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54:6.1 Whatever the [[difficulties]] [[evolutionary]] [[mortals]] may encounter in their [[efforts]] to [[understand]] the [[Lucifer rebellion]], it should be clear to all [[reflective]] [[thinkers]] that the [[technique]] of dealing with the [[rebels]] is a [[vindication]] of [[divine]] [[love]]. The [[loving]] [[mercy]] extended to the [[rebels]] does seem to have involved many [[innocent]] [[beings]] in [[trials]] and tribulations, but all these distraught [[personalities]] may securely depend upon the all-wise [[Ancient of Days|Judges]] to [[adjudicate]] their [[destinies]] in [[mercy]] as well as [[justice]].
54:6.2 In all their dealings with [[intelligent]] [[beings]], both the [[Creator Son]] and his [[Paradise]] [[Father]] are [[love]] [[dominated]]. It is impossible to [[comprehend]] many [[phases]] of the [[attitude]] of the [[universe]] rulers toward rebels and [[rebellion]]—[[sin]] and sinners—unless it be [[remembered]] that [[God]] as a [[Father]] takes precedence over all other [[phases]] of [[Deity]] [[manifestation]] in all the dealings of [[divinity]] with [[humanity]]. It should also be recalled that the [[Paradise]] [[Creator Sons]] are all [[mercy]] [[motivated]].
54:6.3 If an [[affectionate]] [[father]] of a large [[family]] chooses to show [[mercy]] to one of his [[children]] [[guilty]] of grievous wrongdoing, it may well be that the extension of [[mercy]] to this misbehaving child will [[work]] a temporary hardship upon all the other and well-behaved [[children]]. Such [[eventualities]] are inevitable; such a risk is inseparable from the [[reality]] situation of having a [[loving]] [[parent]] and of being a member of a [[family]] [[group]]. Each member of a [[family]] profits by the righteous [[conduct]] of every other member; likewise must each member [[suffer]] the [[immediate]] [[time]]-consequences of the misconduct of every other member. [[Families]], [[groups]], [[nations]], [[races]], [[Planet|worlds]], [[the System|systems]], [[constellations]], and [[universes]] are [[relationships]] of [[association]] which [[possess]] [[individuality]]; and therefore does every member of any such [[group]], large or small, reap the benefits and suffer the [[consequences]] of the rightdoing and the wrongdoing of all other members of the [[group]] concerned.
54:6.4 But one thing should be made clear: If you are made to [[suffer]] the [[evil]] [[consequences]] of the [[sin]] of some member of your [[family]], some fellow [[citizen]] or fellow [[mortal]], even [[rebellion]] in [[the system]] or elsewhere—no matter what you may have to [[endure]] because of the wrongdoing of your [[associates]], fellows, or superiors—you may rest [[secure]] in the [[eternal]] [[assurance]] that such tribulations are [[transient]] [[afflictions]]. None of these fraternal [[consequences]] of misbehavior in the [[group]] can ever jeopardize your [[eternal]] prospects or in the least [[degree]] deprive you of your [[divine]] [[right]] of [[Paradise]] [[ascension]] and [[God]] [[attainment]].
54:6.5 And there is [[compensation]] for these [[trials]], delays, and [[disappointments]] which invariably accompany the [[sin]] of [[rebellion]]. Of the many [[valuable]] [[repercussions]] of the [[Lucifer rebellion]] which might be named, I will only call [[attention]] to the enhanced [[careers]] of those [[mortal]] [[ascenders]], the [[Jerusem]] [[citizens]], who, by withstanding the [[sophistries]] of [[sin]], placed themselves in line for becoming [[future]] [[Mighty Messengers]], fellows of my own order. Every being who stood the test of that [[evil]] [[episode]] thereby [[immediately]] advanced his [[administrative]] [[status]] and enhanced his [[spiritual]] [[worth]].
