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Urantia Book Paper 67 The Planetary Rebellion
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SPIRITWEB ORG, PROMOTING SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS ON THE INTERNET.
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Subjects Archive The Urantia Book Urantia Book PART III: The History of Urantia
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: The Origin Of Urantia Life Establishment On Urantia The Marine-life Era On
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Urantia Urantia During The Early Land-life Era The Mammalian Era On Urantia The
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Dawn Races Of Early Man The First Human Family The Evolutionary Races Of Color
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The Overcontrol Of Evolution The Planetary Prince Of Urantia The Planetary
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Rebellion The Dawn Of Civilization Primitive Human Institutions The Evolution
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Of Human Government Development Of The State Government On A Neighboring Planet
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The Garden Of Eden Adam And Eve The Default Of Adam And Eve The Second Garden
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The Midway Creatures The Violet Race After The Days Of Adam Andite Expansion In
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The Orient Andite Expansion In The Occident Development Of Modern Civilization
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The Evolution Of Marriage The Marriage Institution Marriage And Family Life The
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Origins Of Worship Early Evolution Of Religion The Ghost Cults Fetishes,
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Charms, And Magic Sin, Sacrifice, And Atonement Shamanism--medicine Men And
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Priests The Evolution Of Prayer The Later Evolution Of Religion Machiventa
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Melchizedek The Melchizedek Teachings In The Orient The Melchizedek Teachings
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In The Levant Yahweh--god Of The Hebrews Evolution Of The God Concept Among The
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Hebrews The Melchizedek Teachings In The Occident The Social Problems Of
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Religion Religion In Human Experience The Real Nature Of Religion The
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Foundations Of Religious Faith The Reality Of Religious Experience Growth Of
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The Trinity Concept Deity And Reality Universe Levels Of Reality Origin And
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Nature Of Thought Adjusters Mission And Ministry Of Thought Adjusters Relation
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Of Adjusters To Universe Creatures Relation Of Adjusters To Individual Mortals
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Paper 67 The Planetary Rebellion
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Introduction
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THE problems associated with human existence on Urantia are impossible of
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understanding without a knowledge of certain great epochs of the past, notably
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the occurrence and consequences of the planetary rebellion. Although this
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upheaval did not seriously interfere with the progress of organic evolution, it
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did markedly modify the course of social evolution and of spiritual
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development. The entire superphysical history of the planet was profoundly
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influenced by this devastating calamity.
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1. THE CALIGASTIA BETRAYAL
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For three hundred thousand years Caligastia had been in charge of Urantia when
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Satan, Lucifer's assistant, made one of his periodic inspection calls. And when
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Satan arrived on the planet, his appearance in no way resembled your
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caricatures of his nefarious majesty. He was, and still is, a Lanonandek Son of
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great brilliance. "And no marvel, for Satan himself is a brilliant creature of
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light."
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In the course of this inspection Satan informed Caligastia of Lucifer's then
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proposed "Declaration of Liberty," and as we now know, the Prince agreed to
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betray the planet upon the announcement of the rebellion. The loyal universe
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personalities look with peculiar disdain upon Prince Caligastia because of this
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premeditated betrayal of trust. The Creator Son voiced this contempt when he
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said: "You are like your leader, Lucifer, and you have sinfully perpetuated his
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iniquity. He was a falsifier from the beginning of his self-exaltation because
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he abode not in the truth."
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In all the administrative work of a local universe no high trust is deemed more
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sacred than that reposed in a Planetary Prince who assumes responsibility for
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the welfare and guidance of the evolving mortals on a newly inhabited world.
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And of all forms of evil, none are more destructive of personality status than
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betrayal of trust and disloyalty to one's confiding friends. In committing this
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deliberate sin, Caligastia so completely distorted his personality that his
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mind has never since been able fully to regain its equilibrium.
