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The Transition Years
(1483.1) 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 Joseph’s people, and he did this of his own free will.
(1483.2) 134:0.2 Jesus had found out through personal and human experience that Palestine was the best place in all the 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 helpless babe. His Urantia career began among the Jews in Palestine, and he chose to terminate his life in Palestine and among the Jews.
1. The Thirtieth Year (A.D. 24)
(1483.3) 134:1.1 After taking leave of Gonod and Ganid at Charax (in December of A.D. 23), Jesus returned by way of Ur to Babylon, where he joined a desert caravan that was on its way to Damascus. From Damascus he went to Nazareth, stopping only a few hours at Capernaum, where he paused to call on Zebedee’s family. There he met his brother James, who had sometime previously come over to work in his place in Zebedee’s boatshop. After talking with James and Jude (who also chanced to be in Capernaum) and after turning over to his brother James the little house which John Zebedee had managed to buy, Jesus went on to Nazareth.
(1483.4) 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 beginning of his public ministry. But aside from Zebedee of 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 Alexandria. Jesus never confirmed these beliefs, neither did he make open denial of such misunderstandings.
(1483.5) 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 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 young woman.
(1484.1) 134:1.4 Both Simon and Jude had for some time wanted to get married, but they had disliked to do this without Jesus’ consent; accordingly they had postponed these events, hoping for their eldest brother’s return. Though they all regarded James as the head of the family in most matters, when it came to getting married, they wanted the blessing of Jesus. So Simon and Jude were married at a double wedding in early March of this year, A.D. 24. All the older children were now married; only Ruth, the youngest, remained at home with Mary.
(1484.2) 134:1.5 Jesus visited with the individual members of his family quite normally and naturally, but when they were all together, he had so little to say that they remarked about it among themselves. Mary especially was disconcerted by this unusually peculiar behavior of her first-born son.
(1484.3) 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 Capernaum to live in the home which he had so recently given to James. Accordingly, a few days after Jesus left with the caravan, Mary and Ruth moved to 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.
(1484.4) 134:1.7 This was one of the more unusual years in the inner experience of the Son of Man; great progress was made in effecting working harmony between his 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.
2. The Caravan Trip to the Caspian
(1484.5) 134:2.1 It was the first of April, A.D. 24, when Jesus left Nazareth on the caravan trip to the Caspian Sea region. The caravan which Jesus joined as its conductor was going from Jerusalem by way of Damascus and Lake Urmia through Assyria, Media, and Parthia to the southeastern Caspian Sea region. It was a full year before he returned from this journey.
(1484.6) 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.
(1484.7) 134:2.3 Of all his world travels this Caspian Sea trip carried Jesus nearest to the Orient and enabled him to gain a better understanding of the Far-Eastern peoples. He made intimate and personal contact with every one of the surviving races of Urantia excepting the 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 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.
(1485.1) 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.
(1485.2) 134:2.5 On the return from the Caspian region, Jesus gave up the direction of the caravan at Lake Urmia, where he tarried for slightly over two weeks. He returned as a passenger with a later caravan to Damascus, where the owners of the camels besought him to remain in their service. Declining this offer, he journeyed on with the caravan train to Capernaum, arriving the first of April, A.D. 25. No longer did he regard Nazareth as his home. Capernaum had become the home of Jesus, James, Mary, and Ruth. But Jesus never again lived with his family; when in Capernaum he made his home with the Zebedees.
3. The Urmia Lectures
(1485.3) 134:3.1 On the way to the Caspian Sea, Jesus had stopped several days for rest and recuperation at the old Persian city of Urmia
on the western shores of Lake Urmia. On the largest of a group of islands situated a short distance offshore near Urmia was located a large building — a lecture amphitheater — dedicated to the “spirit of religion.” This structure was really a temple of the philosophy of religions.(1485.4) 134:3.2 This temple of religion had been built by a wealthy merchant citizen of Urmia and his three sons. This man was Cymboyton, and he numbered among his ancestors many diverse peoples.
(1485.5) 134:3.3 The lectures and discussions in this school of religion began at ten o’clock every morning in the week. The afternoon sessions started at three o’clock, and the evening debates opened at eight o’clock. Cymboyton or one of his three sons always presided at these sessions of teaching, discussion, and debate. The founder of this unique school of religions lived and died without ever revealing his personal religious beliefs.*
(1485.6) 134:3.4 On several occasions Jesus participated in these discussions, and before he left Urmia, Cymboyton arranged with Jesus to sojourn with them for two weeks on his return trip and give twenty-four lectures on “The Brotherhood of Men,” and to conduct twelve evening sessions of questions, discussions, and debates on his lectures in particular and on the brotherhood of men in general.
