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*1. The [[kingdom of heaven]] is at hand.

*1. The [[kingdom of heaven]] is at hand.

*2. By [[faith]] in the [[fatherhood]] of [[God]] you may enter the kingdom of heaven, thus becoming the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40 sons of God].

*2. By [[faith]] in the [[fatherhood]] of [[God]] you may enter the kingdom of heaven, thus becoming the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40 sons of God].

*3. [[Love]] is the rule of living within [[the kingdom]]—[[supreme]] [[devotion]] to God while loving your [[neighbor]] as yourself.

*3. [[Love]] is the rule of living within [[the kingdom]]—[[supreme]] [[devotion]] to God while loving your [[neighbor]] as yourself.

*4. [[Obedience]] to the will of [[the Father]], yielding the [[fruits of the spirit]] in one's [[personal]] life, is the [[law]] of [[the kingdom]].

*4. [[Obedience]] to the will of [[the Father]], yielding the [[fruits of the spirit]] in one's [[personal]] life, is the [[law]] of [[the kingdom]].

142:2.1 There was in [[Jerusalem]] in attendance upon the [[Passover]] festivities one Jacob, a [[wealthy]] Jewish trader from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crete Crete], and he came to [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] making request to see [[Jesus]] [[private]]ly. Andrew arranged this [[secret]] meeting with [[Jesus]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavius Flavius]'s [[home]] the evening of the next day. This man could not [[comprehend]] [[the Master]]'s teachings, and he came because he [[desired]] to [[inquire]] more fully about the [[kingdom of God]]. Said Jacob to [[Jesus]]: " But, [[Rabbi]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] and the olden [[The Prophets|prophets]] tell us that [[Yahweh]] is a [[jealous]] [[God]], a God of great [[wrath]] and fierce [[anger]]. [[The prophets]] say he [[hate]]s evildoers and takes [[vengeance]] on those who [[obey]] not his [[law]]. You and your [[disciples]] teach us that [[God]] is a kind and [[compassionate]] [[Father]] who so [[loves]] all men that he would [[welcome]] them into this new [[kingdom of heaven]], which you [[proclaim]] is so near at hand. "

142:2.1 There was in [[Jerusalem]] in attendance upon the [[Passover]] festivities one Jacob, a [[wealthy]] Jewish trader from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crete Crete], and he came to [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] making request to see [[Jesus]] [[private]]ly. Andrew arranged this [[secret]] meeting with [[Jesus]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavius Flavius]'s [[home]] the evening of the next day. This man could not [[comprehend]] [[the Master]]'s teachings, and he came because he [[desired]] to [[inquire]] more fully about the [[kingdom of God]]. Said Jacob to [[Jesus]]: " But, [[Rabbi]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] and the olden [[The Prophets|prophets]] tell us that [[Yahweh]] is a [[jealous]] [[God]], a God of great [[wrath]] and fierce [[anger]]. [[The prophets]] say he [[hate]]s evildoers and takes [[vengeance]] on those who [[obey]] not his [[law]]. You and your [[disciples]] teach us that [[God]] is a kind and [[compassionate]] [[Father]] who so [[loves]] all men that he would [[welcome]] them into this new [[kingdom of heaven]], which you [[proclaim]] is so near at hand. "

142:2.2 When Jacob finished speaking, [[Jesus]] replied: " Jacob, you have well stated the teachings of the olden [[prophets]] who taught the [[children]] of their [[generation]] in [[accordance]] with the [[light]] of their day. [[Our Father]] in [[Paradise]] is changeless. But the [[concept]] of his [[nature]] has enlarged and [[grown]] from the days of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] down through the times of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_(prophet) Amos] and even to the [[generation]] of the [[prophet]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Isaiah]. And now have I come in the [[flesh]] to [[reveal]] [[the Father]] in new [[glory]] and to show forth his [[love]] and [[mercy]] to all men on [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 all worlds]. As the [[gospel]] of this kingdom shall spread over the world with its [[message]] of [[good]] cheer and good will to all men, there will grow up improved and better [[relations]] among the [[families]] of all [[nations]]. As time passes, [[fathers]] and their [[children]] will [[love]] each other more, and thus will be brought about a better [[understanding]] of the [[love]] of [[the Father]] in heaven for his [[children]] on [[earth]]. Remember, Jacob, that a [[good]] and true [[father]] not only loves his [[family]] as a [[whole]]—as a family—but he also truly loves and [[affection]]ately cares for each [[individual]] member. "

142:2.2 When Jacob finished speaking, [[Jesus]] replied: " Jacob, you have well stated the teachings of the olden [[prophets]] who taught the [[children]] of their [[generation]] in [[accordance]] with the [[light]] of their day. [[Our Father]] in [[Paradise]] is changeless. But the [[concept]] of his [[nature]] has enlarged and [[grown]] from the days of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] down through the times of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_(prophet) Amos] and even to the [[generation]] of the [[prophet]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Isaiah]. And now have I come in the [[flesh]] to [[reveal]] [[the Father]] in new [[glory]] and to show forth his [[love]] and [[mercy]] to all men on [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 all worlds]. As the [[gospel]] of this kingdom shall spread over the world with its [[message]] of [[good]] cheer and good will to all men, there will grow up improved and better [[relations]] among the [[families]] of all [[nations]]. As time passes, [[fathers]] and their [[children]] will [[love]] each other more, and thus will be brought about a better [[understanding]] of the [[love]] of [[the Father]] in heaven for his [[children]] on [[earth]]. Remember, Jacob, that a [[good]] and true [[father]] not only loves his [[family]] as a [[whole]]—as a family—but he also truly loves and [[affection]]ately cares for each [[individual]] member. "

142:2.3 After considerable [[discussion]] of the heavenly Father's [[character]], [[Jesus]] paused to say: " You, Jacob, being a [[father]] of many, know well the [[truth]] of my [[words]]. " And Jacob said: " But, Master, who told you I was the [[father]] of six children? How did you know this about me? " And [[the Master]] replied: " Suffice it to say that [[the Father]] and [[the Son]] know all things, for indeed they see all. Loving your [[children]] as a [[father]] on [[earth]], you must now [[accept]] as a [[reality]] the [[love]] of the heavenly Father for you —not just for all the [[children]] of [[Abraham]], but for you, your [[individual]] [[soul]]. "

