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142:7.1 After the [[busy]] period of teaching and [[personal]] [[work]] of [[Passover]] week in [[Jerusalem]], [[Jesus]] spent the next Wednesday at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany] with his [[apostles]], [[resting]]. That afternoon, [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] asked a question which elicited a long and instructive answer. Said Thomas: " Master, on the day we were set apart as [[ambassadors]] of [[the kingdom]], you told us many things, instructed us regarding our [[personal]] mode of life, but what shall we teach the [[multitude]]? How are these people to live after [[the kingdom]] more fully comes? Shall your [[disciples]] own [[slaves]]? Shall your believers court [[poverty]] and shun [[property]]? Shall [[mercy]] alone prevail so that we shall have no more [[law]] and [[justice]]? " [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]] spent all afternoon and all that evening, after supper, discussing [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]]'s questions. For the [[purposes]] of this [[record]] we present the following summary of [[the Master]]'s instruction:

142:7.1 After the [[busy]] period of teaching and [[personal]] [[work]] of [[Passover]] week in [[Jerusalem]], [[Jesus]] spent the next Wednesday at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany] with his [[apostles]], [[resting]]. That afternoon, [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] asked a question which elicited a long and instructive answer. Said Thomas: " Master, on the day we were set apart as [[ambassadors]] of [[the kingdom]], you told us many things, instructed us regarding our [[personal]] mode of life, but what shall we teach the [[multitude]]? How are these people to live after [[the kingdom]] more fully comes? Shall your [[disciples]] own [[slaves]]? Shall your believers court [[poverty]] and shun [[property]]? Shall [[mercy]] alone prevail so that we shall have no more [[law]] and [[justice]]? " [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]] spent all afternoon and all that evening, after supper, discussing [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]]'s questions. For the [[purposes]] of this [[record]] we present the following summary of [[the Master]]'s instruction:

142:7.2 [[Jesus]] sought first to make plain to his [[apostles]] that he himself was on [[earth]] living a [[unique]] life in the [[flesh]], and that they, [[the twelve]], had been called to [[participate]] in this [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 bestowal experience] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man]; and as such coworkers, they, too, must [[share]] in many of the special restrictions and [[obligations]] of the entire [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowal experience]. There was a veiled intimation that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] was the only person who had ever lived on [[earth]] who could [[simultaneously]] see into the very [[heart]] of [[God]] and into the very depths of man's [[soul]].

142:7.2 [[Jesus]] sought first to make plain to his [[apostles]] that he himself was on [[earth]] living a [[unique]] life in the [[flesh]], and that they, [[the twelve]], had been called to [[participate]] in this [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 bestowal experience] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man]; and as such coworkers, they, too, must [[share]] in many of the special restrictions and [[obligations]] of the entire [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowal experience]. There was a veiled intimation that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] was the only person who had ever lived on [[earth]] who could [[simultaneously]] see into the very [[heart]] of [[God]] and into the very depths of man's [[soul]].

142:7.3 Very plainly [[Jesus]] explained that [[the kingdom]] of heaven was an [[evolutionary]] [[experience]], beginning here on [[earth]] and [[progressing]] up through [[successive]] life stations to [[Paradise]]. In the [[course]] of the evening he definitely stated that at some [[future]] stage of kingdom [[development]] he would revisit this world in [[spiritual]] [[power]] and [[divine]] [[glory]].

142:7.3 Very plainly [[Jesus]] explained that [[the kingdom]] of heaven was an [[evolutionary]] [[experience]], beginning here on [[earth]] and [[progressing]] up through [[successive]] life stations to [[Paradise]]. In the [[course]] of the evening he definitely stated that at some [[future]] stage of kingdom [[development]] he would revisit this world in [[spiritual]] [[power]] and [[divine]] [[glory]].

