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119:0.1 Chief of the [[Evening Stars]] of [[Nebadon]], I am assigned to [[Urantia]] by [[Gabriel]] on the mission of [[revealing]] the [[story]] of the [[seven]] bestowals of the [[Creator Son|Universe Sovereign]], [[Michael]] of Nebadon, and my name is ''Gavalia''. In making this presentation, I will adhere strictly to the [[limitations]] imposed by my commission.

119:0.1 Chief of the [[Evening Stars]] of [[Nebadon]], I am assigned to [[Urantia]] by [[Gabriel]] on the mission of [[revealing]] the [[story]] of the [[seven]] bestowals of the [[Creator Son|Universe Sovereign]], [[Michael]] of Nebadon, and my name is ''Gavalia''. In making this presentation, I will adhere strictly to the [[limitations]] imposed by my commission.

119:0.2 The [[attribute]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_7#7:5._THE_SPIRIT_OF_BESTOWAL bestowal] is [[inherent]] in the [[Paradise Sons]] of the [[Universal Father]]. In their [[desire]] to come close to the life [[experiences]] of their subordinate living [[creatures]], the various orders of the [[Paradise Sons]] are [[reflecting]] the [[divine]] [[nature]] of their [[Paradise]] [[parents]]. The [[Eternal Son]] of the [[Paradise Trinity]] led the way in this [[practice]], having seven times [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_7#7:5._THE_SPIRIT_OF_BESTOWAL bestowed himself] upon the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM seven circuits] of [[Havona]] during the times of the [[ascension]] of [[Grandfanda]] and the first of the [[pilgrims]] from [[time and space]]. And the [[Eternal Son]] continues to [[bestow]] himself upon the [[local universes]] of [[space]] in the [[persons]] of his [[representatives]], the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 Michael] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:2._THE_MAGISTERIAL_SONS Avonal Sons].

119:0.2 The [[attribute]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_7#7:5._THE_SPIRIT_OF_BESTOWAL bestowal] is [[inherent]] in the [[Paradise Sons]] of the [[Universal Father]]. In their [[desire]] to come close to the life [[experiences]] of their subordinate living [[creatures]], the various orders of the [[Paradise Sons]] are [[reflecting]] the [[divine]] [[nature]] of their [[Paradise]] [[parents]]. The [[Eternal Son]] of the [[Paradise Trinity]] led the way in this [[practice]], having seven times [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_7#7:5._THE_SPIRIT_OF_BESTOWAL bestowed himself] upon the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM seven circuits] of [[Havona]] during the times of the [[ascension]] of [[Grandfanda]] and the first of the [[pilgrims]] from [[time and space]]. And the [[Eternal Son]] continues to [[bestow]] himself upon the [[local universes]] of [[space]] in the [[persons]] of his [[representatives]], the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 Michael] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:2._THE_MAGISTERIAL_SONS Avonal Sons].

119:0.3 When the [[Eternal Son]] bestows a [[Creator Son]] upon a [[projected]] [[local universe]], that [[Creator Son]] assumes full [[responsibility]] for the completion, [[control]], and [[composure]] of that new [[universe]], including the [[solemn]] [[oath]] to the eternal [[Trinity]] not to [[assume]] full [[sovereignty]] of the new [[creation]] until his [[seven]] [[creature]] [[bestowals]] shall have been successfully completed and certified by the [[Ancients of Days]] of the [[superuniverse]] of [[jurisdiction]]. This [[obligation]] is [[assumed]] by every [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 Michael Son] who [[volunteers]] to go out from [[Paradise]] to [[engage]] in [[universe]] [[organization]] and [[creation]].

119:0.3 When the [[Eternal Son]] bestows a [[Creator Son]] upon a [[projected]] [[local universe]], that [[Creator Son]] assumes full [[responsibility]] for the completion, [[control]], and [[composure]] of that new [[universe]], including the [[solemn]] [[oath]] to the eternal [[Trinity]] not to [[assume]] full [[sovereignty]] of the new [[creation]] until his [[seven]] [[creature]] [[bestowals]] shall have been successfully completed and certified by the [[Ancients of Days]] of the [[superuniverse]] of [[jurisdiction]]. This [[obligation]] is [[assumed]] by every [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 Michael Son] who [[volunteers]] to go out from [[Paradise]] to [[engage]] in [[universe]] [[organization]] and [[creation]].

119:0.4 The [[purpose]] of these [[creature]] [[incarnations]] is to enable such [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 Creators] to become [[wise]], [[sympathetic]], [[just]], and [[understanding]] sovereigns. These [[divine Sons]] are [[innately]] [[just]], but they become [[understanding]]ly [[merciful]] as a result of these [[successive]] [[bestowal]] [[experiences]]; they are naturally [[merciful]], but these [[experiences]] make them [[merciful]] in new and additional ways. These [[bestowals]] are the last steps in their [[education]] and [[training]] for the [[sublime]] tasks of ruling the [[local universes]] in [[divine]] [[righteousness]] and by [[just]] [[judgment]].

119:0.4 The [[purpose]] of these [[creature]] [[incarnations]] is to enable such [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 Creators] to become [[wise]], [[sympathetic]], [[just]], and [[understanding]] sovereigns. These [[divine Sons]] are [[innately]] [[just]], but they become [[understanding]]ly [[merciful]] as a result of these [[successive]] [[bestowal]] [[experiences]]; they are naturally [[merciful]], but these [[experiences]] make them [[merciful]] in new and additional ways. These [[bestowals]] are the last steps in their [[education]] and [[training]] for the [[sublime]] tasks of ruling the [[local universes]] in [[divine]] [[righteousness]] and by [[just]] [[judgment]].

119:0.5 Though numerous incidental benefits accrue to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 various worlds], [[the System|systems]], and [[constellations]], as well as to the [[different]] orders of universe [[intelligences]] affected and benefited by these bestowals, still they are primarily [[designed]] to [[complete]] the [[personal]] [[training]] and [[universe]] [[education]] of a [[Creator Son]] himself. These bestowals are not [[essential]] to the [[wise]], [[just]], and [[efficient]] [[management]] of a [[local universe]], but they are [[absolutely]] [[necessary]] to a [[fair]], merciful, and [[understanding]] [[administration]] of such a [[creation]], teeming with its varied [[forms]] of life and its myriads of [[intelligent]] but imperfect [[creatures]].

119:0.5 Though numerous incidental benefits accrue to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 various worlds], [[the System|systems]], and [[constellations]], as well as to the [[different]] orders of universe [[intelligences]] affected and benefited by these bestowals, still they are primarily [[designed]] to [[complete]] the [[personal]] [[training]] and [[universe]] [[education]] of a [[Creator Son]] himself. These bestowals are not [[essential]] to the [[wise]], [[just]], and [[efficient]] [[management]] of a [[local universe]], but they are [[absolutely]] [[necessary]] to a [[fair]], merciful, and [[understanding]] [[administration]] of such a [[creation]], teeming with its varied [[forms]] of life and its myriads of [[intelligent]] but imperfect [[creatures]].

119:0.6 The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 Michael Sons] begin their [[work]] of [[universe]] [[organization]] with a full and [[just]] [[sympathy]] for the various orders of [[beings]] whom they have created. They have vast stores of [[mercy]] for all these differing [[creatures]], even [[pity]] for those who err and flounder in the [[selfish]] mire of their own production. But such [[endowments]] of [[justice]] and [[righteousness]] will not suffice in the estimate of the [[Ancients of Days]]. These [[triune]] rulers of the [[superuniverses]] will never certify a [[Creator Son]] as [[Universe Sovereign]] until he has really acquired the [[viewpoint]] of his own [[creatures]] by [[actual]] [[experience]] in the [[environment]] of their [[existence]] and as these very [[creatures]] themselves. In this way such Sons become [[intelligent]] and [[understanding]] rulers; they come to know the various [[groups]] over which they rule and exercise [[universe]] [[authority]]. By living [[experience]] they [[possess]] themselves of [[practical]] [[mercy]], [[fair]] [[judgment]], and the [[patience]] born of [[experiential]] [[creature]] [[existence]].

119:0.6 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 Michael Sons] begin their [[work]] of [[universe]] [[organization]] with a full and [[just]] [[sympathy]] for the various orders of [[beings]] whom they have created. They have vast stores of [[mercy]] for all these differing [[creatures]], even [[pity]] for those who err and flounder in the [[selfish]] mire of their own production. But such [[endowments]] of [[justice]] and [[righteousness]] will not suffice in the estimate of the [[Ancients of Days]]. These [[triune]] rulers of the [[superuniverses]] will never certify a [[Creator Son]] as [[Universe Sovereign]] until he has really acquired the [[viewpoint]] of his own [[creatures]] by [[actual]] [[experience]] in the [[environment]] of their [[existence]] and as these very [[creatures]] themselves. In this way such Sons become [[intelligent]] and [[understanding]] rulers; they come to know the various [[groups]] over which they rule and exercise [[universe]] [[authority]]. By living [[experience]] they [[possess]] themselves of [[practical]] [[mercy]], [[fair]] [[judgment]], and the [[patience]] born of [[experiential]] [[creature]] [[existence]].

119:0.7 The [[local universe]] of [[Nebadon]] is now ruled by a [[Creator Son]] who has completed his [[service]] of [[bestowal]]; he reigns in [[just]] and [[merciful]] [[supremacy]] over all the vast realms of his evolving and [[perfecting]] [[universe]]. [[Michael]] of [[Nebadon]] is the 611,121st [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_7#7:5._THE_SPIRIT_OF_BESTOWAL bestowal] of the [[Eternal Son]] upon the [[universes]] of [[time and space]], and he began the [[organization]] of your [[local universe]] about four hundred billion years ago. [[Michael]] made ready for his first bestowal adventure about the time [[Urantia]] was taking on its present form, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion_years_ago one billion years ago]. His [[bestowals]] have occurred about one hundred and fifty million years apart, the last taking place on [[Urantia]] nineteen hundred years ago. I will now [[proceed]] to [[unfold]] the [[nature]] and [[character]] of these bestowals as fully as my commission permits.

119:0.7 The [[local universe]] of [[Nebadon]] is now ruled by a [[Creator Son]] who has completed his [[service]] of [[bestowal]]; he reigns in [[just]] and [[merciful]] [[supremacy]] over all the vast realms of his evolving and [[perfecting]] [[universe]]. [[Michael]] of [[Nebadon]] is the 611,121st [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_7#7:5._THE_SPIRIT_OF_BESTOWAL bestowal] of the [[Eternal Son]] upon the [[universes]] of [[time and space]], and he began the [[organization]] of your [[local universe]] about four hundred billion years ago. [[Michael]] made ready for his first bestowal adventure about the time [[Urantia]] was taking on its present form, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion_years_ago one billion years ago]. His [[bestowals]] have occurred about one hundred and fifty million years apart, the last taking place on [[Urantia]] nineteen hundred years ago. I will now [[proceed]] to [[unfold]] the [[nature]] and [[character]] of these bestowals as fully as my commission permits.

==119:1. THE FIRST BESTOWAL==

==119:1. THE FIRST BESTOWAL==

119:1.1 It was a [[solemn]] occasion on [[Salvington]] almost [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion_years_ago one billion years] ago when the assembled directors and chiefs of the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]] heard [[Michael]] announce that his elder [[brother]], [[Immanuel]], would presently [[assume]] [[authority]] in [[Nebadon]] while he (Michael) would be absent on an unexplained mission. No other [[announcement]] was made about this [[transaction]] except that the [[farewell]] [[broadcast]] to the [[Constellation Fathers]], among other instructions, said: "And for this period I place you under the [[care]] and keeping of [[Immanuel]] while I go to do the bidding of my [[Paradise Father]]."

119:1.1 It was a [[solemn]] occasion on [[Salvington]] almost [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion_years_ago one billion years] ago when the assembled directors and chiefs of the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]] heard [[Michael]] announce that his elder [[brother]], [[Immanuel]], would presently [[assume]] [[authority]] in [[Nebadon]] while he (Michael) would be absent on an unexplained mission. No other [[announcement]] was made about this [[transaction]] except that the [[farewell]] [[broadcast]] to the [[Constellation Fathers]], among other instructions, said: "And for this period I place you under the [[care]] and keeping of [[Immanuel]] while I go to do the bidding of my [[Paradise Father]]."

