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21:3.1 A [[Creator Son]] is given the range of a [[universe]] by the consent of the [[Paradise Trinity]] and with the [[confirmation]] of the supervising [[Master Spirit]] of the [[superuniverse]] concerned. Such [[action]] [[constitutes]] title of [[physical]] [[possession]], a [[cosmic]] leasehold. But the elevation of a Michael Son from this initial and self-limited stage of rulership to the experiential [[supremacy]] of self-earned [[sovereignty]] comes as a result of his own [[personal]] [[experiences]] in the [[work]] of [[universe]] [[creation]] and [[incarnated]] bestowal. Until the [[achievement]] of bestowal-earned [[sovereignty]], he rules as vicegerent of the [[Universal Father]].

21:3.1 A [[Creator Son]] is given the range of a [[universe]] by the consent of the [[Paradise Trinity]] and with the [[confirmation]] of the supervising [[Master Spirit]] of the [[superuniverse]] concerned. Such [[action]] [[constitutes]] title of [[physical]] [[possession]], a [[cosmic]] leasehold. But the elevation of a Michael Son from this initial and self-limited stage of rulership to the experiential [[supremacy]] of self-earned [[sovereignty]] comes as a result of his own [[personal]] [[experiences]] in the [[work]] of [[universe]] [[creation]] and [[incarnated]] bestowal. Until the [[achievement]] of bestowal-earned [[sovereignty]], he rules as vicegerent of the [[Universal Father]].

21:3.2 A Creator Son could assert full [[sovereignty]] over his [[personal]] [[creation]] at any [[time]], but he wisely chooses not to. If, prior to passing through the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS creature bestowals], he [[assumed]] an unearned supreme [[sovereignty]], the [[Paradise]] [[personalities]] resident in his [[local universe]] would withdraw. But this has never happened throughout all the [[creations]] of [[time and space]].

21:3.2 A Creator Son could assert full [[sovereignty]] over his [[personal]] [[creation]] at any [[time]], but he wisely chooses not to. If, prior to passing through the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS creature bestowals], he [[assumed]] an unearned supreme [[sovereignty]], the [[Paradise]] [[personalities]] resident in his [[local universe]] would withdraw. But this has never happened throughout all the [[creations]] of [[time and space]].

21:3.3 The [[fact]] of creatorship implies the fullness of [[sovereignty]], but the Michaels choose to [[experientially]] earn it, thereby retaining the full [[co-operation]] of all [[Paradise]] [[personalities]] attached to the [[local universe]] [[administration]]. We know of no Michael who ever did otherwise; but they all could, they are truly [[freewill]] Sons.

21:3.3 The [[fact]] of creatorship implies the fullness of [[sovereignty]], but the Michaels choose to [[experientially]] earn it, thereby retaining the full [[co-operation]] of all [[Paradise]] [[personalities]] attached to the [[local universe]] [[administration]]. We know of no Michael who ever did otherwise; but they all could, they are truly [[freewill]] Sons.

*1. 21:3.5 Initial vicegerent [[sovereignty]]—the [[solitary]] provisional [[authority]] exercised by a [[Creator Son]] before the acquirement of [[personal]] qualities by the [[associated]] [[Creative Spirit]].

*1. 21:3.5 Initial vicegerent [[sovereignty]]—the [[solitary]] provisional [[authority]] exercised by a [[Creator Son]] before the acquirement of [[personal]] qualities by the [[associated]] [[Creative Spirit]].

*2. 21:3.6 Conjoint vicegerent sovereignty—the joint rule of the [[Paradise]] pair subsequent to the [[personality]] [[achievement]] of the [[Universe Mother Spirit]].

*2. 21:3.6 Conjoint vicegerent sovereignty—the joint rule of the [[Paradise]] pair subsequent to the [[personality]] [[achievement]] of the [[Universe Mother Spirit]].

*3. 21:3.7 Augmenting vicegerent sovereignty—the advancing [[authority]] of a Creator Son during the period of his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS seven creature bestowals].

*3. 21:3.7 Augmenting vicegerent sovereignty—the advancing [[authority]] of a Creator Son during the period of his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS seven creature bestowals].

