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Urantia Book Paper 126 The Two Crucial Years
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SPIRITWEB ORG, PROMOTING SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS ON THE INTERNET.
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Subjects Archive The Urantia Book Urantia Book PART IV: The Life and Teachings
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of Jesus : The Bestowal Of Michael On Urantia The Times Of Michael's Bestowal
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Birth And Infancy Of Jesus The Early Childhood Of Jesus The Later Childhood Of
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Jesus Jesus At Jerusalem The Two Crucial Years The Adolescent Years Jesus'
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Early Manhood The Later Adult Life Of Jesus On The Way To Rome The World's
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Religions The Sojourn At Rome The Return From Rome The Transition Years John
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The Baptist Baptism And The Forty Days Tarrying Time In Galilee Training The
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Kingdom's Messengers The Twelve Apostles The Ordination Of The Twelve Beginning
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The Public Work The Passover At Jerusalem Going Through Samaria At Gilboa And
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In The Decapolis Four Eventful Days At Capernaum First Preaching Tour Of
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Galilee The Interlude Visit To Jerusalem Training Evangelists At Bethsaida The
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Second Preaching Tour The Third Preaching Tour Tarrying And Teaching By The
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Seaside Events Leading Up To The Capernaum Crisis The Crisis At Capernaum Last
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Days At Capernaum Fleeing Through Northern Galilee The Sojourn At Tyre And
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Sidon At Caesarea-philippi The Mount Of Transfiguration The Decapolis Tour
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Rodan Of Alexandria Further Discussions With Rodan At The Feast Of Tabernacles
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Ordination Of The Seventy At Magadan At The Feast Of Dedication The Perean
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Mission Begins Last Visit To Northern Perea The Visit To Philadelphia The
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Resurrection Of Lazarus Last Teaching At Pella The Kingdom Of Heaven On The Way
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To Jerusalem Going Into Jerusalem Monday In Jerusalem ...
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Paper 126 The Two Crucial Years
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Introduction
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OF ALL Jesus' earth-life experiences, the fourteenth and fifteenth years were
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the most crucial. These two years, after he began to be self-conscious of
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divinity and destiny, and before he achieved a large measure of communication
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with his indwelling Adjuster, were the most trying of his eventful life on
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Urantia. It is this period of two years which should be called the great test,
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the real temptation. No human youth, in passing through the early confusions
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and adjustment problems of adolescence, ever experienced a more crucial testing
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than that which Jesus passed through during his transition from childhood to
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young manhood.
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This important period in Jesus' youthful development began with the conclusion
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of the Jerusalem visit and with his return to Nazareth. At first Mary was happy
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in the thought that she had her boy back once more, that Jesus had returned
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home to be a dutiful son--not that he was ever anything else--and that he would
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henceforth be more responsive to her plans for his future life. But she was not
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for long to bask in this sunshine of maternal delusion and unrecognized family
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pride; very soon she was to be more completely disillusioned. More and more the
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boy was in the company of his father; less and less did he come to her with his
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problems, while increasingly both his parents failed to comprehend his frequent
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alternation between the affairs of this world and the contemplation of his
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relation to his Father's business. Frankly, they did not understand him, but
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they did truly love him.
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As he grew older, Jesus' pity and love for the Jewish people deepened, but with
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the passing years, there developed in his mind a growing righteous resentment
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of the presence in the Father's temple of the politically appointed priests.
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Jesus had great respect for the sincere Pharisees and the honest scribes, but
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he held the hypocritical Pharisees and the dishonest theologians in great
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contempt; he looked with disdain upon all those religious leaders who were not
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sincere. When he scrutinized the leadership of Israel, he was sometimes tempted
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to look with favor on the possibility of his becoming the Messiah of Jewish
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expectation, but he never yielded to such a temptation.
