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134:0.1 During the [[Mediterranean]] [[journey]] [[Jesus]] had carefully [[studied]] the people he met and the countries through which he passed, and at about this time he reached his final [[decision]] as to the remainder of his life on earth. He had fully [[considered]] and now finally approved the [[plan]] which [[provided]] that he be [[born]] of [[Jewish]] [[parents]] in [[Palestine]], and he therefore [[deliberately]] returned to [[Galilee]] to await the beginning of his lifework as a [[public]] [[teacher]] of [[truth]]; he began to lay [[plans]] for a public [[career]] in the land of his [[father]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph]'s people, and he did this of his own [[free will]].
 
134:0.1 During the [[Mediterranean]] [[journey]] [[Jesus]] had carefully [[studied]] the people he met and the countries through which he passed, and at about this time he reached his final [[decision]] as to the remainder of his life on earth. He had fully [[considered]] and now finally approved the [[plan]] which [[provided]] that he be [[born]] of [[Jewish]] [[parents]] in [[Palestine]], and he therefore [[deliberately]] returned to [[Galilee]] to await the beginning of his lifework as a [[public]] [[teacher]] of [[truth]]; he began to lay [[plans]] for a public [[career]] in the land of his [[father]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph]'s people, and he did this of his own [[free will]].
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134:0.2 [[Jesus]] had found out through [[personal]] and [[human]] [[experience]] that [[Palestine]] was the best place in all the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_empire Roman world] wherein to set forth the closing chapters, and to enact the final scenes, of his life on [[earth]]. For the first time he became fully [[satisfied]] with the [[program]] of openly [[manifesting]] his true [[nature]] and of revealing his [[divine]] [[identity]] among the [[Jews]] and [[gentiles]] of his native [[Palestine]]. He definitely decided to finish his life on [[earth]] and to complete his [[career]] of [[mortal]] [[existence]] in the same [[land]] in which he entered the [[human]] [[experience]] as a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_122#PAPER_122:_BIRTH_AND_INFANCY_OF_JESUS helpless babe]. His [[Urantia]] career began among the [[Jews]] in [[Palestine]], and he chose to terminate his life in Palestine and among the Jews.
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134:0.2 [[Jesus]] had found out through [[personal]] and [[human]] [[experience]] that [[Palestine]] was the best place in all the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_empire Roman world] wherein to set forth the closing chapters, and to enact the final scenes, of his life on [[earth]]. For the first time he became fully [[satisfied]] with the [[program]] of openly [[manifesting]] his true [[nature]] and of revealing his [[divine]] [[identity]] among the [[Jews]] and [[gentiles]] of his native [[Palestine]]. He definitely decided to finish his life on [[earth]] and to complete his [[career]] of [[mortal]] [[existence]] in the same [[land]] in which he entered the [[human]] [[experience]] as a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_122#PAPER_122:_BIRTH_AND_INFANCY_OF_JESUS helpless babe]. His [[Urantia]] career began among the [[Jews]] in [[Palestine]], and he chose to terminate his life in Palestine and among the Jews.
    
==134:1. THE THIRTIETH YEAR (A.D. 24)==
 
==134:1. THE THIRTIETH YEAR (A.D. 24)==
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134:1.1 After taking leave of Gonod and Ganid at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charax_Spasinou Charax] (in December of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23_AD A.D. 23]), [[Jesus]] returned by way of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur Ur] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon Babylon], where he joined a [[desert]] [[caravan]] that was on its way to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus Damascus]. From Damascus he went to [[Nazareth]], stopping only a few hours at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum], where he paused to call on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee]'s [[family]]. There he met his brother [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Just James], who had sometime previously come over to work in his place in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee]'s boatshop. After talking with [James and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude_the_Apostle Jude] (who also chanced to be in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum]) and after turning over to his brother James the little house which [[John, the Apostle|John Zebedee]] had managed to buy, [[Jesus]] went on to [[Nazareth]].
 
134:1.1 After taking leave of Gonod and Ganid at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charax_Spasinou Charax] (in December of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23_AD A.D. 23]), [[Jesus]] returned by way of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur Ur] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon Babylon], where he joined a [[desert]] [[caravan]] that was on its way to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus Damascus]. From Damascus he went to [[Nazareth]], stopping only a few hours at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum], where he paused to call on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee]'s [[family]]. There he met his brother [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Just James], who had sometime previously come over to work in his place in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee]'s boatshop. After talking with [James and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude_the_Apostle Jude] (who also chanced to be in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum]) and after turning over to his brother James the little house which [[John, the Apostle|John Zebedee]] had managed to buy, [[Jesus]] went on to [[Nazareth]].
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134:1.2 At the end of his [[Mediterranean]] [[journey]] [[Jesus]] had received sufficient [[money]] to meet his living expenses almost up to the time of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_141 beginning of his public ministry]. But aside from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] and the people whom he met on this extraordinary trip, the world never knew that he made this [[journey]]. His [[family]] always believed that he spent this time in [[study]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria]. [[Jesus]] never confirmed these [[beliefs]], neither did he make open denial of such misunderstandings.
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134:1.2 At the end of his [[Mediterranean]] [[journey]] [[Jesus]] had received sufficient [[money]] to meet his living expenses almost up to the time of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_141 beginning of his public ministry]. But aside from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] and the people whom he met on this extraordinary trip, the world never knew that he made this [[journey]]. His [[family]] always believed that he spent this time in [[study]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria]. [[Jesus]] never confirmed these [[beliefs]], neither did he make open denial of such misunderstandings.
    
