Paper 196:1.3 - after 2,097 pages of cosmology, universe administration, detailed theology, scientific information, history of religion, philosophy... the revelators say the MOST VALUABLE thing you can know is simply: How Jesus lived his religious life.

Not theories ABOUT him. Not worship OF him. But HOW HE LIVED IT.

Jesus is the destination - he's what humans partnering with their Adjusters can BECOME. He showed us:

How to trust the Father completely
How to love unconditionally
How to choose good in every circumstance
How to serve joyfully
How to face suffering without bitterness
How to live as a son of God in a material world
Everything else in The Urantia Book - the mansion worlds, the Adjuster mechanics, the Lucifer rebellion, the cosmology - it's all context. It's helpful. But the CORE, the MOST VALUABLE thing is:

Watch Jesus. Learn from Jesus. Imitate Jesus.

He's not unreachable divinity - he's the pattern for what YOU can become through partnership with your Adjuster. That's why his human life matters so much. He SHOWED the path by WALKING it.

 Don't get lost in complicated theology. Study Jesus. How did he treat people? How did he pray? How did he handle anger, disappointment, injustice? How did he love? THAT'S the treasure.

Jesus first. Always Jesus.

Good day, ladies! 

I am anxious to begin a group of a FEMALE Ugandan study group, as the other identified groups in the country have all catered to  men of all ages, and since we know that when Jesus was on earth here, he FIRST announced the liberation of all females everywhere here on this world, Urantia, and in his whole universe - to participate in proclaiming his message: of the eternal salvation through faith in the Fatherhood of God and by extension living in the brotherhood of humanity.

150:1.3 (1679.2) It was most astounding in that day, when women were not even allowed on the main floor of the synagogue (being confined to the women’s gallery), to behold them being recognized as authorized teachers of the new gospel of the kingdom. The charge which Jesus gave these ten women as he set them apart for gospel teaching and ministry was the emancipation proclamation which set free all women and for all time; no more was man to look upon woman as his spiritual inferior. 

AND then, as you may not have already read, that upon his ascension back to to the Father for approval of this last mission for full sovereignty of his Universe reign, that he announce the Proclamation of Equality: our Divine Mother(the Holy Spirit) in equal partnership as co-creator with him. 

He announced this first on OUR world!!! 

So, to this end, I am looking forward to discussion here as well as to future zoom meetings where we ladies can fully ask and receive answers heretofore kept from the church attendees in order to liberate them on their path to a more fruitful and personal relationship and friendship with God, our Beloved Father in Paradise, through learning about the full life of Jesus of Nazareth as he lived his perfect life here on (Urantia) earth. 

SOURCE:The Jesus MeetUp  Week  #47

Have you ever wondered why there are angels?

These beings are the lowest down-reach of the children of the Universe Mother Spirit and are known as the ministering spirits of the local universe, meaning they help US, the lowest of the creatures of time and space. With the assistance of the cherubim, these angels have initial contact with us ascending mortals as we live out our life here in the flesh and beyond. We truly need to appreciate that all orders of the angelic hosts are working “in the furtherance of the ascending scheme of progressive perfection for the children of time...they form that unbroken chain of spirit ministers which has been provided by the Infinite Spirit for the help and guidance of all who seek to attain the Universal Father through the Eternal Son.” (26:1.15) Therefore, in furthering our progress this means they are assisting us to advance in our ascension, moving upwards towards perfection and our Father.

THIS is why there are angels!

Because they are so much older than we are, millions of years older, does it not seem intelligent to heed any leading, urging, nudging as best we can in order to act in accordance with divine will? Just as we have been taught to honor our elders and then to turn around and teach our juniors once we have become possessed of knowledge, beginning early in our life these are our first spiritual teachers. We will one day serve in a ministry very much like the ministry the angels have provided for us, even though we never become angels.

Therefore in our day to day living, we “work out the details of our earthly sojourn in connection with the intelligences of the Infinite Spirit operating on your world and throughout our universe.” (5:3.5) This means that you can feel free to communicate with your tireless seraphim each morning in seeking help for the outworking of your daily activities as it is their domain of service.

“Seraphim are the traditional angels of heaven; they are the ministering spirits who live so near you and do so much for you. They have ministered on Urantia since the earliest times of human intelligence.” (113:0.2)

Seraphim is just another term for angels.

And our seraphim sincerely want us to succeed in surviving and to pass all of our increasing ascending levels because they will be journeying with us all the way to the personal presence of the Father!

