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3:1.1 The ability of the [[Universal Father]] to be everywhere present, and at the same time, constitutes his [[omnipresence]]. God alone can be in two places, in numberless places, at the same time. God is [[simultaneously]] present "in heaven above and on the earth beneath"; as the Psalmist exclaimed: "Whither shall I go from your spirit? or whither shall I flee from your presence?"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_139]

3:1.1 The ability of the [[Universal Father]] to be everywhere present, and at the same time, constitutes his [[omnipresence]]. God alone can be in two places, in numberless places, at the same time. God is [[simultaneously]] present "in heaven above and on the earth beneath"; as the Psalmist exclaimed: "Whither shall I go from your spirit? or whither shall I flee from your presence?"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_139]

3:1.2 "`I am a God at hand as well as afar off," says the Lord. `Do not I fill [[heaven]] and [[earth]]?'"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Jeremiah#Chapter_.23] The Universal Father is all the time present in all [[parts]] and in all [[hearts]] of his far-flung [[creation]]. He is "the fullness of him who fills all and in all,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Ephesians#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Ephesians.2C_I] and "who works all in all,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_XII] and further, the [[concept]] of his [[personality]] is such that "the heaven ([[Local Universe|universe]]) and heaven of heavens ([[universe of universes]]) cannot contain him."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=First_Book_of_Kings#Chapter_8] It is [[literally]] true that God is all and in all. But even that is not all of God. The Infinite can be finally revealed only in [[infinity]]; the [[cause]] can never be fully comprehended by an [[analysis]] of effects; the living God is immeasurably greater than the sum total of [[creation]] that has come into [[being]] as a result of the [[creative]] [[acts]] of his unfettered [[free will]]. God is revealed throughout the [[cosmos]], but the cosmos can never contain or encompass the entirety of the infinity of God.

3:1.2 "`I am a God at hand as well as afar off," says the Lord. `Do not I fill [[heaven]] and [[earth]]?'"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Jeremiah#Chapter_.23] The Universal Father is all the time present in all [[parts]] and in all [[hearts]] of his far-flung [[creation]]. He is "the fullness of him who fills all and in all,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Ephesians#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Ephesians.2C_I] and "who works all in all,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_XII] and further, the [[concept]] of his [[personality]] is such that "the heaven ([[Local Universe|universe]]) and heaven of heavens ([[universe of universes]]) cannot contain him."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=First_Book_of_Kings#Chapter_8] It is [[literally]] true that God is all and in all. But even that is not all of God. The Infinite can be finally revealed only in [[infinity]]; the [[cause]] can never be fully comprehended by an [[analysis]] of effects; the living God is immeasurably greater than the sum total of [[creation]] that has come into [[being]] as a result of the [[creative]] [[acts]] of his unfettered [[free will]]. God is revealed throughout the [[cosmos]], but the cosmos can never contain or encompass the entirety of the infinity of God.

3:1.3 The Father's [[presence]] unceasingly patrols the [[master universe]]. "His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit to the ends of it; and there is nothing hidden from the light thereof."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_19]

3:1.3 The Father's [[presence]] unceasingly patrols the [[master universe]]. "His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit to the ends of it; and there is nothing hidden from the light thereof."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_19]

3:1.4 The [[creature]] not only exists in [[God]], but God also lives in the creature. "We know we dwell in him because he lives in us[[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_John#1st_Letter_of_John.2C_IV]; he has given us his spirit. This gift from the Paradise Father is man's inseparable companion." "He is the ever-present and all-pervading God."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_19] "The spirit of the everlasting Father is concealed in the [[mind]] of every mortal child."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_17] "Man goes forth searching for a friend while that very friend lives within his own heart." "The true God is not afar off; he is a part of us; his spirit speaks from within us."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.32] "The Father lives in the child. God is always with us. He is the guiding spirit of [[eternal]] [[destiny]]."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Ezekiel#Chapter_36]

