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==CHAPTER 26==  

==CHAPTER 26==  

It was about three o'clock on this beautiful afternoon that Jesus took leave of the three apostles, saying:

It was about three o'clock on this beautiful afternoon that Jesus took leave of the three apostles, saying:

*"'''I go apart by myself for a season to commune with the Father and his messengers'''. I bid you tarry here, and while awaiting my return, pray that the Father's will may be done in all your experience in connection with the further bestowal mission of the Son of Man."   

*<u>"I go apart by myself for a season to '''commune''' with the Father and his messengers.</u> I bid you tarry here, and while awaiting my return, pray that the Father's will may be done in all your experience in connection with the further bestowal mission of the Son of Man."   

After saying this to them, Jesus withdrew for a long conference with '''Gabriel''' and the '''Father Melchizedek''', not returning until about six o'clock.  

After saying this to them, Jesus withdrew for a long conference with '''Gabriel''' and the '''Father Melchizedek''', not returning until about six o'clock.  

====[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_158_-_The_Mount_of_Transfiguration#158:7._PETER.27S_PROTEST Peter’s Protest]====

====[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_158_-_The_Mount_of_Transfiguration#158:7._PETER.27S_PROTEST Peter’s Protest]====

   

   

Early this Wednesday morning Jesus and the twelve departed from Caesarea-Philippi for Magadan Park near Bethsaida-Julias. They traveled on through Galilee until well past the time for their lunch, when they stopped in the shade to refresh themselves.  

Early this Wednesday morning Jesus and the twelve departed from Caesarea-Philippi for Magadan Park near Bethsaida-Julias. They traveled on through Galilee until well past the time for their lunch, when they stopped in the shade to refresh themselves.  

In answer to Andrew, Jesus said:

In answer to Andrew, Jesus said:

*"My brethren, it is because you have confessed that I am the Son of God that I am constrained to begin to unfold to you the truth about the end of the bestowal of the Son of Man on earth. You insist on clinging to the belief that I am the Messiah, and you will not abandon the idea that the Messiah must sit upon a throne in Jerusalem'''. Wherefore do I persist in telling you that the Son of Man must presently go to Jerusalem, suffer many things, be rejected by the scribes, the elders, and the chief priests, and after all this be killed and raised from the dead. And I speak not a parable to you. I speak the truth to you that you may be prepared for these events when they suddenly come upon us."   

*"My brethren, it is because you have confessed that I am the Son of God that I am constrained to begin to unfold to you the truth about the end of the bestowal of the Son of Man on earth. You insist on clinging to the belief that I am the Messiah, and you will not abandon the idea that the Messiah must sit upon a throne in Jerusalem. Wherefore do I persist in telling you that the Son of Man must presently go to Jerusalem, suffer many things, be rejected by the scribes, the elders, and the chief priests, and after all this be killed and raised from the dead. And I speak not a parable to you. I speak the truth to you that you may be prepared for these events when they suddenly come upon us."   

And while he was yet speaking, Simon Peter, rushing impetuously toward him, laid his hand upon the Master's shoulder and said:  

And while he was yet speaking, Simon Peter, rushing impetuously toward him, laid his hand upon the Master's shoulder and said:  

After they had recovered from the first shock of Jesus' stinging rebuke, and before they resumed their journey, the Master spoke further:

After they had recovered from the first shock of Jesus' stinging rebuke, and before they resumed their journey, the Master spoke further:

*"If any man would come after me, let him disregard himself, take up his responsibilities daily, and follow me. For whosoever would save his life selfishly, shall lose it, but whosoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's, shall save it. '''What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul'''? <u>What would a man give in exchange for '''eternal life'''?</u> Be not ashamed of me and my words in this sinful and hypocritical generation, even as I will not be ashamed to acknowledge you when in glory I appear before my Father in the presence of all the celestial hosts. Nevertheless, many of you now standing before me shall not taste death till you see this kingdom of God come with power."

*"If any man would come after me, let him disregard himself, take up his responsibilities daily, and follow me. For whosoever would save his life selfishly, shall lose it, but whosoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's, shall save it. <u>What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul? What would a man give in exchange for '''eternal life'''?</u> Be not ashamed of me and my words in this sinful and hypocritical generation, even as I will not be ashamed to acknowledge you when in glory I appear before my Father in the presence of all the celestial hosts. Nevertheless, many of you now standing before me shall not taste death till you see this kingdom of God come with power."

And thus did Jesus make plain to the twelve the painful and conflicting path that they must tread if they would follow him.  

And thus did Jesus make plain to the twelve the painful and conflicting path that they must tread if they would follow him.