Jesus taught: “As man progresses in the journey to the Father in Paradise, he does traverse a state of being at one time analogous to the state of the angels, but mortal man never becomes an angel.” (167:7.2) Have you ever heard a parent say to their child after the passing of a grandparent, that they’ve gone to heaven to become an angel? Because we do in reality pass through that stage where we seem to be similar to angels, we progress beyond that phase.

How seraphim are assigned to us?

Since the time of the bestowal of Michael, “in the ministry to so-called normal beings, seraphic assignments are made in accordance with the human attainment of the circles of intellectuality and spirituality.” (113:1.6)

The attainment of these “circles” are all dependent on our combined spiritual and intellectual inheritance as well as our free will to give our sincere co-operation to our spirit helpers throughout our life. These are achieved differently and uniquely so as each individual progresses at her/his own rate. And although we have eternity to develop these, it is to the advantage of our personality to acquire as many as we can before leaving this fleshy experience here.

These circles, known equally as physic and cosmic circles are, from the seventh

which is our first encounter with them:

intuition, understanding, courage, knowledge, counsel, worship, and wisdom. (first)

So, here is how it looks in our circle development:

- seventh circle – 1 pair of seraphic guardians plus one company of cherubim for 1000 mortals

- sixth circle, - 1 pair of seraphic guardians one company of cherubim for 500 mortals

-fifth circle – 1 pair of seraphic guardians with one company of cherubim for 100 mortals

-fourth circle – 1 pair of seraphic seraphic guardians with one company of cherubim for 10 mortals

When we break through an attain the third circle – we acquire a personal angel = a seraphic pair to be wholly and exclusively devoted to us.

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“..These human souls, in addition to the ever-present and increasingly efficient indwelling Thought Adjusters, receive the undivided assistance of these personal guardians of destiny in all their efforts to finish the third circle, traverse the second, and attain the first.”(1131.8)

THIS is where we want to be as soon as humanly possible!

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“Seraphim are not known as guardians of destiny until such time as they are assigned to the association of a human soul who has realized one or more of three achievements: 1. has made a supreme decision to become Godlike, 2. has entered the third circle, or 3. has been mustered into one of the reserve corps of destiny.” (113:2.1)

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Do you see how we can willfully work to earn the assignment of our own seraphic pair?

Our angels develop a deep affection for us and share most of our emotions, experiencing some additional ones but cannot understand our fear which is so common in the average human on Urantia.

“In the ministry of personal guardianship, the assignment of angels as destiny guardians, seraphim always volunteer their services.” (113:2.7) This is important to consider and see the richness of this relationship when we know we have been specifically chosen for our intellectual and spiritual capacity, accompanied by their exclusive and tireless devotion to us.

And, again, look at what Jesus wants us to know about angels:

“Many of these angels are engaged in the work of saving men, for have I not told you of the seraphic joy when one soul elects to forsake sin and begin the search for God? I did even tell you of the joy in the presence of the angels of heaven over one sinner who repents, thereby indicating the existence of other and higher orders of celestial beings who are likewise concerned in the spiritual welfare and with the divine progress of mortal man.” (167:7.5)

Look at this to see the division of labor that these two angels share in their ministry to us:

“When a seraphic pair accept guardian assignment, they serve for the remainder of the life of that human being. The complement of being (one of the two angels) becomes the recorder of the undertaking. These complemental seraphim are the recording angels of the mortals of the evolutionary worlds. The records are kept by the pair of cherubim (a cherubim and a sanobim) who are always associated with the seraphic guardians, but these records are always sponsored by one of the seraphim.”(113:2.9)

These will be the records that our seraphim will take with them upon our mortal death to present for judgment on the other side. They are a perfect reflection of all that we held as true, beautiful and good in our life.

“Angels are the sure and heavenly guides of the soul of man during that uncharted and indefinite period of time which intervenes between the death of the flesh and the new life in the spirit abodes.”

                                                                     - Jesus (167:7.6)

And they need their rest as we do!

“For purposes of rest and recharging with the life energy of the universe circuits, the guardian is periodically relieved by her complement, and during her absence the associated cherubim functions as the recorder, as is also the case when the complemental seraphim is similarly absent.” (113:2.10)

When you ask the seraphim for help each day, don’t forget to tell them how much you love them!

Let’s talk about midwayers!

