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Paper 72

Government on a Neighboring Planet

Melchizedek

72:0.1By per­mis­sion of Lanaforge and with the ap­proval of the Most Highs of Eden­tia, I am au­tho­rized to nar­rate some­thing of the so­cial, moral, and po­lit­i­cal life of the most ad­vanced hu­man race liv­ing on a not far-dis­tant planet be­long­ing to the Sa­ta­nia sys­tem.

72:0.2Of all the Sa­ta­nia worlds which be­came iso­lated be­cause of par­tic­i­pa­tion in the Lu­cifer re­bel­lion, this planet has ex­pe­ri­enced a his­tory most like that of Uran­tia. The sim­i­lar­ity of the two spheres un­doubt­edly ex­plains why per­mis­sion to make this ex­traor­di­nary pre­sen­ta­tion was granted, for it is most un­usual for the sys­tem rulers to con­sent to the nar­ra­tion on one planet of the af­fairs of an­other.

72:0.3This planet, like Uran­tia, was led astray by the dis­loy­alty of its Plan­e­tary Prince in con­nec­tion with the Lu­cifer re­bel­lion. It re­ceived a Ma­te­rial Son shortly af­ter Adam came to Uran­tia, and this Son also de­faulted, leav­ing the sphere iso­lated, since a Mag­is­te­rial Son has never been be­stowed upon its mor­tal races.