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There are many ways of looking at sin, but from the universe philosophic
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viewpoint sin is the attitude of a personality who is knowingly resisting
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cosmic reality. Error might be regarded as a misconception or distortion of
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reality. Evil is a partial realization of, or maladjustment to, universe
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realities. But sin is a purposeful resistance to divine reality--a conscious
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choosing to oppose spiritual progress--while iniquity consists in an open and
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persistent defiance of recognized reality and signifies such a degree of
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personality disintegration as to border on cosmic insanity.
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Error suggests lack of intellectual keenness; evil, deficiency of wisdom; sin,
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abject spiritual poverty; but iniquity is indicative of vanishing personality
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control.
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And when sin has so many times been chosen and so often been repeated, it may
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become habitual. Habitual sinners can easily become iniquitous, become
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wholehearted rebels against the universe and all of its divine realities. While
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all manner of sins may be forgiven, we doubt whether the established iniquiter
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would ever sincerely experience sorrow for his misdeeds or accept forgiveness
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for his sins.
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2. THE OUTBREAK OF REBELLION
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Shortly after Satan's inspection and when the planetary administration was on
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the eve of the realization of great things on Urantia, one day, midwinter of
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the northern continents, Caligastia held a prolonged conference with his
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associate, Daligastia, after which the latter called the ten councils of
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Urantia in session extraordinary. This assembly was opened with the statement
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that Prince Caligastia was about to proclaim himself absolute sovereign of
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Urantia and demanded that all administrative groups abdicate by resigning all
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of their functions and powers into the hands of Daligastia as trustee, pending
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the reorganization of the planetary government and the subsequent
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redistribution of these offices of administrative authority.
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The presentation of this astounding demand was followed by the masterly appeal
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of Van, chairman of the supreme council of co-ordination. This distinguished
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administrator and able jurist branded the proposed course of Caligastia as an
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act bordering on planetary rebellion and appealed to his conferees to abstain
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from all participation until an appeal could be taken to Lucifer, the System
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Sovereign of Satania; and he won the support of the entire staff. Accordingly,
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appeal was taken to Jerusem, and forthwith came back the orders designating
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Caligastia as supreme sovereign on Urantia and commanding absolute and
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unquestioning allegiance to his mandates. And it was in reply to this amazing
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message that the noble Van made his memorable address of seven hours' length in
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which he formally drew his indictment of Daligastia, Caligastia, and Lucifer as
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standing in contempt of the sovereignty of the universe of Nebadon; and he
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appealed to the Most Highs of Edentia for support and confirmation.
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Meantime the system circuits had been severed; Urantia was isolated. Every
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group of celestial life on the planet found itself suddenly and without warning
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isolated, utterly cut off from all outside counsel and advice.
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Daligastia formally proclaimed Caligastia "God of Urantia and supreme over
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all." With this proclamation before them, the issues were clearly drawn; and
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each group drew off by itself and began deliberations, discussions destined
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eventually to determine the fate of every superhuman personality on the planet.
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Seraphim and cherubim and other celestial beings were involved in the decisions
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of this bitter struggle, this long and sinful conflict. Many superhuman groups
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that chanced to be on Urantia at the time of its isolation were detained here
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and, like the seraphim and their associates, were compelled to choose between
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sin and righteousness--between the ways of Lucifer and the will of the unseen
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Father.
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For more than seven years this struggle continued. Not until every personality
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concerned had made a final decision, would or did the authorities of Edentia
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interfere or intervene. Not until then did Van and his loyal associates receive
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vindication and release from their prolonged anxiety and intolerable suspense.
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3. THE SEVEN CRUCIAL YEARS
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The outbreak of rebellion on Jerusem, the capital of Satania, was broadcast by
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the Melchizedek council. The emergency Melchizedeks were immediately dispatched
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to Jerusem, and Gabriel volunteered to act as the representative of the Creator
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Son, whose authority had been challenged. With this broadcast of the fact of
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rebellion in Satania the system was isolated, quarantined, from her sister
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systems. There was "war in heaven," the headquarters of Satania, and it spread
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to every planet in the local system.
