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53:3.1 Whatever the early [[origins]] of trouble in the [[hearts]] of [[Lucifer]] and [[Satan]], the final outbreak took form as the ''Lucifer Declaration of Liberty''. The [[cause]] of the [[rebels]] was stated under [[three]] heads:
53:3.2 1. ''The reality of the Universal Father''. [[Lucifer]] charged that the [[Universal Father]] did not really [[exist]], that [[physical]] [[gravity]] and [[space]]-[[energy]] were [[inherent]] in the [[universe]], and that [[the Father]] was a [[myth]] [[invented]] by the [[Paradise Sons]] to enable them to [[maintain]] the rule of the [[universes]] in [[the Father]]'s [[name]]. He denied that [[personality]] was a [[gift]] of the [[Universal Father]]. He even intimated that the [[finaliters]] were in collusion with the [[Paradise Sons]] to foist [[fraud]] upon all [[creation]] since they never brought back a very clear-cut [[idea]] of the [[Father]]'s [[actual]] [[personality]] as it is [[discernible]] on [[Paradise]]. He traded on [[reverence]] as [[ignorance]]. The charge was sweeping, terrible, and [[blasphemous]]. It was this veiled [[attack]] upon the [[finaliters]] that no [[doubt]] [[influenced]] the [[ascendant]] [[citizens]] then on [[Jerusem]] to stand firm and remain [[steadfast]] in [[resistance]] to all the [[rebel]]'s proposals.
53:3.3 2. ''The universe government of the Creator Son—Michael''. [[Lucifer]] contended that the [[local systems]] should be [[autonomous]]. He [[protested]] against the [[right]] of [[Michael]], the [[Creator Son]], to [[assume]] [[sovereignty]] of Nebadon in the [[name]] of a [[hypothetical]] [[Paradise]] [[Father]] and require all [[personalities]] to acknowledge [[allegiance]] to this [[unseen]] [[Father]]. He asserted that the whole [[plan]] of [[worship]] was a clever [[scheme]] to [[aggrandize]] the [[Paradise Sons]]. He was willing to acknowledge [[Michael]] as his [[Creator]]-[[father]] but not as his [[God]] and rightful ruler.
53:3.4 ''Most bitterly did he attack the right of the Ancients of Days—" foreign potentates "—to interfere in the affairs of the local systems and universes''. These rulers he denounced as [[tyrants]] and usurpers. He exhorted his followers to [[believe]] that none of these rulers could do aught to [[interfere]] with the operation of complete [[home]] rule if [[men]] and [[angels]] only had the [[courage]] to [[assert]] themselves and [[boldly]] claim their [[rights]].
53:3.5 He contended that the [[executioners]] of the [[Ancients of Days]] could be debarred from [[functioning]] in the [[local systems]] if the [[native]] [[beings]] would only [[assert]] their [[independence]]. He [[maintained]] that [[immortality]] was [[inherent]] in [[the system]] [[personalities]], that [[resurrection]] was [[natural]] and [[automatic]], and that all [[beings]] would live [[eternally]] except for the [[arbitrary]] and unjust [[acts]] of the [[executioners]] of the [[Ancients of Days]].
53:3.6 3. ''The attack upon the universal plan of ascendant mortal training''. [[Lucifer]] [[maintained]] that far too much [[time]] and [[energy]] were expended upon the [[scheme]] of so thoroughly [[training]] [[ascending mortals]] in the [[principles]] of [[universe]] [[administration]], principles which he alleged were unethical and unsound. He protested against the agelong [[program]] for [[preparing]] the [[mortals]] of [[space]] for some [[unknown]] [[destiny]] and pointed to the [[presence]] of the [[finaliter]] corps on [[Jerusem]] as [[proof]] that these [[mortals]] had spent ages of [[preparation]] for some [[destiny]] of [[pure]] [[fiction]]. With [[derision]] he pointed out that the [[finaliters]] had encountered a [[destiny]] no more [[glorious]] than to be returned to [[humble]] [[spheres]] similar to those of their [[origin]]. He intimated that they had been [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/debauch debauched] by overmuch [[discipline]] and prolonged [[training]], and that they were in [[reality]] [[traitors]] to their [[mortal]] fellows since they were now [[co-operating]] with the [[scheme]] of [[enslaving]] all [[creation]] to the [[fictions]] of a [[mythical]] [[eternal]] [[destiny]] for [[ascending mortals]]. He [[advocated]] that [[ascenders]] should [[enjoy]] the [[liberty]] of [[individual]] [[self-determination]]. He [[challenged]] and condemned the entire [[plan]] of [[mortal]] [[ascension]] as sponsored by the [[Paradise Sons]] of [[God]] and [[supported]] by the [[Infinite Spirit]].
53:3.7 And it was with such a ''Declaration of Liberty'' that [[Lucifer]] launched his [[orgy]] of [[darkness]] and [[death]].