119:1.2 After sending this [[farewell]] [[broadcast]], [[Michael]] appeared on the dispatching field of [[Salvington]], just as on many previous occasions when [[preparing]] for departure to [[Uversa]] or [[Paradise]] except that he came alone. He concluded his [[statement]] of departure with these [[words]]: "I leave you but for a short [[season]]. Many of you, I know, would go with me, but whither I go you cannot come. That which I am about to do, you cannot do. I go to do the will of the [[Paradise Deities]], and when I have finished my mission and have acquired this [[experience]], I will return to my place among you." And having thus spoken, [[Michael]] of [[Nebadon]] vanished from the [[sight]] of all those assembled and did not reappear for twenty years of [[standard]] [[time]]. In all [[Salvington]], only the [[Divine Minister]] and [[Immanuel]] knew what was taking place, and the [[Union of Days]] [[shared]] his [[secret]] only with the [[chief executive]] of the [[universe]], [[Gabriel]], the [[Bright and Morning Star]].

119:1.2 After sending this [[farewell]] [[broadcast]], [[Michael]] appeared on the dispatching field of [[Salvington]], just as on many previous occasions when [[preparing]] for departure to [[Uversa]] or [[Paradise]] except that he came alone. He concluded his [[statement]] of departure with these [[words]]: "I leave you but for a short [[season]]. Many of you, I know, would go with me, but whither I go you cannot come. That which I am about to do, you cannot do. I go to do the will of the [[Paradise Deities]], and when I have finished my mission and have acquired this [[experience]], I will return to my place among you." And having thus spoken, [[Michael]] of [[Nebadon]] vanished from the [[sight]] of all those assembled and did not reappear for twenty years of [[standard]] [[time]]. In all [[Salvington]], only the [[Divine Minister]] and [[Immanuel]] knew what was taking place, and the [[Union of Days]] [[shared]] his [[secret]] only with the [[chief executive]] of the [[universe]], [[Gabriel]], the [[Bright and Morning Star]].

119:1.3 All the [[inhabitants]] of [[Salvington]] and those dwelling on the [[constellation]] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_46 system headquarters] worlds assembled about their respective receiving stations for [[universe]] [[intelligence]], [[hoping]] to get some [[word]] of the mission and whereabouts of the [[Creator Son]]. Not until the third day after [[Michael]]'s departure was any [[message]] of possible significance received. On this day a [[communication]] was registered on [[Salvington]] from the [http://www.nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_35#35:3._THE_MELCHIZEDEK_SONS Melchizedek sphere], the [[headquarters]] of that order in [[Nebadon]], which simply [[record]]ed this extraordinary and never-before-heard-of [[transaction]]: "At noon today there appeared on the receiving field of this world a strange [[Melchizedek]] Son, not of our [[number]] but wholly like our order. He was accompanied by a solitary [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_28#28:2._THE_OMNIAPHIM omniaphim] who bore [[credentials]] from [[Uversa]] and presented orders addressed to our chief, derived from the [[Ancients of Days]] and concurred in by [[Immanuel]] of [[Salvington]], directing that this new [[Melchizedek]] Son be received into our order and assigned to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_35#35:4._SPECIAL_WORK_OF_THE_MELCHIZEDEKS emergency service] of the [[Melchizedeks]] of [[Nebadon]]. And it has been so ordered; it has been done."

119:1.3 All the [[inhabitants]] of [[Salvington]] and those dwelling on the [[constellation]] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_46 system headquarters] worlds assembled about their respective receiving stations for [[universe]] [[intelligence]], [[hoping]] to get some [[word]] of the mission and whereabouts of the [[Creator Son]]. Not until the third day after [[Michael]]'s departure was any [[message]] of possible significance received. On this day a [[communication]] was registered on [[Salvington]] from the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_35#35:3._THE_MELCHIZEDEK_SONS Melchizedek sphere], the [[headquarters]] of that order in [[Nebadon]], which simply [[record]]ed this extraordinary and never-before-heard-of [[transaction]]: "At noon today there appeared on the receiving field of this world a strange [[Melchizedek]] Son, not of our [[number]] but wholly like our order. He was accompanied by a solitary [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_28#28:2._THE_OMNIAPHIM omniaphim] who bore [[credentials]] from [[Uversa]] and presented orders addressed to our chief, derived from the [[Ancients of Days]] and concurred in by [[Immanuel]] of [[Salvington]], directing that this new [[Melchizedek]] Son be received into our order and assigned to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_35#35:4._SPECIAL_WORK_OF_THE_MELCHIZEDEKS emergency service] of the [[Melchizedeks]] of [[Nebadon]]. And it has been so ordered; it has been done."

119:1.4 And this is about all that [[appears]] on the [[records]] of [[Salvington]] regarding the ''first Michael bestowal''. Nothing more appears until after one hundred years of [[Urantia]] [[time]], when there was recorded the [[fact]] of [[Michael]]'s return and unannounced resumption of the direction of [[universe]] affairs. But a strange [[record]] is to be found on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_35#35:3._THE_MELCHIZEDEK_WORLDS Melchizedek world], a [[recital]] of the [[service]] of this [[unique]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_35#35:2._THE_MELCHIZEDEK_SONS Melchizedek Son] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_35#35:4._SPECIAL_WORK_OF_THE_MELCHIZEDEKS emergency corps] of that age. This [[record]] is preserved in a [[simple]] [[temple]] which now occupies the foreground of the [[home]] of the [[Father Melchizedek]], and it comprises the [[narration]] of the [[service]] of this transitory [[Melchizedek]] Son in [[connection]] with his assignment to twenty-four missions of [[universe]] [[emergency]]. And this [[record]], which I have so recently reviewed, ends thus:

119:1.4 And this is about all that [[appears]] on the [[records]] of [[Salvington]] regarding the ''first Michael bestowal''. Nothing more appears until after one hundred years of [[Urantia]] [[time]], when there was recorded the [[fact]] of [[Michael]]'s return and unannounced resumption of the direction of [[universe]] affairs. But a strange [[record]] is to be found on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_35#35:3._THE_MELCHIZEDEK_WORLDS Melchizedek world], a [[recital]] of the [[service]] of this [[unique]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_35#35:2._THE_MELCHIZEDEK_SONS Melchizedek Son] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_35#35:4._SPECIAL_WORK_OF_THE_MELCHIZEDEKS emergency corps] of that age. This [[record]] is preserved in a [[simple]] [[temple]] which now occupies the foreground of the [[home]] of the [[Father Melchizedek]], and it comprises the [[narration]] of the [[service]] of this transitory [[Melchizedek]] Son in [[connection]] with his assignment to twenty-four missions of [[universe]] [[emergency]]. And this [[record]], which I have so recently reviewed, ends thus:

119:1.5 "And at noon on this day, without previous [[announcement]] and [[witnessed]] by only [[three]] of our brotherhood, this [[visiting]] Son of our order disappeared from our world as he came, accompanied only by a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_28#28:2._THE_OMNIAPHIM solitary omniaphim]; and this [[record]] is now closed with the certification that this [[visitor]] lived as a [[Melchizedek]], in the likeness of a Melchizedek he worked as a Melchizedek, and he [[faithfully]] [[performed]] all of his assignments as an [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_35#35:4._SPECIAL_WORK_OF_THE_MELCHIZEDEKS emergency Son] of our order. By [[universal]] [[consent]] he has become chief of [[Melchizedeks]], having [[earned]] our [[love]] and [[adoration]] by his matchless [[wisdom]], [[supreme]] [[love]], and superb [[devotion]] to [[duty]]. He loved us, [[understood]] us, and served with us, and forever we are his [[loyal]] and [[devoted]] fellow [[Melchizedeks]], for this stranger on our world has now [[eternally]] become a [[universe]] minister of Melchizedek [[nature]]."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_V]

119:1.5 "And at noon on this day, without previous [[announcement]] and [[witnessed]] by only [[three]] of our brotherhood, this [[visiting]] Son of our order disappeared from our world as he came, accompanied only by a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_28#28:2._THE_OMNIAPHIM solitary omniaphim]; and this [[record]] is now closed with the certification that this [[visitor]] lived as a [[Melchizedek]], in the likeness of a Melchizedek he worked as a Melchizedek, and he [[faithfully]] [[performed]] all of his assignments as an [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_35#35:4._SPECIAL_WORK_OF_THE_MELCHIZEDEKS emergency Son] of our order. By [[universal]] [[consent]] he has become chief of [[Melchizedeks]], having [[earned]] our [[love]] and [[adoration]] by his matchless [[wisdom]], [[supreme]] [[love]], and superb [[devotion]] to [[duty]]. He loved us, [[understood]] us, and served with us, and forever we are his [[loyal]] and [[devoted]] fellow [[Melchizedeks]], for this stranger on our world has now [[eternally]] become a [[universe]] minister of Melchizedek [[nature]]."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_V]

119:1.6 And that is all I am permitted to tell you of the ''first bestowal'' of [[Michael]]. We, of course, fully [[understand]] that this strange [[Melchizedek]] who so [[mysteriously]] served with the Melchizedeks a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion_years_ago billion years ago] was none other than the [[incarnated]] [[Michael]] on the mission of his ''first bestowal''. The [[records]] do not specifically state that this [[unique]] and [[efficient]] [[Melchizedek]] was [[Michael]], but it is [[universally]] believed that he was. [[Probably]] the [[actual]] [[statement]] of that [[fact]] cannot be found outside of the [[records]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#13:1._THE_SEVEN_SACRED_WORLDS_OF_THE_FATHER Sonarington], and the [[records]] of that [[secret]] world are not open to us. Only on this [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#13:1._THE_SEVEN_SACRED_WORLDS_OF_THE_FATHER sacred world] of the [[divine Sons]] are the [[mysteries]] of [[incarnation]] and [[bestowal]] fully known. We all know of the [[facts]] of the ''Michael bestowals'', but we do not [[understand]] how they are effected. We do not know how the ruler of a [[universe]], the [[creator]] of the [[Melchizedeks]], can so suddenly and [[mysteriously]] become one of their number and, as one of them, live among them and work as a [[Melchizedek]] Son for one hundred years. But it so happened.

119:1.6 And that is all I am permitted to tell you of the ''first bestowal'' of [[Michael]]. We, of course, fully [[understand]] that this strange [[Melchizedek]] who so [[mysteriously]] served with the Melchizedeks a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion_years_ago billion years ago] was none other than the [[incarnated]] [[Michael]] on the mission of his ''first bestowal''. The [[records]] do not specifically state that this [[unique]] and [[efficient]] [[Melchizedek]] was [[Michael]], but it is [[universally]] believed that he was. [[Probably]] the [[actual]] [[statement]] of that [[fact]] cannot be found outside of the [[records]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#13:1._THE_SEVEN_SACRED_WORLDS_OF_THE_FATHER Sonarington], and the [[records]] of that [[secret]] world are not open to us. Only on this [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#13:1._THE_SEVEN_SACRED_WORLDS_OF_THE_FATHER sacred world] of the [[divine Sons]] are the [[mysteries]] of [[incarnation]] and [[bestowal]] fully known. We all know of the [[facts]] of the ''Michael bestowals'', but we do not [[understand]] how they are effected. We do not know how the ruler of a [[universe]], the [[creator]] of the [[Melchizedeks]], can so suddenly and [[mysteriously]] become one of their number and, as one of them, live among them and work as a [[Melchizedek]] Son for one hundred years. But it so happened.

==119:2. THE SECOND BESTOWAL==

==119:2. THE SECOND BESTOWAL==

119:2.1 For almost one hundred and fifty million years after the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:1._THE_FIRST_BESTOWAL Melchizedek bestowal of Michael], all went well in the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]], when trouble began to brew in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_45 system] 11 of [[constellation]] 37. This trouble involved a misunderstanding by a [[Lanonandek Son]], a [[System Sovereign]], which had been [[adjudicated]] by the [[Constellation Fathers]] and approved by the [[Faithful of Days]], the [[Paradise]] [[counselor]] to that [[constellation]], but the protesting [[System Sovereign]] was not fully [[reconciled]] to the [[verdict]]. After more than one hundred years of dissatisfaction he led his [[associates]] in one of the most widespread and disastrous [[rebellions]] against the [[sovereignty]] of the [[Creator Son]] ever instigated in the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]], a rebellion long since adjudicated and ended by the [[action]] of the [[Ancients of Days]] on [[Uversa]].

