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"You look down on yonder city in sorrow, for you have heard my words telling of the end of
Jerusalem. I have forewarned you lest you should perish in her destruction and so delay the
proclamation of the gospel of the kingdom. Likewise do I warn you to take heed lest you
needlessly expose yourselves to peril when they come to take the Son of Man. I must go, but you
are to remain to witness to this gospel when I have gone, even as I directed that Lazarus flee
from the wrath of man that he might live to make known the glory of God. If it is the Father's
will that I depart, nothing you may do can frustrate the divine plan. Take heed to yourselves lest
they kill you also. Let your souls be valiant in defense of the gospel by spirit power but be not
misled into any foolish attempt to defend the Son of Man. I need no defense by the hand of man;
the armies of heaven are even now near at hand; but I am determined to do the will of my Father
in heaven, and therefore must we submit to that which is so soon to come upon us.
"When you see this city destroyed, forget not that you have entered already upon the eternal life
of endless service in the ever-advancing kingdom of heaven, even of the heaven of heavens. You
should know that in my Father's universe and in mine are many abodes, and that there awaits the
children of light the revelation of cities whose builder is God and worlds whose habit of life is
righteousness and joy in the truth. I have brought the kingdom of heaven to you here on earth,
but I declare that all of you who by faith enter therein and remain therein by the living service of
truth, shall surely ascend to the worlds on high and sit with me in the spirit kingdom of our
Father. But first must you gird yourselves and complete the work which you have begun with
me. You must first pass through much tribulation and endure many sorrows--and these trials are
even now upon us--and when you have finished your work on earth, you shall come to my joy,
even as I have finished my Father's work on earth and am about to return to his embrace."
When the Master had spoken, he arose, and they all followed him down Olivet and into the city.
None of the apostles, save three, knew where they were going as they made their way along the
narrow streets in the approaching darkness. The crowds jostled them, but no one recognized
them nor knew that the Son of God was passing by on his way to the last mortal rendezvous with
his chosen ambassadors of the kingdom. And neither did the apostles know that one of their own
number had already entered into a conspiracy to betray the Master into the hands of his enemies.
John Mark had followed them all the way into the city, and after they had entered the gate, he
hurried on by another street so that he was waiting to welcome them to his father's home when
they arrived.