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P.1752 – §1 It was near sundown on
\n Friday afternoon, August 12, A.D. 29, when Jesus and his associates reached
\n the foot of Mount Hermon, near the very place where the lad Tiglath once
\n waited while the Master ascended the mountain alone to settle the spiritual
\n destinies of Urantia and technically to terminate the Lucifer rebellion.
\n And here they sojourned for two days in spiritual preparation for the
\n events so soon to follow.
\n <\/font><\/p>\n

P.1752 – §2 In a general way, Jesus knew beforehand
\n what was to transpire on the mountain, and he much desired that all his
\n apostles might share this experience. It was to fit them for this revelation
\n of himself that he tarried with them at the foot of the mountain. But
\n they could not attain those spiritual levels which would justify their
\n exposure to the full experience of the visitation of the celestial beings
\n so soon to appear on earth. And since he could not take all of his associates
\n with him, he decided to take only the three who were in the habit of accompanying
\n him on such special vigils. Accordingly, only Peter, James, and John shared
\n even a part of this unique experience with the Master.
\n <\/font><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\"\"\/<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

beforehand , \ubbf8\ub9ac<\/p>\n

transpire, \ubc8c\uc5b4\uc9c0\ub2e4<\/p>\n

foot of mountain, \uc0b0\uae30\uc2ad, \uc0b0\uac01<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

1. THE TRANSFIGURATION – P.1752
\n <\/font><\/p>\n

P.1752 – §3 Early on the morning of Monday, August
\n 15, Jesus and the three apostles began the ascent of Mount Hermon, and
\n this was six days after the memorable noontide confession of Peter by
\n the roadside under the mulberry trees.
\n <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1752 – §4 Jesus had been summoned to go up on the
\n mountain, apart by himself, for the transaction of important matters having
\n to do with the progress of his bestowal in the flesh as this experience
\n was related to the universe of his own creation. It is significant that
\n this extraordinary event was timed to occur while Jesus and the apostles
\n were in the lands of the gentiles, and that it actually transpired on
\n a mountain of the gentiles.
\n <\/font><\/td>\n		summon, \ud638\ucd9c\ud558\ub2e4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1752 – §5 They reached their destination, about
\n halfway up the mountain, shortly before noon, and while eating lunch,
\n Jesus told the three apostles something of his experience in the hills
\n to the east of Jordan shortly after his baptism and also some more of
\n his experience on Mount Hermon in connection with his former visit to
\n this lonely retreat.
\n <\/font><\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

 <\/p>\n

P.1752 – §6 When a boy, Jesus used to ascend the
\n hill near his home and dream of the battles which had been fought by the
\n armies of empires on the plain of Esdraelon; now he ascended Mount Hermon
\n to receive the endowment which was to prepare him to descend upon the
\n plains of the Jordan to enact the closing scenes of the drama of his bestowal
\n on Urantia. The Master could have relinquished the struggle this day on
\n Mount Hermon and returned to his rule of the universe domains, but he
\n not only chose to meet the requirements of his order of
\n <\/font><\/p>\n

P.1753 – §0 divine sonship embraced in the mandate
\n of the Eternal Son on Paradise, but he also elected to meet the last and
\n full measure of the present will of his Paradise Father. On this day in
\n August three of his apostles saw him decline to be invested with full
\n universe authority. They looked on in amazement as the celestial messengers
\n departed, leaving him alone to finish out his earth life as the Son of
\n Man and the Son of God.
\n <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

endowment, \ud558\ub298\uc5d0\uc11c \uc900 \uc7ac\uc0b0<\/p>\n

enact, \uc5f0\ucd9c\ud558\ub2e4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

P.1753 – §1 The faith of the apostles was at a high
\n point at the time of the feeding of the five thousand, and then it rapidly
\n fell almost to zero. Now, as a result of the Master’s admission of his
\n divinity, the lagging faith of the twelve arose in the next few weeks
\n to its highest pitch, only to undergo a progressive decline. The third
\n revival of their faith did not occur until after the Master’s resurrection.
\n <\/font><\/td>\n		\n

The Sumerian concept of zero (placeholder). For example,<\/p>\n

6007:Instead of leaving empty space, <\/p>\n

(6##7) a slanted double wedge symbol was placed meaning zero<\/p>\n

Roman and Chinese numbering systems: MMXXV (instead of 2025)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

