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THE LUCIFER REBELLION
LUCIFERS OPRØR
1955 53:0.1 LUCIFER was a brilliant primary Lanonandek Son of Nebadon. He had experienced service in many systems, had been a high counselor of his group, and was distinguished for wisdom, sagacity, and efficiency. Lucifer was number 37 of his order, and when commissioned by the Melchizedeks, he was designated as one of the one hundred most able and brilliant personalities in more than seven hundred thousand of his kind. From such a magnificent beginning, through evil and error, he embraced sin and now is numbered as one of three System Sovereigns in Nebadon who have succumbed to the urge of self and surrendered to the sophistry of spurious personal liberty—rejection of universe allegiance and disregard of fraternal obligations, blindness to cosmic relationships.
2015 53:0.1 LUCIFER var en lysende første gradens Lanonandeksøn i Nebadon. Han havde erfaringer af tjeneste i mange systemer, havde været en ledende rådgiver indenfor sin gruppe og excelleret indenfor visdom, skarpsindighed og effektivitet. Lucifer var nummer 37 i sin klasse, og da han fik sin udnævnelse af Melkisedekerne blev han udpeget som en af de hundrede dygtigste og mest geniale personligheder blandt mere en syv hundred tusinde af hans slags. Trods denne storslåede begyndelse forfaldt han gennem ondskab og fejltrin til synd og er nu en af de tre Systemherskere i Nebadon som er bukket under for jegets tryk og hengiver sig til sofisterierne omkring en falsk personlig frihed - forkastelse af universets loyalitet, ignorerer broderskabets forpligtelser, blindhed til kosmiske relationer.
1955 53:0.2 In the universe of Nebadon, the domain of Christ Michael, there are ten thousand systems of inhabited worlds. In all the history of Lanonandek Sons, in all their work throughout these thousands of systems and at the universe headquarters, only three System Sovereigns have ever been found in contempt of the government of the Creator Son.
2015 53:0.2 I Nebadons univers, Kristus Mikaels domæne, findes ti tusinde systemet af beboede verdner. Igennem hele Lanonandeksønnernes historie, i alt deres arbejde overalt i disse tusinder af systemer og i universets hovedkvarter, er kun tre Systemherskere nogensinde blevet fundet skyldige i foragt for Skabersønnens styre.
1. THE LEADERS OF REBELLION
1. LEDERNE AF OPRØRET
1955 53:1.1 Lucifer was not an ascendant being; he was a created Son of the local universe, and of him it was said: “You were perfect in all your ways from the day you were created till unrighteousness was found in you.” Many times had he been in counsel with the Most Highs of Edentia. And Lucifer reigned “upon the holy mountain of God,” the administrative mount of Jerusem, for he was the chief executive of a great system of 607 inhabited worlds.
2015 53:1.1 Lucifer var ikke et opstigende væsen; han var en skabt Søn i lokaluniverset, og det var sagt om ham: ”Fuldendt var du i alle henseende fra den dag da du var skabt, indtil at uretfærdighed blev fundet hos dig[1].” Mange gange havde han haft rådslagning med de Højeste i Edentia. Lucifer regerede ”på det hellige gudebjerg”, administrationshøjen i Jerusem, for han var den udøvende leder for et stort system som omfattede 607 beboede verdner[2].
1955 53:1.2 Lucifer was a magnificent being, a brilliant personality; he stood next to the Most High Fathers of the constellations in the direct line of universe authority. Notwithstanding Lucifer’s transgression, subordinate intelligences refrained from showing him disrespect and disdain prior to Michael’s bestowal on Urantia. Even the archangel of Michael, at the time of Moses’ resurrection, “did not bring against him an accusing judgment but simply said, ‘the Judge rebuke you.’” Judgment in such matters belongs to the Ancients of Days, the rulers of the superuniverse.
2015 53:1.2 Lucifer var et storslået væsen, en lysende personlighed; han stod i rangordningen nærmest under konstellationernes Højeste Fædre hvad angår magtudøvelsen i universet. Trods Lucifers overtrædelse afholdte de underordnede intelligensvæsener sig fra at vise ham respektløshed og foragt før Mikaels overdragelse på Urantia. Heller ikke Mikaels ærkeengel ved tiden før Moses opstandelse ”dristede sig til at udtale noget anklagende dom over ham, men sagde kun: ’Herren irettesætter dig’[3].” Domsretten i sådanne sager tilhører Dagenes Ældste, superuniversets herskere.
1955 53:1.3 Lucifer is now the fallen and deposed Sovereign of Satania. Self-contemplation is most disastrous, even to the exalted personalities of the celestial world. Of Lucifer it was said: “Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your brightness.” Your olden prophet saw his sad estate when he wrote: “How are you fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How are you cast down, you who dared to confuse the worlds!”
2015 53:1.3 Lucifer er nu Satanias faldne og afsatte hersker. Selvkontemplation er yderst ødelæggende, selv for de himmelske verdeners høje personligheder. Om Lucifer siges det: ”Dit hjerte blev hovmodigt af din skønhed; din store begavelse fik dig til at fordærve din visdom[4].” Jeres profet i gamle dage så hans sørgelige tilstand da han skrev: ”Hvordan er du faldet fra himlen, o Lucifer, morgenens søn! Hvordan er du blevet nedkastet, du som vovede at forvirre verdnerne!”[5]
1955 53:1.4 Very little was heard of Lucifer on Urantia owing to the fact that he assigned his first lieutenant, Satan, to advocate his cause on your planet. Satan was a member of the same primary group of Lanonandeks but had never functioned as a System Sovereign; he entered fully into the Lucifer insurrection. The “devil” is none other than Caligastia, the deposed Planetary Prince of Urantia and a Son of the secondary order of Lanonandeks. At the time Michael was on Urantia in the flesh, Lucifer, Satan, and Caligastia were leagued together to effect the miscarriage of his bestowal mission. But they signally failed.
2015 53:1.4 På Urantia hørte man meget lidt om Lucifer på grund af det faktum at han anviste sin første stedfortræder, Satan, til sin talsmand på jeres planet. Satan var medlem af samme gruppe af første gradens Lanonandeker men havde aldrig fungeret som Systemhersker; han gik helt og fuldt med i Lucifers opstand[6]. ”Djævelen” er ingen anden end Caligastia, Urantias afsatte Planetprins og en Søn af Lanonandekernes anden klasse[7][8]. Ved den tid da Mikael befandt sig på Urantia i kødelig skikkelse havde Lucifer, Satan og Caligastia sluttet sig sammen for at frembringe et uheld med overdragelsens mission. Men de mislykkedes fuldstændig.
1955 53:1.6 The dragon eventually became the symbolic representation of all these evil personages. Upon the triumph of Michael, “Gabriel came down from Salvington and bound the dragon (all the rebel leaders) for an age.” Of the Jerusem seraphic rebels it is written: “And the angels who kept not their first estate but left their own habitation, he has reserved in sure chains of darkness to the judgment of the great day.”
2015 53:1.6 Dragen blev til sidst det symbolske kendetegn for alle disse onde personfigurer. Efter Mikaels sejr ”kom Gabriel ned fra Salvington og bandt dragen (alle oprørslederne) for en tidsalder"[11]. Om serafrebellerne i Jerusem står der skrevet: ”De engle som ikke beholdt deres første ejendom, men forlod deres bolig, har ham med mørkets sikre kæder tilbageholdt til den store dags dom[12].”
2. THE CAUSES OF REBELLION
2. ÅRSAGERNE TIL OPRØRET
1955 53:2.1 Lucifer and his first assistant, Satan, had reigned on Jerusem for more than five hundred thousand years when in their hearts they began to array themselves against the Universal Father and his then vicegerent Son, Michael.
2015 53:2.1 Lucifer og hans første assistent Satan havde regeret i Jerusem i over fem hundred tusind år da de i deres hjerter begyndte at rejse sig mod den Universelle Fader og hans daværende stedfortræder Søn Mikael.
1955 53:2.2 There were no peculiar or special conditions in the system of Satania which suggested or favored rebellion. It is our belief that the idea took origin and form in Lucifer’s mind, and that he might have instigated such a rebellion no matter where he might have been stationed. Lucifer first announced his plans to Satan, but it required several months to corrupt the mind of his able and brilliant associate. However, when once converted to the rebel theories, he became a bold and earnest advocate of “self-assertion and liberty.”
2015 53:2.2 Der var ingen særlige eller specielle forhold i Satania systemet som kunne have forårsaget eller fremmet et oprør. Vi tror, at idéen opstod og blev udformet i Lucifers sind og at han kunne have igangsat et sådant oprør uafhængig af hvor han havde været udstationeret. Lucifer tilkendegav først sine planer for Satan, men det tog flere måneder at fordærve hans dygtige og lysende medarbejders sind. Men da denne først var vundet over til oprørsteorierne blev han en dristig og ivrig forkæmper for ”selvhævdelse og frihed”[13].
