© 2009 Jimmer Prieto
© 2009 Urantia Association of Spain
(Bible concordances taken from The Holy Bible, Reina/Valera, 1960 version)
April 2009
Year 8 BC
March
Joseph and Mary are married in Nazareth. UB 122:2.2
June
Gabriel appears to Elizabeth, wife of Zechariah, in the city of Judea. “I, Gabriel, have come to announce to you that you will soon bear a son who will be the forerunner of the divine teacher; and you shall call him John.” UB 122:2.2 (Luke 1:5-25)
Mid-November
Gabriel appears to Mary in Nazareth. “… your conception is ordained by heaven, and you will be the mother of a son; you will call his name Joshua, and he will inaugurate the kingdom of heaven on earth among men.” UB 122:3.2 (Luke 1:26-38)
Year 7 BC
March 25.
John is born that night in the city of Judea and is circumcised on the eighth day. UB 122:2.7 (Luke 1:57-80)
August 18
Mary and Joseph leave Nazareth for Bethlehem and camp overnight near the Jordan River. [1350:7 and 1351:1] (Luke 2:1-5)
August 19
Joseph and Mary arrived in Jericho at dusk and lodged on the outskirts of the city. UB 122:7.6
August 20. Joseph and Mary arrive in Jerusalem and later in Bethlehem. They settle into an old grain storehouse. UB 122:7.7 (Luke 2:6)
August 21, at noon
Jesus of Nazareth is born into the world, swaddled, and laid in a manger. The next day, Joseph and Mary went to an inn in Bethlehem. UB 122:8.1 (Luke 2:7)
Year 7 BC
August 28
The child was circumcised according to Jewish custom and named Joshua (Jesus). UB 122:8.2 (Luke 2:21)
Mid-September
The family moved from the inn to the home of a distant relative of Joseph. The three priests of Ur came to see Jesus, bringing him gifts. “…the ‘light of life’ was about to appear on earth as a child, and among the Jews.” UB 122:8.6 (Mt. 2:1-8)
September 22
Jesus is presented at the temple in Jerusalem, and Mary’s “cleansing” ceremony takes place. UB 122:9.1 (Luke 2:22-39)
Herod’s spies search for the Jews’ “new king” for more than a year. UB 122:10.3
Year 6 BC
Mid-October.
The Massacre of the Bethlehem Male Children. The night before the massacre, Joseph’s family left Bethlehem for Alexandria, Egypt, where they lived for two years. They stayed with some of Joseph’s wealthy relatives. UB 122:10.4 (Mt. 2:13-23
year 4 before the calendar
Some Memphis friends of the host family presented Jesus with a complete copy of the Hebrew Scriptures translated into Greek. UB 123:0.3
End of August of year 4.
After Herod’s death, Joseph and his family left Alexandria by ship for Palestine. UB 123:0.4
September
The family disembarks at Joppa and then heads for Bethlehem, the city where Mary had desired for her son to grow up. UB 123:0.4
Year 4 before the calendar
Early October
They left Bethlehem for Nazareth by way of Lydda and Scythopolis, arriving in Nazareth on the fourth day of their journey. UB 123:0.6 (Mt. 2:23) (Luke 2:39)
Year 3 before the calendar
April 2
James, the first of his brothers, is born. UB 123:1.4
Midsummer
Joseph builds a small workshop in Nazareth near the village fountain and the caravan stop. UB 123:1.6
July
A malignant intestinal disease spreads in Nazareth; Mary flees with her two children to her brother’s country home near Sarid. UB 123:1.7
Year 3 before the calendar
September
Mary, Jesus, and James return to Nazareth. UB 123:1.7
Year 2 before the calendar
February 11
Jesus receives his Thought Adjuster. From this time onward and throughout the human development of his incarnation, the guardianship of Jesus was entrusted to this inner Adjuster. UB 123:2.1
July 11
His sister Miriam is born. UB 123:2.3
August 21st
Jesus turns five, and Mary formally hands over his future education to Joseph. UB 123:2.6
Year 6 of Jesus
Year 1 before the calendar
Jesus already spoke Aramaic and learned Greek very early, enabling him to read the translation of the Scriptures that his relatives in Alexandria had given him. UB 123:3.1
June
Zechariah, Elizabeth, and John made a several-day visit to the family in Nazareth. After meeting John, who had come from the vicinity of Jerusalem, Jesus began to show extraordinary interest in the history of Israel. UB 123:3.4
Year 7 of Jesus
Year 1 before the calendar
March 16
Joseph, the fourth son of the family of Nazareth, is born. UB 123:4.9
July
Unexpected sandstorm in Nazareth. Jesus, blinded by the sand, falls down the stone steps. UB 123:4.5
August
At the age of seven, Jesus began his school life in the synagogue at Nazareth. At this age, he spoke Aramaic and Greek fluently; now he began to study Hebrew. UB 123:5.1
Year 1 of the calendar
Jesus meets a mathematics professor from Damascus and from him develops a keen sense of numbers, distances, and proportions. UB 123:6.3
Year 2 of the calendar
February
Nahor, a teacher at an academy in Jerusalem, comes to observe Jesus and offers to take him to Jerusalem for his education. UB 123:6.8
April 14
Simon, the fifth son of the family and Jesus’ third brother, is born. UB 123:6.7
Year 9 of Jesus
Year 3 of the calendar
Late Winter. The “Drawing on the Classroom Floor” Incident UB 124:1.3
May
Jesus helped harvest grain on his uncle’s farm. UB 124:1.11
End of June
Jesus and his father climbed to the top of Mount Tabor. UB 124:1.6
September 13
Martha, Jesus’ second sister and sixth daughter in the family, is born.
Jesus became the leader of seven young Nazarenes. UB 124:1.13
Year 4 of the calendar
August
Jesus enters the Nazarene synagogue college. UB 124:2.2
End of calendar year 4
Jesus had a two-month fishing experience with one of his uncles on the Sea of Galilee. UB 124:2.7
Year 5 of the calendar
Mid-May
Jesus accompanied Joseph on a business trip to Scythopolis; Joseph was alarmed by Jesus’ enthusiasm for the Greek games in the amphitheater. This was the first and only time Joseph became displeased with Jesus. UB 124:3.8
June 24,
Judah, the seventh son of the family, is born. UB 124:3.4
Year 6 of the calendar
Jesus continued to progress in school, tireless in his study of nature and the methods men use to earn a living.
The fact that he had only one personality made it difficult for his consciousness to recognize the dual origin of the factors that composed the nature associated with this same personality. UB 124:4.2
During this year and the two following years, Jesus suffered great mental affliction as a result of his constant efforts to reconcile his personal views on religious and social practices with the deeply held beliefs of his parents. UB 124:4.9.
Year 7 of the calendar
In this year the lad of Nazareth passed from childhood to the beginning of adolescence. UB 124:5.1
January 9
Amos, the eighth child of the family, was born. UB 124:5.2
Mid-February
Jesus becomes certain that he is destined for an earthly mission to enlighten humanity and reveal God. UB 124:5.3
March 20
Jesus graduated from the local school and was recognized as the “Son of the Commandment” according to Jewish tradition. UB 124:5.4
April 4th
Monday. Joseph, Mary, and Jesus, along with 103 other people from Nazareth, left for Jerusalem for the Passover celebration. They passed through the towns of Shunem, Jezreel, Mount Gilboa, the Jordan Valley, Mount Sartaba, Jericho, Bethany, and then arrived in Jerusalem. UB 124:6.1 (Luke 2:41-44)
April 7
Jesus first met the Bethany family, consisting of Simon (the father) and his children, Mary, Martha, and Lazarus. A lifelong friendship developed between the two families. UB 124:6.9 Joseph took Jesus to the academy where he was supposed to continue his studies two years later. UB 124:6.13
April 8
During the night, for the first time in his earth career, an authorized messenger from Salvington, commissioned by Manuel, appeared before him and said: “The hour has come. It is time for you to begin your Father’s business.” UB 124:6.15
April 8 and 9
Jesus attended the temple rituals and was deeply disappointed by the spirit of irreverence he observed throughout the temple courts. UB 125:0.6
The Nazareth family celebrates the Passover with the Bethany family. UB 125:2.2.
Jesus goes to the temple every day during the week as the new “Son of the covenant.”
Their determination to one day establish a bloodless Passover is born. UB 125:1.5
April 13
Wednesday. Jesus is allowed to go to the home of Lazarus, the son of the Bethany family, to spend the night with them. UB 125:2.7
April 17
Sunday, mid-afternoon. Mary and Joseph set out for home, unaware that Jesus was not among the group from Nazareth. They arrived in Jericho in the evening and only then realized Jesus was missing. (Luke 2:45)
Jesus spends the day at the temple and the night at Bethany. UB 125:3.1
April 18
Jesus takes part in the temple discussions, sometimes asking pointed questions that embarrassed the learned teachers of Jewish law. UB 125:4.3
Jesus and Mary return to Jerusalem to find Jesus. UB 125:4, 3-5
April 19
Jesus’ third day in the temple. The entire attention of the discussion group was focused primarily on the young man’s questions. UB 125:4.3 (Luke 2:46)
Joseph and Mary continued their eager search for Jesus; they even went to the temple but didn’t see him. UB 125:5, 8-10
April 20
Jesus’s second day at the temple. The teachers were amazed that Jesus was so familiar with the Scriptures, both in Greek and Hebrew. Mary and Joseph finally found Jesus. “My son, why have you treated us like this? For more than three days your father and I have been anxiously searching for you.” They leave Jerusalem for home and spend the night in Jericho. UB 125:6.5-10 (Luke 2:46-51)
April 22
Joseph, Mary, and Jesus return to Nazareth. UB 125:6.11
Year 8 of the calendar
September 25th
Joseph dies accidentally at Sepphoris. The next day he is buried in Nazareth. UB 126:2.1
John (later the Baptist) became a Nazarite at Engedi. UB 126:2.4
Of all the experiences of Jesus’ earthly life, his fourteenth and fifteenth years were the most crucial. This period began with his return to Nazareth, following his visit to Jerusalem and the sudden death of his father.
Jesus becomes head of Joseph’s family. UB 126:2.7
He is increasingly devoted to caring for his family and preparing to do the will of his heavenly Father on earth. UB 126:2.5
Year 9 of the calendar
April 17
Ruth, the youngest of Jesus’ siblings, is born. UB 126:3.2
Year 9 of the calendar
From this date on, time is reckoned according to the twentieth-century calendar, not the Jewish year. UB 126:3.1
During this year, Jesus taught his family the prayer he later taught his apostles, known as the Lord’s Prayer. UB 126:3, 3-4
He also found a passage in the Book of Enoch that inspired him to later adopt the term “Son of Man” during his mission on Urantia. UB 126:3.6
Jesus had convinced himself that he did not fit into the concept of the Jewish Messiah. UB 126:3.6
August 23
At the age of fifteen, he was allowed to officiate in the synagogue at Nazareth. There he gave his first sermon. “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the humble…” [1391:5-6] (Luke 4:17-20)
Year 10 of the calendar
In this year, Jesus reached his full physical stature. The traits of a simultaneously human and divine personality became evident. He worked as a carpenter. UB 127:1.6
Year 11 of the calendar
The episode of the Zealots. They proposed resolving the situation through a public revolt. They went to see Jesus, who refused to join the party. [1397:1-5]
In this year, Jesus made much progress in organizing his mind, reconciling his divine and human natures. UB 127:2.12
Year 12 of the calendar
April
Serious financial problems in Jesus’ family. UB 127:3.1
Jesus takes his brother James to the Passover festivities in Jerusalem, via the Samaria route.
They celebrated the Passover meal with the Bethany family; Jesus presided because Simon, the father of the house, had died. James was received into the community of Israel. Jesus refused to become involved in the temple discussions, contrary to James’s wishes. They returned home by way of the Jordan Valley. UB 127:3.2-7
Jesus becomes a prominent member of the Nazareth philosophical discussion group, inaugurated by the chazan. UB 127:3.9
July
Zacarías dies. UB 127:3.10
September
Elizabeth and John visit the family in Nazareth. Jesus and John have many conversations together and decide not to see each other again until “the heavenly Father has called them” to begin their public ministry. [1400:3-4]
December 3
Amos, Jesus’s younger brother, dies after a week of illness with a high fever. UB 127:3.12
Year 13 of the calendar
Ezra’s daughter, Rebekah, falls in love with Jesus and desires to marry him. Jesus hears her proposal and responds. “If I am a child of destiny, I must assume no lifelong obligations until my destiny is made manifest.” UB 127:5.3-6
Year 14 of the calendar
April
Jesus went to Jerusalem for the Passover. He stopped in Bethany at the home of Lazarus, Martha, and Mary, where they celebrated the first bloodless Passover meal. UB 127:6, 6-7
In this year, Jesus continued the task of blending his mortal and divine natures into a single, simple, and effective human individuality. He continues to grow in moral standing and spiritual discernment. Jesus now realizes that he is on the threshold of full adulthood, rich in the experience of human living and filled with both understanding and compassion for the weaknesses of human nature. UB 127:6.9
Year 15 of the calendar
Joshua ben Joseph knew very well that he was a man, a mortal man, born of a woman. He demonstrated this in his choice of his first appellation, the Son of Man. UB 128:1.2
…it was necessary for him to become in all respects like his brethren, that he might become a merciful and understanding sovereign to them. UB 128:1.4
April
Jesus took his brother Joseph to Jerusalem for the Passover celebration and consecration, just as he had James. They took the Jordan Valley route, returning to Nazareth by way of Amathus. They celebrated the Passover supper at Bethany. UB 128:1.14
Year 16 of the calendar
Jesus spent the second part of the year in Sepphoris working with a blacksmith. Before this, he had appointed James as head of the family. He walked every weekend from Sepphoris to Nazareth. At the end of this time, when he returned to the repair shop, he no longer assumed personal direction of family affairs. UB 128:2.4-7
Year 17 of the calendar
With four family members working, the financial pressure eased slightly. In April, Jesus stopped working to take his brother Simon to Jerusalem for Passover. They arrived in Jerusalem by way of the Decapolis and extended their visit by three weeks. UB 128:3.1-2
In Philadelphia, Jesus and Simon met a merchant from Damascus, who sympathized with the brethren and even invited Jesus to work with him in his import business. UB 128:3.3
Jesus also had a conversation with a young Hellenist named Stephen, who years later believed in Jesus’ teachings and was stoned to death by the Jews. UB 128:3.5-6 (Acts 7:59)
September to December.
