Oct. 8, 2022
The Awesome Power of Divinity
In this episode we talk about the awesome power of nature, plus we delve into Paper 158 and The Mount of Transfiguration, and is lesson here I want to share about the father's will as it related to Jesus making the harder decision to continue on with his bestowal mission, even though he had technically fulfilled his mission.
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It's good to have you here on
the ranch Radio podcast.
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It's been a little more than a
couple of weeks since my last
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podcast.
And a good part of that reason
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is because We were in
preparation of hurricane Ian
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which ended up coming right at
us and it extended my, an
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availability for another two
weeks as we scramble to get our
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power.
And just basically take care of
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the needs of the immediate, you
know, situation and that's what
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we did.
So my family and I are safe, our
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home is safe.
We are relatively safe from much
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of the Affliction that was
widespread many people lost
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their homes.
It's real tragedy there, and
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I've shared some sort of
personal Thoughts with others
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about my perception of hurricane
Ian.
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And in its initial approach,
before we knew it was going to
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hit us.
She was a maybe I was
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romanticizing, it a little bit
too much, but I looked at the
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awe of this, this Mighty storm
and I couldn't help.
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Think about the Iowa.
Of Paradise.
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The reason I say that is because
in, you know, think of the
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universe, as the way that the
Rancho book describes it see
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where you have the Isle of
paradise, and then you have have
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Ona, which surrounds the Isle of
paradise, the Isle of paradise,
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is the center of all things and
the center of time itself and
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it's the, the residents of the
Trinity.
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And it's certainly the residents
of the Father of all creation
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and there's a, there's a passage
in the Rancho book that says, if
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you were to be transported, from
where we are today, to the Isle
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of paradise, we would be so
deprived of being able to
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perceive what we were seeing
that.
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We would know where we were,
where we were.
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We would not be able to even
really see anything because we
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would be so limited in our
perception and And so when I
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during the hurricane, the eye of
the storm actually came within
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visual distance of our home and
there was that intermittent
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piece where the winds calm down.
And of course, the weather
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people will tell you that when
this happens, it just means
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you're at the eye of the storm
and in the eye of the storm.
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Everything is is almost perfect
in there.
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You've got all this energy
swirling around this.
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Will giant Energy System
bringing destruction to
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everything but also replenishing
everything.
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It's taking all of that
moisture, that, that energy that
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kinetic energy in the ocean and
it's in its metamorphosis thing
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into all kinds of other energy
wind and precipitation and
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force.
And in a way, that's kind of how
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the universe is Zeppelin's.
The seven superuniverses are the
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giant Cyclones that been around
the central universe and then
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which spins around the Isle of
paradise.
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And in the Isle of paradise,
everything is calm and tranquil.
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And so, to me seeing this, this
approaching storm, I couldn't
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help try to compare that to the,
you know, the odd that the, the
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of the spectacle, that's what I
call it the, ah, of the
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spectacle.
I think.
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Immanuel Kant said that when we
Glimpse, you know, these
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tremendously large systems, when
we Glimpse the greatness of
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Mother Nature, we are getting
Insight.
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We're getting a peek into
Divinity divine power, and
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that's why it's so overwhelming
to the senses.
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And anyway, that's that's
basically what I took away from
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the hurricane.
It was certainly destructive,
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but it's destructive because we
haven't figured out yet that we
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shouldn't be building.
Homes on barrier islands.
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In such quantity and thing.
One thing that saved us As a
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side note is that when we
endured hurricane Irma, 45 years
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ago, it did tear down our cage,
it did rip up some of our roof
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and it did make us feel
vulnerable.
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And we were lucky to get out of
that one because we weren't in
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the eye of a Verma.
But because we got our cages are
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outdoor Lanai is rescreen.
We installed you know better
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Roofing that could withstand a
category 5 hurricane because of
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all this we were able to have
little damage this time and so
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that was good.
