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Urantia Book Paper 114 Seraphic Planetary Government
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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 114 Seraphic Planetary Government
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Introduction
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THE Most Highs rule in the kingdoms of men through many celestial forces and
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agencies but chiefly through the ministry of seraphim.
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At noon today the roll call of planetary angels, guardians, and others on
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Urantia was 501,234,619 pairs of seraphim. There were assigned to my command
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two hundred seraphic hosts--597,196,800 pairs of seraphim, or 1,194,393,600
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individual angels. The registry, however, shows 1,002,469,238 individuals; it
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follows therefore that 191,924,362 angels were absent from this world on
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transport, messenger, and death duty. (On Urantia there are about the same
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number of cherubim as seraphim, and they are similarly organized.)
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Seraphim and their associated cherubim have much to do with the details of the
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superhuman government of a planet, especially of worlds which have been
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isolated by rebellion. The angels, ably assisted by the midwayers, function on
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Urantia as the actual supermaterial ministers who execute the mandates of the
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resident governor general and all his associates and subordinates. Seraphim as
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a class are occupied with many assignments other than those of personal and
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group guardianship.
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Urantia is not without proper and effective supervision from the system,
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constellation, and universe rulers. But the planetary government is unlike that
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of any other world in the Satania system, even in all Nebadon. This uniqueness
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in your plan of supervision is due to a number of unusual circumstances:
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1. The life modification status of Urantia.
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2. The exigencies of the Lucifer rebellion.
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3. The disruptions of the Adamic default.
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4. The irregularities growing out of the fact that Urantia was one of the
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bestowal worlds of the Universe Sovereign. Michael of Nebadon is the Planetary
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Prince of Urantia.
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5. The special function of the twenty-four planetary directors.
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6. The location on the planet of an archangels' circuit.
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7. The more recent designation of the onetime incarnated Machiventa Melchizedek
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as vicegerent Planetary Prince.
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1. THE SOVEREIGNTY OF URANTIA
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The original sovereignty of Urantia was held in trust by the sovereign of the
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Satania system. It was first delegated by him to a joint commission of
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Melchizedeks and Life Carriers, and this group functioned on Urantia until the
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arrival of a regularly constituted Planetary Prince. Subsequent to the downfall
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of Prince Caligastia, at the time of the Lucifer rebellion, Urantia had no sure
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and settled relationship with the local universe and its administrative
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divisions until the completion of Michael's bestowal in the flesh, when he was
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proclaimed, by the Union of Days, Planetary Prince of Urantia. Such a
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proclamation in surety and in principle forever settled the status of your
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world, but in practice the Sovereign Creator Son made no gesture of personal
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administration of the planet aside from the establishment of the Jerusem
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commission of twenty-four former Urantians with authority to represent him in
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the government of Urantia and all other quarantined planets in the system. One
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of this council is now always resident on Urantia as resident governor general.
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Vicegerent authority to act for Michael as Planetary Prince has been recently
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vested in Machiventa Melchizedek, but this Son of the local universe has made
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not the slightest move toward modifying the present planetary regime of the
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successive administrations of the resident governors general.
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There is little likelihood that any marked change will be made in the
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government of Urantia during the present dispensation unless the vicegerent
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Planetary Prince should arrive to assume his titular responsibilities. It
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appears to certain of our associates that at some time in the near future the
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plan of sending one of the twenty-four counselors to Urantia to act as governor
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general will be superseded by the formal arrival of Machiventa Melchizedek with
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the vicegerent mandate of the sovereignty of Urantia. As acting Planetary
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Prince he would undoubtedly continue in charge of the planet until the final
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adjudication of the Lucifer rebellion and probably on into the distant future
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of planetary settlement in light and life.
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Some believe that Machiventa will not come to take personal direction of
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Urantian affairs until the end of the current dispensation. Others hold that
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the vicegerent Prince may not come, as such, until Michael sometime returns to
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Urantia as he promised when still in the flesh. Still others, including this
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narrator, look for Melchizedek's appearance any day or hour.