Jesus accepted the invitation of the merchant of Damascus and went to work for him as a translator (learning the basics of the Hindu language). The merchant introduced him to twelve other people to help him establish a school of religious philosophy in Damascus. UB 128:4.1-2
Year 18 of the calendar
Mid-June.
Jesus went to Caesarea a week after the Passover to meet with five prominent Jews from Alexandria, who were seeking him to establish himself in their city as a religious teacher, assistant to the chazzan in the principal synagogue of Alexandria. UB 128:5.2
The last six months of this year were very peaceful, and he made tremendous progress in mastering his human mind. UB 128:5.6
Year 19 of the calendar
Jesus took his brother Judah to the Passover. This time he followed the Jordan Valley route and back. Judah ran into trouble with the Roman authorities and was arrested. Jesus and Judah had to spend the Passover in a military prison. After Jesus arranged for Judah’s release, they spent the night with Lazarus, Martha, and Mary in Bethany and then returned to Nazareth. This was the last time Jesus accompanied a member of his family to the Passover. UB 128:6.1
Year 20 of the calendar
Early this year, Jesus of Nazareth became clearly aware of the enormous potential power he possessed. UB 128:7.1.
This year Jesus had more free time, so he devoted himself to teaching James how to manage the repair shop and Joseph how to manage the household. UB 128:7.7 All of Jesus’ brothers now had trades. He installed his brother James as “the head and protector of my father’s house.” UB 128:7.2
November
A double wedding took place in Nazareth. His brother James married a woman named Estha, and his sister Miriam married James. UB 128:7.10
One day after the wedding, Jesus formally leaves home. In this way, he prepares to embark on the second phase of his adult life. UB 128:7.13
Year 21 of the calendar
January
On Sunday morning, Jesus left his home for Tiberias, where he stayed for a week. He passed through Magdala, Bethsaida, and Capernaum, where he served as a boat builder in the workshops of Zebedee. He worked there for a little over a year; during that time, he created a new type of boat and established entirely new methods for its construction. UB 129:1.2-3
October
Jesus goes to Nazareth to attend Martha’s wedding. For tax purposes, he is recorded as a “skilled craftsman of Capernaum.” UB 129:1.8
Judah used to go to Capernaum on weekends to hear Jesus speak in the synagogue. The more he saw his older brother, the more convinced he became that Jesus was truly a great man. UB 129:1.13
This year Jesus made great progress in the ascending mastery of his human mind and attained new and higher levels of conscious contact with his Thought Adjuster. UB 129:1.14
Years 22 and 23 of the calendar
To the observing celestial intelligences of the local universe, this Mediterranean voyage was the most captivating of all Jesus’ earthly experiences… UB 129:4.1
In March, Jesus bids farewell to Zebedee’s family to remain in Jerusalem until the Passover, which they agreed to celebrate together. UB 129:2.2
He spent about two months in Jerusalem and Bethany. In company with the high priest Annas, he visited most of the academies of the religious teachers in Jerusalem. Jesus and the family of Zebedee celebrated the Passover at the home of Annas. UB 129:2.8
That night, Jesus met an Indian merchant named Gonod and his seventeen-year-old son, Ganid, who were about to embark on a voyage around the Mediterranean. Gonod asked Jesus to work with him as an interpreter and tutor for his son. Jesus agreed to work with him for two years. UB 129:2.10-11
By the end of his twenty-ninth year, Jesus of Nazareth had nearly completed the life required of mortals as temporary residents in the flesh. UB 129:4.8
April 26
Jesus, Gonod, and Ganid departed for Jerusalem to begin their journey around the Mediterranean Basin. Their route: Joppa, Caesarea, Alexandria, Crete, Cyrene, Naples, Malta, Syracuse, Messina, and Rome. UB 130:0.2-3.
…Cyrene (two days), Carthage, Malta, Syracuse (one week), Messana (one day), Naples, Capua (three days), Appian Way, Rome (with five trips away from Rome, to the northern Italian lakes and Switzerland), Tarentum, Nicopolis (several days), Corinth, Athens, Ephesus, Rhodes, Papi, the mountains of Cyprus (four weeks), Salamis, Antioch, Ur, Susa and Charax.
From Susa, Gonod and Ganid sailed for India. UB 133:9.4
Year 24 of the calendar
December 10
Jesus bids farewell to Gonod and Ganid at Charax and travels by way of Ur to Babylon. UB 134:1.1
December 23
From Babylon to Damascus, Capernaum, and Nazareth, where he spent several weeks with family and friends. UB 134:1.3
April 1st
Of all his world travels, this was the one that enabled him to acquire the best understanding of the peoples of the Far East. The Europeans of the Far West and the Asians of the Far East gave equal attention to his words of hope and eternal life. UB 134:1.4
Jesus offers to lead a caravan for a year through the Caspian region: Damascus, Lake Urmia, Assyria, Media, Parthia, and the southeastern Caspian region. UB 134:2.1
Jesus left the caravan near Lake Urmia. On the way to the Caspian Sea, he stopped for about two weeks at an amphitheater built by Cymboiton, dedicated to the philosophy of religions, in the ancient Persian city of Urmia. There he gave the “Urmia Lectures” on the kingdom of God and the kingdoms of men. UB 134:3.1-5
Year 25 of the calendar
Beginning of March
Deeply convinced that he would be the harbinger of the coming of “the kingdom of heaven,” John the Baptist began preaching at the ford near Jericho. UB 135:6.1 (Mt. 3:1-12) (Mk.1:1-60) (Lk. 3:1-15)
April 1st
At the conclusion of his journey through the Caspian Sea region, Jesus arrives in Capernaum and stays with the family of Zebedee. After a short visit, he goes to Nazareth, where he remains for a couple of days. UB 134:7.1
Mid-April
Jesus leaves Nazareth for Tyre and travels from there to Sidon and then to Antioch. UB 134:7.3
End of April
Jesus remained in Antioch for more than two months, working, observing, studying, visiting, and learning how men live, think, and feel about human existence. UB 134:7.3
May
Priests and Levites harass John, asking him if he claimed to be the Messiah.
“Go and tell your leaders that you have heard ‘the voice of one crying in the wilderness,’ as the prophet expressed it, saying: Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight a path for our God” UB 135:6.6 (Jn. 1:23) (Mt. 3:11-12) (Mk. 1:3) (Lk. 3:15-17)
Year 25 of the calendar.
From June of that year until August of the year 26
This is the year of Jesus’ solitary journeys through Palestine and
Syria. Throughout this year of travel, he was known by various names in different parts of the country: the carpenter of Nazareth, the boatbuilder of Capernaum, the scribe of Damascus, and the teacher of Alexandria. UB 134:7.2
Jesus begins his solitary journeys: Antioch, Caesarea, Joppa, Jamnia, Ashdod and Gaza. Beersheba, Hebron, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Beeroth, Lebona, Sychar, Shechem, Samaria, Geba, En-Ganim, Engor and Madon. Magdala, Capernaum, Karata, Caesarea Philippi and Mount Hermon. UB 134:7.4-5
year 26 of the calendar.
Last three weeks of August
Jesus spends them on Mount Hermon. This period of isolation on Mount Hermon marked the termination of his purely human career. Jesus attained absolute certainty about his nature and the truth of his triumph over the material levels of his personality in time and space. He fully believed in the predominance of his divine nature over his human nature UB 134:8.5
First three weeks of September
The great temptation occurs on Mount Hermon. Satan (representing Lucifer) and Caligastia, the rebel Planetary Prince, became fully visible to him. UB 134:8.6 (Lk. 4:1-13) (Mt. 4:1-11) (Mk. 1:12-13)
That afternoon, Michael of Nebadon gained sovereignty over his universe. The Lucifer rebellion in Satania and the Caligastia secession on Urantia were practically settled. UB 134:8.9
Late September to early October
Jesus and John Zebedee leave for Jerusalem; John notes a great change in Jesus. UB 134:9.1 Jesus and John in Jerusalem and Bethany. Jesus spent almost a week alone in the mountains near Bethany and then left for Capernaum; during the journey, he spent a day and a night on the slopes of Gilboa. [1495:1-2]
Early October to January 13
Jesus works these months in Zebedee’s boat shop. UB 134:9.7
John the Baptist preaches and baptizes in the Jordan. “The kingdom of heaven is at hand; repent and be baptized.” UB 134:9.8 (Mt. 3:2) (Mk. 1:4) (Lk. 3:3)
January 12
James and Judah go to Capernaum to seek Jesus’ advice about their intention to be baptized by John. UB 135:8.2
January 13
Jesus leaves his work at Zebedee’s workshop, declaring, “My hour has come.” The next day, Jesus, James, and Judah arrive at the place where John was baptizing. UB 135:8.3
Jesus began his public ministry when popular interest in John’s preaching was at its height and at a time when the Jewish people of Palestine were anxiously awaiting the appearance of the Messiah. UB 136:0.1
Year 26 of the calendar
January 14, noon.
John baptizes Jesus and his brothers James and Judah in the Jordan. “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.” UB 135:8.6 (Mt. 3:13-17) (Lk. 3:21-22) (Mk. 1:9-11)
On that day, Jesus stood in the Jordan as a perfected mortal from the evolutionary worlds of time and space. A perfect synchronicity had been established between the mortal mind of Jesus and his Adjuster. As John laid his hands upon Jesus for baptism, the indwelling Adjuster bid farewell forever to the perfected human soul of Joshua ben Joseph. Jesus also witnessed his own divine spirit descend upon him and say: “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” UB 136:2.3
Immediately after the baptism, Jesus withdrew to the eastern mountains for 40 days. In the mountains, Jesus spoke with Gabriel and with the Constellation Father of Edentia, who appeared to them in person, saying, “The records are completed. The sovereignty of Michael number 611,121 over his universe of Nebadon has been consummated at the right hand of the Universal Father…” UB 136:3.5-6
Jesus planned the beginning of his public ministry with six “great decisions”:
February 23
Jesus descended from the mountain to join John’s companions at Pella. His face shone with the glory of spiritual victories and moral prowess. UB 136:10.1
Jesus receives Andrew as his first apostle, and soon afterward, Andrew’s brother, Simon. UB 137:1.2 (Mt. 4:18) (Mk. 1:16)
Later that same night, James and John Zebedee also declared themselves apostles. UB 137:1.6 (Mt. 4:21)
February 24th
Sunday morning. Jesus leaves John in Pella; he and the four apostles return to Galilee. Before crossing the Jordan, they met Philip and Nathanael, and Jesus said to them separately, “Follow me.” (Jn. 1:43, 45)
At dusk, the seven arrived in Nazareth and spent the night at the house of Joseph, Jesus’s brother. In this house, where he had spent his childhood, Jesus destroyed all his writings. UB 137:2.9
February 25th
Jesus dispatches the six apostles to Cana and goes to visit his mother in Capernaum and his brother Judah in Magdala. UB 137:3.1
February 26
Jesus, Mary, Judah, and James travel to Cana. UB 137:3.6
The next day, the wedding at Cana takes place. The water turns into wine. [1530:1-3] (Jn. 2:1-11)
February 28th
Jesus and the six apostles travel to Bethsaida. Jesus attempts to explain to the six who he was, what his mission on earth was, and how it would end. The six were astonished. UB 137:5.2
March 1st
Jesus resumes his work in the boat shop and instructs his apostles to return to their regular duties until “the hour of the kingdom shall come.” UB 137:6.5
March 2
Jesus spoke in the synagogue at Capernaum. That evening, Jesus and his apostles, along with James and Judah, got into a boat and sailed along the shore for a while while he spoke to them about the coming kingdom. UB 137:6.4
March 3
John the Baptist and his disciples begin their return journey south, staying in the town of Adam for several weeks. From there, he launches his attack on Herod Antipas. UB 135:10.2
March to June
The “four months of training.” These seven believers, one of them his own brother, learned to know Jesus; they were becoming accustomed to the idea of living with this God-man. Judah attended only rarely. UB 137:7.1
June
John the Baptist returns to Bethany. UB 135:10.2
June 12
John the Baptist is arrested by agents of Herod Antipas and taken to prison. UB 135:10.3 (Mt. 14:1-12) (Mk.6:14-29) (Lk. 9:7-9)
June 18
Jesus lays down his workshop tools and declares, “The Father’s hour has come. Let us prepare to proclaim the gospel of the kingdom.” UB 137:8.2
June 22
Saturday. Jesus preaches about the “Kingdom” in the synagogue at Capernaum, causing amazement among his listeners, though not all understood. UB 137:8.4
The next day, Jesus gave the six disciples final instructions before their first tour of personal work. He sent them out two by two. UB 138:1.1
June 23 to July 7
The six apostles are commissioned to choose six more. While the apostles travel, Jesus goes to Nazareth to visit some members of his family. UB 138:1.2
July 7th
Election of six new apostles: Matthew Levi, Thomas Didymus, James Alphaeus and his twin brother Judas Alphaeus, Simon Zelotes, and Judas Iscariot. They were chosen personally and on different days. UB 138:1.3
July 8th
Sunday afternoon. Appeal from Matthew, the customs collector; later, from Simon the Zealot. “Need I remind you that those who are healthy have no need of a doctor, but those who are sick? I have come, not to call the righteous, but sinners.” (Lk. 5:31)
They had dinner and spent the night at Matthew’s house. UB 138:3.8
July 9
Jesus and the apostles took a ship to Gadara to formally summon James and Jude, the twin sons of Alphaeus. They spent the night at Alphaeus’s home. That evening, Jesus based his teaching on these statements: “My heavenly Father does not despise any of the creatures we have made. The kingdom of heaven is open to all men and to all women.” UB 138:4.1-3
July 10th
Jesus and the apostles took a ship to Tarichea to call Thomas and Judas Iscariot. The apostles could not grasp the idea that Jesus had come to proclaim a new gospel of salvation and to establish a new way of encountering God; they did not perceive that he was a new revelation from the heavenly Father. UB 138:5.2
July 11
Jesus leaves the twelve alone for a day and returns that evening for supper. He tells them about the ministry of the seraphim. UB 138:5.3
July 12
Jesus and the apostles take a boat from Tarichea to Capernaum. UB 138:5.3
Saturday 13th
Jesus spends a quiet day with his chosen twelve; he speaks to them about the proclamation of the kingdom of heaven. “If it is necessary to censure the civil rulers, leave that task to me. See that you make no accusations against Caesar or his servants.” UB 138:5.4
July 14-21
A week of intense training. Jesus establishes the general rule of taking a midweek rest day throughout all kingdom work. “My kingdom and the gospel connected with it will be the substance of your message. Do not stray from the subject by preaching about me and my teachings.” UB 138:6.1
July 21st
Just as Jesus was about to send the Twelve on a missionary campaign, three of the apostles hounded him with questions that showed they had not yet grasped his message about the kingdom of heaven. UB 138:7.1
July 22 to August 6
Jesus commissions the twelve to spend two weeks fishing in preparation for their first mission. “And afterward you will go forth to become fishers of men.” UB 138:7.6 (Mt. 4:19) (Mk. 1:17) (Lk. 5:10)
Year 27 of the calendar
August 6 to January 12
The first mission of the twelve, known as the five months of probation. Jesus accompanied them in pairs, and they alternated between two weeks of fishing and two weeks of labor for the kingdom. Jesus taught them to preach the forgiveness of sins through faith in God, without penance or sacrifice, and that the Father in heaven loves all his children with the same eternal love. UB 138:8.2
Jesus’ family, with the exception of Ruth, practically abandons him.
