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173:5.1 After the [[scribes]] and rulers had withdrawn, [[Jesus]] addressed himself again to the assembled crowd and [[spoke]] the [[parable]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_great_banquet wedding feast]. He said:
173:5.2 " [[The kingdom]] of heaven may be likened to a certain [[king]] who made a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_reception marriage feast] for his son and dispatched [[messengers]] to call those who had previously been [[invited]] to the [[feast]] to come, saying, `Everything is ready for the [[marriage]] supper at the [[king]]'s palace.' Now, many of those who had once [[promised]] to attend, at this time refused to come. When the [[king]] heard of these [[rejections]] of his [[invitation]], he sent other servants and [[messengers]], saying: `Tell all those who were bidden, to come, for, behold, my dinner is ready. My oxen and my [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatted_calf fatlings] are killed, and all is in readiness for the [[celebration]] of the forthcoming [[marriage]] of my son.' But again did the thoughtless make light of this call of their [[king]], and they went their ways, one to the [[farm]], another to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottery pottery], and others to their [[merchandise]]. Still others were not content thus to slight the [[king]]'s call, but in open [[rebellion]] they laid hands on the [[king]]'s [[messengers]] and [[shamefully]] mistreated them, even [[killing]] some of them. And when the [[king]] [[perceived]] that his [[Chosen People|chosen]] guests, even those who had [[accepted]] his preliminary [[invitation]] and had [[promised]] to attend the wedding feast, had finally [[rejected]] his call and in [[rebellion]] had [[assaulted]] and slain his chosen [[messengers]], he was exceedingly [[wroth]]. And then this [[insulted]] [[king]] ordered out his [[armies]] and the armies of his allies and instructed them to destroy these [[rebellious]] [[murder]]ers and to burn down their [[city]].
173:5.3 " And when he had [[punished]] those who spurned his [[invitation]], he appointed yet another day for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_reception wedding feast] and said to his [[messengers]]: `They who were first bidden to the [[wedding]] were not [[worthy]]; so go now into the [[parting of the ways]] and into the highways and even beyond the borders of the [[city]], and as many as you shall find, bid even these strangers to come in and attend this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_reception wedding feast].' And then these servants went out into the highways and the out-of-the-way places, and they gathered [[together]] as many as they found, [[good]] and bad, [[rich]] and [[poor]], so that at last the [[wedding]] chamber was filled with willing guests. When all was ready, the [[king]] came in to view his guests, and much to his [[surprise]] he saw there a man without a [[wedding]] [[garment]]. The [[king]], since he had freely provided wedding garments for all his guests, addressing this man, said: `[[Friend]], how is it that you come into my guest chamber on this [[occasion]] without a wedding garment?' And this unprepared man was [[speechless]]. Then said the [[king]] to his servants: `Cast out this thoughtless guest from my house to [[share]] the lot of all the others who have spurned my [[hospitality]] and [[rejected]] my call. I will have none here except those who delight to [[accept]] my [[invitation]], and who do me the [[honor]] to wear those guest [[garments]] so freely [[provided]] for all.' "
173:5.4 After [[speaking]] this [[parable]], [[Jesus]] was about to dismiss [[the multitude]] when a [[sympathetic]] [[believer]], making his way through the crowds toward him, asked: " But, Master, how shall we know about these [[things]]? how shall we be ready for the [[king]]'s [[invitation]]? what sign will you give us whereby we shall know that you are the [[Creator Son|Son of God]]? " And when [[the Master]] heard this, he said, " Only one [[sign]] shall be given you. " And then, pointing to his own [[body]], he continued, " Destroy this [[temple]], and in [[three]] days I will [[Resurrection|raise it up]]. " But they did not [[understand]] him, and as they [[dispersed]], they talked among themselves, saying, " Almost fifty years has this [[temple]] been in building, and yet he says he will destroy it and raise it up in [[three]] days. " Even his own [[apostles]] did not [[comprehend]] the significance of this [[utterance]], but subsequently, after his [[resurrection]], they recalled what he had said.
