THE PLANETARY SUPERHUMAN GOVERNMENT

Seraphim and their associated cherubim have much to do with the details of the superhuman government of a planet.  These angels, ably assisted by the midwayers, function on Urantia as the actual supermaterial ministers who execute the mandates of the resident Governor General and all his associates and subordinates.

The direct administrative cabinet of the Governor General consists of twelve seraphim, the acting chiefs of the twelve groups of special angels functioning as the immediate superhuman directors of planetary progress and stability.

When the first Governor General arrived on Urantia, concurrent with the outpouring of the Spirit of Truth at Pentecost two thousand years ago, he was accompanied by twelve corps of special seraphim, Seraphington graduates, who were immediately assigned to certain special planetary services. These exalted angels are known as the master seraphim of planetary supervision.

These twelve groups of angels, while functioning under the general supervision of the resident Governor General, are immediately directed by the seraphic council of twelve, the acting chiefs of each group.  This council also serves as the volunteer cabinet of the resident Governor General.

The twelve corps of the master seraphim of planetary supervision are functional on Urantia as follows:

1. The epochal angels. These are the angels of the current age, the dispensational group. These celestial ministers are intrusted with the oversight and direction of the affairs of each generation as they are designed to fit into the mosaic of the age in which they occur.



2. The progress angels. These seraphim are intrusted with the task of initiating the evolutionary progress of the successive social ages, and they foster the development of the inherent progressive trend of evolutionary creatures.



3. The religious guardians. These are the "angels of the churches," the earnest contenders for that which is and has been.  They endeavor to maintain the ideals of that which has survived for the sake of the safe transit of moral values from one epoch to another. They are the checkmates of the angels of progress, all the while seeking to translate from one generation to another the imperishable values of the old and passing forms into the new and therefore less stabilized patterns of thought and conduct. These angels do contend for spiritual forms, but they are not the source of ultra-sectarianism and meaningless controversial divisions of professed religionists.



4. The angels of nation life. These are the "angels of the trumpets," directors of the political performances of Urantia national life. It is particularly through the ministry of this seraphic division that "the Most Highs rule in the kingdoms of men."



5. The angels of the races. These angels work for the conservation of the evolutionary races of time, regardless of their political entanglements and religious groupings. On Urantia there are remnants of nine human races which have commingled and combined into the people of modern times. These seraphim are closely associated with the ministry of the race commissioners.



6. The angels of the future. These are the projection angels, who forecast a future age and plan for the realization of the better things of a new and advancing dispensation; they are the architects of the successive eras.



7. The angels of enlightenment. These angels are occupied with mental and moral training as it concerns individuals, families, groups, schools, communities, nations, and whole races, dedicated to the fostering of planetary education.



8. The angels of health. These are the seraphic ministers assigned to the assistance of those mortal agencies dedicated to the promotion of health and the prevention of disease.



9. The home seraphim. These angelic ministers are dedicated to the preservation and advancement of the home, the basic institution of human civilization.



10. The angels of industry. This seraphic group is concerned with fostering industrial development and improving economic conditions among the Urantia peoples.



11. The angels of diversion. These are the seraphim who foster the values of play, humor, and rest. They ever seek to uplift man's recreational diversions and thus to promote the more profitable utilization of human leisure.



12. The angels of superhuman ministry. These are the angels of the angels, those seraphim who are assigned to the ministry of all other superhuman life on the planet, temporary or permanent.

THE RESERVE CORPS OF DESTINY

The reserve corps of destiny consists of living men and women who have been admitted to the special service of the superhuman administration of world affairs.  This corps is made up of the men and women of each generation who are chosen by the spirit directors of the realm to assist in the conduct of the ministry of mercy and wisdom to the children of time on the evolutionary worlds.  It is the general practice in the conduct of the affairs of the ascension plans to begin this liaison utilization of mortal will creatures immediately they are competent and trustworthy to assume such responsibilities.  Accordingly, as soon as men and women appear on the stage of temporal action with sufficient mental capacity, adequate moral status, and requisite spirituality, they are quickly assigned to the appropriate celestial group of planetary personalities as human liaisons, mortal assistants.

When human beings are chosen as protectors of planetary destiny, when they become pivotal individuals in the plans which the world administrators are prosecuting, at that time the planetary chief of seraphim confirms their temporal attachment to the seraphic corps and appoints personal destiny guardians to serve with these mortal reservists.  All reservists have self-conscious Adjusters, and most of them function in the higher cosmic circles of intellectual achievement and spiritual attainment.

Mortals of the realm are chosen for service in the reserve corps of destiny on the inhabited worlds because of:

1. Special capacity for being secretly rehearsed for numerous possible emergency missions in the conduct of various activities of world affairs.
2. Wholehearted dedication to some special social, economic, political, spiritual, or other cause, coupled with willingness to serve without human recognition and rewards.
3. The possession of a Thought Adjuster of extraordinary versatility and probable pre-Urantia experience in coping with planetary difficulties and contending with impending world emergency situations.
4. Each division of planetary celestial service is entitled to a liaison corps of these mortals of destiny standing.  On Urantia there are twelve reserve corps of destiny, one for each of the planetary groups of seraphic supervision.
5. Based on the principle of "as above so below" the twelve sectors of the Christ Michael's Global Spiritual Network (CMGSN) will be linked to the twelve sectors of the planetary reserve corps of destiny, one for each of the twelve sectors of the seraphic planetary activity and supervision.