1-2-3 the first

• 1-2-3 the first

77:8.2The mem­bers of the older or pri­mary or­der are gen­er­ally known by nu­mer­als; they are of­ten given names such as 1-2-3 the first, 4-5-6 the first, and so on. On Uran­tia the Adamic mid­way­ers are des­ig­nated al­pha­bet­i­cally in or­der to dis­tin­guish them from the nu­mer­i­cal des­ig­na­tion of the pri­mary mid­way­ers.

77:9.4Al­though their abil­ity to tra­verse the en­ergy cir­cuits makes plan­e­tary de­par­ture fea­si­ble to any mid­wayer, they have in­di­vid­u­ally pledged them­selves not to leave the planet prior to their some­time re­lease by the uni­verse au­thor­i­ties. Mid­way­ers are an­chored on a planet un­til the ages of set­tled light and life. With the ex­cep­tion of 1-2-3 the first, no loyal mid­way crea­tures have ever de­parted from Uran­tia.

77:9.51-2-3 the first, the el­dest of the pri­mary or­der, was re­leased from im­me­di­ate plan­e­tary du­ties shortly af­ter Pen­te­cost. This no­ble mid­wayer stood stead­fast with Van and Amadon dur­ing the tragic days of the plan­e­tary re­bel­lion, and his fear­less lead­er­ship was in­stru­men­tal in re­duc­ing the ca­su­al­ties in his or­der. He serves at pres­ent on Je­ru­sem as a mem­ber of the twenty-four coun­selors, hav­ing al­ready func­tioned as gov­er­nor gen­eral of Uran­tia once since Pen­te­cost.

45:4.1816. 1-2-3 the First, the leader of the loyal mid­way crea­tures in the ser­vice of Ga­briel at the time of the Cali­gas­tia be­trayal, el­e­vated to this po­si­tion by Mi­chael soon af­ter his en­trance upon un­con­di­tioned sov­er­eignty.