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− | ===Topic: ''Initiquity, Interfaith, UB Religion''=== | + | ===Topic: ''Iniquity, Interfaith, UB Religion''=== |
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| Thank you again for the question. | | Thank you again for the question. |
− | ====''''[[Free will]]'''''==== | + | ===='''''[[Free will]]'''''==== |
| *Life of iniquity | | *Life of iniquity |
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| On a world as [[confused]] as [[Urantia]] it becomes less clear the finality of such a decision to become wholly detached from the [[divine]], from [[righteousness]], [[goodness]]. The lack of [[guidance]] upon your world has caused great [[confusion]], and some indulge themselves in such [[rebellious]] actions without the [[awareness]] that there are truly [[eternal]] [[consequences]], that the world upon which you live is not one of [[random]] [[actions]], of non-consequential [[decisions]]. To some the world is merely a playground in which to revel it up and then cease to be. The [[behavior]] of such [[individuals]] may appear to be [[iniquitous]] while the [[soul]] has yet to reject [[spirit]], for it does not know what spirit is that it could reject it. | | On a world as [[confused]] as [[Urantia]] it becomes less clear the finality of such a decision to become wholly detached from the [[divine]], from [[righteousness]], [[goodness]]. The lack of [[guidance]] upon your world has caused great [[confusion]], and some indulge themselves in such [[rebellious]] actions without the [[awareness]] that there are truly [[eternal]] [[consequences]], that the world upon which you live is not one of [[random]] [[actions]], of non-consequential [[decisions]]. To some the world is merely a playground in which to revel it up and then cease to be. The [[behavior]] of such [[individuals]] may appear to be [[iniquitous]] while the [[soul]] has yet to reject [[spirit]], for it does not know what spirit is that it could reject it. |
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− | There are truly capable ministers on high who can tend to misguided [[souls]] and offer [[guidance]]. The greatest import to each one of you is the [[progress]] of your own [[soul]], that you seek [[truth]] and [[beauty]] and [[goodness]],[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:10._TRUTH.2C_BEAUTY.2C_AND_GOODNESS] and that as you expand your [[spiritual]] [[reality]], as you magnify your own [[divine]] [[presence]], you will become a beacon of [[light]] [[illuminating]] other [[souls]] who are confused. Such [[luminosity]] is also a protection of your [[soul]] if there should ever be one iniquitous in your presence, for the [[light]] is disturbing. Those who misunderstand will [[taste]] the light and become curious and hungry. Those who reject the light will recoil and flee. | + | There are truly capable ministers on high who can tend to misguided [[souls]] and offer [[guidance]]. The greatest import to each one of you is the [[progress]] of your own [[soul]], that you seek [[truth]] and [[beauty]] and [[goodness]],[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:10._TRUTH.2C_BEAUTY.2C_AND_GOODNESS] and that as you expand your [[spiritual]] [[reality]], as you magnify your own [[divine]] [[presence]], you will become a beacon of [[light]] [[illuminating]] other [[souls]] who are confused. Such [[luminosity]] is also a protection of your [[soul]] if there should ever be one iniquitous in your presence, for the [[light]] is disturbing. Those who misunderstand will [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Senses#Smell.2C_Taste.2C_and_Touch taste] the light and become curious and hungry. Those who reject the light will recoil and flee. |
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| I hope this addresses your question. | | I hope this addresses your question. |
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| ===='''''[[Cooperation]]'''''==== | | ===='''''[[Cooperation]]'''''==== |
| *Interfaith Cooperation. | | *Interfaith Cooperation. |
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| Question #4: Do you see the interfaith [[groups]], those groups who were formed from different [[religious]] [[faiths]] to improve something in the [[community]], as the primary organizers of the proposed [[co-creative]] design teams and their role in [[sustainability]]? | | Question #4: Do you see the interfaith [[groups]], those groups who were formed from different [[religious]] [[faiths]] to improve something in the [[community]], as the primary organizers of the proposed [[co-creative]] design teams and their role in [[sustainability]]? |
