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==54:2. THE THEFT OF LIBERTY==   

==54:2. THE THEFT OF LIBERTY==   

54:2.1 With [[the Son]] and in [[the Spirit]] did [[the Father|God]] [[project]] [[eternal]] [[Havona]], and ever since has there obtained the [[eternal]] [[pattern]] of [[co-ordinate]] [[participation]] in [[creation]]—[[sharing]]. This [[pattern]] of [[sharing]] is the master [[design]] for every one of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 Sons] and [[Creative Spirits|Daughters of God]] who go out into [[space]] to [[engage]] in the attempt to duplicate in [[time]] the [[central universe]] of [[eternal]] [[perfection]].

54:2.1 With [[the Son]] and in [[the Spirit]] did [[the Father|God]] [[project]] [[eternal]] [[Havona]], and ever since has there obtained the [[eternal]] [[pattern]] of [[co-ordinate]] [[participation]] in [[creation]]—[[sharing]]. This [[pattern]] of [[sharing]] is the master [[design]] for every one of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 Sons] and [[Creative Spirits|Daughters of God]] who go out into [[space]] to [[engage]] in the attempt to duplicate in [[time]] the [[central universe]] of [[eternal]] [[perfection]].

54:2.2 Every [[creature]] of every [[evolving]] [[universe]] who [[aspires]] to [[do the Father's will]] is [[destined]] to become the [[partner]] of the [[time-space]] [[Creators]] in this [[magnificent]] [[adventure]] of [[experiential]] [[perfection]] [[attainment]]. Were this not true, [[the Father]] would have hardly [[endowed]] such [[creatures]] with [[creative]] [[free will]], neither would he indwell them, actually go into [[partnership]] with them by means of his own [[Thought Adjuster|spirit]].

54:2.2 Every [[creature]] of every [[evolving]] [[universe]] who [[aspires]] to [[do the Father's will]] is [[destined]] to become the [[partner]] of the [[time-space]] [[Creators]] in this [[magnificent]] [[adventure]] of [[experiential]] [[perfection]] [[attainment]]. Were this not true, [[the Father]] would have hardly [[endowed]] such [[creatures]] with [[creative]] [[free will]], neither would he indwell them, actually go into [[partnership]] with them by means of his own [[Thought Adjuster|spirit]].

54:2.3 [[Lucifer]]' s [[folly]] was the attempt to do the nondoable, to [[short-circuit]] [[time]] in an [[experiential]] [[universe]]. [[Lucifer]]'s [[crime]] was the attempted [[creative]] disenfranchisement of every [[personality]] in [[Satania]], the unrecognized abridgment of the [[creature]]'s [[personal]] [[participation]]—[[freewill]] [[participation]]—in the long [[evolutionary]] [[struggle]] to [[attain]] the [[status]] of [[light and life]] both [[individually]] and [[collectively]]. In so doing, this onetime [[System Sovereign|Sovereign]] of your [[Satania|system]] set the [[temporal]] [[purpose]] of his own [[Free will|will]] directly athwart the [[eternal]] [[purpose]] of [[God]]'s [[Law|will]] as it is [[revealed]] in the [[bestowal]] of [[free will]] upon all [[personal]] [[creatures]]. The [[Lucifer rebellion]] thus threatened the maximum possible infringement of the [[freewill]] [[choice]] of the [[ascenders]] and servers of [[the system]] of [[Satania]]—a threat forevermore to deprive every one of these [[beings]] of the thrilling [[experience]] of [[contributing]] something [[personal]] and [[unique]] to the slowly erecting [[monument]] to [[experiential]] [[wisdom]] which will sometime exist as the [[perfected]] system of [[Satania]]. Thus does the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_53#53:3._THE_LUCIFER_MANIFESTO Lucifer manifesto], [[Mask|masquerading]] in the habiliments of [[liberty]], stand forth in the clear [[light]] of [[reason]] as a [[monumental]] threat to consummate the theft of [[personal]] [[liberty]] and to do it on a [[scale]] that has been approached only twice in all the [[history]] of [[Nebadon]].