3:1.4 The [[creature]] not only exists in [[God]], but God also lives in the creature. "We know we dwell in him because he lives in us[[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_John#1st_Letter_of_John.2C_IV]; he has given us his spirit. This gift from the Paradise Father is man's inseparable companion." "He is the ever-present and all-pervading God."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_19] "The spirit of the everlasting Father is concealed in the [[mind]] of every mortal child."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_17] "Man goes forth searching for a friend while that very friend lives within his own heart." "The true God is not afar off; he is a part of us; his spirit speaks from within us."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.32] "The Father lives in the child. God is always with us. He is the guiding spirit of [[eternal]] [[destiny]]."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Ezekiel#Chapter_36]

3:1.5 Truly of the human race has it been said, "You are of God"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_John#1st_Letter_of_John.2C_IV] because "he who dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_John#1st_Letter_of_John.2C_IV] Even in wrongdoing you [[Torture|torment]] the indwelling gift of God, for the [[Thought Adjuster]] must needs go through the consequences of [[evil]] [[thinking]] with the [[human]] [[mind]] of its [[Solitary confinement|incarceration]].

3:1.5 Truly of the human race has it been said, "You are of God"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_John#1st_Letter_of_John.2C_IV] because "he who dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_John#1st_Letter_of_John.2C_IV] Even in wrongdoing you [[Torture|torment]] the indwelling gift of God, for the [[Thought Adjuster]] must needs go through the consequences of [[evil]] [[thinking]] with the [[human]] [[mind]] of its [[Solitary confinement|incarceration]].

3:1.6 The omnipresence of [[God]] is in [[reality]] a part of his infinite [[nature]]; [[space]] constitutes no barrier to Deity. God is, in [[perfection]] and without [[limitation]], [[discernibly]] present only on [[Paradise]] and in the [[Havona|central universe]]. He is not thus observably present in the [[Superuniverses|creations]] encircling Havona, for God has limited his direct and actual [[presence]] in recognition of the [[sovereignty]] and the [[divine]] prerogatives of the co-ordinate creators and rulers of the universes of time and space. Hence must the [[concept]] of the divine presence allow for a wide range of both mode and [[channel]] of [[manifestation]] [[embracing]] the presence [[circuits]] of the [[Eternal Son]], the [[Infinite Spirit]], and the [[Isle of Paradise]]. Nor is it always possible to distinguish between the [[presence]] of the Universal Father and the [[actions]] of his eternal co-ordinates and agencies, so perfectly do they fulfill all the infinite requirements of his unchanging [[purpose]]. But not so with the [[personality]] [[circuit]] and the [[Adjusters]]; here God acts [[uniquely]], directly, and exclusively.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_1#1:3._GOD_IS_A_UNIVERSAL_SPIRIT]

3:1.6 The omnipresence of [[God]] is in [[reality]] a part of his infinite [[nature]]; [[space]] constitutes no barrier to Deity. God is, in [[perfection]] and without [[limitation]], [[discernibly]] present only on [[Paradise]] and in the [[Havona|central universe]]. He is not thus observably present in the [[Superuniverses|creations]] encircling Havona, for God has limited his direct and actual [[presence]] in recognition of the [[sovereignty]] and the [[divine]] prerogatives of the co-ordinate creators and rulers of the universes of time and space. Hence must the [[concept]] of the divine presence allow for a wide range of both mode and [[channel]] of [[manifestation]] [[embracing]] the presence [[circuits]] of the [[Eternal Son]], the [[Infinite Spirit]], and the [[Isle of Paradise]]. Nor is it always possible to distinguish between the [[presence]] of the Universal Father and the [[actions]] of his eternal co-ordinates and agencies, so perfectly do they fulfill all the infinite requirements of his unchanging [[purpose]]. But not so with the [[personality]] [[circuit]] and the [[Adjusters]]; here God acts [[uniquely]], directly, and exclusively.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_1#1:3._GOD_IS_A_UNIVERSAL_SPIRIT]

