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"Son of Man: Urantia," 2nd edition
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That More Choose Eternal Life
CONTENTS
Prologue 17
Earth before Jesus Was Born 19
Chapter 1: Birth and Infancy of Jesus 23
Mary and Joseph: Choosing the Parents 23
Gabriel Appears to Elizabeth 23
Gabriel’s Announcement to Mary 24
Joseph’s Dream 24
Jesus’ Mortal Parents 25
The Home in Nazareth 25
The Trip to Bethlehem 25
Jesus Is Born 26
The Presentation in the Temple 26
Herod Acts 27
Chapter 2: Jesus’ Early Childhood 29
Back in Nazareth 29
The Fifth Year (2 B.C.) 29
The Sixth Year (1 B.C.) 31
The Seventh Year (A.D. 1) 31
School Days in Nazareth 32
Jesus’ Eighth Year (A.D. 2) 33
Chapter 3: Jesus’ Later Childhood 35
Jesus’ Ninth Year (A.D. 3) 35
The Tenth Year (A.D. 4) 36
The Eleventh Year (A.D. 5) 36
The Twelfth Year (A.D. 6) 37
His Thirteenth Year (A.D. 7) 38
The Journey to Jerusalem 38
Chapter 4: Jesus at Jerusalem 41
Jesus Views the Temple 41
Jesus and the Passover 42
Mary and Joseph Leave 42
First and Second Days in the Temple 42
The Third Day in the Temple 43
The Fourth Day in the Temple 43
Chapter 5: Two Crucial Years 45
His Fourteenth Year (A.D. 8) 45
Joseph’s Death 45
The Fifteenth Year (A.D. 9) 46
First Sermon in the Synagogue 47
The Financial Struggle 48
Chapter 6: The Adolescent Years 49
The Sixteenth Year (A.D. 10) 49
The Seventeenth Year (A.D. 11) 49
The Eighteenth Year (A.D. 12) 51
The Nineteenth Year (A.D. 13) 52
Rebecca, Ezra’s Daughter 52
His Twentieth Year (A.D. 14) 53
Chapter 7: Jesus’ Early Manhood 55
The Twenty-First Year (A.D. 15) 55
The Twenty-Second Year (A.D. 16) 55
The Twenty-Third Year (A.D. 17) 56
The Damascus Episode 56
The Twenty-Fourth Year (A.D. 18) 57
The Twenty-Fifth Year (A.D. 19) 57
The Twenty-Sixth Year (A.D. 20) 58
Chapter 8: Jesus’ Later Adult Life 61
The Twenty-Seventh Year (A.D. 21) 61
The Twenty-Eighth Year (A.D. 22) 62
The Twenty-Ninth Year (A.D. 23) 62
The Human Jesus 63
Chapter 9: On the Way to Rome 65
At Joppa: The Talk about Jonah 65
The Talk about Good and Evil 66
At Caesarea 66
At Alexandria 68
The Talk on Reality 69
On the Island of Crete 70
The Young Man Who Was Afraid 71
At Carthage: The Talk about Time and Space 72
On the Way to Naples and Rome 72
Chapter 10: The World’s Religions 75
Cynicism 75
Judaism 75
Buddhism 76
Hinduism 76
Zoroastrianism 76
Jainism 77
Shinto 77
Taoism 77
Confucianism 77
Our Religion 77
Chapter 11: While in Rome 79
True Values 80
Good and Evil 80
Truth and Faith 80
Personal Ministry 81
Counseling the Rich Man 81
Social Ministry 83
Trips about Rome 83
Chapter 12: The Return from Rome 85
Mercy and Justice 85
Catching the Boat at Tarentum 86
At Corinth 86
Personal Work in Corinth 87
At Athens: The Talk on Science 87
At Ephesus: The Talk on the Soul 88
The Stay at Cyprus: The Talk on Mind 88
Chapter 13: The Transition Years 91
The Thirtieth Year (A.D. 24) 91
The Urmia Lectures 91
Sovereignty: The Holding of Supreme
Power and Authority, Divine and Human 92
Political Power and Authority 92
The Thirty-First Year (A.D. 25) 93
The Time on Mount Hermon 93
The Time of Waiting 94
Chapter 14: John the Baptist 95
John Becomes a Nazarite 95
Zacharias’ Death 95
The Life of a Shepherd 96
Elizabeth’s Death 96
The Kingdom of God 97
