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==21:3. LOCAL UNIVERSE SOVEREIGNTY==   

==21:3. LOCAL UNIVERSE SOVEREIGNTY==   

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

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

21:3.2 A Creator Son could assert full sovereignty over his personal creation at any time, but he wisely chooses not to. If, prior to passing through the creature bestowals, he assumed an unearned supreme sovereignty, the Paradise personalities resident in his local universe would withdraw. But this has never happened throughout all the creations of time and space.

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

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

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

21:3.4 The sovereignty of a Creator Son in a local universe passes through six, perhaps seven, stages of experiential manifestation. These appear in the following order:

21:3.4 The [[sovereignty]] of a Creator Son in a [[local universe]] passes through six, perhaps seven, stages of [[experiential]] [[manifestation]]. These appear in the following order:

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

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

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

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

*3. 21:3.7 Augmenting vicegerent sovereignty—the advancing authority of a Creator Son during the period of his seven creature bestowals.

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

*4. 21:3.8 Supreme sovereignty—the settled authority following the completion of the seventh bestowal. In Nebadon, supreme sovereignty dates from the completion of Michael's bestowal on Urantia. It has existed just slightly over nineteen hundred years of your planetary time.

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

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

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

*6. 21:3.10 Trinitarian sovereignty—exercised subsequent to the settling of the entire local universe in light and life.

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

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

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

21:3.12 In accepting the initial vicegerent sovereignty of a projected local universe, a Creator Michael takes an oath to the Trinity not to assume supreme sovereignty until the seven creature bestowals have been completed and certified by the superuniverse rulers. But if a Michael Son could not, at will, assert such unearned sovereignty, there would be no meaning in taking an oath not to do so.

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

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

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

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

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

21:3.15 Before the completion of the bestowal career a Creator Son rules with certain self-imposed limitations of sovereignty, but subsequent to his finished bestowal service he rules by virtue of his actual experience in the form and likeness of his manifold creatures. When a Creator has seven times sojourned among his creatures, when the bestowal career is finished, then is he supremely settled in universe authority; he has become a Master Son, a sovereign and supreme ruler.

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

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

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

*1. 21:3.17 Experientially to penetrate seven creature levels of being through the technique of incarnated bestowal in the very likeness of the creatures on the level concerned.

*1. 21:3.17 Experientially to penetrate seven [[creature]] levels of [[being]] through the [[technique]] of [[Incarnation|incarnated]] bestowal in the very likeness of the creatures on the level concerned.

*2. 21:3.18 To make an experiential consecration to each phase of the sevenfold will of Paradise Deity as it is personified in the Seven Master Spirits.

*2. 21:3.18 To make an experiential [[consecration]] to each phase of [[Appendix XII: Expansion of God the Sevenfold|the sevenfold]] will of [[Paradise Deity]] as it is [[personified]] in the [[Seven Master Spirits]].

*3. 21:3.19 To traverse each of the seven experiences on the creature levels simultaneously with the execution of one of the seven consecrations to the will of Paradise Deity.

*3. 21:3.19 To traverse each of the seven experiences on the creature levels [[simultaneously]] with the [[execution]] of one of the seven consecrations to the will of [[Paradise Deity]].

*4. 21:3.20 On each creature level, experientially to portray the acme of creature life to Paradise Deity and to all universe intelligences.

*4. 21:3.20 On each [[creature]] level, experientially to portray the [[acme]] of [[creature]] life to [[Paradise Deity]] and to all [[universe]] [[intelligences]].

*5. 21:3.21 On each creature level, experientially to reveal one phase of the sevenfold will of Deity to the bestowal level and to all the universe.

*5. 21:3.21 On each [[creature]] level, experientially to [[reveal]] one [[phase]] of the sevenfold will of [[Deity]] to the bestowal level and to all the universe.

*6. 21:3.22 Experientially to unify the sevenfold creature experience with the sevenfold experience of consecration to the revelation of the nature and will of Deity.

*6. 21:3.22 Experientially to [[unify]] the sevenfold [[creature]] [[experience]] with the sevenfold experience of [[consecration]] to the [[revelation]] of the [[nature]] and [[will]] of [[Deity]].

*7. 21:3.23 To achieve new and higher relationship with the Supreme Being. The repercussion of the totality of this Creator-creature experience augments the superuniverse reality of God the Supreme and the time-space sovereignty of the Almighty Supreme and factualizes the supreme local universe sovereignty of a Paradise Michael.

*7. 21:3.23 To [[achieve]] new and higher [[relationship]] with the [[Supreme Being]]. The repercussion of the [[totality]] of this [[Creator]]-[[creature]] [[experience]] augments the [[superuniverse]] [[reality]] of [[God the Supreme]] and the [[time-space]] [[sovereignty]] of the [[Almighty Supreme]] and factualizes the supreme local universe [[sovereignty]] of a [[Paradise]] [[Michael]].

 

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

==21:4. THE MICHAEL BESTOWALS==   

==21:4. THE MICHAEL BESTOWALS==   

21:4.1 There are seven groups of bestowal Creator Sons, and they are so classified in accordance with the number of times they have bestowed themselves upon the creatures of their realms. They range from the initial experience up through five additional spheres of progressive bestowal until they attain the seventh and final episode of creature-Creator experience.

21:4.1 There are seven groups of bestowal Creator Sons, and they are so classified in accordance with the number of times they have bestowed themselves upon the creatures of their realms. They range from the initial experience up through five additional spheres of progressive bestowal until they attain the seventh and final episode of creature-Creator experience.