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==PAPER 73: THE GARDEN OF EDEN==     

==PAPER 73: THE GARDEN OF EDEN==     

73:0.1 The [[cultural]] [[decadence]] and [[spiritual]] [[poverty]] resulting from the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67 Caligastia downfall] and consequent [[social]] [[confusion]] had little [[effect]] on the [[physical]] or [[biologic]] [[status]] of the [[Urantia]] peoples. [[Organic]] [[evolution]] proceeded apace, quite regardless of the [[cultural]] and [[moral]] setback which so swiftly followed the disaffection of [[Caligastia]] and [[Daligastia]]. And there came a time in the [[planetary]] [[history]], almost forty thousand years ago, when the [[Life Carriers]] on duty took note that, from a [[purely]] [[biologic]] [[standpoint]], the [[developmental]] [[progress]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 Urantia races] was nearing its apex. The [[Melchizedek]] receivers, concurring in this [[opinion]], readily agreed to join the [[Life Carriers]] in a [[petition]] to the [[Most Highs]] of [[Edentia]] asking that [[Urantia]] be inspected with a view to authorizing the dispatch of biologic uplifters, a [[Material Son and Daughter]].

73:0.1 The [[cultural]] [[decadence]] and [[spiritual]] [[poverty]] resulting from the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67 Caligastia downfall] and consequent [[social]] [[confusion]] had little [[effect]] on the [[physical]] or [[biologic]] [[status]] of the [[Urantia]] peoples. [[Organic]] [[evolution]] proceeded apace, quite regardless of the [[cultural]] and [[moral]] setback which so swiftly followed the disaffection of [[Caligastia]] and [[Daligastia]]. And there came a time in the [[planetary]] [[history]], almost forty thousand years ago, when the [[Life Carriers]] on duty took note that, from a [[purely]] [[biologic]] [[standpoint]], the [[developmental]] [[progress]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 Urantia races] was nearing its apex. The [[Melchizedek]] receivers, concurring in this [[opinion]], readily agreed to join the [[Life Carriers]] in a [[petition]] to the [[Most Highs]] of [[Edentia]] asking that [[Urantia]] be inspected with a view to authorizing the dispatch of biologic uplifters, a [[Material Son and Daughter]].

73:0.2 This request was addressed to the [[Most Highs]] of [[Edentia]] because they had exercised direct [[jurisdiction]] over many of [[Urantia]]'s affairs ever since [[Caligastia]]'s downfall and the temporary vacation of [[authority]] on [[Jerusem]].

73:0.2 This request was addressed to the [[Most Highs]] of [[Edentia]] because they had exercised direct [[jurisdiction]] over many of [[Urantia]]'s affairs ever since [[Caligastia]]'s downfall and the temporary vacation of [[authority]] on [[Jerusem]].

73:0.3 [[Tabamantia]], sovereign supervisor of the series of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_58#PAPER_58:_LIFE_ESTABLISHMENT_ON_URANTIA decimal or experimental worlds], came to inspect the [[planet]] and, after his survey of racial [[progress]], duly recommended that [[Urantia]] be granted [[Material Sons]]. In a little less than one hundred years from the time of this inspection, [[Adam and Eve]], a [[Material Son and Daughter]] of the [[local system]], arrived and began the [[difficult]] task of attempting to untangle the [[confused]] affairs of a [[planet]] retarded by [[rebellion]] and resting under the ban of [[spiritual]] [[isolation]].

73:0.3 [[Tabamantia]], sovereign supervisor of the series of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_58#PAPER_58:_LIFE_ESTABLISHMENT_ON_URANTIA decimal or experimental worlds], came to inspect the [[planet]] and, after his survey of racial [[progress]], duly recommended that [[Urantia]] be granted [[Material Sons]]. In a little less than one hundred years from the time of this inspection, [[Adam and Eve]], a [[Material Son and Daughter]] of the [[local system]], arrived and began the [[difficult]] task of attempting to untangle the [[confused]] affairs of a [[planet]] retarded by [[rebellion]] and resting under the ban of [[spiritual]] [[isolation]].

==73:1. THE NODITES AND THE AMADONITES==

==73:1. THE NODITES AND THE AMADONITES==

73:1.1 On a [[normal]] [[planet]] the arrival of the [[Material Son]] would ordinarily herald the approach of a great age of [[invention]], [[material]] [[progress]], and [[intellectual]] [[enlightenment]]. The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:3._POST-ADAMIC_MAN post-Adamic era] is the great [[scientific]] age of most worlds, but not so on [[Urantia]]. Though the [[planet]] was peopled by [[races]] [[physically]] fit, the [[tribes]] languished in the depths of [[savagery]] and [[moral]] [[Darkness|stagnation]].

73:1.1 On a [[normal]] [[planet]] the arrival of the [[Material Son]] would ordinarily herald the approach of a great age of [[invention]], [[material]] [[progress]], and [[intellectual]] [[enlightenment]]. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:3._POST-ADAMIC_MAN post-Adamic era] is the great [[scientific]] age of most worlds, but not so on [[Urantia]]. Though the [[planet]] was peopled by [[races]] [[physically]] fit, the [[tribes]] languished in the depths of [[savagery]] and [[moral]] [[Darkness|stagnation]].

73:1.2 Ten thousand years after [[the rebellion]] practically all the gains of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66 the Prince's administration] had been effaced; the [[races]] of the world were little better off than if this misguided Son had never come to [[Urantia]]. Only among the Nodites and the Amadonites was there [[persistence]] of the [[traditions]] of [[Dalamatia]] and the [[culture]] of the [[Planetary Prince]].

