is lived in the [[flesh]]. The [[acceptance]] of the [[doctrine]] of the [[fatherhood]] of [[God]] implies that you also freely [[accept]] the [[associated]] [[truth]] of the [http://www.tentmaker.org/Quotes/humanity_brotherhood_quotes.html brotherhood of man]. And if man is your [[brother]], he is even more than your [[neighbor]], whom [[the Father]] requires you to [[love]] as yourself. Your [[brother]], being of your own [[family]], you will not only [[love]] with a [[family]] [[affection]], but you will also serve as you would serve yourself. And you will thus [[love]] and serve your brother because you, being my brethren, have been thus loved and served by me. Go, then, into all the world telling this good news to all [[creatures]] of every [[race]], [[tribe]], and [[nation]]. My spirit shall go before you, and I will be with you always. "

193:1.3 These [[Samaritans]] were greatly astonished at this [[appearance]] of [[the Master]], and they hastened off to the near-by towns and villages, where they published abroad the news that they had seen [[Jesus]], and that he had talked to them. And this was the seventeenth [[morontia]] [[appearance]] of [[the Master]].

193:1.3 These [[Samaritans]] were greatly astonished at this [[appearance]] of [[the Master]], and they hastened off to the near-by towns and villages, where they published abroad the news that they had seen [[Jesus]], and that he had talked to them. And this was the seventeenth [[morontia]] [[appearance]] of [[the Master]].

193:2.1 [[The Master]]'s eighteenth [[morontia]] [[appearance]] was at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyre,_Lebanon Tyre], on Tuesday, May 16, at a little before nine o'clock in the evening. Again he [[appeared]] at the close of a [[meeting]] of [[believers]], as they were about to [[disperse]], saying:

193:2.1 [[The Master]]'s eighteenth [[morontia]] [[appearance]] was at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyre,_Lebanon Tyre], on Tuesday, May 16, at a little before nine o'clock in the evening. Again he [[appeared]] at the close of a [[meeting]] of [[believers]], as they were about to [[disperse]], saying:

193:2.2 " [[Peace]] be upon you. You [[rejoice]] to know that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] has [[Resurrection|risen]] from the [[dead]] because you thereby know that you and your brethren shall also [[survive]] [[mortal]] [[death]]. But such [[survival]] is dependent on your having been previously [[born]] of the [[spirit]] of [[truth]]-seeking and [[God]]-finding. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_of_Life bread of life] and the [[water]] thereof are given only to those who [[hunger]] for [[truth]] and [[thirst]] for [[righteousness]]—for [[God]]. The [[fact]] that the [[Resurrection|dead rise]] is not the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. These great [[truths]] and these [[universe]] [[facts]] are all [[related]] to this [[gospel]] in that they are a [[part]] of the result of [[believing]] the good news and are [[embraced]] in the subsequent [[experience]] of those who, by [[faith]], become, in [[deed]] and in [[truth]], the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:7._FATHER-FUSED_MORTALS everlasting sons] of the [[eternal]] [[God]]. [[the Father|My Father]] sent me into the world to [[proclaim]] this [[salvation]] of [[sonship]] to all men. And so send I you abroad to [[preach]] this [[salvation]] of [[sonship]]. [[Salvation]] is the [[free]] [[gift]] of [[God]], but those who are [[born]] of the [[spirit]] will [[immediately]] begin to show forth the [[fruits of the spirit]] in loving [[service]] to their fellow [[creatures]]. And the [[Fruits of the spirit|fruits of the divine spirit]] which are yielded in the lives of [[spirit]]-[[born]] and [[God]]-[[knowing]] [[mortals]] are: [[loving]] [[service]], [[unselfish]] [[devotion]], [[courageous]] [[loyalty]], [[sincere]] [[fairness]], [[enlightened]] [[honesty]], undying [[hope]], confiding [[trust]], [[merciful]] ministry, unfailing [[goodness]], [[forgiving]] [[tolerance]], and [[enduring]] [[peace]]. If professed [[believers]] bear not these [[fruits of the divine spirit]] in their lives, they are [[dead]]; the [[Spirit of Truth]] is not in them; they are useless branches on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_180#180:2._THE_VINE_AND_THE_BRANCHES living vine], and they soon will be taken away. [[the Father|My Father]] requires of the [[children]] of [[faith]] that they bear much spirit fruit. If, therefore, you are not fruitful, he will dig about your [[roots]] and cut away your unfruitful branches. Increasingly, must you yield the [[fruits of the spirit]] as you [[progress]] heavenward in [[the kingdom]] of [[God]]. You may enter [[the kingdom]] as a child, but [[the Father]] requires that you [[grow]] up, by [[grace]], to the full stature of [[spiritual]] [[Maturity|adulthood]]. And when you go abroad to tell all [[nations]] the good news of this [[gospel]], I will go before you, and my [[Spirit of Truth]] shall abide in your [[hearts]]. My [[peace]] I leave with you. "