Missionary work was done at Capernaum, Bethsaida Julias, Chorazin, Gerasa, Hippos, Magdala, Cana, Bethlehem of Galilee, Jotapatha, Ramah, Safed, Gishchala, and Abila, as well as in many smaller towns and in the countryside. UB 138:9.2
January 12
Sunday. Jesus ordains the Twelve as public preachers of the gospel of the kingdom in the northern highlands of Capernaum. “You are the salt of the earth… You are the light of the world… You will know them by their fruits.” [1572]
Jesus gave the ordination sermon, also known as the “Sermon on the Mount.” UB 140:4.10 (Mt. 5-7) (Luke 6:20-49)
That same night in Capernaum, at the disciples’ request, he imparted new teachings to them. “You find it difficult to receive my message because you would build the new teaching directly upon the old, but I affirm that you must be reborn.” UB 140:6.2
January 13
For the first time, Jesus allows the apostles to teach the crowd. Jesus imparts further teaching to the twelve. A week of teaching, learning, and fishing, during which Jesus repeatedly reiterated to his apostles their mission on earth: to reveal the Father to men and lead them to realize by faith that they are children of the Most High. UB 140:7.4
January 16
Thursday afternoon. Jesus takes Peter, James, and John from the lake shore and takes them out in a boat to impart new and profound teachings about the kingdom. UB 140:7.7
January 18
Saturday. Jesus performs the solemn act of consecrating the twelve at the same place of ordination. The Master’s consecration mission was: “Go into all the world and preach the good news of the kingdom. Set the spiritual captives free, comfort the oppressed, and help the afflicted. Freely you have received, freely give.” UB 140:9.2 (Mt. 10:8)
January 19
The apostolic party left Bethsaida for Jerusalem, taking the Jordan Valley route, to attend the Passover feast. Jesus’ fame had begun to spread widely throughout Galilee and even beyond. UB 141:0.2
January 19-20
The group stops at Tarichea to rest and spend the night. UB 141:1.2
January 29 to early February
They spent more than two weeks in Pella. Hundreds of people gathered from Galilee, Phoenicia, Syria, the Decapolis, Perea, and Judea; many of them had been baptized by John. This entire 27th year was spent taking charge of John’s work in Perea and Judea. UB 141:1.5
February
Amathus, almost three weeks. The apostles continue their public preaching; disagreement between John’s disciples and Jesus’ disciples. Jesus continues to instruct the twelve. “You have been taught to look for the coming of the kingdom of God, … and this long-awaited kingdom is already here in our midst. I declare that the kingdom of heaven is the understanding and recognition of the government of God in the hearts of men.” UB 141:2.1
The episode of the Persian named Tejerma. Jesus declares to Simon: “I have not come to destroy what you have from your forefathers, but to show you the complete vision of what your fathers saw only in part.” UB 141:6.1
February 26
Jesus and the apostles, followed by a large group of disciples, travel across the ford of Bethany in Perea. UB 141:7.1
Late February to late March
Four weeks. Bethany beyond the Jordan, with visits to Jericho. First ministry of the apostles to the sick and afflicted. Three days in Jericho. Discussions with a delegation from Mesopotamia. UB 141:8.1-3
March 31st
The apostolic group leaves Jericho for the hills, headed for Jerusalem; they stay with Lazarus, Martha, and Mary in Bethany. UB 141:9.2
April 6
Sunday. They leave Bethany and are all together in Jerusalem for the first time. UB 141:9.3
Jesus visits Annas but is received with considerable reservations. Jesus says goodbye to Annas, reminding him that fear and pride destroy joy and freedom. UB 142:0.2
April 6-30
Jerusalem. The apostles spend each night of this time in Bethany; Jesus spends two nights a week at the home of Flavius, a Greek Jew, in Jerusalem, where many eminent Jews come to meet with him. The conversation with Nicodemus, a member of the Sanhedrin. How can a man be born again when he is old? “I tell you the truth, unless a man is born of the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit” (Jn. 3:1-15).
Jesus and the twelve taught daily within the temple concerning the kingdom. UB 142:0.1
April 30
Opposition to Jesus’ teachings from the Pharisees and Sadducees grew, so they decided to work in Bethlehem and Hebron for a time. The people living in this area did not know that Jesus had been born in Bethlehem, but the twelve knew the truth. UB 142:8.1
May
Bethlehem and Hebron. The apostles spend this time visiting people from house to house, including the sick. UB 142:8.1
June
Jesus and the apostles spent this month near Jerusalem without conducting any public teaching. They camped in Gethsemane. They spent the weekends in Bethany. Jewish leaders prepared to arrest Jesus. Simon, a member of the Sanhedrin, was converted, causing such an uproar among the Jewish leaders that the apostolic group decided to withdraw to Samaria and the Decapolis. UB 142:8.4-5
June 27 and 28
Jesus and the apostles leave Jerusalem because of growing opposition. They stop at Bethel and then go to the Samaritan towns of Arimathea and Tamna, overcoming prejudice against the people of that region. UB 143:0.1-2
Last week of July
Jesus and the apostles depart for a two-week visit to the Greek cities of Phasaelis and Archelais. UB 143:0.2
Mid-August
Jesus resolves the great tension between the apostles and John’s disciples by inviting them to spend three days of rest on the mountain. UB 143:3.1
August 19
Jesus and the apostles leave for Sychar in Samaria. The incident involving Nalda, the Samaritan woman. UB 143:4.1 (Jn. 4:1-25
At Jacob’s well, Jesus reveals to the woman of Sychar that he is the “sent one.” UB 143:5.7 (Jn. 4:26)
Year 28 of the calendar
August 21-31
Preaching in the cities of Samaria about the fatherhood of God. Jesus and his disciples camp on Mount Gerizim; teaching on prayer and worship. True religion is the performance of an individual soul in its conscious relationship with the Creator; organized religion is man’s attempt to socialize the worship of individual practitioners of religion. UB 143:7.1-9
Beginning of September to November 2
Jesus and the apostles on Mount Gilboa, in an isolated camp. “If you, being mortal and finite, know how to respond to requests and give good and appropriate gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Spirit and many other blessings to those who ask him?” (Mt. 7:11)
After Thomas’s request, “Teacher, teach us to pray,” Jesus taught them the “Lord’s Prayer.” UB 144:2.3
First three weeks of October
Jesus’ apostles held talks with John’s apostles for three weeks. For three weeks, these twenty-four men held their sessions three times a day, six days a week. UB 144:5.100
November and December
Jesus and the 24 disciples work together in the Greek cities of the Decapolis: Scythopolis, Gerasa, Abila, and Gadara. UB 144:7.1-3
End of December
Teaching and preaching near Pella. Jesus receives a message from John in prison: “Are you really the Deliverer, or should we look for another?” UB 144:8.2 (Mt. 11:3) (Lk. 7:19)
January 10
John the Baptist is executed. UB 144:9.1 (Lk. 9:9) (Mt. 14:10) (Mk. 6:27)
Year 29 of the calendar
January 12
Jesus receives the news of John’s execution. Jesus, dismissing the crowd, said to the twenty-four: “John is dead. Herod has had him beheaded. The time has come for the kingdom to be proclaimed openly and with power. Tomorrow we will go to Galilee.” UB 144:9.1
January 13, at dusk
Before beginning his public preaching in Galilee, Jesus instructed the apostles at Capernaum. UB 145:0.1
January 16-19
The episode of “The Great Catch of Fish on the Sea of Galilee.” (Luke 5:1-7) Jesus has a conversation with Ruth, his younger sister. Great interest is aroused in Capernaum by what Jesus did during these four days. UB 145:0.1
January 17
Jesus preached in the synagogue at Capernaum about “the will of the Father who is in heaven.” He taught that religion is a personal experience. “I have come, not to reveal the Father to the children of Israel, but rather to bring to the individual believer the revelation of his love… as a genuine personal experience.” Jesus healed a young epileptic after the sermon in the synagogue.
Later that day, Simon Peter’s mother-in-law was healed in Jesus’ presence. (Mt. 8:14-15) (Mk. 1:30-31) (Lk. 4:38-39)
The episode of “The Healing at Evening” in Capernaum. The crowd cried out, “Master, speak the word, restore us to health, cure our diseases, and save our souls.” Peter implored the Teacher to grant their requests. “If it were the will of Him who sent me, and if it were not incompatible with my dedication to proclaiming the gospel, I would have my children healed.” [1631:1-6] (Mt. 8:16-17) (Mk. 1:32-34) (Lk. 4:40-41)
January 18
Early in the morning, a huge crowd of sick and afflicted people gathered outside Zebedee’s house seeking healing. UB 145:5.2
In the afternoon, the apostolic group set out on their first true preaching tour through Galilee, which lasted from January 18 to March 17. John’s apostles participated in this tour. They brought the gospel to Rimmon, Jotapatha, Ramah, Zebulun, Iron, Gishchala, Chorazin, Madon, Cana, Nain, and Endor. In Iron, a leper dared to say to him as he passed by the door: “Lord, if you would, you could make me clean. I am willing. Be clean.” UB 146:4.3 (Mt. 8:2) (Mk. 1:40-42) (Lk. 5:12-13)
At Cana, the healing of Titus’s son, who was gravely ill, occurs. “Return to your home; your son will live” UB 146:5.2 (Jn. 4:48-50)
At Nain, the people mistakenly believed in the resurrection of a widow’s son. “Awake and arise” UB 146:6.2 (Luke 7:14)
March 17-30
Return to Capernaum. The apostles teach the people on the seashore. UB 147:0.1
Jesus, James, and John made two secret journeys to Tiberias, the new capital of Galilee. UB 147:0.2
March 29
Jesus heals the servant of Mangus, a Roman centurion. “Lord, do not trouble yourself to come under my house, for I am not worthy that you should come under my roof…” UB 147:1.4 (Mt. 8:8) (Lk. 7:6)
March 30
Jesus and the twenty-four leave Capernaum for Jerusalem to attend the Passover celebration by taking the Jordan Valley route. UB 147:2.1
April 2
Friday. The group arrives at Bethany; they camp at Gethsemane to avoid the crowd seeking healing. Jesus shuttles between Bethany and Gethsemane. UB 147:2.2
April 9
The apostolic group celebrates the bloodless Passover for the first time in Bethany. John’s apostles remain in Jerusalem after the Passover. UB 147:2, 3-4
April 10
The Episode at the Pool of Bethesda. “Many of you are here, sick and afflicted, because you have lived many years in the wrong way…” UB 147:3.1-6 (Jn. 5:1-18)
Jesus, Peter, James, and John are invited to a banquet by Simon the Pharisee. Jesus is anointed by a woman. “You have truly repented of your sins, and they are forgiven. Do not be discouraged by the thoughtless and severe attitude of your fellow men; go on your way, in the joy and freedom of the kingdom of heaven.” [1652:1-3] (Mk. 14:3-9) (Mt. 26:6-13) (Jn. 12:1-8)
During his visit, Jesus attends several other banquets and gatherings with the rich and poor of Jerusalem. UB 147:5.10
Last week of April
Jesus and the twelve left Bethany for Capernaum by way of Jericho and the Jordan. The day before their departure, the chief priests and religious leaders decided that Jesus would have to be arrested on religious charges and tried before the Sanhedrin. A commission of six spies was chosen to follow Jesus. UB 147:6.2
May Day
The spies accuse the apostles of violating the Sabbath. The incident of the grains of wheat being plucked up along the way. “I say that the Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.” UB 147:6.4 (Mt. 12:1-8) (Mk. 2:23-28) (Lk. 6:1-5)
May 3rd
The apostolic group arrives by ship at Bethsaida from Tarichea. UB 147:7.1
May 4th
The spies ask Jesus why he doesn’t command his disciples to fast and pray as the Pharisees did. “Do the men of honor fast while the bridegroom is with them? They can hardly fast while the bridegroom is with them. But the hour is near…” UB 147:7.2
(Mt. 9:14-17) (Mk. 2:18-22) (Lk. 5:33-39)
May 3 to October 3
The Bethsaida Camp under the supervision of David Zebedee and the Alpheus twins. During these five months, a “new school of the prophets” operated under the guidance of Peter and a hospital under the direction of Elman were also established. The camp was visited by thousands of people from the Roman Empire and countries east of the Euphrates; 117 new evangelists were trained. UB 148:0.1
Year 29 of the calendar
September 18
Saturday. Jesus speaks in the synagogue at Capernaum about “the joy of living righteously.” The incident of the man with the withered hand. Instructed by the spies, the man asks Jesus if it would be right to be healed on the Sabbath. This is the first miracle Jesus performed in response to the challenge of his enemies.