119:2.1 For almost one hundred and fifty million years after the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:1._THE_FIRST_BESTOWAL Melchizedek bestowal of Michael], all went well in the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]], when trouble began to brew in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_45 system] 11 of [[constellation]] 37. This trouble involved a misunderstanding by a [[Lanonandek Son]], a [[System Sovereign]], which had been [[adjudicated]] by the [[Constellation Fathers]] and approved by the [[Faithful of Days]], the [[Paradise]] [[counselor]] to that [[constellation]], but the protesting [[System Sovereign]] was not fully [[reconciled]] to the [[verdict]]. After more than one hundred years of dissatisfaction he led his [[associates]] in one of the most widespread and disastrous [[rebellions]] against the [[sovereignty]] of the [[Creator Son]] ever instigated in the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]], a rebellion long since adjudicated and ended by the [[action]] of the [[Ancients of Days]] on [[Uversa]].

119:2.2 This [[rebel]] [[System Sovereign]], ''Lutentia'', reigned supreme on his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_46 headquarters planet] for more than twenty years of standard [[Nebadon]] [[time]]; whereupon, the [[Most Highs]], with approval from [[Uversa]], ordered his [[segregation]] and requisitioned the [[Salvington]] rulers for the designation of a new [[System Sovereign]] to assume direction of that strife-torn and [[confused]] system of [[inhabited worlds]].

119:2.2 This [[rebel]] [[System Sovereign]], ''Lutentia'', reigned supreme on his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_46 headquarters planet] for more than twenty years of standard [[Nebadon]] [[time]]; whereupon, the [[Most Highs]], with approval from [[Uversa]], ordered his [[segregation]] and requisitioned the [[Salvington]] rulers for the designation of a new [[System Sovereign]] to assume direction of that strife-torn and [[confused]] system of [[inhabited worlds]].

119:2.3 [[Simultaneously]] with the [[reception]] of this request on [[Salvington]], [[Michael]] [[initiated]] the second of those extraordinary [[proclamation]]s of [[intention]] to be [[absent]] from the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33 universe headquarters] for the [[purpose]] of "doing the bidding of my [[Paradise Father]]," [[promising]] to "return in due [[season]]" and [[concentrating]] all [[authority]] in the hands of his [[Paradise]] [[brother]], [[Immanuel]], the [[Union of Days]].

119:2.3 [[Simultaneously]] with the [[reception]] of this request on [[Salvington]], [[Michael]] [[initiated]] the second of those extraordinary [[proclamation]]s of [[intention]] to be [[absent]] from the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33 universe headquarters] for the [[purpose]] of "doing the bidding of my [[Paradise Father]]," [[promising]] to "return in due [[season]]" and [[concentrating]] all [[authority]] in the hands of his [[Paradise]] [[brother]], [[Immanuel]], the [[Union of Days]].

119:2.4 And then, by the same [[technique]] [[observed]] at the time of his departure in [[connection]] with the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:1._THE_FIRST_BESTOWAL Melchizedek bestowal], [[Michael]] again took leave of his [[Salvington|headquarters sphere]]. [[Three]] days after this unexplained leave-taking there [[appeared]] among the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_35#35:8._THE_LANONANDEK_SONS reserve corps] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_35#35:9._THE_LANONANDEK_RULERS primary Lanonandek Sons] of [[Nebadon]], a new and [[unknown]] member. This new Son appeared at noon, unannounced and accompanied by a lone [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_28#28:1._THE_TERTIAPHIM tertiaphim] who bore [[credentials]] from the [[Uversa]] [[Ancients of Days]], certified by [[Immanuel]] of [[Salvington]], directing that this new Son be assigned to [[the System|system]] 11 of [[constellation]] 37 as the successor of the deposed ''Lutentia'' and with full [[authority]] as acting [[System Sovereign]] [[pending]] the appointment of a new [[sovereign]].

119:2.4 And then, by the same [[technique]] [[observed]] at the time of his departure in [[connection]] with the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:1._THE_FIRST_BESTOWAL Melchizedek bestowal], [[Michael]] again took leave of his [[Salvington|headquarters sphere]]. [[Three]] days after this unexplained leave-taking there [[appeared]] among the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_35#35:8._THE_LANONANDEK_SONS reserve corps] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_35#35:9._THE_LANONANDEK_RULERS primary Lanonandek Sons] of [[Nebadon]], a new and [[unknown]] member. This new Son appeared at noon, unannounced and accompanied by a lone [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_28#28:1._THE_TERTIAPHIM tertiaphim] who bore [[credentials]] from the [[Uversa]] [[Ancients of Days]], certified by [[Immanuel]] of [[Salvington]], directing that this new Son be assigned to [[the System|system]] 11 of [[constellation]] 37 as the successor of the deposed ''Lutentia'' and with full [[authority]] as acting [[System Sovereign]] [[pending]] the appointment of a new [[sovereign]].

119:2.5 For more than seventeen years of [[universe]] [[time]] this strange and [[unknown]] temporary ruler [[administered]] the affairs and [[wisely]] [[adjudicated]] the [[difficulties]] of this [[confused]] and demoralized [[local system]]. No [[System Sovereign]] was ever more ardently [[loved]] or more widespreadly [[honored]] and [[respected]]. In [[justice]] and [[mercy]] this new ruler set the [[turbulent]] [[the system|system]] in order while he painstakingly ministered to all his subjects, even offering his [[rebellious]] predecessor the [[privilege]] of [[sharing]] [[the system]] throne of [[authority]] if he would only [[apologize]] to [[Immanuel]] for his indiscretions. But ''Lutentia'' spurned these overtures of [[mercy]], well knowing that this new and [[strange]] [[System Sovereign]] was none other than [[Michael]], the very [[universe]] ruler whom he had so recently defied. But millions of his misguided and deluded followers [[accepted]] the [[forgiveness]] of this new ruler, known in that [[age]] as the ''Savior Sovereign'' of [[the system]] of ''Palonia''.

119:2.5 For more than seventeen years of [[universe]] [[time]] this strange and [[unknown]] temporary ruler [[administered]] the affairs and [[wisely]] [[adjudicated]] the [[difficulties]] of this [[confused]] and demoralized [[local system]]. No [[System Sovereign]] was ever more ardently [[loved]] or more widespreadly [[honored]] and [[respected]]. In [[justice]] and [[mercy]] this new ruler set the [[turbulent]] [[the system|system]] in order while he painstakingly ministered to all his subjects, even offering his [[rebellious]] predecessor the [[privilege]] of [[sharing]] [[the system]] throne of [[authority]] if he would only [[apologize]] to [[Immanuel]] for his indiscretions. But ''Lutentia'' spurned these overtures of [[mercy]], well knowing that this new and [[strange]] [[System Sovereign]] was none other than [[Michael]], the very [[universe]] ruler whom he had so recently defied. But millions of his misguided and deluded followers [[accepted]] the [[forgiveness]] of this new ruler, known in that [[age]] as the ''Savior Sovereign'' of [[the system]] of ''Palonia''.

119:2.6 And then came that [[eventful]] day on which there arrived the newly appointed [[System Sovereign]], designated by the [[universe]] [[authorities]] as the permanent [[successor]] of the deposed ''Lutentia'', and all ''Palonia'' mourned the departure of the most [[noble]] and the most benign [[System Sovereign|system ruler]] that [[Nebadon]] had ever known. He was beloved by all [[the system]] and [[adored]] by his fellows of all [[groups]] of the [[Lanonandek Sons]]. His departure was not unceremonious; a great [[celebration]] was arranged when he left the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_46 system headquarters]. Even his erring predecessor sent this [[message]]: "[[Just]] and [[righteous]] are you in all your ways. While I continue in [[rejection]] of the [[Paradise]] rule, I am [[compelled]] to [[confess]] that you are a just and [[merciful]] [[administrator]]."

119:2.6 And then came that [[eventful]] day on which there arrived the newly appointed [[System Sovereign]], designated by the [[universe]] [[authorities]] as the permanent [[successor]] of the deposed ''Lutentia'', and all ''Palonia'' mourned the departure of the most [[noble]] and the most benign [[System Sovereign|system ruler]] that [[Nebadon]] had ever known. He was beloved by all [[the system]] and [[adored]] by his fellows of all [[groups]] of the [[Lanonandek Sons]]. His departure was not unceremonious; a great [[celebration]] was arranged when he left the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_46 system headquarters]. Even his erring predecessor sent this [[message]]: "[[Just]] and [[righteous]] are you in all your ways. While I continue in [[rejection]] of the [[Paradise]] rule, I am [[compelled]] to [[confess]] that you are a just and [[merciful]] [[administrator]]."

119:2.7 And then did this [[transient]] ruler of a [[rebellious]] [[the System|system]] take leave of the [[planet]] of his short [[administrative]] [[sojourn]], while on the third day thereafter [[Michael]] appeared on [[Salvington]] and resumed the direction of the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]]. There soon followed the third [[Uversa]] [[proclamation]] of the advancing [[jurisdiction]] of the [[sovereignty]] and [[authority]] of [[Michael]]. The first [[proclamation]] was made at the time of his arrival in [[Nebadon]], the second was issued soon after the completion of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:1._THE_FIRST_BESTOWAL Melchizedek bestowal], and now the third follows upon the termination of the second or [[Lanonandek]] mission.

119:2.7 And then did this [[transient]] ruler of a [[rebellious]] [[the System|system]] take leave of the [[planet]] of his short [[administrative]] [[sojourn]], while on the third day thereafter [[Michael]] appeared on [[Salvington]] and resumed the direction of the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]]. There soon followed the third [[Uversa]] [[proclamation]] of the advancing [[jurisdiction]] of the [[sovereignty]] and [[authority]] of [[Michael]]. The first [[proclamation]] was made at the time of his arrival in [[Nebadon]], the second was issued soon after the completion of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:1._THE_FIRST_BESTOWAL Melchizedek bestowal], and now the third follows upon the termination of the second or [[Lanonandek]] mission.

==119:3. THE THIRD BESTOWAL==

==119:3. THE THIRD BESTOWAL==

119:3.1 The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33#33:8._THE_LEGISLATIVE_AND_EXECUTIVE_FUNCTIONS supreme council] on [[Salvington]] had just finished the [[consideration]] of the call of the [[Life Carriers]] on [[planet]] 217 in [[the system|system]] 87 in [[constellation]] 61 for the dispatch to their [[assistance]] of a [[Material Son]]. Now this [[planet]] was situated in a [[the System|system]] of [[inhabited worlds]] where another [[System Sovereign]] had gone astray, the second such [[rebellion]] in all [[Nebadon]] up to that time.

119:3.1 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33#33:8._THE_LEGISLATIVE_AND_EXECUTIVE_FUNCTIONS supreme council] on [[Salvington]] had just finished the [[consideration]] of the call of the [[Life Carriers]] on [[planet]] 217 in [[the system|system]] 87 in [[constellation]] 61 for the dispatch to their [[assistance]] of a [[Material Son]]. Now this [[planet]] was situated in a [[the System|system]] of [[inhabited worlds]] where another [[System Sovereign]] had gone astray, the second such [[rebellion]] in all [[Nebadon]] up to that time.

119:3.2 Upon the request of [[Michael]], [[action]] on the [[petition]] of the [[Life Carriers]] of this [[planet]] was deferred [[pending]] its [[consideration]] by [[Immanuel]] and his report thereon. This was an irregular [[procedure]], and I well [[remember]] how we all [[anticipated]] something [[unusual]], and we were not long held in [[suspense]]. [[Michael]] [[proceeded]] to place [[universe]] [[Administration|direction]] in the hands of [[Immanuel]], while he in[[trusted]] command of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_38 celestial forces] to [[Gabriel]], and having thus disposed of his [[administrative]] [[responsibilities]], he took leave of the [[Universe Mother Spirit]] and [[vanished]] from the dispatching field of [[Salvington]] precisely as he had done on two previous occasions.

