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128:1.1 With the [[attainment]] of adult years [[Jesus]] began in [[earnest]] and with full [[self-consciousness]] the task of completing the [[experience]] of mastering the [[knowledge]] of the life of his lowest form of [[intelligent]] [[creatures]], thereby finally and fully earning the right of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:3._LOCAL_UNIVERSE_SOVEREIGNTY unqualified rulership] of his [[self]]-created [[universe]]. He entered upon this stupendous task fully [[realizing]] his [[dual]] nature. But he had already [[effectively]] combined these [[two]] natures into [[one]]—[[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]].

128:1.1 With the [[attainment]] of adult years [[Jesus]] began in [[earnest]] and with full [[self-consciousness]] the task of completing the [[experience]] of mastering the [[knowledge]] of the life of his lowest form of [[intelligent]] [[creatures]], thereby finally and fully earning the right of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:3._LOCAL_UNIVERSE_SOVEREIGNTY unqualified rulership] of his [[self]]-created [[universe]]. He entered upon this stupendous task fully [[realizing]] his [[dual]] nature. But he had already [[effectively]] combined these [[two]] natures into [[one]]—[[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]].

128:1.2 Joshua ben Joseph knew full well that he was a man, a [[mortal]] [[man]], [[born]] of [[woman]]. This is shown in the selection of his first title, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_man Son of Man]. He was truly a partaker of [[flesh]] and [[blood]], and even now, as he presides in [[sovereign]] [[authority]] over the [[destinies]] of a [[universe]], he still bears among his numerous well-earned titles that of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_man Son of Man]. It is [[literally]] true that the [[creative]] [[Word]]—the [[Creator Son]]—of the [[Universal Father]] was " made flesh and dwelt as a man of the realm on Urantia. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_1] He labored, grew weary, rested, and slept. He [[hungered]] and satisfied such cravings with [[food]]; he thirsted and quenched his [[thirst]] with [[water]]. He [[experienced]] the full [[gamut]] of human [[feelings]] and [[emotions]]; he was " in all things tested, even as you are, "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_IV] and he suffered and died.

128:1.2 Joshua ben Joseph knew full well that he was a man, a [[mortal]] [[man]], [[born]] of [[woman]]. This is shown in the selection of his first title, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_man Son of Man]. He was truly a partaker of [[flesh]] and [[blood]], and even now, as he presides in [[sovereign]] [[authority]] over the [[destinies]] of a [[universe]], he still bears among his numerous well-earned titles that of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_man Son of Man]. It is [[literally]] true that the [[creative]] [[Word]]—the [[Creator Son]]—of the [[Universal Father]] was " made flesh and dwelt as a man of the realm on Urantia. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_1] He labored, grew weary, rested, and slept. He [[hungered]] and satisfied such cravings with [[food]]; he thirsted and quenched his [[thirst]] with [[water]]. He [[experienced]] the full [[gamut]] of human [[feelings]] and [[emotions]]; he was " in all things tested, even as you are, "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_IV] and he suffered and died.

128:1.3 He obtained [[knowledge]], gained [[experience]], and combined these into [[wisdom]], just as do other [[mortals]] of the realm. Until after his [[baptism]] he availed himself of no [[supernatural]] [[power]]. He employed no [[agency]] not a part of his [[human]] [[endowment]] as a son of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_122#122:1._JOSEPH_AND_MARY Joseph and Mary].

128:1.3 He obtained [[knowledge]], gained [[experience]], and combined these into [[wisdom]], just as do other [[mortals]] of the realm. Until after his [[baptism]] he availed himself of no [[supernatural]] [[power]]. He employed no [[agency]] not a part of his [[human]] [[endowment]] as a son of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_122#122:1._JOSEPH_AND_MARY Joseph and Mary].

128:1.4 As to the [[attributes]] of his prehuman [[existence]], he emptied himself. Prior to the beginning of his [[public]] [[work]] his [[knowledge]] of men and [[events]] was wholly [[self]]-[[limited]]. He was a true man among men.