73:1.2 Ten thousand years after [[the rebellion]] practically all the gains of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66 the Prince's administration] had been effaced; the [[races]] of the world were little better off than if this misguided Son had never come to [[Urantia]]. Only among the Nodites and the Amadonites was there [[persistence]] of the [[traditions]] of [[Dalamatia]] and the [[culture]] of the [[Planetary Prince]].

73:1.3 The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:4._THE_CALIGASTIA_ONE_HUNDRED_AFTER_REBELLION Nodites] were the [[descendants]] of the rebel members of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF Prince's staff], their name deriving from their first leader, ''Nod'', onetime chairman of the [[Dalamatia]] commission on [[industry]] and trade. The Amadonites were the descendants of those [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonites] who chose to remain [[loyal]] with [[Van]] and [[Amadon]]. " Amadonite " is more of a [[cultural]] and [[religious]] designation than a racial term; racially considered the Amadonites were [[essentially]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonites]. " Nodite " is both a cultural and racial term, for the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:4._THE_CALIGASTIA_ONE_HUNDRED_AFTER_REBELLION Nodites] themselves constituted the eighth [[race]] of [[Urantia]].

73:1.3 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:4._THE_CALIGASTIA_ONE_HUNDRED_AFTER_REBELLION Nodites] were the [[descendants]] of the rebel members of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF Prince's staff], their name deriving from their first leader, ''Nod'', onetime chairman of the [[Dalamatia]] commission on [[industry]] and trade. The Amadonites were the descendants of those [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonites] who chose to remain [[loyal]] with [[Van]] and [[Amadon]]. " Amadonite " is more of a [[cultural]] and [[religious]] designation than a racial term; racially considered the Amadonites were [[essentially]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonites]. " Nodite " is both a cultural and racial term, for the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:4._THE_CALIGASTIA_ONE_HUNDRED_AFTER_REBELLION Nodites] themselves constituted the eighth [[race]] of [[Urantia]].

73:1.4 There existed a [[traditional]] [[enmity]] between the Nodites and the Amadonites. This [[feud]] was constantly coming to the [[surface]] whenever the [[offspring]] of these [[two]] [[groups]] would try to [[engage]] in some common [[enterprise]]. Even later, in the affairs of [[Eden]], it was exceedingly [[difficult]] for them to [[work]] [[together]] in [[peace]].

73:1.4 There existed a [[traditional]] [[enmity]] between the Nodites and the Amadonites. This [[feud]] was constantly coming to the [[surface]] whenever the [[offspring]] of these [[two]] [[groups]] would try to [[engage]] in some common [[enterprise]]. Even later, in the affairs of [[Eden]], it was exceedingly [[difficult]] for them to [[work]] [[together]] in [[peace]].

73:1.5 Shortly after the destruction of [[Dalamatia]] the followers of ''Nod'' became divided into three major [[groups]]. The central group remained in the immediate vicinity of their [[original]] [[home]] near the headwaters of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_gulf Persian Gulf]. The eastern group [[migrated]] to the highland regions of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elam Elam] just east of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphrates_Valley Euphrates valley]. The western group was situated on the northeastern [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria Syrian] shores of the [[Mediterranean]] and in adjacent territory.

73:1.5 Shortly after the destruction of [[Dalamatia]] the followers of ''Nod'' became divided into three major [[groups]]. The central group remained in the immediate vicinity of their [[original]] [[home]] near the headwaters of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_gulf Persian Gulf]. The eastern group [[migrated]] to the highland regions of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elam Elam] just east of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphrates Euphrates valley]. The western group was situated on the northeastern [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria Syrian] shores of the [[Mediterranean]] and in adjacent territory.

73:1.6 These [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:4._THE_CALIGASTIA_ONE_HUNDRED_AFTER_REBELLION Nodites] had freely mated with the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA Sangik races] and had left behind an able [[progeny]]. And some of the descendants of the rebellious [[Dalamatia]]ns subsequently joined [[Van]] and his [[loyal]] followers in the lands north of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia]. Here, in the vicinity of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Van Lake Van] and the southern [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea Caspian Sea] region, the Nodites mingled and mixed with the Amadonites, and they were numbered among the "mighty men of old."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.6]

73:1.6 These [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:4._THE_CALIGASTIA_ONE_HUNDRED_AFTER_REBELLION Nodites] had freely mated with the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA Sangik races] and had left behind an able [[progeny]]. And some of the descendants of the rebellious [[Dalamatia]]ns subsequently joined [[Van]] and his [[loyal]] followers in the lands north of [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia]. Here, in the vicinity of [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Van Lake Van] and the southern [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea Caspian Sea] region, the Nodites mingled and mixed with the Amadonites, and they were numbered among the "mighty men of old."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.6]

73:1.7 Prior to the arrival of [[Adam and Eve]] these [[groups]]—Nodites and Amadonites—were the most advanced and [[cultured]] [[races]] on [[earth]].

73:1.7 Prior to the arrival of [[Adam and Eve]] these [[groups]]—Nodites and Amadonites—were the most advanced and [[cultured]] [[races]] on [[earth]].

73:2.1 For almost one hundred years prior to [[Tabamantia]]'s inspection, [[Van]] and his associates, from their highland [[headquarters]] of world [[ethics]] and [[culture]], had been preaching the [[advent]] of a promised Son of God, a racial uplifter, a [[teacher]] of [[truth]], and the worthy successor of the traitorous [[Caligastia]]. Though the [[majority]] of the world's [[inhabitants]] of those days exhibited little or no interest in such a [[prediction]], those who were in [[immediate]] contact with [[Van]] and [[Amadon]] took such teaching seriously and began to plan for the [[actual]] [[reception]] of the promised Son.

