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==PAPER 2: THE NATURE OF GOD==

==PAPER 2: THE NATURE OF GOD==

2:0.1 Inasmuch as man's highest [[possible]] [[concept]] of [[God]] is [[embraced]] within the [[human]] [[idea]] and [[ideal]] of a primal and [[infinite]] [[personality]], it is permissible, and may prove helpful, to [[study]] certain [[Attributes|characteristics]] of the [[divine]] [[nature]] which constitute the [[character]] of [[Deity]]. The nature of God can best be [[understood]] by the [[revelation]] of [[the Father]] which [[Michael]] of [[Nebadon]] unfolded in his manifold [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus teachings] and in his superb [[mortal]] life in the [[flesh]]. The divine nature can also be better understood by man if he regards himself as a child of God and looks up to the [[Paradise]] [[Creator]] as a true spiritual [[Father]].

2:0.1 Inasmuch as man's highest [[possible]] [[concept]] of [[God]] is [[embraced]] within the [[human]] [[idea]] and [[ideal]] of a primal and [[infinite]] [[personality]], it is permissible, and may prove helpful, to [[study]] certain [[Attributes|characteristics]] of the [[divine]] [[nature]] which constitute the [[character]] of [[Deity]]. The nature of God can best be [[understood]] by the [[revelation]] of [[the Father]] which [[Michael]] of [[Nebadon]] unfolded in his manifold [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus teachings] and in his superb [[mortal]] life in the [[flesh]]. The divine nature can also be better understood by man if he regards himself as a child of God and looks up to the [[Paradise]] [[Creator]] as a true spiritual [[Father]].

2:0.2 The nature of God can be studied in a [[revelation]] of [[supreme]] [[ideas]], the divine character can be envisaged as a portrayal of supernal [[ideals]], but the most [[enlightening]] and spiritually edifying of all [[revelations]] of the divine nature is to be found in the comprehension of the religious life of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]], both before and after his attainment of full [[consciousness]] of [[divinity]]. If the [[incarnated]] life of Michael is taken as the background of the revelation of God to man, we may attempt to put in human [[word]] [[symbols]] certain ideas and ideals concerning the divine nature which may possibly contribute to a further [[illumination]] and unification of the human concept of the nature and the character of the [[personality]] of [[the Universal Father]].

2:0.2 The nature of God can be studied in a [[revelation]] of [[supreme]] [[ideas]], the divine character can be envisaged as a portrayal of supernal [[ideals]], but the most [[enlightening]] and spiritually edifying of all [[revelations]] of the divine nature is to be found in the comprehension of the religious life of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]], both before and after his attainment of full [[consciousness]] of [[divinity]]. If the [[incarnated]] life of Michael is taken as the background of the revelation of God to man, we may attempt to put in human [[word]] [[symbols]] certain ideas and ideals concerning the divine nature which may possibly contribute to a further [[illumination]] and unification of the human concept of the nature and the character of the [[personality]] of [[the Universal Father]].

==2:1. THE INFINITY OF GOD==

==2:1. THE INFINITY OF GOD==

2:1.1 "[[Touching]] the Infinite, we cannot find him out.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.37] The divine footsteps are not known."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_77] "His [[understanding]] is infinite and his greatness is unsearchable."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_77] The blinding [[light]] of [[the Father]]'s [[presence]] is such that to his lowly [[creatures]] he apparently "dwells in the thick [[darkness]]."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=First_Book_of_Kings#Chapter_8] Not only are his [[thoughts]] and plans unsearchable, but "he does great and marvelous [[things]] without [[number]]."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.5] "God is great; we comprehend him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.36] "Will God indeed dwell on the [[earth]]? Behold, the [[heaven]] (universe) and the heaven of heavens ([[universe of universes]]) cannot contain him."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=First_Book_of_Kings#Chapter_8] "How unsearchable are his [[judgments]] and his ways past finding out!"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans.2C_XI]

2:1.1 "[[Touching]] the Infinite, we cannot find him out.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.37] The divine footsteps are not known."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_77] "His [[understanding]] is infinite and his greatness is unsearchable."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_77] The blinding [[light]] of [[the Father]]'s [[presence]] is such that to his lowly [[creatures]] he apparently "dwells in the thick [[darkness]]."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=First_Book_of_Kings#Chapter_8] Not only are his [[thoughts]] and plans unsearchable, but "he does great and marvelous [[things]] without [[number]]."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.5] "God is great; we comprehend him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.36] "Will God indeed dwell on the [[earth]]? Behold, the [[heaven]] (universe) and the heaven of heavens ([[universe of universes]]) cannot contain him."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=First_Book_of_Kings#Chapter_8] "How unsearchable are his [[judgments]] and his ways past finding out!"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans.2C_XI]

2:1.2 "There is but one God, the infinite Father, who is also a [[faithful]] Creator."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Peter#1st_Letter_of_Peter.2C_IV] "The divine Creator is also the Universal Disposer[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.34], the source and [[destiny]] of [[souls]]. He is [[the Supreme]] Soul, the Primal Mind, and the Unlimited Spirit of all creation." "The great Controller makes no mistakes. He is resplendent in [[majesty]] and [[glory]]." "The Creator God is wholly devoid of [[fear]] and enmity. He is immortal, [[eternal]], self-existent, [[divine]], and bountiful." "How [[pure]] and beautiful, how [[Profound|deep]] and unfathomable is the supernal Ancestor of [[Everything|all things]]!" "The Infinite is most excellent in that he imparts himself to men. He is the beginning and the end,[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Revelation#Chapter_22] the [[Father]] of every [[good]] and [[perfect]] [[purpose]]."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_James#James_I] "With God all things are possible[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_19]; the eternal Creator is the [[cause]] of causes."

2:1.2 "There is but one God, the infinite Father, who is also a [[faithful]] Creator."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Peter#1st_Letter_of_Peter.2C_IV] "The divine Creator is also the Universal Disposer[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.34], the source and [[destiny]] of [[souls]]. He is [[the Supreme]] Soul, the Primal Mind, and the Unlimited Spirit of all creation." "The great Controller makes no mistakes. He is resplendent in [[majesty]] and [[glory]]." "The Creator God is wholly devoid of [[fear]] and enmity. He is immortal, [[eternal]], self-existent, [[divine]], and bountiful." "How [[pure]] and beautiful, how [[Profound|deep]] and unfathomable is the supernal Ancestor of [[Everything|all things]]!" "The Infinite is most excellent in that he imparts himself to men. He is the beginning and the end,[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Revelation#Chapter_22] the [[Father]] of every [[good]] and [[perfect]] [[purpose]]."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_James#James_I] "With God all things are possible[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_19]; the eternal Creator is the [[cause]] of causes."

