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186:5.2 It was [[man]] and not [[God]] who [[planned]] and [[executed]] the [[Crucifixion|death]] of [[Jesus]] on [[the cross]]. True, [[the Father]] refused to [[interfere]] with the march of [[human]] [[events]] on [[Urantia]], but [[the Father]] in [[Paradise]] did not [[decree]], demand, or require the [[death]] of his [[Creator Son|Son]] as it was carried out on [[earth]]. It is a [[fact]] that in some [[manner]], sooner or later, [[Jesus]] would have had to divest himself of his [[mortal]] [[body]], his [[incarnation]] in the flesh, but he could have [[executed]] such a task in countless ways without dying on a cross between two thieves. All of this was [[man]]'s doing, not [[God]]'s.

186:5.2 It was [[man]] and not [[God]] who [[planned]] and [[executed]] the [[Crucifixion|death]] of [[Jesus]] on [[the cross]]. True, [[the Father]] refused to [[interfere]] with the march of [[human]] [[events]] on [[Urantia]], but [[the Father]] in [[Paradise]] did not [[decree]], demand, or require the [[death]] of his [[Creator Son|Son]] as it was carried out on [[earth]]. It is a [[fact]] that in some [[manner]], sooner or later, [[Jesus]] would have had to divest himself of his [[mortal]] [[body]], his [[incarnation]] in the flesh, but he could have [[executed]] such a task in countless ways without dying on a cross between two thieves. All of this was [[man]]'s doing, not [[God]]'s.

186:5.3 At the time of [[the Master]]'s [[baptism]] he had already completed the [[technique]] of the required [[experience]] on [[earth]] and in the [[flesh]] which was [[necessary]] for the completion of his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:7._THE_SEVENTH_AND_FINAL_BESTOWAL seventh and last universe bestowal]. At this very time [[Jesus]]' [[duty]] on [[earth]] was done. All the life he lived thereafter, and even the [[manner]] of his [[death]], was a [[purely]] [[personal]] [[ministry]] on his part for the [[welfare]] and uplifting of his [[mortal]] [[creatures]] on this world and on [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 other worlds].

186:5.3 At the time of [[the Master]]'s [[baptism]] he had already completed the [[technique]] of the required [[experience]] on [[earth]] and in the [[flesh]] which was [[necessary]] for the completion of his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:7._THE_SEVENTH_AND_FINAL_BESTOWAL seventh and last universe bestowal]. At this very time [[Jesus]]' [[duty]] on [[earth]] was done. All the life he lived thereafter, and even the [[manner]] of his [[death]], was a [[purely]] [[personal]] [[ministry]] on his part for the [[welfare]] and uplifting of his [[mortal]] [[creatures]] on this world and on [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 other worlds].

186:5.4 The [[gospel]] of the good news that [[mortal]] [[man]] may, by [[faith]], become [[spirit]]-[[conscious]] that he is a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD son of God], is not dependent on the [[death]] of [[Jesus]]. True, indeed, all this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] has been tremendously [[illuminated]] by [[the Master]]'s [[death]], but even more so by his life.

186:5.4 The [[gospel]] of the good news that [[mortal]] [[man]] may, by [[faith]], become [[spirit]]-[[conscious]] that he is a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD son of God], is not dependent on the [[death]] of [[Jesus]]. True, indeed, all this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] has been tremendously [[illuminated]] by [[the Master]]'s [[death]], but even more so by his life.

186:5.5 All that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] said or did on [[earth]] greatly embellished the [[doctrines]] of [[sonship]] with [[God]] and of the brotherhood of men, but these [[essential]] [[relationships]] of [[God]] and men are [[inherent]] in the [[universe]] [[facts]] of [[God]]'s [[love]] for his [[creatures]] and the innate [[mercy]] of the [[divine Sons]]. These [[touching]] and [[divinely]] [[beautiful]] [[relations]] between man and his Maker on [[Urantia|this world]] and on [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 all others] throughout the [[universe of universes]] have existed from [[eternity]]; and they are not in any sense dependent on these [[periodic]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:5._BESTOWAL_OF_THE_PARADISE_SONS_OF_GOD bestowal enactments] of the [[Creator Sons of God]], who thus [[assume]] the [[nature]] and likeness of their created [[intelligences]] as a part of the price which they must pay for the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:3._LOCAL_UNIVERSE_SOVEREIGNTY final acquirement of unlimited sovereignty] over their respective [[local universe]]s.

186:5.5 All that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] said or did on [[earth]] greatly embellished the [[doctrines]] of [[sonship]] with [[God]] and of the brotherhood of men, but these [[essential]] [[relationships]] of [[God]] and men are [[inherent]] in the [[universe]] [[facts]] of [[God]]'s [[love]] for his [[creatures]] and the innate [[mercy]] of the [[divine Sons]]. These [[touching]] and [[divinely]] [[beautiful]] [[relations]] between man and his Maker on [[Urantia|this world]] and on [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 all others] throughout the [[universe of universes]] have existed from [[eternity]]; and they are not in any sense dependent on these [[periodic]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:5._BESTOWAL_OF_THE_PARADISE_SONS_OF_GOD bestowal enactments] of the [[Creator Sons of God]], who thus [[assume]] the [[nature]] and likeness of their created [[intelligences]] as a part of the price which they must pay for the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:3._LOCAL_UNIVERSE_SOVEREIGNTY final acquirement of unlimited sovereignty] over their respective [[local universe]]s.

