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40:10.4 We have [[analyzed]] this [[problem]] and have reached the undoubted [[conclusion]] that the consignment of all [[mortals]] to an [[ultimate]] [[Paradise]] [[destiny]] would be unfair to the[[ time-space]] [[universes]] inasmuch as the [[courts]] of the [[Creator Sons]] and of the [[Ancients of Days]] would then be wholly [[dependent]] on the [[services]] of those who were in transit to higher realms. And it does seem to be no more than fitting that the [[Local Universe|local]] and the [[superuniverse]] [[governments]] should each be provided with a [[permanent]] [[group]] of [[ascendant]] [[citizenship]]; that the [[functions]] of these [[administrations]] should be enriched by the [[efforts]] of certain [[groups]] of [[glorified]] [[mortals]] who are of [[permanent]] [[status]], [[evolutionary]] [[complements]] of the [[abandonters]] and of the [[susatia]]. Now it is quite obvious that the [[present]] [[ascension scheme]] [[effectively]] provides the [[time-space]] [[administrations]] with just such [[groups]] of [[ascendant]] [[creatures]]; and we have many times [[wondered]]: Does all this [[represent]] an intended part of the all-[[wise]] [[plans]] of the [[Architects of the Master Universe]] [[designed]] to provide the [[Creator Sons]] and the [[Ancients of Days]] with a [[permanent]] [[ascendant]] [[population]]? with evolved [[orders]] of [[citizenship]] that will become increasingly competent to carry forward the affairs of these realms in the [[universe]] [[ages]] to come?

40:10.4 We have [[analyzed]] this [[problem]] and have reached the undoubted [[conclusion]] that the consignment of all [[mortals]] to an [[ultimate]] [[Paradise]] [[destiny]] would be unfair to the[[ time-space]] [[universes]] inasmuch as the [[courts]] of the [[Creator Sons]] and of the [[Ancients of Days]] would then be wholly [[dependent]] on the [[services]] of those who were in transit to higher realms. And it does seem to be no more than fitting that the [[Local Universe|local]] and the [[superuniverse]] [[governments]] should each be provided with a [[permanent]] [[group]] of [[ascendant]] [[citizenship]]; that the [[functions]] of these [[administrations]] should be enriched by the [[efforts]] of certain [[groups]] of [[glorified]] [[mortals]] who are of [[permanent]] [[status]], [[evolutionary]] [[complements]] of the [[abandonters]] and of the [[susatia]]. Now it is quite obvious that the [[present]] [[ascension scheme]] [[effectively]] provides the [[time-space]] [[administrations]] with just such [[groups]] of [[ascendant]] [[creatures]]; and we have many times [[wondered]]: Does all this [[represent]] an intended part of the all-[[wise]] [[plans]] of the [[Architects of the Master Universe]] [[designed]] to provide the [[Creator Sons]] and the [[Ancients of Days]] with a [[permanent]] [[ascendant]] [[population]]? with evolved [[orders]] of [[citizenship]] that will become increasingly competent to carry forward the affairs of these realms in the [[universe]] [[ages]] to come?

40:10.5 That mortal destinies do thus vary in no wise proves that one is necessarily greater or lesser than another, merely that they differ. Adjuster-fused ascenders do indeed have a grand and glorious career as finaliters spread out before them in the eternal future, but this does not mean that they are preferred above their ascendant brethren. There is no favoritism, nothing arbitrary, in the selective operation of the divine plan of mortal survival.

40:10.5 That [[mortal]] [[destinies]] do thus vary in no wise [[proves]] that one is [[necessarily]] greater or lesser than another, merely that they [[differ]]. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:7._FATHER-FUSED_MORTALS Adjuster-fused] ascenders do indeed have a grand and [[glorious]] [[career]] as [[finaliters]] spread out before them in the [[eternal]] [[future]], but this does not mean that they are preferred above their [[ascendant]] [[brethren]]. There is no favoritism, nothing [[arbitrary]], in the selective operation of the [[divine]] [[plan]] of [[mortal]] [[survival]].

