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The Cosmic Citizen

The Cosmic Citizen

By: Paula Thompson
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 Are you ready to courageously follow your own sense of mercy, justice, and truth? Are you searching for religious teachings that make sense? Are you having a hard time accepting teachings which seem spiritually unholy and untruthful? Then, have we got a show for you! The Cosmic Citizen is a show for progressive religionists and spiritual people who are ready to find a spirituality worthy of an age of science and enlightenment. Our hosts, Paula Thompson, Andre Radatus , Chuck Thurston, Pamela Chaddock, and Marvin Gawryn are ministers, students and scholars of The Urantia Book, all with at least four decades of experience with it. We sometimes interview guests on topics related to modern and progressive spirituality, but most often we explore The Urantia Book together on air. We embrace diversity, civil and intelligent dialogue, and a willingness to serve a purpose that is true, beautiful and good. Please join us!Copyright Paula Thompson Spirituality
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  • Urantia Paper 20. The Paradise Sons of God: (§) 3. Judicial Actions & (§) 4. Magisterial Missions

    Urantia Paper 20. The Paradise Sons of God: (§) 3. Judicial Actions & (§) 4. Magisterial Missions
    Apr 21 2026
    Judicial Sons & Magisterial Missions — The Avonals at Work in Time and Space

    In this episode of The Cosmic Citizen, we continued our study of Paper 20. The Paradise Sons of God, by reading and discussing Sections 3. Judicial Actions and Section 4. Magisterial Missions.

    We stepped into one of the most fascinating and least understood ministries in the universe, the judicial and magisterial work of the Paradise Avonals, also known as the Magisterial Sons of God. These are the divine magistrates who preside over the great turning points of evolutionary worlds, guiding entire dispensations from one age to the next.

    Section 3 reveals the Avonals in their judicial capacity as high adjudicators who awaken sleeping survivors, close out eras of mercy, and prepare the planetary hosts for the next chapter of planetary progress. They sit in judgment on the destinies of the races of time, not as executioners, but as the ones who render the verdicts with the authority that only they can bring. Their visits range from dramatic incarnations to quiet, invisible “technical missions.” Every appearance they make marks a decisive moment in a world’s spiritual evolution.

    We then explored Section 4 and the magisterial missions themselves. These are the rare and luminous incarnations when an Avonal Son appears on a world as a full-fledged member of the mortal races. These missions prepare a planet for the eventual arrival of a bestowal Son, anchoring truth, stabilizing progress, and inaugurating new epochs of planetary life. Some worlds receive many such visitations; others only a few. Urantia, uniquely, has received none, its normal sequence having been forever altered by the extraordinary bestowal of Christ Michael himself.

    The revelators hint that an Avonal may still come to Urantia in a future age, though the timing and manner remain hidden even from the angels. What is certain is this: our world is now the personal ward of our Master Michael Son, who promised to return. In that light, the future of Paradise Son visitations on Urantia remains one of the great open mysteries of the ages.

    Join us as we unpack the cosmic roles of the Magisterial Sons to discover how they judge, how they incarnate, and how they shepherd the worlds of time toward the long ascent to Paradise.
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    2 hrs and 2 mins
  • Urantia Paper 20: The Paradise Sons of God: (§) 1. Descending Sons of God & (§) 2. Magisterial Sons

    Urantia Paper 20: The Paradise Sons of God: (§) 1. Descending Sons of God & (§) 2. Magisterial Sons
    Apr 14 2026
    This week on The Cosmic Citizen, we began our study of Urantia Paper 20: The Paradise Sons of God. We read and discussed the first two sections of the paper, which represents one of the most sweeping panoramas of divine sonship in the universe.

    The revelation begins by sorting all of the Sons of God into three categories: the Descending Sons, the Ascending Sons, and the Trinitized Sons. Our focus this time is on the Descending Sons. These are beings of divine origin who journey outward from Paradise descending into time and space to minister to creation.

    Section 1. The Descending Sons of God, introduces the seven orders of descending ministers. Together, they form a vast spiritual corps dedicated to uplifting evolutionary creatures and guiding their long ascent toward Paradise. Here we glimpse the breathtaking unity of the Paradise Sons, who are creators, judges, teachers, and truth revealers. Their ministries span from the Eternal Isle to the humblest of inhabited worlds.

    Section 2. The Magisterial Sons, introduces us to the Avonals. They are unique and exquisite, original beings born of the Eternal Son and the Infinite Spirit. These are the magistrates of the universes. They preside over dispensations and can incarnate on evolutionary worlds in mortal form. Their missions unfold in three ways: judicial, magisterial, and bestowal. They have tremendous impact on the spiritual destiny of the worlds they visit. Though not creators, they serve with the full authority of the Creator Son, bringing justice, mercy, and revelation to the evolving children of time.

    Listen in as we explore these profound orders of divine sonship and learn who they are, how they serve, and why their ministries are essential to the spiritual evolution of every inhabited world, including our own.
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    2 hrs and 1 min
  • Easter Special - Urantia Paper 188: (§) 4. Meaning of the Death on the Cross and (§) 5. Lessons from the Cross

    Easter Special - Urantia Paper 188: (§) 4. Meaning of the Death on the Cross and (§) 5. Lessons from the Cross
    Apr 6 2026
    On this episode of The Cosmic Citizen, we offered a special show for Easter by turning to one of the most luminous and misunderstood moments in universe history, Jesus's death on the cross.

    We looked at the deeper meanings revealed with a reading from Urantia Paper 188: The Time of the Tomb, with a reading and discussion of Section 4. Meaning of the Death on the Cross and Section 5. Lessons from the Cross.

    Far from a symbol of divine wrath or transactional justice, these sections unveil the cross as the supreme revelation of Jesus' fatherly love and his final and fearless expression of devotion to every soul in his vast universe.These sections reveal how the cross is transformed from an instrument of cruelty into an eternal emblem of unselfish service, redemptive love, and moral courage, and how the last act in Jesus's mortal drama has become the universe’s most powerful demonstration of a love that does not merely pardon evil but destroys it.

    Jesus' love truly rehabilitates, restores, and reawakens the goodness sleeping in every human heart.The cross forever stands as the final proof that God relates to us as a loving Father and not as a stern judge. In Jesus, forgiveness becomes salvation itself, the active power that makes wrongs right. His entire life, not only his death, shines as a revelation of redemptive love. This moment on Golgotha has inspired trillions across the universe to keep striving and choosing goodness, and it assures every sincere soul that the Creator fully understands mortal suffering!

    Listen in us as we rediscover the cross as a gift of love so radiant, so creative, so unconquerable, that it calls each of us to rise, to forgive, to serve, and to live the way he lived.
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    2 hrs and 2 mins
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