I am pausing the blog to present new information that comes from research into what those who hold the fate of seven and one-half billion people in their hands are planning for us. I watched a round-table discussion on Kerry Cassidy’s Project Camelot You Tube channel and Deborah Taveras brought new information to the discussion. I’ll start with the less controversial. Many countries are pooling their resources to build space platforms for space based weapons. These weapons are to defend against alien attack. We now have the same kind of weapons that aliens do; we have scalar weapons that operate and get their energy from space. Also, aliens are at war with each other just above our cloud cover. Why are they fighting? They didn’t say, but I would guess that one species is trying to defend humans against a hostile force. And we are blithely unaware of all this. The command and control structure in this world has a pyramid shape. At the very top are the Reptilians, an alien species that has lived underground for thousands of years. They consider this planet their home. The next level down is the cabal. They answer to the Reptilians. The cabal includes the “Illuminati,” parts of the Deep State, the top bankers, the Rothschilds, some in the Council on Foreign Relations(CFR), the Bilderberg Group, those in the 1%, or those in a position to make life and death decisions for millions of people. This group contains dark magicians and blood-drinking Satanists. At the top of this group is supposedly the Black Pope, the Superior General of the Jesuits. It is said that the new SG is working toward global socialism. The real pope is also being smeared and it is said that he drinks blood. This is simply a misunderstanding of the Eucharist. **** The supercollider at Cern in Switzerland is a place where portals are opening up, enabling Reptilians to bring heavy machinery though from their other reality.The next bit of information is sickening. You have heard about our crumbling infrastructure. Every president promises to fix it but never does. Deborah revealed documents that expose the reason why these things never get done. The powers that be don’t intend to fix crumbling dams, bridges, tunnels, etc. They are going to let them fall apart. Sound crazy?Not if you are out to destroy the country. The engineers who inspect them give them a passing grade even if there are obvious weaknesses. When they collapse, that will further the goal of reduced population and decay of society and culture. For example, there’s a dam near San Francisco that caused an earthquake. Dams and reservoirs cause earthquakes. This in turn weakens the fabric of the dam.THINK: fake lakes cause quakes. I didn’t understand why this happens, but the dam near SF is on a fault line. The dam is weak and they aren’t going to fix it. That means it will break, flooding San Francisco, Los Angeles, tributary rivers, agriculture, farms, houses, millions of people and making the land unlivable for who knows how long. It will also wash people out to sea, where they will have a slim chance of surviving. All this comes from documents Deborah Tevaras found in her researches. You know the trade war with China has been in the news. But its not about what the media is telling us. It’s about some kind of chip that China wants to sell in the West because when its installed China can spy on whatever country buys the chip. Britain bought the chip and it’s going to take 2 years to integrate its streetlights with China’s technology. I’m wondering about its traffic cams-London has an obscene number of them. Trump doesn’t want any of China’s technology, no matter what it is. And the last bit of news is that California is being blitzed with nanomachines from jet exhaust and ending up in peoples’ bodies. The good news is that the Father is still in charge and Jesus is more popular than ever. The Good will find a way.

Urantia Book 30. The life of Jesus of Nazareth, Joshua ben Joseph, Christ Michael, Sovereign God of the Universe of Nebadon. James and Judas Alpheus, twin fishermen, were the ninth and tenth apostles chosen, and chosen by James and John Zebedee. They were 26 years old and married with children. The UB says there is not much to say about these commonplace fishermen. They didn’t understand the philosophical discussions or theological debates of the other apostles. But they loved being among such mighty men. They were identical in appearance and in spiritual perception, so what is said about one can be said about the other (139.9-10.2). Their assignment by Andrew was to police the multitudes. They were the ushers while Jesus or the apostles were preaching, and they had to recruit more ushers if the crowds were large. They were general gofers at other times; they helped Philip with the supplies; they carried money to the families for Nathaniel and were always ready to help the other apostles. The multitudes of common people were encouraged to see two like themselves serving high in the kingdom. By their acceptance as apostles, they were the means of bringing a host of fainthearted believers into the kingdom. Such hesitant doubters took more kindly to being directed and managed by such common folk. James and Judas had neither strong points nor weak points. The nickname given to them by the other apostles was “the least of all the apostles,” which they accepted cheerfully. James Alpheus loved Jesus for his simplicity. They couldn’t comprehend the mind of Jesus, but they could grasp the sympathetic bond between themselves and the heart of the Master. They were intellectually challenged, but they had real spiritual experience; they believed in Jesus; they were sons of God and fellows of the kingdom. Judas Alpheus was drawn to Jesus because of his humility. Jesus never wanted people to know about his miracles. The twins, along with John, were the first to believe in the Resurrection. After the Ascension, they went back to fishing, not realizing there was more to be accomplished.********* Simon the Zealot, the eleventh apostle, was chosen by Simon Peter. He was an able man of good background; he was 28 and lived with his family. He was also a fiery, nationalist, agitating revolutionist. Before he joined the apostolic corps, his whole attention had been on the nationalist organization of the Zealots. He often spoke without thinking. Andrew assigned him to the Wednesday recreation and relaxation program, and he was quite efficient at this assignment. “His strength was his inspirational loyalty. When the apostles found a man or woman who floundered in indecision about entering the kingdom, they would send for Simon. It usually required only about 15 minutes for this enthusiastic advocate of salvation through faith in God to settle all doubts and remove all indecision, to see a new soul born into the liberty of faith and the joy of salvation” (139.11.3). Simon’s great weakness was materialism. Jesus was patient with him, because changing from a materialist patriot to a spiritual internationalist was a great leap. He never quite made it. Simon admired Jesus for his inexplicable composure. Simon gradually went from being a rabid revolutionist to a powerful and effective preacher of “Peace on Earth and Goodwill Among Men.” Simon loved to argue, so when it came to dealing with legalistic Jews or the intellectual quiblings of Greeks, the task was always assigned to Simon. He was a rebel by nature and an iconoclast by training, but Jesus won him over for the higher concepts of the kingdom of heaven. Simon was a loyal and devoted person to any cause he adopted, and he profoundly loved Jesus. “Jesus had many talks with Simon and told him it was proper to want to see the social, economical and political areas improved.” But, Jesus would