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191:0.3 Their [[isolation]] had much to do with their [[troubles]]. [[John Mark]] kept them in [[touch]] with [[developments]] about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple] and informed them as to the many [[rumors]] gaining headway in the [[Jerusalem|city]], but it did not occur to him to gather up news from the [[different]] [[groups]] of [[believers]] to whom [[Jesus]] had already [[appeared]]. That was the kind of [[service]] which had heretofore been rendered by the [[messengers]] of [[David Zebedee|David]], but they were all [[absent]] on their last assignment as [[heralds]] of the [[resurrection]] to those [[groups]] of [[believers]] who dwelt remote from [[Jerusalem]]. For the first time in all these years [[the apostles]] [[realized]] how much they had been dependent on [[David Zebedee|David]]'s [[messengers]] for their daily [[information]] regarding the affairs of [[the kingdom]].

191:0.3 Their [[isolation]] had much to do with their [[troubles]]. [[John Mark]] kept them in [[touch]] with [[developments]] about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple] and informed them as to the many [[rumors]] gaining headway in the [[Jerusalem|city]], but it did not occur to him to gather up news from the [[different]] [[groups]] of [[believers]] to whom [[Jesus]] had already [[appeared]]. That was the kind of [[service]] which had heretofore been rendered by the [[messengers]] of [[David Zebedee|David]], but they were all [[absent]] on their last assignment as [[heralds]] of the [[resurrection]] to those [[groups]] of [[believers]] who dwelt remote from [[Jerusalem]]. For the first time in all these years [[the apostles]] [[realized]] how much they had been dependent on [[David Zebedee|David]]'s [[messengers]] for their daily [[information]] regarding the affairs of [[the kingdom]].

191:0.4 All this day [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] characteristically [[vacillated]] [[emotionally]] between [[faith]] and [[doubt]] concerning [[the Master]]'s [[resurrection]]. [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] could not get away from the [[sight]] of the grave cloths resting there in the [[tomb]] as if the [[body]] of [[Jesus]] had just [[evaporated]] from within. " But, " [[reasoned]] [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], " if he has [[Resurrection|risen]] and can show himself to the [[women]], why does he not show himself to us, his [[apostles]]? " [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] would grow [[sorrowful]] when he [[thought]] that maybe [[Jesus]] did not come to them on account of his [[presence]] among [[the apostles]], because he had denied him that night in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_184#184:2._PETER_IN_THE_COURTYARD Annas's courtyard]. And then would he [[cheer]] himself with the [[word]] brought by the [[women]], " Go tell my [[apostles]]—and [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]. " But to derive [[encouragement]] from this [[message]] implied that he must [[believe]] that the [[women]] had really seen and heard the [[Resurrection|risen]] [[the Master|Master]]. Thus [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] [[alternated]] between [[faith]] and [[doubt]] throughout the whole day, until a little after eight o'clock, when he ventured out into the [[courtyard]]. [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] thought to remove himself from among [[the apostles]] so that he might not [[prevent]] [[Jesus]]' coming to them because of his [[denial]] of [[the Master]].

191:0.4 All this day [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] characteristically [[vacillated]] [[emotionally]] between [[faith]] and [[doubt]] concerning [[the Master]]'s [[resurrection]]. [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] could not get away from the [[sight]] of the grave cloths resting there in the [[tomb]] as if the [[body]] of [[Jesus]] had just [[evaporated]] from within. " But, " [[reasoned]] [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], " if he has [[Resurrection|risen]] and can show himself to the [[women]], why does he not show himself to us, his [[apostles]]? " [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] would grow [[sorrowful]] when he [[thought]] that maybe [[Jesus]] did not come to them on account of his [[presence]] among [[the apostles]], because he had denied him that night in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_184#184:2._PETER_IN_THE_COURTYARD Annas's courtyard]. And then would he [[cheer]] himself with the [[word]] brought by the [[women]], " Go tell my [[apostles]]—and [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]. " But to derive [[encouragement]] from this [[message]] implied that he must [[believe]] that the [[women]] had really seen and heard the [[Resurrection|risen]] [[the Master|Master]]. Thus [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] [[alternated]] between [[faith]] and [[doubt]] throughout the whole day, until a little after eight o'clock, when he ventured out into the [[courtyard]]. [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] thought to remove himself from among [[the apostles]] so that he might not [[prevent]] [[Jesus]]' coming to them because of his [[denial]] of [[the Master]].

191:0.5 [[James Zebedee]] at first [[advocated]] that they all go to the [[tomb]]; he was strongly in [[favor]] of doing something to get to the bottom of the [[mystery]]. It was [[Nathaniel]] who prevented them from going out in [[public]] in [[response]] to [[James, the Apostle|James]]'s urging, and he did this by reminding them of [[Jesus]]' warning against unduly jeopardizing their lives at this time. By noontime [[James, the Apostle|James]] had settled down with the [[others]] to watchful waiting. He said little; he was tremendously [[disappointed]] because [[Jesus]] did not [[appear]] to them, and he did not know of [[the Master]]'s many [[appearances]] to other [[groups]] and [[individuals]].

191:0.5 [[James Zebedee]] at first [[advocated]] that they all go to the [[tomb]]; he was strongly in [[favor]] of doing something to get to the bottom of the [[mystery]]. It was [[Nathaniel]] who prevented them from going out in [[public]] in [[response]] to [[James, the Apostle|James]]'s urging, and he did this by reminding them of [[Jesus]]' warning against unduly jeopardizing their lives at this time. By noontime [[James, the Apostle|James]] had settled down with the [[others]] to watchful waiting. He said little; he was tremendously [[disappointed]] because [[Jesus]] did not [[appear]] to them, and he did not know of [[the Master]]'s many [[appearances]] to other [[groups]] and [[individuals]].

191:0.12 [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] was in the midst of one of his typical [[spells]] of despairing [[depression]]. He [[slept]] a portion of the day and walked over the hills the rest of the time. He felt the urge to rejoin his fellow [[apostles]], but the [[desire]] to be [[Alone|by himself]] was the stronger.

191:0.12 [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] was in the midst of one of his typical [[spells]] of despairing [[depression]]. He [[slept]] a portion of the day and walked over the hills the rest of the time. He felt the urge to rejoin his fellow [[apostles]], but the [[desire]] to be [[Alone|by himself]] was the stronger.

