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## Posts

- [The Importance of Soul Growth](https://midwayer.com/the-importance-of-soul-growth/): It's all about good choices.
- [Faith Is More Than Believing](https://midwayer.com/faith-is-more-than-believing/): What is faith and how does it work?
- [Dealing with Conflict in a Spiritual Life](https://midwayer.com/dealing-with-conflict-in-a-spiritual-life/): Achieve peace, health, and happiness...
- [What Would Jesus Say About Our Politics?](https://midwayer.com/what-would-jesus-say-about-politics/): Is he on your side?
- [Worship Is a Powerful Technique](https://midwayer.com/worship-a-powerful-technique/): It will change you, and it will change your life.
- [Your Next Life Is Really Different](https://midwayer.com/next-life/): What is life like on the worlds to come? 
- [The Ideal Government](https://midwayer.com/ideal-government/): Lorem ipsum odor amet.
- [The Anxious Evolution of Urantia](https://midwayer.com/the-anxious-evolution-of-urantia/): Are things really worse than ever before?

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- [Midwayer](https://midwayer.com/): Welcome to the Midwayer, a website devoted to the Urantia Papers, the Fifth Epochal Revelation to mankind. It is an astounding revelation that will eventually transform all of humanity. Discover the awesome truth about God, Jesus, the universe, and our wayward planet, Urantia. Urantia is now quivering on the very brink of one of its most amazing and enthralling epochs of social readjustment, moral quickening, and spiritual enlightenment. The Urantia Papers Read the Study Edition with over 500 cross-references! Bewildered? It’s not easy to keep track of who’s who or what’s what in The Urantia Book. You may wonder: Who is…
- [Home B](https://midwayer.com/home-2/): [vc_row wpex_bg_color=”#0693e3″ el_class=”tub-intro”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”” color=”#ffffff” el_class=”home-intro”] The Urantia Book Read the Study Edition with over 500 cross-references! [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1782425005454{margin-top: 10px !important;border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 5% !important;padding-left: 5% !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;border-radius: 4px !important;}” wpex_border_color=”#0693e3″][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] Bewildered? It’s not easy to keep track of who’s who or what’s what in The Urantia Book. As you read the papers, you may wonder: Who is Elijah? What’s a space zone? Who are the Ancients of Days? What in heaven is a supernaphim? And how does it differ from a seconaphim? To help…
- [Urantia Book Quizzes](https://midwayer.com/urantia-book-quiz/): These are intended as a study aid for students of The Urantia Book. You don’t need to sign in to Quizlet or Google to use these quizzes. Part I – Foreword to Paper 19 If the answer is displayed first, open the settings (top right) and change “Front” to either “term” or “definition.” To ‘flip’ the card, tap on it. To go to the next or previous card, scroll down in the frame to the arrows at the bottom. Part I – Papers 20 to 31 If the answer is displayed first, open the settings (top right) and change “Front” to…
- [Crosswords](https://midwayer.com/crosswords/): For all crosswords, multiple word solutions are indicated in parentheses. For example, if the solution is Thought Adjuster, the clue will end with (7,8). Hyphenated words count as two words. 1. To complete crosswords online, use these links. These are interactive crosswords. To print these, go here. Urantia Puzzle #1 Urantia Puzzle #2 Urantia Puzzle #3 Urantia Puzzle #4 2. To print out the crosswords, open these PDF files. Puzzle solutions are shown on the second page of each file.
- [Glossary Archive](https://midwayer.com/glossary-archive/)
- [Glossary](https://midwayer.com/glossary/): This glossary is linked to the Study Edition of The Urantia Book and is intended for cross-referencing; therefore, it generally includes only those terms used in at least two papers. It excludes words found in a common English dictionary unless those words have been given different or additional meanings in The Urantia Book.
- [PART IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/)
- [PART III. The History of Urantia](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-3/)
- [196. The Faith of Jesus](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/196-the-faith-of-jesus/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 196 The Faith of Jesus 196:0.1 JESUS enjoyed a sublime and wholehearted faith in God. He experienced the ordinary ups and downs of mortal existence, but he never religiously doubted the certainty of God’s watchcare and guidance. His faith was the outgrowth of the insight born of the activity of the divine presence, his indwelling Adjuster. His faith was neither traditional nor merely intellectual; it was wholly personal and purely spiritual. 196:0.2 The human Jesus saw God as being holy, just, and great, as well as being true, beautiful, and good. All…
- [195. After Pentecost](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/195-after-pentecost/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 195 After Pentecost 195:0.1 THE results of Peter’s preaching on the day of Pentecost were such as to decide the future policies, and to determine the plans, of the majority of the apostles in their efforts to proclaim the gospel of the kingdom. Peter was the real founder of the Christian church; Paul carried the Christian message to the gentiles, and the Greek believers carried it to the whole Roman Empire. 195:0.2 Although the tradition-bound and priest-ridden Hebrews, as a people, refused to accept either Jesus’ gospel of the fatherhood of God…
- [194. Bestowal of the Spirit of Truth](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/194-bestowal-of-the-spirit-of-truth/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 194 Bestowal of the Spirit of Truth 194:0.1 ABOUT one o’clock, as the one hundred and twenty believers were engaged in prayer, they all became aware of a strange presence in the room. At the same time these disciples all became conscious of a new and profound sense of spiritual joy, security, and confidence. This new consciousness of spiritual strength was immediately followed by a strong urge to go out and publicly proclaim the gospel of the kingdom and the good news that Jesus had risen from the dead. 194:0.2 Peter stood…
- [193. Final Appearances and Ascension](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/193-final-appearances-and-ascension/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 193 Final Appearances and Ascension 193:0.1 THE sixteenth morontia manifestation of Jesus occurred on Friday, May 5, in the courtyard of Nicodemus, about nine o’clock at night. On this evening the Jerusalem believers had made their first attempt to get together since the resurrection. Assembled here at this time were the eleven apostles, the women’s corps and their associates, and about fifty other leading disciples of the Master, including a number of the Greeks. This company of believers had been visiting informally for more than half an hour when, suddenly, the morontia…
- [192. Appearances in Galilee](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/192-appearances-in-galilee/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 192 Appearances in Galilee 192:0.1 BY THE time the apostles left Jerusalem for Galilee, the Jewish leaders had quieted down considerably. Since Jesus appeared only to his family of kingdom believers, and since the apostles were in hiding and did no public preaching, the rulers of the Jews concluded that the gospel movement was, after all, effectually crushed. They were, of course, disconcerted by the increasing spread of rumors that Jesus had risen from the dead, but they depended upon the bribed guards effectively to counteract all such reports by their reiteration…
- [191. Appearances to the Apostles and Other Leaders](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/191-appearances-to-the-apostles-and-other-leaders/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 191 Appearances to the Apostles and Other Leaders 191:0.1 RESURRECTION Sunday was a terrible day in the lives of the apostles; ten of them spent the larger part of the day in the upper chamber behind barred doors. They might have fled from Jerusalem, but they were afraid of being arrested by the agents of the Sanhedrin if they were found abroad. Thomas was brooding over his troubles alone at Bethpage. He would have fared better had he remained with his fellow apostles, and he would have aided them to direct their…