say, “That is not the business of the kingdom of heaven. We must be dedicated to the doing of the Father’s will. Our business is to be ambassadors of a spiritual government on high, and we must not immediately concern ourselves with aught but the representation of the will and character of the divine Father who stands at the head of the government whose credentials we bear” (139.11.9). During the Jerusalem persecutions, Simon went into retirement for a few years. But later he rallied and went to Alexandria, where he preached and baptized. He went up the Nile River and into the heart of Africa, preaching and baptizing. He died an old man in Africa. Judas Iscariot, the twelfth apostle, was born in a small town in southern Judea. He grew up working in his father’s various businesses. He joined John the Baptist, which caused his parents to disown him. He was 30 years old and unmarried when he joined the apostolic corps. Judas was a good thinker, but not always honest with himself. Andrew assigned him to be treasurer, a position he was well fitted to hold. Up to the betrayal he carried out his duties honestly, faithfully and most efficiently (139.12.2). Jesus didn’t have a trait that Judas admired above all others, except in general the Master’s exquisitely charming personality. Judas, a Judean, was never able to overcome his prejudice against all the Galilean apostles. He even criticized Jesus in his mind. He thought Jesus was timid and afraid to assert his power and authority. But “Judas was a good business man. It required tact, ability and patience, as well as painstaking devotion, to manage the financial affairs of such an idealist as Jesus, to say nothing of wrestling with the helter-skelter business methods of some of the apostles. Judas was a great executive, a far-seeing and and able financier. And he was a stickler for organization. None of the apostles ever criticized Judas” (139.12.5). Money, says the UB, could never have been the motive for his betrayal of the Master. To Jesus, Judas was a faith adventure. From the beginning, Jesus understood the weaknesses of Judas and the dangers of admitting him to intimacy. “But it is the nature of the Sons of God to give every created being a full and equal chance for salvation and survival…The door of eternal life is open to all; there are no restrictions or qualifications save the faith of the one who comes” (139.12.7-8). Jesus let Judas go to the end, doing everything possible to save “the weak and confused apostle.” Judas grew intellectually but not spiritually. Judas became a brooder over disappointments, which led to resentments. He became suspicious of his fellow apostles, even the Master. Next, he became obsessed with the idea of getting even, and even betraying his Master. All of these thoughts were in the form of a smog in Judas’ mind until a woman put an expensive perfume on Jesus’ feet. Judas spoke up that the money should be used for the poor. Jesus put him down with a crowd looking on, spiking Judas’ anger, and his anger focused on the most innocent person in the crowd: Jesus. As far as the UB is concerned, Judas has never been forgiven. It doesn’t say how he died.

Urantia Book 29. The life of Jesus of Nazareth, Joshua ben Joseph, Christ Michael, Sovereign God of the Universe of Nebadon. He has many other titles, Prince of Peace and Word of God being only two of them. Philip was the fifth apostle to be chosen, called when Jesus and the first four were on their way to Cana. Philip had been aware of Jesus, but he didn’t know that Jesus was a great man until Jesus looked at him and said, “Follow me.” He was influenced by the fact that the others had become apostles and had accepted Jesus as the Deliverer. Philip was 27 years old when he became an apostle and had recently married. The other apostles gave him a nickname that meant ‘curiosity’ because he had to be shown everything. This lack of imagination was the great weakness of his character. He was a commonplace and matter-of-fact individual (139.5.1-2). Philip was appointed steward; it was his duty to make sure they had enough provisions. He had methodical thoroughness, the strongest part of his character, and he was both mathematical and systematical. Philip came from a family of 3 boys and 4 girls. After the resurrection, he baptized his whole family. Nothing big could be expected from Philip, but he did small things in big ways. Even emergencies did not find him unprepared. People like Philip found comfort from observing that one like themselves had found a high place in the kingdom. Philip was almost without discerning vision; he was without the ability to grasp the dramatic possibilities in a situation. He would not hesitate to loudly interrupt Jesus during a profound discourse, but Jesus never reprimanded him. Jesus knew it would kill Philip’s urge to ask questions. Jesus knew there were other philips all over the Universe and he did not want to discourage them. Philip was a successful worker, not easily discouraged, and tenacious in anything he undertook. When Philip’s first convert, Nathaniel, wanted to argue the merits of Jesus and Nazareth, Philip’s effective reply was “Come and see.” Philip went through the terrible time of the trial and crucifixion, participated in the reorganization of the 12 and was the first of the 12 to win souls who were not Jews, being most successful in Sumaria. Philip’s wife was an efficient member of the women’s corps, and after they fled the persecutions in Jerusalem, she evangelized with Philip. When Philip was crucified, she stood at the foot of the cross encouraging him. After his death, irate Jews stoned her to death. Their daughter, Leah, continued their work and became known as the prophetess of Hierapolis, where Philip is buried. Nathaniel was the sixth and last apostle to be chosen be Jesus himself. He was brought to Jesus by his friend, Philip. They were both on their way to see John the Baptist when they encountered Jesus. Nathaniel, at 25, was the youngest of a family of 7, and was the sole support of aged and infirm parents. He and Judas Iscariot were the best educated of the apostles. Nathaniel’s great virtue was his honesty. He was truly sincere, without guile. His weakness was his pride: he was proud of his family, his city, his reputation and his nation, which is fine if not taken too far. But Philip went to extremes. He would prejudge people according to his opinions about their backgrounds, religion, or social class. His question: “Can any good come out of Nazareth?” is a perfect example of this. But he wasn’t stubborn; he quickly reversed himself when he looked into Jesus’ face. Nathaniel was the genius of the corps; he was the philosopher and dreamer, but he was a very practical dreamer. He alternated between periods of profound philosophy and periods of humor. Jesus much enjoyed hearing Nathaniel discourse on things both serious and frivolous. Nathaniel progressively took Jesus and the kingdom more seriously, but he never took himself seriously after meeting Jesus. Judas Iscariot once secretly complained to Jesus that Nathaniel did not take his apostleship sufficiently seriously. Jesus replied: “Judas, watch carefully your steps; do not over magnify your office. Who of us is competent to judge his brother? It is not the Father’s will that his children should partake only of the serious things of life. Let me repeat: I have come that my brethren in the flesh may have joy, gladness and life more abundantly. Go, then, Judas, and do well that which has been intrusted to you, but leave Nathaniel, your brother, to give account of himself to God” (139.6.5). These words lodged, along with other imagined rebukes, in Judas’s mind, festering. Nathaniel’s assignment was to maintain the families of the