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152:6.2 While [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]] were resting at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gennesaret Gennesaret], [[the multitudes]] [[dispersed]], some going to their [[homes]], others going on up to [[Jerusalem]] for the [[Passover]]. In less than one month's time the [[enthusiastic]] and open followers of [[Jesus]], who numbered more than fifty thousand in [[Galilee]] alone, shrank to less than five hundred. [[Jesus]] [[desired]] to give his [[apostles]] such an [[experience]] with the [[fickleness]] of popular [[acclaim]] that they would not be [[tempted]] to rely on such [[manifestations]] of [[transient]] [[religious]] [[hysteria]] after he should leave them [[alone]] in the [[work]] of [[the kingdom]], but he was only partially successful in this [[effort]].

152:6.2 While [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]] were resting at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gennesaret Gennesaret], [[the multitudes]] [[dispersed]], some going to their [[homes]], others going on up to [[Jerusalem]] for the [[Passover]]. In less than one month's time the [[enthusiastic]] and open followers of [[Jesus]], who numbered more than fifty thousand in [[Galilee]] alone, shrank to less than five hundred. [[Jesus]] [[desired]] to give his [[apostles]] such an [[experience]] with the [[fickleness]] of popular [[acclaim]] that they would not be [[tempted]] to rely on such [[manifestations]] of [[transient]] [[religious]] [[hysteria]] after he should leave them [[alone]] in the [[work]] of [[the kingdom]], but he was only partially successful in this [[effort]].

152:6.3 The second night of their [[sojourn]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gennesaret Gennesaret] [[the Master]] again told [[the apostles]] the [[parable]] of the [[sower]] and added these [[words]]: " You see, my [[children]], the [[appeal]] to [[human]] [[feelings]] is [[transitory]] and utterly [[disappointing]]; the exclusive [[appeal]] to the [[intellect]] of man is likewise empty and barren; it is only by making your [[appeal]] to [[Thought Adjuster|the spirit]] which lives within the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:1._INDWELLING_THE_MORTAL_MIND human mind] that you can [[hope]] to [[achieve]] lasting success and accomplish those [[marvelous]] [[transformations]] of [[human]] [[character]] that are presently shown in the [[abundant]] yielding of the genuine [[fruits of the spirit]] in the daily lives of all who are thus delivered from the [[darkness]] of [[doubt]] by the [[birth]] of the [[spirit]] into the [[light]] of [[faith]]—[[the kingdom]] of heaven. "

152:6.3 The second night of their [[sojourn]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gennesaret Gennesaret] [[the Master]] again told [[the apostles]] the [[parable]] of the [[sower]] and added these [[words]]: " You see, my [[children]], the [[appeal]] to [[human]] [[feelings]] is [[transitory]] and utterly [[disappointing]]; the exclusive [[appeal]] to the [[intellect]] of man is likewise empty and barren; it is only by making your [[appeal]] to [[Thought Adjuster|the spirit]] which lives within the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:1._INDWELLING_THE_MORTAL_MIND human mind] that you can [[hope]] to [[achieve]] lasting success and accomplish those [[marvelous]] [[transformations]] of [[human]] [[character]] that are presently shown in the [[abundant]] yielding of the genuine [[fruits of the spirit]] in the daily lives of all who are thus delivered from the [[darkness]] of [[doubt]] by the [[birth]] of the [[spirit]] into the [[light]] of [[faith]]—[[the kingdom]] of heaven. "

152:6.4 [[Jesus]] taught the [[appeal]] to the [[emotions]] as the [[technique]] of arresting and [[focusing]] the [[intellectual]] [[attention]]. He designated the [[mind]] thus aroused and quickened as the gateway to the [[soul]], where there resides that [[spiritual]] [[nature]] of man which must [[recognize]] [[truth]] and [[respond]] to the spiritual [[appeal]] of the [[gospel]] in order to afford the permanent results of true [[character]] [[transformations]].

152:6.4 [[Jesus]] taught the [[appeal]] to the [[emotions]] as the [[technique]] of arresting and [[focusing]] the [[intellectual]] [[attention]]. He designated the [[mind]] thus aroused and quickened as the gateway to the [[soul]], where there resides that [[spiritual]] [[nature]] of man which must [[recognize]] [[truth]] and [[respond]] to the spiritual [[appeal]] of the [[gospel]] in order to afford the permanent results of true [[character]] [[transformations]].