John Begins to Preach 97
John Journeys North 98
John and Jesus Meet 98
Forty Days of Preaching 99
John Journeys South 100
John in Prison 100
Death of John the Baptist 101
Chapter 15: John Begins to Preach 103
Concepts of the Expected Messiah 103
Jesus’ Baptism 104
The Forty Days 104
Plans for Public Work 105
The Great Decisions 105
Chapter 16: Waiting in Galilee 109
Choosing the First Four Apostles 109
Choosing Philip and Nathaniel 110
The Visit to Capernaum 111
The Wedding at Cana 112
Back in Capernaum 114
The Events of a Sabbath Day 115
Four Months of Training 116
Sermon on the Kingdom 117
Chapter 17: Training the Kingdom’s Messengers 119
Final Instructions 119
Choosing the Six 120
Calling on Matthew and Simon 120
Calling the Twins 121
Calling Judas and Thomas 121
The Week of Intensive Training 122
Another Disappointment 123
The Twelve’s First Work 124
Five Months of Testing 125
Organizing the Twelve 125
Chapter 18: The Twelve Apostles 127
Andrew, the First Chosen 127
Simon Peter 128
James Zebedee 130
John Zebedee 131
Philip the Curious 132
Honest Nathaniel 134
Matthew Levi 135
Thomas Didymus 136
Judas and James Alpheus 138
Simon the Zealot 139
Judas Iscariot 139
Chapter 19: The Ordination of the Twelve 143
Jesus’ First Instructions 143
The Ordination 144
The Ordination Sermon 144
You Are the Salt of the Earth 146
Fatherly and Brotherly Love 147
The Evening of the Ordination 149
The Week Following the Ordination 152
Thursday Afternoon on the Lake 152
The Day of Consecration 156
The Evening after the Consecration 157
Chapter 20: Beginning the Public Work 159
Leaving Galilee 159
God’s Law and the Father’s Will 160
The Stay at Amathus 160
Teaching about the Father 161
Spiritual Unity 162
Last Week at Amathus 163
At Bethany Beyond the Jordan 163
Working in Jericho 165
Departing for Jerusalem 165
Chapter 21: The Passover at Jerusalem 167
Teaching in the Temple 167
God’s Wrath 167
The Concept of God 168
Flavius and Greek Culture 169
The Talk on Assurance 170
The Visit with Nicodemus 171
The Lesson on the Family 172
In Southern Judea 173
Chapter 22: Going Through Samaria 175
Preaching at Archelais 175
The Lesson on Self-Mastery 176
Diversion and Relaxation 177
The Jews and the Samaritans 178
The Woman of Sychar 179
The Samaritan Revival 181
Teaching about Prayer and Worship 182
Chapter 23: At Gilboa and the Decapolis 183
The Gilboa Camp 183
The Talk about Prayer 184
The Believer’s Prayer 185
More about Prayer 186
Other Forms of Prayer 186
Conference with John’s Apostles 189
In the Decapolis Cities 190
In Camp Near Pella 190
Death of John the Baptist 191
Chapter 24: Four Eventful Days at Capernaum 193
A Full Net of Fish 193
Afternoon at the Synagogue 194
The Healing at Sundown 196
The Evening After 197
Early Sunday Morning 198
Chapter 25: First Preaching Tour Through Galilee 201
Preaching at Rimmon 201
At Jotapata 201
The Stop at Ramah 204
The Gospel at Iron 205
Back in Cana 206
Nain and the Widow’s Son 207
At Endor 208
Chapter 26: The Interlude Visit to Jerusalem 209
The Centurion’s Servant 209
The Journey to Jerusalem 210
The Bethsaida Hot Spring 210
The Rule of Living 211
Visiting Simon the Pharisee 212
Returning to Capernaum 214
Back in Capernaum 216
The Feast of Spiritual Goodness 216
Chapter 27: Training Evangelists at Bethsaida 219
