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==67:1. THE CALIGASTIA BETRAYAL==  

==67:1. THE CALIGASTIA BETRAYAL==  

67:1.1 For three hundred thousand years [[Caligastia]] had been in charge of [[Urantia]] when [[Satan]], [[Lucifer]]' s assistant, made one of his periodic [[Visit|inspection calls]]. And when [[Satan]] arrived on the [[planet]], his [[appearance]] in no way resembled your caricatures of his [[nefarious]] [[majesty]]. He was, and still is, a [[Lanonandek]] Son of great [[brilliance]]. "And no [[marvel]], for [[Satan]] himself is a brilliant [[creature]] of [[light]]."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_XI]

67:1.1 For three hundred thousand years [[Caligastia]] had been in charge of [[Urantia]] when [[Satan]], [[Lucifer]]' s assistant, made one of his periodic [[Visit|inspection calls]]. And when [[Satan]] arrived on the [[planet]], his [[appearance]] in no way resembled your caricatures of his [[nefarious]] [[majesty]]. He was, and still is, a [[Lanonandek]] Son of great [[brilliance]]. "And no [[marvel]], for [[Satan]] himself is a brilliant [[creature]] of [[light]]."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_XI]

67:1.2 In the [[course]] of this [[Visit|inspection]] [[Satan]] informed [[Caligastia]] of [[Lucifer]]'s then proposed "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_53#53:3._THE_LUCIFER_MANIFESTO Declaration of Liberty]," and as we now know, the [[Planetary Prince|Prince]] [[agreed]] to [[betray]] the [[planet]] upon the announcement of [[the rebellion]]. The [[loyal]] [[universe]] [[personalities]] look with peculiar disdain upon Prince [[Caligastia]] because of this premeditated [[betrayal]] of [[trust]]. The [[Creator Son]] voiced this [[contempt]] when he said: "You are like your [[leader]], [[Lucifer]], and you have [[sin]]fully perpetuated his [[iniquity]]. He was a falsifier from the beginning of his self-exaltation because he abode not in the [[truth]]."

67:1.2 In the [[course]] of this [[Visit|inspection]] [[Satan]] informed [[Caligastia]] of [[Lucifer]]'s then proposed "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_53#53:3._THE_LUCIFER_MANIFESTO Declaration of Liberty]," and as we now know, the [[Planetary Prince|Prince]] [[agreed]] to [[betray]] the [[planet]] upon the announcement of [[the rebellion]]. The [[loyal]] [[universe]] [[personalities]] look with peculiar disdain upon Prince [[Caligastia]] because of this premeditated [[betrayal]] of [[trust]]. The [[Creator Son]] voiced this [[contempt]] when he said: "You are like your [[leader]], [[Lucifer]], and you have [[sin]]fully perpetuated his [[iniquity]]. He was a falsifier from the beginning of his self-exaltation because he abode not in the [[truth]]."

67:1.3 In all the [[administrative]] work of a [[local universe]] no high [[trust]] is deemed more [[sacred]] than that reposed in a [[Planetary Prince]] who assumes [[responsibility]] for the welfare and [[guidance]] of the evolving [[mortals]] on a newly [[inhabited world]]. And of all [[forms]] of [[evil]], none are more destructive of [[personality]] [[status]] than [[betrayal]] of [[trust]] and disloyalty to one's confiding [[friends]]. In committing this [[deliberate]] [[sin]], [[Caligastia]] so completely distorted his [[personality]] that his [[mind]] has never since been able fully to regain its [[equilibrium]].

67:1.3 In all the [[administrative]] work of a [[local universe]] no high [[trust]] is deemed more [[sacred]] than that reposed in a [[Planetary Prince]] who assumes [[responsibility]] for the welfare and [[guidance]] of the evolving [[mortals]] on a newly [[inhabited world]]. And of all [[forms]] of [[evil]], none are more destructive of [[personality]] [[status]] than [[betrayal]] of [[trust]] and disloyalty to one's confiding [[friends]]. In committing this [[deliberate]] [[sin]], [[Caligastia]] so completely distorted his [[personality]] that his [[mind]] has never since been able fully to regain its [[equilibrium]].

67:2.1 Shortly after [[Satan]]' s [[Visit|inspection]] and when the [[planetary]] [[administration]] was on the eve of the [[realization]] of great things on [[Urantia]], one day, midwinter of the northern continents, [[Caligastia]] held a prolonged conference with his [[associate]], [[Daligastia]], after which the latter called the ten councils of [[Urantia]] in session extraordinary. This assembly was opened with the [[statement]] that Prince [[Caligastia]] was about to proclaim himself [[absolute]] [[sovereign]] of [[Urantia]] and demanded that all [[administrative]] [[groups]] abdicate by resigning all of their [[functions]] and [[powers]] into the hands of [[Daligastia]] as trustee, pending the reorganization of the [[planetary]] [[government]] and the subsequent redistribution of these offices of [[administrative]] [[authority]].

67:2.1 Shortly after [[Satan]]' s [[Visit|inspection]] and when the [[planetary]] [[administration]] was on the eve of the [[realization]] of great things on [[Urantia]], one day, midwinter of the northern continents, [[Caligastia]] held a prolonged conference with his [[associate]], [[Daligastia]], after which the latter called the ten councils of [[Urantia]] in session extraordinary. This assembly was opened with the [[statement]] that Prince [[Caligastia]] was about to proclaim himself [[absolute]] [[sovereign]] of [[Urantia]] and demanded that all [[administrative]] [[groups]] abdicate by resigning all of their [[functions]] and [[powers]] into the hands of [[Daligastia]] as trustee, pending the reorganization of the [[planetary]] [[government]] and the subsequent redistribution of these offices of [[administrative]] [[authority]].

67:2.2 The presentation of this astounding demand was followed by the masterly appeal of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:6._VAN.E2.80.94THE_STEADFAST Van], chairman of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:5._ORGANIZATION_OF_THE_ONE_HUNDRED supreme council of co-ordination]. This distinguished [[administrator]] and able [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurist jurist] branded the proposed [[course]] of [[Caligastia]] as an act bordering on [[planetary]] [[rebellion]] and appealed to his conferees to abstain from all [[participation]] until an [[appeal]] could be taken to [[Lucifer]], the [[System Sovereign]] of [[Satania]]; and he won the [[support]] of the entire staff. Accordingly, [[appeal]] was taken to [[Jerusem]], and forthwith came back the orders designating [[Caligastia]] as supreme [[sovereign]] on [[Urantia]] and commanding [[absolute]] and unquestioning [[allegiance]] to his [[mandates]]. And it was in reply to this amazing [[message]] that the [[noble]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:6._VAN.E2.80.94THE_STEADFAST Van] made his memorable address of seven hours' length in which he [[formally]] drew his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indict indictment] of [[Daligastia]], [[Caligastia]], and [[Lucifer]] as standing in [[contempt]] of the [[sovereignty]] of the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]]; and he [[appealed]] to the [[Most Highs]] of [[Edentia]] for [[support]] and [[confirmation]].

