Joseph’s Death
Excerpt from, Son of Man: Urantia
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Godspeed, everyone.
In September tragedy struck. Joseph was crushed by a falling derrick while working in Sepphoris on the governor’s house. Mary took James, who was ten years old, and left for Sepphoris to see her husband. Jesus stayed behind in Nazareth to take care of the other children. Joseph died before Mary got to him, so his body was brought back to Nazareth and buried the next day.
Jesus was fourteen years old and now the head of the house. All other plans were put aside, and he did not have to worry any longer about going to the academy in Jerusalem. When it was said that Jesus sat at no man’s feet, this is what was meant—he never learned from other people what he later taught on Earth. The inspiration for Jesus’ teaching was divine and it came from inside—from his Thought Adjuster—and not from any other source. Jesus had seven siblings, Mary was again pregnant, and it was now his job to support the family. He was responsible for his sisters and brother’s education, punishing them when necessary, and managing the money Joseph had set aside in savings. The family was sad; they all missed Joseph. The situation was made all the worse because none of them ever had a chance to see him before he died. Jesus did his best to improve the situation for his family; in the evenings the neighbors would visit and he would tell them stories, play the harp, or read the scriptures.
Bob
Joseph’s Death