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176:2.1 On several occasions [[Jesus]] had made [[statements]] which led his hearers to [[infer]] that, while he [[intended]] presently to leave this world, he would most certainly return to [[consummate]] the [[work]] of [[the heavenly kingdom]]. As the [[conviction]] grew on his followers that he was going to leave them, and after he had departed from this world, it was only [[natural]] for all [[believers]] to lay fast hold upon these [[promises]] to return. The [[doctrine]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_coming second coming of Christ] thus became early incorporated into the [[teachings]] of the [[Christians]], and almost every subsequent [[generation]] of [[disciples]] has [[devoutly]] [[believed]] this [[truth]] and has [[confidently]] looked forward to his sometime coming.
176:2.2 If they were to part with [[the Master|their Master]] and Teacher, how much more did these [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christianity first disciples] and [[the apostles]] grasp at this [[promise]] to return, and they lost no [[time]] in [[associating]] the [[predicted]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Jerusalem#Destruction_of_Jerusalem destruction of Jerusalem] with this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_coming promised second coming]. And they continued thus to [[interpret]] his [[words]] notwithstanding that, throughout this evening of instruction on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Mount Olivet], [[the Master]] took particular [[pains]] to [[prevent]] just such a [[mistake]].
176:2.3 In further answer to [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]'s [[question]], [[Jesus]] said: " Why do you still look for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] to sit upon the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davidic_Line throne of David] and [[expect]] that the [[material]] [[dreams]] of the [[Jews]] will be [[fulfilled]]? Have I not told you all these years that [[the Kingdom|my kingdom]] is not of this world? The [[things]] which you now look down upon are coming to an end, but this will be a new beginning out of which the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] will go to all the world and this [[salvation]] will spread to all peoples. And when [[the kingdom]] shall have come to its [[Consummation|full fruition]], be [[assured]] that [[the Father]] in heaven will not fail to [[visit]] you with an enlarged [[revelation]] of [[truth]] and an enhanced [[demonstration]] of [[righteousness]], even as he has already [[bestowed]] upon this world him who became [[Caligastia|the prince of darkness]], and then [[Adam]], who was followed by [[Machiventa|Melchizedek]], and in these days, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man]. And so will [[the Father|my Father]] continue to [[manifest]] his [[mercy]] and show forth his [[love]], even to this [[dark]] and [[evil]] world. So also will I, after [[the Father|my Father]] has invested me with all [[power]] and [[authority]], continue to follow your fortunes and to [[guide]] in the affairs of [[the kingdom]] by the [[presence]] of [[Spirit of Truth|my spirit]], who shall shortly be poured out upon all [[flesh]]. Even though I shall thus be present with you in [[spirit]], I also [[promise]] that I will sometime return to this world, where I have lived this life in the [[flesh]] and [[achieved]] the [[experience]] of [[simultaneously]] [[revealing]] [[God]] to man and [[leading]] [[man]] to [[God]]. Very soon must I leave you and take up the [[work]] [[the Father]] has intrusted to my hands, but be of [[good]] [[courage]], for I will sometime return. In the meantime, my [[Spirit of Truth|Spirit of the Truth]] of a [[universe]] shall [[comfort]] and [[guide]] you.
176:2.4 " You behold me now in [[weakness]] and in the [[flesh]], but when I return, it shall be with [[power]] and in the [[spirit]]. The eye of [[flesh]] beholds the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_man Son of Man] in the flesh, but only the eye of the [[spirit]] will behold the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_man Son of Man] [[glorified]] by [[the Father]] and appearing on [[earth]] in his own name.
176:2.5 " But the times of the reappearing of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_man Son of Man] are known only in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13 councils of Paradise]; not even the [[angels]] of [[heaven]] know when this will occur. However, you should [[understand]] that, when this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] shall have been [[proclaimed]] to all the world for the [[salvation]] of all peoples, and when the fullness of the [[Epoch|age]] has come to pass, [[the Father]] will send you another [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52 dispensational bestowal], or else the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_man Son of Man] will return to adjudge the [[Epoch|age]].