134:1.3 During his stay of a few weeks at [[Nazareth]], [[Jesus]] visited with his [[family]] and [[friends]], spent some time at the repair shop with his [[brother]] Joseph, but [[devoted]] most of his [[attention]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary] and Ruth. Ruth was then nearly fifteen years old, and this was [[Jesus]]' first [[opportunity]] to have long talks with her since she had become a [[Womanhood|young woman]].
 
134:1.3 During his stay of a few weeks at [[Nazareth]], [[Jesus]] visited with his [[family]] and [[friends]], spent some time at the repair shop with his [[brother]] Joseph, but [[devoted]] most of his [[attention]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary] and Ruth. Ruth was then nearly fifteen years old, and this was [[Jesus]]' first [[opportunity]] to have long talks with her since she had become a [[Womanhood|young woman]].
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134:1.6 About the time [[Jesus]] was [[preparing]] to leave [[Nazareth]], the conductor of a large [[caravan]] which was passing through the [[city]] was taken [[violently]] ill, and [[Jesus]], being a [[linguist]], [[volunteered]] to take his place. Since this trip would necessitate his [[absence]] for a year, and inasmuch as all his brothers were [[married]] and his [[mother]] was living at home with Ruth, [[Jesus]] called a [[family]] [[conference]] at which he [[proposed]] that his mother and Ruth go to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] to live in the [[home]] which he had so recently given to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Just James]. Accordingly, a few days after [[Jesus]] left with the [[caravan]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary] and Ruth moved to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum], where they lived for the rest of Mary's life in the [[home]] that [[Jesus]] had provided. Joseph and his [[family]] moved into the old [[Nazareth]] [[home]].
 
134:1.6 About the time [[Jesus]] was [[preparing]] to leave [[Nazareth]], the conductor of a large [[caravan]] which was passing through the [[city]] was taken [[violently]] ill, and [[Jesus]], being a [[linguist]], [[volunteered]] to take his place. Since this trip would necessitate his [[absence]] for a year, and inasmuch as all his brothers were [[married]] and his [[mother]] was living at home with Ruth, [[Jesus]] called a [[family]] [[conference]] at which he [[proposed]] that his mother and Ruth go to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] to live in the [[home]] which he had so recently given to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Just James]. Accordingly, a few days after [[Jesus]] left with the [[caravan]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary] and Ruth moved to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum], where they lived for the rest of Mary's life in the [[home]] that [[Jesus]] had provided. Joseph and his [[family]] moved into the old [[Nazareth]] [[home]].
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134:1.7 This was one of the more [[unusual]] years in the [[Inner Life|inner experience]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man]; great [[progress]] was made in effecting working [[harmony]] between his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:4._THE_ADJUSTER.27S_WORK_IN_THE_MIND human mind] and the [[indwelling Adjuster]]. The Adjuster had been actively [[engaged]] in reorganizing the [[thinking]] and in [[rehearsing]] the [[mind]] for the great [[events]] which were in the not then distant [[future]]. The [[personality]] of [[Jesus]] was [[preparing]] for his great [[change]] in [[attitude]] toward the world. These were the in-between times, the [[transition]] [[stage]] of that [[being]] who began life as [[God]] appearing as man, and who was now making ready to complete his [[earth]] [[career]] as [[man]] appearing as God.
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134:1.7 This was one of the more [[unusual]] years in the [[Inner Life|inner experience]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man]; great [[progress]] was made in effecting working [[harmony]] between his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:4._THE_ADJUSTER.27S_WORK_IN_THE_MIND human mind] and the [[indwelling Adjuster]]. The Adjuster had been actively [[engaged]] in reorganizing the [[thinking]] and in [[rehearsing]] the [[mind]] for the great [[events]] which were in the not then distant [[future]]. The [[personality]] of [[Jesus]] was [[preparing]] for his great [[change]] in [[attitude]] toward the world. These were the in-between times, the [[transition]] [[stage]] of that [[being]] who began life as [[God]] appearing as man, and who was now making ready to complete his [[earth]] [[career]] as [[man]] appearing as God.
    
==134:2. THE CARAVAN TRIP TO THE CASPIAN==
 
==134:2. THE CARAVAN TRIP TO THE CASPIAN==
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134:2.2 For [[Jesus]] this [[caravan]] trip was another [[adventure]] of [[exploration]] and [[personal]] [[ministry]]. He had an interesting [[experience]] with his [[caravan]] [[family]]—passengers, guards, and camel drivers. Scores of [[men]], [[women]], and [[children]] residing along the route followed by the [[caravan]] lived richer lives as a result of their [[contact]] with [[Jesus]], to them, the extraordinary conductor of a commonplace caravan. Not all who enjoyed these occasions of his personal ministry profited thereby, but the vast [[majority]] of those who met and talked with him were made better for the remainder of their [[natural]] lives.
 