191:0.13 [[The Master]] put off the first [[morontia]] [[appearance]] to [[the apostles]] for a [[number]] of reasons. First, he wanted them to have time, after they heard of his [[resurrection]], to [[think]] well over what he had told them about his [[death]] and [[resurrection]] when he was still with them in the [[flesh]]. [[The Master]] wanted [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] to wrestle through with some of his peculiar [[difficulties]] before he [[manifested]] himself to them all. In the second place, he [[desired]] that [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] should be with them at the time of his first [[appearance]]. [[John Mark]] located [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] at the [[home]] of Simon in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethphage Bethpage] early this Sunday morning, bringing [[word]] to that [[effect]] to [[the apostles]] about eleven o'clock. Any time during this day [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] would have gone back to them if [[Nathaniel]] or any [[two]] of the other [[apostles]] had gone for him. He really wanted to return, but having left as he did the evening before, he was too [[proud]] to go back of his own accord so soon. By the next day he was so [[depressed]] that it required almost a week for him to make up his [[mind]] to return. [[The apostles]] waited for him, and he waited for his brethren to seek him out and ask him to come back to them. [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] thus remained away from his [[associates]] until the next Saturday evening, when, after [[darkness]] had come on, [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and [[John, the Apostle|John]] went over to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethphage Bethpage] and brought him back with them. And this is also the [[reason]] why they did not go at once to [[Galilee]] after [[Jesus]] first [[appeared]] to them; they would not go without [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]].[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_20]

191:0.13 [[The Master]] put off the first [[morontia]] [[appearance]] to [[the apostles]] for a [[number]] of reasons. First, he wanted them to have time, after they heard of his [[resurrection]], to [[think]] well over what he had told them about his [[death]] and [[resurrection]] when he was still with them in the [[flesh]]. [[The Master]] wanted [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] to wrestle through with some of his peculiar [[difficulties]] before he [[manifested]] himself to them all. In the second place, he [[desired]] that [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] should be with them at the time of his first [[appearance]]. [[John Mark]] located [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] at the [[home]] of Simon in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethphage Bethpage] early this Sunday morning, bringing [[word]] to that [[effect]] to [[the apostles]] about eleven o'clock. Any time during this day [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] would have gone back to them if [[Nathaniel]] or any [[two]] of the other [[apostles]] had gone for him. He really wanted to return, but having left as he did the evening before, he was too [[proud]] to go back of his own accord so soon. By the next day he was so [[depressed]] that it required almost a week for him to make up his [[mind]] to return. [[The apostles]] waited for him, and he waited for his brethren to seek him out and ask him to come back to them. [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] thus remained away from his [[associates]] until the next Saturday evening, when, after [[darkness]] had come on, [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and [[John, the Apostle|John]] went over to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethphage Bethpage] and brought him back with them. And this is also the [[reason]] why they did not go at once to [[Galilee]] after [[Jesus]] first [[appeared]] to them; they would not go without [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_20]

==191:1. THE APPEARANCE TO PETER==

==191:1. THE APPEARANCE TO PETER==

191:1.1 It was near half past eight o'clock this Sunday evening when [[Jesus]] [[appeared]] to [[Simon Peter]] in the [[garden]] of the [[John Mark|Mark]] [[home]]. This was his eighth [[morontia]] [[manifestation]]. [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] had lived under a heavy [[burden]] of [[doubt]] and [[guilt]] ever since his [[denial]] of [[the Master]]. All day Saturday and this Sunday he had fought the [[fear]] that, perhaps, he was no longer an [[apostle]]. He had shuddered at the [[fate]] of [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]] and even [[thought]] that he, too, had [[betrayed]] his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_(form_of_address) Master]. All this afternoon he [[thought]] that it might be his [[presence]] with [[the apostles]] that prevented [[Jesus]]' [[appearing]] to them, provided, of course, he had really [[Resurrection|risen]] from the [[dead]]. And it was to [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], in such a [[frame]] of [[mind]] and in such a [[state]] of [[soul]], that [[Jesus]] [[appeared]] as the dejected [[apostle]] strolled among the flowers and shrubs.

191:1.1 It was near half past eight o'clock this Sunday evening when [[Jesus]] [[appeared]] to [[Simon Peter]] in the [[garden]] of the [[John Mark|Mark]] [[home]]. This was his eighth [[morontia]] [[manifestation]]. [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] had lived under a heavy [[burden]] of [[doubt]] and [[guilt]] ever since his [[denial]] of [[the Master]]. All day Saturday and this Sunday he had fought the [[fear]] that, perhaps, he was no longer an [[apostle]]. He had shuddered at the [[fate]] of [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]] and even [[thought]] that he, too, had [[betrayed]] his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_(form_of_address) Master]. All this afternoon he [[thought]] that it might be his [[presence]] with [[the apostles]] that prevented [[Jesus]]' [[appearing]] to them, provided, of course, he had really [[Resurrection|risen]] from the [[dead]]. And it was to [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], in such a [[frame]] of [[mind]] and in such a [[state]] of [[soul]], that [[Jesus]] [[appeared]] as the dejected [[apostle]] strolled among the flowers and shrubs.

191:1.2 When [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] [[thought]] of the [[loving]] look of [[the Master]] as [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_184#184:2._PETER_IN_THE_COURTYARD he passed by on Annas's porch], and as he turned over in his [[mind]] that [[wonderful]] [[message]] brought him early that [[morning]] by the [[women]] who came from the empty [[tomb]], " Go tell my [[apostles]]—and [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] "—as he [[contemplated]] these tokens of [[mercy]], his [[faith]] began to surmount his [[doubts]], and he stood still, clenching his fists, while he [[spoke]] aloud: " I [[believe]] he has [[Resurrection|risen]] from the dead; I will go and tell my brethren. " And as he said this, there suddenly [[appeared]] in front of him the [[form]] of a man, who [[spoke]] to him in familiar [[tones]], saying: " [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], the [[enemy]] [[desired]] to have you, but I would not give you up. I knew it was not from the [[heart]] that you disowned me; therefore I [[forgave]] you even before you asked; but now must you cease to [[think]] about yourself and the [[troubles]] of the hour while you [[prepare]] to carry the good news of the [[gospel]] to those who sit in [[darkness]]. No longer should you be concerned with what you may obtain from [[the kingdom]] but rather be [[exercised]] about what you can give to those who live in dire [[spiritual]] [[poverty]]. Gird yourself, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Peter#Names_and_etymologies Simon], for the [[battle]] of a new day, the [[struggle]] with [[spiritual]] [[darkness]] and the [[evil]] [[doubtings]] of the [[natural]] [[minds]] of men. "