176:2.6 " And now concerning the travail of [[Jerusalem]], about which I have [[spoken]] to you, even this [[generation]] will not pass away until my [[words]] are [[fulfilled]]; but concerning the times of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_coming coming again] of the Son of Man, no one in heaven or on earth may presume to speak. But you should be wise regarding the ripening of an age; you should be alert to [[discern]] the signs of the times. You know when the fig tree shows its tender branches and puts forth its leaves that [[summer]] is near. Likewise, when the world has passed through the long [[winter]] of [[Materialism|material-mindedness]] and you [[discern]] the coming of the [[spiritual]] [[spring]]time of a new [[dispensation]], should you know that the [[summer]]time of a new [[visitation]] draws near.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_mark#Chapter_13]
176:2.7 " But what is the significance of this [[teaching]] having to do with the coming of the [[Divine Sons|Sons of God]]? Do you not [[perceive]] that, when each of you is called to lay down his life [[struggle]] and pass through the [[portal]] of [[death]], you stand in the [[immediate]] [[presence]] of [[judgment]], and that you are face to face with the [[facts]] of a new [[dispensation]] of [[service]] in the [[eternal]] [[plan]] of the [[the Father|infinite Father]]? What the whole world must face as a [[literal]] [[fact]] at the end of an age, you, as [[individuals]], must each most certainly face as a [[personal]] [[experience]] when you reach the end of your [[natural]] life and thereby pass on to be confronted with the conditions and demands [[inherent]] in the next [[revelation]] of the [[eternal]] [[progression]] of [[the Father]]'s [[the Kingdom|kingdom]]. "
176:2.8 Of all the [[discourses]] which [[the Master]] gave his [[apostles]], none ever became so [[confused]] in their [[minds]] as this one, given this Tuesday evening on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Mount of Olives], regarding the twofold subject of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Jerusalem#Destruction_of_Jerusalem destruction of Jerusalem] and his own [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_coming second coming]. There was, therefore, little [[agreement]] between the subsequent [[written]] accounts based on the [[memories]] of what [[the Master]] said on this extraordinary occasion. Consequently, when the [[records]] were left blank concerning much that was said that Tuesday evening, there grew up many [[traditions]]; and very early in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_century second century] a [http://www.earlyjewishwritings.com/ Jewish apocalyptic] about the [[Messiah]] written by one Selta, who was attached to the [[court]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula Emperor Caligula], was bodily copied into the [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew Gospel]] and subsequently added (in part) to the [[Gospel of Mark|Mark]] and [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] [[records]]. It was in these [[writings]] of Selta that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Ten_Virgins parable of the ten virgins] appeared. No part of the [[gospel]] [[record]] ever suffered such [[confusing]] misconstruction as this evening's teaching. But the [[John, the Apostle|Apostle John]] never became thus [[confused]].
176:2.9 As these thirteen men resumed their [[journey]] toward the camp, they were [[Silent|speechless]] and under great [[emotional]] [[tension]]. [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]] had finally [[confirmed]] his [[decision]] to [[abandon]] his [[associates]]. It was a late hour when [[David Zebedee]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_mark John Mark], and a number of the leading [[disciples]] [[welcomed]] [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]] to the new camp, but [[the apostles]] did not want to [[sleep]]; they wanted to know more about the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_jerusalem#Destruction_of_Jerusalem destruction of Jerusalem], [[the Master]]'s departure, and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eschatology end of the world].
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[[Category:Paper 176 - Tuesday Evening on Mount Olivet]]
176:2.1 On several occasions [[Jesus]] had made [[statements]] which led his hearers to [[infer]] that, while he [[intended]] presently to leave this world, he would most certainly return to [[consummate]] the [[work]] of [[the heavenly kingdom]]. As the [[conviction]] grew on his followers that he was going to leave them, and after he had departed from this world, it was only [[natural]] for all [[believers]] to lay fast hold upon these [[promises]] to return. The [[doctrine]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_coming second coming of Christ] thus became early incorporated into the [[teachings]] of the [[Christians]], and almost every subsequent [[generation]] of [[disciples]] has [[devoutly]] [[believed]] this [[truth]] and has [[confidently]] looked forward to his sometime coming.
176:2.2 If they were to part with [[the Master|their Master]] and Teacher, how much more did these [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christianity first disciples] and [[the apostles]] grasp at this [[promise]] to return, and they lost no [[time]] in [[associating]] the [[predicted]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Jerusalem#Destruction_of_Jerusalem destruction of Jerusalem] with this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_coming promised second coming]. And they continued thus to [[interpret]] his [[words]] notwithstanding that, throughout this evening of instruction on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Mount Olivet], [[the Master]] took particular [[pains]] to [[prevent]] just such a [[mistake]].
176:2.3 In further answer to [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]'s [[question]], [[Jesus]] said: " Why do you still look for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] to sit upon the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davidic_Line throne of David] and [[expect]] that the [[material]] [[dreams]] of the [[Jews]] will be [[fulfilled]]? Have I not told you all these years that [[the Kingdom|my kingdom]] is not of this world? The [[things]] which you now look down upon are coming to an end, but this will be a new beginning out of which the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] will go to all the world and this [[salvation]] will spread to all peoples. And when [[the kingdom]] shall have come to its [[Consummation|full fruition]], be [[assured]] that [[the Father]] in heaven will not fail to [[visit]] you with an enlarged [[revelation]] of [[truth]] and an enhanced [[demonstration]] of [[righteousness]], even as he has already [[bestowed]] upon this world him who became [[Caligastia|the prince of darkness]], and then [[Adam]], who was followed by [[Machiventa|Melchizedek]], and in these days, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man]. And so will [[the Father|my Father]] continue to [[manifest]] his [[mercy]] and show forth his [[love]], even to this [[dark]] and [[evil]] world. So also will I, after [[the Father|my Father]] has invested me with all [[power]] and [[authority]], continue to follow your fortunes and to [[guide]] in the affairs of [[the kingdom]] by the [[presence]] of [[Spirit of Truth|my spirit]], who shall shortly be poured out upon all [[flesh]]. Even though I shall thus be present with you in [[spirit]], I also [[promise]] that I will sometime return to this world, where I have lived this life in the [[flesh]] and [[achieved]] the [[experience]] of [[simultaneously]] [[revealing]] [[God]] to man and [[leading]] [[man]] to [[God]]. Very soon must I leave you and take up the [[work]] [[the Father]] has intrusted to my hands, but be of [[good]] [[courage]], for I will sometime return. In the meantime, my [[Spirit of Truth|Spirit of the Truth]] of a [[universe]] shall [[comfort]] and [[guide]] you.
