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55:4.1 In the [[successive]] [[stages]] of settled [[existence]] the [[inhabited worlds]] make [[marvelous]] [[progress]] under the [[wise]] and [[sympathetic]] [[administration]] of the [[volunteer]] [[Corps of the Finality]], [[ascenders]] of [[Paradise]] [[attainment]] who have come back to minister to their [[brethren]] in the [[flesh]]. These [[finaliters]] are [[active]] in [[co-operation]] with the [[Trinity Teacher Sons]], but they do not begin their real [[participation]] in world affairs until the [[morontia temple]] appears on [[earth]].

55:4.2 Upon the [[formal]] [[inauguration]] of the [[planetary]] [[ministry]] of the [[Corps of the Finality]], the [[majority]] of the [[celestial hosts]] withdraw. But the [[seraphic]] [[guardians of destiny]] continue their [[personal]] [[ministry]] to the [[progressing]] [[mortals]] in [[light]]; indeed such [[angels]] come in ever-increasing [[numbers]] throughout the settled ages since larger and larger [[groups]] of human beings reach the [[Seven Psychic Circles|third cosmic circle]] of [[co-ordinate]] [[mortal]] [[attainment]] during the [[planetary]] life span.

55:4.3 This is merely the first of the [[successive]] [[administrative]] [[adjustments]] which attend the [[unfolding]] of the [[successive]] ages of increasingly [[brilliant]] [[attainment]] on the [[inhabited worlds]] as they pass from the first to the seventh stage of settled existence.

55:4.4 1. ''The first stage of light and life''. A world in this initial settled [[stage]] is being [[administered]] by [[three]] rulers:

*a. The [[Planetary Sovereign]], presently to be advised by a [[counseling]] [[Trinity Teacher Son]], in all [[probability]] the chief of the terminal corps of such Sons to [[function]] on the [[planet]].
*b. The chief of the [[planetary]] corps of [[finaliters]].
*c. [[Adam and Eve]], who [[function]] jointly as the unifiers of the [[dual]] [[leadership]] of the [[Planetary Prince|Prince-Sovereign]] and the chief of [[finaliters]].

55:4.5 [[Acting]] as [[interpreters]] for the [[seraphic guardians]] and the [[finaliters]] are the exalted and liberated [[midway creatures]]. One of the last [[acts]] of the [[Trinity Teacher Sons]] on their terminal mission is to [[liberate]] the [[midwayers]] of the realm and to promote (or restore) them to advanced planetary status, assigning them to responsible places in the new [[administration]] of the settled sphere. Such [[changes]] have already been made in the range of [[human]] [[vision]] as enable [[mortals]] to [[recognize]] these heretofore [[invisible]] cousins of the early [[Adamic regime]]. This is made possible by the final [[discoveries]] of [[physical science]] in [[liaison]] with the enlarged planetary [[functions]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS Master Physical Controllers].

55:4.6 The [[System Sovereign]] has [[authority]] to release [[midway creatures]] any time after the first settled stage so that they may [[humanize]] in the [[morontia]] by the aid of the [[Life Carriers]] and the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS physical controllers] and, after receiving [[Thought Adjusters]], start out on their [[Paradise]] [[ascension]].

55:4.7 In the third and subsequent [[stages]], some of the [[midwayers]] are still [[functioning]], chiefly as [[contact personalities]] for the [[finaliters]], but as each stage of [[light and life]] is entered, new [[orders]] of [[liaison]] ministers largely replace the [[midwayers]]; very few of them ever remain beyond the fourth stage of light. The seventh stage will witness the coming of the first [[absonite]] ministers from [[Paradise]] to serve in the places of certain [[universe]] [[creatures]].

