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152:5.1 Thursday morning, before [[Dawn|daylight]], they anchored their boat offshore near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee]'s house and sought [[sleep]] until about noontime. [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] was first up and, going for a walk by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee sea], found [[Jesus]], in company with their chore boy, sitting on a stone by the [[water]]'s edge. Notwithstanding that many of [[the multitude]] and the young [[evangelists]] searched all night and much of the next day about the eastern hills for [[Jesus]], shortly after midnight he and the Mark lad had started to walk around [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee the lake] and across the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_river river], back to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida].

152:5.1 Thursday morning, before [[Dawn|daylight]], they anchored their boat offshore near [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee]'s house and sought [[sleep]] until about noontime. [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] was first up and, going for a walk by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee sea], found [[Jesus]], in company with their chore boy, sitting on a stone by the [[water]]'s edge. Notwithstanding that many of [[the multitude]] and the young [[evangelists]] searched all night and much of the next day about the eastern hills for [[Jesus]], shortly after midnight he and the Mark lad had started to walk around [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee the lake] and across the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_river river], back to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida].

152:5.2 Of the five thousand who were [[miraculously]] fed, and who, when their stomachs were full and their [[hearts]] empty, would have made him [[king]], only about five hundred [[persisted]] in following after him. But before these [[received]] word that he was back in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida], [[Jesus]] asked [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] to assemble the [[twelve apostles]] and their [[associates]], including [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_150#150:1._THE_WOMEN.27S_EVANGELISTIC_CORPS the women], saying, " I [[desire]] to [[speak]] with them. " And when all were ready, [[Jesus]] said:

152:5.2 Of the five thousand who were [[miraculously]] fed, and who, when their stomachs were full and their [[hearts]] empty, would have made him [[king]], only about five hundred [[persisted]] in following after him. But before these [[received]] word that he was back in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida], [[Jesus]] asked [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] to assemble the [[twelve apostles]] and their [[associates]], including [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_150#150:1._THE_WOMEN.27S_EVANGELISTIC_CORPS the women], saying, " I [[desire]] to [[speak]] with them. " And when all were ready, [[Jesus]] said:

152:5.3 " How long shall I bear with you? Are you all slow of [[spiritual]] [[comprehension]] and deficient in living [[faith]]? All these months have I taught you the [[truths]] of [[the kingdom]], and yet are you [[dominated]] by [[material]] [[motives]] instead of [[spiritual]] [[considerations]]. Have you not even [[read]] in the [[Scriptures]] where [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] exhorted the unbelieving children of [[Israel]], saying: `[[Fear]] not, stand still and see the [[salvation]] of the Lord'?[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.14] Said the singer: `Put your [[trust]] in the Lord.'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_4] `Be [[patient]], wait upon the Lord and be of [[good]] [[courage]]. He shall [[strengthen]] your [[heart]].' `Cast your burden on the Lord, and he shall [[sustain]] you.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_55] Trust him at all times and pour out your [[heart]] to him, for [[God]] is your [[refuge]].' `He who dwells in the [[secret]] place of the [[Most High]] shall abide under the [[shadow]] of the [[Almighty]].'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_91] `It is better to [[trust]] the Lord than to put [[confidence]] in [[human]] princes.'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_118]

152:5.3 " How long shall I bear with you? Are you all slow of [[spiritual]] [[comprehension]] and deficient in living [[faith]]? All these months have I taught you the [[truths]] of [[the kingdom]], and yet are you [[dominated]] by [[material]] [[motives]] instead of [[spiritual]] [[considerations]]. Have you not even [[read]] in the [[Scriptures]] where [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] exhorted the unbelieving children of [[Israel]], saying: `[[Fear]] not, stand still and see the [[salvation]] of the Lord'?[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.14] Said the singer: `Put your [[trust]] in the Lord.'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_4] `Be [[patient]], wait upon the Lord and be of [[good]] [[courage]]. He shall [[strengthen]] your [[heart]].' `Cast your burden on the Lord, and he shall [[sustain]] you.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_55] Trust him at all times and pour out your [[heart]] to him, for [[God]] is your [[refuge]].' `He who dwells in the [[secret]] place of the [[Most High]] shall abide under the [[shadow]] of the [[Almighty]].'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_91] `It is better to [[trust]] the Lord than to put [[confidence]] in [[human]] princes.'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_118]

152:5.4 " And now do you all see that the working of [[miracles]] and the [[performance]] of [[material]] [[wonders]] will not win [[souls]] for the [[spiritual]] [[The Kingdom|kingdom]]? We fed [[the multitude]], but it did not lead them to [[hunger]] for the bread of life neither to [[thirst]] for the waters of [[spiritual]] [[righteousness]]. When their [[hunger]] was [[satisfied]], they sought not entrance into [[the kingdom]] of heaven but rather sought to [[proclaim]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] [[king]] after the [[manner]] of the kings of this world, only that they might continue to eat bread without having to [[Work|toil]] therefor. And all this, in which many of you did more or less [[participate]], does nothing to [[reveal]] the [[heavenly Father]] or to advance his [[the kingdom|kingdom]] on [[earth]]. Have we not sufficient [[enemies]] among the [[religious]] [[leaders]] of the [[land]] without doing that which is likely to estrange also the [[Political|civil rulers]]? I [[pray]] that [[the Father]] will [[anoint]] your eyes that you may see and open your ears that you may hear, to the end that you may have full [[faith]] in the [[gospel]] which I have taught you. "

