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==PAPER 170: THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN==

==PAPER 170: THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN==

170:0.1 Saturday afternoon, March 11, [[Jesus]] preached his last [[sermon]] at Pella. This was among the notable addresses of his [[public]] [[ministry]], [[embracing]] a full and complete [[discussion]] of the ''kingdom of heaven''. He was [[aware]] of the [[confusion]] which existed in the [[minds]] of his [[apostles]] and [[disciples]] regarding the [[meaning]] and significance of the terms " kingdom of heaven " and " kingdom of God, " which he used as interchangeable designations of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 his bestowal mission]. Although the very term [[kingdom of heaven]] should have been enough to separate what it stood for from all [[connection]] with [[earth]]ly kingdoms and [[temporal]] [[governments]], it was not. The [[idea]] of a temporal [[king]] was too deep-rooted in the [http://www.jcpa.org/dje/index-jpt.htm Jewish mind] thus to be dislodged in a single [[generation]]. Therefore [[Jesus]] did not at first openly [[oppose]] this long-nourished [[concept]] of the kingdom.

170:0.1 Saturday afternoon, March 11, [[Jesus]] preached his last [[sermon]] at Pella. This was among the notable addresses of his [[public]] [[ministry]], [[embracing]] a full and complete [[discussion]] of the ''kingdom of heaven''. He was [[aware]] of the [[confusion]] which existed in the [[minds]] of his [[apostles]] and [[disciples]] regarding the [[meaning]] and significance of the terms " kingdom of heaven " and " kingdom of God, " which he used as interchangeable designations of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 his bestowal mission]. Although the very term [[kingdom of heaven]] should have been enough to separate what it stood for from all [[connection]] with [[earth]]ly kingdoms and [[temporal]] [[governments]], it was not. The [[idea]] of a temporal [[king]] was too deep-rooted in the [http://www.jcpa.org/dje/index-jpt.htm Jewish mind] thus to be dislodged in a single [[generation]]. Therefore [[Jesus]] did not at first openly [[oppose]] this long-nourished [[concept]] of the kingdom.

170:0.2 This [[Sabbath]] afternoon [[the Master]] sought to [[clarify]] the teaching about the ''kingdom of heaven''; he [[discussed]] the subject from every [[viewpoint]] and endeavored to make clear the many [[different]] senses in which the term had been used. In this [[narrative]] we will amplify the address by adding numerous [[statements]] made by [[Jesus]] on previous occasions and by including some remarks made only to [[the apostles]] during the evening [[discussions]] of this same day. We will also make certain comments dealing with the subsequent outworking of the kingdom [[idea]] as it is related to the [http://www.intellectualtakeout.org/library/books/irenaeus-grotius-sourcebook-christian-political-thought-100-1625-1 later Christian church].

170:0.2 This [[Sabbath]] afternoon [[the Master]] sought to [[clarify]] the teaching about the ''kingdom of heaven''; he [[discussed]] the subject from every [[viewpoint]] and endeavored to make clear the many [[different]] senses in which the term had been used. In this [[narrative]] we will amplify the address by adding numerous [[statements]] made by [[Jesus]] on previous occasions and by including some remarks made only to [[the apostles]] during the evening [[discussions]] of this same day. We will also make certain comments dealing with the subsequent outworking of the kingdom [[idea]] as it is related to the [http://www.intellectualtakeout.org/library/books/irenaeus-grotius-sourcebook-christian-political-thought-100-1625-1 later Christian church].

*5. 170:2.6 This new [[gospel]] held up [[spiritual]] [[attainment]] as the true goal of living. Human life [[received]] a new [[endowment]] of [[moral]] [[value]] and [[divine]] [[dignity]].

*5. 170:2.6 This new [[gospel]] held up [[spiritual]] [[attainment]] as the true goal of living. Human life [[received]] a new [[endowment]] of [[moral]] [[value]] and [[divine]] [[dignity]].

*6. 170:2.7 [[Jesus]] taught that [[eternal]] [[realities]] were the result (reward) of [[righteous]] earthly striving. Man's [[mortal]] [[sojourn]] on [[earth]] acquired new [[meanings]] consequent upon the [[recognition]] of a [[noble]] [[destiny]].