“If you had a sheep and it fell into a pit on the Sabbath day, would you go down and pick it up and lift it out? Is it lawful to do these things on the Sabbath day?” [1665:1-3] (Mt. 12:9-14) (Mk. 3:1-6) (Lk. 6:6-11)
Abraham, a young member of the Sanhedrin, is converted and baptized by Abner. Abraham, a member of the Sanhedrin, publicly embraces Jesus’ teachings. UB 148:8.1
During the last week at the Bethsaida camp, Jesus receives another invitation from the Alexandrian Jews to come to their city. UB 148:8.2
October 1st
Jesus heals a paralytic who was lowered to him by ropes through the roof of Zebedee’s house. Three of the six spies confessed their faith in Jesus. “What is the difference between saying to this paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or saying, ‘Get up, take up your litter, and walk?’” UB 148:9.3-4 (Mt. 9:1-8) (Mk. 2:1-12) (Lk. 5:17-26)
October 3 to December 30
The second public preaching tour in Galilee. The apostles and the 117 new evangelists, as well as many other converts, participate with Jesus. David Zebedee takes over the entire camp management and establishes a very effective messenger service. UB 149:0.1-3
December 30th
End of the second preaching tour in Galilee. All participants returned to Bethsaida and had a two-week rest. UB 149:7.3
Year 29 of the calendar
January 16
Abner and John’s apostles arrive at Bethsaida; some discussions take place with Jesus’ apostles, one of them concerning the practice of anointing the sick. UB 150:0.1-2
January 17
Jesus selected and commissioned a group of ten women to work in the kingdom ministry, charging them with the emancipation proclamation that liberated women for all time. UB 150:0.1
January 18 to March 10
The third public preaching tour lasted seven weeks in Galilee, with the participation of Jesus, the 24 apostles, the women’s group, and 75 evangelists (those who remained of the 117). They worked in groups of five, but Jesus and his apostles traveled together most of the time. Abner’s group was involved for only two weeks. Work was done in Magdala, Tiberias, Nazareth, and all the major cities and towns. UB 150:0.1-3
January 22
The women’s front organizes the Sabbath service of the apostolic group in the banquet hall of Herod’s new palace in Tiberias. Joanna, one of the 12 chosen, read from the Scriptures about the work of women in the religious life of Israel, referring to Miriam, Deborah, Esther, and others. UB 150:3.1
January 23
Jesus sets a date to meet with the 24 apostles and the 12 women after the tour. He sends his apostles out two by two to preach the gospel of the kingdom. “Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, preach the gospel of the kingdom, and proclaim the saving truth that man is a child of God.” UB 150:4.1 (Mt. 10:5-15) (Mk. 6:7-13) (Lk. 9:1-6)
March 4th
Jesus, the Twelve, the women’s group, and the evangelists gather at a camp in the highlands north of Nazareth. Jesus remains inconspicuous as he strolls through Nazareth, visiting some of the sites of his childhood. UB 150:6.3-4
March 5th
Jesus preaches in the synagogue at Nazareth. Reading from Isaiah: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor…” (Luke 4:18-19) (Mt. 13:53-58) (Mk. 6:1-6)
Soon he was surrounded by a crowd of his enemies, and a group of violent men dragged him out of the synagogue and took him to the edge of a mountain precipice, ready to throw him over the side. Jesus began to walk forward with his arms folded; the crowd parted and allowed him to pass unmolested. Nazareth rejected Jesus. UB 150:8.9
March 10
Jesus and the apostles left Nazareth and, taking different routes, met at Bethsaida, along with the evangelists and the women’s group. UB 151:0.1
March 12
Jesus was alone in the mountains for most of the Sabbath; in the afternoon he spoke for over an hour with the groups on “The Mission of Adversity and the Spiritual Value of Disappointments.” UB 151:0.2
March 13 to 19
Jesus introduces parables as a method of teaching the multitudes.
Jesus tells the parable of the sower to a crowd of about 1,000 people in Capernaum. On the evening of the 14th, the apostles ask him to explain the meaning of the parables. UB 151:1.3 (Lk. 8:4-15) (Mt. 13:1-23) (Mk. 4:1-20)
March 15
Jesus tells the parables of the sower, the mustard seed, the yeast, the treasure hidden in the field, the pearl seller, the fishing net, and many others. UB 151:4.3-8 (Mt. 13:24-52) (Mk. 4:21-32)
March 19
Jesus spends the day in the mountains. UB 151:5.1
March 20
The crowds return, and Jesus speaks to them again. Jesus, the apostles, and some of the evangelists sailed to the opposite shore. The episode according to which “Jesus calms the storm.” “Why are you all so afraid? Where is your faith? Peace, be calm.” (Mt. 8:23-27) (Mk. 4:35-41) (Lk. 8:22-25).
They spend the night in their ships. UB 151:5, 5-7
March 21st
They are met by Amos, the lunatic from Gadara. Amos is cured of his afflictions by Jesus. Some dogs force some pigs to jump off a cliff into a lake. Amos and others misinterpret what has happened. The pig herders tell Jesus and the apostles to leave. UB 151:5.5 (Mt. 8:28-34) (Mk. 5:1-20) (Lk. 8:26-39)
March 22
Jesus and his party returned to Bethsaida by ship, where a large crowd was waiting for them, including the spies from Jerusalem, who were still looking for a pretext to arrest him. UB 152:0.1
The story of the woman healed by her own faith when she touched the Master’s garment. “Someone touched me.” (Mt. 9:20-22) (Mk. 5:25-34) (Lk. 8:43-48)
Jesus awakened the daughter of Jairus, a synagogue ruler. The people mistakenly thought that Jesus had raised her from the dead. “Your daughter is not dead; she is only asleep.” (Luke 8:40-56) (Mt. 9:18-26) (Mk. 5:21-43) UB 152:0.1
March 22 to 27
Jesus and the apostles continue teaching the crowds at Bethsaida.
March 27
Sunday. Jesus was exhausted and wanted to get away from the crowds to rest. He took a boat with the twelve to a place near Bethsaida-Julias, but the crowds followed them. The number grew from 1,000 to 3,000. By Wednesday noon, the group had grown to 5,000. UB 152:2.4
March 30
Wednesday, at 5 p.m.
The multiplication of the loaves and fishes. “I don’t want to send these people away. They are here like sheep without a shepherd. I would like to feed them. How much food do we have?” About 5,000 men, women, and children ate at this extraordinary banquet. (Mt. 14:13-21) (Mk. 6:30-44) (Lk. 9:10-17) (Jn. 6:1-15)
Their hunger satisfied, the crowd spontaneously decided to “make him king.” After Jesus’ pronouncement, many turned back and no longer followed him. UB 152:1.5
The apostles return alone to Bethsaida. Peter has a night vision of Jesus, who supposedly invites him to walk on water. [1703:1-4]
Of the 5,000 people who wanted to proclaim him king, only about 500 remained to follow him. UB 152:5.2
March 31st
The apostles anchored before dawn at Bethsaida and slept until noon. Jesus and young Mark walked back to Bethsaida, arriving early in the morning. UB 152:5.1
March 31 to April 2
Jesus and the twelve entered Gennesaret to rest for a few days. “You see, my children, that resorting to human feelings is temporary…” The twelve began to understand more fully, though not definitively, that Jesus was not going to sit on David’s throne. UB 152:6.5
April 3
Sunday. Jesus and the apostles leave Gennesaret for Bethsaida, heading for Jerusalem. They choose the road through Gerasa and Philadelphia to avoid the crowds and attract as little attention as possible. UB 152:7.1
April 6
Wednesday. The group arrived late at night in Bethany and made a short visit to Lazarus, Martha, and Mary. Jesus and John stayed at the home of Simon of Bethany. UB 152:7.1
April 9
Jesus enters Jerusalem only once during the Passover. UB 152:7.2
Sunday, April 24
The apostolic group leaves Jerusalem towards Bethsaida passing through Joppa, Caesarea and Ptolemaida; Ramah and Chorazin. UB 152:7.3
April 29
Jesus and the apostles arrive at Bethsaida. Jesus asks to speak at the synagogue the next day during the evening services. UB 152:7.3
April 30
Saturday. Jesus speaks in the synagogue of Capernaum, where 53 Pharisees and Sadducees had arrived from Jerusalem. Among many others, Jesus made the following statements in this famous sermon: “I have come into the world to reveal my Father and to establish on earth the spiritual brotherhood of the children of God, the kingdom of heaven.” “I have come to proclaim spiritual freedom, to teach eternal truth, and to foster a living faith.” (John 6:35-59).
At the end of the assembly his disciples surrounded him and led him out of the synagogue.
That same Sabbath, after midnight, Jesus spoke to the Twelve and some of the evangelists, inviting them to regain their courage. “My beloved, you must remember that it is the spirit that gives life; the flesh and all its connection is of little benefit. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.” UB 153:5.4 (Jn. 6:60-69)
At the same time, a commission of scribes and Pharisees urged Herod to arrest Jesus, whom they believed was inciting the people to dissension and rebellion. Herod refused to take action against Jesus. UB 154:0.1
First to May 7th
Jesus has a series of intimate conversations with his followers at the home of Zebedee. The group had dwindled to about 100. UB 154:1.1
May 6
The leaders of the synagogue at Capernaum took official steps to close the synagogue to Jesus and all his followers. UB 154:1.2
May 7
Jesus holds his final meeting by the lake before about 150 followers. A group based on faith and true religious experience begins to form. UB 154:1.3
May 8
Sunday. The Sanhedrin passes a decree in Jerusalem closing the synagogues of Palestine to Jesus and his followers. Jesus declares a week of rest: “Go home and relax or go fishing, and pray for the expansion of the kingdom.”
Jesus himself visits many families and groups around the lake and goes fishing with David Zebedee. UB 154:2, 1-3
May 16
The second conference between Herod and the Pharisees is convened in Tiberias. Two days later, Herod accepts the plan that would allow the Sanhedrin authorities to arrest Jesus and take him to Jerusalem to be tried on religious charges. UB 154:3.1
May 21st
Saturday. The Jerusalem authorities do not object to the agreement between Herod and the Pharisees to arrest Jesus.