67:2.2 The presentation of this astounding demand was followed by the masterly appeal of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:6._VAN.E2.80.94THE_STEADFAST Van], chairman of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:5._ORGANIZATION_OF_THE_ONE_HUNDRED supreme council of co-ordination]. This distinguished [[administrator]] and able [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurist jurist] branded the proposed [[course]] of [[Caligastia]] as an act bordering on [[planetary]] [[rebellion]] and appealed to his conferees to abstain from all [[participation]] until an [[appeal]] could be taken to [[Lucifer]], the [[System Sovereign]] of [[Satania]]; and he won the [[support]] of the entire staff. Accordingly, [[appeal]] was taken to [[Jerusem]], and forthwith came back the orders designating [[Caligastia]] as supreme [[sovereign]] on [[Urantia]] and commanding [[absolute]] and unquestioning [[allegiance]] to his [[mandates]]. And it was in reply to this amazing [[message]] that the [[noble]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:6._VAN.E2.80.94THE_STEADFAST Van] made his memorable address of seven hours' length in which he [[formally]] drew his [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indict indictment] of [[Daligastia]], [[Caligastia]], and [[Lucifer]] as standing in [[contempt]] of the [[sovereignty]] of the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]]; and he [[appealed]] to the [[Most Highs]] of [[Edentia]] for [[support]] and [[confirmation]].

67:2.3 Meantime [[the system]] [[circuits]] had been severed; [[Urantia]] was [[isolated]]. Every [[group]] of [[celestial]] life on the [[planet]] found itself suddenly and without warning [[isolated]], utterly cut off from all outside [[counsel]] and advice.

67:2.3 Meantime [[the system]] [[circuits]] had been severed; [[Urantia]] was [[isolated]]. Every [[group]] of [[celestial]] life on the [[planet]] found itself suddenly and without warning [[isolated]], utterly cut off from all outside [[counsel]] and advice.

67:2.5 [[Seraphim]] and [[cherubim]] and other [[celestial]] [[beings]] were involved in the [[decisions]] of this bitter [[struggle]], this long and sinful [[conflict]]. Many superhuman [[groups]] that chanced to be on [[Urantia]] at the time of its [[isolation]] were [[detained]] here and, like the [[seraphim]] and their [[associates]], were compelled to [[choose]] between [[sin]] and [[righteousness]]—between the ways of [[Lucifer]] and the will of [[the unseen Father]].

67:2.5 [[Seraphim]] and [[cherubim]] and other [[celestial]] [[beings]] were involved in the [[decisions]] of this bitter [[struggle]], this long and sinful [[conflict]]. Many superhuman [[groups]] that chanced to be on [[Urantia]] at the time of its [[isolation]] were [[detained]] here and, like the [[seraphim]] and their [[associates]], were compelled to [[choose]] between [[sin]] and [[righteousness]]—between the ways of [[Lucifer]] and the will of [[the unseen Father]].

67:2.6 For more than [[seven]] years this [[struggle]] continued. Not until every [[personality]] concerned had made a final [[decision]], would or did the [[authorities]] of [[Edentia]] [[interfere]] or intervene. Not until then did [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:6._VAN.E2.80.94THE_STEADFAST Van] and his [[loyal]] [[associates]] receive vindication and release from their prolonged [[anxiety]] and intolerable [[suspense]].

67:2.6 For more than [[seven]] years this [[struggle]] continued. Not until every [[personality]] concerned had made a final [[decision]], would or did the [[authorities]] of [[Edentia]] [[interfere]] or intervene. Not until then did [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:6._VAN.E2.80.94THE_STEADFAST Van] and his [[loyal]] [[associates]] receive vindication and release from their prolonged [[anxiety]] and intolerable [[suspense]].

==67:3. THE SEVEN CRUCIAL YEARS==   

==67:3. THE SEVEN CRUCIAL YEARS==   

67:3.1 The outbreak of [[rebellion]] on Jerusem, the [[capital]] of [[Satania]], was [[broadcast]] by the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:2._THE_CONSTELLATION_GOVERNMENT Melchizedek council]. The [[emergency]] [[Melchizedeks]] were [[immediately]] dispatched to [[Jerusem]], and [[Gabriel]] [[volunteered]] to [[act]] as the [[representative]] of the [[Creator Son]], whose [[authority]] had been [[challenged]]. With this [[broadcast]] of the [[fact]] of [[rebellion]] in [[Satania]] [[the system]] was [[isolated]], quarantined, from her sister systems. There was "war in heaven,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Revelation#Chapter_12] the [[headquarters]] of [[Satania]], and it spread to every [[planet]] in the [[local system]].

67:3.1 The outbreak of [[rebellion]] on Jerusem, the [[capital]] of [[Satania]], was [[broadcast]] by the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:2._THE_CONSTELLATION_GOVERNMENT Melchizedek council]. The [[emergency]] [[Melchizedeks]] were [[immediately]] dispatched to [[Jerusem]], and [[Gabriel]] [[volunteered]] to [[act]] as the [[representative]] of the [[Creator Son]], whose [[authority]] had been [[challenged]]. With this [[broadcast]] of the [[fact]] of [[rebellion]] in [[Satania]] [[the system]] was [[isolated]], quarantined, from her sister systems. There was "war in heaven,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Revelation#Chapter_12] the [[headquarters]] of [[Satania]], and it spread to every [[planet]] in the [[local system]].

67:3.2 On [[Urantia]] forty members of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF corporeal staff of one hundred] (including [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:6._VAN.E2.80.94THE_STEADFAST Van]) refused to join the [[rebellion|insurrection]]. Many of the staff's [[human]] assistants ([[modified]] and otherwise) were also [[brave]] and [[noble]] defenders of [[Michael]] and his [[universe]] [[government]]. There was a terrible loss of [[personalities]] among [[seraphim]] and [[cherubim]]. Almost one half of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Seraphim#39:4._ADMINISTRATOR_SERAPHIM administrator] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Seraphim#39:6._TRANSITION_MINISTERS transition seraphim] assigned to the [[planet]] joined their [[leader]] and [[Daligastia]] in [[support]] of the [[cause]] of [[Lucifer]]. Forty thousand one hundred and nineteen of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_77#77:1._THE_PRIMARY_MIDWAYERS primary midway creatures] joined hands with [[Caligastia]], but the remainder of these [[beings]] remained true to their [[trust]].

67:3.2 On [[Urantia]] forty members of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF corporeal staff of one hundred] (including [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:6._VAN.E2.80.94THE_STEADFAST Van]) refused to join the [[rebellion|insurrection]]. Many of the staff's [[human]] assistants ([[modified]] and otherwise) were also [[brave]] and [[noble]] defenders of [[Michael]] and his [[universe]] [[government]]. There was a terrible loss of [[personalities]] among [[seraphim]] and [[cherubim]]. Almost one half of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Seraphim#39:4._ADMINISTRATOR_SERAPHIM administrator] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Seraphim#39:6._TRANSITION_MINISTERS transition seraphim] assigned to the [[planet]] joined their [[leader]] and [[Daligastia]] in [[support]] of the [[cause]] of [[Lucifer]]. Forty thousand one hundred and nineteen of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_77#77:1._THE_PRIMARY_MIDWAYERS primary midway creatures] joined hands with [[Caligastia]], but the remainder of these [[beings]] remained true to their [[trust]].

67:3.3 The traitorous Prince marshaled the disloyal [[midway creatures]] and other [[groups]] of rebel [[personalities]] and [[organized]] them to [[execute]] his bidding, while Van assembled the [[loyal]] [[midwayers]] and other [[faithful]] [[groups]] and began the great battle for the [[salvation]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF planetary staff] and other marooned [[celestial]] [[personalities]].