A New School of the Prophets 219
The Bethsaida Hospital 220
The Father’s Business 220
Evil, Sin, and Iniquity 220
The Purpose of Affliction 222
Misunderstanding Suffering:
The Talk about Job 223
The Man with the Withered Hand 225
Last Week at Bethsaida 226
Healing the Paralytic 226
Chapter 28: The Second Preaching Tour 229
Jesus’ Fame 229
The People’s Attitude 230
Hostility of the Religious Leaders 232
Teaching Tour Progress 232
The Lesson Regarding Contentment 233
The Fear of the Lord 234
Returning to Bethsaida 235
Chapter 29: The Third Preaching Tour 237
The Women’s Evangelistic Corp 237
The Stop at Magdala 238
Sabbath at Tiberias 238
Sending the Apostles Out Two and Two 239
What Must I do to Be Saved? 240
The Evening Lessons 241
The Stay at Nazareth 241
The Sabbath Service 242
The Nazareth Rejection 244
Chapter 30: Resting and Teaching by the Seaside 245
The Parable of the Sower 245
Interpretation of the Parable 246
More about Parables 248
More Parables by the Sea 249
The Visit to Kheresa 250
The Kheresa Lunatic 251
Chapter 31: Events Leading to the Capernaum Crisis 253
At Jairus’ House 254
Feeding the Five Thousand 255
The King-Making Episode 256
Simon Peter’s Night Vision 257
Back in Bethsaida 258
At Gennesaret 259
At Jerusalem 260
Chapter 32: The Crisis at Capernaum 261
Setting the Stage 261
The Epochal Sermon 262
The After Meeting 265
Last Words in the Synagogue 266
The Saturday Evening 267
Chapter 33: Last Days at Capernaum 269
A Week of Counsel 269
A Week of Rest 270
The Second Tiberias Conference 270
Saturday Night in Capernaum 271
The Eventful Sunday Morning 271
Jesus’ Family Arrives 272
The Hasty Flight 274
Chapter 34: Fleeing Through Northern Galilee 275
Why do the Heathen’s Rage? 275
The Evangelists in Chorazin 276
At Caesarea-Philippi 276
On the Way to Phoenicia 277
The Talk on True Religion 278
The Second Talk on Religion 279
Chapter 35: The Stay at Tyre and Sidon 283
The Syrian Woman 283
Teaching in Sidon 284
The Journey Up the Coast 285
At Tyre 285
Jesus’ Teaching at Tyre 286
The Return from Phoenicia 288
Chapter 36: At Caesarea-Philippi 291
The Temple Tax Collector 291
At Bethsaida-Julias 292
Peter’s Confession 293
The Talk about the Kingdom 294
The New Concept 295
The Next Afternoon 295
Andrew’s Conference 297
Chapter 37: The Mount of Transfiguration 299
The Transfiguration 299
Coming Down the Mountain 300
Meaning of the Transfiguration 301
The Epileptic Boy 302
Jesus Heals the Boy 303
In Celsus’ Garden 304
Peter’s Protest 305
At Peter’s House 306
Chapter 38: The Decapolis Tour 307
The Sermon on Forgiveness 307
The Strange Preacher 308
Instructions for Teachers and Believers 309
The Talk with Nathaniel 310
The Positive Nature of Jesus’ Religion 312
The Return to Magadan 314
Chapter 39: Rodan of Alexandria 315
Rodan’s Greek Philosophy 315
The Art of Living 317
The Lures of Maturity 318
The Balance of Maturity 319
The Religion of the Ideal 320
Chapter 40: Further Discussions with Rodan 323
The Personality of God 323
Jesus’ Divine Nature 324
Jesus’ Human and Divine Minds 326
Chapter 41: At the Feast of the Tabernacles 327
The Dangers of the Visit to Jerusalem 327
The First Temple Talk 328
The Woman Taken in Adultery 330
The Feast of Tabernacles 331
Sermon on the Light of the World 332