A meeting in Capernaum of about 50 citizens discusses the question, “What shall we do with Jesus?” UB 154:4.1
May 22
Sunday morning. One of David’s messengers arrived from Tiberias to report that Herod would soon authorize Jesus’ arrest. An emergency meeting was held at 7:00 a.m. Jesus gave his farewell instructions to the assembled disciples. He advised everyone to seek God’s guidance and continue the work of the kingdom without worrying about the consequences. He instructed the twelve women to remain in Capernaum. At 7:30 a.m. Jesus began his farewell address to nearly 100 believers. At 8:00 a.m. Jesus’s family arrived, but they had no opportunity to meet with him. “Who is my mother and who are my brothers?” UB 154:4.4 (Mt. 12:46-50) (Mk. 3:31-35) (Lk. 8:19-21)
Jesus, the twelve apostles, and the twelve evangelists quickly flee Bethsaida by boat. They row to the vicinity of Gadara and spend the night in a field near Bethsaida-Julias. UB 154:6.10
That night Jesus reflected with them on the situation: “Why are the heathen angry? The heathen are not without reason in being angry with us. Because their concept of life is limited and narrow, they are able to concentrate their energies with enthusiasm.” UB 155:0.1
May 23
Jesus directed Peter to go to Chorazin with the twelve evangelists for two weeks while he and the other apostles left for Caesarea Philippi by way of Damascus. UB 155:2.1
May 24 to June 9
Jesus and the Eleven worked in Caesarea Philippi for a very difficult two-week period. The apostles learned several lessons during these days: that the Jews were spiritually stagnant and dying because they had crystallized the truth into a creed…
That many souls come better to love the invisible God if they are first taught to love their visible brethren. UB 155:3.1
June 7
Peter and the twelve evangelists left Chorazin and arrived the next day at Caesarea Philippi, where they met Jesus and the Eleven. They told them about their experiences with unbelievers. UB 155:2.3
June 9
Jesus and the twenty-four leave Caesarea Philippi for Phoenicia and Sidon by way of Light. UB 155:4.1
In Luz, Jesus gave a remarkable discourse on true religion, beginning with Thomas’ question: “Master, if we all serve the same God, what exactly is wrong with the religion of our enemies in Jerusalem?” UB 155:4.1
June 10
In the afternoon, the 25 arrived in Sidon and stayed with a wealthy woman. The next day, the healing of a little girl occurred. Jesus marveled at her mother, a Syrophoenician woman named Norana: “O woman, your faith is great. Go in peace; your daughter is healed.” UB 156:1.5 (Mt. 15:21-31) (Mk. 7:24-30)
June 12
The 25 enter Sidon. Jesus stays with Justa and her mother Bernice north of the city. His message is well received by the Gentiles of Sidon. They begin a six-week journey through Phoenicia. UB 156:2.4
June 28
Jesus departed with the apostles and proceeded up the coast toward Porphyreon and Heldua. They were well received by the Gentiles; meanwhile, Jesus paid a visit to the coastal city of Beirut, to the home of a Syrian named Malach. UB 156:3.1
July 10th
The twenty-five left for Tyre by way of Zarephath, arriving the next day. UB 156:3.2
From July 11 to 24
Teaching period in Tyre; the apostles preach two by two. The people of this town showed great interest in the gospel of the kingdom. UB 156:4.3
The twenty-five worked in and around Tyre. Jesus settled in Joseph’s house, about 7 kilometers south of Tyre. UB 156:4.1
July 20
Jesus’ discourse at Tyre using the parable of the foolish carpenter. “To bear the fruits of the spirit you must be born of the spirit.” UB 156:5.2
July 24 to August 1
Jesus and the twelve left Joseph’s house for Tyre, then Ptolemais. On Monday, Peter preached to a group of believers. The following days they spent in Jotapatha, Zebulun, Ramah, and Gennesaret, until they met again with David Zebedee. UB 156:6.1-4
August 2-6
A Sabbath in the mountains. Three days’ rest in the field where the five thousand were fed; regular conferences with about fifty believing men and women. UB 156:6.4
August 7
Sunday. Jesus tries to arrange a reunion with his family, but it falls through. The episode of the temple tax collector. “It is rare for the king’s sons to have to pay tribute; it is usually the foreigners who pay the taxes to support the court.” UB 157:0.1 (Mt. 17:24-27)
August 8
Conference in Magadan with over 100 believers. Jesus holds a public meeting attended by Pharisees and Sadducees for the purpose of trapping the Master. The Pharisees demand a sign. “How is it that you so discern the appearance of the heavens, yet are so incapable of interpreting the signs of the times?” UB 157:1.3 (Mt. 16:1-4) (Mk. 8:11-13) (Lk. 12:54-56)
August 9
Jesus and the twelve apostles leave the countryside of Magadan and head toward Caesarea Philippi. Peter’s confession. “Who do people say that I am?” and later, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter exclaimed, “You are the Deliverer, the Son of the living God.” UB 157:2.2 (Mt. 16:13-20) (Mk. 8:27-30) (Lk. 9:18-20)
The group arrives at Caesarea Philippi at night and stays at Celsus’s house. UB 157:3.7
August 10
After lunch that day the apostles confirmed their faith in Jesus’ identity: “Yes, Master, we believe that you are the Son of the living God.” UB 157:4.4
August 11
At the home of Celsus, Jesus speaks to the apostles about the mysteries and commitments of the Son of God. UB 157:6.7
“From now on, if a man wants to associate with us, let him assume the obligations of affiliation and follow me.”
“The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a gift to all.”
“My kingdom is not of this world.”
“I make known to you that the Father and I are one. Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.”
Andrew held a personal conference with each apostle except Judas Iscariot. Andrew was very concerned about Judas’s attitude and told Jesus so. UB 157:7.1
For three years, Jesus had proclaimed himself to be the “Son of Man.” Now he revealed himself to be the Son of God, and he decided to build the kingdom of heaven on the concept of the combined nature of the Son of Man and the Son of God. UB 157:5.3
Jesus now began the fourth and final stage of his human life in the flesh. UB 157:6.3
Jesus now begins the fourth and final stage of his human life in the flesh as the Son of God. The first stage was his infancy. The second stage encompasses the years of his youth, during which he understood his divine nature and human mission, and concludes with the experiences and revelations associated with his baptism. The third stage constitutes the years of his ministry as teacher and healer, up to the important moment of Peter’s confession at Caesarea Philippi. In this stage, his apostles and disciples knew him as the Son of Man and regarded him as the Messiah. The fourth and final period of his earthly career began with the transfiguration on Mount Hermon and continued until the crucifixion. This stage of his ministry encompasses the works of his last year of life in the flesh.
August 12
Jesus decides to take the Twelve to Mount Hermon to inaugurate the fourth phase of his earthly ministry as the Son of God. UB 157:7.5
August 15
While the other apostles remain in camp at the foot of the mountain, Jesus, Peter, James, and John begin their ascent to Mount Hermon.
The Transfiguration of the Son of Man occurs on the mount. The three apostles heard a voice saying, “This is my beloved Son; obey him.” UB 158:0.1 (Mt. 17:1-13) (Mk. 9:2-13) (Lk. 9:28-36)
August 16
Jesus and the three apostles arrive at the apostolic camp. The episode of a double healing: a physical ailment and a spiritual illness, concerning the son of James of Safed. “Lord, I believe. Please help me in my unbelief.” [1757:2-3] (Mk. 9:14-29) (Mt. 17:14-21) (Lk. 9:37-43)
The apostolic group returns to Celsus’s home at Caesarea Philippi. UB 158:5.5
August 17
Departure for the countryside of Magadan. On the way, Jesus announces his death to them; Jesus rebukes Peter’s impulsiveness. “Stay behind me. You smell of the spirit of the adversary, of the tempter. When you speak this way, you are not on my side, but rather on the side of our enemy.” UB 158:7.4-5 (Mk. 8:31-38) (Mt. 16:21-28) (Lk. 9:22-27)
Jesus and the Twelve arrive in Capernaum at dusk and eat at Simon Peter’s house. The disciples discuss among themselves: Who will be the greatest? “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you change your minds and become more like this child, you will make little progress in the kingdom of heaven” [1761:1-2] (Mt. 18:1-5) (Mk. 9:33-37) (Lk. 9:46-48)
They then embarked for Magadan, where the women’s front and evangelists were waiting to begin the preaching work in the cities of the Decapolis. UB 159:0.1
August 18 to September 16
Tour of the Decapolis in twelve groups composed of apostles and evangelists. The women’s group and some others remained with Jesus. The work extended to Gerasa, Gamala, Hippos, Zaphon, Gadara, Abila, Edrei, Philadelphia, Heshbon, Dium, Scythopolis, and many other cities. UB 159:0.2
At Hippos Jesus teaches the lesson on forgiveness, which included the parable of the lost sheep UB 159:0.2 (Lk. 15:1-7) (Mt. 18:10-14)
Nathan’s confidential question to Jesus about the Hebrew Scriptures. “The Father does not limit the revelation of truth to a particular generation or people.” “Nothing that human nature has touched can be regarded as infallible.” “Some of those who teach distort and twist the Scriptures, turning them into a guide for the menial details of daily life.” UB 159:3.13
September 16
The four-week mission to the Decapolis was moderately successful. The entire front of kingdom workers assembled in the Magadan countryside. UB 159:6.2
September 17 to 18
A planning conference for future kingdom work was held, followed by a week of rest. Most of the apostles and evangelists went home to visit their families. Jesus also rested. UB 160:0.1
September 19
Nathan and Thomas began their discussions with Rodan of Alexandria. UB 160:0.1
Last year of his life on earth
Year 30 of the calendar
September 25th
The apostles and evangelists meet in Magadan. Jesus surprised everyone by announcing that early the next day, he and the twelve apostles would leave for Jerusalem for the Feast of Tabernacles.
Nathan and Thomas’s discussions with Rodan continued for a couple more days while Jesus and the other apostles were on their way to Jerusalem. UB 161:0.1-2
September 26
Monday. Jesus and the ten apostles began their journey to Jerusalem by way of Samaria, which was the shortest.
The villagers refuse to offer asylum to Jesus and the apostolic group. James and John urge Jesus: “Teacher, we beg you to allow us to call down fire from heaven and devour these insolent and impertinent Samaritans.” UB 162:0.1-2 (Luke 9:52-55)
September 28 to 30
Jesus and the ten remain in Bethany while awaiting the arrival of Nathan and Thomas. UB 162:0.3
September 30 to October 31
Jesus and the Twelve remain in the vicinity of Jerusalem. Jesus goes into the city alone a few times during the Feast of Tabernacles and boldly enters the temple to proclaim to the multitudes, “I am the light of the world.” UB 162:5.1 (Jn. 8:12)
The episode of the woman caught in adultery. “Woman, where are your accusers?” [1793:1-4] (Jn. 8:1-11)
On the last day of the feast, Jesus proclaims: “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.” UB 162:6.1 (Jn. 7:37-39)
On the evening of that same day he declared: “If my words remain in you and you do the will of my Father, you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” UB 162:7.2 (Jn. 8:31-32)
Many of those who did not believe ran to look for stones to throw at him, and the spies of the Sanhedrin could not find a way to arrest him. UB 162:7.6
At Lazarus’s house, while Jesus is talking with the family: “Martha, Martha, why are you worried and upset about so many things?” UB 162:8.3 (Lk. 10:38-41)
The twelve apostles continued to instruct the people in the days after the feast; Jesus had already divided
His time between Bethany and Bethlehem during the feast, and then he went to Bethlehem to speak with and instruct Abner. Abner and the other apostles of John were to accompany him in the final labors before his death. UB 162:9.5
Last days of October
Jesus and the twelve left the immediate vicinity of Jerusalem and rested for a couple of days in the city of Ephraim.
Then they left the city of Ephraim, taking the west road of the Jordan toward the plain of Magadan. UB 162:9.6
November 2
Wednesday afternoon. Jesus and the apostles arrive at the Magadan countryside.
A few days later, Abner and a group of about 50 disciples arrived from Bethlehem. Also gathered there were the evangelical corps, the women’s corps, and about 150 sincere disciples from all parts of Palestine. Reorganization of the camp. UB 163:0.1
November 4 to 19
Jesus and the apostles conducted an intensive training course for a group of believers, from whom Jesus later selected seventy teachers to proclaim the gospel of the kingdom. UB 163:0.1
November 19
On this Sabbath, Jesus ordained the seventy gospel teachers and preachers; Abner was placed at their head. Also present were David Zebedee and most of the group of his messengers, more than four hundred believers, who witnessed the ordination. Kneeling in a circle around them, the Master laid his hands on the head of each of them. “I am sending you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves.” UB 163:1.1-3 ([Luke 10:1-12
After speaking with Jesus, more than a dozen candidates no longer desired to become gospel messengers. The cost of following Jesus. The dialogue with the rich young ruler. “If you wish to be my messenger, go, sell all that you possess; when you have given the proceeds to the poor…” UB 163:1.4 (Lk. 18:18-29) (Mt. 19:16-30) (Mk. 10:17-31)
November 20
Early in the morning Abner sent the seventy out to all the cities of Galilee, Samaria, and Judea. UB 163:1.6 These 35 missionary pairs go out to preach for a period of 6 weeks. UB 163:1.6 Jesus dismissed them with seven points to emphasize.
