Seraphim

Seraphim are the angels of the local universe in The Urantia Book. Together with their assistants, the cherubim and sanobim, they make up “the angelic corps of a local universe” 38:0.2. The book calls them “the traditional angels of heaven,” “the ministering spirits who live so near you and do so much for you” 113:0.2, and it restricts the word angel in its main treatment to the seraphim and their associates who serve the plan of mortal survival 38:3.1. Seraphim are the guardian angels of human beings 113:0.1, the transport carriers between worlds 39:2.8, and the chief agents of Urantia’s unseen planetary government 114:0.1.

Origin and nature

Seraphim are created by the Universe Mother Spirit. They come into being “in unit formation—41,472 at a time,” a process that began with the “pattern angels” of early Nebadon 38:1.1. Because Nebadon is still growing, new seraphim are still being created 38:1.3.

Angels do not have material bodies, but they are definite and discrete beings; they are of spirit nature and origin. Though invisible to mortals, they perceive you as you are in the flesh without the aid of transformers or translators.38:2.1

According to the book, angels understand mortal life and share man’s nonsensuous emotions. They “greatly enjoy your efforts in music, art, and real humor” 38:2.1. The one human emotion they find hard to understand is “the legacy of animal fear” 113:2.5. In nature they are “just a trifle ahead of mortal races,” and after death mortals become “very much like them” 38:2.6. In the words the book gives Jesus, the loyal angels are immortal unless they become involved in sin, and they are “neither all-wise nor all-powerful” 167:7.3.

Seraphim are not sexual beings. The book quotes Jesus’ saying that those who rise “neither marry nor are given in marriage” but are “equal to the angels” 38:2.2 Mt 22:30; Lk 20:35-36. Because they are “children of the Spirit,” the book calls them “daughters of God” and usually refers to an individual seraphim as she 38:2.2. Seraphim live and work in pairs. They are not male and female but “negative and positive,” partners “exceedingly personal and truly affectionate” 38:4.2-3.

Angels “are not your judges or accusers” 38:2.4, nor objects of worship: when John the Revelator fell at an angel’s feet, the seraphim Loyalatia told him, “See that you do it not; I am a fellow servant with you” 38:2.5 Rev 19:10; Rev 22:8-9.

Training and organization

The home worlds of the seraphim are the ninth group of seven spheres in the Salvington circuit. There “each seraphim has a real home,” shared by a pair 38:4.1-2. After two millennia of training on Salvington and the seraphic worlds, and service as observers on the lowest evolutionary worlds, they are commissioned as ministering spirits of time on a system’s architectural worlds 38:5.1-3.

Seraphim are organized in multiples of twelve: groups of 12 pairs, companies, battalions, units of 20,736 pairs, and legions of 248,832 pairs, a figure the book connects with Jesus’ words about “more than twelve legions of angels” 38:6.1 Mt 26:53. Twelve legions form a host, commanded by an archangel, and twelve hosts an angelic army, directed by the Brilliant Evening Stars or other lieutenants of Gabriel 38:6.2.

The seven orders

Seraphim are created alike, but in training they sort themselves into seven orders 39:0.1-8. No order is inferior to another, and a seraphim can work her way through all seven services. The book’s seraphic co-author, Manotia, began as a supreme seraphim and achieved all seven 39:0.9.