119:3.2 Upon the request of [[Michael]], [[action]] on the [[petition]] of the [[Life Carriers]] of this [[planet]] was deferred [[pending]] its [[consideration]] by [[Immanuel]] and his report thereon. This was an irregular [[procedure]], and I well [[remember]] how we all [[anticipated]] something [[unusual]], and we were not long held in [[suspense]]. [[Michael]] [[proceeded]] to place [[universe]] [[Administration|direction]] in the hands of [[Immanuel]], while he in[[trusted]] command of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_38 celestial forces] to [[Gabriel]], and having thus disposed of his [[administrative]] [[responsibilities]], he took leave of the [[Universe Mother Spirit]] and [[vanished]] from the dispatching field of [[Salvington]] precisely as he had done on two previous occasions.

119:3.3 And, as might have been [[expected]], on the third day thereafter there [[appeared]], unannounced, on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_46 headquarters world] of [[the System|system]] 87 in [[constellation]] 61, a strange [[Material Son]], accompanied by a lone [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_28#28:3._THE_SECONAPHIM seconaphim], accredited by the [[Uversa]] [[Ancients of Days]], and certified by [[Immanuel]] of [[Salvington]]. [[Immediately]] the acting [[System Sovereign]] appointed this new and [[mysterious]] [[Material Son]] [[acting]] [[Planetary Prince]] of world 217, and this designation was at once [[confirmed]] by the [[Most Highs]] of [[constellation]] 61.

119:3.3 And, as might have been [[expected]], on the third day thereafter there [[appeared]], unannounced, on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_46 headquarters world] of [[the System|system]] 87 in [[constellation]] 61, a strange [[Material Son]], accompanied by a lone [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_28#28:3._THE_SECONAPHIM seconaphim], accredited by the [[Uversa]] [[Ancients of Days]], and certified by [[Immanuel]] of [[Salvington]]. [[Immediately]] the acting [[System Sovereign]] appointed this new and [[mysterious]] [[Material Son]] [[acting]] [[Planetary Prince]] of world 217, and this designation was at once [[confirmed]] by the [[Most Highs]] of [[constellation]] 61.

119:3.4 Thus did this [[unique]] [[Material Son]] begin his [[difficult]] [[career]] on a [[quarantined]] world of [[secession]] and [[rebellion]], located in a beleaguered [[the System|system]] without any direct [[communication]] with the outside [[universe]], working [[alone]] for one whole [[generation]] of [[planetary]] time. This [[emergency]] [[Material Son]] effected the [[repentance]] and reclamation of the [[default]]ing [[Planetary Prince]] and his entire staff and [[witnessed]] the restoration of the [[planet]] to the [[loyal]] [[service]] of the [[Paradise]] rule as [[established]] in the [[local universes]]. In due time a [[Material Son and Daughter]] arrived on this rejuvenated and [[redeemed]] world, and when they had been duly installed as visible [[planetary]] rulers, the transitory or [[emergency]] [[Planetary Prince]] took [[formal]] leave, disappearing at noon one day. On the third day thereafter, [[Michael]] [[appeared]] in his accustomed place on [[Salvington]], and very soon the [[superuniverse]] [[broadcasts]] carried the fourth [[proclamation]] of the [[Ancients of Days]] announcing the further advancement of the [[sovereignty]] of [[Michael]] in [[Nebadon]].

119:3.4 Thus did this [[unique]] [[Material Son]] begin his [[difficult]] [[career]] on a [[quarantined]] world of [[secession]] and [[rebellion]], located in a beleaguered [[the System|system]] without any direct [[communication]] with the outside [[universe]], working [[alone]] for one whole [[generation]] of [[planetary]] time. This [[emergency]] [[Material Son]] effected the [[repentance]] and reclamation of the [[default]]ing [[Planetary Prince]] and his entire staff and [[witnessed]] the restoration of the [[planet]] to the [[loyal]] [[service]] of the [[Paradise]] rule as [[established]] in the [[local universes]]. In due time a [[Material Son and Daughter]] arrived on this rejuvenated and [[redeemed]] world, and when they had been duly installed as visible [[planetary]] rulers, the transitory or [[emergency]] [[Planetary Prince]] took [[formal]] leave, disappearing at noon one day. On the third day thereafter, [[Michael]] [[appeared]] in his accustomed place on [[Salvington]], and very soon the [[superuniverse]] [[broadcasts]] carried the fourth [[proclamation]] of the [[Ancients of Days]] announcing the further advancement of the [[sovereignty]] of [[Michael]] in [[Nebadon]].

119:3.5 I [[regret]] that I do not have permission to [[narrate]] the [[patience]], [[fortitude]], and [[skill]] with which this [[Material Son]] met the trying situations on this [[confused]] [[planet]]. The reclamation of this [[isolated]] world is one of the most [[beautifully]] touching chapters in the [[annals]] of [[salvation]] throughout [[Nebadon]]. By the end of this mission it had become [[evident]] to all [[Nebadon]] as to why their beloved ruler [[chose]] to engage in these repeated [[bestowals]] in the likeness of some subordinate order of [[intelligent]] [[being]].

119:3.5 I [[regret]] that I do not have permission to [[narrate]] the [[patience]], [[fortitude]], and [[skill]] with which this [[Material Son]] met the trying situations on this [[confused]] [[planet]]. The reclamation of this [[isolated]] world is one of the most [[beautifully]] touching chapters in the [[annals]] of [[salvation]] throughout [[Nebadon]]. By the end of this mission it had become [[evident]] to all [[Nebadon]] as to why their beloved ruler [[chose]] to engage in these repeated [[bestowals]] in the likeness of some subordinate order of [[intelligent]] [[being]].

119:3.6 The [[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:1._THE_FIRST_BESTOWAL bestowals of Michael as a Melchizedek Son], then as a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:2._THE_FIRST_BESTOWAL Lanonandek Son], and next as a [[Material Son]] are all equally [[mysterious]] and beyond [[explanation]]. In each instance he [[appeared]] suddenly and as a fully [[developed]] [[individual]] of the [[bestowal]] group. The [[mystery]] of such [[incarnations]] will never be known except to those who have [[access]] to the inner circle of the [[records]] on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#13:1._THE_SEVEN_SACRED_WORLDS_OF_THE_FATHER sacred sphere of Sonarington].

119:3.6 The [[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:1._THE_FIRST_BESTOWAL bestowals of Michael as a Melchizedek Son], then as a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:2._THE_FIRST_BESTOWAL Lanonandek Son], and next as a [[Material Son]] are all equally [[mysterious]] and beyond [[explanation]]. In each instance he [[appeared]] suddenly and as a fully [[developed]] [[individual]] of the [[bestowal]] group. The [[mystery]] of such [[incarnations]] will never be known except to those who have [[access]] to the inner circle of the [[records]] on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#13:1._THE_SEVEN_SACRED_WORLDS_OF_THE_FATHER sacred sphere of Sonarington].

119:3.7 Never, since this [[marvelous]] [[bestowal]] as the [[Planetary Prince]] of a world in [[isolation]] and [[rebellion]], have any of the [[Material Sons]] or Daughters in [[Nebadon]] been tempted to complain of their assignments or to find fault with the [[difficulties]] of their [[planetary]] missions. For all time the [[Material Sons]] know that in the [[Creator Son]] of the [[universe]] they have an [[understanding]] [[sovereign]] and a [[sympathetic]] [[friend]], one who has in "all points been tried and tested,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_IV] even as they must also be tried and tested.

119:3.7 Never, since this [[marvelous]] [[bestowal]] as the [[Planetary Prince]] of a world in [[isolation]] and [[rebellion]], have any of the [[Material Sons]] or Daughters in [[Nebadon]] been tempted to complain of their assignments or to find fault with the [[difficulties]] of their [[planetary]] missions. For all time the [[Material Sons]] know that in the [[Creator Son]] of the [[universe]] they have an [[understanding]] [[sovereign]] and a [[sympathetic]] [[friend]], one who has in "all points been tried and tested,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_IV] even as they must also be tried and tested.

119:3.8 Each of these missions was followed by an [[age]] of increasing [[service]] and [[loyalty]] among all [[celestial]] [[intelligences]] of [[universe]] [[origin]], while each [[succeeding]] bestowal age was characterized by advancement and improvement in all [[methods]] of [[universe]] [[administration]] and in all [[techniques]] of [[government]]. Since this bestowal no [[Material Son]] or Daughter has ever knowingly joined in [[rebellion]] against [[Michael]]; they [[love]] and [[honor]] him too [[devotedly]] ever [[consciously]] to [[reject]] him. Only through [[deception]] and [[sophistry]] have [[the Adams]] of recent times been led astray by [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_35#35:8._THE_LANONANDEK_SONS higher types] of [[rebel]] [[personalities]].

119:3.8 Each of these missions was followed by an [[age]] of increasing [[service]] and [[loyalty]] among all [[celestial]] [[intelligences]] of [[universe]] [[origin]], while each [[succeeding]] bestowal age was characterized by advancement and improvement in all [[methods]] of [[universe]] [[administration]] and in all [[techniques]] of [[government]]. Since this bestowal no [[Material Son]] or Daughter has ever knowingly joined in [[rebellion]] against [[Michael]]; they [[love]] and [[honor]] him too [[devotedly]] ever [[consciously]] to [[reject]] him. Only through [[deception]] and [[sophistry]] have [[the Adams]] of recent times been led astray by [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_35#35:8._THE_LANONANDEK_SONS higher types] of [[rebel]] [[personalities]].

==119:4. THE FOURTH BESTOWAL==

==119:4. THE FOURTH BESTOWAL==

119:4.1 It was at the end of one of the periodic millennial roll calls of [[Uversa]] that [[Michael]] proceeded to place the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33 government of Nebadon] in the hands of [[Immanuel]] and [[Gabriel]]; and, of course, recalling what had happened in times [[past]] following such [[action]], we all [[prepared]] to [[witness]] [[Michael]]'s disappearance on his f''ourth mission of bestowal'', and we were not long kept waiting, for he shortly went out upon the [[Salvington]] dispatching field and was lost to our view.

119:4.1 It was at the end of one of the periodic millennial roll calls of [[Uversa]] that [[Michael]] proceeded to place the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33 government of Nebadon] in the hands of [[Immanuel]] and [[Gabriel]]; and, of course, recalling what had happened in times [[past]] following such [[action]], we all [[prepared]] to [[witness]] [[Michael]]'s disappearance on his f''ourth mission of bestowal'', and we were not long kept waiting, for he shortly went out upon the [[Salvington]] dispatching field and was lost to our view.

119:4.2 On the third day after this [[bestowal]] disappearance we [[observed]], in the [[universe]] [[broadcasts]] to [[Uversa]], this significant news item from the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_38#38:4._THE_SERAPHIC_WORLDS seraphic headquarters] of [[Nebadon]]: "Reporting the unannounced arrival of an [[unknown]] [[seraphim]], accompanied by a solitary [[supernaphim]] and [[Gabriel]] of [[Salvington]]. This unregistered [[seraphim]] qualifies as of the [[Nebadon]] order and bears [[credentials]] from the [[Uversa]] [[Ancients of Days]], certified by [[Immanuel]] of [[Salvington]]. This [[seraphim]] tests out as belonging to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39#39:1._SUPREME_SERAPHIM supreme order of the angels] of a [[local universe]] and has already been assigned to the corps of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39#39:2._SUPERIOR_SERAPHIM teaching counselors (39:1.13)]."

119:4.2 On the third day after this [[bestowal]] disappearance we [[observed]], in the [[universe]] [[broadcasts]] to [[Uversa]], this significant news item from the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_38#38:4._THE_SERAPHIC_WORLDS seraphic headquarters] of [[Nebadon]]: "Reporting the unannounced arrival of an [[unknown]] [[seraphim]], accompanied by a solitary [[supernaphim]] and [[Gabriel]] of [[Salvington]]. This unregistered [[seraphim]] qualifies as of the [[Nebadon]] order and bears [[credentials]] from the [[Uversa]] [[Ancients of Days]], certified by [[Immanuel]] of [[Salvington]]. This [[seraphim]] tests out as belonging to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39#39:1._SUPREME_SERAPHIM supreme order of the angels] of a [[local universe]] and has already been assigned to the corps of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39#39:2._SUPERIOR_SERAPHIM teaching counselors (39:1.13)]."