55:4.8 2. ''The second stage of light and life.'' This [[epoch]] is signalized on the worlds by the arrival of a [[Life Carrier]] who becomes the [[volunteer]] adviser of the planetary rulers regarding the further [[efforts]] to [[purify]] and [[stabilize]] the [[mortal]] [[race]]. Thus do the [[Life Carriers]] actively [[participate]] in the further [[evolution]] of the [[human]] [[race]]—[[physically]], [[socially]], and [[economically]]. And then they extend their supervision to the further [[purification]] of the mortal stock by the drastic elimination of the retarded and persisting remnants of inferior [[potential]] of an [[intellectual]], [[philosophic]], [[cosmic]], and [[spiritual]] [[nature]]. Those who [[design]] and [[plant]] life on an [[inhabited world]] are fully competent to advise the [[Material Sons and Daughters]], who have full and unquestioned [[authority]] to purge the evolving [[race]] of all detrimental [[influences]].

55:4.9 From the second stage on throughout the [[career]] of a settled [[planet]] the [[Teacher Sons]] serve as [[counselors]] to the [[finaliters]]. During such missions they serve as [[volunteers]] and not by assignment; and they serve exclusively with the [[finaliter]] corps except that, upon the consent of the [[System Sovereign]], they may be had as advisers to the Planetary [[Adam and Eve]].

55:4.10 3. ''The third stage of light and life''. During this [[epoch]] the [[inhabited worlds]] arrive at a new [[appreciation]] of the [[Ancients of Days]], the second [[phase]] of [[God the Sevenfold]], and the [[representatives]] of these [[superuniverse]] rulers enter into new [[relationships]] with the [[planetary]] [[administration]].

55:4.11 In each [[succeeding]] [[age]] of settled existence the [[finaliters]] [[function]] in ever-increasing [[capacities]]. There exists a close working [[connection]] between the [[finaliters]], the [[Evening Stars]] (the superangels), and the [[Trinity Teacher Sons]].

55:4.12 During this or the following age a [[Teacher Son]], assisted by the ministering-spirit quartette, becomes attached to the [[elective]] [[mortal]] [[chief executive]], who now becomes associated with the [[Planetary Sovereign]] as joint [[administrator]] of world affairs. These [[mortal]] [[chief executives]] serve for twenty-five years of [[planetary]] [[time]], and it is this new [[development]] that makes it easy for the Planetary [[Adam and Eve]] to secure release from their world of long-time assignment during the following ages.

55:4.13 The ministering-spirit quartettes consist of: the [[seraphic]] chief of the [[sphere]], the [[superuniverse]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_28#28:3._THE_SECONAPHIM secoraphic] [[counselor]], the [[archangel]] of [[translations]], and the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_28#28:2._THE_OMNIAPHIM omniaphim] who [[functions]] as the [[personal]] [[representative]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_24#24:5._THE_ASSIGNED_SENTINELS Assigned Sentinel] stationed on the [[system headquarters]]. But these advisers never proffer [[counsel]] unless it is asked for.

55:4.14 4. ''The fourth stage of light and life''. On the worlds the [[Trinity Teacher Sons]] appear in new roles. Assisted by the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_22#22:8._THE_CREATURE-TRINITIZED_SONS creature-trinitized sons] so long [[associated]] with their order, they now come to the worlds as [[volunteer]] [[counselors]] and advisers to the [[Planetary Sovereign]] and his [[associates]]. Such couples—[[Paradise]]-[[Havona]]-[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_22#22:7._TECHNIQUE_OF_TRINITIZATION trinitized sons] and [[ascender]]-trinitized sons—[[represent]] [[differing]] [[universe]] [[viewpoints]] and [[diverse]] [[personal]] [[experiences]] which are highly serviceable to the [[planetary]] rulers.

55:4.15 At any time after this age the Planetary [[Adam and Eve]] can [[petition]] the [[Master Son|Sovereign]] [[Creator Son]] for release from [[planetary]] [[duties]] in order to begin their [[Paradise]] [[ascent]]; or they can remain on the [[planet]] as directors of the newly appearing order of increasingly [[spiritual]] [[society]] [[composed]] of advanced [[mortals]] striving to [[comprehend]] the [[philosophic]] teachings of the [[finaliters]] portrayed by the [[Brilliant Evening Stars]], who are now assigned to these worlds to [[collaborate]] in pairs with the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_28#28:3._THE_SECONAPHIM seconaphim] from the [[headquarters]] of the [[superuniverse]].