73:2.1 For almost one hundred years prior to [[Tabamantia]]'s inspection, [[Van]] and his associates, from their highland [[headquarters]] of world [[ethics]] and [[culture]], had been preaching the [[advent]] of a promised Son of God, a racial uplifter, a [[teacher]] of [[truth]], and the worthy successor of the traitorous [[Caligastia]]. Though the [[majority]] of the world's [[inhabitants]] of those days exhibited little or no interest in such a [[prediction]], those who were in [[immediate]] contact with [[Van]] and [[Amadon]] took such teaching seriously and began to plan for the [[actual]] [[reception]] of the promised Son.

73:2.2 [[Van]] told his nearest associates the story of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_51 Material Sons] on [[Jerusem]]; what he had known of them before ever he came to [[Urantia]]. He well knew that these [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_51 Adamic Sons] always lived in [[simple]] but [[charming]] [[garden]] [[homes]] and proposed, eighty-three years before the arrival of [[Adam and Eve]], that they [[devote]] themselves to the [[proclamation]] of their [[advent]] and to the [[preparation]] of a [[garden]] [[home]] for their [[reception]].

73:2.2 [[Van]] told his nearest associates the story of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_51 Material Sons] on [[Jerusem]]; what he had known of them before ever he came to [[Urantia]]. He well knew that these [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_51 Adamic Sons] always lived in [[simple]] but [[charming]] [[garden]] [[homes]] and proposed, eighty-three years before the arrival of [[Adam and Eve]], that they [[devote]] themselves to the [[proclamation]] of their [[advent]] and to the [[preparation]] of a [[garden]] [[home]] for their [[reception]].

73:2.3 From their highland [[headquarters]] and from sixty-one far-scattered settlements, [[Van]] and [[Amadon]] recruited a corps of over three thousand willing and [[enthusiastic]] workers who, in [[solemn]] assembly, [[dedicated]] themselves to this mission of [[preparing]] for the promised—at least expected—Son.

73:2.3 From their highland [[headquarters]] and from sixty-one far-scattered settlements, [[Van]] and [[Amadon]] recruited a corps of over three thousand willing and [[enthusiastic]] workers who, in [[solemn]] assembly, [[dedicated]] themselves to this mission of [[preparing]] for the promised—at least expected—Son.

==73:3. THE GARDEN SITE==

==73:3. THE GARDEN SITE==

73:3.1 The committee on location was absent for almost three years. It reported favorably concerning three possible locations: The first was an island in the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Gulf Persian Gulf]; the second, the [[river]] location subsequently occupied as the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76 second garden]; the third, a long narrow [[peninsula]]—almost an island—projecting westward from the eastern shores of the [[Mediterranean]] Sea.

73:3.1 The committee on location was absent for almost three years. It reported favorably concerning three possible locations: The first was an island in the [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Gulf Persian Gulf]; the second, the [[river]] location subsequently occupied as the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76 second garden]; the third, a long narrow [[peninsula]]—almost an island—projecting westward from the eastern shores of the [[Mediterranean]] Sea.

73:3.2 The committee almost unanimously favored the third selection. This site was chosen, and two years were occupied in transferring the world's [[cultural]] [[headquarters]], including the [[tree of life]], to this [[Mediterranean]] [[peninsula]].[http://press.daynal.org/catalog/atlantis.html] All but a single [[group]] of the [[peninsula]] dwellers peaceably vacated when [[Van]] and his company arrived.

73:3.2 The committee almost unanimously favored the third selection. This site was chosen, and two years were occupied in transferring the world's [[cultural]] [[headquarters]], including the [[tree of life]], to this [[Mediterranean]] [[peninsula]].[https://press.daynal.org/catalog/atlantis.html] All but a single [[group]] of the [[peninsula]] dwellers peaceably vacated when [[Van]] and his company arrived.

73:3.3 This [[Mediterranean]] [[peninsula]] had a [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salubrious salubrious] [[climate]] and an equable temperature; this stabilized [[weather]] was due to the encircling [[mountains]] and to the [[fact]] that this area was virtually an island in an inland sea. While it rained copiously on the [[surrounding]] highlands, it seldom rained in [[Eden]] proper. But each night, from the extensive network of [[artificial]] [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrigation irrigation] channels, a "mist would go up"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_genesis#Chapter_.2]  to refresh the [[vegetation]] of [[the Garden]].

73:3.3 This [[Mediterranean]] [[peninsula]] had a [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salubrious salubrious] [[climate]] and an equable temperature; this stabilized [[weather]] was due to the encircling [[mountains]] and to the [[fact]] that this area was virtually an island in an inland sea. While it rained copiously on the [[surrounding]] highlands, it seldom rained in [[Eden]] proper. But each night, from the extensive network of [[artificial]] [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrigation irrigation] channels, a "mist would go up"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_genesis#Chapter_.2]  to refresh the [[vegetation]] of [[the Garden]].

73:3.4 The coast line of this [[land]] mass was considerably elevated, and the neck connecting with the mainland was only twenty-seven miles wide at the narrowest point. The great [[river]] that watered [[the Garden]] came down from the higher lands of the [[peninsula]] and flowed east through the peninsular neck to the mainland and thence across the lowlands of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia] to the [[sea]] beyond. It was fed by four tributaries which took [[origin]] in the coastal hills of the Edenic [[peninsula]], and these are the "four heads" of the [[river]] which "went out of Eden,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_genesis#Chapter_.2] and which later became [[confused]] with the branches of the rivers surrounding the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76 second garden].