142:2.3 After considerable [[discussion]] of the heavenly Father's [[character]], [[Jesus]] paused to say: " You, Jacob, being a [[father]] of many, know well the [[truth]] of my [[words]]. " And Jacob said: " But, Master, who told you I was the [[father]] of six children? How did you know this about me? " And [[the Master]] replied: " Suffice it to say that [[the Father]] and [[the Son]] know all things, for indeed they see all. Loving your [[children]] as a [[father]] on [[earth]], you must now [[accept]] as a [[reality]] the [[love]] of the heavenly Father for you —not just for all the [[children]] of [[Abraham]], but for you, your [[individual]] [[soul]]. "

==142:3. THE CONCEPT OF GOD==

==142:3. THE CONCEPT OF GOD==

142:3.1 The [[twelve apostles]], most of whom had [[listened]] to this [[discussion]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_2 character of God], that night asked [[Jesus]] many questions about [[the Father]] in heaven. [[The Master]]'s answers to these questions can best be presented by the following summary in [[modern]] phraseology:

142:3.1 The [[twelve apostles]], most of whom had [[listened]] to this [[discussion]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_2 character of God], that night asked [[Jesus]] many questions about [[the Father]] in heaven. [[The Master]]'s answers to these questions can best be presented by the following summary in [[modern]] phraseology:

142:3.2 [[Jesus]] mildly upbraided [[the twelve]], in substance saying: Do you not know the [[traditions]] of [[Israel]] relating to the [[growth]] of the [[idea]] of [[Yahweh]], and are you [[ignorant]] of the teaching of [[Hebrew Bible|the Scriptures]] concerning the [[doctrine]] of [[God]]? And then did [[the Master]] proceed to instruct [[the apostles]] about the [[evolution]] of the [[concept]] of [[Deity]] throughout the [[course]] of the [[development]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Jews Jewish people]. He called [[attention]] to the following [[phases]] of the [[growth]] of the [[God]] [[idea]]:

142:3.2 [[Jesus]] mildly upbraided [[the twelve]], in substance saying: Do you not know the [[traditions]] of [[Israel]] relating to the [[growth]] of the [[idea]] of [[Yahweh]], and are you [[ignorant]] of the teaching of [[Hebrew Bible|the Scriptures]] concerning the [[doctrine]] of [[God]]? And then did [[the Master]] proceed to instruct [[the apostles]] about the [[evolution]] of the [[concept]] of [[Deity]] throughout the [[course]] of the [[development]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Jews Jewish people]. He called [[attention]] to the following [[phases]] of the [[growth]] of the [[God]] [[idea]]:

*3. 142:3.5 ''El Shaddai''. During these early days many of the [[Hebrews]] [[worshiped]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_shaddai El Shaddai], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion Egyptian concept of the God of heaven], which they learned about during their captivity in the land of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile Nile]. Long after the times of [[Melchizedek]] all [[three]] of these [[concepts]] of [[God]] became joined [[together]] to form the [[doctrine]] of the [[creator]] [[Deity]], the Lord God of Israel.

*3. 142:3.5 ''El Shaddai''. During these early days many of the [[Hebrews]] [[worshiped]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_shaddai El Shaddai], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion Egyptian concept of the God of heaven], which they learned about during their captivity in the land of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile Nile]. Long after the times of [[Melchizedek]] all [[three]] of these [[concepts]] of [[God]] became joined [[together]] to form the [[doctrine]] of the [[creator]] [[Deity]], the Lord God of Israel.

*4. 142:3.6 ''Elohim''. From the times of [[Adam]] the teaching of the [[Paradise Trinity]] has [[persisted]]. Do you not recall how the [[Scriptures]] begin by asserting that " In the beginning [[the Gods]] created the heavens and the [[earth]] "? This indicates that when that [[record]] was made the [[Trinity]] [[concept]] of three Gods in one had found lodgment in the [[religion]] of our [[forebears]].

*4. 142:3.6 ''Elohim''. From the times of [[Adam]] the teaching of the [[Paradise Trinity]] has [[persisted]]. Do you not recall how the [[Scriptures]] begin by asserting that " In the beginning [[the Gods]] created the heavens and the [[earth]] "? This indicates that when that [[record]] was made the [[Trinity]] [[concept]] of three Gods in one had found lodgment in the [[religion]] of our [[forebears]].

*5. 142:3.7 ''The Supreme [[Yahweh]]''. By the times of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Isaiah] these [[beliefs]] about [[God]] had expanded into the [[concept]] of a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_4 Universal Creator] who was [[simultaneously]] all-[[powerful]] and all-[[merciful]]. And this [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92 evolving and enlarging concept of God] virtually supplanted all previous [[ideas]] of [[Deity]] in our [[fathers]]' [[religion]].

*5. 142:3.7 ''The Supreme [[Yahweh]]''. By the times of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Isaiah] these [[beliefs]] about [[God]] had expanded into the [[concept]] of a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_4 Universal Creator] who was [[simultaneously]] all-[[powerful]] and all-[[merciful]]. And this [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92 evolving and enlarging concept of God] virtually supplanted all previous [[ideas]] of [[Deity]] in our [[fathers]]' [[religion]].

*6. 142:3.8 ''The Father in heaven''. And now do we know [[God]] as [[our Father]] in heaven. Our teaching provides a [[religion]] wherein the believer is a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE son of God]. That is the good news of the [[gospel]] of the [[kingdom of heaven]]. Coexistent with [[the Father]] are [[the Son]] and [[the Spirit]], and the [[revelation]] of the [[nature]] and ministry of these [[Paradise Deities]] will continue to enlarge and brighten throughout the endless ages of the [[eternal]] [[spiritual]] [[progression]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#PAPER_40:_THE_ASCENDING_SONS_OF_GOD ascending sons of God]. At all times and during all ages the true [[worship]] of any [[human being]]—as concerns [[individual]] [[spiritual]] [[progress]]—is [[recognized]] by the [[indwelling spirit]] as [[homage]] rendered to [[the Father]] in heaven.