191:1.2 When [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] [[thought]] of the [[loving]] look of [[the Master]] as [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_184#184:2._PETER_IN_THE_COURTYARD he passed by on Annas's porch], and as he turned over in his [[mind]] that [[wonderful]] [[message]] brought him early that [[morning]] by the [[women]] who came from the empty [[tomb]], " Go tell my [[apostles]]—and [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] "—as he [[contemplated]] these tokens of [[mercy]], his [[faith]] began to surmount his [[doubts]], and he stood still, clenching his fists, while he [[spoke]] aloud: " I [[believe]] he has [[Resurrection|risen]] from the dead; I will go and tell my brethren. " And as he said this, there suddenly [[appeared]] in front of him the [[form]] of a man, who [[spoke]] to him in familiar [[tones]], saying: " [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], the [[enemy]] [[desired]] to have you, but I would not give you up. I knew it was not from the [[heart]] that you disowned me; therefore I [[forgave]] you even before you asked; but now must you cease to [[think]] about yourself and the [[troubles]] of the hour while you [[prepare]] to carry the good news of the [[gospel]] to those who sit in [[darkness]]. No longer should you be concerned with what you may obtain from [[the kingdom]] but rather be [[exercised]] about what you can give to those who live in dire [[spiritual]] [[poverty]]. Gird yourself, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Peter#Names_and_etymologies Simon], for the [[battle]] of a new day, the [[struggle]] with [[spiritual]] [[darkness]] and the [[evil]] [[doubtings]] of the [[natural]] [[minds]] of men. "

191:1.3 [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and the [[morontia]] [[Jesus]] walked through the [[garden]] and talked of [[things]] [[past]], [[present]], and [[future]] for almost five minutes. Then [[the Master]] vanished from his gaze, saying, " [[Farewell]], [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], until I see you with your brethren. "

191:1.3 [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and the [[morontia]] [[Jesus]] walked through the [[garden]] and talked of [[things]] [[past]], [[present]], and [[future]] for almost five minutes. Then [[the Master]] vanished from his gaze, saying, " [[Farewell]], [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], until I see you with your brethren. "

191:1.4 For a [[moment]], [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] was overcome by the [[realization]] that he had talked with the [[Resurrection|risen]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_(form_of_address) Master], and that he could be sure he was still an [[ambassador]] of [[the kingdom]]. He had just heard the [[glorified]] Master [[exhort]] him to go on [[preaching]] the [[gospel]]. And with all this welling up within his [[heart]], he rushed to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenacle upper chamber] and into the [[presence]] of his fellow [[apostles]], [[exclaiming]] in breathless [[excitement]]: " I have seen [[the Master]]; he was in the [[garden]]. I talked with him, and he has [[forgiven]] me. "

191:1.4 For a [[moment]], [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] was overcome by the [[realization]] that he had talked with the [[Resurrection|risen]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_(form_of_address) Master], and that he could be sure he was still an [[ambassador]] of [[the kingdom]]. He had just heard the [[glorified]] Master [[exhort]] him to go on [[preaching]] the [[gospel]]. And with all this welling up within his [[heart]], he rushed to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenacle upper chamber] and into the [[presence]] of his fellow [[apostles]], [[exclaiming]] in breathless [[excitement]]: " I have seen [[the Master]]; he was in the [[garden]]. I talked with him, and he has [[forgiven]] me. "

191:1.5 [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]'s [[declaration]] that he had seen [[Jesus]] in the [[garden]] made a [[profound]] impression upon his fellow [[apostles]], and they were about ready to [[surrender]] their [[doubts]] when [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] got up and [[warned]] them not to be too much [[influenced]] by his [[brother]]'s report. [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] intimated that [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] had seen things which were not [[real]] before. Although [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] did not directly allude to the [[vision]] of the night on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee Sea of Galilee] wherein [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_152#152:4._SIMON_PETER.27S_NIGHT_VISION Peter claimed] to have seen [[the Master]] coming to them walking on the [[water]], he said enough to [[betray]] to all present that he had this incident in [[mind]]. [[Simon Peter]] was very much hurt by his [[brother]]'s insinuations and [[immediately]] lapsed into crestfallen [[silence]]. [[The twins]] felt very sorry for [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], and they both went over to [[express]] their [[sympathy]] and to say that they [[believed]] him and to reassert that their own [[mother]] had also seen [[the Master]].

191:1.5 [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]'s [[declaration]] that he had seen [[Jesus]] in the [[garden]] made a [[profound]] impression upon his fellow [[apostles]], and they were about ready to [[surrender]] their [[doubts]] when [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] got up and [[warned]] them not to be too much [[influenced]] by his [[brother]]'s report. [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] intimated that [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] had seen things which were not [[real]] before. Although [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] did not directly allude to the [[vision]] of the night on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee Sea of Galilee] wherein [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_152#152:4._SIMON_PETER.27S_NIGHT_VISION Peter claimed] to have seen [[the Master]] coming to them walking on the [[water]], he said enough to [[betray]] to all present that he had this incident in [[mind]]. [[Simon Peter]] was very much hurt by his [[brother]]'s insinuations and [[immediately]] lapsed into crestfallen [[silence]]. [[The twins]] felt very sorry for [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], and they both went over to [[express]] their [[sympathy]] and to say that they [[believed]] him and to reassert that their own [[mother]] had also seen [[the Master]].

==191:2. FIRST APPEARANCE TO THE APOSTLES==

==191:2. FIRST APPEARANCE TO THE APOSTLES==

191:2.1 Shortly after nine o'clock that evening, after the departure of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopas Cleopas] and Jacob, while the [[Alpheus twins]] [[comfort]]ed [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], and while [[Nathaniel]] remonstrated with [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]], and as the ten [[apostles]] were there assembled in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenacle upper chamber] with all the doors bolted for [[fear]] of [[arrest]], [[the Master]], in [[morontia]] [[form]], suddenly [[appeared]] in the midst of them, saying: " [[Peace]] be upon you. Why are you so [[frightened]] when I [[appear]], as though you had seen a [[spirit]]? Did I not tell you about these [[things]] when I was present with you in the [[flesh]]? Did I not say to you that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen_Gadol chief priests] and the [[Sanhedrin|rulers]] would deliver me up to be [[killed]], that one of your own number would [[betray]] me, and that on the third day I would [[Resurrection|rise]]? Wherefore all your [[doubtings]] and all this [[discussion]] about the reports of the [[women]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopas Cleopas] and Jacob, and even [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]? How long will you [[doubt]] my [[words]] and refuse to believe my [[promises]]? And now that you [[actually]] see me, will you [[believe]]? Even now one of you is [[absent]]. When you are gathered [[together]] once more, and after all of you know of a [[certainty]] that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] has risen from the [[grave]], go hence into [[Galilee]]. Have faith in [[God]]; have [[faith]] in one another; and so shall you enter into the new [[service]] of [[the kingdom]] of heaven. I will tarry in [[Jerusalem]] with you until you are ready to go into [[Galilee]]. My [[peace]] I leave with you. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_20]