73:3.4 The coast line of this [[land]] mass was considerably elevated, and the neck connecting with the mainland was only twenty-seven miles wide at the narrowest point. The great [[river]] that watered [[the Garden]] came down from the higher lands of the [[peninsula]] and flowed east through the peninsular neck to the mainland and thence across the lowlands of [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia] to the [[sea]] beyond. It was fed by four tributaries which took [[origin]] in the coastal hills of the Edenic [[peninsula]], and these are the "four heads" of the [[river]] which "went out of Eden,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_genesis#Chapter_.2] and which later became [[confused]] with the branches of the rivers surrounding the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76 second garden].

73:3.5 The [[mountains]] [[surrounding]] [[the Garden]] abounded in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious_stones precious stones] and metals, though these received very little [[attention]]. The dominant [[idea]] was to be the [[glorification]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horticulture horticulture] and the exaltation of [[agriculture]].

73:3.5 The [[mountains]] [[surrounding]] [[the Garden]] abounded in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious_stones precious stones] and metals, though these received very little [[attention]]. The dominant [[idea]] was to be the [[glorification]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horticulture horticulture] and the exaltation of [[agriculture]].

73:3.6 The site chosen for [[the Garden]] was probably the most [[beautiful]] spot of its kind in all the world, and the [[climate]] was then [[ideal]]. Nowhere else was there a location which could have lent itself so perfectly to becoming such a [[paradise]] of [[botanic]] [[expression]]. In this rendezvous the cream of the [[civilization]] of [[Urantia]] was forgathering. Without and beyond, the world lay in [[darkness]], [[ignorance]], and [[savagery]]. [[Eden]] was the one bright spot on [[Urantia]]; it was naturally a [[dream]] of loveliness, and it soon became a [[poem]] of exquisite and [[perfected]] [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landscape landscape] [[glory]].

73:3.6 The site chosen for [[the Garden]] was probably the most [[beautiful]] spot of its kind in all the world, and the [[climate]] was then [[ideal]]. Nowhere else was there a location which could have lent itself so perfectly to becoming such a [[paradise]] of [[botanic]] [[expression]]. In this rendezvous the cream of the [[civilization]] of [[Urantia]] was forgathering. Without and beyond, the world lay in [[darkness]], [[ignorance]], and [[savagery]]. [[Eden]] was the one bright spot on [[Urantia]]; it was naturally a [[dream]] of loveliness, and it soon became a [[poem]] of exquisite and [[perfected]] [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landscape landscape] [[glory]].

==73:4. ESTABLISHING THE GARDEN==

==73:4. ESTABLISHING THE GARDEN==

73:4.1 When [[Material Sons]], the biologic uplifters, begin their [[sojourn]] on an [[evolutionary world]], their place of [[abode]] is often called the [[Garden of Eden]] because it is characterized by the floral [[beauty]] and the [[botanic]] grandeur of [[Edentia]], the [[constellation]] [[capital]]. [[Van]] well knew of these [[customs]] and accordingly provided that the entire [[peninsula]] be given over to the Garden. Pasturage and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_husbandry animal husbandry] were projected for the adjoining mainland. Of [[animal]] life, only the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds birds] and the various [[domesticated]] [[species]] were to be found in the park. [[Van]]'s instructions were that [[Eden]] was to be a [[garden]], and only a garden. No [[animals]] were ever slaughtered within its precincts. All flesh eaten by the Garden workers throughout all the years of construction was brought in from the herds maintained under guard on the mainland.

73:4.1 When [[Material Sons]], the biologic uplifters, begin their [[sojourn]] on an [[evolutionary world]], their place of [[abode]] is often called the [[Garden of Eden]] because it is characterized by the floral [[beauty]] and the [[botanic]] grandeur of [[Edentia]], the [[constellation]] [[capital]]. [[Van]] well knew of these [[customs]] and accordingly provided that the entire [[peninsula]] be given over to the Garden. Pasturage and [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_husbandry animal husbandry] were projected for the adjoining mainland. Of [[animal]] life, only the [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds birds] and the various [[domesticated]] [[species]] were to be found in the park. [[Van]]'s instructions were that [[Eden]] was to be a [[garden]], and only a garden. No [[animals]] were ever slaughtered within its precincts. All flesh eaten by the Garden workers throughout all the years of construction was brought in from the herds maintained under guard on the mainland.

73:4.2 The first task was the building of the brick wall across the neck of the peninsula. This once completed, the real work of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landscape landscape] [[beautification]] and [[home]] building could proceed unhindered.

73:4.2 The first task was the building of the brick wall across the neck of the peninsula. This once completed, the real work of [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landscape landscape] [[beautification]] and [[home]] building could proceed unhindered.

73:4.3 A [[zoological]] [[garden]] was created by building a smaller wall just outside the main wall; the intervening [[space]], occupied by all [[manner]] of wild beasts, served as an additional [[defense]] against hostile [[attacks]]. This menagerie was [[organized]] in twelve grand divisions, and walled paths led between these [[groups]] to the twelve gates of the Garden, the [[river]] and its adjacent pastures occupying the central area.