134:2.2 For [[Jesus]] this [[caravan]] trip was another [[adventure]] of [[exploration]] and [[personal]] [[ministry]]. He had an interesting [[experience]] with his [[caravan]] [[family]]—passengers, guards, and camel drivers. Scores of [[men]], [[women]], and [[children]] residing along the route followed by the [[caravan]] lived richer lives as a result of their [[contact]] with [[Jesus]], to them, the extraordinary conductor of a commonplace caravan. Not all who enjoyed these occasions of his personal ministry profited thereby, but the vast [[majority]] of those who met and talked with him were made better for the remainder of their [[natural]] lives.
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134:2.3 Of all his world [[travels]] this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea Caspian Sea] trip carried [[Jesus]] nearest to the [[Orient]] and enabled him to gain a better [[understanding]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_east Far-Eastern peoples]. He made [[intimate]] and [[personal]] contact with every one of the [[surviving]] races of [[Urantia]] excepting the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA red]. He equally enjoyed his personal ministry to each of these varied races and blended peoples, and all of them were [[receptive]] to the living [[truth]] which he brought them. The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe Europeans] from the Far West and the Asiatics from the Far East alike gave [[attention]] to his [[words]] of [[hope]] and [[eternal]] life and were equally [[influenced]] by the life of loving [[service]] and [[spiritual]] [[ministry]] which he so [[graciously]] lived among them.
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134:2.3 Of all his world [[travels]] this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea Caspian Sea] trip carried [[Jesus]] nearest to the [[Orient]] and enabled him to gain a better [[understanding]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_east Far-Eastern peoples]. He made [[intimate]] and [[personal]] contact with every one of the [[surviving]] races of [[Urantia]] excepting the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA red]. He equally enjoyed his personal ministry to each of these varied races and blended peoples, and all of them were [[receptive]] to the living [[truth]] which he brought them. The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe Europeans] from the Far West and the Asiatics from the Far East alike gave [[attention]] to his [[words]] of [[hope]] and [[eternal]] life and were equally [[influenced]] by the life of loving [[service]] and [[spiritual]] [[ministry]] which he so [[graciously]] lived among them.
    
134:2.4 The [[caravan]] trip was successful in every way. This was a most interesting episode in the human life of [[Jesus]], for he [[functioned]] during this year in an [[executive]] capacity, being [[responsible]] for the [[material]] intrusted to his charge and for the safe conduct of the travelers making up the [[caravan]] party. And he most [[faithfully]], efficiently, and [[wisely]] discharged his multiple [[duties]].
 
134:2.4 The [[caravan]] trip was successful in every way. This was a most interesting episode in the human life of [[Jesus]], for he [[functioned]] during this year in an [[executive]] capacity, being [[responsible]] for the [[material]] intrusted to his charge and for the safe conduct of the travelers making up the [[caravan]] party. And he most [[faithfully]], efficiently, and [[wisely]] discharged his multiple [[duties]].
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134:3.7 These [[teachers]] of the various religions made a great [[effort]] to show how similar their [[religions]] were in regard to the [[fundamental]] things of this life and the next. There was but one [[doctrine]] which had to be [[accepted]] in order to gain a seat on this [[faculty]]—every teacher must [[represent]] a [[religion]] which recognized God—some sort of [[supreme]] [[Deity]]. There were five independent teachers on the [[faculty]] who did not [[represent]] any organized religion, and it was as such an [[independent]] teacher that [[Jesus]] appeared before them.
 