*6. 142:3.8 ''The Father in heaven''. And now do we know [[God]] as [[our Father]] in heaven. Our teaching provides a [[religion]] wherein the believer is a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE son of God]. That is the good news of the [[gospel]] of the [[kingdom of heaven]]. Coexistent with [[the Father]] are [[the Son]] and [[the Spirit]], and the [[revelation]] of the [[nature]] and ministry of these [[Paradise Deities]] will continue to enlarge and brighten throughout the endless ages of the [[eternal]] [[spiritual]] [[progression]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#PAPER_40:_THE_ASCENDING_SONS_OF_GOD ascending sons of God]. At all times and during all ages the true [[worship]] of any [[human being]]—as concerns [[individual]] [[spiritual]] [[progress]]—is [[recognized]] by the [[indwelling spirit]] as [[homage]] rendered to [[the Father]] in heaven.

142:3.9 Never before had [[the apostles]] been so [[shocked]] as they were upon hearing this recounting of the [[growth]] of the [[concept]] of [[God]] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Jews Jewish minds of previous generations]; they were too bewildered to ask questions. As they sat before [[Jesus]] in [[silence]], [[the Master]] continued: " And you would have known these [[truths]] had you read the [[Scriptures]]. Have you not [[read]] in [[Second Book of Samuel|Samuel]] where it says: `And the [[anger]] of the Lord was kindled against [[Israel]], so much so that he moved [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David] against them, saying, go number [[Israel]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah Judah]'?[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Second_Book_of_Samuel#Chapter_.24] And this was not strange because in the days of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel Samuel] the [[children]] of [[Abraham]] really believed that [[Yahweh]] created both [[good]] and [[evil]]. But when a later [[writer]] narrated these [[events]], subsequent to the enlargement of the Jewish [[concept]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_2 nature of God], he did not dare attribute [[evil]] to [[Yahweh]]; therefore he said: `And [[Satan]] stood up against [[Israel]] and provoked [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David] to number [[Israel]].' Cannot you [[discern]] that such records in the [[Scriptures]] clearly show how the [[concept]] of the [[Paper 2 - The Nature of God|nature of God]] continued to [[grow]] from one [[generation]] to another?

142:3.9 Never before had [[the apostles]] been so [[shocked]] as they were upon hearing this recounting of the [[growth]] of the [[concept]] of [[God]] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Jews Jewish minds of previous generations]; they were too bewildered to ask questions. As they sat before [[Jesus]] in [[silence]], [[the Master]] continued: " And you would have known these [[truths]] had you read the [[Scriptures]]. Have you not [[read]] in [[Second Book of Samuel|Samuel]] where it says: `And the [[anger]] of the Lord was kindled against [[Israel]], so much so that he moved [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David] against them, saying, go number [[Israel]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah Judah]'?[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Second_Book_of_Samuel#Chapter_.24] And this was not strange because in the days of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel Samuel] the [[children]] of [[Abraham]] really believed that [[Yahweh]] created both [[good]] and [[evil]]. But when a later [[writer]] narrated these [[events]], subsequent to the enlargement of the Jewish [[concept]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_2 nature of God], he did not dare attribute [[evil]] to [[Yahweh]]; therefore he said: `And [[Satan]] stood up against [[Israel]] and provoked [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David] to number [[Israel]].' Cannot you [[discern]] that such records in the [[Scriptures]] clearly show how the [[concept]] of the [[Paper 2 - The Nature of God|nature of God]] continued to [[grow]] from one [[generation]] to another?

142:3.10 " Again should you have [[discerned]] the [[growth]] of the [[understanding]] of [[divine]] [[law]] in [[perfect]] keeping with these enlarging [[concepts]] of [[divinity]]. When the [[children]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exodus Israel came out of Egypt] in the days before the enlarged [[revelation]] of [[Yahweh]], they had [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_commandments ten commandments] which served as their [[law]] right up to the times when they were encamped before [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sinai Sinai]. And these ten commandments were:

142:3.10 " Again should you have [[discerned]] the [[growth]] of the [[understanding]] of [[divine]] [[law]] in [[perfect]] keeping with these enlarging [[concepts]] of [[divinity]]. When the [[children]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exodus Israel came out of Egypt] in the days before the enlarged [[revelation]] of [[Yahweh]], they had [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_commandments ten commandments] which served as their [[law]] right up to the times when they were encamped before [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sinai Sinai]. And these ten commandments were:

142:3.11 " 1. You shall [[worship]] no other [[god]], for the Lord is a [[jealous]] God.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.34]

142:3.11 " 1. You shall [[worship]] no other [[god]], for the Lord is a [[jealous]] God.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.34]

142:3.12 " 2. You shall not make [[Idol|molten gods]].[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.34]

142:3.12 " 2. You shall not make [[Idol|molten gods]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.34]

142:3.13 " 3. You shall not neglect to keep the feast of unleavened bread.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.12]

142:3.13 " 3. You shall not neglect to keep the feast of unleavened bread.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.12]

142:3.14 " 4. Of all the [[males]] of men or cattle, the first-born are mine, says the Lord.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.13]

142:3.14 " 4. Of all the [[males]] of men or cattle, the first-born are mine, says the Lord.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.13]

142:3.15 " 5. Six days you may [[work]], but on the [[seven]]th day you shall [[rest]].[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.34]

142:3.15 " 5. Six days you may [[work]], but on the [[seven]]th day you shall [[rest]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.34]

142:3.16 " 6. You shall not fail to [[observe]] the feast of the first fruits and the feast of the ingathering at the end of the year.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.34]

142:3.16 " 6. You shall not fail to [[observe]] the feast of the first fruits and the feast of the ingathering at the end of the year.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.34]

