When the evolutionary process on an inhabited planet has reached a certain level of stability, a Material Son and Daughter, who are of the violet race and are called Adam and Eve, are sent to biologically uplift the mortal races.[1] These material sons and daughters live apart from the evolutionary races in a special region artistically arranged with many gardens and places of beauty; in our system of inhabited worlds they are called the Garden of Eden.
Adam and Eve
Normally Adam and Eve remain in the Garden while their family grows in size; they instruct the surrounding peoples, uplifting their culture. Only after there is a large number of the violet race are they allowed to intermarry with the natives, when this happens the evolutionary races are improved genetically. On these worlds the original pair, Adam and Eve, does not mate with the evolutionary mortals of their world.
However our planet is not normal. Our planetary prince (Caligastia) had betrayed the trust placed in him and was openly opposing them, which created problems for our Adam and Eve. They were cut off from the system lines of communication and opposed at every turn by Caligastia and his followers; their task on Earth was exceedingly difficult.
Our planetary prince had gone into rebellion against universe authority and was working against our Adam and Eve. They were cautioned about the dangers ahead of them and even warned about what eventually brought about their downfall, namely that Eve was not to stray from the side of her mate and attempt secret plans of her own.[2] They were faced with an extremely difficult mission on our native sphere but if they had exercised more patience they could have been successful. As we seek to spread the good news of the Fifth Epochal Revelation (The Urantia Book) we must exercise patience and seek the divine way of spreading this message we must learn from the downfall of Adam and Eve.
Garden of Eden
The Garden of Eden had been prepared for them by Van, a loyal member of Caligastia’s staff who had remained on Earth until the time of Adam and Eve. The Garden was well laid out and prepared for their arrival which took place more than 37,800 years ago. Just for fun, let’s compare the Garden in its day with our state of Maine today. The Garden had space and facilities for a population of one million.[3] Our state of Maine today has a population of 1.3 million.[4] The Garden had more than twelve thousand miles of paved paths and roads[5] while Maine today has 22,830 miles of roads.[6] Imagine what archaeologists would say if they found an area roughly the size of Maine (30,800 square miles) that nearly forty thousand years ago had half as many miles of paved roads and paths that Maine has highways today. One final observation on this subject, there is ample area in the eastern Mediterranean Sea for a peninsula the size of Maine. Perhaps there are remnants of the Garden there.
Adam and Eve struggled mightily to bring civilization to our planet but there was very little to build these advanced teachings upon. The major problem was the establishment of law and order in a world of savages, barbarians, and semi-civilized human beings. Aside from the cream of the earth’s population, assembled in the Garden, only a few groups, here and there, were at all ready for the reception of the Adamic culture.[7](Urantia Book 833.4) Even some of those dwelling in the garden believed in Caligastia’s teaching of unbridled personal liberty and this sophistry continues down to our very own times.
Adam and Eve did the best they could, considering the opposition they faced; each of us should hope to do as well to make the world better for everyone.
For further information on this subject, please read about Adam and Eve in “Light of Truth: Anticipating the Triumph of Righteousness.”
Further Reading
“Light of Truth: Anticipating the Triumph of Righteousness”
