The Urantia Book tells us that the time is ripe to witness the figurative resurrection of the human Jesus from his burial tomb amidst the theological traditions and the religious dogmas of twenty centuries. It goes on to say that if Jesus could be recovered from the tomb of traditional theology and presented as the living Jesus to the church that bears his name, and to all other religions, what a transcendant service that would be! Recent scholarship reveals that the social, political, and religious environment in which Jesus undertook his life's mission was far more dynamic and challenging than previously thought. The popular picture of Jesus as a rustic growing up in the relative isolation of a small village of four hundred people in the remote hills of Galilee whose only exposure to urban life was an occasional visit to Jerusalem is being radically altered by a wide range of current archaeological investigations and discoveries, all of which were confirmed by The Urantia Book 70 years ago. A clearer grasp of the cultural environment in which Jesus lived and taught will result in a much better understanding of how and why he architected his ministry in the way he did. This is the inspiration behind the Joshua ben Joseph project, being undertaken by our guests this week, Eric Cosh and David Kantor, with help from The Urantia Book Fellowship, Urantia University, and a wide range of interested Urantia students. We hope you will join us.