176:2.4 " You behold me now in [[weakness]] and in the [[flesh]], but when I return, it shall be with [[power]] and in the [[spirit]]. The eye of [[flesh]] beholds the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_man Son of Man] in the flesh, but only the eye of the [[spirit]] will behold the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_man Son of Man] [[glorified]] by [[the Father]] and appearing on [[earth]] in his own name.
176:2.5 " But the times of the reappearing of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_man Son of Man] are known only in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13 councils of Paradise]; not even the [[angels]] of [[heaven]] know when this will occur. However, you should [[understand]] that, when this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] shall have been [[proclaimed]] to all the world for the [[salvation]] of all peoples, and when the fullness of the [[Epoch|age]] has come to pass, [[the Father]] will send you another [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52 dispensational bestowal], or else the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_man Son of Man] will return to adjudge the [[Epoch|age]].
176:2.6 " And now concerning the travail of [[Jerusalem]], about which I have [[spoken]] to you, even this [[generation]] will not pass away until my [[words]] are [[fulfilled]]; but concerning the times of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_coming coming again] of the Son of Man, no one in heaven or on earth may presume to speak. But you should be wise regarding the ripening of an age; you should be alert to [[discern]] the signs of the times. You know when the fig tree shows its tender branches and puts forth its leaves that [[summer]] is near. Likewise, when the world has passed through the long [[winter]] of [[Materialism|material-mindedness]] and you [[discern]] the coming of the [[spiritual]] [[spring]]time of a new [[dispensation]], should you know that the [[summer]]time of a new [[visitation]] draws near.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_mark#Chapter_13]
176:2.7 " But what is the significance of this [[teaching]] having to do with the coming of the [[Divine Sons|Sons of God]]? Do you not [[perceive]] that, when each of you is called to lay down his life [[struggle]] and pass through the [[portal]] of [[death]], you stand in the [[immediate]] [[presence]] of [[judgment]], and that you are face to face with the [[facts]] of a new [[dispensation]] of [[service]] in the [[eternal]] [[plan]] of the [[the Father|infinite Father]]? What the whole world must face as a [[literal]] [[fact]] at the end of an age, you, as [[individuals]], must each most certainly face as a [[personal]] [[experience]] when you reach the end of your [[natural]] life and thereby pass on to be confronted with the conditions and demands [[inherent]] in the next [[revelation]] of the [[eternal]] [[progression]] of [[the Father]]'s [[the Kingdom|kingdom]]. "
176:2.8 Of all the [[discourses]] which [[the Master]] gave his [[apostles]], none ever became so [[confused]] in their [[minds]] as this one, given this Tuesday evening on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Mount of Olives], regarding the twofold subject of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Jerusalem#Destruction_of_Jerusalem destruction of Jerusalem] and his own [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_coming second coming]. There was, therefore, little [[agreement]] between the subsequent [[written]] accounts based on the [[memories]] of what [[the Master]] said on this extraordinary occasion. Consequently, when the [[records]] were left blank concerning much that was said that Tuesday evening, there grew up many [[traditions]]; and very early in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_century second century] a [http://www.earlyjewishwritings.com/ Jewish apocalyptic] about the [[Messiah]] written by one Selta, who was attached to the [[court]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula Emperor Caligula], was bodily copied into the [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew Gospel]] and subsequently added (in part) to the [[Gospel of Mark|Mark]] and [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] [[records]]. It was in these [[writings]] of Selta that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Ten_Virgins parable of the ten virgins] appeared. No part of the [[gospel]] [[record]] ever suffered such [[confusing]] misconstruction as this evening's teaching. But the [[John, the Apostle|Apostle John]] never became thus [[confused]].
176:2.9 As these thirteen men resumed their [[journey]] toward the camp, they were [[Silent|speechless]] and under great [[emotional]] [[tension]]. [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]] had finally [[confirmed]] his [[decision]] to [[abandon]] his [[associates]]. It was a late hour when [[David Zebedee]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_mark John Mark], and a number of the leading [[disciples]] [[welcomed]] [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]] to the new camp, but [[the apostles]] did not want to [[sleep]]; they wanted to know more about the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_jerusalem#Destruction_of_Jerusalem destruction of Jerusalem], [[the Master]]'s departure, and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eschatology end of the world].
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_176 Go to Paper 176]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 176 - Tuesday Evening on Mount Olivet]]