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| − | 186:5.1 There is no direct [[relation]] between the [[death]] of [[Jesus]] and the [[Jewish]] [[Passover]]. True, [[the Master]] did lay down his life in the [[flesh]] on this day, the day of the [[preparation]] for the [[Jewish]] [[Passover]], and at about the time of the [[sacrificing]] of the [ | + | 186:5.1 There is no direct [[relation]] between the [[death]] of [[Jesus]] and the [[Jewish]] [[Passover]]. True, [[the Master]] did lay down his life in the [[flesh]] on this day, the day of the [[preparation]] for the [[Jewish]] [[Passover]], and at about the time of the [[sacrificing]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korban_Pesach Passover lambs] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple]. But this [[coincidental]] occurrence does not in any [[manner]] indicate that the [[death]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] on [[earth]] has any [[connection]] with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korban Jewish sacrificial system]. [[Jesus]] was a [[Jew]], but as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] he was a [[mortal]] of the realms. The [[events]] already narrated and leading up to this hour of [[the Master]]'s impending [[crucifixion]] are sufficient to indicate that his [[death]] at about this time was a [[purely]] [[natural]] and man-managed affair. |
186:5.2 It was [[man]] and not [[God]] who [[planned]] and [[executed]] the [[Crucifixion|death]] of [[Jesus]] on [[the cross]]. True, [[the Father]] refused to [[interfere]] with the march of [[human]] [[events]] on [[Urantia]], but [[the Father]] in [[Paradise]] did not [[decree]], demand, or require the [[death]] of his [[Creator Son|Son]] as it was carried out on [[earth]]. It is a [[fact]] that in some [[manner]], sooner or later, [[Jesus]] would have had to divest himself of his [[mortal]] [[body]], his [[incarnation]] in the flesh, but he could have [[executed]] such a task in countless ways without dying on a cross between two thieves. All of this was [[man]]'s doing, not [[God]]'s. | 186:5.2 It was [[man]] and not [[God]] who [[planned]] and [[executed]] the [[Crucifixion|death]] of [[Jesus]] on [[the cross]]. True, [[the Father]] refused to [[interfere]] with the march of [[human]] [[events]] on [[Urantia]], but [[the Father]] in [[Paradise]] did not [[decree]], demand, or require the [[death]] of his [[Creator Son|Son]] as it was carried out on [[earth]]. It is a [[fact]] that in some [[manner]], sooner or later, [[Jesus]] would have had to divest himself of his [[mortal]] [[body]], his [[incarnation]] in the flesh, but he could have [[executed]] such a task in countless ways without dying on a cross between two thieves. All of this was [[man]]'s doing, not [[God]]'s. | ||
| − | 186:5.3 At the time of [[the Master]]'s [[baptism]] he had already completed the [[technique]] of the required [[experience]] on [[earth]] and in the [[flesh]] which was [[necessary]] for the completion of his [ | + | 186:5.3 At the time of [[the Master]]'s [[baptism]] he had already completed the [[technique]] of the required [[experience]] on [[earth]] and in the [[flesh]] which was [[necessary]] for the completion of his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:7._THE_SEVENTH_AND_FINAL_BESTOWAL seventh and last universe bestowal]. At this very time [[Jesus]]' [[duty]] on [[earth]] was done. All the life he lived thereafter, and even the [[manner]] of his [[death]], was a [[purely]] [[personal]] [[ministry]] on his part for the [[welfare]] and uplifting of his [[mortal]] [[creatures]] on this world and on [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 other worlds]. |
| − | 186:5.4 The [[gospel]] of the good news that [[mortal]] [[man]] may, by [[faith]], become [[spirit]]-[[conscious]] that he is a [ | + | 186:5.4 The [[gospel]] of the good news that [[mortal]] [[man]] may, by [[faith]], become [[spirit]]-[[conscious]] that he is a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD son of God], is not dependent on the [[death]] of [[Jesus]]. True, indeed, all this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] has been tremendously [[illuminated]] by [[the Master]]'s [[death]], but even more so by his life. |
| − | 186:5.5 All that the [ | + | 186:5.5 All that the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] said or did on [[earth]] greatly embellished the [[doctrines]] of [[sonship]] with [[God]] and of the brotherhood of men, but these [[essential]] [[relationships]] of [[God]] and men are [[inherent]] in the [[universe]] [[facts]] of [[God]]'s [[love]] for his [[creatures]] and the innate [[mercy]] of the [[divine Sons]]. These [[touching]] and [[divinely]] [[beautiful]] [[relations]] between man and his Maker on [[Urantia|this world]] and on [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 all others] throughout the [[universe of universes]] have existed from [[eternity]]; and they are not in any sense dependent on these [[periodic]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:5._BESTOWAL_OF_THE_PARADISE_SONS_OF_GOD bestowal enactments] of the [[Creator Sons of God]], who thus [[assume]] the [[nature]] and likeness of their created [[intelligences]] as a part of the price which they must pay for the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:3._LOCAL_UNIVERSE_SOVEREIGNTY final acquirement of unlimited sovereignty] over their respective [[local universe]]s. |