73:4.3 A [[zoological]] [[garden]] was created by building a smaller wall just outside the main wall; the intervening [[space]], occupied by all [[manner]] of wild beasts, served as an additional [[defense]] against hostile [[attacks]]. This menagerie was [[organized]] in twelve grand divisions, and walled paths led between these [[groups]] to the twelve gates of the Garden, the [[river]] and its adjacent pastures occupying the central area.

==73:5. THE GARDEN HOME==

==73:5. THE GARDEN HOME==

73:5.1 At the [[center]] of the [[Eden]]ic [[peninsula]] was the exquisite stone [[temple]] of the [[Universal Father]], the [[sacred]] [[shrine]] of the Garden. To the north the [[administrative]] [[headquarters]] was [[established]]; to the south were built the [[homes]] for the workers and their [[families]]; to the west was provided the allotment of ground for the proposed schools of the [[educational]] [[system]] of the expected Son, while in the "east of Eden"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.2] were built the [[domiciles]] intended for the promised Son and his [[immediate]] [[offspring]]. The architectural plans for [[Eden]] provided [[homes]] and [[abundant]] [[land]] for one million [[human being]]s.

73:5.1 At the [[center]] of the [[Eden]]ic [[peninsula]] was the exquisite stone [[temple]] of the [[Universal Father]], the [[sacred]] [[shrine]] of the Garden. To the north the [[administrative]] [[headquarters]] was [[established]]; to the south were built the [[homes]] for the workers and their [[families]]; to the west was provided the allotment of ground for the proposed schools of the [[educational]] [[system]] of the expected Son, while in the "east of Eden"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.2] were built the [[domiciles]] intended for the promised Son and his [[immediate]] [[offspring]]. The architectural plans for [[Eden]] provided [[homes]] and [[abundant]] [[land]] for one million [[human being]]s.

73:5.2 At the time of [[Adam]]' s arrival, though the Garden was only one-fourth finished, it had thousands of miles of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrigation irrigation] ditches and more than twelve thousand miles of paved paths and roads. There were a trifle over five thousand brick buildings in the various sectors, and the trees and [[plants]] were almost beyond [[number]]. [[Seven]] was the largest [[number]] of houses composing any one cluster in the park. And though the [[structures]] of the Garden were simple, they were most [[artistic]]. The roads and paths were well built, and the landscaping was exquisite.

73:5.2 At the time of [[Adam]]' s arrival, though the Garden was only one-fourth finished, it had thousands of miles of [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrigation irrigation] ditches and more than twelve thousand miles of paved paths and roads. There were a trifle over five thousand brick buildings in the various sectors, and the trees and [[plants]] were almost beyond [[number]]. [[Seven]] was the largest [[number]] of houses composing any one cluster in the park. And though the [[structures]] of the Garden were simple, they were most [[artistic]]. The roads and paths were well built, and the landscaping was exquisite.

73:5.3 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanitation sanitary] arrangements of the Garden were far in advance of anything that had been attempted theretofore on [[Urantia]]. The drinking [[water]] of [[Eden]] was kept wholesome by the strict [[observance]] of the sanitary regulations designed to [[conserve]] its [[purity]]. During these early times much trouble came about from neglect of these rules, but [[Van]] [[gradually]] impressed upon his [[associates]] the importance of allowing nothing to fall into the [[water]] supply of the Garden.

73:5.3 The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanitation sanitary] arrangements of the Garden were far in advance of anything that had been attempted theretofore on [[Urantia]]. The drinking [[water]] of [[Eden]] was kept wholesome by the strict [[observance]] of the sanitary regulations designed to [[conserve]] its [[purity]]. During these early times much trouble came about from neglect of these rules, but [[Van]] [[gradually]] impressed upon his [[associates]] the importance of allowing nothing to fall into the [[water]] supply of the Garden.

73:5.4 Before the later [[establishment]] of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewage sewage]-disposal system the Edenites [[practiced]] the scrupulous [[burial]] of all [[waste]] or [[Organic|decomposing]] material. [[Amadon]]'s inspectors made their rounds each day in search for possible [[causes]] of [[Disease|sickness]]. Urantians did not again awaken to the importance of the prevention of [[human]] [[diseases]] until the later times of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Before the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_75 disruption of the Adamic regime] a covered brick-conduit disposal system had been constructed which ran beneath the walls and emptied into the [[river]] of Eden almost a mile beyond the outer or lesser wall of the Garden.

73:5.4 Before the later [[establishment]] of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewage sewage]-disposal system the Edenites [[practiced]] the scrupulous [[burial]] of all [[waste]] or [[Organic|decomposing]] material. [[Amadon]]'s inspectors made their rounds each day in search for possible [[causes]] of [[Disease|sickness]]. Urantians did not again awaken to the importance of the prevention of [[human]] [[diseases]] until the later times of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Before the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_75 disruption of the Adamic regime] a covered brick-conduit disposal system had been constructed which ran beneath the walls and emptied into the [[river]] of Eden almost a mile beyond the outer or lesser wall of the Garden.

73:5.5 By the time of [[Adam]]'s arrival most of the [[plants]] of that section of the world were growing in [[Eden]]. Already had many of the fruits, cereals, and nuts been greatly improved. Many [[modern]] [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetables vegetables] and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cereal cereals] were first cultivated here, but scores of varieties of [[food]] [[plants]] were subsequently lost to the world.

73:5.5 By the time of [[Adam]]'s arrival most of the [[plants]] of that section of the world were growing in [[Eden]]. Already had many of the fruits, cereals, and nuts been greatly improved. Many [[modern]] [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetables vegetables] and [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cereal cereals] were first cultivated here, but scores of varieties of [[food]] [[plants]] were subsequently lost to the world.