54:2.3 [[Lucifer]]' s [[folly]] was the attempt to do the nondoable, to [[short-circuit]] [[time]] in an [[experiential]] [[universe]]. [[Lucifer]]'s [[crime]] was the attempted [[creative]] disenfranchisement of every [[personality]] in [[Satania]], the unrecognized abridgment of the [[creature]]'s [[personal]] [[participation]]—[[freewill]] [[participation]]—in the long [[evolutionary]] [[struggle]] to [[attain]] the [[status]] of [[light and life]] both [[individually]] and [[collectively]]. In so doing, this onetime [[System Sovereign|Sovereign]] of your [[Satania|system]] set the [[temporal]] [[purpose]] of his own [[Free will|will]] directly athwart the [[eternal]] [[purpose]] of [[God]]'s [[Law|will]] as it is [[revealed]] in the [[bestowal]] of [[free will]] upon all [[personal]] [[creatures]]. The [[Lucifer rebellion]] thus threatened the maximum possible infringement of the [[freewill]] [[choice]] of the [[ascenders]] and servers of [[the system]] of [[Satania]]—a threat forevermore to deprive every one of these [[beings]] of the thrilling [[experience]] of [[contributing]] something [[personal]] and [[unique]] to the slowly erecting [[monument]] to [[experiential]] [[wisdom]] which will sometime exist as the [[perfected]] system of [[Satania]]. Thus does the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_53#53:3._THE_LUCIFER_MANIFESTO Lucifer manifesto], [[Mask|masquerading]] in the habiliments of [[liberty]], stand forth in the clear [[light]] of [[reason]] as a [[monumental]] threat to consummate the theft of [[personal]] [[liberty]] and to do it on a [[scale]] that has been approached only twice in all the [[history]] of [[Nebadon]].

54:2.4 In short, what [[God]] had given [[men]] and [[angels]] [[Lucifer]] would have taken away from them, that is, the [[divine]] [[privilege]] of [[participating]] in the [[creation]] of their own [[destinies]] and of the destiny of this [[local system]] of [[inhabited worlds]].

54:2.4 In short, what [[God]] had given [[men]] and [[angels]] [[Lucifer]] would have taken away from them, that is, the [[divine]] [[privilege]] of [[participating]] in the [[creation]] of their own [[destinies]] and of the destiny of this [[local system]] of [[inhabited worlds]].

54:4.1 Another [[problem]] somewhat difficult of [[explanation]] in the [[constellation]] of [[Norlatiadek]] pertains to the reasons for permitting [[Lucifer]], [[Satan]], and the [[Rebel|fallen]] [[Planetary Prince|princes]] to [[work]] [[mischief]] so long before being apprehended, [[interned]], and [[adjudicated]].

54:4.1 Another [[problem]] somewhat difficult of [[explanation]] in the [[constellation]] of [[Norlatiadek]] pertains to the reasons for permitting [[Lucifer]], [[Satan]], and the [[Rebel|fallen]] [[Planetary Prince|princes]] to [[work]] [[mischief]] so long before being apprehended, [[interned]], and [[adjudicated]].

54:4.2 [[Parents]], those who have borne and reared [[children]], are better able to [[understand]] why [[Michael]], a [[Creator]]-[[father]], might be slow to [[condemn]] and destroy his own Sons. [[Jesus]]' [[story]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_169_-_Last_Teaching_at_Pella#169:1._PARABLE_OF_THE_LOST_SON prodigal son] well [[illustrates]] how a loving [[father]] can long wait for the [[repentance]] of an erring [[child]].

54:4.2 [[Parents]], those who have borne and reared [[children]], are better able to [[understand]] why [[Michael]], a [[Creator]]-[[father]], might be slow to [[condemn]] and destroy his own Sons. [[Jesus]]' [[story]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_169_-_Last_Teaching_at_Pella#169:1._PARABLE_OF_THE_LOST_SON prodigal son] well [[illustrates]] how a loving [[father]] can long wait for the [[repentance]] of an erring [[child]].

54:4.3 The very [[fact]] that an [[evil]]-doing [[creature]] can [[actually]] [[choose]] to do wrong—commit [[sin]]—establishes the [[fact]] of [[Free will|free-willness]] and fully justifies any length delay in the [[execution]] of [[justice]] provided the extended [[mercy]] might conduce to [[repentance]] and [[rehabilitation]].

54:4.3 The very [[fact]] that an [[evil]]-doing [[creature]] can [[actually]] [[choose]] to do wrong—commit [[sin]]—establishes the [[fact]] of [[Free will|free-willness]] and fully justifies any length delay in the [[execution]] of [[justice]] provided the extended [[mercy]] might conduce to [[repentance]] and [[rehabilitation]].

*3. 54:5.4 No [[affectionate]] [[father]] is ever precipitate in visiting [[punishment]] upon an erring member of his [[family]]. [[Patience]] cannot [[function]] independently of [[time]].

*3. 54:5.4 No [[affectionate]] [[father]] is ever precipitate in visiting [[punishment]] upon an erring member of his [[family]]. [[Patience]] cannot [[function]] independently of [[time]].