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On Urantia forty members of the corporeal staff of one hundred (including Van)
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refused to join the insurrection. Many of the staff's human assistants
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(modified and otherwise) were also brave and noble defenders of Michael and his
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universe government. There was a terrible loss of personalities among seraphim
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and cherubim. Almost one half of the administrator and transition seraphim
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assigned to the planet joined their leader and Daligastia in support of the
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cause of Lucifer. Forty thousand one hundred and nineteen of the primary midway
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creatures joined hands with Caligastia, but the remainder of these beings
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remained true to their trust.
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The traitorous Prince marshaled the disloyal midway creatures and other groups
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of rebel personalities and organized them to execute his bidding, while Van
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assembled the loyal midwayers and other faithful groups and began the great
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battle for the salvation of the planetary staff and other marooned celestial
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personalities.
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During the times of this struggle the loyalists dwelt in an unwalled and poorly
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protected settlement a few miles to the east of Dalamatia, but their dwellings
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were guarded day and night by the alert and ever-watchful loyal midway
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creatures, and they had possession of the priceless tree of life.
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Upon the outbreak of rebellion, loyal cherubim and seraphim, with the aid of
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three faithful midwayers, assumed the custody of the tree of life and permitted
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only the forty loyalists of the staff and their associated modified mortals to
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partake of the fruit and leaves of this energy plant. There were fifty-six of
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these modified Andonite associates of the staff, sixteen of the Andonite
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attendants of the disloyal staff refusing to go into rebellion with their
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masters.
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Throughout the seven crucial years of the Caligastia rebellion, Van was wholly
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devoted to the work of ministry to his loyal army of men, midwayers, and
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angels. The spiritual insight and moral steadfastness which enabled Van to
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maintain such an unshakable attitude of loyalty to the universe government was
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the product of clear thinking, wise reasoning, logical judgment, sincere
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motivation, unselfish purpose, intelligent loyalty, experiential memory,
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disciplined character, and the unquestioning dedication of his personality to
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the doing of the will of the Father in Paradise.
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This seven years of waiting was a time of heart searching and soul discipline.
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Such crises in the affairs of a universe demonstrate the tremendous influence
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of mind as a factor in spiritual choosing. Education, training, and experience
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are
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factors in most of the vital decisions of all evolutionary moral creatures. But
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it is entirely possible for the indwelling spirit to make direct contact with
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the decision-determining powers of the human personality so as to empower the
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fully consecrated will of the creature to perform amazing acts of loyal
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devotion to the will and the way of the Father in Paradise. And this is just
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what occurred in the experience of Amadon, the modified human associate of Van.
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Amadon is the outstanding human hero of the Lucifer rebellion. This male
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descendant of Andon and Fonta was one of the one hundred who contributed life
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plasm to the Prince's staff, and ever since that event he had been attached to
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Van as his associate and human assistant. Amadon elected to stand with his
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chief throughout the long and trying struggle. And it was an inspiring sight to
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behold this child of the evolutionary races standing unmoved by the sophistries
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of Daligastia while throughout the seven-year struggle he and his loyal
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associates resisted with unyielding fortitude all of the deceptive teachings of
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the brilliant Caligastia.
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Caligastia, with a maximum of intelligence and a vast experience in universe
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affairs, went astray--embraced sin. Amadon, with a minimum of intelligence and
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utterly devoid of universe experience, remained steadfast in the service of the
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universe and in loyalty to his associate. Van utilized both mind and spirit in
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a magnificent and effective combination of intellectual determination and
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spiritual insight, thereby achieving an experiential level of personality
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realization of the highest attainable order. Mind and spirit, when fully
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united, are potential for the creation of superhuman values, even morontia
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realities.
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There is no end to the recital of the stirring events of these tragic days. But
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at last the final decision of the last personality was made, and then, but only
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then, did a Most High of Edentia arrive with the emergency Melchizedeks to
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seize authority on Urantia. The Caligastia panoramic reign-records on Jerusem
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were obliterated, and the probationary era of planetary rehabilitation was
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inaugurated.