It was a great thing for us but
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there is a lot of Destruction,
there's no question and you
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adapt people adapt were, you
know, this isn't the first
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go-around for human beings when
it comes to weather in many ways
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whether Co-sponsored religion
because it was the fear of this,
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whether these weather systems
thunder, lightning, the drove
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men and women together.
You know, interestingly the
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instinct to work together is
apparent in a storm or a
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disaster because the morning
after Hurricane.
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Ian rip through.
Remember it quite well and I
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never want to forget it.
I walked outside the sun was
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just coming up is around 7 a.m.
and it was the day after
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Hurricane Ian and all the other
neighbors were coming out of
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their homes as well.
It's almost as if we all woke up
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at the same time and we all
walked out and almost
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immediately people started
helping each other people that I
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didn't even know their names.
Some did some of my knew who
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they were, but neighbors that
I'd lived across the way for
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years and Not knowing who they
are.
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And it was that Spirit of
cooperation.
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It was that adjutant spirit that
made us all sort of behave in a
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similar fashion.
And it's pretty interesting
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experience, neighbor, helping
neighbor.
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And I told my son, I said, you
know, You know, in times, like
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these the, these Ed, you know,
adversarial events will bring
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out the best, and sometimes the
worst in people and fortunately,
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for us, there were more examples
of the best being pulled out of
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this tragedy, and it continues
to unfold.
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I've done other podcast on this
very subject.
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So, anyway, that's that's what
took me so long to get back and
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there's quite a bit.
I want to talk To get to in this
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episode, I'm still in the area
north of where our home is
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because we have power up here
and I'm able to do these
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podcasts now for you.
So I do want to tell you that I
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got a word that I see 23, it's
coming, the ranch book.
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Fellowship is hosting the
International Conference for
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Urantia book readers that will
be live and in person July 24
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through the 28th next year.
Living the teachings, heart
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mind, and soul.
It will be at the Oak.
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Brook Hills Resort and
Conference Center about a half
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hour from Chicago's major.
Airports, it offers comfy beds.
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We always want comfy, beds,
beautiful, pool, and golf
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course.
And if I remember July is a
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spectacular month to be in the
windy city.
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And what is it?
Somebody told me.
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One time, when they're in
Chicago, there's two seasons,
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there's winter and then
Construction.
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So for those of you living in
Chicago, you know what I mean,
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the Urantia book Fellowship
again.
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Next year, 2023 July 24th
through the 28th and I heard the
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last one was quite spectacular.
If it's God's will that I go,
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I'll be there.
That's what I say.
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But I do want to go.
I would love to go.
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And so again thank you for all
the nice email from folks who
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emailed me.
The number of people that I've
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reached Joshua, Diane the folks
with the unity project that have
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been on the program people that
are just listeners to the
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podcast.
A lot of you wrote, apparently
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aware of the fact that I was in
Florida, wishing me well and
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sending prayers and I'm So
grateful and thankful the, for
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the friends that have I have
acquired in the Rancho book
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community. and for those who
didn't write, I know that you I
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was in your prayers or at least
I hope I was, I must have been
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because there were so many
miracles, least of, which is the
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fact that my, my wife and family
are safe, my daughter and her
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boyfriend were on the other side
of the state and they came back
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afterwards and brought us energy
and brought generators and
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brought Fuel and have continued
to help feeding Pull, my wife is
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in the food business.
So she is using her skills and
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her Talent.
She's such a compassionate
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daughter, she really cares about
people she's out there, feeding
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people who need to be fed, so
it's just amazing.
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Again, going back to, you know,
that adjective both adjutants,
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not only the spirit of
cooperation, but the spirit of
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counsel I wonder if there's an
eighth, adjutant, the spirit of
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loving service.
That would be interesting.
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There probably is.
Anyway, I want to see if I can
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get some of my email addresses,
because I've been getting some
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really good email, I guess I
can't access it from this
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computer, so I won't even try
But I wanted to talk about paper
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one.
Believe it or not.
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I wanted to talk about 1157
paper 157, I just on a casual
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Sunday, not that long ago.