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The story of his exploits among the wise men of the temple in Jerusalem was
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gratifying to all Nazareth, especially to his former teachers in the synagogue
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school. For a time his praise was on everybody's lips. All the village
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recounted his childhood wisdom and praiseworthy conduct and predicted that he
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was destined to become a great leader in Israel; at last a really great teacher
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was to come out of Nazareth in Galilee. And they all looked forward to the time
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when he
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would be fifteen years of age so that he might be permitted regularly to read
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the Scriptures in the synagogue on the Sabbath day.
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1. HIS FOURTEENTH YEAR (A.D. 8)
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This is the calendar year of his fourteenth birthday. He had become a good yoke
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maker and worked well with both canvas and leather. He was also rapidly
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developing into an expert carpenter and cabinetmaker. This summer he made
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frequent trips to the top of the hill to the northwest of Nazareth for prayer
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and meditation. He was gradually becoming more self-conscious of the nature of
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his bestowal on earth.
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This hill, a little more than one hundred years previously, had been the "high
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place of Baal," and now it was the site of the tomb of Simeon, a reputed holy
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man of Israel. From the summit of this hill of Simeon, Jesus looked out over
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Nazareth and the surrounding country. He would gaze upon Megiddo and recall the
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story of the Egyptian army winning its first great victory in Asia; and how,
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later on, another such army defeated the Judean king Josiah. Not far away he
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could look upon Taanach, where Deborah and Barak defeated Sisera. In the
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distance he could view the hills of Dothan, where he had been taught Joseph's
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brethren sold him into Egyptian slavery. He then would shift his gaze over to
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Ebal and Gerizim and recount to himself the traditions of Abraham, Jacob, and
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Abimelech. And thus he recalled and turned over in his mind the historic and
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traditional events of his father Joseph's people.
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He continued to carry on his advanced courses of reading under the synagogue
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teachers, and he also continued with the home education of his brothers and
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sisters as they grew up to suitable ages.
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Early this year Joseph arranged to set aside the income from his Nazareth and
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Capernaum property to pay for Jesus' long course of study at Jerusalem, it
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having been planned that he should go to Jerusalem in August of the following
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year when he would be fifteen years of age.
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By the beginning of this year both Joseph and Mary entertained frequent doubts
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about the destiny of their first-born son. He was indeed a brilliant and
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lovable child, but he was so difficult to understand, so hard to fathom, and
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again, nothing extraordinary or miraculous ever happened. Scores of times had
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his proud mother stood in breathless anticipation, expecting to see her son
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engage in some superhuman or miraculous performance, but always were her hopes
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dashed down in cruel disappointment. And all this was discouraging, even
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disheartening. The devout people of those days truly believed that prophets and
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men of promise always demonstrated their calling and established their divine
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authority by performing miracles and working wonders. But Jesus did none of
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these things; wherefore was the confusion of his parents steadily increased as
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they contemplated his future.
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The improved economic condition of the Nazareth family was reflected in many
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ways about the home and especially in the increased number of smooth white
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boards which were used as writing slates, the writing being done with charcoal.
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Jesus was also permitted to resume his music lessons; he was very fond of
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playing the harp.
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Throughout this year it can truly be said that Jesus "grew in favor with man
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and with God." The prospects of the family seemed good; the future was bright.
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2. THE DEATH OF JOSEPH
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All did go well until that fateful day of Tuesday, September 25, when a runner
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from Sepphoris brought to this Nazareth home the tragic news that Joseph had
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been severely injured by the falling of a derrick while at work on the
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governor's residence. The messenger from Sepphoris had stopped at the shop on
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the way to Joseph's home, informing Jesus of his father's accident, and they
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went together to the house to break the sad news to Mary. Jesus desired to go
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immediately to his father, but Mary would hear to nothing but that she must
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hasten to her husband's side. She directed that James, then ten years of age,
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should accompany her to Sepphoris while Jesus remained home with the younger
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children until she should return, as she did not know how seriously Joseph had
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been injured. But Joseph died of his injuries before Mary arrived. They brought
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him to Nazareth, and on the following day he was laid to rest with his fathers.