*4. 21:3.8 [[Supreme]] [[sovereignty]]—the settled [[authority]] following the completion of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:7._THE_SEVENTH_AND_FINAL_BESTOWAL seventh bestowal]. In [[Nebadon]], supreme sovereignty dates from the completion of [[Michael]]'s [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 bestowal on Urantia]. It has existed just slightly over nineteen hundred years of your [[planetary]] [[time]].

*4. 21:3.8 [[Supreme]] [[sovereignty]]—the settled [[authority]] following the completion of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:7._THE_SEVENTH_AND_FINAL_BESTOWAL seventh bestowal]. In [[Nebadon]], supreme sovereignty dates from the completion of [[Michael]]'s [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 bestowal on Urantia]. It has existed just slightly over nineteen hundred years of your [[planetary]] [[time]].

*5. 21:3.9 Augmenting supreme sovereignty—the advanced [[relationship]] growing out of the settling of a [[majority]] of the [[creature]] domains in [[light and life]]. This stage pertains to the unachieved [[future]] of your [[local universe]].

*5. 21:3.9 Augmenting supreme sovereignty—the advanced [[relationship]] growing out of the settling of a [[majority]] of the [[creature]] domains in [[light and life]]. This stage pertains to the unachieved [[future]] of your [[local universe]].

*6. 21:3.10 [[Trinity|Trinitarian]] [[sovereignty]]—exercised subsequent to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_55_-_The_Spheres_of_Light_and_Life#55:10._THE_FOURTH_OR_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_STAGE settling of the entire local universe] in [[light and life]].

*6. 21:3.10 [[Trinity|Trinitarian]] [[sovereignty]]—exercised subsequent to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_55_-_The_Spheres_of_Light_and_Life#55:10._THE_FOURTH_OR_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_STAGE settling of the entire local universe] in [[light and life]].

*7. 21:3.11 Unrevealed sovereignty—the [[unknown]] [[relationships]] of a [[future]] [[Epoch|universe age]].

*7. 21:3.11 Unrevealed sovereignty—the [[unknown]] [[relationships]] of a [[future]] [[Epoch|universe age]].

21:3.12 In [[accepting]] the initial vicegerent [[sovereignty]] of a [[projected]] [[local universe]], a Creator Michael takes an oath to the [[Trinity]] not to assume supreme sovereignty until the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS seven creature bestowals] have been completed and certified by the [[superuniverse]] rulers. But if a Michael Son could not, at will, assert such unearned sovereignty, there would be no [[meaning]] in taking an [[oath]] not to do so.

21:3.12 In [[accepting]] the initial vicegerent [[sovereignty]] of a [[projected]] [[local universe]], a Creator Michael takes an oath to the [[Trinity]] not to assume supreme sovereignty until the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS seven creature bestowals] have been completed and certified by the [[superuniverse]] rulers. But if a Michael Son could not, at will, assert such unearned sovereignty, there would be no [[meaning]] in taking an [[oath]] not to do so.

21:3.13 Even in the prebestowal ages, a Creator Son rules his domain well-nigh supremely when there is no [[dissent]] in any of its [[parts]]. Limited rulership would hardly be [[manifest]] if [[sovereignty]] were never [[challenged]]. The sovereignty [[exercised]] by a prebestowal Creator Son in a [[universe]] without [[rebellion]] is no greater than in a [[universe]] with rebellion; but in the first instance sovereignty [[limitations]] are not [[apparent]]; in the second, they are.

21:3.13 Even in the prebestowal ages, a Creator Son rules his domain well-nigh supremely when there is no [[dissent]] in any of its [[parts]]. Limited rulership would hardly be [[manifest]] if [[sovereignty]] were never [[challenged]]. The sovereignty [[exercised]] by a prebestowal Creator Son in a [[universe]] without [[rebellion]] is no greater than in a [[universe]] with rebellion; but in the first instance sovereignty [[limitations]] are not [[apparent]]; in the second, they are.