73:5.6 About five per cent of the Garden was under high [[artificial]] cultivation, fifteen per cent partially cultivated, the remainder being left in a more or less [[natural]] state pending the arrival of [[Adam]], it being [[thought]] best to finish the park in [[accordance]] with his [[ideas]].

73:5.6 About five per cent of the Garden was under high [[artificial]] cultivation, fifteen per cent partially cultivated, the remainder being left in a more or less [[natural]] state pending the arrival of [[Adam]], it being [[thought]] best to finish the park in [[accordance]] with his [[ideas]].

73:5.7 And so was the ''Garden of Eden'' made ready for the [[reception]] of the promised [[Adam]] and his consort. And this Garden would have done [[honor]] to a world under [[perfected]] [[administration]] and [[normal]] [[control]]. [[Adam and Eve]] were well pleased with the general [[plan]] of [[Eden]], though they made many [[changes]] in the furnishings of their own [[personal]] [[dwelling]].

73:5.7 And so was the ''Garden of Eden'' made ready for the [[reception]] of the promised [[Adam]] and his consort. And this Garden would have done [[honor]] to a world under [[perfected]] [[administration]] and [[normal]] [[control]]. [[Adam and Eve]] were well pleased with the general [[plan]] of [[Eden]], though they made many [[changes]] in the furnishings of their own [[personal]] [[dwelling]].

73:5.8 Although the [[work]] of embellishment was hardly finished at the time of [[Adam]]'s arrival, the place was already a [[Jewel|gem]] of [[botanic]] [[beauty]]; and during the early days of his [[sojourn]] in Eden the whole Garden took on new [[form]] and assumed new [[proportions]] of [[beauty]] and grandeur. Never before this time nor after has [[Urantia]] harbored such a [[beautiful]] and replete exhibition of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horticulture horticulture] and [[agriculture]].

73:5.8 Although the [[work]] of embellishment was hardly finished at the time of [[Adam]]'s arrival, the place was already a [[Jewel|gem]] of [[botanic]] [[beauty]]; and during the early days of his [[sojourn]] in Eden the whole Garden took on new [[form]] and assumed new [[proportions]] of [[beauty]] and grandeur. Never before this time nor after has [[Urantia]] harbored such a [[beautiful]] and replete exhibition of [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horticulture horticulture] and [[agriculture]].

==73:6. THE TREE OF LIFE==

==73:6. THE TREE OF LIFE==

73:6.1 In the [[center]] of the Garden [[temple]] [[Van]] planted the long-guarded [[tree of life]], whose leaves were for the "healing of the nations,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Revelation#Chapter_22] and whose fruit had so long [[sustained]] him on [[earth]]. [[Van]] well knew that [[Adam and Eve]] would also be dependent on this gift of [[Edentia]] for their life [[maintenance]] after they once appeared on [[Urantia]] in [[material]] form.

73:6.1 In the [[center]] of the Garden [[temple]] [[Van]] planted the long-guarded [[tree of life]], whose leaves were for the "healing of the nations,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Revelation#Chapter_22] and whose fruit had so long [[sustained]] him on [[earth]]. [[Van]] well knew that [[Adam and Eve]] would also be dependent on this gift of [[Edentia]] for their life [[maintenance]] after they once appeared on [[Urantia]] in [[material]] form.

73:6.2 The [[Material Sons]] on [[the system]] [[capitals]] do not require the [[tree of life]] for sustenance. Only in the [[planetary]] [[repersonalization]] are they dependent on this adjunct to [[physical]] [[immortality]].

73:6.2 The [[Material Sons]] on [[the system]] [[capitals]] do not require the [[tree of life]] for sustenance. Only in the [[planetary]] [[repersonalization]] are they dependent on this adjunct to [[physical]] [[immortality]].

73:6.3 The "tree of the knowledge of good and evil"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.2] may be a [[figure of speech]], a [[symbolic]] designation covering a multitude of [[human]] [[experiences]], but the "tree of life"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.2] was not a [[myth]]; it was real and for a long time was present on [[Urantia]]. When the [[Most Highs]] of [[Edentia]] approved the commission of [[Caligastia]] as [[Planetary Prince]] of [[Urantia]] and those of the one hundred [[Jerusem]] [[citizens]] as his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF administrative staff], they sent to the [[planet]], by the [[Melchizedeks]], a shrub of [[Edentia]], and this [[plant]] grew to be the [[tree of life]] on [[Urantia]]. This form of nonintelligent life is [[native]] to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:1._THE_CONSTELLATION_HEADQUARTERS constellation headquarters] spheres, being also found on the [[headquarters]] worlds of the [[Salvington|local]] and [[Uversa|superuniverses]] as well as on the [[Havona]] spheres, but not on [[the system]] [[capitals]].

73:6.3 The "tree of the knowledge of good and evil"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.2] may be a [[figure of speech]], a [[symbolic]] designation covering a multitude of [[human]] [[experiences]], but the "tree of life"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.2] was not a [[myth]]; it was real and for a long time was present on [[Urantia]]. When the [[Most Highs]] of [[Edentia]] approved the commission of [[Caligastia]] as [[Planetary Prince]] of [[Urantia]] and those of the one hundred [[Jerusem]] [[citizens]] as his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF administrative staff], they sent to the [[planet]], by the [[Melchizedeks]], a shrub of [[Edentia]], and this [[plant]] grew to be the [[tree of life]] on [[Urantia]]. This form of nonintelligent life is [[native]] to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:1._THE_CONSTELLATION_HEADQUARTERS constellation headquarters] spheres, being also found on the [[headquarters]] worlds of the [[Salvington|local]] and [[Uversa|superuniverses]] as well as on the [[Havona]] spheres, but not on [[the system]] [[capitals]].