128:1.4 As to the [[attributes]] of his prehuman [[existence]], he emptied himself. Prior to the beginning of his [[public]] [[work]] his [[knowledge]] of men and [[events]] was wholly [[self]]-[[limited]]. He was a true man among men.

128:1.5 It is forever and [[gloriously]] true: " We have a high ruler who can be [[touched]] with the [[feeling]] of our infirmities. We have a [[Sovereign]] who was in all points tested and [[tempted]] like as we are, yet without [[sin]]. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_IV] And since he himself has [[suffered]], being tested and tried, he is [[abundantly]] able to [[understand]] and minister to those who are [[confused]] and distressed.

128:1.5 It is forever and [[gloriously]] true: " We have a high ruler who can be [[touched]] with the [[feeling]] of our infirmities. We have a [[Sovereign]] who was in all points tested and [[tempted]] like as we are, yet without [[sin]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_IV] And since he himself has [[suffered]], being tested and tried, he is [[abundantly]] able to [[understand]] and minister to those who are [[confused]] and distressed.

128:1.6 The [[Nazareth]] [[carpenter]] now fully [[understood]] the [[work]] before him, but he [[chose]] to live his [[human]] life in the [[channel]] of its [[natural]] [[flowing]]. And in some of these matters he is indeed an example to his [[mortal]] [[creatures]], even as it is recorded: " Let this [[mind]] be in you which was also in [[Christ]] [[Jesus]], who, being of the [[nature]] of [[God]], thought it not strange to be [[equal]] with God. But he made himself to be of little import and, taking upon himself the [[form]] of a [[creature]], was [[born]] in the likeness of [[mankind]]. And being thus fashioned as a man, he [[humbled]] himself and became [[obedient]] to [[death]], even the [[Crucifixion|death of the cross]]. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Philippians#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Philippians.2C_II]

128:1.6 The [[Nazareth]] [[carpenter]] now fully [[understood]] the [[work]] before him, but he [[chose]] to live his [[human]] life in the [[channel]] of its [[natural]] [[flowing]]. And in some of these matters he is indeed an example to his [[mortal]] [[creatures]], even as it is recorded: " Let this [[mind]] be in you which was also in [[Christ]] [[Jesus]], who, being of the [[nature]] of [[God]], thought it not strange to be [[equal]] with God. But he made himself to be of little import and, taking upon himself the [[form]] of a [[creature]], was [[born]] in the likeness of [[mankind]]. And being thus fashioned as a man, he [[humbled]] himself and became [[obedient]] to [[death]], even the [[Crucifixion|death of the cross]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Philippians#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Philippians.2C_II]

128:1.7 He lived his [[mortal]] life just as all others of the [[human]] [[family]] may live theirs, " who in the days of the [[flesh]] so frequently offered up [[prayers]] and supplications, even with strong [[feelings]] and tears, to Him who is able to save from all [[evil]], and his prayers were [[effective]] because he believed. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_V] Wherefore it behooved him in every respect to be made like his brethren that he might become a [[merciful]] and [[understanding]] [[sovereign]] ruler over them.

128:1.7 He lived his [[mortal]] life just as all others of the [[human]] [[family]] may live theirs, " who in the days of the [[flesh]] so frequently offered up [[prayers]] and supplications, even with strong [[feelings]] and tears, to Him who is able to save from all [[evil]], and his prayers were [[effective]] because he believed. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_V] Wherefore it behooved him in every respect to be made like his brethren that he might become a [[merciful]] and [[understanding]] [[sovereign]] ruler over them.

