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| Jesus' Journeys Before His Public Ministry | Le Lien Urantien — Issue 93 — March 2021 | Jesus' Appearances |
March, 8 BC UB 122:1.1 Joseph (age 21) and Mary are married after a two-year courtship. Caesar Augustus orders a census of the Roman Empire.
June, 8 BC UB 122:2.1 Gabriel’s announcement to Elizabeth.
November, 8 BC (UB 122:3.1) The day after his conception, Gabriel announces to Mary the good news that she will bear the promised child.
March 25, 7 BC (UB 135:0.1) Birth of John the Baptist
August 21, 7 BC (UB 122:8.1) The baby of Bethlehem is born at noon and is laid in a nearby manger.
October, 7 BC (UB 122:9.1) Jesus is presented to the priests in the temple to effect his redemption.
October, 6 BC (UB 122:10.4) The family flees to Alexandria after Herod orders the massacre of all baby boys under two years old in Bethlehem, Judea. Sixteen of them perish in one day.
October, 4 BC (UB 123:0.6) After Herod’s death, the family returns to Bethlehem in late August. They spend a month deciding where best to raise the child and eventually return to Nazareth.
April 2, 3 BC (UB 123:1.5) Birth of Jacques (2nd).
February 11, 2 BC UB 123:2.1 Jesus makes his first moral decision at age 5-&half, and the spirit of the Father comes to dwell in him.
July 11, 2 BC (UB 123:2.3) Birth of Myriam (3rd).
June, 1 BC (UB 123:3.4) Zechariah, Elizabeth and their son John visit the family in Nazareth.
March 16, Year 1 (UB 123:0.6) Birth of Joseph (4th).
April 14, 2 BC UB 123:6.7 Birth of Simon (5th)
September 13, Year 3 Birth of Marte (6th)
May, AN. 5 UB 124:3.6 Joseph takes Jesus to Scythopolis
June 24, AN 5 Birth of Jude (7th).
January 9, AN 7 UB 124:5.2 Birth of Amos (8th).
March 20, AN 7 UB 124:5.4 Jesus graduated from the synagogue school in Nazareth at the age of 12
April 4, AN 7 (UB 124:6.1) Jesus makes an exciting first visit to Jerusalem but the boy is also shocked and sick.
April 8, AN 7 (UB 124:6.15) A heavenly messenger from Emmanuel appears to Jesus.
April 17, AN 7 (UB 125:3.1) Jesus is left behind as his parents leave Jerusalem.
April 20, AN 7 UB 125:6.1 Joseph and Mary finally find Jesus teaching in the temple.
September 25, A.D. 8 UB 126:2.1 Joseph is killed by a falling mast while working on the governor’s residence in Sepphoris. For the next twelve years, Jesus is the head of the family.
April 17, Year 9 Birth of Ruth, the last of the nine.
September, AN 12 (UB 127:3.11) Jesus and John meet again in Nazareth at the age of 18, never to see each other again until their baptism.
December 3, AN 12 (UB 127:3.13) Death of little Amos
April, AN 17 UB 128:3.5 In Jerusalem, Stephen meets Jesus and is extremely impressed.
November 3, AD 20 (UB 128:7.13) Jesus formally gives up his place and installs James as “head and protector of my father’s house.”
January, AN 21 (UB 129:1.1) Jesus takes a leave of absence and spends a year building a new style of much superior boats in Zebedee’s workshops.
March, AN 22 UB 129:2.9 Jesus travels to Jerusalem for two months where he meets Gonod and his brilliant son Ganid, wealthy travelers from India who hire him to accompany them as an interpreter and tutor.
April 26, AD 22 (UB 130:0.1) Jesus leaves Jerusalem for a Mediterranean tour that will take him most of the 28th year and all of the 29th year of his life on earth. He is known as the scribe of Damascus and the Jewish tutor.
The Master travels 12,600 km during his travels before his public ministry
The travelers go to Caesarea via Joppa, sail to Alexandria; to Lasea in Crete; to Carthage, touching Cyrene; to Naples, stopping at Malta, Syracuse and Messina; to Capua; then on the Appian Way to Rome where they spend six months and have an audience with the emperor Tiberias. They make five additional trips, including the lakes of northern Italy and Switzerland. Jesus prepares 30 Romans for the coming of the Gospel.