I was just kind of spot reading,
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which I am prone to do sometimes
with the Rancho book.
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I'll just pick us just a random
chapter. and I'll just read it
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and I, I guess it isn't that
one.
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I must be 156.
Let me see if I can find it.
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It's the Mount of
transfiguration, and here we go.
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And this is when Jesus Took the
two Apostles or the three
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Apostles with him up to Herman.
And they have brought, was it?
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Yeah.
Peter James and John shared that
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experience, some of which is, of
course, in the Bible.
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And and the reason I caught my
eyes because at that moment, the
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apostles had all pretty much
dedicated their lives to the, to
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the master and his teachings.
And so it was in August 15th,
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the morning, Jesus and three
Apostles began the ascent of
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Mount Hermon.
There was some unfinished
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business that Jesus had to
conclude and so he had to meet
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with Gabriel and I believe he
met with Father Melchizedek And
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then lo and behold the
personalized.
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Gesture speaks at much as if you
remember, when Jesus was
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baptized and the personal,
adjuster behold my son and so
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they reach their destination
about halfway up the mountain
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and shortly before noon.
And while eating lunch, Jesus
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told the three Apostles,
something of his experience in
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the Hills to the east of the
Jordan shortly after his baptism
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and also some more of his
experience on Out Herman in his
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connection with the former visit
to the lonely Retreat.
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Where he settled the Rebellion
as a boy.
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Jesus used to ascend The Hills
near his home and dream of the
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battles.
And now he ascended Mount Hermon
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to receive the endowment which
was to prepare him to descend
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upon the plains of Jordan to
enact the closing scenes of the
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drama of his bestowal on
Urantia.
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And the master could have
relinquished, the struggle of
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this day on Mount Hermon and
return to his rule of the
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universe domains.
But he not only chose to meet
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the requirements of his order of
divine, sonship embraced in the
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Mandate of the Eternal son on
Paradise, but he also elected to
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meet the last and full measure
of the present will of his
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paradise, father.
And so it was on this day that
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three of his Apostles.
Saw him declined to be invested
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in full Universe Authority.
It was too soon.
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Jesus knew intuitively wasn't
done with his mission. and there
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was a point where The
Transfiguration occurred.
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Jesus withdrew for a long
conference with Gabriel and the
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father, Melchizedek not
returning, until about 6:00.
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When Jesus saw their anxiety
over his prolonged absence, he
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said, why were you afraid you?
Well, know.
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I must be about my father's
business.
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Wherefore, do you doubt when I'm
not with you?
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I now declare that the son of
man has chosen to go through his
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full life in your midst, as one
of you, be of good cheer, I will
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not leave you until my work is
finished. another was a point in
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here, where The father
Melchizedek and Gabriel
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basically said, Gee, you know,
Michael, you've fulfilled your
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bestowal mission.
Even the personalized gesture
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appeared on the scene.
I'll read to you the three.
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This is just while this is going
on in the apostles, we're almost
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as well, they were asleep.
It was a They were fast asleep
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and suddenly awakened by a
nearby crackling sound and much
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to their amazement and
consternation on looking about
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them, they beheld.
Jesus, in Intimate converse with
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two.
Brilliant beings clothed in the
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habiliments, habiliment of the
light of the celestial world.
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So these three Apostles
half-awake sort of rubbing the
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sleep out of their eyes.
They see this event that's
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happening in Jesus is present.
There's these brilliant beings
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and Jesus's face and form.
Shown what the Luminosity of a
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Heavenly light?
These three converged in a
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strange language, but from
certain things Peter erroneously
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conjectured that the beings
worth with Jesus were Moses and
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Elijah.
In reality from paper 158
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paragraph 1.
They were Gabriel and the father
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of Melchizedek The physical
controllers had arranged for the
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apostles to witness this scene
because of Jesus request.
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He wanted to, he wanted his
Apostles.
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These three specially to see
what was going on.
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The three apostles were so
badly, frightened that, they
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were slow and collecting their
wit's.