128:1.8 Of his [[human]] [[nature]] he was never in [[doubt]]; it was self-evident and always present in his [[consciousness]]. But of his [[divine]] [[nature]] there was always room for [[doubt]] and [[conjecture]], at least this was true right up to the [[event]] of his [[baptism]]. The [[self-realization]] of [[divinity]] was a slow and, from the [[human]] [[standpoint]], a natural [[evolutionary]] [[revelation]]. This revelation and [[self-realization]] of [[divinity]] began in [[Jerusalem]] when he was not quite thirteen years old with the first [[supernatural]] occurrence of his [[human]] [[existence]]; and this [[experience]] of effecting the [[self-realization]] of his [[divine]] [[nature]] was completed at the time of his second [[supernatural]] [[experience]] while in the [[flesh]], the [[episode]] attendant upon his [[baptism]] by [[John the Baptist|John]] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_river Jordan][http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136#136:2._THE_BAPTISM_OF_JESUS], which [[event]] marked the beginning of his [[public]] [[career]] of [[ministry]] and [[teaching]].

128:1.8 Of his [[human]] [[nature]] he was never in [[doubt]]; it was self-evident and always present in his [[consciousness]]. But of his [[divine]] [[nature]] there was always room for [[doubt]] and [[conjecture]], at least this was true right up to the [[event]] of his [[baptism]]. The [[self-realization]] of [[divinity]] was a slow and, from the [[human]] [[standpoint]], a natural [[evolutionary]] [[revelation]]. This revelation and [[self-realization]] of [[divinity]] began in [[Jerusalem]] when he was not quite thirteen years old with the first [[supernatural]] occurrence of his [[human]] [[existence]]; and this [[experience]] of effecting the [[self-realization]] of his [[divine]] [[nature]] was completed at the time of his second [[supernatural]] [[experience]] while in the [[flesh]], the [[episode]] attendant upon his [[baptism]] by [[John the Baptist|John]] in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_river Jordan][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136#136:2._THE_BAPTISM_OF_JESUS], which [[event]] marked the beginning of his [[public]] [[career]] of [[ministry]] and [[teaching]].

128:1.9 Between these [[two]] [[celestial]] [[visitations]], one in his thirteenth year and the other at his [[baptism]], there occurred nothing [[supernatural]] or [[superhuman]] in the life of this [[incarnated]] [[Creator Son]]. Notwithstanding this, the babe of [[Bethlehem]], the lad, [[youth]], and man of [[Nazareth]], was in [[reality]] the [[incarnated]] [[Creator]] of a [[universe]]; but he never once used aught of this [[power]], nor did he utilize the [[guidance]] of [[celestial]] [[personalities]], aside from that of his [[guardian seraphim]], in the living of his human life up to the day of his [[baptism]] by [[John the Baptist|John]]. And we who thus testify know whereof we speak.

128:1.9 Between these [[two]] [[celestial]] [[visitations]], one in his thirteenth year and the other at his [[baptism]], there occurred nothing [[supernatural]] or [[superhuman]] in the life of this [[incarnated]] [[Creator Son]]. Notwithstanding this, the babe of [[Bethlehem]], the lad, [[youth]], and man of [[Nazareth]], was in [[reality]] the [[incarnated]] [[Creator]] of a [[universe]]; but he never once used aught of this [[power]], nor did he utilize the [[guidance]] of [[celestial]] [[personalities]], aside from that of his [[guardian seraphim]], in the living of his human life up to the day of his [[baptism]] by [[John the Baptist|John]]. And we who thus testify know whereof we speak.

