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150:1.1 Of all the [[daring]] things which [[Jesus]] did in [[connection]] with his [[earth]] [[career]], the most [[amazing]] was his sudden [[announcement]] on the evening of January 16: " On the morrow we will set apart [[ten]] [[women]] for the ministering [[work]] of [[the kingdom]]. " At the beginning of the two weeks' period during which [[the apostles]] and the [[evangelists]] were to be absent from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida] on their furlough, [[Jesus]] requested [[David Zebedee|David]] to summon his [[parents]] back to their [[home]] and to dispatch [[messengers]] calling to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida] [[ten]] [[devout]] [[women]] who had served in the [[administration]] of the former encampment and the tented [[infirmary]]. These [[women]] had all [[listened]] to the instruction given the young [[evangelists]], but it had never occurred to either themselves or their [[teachers]] that [[Jesus]] would [[dare]] to commission [[women]] to [[teach]] the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] and minister to the [[sick]]. These [[ten]] [[women]] selected and commissioned by [[Jesus]] were: Susanna, the daughter of the former [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chazan chazan] of the [[Nazareth]] [[synagogue]]; Joanna, the [[wife]] of Chuza, the steward of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Antipas Herod Antipas]; Elizabeth, the daughter of a [[wealthy]] Jew of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberias Tiberias] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepphoris Sepphoris]; Martha, the [[elder]] sister of [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] and [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]; Rachel, the sister-in-law of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude,_brother_of_Jesus Jude], [[the Master]]'s [[brother]] in the [[flesh]]; Nasanta, the daughter of Elman, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria Syrian] [[physician]]; Milcha, a cousin of the [[Apostle Thomas]]; Ruth, the eldest daughter of [[Matthew Lev]]i; Celta, the daughter of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion Roman centurion]; and Agaman, a [[widow]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus Damascus]. Subsequently, [[Jesus]] added [[two]] other [[women]] to this group—[[Mary Magdalene]] and Rebecca, the daughter of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph of Arimathea].
150:1.2 [[Jesus]] [[authorized]] these [[women]] to [[effect]] their own [[organization]] and directed [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]] to provide [[funds]] for their equipment and for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pack_animal pack animals]. The ten elected Susanna as their chief and Joanna as their treasurer. From this time on they furnished their own [[funds]]; never again did they draw upon [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]] for [[support]].
150:1.3 It was most astounding in that day, when [[women]] were not even allowed on the main floor of the [[synagogue]] (being confined to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple#The_Court_of_the_Women women's gallery]), to behold them being [[recognized]] as [[authorized]] [[teachers]] of the new [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. The charge which [[Jesus]] gave these [[ten]] [[women]] as he set them apart for [[gospel]] teaching and [[ministry]] was the [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation emancipation proclamation] which set [[free]] all [[women]] and for all time; no more was man to look upon [[woman]] as his [[spiritual]] inferior. This was a decided [[shock]] to even the [[twelve apostles]]. Notwithstanding they had many times heard [[the Master]] say that " in [[the kingdom]] of heaven there is neither [[rich]] nor [[poor]], [[free]] nor [[Slave|bond]], [[male]] nor [[female]], all are equally the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons and daughters of God], " they were [[literally]] stunned when he [[proposed]] [[formally]] to commission these [[ten]] [[women]] as [[religious]] [[teachers]] and even to [[permit]] their [[traveling]] about with them. The whole country was stirred up by this proceeding, the enemies of [[Jesus]] making great [[capital]] out of this move, but everywhere the [[women]] believers in the good news stood stanchly behind their chosen sisters and [[voiced]] no uncertain approval of this tardy acknowledgment of [[woman]]'s place in [[religious]] [[work]]. And this [[liberation]] of [[women]], giving them due [[recognition]], was [[practiced]] by [[the apostles]] [[immediately]] after [[the Master]]'s departure, albeit they fell back to the olden [[customs]] in subsequent [[generations]]. Throughout the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christianity early days of the Christian church] [[women]] [[teachers]] and ministers were called deaconesses and were accorded general [[recognition]]. But [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]], despite the [[fact]] that he conceded all this in [[theory]], never really incorporated it into his own [[attitude]] and [[personally]] found it [[difficult]] to carry out in [[practice]].