| − | 186:5.6 [[The Father]] in [[heaven]] loved [[mortal]] [[man]] on [[earth]] just as much before the life and [[death]] of [[Jesus]] on [[Urantia]] as he did after this [[transcendent]] exhibition of the co[[partnership]] of [[man]] and [[God]]. This mighty [[transaction]] of the [[incarnation]] of the [[God]] of [[Nebadon]] as a man on [[Urantia]] could not augment the [[attributes]] of the [[eternal]], [[infinite]], and [[universal Father]], but it did enrich and [[enlighten]] all other [[administrators]] and [[creatures]] of the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]]. While [[the Father]] in heaven [[loves]] us no more because of [ | + | 186:5.6 [[The Father]] in [[heaven]] loved [[mortal]] [[man]] on [[earth]] just as much before the life and [[death]] of [[Jesus]] on [[Urantia]] as he did after this [[transcendent]] exhibition of the co[[partnership]] of [[man]] and [[God]]. This mighty [[transaction]] of the [[incarnation]] of the [[God]] of [[Nebadon]] as a man on [[Urantia]] could not augment the [[attributes]] of the [[eternal]], [[infinite]], and [[universal Father]], but it did enrich and [[enlighten]] all other [[administrators]] and [[creatures]] of the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]]. While [[the Father]] in heaven [[loves]] us no more because of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 this bestowal of Michael], all other [[celestial]] [[intelligences]] do. And this is because [[Jesus]] not only made a [[revelation]] of [[God]] to [[man]], but he also likewise made a new [[revelation]] of [[man]] to [[the Gods]] and to the [[celestial]] [[intelligences]] of the [[universe of universes]]. |
186:5.7 [[Jesus]] is not about to die as a [[sacrifice]] for [[sin]]. He is not going to [[atone]] for the inborn [[moral]] [[guilt]] of the [[human]] [[race]]. [[Mankind]] has no such [[racial]] [[guilt]] before [[God]]. [[Guilt]] is purely a matter of [[personal]] [[sin]] and knowing, deliberate [[rebellion]] against the will of [[the Father]] and the [[administration]] of [[Divine Sons|his Sons]]. | 186:5.7 [[Jesus]] is not about to die as a [[sacrifice]] for [[sin]]. He is not going to [[atone]] for the inborn [[moral]] [[guilt]] of the [[human]] [[race]]. [[Mankind]] has no such [[racial]] [[guilt]] before [[God]]. [[Guilt]] is purely a matter of [[personal]] [[sin]] and knowing, deliberate [[rebellion]] against the will of [[the Father]] and the [[administration]] of [[Divine Sons|his Sons]]. | ||
| − | 186:5.8 [[Sin]] and [[rebellion]] have nothing to do with the fundamental [ | + | 186:5.8 [[Sin]] and [[rebellion]] have nothing to do with the fundamental [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:5._BESTOWAL_OF_THE_PARADISE_SONS_OF_GOD bestowal plan] of the [[Paradise Sons of God]], albeit it does [[appear]] to us that the salvage [[plan]] is a provisional feature of the [[bestowal]] [[plan]]. |
| − | 186:5.9 The [[salvation]] of [[God]] for the [[mortals]] of [[Urantia]] would have been just as [[effective]] and unerringly certain if [[Jesus]] had not been put to [[death]] by the [[cruel]] hands of [[ignorant]] [[mortals]]. If [[the Master]] had been favorably [[received]] by the [[mortals]] of [[earth]] and had departed from [[Urantia]] by the [[voluntary]] relinquishment of his life in the [[flesh]], the [[fact]] of the [[love]] of [[God]] and the [[mercy]] of [[Creator Son|the Son]]—the [[fact]] of [[sonship]] with [[God]]—would have in no wise been affected. You [[mortals]] are the [ | + | 186:5.9 The [[salvation]] of [[God]] for the [[mortals]] of [[Urantia]] would have been just as [[effective]] and unerringly certain if [[Jesus]] had not been put to [[death]] by the [[cruel]] hands of [[ignorant]] [[mortals]]. If [[the Master]] had been favorably [[received]] by the [[mortals]] of [[earth]] and had departed from [[Urantia]] by the [[voluntary]] relinquishment of his life in the [[flesh]], the [[fact]] of the [[love]] of [[God]] and the [[mercy]] of [[Creator Son|the Son]]—the [[fact]] of [[sonship]] with [[God]]—would have in no wise been affected. You [[mortals]] are the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD sons of God], and only one thing is required to make such a [[truth]] factual in your [[personal]] [[experience]], and that is your [[spirit]]-[[born]] [[faith]]. |
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Latest revision as of 23:01, 12 December 2020
186:5.1 There is no direct relation between the death of Jesus and the Jewish Passover. True, the Master did lay down his life in the flesh on this day, the day of the preparation for the Jewish Passover, and at about the time of the sacrificing of the Passover lambs in the temple. But this coincidental occurrence does not in any manner indicate that the death of the Son of Man on earth has any connection with the Jewish sacrificial system. Jesus was a Jew, but as the Son of Man he was a mortal of the realms. The events already narrated and leading up to this hour of the Master's impending crucifixion are sufficient to indicate that his death at about this time was a purely natural and man-managed affair.