apostles, so he was often absent from the apostolic councils. If he received a report of a sick child, he was off immediately to the home of the child. The apostles felt secure in the knowledge that Nathaniel was taking care of their families. Matthew, the seventh apostle, was chosen by Andrew. He was a customs collector in Capernaum. He was 31, married, with 4 children. He had moderate wealth, was a good businessman, an easy social mixer and made friends easily. Andrew appointed him the financial representative of the apostles; he was the fiscal agent and publicity spokesman for the 12. It sounds like he was the money collector. He was a keen judge of human nature, an efficient propagandist and an earnest disciple. He had an increasing belief in the mission of Jesus and in the certainty of the kingdom. Since it was his duty to keep the treasury replenished, he was absent frequently and missed important training sessions. Matthew always appreciated the Master’s forgiving disposition. He liked to say that faith only was necessary in the business of finding God. Matthew made extensive notes on the sayings and doings of Jesus, which became the basis of the Gospel according to Matthew. He was very devoted to the task of making sure the messengers of the kingdom were adequately financed. Matthew kept the doors of the kingdom wide open for hosts of downhearted and outcast souls, despairing men and women who were never turned away. Matthew never solicited funds from the multitudes; he quietly raised most of the funds from the more wealthy class of believers. And he gave most of his fortune to Jesus and the apostles. He was dead broke after the Resurrection. The apostles disdained Matthew because of his background, and they never knew where their food came from. They never knew of Matthew’s generosity except Jesus. After the persecutions started in Jerusalem, Matthew went to Syria and Thrace. There, Jews conspired with Roman soldiers to bring about his death.***********************Thomas was the eighth apostle, and he was chosen by Philip. He has come to be known as ‘doubting Thomas,’ but the other apostles didn’t look on him as a doubter. He had a logical, skeptical mind, but he was also courageous and loyal. Thomas, when he joined the corps, was 29 and married, with 4 children. He had recently switched from carpentry to fishing. Thomas had the one truly analytic mind of the 12, and he was the real scientist of the group. Due to family conflicts, Thomas grew up having a disagreeable personality, which was reflected in his marriage. His wife was happy to see him join the apostles and be away for long stretches of time. Thomas also had a streak of suspicion, which made it difficult to get along with him. But as time passed, the others began to see his good qualities and liked him more. Thomas was honest and loyal, but he was a pessimist. He was losing faith in mankind when he met Jesus. The contact with Jesus began at once to transform his whole disposition and to effect great changes in his mental reactions to other people. Thomas’s great strength was his superb analytical mind coupled with his unflinching courage–when he had once made up his mind. His weakness was his suspicious doubting, which he never fully overcame. Thomas’s assignment was to arrange and manage the itinerary, and this he did with great skill. Although a good executive and a great businessman, his mood swings made him a different man every day. But contact with Jesus largely cured him of morbid introspection. Thomas attracted many like him, those with doubts and depression. If he was voted down in a council meeting, he fearlessly led the way in the execution of the plan decided upon. He was a good loser. “Thomas is a great example of a human being who has doubts, faces them and wins. He had a great mind; he was no carping critic. He was a logical thinker. He was the acid test for Jesus and the other apostles. If Jesus and his work had not been genuine, it could not have held a man like Thomas from the start to the finish. He had a keen and sure sense of fact. At the first appearance of fraud or deception, Thomas would have forsaken them all…There lived and worked with the Master and his human associates a man whose mind was that of a true scientist–Thomas Didymus–and he believed in Jesus of Nazareth” (139.8.12). When persecution scattered the believers in Jerusalem, Thomas went to Cyprus, Crete, North Africa, Sicily, ending up in Malta, where he was put to death by the Romans. He had begun writing about the life and sayings of Jesus.

Urantia Book 28. The life of Jesus of Nazareth, Joshua ben Joseph, Christ Michael, Sovereign God of the Universe of Nebadon. The men Jesus chose to be his apostles all had their own characters, strengths and backgrounds. Andrew, the first chosen, and his brother, Simon Peter, were partners in the fishing business with James and John Zebedee. Andrew was the ablest man of the 12, and they all referred to him as “Chief.” He was a good organizer and administrator. Andrew was 33 years of age and Peter was 30, but Peter was the better speaker. Andrew was not at all jealous of Peter for this. The brothers got along very well together, although they were very different in character and temperament. Andrew was the best judge of men among the 12, and he knew there was something brewing with Judas Iscariot long before others suspected. Later, when Jesus had many disciples, Andrew advised Peter, James and John concerning which missionaries to be sent out to proclaim the gospel. In this role Andrew was of great service to the kingdom. He also had a gift for discovering the hidden resources and latent talents of young people. After the Ascension, Andrew started a personal record of the acts and sayings of Jesus. It was added to and became quite substantial, but it was destroyed in a fire in Alexandria about 100 years after it was written. Andrew was a man of clear insight, logical thought, and firm decision whose great strength of character consisted in his superb stability. Persecutions eventually scattered the apostles from Jerusalem. Andrew went through Armenia to Macedonia and, after bringing thousands into the kingdom, was arrested and crucified in Patrae in Achaia. He suffered on the cross for two days, preaching the gospel while hanging there.******** Simon Peter was 30 when he joined the apostolic corps. Peter was well known for being impulsive and erratic. He had a habit of speaking without thinking, which always created problems for those around him. He even received a mild rebuke from Jesus. But he was smart enough to talk his ideas over with Andrew before he acted on them. Peter was a fluent speaker, eloquent and dramatic. He was also a natural and inspirational leader of men. While the other apostles were expressing astonishment to see the resurrected Jesus on the shore, Peter was swimming to him and half-way to shore. Peter never forgot Jesus’ supernal tenderness. Peter truly loved Jesus. Peter was the first to comprehend that Jesus was both man and God, and was brave enough to announce it. Peter was the one man–besides Paul–to establish the kingdom, and to send its messengers to the far corners of the earth in one generation after the Resurrection. Peter visited churches from Babylon to Corinth and all of Paul’s churches. “But Peter persisted in making the mistake of trying to convince the Jews that Jesus was after all really the Jewish Messiah. Right up to the day of his death, Peter continued to suffer confusion in his mind between the concepts of Jesus as the Jewish Messiah, Christ as the world’s redeemer and the Son of Man as the revelation of God, the loving Father of all mankind” (139.2.1-12). Peter was pleased when told he would be executed like his Master-on a cross. He was crucified in Rome–some say up-side down.