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4. THE CALIGASTIA ONE HUNDRED AFTER REBELLION
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When the final roll was called, the corporeal members of the Prince's staff
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were found to have aligned themselves as follows: Van and his entire court of
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co-ordination had remained loyal. Ang and three members of the food council had
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survived. The board of animal husbandry were all swept into rebellion as were
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all of the animal-conquest advisers. Fad and five members of the educational
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faculty were saved. Nod and all of the commission on industry and trade joined
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Caligastia. Hap and the entire college of revealed religion remained loyal with
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Van and his noble band. Lut and the whole board of health were lost. The
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council of art and science remained loyal in its entirety, but Tut and the
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commission on tribal government all went astray. Thus were forty out of the one
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hundred saved, later to be transferred to Jerusem, where they resumed their
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Paradise journey.
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The sixty members of the planetary staff who went into rebellion chose Nod as
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their leader. They worked wholeheartedly for the rebel Prince but soon
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discovered that they were deprived of the sustenance of the system life
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circuits. They awakened to the fact that they had been degraded to the status
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of mortal beings. They were indeed superhuman but, at the same time, material
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and mortal. In an effort to increase their numbers, Daligastia ordered
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immediate resort to
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sexual reproduction, knowing full well that the original sixty and their
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forty-four modified Andonite associates were doomed to suffer extinction by
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death, sooner or later. After the fall of Dalamatia the disloyal staff migrated
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to the north and the east. Their descendants were long known as the Nodites,
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and their dwelling place as "the land of Nod."
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The presence of these extraordinary supermen and superwomen, stranded by
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rebellion and presently mating with the sons and daughters of earth, easily
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gave origin to those traditional stories of the gods coming down to mate with
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mortals. And thus originated the thousand and one legends of a mythical nature,
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but founded on the facts of the postrebellion days, which later found a place
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in the folk tales and traditions of the various peoples whose ancestors had
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participated in these contacts with the Nodites and their descendants.
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The staff rebels, deprived of spiritual sustenance, eventually died a natural
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death. And much of the subsequent idolatry of the human races grew out of the
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desire to perpetuate the memory of these highly honored beings of the days of
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Caligastia.
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When the staff of one hundred came to Urantia, they were temporarily detached
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from their Thought Adjusters. Immediately upon the arrival of the Melchizedek
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receivers the loyal personalities (except Van) were returned to Jerusem and
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were reunited with their waiting Adjusters. We know not the fate of the sixty
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staff rebels; their Adjusters still tarry on Jerusem. Matters will undoubtedly
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rest as they now are until the entire Lucifer rebellion is finally adjudicated
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and the fate of all participants decreed.
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It was very difficult for such beings as angels and midwayers to conceive of
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brilliant and trusted rulers like Caligastia and Daligastia going
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astray--committing traitorous sin. Those beings who fell into sin--they did not
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deliberately or premeditatedly enter upon rebellion--were misled by their
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superiors, deceived by their trusted leaders. It was likewise easy to win the
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support of the primitive-minded evolutionary mortals.
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The vast majority of all human and superhuman beings who were victims of the
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Lucifer rebellion on Jerusem and the various misled planets have long since
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heartily repented of their folly; and we truly believe that all such sincere
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penitents will in some manner be rehabilitated and restored to some phase of
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universe service when the Ancients of Days finally complete the adjudication of
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the affairs of the Satania rebellion, which they have so recently begun.
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5. IMMEDIATE RESULTS OF REBELLION
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Great confusion reigned in Dalamatia and thereabout for almost fifty years
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after the instigation of rebellion. The complete and radical reorganization of
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the whole world was attempted; revolution displaced evolution as the policy of
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cultural advancement and racial improvement. Among the superior and partially
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trained sojourners in and near Dalamatia there appeared a sudden advancement in
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cultural status, but when these new and radical methods were attempted on the
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outlying peoples, indescribable confusion and racial pandemonium was the
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immediate result. Liberty was quickly translated into license by the
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half-evolved primitive men of those days.