134:3.7 These [[teachers]] of the various religions made a great [[effort]] to show how similar their [[religions]] were in regard to the [[fundamental]] things of this life and the next. There was but one [[doctrine]] which had to be [[accepted]] in order to gain a seat on this [[faculty]]—every teacher must [[represent]] a [[religion]] which recognized God—some sort of [[supreme]] [[Deity]]. There were five independent teachers on the [[faculty]] who did not [[represent]] any organized religion, and it was as such an [[independent]] teacher that [[Jesus]] appeared before them.
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134:3.8 When we, the [[midwayers]], first [[prepared]] the summary of [[Jesus]]' teachings at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urmia Urmia], there arose a disagreement between the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_114#114:6._THE_MASTER_SERAPHIM_OF_PLANETARY_SUPERVISION seraphim of the churches and the seraphim of progress] as to the [[wisdom]] of including these teachings in the [[Urantia Text|Urantia Revelation]]. Conditions of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth century], prevailing in both [[religion]] and [[human]] [[governments]], are so [[different]] from those prevailing in [[Jesus]]' day that it was indeed difficult to adapt the Master's teachings at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urmia Urmia] to the [[problems]] of the kingdom of God and the kingdoms of men as these world [[functions]] are existent in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth century]. We were never able to [[formulate]] a [[statement]] of [[the Master]]'s teachings which was acceptable to both [[groups]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_114#114:6._THE_MASTER_SERAPHIM_OF_PLANETARY_SUPERVISION these seraphim of planetary government]. Finally, the [[Melchizedek]] chairman of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=First_Revelatory_Commission revelatory commission] appointed a commission of [[three]] of our [[number]] to [[prepare]] our view of the Master's Urmia teachings as [[adapted]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth-century] religious and [[political]] conditions on [[Urantia]]. Accordingly, we three [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_77#77:6._THE_SECONDARY_MIDWAYERS secondary midwayers] completed such an [[adaptation]] of [[Jesus]]' teachings, restating his pronouncements as we would apply them to present-day world conditions, and we now present these [[statements]] as they stand after having been edited by the [[Melchizedek]] chairman of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=First_Revelatory_Commission revelatory commission].
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134:3.8 When we, the [[midwayers]], first [[prepared]] the summary of [[Jesus]]' teachings at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urmia Urmia], there arose a disagreement between the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_114#114:6._THE_MASTER_SERAPHIM_OF_PLANETARY_SUPERVISION seraphim of the churches and the seraphim of progress] as to the [[wisdom]] of including these teachings in the [[Urantia Text|Urantia Revelation]]. Conditions of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth century], prevailing in both [[religion]] and [[human]] [[governments]], are so [[different]] from those prevailing in [[Jesus]]' day that it was indeed difficult to adapt the Master's teachings at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urmia Urmia] to the [[problems]] of the kingdom of God and the kingdoms of men as these world [[functions]] are existent in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth century]. We were never able to [[formulate]] a [[statement]] of [[the Master]]'s teachings which was acceptable to both [[groups]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_114#114:6._THE_MASTER_SERAPHIM_OF_PLANETARY_SUPERVISION these seraphim of planetary government]. Finally, the [[Melchizedek]] chairman of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=First_Revelatory_Commission revelatory commission] appointed a commission of [[three]] of our [[number]] to [[prepare]] our view of the Master's Urmia teachings as [[adapted]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth-century] religious and [[political]] conditions on [[Urantia]]. Accordingly, we three [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_77#77:6._THE_SECONDARY_MIDWAYERS secondary midwayers] completed such an [[adaptation]] of [[Jesus]]' teachings, restating his pronouncements as we would apply them to present-day world conditions, and we now present these [[statements]] as they stand after having been edited by the [[Melchizedek]] chairman of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=First_Revelatory_Commission revelatory commission].
    
==134:4. SOVEREIGNTY—DIVINE AND HUMAN==
 
==134:4. SOVEREIGNTY—DIVINE AND HUMAN==
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134:6.2 [[Religion]] makes it [[spiritually]] possible to [[realize]] the [[brotherhood]] of men, but it will require [[mankind]] [[government]] to regulate the [[social]], [[economic]], and [[political]] [[problems]] [[associated]] with such a goal of human [[happiness]] and [[efficiency]].
 
134:6.2 [[Religion]] makes it [[spiritually]] possible to [[realize]] the [[brotherhood]] of men, but it will require [[mankind]] [[government]] to regulate the [[social]], [[economic]], and [[political]] [[problems]] [[associated]] with such a goal of human [[happiness]] and [[efficiency]].
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134:6.3 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_24 There shall be wars and rumors of wars]—[[nation]] will rise against nation—just as long as the world's [[political]] [[sovereignty]] is divided up and unjustly held by a [[group]] of [[nation]]-states. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England England], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland Scotland], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales Wales] were always fighting each other until they gave up their respective sovereignties, reposing them in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom United Kingdom].
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134:6.3 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_24 There shall be wars and rumors of wars]—[[nation]] will rise against nation—just as long as the world's [[political]] [[sovereignty]] is divided up and unjustly held by a [[group]] of [[nation]]-states. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England England], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland Scotland], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales Wales] were always fighting each other until they gave up their respective sovereignties, reposing them in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom United Kingdom].
    
134:6.4 Another [[World War II|world war]] will teach the so-called [[sovereign]] nations to [[form]] some sort of [[federation]], thus creating the [[machinery]] for preventing small [[wars]], wars between the lesser nations. But global wars will go on until the [[government]] of [[mankind]] is created. Global [[sovereignty]] will prevent global wars—nothing else can.
 
134:6.4 Another [[World War II|world war]] will teach the so-called [[sovereign]] nations to [[form]] some sort of [[federation]], thus creating the [[machinery]] for preventing small [[wars]], wars between the lesser nations. But global wars will go on until the [[government]] of [[mankind]] is created. Global [[sovereignty]] will prevent global wars—nothing else can.
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134:6.14 After the [[death]] of [[Cymboyton]], his sons encountered great [[difficulties]] in maintaining a peaceful [[faculty]]. The [[repercussions]] of [[Jesus]]' teachings would have been much greater if the later [[Christian]] [[teachers]] who joined the Urmia [[faculty]] had exhibited more [[wisdom]] and exercised more [[tolerance]].
 