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− | Monjoronson: I do. While it is of great benefit to the [[progress]] of [[harmony]] and [[cooperation]] among all peoples on [[Urantia]] that various groups work together, I also admire and [[honor]] the [[diversity]] of each group, for all groups address the needs of particular [[personalities]] and minister to them in ways by which other groups are not organized to do so. Just as any well [[integrated]] [[system]] [[functions]] precisely because it has distinct elements within it that provide specific [[functions]] that in the [[whole]] [[cause]] the system to effect [[actions]] and accomplish [[work]], so it is that these [[diverse]] [[groups]] are able to [[create]] an enlarged system in which much [[good]] can be brought to [[humankind]]. The strength of [[Part|each]] is offered to the [[whole]].[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:7._THE_PART_AND_THE_WHOLE] There are the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_114#114:6._THE_MASTER_SERAPHIM_OF_PLANETARY_SUPERVISION corps of angels] who are specifically [[attuned]] to these interworkings. | + | Monjoronson: I do. While it is of great benefit to the [[progress]] of [[harmony]] and [[cooperation]] among all peoples on [[Urantia]] that various groups work together, I also admire and [[honor]] the [[diversity]] of each group, for all groups address the needs of particular [[personalities]] and minister to them in ways by which other groups are not organized to do so. Just as any well [[integrated]] [[system]] [[functions]] precisely because it has distinct elements within it that provide specific [[functions]] that in the [[whole]] [[cause]] the system to effect [[actions]] and accomplish [[work]], so it is that these [[diverse]] [[groups]] are able to [[create]] an enlarged system in which much [[good]] can be brought to [[humankind]]. The strength of [[Part|each]] is offered to the [[whole]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:7._THE_PART_AND_THE_WHOLE] There are the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_114#114:6._THE_MASTER_SERAPHIM_OF_PLANETARY_SUPERVISION corps of angels] who are specifically [[attuned]] to these interworkings. |
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| You have [[witnessed]] such [[interfaith]] groups in your religious [[circles]]. There are other such interconnections within your [[economic]] realms and your [[social]] realms as well. Such [[coordinations]] are proving beneficial. As [[humankind]] leaves its eras of tribal divisions and clan [[warfare]], even on the level of [[nations]], and begins to [[trust]] in interworking with one another, there will [[develop]] those connections with [[religion]], [[science]], [[economics]], and [[society]]. You will have an even higher [[co-creative]] [[structure]]. It will be another [[quantum]] leap in your [[ascent]] as a planet to [[light and life]]. | | You have [[witnessed]] such [[interfaith]] groups in your religious [[circles]]. There are other such interconnections within your [[economic]] realms and your [[social]] realms as well. Such [[coordinations]] are proving beneficial. As [[humankind]] leaves its eras of tribal divisions and clan [[warfare]], even on the level of [[nations]], and begins to [[trust]] in interworking with one another, there will [[develop]] those connections with [[religion]], [[science]], [[economics]], and [[society]]. You will have an even higher [[co-creative]] [[structure]]. It will be another [[quantum]] leap in your [[ascent]] as a planet to [[light and life]]. |
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| There will be those who will [[develop]] a religious [[structure]] out of even The [[Urantia Papers]], and there will be others who will miss the [[impact]] of its presentation by dismissing it as yet another [[book]] of [[words]], good in [[intent]], but less that of [[guidance]] and more that of mere suggestion. They will weaken its impact upon themselves and will miss many great benefits that could be derived from [[comprehending]] the [[pattern]] revealed in its pages. Let us continue. | | There will be those who will [[develop]] a religious [[structure]] out of even The [[Urantia Papers]], and there will be others who will miss the [[impact]] of its presentation by dismissing it as yet another [[book]] of [[words]], good in [[intent]], but less that of [[guidance]] and more that of mere suggestion. They will weaken its impact upon themselves and will miss many great benefits that could be derived from [[comprehending]] the [[pattern]] revealed in its pages. Let us continue. |
| ===='''''[[Urantia Movement]]'''''==== | | ===='''''[[Urantia Movement]]'''''==== |