P.1753 – §2 It was about three o’clock on this beautiful
\n afternoon that Jesus took leave of the three apostles, saying: "I
\n go apart by myself for a season to commune with the Father and his messengers;
\n I bid you tarry here and, while awaiting my return, pray that the Father’s
\n will may be done in all your experience in connection with the further
\n bestowal mission of the Son of Man." And after saying this to them,
\n Jesus withdrew for a long conference with Gabriel and the Father Melchizedek,
\n not returning until about six o’clock. When Jesus saw their anxiety over
\n his prolonged absence, he said: "Why were you afraid? You well know
\n I must be about my Father’s business; wherefore do you doubt when I am
\n not with you? I now declare that the Son of Man has chosen to go through
\n his full life in your midst and as one of you. Be of good cheer; I will
\n not leave you until my work is finished."<\/font><\/td>\n		\n

by oneself, \ud63c\uc790\uc11c, \ub2e4\ub978 \uc0ac\ub78c \ub3c4\uc6c0\uc774 \uc5c6\uc774<\/p>\n

be of good cheer, \uae30\uc6b4\uc744 \ub0b4\ub77c.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

P.1753 – §3 As they partook of their meager evening
\n meal, Peter asked the Master, "How long do we remain on this mountain
\n away from our brethren?" And Jesus answered: "Until you shall
\n see the glory of the Son of Man and know that whatsoever I have declared
\n to you is true." And they talked over the affairs of the Lucifer
\n rebellion while seated about the glowing embers of their fire until darkness
\n drew on and the apostles’ eyes grew heavy, for they had begun their journey
\n very early that morning.
\n <\/font><\/p>\n


\n <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

ember, \ubd89\uc740 \uc11d\ud0c4, \ubd88\uc789\uac78, \uc774\uae00\uc774\uae00 \ud0c0\ub294 \uc231\ub369\uc774<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

 <\/p>\n

P.1753 – §4 When the three had been fast asleep for
\n about half an hour, they were suddenly awakened by a near-by crackling
\n sound, and much to their amazement and consternation, on looking about
\n them, they beheld Jesus in intimate converse with two brilliant beings
\n clothed in the habiliments of the light of the celestial world. And Jesus’
\n face and form shone with the luminosity of a heavenly light. These three
\n conversed in a strange language, but from certain things said, Peter erroneously
\n conjectured that the beings with Jesus were Moses and Elijah; in reality,
\n they were Gabriel and the Father Melchizedek. The physical controllers
\n had arranged for the apostles to witness this scene because of Jesus’
\n request.
\n <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\"\"\/ <\/a>
\n Transfiguration, Rafael<\/p>\n

habiliment, \uc758\ubcf5<\/p>\n

crackle, \ud0c1\ud0c1 \uc18c\ub9ac\ub098\ub2e4<\/p>\n

consternation, \uacbd\uc545, \ub180\ub78c<\/p>\n

\uac00\ube0c\ub9ac\uc5d8\uacfc \uc544\ubc84\uc9c0 \uba5c\uae30\uc138\ub371\uc740 \ud55c \uacf3\uc5d0 \uc788\uc744 \uc218 \uc5c6\ub2e4. \uc544\ub9c8\ub3c4 \uac70\uc6b8 \uc791\uc6a9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

P.1753 – §5 The three apostles were so badly frightened
\n that they were slow in collecting their wits, but Peter, who was first
\n to recover himself, said, as the dazzling vision faded from before them
\n and they observed Jesus standing alone: "Jesus, Master, it is good
\n to have been here. We rejoice to see this glory. We are loath to go back
\n down to the inglorious world. If you are willing, let us abide here, and
\n we will erect three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
\n And Peter said this because of his confusion, and because nothing else
\n came into his mind at just that moment.
\n <\/font><\/td>\n		\n

collect one’s wits, \uc815\uc2e0\uc744 \ucc28\ub9ac\ub2e4.<\/p>\n

consternate < terrify, \uae5c\uc9dd \ub180\ub77c\uac8c \ub9cc\ub4e4\ub2e4.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

P.1753 – §6 While Peter was yet speaking, a silvery
\n cloud drew near and overshadowed the four of them. The apostles now became
\n greatly frightened, and as they fell
\n <\/font><\/p>\n

P.1754 – §0 down on their faces to worship, they
\n heard a voice, the same that had spoken on the occasion of Jesus’ baptism,
\n say: "This is my beloved Son; give heed to him." And when the
\n cloud vanished, again was Jesus alone with the three, and he reached down
\n and touched them, saying: "Arise and be not afraid; you shall see
\n greater things than this." But the apostles were truly afraid; they
\n were a silent and thoughtful trio as they made ready to descend the mountain
\n shortly before midnight.
\n <\/font><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

 <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

2. COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN – P.1754
\n <\/font><\/p>\n

P.1754 – §1 For about half the distance down the
\n mountain not a word was spoken. Jesus then began the conversation by remarking:
\n "Make certain that you tell no man, not even your brethren, what
\n you have seen and heard on this mountain until the Son of Man has risen
\n from the dead." The three apostles were shocked and bewildered by
\n the Master’s words, "until the Son of Man has risen from the dead."
\n They had so recently reaffirmed their faith in him as the Deliverer, the
\n Son of God, and they had just beheld him transfigured in glory before
\n their very eyes, and now he began to talk about "rising from the
\n dead"!
\n <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

