The Endowment of Life

"All this power which is inherent in Jesus—the endowment of life—and which enabled him to rise from the dead, is the very gift of eternal life which he bestows upon kingdom believers, and which even now makes certain their resurrection from the bonds of natural death." - Urantia Book 190:0.2

Eternal Life, The Power Of The Endless Life

Jesus, the Master said:

I am the bread of life. I am the open door to eternal salvation. I am the reality of endless life. I am the living link between time and eternity.

I am the resurrection and the life. I am the secret of eternal survival. I am the way, the truth, and the life.

(Please, see Urantia Book 182:1.10-25)

As a faith-liberated soul, a born again, spirit-born believer, you have this power inside of you right now. Please, what are you doing with it? 💖🙏✨️ Learn how to make use of it. Contact us: https://www.christmichaelcenter.org/contact-us

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The level of psychic or cosmic circle you are at plays a very, very big role in your ability to manifest attributes of eternal life - the God-kind of life, the power of the endless life! Oh! Hallelujah!

Texts:

• The Seven Psychic Circles, UB 110:6.1-22

• Guardian angels assignment to you, based on the psychic or cosmic circle you have attained, UB 113:1.1-8

Urantia Book 49:6.8 "2. _Mortals of the individual orders of ascension_. The individual progress of human beings is measured by their successive attainment and traversal (mastery) of the seven cosmic circles. These circles of mortal progression are levels of associated intellectual, social, spiritual, and cosmic-insight values. Starting out in the seventh circle, mortals strive for the first, and all who have attained the third immediately have personal guardians of destiny assigned to them. These mortals may be repersonalized in the morontia life independent of dispensational or other adjudications."

Eternal Life, Partial and Full

You, as a kingdom believer, a spirit-born soul, a born again soul, already have eternal life. Please, see this:

Urantia Book 147:3.3, "In speaking to those assembled, Jesus said: "...Verily, verily, I say to you: He who hears the gospel of the kingdom and believes in this teaching of sonship with God, has eternal life; already are such believers passing from judgment and death to light and life...""

Urantia Book 153:2.11, "...Jesus stood up and said: “...Every one who yields to the teaching of the Father’s indwelling spirit will eventually come to me. Not that any man has seen the Father, but the Father’s spirit does live within man. And the Son who came down from heaven, he has surely seen the Father. And those who truly believe this Son already have eternal life.""

You go through what we may call partial levels of activations of the eternal life of God. The level or degree of eternal life, of the power of the endless life that you show, express, or manifest depends on your level of combined intellectual and spiritual growth. Eternal life becomes fully activated in you after you fuse with your spirit, the still, small voice within, your Thought Adjuster. This fusion is eternal at-one-ness with God - eternal oneness with God. Upon attaining this very high status, it becomes totally impossible for you to lose your salvation. Your eternal security becomes a full, total, and complete guarantee. You cannot forsake the will of the Paradise Father anymore. Please, see this:

Urantia Book 40:7.1, "The sending of Adjusters, their indwelling, is indeed one of the unfathomable mysteries of God the Father. These fragments of the divine nature of the Universal Father carry with them the potential of creature immortality. Adjusters are immortal spirits, and union with them confers eternal life upon the soul of the fused mortal."

Urantia Book 111:3.1, "The mistakes of mortal mind and the errors of human conduct may markedly delay the evolution of the soul, although they cannot inhibit such a morontia phenomenon when once it has been initiated by the indwelling Adjuster with the consent of the creature will. But at any time prior to mortal death this same material and human will is empowered to rescind such a choice and to reject survival. Even after survival the ascending mortal still retains this prerogative of choosing to reject eternal life; at any time before fusion with the Adjuster the evolving and ascending creature can choose to forsake the will of the Paradise Father. Fusion with the Adjuster signalizes the fact that the ascending mortal has eternally and unreservedly chosen to do the Father’s will."

Love! Light! Life! 💗💖❤️ - Brother Karo Akamune ChristMichaelCenter.org karo.quora.com YouTube.com/ChristMichaelCenter

The Great Tribulation

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Greetings! 

The so-called great tribulation has happened already. And may happen again. When followers of Jesus were being murdered left, right, and center, at some point during the Roman Empire, that indeed was a great tribulation. 

When Jihadist Muslims did a similar thing in Egypt, Syria, Turkey, etc... ...Those indeed were great tribulations. Even today, some followers of "The Way" - disciples of Jesus, are facing tribulations in some communities around the world. 

The Urantia Book reveals that the Biblical Book of Revelation, as we have it today, is missing a lot of information. Portions have been lost. Some parts have been removed; some edited by humans. This is why, as it is today, it's a difficult book to understand. 

Urantia Book 139:4.14
"When in temporary exile on Patmos, John wrote the Book of Revelation, which you now have in greatly abridged and distorted form. This Book of Revelation contains the surviving fragments of a great revelation, large portions of which were lost, other portions of which were removed, subsequent to John’s writing. It is preserved in only fragmentary and adulterated form."