* James was the older apostle son of Zebedee, whom Jesus nicknamed “sons of thunder.” He was married and had four children. With his brother John, he was a fisherman in partnership with Andrew and Simon Peter. James and John Zebedee had the advantage of knowing Jesus much longer than the other apostles. James had a temper which he tried to pass off as righteous indignation. Otherwise his personality was much like that of Andrew, except that James was a better public speaker. James would be taciturn and reclusive one day and telling stories the next day, but he always talked to Jesus. James had an outstanding ability to see all sides of a proposition. Of all the 12, James came the closest to understanding the importance and significance of Jesus’ teaching. Slow to ‘get it’ at first, James, by the time their training was complete, had acquired a superior concept of Jesus’ message. He was also able to understand a wide range of human nature. James was totally impressed by Jesus; he admired the Master’s sympathetic affection, and his interest in both the small and the great, the rich and the poor. James Zebedee was a well-balanced thinker and planner. Along with Andrew, he was one of the more level-headed of the apostolic group. He was modest and undramatic, a daily server, an unpretentious worker, seeking no special reward when he once grasped something of the real meaning of the kingdom. James was the first of the 12 to experience martyrdom, dying by the sword of Herod Agrippa. Herod feared James above all the other apostles. James bore himself with such grace and dignity that his accuser/informer became a Christian (139.3.1-9).***************** John was the youngest apostle at 24 years old. He was a fisherman with his brother James and in partnership with Andrew and Peter. John was the baby of the family and of the apostles. The UB says he was “conceited” and “it cannot be truthfully said that he was ‘the disciple whom Jesus loved.'” John lived to be 103, and he wrote the gospel when he was around 99 or 100, so who knows what he remembers. Andrew assigned Peter, James and John as personal aides to Jesus only because they had entered the group in that order. John’s strongest trait was dependability. John most appreciated the Master’s love and unselfishness. John’s whole life became dominated by love; he talked about love and wrote about love. When he was Bishop of Ephesus, he was so old that he had to be carried to church in a chair. When asked to say a few words, he would only say: “My little children, love one another.” John was deeply sympathetic with Jesus because his family had deserted him, and he saw Jesus obeying the Father even as far as the cross. This changed John forever. John had more courage than any other apostle. He stayed with Jesus during his so-called trial, and he stood at the foot of the cross. All others, except the women, stayed away in fear. Just a word about the Book of Revelation. The UB maintains that it is highly distorted and missing a great deal of its text.

Urantia Book 27. The life of Jesus of Nazareth, Joshua ben Joseph, Christ Michael, Sovereign God of the Universe of Nebadon. Jesus started a program of intense training, pairing the new apostles with those who had chosen them. The old apostles were to tell the new apostles all they had learned. Jesus also established Wednesday as a day of rest and relaxation. Evenings would be spent in the Zebedee garden receiving instruction from Jesus. Jesus was the Master; his apostles were his pupils. Jesus tried to make clear to them the difference between his teachings about the kingdom and the teachings that would inevitably spring up ABOUT him . Jesus said: “My kingdom and the gospel related thereto shall be the burden of your message. Be not sidetracked into preaching ABOUT me…Proclaim the gospel of the kingdom and portray my revelation of the Father in heaven, but do not be misled into bypaths of creating legends and building up a cult having to do with beliefs and teachings about my beliefs and teachings” (138.6.3). They again didn’t understand him and were afraid to ask for clarification. Jesus had one motive and that was a better and truer revelation of his Paradise Father; he was a pioneer of a new and better way to God, the way of love. Ever his exhortation to his apostles was: “Go seek for the sinners; find the downhearted and comfort the anxious” (138.6.3). Comment: Jesus chose inadequate men, he started preaching with a very low profile among rural villages, he stripped himself of all his power, he must have realized that these men would preach about him the very day he ascended, and what did he do about any of it? We’ll never really know why Jesus did or didn’t do the things we see happening–we just have to take it all on faith.******************* On the first morning of the first campaign, James Z., Judas I., and Peter came to Jesus and wanted to know if the time was right to enter the kingdom. And, also, was Jesus going to proclaim the kingdom at Capernaum or Jerusalem? Jesus gathered all of them together and admonished them: “My little children, how long must I bear with you! Have I not made it plain to you that my kingdom is not of this world? I have told you many times that I have not come to sit on David’s throne. And now, how is it that you are inquiring which place you will occupy in the Father’s kingdom? Can you not perceive that I have called you as ambassadors of a spiritual kingdom?… Banish from your minds this idea that my kingdom is a rule of power or a reign of glory…In another age you will indeed sit with me in power and glory, but it behooves us now to submit to the will of the Father and to go forth in humble obedience to execute his bidding on earth”(138.7.1).* Jesus sent them out in pairs to pray and when they returned, he told them all his recent history, starting with his baptism. When he was finished, the men, under Peter’s leadership, swore undying devotion to their Master and unswerving loyalty to the kingdom. Next, Jesus had them pool their money, and found that there wasn’t enough to maintain the 12 and their families. Jesus therefore decided that they would fish for two weeks and preach for two weeks, and they alternated thus until the end of AD 26. Jesus taught his apostles 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. He told his apostles to refrain from discussing the following: 1. The work and imprisonment of John the Baptist. 2. The voice of the TA at Jesus’ baptism. 3. The turning of water into wine at Cana. Jesus was very serious about these three items. Fishing alternately with preaching brought plenty of money in for the families and the expenses of itinerant preaching. “Jesus made plain to his apostles the difference between the repentance of so-called good works as taught by the Jews and the change of mind by faith–the new birth–which he required as the price of admission to the kingdom. He taught: “Faith is the open door for entering into the present, perfect and eternal love of God”…Jesus sought to divert their minds from miracle seeking to the finding of a real and personal experience in the satisfaction and assurance of the indwelling of God’s spirit of love and saving grace” (138.8.8). Jesus also told them that women are equal to men. The apostles came to love Jesus, no matter how they were tested by boredom or impatience. He was a lively companion at fishing or on the long walks between villages. Their loyalty to Jesus and to each other held until the crucifixion and resurrection. His family, however, all but deserted him, thinking he was insane. They would plead with him to come home. Not a chance–Jesus was on a mission. He and his apostles worked in the towns of Capernaum, Bethsaida-Julias, Chorazin, Gerasa, Hippos, Magdala, Cana, Bethlehem, Jotapata, Raman, Safad, Gischala, Gadara and Abila. In addition, they visited the villages in the countryside. Some of the apostles had several children, but they were able to make satisfactory arrangements for the care of their families. Thus, they were able to devote their energies to the work of the Master without worrying about the financial welfare of their families.