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The night before they left Pella, Jesus gave the apostles some further instruction with regard to the new kingdom. Said the Master:

The night before they left Pella, Jesus gave the apostles some further instruction with regard to the new kingdom.  

 

Said the Master:

*"You have been taught to look for the coming of the kingdom of God, and now I come announcing that this long-looked-for kingdom is near at hand, even that it is already here and in our midst. In every kingdom there must be a king seated upon his throne and decreeing the laws of the realm. So have you developed a concept of the kingdom of heaven as a glorified rule of the Jewish people over all the peoples of the earth with Messiah sitting on David's throne and from this place of miraculous power promulgating the laws of all the world.  

*"You have been taught to look for the coming of the kingdom of God, and now I come announcing that this long-looked-for kingdom is near at hand, even that it is already here and in our midst. In every kingdom there must be a king seated upon his throne and decreeing the laws of the realm. So have you developed a concept of the kingdom of heaven as a glorified rule of the Jewish people over all the peoples of the earth with Messiah sitting on David's throne and from this place of miraculous power promulgating the laws of all the world.  

Some of the apostles grasped something of this teaching, but none of them comprehended the full significance of this tremendous announcement.

Some of the apostles grasped something of this teaching, but none of them comprehended the full significance of this tremendous announcement.

====The Sojourn at Amathus====

====The Sojourn at Amathus====