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178:3.1 Seeking again to avoid the crowds passing through the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidron_Valley|Kidron valley] back and forth between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gethsemane Gethsemane Park] and [[Jerusalem]], [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]] walked over the western brow of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Mount Olivet] to meet the road leading from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany_(Biblical_village) Bethany] down to the [[city]]. As they drew near the place where [[Jesus]] had tarried the previous evening to [[discourse]] on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Jerusalem#Destruction_of_Jerusalem destruction of Jerusalem], they [[unconsciously]] paused while they stood and looked down in [[silence]] upon the [[city]]. As they were a little early, and since [[Jesus]] did not wish to pass through the [[city]] until after sunset, he said to his [[associates]]: | 178:3.1 Seeking again to avoid the crowds passing through the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidron_Valley|Kidron valley] back and forth between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gethsemane Gethsemane Park] and [[Jerusalem]], [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]] walked over the western brow of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Mount Olivet] to meet the road leading from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany_(Biblical_village) Bethany] down to the [[city]]. As they drew near the place where [[Jesus]] had tarried the previous evening to [[discourse]] on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Jerusalem#Destruction_of_Jerusalem destruction of Jerusalem], they [[unconsciously]] paused while they stood and looked down in [[silence]] upon the [[city]]. As they were a little early, and since [[Jesus]] did not wish to pass through the [[city]] until after sunset, he said to his [[associates]]: | ||
| − | 178:3.2 " Sit down and [[rest]] yourselves while I [[talk]] with you about what must shortly come to pass. All these years have I lived with you as brethren, and I have taught you the [[truth]] concerning [[the kingdom]] of heaven and have [[revealed]] to you the [[mysteries]] thereof. And [[the Father|my Father]] has indeed done many [[wonderful]] [[works]] in [[connection]] with my [[mission]] on [[earth]]. You have been [[witnesses]] of all this and partakers in the [[experience]] of being laborers together with [[God]]. And you will bear me [[witness]] that I have for some time [[warned]] you that I must presently return to the [[work]] [[the Father]] has given me to do; I have plainly told you that I must leave you in the world to carry on the [[work]] of [[the kingdom]]. It was for this [[purpose]] that I [ | + | 178:3.2 " Sit down and [[rest]] yourselves while I [[talk]] with you about what must shortly come to pass. All these years have I lived with you as brethren, and I have taught you the [[truth]] concerning [[the kingdom]] of heaven and have [[revealed]] to you the [[mysteries]] thereof. And [[the Father|my Father]] has indeed done many [[wonderful]] [[works]] in [[connection]] with my [[mission]] on [[earth]]. You have been [[witnesses]] of all this and partakers in the [[experience]] of being laborers together with [[God]]. And you will bear me [[witness]] that I have for some time [[warned]] you that I must presently return to the [[work]] [[the Father]] has given me to do; I have plainly told you that I must leave you in the world to carry on the [[work]] of [[the kingdom]]. It was for this [[purpose]] that I [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_140 set you apart], in the hills of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum]. The [[experience]] you have had with me, you must now make ready to [[share]] with [[others]]. As [[the Father]] sent me into this world, so am I about to send you forth to [[represent]] me and finish the [[work]] I have begun.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_20] |
| − | 178:3.3 " You look down on yonder [[city]] in [[sorrow]], for you have heard my [[words]] telling of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Jerusalem#Destruction_of_Jerusalem end of Jerusalem]. I have forewarned you lest you should perish in her destruction and so [[delay]] the [[proclamation]] of the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. Likewise do I [[warn]] you to take heed lest you needlessly [[expose]] yourselves to [[peril]] when they come to take the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man].