67:3.3 The traitorous Prince marshaled the disloyal [[midway creatures]] and other [[groups]] of rebel [[personalities]] and [[organized]] them to [[execute]] his bidding, while Van assembled the [[loyal]] [[midwayers]] and other [[faithful]] [[groups]] and began the great battle for the [[salvation]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF planetary staff] and other marooned [[celestial]] [[personalities]].

67:3.4 During the times of this [[struggle]] the loyalists dwelt in an unwalled and poorly [[protected]] settlement a few miles to the east of [[Dalamatia]], but their dwellings were guarded day and night by the alert and ever-watchful [[loyal]] [[midway creatures]], and they had [[possession]] of the priceless [[tree of life]].

67:3.4 During the times of this [[struggle]] the loyalists dwelt in an unwalled and poorly [[protected]] settlement a few miles to the east of [[Dalamatia]], but their dwellings were guarded day and night by the alert and ever-watchful [[loyal]] [[midway creatures]], and they had [[possession]] of the priceless [[tree of life]].

67:3.5 Upon the outbreak of [[rebellion]], loyal [[cherubim]] and [[seraphim]], with the aid of three faithful [[midwayers]], assumed the custody of the [[tree of life]] and permitted only the forty loyalists of the staff and their [[associated]] [[modified]] [[mortals]] to partake of the fruit and leaves of this [[energy]] [[plant]]. There were fifty-six of these modified Andonite associates of the staff, sixteen of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:4._THE_ANDONIC_CLANS Andonite] attendants of the disloyal staff refusing to go into [[rebellion]] with their masters.

67:3.5 Upon the outbreak of [[rebellion]], loyal [[cherubim]] and [[seraphim]], with the aid of three faithful [[midwayers]], assumed the custody of the [[tree of life]] and permitted only the forty loyalists of the staff and their [[associated]] [[modified]] [[mortals]] to partake of the fruit and leaves of this [[energy]] [[plant]]. There were fifty-six of these modified Andonite associates of the staff, sixteen of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:4._THE_ANDONIC_CLANS Andonite] attendants of the disloyal staff refusing to go into [[rebellion]] with their masters.

67:3.6 Throughout the [[seven]] crucial years of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67 Caligastia rebellion], [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:6._VAN.E2.80.94THE_STEADFAST Van] was wholly [[devoted]] to the [[work]] of [[ministry]] to his [[loyal]] army of [[men]], [[midwayers]], and [[angels]]. The [[spiritual]] [[insight]] and [[moral]] [[steadfastness]] which enabled [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:6._VAN.E2.80.94THE_STEADFAST Van] to [[maintain]] such an unshakable [[attitude]] of [[loyalty]] to the [[universe]] [[government]] was the product of clear [[thinking]], [[wise]] reasoning, [[logical]] [[judgment]], [[sincere]] [[motivation]], [[unselfish]] [[purpose]], [[intelligent]] [[loyalty]], experiential [[memory]], [[disciplined]] [[character]], and the unquestioning [[dedication]] of his [[personality]] to the [[doing of the will of the Father]] in [[Paradise]].

67:3.6 Throughout the [[seven]] crucial years of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67 Caligastia rebellion], [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:6._VAN.E2.80.94THE_STEADFAST Van] was wholly [[devoted]] to the [[work]] of [[ministry]] to his [[loyal]] army of [[men]], [[midwayers]], and [[angels]]. The [[spiritual]] [[insight]] and [[moral]] [[steadfastness]] which enabled [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:6._VAN.E2.80.94THE_STEADFAST Van] to [[maintain]] such an unshakable [[attitude]] of [[loyalty]] to the [[universe]] [[government]] was the product of clear [[thinking]], [[wise]] reasoning, [[logical]] [[judgment]], [[sincere]] [[motivation]], [[unselfish]] [[purpose]], [[intelligent]] [[loyalty]], experiential [[memory]], [[disciplined]] [[character]], and the unquestioning [[dedication]] of his [[personality]] to the [[doing of the will of the Father]] in [[Paradise]].

67:3.7 This [[seven]] years of waiting was a time of [[heart]] searching and [[soul]] [[discipline]]. Such [[crises]] in the affairs of a [[universe]] [[demonstrate]] the tremendous [[influence]] of [[mind]] as a [[factor]] in [[spiritual]] [[choosing]]. [[Education]], [[training]], and [[experience]] are factors in most of the vital [[decisions]] of all [[evolutionary]] [[moral]] [[creatures]]. But it is entirely possible for the [[indwelling spirit]] to make direct [[contact]] with the [[decision]]-determining [[powers]] of the [[human]] [[personality]] so as to empower the fully [[consecrated]] [[Free will|will]] of the [[creature]] to [[perform]] amazing [[acts]] of [[loyal]] [[devotion]] to the will and the way of [[the Father]] in [[Paradise]]. And this is just what occurred in the [[experience]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:8._THE_HUMAN_HERO_OF_THE_REBELLION Amadon], the [[modified]] [[human]] [[associate]] of [[Van]].

67:3.7 This [[seven]] years of waiting was a time of [[heart]] searching and [[soul]] [[discipline]]. Such [[crises]] in the affairs of a [[universe]] [[demonstrate]] the tremendous [[influence]] of [[mind]] as a [[factor]] in [[spiritual]] [[choosing]]. [[Education]], [[training]], and [[experience]] are factors in most of the vital [[decisions]] of all [[evolutionary]] [[moral]] [[creatures]]. But it is entirely possible for the [[indwelling spirit]] to make direct [[contact]] with the [[decision]]-determining [[powers]] of the [[human]] [[personality]] so as to empower the fully [[consecrated]] [[Free will|will]] of the [[creature]] to [[perform]] amazing [[acts]] of [[loyal]] [[devotion]] to the will and the way of [[the Father]] in [[Paradise]]. And this is just what occurred in the [[experience]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:8._THE_HUMAN_HERO_OF_THE_REBELLION Amadon], the [[modified]] [[human]] [[associate]] of [[Van]].

67:3.8 Amadon is the outstanding [[human]] [[hero]] of the [[Lucifer rebellion]]. This [[male]] descendant of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:1._ANDON_AND_FONTA Andon and Fonta] was one of the one hundred who [[contributed]] [[life plasm]] to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF Prince's staff], and ever since that [[event]] he had been attached to [[Van]] as his [[associate]] and [[human]] assistant. Amadon elected to stand with his chief throughout the long and trying [[struggle]]. And it was an [[inspiring]] sight to behold this [[child]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 evolutionary races] standing unmoved by the [[sophistries]] of [[Daligastia]] while throughout the seven-year [[struggle]] he and his [[loyal]] [[associates]] [[resisted]] with unyielding [[fortitude]] all of the [[deceptive]] [[teachings]] of the [[brilliant]] [[Caligastia]].

67:3.8 Amadon is the outstanding [[human]] [[hero]] of the [[Lucifer rebellion]]. This [[male]] descendant of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:1._ANDON_AND_FONTA Andon and Fonta] was one of the one hundred who [[contributed]] [[life plasm]] to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF Prince's staff], and ever since that [[event]] he had been attached to [[Van]] as his [[associate]] and [[human]] assistant. Amadon elected to stand with his chief throughout the long and trying [[struggle]]. And it was an [[inspiring]] sight to behold this [[child]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 evolutionary races] standing unmoved by the [[sophistries]] of [[Daligastia]] while throughout the seven-year [[struggle]] he and his [[loyal]] [[associates]] [[resisted]] with unyielding [[fortitude]] all of the [[deceptive]] [[teachings]] of the [[brilliant]] [[Caligastia]].

