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53:2.1 [[Lucifer]] and his first assistant, [[Satan]], had reigned on [[Jerusem]] for more than five hundred thousand years when in their [[hearts]] they began to array themselves against the [[Universal Father]] and his then vicegerent [[Creator Son|Son]], [[Michael]].
53:2.2 There were no peculiar or special conditions in [[the system]] of [[Satania]] which suggested or favored [[rebellion]]. It is our [[belief]] that the [[idea]] took [[origin]] and [[form]] in [[Lucifer]]'s [[mind]], and that he might have instigated such a [[rebellion]] no matter where he might have been stationed. [[Lucifer]] first announced his [[plans]] to [[Satan]], but it required several months to [[corrupt]] the [[mind]] of his [[able]] and [[brilliant]] [[associate]]. However, when once [[converted]] to the [[rebel]] [[theories]], he became a [[bold]] and [[earnest]] [[advocate]] of "[[self-assertion]] and [[liberty]]."
53:2.3 No one ever suggested [[rebellion]] to [[Lucifer]]. The [[idea]] of [[self-assertion]] in [[opposition]] to the [[Law|will]] of [[Michael]] and to the [[plans]] of the [[Universal Father]], as they are [[represented]] in [[Michael]], had its [[origin]] in his own [[mind]]. His [[relations]] with the [[Creator Son]] had been [[intimate]] and always [[cordial]]. At no [[time]] prior to the exaltation of his own [[mind]] did [[Lucifer]] openly [[express]] dissatisfaction about the [[universe]] [[administration]]. Notwithstanding his [[silence]], for more than one hundred years of standard time the [[Union of Days]] on [[Salvington]] had been [[Reflectivity|reflectivating]] to [[Uversa]] that all was not at [[peace]] in [[Lucifer]]'s [[mind]]. This [[information]] was also [[communicated]] to the [[Creator Son]] and the [[Constellation Fathers]] of [[Norlatiadek]].
53:2.4 Throughout this period [[Lucifer]] became increasingly [[critical]] of the entire [[plan]] of [[universe]] [[administration]] but always professed wholehearted [[loyalty]] to the [[Supreme Rulers]]. His first outspoken disloyalty was [[manifested]] on the occasion of a visit of [[Gabriel]] to [[Jerusem]] just a few days before the open [[proclamation]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_53#53:3._THE_LUCIFER_MANIFESTO ''Lucifer Declaration of Liberty'']. [[Gabriel]] was so [[profoundly]] impressed with the [[certainty]] of the impending outbreak that he went direct to [[Edentia]] to confer with the [[Constellation Fathers]] regarding the [[measures]] to be employed in case of open [[rebellion]].
53:2.5 It is very [[difficult]] to point out the exact [[cause]] or causes which finally culminated in the [[Lucifer rebellion]]. We are [[certain]] of only one [[thing]], and that is: Whatever these first beginnings were, they had their [[origin]] in [[Lucifer]]'s [[mind]]. There must have been a [[pride]] of [[self]] that nourished itself to the point of [[self]]-[[deception]], so that [[Lucifer]] for a [[time]] really [[persuaded]] himself that his [[contemplation]] of [[rebellion]] was [[actually]] for the [[good]] of [[the system]], if not of the [[universe]]. By the time his [[plans]] had [[developed]] to the point of [[disillusionment]], no doubt he had gone too far for his [[original]] and mischief-making [[pride]] to permit him to stop. At some point in this [[experience]] he became insincere, and [[evil]] evolved into [[deliberate]] and willful [[sin]]. That this happened is [[proved]] by the subsequent [[conduct]] of this [[brilliant]] [[executive]]. He was long offered [[opportunity]] for [[repentance]], but only some of his subordinates ever [[accepted]] the proffered [[mercy]]. The [[Faithful of Days]] of [[Edentia]], on the request of the [[Constellation Fathers]], in [[person]] presented the [[plan]] of [[Michael]] for the [[Salvation|saving]] of these flagrant [[rebels]], but always was the [[mercy]] of the [[Creator Son]] rejected and rejected with increasing [[contempt]] and [[disdain]].