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2. THE BOARD OF PLANETARY SUPERVISORS
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Since the times of Michael's bestowal on your world the general management of
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Urantia has been intrusted to a special group on Jerusem of twenty-four
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one-time Urantians. Qualification for membership on this commission is unknown
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to us, but we have observed that those who have been thus commissioned have all
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been contributors to the enlarging sovereignty of the Supreme in the system of
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Satania. By nature they were all real leaders when they functioned on Urantia,
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and (excepting Machiventa Melchizedek) these qualities of leadership have been
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further augmented by mansion world experience and supplemented by the training
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of Jerusem citizenship. Members are nominated to the twenty-four by the cabinet
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of Lanaforge, seconded by the Most Highs of Edentia, approved by the Assigned
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Sentinel of Jerusem, and appointed by Gabriel of Salvington in accordance with
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the mandate of Michael. The temporary appointees function just as fully as do
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the permanent members of this commission of special supervisors.
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This board of planetary directors is especially concerned with the supervision
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of those activities on this world which result from the fact that Michael here
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experienced his terminal bestowal.
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They are kept in close and immediate touch with Michael by the liaison
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activities of a certain Brilliant Evening Star, the identical being who
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attended upon Jesus throughout the mortal bestowal.
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At the present time one John, known to you as "the Baptist," is chairman of
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this council when it is in session on Jerusem. But the ex officio head of this
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council is the Assigned Sentinel of Satania, the direct and personal
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representative of the Associate Inspector on Salvington and of the Supreme
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Executive of Orvonton.
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The members of this same commission of former Urantians also act as advisory
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supervisors of the thirty-six other rebellion-isolated worlds of the system;
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they perform a very valuable service in keeping Lanaforge, the System
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Sovereign, in close and sympathetic touch with the affairs of these planets,
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which still remain more or less under the overcontrol of the Constellation
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Fathers of Norlatiadek. These twenty-four counselors make frequent trips as
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individuals to each of the quarantined planets, especially to Urantia.
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Each of the other isolated worlds is advised by similar and varying sized
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commissions of its onetime inhabitants, but these other commissions are
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subordinate to the Urantian group of twenty-four. While the members of the
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latter commission are thus actively interested in every phase of human progress
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on each quarantined world in Satania, they are especially and particularly
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concerned with the welfare and advancement of the mortal races of Urantia, for
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they immediately and directly supervise the affairs of none of the planets
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except Urantia, and even here their authority is not complete excepting in
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certain domains concerned with mortal survival.
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No one knows how long these twenty-four Urantia counselors will continue in
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their present status, detached from the regular program of universe activities.
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They will no doubt continue to serve in their present capacities until some
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change in planetary status ensues, such as the end of a dispensation, the
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assumption of full authority by Machiventa Melchizedek, the final adjudication
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of the Lucifer rebellion, or the reappearance of Michael on the world of his
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final bestowal. The present resident governor general of Urantia seems inclined
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to the opinion that all but Machiventa may be released for Paradise ascension
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the moment the system of Satania is restored to the constellation circuits. But
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other opinions are also current.
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3. THE RESIDENT GOVERNOR GENERAL
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Every one hundred years of Urantia time, the Jerusem corps of twenty-four
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planetary supervisors designate one of their number to sojourn on your world to
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act as their executive representative, as resident governor general. During the
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times of the preparation of these narratives this executive officer was
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changed, the nineteenth so to serve being succeeded by the twentieth. The name
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of the current planetary supervisor is withheld from you only because mortal
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man is so prone to venerate, even to deify, his extraordinary compatriots and
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superhuman superiors.
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The resident governor general has no actual personal authority in the
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management of world affairs except as the representative of the twenty-four
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Jerusem counselors. He acts as the co-ordinator of superhuman administration
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and is the respected head and universally recognized leader of the celestial
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beings functioning on Urantia. All orders of angelic hosts regard him as their
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co-ordinating director, while the united midwayers, since the departure of
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1-2-3 the first to become one of the twenty-four counselors, really look upon
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the successive governors general as their planetary fathers.
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Although the governor general does not possess actual and personal authority on
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the planet, he hands down scores of rulings and decisions each day which are
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accepted as final by all personalities concerned. He is much more of a fatherly
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adviser than a technical ruler. In certain ways he functions as would a
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Planetary Prince, but his administration much more closely resembles that of
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the Material Sons.
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The Urantia government is represented in the councils of Jerusem in accordance
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with an arrangement whereby the returning governor general sits as a temporary
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member of the System Sovereign's cabinet of Planetary Princes. It was expected,
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when Machiventa was designated vicegerent Prince, that he would immediately
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assume his place in the council of the Planetary Princes of Satania, but thus
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far he has made no gesture in this direction.