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Very soon after the rebellion the entire staff of sedition were engaged in
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energetic defense of the city against the hordes of semisavages who besieged
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its
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walls as a result of the doctrines of liberty which had been prematurely taught
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them. And years before the beautiful headquarters went down beneath the
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southern waves, the misled and mistaught tribes of the Dalamatia hinterland had
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already swept down in semisavage assault on the splendid city, driving the
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secession staff and their associates northward.
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The Caligastia scheme for the immediate reconstruction of human society in
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accordance with his ideas of individual freedom and group liberties, proved a
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swift and more or less complete failure. Society quickly sank back to its old
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biologic level, and the forward struggle began all over, starting not very far
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in advance of where it was at the beginning of the Caligastia regime, this
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upheaval having left the world in confusion worse confounded.
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One hundred and sixty-two years after the rebellion a tidal wave swept up over
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Dalamatia, and the planetary headquarters sank beneath the waters of the sea,
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and this land did not again emerge until almost every vestige of the noble
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culture of those splendid ages had been obliterated.
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When the first capital of the world was engulfed, it harbored only the lowest
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types of the Sangik races of Urantia, renegades who had already converted the
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Father's temple into a shrine dedicated to Nog, the false god of light and
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fire.
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6. VAN--THE STEADFAST
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The followers of Van early withdrew to the highlands west of India, where they
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were exempt from attacks by the confused races of the lowlands, and from which
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place of retirement they planned for the rehabilitation of the world as their
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early Badonite predecessors had once all unwittingly worked for the welfare of
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mankind just before the days of the birth of the Sangik tribes.
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Before the arrival of the Melchizedek receivers, Van placed the administration
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of human affairs in the hands of ten commissions of four each, groups identical
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with those of the Prince's regime. The senior resident Life Carriers assumed
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temporary leadership of this council of forty, which functioned throughout the
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seven years of waiting. Similar groups of Amadonites assumed these
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responsibilities when the thirty-nine loyal staff members returned to Jerusem.
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These Amadonites were derived from the group of 144 loyal Andonites to which
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Amadon belonged, and who have become known by his name. This group comprised
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thirty-nine men and one hundred and five women. Fifty-six of this number were
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of immortality status, and all (except Amadon) were translated along with the
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loyal members of the staff. The remainder of this noble band continued on earth
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to the end of their mortal days under the leadership of Van and Amadon. They
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were the biologic leaven which multiplied and continued to furnish leadership
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for the world down through the long dark ages of the postrebellion era.
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Van was left on Urantia until the time of Adam, remaining as titular head of
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all superhuman personalities functioning on the planet. He and Amadon were
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sustained by the technique of the tree of life in conjunction with the
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specialized life ministry of the Melchizedeks for over one hundred and fifty
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thousand years.
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The affairs of Urantia were for a long time administered by a council of
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planetary receivers, twelve Melchizedeks, confirmed by the mandate of the
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senior constellation ruler, the Most High Father of Norlatiadek. Associated
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with the Melchizedek receivers was an advisory council consisting of: one of
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the loyal aids of the fallen Prince, the two resident Life Carriers, a
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Trinitized Son in apprenticeship training, a volunteer Teacher Son, a Brilliant
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Evening Star of Avalon (periodically), the chiefs of seraphim and cherubim,
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advisers from two neighboring planets, the director general of subordinate
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angelic life, and Van, the commander in chief of the midway creatures. And thus
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was Urantia governed and administered until the arrival of Adam. It is not
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strange that the courageous and loyal Van was assigned a place on the council
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of planetary receivers which for so long administered the affairs of Urantia.
