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In all essential endowments '''cherubim''' and sanobim are similar to [[seraphim]]. They have the same [[origin]] but not always the same [[destiny]]. They are [[wonderfully]] [[intelligent]], marvelously efficient, [[touchingly]] [[affectionate]], and almost [[human]]. They are the lowest order of [[angels]], hence all the nearer of kin to the more progressive types of [[human beings]] on the evolutionary worlds.
Cherubim and sanobim are inherently associated, [[functionally]] united. One is an [[energy]] positive [[personality]]; the other, energy negative. The right-hand deflector, or positively charged angel, is the cherubim--the senior or controlling [[personality]]. The left-hand deflector, or negatively charged angel, is the sanobim--the complement of [[being]]. Each type of angel is very limited in [[solitary]] [[function]]; hence they usually serve in pairs. When serving independently of their seraphic directors, they are more than ever dependent on mutual contact and always function together.
Cherubim and sanobim are the faithful and efficient aids of the seraphic ministers, and all seven orders of seraphim are provided with these subordinate assistants. Cherubim and sanobim [[serve]] for ages in these capacities, but they do not accompany seraphim on assignments beyond the confines of the [[local universe]].
The cherubim and sanobim are the routine [[spirit]] [[workers]] on the individual worlds of the [[system]]s. On a nonpersonal assignment and in an emergency, they may serve in the place of a seraphic pair, but they never function, even temporarily, as attending angels to human beings; that is an exclusive seraphic privilege.
When assigned to a [[planet]], cherubim enter the local courses of [[training]], including a study of planetary usages and [[languages]]. The [Paper 38 - Ministering Spirits of the Local Universe ministering spirits of time] are all bilingual, speaking the language of the [[local universe]] of their origin and that of their native [[superuniverse]]. By [[study]] in the schools of the realms they acquire additional tongues. Cherubim and sanobim, like seraphim and all other orders of [[spirit]] [[beings]], are continuously engaged in efforts at self-improvement. Only such as the subordinate beings of [[power]] control and [[energy]] direction are incapable of progression; all creatures having actual or [[potential]] [[personality]] [[volition]] seek new achievements.
Cherubim and sanobim are by [[nature]] very near the [[morontia]] level of [[existence]], and they prove to be most efficient in the borderland work of the [[physical]], morontial, and spiritual domains. These [[children]] of the [[local universe]] [[Mother Spirit]] are characterized by "fourth creatures" much as are the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_25#25:1._THE_HAVONA_SERVITALS Havona Servitals] and the conciliating commissions. Every fourth cherubim and every fourth sanobim are quasi-[[material]], very definitely resembling the [[morontia]] level of [[existence]].
These angelic fourth creatures are of great assistance to the [[seraphim]] in the more [[literal]] [[phases]] of their universe and planetary activities. Such morontia cherubim also perform many indispensable borderline tasks on the [[Mansion Worlds|morontia training worlds]] and are assigned to the service of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_25#25:7._THE_MORONTIA_COMPANIONS Morontia Companions] in large numbers. They are to the [[morontia]] [[spheres]] about what the [[midway creatures]] are to the evolutionary planets. On the inhabited worlds these morontia cherubim frequently work in liaison with the [[midway creatures]]. Cherubim and midway creatures are distinctly separate orders of beings; they have dissimilar [[origins]], but they disclose great similarity in [[nature]] and [[function]].
==Evolution of Cherubim and Sanobim==
Numerous avenues of advancing [[service]] are open to cherubim and sanobim leading to an enhancement of [[status]], which may be still further augmented by the [[embrace]] of the [[Mother Spirit|Divine Minister]]. There are three great classes of cherubim and sanobim with regard to evolutionary potential:
*1. ''Ascension Candidates''. These [[beings]] are by [[nature]] candidates for seraphic [[status]]. Cherubim and sanobim of this order are [[brilliant]], though not by inherent endowment equal to the seraphim; but by application and [[experience]] it is possible for them to attain full seraphic standing.
*2. ''Mid-phase Cherubim''. All cherubim and sanobim are not equal in [[ascension]] [[potential]], and these are the inherently limited beings of the angelic [[creations]]. Most of them will remain cherubim and sanobim, although the more gifted [[individuals]] may achieve limited seraphic service.
