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GOD’S
RELATION TO THE INDIVIDUAL THE
ETERNAL |
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CEDOMIL
VUGRINCIC, M.D., Ph.D. |
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In the previous Interim-Papers we have
reviewed the meanings of the TRUE WORSHIP of the Paradise Universal Father, the
PRAYER SUPPLICATIONS to the realms of the Paradise Eternal Son and His Spirit
of Truth, and qualified PRAYER REALIZATIONS by the spirit agencies of the
Holy Spirit, the Mind of the Paradise Conjoint Actor. The following Interim-Paper is
devoted to further enlightenment about the true nature of God.
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IDENTITY OF THE ETERNAL 6:1.1 The Eternal Son
is the original and only-begotten Son of God. He is God the Son, the Second
Person of Deity and the associate creator of all things. As the Father is the
First Great Source and Center, so the Eternal Son is the Second Great Source
and Center. 6:1.2 The Eternal Son
is the spiritual center and the divine administrator of the spiritual
government of the universe of universes. The Universal Father is first a
creator and then a controller; the Eternal Son is first a cocreator and then
a spiritual administrator. "God is spirit," and the Son is a
personal revelation of that spirit. The First Source and Center is the
Volitional Absolute; the Second Source and Center is the Personality
Absolute. 6:1.3 The Universal
Father never personally functions as a creator except in conjunction with the
Son or with the co-ordinate action of the Son. Had the New Testament writer
referred to the Eternal Son, he would have uttered the truth when he wrote:
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word
was God. All things were made by him, and without him was not anything made
that was made." 6:1.4 When a Son of
the Eternal Son appeared on Urantia, those who fraternized with this divine
being in human form alluded to him as "He who was from the beginning,
whom we have heard, whom we have seen with our eyes, whom we have looked
upon, and our hands have handled, even the Word of life." And this bestowal
Son came forth from the Father just as truly as did the Original Son, as is
suggested in one of his earthly prayers: "And now, O my Father, glorify
me with your own self, with the glory which I had with you before this world
was." 6:1.5 The Eternal Son
is known by different names in various universes. In the central universe he
is known as the Co-ordinate Source, the Cocreator, and the Associate
Absolute. On Uversa, the headquarters of the superuniverse, we designate the
Son as the Co-ordinate Spirit Center and as the Eternal Spirit Administrator.
On Salvington, the headquarters of your local universe, this Son is of record
as the Second Eternal Source and Center. The Melchizedeks speak of him as the
Son of Sons. On your world, but not in your system of inhabited spheres, this
Original Son has been confused with a co-ordinate Creator Son, Michael of
Nebadon, who bestowed himself upon the mortal races of Urantia. 6:1.6 Although any of
the Paradise Sons may fittingly be called Sons of God, we are in the habit of
reserving the designation "the Eternal Son" for this Original Son,
the Second Source and Center, cocreator with the Universal Father of the
central universe of power and perfection and cocreator of all other divine
Sons who spring from the infinite Deities. REFERENCE: The Urantia
Book, Paper 6, Section 6:1.1-1.6 |