134:6.14 After the [[death]] of [[Cymboyton]], his sons encountered great [[difficulties]] in maintaining a peaceful [[faculty]]. The [[repercussions]] of [[Jesus]]' teachings would have been much greater if the later [[Christian]] [[teachers]] who joined the Urmia [[faculty]] had exhibited more [[wisdom]] and exercised more [[tolerance]].
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134:6.15 [[Cymboyton]]'s eldest son had appealed to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_144#144:6._CONFERENCE_WITH_JOHN.27S_APOSTLES Abner] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ala%C5%9Fehir Philadelphia] for help, but Abner's [[choice]] of [[teachers]] was most unfortunate in that they turned out to be unyielding and uncompromising. These [[teachers]] sought to make their religion [[dominant]] over the other [[beliefs]]. They never suspected that the oft-referred-to [[lectures]] of the [[caravan]] conductor had been delivered by [[Jesus]] himself.
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134:6.15 [[Cymboyton]]'s eldest son had appealed to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_144#144:6._CONFERENCE_WITH_JOHN.27S_APOSTLES Abner] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ala%C5%9Fehir Philadelphia] for help, but Abner's [[choice]] of [[teachers]] was most unfortunate in that they turned out to be unyielding and uncompromising. These [[teachers]] sought to make their religion [[dominant]] over the other [[beliefs]]. They never suspected that the oft-referred-to [[lectures]] of the [[caravan]] conductor had been delivered by [[Jesus]] himself.
    
134:6.16 As [[confusion]] increased in the [[faculty]], the three brothers withdrew their [[financial]] [[support]], and after five years the [[school]] closed. Later it was reopened as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIthraism Mithraic] [[temple]] and [[eventually]] burned down in connection with one of their [[orgiastic]] [[celebrations]].
 
134:6.16 As [[confusion]] increased in the [[faculty]], the three brothers withdrew their [[financial]] [[support]], and after five years the [[school]] closed. Later it was reopened as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIthraism Mithraic] [[temple]] and [[eventually]] burned down in connection with one of their [[orgiastic]] [[celebrations]].
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134:7.5 [[Jesus]] then started on his final tour, as a [[private]] [[individual]], through the [[heart]] of [[Palestine]], going from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beersheba Beersheba] in the south to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_(ancient_city) Dan] in the north. On this [[journey]] northward he stopped at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebron Hebron], [[Bethlehem]] (where he saw his birthplace), [[Jerusalem]] (he did not visit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany]), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeroth_(north) Beeroth], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebonah Lebonah], Sychar, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schechem Schecham], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria Samaria], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geba Geba], En-Gannim, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endor_(village) Endor], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madon Madon]; passing through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdala Magdala] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum], he journeyed on north; and passing east of the Waters of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiron Merom], he went by Karahta to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_(ancient_city) Dan], or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesarea_Philippi Caesarea Philippi].
 
134:7.5 [[Jesus]] then started on his final tour, as a [[private]] [[individual]], through the [[heart]] of [[Palestine]], going from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beersheba Beersheba] in the south to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_(ancient_city) Dan] in the north. On this [[journey]] northward he stopped at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebron Hebron], [[Bethlehem]] (where he saw his birthplace), [[Jerusalem]] (he did not visit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany]), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeroth_(north) Beeroth], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebonah Lebonah], Sychar, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schechem Schecham], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria Samaria], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geba Geba], En-Gannim, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endor_(village) Endor], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madon Madon]; passing through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdala Magdala] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum], he journeyed on north; and passing east of the Waters of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiron Merom], he went by Karahta to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_(ancient_city) Dan], or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesarea_Philippi Caesarea Philippi].
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134:7.6 The indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]] now led [[Jesus]] to forsake the dwelling places of men and betake himself up to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Hermon Mount Hermon] that he might finish his work of mastering his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:4._THE_ADJUSTER.27S_WORK_IN_THE_MIND human mind] and complete the task of effecting his full [[consecration]] to the remainder of his lifework on [[earth]].
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134:7.6 The indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]] now led [[Jesus]] to forsake the dwelling places of men and betake himself up to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Hermon Mount Hermon] that he might finish his work of mastering his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:4._THE_ADJUSTER.27S_WORK_IN_THE_MIND human mind] and complete the task of effecting his full [[consecration]] to the remainder of his lifework on [[earth]].
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134:7.7 This was one of those [[unusual]] and extraordinary [[epochs]] in [[the Master]]'s [[earth]] life on [[Urantia]]. Another and very similar one was the [[experience]] he passed through when alone in the hills near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pella Pella] just subsequent to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136 his baptism]. This period of [[isolation]] on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Hermon Mount Hermon] marked the termination of his purely [[human]] [[career]], that is, the technical termination of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 mortal bestowal], while the later [[isolation]] marked the beginning of the more [[divine]] [[phase]] of the [[bestowal]]. And [[Jesus]] lived [[alone]] with [[God]] for six weeks on the slopes of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Hermon Mount Hermon].
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134:7.7 This was one of those [[unusual]] and extraordinary [[epochs]] in [[the Master]]'s [[earth]] life on [[Urantia]]. Another and very similar one was the [[experience]] he passed through when alone in the hills near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pella Pella] just subsequent to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136 his baptism]. This period of [[isolation]] on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Hermon Mount Hermon] marked the termination of his purely [[human]] [[career]], that is, the technical termination of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 mortal bestowal], while the later [[isolation]] marked the beginning of the more [[divine]] [[phase]] of the [[bestowal]]. And [[Jesus]] lived [[alone]] with [[God]] for six weeks on the slopes of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Hermon Mount Hermon].
    