55:4.16 The [[finaliters]] are chiefly engaged in [[initiating]] the new and supermaterial [[activities]] of [[society]]—[[social]], [[cultural]], [[philosophic]], [[cosmic]], and [[spiritual]]. As far as we can [[discern]], they will continue this [[ministry]] far into the seventh [[epoch]] of [[evolutionary]] [[stability]], when, possibly, they may go forth to minister in [[outer space]]; whereupon we conjecture their places may be taken by [[absonite]] [[beings]] from [[Paradise]].

55:4.17 5. ''The fifth stage of light and life''. The readjustments of this [[stage]] of settled existence pertain almost entirely to the [[physical]] [[domains]] and are of primary concern to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS Master Physical Controllers].

55:4.18 6. ''The sixth stage of light and life'' [[witnesses]] the [[development]] of new [[functions]] of the [[mind]] [[circuits]] of the realm. [[Cosmic]] [[wisdom]] seems to become [[constitutive]] in the [[universe]] [[ministry]] of [[mind]].

55:4.19 7. ''The seventh stage of light and life''. Early in the seventh [[epoch]] the [[Trinity Teacher Son|Trinity Teacher]] [[counselor]] of the [[Planetary Sovereign]] is joined by a [[volunteer]] adviser sent by the [[Ancients of Days]], and later on they will be [[augmented]] by a third counselor coming from the [[superuniverse]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:1._THE_SEVEN_SUPREME_EXECUTIVES Supreme Executive].

55:4.20 During this [[epoch]], if not before, [[Adam and Eve]] are always relieved of [[planetary]] [[duties]]. If there is a [[Material Son]] in the [[finaliter]] corps, he may become [[associated]] with the [[mortal]] [[chief executive]], and sometimes it is a [[Melchizedek]] who [[volunteers]] to [[function]] in this [[capacity]]. If a [[midwayer]] is among the [[finaliters]], all of that order remaining on the [[planet]] are immediately released.

55:4.21 Upon obtaining release from their agelong assignment, a Planetary [[Adam and Eve]] may select [[careers]] as follows:

*1. 55:4.22 They can secure [[planetary]] release and from the [[universe]] [[headquarters]] start out [[immediately]] on the [[Paradise]] [[Ascension Career|career]], receiving [[Thought Adjusters]] at the conclusion of the [[morontia]] [[experience]].
*2. 55:4.23 Very often a Planetary [[Adam and Eve]] will receive [[Adjusters]] while yet serving on a world settled in light concomitant with the receiving of [[Adjusters]] by some of their imported [[pure]]-line [[children]] who have [[volunteered]] for a term of [[planetary]] [[service]]. Subsequently they may all go to [[universe]] headquarters and there begin the [[Paradise]] [[Ascension Career|career]].
*3. 55:4.24 A Planetary [[Adam and Eve]] may elect—as do [[Material Sons and Daughters]] from [[the system]] [[capital]]—to go direct to the [[midsonite]] world for a brief [[sojourn]], there to receive their [[Adjusters]].
*4. 55:4.25 They may [[decide]] to return to [[the system]] [[headquarters]], there for a time to occupy seats on the supreme [[court]], after which [[service]] they will receive [[Adjusters]] and begin the [[Paradise]] [[ascent]].
*5. 55:4.26 They may [[choose]] to go from their [[administrative]] [[duties]] back to their [[native]] world to serve as [[teachers]] for a [[season]] and to become [[Adjuster]] indwelt at the time of [[transfer]] to the [[universe]] [[headquarters]].

55:4.27 Throughout all of these [[epochs]] the imported assisting [[Material Sons and Daughters]] exert a tremendous [[influence]] on the [[progressing]] [[social]] and [[economic]] orders. They are [[potentially]] [[immortal]], at least until such time as they elect to [[humanize]], receive [[Adjusters]], and start for [[Paradise]].

55:4.28 On the [[evolutionary worlds]] a [[being]] must [[humanize]] to receive a [[Thought Adjuster]]. All [[ascendant]] members of the [[Mortal Corps of Finaliters]] have been [[Adjuster]] indwelt and [[fused]] except [[seraphim]], and they are [[Father]] indwelt by another [[type]] of [[spirit]] at the [[time]] of being mustered into this corps.

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