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The supermaterial government of Urantia does not maintain a very close organic
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relationship with the higher units of the local universe. In a way, the
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resident governor general represents Salvington as well as Jerusem since he
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acts on behalf of the twenty-four counselors, who are directly representative
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of Michael and Gabriel. And being a Jerusem citizen, the planetary governor can
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function as a spokesman for the System Sovereign. The constellation authorities
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are represented directly by a Vorondadek Son, the Edentia observer.
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4. THE MOST HIGH OBSERVER
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The sovereignty of Urantia is further complicated by the onetime arbitrary
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seizure of planetary authority by the government of Norlatiadek shortly after
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the planetary rebellion. There is still resident on Urantia a Vorondadek Son,
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an observer for the Most Highs of Edentia and, in the absence of direct action
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by Michael, trustee of planetary sovereignty. The present Most High observer
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(and sometime regent) is the twenty-third thus to serve on Urantia.
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There are certain groups of planetary problems which are still under the
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control of the Most Highs of Edentia, jurisdiction over them having been seized
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at the time of the Lucifer rebellion. Authority in these matters is exercised
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by a Vorondadek Son, the Norlatiadek observer, who maintains very close
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advisory relations with the planetary supervisors. The race commissioners are
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very active on Urantia, and their various group chiefs are informally attached
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to the resident Vorondadek observer, who acts as their advisory director.
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In a crisis the actual and sovereign head of the government, excepting in
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certain purely spiritual matters, would be this Vorondadek Son of Edentia now
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on observation duty. (In these exclusively spiritual problems and in certain
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purely personal matters, the supreme authority seems to be vested in the
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commanding archangel attached to the divisional headquarters of that order
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which was recently established on Urantia.)
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A Most High observer is empowered, at his discretion, to seize the planetary
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government in times of grave planetary crises, and it is of record that this
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has happened thirty-three times in the history of Urantia. At such times the
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Most High observer functions as the Most High regent, exercising unquestioned
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authority over all ministers and administrators resident on the planet
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excepting only the divisional organization of the archangels.
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Vorondadek regencies are not peculiar to rebellion-isolated planets, for the
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Most Highs may intervene at any time in the affairs of the inhabited worlds,
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interposing the superior wisdom of the constellation rulers in the affairs of
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the kingdoms of men.
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5. THE PLANETARY GOVERNMENT
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The actual administration of Urantia is indeed difficult to describe. There
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exists no formal government along the lines of universe organization, such as
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separate legislative, executive, and judicial departments. The twenty-four
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counselors come the nearest to being the legislative branch of the planetary
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government. The governor general is a provisional and advisory chief executive
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with the veto power resident in the Most High observer. And there are no
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absolutely authoritative judicial powers operative on the planet--only the
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conciliating commissions.
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A majority of the problems involving seraphim and midwayers are, by mutual
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consent, decided by the governor general. But except when voicing the mandates
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of the twenty-four counselors, his rulings are all subject to appeal to
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conciliating commissions, to local authorities constituted for planetary
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function, or even to the System Sovereign of Satania.
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The absence of the corporeal staff of a Planetary Prince and the material
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regime of an Adamic Son and Daughter is partially compensated by the special
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ministry of seraphim and by the unusual services of the midway creatures. The
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absence of the Planetary Prince is effectively compensated by the triune
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presence of the archangels, the Most High observer, and the governor general.
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This rather loosely organized and somewhat personally administered planetary
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government is more than expectedly effective because of the timesaving
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assistance of the archangels and their ever-ready circuit, which is so
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frequently utilized in planetary emergencies and administrative difficulties.
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Technically, the planet is still spiritually isolated in the Norlatiadek
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circuits, but in an emergency this handicap can now be circumvented through
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utilization of the archangels' circuit. Planetary isolation is, of course, of
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little concern to individual mortals since the pouring out of the Spirit of
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Truth upon all flesh nineteen hundred years ago.
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Each administrative day on Urantia begins with a consultative conference, which
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is attended by the governor general, the planetary chief of archangels, the
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Most High observer, the supervising supernaphim, the chief of resident Life
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Carriers, and invited guests from among the high Sons of the universe or from
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among certain of the student visitors who may chance to be sojourning on the
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planet.
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The direct administrative cabinet of the governor general consists of twelve
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seraphim, the acting chiefs of the twelve groups of special angels functioning
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as the immediate superhuman directors of planetary progress and stability.