152:5.4 " And now do you all see that the working of [[miracles]] and the [[performance]] of [[material]] [[wonders]] will not win [[souls]] for the [[spiritual]] [[The Kingdom|kingdom]]? We fed [[the multitude]], but it did not lead them to [[hunger]] for the bread of life neither to [[thirst]] for the waters of [[spiritual]] [[righteousness]]. When their [[hunger]] was [[satisfied]], they sought not entrance into [[the kingdom]] of heaven but rather sought to [[proclaim]] the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] [[king]] after the [[manner]] of the kings of this world, only that they might continue to eat bread without having to [[Work|toil]] therefor. And all this, in which many of you did more or less [[participate]], does nothing to [[reveal]] the [[heavenly Father]] or to advance his [[the kingdom|kingdom]] on [[earth]]. Have we not sufficient [[enemies]] among the [[religious]] [[leaders]] of the [[land]] without doing that which is likely to estrange also the [[Political|civil rulers]]? I [[pray]] that [[the Father]] will [[anoint]] your eyes that you may see and open your ears that you may hear, to the end that you may have full [[faith]] in the [[gospel]] which I have taught you. "

152:5.5 [[Jesus]] then [[announced]] that he [[wished]] to withdraw for a few days of [[rest]] with his [[apostles]] before they made ready to go up to [[Jerusalem]] for the [[Passover]], and he [[forbade]] any of the [[disciples]] or [[the multitude]] to follow him. Accordingly they went by boat to the region of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gennesaret Gennesaret] for two or three days of [[rest]] and [[sleep]]. [[Jesus]] was [[preparing]] for a great [[crisis]] of his life on [[earth]], and he therefore spent much time in [[communion]] with [[the Father]] in heaven.

152:5.5 [[Jesus]] then [[announced]] that he [[wished]] to withdraw for a few days of [[rest]] with his [[apostles]] before they made ready to go up to [[Jerusalem]] for the [[Passover]], and he [[forbade]] any of the [[disciples]] or [[the multitude]] to follow him. Accordingly they went by boat to the region of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gennesaret Gennesaret] for two or three days of [[rest]] and [[sleep]]. [[Jesus]] was [[preparing]] for a great [[crisis]] of his life on [[earth]], and he therefore spent much time in [[communion]] with [[the Father]] in heaven.

152:5.6 The news of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_152#152:2._FEEDING_THE_FIVE_THOUSAND feeding of the five thousand] and the attempt to make [[Jesus]] [[king]] aroused widespread [[curiosity]] and stirred up the [[fears]] of both the [[religious]] [[leaders]] and the civil [[Administration|rulers]] throughout all [[Galilee]] and [[Judea]]. While this great [[miracle]] did nothing to further the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] in the [[souls]] of [[material]]-minded and halfhearted [[believers]], it did serve the [[purpose]] of bringing to a head the [[miracle]]-seeking and [[king]]-craving proclivities of [[Jesus]]' [[immediate]] [[family]] of [[apostles]] and close [[disciples]]. This spectacular [[episode]] brought an end to the early era of teaching, [[training]], and [[healing]], thereby [[preparing]] the way for the [[inauguration]] of this last year of [[proclaiming]] the higher and more [[spiritual]] [[phases]] of the new [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]— [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE divine sonship], [[spiritual]] [[liberty]], and [[eternal]] [[salvation]].

152:5.6 The news of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_152#152:2._FEEDING_THE_FIVE_THOUSAND feeding of the five thousand] and the attempt to make [[Jesus]] [[king]] aroused widespread [[curiosity]] and stirred up the [[fears]] of both the [[religious]] [[leaders]] and the civil [[Administration|rulers]] throughout all [[Galilee]] and [[Judea]]. While this great [[miracle]] did nothing to further the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] in the [[souls]] of [[material]]-minded and halfhearted [[believers]], it did serve the [[purpose]] of bringing to a head the [[miracle]]-seeking and [[king]]-craving proclivities of [[Jesus]]' [[immediate]] [[family]] of [[apostles]] and close [[disciples]]. This spectacular [[episode]] brought an end to the early era of teaching, [[training]], and [[healing]], thereby [[preparing]] the way for the [[inauguration]] of this last year of [[proclaiming]] the higher and more [[spiritual]] [[phases]] of the new [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]— [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE divine sonship], [[spiritual]] [[liberty]], and [[eternal]] [[salvation]].

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[[Category:Paper 152 - Events Leading Up to the Capernaum Crisis]]

[[Category:Paper 152 - Events Leading Up to the Capernaum Crisis]]

[[Category: Miracles]]

[[Category: Miracles]]