1955 53:2.3 No one ever suggested rebellion to Lucifer. The idea of self-assertion in opposition to the will of Michael and to the plans of the Universal Father, as they are represented in Michael, had its origin in his own mind. His relations with the Creator Son had been intimate and always cordial. At no time prior to the exaltation of his own mind did Lucifer openly express dissatisfaction about the universe administration. Notwithstanding his silence, for more than one hundred years of standard time the Union of Days on Salvington had been reflectivating to Uversa that all was not at peace in Lucifer’s mind. This information was also communicated to the Creator Son and the Constellation Fathers of Norlatiadek.
2015 53:2.3 Ingen foreslog nogensinde tanken om oprør til Lucifer. Idéen om at hævde sig selv i opposition mod Mikaels vilje og den Universelle Faders planer, som de er repræsenteret i Mikael, havde deres oprindelse i hans eget sind. Hans relationer til Skabersønnen havde været intime og altid hjertelige. Forud for ophøjelsen af sit eget sind havde Lucifer aldrig åbent udtrykt misfornøjelse med universets administration. Trods hans tavshed havde Dagenes Forenede i Salvington i over et hundred år efter standard tid tilbagespejlet til Uversa at alt ikke stod ret til i Lucifers sind. Denne information blev også overført til Skabersønnen og til Konstellationsfædrene i Norlatiadek.
1955 53:2.4 Throughout this period Lucifer became increasingly critical of the entire plan of universe administration but always professed wholehearted loyalty to the Supreme Rulers. His first outspoken disloyalty was manifested on the occasion of a visit of Gabriel to Jerusem just a few days before the open proclamation of the Lucifer Declaration of Liberty. Gabriel was so profoundly impressed with the certainty of the impending outbreak that he went direct to Edentia to confer with the Constellation Fathers regarding the measures to be employed in case of open rebellion.
2015 53:2.4 Under hele denne periode blev Lucifer i stigende grad mere kritisk mod hele planen for universets administration men erklærede altid at være helhjertet loyal mod de Højeste Herskere. Hans første åbenhjertig illoyalitet blev manifesteret på et tidspunkt da Gabriel besøgte Jerusem kun nogle få dage inden Lucifers frihedsdeklaration åbent blev proklameret. Gabriel blev så dybt overbevist om at det gjaldt en forestående opstand at han begav sig direkte til Edentia for at konferere med Konstellationsfædrene vedrørende de foranstaltninger som burde træffes i tilfælde af åbent oprør.
1955 53:2.5 It is very difficult to point out the exact cause or causes which finally culminated in the Lucifer rebellion. We are certain of only one thing, and that is: Whatever these first beginnings were, they had their origin in Lucifer’s mind. There must have been a pride of self that nourished itself to the point of self-deception, so that Lucifer for a time really persuaded himself that his contemplation of rebellion was actually for the good of the system, if not of the universe. By the time his plans had developed to the point of disillusionment, no doubt he had gone too far for his original and mischief-making pride to permit him to stop. At some point in this experience he became insincere, and evil evolved into deliberate and willful sin. That this happened is proved by the subsequent conduct of this brilliant executive. He was long offered opportunity for repentance, but only some of his subordinates ever accepted the proffered mercy. The Faithful of Days of Edentia, on the request of the Constellation Fathers, in person presented the plan of Michael for the saving of these flagrant rebels, but always was the mercy of the Creator Son rejected and rejected with increasing contempt and disdain.
2015 53:2.5 Det er meget svært at pege på den eksakte årsag eller de årsager som til sidst kulminerede i Lucifers oprør. Vi er kun sikre på en ting, nemlig: Hvad end disse første behov bestod af så havde de deres oprindelse i Lucifers sind. Der må have været en sådan jegets stolthed som nærede sig selv frem til selvbedrag, så at Lucifer for en tid virkelig var overbevist om, at oprøret som han overvejede i selve virkeligheden var for systemets, eller endda selve universets bedste. På den tid da hans planer havde udviklet sig så langt, at de var blevet en desillusionering var han uden tvivl gået for langt til at hans oprindelige og skadelige stolthed ville tillade ham at stoppe[14]. Et eller andet sted i denne erfaring blev han uærlig, og ondskab udviklede sig til forsætlig og overlagt synd. At dette hænde bevises af denne lysende leders senere adfærd. Han fik længe tilbudt muligheden for at angre, men kun nogle af hans underordnede accepterede nogensinde den nåde som blev tilbudt. Dagenes Trofaste i Edentia på opfordring af Konstellationsfædrene præsenterede personlig Mikaels plan for at redde disse åbenlyse oprørere, men altid blev Skabersønnens nåde afvist, og med tiltagende foragt og ringeagt.
3. THE LUCIFER MANIFESTO
3. LUCIFERS MANIFEST
1955 53:3.1 Whatever the early origins of trouble in the hearts of Lucifer and Satan, the final outbreak took form as the Lucifer Declaration of Liberty. The cause of the rebels was stated under three heads:
1955 53:3.2 1. The reality of the Universal Father. Lucifer charged that the Universal Father did not really exist, that physical gravity and space-energy were inherent in the universe, and that the Father was a myth invented by the Paradise Sons to enable them to maintain the rule of the universes in the Father’s name. He denied that personality was a gift of the Universal Father. He even intimated that the finaliters were in collusion with the Paradise Sons to foist fraud upon all creation since they never brought back a very clear-cut idea of the Father’s actual personality as it is discernible on Paradise. He traded on reverence as ignorance. The charge was sweeping, terrible, and blasphemous. It was this veiled attack upon the finaliters that no doubt influenced the ascendant citizens then on Jerusem to stand firm and remain steadfast in resistance to all the rebel’s proposals.
2015 53:3.2 1. Den Universelle Faders virkelige eksistens. Lucifer påstod at den Universelle Fader i selve virkeligheden ikke eksisterede, at den fysiske tyngdekraft og rum-energi var en naturlig del af universet, og at Faderen var en myte som Paradissønnerne havde opfundet for at gøre det muligt for dem at opretholde styret i universet i Faderens navn. Han afviste, at personligheden var en gave af den Universelle Fader. Han antydede endda, at finaliterne var i hemmelig ledtog med Paradissønnerne for at prakke et bedrag på hele skabelsen, idet de aldrig bragte med sig tilbage nogen særskilt klar og tydelig opfattelse om Faderens faktiske personlighed, så som den kan skelnes i Paradiset. Ærefrygt udnyttede han som værende uvidenhed. Anklagen var gennemgribende, forfærdelig og blasfemisk. Det var dette fordækte angreb på finaliterne som utvivlsomt influerede de opstigende borgere, som dengang befandt sig i Jerusem til at stå fast og forblive urokkelig i deres modstand mod alle rebellernes frierier.
1955 53:3.3 2. The universe government of the Creator Son—Michael. Lucifer contended that the local systems should be autonomous. He protested against the right of Michael, the Creator Son, to assume sovereignty of Nebadon in the name of a hypothetical Paradise Father and require all personalities to acknowledge allegiance to this unseen Father. He asserted that the whole plan of worship was a clever scheme to aggrandize the Paradise Sons. He was willing to acknowledge Michael as his Creator-father but not as his God and rightful ruler.
2015 53:3.3 2. Skabersønnens - Mikaels - univers regering. Lucifer hævdede, at de lokale systemer burde være autonome. Han protesterede mod Mikaels, Skabersønnens, ret til at kræve suverænitet i Nebadon i en hypotetisk Paradisfaders navn og til at kræve tro og lydighed af alle personligheder til denne usete Fader. Han påstod, at hele planen for tilbedelse var et smart måde til at ophøje Paradissønnerne. Han var villig til at anerkende Mikael som sin Skaber-far, men ikke som sin Gud og retmæssige hersker.
1955 53:3.4 Most bitterly did he attack the right of the Ancients of Days—“foreign potentates”—to interfere in the affairs of the local systems and universes. These rulers he denounced as tyrants and usurpers. He exhorted his followers to believe that none of these rulers could do aught to interfere with the operation of complete home rule if men and angels only had the courage to assert themselves and boldly claim their rights.
2015 53:3.4 Mest bittert angreb han Dagenes Ældstes ret - ”udenlandske herskere” - til at gribe ind i lokalsystemets og universernes anliggender. Disse herskere fordømte han som tyranner og tronranere. Han opfordrede sine tilhængere til at tro, at ingen af disse herskere ville kunne gøre nogen for at gribe ind mod det fulde selvstyre, hvis blot mennesker og engle havde mod til at hævde sig og frimodig kræve deres rettigheder.
1955 53:3.5 He contended that the executioners of the Ancients of Days could be debarred from functioning in the local systems if the native beings would only assert their independence. He maintained that immortality was inherent in the system personalities, that resurrection was natural and automatic, and that all beings would live eternally except for the arbitrary and unjust acts of the executioners of the Ancients of Days.