They return by land to Taranto, sail to Athens stopping at Nicopolis and Corinth, to Ephesus via Troas, to Cyprus stopping at Rhodes, to Antioch in Syria, to Sidon then to Damascus, to Mesopotamia by caravan passing through Thapsacus and Larissa, to Babylon visiting Ur, to Susa and finally to Charax.
Only Zebedee, the boat builder of Bethsaida, knows the facts relating to these vast voyages, and Zebedee tells them to no one.
December 10, AN 23 UB 133:9.4 The travelers part in tears at Charax. Gonod and Ganid embark for India. Thus the Master leaves his friends, never to see them again in this world. He returns via Ur to Babylon, then by caravan to Damascus, then to Nazareth, with a stopover in Capernaum.
April 1, AN 24 UB 134:3.4 Jesus leaves Nazareth as a caravan leader for the Caspian Sea region. On the way back, he lingers for two weeks at Lake Urmia and gives 24 lectures at the religious school of Cymboyton: the most systematic and formal of all his teachings.
March, AN 25 (UB 135:6.1) John begins his brilliant career as a forerunner of the Messiah.
April, AD 25 (UB 134:7.3) Jesus begins five months of solitary wandering through Palestine and Syria to Antioch.
August, AN 25 UB 134:7.6 Jesus stays alone, wet from the dews of Mount Hermon for six weeks.
September, AN 25 (UB 134:8.6) Jesus triumphs in the great temptation and returns to Galilee to await “my hour to come”.
January 14, AD 26 (UB 135:8.1 — UB 136:2.1) On the Jordan River near Pella, John baptizes Jesus at age 31-&half. Jan-Feb, AD 26 Jesus withdraws to the hills of Perea, near a village sometimes called Beit Adis, and makes plans for his public work. No one sees Jesus again for forty days.
February 23, Year 26 (UB 137:0.1) Jesus joins John in Pella and chooses two pairs of brothers as his first four apostles: Andrew and Peter, then James and John Zebedee.
February 24, AN 26 (UB 137:2.3) Jesus calls Philip and Nathanael.
February 27, AN 26 (UB 137:3.6) Jesus attends the wedding at Cana. His sympathy for Mary leads to the transformation of water into wine.
June 12, AN 26 (UB 135:10.3) John is arrested and languishes for 19 months in Herod’s vile prison at Machareus until his execution.
June 22, AN 26 UB 137:8.1 Jesus preaches the sermon on “The Kingdom” to the crowded synagogue in Capernaum.
July, AN 26 UB 138:1.2 Each of the first six apostles chooses a man to join them: Jesus calls Matthew, Simon, James and Judas Alphaeus, and finally Thomas and Judas.
January 12, AD 27 (UB 140:0.1) On the highlands north of Capernaum, Jesus orders his apostles and delivers the famous Sermon on the Mount.
January 19, AN 27 UB 141:0.1 Jesus and the twelve leave their headquarters in Bethsaida. This entire year is devoted to the discreet resumption of the work of John the Baptist in Perea and Judea.
April, AN 27 (UB 142:0.1) The first ministry in Jerusalem. Hundreds of people rejoice at the good news. The Jewish leaders are worried. Annas receives Jesus coldly, who immediately takes his leave. Jesus meets Nicodemus.
June, AN 27 (UB 143:5.1) Jesus proclaims his divine nature to Nalda, a Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well.
September, AN 27 (UB 144:3.1) Jesus teaches his apostles the Our Father.
October, AN 27 UB 144:6.1 A three-week conference is held with John’s twelve apostles at the camp at Gilboa.
December, AN 27 (UB 144:8.1) John’s friends bring Jesus a message from the Baptist asking him, “Are you the Savior?”
January 10, AN 28 (UB 135:12.7) John the Baptist is beheaded
January 13, AD 28 (UB 145:0.1) Jesus returns to Capernaum to proclaim the kingdom openly and powerfully.