- [190. Morontia Appearances of Jesus](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/190-morontia-appearances-of-jesus/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 190 Morontia Appearances of Jesus 190:0.1 THE resurrected Jesus now prepares to spend a short period on Urantia for the purpose of experiencing the ascending morontia career of a mortal of the realms. Although this time of the morontia life is to be spent on the world of his mortal incarnation, it will, however, be in all respects the counterpart of the experience of Satania mortals who pass through the progressive morontia life of the seven mansion worlds of Jerusem. 190:0.2 All this power which is inherent in Jesus—the endowment of life—and…
- [189. The Resurrection](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/189-the-resurrection/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 189 The Resurrection 189:0.1 SOON after the burial of Jesus on Friday afternoon, the chief of the archangels of Nebadon, then present on Urantia, summoned his council of the resurrection of sleeping will creatures and entered upon the consideration of a possible technique for the restoration of Jesus. These assembled sons of the local universe, the creatures of Michael, did this on their own responsibility; Gabriel had not assembled them. By midnight they had arrived at the conclusion that the creature could do nothing to facilitate the resurrection of the Creator. They…
- [188. The Time of the Tomb](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/188-the-time-of-the-tomb/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 188 The Time of the Tomb 188:0.1 THE day and a half that Jesus’ mortal body lay in the tomb of Joseph, the period between his death on the cross and his resurrection, is a chapter in the earth career of Michael which is little known to us. We can narrate the burial of the Son of Man and put in this record the events associated with his resurrection, but we cannot supply much information of an authentic nature about what really transpired during this epoch of about thirty-six hours, from three…
- [187. The Crucifixion](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/187-the-crucifixion/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 187 The Crucifixion 187:0.1 AFTER the two brigands had been made ready, the soldiers, under the direction of a centurion, started for the scene of the crucifixion. The centurion in charge of these twelve soldiers was the same captain who had led forth the Roman soldiers the previous night to arrest Jesus in Gethsemane. It was the Roman custom to assign four soldiers for each person to be crucified. The two brigands were properly scourged before they were taken out to be crucified, but Jesus was given no further physical punishment; the…
- [186. Just Before the Crucifixion](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/186-just-before-the-crucifixion/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 186 Just Before the Crucifixion 186:0.1 AS JESUS and his accusers started off to see Herod, the Master turned to the Apostle John and said: “John, you can do no more for me. Go to my mother and bring her to see me ere I die.” When John heard his Master’s request, although reluctant to leave him alone among his enemies, he hastened off to Bethany, where the entire family of Jesus was assembled in waiting at the home of Martha and Mary, the sisters of Lazarus whom Jesus raised from the…
- [185. The Trial Before Pilate](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/185-the-trial-before-pilate/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 185 The Trial Before Pilate 185:0.1 SHORTLY after six o’clock on this Friday morning, April 7, A.D. 30, Jesus was brought before Pilate, the Roman procurator who governed Judea, Samaria, and Idumea under the immediate supervision of the legatus of Syria. The Master was taken into the presence of the Roman governor by the temple guards, bound, and was accompanied by about fifty of his accusers, including the Sanhedrist court (principally Sadduceans), Judas Iscariot, and the high priest, Caiaphas, and by the Apostle John. Annas did not appear before Pilate. 185:0.2 Pilate…
- [184. Before the Sanhedrin Court](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/184-before-the-sanhedrin-court/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 184 Before the Sanhedrin Court 184:0.1 REPRESENTATIVES of Annas had secretly instructed the captain of the Roman soldiers to bring Jesus immediately to the palace of Annas after he had been arrested. The former high priest desired to maintain his prestige as the chief ecclesiastical authority of the Jews. He also had another purpose in detaining Jesus at his house for several hours, and that was to allow time for legally calling together the court of the Sanhedrin. It was not lawful to convene the Sanhedrin court before the time of the…
- [183. The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/183-the-betrayal-and-arrest-of-jesus/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 183 The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus 183:0.1 AFTER Jesus had finally awakened Peter, James, and John, he suggested that they go to their tents and seek sleep in preparation for the duties of the morrow. But by this time the three apostles were wide awake; they had been refreshed by their short naps, and besides, they were stimulated and aroused by the arrival on the scene of two excited messengers who inquired for David Zebedee and quickly went in quest of him when Peter informed them where he kept watch. 183:0.2…
- [182. In Gethsemane](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/182-in-gethsemane/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 182 In Gethsemane 182:0.1 IT WAS about ten o’clock this Thursday night when Jesus led the eleven apostles from the home of Elijah and Mary Mark on their way back to the Gethsemane camp. Ever since that day in the hills, John Mark had made it his business to keep a watchful eye on Jesus. John, being in need of sleep, had obtained several hours of rest while the Master had been with his apostles in the upper room, but on hearing them coming downstairs, he arose and, quickly throwing a linen…
- [181. Final Admonitions and Warnings](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/181-final-admonitions-and-warnings/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 181 Final Admonitions and Warnings 181:0.1 AFTER the conclusion of the farewell discourse to the eleven, Jesus visited informally with them and recounted many experiences which concerned them as a group and as individuals. At last it was beginning to dawn upon these Galileans that their friend and teacher was going to leave them, and their hope grasped at the promise that, after a little while, he would again be with them, but they were prone to forget that this return visit was also for a little while. Many of the apostles…
- [180. The Farewell Discourse](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/180-the-farewell-discourse/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 180 The Farewell Discourse 180:0.1 AFTER singing the Psalm at the conclusion of the Last Supper, the apostles thought that Jesus intended to return immediately to the camp, but he indicated that they should sit down. Said the Master: 180:0.2 “You well remember when I sent you forth without purse or wallet and even advised that you take with you no extra clothes. And you will all recall that you lacked nothing. But now have you come upon troublous times. No longer can you depend upon the good will of the multitudes.…
- [179. The Last Supper](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/179-the-last-supper/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 179 The Last Supper 179:0.1 DURING the afternoon of this Thursday, when Philip reminded the Master about the approaching Passover and inquired concerning his plans for its celebration, he had in mind the Passover supper which was due to be eaten on the evening of the next day, Friday. It was the custom to begin the preparations for the celebration of the Passover not later than noon of the preceding day. And since the Jews reckoned the day as beginning at sunset, this meant that Saturday’s Passover supper would be eaten on…
- [178. Last Day at the Camp](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/178-last-day-at-the-camp/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 178 Last Day at the Camp 178:0.1 JESUS planned to spend this Thursday, his last free day on earth as a divine Son incarnated in the flesh, with his apostles and a few loyal and devoted disciples. Soon after the breakfast hour on this beautiful morning, the Master led them to a secluded spot a short distance above their camp and there taught them many new truths. Although Jesus delivered other discourses to the apostles during the early evening hours of the day, this talk of Thursday forenoon was his farewell address…