186:5.2 It was man and not God who planned and executed the death of Jesus on the cross. True, the Father refused to interfere with the march of human events on Urantia, but the Father in Paradise did not decree, demand, or require the death of his Son as it was carried out on earth. It is a fact that in some manner, sooner or later, Jesus would have had to divest himself of his mortal body, his incarnation in the flesh, but he could have executed such a task in countless ways without dying on a cross between two thieves. All of this was man's doing, not God's.
186:5.3 At the time of the Master's baptism he had already completed the technique of the required experience on earth and in the flesh which was necessary for the completion of his seventh and last universe bestowal. At this very time Jesus' duty on earth was done. All the life he lived thereafter, and even the manner of his death, was a purely personal ministry on his part for the welfare and uplifting of his mortal creatures on this world and on other worlds.
186:5.4 The gospel of the good news that mortal man may, by faith, become spirit-conscious that he is a son of God, is not dependent on the death of Jesus. True, indeed, all this gospel of the kingdom has been tremendously illuminated by the Master's death, but even more so by his life.
186:5.5 All that the Son of Man said or did on earth greatly embellished the doctrines of sonship with God and of the brotherhood of men, but these essential relationships of God and men are inherent in the universe facts of God's love for his creatures and the innate mercy of the divine Sons. These touching and divinely beautiful relations between man and his Maker on this world and on all others throughout the universe of universes have existed from eternity; and they are not in any sense dependent on these periodic bestowal enactments of the Creator Sons of God, who thus assume the nature and likeness of their created intelligences as a part of the price which they must pay for the final acquirement of unlimited sovereignty over their respective local universes.
186:5.6 The Father in heaven loved mortal man on earth just as much before the life and death of Jesus on Urantia as he did after this transcendent exhibition of the copartnership of man and God. This mighty transaction of the incarnation of the God of Nebadon as a man on Urantia could not augment the attributes of the eternal, infinite, and universal Father, but it did enrich and enlighten all other administrators and creatures of the universe of Nebadon. While the Father in heaven loves us no more because of this bestowal of Michael, all other celestial intelligences do. And this is because Jesus not only made a revelation of God to man, but he also likewise made a new revelation of man to the Gods and to the celestial intelligences of the universe of universes.
186:5.7 Jesus is not about to die as a sacrifice for sin. He is not going to atone for the inborn moral guilt of the human race. Mankind has no such racial guilt before God. Guilt is purely a matter of personal sin and knowing, deliberate rebellion against the will of the Father and the administration of his Sons.
186:5.8 Sin and rebellion have nothing to do with the fundamental bestowal plan of the Paradise Sons of God, albeit it does appear to us that the salvage plan is a provisional feature of the bestowal plan.
186:5.9 The salvation of God for the mortals of Urantia would have been just as effective and unerringly certain if Jesus had not been put to death by the cruel hands of ignorant mortals. If the Master had been favorably received by the mortals of earth and had departed from Urantia by the voluntary relinquishment of his life in the flesh, the fact of the love of God and the mercy of the Son—the fact of sonship with God—would have in no wise been affected. You mortals are the sons of God, and only one thing is required to make such a truth factual in your personal experience, and that is your spirit-born faith.