 <\/p>\n

P.1754 – §2 Peter shuddered at the thought of the
\n Master’s dying–it was too disagreeable an idea to entertain–and fearing
\n that James or John might ask some question relative to this statement,
\n he thought best to start up a diverting conversation and, not knowing
\n what else to talk about, gave expression to the first thought coming into
\n his mind, which was: "Master, why is it that the scribes say that
\n Elijah must first come before the Messiah shall appear?" And Jesus,
\n knowing that Peter sought to avoid reference to his death and resurrection,
\n answered: "Elijah indeed comes first to prepare the way for the Son
\n of Man, who must suffer many things and finally be rejected. But I tell
\n you that Elijah has already come, and they received him not but did to
\n him whatsoever they willed." And then did the three apostles perceive
\n that he referred to John the Baptist as Elijah. Jesus knew that, if they
\n insisted on regarding him as the Messiah, then must John be the Elijah
\n of the prophecy.
\n <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

shudder, \ub5a8\ub2e4 (\uc804\uc728)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1754 – §3 Jesus enjoined silence about their observation
\n of the foretaste of his postresurrection glory because he did not want
\n to foster the notion that, being now received as the Messiah, he would
\n in any degree fulfill their erroneous concepts of a wonder-working deliverer.
\n Although Peter, James, and John pondered all this in their minds, they
\n spoke not of it to any man until after the Master’s resurrection.<\/font><\/td>\n		enjoin, \uae08\ud558\ub2e4, \uba85\ud558\ub2e4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1754 – §4 As they continued to descend the mountain,
\n Jesus said to them: "You would not receive me as the Son of Man;
\n therefore have I consented to be received in accordance with your settled
\n determination, but, mistake not, the will of my Father must prevail. If
\n you thus choose to follow the inclination of your own wills, you must
\n prepare to suffer many disappointments and experience many trials, but
\n the training which I have given you should suffice to bring you triumphantly
\n through even these sorrows of your own choosing."
\n <\/font><\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

 <\/p>\n

P.1754 – §5 Jesus did not take Peter, James, and
\n John with him up to the mount of the transfiguration because they were
\n in any sense better prepared than the other apostles to witness what happened,
\n or because they were spiritually more fit to enjoy such a rare privilege.
\n Not at all. He well knew that none of the twelve were spiritually qualified
\n for this experience; therefore did he take with him only the three apostles
\n who were assigned to accompany him at those times when he desired to be
\n alone to enjoy solitary communion.
\n <\/font><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

 <\/font> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

3. MEANING OF THE TRANSFIGURATION – P.1755
\n <\/font><\/p>\n

P.1755 – §1 That which Peter, James, and John witnessed
\n on the mount of transfiguration was a fleeting glimpse of a celestial
\n pageant which transpired that eventful day on Mount Hermon. The transfiguration
\n was the occasion of:<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

fleeting, \uae09\ud788 \uc9c0\ub098\uac00\ub294<\/p>\n

pageant, \ud589\ub82c<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

P.1755 – §2 1. The acceptance of the fullness of
\n the bestowal of the incarnated life of Michael on Urantia by the Eternal
\n Mother-Son of Paradise. As far as concerned the requirements of the Eternal
\n Son, Jesus had now received assurance of their fulfillment. And Gabriel
\n brought Jesus that assurance.<\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

P.1755 – §3 2. The testimony of the satisfaction
\n of the Infinite Spirit as to the fullness of the Urantia bestowal in the
\n likeness of mortal flesh. The universe representative of the Infinite
\n Spirit, the immediate associate of Michael on Salvington and his ever-present
\n coworker, on this occasion spoke through the Father Melchizedek.<\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1755 – §4 Jesus welcomed this testimony regarding
\n the success of his earth mission presented by the messengers of the Eternal
\n Son and the Infinite Spirit, but he noted that his Father did not indicate
\n that the Urantia bestowal was finished; only did the unseen presence of
\n the Father bear witness through Jesus’ Personalized Adjuster, saying,
\n "This is my beloved Son; give heed to him." And this was spoken
\n in words to be heard also by the three apostles.
\n <\/font><\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

 <\/p>\n

P.1755 – §5 After this celestial visitation Jesus
\n sought to know his Father’s will and decided to pursue the mortal bestowal
\n to its natural end. This was the significance of the transfiguration to
\n Jesus. To the three apostles it was an event marking the entrance of the
\n Master upon the final phase of his earth career as the Son of God and
\n the Son of Man.
\n <\/font><\/p>\n