142:3.17 " 7. You shall not offer the [[blood]] of any [[sacrifice]] with leavened bread.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.34]

142:3.17 " 7. You shall not offer the [[blood]] of any [[sacrifice]] with leavened bread.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.34]

142:3.18 " 8. The [[sacrifice]] of the feast of the [[Passover]] shall not be left until morning.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.34]

142:3.18 " 8. The [[sacrifice]] of the feast of the [[Passover]] shall not be left until morning.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.34]

142:3.19 " 9. The first of the first fruits of the ground you shall bring to the house of the Lord your [[God]].[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.23]

142:3.19 " 9. The first of the first fruits of the ground you shall bring to the house of the Lord your [[God]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.23]

142:3.20 " 10. You shall not [[seethe]] a kid in its [[mother]]'s milk.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.23]

142:3.20 " 10. You shall not [[seethe]] a kid in its [[mother]]'s milk.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.23]

142:3.21 " And then, amidst the thunders and lightnings of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sinai Sinai], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] gave them the new ten commandments, which you will all allow are more [[worthy]] utterances to accompany the enlarging [[Yahweh]] [[concepts]] of [[Deity]]. And did you never take notice of these commandments as [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deutoronomy#Chapter_.5 twice recorded] in the [[Scriptures]], that in the first case [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exodus deliverance from Egypt] is assigned as the [[reason]] for [[Sabbath]] keeping, while in a later [[record]] the advancing [[religious]] [[beliefs]] of our [[forefathers]] demanded that this be changed to the [[recognition]] of the [[fact]] of [[creation]] as the reason for [[Sabbath]] observance?

142:3.21 " And then, amidst the thunders and lightnings of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sinai Sinai], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] gave them the new ten commandments, which you will all allow are more [[worthy]] utterances to accompany the enlarging [[Yahweh]] [[concepts]] of [[Deity]]. And did you never take notice of these commandments as [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deutoronomy#Chapter_.5 twice recorded] in the [[Scriptures]], that in the first case [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exodus deliverance from Egypt] is assigned as the [[reason]] for [[Sabbath]] keeping, while in a later [[record]] the advancing [[religious]] [[beliefs]] of our [[forefathers]] demanded that this be changed to the [[recognition]] of the [[fact]] of [[creation]] as the reason for [[Sabbath]] observance?

142:3.22 " And then will you [[remember]] that once again—in the greater [[spiritual]] [[enlightenment]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Isaiah]'s day—these ten [[negative]] commandments were changed into the great and [[positive]] [[law]] of [[love]], the injunction to love [[God]] supremely and your [[neighbor]] as yourself. And it is this [[supreme]] law of [[love]] for [[God]] and for man that I also [[declare]] to you as constituting the whole [[duty]] of [[man]]. "

142:3.22 " And then will you [[remember]] that once again—in the greater [[spiritual]] [[enlightenment]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Isaiah]'s day—these ten [[negative]] commandments were changed into the great and [[positive]] [[law]] of [[love]], the injunction to love [[God]] supremely and your [[neighbor]] as yourself. And it is this [[supreme]] law of [[love]] for [[God]] and for man that I also [[declare]] to you as constituting the whole [[duty]] of [[man]]. "

142:4.1 Flavius, the [[Greek]] [[Jew]], was a [[proselyte]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple#The_Court_of_the_Gentiles gate], having been neither [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brit_milah circumcised] nor [[baptized]]; and since he was a great [[lover]] of the [[beautiful]] in [[art]] and [[sculpture]], the house which he occupied when [[sojourning]] in [[Jerusalem]] was a beautiful edifice. This [[home]] was exquisitely adorned with priceless [[treasures]] which he had gathered up here and there on his world [[travels]]. When he first [[thought]] of inviting [[Jesus]] to his [[home]], he feared that [[the Master]] might take offense at the sight of these so-called images. But Flavius was agreeably [[surprised]] when [[Jesus]] entered the [[home]] that, instead of [[rebuking]] him for having these supposedly [[idolatrous]] objects scattered about the house, he [[manifested]] great interest in the entire collection and asked many [[appreciative]] questions about each object as Flavius escorted him from room to room, showing him all of his favorite [[statues]].

142:4.1 Flavius, the [[Greek]] [[Jew]], was a [[proselyte]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple#The_Court_of_the_Gentiles gate], having been neither [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brit_milah circumcised] nor [[baptized]]; and since he was a great [[lover]] of the [[beautiful]] in [[art]] and [[sculpture]], the house which he occupied when [[sojourning]] in [[Jerusalem]] was a beautiful edifice. This [[home]] was exquisitely adorned with priceless [[treasures]] which he had gathered up here and there on his world [[travels]]. When he first [[thought]] of inviting [[Jesus]] to his [[home]], he feared that [[the Master]] might take offense at the sight of these so-called images. But Flavius was agreeably [[surprised]] when [[Jesus]] entered the [[home]] that, instead of [[rebuking]] him for having these supposedly [[idolatrous]] objects scattered about the house, he [[manifested]] great interest in the entire collection and asked many [[appreciative]] questions about each object as Flavius escorted him from room to room, showing him all of his favorite [[statues]].

142:4.2 [[The Master]] saw that his host was bewildered at his [[friendly]] [[attitude]] toward [[art]]; therefore, when they had finished the [[survey]] of the entire [[collection]], Jesus said: " Because you [[appreciate]] the [[beauty]] of [[things]] created by my Father and fashioned by the artistic hands of man, why should you [[expect]] to be [[rebuked]]? Because [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] onetime sought to combat [[idolatry]] and the [[worship]] of false gods, why should all men frown upon the reproduction of [[grace]] and [[beauty]]? I say to you, Flavius, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses]' [[children]] have misunderstood him, and now do they make false gods of even his prohibitions of images and the likeness of [[things]] in [[heaven]] and on [[earth]]. But even if [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] taught such restrictions to the [[darkened]] [[minds]] of those days, what has that to do with this day when [[the Father]] in heaven is [[revealed]] as the [[universal]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_4#4:2._GOD_AND_NATURE Spirit Ruler] over all? And, Flavius, I [[declare]] that in the coming kingdom they shall no longer teach, `Do not [[worship]] this and do not worship that'; no longer shall they concern themselves with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_commandments commands] to refrain from this and take care not to do that, but rather shall all be concerned with one [[supreme]] [[duty]]. And this [[duty]] of [[man]] is [[expressed]] in two great [[privileges]]: [[sincere]] [[worship]] of the [[infinite]] [[Creator]], the [[Paradise Father]], and loving [[service]] bestowed upon one's fellow men. If you [[love]] your [[neighbor]] as you love yourself, you really know that you are a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE son of God].