119:4.3 [[Michael]] was [[absent]] from [[Salvington]] during this, the ''seraphic bestowal'', for a period of over forty standard universe years. During this [[time]] he was attached as a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39#39:2._SUPERIOR_SERAPHIM seraphic teaching counselor (39:1.13)], what you might denominate a [[private]] [[secretary]], to twenty-six different master [[teachers]], functioning on twenty-two [[different]] worlds. His last or terminal assignment was as [[counselor]] and helper attached to a [[bestowal mission]] of a [[Trinity Teacher Son]] on world 462 in [[the system|system]] 84 of [[constellation]] 3 in the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]].

119:4.3 [[Michael]] was [[absent]] from [[Salvington]] during this, the ''seraphic bestowal'', for a period of over forty standard universe years. During this [[time]] he was attached as a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39#39:2._SUPERIOR_SERAPHIM seraphic teaching counselor (39:1.13)], what you might denominate a [[private]] [[secretary]], to twenty-six different master [[teachers]], functioning on twenty-two [[different]] worlds. His last or terminal assignment was as [[counselor]] and helper attached to a [[bestowal mission]] of a [[Trinity Teacher Son]] on world 462 in [[the system|system]] 84 of [[constellation]] 3 in the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]].

119:4.4 Never, throughout the [[seven]] years of this assignment, was this [[Trinity Teacher Son]] wholly [[persuaded]] as to the [[identity]] of his [[seraphic]] associate. True, all [[seraphim]] during that [[age]] were regarded with peculiar interest and scrutiny. Full well we all knew that our [[Creator Son|beloved Sovereign]] was abroad in the [[universe]], disguised as a [[seraphim]], but never could we be certain of his [[identity]]. Never was he positively identified until the time of his attachment to the bestowal mission of this [[Trinity Teacher Son]]. But always throughout this era were the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39#39:1._SUPREME_SERAPHIM supreme seraphim] regarded with special solicitude, lest any of us should find that we had unawares been [[host]] to the [[Creator Son|Sovereign]] of the [[universe]] on a mission of [[creature]] [[bestowal]]. And so it has become forever true, concerning [[angels]], that their [[Creator]] and Ruler has been "in all points tried and tested in the likeness of seraphic personality"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_II]

119:4.4 Never, throughout the [[seven]] years of this assignment, was this [[Trinity Teacher Son]] wholly [[persuaded]] as to the [[identity]] of his [[seraphic]] associate. True, all [[seraphim]] during that [[age]] were regarded with peculiar interest and scrutiny. Full well we all knew that our [[Creator Son|beloved Sovereign]] was abroad in the [[universe]], disguised as a [[seraphim]], but never could we be certain of his [[identity]]. Never was he positively identified until the time of his attachment to the bestowal mission of this [[Trinity Teacher Son]]. But always throughout this era were the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39#39:1._SUPREME_SERAPHIM supreme seraphim] regarded with special solicitude, lest any of us should find that we had unawares been [[host]] to the [[Creator Son|Sovereign]] of the [[universe]] on a mission of [[creature]] [[bestowal]]. And so it has become forever true, concerning [[angels]], that their [[Creator]] and Ruler has been "in all points tried and tested in the likeness of seraphic personality"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_II]

119:4.5 As these [[successive]] [[bestowals]] partook increasingly of the [[nature]] of the lower forms of [[universe]] life, [[Gabriel]] became more and more an [[associate]] of these [[incarnation]] [[adventures]], [[functioning]] as the [[universe]] [[liaison]] between the bestowed [[Michael]] and the acting universe ruler, [[Immanuel]].

119:4.5 As these [[successive]] [[bestowals]] partook increasingly of the [[nature]] of the lower forms of [[universe]] life, [[Gabriel]] became more and more an [[associate]] of these [[incarnation]] [[adventures]], [[functioning]] as the [[universe]] [[liaison]] between the bestowed [[Michael]] and the acting universe ruler, [[Immanuel]].

119:4.6 Now has [[Michael]] passed through the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowal experience] of [[three]] orders of his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_35 created universe Sons]: the [[Melchizedeks]], the [[Lanonandeks]], and the [[Material Sons]]. Next he condescends to [[personalize]] in the likeness of [[angel]]ic life as a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39#39:1._SUPREME_SERAPHIM supreme seraphim] before turning his [[attention]] to the various [[phases]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40 ascending careers] of his lowest form of [[Free will|will]] [[creatures]], the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE evolutionary mortals] of [[time and space]].

119:4.6 Now has [[Michael]] passed through the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowal experience] of [[three]] orders of his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_35 created universe Sons]: the [[Melchizedeks]], the [[Lanonandeks]], and the [[Material Sons]]. Next he condescends to [[personalize]] in the likeness of [[angel]]ic life as a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39#39:1._SUPREME_SERAPHIM supreme seraphim] before turning his [[attention]] to the various [[phases]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40 ascending careers] of his lowest form of [[Free will|will]] [[creatures]], the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE evolutionary mortals] of [[time and space]].

==119:5. THE FIFTH BESTOWAL==

==119:5. THE FIFTH BESTOWAL==

119:5.1 A little over [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_59#PAPER_59:_THE_MARINE-LIFE_ERA_ON_URANTIA three hundred million years ago], as time is reckoned on [[Urantia]], we [[witnessed]] another of those [[transfers]] of [[universe]] [[authority]] to [[Immanuel]] and [[observed]] the [[preparations]] of [[Michael]] for departure. This occasion was [[different]] from the previous ones in that he [[announced]] that his destination was [[Uversa]], [[headquarters]] of the [[superuniverse]] of [[Orvonton]]. In due time our [[Creator Son|Sovereign]] departed, but the [[broadcasts]] of the [[superuniverse]] never made mention of [[Michael]]'s arrival at the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:10._RULERS_OF_THE_SUPERUNIVERSES courts] of the [[Ancients of Days]]. Shortly after his departure from [[Salvington]] there did appear in the [[Uversa]] [[broadcasts]] this significant [[statement]]: "There arrived today an unannounced and unnumbered [[ascendant]] [[pilgrim]] of [[mortal]] [[origin]] from the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]], certified by [[Immanuel]] of [[Salvington]] and accompanied by [[Gabriel]] of [[Nebadon]]. This [[Anonymous|unidentified]] [[being]] presents the [[status]] of a true [[spirit]] and has been [[received]] into our [[fellowship]]."

119:5.1 A little over [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_59#PAPER_59:_THE_MARINE-LIFE_ERA_ON_URANTIA three hundred million years ago], as time is reckoned on [[Urantia]], we [[witnessed]] another of those [[transfers]] of [[universe]] [[authority]] to [[Immanuel]] and [[observed]] the [[preparations]] of [[Michael]] for departure. This occasion was [[different]] from the previous ones in that he [[announced]] that his destination was [[Uversa]], [[headquarters]] of the [[superuniverse]] of [[Orvonton]]. In due time our [[Creator Son|Sovereign]] departed, but the [[broadcasts]] of the [[superuniverse]] never made mention of [[Michael]]'s arrival at the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:10._RULERS_OF_THE_SUPERUNIVERSES courts] of the [[Ancients of Days]]. Shortly after his departure from [[Salvington]] there did appear in the [[Uversa]] [[broadcasts]] this significant [[statement]]: "There arrived today an unannounced and unnumbered [[ascendant]] [[pilgrim]] of [[mortal]] [[origin]] from the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]], certified by [[Immanuel]] of [[Salvington]] and accompanied by [[Gabriel]] of [[Nebadon]]. This [[Anonymous|unidentified]] [[being]] presents the [[status]] of a true [[spirit]] and has been [[received]] into our [[fellowship]]."

119:5.2 If you should visit [[Uversa]] today, you would hear the recounting of the days when ''Eventod'' [[sojourned]] there, this particular and [[unknown]] [[pilgrim]] of [[time and space]] being [[known]] on [[Uversa]] by that [[name]]. And this [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending mortal], at least a superb [[personality]] in the exact likeness of the [[spirit]] [[stage]] of the [[ascending]] [[mortals]], lived and [[functioned]] on [[Uversa]] for a period of eleven years of [[Orvonton]] standard time. This [[being]] received the assignments and [[performed]] the [[duties]] of a [[spirit]] [[mortal]] in common with his fellows from the various [[local universes]] of [[Orvonton]]. In "all points he was tested and tried, even as his fellows,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_IV] and on all occasions he [[proved]] [[worthy]] of the [[confidence]] and [[trust]] of his superiors, while he unfailingly commanded the [[respect]] and [[loyal]] [[admiration]] of his fellow spirits.

119:5.2 If you should visit [[Uversa]] today, you would hear the recounting of the days when ''Eventod'' [[sojourned]] there, this particular and [[unknown]] [[pilgrim]] of [[time and space]] being [[known]] on [[Uversa]] by that [[name]]. And this [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending mortal], at least a superb [[personality]] in the exact likeness of the [[spirit]] [[stage]] of the [[ascending]] [[mortals]], lived and [[functioned]] on [[Uversa]] for a period of eleven years of [[Orvonton]] standard time. This [[being]] received the assignments and [[performed]] the [[duties]] of a [[spirit]] [[mortal]] in common with his fellows from the various [[local universes]] of [[Orvonton]]. In "all points he was tested and tried, even as his fellows,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_IV] and on all occasions he [[proved]] [[worthy]] of the [[confidence]] and [[trust]] of his superiors, while he unfailingly commanded the [[respect]] and [[loyal]] [[admiration]] of his fellow spirits.

119:5.3 On [[Salvington]] we [[followed]] the [[career]] of this [[spirit]] [[pilgrim]] with consummate interest, knowing full well, by the [[presence]] of [[Gabriel]], that this unassuming and unnumbered [[pilgrim]] [[spirit]] was none other than the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowed ruler] of our [[local universe]]. This first [[appearance]] of [[Michael]] [[incarnated]] in the role of one [[stage]] of [[mortal]] [[evolution]] was an [[event]] which thrilled and enthralled all [[Nebadon]]. We had heard of such [[things]] but now we beheld them. He [[appeared]] on [[Uversa]] as a fully [[developed]] and perfectly [[trained]] [[spirit]] [[mortal]] and, as such, continued his [[career]] up to the occasion of the advancement of a [[group]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending mortals] to [[Havona]]; whereupon he held converse with the [[Ancients of Days]] and [[immediately]], in the company of [[Gabriel]], took sudden and unceremonious leave of [[Uversa]], appearing shortly thereafter in his accustomed place on [[Salvington]].

119:5.3 On [[Salvington]] we [[followed]] the [[career]] of this [[spirit]] [[pilgrim]] with consummate interest, knowing full well, by the [[presence]] of [[Gabriel]], that this unassuming and unnumbered [[pilgrim]] [[spirit]] was none other than the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowed ruler] of our [[local universe]]. This first [[appearance]] of [[Michael]] [[incarnated]] in the role of one [[stage]] of [[mortal]] [[evolution]] was an [[event]] which thrilled and enthralled all [[Nebadon]]. We had heard of such [[things]] but now we beheld them. He [[appeared]] on [[Uversa]] as a fully [[developed]] and perfectly [[trained]] [[spirit]] [[mortal]] and, as such, continued his [[career]] up to the occasion of the advancement of a [[group]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending mortals] to [[Havona]]; whereupon he held converse with the [[Ancients of Days]] and [[immediately]], in the company of [[Gabriel]], took sudden and unceremonious leave of [[Uversa]], appearing shortly thereafter in his accustomed place on [[Salvington]].

119:5.4 Not until the completion of this [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowal] did it finally dawn upon us that [[Michael]] was probably going to [[incarnate]] in the likeness of his various orders of [[universe]] [[personalities]], from the highest [[Melchizedeks]] right on down to the [[mortals]] of [[flesh]] and blood on the [[evolutionary worlds]] of [[time and space]]. About this time the [[Melchizedek]] [[colleges]] began to teach the [[probability]] of [[Michael]]'s sometime [[incarnating]] as a [[mortal]] of the [[flesh]], and there occurred much [[speculation]] as to the possible [[technique]] of such an inexplicable [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowal]. That [[Michael]] had in [[person]] [[performed]] in the role of an [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending mortal] lent new and added interest to the whole [[scheme]] of [[creature]] [[progression]] all the way up through both the [[local universe]] and the [[superuniverse]].