[ | + | 178:3.3 " You look down on yonder [[city]] in [[sorrow]], for you have heard my [[words]] telling of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Jerusalem#Destruction_of_Jerusalem end of Jerusalem]. I have forewarned you lest you should perish in her destruction and so [[delay]] the [[proclamation]] of the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. Likewise do I [[warn]] you to take heed lest you needlessly [[expose]] yourselves to [[peril]] when they come to take the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_21] I must go, but you are to remain to [[witness]] to this [[gospel]] when I have gone, even as I directed that [[Lazarus]] flee from the [[wrath]] of man that he might live to make known the [[glory]] of [[God]]. If it is [[the Father]]'s will that I depart, nothing you may do can [[frustrate]] the [[divine]] [[plan]]. Take heed to yourselves lest they [[kill]] you also. Let your [[souls]] be [[valiant]] in [[defense]] of the [[gospel]] by [[spirit]] [[power]] but be not misled into any [[foolish]] attempt to [[defend]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man]. I need no [[defense]] by the hand of [[man]]; the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39 armies of heaven] are even now near at hand[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_26]; but I am [[determined]] to [[do the will of my Father]] in [[heaven]], and therefore must we submit to that which is so soon to come upon us. |
| − | 178:3.4 " When you see this [[city]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Jerusalem#Destruction_of_Jerusalem destroyed], forget not that you have entered already upon the [[eternal]] life of endless [[service]] in the ever-advancing [[kingdom of heaven]], even of the [[Grand Universe|heaven of heavens]]. You should know that in [[the Father|my Father]]'s [[universe]] and in mine are many abodes,[ | + | 178:3.4 " When you see this [[city]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Jerusalem#Destruction_of_Jerusalem destroyed], forget not that you have entered already upon the [[eternal]] life of endless [[service]] in the ever-advancing [[kingdom of heaven]], even of the [[Grand Universe|heaven of heavens]]. You should know that in [[the Father|my Father]]'s [[universe]] and in mine are many abodes,[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_14] and that there awaits the children of [[light]] the [[revelation]] of [[cities]] whose builder is [[God]] and worlds whose [[habit]] of life is [[righteousness]] and [[joy]] in the [[truth]]. I have brought [[the kingdom]] of heaven to you here on [[earth]], but I [[declare]] that all of you who by [[faith]] enter therein and remain therein by the living [[service]] of [[truth]], shall surely [[Ascension Career|ascend]] to the worlds on high and sit with me in the spirit kingdom of [[our Father]]. But first must you gird yourselves and complete the [[work]] which you have begun with me. You must first pass through much [[tribulation]] and [[endure]] many [[sorrows]]—and these [[trials]][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.14] are even now upon us—and when you have finished your [[work]] on [[earth]], you shall come to my [[joy]], even as I have finished [[the Father|my Father]]'s [[work]] on [[earth]] and am about to return to his [[embrace]]. " |
178:3.5 When [[the Master]] had [[spoken]], he arose, and they all followed him down [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Olivet] and into the [[city]]. None of [[the apostles]], save [[three]], knew where they were going as they made their way along the narrow streets in the approaching [[darkness]]. The crowds jostled them, but no one [[recognized]] them nor knew that the [[Creator Son|Son of God]] was passing by on his way to the last [[mortal]] [[rendezvous]] with his chosen [[ambassadors]] of [[the kingdom]]. And neither did [[the apostles]] know that one of their own number had already entered into a [[conspiracy]] to [[betray]] [[the Master]] into the hands of his [[enemies]]. | 178:3.5 When [[the Master]] had [[spoken]], he arose, and they all followed him down [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Olivet] and into the [[city]]. None of [[the apostles]], save [[three]], knew where they were going as they made their way along the narrow streets in the approaching [[darkness]]. The crowds jostled them, but no one [[recognized]] them nor knew that the [[Creator Son|Son of God]] was passing by on his way to the last [[mortal]] [[rendezvous]] with his chosen [[ambassadors]] of [[the kingdom]]. And neither did [[the apostles]] know that one of their own number had already entered into a [[conspiracy]] to [[betray]] [[the Master]] into the hands of his [[enemies]]. | ||
