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176:1.1 In answering [[Nathaniel]]'s [[question]], [[Jesus]] said: " Yes, I will tell you about the times when this people shall have filled up the cup of their [[iniquity]]; when [[justice]] shall swiftly [[descend]] upon this [[city]] of our [[fathers]]. I am about to leave you; I go to [[the Father]]. After I leave you, take heed that no man [[deceive]] you, for many will come as [[Messiah|deliverers]] and will lead many astray. When you hear of [[wars]] and [[rumors]] of wars, be not troubled, for though all these [[things]] will happen, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Jerusalem#Destruction_of_Jerusalem end of Jerusalem] is not yet at hand. You should not be perturbed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine famines] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake earthquakes]; neither should you be concerned when you are delivered up to the [[Legal|civil]] [[authorities]] and are [[persecuted]] for the sake of the [[gospel]]. You will be thrown out of the [[synagogue]] and put in [[prison]] for my sake, and some of you will be [[killed]]. When you are brought up before [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_leaders governors and rulers], it shall be for a [[testimony]] of your [[faith]] and to show your [[steadfastness]] in the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. And when you stand before [[judges]], be not [[anxious]] beforehand as to what you should say, for the [[spirit]] will [[teach]] you in that very hour what you should answer your [[adversaries]]. In these days of travail, even your own [[kinsfolk]][http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_10], under the [[leadership]] of those who have [[rejected]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man], will deliver you up to [[prison]] and [[death]]. For a time you may be [[hated]] by all men for my sake, but even in these [[persecutions]] I will not [[forsake]] you; [[Spirit of Truth|my spirit]] will not desert you. Be [[patient]]! [[doubt]] not that this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] will [[triumph]] over all [[enemies]] and, [[eventually]], be [[proclaimed]] to all [[nations]]. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Mark#Chapter_13]

176:1.1 In answering [[Nathaniel]]'s [[question]], [[Jesus]] said: " Yes, I will tell you about the times when this people shall have filled up the cup of their [[iniquity]]; when [[justice]] shall swiftly [[descend]] upon this [[city]] of our [[fathers]]. I am about to leave you; I go to [[the Father]]. After I leave you, take heed that no man [[deceive]] you, for many will come as [[Messiah|deliverers]] and will lead many astray. When you hear of [[wars]] and [[rumors]] of wars, be not troubled, for though all these [[things]] will happen, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Jerusalem#Destruction_of_Jerusalem end of Jerusalem] is not yet at hand. You should not be perturbed by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine famines] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake earthquakes]; neither should you be concerned when you are delivered up to the [[Legal|civil]] [[authorities]] and are [[persecuted]] for the sake of the [[gospel]]. You will be thrown out of the [[synagogue]] and put in [[prison]] for my sake, and some of you will be [[killed]]. When you are brought up before [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_leaders governors and rulers], it shall be for a [[testimony]] of your [[faith]] and to show your [[steadfastness]] in the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. And when you stand before [[judges]], be not [[anxious]] beforehand as to what you should say, for the [[spirit]] will [[teach]] you in that very hour what you should answer your [[adversaries]]. In these days of travail, even your own [[kinsfolk]][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_10], under the [[leadership]] of those who have [[rejected]] the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man], will deliver you up to [[prison]] and [[death]]. For a time you may be [[hated]] by all men for my sake, but even in these [[persecutions]] I will not [[forsake]] you; [[Spirit of Truth|my spirit]] will not desert you. Be [[patient]]! [[doubt]] not that this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] will [[triumph]] over all [[enemies]] and, [[eventually]], be [[proclaimed]] to all [[nations]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Mark#Chapter_13]

176:1.2 [[Jesus]] paused while he looked down upon the [[city]]. [[The Master]] [[realized]] that the [[rejection]] of the [[spiritual]] [[concept]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism the Messiah], the [[determination]] to cling [[persistently]] and blindly to the [[material]] [[mission]] of the [[expected]] [[Messiah|deliverer]], would presently bring the [[Jews]] in direct [[conflict]] with the [[powerful]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_army Roman armies], and that such a [[contest]] could only result in the final and complete overthrow of the [[Jewish]] [[nation]]. When his people [[rejected]] his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 spiritual bestowal] and refused to [[receive]] the [[light]] of [[heaven]] as it so [[mercifully]] shone upon them, they thereby sealed their [[doom]] as an [[independent]] people with a special [[spiritual]] [[mission]] on [[earth]]. Even the [[Jewish]] [[leaders]] subsequently [[recognized]] that it was this [[secular]] [[idea]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionism the Messiah] which directly led to the [[turbulence]] which [[eventually]] brought about their destruction.