*6. 170:2.7 [[Jesus]] taught that [[eternal]] [[realities]] were the result (reward) of [[righteous]] earthly striving. Man's [[mortal]] [[sojourn]] on [[earth]] acquired new [[meanings]] consequent upon the [[recognition]] of a [[noble]] [[destiny]].

*7. 170:2.8 The new [[gospel]] affirmed that [[human]] [[salvation]] is the [[revelation]] of a far-reaching [[divine]] [[purpose]] to be [[fulfilled]] and [[realized]] in the [[future]] [[destiny]] of the endless [[service]] of the salvaged [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God].

*7. 170:2.8 The new [[gospel]] affirmed that [[human]] [[salvation]] is the [[revelation]] of a far-reaching [[divine]] [[purpose]] to be [[fulfilled]] and [[realized]] in the [[future]] [[destiny]] of the endless [[service]] of the salvaged [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God].

170:2.9 These teachings cover the expanded [[idea]] of the kingdom which was taught by [[Jesus]]. This great [[concept]] was hardly [[embraced]] in the elementary and [[confused]] kingdom teachings of [[John the Baptist]].

170:2.9 These teachings cover the expanded [[idea]] of the kingdom which was taught by [[Jesus]]. This great [[concept]] was hardly [[embraced]] in the elementary and [[confused]] kingdom teachings of [[John the Baptist]].

170:2.10 [[The apostles]] were unable to grasp the real [[meaning]] of [[the Master]]'s utterances regarding the kingdom. The subsequent [[distortion]] of [[Jesus]]' teachings, as they are recorded in the [[New Testament]], is because the [[concept]] of the [[gospel]] [[writers]] was colored by the [[belief]] that [[Jesus]] was then absent from the world for only a short time; that he would soon return to [[establish]] the kingdom in [[power]] and [[glory]]—just such an [[idea]] as they held while he was with them in the [[flesh]]. But [[Jesus]] did not [[connect]] the [[establishment]] of the kingdom with the [[idea]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_176#176:2._THE_MASTER.27S_SECOND_COMING his return to this world]. That centuries have passed with no signs of the [[appearance]] of the " [[New Age]] " is in no way out of [[harmony]] with [[Jesus]]' teaching.

170:2.10 [[The apostles]] were unable to grasp the real [[meaning]] of [[the Master]]'s utterances regarding the kingdom. The subsequent [[distortion]] of [[Jesus]]' teachings, as they are recorded in the [[New Testament]], is because the [[concept]] of the [[gospel]] [[writers]] was colored by the [[belief]] that [[Jesus]] was then absent from the world for only a short time; that he would soon return to [[establish]] the kingdom in [[power]] and [[glory]]—just such an [[idea]] as they held while he was with them in the [[flesh]]. But [[Jesus]] did not [[connect]] the [[establishment]] of the kingdom with the [[idea]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_176#176:2._THE_MASTER.27S_SECOND_COMING his return to this world]. That centuries have passed with no signs of the [[appearance]] of the " [[New Age]] " is in no way out of [[harmony]] with [[Jesus]]' teaching.

170:2.11 The great [[effort]] embodied in this [[sermon]] was the attempt to [[translate]] the [[concept]] of the ''kingdom of heaven'' into the [[ideal]] of the [[idea]] of [[doing the will of God]]. Long had [[the Master]] taught his followers to [[pray]]: " Your kingdom come; your will be done "; and at this time he [[earnestly]] sought to induce them to abandon the use of the term ''kingdom of God'' in favor of the more [[practical]] equivalent, [[Doing the will of God|the will of God]]. But he did not succeed.

170:2.11 The great [[effort]] embodied in this [[sermon]] was the attempt to [[translate]] the [[concept]] of the ''kingdom of heaven'' into the [[ideal]] of the [[idea]] of [[doing the will of God]]. Long had [[the Master]] taught his followers to [[pray]]: " Your kingdom come; your will be done "; and at this time he [[earnestly]] sought to induce them to abandon the use of the term ''kingdom of God'' in favor of the more [[practical]] equivalent, [[Doing the will of God|the will of God]]. But he did not succeed.

170:2.12 [[Jesus]] [[desired]] to substitute for the [[idea]] of the kingdom, [[king]], and subjects, the [[concept]] of the heavenly [[family]], the [[heavenly Father]], and the [[liberated]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD sons of God] [[engaged]] in [[joyful]] and voluntary [[service]] for their fellow men and in the [[sublime]] and [[intelligent]] [[worship]] of [[God the Father]].