2015 53:3.5 Han hævdede, at Dagenes Ældstes udøvende myndighed kunne udelukkes fra at fungere i lokalsystemet, hvis de indfødte væsener blot ville hævde deres selvstændighed. Han fastholdt, at udødeligheden fandtes iboende i systemets personligheder, at opstandelsen var naturlig og automatisk, og at alle væsener ville leve for evigt hvis Dagenes Ældstes udøvende myndighed og deres egenmægtige og uretfærdige virksomhed ikke fandtes.
1955 53:3.6 3. The attack upon the universal plan of ascendant mortal training. Lucifer maintained that far too much time and energy were expended upon the scheme of so thoroughly training ascending mortals in the principles of universe administration, principles which he alleged were unethical and unsound. He protested against the agelong program for preparing the mortals of space for some unknown destiny and pointed to the presence of the finaliter corps on Jerusem as proof that these mortals had spent ages of preparation for some destiny of pure fiction. With derision he pointed out that the finaliters had encountered a destiny no more glorious than to be returned to humble spheres similar to those of their origin. He intimated that they had been debauched by overmuch discipline and prolonged training, and that they were in reality traitors to their mortal fellows since they were now co-operating with the scheme of enslaving all creation to the fictions of a mythical eternal destiny for ascending mortals. He advocated that ascenders should enjoy the liberty of individual self-determination. He challenged and condemned the entire plan of mortal ascension as sponsored by the Paradise Sons of God and supported by the Infinite Spirit.
2015 53:3.6 3. Angrebet på den universelle plan for de opstigende dødeliges uddannelse. Lucifer fastholdt, at alt for meget tid og energi blev anvendt på planen med at uddanne de opstigende dødelige så grundigt i principperne for universets administration, principper som han påstod, var uetiske og usunde. Han protesterede mod det årelange program med at forberede rummets dødelige på en ukendt skæbne og pegede på finalitkorpsets tilstedeværelse i Jerusem som bevis på, at disse dødelige havde anvendt tidsaldre af forberedelse for en eller anden ren indbildt skæbnebestemmelse. Med hån påpegede han at finaliterne ikke havde mødt en ærefuld skæbne andet end at blive sendt tilbage til ubetydelige sfærer lignende dem hvorfra de havde deres oprindelse. Han antydede, at de var blevet demoraliseret af for meget disciplin og langvarig uddannelse, og at de i virkeligheden var deres dødelige kammeraters forrædere, eftersom de nu medvirkede i programmet med at trælbinde hele skabelsen under de indbildte forestillinger om en mystisk evig skæbne for de opstigende dødelige. Han var talsmands for, at de opstigende skulle have friheden til individuel selvbestemmelse. Han udfordrede og fordømte hele planen for de dødeliges opstigning således som den blev opretholdt af Guds Paradissønner og støttet af den Uendelige Ånd.
1955 53:3.7 And it was with such a Declaration of Liberty that Lucifer launched his orgy of darkness and death.
2015 53:3.7 Og det var med sådan en frihedsdeklaration at Lucifer igangsatte sit orgie af mørke og død.
4. OUTBREAK OF THE REBELLION
4. OPRØRET BRYDER UD
1955 53:4.1 The Lucifer manifesto was issued at the annual conclave of Satania on the sea of glass, in the presence of the assembled hosts of Jerusem, on the last day of the year, about two hundred thousand years ago, Urantia time. Satan proclaimed that worship could be accorded the universal forces—physical, intellectual, and spiritual—but that allegiance could be acknowledged only to the actual and present ruler, Lucifer, the “friend of men and angels” and the “God of liberty.”
2015 53:4.1 Lucifers manifest blev offentliggjort på glashavet ved Satanias årlige konklave i nærværelse af Jerusems forsamlede skarer, på årets sidste dag for omkring to hundred tusinde år siden efter Urantia tid. Satan proklamerede, at tilbedelse kunne målrettes til de universelle kræfter - fysiske, intellektuelle og åndelige - men at tro- og lydighedspligten kun kunne gælde den faktiske og nuværende hersker, Lucifer, ”menneskers og englenes ven” og ”frihedens Gud”.
1955 53:4.2 Self-assertion was the battle cry of the Lucifer rebellion. One of his chief arguments was that, if self-government was good and right for the Melchizedeks and other groups, it was equally good for all orders of intelligence. He was bold and persistent in the advocacy of the “equality of mind” and “the brotherhood of intelligence.” He maintained that all government should be limited to the local planets and their voluntary confederation into the local systems. All other supervision he disallowed. He promised the Planetary Princes that they should rule the worlds as supreme executives. He denounced the location of legislative activities on the constellation headquarters and the conduct of judicial affairs on the universe capital. He contended that all these functions of government should be concentrated on the system capitals and proceeded to set up his own legislative assembly and organized his own tribunals under the jurisdiction of Satan. And he directed that the princes on the apostate worlds do the same.
2015 53:4.2 Selvhævdelse var krigsråbet for Lucifers oprør[16]. Et af hans hovedargumenter var, at hvis selvstyre var godt og ret for Melkisedekerne og andre grupper var det ligeså god for alle andre klasser af intelligensvæsener. Han var dristig og ihærdig i sin propaganda for ”sindslighed” og ”intelligensens broderskab”. Han gjorte gældende, at al forvaltning burde begrænses til de lokale planeter og deres frivillige forbund i lokalsystemet. Al andet tilsyn afviste han. Han lovede Planetprinserne, at de skulle herske over deres verdener som højeste udøvere. Han fordømte placeringen af lovgivningsaktiviteterne til konstellationshovedkvarteret og forvaltningen af juridiske anliggender fra universets hovedstad. Han hævdede, at alle disse styringsfunktioner burde koncentreres til systemhovedstæderne og begyndte at opsætte sin egen lovgivende forsamling samt organiserede sine egne domstole under Satans domsmyndighed. Han instruerede prinserne i de frafaldne verdener at gøre det samme.
1955 53:4.3 The entire administrative cabinet of Lucifer went over in a body and were sworn in publicly as the officers of the administration of the new head of “the liberated worlds and systems.”
2015 53:4.3 Lucifers administrative kabinet gik samlet over og aflagde offentlig ed som embedsmænd for den administration som var lydige under det nye overhoved for ”de befriede verdener og systemer”.
1955 53:4.4 While there had been two previous rebellions in Nebadon, they were in distant constellations. Lucifer held that these insurrections were unsuccessful because the majority of the intelligences failed to follow their leaders. He contended that “majorities rule,” that “mind is infallible.” The freedom allowed him by the universe rulers apparently sustained many of his nefarious contentions. He defied all his superiors; yet they apparently took no note of his doings. He was given a free hand to prosecute his seductive plan without let or hindrance.
2015 53:4.4 Selvom der havde været to tidligere oprør i Nebadon, så skete disse i afsides liggende konstellationer. Lucifer antog at disse opstande var mislykkedes fordi majoriteten af intelligensvæsenerne ikke fulgte deres ledere. Han hævdede, at ”majoriteterne styrer”, at ”sindet er ufejlbarlig”. Den frihed som universets herskere gav ham syntes at understøtte mange af hans nedrige påstande. Han trodsede alle sine overordnede, men de syntes ikke at tage nogen notits af hvad han gjorte. Han fik frie hænder til at sætte sin forføriske plan i værk uden den mindste forhindring.
1955 53:4.5 All the merciful delays of justice Lucifer pointed to as evidence of the inability of the government of the Paradise Sons to stop the rebellion. He would openly defy and arrogantly challenge Michael, Immanuel, and the Ancients of Days and then point to the fact that no action ensued as positive evidence of the impotency of the universe and the superuniverse governments.
2015 53:4.5 Alle de barmhjertige udsættelser i retsplejen pegede Lucifer på som bevis på manglende evne i Paradissønnernes styre til at stoppe oprøret. Han ville åbent trodse og arrogant udfordrer Mikael, Immanuel og Dagenes Ældste og henviste siden til det faktum, at dette ikke førte til nogen affære som et udtrykkeligt bevis på magtesløsheden i universet og superuniversets regeringer.
1955 53:4.6 Gabriel was personally present throughout all these disloyal proceedings and only announced that he would, in due time, speak for Michael, and that all beings would be left free and unmolested in their choice; that the “government of the Sons for the Father desired only that loyalty and devotion which was voluntary, wholehearted, and sophistry-proof.”
2015 53:4.6 Gabriel var personlig tilstede under alle disse illoyale aktiviteter og meddelte kun, at han, når tiden var inde, ville tale for Mikael og at alle væsener frit og uhindret skulle kunne træffe deres valg; at ”Sønnernes styre til Faderens ære kun ønskede den loyalitet og hengivenhed som var frivillig, helhjertet, og kunne modstå sofisterierne".