(1485.7) 134:3.5 In accordance with this arrangement, Jesus stopped off on the return trip and delivered these lectures. This was the most systematic and formal of all the Master’s teaching on Urantia. Never before or after did he say so much on one subject as was contained in these lectures and discussions on the brotherhood of men. In reality these lectures were on the “Kingdom of God” and the “Kingdoms of Men.”
(1486.1) 134:3.6 More than thirty religions and religious cults were represented on the faculty of this temple of religious philosophy. These teachers were chosen, supported, and fully accredited by their respective religious groups. At this time there were about seventy-five teachers on the faculty, and they lived in cottages each accommodating about a dozen persons. Every new moon these groups were changed by the casting of lots. Intolerance, a contentious spirit, or any other disposition to interfere with the smooth running of the community would bring about the prompt and summary dismissal of the offending teacher. He would be unceremoniously dismissed, and his alternate in waiting would be immediately installed in his place.
(1486.2) 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.
(1486.3) 134:3.8 [When we, the midwayers, first prepared the summary of Jesus’ teachings at Urmia, there arose a disagreement between the seraphim of the churches and the seraphim of progress as to the wisdom of including these teachings in the Urantia Revelation. Conditions of the 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 Urmia to the problems of the kingdom of God and the kingdoms of men as these world functions are existent in the twentieth century. We were never able to formulate a statement of the Master’s teachings which was acceptable to both groups of these seraphim of planetary government. Finally, the Melchizedek chairman of the revelatory commission appointed a commission of three of our number to prepare our view of the Master’s Urmia teachings as adapted to twentieth-century religious and political conditions on Urantia. Accordingly, we three 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 revelatory commission.]
4. Sovereignty — Divine and Human
(1486.4) 134:4.1 The brotherhood of men is founded on the fatherhood of God. The family of God is derived from the love of God — God is love. God the Father divinely loves his children, all of them.(1486.5) 134:4.2 The kingdom of heaven, the divine government, is founded on the fact of divine sovereignty — God is spirit. Since God is spirit, this kingdom is spiritual. The kingdom of heaven is neither material nor merely intellectual; it is a spiritual relationship between God and man.
(1486.6) 134:4.3 If different religions recognize the spirit sovereignty of God the Father, then will all such religions remain at peace. Only when one religion assumes that it is in some way superior to all others, and that it possesses exclusive authority over other religions, will such a religion presume to be intolerant of other religions or dare to persecute other religious believers.
(1487.1) 134:4.4 Religious peace — brotherhood — can never exist unless all religions are willing to completely divest themselves of all ecclesiastical authority and fully surrender all concept of spiritual sovereignty. God alone is spirit sovereign.
(1487.2) 134:4.5 You cannot have equality among religions (religious liberty) without having religious wars unless all religions consent to the transfer of all religious sovereignty to some superhuman level, to God himself.
(1487.3) 134:4.6 The kingdom of heaven in the hearts of men will create religious unity (not necessarily uniformity) because any and all religious groups composed of such religious believers will be free from all notions of ecclesiastical authority — religious sovereignty.
(1487.4) 134:4.7 God is spirit, and God gives a fragment of his spirit self to dwell in the heart of man. Spiritually, all men are equal. The kingdom of heaven is free from castes, classes, social levels, and economic groups. You are all brethren.
(1487.5) 134:4.8 But the moment you lose sight of the spirit sovereignty of God the Father, some one religion will begin to assert its superiority over other religions; and then, instead of peace on earth and good will among men, there will start dissensions, recriminations, even religious wars, at least wars among religionists.
(1487.6) 134:4.9 Freewill beings who regard themselves as equals, unless they mutually acknowledge themselves as subject to some supersovereignty, some authority over and above themselves, sooner or later are tempted to try out their ability to gain power and authority over other persons and groups. The concept of equality never brings peace except in the mutual recognition of some overcontrolling influence of supersovereignty.
