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39:0.1 As far as we are [[cognizant]], the [[Infinite Spirit]], as [[personalized]] on the [[local universe]] [[headquarters]], [[intends]] to produce [[uniformly]] perfect seraphim, but for some [[unknown]] [[reason]] these seraphic [[offspring]] are very [[diverse]]. This diversity may be a result of the unknown interposition of evolving [[experiential]] [[Deity]]; if so, we cannot [[prove]] it. But we do [[observe]] that, when seraphim have been subjected to [[educational]] tests and [[training]] [[discipline]], they unfailingly and distinctly classify into the following [[seven]] [[groups]]:

39:0.1 As far as we are [[cognizant]], the [[Infinite Spirit]], as [[personalized]] on the [[local universe]] [[headquarters]], [[intends]] to produce [[uniformly]] perfect seraphim, but for some [[unknown]] [[reason]] these seraphic [[offspring]] are very [[diverse]]. This diversity may be a result of the unknown interposition of evolving [[experiential]] [[Deity]]; if so, we cannot [[prove]] it. But we do [[observe]] that, when seraphim have been subjected to [[educational]] tests and [[training]] [[discipline]], they unfailingly and distinctly classify into the following [[seven]] [[groups]]:

*1. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Seraphim#39:1._SUPREME_SERAPHIM Supreme Seraphim].

*1. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Seraphim#39:1._SUPREME_SERAPHIM Supreme Seraphim].

*2. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Seraphim#39:2._SUPERIOR_SERAPHIM Superior Seraphim].

*2. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Seraphim#39:2._SUPERIOR_SERAPHIM Superior Seraphim].

*3. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Seraphim#39:3._SUPERVISOR_SERAPHIM Supervisor Seraphim].

*3. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Seraphim#39:3._SUPERVISOR_SERAPHIM Supervisor Seraphim].

*4. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Seraphim#39:4._ADMINISTRATOR_SERAPHIM Administrator Seraphim].

*4. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Seraphim#39:4._ADMINISTRATOR_SERAPHIM Administrator Seraphim].

*5. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Seraphim#39:5._PLANETARY_HELPERS Planetary Helpers].

*5. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Seraphim#39:5._PLANETARY_HELPERS Planetary Helpers].

*6. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Seraphim#39:6._TRANSITION_MINISTERS Transition Ministers].

*6. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Seraphim#39:6._TRANSITION_MINISTERS Transition Ministers].

*7. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Seraphim#39:7._SERAPHIM_OF_THE_FUTURE Seraphim of the Future].

*7. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Seraphim#39:7._SERAPHIM_OF_THE_FUTURE Seraphim of the Future].

39:0.2 To say that any one seraphim is inferior to an [[angel]] of any other [[group]] would hardly be true. Nevertheless every angel is at first [[service]]-[[limited]] to the group of [[original]] and [[inherent]] [[classification]]. My seraphic [[associate]] in the [[preparation]] of this [[statement]], ''Manotia'', is a supreme seraphim and onetime [[functioned]] only as a supreme seraphim. By [[application]] and [[devoted]] service she has, one by one, [[achieved]] all [[seven]] of the seraphic [[services]], having [[functioned]] in well-nigh every avenue of activity open to a seraphim, and now holds the commission of ''associate chief of seraphim on [[Urantia]]''.

39:0.2 To say that any one seraphim is inferior to an [[angel]] of any other [[group]] would hardly be true. Nevertheless every angel is at first [[service]]-[[limited]] to the group of [[original]] and [[inherent]] [[classification]]. My seraphic [[associate]] in the [[preparation]] of this [[statement]], ''Manotia'', is a supreme seraphim and onetime [[functioned]] only as a supreme seraphim. By [[application]] and [[devoted]] service she has, one by one, [[achieved]] all [[seven]] of the seraphic [[services]], having [[functioned]] in well-nigh every avenue of activity open to a seraphim, and now holds the commission of ''associate chief of seraphim on [[Urantia]]''.

39:0.3 [[Human beings]] sometimes find it hard to [[understand]] that a [[created]] capacity for higher-level ministry does not [[necessarily]] imply [[ability]] to [[function]] on [[relatively]] lower [[service]] levels. Man begins life as a helpless infant; hence every [[mortal]] [[attainment]] must [[embrace]] all [[experiential]] prerequisites; seraphim have no such preadult life—no [[childhood]]. They are, however, experiential creatures, and by [[experience]] and through additional [[education]] they can augment their [[divine]] and [[inherent]] [[endowment]] of [[ability]] by the experiential acquirement of functional [[skill]] in one or more of the seraphic [[services]].

39:0.3 [[Human beings]] sometimes find it hard to [[understand]] that a [[created]] capacity for higher-level ministry does not [[necessarily]] imply [[ability]] to [[function]] on [[relatively]] lower [[service]] levels. Man begins life as a helpless infant; hence every [[mortal]] [[attainment]] must [[embrace]] all [[experiential]] prerequisites; seraphim have no such preadult life—no [[childhood]]. They are, however, experiential creatures, and by [[experience]] and through additional [[education]] they can augment their [[divine]] and [[inherent]] [[endowment]] of [[ability]] by the experiential acquirement of functional [[skill]] in one or more of the seraphic [[services]].

39:0.4 After being commissioned, seraphim are assigned to the reserves of their [[inherent]] [[group]]. Those of [[planetary]] and [[administrator]] [[status]] often serve for long periods as originally [[classified]], but the higher the [[inherent]] [[function]] level, the more [[persistently]] do the angelic ministers seek assignment to the lower orders of [[universe]] [[service]]. Especially do they [[desire]] assignment to the reserves of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Seraphim#39:5._PLANETARY_HELPERS planetary helpers], and if successful they enroll in the [[celestial]] schools attached to the [[headquarters]] of the [[Planetary Prince]] of some [[evolutionary world]]. Here they begin the [[study]] of the [[languages]], [[history]], and local habits of the [[races]] of [[mankind]]. Seraphim must acquire [[knowledge]] and gain [[experience]] much as do [[human beings]]. They are not far removed from you in certain [[personality]] [[attributes]]. And they all crave to start at the bottom, on the lowest possible level of [[ministry]]; thus may they [[hope]] to achieve the highest possible level of [[experiential]] [[destiny]].

39:0.4 After being commissioned, seraphim are assigned to the reserves of their [[inherent]] [[group]]. Those of [[planetary]] and [[administrator]] [[status]] often serve for long periods as originally [[classified]], but the higher the [[inherent]] [[function]] level, the more [[persistently]] do the angelic ministers seek assignment to the lower orders of [[universe]] [[service]]. Especially do they [[desire]] assignment to the reserves of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Seraphim#39:5._PLANETARY_HELPERS planetary helpers], and if successful they enroll in the [[celestial]] schools attached to the [[headquarters]] of the [[Planetary Prince]] of some [[evolutionary world]]. Here they begin the [[study]] of the [[languages]], [[history]], and local habits of the [[races]] of [[mankind]]. Seraphim must acquire [[knowledge]] and gain [[experience]] much as do [[human beings]]. They are not far removed from you in certain [[personality]] [[attributes]]. And they all crave to start at the bottom, on the lowest possible level of [[ministry]]; thus may they [[hope]] to achieve the highest possible level of [[experiential]] [[destiny]].

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[[Category: Paper 39 - The Seraphic Hosts]]

[[Category: Paper 39 - The Seraphic Hosts]]

[[Category: Angels]]

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