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The twelve Melchizedek receivers of Urantia did heroic work. They preserved the
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remnants of civilization, and their planetary policies were faithfully executed
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by Van. Within one thousand years after the rebellion he had more than three
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hundred and fifty advanced groups scattered abroad in the world. These outposts
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of civilization consisted largely of the descendants of the loyal Andonites
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slightly admixed with the Sangik races, particularly the blue men, and with the
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Nodites.
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Notwithstanding the terrible setback of rebellion there were many good strains
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of biologic promise on earth. Under the supervision of the Melchizedek
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receivers, Van and Amadon continued the work of fostering the natural evolution
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of the human race, carrying forward the physical evolution of man until it
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reached that culminating attainment which warranted the dispatch of a Material
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Son and Daughter to Urantia.
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Van and Amadon remained on earth until shortly after the arrival of Adam and
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Eve. Some years thereafter they were translated to Jerusem, where Van was
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reunited with his waiting Adjuster. Van now serves in behalf of Urantia while
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awaiting the order to go forward on the long, long trail to Paradise perfection
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and the unrevealed destiny of the assembling Corps of Mortal Finality.
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It should be recorded that, when Van appealed to the Most Highs of Edentia
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after Lucifer had sustained Caligastia on Urantia, the Constellation Fathers
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dispatched an immediate decision sustaining Van on every point of his
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contention. This verdict failed to reach him because the planetary circuits of
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communication were severed while it was in transit. Only recently was this
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actual ruling discovered lodged in the possession of a relay energy transmitter
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where it had been marooned ever since the isolation of Urantia. Without this
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discovery, made as the result of the investigations of the Urantia midwayers,
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the release of this decision would have awaited the restoration of Urantia to
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the constellation circuits. And this apparent accident of interplanetary
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communication was possible because energy transmitters can receive and transmit
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intelligence, but they cannot initiate communication.
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The technical status of Van on the legal records of Satania was not actually
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and finally settled until this ruling of the Edentia Fathers was recorded on
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Jerusem.
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7. REMOTE REPERCUSSIONS OF SIN
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The personal (centripetal) consequences of the creature's willful and
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persistent rejection of light are both inevitable and individual and are of
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concern only to Deity and to that personal creature. Such a soul-destroying
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harvest of iniquity is the inner reaping of the iniquitous will creature.
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But not so with the external repercussions of sin: The impersonal (centrifugal)
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consequences of embraced sin are both inevitable and collective, being of
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concern to every creature functioning within the affect-range of such events.
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By fifty thousand years after the collapse of the planetary administration,
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earthly affairs were so disorganized and retarded that the human race had
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gained very little over the general evolutionary status existing at the time of
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Caligastia's arrival three hundred and fifty thousand years previously. In
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certain respects progress had been made; in other directions much ground had
|
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been lost.
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Sin is never purely local in its effects. The administrative sectors of the
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universes are organismal; the plight of one personality must to a certain
|
||
extent be shared by all. Sin, being an attitude of the person toward reality,
|
||
is destined to exhibit its inherent negativistic harvest upon any and all
|
||
related levels of universe values. But the full consequences of erroneous
|
||
thinking, evil-doing, or sinful planning are experienced only on the level of
|
||
actual performance. The transgression of universe law may be fatal in the
|
||
physical realm without seriously involving the mind or impairing the spiritual
|
||
experience. Sin is fraught with fatal consequences to personality survival only
|
||
when it is the attitude of the whole being, when it stands for the choosing of
|
||
the mind and the willing of the soul.
|
||
|
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Evil and sin visit their consequences in material and social realms and may
|
||
sometimes even retard spiritual progress on certain levels of universe reality,
|
||
but never does the sin of any being rob another of the realization of the
|
||
divine right of personality survival. Eternal survival can be jeopardized only
|
||
by the decisions of the mind and the choice of the soul of the individual
|
||
himself.
