The Spheres of Light and Life—Paper 55–P8: The Planetary and System Stages

We are fully immersed in our study of Paper 55, The Spheres of Light and Life. So far, we've covered the first 6 sections of this marvelous paper. We've studied 1.The Morontia Temple, 2.Death and Translation, 3.The Golden Ages, 4.Administrative Readjustments, 5.The Acme of Material Development and 6.The Individual Mortal.  The final attainment of an evolutionary world is the age of light and life. Once attained, the era of light and life continues forever. Most people who live on worlds in the advanced stages of light and life do not die; they are translated directly to the next phase of existence through fusion.  Entire universes pass through stages of light and life. The first stage begins when a single planet settles in light and life; the second stage occurs when a whole system is settled. The third is the constellation stage and the fourth is the local universe stage. The fifth and sixth stages (minor and major sectors) are relatively insignificant, but the seventh stage when an entire superuniverse settles in light and life may trigger sweeping changes in the entire superuniverse. The Mighty Messenger that authored this paper speculates that Machiventa Melchizedek, now the vicegerent Planetary Prince of Urantia, will occupy the seat of the Planetary Sovereign; and hints that he may be accompanied by a son and daughter of our own Adam and Eve who are currently on Edentia. This is just some of the intrigue this wonderful paper presents. Please join us as we explore together the marvelous discoveries to be made in The Urantia Book. Teachings that assure us that we are all evolving together, and though we cannot cause growth, we can supply favorable conditions for it. Evolution is the cosmic technique of growth. We're on our way to Light and Life, and Paper 55 shows us this. It may be far into the future but it's a destiny we CAN and WILL achieve.