<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]]
53:3.1 Whatever the early [[origins]] of trouble in the [[hearts]] of [[Lucifer]] and [[Satan]], the final outbreak took form as the ''Lucifer Declaration of Liberty''. The [[cause]] of the [[rebels]] was stated under [[three]] heads:
53:3.2 1. ''The reality of the Universal Father''. [[Lucifer]] charged that the [[Universal Father]] did not really [[exist]], that [[physical]] [[gravity]] and [[space]]-[[energy]] were [[inherent]] in the [[universe]], and that [[the Father]] was a [[myth]] [[invented]] by the [[Paradise Sons]] to enable them to [[maintain]] the rule of the [[universes]] in [[the Father]]'s [[name]]. He denied that [[personality]] was a [[gift]] of the [[Universal Father]]. He even intimated that the [[finaliters]] were in collusion with the [[Paradise Sons]] to foist [[fraud]] upon all [[creation]] since they never brought back a very clear-cut [[idea]] of the [[Father]]'s [[actual]] [[personality]] as it is [[discernible]] on [[Paradise]]. He traded on [[reverence]] as [[ignorance]]. The charge was sweeping, terrible, and [[blasphemous]]. It was this veiled [[attack]] upon the [[finaliters]] that no [[doubt]] [[influenced]] the [[ascendant]] [[citizens]] then on [[Jerusem]] to stand firm and remain [[steadfast]] in [[resistance]] to all the [[rebel]]'s proposals.
53:3.3 2. ''The universe government of the Creator Son—Michael''. [[Lucifer]] contended that the [[local systems]] should be [[autonomous]]. He [[protested]] against the [[right]] of [[Michael]], the [[Creator Son]], to [[assume]] [[sovereignty]] of Nebadon in the [[name]] of a [[hypothetical]] [[Paradise]] [[Father]] and require all [[personalities]] to acknowledge [[allegiance]] to this [[unseen]] [[Father]]. He asserted that the whole [[plan]] of [[worship]] was a clever [[scheme]] to [[aggrandize]] the [[Paradise Sons]]. He was willing to acknowledge [[Michael]] as his [[Creator]]-[[father]] but not as his [[God]] and rightful ruler.
53:3.4 ''Most bitterly did he attack the right of the Ancients of Days—" foreign potentates "—to interfere in the affairs of the local systems and universes''. These rulers he denounced as [[tyrants]] and usurpers. He exhorted his followers to [[believe]] that none of these rulers could do aught to [[interfere]] with the operation of complete [[home]] rule if [[men]] and [[angels]] only had the [[courage]] to [[assert]] themselves and [[boldly]] claim their [[rights]].
53:3.5 He contended that the [[executioners]] of the [[Ancients of Days]] could be debarred from [[functioning]] in the [[local systems]] if the [[native]] [[beings]] would only [[assert]] their [[independence]]. He [[maintained]] that [[immortality]] was [[inherent]] in [[the system]] [[personalities]], that [[resurrection]] was [[natural]] and [[automatic]], and that all [[beings]] would live [[eternally]] except for the [[arbitrary]] and unjust [[acts]] of the [[executioners]] of the [[Ancients of Days]].
53:3.6 3. ''The attack upon the universal plan of ascendant mortal training''. [[Lucifer]] [[maintained]] that far too much [[time]] and [[energy]] were expended upon the [[scheme]] of so thoroughly [[training]] [[ascending mortals]] in the [[principles]] of [[universe]] [[administration]], principles which he alleged were unethical and unsound. He protested against the agelong [[program]] for [[preparing]] the [[mortals]] of [[space]] for some [[unknown]] [[destiny]] and pointed to the [[presence]] of the [[finaliter]] corps on [[Jerusem]] as [[proof]] that these [[mortals]] had spent ages of [[preparation]] for some [[destiny]] of [[pure]] [[fiction]]. With [[derision]] he pointed out that the [[finaliters]] had encountered a [[destiny]] no more [[glorious]] than to be returned to [[humble]] [[spheres]] similar to those of their [[origin]]. He intimated that they had been [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/debauch debauched] by overmuch [[discipline]] and prolonged [[training]], and that they were in [[reality]] [[traitors]] to their [[mortal]] fellows since they were now [[co-operating]] with the [[scheme]] of [[enslaving]] all [[creation]] to the [[fictions]] of a [[mythical]] [[eternal]] [[destiny]] for [[ascending mortals]]. He [[advocated]] that [[ascenders]] should [[enjoy]] the [[liberty]] of [[individual]] [[self-determination]]. He [[challenged]] and condemned the entire [[plan]] of [[mortal]] [[ascension]] as sponsored by the [[Paradise Sons]] of [[God]] and [[supported]] by the [[Infinite Spirit]].
53:3.7 And it was with such a ''Declaration of Liberty'' that [[Lucifer]] launched his [[orgy]] of [[darkness]] and [[death]].
<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]]