2:1.3 Notwithstanding the infinity of the stupendous [[manifestations]] of the Father's eternal and [[universal]] [[personality]], he is unqualifiedly self-conscious of both his infinity and eternity; likewise he knows fully his [[perfection]] and [[power]]. He is the only [[being]] in the universe, aside from his [[Paper 10 - The Paradise Trinity|divine co-ordinates]], who experiences a perfect, proper, and complete [[Self Evaluation|appraisal]] of himself.

2:1.3 Notwithstanding the infinity of the stupendous [[manifestations]] of the Father's eternal and [[universal]] [[personality]], he is unqualifiedly self-conscious of both his infinity and eternity; likewise he knows fully his [[perfection]] and [[power]]. He is the only [[being]] in the universe, aside from his [[Paper 10 - The Paradise Trinity|divine co-ordinates]], who experiences a perfect, proper, and complete [[Self Evaluation|appraisal]] of himself.

2:1.4 [[The Father]] constantly and unfailingly meets the need of the differential of demand for himself as it [[changes]] from time to [[time]] in [[Paper 15 - The Seven Superuniverses|various sections]] of his [[master universe]]. The great God knows and understands himself; he is infinitely self-conscious of all his primal [[attributes]] of [[perfection]]. God is not a [[cosmic]] [[accident]]; neither is he a universe [[experiment]]er. The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:5._RELATION_OF_MASTER_SONS_TO_THE_UNIVERSE Universe Sovereigns] may engage in [[adventure]]; the [[Most Highs|Constellation Fathers]] may [[experiment]]; the [[Paper 45 - The Local System Administration|system heads]] may [[practice]]; but the [[Universal Father]] sees the end from the beginning, and his divine plan and eternal [[purpose]] actually [[embrace]] and [[comprehend]] all the experiments and all the adventures of all his [[Paper 33 - Administration of the Local Universe|subordinates]] in every [[Paper 49 - The Inhabited Worlds|world]], [[Paper 46 - The Local System Headquarters|system]], and [[Paper 43 - The Constellations|constellation]] in [[Paper 15 - The Seven Superuniverses|every universe]] of his [[Master Universe|vast domains]].

2:1.4 [[The Father]] constantly and unfailingly meets the need of the differential of demand for himself as it [[changes]] from time to [[time]] in [[Paper 15 - The Seven Superuniverses|various sections]] of his [[master universe]]. The great God knows and understands himself; he is infinitely self-conscious of all his primal [[attributes]] of [[perfection]]. God is not a [[cosmic]] [[accident]]; neither is he a universe [[experiment]]er. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:5._RELATION_OF_MASTER_SONS_TO_THE_UNIVERSE Universe Sovereigns] may engage in [[adventure]]; the [[Most Highs|Constellation Fathers]] may [[experiment]]; the [[Paper 45 - The Local System Administration|system heads]] may [[practice]]; but the [[Universal Father]] sees the end from the beginning, and his divine plan and eternal [[purpose]] actually [[embrace]] and [[comprehend]] all the experiments and all the adventures of all his [[Paper 33 - Administration of the Local Universe|subordinates]] in every [[Paper 49 - The Inhabited Worlds|world]], [[Paper 46 - The Local System Headquarters|system]], and [[Paper 43 - The Constellations|constellation]] in [[Paper 15 - The Seven Superuniverses|every universe]] of his [[Master Universe|vast domains]].

2:1.5 No thing is new to God, and no [[cosmic]] [[event]] ever comes as a surprise; he inhabits the circle of eternity. He is without beginning or end of days. To God there is no past, present, or future; all [[time]] is present at any given [[moment]]. He is the great and only [[I AM]].

2:1.5 No thing is new to God, and no [[cosmic]] [[event]] ever comes as a surprise; he inhabits the circle of eternity. He is without beginning or end of days. To God there is no past, present, or future; all [[time]] is present at any given [[moment]]. He is the great and only [[I AM]].

2:1.9 All this he has done and now does, and evermore will continue to do, without in the least detracting from the [[fact]] and [[reality]] of his infinity, eternity, and primacy. And these [[things]] are absolutely true, notwithstanding the difficulty of their [[comprehension]], the [[mystery]] in which they are enshrouded, or the impossibility of their being fully understood by [[creatures]] such as dwell on [[Urantia]].

2:1.9 All this he has done and now does, and evermore will continue to do, without in the least detracting from the [[fact]] and [[reality]] of his infinity, eternity, and primacy. And these [[things]] are absolutely true, notwithstanding the difficulty of their [[comprehension]], the [[mystery]] in which they are enshrouded, or the impossibility of their being fully understood by [[creatures]] such as dwell on [[Urantia]].

2:1.10 Because the [[Universal Father|First Father]] is infinite in his plans and eternal in his [[purposes]], it is inherently impossible for any [[finite]] [[being]] ever to grasp or comprehend these divine plans and purposes in their fullness. [[Mortal]] man can glimpse the Father's purposes only [[Moment|now and then]], here and there, as they are revealed in relation to the outworking of the [[Ascension Career|plan of creature ascension]] on its successive levels of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#118:8._CONTROL_AND_OVERCONTROL|universe progression]. Though man cannot [[encompass]] the significance of infinity, the infinite Father does most certainly fully comprehend and lovingly [[embrace]] all the finity of all his [[children]] in [[Universe of Universes|all universes]].

2:1.10 Because the [[Universal Father|First Father]] is infinite in his plans and eternal in his [[purposes]], it is inherently impossible for any [[finite]] [[being]] ever to grasp or comprehend these divine plans and purposes in their fullness. [[Mortal]] man can glimpse the Father's purposes only [[Moment|now and then]], here and there, as they are revealed in relation to the outworking of the [[Ascension Career|plan of creature ascension]] on its successive levels of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#118:8._CONTROL_AND_OVERCONTROL|universe progression]. Though man cannot [[encompass]] the significance of infinity, the infinite Father does most certainly fully comprehend and lovingly [[embrace]] all the finity of all his [[children]] in [[Universe of Universes|all universes]].

2:1.11 Divinity and eternity [[the Father]] shares with large numbers of the [[Paper 16 - The Seven Master Spirits|higher Paradise]] [[beings]], but we question whether infinity and consequent [[universal]] primacy is fully shared with any save his co-ordinate associates of the [[Paradise Trinity]]. Infinity of personality must, perforce, embrace all finitude of personality; hence the [[truth]]—[[literal]] truth—of the teaching which declares that "In Him we live and move and have our being."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.17] That [[Fraction|fragment]] of the [[pure]] [[Deity]] of the Universal Father which indwells mortal man is a part of the infinity of the [[First Great Source and Center]], the [[Universal Father|Father of Fathers]].