− | Philip: The questioner seems to think that The [[Urantia Book]] is really becoming central to some sort of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92_-_Later_Evolution_of_Religion#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION evolutionary religion]. | + | Philip: The questioner seems to think that The [[Urantia Book]] is really becoming central to some sort of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92_-_Later_Evolution_of_Religion#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION evolutionary religion]. |
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− | Question#7: Would you care to characterize the [[type]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92_-_Later_Evolution_of_Religion#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION evolutionary religion] it may be heading towards? Is this [[trend]] at all typical of what has been [[experienced]] in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92_-_Later_Evolution_of_Religion#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION other epochal revelations] elsewhere in similar [[planetary]] stages as to what [[Urantia]] is currently experiencing in its [[cultural]] [[development]]? | + | Question#7: Would you care to characterize the [[type]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92_-_Later_Evolution_of_Religion#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION evolutionary religion] it may be heading towards? Is this [[trend]] at all typical of what has been [[experienced]] in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92_-_Later_Evolution_of_Religion#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION other epochal revelations] elsewhere in similar [[planetary]] stages as to what [[Urantia]] is currently experiencing in its [[cultural]] [[development]]? |
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| Monjoronson: Indeed this evolutionary [[development]] of a [[revelation]] is repeating what has happened to [[revelations]] of the [[past]]. It is [[human]] [[nature]] that such developments occur. This current presentation, The [[Urantia Papers]], while broad in its presentation regarding [[mankind]] and the [[planet]] and the [[universe]] in which the planet resides and the [[deity]] over this [[universe]] which has made all [[things]] [[possible]], has its own [[time]] [[limitations]] and locality constraints. It will by such limitations end up being another step in the path to [[light and life]]. It will never be the all-said of what is to come and what is to be [[realized]]. And that is where developing it into a rigid [[doctrine]] will infuse [[error]] into the [[comprehension]] of its message. | | Monjoronson: Indeed this evolutionary [[development]] of a [[revelation]] is repeating what has happened to [[revelations]] of the [[past]]. It is [[human]] [[nature]] that such developments occur. This current presentation, The [[Urantia Papers]], while broad in its presentation regarding [[mankind]] and the [[planet]] and the [[universe]] in which the planet resides and the [[deity]] over this [[universe]] which has made all [[things]] [[possible]], has its own [[time]] [[limitations]] and locality constraints. It will by such limitations end up being another step in the path to [[light and life]]. It will never be the all-said of what is to come and what is to be [[realized]]. And that is where developing it into a rigid [[doctrine]] will infuse [[error]] into the [[comprehension]] of its message. |
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| It entered your world in one [[language]], and many devout [[humans]] are [[translating]] it; it was not given already in many languages. It entered your world in one [[culture]], and it is up to the [[individuals]] who [[embrace]] its message to re-culturalize it and present it around the world in forms apprehensible by other peoples. This is a [[natural]] [[evolution]], perhaps better said, a natural [[integration]] into the [[diversity]] of [[human beings]] and [[cultures]] on [[Urantia]]. | | It entered your world in one [[language]], and many devout [[humans]] are [[translating]] it; it was not given already in many languages. It entered your world in one [[culture]], and it is up to the [[individuals]] who [[embrace]] its message to re-culturalize it and present it around the world in forms apprehensible by other peoples. This is a [[natural]] [[evolution]], perhaps better said, a natural [[integration]] into the [[diversity]] of [[human beings]] and [[cultures]] on [[Urantia]]. |
