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122:2.1 [[Jesus]]' lifework on [[Urantia]] was really begun by [[John the Baptist]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zechariah_(priest) Zacharias], John's [[father]], belonged to the [[Jewish]] [[priesthood]], while his mother, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_(Biblical_person) Elizabeth], was a member of the more prosperous branch of the same large [[family]] [[group]] to which [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary] the mother of Jesus also belonged. Zacharias and Elizabeth, though they had been [[married]] many years, were childless.

122:2.1 [[Jesus]]' lifework on [[Urantia]] was really begun by [[John the Baptist]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zechariah_(priest) Zacharias], John's [[father]], belonged to the [[Jewish]] [[priesthood]], while his mother, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_(Biblical_person) Elizabeth], was a member of the more prosperous branch of the same large [[family]] [[group]] to which [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary] the mother of Jesus also belonged. Zacharias and Elizabeth, though they had been [[married]] many years, were childless.

122:2.2 It was late in the month of June, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_BC 8 B.C.], about three months after the [[marriage]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary], that ''Gabriel appeared to Elizabeth'' at noontide one day, just as he later made his [[presence]] known to Mary. Said Gabriel:

122:2.2 It was late in the month of June, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_BC 8 B.C.], about three months after the [[marriage]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary], that ''Gabriel appeared to Elizabeth'' at noontide one day, just as he later made his [[presence]] known to Mary. Said Gabriel:

122:2.3 " While your [[husband]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zechariah_(priest) Zacharias], stands before the [[altar]] in [[Jerusalem]], and while the assembled people pray for the coming of a deliverer, I, [[Gabriel]], have come to announce that you will shortly bear a son who shall be the forerunner of this [[divine]] [[teacher]], and you shall call your son John. He will grow up [[dedicated]] to the Lord your God, and when he has come to full years, he will gladden your [[heart]] because he will turn many [[souls]] to [[God]], and he will also [[proclaim]] the coming of the [[soul]]-healer of your people and the spirit-liberator of all [[mankind]]. Your kinswoman [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary] shall be the [[mother]] of this child of [[promise]], and I will also appear to her. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter]

122:2.3 " While your [[husband]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zechariah_(priest) Zacharias], stands before the [[altar]] in [[Jerusalem]], and while the assembled people pray for the coming of a deliverer, I, [[Gabriel]], have come to announce that you will shortly bear a son who shall be the forerunner of this [[divine]] [[teacher]], and you shall call your son John. He will grow up [[dedicated]] to the Lord your God, and when he has come to full years, he will gladden your [[heart]] because he will turn many [[souls]] to [[God]], and he will also [[proclaim]] the coming of the [[soul]]-healer of your people and the spirit-liberator of all [[mankind]]. Your kinswoman [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary] shall be the [[mother]] of this child of [[promise]], and I will also appear to her. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter]

122:2.4 This [[vision]] greatly frightened Elizabeth. After [[Gabriel]]'s departure she turned this [[experience]] over in her [[mind]], long [[pondering]] the sayings of the [[majestic]] [[visitor]], but did not speak of the [[revelation]] to anyone save her [[husband]] until her subsequent visit with Mary in early February of the following year.

122:2.4 This [[vision]] greatly frightened Elizabeth. After [[Gabriel]]'s departure she turned this [[experience]] over in her [[mind]], long [[pondering]] the sayings of the [[majestic]] [[visitor]], but did not speak of the [[revelation]] to anyone save her [[husband]] until her subsequent visit with Mary in early February of the following year.

122:2.5 For five months, however, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_(Biblical_person) Elizabeth] withheld her [[secret]] even from her [[husband]]. Upon her disclosure of the [[story]] of [[Gabriel]]'s visit, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zechariah_(priest) Zacharias] was very [[skeptical]] and for weeks doubted the entire [[experience]], only consenting halfheartedly to believe in [[Gabriel]]'s visit to his wife when he could no longer question that she was [[Pregnant|expectant with child]]. Zacharias was very much perplexed regarding the prospective [[motherhood]] of Elizabeth, but he did not [[doubt]] the [[integrity]] of his [[wife]], notwithstanding his own advanced age. It was not until about six weeks before John's [[birth]] that Zacharias, as the result of an impressive [[dream]], became fully convinced that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_(Biblical_person) Elizabeth] was to become the [[mother]] of a son of [[destiny]], one who was to [[prepare]] the way for the coming of the [[Messiah]].