142:7.13 For hours [[the Master]] [[discussed]] the application of these features of [[family]] life to the [[relations]] of man, the [[earth]] child, to [[God]], the [[Paradise Father]]. And this was his conclusion: " This entire [[relationship]] of a son to [[the Father]], I know in [[perfection]], for all that you must [[attain]] of sonship in the eternal [[future]] I have now already [[attained]]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] is [[prepared]] to [[ascend]] to the right hand of [[the Father]], so that in me is the way now open still wider for all of you to see [[God]] and, ere you have finished the [[glorious]] [[progression]], to become [[perfect]], even as your Father in heaven is perfect. "

142:7.13 For hours [[the Master]] [[discussed]] the application of these features of [[family]] life to the [[relations]] of man, the [[earth]] child, to [[God]], the [[Paradise Father]]. And this was his conclusion: " This entire [[relationship]] of a son to [[the Father]], I know in [[perfection]], for all that you must [[attain]] of sonship in the eternal [[future]] I have now already [[attained]]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] is [[prepared]] to [[ascend]] to the right hand of [[the Father]], so that in me is the way now open still wider for all of you to see [[God]] and, ere you have finished the [[glorious]] [[progression]], to become [[perfect]], even as your Father in heaven is perfect. "

142:7.14 When [[the apostles]] heard these startling [[words]], they recalled the pronouncements which [[John the Baptist|John]] made at the [[time]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136#136:2._THE_BAPTISM_OF_JESUS Jesus' baptism], and they also vividly recalled this [[experience]] in [[connection]] with their [[preaching]] and teaching subsequent to [[the Master[['s [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_187 death] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_189 resurrection].

142:7.14 When [[the apostles]] heard these startling [[words]], they recalled the pronouncements which [[John the Baptist|John]] made at the [[time]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136#136:2._THE_BAPTISM_OF_JESUS Jesus' baptism], and they also vividly recalled this [[experience]] in [[connection]] with their [[preaching]] and teaching subsequent to [[the Master[['s [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_187 death] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_189 resurrection].

142:7.15 [[Jesus]] is a [[divine Son]], one in the [[Universal Father]]' s full [[confidence]]. He had been with [[the Father]] and [[comprehended]] him fully. He had now lived his [[earth]] life to the full [[satisfaction]] of [[the Father]], and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:7._THE_SEVENTH_AND_FINAL_BESTOWAL this incarnation in the flesh] had enabled him fully to [[comprehend]] [[man]]. [[Jesus]] was the [[perfection]] of man; he had [[attained]] just such perfection as all true believers are [[destined]] to [[attain]] in him and through him. [[Jesus]] [[revealed]] a [[God]] of [[perfection]] to man and presented in himself the perfected son of the realms to [[God]].

142:7.15 [[Jesus]] is a [[divine Son]], one in the [[Universal Father]]' s full [[confidence]]. He had been with [[the Father]] and [[comprehended]] him fully. He had now lived his [[earth]] life to the full [[satisfaction]] of [[the Father]], and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:7._THE_SEVENTH_AND_FINAL_BESTOWAL this incarnation in the flesh] had enabled him fully to [[comprehend]] [[man]]. [[Jesus]] was the [[perfection]] of man; he had [[attained]] just such perfection as all true believers are [[destined]] to [[attain]] in him and through him. [[Jesus]] [[revealed]] a [[God]] of [[perfection]] to man and presented in himself the perfected son of the realms to [[God]].

142:7.16 Although [[Jesus]] [[discoursed]] for several hours, [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] was not yet [[satisfied]], for he said: " But, Master, we do not find that [[the Father]] in heaven always deals [[kindly]] and [[mercifully]] with us. Many times we grievously [[suffer]] on [[earth]], and not always are our [[prayers]] answered. Where do we fail to grasp the [[meaning]] of your teaching? "

142:7.16 Although [[Jesus]] [[discoursed]] for several hours, [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] was not yet [[satisfied]], for he said: " But, Master, we do not find that [[the Father]] in heaven always deals [[kindly]] and [[mercifully]] with us. Many times we grievously [[suffer]] on [[earth]], and not always are our [[prayers]] answered. Where do we fail to grasp the [[meaning]] of your teaching? "