- [177. Wednesday, the Rest Day](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/177-wednesday-the-rest-day/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 177 Wednesday, the Rest Day 177:0.1 WHEN the work of teaching the people did not press them, it was the custom of Jesus and his apostles to rest from their labors each Wednesday. On this particular Wednesday they ate breakfast somewhat later than usual, and the camp was pervaded by an ominous silence; little was said during the first half of this morning meal. At last Jesus spoke: “I desire that you rest today. Take time to think over all that has happened since we came to Jerusalem and meditate on what…
- [176. Tuesday Evening on Mount Olivet](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/176-tuesday-evening-on-mount-olivet/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 176 Tuesday Evening on Mount Olivet 176:0.1 THIS Tuesday afternoon, as Jesus and the apostles passed out of the temple on their way to the Gethsemane camp, Matthew, calling attention to the temple construction, said: “Master, observe what manner of buildings these are. See the massive stones and the beautiful adornment; can it be that these buildings are to be destroyed?” As they went on toward Olivet, Jesus said: “You see these stones and this massive temple; verily, verily, I say to you: In the days soon to come there shall not…
- [175. The Last Temple Discourse](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/175-the-last-temple-discourse/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 175 The Last Temple Discourse 175:0.1 SHORTLY after two o’clock on this Tuesday afternoon, Jesus, accompanied by eleven apostles, Joseph of Arimathea, the thirty Greeks, and certain other disciples, arrived at the temple and began the delivery of his last address in the courts of the sacred edifice. This discourse was intended to be his last appeal to the Jewish people and the final indictment of his vehement enemies and would-be destroyers—the scribes, Pharisees, Sadducees, and the chief rulers of Israel. Throughout the forenoon the various groups had had an opportunity to…
- [174. Tuesday Morning in the Temple](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/174-tuesday-morning-in-the-temple/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 174 Tuesday Morning in the Temple 174:0.1 ABOUT seven o’clock on this Tuesday morning Jesus met the apostles, the women’s corps, and some two dozen other prominent disciples at the home of Simon. At this meeting he said farewell to Lazarus, giving him that instruction which led him so soon to flee to Philadelphia in Perea, where he later became connected with the missionary movement having its headquarters in that city. Jesus also said good-bye to the aged Simon, and gave his parting advice to the women’s corps, as he never again…
- [173. Monday in Jerusalem](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/173-monday-in-jerusalem/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 173 Monday in Jerusalem 173:0.1 EARLY on this Monday morning, by prearrangement, Jesus and the apostles assembled at the home of Simon in Bethany, and after a brief conference they set out for Jerusalem. The twelve were strangely silent as they journeyed on toward the temple; they had not recovered from the experience of the preceding day. They were expectant, fearful, and profoundly affected by a certain feeling of detachment growing out of the Master’s sudden change of tactics, coupled with his instruction that they were to engage in no public teaching…
- [172. Going into Jerusalem](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/172-going-into-jerusalem/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 172 Going into Jerusalem 172:0.1 JESUS and the apostles arrived at Bethany shortly after four o’clock on Friday afternoon, March 31, A.D. 30. Lazarus, his sisters, and their friends were expecting them; and since so many people came every day to talk with Lazarus about his resurrection, Jesus was informed that arrangements had been made for him to stay with a neighboring believer, one Simon, the leading citizen of the little village since the death of Lazarus’s father. 172:0.2 That evening, Jesus received many visitors, and the common folks of Bethany and…
- [171. On the Way to Jerusalem](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/171-on-the-way-to-jerusalem/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 171 On the Way to Jerusalem 171:0.1 THE day after the memorable sermon on “The Kingdom of Heaven,” Jesus announced that on the following day he and the apostles would depart for the Passover at Jerusalem, visiting numerous cities in southern Perea on the way. 171:0.2 The address on the kingdom and the announcement that he was going to the Passover set all his followers to thinking that he was going up to Jerusalem to inaugurate the temporal kingdom of Jewish supremacy. No matter what Jesus said about the nonmaterial character of…
- [170. The Kingdom of Heaven](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/170-the-kingdom-of-heaven/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 170 The Kingdom of Heaven 170:0.1 SATURDAY afternoon, March 11, Jesus preached his last sermon at Pella. This was among the notable addresses of his public ministry, embracing a full and complete discussion of the kingdom of heaven. He was aware of the confusion which existed in the minds of his apostles and disciples regarding the meaning and significance of the terms “kingdom of heaven” and “kingdom of God,” which he used as interchangeable designations of his bestowal mission. Although the very term kingdom of heaven should have been enough to separate…
- [169. Last Teaching at Pella](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/169-last-teaching-at-pella/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 169 Last Teaching at Pella 169:0.1 LATE on Monday evening, March 6, Jesus and the ten apostles arrived at the Pella camp. This was the last week of Jesus’ sojourn there, and he was very active in teaching the multitude and instructing the apostles. He preached every afternoon to the crowds and each night answered questions for the apostles and certain of the more advanced disciples residing at the camp. 169:0.2 Word regarding the resurrection of Lazarus had reached the encampment two days before the Master’s arrival, and the entire assembly was…
- [168. The Resurrection of Lazarus](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/168-the-resurrection-of-lazarus/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 168 The Resurrection of Lazarus 168:0.1 IT WAS shortly after noon when Martha started out to meet Jesus as he came over the brow of the hill near Bethany. Her brother, Lazarus, had been dead four days and had been laid away in their private tomb at the far end of the garden late on Sunday afternoon. The stone at the entrance of the tomb had been rolled in place on the morning of this day, Thursday. 168:0.2 When Martha and Mary sent word to Jesus concerning Lazarus’s illness, they were confident…
- [167. The Visit to Philadelphia](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/167-the-visit-to-philadelphia/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 167 The Visit to Philadelphia 167:0.1 THROUGHOUT this period of the Perean ministry, when mention is made of Jesus and the apostles visiting the various localities where the seventy were at work, it should be recalled that, as a rule, only ten were with him since it was the practice to leave at least two of the apostles at Pella to instruct the multitude. As Jesus prepared to go on to Philadelphia, Simon Peter and his brother, Andrew, returned to the Pella encampment to teach the crowds there assembled. When the Master…
- [166. Last Visit to Northern Perea](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/166-last-visit-to-northern-perea/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 166 Last Visit to Northern Perea 166:0.1 FROM February 11 to 20, Jesus and the twelve made a tour of all the cities and villages of northern Perea where the associates of Abner and the members of the women’s corps were working. They found these messengers of the gospel meeting with success, and Jesus repeatedly called the attention of his apostles to the fact that the gospel of the kingdom could spread without the accompaniment of miracles and wonders. 166:0.2 This entire mission of three months in Perea was successfully carried on…
