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178:3.1 Seeking again to avoid the crowds passing through the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidron_Valley|Kidron valley] back and forth between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gethsemane Gethsemane Park] and [[Jerusalem]], [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]] walked over the western brow of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Mount Olivet] to meet the road leading from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany_(Biblical_village) Bethany] down to the [[city]]. As they drew near the place where [[Jesus]] had tarried the previous evening to [[discourse]] on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Jerusalem#Destruction_of_Jerusalem destruction of Jerusalem], they [[unconsciously]] paused while they stood and looked down in [[silence]] upon the [[city]]. As they were a little early, and since [[Jesus]] did not wish to pass through the [[city]] until after sunset, he said to his [[associates]]:

178:3.1 Seeking again to avoid the crowds passing through the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidron_Valley|Kidron valley] back and forth between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gethsemane Gethsemane Park] and [[Jerusalem]], [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]] walked over the western brow of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Mount Olivet] to meet the road leading from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany_(Biblical_village) Bethany] down to the [[city]]. As they drew near the place where [[Jesus]] had tarried the previous evening to [[discourse]] on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Jerusalem#Destruction_of_Jerusalem destruction of Jerusalem], they [[unconsciously]] paused while they stood and looked down in [[silence]] upon the [[city]]. As they were a little early, and since [[Jesus]] did not wish to pass through the [[city]] until after sunset, he said to his [[associates]]:

178:3.2 " Sit down and [[rest]] yourselves while I [[talk]] with you about what must shortly come to pass. All these years have I lived with you as brethren, and I have taught you the [[truth]] concerning [[the kingdom]] of heaven and have [[revealed]] to you the [[mysteries]] thereof. And [[the Father|my Father]] has indeed done many [[wonderful]] [[works]] in [[connection]] with my [[mission]] on [[earth]]. You have been [[witnesses]] of all this and partakers in the [[experience]] of being laborers together with [[God]]. And you will bear me [[witness]] that I have for some time [[warned]] you that I must presently return to the [[work]] [[the Father]] has given me to do; I have plainly told you that I must leave you in the world to carry on the [[work]] of [[the kingdom]]. It was for this [[purpose]] that I [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_140 set you apart], in the hills of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum]. The [[experience]] you have had with me, you must now make ready to [[share]] with [[others]]. As [[the Father]] sent me into this world, so am I about to send you forth to [[represent]] me and finish the [[work]] I have begun.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_20]

178:3.2 " Sit down and [[rest]] yourselves while I [[talk]] with you about what must shortly come to pass. All these years have I lived with you as brethren, and I have taught you the [[truth]] concerning [[the kingdom]] of heaven and have [[revealed]] to you the [[mysteries]] thereof. And [[the Father|my Father]] has indeed done many [[wonderful]] [[works]] in [[connection]] with my [[mission]] on [[earth]]. You have been [[witnesses]] of all this and partakers in the [[experience]] of being laborers together with [[God]]. And you will bear me [[witness]] that I have for some time [[warned]] you that I must presently return to the [[work]] [[the Father]] has given me to do; I have plainly told you that I must leave you in the world to carry on the [[work]] of [[the kingdom]]. It was for this [[purpose]] that I [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_140 set you apart], in the hills of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum]. The [[experience]] you have had with me, you must now make ready to [[share]] with [[others]]. As [[the Father]] sent me into this world, so am I about to send you forth to [[represent]] me and finish the [[work]] I have begun.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_20]

178:3.3 " You look down on yonder [[city]] in [[sorrow]], for you have heard my [[words]] telling of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Jerusalem#Destruction_of_Jerusalem end of Jerusalem]. I have forewarned you lest you should perish in her destruction and so [[delay]] the [[proclamation]] of the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. Likewise do I [[warn]] you to take heed lest you needlessly [[expose]] yourselves to [[peril]] when they come to take the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man].[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_21] I must go, but you are to remain to [[witness]] to this [[gospel]] when I have gone, even as I directed that [[Lazarus]] flee from the [[wrath]] of man that he might live to make known the [[glory]] of [[God]]. If it is [[the Father]]'s will that I depart, nothing you may do can [[frustrate]] the [[divine]] [[plan]]. Take heed to yourselves lest they [[kill]] you also. Let your [[souls]] be [[valiant]] in [[defense]] of the [[gospel]] by [[spirit]] [[power]] but be not misled into any [[foolish]] attempt to [[defend]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man]. I need no [[defense]] by the hand of [[man]]; the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39 armies of heaven] are even now near at hand[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_26]; but I am [[determined]] to [[do the will of my Father]] in [[heaven]], and therefore must we submit to that which is so soon to come upon us.