2:1.11 Divinity and eternity [[the Father]] shares with large numbers of the [[Paper 16 - The Seven Master Spirits|higher Paradise]] [[beings]], but we question whether infinity and consequent [[universal]] primacy is fully shared with any save his co-ordinate associates of the [[Paradise Trinity]]. Infinity of personality must, perforce, embrace all finitude of personality; hence the [[truth]]—[[literal]] truth—of the teaching which declares that "In Him we live and move and have our being."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.17] That [[Fraction|fragment]] of the [[pure]] [[Deity]] of the Universal Father which indwells mortal man is a part of the infinity of the [[First Great Source and Center]], the [[Universal Father|Father of Fathers]].

==2:2. THE FATHER'S ETERNAL PERFECTION==

==2:2. THE FATHER'S ETERNAL PERFECTION==

2:2.1 Even your olden [[prophets]] understood the [[eternal]], never-beginning, never-ending, [[Circle|circular]] nature of the Universal Father. God is [[literally]] and eternally [[Presence|present]] in his [[universe of universes]]. He inhabits the present [[moment]] with all his [[absolute]] [[majesty]] and eternal greatness. "The Father has life in himself, and this life is eternal life."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_5] Throughout the eternal ages it has been the Father who "gives to all life."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.17] There is infinite [[perfection]] in the [[divine]] [[integrity]]. "I am the Lord; I change not."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Malachi#Chapter_.3] Our [[knowledge]] of the [[Multiverse|universe of universes]] discloses not only that he is the Father of lights, but also that in his conduct of interplanetary affairs there "is no variableness neither [[shadow]] of [[Change|changing]]."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_James#James_I] He "declares the end from the beginning."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_James#James_I] He says: "My [[counsel]] shall stand[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_33]; I will do all my [[pleasures]]" [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.46] "according to the eternal [[purpose]] which I purposed in [[Eternal Son|my Son]]."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Ephesians#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Ephesians.2C_III] Thus are the plans and purposes of the [[First Source and Center]] like himself: eternal, perfect, and forever changeless.

2:2.1 Even your olden [[prophets]] understood the [[eternal]], never-beginning, never-ending, [[Circle|circular]] nature of the Universal Father. God is [[literally]] and eternally [[Presence|present]] in his [[universe of universes]]. He inhabits the present [[moment]] with all his [[absolute]] [[majesty]] and eternal greatness. "The Father has life in himself, and this life is eternal life."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_5] Throughout the eternal ages it has been the Father who "gives to all life."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.17] There is infinite [[perfection]] in the [[divine]] [[integrity]]. "I am the Lord; I change not."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Malachi#Chapter_.3] Our [[knowledge]] of the [[Multiverse|universe of universes]] discloses not only that he is the Father of lights, but also that in his conduct of interplanetary affairs there "is no variableness neither [[shadow]] of [[Change|changing]]."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_James#James_I] He "declares the end from the beginning."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_James#James_I] He says: "My [[counsel]] shall stand[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_33]; I will do all my [[pleasures]]" [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.46] "according to the eternal [[purpose]] which I purposed in [[Eternal Son|my Son]]."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Ephesians#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Ephesians.2C_III] Thus are the plans and purposes of the [[First Source and Center]] like himself: eternal, perfect, and forever changeless.

2:2.2 There is finality of completeness and perfection of repleteness in the [[mandate]]s of the Father. "Whatsoever God does, it shall be forever; nothing can be added to it nor anything taken from it."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Ecclesiastes#Chapter_.3] The [[Universal Father]] does not repent of his [[original]] [[purpose]]s of [[wisdom]] and [[perfection]]. His plans are steadfast, his [[counsel]] immutable, while his [[acts]] are divine and [[infallible]]. "A thousand years in his sight are but as yesterday when it is past and as a watch in the night."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Ecclesiastes#Chapter_.3] The perfection of divinity and the magnitude of eternity are forever beyond the [[Understanding|full grasp]] of the circumscribed mind of [[mortal]] man.

2:2.2 There is finality of completeness and perfection of repleteness in the [[mandate]]s of the Father. "Whatsoever God does, it shall be forever; nothing can be added to it nor anything taken from it."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Ecclesiastes#Chapter_.3] The [[Universal Father]] does not repent of his [[original]] [[purpose]]s of [[wisdom]] and [[perfection]]. His plans are steadfast, his [[counsel]] immutable, while his [[acts]] are divine and [[infallible]]. "A thousand years in his sight are but as yesterday when it is past and as a watch in the night."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Ecclesiastes#Chapter_.3] The perfection of divinity and the magnitude of eternity are forever beyond the [[Understanding|full grasp]] of the circumscribed mind of [[mortal]] man.

2:2.3 The [[reaction]]s of a changeless God, in the execution of his eternal purpose, may seem to vary in accordance with the changing [[attitude]] and the shifting minds of his created intelligences; that is, they may apparently and superficially vary; but underneath the surface and beneath all outward [[manifestations]], there is still present the changeless purpose, the everlasting plan, of the eternal God.

2:2.3 The [[reaction]]s of a changeless God, in the execution of his eternal purpose, may seem to vary in accordance with the changing [[attitude]] and the shifting minds of his created intelligences; that is, they may apparently and superficially vary; but underneath the surface and beneath all outward [[manifestations]], there is still present the changeless purpose, the everlasting plan, of the eternal God.

==2:3. JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS==

==2:3. JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS==

2:3.1 God is righteous; therefore is he [[Justice|just]]. "The Lord is righteous in all his ways."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_145] "`I have not done without cause all that I have done,' says the Lord."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Ezekiel#Chapter_14] "The [[Decision|judgments]] of the Lord are true and righteous altogether."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_19] The justice of the [[Universal Father]] cannot be influenced by the acts and [[performances]] of his [[creatures]], "for there is no [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_148#148:4._EVIL.2C_SIN.2C_AND_INIQUITY iniquity] with the Lord our God, no [[respect]] of persons, no taking of gifts."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Wisdom_of_Jesus,_Son_of_Sirach#Sirach_35]

2:3.1 God is righteous; therefore is he [[Justice|just]]. "The Lord is righteous in all his ways."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_145] "`I have not done without cause all that I have done,' says the Lord."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Ezekiel#Chapter_14] "The [[Decision|judgments]] of the Lord are true and righteous altogether."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_19] The justice of the [[Universal Father]] cannot be influenced by the acts and [[performances]] of his [[creatures]], "for there is no [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_148#148:4._EVIL.2C_SIN.2C_AND_INIQUITY iniquity] with the Lord our God, no [[respect]] of persons, no taking of gifts."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Wisdom_of_Jesus,_Son_of_Sirach#Sirach_35]

