THE URANTIA BOOK
3. ADAM AND EVE LEARN ABOUT THE PLANET
 And now, after their formal installation, Adam and Eve became
painfully aware of their planetary isolation. Silent were the familiar
broadcasts, and absent were all the circuits of extraplanetary
communication. Their Jerusem fellows had gone to worlds running along
smoothly with a well-established Planetary Prince and an experienced
staff ready to receive them and competent to co-operate with them
during their early experience on such worlds. But on Urantia rebellion
had changed everything. Here the Planetary Prince was very much
present, and though shorn of most of his power to work evil, he was
still able to make the task of Adam and Eve difficult and to some
extent hazardous. It was a serious and disillusioned Son and Daughter
of Jerusem who walked that night through the Garden under the shining
of the full moon, discussing plans for the next day.
Thus ended the first day of Adam and Eve on isolated Urantia, the
confused planet of the Caligastia betrayal; and they walked and talked
far into the night, their first night on earth--and it was so lonely.
Adam's second day on earth was spent in session with the
planetary receivers and the advisory council. From the Melchizedeks,
and their associates, Adam and Eve learned more about the details of
the Caligastia rebellion and the result of that upheaval upon the
world's progress. And it was, on the whole, a disheartening story, this
long recital of the mismanagement of world affairs. They learned all
the facts regarding the utter collapse of the Caligastia scheme for
accelerating the process of social evolution. They also arrived at a
full realization of the folly of attempting to achieve planetary
advancement independently of the divine plan of progression. And thus ended a sad but enlightening day--their second on Urantia.
The third day was devoted to an inspection of the Garden. From
the large passenger birds--the fandors--Adam and Eve looked down upon
the vast stretches of the Garden while being carried through the air
over this, the most beautiful spot on earth. This day of inspection
ended with an enormous banquet in honor of all who had labored to
create this garden of Edenic beauty and grandeur. And again, late into
the night of their third day, the Son and his mate walked in the Garden
and talked about the immensity of their problems.
On the fourth day Adam and Eve addressed the Garden assembly. From the
inaugural mount they spoke to the people concerning their plans for the
rehabilitation of the world and outlined the methods whereby they would
seek to redeem the social culture of Urantia from the low levels to
which it had fallen as a result of sin and rebellion. This was a great
day, and it closed with a feast for the council of men and women who
had been selected to assume responsibilities in the new administration
of world affairs. Take note! women as well as men were in this group,
and that was the first time such a thing had occurred on earth since
the days of Dalamatia. It was an astounding innovation to behold Eve, a
woman, sharing the honors and responsibilities of world affairs with a
man. And thus ended the fourth day on earth.
The
fifth day was occupied with the organization of the temporary
government, the administration which was to function until the
Melchizedek receivers should leave Urantia.
The
sixth day was devoted to an inspection of the numerous types of men and
animals. Along the walls eastward in Eden, Adam and Eve were escorted
all day, viewing the animal life of the planet and arriving at a better
understanding as to what must be done to bring order out of the
confusion of a world inhabited by such a variety of living creatures.
It greatly surprised those who accompanied Adam on this trip to
observe how fully he understood the nature and function of the
thousands upon thousands of animals shown him. The instant he glanced
at an animal, he would indicate its nature and behavior. Adam could
give names descriptive of the origin, nature, and function of all
material creatures on sight. Those who conducted him on this tour of
inspection did not know that the world's new ruler was one of the most
expert anatomists of all Satania; and Eve was equally proficient. Adam
amazed his associates by describing hosts of living things too small to
be seen by human eyes.
When the sixth day of their
sojourn on earth was over, Adam and Eve rested for the first time in
their new home in "the east of Eden." The first six days of the Urantia
adventure had been very busy, and they looked forward with great
pleasure to an entire day of freedom from all activities.
But circumstances dictated otherwise. The experience of the day
just past in which Adam had so intelligently and so exhaustively
discussed the animal life of Urantia, together with his masterly
inaugural address and his charming manner, had so won the hearts and
overcome the intellects of the Garden dwellers that they were not only
wholeheartedly disposed to accept the newly arrived Son and Daughter of
Jerusem as rulers, but the majority were about ready to fall down and
worship them as gods.
The Urantia book in French
| Micael de Nébadon |
Satania | La crucifixion de Jésus |
Urantia, planète expérimentale | L'origine de la vie sur Urantia |
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