142:7.17 [[Jesus]] replied: " [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]], Thomas, how long before you will acquire the [[ability]] to [[listen]] with the ear of the spirit? How long will it be before you [[discern]] that this kingdom is a [[spiritual]] kingdom, and that my Father is also a [[spiritual]] [[being]]? Do you not [[understand]] that I am teaching you as [[spiritual]] [[children]] in the spirit [[family]] of [[heaven]], of which the fatherhead is an [[infinite]] and [[eternal]] spirit? Will you not allow me to use the [[earth]] [[family]] as an [[illustration]] of [[divine]] [[relationships]] without so [[literally]] applying my teaching to [[material]] affairs? In your minds cannot you separate the [[spiritual]] [[realities]] of [[the kingdom]] from the [[material]], [[social]], [[economic]], and [[political]] [[problems]] of the age? When I speak the [[language]] of the [[spirit]], why do you insist on [[translating]] my [[meaning]] into the language of the [[flesh]] just because I presume to employ commonplace and [[literal]] [[relationships]] for [[purposes]] of [[illustration]]? My [[children]], I implore that you cease to apply the teaching of [[the kingdom]] of the [[spirit]] to the sordid affairs of [[slavery]], [[poverty]], houses, and [[land]]s, and to the [[material]] [[problems]] of human [[equity]] and [[justice]]. These [[temporal]] matters are the concern of the men of this world, and while in a way they affect all men, you have been called to [[represent]] me in the world, even as I represent my [[Universal Father|Father]]. You are [[spiritual]] [[ambassadors]] of a [[spiritual]] kingdom, special [[representatives]] of the [[Universal Father|spirit Father]]. By this [[time]] it should be possible for me to instruct you as full-grown men of the spirit kingdom. Must I ever address you only as [[children]]? Will you never grow up in spirit [[perception]]? Nevertheless, I [[love]] you and will bear with you, even to the very end of our [[association]] in the [[flesh]]. And even then shall [[Spirit of Truth|my spirit]] go before you into all the world. "

142:7.17 [[Jesus]] replied: " [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]], Thomas, how long before you will acquire the [[ability]] to [[listen]] with the ear of the spirit? How long will it be before you [[discern]] that this kingdom is a [[spiritual]] kingdom, and that my Father is also a [[spiritual]] [[being]]? Do you not [[understand]] that I am teaching you as [[spiritual]] [[children]] in the spirit [[family]] of [[heaven]], of which the fatherhead is an [[infinite]] and [[eternal]] spirit? Will you not allow me to use the [[earth]] [[family]] as an [[illustration]] of [[divine]] [[relationships]] without so [[literally]] applying my teaching to [[material]] affairs? In your minds cannot you separate the [[spiritual]] [[realities]] of [[the kingdom]] from the [[material]], [[social]], [[economic]], and [[political]] [[problems]] of the age? When I speak the [[language]] of the [[spirit]], why do you insist on [[translating]] my [[meaning]] into the language of the [[flesh]] just because I presume to employ commonplace and [[literal]] [[relationships]] for [[purposes]] of [[illustration]]? My [[children]], I implore that you cease to apply the teaching of [[the kingdom]] of the [[spirit]] to the sordid affairs of [[slavery]], [[poverty]], houses, and [[land]]s, and to the [[material]] [[problems]] of human [[equity]] and [[justice]]. These [[temporal]] matters are the concern of the men of this world, and while in a way they affect all men, you have been called to [[represent]] me in the world, even as I represent my [[Universal Father|Father]]. You are [[spiritual]] [[ambassadors]] of a [[spiritual]] kingdom, special [[representatives]] of the [[Universal Father|spirit Father]]. By this [[time]] it should be possible for me to instruct you as full-grown men of the spirit kingdom. Must I ever address you only as [[children]]? Will you never grow up in spirit [[perception]]? Nevertheless, I [[love]] you and will bear with you, even to the very end of our [[association]] in the [[flesh]]. And even then shall [[Spirit of Truth|my spirit]] go before you into all the world. "

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[[Category:Paper 142 - The Passover at Jerusalem]]

[[Category:Paper 142 - The Passover at Jerusalem]]

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