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But Peter, the Peter who was
first to recover himself said as
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the dazzling Vision faded before
them and they observe Jesus
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standing alone.
Jesus Master.
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It is good.
I've been here we Rejoice to see
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this Glory.
We are loathe to go back down to
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the Inglorious world.
If you're willing let us abide
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here and we will erect 3/10 one
for you one, for Moses, and one
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for Elijah and Peter said this
because of his confusion and
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because nothing else came into
his mind as just that moment.
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And while Peter was yet,
speaking as slivery, Cloud Drew
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near and overshadowed, the four
of them, the apostles now became
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greatly frightened.
And as they fell down on their
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faces to worship, they heard a
voice the same that had spoken
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on the occasion of Jesus
baptism.
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Say this is my beloved Son.
Give heed to him.
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And when the cloud vanished,
again was Jesus alone with the
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three and he reached down and
touched him saying, arise and be
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not afraid.
You shall see greater things
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than this.
But the apostles were truly
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afraid.
They were a silent and
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thoughtful Trio as they made
ready to descend the mountain
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shortly before midnight.
So I want to jump ahead to the
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meeting of the Transfiguration
and I want to read that which
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James and John witnessed on the
moment of the Transfiguration
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was a fleeting glimpse of a
Celestial pageant which
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transpired that eventful day on
Mount Hermon, the
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Transfiguration was the occasion
of number one, the acceptance of
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the fullness of the bestowal of
the Incarnate life of Michael
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on.
Urantia by the Eternal mother,
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son of paradise, to the
testimony of the satisfaction of
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the infinite Spirit, the mother
Spirit.
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As As to the fullness of the
Rancho bestowal, in the likeness
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of mortal flesh, the universal
representative of the infinite
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Spirit on this occasion, spoke
through the father, Melchizedek,
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Jesus welcomed the testimony
regarding the success of his
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Earth Mission presented by the
messenger of the Eternal Sun and
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the infinite Spirit.
But he noted that his father did
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not indicate that the Iran.
Shh bestowal was finished, only
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did the Unseen presence of the
Bear witness through Jesus
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personalized, adjusters saying
this is my beloved Son, give
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heed to him and this was spoken
in words to be heard also by the
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three apostles.
After the celestial visitation
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Jesus sought to know his
father's will and decided to
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pursue the Mortal stole to its
natural end.
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This was the significance of the
Transfiguration of Jesus to the
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three Apostles.
It was an event marking the
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entrance of the master upon the
Final Phase of his Earth career
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as the Son of God and the son of
man, after the formal visitation
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of Gabriel and the father Jesus
held informal converse with
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these, his sons of ministry and
communed with them concerning
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the Affairs of the universe and
that's the end of that paper 158
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Section 3.
And so I found it, fascinating
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one, looking at it from the
perspective of the Apostles and
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what they must have imagined and
how they interpreted some of the
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events which survived in the New
Testament.
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But also there was just that
That wisdom that Jesus had were
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even though father Melchizedek
and Gabriel and even the
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infinite Spirit mission complete
mission done.
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And he could have laid down his
tools and says okay but there
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was something in him says well
the father has not said to me
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specifically that I'm done here.
So I think there's still a
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little bit more work to do.
I'm going to follow father's
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will and I just was thought it
was Very profound and it stuck
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with me for a few days.
Sometimes it's easy in life.
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When we think the mission is
complete, whatever that mission
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is and then we fail to discern
that there's there's more to it
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than just the completion of the
mission.
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Sometimes you have to be careful
that you're not just cutting and
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running.
Sometimes life requires of us
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just a little bit more of that
second mile at the Rancho book
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talks about the Second Mile,
it's not enough.
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To go.
The first mile, it's really for
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those who are following the
spirit where it leads to go that
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second Mile and that's what I
extrapolated from this.
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And he again gave a wonderful
example in his teachings in his
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life example.
Of how dedicated he was to his
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father's will and I hope that
you enjoyed that brief interlude
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with paper.