The gospel of the kingdom is to be proclaimed throughout the world, to Gentiles as well as to Jews. When caring for the sick, refrain from teaching them to expect miracles. Proclaim a spiritual brotherhood of the children of God. Avoid wasting time through excessive social calls. Remain in the house you have selected throughout your stay in the city. Indicate clearly that the time has come to break with the religious leaders in Jerusalem. And the last: Love the Lord your God with all your mind and with all your soul, and your neighbor as yourself. They were to teach that this last point represented the whole duty of man, instead of the 613 rules of life set forth by the Pharisees. UB 163:3.4
November 20 to 30
The last ten days of November were spent in deliberation at Magadan. UB 163:5.1
December 6
Tuesday. The entire party of nearly 300 left at dawn and camped near Pella on the Jordan River. This was the encampment area used years before by John the Baptist. UB 163:5.1
December 7
Wednesday. Jesus took Nathan and Thomas and went with them to Jerusalem to attend the Feast of Dedication. That same day they arrived at Jericho. Jesus told the parable of the Good Samaritan. UB 164:0.1
December 8th
Jesus and the apostles arrive in Jerusalem, despite the two disciples’ pleas with him not to go. “I would give those teachers of Israel another chance to see the light before my time comes.” UB 164:0.1-2
December 9
On Friday night in Jerusalem, Jesus meets at the home of Nicodemus with about 25 Jewish leaders who believed in him. UB 164:2.1
December 10
Saturday. Jesus and the two apostles went to Martha’s house in Bethany and immediately onward to Jerusalem. Jesus restores sight to a blind beggar named Josiah. “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, so that the works of God might be displayed in him…” Josiah is questioned before the Sanhedrin, rejected, and expelled from the synagogue. Meanwhile, Jesus walks through Solomon’s Porch teaching the people. Jesus, the two apostles, and Josiah leave Jerusalem for Pella. UB 164:2.4 (Jn.9)
December 18th
While large numbers of visitors from all over Palestine and even the empire arrived at the camp at Pella, David Zebedee established a courtesy camp one mile north of the apostolic camp. By the end of December, there were nearly 800 visitors at the camp. UB 163:5.2-3
December 30th
Jesus, Peter, James, and John were in the hills when the group of seventy messengers, accompanied by a large number of believers, arrived two by two at the camp at Pella. UB 163:6.1
December 30th
During the night, Jesus listens to the stories brought by the 70 teachers of the Good News. “I myself have seen Satan fall like lightning from heaven.” UB 163:6.2 (Lk. 10:17-20)
December 31
Saturday. Jesus spoke to the seventy missionaries. “You have undertaken the great task of teaching mortal man that he is a child of God.” UB 163:6.7
Year 30 of the calendar
Early January
Final phase of kingdom work characterized by spiritual depth. Preparation for the mission to Perea. The women’s corps also prepared to go out in pairs, accompanying the seventy. UB 163:7.1-3
January 3
Abner gave final instructions to the seventy messengers who were about to be sent out on a nearly three-month-long mission to all the cities and towns of Perea. This mission was the Master’s last ministry. Involving a force of sixty-two women periodically supervised by Jesus and the twelve apostles, the mission extended to Zaphon, Gadara, Makad, Arbela, Ramath, Endrei, Bosora, Caspin, Mispeh, Gerasa, Ragaba, Succoth, Amathus, Adam, Penuel, Capitolias, Dion, Hatita, Gada, Philadelphia, Jogbeha, Gilead, Beth Nimrah, Tyre, Eleale, Livias, Heshbon, Callirhue, Beth Peor, Shittim, Sibmah, Medeba, Met Meon, Areopolis, and Aroer. UB 165:0.1
Mid-January
More than 1,200 people gathered at Pella. Jesus taught the crowd at least once a day. By the end of January, the Sabbath afternoon crowd was nearly 3,000. By mid-March, attendance at the teaching sessions had grown to over 4,000. UB 165:1.1-2 In a session where the Jewish leaders from Jerusalem and the apostles were present, Jesus taught the parable of the sheepfold. “The true shepherd, when morning comes, enters the sheepfold by the door, and when he knocks, the sheep know his voice” (John 10:1-6)
“The thief breaks into the sheepfold only to steal and kill and destroy; but I have come that you may all have life, and have it abundantly.” UB 165:1.3 (Jn. 10:10)
January 28th
Saturday. Jesus preaches the sermon on Trust and Spiritual Preparation. “Beware of the influence of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy born of prejudice and cultivated in slavery to tradition…” “I urge you not to fear anyone in heaven or on earth, but to rejoice in the knowledge” UB 165:3.2 (Mt. 10:26-33) ([Lk. 12:2-9
February 11 to 20
Jesus and the apostles toured northern Perea, where Abner’s associates and the women’s corps were working. UB 166:0.1
February 18
Jesus attends a breakfast in Ragaba, invited by Nathan, a wealthy Pharisee. Other Pharisees come to the breakfast and are scandalized when they see that Jesus does not wash his hands. “Woe to you, Pharisees, who have persisted in rejecting the light of life! You are particular in your tithing and give alms ostentatiously, yet you knowingly despise the visitation of God and reject the revelation of his love!” Woe to you! You find your greatest satisfaction in building tombs for the prophets your fathers killed! UB 166:0.1 (Mt. 23:1-36) (Mk. 12:38-40) (Lk. 11:37-54)
February 19
Jesus heals ten lepers. “Have not all ten been cleansed? Where then are the other nine, the Jews? Only one, this foreigner, has returned to give glory to God.” UB 166:1.9 (Luke 17:11-19)
In Gerasa, Jesus preaches a sermon on the interpretation of several Jewish proverbs. “You have a teaching that the way to destruction is broad, and its entrance is wide, and many choose to follow that way. But I declare that salvation is, first of all, a matter of personal choice.” UB 166:3.6 (Mt. 7:21-23) (Lk. 13:22-30)
As they traveled, Jesus taught the apostles about accidents, sickness, and miracles. “The Father sends his rain upon the just and the unjust; the sun shines alike upon the virtuous and the wicked.” UB 166:4.4
February 22
Wednesday. Jesus, ten of the apostles, and about 600 followers visit Abner in Philadelphia, where the synagogue never closed its doors to Jesus or his followers. UB 166:5.1
February 24th
James speaks in the synagogue at Philadelphia. UB 167:0.3
February 25th
Saturday. A wealthy and influential Pharisee invites Jesus to breakfast with him and a large group of his associates. At the end of the meal, Jesus cured a man with dropsy after asking the guests, without response, whether it was lawful to heal the sick and afflicted on the Sabbath day. He also spoke about those who crave the best place at the table and told them the parable of the Great Supper. UB 167:1.1 (Luke 14:15-24)
That same day, Jesus teaches in the synagogue in Philadelphia, and at the end of the service, he heals an elderly woman who was overcome with fear. UB 167:3.2 (Luke 13:10-16)
February 26
Sunday. Jesus teaches again in the synagogue in Philadelphia. Later that evening, a runner from Bethany arrived with a message from Martha and Mary: “Lord, he whom you love is very sick.” UB 167:4.1 (Jn. 11:3)
By the time the messenger arrived in Philadelphia, Lazarus had in fact been dead for several hours. Jesus decided to give the scribes and Pharisees one more opportunity to accept his teachings and do the most profound and astonishing work of his entire earthly career. UB 167:4.2
March 1st
Wednesday morning. Jesus asks his apostles to prepare to return to Judea again; the apostles protest, fearing for their safety, but Thomas finally declares: “Let us also go, that we may die with him.” UB 167:4.7
On the way to Bethany, Jesus spoke to about fifty followers, friends and enemies alike, about the “conditions of salvation” and told them the parable of the Pharisee and the publican. That same evening at Jericho, Jesus answered a question about marriage and divorce, exalting marriage as the most ideal and highest of human relationships. UB 167:5.3
March 2
Jesus blesses the children of Jericho. “Let the little children come to me; do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
(Mt. 19:13-15) (Mk. 10:13-16) (Lk. 9:15-17)
Later, on the road to Bethany, Jesus spoke to his disciples about the angels. “The angelic hosts are a distinct order of created beings; they are entirely different from the material order of mortal creatures, and they function as a distinct group of universe intelligences… It is the ministry of angels that makes it possible for one world to maintain contact with other worlds.” UB 167:6.2
The group arrived in Bethany shortly after noon. Martha met them. “Master, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” Jesus and the heavenly host raised Lazarus to life in the presence of about 45 mortals. “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, even if they die, will live. Indeed, whoever lives and believes in me will never really die.” [1843:2-3] (Jn. 11:1-44)
Unfortunately, the resurrection of Lazarus had little influence on the attitude of the religious leaders. UB 168:0.1
March 3
Friday. By noon, all of Jerusalem knew about the resurrection, and many went to Bethany to see Lazarus. The Sanhedrin met to deliberate on the question, “What shall we do with Jesus of Nazareth?” Nineteen members broke away from the Sanhedrin. The following week, Lazarus and his brothers were brought before the council and questioned. Caiaphas, the high priest, uttered the famous phrase: “It is better for one man to die than for the whole community to perish” (Jn. 11:50).
Jesus rests on Saturday at Bethphage. [1847:1-6]
March 5th
Sunday. Jesus and the apostles leave the Bethany family and begin their journey to Pella. UB 168:3.7
On the way, Jesus explained to the apostles the matter of answered prayer. “Prayer is an expression of the finite mind, in its striving to approach the infinite.” UB 168:4.1
March 6 to 12
Jesus and the ten apostles arrived at the Pella camp on Monday afternoon, the 6th. It was a very active week, both teaching the crowds and instructing the apostles. On Thursday, to illustrate his teaching on “the grace of salvation,” Jesus told his favorite parable of the prodigal son. He also told the parable of the shrewd manager and the story of the rich man and the beggar. “…the Father accepts you even before you have repented, and he sends the Son and his associates to find you and bring you back to the fold with joy…” UB 169:1.3 (John 15:11-31)
On Saturday afternoon, March 11, Jesus preached his last sermon at Pella, fully and thoroughly explaining the kingdom of heaven. “The kingdom of heaven is within you.” He taught that through faith, the believer immediately enters the kingdom. UB 170:0.1 (Luke 17:21)
March 12
Jesus announces that the next day, he and his apostles will leave for Jerusalem for Passover. His followers were once again mistaken in thinking he would go to Jerusalem to proclaim the reign of Jewish supremacy.
This Sunday afternoon, Salome, the mother of the apostles James and John, arrives, asking Jesus for honors for her sons in the coming kingdom. “Woman, you do not know what you are asking for.” UB 171:0.1-5 (Mt. 20:20-28) (Mk. 10:35-45)
March 13 to 31
On Monday afternoon, the 13th, Jesus and the twelve apostles finally left the camp at Pella. UB 171:1.1 On the way to Jerusalem, they visited all the cities where the seventy were working and talked with them. The journey lasted two weeks. UB 171:1.1-2
At Bethabara beyond the Jordan, Jesus spoke to a crowd of nearly 1,000 followers about “What It Costs to Follow Jesus.” “From now on, those of you who would follow me must be willing to pay the price of total dedication to doing my Father’s will.” UB 171:2.2-3
Immediately afterward, Jesus and the twelve started on their way to Heshbon, followed by about five hundred; the other five hundred went straight on to Jerusalem. UB 171:3.1
On Wednesday the 29th, Jesus and his followers camped at Livias. Simon Zelotes and Simon Peter received over 100 swords, which they distributed to all who would accept them. UB 171:4.1
The next day, Jesus warns the apostles not to trust in the uncertainty of the flesh and warns them of their imminent death.
Friendly Pharisees come to Jesus and urge him to flee, as Herod is seeking to kill him. Jesus replies that Herod would rather see the Son of Man suffer and die at the hands of the chief priests. He told his apostles that it is fitting that the Son of Man be sacrificed as the price of human fanaticism and as a result of religious prejudice and spiritual blindness. “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone the teachers of the truth!” UB 171:3.4 (Luke 13:34) (Mt. 23:37-39)
Jesus and the apostles at Jericho. Blind Bartimaeus. UB 171:5.3 (Mk. 10:46-52) (Lk. 18:35-43)
At Jericho, Jesus said to Zacchaeus, who had climbed a tree to get a better look at the Master: “Hurry, Zacchaeus, and come down from the tree, for I must stay at your house tonight.” UB 171:6.2 (Luke 19:1-10)
The following day, Jesus and the apostles left Jericho, heading along the “thieves’ road” toward Bethany.