170:2.12 [[Jesus]] [[desired]] to substitute for the [[idea]] of the kingdom, [[king]], and subjects, the [[concept]] of the heavenly [[family]], the [[heavenly Father]], and the [[liberated]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD sons of God] [[engaged]] in [[joyful]] and voluntary [[service]] for their fellow men and in the [[sublime]] and [[intelligent]] [[worship]] of [[God the Father]].

170:2.13 Up to this [[time]] [[the apostles]] had acquired a double [[viewpoint]] of the kingdom; they regarded it as:

170:2.13 Up to this [[time]] [[the apostles]] had acquired a double [[viewpoint]] of the kingdom; they regarded it as:

170:2.19 [[Jesus]] taught that [[sin]] is not the child of a [[defective]] [[nature]] but rather the offspring of a knowing [[mind]] [[dominated]] by an unsubmissive will. Regarding [[sin]], he taught that [[God]] has [[forgiven]]; that we make such [[forgiveness]] [[personally]] available by the [[act]] of forgiving our fellows. When you [[forgive]] your [[brother]] in the [[flesh]], you thereby create the [[capacity]] in your own [[soul]] for the [[reception]] of the [[reality]] of [[God]]'s [[forgiveness]] of your own misdeeds.

170:2.19 [[Jesus]] taught that [[sin]] is not the child of a [[defective]] [[nature]] but rather the offspring of a knowing [[mind]] [[dominated]] by an unsubmissive will. Regarding [[sin]], he taught that [[God]] has [[forgiven]]; that we make such [[forgiveness]] [[personally]] available by the [[act]] of forgiving our fellows. When you [[forgive]] your [[brother]] in the [[flesh]], you thereby create the [[capacity]] in your own [[soul]] for the [[reception]] of the [[reality]] of [[God]]'s [[forgiveness]] of your own misdeeds.

170:2.20 By the time the [[John, the Apostle|Apostle John]] began to [[write]] the [[story]] of [[Jesus]]' life and teachings, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christianity early Christians] had [[experienced]] so much [[trouble]] with the kingdom-of-God [[idea]] as a breeder of [[persecution]] that they had largely abandoned the use of the term. [[John, the Apostle|John]] talks much about the " [[eternal]] life. " Jesus often spoke of it as the " kingdom of life. " He also frequently referred to " the kingdom of God within you. " He once [[spoke]] of such an [[experience]] as " [[family]] fellowship with [[God the Father]]. " [[Jesus]] sought to substitute many terms for the kingdom but always without [[success]]. Among others, he used: the [[family]] of [[God]], [[the Father]]'s will, the [[friends]] of God, the fellowship of [[believers]], the [[brotherhood]] of [[man]], the Father's fold, the [[children]] of God, the fellowship of the [[faithful]], [[the Father]]'s service, and the [[liberated]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God].

170:2.20 By the time the [[John, the Apostle|Apostle John]] began to [[write]] the [[story]] of [[Jesus]]' life and teachings, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christianity early Christians] had [[experienced]] so much [[trouble]] with the kingdom-of-God [[idea]] as a breeder of [[persecution]] that they had largely abandoned the use of the term. [[John, the Apostle|John]] talks much about the " [[eternal]] life. " Jesus often spoke of it as the " kingdom of life. " He also frequently referred to " the kingdom of God within you. " He once [[spoke]] of such an [[experience]] as " [[family]] fellowship with [[God the Father]]. " [[Jesus]] sought to substitute many terms for the kingdom but always without [[success]]. Among others, he used: the [[family]] of [[God]], [[the Father]]'s will, the [[friends]] of God, the fellowship of [[believers]], the [[brotherhood]] of [[man]], the Father's fold, the [[children]] of God, the fellowship of the [[faithful]], [[the Father]]'s service, and the [[liberated]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God].

170:2.21 But he could not [[escape]] the use of the kingdom [[idea]]. It was more than fifty years later, not until after the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Jerusalem#Destruction_of_Jerusalem destruction of Jerusalem by the Roman armies], that this [[concept]] of the kingdom began to [[change]] into the [[cult]] of [[eternal]] life as its [[social]] and [[institutional]] aspects were taken over by the rapidly expanding and crystallizing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christianity Christian church].