2:3.2 How futile to make puerile [[Prayer|appeals]] to such a [[God]] to modify his changeless decrees so that we can avoid the just consequences of the operation of his wise [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Natural_Law-2008-06-02#Law natural laws] and righteous [[spiritual]] [[mandates]]! "Be not deceived; God is not mocked, for whatsoever a man sows that shall he also reap."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Galatians#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Galatians.2C_VI] True, even in the [[justice]] of reaping the [[harvest]] of wrongdoing, this divine justice is always tempered with [[mercy]]. Infinite [[wisdom]] is the eternal arbiter which determines the [[proportions]] of justice and mercy which shall be meted out in any given circumstance. The greatest punishment (in [[reality]] an inevitable consequence) for wrongdoing and [[Intention|deliberate]] [[rebellion]] against the [[Paper 33 - Administration of the Local Universe|government of God]] is loss of [[existence]] as an individual [[citizen|subject]] of that government. The final result of wholehearted [[sin]] is annihilation. In the last [[analysis]], such sin-identified [[individuals]] have destroyed themselves by becoming wholly unreal through their [[embrace]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_148#148:4._EVIL.2C_SIN.2C_AND_INIQUITY iniquity]. The factual disappearance of such a [[creature]] is, however, always delayed until the ordained order of justice current in that universe has been fully complied with.

2:3.2 How futile to make puerile [[Prayer|appeals]] to such a [[God]] to modify his changeless decrees so that we can avoid the just consequences of the operation of his wise [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Natural_Law-2008-06-02#Law natural laws] and righteous [[spiritual]] [[mandates]]! "Be not deceived; God is not mocked, for whatsoever a man sows that shall he also reap."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Galatians#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Galatians.2C_VI] True, even in the [[justice]] of reaping the [[harvest]] of wrongdoing, this divine justice is always tempered with [[mercy]]. Infinite [[wisdom]] is the eternal arbiter which determines the [[proportions]] of justice and mercy which shall be meted out in any given circumstance. The greatest punishment (in [[reality]] an inevitable consequence) for wrongdoing and [[Intention|deliberate]] [[rebellion]] against the [[Paper 33 - Administration of the Local Universe|government of God]] is loss of [[existence]] as an individual [[citizen|subject]] of that government. The final result of wholehearted [[sin]] is annihilation. In the last [[analysis]], such sin-identified [[individuals]] have destroyed themselves by becoming wholly unreal through their [[embrace]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_148#148:4._EVIL.2C_SIN.2C_AND_INIQUITY iniquity]. The factual disappearance of such a [[creature]] is, however, always delayed until the ordained order of justice current in that universe has been fully complied with.

2:3.3 Cessation of existence is usually decreed at the dispensational or [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Divine_Justice-2001-04-01 epochal adjudication] of the realm or realms. On a world such as Urantia it comes at the end of a [[Paper 52 - Planetary Mortal Epochs|planetary dispensation]]. Cessation of existence can be decreed at such times by co-ordinate action of all tribunals of jurisdiction, extending from the [[Council of 24|planetary council]] up through the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33#33:7._THE_COURTS_OF_NEBADON courts of the Creator Son] to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:12._THE_SUPREME_TRIBUNALS judgment tribunals] of the [[Ancients of Days]]. The mandate of dissolution originates in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:12._THE_SUPREME_TRIBUNALS higher courts] of the [[superuniverse]] following an unbroken confirmation of the indictment originating on the [[sphere]] of the wrongdoer's [[Home|residence]]; and then, when sentence of extinction has been confirmed on high, the execution is by the direct act of those judges residential on, and operating from, the [[Uversa|headquarters]] of the [[superuniverse]].

2:3.3 Cessation of existence is usually decreed at the dispensational or [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Divine_Justice-2001-04-01 epochal adjudication] of the realm or realms. On a world such as Urantia it comes at the end of a [[Paper 52 - Planetary Mortal Epochs|planetary dispensation]]. Cessation of existence can be decreed at such times by co-ordinate action of all tribunals of jurisdiction, extending from the [[Council of 24|planetary council]] up through the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33#33:7._THE_COURTS_OF_NEBADON courts of the Creator Son] to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:12._THE_SUPREME_TRIBUNALS judgment tribunals] of the [[Ancients of Days]]. The mandate of dissolution originates in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:12._THE_SUPREME_TRIBUNALS higher courts] of the [[superuniverse]] following an unbroken confirmation of the indictment originating on the [[sphere]] of the wrongdoer's [[Home|residence]]; and then, when sentence of extinction has been confirmed on high, the execution is by the direct act of those judges residential on, and operating from, the [[Uversa|headquarters]] of the [[superuniverse]].

2:3.4 When this sentence is finally confirmed, the [[sin]]-identified being instantly becomes as though he had not been. There is no [[resurrection]] from such a [[Destiny|fate]]; it is everlasting and eternal. The living [[energy]] factors of [[identity]] are resolved by the [[transformations]] of [[time]] and the [[metamorphoses]] of [[space]] into the [[cosmic]] [[potentials]] whence they once emerged. As for the [[personality]] of the iniquitous one, it is deprived of a continuing [Body|life vehicle] by the [[creature]]'s failure to make those [[choices]] and final decisions which would have assured eternal life. When the continued [[embrace]] of [[sin]] by the associated mind culminates in complete self-identification with [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_148#148:4._EVIL.2C_SIN.2C_AND_INIQUITY iniquity], then upon the cessation of life, upon cosmic dissolution, such an [[Isolation|isolated]] personality is absorbed into the [[Paper 117 - God the Supreme|oversoul]] of [[creation]], becoming a part of the evolving experience of the [[Supreme Being]]. Never again does it appear as a personality; its identity becomes as though it had never been. In the case of an [[Thought Adjuster|Adjuster]]-indwelt personality, the experiential [[spirit]] [[values]] [[survive]] in the reality of the continuing Adjuster.

2:3.4 When this sentence is finally confirmed, the [[sin]]-identified being instantly becomes as though he had not been. There is no [[resurrection]] from such a [[Destiny|fate]]; it is everlasting and eternal. The living [[energy]] factors of [[identity]] are resolved by the [[transformations]] of [[time]] and the [[metamorphoses]] of [[space]] into the [[cosmic]] [[potentials]] whence they once emerged. As for the [[personality]] of the iniquitous one, it is deprived of a continuing [Body|life vehicle] by the [[creature]]'s failure to make those [[choices]] and final decisions which would have assured eternal life. When the continued [[embrace]] of [[sin]] by the associated mind culminates in complete self-identification with [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_148#148:4._EVIL.2C_SIN.2C_AND_INIQUITY iniquity], then upon the cessation of life, upon cosmic dissolution, such an [[Isolation|isolated]] personality is absorbed into the [[Paper 117 - God the Supreme|oversoul]] of [[creation]], becoming a part of the evolving experience of the [[Supreme Being]]. Never again does it appear as a personality; its identity becomes as though it had never been. In the case of an [[Thought Adjuster|Adjuster]]-indwelt personality, the experiential [[spirit]] [[values]] [[survive]] in the reality of the continuing Adjuster.

