At two fortyfive sunday morning, the paradise incarnation commission, consisting of seven unidentified paradise personalities, arrived on the scene and immediately deployed themselves about the tomb. The bestowal of michael on urantia this paper is not found in the new testament. Revealing the mysteries of god, the universe, jesus, and ourselves multiple authors on. The urantia books life of jesus the resurrection of jesus. The life and teachings of jesus including the missing years. This group of papers was sponsored by a commission of twelve urantia midwayers acting under the supervision of a melchizedek revelatory director. Jesus spent the last three weeks of august and the first three weeks of september on mount hermon. Some religious groups attempt to set their beliefs apart and to declare they are the one true truth.
It is the most complete, informative, reassuring, stimulating, mindblowing, and inspiring book i have ever read. Based on the new biography of jesus in the urantia book. After listening to part 1 and part 2 of the urantia book, listening to part 3 makes you feel like an astronaut returning to earth from a long space voyage. Does the urantia book teach that jesus is the saviour. About the urantia book posted on goodreads september 18, 2009 this is my favorite book. The life and teachings of jesus audible audio edition. The book described seven dimensions of existence, with life on earth being the first dimension. Urantia book inspired videos on topics like life after death, finding god, jesus,easter, faith, heaven, the universe. Between 1934 and 1956 a group of 36 people, who called themselves the forum, met to study the original manuscripts of the urantia book. The authors of part iv of the urantia book call jesus the author and finisher of our faith. The bestowal of michael on urantia remixed with background music by nicky bendix the ur.
Revealing the mysteries of god, the universe, world history, jesus, and ourselves kindle edition by multiple authors. The urantia revelation has been met with very little notice by the christian religious establishment, even though it contains an eyeopening challenge to contemporary christianity with its claim to contain among many other elements the authentic angelic record of the life and teachings of jesusa biography of such depth and beauty that its. Consideration of some criticisms of the urantia book. Lucretia lu schanfarber is a devoted student of the urantia book who delights in helping others to study the teachings. Revealing the mysteries of god, the universe, jesus, and ourselves urantia foundation staff you have just discovered the literary masterpiece that answers your questions about god, life in the inhabited universe, the history and future of this world, and the life of jesus. A personal outreach im alice wood and i am the creator of the youtube channel, urantia life lessons. We offer free courses for all students of the urantia book, regardless of culture, spiritual tradition, or geographic location. It is said to be written sometime between 1924 and 1955 somewhere around chicago. Where he came from, his real mission on earth, and what happened to him after his death. Jesus of nazareth the urantia books section on jesus life and teachings fills more than a third of its pages, and may be the books most powerful contribution.
Part iii depicts the history of life on earth since its origin more than fourandonehalf billion years ago. The superhuman authors base their narrative chiefly on records supplied by a sort of guardian angel of the apostle andrew. The faith of jesus bore the transcendent fruits of the divine spirit. Jesus did not live his life on earth in order to set an example for all other human beings to copy. The literary depth of the urantia book clearly reveals and touchingly portrays his combined humanity and divinity. Part iv, the life and teachings of jesus, is the largest part at 775 pages, and is often noted as the most accessible and most impressive, narrating a detailed. Deaths doorway to our divine destiny what happens after death. But he was unconvinced of the wrong of what he had done, and to give up such a favorite pastime constituted one of the great trials of his young life. The urantia books life of jesus a new picture of jesus. Revealing the mysteries of god, the universe, world history, jesus, and ourselves. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the urantia book. According to the urantia book, jesus, whose real name is michael, had already progressed through the. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The spiritual career of an individual was to progress up through these various levels and eventually become one with god on the seventh level.
The urantia book has been called a bible alternative by some, but its contents are in direct opposition to what the bible teaches. Jesus in the new testament and the urantia book, part 1. The urantia book was delivered to him by seven spirit beings in 1934. Within its pages youll discover an integrated picture of life unified by science, religion, and philosophy. The urantia book part iv the life and teachings of jesus this group of papers was sponsored by a commission of twelve urantia midwayers acting under the supervision of a melchizedek revelatory director. You have just discovered the literary masterpiece that answers your questions about god, life in the inhabited universe. The narrative of the earlier years of jesus life impressed me as.
We all want to live the integrated life, with science as part of a growing mind in a progressive personality. Sadler, a scientist and paranormal skeptic living in chicago in the 1930s. The urantia book relates over 16 times as much information about jesus life and teachings than does the bible. I found the urantia book on our honeymoon, husband having carried it around like an old shoe, referring to it from time to timethinking he was saying cucaracha. Jesus life among us served to illuminate the way of salvation, but his death was not a ransom paid to appease an offended god. I had a worldview marred by misconceptions, fears, and an ignorance of lifes spiritual essentials.