==134:8. THE SOJOURN ON MOUNT HERMON==
 
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134:8.3 [[Jesus]] ate frugally while on the [[mountain]]; he abstained from all [[food]] only a day or two at a time. The [[superhuman]] [[beings]] who confronted him on this [[mountain]], and with whom he wrestled in [[spirit]], and whom he defeated in [[power]], were real; they were his archenemies in [[the system]] of [[Satania]]; they were not phantasms of the [[imagination]] evolved out of the [[intellectual]] vagaries of a weakened and [[Hungry|starving]] [[mortal]] who could not distinguish [[reality]] from the [[visions]] of a disordered [[mind]].
 
134:8.3 [[Jesus]] ate frugally while on the [[mountain]]; he abstained from all [[food]] only a day or two at a time. The [[superhuman]] [[beings]] who confronted him on this [[mountain]], and with whom he wrestled in [[spirit]], and whom he defeated in [[power]], were real; they were his archenemies in [[the system]] of [[Satania]]; they were not phantasms of the [[imagination]] evolved out of the [[intellectual]] vagaries of a weakened and [[Hungry|starving]] [[mortal]] who could not distinguish [[reality]] from the [[visions]] of a disordered [[mind]].
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134:8.4 [[Jesus]] spent the last three weeks of August and the first three weeks of September on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Hermon Mount Hermon]. During these weeks he finished the [[mortal]] task of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:6._THE_SEVEN_PSYCHIC_CIRCLES achieving the circles] of [[mind]]-[[understanding]] and [[personality]]-[[control]]. Throughout this period of [[communion]] with his [[heavenly Father]] the [[indwelling Adjuster]] also completed the assigned services. The [[mortal]] goal of this [[earth]] [[creature]] was there [[attained]]. Only the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:7._THE_ATTAINMENT_OF_IMMORTALITY final phase] of [[mind]] and [[Adjuster]] [[attunement]] remained to be [[consummated]].
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134:8.4 [[Jesus]] spent the last three weeks of August and the first three weeks of September on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Hermon Mount Hermon]. During these weeks he finished the [[mortal]] task of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:6._THE_SEVEN_PSYCHIC_CIRCLES achieving the circles] of [[mind]]-[[understanding]] and [[personality]]-[[control]]. Throughout this period of [[communion]] with his [[heavenly Father]] the [[indwelling Adjuster]] also completed the assigned services. The [[mortal]] goal of this [[earth]] [[creature]] was there [[attained]]. Only the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:7._THE_ATTAINMENT_OF_IMMORTALITY final phase] of [[mind]] and [[Adjuster]] [[attunement]] remained to be [[consummated]].
    
134:8.5 After more than five weeks of unbroken [[communion]] with his [[Paradise Father]], [[Jesus]] became [[absolute]]ly [[assured]] of his [[nature]] and of the [[certainty]] of his triumph over the [[material]] levels of [[time-space]] [[personality]] [[manifestation]]. He fully believed in, and did not hesitate to assert, the ascendancy of his [[divine]] [[nature]] over his [[human]] [[nature]].
 
134:8.5 After more than five weeks of unbroken [[communion]] with his [[Paradise Father]], [[Jesus]] became [[absolute]]ly [[assured]] of his [[nature]] and of the [[certainty]] of his triumph over the [[material]] levels of [[time-space]] [[personality]] [[manifestation]]. He fully believed in, and did not hesitate to assert, the ascendancy of his [[divine]] [[nature]] over his [[human]] [[nature]].
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134:8.6 Near the end of the [[mountain]] [[sojourn]] [[Jesus]] asked [[Universal Father|his Father]] if he might be [[permitted]] to hold [[conference]] with his [[Satania]] enemies as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man], as Joshua ben Joseph. This request was granted. During the last week on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Hermon Mount Hermon] the great [[temptation]], the universe [[trial]], occurred. [[Satan]] (representing [[Lucifer]]) and the rebellious [[Planetary Prince]], [[Caligastia]], were present with [[Jesus]] and were made fully visible to him. And this " [[temptation]], " this final [[trial]] of [[human]] [[loyalty]] in the face of the misrepresentations of [[rebel]] [[personalities]], had not to do with [[food]], [[temple]] pinnacles, or presumptuous [[acts]]. It had not to do with the kingdoms of this world but with the [[sovereignty]] of a mighty and [[glorious]] [[universe]]. The [[symbolism]] of your [[records]] was intended for the backward ages of the world's childlike [[thought]]. And subsequent [[generations]] should [[understand]] what a great [[struggle]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] passed through that eventful day on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Hermon Mount Hermon].
 