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178:3.6 [[John Mark]] had followed them all the way into the [[city]], and after they had entered [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_City_(Jerusalem)#Gates the gate], he hurried on by another street so that he was waiting to [[welcome]] them to his [[father]]'s home when they arrived. | 178:3.6 [[John Mark]] had followed them all the way into the [[city]], and after they had entered [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_City_(Jerusalem)#Gates the gate], he hurried on by another street so that he was waiting to [[welcome]] them to his [[father]]'s home when they arrived. | ||
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Revision as of 21:21, 12 December 2020
178:3.1 Seeking again to avoid the crowds passing through the valley back and forth between Gethsemane Park and Jerusalem, Jesus and the twelve walked over the western brow of Mount Olivet to meet the road leading from Bethany down to the city. As they drew near the place where Jesus had tarried the previous evening to discourse on the destruction of Jerusalem, they unconsciously paused while they stood and looked down in silence upon the city. As they were a little early, and since Jesus did not wish to pass through the city until after sunset, he said to his associates:
178:3.2 " Sit down and rest yourselves while I talk with you about what must shortly come to pass. All these years have I lived with you as brethren, and I have taught you the truth concerning the kingdom of heaven and have revealed to you the mysteries thereof. And my Father has indeed done many wonderful works in connection with my mission on earth. You have been witnesses of all this and partakers in the experience of being laborers together with God. And you will bear me witness that I have for some time warned you that I must presently return to the work the Father has given me to do; I have plainly told you that I must leave you in the world to carry on the work of the kingdom. It was for this purpose that I set you apart, in the hills of Capernaum. The experience you have had with me, you must now make ready to share with others. As the Father sent me into this world, so am I about to send you forth to represent me and finish the work I have begun.[1]
178:3.3 " You look down on yonder city in sorrow, for you have heard my words telling of the end of Jerusalem. I have forewarned you lest you should perish in her destruction and so delay the proclamation of the gospel of the kingdom. Likewise do I warn you to take heed lest you needlessly expose yourselves to peril when they come to take the Son of Man.[2] I must go, but you are to remain to witness to this gospel when I have gone, even as I directed that Lazarus flee from the wrath of man that he might live to make known the glory of God. If it is the Father's will that I depart, nothing you may do can frustrate the divine plan. Take heed to yourselves lest they kill you also. Let your souls be valiant in defense of the gospel by spirit power but be not misled into any foolish attempt to defend the Son of Man. I need no defense by the hand of man; the armies of heaven are even now near at hand[3]; but I am determined to do the will of my Father in heaven, and therefore must we submit to that which is so soon to come upon us.
178:3.4 " When you see this city destroyed, forget not that you have entered already upon the eternal life of endless service in the ever-advancing kingdom of heaven, even of the heaven of heavens. You should know that in my Father's universe and in mine are many abodes,[4] and that there awaits the children of light the revelation of cities whose builder is God and worlds whose habit of life is righteousness and joy in the truth. I have brought the kingdom of heaven to you here on earth, but I declare that all of you who by faith enter therein and remain therein by the living service of truth, shall surely ascend to the worlds on high and sit with me in the spirit kingdom of our Father. But first must you gird yourselves and complete the work which you have begun with me. You must first pass through much tribulation and endure many sorrows—and these trials[5] are even now upon us—and when you have finished your work on earth, you shall come to my joy, even as I have finished my Father's work on earth and am about to return to his embrace. "
178:3.5 When the Master had spoken, he arose, and they all followed him down Olivet and into the city. None of the apostles, save three, knew where they were going as they made their way along the narrow streets in the approaching darkness. The crowds jostled them, but no one recognized them nor knew that the Son of God was passing by on his way to the last mortal rendezvous with his chosen ambassadors of the kingdom. And neither did the apostles know that one of their own number had already entered into a conspiracy to betray the Master into the hands of his enemies.
178:3.6 John Mark had followed them all the way into the city, and after they had entered the gate, he hurried on by another street so that he was waiting to welcome them to his father's home when they arrived.