3:1.7 The Universal Controller is [[potentially]] present in the [[gravity]] [[circuits]][http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:3._UNIVERSAL_GRAVITY] of the [[Isle of Paradise]] in all [[parts]] of the universe at all times and in the same degree, in accordance with the [[mass]], in [[response]] to the [[physical]] demands for this presence, and because of the inherent [[nature]] of all [[creation]] which causes [[Everything|all things]] to adhere and consist in him. Likewise is the [[First Source and Center]] potentially present in the [[Unqualified Absolute]], the repository of the uncreated universes of the eternal future. God thus potentially pervades the [[physical]] [[universes]] of the past, present, and future. He is the primordial [[foundation]] of the coherence of the so-called [[material]] [[creation]]. This [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Three_Absolutes#The_Unqualified_Absolute nonspiritual Deity potential] becomes actual here and there throughout the level of physical existences by the inexplicable intrusion of some one of his exclusive agencies upon the stage of [[universe]] [[action]].

3:1.7 The Universal Controller is [[potentially]] present in the [[gravity]] [[circuits]][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:3._UNIVERSAL_GRAVITY] of the [[Isle of Paradise]] in all [[parts]] of the universe at all times and in the same degree, in accordance with the [[mass]], in [[response]] to the [[physical]] demands for this presence, and because of the inherent [[nature]] of all [[creation]] which causes [[Everything|all things]] to adhere and consist in him. Likewise is the [[First Source and Center]] potentially present in the [[Unqualified Absolute]], the repository of the uncreated universes of the eternal future. God thus potentially pervades the [[physical]] [[universes]] of the past, present, and future. He is the primordial [[foundation]] of the coherence of the so-called [[material]] [[creation]]. This [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Three_Absolutes#The_Unqualified_Absolute nonspiritual Deity potential] becomes actual here and there throughout the level of physical existences by the inexplicable intrusion of some one of his exclusive agencies upon the stage of [[universe]] [[action]].

3:1.8 The [[mind]] [[presence]] of God is correlated with the [[absolute]] mind of the [[Conjoint Actor]], the Infinite Spirit, but in the finite creations it is better discerned in the everywhere functioning of the cosmic mind of the [[Paradise]] [[Master Spirits]]. Just as the First Source and Center is potentially present in the mind circuits of the Conjoint Actor, so is he potentially present in the tensions of the [[Universal Absolute]]. But mind of the human order is a bestowal of the Daughters of the Conjoint Actor, the [[Paper 34 - The Local Universe Mother Spirit|Divine Ministers]] of the [[Superuniverses|evolving universes]].

3:1.8 The [[mind]] [[presence]] of God is correlated with the [[absolute]] mind of the [[Conjoint Actor]], the Infinite Spirit, but in the finite creations it is better discerned in the everywhere functioning of the cosmic mind of the [[Paradise]] [[Master Spirits]]. Just as the First Source and Center is potentially present in the mind circuits of the Conjoint Actor, so is he potentially present in the tensions of the [[Universal Absolute]]. But mind of the human order is a bestowal of the Daughters of the Conjoint Actor, the [[Paper 34 - The Local Universe Mother Spirit|Divine Ministers]] of the [[Superuniverses|evolving universes]].

3:1.9 The everywhere-present spirit of the Universal Father is co-ordinated with the function of the universal spirit presence of the Eternal Son and the everlasting divine potential of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Three_Absolutes#The_Deity_Absolute Deity Absolute]. But neither the spiritual activity of the [[Eternal Son]] and his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20 Paradise Sons] nor the mind bestowals of the [[Infinite Spirit]] seem to exclude the [[Immediate|direct]] [[action]] of the [[Thought Adjuster]]s, the indwelling fragments of God, in the [[hearts]] of his [[creature]] [[children]].