170:2.21 But he could not [[escape]] the use of the kingdom [[idea]]. It was more than fifty years later, not until after the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Jerusalem#Destruction_of_Jerusalem destruction of Jerusalem by the Roman armies], that this [[concept]] of the kingdom began to [[change]] into the [[cult]] of [[eternal]] life as its [[social]] and [[institutional]] aspects were taken over by the rapidly expanding and crystallizing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christianity Christian church].

170:3.1 [[Jesus]] was always trying to impress upon his [[apostles]] and [[disciples]] that they must acquire, by [[faith]], a [[righteousness]] which would exceed the righteousness of slavish [[works]] which some of the [[scribes]] and [[Pharisees]] [[parade]]d so [[vaingloriously]] before the world.

170:3.1 [[Jesus]] was always trying to impress upon his [[apostles]] and [[disciples]] that they must acquire, by [[faith]], a [[righteousness]] which would exceed the righteousness of slavish [[works]] which some of the [[scribes]] and [[Pharisees]] [[parade]]d so [[vaingloriously]] before the world.

170:3.2 Though [[Jesus]] taught that [[faith]], [[simple]] childlike [[belief]], is the key to the door of the kingdom, he also taught that, having entered the door, there are the [[progressive]] steps of [[righteousness]] which every believing child must [[ascend]] in order to [[grow]] up to the full stature of the [[robust]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40 sons of God].

170:3.2 Though [[Jesus]] taught that [[faith]], [[simple]] childlike [[belief]], is the key to the door of the kingdom, he also taught that, having entered the door, there are the [[progressive]] steps of [[righteousness]] which every believing child must [[ascend]] in order to [[grow]] up to the full stature of the [[robust]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40 sons of God].

170:3.3 It is in the [[consideration]] of the [[technique]] of [[receiving]] [[God]]'s [[forgiveness]] that the [[attainment]] of the [[righteousness]] of the kingdom is [[revealed]]. [[Faith]] is the price you pay for entrance into the [[family]] of [[God]]; but [[forgiveness]] is the [[act]] of [[God]] which [[accepts]] your [[faith]] as the price of admission. And the [[reception]] of the [[forgiveness]] of [[God]] by a kingdom [[believer]] involves a definite and [[actual]] [[experience]] and consists in the following four steps, the kingdom steps of inner [[righteousness]]:

170:3.3 It is in the [[consideration]] of the [[technique]] of [[receiving]] [[God]]'s [[forgiveness]] that the [[attainment]] of the [[righteousness]] of the kingdom is [[revealed]]. [[Faith]] is the price you pay for entrance into the [[family]] of [[God]]; but [[forgiveness]] is the [[act]] of [[God]] which [[accepts]] your [[faith]] as the price of admission. And the [[reception]] of the [[forgiveness]] of [[God]] by a kingdom [[believer]] involves a definite and [[actual]] [[experience]] and consists in the following four steps, the kingdom steps of inner [[righteousness]]:

*5. The [[transcendency]] of the [[spiritual]] over the [[material]] in [[human]] [[personality]].

*5. The [[transcendency]] of the [[spiritual]] over the [[material]] in [[human]] [[personality]].

170:4.4 This world has never seriously or [[sincerely]] or [[honestly]] tried out these [[dynamic]] [[ideas]] and [[divine]] [[ideals]] of [[Jesus]]' [[doctrine]] of the ''kingdom of heaven''. But you should not become [[discouraged]] by the [[apparently]] slow [[progress]] of the kingdom idea on [[Urantia]]. [[Remember]] that the order of [[progressive]] [[evolution]] is subjected to sudden and unexpected [[periodical]] [[changes]] in both the [[material]] and the [[spiritual]] worlds. The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 bestowal of Jesus] as an [[incarnated]] [[Creator Son|Son]] was just such a [[strange]] and unexpected [[event]] in the spiritual life of the world. Neither make the [[fatal]] mistake, in looking for the age [[manifestation]] of the kingdom, of [[failing]] to [[Self Realization|effect]] its [[establishment]] within your own [[souls]].