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6. THE MASTER SERAPHIM OF PLANETARY SUPERVISION
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When the first governor general arrived on Urantia, concurrent with the
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outpouring of the Spirit of Truth, he was accompanied by twelve corps of
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special seraphim, Seraphington graduates, who were immediately assigned to
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certain special planetary services. These exalted angels are known as the
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master seraphim of planetary supervision and are, aside from the overcontrol of
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the planetary
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Most High observer, under the immediate direction of the resident governor
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general.
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These twelve groups of angels, while functioning under the general supervision
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of the resident governor general, are immediately directed by the seraphic
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council of twelve, the acting chiefs of each group. This council also serves as
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the volunteer cabinet of the resident governor general.
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As planetary chief of seraphim, I preside over this council of seraphic chiefs,
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and I am a volunteer supernaphim of the primary order serving on Urantia as the
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successor of the onetime chief of the angelic hosts of the planet who defaulted
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at the time of the Caligastia secession.
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The twelve corps of the master seraphim of planetary supervision are functional
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on Urantia as follows:
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1. The epochal angels. These are the angels of the current age, the
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dispensational group. These celestial ministers are intrusted with the
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oversight and direction of the affairs of each generation as they are designed
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to fit into the mosaic of the age in which they occur. The present corps of
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epochal angels serving on Urantia is the third group assigned to the planet
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during the current dispensation.
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2. The progress angels. These seraphim are intrusted with the task of
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initiating the evolutionary progress of the successive social ages. They foster
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the development of the inherent progressive trend of evolutionary creatures;
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they labor incessantly to make things what they ought to be. The group now on
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duty is the second to be assigned to the planet.
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3. The religious guardians. These are the "angels of the churches," the earnest
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contenders for that which is and has been. They endeavor to maintain the ideals
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of that which has survived for the sake of the safe transit of moral values
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from one epoch to another. They are the checkmates of the angels of progress,
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all the while seeking to translate from one generation to another the
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imperishable values of the old and passing forms into the new and therefore
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less stabilized patterns of thought and conduct. These angels do contend for
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spiritual forms, but they are not the source of ultrasectarianism and
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meaningless controversial divisions of professed religionists. The corps now
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functioning on Urantia is the fifth thus to serve.
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4. The angels of nation life. These are the "angels of the trumpets," directors
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of the political performances of Urantia national life. The group now
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functioning in the overcontrol of international relations is the fourth corps
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to serve on the planet. It is particularly through the ministry of this
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seraphic division that "the Most Highs rule in the kingdoms of men."
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5. The angels of the races. Those who work for the conservation of the
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evolutionary races of time, regardless of their political entanglements and
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religious groupings. On Urantia there are remnants of nine human races which
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have commingled and combined into the people of modern times. These seraphim
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are closely associated with the ministry of the race commissioners, and the
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group now on Urantia is the original corps assigned to the planet soon after
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the day of Pentecost.
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6. The angels of the future. These are the projection angels, who forecast a
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future age and plan for the realization of the better things of a new and ad-
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vancing dispensation; they are the architects of the successive eras. The group
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now on the planet has thus functioned since the beginning of the current
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dispensation.
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7. The angels of enlightenment. Urantia is now receiving the help of the third
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corps of seraphim dedicated to the fostering of planetary education. These
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angels are occupied with mental and moral training as it concerns individuals,
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families, groups, schools, communities, nations, and whole races.
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8. The angels of health. These are the seraphic ministers assigned to the
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assistance of those mortal agencies dedicated to the promotion of health and
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the prevention of disease. The present corps is the sixth group to serve during
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this dispensation.
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9. The home seraphim. Urantia now enjoys the services of the fifth group of
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angelic ministers dedicated to the preservation and advancement of the home,
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the basic institution of human civilization.
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10. The angels of industry. This seraphic group is concerned with fostering
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industrial development and improving economic conditions among the Urantia
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peoples. This corps has been seven times changed since the bestowal of Michael.
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11. The angels of diversion. These are the seraphim who foster the values of
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play, humor, and rest. They ever seek to uplift man's recreational diversions
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and thus to promote the more profitable utilization of human leisure. The
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present corps is the third of that order to minister on Urantia.
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12. The angels of superhuman ministry. These are the angels of the angels,
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those seraphim who are assigned to the ministry of all other superhuman life on
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the planet, temporary or permanent. This corps has served since the beginning
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of the current dispensation.
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When these groups of master seraphim disagree in matters of planetary policy or
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procedure, their differences are usually composed by the governor general, but
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all his rulings are subject to appeal in accordance with the nature and gravity
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of the issues involved in the disagreement.