67:3.9 [[Caligastia]], with a maximum of [[intelligence]] and a vast [[experience]] in [[universe]] affairs, went astray—[[embraced]] [[sin]]. Amadon, with a minimum of [[intelligence]] and utterly devoid of [[universe]] [[experience]], remained [[steadfast]] in the [[service]] of the [[universe]] and in [[loyalty]] to his [[associate]]. [[Van]] utilized both [[mind]] and [[spirit]] in a [[magnificent]] and [[effective]] combination of [[intellectual]] [[determination]] and [[spiritual]] [[insight]], thereby achieving an [[experiential]] level of [[personality]] [[realization]] of the highest [[attainable]] [[order]]. [[Mind]] and [[spirit]], when fully [[united]], are [[potential]] for the [[creation]] of superhuman [[values]], even [[morontia]] [[realities]].

67:3.9 [[Caligastia]], with a maximum of [[intelligence]] and a vast [[experience]] in [[universe]] affairs, went astray—[[embraced]] [[sin]]. Amadon, with a minimum of [[intelligence]] and utterly devoid of [[universe]] [[experience]], remained [[steadfast]] in the [[service]] of the [[universe]] and in [[loyalty]] to his [[associate]]. [[Van]] utilized both [[mind]] and [[spirit]] in a [[magnificent]] and [[effective]] combination of [[intellectual]] [[determination]] and [[spiritual]] [[insight]], thereby achieving an [[experiential]] level of [[personality]] [[realization]] of the highest [[attainable]] [[order]]. [[Mind]] and [[spirit]], when fully [[united]], are [[potential]] for the [[creation]] of superhuman [[values]], even [[morontia]] [[realities]].

==67:4. THE CALIGASTIA ONE HUNDRED AFTER REBELLION==     

==67:4. THE CALIGASTIA ONE HUNDRED AFTER REBELLION==     

67:4.1 When the final roll was called, the corporeal members of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF Prince's staff] were found to have [[aligned]] themselves as follows: [[Van]] and his entire [[court]] of [[co-ordination]] had remained [[loyal]]. Ang and three members of the [[food]] [[council]] had [[survived]]. The board of [http://www.wikipedia.org/Animal_husbandry animal husbandry] were all swept into [[rebellion]] as were all of the [[animal]]-conquest advisers. Fad and five members of the [[educational]] [[faculty]] were saved. Nod and all of the commission on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry industry] and trade joined [[Caligastia]]. Hap and the entire [[college]] of [[revealed]] [[religion]] remained [[loyal]] with Van and his noble band. Lut and the whole board of [[health]] were lost. The council of [[art]] and [[science]] remained [[loyal]] in its entirety, but Tut and the commission on [[tribal]] [[government]] all went astray. Thus were forty out of the one hundred saved, later to be [[transferred]] to [[Jerusem]], where they resumed their [[Paradise]] [[journey]].

67:4.1 When the final roll was called, the corporeal members of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF Prince's staff] were found to have [[aligned]] themselves as follows: [[Van]] and his entire [[court]] of [[co-ordination]] had remained [[loyal]]. Ang and three members of the [[food]] [[council]] had [[survived]]. The board of [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_husbandry animal husbandry] were all swept into [[rebellion]] as were all of the [[animal]]-conquest advisers. Fad and five members of the [[educational]] [[faculty]] were saved. Nod and all of the commission on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry industry] and trade joined [[Caligastia]]. Hap and the entire [[college]] of [[revealed]] [[religion]] remained [[loyal]] with Van and his noble band. Lut and the whole board of [[health]] were lost. The council of [[art]] and [[science]] remained [[loyal]] in its entirety, but Tut and the commission on [[tribal]] [[government]] all went astray. Thus were forty out of the one hundred saved, later to be [[transferred]] to [[Jerusem]], where they resumed their [[Paradise]] [[journey]].

67:4.2 The sixty members of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF planetary staff] who went into [[rebellion]] chose [[Nod]] as their [[leader]]. They worked wholeheartedly for the [[rebel]] [[Planetary Prince|Prince]] but soon [[discovered]] that they were deprived of the sustenance of [[the system]] life [[circuits]]. They [[awakened]] to the [[fact]] that they had been degraded to the [[status]] of [[mortal]] [[beings]]. They were indeed superhuman but, at the same time, [[material]] and [[mortal]]. In an [[effort]] to increase their numbers, [[Daligastia]] ordered [[immediate]] resort to [[sexual]] [[reproduction]], knowing full well that the [[original]] sixty and their forty-four [[modified]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonite] [[associates]] were [[doomed]] to suffer [[extinction]] by [[death]], sooner or later. After the fall of [[Dalamatia]] the disloyal staff [[migrated]] to the north and the east. Their [[descendants]] were long known as the [[Nodites]], and their dwelling place as "the land of Nod."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_genesis#Chapter_.4]

67:4.2 The sixty members of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF planetary staff] who went into [[rebellion]] chose [[Nod]] as their [[leader]]. They worked wholeheartedly for the [[rebel]] [[Planetary Prince|Prince]] but soon [[discovered]] that they were deprived of the sustenance of [[the system]] life [[circuits]]. They [[awakened]] to the [[fact]] that they had been degraded to the [[status]] of [[mortal]] [[beings]]. They were indeed superhuman but, at the same time, [[material]] and [[mortal]]. In an [[effort]] to increase their numbers, [[Daligastia]] ordered [[immediate]] resort to [[sexual]] [[reproduction]], knowing full well that the [[original]] sixty and their forty-four [[modified]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonite] [[associates]] were [[doomed]] to suffer [[extinction]] by [[death]], sooner or later. After the fall of [[Dalamatia]] the disloyal staff [[migrated]] to the north and the east. Their [[descendants]] were long known as the [[Nodites]], and their dwelling place as "the land of Nod."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_genesis#Chapter_.4]

67:4.3 The [[presence]] of these extraordinary supermen and superwomen, stranded by [[rebellion]] and presently [[mating]] with the sons and daughters of [[earth]], easily gave [[origin]] to those [[traditional]] [[stories]] of the [[gods]] coming down to [[mate]] with [[mortals]]. And thus [[originated]] the thousand and one [[legends]] of a mythical [[nature]], but founded on the [[facts]] of the postrebellion days, which later found a place in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_tales folk tales] and [[traditions]] of the various peoples whose [[ancestors]] had [[participated]] in these [[contacts]] with the [[Nodites]] and their descendants.

67:4.3 The [[presence]] of these extraordinary supermen and superwomen, stranded by [[rebellion]] and presently [[mating]] with the sons and daughters of [[earth]], easily gave [[origin]] to those [[traditional]] [[stories]] of the [[gods]] coming down to [[mate]] with [[mortals]]. And thus [[originated]] the thousand and one [[legends]] of a mythical [[nature]], but founded on the [[facts]] of the postrebellion days, which later found a place in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_tales folk tales] and [[traditions]] of the various peoples whose [[ancestors]] had [[participated]] in these [[contacts]] with the [[Nodites]] and their descendants.