- [165. The Perean Mission Begins](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/165-the-perean-mission-begins/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 165 The Perean Mission Begins 165:0.1 ON TUESDAY, January 3, A.D. 30, Abner, the former chief of the twelve apostles of John the Baptist, a Nazarite and onetime head of the Nazarite school at Engedi, now chief of the seventy messengers of the kingdom, called his associates together and gave them final instructions before sending them on a mission to all of the cities and villages of Perea. This Perean mission continued for almost three months and was the last ministry of the Master. From these labors Jesus went directly to Jerusalem…
- [164. At the Feast of Dedication](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/164-at-the-feast-of-dedication/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 164 At the Feast of Dedication 164:0.1 AS THE camp at Pella was being established, Jesus, taking with him Nathaniel and Thomas, secretly went up to Jerusalem to attend the feast of the dedication. Not until they passed over the Jordan at the Bethany ford, did the two apostles become aware that their Master was going on to Jerusalem. When they perceived that he really intended to be present at the feast of dedication, they remonstrated with him most earnestly, and using every sort of argument, they sought to dissuade him. But…
- [163. Ordination of the Seventy at Magadan](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/163-ordination-of-the-seventy-at-magadan/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 163 Ordination of the Seventy at Magadan 163:0.1 A FEW days after the return of Jesus and the twelve to Magadan from Jerusalem, Abner and a group of some fifty disciples arrived from Bethlehem. At this time there were also assembled at Magadan Camp the evangelistic corps, the women’s corps, and about one hundred and fifty other true and tried disciples from all parts of Palestine. After devoting a few days to visiting and the reorganization of the camp, Jesus and the twelve began a course of intensive training for this special…
- [162. At the Feast of Tabernacles](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/162-at-the-feast-of-tabernacles/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 162 At the Feast of Tabernacles 162:0.1 WHEN Jesus started up to Jerusalem with the ten apostles, he planned to go through Samaria, that being the shorter route. Accordingly, they passed down the eastern shore of the lake and, by way of Scythopolis, entered the borders of Samaria. Near nightfall Jesus sent Philip and Matthew over to a village on the eastern slopes of Mount Gilboa to secure lodging for the company. It so happened that these villagers were greatly prejudiced against the Jews, even more so than the average Samaritans, and…
- [161. Further Discussions with Rodan](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/161-further-discussions-with-rodan/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 161 Further Discussions with Rodan 161:0.1 ON SUNDAY, September 25, A.D. 29, the apostles and the evangelists assembled at Magadan. After a long conference that evening with his associates, Jesus surprised all by announcing that early the next day he and the twelve apostles would start for Jerusalem to attend the feast of tabernacles. He directed that the evangelists visit the believers in Galilee, and that the women’s corps return for a while to Bethsaida. 161:0.2 When the hour came to leave for Jerusalem, Nathaniel and Thomas were still in the midst…
- [160. Rodan of Alexandria](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/160-rodan-of-alexandria/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 160 Rodan of Alexandria 160:0.1 ON SUNDAY morning, September 18, Andrew announced that no work would be planned for the coming week. All of the apostles, except Nathaniel and Thomas, went home to visit their families or to sojourn with friends. This week Jesus enjoyed a period of almost complete rest, but Nathaniel and Thomas were very busy with their discussions with a certain Greek philosopher from Alexandria named Rodan. This Greek had recently become a disciple of Jesus through the teaching of one of Abner’s associates who had conducted a mission…
- [159. The Decapolis Tour](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/159-the-decapolis-tour/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 159 The Decapolis Tour 159:0.1 WHEN Jesus and the twelve arrived at Magadan Park, they found awaiting them a group of almost one hundred evangelists and disciples, including the women’s corps, and they were ready immediately to begin the teaching and preaching tour of the cities of the Decapolis. 159:0.2 On this Thursday morning, August 18, the Master called his followers together and directed that each of the apostles should associate himself with one of the twelve evangelists, and that with others of the evangelists they should go out in twelve groups…
- [158. The Mount of Transfiguration](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/158-the-mount-of-transfiguration/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 158 The Mount of Transfiguration 158:0.1 IT WAS near sundown on Friday afternoon, August 12, A.D. 29, when Jesus and his associates reached the foot of Mount Hermon, near the very place where the lad Tiglath once waited while the Master ascended the mountain alone to settle the spiritual destinies of Urantia and technically to terminate the Lucifer rebellion. And here they sojourned for two days in spiritual preparation for the events so soon to follow. 158:0.2 In a general way, Jesus knew beforehand what was to transpire on the mountain, and…
- [157. At Caesarea-Philippi](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/157-at-caesarea-philippi/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 157 At Caesarea-Philippi 157:0.1 BEFORE Jesus took the twelve for a short sojourn in the vicinity of Caesarea-Philippi, he arranged through the messengers of David to go over to Capernaum on Sunday, August 7, for the purpose of meeting his family. By prearrangement this visit was to occur at the Zebedee boatshop. David Zebedee had arranged with Jude, Jesus’ brother, for the presence of the entire Nazareth family—Mary and all of Jesus’ brothers and sisters—and Jesus went with Andrew and Peter to keep this appointment. It was certainly the intention of Mary…
- [156. The Sojourn at Tyre and Sidon](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/156-the-sojourn-at-tyre-and-sidon/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 156 The Sojourn at Tyre and Sidon 156:0.1 ON FRIDAY afternoon, June 10, Jesus and his associates arrived in the environs of Sidon, where they stopped at the home of a well-to-do woman who had been a patient in the Bethsaida hospital during the times when Jesus was at the height of his popular favor. The evangelists and the apostles were lodged with her friends in the immediate neighborhood, and they rested over the Sabbath day amid these refreshing surroundings. They spent almost two and one-half weeks in Sidon and vicinity before…
- [155. Fleeing Through Northern Galilee](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/155-fleeing-through-northern-galilee/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 155 Fleeing Through Northern Galilee 155:0.1 SOON after landing near Kheresa on this eventful Sunday, Jesus and the twenty-four went a little way to the north, where they spent the night in a beautiful park south of Bethsaida-Julias. They were familiar with this camping place, having stopped there in days gone by. Before retiring for the night, the Master called his followers around him and discussed with them the plans for their projected tour through Batanea and northern Galilee to the Phoenician coast. 1. Why Do the Heathen Rage? 155:1.1 Said Jesus:…
- [154. Last Days at Capernaum](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/154-last-days-at-capernaum/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 154 Last Days at Capernaum 154:0.1 ON THE eventful Saturday night of April 30, as Jesus was speaking words of comfort and courage to his downcast and bewildered disciples, at Tiberias a council was being held between Herod Antipas and a group of special commissioners representing the Jerusalem Sanhedrin. These scribes and Pharisees urged Herod to arrest Jesus; they did their best to convince him that Jesus was stirring up the populace to dissension and even to rebellion. But Herod refused to take action against him as a political offender. Herod’s advisers…