These beings are half-way between us mortals and the angelic realm, thus the name midwayers. There are two types resident on the planet, primary – originating from the days of the Planetary Prince about 500 000 years ago, and the secondary midwayers dating from the time of Adam and Eve, 37 000 years ago. Unfortunately, a huge number of these beings were lost in rebellion and disloyal to planetary administration, and are now interned on the universe prison worlds awaiting adjudication. The remaining loyal midwayers have voluntarily united and have functioned as one unit in world affairs ever since. [We will devote more time to learning about our midwayers in year 2]

“Their determination is suggested by the motto of their order:

“What the United Midwayers undertake, the United Midwayers do.” (77:9.3)

Midwayers vary greatly in their abilities to make contact with the seraphim above and with their human cousins below. They are considerably nearer the angelic type of being and are therefore usually assigned to working with, and ministering to, the spiritual forces resident on the planet. The secondary creatures are almost exclusively attached to the ministry of the material beings of the realm (us and animals!). The 1,111 loyal secondary midwayers are engaged in important missions on earth. Now pay attention to the time of 11:11 on your clock/watch and think of these beings!

Many of the more literal phenomena ascribed to angels have been performed by the secondary midway creatures. For example, “in the case of Peter’s deliverance after the killing of James by Herod’s order, it was a secondary midwayer who performed the work ascribed to an angel.” (77:8.12)

A final comfort, with “the pouring out of the Spirit of Truth!

;;;upon all flesh, forever made it impossible for disloyal spirits of any sort or description ever again to invade even the most feeble of human minds. Since the day of Pentecost there never again can be such a thing as demoniacal possession.” (77:7.8)

Rest assured that the evil spirits have been removed from the earth once and for all!

From our secondary midwayer, to primary midwayer, to morontia cherubim, to mid-phase cherubim to our seraphim, we are perfectly bridged between the material world and the spiritual worlds!

~ Monica Kemp~

Questions:

1. What is the most important concept you have learned in this lesson?

Now is a good time to say the Lord’s Prayer together. Feel free to write a prayer request and give it to your leader. Please return your sheet to the leader.

Next week’s lesson, # 48: Is God a Person?

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Revelation of Truth February 2019

Monthly Slide Presentations of Quotations

February 1st

That which the enlightened and reflective human imagination of spiritual teaching and leading wholeheartedly and unselfishly wants to do and be, becomes measurably creative in accordance with the degree of mortal dedication to the divine doing of the Father's will. When man goes in partnership with God, great things may, and do, happen.   132:7.9

February 2nd

Always respect the personality of man. Never should a righteous cause be promoted by force; spiritual victories can be won only by spiritual power. This injunction against the employment of material influences refers to psychic force as well as to physical force. Overpowering arguments and mental superiority are not to be employed to coerce men and women into the kingdom.   159:3.2  

February 3rd

Make your appeals directly to the divine spirit that dwells within the minds of men. 159:3.2 

February 4th

Overpowering arguments and mental superiority are not to be employed to coerce men and women into the kingdom. Man's mind is not to be crushed by the mere weight of logic or overawed by shrewd eloquence. 159:3.2 

February 5th

Make not the mistake of only condemning the wrongs in the lives of your pupils; remember also to accord generous recognition for the most praiseworthy things in their lives. Forget not that I will stop at nothing to restore self-respect to those who have lost it, and who really desire to regain it. 159.3.3

February 6th

The world is filled with hungry souls who famish in the very presence of the bread of life; men die searching for the very God who lives within them. Men seek for the treasures of the kingdom with yearning hearts and weary feet when they are all within the immediate grasp of living faith.   159:3.8 

February 7th

Faith is to religion what sails are to a ship; it is an addition of power, not an added burden of life. There is but one struggle for those who enter the kingdom, and that is to fight the good fight of faith. The believer has only one battle, and that is against doubt -- unbelief.159:3.8 

February 8th

In preaching the gospel of the kingdom, you are simply teaching friendship with God. And this fellowship will appeal alike to men and women in that both will find that which most truly satisfies their characteristic longings and ideals. 159:3.9 

February 9th

You must make a wholehearted choice of the divine will. You must obliterate the dead center of indecision. 91:9.5 4. 

February 10th

Truth, beauty, and holiness are powerful and effective aids to true worship. 167:6.6 

February 11th

Faith is a living attribute of genuine personal religious experience.101:8.1 

February 12th

You do not have to see alike or feel alike or even think alike in order spiritually to be alike. 141:5.1

February 13th

"You are the light of the world. A city set upon a hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and be led to glorify your Father who is in heaven. 140:3.13 

February 14th

Man might fear a great God, but he trusts and loves only a good God.2:6.1 

February 15th

Man does not have to go farther than his own inner experience of the soul's contemplation of this spiritual-reality presence to find God and attempt communion with him. 5:0.1

February 16th

Self-maintenance originates society, while excessive self-gratification destroys civilization. 68:2.2 

February 17th

God is not only the determiner of destiny; he is man's eternal destination. 5:4.3 