67:4.4 The staff [[rebels]], deprived of [[spiritual]] sustenance, [[eventually]] died a [[natural]] [[death]]. And much of the subsequent [[idolatry]] of the [[human]] [[races]] grew out of the [[desire]] to perpetuate the [[memory]] of these highly [[honored]] [[beings]] of the days of [[Caligastia]].

67:4.4 The staff [[rebels]], deprived of [[spiritual]] sustenance, [[eventually]] died a [[natural]] [[death]]. And much of the subsequent [[idolatry]] of the [[human]] [[races]] grew out of the [[desire]] to perpetuate the [[memory]] of these highly [[honored]] [[beings]] of the days of [[Caligastia]].

67:4.5 When the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF staff of one hundred] came to [[Urantia]], they were [[temporarily]] detached from their [[Thought Adjusters]]. [[Immediately]] upon the arrival of the [[Melchizedek]] receivers the [[loyal]] [[personalities]] (except [[Van]]) were returned to [[Jerusem]] and were reunited with their waiting [[Adjusters]]. We know not the [[fate]] of the sixty staff rebels; their [[Adjusters]] still tarry on [[Jerusem]]. Matters will undoubtedly rest as they now are until the entire [[Lucifer rebellion]] is finally [[adjudicated]] and the fate of all [[participants]] [[decreed]].

67:4.5 When the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF staff of one hundred] came to [[Urantia]], they were [[temporarily]] detached from their [[Thought Adjusters]]. [[Immediately]] upon the arrival of the [[Melchizedek]] receivers the [[loyal]] [[personalities]] (except [[Van]]) were returned to [[Jerusem]] and were reunited with their waiting [[Adjusters]]. We know not the [[fate]] of the sixty staff rebels; their [[Adjusters]] still tarry on [[Jerusem]]. Matters will undoubtedly rest as they now are until the entire [[Lucifer rebellion]] is finally [[adjudicated]] and the fate of all [[participants]] [[decreed]].

67:4.6 It was very difficult for such [[beings]] as [[angels]] and [[midwayers]] to [[conceive]] of [[brilliant]] and trusted rulers like [[Caligastia]] and [[Daligastia]] going astray—committing [[traitorous]] [[sin]]. Those [[beings]] who fell into [[sin]]—they did not [[deliberately]] or premeditatedly enter upon [[rebellion]]—were misled by their superiors, [[deceived]] by their trusted [[leaders]]. It was likewise easy to win the [[support]] of the [[primitive]]-[[minded]] evolutionary [[mortals]].

67:4.6 It was very difficult for such [[beings]] as [[angels]] and [[midwayers]] to [[conceive]] of [[brilliant]] and trusted rulers like [[Caligastia]] and [[Daligastia]] going astray—committing [[traitorous]] [[sin]]. Those [[beings]] who fell into [[sin]]—they did not [[deliberately]] or premeditatedly enter upon [[rebellion]]—were misled by their superiors, [[deceived]] by their trusted [[leaders]]. It was likewise easy to win the [[support]] of the [[primitive]]-[[minded]] evolutionary [[mortals]].

==67:5. IMMEDIATE RESULTS OF REBELLION==     

==67:5. IMMEDIATE RESULTS OF REBELLION==     

67:5.1 Great confusion reigned in Dalamatia and thereabout for almost fifty years after the instigation of rebellion. The complete and radical reorganization of the whole world was attempted; revolution displaced evolution as the policy of cultural advancement and racial improvement. Among the superior and partially trained sojourners in and near Dalamatia there appeared a sudden advancement in cultural status, but when these new and radical methods were attempted on the outlying peoples, indescribable confusion and racial pandemonium was the immediate result. Liberty was quickly translated into license by the half-evolved primitive men of those days.

67:5.1 Great [[confusion]] reigned in [[Dalamatia]] and thereabout for almost fifty years after the instigation of [[rebellion]]. The complete and [[radical]] reorganization of the whole world was attempted; [[revolution]] displaced [[evolution]] as the [[policy]] of [[cultural]] advancement and [[racial]] improvement. Among the superior and partially trained [[sojourners]] in and near [[Dalamatia]] there [[appeared]] a sudden [[advancement]] in [[cultural]] [[status]], but when these new and [[radical]] [[methods]] were attempted on the outlying peoples, indescribable [[confusion]] and [[racial]] [[pandemonium]] was the [[immediate]] result. [[Liberty]] was quickly [[translated]] into [[license]] by the half-evolved [[primitive]] men of those days.

67:5.2 Very soon after the rebellion the entire staff of sedition were engaged in energetic defense of the city against the hordes of semisavages who besieged its walls as a result of the doctrines of liberty which had been prematurely taught them. And years before the beautiful headquarters went down beneath the southern waves, the misled and mistaught tribes of the Dalamatia hinterland had already swept down in semisavage assault on the splendid city, driving the secession staff and their associates northward.

67:5.2 Very soon after [[the rebellion]] the entire staff of sedition were [[engaged]] in [[energetic]] [[defense]] of the [[city]] against the hordes of semisavages who besieged its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_walls walls] as a result of the [[doctrines]] of [[liberty]] which had been prematurely taught them. And years before the [[beautiful]] [[headquarters]] went down beneath the southern waves, the misled and mistaught [[tribes]] of the [[Dalamatia]] hinterland had already swept down in semisavage assault on the splendid [[city]], driving the secession staff and their [[associates]] northward.

67:5.3 The Caligastia scheme for the immediate reconstruction of human society in accordance with his ideas of individual freedom and group liberties, proved a swift and more or less complete failure. Society quickly sank back to its old biologic level, and the forward struggle began all over, starting not very far in advance of where it was at the beginning of the Caligastia regime, this upheaval having left the world in confusion worse confounded.

67:5.3 The [[Caligastia]] [[scheme]] for the [[immediate]] reconstruction of [[human]] [[society]] in [[accordance]] with his [[ideas]] of [[individual]] [[freedom]] and [[group]] liberties, proved a swift and more or less complete [[failure]]. [[Society]] quickly sank back to its old [[biologic]] [[level]], and the forward [[struggle]] began all over, starting not very far in advance of where it was at the beginning of the [[Caligastia]] [[regime]], this upheaval having left the world in [[confusion]] worse confounded.

67:5.4 One hundred and sixty-two years after the rebellion a tidal wave swept up over Dalamatia, and the planetary headquarters sank beneath the waters of the sea, and this land did not again emerge until almost every vestige of the noble culture of those splendid ages had been obliterated.

67:5.4 One hundred and sixty-two years after [[the rebellion]] a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami tidal wave] swept up over [[Dalamatia]], and the [[planetary]] [[headquarters]] sank beneath the [[waters]] of the [[sea]], and this [[land]] did not again [[emerge]] until almost every vestige of the [[noble]] culture of those splendid ages had been [[obliterated]].

67:5.5 When the first capital of the world was engulfed, it harbored only the lowest types of the Sangik races of Urantia, renegades who had already converted the Father's temple into a shrine dedicated to Nog, the false god of light and fire.

67:5.5 When the first capital of the world was engulfed, it harbored only the lowest types of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA Sangik races] of [[Urantia]], renegades who had already [[converted]] [[the Father]]'s [[temple]] into a [[shrine]] dedicated to Nog, the false god of [[light]] and [[fire]].