191:2.1 Shortly after nine o'clock that evening, after the departure of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopas Cleopas] and Jacob, while the [[Alpheus twins]] [[comfort]]ed [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], and while [[Nathaniel]] remonstrated with [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]], and as the ten [[apostles]] were there assembled in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenacle upper chamber] with all the doors bolted for [[fear]] of [[arrest]], [[the Master]], in [[morontia]] [[form]], suddenly [[appeared]] in the midst of them, saying: " [[Peace]] be upon you. Why are you so [[frightened]] when I [[appear]], as though you had seen a [[spirit]]? Did I not tell you about these [[things]] when I was present with you in the [[flesh]]? Did I not say to you that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen_Gadol chief priests] and the [[Sanhedrin|rulers]] would deliver me up to be [[killed]], that one of your own number would [[betray]] me, and that on the third day I would [[Resurrection|rise]]? Wherefore all your [[doubtings]] and all this [[discussion]] about the reports of the [[women]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopas Cleopas] and Jacob, and even [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]? How long will you [[doubt]] my [[words]] and refuse to believe my [[promises]]? And now that you [[actually]] see me, will you [[believe]]? Even now one of you is [[absent]]. When you are gathered [[together]] once more, and after all of you know of a [[certainty]] that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] has risen from the [[grave]], go hence into [[Galilee]]. Have faith in [[God]]; have [[faith]] in one another; and so shall you enter into the new [[service]] of [[the kingdom]] of heaven. I will tarry in [[Jerusalem]] with you until you are ready to go into [[Galilee]]. My [[peace]] I leave with you. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_20]

191:2.2 When the [[morontia]] [[Jesus]] had [[spoken]] to them, he vanished in an instant from their [[sight]]. And they all fell on their [[faces]], [[praising]] [[God]] and [[venerating]] their vanished Master. This was [[the Master]]'s ninth [[morontia]] [[appearance]].

191:2.2 When the [[morontia]] [[Jesus]] had [[spoken]] to them, he vanished in an instant from their [[sight]]. And they all fell on their [[faces]], [[praising]] [[God]] and [[venerating]] their vanished Master. This was [[the Master]]'s ninth [[morontia]] [[appearance]].

191:3.1 The next day, Monday, was spent wholly with the [[morontia]] [[creatures]] then present on [[Urantia]]. As [[participants]] in [[the Master]]'s [[morontia]]-[[transition]] [[experience]], there had come to [[Urantia]] more than one million morontia directors and associates, together with [[transition]] [[mortals]] of various orders from the [[seven mansion worlds]] of [[Satania]]. The [[morontia]] [[Jesus]] [[sojourned]] with these splendid [[intelligences]] for forty days. He instructed them and [[learned]] from their directors the life of [[morontia]] [[transition]] as it is [[traversed]] by the [[mortals]] of the [[inhabited worlds]] of [[Satania]] as they pass through [[the system]] [[morontia]] [[spheres]].

191:3.1 The next day, Monday, was spent wholly with the [[morontia]] [[creatures]] then present on [[Urantia]]. As [[participants]] in [[the Master]]'s [[morontia]]-[[transition]] [[experience]], there had come to [[Urantia]] more than one million morontia directors and associates, together with [[transition]] [[mortals]] of various orders from the [[seven mansion worlds]] of [[Satania]]. The [[morontia]] [[Jesus]] [[sojourned]] with these splendid [[intelligences]] for forty days. He instructed them and [[learned]] from their directors the life of [[morontia]] [[transition]] as it is [[traversed]] by the [[mortals]] of the [[inhabited worlds]] of [[Satania]] as they pass through [[the system]] [[morontia]] [[spheres]].

191:3.2 About midnight of this Monday [[the Master]]'s [[morontia]] [[form]] was [[adjusted]] for [[transition]] to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:4._THE_SECOND_MANSION_WORLD second stage] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:8._THE_MORONTIA_PROGRESSORS morontia progression]. When he next appeared to his [[mortal]] [[children]] on [[earth]], it was as a second-stage [[morontia]] [[being]]. As [[the Master]] [[progressed]] in the [[morontia career]], it became, technically, more and more [[difficult]] for the [[morontia]] [[intelligences]] and their [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS transforming associates] to [[visualize]] [[the Master]] to [[mortal]] and [[material]] eyes.

191:3.2 About midnight of this Monday [[the Master]]'s [[morontia]] [[form]] was [[adjusted]] for [[transition]] to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:4._THE_SECOND_MANSION_WORLD second stage] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:8._THE_MORONTIA_PROGRESSORS morontia progression]. When he next appeared to his [[mortal]] [[children]] on [[earth]], it was as a second-stage [[morontia]] [[being]]. As [[the Master]] [[progressed]] in the [[morontia career]], it became, technically, more and more [[difficult]] for the [[morontia]] [[intelligences]] and their [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS transforming associates] to [[visualize]] [[the Master]] to [[mortal]] and [[material]] eyes.

191:3.3 [[Jesus]] made the [[transit]] to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:5._THE_THIRD_MANSION_WORLD third stage] of [[morontia]] on Friday, April 14; to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:6._THE_FOURTH_MANSION_WORLD fourth stage] on Monday, the 17th; to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:7._THE_FIFTH_MANSION_WORLD fifth stage] on Saturday, the 22nd; to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:8._THE_SIXTH_MANSION_WORLD sixth stage] on Thursday, the 27th; to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:9._THE_SEVENTH_MANSION_WORLD seventh stage] on Tuesday, May 2; to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:10._JERUSEM_CITIZENSHIP Jerusem citizenship] on Sunday, the 7th; and he entered the [[embrace]] of the [[Most Highs]] of [[Edentia]] on Sunday, the 14th.

191:3.3 [[Jesus]] made the [[transit]] to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:5._THE_THIRD_MANSION_WORLD third stage] of [[morontia]] on Friday, April 14; to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:6._THE_FOURTH_MANSION_WORLD fourth stage] on Monday, the 17th; to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:7._THE_FIFTH_MANSION_WORLD fifth stage] on Saturday, the 22nd; to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:8._THE_SIXTH_MANSION_WORLD sixth stage] on Thursday, the 27th; to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:9._THE_SEVENTH_MANSION_WORLD seventh stage] on Tuesday, May 2; to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:10._JERUSEM_CITIZENSHIP Jerusem citizenship] on Sunday, the 7th; and he entered the [[embrace]] of the [[Most Highs]] of [[Edentia]] on Sunday, the 14th.

