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147:3.1 The afternoon of the second [[Sabbath]] in [[Jerusalem]], as [[the Master]] and [[the apostles]] were about to [[participate]] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple temple] services, [[John, the Apostle|John]] said to [[Jesus]], " Come with me, I would show you something. " [[John, the Apostle|John]] conducted [[Jesus]] out through one of the [[Jerusalem]] gates to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pool_of_Bethesda pool of water called Bethesda]. [[Surrounding]] this pool was a [[structure]] of five porches under which a large group of sufferers lingered in [[quest]] of [[healing]]. This was a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_springs hot spring] whose reddish-tinged [[water]] would bubble up at irregular intervals because of [[gas]] accumulations in the rock [[caverns]] underneath the pool. This periodic disturbance of the warm [[waters]] was believed by many to be due to [[supernatural]] [[influences]], and it was a [[popular]] [[belief]] that the first [[person]] who entered the [[water]] after such a disturbance would be [[healed]] of whatever [[infirmity]] he had.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_5]

147:3.1 The afternoon of the second [[Sabbath]] in [[Jerusalem]], as [[the Master]] and [[the apostles]] were about to [[participate]] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple temple] services, [[John, the Apostle|John]] said to [[Jesus]], " Come with me, I would show you something. " [[John, the Apostle|John]] conducted [[Jesus]] out through one of the [[Jerusalem]] gates to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pool_of_Bethesda pool of water called Bethesda]. [[Surrounding]] this pool was a [[structure]] of five porches under which a large group of sufferers lingered in [[quest]] of [[healing]]. This was a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_springs hot spring] whose reddish-tinged [[water]] would bubble up at irregular intervals because of [[gas]] accumulations in the rock [[caverns]] underneath the pool. This periodic disturbance of the warm [[waters]] was believed by many to be due to [[supernatural]] [[influences]], and it was a [[popular]] [[belief]] that the first [[person]] who entered the [[water]] after such a disturbance would be [[healed]] of whatever [[infirmity]] he had.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_5]

147:3.2 [[The apostles]] were somewhat restless under the restrictions imposed by [[Jesus]], and [[John, the Apostle|John]], the youngest of [[the twelve]], was especially restive under this restraint. He had brought [[Jesus]] to the pool [[thinking]] that the sight of the assembled [[sufferers]] would make such an [[appeal]] to [[the Master]]'s [[compassion]] that he would be moved to [[perform]] a [[miracle]] of [[healing]], and thereby would all [[Jerusalem]] be astounded and presently be won to believe in the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. Said [[John, the Apostle|John]] to [[Jesus]]: " Master, see all of these suffering ones; is there nothing we can do for them? " And [[Jesus]] replied: " [[John, the Apostle|John]], why would you [[tempt]] me to turn aside from the way I have [[chosen]]? Why do you go on [[desiring]] to substitute the working of [[wonders]] and the [[healing]] of the sick for the [[proclamation]] of the [[gospel]] of [[eternal]] [[truth]]? My son, I may not do that which you [[desire]], but gather together these [[sick]] and afflicted that I may speak [[words]] of good cheer and eternal [[comfort]] to them. "

147:3.2 [[The apostles]] were somewhat restless under the restrictions imposed by [[Jesus]], and [[John, the Apostle|John]], the youngest of [[the twelve]], was especially restive under this restraint. He had brought [[Jesus]] to the pool [[thinking]] that the sight of the assembled [[sufferers]] would make such an [[appeal]] to [[the Master]]'s [[compassion]] that he would be moved to [[perform]] a [[miracle]] of [[healing]], and thereby would all [[Jerusalem]] be astounded and presently be won to believe in the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. Said [[John, the Apostle|John]] to [[Jesus]]: " Master, see all of these suffering ones; is there nothing we can do for them? " And [[Jesus]] replied: " [[John, the Apostle|John]], why would you [[tempt]] me to turn aside from the way I have [[chosen]]? Why do you go on [[desiring]] to substitute the working of [[wonders]] and the [[healing]] of the sick for the [[proclamation]] of the [[gospel]] of [[eternal]] [[truth]]? My son, I may not do that which you [[desire]], but gather together these [[sick]] and afflicted that I may speak [[words]] of good cheer and eternal [[comfort]] to them. "

147:3.3 In [[speaking]] to those assembled, [[Jesus]] said: " Many of you are here, [[sick]] and afflicted, because of your many years of wrong living. Some [[suffer]] from the [[accidents]] of [[time]], others as a result of the [[mistakes]] of their [[forebears]], while some of you [[struggle]] under the [[handicaps]] of the imperfect conditions of your [[temporal]] [[existence]]. But [[Universal Father|my Father]] works, and I would [[work]], to improve your earthly [[state]] but more especially to insure your [[eternal]] estate. None of us can do much to [[change]] the [[difficulties]] of life unless we [[discover]] [[the Father]] in heaven so wills. After all, we are all beholden to [[Doing the will of God|do the will of the Eternal]]. If you could all be [[healed]] of your [[physical]] afflictions, you would indeed [[marvel]], but it is even greater that you should be cleansed of all [[spiritual]] [[disease]] and find yourselves healed of all [[moral]] infirmities. You are all [[God]]'s [[children]]; you are the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD sons of the heavenly Father]. The bonds of [[time]] may seem to afflict you, but the [[God]] of [[eternity]] [[loves]] you. And when the time of [[judgment]] shall come, [[fear]] not, you shall all find, not only [[justice]], but an [[abundance]] of [[mercy]]. Verily, verily, I say to you: He who hears the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] and believes in this teaching of sonship with [[God]], has [[eternal]] life; already are such believers passing from [[judgment]] and [[death]] to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_55#55:6._THE_INDIVIDUAL_MORTAL light and life]. And the hour is coming in which even those who are in the [[tombs]] shall hear the [[voice]] of the [[resurrection]]. "