176:1.2 [[Jesus]] paused while he looked down upon the [[city]]. [[The Master]] [[realized]] that the [[rejection]] of the [[spiritual]] [[concept]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism the Messiah], the [[determination]] to cling [[persistently]] and blindly to the [[material]] [[mission]] of the [[expected]] [[Messiah|deliverer]], would presently bring the [[Jews]] in direct [[conflict]] with the [[powerful]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_army Roman armies], and that such a [[contest]] could only result in the final and complete overthrow of the [[Jewish]] [[nation]]. When his people [[rejected]] his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 spiritual bestowal] and refused to [[receive]] the [[light]] of [[heaven]] as it so [[mercifully]] shone upon them, they thereby sealed their [[doom]] as an [[independent]] people with a special [[spiritual]] [[mission]] on [[earth]]. Even the [[Jewish]] [[leaders]] subsequently [[recognized]] that it was this [[secular]] [[idea]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionism the Messiah] which directly led to the [[turbulence]] which [[eventually]] brought about their destruction.

176:1.3 Since [[Jerusalem]] was to become the [[cradle]] of the early [[gospel]] [[movement]], [[Jesus]] did not want its [[teachers]] and [[preachers]] to perish in the terrible overthrow of the Jewish people in [[connection]] with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Jerusalem#Destruction_of_Jerusalem destruction of Jerusalem]; wherefore did he give these instructions to his followers. [[Jesus]] was much concerned lest some of his [[disciples]] become involved in these soon-coming [[revolts]] and so perish in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Jerusalem#Destruction_of_Jerusalem downfall of Jerusalem].

176:1.3 Since [[Jerusalem]] was to become the [[cradle]] of the early [[gospel]] [[movement]], [[Jesus]] did not want its [[teachers]] and [[preachers]] to perish in the terrible overthrow of the Jewish people in [[connection]] with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Jerusalem#Destruction_of_Jerusalem destruction of Jerusalem]; wherefore did he give these instructions to his followers. [[Jesus]] was much concerned lest some of his [[disciples]] become involved in these soon-coming [[revolts]] and so perish in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Jerusalem#Destruction_of_Jerusalem downfall of Jerusalem].

176:1.4 Then [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] [[inquired]]: " But, Master, if the [[Jerusalem|Holy City]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple] are to be destroyed, and if you are not here to direct us, when should we [[forsake]] [[Jerusalem]]? " Said [[Jesus]]: " You may remain in the [[city]] after I have gone, even through these times of travail and bitter [[persecution]], but when you finally see [[Jerusalem]] being [[encompassed]] by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_army Roman armies] after the [[revolt]] of the [[false]] [[prophets]], then will you know that her desolation is at hand; then must you flee to the [[mountains]].[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_21] Let none who are in the [[city]] and around about tarry to save aught, neither let those who are outside dare to enter therein. There will be great [[tribulation]], for these will be the days of [[gentile]] [[vengeance]]. And after you have [[deserted]] the [[city]], this disobedient people will fall by the edge of the [[Weapon|sword]] and will be led [[Slavery|captive]] into all [[nations]]; and so shall [[Jerusalem]] be trodden down by the [[gentiles]]. In the meantime, I [[warn]] you, be not [[deceived]]. If any man comes to you, saying, `Behold, here is [[Messiah|the Deliverer]],' or `Behold, there is he,' believe it not, for many [[false]] [[teachers]] will arise and many will be led astray; but you should not be [[deceived]], for I have told you all this beforehand. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Mark#Chapter_13]

