| 134:3.7 These [[teachers]] of the various religions made a great [[effort]] to show how similar their [[religions]] were in regard to the [[fundamental]] things of this life and the next. There was but one [[doctrine]] which had to be [[accepted]] in order to gain a seat on this [[faculty]]—every teacher must [[represent]] a [[religion]] which recognized God—some sort of [[supreme]] [[Deity]]. There were five independent teachers on the [[faculty]] who did not [[represent]] any organized religion, and it was as such an [[independent]] teacher that [[Jesus]] appeared before them. | | 134:3.7 These [[teachers]] of the various religions made a great [[effort]] to show how similar their [[religions]] were in regard to the [[fundamental]] things of this life and the next. There was but one [[doctrine]] which had to be [[accepted]] in order to gain a seat on this [[faculty]]—every teacher must [[represent]] a [[religion]] which recognized God—some sort of [[supreme]] [[Deity]]. There were five independent teachers on the [[faculty]] who did not [[represent]] any organized religion, and it was as such an [[independent]] teacher that [[Jesus]] appeared before them. |
− | 134:3.8 When we, the [[midwayers]], first [[prepared]] the summary of [[Jesus]]' teachings at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urmia Urmia], there arose a disagreement between the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_114#114:6._THE_MASTER_SERAPHIM_OF_PLANETARY_SUPERVISION seraphim of the churches and the seraphim of progress] as to the [[wisdom]] of including these teachings in the [[Urantia Text|Urantia Revelation]]. Conditions of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth century], prevailing in both [[religion]] and [[human]] [[governments]], are so [[different]] from those prevailing in [[Jesus]]' day that it was indeed difficult to adapt the Master's teachings at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urmia Urmia] to the [[problems]] of the kingdom of God and the kingdoms of men as these world [[functions]] are existent in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth century]. We were never able to [[formulate]] a [[statement]] of [[the Master]]'s teachings which was acceptable to both [[groups]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_114#114:6._THE_MASTER_SERAPHIM_OF_PLANETARY_SUPERVISION these seraphim of planetary government]. Finally, the [[Melchizedek]] chairman of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=First_Revelatory_Commission revelatory commission] appointed a commission of [[three]] of our [[number]] to [[prepare]] our view of the Master's Urmia teachings as [[adapted]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth-century] religious and [[political]] conditions on [[Urantia]]. Accordingly, we three [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_77#77:6._THE_SECONDARY_MIDWAYERS secondary midwayers] completed such an [[adaptation]] of [[Jesus]]' teachings, restating his pronouncements as we would apply them to present-day world conditions, and we now present these [[statements]] as they stand after having been edited by the [[Melchizedek]] chairman of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=First_Revelatory_Commission revelatory commission]. | + | 134:3.8 When we, the [[midwayers]], first [[prepared]] the summary of [[Jesus]]' teachings at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urmia Urmia], there arose a disagreement between the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_114#114:6._THE_MASTER_SERAPHIM_OF_PLANETARY_SUPERVISION seraphim of the churches and the seraphim of progress] as to the [[wisdom]] of including these teachings in the [[Urantia Text|Urantia Revelation]]. Conditions of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth century], prevailing in both [[religion]] and [[human]] [[governments]], are so [[different]] from those prevailing in [[Jesus]]' day that it was indeed difficult to adapt the Master's teachings at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urmia Urmia] to the [[problems]] of the kingdom of God and the kingdoms of men as these world [[functions]] are existent in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth century]. We were never able to [[formulate]] a [[statement]] of [[the Master]]'s teachings which was acceptable to both [[groups]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_114#114:6._THE_MASTER_SERAPHIM_OF_PLANETARY_SUPERVISION these seraphim of planetary government]. Finally, the [[Melchizedek]] chairman of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=First_Revelatory_Commission revelatory commission] appointed a commission of [[three]] of our [[number]] to [[prepare]] our view of the Master's Urmia teachings as [[adapted]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth-century] religious and [[political]] conditions on [[Urantia]]. Accordingly, we three [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_77#77:6._THE_SECONDARY_MIDWAYERS secondary midwayers] completed such an [[adaptation]] of [[Jesus]]' teachings, restating his pronouncements as we would apply them to present-day world conditions, and we now present these [[statements]] as they stand after having been edited by the [[Melchizedek]] chairman of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=First_Revelatory_Commission revelatory commission]. |