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137:6.1 [[Jesus]]' first [[public]] [[appearance]] following [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136#136:2._THE_BAPTISM_OF_JESUS his baptism] was in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] [[synagogue]] on [[Sabbath]], March 2, A.D. The synagogue was crowded to overflowing. The [[story]] of the [[baptism]] in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_river Jordan] was now [[augmented]] by the fresh news from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cana Cana] about the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_137#137:4._THE_WEDDING_AT_CANA water and the wine]. [[Jesus]] gave seats of [[honor]] to his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139 six apostles], and seated with them were his [[brothers]] in the flesh [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Just James] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude_the_Apostle Jude]. His [[mother]], having returned to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Just James] the evening before, was also present, being seated in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechitzah women's section] of the [[synagogue]]. The entire [[audience]] was on edge; they [[expected]] to behold some extraordinary [[manifestation]] of [[supernatural]] [[power]] which would be a fitting [[testimony]] to the [[nature]] and [[authority]] of him who was that day to speak to them. But they were destined to [[disappointment]].

137:6.2 When [[Jesus]] stood up, the ruler of the [[synagogue]] handed him the [[Scripture]] roll, and he read from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Prophet Isaiah]: " Thus says the Lord: `The [[heaven]] is my throne, and the [[earth]] is my footstool. Where is the house that you built for me? And where is the place of my dwelling? All these things have my hands made,' says the Lord. `But to this man will I look, even to him who is poor and of a [[Repentance|contrite]] spirit, and who trembles at my [[word]].' Hear the word of the Lord, you who tremble and fear: `Your brethren hated you and cast you out for my name's sake.' But let the Lord be glorified. He shall appear to you in [[joy]], and all others shall be ashamed. A [[voice]] from the [[city]], a voice from the [[temple]], a voice from the Lord says: `Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.' Who has heard such a thing? Shall the [[earth]] be made to bring forth in one day? Or can a [[nation]] be born at once? But thus says the Lord: `Behold I will extend [[peace]] like a [[river]], and the [[glory]] of even the [[gentiles]] shall be like a flowing stream. As one whom his [[mother]] [[comfort]]s, so will I comfort you. And you shall be comforted even in [[Jerusalem]]. And when you see these things, your [[heart]] shall [[rejoice]].' "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.66]

137:6.3 When he had finished this [[reading]], [[Jesus]] handed the roll back to its keeper. Before sitting down, he simply said: " Be [[patient]] and you shall see the [[glory]] of [[God]]; even so shall it be with all those who tarry with me and thus learn to [[do the will of my Father]] who is in heaven. " And the people went to their [[homes]], wondering what was the [[meaning]] of all this.

137:6.4 That afternoon [[Jesus]] and his [[apostles]], with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Just James] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude_the_Apostle Jude], entered a boat and pulled down the shore a little way, where they anchored while he talked to them about the coming kingdom. And they [[understood]] more than they had on Thursday night.

137:6.5 [[Jesus]] instructed them to take up their regular [[duties]] until " the hour of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_God the kingdom] comes. " And to [[encourage]] them, he set an example by going back regularly to [[work]] in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boatbuilding boatshop]. In [[explaining]] that they should spend three hours every evening in [[study]] and [[preparation]] for their [[future]] [[work]], [[Jesus]] further said: " We will all remain hereabout until [[the Father]] bids me call you. Each of you must now return to his accustomed [[work]] just as if nothing had happened. Tell no man about me and remember that [[The Kingdom of Heaven|my kingdom]] is not to come with [[noise]] and glamor, but rather must it come through the great [[change]] which my Father will have wrought in your [[hearts]] and in the hearts of those who shall be called to join you in the [[councils]] of [[the kingdom]]. You are now my [[friends]]; I [[trust]] you and I [[love]] you; you are soon to become my [[personal]] associates. Be [[patient]], be [[gentle]]. Be ever [[obedient]] to [[the Father]]'s will. Make yourselves ready for [[the call]] of [[the kingdom]]. While you will [[experience]] great [[joy]] in the [[service]] of my Father, you should also be [[prepared]] for trouble, for I [[warn]] you that it will be only through much [[tribulation]] that many will enter [[the kingdom]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_acts#Acts.14] But those who have found the kingdom, their [[joy]] will be full, and they shall be called the [[Blessed|blest]] of all the [[earth]]. But do not entertain [[false]] [[hope]]; the world will stumble at my [[words]]. Even you, my [[friends]], do not fully [[perceive]] what I am unfolding to your [[confused]] [[minds]]. Make no mistake; we go forth to [[labor]] for a generation of sign seekers. They will demand [[wonder]]-working as the [[proof]] that I am sent by my Father, and they will be slow to [[recognize]] in the [[revelation]] of my Father's [[love]] the credentials of my mission. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_12]

137:6.6 That evening, when they had returned to the [[land]], before they went their way, [[Jesus]], standing by the water's edge, prayed: " My Father, I thank you for these little ones who, in spite of their [[doubts]], even now believe. And for their sakes have I set myself apart [[to do your will]]. And now may they [[learn]] to be one, even as we are one. "

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