1. Supreme seraphim are the highest of the seven; their first group serves the high Sons and Spirits of the local universe 39:1.1-2. Their groups include the court advisers, the universe orientators, the teaching counselors, and the bestowal attendants who accompany a Paradise Son on a bestowal mission 39:1.4 39:1.7 39:1.10 39:1.13. 2. Superior seraphim are “in charge of the higher activities of a local universe” 39:2.1. They include the intelligence corps, the Voice of Mercy, and the transporters based on Salvington 39:2.3 39:2.5 39:2.8. 3. Supervisor seraphim serve the constellations. Among them are the law forecasters, the social architects and the ethical sensitizers 39:3.1 39:3.3-4 39:3.7. 4. Administrator seraphim serve the local systems. Their groups include the justice guides and the quickeners of morality 39:4.1 39:4.4 39:4.10. 5. Planetary helpers serve the Planetary Adams, the Material Sons sent to evolutionary worlds. They include the “voices of the Garden” and the souls of peace 39:5.1 39:5.3 39:5.5. Most of them were withdrawn from Urantia when the Adamic regime collapsed 39:5.2. 6. Transition ministers help creatures pass from material to spiritual life, chiefly by teaching on the mansion worlds 39:6.1-8. 7. Seraphim of the future are held largely in reserve for the age of light and life. The book withholds a description of their work because they have no direct concern with Urantia 39:7.1-2.

Each of the seven orders has its own transporters, recorders and reserves 39:2.8 39:2.14 39:2.17.

Guardian angels

The teaching about guardian angels is not a myth; certain groups of human beings do actually have personal angels.113:1.1

The book ties this teaching to Jesus’ words about the little ones whose “angels do always behold the presence” of the Father 113:1.1 Mt 18:10. How many guardians a person has depends on spiritual progress through the seven “circles” of human attainment. A mortal in the seventh, initial circle shares one guardian angel and a company of cherubim with a thousand others; the groups get smaller in each circle 113:1.6-7. On reaching the third circle a mortal receives a personal angel, “in reality two” 113:1.8. From that point, or after a supreme decision to become Godlike, or on enrollment in the reserve corps of destiny, the angel becomes a guardian of destiny 113:2.1. The first human on Urantia to have one, the book says, was Rantowoc, “a wise man of the red race of long ago” 113:2.2.

Guardians always volunteer and serve their subject for life; one of the pair acts as the “recording angel” 113:2.7 113:2.9. At death the guardian keeps the soul’s records and identity in trust 113:6.1. In the resurrection halls of the mansion worlds, “The Adjuster will identify you; the guardian seraphim will repersonalize you” 113:6.6. On the mansion worlds mortals see their angels for the first time 113:7.1.

Transport and the “wings”

Mortals cannot travel between worlds under their own power until they reach Paradise, so they depend on seraphic transport 39:2.10. Being enseraphimed is “not unlike the experience of death or sleep”: the traveler sleeps and wakes at the destination unaware of the time that has passed 39:2.11-12. Seraphim cannot carry flesh-and-blood bodies, but they can carry everything from the lowest morontia forms upward 39:2.13. On Jerusem, transports leave from Mount Seraph at the rate of one every three seconds 46:2.8.

The book explains the traditional image of angels in two ways. First, at the moment before death a dimming mind may glimpse its attending angel and picture it in the angel form it already imagines 39:5.11. Second, and more specifically, the idea of wings came from what people saw of seraphim being prepared for transport:

In observing a transport seraphim being made ready to receive a passenger for interplanetary transit, there may be seen what are apparently double sets of wings extending from the head to the foot of the angel. In reality these wings are energy insulators—friction shields.39:5.12

The book describes the loading in detail. The transport seraphim lies horizontally above the planet’s energy pole. The sleeping passenger is laid on top of her, and “both the upper and lower pairs of shields are carefully closed” 39:5.13. Then she “grows pointed at both extremities” and becomes wrapped in “a queer light of amber hue.” By departure she is “an almost transparent, vibrating, torpedo-shaped outline of glistening luminosity,” which shoots away “with lightninglike speed, leaving a trail of celestial luminosity” 39:5.14. The book’s footnotes connect the wings to the winged seraphim of Isaiah and the cherubim of Ezekiel, and the luminous departure to Ezekiel’s visions 39:5.12 39:5.14 Is 6:2; Ezk 1:4-14; Ezk 10:5.