142:4.2 [[The Master]] saw that his host was bewildered at his [[friendly]] [[attitude]] toward [[art]]; therefore, when they had finished the [[survey]] of the entire [[collection]], Jesus said: " Because you [[appreciate]] the [[beauty]] of [[things]] created by my Father and fashioned by the artistic hands of man, why should you [[expect]] to be [[rebuked]]? Because [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] onetime sought to combat [[idolatry]] and the [[worship]] of false gods, why should all men frown upon the reproduction of [[grace]] and [[beauty]]? I say to you, Flavius, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses]' [[children]] have misunderstood him, and now do they make false gods of even his prohibitions of images and the likeness of [[things]] in [[heaven]] and on [[earth]]. But even if [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] taught such restrictions to the [[darkened]] [[minds]] of those days, what has that to do with this day when [[the Father]] in heaven is [[revealed]] as the [[universal]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_4#4:2._GOD_AND_NATURE Spirit Ruler] over all? And, Flavius, I [[declare]] that in the coming kingdom they shall no longer teach, `Do not [[worship]] this and do not worship that'; no longer shall they concern themselves with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_commandments commands] to refrain from this and take care not to do that, but rather shall all be concerned with one [[supreme]] [[duty]]. And this [[duty]] of [[man]] is [[expressed]] in two great [[privileges]]: [[sincere]] [[worship]] of the [[infinite]] [[Creator]], the [[Paradise Father]], and loving [[service]] bestowed upon one's fellow men. If you [[love]] your [[neighbor]] as you love yourself, you really know that you are a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE son of God].

142:4.3 " In an age when my Father was not well [[understood]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] was [[justified]] in his attempts to withstand [[idolatry]], but in the coming age [[the Father]] will have been [[revealed]] in the life of [[Creator Son|the Son]]; and this new [[revelation]] of [[God]] will make it forever unnecessary to [[confuse]] the [[Universal Father|Creator Father]] with [[idols]] of stone or images of gold and silver. Henceforth, [[intelligent]] men may [[enjoy]] the [[treasures]] of [[art]] without [[confusing]] such [[material]] [[appreciation]] of [[beauty]] with the [[worship]] and [[service]] of [[the Father]] in [[Paradise]], the [[God]] of [[all things]] and all [[beings]]. "

142:4.3 " In an age when my Father was not well [[understood]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] was [[justified]] in his attempts to withstand [[idolatry]], but in the coming age [[the Father]] will have been [[revealed]] in the life of [[Creator Son|the Son]]; and this new [[revelation]] of [[God]] will make it forever unnecessary to [[confuse]] the [[Universal Father|Creator Father]] with [[idols]] of stone or images of gold and silver. Henceforth, [[intelligent]] men may [[enjoy]] the [[treasures]] of [[art]] without [[confusing]] such [[material]] [[appreciation]] of [[beauty]] with the [[worship]] and [[service]] of [[the Father]] in [[Paradise]], the [[God]] of [[all things]] and all [[beings]]. "

142:5.1 One of the great [[sermons]] which [[Jesus]] preached in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple temple] this [[Passover]] week was in answer to a question asked by one of his hearers, a man from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus Damascus]. This man asked [[Jesus]]: " But, [[Rabbi]], how shall we know of a [[certainty]] that you are sent by [[God]], and that we may truly enter into this [[The Kingdom|kingdom]] which you and your [[disciples]] [[declare]] is near at hand? " And [[Jesus]] answered:

142:5.1 One of the great [[sermons]] which [[Jesus]] preached in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple temple] this [[Passover]] week was in answer to a question asked by one of his hearers, a man from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus Damascus]. This man asked [[Jesus]]: " But, [[Rabbi]], how shall we know of a [[certainty]] that you are sent by [[God]], and that we may truly enter into this [[The Kingdom|kingdom]] which you and your [[disciples]] [[declare]] is near at hand? " And [[Jesus]] answered:

142:5.2 " As to my [[message]] and the teaching of my [[disciples]], you should [[judge]] them by their fruits. If we [[proclaim]] to you the [[truths]] of the [[spirit]], the spirit will [[witness]] in your [[hearts]] that our [[message]] is [[genuine]]. Concerning [[the kingdom]] and your [[assurance]] of [[acceptance]] by the [[heavenly Father]], let me ask what [[father]] among you who is a [[worthy]] and kindhearted father would keep his son in [[anxiety]] or [[suspense]] regarding his [[status]] in the [[family]] or his place of [[security]] in the [[affections]] of his father's [[heart]]? Do you [[earth]] [[fathers]] take [[pleasure]] in [[torturing]] your [[children]] with uncertainty about their place of abiding [[love]] in your [[human]] [[hearts]]? Neither does y[[our Father]] in heaven leave his [[faith]] children of the [[spirit]] in doubtful uncertainty as to their position in [[the kingdom]]. If you receive [[God]] as y[[our Father]], then indeed and in [[truth]] are you the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God]. And if you are sons, then are you [[secure]] in the position and standing of all that concerns [[eternal]] and [[divine]] sonship. If you believe my [[words]], you thereby believe in Him who sent me, and by thus believing in [[the Father]], you have made your [[status]] in heavenly [[citizenship]] sure. If you [[do the will of the Father]] in heaven, you shall never fail in the [[attainment]] of the [[eternal]] life of [[progress]] in the [[divine]] kingdom.