P.1755 – §6 After the formal visitation of Gabriel
\n and the Father Melchizedek, Jesus held informal converse with these, his
\n Sons of ministry, and communed with them concerning the affairs of the
\n universe.
\n <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

 <\/font> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

4. THE EPILEPTIC BOY – P.1755
\n <\/font><\/p>\n

P.1755 – §7 It was shortly before breakfast time
\n on this Tuesday morning when Jesus and his companions arrived at the apostolic
\n camp. As they drew near, they discerned a considerable crowd gathered
\n around the apostles and soon began to hear the loud words of argument
\n and disputation of this group of about fifty persons, embracing the nine
\n apostles and a gathering equally divided between Jerusalem scribes and
\n believing disciples who had tracked Jesus and his associates in their
\n journey from Magadan.<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

epilepsy, \uac04\uc9c8<\/p>\n

dispute, dis + putare (estimate) \ub17c\uc7c1\ud558\ub2e4<\/p>\n

malady, mal + habitus (\ub098\uc05c \uc870\uac74, \uc9c8\ubcd1)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

P.1755 – §8 Although the crowd engaged in numerous
\n arguments, the chief controversy was about a certain citizen of Tiberias
\n who had arrived the preceding day in quest of Jesus. This man, James of
\n Safed, had a son about fourteen years old, an only child, who was severely
\n afflicted with epilepsy. In addition to this nervous malady this lad had
\n become possessed by one of those wandering, mischievous, and rebellious
\n midwayers who were then present on earth and uncontrolled, so that the
\n youth was both epileptic and demon-possessed.<\/font><\/td>\n		possess, (\uadc0\uc2e0) \ub4e4\uac8c \ud558\ub2e4.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

P.1755 – §9 For almost two weeks this anxious father,
\n a minor official of Herod Antipas, had wandered about through the western
\n borders of Philip’s domains, seeking Jesus that he might entreat him to
\n cure this afflicted son. And he did not catch
\n <\/font><\/p>\n

P.1756 – §0 up with the apostolic party until about
\n noon of this day when Jesus was up on the mountain with the three apostles.<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

 <\/p>\n

P.1756 – §1 The nine apostles were much surprised
\n and considerably perturbed when this man, accompanied by almost forty
\n other persons who were looking for Jesus, suddenly came upon them. At
\n the time of the arrival of this group the nine apostles, at least the
\n majority of them, had succumbed to their old temptation–that of discussing
\n who should be greatest in the coming kingdom; they were busily arguing
\n about the probable positions which would be assigned the individual apostles.
\n They simply could not free themselves entirely from the long-cherished
\n idea of the material mission of the Messiah. <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font>And now that Jesus himself
\n had accepted their confession that he was indeed the Deliverer–at least
\n he had admitted the fact of his divinity–what was more natural than that,
\n during this period of separation from the Master, they should fall to
\n talking about those hopes and ambitions which were uppermost in their
\n hearts. And they were engaged in these discussions when James of Safed
\n and his fellow seekers after Jesus came upon them.
\n <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

perturbe < per (thoroughly) +turbare (disturb)<\/p>\n

succumb < sub (under) + cubare (lie), \uad74\ubcf5\ud558\ub2e4<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

P.1756 – §2 Andrew stepped up to greet this father
\n and his son, saying, "Whom do you seek?" Said James: "My
\n good man, I search for your Master. I seek healing for my afflicted son.
\n I would have Jesus cast out this devil that possesses my child."
\n And then the father proceeded to relate to the apostles how his son was
\n so afflicted that he had many times almost lost his life as a result of
\n these malignant seizures.
\n <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

malignant, \uc545\uc131<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

P.1756 – §3 As the apostles listened, Simon Zelotes
\n and Judas Iscariot stepped into the presence of the father, saying: "We
\n can heal him; you need not wait for the Master’s return. We are ambassadors
\n of the kingdom; no longer do we hold these things in secret. Jesus is
\n the Deliverer, and the keys of the kingdom have been delivered to us."
\n By this time Andrew and Thomas were in consultation at one side. Nathaniel
\n and the others looked on in amazement; <\/font><\/p>\n

they were all aghast at the sudden
\n boldness, if not presumption, of Simon and Judas. Then said the father:
\n "If it has been given you to do these works, I pray that you will
\n speak those words which will deliver my child from this bondage."
\n Then Simon stepped forward and, placing his hand on the head of the child,
\n looked directly into his eyes and commanded: "Come out of him, you
\n unclean spirit; in the name of Jesus obey me." But the lad had only
\n a more violent fit, while the scribes mocked the apostles in derision,
\n and the disappointed believers suffered the taunts of these unfriendly
\n critics.
\n <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

aghast < ghost, \uadc0\uc2e0\ucc98\ub7fc<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1756 – §4 Andrew was deeply chagrined at this ill-advised
\n effort and its dismal failure. He called the apostles aside for conference
\n and prayer. After this season of meditation, feeling keenly the sting
\n of their defeat and sensing the humiliation resting upon all of them,
\n Andrew sought, in a second attempt, to cast out the demon, but only failure
\n crowned his efforts. Andrew frankly confessed defeat and requested the
\n father to remain with them overnight or until Jesus’ return, saying: "Perhaps
\n this sort goes not out except by the Master’s personal command."
\n <\/font><\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

