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==48:8. THE MORONTIA PROGRESSORS==

==48:8. THE MORONTIA PROGRESSORS==

48:8.1 From the time of graduation from the mansion worlds to the attainment of spirit status in the superuniverse career, ascending mortals are denominated morontia progressors. Your passage through this wonderful borderland life will be an unforgettable experience, a charming memory. It is the evolutionary portal to spirit life and the eventual attainment of creature perfection by which ascenders achieve the goal of time—the finding of God on Paradise.

48:8.1 From the [[time]] of [[graduation]] from the [[mansion worlds]] to the [[attainment]] of [[spirit]] [[status]] in the [[superuniverse]] [[career]], [[ascending mortals]] are [[denominated]] ''[[morontia]] progressors''. Your passage through this [[wonderful]] borderland life will be an unforgettable [[experience]], a [[charming]] [[memory]]. It is the [[evolutionary]] [[portal]] to [[spirit]] life and the [[eventual]] [[attainment]] of [[creature]] [[perfection]] by which [[ascenders]] [[achieve]] the goal of [[time]]—the finding of [[God]] on [[Paradise]].

48:8.2 There is a definite and divine purpose in all this morontia and subsequent spirit scheme of mortal progression, this elaborate universe training school for ascending creatures. It is the design of the Creators to afford the creatures of time a graduated opportunity to master the details of the operation and administration of the grand universe, and this long course of training is best carried forward by having the surviving mortal climb up gradually and by actual participation in every step of the ascent.

48:8.2 There is a definite and [[divine]] [[purpose]] in all this [[morontia]] and subsequent [[spirit]] [[scheme]] of [[mortal]] [[progression]], this elaborate [[universe]] [[training]] school for [[ascending]] [[creatures]]. It is the [[design]] of [[the Creators]] to afford the [[creatures]] of [[time]] a [[graduated]] [[opportunity]] to master the details of the operation and [[administration]] of the [[grand universe]], and this long [[course]] of [[training]] is best carried forward by having the [[surviving]] [[mortal]] climb up [[gradually]] and by [[actual]] [[participation]] in every step of the [[ascent]].

48:8.3 The mortal-survival plan has a practical and serviceable objective; you are not the recipients of all this divine labor and painstaking training only that you may survive just to enjoy endless bliss and eternal ease. There is a goal of transcendent service concealed beyond the horizon of the present universe age. If the Gods designed merely to take you on one long and eternal joy excursion, they certainly would not so largely turn the whole universe into one vast and intricate practical training school, requisition a substantial part of the celestial creation as teachers and instructors, and then spend ages upon ages piloting you, one by one, through this gigantic universe school of experiential training. The furtherance of the scheme of mortal progression seems to be one of the chief businesses of the present organized universe, and the majority of innumerable orders of created intelligences are either directly or indirectly engaged in advancing some phase of this progressive perfection plan.

48:8.3 The mortal-survival plan has a practical and serviceable objective; you are not the recipients of all this divine labor and painstaking training only that you may survive just to enjoy endless bliss and eternal ease. There is a goal of transcendent service concealed beyond the horizon of the present universe age. If the Gods designed merely to take you on one long and eternal joy excursion, they certainly would not so largely turn the whole universe into one vast and intricate practical training school, requisition a substantial part of the celestial creation as teachers and instructors, and then spend ages upon ages piloting you, one by one, through this gigantic universe school of experiential training. The furtherance of the scheme of mortal progression seems to be one of the chief businesses of the present organized universe, and the majority of innumerable orders of created intelligences are either directly or indirectly engaged in advancing some phase of this progressive perfection plan.