128:1.10 And yet, throughout all these years of his life in the [[flesh]] he was truly [[divine]]. He was actually a [[Creator Son]] of the [[Paradise Father]]. When once he had espoused his [[public]] [[career]], subsequent to the [[technical]] completion of his [[purely]] [[mortal]] [[experience]] of [[sovereignty]] acquirement, he did not hesitate publicly to admit that he was the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_god Son of God]. He did not hesitate to declare, " I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Revelation#Chapter_22] He made no [[protest]] in later years when he was called Lord of [[Glory]], Ruler of a [[Universe]], the Lord [[God]] of all [[creation]], the [[Holy]] One of [[Israel]], the Lord of all, our Lord and our God, God with us, having a [[name]] above every name and on all worlds, the [[Omnipotence]] of a [[universe]], the Universe [[Mind]] of this [[creation]], the One in whom are hid all treasures of [[wisdom]] and [[knowledge]], the fullness of Him who fills [[all things]], the [[eternal]] [[Word]] of the eternal [[God]], the One who was before all things and in whom all things consist, the [[Creator]] of the [[heaven]]s and the [[earth]], the Upholder of a universe, the [[Judge]] of all the earth, the Giver of life eternal, the True Shepherd, the Deliverer of the worlds, and the Captain of our [[salvation]].

128:1.10 And yet, throughout all these years of his life in the [[flesh]] he was truly [[divine]]. He was actually a [[Creator Son]] of the [[Paradise Father]]. When once he had espoused his [[public]] [[career]], subsequent to the [[technical]] completion of his [[purely]] [[mortal]] [[experience]] of [[sovereignty]] acquirement, he did not hesitate publicly to admit that he was the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_god Son of God]. He did not hesitate to declare, " I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Revelation#Chapter_22] He made no [[protest]] in later years when he was called Lord of [[Glory]], Ruler of a [[Universe]], the Lord [[God]] of all [[creation]], the [[Holy]] One of [[Israel]], the Lord of all, our Lord and our God, God with us, having a [[name]] above every name and on all worlds, the [[Omnipotence]] of a [[universe]], the Universe [[Mind]] of this [[creation]], the One in whom are hid all treasures of [[wisdom]] and [[knowledge]], the fullness of Him who fills [[all things]], the [[eternal]] [[Word]] of the eternal [[God]], the One who was before all things and in whom all things consist, the [[Creator]] of the [[heaven]]s and the [[earth]], the Upholder of a universe, the [[Judge]] of all the earth, the Giver of life eternal, the True Shepherd, the Deliverer of the worlds, and the Captain of our [[salvation]].

128:1.11 He never objected to any of these titles as they were applied to him subsequent to the [[emergence]] from his [[purely]] [[human]] life into the later years of his [[self-consciousness]] of the [[ministry]] of [[divinity]] in [[humanity]], and for humanity, and to humanity on this world and for all other worlds. [[Jesus]] objected to but one title as applied to him: When he was once called [[Immanuel]], he merely replied, " Not I, that is my [[elder]] [[brother]]. "

128:1.11 He never objected to any of these titles as they were applied to him subsequent to the [[emergence]] from his [[purely]] [[human]] life into the later years of his [[self-consciousness]] of the [[ministry]] of [[divinity]] in [[humanity]], and for humanity, and to humanity on this world and for all other worlds. [[Jesus]] objected to but one title as applied to him: When he was once called [[Immanuel]], he merely replied, " Not I, that is my [[elder]] [[brother]]. "

128:1.12 Always, even after his [[emergence]] into the larger life on [[earth]], Jesus was submissively subject to the [[Free will|will]] of [[the Father]] in [[heaven]].

128:1.12 Always, even after his [[emergence]] into the larger life on [[earth]], Jesus was submissively subject to the [[Free will|will]] of [[the Father]] in [[heaven]].

128:1.13 After his [[baptism]] he thought nothing of permitting his [[sincere]] believers and [[grateful]] followers to [[worship]] him. Even while he wrestled with [[poverty]] and toiled with his hands to provide the [[necessities]] of life for his [[family]], his [[awareness]] that he was a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_god Son of God] was growing; he knew that he was the [[Creator|maker]] of the heavens and this very [[earth]] whereon he was now living out his [[human]] [[existence]]. And the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_37 hosts] of [[celestial]] [[beings]] throughout the great and onlooking [[universe]] likewise knew that this man of [[Nazareth]] was their beloved [[Sovereign]] and [[Creator]]-[[father]]. A [[profound]] [[suspense]] pervaded the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]] throughout these years; all celestial eyes were continuously [[focused]] on [[Urantia]]—on [[Palestine]].

