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  ^23:2.5 The confusion and turmoil of Urantia do not signify that the Paradise Rulers lack either interest or ability to manage affairs differently. The Creators are possessed of full power to make Urantia a veritable paradise, but such an Eden would not contribute to the development of those strong, noble, and experienced characters which the Gods are so surely forging out on your world between the anvils of necessity and the hammers of anguish. Your anxieties and sorrows, your trials and disappointments, are just as much a part of the divine plan on your sphere as are the exquisite perfection and infinite adaptation of all things to their supreme purpose on the worlds of the central and perfect universe.

 

.The Rose Lyrics
Some say, "Love. It is a river
That drowns the tender reed"
Some say, "Love. It is a razor
That leaves your soul to bleed"
Some say, "Love. It is a hunger
An endless aching need"
I say, "Love. It is a flower
And you its only seed"
It's the heart afraid of breaking
That never learns to dance
It's the dream afraid of waking
That never takes the chance
It's the one who won't be taken
Who cannot seem to give
And the soul afraid of dyin'
That never learns to live
When the night has been too lonely
And the road has been too long
And you think that love is only
For the lucky and the strong
Just remember in the winter
Far beneath the bitter snow
Lies the seed that with the sun's love
In the spring becomes the rose 

GABRIEL'S ANNOUNCEMENT TO MARY (The day after conception)
“A child has been in existence about nine months before it 
experiences birth.” A certain Melchizedek Son of God

One evening about sundown, before Joseph had returned home, 
Gabriel appeared to Mary by the side of a low stone table and, 
after she had recovered her composure, said: "I come at the 
bidding of one who is my Master and whom you shall love and 
nurture. To you, Mary, I bring glad tidings when I announce that 
the conception within you is ordained by heaven, and that in due 
time you will become the mother of a son; you shall call him 
Joshua, and he shall inaugurate the kingdom of heaven on earth 
and among men. Speak not of this matter save to Joseph and to 
Elizabeth, your kinswoman, to whom I have also appeared, and 
who shall presently also bear a son, whose name shall be John, 
and who will prepare the way for the message of deliverance 
which your son shall proclaim to men with great power and deep 
conviction. And doubt not my word, Mary, for this home has been 
chosen as the mortal habitat of the child of destiny. My 
benediction rests upon you, the power of the Most Highs will 
strengthen you, and the Lord of all the earth shall overshadow 
you."

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GABRIEL'S ANNOUNCEMENT TO MARY (The day after conception)
“A child has been in existence about nine months before it 
experiences birth.” A certain Melchizedek Son of God

One evening about sundown, before Joseph had returned home, 
Gabriel appeared to Mary by the side of a low stone table and, 
after she had recovered her composure, said: "I come at the 
bidding of one who is my Master and whom you shall love and 
nurture. To you, Mary, I bring glad tidings when I announce that 
the conception within you is ordained by heaven, and that in due 
time you will become the mother of a son; you shall call him 
Joshua, and he shall inaugurate the kingdom of heaven on earth 
and among men. Speak not of this matter save to Joseph and to 
Elizabeth, your kinswoman, to whom I have also appeared, and 
who shall presently also bear a son, whose name shall be John, 
and who will prepare the way for the message of deliverance 
which your son shall proclaim to men with great power and deep 
conviction. And doubt not my word, Mary, for this home has been 
chosen as the mortal habitat of the child of destiny. My 
benediction rests upon you, the power of the Most Highs will 
strengthen you, and the Lord of all the earth shall overshadow 
you."

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  ^140:3.1 Then Jesus spoke, saying: "Now that you are ambassadors of my Father's kingdom, you have thereby become a class of men separate and distinct from all other men on earth. You are not now as men among men but as the enlightened citizens of another and heavenly country among the ignorant creatures of this dark world. It is not enough that you live as you were before this hour, but henceforth must you live as those who have tasted the glories of a better life and have been sent back to earth as ambassadors of the Sovereign of that new and better world. Of the teacher more is expected than of the pupil; of the master more is exacted than of the servant. Of the citizens of the heavenly kingdom more is required than of the citizens of the earthly rule. Some of the things which I am about to say to you may seem hard, but you have elected to represent me in the world even as I now represent the Father; and as my agents on earth you will be obligated to abide by those teachings and practices which are reflective of my ideals of mortal living on the worlds of space, and which I exemplify in my earth life of revealing the Father who is in heaven.