What was it 158 on this edition
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of the Rancher Radio podcast?
I also want to remind you that
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our articles and essays are on
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And thank you stopping by.
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It's good to have you here on
the ranch Radio podcast.
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It's been a little more than a
couple of weeks since my last
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podcast.
And a good part of that reason
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is because We were in
preparation of hurricane Ian
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which ended up coming right at
us and it extended my, an
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availability for another two
weeks as we scramble to get our
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power.
And just basically take care of
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the needs of the immediate, you
know, situation and that's what
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we did.
So my family and I are safe, our
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home is safe.
We are relatively safe from much
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of the Affliction that was
widespread many people lost
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their homes.
It's real tragedy there, and
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I've shared some sort of
personal Thoughts with others
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about my perception of hurricane
Ian.
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And in its initial approach,
before we knew it was going to
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hit us.
She was a maybe I was
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romanticizing, it a little bit
too much, but I looked at the
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awe of this, this Mighty storm
and I couldn't help.
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Think about the Iowa.
Of Paradise.
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The reason I say that is because
in, you know, think of the
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universe, as the way that the
Rancho book describes it see
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where you have the Isle of
paradise, and then you have have
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Ona, which surrounds the Isle of
paradise, the Isle of paradise,
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is the center of all things and
the center of time itself and
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it's the, the residents of the
Trinity.
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And it's certainly the residents
of the Father of all creation
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and there's a, there's a passage
in the Rancho book that says, if
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you were to be transported, from
where we are today, to the Isle
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of paradise, we would be so
deprived of being able to
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perceive what we were seeing
that.
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We would know where we were,
where we were.
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We would not be able to even
really see anything because we
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would be so limited in our
perception and And so when I
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during the hurricane, the eye of
the storm actually came within
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visual distance of our home and
there was that intermittent
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piece where the winds calm down.
And of course, the weather
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people will tell you that when
this happens, it just means
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you're at the eye of the storm
and in the eye of the storm.
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Everything is is almost perfect
in there.
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You've got all this energy
swirling around this.
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Will giant Energy System
bringing destruction to
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everything but also replenishing
everything.
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It's taking all of that
moisture, that, that energy that
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kinetic energy in the ocean and
it's in its metamorphosis thing
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into all kinds of other energy
wind and precipitation and
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force.
And in a way, that's kind of how
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the universe is Zeppelin's.
The seven superuniverses are the
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giant Cyclones that been around
the central universe and then
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which spins around the Isle of
paradise.
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And in the Isle of paradise,
everything is calm and tranquil.
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And so, to me seeing this, this
approaching storm, I couldn't
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help try to compare that to the,
you know, the odd that the, the
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of the spectacle, that's what I
call it the, ah, of the
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spectacle.
I think.
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Immanuel Kant said that when we
Glimpse, you know, these
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tremendously large systems, when
we Glimpse the greatness of
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Mother Nature, we are getting
Insight.
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We're getting a peek into
Divinity divine power, and
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that's why it's so overwhelming
to the senses.
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And anyway, that's that's
basically what I took away from
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the hurricane.
It was certainly destructive,
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but it's destructive because we
haven't figured out yet that we
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shouldn't be building.
Homes on barrier islands.
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In such quantity and thing.
One thing that saved us As a
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side note is that when we
endured hurricane Irma, 45 years
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ago, it did tear down our cage,
it did rip up some of our roof
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and it did make us feel
vulnerable.
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And we were lucky to get out of
that one because we weren't in
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the eye of a Verma.
But because we got our cages are
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outdoor Lanai is rescreen.
We installed you know better
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Roofing that could withstand a
category 5 hurricane because of
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all this we were able to have
little damage this time and so
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that was good.
It was a great thing for us but
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there is a lot of Destruction,
there's no question and you
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adapt people adapt were, you
know, this isn't the first
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go-around for human beings when
it comes to weather in many ways
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whether Co-sponsored religion
because it was the fear of this,
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whether these weather systems
thunder, lightning, the drove
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men and women together.