73:6.4 This superplant stored up certain [[space]]-[[energies]] which were antidotal to the age-producing elements of [[animal]] [[existence]]. The fruit of the [[tree of life]] was like a super[[chemical]] storage battery, mysteriously releasing the [[life-extension]] [[force]] of the [[universe]] when eaten. This [[form]] of sustenance was wholly useless to the ordinary [[evolutionary]] [[beings]] on [[Urantia]], but specifically it was serviceable to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF one hundred] [[materialized]] members of [[Caligastia]]'s staff and to the one hundred modified [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonites] who had contributed of their [[life plasm]] to [[the Prince]]'s staff, and who, in return, were made possessors of that [[complement]] of life which made it possible for them to utilize the fruit of the [[tree of life]] for an indefinite extension of their otherwise [[mortal]] [[existence]].

73:6.4 This superplant stored up certain [[space]]-[[energies]] which were antidotal to the age-producing elements of [[animal]] [[existence]]. The fruit of the [[tree of life]] was like a super[[chemical]] storage battery, mysteriously releasing the [[life-extension]] [[force]] of the [[universe]] when eaten. This [[form]] of sustenance was wholly useless to the ordinary [[evolutionary]] [[beings]] on [[Urantia]], but specifically it was serviceable to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF one hundred] [[materialized]] members of [[Caligastia]]'s staff and to the one hundred modified [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonites] who had contributed of their [[life plasm]] to [[the Prince]]'s staff, and who, in return, were made possessors of that [[complement]] of life which made it possible for them to utilize the fruit of the [[tree of life]] for an indefinite extension of their otherwise [[mortal]] [[existence]].

73:6.5 During the days of [[the Prince]]'s rule the tree was growing from the [[earth]] in the central and [[circular]] courtyard of [[the Father]]'s [[temple]]. Upon the outbreak of [[the rebellion]] it was regrown from the central core by [[Van]] and his [[associates]] in their temporary camp. This [[Edentia]] shrub was subsequently taken to their highland [[retreat]], where it served both [[Van]] and [[Amadon]] for more than one hundred and fifty thousand years.

73:6.5 During the days of [[the Prince]]'s rule the tree was growing from the [[earth]] in the central and [[circular]] courtyard of [[the Father]]'s [[temple]]. Upon the outbreak of [[the rebellion]] it was regrown from the central core by [[Van]] and his [[associates]] in their temporary camp. This [[Edentia]] shrub was subsequently taken to their highland [[retreat]], where it served both [[Van]] and [[Amadon]] for more than one hundred and fifty thousand years.

73:6.6 When [[Van]] and his [[associates]] made ready the Garden for [[Adam and Eve]], they transplanted the [[Edentia]] tree to the Garden of Eden, where, once again, it grew in a [[central]], circular courtyard of another [[temple]] to [[the Father]]. And [[Adam and Eve]] periodically partook of its fruit for the [[maintenance]] of their [[dual]] [[form]] of [[physical]] life.

73:6.6 When [[Van]] and his [[associates]] made ready the Garden for [[Adam and Eve]], they transplanted the [[Edentia]] tree to the Garden of Eden, where, once again, it grew in a [[central]], circular courtyard of another [[temple]] to [[the Father]]. And [[Adam and Eve]] periodically partook of its fruit for the [[maintenance]] of their [[dual]] [[form]] of [[physical]] life.

73:6.7 When the [[plans]] of the [[Material Son]] went astray, [[Adam]] and his [[family]] were not permitted to carry the core of the tree away from the Garden. When the [[Nodites]] invaded [[Eden]], they were told that they would become as "gods if they partook of the fruit of the tree."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.3] Much to their [[surprise]] they found it unguarded. They ate freely of the fruit for years, but it did nothing for them; they were all [[material]] [[mortals]] of the realm; they lacked that [[endowment]] which acted as a [[complement]] to the fruit of the tree. They became enraged at their inability to benefit from the [[tree of life]], and in [[connection]] with one of their internal [[wars]], the [[temple]] and the [[Tree of Life|tree]] were both destroyed by [[fire]]; only the stone wall stood until the Garden was subsequently submerged. This was the second [[temple]] of [[the Father]] to perish.

73:6.7 When the [[plans]] of the [[Material Son]] went astray, [[Adam]] and his [[family]] were not permitted to carry the core of the tree away from the Garden. When the [[Nodites]] invaded [[Eden]], they were told that they would become as "gods if they partook of the fruit of the tree."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.3] Much to their [[surprise]] they found it unguarded. They ate freely of the fruit for years, but it did nothing for them; they were all [[material]] [[mortals]] of the realm; they lacked that [[endowment]] which acted as a [[complement]] to the fruit of the tree. They became enraged at their inability to benefit from the [[tree of life]], and in [[connection]] with one of their internal [[wars]], the [[temple]] and the [[Tree of Life|tree]] were both destroyed by [[fire]]; only the stone wall stood until the Garden was subsequently submerged. This was the second [[temple]] of [[the Father]] to perish.

73:6.8 And now must all flesh on [[Urantia]] take the [[natural]] [[course]] of life and [[death]]. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_74 Adam, Eve], their [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76 children], and their [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78 children's children], [[together]] with their [[associates]], all perished in the [[course]] of [[time]], thus becoming subject to the [[ascension scheme]] of the [[local universe]] wherein [[mansion world]] [[resurrection]] follows [[material]] [[death]].