***** The apostles organized themselves in the following manner: 1. Andrew, the first chosen apostle, was designated chairman and director general of the 12. 2. Peter, James and John were appointed personal companions of Jesus. They were to attend him day and night, to minister to his physical and sundry needs, and to accompany him on those night vigils of prayer and mysterious communion with the Father in heaven. 3. Philip was made steward of the group. It was his duty to provide food and see that visitors had something to eat. 4. Nathaniel watched over the needs of the families of the 12. He received regular reports as to the requirements of each apostle’s family, and, making requisition from the treasurer, would send funds each week to those in need. 5. Matthew was the fiscal agent of the apostolic corps. It was his duty to see that the budget was balanced, and the treasury replenished. If funds were not sufficient for support of the 12 or their families, he was empowered to order the 12 back to fishing. But this wasn’t necessary. 6. Thomas was manager of the itinerary. It devolved upon him to arrange lodgings and in a general way select places for teaching and preaching, ensuring a smooth and expeditious travel schedule. 7. James and Judas, the Alpheus twins, were assigned to the management of the crowds. It was their job to deputize a sufficient number of assistant ushers to maintain order among the crowds during the preaching. 8. Simon Zelotes was given charge of recreation and play. He managed the Wednesday programs and also sought to provide a few hours of relaxation each day. 9. Judas Iscariot carried the bag of money as treasurer. He paid all expenses and kept the books. He made budget estimates for Matthew from week to week, and also made weekly reports to Andrew. The apostles were organized this way until Judas dropped out and betrayed Jesus.

I am going to interrupt the blog to post some news about government shenanigans. I watched Kerry Cassidy of Project Camelot interview Richard Lighthouse, who has written 100 books on science and aerospace engineering. He also worked at NASA. His latest books involve directed energy weapons, and they are free in an e-book format. His topic today was USAP-unacknowledged special access programs–black projects. The particular black project he was discussing is the directed energy weapons aimed at all of our heads, which contain subliminal messages. Three government agencies handle this program: it starts with a group in the CIA, goes on to the National Security Division of the Justice Department and is carried out by the 50th Space Wing at Schriever AFB near Colorado Springs. All of us, including all government employees, are being mind controlled by satellites directing energy weapons at our heads. There are 9 different weapons automated by computers to fire digital beams 100 million times a second. The messages they send are negative. For example, they send messages to vets that life is not worth living–thus the high suicide rate among vets. You can’t make this stuff up!!! There are some things that can be done to counter this harassment. On the website inthesky.org there is a satellite map, and you can see which satellite is targeting you. You can put your hand on your head and feel the microwave vibrations of the directed energy beam (it didn’t work for me). Also, if you are really quiet, you can hear ringing in your ears (that didn’t work, either). But I’ve been a target in the past, so I’m sure the wave is there. You can expose this program by telling your elected representative about it. They probably don’t know. YouTube, which is owned by Google, messed with Kerry’s presentation. The people in the chat room couldn’t hear the presenter. This often happens to Kerry because she mostly interviews whistleblowers. Make sure to think positive thoughts to counter this diabolical program.

Urantia Book 26. The life of Jesus of Nazareth, Joshua ben Joseph, Christ Michael, Sovereign God of Nebadon. In the afternoon after preaching the sermon, Jesus gathered his disciples and disclosed his plans for visiting the cities around the Sea of Galilee. He did not include his brother James, and this failure to include James and Jude among the chosen few, along with his apparent aloofness from his mother since the experience at Cana, was the starting point of an ever-widening gulf between Jesus and his family. This continued until his resurrection. The next day, Sunday, June 23, AD 26, Jesus sent his apostles in pairs out to preach the gospel, but he told them not to baptize and not to do public preaching. They were only to do private teaching to one or two people at a time. He also wanted them to choose a new disciple from among their new converts. The disciples went their separate ways, but they were slightly depressed. This was not the way they envisioned the inauguration of the heavenly kingdom, and they thought Jesus should be with them. They were to preach for two weeks and then return to the home of Zebedee for a conference. Jesus, doing what he could to retain the affection of his family, went to visit Joseph and Simon. The first missionary tour was very successful. They all discovered the value of direct and personal contact with people. They all returned to Jesus fully realizing that religion is mostly a matter of personal experience. When meeting Jesus, they all wanted to talk at once, but Andrew took charge and called them one by one. They gave their formal reports and gave their nominations for the new disciples. All voted on these nominations, and Jesus announced that they would visit the candidates and give them the call to service. The candidates were: 1. Matthew, the customs collector of Capernaum; 2. Thomas Didymus, a fisherman; 3. James Alpheus, a fisherman and farmer; 4. Judas Alpheus, the twin brother of James and also a fisherman; 5. Simon Zelotes, officer in the Zealots, which he gave up for Jesus; 6. Judas Iscariot, attached to John the Baptist, which caused his wealthy parents to disown him, and chosen for his ability in finance. ******************* Matthew invited Jesus to his home for dinner and Simon the Zealot came, too. It was the custom for people to stand around and watch the people eating and talking at the banquet. In this case it was the Pharisees, and they were criticizing Jesus’ merrymaking. But Jesus countered them with: “In coming here tonight to welcome Matthew and Simon to our fellowship, I am glad to witness your light heartedness and social good cheer, but you should rejoice still more because many of you will find entrance into the coming kingdom of the spirit, wherein you shall more abundantly enjoy the good things of the kingdom of heaven. And to you who stand about criticizing me in your hearts because I have come here to make merry with these friends, let me say that I have come to proclaim joy to the socially downtrodden and spiritual liberty to the moral captives. Need I remind you that those who are whole need not a physician, but rather those who are sick? I have come not to call the righteous, but sinners” (138.3.6). Simon the Zealot wanted to stand up and give a speech, but Andrew restrained him, not wanting the message of the kingdom confused with the Zealot cause.