P.1756 – §5 And so, while Jesus was descending the
\n mountain with the exuberant and ecstatic Peter, James, and John, their
\n nine brethren likewise were sleepless in their confusion and downcast
\n humiliation. They were a dejected and chastened group. But James of Safed
\n would not give up. Although they could give him no idea as to when Jesus
\n might return, he decided to stay on until the Master came back.
\n <\/font><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

exuberant < ex + uber (fertil), overflowing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

5. JESUS HEALS THE BOY – P.1757
\n <\/font><\/p>\n

P.1757 – §1 As Jesus drew near, the nine apostles
\n were more than relieved to welcome him, and they were greatly encouraged
\n to behold the good cheer and unusual enthusiasm which marked the countenances
\n of Peter, James, and John. They all rushed forward to greet Jesus and
\n their three brethren. As they exchanged greetings, the crowd came up,
\n and Jesus asked, "What were you disputing about as we drew near?"
\n But before the disconcerted and humiliated apostles could reply to the
\n Master’s question, the anxious father of the afflicted lad stepped forward
\n and, kneeling at Jesus’ feet, said: "Master, I have a son, an only
\n child, who is possessed by an evil spirit.<\/font><\/p>\n

Not only does he cry out in
\n terror, foam at the mouth, and fall like a dead person at the time of
\n seizure, but oftentimes this evil spirit which possesses him rends him
\n in convulsions and sometimes has cast him into the water and even into
\n the fire. With much grinding of teeth and as a result of many bruises,
\n my child wastes away. His life is worse than death; his mother and I are
\n of a sad heart and a broken spirit. About noon yesterday, seeking for
\n you, I caught up with your disciples, and while we were waiting, your
\n apostles sought to cast out this demon, but they could not do it. And
\n now, Master, will you do this for us, will you heal my son?"
\n <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

countenance, \uc5bc\uad74 \ube5b<\/p>\n

rend, \ucc1f\ub2e4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

P.1757 – §2 When Jesus had listened to this recital,
\n he touched the kneeling father and bade him rise while he gave the near-by
\n apostles a searching survey. Then said Jesus to all those who stood before
\n him: "O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I bear
\n with you? How long shall I be with you? How long ere you learn that the
\n works of faith come not forth at the bidding of doubting unbelief?"
\n And then, pointing to the bewildered father, Jesus said, "Bring hither
\n your son." And when James had brought the lad before Jesus, he asked,
\n "How long has the boy been afflicted in this way?" <\/font><\/p>\n

The father
\n answered, "Since he was a very young child." And as they talked,
\n the youth was seized with a violent attack and fell in their midst, gnashing
\n his teeth and foaming at the mouth. After a succession of violent convulsions
\n he lay there before them as one dead. Now did the father again kneel at
\n Jesus’ feet while he implored the Master, saying: "If you can cure
\n him, I beseech you to have compassion on us and deliver us from this affliction."
\n And when Jesus heard these words, he looked down into the father’s anxious
\n face, saying: "Question not my Father’s power of love, only the sincerity
\n and reach of your faith. All things are possible to him who really believes."
\n And then James of Safed spoke those long-to-be-remembered words of commingled
\n faith and doubt, "Lord, I believe. I pray you help my unbelief."
\n <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1757 – §3 When Jesus heard these words, he stepped
\n forward and, taking the lad by the hand, said: "I will do this in
\n accordance with my Father’s will and in honor of living faith. My son,
\n arise! Come out of him, disobedient spirit, and go not back into him."
\n And placing the hand of the lad in the hand of the father, Jesus said:
\n "Go your way. The Father has granted the desire of your soul."
\n And all who were present, even the enemies of Jesus, were astonished at
\n what they saw.
\n <\/font><\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

P.1757 – §4 It was indeed a disillusionment for the
\n three apostles who had so recently enjoyed the spiritual ecstasy of the
\n scenes and experiences of the transfiguration, so soon to return to this
\n scene of the defeat and discomfiture of their fellow apostles. But it
\n was ever so with these twelve ambassadors of the kingdom.
\n <\/font><\/p>\n

P.1758 – §0 They never failed to alternate between
\n exaltation and humiliation in their life experiences.
\n <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

ecstasy < out +stasis (stand), \ud658\ud76c<\/p>\n

discomfiture, \ubd88\ud3b8, \uc5b4\uc0c9\ud568<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