If you have read the urantia book, what is your take on it. Here are some urantia book references that will answer your question. The urantia papers also know as the urantia book or the fifth epochal revelation is a long and very strange book. The urantia book 1955, sometimes called the urantia papers or the fifth epochal revelation, is a spiritual and philosophical book which discusses god, jesus, science, cosmology, religion, history, destiny, life, the universe and everything. Truly, his exquisite life is truly a monumental example. It had seemed to the lad that his father at least his father and mother together knew everything. Jesus from birth to adulthood introductory background. It also provides reassurance about the future and a path to personal peace of mind. The book and its publishers do not name a human author. The life and teachings of jesus as it takes one through an epic example of how we might live in a given lifetime. The moment jesus released the little bully, ganid pounced upon the boy and began soundly to thrash him, and to ganids astonishment jesus promptly interfered. Zacharias, johns father, belonged to the jewish priesthood, while his mother, elizabeth, was a member of the more prosperous branch of the same large family group to which mary the mother of jesus also belonged. Reimagining jesus explores the story of the man behind the religion which grew up about him, a man whose life has forever changed the art, literature, ethics, morality, philosophy and religion of the world.
Jesus hastened to the assistance of the assaulted youth, and when he had rescued him, he tightly held on to the offender until the smaller lad had made his escape. If you love jesus as portrayed in the bible, you will gain an even greater admiration and understanding of his life and teachings from part iv of. Please click on the links to open up the quote in context. The life and teachings of jesus this group of papers was sponsored by a commission of twelve urantia midwayers acting under the supervision of a melchizedek revelatory director.
Paper 124 the later childhood of jesus urantia book. He lived this life in the flesh by the same mercy ministry that you all may live your lives on earth. The life and teachings of jesus urantia book urantia. The urantia book paper 129 the later adult life of jesus 129. This educational program of urantia foundation is dedicated to fostering and facilitating the selfdiscovery of newly revealed truth. The english text of the urantia book is in the public domain and may be reproduced or copied without permission. The urantia book part iv the life and teachings of jesus this group of papers was sponsored by a commission of twelve urantia midwayers acting under the. The urantia book makes no claim to be the whole truth.
The basis of this narrative was supplied by a secondary midwayer who was onetime assigned to. The urantia book a gift of revelation the people of urantia have been gifted a revelation in book form that will bring us closer to jesus and his way. Lu was first introduced to the urantia book in 1972, when she was 20 years old, by one of the regular customers who frequented her health food store and juice bar in a small town in british columbia canada. Paper 129 the later adult life of jesus urantia book. Jesus loves men so much that his love awakens the response of love in the human heart. The founder is a noted chicago physician and psychiatrist dr.
Being a secondgeneration student of the urantia book, i. The urantia book was supposedly dictated to a chicago psychiatrist named w. What was it that so electrified the people and terrified the religious authorities. The urantia book sometimes called the urantia papers or the fifth epochal revelation is a spiritual and philosophical book that originated in chicago sometime between 1924 and 1955. Its authorship remains a matter of speculation, and it seems to have been composed in chicago, illinois, sometime between 1924 and 1955. The urantia book is amazing, but it can also seem a daunting task to some people who dont want to put in the time to read the whole book, hence the laser focus of this site. The urantia book is a matchless handbook for spiritual growth and exploration for life transformation.
The exact circumstances of the origin of the urantia book are unknown. The urantia book wikisource, the free online library. In the urantia book, jesus and the story of his life are. While readers can dive in by starting from beginning or browsing the paper titles, many find it most inspiring to start with part iv. I found the urantia book in 1980 as a high school student. This is a platform designed to walk people through the teachings of the urantia book as they relate to our daily lives. Its called the urantia book, and it is a treasury of spiritual truth and intellectual insights. It portrays jesus as a divine son of god, the creator of the vast stretch of the universe in which we live. Revealing the mysteries of god, the universe, world history, jesus, and. Sadler formed a group to discuss these revelations, from which the urantia foundation was formed in 1950. The basis of this narrative was supplied by a secondary midwayer who was onetime assigned to the superhuman watchcare of the apostle andrew. The account of the life and teachings of jesus in the urantia book is much more complete than that of the new testament, but not contradictory.
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