191:3.4 In this [[manner]] did [[Michael]] of [[Nebadon]] complete his service of [[universe]] [[experience]] since he had already, in [[connection]] with his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119 previous bestowals], [[experienced]] to the full the life of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascendant mortals of time and space] from the [[sojourn]] on the [[Edentia|headquarters]] of the [[constellation]] even on to, and through, the [[service]] of the [[Uversa|headquarters]] of the [[superuniverse]]. And it was by these very [[morontia]] [[experiences]] that the [[Creator Son]] of [[Nebadon]] really finished and acceptably terminated his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:7._THE_SEVENTH_AND_FINAL_BESTOWAL seventh and final universe bestowal].

191:3.4 In this [[manner]] did [[Michael]] of [[Nebadon]] complete his service of [[universe]] [[experience]] since he had already, in [[connection]] with his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119 previous bestowals], [[experienced]] to the full the life of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascendant mortals of time and space] from the [[sojourn]] on the [[Edentia|headquarters]] of the [[constellation]] even on to, and through, the [[service]] of the [[Uversa|headquarters]] of the [[superuniverse]]. And it was by these very [[morontia]] [[experiences]] that the [[Creator Son]] of [[Nebadon]] really finished and acceptably terminated his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:7._THE_SEVENTH_AND_FINAL_BESTOWAL seventh and final universe bestowal].

==191:4. THE TENTH APPEARANCE (AT PHILADELPHIA)==

==191:4. THE TENTH APPEARANCE (AT PHILADELPHIA)==

191:4.1 The tenth [[morontia]] [[manifestation]] of [[Jesus]] to [[mortal]] [[recognition]] occurred a short time after eight o'clock on Tuesday, April 11, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amman Philadelphia], where he showed himself to [[Abner]] and [[Lazarus]] and some one hundred and fifty of their [[associates]], including more than fifty of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_148#148:1._A_NEW_SCHOOL_OF_THE_PROPHETS evangelistic corps] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_163 the seventy]. This [[appearance]] occurred just after the opening of a special [[meeting]] in the [[synagogue]] which had been called by [[Abner]] to [[discuss]] the [[crucifixion]] of [[Jesus]] and the more recent report of the [[resurrection]] which had been brought by [[David Zebedee|David]]'s [[messenger]]. Inasmuch as the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_168 resurrected Lazarus] was now a member of this [[group]] of [[believers]], it was not [[difficult]] for them to [[believe]] the report that [[Jesus]] had [[Resurrection|risen]] from the [[dead]].

191:4.1 The tenth [[morontia]] [[manifestation]] of [[Jesus]] to [[mortal]] [[recognition]] occurred a short time after eight o'clock on Tuesday, April 11, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amman Philadelphia], where he showed himself to [[Abner]] and [[Lazarus]] and some one hundred and fifty of their [[associates]], including more than fifty of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_148#148:1._A_NEW_SCHOOL_OF_THE_PROPHETS evangelistic corps] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_163 the seventy]. This [[appearance]] occurred just after the opening of a special [[meeting]] in the [[synagogue]] which had been called by [[Abner]] to [[discuss]] the [[crucifixion]] of [[Jesus]] and the more recent report of the [[resurrection]] which had been brought by [[David Zebedee|David]]'s [[messenger]]. Inasmuch as the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_168 resurrected Lazarus] was now a member of this [[group]] of [[believers]], it was not [[difficult]] for them to [[believe]] the report that [[Jesus]] had [[Resurrection|risen]] from the [[dead]].

191:4.2 The [[meeting]] in the [[synagogue]] was just being opened by [[Abner]] and [[Lazarus]], who were standing together in the [[pulpit]], when the entire [[audience]] of [[believers]] saw the [[form]] of [[the Master]] appear suddenly. He stepped forward from where he had [[appeared]] between [[Abner]] and [[Lazarus]], neither of whom had [[observed]] him, and [[saluting]] the company, said:

191:4.2 The [[meeting]] in the [[synagogue]] was just being opened by [[Abner]] and [[Lazarus]], who were standing together in the [[pulpit]], when the entire [[audience]] of [[believers]] saw the [[form]] of [[the Master]] appear suddenly. He stepped forward from where he had [[appeared]] between [[Abner]] and [[Lazarus]], neither of whom had [[observed]] him, and [[saluting]] the company, said:

191:4.3 " [[Peace]] be upon you. You all know that we have [[the Father|one Father in heaven]], and that there is but one [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]—the good news of the [[gift]] of [[eternal]] life which men [[receive]] by [[faith]]. As you [[rejoice]] in your [[loyalty]] to the [[gospel]], pray [[the Father]] of [[truth]] to shed abroad in your [[hearts]] a new and greater [[love]] for your brethren. You are to [[love]] all men as I have loved you; you are to serve all men as I have served you. With [[understanding]] [[sympathy]] and brotherly [[affection]], fellowship all your brethren who are [[dedicated]] to the [[proclamation]] of the good news, whether they be [[Jew]] or [[gentile]], [[Greek]] or [[Roman]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Persia Persian] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia Ethiopian]. [[John the Baptist|John]] [[proclaimed]] [[the kingdom]] in advance; you have [[preached]] the [[gospel]] in [[power]]; the [[Greeks]] already [[teach]] the good news; and I am soon to send forth the [[Spirit of Truth]] into the [[souls]] of all these, my brethren, who have so [[unselfishly]] [[dedicated]] their lives to the [[enlightenment]] of their fellows who sit in [[spiritual]] [[darkness]]. You are all [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE the children of light]; therefore stumble not into the misunderstanding [[entanglements]] of [[mortal]] [[suspicion]] and [[human]] [[intolerance]]. If you are [[ennobled]], by the [[grace]] of [[faith]], to [[love]] unbelievers, should you not also equally [[love]] those who are your fellow [[believers]] in the far-spreading household of [[faith]]? Remember, as you [[love]] one another, all men will know that you are my [[disciples]].[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_13]