==67:6. VAN—THE STEADFAST==

==67:6. VAN—THE STEADFAST==

67:6.1 The followers of Van early withdrew to the highlands west of India, where they were exempt from attacks by the confused races of the lowlands, and from which place of retirement they planned for the rehabilitation of the world as their early Badonite predecessors had once all unwittingly worked for the welfare of mankind just before the days of the birth of the Sangik tribes.

67:6.1 The followers of [[Van]] early withdrew to the highlands west of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India], where they were exempt from [[attacks]] by the [[confused]] [[races]] of the lowlands, and from which place of retirement they [[planned]] for the [[rehabilitation]] of the world as their early [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:3._THE_BADONAN_TRIBES Badonite] predecessors had once all unwittingly [[worked]] for the welfare of [[mankind]] just before the days of the [[birth]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA Sangik tribes].

67:6.2 Before the arrival of the Melchizedek receivers, Van placed the administration of human affairs in the hands of ten commissions of four each, groups identical with those of the Prince's regime. The senior resident Life Carriers assumed temporary leadership of this council of forty, which functioned throughout the seven years of waiting. Similar groups of Amadonites assumed these responsibilities when the thirty-nine loyal staff members returned to Jerusem.

67:6.2 Before the arrival of the [[Melchizedek]] receivers, [[Van]] placed the [[administration]] of [[human]] affairs in the hands of ten commissions of four each, [[groups]] identical with those of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:5._ORGANIZATION_OF_THE_ONE_HUNDRED Prince's regime]. The senior resident [[Life Carriers]] assumed temporary [[leadership]] of this council of forty, which [[functioned]] throughout the seven years of waiting. Similar [[groups]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73#73:1._THE_NODITES_AND_THE_AMADONITES Amadonites] assumed these [[responsibilities]] when the thirty-nine loyal staff members returned to [[Jerusem]].

67:6.3 These Amadonites were derived from the group of 144 loyal Andonites to which Amadon belonged, and who have become known by his name. This group comprised thirty-nine men and one hundred and five women. Fifty-six of this number were of immortality status, and all (except Amadon) were translated along with the loyal members of the staff. The remainder of this noble band continued on earth to the end of their mortal days under the leadership of Van and Amadon. They were the biologic leaven which multiplied and continued to furnish leadership for the world down through the long dark ages of the postrebellion era.

67:6.3 These [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73#73:1._THE_NODITES_AND_THE_AMADONITES Amadonites] were derived from the [[group]] of 144 loyal [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonites] to which [[Amadon]] belonged, and who have become known by his [[name]]. This [[group]] comprised thirty-nine [[men]] and one hundred and five [[women]]. Fifty-six of this number were of [[immortality]] status, and all (except [[Amadon]]) were [[translated]] along with the [[loyal]] members of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF the staff]. The remainder of this [[noble]] band continued on [[earth]] to the end of their [[mortal]] days under the [[leadership]] of [[Van]] and [[Amadon]]. They were the [[biologic]] leaven which multiplied and continued to furnish [[leadership]] for the world down through the long dark ages of the postrebellion era.

67:6.4 Van was left on Urantia until the time of Adam, remaining as titular head of all superhuman personalities functioning on the planet. He and Amadon were sustained by the technique of the tree of life in conjunction with the specialized life ministry of the Melchizedeks for over one hundred and fifty thousand years.

67:6.4 [[Van]] was left on [[Urantia]] until the time of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_74 Adam], remaining as titular head of all superhuman [[personalities]] [[functioning]] on the [[planet]]. He and [[Amadon]] were [[sustained]] by the [[technique]] of the [[tree of life]] in conjunction with the specialized life ministry of the [[Melchizedeks]] for over one hundred and fifty thousand years.

67:6.5 The affairs of Urantia were for a long time administered by a council of ''planetary receivers'', ''twelve Melchizedeks'', confirmed by the mandate of the senior constellation ruler, the Most High Father of Norlatiadek. Associated with the Melchizedek receivers was an advisory council consisting of: one of the loyal aids of the fallen Prince, the two resident Life Carriers, a Trinitized Son in apprenticeship training, a volunteer Teacher Son, a Brilliant Evening Star of Avalon (periodically), the chiefs of seraphim and cherubim, advisers from two neighboring planets, the director general of subordinate angelic life, and Van, the commander in chief of the midway creatures. And thus was Urantia governed and administered until the arrival of Adam. It is not strange that the courageous and loyal Van was assigned a place on the council of planetary receivers which for so long administered the affairs of Urantia.

67:6.5 The affairs of [[Urantia]] were for a long time [[administered]] by a [[council]] of ''planetary receivers'', ''twelve [[Melchizedeks]]'', [[confirmed]] by the [[mandate]] of the senior [[constellation]] ruler, the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:3._THE_MOST_HIGHS_OF_NORLATIADEK Most High Father] of [[Norlatiadek]]. Associated with the [[Melchizedek]] receivers was an advisory council consisting of: one of the [[loyal]] aids of the fallen Prince, the two resident [[Life Carriers]], a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_22 Trinitized Son] in apprenticeship [[training]], a volunteer [[Teacher Son]], a [[Brilliant Evening Star]] of Avalon (periodically), the chiefs of [[seraphim]] and [[cherubim]], advisers from two neighboring [[planets]], the director general of subordinate [[angelic]] life, and [[Van]], the commander in chief of the [[midway creatures]]. And thus was [[Urantia]] governed and [[administered]] until the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_74 arrival of Adam]. It is not strange that the [[courageous]] and loyal [[Van]] was assigned a place on the [[council]] of [[planetary]] receivers which for so long [[administered]] the affairs of [[Urantia]].

67:6.6 The twelve Melchizedek receivers of Urantia did heroic work. They preserved the remnants of civilization, and their planetary policies were faithfully executed by Van. Within one thousand years after the rebellion he had more than three hundred and fifty advanced groups scattered abroad in the world. These outposts of civilization consisted largely of the descendants of the loyal Andonites slightly admixed with the Sangik races, particularly the blue men, and with the Nodites.

67:6.6 The twelve [[Melchizedek]] receivers of [[Urantia]] did [[heroic]] [[work]]. They preserved the remnants of [[civilization]], and their [[planetary]] [[policies]] were [[faithfully]] [[executed]] by [[Van]]. Within one thousand years after [[the rebellion]] he had more than three hundred and fifty advanced [[groups]] scattered abroad in the world. These outposts of [[civilization]] consisted largely of the [[descendants]] of the [[loyal]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonites] slightly admixed with the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA Sangik races], particularly the blue men, and with the [[Nodites]].

67:6.7 Notwithstanding the terrible setback of rebellion there were many good strains of biologic promise on earth. Under the supervision of the Melchizedek receivers, Van and Amadon continued the work of fostering the natural evolution of the human race, carrying forward the physical evolution of man until it reached that culminating attainment which warranted the dispatch of a Material Son and Daughter to Urantia.

67:6.7 Notwithstanding the terrible setback of [[rebellion]] there were many [[good]] strains of [[biologic]] [[promise]] on [[earth]]. Under the supervision of the [[Melchizedek]] receivers, [[Van]] and [[Amadon]] continued the [[work]] of fostering the [[natural]] [[evolution]] of the [[human]] [[race]], carrying forward the [[physical]] [[evolution]] of man until it reached that culminating [[attainment]] which warranted the dispatch of a [[Material Son and Daughter]] to [[Urantia]].

