Mankind should understand that we who participate in the revelation of truth are very rigorously limited by the instructions of our superiors. We are not at liberty to anticipate the scientific discoveries of a thousand years. Revelators must act in accordance with the instructions which form a part of the revelation mandate. We see no way of overcoming this difficulty, either now or at any future time. We full well know that, while the historic facts and religious truths of this series of revelatory presentations will stand on the records of the ages to come, within a few short years many of our statements regarding the physical sciences will stand in need of revision in consequence of additional scientific developments and new discoveries. These new developments we even now foresee, but we are forbidden to include such humanly undiscovered facts in the revelatory records. Let it be made clear that revelations are not necessarily inspired. The cosmology of these revelations is not inspired. It is limited by our permission for the co-ordination and sorting of present-day knowledge. While divine or spiritual insight is a gift, human wisdom must evolve.
Quote from The URANTIA Book, 1109:03
Five hundred thousand years ago, our Planetary Prince, Caligastia, was our first revelation; 200,000 years ago, he joined in Lucifer’s system-wide rebellion, involving 37 worlds, not just our own.
37,000 years ago, the immortals Adam and Eve were our second revelation, dispatched as biologic uplifters. Defaulting on their mission, they were reduced to being mortal.
4,000 years ago, the incarnation of Machiventa Melchizedek was our third revelation, the “priest of God Most High” (Genesis 14:18), who inspired Abraham to revere the Universal Father.
2,000 years ago, the mortal bestowal of our Creator Son as Jesus of Nazareth was our fourth revelation. As a mortal, Jesus was part of the Son of God, the same as we are. But the Whole is in every part. When the Universal Father’s Will was done completely by any part, every part is made Whole. Jesus accomplished his part perfectly, so in his universe the Universal Father’s Will was perfectly accomplished by all. That includes you.
Forty days after Jesus’ resurrection, the Spirit of Truth of our Michael of Nebadon was “poured out upon all flesh” (0227:06), permitting the universal bestowal of Thought Adjusters, a prepersonal fragment of the Universal Father, to indwell “all normal minds of moral status” (1187:02). The Spirit of Truth of our Creator Son lives in our hearts, an absolute fragment of our Father indwells our minds—we can know the Mind of the Universal Father as surely as we can know the mind of anyone else.
The URANTIA Book, published in 1955, was our fifth revelation, in which we are given to know the history of the first four revelations, and much more besides.
As an artifact of human language,The URANTIA Book stands alone. The fact of this communication, the gift of revelation, radically elevates our understanding of Who we are, no matter what our beliefs. At some not too distant time this fact will be universally known. For those too fearful to accept this gift, my hope is to relieve those fears.
Ernest Clement
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