Seraphim and Urantia

The book says that “The Most Highs rule in the kingdoms of men through many celestial forces and agencies but chiefly through the ministry of seraphim” 114:0.1 Dn 4:17. Its author, the chief of seraphim on Urantia, reports a noon roll call of 501,234,619 pairs of seraphim on the planet 114:0.2. Since Pentecost, twelve corps of master seraphim of planetary supervision have served under the resident governor general 114:6.1.

In the Lucifer rebellion the head of the seraphic hosts on Jerusem joined Lucifer, and many of the system administrator seraphim followed him 53:6.2. Manotia, the second in command, refused to join and took command of the loyal angelic hosts of Jerusem 53:6.1 53:6.3-4. The book applies to these rebels the verse about “the angels who kept not their first estate” 53:1.6 Jud 1:6. At the birth of Jesus, “the seraphim of Urantia, assembled under their directors, did sing anthems of glory over the Bethlehem manger,” though, unlike the heavenly host in Luke, they were “not heard by human ears” 122:8.5 Lk 2:13-15. In his fourth bestowal, Michael of Nebadon himself lived for over forty standard years as a seraphim, serving as a teaching counselor on twenty-two worlds 119:4.1-3.

Destiny

Angels, unlike mortals, are “not absolutely sure of their eternal future until they have attained Seraphington,” their destiny sphere. No seraphim who has reached it has ever gone astray 39:8.9. Some become Brilliant Evening Stars 39:8.1; others reach Paradise as Celestial Recorders, Technical Advisers or Paradise Companions 39:8.3. Guardians of destiny often rejoin their mortal wards on Paradise and may enter the Mortal Finaliter Corps. Many others join the Corps of Seraphic Completion 39:8.10.

Index of references

Seraphim, angels of local universes, are embraced by the Ministering Spirits and are the initial contact for mortal ascenders. 26:1.14 28:0.1 38:0.2 39:8.1

Cherubim and Mansion World Teachers may become seraphim after being re-embraced by the Universe Mother Spirit. 38:8.1 48:5.10

Cherubim and sanobim, functionally united, serve as faithful and efficient aids to seraphim in mortal worlds. 38:7.2-3 48:5.1

500 million pairs of seraphim on Urantia in 1934 help THE Most Highs rule in the kingdoms of men through many celestial forces and agencies. 114:0.1

The attainment of Seraphington by angelic beings far surpasses mortal's achieving eternal survival. 39:8.9 40:1.2

The Seraphim are directed by almost paternal System Sovereigns who oversee local affairs and serve as custodians of legislative and judicial mandates in the universe administration. 35:9.5

Seraphim, including evolutionary seraphim, appear in personality registers. (30:1.67,85) (30:2.50,87)

The apostles were instructed by Jesus about the ministry of seraphim during the evening meal. 138:5.3

Men, sometimes permitted to see, have shaped the concept of angels by observing seraphim undergoing transport service with what appear to be double sets of wings that are actually energy insulators. 39:5.12 50:2.7

Michael, as a supreme seraphim, disappeared on his fourth mission of bestowal, hidden in plain sight among the angels. 119:4

Seraphim gather for millennial reunions at various headquarters, alternating attendance with partners to fulfill duty responsibilities. 38:4.4

Morontia progressors on Edentia are like angels, evolving between animal and ascending spirit, maintaining a general morontia status. 43:9.2

Efforts to understand and love angels result in only good. 38:2.1

During the Havona sojourn, accredited seraphim part with ascendant mortals for intense training towards achieving perfection and supremacy in service. 26:4.11

The Most Highs rule in planetary government through the ministry of seraphim, ensuring effective supervision in unique ways due to planetary circumstances and celestial forces. 114

Residence in Jerusem circles is determined by the hierarchy of angelic beings, stationed in concentric levels according to their functions and orders. 46:5.20-22

Sacred books on Urantia confuse the associate personalities of Deity with the Universal Father, portraying seraphim as God. 4:5.2

The worlds of the seraphim in the Salvington circuit are characterized by beauty, vastness, and specialized training schools, where pairs of seraphim live and carry out their tasks with affection and personal connection. 38:4