2:3.5 In any universe contest between actual [[Paper 106 - Universe Levels of Reality|levels of reality]], the [[personality]] of the higher level will [[ultimately]] triumph over the personality of the lower level. This inevitable outcome of universe [[Debate|controversy]] is inherent in the [[fact]] that [[divinity]] of [[quality]] equals the degree of [[reality]] or actuality of any [[Free will|will creature]]. Undiluted [[evil]], complete error, willful [[sin]], and unmitigated iniquity are inherently and [[automatically]] [[suicidal]]. Such [[attitudes]] of cosmic unreality can survive in the [[universe]] only because of transient [[mercy]]-[[tolerance]] pending the [[action]] of the [[justice]]-determining and [[fairness]]-finding [[mechanisms]] of the universe tribunals of righteous [[adjudication]].

2:3.5 In any universe contest between actual [[Paper 106 - Universe Levels of Reality|levels of reality]], the [[personality]] of the higher level will [[ultimately]] triumph over the personality of the lower level. This inevitable outcome of universe [[Debate|controversy]] is inherent in the [[fact]] that [[divinity]] of [[quality]] equals the degree of [[reality]] or actuality of any [[Free will|will creature]]. Undiluted [[evil]], complete error, willful [[sin]], and unmitigated iniquity are inherently and [[automatically]] [[suicidal]]. Such [[attitudes]] of cosmic unreality can survive in the [[universe]] only because of transient [[mercy]]-[[tolerance]] pending the [[action]] of the [[justice]]-determining and [[fairness]]-finding [[mechanisms]] of the universe tribunals of righteous [[adjudication]].

==2:4. THE DIVINE MERCY==

==2:4. THE DIVINE MERCY==

2:4.1 [[Mercy]] is simply [[justice]] tempered by that [[wisdom]] which [[grows]] out of [[perfection]] of [[knowledge]] and the full recognition of the [[Human condition|natural weaknesses]] and [[environmental]] handicaps of [[finite]] [[creatures]]. "Our God is full of [[compassion]], [[gracious]], long-suffering, and [[Abundance|plenteous]] in [[mercy]]."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Galatians#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Galatians.2C_VI] Therefore "whosoever calls upon the Lord shall be saved,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans.2C_X] "for he will abundantly pardon."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans.2C_X] "The mercy of the Lord is from [[Eternal|everlasting]] to everlasting"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_100]; yes, "his mercy [[endures]] forever."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_136] "I am the Lord who executes [[loving]]-[[kindness]], [[judgment]], and [[Goodness|righteousness]] in the [[earth]], for in these things I [[Joy|delight]]."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Jeremiah#Chapter_.9] "I do not afflict willingly nor [[grieve]] the [[children]] of [[Humanity|men]]," for I am "[[the Father]] of mercies and the [[God]] of all [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Giver_of_Comfort-1995-12-11 comfort]."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_VII]

2:4.1 [[Mercy]] is simply [[justice]] tempered by that [[wisdom]] which [[grows]] out of [[perfection]] of [[knowledge]] and the full recognition of the [[Human condition|natural weaknesses]] and [[environmental]] handicaps of [[finite]] [[creatures]]. "Our God is full of [[compassion]], [[gracious]], long-suffering, and [[Abundance|plenteous]] in [[mercy]]."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Galatians#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Galatians.2C_VI] Therefore "whosoever calls upon the Lord shall be saved,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans.2C_X] "for he will abundantly pardon."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans.2C_X] "The mercy of the Lord is from [[Eternal|everlasting]] to everlasting"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_100]; yes, "his mercy [[endures]] forever."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_136] "I am the Lord who executes [[loving]]-[[kindness]], [[judgment]], and [[Goodness|righteousness]] in the [[earth]], for in these things I [[Joy|delight]]."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Jeremiah#Chapter_.9] "I do not afflict willingly nor [[grieve]] the [[children]] of [[Humanity|men]]," for I am "[[the Father]] of mercies and the [[God]] of all [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Giver_of_Comfort-1995-12-11 comfort]."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_VII]

2:4.2 God is inherently [[kind]], naturally [[compassionate]], and everlastingly merciful. And never is it [[necessary]] that any [[influence]] be brought to bear upon the Father to call forth his loving-kindness. The [[creature]]'s need is wholly sufficient to insure the full [[flow]] of the Father's [[Affection|tender]] mercies and his [[Salvation|saving]] [[grace]]. Since [[God]] knows all about his [[children]], it is easy for him to [[forgive]]. The better man [[understands]] his neighbor, the easier it will be to forgive him, even to [[love]] him.

2:4.2 God is inherently [[kind]], naturally [[compassionate]], and everlastingly merciful. And never is it [[necessary]] that any [[influence]] be brought to bear upon the Father to call forth his loving-kindness. The [[creature]]'s need is wholly sufficient to insure the full [[flow]] of the Father's [[Affection|tender]] mercies and his [[Salvation|saving]] [[grace]]. Since [[God]] knows all about his [[children]], it is easy for him to [[forgive]]. The better man [[understands]] his neighbor, the easier it will be to forgive him, even to [[love]] him.

2:4.4 [[Mercy]] is the [[natural]] and inevitable offspring of [[goodness]] and [[love]]. The good nature of a loving [[Father]] could not possibly withhold the wise ministry of mercy to each member of every [[group]] of his [[Family|universe children]]. Eternal justice and divine mercy together constitute what in [[human]] [[experience]] would be called [[fairness]].

2:4.4 [[Mercy]] is the [[natural]] and inevitable offspring of [[goodness]] and [[love]]. The good nature of a loving [[Father]] could not possibly withhold the wise ministry of mercy to each member of every [[group]] of his [[Family|universe children]]. Eternal justice and divine mercy together constitute what in [[human]] [[experience]] would be called [[fairness]].

