Despite facing challenges throughout history, the teachings of Jesus have persevered and continue to reveal profound truths during times of adversity. [1]
It is difficult to induce evolutionary minds to suddenly accept advanced revealed truth, as seen in the struggle of followers of Mohammed to comprehend the doctrine of the Trinity, influenced by Jewish and Christian teachings that shaped Islam as a monotheistic religio-cultural connective of North Africa, the Levant, and southeastern Asia. [2]
Revelation, validated only by human experience, synthesizes science and theology into a consistent and logical universe philosophy, creating a harmony that answers the questionings of the mortal mind. [3]
Revealed religion provides assurance in the conservation of eternal realities, survival of personality, and attainment of Deity, expanding the spiritual dimension of evolutionary religion. [4]
Knowledge, wisdom, experience, and revelation together lead to a true awareness of personality reality and the possibility of survival, highlighting the unity of Deity, the Absolute, and the spiritual personality of God. [5]
A Divine Counselor, with unchallengeable authority, portrays the reality and truth of the Father's nature and attributes as the highest source of revelation on evolutionary worlds. [6]
Revelation aims to transform mortal man into the likeness of God, distinguishing itself from evolutionary religion which creates gods in the image of mortal man. [7]
God reveals himself to the extent divinely possible through the indwelling Adjusters as one of his separate but unified modes of contact with his creation. [8]
The early human race sought superhuman help and believed in shamanic revelations, with their precise spirit conjuring comparable to present-day church rituals. [9]
New religions are either evolved or suddenly revealed, as seen in the merging of old beliefs with Sikhism emerging from Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and other cults, where autocratic and intolerant theologic egotism first emerged. [10]
The Father's revelation of truth transcends generations and peoples, resisting misinterpretations and confusions perpetuated by tradition-bound individuals. [11] Be not discouraged; human evolution is still in progress, and the revelation of God to the world, in and through Jesus, shall not fail. [12] Revealed religion elevates morality to a spiritually intimate level, where God is viewed through the lens of a loving parent-child bond. [13] The Dalamatia teachers sought progression by evolution, not revolution by revelation, enhancing human society through conscious social selection. [14] Progress depends on faith and revelations for mortals just beginning their eternal journey. [15]
Revelatory religion is the response of the superintellectual cosmos to mortal's hunger for universal Deities, while evolutionary religion is man's sentimental reaction to the fear of the unknown. [16]
The impartation of premature cosmological knowledge in revealed religion has caused trouble and hampered us, as eternal truth is often mixed with transient ideas about the physical world. [17]
The chain of recorders from lowest to highest custodians holds the slowly emerging truths that must be watered and allowed to grow, as sometimes error is too great for revelation to rectify without harming progress. [18]
Society breaks down without celestial help, as hunger, love, vanity, and fear alone cannot sustain the strain of human interassociations and may lead to war and bloodshed. [19]
Evolutionary religion in loyalty and grandeur, but revelatory religion is excellent and genuine, fostering new levels of love and devotion, and an enhanced consciousness of the Fatherhood of God and brotherhood of man. [20]
Finite knowledge and understanding are relative; information and intelligence, even from high sources, are only relatively complete, locally accurate, and personally true. [21]
Revelation affirms that the First Cause of science and religion's God of salvation are the same Deity, reconciling the concepts of philosophy, science, and religion into a cohesive understanding of cosmic relationships and spiritual values. [22]
The religions of evolution drive men with fear, while the religions of revelation inspire them to seek a loving God in order to emulate him, emphasizing that religion involves actively serving humanity. [23] Revelation is the key to understanding the personality of God, which is the true measure of religious maturity. [24]
A balanced philosophy, recognizing the reality of personality, serves as a bridge between material science and spiritual religion, with revelation compensating for evolving philosophy's weaknesses. [25]
Personally revealed religions sponsored by the bestowal spirits representing the three persons of the Paradise Trinity prioritize expanding truth and emphasizing the golden rule of love. [26]
Religious revelation is essential for the realization of brotherhood on Urantia, as achieving world-wide brotherhood on a planet like Urantia requires significant time, effort, and spiritual transformation. [27]
The coherence and meaning of revelation lie in its ability to answer how God works out his will, synthesizing the sciences of nature and theology into a logical universe philosophy that satisfies the human mind and spirit. [28]
Revelation harmonizes religion, philosophy, and cosmology to portray the triune existence of spirit, mind, and energy from the Trinity of Paradise to the Deity of the Supreme. [29]
Science leads to a First Cause, but it is religious faith that transforms it into a God of salvation, and revelation is essential for validating this faith and spiritual insight. [30]
Revelation compensates for the absence of morontia sensitivity, clarifying the muddle of reason and bridging the gulf between science, religion, philosophy, and true reality. [31]
Revelation is progressive, always in touch with evolution and leading religions to new heights by staying relevant to the era in which they are presented. [32] Revelation portrays the eternal brotherhood, making man Godlike, while science, religion, and philosophy strive for various forms of brotherhood. [33] Presenting cosmic data in such a manner as to illuminate the spiritual teachings contained in the accompanying revelation. [34]
Innate religious tendencies universally manifest in human races, with a natural origin, as primitive religions evolve, punctuated by periodic revelations of truth during planetary evolution. [35]
Revelation saves time by sorting errors from truths acquired through evolution, uniting facts and values to arrive at complete reality, expanding ethical duty from evolutionary religion, and providing assurance of eternal realities through a spiritual attitude. [36]