*4. 54:5.5 While wrongdoing is always deleterious to a [[family]], [[wisdom]] and [[love]] admonish the upright [[children]] to bear with an erring [[brother]] during the [[time]] granted by the [[affectionate]] [[father]] in which the [[sinner]] may see the [[error]] of his way and [[embrace]] [[salvation]].

*4. 54:5.5 While wrongdoing is always deleterious to a [[family]], [[wisdom]] and [[love]] admonish the upright [[children]] to bear with an erring [[brother]] during the [[time]] granted by the [[affectionate]] [[father]] in which the [[sinner]] may see the [[error]] of his way and [[embrace]] [[salvation]].

*5. 54:5.6 Regardless of [[Michael]]'s [[attitude]] toward [[Lucifer]], notwithstanding his being Lucifer's [[Creator]]-[[father]], it was not in the province of the [[Creator Son]] to exercise summary [[jurisdiction]] over the [[apostate]] [[System Sovereign]] because he had not then completed his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#PAPER_119:_THE_BESTOWALS_OF_CHRIST_MICHAEL bestowal career], thereby [[attaining]] unqualified [[sovereignty]] of [[Nebadon]].

*5. 54:5.6 Regardless of [[Michael]]'s [[attitude]] toward [[Lucifer]], notwithstanding his being Lucifer's [[Creator]]-[[father]], it was not in the province of the [[Creator Son]] to exercise summary [[jurisdiction]] over the [[apostate]] [[System Sovereign]] because he had not then completed his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#PAPER_119:_THE_BESTOWALS_OF_CHRIST_MICHAEL bestowal career], thereby [[attaining]] unqualified [[sovereignty]] of [[Nebadon]].

*6. 54:5.7 The [[Ancients of Days]] could have [[immediately]] [[annihilated]] these [[rebels]], but they seldom [[execute]] wrongdoers without a full hearing. In this instance they refused to overrule the [[Michael]] [[decisions]].

*6. 54:5.7 The [[Ancients of Days]] could have [[immediately]] [[annihilated]] these [[rebels]], but they seldom [[execute]] wrongdoers without a full hearing. In this instance they refused to overrule the [[Michael]] [[decisions]].

*7. 54:5.8 It is [[evident]] that [[Immanuel]] [[counseled]] [[Michael]] to remain aloof from the [[rebels]] and allow [[rebellion]] to pursue a [[natural]] [[course]] of [[self]]-[[obliteration]]. And the [[wisdom]] of the [[Union of Days]] is the [[time]] [[reflection]] of the [[united]] [[wisdom]] of the [[Paradise Trinity]].

*7. 54:5.8 It is [[evident]] that [[Immanuel]] [[counseled]] [[Michael]] to remain aloof from the [[rebels]] and allow [[rebellion]] to pursue a [[natural]] [[course]] of [[self]]-[[obliteration]]. And the [[wisdom]] of the [[Union of Days]] is the [[time]] [[reflection]] of the [[united]] [[wisdom]] of the [[Paradise Trinity]].

*8. 54:5.9 The [[Faithful of Days]] on [[Edentia]] advised the [[Constellation Fathers]] to allow the [[rebels]] [[free]] [[course]] to the end that all [[sympathy]] for these evildoers should be the sooner uprooted in the [[hearts]] of every [[present]] and [[future]] [[citizen]] of [[Norlatiadek]]—every [[mortal]], [[morontia]], or [[spirit]] [[creature]].

*8. 54:5.9 The [[Faithful of Days]] on [[Edentia]] advised the [[Constellation Fathers]] to allow the [[rebels]] [[free]] [[course]] to the end that all [[sympathy]] for these evildoers should be the sooner uprooted in the [[hearts]] of every [[present]] and [[future]] [[citizen]] of [[Norlatiadek]]—every [[mortal]], [[morontia]], or [[spirit]] [[creature]].

*9. 54:5.10 On [[Jerusem]] the [[personal]] [[representative]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:1._THE_SEVEN_SUPREME_EXECUTIVES Supreme Executive] of [[Orvonton]] [[counseled]] [[Gabriel]] to foster full [[opportunity]] for every living [[creature]] to [[mature]] a [[deliberate]] [[choice]] in those matters involved in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_53#53:3._THE_LUCIFER_MANIFESTO Lucifer Declaration of Liberty]. The issues of [[rebellion]] having been raised, the [[Paradise]] [[emergency]] [[adviser]] of [[Gabriel]] portrayed that, if such full and free [[opportunity]] were not given all [[Norlatiadek]] [[creatures]], then would the [[Paradise]] [[quarantine]] against all such possible halfhearted or [[doubt]]-stricken [[creatures]] be extended in [[self]]-[[protection]] against the entire [[constellation]]. To keep open the [[Paradise]] doors of [[ascension]] to the [[beings]] of [[Norlatiadek]], it was [[necessary]] to provide for the full [[development]] of [[rebellion]] and to insure the complete determination of [[attitude]] on the part of all [[beings]] in any way concerned therewith.