67:6.8 Van and Amadon remained on earth until shortly after the arrival of Adam and Eve. Some years thereafter they were translated to Jerusem, where Van was reunited with his waiting Adjuster. Van now serves in behalf of Urantia while awaiting the order to go forward on the long, long trail to Paradise perfection and the unrevealed destiny of the assembling Corps of Mortal Finality.

67:6.8 [[Van]] and [[Amadon]] remained on [[earth]] until shortly after the arrival of [[Adam and Eve]]. Some years thereafter they were [[translated]] to [[Jerusem]], where [[Van]] was reunited with his waiting [[Adjuster]]. [[Van]] now serves in behalf of [[Urantia]] while awaiting the order to go forward on the long, long trail to [[Paradise]] [[perfection]] and the unrevealed [[destiny]] of the assembling [[Corps of Mortal Finality]].

67:6.9 It should be recorded that, when Van appealed to the Most Highs of Edentia after Lucifer had sustained Caligastia on Urantia, the Constellation Fathers dispatched an immediate decision sustaining Van on every point of his contention. This verdict failed to reach him because the planetary circuits of communication were severed while it was in transit. Only recently was this actual ruling discovered lodged in the possession of a relay energy transmitter where it had been marooned ever since the isolation of Urantia. Without this discovery, made as the result of the investigations of the Urantia midwayers, the release of this decision would have awaited the restoration of Urantia to the constellation circuits. And this apparent accident of interplanetary communication was possible because energy transmitters can receive and transmit intelligence, but they cannot initiate communication.

67:6.9 It should be recorded that, when [[Van]] appealed to the [[Most Highs]] of [[Edentia]] after [[Lucifer]] had [[sustained]] [[Caligastia]] on [[Urantia]], the [[Constellation Fathers]] dispatched an [[immediate]] [[decision]] sustaining [[Van]] on every point of his contention. This [[verdict]] failed to reach him because the [[planetary]] [[circuits]] of [[communication]] were severed while it was in transit. Only recently was this [[actual]] ruling [[discovered]] lodged in the [[possession]] of a relay [[energy]] [[transmitter]] where it had been marooned ever since the [[isolation]] of [[Urantia]]. Without this [[discovery]], made as the result of the [[investigations]] of the [[Urantia]] [[midwayers]], the release of this [[decision]] would have awaited the restoration of [[Urantia]] to the [[constellation]] [[circuits]]. And this [[apparent]] [[accident]] of interplanetary [[communication]] was possible because [[energy]] [[transmitters]] can [[receive]] and [[transmit]] [[intelligence]], but they cannot [[initiate]] [[communication]].

67:6.10 The technical status of Van on the legal records of Satania was not actually and finally settled until this ruling of the Edentia Fathers was recorded on Jerusem.

67:6.10 The technical [[status]] of [[Van]] on the [[legal]] [[records]] of [[Satania]] was not actually and finally settled until this ruling of the [[Edentia]] [[Constellation Fathers|Fathers]] was recorded on [[Jerusem]].

==67:7. REMOTE REPERCUSSIONS OF SIN==

==67:7. REMOTE REPERCUSSIONS OF SIN==

67:7.1 The personal (centripetal) consequences of the creature's willful and persistent rejection of light are both inevitable and individual and are of concern only to Deity and to that personal creature. Such a soul-destroying harvest of iniquity is the inner reaping of the iniquitous will creature.

67:7.1 The [[personal]] (centripetal) [[consequences]] of the [[creature]]'s willful and [[persistent]] rejection of [[light]] are both [[inevitable]] and [[individual]] and are of concern only to [[Deity]] and to that [[personal]] [[creature]]. Such a [[soul]]-destroying [[harvest]] of [[iniquity]] is the inner reaping of the [[iniquitous]] [[Free will|will]] [[creature]].

67:7.2 But not so with the external repercussions of sin: The impersonal (centrifugal) consequences of embraced sin are both inevitable and collective, being of concern to every creature functioning within the affect-range of such events.

67:7.2 But not so with the external [[repercussions]] of [[sin]]: The [[impersonal]] ([[centrifugal]]) consequences of [[embraced]] [[sin]] are both [[inevitable]] and [[collective]], being of concern to every [[creature]] [[functioning]] within the affect-range of such [[events]].

67:7.3 By fifty thousand years after the collapse of the planetary administration, earthly affairs were so disorganized and retarded that the human race had gained very little over the general evolutionary status existing at the time of Caligastia' s arrival three hundred and fifty thousand years previously. In certain respects progress had been made; in other directions much ground had been lost.

67:7.3 By fifty thousand years after the collapse of the [[planetary]] [[administration]], [[earthly]] affairs were so disorganized and retarded that the [[human]] [[race]] had gained very little over the general [[evolutionary]] [[status]] existing at the time of [[Caligastia]]' s arrival three hundred and fifty thousand years previously. In certain respects [[progress]] had been made; in other directions much ground had been lost.

67:7.4 Sin is never purely local in its effects. The administrative sectors of the universes are organismal; the plight of one personality must to a certain extent be shared by all. Sin, being an attitude of the person toward reality, is destined to exhibit its inherent negativistic harvest upon any and all related levels of universe values. But the full consequences of erroneous thinking, evil-doing, or sinful planning are experienced only on the level of actual performance. The transgression of universe law may be fatal in the physical realm without seriously involving the mind or impairing the spiritual experience. Sin is fraught with fatal consequences to personality survival only when it is the attitude of the whole being, when it stands for the choosing of the mind and the willing of the soul.

67:7.4 [[Sin]] is never [[purely]] local in its [[effects]]. The [[administrative]] sectors of the [[Universe of universes|universes]] are [[organism]]al; the plight of one [[personality]] must to a certain extent be [[shared]] by all. [[Sin]], being an [[attitude]] of the [[person]] toward [[reality]], is destined to [[exhibit]] its [[inherent]] [[negativistic]] harvest upon any and all [[related]] levels of [[universe]] [[values]]. But the full [[consequences]] of erroneous [[thinking]], [[evil]]-doing, or [[sinful]] [[planning]] are [[experienced]] only on the [[level]] of [[actual]] [[performance]]. The transgression of [[universe]] [[law]] may be fatal in the [[physical]] realm without seriously involving the [[mind]] or impairing the [[spiritual]] [[experience]]. [[Sin]] is fraught with fatal [[consequences]] to [[personality]] [[survival]] only when it is the [[attitude]] of the whole [[being]], when it stands for the [[choosing]] of the [[mind]] and the willing of the [[soul]].

67:7.5 Evil and sin visit their consequences in material and social realms and may sometimes even retard spiritual progress on certain levels of universe reality, but never does the sin of any being rob another of the realization of the divine right of personality survival. Eternal survival can be jeopardized only by the decisions of the mind and the choice of the soul of the individual himself.

67:7.5 [[Evil]] and [[sin]] visit their [[consequences]] in [[material]] and [[social]] realms and may sometimes even retard [[spiritual]] [[progress]] on certain [[levels]] of [[universe]] [[reality]], but never does the [[sin]] of any being rob another of the [[realization]] of the [[divine]] right of [[personality]] [[survival]]. [[Eternal]] [[survival]] can be jeopardized only by the [[decisions]] of the [[mind]] and the [[choice]] of the [[soul]] of the [[individual]] himself.