54:6.6 At first the [[Lucifer]] upheaval appeared to be an unmitigated [[calamity]] to [[the system]] and to the [[universe]]. [[Gradually]] benefits began to accrue. With the passing of twenty-five thousand years of system [[time]] (twenty thousand years of [[Urantia]] [[time]]), the [[Melchizedeks]] began to teach that the [[good]] resulting from [[Lucifer]]'s [[folly]] had come to [[equal]] the [[evil]] incurred. The sum of evil had by that time become almost stationary, continuing to increase only on certain isolated worlds, while the beneficial [[repercussions]] continued to multiply and extend out through the [[universe]] and [[superuniverse]], even to [[Havona]]. The [[Melchizedeks]] now teach that the [[good]] resulting from the [[Satania]] [[rebellion]] is more than a thousand times the sum of all the [[evil]].
54:6.7 But such an extraordinary and [[beneficent]] [[harvest]] of wrongdoing could only be brought about by the [[wise]], [[divine]], and [[merciful]] [[attitude]] of all of [[Lucifer]]'s superiors, extending from the [[Constellation Fathers]] on [[Edentia]] to the [[Universal Father]] on [[Paradise]]. The passing of [[time]] has enhanced the consequential [[good]] to be derived from the [[Lucifer]] [[folly]]; and since the [[evil]] to be penalized was quite fully [[developed]] within a comparatively short time, it is [[apparent]] that the all-[[wise]] and farseeing [[universe rulers]] would be certain to extend the time in which to reap increasingly beneficial results. Regardless of the many additional reasons for delaying the apprehension and [[adjudication]] of the [[Satania]] [[rebels]], this one gain would have been enough to explain why these sinners were not sooner [[interned]], and why they have not been [[adjudicated]] and destroyed.
54:6.8 Shortsighted and [[time]]-bound [[mortal]] [[minds]] should be slow to [[criticize]] the time delays of the farseeing and all-[[wise]] [[administrators]] of [[universe]] affairs.
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]].
54:6.11 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]].
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_54 Go to Paper 54]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 54 - Problems of the Lucifer Rebellion]]
54:6.1 Whatever the [[difficulties]] [[evolutionary]] [[mortals]] may encounter in their [[efforts]] to [[understand]] the [[Lucifer rebellion]], it should be clear to all [[reflective]] [[thinkers]] that the [[technique]] of dealing with the [[rebels]] is a [[vindication]] of [[divine]] [[love]]. The [[loving]] [[mercy]] extended to the [[rebels]] does seem to have involved many [[innocent]] [[beings]] in [[trials]] and tribulations, but all these distraught [[personalities]] may securely depend upon the all-wise [[Ancient of Days|Judges]] to [[adjudicate]] their [[destinies]] in [[mercy]] as well as [[justice]].
54:6.2 In all their dealings with [[intelligent]] [[beings]], both the [[Creator Son]] and his [[Paradise]] [[Father]] are [[love]] [[dominated]]. It is impossible to [[comprehend]] many [[phases]] of the [[attitude]] of the [[universe]] rulers toward rebels and [[rebellion]]—[[sin]] and sinners—unless it be [[remembered]] that [[God]] as a [[Father]] takes precedence over all other [[phases]] of [[Deity]] [[manifestation]] in all the dealings of [[divinity]] with [[humanity]]. It should also be recalled that the [[Paradise]] [[Creator Sons]] are all [[mercy]] [[motivated]].
54:6.3 If an [[affectionate]] [[father]] of a large [[family]] chooses to show [[mercy]] to one of his [[children]] [[guilty]] of grievous wrongdoing, it may well be that the extension of [[mercy]] to this misbehaving child will [[work]] a temporary hardship upon all the other and well-behaved [[children]]. Such [[eventualities]] are inevitable; such a risk is inseparable from the [[reality]] situation of having a [[loving]] [[parent]] and of being a member of a [[family]] [[group]]. Each member of a [[family]] profits by the righteous [[conduct]] of every other member; likewise must each member [[suffer]] the [[immediate]] [[time]]-consequences of the misconduct of every other member. [[Families]], [[groups]], [[nations]], [[races]], [[Planet|worlds]], [[the System|systems]], [[constellations]], and [[universes]] are [[relationships]] of [[association]] which [[possess]] [[individuality]]; and therefore does every member of any such [[group]], large or small, reap the benefits and suffer the [[consequences]] of the rightdoing and the wrongdoing of all other members of the [[group]] concerned.