(1487.7) 134:4.10 The Urmia religionists lived together in comparative peace and tranquillity because they had fully surrendered all their notions of religious sovereignty. Spiritually, they all believed in a sovereign God; socially, full and unchallengeable authority rested in their presiding head — Cymboyton. They well knew what would happen to any teacher who assumed to lord it over his fellow teachers. There can be no lasting religious peace on Urantia until all religious groups freely surrender all their notions of divine favor, chosen people, and religious sovereignty. Only when God the Father becomes supreme will men become religious brothers and live together in religious peace on earth.
Colter
Colter.
Nice history that never happened.
Scripture: He came to his own,and his own received him not. Israel is his own people.
It is not meet to give the childrens food to the dogs.
He came to feed Gods children;israel.
Not some caravan dwellers.
Paul was sent to the gentiles.You have been made drunk with the wrong wine.
wakeup.
Quote (Wakeup @ Aug. 14 2013,01:38) Colter. Nice history that never happened.
Scripture: He came to his own,and his own received him not. Israel is his own people.
It is not meet to give the childrens food to the dogs.
He came to feed Gods children;israel.
Not some caravan dwellers.
Paul was sent to the gentiles.You have been made drunk with the wrong wine.
wakeup.
And you are a hatful, racist bigot who has fallen for the chosen people delusion! Go ahead then and fill up your cup of iniquity, share the fate of the so called “chosen people”. Jesus called their Father the devil, he rightly predicted their fate.You and I have nothing in common, don't respond to my post.
Colter
Quote (Wakeup @ Aug. 14 2013,15:06) Wow Colter; I am not hateful.
I must have touched a raw nerve.wakeup.
You are infested with the Jews arrogance; you refer to people as dogs.Colter
Quote (Colter @ Aug. 15 2013,00:43) Quote (Wakeup @ Aug. 14 2013,15:06) Wow Colter; I am not hateful.
I must have touched a raw nerve.wakeup.
You are infested with the Jews arrogance; you refer to people as dogs.Colter
Colter.Just quoting Jesus own words,
of whom you *say* you love.
Jesus was against the scribes and pharisees.
Israel is still the first born,that can not be changed.
They are still the *natural olive* branches.
No one, nor urantia can change that.wakeup.
Quote (Wakeup @ Aug. 15 2013,18:05) Quote (Colter @ Aug. 15 2013,00:43) Quote (Wakeup @ Aug. 14 2013,15:06) Wow Colter; I am not hateful.
I must have touched a raw nerve.wakeup.
You are infested with the Jews arrogance; you refer to people as dogs.Colter
Colter.Just quoting Jesus own words,
of whom you *say* you love.
Jesus was against the scribes and pharisees.
Israel is still the first born,that can not be changed.
They are still the *natural olive* branches.
No one, nor urantia can change that.wakeup.
Here is a clue: The temple is a pile of rubble with a mosque built on top of it, and you are aligned with a Muslim against me.Colter
Quote (Colter @ Aug. 15 2013,21:37) Here is a clue: The temple is a pile of rubble with a mosque built on top of it, and you are aligned with a Muslim against me. Colter
Hi Colter,Wakeup doesn't realize who the enemy is yet.
Ed
Quote (Ed J @ Aug. 15 2013,23:43) Quote (Colter @ Aug. 15 2013,21:37) Here is a clue: The temple is a pile of rubble with a mosque built on top of it, and you are aligned with a Muslim against me. Colter
Hi Colter,Wakeup doesn't realize who the enemy is yet.
Ed
Hi Edj.You seem to refuse to see that the iron can not be
islam.
Iron=Rome.wakeup.
Quote (Wakeup @ Aug. 16 2013,01:02) Quote (Ed J @ Aug. 15 2013,23:43) Quote (Colter @ Aug. 15 2013,21:37) Here is a clue: The temple is a pile of rubble with a mosque built on top of it, and you are aligned with a Muslim against me. Colter
Hi Colter,Wakeup doesn't realize who the enemy is yet.
Ed
Hi Edj.You seem to refuse to see that the iron can not be
islam.
Iron=Rome.wakeup.
Hi Wakeup,The stone, made without hands, smote the image.
This means Rome was converted to Christianity.God bless
Ed J (Joshua 22:34)
http://www.holycitybiblecode.orgQuote (Ed J @ Aug. 16 2013,02:39) Quote (Wakeup @ Aug. 16 2013,01:02) Quote (Ed J @ Aug. 15 2013,23:43) Quote (Colter @ Aug. 15 2013,21:37) Here is a clue: The temple is a pile of rubble with a mosque built on top of it, and you are aligned with a Muslim against me. Colter
Hi Colter,Wakeup doesn't realize who the enemy is yet.