During a lunch break, Jesus told the apostles the parable of the Mines. UB 171:7.6 (Luke 19:11-27)
On March 31, around 4:00 p.m., Jesus and the apostles arrived at Bethany, where Lazarus, Martha, and Mary were waiting. That afternoon, Jesus received many visitors from Bethany and Bethphage. UB 172:0.1-2
April 1st
Saturday night. People from Bethany and Bethphage gathered to celebrate Jesus’ arrival with a public banquet at Simon’s house. Near the end of the celebration, Mary, the sister of Lazarus, anointed the Master’s head and feet with precious oil. “This woman has kept up this ointment for a long time against the burial of my body; and since it seemed good to her to perform this anointing in anticipation of my death, this satisfaction will not be withheld from her.” UB 172:1.5-6 (Mt. 26:6-13) (Mk. 14:3-9) (Jn. 12:1-8)
April 2
Sunday morning. Jesus gives the apostles final instructions before entering Jerusalem. After being warned by Jesus, Lazarus flees to Philadelphia a couple of days later to save his life. UB 172:2.1-3
Around 1:30 p.m. Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem begins. “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.” UB 172:3.8-14 (Mt. 21:1-11) (Mk. 11:1-11) (Lk. 19:28-44) (Jn. 12:12-19) While Jesus and the apostles are walking through the temple, the event of the offering of the poor widow, dressed in rags, occurs. »That poor widow has put in more than all the others, for… she has given all that she had, even her living. UB 172:4.1-2 (Mk. 12:41-43) (Lk. 21:1-4)
Jesus, Peter, and John stayed with Simon in Bethany, while the other apostles stayed with their friends. UB 172:4.3
April 3
On Monday, Jesus and the apostles arrived at the temple around 9:00 a.m. As he was about to begin his teaching, he saw the immense commercial trade in animals and the wealth it generated for the high priests. He also saw the humiliation many faithful suffered at the hands of the animal examiners and the deception they were subjected to. All of this leads to the event of the cleansing of the temple. UB 173:1.8 (Mt. 21:12-13) (Mk. 11:15-18) (Lk. 19:45-46) (Jn. 2:13-16)
The evening session of the Sanhedrin unanimously agrees that Jesus must be destroyed; they appoint five groups to go find Jesus and discredit him while he is teaching. Around 2:00 p.m., the first of these groups arrives and interrupts Jesus’ teachings. “By what authority are you doing these things? Who gave you this authority?” UB 173:2.2 (Mt. 21:23-27) (Mk. 11:27-33) (Lk. 20:1-8)
Jesus and the Parables of the Two Disobedient Sons (Mt. 21:28-32)
“The wicked tenants” (Mt. 21:33-46) (Mk. 12:1-12) (Lk. 20:9-19)
“The wedding feast.” UB 173:3.1 (Mt. 22:1-14)
About 4:00 p.m., Jesus and the apostles leave the temple and go to Bethany to dine and rest. UB 173:5.5
April 4th
Tuesday, 7 a.m. Jesus meets with the apostles, the women’s group, and some other disciples at Simon’s house. He bids farewell to Lazarus. He greets each of the apostles with a personal message. Then he leaves with Andrew, Peter, James, and John for Jerusalem while the other apostles remain at the camp in Gethsemane. Jesus teaches the four apostles about “Divine Forgiveness.” “In every son lives a fraction of his father. In the case of the earth son and the heavenly Father, the divine father possesses, in an infinite and divine way, compassion and the capacity for loving understanding. Divine forgiveness is inevitable…” UB 174:0.1
As soon as Jesus began his teaching in the temple, a group of distractors tried to trap him with a question about paying taxes. “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s.” (Mt. 22:15-22) (Mk. 12:13-17) (Lk. 20:19-26)
Two more groups asked him “leading” questions. UB 174:2.1
A lawyer asks him: “Teacher, which is the first commandment?” [1901:2-3] (Mt. 22:34-39) (Mk. 12:28-34)
At noon, Philip was approached by a delegation of thirty Greek believers from Alexandria, Athens, and Rome. Jesus received them at the home of Joseph of Arimathea, where he and the apostles were having lunch. In the middle of Jesus’ discourse to the Greeks, his Personal Adjuster appeared, saying: “I have glorified my name in thy bestowals many times, and I will glorify it once more.” UB 174:5.10-11 After the discourse, Jesus took the apostles and a number of the disciples back to the temple in Jerusalem. Also with him were Joseph of Arimathea and the thirty Greeks. They arrived shortly after 2:00 p.m. UB 174:5.14
The temple courtyard was quiet and orderly as Jesus gave his final speech to the crowd: “I solemnly warn you in the name of the Father who sent me that you are about to lose your position in the world as standard-bearers of eternal truth and custodians of divine law.”… “And now I call my disciples and the believers in the gospel of the kingdom, and the invisible messengers who stand with them, as witnesses, that I have once again offered Israel and its leaders deliverance and salvation.”… “O Jerusalem and children of Abraham, you who stoned the prophets and killed the teachers who were sent to you—even now I would like to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you are unwilling.” (Mt. 23:37-39) (Lk. 13:34-35)
“ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! . . . You refuse to enter the kingdom, and at the same time you do everything you can to prevent everyone else from entering” (Mt. 23:1-36) (Mk. 12:38-40) (Lk. 11:37-54) UB 175:0.1
On their return to Gethsemane, Jesus and his associates took the route through the Kidron Valley. By the faint light of the full moon, Jesus and the twelve sat down, and Jesus spoke to them about the time when “this people shall have filled the cup of their iniquity,” foretold the destruction of Jerusalem, again taught the twelve that his kingdom is not of this world, announced the outpouring of his spirit upon all flesh, and further promised his return to this world someday; “but the time when the Son of Man shall appear is known only to the counselors in Paradise.” By the time they concluded their journey to the camp, Judas had finally confirmed his decision to abandon his associates. UB 176:1.2
Just before midnight, the Sanhedrin voted unanimously to sentence both Jesus and Lazarus to death. UB 175:3.1
The Sanhedrin officers were instructed to arrest Jesus the next morning, but the arrest could not take place in public. The members of the Sanhedrin were to meet again at 10:00 a.m. the next day at the home of Caiaphas, the high priest, where they were to formulate charges against Jesus. UB 175:3.3
April 5th
Nine-year-old John Mark spends “a day alone with God.” UB 177:1.3-6
At 10:00 a.m. the Sanhedrin met at Caiaphas’s house to formulate the charges for which Jesus would be called to trial.
Judas Iscariot disappears upon entering Jerusalem, where he, with a cousin as spokesman, conspires with Caiaphas and the Jewish officials to betray Jesus. UB 177:4, 8-11
The eleven apostles spend most of the day walking on the Mount of Olives and visiting with disciples. Shortly after noon, the Greeks arrive at the camp. UB 177:3.5
In the afternoon, Judas Iscariot returns to the camp at Gethsemane, filled with thoughts of greatness and glory. David Zebedee’s messenger arrives with news that Salome and Jesus’ family were on their way to Jerusalem. UB 177:3.1-3
At night Jesus conversed with the Greeks, and he would have ordained them had it not annoyed the apostles. UB 177:3.5-7
April 6
Thursday. After breakfast, Jesus led the apostles (Judas was not with them) and about 40 others to a secluded place where he delivered his farewell message. This two-hour discourse dealt with “the kingdom of heaven and the kingdoms of this world.” It was nearly 1:00 p.m. when Jesus finished speaking, and everyone returned to camp for lunch. Few of the Master’s listeners were able to understand even a part of his discourse. Of all who heard him, the group of Greeks among them understood him best. UB 178:0.1
After the meal, the messengers from Jerusalem and Philadelphia arrive. Jesus orders Philip, Peter, and John to prepare the apostolic supper to be held that evening in Jerusalem. Around 4:30 p.m., the three apostles return from Jerusalem, reporting that everything is ready for the supper. Jesus then departs with the apostles along the Bethany road toward Jerusalem. They enter Jerusalem after sunset, after spending some time on the Mount of Olives, where Jesus spoke to the Twelve.
“It is essential that I go, but you must stay and bear witness to this gospel after I am gone.” “Just as the Father sent me into this world, I am about to send you to represent me and finish the work I have begun.” [1934:3-6]
Then they went down from the Mount of Olives, entered the city, and walked through the streets toward the house of the family of young John Mark.
Celebration of the Last Supper. “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you.” UB 179:2.1 (Luke 22:15)
The washing of feet. Peter loved the Master. He was the first human being to wholeheartedly believe in Jesus’ divinity and to fully and publicly confess this belief. Judas Iscariot leaves the table after Jesus tells him, “What you have decided to do, do quickly” (Jn. 13:27). Judas went and agreed with the Sanhedrin and then with the captain of the Roman guards about the details of Jesus’ arrest.
Jesus institutes the Last Supper saying: “Take this cup, all of you, and drink from it.” “Take this bread of remembrance and eat it.” “As often as you do this, do it in remembrance of me.” (Mt. 26:17-29) (Mk. 14:12-25) (Lk. 22:7-23) (Jn. 13:21-30)
The supper of remembrance is the believer’s symbolic encounter with Michael. When you thus become spirit-conscious, the Son is actually present, and his spirit fellowships with the inner fragment of his Father. UB 179:5.2
The Farewell Discourse. “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified, and the Father will be glorified in me. My friends, I will be with you only a little while longer.” (Jn. 13:31-33)
The New Commandment: “Love one another as I have loved you. If you have this love for one another, all men will know that you are my disciples” (Jn. 13:34-35)
The Vine and the Branches. “If you remain in me and my words live in you, you will have the freedom to receive me by your fellowship, and whatever my spirit desires, you will be able to ask for all these things, knowing that the Father will grant us our request.” (Jn. 15:1-16)
The enmity of the world. “Whoever hates me hates my Father. It cannot be otherwise; the light that would save you if you accept it can condemn you only if you knowingly reject it.” (John 15:18-27)
The promise of the Spirit of Truth. “Since I have left my children alone on earth, it is in keeping with my promise that I will send them another instructor. And when the Father approves, I will pour out the Spirit of Truth on all mankind.” (John 14:15-20)
The Need to Depart. “It is indeed beneficial for you that I go away. If I do not go, the new teacher will not be able to come into your hearts.”… “However, when the Spirit of Truth comes, he will eventually guide you into all truth.” UB 180:0.1 (John 16:1-15)
After expressing his last words of comfort, he personally addressed each of the apostles present and bade them farewell. UB 181:1.10
About 10:00 p.m., after singing a hymn, they departed for the encampment on the Mount of Olives. UB 181:2.31
Jesus asked them to kneel in a circle around him as they had done on the day of his ordination; then he raised his eyes to heaven and prayed: “Father, my hour has come; glorify now your Son that the Son may glorify you.” UB 182:0.1 (John 17:1-26)
They return to the camp. While Jesus tells the rest of the apostles to go to their tents to sleep, Jesus asks Peter, James, and John to stay with him a while longer. Jesus and the three apostles walked along a nearby path. Jesus prayed alone three times, deep in terrible tribulation; when he returned to the three, he found them fast asleep. UB 182:2.13 (Mt. 26:36-46) (Mk. 14:32-42) (Lk. 22:39-46)
Then they returned to the camp, but the apostles could not sleep.
Jesus sat alone in the winepress, where he awaited the arrival of the traitor. UB 183:0.5
At 11:30 p.m., Judas and about sixty people—guards, Roman soldiers, and curious servants of the high priests—left the temple for Gethsemane. The three apostles and about thirty of their followers hurried toward the olive press when the armed band arrived to arrest Jesus. “Whom are you looking for?” The captain replied, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Then Jesus immediately stood before the officer, and with the calm majesty of the God of all creation, he said, “It is I.” (Mt. 26:47-56) (Mk. 14:43-50) (Lk. 22:47-53) (Jn. 18:2-11)
After Jesus was arrested, the eleven apostles met at the winepress to reflect on the situation. UB 183:3.8
Because Roman law permitted every prisoner to have at least one friend with him before the tribunal, the apostle John was allowed to accompany Jesus when he was taken to the palace of Annas. Judas marched on one side, near the captains, and Peter was far behind. UB 183:5.1
At midnight, the Sanhedrin tribunal, with about thirty members present, meets in the palace of Caiaphas, the high priest, waiting for the court session to begin. Meanwhile, Jesus is taken to the palace of Annas, the former high priest. UB 184:0.1-3
April 7
Jesus is interrogated by Annas. Annas’s chief servant strikes Jesus in the face. “My friend, if I have spoken evil, bear witness against the evil; but if I have spoken the truth, then why do you strike me?” UB 184:1.6 (Jn. 18:19-24)
Annas leaves Jesus at the mercy of his employees for almost an hour.
Meanwhile, Peter was in the courtyard of Caiaphas’s palace. Peter’s denial. “I am not a follower of that man; I do not even know him; I have never heard of him before.” UB 184:1.9 (Mt. 26:71-75) (Mk. 14:66-72) (Lk. 22:54-62) (Jn. 18:25-27)
After further interrogations, Annas sent Jesus bound and guarded by the temple guards to Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin tribunal. At 3:30 a.m. on this Friday, Caiaphas called the court to order for Jesus’s official trial. Annas arrived at the meeting place shortly after the false witnesses’ testimony had begun. After Jesus declared his true identity, Caiaphas violently struck him in the face; many of those in the tribunal did the same and even spat on him. The first session of the trial ended in disorder. This was followed by the “hour of humiliation,” when Jesus was handed over to the temple guards and Caiaphas’s servants. UB 184:0.1 (Mt. 26:57-68) (Mk. 14:53-65) (Lk. 22:63-71) (Jn. 18:12-24)
At 5:30 a.m., the court resumes. At 6:00 a.m., they agree that Jesus deserves death and decide to take three accusations to Pilate to confirm his sentence.
Pilate, the Roman procurator and governor, receives Jesus accompanied by about 50 of his accusers; Judas Iscariot, Caiaphas, and the apostle John were present. Pilate takes Jesus and John Zebedee to a private room. After questioning the Master, Pilate returns to Jesus’ accusers and says he finds no fault in him and decides to send him to Herod Antipas. Herod asks Jesus a few questions and requests that he perform a miracle. Finally, convinced that Jesus would not speak or perform a miracle for him, he placed an old royal purple robe on Jesus and sent him back to Pilate. UB 185:4.1-3
On the steps of the Praetorium, Pilate makes several attempts to convince the Jewish leaders of Jesus’ innocence. A crowd had gathered outside the Praetorium, demanding the release of a prisoner. Pilate offered to release Jesus instead of Barabbas, a notorious political agitator and murderous robber, but the crowd shouted that they wanted Barabbas released. Pilate’s question: “What shall I do with him who is called the King of the Jews?” The crowd’s response: “Crucify him! Crucify him.”
Pilate decides to interrogate Jesus again. Pilate washes his hands and hands Jesus over to the soldiers to be crucified. UB 185:5.1
(Mt. 27:1-2, 11-31) (Mk. 15:1-20) (Lk. 23:1-5, 13-25) (Jn. 18:28-40, 19:1-16)
Around 8:30 a.m., the priests retired to a meeting with the full members of the Sanhedrin, where Judas soon appeared to claim his reward for his role in Jesus’ arrest. Humiliated by the payment of 30 pieces of silver, he began to repent. He had seen part of the crucifixion from afar; then he wandered through the city toward the Valley of Hinnom, where he committed suicide, overwhelmed by his sin. UB 186:1.3-7 (Mt. 27:3-10)
At the same time, David Zebedee dispatched several messengers to various centers of believers with the message that Jesus was about to be crucified. UB 186:3.3-4
Shortly before 9:00 a.m., twelve Roman soldiers, led by a centurion, led Jesus and the two robbers toward Golgotha. As they passed by, many devout women wept and lamented. “Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but rather for yourselves and for your children.” UB 187:1.6 (Luke 23:28)
The crucifixion of Jesus. The procession of death arrives at Golgotha shortly after 9 a.m. and the crucifixion occurs about half an hour later.
“Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.” “I am thirsty.”
“Truly, truly, I say to you today, one day you will be with me in Paradise.”
“Woman, here is your son. And he spoke to John and said, “My son, here is your mother.” «It is finished!”
“Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.”
(Mt. 27:32-50) (Mk. 15:21-37) (Lk. 23:26-49) (Jn. 19:17-37)
During these frightful hours, the invisible hosts of a universe beheld this extraordinary phenomenon in which the Creator was experiencing the death of the creature.
The apostle John, Mary, Ruth and Judah arrive on the scene a few minutes later.
Shortly after 12 noon, a sandstorm begins to blow. Shortly after 1:00 p.m., Jesus begins to lose his human consciousness. The last conscious thought of the human Jesus was occupied with mentally repeating a portion of the Book of Psalms now known as Psalms 20, 21, and 22.