134:8.6 Near the end of the [[mountain]] [[sojourn]] [[Jesus]] asked [[Universal Father|his Father]] if he might be [[permitted]] to hold [[conference]] with his [[Satania]] enemies as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man], as Joshua ben Joseph. This request was granted. During the last week on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Hermon Mount Hermon] the great [[temptation]], the universe [[trial]], occurred. [[Satan]] (representing [[Lucifer]]) and the rebellious [[Planetary Prince]], [[Caligastia]], were present with [[Jesus]] and were made fully visible to him. And this " [[temptation]], " this final [[trial]] of [[human]] [[loyalty]] in the face of the misrepresentations of [[rebel]] [[personalities]], had not to do with [[food]], [[temple]] pinnacles, or presumptuous [[acts]]. It had not to do with the kingdoms of this world but with the [[sovereignty]] of a mighty and [[glorious]] [[universe]]. The [[symbolism]] of your [[records]] was intended for the backward ages of the world's childlike [[thought]]. And subsequent [[generations]] should [[understand]] what a great [[struggle]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] passed through that eventful day on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Hermon Mount Hermon].
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134:8.7 To the many proposals and counterproposals of the emissaries of [[Lucifer]], [[Jesus]] only made reply: " May the will of my [[Paradise Father]] prevail, and you, my rebellious son, may the [[Ancients of Days]] [[judge]] you [[divinely]]. I am your [[Creator]]-[[father]]; I can hardly [[judge]] you justly, and my [[mercy]] you have already spurned. I commit you to the [[adjudication]] of the Judges of a [[Orvonton|greater universe]]. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_4]
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134:8.7 To the many proposals and counterproposals of the emissaries of [[Lucifer]], [[Jesus]] only made reply: " May the will of my [[Paradise Father]] prevail, and you, my rebellious son, may the [[Ancients of Days]] [[judge]] you [[divinely]]. I am your [[Creator]]-[[father]]; I can hardly [[judge]] you justly, and my [[mercy]] you have already spurned. I commit you to the [[adjudication]] of the Judges of a [[Orvonton|greater universe]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_4]
    
134:8.8 To all the [[Lucifer]]-suggested [[compromises]] and makeshifts, to all such specious proposals about the [[incarnation]] bestowal, [[Jesus]] only made reply, " The will of [[my Father]] in [[Paradise]] be done. " And when the trying [[ordeal]] was finished, the detached [[guardian seraphim]] returned to [[Jesus]]' side and ministered to him.
 
134:8.8 To all the [[Lucifer]]-suggested [[compromises]] and makeshifts, to all such specious proposals about the [[incarnation]] bestowal, [[Jesus]] only made reply, " The will of [[my Father]] in [[Paradise]] be done. " And when the trying [[ordeal]] was finished, the detached [[guardian seraphim]] returned to [[Jesus]]' side and ministered to him.
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134:8.9 On an afternoon in late [[summer]], amid the trees and in the [[silence]] of [[nature]], [[Michael]] of [[Nebadon]] won the unquestioned [[sovereignty]] of [[Nebadon|his universe]]. On that day he completed the task set for [[Creator Son]]s to live to the full the [[incarnated]] life in the likeness of [[mortal]] [[flesh]] on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary worlds] of [[time and space]]. The [[universe]] announcement of this momentous [[achievement]] was not made until the day of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136#136:2._THE_BAPTISM_OF_JESUS his baptism], months afterward, but it all really took place that day on the [[mountain]]. And when [[Jesus]] came down from his [[sojourn]] on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Hermon Mount Hermon], the [[Lucifer rebellion]] in [[Satania]] and the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:1._THE_CALIGASTIA_BETRAYAL Caligastia secession] on [[Urantia]] were virtually settled. [[Jesus]] had paid the last price required of him to [[attain]] the [[sovereignty]] of his [[Nebadon|universe]], which in itself regulates the [[status]] of all [[rebels]] and [[determines]] that all such [[future]] upheavals (if they ever occur) may be dealt with summarily and [[effectively]]. Accordingly, it may be seen that the so-called " great [[temptation]] " of [[Jesus]] took place some time before [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136#136:2._THE_BAPTISM_OF_JESUS his baptism] and not just after that [[event]].
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134:8.9 On an afternoon in late [[summer]], amid the trees and in the [[silence]] of [[nature]], [[Michael]] of [[Nebadon]] won the unquestioned [[sovereignty]] of [[Nebadon|his universe]]. On that day he completed the task set for [[Creator Son]]s to live to the full the [[incarnated]] life in the likeness of [[mortal]] [[flesh]] on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary worlds] of [[time and space]]. The [[universe]] announcement of this momentous [[achievement]] was not made until the day of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136#136:2._THE_BAPTISM_OF_JESUS his baptism], months afterward, but it all really took place that day on the [[mountain]]. And when [[Jesus]] came down from his [[sojourn]] on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Hermon Mount Hermon], the [[Lucifer rebellion]] in [[Satania]] and the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:1._THE_CALIGASTIA_BETRAYAL Caligastia secession] on [[Urantia]] were virtually settled. [[Jesus]] had paid the last price required of him to [[attain]] the [[sovereignty]] of his [[Nebadon|universe]], which in itself regulates the [[status]] of all [[rebels]] and [[determines]] that all such [[future]] upheavals (if they ever occur) may be dealt with summarily and [[effectively]]. Accordingly, it may be seen that the so-called " great [[temptation]] " of [[Jesus]] took place some time before [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136#136:2._THE_BAPTISM_OF_JESUS his baptism] and not just after that [[event]].
    