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_53 Go to Paper 53]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 53 - The Lucifer Rebellion]]
53:2.1 [[Lucifer]] and his first assistant, [[Satan]], had reigned on [[Jerusem]] for more than five hundred thousand years when in their [[hearts]] they began to array themselves against the [[Universal Father]] and his then vicegerent [[Creator Son|Son]], [[Michael]].
53:2.2 There were no peculiar or special conditions in [[the system]] of [[Satania]] which suggested or favored [[rebellion]]. It is our [[belief]] that the [[idea]] took [[origin]] and [[form]] in [[Lucifer]]'s [[mind]], and that he might have instigated such a [[rebellion]] no matter where he might have been stationed. [[Lucifer]] first announced his [[plans]] to [[Satan]], but it required several months to [[corrupt]] the [[mind]] of his [[able]] and [[brilliant]] [[associate]]. However, when once [[converted]] to the [[rebel]] [[theories]], he became a [[bold]] and [[earnest]] [[advocate]] of "[[self-assertion]] and [[liberty]]."
53:2.3 No one ever suggested [[rebellion]] to [[Lucifer]]. The [[idea]] of [[self-assertion]] in [[opposition]] to the [[Law|will]] of [[Michael]] and to the [[plans]] of the [[Universal Father]], as they are [[represented]] in [[Michael]], had its [[origin]] in his own [[mind]]. His [[relations]] with the [[Creator Son]] had been [[intimate]] and always [[cordial]]. At no [[time]] prior to the exaltation of his own [[mind]] did [[Lucifer]] openly [[express]] dissatisfaction about the [[universe]] [[administration]]. Notwithstanding his [[silence]], for more than one hundred years of standard time the [[Union of Days]] on [[Salvington]] had been [[Reflectivity|reflectivating]] to [[Uversa]] that all was not at [[peace]] in [[Lucifer]]'s [[mind]]. This [[information]] was also [[communicated]] to the [[Creator Son]] and the [[Constellation Fathers]] of [[Norlatiadek]].
53:2.4 Throughout this period [[Lucifer]] became increasingly [[critical]] of the entire [[plan]] of [[universe]] [[administration]] but always professed wholehearted [[loyalty]] to the [[Supreme Rulers]]. His first outspoken disloyalty was [[manifested]] on the occasion of a visit of [[Gabriel]] to [[Jerusem]] just a few days before the open [[proclamation]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_53#53:3._THE_LUCIFER_MANIFESTO ''Lucifer Declaration of Liberty'']. [[Gabriel]] was so [[profoundly]] impressed with the [[certainty]] of the impending outbreak that he went direct to [[Edentia]] to confer with the [[Constellation Fathers]] regarding the [[measures]] to be employed in case of open [[rebellion]].
53:2.5 It is very [[difficult]] to point out the exact [[cause]] or causes which finally culminated in the [[Lucifer rebellion]]. We are [[certain]] of only one [[thing]], and that is: Whatever these first beginnings were, they had their [[origin]] in [[Lucifer]]'s [[mind]]. There must have been a [[pride]] of [[self]] that nourished itself to the point of [[self]]-[[deception]], so that [[Lucifer]] for a [[time]] really [[persuaded]] himself that his [[contemplation]] of [[rebellion]] was [[actually]] for the [[good]] of [[the system]], if not of the [[universe]]. By the time his [[plans]] had [[developed]] to the point of [[disillusionment]], no doubt he had gone too far for his [[original]] and mischief-making [[pride]] to permit him to stop. At some point in this [[experience]] he became insincere, and [[evil]] evolved into [[deliberate]] and willful [[sin]]. That this happened is [[proved]] by the subsequent [[conduct]] of this [[brilliant]] [[executive]]. He was long offered [[opportunity]] for [[repentance]], but only some of his subordinates ever [[accepted]] the proffered [[mercy]]. The [[Faithful of Days]] of [[Edentia]], on the request of the [[Constellation Fathers]], in [[person]] presented the [[plan]] of [[Michael]] for the [[Salvation|saving]] of these flagrant [[rebels]], but always was the [[mercy]] of the [[Creator Son]] rejected and rejected with increasing [[contempt]] and [[disdain]].
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_53 Go to Paper 53]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 53 - The Lucifer Rebellion]]
