169:4.1 [[Jesus]] always had [[trouble]] trying to [[explain]] to [[the apostles]] that, while they [[proclaimed]] the [[establishment]] of [[the kingdom]] of [[God]], [[the Father]] in [[heaven]] was not a [[king]]. At the time [[Jesus]] lived on earth and taught in the [[flesh]], the people of [[Urantia]] knew mostly of [[kings]] and [[emperors]] in the [[governments]] of the [[nations]], and the [[Jews]] had long [[contemplated]] the coming of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism the kingdom] of God. For these and other reasons, [[the Master]] [[thought]] best to designate the spiritual brotherhood of man as [[the kingdom]] of heaven and the [[spirit]] head of this brotherhood as [[the Father]] in heaven. Never did [[Jesus]] refer to his Father as a [[king]]. In his [[intimate]] [[dialogue|talks]] with [[the apostles]] he always referred to himself as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] and as their [[elder]] [[brother]]. He depicted all his followers as servants of [[mankind]] and [[messengers]] of the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. | 169:4.1 [[Jesus]] always had [[trouble]] trying to [[explain]] to [[the apostles]] that, while they [[proclaimed]] the [[establishment]] of [[the kingdom]] of [[God]], [[the Father]] in [[heaven]] was not a [[king]]. At the time [[Jesus]] lived on earth and taught in the [[flesh]], the people of [[Urantia]] knew mostly of [[kings]] and [[emperors]] in the [[governments]] of the [[nations]], and the [[Jews]] had long [[contemplated]] the coming of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism the kingdom] of God. For these and other reasons, [[the Master]] [[thought]] best to designate the spiritual brotherhood of man as [[the kingdom]] of heaven and the [[spirit]] head of this brotherhood as [[the Father]] in heaven. Never did [[Jesus]] refer to his Father as a [[king]]. In his [[intimate]] [[dialogue|talks]] with [[the apostles]] he always referred to himself as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] and as their [[elder]] [[brother]]. He depicted all his followers as servants of [[mankind]] and [[messengers]] of the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. |