P.1758 – §1 This was a true healing of a double affliction,
\n a physical ailment and a spirit malady. And the lad was permanently cured
\n from that hour. When James had departed with his restored son, Jesus said:
\n "We go now to Caesarea-Philippi; make ready at once." And they
\n were a quiet group as they journeyed southward while the crowd followed
\n on behind.
\n <\/font><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

 <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

6. IN CELSUS’ GARDEN – P.1758
\n <\/font><\/p>\n

P.1758 – §2 They remained overnight with Celsus,
\n and that evening in the garden, after they had eaten and rested, the twelve
\n gathered about Jesus, and Thomas said: "Master, while we who tarried
\n behind still remain ignorant of what transpired up on the mountain, and
\n which so greatly cheered our brethren who were with you, we crave to have
\n you talk with us concerning our defeat and instruct us in these matters,
\n seeing that those things which happened on the mountain cannot be disclosed
\n at this time."
\n <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

disclose, \uac1c\ubc29\ud558\ub2e4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1758 – §3 And Jesus answered Thomas, saying: "Everything
\n which your brethren heard on the mountain shall be revealed to you in
\n due season. But I will now show you the cause of your defeat in that which
\n you so unwisely attempted. While your Master and his companions, your
\n brethren, ascended yonder mountain yesterday to seek for a larger knowledge
\n of the Father’s will and to ask for a richer endowment of wisdom effectively
\n to do that divine will, you who remained on watch here with instructions
\n to strive to acquire the mind of spiritual insight and to pray with us
\n for a fuller revelation of the Father’s will, failed to exercise the faith
\n at your command but, instead, yielded to the temptation and fell into
\n your old evil tendencies to seek for yourselves preferred places in the
\n kingdom of heaven–the material and temporal kingdom which you persist
\n in contemplating. And you cling to these erroneous concepts in spite of
\n the reiterated declaration that my kingdom is not of this world.
\n <\/font><\/td>\n		\n

in due season, \ub9c8\ub545\ud55c \ub54c\uac00 \ub418\uba74<\/p>\n

at your command, \uc9c0\ud718 \ud558\uc5d0 \uc788\ub294<\/p>\n

temporal kingdom, \ud604\uc138\uc758 \uc655\uad6d<\/p>\n

reiterate, \ub418\ud480\uc774\ud558\ub2e4<\/p>\n

not of this world, \uc774 \uc138\uc0c1\uc5d0 \uc18d\ud558\uc9c0 \uc54a\ub294\ub2e4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

P.1758 – §4 "No sooner does your faith grasp
\n the identity of the Son of Man than your selfish desire for worldly preferment
\n creeps back upon you, and you fall to discussing among yourselves as to
\n who should be greatest in the kingdom of heaven, a kingdom which, as you
\n persist in conceiving it, does not exist, nor ever shall. Have not I told
\n you that he who would be greatest in the kingdom of my Father’s spiritual
\n brotherhood must become little in his own eyes and thus become the server
\n of his brethren? Spiritual greatness consists in an understanding love
\n that is Godlike and not in an enjoyment of the exercise of material power
\n for the exaltation of self. In what you attempted, in which you so completely
\n failed, your purpose was not pure. Your motive was not divine. Your ideal
\n was not spiritual. Your ambition was not altruistic. Your procedure was
\n not based on love, and your goal of attainment was not the will of the
\n Father in heaven.
\n <\/font><\/td>\n		\n

worldly preferment, \uc138\uc0c1\uc758 \uc6b0\ub300<\/p>\n

motive was not devine, \uc2e4\ud328\uc758 \uc6d0\uc778<\/p>\n

altruism (coined in 1830s), altrui (somebody else)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

P.1758 – §5 "How long will it take you to learn
\n that you cannot time-shorten the course of established natural phenomena
\n except when such things are in accordance with the Father’s will? nor
\n can you do spiritual work in the absence of spiritual power. And you can
\n do neither of these, even when their potential is present, without the
\n existence of that third and essential human factor, the personal experience
\n of the possession of living faith. Must you always have material manifestations
\n as an attraction for the spiritual realities of the kingdom? Can
\n <\/font><\/p>\n

P.1759 – §0 you not grasp the spirit significance
\n of my mission without the visible exhibition of unusual works? When can
\n you be depended upon to adhere to the higher and spiritual realities of
\n the kingdom regardless of the outward appearance of all material manifestations?"
\n <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

time-shorten, \uc2dc\uac04\uc744 \ub2e8\ucd95<\/p>\n

living faith, \uc0dd\uc0dd\ud55c \ubbff\uc74c<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