40:10.6 While the Adjuster-fused finaliters obviously enjoy the widest service opportunity of all, the attainment of this goal automatically shuts them off from the chance to participate in the agelong struggle of some one universe or superuniverse, from the earlier and less settled epochs to the later and established eras of relative perfection attainment. Finaliters acquire a marvelous and far-flung experience of transient service in all seven segments of the grand universe, but they do not ordinarily acquire that intimate knowledge of any one universe which even now characterizes the Spirit-fused veterans of the Nebadon Corps of Completion. These individuals enjoy an opportunity to witness the ascending processional of the planetary ages as they unfold one by one on ten million inhabited worlds. And in the faithful service of such local universe citizens, experience superimposes upon experience until the fullness of time ripens that high quality of wisdom which is engendered by focalized experience— authoritative wisdom—and this in itself is a vital factor in the settling of any local universe.

40:10.6 While the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:7._FATHER-FUSED_MORTALS Adjuster-fused] [[finaliters]] obviously [[enjoy]] the widest [[service]] [[opportunity]] of all, the [[attainment]] of this goal [[automatically]] shuts them off from the [[chance]] to [[participate]] in the agelong [[struggle]] of some one [[universe]] or [[superuniverse]], from the earlier and less settled [[epochs]] to the later and [[established]] eras of [[relative]] [[perfection]] [[attainment]]. [[Finaliters]] acquire a [[marvelous]] and far-flung [[experience]] of [[transient]] [[service]] in all [[seven]] [[Superuniverses|segments]] of the [[grand universe]], but they do not ordinarily acquire that [[intimate]] [[knowledge]] of any one [[universe]] which even now characterizes the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:9._SPIRIT-FUSED_MORTALS Spirit-fused] veterans of the ''Nebadon Corps of Completion''. These [[individuals]] [[enjoy]] an [[opportunity]] to [[witness]] the [[ascending]] [[processional]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52 planetary ages] as they unfold one by one on ten million [[inhabited worlds]]. And in the [[faithful]] [[service]] of such [[local universe]] [[citizens]], [[experience]] [[superimposes]] upon [[experience]] until the fullness of [[time]] ripens that high [[quality]] of [[wisdom]] which is engendered by [[focalized]] [[experience]]— [[authoritative]] [[wisdom]]—and this in itself is a [[vital]] [[factor]] in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_55#55:10._THE_FOURTH_OR_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_STAGE settling] of any [[local universe]].

40:10.7 As it is with the Spirit fusers, so is it with those Son-fused mortals who have achieved residential status on Uversa. Some of these beings hail from the earliest epochs of Orvonton, and they represent a slowly accumulating body of insight-deepening wisdom which is making ever-augmenting service contributions to the welfare and eventual settlement of the seventh superuniverse.

40:10.7 As it is with the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:9._SPIRIT-FUSED_MORTALS Spirit fusers], so is it with those [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:8._SON-FUSED_MORTALS Son-fused mortals] who have achieved residential status on [[Uversa]]. Some of these [[beings]] hail from the earliest [[epochs]] of [[Orvonton]], and they [[represent]] a slowly accumulating [[body]] of [[insight]]-deepening [[wisdom]] which is making ever-augmenting [[service]] [[contributions]] to the welfare and [[eventual]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_55#55:12._THE_SEVENTH_OR_SUPERUNIVERSE_STAGE settlement] of the [[seventh]] [[superuniverse]].

40:10.8 What the ultimate destiny of these stationary orders of local and of superuniverse citizenship will be we do not know, but it is quite possible that, when the Paradise finaliters are pioneering the expanding frontiers of divinity in the planetary systems of the first outer space level, their Son- and Spirit-fused brethren of the ascendant evolutionary struggle will be acceptably contributing to the maintenance of the experiential equilibrium of the perfected superuniverses while they stand ready to welcome the incoming stream of Paradise pilgrims who may, at that distant day, pour in through Orvonton and its sister creations as a vast spirit-questing torrent from these now uncharted and uninhabited galaxies of outer space.