The traditional concept of angels with wings comes from misconceptions about the appearance of seraphim during moments of reflective phenomena before death. 39:5.11-12

Do not tempt your angelic overseers to guide you towards dangerous paths, even in times of peace and prosperity. 178:1.10

Seraphim undergo extensive training on the seraphic worlds before being commissioned as ministering spirits in Nebadon. 38:5

Completion seraphim from the Seraphic Corps of Completion are specially trained attendants who have achieved Paradise and the personal embrace of the Eternal Son. 39:1.5

About completion seraphim see link to Corps of Seraphic Completion | Corps of Seraphic Completion

Destiny. What they may become

• The Brilliant Evening Stars are a unique twofold order of superangels, with some of created dignity and others of attained service, numbering 13,641 in the Nebadon corps. 37:2.4 39:8.1
• Achieving perfection as a celestial artisan allows entry into the Paradise seraphic abode as a Technical Adviser or Celestial Recorder, leading to eternal service and advice among the seraphim. 39:8.3
• Ascendant seraphim from the local universes, known as Celestial Recorders, execute all records in duplicate with their unique ability to manipulate spiritual and material energy. 25:6.1 37:8.8 39:8.3
• Completion seraphim serve as everlasting associates of mortal finaliters on Paradise, while also ministering in various nonmortal finaliter corps and the Corps of Seraphic Completion. 39:8.10 39:9
• Father-indwelt finaliters are admitted into the Corps of Mortal Finaliters after their ascendant career, including faithful seraphic guardians who join their mortal wards in embracing eternity's destiny. 31:4.1 40:1.2 55:4.31
• The Paradise Companions are a diverse group of celestial beings recruited from various ranks, serving temporarily before returning to their original duties. 25:8.1 39:8.3
• Achieving perfection as a Technical Adviser enables entry into the Paradise seraphic abode and eternal ministry among celestial beings. 25:4.7 39:8.3
• Trinitized Custodians are ascendant seraphim embraced by the Paradise Trinity and serving the Ancients of Days. 22:5.2
• The Trinitized Sons of Selection serve in the courts of the Ancients of Days, having been recruited from selected evolutionary seraphim, translated midway creatures, Spirit-fused and Son-fused mortals who have ascended to Paradise. 22:1.11
• The seraphim guide beings to methods of attaining Paradise and eternity. 39:8
• Seraphim strive towards the eternal goal of Seraphington, the angelic threshold to Paradise and Deity attainment, where they achieve their ultimate destiny. (39:8.1,7-10)
• Some angels, under certain conditions, can be summoned to Seraphington and achieve Paradise quicker than mortals. 39:8.4

Individuals

• chief of Urantia seraphim
• Love the seraphim Loyalatia, but do not adore them, as angels are not objects of worship. 38:2.5
• Manotia, second in command of the Satania headquarters' seraphim, displayed unparalleled courage and loyalty amidst the turmoil of the Lucifer rebellion, refusing to participate in the projected insult to Michael and leading the angelic hosts of Jerusem with unwavering dedication. 53:6
• Solonia