142:5.2 " As to my [[message]] and the teaching of my [[disciples]], you should [[judge]] them by their fruits. If we [[proclaim]] to you the [[truths]] of the [[spirit]], the spirit will [[witness]] in your [[hearts]] that our [[message]] is [[genuine]]. Concerning [[the kingdom]] and your [[assurance]] of [[acceptance]] by the [[heavenly Father]], let me ask what [[father]] among you who is a [[worthy]] and kindhearted father would keep his son in [[anxiety]] or [[suspense]] regarding his [[status]] in the [[family]] or his place of [[security]] in the [[affections]] of his father's [[heart]]? Do you [[earth]] [[fathers]] take [[pleasure]] in [[torturing]] your [[children]] with uncertainty about their place of abiding [[love]] in your [[human]] [[hearts]]? Neither does y[[our Father]] in heaven leave his [[faith]] children of the [[spirit]] in doubtful uncertainty as to their position in [[the kingdom]]. If you receive [[God]] as y[[our Father]], then indeed and in [[truth]] are you the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God]. And if you are sons, then are you [[secure]] in the position and standing of all that concerns [[eternal]] and [[divine]] sonship. If you believe my [[words]], you thereby believe in Him who sent me, and by thus believing in [[the Father]], you have made your [[status]] in heavenly [[citizenship]] sure. If you [[do the will of the Father]] in heaven, you shall never fail in the [[attainment]] of the [[eternal]] life of [[progress]] in the [[divine]] kingdom.

142:5.3 " The Supreme Spirit shall bear [[witness]] with your spirits that you are truly the [[children]] of [[God]]. And if you are the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God], then have you been [[born]] of the spirit of God; and whosoever has been born of the [[spirit]] has in himself the [[power]] to overcome all [[doubt]], and this is the [[victory]] that overcomes all uncertainty, even your [[faith]].

142:5.3 " The Supreme Spirit shall bear [[witness]] with your spirits that you are truly the [[children]] of [[God]]. And if you are the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God], then have you been [[born]] of the spirit of God; and whosoever has been born of the [[spirit]] has in himself the [[power]] to overcome all [[doubt]], and this is the [[victory]] that overcomes all uncertainty, even your [[faith]].

142:5.4 " Said the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Prophet Isaiah], speaking of these times: `When [[Spirit of Truth|the spirit]] is poured upon us from on high, then shall the [[work]] of [[righteousness]] become [[peace]], [[quietness]], and [[assurance]] forever.' And for all who truly [[believe]] this [[gospel]], I will become surety for their [[reception]] into the [[eternal]] [[mercies]] and the everlasting life of my Father's kingdom. You, then, who hear this [[message]] and [[believe]] this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] are the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God], and you have life everlasting; and the [[evidence]] to all the world that you have been [[born]] of the [[spirit]] is that you [[sincerely]] [[love]] one another. "

142:5.4 " Said the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Prophet Isaiah], speaking of these times: `When [[Spirit of Truth|the spirit]] is poured upon us from on high, then shall the [[work]] of [[righteousness]] become [[peace]], [[quietness]], and [[assurance]] forever.' And for all who truly [[believe]] this [[gospel]], I will become surety for their [[reception]] into the [[eternal]] [[mercies]] and the everlasting life of my Father's kingdom. You, then, who hear this [[message]] and [[believe]] this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] are the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God], and you have life everlasting; and the [[evidence]] to all the world that you have been [[born]] of the [[spirit]] is that you [[sincerely]] [[love]] one another. "

142:5.5 The throng of [[listeners]] remained many hours with [[Jesus]], asking him questions and listening [[attentively]] to his [[comforting]] answers. Even [[the apostles]] were emboldened by [[Jesus]]' teaching to [[preach]] the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] with more [[power]] and [[assurance]]. This [[experience]] at [[Jerusalem]] was a great [[inspiration]] to [[the twelve]]. It was their first [[contact]] with such enormous crowds, and they learned many valuable lessons which proved of great [[assistance]] in their later [[work]].

142:5.5 The throng of [[listeners]] remained many hours with [[Jesus]], asking him questions and listening [[attentively]] to his [[comforting]] answers. Even [[the apostles]] were emboldened by [[Jesus]]' teaching to [[preach]] the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] with more [[power]] and [[assurance]]. This [[experience]] at [[Jerusalem]] was a great [[inspiration]] to [[the twelve]]. It was their first [[contact]] with such enormous crowds, and they learned many valuable lessons which proved of great [[assistance]] in their later [[work]].

142:6.7 And [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicodemus Nicodemus] said: " But how can I begin to lay hold upon this [[spirit]] which is to remake me in [[preparation]] for entering into [[the kingdom]]? " [[Jesus]] answered: " Already does [[Thought Adjuster|the spirit]] of [[the Father]] in heaven indwell you. If you would be [[led]] by this [[spirit]] from above, very soon would you begin to see with the eyes of [[Thought Adjuster|the spirit]], and then by the wholehearted [[choice]] of [[spirit]] [[guidance]] would you be [[born]] of the [[spirit]] since your only [[purpose]] in living would be to [[do the will of your Father]] who is in [[heaven]]. And so finding yourself [[born]] of the [[spirit]] and [[happily]] in [[the kingdom]] of God, you would begin to bear in your daily life the [[abundant]] [[fruits of the spirit]]. "

142:6.7 And [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicodemus Nicodemus] said: " But how can I begin to lay hold upon this [[spirit]] which is to remake me in [[preparation]] for entering into [[the kingdom]]? " [[Jesus]] answered: " Already does [[Thought Adjuster|the spirit]] of [[the Father]] in heaven indwell you. If you would be [[led]] by this [[spirit]] from above, very soon would you begin to see with the eyes of [[Thought Adjuster|the spirit]], and then by the wholehearted [[choice]] of [[spirit]] [[guidance]] would you be [[born]] of the [[spirit]] since your only [[purpose]] in living would be to [[do the will of your Father]] who is in [[heaven]]. And so finding yourself [[born]] of the [[spirit]] and [[happily]] in [[the kingdom]] of God, you would begin to bear in your daily life the [[abundant]] [[fruits of the spirit]]. "

142:6.8 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicodemus Nicodemus] was thoroughly [[sincere]]. He was deeply impressed but went away bewildered. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicodemus Nicodemus] was accomplished in [[self]]-[[development]], in self-restraint, and even in high [[moral]] [[qualities]]. He was refined, [[egoistic]], and [[altruistic]]; but he did not know how to [[Doing the will of God|submit his will to the will of the divine Father]] as a little [[child]] is willing to submit to the [[guidance]] and [[leading]] of a [[wise]] and loving [[earthly]] [[father]], thereby becoming in [[reality]] a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE son of God], a [[progressive]] heir of the [[eternal]] kingdom.