186:5.6 [[The Father]] in [[heaven]] loved [[mortal]] [[man]] on [[earth]] just as much before the life and [[death]] of [[Jesus]] on [[Urantia]] as he did after this [[transcendent]] exhibition of the co[[partnership]] of [[man]] and [[God]]. This mighty [[transaction]] of the [[incarnation]] of the [[God]] of [[Nebadon]] as a man on [[Urantia]] could not augment the [[attributes]] of the [[eternal]], [[infinite]], and [[universal Father]], but it did enrich and [[enlighten]] all other [[administrators]] and [[creatures]] of the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]]. While [[the Father]] in heaven [[loves]] us no more because of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 this bestowal of Michael], all other [[celestial]] [[intelligences]] do. And this is because [[Jesus]] not only made a [[revelation]] of [[God]] to [[man]], but he also likewise made a new [[revelation]] of [[man]] to [[the Gods]] and to the [[celestial]] [[intelligences]] of the [[universe of universes]].

186:5.6 [[The Father]] in [[heaven]] loved [[mortal]] [[man]] on [[earth]] just as much before the life and [[death]] of [[Jesus]] on [[Urantia]] as he did after this [[transcendent]] exhibition of the co[[partnership]] of [[man]] and [[God]]. This mighty [[transaction]] of the [[incarnation]] of the [[God]] of [[Nebadon]] as a man on [[Urantia]] could not augment the [[attributes]] of the [[eternal]], [[infinite]], and [[universal Father]], but it did enrich and [[enlighten]] all other [[administrators]] and [[creatures]] of the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]]. While [[the Father]] in heaven [[loves]] us no more because of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 this bestowal of Michael], all other [[celestial]] [[intelligences]] do. And this is because [[Jesus]] not only made a [[revelation]] of [[God]] to [[man]], but he also likewise made a new [[revelation]] of [[man]] to [[the Gods]] and to the [[celestial]] [[intelligences]] of the [[universe of universes]].

186:5.7 [[Jesus]] is not about to die as a [[sacrifice]] for [[sin]]. He is not going to [[atone]] for the inborn [[moral]] [[guilt]] of the [[human]] [[race]]. [[Mankind]] has no such [[racial]] [[guilt]] before [[God]]. [[Guilt]] is purely a matter of [[personal]] [[sin]] and knowing, deliberate [[rebellion]] against the will of [[the Father]] and the [[administration]] of [[Divine Sons|his Sons]].

186:5.7 [[Jesus]] is not about to die as a [[sacrifice]] for [[sin]]. He is not going to [[atone]] for the inborn [[moral]] [[guilt]] of the [[human]] [[race]]. [[Mankind]] has no such [[racial]] [[guilt]] before [[God]]. [[Guilt]] is purely a matter of [[personal]] [[sin]] and knowing, deliberate [[rebellion]] against the will of [[the Father]] and the [[administration]] of [[Divine Sons|his Sons]].

186:5.8 [[Sin]] and [[rebellion]] have nothing to do with the fundamental [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:5._BESTOWAL_OF_THE_PARADISE_SONS_OF_GOD bestowal plan] of the [[Paradise Sons of God]], albeit it does [[appear]] to us that the salvage [[plan]] is a provisional feature of the [[bestowal]] [[plan]].

186:5.8 [[Sin]] and [[rebellion]] have nothing to do with the fundamental [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:5._BESTOWAL_OF_THE_PARADISE_SONS_OF_GOD bestowal plan] of the [[Paradise Sons of God]], albeit it does [[appear]] to us that the salvage [[plan]] is a provisional feature of the [[bestowal]] [[plan]].

186:5.9 The [[salvation]] of [[God]] for the [[mortals]] of [[Urantia]] would have been just as [[effective]] and unerringly certain if [[Jesus]] had not been put to [[death]] by the [[cruel]] hands of [[ignorant]] [[mortals]]. If [[the Master]] had been favorably [[received]] by the [[mortals]] of [[earth]] and had departed from [[Urantia]] by the [[voluntary]] relinquishment of his life in the [[flesh]], the [[fact]] of the [[love]] of [[God]] and the [[mercy]] of [[Creator Son|the Son]]—the [[fact]] of [[sonship]] with [[God]]—would have in no wise been affected. You [[mortals]] are the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD sons of God], and only one thing is required to make such a [[truth]] factual in your [[personal]] [[experience]], and that is your [[spirit]]-[[born]] [[faith]].

186:5.9 The [[salvation]] of [[God]] for the [[mortals]] of [[Urantia]] would have been just as [[effective]] and unerringly certain if [[Jesus]] had not been put to [[death]] by the [[cruel]] hands of [[ignorant]] [[mortals]]. If [[the Master]] had been favorably [[received]] by the [[mortals]] of [[earth]] and had departed from [[Urantia]] by the [[voluntary]] relinquishment of his life in the [[flesh]], the [[fact]] of the [[love]] of [[God]] and the [[mercy]] of [[Creator Son|the Son]]—the [[fact]] of [[sonship]] with [[God]]—would have in no wise been affected. You [[mortals]] are the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD sons of God], and only one thing is required to make such a [[truth]] factual in your [[personal]] [[experience]], and that is your [[spirit]]-[[born]] [[faith]].

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