Nature

• Seraphim, like humans, acquire knowledge and language through study and experience, seeking to serve in lower orders to achieve their highest potential in universe service. 39:0.11
• Seraphim can sometimes discern Adjusters' spirit luminosity, suggesting their high and exclusive divine origin and nature. 107:4.4
• can work individually, but pair required for communication,
• Seraphim can work singly, but must be in pairs for communication and service on higher circuits. 26:1.16 38:4.3 113:2.8
• Seraphim can only be summoned to Seraphington by the tertiary supernaphim, as they cannot initiate departure on their own. 39:8.4
• Cherubim, like seraphim and other spirit beings, are continuously engaged in self-improvement through study and seeking new achievements in their roles as ministering spirits of time. 38:7.5
• The seraphim, created but a little over humanity, possess powers far beyond human comprehension and perform numerous duties with exceeding ease, functioning on both spiritual and literal levels. (38:2.3,6) 39:8.7 113:3.6 113:7.3
• The seraphim, created by local universe Mother Spirit, are the primary creators of the vast creature family of the Third Source and Center, working together with their Infinite Mother Spirit. 17:8.2 26:1.14 38:1.2
• Certain beings, such as Havona Servitals, conciliators, angels of time and space, and ascending mortals, possess the unique ability to discern both spirit and material beings throughout their spiritual journey. 44:0.17
• Angels, being of spirit nature, perceive mortal beings without physical bodies and fully comprehend their emotions and struggles. 38:2.1
• Seraphim possess adequate energy range for local and superuniverse tasks, but lack the capability for the demanding journey from Uversa to Havona, which requires the unique abilities of primary seconaphim transporters. 39:2.9
• The seraphim, across all seven superuniverses, exhibit minimal variation in their fairly uniform design, making them the most standard of all spirit beings. 38:0.3
• Seraphim reside in pairs in their beautiful and vast headquarters worlds within Nebadon. 38:4.2
• Each seraphim has both an individual name and number, with names used in universe headquarters registration and numbers in records for assignment to world service. 113:2.6
• Seraphim have no childhood, but can acquire functional skills through experience and education. 39:0.10
• The angels, highly individualized personalities, are the ministering-spirit associates of all space's evolutionary and ascending will creatures, as well as the working colleagues of the higher hosts of the divine personalities of the spheres. 26:1.1
• The Infinite Spirit reveals the combined love of the Father and the Son to individual minds through a divine series of attenuations, culminating in the presence of angels guiding us in earthly existence. 8:4.5-6 40:5.2
• The immortal angels in heaven, though not all-wise nor all-powerful, remain pure and holy unless tainted by sin. 167:7.3
• Nonreproducing ascenders gain parenthood experience by assisting Material Sons and Daughters on Jerusem. 45:6.5
• Seraphim are sustained by the intake of spiritual energy from the primary circuits of the universe and partake in circulating teachings of Teacher Sons. 26:1.17
• Seraphim exhibit dual phases denominated as positive or aggressive and negative or retiring, enhancing their versatility and functionality in assignments. 38:4.3 84:6.5
• Seraphim, like mathematical prodigies, possess powers far beyond human comprehension and effortlessly perform numerous duties that would be tremendous tasks for mortals. 38:2.3
• Seraphim, though affectionate and sympathetic, are not sex-emotion creatures, commonly referred to by feminine pronouns on sex planets. 38:2.2
• Seraphim in Nebadon are still being created, as the Universe Mother Spirit continues to bring forth new creations in the evolving universe. 38:1.3
• Angels are the sure heavenly guides of souls of man, escorting them to the mansions in heaven. 167:7.6
• Seraphim are sustained by spiritual energy from the primary circuits of the universe, unlike mortal beings on Urantia who obtain light-energy through vegetation. 26:1.17 113:2.10
• Seraphim can traverse space at triple velocity, moving at 558,840 miles per second, utilizing gravity for transit, unlike most nonenseraphimed beings restricted by time and space limitations. 23:3.2
• Seraphim usually retain their original complements of being, working together in pairs for tasks, but not necessarily in all assignments. 38:4.3