To my understanding, the antichrist and tribulation that the Apostle John talked about have already happened. Yes, they may happen again because history can repeat itself. Nevertheless, we are still on course, on a great march towards the era of light and life: Please, read The Urantia Book Paper 55, "The Spheres of Light and Life", https://www.urantia.org/urantia-book-standardized/paper-55-spheres-light-and-life. Thank you. 🙏💖🙏🏾 

Sincerely,
- Karo Akamune
ChristMichaelCenter.org
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Rapture

Question: Please, does the Urantia Book talk about rapture? 

Yes, the Urantia Book talks about rapture. However, this might depend on your definition of that word. 

In the early years of Adam and Eve here on Urantia, a rapture event occurred where some people who were living on earth were taken away to the heavenly realms. Please, see this: 

Urantia Book 76:6.2, "...Many other loyal souls had already been translated at the time of Adam’s arrival, which was attended by a dispensational adjudication of both the sleeping survivors and of the living qualified ascenders." 

This is telling me that at the time of Adam's arrival, in addition to the dead who resurrected and ascended to the heavenly realms (mansion worlds), some people who were living, alive on earth - "living qualified ascenders", also were translated or caught up to heaven (mansion worlds). 

This is the same scenario the Apostle Paul painted when he talked about a future translation event, a.k.a "rapture" in the Book of 1 Thessalonians 4:16 -17, "For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord." 

In other words, what Paul talked about has happened before - in the time of Adam. The translation of people living on earth - "living qualified ascenders" is a phenomenon that may occur side-by-side the resurrection and ascension of the dead - "the sleeping survivors". 

Sincerely,
- Karo Akamune
ChristMichaelCenter.org
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"Born Again", "Born of the Spirit", "Born of the spirit"

It is interesting to note that the word, "born again" is not just a Christian word. It is synonymous with the term, "born of the spirit". Before there was anything like Christianity, Jesus made use of both terms. They mean the same thing. Christianity has simply embraced it deeply and shouted it from the rooftops, as it were, the loudest.  

For example, in his talk with Fortune, who is popularly known as, "The Young Man Who Was Afraid", Jesus, our Master Son said, "This day, my son, you are to be reborn, re-established as a man of faith, courage, and devoted service to man, for God’s sake. And when you become so readjusted to life within yourself, you become likewise readjusted to the universe; you have been born again—born of the spirit—and henceforth will your whole life become one of victorious accomplishment..." - Urantia Book (UB) 130:6.4 

Right there, we see that to be born again is to be reborn, born of the spirit. 

The indwelling spirit Thought Adjuster, working with other spiritual influences like the Holy Spirit (Mother Spirit), immerses the soul in the spiritual waters of God. Hence, the term, "baptism of the spirit" comes in play: "...The new birth—the baptism of the spirit..." (Urantia Book 148:4.8) 

I find it very interesting to note that the new birth experience or born again experience is associated with the Universe Mother Spirit (a.k.a. Holy Spirit) in Urantia Book Paper 34 (34:6.4, 34:6.7, 34:7.7) and in Paper 103 (103:2.1). In these texts, the Revelators said, "born of the Spirit". That's "Spirit" with a capital letter S. However, in the Jesus Papers, that same experience is narrated with a small letter s for spirit - alluding to the spirit fragment of the Universal Father, our Thought Adjusters. As a result, we see Jesus saying, "born of the spirit"; for example, in his talk with Fortune (130:6.4) and with Nicodemus (142:6.7). In his talk with Nicodemus, Jesus introduced a new term for the same experience. He said, "born from above" in 142:6.4 & 142:6.5. 

A key takeaway for me is that the spiritual transaction of immersing the soul in the spiritual waters of God, a.k.a. baptism of the spirit, new birth, born again, spirit-born, reborn... ...is chiefly carried out by the Creative Mother Spirit (via the spiritual circuitry of the Holy Spirit) and the Thought Adjuster, the still, small voice within, the Father fragment. This, to me, explains why the UB Revelators referred to the same experience as, "born of the Spirit" and as, "born of the spirit". Interesting! 😍❤️🙏🏾🌍  

Love! Light! Life! 💗💖❤️
- Brother Karo Akamune
ChristMichaelCenter.org
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What Must I Do to Be Saved? 
Urantia Book 150:5.1-3 

One evening at Shunem, after John’s apostles had returned to Hebron, and after Jesus’ apostles had been sent out two and two, when the Master was engaged in teaching a group of twelve of the younger evangelists who were laboring under the direction of Jacob, together with the twelve women, Rachel asked Jesus this question: “Master, what shall we answer when women ask us, What shall I do to be saved?” When Jesus heard this question, he answered:

“When men and women ask what shall we do to be saved, you shall answer, Believe this gospel of the kingdom; accept divine forgiveness. By faith recognize the indwelling spirit of God, whose acceptance makes you a son of God. Have you not read in the Scriptures where it says, ‘In the Lord have I righteousness and strength.’ Also where the Father says, ‘My righteousness is near; my salvation has gone forth, and my arms shall enfold my people.’ ‘My soul shall be joyful in the love of my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation and has covered me with the robe of his righteousness.’ Have you not also read of the Father that his name ‘shall be called the Lord our righteousness.’ ‘Take away the filthy rags of self-righteousness and clothe my son with the robe of divine righteousness and eternal salvation.’ It is forever true, ‘the just shall live by faith.’ Entrance into the Father’s kingdom is wholly free, but progress—growth in grace—is essential to continuance therein.