You know, interestingly the
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instinct to work together is
apparent in a storm or a
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disaster because the morning
after Hurricane.
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Ian rip through.
Remember it quite well and I
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never want to forget it.
I walked outside the sun was
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just coming up is around 7 a.m.
and it was the day after
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Hurricane Ian and all the other
neighbors were coming out of
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their homes as well.
It's almost as if we all woke up
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at the same time and we all
walked out and almost
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immediately people started
helping each other people that I
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didn't even know their names.
Some did some of my knew who
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they were, but neighbors that
I'd lived across the way for
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years and Not knowing who they
are.
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And it was that Spirit of
cooperation.
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It was that adjutant spirit that
made us all sort of behave in a
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similar fashion.
And it's pretty interesting
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experience, neighbor, helping
neighbor.
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And I told my son, I said, you
know, You know, in times, like
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these the, these Ed, you know,
adversarial events will bring
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out the best, and sometimes the
worst in people and fortunately,
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for us, there were more examples
of the best being pulled out of
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this tragedy, and it continues
to unfold.
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I've done other podcast on this
very subject.
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So, anyway, that's that's what
took me so long to get back and
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there's quite a bit.
I want to talk To get to in this
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episode, I'm still in the area
north of where our home is
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because we have power up here
and I'm able to do these
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podcasts now for you.
So I do want to tell you that I
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got a word that I see 23, it's
coming, the ranch book.
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Fellowship is hosting the
International Conference for
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be live and in person July 24
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through the 28th next year.
Living the teachings, heart
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mind, and soul.
It will be at the Oak.
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Brook Hills Resort and
Conference Center about a half
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hour from Chicago's major.
Airports, it offers comfy beds.
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We always want comfy, beds,
beautiful, pool, and golf
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And if I remember July is a
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spectacular month to be in the
windy city.
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And what is it?
Somebody told me.
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One time, when they're in
Chicago, there's two seasons,
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there's winter and then
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So for those of you living in
Chicago, you know what I mean,
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again.
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Next year, 2023 July 24th
through the 28th and I heard the
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last one was quite spectacular.
If it's God's will that I go,
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I'll be there.
That's what I say.
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But I do want to go.
I would love to go.
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And so again thank you for all
the nice email from folks who
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emailed me.
The number of people that I've
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reached Joshua, Diane the folks
with the unity project that have
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been on the program people that
are just listeners to the
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podcast.
A lot of you wrote, apparently
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aware of the fact that I was in
Florida, wishing me well and
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sending prayers and I'm So
grateful and thankful the, for
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the friends that have I have
acquired in the Rancho book
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community. and for those who
didn't write, I know that you I
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was in your prayers or at least
I hope I was, I must have been
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because there were so many
miracles, least of, which is the
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fact that my, my wife and family
are safe, my daughter and her
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boyfriend were on the other side
of the state and they came back
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afterwards and brought us energy
and brought generators and
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brought Fuel and have continued
to help feeding Pull, my wife is
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in the food business.
So she is using her skills and
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her Talent.
She's such a compassionate
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daughter, she really cares about
people she's out there, feeding
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people who need to be fed, so
it's just amazing.
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Again, going back to, you know,
that adjective both adjutants,
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not only the spirit of
cooperation, but the spirit of
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counsel I wonder if there's an
eighth, adjutant, the spirit of
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loving service.
That would be interesting.
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There probably is.
Anyway, I want to see if I can
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get some of my email addresses,
because I've been getting some
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really good email, I guess I
can't access it from this
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computer, so I won't even try
But I wanted to talk about paper
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one.
Believe it or not.
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I wanted to talk about 1157
paper 157, I just on a casual
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Sunday, not that long ago.
I was just kind of spot reading,
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which I am prone to do sometimes
with the Rancho book.
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I'll just pick us just a random
chapter. and I'll just read it
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and I, I guess it isn't that
one.
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I must be 156.
Let me see if I can find it.