Orders of seraphim

• The orders of seraphim are organized into legions, battalions, companies, groups, and pairs, ultimately forming the largest angelic army under the command of Gabriel. 38:6
• # 1st. order, supreme seraphim. Supreme seraphim function in seven groups, each closely associated with the angelic ministers of the Seraphic Corps of Completion, serving the high Sons, the Universe Son, and the Universe Spirit, organizing and administering special work connected with the termination of planetary dispensations and the inauguration of new ages. 39:1
• ## Son-Spirit ministers
• ##* 1a. bestowal attendants
• ## court advisors
• ## universe orientators
• ## teaching counselors
• ## directors of assignment
• ## recorders 39:1.17
• ## unattached ministers 39:1.18
• # 2nd. order, superior seraphim. Superior seraphim are not qualitatively superior to other angels, but oversee higher activities in the local universe. 39:2
• ## intelligence corps
• ## voices of mercy
• ## spirit co-ordinators
• ## assistant teachers
• ## transporters 39:2.8-13
• ## recorders 39:2.14
• ##* 6a. broadcasters 39:2.15-16
• ## reserves 39:2.17-18
• # 3rd. order, supervisor seraphim. The supervisor seraphim of the 3rd order serve exclusively the constellations, overseeing their unification, evolution, and ethical growth, while also facilitating personality transport and maintaining detailed records of constellation affairs. 39:3
• ## supervising assistants
• ## law forecasters
• ## social architects
• ## ethical sensitizers
• ## transporters 39:3.8-9
• ## recorders 39:3.10
• ## reserves 39:3.11
• # 4th. order, administrator seraphim. The fourth order of seraphim are talented administrators, serving predominantly in the local systems, assisting system rulers and overseeing the affairs of the inhabited worlds. 39:4
• ## administrative assistants
• ## justice guides
• ## interpreters of cosmic citizenship
• ## quickeners of morality
• ## transporters 39:4.15
• ## recorders 39:4.16
• ## reserves 39:4.17-18
• # 5th. order, planetary helper seraphim. The planetary helper seraphim are primarily assigned to the service of the Planetary Adams, aiding in the physical and intellectual upliftment of the evolutionary races on inhabited worlds. 39:5
• ## voices of the Garden
• ## spirits of brotherhood
• ## souls of peace
• ## spirits of trust
• ## transporters 39:5.10-15
• ## recorders 39:5.16
• ## reserves 39:5.17
• # 6th. order, morontia world transition ministers. Seraphim of transitional ministry facilitate creature transition from material to spiritual estate, serving on the inhabited worlds to the system capitals, focusing efforts on educating surviving mortals on mansion worlds. 39:6 48:6
• ## seraphic evangels
• ## racial interpreters
• ## mind planners
• ## morontia counselors
• ## technicians 48:6.29
• ## recorder-teachers 48:6.30-33
• ## reserves 48:6.34-37
• # 7th. order, seraphim of the future. The 7th order seraphim of the future are reserved for advanced planets in Nebadon, where they prepare for the age of light and life, ministering to ascendant mortals on modified orders of ascension. 39:7

Other classifications

• ascending seraphim 30:2.50 40:1 45:6.5
• completion seraphim 39:8-9
• master seraphim of planetary supervision 114:6
• # angels of the epochs
• # angels of progress
• # angels of the churches
• # angels of nation life
• # angels of the races
• # angels of the future
• # angels of enlightenment
• # angels of health
• # angels of the home
• # angels of industry
• # angels of diversion
• # angels of superhuman ministry
• Unrevealed seraphim are not in any manner connected with the evolutionary plan of Paradise ascension or mortal survival. 38:3