21:3.14 If ever the [[authority]] or [[administration]] of a Creator Son is [[challenged]], attacked, or jeopardized, he is eternally pledged to uphold, protect, defend, and if [[necessary]] retrieve his [[personal]] [[creation]]. Such Sons can be troubled or harassed only by the [[creatures]] of their own making or by higher beings of their own [[choosing]]. It might be inferred that "higher beings," those of [[origin]] on levels above a [[local universe]], would be unlikely to trouble a Creator Son, and this is true. But they could if they chose to. [[Virtue]] is [[volitional]] with [[personality]]; [[righteousness]] is not [[automatic]] in [[freewill]] [[creatures]].

21:3.14 If ever the [[authority]] or [[administration]] of a Creator Son is [[challenged]], attacked, or jeopardized, he is eternally pledged to uphold, protect, defend, and if [[necessary]] retrieve his [[personal]] [[creation]]. Such Sons can be troubled or harassed only by the [[creatures]] of their own making or by higher beings of their own [[choosing]]. It might be inferred that "higher beings," those of [[origin]] on levels above a [[local universe]], would be unlikely to trouble a Creator Son, and this is true. But they could if they chose to. [[Virtue]] is [[volitional]] with [[personality]]; [[righteousness]] is not [[automatic]] in [[freewill]] [[creatures]].

21:3.15 Before the completion of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowal career] a Creator Son rules with certain self-imposed [[limitations]] of [[sovereignty]], but subsequent to his finished bestowal [[service]] he rules by [[virtue]] of his actual [[experience]] in the form and likeness of his manifold [[creatures]]. When a Creator has seven times sojourned among his creatures, when the bestowal career is finished, then is he supremely settled in [[universe]] [[authority]]; he has become a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:5._RELATION_OF_MASTER_SONS_TO_THE_UNIVERSE Master Son], a sovereign and supreme ruler.

21:3.15 Before the completion of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowal career] a Creator Son rules with certain self-imposed [[limitations]] of [[sovereignty]], but subsequent to his finished bestowal [[service]] he rules by [[virtue]] of his actual [[experience]] in the form and likeness of his manifold [[creatures]]. When a Creator has seven times sojourned among his creatures, when the bestowal career is finished, then is he supremely settled in [[universe]] [[authority]]; he has become a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:5._RELATION_OF_MASTER_SONS_TO_THE_UNIVERSE Master Son], a sovereign and supreme ruler.

21:3.16 The [[technique]] of obtaining [[supreme]] [[sovereignty]] over a [[local universe]] involves the following seven experiential steps:

21:3.16 The [[technique]] of obtaining [[supreme]] [[sovereignty]] over a [[local universe]] involves the following seven experiential steps:

21:3.24 In settling the question of [[sovereignty]] in a [[local universe]], the [[Creator Son]] is not only [[demonstrating]] his own fitness to rule but is also [[revealing]] the [[nature]] and portraying the sevenfold [[attitude]] of the [[Paradise Deities]]. The [[finite]] [[understanding]] and [[creature]] [[appreciation]] of [[the Father]]'s primacy is concerned in the [[adventure]] of a Creator Son when he condescends to take upon himself the form and experiences of his [[creatures]]. These primary [[Paradise Sons]] are the real [[revealers]] of [[the Father]]'s loving [[nature]] and beneficent [[authority]], the same Father who, in [[association]] with [[the Son]] and [[the Spirit]], is the [[universal]] head of all [[power]], [[personality]], and [[government]] throughout all the [[Grand Universe|universal realms]].

21:3.24 In settling the question of [[sovereignty]] in a [[local universe]], the [[Creator Son]] is not only [[demonstrating]] his own fitness to rule but is also [[revealing]] the [[nature]] and portraying the sevenfold [[attitude]] of the [[Paradise Deities]]. The [[finite]] [[understanding]] and [[creature]] [[appreciation]] of [[the Father]]'s primacy is concerned in the [[adventure]] of a Creator Son when he condescends to take upon himself the form and experiences of his [[creatures]]. These primary [[Paradise Sons]] are the real [[revealers]] of [[the Father]]'s loving [[nature]] and beneficent [[authority]], the same Father who, in [[association]] with [[the Son]] and [[the Spirit]], is the [[universal]] head of all [[power]], [[personality]], and [[government]] throughout all the [[Grand Universe|universal realms]].

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