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The
Story of Everything
An
abridged edition of The Urantia Book
Paper
114: Seraphic Planetary Government
The Most Highs
rule in the kingdoms of men chiefly through the ministry of seraphim,
who carry out much of the detail of superhuman planetary government.
Urantia's planetary government is unique in Nebadon due to several
unusual circumstances, including earth's life modification status,
the Lucifer rebellion, and the Adamic default. Urantia is also unique
in being a bestowal planet and the location of an archangel circuit.
Urantia's Planetary
Prince is Michael of Nebadon, who has made no action to personally
administrate our world other than to establish a commission of twenty-four
counselors to supervise the affairs of the planet. Machiventa Melchizedek
has recently been given vicegerent authority to act as Planetary Prince.
He hascontinued the established routine of having one of the
twenty-four counselors serve as resident governor general. Urantia
will continue to have twenty-four counselors in charge of affairs
until Machiventa returns, but the timing of his return is a matter
of some speculation. The resident governor general, as the representative
of the twenty-four counselors, passes down scores of rulings each
day. Twelve corps of special seraphim perform diverse tasks under
the immediate direction of the governor general.
The
epochal angels
oversee the affairs of each generation. Progress angels initiate
the evolutionary progress of successive social ages. Religious
guardians endeavor to maintain ideals and values from one generation
to another. The angels of nation life direct the political
performance of national affairs on Urantia. The
angels of the races work for the conservation of the evolutionary
races. The angels of the future forecast the events of
a future age and plan for the realization of more advanced dispensations.
Angels
of enlightenment
foster mental and moral training. The angels of health
assist mortal agencies dedicated to the promotion of health and prevention
of disease. Home seraphim advance the home, the basic
institution of human civilization. The angels of industry
foster industrial development and improved economic conditions. Angels
of diversion promote uplifting play, humor, and rest. Angels
of superhuman ministry minister to all other superhuman life on
the planet-these are the angels of the angels.
None of these
groups of seraphim directly control their assigned domains, but they
can manipulate planetary conditions to favorably influence the human
activity with which they are concerned. Aside from these specific
tasks, seraphim mobilize, train, and maintain the reserve corps of
destiny. The reserve corps are living men and women in the service
of the superhuman administration of world affairs. Reservist service
is possible only when the mortal displays a special capacity for being
secretly rehearsed for emergency missions, wholehearted dedication
to some special cause, willingness to serve without human recognition,
and the possession of an extraordinarily versatile Thought Adjuster. On
Urantia, there is one corps of destiny for each of the seraphic groups. Although
these people are seldom noted in the pages of human history, it is
to a certain extent through this group that the Most Highs are able
to rule in the kingdoms of men.
No one seems
to know when the unsettled status of Urantia's planetary administration
will terminate. There has been no precedent for Urantia's situation
in the history of the local universe. Even so, mortals on earth are
watched as faithfully and cherished as lovingly as if the sphere had
never been betrayed.
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