147:3.3 In [[speaking]] to those assembled, [[Jesus]] said: " Many of you are here, [[sick]] and afflicted, because of your many years of wrong living. Some [[suffer]] from the [[accidents]] of [[time]], others as a result of the [[mistakes]] of their [[forebears]], while some of you [[struggle]] under the [[handicaps]] of the imperfect conditions of your [[temporal]] [[existence]]. But [[Universal Father|my Father]] works, and I would [[work]], to improve your earthly [[state]] but more especially to insure your [[eternal]] estate. None of us can do much to [[change]] the [[difficulties]] of life unless we [[discover]] [[the Father]] in heaven so wills. After all, we are all beholden to [[Doing the will of God|do the will of the Eternal]]. If you could all be [[healed]] of your [[physical]] afflictions, you would indeed [[marvel]], but it is even greater that you should be cleansed of all [[spiritual]] [[disease]] and find yourselves healed of all [[moral]] infirmities. You are all [[God]]'s [[children]]; you are the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD sons of the heavenly Father]. The bonds of [[time]] may seem to afflict you, but the [[God]] of [[eternity]] [[loves]] you. And when the time of [[judgment]] shall come, [[fear]] not, you shall all find, not only [[justice]], but an [[abundance]] of [[mercy]]. Verily, verily, I say to you: He who hears the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] and believes in this teaching of sonship with [[God]], has [[eternal]] life; already are such believers passing from [[judgment]] and [[death]] to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_55#55:6._THE_INDIVIDUAL_MORTAL light and life]. And the hour is coming in which even those who are in the [[tombs]] shall hear the [[voice]] of the [[resurrection]]. "

147:3.4 And many of those who heard [[believed]] the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. Some of the afflicted were so [[inspired]] and spiritually [[Renewal|revivified]] that they went about [[proclaiming]] that they had also been [[cured]] of their [[physical]] ailments.

147:3.4 And many of those who heard [[believed]] the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. Some of the afflicted were so [[inspired]] and spiritually [[Renewal|revivified]] that they went about [[proclaiming]] that they had also been [[cured]] of their [[physical]] ailments.

147:3.5 One man who had been many years downcast and grievously afflicted by the infirmities of his troubled [[mind]], [[rejoiced]] at [[Jesus]]' [[words]] and, picking up his bed, went forth to his [[home]], even though it was the [[Sabbath]] day. This afflicted man had waited all these years for somebody to help him; he was such a [[victim]] of the [[feeling]] of his own helplessness that he had never once entertained the [[idea]] of helping himself which proved to be the one thing he had to do in order to [[effect]] recovery—take up his bed and walk.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_5]

147:3.5 One man who had been many years downcast and grievously afflicted by the infirmities of his troubled [[mind]], [[rejoiced]] at [[Jesus]]' [[words]] and, picking up his bed, went forth to his [[home]], even though it was the [[Sabbath]] day. This afflicted man had waited all these years for somebody to help him; he was such a [[victim]] of the [[feeling]] of his own helplessness that he had never once entertained the [[idea]] of helping himself which proved to be the one thing he had to do in order to [[effect]] recovery—take up his bed and walk.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_5]

147:3.6 Then said [[Jesus]] to [[John, the Apostle|John]]: " Let us depart ere the chief [[priests]] and the [[scribes]] come upon us and take offense that we spoke [[words]] of life to these afflicted ones. " And they returned to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple temple] to join their companions, and presently all of them departed to spend the night at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany]. But [[John, the Apostle|John]] never told the other [[apostles]] of this [[visit]] of himself and [[Jesus]] to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pool_of_Bethesda pool of Bethesda] on this [[Sabbath]] afternoon.

147:3.6 Then said [[Jesus]] to [[John, the Apostle|John]]: " Let us depart ere the chief [[priests]] and the [[scribes]] come upon us and take offense that we spoke [[words]] of life to these afflicted ones. " And they returned to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple temple] to join their companions, and presently all of them departed to spend the night at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany]. But [[John, the Apostle|John]] never told the other [[apostles]] of this [[visit]] of himself and [[Jesus]] to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pool_of_Bethesda pool of Bethesda] on this [[Sabbath]] afternoon.

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[[Category:Paper 147 - The Interlude Visit to Jerusalem]]

[[Category:Paper 147 - The Interlude Visit to Jerusalem]]