1955 53:4.7 Lucifer was permitted fully to establish and thoroughly to organize his rebel government before Gabriel made any effort to contest the right of secession or to counterwork the rebel propaganda. But the Constellation Fathers immediately confined the action of these disloyal personalities to the system of Satania. Nevertheless, this period of delay was a time of great trial and testing to the loyal beings of all Satania. All was chaotic for a few years, and there was great confusion on the mansion worlds.
2015 53:4.7 Lucifer blev tilladt helt at etablere og grundigt at organisere sin oprørsregering inden Gabriel gjorde noget forsøg på at bestride retten til løsrivelse eller at modarbejde rebellernes propaganda. Konstellationsfædrene begrænsede umiddelbart disse illoyale personligheders virksomhed til systemet Satania. Ikke desto mindre var denne udsættelsesperiode en tid af stor prøvelse og test for de loyale væsener i hele Satania. Alt var kaotisk i nogle få år, og der rådede en stor forvirring i mansoniaverdnerne.
5. NATURE OF THE CONFLICT
5. KONFLIKTENS ART
1955 53:5.1 Upon the outbreak of the Satania rebellion, Michael took counsel of his Paradise brother, Immanuel. Following this momentous conference, Michael announced that he would pursue the same policy which had characterized his dealings with similar upheavals in the past, an attitude of noninterference.
2015 53:5.1 Ved oprørets udbrud i Satania, rådførte Michael sig med sin Paradisbroder, Immanuel. Efter denne betydningsfulde konference, meddelte Michael, at han ville fortsætte den samme politik, som havde karakteriseret hans forhold med lignende omvæltninger i fortiden, en holdning af ikke indblanding.
1955 53:5.2 At the time of this rebellion and the two which preceded it there was no absolute and personal sovereign authority in the universe of Nebadon. Michael ruled by divine right, as vicegerent of the Universal Father, but not yet in his own personal right. He had not completed his bestowal career; he had not yet been vested with “all power in heaven and on earth.”
2015 53:5.2 På tidspunktet for dette oprør, og de to, som var gået forud var der ingen absolut og personlig suveræn autoritet i Nebadons univers. Michael regeret af guddommelig ret, som stedfortræder for den Universelle Fader, men endnu ikke i sin egen personlige ret. Han havde ikke afsluttet sit overdragelseslivsforløb; Han var endnu ikke blevet tillagt med "al magt i himmelen og på jorden[17]."
1955 53:5.3 From the outbreak of rebellion to the day of his enthronement as sovereign ruler of Nebadon, Michael never interfered with the rebel forces of Lucifer; they were allowed to run a free course for almost two hundred thousand years of Urantia time. Christ Michael now has ample power and authority to deal promptly, even summarily, with such outbreaks of disloyalty, but we doubt that this sovereign authority would lead him to act differently if another such upheaval should occur.
2015 53:5.3 Fra udbruddet af oprøret til dagen for hans tronbestigelse som suveræne hersker over Nebadon, forstyrrede Michael aldrig Lucifer oprørsstyrker; de fik lov til at køre et frit løb for næsten tohundred tusind år af Urantia tid. Kristus Michael har nu magtbeføjelser og myndighed til hurtig handling, og selv summarisk, at beskæftige sig med sådanne udbrud af illoyalitet, men vi tvivler på, at denne suveræne myndighed ville føre ham til at handle anderledes, hvis en anden sådan omvæltning skulle opstå.
1955 53:5.4 Since Michael elected to remain aloof from the actual warfare of the Lucifer rebellion, Gabriel called his personal staff together on Edentia and, in counsel with the Most Highs, elected to assume command of the loyal hosts of Satania. Michael remained on Salvington while Gabriel proceeded to Jerusem, and establishing himself on the sphere dedicated to the Father—the same Universal Father whose personality Lucifer and Satan had questioned—in the presence of the forgathered hosts of loyal personalities, he displayed the banner of Michael, the material emblem of the Trinity government of all creation, the three azure blue concentric circles on a white background.
2015 53:5.4 Da Michael valgte at holde sig udenfor den faktiske krigsførelse af Lucifers oprør, kaldte Gabriel sine personlige medarbejdere sammen på Edentia og besluttede i samråd med de Højeste, at påtage sig kommandoen over de forblevne loyale værter i Satania. Michael blev på Salvington mens Gabriel rejse til Jerusem og etablere sig på sfæren dedikeret til Faderen - den samme Universelle Far, hvis personlighed Lucifer og Satan havde sat spørgsmålstegn ved - og i overværelse af de forsamlede skarer af loyale personligheder, udfoldede han Michaels banner: det materielle emblem af Treenighedens regering af hele skabelsen, de tre himmelblå koncentriske cirkler på en hvid baggrund.
1955 53:5.5 The Lucifer emblem was a banner of white with one red circle, in the center of which a black solid circle appeared.
2015 53:5.5 Lucifers emblem var et hvidt banner med en rød cirkel, i hvis midte en sort solid cirkel fremstod.
1955 53:5.6 “There was war in heaven; Michael’s commander and his angels fought against the dragon (Lucifer, Satan, and the apostate princes); and the dragon and his rebellious angels fought but prevailed not.” This “war in heaven” was not a physical battle as such a conflict might be conceived on Urantia. In the early days of the struggle Lucifer held forth continuously in the planetary amphitheater. Gabriel conducted an unceasing exposure of the rebel sophistries from his headquarters taken up near at hand. The various personalities present on the sphere who were in doubt as to their attitude would journey back and forth between these discussions until they arrived at a final decision.
2015 53:5.6 "Der var krig i himlen; Michaels kommandant og hans engle kæmpede mod dragen (Lucifer, Satan, og de frafaldne prinser); og dragen og hans oprørske engle kæmpede, men sejrede ikke[18]. "Denne" krig i himmelen "var ikke en fysisk kamp, som en sådan konflikt kunne være tænkt på Urantia. I de tidlige dage af kampen holdt Lucifer foredrag i det planetariske amfiteater. Fra sit hovedkvarter som han havde sat op nær ved førte Gabriel en uophørlig eksponering af de oprørske spidsfindigheder. De forskellige personligheder, der befandt sig på sfæren og som var i tvivl om deres holdning rejse frem og tilbage mellem disse diskussionspunkter, indtil de kom til en endelig afgørelse.
1955 53:5.7 But this war in heaven was very terrible and very real. While displaying none of the barbarities so characteristic of physical warfare on the immature worlds, this conflict was far more deadly; material life is in jeopardy in material combat, but the war in heaven was fought in terms of life eternal.
2015 53:5.7 Men denne krig i himmelen var meget forfærdeligt og meget reel. Selv om den ikke viser nogle af de barbariske grusomheder, der er så karakteristiske for fysisk krigsførelse på de umodne verdener, så var denne konflikt langt mere dødbringende; materielle liv er i fare i materielle kampe, men krigen i himmelen blev udkæmpet i form af det evige liv.
6. A LOYAL SERAPHIC COMMANDER
6. EN LOYAL SERAFKOMMANDØR
1955 53:6.1 There were many noble and inspiring acts of devotion and loyalty which were performed by numerous personalities during the interim between the outbreak of hostilities and the arrival of the new system ruler and his staff. But the most thrilling of all these daring feats of devotion was the courageous conduct of Manotia, the second in command of the Satania headquarters’ seraphim.
2015 53:6.1 Der var mange ædle og inspirerende handlinger af hengivenhed og loyalitet, som blev udført af talrige personligheder i den mellemliggende interval mellem udbruddet af fjendtlighederne og ankomsten af den nye systemhersker og hans personale. Men den mest spændende af alle disse dristige bedrifter af hengivenhed var Manotias modige adfærd, den næstkommanderende chef for seraferne i Satanias hovedkvarter.
1955 53:6.2 At the outbreak of rebellion on Jerusem the head of the seraphic hosts joined the Lucifer cause. This no doubt explains why such a large number of the fourth order, the system administrator seraphim, went astray. The seraphic leader was spiritually blinded by the brilliant personality of Lucifer; his charming ways fascinated the lower orders of celestial beings. They simply could not comprehend that it was possible for such a dazzling personality to go wrong.
2015 53:6.2 Ved udbruddet af oprøret på Jerusem sluttede lederen af seraferne sig til Lucifers sag. Dette forklarer uden tvivl, hvorfor et så stort antal af den fjerde klasse, systemadministrationens serafer, for vild. Serafernes leder blev åndeligt blændet af Lucifers geniale personlighed; hans charmerende måder fascineret de lavere klasser af himmelske væsener. De kunne simpelthen ikke fatte, at det var muligt for sådan en blændende personlighed at tage fejl.