*9. 54:5.10 On [[Jerusem]] the [[personal]] [[representative]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:1._THE_SEVEN_SUPREME_EXECUTIVES Supreme Executive] of [[Orvonton]] [[counseled]] [[Gabriel]] to foster full [[opportunity]] for every living [[creature]] to [[mature]] a [[deliberate]] [[choice]] in those matters involved in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_53#53:3._THE_LUCIFER_MANIFESTO Lucifer Declaration of Liberty]. The issues of [[rebellion]] having been raised, the [[Paradise]] [[emergency]] [[adviser]] of [[Gabriel]] portrayed that, if such full and free [[opportunity]] were not given all [[Norlatiadek]] [[creatures]], then would the [[Paradise]] [[quarantine]] against all such possible halfhearted or [[doubt]]-stricken [[creatures]] be extended in [[self]]-[[protection]] against the entire [[constellation]]. To keep open the [[Paradise]] doors of [[ascension]] to the [[beings]] of [[Norlatiadek]], it was [[necessary]] to provide for the full [[development]] of [[rebellion]] and to insure the complete determination of [[attitude]] on the part of all [[beings]] in any way concerned therewith.

*10. 54:5.11 The [[Divine Minister]] of [[Salvington]] issued as her third [[independent]] [[proclamation]] a [[mandate]] directing that nothing be done to half cure, cowardly suppress, or otherwise hide the hideous visage of rebels and [[rebellion]]. The [[angelic hosts]] were directed to work for full disclosure and unlimited [[opportunity]] for [[sin]]-[[expression]] as the quickest [[technique]] of achieving the [[perfect]] and final [[Healing|cure]] of the plague of [[evil]] and [[sin]].

*10. 54:5.11 The [[Divine Minister]] of [[Salvington]] issued as her third [[independent]] [[proclamation]] a [[mandate]] directing that nothing be done to half cure, cowardly suppress, or otherwise hide the hideous visage of rebels and [[rebellion]]. The [[angelic hosts]] were directed to work for full disclosure and unlimited [[opportunity]] for [[sin]]-[[expression]] as the quickest [[technique]] of achieving the [[perfect]] and final [[Healing|cure]] of the plague of [[evil]] and [[sin]].

*11. 54:5.12 An [[emergency]] [[council]] of ex-mortals consisting of [[Mighty Messengers]], [[glorified]] [[mortals]] who had had [[personal]] [[experience]] with like situations, [[together]] with their [[colleagues]], was [[organized]] on [[Jerusem]]. They advised [[Gabriel]] that at least [[three]] times the [[number]] of [[beings]] would be led astray if [[arbitrary]] or summary [[methods]] of suppression were attempted. The entire [[Uversa]] corps of [[counselors]] concurred in advising [[Gabriel]] to permit the [[rebellion]] to take its full and [[natural]] [[course]], even if it should require a million years to wind up the consequences.

*11. 54:5.12 An [[emergency]] [[council]] of ex-mortals consisting of [[Mighty Messengers]], [[glorified]] [[mortals]] who had had [[personal]] [[experience]] with like situations, [[together]] with their [[colleagues]], was [[organized]] on [[Jerusem]]. They advised [[Gabriel]] that at least [[three]] times the [[number]] of [[beings]] would be led astray if [[arbitrary]] or summary [[methods]] of suppression were attempted. The entire [[Uversa]] corps of [[counselors]] concurred in advising [[Gabriel]] to permit the [[rebellion]] to take its full and [[natural]] [[course]], even if it should require a million years to wind up the consequences.

54:6.9 One [[error]] of [[human]] [[thinking]] respecting these problems consists in the [[idea]] that all [[evolutionary]] [[mortals]] on an evolving [[planet]] would [[choose]] to enter upon the [[Paradise]] [[career]] if [[sin]] had not cursed their world. The [[ability]] to decline [[survival]] does not date from the times of the [[Lucifer rebellion]]. [[Mortal]] man has always [[possessed]] the [[endowment]] of [[freewill]] [[choice]] regarding the [[Paradise]] [[career]].