170:4.4 This world has never seriously or [[sincerely]] or [[honestly]] tried out these [[dynamic]] [[ideas]] and [[divine]] [[ideals]] of [[Jesus]]' [[doctrine]] of the ''kingdom of heaven''. But you should not become [[discouraged]] by the [[apparently]] slow [[progress]] of the kingdom idea on [[Urantia]]. [[Remember]] that the order of [[progressive]] [[evolution]] is subjected to sudden and unexpected [[periodical]] [[changes]] in both the [[material]] and the [[spiritual]] worlds. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 bestowal of Jesus] as an [[incarnated]] [[Creator Son|Son]] was just such a [[strange]] and unexpected [[event]] in the spiritual life of the world. Neither make the [[fatal]] mistake, in looking for the age [[manifestation]] of the kingdom, of [[failing]] to [[Self Realization|effect]] its [[establishment]] within your own [[souls]].

170:4.5 Although [[Jesus]] referred one [[phase]] of the kingdom to the [[future]] and did, on numerous occasions, intimate that such an [[event]] might [[appear]] as a part of a world [[crisis]]; and though he did likewise most certainly, on several occasions, definitely [[promise]] sometime to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_176#176:2._THE_MASTER.27S_SECOND_COMING return] to [[Urantia]], it should be [[recorded]] that he never [[positively]] linked these [[two]] [[ideas]] together. He [[promised]] a new [[revelation]] of the kingdom on [[earth]] and at some [[future]] time; he also [[promised]] sometime to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_176#176:4._THE_RETURN_OF_MICHAEL come back] to this world in [[person]]; but he did not say that these two [[events]] were synonymous. From all we [[know]] these [[promises]] may, or may not, refer to the same [[event]].

170:4.5 Although [[Jesus]] referred one [[phase]] of the kingdom to the [[future]] and did, on numerous occasions, intimate that such an [[event]] might [[appear]] as a part of a world [[crisis]]; and though he did likewise most certainly, on several occasions, definitely [[promise]] sometime to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_176#176:2._THE_MASTER.27S_SECOND_COMING return] to [[Urantia]], it should be [[recorded]] that he never [[positively]] linked these [[two]] [[ideas]] together. He [[promised]] a new [[revelation]] of the kingdom on [[earth]] and at some [[future]] time; he also [[promised]] sometime to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_176#176:4._THE_RETURN_OF_MICHAEL come back] to this world in [[person]]; but he did not say that these two [[events]] were synonymous. From all we [[know]] these [[promises]] may, or may not, refer to the same [[event]].

170:4.6 His [[apostles]] and [[disciples]] most certainly linked these two teachings [[together]]. When the kingdom [[failed]] to [[materialize]] as they had [[expected]], recalling [[the Master]]'s teaching concerning a [[future]] kingdom and remembering his [[promise]] to come again, they jumped to the conclusion that these [[promises]] referred to an identical [[event]]; and therefore they lived in [[hope]] of his immediate [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_coming second coming] to [[establish]] the kingdom in its fullness and with [[power]] and [[glory]]. And so have [[successive]] believing [[generations]] lived on [[earth]] entertaining the same [[inspiring]] but [[disappointing]] [[hope]].

170:4.6 His [[apostles]] and [[disciples]] most certainly linked these two teachings [[together]]. When the kingdom [[failed]] to [[materialize]] as they had [[expected]], recalling [[the Master]]'s teaching concerning a [[future]] kingdom and remembering his [[promise]] to come again, they jumped to the conclusion that these [[promises]] referred to an identical [[event]]; and therefore they lived in [[hope]] of his immediate [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_coming second coming] to [[establish]] the kingdom in its fullness and with [[power]] and [[glory]]. And so have [[successive]] believing [[generations]] lived on [[earth]] entertaining the same [[inspiring]] but [[disappointing]] [[hope]].

170:5.18 And so, for centuries, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Christianity Christian church] has labored under great [[embarrassment]] because it [[dared]] to lay claim to those [[mysterious]] [[powers]] and [[privileges]] of the kingdom, powers and privileges which can be [[exercised]] and [[experienced]] only between [[Jesus]] and his [[spiritual]] believer [[brothers]]. And thus it becomes [[apparent]] that membership in the [[church]] does not necessarily mean fellowship in the kingdom; one is [[spiritual]], the other mainly [[social]].

170:5.18 And so, for centuries, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Christianity Christian church] has labored under great [[embarrassment]] because it [[dared]] to lay claim to those [[mysterious]] [[powers]] and [[privileges]] of the kingdom, powers and privileges which can be [[exercised]] and [[experienced]] only between [[Jesus]] and his [[spiritual]] believer [[brothers]]. And thus it becomes [[apparent]] that membership in the [[church]] does not necessarily mean fellowship in the kingdom; one is [[spiritual]], the other mainly [[social]].