40:10.8 What the [[ultimate]] [[destiny]] of these stationary orders of [[Local Universe|local]] and of [[superuniverse]] [[citizenship]] will be we do not know, but it is quite possible that, when the [[Paradise]] [[finaliters]] are pioneering the expanding frontiers of [[divinity]] in the [[planetary]] [[systems]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_6:_The_Second_Creative_Thesis first outer space level], their Son- and Spirit-fused [[brethren]] of the [[ascendant]] [[evolutionary]] [[struggle]] will be acceptably [[contributing]] to the [[maintenance]] of the [[experiential]] [[equilibrium]] of the [[perfected]] [[superuniverses]] while they stand ready to [[welcome]] the incoming stream of [[Paradise]] [[pilgrims]] who may, at that distant day, pour in through [[Orvonton]] and its sister [[creations]] as a vast [[spirit]]-questing torrent from these now uncharted and uninhabited [[galaxies]] of [[outer space]].

40:10.9 While the majority of Spirit fusers serve permanently as citizens of the local universes, all do not. If some phase of their universe ministry should require their personal presence in the superuniverse, then would such transformations of being be wrought in these citizens as would enable them to ascend to the higher universe; and upon the arrival of the Celestial Guardians with orders to present such Spirit-fused mortals at the courts of the Ancients of Days, they would so ascend, never to return. They become wards of the superuniverse, serving as assistants to the Celestial Guardians and permanently, save for those few who are in turn summoned to the service of Paradise and Havona.

40:10.9 While the [[majority]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:9._SPIRIT-FUSED_MORTALS Spirit fusers] serve [[permanently]] as [[citizens]] of the [[local universes]], all do not. If some [[phase]] of their [[universe]] [[ministry]] should require their [[personal]] [[presence]] in the [[superuniverse]], then would such [[transformations]] of being be wrought in these [[citizens]] as would enable them to [[ascend]] to the higher universe; and upon the arrival of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_22#22:9._THE_CELESTIAL_GUARDIANS Celestial Guardians] with orders to present such Spirit-fused mortals at the [[courts]] of the [[Ancients of Days]], they would so [[ascend]], never to return. They become wards of the [[superuniverse]], serving as assistants to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_22#22:9._THE_CELESTIAL_GUARDIANS Celestial Guardians] and permanently, save for those few who are in turn summoned to the [[service]] of [[Paradise]] and [[Havona]].

40:10.10 Like their Spirit-fused brethren, the Son fusers neither traverse Havona nor attain Paradise unless they have undergone certain modifying transformations. For good and sufficient reasons, such changes have been wrought in certain Son-fused survivors, and these beings are to be encountered ever and anon on the seven circuits of the central universe. Thus it is that certain numbers of both the Son- and the Spirit-fused mortals do actually ascend to Paradise, do attain a goal in many ways equal to that which awaits the Father-fused mortals.

40:10.10 Like their [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:9._SPIRIT-FUSED_MORTALS Spirit-fused brethren], the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:8._SON-FUSED_MORTALS Son fusers] neither [[traverse]] [[Havona]] nor [[attain]] [[Paradise]] unless they have undergone certain modifying [[transformations]]. For [[good]] and sufficient reasons, such [[changes]] have been wrought in certain Son-fused survivors, and these [[beings]] are to be encountered ever and anon on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM seven circuits of the central universe]. Thus it is that certain [[numbers]] of both the Son- and the Spirit-fused mortals do actually [[ascend]] to [[Paradise]], do attain a goal in many ways [[equal]] to that which awaits the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:7._FATHER-FUSED_MORTALS Father-fused mortals].

40:10.11 Father-fused mortals are potential finaliters; their destination is the Universal Father, and him they do attain, but within the purview of the present universe age, finaliters, as such, are not destiny attainers. They remain unfinished creatures—sixth-stage spirits—and hence nonactive in the evolutionary domains of prelight-and-life status.

40:10.11 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:7._FATHER-FUSED_MORTALS Father-fused mortals] are [[potential]] [[finaliters]]; their destination is the [[Universal Father]], and him they do [[attain]], but within the purview of the [[present universe age]], [[finaliters]], as such, are not [[destiny]] attainers. They remain unfinished [[creatures]]—sixth-stage spirits—and hence nonactive in the [[evolutionary]] [[domains]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52 prelight-and-life[ [[status]].

40:10.12 When a mortal finaliter is Trinity embraced—becomes a Trinitized Son, such as a Mighty Messenger—then has that finaliter attained destiny, at least for the present universe age. Mighty Messengers and their fellows may not in the exact sense be seventh-stage spirits, but in addition to other things the Trinity embrace endows them with everything which a finaliter will sometime achieve as a seventh-stage spirit. After Spirit-fused or Son-fused mortals are trinitized, they pass through the Paradise experience with the Adjuster-fused ascenders, with whom they are then identical in all matters pertaining to superuniverse administration. These Trinitized Sons of Selection or of Attainment at least for now are finished creatures, in contrast to the finaliters, who are at present unfinished creatures.