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Just at the time when prospects were good and the future looked bright, an
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apparently cruel hand struck down the head of this Nazareth household, the
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affairs of this home were disrupted, and every plan for Jesus and his future
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education was demolished. This carpenter lad, now just past fourteen years of
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age, awakened to the realization that he had not only to fulfill the commission
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of his heavenly Father to reveal the divine nature on earth and in the flesh,
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but that his young human nature must also shoulder the responsibility of caring
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for his widowed mother and seven brothers and sisters--and another yet to be
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born. This lad of Nazareth now became the sole support and comfort of this so
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suddenly bereaved family. Thus were permitted those occurrences of the natural
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order of events on Urantia which would force this young man of destiny so early
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to assume these heavy but highly educational and disciplinary responsibilities
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attendant upon becoming the head of a human family, of becoming father to his
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own brothers and sisters, of supporting and protecting his mother, of
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functioning as guardian of his father's home, the only home he was to know
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while on this world.
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Jesus cheerfully accepted the responsibilities so suddenly thrust upon him, and
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he carried them faithfully to the end. At least one great problem and
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anticipated difficulty in his life had been tragically solved--he would not now
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be expected to go to Jerusalem to study under the rabbis. It remained always
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true that Jesus "sat at no man's feet." He was ever willing to learn from even
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the humblest of little children, but he never derived authority to teach truth
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from human sources.
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Still he knew nothing of the Gabriel visit to his mother before his birth; he
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only learned of this from John on the day of his baptism, at the beginning of
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his public ministry.
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As the years passed, this young carpenter of Nazareth increasingly measured
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every institution of society and every usage of religion by the unvarying test:
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What does it do for the human soul? does it bring God to man? does it bring man
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to God? While this youth did not wholly neglect the recreational and social
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aspects of life, more and more he devoted his time and energies to just two
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purposes: the care of his family and the preparation to do his Father's
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heavenly will on earth.
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This year it became the custom for the neighbors to drop in during the winter
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evenings to hear Jesus play upon the harp, to listen to his stories (for the
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lad was a master storyteller), and to hear him read from the Greek scriptures.
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The economic affairs of the family continued to run fairly smoothly as there
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was quite a sum of money on hand at the time of Joseph's death. Jesus early
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demonstrated the possession of keen business judgment and financial sagacity.
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He was liberal but frugal; he was saving but generous. He proved to be a wise
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and efficient administrator of his father's estate.
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But in spite of all that Jesus and the Nazareth neighbors could do to bring
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cheer into the home, Mary, and even the children, were overcast with sadness.
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Joseph was gone. Joseph was an unusual husband and father, and they all missed
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him. And it seemed all the more tragic to think that he died ere they could
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speak to him or hear his farewell blessing.
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3. THE FIFTEENTH YEAR (A.D. 9)
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By the middle of this fifteenth year--and we are reckoning time in accordance
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with the twentieth-century calendar, not by the Jewish year--Jesus had taken a
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firm grasp upon the management of his family. Before this year had passed,
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their savings had about disappeared, and they were face to face with the
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necessity of disposing of one of the Nazareth houses which Joseph and his
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neighbor Jacob owned in partnership.
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On Wednesday evening, April 17, A.D. 9, Ruth, the baby of the family, was born,
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and to the best of his ability Jesus endeavored to take the place of his father
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in comforting and ministering to his mother during this trying and peculiarly
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sad ordeal. For almost a score of years (until he began his public ministry) no
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father could have loved and nurtured his daughter any more affectionately and
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faithfully than Jesus cared for little Ruth. And he was an equally good father
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to all the other members of his family.
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During this year Jesus first formulated the prayer which he subsequently taught
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to his apostles, and which to many has become known as "The Lord's Prayer." In
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a way it was an evolution of the family altar; they had many forms of praise
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and several formal prayers. After his father's death Jesus tried to teach the
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older children to express themselves individually in prayer--much as he so
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enjoyed doing--but they could not grasp his thought and would invariably fall
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back upon their memorized prayer forms. It was in this effort to stimulate his
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older brothers and sisters to say individual prayers that Jesus would endeavor
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to lead them along by suggestive phrases, and presently, without intention on
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his part, it developed that they were all using a form of prayer which was
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largely built up from these suggestive lines which Jesus had taught them.