193:2.2 " [[Peace]] be upon you. You [[rejoice]] to know that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] has [[Resurrection|risen]] from the [[dead]] because you thereby know that you and your brethren shall also [[survive]] [[mortal]] [[death]]. But such [[survival]] is dependent on your having been previously [[born]] of the [[spirit]] of [[truth]]-seeking and [[God]]-finding. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_of_Life bread of life] and the [[water]] thereof are given only to those who [[hunger]] for [[truth]] and [[thirst]] for [[righteousness]]—for [[God]]. The [[fact]] that the [[Resurrection|dead rise]] is not the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. These great [[truths]] and these [[universe]] [[facts]] are all [[related]] to this [[gospel]] in that they are a [[part]] of the result of [[believing]] the good news and are [[embraced]] in the subsequent [[experience]] of those who, by [[faith]], become, in [[deed]] and in [[truth]], the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:7._FATHER-FUSED_MORTALS everlasting sons] of the [[eternal]] [[God]]. [[the Father|My Father]] sent me into the world to [[proclaim]] this [[salvation]] of [[sonship]] to all men. And so send I you abroad to [[preach]] this [[salvation]] of [[sonship]]. [[Salvation]] is the [[free]] [[gift]] of [[God]], but those who are [[born]] of the [[spirit]] will [[immediately]] begin to show forth the [[fruits of the spirit]] in loving [[service]] to their fellow [[creatures]]. And the [[Fruits of the spirit|fruits of the divine spirit]] which are yielded in the lives of [[spirit]]-[[born]] and [[God]]-[[knowing]] [[mortals]] are: [[loving]] [[service]], [[unselfish]] [[devotion]], [[courageous]] [[loyalty]], [[sincere]] [[fairness]], [[enlightened]] [[honesty]], undying [[hope]], confiding [[trust]], [[merciful]] ministry, unfailing [[goodness]], [[forgiving]] [[tolerance]], and [[enduring]] [[peace]]. If professed [[believers]] bear not these [[fruits of the divine spirit]] in their lives, they are [[dead]]; the [[Spirit of Truth]] is not in them; they are useless branches on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_180#180:2._THE_VINE_AND_THE_BRANCHES living vine], and they soon will be taken away. [[the Father|My Father]] requires of the [[children]] of [[faith]] that they bear much spirit fruit. If, therefore, you are not fruitful, he will dig about your [[roots]] and cut away your unfruitful branches. Increasingly, must you yield the [[fruits of the spirit]] as you [[progress]] heavenward in [[the kingdom]] of [[God]]. You may enter [[the kingdom]] as a child, but [[the Father]] requires that you [[grow]] up, by [[grace]], to the full stature of [[spiritual]] [[Maturity|adulthood]]. And when you go abroad to tell all [[nations]] the good news of this [[gospel]], I will go before you, and my [[Spirit of Truth]] shall abide in your [[hearts]]. My [[peace]] I leave with you. "