173:5.5 About four o'clock this afternoon [[Jesus]] beckoned to his [[apostles]] and indicated that he [[desired]] to leave [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple] and to go to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany] for their evening meal and a night of [[rest]]. On the way up [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Olivet] [[Jesus]] instructed [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]], [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]], and [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] that, on the morrow, they should [[establish]] a camp nearer the [[city]] which they could occupy during the remainder of the [[Passover]] week. In compliance with this instruction the following [[morning]] they pitched their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tents tents] in the hillside ravine overlooking the [[public]] camping park of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gethsemane Gethsemane], on a plot of ground belonging to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_125#125:2._JESUS_AND_THE_PASSOVER Simon of Bethany].
173:5.6 Again it was a [[silent]] [[group]] of [[Jews]] who made their way up the western slope of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Olivet] on this Monday night. These [[the Apostles|twelve men]], as never before, were beginning to sense that something [[tragic]] was about to happen. While the [[dramatic]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_173#173:1._CLEANSING_THE_TEMPLE cleansing of the temple] during the early [[morning]] had aroused their [[hopes]] of seeing [[the Master]] assert himself and [[manifest]] his mighty [[powers]], the [[events]] of the entire afternoon only operated as an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-climax_(narrative) anticlimax] in that they all pointed to the certain [[rejection]] of [[Jesus]]' teaching by the [[Jewish]] [[authorities]]. [[The apostles]] were gripped by [[suspense]] and were held in the firm grasp of a terrible [[uncertainty]]. They [[realized]] that only a few short days could [[intervene]] between the [[events]] of the day just passed and the crash of an impending [[doom]]. They all felt that something tremendous was about to happen, but they knew not what to [[expect]]. They went to their various places for [[rest]], but they [[slept]] very little. Even the [[Alpheus twins]] were at last [[Awake|aroused]] to the [[realization]] that the [[events]] of [[the Master]]'s life were moving swiftly toward their final culmination.
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_173 Go to Paper 173]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 173 - Monday in Jerusalem]]
173:5.1 After the [[scribes]] and rulers had withdrawn, [[Jesus]] addressed himself again to the assembled crowd and [[spoke]] the [[parable]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_great_banquet wedding feast]. He said:
173:5.2 " [[The kingdom]] of heaven may be likened to a certain [[king]] who made a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_reception marriage feast] for his son and dispatched [[messengers]] to call those who had previously been [[invited]] to the [[feast]] to come, saying, `Everything is ready for the [[marriage]] supper at the [[king]]'s palace.' Now, many of those who had once [[promised]] to attend, at this time refused to come. When the [[king]] heard of these [[rejections]] of his [[invitation]], he sent other servants and [[messengers]], saying: `Tell all those who were bidden, to come, for, behold, my dinner is ready. My oxen and my [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatted_calf fatlings] are killed, and all is in readiness for the [[celebration]] of the forthcoming [[marriage]] of my son.' But again did the thoughtless make light of this call of their [[king]], and they went their ways, one to the [[farm]], another to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottery pottery], and others to their [[merchandise]]. Still others were not content thus to slight the [[king]]'s call, but in open [[rebellion]] they laid hands on the [[king]]'s [[messengers]] and [[shamefully]] mistreated them, even [[killing]] some of them. And when the [[king]] [[perceived]] that his [[Chosen People|chosen]] guests, even those who had [[accepted]] his preliminary [[invitation]] and had [[promised]] to attend the wedding feast, had finally [[rejected]] his call and in [[rebellion]] had [[assaulted]] and slain his chosen [[messengers]], he was exceedingly [[wroth]]. And then this [[insulted]] [[king]] ordered out his [[armies]] and the armies of his allies and instructed them to destroy these [[rebellious]] [[murder]]ers and to burn down their [[city]].