122:2.5 For five months, however, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_(Biblical_person) Elizabeth] withheld her [[secret]] even from her [[husband]]. Upon her disclosure of the [[story]] of [[Gabriel]]'s visit, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zechariah_(priest) Zacharias] was very [[skeptical]] and for weeks doubted the entire [[experience]], only consenting halfheartedly to believe in [[Gabriel]]'s visit to his wife when he could no longer question that she was [[Pregnant|expectant with child]]. Zacharias was very much perplexed regarding the prospective [[motherhood]] of Elizabeth, but he did not [[doubt]] the [[integrity]] of his [[wife]], notwithstanding his own advanced age. It was not until about six weeks before John's [[birth]] that Zacharias, as the result of an impressive [[dream]], became fully convinced that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_(Biblical_person) Elizabeth] was to become the [[mother]] of a son of [[destiny]], one who was to [[prepare]] the way for the coming of the [[Messiah]].

122:2.6 [[Gabriel]] appeared to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary] about the middle of November, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_BC 8 B.C.], while she was at work in her [[Nazareth]] [[home]]. Later on, after Mary knew without [[doubt]] that she was to become a [[mother]], she persuaded [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph] to let her [[journey]] to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribe_of_Judah City of Judah], four miles west of [[Jerusalem]], in the hills, to visit Elizabeth. [[Gabriel]] had informed each of these [[mothers]]-to-be of his [[appearance]] to the [[other]]. Naturally they were [[anxious]] to get [[together]], compare [[experiences]], and talk over the probable [[futures]] of their sons. Mary remained with her distant cousin for three weeks. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_(Biblical_person) Elizabeth] did much to strengthen [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary]'s [[faith]] in the [[vision]] of [[Gabriel]], so that she returned home more fully [[dedicated]] to the call to [[mother]] the child of [[destiny]] whom she was so soon to present to the world as a helpless babe, an [[average]] and [[normal]] infant of the realm.

122:2.6 [[Gabriel]] appeared to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary] about the middle of November, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_BC 8 B.C.], while she was at work in her [[Nazareth]] [[home]]. Later on, after Mary knew without [[doubt]] that she was to become a [[mother]], she persuaded [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph] to let her [[journey]] to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribe_of_Judah City of Judah], four miles west of [[Jerusalem]], in the hills, to visit Elizabeth. [[Gabriel]] had informed each of these [[mothers]]-to-be of his [[appearance]] to the [[other]]. Naturally they were [[anxious]] to get [[together]], compare [[experiences]], and talk over the probable [[futures]] of their sons. Mary remained with her distant cousin for three weeks. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_(Biblical_person) Elizabeth] did much to strengthen [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary]'s [[faith]] in the [[vision]] of [[Gabriel]], so that she returned home more fully [[dedicated]] to the call to [[mother]] the child of [[destiny]] whom she was so soon to present to the world as a helpless babe, an [[average]] and [[normal]] infant of the realm.

122:2.7 [[John the Baptist|John]] was born in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribe_of_Judah City of Judah], March 25, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_BC 7 B.C.] Zacharias and Elizabeth rejoiced greatly in the [[realization]] that a son had come to them as [[Gabriel]] had [[promised]], and when on the eighth day they presented the child for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision circumcision], they formally christened him John, as they had been directed aforetime. Already had a nephew of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zechariah_(priest) Zacharias] departed for [[Nazareth]], carrying the message of Elizabeth to Mary [[proclaiming]] that a son had been born to her and that his name was to be John.

122:2.7 [[John the Baptist|John]] was born in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribe_of_Judah City of Judah], March 25, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_BC 7 B.C.] Zacharias and Elizabeth rejoiced greatly in the [[realization]] that a son had come to them as [[Gabriel]] had [[promised]], and when on the eighth day they presented the child for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision circumcision], they formally christened him John, as they had been directed aforetime. Already had a nephew of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zechariah_(priest) Zacharias] departed for [[Nazareth]], carrying the message of Elizabeth to Mary [[proclaiming]] that a son had been born to her and that his name was to be John.

122:2.8 From his earliest [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant infancy] [[John the Baptist|John]] was judiciously impressed by his [[parents]] with the [[idea]] that he was to grow up to become a [[spiritual]] [[leader]] and religious teacher. And the [[soil]] of John's [[heart]] was ever responsive to the sowing of such suggestive [[seed]]s. Even as a child he was found frequently at the [[temple]] during the seasons of his father's service, and he was tremendously impressed with the significance of all that he saw.

122:2.8 From his earliest [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant infancy] [[John the Baptist|John]] was judiciously impressed by his [[parents]] with the [[idea]] that he was to grow up to become a [[spiritual]] [[leader]] and religious teacher. And the [[soil]] of John's [[heart]] was ever responsive to the sowing of such suggestive [[seed]]s. Even as a child he was found frequently at the [[temple]] during the seasons of his father's service, and he was tremendously impressed with the significance of all that he saw.

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