P.1759 – §1 When Jesus had thus spoken to the twelve,
\n he added: "And now go to your rest, for on the morrow we return to
\n Magadan and there take counsel concerning our mission to the cities and
\n villages of the Decapolis. And in the conclusion of this day’s experience,
\n let me declare to each of you that which I spoke to your brethren on the
\n mountain, and let these words find a deep lodgment in your hearts: The
\n Son of Man now enters upon the last phase of the bestowal. We are about
\n to begin those labors which shall presently lead to the great and final
\n testing of your faith and devotion when I shall be delivered into the
\n hands of the men who seek my destruction. And remember what I am saying
\n to you: The Son of Man will be put to death, but he shall rise again."
\n <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

conclusion, \uacb0\ub860, \uc885\ub9d0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1759 – §2 They retired for the night, sorrowful.
\n They were bewildered; they could not comprehend these words. And while
\n they were afraid to ask aught concerning what he had said, they did recall
\n all of it subsequent to his resurrection.<\/font><\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

7. PETER’S PROTEST – P.1759
\n <\/font><\/p>\n

P.1759 – §3 Early this Wednesday morning Jesus and
\n the twelve departed from Caesarea-Philippi for Magadan Park near Bethsaida-Julias.
\n The apostles had slept very little that night, so they were up early and
\n ready to go. Even the stolid Alpheus twins had been shocked by this talk
\n about the death of Jesus. As they journeyed south, just beyond the Waters
\n of Merom they came to the Damascus road, and desiring to avoid the scribes
\n and others whom Jesus knew would presently be coming along after them,
\n he directed that they go on to Capernaum by the Damascus road which passes
\n through Galilee. And he did this because he knew that those who followed
\n after him would go on down over the east Jordan road since they reckoned
\n that Jesus and the apostles would fear to pass through the territory of
\n Herod Antipas. Jesus sought to elude his critics and the crowd which followed
\n him that he might be alone with his apostles this day.<\/font><\/p>\n


\n <\/font><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

stolid = dependable, \ubbff\uc74c\uc9c1\ud55c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

P.1759 – §4 They traveled on through Galilee until
\n well past the time for their lunch, when they stopped in the shade to
\n refresh themselves. And after they had partaken of food, Andrew, speaking
\n to Jesus, said: "Master, my brethren do not comprehend your deep
\n sayings. We have come fully to believe that you are the Son of God, and
\n now we hear these strange words about leaving us, about dying. We do not
\n understand your teaching. Are you speaking to us in parables? We pray
\n you to speak to us directly and in undisguised form."
\n <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

P.1759 – §5 In answer to Andrew, Jesus said: "My
\n brethren, it is because you have confessed that I am the Son of God that
\n I am constrained to begin to unfold to you the truth about the end of
\n the bestowal of the Son of Man on earth. You insist on clinging to the
\n belief that I am the Messiah, and you will not abandon the idea that the
\n Messiah must sit upon a throne in Jerusalem; wherefore do I persist in
\n telling you that the Son of Man must presently go to Jerusalem, suffer
\n many things, be rejected by the scribes, the elders, and the chief priests,
\n and after all this be killed and raised from the dead. And I speak not
\n a parable to you; I speak the truth to you that you may be prepared for
\n these events when
\n <\/font><\/p>\n

P.1760 – §0 they suddenly come upon us." And
\n while he was yet speaking, Simon Peter, rushing impetuously toward him,
\n laid his hand upon the Master’s shoulder and said: "Master, be it
\n far from us to contend with you, but I declare that these things shall
\n never happen to you."
\n <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

impetuous < impetere (attack)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1760 – §1 Peter spoke thus because he loved Jesus;
\n but the Master’s human nature recognized in these words of well-meant
\n affection the subtle suggestion of temptation that he change his policy
\n of pursuing to the end his earth bestowal in accordance with the will
\n of his Paradise Father. And it was because he detected the danger of permitting
\n the suggestions of even his affectionate and loyal friends to dissuade
\n him, that he turned upon Peter and the other apostles, saying: "Get
\n you behind me. You savor of the spirit of the adversary, the tempter.
\n When you talk in this manner, you are not on my side but rather on the
\n side of our enemy. In this way do you make your love for me a stumbling
\n block to my doing the Father’s will. Mind not the ways of men but rather
\n the will of God."
\n <\/font><\/td>\n		savor of, \ub9db\uc774 \ud48d\uae30\ub2e4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

P.1760 – §2 After they had recovered from the first
\n shock of Jesus’ stinging rebuke, and before they resumed their journey,
\n the Master spoke further: "If any man would come after me, let him
\n disregard himself, take up his responsibilities daily, and follow me.
\n For whosoever would save his life selfishly, shall lose it, but whosoever
\n loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s, shall save it. What does
\n it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul? What would
\n a man give in exchange for eternal life? Be not ashamed of me and my words
\n in this sinful and hypocritical generation, even as I will not be ashamed
\n to acknowledge you when in glory I appear before my Father in the presence
\n of all the celestial hosts. Nevertheless, many of you now standing before
\n me shall not taste death till you see this kingdom of God come with power."
\n <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

sting, \ucf55 \ucc0c\ub974\ub2e4<\/p>\n

Matthew 16: Let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. \uadf8\ub7f0 \ub9d0\uc744 \ud55c \uc801\uc774 \uc5c6\ub2e4.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