193:2.3 And then [[the Master]] disappeared from their [[sight]]. The next day there went out from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyre,_Lebanon Tyre] those who carried this [[story]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidon Sidon] and even to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioch Antioch] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus Damascus]. [[Jesus]] had been with these [[believers]] when he was in the [[flesh]], and they were quick to [[recognize]] him when he began to [[teach]] them. While his [[friends]] could not readily [[recognize]] his [[morontia]] [[form]] when made visible, they were never slow to identify his [[personality]] when he [[spoke]] to them.

193:2.3 And then [[the Master]] disappeared from their [[sight]]. The next day there went out from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyre,_Lebanon Tyre] those who carried this [[story]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidon Sidon] and even to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioch Antioch] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus Damascus]. [[Jesus]] had been with these [[believers]] when he was in the [[flesh]], and they were quick to [[recognize]] him when he began to [[teach]] them. While his [[friends]] could not readily [[recognize]] his [[morontia]] [[form]] when made visible, they were never slow to identify his [[personality]] when he [[spoke]] to them.

193:3.1 Early Thursday morning, May 18, [[Jesus]] made his last [[appearance]] on [[earth]] as a [[morontia]] [[personality]]. As the eleven [[apostles]] were about to sit down to breakfast in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenacle upper chamber] of [[Mary Mark]]'s home, [[Jesus]] appeared to them and said:

193:3.1 Early Thursday morning, May 18, [[Jesus]] made his last [[appearance]] on [[earth]] as a [[morontia]] [[personality]]. As the eleven [[apostles]] were about to sit down to breakfast in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenacle upper chamber] of [[Mary Mark]]'s home, [[Jesus]] appeared to them and said:

193:3.2 " [[Peace]] be upon you. I have asked you to tarry here in [[Jerusalem]] until I [[ascend]] to [[the Father]], even until I send you the [[Spirit of Truth]], who shall soon be poured out upon all [[flesh]], and who shall [[endow]] you with [[power]] from on high. " [[Simon Zelotes]] [[interrupted]] [[Jesus]], asking, " Then, Master, will you restore [[the kingdom]], and will we see the [[glory]] of [[God]] [[manifested]] on [[earth]]? " When [[Jesus]] had [[listened]] to [[Simon Zelotes|Simon]]'s [[question]], he answered: " Simon, you still cling to your old [[ideas]] about the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism Jewish Messiah] and the [[material]] kingdom. But you will [[receive]] [[spiritual]] [[power]] after [[Spirit of Truth|the spirit]] has [[descended]] upon you, and you will presently go into all the world [[preaching]] this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. As [[the Father]] sent me into the world, so do I send you. And I [[wish]] that you would [[love]] and [[trust]] one another. [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]] is no more with you because his [[love]] grew cold, and because he refused to [[trust]] you, his [[loyal]] brethren. Have you not [[read]] in the [[Scripture]] where it is written: `It is not [[good]] for man to be [[alone]].[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_genesis#Chapter_.2] No man lives to himself'? And also where it says: `He who would have [[friends]] must show himself friendly'? And did I not even send you out to [[teach]], [[two]] and two, that you might not become [[lonely]] and fall into the [[mischief]] and miseries of [[isolation]]? You also well know that, when I was in the [[flesh]], I did not permit myself to be [[alone]] for long periods. From the very beginning of our [[associations]] I always had [[two]] or [[three]] of you constantly by my side or else very near at hand even when I [[communed]] with [[the Father]]. [[Trust]], therefore, and [[confide]] in one another. And this is all the more needful since I am this day going to leave you [[alone]] in the world. The hour has come; I am about to go to [[the Father]]. "