Just before 3:00 p.m., Jesus cried out, “It is finished.” UB 187:5.5
Witnesses at the scene of his death included John Zebedee, his brother Judah, his sister Ruth, Mary Magdalene, and Rebekah of Zipporah. Shortly afterward, a Roman soldier struck him in the left side. (Jn. 19:34)
David Zebedee sends messengers with the news that the Master had died. UB 187:6.1
Jesus is buried, assisted by the Roman centurion, shortly after 4:00 P.M. in a new family tomb belonging to Joseph of Arimathea, after he and Nicodemus persuaded Pilate to issue a permit. UB 188:0.1 (Mt. 27:56-61) (Mk. 15:42-47) (Lk. 23:50-56) (Jn. 19:42)
April 8
Saturday morning. A group of Jewish leaders had met the night before to discuss their fears about the Master’s claims that he would rise from the dead on the third day. They decided to ask Pilate to post a guard of Roman soldiers at Jesus’ tomb. That Saturday, Pilate offered the Jewish leaders a group of ten soldiers to guard Jesus’ tomb. These soldiers, along with ten other Jewish soldiers, rolled another stone to seal the tomb and placed Pilate’s seal on it. UB 188:2.3
That night, the eleven apostles met at the home of young John Mark, in the same upstairs room where the Last Supper had been held two nights earlier. UB 188:3.2
The chief Archangel of Nebadon convenes his council for the resurrection of will creatures. They follow the suggestion of Gabriel, who pointed out that since Michael had “laid down his life of his own free will, he also had the power to recover it according to his own decision.” Shortly thereafter, the Personalized Adjuster of Jesus speaks to them: “… What you behold is the human transition of Jesus of Nazareth from life in the flesh to life in morontia… Your Creator-Father has chosen to pass through the entire experience of his mortal creatures, from birth on the material worlds through natural death to the morontia resurrection to the state of true spirit existence…” UB 189:0.1
After the Personal Adjuster speaks to them, all assume an attitude of anxious expectation. UB 189:0.3
April 9
Sunday. The Resurrection. At 2:45 a.m. the Paradise incarnation commission deploys around the tomb. At 2:50 a.m. intense vibrations of material and morontia activities begin to emanate from the sepulchre. At 3:02 a.m. the resurrected morontia personality of Jesus of Nazareth leaves the tomb; the material body remains intact in the grave. Soon afterward the commission of seven departed. Jesus enters his morontia career. UB 189:0.1
At 3:10 a.m., Jesus fellowships with the assembled morontia personalities of the seven mansion worlds of Satania; at the same time, the chief of archangels requests Gabriel’s permission to dissolve Jesus’ material body. Jesus’ body is removed from the tomb and almost instantly dissolved. UB 189:1.10
The enormous tomb stone moves of its own accord before the guards’ eyes. They become frightened and flee the scene. UB 189:2.4 (Mt. 28:4)
Shortly after 4:30, Gabriel called the archangels to his side and prepared to inaugurate on Urantia the general resurrection of the close of the Adamic dispensation. Then Morontia Michael (Jesus) said: “Just as my Father has life in himself, so he has given to the Son to have life in himself…” UB 189:3.1
Simultaneously, shortly before 3:00 a.m., five of the believing women who had been staying at Joseph of Arimathea’s house went out to the tomb with embalming lotions and linen bandages, trying to give Jesus’ body a better burial. (Luke 24:1) (Mk. 16:1)
Around 3:30 a.m., the five women arrived at the tomb and were shocked to find the stones had been rolled out of place. Only Mary Magdalene dared to enter the grave, and she discovered it was empty. [2025:6-7] (Luke 24:2)
The morontia Jesus appeared to the five women at the tomb. Then to Mary. “Touch me not, Mary… But go all of you now, and tell my apostles, and Peter, that I am risen, and that you have spoken with me.” UB 189:4.12 (Mt. 28:10) (Jn. 20:17)
The women hurried to the home of Elijah Mark to pass on to the apostles the message Jesus had asked them to deliver. The apostles were not inclined to believe them. Peter and John rushed to the tomb and also found it empty. (John 20:3-6). Mary hurried back to Mark’s home and told the seven assembled apostles that she had spoken with Jesus again; they did not believe her, but after Peter and John’s return they were filled with fear and apprehension. LU 189:4.11
At 9:30 a.m., David Zebedee sent out his 26 messengers for the last time with the following message to the believers: “Jesus has risen from the dead; the tomb is empty.” UB 190:1.5
About noon, Jesus made his third appearance, this time at Bethany to his brother James. James had difficulty, like everyone else, recognizing the Master’s morontia form, but few of them had the slightest problem recognizing his voice as he began to communicate with them. “James, I come to call you into kingdom service. Join your brethren wholeheartedly and follow me.” UB 190:2.3-4
Shortly before 2:00 p.m., at the Bethany home of Martha and Mary, Jesus appeared for the fourth time to 20 people, including his earthly family, friends, and Mary Magdalene. “… Enter therefore all into the fellowship of the Spirit of Truth into the kingdom of the Father.” UB 190:2.6
At about 4:15 p.m., Jesus’ fifth morontia appearance occurred in the presence of about 25 believing women, including Mary Magdalene, at the home of Joseph of Arimathea. “Peace be with you. In the brotherhood of the kingdom there will be neither Jew nor Gentile, rich nor poor, free nor bond, male nor female…” UB 190:3.1
At about 4:30 p.m. at Flavius’s house, Jesus makes his sixth morontia appearance to about 40 Greek believers. “In my Father’s kingdom there will be neither Jew nor Gentile; you will all be brothers—the sons of God.” UB 190:4.1
A few minutes before 5:00 p.m., about three miles outside Jerusalem, two brothers, Cleopas and Jacob, were walking toward Emmaus. Jesus accompanied them and talked with them. When they invited Jesus to stay with them, and as soon as they recognized him, the morontia Jesus vanished from their sight. Afterward, they remarked among themselves: “No wonder our hearts burned within us while he talked to us as we walked along the highway, and while he opened our minds to the teachings of the Scriptures!” UB 190:5.6 (Luke 24:32) (Mk. 16:12-13)
Cleopas and Jacob hurried back to Jerusalem to inform the apostles of their encounter with Jesus; they arrived in the Upper Room just before 9:00 p.m. UB 190:4.2
At about 8:30 p.m., Jesus appeared to Simon Peter in the garden of Mark’s house. “Peter, the enemy wanted to possess you, but I would not abandon you. I knew that you had not denied me from your heart; therefore, I forgave you even before you asked me…” UB 191:1.1-3
Shortly after 9 p.m., after Cleopas and Jacob had left, the Master, in morontia form, appears for the first time among the ten apostles who were present (Thomas was not in the upper room). “Peace be with you. Why are you so frightened when I appear, as though you saw a spirit?” “I will remain with you in Jerusalem until you are ready to go into Galilee. My peace I leave with you.” UB 191:2.1 (Luke 24:38-39) (John 20:19-23)
April 10
Monday. Jesus spent the entire day with the morontia creatures then present on Urantia, more than a million of them. At midnight, his morontia form was adjusted for transition to the second stage of morontia evolution. UB 191:3.1
April 11
Tuesday. The tenth morontia appearance of Jesus occurs in the synagogue at Philadelphia, before Abner, Lazarus, and about 150 of their associates, including about 50 of the 70 evangelists. “Peace be with you. You all know that we have one Father in heaven and that there is one gospel of the kingdom—the good news of the gift of eternal life, which is received by faith.” UB 191:4.3
April 14
Friday. Jesus makes the transition to the third stage of morontia. UB 191:3.3
April 15
Saturday, a little after 6:00 p.m. Jesus appears to the apostles for the second time. Thomas had gathered with his fellow apostles around 9:00 a.m. “… You have believed, Thomas, because you have truly seen and heard me. Blessed are those in the ages to come who will believe, without having seen with fleshly eyes or heard with mortal ears.” (Luke 20:24-29) (John 20:24-29)
Jesus orders them to go to Galilee. [2043:1-4]
April 17
Monday. Jesus’ transition to his fourth morontia stage. UB 191:3.3
April 18
Tuesday, around 8:30 p.m. Jesus appears in Alexandria to Rodan and 80 other believers.
“Peace be with you. What my Father sent me to establish in the world does not belong to a race, a nation, a special group of educators or preachers…” UB 191:6.2-3
April 21st
Friday, from 6 to 10 in the morning. Jesus appears to the apostles for the third time, by the Lake of Bethsaida. “Children, have you caught anything?” When they answered no, the man said again, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat and you will find some fish.” (Jn. 21:6) He was with them for about an hour and then talked with them two by two, walking along the beach. “Peter, do you love me?” Peter answered, “Lord, you know that I love you with all my soul.” (Jn. 21:15-18)
Simon Zelotes was not present. UB 192:0.1
April 22
Saturday. Jesus’ transition to the fifth morontia stage. UB 191:3.3
Jesus appears before the eleven apostles and spends some time with them on the mount of ordination. The eleven apostles knelt in a circle around the Master. The Master prayed that day with such majesty and authority as the apostles had never before heard. UB 192:3.2
April 27
Thursday. Jesus’ transition to the sixth state of morontia. UB 191:3.3
April 29
Saturday. Peter preaches his first public sermon since the resurrection to more than 500 believers from the area around Capernaum: “We declare that Jesus of Nazareth is not dead; we declare that he has come out of the tomb; we proclaim that we have seen him and that we have spoken with him.”
At that very moment Jesus appeared again, saying: “Peace be with you, and my peace I leave with you.” This was the fifteenth morontia manifestation of the resurrected Jesus. UB 192:3.1
April 30
The eleven apostles and John Mark set out for Jerusalem, teaching and preaching along the way that descended along the Jordan. UB 192:4.4
May 2
Tuesday. Jesus’ transition to the seventh state of morontia. UB 191:3.3
May 3rd
Wednesday afternoon. The apostles and John Mark arrive in Jerusalem. UB 192:4.4
May 4th
Memorable meeting of the apostles in the upper room. The first signs of the replacement of the religion of Jesus by a religion about Jesus. UB 192:4.8
May 5th
Friday, 9 p.m. The sixteenth morontia manifestation of Jesus to the eleven apostles, the women’s group, and about fifty leading disciples, some Greeks and some Jerusalem believers. “When, by living faith, you become divinely God-conscious, then are you born of the spirit as children of light and life, of the same eternal life by which you will ascend the universe of universes and attain the experience of meeting God the Father on Paradise.” UB 193:0.1
May 7
Sunday. Jesus becomes a citizen of Jerusalem. UB 191:3.3
May 13
Saturday, 4 PM. The Master appears to Nalda and about 75 Samaritan believers near Jacob’s well in Sychar. “You rejoice in knowing that I am the resurrection and the life, but this will be of no use to you unless you are first born of the eternal spirit, thus coming to possess the gift of eternal life through faith.” UB 193:1.2
May 14
Sunday. Jesus enters the embrace of the Most Highs of Edentia. UB 191:3.3
May 16
Tuesday. The eighteenth morontia appearance at Tyre, before a group of believers. “You may enter the kingdom as a child, but the Father requires that you grow, by grace, to the full stature of a spirit adult.” UB 193:2.2
May 18
Early Thursday morning. Jesus makes his last appearance on earth as a morontia personality to the eleven apostles. “Peace be with you. I have asked you to remain here in Jerusalem until I ascend to the Father, and even until I send upon you the Spirit of Truth, who is soon to be poured out upon all mankind…” UB 193:3.2 (Luke 24:49) (Mk. 16:15)
When he had finished speaking, he called them to him and led them to the Mount of Olives. There, gathered together, the apostles knelt in a circle around him, and the Master said: “Now I am about to take leave of you; I am about to ascend to my Father, and soon, very soon, we will send the Spirit of Truth into this world where I have sojourned. When he has come, you will begin the new proclamation of the gospel of the kingdom, first in Jerusalem, and then to the farthest parts of the world.” (Mt. 28:16) Love men with the love with which I have loved you, and serve your fellow mortals as I have served you. By the spiritual fruits of your lives, inspire souls to believe the truth that man is a child of God, and that all men are brothers. Remember all I have taught you and the life I have lived among you. My love overshadows you, my spirit will dwell with you, and my peace will remain with you. Farewell. UB 193:5.2
Thursday, 7:45 in the morning.
After saying this, he vanished from their sight. (Luke 24:51) (Mk. 16:19)
The morontia Jesus disappeared from the field of observation of his eleven apostles to begin his ascent to his Father’s right hand, there to receive official confirmation of his complete sovereignty over the universe of Nebadon. UB 193:5.5
Thursday, around one in the afternoon.
One hundred and twenty believers were praying when they felt a strange presence in the room.
A new and profound feeling of joy, security and spiritual confidence invaded them.
Then they recognized that the Spirit of Truth had been poured out upon all flesh. UB 194:0.1 (Acts 2:1-4)
The apostles had been in hiding for forty days. This day happened to be the Jewish Feast of Pentecost, and thousands of visitors from all over the world were in Jerusalem. (Acts 2:5) Peter delivered a passionate sermon that reached two thousand souls. (Acts 2:14-47)
Pentecost was the call to spiritual unity among believers in the gospel. When the Spirit descended upon the disciples in Jerusalem, the same thing happened in Philadelphia, Alexandria, and every other place where sincere believers lived.
When the joy of this outpouring of spirit is consciously experienced in human life, it is a tonic for health, a stimulus for the mind, and an inexhaustible energy for the soul. UB 194:0.1