- [153. The Crisis at Capernaum](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/153-the-crisis-at-capernaum/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 153 The Crisis at Capernaum 153:0.1 ON FRIDAY evening, the day of their arrival at Bethsaida, and on Sabbath morning, the apostles noticed that Jesus was seriously occupied with some momentous problem; they were cognizant that the Master was giving unusual thought to some important matter. He ate no breakfast and but little at noontide. All of Sabbath morning and the evening before, the twelve and their associates were gathered together in small groups about the house, in the garden, and along the seashore. There was a tension of uncertainty and a…
- [152. Events Leading up to the Capernaum Crisis](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/152-events-leading-up-to-the-capernaum-crisis/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 152 Events Leading up to the Capernaum Crisis 152:0.1 THE story of the cure of Amos, the Kheresa lunatic, had already reached Bethsaida and Capernaum, so that a great crowd was waiting for Jesus when his boat landed that Tuesday forenoon. Among this throng were the new observers from the Jerusalem Sanhedrin who had come down to Capernaum to find cause for the Master’s apprehension and conviction. As Jesus spoke with those who had assembled to greet him, Jairus, one of the rulers of the synagogue, made his way through the crowd…
- [151. Tarrying and Teaching by the Seaside](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/151-tarrying-and-teaching-by-the-seaside/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 151 Tarrying and Teaching by the Seaside 151:0.1 BY MARCH 10 all of the preaching and teaching groups had forgathered at Bethsaida. Thursday night and Friday many of them went out to fish, while on the Sabbath day they attended the synagogue to hear an aged Jew of Damascus discourse on the glory of father Abraham. Jesus spent most of this Sabbath day alone in the hills. That Saturday night the Master talked for more than an hour to the assembled groups on “The mission of adversity and the spiritual value of…
- [150. The Third Preaching Tour](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/150-the-third-preaching-tour/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 150 The Third Preaching Tour 150:0.1 ON SUNDAY evening, January 16, A.D. 29, Abner, with the apostles of John, reached Bethsaida and went into joint conference with Andrew and the apostles of Jesus the next day. Abner and his associates made their headquarters at Hebron and were in the habit of coming up to Bethsaida periodically for these conferences. 150:0.2 Among the many matters considered by this joint conference was the practice of anointing the sick with certain forms of oil in connection with prayers for healing. Again did Jesus decline to…
- [149. The Second Preaching Tour](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/149-the-second-preaching-tour/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 149 The Second Preaching Tour 149:0.1 THE second public preaching tour of Galilee began on Sunday, October 3, A.D. 28, and continued for almost three months, ending on December 30. Participating in this effort were Jesus and his twelve apostles, assisted by the newly recruited corps of 117 evangelists and by numerous other interested persons. On this tour they visited Gadara, Ptolemais, Japhia, Dabaritta, Megiddo, Jezreel, Scythopolis, Tarichea, Hippos, Gamala, Bethsaida-Julias, and many other cities and villages. 149:0.2 Before the departure on this Sunday morning Andrew and Peter asked Jesus to give…
- [148. Training Evangelists at Bethsaida](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/148-training-evangelists-at-bethsaida/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 148 Training Evangelists at Bethsaida 148:0.1 FROM May 3 to October 3, A.D. 28, Jesus and the apostolic party were in residence at the Zebedee home at Bethsaida. Throughout this five months’ period of the dry season an enormous camp was maintained by the seaside near the Zebedee residence, which had been greatly enlarged to accommodate the growing family of Jesus. This seaside camp, occupied by an ever-changing population of truth seekers, healing candidates, and curiosity devotees, numbered from five hundred to fifteen hundred. This tented city was under the general supervision…
- [147. The Interlude Visit to Jerusalem](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/147-the-interlude-visit-to-jerusalem/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 147 The Interlude Visit to Jerusalem 147:0.1 JESUS and the apostles arrived in Capernaum on Wednesday, March 17, and spent two weeks at the Bethsaida headquarters before they departed for Jerusalem. These two weeks the apostles taught the people by the seaside while Jesus spent much time alone in the hills about his Father’s business. During this period Jesus, accompanied by James and John Zebedee, made two secret trips to Tiberias, where they met with the believers and instructed them in the gospel of the kingdom. 147:0.2 Many of the household of…
- [146. First Preaching Tour of Galilee](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/146-first-preaching-tour-of-galilee/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 146 First Preaching Tour of Galilee 146:0.1 THE first public preaching tour of Galilee began on Sunday, January 18, A.D. 28, and continued for about two months, ending with the return to Capernaum on March 17. On this tour Jesus and the twelve apostles, assisted by the former apostles of John, preached the gospel and baptized believers in Rimmon, Jotapata, Ramah, Zebulun, Iron, Gischala, Chorazin, Madon, Cana, Nain, and Endor. In these cities they tarried and taught, while in many other smaller towns they proclaimed the gospel of the kingdom as they…
- [145. Four Eventful Days at Capernaum](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/145-four-eventful-days-at-capernaum/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 145 Four Eventful Days at Capernaum 145:0.1 JESUS and the apostles arrived in Capernaum the evening of Tuesday, January 13. As usual, they made their headquarters at the home of Zebedee in Bethsaida. Now that John the Baptist had been sent to his death, Jesus prepared to launch out in the first open and public preaching tour of Galilee. The news that Jesus had returned rapidly spread throughout the city, and early the next day, Mary the mother of Jesus hastened away, going over to Nazareth to visit her son Joseph. 145:0.2…
- [144. At Gilboa and in the Decapolis](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/144-at-gilboa-and-in-the-decapolis/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 144 At Gilboa and in the Decapolis 144:0.1 SEPTEMBER and October were spent in retirement at a secluded camp upon the slopes of Mount Gilboa. The month of September Jesus spent here alone with his apostles, teaching and instructing them in the truths of the kingdom. 144:0.2 There were a number of reasons why Jesus and his apostles were in retirement at this time on the borders of Samaria and the Decapolis. The Jerusalem religious rulers were very antagonistic; Herod Antipas still held John in prison, fearing either to release or execute…
- [143. Going Through Samaria](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/143-going-through-samaria/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 143 Going Through Samaria 143:0.1 AT THE end of June, A.D. 27, because of the increasing opposition of the Jewish religious rulers, Jesus and the twelve departed from Jerusalem, after sending their tents and meager personal effects to be stored at the home of Lazarus at Bethany. Going north into Samaria, they tarried over the Sabbath at Bethel. Here they preached for several days to the people who came from Gophna and Ephraim. A group of citizens from Arimathea and Thamna came over to invite Jesus to visit their villages. The Master…
- [142. The Passover at Jerusalem](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/142-the-passover-at-jerusalem/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 142 The Passover at Jerusalem 142:0.1 THE month of April Jesus and the apostles worked in Jerusalem, going out of the city each evening to spend the night at Bethany. Jesus himself spent one or two nights each week in Jerusalem at the home of Flavius, a Greek Jew, where many prominent Jews came in secret to interview him. 142:0.2 The first day in Jerusalem Jesus called upon his friend of former years, Annas, the onetime high priest and relative of Salome, Zebedee’s wife. Annas had been hearing about Jesus and his…