193:3.2 " [[Peace]] be upon you. I have asked you to tarry here in [[Jerusalem]] until I [[ascend]] to [[the Father]], even until I send you the [[Spirit of Truth]], who shall soon be poured out upon all [[flesh]], and who shall [[endow]] you with [[power]] from on high. " [[Simon Zelotes]] [[interrupted]] [[Jesus]], asking, " Then, Master, will you restore [[the kingdom]], and will we see the [[glory]] of [[God]] [[manifested]] on [[earth]]? " When [[Jesus]] had [[listened]] to [[Simon Zelotes|Simon]]'s [[question]], he answered: " Simon, you still cling to your old [[ideas]] about the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism Jewish Messiah] and the [[material]] kingdom. But you will [[receive]] [[spiritual]] [[power]] after [[Spirit of Truth|the spirit]] has [[descended]] upon you, and you will presently go into all the world [[preaching]] this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. As [[the Father]] sent me into the world, so do I send you. And I [[wish]] that you would [[love]] and [[trust]] one another. [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]] is no more with you because his [[love]] grew cold, and because he refused to [[trust]] you, his [[loyal]] brethren. Have you not [[read]] in the [[Scripture]] where it is written: `It is not [[good]] for man to be [[alone]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_genesis#Chapter_.2] No man lives to himself'? And also where it says: `He who would have [[friends]] must show himself friendly'? And did I not even send you out to [[teach]], [[two]] and two, that you might not become [[lonely]] and fall into the [[mischief]] and miseries of [[isolation]]? You also well know that, when I was in the [[flesh]], I did not permit myself to be [[alone]] for long periods. From the very beginning of our [[associations]] I always had [[two]] or [[three]] of you constantly by my side or else very near at hand even when I [[communed]] with [[the Father]]. [[Trust]], therefore, and [[confide]] in one another. And this is all the more needful since I am this day going to leave you [[alone]] in the world. The hour has come; I am about to go to [[the Father]]. "

193:3.3 When he had [[spoken]], he beckoned for them to come with him, and he led them out on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Mount of Olives], where he bade them [[farewell]] [[preparatory]] to departing from [[Urantia]]. This was a [[solemn]] [[journey]] to Olivet. Not a [[word]] was [[spoken]] by any of them from the [[time]] they left the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenacle upper chamber] until [[Jesus]] paused with them on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Mount of Olives].

193:3.3 When he had [[spoken]], he beckoned for them to come with him, and he led them out on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Mount of Olives], where he bade them [[farewell]] [[preparatory]] to departing from [[Urantia]]. This was a [[solemn]] [[journey]] to Olivet. Not a [[word]] was [[spoken]] by any of them from the [[time]] they left the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenacle upper chamber] until [[Jesus]] paused with them on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Mount of Olives].

193:5.1 It was almost half past seven o'clock this Thursday [[morning]], May 18, when [[Jesus]] arrived on the western slope of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Mount Olivet] with his eleven [[silent]] and somewhat bewildered [[apostles]]. From this location, about two thirds the way up the [[mountain]], they could look out over [[Jerusalem]] and down upon [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gethsemane Gethsemane]. [[Jesus]] now [[prepared]] to say his last [[farewell]] to [[the apostles]] before he took leave of [[Urantia]]. As he stood there before them, without being directed they knelt about him in a [[circle]], and [[the Master]] said:

193:5.1 It was almost half past seven o'clock this Thursday [[morning]], May 18, when [[Jesus]] arrived on the western slope of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Mount Olivet] with his eleven [[silent]] and somewhat bewildered [[apostles]]. From this location, about two thirds the way up the [[mountain]], they could look out over [[Jerusalem]] and down upon [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gethsemane Gethsemane]. [[Jesus]] now [[prepared]] to say his last [[farewell]] to [[the apostles]] before he took leave of [[Urantia]]. As he stood there before them, without being directed they knelt about him in a [[circle]], and [[the Master]] said:

193:5.2 " I bade you tarry in [[Jerusalem]] until you were [[endowed]] with [[power]] from on high. I am now about to take leave of you; I am about to [[ascend]] to [[the Father|my Father]], and soon, very soon, will we send into this world of my [[sojourn]] the [[Spirit of Truth]]; and when he has come, you shall begin the new [[proclamation]] of the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]], first in [[Jerusalem]] and then to the uttermost parts of the world. [[Love]] men with the love wherewith I have loved you and serve your fellow [[mortals]] even as I have served you. By the [[Fruits of the spirit.|spirit fruits]] of your lives impel [[souls]] to [[believe]] the [[truth]] that man is a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE son of God], and that all men are brethren. [[Remember]] all I have taught you and the life I have lived among you. My [[love]] overshadows you, [[Spirit of Truth|my spirit]] will dwell with you, and my [[peace]] shall abide upon you. [[Farewell]]. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_24]

193:5.2 " I bade you tarry in [[Jerusalem]] until you were [[endowed]] with [[power]] from on high. I am now about to take leave of you; I am about to [[ascend]] to [[the Father|my Father]], and soon, very soon, will we send into this world of my [[sojourn]] the [[Spirit of Truth]]; and when he has come, you shall begin the new [[proclamation]] of the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]], first in [[Jerusalem]] and then to the uttermost parts of the world. [[Love]] men with the love wherewith I have loved you and serve your fellow [[mortals]] even as I have served you. By the [[Fruits of the spirit.|spirit fruits]] of your lives impel [[souls]] to [[believe]] the [[truth]] that man is a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE son of God], and that all men are brethren. [[Remember]] all I have taught you and the life I have lived among you. My [[love]] overshadows you, [[Spirit of Truth|my spirit]] will dwell with you, and my [[peace]] shall abide upon you. [[Farewell]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_24]

193:5.3 When the [[morontia]] [[the Master|Master]] had thus [[spoken]], he vanished from their [[sight]]. This so-called [[ascension]] of [[Jesus]] was in no way [[different]] from his other disappearances from [[mortal]] [[vision]] during the forty days of his [[morontia]] [[career]] on [[Urantia]].

193:5.3 When the [[morontia]] [[the Master|Master]] had thus [[spoken]], he vanished from their [[sight]]. This so-called [[ascension]] of [[Jesus]] was in no way [[different]] from his other disappearances from [[mortal]] [[vision]] during the forty days of his [[morontia]] [[career]] on [[Urantia]].

193:5.4 [[The Master]] went to [[Edentia]] by way of [[Jerusem]], where the [[Most Highs]], under the [[observation]] of the [[Paper 20 - The Paradise Sons of God|Paradise Son]], released [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] from the [[morontia]] [[state]] and, through the [[spirit]] [[channels]] of [[ascension]], returned him to the [[status]] of [[Paper 20 - The Paradise Sons of God|Paradise sonship]] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:5._RELATION_OF_MASTER_SONS_TO_THE_UNIVERSE supreme sovereignty] on [[Salvington]].

193:5.4 [[The Master]] went to [[Edentia]] by way of [[Jerusem]], where the [[Most Highs]], under the [[observation]] of the [[Paper 20 - The Paradise Sons of God|Paradise Son]], released [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] from the [[morontia]] [[state]] and, through the [[spirit]] [[channels]] of [[ascension]], returned him to the [[status]] of [[Paper 20 - The Paradise Sons of God|Paradise sonship]] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:5._RELATION_OF_MASTER_SONS_TO_THE_UNIVERSE supreme sovereignty] on [[Salvington]].

193:5.5 It was about seven forty-five this [[morning]] when the [[morontia]] [[Jesus]] disappeared from the [[observation]] of his eleven [[apostles]] to begin the [[ascent]] to the right hand of [[the Father|his Father]], there to [[receive]] [[formal]] [[confirmation]] of his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:3._LOCAL_UNIVERSE_SOVEREIGNTY completed sovereignty] of the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]].