176:1.4 Then [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] [[inquired]]: " But, Master, if the [[Jerusalem|Holy City]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple] are to be destroyed, and if you are not here to direct us, when should we [[forsake]] [[Jerusalem]]? " Said [[Jesus]]: " You may remain in the [[city]] after I have gone, even through these times of travail and bitter [[persecution]], but when you finally see [[Jerusalem]] being [[encompassed]] by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_army Roman armies] after the [[revolt]] of the [[false]] [[prophets]], then will you know that her desolation is at hand; then must you flee to the [[mountains]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_21] Let none who are in the [[city]] and around about tarry to save aught, neither let those who are outside dare to enter therein. There will be great [[tribulation]], for these will be the days of [[gentile]] [[vengeance]]. And after you have [[deserted]] the [[city]], this disobedient people will fall by the edge of the [[Weapon|sword]] and will be led [[Slavery|captive]] into all [[nations]]; and so shall [[Jerusalem]] be trodden down by the [[gentiles]]. In the meantime, I [[warn]] you, be not [[deceived]]. If any man comes to you, saying, `Behold, here is [[Messiah|the Deliverer]],' or `Behold, there is he,' believe it not, for many [[false]] [[teachers]] will arise and many will be led astray; but you should not be [[deceived]], for I have told you all this beforehand. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Mark#Chapter_13]

176:1.5 [[The apostles]] sat in [[silence]] in the [[Moon|moonlight]] for a considerable [[time]] while these astounding [[predictions]] of [[the Master]] sank into their bewildered [[minds]]. And it was in [[conformity]] with this very [[warning]] that practically the entire [[group]] of [[believers]] and [[disciples]] fled from [[Jerusalem]] upon the first [[appearance]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_army Roman troops], finding a [[safe]] [[shelter]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pella,_Jordan Pella] to the north.

176:1.5 [[The apostles]] sat in [[silence]] in the [[Moon|moonlight]] for a considerable [[time]] while these astounding [[predictions]] of [[the Master]] sank into their bewildered [[minds]]. And it was in [[conformity]] with this very [[warning]] that practically the entire [[group]] of [[believers]] and [[disciples]] fled from [[Jerusalem]] upon the first [[appearance]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_army Roman troops], finding a [[safe]] [[shelter]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pella,_Jordan Pella] to the north.

176:1.6 Even after this explicit [[warning]], many of [[Jesus]]' followers [[interpreted]] these [[predictions]] as referring to the [[changes]] which would obviously occur in [[Jerusalem]] when the reappearing of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism the Messiah] would result in the [[establishment]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pella,_Jordan New Jerusalem] and in the enlargement of the [[city]] to become the world's [[capital]]. In their minds these Jews were determined to connect the destruction of the temple with the " end of the world. " They believed this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_jerusalem New Jerusalem] would fill all [[Palestine]]; that the end of the world would be followed by the [[immediate]] [[appearance]] of the " [[Morontia Temple|new heavens and the new earth]. " And so it was not [[strange]] that [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] should say: " Master, we know that all things will pass away when the [[Morontia Temple|new heavens and the new earth]] appear, but how shall we know when [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_176#176:2._THE_MASTER.27S_SECOND_COMING you will return] to bring all this about? "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Revelation#Chapter_21]

176:1.6 Even after this explicit [[warning]], many of [[Jesus]]' followers [[interpreted]] these [[predictions]] as referring to the [[changes]] which would obviously occur in [[Jerusalem]] when the reappearing of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism the Messiah] would result in the [[establishment]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pella,_Jordan New Jerusalem] and in the enlargement of the [[city]] to become the world's [[capital]]. In their minds these Jews were determined to connect the destruction of the temple with the " end of the world. " They believed this [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_jerusalem New Jerusalem] would fill all [[Palestine]]; that the end of the world would be followed by the [[immediate]] [[appearance]] of the " [[Morontia Temple|new heavens and the new earth]. " And so it was not [[strange]] that [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] should say: " Master, we know that all things will pass away when the [[Morontia Temple|new heavens and the new earth]] appear, but how shall we know when [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_176#176:2._THE_MASTER.27S_SECOND_COMING you will return] to bring all this about? "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Revelation#Chapter_21]

176:1.7 When [[Jesus]] heard this, he was [[thoughtful]] for some time and then said: " You ever [[err]] since you always try to attach the new [[teaching]] to the old; you are [[determined]] to misunderstand all my teaching; you insist on [[interpreting]] the [[gospel]] in [[accordance]] with your [[established]] [[beliefs]]. Nevertheless, I will try to [[enlighten]] you. "

176:1.7 When [[Jesus]] heard this, he was [[thoughtful]] for some time and then said: " You ever [[err]] since you always try to attach the new [[teaching]] to the old; you are [[determined]] to misunderstand all my teaching; you insist on [[interpreting]] the [[gospel]] in [[accordance]] with your [[established]] [[beliefs]]. Nevertheless, I will try to [[enlighten]] you. "

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[[Category:Paper 176 - Tuesday Evening on Mount Olivet]]

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