142:6.8 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicodemus Nicodemus] was thoroughly [[sincere]]. He was deeply impressed but went away bewildered. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicodemus Nicodemus] was accomplished in [[self]]-[[development]], in self-restraint, and even in high [[moral]] [[qualities]]. He was refined, [[egoistic]], and [[altruistic]]; but he did not know how to [[Doing the will of God|submit his will to the will of the divine Father]] as a little [[child]] is willing to submit to the [[guidance]] and [[leading]] of a [[wise]] and loving [[earthly]] [[father]], thereby becoming in [[reality]] a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE son of God], a [[progressive]] heir of the [[eternal]] kingdom.

142:6.9 But [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicodemus Nicodemus] did summon [[faith]] enough to lay hold of [[the kingdom]]. He faintly [[protested]] when his [[colleagues]] of the [[Sanhedrin]] sought to [[condemn]] [[Jesus]] without a hearing; and with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph of Arimathea], he later boldly acknowledged his [[faith]] and claimed the [[body]] of [[Jesus]], even when most of the [[disciples]] had fled in [[fear]] from the scenes of [[the Master|their Master]]'s [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_186 final suffering] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_187 death].

142:6.9 But [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicodemus Nicodemus] did summon [[faith]] enough to lay hold of [[the kingdom]]. He faintly [[protested]] when his [[colleagues]] of the [[Sanhedrin]] sought to [[condemn]] [[Jesus]] without a hearing; and with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph of Arimathea], he later boldly acknowledged his [[faith]] and claimed the [[body]] of [[Jesus]], even when most of the [[disciples]] had fled in [[fear]] from the scenes of [[the Master|their Master]]'s [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_186 final suffering] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_187 death].

==142:7. THE LESSON ON THE FAMILY==

==142:7. THE LESSON ON THE FAMILY==

142:7.1 After the [[busy]] period of teaching and [[personal]] [[work]] of [[Passover]] week in [[Jerusalem]], [[Jesus]] spent the next Wednesday at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany] with his [[apostles]], [[resting]]. That afternoon, [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] asked a question which elicited a long and instructive answer. Said Thomas: " Master, on the day we were set apart as [[ambassadors]] of [[the kingdom]], you told us many things, instructed us regarding our [[personal]] mode of life, but what shall we teach the [[multitude]]? How are these people to live after [[the kingdom]] more fully comes? Shall your [[disciples]] own [[slaves]]? Shall your believers court [[poverty]] and shun [[property]]? Shall [[mercy]] alone prevail so that we shall have no more [[law]] and [[justice]]? " [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]] spent all afternoon and all that evening, after supper, discussing [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]]'s questions. For the [[purposes]] of this [[record]] we present the following summary of [[the Master]]'s instruction:

142:7.1 After the [[busy]] period of teaching and [[personal]] [[work]] of [[Passover]] week in [[Jerusalem]], [[Jesus]] spent the next Wednesday at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany] with his [[apostles]], [[resting]]. That afternoon, [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] asked a question which elicited a long and instructive answer. Said Thomas: " Master, on the day we were set apart as [[ambassadors]] of [[the kingdom]], you told us many things, instructed us regarding our [[personal]] mode of life, but what shall we teach the [[multitude]]? How are these people to live after [[the kingdom]] more fully comes? Shall your [[disciples]] own [[slaves]]? Shall your believers court [[poverty]] and shun [[property]]? Shall [[mercy]] alone prevail so that we shall have no more [[law]] and [[justice]]? " [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]] spent all afternoon and all that evening, after supper, discussing [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]]'s questions. For the [[purposes]] of this [[record]] we present the following summary of [[the Master]]'s instruction:

142:7.2 [[Jesus]] sought first to make plain to his [[apostles]] that he himself was on [[earth]] living a [[unique]] life in the [[flesh]], and that they, [[the twelve]], had been called to [[participate]] in this [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 bestowal experience] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man]; and as such coworkers, they, too, must [[share]] in many of the special restrictions and [[obligations]] of the entire [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowal experience]. There was a veiled intimation that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] was the only person who had ever lived on [[earth]] who could [[simultaneously]] see into the very [[heart]] of [[God]] and into the very depths of man's [[soul]].

142:7.2 [[Jesus]] sought first to make plain to his [[apostles]] that he himself was on [[earth]] living a [[unique]] life in the [[flesh]], and that they, [[the twelve]], had been called to [[participate]] in this [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 bestowal experience] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man]; and as such coworkers, they, too, must [[share]] in many of the special restrictions and [[obligations]] of the entire [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowal experience]. There was a veiled intimation that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] was the only person who had ever lived on [[earth]] who could [[simultaneously]] see into the very [[heart]] of [[God]] and into the very depths of man's [[soul]].

142:7.3 Very plainly [[Jesus]] explained that [[the kingdom]] of heaven was an [[evolutionary]] [[experience]], beginning here on [[earth]] and [[progressing]] up through [[successive]] life stations to [[Paradise]]. In the [[course]] of the evening he definitely stated that at some [[future]] stage of kingdom [[development]] he would revisit this world in [[spiritual]] [[power]] and [[divine]] [[glory]].