2:4.5 Divine mercy represents a [[fairness]] [[technique]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Adjustment,_Your_Grand_Being-2006-11-19 adjustment] between the universe levels of [[perfection]] and [[Relative|imperfection]]. Mercy is the justice of [[Supremacy]] adapted to the [[Context|situations]] of the [[Evolution|evolving]] [[finite]], the righteousness of eternity [[Change|modified]] to meet the highest interests and universe welfare of the [[children]] of [[time]]. Mercy is not a contravention of justice but rather an [[understanding]] [[interpretation]] of the demands of supreme justice as it is fairly applied to the subordinate [[spiritual]] [[beings]] and to the [[material]] [[creatures]] of the [[Grand Universe|evolving universes]]. [[Mercy]] is the [[justice]] of the [[Paradise Trinity]] wisely and lovingly visited upon the manifold [[intelligences]] of the [[creations]] of [[time and space]] as it is formulated by divine wisdom and determined by the [[Omniscience|all-knowing]] [[mind]] and the [[sovereign]] [[free will]] of the [[Universal Father]] and all his [[Paradise Trinity|associated Creators]].

2:4.5 Divine mercy represents a [[fairness]] [[technique]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Adjustment,_Your_Grand_Being-2006-11-19 adjustment] between the universe levels of [[perfection]] and [[Relative|imperfection]]. Mercy is the justice of [[Supremacy]] adapted to the [[Context|situations]] of the [[Evolution|evolving]] [[finite]], the righteousness of eternity [[Change|modified]] to meet the highest interests and universe welfare of the [[children]] of [[time]]. Mercy is not a contravention of justice but rather an [[understanding]] [[interpretation]] of the demands of supreme justice as it is fairly applied to the subordinate [[spiritual]] [[beings]] and to the [[material]] [[creatures]] of the [[Grand Universe|evolving universes]]. [[Mercy]] is the [[justice]] of the [[Paradise Trinity]] wisely and lovingly visited upon the manifold [[intelligences]] of the [[creations]] of [[time and space]] as it is formulated by divine wisdom and determined by the [[Omniscience|all-knowing]] [[mind]] and the [[sovereign]] [[free will]] of the [[Universal Father]] and all his [[Paradise Trinity|associated Creators]].

==2:5. THE LOVE OF GOD==

==2:5. THE LOVE OF GOD==

2:5.1 "[[God]] is [[love]]"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_John#1st_Letter_of_John.2C_IV]; therefore his only personal [[attitude]] towards the affairs of [[Master Universe|the universe]] is always a [[reaction]] of [[divine]] [[affection]]. [[The Father]] loves us sufficiently to [[Gift|bestow]] his life upon us. "He makes his [[Light|sun]] to rise on the [[evil]] and on the [[good]] and sends rain on the just and on the unjust."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_5]

2:5.1 "[[God]] is [[love]]"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_John#1st_Letter_of_John.2C_IV]; therefore his only personal [[attitude]] towards the affairs of [[Master Universe|the universe]] is always a [[reaction]] of [[divine]] [[affection]]. [[The Father]] loves us sufficiently to [[Gift|bestow]] his life upon us. "He makes his [[Light|sun]] to rise on the [[evil]] and on the [[good]] and sends rain on the just and on the unjust."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_5]

2:5.2 It is wrong to [[think]] of God as being [[Pressure|coaxed]] into loving his [[children]] because of the [[sacrifices]] of his [[Creator Son|Sons]] or the [[intercession]] of his subordinate [[creatures]], "for the Father himself loves you."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_16] It is in [[response]] to this [[Fatherhood|paternal]] affection that God sends the marvelous [[Thought Adjuster|Adjusters]] to indwell the [[minds]] of men. God's [[love]] is [[universal]]; "whosoever will may come."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_6] He would "have all men be [[Salvation|saved]] by coming into the [[knowledge]] of the [[truth]]."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_Timothy#The_1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_Timothy.2C_II] He is "not willing that any should [[Death|perish]]."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2nd_Letter_of_Peter#2nd_Letter_of_Peter.2C_III]

2:5.2 It is wrong to [[think]] of God as being [[Pressure|coaxed]] into loving his [[children]] because of the [[sacrifices]] of his [[Creator Son|Sons]] or the [[intercession]] of his subordinate [[creatures]], "for the Father himself loves you."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_16] It is in [[response]] to this [[Fatherhood|paternal]] affection that God sends the marvelous [[Thought Adjuster|Adjusters]] to indwell the [[minds]] of men. God's [[love]] is [[universal]]; "whosoever will may come."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_6] He would "have all men be [[Salvation|saved]] by coming into the [[knowledge]] of the [[truth]]."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_Timothy#The_1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_Timothy.2C_II] He is "not willing that any should [[Death|perish]]."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2nd_Letter_of_Peter#2nd_Letter_of_Peter.2C_III]

2:5.3 The [[Creators]] are the very first to attempt to save man from the disastrous [[results]] of his foolish [[transgression]] of the [[divine]] [[laws]]. God's love is by [[nature]] a fatherly affection; therefore does he sometimes "[[Correction|chasten]] us for our own [[growth|profit]], that we may be partakers of his [[holiness]]."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_XII] Even during your fiery [[trials]] remember that "in all our [[Pain|afflictions]] he is afflicted with us."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.63]

2:5.3 The [[Creators]] are the very first to attempt to save man from the disastrous [[results]] of his foolish [[transgression]] of the [[divine]] [[laws]]. God's love is by [[nature]] a fatherly affection; therefore does he sometimes "[[Correction|chasten]] us for our own [[growth|profit]], that we may be partakers of his [[holiness]]."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_XII] Even during your fiery [[trials]] remember that "in all our [[Pain|afflictions]] he is afflicted with us."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.63]

2:5.4 God is divinely [[kind]] to [[sinners]]. When [[Rebellion|rebels]] return to righteousness, they are mercifully received, "for our God will [[abundantly]] [[pardon]]."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.55] "I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own [[Soul|sake]], and I will not [[remember]] your sins."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.43] "Behold what [[manner]] of love the Father has bestowed upon us that we should be called the [[Children|sons]] of God."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_John#1st_Letter_of_John.2C_III]

2:5.4 God is divinely [[kind]] to [[sinners]]. When [[Rebellion|rebels]] return to righteousness, they are mercifully received, "for our God will [[abundantly]] [[pardon]]."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.55] "I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own [[Soul|sake]], and I will not [[remember]] your sins."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.43] "Behold what [[manner]] of love the Father has bestowed upon us that we should be called the [[Children|sons]] of God."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_John#1st_Letter_of_John.2C_III]

2:5.5 After all, the greatest [[evidence]] of the [[goodness]] of God and the supreme [[reason]] for loving him is the indwelling [[gift]] of [[the Father]]—the [[Thought Adjuster|Adjuster]] who so [[patiently]] awaits the hour when you both shall be eternally [[Fusion|made one]]. Though you cannot find God by [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=A_Lesson_on_Searching-2004-09-11 searching], if you will submit to the [[Guidance|leading]] of the indwelling spirit, you will be unerringly guided, [[Progress|step by step]], life by life, through [[Grand Universe|universe upon universe]], and age by age, until you finally stand in the [[presence]] of the [[Paradise]] [[personality]] of the [[Universal Father]].