Lesson on the Water of Life 333
The Talk on Spiritual Freedom 333
The Visit with Mary and Martha 335
At Bethlehem with Abner 335
Chapter 42: Ordination of the Seventy at Magadan 337
Ordination of the Seventy 337
The Rich Young Man and Others 338
The Talk about Wealth 340
Farewell to the Seventy 341
Moving the Camp to Pella 342
The Return of the Seventy 342
Preparation for the Last Mission 344
Chapter 43: At the Feast of Dedication 345
Story of the Good Samaritan 345
At Jerusalem 346
Healing the Blind Beggar 346
Josiah before the Sanhedrin 348
Teaching in Solomon’s Porch 350
Chapter 44: The Perean Mission Begins 353
At the Pella Camp 353
Sermon on the Good Shepherd 353
Saturday’s Sermon at Pella 355
Dividing the Inheritance 356
Talks to the Apostles on Wealth 358
Answer to Peter’s Question 359
Chapter 45: Last Visit to Northern Perea 361
The Pharisees at Ragaba 361
The Ten Lepers 362
The Sermon at Gerasa 363
Teaching about Accidents 365
The Congregation at Philadelphia 366
Chapter 46: The Visit to Philadelphia 367
Breakfast with the Pharisees 367
Parable of the Great Supper 368
The Woman with the Spirit of Infirmity 369
The Message from Bethany 369
On the Way to Bethany 371
Blessing the Little Children 372
The Talk about Angels 372
Chapter 47: Resurrecting Lazarus 375
At Lazarus’ Tomb 376
Lazarus’ Resurrection 378
Meeting of the Sanhedrin 379
The Answer to Prayer 379
What Became of Lazarus 380
Chapter 48: Last Teaching at Pella 383
Parable of the Lost Son 383
Parable of the Shrewd Steward 385
The Rich Man and the Beggar 387
The Father and His Kingdom 387
Chapter 49: The Kingdom of Heaven 391
Concepts of the Kingdom of Heaven 391
Jesus’ Idea of the Kingdom 392
In Relation to Righteousness 393
Jesus’ Teaching about the Kingdom 394
Later Ideas of the Kingdom 395
Chapter 50: On the Way to Jerusalem 399
Leaving Pella 400
On Counting the Cost 401
The Perean Tour 402
Teaching at Livias’ 402
The Blind Man at Jericho 403
The Visit to Zaccheus 404
As Jesus Passed By 405
Parable of the Pounds 406
Chapter 51: Going into Jerusalem 409
Sabbath at Bethany 409
Sunday Morning with the Apostles 411
The Start for Jerusalem 411
Visiting Around the Temple 413
The Apostles’ Attitude 414
Chapter 52: Monday in Jerusalem 417
Cleansing the Temple 417
Challenging the Master’s Authority 419
Parable of the Two Sons 420
Parable of the Absent Landlord 421
Parable of the Marriage Feast 422
Chapter 53: Tuesday Morning in the Temple 425
Divine Forgiveness 425
Questions by the Jewish Rulers 426
The Sadducees and the Resurrection 427
The Great Commandment 428
The Inquiring Greeks 429
Chapter 54: The Last Talk in the Temple 433
The Talk 433
Status of Individual Jews 436
The Fateful Sanhedrin Meeting 437
The Situation in Jerusalem 437
Chapter 55: Tuesday Evening on Mount Olivet 439
The Destruction of Jerusalem 439
The Master’s Second Coming 440
Later Discussion at the Camp 442
The Return of Michael 444
Chapter 56: Wednesday, the Rest Day 447
One Day Alone with God 447
Early Home Life 448
The Day at Camp 449
Judas and the Chief Priests 450
The Last Social Hour 452
Chapter 57: The Last Day at Camp 455
Talk on Sonship and Citizenship 455
After the Noon Meal 458
On the Way to the Supper 459
Chapter 58: The Last Supper 461
The Desire for Preference 461
Beginning the Supper 462