* The next morning they all went to Kheresa to formally call the next two apostles, James and Judas, twin sons of Alpheus. When they were presented to Jesus, he simply said: “Follow me.” That afternoon Jesus instructed them concerning attendance at festive gatherings, concluding with the following: “All men are my brothers. My Father in heaven does not despise any creature of our making. The kingdom of heaven is open to all men and women. No man may close the door of mercy in the face of any hungry soul who may seek to gain an entrance thereto. We will sit at meat with all who seek to hear of the kingdom. As our Father in heaven looks down upon men, they are all alike. Refuse not, therefore, to break bread with Pharisee or sinner, Sadducee or publican, Roman or Jew, rich or poor, free or bond. The door of the kingdom is wide open for all who desire to know truth and to find God” (138.4.2). That night Jesus gave his apostles a lecture on the origin, nature and destiny of unclean spirits, but most of it went over their heads. In fact, much of what Jesus was teaching them was impossible for them to understand. They would learn most of what they knew through experience.***************** When Thomas the fisherman was presented to Jesus, he said to Thomas: “Thomas, you lack faith. Nevertheless, I receive you. Follow me.” To Judas Iscariot, Jesus said: “Judas, we are all of one flesh, and as I receive you into our midst, I pray that you will always be loyal to your Galilean brethren. Follow me.” Next Jesus took them aside to pray with them and instruct them in the nature and work of the Holy Spirit, but again they failed to understand much of the sublime truth he was trying to teach them. “The apostles made the mistake of trying to fit Jesus’ new gospel into their old forms of religious beliefs. They could not grasp the fact that Jesus had come to proclaim a new gospel of salvation and to establish a new way of finding God; they did not perceive that he WAS a new revelation of the Father in heaven” (138.5.2). The next day Jesus left his apostles alone so they could interact among themselves and get to know each other. Jesus appeared at the evening meal and later talked to them about the ministry of seraphim. Zebedee and his wife Salome had gone to live with their son David, turning their large house over to Jesus and his apostles. They spent the Sabbath quietly; Jesus carefully explained his plans for proclaiming the kingdom, and fully impressed on his apostles the importance of avoiding any clash with the civil authorities. He said: “If the civil rulers are to be rebuked, leave that task to me. See that you make no denunciation of Caesar or his servants.” Judas took Jesus aside and asked Jesus why he made no attempt to get John out of prison and was not satisfied with Jesus’ attitude. Jesus knew he could use the supernatural to release John from prison, but he wasn’t about to interfere in John’s glorious destiny.

Urantia Book 25. The life of Jesus of Nazareth, Joshua ben Joseph, Christ Michael, Sovereign God of the Universe of Nebadon. The next morning after the wedding, Jesus and his disciples left without acknowledging anyone, and headed for the home of Zebedee in Capernaum. That evening Jesus held one of the most important conferences of his earthly career. The disciples were initially high and excited to be the chosen ones, but when Jesus told them who he was, his mission, and its likely outcome, they were stunned. Although they were crushed, they really didn’t understand because their concept of the Jewish Messiah was so set in stone. They still believed Jesus would deliver Israel. Jesus sat all night by the lake thinking. He came to the conclusion that he could not launch his message of the kingdom except as one whom the Jews were looking. He also realized that he was the fulfillment of the more spiritual prophecies in the Jewish scriptures. “Never again did he deny that he was the Messiah. He decided to leave the final untangling of this complicated situation to the outworking of the Father’s will” (137.5.3). He told his disciples in the morning that they would do no preaching until the completion of John’s activity, and he sent them back to work.**** Jesus’ first public appearance since his baptism was in the Capernaum synagogue on the Sabbath, March 2, AD 26. The synagogue was crowded with people eager to hear what Jesus would say. The story about the baptism in the Jordan was now augmented by the news from Cana about the water and wine. The audience was expecting fireworks, but they were to be sorely disappointed. Jesus read from the prophet Isaiah: “Thus says the Lord: The heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool…Says the Lord, to this man I will look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word…Your brethren hated you and cast you out for my name’s sake. Before her pain came, she was delivered of a man-child. But thus says the Lord, Behold I extend peace like a river, and the glory of even the gentiles will be like a flowing stream. As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you, even in Jerusalem. And when you see these things, your heart shall rejoice” (137.6.2). When he was finished with the reading, Jesus said: “Be patient and you shall see the glory of God; even so shall it be with all those who tarry with me and thus learn to do the will of my Father who is in heaven.” Everyone wondered at the meaning of these words. That night again Jesus warned his disciples about their future with him, and then sent them home. During March, April, May and June this pause continued; Jesus meanwhile held over 100 training sessions with his disciples and his brother James. They fished during the day and studied in the evening. They, learning that Jesus was God, found him easy to be with. But nothing supernatural happened, so the waiting severely tested them, especially Peter. Peter repeatedly suggested that they start preaching in Galilee, since John was way over in Judea. But Jesus would always reply: “Be patient, Simon. Make progress. We’ll be none too ready when the Father calls.” Herod had heard of Jesus, but he was more concerned about John. Thus, he left Jesus alone and focused on John. The scribes and rabbis, called Pharisees, were a progressive group which believed in the resurrection of the dead. The Sadducees were the priesthood. Both the Pharisees and Sadducees were religious parties. The Essenes were a true religious sect, who lived as a brotherhood in monasteries. The Zealots were a group of intense Jewish patriots. They advocated extreme measures to throw off the rule of Rome. The Herodians were a political party that advocated emancipation from Rome and restoration of the Herodian dynasty. All of these parties, including the Nazirites, believed in the coming of the Messiah. Jesus impressed upon his disciples that they would be joining none of these groups; that they would be working solely for the kingdom of heaven in the hearts of humans. In furtherance of this, Jesus, James and the 6 disciples spent two evenings a week in the synagogue studying the Hebrew scriptures. One day Peter came to the boatshop and told Jesus that John had been arrested. Jesus took off his apron and said: “The Father’s hour has come. Let us make ready to proclaim the gospel of the kingdom.” Jesus arranged to preach in the synagogue on the upcoming Sabbath, which pleased the ruler very much. The UB calls this first effort at preaching “pretentious,” an unfortunate adjective. Jesus read these passages from scripture: “You shall be to me a kingdom of priests, a holy people. Yahweh is our judge. Yahweh is our lawgiver. Yahweh is our king. He will save us. Yahweh is my king and my God. He is a great king over all the earth. Loving-kindness is upon Israel in this kingdom. Blessed