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birthdays came around? Or those of their 100 children? There were no fun times, no escape from the incessant trauma and pressure of their work.
And work they did. In the short period of a little over 100 years they achieved incredible results in the development of Urantia's civilization. And then they erred!
What a wonderful couple they must be! All that they faced together! I suspect there are not too many personalities in Nebadon who have bravely faced up to their demotion to the bottom rung of the ladder, while at the same time accepting their situation along with their attendant recognition of their personality characteristics which caused the error. Manfully, they rolled up their sleeves and made the best of a bad job. Their love for God and Michael stood the test of massive defeat and depression, and came through stronger than ever.
It is beyond my imagination to comprehend the horror and grief of their situation. They had been fully informed of the personal consequences of their departure from the divine plan. Having no knowledge of the immortality status of the material order of sonship, I cannot put myself into their shoes to appreciate what they thought, or how they felt, after those dreadful days of their expulsion from Eden. Nor can I imagine the grief of Eve (from which she never fully recovered), of those thirty days during Adam's absence. Two people designed by Michael to never work alone. Nor can I fully appreciate the hell that Adam went through. The superhuman love he had for his mate; what he had to go through as he made, what was for him, the only decision he could have made.
The sadness and disappointment of the midwayers and seraphim who so loved the couple and who saw their every dream and hope for the planet crumble. What a place it must have been, no humour, no lightness, no sunshine!
They left the garden with no knowledge of what the future would hold for them, knowing the judges on Salvington would be currently deliberating their fate. The only thing keeping the two functioning would have been the incredible loving pity and sympathy of Adam for his mate.
The ruling was handed down and they were judged in default. They had violated the covenant of their trusteeship as the rulers of Urantia, but had been absolved from all charges of standing in contempt of the Universe Government. They were not held guilty of rebellion!
We are told that there never has been (probably) a more disheartening miscarriage of wisdom on any planet in the whole of Nebadon, and I verily believe Adam and Eve realized this, and, wondrous couple as they are, they accepted this miscarriage as their deed.
And so they trudged on, valiantly establishing the second garden. How much they must have missed the soothing beauty of Jerusem. I guess they spent their nights wondering about their future as mere mortals of Urantia.
So very much they had lost - their ability to telepathize with their children, and many other powers inherent in their immortal status, all abruptly terminated. In that brief period of about 115 years, they contended with and overcame so many difficulties, making the most of the situation of their own doing. Can you imagine their acute sense of disappointment as they thought of all their friends and children in Jerusem. And their grief at the loss of their Urantia children, when the seraphim took them to Edentia? As the revelators say, "the way of the transgressor is hard." All I can feel is admiration for these two great souls.
With grace and fortitude they bore their diminished estate, and with joy felt/realized that they were Adjuster indwelt. Adam deduced that he and his mate would be repersonalized at the next dispensation attendant upon the arrival of another order of Sonship on Urantia, at some indefinite future time. In the interim, they would be sleeping survivors. And then they received their first and only message from Michael whilst they were on Urantia. We are only given a fragment of it in The Urantia Book, but are told that amongst expressions of friendship and comfort, Michael said "I have given consideration to the circumstances of your default, I have remembered the desire of your hearts ever to be loyal to my Father's will, and you will be called from the embrace of mortal slumber when I come to Urantia if the subordinate sons of my realm do not send for you before that time."
What joy they must have felt! I suspect that their hearts sang with lightness as they received their beloved Creator's message - a Creator who was their true friend, and whose word was his bond, assuring them that they would be part of the next dispensational roll call, if not before; and not only that, but that Michael was coming to Urantia! The planet that they so loved was to be blessed with the personal presence of Michael!
And so they proceeded through their life on Urantia, much wiser, doing the best they could until death overtook them. Adam was alone for 19 years following the death of Eve. Three days after his passing away, orders were received, concurred in by the Union of Days of Salvington, Emmanuel, acting for Michael, that there be a special roll call of distinguished survivors of the Adamic default on Urantia.
And so now, having romped through the seven mansion worlds, they are once again at Jerusem, this time as ascending mortals and members of the council of twenty four. Michael deems them fit and worthy to be two of the twenty four people who are his personal agents
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