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====The Master’s Ascension====  

====The Master’s Ascension====  

It was almost half past seven o'clock this Thursday morning, May 18, when Jesus arrived on the western slope of Mount Olivet with his eleven silent and somewhat bewildered apostles. From this location, about two thirds the way up the mountain, they could look out over Jerusalem and down upon Gethsemane. Jesus now prepared to say his last farewell to the apostles before he took leave of Urantia.  

It was almost half past seven o'clock this Thursday morning, May 18, when Jesus arrived on the western slope of Mount Olivet with his eleven silent and somewhat bewildered apostles. From this location, about two thirds the way up the mountain, they could look out over Jerusalem and down upon Gethsemane. Jesus now prepared to say his '''last farewell''' to the apostles before he took leave of Urantia.  

As he stood there before them, without being directed they knelt about him in a circle, and the Master said:  

As he stood there before them, without being directed they knelt about him in a circle, and the Master said:  

*"I bade you tarry in Jerusalem until you were endowed with power from on high. I am now about to take leave of you. I am about to ascend to my Father, and soon, very soon, will we send into this world of my sojourn the Spirit of Truth. When he has come, you shall begin the new proclamation of the gospel of the kingdom, first in Jerusalem and then to the uttermost parts of the world. Love men with the love wherewith I have loved you and serve your fellow mortals even as I have served you. By the spirit fruits of your lives impel souls to believe the truth that man is a son of God, and that all men are brethren. Remember all I have taught you and the life I have lived among you. My love overshadows you, my spirit will dwell with you, and my peace shall abide upon you. Farewell."  

*"I bade you tarry in Jerusalem until you were endowed with power from on high. I am now about to take leave of you. I am about to ascend to my Father, and soon, very soon, will we send into this world of my sojourn the '''Spirit of Truth'''. When he has come, you shall begin the new proclamation of the gospel of the kingdom, first in Jerusalem and then to the uttermost parts of the world. '''Love''' men with the love wherewith I have loved you and '''serve''' your fellow mortals even as I have served you. By the '''spirit fruits''' of your lives impel souls to believe '''the truth''' that man is a '''son of God''', and that all men are '''brethren'''. Remember all I have taught you and the life I have lived among you. My love overshadows you, my spirit will dwell with you, and my peace shall abide upon you. '''Farewell'''."  

And he vanished from their sight.   

And he vanished from their sight.   

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