142:7.3 Very plainly [[Jesus]] explained that [[the kingdom]] of heaven was an [[evolutionary]] [[experience]], beginning here on [[earth]] and [[progressing]] up through [[successive]] life stations to [[Paradise]]. In the [[course]] of the evening he definitely stated that at some [[future]] stage of kingdom [[development]] he would revisit this world in [[spiritual]] [[power]] and [[divine]] [[glory]].

142:7.13 For hours [[the Master]] [[discussed]] the application of these features of [[family]] life to the [[relations]] of man, the [[earth]] child, to [[God]], the [[Paradise Father]]. And this was his conclusion: " This entire [[relationship]] of a son to [[the Father]], I know in [[perfection]], for all that you must [[attain]] of sonship in the eternal [[future]] I have now already [[attained]]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] is [[prepared]] to [[ascend]] to the right hand of [[the Father]], so that in me is the way now open still wider for all of you to see [[God]] and, ere you have finished the [[glorious]] [[progression]], to become [[perfect]], even as your Father in heaven is perfect. "

142:7.13 For hours [[the Master]] [[discussed]] the application of these features of [[family]] life to the [[relations]] of man, the [[earth]] child, to [[God]], the [[Paradise Father]]. And this was his conclusion: " This entire [[relationship]] of a son to [[the Father]], I know in [[perfection]], for all that you must [[attain]] of sonship in the eternal [[future]] I have now already [[attained]]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] is [[prepared]] to [[ascend]] to the right hand of [[the Father]], so that in me is the way now open still wider for all of you to see [[God]] and, ere you have finished the [[glorious]] [[progression]], to become [[perfect]], even as your Father in heaven is perfect. "

142:7.14 When [[the apostles]] heard these startling [[words]], they recalled the pronouncements which [[John the Baptist|John]] made at the [[time]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136#136:2._THE_BAPTISM_OF_JESUS Jesus' baptism], and they also vividly recalled this [[experience]] in [[connection]] with their [[preaching]] and teaching subsequent to [[the Master[['s [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_187 death] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_189 resurrection].

142:7.14 When [[the apostles]] heard these startling [[words]], they recalled the pronouncements which [[John the Baptist|John]] made at the [[time]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136#136:2._THE_BAPTISM_OF_JESUS Jesus' baptism], and they also vividly recalled this [[experience]] in [[connection]] with their [[preaching]] and teaching subsequent to [[the Master[['s [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_187 death] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_189 resurrection].

142:7.15 [[Jesus]] is a [[divine Son]], one in the [[Universal Father]]' s full [[confidence]]. He had been with [[the Father]] and [[comprehended]] him fully. He had now lived his [[earth]] life to the full [[satisfaction]] of [[the Father]], and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:7._THE_SEVENTH_AND_FINAL_BESTOWAL this incarnation in the flesh] had enabled him fully to [[comprehend]] [[man]]. [[Jesus]] was the [[perfection]] of man; he had [[attained]] just such perfection as all true believers are [[destined]] to [[attain]] in him and through him. [[Jesus]] [[revealed]] a [[God]] of [[perfection]] to man and presented in himself the perfected son of the realms to [[God]].

142:7.15 [[Jesus]] is a [[divine Son]], one in the [[Universal Father]]' s full [[confidence]]. He had been with [[the Father]] and [[comprehended]] him fully. He had now lived his [[earth]] life to the full [[satisfaction]] of [[the Father]], and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:7._THE_SEVENTH_AND_FINAL_BESTOWAL this incarnation in the flesh] had enabled him fully to [[comprehend]] [[man]]. [[Jesus]] was the [[perfection]] of man; he had [[attained]] just such perfection as all true believers are [[destined]] to [[attain]] in him and through him. [[Jesus]] [[revealed]] a [[God]] of [[perfection]] to man and presented in himself the perfected son of the realms to [[God]].

142:7.16 Although [[Jesus]] [[discoursed]] for several hours, [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] was not yet [[satisfied]], for he said: " But, Master, we do not find that [[the Father]] in heaven always deals [[kindly]] and [[mercifully]] with us. Many times we grievously [[suffer]] on [[earth]], and not always are our [[prayers]] answered. Where do we fail to grasp the [[meaning]] of your teaching? "

142:7.16 Although [[Jesus]] [[discoursed]] for several hours, [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] was not yet [[satisfied]], for he said: " But, Master, we do not find that [[the Father]] in heaven always deals [[kindly]] and [[mercifully]] with us. Many times we grievously [[suffer]] on [[earth]], and not always are our [[prayers]] answered. Where do we fail to grasp the [[meaning]] of your teaching? "

142:8.5 When the [[Sanhedrin|rulers of the Jews]] learned that [[Jesus]] had returned to [[Jerusalem]], they [[prepared]] to [[arrest]] him; but when they [[observed]] that he did no [[public]] [[preaching]], they concluded that he had become frightened by their previous [[agitation]] and decided to allow him to carry on his teaching in this [[private]] manner without further molestation. And thus affairs moved along [[quietly]] until the last days of June, when one Simon, a member of the [[Sanhedrin]], [[public]]ly espoused the teachings of [[Jesus]], after so declaring himself before the [[rulers of the Jews]]. [[Immediately]] a new [[agitation]] for [[Jesus]]' apprehension sprang up and grew so strong that [[the Master]] decided to retire into the cities of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria Samaria] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapolis Decapolis].

142:8.5 When the [[Sanhedrin|rulers of the Jews]] learned that [[Jesus]] had returned to [[Jerusalem]], they [[prepared]] to [[arrest]] him; but when they [[observed]] that he did no [[public]] [[preaching]], they concluded that he had become frightened by their previous [[agitation]] and decided to allow him to carry on his teaching in this [[private]] manner without further molestation. And thus affairs moved along [[quietly]] until the last days of June, when one Simon, a member of the [[Sanhedrin]], [[public]]ly espoused the teachings of [[Jesus]], after so declaring himself before the [[rulers of the Jews]]. [[Immediately]] a new [[agitation]] for [[Jesus]]' apprehension sprang up and grew so strong that [[the Master]] decided to retire into the cities of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria Samaria] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapolis Decapolis].

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

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