134:8.10 At the end of this [[sojourn]] on the [[mountain]], as [[Jesus]] was making his descent, he met Tiglath coming up to the rendezvous with [[food]]. Turning him back, he said only: " The period of rest is over; I must return to [[Universal Father|my Father]]'s business. " He was a [[silent]] and much changed man as they [[journeyed]] back to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_(ancient_city) Dan], where he took leave of the lad, giving him the donkey. He then proceeded south by the same way he had come, to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum].
 
134:8.10 At the end of this [[sojourn]] on the [[mountain]], as [[Jesus]] was making his descent, he met Tiglath coming up to the rendezvous with [[food]]. Turning him back, he said only: " The period of rest is over; I must return to [[Universal Father|my Father]]'s business. " He was a [[silent]] and much changed man as they [[journeyed]] back to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_(ancient_city) Dan], where he took leave of the lad, giving him the donkey. He then proceeded south by the same way he had come, to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum].
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134:9.7 During this final period of [[Jesus]]' work at the boatshop, he spent most of his time on the interior finishing of some of the larger craft. He took great pains with all his handiwork and seemed to [[experience]] the [[satisfaction]] of [[human]] [[achievement]] when he had completed a commendable piece of [[work]]. Though he wasted little time upon trifles, he was a painstaking workman when it came to the [[essentials]] of any given undertaking.
 
134:9.7 During this final period of [[Jesus]]' work at the boatshop, he spent most of his time on the interior finishing of some of the larger craft. He took great pains with all his handiwork and seemed to [[experience]] the [[satisfaction]] of [[human]] [[achievement]] when he had completed a commendable piece of [[work]]. Though he wasted little time upon trifles, he was a painstaking workman when it came to the [[essentials]] of any given undertaking.
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134:9.8 As time passed, [[rumors]] came to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] of one [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_135 John] who was preaching while [[Baptism|baptizing]] [[Repentance|penitents]] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_river Jordan], and [[John the Baptist|John]] preached: " The kingdom of heaven is at hand; repent and be baptized. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_3] [[Jesus]] [[listened]] to these reports as John slowly worked his way up the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Valley_(Middle_East) Jordan valley] from the ford of the [[river]] nearest to [[Jerusalem]]. But [[Jesus]] worked on, making boats, until John had [[journeyed]] up the river to a point near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pella,_Jordan Pella] in the month of January of the next year, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26_AD A.D. 26], when he laid down his tools, declaring, " My hour has come, " and presently [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136#136:2._THE_BAPTISM_OF_JESUS presented himself to John] for [[baptism]].
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134:9.8 As time passed, [[rumors]] came to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] of one [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_135 John] who was preaching while [[Baptism|baptizing]] [[Repentance|penitents]] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_river Jordan], and [[John the Baptist|John]] preached: " The kingdom of heaven is at hand; repent and be baptized. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_3] [[Jesus]] [[listened]] to these reports as John slowly worked his way up the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Valley_(Middle_East) Jordan valley] from the ford of the [[river]] nearest to [[Jerusalem]]. But [[Jesus]] worked on, making boats, until John had [[journeyed]] up the river to a point near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pella,_Jordan Pella] in the month of January of the next year, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26_AD A.D. 26], when he laid down his tools, declaring, " My hour has come, " and presently [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136#136:2._THE_BAPTISM_OF_JESUS presented himself to John] for [[baptism]].
    
134:9.9 But a great [[change]] had been coming over [[Jesus]]. Few of the people who had [[enjoyed]] his [[visits]] and ministrations as he had gone up and down in the [[land]] ever subsequently [[recognized]] in the [[public]] [[teacher]] the same [[person]] they had known and loved as a [[private]] [[individual]] in former years. And there was a reason for this failure of his early beneficiaries to [[recognize]] him in his later role of [[public]] and [[authoritative]] [[teacher]]. For long years this [[transformation]] of [[mind]] and [[spirit]] had been in [[progress]], and it was finished during the eventful [[sojourn]] on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Hermon Mount Hermon].
 
134:9.9 But a great [[change]] had been coming over [[Jesus]]. Few of the people who had [[enjoyed]] his [[visits]] and ministrations as he had gone up and down in the [[land]] ever subsequently [[recognized]] in the [[public]] [[teacher]] the same [[person]] they had known and loved as a [[private]] [[individual]] in former years. And there was a reason for this failure of his early beneficiaries to [[recognize]] him in his later role of [[public]] and [[authoritative]] [[teacher]]. For long years this [[transformation]] of [[mind]] and [[spirit]] had been in [[progress]], and it was finished during the eventful [[sojourn]] on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Hermon Mount Hermon].
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[[Category: PART IV: The Life and Teachings of Jesus]]
 
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