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− | Since human beings tend to [[form]] [[religion]] around [[revelation]], [[eventually]] even this the [[fifth epochal revelation]] will run its [[course]] and lose its [[immediate]] effectiveness as many of the others of centuries past have. But worry not, for there will subsequently be bestowed upon your world the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92_-_Later_Evolution_of_Religion#92:7._THE_FURTHER_EVOLUTION_OF_RELIGION next revelation of epochal significance]. In the meantime I [[encourage]] each of you to [[develop]] your [[channel]] of [[revelatory]] [[receptivity]], for under the umbrella of any epochal revelation are the many [[revelations]] to the [[individual]] [[souls]], to the [[philosophers]], the [[theologians]], the [[scientists]], and all. This is the true vital [[power]] functioning in any epoch. It will verify the [[patterns]] revealed, and it will [[enlighten]] the [[truth]] [[expressed]]. | + | Since human beings tend to [[form]] [[religion]] around [[revelation]], [[eventually]] even this the [[fifth epochal revelation]] will run its [[course]] and lose its [[immediate]] effectiveness as many of the others of centuries past have. But worry not, for there will subsequently be bestowed upon your world the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92_-_Later_Evolution_of_Religion#92:7._THE_FURTHER_EVOLUTION_OF_RELIGION next revelation of epochal significance]. In the meantime I [[encourage]] each of you to [[develop]] your [[channel]] of [[revelatory]] [[receptivity]], for under the umbrella of any epochal revelation are the many [[revelations]] to the [[individual]] [[souls]], to the [[philosophers]], the [[theologians]], the [[scientists]], and all. This is the true vital [[power]] functioning in any epoch. It will verify the [[patterns]] revealed, and it will [[enlighten]] the [[truth]] [[expressed]]. |
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| Thank you again for your [[inquiry]]. | | Thank you again for your [[inquiry]]. |
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− | Philip: So, in [[essence]] it's not either/or, [[revelatory]] or [[evolutionary]]; it's more like it's [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92_-_Later_Evolution_of_Religion#92:6._THE_COMPOSITE_RELIGIONS either/and]. Correct? | + | Philip: So, in [[essence]] it's not either/or, [[revelatory]] or [[evolutionary]]; it's more like it's [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92_-_Later_Evolution_of_Religion#92:6._THE_COMPOSITE_RELIGIONS either/and]. Correct? |
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| Monjoronson: Yes, indeed. [[Revelation]] is a push, and [[evolution]] is the moving forward. To some it may seem to lessen its special qualities, but functionally this must occur for it to integrate into the [[cultures]] of the world. | | Monjoronson: Yes, indeed. [[Revelation]] is a push, and [[evolution]] is the moving forward. To some it may seem to lessen its special qualities, but functionally this must occur for it to integrate into the [[cultures]] of the world. |
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| Monjoronson: This [[secondary revelatory commission]] is part of the [[natural]] plan of the [[whole]] [[revelatory]] effort. It is not in [[existence]] so much because of the [[reactions]] of [[human beings]]; it is a subsequent [[phase]] of the initial commission which established the [[statements]] preserved in your [[Urantia Papers]]. This commission, the second commission, is functioning to [[diversify]] the [[statements]], not in [[meaning]], but in its asimil-ability to the various peoples of [[Urantia]], for as you have indicated, it is western in its initial presentation. Just as [[Jesus]] was [[Michael]]'s [[revelation]] to [[Urantia]], his [[Spirit of Truth]] may be likened to the second commission of his [[revelation]]. When he stood upon the world he spoke great [[truths]], many recorded and many in [[existence]] today, but when he left and the [[Spirit of Truth]] was bestowed every [[individual]] could pursue the way of the master, could follow him. This created great [[diversity]] in the [[gospel]] of [[Jesus]]. This [[diversity]] is not an indication of scattered-ness; it is a [[revelation]] of [[individuality]], of the [[divine]] [[manifested]] in each. | | Monjoronson: This [[secondary revelatory commission]] is part of the [[natural]] plan of the [[whole]] [[revelatory]] effort. It is not in [[existence]] so much because of the [[reactions]] of [[human beings]]; it is a subsequent [[phase]] of the initial commission which established the [[statements]] preserved in your [[Urantia Papers]]. This commission, the second commission, is functioning to [[diversify]] the [[statements]], not in [[meaning]], but in its asimil-ability to the various peoples of [[Urantia]], for as you have indicated, it is western in its initial presentation. Just as [[Jesus]] was [[Michael]]'s [[revelation]] to [[Urantia]], his [[Spirit of Truth]] may be likened to the second commission of his [[revelation]]. When he stood upon the world he spoke great [[truths]], many recorded and many in [[existence]] today, but when he left and the [[Spirit of Truth]] was bestowed every [[individual]] could pursue the way of the master, could follow him. This created great [[diversity]] in the [[gospel]] of [[Jesus]]. This [[diversity]] is not an indication of scattered-ness; it is a [[revelation]] of [[individuality]], of the [[divine]] [[manifested]] in each. |