3:1.9 The everywhere-present spirit of the Universal Father is co-ordinated with the function of the universal spirit presence of the Eternal Son and the everlasting divine potential of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Three_Absolutes#The_Deity_Absolute Deity Absolute]. But neither the spiritual activity of the [[Eternal Son]] and his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20 Paradise Sons] nor the mind bestowals of the [[Infinite Spirit]] seem to exclude the [[Immediate|direct]] [[action]] of the [[Thought Adjuster]]s, the indwelling fragments of God, in the [[hearts]] of his [[creature]] [[children]].

3:1.10 Concerning God's presence in a [[planet]], [[Satania|system]], [[constellation]], or a [[Local Universe|universe]], the degree of such presence in any creational unit is a [[measure]] of the degree of the evolving presence of the [[Supreme Being]]: It is determined by the [[Total|en masse]] recognition of [[God]] and [[loyalty]] to him on the part of the vast universe organization, running down to the systems and [[planets]] themselves. Therefore it is sometimes with the [[hope]] of conserving and safeguarding these phases of God's precious presence that, when some [[planets]] (or even systems) have plunged far into spiritual [[darkness]], they are in a certain sense [[Solitary confinement|quarantined]], or partially isolated from [[intercourse]] with the larger units of [[creation]]. And all this, as it operates on [[Urantia]], is a spiritually [[defensive]] [[reaction]] of the majority of the worlds to save themselves, as far as possible, from suffering the isolating [[consequences]] of the [[alienating]] acts of a headstrong, [[wicked]], and [[rebellious]] minority.

3:1.10 Concerning God's presence in a [[planet]], [[Satania|system]], [[constellation]], or a [[Local Universe|universe]], the degree of such presence in any creational unit is a [[measure]] of the degree of the evolving presence of the [[Supreme Being]]: It is determined by the [[Total|en masse]] recognition of [[God]] and [[loyalty]] to him on the part of the vast universe organization, running down to the systems and [[planets]] themselves. Therefore it is sometimes with the [[hope]] of conserving and safeguarding these phases of God's precious presence that, when some [[planets]] (or even systems) have plunged far into spiritual [[darkness]], they are in a certain sense [[Solitary confinement|quarantined]], or partially isolated from [[intercourse]] with the larger units of [[creation]]. And all this, as it operates on [[Urantia]], is a spiritually [[defensive]] [[reaction]] of the majority of the worlds to save themselves, as far as possible, from suffering the isolating [[consequences]] of the [[alienating]] acts of a headstrong, [[wicked]], and [[rebellious]] minority.

3:1.12 The fluctuations of the Father's presence are not due to the changeableness of God. The Father does not retire in seclusion because he has been slighted; his [[affections]] are not alienated because of the [[creature]]'s wrongdoing. Rather, having been endowed with the [[power]] of [[choice]] (concerning Himself), his children, in the [[exercise]] of that choice, directly determine the degree and limitations of the Father's [[divine]] [[influence]] in their own [[hearts]] and [[souls]]. The Father has freely bestowed himself upon us without limit and without favor. He is no respecter of persons, planets, systems, or universes. In the sectors of time he confers differential honor only on the Paradise personalities of [[God the Sevenfold]], the co-ordinate creators of the finite universes.

3:1.12 The fluctuations of the Father's presence are not due to the changeableness of God. The Father does not retire in seclusion because he has been slighted; his [[affections]] are not alienated because of the [[creature]]'s wrongdoing. Rather, having been endowed with the [[power]] of [[choice]] (concerning Himself), his children, in the [[exercise]] of that choice, directly determine the degree and limitations of the Father's [[divine]] [[influence]] in their own [[hearts]] and [[souls]]. The Father has freely bestowed himself upon us without limit and without favor. He is no respecter of persons, planets, systems, or universes. In the sectors of time he confers differential honor only on the Paradise personalities of [[God the Sevenfold]], the co-ordinate creators of the finite universes.

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