*3. ''Morontia Cherubim''. These "fourth creatures" of the angelic orders always retain their quasi-material characteristics. They will continue on as cherubim and sanobim, together with a majority of their mid-phase brethren, pending the completed factualization of [[the Supreme Being]].
While the second and third [[groups]] are somewhat limited in [[growth]] [[potential]], the [[ascension]] candidates may attain the heights of [[universal]] seraphic service. Many of the more experienced of these cherubim are attached to the seraphic [[guardians of destiny]] and are thus placed in direct line for advancement to the status of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_37#37:7._MANSION_WORLD_TEACHERS Mansion World Teachers] when deserted by their seraphic seniors. Guardians of [[destiny]] do not have cherubim and sanobim as helpers when their [[mortal]] wards attain the [[Mansion Worlds|morontia life]]. And when other types of evolutionary seraphim are granted clearance for [[Seraphington]] and [[Paradise]], they must forsake their former subordinates when they pass out of the confines of [[Nebadon]]. Such deserted cherubim and sanobim are usually embraced by the Universe [[Mother Spirit]], thus achieving a level equivalent to that of a Mansion World Teacher in the attainment of seraphic [[status]].
When, as [[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_37#37:7._MANSION_WORLD_TEACHERS Mansion World Teachers], the once-embraced cherubim and sanobim have long served on the [[morontia]] [[spheres]], from the lowest to the highest, and when their corps on [[Salvington]] is overrecruited, the [[Bright and Morning Star]] summons these faithful servants of the [[creatures]] of [[time]] to appear in his [[presence]]. The oath of [[personality]] [[transformation]] is administered; and thereupon, in groups of seven thousand, these advanced and senior cherubim and sanobim are re-embraced by the Universe Mother Spirit. From this second embrace they emerge as full-fledged seraphim. Henceforth, the full and complete career of a seraphim, with all of its [[Paradise]] possibilities, is open to such reborn cherubim and sanobim. Such angels may be assigned as guardians of destiny to some [[mortal]] [[being]], and if the [[mortal]] ward attains survival, then do they become eligible for advancement to Seraphington and the seven circles of seraphic attainment, even to [[Paradise]] and the [[Corps of the Finality]].
[[Category: Cosmology]]
In all essential endowments '''cherubim''' and sanobim are similar to [[seraphim]]. They have the same [[origin]] but not always the same [[destiny]]. They are [[wonderfully]] [[intelligent]], marvelously efficient, [[touchingly]] [[affectionate]], and almost [[human]]. They are the lowest order of [[angels]], hence all the nearer of kin to the more progressive types of [[human beings]] on the evolutionary worlds.
Cherubim and sanobim are inherently associated, [[functionally]] united. One is an [[energy]] positive [[personality]]; the other, energy negative. The right-hand deflector, or positively charged angel, is the cherubim--the senior or controlling [[personality]]. The left-hand deflector, or negatively charged angel, is the sanobim--the complement of [[being]]. Each type of angel is very limited in [[solitary]] [[function]]; hence they usually serve in pairs. When serving independently of their seraphic directors, they are more than ever dependent on mutual contact and always function together.
Cherubim and sanobim are the faithful and efficient aids of the seraphic ministers, and all seven orders of seraphim are provided with these subordinate assistants. Cherubim and sanobim [[serve]] for ages in these capacities, but they do not accompany seraphim on assignments beyond the confines of the [[local universe]].
The cherubim and sanobim are the routine [[spirit]] [[workers]] on the individual worlds of the [[system]]s. On a nonpersonal assignment and in an emergency, they may serve in the place of a seraphic pair, but they never function, even temporarily, as attending angels to human beings; that is an exclusive seraphic privilege.
When assigned to a [[planet]], cherubim enter the local courses of [[training]], including a study of planetary usages and [[languages]]. The [Paper 38 - Ministering Spirits of the Local Universe ministering spirits of time] are all bilingual, speaking the language of the [[local universe]] of their origin and that of their native [[superuniverse]]. By [[study]] in the schools of the realms they acquire additional tongues. Cherubim and sanobim, like seraphim and all other orders of [[spirit]] [[beings]], are continuously engaged in efforts at self-improvement. Only such as the subordinate beings of [[power]] control and [[energy]] direction are incapable of progression; all creatures having actual or [[potential]] [[personality]] [[volition]] seek new achievements.