54:6.9 One [[error]] of [[human]] [[thinking]] respecting these problems consists in the [[idea]] that all [[evolutionary]] [[mortals]] on an evolving [[planet]] would [[choose]] to enter upon the [[Paradise]] [[career]] if [[sin]] had not cursed their world. The [[ability]] to decline [[survival]] does not date from the times of the [[Lucifer rebellion]]. [[Mortal]] man has always [[possessed]] the [[endowment]] of [[freewill]] [[choice]] regarding the [[Paradise]] [[career]].

54:6.10 As you [[ascend]] in the [[survival]] [[experience]], you will broaden your [[universe]] [[concepts]] and extend your [[horizon]] of [[meanings]] and [[values]]; and thus will you be able the better to [[understand]] why such [[beings]] as [[Lucifer]] and [[Satan]] are permitted to continue in [[rebellion]]. You will also better [[comprehend]] how [[ultimate]] (if not [[immediate]]) [[good]] can be derived from [[time]]-limited [[evil]]. After you [[attain]] [[Paradise]], you will really be [[enlightened]] and [[comforted]] when you listen to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_27#27:6._MASTERS_OF_PHILOSOPHY superaphic philosophers] [[discuss]] and explain these [[profound]] [[problems]] of [[universe]] [[adjustment]]. But even then, I doubt that you will be fully [[satisfied]] in your own [[minds]]. At least I was not even when I had thus [[attained]] the [[acme]] of [[universe]] [[philosophy]]. I did not [[achieve]] a full [[comprehension]] of these [[complexities]] until after I had been assigned to [[administrative]] [[duties]] in the [[superuniverse]], where by [[actual]] [[experience]] I have acquired [[conceptual]] [[capacity]] adequate for the [[comprehension]] of such many-sided [[problems]] in [[cosmic]] [[equity]] and [[spiritual]] [[philosophy]]. As you [[ascend]] Paradiseward, you will increasingly learn that many problematic features of [[universe]] [[administration]] can only be [[comprehended]] subsequent to the acquirement of increased [[experiential]] [[capacity]] and to the achievement of enhanced [[spiritual]] [[insight]]. [[Cosmic]] [[wisdom]] is [[essential]] to the [[understanding]] of [[cosmic]] [[Relationship|situations]].

54:6.10 As you [[ascend]] in the [[survival]] [[experience]], you will broaden your [[universe]] [[concepts]] and extend your [[horizon]] of [[meanings]] and [[values]]; and thus will you be able the better to [[understand]] why such [[beings]] as [[Lucifer]] and [[Satan]] are permitted to continue in [[rebellion]]. You will also better [[comprehend]] how [[ultimate]] (if not [[immediate]]) [[good]] can be derived from [[time]]-limited [[evil]]. After you [[attain]] [[Paradise]], you will really be [[enlightened]] and [[comforted]] when you listen to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_27#27:6._MASTERS_OF_PHILOSOPHY superaphic philosophers] [[discuss]] and explain these [[profound]] [[problems]] of [[universe]] [[adjustment]]. But even then, I doubt that you will be fully [[satisfied]] in your own [[minds]]. At least I was not even when I had thus [[attained]] the [[acme]] of [[universe]] [[philosophy]]. I did not [[achieve]] a full [[comprehension]] of these [[complexities]] until after I had been assigned to [[administrative]] [[duties]] in the [[superuniverse]], where by [[actual]] [[experience]] I have acquired [[conceptual]] [[capacity]] adequate for the [[comprehension]] of such many-sided [[problems]] in [[cosmic]] [[equity]] and [[spiritual]] [[philosophy]]. As you [[ascend]] Paradiseward, you will increasingly learn that many problematic features of [[universe]] [[administration]] can only be [[comprehended]] subsequent to the acquirement of increased [[experiential]] [[capacity]] and to the achievement of enhanced [[spiritual]] [[insight]]. [[Cosmic]] [[wisdom]] is [[essential]] to the [[understanding]] of [[cosmic]] [[Relationship|situations]].

54:6.11 Presented by a [[Mighty Messenger]] of [[experiential]] [[survival]] in the first system [[rebellion]] in the [[universes]] of [[time]] now attached to the [[superuniverse]] [[government]] of [[Orvonton]] and acting in this matter by request of [[Gabriel]] of [[Salvington]].

54:6.11 Presented by a [[Mighty Messenger]] of [[experiential]] [[survival]] in the first system [[rebellion]] in the [[universes]] of [[time]] now attached to the [[superuniverse]] [[government]] of [[Orvonton]] and acting in this matter by request of [[Gabriel]] of [[Salvington]].

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