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At last Jesus gave up the idea of having each member of the family formulate
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spontaneous prayers, and one evening in October he sat down by the little squat
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lamp on the low stone table, and, on a piece of smooth cedar board about
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eighteen inches square, with a piece of charcoal he wrote out the prayer which
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became from that time on the standard family petition.
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This year Jesus was much troubled with confused thinking. Family responsibility
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had quite effectively removed all thought of immediately carrying out any plan
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for responding to the Jerusalem visitation directing him to "be about his
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Father's business." Jesus rightly reasoned that the watchcare of his earthly
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father's family must take precedence of all duties; that the support of his
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family must become his first obligation.
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In the course of this year Jesus found a passage in the so-called Book of Enoch
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which influenced him in the later adoption of the term "Son of Man" as a
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designation for his bestowal mission on Urantia. He had thoroughly considered
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the idea of the Jewish Messiah and was firmly convinced that he was not to be
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that Messiah. He longed to help his father's people, but he never expected to
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lead Jewish armies in overthrowing the foreign domination of Palestine. He knew
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he would never sit on the throne of David at Jerusalem. Neither did he believe
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that his mission was that of a spiritual deliverer or moral teacher solely to
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the Jewish people. In no sense, therefore, could his life mission be the
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fulfillment of the intense longings and supposed Messianic prophecies of the
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Hebrew scriptures; at least, not as the Jews understood these predictions of
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the prophets. Likewise he was certain he was never to appear as the Son of Man
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depicted by the Prophet Daniel.
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But when the time came for him to go forth as a world teacher, what would he
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call himself? What claim should he make concerning his mission? By what name
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would he be called by the people who would become believers in his teachings?
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While turning all these problems over in his mind, he found in the synagogue
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library at Nazareth, among the apocalyptic books which he had been studying,
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this manuscript called "The Book of Enoch"; and though he was certain that it
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had not been written by Enoch of old, it proved very intriguing to him, and he
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read and reread it many times. There was one passage which particularly
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impressed him, a passage in which this term "Son of Man" appeared. The writer
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of this so-called Book of Enoch went on to tell about this Son of Man,
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describing the work he would do on earth and explaining that this Son of Man,
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before coming down on this earth to bring salvation to mankind, had walked
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through the courts of heavenly glory with his Father, the Father of all; and
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that he had turned his back upon all this grandeur and glory to come down on
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earth to proclaim salvation to needy mortals. As Jesus would read these
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passages (well understanding that much of the Eastern mysticism which had
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become admixed with these teachings was erroneous), he responded in his heart
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and recognized in his mind that of all the Messianic predictions of the Hebrew
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scriptures and of all the theories about the Jewish deliverer, none was so near
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the truth as this story tucked away in this only partially accredited Book of
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Enoch; and he then and there decided to adopt as his inaugural title "the Son
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of Man." And this he did when he subsequently began his public work. Jesus had
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an unerring ability for the recognition of truth, and truth he never hesitated
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to embrace, no matter from what source it appeared to emanate.
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By this time he had quite thoroughly settled many things about his forthcoming
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work for the world, but he said nothing of these matters to his mother, who
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still held stoutly to the idea of his being the Jewish Messiah.
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The great confusion of Jesus' younger days now arose. Having settled something
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about the nature of his mission on earth, "to be about his Father's
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business"--to show forth his Father's loving nature to all mankind--he began to
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ponder anew the many statements in the Scriptures referring to the coming of a
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national deliverer, a Jewish teacher or king. To what event did these
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prophecies refer? Was not he a Jew? or was he? Was he or was he not of the
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house of David? His
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mother averred he was; his father had ruled that he was not. He decided he was
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not. But had the prophets confused the nature and mission of the Messiah?
