Divine Counselors
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Divine Counselors are Trinity-origin beings; are counsel of Deity to superuniverses 15:10.11 (19:3.1,6)
Divine Counselors, with associates, are highest source of truth on evolutionary planets 1:7.9 19:2.6
with his associates constitute a tribunal of Trinity divinity, the highest mobile advisory body in the universes of time and space 19:2.4 19:3.4-7
there are 21 billion in service, 3 billion in each superuniverse. The number is fixed. Their creation is a finished and past event 15:10.11 19:0.9 19:3.1
Its transport speed is quite high. It takes only 109 days for a Divine Counselor to travel from Uversa, the capital of our superuniverse, to Urantia 19:7.4
co-ordinates beings of them are Perfectors of Wisdom and Universal Censors 19:2.2
when a Divine Counselor speaks about the Eternal Son, he knows whereof he speaks. He has stood in the divine presence of this Eternal Son on almost innumerable times. 1:7.9 6:8.8
Hearts of Counsel, Joys of Existence, and Satisfactions of Service are reflective associates of Divine Counselors 19:3.2-4 28:3.1 (28:5.4,15-18)
High Son Assistants serve as clerks for Divine Counselors 22:10.1
In the Urantia Book
They appear in personality registers (30:1.16) (30:2.32)
- Many things happen in the universes that the Divine Counselors do not fully understand. They are constantly confronted with cosmic reactions that they cannot fully understand, forces that come from the Absolutes 4:1.7-8
They preside over some superuniverse courts (15:12.1)
- when they pronounce verdicts the Divine Counselors represent the “I will be” of the judgment, and always pronounce verdicts in liaison with a Perfector of Wisdom, the “I was,” and a Universal Censor, the “I am”. 19:4.4
- they have residence in the fourth circle in Jerusem 46:5.15
Service
- they serve as Most High Assistants 37:4.2
- they harmonize versions of wisdom. If confusion arises regarding the harmonization of these two versions of wisdom, immediate appeal is made to the Divine Counselors, who forthwith rule as to the proper combination of procedures. 28:5.9
- they work attached to governments on major sectors 18:4.4
- they serve in superuniverse governments and courts 15:10.3-12
- they are in charge of the formation of the Celestial Recorders in Uversa. The university located there is conducted by them 25:6.1
- they are the authors of a good number of papers of The Urantia Book: the prologue and papers 1 to 9, 17 to 19, 23, 24, and 31 0:12.14 1:7.9 2:7.13 3:6.9 4:5.8 5:6.14 6:8.9 7:7.7 8:6.8 9:8.26 17:8.10 18:7.6 19:7.6 23:4.7 24:7.10 31:10.22
Testimonies
- On some occasions they speak in the first person in The Urantia Book:
- “I come forth from the Eternal, and I have repeatedly returned to the presence of the Universal Father. I know of the actuality and personality of the First Source and Center, the Eternal and Universal Father”. 1:3.8
- “I am commissioned to sponsor those papers portraying the nature and attributes of God because I represent the highest source of information available for such a purpose on any inhabited world”. 1:7.9
Bible parallels
Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.
- What manner of spirit 28:5.9 — Lk 9:55.
- Ancients of Days 15:10.3 — Dn 7:9,13,22.
- God is spirit 1:3.8 — Jn 4:24.
- God is love 1:3.8 — 1 Jn 4:8,16.
Where it appears
Divine Counselors is linked in 16 paragraphs of the text.