173:5.3 " And when he had [[punished]] those who spurned his [[invitation]], he appointed yet another day for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_reception wedding feast] and said to his [[messengers]]: `They who were first bidden to the [[wedding]] were not [[worthy]]; so go now into the [[parting of the ways]] and into the highways and even beyond the borders of the [[city]], and as many as you shall find, bid even these strangers to come in and attend this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_reception wedding feast].' And then these servants went out into the highways and the out-of-the-way places, and they gathered [[together]] as many as they found, [[good]] and bad, [[rich]] and [[poor]], so that at last the [[wedding]] chamber was filled with willing guests. When all was ready, the [[king]] came in to view his guests, and much to his [[surprise]] he saw there a man without a [[wedding]] [[garment]]. The [[king]], since he had freely provided wedding garments for all his guests, addressing this man, said: `[[Friend]], how is it that you come into my guest chamber on this [[occasion]] without a wedding garment?' And this unprepared man was [[speechless]]. Then said the [[king]] to his servants: `Cast out this thoughtless guest from my house to [[share]] the lot of all the others who have spurned my [[hospitality]] and [[rejected]] my call. I will have none here except those who delight to [[accept]] my [[invitation]], and who do me the [[honor]] to wear those guest [[garments]] so freely [[provided]] for all.' "
173:5.4 After [[speaking]] this [[parable]], [[Jesus]] was about to dismiss [[the multitude]] when a [[sympathetic]] [[believer]], making his way through the crowds toward him, asked: " But, Master, how shall we know about these [[things]]? how shall we be ready for the [[king]]'s [[invitation]]? what sign will you give us whereby we shall know that you are the [[Creator Son|Son of God]]? " And when [[the Master]] heard this, he said, " Only one [[sign]] shall be given you. " And then, pointing to his own [[body]], he continued, " Destroy this [[temple]], and in [[three]] days I will [[Resurrection|raise it up]]. " But they did not [[understand]] him, and as they [[dispersed]], they talked among themselves, saying, " Almost fifty years has this [[temple]] been in building, and yet he says he will destroy it and raise it up in [[three]] days. " Even his own [[apostles]] did not [[comprehend]] the significance of this [[utterance]], but subsequently, after his [[resurrection]], they recalled what he had said.
173:5.5 About four o'clock this afternoon [[Jesus]] beckoned to his [[apostles]] and indicated that he [[desired]] to leave [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple] and to go to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany] for their evening meal and a night of [[rest]]. On the way up [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Olivet] [[Jesus]] instructed [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]], [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]], and [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] that, on the morrow, they should [[establish]] a camp nearer the [[city]] which they could occupy during the remainder of the [[Passover]] week. In compliance with this instruction the following [[morning]] they pitched their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tents tents] in the hillside ravine overlooking the [[public]] camping park of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gethsemane Gethsemane], on a plot of ground belonging to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_125#125:2._JESUS_AND_THE_PASSOVER Simon of Bethany].
173:5.6 Again it was a [[silent]] [[group]] of [[Jews]] who made their way up the western slope of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Olivet] on this Monday night. These [[the Apostles|twelve men]], as never before, were beginning to sense that something [[tragic]] was about to happen. While the [[dramatic]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_173#173:1._CLEANSING_THE_TEMPLE cleansing of the temple] during the early [[morning]] had aroused their [[hopes]] of seeing [[the Master]] assert himself and [[manifest]] his mighty [[powers]], the [[events]] of the entire afternoon only operated as an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-climax_(narrative) anticlimax] in that they all pointed to the certain [[rejection]] of [[Jesus]]' teaching by the [[Jewish]] [[authorities]]. [[The apostles]] were gripped by [[suspense]] and were held in the firm grasp of a terrible [[uncertainty]]. They [[realized]] that only a few short days could [[intervene]] between the [[events]] of the day just passed and the crash of an impending [[doom]]. They all felt that something tremendous was about to happen, but they knew not what to [[expect]]. They went to their various places for [[rest]], but they [[slept]] very little. Even the [[Alpheus twins]] were at last [[Awake|aroused]] to the [[realization]] that the [[events]] of [[the Master]]'s life were moving swiftly toward their final culmination.
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_173 Go to Paper 173]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 173 - Monday in Jerusalem]]