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| I hope this [[illumines]] your question. | | I hope this [[illumines]] your question. |
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| Question #10: We are guessing that the [[Magisterial Mission]] will become the oversight [[agency]] for [[revelation]] on [[Urantia]] after the mission's appearance here. Will the Magisterial Mission become the sole [[administration]] for [[decisions]] to provide The [[Urantia Book]] to future Urantians? | | Question #10: We are guessing that the [[Magisterial Mission]] will become the oversight [[agency]] for [[revelation]] on [[Urantia]] after the mission's appearance here. Will the Magisterial Mission become the sole [[administration]] for [[decisions]] to provide The [[Urantia Book]] to future Urantians? |
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| ===='''''[[Progress]]''''', '''''[[Revelation]]'''''==== | | ===='''''[[Progress]]''''', '''''[[Revelation]]'''''==== |
| How would you characterize the [[Magisterial Mission]]'s role in [[coordinating]] contemporary [[episodes]] of [[revelation]] to [[Urantia]]? | | How would you characterize the [[Magisterial Mission]]'s role in [[coordinating]] contemporary [[episodes]] of [[revelation]] to [[Urantia]]? |
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− | While Michael partook of the [[force]] in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 his bestowal], he has been ever watchful of all epochal [[transitions]] and the [[developments]] within each epoch. I might add that he is doing so upon many worlds. There are also such stages we may liken to epochal eras on a planet on every system and [[constellation]] under his [[guidance]]. Our [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:5._RELATION_OF_MASTER_SONS_TO_THE_UNIVERSE Sovereign Son] is quite busy and engaged in many [[facets]] of [[growth]] in [[Nebadon]]. His management is broad, but he is also very concerned and lovingly engaged in every stage on every world as it [[unfolds]]. | + | While Michael partook of the [[force]] in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 his bestowal], he has been ever watchful of all epochal [[transitions]] and the [[developments]] within each epoch. I might add that he is doing so upon many worlds. There are also such stages we may liken to epochal eras on a planet on every system and [[constellation]] under his [[guidance]]. Our [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:5._RELATION_OF_MASTER_SONS_TO_THE_UNIVERSE Sovereign Son] is quite busy and engaged in many [[facets]] of [[growth]] in [[Nebadon]]. His management is broad, but he is also very concerned and lovingly engaged in every stage on every world as it [[unfolds]]. |
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| Philip: We have one final question but I think you covered a lot of that. So that concludes this portion of the question and answer session. As is our [[custom]], we would like to allow time for you to use for any [[purpose]] you might have. Thank you. | | Philip: We have one final question but I think you covered a lot of that. So that concludes this portion of the question and answer session. As is our [[custom]], we would like to allow time for you to use for any [[purpose]] you might have. Thank you. |
− | ===='''''[[Thought Adjusters]]''''', [[Presence]]'''''. '''''[[Expression]]'''''==== | + | ===='''''[[Thought Adjusters]]''''', '''''[[Presence]]''''', '''''[[Expression]]'''''==== |