170:5.19 Sooner or later another and greater [[John the Baptist]] is due to arise [[proclaiming]] " the kingdom of God is at hand "—meaning a return to the high [[spiritual]] [[concept]] of [[Jesus]], who [[proclaimed]] that the kingdom is the will of his [[heavenly Father]] [[dominant]] and [[transcendent]] in the [[heart]] of the believer—and doing all this without in any way referring either to the visible [[church]] on [[earth]] or to the [[anticipated]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_176#176:2._THE_MASTER.27S_SECOND_COMING second coming of Christ]. There must come a revival of the actual teachings of [[Jesus]], such a restatement as will undo the [[work]] of his early followers who went about to create a socio-philosophical [[system]] of [[belief]] regarding the [[fact]] of [[Michael]]'s [[sojourn]] on [[earth]]. In a short time the teaching of this [[story]] about [[Jesus]] nearly supplanted the preaching of [[Jesus]]' [[gospel]] of the kingdom. In this way a [[Tradition|historical]] [[religion]] displaced that teaching in which [[Jesus]] had blended man's highest [[moral]] [[ideas]] and [[spiritual]] [[ideals]] with man's most [[sublime]] [[hope]] for the [[future]]—[[eternal]] life. And that was the [[gospel]] of the kingdom.

170:5.19 Sooner or later another and greater [[John the Baptist]] is due to arise [[proclaiming]] " the kingdom of God is at hand "—meaning a return to the high [[spiritual]] [[concept]] of [[Jesus]], who [[proclaimed]] that the kingdom is the will of his [[heavenly Father]] [[dominant]] and [[transcendent]] in the [[heart]] of the believer—and doing all this without in any way referring either to the visible [[church]] on [[earth]] or to the [[anticipated]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_176#176:2._THE_MASTER.27S_SECOND_COMING second coming of Christ]. There must come a revival of the actual teachings of [[Jesus]], such a restatement as will undo the [[work]] of his early followers who went about to create a socio-philosophical [[system]] of [[belief]] regarding the [[fact]] of [[Michael]]'s [[sojourn]] on [[earth]]. In a short time the teaching of this [[story]] about [[Jesus]] nearly supplanted the preaching of [[Jesus]]' [[gospel]] of the kingdom. In this way a [[Tradition|historical]] [[religion]] displaced that teaching in which [[Jesus]] had blended man's highest [[moral]] [[ideas]] and [[spiritual]] [[ideals]] with man's most [[sublime]] [[hope]] for the [[future]]—[[eternal]] life. And that was the [[gospel]] of the kingdom.

170:5.20 It is just because the [[gospel]] of [[Jesus]] was so many-sided that within a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Christianity#Early_heresies few centuries] students of the [[records]] of his teachings became divided up into so many [[cults]] and [[sects]]. This pitiful subdivision of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Christianity Christian believers] results from [[failure]] to [[discern]] in [[the Master]]'s manifold teachings the [[divine]] [[Union|oneness]] of his matchless life. But someday the true [[believers]] in [[Jesus]] will not be thus spiritually divided in their [[attitude]] before unbelievers. Always we may have [[diversity]] of [[intellectual]] [[comprehension]] and [[interpretation]], even varying [[degrees]] of [[socialization]], but lack of spiritual [[brotherhood]] is both inexcusable and reprehensible.

170:5.20 It is just because the [[gospel]] of [[Jesus]] was so many-sided that within a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Christianity#Early_heresies few centuries] students of the [[records]] of his teachings became divided up into so many [[cults]] and [[sects]]. This pitiful subdivision of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Christianity Christian believers] results from [[failure]] to [[discern]] in [[the Master]]'s manifold teachings the [[divine]] [[Union|oneness]] of his matchless life. But someday the true [[believers]] in [[Jesus]] will not be thus spiritually divided in their [[attitude]] before unbelievers. Always we may have [[diversity]] of [[intellectual]] [[comprehension]] and [[interpretation]], even varying [[degrees]] of [[socialization]], but lack of spiritual [[brotherhood]] is both inexcusable and reprehensible.

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[[Category: PART IV: The Life and Teachings of Jesus]]

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