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124:5.1 In this year the lad of [[Nazareth]] passed from boyhood to the beginning of young manhood; his [[voice]] began to [[change]], and other features of [[mind]] and [[body]] gave [[evidence]] of the oncoming [[status]] of [[Maturity|manhood]].

124:5.1 In this year the lad of [[Nazareth]] passed from boyhood to the beginning of young manhood; his [[voice]] began to [[change]], and other features of [[mind]] and [[body]] gave [[evidence]] of the oncoming [[status]] of [[Maturity|manhood]].

124:5.2 On Sunday night, January 9, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_AD A.D. 7], his baby [[brother]], Amos, was born. Jude was not yet two years of age, and the baby sister, Ruth, was yet to come; so it may be seen that [[Jesus]] had a sizable [[family]] of small [[children]] left to his watchcare when his [[father]] met his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_126#126:2._THE_DEATH_OF_JOSEPH accidental death] the following year.

124:5.2 On Sunday night, January 9, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_AD A.D. 7], his baby [[brother]], Amos, was born. Jude was not yet two years of age, and the baby sister, Ruth, was yet to come; so it may be seen that [[Jesus]] had a sizable [[family]] of small [[children]] left to his watchcare when his [[father]] met his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_126#126:2._THE_DEATH_OF_JOSEPH accidental death] the following year.

124:5.3 It was about the middle of February that [[Jesus]] became [[human]]ly [[assured]] that he was [[destined]] to [[perform]] a [[mission]] on [[earth]] for the [[enlightenment]] of man and the [[revelation]] of [[God]]. Momentous [[decisions]], coupled with far-reaching [[plans]], were [[formulating]] in the [[mind]] of this [[youth]], who was, to outward [[appearances]], an [[average]] Jewish lad of [[Nazareth]]. The [[intelligent]] life of all [[Nebadon]] looked on with fascination and [[amazement]] as all this began to [[unfold]] in the [[thinking]] and [[acting]] of the now adolescent [[carpenter]]'s son.

124:5.3 It was about the middle of February that [[Jesus]] became [[human]]ly [[assured]] that he was [[destined]] to [[perform]] a [[mission]] on [[earth]] for the [[enlightenment]] of man and the [[revelation]] of [[God]]. Momentous [[decisions]], coupled with far-reaching [[plans]], were [[formulating]] in the [[mind]] of this [[youth]], who was, to outward [[appearances]], an [[average]] Jewish lad of [[Nazareth]]. The [[intelligent]] life of all [[Nebadon]] looked on with fascination and [[amazement]] as all this began to [[unfold]] in the [[thinking]] and [[acting]] of the now adolescent [[carpenter]]'s son.

124:5.4 On the first day of the week, March 20, A.D. 7, [[Jesus]] [[graduated]] from the [[course]] of [[training]] in the local [[school]] connected with the [[Nazareth]] [[synagogue]]. This was a great day in the life of any [[ambitious]] [[Jewish]] [[family]], the day when the first-born son was pronounced a " son of the commandment "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_Mitzvah] and the ransomed first-born of the Lord God of Israel, a " child of the [[Most High]] "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_82] and servant of the Lord of all the earth.

124:5.4 On the first day of the week, March 20, A.D. 7, [[Jesus]] [[graduated]] from the [[course]] of [[training]] in the local [[school]] connected with the [[Nazareth]] [[synagogue]]. This was a great day in the life of any [[ambitious]] [[Jewish]] [[family]], the day when the first-born son was pronounced a " son of the commandment "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_Mitzvah] and the ransomed first-born of the Lord God of Israel, a " child of the [[Most High]] "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_82] and servant of the Lord of all the earth.

124:5.5 Friday of the week before, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph] had come over from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepphoris Sepphoris], where he was in charge of the [[work]] on a new [[Monument|public building]], to be present on this glad occasion. [[Jesus]]' [[teacher]] [[confidently]] believed that his alert and [[diligent]] [[pupil]] was destined to some outstanding [[career]], some distinguished [[mission]]. The [[elders]], notwithstanding all their [[trouble]] with [[Jesus]]' [[nonconformist]] [[tendencies]], were very [[proud]] of the lad and had already begun laying [[plans]] which would enable him to go to [[Jerusalem]] to continue his [[education]] in the renowned [[Hebrew]] [[University|academies]].

124:5.5 Friday of the week before, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph] had come over from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepphoris Sepphoris], where he was in charge of the [[work]] on a new [[Monument|public building]], to be present on this glad occasion. [[Jesus]]' [[teacher]] [[confidently]] believed that his alert and [[diligent]] [[pupil]] was destined to some outstanding [[career]], some distinguished [[mission]]. The [[elders]], notwithstanding all their [[trouble]] with [[Jesus]]' [[nonconformist]] [[tendencies]], were very [[proud]] of the lad and had already begun laying [[plans]] which would enable him to go to [[Jerusalem]] to continue his [[education]] in the renowned [[Hebrew]] [[University|academies]].

124:5.6 As [[Jesus]] heard these [[plans]] [[discussed]] from time to time, he became increasingly sure that he would never go to [[Jerusalem]] to [[study]] with the [[rabbis]]. But he little [[dreamed]] of the [[tragedy]], so soon to occur, which would insure the [[abandonment]] of all such [[plans]] by causing him to [[assume]] the [[responsibility]] for the [[support]] and direction of a large [[family]], presently to consist of five brothers and three sisters as well as his mother and himself. Jesus had a larger and longer experience rearing this family than was accorded to Joseph, his father; and he did measure up to the standard which he subsequently set for himself: to become a [[wise]], [[patient]], [[understanding]], and [[effective]] [[teacher]] and eldest brother to this [[family]]—his [[family]]—so suddenly [[sorrow]]-stricken and so unexpectedly [[Grief|bereaved]].

124:5.6 As [[Jesus]] heard these [[plans]] [[discussed]] from time to time, he became increasingly sure that he would never go to [[Jerusalem]] to [[study]] with the [[rabbis]]. But he little [[dreamed]] of the [[tragedy]], so soon to occur, which would insure the [[abandonment]] of all such [[plans]] by causing him to [[assume]] the [[responsibility]] for the [[support]] and direction of a large [[family]], presently to consist of five brothers and three sisters as well as his mother and himself. Jesus had a larger and longer experience rearing this family than was accorded to Joseph, his father; and he did measure up to the standard which he subsequently set for himself: to become a [[wise]], [[patient]], [[understanding]], and [[effective]] [[teacher]] and eldest brother to this [[family]]—his [[family]]—so suddenly [[sorrow]]-stricken and so unexpectedly [[Grief|bereaved]].

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[[Category:Paper 124 - The Later Childhood of Jesus]]

[[Category:Paper 124 - The Later Childhood of Jesus]]

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