− | Monjoronson: I will make a concluding [[statement]]. As we have spoken quite a bit today regarding the [[impact]] of an [[epochal revelation]] upon a world and what may subsequently occur as that [[revelation]] becomes [[integrated]] into [[cultures]], I want to [[encourage]] each of you to be [[trust]]ing of the [[divine]] [[presence]] that resides within, for this is the "true [[light]] which lights every man who comes into the world".[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter] It is the [[source]] of [[verification]] and validation of what you encounter in any epochal [[manifestation]] of [[spiritual]] [[revelation]]. | + | Monjoronson: I will make a concluding [[statement]]. As we have spoken quite a bit today regarding the [[impact]] of an [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION epochal revelation] upon a world and what may subsequently occur as that [[revelation]] becomes [[integrated]] into [[cultures]], I want to [[encourage]] each of you to be [[trust]]ing of the [[divine]] [[presence]] that resides within, for this is the "true [[light]] which lights every man who comes into the world".[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter] It is the [[source]] of [[verification]] and validation of what you encounter in any epochal [[manifestation]] of [[spiritual]] [[revelation]]. |
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− | Just as one, centuries ago, could look upon Jesus and say, "Behold the man"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_100#100:6._MARKS_OF_RELIGIOUS_LIVING],[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_185#185:6._PILATE.27S_LAST_APPEAL] [[expressing]] that within him the [[spirit]] moved and could recognize what was, who was, standing before him, so you must look upon the [[revelations]] that come in your era with such an inner [[recognition]]. | + | Just as one, centuries ago, could look upon Jesus and say, "Behold the man"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_100#100:6._MARKS_OF_RELIGIOUS_LIVING],[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_185#185:6._PILATE.27S_LAST_APPEAL] [[expressing]] that within him the [[spirit]] moved and could recognize what was, who was, standing before him, so you must look upon the [[revelations]] that come in your era with such an inner [[recognition]]. |
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− | A [[pattern]] has been overlaid upon your world in which you may [[organize]] your [[thinking]], your [[understanding]], and your [[vision]] of the [[future]]. But you are each [[free]] to [[express]] your [[personality]]. Again I take you back to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus fourth epochal revelation] of [[Michael]] as [[Jesus]] and point to his [[apostles]], both the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139 male corps] and the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_163#PAPER_163:_ORDINATION_OF_THE_SEVENTY_AT_MAGADAN women's corps] and the associated [[personalities]] with them. Each one had its own [[perspective]]. When Jesus left the world each one undertook their own [[form]] of [[ministry]]. Some [[forms]] became the [[religion]] that followed him, and other forms went on to merely impact single peoples in a perhaps non-historic way. | + | A [[pattern]] has been overlaid upon your world in which you may [[organize]] your [[thinking]], your [[understanding]], and your [[vision]] of the [[future]]. But you are each [[free]] to [[express]] your [[personality]]. Again I take you back to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus fourth epochal revelation] of [[Michael]] as [[Jesus]] and point to his [[apostles]], both the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139 male corps] and the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_163#PAPER_163:_ORDINATION_OF_THE_SEVENTY_AT_MAGADAN women's corps] and the associated [[personalities]] with them. Each one had its own [[perspective]]. When Jesus left the world each one undertook their own [[form]] of [[ministry]]. Some [[forms]] became the [[religion]] that followed him, and other forms went on to merely impact single peoples in a perhaps non-historic way. |
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| [[Trust]] the [[presence]] within. Do what you can in your [[understanding]] of the [[revelation]] presented to your world. Remember it’s presented to the world in [[whole]], in its entirety, and you are to adapt yourself to the aspects you can best [[express]] through your [[comprehension]] and through your life. Others will grasp other aspects of the [[revelation]] and bring [[luminosity]] and magnification to those teachings. The only [[form]] of [[revelation]] [[worth]] crystallizing is the form of revelation within yourself as it becomes your [[soul]]. | | [[Trust]] the [[presence]] within. Do what you can in your [[understanding]] of the [[revelation]] presented to your world. Remember it’s presented to the world in [[whole]], in its entirety, and you are to adapt yourself to the aspects you can best [[express]] through your [[comprehension]] and through your life. Others will grasp other aspects of the [[revelation]] and bring [[luminosity]] and magnification to those teachings. The only [[form]] of [[revelation]] [[worth]] crystallizing is the form of revelation within yourself as it becomes your [[soul]]. |