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53:8.1 [[Lucifer]] and [[Satan]] freely roamed the [[Satania]] system until the completion of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 bestowal mission] of [[Michael]] on [[Urantia]]. They were last on your world [[together]] during the [[time]] of their combined [[assault]] upon the Son of Man.

53:8.2 Formerly, when the [[Planetary Prince]]s, the "Sons of God,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.1] were periodically assembled, "Satan came also,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.2] claiming that he [[represented]] all of the [[isolated]] worlds of the [[Rebel|fallen]] [[Planetary Prince]]s. But he has not been accorded such [[liberty]] on [[Jerusem]] since [[Michael]]'s [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 terminal bestowal]. Subsequent to their [[effort]] to [[corrupt]] [[Michael]] when in the [[bestowal]] [[flesh]], all [[sympathy]] for [[Lucifer]] and [[Satan]] has perished throughout all [[Satania]], that is, outside the isolated worlds of [[sin]].

53:8.3 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 bestowal of Michael] terminated the [[Lucifer rebellion]] in all [[Satania]] aside from the [[planets]] of the [[apostate]] [[Planetary Prince]]s. And this was the significance of [[Jesus]]'personal experience, just before his death in the flesh, when he one day exclaimed to his disciples, "And I beheld Satan fall as lightning from heaven."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_10] He had come with [[Lucifer]] to [[Urantia]] for the last crucial [[struggle]].

53:8.4 The Son of Man was [[confident]] of success, and he knew that his triumph on your world would forever settle the [[status]] of his agelong enemies, not only in [[Satania]] but also in the other two [[the System|systems]] where [[sin]] had entered. There was [[survival]] for [[mortals]] and [[security]] for [[angels]] when your Master, in reply to the [[Lucifer]] proposals, calmly and with [[divine]] [[assurance]] replied, "Get you behind me, Satan."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_4] That was, in principle, the real end of the [[Lucifer rebellion]]. True, the [[Uversa]] [[tribunals]] have not yet rendered the [[executive]] [[decision]] regarding the [[appeal]] of [[Gabriel]] [[praying]] for the [[Annihilation|destruction]] of the [[rebels]], but such a [[decree]] will, no doubt, be forthcoming in the fullness of [[time]] since the first step in the hearing of this case has already been taken.

53:8.5 [[Caligastia]] was [[recognized]] by the Son of Man as the [[technical]] [[Planetary Prince|Prince]] of [[Urantia]] up to near the time of his [[death]]. Said Jesus: "Now is the judgment of this world; now shall the prince of this world be cast down."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_12] And then still nearer the completion of his lifework he announced, "The prince of this world is judged."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_16] And it is this same dethroned and discredited [[Planetary Prince|Prince]] who was once termed "God of Urantia."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:2._THE_OUTBREAK_OF_REBELLION]

53:8.6 The last [[act]] of [[Michael]] before leaving [[Urantia]] was to offer [[mercy]] to [[Caligastia]] and [[Daligastia]], but they spurned his tender proffer. [[Caligastia]], your [[apostate]] [[Planetary Prince]], is still free on [[Urantia]] to [[prosecute]] his [[nefarious]] [[designs]], but he has [[absolutely]] no [[power]] to enter the [[minds]] of men, neither can he draw near to their [[souls]] to [[tempt]] or [[corrupt]] them unless they really [[desire]] to be cursed with his [[wicked]] [[presence]].

53:8.7 Before the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 bestowal of Michael] these rulers of [[darkness]] sought to [[maintain]] their [[authority]] on [[Urantia]], and they [[persistently]] withstood the minor and subordinate [[celestial]] [[personalities]]. But since the day of [[Pentecost]] this [[traitorous]] [[Caligastia]] and his equally [[contemptible]] [[associate]], [[Daligastia]], are servile before the [[divine]] [[majesty]] of the [[Paradise]] [[Thought Adjusters]] and the protective [[Spirit of Truth]], the spirit of [[Michael]], which has been poured out upon all [[flesh]].

53:8.8 But even so, no fallen [[spirit]] ever did have the [[power]] to [[invade]] the [[minds]] or to harass the [[souls]] of the [[children]] of [[God]]. Neither [[Satan]] nor [[Caligastia]] could ever [[touch]] or approach the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD faith sons of God]; [[faith]] is an effective [[armor]] against [[sin]] and [[iniquity]]. It is true: "He who is born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one touches him not."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_John#1st_Letter_of_John.2C_V]

53:8.9 In general, when weak and dissolute [[mortals]] are supposed to be under the [[influence]] of devils and [[demon]]s, they are merely being [[dominated]] by their own [[inherent]] and debased [[tendencies]], being led away by their own [[natural]] propensities. The [[Satan|devil]] has been given a great deal of credit for [[evil]] which does not belong to him. [[Caligastia]] has been [[comparatively]] impotent since the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_187 cross] of [[Christ]].

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