119:5.4 Not until the completion of this [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowal] did it finally dawn upon us that [[Michael]] was probably going to [[incarnate]] in the likeness of his various orders of [[universe]] [[personalities]], from the highest [[Melchizedeks]] right on down to the [[mortals]] of [[flesh]] and blood on the [[evolutionary worlds]] of [[time and space]]. About this time the [[Melchizedek]] [[colleges]] began to teach the [[probability]] of [[Michael]]'s sometime [[incarnating]] as a [[mortal]] of the [[flesh]], and there occurred much [[speculation]] as to the possible [[technique]] of such an inexplicable [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowal]. That [[Michael]] had in [[person]] [[performed]] in the role of an [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending mortal] lent new and added interest to the whole [[scheme]] of [[creature]] [[progression]] all the way up through both the [[local universe]] and the [[superuniverse]].

119:5.5 Still, the [[technique]] of these [[successive]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowals] remained a [[mystery]]. Even [[Gabriel]] [[confesses]] that he does not [[comprehend]] the [[method]] whereby this [[Paradise Son]] and [[universe]] [[Creator]] could, at [[Free will|will]], [[assume]] the [[personality]] and live the life of one of his own subordinate [[creatures]].

119:5.5 Still, the [[technique]] of these [[successive]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowals] remained a [[mystery]]. Even [[Gabriel]] [[confesses]] that he does not [[comprehend]] the [[method]] whereby this [[Paradise Son]] and [[universe]] [[Creator]] could, at [[Free will|will]], [[assume]] the [[personality]] and live the life of one of his own subordinate [[creatures]].

==119:6. THE SIXTH BESTOWAL==

==119:6. THE SIXTH BESTOWAL==

119:6.1 Now that all [[Salvington]] was familiar with the preliminaries of an impending [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowal], [[Michael]] called the [[sojourners]] on the [[headquarters]] [[planet]] [[together]] and, for the first time, unfolded the remainder of the [[incarnation]] [[plan]], announcing that he was soon to leave [[Salvington]] for the [[purpose]] of assuming the [[career]] of a [[morontia]] [[mortal]] at the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:2._THE_CONSTELLATION_GOVERNMENT courts] of the [[Most High Fathers]] on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:3._THE_CONSTELLATION_HEADQUARTERS headquarters planet] of the fifth [[constellation]]. And then we heard for the first time the [[announcement]] that his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:7._THE_SEVENTH_AND_FINAL_BESTOWAL seventh and final bestowal] would be made on some [[evolutionary world]] in the likeness of [[mortal]] [[flesh]].

119:6.1 Now that all [[Salvington]] was familiar with the preliminaries of an impending [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowal], [[Michael]] called the [[sojourners]] on the [[headquarters]] [[planet]] [[together]] and, for the first time, unfolded the remainder of the [[incarnation]] [[plan]], announcing that he was soon to leave [[Salvington]] for the [[purpose]] of assuming the [[career]] of a [[morontia]] [[mortal]] at the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:2._THE_CONSTELLATION_GOVERNMENT courts] of the [[Most High Fathers]] on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:3._THE_CONSTELLATION_HEADQUARTERS headquarters planet] of the fifth [[constellation]]. And then we heard for the first time the [[announcement]] that his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:7._THE_SEVENTH_AND_FINAL_BESTOWAL seventh and final bestowal] would be made on some [[evolutionary world]] in the likeness of [[mortal]] [[flesh]].

119:6.2 Before leaving [[Salvington]] for the ''sixth bestowal'', [[Michael]] addressed the assembled [[inhabitants]] of the [[sphere]] and departed in full view of everyone, accompanied by a lone [[seraphim]] and the [[Bright and Morning Star]] of [[Nebadon]]. While the [[Administration|direction]] of the [[universe]] had again been in[[trust]]ed to [[Immanuel]], there was a wider [[distribution]] of [[administrative]] [[responsibilities]].

119:6.2 Before leaving [[Salvington]] for the ''sixth bestowal'', [[Michael]] addressed the assembled [[inhabitants]] of the [[sphere]] and departed in full view of everyone, accompanied by a lone [[seraphim]] and the [[Bright and Morning Star]] of [[Nebadon]]. While the [[Administration|direction]] of the [[universe]] had again been in[[trust]]ed to [[Immanuel]], there was a wider [[distribution]] of [[administrative]] [[responsibilities]].

119:6.3 [[Michael]] [[appeared]] on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:1._THE_CONSTELLATION_HEADQUARTERS headquarters of constellation] five as a full-fledged [[morontia]] [[mortal]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending status]. I [[regret]] that I am forbidden to [[reveal]] the details of this unnumbered [[morontia]] [[mortal]]'s [[career]], for it was one of the most extraordinary and [[amazing]] [[epochs]] in [[Michael]]'s [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowal] [[experience]], not even excepting his [[dramatic]] and [[tragic]] [[sojourn]] on [[Urantia]]. But among the many restrictions imposed upon me in [[accepting]] this commission is one which forbids my undertaking to [[unfold]] the details of this [[wonderful]] [[career]] of [[Michael]] as the [[morontia]] [[mortal]] of ''Endantum''.

119:6.3 [[Michael]] [[appeared]] on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:1._THE_CONSTELLATION_HEADQUARTERS headquarters of constellation] five as a full-fledged [[morontia]] [[mortal]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending status]. I [[regret]] that I am forbidden to [[reveal]] the details of this unnumbered [[morontia]] [[mortal]]'s [[career]], for it was one of the most extraordinary and [[amazing]] [[epochs]] in [[Michael]]'s [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowal] [[experience]], not even excepting his [[dramatic]] and [[tragic]] [[sojourn]] on [[Urantia]]. But among the many restrictions imposed upon me in [[accepting]] this commission is one which forbids my undertaking to [[unfold]] the details of this [[wonderful]] [[career]] of [[Michael]] as the [[morontia]] [[mortal]] of ''Endantum''.

119:6.4 When [[Michael]] returned from this [[morontia]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowal], it was apparent to all of us that our [[Creator]] had become a fellow [[creature]], that the [[Creator Son|Universe Sovereign]] was also the [[friend]] and [[sympathetic]] helper of even the lowest [[form]] of created [[intelligence]] in his realms. We had noted this [[progressive]] acquirement of the [[creature]]'s [[viewpoint]] in [[universe]] [[administration]] before this, for it had been [[gradually]] [[appearing]], but it became more [[apparent]] after the completion of the [[morontia]] [[mortal]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowal], even still more so after his return from the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 career] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_122#122:5._JESUS.27_EARTH_PARENTS carpenter's son] on [[Urantia]].

119:6.4 When [[Michael]] returned from this [[morontia]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowal], it was apparent to all of us that our [[Creator]] had become a fellow [[creature]], that the [[Creator Son|Universe Sovereign]] was also the [[friend]] and [[sympathetic]] helper of even the lowest [[form]] of created [[intelligence]] in his realms. We had noted this [[progressive]] acquirement of the [[creature]]'s [[viewpoint]] in [[universe]] [[administration]] before this, for it had been [[gradually]] [[appearing]], but it became more [[apparent]] after the completion of the [[morontia]] [[mortal]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowal], even still more so after his return from the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 career] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_122#122:5._JESUS.27_EARTH_PARENTS carpenter's son] on [[Urantia]].

119:6.5 We were informed in advance by [[Gabriel]] of the time of [[Michael]]'s release from the [[morontia]] [[bestowal]], and accordingly we arranged a suitable [[reception]] on [[Salvington]]. Millions upon millions of beings were assembled from the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:1._THE_CONSTELLATION_HEADQUARTERS constellation headquarters] worlds of [[Nebadon]], and a [[majority]] of the [[sojourners]] on the worlds [[adjacent]] to [[Salvington]] were gathered [[together]] to [[welcome]] him back to the rulership of his [[universe]]. In [[response]] to our many addresses of [[welcome]] and [[expressions]] of [[appreciation]] of a [[Creator Son|Sovereign]] so vitally interested in his [[creatures]], he only replied: "I have simply been about my [[Father]]'s [[business]]. I am only doing the [[pleasure]] of the [[Paradise Sons]] who [[love]] and crave to [[understand]] their [[creatures]] "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_2]

119:6.5 We were informed in advance by [[Gabriel]] of the time of [[Michael]]'s release from the [[morontia]] [[bestowal]], and accordingly we arranged a suitable [[reception]] on [[Salvington]]. Millions upon millions of beings were assembled from the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:1._THE_CONSTELLATION_HEADQUARTERS constellation headquarters] worlds of [[Nebadon]], and a [[majority]] of the [[sojourners]] on the worlds [[adjacent]] to [[Salvington]] were gathered [[together]] to [[welcome]] him back to the rulership of his [[universe]]. In [[response]] to our many addresses of [[welcome]] and [[expressions]] of [[appreciation]] of a [[Creator Son|Sovereign]] so vitally interested in his [[creatures]], he only replied: "I have simply been about my [[Father]]'s [[business]]. I am only doing the [[pleasure]] of the [[Paradise Sons]] who [[love]] and crave to [[understand]] their [[creatures]] "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_2]

119:6.6 But from that day down to the hour when [[Michael]] embarked upon his [[Urantia]] [[adventure]] as the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120#120:4._THE_INCARNATION.E2.80.94MAKING_TWO_ONE Son of Man], all [[Nebadon]] continued to [[discuss]] the many exploits of their [[Creator Son|Sovereign Ruler]] as he [[functioned]] on ''Endantum'' as the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowal] [[incarnation]] of a [[morontia]] [[mortal]] of [[evolutionary]] [[ascension]], being in all [[points]] tested like his fellows assembled from the [[material worlds]] of the entire [[constellation]] of his [[sojourn]].

119:6.6 But from that day down to the hour when [[Michael]] embarked upon his [[Urantia]] [[adventure]] as the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120#120:4._THE_INCARNATION.E2.80.94MAKING_TWO_ONE Son of Man], all [[Nebadon]] continued to [[discuss]] the many exploits of their [[Creator Son|Sovereign Ruler]] as he [[functioned]] on ''Endantum'' as the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowal] [[incarnation]] of a [[morontia]] [[mortal]] of [[evolutionary]] [[ascension]], being in all [[points]] tested like his fellows assembled from the [[material worlds]] of the entire [[constellation]] of his [[sojourn]].

==119:7. THE SEVENTH AND FINAL BESTOWAL==

==119:7. THE SEVENTH AND FINAL BESTOWAL==

119:7.1 For tens of thousands of years we all looked forward to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 seventh and final bestowal] of [[Michael]]. [[Gabriel]] had taught us that this [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS terminal bestowal] would be made in the likeness of [[mortal]] [[flesh]], but we were wholly [[ignorant]] of the [[time]], place, and [[manner]] of this culminating [[adventure]].

119:7.1 For tens of thousands of years we all looked forward to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 seventh and final bestowal] of [[Michael]]. [[Gabriel]] had taught us that this [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS terminal bestowal] would be made in the likeness of [[mortal]] [[flesh]], but we were wholly [[ignorant]] of the [[time]], place, and [[manner]] of this culminating [[adventure]].

119:7.2 The [[public]] [[announcement]] that [[Michael]] had selected [[Urantia]] as the [[theater]] for his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 final bestowal] was made shortly after we learned about the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_75 default of Adam and Eve]. And thus, for more than thirty-five thousand years, your world occupied a very [[conspicuous]] place in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33#33:6._GENERAL_ADMINISTRATION councils] of the entire [[Local Universe|universe]]. There was no [[secrecy]] (aside from the [[incarnation]] [[mystery]]) connected with any step in the [[Urantia]] [[bestowal]]. From first to last, up to the final and triumphant return of [[Michael]] to [[Salvington]] as [[Master Son|supreme Universe Sovereign]], there was the fullest [[universe]] [[publicity]] of all that transpired on your small but highly [[honored]] world.

119:7.2 The [[public]] [[announcement]] that [[Michael]] had selected [[Urantia]] as the [[theater]] for his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 final bestowal] was made shortly after we learned about the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_75 default of Adam and Eve]. And thus, for more than thirty-five thousand years, your world occupied a very [[conspicuous]] place in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33#33:6._GENERAL_ADMINISTRATION councils] of the entire [[Local Universe|universe]]. There was no [[secrecy]] (aside from the [[incarnation]] [[mystery]]) connected with any step in the [[Urantia]] [[bestowal]]. From first to last, up to the final and triumphant return of [[Michael]] to [[Salvington]] as [[Master Son|supreme Universe Sovereign]], there was the fullest [[universe]] [[publicity]] of all that transpired on your small but highly [[honored]] world.