- [141. Beginning the Public Work](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/141-beginning-the-public-work/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 141 Beginning the Public Work 141:0.1 ON THE first day of the week, January 19, A.D. 27, Jesus and the twelve apostles made ready to depart from their headquarters in Bethsaida. The twelve knew nothing of their Master’s plans except that they were going up to Jerusalem to attend the Passover feast in April, and that it was the intention to journey by way of the Jordan valley. They did not get away from Zebedee’s house until near noon because the families of the apostles and others of the disciples had come…
- [140. The Ordination of the Twelve](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/140-the-ordination-of-the-twelve/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 140 The Ordination of the Twelve 140:0.1 JUST before noon on Sunday, January 12, A.D. 27, Jesus called the apostles together for their ordination as public preachers of the gospel of the kingdom. The twelve were expecting to be called almost any day; so this morning they did not go out far from the shore to fish. Several of them were lingering near the shore repairing their nets and tinkering with their fishing paraphernalia. 140:0.2 As Jesus started down the seashore calling the apostles, he first hailed Andrew and Peter, who were…
- [139. The Twelve Apostles](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/139-the-twelve-apostles/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 139 The Twelve Apostles 139:0.1 IT IS an eloquent testimony to the charm and righteousness of Jesus’ earth life that, although he repeatedly dashed to pieces the hopes of his apostles and tore to shreds their every ambition for personal exaltation, only one deserted him. 139:0.2 The apostles learned from Jesus about the kingdom of heaven, and Jesus learned much from them about the kingdom of men, human nature as it lives on Urantia and on the other evolutionary worlds of time and space. These twelve men represented many different types of…
- [138. Training the Kingdom’s Messengers](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/138-training-the-kingdoms-messengers/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 138 Training the Kingdom’s Messengers 138:0.1 AFTER preaching the sermon on “The Kingdom,” Jesus called the six apostles together that afternoon and began to disclose his plans for visiting the cities around and about the Sea of Galilee. His brothers James and Jude were very much hurt because they were not called to this conference. Up to this time they had regarded themselves as belonging to Jesus’ inner circle of associates. But Jesus planned to have no close relatives as members of this corps of apostolic directors of the kingdom. This failure…
- [137. Tarrying Time in Galilee](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/137-tarrying-time-in-galilee/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 137 Tarrying Time in Galilee 137:0.1 EARLY on Saturday morning, February 23, A.D. 26, Jesus came down from the hills to rejoin John’s company encamped at Pella. All that day Jesus mingled with the multitude. He ministered to a lad who had injured himself in a fall and journeyed to the near-by village of Pella to deliver the boy safely into the hands of his parents. 1. Choosing the First Four Apostles 137:1.1 During this Sabbath two of John’s leading disciples spent much time with Jesus. Of all John’s followers one named…
- [136. Baptism and the Forty Days](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/136-baptism-and-the-forty-days/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 136 Baptism and the Forty Days 136:0.1 JESUS began his public work at the height of the popular interest in John’s preaching and at a time when the Jewish people of Palestine were eagerly looking for the appearance of the Messiah. There was a great contrast between John and Jesus. John was an eager and earnest worker, but Jesus was a calm and happy laborer; only a few times in his entire life was he ever in a hurry. Jesus was a comforting consolation to the world and somewhat of an example;…
- [135. John the Baptist](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/135-john-the-baptist/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 135 John the Baptist 135:0.1 JOHN the Baptist was born March 25, 7 B.C., in accordance with the promise that Gabriel made to Elizabeth in June of the previous year. For five months Elizabeth kept secret Gabriel’s visitation; and when she told her husband, Zacharias, he was greatly troubled and fully believed her narrative only after he had an unusual dream about six weeks before the birth of John. Excepting the visit of Gabriel to Elizabeth and the dream of Zacharias, there was nothing unusual or supernatural connected with the birth of…
- [134. The Transition Years](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/134-the-transition-years/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 134 The Transition Years 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…
- [133. The Return from Rome](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/133-the-return-from-rome/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 133 The Return from Rome 133:0.1 WHEN preparing to leave Rome, Jesus said good-bye to none of his friends. The scribe of Damascus appeared in Rome without announcement and disappeared in like manner. It was a full year before those who knew and loved him gave up hope of seeing him again. Before the end of the second year small groups of those who had known him found themselves drawn together by their common interest in his teachings and through mutual memory of their good times with him. And these small groups…
- [132. The Sojourn at Rome](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/132-the-sojourn-at-rome/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 132 The Sojourn at Rome 132:0.1 SINCE Gonod carried greetings from the princes of India to Tiberius, the Roman ruler, on the third day after their arrival in Rome the two Indians and Jesus appeared before him. The morose emperor was unusually cheerful on this day and chatted long with the trio. And when they had gone from his presence, the emperor, referring to Jesus, remarked to the aide standing on his right, “If I had that fellow’s kingly bearing and gracious manner, I would be a real emperor, eh?” 132:0.2 While…
- [131. The World’s Religions](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/131-the-worlds-religions/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 131 The World’s Religions 131:0.1 DURING the Alexandrian sojourn of Jesus, Gonod, and Ganid, the young man spent much of his time and no small sum of his father’s money making a collection of the teachings of the world’s religions about God and his relations with mortal man. Ganid employed more than threescore learned translators in the making of this abstract of the religious doctrines of the world concerning the Deities. And it should be made plain in this record that all these teachings portraying monotheism were largely derived, directly or indirectly,…
- [130. On the Way to Rome](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/130-on-the-way-to-rome/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 130 On the Way to Rome 130:0.1 THE tour of the Roman world consumed most of the twenty-eighth and the entire twenty-ninth year of Jesus’ life on earth. Jesus and the two natives from India—Gonod and his son Ganid—left Jerusalem on a Sunday morning, April 26, A.D. 22. They made their journey according to schedule, and Jesus said good-bye to the father and son in the city of Charax on the Persian Gulf on the tenth day of December the following year, A.D. 23. 130:0.2 From Jerusalem they went to Caesarea by…
- [129. The Later Adult Life of Jesus](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/129-the-later-adult-life-of-jesus/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 129 The Later Adult Life of Jesus 129:0.1 JESUS had fully and finally separated himself from the management of the domestic affairs of the Nazareth family and from the immediate direction of its individuals. He continued, right up to the event of his baptism, to contribute to the family finances and to take a keen personal interest in the spiritual welfare of every one of his brothers and sisters. And always was he ready to do everything humanly possible for the comfort and happiness of his widowed mother. 129:0.2 The Son of…