Cherubim and sanobim are by [[nature]] very near the [[morontia]] level of [[existence]], and they prove to be most efficient in the borderland work of the [[physical]], morontial, and spiritual domains. These [[children]] of the [[local universe]] [[Mother Spirit]] are characterized by "fourth creatures" much as are the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_25#25:1._THE_HAVONA_SERVITALS Havona Servitals] and the conciliating commissions. Every fourth cherubim and every fourth sanobim are quasi-[[material]], very definitely resembling the [[morontia]] level of [[existence]].
These angelic fourth creatures are of great assistance to the [[seraphim]] in the more [[literal]] [[phases]] of their universe and planetary activities. Such morontia cherubim also perform many indispensable borderline tasks on the [[Mansion Worlds|morontia training worlds]] and are assigned to the service of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_25#25:7._THE_MORONTIA_COMPANIONS Morontia Companions] in large numbers. They are to the [[morontia]] [[spheres]] about what the [[midway creatures]] are to the evolutionary planets. On the inhabited worlds these morontia cherubim frequently work in liaison with the [[midway creatures]]. Cherubim and midway creatures are distinctly separate orders of beings; they have dissimilar [[origins]], but they disclose great similarity in [[nature]] and [[function]].
==Evolution of Cherubim and Sanobim==
Numerous avenues of advancing [[service]] are open to cherubim and sanobim leading to an enhancement of [[status]], which may be still further augmented by the [[embrace]] of the [[Mother Spirit|Divine Minister]]. There are three great classes of cherubim and sanobim with regard to evolutionary potential:
*1. ''Ascension Candidates''. These [[beings]] are by [[nature]] candidates for seraphic [[status]]. Cherubim and sanobim of this order are [[brilliant]], though not by inherent endowment equal to the seraphim; but by application and [[experience]] it is possible for them to attain full seraphic standing.
*2. ''Mid-phase Cherubim''. All cherubim and sanobim are not equal in [[ascension]] [[potential]], and these are the inherently limited beings of the angelic [[creations]]. Most of them will remain cherubim and sanobim, although the more gifted [[individuals]] may achieve limited seraphic service.
*3. ''Morontia Cherubim''. These "fourth creatures" of the angelic orders always retain their quasi-material characteristics. They will continue on as cherubim and sanobim, together with a majority of their mid-phase brethren, pending the completed factualization of [[the Supreme Being]].
While the second and third [[groups]] are somewhat limited in [[growth]] [[potential]], the [[ascension]] candidates may attain the heights of [[universal]] seraphic service. Many of the more experienced of these cherubim are attached to the seraphic [[guardians of destiny]] and are thus placed in direct line for advancement to the status of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_37#37:7._MANSION_WORLD_TEACHERS Mansion World Teachers] when deserted by their seraphic seniors. Guardians of [[destiny]] do not have cherubim and sanobim as helpers when their [[mortal]] wards attain the [[Mansion Worlds|morontia life]]. And when other types of evolutionary seraphim are granted clearance for [[Seraphington]] and [[Paradise]], they must forsake their former subordinates when they pass out of the confines of [[Nebadon]]. Such deserted cherubim and sanobim are usually embraced by the Universe [[Mother Spirit]], thus achieving a level equivalent to that of a Mansion World Teacher in the attainment of seraphic [[status]].
When, as [[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_37#37:7._MANSION_WORLD_TEACHERS Mansion World Teachers], the once-embraced cherubim and sanobim have long served on the [[morontia]] [[spheres]], from the lowest to the highest, and when their corps on [[Salvington]] is overrecruited, the [[Bright and Morning Star]] summons these faithful servants of the [[creatures]] of [[time]] to appear in his [[presence]]. The oath of [[personality]] [[transformation]] is administered; and thereupon, in groups of seven thousand, these advanced and senior cherubim and sanobim are re-embraced by the Universe Mother Spirit. From this second embrace they emerge as full-fledged seraphim. Henceforth, the full and complete career of a seraphim, with all of its [[Paradise]] possibilities, is open to such reborn cherubim and sanobim. Such angels may be assigned as guardians of destiny to some [[mortal]] [[being]], and if the [[mortal]] ward attains survival, then do they become eligible for advancement to Seraphington and the seven circles of seraphic attainment, even to [[Paradise]] and the [[Corps of the Finality]].
[[Category: Cosmology]]