1955 53:6.3 Not long since, in describing the experiences associated with the onset of the Lucifer rebellion, Manotia said: “But my most exhilarating moment was the thrilling adventure connected with the Lucifer rebellion when, as second seraphic commander, I refused to participate in the projected insult to Michael; and the powerful rebels sought my destruction by means of the liaison forces they had arranged. There was a tremendous upheaval on Jerusem, but not a single loyal seraphim was harmed.
2015 53:6.3 For ikke så længe siden, sagde Manotia, da han beskrev oplevelsen, der var forbundet med starten af Lucifers oprør, "Men min mest stimulerende øjeblik var det spændende eventyr forbundet med Lucifer oprør, da jeg, som den anden seraf kommandør, nægtede at deltage i den planlagte fornærmelse af Michael. De magtfulde oprørere forsøgte at ødelæggelse mig med hjælp af forbindelsesstyrkernes kræfter, som de havde arrangeret. Der var en enorm omvæltning på Jerusem, men ikke en eneste loyal serafer blev skadet.
1955 53:6.4 “Upon the default of my immediate superior it devolved upon me to assume command of the angelic hosts of Jerusem as the titular director of the confused seraphic affairs of the system. I was morally upheld by the Melchizedeks, ably assisted by a majority of the Material Sons, deserted by a tremendous group of my own order, but magnificently supported by the ascendant mortals on Jerusem.
2015 53:6.4 "Da min nærmeste leder havde afveget, blev det min opgave, som den titulære leder af systemets forvirrede serafiske anliggender, at tage kommandoen over de himmelske hærskarer i Jerusem. Jeg var moralsk godkendt af Melkisedekerne, et flertal af de Materielle Sønner assisterede mig kyndigt, da en enorm gruppe af min egen klasse havde forladt mig, men på den mest storslåede måde, blev jeg støttet af de opstigende dødelige på Jerusem.”
1955 53:6.5 “Having been automatically thrown out of the constellation circuits by the secession of Lucifer, we were dependent on the loyalty of our intelligence corps, who forwarded calls for help to Edentia from the near-by system of Rantulia; and we found that the kingdom of order, the intellect of loyalty, and the spirit of truth were inherently triumphant over rebellion, self-assertion, and so-called personal liberty; we were able to carry on until the arrival of the new System Sovereign, the worthy successor of Lucifer. And immediately thereafter I was assigned to the corps of the Melchizedek receivership of Urantia, assuming jurisdiction over the loyal seraphic orders on the world of the traitorous Caligastia, who had proclaimed his sphere a member of the newly projected system of ‘liberated worlds and emancipated personalities’ proposed in the infamous Declaration of Liberty issued by Lucifer in his call to the ‘liberty-loving, free-thinking, and forward-looking intelligences of the misruled and maladministered worlds of Satania.’”
2015 53:6.5 "Så da vi, som en konsekvens af Lucifers løsrivelse automatisk var blevet afskåret fra konstellationens kredsløb, var vi afhængige af vores underretningskorps loyalitet, der videresendte vores opkald om hjælp til Edentia fra det nærliggende system Rantulia; og vi fandt, at rigets ordning, loyalitetens intellekt, og sandhedens ånd i sagens natur sejrede over oprør, selvhævdelse, og såkaldt personlige frihed; vi kunne holde ud indtil ankomsten af den nye systemhersker, den værdige efterfølger til Lucifer. Umiddelbart derefter blev jeg overført til Det Melkisedekske forvaltningskorps af Urantia, modtog myndigheden over de loyale serafklasser i den forræderiske Caligastias verden. Han havde proklameret sin sfære som medlem af det nyligt projicerede system af 'befriede verdener og frigjorte personligheder" der var blevet foreslået i den berygtede frihedserklæring udstedt af Lucifer i hans opråb til de "frihedselskende, frit tænkende, og fremsynede intelligenser i de fejlstyrede og dårligt ledede verdener i Satania."
2015 53:6.6 Denne engel er stadig i tjeneste på Urantia, fungerer som stedfortrædende leder af seraferne.
7. HISTORY OF THE REBELLION
7. OPRØRETS HISTORIE
1955 53:7.1 The Lucifer rebellion was system wide. Thirty-seven seceding Planetary Princes swung their world administrations largely to the side of the archrebel. Only on Panoptia did the Planetary Prince fail to carry his people with him. On this world, under the guidance of the Melchizedeks, the people rallied to the support of Michael. Ellanora, a young woman of that mortal realm, grasped the leadership of the human races, and not a single soul on that strife-torn world enlisted under the Lucifer banner. And ever since have these loyal Panoptians served on the seventh Jerusem transition world as the caretakers and builders on the Father’s sphere and its surrounding seven detention worlds. The Panoptians not only act as the literal custodians of these worlds, but they also execute the personal orders of Michael for the embellishment of these spheres for some future and unknown use. They do this work as they tarry en route to Edentia.
2015 53:7.1 Lucifers oprør omfattede hele systemet. Syvogtredive Planetprinser svingede stort set deres verdens administration over til ærkerebellens side. Kun på Panoptia lykkedes det ikke Planetprinsen at få sit folk med sig. I denne verden samledes folk, under vejledning af Melkisedekerne, til støtte for Michael. Ellanora, en ung kvinde af denne dødelige verden, tog ledelsen af de menneskelige racer, og ikke en eneste sjæl på denne stridsplagede verden gik ind under Lucifers banner. Og lige siden har disse loyale Panoptier tjent i Jerusems syvende overgangsverden som forvaltere og bygherrer på Faderens sfære og de omkringliggende syv frihedsberøvelses verdener. Panoptierne fungerer ikke kun som de bogstavelige vogtere af disse verdener, men de udfører også Michaels personlige ordrer om forskønnelse af disse sfærer for en fremtidig og ukendt brug. De udfører dette arbejde under deres ophold, på vejen til Edentia.
1955 53:7.2 Throughout this period Caligastia was advocating the cause of Lucifer on Urantia. The Melchizedeks ably opposed the apostate Planetary Prince, but the sophistries of unbridled liberty and the delusions of self-assertion had every opportunity for deceiving the primitive peoples of a young and undeveloped world.
2015 53:7.2 I hele denne periode var Caligastia fortaler for Lucifers sag på Urantia. Melkisedekerne modsatte sig dygtigt den frafaldne Planetprins, men den uhæmmet friheds spidsfindigheder og selvhævdelsens vrangforestillinger havde alle muligheder for at bedrage de primitive folkeslag i en ung og uudviklet verden.
1955 53:7.3 All secession propaganda had to be carried on by personal effort because the broadcast service and all other avenues of interplanetary communication were suspended by the action of the system circuit supervisors. Upon the actual outbreak of the insurrection the entire system of Satania was isolated in both the constellation and the universe circuits. During this time all incoming and outgoing messages were dispatched by seraphic agents and Solitary Messengers. The circuits to the fallen worlds were also cut off, so that Lucifer could not utilize this avenue for the furtherance of his nefarious scheme. And these circuits will not be restored so long as the archrebel lives within the confines of Satania.
2015 53:7.3 Alt løsrivelses propaganda var tvunget til at skulle gennemføres ved personlig indsats, fordi informationsudsendings tjenesten og alle andre kanaler for interplanetariske kommunikation blev suspenderet på foranledning af vejlederne af systemets kredsløb. Ved selve udbruddet af oprøret var hele Satania systemet blevet isoleret både i konstellationen og universets kredsløb. I løbet af denne tid blev alle indgående og udgående meddelelser afsendt af serafagenter og Enlige Budbringere. Kredsløbet til de faldne verdener blev også afskåret, så Lucifer kunne ikke udnytte denne kanal til fremme af sin forbryderiske plan. Disse kredsløb bliver ikke gendannet, så længe ærkerebellen lever indenfor Satanias grænser.
1955 53:7.4 This was a Lanonandek rebellion. The higher orders of local universe sonship did not join the Lucifer secession, although a few of the Life Carriers stationed on the rebel planets were somewhat influenced by the rebellion of the disloyal princes. None of the Trinitized Sons went astray. The Melchizedeks, archangels, and the Brilliant Evening Stars were all loyal to Michael and, with Gabriel, valiantly contended for the Father’s will and the Son’s rule.
2015 53:7.4 Dette var en Lanonandek oprør. De højere klasser af Sønner i lokaluniverset sluttede sig ikke til Lucifer løsrivelse, selv om et par af Livsbærerne stationeret på de oprørske planeter var meget påvirket af de illoyale prinsers oprør. Ingen af de Treenigede Sønner gik på afveje. Melkisedekerne, ærkeengle, og Lysende Aftenstjerner var alle loyale over for Michael og sammen med Gabriel, kæmpede de tappert for Faderens vilje og Sønnens styre.
1955 53:7.5 No beings of Paradise origin were involved in disloyalty. Together with the Solitary Messengers they took up headquarters on the world of the Spirit and remained under the leadership of the Faithful of Days of Edentia. None of the conciliators apostatized, nor did a single one of the Celestial Recorders go astray. But a heavy toll was taken of the Morontia Companions and the Mansion World Teachers.