be the glory of the Lord, for He is our king.” And then Jesus introduced his teaching on the kingdom of heaven: “I have come to proclaim the establishment of my Father’s kingdom. This kingdom will include the worshiping souls of Jew and gentile, rich and poor, free and bound, for my Father is no respecter of persons; his love and mercy are over all…My kingdom is not of this world. The children of this world fight for the kingdoms of this world, but my disciples shall enter the kingdom of heaven by their moral decisions and by their spirit victories, and they shall find joy, righteousness and eternal life…And this kingdom is even now among you, for where the spirit of God teaches and leads the soul of man, there in reality is the kingdom of heaven…John baptized you for remission of sins and in token of repentance, but when you enter the heavenly kingdom, you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit. In my Father’s kingdom there will be neither Jew nor gentile, only those who seek perfection through service. Those who would be great in my Father’s kingdom must first become a server…The kingdom of heaven is not a matter of power and plenty, or of meat and drink, but of progressive righteousness and increasing joy in the service of my Father in heaven…Those who enter the kingdom will have a divine rest, abundant liberty and joyous salvation. If you would but believe that my Father loves you with an infinite love, then you are in the kingdom of God” (137. 8.1-11).

Urantia Book 24. The life of Jesus of Nazareth, Joshua ben Joseph, Christ Michael, Sovereign God of Nebadon. Jesus came down the mountain on February 23, AD 26 and joined John and his disciples at Pella. Andrew, one of John’s followers, was particularly impressed by Jesus. He said to Jesus: “I have fully made up my mind to follow you; I would sit at your feet and learn the whole truth about the new kingdom.” And Jesus welcomed Andrew as his first disciple (137.1.1). Simon, Andrew’s brother, was one of John’s chief supporters. When Andrew asked Simon to change his allegiance to Jesus, Simon said: “I have believed Jesus was sent by God, but what about John? Are we to forsake him?” They agreed at once to consult John. John was sad about losing two of his most promising disciples, but he said: “This is but the beginning; presently shall my work end, and we shall all become his disciples.” When they went back to Jesus, he told Simon to dampen his enthusiasm and renamed him Peter. James and John Zebedee had been wandering the hills in a futile search for Jesus. They came into John’s camp and were told that Jesus was heading for Galilee, and that Simon and Andrew were going with him. Jesus had put some strangers before them and they immediately took off for the town where Jesus was spending the night. They found Jesus and woke him up. They complained to him, saying: “How is it that…you prefer others before us and choose Andrew and Simon as your first associates in the new kingdom? “Jesus answered them: “Be calm in your hearts and ask yourselves ‘who directed that you should search for the Son of Man when he was about his Father’s business?'” When they detailed the long search in the hills, he further instructed them: “You should learn to search for the secret of the new kingdom in your hearts and not in the hills (lol). That which you sought was already present in your souls. You indeed are my brethren–you needed not to be received by me–already were you of the kingdom, and you should be of good cheer, making ready also to go with us tomorrow to Galilee.” But the two needed still more reassurances. Jesus said: “My brethren, you were already with me in the spirit of the kingdom, even before these others made request to be received…you have been with me in the kingdom from the beginning…I also number you in the councils of the kingdom” (137.1.6). On the way to Galilee Jesus and his band met Philip, who had always admired him. Nathaniel, who did not know Jesus, was with Philip. Jesus was explaining the plan for Galilee to James as the others were urging Philip to join them. Nathaniel went and sat under a tree. The 4 decided to consult Jesus. Philip asked Jesus whether he should go with him or John, to which Jesus replied, “Follow me.” Philip went to Nathaniel sitting under the tree and told him he was following Jesus. After asking Philip where Jesus was born, he asked his famous question: “Can any good come out of Nazareth?” But he looked closer and recognized in Jesus a “master of men” and joined his growing company. Jesus had now half of his projected 12 disciples, and at this point they crossed the Jordan, reaching Nazareth late that night. They spent the night with Joseph in his boyhood home. The disciples were mystified as Jesus destroyed every piece of his writing in that house, from the Ten Commandments to the most trivial mottoes. His family were full of questions and expectations. His mother, especially, expected all of Palestine to be stunned by the miraculous revelation of her son as the supernatural king of the Jews. But to all questions, Jesus only replied: “It is better that I tarry here for a while; I must do the will of my Father who is in heaven” (137.3.5). On Wednesday, February 27, AD 26, Jesus would be forced to perform his first miracle. The wedding at Cana was scheduled for that day. Jewish weddings were usually held on Wednesdays. So they all went to Cana to attend the wedding of Naomi and Johab. Jesus and his disciples were also invited. And dozens of people who weren’t invited came, too. Jesus’ friends and relatives, despite his repeated warnings, insisted on spreading the news that they had found the Deliverer. They expected him to inaugurate his assumption of Messianic authority at the wedding. Mary went to the wedding in the spirit of a queen mother about to witness the coronation of her son. She was also happy because Jesus, the old carefree Jesus, had been given back to her; he was no longer moody and reclusive. He couldn’t be more considerate of her feelings and so sympathetic. “He was so thoughtful and understanding of the wishes and desires of his associates, and so cheerful. And so they all whispered among themselves in small groups, wondering what was going to happen. What would this strange person do next? How would he usher in the glory of the coming kingdom? And they were all thrilled with the thought that they would be present to see the revelation of the might and power of Israel’s God” (137.3.7). They would be SO disillusioned…but not yet.******** Jesus found that he was an honored guest at the wedding (so much for keeping a low profile). And not only that, he was expected to perform a great act. So many had come to the wedding that the wine was running low during the wedding supper. When the wine was gone, the bride’s mother confided in Mary. Mary blithely said: “Don’t worry–I’ll speak to my son–he will help us.” And Mary presumed to ask Jesus to do a magic trick. Jesus was very angry and he and Mary had an argument, Mary ending up in tears. As Jesus realized he had hurt her feelings and stooped over her in sympathy, something happened—beyond his control, and he would find out that wine appeared in water jugs meant for a purification ritual. The wine appeared because he, in his sympathy, desired the wine to appear, and he could manifest anything he desired. When Jesus and Mary walked over to the stone pots, people were already taking the wine out of them. Jesus was surprised to have the wine confirmed, but only he knew it wasn’t a miracle. And his TA signified that the execution of the Son’s desire was in no way a contravention of the Father’s will(137.4.12). Jesus vowed not to let this happen again, but his sympathy would be aroused in spite of himself.