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It's the Mount of
transfiguration, and here we go.
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And this is when Jesus Took the
two Apostles or the three
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Apostles with him up to Herman.
And they have brought, was it?
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Yeah.
Peter James and John shared that
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experience, some of which is, of
course, in the Bible.
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And and the reason I caught my
eyes because at that moment, the
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apostles had all pretty much
dedicated their lives to the, to
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the master and his teachings.
And so it was in August 15th,
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the morning, Jesus and three
Apostles began the ascent of
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Mount Hermon.
There was some unfinished
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business that Jesus had to
conclude and so he had to meet
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with Gabriel and I believe he
met with Father Melchizedek And
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then lo and behold the
personalized.
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Gesture speaks at much as if you
remember, when Jesus was
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baptized and the personal,
adjuster behold my son and so
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they reach their destination
about halfway up the mountain
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and shortly before noon.
And while eating lunch, Jesus
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told the three Apostles,
something of his experience in
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the Hills to the east of the
Jordan shortly after his baptism
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and also some more of his
experience on Out Herman in his
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connection with the former visit
to the lonely Retreat.
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Where he settled the Rebellion
as a boy.
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Jesus used to ascend The Hills
near his home and dream of the
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battles.
And now he ascended Mount Hermon
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to receive the endowment which
was to prepare him to descend
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upon the plains of Jordan to
enact the closing scenes of the
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drama of his bestowal on
Urantia.
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And the master could have
relinquished, the struggle of
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this day on Mount Hermon and
return to his rule of the
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universe domains.
But he not only chose to meet
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the requirements of his order of
divine, sonship embraced in the
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Mandate of the Eternal son on
Paradise, but he also elected to
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meet the last and full measure
of the present will of his
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paradise, father.
And so it was on this day that
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three of his Apostles.
Saw him declined to be invested
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in full Universe Authority.
It was too soon.
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Jesus knew intuitively wasn't
done with his mission. and there
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was a point where The
Transfiguration occurred.
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Jesus withdrew for a long
conference with Gabriel and the
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father, Melchizedek not
returning, until about 6:00.
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When Jesus saw their anxiety
over his prolonged absence, he
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said, why were you afraid you?
Well, know.
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I must be about my father's
business.
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Wherefore, do you doubt when I'm
not with you?
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I now declare that the son of
man has chosen to go through his
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full life in your midst, as one
of you, be of good cheer, I will
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not leave you until my work is
finished. another was a point in
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here, where The father
Melchizedek and Gabriel
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basically said, Gee, you know,
Michael, you've fulfilled your
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bestowal mission.
Even the personalized gesture
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appeared on the scene.
I'll read to you the three.
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This is just while this is going
on in the apostles, we're almost
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as well, they were asleep.
It was a They were fast asleep
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and suddenly awakened by a
nearby crackling sound and much
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to their amazement and
consternation on looking about
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them, they beheld.
Jesus, in Intimate converse with
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two.
Brilliant beings clothed in the
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habiliments, habiliment of the
light of the celestial world.
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So these three Apostles
half-awake sort of rubbing the
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sleep out of their eyes.
They see this event that's
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happening in Jesus is present.
There's these brilliant beings
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and Jesus's face and form.
Shown what the Luminosity of a
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Heavenly light?
These three converged in a
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strange language, but from
certain things Peter erroneously
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conjectured that the beings
worth with Jesus were Moses and
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Elijah.
In reality from paper 158
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paragraph 1.
They were Gabriel and the father
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of Melchizedek The physical
controllers had arranged for the
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apostles to witness this scene
because of Jesus request.
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He wanted to, he wanted his
Apostles.
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These three specially to see
what was going on.
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The three apostles were so
badly, frightened that, they
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were slow and collecting their
wit's.
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But Peter, the Peter who was
first to recover himself said as
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the dazzling Vision faded before
them and they observe Jesus
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standing alone.
Jesus Master.
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It is good.
I've been here we Rejoice to see
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this Glory.
