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There is no record in the Bible of | There is no record in the Bible of [[Jesus]]’ whereabouts between the age of twelve, when he was in the temple in Jerusalem discoursing with the rabbis, and age thirty, when we see him at the River Jordan being baptized. Those intervening years—the so-called “lost years”—are the most important years of Jesus’ life because in those years he became who he was and prepared himself for his Palestinian mission. | ||
Jesus was probably born between 8 <small>B.C</small>. and <small> | Jesus was probably born between 8 <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>. and 4 <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>., spent his early life in Palestine, and may have moved to Memphis, Egypt, shortly after his birth and lived there for three years. Many legends from the British Isles say that his great-uncle [[Joseph of Arimathea]], a tin merchant with a fleet of ships, regularly sailed to the British Isles and took him to Glastonbury as a youth, between ages seven and twelve, to be educated at the Druid universities, which were flourishing at that time. | ||
We see him next in the temple at age twelve on the occasion of the Passover and then we hear of him no more in the Bible until the age of thirty. Scholars have assumed that he was living in Palestine during that time, occupied as a carpenter. However, there are absolutely no facts to support that theory. | We see him next in the temple at age twelve on the occasion of the Passover and then we hear of him no more in the Bible until the age of thirty. Scholars have assumed that he was living in Palestine during that time, occupied as a carpenter. However, there are absolutely no facts to support that theory. | ||
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In those lost years Jesus walked a path of discipleship under the great lights of the East. He sought the perfecting of his heart and mind, and although he was born an avatar, he still had to take the necessary human footsteps. Jesus had to walk the path to accomplish his soul’s integration with the Word in preparation for his baptism, his [[transfiguration]], [[crucifixion]], [[resurrection]] and [[ascension]], and he had to work to internalize and bring forth the fullness of his Christhood. And if he had to do it, we also have to do it. | In those lost years Jesus walked a path of discipleship under the great lights of the East. He sought the perfecting of his heart and mind, and although he was born an avatar, he still had to take the necessary human footsteps. Jesus had to walk the path to accomplish his soul’s integration with the Word in preparation for his baptism, his [[transfiguration]], [[crucifixion]], [[resurrection]] and [[ascension]], and he had to work to internalize and bring forth the fullness of his Christhood. And if he had to do it, we also have to do it. | ||
El Morya points out that the suppression by the churches of the knowledge of Jesus’ lost years has “hurt the younger generation more than all others, because they have had no one to equate with from the years twelve to twenty-nine. In those very important years from twelve to eighteen, when all of the burdens and temptations of life come upon them, they have not seen the figure of the one who became the master and who now is ready to show them the way.”<ref>El Morya, {{POWref|25|70}}</ref> | [[El Morya]] points out that the suppression by the churches of the knowledge of Jesus’ lost years has “hurt the younger generation more than all others, because they have had no one to equate with from the years twelve to twenty-nine. In those very important years from twelve to eighteen, when all of the burdens and temptations of life come upon them, they have not seen the figure of the one who became the master and who now is ready to show them the way.”<ref>El Morya, {{POWref|25|70}}</ref> | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||