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After all, could it be possible that his mother was right? In most matters,
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when differences of opinion had arisen in the past, she had been right. If he
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were a new teacher and not the Messiah, then how should he recognize the Jewish
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Messiah if such a one should appear in Jerusalem during the time of his earth
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mission; and, further, what should be his relation to this Jewish Messiah? And
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what should be his relation, after embarking on his life mission, to his
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family? to the Jewish commonwealth and religion? to the Roman Empire? to the
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gentiles and their religions? Each of these momentous problems this young
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Galilean turned over in his mind and seriously pondered while he continued to
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work at the carpenter's bench, laboriously making a living for himself, his
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mother, and eight other hungry mouths.
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Before the end of this year Mary saw the family funds diminishing. She turned
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the sale of doves over to James. Presently they bought a second cow, and with
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the aid of Miriam they began the sale of milk to their Nazareth neighbors.
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His profound periods of meditation, his frequent journeys to the hilltop for
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prayer, and the many strange ideas which Jesus advanced from time to time,
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thoroughly alarmed his mother. Sometimes she thought the lad was beside
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himself, and then she would steady her fears, remembering that he was, after
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all, a child of promise and in some manner different from other youths.
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But Jesus was learning not to speak of all his thoughts, not to present all his
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ideas to the world, not even to his own mother. From this year on, Jesus'
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disclosures about what was going on in his mind steadily diminished; that is,
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he talked less about those things which an average person could not grasp, and
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which would lead to his being regarded as peculiar or different from ordinary
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folks. To all appearances he became commonplace and conventional, though he did
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long for someone who could understand his problems. He craved a trustworthy and
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confidential friend, but his problems were too complex for his human associates
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to comprehend. The uniqueness of the unusual situation compelled him to bear
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his burdens alone.
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4. FIRST SERMON IN THE SYNAGOGUE
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With the coming of his fifteenth birthday, Jesus could officially occupy the
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synagogue pulpit on the Sabbath day. Many times before, in the absence of
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speakers, Jesus had been asked to read the Scriptures, but now the day had come
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when, according to law, he could conduct the service. Therefore on the first
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Sabbath after his fifteenth birthday the chazan arranged for Jesus to conduct
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the morning service of the synagogue. And when all the faithful in Nazareth had
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assembled, the young man, having made his selection of Scriptures, stood up and
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began to read:
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"The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me; he has
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sent me to bring good news to the meek, to bind up the brokenhearted, to
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proclaim liberty to the captives, and to set the spiritual prisoners free; to
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proclaim the year of God's favor and the day of our God's reckoning; to comfort
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all mourners, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy in the place of
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mourning, a song of praise instead of the spirit of sorrow, that they may be
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called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, wherewith he may be
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glorified.
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"Seek good and not evil that you may live, and so the Lord, the God of hosts,
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shall be with you. Hate the evil and love the good; establish judgment in the
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gate. Perhaps the Lord God will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
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"Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from
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before my eyes; cease to do evil and learn to do good; seek justice, relieve
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the oppressed. Defend the fatherless and plead for the widow.
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"Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, to bow myself before the Lord of all
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the earth? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year
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old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, ten thousands of sheep,
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or with rivers of oil? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the
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fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? No! for the Lord has showed us, O men,
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what is good. And what does the Lord require of you but to deal justly, love
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mercy, and walk humbly with your God?
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"To whom, then, will you liken God who sits upon the circle of the earth? Lift
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up your eyes and behold who has created all these worlds, who brings forth
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their host by number and calls them all by their names. He does all these
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things by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power, not
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one fails. He gives power to the weak, and to those who are weary he increases
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strength. Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I
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will strengthen you and I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right
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hand of my righteousness, for I am the Lord your God. And I will hold your
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right hand, saying to you, fear not, for I will help you.
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"And you are my witness, says the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen that
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all may know and believe me and understand that I am the Eternal. I, even I, am
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the Lord, and beside me there is no savior."
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And when he had thus read, he sat down, and the people went to their homes,
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pondering over the words which he had so graciously read to them. Never had his
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townspeople seen him so magnificently solemn; never had they heard his voice so
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earnest and so sincere; never had they observed him so manly and decisive, so
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authoritative.