191:4.3 " [[Peace]] be upon you. You all know that we have [[the Father|one Father in heaven]], and that there is but one [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]—the good news of the [[gift]] of [[eternal]] life which men [[receive]] by [[faith]]. As you [[rejoice]] in your [[loyalty]] to the [[gospel]], pray [[the Father]] of [[truth]] to shed abroad in your [[hearts]] a new and greater [[love]] for your brethren. You are to [[love]] all men as I have loved you; you are to serve all men as I have served you. With [[understanding]] [[sympathy]] and brotherly [[affection]], fellowship all your brethren who are [[dedicated]] to the [[proclamation]] of the good news, whether they be [[Jew]] or [[gentile]], [[Greek]] or [[Roman]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Persia Persian] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia Ethiopian]. [[John the Baptist|John]] [[proclaimed]] [[the kingdom]] in advance; you have [[preached]] the [[gospel]] in [[power]]; the [[Greeks]] already [[teach]] the good news; and I am soon to send forth the [[Spirit of Truth]] into the [[souls]] of all these, my brethren, who have so [[unselfishly]] [[dedicated]] their lives to the [[enlightenment]] of their fellows who sit in [[spiritual]] [[darkness]]. You are all [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE the children of light]; therefore stumble not into the misunderstanding [[entanglements]] of [[mortal]] [[suspicion]] and [[human]] [[intolerance]]. If you are [[ennobled]], by the [[grace]] of [[faith]], to [[love]] unbelievers, should you not also equally [[love]] those who are your fellow [[believers]] in the far-spreading household of [[faith]]? Remember, as you [[love]] one another, all men will know that you are my [[disciples]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_13]

191:4.4 " Go, then, into all the world [[proclaiming]] this [[gospel]] of the [[fatherhood]] of [[God]] and the brotherhood of men to all [[nations]] and [[races]] and ever be [[wise]] in your [[choice]] of [[methods]] for presenting the good news to the [[different]] [[races]] and [[tribes]] of [[mankind]]. Freely you have [[received]] this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]], and you will freely give the good news to all [[nations]]. [[Fear]] not the [[resistance]] of evil, for I am with you always, even to the end of the ages. And my [[peace]] I leave with you. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_28]

191:4.4 " Go, then, into all the world [[proclaiming]] this [[gospel]] of the [[fatherhood]] of [[God]] and the brotherhood of men to all [[nations]] and [[races]] and ever be [[wise]] in your [[choice]] of [[methods]] for presenting the good news to the [[different]] [[races]] and [[tribes]] of [[mankind]]. Freely you have [[received]] this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]], and you will freely give the good news to all [[nations]]. [[Fear]] not the [[resistance]] of evil, for I am with you always, even to the end of the ages. And my [[peace]] I leave with you. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_28]

191:4.5 When he had said, " My [[peace]] I leave with you, " he vanished from their [[sight]]. With the exception of one of his [[appearances]] in [[Galilee]], where upward of five hundred believers saw him at one time, this [[group]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amman Philadelphia] [[embraced]] the largest [[number]] of [[mortals]] who saw him on any single [[occasion]].

191:4.5 When he had said, " My [[peace]] I leave with you, " he vanished from their [[sight]]. With the exception of one of his [[appearances]] in [[Galilee]], where upward of five hundred believers saw him at one time, this [[group]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amman Philadelphia] [[embraced]] the largest [[number]] of [[mortals]] who saw him on any single [[occasion]].

191:5.1 Thomas spent a lonesome week [[alone]] with himself in the hills around about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Olivet]. During this time he saw only those at Simon's house and [[John Mark]]. It was about nine o'clock on Saturday, April 15, when the [[two]] [[apostles]] found him and took him back with them to their [[rendezvous]] at the [[John Mark|Mark]] [[home]]. The next day [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] [[listened]] to the telling of the [[stories]] of [[the Master]]'s various [[appearances]], but he [[steadfastly]] refused to [[believe]]. He maintained that [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] had [[enthused]] them into [[thinking]] they had seen [[the Master]]. [[Nathaniel]] [[reasoned]] with him, but it did no [[good]]. There was an [[emotional]] stubbornness [[associated]] with his customary [[doubtfulness]], and this [[state]] of [[mind]], coupled with his chagrin at having run away from them, [[conspired]] to create a situation of [[isolation]] which even [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] himself did not fully [[understand]]. He had withdrawn from his fellows, he had gone his own way, and now, even when he was back among them, he [[unconsciously]] tended to [[assume]] an [[attitude]] of disagreement. He was slow to [[surrender]]; he disliked to give in. Without [[intending]] it, he really enjoyed the [[attention]] paid him; he derived [[unconscious]] [[satisfaction]] from the [[efforts]] of all his fellows to convince and [[convert]] him. He had missed them for a full week, and he obtained considerable [[pleasure]] from their [[persistent]] [[attentions]].

191:5.1 Thomas spent a lonesome week [[alone]] with himself in the hills around about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Olivet]. During this time he saw only those at Simon's house and [[John Mark]]. It was about nine o'clock on Saturday, April 15, when the [[two]] [[apostles]] found him and took him back with them to their [[rendezvous]] at the [[John Mark|Mark]] [[home]]. The next day [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] [[listened]] to the telling of the [[stories]] of [[the Master]]'s various [[appearances]], but he [[steadfastly]] refused to [[believe]]. He maintained that [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] had [[enthused]] them into [[thinking]] they had seen [[the Master]]. [[Nathaniel]] [[reasoned]] with him, but it did no [[good]]. There was an [[emotional]] stubbornness [[associated]] with his customary [[doubtfulness]], and this [[state]] of [[mind]], coupled with his chagrin at having run away from them, [[conspired]] to create a situation of [[isolation]] which even [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] himself did not fully [[understand]]. He had withdrawn from his fellows, he had gone his own way, and now, even when he was back among them, he [[unconsciously]] tended to [[assume]] an [[attitude]] of disagreement. He was slow to [[surrender]]; he disliked to give in. Without [[intending]] it, he really enjoyed the [[attention]] paid him; he derived [[unconscious]] [[satisfaction]] from the [[efforts]] of all his fellows to convince and [[convert]] him. He had missed them for a full week, and he obtained considerable [[pleasure]] from their [[persistent]] [[attentions]].

