"Caesarea-Philippi" changed to "Caesarea Philippi"
Original Paragraph:
P1749:2, 157:6.3
Jesus now entered upon the fourth and last stage of his human life in the flesh.
The first stage was that of his childhood, the years when he was only dimly
conscious of his origin, nature, and destiny as a human being. The second stage
was the increasingly self-conscious years of youth and advancing manhood, during
which he came more clearly to comprehend his divine nature and human mission.
This second stage ended with the experiences and revelations associated with
his baptism. The third stage of the Master's earth experience extended from
the baptism through the years of his ministry as teacher and healer and up to
this momentous hour of Peter's confession at Caesarea-Philippi.
This third period of his earth life embraced the times when his apostles and
his immediate followers knew him as the Son of Man and regarded him as the Messiah.
The fourth and last period of his earth career began here at Caesarea-Philippi
and extended on to the crucifixion. This stage of his ministry was characterized
by his acknowledgment of divinity and embraced the labors of his last year in
the flesh. During the fourth period, while the majority of his followers still
regarded him as the Messiah, he became known to the apostles as the Son of God.
Peter's confession marked the beginning of the new period of the more complete
realization of the truth of his supreme ministry as a bestowal Son on Urantia
and for an entire universe, and the recognition of that fact, at least hazily,
by his chosen ambassadors.