54:6.4 But one thing should be made clear: If you are made to [[suffer]] the [[evil]] [[consequences]] of the [[sin]] of some member of your [[family]], some fellow [[citizen]] or fellow [[mortal]], even [[rebellion]] in [[the system]] or elsewhere—no matter what you may have to [[endure]] because of the wrongdoing of your [[associates]], fellows, or superiors—you may rest [[secure]] in the [[eternal]] [[assurance]] that such tribulations are [[transient]] [[afflictions]]. None of these fraternal [[consequences]] of misbehavior in the [[group]] can ever jeopardize your [[eternal]] prospects or in the least [[degree]] deprive you of your [[divine]] [[right]] of [[Paradise]] [[ascension]] and [[God]] [[attainment]].
54:6.5 And there is [[compensation]] for these [[trials]], delays, and [[disappointments]] which invariably accompany the [[sin]] of [[rebellion]]. Of the many [[valuable]] [[repercussions]] of the [[Lucifer rebellion]] which might be named, I will only call [[attention]] to the enhanced [[careers]] of those [[mortal]] [[ascenders]], the [[Jerusem]] [[citizens]], who, by withstanding the [[sophistries]] of [[sin]], placed themselves in line for becoming [[future]] [[Mighty Messengers]], fellows of my own order. Every being who stood the test of that [[evil]] [[episode]] thereby [[immediately]] advanced his [[administrative]] [[status]] and enhanced his [[spiritual]] [[worth]].
54:6.6 At first the [[Lucifer]] upheaval appeared to be an unmitigated [[calamity]] to [[the system]] and to the [[universe]]. [[Gradually]] benefits began to accrue. With the passing of twenty-five thousand years of system [[time]] (twenty thousand years of [[Urantia]] [[time]]), the [[Melchizedeks]] began to teach that the [[good]] resulting from [[Lucifer]]'s [[folly]] had come to [[equal]] the [[evil]] incurred. The sum of evil had by that time become almost stationary, continuing to increase only on certain isolated worlds, while the beneficial [[repercussions]] continued to multiply and extend out through the [[universe]] and [[superuniverse]], even to [[Havona]]. The [[Melchizedeks]] now teach that the [[good]] resulting from the [[Satania]] [[rebellion]] is more than a thousand times the sum of all the [[evil]].
54:6.7 But such an extraordinary and [[beneficent]] [[harvest]] of wrongdoing could only be brought about by the [[wise]], [[divine]], and [[merciful]] [[attitude]] of all of [[Lucifer]]'s superiors, extending from the [[Constellation Fathers]] on [[Edentia]] to the [[Universal Father]] on [[Paradise]]. The passing of [[time]] has enhanced the consequential [[good]] to be derived from the [[Lucifer]] [[folly]]; and since the [[evil]] to be penalized was quite fully [[developed]] within a comparatively short time, it is [[apparent]] that the all-[[wise]] and farseeing [[universe rulers]] would be certain to extend the time in which to reap increasingly beneficial results. Regardless of the many additional reasons for delaying the apprehension and [[adjudication]] of the [[Satania]] [[rebels]], this one gain would have been enough to explain why these sinners were not sooner [[interned]], and why they have not been [[adjudicated]] and destroyed.
54:6.8 Shortsighted and [[time]]-bound [[mortal]] [[minds]] should be slow to [[criticize]] the time delays of the farseeing and all-[[wise]] [[administrators]] of [[universe]] affairs.
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]].
54:6.11 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]].
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_54 Go to Paper 54]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 54 - Problems of the Lucifer Rebellion]]