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This Sabbath afternoon Jesus climbed the Nazareth hill with James and, when
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they returned home, wrote out the Ten Commandments in Greek on two smooth
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boards in charcoal. Subsequently Martha colored and decorated these boards, and
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for long they hung on the wall over James's small workbench.
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5. THE FINANCIAL STRUGGLE
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Gradually Jesus and his family returned to the simple life of their earlier
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years. Their clothes and even their food became simpler. They had plenty of
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milk, butter, and cheese. In season they enjoyed the produce of their garden,
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but each passing month necessitated the practice of greater frugality. Their
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breakfasts were very plain; they saved their best food for the evening meal.
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However, among these Jews lack of wealth did not imply social inferiority.
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Already had this youth well-nigh encompassed the comprehension of how men lived
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in his day. And how well he understood life in the home, field, and workshop is
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shown by his subsequent teachings, which so repletely reveal his intimate
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contact with all phases of human experience.
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The Nazareth chazan continued to cling to the belief that Jesus was to become a
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great teacher, probably the successor of the renowned Gamaliel at Jerusalem.
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Apparently all Jesus' plans for a career were thwarted. The future did not look
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bright as matters now developed. But he did not falter; he was not discouraged.
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He lived on, day by day, doing well the present duty and faithfully discharging
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the immediate responsibilities of his station in life. Jesus' life is the
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everlasting comfort of all disappointed idealists.
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The pay of a common day-laboring carpenter was slowly diminishing. By the end
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of this year Jesus could earn, by working early and late, only the equivalent
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of about twenty-five cents a day. By the next year they found it difficult to
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pay the civil taxes, not to mention the synagogue assessments and the temple
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tax of one-half shekel. During this year the tax collector tried to squeeze
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extra revenue out of Jesus, even threatening to take his harp.
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Fearing that the copy of the Greek scriptures might be discovered and
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confiscated by the tax collectors, Jesus, on his fifteenth birthday, presented
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it to the Nazareth synagogue library as his maturity offering to the Lord.
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The great shock of his fifteenth year came when Jesus went over to Sepphoris to
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receive the decision of Herod regarding the appeal taken to him in the dispute
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about the amount of money due Joseph at the time of his accidental death. Jesus
|
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and Mary had hoped for the receipt of a considerable sum of money when the
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treasurer at Sepphoris had offered them a paltry amount. Joseph's brothers had
|
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taken an appeal to Herod himself, and now Jesus stood in the palace and heard
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Herod decree that his father had nothing due him at the time of his death. And
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for such an unjust decision Jesus never again trusted Herod Antipas. It is not
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surprising that he once alluded to Herod as "that fox."
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The close work at the carpenter's bench during this and subsequent years
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||
deprived Jesus of the opportunity of mingling with the caravan passengers. The
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family supply shop had already been taken over by his uncle, and Jesus worked
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altogether in the home shop, where he was near to help Mary with the family.
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About this time he began sending James up to the camel lot to gather
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information about world events, and thus he sought to keep in touch with the
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news of the day.
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As he grew up to manhood, he passed through all those conflicts and confusions
|
||
which the average young persons of previous and subsequent ages have undergone.
|
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And the rigorous experience of supporting his family was a sure safeguard
|
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against his having overmuch time for idle meditation or the indulgence of
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mystic tendencies.