2015 53:7.5 Ingen væsener med oprindelse i Paradiset var involveret i illoyalitet. Sammen med de Enlige Budbringere, slog de deres hovedkvarter op i Åndens verden og forblev under ledelse af Dagenes Troende i Edentia. Ingen af forligsmændene faldt fra, heller ikke en eneste af de Himmelske Registratorer gik tabt. Men Morontialedsagerne og Mansoniaverdens Lærere led store tab.
1955 53:7.6 Of the supreme order of seraphim, not an angel was lost, but a considerable group of the next order, the superior, were deceived and ensnared. Likewise a few of the third or supervisor order of angels were misled. But the terrible breakdown came in the fourth group, the administrator angels, those seraphim who are normally assigned to the duties of the system capitals. Manotia saved almost two thirds of them, but slightly over one third followed their chief into the rebel ranks. One third of all the Jerusem cherubim attached to the administrator angels were lost with their disloyal seraphim.
2015 53:7.6 Fra serafernes højeste klasser, gik ikke en eneste engel tabt, men en betydelig gruppe fra følgende klasse, de højere serafer, blev snydt og fanget. Ligeledes blev et par af den tredje eller vejledende klasse af engle vildledt. Men den frygtelige sammenbrud kom i den fjerde gruppe, administrator englene, de serafer som normalt er tildelt opgaver i systemets hovedstæder. Manotia reddede næsten to tredjedele af dem, men lidt over en tredjedel fulgte deres chef i oprørernes rækker. En tredjedel af alle Jerusems keruber som var knyttet til administrator englene blev tabt med deres illoyale serafer.
1955 53:7.7 Of the planetary angelic helpers, those assigned to the Material Sons, about one third were deceived, and almost ten per cent of the transition ministers were ensnared. In symbol John saw this when he wrote of the great red dragon, saying: “And his tail drew a third part of the stars of heaven and cast them down in darkness.”
2015 53:7.7 Af de planetariske engle hjælpere, dem der var tildelt de Materielle Sønner, blev omkring en tredjedel snydt, og næsten ti procent af overgangs ministre blev fanget. Johannes så dette symbolsk, da han skrev om den store røde drage, og sagde: "Og hans hale drog en tredje del af himmelens stjerner og kastede dem ned i mørket"[19]
1955 53:7.8 The greatest loss occurred in the angelic ranks, but most of the lower orders of intelligence were involved in disloyalty. Of the 681,217 Material Sons lost in Satania, ninety-five per cent were casualties of the Lucifer rebellion. Large numbers of midway creatures were lost on those individual planets whose Planetary Princes joined the Lucifer cause.
2015 53:7.8 Den største tab skete i de himmelske rækker, men de fleste af de lavere klasser af intelligens var involveret i illoyalitet. Ud af de 681.227 Materielle Sønner tabt i Satania, var femoghalvfems procent ofre for Lucifers oprør. Et stort antal Mellemvæsener gik tabt på de enkelte planeter, hvis Planetprins støttede Lucifers sag.
1955 53:7.9 In many respects this rebellion was the most widespread and disastrous of all such occurrences in Nebadon. More personalities were involved in this insurrection than in both of the others. And it is to their everlasting dishonor that the emissaries of Lucifer and Satan spared not the infant-training schools on the finaliter cultural planet but rather sought to corrupt these developing minds in mercy salvaged from the evolutionary worlds.
2015 53:7.9 I mange henseender var dette oprør den mest udbredte og katastrofale af alle sådanne hændelser i Nebadon. Flere personligheder var involveret i dette oprør end i begge de andre. Og det er for evigt en vanære, at Lucifers og Satans udsendinge ikke engang sparede de spædbørnenes uddannelses skoler på finaliternes kulturplanet, men snarere forsøgte at fordærve disse udviklende hjerner reddet i barmhjertighed fra de evolutionære verdner.
1955 53:7.10 The ascending mortals were vulnerable, but they withstood the sophistries of rebellion better than the lower spirits. While many on the lower mansion worlds, those who had not attained final fusion with their Adjusters, fell, it is recorded to the glory of the wisdom of the ascension scheme that not a single member of the Satania ascendant citizenship resident on Jerusem participated in the Lucifer rebellion.
2015 53:7.10 De opstigende dødelige var sårbare, men de modstod oprørets spidsfindigheder bedre end de lavere ånder. Mens mange på de lavere mansoniaverdener, de, der ikke havde nået den endelige fusion med deres Rettere, faldt, er det registreret til ære for visdommen i opstigningsplanen, at ikke et eneste medlem af de i Jerusem bosiddende opstigende med statsborgerret i Satania deltog i Lucifers oprør.
1955 53:7.11 Hour by hour and day by day the broadcast stations of all Nebadon were thronged by the anxious watchers of every imaginable class of celestial intelligence, who intently perused the bulletins of the Satania rebellion and rejoiced as the reports continuously narrated the unswerving loyalty of the ascending mortals who, under their Melchizedek leadership, successfully withstood the combined and protracted efforts of all the subtle evil forces which so swiftly gathered around the banners of secession and sin.
2015 53:7.11 Time for time og dag efter dag blev alle informationsstationer i hele Nebadon fyldt til trængsel af ængstelige bekymrende iagttagere fra alle tænkelige klasser af himmelske intelligens, som intenst studerede bulletinerne fra oprøret i Satania og jublede, når rapporterne løbende fortalte om de opstigende dødeliges urokkelig loyalitet. Under Melkisedekernes lederskab, modstod de succesfyldt den kombinerede og langvarige indsats fra alle de subtile onde kræfter, som så hurtigt samledes under løsrivelsens og syndens banner.
1955 53:7.12 It was over two years of system time from the beginning of the “war in heaven” until the installation of Lucifer’s successor. But at last the new Sovereign came, landing on the sea of glass with his staff. I was among the reserves mobilized on Edentia by Gabriel, and I well remember the first message of Lanaforge to the Constellation Father of Norlatiadek. It read: “Not a single Jerusem citizen was lost. Every ascendant mortal survived the fiery trial and emerged from the crucial test triumphant and altogether victorious.” And on to Salvington, Uversa, and Paradise went this message of assurance that the survival experience of mortal ascension is the greatest security against rebellion and the surest safeguard against sin. This noble Jerusem band of faithful mortals numbered just 187,432,811.
2015 53:7.12 Det tog over to år af systemets tid fra begyndelsen af "krigen i himmelen", indtil Lucifers efterfølger blev installeret i embedet [20]. Men til sidst kom den nye Suveræne, og landede på havet af glas med sit personale. Jeg var blandt reserverne som Gabriel havde mobiliseret på Edentia, og jeg husker godt Lanaforges første budskab til Konstellations Faderen i Norlatiadek. Der stod: "Ikke en eneste Jerusem borger var tabt[21]. Hver opstigende dødelige overlevede ildprøven og gik triumferende og helt sejrende gennem den afgørende test.” Dette budskab gik videre til Salvington, Uversa, og Paradiset med forsikring om, at overlevelseserfaring i de dødeliges opstigning er den største sikkerhed mod oprør og den sikreste sikkerhedsforanstaltning mod synd. Denne ædle flok af trofaste dødelige på Jerusem er opgjort til præcis 187.432.811 personligheder.
1955 53:7.13 With the arrival of Lanaforge the archrebels were dethroned and shorn of all governing powers, though they were permitted freely to go about Jerusem, the morontia spheres, and even to the individual inhabited worlds. They continued their deceptive and seductive efforts to confuse and mislead the minds of men and angels. But as concerned their work on the administrative mount of Jerusem, “their place was found no more.”
2015 53:7.13 Med Lanaforges ankomst blev ærkerebellerne afsat og frataget al statslig magt, selvom de frit fik tilladelse til at gå omkring i Jerusem, på morontiasfærerne, og endda til de enkelte beboede verdner. De fortsatte deres vildledende og forførende indsats for at forvirre og vildlede mennesker og engle sind. Men hvad berørte deres arbejde på administrationshøjen i Jerusem, "var der nu ikke længere nogen plads til dem[22]."
1955 53:7.14 While Lucifer was deprived of all administrative authority in Satania, there then existed no local universe power nor tribunal which could detain or destroy this wicked rebel; at that time Michael was not a sovereign ruler. The Ancients of Days sustained the Constellation Fathers in their seizure of the system government, but they have never handed down any subsequent decisions in the many appeals still pending with regard to the present status and future disposition of Lucifer, Satan, and their associates.