|
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|
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Sin on Urantia did very little to delay biologic evolution, but it did operate
|
||
to deprive the mortal races of the full benefit of the Adamic inheritance. Sin
|
||
enormously retards intellectual development, moral growth, social progress, and
|
||
mass spiritual attainment. But it does not prevent the highest spiritual
|
||
achievement by any individual who chooses to know God and sincerely do his
|
||
divine will.
|
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|
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Caligastia rebelled, Adam and Eve did default, but no mortal subsequently born
|
||
on Urantia has suffered in his personal spiritual experience because of these
|
||
blunders. Every mortal born on Urantia since Caligastia's rebellion has been in
|
||
some manner time-penalized, but the future welfare of such souls has never been
|
||
in the least eternity-jeopardized. No person is ever made to suffer vital
|
||
spiritual deprivation because of the sin of another. Sin is wholly personal as
|
||
to moral guilt or spiritual consequences, notwithstanding its far-flung
|
||
repercussions in administrative, intellectual, and social domains.
|
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While we cannot fathom the wisdom that permits such catastrophes, we can always
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discern the beneficial outworking of these local disturbances as they are
|
||
reflected out upon the universe at large.
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8. THE HUMAN HERO OF THE REBELLION
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The Lucifer rebellion was withstood by many courageous beings on the various
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worlds of Satania; but the records of Salvington portray Amadon as the
|
||
outstanding character of the entire system in his glorious rejection of the
|
||
flood tides of sedition and in his unswerving devotion to Van--they stood
|
||
together unmoved in their loyalty to the supremacy of the invisible Father and
|
||
his Son Michael.
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At the time of these momentous transactions I was stationed on Edentia, and I
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||
am still conscious of the exhilaration I experienced as I perused the
|
||
Salvington broadcasts which told from day to day of the unbelievable
|
||
steadfastness, the transcendent devotion, and the exquisite loyalty of this
|
||
onetime semisavage springing from the experimental and original stock of the
|
||
Andonic race.
|
||
|
||
From Edentia up through Salvington and even on to Uversa, for seven long years
|
||
the first inquiry of all subordinate celestial life regarding the Satania
|
||
rebellion, ever and always, was: "What of Amadon of Urantia, does he still
|
||
stand unmoved?"
|
||
|
||
If the Lucifer rebellion has handicapped the local system and its fallen
|
||
worlds, if the loss of this Son and his misled associates has temporarily
|
||
hampered the progress of the constellation of Norlatiadek, then weigh the
|
||
effect of the far-flung presentation of the inspiring performance of this one
|
||
child of nature and his determined band of 143 comrades in standing steadfast
|
||
for the higher concepts of universe management and administration in the face
|
||
of such tremendous and adverse pressure exerted by his disloyal superiors. And
|
||
let me assure you, this has already done more good in the universe of Nebadon
|
||
and the superuniverse of Orvonton than can ever be outweighed by the sum total
|
||
of all the evil and sorrow of the Lucifer rebellion.
|
||
|
||
And all this is a beautifully touching and superbly magnificent illumination of
|
||
the wisdom of the Father's universal plan for mobilizing the Corps of Mortal
|
||
Finality on Paradise and for recruiting this vast group of mysterious servants
|
||
of the future largely from the common clay of the mortals of ascending
|
||
progression--just such mortals as the impregnable Amadon.
|
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[Presented by a Melchizedek of Nebadon.]
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Subjects Archive The Urantia Book Urantia Book PART III: The History of Urantia
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: The Origin Of Urantia Life Establishment On Urantia The Marine-life Era On
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Urantia Urantia During The Early Land-life Era The Mammalian Era On Urantia The
|
||
Dawn Races Of Early Man The First Human Family The Evolutionary Races Of Color
|
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The Overcontrol Of Evolution The Planetary Prince Of Urantia The Planetary
|
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Rebellion The Dawn Of Civilization Primitive Human Institutions The Evolution
|
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|
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The Garden Of Eden Adam And Eve The Default Of Adam And Eve The Second Garden
|
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The Midway Creatures The Violet Race After The Days Of Adam Andite Expansion In
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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