- [128. Jesus’ Early Manhood](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/128-jesus-early-manhood/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 128 Jesus’ Early Manhood 128:0.1 AS JESUS of Nazareth entered upon the early years of his adult life, he had lived, and continued to live, a normal and average human life on earth. Jesus came into this world just as other children come; he had nothing to do with selecting his parents. He did choose this particular world as the planet whereon to carry out his seventh and final bestowal, his incarnation in the likeness of mortal flesh, but otherwise he entered the world in a natural manner, growing up as a…
- [127. The Adolescent Years](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/127-the-adolescent-years/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 127 The Adolescent Years 127:0.1 AS JESUS entered upon his adolescent years, he found himself the head and sole support of a large family. Within a few years after his father’s death all their property was gone. As time passed, he became increasingly conscious of his pre-existence; at the same time he began more fully to realize that he was present on earth and in the flesh for the express purpose of revealing his Paradise Father to the children of men. 127:0.2 No adolescent youth who has lived or ever will live…
- [126. The Two Crucial Years](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/126-the-two-crucial-years/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 126 The Two Crucial Years 126:0.1 OF ALL Jesus’ earth-life experiences, the fourteenth and fifteenth years were the most crucial. These two years, after he began to be self-conscious of divinity and destiny, and before he achieved a large measure of communication with his indwelling Adjuster, were the most trying of his eventful life on Urantia. It is this period of two years which should be called the great test, the real temptation. No human youth, in passing through the early confusions and adjustment problems of adolescence, ever experienced a more crucial…
- [125. Jesus at Jerusalem](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/125-jesus-at-jerusalem/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 125 Jesus at Jerusalem 125:0.1 NO INCIDENT in all Jesus’ eventful earth career was more engaging, more humanly thrilling, than this, his first remembered visit to Jerusalem. He was especially stimulated by the experience of attending the temple discussions by himself, and it long stood out in his memory as the great event of his later childhood and early youth. This was his first opportunity to enjoy a few days of independent living, the exhilaration of going and coming without restraint and restrictions. This brief period of undirected living, during the week…
- [124. The Later Childhood of Jesus](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/124-the-later-childhood-of-jesus/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 124 The Later Childhood of Jesus 124:0.1 ALTHOUGH Jesus might have enjoyed a better opportunity for schooling at Alexandria than in Galilee, he could not have had such a splendid environment for working out his own life problems with a minimum of educational guidance, at the same time enjoying the great advantage of constantly contacting with such a large number of all classes of men and women hailing from every part of the civilized world. Had he remained at Alexandria, his education would have been directed by Jews and along exclusively Jewish…
- [123. The Early Childhood of Jesus](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/123-the-early-childhood-of-jesus/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 123 The Early Childhood of Jesus 123:0.1 OWING to the uncertainties and anxieties of their sojourn in Bethlehem, Mary did not wean the babe until they had arrived safely in Alexandria, where the family was able to settle down to a normal life. They lived with kinsfolk, and Joseph was well able to support his family as he secured work shortly after their arrival. He was employed as a carpenter for several months and then elevated to the position of foreman of a large group of workmen employed on one of the…
- [122. Birth and Infancy of Jesus](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/122-birth-and-infancy-of-jesus/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 122 Birth and Infancy of Jesus 122:0.1 IT WILL hardly be possible fully to explain the many reasons which led to the selection of Palestine as the land for Michael’s bestowal, and especially as to just why the family of Joseph and Mary should have been chosen as the immediate setting for the appearance of this Son of God on Urantia. 122:0.2 After a study of the special report on the status of segregated worlds prepared by the Melchizedeks, in counsel with Gabriel, Michael finally chose Urantia as the planet whereon to…
- [121. The Times of Michael’s Bestowal](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/121-the-times-of-michaels-bestowal/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 121 The Times of Michael’s Bestowal 121:0.1ACTING under the supervision of a commission of twelve members of the United Brotherhood of Urantia Midwayers, conjointly sponsored by the presiding head of our order and the Melchizedek of record, I am the secondary midwayer of onetime attachment to the Apostle Andrew, and I am authorized to place on record the narrative of the life transactions of Jesus of Nazareth as they were observed by my order of earth creatures, and as they were subsequently partially recorded by the human subject of my temporal guardianship.…
- [120. The Bestowal of Michael on Urantia](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-4/120-the-bestowal-of-michael-on-urantia/): Part IV. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Paper 120 The Bestowal of Michael on Urantia 120:0.1 ASSIGNED by Gabriel to supervise the restatement of the life of Michael when on Urantia and in the likeness of mortal flesh, I, the Melchizedek director of the revelatory commission intrusted with this task, am authorized to present this narrative of certain events which immediately preceded the Creator Son’s arrival on Urantia to embark upon the terminal phase of his universe bestowal experience. To live such identical lives as he imposes upon the intelligent beings of his own creation, thus to bestow himself in…
- [119. The Bestowals of Christ Michael](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-3/119-the-bestowals-of-christ-michael/): Part III. The History of Urantia Paper 119 The Bestowals of Christ Michael 119:0.1 CHIEF of the Evening Stars of Nebadon, I am assigned to Urantia by Gabriel on the mission of revealing the story of the seven bestowals of the Universe Sovereign, Michael of Nebadon, and my name is Gavalia. In making this presentation, I will adhere strictly to the limitations imposed by my commission. 119:0.2 The attribute of bestowal is inherent in the Paradise Sons of the Universal Father. In their desire to come close to the life experiences of their subordinate living creatures, the various orders of the…
- [118. Supreme and Ultimate—Time and Space](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-3/118-supreme-and-ultimate-time-and-space/): Part III. The History of Urantia Paper 118 Supreme and Ultimate—Time and Space 118:0.1 CONCERNING the several natures of Deity, it may be said: 118:0.2 1. The Father is self-existent self. 118:0.3 2. The Son is coexistent self. 118:0.4 3. The Spirit is conjoint-existent self. 118:0.5 4. The Supreme is evolutionary-experiential self. 118:0.6 5. The Sevenfold is self-distributive divinity. 118:0.7 6. The Ultimate is transcendental-experiential self. 118:0.8 7. The Absolute is existential-experiential self. 118:0.9 While God the Sevenfold is indispensable to the evolutionary attainment of the Supreme, the Supreme is also indispensable to the eventual emergence of the Ultimate. And the…
- [117. God the Supreme](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-3/117-god-the-supreme/): Part III. The History of Urantia Paper 117 God the Supreme 117:0.1 TO THE extent that we do the will of God in whatever universe station we may have our existence, in that measure the almighty potential of the Supreme becomes one step more actual. The will of God is the purpose of the First Source and Center as it is potentialized in the three Absolutes, personalized in the Eternal Son, conjoined for universe action in the Infinite Spirit, and eternalized in the everlasting patterns of Paradise. And God the Supreme is becoming the highest finite manifestation of the total will…