2015 53:7.14 Mens Lucifer blev frataget al administrativ myndighed i Satania, så fandtes der ingen lokal univers magt eller domstol, som kunne tilbageholde eller ødelægge denne onde rebel; da Michael dengang endnu ikke var suveræn hersker. Dagenes Ældste godkendte Konstellationsfædrene i deres beslaglæggelse af systemets regering, men de har aldrig afsagt nogen senere afgørelser i de mange appeller som stadig verserer med hensyn til den nuværende status og fremtidige disposition af Lucifer, Satan, og deres medarbejdere.
1955 53:7.15 Thus were these archrebels allowed to roam the entire system to seek further penetration for their doctrines of discontent and self-assertion. But in almost two hundred thousand Urantia years they have been unable to deceive another world. No Satania worlds have been lost since the fall of the thirty-seven, not even those younger worlds peopled since that day of rebellion.
2015 53:7.15 Således var disse ærkerebeller tilladt til at strejfe rundt i hele systemet for at forsøge yderligere at udbrede deres doktriner af utilfredshed og selvhævdelse. Men i næsten 200.000 Urantia år, har de ikke været i stand til at bedrage en anden verden[23]. Ingen Satania verdener er gået tabt siden faldet af de syvogtredive, ikke engang de yngre verdener som er blevet befolket efter oprørsdagen.
8. THE SON OF MAN ON URANTIA
8. MENNESKESØNNEN PÅ URANTIA
1955 53:8.1 Lucifer and Satan freely roamed the Satania system until the completion of the bestowal mission of Michael on Urantia. They were last on your world together during the time of their combined assault upon the Son of Man.
2015 53:8.1 Lucifer og Satan strejfede frit omkring i Satania systemet indtil Michael havde afsluttet sinoverdragelsens mission på Urantia. De var sidst sammen i jeres verden på tidspunktet for deres kombinerede angreb på Menneskesønnen.
1955 53:8.2 Formerly, when the Planetary Princes, the “Sons of God,” were periodically assembled, “Satan came also,” claiming that he represented all of the isolated worlds of the fallen Planetary Princes. But he has not been accorded such liberty on Jerusem since Michael’s terminal bestowal. Subsequent to their effort to corrupt Michael when in the bestowal flesh, all sympathy for Lucifer and Satan has perished throughout all Satania, that is, outside the isolated worlds of sin.
2015 53:8.2 Tidligere, når Planetprinserne, "Guds børn", samledes ved bestemte tider, " kom Satan også," og hævdede, at han repræsenterede alle de faldne Planetprinsers isolerede verdener[24][25]. Men han er ikke blevet givet en sådan frihed i Jerusem efter Michael endelige overdragelse. Efter deres bestræbelser på at korrumpere Michael under hans overdragelse i kødelig skikkelse, er al sympati for Lucifer og Satan forsvundet i hele Satania, dvs. udenfor de isolerede syndige verdener.
1955 53:8.3 The bestowal of Michael terminated the Lucifer rebellion in all Satania aside from the planets of the apostate Planetary Princes. And this was the significance of Jesus’ personal experience, just before his death in the flesh, when he one day exclaimed to his disciples, “And I beheld Satan fall as lightning from heaven.” He had come with Lucifer to Urantia for the last crucial struggle.
2015 53:8.3 Michaels overdragelse har afsluttet Lucifers oprør i hele Satania bortset fra på de frafaldne Planetprinsers planeter[26]. Og dette var betydningen af Jesu personlige erfaringer, da han kort tid lige før sin død i kødet, udbrød til sine disciple: "Og jeg så Satan falde som lyn fra himmelen[27]." Han var kommet med Lucifer til Urantia for den sidste afgørende kamp.
1955 53:8.4 The Son of Man was confident of success, and he knew that his triumph on your world would forever settle the status of his agelong enemies, not only in Satania but also in the other two systems where sin had entered. There was survival for mortals and security for angels when your Master, in reply to the Lucifer proposals, calmly and with divine assurance replied, “Get you behind me, Satan.” That was, in principle, the real end of the Lucifer rebellion. True, the Uversa tribunals have not yet rendered the executive decision regarding the appeal of Gabriel praying for the destruction of the rebels, but such a decree will, no doubt, be forthcoming in the fullness of time since the first step in the hearing of this case has already been taken.
2015 53:8.4 Menneskesønnen var sikker på succes, og han vidste, at hans triumf på jeres verden for evigt ville afgøre status for hans årelange fjender, ikke kun i Satania men også i de to andre systemer, hvor synden havde fået fodfæste. Det betød overlevelse for de dødelige og tryghed for englene, når jeres Mester, som svar på Lucifers forslag, roligt og med guddommelig forsikring svarede: "Gå bag mig, Satan[28]." Det var i princippet den virkelige ende på Lucifers oprør. Sandt nok, har domstolene i Uversa endnu ikke taget den udøvende beslutning angående Gabriel appel, hvor han beder om tilintetgørelse af oprørerne, men sådan en anordning, vil uden tvivl være forestående i tidens fylde, da det første skridt i høringen af denne sag allerede er taget.
1955 53:8.5 Caligastia was recognized by the Son of Man as the technical Prince of Urantia up to near the time of his death. Said Jesus: “Now is the judgment of this world; now shall the prince of this world be cast down.” And then still nearer the completion of his lifework he announced, “The prince of this world is judged.” And it is this same dethroned and discredited Prince who was once termed “God of Urantia.”
2015 53:8.5 Caligastia blev anerkendt af Menneskesønnen som den tekniske Prins af Urantia op til nær tidspunktet for hans død. Jesus sagde: "Nu er der dom over denne verden; nu skal denne verdens prins kastes ned[29]." Og endda endnu nærmere færdiggørelsen af hans livsværk annoncerede han, "Denne verdens prins er dømt[30]." Dette er denne samme afsatte og miskrediteret prins, der engang blev kaldt "Urantias Gud[31]."
1955 53:8.6 The last act of Michael before leaving Urantia was to offer mercy to Caligastia and Daligastia, but they spurned his tender proffer. Caligastia, your apostate Planetary Prince, is still free on Urantia to prosecute his nefarious designs, but he has absolutely no power to enter the minds of men, neither can he draw near to their souls to tempt or corrupt them unless they really desire to be cursed with his wicked presence.
2015 53:8.6 Michael sidste handling inden han forlod Urantia var at tilbyde barmhjertighed til Caligastia og Daligastia, men de foragtede hans venlige tilbud. Caligastia, jeres frafaldne Planetprins, er stadig fri på Urantia til at fortsætte sine forbryderiske planer, men han har absolut ingen magt til at trænge ind i menneskenes sind, ej heller kan han nærme sig deres sjæle for at friste eller korrumpere dem, medmindre de virkelig ønsker at være forbandet med hans onde tilstedeværelse.
1955 53:8.7 Before the bestowal of Michael these rulers of darkness sought to maintain their authority on Urantia, and they persistently withstood the minor and subordinate celestial personalities. But since the day of Pentecost this traitorous Caligastia and his equally contemptible associate, Daligastia, are servile before the divine majesty of the Paradise Thought Adjusters and the protective Spirit of Truth, the spirit of Michael, which has been poured out upon all flesh.
2015 53:8.7 Før Michaels overdragelse forsøgte disse mørkets herskere, at bevare deres autoritet på Urantia, og de trodsede vedvarende de mindre og underordnede himmelske personligheder. Men siden den første pinsedag viser denne forræderiske Caligastia og hans lige så foragtelige medarbejder, Daligastia en underdanig adfærd overfor den guddommelige Majestæt af Paradisets Tankerettere og den beskyttende Sandhedens Ånd, ånden i Michael, som er blevet udøst over alt kød.
1955 53:8.8 But even so, no fallen spirit ever did have the power to invade the minds or to harass the souls of the children of God. Neither Satan nor Caligastia could ever touch or approach the faith sons of God; faith is an effective armor against sin and iniquity. It is true: “He who is born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one touches him not.”
2015 53:8.8 Men alligevel, ingen faldne ånd havde nogensinde beføjelse til at invadere sind eller at chikanere Guds børns sjæle. Hverken Satan eller Caligastia kunne nogensinde røre eller nærme sig Guds trossønner; troen er et effektiv panser mod synd og ugudelighed[32]. Det er sandt: "Den, der er født af Gud holder sig selv, og den onde rører ham ikke[33]."
1955 53:8.9 In general, when weak and dissolute mortals are supposed to be under the influence of devils and demons, they are merely being dominated by their own inherent and debased tendencies, being led away by their own natural propensities. The devil has been given a great deal of credit for evil which does not belong to him. Caligastia has been comparatively impotent since the cross of Christ.
2015 53:8.9 Generelt, når svage og udsvævende dødelige formodes at være under indflydelse af djævle og dæmoner, bliver de blot domineret af deres egne iboende og fordærvende tendenser, bliver ført bort af deres egne naturlige tilbøjeligheder. Djævelen har fået en stor del af æren for det onde, som ikke tilhører ham. Caligastia har været forholdsvis impotent siden Kristi kors.