Washing the Apostles’ Feet 462
Last Words to the Betrayer 464
Establishing the Remembrance Supper 465
Chapter 59: The Farewell Talk 469
The New Commandment 469
The Vine and the Branches 470
The World’s Hostility 471
The Promised Helper 472
The Spirit of Truth 473
The Need for Leaving 475
Chapter 60: Final Warnings 477
Last Words of Comfort 477
Farewell Personal Warning 478
Chapter 61: In Gethsemane 487
The Last Group Prayer 487
Last Hour Before the Betrayal 489
Alone in Gethsemane 491
Chapter 62: Jesus’ Betrayal and Arrest 493
The Father’s Will 493
Judas in the City 494
The Master’s Arrest 495
Discussion at the Olive Press 497
On the Way to the High Priest’s Palace 498
Chapter 63: Before the Sanhedrin Court 499
Annas’ Examination 499
Peter in the Courtyard 500
Before the Sanhedrin Court 502
The Hour of Humiliation 504
The Second Meeting of the Court 505
Chapter 64: The Trial Before Pilate 507
Pontius Pilate 507
Jesus Appears Before Pilate 508
The Private Questioning by Pilate 510
Jesus Before Herod 511
Jesus Returns to Pilate 511
Pilate’s Last Appeal 513
Pilate’s Last Interview 514
Pilate’s Tragic Surrender 515
Chapter 65: Just Before the Crucifixion 517
The End of Judas Iscariot 517
The Master’s Attitude 518
The Dependable David Zebedee 519
Preparation for the Crucifixion 520
Jesus’ Death in Relation to the Passover 521
Chapter 66: The Crucifixion 523
On the Way to Golgotha 523
The Crucifixion 525
Those Who Saw the Crucifixion 526
The Thief on the Cross 527
Last Hour on the Cross 528
After the Crucifixion 529
Chapter 67: The Time of the Tomb 531
Jesus’ Burial 531
Guarding the Tomb 532
During the Sabbath Day 533
The Death on the Cross 534
Lessons from the Cross 535
Chapter 68: The Resurrection 539
The Morontia Transit 539
Jesus’ Material Body 541
The Dispensational Resurrection 542
Discovery of the Empty Tomb 542
John and Peter at the Tomb 544
Chapter 69: Jesus’ Morontia Appearances 547
Heralds of the Resurrection 547
Jesus’ Appearance at Bethany 549
At Joseph’s House 550
Appearance to the Greeks 550
The Walk with Two Brothers 551
Chapter 70: Appearances to the Apostles and Other Leaders 553
The Appearance to Peter 555
First Appearance to the Apostles 555
With the Morontia Creatures 556
The Tenth Appearance: At Philadelphia 556
Second Appearance to the Apostles 557
The Alexandrian Appearance 559
Chapter 71: Appearances in Galilee 561
Appearance by the Lake 561
Visiting with the Apostles in Pairs 562
On the Mount of Ordination 565
The Lakeside Gathering 566
Chapter 72: Final Appearances and Ascension 567
The Appearance at Sychar 568
The Phoenician Appearance 568
Last Appearance in Jerusalem 569
Causes of Judas’ Downfall 570
The Master’s Ascension 571
Peter Calls a Meeting 571
Chapter 73: The Gift of the Spirit of Truth 573
The Pentecost Sermon 573
The Significance of Pentecost 574
What Occurred at Pentecost 575
Beginnings of the Christian Church 578
Chapter 74: After the Pentecost 581
The Greeks’ Influence 582
The Roman Influence 583
Under the Roman Empire 584
The European Dark Ages 585
The Modern Problem 586
Materialism 587
The Vulnerability of Materialism 588
Secular Totalitarianism 591
Christianity’s Problem 592
The Future 593
Chapter 75: Jesus’ Faith 597
Jesus: The Man 599
Jesus’ Religion 600
The Supremacy of Religion 602