We are loathe to go back down to
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the Inglorious world.
If you're willing let us abide
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here and we will erect 3/10 one
for you one, for Moses, and one
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for Elijah and Peter said this
because of his confusion and
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because nothing else came into
his mind as just that moment.
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And while Peter was yet,
speaking as slivery, Cloud Drew
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near and overshadowed, the four
of them, the apostles now became
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greatly frightened.
And as they fell down on their
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faces to worship, they heard a
voice the same that had spoken
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on the occasion of Jesus
baptism.
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Say this is my beloved Son.
Give heed to him.
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And when the cloud vanished,
again was Jesus alone with the
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three and he reached down and
touched him saying, arise and be
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not afraid.
You shall see greater things
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than this.
But the apostles were truly
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afraid.
They were a silent and
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thoughtful Trio as they made
ready to descend the mountain
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shortly before midnight.
So I want to jump ahead to the
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meeting of the Transfiguration
and I want to read that which
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James and John witnessed on the
moment of the Transfiguration
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was a fleeting glimpse of a
Celestial pageant which
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transpired that eventful day on
Mount Hermon, the
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Transfiguration was the occasion
of number one, the acceptance of
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the fullness of the bestowal of
the Incarnate life of Michael
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on.
Urantia by the Eternal mother,
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son of paradise, to the
testimony of the satisfaction of
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the infinite Spirit, the mother
Spirit.
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As As to the fullness of the
Rancho bestowal, in the likeness
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of mortal flesh, the universal
representative of the infinite
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Spirit on this occasion, spoke
through the father, Melchizedek,
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Jesus welcomed the testimony
regarding the success of his
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Earth Mission presented by the
messenger of the Eternal Sun and
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the infinite Spirit.
But he noted that his father did
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not indicate that the Iran.
Shh bestowal was finished, only
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did the Unseen presence of the
Bear witness through Jesus
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personalized, adjusters saying
this is my beloved Son, give
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heed to him and this was spoken
in words to be heard also by the
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three apostles.
After the celestial visitation
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Jesus sought to know his
father's will and decided to
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pursue the Mortal stole to its
natural end.
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This was the significance of the
Transfiguration of Jesus to the
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three Apostles.
It was an event marking the
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entrance of the master upon the
Final Phase of his Earth career
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as the Son of God and the son of
man, after the formal visitation
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of Gabriel and the father Jesus
held informal converse with
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these, his sons of ministry and
communed with them concerning
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the Affairs of the universe and
that's the end of that paper 158
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Section 3.
And so I found it, fascinating
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one, looking at it from the
perspective of the Apostles and
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what they must have imagined and
how they interpreted some of the
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events which survived in the New
Testament.
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But also there was just that
That wisdom that Jesus had were
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even though father Melchizedek
and Gabriel and even the
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infinite Spirit mission complete
mission done.
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And he could have laid down his
tools and says okay but there
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was something in him says well
the father has not said to me
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specifically that I'm done here.
So I think there's still a
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little bit more work to do.
I'm going to follow father's
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will and I just was thought it
was Very profound and it stuck
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with me for a few days.
Sometimes it's easy in life.
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When we think the mission is
complete, whatever that mission
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is and then we fail to discern
that there's there's more to it
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than just the completion of the
mission.
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Sometimes you have to be careful
that you're not just cutting and
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running.
Sometimes life requires of us
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just a little bit more of that
second mile at the Rancho book
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talks about the Second Mile,
it's not enough.
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To go.
The first mile, it's really for
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those who are following the
spirit where it leads to go that
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second Mile and that's what I
extrapolated from this.
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And he again gave a wonderful
example in his teachings in his
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life example.
Of how dedicated he was to his
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father's will and I hope that
you enjoyed that brief interlude
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with paper.
What was it 158 on this edition
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of the Rancher Radio podcast?
I also want to remind you that
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our articles and essays are on
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Also it is a place where you can
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actually read from the book if
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Also, find out what's happening
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Of Urantia book readers both
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