67:7.6 Sin on Urantia did very little to delay biologic evolution, but it did operate to deprive the mortal races of the full benefit of the Adamic inheritance. Sin enormously retards intellectual development, moral growth, social progress, and mass spiritual attainment. But it does not prevent the highest spiritual achievement by any individual who chooses to know God and sincerely do his divine will.

67:7.6 [[Sin]] on [[Urantia]] did very little to delay [[biologic]] [[evolution]], but it did operate to deprive the [[mortal]] [[races]] of the full benefit of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE Adamic inheritance]. [[Sin]] enormously retards [[intellectual]] [[development]], [[moral]] [[growth]], [[social]] [[progress]], and mass [[spiritual]] [[attainment]]. But it does not prevent the highest [[spiritual]] [[achievement]] by any [[individual]] who chooses to know [[God]] and [[sincerely]] do his [[divine]] will.

67:7.7 Caligastia rebelled, Adam and Eve did default, but no mortal subsequently born on Urantia has suffered in his personal spiritual experience because of these blunders. Every mortal born on Urantia since Caligastia's rebellion has been in some manner time-penalized, but the future welfare of such souls has never been in the least eternity-jeopardized. No person is ever made to suffer vital spiritual deprivation because of the sin of another. Sin is wholly personal as to moral guilt or spiritual consequences, notwithstanding its far-flung repercussions in administrative, intellectual, and social domains.

67:7.7 [[Caligastia]] rebelled, [[Adam and Eve]] did [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_75 default], but no [[mortal]] subsequently born on [[Urantia]] has [[suffered]] in his [[personal]] [[spiritual]] [[experience]] because of these blunders. Every [[mortal]] born on [[Urantia]] since [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:1._THE_CALIGASTIA_BETRAYAL Caligastia's rebellion] has been in some [[manner]] [[time]]-penalized, but the [[future]] welfare of such [[souls]] has never been in the least [[eternity]]-jeopardized. No [[person]] is ever made to [[suffer]] vital [[spiritual]] deprivation because of the [[sin]] of another. [[Sin]] is wholly [[personal]] as to [[moral]] [[guilt]] or [[spiritual]] [[consequences]], notwithstanding its far-flung [[repercussions]] in [[administrative]], [[intellectual]], and [[social]] [[domains]].

67:7.8 While we cannot fathom the wisdom that permits such catastrophes, we can always discern the beneficial outworking of these local disturbances as they are reflected out upon the universe at large.

67:7.8 While we cannot [[fathom]] the [[wisdom]] that permits such [[catastrophes]], we can always [[discern]] the beneficial outworking of these local disturbances as they are [[reflected]] out upon the [[universe]] at large.

==67:8. THE HUMAN HERO OF THE REBELLION==

==67:8. THE HUMAN HERO OF THE REBELLION==

67:8.1 The Lucifer rebellion was withstood by many courageous beings on the various worlds of Satania; but the records of Salvington portray Amadon as the outstanding character of the entire system in his glorious rejection of the flood tides of sedition and in his unswerving devotion to Van—they stood together unmoved in their loyalty to the supremacy of the invisible Father and his Son Michael.

67:8.1 The [[Lucifer rebellion]] was withstood by many [[courageous]] [[beings]] on the various worlds of [[Satania]]; but the [[records]] of [[Salvington]] portray [[Amadon]] as the outstanding [[character]] of the entire [[the System|system]] in his glorious rejection of the flood tides of sedition and in his unswerving [[devotion]] to [[Van]]—they stood [[together]] unmoved in their [[loyalty]] to the supremacy of the [[invisible]] [[the Father|Father]] and his Son [[Michael]].

67:8.2 At the time of these momentous transactions I was stationed on Edentia, and I am still conscious of the exhilaration I experienced as I perused the Salvington broadcasts which told from day to day of the unbelievable steadfastness, the transcendent devotion, and the exquisite loyalty of this onetime semisavage springing from the experimental and original stock of the Andonic race.

67:8.2 At the [[time]] of these momentous [[transactions]] I was stationed on [[Edentia]], and I am still conscious of the exhilaration I [[experienced]] as I perused the [[Salvington]] [[broadcasts]] which told from day to day of the unbelievable [[steadfastness]], the [[transcendent]] [[devotion]], and the exquisite [[loyalty]] of this onetime semisavage springing from the [[experimental]] and original stock of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonic race].

67:8.3 From Edentia up through Salvington and even on to Uversa, for seven long years the first inquiry of all subordinate celestial life regarding the Satania rebellion, ever and always, was: " What of Amadon of Urantia, does he still stand unmoved? "

67:8.3 From [[Edentia]] up through [[Salvington]] and even on to [[Uversa]], for seven long years the first [[inquiry]] of all subordinate [[celestial]] life regarding the [[Satania]] [[rebellion]], ever and always, was: "What of [[Amadon]] of [[Urantia]], does he still stand unmoved?"

67:8.4 If the Lucifer rebellion has handicapped the local system and its fallen worlds, if the loss of this Son and his misled associates has temporarily hampered the progress of the constellation of Norlatiadek, then weigh the effect of the far-flung presentation of the inspiring performance of this one child of nature and his determined band of 143 comrades in standing steadfast for the higher concepts of universe management and administration in the face of such tremendous and adverse pressure exerted by his disloyal superiors. And let me assure you, this has already done more good in the universe of Nebadon and the superuniverse of Orvonton than can ever be outweighed by the sum total of all the evil and sorrow of the Lucifer rebellion.

67:8.4 If the [[Lucifer rebellion]] has [[handicapped]] the [[local system]] and its fallen worlds, if the loss of this Son and his misled [[associates]] has temporarily hampered the [[progress]] of the [[constellation]] of [[Norlatiadek]], then weigh the [[effect]] of the far-flung presentation of the [[inspiring]] [[performance]] of this one child of [[nature]] and his determined band of 143 [[comrades]] in standing [[steadfast]] for the higher [[concepts]] of [[universe]] [[management]] and administration in the face of such tremendous and [[adverse]] [[pressure]] exerted by his disloyal superiors. And let me [[assure]] you, this has already done more [[good]] in the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]] and the [[superuniverse]] of [[Orvonton]] than can ever be outweighed by the sum [[total]] of all the [[evil]] and sorrow of the [[Lucifer rebellion]].

67:8.5 And all this is a beautifully touching and superbly magnificent illumination of the wisdom of the Father's universal plan for mobilizing the Corps of Mortal Finality on Paradise and for recruiting this vast group of mysterious servants of the future largely from the common clay of the mortals of ascending progression—just such mortals as the impregnable Amadon.

67:8.5 And all this is a [[beautifully]] [[touching]] and superbly [[magnificent]] [[illumination]] of the [[wisdom]] of [[the Father]]'s [[universal]] [[plan]] for mobilizing the [[Corps of Mortal Finality]] on [[Paradise]] and for recruiting this vast [[group]] of [[mysterious]] servants of the [[future]] largely from the common clay of the [[mortals]] of [[ascending]] [[progression]]—just such [[mortals]] as the impregnable [[Amadon]].

67:8.6 Presented by a [[Melchizedek]] of [[Nebadon]].

67:8.6 Presented by a [[Melchizedek]] of [[Nebadon]].

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