178:3.3 " You look down on yonder [[city]] in [[sorrow]], for you have heard my [[words]] telling of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Jerusalem#Destruction_of_Jerusalem end of Jerusalem]. I have forewarned you lest you should perish in her destruction and so [[delay]] the [[proclamation]] of the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. Likewise do I [[warn]] you to take heed lest you needlessly [[expose]] yourselves to [[peril]] when they come to take the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_21] I must go, but you are to remain to [[witness]] to this [[gospel]] when I have gone, even as I directed that [[Lazarus]] flee from the [[wrath]] of man that he might live to make known the [[glory]] of [[God]]. If it is [[the Father]]'s will that I depart, nothing you may do can [[frustrate]] the [[divine]] [[plan]]. Take heed to yourselves lest they [[kill]] you also. Let your [[souls]] be [[valiant]] in [[defense]] of the [[gospel]] by [[spirit]] [[power]] but be not misled into any [[foolish]] attempt to [[defend]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man]. I need no [[defense]] by the hand of [[man]]; the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39 armies of heaven] are even now near at hand[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_26]; but I am [[determined]] to [[do the will of my Father]] in [[heaven]], and therefore must we submit to that which is so soon to come upon us.

178:3.4 " When you see this [[city]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Jerusalem#Destruction_of_Jerusalem destroyed], forget not that you have entered already upon the [[eternal]] life of endless [[service]] in the ever-advancing [[kingdom of heaven]], even of the [[Grand Universe|heaven of heavens]]. You should know that in [[the Father|my Father]]'s [[universe]] and in mine are many abodes,[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_14] and that there awaits the children of [[light]] the [[revelation]] of [[cities]] whose builder is [[God]] and worlds whose [[habit]] of life is [[righteousness]] and [[joy]] in the [[truth]]. I have brought [[the kingdom]] of heaven to you here on [[earth]], but I [[declare]] that all of you who by [[faith]] enter therein and remain therein by the living [[service]] of [[truth]], shall surely [[Ascension Career|ascend]] to the worlds on high and sit with me in the spirit kingdom of [[our Father]]. But first must you gird yourselves and complete the [[work]] which you have begun with me. You must first pass through much [[tribulation]] and [[endure]] many [[sorrows]]—and these [[trials]][http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.14] are even now upon us—and when you have finished your [[work]] on [[earth]], you shall come to my [[joy]], even as I have finished [[the Father|my Father]]'s [[work]] on [[earth]] and am about to return to his [[embrace]]. "

178:3.4 " When you see this [[city]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Jerusalem#Destruction_of_Jerusalem destroyed], forget not that you have entered already upon the [[eternal]] life of endless [[service]] in the ever-advancing [[kingdom of heaven]], even of the [[Grand Universe|heaven of heavens]]. You should know that in [[the Father|my Father]]'s [[universe]] and in mine are many abodes,[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_14] and that there awaits the children of [[light]] the [[revelation]] of [[cities]] whose builder is [[God]] and worlds whose [[habit]] of life is [[righteousness]] and [[joy]] in the [[truth]]. I have brought [[the kingdom]] of heaven to you here on [[earth]], but I [[declare]] that all of you who by [[faith]] enter therein and remain therein by the living [[service]] of [[truth]], shall surely [[Ascension Career|ascend]] to the worlds on high and sit with me in the spirit kingdom of [[our Father]]. But first must you gird yourselves and complete the [[work]] which you have begun with me. You must first pass through much [[tribulation]] and [[endure]] many [[sorrows]]—and these [[trials]][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.14] are even now upon us—and when you have finished your [[work]] on [[earth]], you shall come to my [[joy]], even as I have finished [[the Father|my Father]]'s [[work]] on [[earth]] and am about to return to his [[embrace]]. "

178:3.5 When [[the Master]] had [[spoken]], he arose, and they all followed him down [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Olivet] and into the [[city]]. None of [[the apostles]], save [[three]], knew where they were going as they made their way along the narrow streets in the approaching [[darkness]]. The crowds jostled them, but no one [[recognized]] them nor knew that the [[Creator Son|Son of God]] was passing by on his way to the last [[mortal]] [[rendezvous]] with his chosen [[ambassadors]] of [[the kingdom]]. And neither did [[the apostles]] know that one of their own number had already entered into a [[conspiracy]] to [[betray]] [[the Master]] into the hands of his [[enemies]].

178:3.5 When [[the Master]] had [[spoken]], he arose, and they all followed him down [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Olivet] and into the [[city]]. None of [[the apostles]], save [[three]], knew where they were going as they made their way along the narrow streets in the approaching [[darkness]]. The crowds jostled them, but no one [[recognized]] them nor knew that the [[Creator Son|Son of God]] was passing by on his way to the last [[mortal]] [[rendezvous]] with his chosen [[ambassadors]] of [[the kingdom]]. And neither did [[the apostles]] know that one of their own number had already entered into a [[conspiracy]] to [[betray]] [[the Master]] into the hands of his [[enemies]].

178:3.6 [[John Mark]] had followed them all the way into the [[city]], and after they had entered [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_City_(Jerusalem)#Gates the gate], he hurried on by another street so that he was waiting to [[welcome]] them to his [[father]]'s home when they arrived.

178:3.6 [[John Mark]] had followed them all the way into the [[city]], and after they had entered [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_City_(Jerusalem)#Gates the gate], he hurried on by another street so that he was waiting to [[welcome]] them to his [[father]]'s home when they arrived.

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[[Category:Paper 178 - Last Day at the Camp]]

[[Category:Paper 178 - Last Day at the Camp]]

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[[Category: Nonresistance]]

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