Particular actions

• Jesus, presented with the vision of twelve legions of seraphim, decided to only use them if it was his Father's will, yet they remained with him throughout his earthly life. 136:5.1-2 183:3.7
• In the Lucifer rebellion in Satania, 25% of lower orders were misled, while few justice guides were lost, causing a significant loss of seraphim and cherubim. 39:4.6 67:3.2
• The unseen seraphim accompanied the evangelists' urgent call to salvation and unity with the heavenly kingdom. 175:1.8 182:2.5
• Before embarking on his sixth bestowal, Michael's departure from Salvington was witnessed by all, as he was accompanied by a lone seraphim and the Bright and Morning Star of Nebadon. 119:6.2
• Chaldean priests were informed by seraphim about Jesus' birth, as certain wise men were aware of Michael's impending arrival on Urantia. 119:7.6
• The Andon and Fonta posterity were chosen by the Life Carriers to provide living material for the assembled Andonic counterparts for Prince's staff, guided by Thought Adjusters and seraphim. 66:2.7
• Seraphim dispatched messages during rebellion quarantine, ensuring no communication from or to the fallen worlds could be utilized by Lucifer. 53:7.3
• Manotia's courageous loyalty during the Lucifer rebellion remains a thrilling example of devotion and faithfulness among the celestial beings. 53:6
• As Jesus prayed in Gethsemane, a seraphim touched and strengthened him, affirming his divine will to fulfill the Father's desire for his earthly sacrifice. (182:3.2,6)
• Seraphim opened prison doors for early teachers of gospel, while secondary midway creatures may have performed similar phenomena ascribed to angels. 77:8.12
• At sundown, seraphim participated in healing as a vast retinue of celestial beings stood ready to act at the signal of their Sovereign, seeking refuge in appeal to the Father's will. 145:3.8
• At the noontide birth of Jesus, the seraphim of Urantia sang anthems of glory over the Bethlehem manger, unheard by mortal ears, until priests from Ur arrived to pay homage. 122:8.5
• Some rebel seraphim on earth were mistaken for evil angels by older writers up to Christ's death. 77:7.4
• Assigned messenger bids Jesus 'Be about your Father’s business' before Passover Sabbath flood tides of spiritual illumination. 37:2.8 124:6.15 126:3.5

Sentiments

• Seraphim, after being commissioned, long to serve in the reserves of their inherent group, seeking assignment to the lowest orders of universe service in order to achieve the highest level of experiential destiny. 39:0.11
• Seraphim, incapable of understanding fear, struggle to comprehend the overwhelming influence of animal fear on human intellect and faith. 113:2.5
• Seraphim volunteers ignite the will-to-service in ascending mortals through personal friendship. 48:6.34
• Angels, superior in spiritual status, do not judge mortals, nor should mortals judge each other. 38:2.4
• From seraphim we learn that our most disappointing disappointments can become our greatest blessings when we accept our lot after faithfully performing duty, making fewer personal plans concerning others. 48:6.36
• The seraphim long to achieve perfection and supremacy of service as they train intensely for their supernal assignment. 26:4.11
• Angels, beings of spirit nature and origin, love human beings and are devoted to guiding them on their journey towards divinity and eternity. 38:2.1 39:9.3
• Angels, though invisible to mortals, intellectually understand mortal life and share all of man’s nonsensuous emotions. 38:2.1-2 38:4.3
• The seraphim share most of humans' emotions and would develop a warm affection for them, as they are very near mortals in personality attributes. 113:2.5

Service of seraphim

• Many Father fused guardian angels of mortals, after taking the finaliter oath, join their human wards in eternal destiny. 31:4
• Seraphim work through the social, ethical, and moral environment to promote circle-making decisions in mortals. (113:4.1,3)
• The director of the Satania seraphic hosts serves on the Jerusem executive council. 45:3.17
• The guardian seraphim work outside-in to stimulate circle-making decisions in human mind within the domains of action. 113:4
• Seraphim equally serve mortal series 2 on nonfusion planets, providing devoted service and cooperation for upstepping animal-origin creatures towards spiritual fusion. 40:5.14
• Seraphim, created just above humanity, play an essential role in mortal progression facilitated by the working of the Supreme Being. 113:3.6
• Execute mandates of resident governor general with 191,924,362 angels absent. 114:0.2
• Seraphim transmit drafts of ancestry and projected patterns of mortal life conduct to Divinington, where Thought Adjusters, believed to be volunteers fully informed about the candidate for indwelling, make their decision to indwell. 108:1.2
• Seraphim, created to function on spiritual and literal levels, possess powers far beyond human comprehension and effortlessly perform tasks that would be tremendous for mortals. 38:2.3
• Seraphim help Spirit-fused survivors repossess mortal memory through retelling experiences and accessing recorded files. 40:9.5
• The seraphic hosts in constellation legislature number one hundred and are nominated by supervising personalities. 43:2.6
• Seraphim are indispensable for reassembling mortal personality, whether through personal or group custodians. 112:3.6
• The master seraphim intensify existing higher human ideals through their various functions. 114:6.19
• Angels of God ascend and descend to keep worlds in touch with each other. 167:7.4
• Seraphim manipulate circumstances to influence human activity through liaison with Master Physical Controllers and midwayers, serving as co-ordinators, interpreters, and manipulators of the physical environment in order to enhance cosmic insight and spiritual cooperation. 113:3.5 113:4.4 114:6.18
• The cosmic mind and adjutant mind-spirits collaborate to create a unique physical tabernacle for humans, while seraphim supply the undifferentiated morontia material necessary for morontia life to commence and evolve into diverse, individualized forms. 42:12.11
• Reserves of the supervisor seraphim are not inactive, instead serving important roles throughout the constellations, including as messenger aids to rulers and attached to Vorondadek Sons on special assignments. 39:3.11
• Seraphim retain records of human life for final evaluation. 112:6.4
• Seraphim urge humans to pray for enhanced cosmic insight and increased cooperation with the divine presence. 113:4.4