P.1760 – §3 And thus did Jesus make plain to the
\n twelve the painful and conflicting path which they must tread if they
\n would follow him. What a shock these words were to these Galilean fishermen
\n who persisted in dreaming of an earthly kingdom with positions of honor
\n for themselves! But their loyal hearts were stirred by this courageous
\n appeal, and not one of them was minded to forsake him. Jesus was not sending
\n them alone into the conflict; he was leading them. He asked only that
\n they bravely follow.
\n <\/font><\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1760 – §4 Slowly the twelve were grasping the idea
\n that Jesus was telling them something about the possibility of his dying.
\n They only vaguely comprehended what he said about his death, while his
\n statement about rising from the dead utterly failed to register in their
\n minds. As the days passed, Peter, James, and John, recalling their experience
\n upon the mount of the transfiguration, arrived at a fuller understanding
\n of certain of these matters.
\n <\/font><\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

P.1760 – §5 In all the association of the twelve
\n with their Master, only a few times did they see that flashing eye and
\n hear such swift words of rebuke as were administered to Peter and the
\n rest of them on this occasion. Jesus had always been patient with their
\n human shortcomings, but not so when faced by an impending threat against
\n the program of implicitly carrying out his Father’s will regarding the
\n remainder of his earth career. The apostles were literally stunned; they
\n were amazed and horrified. They could not find words to express their
\n sorrow. Slowly they began to realize what the Master must endure, and
\n that they must go through these experiences with him, but they did not
\n awaken to the reality of these coming events until long after these early
\n hints of the impending tragedy of his latter days.
\n <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

implicitly, \uc808\ub300\uc801\uc73c\ub85c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

 <\/p>\n

P.1761 – §1 In silence Jesus and the twelve started
\n for their camp at Magadan Park, going by way of Capernaum. As the afternoon
\n wore on, though they did not converse with Jesus, they talked much among
\n themselves while Andrew talked with the Master.
\n <\/font><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

 <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

8. AT PETER’S HOUSE – P.1761
\n <\/font><\/p>\n

P.1761 – §2 Entering Capernaum at twilight, they
\n went by unfrequented thoroughfares directly to the home of Simon Peter
\n for their evening meal. While David Zebedee made ready to take them across
\n the lake, they lingered at Simon’s house, and Jesus, looking up at Peter
\n and the other apostles, asked: "As you walked along together this
\n afternoon, what was it that you talked about so earnestly among yourselves?"
\n The apostles held their peace because many of them had continued the discussion
\n begun at Mount Hermon as to what positions they were to have in the coming
\n kingdom; who should be the greatest, and so on. Jesus, knowing what it
\n was that occupied their thoughts that day, beckoned to one of Peter’s
\n little ones and, setting the child down among them, said: "Verily,
\n verily, I say to you, except you turn about and become more like this
\n child, you will make little progress in the kingdom of heaven. <\/font><\/p>\n

Whosoever
\n shall humble himself and become as this little one, the same shall become
\n greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoso receives such a little one
\n receives me. And they who receive me receive also Him who sent me. If
\n you would be first in the kingdom, seek to minister these good truths
\n to your brethren in the flesh. But whosoever causes one of these little
\n ones to stumble, it would be better for him if a millstone were hanged
\n about his neck and he were cast into the sea. If the things you do with
\n your hands, or the things you see with your eyes give offense in the progress
\n of the kingdom, sacrifice these cherished idols, for it is better to enter
\n the kingdom minus many of the beloved things of life rather than to cling
\n to these idols and find yourself shut out of the kingdom. But most of
\n all, see that you despise not one of these little ones, for their angels
\n do always behold the faces of the heavenly hosts."
\n <\/font><\/p>\n

P.1761 – §3 When Jesus had finished speaking, they
\n entered the boat and sailed across to Magadan. <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

frequent, \ube48\ubc88\ud55c, \ube48\ubc88\ud558\uac8c \ub4dc\ub098\ub4e4\ub2e4<\/p>\n

thoroughfare, \uc8fc\uc694 \ub3c4\ub85c<\/p>\n

turn about, \ubc29\ud5a5\uc744 \ubc18\ub300\ub85c \ubc14\uafb8\ub2e4<\/p>\n

see that (\uc774\ud558\ub97c) \uaf2d \ud558\ub3c4\ub85d \ud558\uc5ec\ub77c<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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