191:5.2 They were having their evening meal a little after six o'clock, with [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] sitting on one side of [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] and [[Nathaniel]] on the other, when the [[doubting]] [[apostle]] said: " I will not [[believe]] unless I see [[the Master]] with my own eyes and put my finger in the mark of the nails. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_20] As they thus sat at supper, and while the doors were [[securely]] shut and barred, the [[morontia]] [[the Master|Master]] suddenly [[appeared]] inside the curvature of the table and, standing directly in front of [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]], said:

191:5.2 They were having their evening meal a little after six o'clock, with [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] sitting on one side of [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] and [[Nathaniel]] on the other, when the [[doubting]] [[apostle]] said: " I will not [[believe]] unless I see [[the Master]] with my own eyes and put my finger in the mark of the nails. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_20] As they thus sat at supper, and while the doors were [[securely]] shut and barred, the [[morontia]] [[the Master|Master]] suddenly [[appeared]] inside the curvature of the table and, standing directly in front of [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]], said:

191:5.3 " [[Peace]] be upon you. For a full week have I tarried that I might [[appear]] again when you were all present to hear once more the [[commission]] to go into all the world and [[preach]] this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. Again I tell you: As [[the Father]] sent me into the world, so send I you. As I have [[revealed]] [[the Father]], so shall you [[reveal]] the [[divine]] [[love]], not merely with [[words]], but in your [[daily living]]. I send you forth, not to [[love]] the [[souls]] of men, but rather to [[love]] men. You are not merely to [[proclaim]] the [[joys]] of [[heaven]] but also to [[exhibit]] in your daily [[experience]] these [[spirit]] [[realities]] of the [[divine]] life since you already have [[eternal]] life, as the [[gift]] of [[God]], through [[faith]]. When you have [[faith]], when [[power]] from on high, the [[Spirit of Truth]], has come upon you, you will not hide your [[light]] here behind closed doors; you will make known the [[love]] and the [[mercy]] of [[God]] to all [[mankind]]. Through [[fear]] you now flee from the [[facts]] of a disagreeable [[experience]], but when you shall have been [[baptized]] with the [[Spirit of Truth]], you will [[bravely]] and [[joyously]] go forth to meet the new [[experiences]] of [[proclaiming]] the good news of [[eternal]] life in [[the kingdom]] of [[God]]. You may tarry here and in [[Galilee]] for a short [[season]] while you recover from the [[shock]] of the [[transition]] from the [[false]] [[security]] of the [[authority]] of [[traditionalism]] to the new order of the [[authority]] of [[facts]], [[truth]], and [[faith]] in the [[supreme]] [[realities]] of living [[experience]]. Your [[mission]] to the world is founded on the [[fact]] that I lived a [[God]]-[[revealing]] life among you; on the [[truth]] that you and all other men are the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God]; and it shall consist in the life which you will live among men—the [[actual]] and living [[experience]] of loving men and serving them, even as I have [[loved]] and served you. Let [[faith]] [[reveal]] your [[light]] to the world; let the [[revelation]] of [[truth]] open the eyes blinded by [[tradition]]; let your loving [[service]] effectually destroy the [[prejudice]] engendered by [[ignorance]]. By so drawing close to your fellow men in [[understanding]] [[sympathy]] and with [[unselfish]] [[devotion]], you will [[lead]] them into a saving [[knowledge]] of [[the Father]]'s love. The [[Jews]] have extolled [[goodness]]; the [[Greeks]] have exalted [[beauty]]; the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism Hindus] preach [[devotion]]; the far-away [[ascetics]] teach [[reverence]]; the [[Romans]] demand [[loyalty]]; but I require of my [[disciples]] life, even a life of loving [[service]] for your brothers in the [[flesh]]."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.1]

191:5.3 " [[Peace]] be upon you. For a full week have I tarried that I might [[appear]] again when you were all present to hear once more the [[commission]] to go into all the world and [[preach]] this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. Again I tell you: As [[the Father]] sent me into the world, so send I you. As I have [[revealed]] [[the Father]], so shall you [[reveal]] the [[divine]] [[love]], not merely with [[words]], but in your [[daily living]]. I send you forth, not to [[love]] the [[souls]] of men, but rather to [[love]] men. You are not merely to [[proclaim]] the [[joys]] of [[heaven]] but also to [[exhibit]] in your daily [[experience]] these [[spirit]] [[realities]] of the [[divine]] life since you already have [[eternal]] life, as the [[gift]] of [[God]], through [[faith]]. When you have [[faith]], when [[power]] from on high, the [[Spirit of Truth]], has come upon you, you will not hide your [[light]] here behind closed doors; you will make known the [[love]] and the [[mercy]] of [[God]] to all [[mankind]]. Through [[fear]] you now flee from the [[facts]] of a disagreeable [[experience]], but when you shall have been [[baptized]] with the [[Spirit of Truth]], you will [[bravely]] and [[joyously]] go forth to meet the new [[experiences]] of [[proclaiming]] the good news of [[eternal]] life in [[the kingdom]] of [[God]]. You may tarry here and in [[Galilee]] for a short [[season]] while you recover from the [[shock]] of the [[transition]] from the [[false]] [[security]] of the [[authority]] of [[traditionalism]] to the new order of the [[authority]] of [[facts]], [[truth]], and [[faith]] in the [[supreme]] [[realities]] of living [[experience]]. Your [[mission]] to the world is founded on the [[fact]] that I lived a [[God]]-[[revealing]] life among you; on the [[truth]] that you and all other men are the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God]; and it shall consist in the life which you will live among men—the [[actual]] and living [[experience]] of loving men and serving them, even as I have [[loved]] and served you. Let [[faith]] [[reveal]] your [[light]] to the world; let the [[revelation]] of [[truth]] open the eyes blinded by [[tradition]]; let your loving [[service]] effectually destroy the [[prejudice]] engendered by [[ignorance]]. By so drawing close to your fellow men in [[understanding]] [[sympathy]] and with [[unselfish]] [[devotion]], you will [[lead]] them into a saving [[knowledge]] of [[the Father]]'s love. The [[Jews]] have extolled [[goodness]]; the [[Greeks]] have exalted [[beauty]]; the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism Hindus] preach [[devotion]]; the far-away [[ascetics]] teach [[reverence]]; the [[Romans]] demand [[loyalty]]; but I require of my [[disciples]] life, even a life of loving [[service]] for your brothers in the [[flesh]]."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.1]

191:5.4 When [[the Master]] had so [[spoken]], he looked down into the [[face]] of [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] and said: " And you, [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]], who said you would not [[believe]] unless you could see me and put your finger in the nail [[marks]] of my hands, have now beheld me and heard my [[words]]; and though you see no nail [[marks]] on my hands, since I am [[Resurrection|raised]] in the [[form]] that you also shall have when you depart from this world, what will you say to your brethren? You will acknowledge the [[truth]], for already in your [[heart]] you had begun to [[believe]] even when you so stoutly [[asserted]] your unbelief. Your [[doubts]], [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]], always most stubbornly [[assert]] themselves just as they are about to crumble. [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]], I bid you be not faithless but [[believing]]—and I know you will [[believe]], even with a whole [[heart]]."