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.

• Most Highs rule 114:0.1 — Dn 4:17,25,32; Dn 5:21.
• Angel wings 39:5.12 — Ex 25:20; Is 6:2; Ezk 10:5.
• Friction shields 39:5.12 — Ezk 1:6,11,23; Ezk 10:21.
• You are as the angels 43:9.2 — Mt 22:30; Mk 12:25; Lk 20:36.
• Do not worship angels 38:2.5 — Rev 19:10; Rev 22:8-9.
• Angels created a little higher 39:8.7 — Ps 8:5; Heb 2:7,9.
• Created lower than angels 113:7.3 — Ps 8:4-5; Heb 2:6-7.
• You are a little lower than angels 40:5.2 — Ps 8:5; Heb 2:7.
• Food you know not 26:1.17 — Jn 4:32.
• Hairs of head numbered 38:2.3 — Mt 10:30; Lk 12:7.
• Angels do not marry 38:2.2 — Mt 22:30; Mk 12:25.
• On Mansion worlds, that is, angels 38:2.2 — Lk 20:35-36.
• Mansions in heaven 167:7.6 — Jn 14:2.
• Twelve legions of angels & others 136:5.1 — Mt 26:53.
• Assault on Malcus 183:3.7 — Mt 26:51; Mk 14:46-47; Lk 22:49-51; Jn 18:10.
• Jesus rebukes Peter 183:3.7 — Mt 26:52; Jn 18:11a.
• Father wills I drink cup 183:3.7 — Jn 18:11b.
• Heavenly army 183:3.7 — Mt 26:53.
• Most Highs rule kingdoms of men 175:1.8 — Dn 4:17,25,32; Dn 5:21.
• Obey even crooked leaders 175:1.8 — Mt 23:3-4.
• Weighty burdens 175:1.8 — Lk 11:46.
• Angel opens prison doors 77:8.12 — Acts 5:19.
• Peter's deliverance 77:8.12 — Acts 12:7-10.
• Angels, no shepherds 122:8.5 — Lk 2:8-18, 20.
• Beelzebub 77:7.4 — Mt 10:25; Mt 12:24,27; Mk 3:22; Lk 11:15,18-19.
• The hour has come 124:6.15 — Lk 2:49.
• About His Father's business 126:3.5 — Lk 2:49.
• Angels don't accuse you 38:2.4 — 2 P 2:11.
• Angels going up and down 167:7.4 — Gn 28:12; Jn 1:51.
• Other sheep, other fold 167:7.4 — Jn 10:16.

Where it appears

Seraphim is linked in 102 paragraphs of the text; the first 40 are listed.

See also

• angels
• guardian angels
• guardians of destiny
• seraphic, secoraphic, and superaphic transport

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