119:7.3 While we [[believed]] that this would be the [[method]], we never knew, until the time of the [[event]] itself, that [[Michael]] would [[appear]] on [[earth]] as a helpless [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant infant] of the realm. Theretofore had he always [[appeared]] as a fully [[developed]] [[individual]] of the [[personality]] [[group]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowal selection], and it was a thrilling [[announcement]] which was [[broadcast]] from [[Salvington]] telling that the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_122 babe of Bethlehem] had been born on [[Urantia]].

119:7.3 While we [[believed]] that this would be the [[method]], we never knew, until the time of the [[event]] itself, that [[Michael]] would [[appear]] on [[earth]] as a helpless [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant infant] of the realm. Theretofore had he always [[appeared]] as a fully [[developed]] [[individual]] of the [[personality]] [[group]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowal selection], and it was a thrilling [[announcement]] which was [[broadcast]] from [[Salvington]] telling that the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_122 babe of Bethlehem] had been born on [[Urantia]].

119:7.4 We then not only [[realized]] that our [[Creator]] and [[friend]] was taking the most precarious step in all his [[career]], apparently [[risking]] his position and [[authority]] on this [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 bestowal] as a helpless infant, but we also [[understood]] that his [[experience]] in this final and [[mortal]] [[bestowal]] would eternally enthrone him as the undisputed and [[Master Son|supreme sovereign]] of the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]]. For a third of a century of [[earth]] [[time]] all eyes in all [[parts]] of this [[local universe]] were [[focused]] on [[Urantia]]. All [[intelligences]] [[realized]] that the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_121 last bestowal] was in [[progress]], and as we had long [[known]] of the [[Lucifer rebellion]] in [[Satania]] and of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:1._THE_CALIGASTIA_BETRAYAL Caligastia disaffection] on [[Urantia]], we well [[understood]] the [[intensity]] of the [[struggle]] which would ensue when our ruler condescended to [[incarnate]] on [[Urantia]] in the [[humble]] form and likeness of [[mortal]] [[flesh]].

119:7.4 We then not only [[realized]] that our [[Creator]] and [[friend]] was taking the most precarious step in all his [[career]], apparently [[risking]] his position and [[authority]] on this [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 bestowal] as a helpless infant, but we also [[understood]] that his [[experience]] in this final and [[mortal]] [[bestowal]] would eternally enthrone him as the undisputed and [[Master Son|supreme sovereign]] of the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]]. For a third of a century of [[earth]] [[time]] all eyes in all [[parts]] of this [[local universe]] were [[focused]] on [[Urantia]]. All [[intelligences]] [[realized]] that the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_121 last bestowal] was in [[progress]], and as we had long [[known]] of the [[Lucifer rebellion]] in [[Satania]] and of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:1._THE_CALIGASTIA_BETRAYAL Caligastia disaffection] on [[Urantia]], we well [[understood]] the [[intensity]] of the [[struggle]] which would ensue when our ruler condescended to [[incarnate]] on [[Urantia]] in the [[humble]] form and likeness of [[mortal]] [[flesh]].

119:7.5 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_122#122:1._JOSEPH_AND_MARY Joshua ben Joseph], the Jewish baby, was [[conceived]] and was [[born]] into the world just as all other babies before and since except that this particular baby was the [[incarnation]] of [[Michael]] of [[Nebadon]], a [[divine Son]] of [[Paradise]] and the [[creator]] of all this [[local universe]] of [[things]] and [[beings]]. And this [[mystery]] of the [[incarnation]] of [[Deity]] within the [[human]] [[form]] of [[Jesus]], otherwise of [[natural]] [[origin]] on the world, will forever remain unsolved. Even in [[eternity]] you will never know the [[technique]] and [[method]] of the [[incarnation]] of the [[Creator]] in the [[form]] and likeness of his [[creatures]]. That is the [[secret]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#13:1._THE_SEVEN_SACRED_WORLDS_OF_THE_FATHER Sonarington], and such [[mysteries]] are the exclusive [[possession]] of those [[divine Sons]] who have passed through the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:5._BESTOWAL_OF_THE_PARADISE_SONS_OF_GOD bestowal experience].

119:7.5 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_122#122:1._JOSEPH_AND_MARY Joshua ben Joseph], the Jewish baby, was [[conceived]] and was [[born]] into the world just as all other babies before and since except that this particular baby was the [[incarnation]] of [[Michael]] of [[Nebadon]], a [[divine Son]] of [[Paradise]] and the [[creator]] of all this [[local universe]] of [[things]] and [[beings]]. And this [[mystery]] of the [[incarnation]] of [[Deity]] within the [[human]] [[form]] of [[Jesus]], otherwise of [[natural]] [[origin]] on the world, will forever remain unsolved. Even in [[eternity]] you will never know the [[technique]] and [[method]] of the [[incarnation]] of the [[Creator]] in the [[form]] and likeness of his [[creatures]]. That is the [[secret]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#13:1._THE_SEVEN_SACRED_WORLDS_OF_THE_FATHER Sonarington], and such [[mysteries]] are the exclusive [[possession]] of those [[divine Sons]] who have passed through the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:5._BESTOWAL_OF_THE_PARADISE_SONS_OF_GOD bestowal experience].

119:7.6 Certain [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_Magi wise men] of [[earth]] knew of [[Michael]]'s impending arrival. Through the [[contacts]] of one world with another, these [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_Magi wise men] of [[spiritual]] [[insight]] learned of the forthcoming [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 bestowal of Michael] on [[Urantia]]. And the [[seraphim]] did, through the [[midway creatures]], make [[announcement]] to a group of [[Chaldean]] [[priests]] whose leader was ''Ardnon''. These men of [[God]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_122#122:8._THE_BIRTH_OF_JESUS visited the newborn] child in the manger. The only [[supernatural]] [[event]] [[associated]] with the [[birth]] of [[Jesus]] was this [[announcement]] to ''Ardnon'' and his [[associates]] by the [[seraphim]] of former attachment to [[Adam and Eve]] in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 first garden].

119:7.6 Certain [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_Magi wise men] of [[earth]] knew of [[Michael]]'s impending arrival. Through the [[contacts]] of one world with another, these [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_Magi wise men] of [[spiritual]] [[insight]] learned of the forthcoming [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 bestowal of Michael] on [[Urantia]]. And the [[seraphim]] did, through the [[midway creatures]], make [[announcement]] to a group of [[Chaldean]] [[priests]] whose leader was ''Ardnon''. These men of [[God]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_122#122:8._THE_BIRTH_OF_JESUS visited the newborn] child in the manger. The only [[supernatural]] [[event]] [[associated]] with the [[birth]] of [[Jesus]] was this [[announcement]] to ''Ardnon'' and his [[associates]] by the [[seraphim]] of former attachment to [[Adam and Eve]] in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 first garden].

119:7.7 [[Jesus]]' [[human]] [[parents]] were [[average]] people of their day and [[generation]], and this [[incarnated]] [[Son of God]] was thus [[born]] of [[woman]] and was reared in the [[ordinary]] [[manner]] of the [[children]] of that [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_121 race and age].

119:7.7 [[Jesus]]' [[human]] [[parents]] were [[average]] people of their day and [[generation]], and this [[incarnated]] [[Son of God]] was thus [[born]] of [[woman]] and was reared in the [[ordinary]] [[manner]] of the [[children]] of that [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_121 race and age].

119:7.8 The [[story]] of [[Michael]]'s [[sojourn]] on [[Urantia]], the [[narrative]] of the [[mortal]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 bestowal of the Creator Son] on your world, is a matter beyond the scope and [[purpose]] of this [[narrative]].

119:7.8 The [[story]] of [[Michael]]'s [[sojourn]] on [[Urantia]], the [[narrative]] of the [[mortal]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 bestowal of the Creator Son] on your world, is a matter beyond the scope and [[purpose]] of this [[narrative]].

==119:8. MICHAEL'S POSTBESTOWAL STATUS==

==119:8. MICHAEL'S POSTBESTOWAL STATUS==

119:8.1 After [[Michael]]'s [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 final and successful bestowal] on [[Urantia]] he was not only [[accepted]] by the [[Ancients of Days]] as [[Master Son|sovereign ruler]] of [[Nebadon]], but he was also [[recognized]] by the [[Universal Father]] as the [[established]] director of the [[local universe]] of his own [[creation]]. Upon his return to [[Salvington]] this [[Michael]], the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120#120:4._THE_INCARNATION.E2.80.94MAKING_TWO_ONE Son of Man and the Son of God], was [[proclaimed]] the settled ruler of [[Nebadon]]. From [[Uversa]] came the eighth proclamation of [[Michael]]'s [[sovereignty]], while from [[Paradise]] came the joint pronouncement of the [[Universal Father]] and the [[Eternal Son]] [[constituting]] this [[union]] of [[God]] and [[man]] sole head of the [[universe]] and directing the [[Union of Days]] stationed on [[Salvington]] to signify his [[intention]] of withdrawing to [[Paradise]]. The [[Faithfuls of Days]] on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:1._THE_CONSTELLATION_HEADQUARTERS constellation headquarters] were also instructed to retire from the [[councils]] of the [[Most Highs]]. But [[Michael]] would not [[consent]] to the withdrawal of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_18#PAPER_18:_THE_SUPREME_TRINITY_PERSONALITIES Trinity Sons] of [[counsel]] and [[co-operation]]. He assembled them on [[Salvington]] and [[personal]]ly requested them forever to remain on [[duty]] in [[Nebadon]]. They signified their [[desire]] to comply with this request to their directors on [[Paradise]], and shortly thereafter there were issued those [[mandates]] of [[Paradise]] [[divorce]]ment which forever attached these [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_18#PAPER_18:_THE_SUPREME_TRINITY_PERSONALITIES Sons] of the [[central universe]] to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33#33:7._THE_COURTS_OF_NEBADON court] of [[Michael]] of [[Nebadon]].

119:8.1 After [[Michael]]'s [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 final and successful bestowal] on [[Urantia]] he was not only [[accepted]] by the [[Ancients of Days]] as [[Master Son|sovereign ruler]] of [[Nebadon]], but he was also [[recognized]] by the [[Universal Father]] as the [[established]] director of the [[local universe]] of his own [[creation]]. Upon his return to [[Salvington]] this [[Michael]], the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120#120:4._THE_INCARNATION.E2.80.94MAKING_TWO_ONE Son of Man and the Son of God], was [[proclaimed]] the settled ruler of [[Nebadon]]. From [[Uversa]] came the eighth proclamation of [[Michael]]'s [[sovereignty]], while from [[Paradise]] came the joint pronouncement of the [[Universal Father]] and the [[Eternal Son]] [[constituting]] this [[union]] of [[God]] and [[man]] sole head of the [[universe]] and directing the [[Union of Days]] stationed on [[Salvington]] to signify his [[intention]] of withdrawing to [[Paradise]]. The [[Faithfuls of Days]] on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:1._THE_CONSTELLATION_HEADQUARTERS constellation headquarters] were also instructed to retire from the [[councils]] of the [[Most Highs]]. But [[Michael]] would not [[consent]] to the withdrawal of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_18#PAPER_18:_THE_SUPREME_TRINITY_PERSONALITIES Trinity Sons] of [[counsel]] and [[co-operation]]. He assembled them on [[Salvington]] and [[personal]]ly requested them forever to remain on [[duty]] in [[Nebadon]]. They signified their [[desire]] to comply with this request to their directors on [[Paradise]], and shortly thereafter there were issued those [[mandates]] of [[Paradise]] [[divorce]]ment which forever attached these [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_18#PAPER_18:_THE_SUPREME_TRINITY_PERSONALITIES Sons] of the [[central universe]] to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33#33:7._THE_COURTS_OF_NEBADON court] of [[Michael]] of [[Nebadon]].