Revelation refines and ennobles the heritage of evolutionary religion through continuous censorship, progressive expansion, and staying in touch with man's capacity for receptivity. [37]
Religion is the scientific and psychological experience of rational human beings, with revelation bridging the gap between science and theology, creating harmony between the material and spiritual worlds. [38]
Revelations, invariably a spiritual phenomenon, are of immense value in transiently clarifying knowledge by reducing confusion, co-ordinating facts, restoring lost knowledge, filling missing gaps, and illuminating spiritual teachings. [39]
Revealed religion unifies history, geology, astronomy, physics, chemistry, biology, sociology, and psychology, serving as the unifying element of human existence. [40]
The limitation of language in conveying divine truths leads to confusion and uncertainty among mortals on Urantia regarding the meanings of God, divinity, and deity. [41]
Due to the isolation of Urantia, we are unable to provide an in-depth portrayal of the life and environment of the Satania neighbors, as we must abide by planetary and system restrictions. [42]
Revelations, though not necessarily inspired, provide valuable insight by reducing confusion, coordinating facts, restoring lost knowledge, and filling in gaps, despite being limited by the laws of revelation. [43] The limitations imposed by celestial authorities restrict the revelator's ability to fully explain the nature of the post-death experience. [44] Michael's morontia mortal career on Endantum was extraordinary and amazing, but details are restricted from revelation. [45]
Distortions of language in revelations serve as contact-compromises with time-bound human minds, aiming to convey eternal truths through finite concepts. [46] My presentation on the bestowals of Michael of Nebadon will strictly adhere to the limitations imposed by my mandate. [47] Revelation, guided by the evolution of society, must always adapt to the progressive advancements of the age it is presented in. [48]
The Aryans brought their concepts of Deity to India, but the inferior religions of the Deccan led to the population falling into enslaving superstitions, hindering the civilization they had once foreshadowed. [49] No revelation short of the attainment of the Universal Father can ever be complete, even the most recent presentation of truth in The Urantia Papers. [50] Revelations are not necessarily inspired; human wisdom must evolve within the limitations of co-ordinating present-day knowledge. [51] Pure revelation is only utilized when human concepts fail to adequately express a new concept, as mandated by the superuniverse rulers. [52]
Until now there has been five epochal revelations.
Overrevelation stifles imagination and prevents comprehensive classifications of the personalities of the grand universe. [53]
Jesus carefully taught the apostles in a way that they could understand, avoiding confusion by not presenting truth beyond their capacity to comprehend. [54]
Melchizedek's teachings influenced modern religion by emphasizing the worship of one God and preparing for the arrival of Michael as the Son of the Universal Father. [55]
Ikhnaton's advanced religion was only fully understood by educated Egyptians, while the agricultural laborers struggled to grasp his teachings, leading many to revert back to the old beliefs of Isis and Osiris. [56]
The Dalamatia teachers aimed to enhance social evolution without disrupting societal norms or robbing mankind of its hard-earned progress through overteaching or overenlightenment. [57] Man should not seek excessive revelation as it inhibits creativity and imagination. [58]
The shepherd boy was told the story of the 23rd Psalm in the night and did his best to remember and pass it on. [59] Truth is always a revelation, whether it emerges as autorevelation through the indwelling Adjuster or epochal revelation through celestial agencies. [60] The Adjuster's direct voice may be heard in moments of supreme desire and decision, illuminating the potential personality within. [61]
The arrival of the Planetary Prince initiates the transition from primitive religion of fear to higher truth and universe organization through simple revelations, progressing towards an expanded presentation of spiritual truth and religious ethics. [62]
Certain wise men of earth learned of Michael's forthcoming bestowal through contacts with other worlds, and the only supernatural event of Jesus' birth was the seraphim's announcement to Ardnon and his group. [63]
The cosmic mind endowments of causation, duty, and worship, through a technique of self-revelation, allow for the recognition of reality and form the basis for rational functioning in science, philosophy, and religion. [64]
True prophetic vision is not pseudo hallucination or trancelike ecstasy, but rather a superpsychologic presentiment that must not be mistaken for divine revelation by religious persons. [65] Revelations of God flash upon earth in the lives of men, while the religions of men grow over long periods of time. [66] Through prayer, God helps man grow spiritually by revealing truth, enhancing beauty, and augmenting goodness in his life. [67]
God unfailingly reveals himself to each creature to the fullest extent of their spiritual capacity, transcending the inherent differences between the finite and the infinite, the temporal and the eternal, the material and the spiritual, and the imperfection of man and the perfection of Paradise Deity. [68]
Human experience is a continuous revelation, with divinity functioning within mortal personality through the Adjuster gift of the Father, the Spirit of Truth of the Son, and the Holy Spirit of the Universe Spirit. [69] The hunger for truth is a revelation that attaches a feeling of reality to spiritual insight. [70]
Nalda's encounter with Jesus revealed her entire checkered past in a single moment, despite him only mentioning one thing about her, leaving John curious but never asking. [71]
The vast gulf between human and divine makes it difficult for the Monitors to guide and direct humanity, leading to disastrous consequences when spiritual revelations blind creatures and trigger fanaticism or intellectual upheaval. [72]
By obediently following divine leadings, the Holy Spirit's ministry sanctifies and spiritualizes the inner life of mortals, despite being partly dependent on human cooperation. [73] Guardian angels, seraphim appointed to minister to individual mortals, have been instrumental in delivering heavenly messages throughout history. [74]