2:5.5 After all, the greatest [[evidence]] of the [[goodness]] of God and the supreme [[reason]] for loving him is the indwelling [[gift]] of [[the Father]]—the [[Thought Adjuster|Adjuster]] who so [[patiently]] awaits the hour when you both shall be eternally [[Fusion|made one]]. Though you cannot find God by [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=A_Lesson_on_Searching-2004-09-11 searching], if you will submit to the [[Guidance|leading]] of the indwelling spirit, you will be unerringly guided, [[Progress|step by step]], life by life, through [[Grand Universe|universe upon universe]], and age by age, until you finally stand in the [[presence]] of the [[Paradise]] [[personality]] of the [[Universal Father]].

2:5.6 How unreasonable that you should not [[worship]] God because the [[limitations]] of [[Human condition|human nature]] and the handicaps of your [[material]] [[creation]] make it impossible for you to [[Vision|see]] him. Between you and God there is a tremendous distance ([[physical]] [[space]]) to be [[Journey|traversed]]. There likewise exists a great [[Channel|gulf]] of [[spiritual]] [[Difference|differential]] which must be bridged; but notwithstanding all that [[physically]] and [[spiritually]] separates you from the [[Paradise]] [[personal]] presence of [[God]], stop and [[ponder]] the solemn [[fact]] that God [[Inner Life|lives within you]]; he has in his own way already bridged the gulf. He has sent of himself, his spirit, to live in you and to toil with you as you pursue your [[eternal]] [[Ascension Career|universe career]].

2:5.6 How unreasonable that you should not [[worship]] God because the [[limitations]] of [[Human condition|human nature]] and the handicaps of your [[material]] [[creation]] make it impossible for you to [[Vision|see]] him. Between you and God there is a tremendous distance ([[physical]] [[space]]) to be [[Journey|traversed]]. There likewise exists a great [[Channel|gulf]] of [[spiritual]] [[Difference|differential]] which must be bridged; but notwithstanding all that [[physically]] and [[spiritually]] separates you from the [[Paradise]] [[personal]] presence of [[God]], stop and [[ponder]] the solemn [[fact]] that God [[Inner Life|lives within you]]; he has in his own way already bridged the gulf. He has sent of himself, his spirit, to live in you and to toil with you as you pursue your [[eternal]] [[Ascension Career|universe career]].

2:6.2 Religion implies that the superworld of [[spirit]] [[nature]] is cognizant of, and [[responsive]] to, the [[foundation|fundamental]] needs of the human world. [[Evolutionary]] religion may become [[ethical]], but only revealed religion becomes truly and spiritually moral. The olden [[concept]] that God is a [[Deity]] dominated by kingly morality was upstepped by [[Jesus]] to that [[affection]]ately [[touching]] level of [[intimate]] [[family]] morality of the [[parent]]-[[child]] [[relationship]], than which there is none more tender and beautiful in [[mortal]] experience.

2:6.2 Religion implies that the superworld of [[spirit]] [[nature]] is cognizant of, and [[responsive]] to, the [[foundation|fundamental]] needs of the human world. [[Evolutionary]] religion may become [[ethical]], but only revealed religion becomes truly and spiritually moral. The olden [[concept]] that God is a [[Deity]] dominated by kingly morality was upstepped by [[Jesus]] to that [[affection]]ately [[touching]] level of [[intimate]] [[family]] morality of the [[parent]]-[[child]] [[relationship]], than which there is none more tender and beautiful in [[mortal]] experience.

2:6.3 The "richness of the goodness of God leads erring man to repentance."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans.2C_II] "Every good gift and every perfect gift comes down from the Father of lights."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_James#James_I] "God is good;[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_73] he is the eternal [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Home_as_Harbor-2009-10-04 refuge] of the souls of men." "The Lord God is merciful and [[gracious]]. He is long-suffering and [[abundant]] in goodness and truth."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.34] "Taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who trusts him."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_34] "The Lord is gracious and full of [[compassion]]. He is the God of [[salvation]]."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_68] "He [[heals]] the brokenhearted and binds up the wounds of the soul.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_147] He is man's all-powerful benefactor."

2:6.3 The "richness of the goodness of God leads erring man to repentance."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans.2C_II] "Every good gift and every perfect gift comes down from the Father of lights."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_James#James_I] "God is good;[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_73] he is the eternal [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Home_as_Harbor-2009-10-04 refuge] of the souls of men." "The Lord God is merciful and [[gracious]]. He is long-suffering and [[abundant]] in goodness and truth."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.34] "Taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who trusts him."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_34] "The Lord is gracious and full of [[compassion]]. He is the God of [[salvation]]."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_68] "He [[heals]] the brokenhearted and binds up the wounds of the soul.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_147] He is man's all-powerful benefactor."

2:6.4 The concept of God as a king-[[judge]], although it fostered a high moral [[standard]] and created a [[law]]-[[respecting]] people as a [[group]], left the individual believer in a sad position of insecurity respecting his [[status]] in time and in eternity. The later [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Hebrew_Prophets Hebrew prophets] proclaimed God to be a Father to [[Israel]]; [[Jesus]] revealed God as the Father of each [[human being]]. The entire mortal concept of God is [[transcendently]] [[illuminated]] by the life of Jesus. Selflessness is inherent in [[parental]] [[love]]. God loves not like a father, but as a father. He is the [[Paradise]] Father of every universe [[personality]].

2:6.4 The concept of God as a king-[[judge]], although it fostered a high moral [[standard]] and created a [[law]]-[[respecting]] people as a [[group]], left the individual believer in a sad position of insecurity respecting his [[status]] in time and in eternity. The later [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Hebrew_Prophets Hebrew prophets] proclaimed God to be a Father to [[Israel]]; [[Jesus]] revealed God as the Father of each [[human being]]. The entire mortal concept of God is [[transcendently]] [[illuminated]] by the life of Jesus. Selflessness is inherent in [[parental]] [[love]]. God loves not like a father, but as a father. He is the [[Paradise]] Father of every universe [[personality]].

2:6.5 [[Goodness|Righteousness]] implies that God is the [[source]] of the [[moral]] law of the universe. [[Truth]] exhibits God as a revealer, as a [[teacher]]. But [[love]] gives and craves [[affection]], seeks [[understanding]] fellowship such as exists between parent and child. Righteousness may be the divine [[thought]], but love is a father's [[attitude]]. The erroneous supposition that the righteousness of God was irreconcilable with the selfless love of the heavenly Father, [[presupposed]] [[absence]] of [[unity]] in the [[nature]] of [[Deity]] and led directly to the elaboration of the [[atonement]] [[doctrine]], which is a philosophic [[Violence|assault]] upon both the unity and the [[Free will|free-willness]] of God.

