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48:8.2 There is a definite and [[divine]] [[purpose]] in all this [[morontia]] and subsequent [[spirit]] [[scheme]] of [[mortal]] [[progression]], this elaborate [[universe]] [[training]] school for [[ascending]] [[creatures]]. It is the [[design]] of [[the Creators]] to afford the [[creatures]] of [[time]] a [[graduated]] [[opportunity]] to master the details of the operation and [[administration]] of the [[grand universe]], and this long [[course]] of [[training]] is best carried forward by having the [[surviving]] [[mortal]] climb up [[gradually]] and by [[actual]] [[participation]] in every step of the [[ascent]].

48:8.2 There is a definite and [[divine]] [[purpose]] in all this [[morontia]] and subsequent [[spirit]] [[scheme]] of [[mortal]] [[progression]], this elaborate [[universe]] [[training]] school for [[ascending]] [[creatures]]. It is the [[design]] of [[the Creators]] to afford the [[creatures]] of [[time]] a [[graduated]] [[opportunity]] to master the details of the operation and [[administration]] of the [[grand universe]], and this long [[course]] of [[training]] is best carried forward by having the [[surviving]] [[mortal]] climb up [[gradually]] and by [[actual]] [[participation]] in every step of the [[ascent]].

48:8.3 The mortal-survival plan has a practical and serviceable objective; you are not the recipients of all this divine labor and painstaking training only that you may survive just to enjoy endless bliss and eternal ease. There is a goal of transcendent service concealed beyond the horizon of the present universe age. If the Gods designed merely to take you on one long and eternal joy excursion, they certainly would not so largely turn the whole universe into one vast and intricate practical training school, requisition a substantial part of the celestial creation as teachers and instructors, and then spend ages upon ages piloting you, one by one, through this gigantic universe school of experiential training. The furtherance of the scheme of mortal progression seems to be one of the chief businesses of the present organized universe, and the majority of innumerable orders of created intelligences are either directly or indirectly engaged in advancing some phase of this progressive perfection plan.

48:8.3 The [[mortal]]-[[survival]] plan has a [[practical]] and serviceable [[objective]]; you are not the [[recipients]] of all this [[divine]] [[labor]] and painstaking [[training]] only that you may [[survive]] just to [[enjoy]] endless [[bliss]] and [[eternal]] ease. There is a goal of [[transcendent]] [[service]] concealed beyond the [[horizon]] of the [[present universe age]]. If [[the Gods]] [[designed]] merely to take you on one long and [[eternal]] [[joy]] excursion, they certainly would not so largely turn the whole [[universe]] into one vast and intricate [[practical]] [[training]] school, requisition a substantial part of the [[celestial]] [[creation]] as [[teachers]] and instructors, and then spend [[ages]] upon ages [[piloting]] you, one by one, through this gigantic [[universe]] school of [[experiential]] [[training]]. The furtherance of the [[scheme]] of [[mortal]] [[progression]] seems to be one of the chief [[businesses]] of the present [[organized]] [[universe]], and the [[majority]] of innumerable [[orders]] of [[created]] [[intelligences]] are either directly or indirectly engaged in advancing some [[phase]] of this [[progressive]] [[perfection]] [[plan]].

48:8.4 In traversing the ascending scale of living existence from mortal man to the Deity embrace, you actually live the very life of every possible phase and stage of perfected creature existence within the limits of the present universe age. From mortal man to Paradise finaliter embraces all that now can be—encompasses everything presently possible to the living orders of intelligent, perfected finite creature beings. If the future destiny of the Paradise finaliters is service in new universes now in the making, it is assured that in this new and future creation there will be no created orders of experiential beings whose lives will be wholly different from those which mortal finaliters have lived on some world as a part of their ascending training, as one of the stages of their agelong progress from animal to angel and from angel to spirit and from spirit to God.

48:8.4 In traversing the [[ascending]] [[scale]] of living [[existence]] from [[mortal]] man to the [[Deity]] [[embrace]], you [[actually]] live the very life of every possible [[phase]] and [[stage]] of [[perfected]] [[creature]] [[existence]] within the [[limits]] of the [[present universe age]]. From [[mortal]] [[man]] to [[Paradise]] [[finaliter]] [[embraces]] all that now can be—[[encompasses]] [[everything]] presently [[possible]] to the living [[orders]] of [[intelligent]], [[perfected]] [[finite]] [[creature]] [[beings]]. If the [[future]] [[destiny]] of the [[Paradise]] [[finaliters]] is [[service]] in new [[universes]] now in the making, it is [[assured]] that in this new and [[future]] [[creation]] there will be no created orders of [[experiential]] [[beings]] whose lives will be wholly [[different]] from those which [[mortal]] [[finaliters]] have lived on some world as a part of their [[ascending]] [[training]], as one of the [[stages]] of their agelong [[progress]] from [[animal]] to [[angel]] and from [[angel]] to [[spirit]] and from [[spirit]] to [[God]].

48:8.5 Presented by an [[Archangel]] of [[Nebadon]].  

48:8.5 Presented by an [[Archangel]] of [[Nebadon]].  

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