Ed
Hi Edj.You seem to refuse to see that the iron can not be
islam.
Iron=Rome.wakeup.
Hi Wakeup,The stone, made without hands, smote the image.
This means Rome was converted to Christianity.God bless
Ed J (Joshua 22:34)
http://www.holycitybiblecode.org
EDJ.Daniel 2:35 Then was the IRON, the CLAY, the BRASS, the SILVER, and the GOLD, **BROKEN TO PIECES** together, and became **like the *CHAFF** of the summer threshingfloors;
**and the wind carried them away**, that **NO PLACE** was found for them**:
and the stone that smote the image **BECAME A GREAT MOUNTAIN**, and filled the whole earth.
THE KINGDOM: **AFTER THE IMAGE IS BROKEN**
AFTER THE THE CLAY;IRON;BRASS;SILVER; AND GOLD;
IS BROKEN AND BECAME LIKE CHAFF.wakeup.
Quote (Wakeup @ Aug. 16 2013,11:04) Quote (Ed J @ Aug. 16 2013,02:39) Quote (Wakeup @ Aug. 16 2013,01:02) Quote (Ed J @ Aug. 15 2013,23:43) Quote (Colter @ Aug. 15 2013,21:37) Here is a clue: The temple is a pile of rubble with a mosque built on top of it, and you are aligned with a Muslim against me. Colter
Hi Colter,Wakeup doesn't realize who the enemy is yet.
Ed
Hi Edj.You seem to refuse to see that the iron can not be
islam.
Iron=Rome.wakeup.
Hi Wakeup,The stone, made without hands, smote the image.
This means Rome was converted to Christianity.God bless
Ed J (Joshua 22:34)
http://www.holycitybiblecode.org
EDJ.Daniel 2:35 Then was the IRON, the CLAY, the BRASS, the SILVER, and the GOLD, **BROKEN TO PIECES** together, and became **like the *CHAFF** of the summer threshingfloors;
**and the wind carried them away**, that **NO PLACE** was found for them**:
and the stone that smote the image **BECAME A GREAT MOUNTAIN**, and filled the whole earth.
THE KINGDOM: **AFTER THE IMAGE IS BROKEN**
AFTER THE THE CLAY;IRON;BRASS;SILVER; AND GOLD;
IS BROKEN AND BECAME LIKE CHAFF.wakeup.
Christianity “HAS” become a great mountain and is filling the whole earth.Quote (Ed J @ Aug. 16 2013,12:21) Quote (Wakeup @ Aug. 16 2013,11:04) Quote (Ed J @ Aug. 16 2013,02:39) Hi Wakeup, The stone, made without hands, smote the image.
This means Rome was converted to Christianity.God bless
Ed J (Joshua 22:34)
http://www.holycitybiblecode.org
EDJ.and the stone that smote the image **BECAME A GREAT MOUNTAIN**, and filled the whole earth.
wakeup.
Christianity “HAS” become a great mountain and is filling the whole earth.
“The saints of the most High shall take the kingdom,
and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.” (Dan 7:18)Quote (Ed J @ Aug. 16 2013,12:26) Quote (Ed J @ Aug. 16 2013,12:21) Quote (Wakeup @ Aug. 16 2013,11:04) Quote (Ed J @ Aug. 16 2013,02:39) Hi Wakeup, The stone, made without hands, smote the image.
This means Rome was converted to Christianity.God bless
Ed J (Joshua 22:34)
http://www.holycitybiblecode.org
EDJ.and the stone that smote the image **BECAME A GREAT MOUNTAIN**, and filled the whole earth.
wakeup.
Christianity “HAS” become a great mountain and is filling the whole earth.
“The saints of the most High shall take the kingdom,
and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.” (Dan 7:18)
EDJ.NOT BEFORE THE *IMAGE* HAS BEEN CRUSHED TO DUST.
THE CITIES OF THE NATIONS ARE NO MORE;THEN THE STONE WILL BECOME A GREAT MOUNTAIN(KINGDOM).
THE CRUSHING OF THE CITIES OF THE NATION WILL ONLY TAKE *ONE DAY*. *IN ONE DAY*NOT 2000YEARS.
wakeup.
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