193:5.5 It was about seven forty-five this [[morning]] when the [[morontia]] [[Jesus]] disappeared from the [[observation]] of his eleven [[apostles]] to begin the [[ascent]] to the right hand of [[the Father|his Father]], there to [[receive]] [[formal]] [[confirmation]] of his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:3._LOCAL_UNIVERSE_SOVEREIGNTY completed sovereignty] of the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]].

==193:6. PETER CALLS A MEETING==

==193:6. PETER CALLS A MEETING==

193:6.1 [[Acting]] upon the instruction of [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], [[John Mark]] and others went forth to call the [[leading]] [[disciples]] [[together]] at the [[home]] of [[Mary Mark]]. By ten thirty, one hundred and twenty of the foremost [[disciples]] of [[Jesus]] living in [[Jerusalem]] had forgathered to hear the report of the [[farewell]] [[message]] of [[the Master]] and to [[learn]] of his [[ascension]]. Among this company was [[Mother Mary|Mary]] the [[mother]] of [[Jesus]]. She had returned to [[Jerusalem]] with [[John Zebedee]] when [[the apostles]] came back from their recent [[sojourn]] in [[Galilee]]. Soon after [[Pentecost]] she returned to the [[home]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salome_(disciple) Salome] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Just James]] the [[brother]] of [[Jesus]] was also present at this [[meeting]], the first [[conference]] of [[the Master]]'s [[disciples]] to be called after the termination of his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 planetary career].

193:6.1 [[Acting]] upon the instruction of [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], [[John Mark]] and others went forth to call the [[leading]] [[disciples]] [[together]] at the [[home]] of [[Mary Mark]]. By ten thirty, one hundred and twenty of the foremost [[disciples]] of [[Jesus]] living in [[Jerusalem]] had forgathered to hear the report of the [[farewell]] [[message]] of [[the Master]] and to [[learn]] of his [[ascension]]. Among this company was [[Mother Mary|Mary]] the [[mother]] of [[Jesus]]. She had returned to [[Jerusalem]] with [[John Zebedee]] when [[the apostles]] came back from their recent [[sojourn]] in [[Galilee]]. Soon after [[Pentecost]] she returned to the [[home]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salome_(disciple) Salome] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Just James]] the [[brother]] of [[Jesus]] was also present at this [[meeting]], the first [[conference]] of [[the Master]]'s [[disciples]] to be called after the termination of his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 planetary career].

193:6.2 [[Simon Peter]] took it upon himself to [[speak]] for his fellow [[apostles]] and made a thrilling report of the last [[meeting]] of [[the eleven]] with their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_(form_of_address) Master] and most [[touchingly]] portrayed [[the Master]]'s final [[farewell]] and his [[ascension]] disappearance. It was a [[meeting]] the like of which had never before occurred on this world. This [[part]] of the meeting lasted not quite one hour. [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] then [[explained]] that they had [[decided]] to [[choose]] a successor to [[Judas Iscariot]], and that a recess would be granted to enable [[the apostles]] to [[decide]] between the [[two]] men who had been suggested for this position, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_the_Apostle Matthias] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justus_of_Eleutheropolis Justus].

193:6.2 [[Simon Peter]] took it upon himself to [[speak]] for his fellow [[apostles]] and made a thrilling report of the last [[meeting]] of [[the eleven]] with their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_(form_of_address) Master] and most [[touchingly]] portrayed [[the Master]]'s final [[farewell]] and his [[ascension]] disappearance. It was a [[meeting]] the like of which had never before occurred on this world. This [[part]] of the meeting lasted not quite one hour. [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] then [[explained]] that they had [[decided]] to [[choose]] a successor to [[Judas Iscariot]], and that a recess would be granted to enable [[the apostles]] to [[decide]] between the [[two]] men who had been suggested for this position, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_the_Apostle Matthias] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justus_of_Eleutheropolis Justus].

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