- [116. The Almighty Supreme](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-3/116-the-almighty-supreme/): Part III. The History of Urantia Paper 116 The Almighty Supreme 116:0.1 IF MAN recognized that his Creators—his immediate supervisors—while being divine were also finite, and that the God of time and space was an evolving and nonabsolute Deity, then would the inconsistencies of temporal inequalities cease to be profound religious paradoxes. No longer would religious faith be prostituted to the promotion of social smugness in the fortunate while serving only to encourage stoical resignation in the unfortunate victims of social deprivation. 116:0.2 When viewing the exquisitely perfect spheres of Havona, it is both reasonable and logical to believe they were…
- [115. The Supreme Being](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-3/115-the-supreme-being/): Part III. The History of Urantia Paper 115 The Supreme Being 115:0.1 WITH God the Father, sonship is the great relationship. With God the Supreme, achievement is the prerequisite to status—one must do something as well as be something. 1. Relativity of Concept Frames 115:1.1 Partial, incomplete, and evolving intellects would be helpless in the master universe, would be unable to form the first rational thought pattern, were it not for the innate ability of all mind, high or low, to form a universe frame in which to think. If mind cannot fathom conclusions, if it cannot penetrate to true origins,…
- [114. Seraphic Planetary Government](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-3/114-seraphic-planetary-government/): Part III. The History of Urantia Paper 114 Seraphic Planetary Government 114:0.1 THE Most Highs rule in the kingdoms of men through many celestial forces and agencies but chiefly through the ministry of seraphim. 114:0.2 At noon today the roll call of planetary angels, guardians, and others on Urantia was 501,234,619 pairs of seraphim. There were assigned to my command two hundred seraphic hosts—597,196,800 pairs of seraphim, or 1,194,393,600 individual angels. The registry, however, shows 1,002,469,238 individuals; it follows therefore that 191,924,362 angels were absent from this world on transport, messenger, and death duty. (On Urantia there are about the same…
- [113. Seraphic Guardians of Destiny](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-3/113-seraphic-guardians-of-destiny/): Part III. The History of Urantia Paper 113 Seraphic Guardians of Destiny 113:0.1 HAVING presented the narratives of the Ministering Spirits of Time and the Messenger Hosts of Space, we come to the consideration of the guardian angels, seraphim devoted to the ministry to individual mortals, for whose elevation and perfection all of the vast survival scheme of spiritual progression has been provided. In past ages on Urantia, these destiny guardians were about the only group of angels that had recognition. The planetary seraphim are indeed ministering spirits sent forth to do service for those who shall survive. These attending seraphim…
- [112. Personality Survival](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-3/112-personality-survival/): Part III. The History of Urantia Paper 112 Personality Survival 112:0.1 THE evolutionary planets are the spheres of human origin, the initial worlds of the ascending mortal career. Urantia is your starting point; here you and your divine Thought Adjuster are joined in temporary union. You have been endowed with a perfect guide; therefore, if you will sincerely run the race of time and gain the final goal of faith, the reward of the ages shall be yours; you will be eternally united with your indwelling Adjuster. Then will begin your real life, the ascending life, to which your present mortal…
- [111. The Adjuster and the Soul](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-3/111-the-adjuster-and-the-soul/): Part III. The History of Urantia Paper 111 The Adjuster and the Soul 111:0.1 THE presence of the divine Adjuster in the human mind makes it forever impossible for either science or philosophy to attain a satisfactory comprehension of the evolving soul of the human personality. The morontia soul is the child of the universe and may be really known only through cosmic insight and spiritual discovery. 111:0.2 The concept of a soul and of an indwelling spirit is not new to Urantia; it has frequently appeared in the various systems of planetary beliefs. Many of the Oriental as well as…
- [110. Relation of Adjusters to Individual Mortals](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-3/110-relation-of-adjusters-to-individual-mortals/): Part III. The History of Urantia Paper 110 Relation of Adjusters to Individual Mortals 110:0.1 THE endowment of imperfect beings with freedom entails inevitable tragedy, and it is the nature of the perfect ancestral Deity to universally and affectionately share these sufferings in loving companionship. 110:0.2 As far as I am conversant with the affairs of a universe, I regard the love and devotion of a Thought Adjuster as the most truly divine affection in all creation. The love of the Sons in their ministry to the races is superb, but the devotion of an Adjuster to the individual is touchingly…
- [109. Relation of Adjusters to Universe Creatures](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-3/109-relation-of-adjusters-to-universe-creatures/): Part III. The History of Urantia Paper 109 Relation of Adjusters to Universe Creatures 109:0.1 THE Thought Adjusters are the children of the universe career, and indeed the virgin Adjusters must gain experience while mortal creatures grow and develop. As the personality of the human child expands for the struggles of evolutionary existence, so does the Adjuster wax great in the rehearsals of the next stage of ascending life. As the child acquires adaptative versatility for his adult activities through the social and play life of early childhood, so does the indwelling Adjuster achieve skill for the next stage of cosmic…
- [108. Mission and Ministry of Thought Adjusters](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-3/108-mission-and-ministry-of-thought-adjusters/): Part III. The History of Urantia Paper 108 Mission and Ministry of Thought Adjusters 108:0.1 THE mission of the Thought Adjusters to the human races is to represent, to be, the Universal Father to the mortal creatures of time and space; that is the fundamental work of the divine gifts. Their mission is also that of elevating the mortal minds and of translating the immortal souls of men up to the divine heights and spiritual levels of Paradise perfection. And in the experience of thus transforming the human nature of the temporal creature into the divine nature of the eternal finaliter,…
- [107. Origin and Nature of Thought Adjusters](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-3/107-origin-and-nature-of-thought-adjusters/): Part III. The History of Urantia Paper 107 Origin and Nature of Thought Adjusters 107:0.1 ALTHOUGH the Universal Father is personally resident on Paradise, at the very center of the universes, he is also actually present on the worlds of space in the minds of his countless children of time, for he indwells them as the Mystery Monitors. The eternal Father is at one and the same time farthest removed from, and most intimately associated with, his planetary mortal sons. 107:0.2 The Adjusters are the actuality of the Father’s love incarnate in the souls of men; they are the veritable promise…
- [106. Universe Levels of Reality](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-3/106-universe-levels-of-reality/): Part III. The History of Urantia Paper 106 Universe Levels of Reality 106:0.1 IT IS not enough that the ascending mortal should know something of the relations of Deity to the genesis and manifestations of cosmic reality; he should also comprehend something of the relationships existing between himself and the numerous levels of existential and experiential realities, of potential and actual realities. Man’s terrestrial orientation, his cosmic insight, and his spiritual directionization are all enhanced by a better comprehension of universe realities and their techniques of interassociation, integration, and unification. 106:0.2 The present grand universe and the emerging master universe are…
- [105. Deity and Reality](https://midwayer.com/the-urantia-book/part-3/105-deity-and-reality/): Part III. The History of Urantia Paper 105 Deity and Reality 105:0.1 TO EVEN high orders of universe intelligences infinity is only partially comprehensible, and the finality of reality is only relatively understandable. The human mind, as it seeks to penetrate the eternity-mystery of the origin and destiny of all that is called real, may helpfully approach the problem by conceiving eternity-infinity as an almost limitless ellipse which is produced by one absolute cause, and which functions throughout this universal circle of endless diversification, ever seeking some absolute and infinite potential of destiny. 105:0.2 When the mortal intellect attempts to grasp…

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