January 13, AN 28 UB 145:1.1 The fruitful dragnet
January, AN 28 UB 145:3.1 The healing at sunset of 683 men, women and children at the Zebedee home in Bethsaida.
January 18, AN 28 UB 146:0.1 The first public preaching tour in Galilee lasts until March 17.
March, AN 28 (UB 146:4.1) Jesus cleanses a leper in his first deliberate “miraculous” healing.
April 2, AN 28 (UB 147:2.1) The apostolic group goes to Jerusalem for Passover. Jesus visits the pool of Bethesda alone with John but heals no one.
May, AN 28 UB 148:0.1 For five months, David Zebede maintains a huge seaside encampment and the kingdom’s first hospital near the tent city.
May, AN 28 (UB 148:0.1) The New School of Prophets trains more than 100 evangelists from around the world.
September, AD 28 (UB 148:7.1) A Pharisaic spy entices a man with a withered hand to seek healing before Jesus on the Sabbath. The man is healed.
October 1, AN 28 (UB 148:9.1) Jesus heals the paralytic who came down through the roof.
October 3, AN 28 (UB 149:0.1) The second public preaching tour in Galilee lasts until December. The fame of Jesus provokes hostility and hardens the hearts of the religious leaders in Jerusalem.
January 16, AN 29 (UB 150:0.1) The third round of preaching begins.
January 16, AN 29 (UB 150:1.1) Jesus announces the formation of the female evangelical body. He ordains ten women, then two others.
March 5, AN 29 (UB 150:6.3) Nazareth rejects Jesus.
March, AN 29 (UB 151:6.1 — UB 152:1.1) Jesus heals the lunatic of Kheresa and the daughter of Jaire.
March 30, AN 29 (UB 152:2.2) Supply of the five thousand at the Magadan park followed by the episode of the creation of a king.
April 30, AD 29 (UB 153:0.3) Jesus preaches his historic sermon in the synagogue of Capernaum.
May 8, AN 29 (UB 154:2.1) The Sanhedrin decrees the closure of all synagogues in Palestine to Jesus and his followers.
May 21, AN 29 (UB 154:3.1) Herod Antipas signs a decree authorizing the arrest of Jesus
May 22, AN 29 (UB 154:7.1) With his arrest imminent, Jesus and his group fled Galilee through Batanea and northern Galilee toward the Phoenician coast.
June 11, AN 29 (UB 156:1.2) Jesus heals the Syrian woman’s afflicted daughter, Norana, who insisted on seeing Jesus.
August 9, AN 29 (UB 157:3.1) Confession of Peter
August 15, AN 29 (UB 158:0.1) The transfiguration on Mount Hermon.
August 16, AN 29 (UB 158:4.1) Jesus heals the epileptic boy.
August 17, AN 29 (UB 158:7.1) Pierre’s protest.
September, AN 29 (UB 162:0.1) Jesus boldly returns to Jerusalem and teaches in the temple, there he formally proclaims his divinity
September, AN 29 (UB 162:3.1) The woman caught in adultery is brought before Jesus
September, AN 29 (UB 162:5.1) Jesus delivers the sermon “The Light of the World.”
November 19, AN 29 (UB 163:0.1) Jesus ordains the seventy evangelists in Magadan.
December, AN 29 (UB 164:3.1) Jesus goes up secretly to Jerusalem during the feast of the dedication and heals Josiah, the blind beggar, by anointing his eyes with clay and spit.
January 3, AN 30 (UB 165:0.1) The three-month Perea mission begins in Pella, it is the Master’s last ministry.
January 3, AD 30 (UB 165:2.1) Jesus preaches the sermon on the Good Shepherd at the camp at Pella.
February 19, AD 30 UB 166:2.1 Jesus heals the ten lepers at Amathus. Only the solitary Samaritan returns to give thanks.
February 26, AN 30
A runner from Bethany arrives in Philadelphia bearing a message that Lazarus is near death.
March 2, AD 30 (UB 168:0.1) Lazarus rose from the dead around 2:30 p.m. after four days in the tomb.