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None of these angelic groups exercise direct or arbitrary control over the
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domains of their assignment. They cannot fully control the affairs of their
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respective realms of action, but they can and do so manipulate planetary
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conditions and so associate circumstances as favorably to influence the spheres
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of human activity to which they are attached.
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The master seraphim of planetary supervision utilize many agencies for the
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prosecution of their missions. They function as ideational clearinghouses, mind
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focalizers, and project promoters. While unable to inject new and higher
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conceptions into human minds, they often act to intensify some higher ideal
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which has already appeared within a human intellect.
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But aside from these many means of positive action, the master seraphim insure
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planetary progress against vital jeopardy through the mobilization, training,
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and maintenance of the reserve corps of destiny. The chief function of these
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reservists is to insure against breakdown of evolutionary progress; they are
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the provisions which the celestial forces have made against surprise; they are
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the guarantees against disaster.
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7. THE RESERVE CORPS OF DESTINY
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The reserve corps of destiny consists of living men and women who have been
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admitted to the special service of the superhuman administration of world
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affairs. This corps is made up of the men and women of each generation who are
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chosen by the spirit directors of the realm to assist in the conduct of the
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ministry of mercy and wisdom to the children of time on the evolutionary
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worlds. It is the general practice in the conduct of the affairs of the
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ascension plans to begin this liaison utilization of mortal will creatures
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immediately they are competent and trustworthy to assume such responsibilities.
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Accordingly, as soon as men and women appear on the stage of temporal action
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with sufficient mental capacity, adequate moral status, and requisite
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spirituality, they are quickly assigned to the appropriate celestial group of
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planetary personalities as human liaisons, mortal assistants.
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When human beings are chosen as protectors of planetary destiny, when they
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become pivotal individuals in the plans which the world administrators are
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prosecuting, at that time the planetary chief of seraphim confirms their
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temporal attachment to the seraphic corps and appoints personal destiny
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guardians to serve with these mortal reservists. All reservists have
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self-conscious Adjusters, and most of them function in the higher cosmic
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circles of intellectual achievement and spiritual attainment.
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Mortals of the realm are chosen for service in the reserve corps of destiny on
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the inhabited worlds because of:
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1. Special capacity for being secretly rehearsed for numerous possible
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emergency missions in the conduct of various activities of world affairs.
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2. Wholehearted dedication to some special social, economic, political,
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spiritual, or other cause, coupled with willingness to serve without human
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recognition and rewards.
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3. The possession of a Thought Adjuster of extraordinary versatility and
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probable pre-Urantia experience in coping with planetary difficulties and
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contending with impending world emergency situations.
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Each division of planetary celestial service is entitled to a liaison corps of
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these mortals of destiny standing. The average inhabited world employs seventy
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separate corps of destiny, which are intimately connected with the superhuman
|
||
current conduct of world affairs. On Urantia there are twelve reserve corps of
|
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destiny, one for each of the planetary groups of seraphic supervision.
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The twelve groups of Urantia destiny reservists are composed of mortal
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inhabitants of the sphere who have been rehearsed for numerous crucial
|
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positions on earth and are held in readiness to act in possible planetary
|
||
emergencies. This combined corps now consists of 962 persons. The smallest
|
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corps numbers 41 and the largest 172. With the exception of less than a score
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of contact personalities, the members of this unique group are wholly
|
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unconscious of their preparation for possible function in certain planetary
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crises. These mortal reservists are chosen by the corps to which they are
|
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respectively attached and are likewise trained and rehearsed in the deep mind
|
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by the combined technique of Thought Adjuster and seraphic guardian ministry.
|
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Many times numerous other celestial personalities participate in this
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unconscious training, and in all this special preparation the midwayers perform
|
||
valuable and indispensable services.