9. PRESENT STATUS OF THE REBELLION
9. OPRØRETS NUVÆRENDE STATUS
1955 53:9.1 Early in the days of the Lucifer rebellion, salvation was offered all rebels by Michael. To all who would show proof of sincere repentance, he offered, upon his attainment of complete universe sovereignty, forgiveness and reinstatement in some form of universe service. None of the leaders accepted this merciful proffer. But thousands of the angels and the lower orders of celestial beings, including hundreds of the Material Sons and Daughters, accepted the mercy proclaimed by the Panoptians and were given rehabilitation at the time of Jesus’ resurrection nineteen hundred years ago. These beings have since been transferred to the Father’s world of Jerusem, where they must be held, technically, until the Uversa courts hand down a decision in the matter of Gabriel vs. Lucifer. But no one doubts that, when the annihilation verdict is issued, these repentant and salvaged personalities will be exempted from the decree of extinction. These probationary souls now labor with the Panoptians in the work of caring for the Father’s world.
2015 53:9.1 I de tidlige dage af Lucifers oprør tilbød Michael frelsen til alle oprørerne. Til alle, der ville vise bevis for oprigtig anger, tilbød han, efter sin opnåelse af fuldstændig suverænitet i universet, tilgivelse og genindsættelse i en form for universtjeneste. Ingen af lederne accepterede dette barmhjertige tilbud. Men tusindvis af englene og de lavere klasser af himmelske væsener, herunder hundredvis af de Materielle Sønner og Døtre, tog imod den nåde som blev proklameret af Panoptianerne og blev rehabiliteret på tidspunktet for Jesu opstandelse et tusind og ni hundred år siden. Disse væsener er siden blevet overført til Faderens verden i Jerusem, hvor de teknisk, skal vente, indtil Uversas domstole afsiger afgørelse i sagen Gabriel vs. Lucifer. Men ingen betvivler, at, når udslettelses dommen er udstedt, vil disse angrende og bjærget personligheder være undtaget fra dekretet om udryddelse[34]. Disse prøveløsladte sjæle arbejder nu med Panoptianerne i arbejdet med omsorgen for Faderens verden.
1955 53:9.2 The archdeceiver has never been on Urantia since the days when he sought to turn back Michael from the purpose to complete the bestowal and to establish himself finally and securely as the unqualified ruler of Nebadon. Upon Michael’s becoming the settled head of the universe of Nebadon, Lucifer was taken into custody by the agents of the Uversa Ancients of Days and has since been a prisoner on satellite number one of the Father’s group of the transition spheres of Jerusem. And here the rulers of other worlds and systems behold the end of the unfaithful Sovereign of Satania. Paul knew of the status of these rebellious leaders following Michael’s bestowal, for he wrote of Caligastia’s chiefs as “spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.”
2015 53:9.2 Ærkeforføreren har aldrig været på Urantia siden de dage, hvor han forsøgte at få Michael til at opgive formålet med at fuldføre overdragelsen og for at etablere sig endeligt og sikkert som ubetinget hersker over Nebadon. Da Michael var blevet den definitive leder af Nebadons univers blev Lucifer taget i forvaring af agenter for Dagenes Ældste i Uversa og har siden været en fange på satellit nummer et af Faderens gruppe af overgangssfærer i Jerusem[35]. Og her kan herskerne i andre verdener og systemer se afslutningen af Satanias utro hersker. Paulus kendte til disse oprørske lederes status efter Michaels overdragelse, for han skrev om Caligastias ledere som "åndelige værter af ondskab i det himmelske[36]."
1955 53:9.3 Michael, upon assuming the supreme sovereignty of Nebadon, petitioned the Ancients of Days for authority to intern all personalities concerned in the Lucifer rebellion pending the rulings of the superuniverse tribunals in the case of Gabriel vs. Lucifer, placed on the records of the Uversa supreme court almost two hundred thousand years ago, as you reckon time. Concerning the system capital group, the Ancients of Days granted the Michael petition with but a single exception: Satan was allowed to make periodic visits to the apostate princes on the fallen worlds until another Son of God should be accepted by such apostate worlds, or until such time as the courts of Uversa should begin the adjudication of the case of Gabriel vs. Lucifer.
2015 53:9.3 Da Michael, havde overtaget den højeste suverænitet Nebadon, ansøgte han Dagenes Ældste for myndighed til at internere alle berørte personligheder i Lucifer oprør som afventede afgørelser i superuniversernes domstole i sagen Gabriel vs[37]. Lucifer, indsendt til behandling i Uversa højeste domstole for næsten to hundred tusind år siden, efter jeres tidsregning. Angående gruppen i systemhovedstaden, bevilgede Dagenes Ældste Michael ansøgningen, men med en enkelt undtagelse: Satan fik lov til at foretage periodiske besøg hos de frafaldne prinser på de faldne verdener, indtil en anden Guds Søn blev accepteret af disse frafaldne verdener, eller indtil så længe at domstolene i Uversa begynde pådømmelse af sagen Gabriel vs. Lucifer.
1955 53:9.4 Satan could come to Urantia because you had no Son of standing in residence—neither Planetary Prince nor Material Son. Machiventa Melchizedek has since been proclaimed vicegerent Planetary Prince of Urantia, and the opening of the case of Gabriel vs. Lucifer has signalized the inauguration of temporary planetary regimes on all the isolated worlds. It is true that Satan did periodically visit Caligastia and others of the fallen princes right up to the time of the presentation of these revelations, when there occurred the first hearing of Gabriel’s plea for the annihilation of the archrebels. Satan is now unqualifiedly detained on the Jerusem prison worlds.
2015 53:9.4 Satan kunne komme til Urantia, fordi I ikke havde nogen højtstående søn boende der - hverken Planetprins eller Materielle Søn. Machiventa Melkisedek er siden blevet udråbt som stedfortræder Planetprins af Urantia, og åbningen af sagen Gabriel vs. Lucifer har signaleret indvielsen af midlertidige planetariske styre på alle de isolerede verdener. Det er sandt, at Satan aflagde periodiske besøg hos Caligastia og andre af de faldne prinser helt op til tidspunktet for præsentationen af disse åbenbaringer, da det første retsmøde i Gabriels bøn om udslettelse af ærkerebellerne indtraf. Satan er nu ubetinget tilbageholdt i Jerusems fængsels verdener.
1955 53:9.6 We do not look for a removal of the present Satania restrictions until the Ancients of Days make final disposition of the archrebels. The system circuits will not be reinstated so long as Lucifer lives. Meantime, he is wholly inactive.
1955 53:9.7 The rebellion has ended on Jerusem. It ends on the fallen worlds as fast as divine Sons arrive. We believe that all rebels who will ever accept mercy have done so. We await the flashing broadcast that will deprive these traitors of personality existence. We anticipate the verdict of Uversa will be announced by the executionary broadcast which will effect the annihilation of these interned rebels. Then will you look for their places, but they shall not be found. “And they who know you among the worlds will be astonished at you; you have been a terror, but never shall you be any more.” And thus shall all of these unworthy traitors “become as though they had not been.” All await the Uversa decree.
2015 53:9.7 Oprøret er ophørt i Jerusem. Det slutter på de faldne verdener ligeså hurtigt som guddommelige Sønner ankommer. Vi mener, at alle oprørere, der nogensinde vil acceptere barmhjertighed har gjort det. Vi afventer den blinkende informationsudsendelse, der vil fratage disse forrædere personligheds eksistensen. Vi forventer os, at dommen fra Uversa vil blive tilkendegivet gennem udsendelse af eksekutionsmeddelelsen som forårsager udslettelse af disse internerede oprørere. Så vil I søge efter dem, men de skal ikke længere findes[40]. "Og de, der kender dig blandt verdnerne vil være forbavset over dig; du har været en terror, men aldrig mere skal du være det[41]." Og således skal alle disse uværdige forrædere "bliver, som om de ikke havde været[42]." All afventer dommer fra Uversa.
1955 53:9.8 But for ages the seven prison worlds of spiritual darkness in Satania have constituted a solemn warning to all Nebadon, eloquently and effectively proclaiming the great truth “that the way of the transgressor is hard”; “that within every sin is concealed the seed of its own destruction”; that “the wages of sin is death.”
2015 53:9.8 Men for tidsaldre har de syv fængsels verdener af åndeligt mørke i Satania udgjort en alvorlig advarsel til hele Nebadon, veltalende og effektivt forkynder den store sandhed ", at synderens vej er svært" "At der inden for enhver synd er skjult frøet af sin egen ødelæggelse"; at "syndens løn er døden[43][44]."
1955 53:9.9 [Presented by Manovandet Melchizedek, onetime attached to the receivership of Urantia.]
2015 53:9.9 [Præsenteret af Manovandet Melkisedek, engang knyttet til forvaltningen af Urantia.]
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