119:8.2 It required almost one billion years of [[Urantia]] time to complete the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:3._LOCAL_UNIVERSE_SOVEREIGNTY bestowal career] of [[Michael]] and to [[effect]] the final [[establishment]] of his [[supreme]] [[authority]] in the [[universe]] of his own [[creation]]. [[Michael]] was [[born]] a [[creator]], educated an [[administrator]], [[trained]] an [[executive]], but he was required to earn his [[sovereignty]] by [[experience]]. And thus has your little world become known throughout all [[Nebadon]] as the arena wherein [[Michael]] completed the [[experience]] which is required of every [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#PAPER_21:_THE_PARADISE_CREATOR_SONS Paradise Creator Son] before he is given unlimited [[control]] and direction of the [[universe]] of his own making. As you [[ascend]] the [[local universe]], you will learn more about the [[ideals]] of the [[personalities]] concerned in [[Michael]]'s [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS previous bestowals].

119:8.2 It required almost one billion years of [[Urantia]] time to complete the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:3._LOCAL_UNIVERSE_SOVEREIGNTY bestowal career] of [[Michael]] and to [[effect]] the final [[establishment]] of his [[supreme]] [[authority]] in the [[universe]] of his own [[creation]]. [[Michael]] was [[born]] a [[creator]], educated an [[administrator]], [[trained]] an [[executive]], but he was required to earn his [[sovereignty]] by [[experience]]. And thus has your little world become known throughout all [[Nebadon]] as the arena wherein [[Michael]] completed the [[experience]] which is required of every [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#PAPER_21:_THE_PARADISE_CREATOR_SONS Paradise Creator Son] before he is given unlimited [[control]] and direction of the [[universe]] of his own making. As you [[ascend]] the [[local universe]], you will learn more about the [[ideals]] of the [[personalities]] concerned in [[Michael]]'s [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS previous bestowals].

119:8.3 In completing his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS creature bestowals], [[Michael]] was not only [[establishing]] his own [[sovereignty]] but also was augmenting the evolving [[sovereignty]] of [[God the Supreme]]. In the [[course]] of these [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowals] the [[Creator Son]] not only [[engaged]] in a [[descending]] [[exploration]] of the various [[natures]] of [[creature]] [[personality]], but he also [[achieved]] the [[revelation]] of the variously [[diversified]] wills of the [[Paradise Deities]], whose [[synthetic]] [[unity]], as [[revealed]] by the [[Supreme Creators]], is [[revelatory]] of the will of the [[Supreme Being]].

119:8.3 In completing his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS creature bestowals], [[Michael]] was not only [[establishing]] his own [[sovereignty]] but also was augmenting the evolving [[sovereignty]] of [[God the Supreme]]. In the [[course]] of these [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowals] the [[Creator Son]] not only [[engaged]] in a [[descending]] [[exploration]] of the various [[natures]] of [[creature]] [[personality]], but he also [[achieved]] the [[revelation]] of the variously [[diversified]] wills of the [[Paradise Deities]], whose [[synthetic]] [[unity]], as [[revealed]] by the [[Supreme Creators]], is [[revelatory]] of the will of the [[Supreme Being]].

119:8.4 These various [[Free will|will]] aspects of [[the Deities]] are [[eternally]] [[personalized]] in the differing [[natures]] of the [[Seven Master Spirits]], and each of [[Michael]]'s [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowals] was peculiarly [[revelatory]] of one of these [[divinity]] [[manifestations]]. On his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:1._THE_FIRST_BESTOWAL Melchizedek bestowal] he [[manifested]] the [[united]] [[Free will|will]] of[[ the Father]], [[the Son|Son]], and [[the Spirit|Spirit]], on his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:2._THE_SECOND_BESTOWAL Lanonandek bestowal] the will of [[the Father]] and [[the Son]]; on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:3._THE_THIRD_BESTOWAL Adamic bestowal] he revealed the will of [[the Father]] and [[the Spirit]], on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:4._THE_FOURTH_BESTOWAL seraphic bestowal] the will of [[the Son]] and [[the Spirit]]; on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:5._THE_FIFTH_BESTOWAL Uversa mortal bestowal] he portrayed the will of the [[Conjoint Actor]], on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:6._THE_SIXTH_BESTOWAL morontia mortal bestowal] the will of the [[Eternal Son]]; and on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:7._THE_SEVENTH_AND_FINAL_BESTOWAL Urantia material bestowal] he lived the will of the [[Universal Father]], even as a [[mortal]] of [[flesh]] and blood.

119:8.4 These various [[Free will|will]] aspects of [[the Deities]] are [[eternally]] [[personalized]] in the differing [[natures]] of the [[Seven Master Spirits]], and each of [[Michael]]'s [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowals] was peculiarly [[revelatory]] of one of these [[divinity]] [[manifestations]]. On his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:1._THE_FIRST_BESTOWAL Melchizedek bestowal] he [[manifested]] the [[united]] [[Free will|will]] of[[ the Father]], [[the Son|Son]], and [[the Spirit|Spirit]], on his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:2._THE_SECOND_BESTOWAL Lanonandek bestowal] the will of [[the Father]] and [[the Son]]; on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:3._THE_THIRD_BESTOWAL Adamic bestowal] he revealed the will of [[the Father]] and [[the Spirit]], on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:4._THE_FOURTH_BESTOWAL seraphic bestowal] the will of [[the Son]] and [[the Spirit]]; on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:5._THE_FIFTH_BESTOWAL Uversa mortal bestowal] he portrayed the will of the [[Conjoint Actor]], on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:6._THE_SIXTH_BESTOWAL morontia mortal bestowal] the will of the [[Eternal Son]]; and on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:7._THE_SEVENTH_AND_FINAL_BESTOWAL Urantia material bestowal] he lived the will of the [[Universal Father]], even as a [[mortal]] of [[flesh]] and blood.

119:8.5 The completion of these [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS seven bestowals] resulted in the [[liberation]] of [[Michael]]'s [[supreme]] [[sovereignty]] and also in the [[creation]] of the [[possibility]] for the [[sovereignty]] of the [[Supreme]] in [[Nebadon]]. On none of [[Michael]]'s [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowals] did he [[reveal]] [[God the Supreme]], but the sum [[total]] of all [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#PAPER_119:_THE_BESTOWALS_OF_CHRIST_MICHAEL seven bestowals] is a new [[Nebadon]] [[revelation]] of the [[Supreme Being]].

119:8.5 The completion of these [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS seven bestowals] resulted in the [[liberation]] of [[Michael]]'s [[supreme]] [[sovereignty]] and also in the [[creation]] of the [[possibility]] for the [[sovereignty]] of the [[Supreme]] in [[Nebadon]]. On none of [[Michael]]'s [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowals] did he [[reveal]] [[God the Supreme]], but the sum [[total]] of all [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#PAPER_119:_THE_BESTOWALS_OF_CHRIST_MICHAEL seven bestowals] is a new [[Nebadon]] [[revelation]] of the [[Supreme Being]].

119:8.6 In the [[experience]] of [[descending]] from [[God]] to [[man]], [[Michael]] was concomitantly [[experiencing]] the [[ascent]] from partiality of manifestability to [[supremacy]] of [[finite]] [[action]] and finality of the [[liberation]] of his [[potential]] for [[absonite]] [[function]]. [[Michael]], a [[Creator Son]], is a [[time-space]] [[creator]], but Michael, a sevenfold [[Master Son]], is a member of one of the divine corps constituting the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#XII._THE_TRINITIES Trinity Ultimate].

119:8.6 In the [[experience]] of [[descending]] from [[God]] to [[man]], [[Michael]] was concomitantly [[experiencing]] the [[ascent]] from partiality of manifestability to [[supremacy]] of [[finite]] [[action]] and finality of the [[liberation]] of his [[potential]] for [[absonite]] [[function]]. [[Michael]], a [[Creator Son]], is a [[time-space]] [[creator]], but Michael, a sevenfold [[Master Son]], is a member of one of the divine corps constituting the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#XII._THE_TRINITIES Trinity Ultimate].

119:8.7 In passing through the [[experience]] of [[revealing]] the [[Seven Master Spirit]] wills of the [[Trinity]], the [[Creator Son]] has passed through the [[experience]] of [[revealing]] the will of [[the Supreme]]. In [[functioning]] as a [[revelator]] of the will of [[Supremacy]], [[Michael]], together with all other [[Master Son]]s, has identified himself [[eternally]] with [[the Supreme]]. In [[this universe age]] he reveals the [[Supreme]] and [[participates]] in the [[actualization]] of the [[sovereignty]] of [[Supremacy]]. But in the [[next universe age]] we believe he will be [[collaborating]] with the [[Supreme Being]] in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#XII._THE_TRINITIES first experiential Trinity] for and in the [[universes]] of [[outer space]].

119:8.7 In passing through the [[experience]] of [[revealing]] the [[Seven Master Spirit]] wills of the [[Trinity]], the [[Creator Son]] has passed through the [[experience]] of [[revealing]] the will of [[the Supreme]]. In [[functioning]] as a [[revelator]] of the will of [[Supremacy]], [[Michael]], together with all other [[Master Son]]s, has identified himself [[eternally]] with [[the Supreme]]. In [[this universe age]] he reveals the [[Supreme]] and [[participates]] in the [[actualization]] of the [[sovereignty]] of [[Supremacy]]. But in the [[next universe age]] we believe he will be [[collaborating]] with the [[Supreme Being]] in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#XII._THE_TRINITIES first experiential Trinity] for and in the [[universes]] of [[outer space]].

119:8.8 [[Urantia]] is the sentimental [[shrine]] of all [[Nebadon]], the chief of ten million [[inhabited worlds]], the [[mortal]] [[home]] of [[Christ]] [[Michael]], [[Master Son|sovereign]] of all [[Nebadon]], a [[Melchizedek]] minister to the realms, a [[the System|system]] [[savior]], an [[Adamic]] [[redeemer]], a [[seraphic]] fellow, an [[associate]] of [[ascending]] spirits, a [[morontia]] progressor, a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120#120:4._THE_INCARNATION.E2.80.94MAKING_TWO_ONE Son of Man] in the likeness of [[mortal]] [[flesh]], and the [[Planetary Prince]] of [[Urantia]]. And your [[record]] tells the [[truth]] when it says that this same [[Jesus]] has [[promised]] sometime to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_176#176:2._THE_MASTER.27S_SECOND_COMING return to the world] of his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 terminal bestowal], the ''World of the Cross''.

119:8.8 [[Urantia]] is the sentimental [[shrine]] of all [[Nebadon]], the chief of ten million [[inhabited worlds]], the [[mortal]] [[home]] of [[Christ]] [[Michael]], [[Master Son|sovereign]] of all [[Nebadon]], a [[Melchizedek]] minister to the realms, a [[the System|system]] [[savior]], an [[Adamic]] [[redeemer]], a [[seraphic]] fellow, an [[associate]] of [[ascending]] spirits, a [[morontia]] progressor, a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120#120:4._THE_INCARNATION.E2.80.94MAKING_TWO_ONE Son of Man] in the likeness of [[mortal]] [[flesh]], and the [[Planetary Prince]] of [[Urantia]]. And your [[record]] tells the [[truth]] when it says that this same [[Jesus]] has [[promised]] sometime to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_176#176:2._THE_MASTER.27S_SECOND_COMING return to the world] of his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 terminal bestowal], the ''World of the Cross''.

119:8.9 This paper, depicting the ''seven bestowals'' of [[Christ Michael]], is the sixty-third of a series of presentations, sponsored by numerous [[personalities]], [[narrating]] the [[history]] of [[Urantia]] down to the time of [[Michael]]'s [[appearance]] on [[earth]] in the likeness of [[mortal]] [[flesh]]. These papers were authorized by a [[Nebadon]] commission of twelve acting under the direction of [[Mantutia]] [[Melchizedek]]. We indited these [[narratives]] and put them in the [[English]] [[language]], by a [[technique]] authorized by our superiors, in the year [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_Domini A.D.] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1935 1935] of [[Urantia]] time.

119:8.9 This paper, depicting the ''seven bestowals'' of [[Christ Michael]], is the sixty-third of a series of presentations, sponsored by numerous [[personalities]], [[narrating]] the [[history]] of [[Urantia]] down to the time of [[Michael]]'s [[appearance]] on [[earth]] in the likeness of [[mortal]] [[flesh]]. These papers were authorized by a [[Nebadon]] commission of twelve acting under the direction of [[Mantutia]] [[Melchizedek]]. We indited these [[narratives]] and put them in the [[English]] [[language]], by a [[technique]] authorized by our superiors, in the year [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_Domini A.D.] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1935 1935] of [[Urantia]] time.

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