191:5.4 When [[the Master]] had so [[spoken]], he looked down into the [[face]] of [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] and said: " And you, [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]], who said you would not [[believe]] unless you could see me and put your finger in the nail [[marks]] of my hands, have now beheld me and heard my [[words]]; and though you see no nail [[marks]] on my hands, since I am [[Resurrection|raised]] in the [[form]] that you also shall have when you depart from this world, what will you say to your brethren? You will acknowledge the [[truth]], for already in your [[heart]] you had begun to [[believe]] even when you so stoutly [[asserted]] your unbelief. Your [[doubts]], [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]], always most stubbornly [[assert]] themselves just as they are about to crumble. [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]], I bid you be not faithless but [[believing]]—and I know you will [[believe]], even with a whole [[heart]]."

191:5.5 When [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] heard these [[words]], he fell on his knees before the [[morontia]] [[the Master|Master]] and [[exclaimed]], " I [[believe]]! My Lord and my Master! " Then said [[Jesus]] to [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]]: " You have [[believed]], [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]], because you have really seen and heard me. [[Blessed]] are those in the ages to come who will [[believe]] even though they have not seen with the eye of [[flesh]] nor heard with the [[mortal]] ear."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_20]

191:5.5 When [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] heard these [[words]], he fell on his knees before the [[morontia]] [[the Master|Master]] and [[exclaimed]], " I [[believe]]! My Lord and my Master! " Then said [[Jesus]] to [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]]: " You have [[believed]], [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]], because you have really seen and heard me. [[Blessed]] are those in the ages to come who will [[believe]] even though they have not seen with the eye of [[flesh]] nor heard with the [[mortal]] ear."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_20]

191:5.6 And then, as [[the Master]]'s [[form]] moved over near the head of the table, he addressed them all, saying: " And now go all of you to [[Galilee]], where I will presently [[appear]] to you. " After he said this, he vanished from their [[sight]].[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_28]

191:5.6 And then, as [[the Master]]'s [[form]] moved over near the head of the table, he addressed them all, saying: " And now go all of you to [[Galilee]], where I will presently [[appear]] to you. " After he said this, he vanished from their [[sight]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_28]

191:5.7 The eleven [[apostles]] were now fully convinced that [[Jesus]] had [[Resurrection|risen]] from the [[dead]], and very early the next [[morning]], before the break of day, they started out for [[Galilee]].

191:5.7 The eleven [[apostles]] were now fully convinced that [[Jesus]] had [[Resurrection|risen]] from the [[dead]], and very early the next [[morning]], before the break of day, they started out for [[Galilee]].

191:6.2 " [[Peace]] be upon you. That which [[the Father|my Father]] sent me into the world to [[establish]] belongs not to a [[race]], a [[nation]], nor to a special [[group]] of [[teachers]] or [[preachers]]. This [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] belongs to both [[Jew]] and [[gentile]], to [[rich]] and [[poor]], to [[free]] and [[Slave|bond]], to [[male]] and [[female]], even to the little [[children]]. And you are all to [[proclaim]] this [[gospel]] of [[love]] and [[truth]] by the lives which you live in the [[flesh]]. You shall [[love]] one another with a new and [[startling]] [[affection]], even as I have [[loved]] you. You will serve [[mankind]] with a new and amazing [[devotion]], even as I have served you. And when men see you so [[love]] them, and when they behold how fervently you serve them, they will [[perceive]] that you have become [[faith]]-fellows of [[the kingdom]] of heaven, and they will follow after the [[Spirit of Truth]] which they see in your lives, to the finding of [[eternal]] [[salvation]].

191:6.2 " [[Peace]] be upon you. That which [[the Father|my Father]] sent me into the world to [[establish]] belongs not to a [[race]], a [[nation]], nor to a special [[group]] of [[teachers]] or [[preachers]]. This [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] belongs to both [[Jew]] and [[gentile]], to [[rich]] and [[poor]], to [[free]] and [[Slave|bond]], to [[male]] and [[female]], even to the little [[children]]. And you are all to [[proclaim]] this [[gospel]] of [[love]] and [[truth]] by the lives which you live in the [[flesh]]. You shall [[love]] one another with a new and [[startling]] [[affection]], even as I have [[loved]] you. You will serve [[mankind]] with a new and amazing [[devotion]], even as I have served you. And when men see you so [[love]] them, and when they behold how fervently you serve them, they will [[perceive]] that you have become [[faith]]-fellows of [[the kingdom]] of heaven, and they will follow after the [[Spirit of Truth]] which they see in your lives, to the finding of [[eternal]] [[salvation]].

191:6.3 " As [[the Father]] sent me into this world, even so now send I you.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_17] You are all called to carry the good news to those who sit in [[darkness]]. This [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] belongs to all who [[believe]] it; it shall not be [[committed]] to the [[custody]] of mere [[priests]]. Soon will the [[Spirit of Truth]] come upon you, and he shall lead you into all [[truth]]. Go you, therefore, into all the world [[preaching]] this [[gospel]], and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the ages. "

191:6.3 " As [[the Father]] sent me into this world, even so now send I you.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_17] You are all called to carry the good news to those who sit in [[darkness]]. This [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] belongs to all who [[believe]] it; it shall not be [[committed]] to the [[custody]] of mere [[priests]]. Soon will the [[Spirit of Truth]] come upon you, and he shall lead you into all [[truth]]. Go you, therefore, into all the world [[preaching]] this [[gospel]], and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the ages. "

191:6.4 When [[the Master]] had so [[spoken]], he vanished from their [[sight]]. All that night these [[believers]] remained there [[together]] recounting their [[experiences]] as kingdom [[believers]] and [[listening]] to the many [[words]] of [[Rodan]] and his [[associates]]. And they all [[believed]] that [[Jesus]] had [[Resurrection|risen]] from the dead. [[Imagine]] the [[surprise]] of [[David Zebedee|David]]'s [[herald]] of the [[resurrection]], who arrived the second day after this, when they replied to his [[announcement]], saying: " Yes, we know, for we have seen him. He [[appeared]] to us day before yesterday. "

191:6.4 When [[the Master]] had so [[spoken]], he vanished from their [[sight]]. All that night these [[believers]] remained there [[together]] recounting their [[experiences]] as kingdom [[believers]] and [[listening]] to the many [[words]] of [[Rodan]] and his [[associates]]. And they all [[believed]] that [[Jesus]] had [[Resurrection|risen]] from the dead. [[Imagine]] the [[surprise]] of [[David Zebedee|David]]'s [[herald]] of the [[resurrection]], who arrived the second day after this, when they replied to his [[announcement]], saying: " Yes, we know, for we have seen him. He [[appeared]] to us day before yesterday. "

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

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