“Salvation is the gift of the Father and is revealed by his Sons. Acceptance by faith on your part makes you a partaker of the divine nature, a son or a daughter of God. By faith you are justified; by faith are you saved; and by this same faith are you eternally advanced in the way of progressive and divine perfection. By faith was Abraham justified and made aware of salvation by the teachings of Melchizedek. All down through the ages has this same faith saved the sons of men, but now has a Son come forth from the Father to make salvation more real and acceptable.”

Has Anyone Gone To Heaven?

 Yes, Jesus said no man has ever ascended to heaven. But please, what "heaven"? There is the "Heaven of heavens". This is the literal dwelling place of God, our heavenly Father, our spiritual Father. This is actually what Paradise is. This is the HIGHEST heaven. It is the "heaven" of other "heavens". The highest Heaven of all other heavens or heavenly spheres. The Jewish Bible captures this concept of the Heaven of heavens. Please see Deuteronomy 10:14, Nehemiah 9:6, 1 Kings 8:27, and Psalm 148:4.

It takes time to get to the highest heaven after resurrection. You have to go through other heavens - other heavenly realms first. Some of us know of the first seven heavens people go through after they resurrect. Paul, while on earth, had a revelational experience of the third of these seven heavens. It is this set of seven heavens that Enoch and Elijah were translated to; NOT Paradise or the Heaven of heavens. This explains why Jesus said no man has been to "heaven" - to Paradise. 

When you understand these things, you shall see that the repentant thief did not go to Paradise on that same day of the Crucifixion. It is literally impossible to ascend to Paradise, the literal dwelling place of the Paradise Trinity, within a day. You cannot even get there within 100,000 years. 

There is a human error in the NT Bible's rendition of what Master Jesus said to the salvaged thief. The comma:, should be after the word "today", NOT before. Luke 23:43 is supposed to be: "Truly, I say to you today, you will be with me in Paradise." Some theologians have discovered this human error. 

Besides, the Father's presence there has light no human soul can approach (1 Timothy 6:16). You have to learn, grow, evolve, and be prepared for it. You have to become perfect as the heavenly Father is perfect. If not, you will shatter to pieces if taken to the literal presence of the Father immediately you resurrect.

Enoch and Elijah were translated in chariots of fire to heaven (or the heavenly mansion worlds). This spiritual fire  literally consumes the body of flesh and blood to dust, ashes... 

You and I can have a similar experience if we meet the requirements. We have to attain a very high level of combined intellectual and spiritual growth. This is why the Jewish records indicate and rightly so: that Enoch walked with God in a very, very deep way. This led to his translation, for God took him. (Reference: Genesis 5:24) This, my dear, is also what happened to Elijah. 

Some people say Elijah was taken to another part of the earth in a windstorm. A windstorm do NOT take people from one part of the earth to another. That's a myth, beloved. Some folks may point to 2 Chronicles 21 to show that Elijah was still on earth after his translation experience. Please, just stop to consider the human errors in the writing of the Bible and also mistakes people make in interpreting what was written. Then, you'll understand... 

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Urantia Book 11:0.1

"PARADISE is the eternal center of the universe of universes and the abiding place of the Universal Father, the Eternal Son, the Infinite Spirit, and their divine co-ordinates and associates. This central Isle is the most gigantic organized body of cosmic reality in all the master universe. Paradise is a material sphere as well as a spiritual abode. All of the intelligent creation of the Universal Father is domiciled on material abodes; hence must the absolute controlling center also be material, literal. And again it should be reiterated that spirit things and spiritual beings are real." 

Urantia Book 48:6.23 

"You should consider the statement about “heaven” and the “heaven of heavens.” The heaven conceived by most of your prophets was the first of the mansion worlds of the local system. When the apostle spoke of being “caught up to the third heaven,” he referred to that experience in which his Adjuster was detached during sleep and in this unusual state made a projection to the third of the seven mansion worlds. Some of your wise men saw the vision of the greater heaven, “the heaven of heavens,” of which the sevenfold mansion world experience was but the first; the second being Jerusem; the third, Edentia and its satellites; the fourth, Salvington and the surrounding educational spheres; the fifth, Uversa; the sixth, Havona; and the seventh, Paradise." 

Sincerely, 

Love. Light. Life. 

- Brother Karo Akamune 

ChristMichaelCenter.org 

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