February 18th

Your planet is a member of an enormous cosmos; you belong to a well-nigh infinite family of worlds, but your sphere is just as precisely administered and just as lovingly fostered as if it were the only inhabited world in all existence. 15:14.9 

February 19th

...God thus loves every individual; he is no respecter of persons, and the universality of his love brings into being a relationship of the whole, the universal brotherhood. 12.7.8

February 20th

Almost everything of lasting value in civilization has its roots in the family.  68.2.8

February 21st

And God-consciousness is equivalent to the integration of the self with the universe, and on its highest levels of spiritual reality. 196:3.32

February 22nd

True essence... In its true essence, religion is a faith-trust in the goodness of God. 2:6.1

February 23rd

The Experience of Loving
The experience of loving is very much a direct response to the experience of being loved. 2:5.8

February 24th

Dwell In Love "You are of God" because "he who dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him." 3:1.5

February 25th

The citadel of the spirit. When the flood tides of human adversity... beat about the mortal soul, you may rest in the assurance that there is one inner bastion, the citadel of the spirit, which is absolutely unassailable... 100:2.7

February 26th

Service -- more service, increased service, difficult service, adventurous service, and at last divine and perfect service -- is the goal of time and the destination of space. 28:6.17

February 27th

The portal of eternity opens only in response to the freewill choice of the freewill sons of the God of free will.  5:6.12 

February 28th

Hope Sometimes the planting of a seed necessitates its death, the death of your fondest hopes, before it can be reborn to bear the fruits of new life and new opportunity. 48:6.25 

Revelation of Truth January 2019

Monthly Slide Presentations of Quotations

January 1st

That which the enlightened and reflective human imagination of spiritual teaching and leading wholeheartedly and unselfishly wants to do and be, becomes measurably creative in accordance with the degree of mortal dedication to the divine doing of the Father's will. When man goes in partnership with God, great things may, and do, happen.
159.3.2

January 2nd

Does faith, after all triumph over evil, sin and inequity? It does. 194.3.2

January 3rd

Righteousness may be the divine thought but love is the Fathers attitude. 2.6.5

January 4th

Love is the characteristic of all God's personal dealings with his creatures. 2.5.12

January 5th

Reason wisdom, and faith aer man's highest human attainments. 103.9.6

January 6th

Death added nothing to the intellectual possession or to the spiritual endowment, but it did add to the experiential status the consciousness of survival. 48.7.5 

January 7th

The sublime search for the God of universes is the supreme adventure of the inhabitants of all the worlds of time and space. 1.0.6

January 8th

Your spiritual destiny is conditioned by your spiritual longings and purposes. Jesus 156.5.9

January 9th

The evolving soul is not made divine by what it does but by what it strives to do. 48.7.24

January 10th

Love thus grows; it cannot be created, manufactured, or purchased, it must grow. 100.3.7

January 11th

The real universe is friendly to every child of the eternal God. 133.5.8

January 12th

The true child of universe insight looks for the living spirit of truth in every wise saying. 180.5.4

January 13th

Contentment is the greatest wealth. 131.3.6

January 14th

Let the experience teach you the value of meditation and the power of intelligent reflection. Jesus 192.2.2

January 15th

Pray for tranquility of spirit and cultivate patience. Jesus 192.2.8

January 16th

Anger depletes the health, debases the mind and handicaps the spiritual teacher of mans soul Jesus 149.42

January 17th

The true believer does not grow weary in well-doing just because he is thwarted. 156.5.21

January 18th

Happiness and joy take origin in the inner life. 111.4.7

January 19th

The acts of today are the destiny of tomorrow. 48.7.26

January 20th

Devote your life to proving that love is the greatest thing in the world. 192.2.1

January 21st

Failure is simply an educational episode - a cultural experience in the acquirement of wisdom. 160.4.15

January 22nd

We live in God and God dwells in us. 131.10.4

January 23rd

The bonds of time may seem to afflict you, but the God of eternity loves you. Jesus 147.3.3

January 24th

Love is the true guide to real insight. 195.5.14

January 25th

Fear not: only believe. Jesus.152.1.1

January 26th

You can do important work, if you do not become self-important. 48.6.37

January 27th

Relate yourself to every man as if you were in his place.131.8.4

January 28th

True religion is to know God as your Father and man as your brother. 99.5.2

January 29th

Jesus could help men so much because he loved them so sincerely. He truly loved each man, each woman, and each child. 171.7.4

January 30th

The happy and effective person is motivated, not by fear of wrongdoing, but by love of right doing. 140.4.6

January 31st

It would help you much if you would learn that true wisdom embraces discretion as well as courage. Jesus 181.2.15