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On many worlds the better adapted secondary midway creatures are able to attain
|
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varying degrees of contact with the Thought Adjusters of certain favorably
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||
constituted mortals through the skillful penetration of the minds of the
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latters' indwelling. (And it was by just such a fortuitous combination of
|
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cosmic adjustments that these revelations were materialized in the English
|
||
language on Urantia.) Such potential contact mortals of the evolutionary worlds
|
||
are mobilized in the numerous reserve corps, and it is, to a certain extent,
|
||
through these small groups of forward-looking personalities that spiritual
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civilization is advanced and the Most Highs are able to rule in the kingdoms of
|
||
men. The men and women of these reserve corps of destiny thus have various
|
||
degrees of contact with their Adjusters through the intervening ministry of the
|
||
midway creatures; but these same mortals are little known to their fellows
|
||
except in those rare social emergencies and spiritual exigencies wherein these
|
||
reserve personalities function for the prevention of the breakdown of
|
||
evolutionary culture or the extinction of the light of living truth. On Urantia
|
||
these reservists of destiny have seldom been emblazoned on the pages of human
|
||
history.
|
||
|
||
The reservists unconsciously act as conservators of essential planetary
|
||
information. Many times, upon the death of a reservist, a transfer of certain
|
||
vital data from the mind of the dying reservist to a younger successor is made
|
||
by a liaison of the two Thought Adjusters. The Adjusters undoubtedly function
|
||
in many other ways unknown to us, in connection with these reserve corps.
|
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|
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On Urantia the reserve corps of destiny, though having no permanent head, does
|
||
have its own permanent councils which constitute its governing organization.
|
||
These embrace the judiciary council, the historicity council, the council on
|
||
political sovereignty, and many others. From time to time, in accordance with
|
||
the corps organization, titular (mortal) heads of the whole reserve corps have
|
||
been commissioned by these permanent councils for specific function. The tenure
|
||
of such reservist chiefs is usually a matter of a few hours' duration, being
|
||
limited to the accomplishment of some specific task at hand.
|
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|
||
The Urantia reserve corps had its largest membership in the days of the
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Adamites and Andites, steadily declining with the dilution of the violet blood
|
||
and reaching its low point around the time of Pentecost, since which time
|
||
reserve corps membership has steadily increased.
|
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|
||
(The cosmic reserve corps of universe-conscious citizens on Urantia now numbers
|
||
over one thousand mortals whose insight of cosmic citizenship far transcends
|
||
the sphere of their terrestrial abode, but I am forbidden to reveal the real
|
||
nature of the function of this unique group of living human beings.)
|
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Urantia mortals should not allow the comparative spiritual isolation of their
|
||
world from certain of the local universe circuits to produce a feeling of
|
||
cosmic desertion or planetary orphanage. There is operative on the planet a
|
||
very definite and effective superhuman supervision of world affairs and human
|
||
destinies.
|
||
|
||
But it is true that you can have, at best, only a meager idea of an ideal
|
||
planetary government. Since the early times of the Planetary Prince, Urantia
|
||
has suffered from the miscarriage of the divine plan of world growth and racial
|
||
development. The loyal inhabited worlds of Satania are not governed as is
|
||
Urantia. Nevertheless, compared with the other isolated worlds, your planetary
|
||
governments have not been so inferior; only one or two worlds may be said to be
|
||
worse, and a few may be slightly better, but the majority are on a plane of
|
||
equality with you.
|
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|
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No one in the local universe seems to know when the unsettled status of the
|
||
planetary administration will terminate. The Nebadon Melchizedeks are inclined
|
||
to the opinion that little change will occur in the planetary government and
|
||
administration until Michael's second personal arrival on Urantia. Undoubtedly
|
||
at this time, if not before, sweeping changes will be effected in planetary
|
||
management. But as to the nature of such modifications of world administration,
|
||
no one seems to be able even to conjecture. There is no precedent for such an
|
||
episode in all the history of the inhabited worlds of the universe of Nebadon.
|
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Among the many things difficult to understand concerning the future government
|
||
of Urantia, a prominent one is the location on the planet of a circuit and
|
||
divisional headquarters of the archangels.
|
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|
||
Your isolated world is not forgotten in the counsels of the universe. Urantia
|
||
is not a cosmic orphan stigmatized by sin and shut away from divine watchcare
|
||
by rebellion. From Uversa to Salvington and on down to Jerusem, even in Havona
|
||
and on Paradise, they all know we are here; and you mortals now dwelling on
|
||
Urantia are just as lovingly cherished and just as faithfully watched over as
|
||
if the sphere had never been betrayed by a faithless Planetary Prince, even
|
||
more so. It is eternally true, "the Father himself loves you."
|
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[Presented by the Chief of Seraphim stationed on Urantia.]
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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
|
||
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
|
||
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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The Adjuster And The Soul Personality Survival Seraphic Guardians Of Destiny
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Seraphic Planetary Government The Supreme Being The Almighty Supreme God The
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Supreme Supreme And Ultimate--time And Space The Bestowals Of Christ Michael
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