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This was the year that Jesus rented a considerable piece of land just to the
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north of their home, which was divided up as a family garden plot. Each of the
|
||
older children had an individual garden, and they entered into keen competition
|
||
in their agricultural efforts. Their eldest brother spent some time with them
|
||
in the garden each day during the season of vegetable cultivation. As Jesus
|
||
worked with his younger brothers and sisters in the garden, he many times
|
||
entertained the wish that they were all located on a farm out in the country
|
||
where they could enjoy the liberty and freedom of an unhampered life. But they
|
||
did not find themselves growing up in the country; and Jesus, being a
|
||
thoroughly practical youth as well as an idealist, intelligently and vigorously
|
||
attacked his problem just as he found it, and did everything within his power
|
||
to adjust himself and his family to the realities of their situation and to
|
||
adapt their condition to the highest possible satisfaction of their individual
|
||
and collective longings.
|
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At one time Jesus faintly hoped that he might be able to gather up sufficient
|
||
means, provided they could collect the considerable sum of money due his father
|
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for work on Herod's palace, to warrant undertaking the purchase of a small
|
||
farm. He had really given serious thought to this plan of moving his family out
|
||
into the country. But when Herod refused to pay them any of the funds due
|
||
Joseph, they gave up the ambition of owning a home in the country. As it was,
|
||
they contrived to enjoy much of the experience of farm life as they now had
|
||
three cows, four sheep, a flock of chickens, a donkey, and a dog, in addition
|
||
to the doves. Even the little tots had their regular duties to perform in the
|
||
well-regulated scheme of management which characterized the home life of this
|
||
Nazareth family.
|
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|
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With the close of this fifteenth year Jesus completed the traversal of that
|
||
dangerous and difficult period in human existence, that time of transition
|
||
between the more complacent years of childhood and the consciousness of
|
||
approaching manhood with its increased responsibilities and opportunities for
|
||
the acquirement of advanced experience in the development of a noble character.
|
||
The growth period for mind and body had ended, and now began the real career of
|
||
this young man of Nazareth.
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Subjects Archive The Urantia Book Urantia Book PART IV: The Life and Teachings
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of Jesus : The Bestowal Of Michael On Urantia The Times Of Michael's Bestowal
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Birth And Infancy Of Jesus The Early Childhood Of Jesus The Later Childhood Of
|
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Jesus Jesus At Jerusalem The Two Crucial Years The Adolescent Years Jesus'
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Early Manhood The Later Adult Life Of Jesus On The Way To Rome The World's
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Religions The Sojourn At Rome The Return From Rome The Transition Years John
|
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The Baptist Baptism And The Forty Days Tarrying Time In Galilee Training The
|
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Kingdom's Messengers The Twelve Apostles The Ordination Of The Twelve Beginning
|
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The Public Work The Passover At Jerusalem Going Through Samaria At Gilboa And
|
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In The Decapolis Four Eventful Days At Capernaum First Preaching Tour Of
|
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Galilee The Interlude Visit To Jerusalem Training Evangelists At Bethsaida The
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Second Preaching Tour The Third Preaching Tour Tarrying And Teaching By The
|
||
Seaside Events Leading Up To The Capernaum Crisis The Crisis At Capernaum Last
|
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Days At Capernaum Fleeing Through Northern Galilee The Sojourn At Tyre And
|
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Sidon At Caesarea-philippi The Mount Of Transfiguration The Decapolis Tour
|
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Rodan Of Alexandria Further Discussions With Rodan At The Feast Of Tabernacles
|
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Ordination Of The Seventy At Magadan At The Feast Of Dedication The Perean
|
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Mission Begins Last Visit To Northern Perea The Visit To Philadelphia The
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Resurrection Of Lazarus Last Teaching At Pella The Kingdom Of Heaven On The Way
|
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To Jerusalem Going Into Jerusalem Monday In Jerusalem Tuesday Morning In The
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Temple The Last Temple Discourse Tuesday Evening On Mount Olivet Wednesday, The
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Rest Day Last Day At The Camp The Last Supper The Farewell Discourse Final
|
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Admonitions And Warnings In Gethsemane The Betrayal And Arrest Of Jesus Before
|
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The Sanhedrin Court The Trial Before Pilate Just Before The Crucifixion The
|
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Crucifixion The Time Of The Tomb The Resurrection Morontia Appearances Of Jesus
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Appearances To The Apostles And Other Leaders Appearances In Galilee Final
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Appearances And Ascension Bestowal Of The Spirit Of Truth After Pentecost The
|
||
Faith Of Jesus
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