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==CHAPTER 52==  

==CHAPTER 52==  

Said the morontia Jesus:  

Said the morontia Jesus:  

*"Having finished my life in the flesh, I would tarry here for a short time in transition form that I may more fully know the life of my ascendant creatures and further reveal the will of my Father in Paradise."

*"'''Having finished my life in the flesh, I would tarry here for a short time in transition form that I may more fully know the life of my ascendant creatures and further reveal the will of my Father in Paradise'''."

After Jesus had spoken, he signaled to the Personalized Adjuster, and all universe intelligences that had been assembled on Urantia to witness the resurrection were immediately dispatched to their respective universe assignments.  

After Jesus had spoken, he signaled to the Personalized Adjuster, and all universe intelligences that had been assembled on Urantia to witness the resurrection were immediately dispatched to their respective universe assignments.  

====The Material Body of Jesus====

====The Material Body of Jesus====

   

   

At ten minutes past three o'clock, as the resurrected Jesus fraternized with the assembled morontia personalities from the seven mansion worlds of Satania, the chief of archangels -- the angels of the resurrection -- approached Gabriel and asked for the mortal body of Jesus. Said the chief of the archangels:

At ten minutes past three o'clock, as the resurrected Jesus fraternized with the assembled morontia personalities from the seven mansion worlds of Satania, the chief of archangels -- the angels of the resurrection -- approached Gabriel and asked for the mortal body of Jesus.  

*"We may not participate in the morontia resurrection of the bestowal experience of Michael our sovereign, but we would have his mortal remains put in our custody for immediate dissolution. We do not propose to employ our technique of dematerialization. We merely wish to invoke the process of accelerated time. It is enough that we have seen the Sovereign live and die on Urantia. The hosts of heaven would be spared the memory of enduring the sight of the slow decay of the human form of the Creator and Upholder of a universe. In the name of the celestial intelligences of all Nebadon, I ask for a mandate giving me the custody of the mortal body of Jesus of Nazareth and empowering us to proceed with its immediate dissolution."

 

*"We may not participate in the morontia resurrection of the bestowal experience of Michael our sovereign, but we would have his mortal remains put in our custody for immediate dissolution. We do not propose to employ our technique of dematerialization. We merely wish to invoke the process of accelerated time. It is enough that we have seen the Sovereign live and die on Urantia. The hosts of heaven would be spared the memory of enduring the sight of the slow decay of the human form of the Creator and Upholder of a universe. '''In the name of the celestial intelligences of all Nebadon, I ask for a mandate giving me the custody of the mortal body of Jesus of Nazareth and empowering us to proceed with its immediate dissolution'''."

And when Gabriel had conferred with the senior Most High of Edentia, the archangel spokesman for the celestial hosts was given permission to make such disposition of the physical remains of Jesus as he might determine.  

And when Gabriel had conferred with the senior Most High of Edentia, the archangel spokesman for the celestial hosts was given permission to make such disposition of the physical remains of Jesus as he might determine.  

And she led them back to the tomb, and they all entered and saw that it was empty.  

And she led them back to the tomb, and they all entered and saw that it was empty.  

All five of the women then sat down on the stone near the entrance and talked over the situation. It had not yet occurred to them that Jesus had been resurrected. They had been by themselves over the Sabbath, and they conjectured that the body had been moved to another resting place. But when they pondered such a solution of their dilemma, they were at a loss to account for the orderly arrangement of the grave cloths. How could the body have been removed since the very bandages in which it was wrapped were left in position and apparently intact on the burial shelf?  

All five of the women then sat down on the stone near the entrance and talked over the situation. It had not yet occurred to them that Jesus had been resurrected. They had been by themselves over the Sabbath, and they conjectured that the body had been moved to another resting place. But when they pondered such a solution of their dilemma, they were at a loss to account for the orderly arrangement of the grave cloths. How could the body have been removed since the very bandages in which it was wrapped were left in position and apparently intact on the burial shelf?  

*"Where have you taken the Master? Where have they laid him? Tell us that we may go and get him."  

*"Where have you taken the Master? Where have they laid him? Tell us that we may go and get him."  

When the stranger did not answer Mary, she began to weep. Then spoke Jesus to them, saying:  

When the stranger did not answer Mary, she began to weep.  

 

Then spoke Jesus to them, saying:  

*"Whom do you seek?"  

*"Whom do you seek?"  

*"Did not this Jesus tell you, even in Galilee, that he would die, but that he would rise again?"  

*"Did not this Jesus tell you, even in Galilee, that he would die, but that he would rise again?"  

These words startled the women, but the Master was so changed that they did not yet recognize him with his back turned to the dim light. As they pondered his words, he addressed the Magdalene with a familiar voice, saying:  

These words startled the women, but the Master was so changed that they did not yet recognize him with his back turned to the dim light.  

 

As they pondered his words, he addressed the Magdalene with a familiar voice, saying:  

*"Mary."  

*"Mary."