2:6.5 [[Goodness|Righteousness]] implies that God is the [[source]] of the [[moral]] law of the universe. [[Truth]] exhibits God as a revealer, as a [[teacher]]. But [[love]] gives and craves [[affection]], seeks [[understanding]] fellowship such as exists between parent and child. Righteousness may be the divine [[thought]], but love is a father's [[attitude]]. The erroneous supposition that the righteousness of God was irreconcilable with the selfless love of the heavenly Father, [[presupposed]] [[absence]] of [[unity]] in the [[nature]] of [[Deity]] and led directly to the elaboration of the [[atonement]] [[doctrine]], which is a philosophic [[Violence|assault]] upon both the unity and the [[Free will|free-willness]] of God.

2:7.5 [[Philosophers]] commit their gravest [[error]] when they are misled into the [[Illusion|fallacy]] of abstraction, the [[practice]] of [[focusing]] the [[attention]] upon one [[Fraction|aspect]] of [[reality]] and then of pronouncing such an isolated aspect to be the whole truth. The wise philosopher will always look for the [[creative]] [[design]] which is behind, and pre-existent to, all universe [[phenomena]]. The [[creator]] thought invariably precedes [[creative]] [[action]].

2:7.5 [[Philosophers]] commit their gravest [[error]] when they are misled into the [[Illusion|fallacy]] of abstraction, the [[practice]] of [[focusing]] the [[attention]] upon one [[Fraction|aspect]] of [[reality]] and then of pronouncing such an isolated aspect to be the whole truth. The wise philosopher will always look for the [[creative]] [[design]] which is behind, and pre-existent to, all universe [[phenomena]]. The [[creator]] thought invariably precedes [[creative]] [[action]].

2:7.6 [[Intellectual]] self-consciousness can [[discover]] the [[beauty]] of [[truth]], its [[spiritual]] [[quality]], not only by the philosophic consistency of its [[concepts]], but more certainly and surely by the unerring [[response]] of the ever-present [[Spirit of Truth]]. [[Happiness]] ensues from the recognition of [[truth]] because it can be acted out; it can be lived. Disappointment and sorrow attend upon error because, not being a reality, it cannot be [[realized]] in experience. Divine truth is best known by its spiritual [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Senses#Smell.2C_Taste.2C_and_Touch flavor].

2:7.6 [[Intellectual]] self-consciousness can [[discover]] the [[beauty]] of [[truth]], its [[spiritual]] [[quality]], not only by the philosophic consistency of its [[concepts]], but more certainly and surely by the unerring [[response]] of the ever-present [[Spirit of Truth]]. [[Happiness]] ensues from the recognition of [[truth]] because it can be acted out; it can be lived. Disappointment and sorrow attend upon error because, not being a reality, it cannot be [[realized]] in experience. Divine truth is best known by its spiritual [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Senses#Smell.2C_Taste.2C_and_Touch flavor].

2:7.7 The eternal quest is for [[Integration|unification]], for divine coherence. The far-flung [[Multiverse|physical universe]] coheres in the [[Isle of Paradise]]; the [[intellectual]] universe coheres in the God of mind, the [[Conjoint Actor]]; the [[spiritual]] universe is coherent in the personality of the [[Eternal Son]]. But the isolated mortal of [[time and space]] coheres in God [[the Father]] through the direct [[relationship]] between the indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]] and the Universal Father. Man's Adjuster is a [[fragment]] of God and everlastingly seeks for divine unification; it coheres with, and in, the [[Paradise]] [[Deity]] of the [[First Source and Center]].

2:7.7 The eternal quest is for [[Integration|unification]], for divine coherence. The far-flung [[Multiverse|physical universe]] coheres in the [[Isle of Paradise]]; the [[intellectual]] universe coheres in the God of mind, the [[Conjoint Actor]]; the [[spiritual]] universe is coherent in the personality of the [[Eternal Son]]. But the isolated mortal of [[time and space]] coheres in God [[the Father]] through the direct [[relationship]] between the indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]] and the Universal Father. Man's Adjuster is a [[fragment]] of God and everlastingly seeks for divine unification; it coheres with, and in, the [[Paradise]] [[Deity]] of the [[First Source and Center]].

2:7.11 All [[truth]]—[[material]], [[philosophic]], or [[spiritual]]—is both [[beautiful]] and [[good]]. All real beauty—material art or spiritual [[symmetry]]—is both true and good. All genuine [[goodness]]—whether personal morality, social equity, or divine ministry—is equally true and beautiful. [[Health]], sanity, and [[happiness]] are integrations of truth, beauty, and goodness as they are blended in human [[experience]]. Such levels of efficient living come about through the unification of [[energy]] [[systems]], [[idea]] systems, and [[spirit]] systems.

2:7.11 All [[truth]]—[[material]], [[philosophic]], or [[spiritual]]—is both [[beautiful]] and [[good]]. All real beauty—material art or spiritual [[symmetry]]—is both true and good. All genuine [[goodness]]—whether personal morality, social equity, or divine ministry—is equally true and beautiful. [[Health]], sanity, and [[happiness]] are integrations of truth, beauty, and goodness as they are blended in human [[experience]]. Such levels of efficient living come about through the unification of [[energy]] [[systems]], [[idea]] systems, and [[spirit]] systems.

2:7.12 Truth is coherent, beauty attractive, goodness stabilizing. And when these [[values]] of that which is real are co-ordinated in [[personality]] experience, the result is a high order of love conditioned by [[wisdom]] and qualified by [[loyalty]]. The real [[purpose]] of all universe [[education]] is to effect the better co-ordination of the isolated child of the worlds with the larger realities of his expanding experience. [[Reality]] is finite on the human level, infinite and eternal on the higher and [[divine]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106 levels].

2:7.12 Truth is coherent, beauty attractive, goodness stabilizing. And when these [[values]] of that which is real are co-ordinated in [[personality]] experience, the result is a high order of love conditioned by [[wisdom]] and qualified by [[loyalty]]. The real [[purpose]] of all universe [[education]] is to effect the better co-ordination of the isolated child of the worlds with the larger realities of his expanding experience. [[Reality]] is finite on the human level, infinite and eternal on the higher and [[divine]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106 levels].

2:7.13 [Presented by a [[Divine Counselor]] acting by [[authority]] of the [[Ancients of Days]] on [[Uversa]].]

2:7.13 [Presented by a [[Divine Counselor]] acting by [[authority]] of the [[Ancients of Days]] on [[Uversa]].]

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