40:10.12 When a [[mortal]] [[finaliter]] is [[Trinity]] [[embraced]]—becomes a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_22 Trinitized Son], such as a [[Mighty Messenger]]—then has that [[finaliter]] [[attained]] [[destiny]], at least for the [[present universe age]]. Mighty Messengers and their fellows may not in the exact sense be seventh-stage spirits, but in [[addition]] to other [[things]] [[the Trinity]] [[embrace]] [[endows]] them with [[everything]] which a [[finaliter]] will sometime [[achieve]] as a seventh-stage spirit. After [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:9._SPIRIT-FUSED_MORTALS Spirit-fused] or [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:8._SON-FUSED_MORTALS Son-fused] [[mortals]] are [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_22#22:7._TECHNIQUE_OF_TRINITIZATION trinitized], they pass through the [[Paradise]] [[experience]] with the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:7._FATHER-FUSED_MORTALS Adjuster-fused ascenders], with whom they are then identical in all matters pertaining to [[superuniverse]] [[administration]]. These [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:7._FATHER-FUSED_MORTALS Trinitized Sons of Selection or of Attainment] at least for now are finished [[creatures]], in [[contrast]] to the [[finaliters]], who are at present unfinished [[creatures]].

40:10.13 Thus, in the final analysis, it would be hardly proper to use the words " greater " or " lesser " in contrasting the destinies of the ascending orders of sonship. Every such son of God shares the fatherhood of God, and God loves each of his creature sons alike; he is no more a respecter of ascendant destinies than is he of the creatures who may attain such destinies. The Father loves each of his sons, and that affection is not less than true, holy, divine, unlimited, eternal, and unique—a love bestowed upon this son and upon that son, individually, personally, and exclusively. And such a love utterly eclipses all other facts. Sonship is the supreme relationship of the creature to the Creator.

40:10.13 Thus, in the final [[analysis]], it would be hardly proper to use the [[words]] "greater" or "lesser" in [[contrasting]] the [[destinies]] of the [[ascending]] [[orders]] of sonship. Every such son of God [[shares]] the [[fatherhood]] of [[God]], and God [[loves]] each of his [[creature]] sons alike; he is no more a respecter of [[ascendant]] [[destinies]] than is he of the [[creatures]] who may [[attain]] such destinies. [[The Father]] [[loves]] each of his sons, and that [[affection]] is not less than true, [[holy]], [[divine]], unlimited, [[eternal]], and [[unique]]—a [[love]] [[bestowed]] upon this son and upon that son, [[individually]], [[personally]], and exclusively. And such a [[love]] utterly [[eclipses]] all other [[facts]]. Sonship is the [[supreme]] [[relationship]] of the [[creature]] to the [[Creator]].

40:10.14 As mortals you can now recognize your place in the family of divine sonship and begin to sense the obligation to avail yourselves of the advantages so freely provided in and by the Paradise plan for mortal survival, which plan has been so enhanced and illuminated by the life experience of a bestowal Son. Every facility and all power have been provided for insuring your ultimate attainment of the Paradise goal of divine perfection.

40:10.14 As [[mortals]] you can now [[recognize]] your place in the [[family]] of [[divine]] sonship and begin to sense the [[obligation]] to avail yourselves of the advantages so freely provided in and by the [[Paradise]] [[plan]] for [[mortal]] [[survival]], which [[plan]] has been so enhanced and [[illuminated]] by the life [[experience]] of a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:6._THE_MORTAL-BESTOWAL_CAREERS bestowal Son]. Every facility and all [[power]] have been provided for insuring your [[ultimate]] [[attainment]] of the [[Paradise]] goal of [[divine]] [[perfection]].

40:10.15 Presented by a [[Mighty Messenger]] temporarily attached to the staff of [[Gabriel]] of [[Salvington]].  

40:10.15 Presented by a [[Mighty Messenger]] temporarily attached to the staff of [[Gabriel]] of [[Salvington]].  

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