Expansion of Jesus' Teachings

ON VALIDITY OF SCRIPTURE: On the tour of Decapolis, Nathaniel pulled Jesus aside because he was concerned that some of Jesus' teachings seemed to detract from the authority of the Hebrew Scriptures. He wanted to know the truth about the Scriptures. Jesus said, "These writings are the work of men, some of them holy men, others not so holy." And, " The teaching, you know that these writings also contain much that is not representative of the Father in heaven, the loving God I have come to reveal to all the worlds. " [159-4-this is a must read] Jesus then urged Nathaniel not to believe the Scriptures when they talk of God sending an army out to destroy another people - men, women and children; that such teachings are "...the world's of men, not very holy men. And they are not the word of God." And then Jesus noted that he was not making a written record of his revelation of the gospel because, after he had left this world, later generations of his followers will "...become divided up into sundry groups of truth contenders as a result of the diversity of your interpretation of my teachings." [159-4] It should also be noted that Jesus had been counseled not to leave on Earth any writings that could be (and would be given the natural tendencies of man) crystallized into into idolatrous objects of worship. This counsel was provided to Jesus in the Bestowal instructions he received immediately before coming to Earth for his seventh and final bestowal. [ 120-3, #s 5&6&7 and 8-these are must reads too.] Nathaniel was both shocked and enlightened by Jesus'words. And then Jesus said "...nothing which human nature has touched can be regarded as infallible. Through the mind of man divine truth may indeed shine forth, but always of relative purity and partial divinity. The creature may crave infallibility, but only the Creators possess it." Jesus further said, " Nathaniel, never forget, the Father does not limit the revelation of truth to any one generation or to any one people. Many earnest seekers after the truth have been, and will continue to be, confused and disheartened by these doctrines of the perfection of the Scriptures." [129-4] Jesus told Nathaniel not to talk of this subject until after he was gone because the apostles were "..not all prepared to receive this teaching." [159-4] Nathaniel told no man of this conference with Jesus "... until after Jesus' ascension; and even then he feared to impart the full story of the Master's instruction." [159-4] Jesus said much more on this matter but, in essence, he told Nathaniel that holy books, though they contain much truth, cannot be regarded as infallible once touched by human hands (and this of course includes the Urantia Book, for it was touched by human hands when it was passed on to humans for publication.) All such books are partial revelations, not the final word, and that all life, especially the afterlife is comprised of one partial revelation after another, thus constituting the greatest adventure of all: discovery after discovery, enlightenment after enlightenment as we make our way through God's creation and come to realize that revelation is never ending. It is noted in the UB that many teachings of the Hebrew Scriptures were later distorted so they appeared in the Old Testament to fit some episode in Jesus' Earth life. "Even the passage, "a maiden shall bear a son," was made to read, " a virgin shall bear a son..." The early followers of Jesus all too often succumbed to the temptation to make all the olden prophetic utterances appear to find fulfillment in the life of their Lord and Master." [122-4 paragraph #4]