Urantia Book 23. The life of Jesus of Nazareth, Joshua ben Joseph, Christ Michael, Sovereign God of the Universe of Nebadon. On the third day of Jesus’ meditations and conferences with his TA, he had a vision of the celestial hosts of his universe sent and assembled by their commanders to wait upon their beloved Sovereign. Jesus’ first decision was whether or not to make use of this mighty force. He decided not to make use even of one angel unless it was his Father’s will. The host stayed with Jesus anyway, so Jesus put them under the command of his TA. “Thus, by one great decision, Jesus voluntarily deprived himself of all superhuman co-operation in all matters having to do with the remainder of his mortal career unless the Father might independently choose to participate in some certain act or episode of the Son’s earth labors” (136.5.3). But plans hit a snag. Jesus’ TA told him that, due to space/time complications, he (the TA) had no power over the hosts of the universe. The Urantia Book explains: “No miracle or act of mercy could possibly be of the nature of an act transcending the natural laws established on Urantia except in this expressly stated matter of time.” When Jesus turned water into wine at the marriage feast at Cana, time was involved and no natural laws were broken. The same thing happened with Jesus’ physical body in the tomb. Angels accelerated time which decayed the body so fast that nothing was left of it. The Urantia Book explains further (and I’m not saying I understand all this): The elimination of time in connection with the express desire of this potential sovereign of a universe could only be avoided by the direct and explicit act of the will of this God-man to the effect that time, as related to the act or event in question, should not be shortened or eliminated. In order to prevent the appearance of apparent time miracles, it was necessary for Jesus to remain constantly time conscious. Any lapse of time consciousness on his part, in connection with the entertainment of definite desire, was equivalent to the enactment of the thing conceived in the mind of this Creator Son, and without the intervention of time. Jesus could limit his earth activities as regards space, but it was not possible for him to limit his new earth status as potential Sovereign of Nebadon as regards time (136.5.5). He would make 5 more decisions in an attempt to limit the vast power at his disposal.******************************** Jesus made the second decision. He, having been doing intense mental work for 3 days, was hungry. He could manifest food if he chose. But he decided to follow the natural laws he had set up for his universe, and seek food. He decided against miracles and wonders and surrendered himself to the Father’s will.* The natural first duty and impulse of man, animal or plant is self-preservation. It is a legitimate duty, and Jesus knew it was legitimate for him, also. But Jesus did not choose self-preservation. His old policy of not defending himself would be continued. Scriptures reminded him to follow only the Father’s will: “Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.” Jesus had superhuman power; he might use it for others, but for himself, never. He also made his final declaration concerning all other urges of the flesh and the natural impulses of human nature (136.6.4). Jesus knew the kind of Messiah the Jews wanted, and he rejected that program of power and glory, although he had all the power and prerogatives to measure up to their expectations. Jesus made a third decision. He was sitting on the edge of a high precipice. What would happen if he threw himself off? What should be his attitude when confronted with personal danger? Jesus decided to take reasonable precaution to prevent an untimely death, but to refrain from superhuman intervention when his hour of crisis had come. If he jumped off the cliff, he would probably be rescued. The UB comments:”You know of a certainty that he never walked on the water” (136.7.3). Jesus made a fourth decision. He questioned whether his superhuman abilities should be used to attract people to his cause. Should he appeal to the Jews’ desire for the spectacular and marvelous? And he decided that was a NO. When he did permit the manifestation of numerous time-shortening ministrations of mercy, he told the recipients to keep it secret. Jesus resolved to make his ministry about one purpose and one only: the Father in the kingdom of heaven. On the other hand, he had to be believable to the Jews. At some point the Jews had to see him as the Messiah (This is according to the UB, but it seems not to follow the general tenor of Jesus’ thoughts up to this point.). Jesus was fused with his TA and he was divine, so he, Jesus, decided not to make his own divinity an issue (where did this come from?). Somebody is starting to misunderstand Jesus in a big way!!! Anyway, Jesus was totally stripping himself for the labors ahead. He also stripped himself of his great intellect. He was a first-class intellectual, but he decided not to bring in this knowledge. The Master triumphantly put loyalty to his Father’s will above every earthly and temporal consideration.***************** Jesus made a fifth decision. What methods would he use in the proclamation and establishment of the kingdom of God? John had started this work;how would Jesus continue it? How would he organize his followers most effectively? Jesus didn’t yet regard himself as the Jewish Messiah, at least as popularly conceived in his day. The Jews wanted a deliverer who would throw off Rome and establish Israel as a great power, free from want and oppression. Jesus knew this hope would never be realized. For Jesus, the kingdom of heaven involved the overthrow of evil in the human heart, and this was a purely spiritual concern. He could start his campaign with some dazzling display of power, well within Michael’s jurisdiction, but he decided against such an inane plan. Jesus decided the prophecies in the Hebrew scriptures didn’t apply to him; he was not the Messiah the Jews were expecting. And as Jesus was descending the mountain, he made his sixth decision. It was in the form of a vow to his TA: “And in all other matters, as in these now of decision-record, I pledge you I will be subject to the will of my Father” (136.10.1).