73:6.8 And now must all flesh on [[Urantia]] take the [[natural]] [[course]] of life and [[death]]. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_74 Adam, Eve], their [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76 children], and their [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78 children's children], [[together]] with their [[associates]], all perished in the [[course]] of [[time]], thus becoming subject to the [[ascension scheme]] of the [[local universe]] wherein [[mansion world]] [[resurrection]] follows [[material]] [[death]].

==73:7. THE FATE OF EDEN==

==73:7. THE FATE OF EDEN==

73:7.1 After the first garden was vacated by [[Adam]], it was occupied variously by the [[Nodites]], Cutites, and the Suntites. It later became the dwelling place of the northern [[Nodites]] who [[opposed]] [[co-operation]] with the Adamites. The [[peninsula]] had been overrun by these lower-grade [[Nodites]] for almost four thousand years after [[Adam]] left the Garden when, in [[connection]] with the [[violent]] [[activity]] of the [[surrounding]] [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanoes volcanoes] and the submergence of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_sea#Oceanography Sicilian land bridge] to Africa, the eastern floor of the [[Mediterranean]] Sea sank, [http://www.discoveryofatlantis.com/animation_flooding_small.gif carrying down beneath the waters the whole of the Edenic peninsula]. Concomitant with this vast submergence the coast line of the eastern [[Mediterranean]] was greatly elevated. And this was the end of the most [[beautiful]] [[natural]] [[creation]] that [[Urantia]] has ever harbored. The sinking was not sudden, several hundred years being required completely to submerge the entire [[peninsula]].

73:7.1 After the first garden was vacated by [[Adam]], it was occupied variously by the [[Nodites]], Cutites, and the Suntites. It later became the dwelling place of the northern [[Nodites]] who [[opposed]] [[co-operation]] with the Adamites. The [[peninsula]] had been overrun by these lower-grade [[Nodites]] for almost four thousand years after [[Adam]] left the Garden when, in [[connection]] with the [[violent]] [[activity]] of the [[surrounding]] [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanoes volcanoes] and the submergence of the [https://www.ciesm.org/marine/morphomap.htm Sicilian land bridge] to Africa, the eastern floor of the [[Mediterranean]] Sea sank, [https://www.discoveryofatlantis.com/animation_flooding_small.gif carrying down beneath the waters the whole of the Edenic peninsula]. Concomitant with this vast submergence the coast line of the eastern [[Mediterranean]] was greatly elevated. And this was the end of the most [[beautiful]] [[natural]] [[creation]] that [[Urantia]] has ever harbored. The sinking was not sudden, several hundred years being required completely to submerge the entire [[peninsula]].

73:7.2 We cannot regard this disappearance of the Garden as being in any way a result of the miscarriage of the [[divine]] [[plans]] or as a result of the mistakes of [[Adam and Eve]]. We do not regard the submergence of [[Eden]] as anything but a [[natural]] occurrence, but it does seem to us that the sinking of the Garden was timed to occur at just about the date of the accumulation of the reserves of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78 violet race] for undertaking the [[work]] of rehabilitating the world peoples.

73:7.2 We cannot regard this disappearance of the Garden as being in any way a result of the miscarriage of the [[divine]] [[plans]] or as a result of the mistakes of [[Adam and Eve]]. We do not regard the submergence of [[Eden]] as anything but a [[natural]] occurrence, but it does seem to us that the sinking of the Garden was timed to occur at just about the date of the accumulation of the reserves of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78 violet race] for undertaking the [[work]] of rehabilitating the world peoples.

73:7.3 The [[Melchizedeks]] [[counseled]] [[Adam]] not to [[initiate]] the [[program]] of racial uplift and blending until his own [[family]] had numbered one-half million. It was never [[intended]] that the Garden should be the permanent [[home]] of the Adamites. They were to become [[emissaries]] of a new life to all the world; they were to mobilize for unselfish [[bestowal]] upon the needy [[races]] of [[earth]].

73:7.3 The [[Melchizedeks]] [[counseled]] [[Adam]] not to [[initiate]] the [[program]] of racial uplift and blending until his own [[family]] had numbered one-half million. It was never [[intended]] that the Garden should be the permanent [[home]] of the Adamites. They were to become [[emissaries]] of a new life to all the world; they were to mobilize for unselfish [[bestowal]] upon the needy [[races]] of [[earth]].

73:7.4 The instructions given [[Adam]] by the [[Melchizedeks]] implied that he was to [[establish]] [[racial]], [[continental]], and divisional [[headquarters]] to be in the charge of his [[immediate]] [[Children|sons and daughters]], while he and Eve were to divide their time between these various world [[capitals]] as advisers and [[co-ordinators]] of the world-wide [[ministry]] of [[biologic]] uplift, [[intellectual]] advancement, and [[moral]] [[rehabilitation]].

73:7.4 The instructions given [[Adam]] by the [[Melchizedeks]] implied that he was to [[establish]] [[racial]], [[continental]], and divisional [[headquarters]] to be in the charge of his [[immediate]] [[Children|sons and daughters]], while he and Eve were to divide their time between these various world [[capitals]] as advisers and [[co-ordinators]] of the world-wide [[ministry]] of [[biologic]] uplift, [[intellectual]] advancement, and [[moral]] [[rehabilitation]].

73:7.5 Presented by [[Solonia]], the seraphic "voice in the Garden."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.3]  

73:7.5 Presented by [[Solonia]], the seraphic "voice in the Garden."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.3]  

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