March 30, AN 30 (UB 171:5.1) Jesus heals the blind beggar Bartimaeus on the road to Jericho. As he passes, Jesus calls the hated tax collector Zacchaeus, who has come down from the sycamore tree, and he is converted.
March 31, AN 30 (UB 172:0.1) The Master makes his final journey to Jerusalem in the likeness of mortal flesh and lodges in Bethany with only one Simon.
April 1, AN 30 UB 172:1.5 Mary anoints the Master’s head with an ointment.
April 2, AN 30 UB 172:3.1 Palm Sunday: Jesus enters Jerusalem to the praises and hosannas of the enthusiastic crowd.
April 3, AN 30 UB 173:1.1 Monday: The purification of the Temple
April 4, AN 30 UB 175:0.1 — UB 176:0.1 Tuesday: Jesus gives his farewell address at the temple. Tonight, on Mount Olivet, he predicts the destruction of Jerusalem and promises “that I will one day return to this world.”
April 5, AD 30 (UB 177:0.1) Wednesday: Day of rest. Judas leaves the camp to meet Jesus’ enemies in the city.
April 6, AD 30 (UB 179:0.1 — UB 182:3.1 — UB 183:0.1 ) Thursday: The Last Supper: Jesus washes the feet of his apostles and gives the New Commandment. He suffers indescribable pain while praying in the Garden of Gethsemane. He is betrayed and arrested around midnight, bound and taken away. John is allowed to be at his side.
April 7, AN 30 (UB 184:0.1)
- Friday, 12:30 p.m. The examination by Annas. Peter denies Jesus in the palace courtyard.
- 3:30 In a sordid trial, Caiaphas and the Sanhedrist tribunal decree the death of Jesus.
- 6:00 a.m. Jesus is brought before Pilate, then before Herod, then again before Pilate.
- 8:00 a.m. Pilate’s tragic capitulation. He washes his hands and orders the crucifixion
- 9:30 a.m. Jesus is crucified at Golgotha. Judas Iscariot commits suicide.
- 3:00 p.m. Jesus bows his head and abandons the struggle for life. The Master’s life in the flesh lasted thirty-six years “minus a little over four months.”
- 4:30 p.m. Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus arrive with Pilate’s order granting them the body of Jesus, and with John Zebedee and the Roman centurion, carry it to the tomb.
April 9, AN 30 (UB 189:0.1)
- Sunday, 3:02 a.m. The resurrected form and personality of Jesus of Nazareth comes forth from the tomb. Archangels take custody of the mortal body for immediate dissolution.
- 3:30 a.m. Mary Magdalene and four women companions discover the empty tomb.
- 4:30 a.m. Jesus orders the dispensational resurrection: the third planetary roll call.
- At dawn Jesus appears to the women at the tomb, telling them: “Go and tell my apostles.”
- Noon-5 p.m. Jesus makes five appearances in Jerusalem and the surrounding area, first with his brother James in Bethany, then with the two brothers on the road to Emmaus.
- 9 p.m. Jesus first appears to his apostles in the upper room of Mark’s house.
April 11, AD 30 (UB 191:4.1) In Philadelphia, Jesus shows himself to Abner and Lazarus and some 150 associates.
April 15, AD 30 UB 191:5.1 Jesus appears again to the apostles, including Thomas, and tells them to go to Galilee.
April 21, AD 30 (UB 192:1.1) His first trip to Galilee, Jesus appears to the apostles at dawn, as their boat docks in Bethsaida.
April 29, AD 30 (UB 192:4.1) On the shores of Lake Bethsaida, as Peter finishes his sermon, Jesus appears to more than 500 believers.
May 18, AN 30 (UB 193:3.1)
- Thursday 7:30 a.m. On Mount Olivet, Jesus begins the ascension to the right hand of his Father. He made nineteen appearances in forty days and is part of the personal experience of nearly a thousand human beings: but not a single one among his enemies.
- 1 p.m. The Spirit of Truth, the Comforter, is poured out on the world at Pentecost.
| Jesus' Journeys Before His Public Ministry | Le Lien Urantien — Issue 93 — March 2021 | Jesus' Appearances |