128:1.13 After his [[baptism]] he thought nothing of permitting his [[sincere]] believers and [[grateful]] followers to [[worship]] him. Even while he wrestled with [[poverty]] and toiled with his hands to provide the [[necessities]] of life for his [[family]], his [[awareness]] that he was a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_god Son of God] was growing; he knew that he was the [[Creator|maker]] of the heavens and this very [[earth]] whereon he was now living out his [[human]] [[existence]]. And the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_37 hosts] of [[celestial]] [[beings]] throughout the great and onlooking [[universe]] likewise knew that this man of [[Nazareth]] was their beloved [[Sovereign]] and [[Creator]]-[[father]]. A [[profound]] [[suspense]] pervaded the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]] throughout these years; all celestial eyes were continuously [[focused]] on [[Urantia]]—on [[Palestine]].

128:1.14 This year [[Jesus]] went up to [[Jerusalem]] with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph] to [[celebrate]] the [[Passover]]. Having taken [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_just James] to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple temple] for [[consecration]], he deemed it his [[duty]] to take Joseph. [[Jesus]] never exhibited any [[degree]] of partiality in dealing with his [[family]]. He went with Joseph to [[Jerusalem]] by the usual [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Valley_(Middle_East) Jordan valley] route, but he returned to [[Nazareth]] by the east Jordan way, which led through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amathus Amathus]. Going down the Jordan, [[Jesus]] narrated [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_history#Ancient_Jewish_history_.28before_37_BCE.29 Jewish history] to Joseph and on the return trip told him about the [[experiences]] of the reputed tribes of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribe_of_Reuben Ruben], [[Gad]], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilead_(tribal_group) Gilead] that [[traditionally]] had dwelt in these regions east of the river.

128:1.14 This year [[Jesus]] went up to [[Jerusalem]] with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph] to [[celebrate]] the [[Passover]]. Having taken [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_just James] to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple temple] for [[consecration]], he deemed it his [[duty]] to take Joseph. [[Jesus]] never exhibited any [[degree]] of partiality in dealing with his [[family]]. He went with Joseph to [[Jerusalem]] by the usual [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Valley_(Middle_East) Jordan valley] route, but he returned to [[Nazareth]] by the east Jordan way, which led through [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amathus Amathus]. Going down the Jordan, [[Jesus]] narrated [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_history#Ancient_Jewish_history_.28before_37_BCE.29 Jewish history] to Joseph and on the return trip told him about the [[experiences]] of the reputed tribes of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribe_of_Reuben Ruben], [[Gad]], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilead_(tribal_group) Gilead] that [[traditionally]] had dwelt in these regions east of the river.

128:1.15 Joseph asked [[Jesus]] many leading questions concerning his life [[mission]], but to most of these [[inquiries]] Jesus would only reply, " My hour has not yet come. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_2] However, in these [[intimate]] [[discussions]] many [[words]] were dropped which Joseph [[remembered]] during the stirring [[events]] of subsequent years. [[Jesus]], with Joseph, spent this [[Passover]] with his three friends at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany], as was his [[custom]] when in [[Jerusalem]] attending these festival commemorations.

128:1.15 Joseph asked [[Jesus]] many leading questions concerning his life [[mission]], but to most of these [[inquiries]] Jesus would only reply, " My hour has not yet come. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_2] However, in these [[intimate]] [[discussions]] many [[words]] were dropped which Joseph [[remembered]] during the stirring [[events]] of subsequent years. [[Jesus]], with Joseph, spent this [[Passover]] with his three friends at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany], as was his [[custom]] when in [[Jerusalem]] attending these festival commemorations.

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[[Category:Paper 128 - Jesus' Early Manhood]]

[[Category:Paper 128 - Jesus' Early Manhood]]

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