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_150 Go to Paper 150]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 150 - The Third Preaching Tour]]
150:1.1 Of all the [[daring]] things which [[Jesus]] did in [[connection]] with his [[earth]] [[career]], the most [[amazing]] was his sudden [[announcement]] on the evening of January 16: " On the morrow we will set apart [[ten]] [[women]] for the ministering [[work]] of [[the kingdom]]. " At the beginning of the two weeks' period during which [[the apostles]] and the [[evangelists]] were to be absent from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida] on their furlough, [[Jesus]] requested [[David Zebedee|David]] to summon his [[parents]] back to their [[home]] and to dispatch [[messengers]] calling to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida] [[ten]] [[devout]] [[women]] who had served in the [[administration]] of the former encampment and the tented [[infirmary]]. These [[women]] had all [[listened]] to the instruction given the young [[evangelists]], but it had never occurred to either themselves or their [[teachers]] that [[Jesus]] would [[dare]] to commission [[women]] to [[teach]] the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] and minister to the [[sick]]. These [[ten]] [[women]] selected and commissioned by [[Jesus]] were: Susanna, the daughter of the former [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chazan chazan] of the [[Nazareth]] [[synagogue]]; Joanna, the [[wife]] of Chuza, the steward of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Antipas Herod Antipas]; Elizabeth, the daughter of a [[wealthy]] Jew of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberias Tiberias] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepphoris Sepphoris]; Martha, the [[elder]] sister of [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] and [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]; Rachel, the sister-in-law of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude,_brother_of_Jesus Jude], [[the Master]]'s [[brother]] in the [[flesh]]; Nasanta, the daughter of Elman, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria Syrian] [[physician]]; Milcha, a cousin of the [[Apostle Thomas]]; Ruth, the eldest daughter of [[Matthew Lev]]i; Celta, the daughter of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion Roman centurion]; and Agaman, a [[widow]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus Damascus]. Subsequently, [[Jesus]] added [[two]] other [[women]] to this group—[[Mary Magdalene]] and Rebecca, the daughter of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph of Arimathea].
150:1.2 [[Jesus]] [[authorized]] these [[women]] to [[effect]] their own [[organization]] and directed [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]] to provide [[funds]] for their equipment and for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pack_animal pack animals]. The ten elected Susanna as their chief and Joanna as their treasurer. From this time on they furnished their own [[funds]]; never again did they draw upon [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]] for [[support]].
150:1.3 It was most astounding in that day, when [[women]] were not even allowed on the main floor of the [[synagogue]] (being confined to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple#The_Court_of_the_Women women's gallery]), to behold them being [[recognized]] as [[authorized]] [[teachers]] of the new [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. The charge which [[Jesus]] gave these [[ten]] [[women]] as he set them apart for [[gospel]] teaching and [[ministry]] was the [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation emancipation proclamation] which set [[free]] all [[women]] and for all time; no more was man to look upon [[woman]] as his [[spiritual]] inferior. This was a decided [[shock]] to even the [[twelve apostles]]. Notwithstanding they had many times heard [[the Master]] say that " in [[the kingdom]] of heaven there is neither [[rich]] nor [[poor]], [[free]] nor [[Slave|bond]], [[male]] nor [[female]], all are equally the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons and daughters of God], " they were [[literally]] stunned when he [[proposed]] [[formally]] to commission these [[ten]] [[women]] as [[religious]] [[teachers]] and even to [[permit]] their [[traveling]] about with them. The whole country was stirred up by this proceeding, the enemies of [[Jesus]] making great [[capital]] out of this move, but everywhere the [[women]] believers in the good news stood stanchly behind their chosen sisters and [[voiced]] no uncertain approval of this tardy acknowledgment of [[woman]]'s place in [[religious]] [[work]]. And this [[liberation]] of [[women]], giving them due [[recognition]], was [[practiced]] by [[the apostles]] [[immediately]] after [[the Master]]'s departure, albeit they fell back to the olden [[customs]] in subsequent [[generations]]. Throughout the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christianity early days of the Christian church] [[women]] [[teachers]] and ministers were called deaconesses and were accorded general [[recognition]]. But [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]], despite the [[fact]] that he conceded all this in [[theory]], never really incorporated it into his own [[attitude]] and [[personally]] found it [[difficult]] to carry out in [[practice]].
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_150 Go to Paper 150]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 150 - The Third Preaching Tour]]