152:6.5 [[Jesus]] thus endeavored to [[prepare]] [[the apostles]] for the impending [[shock]]—the [[crisis]] in the [[public]] [[attitude]] toward him which was only a few days distant. He [[explained]] to [[the twelve]] that the [[Sanhedrin|religious rulers]] of [[Jerusalem]] would [[conspire]] with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Antipas Herod Antipas] to [[effect]] their destruction. [[The twelve]] began to [[realize]] more fully (though not finally) that [[Jesus]] was not going to sit on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davidic_line David]'s [[throne]]. They saw more fully that [[spiritual]] [[truth]] was not to be advanced by [[material]] [[wonders]]. They began to [[realize]] that the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_152#152:2._FEEDING_THE_FIVE_THOUSAND feeding of the five thousand] and the popular movement to make [[Jesus]] [[king]] was the [[apex]] of the [[miracle]]-seeking, [[wonder]]-working [[Expectations|expectance]] of the people and the height of [[Jesus]]' [[acclaim]] by the [[populace]]. They vaguely [[discerned]] and dimly [[Foresight|foresaw]] the approaching times of [[spiritual]] sifting and cruel [[adversity]]. These twelve men were slowly [[awaking]] to the [[realization]] of the [[real]] [[nature]] of their task as [[ambassadors]] of [[the kingdom]], and they began to gird themselves for the trying and testing [[ordeals]] of the last year of [[the Master]]'s [[ministry]] on [[earth]].

152:6.5 [[Jesus]] thus endeavored to [[prepare]] [[the apostles]] for the impending [[shock]]—the [[crisis]] in the [[public]] [[attitude]] toward him which was only a few days distant. He [[explained]] to [[the twelve]] that the [[Sanhedrin|religious rulers]] of [[Jerusalem]] would [[conspire]] with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Antipas Herod Antipas] to [[effect]] their destruction. [[The twelve]] began to [[realize]] more fully (though not finally) that [[Jesus]] was not going to sit on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davidic_line David]'s [[throne]]. They saw more fully that [[spiritual]] [[truth]] was not to be advanced by [[material]] [[wonders]]. They began to [[realize]] that the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_152#152:2._FEEDING_THE_FIVE_THOUSAND feeding of the five thousand] and the popular movement to make [[Jesus]] [[king]] was the [[apex]] of the [[miracle]]-seeking, [[wonder]]-working [[Expectations|expectance]] of the people and the height of [[Jesus]]' [[acclaim]] by the [[populace]]. They vaguely [[discerned]] and dimly [[Foresight|foresaw]] the approaching times of [[spiritual]] sifting and cruel [[adversity]]. These twelve men were slowly [[awaking]] to the [[realization]] of the [[real]] [[nature]] of their task as [[ambassadors]] of [[the kingdom]], and they began to gird themselves for the trying and testing [[ordeals]] of the last year of [[the Master]]'s [[ministry]] on [[earth]].

152:6.6 Before they left [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gennesaret Gennesaret], [[Jesus]] instructed them regarding the [[miraculous]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_152#152:2._FEEDING_THE_FIVE_THOUSAND feeding of the five thousand], telling them just why he [[engaged]] in this extraordinary [[manifestation]] of [[creative]] [[power]] and also [[assuring]] them that he did not thus yield to his [[sympathy]] for [[the multitude]] until he had ascertained that it was " according to [[the Father]]'s will. "

152:6.6 Before they left [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gennesaret Gennesaret], [[Jesus]] instructed them regarding the [[miraculous]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_152#152:2._FEEDING_THE_FIVE_THOUSAND feeding of the five thousand], telling them just why he [[engaged]] in this extraordinary [[manifestation]] of [[creative]] [[power]] and also [[assuring]] them that he did not thus yield to his [[sympathy]] for [[the multitude]] until he had ascertained that it was " according to [[the Father]]'s will. "

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[[Category:Paper 152 - Events Leading Up to the Capernaum Crisis]]

[[Category:Paper 152 - Events Leading Up to the Capernaum Crisis]]

[[Category: Disillusionment]]

[[Category: Disillusionment]]