Part I: The Central and Superuniverse

Part II: The Local Universe

A local universe is the handiwork of a Creator Son of the Paradise order of Michael. It comprises one hundred constellations, each embracing one hundred systems of inhabited worlds. Each system will eventually contain approximately one thousand inhabited spheres. Our world, Urantia, belongs to a local universe whose sovereign is Michael, the Son of God and the Son of Man, known on this world as Jesus of Nazareth. In the central universe the Universal Father (God) is personally present; in the universes and planets of space our Father is being represented by his Sovereign Sons, while he is intimately present in the minds of his mortal children through his indwelling spirit, The Thought Adjusters. The twenty five papers comprising Part II tell the story of man's ascension career following his initial life on the evolutionary planet.

Part III: The History of Urantia

Around 1,000,000,000 years ago Urantia had attained approximately its present size. At this time it was placed upon the physical registries of our local universe, Nebadon, and given its name, Urantia. [Page 660:3] The sixty three papers comprising this section relate the history of our planet, the geologic development, the establishment of life, and the evolution and history of man, evolving civilizations, human institutions and governments. Here also are discussed the Trinity concept, the evolution of religion, the indwelling spirit of God (the Thought Adjuster), personality survival, the bestowals of Christ Michael. "Urantia is the sentimental shrine of all Nebadon, the chief of ten million inhabited worlds, the mortal home of Christ Michael...And your record tells the truth when it says that this same Jesus has promised some time to return to the world of his terminal bestowal, the World of the Cross." [Page 1319:1]

Part IV: The Life and Teachings of Jesus

These seventy seven papers give a year by year account of the life and teachings of the Son of Man, his childhood, youth, and early travels, his personal and public ministry, the choosing and training of the twelve apostles, his trial, death, and resurrection. This biography of Jesus occupies the last third of The Urantia Book. The first three sections of the Book constitute an informing introduction, a universe backdrop, for the enthralling drama of this human divine life of Jesus on our planet. The presentation, therefore, of the picture of this matchless life in its cosmic frame is rightly the climax, the fitting conclusion of the Urantia revelation. Jesus' life and precepts, in their original form, unencumbered by tradition and dogma, are by far the greatest possible help that moral man can have in his age long climb to Paradise. "The great hope of Urantia lies in the possibility of a new revelation of Jesus with a new and enlarged presentation of his saving message which would spiritually unite in loving service the numerous families of his present day professed followers." [Page 2086:2] "The time is ripe to witness the figurative resurrection of the human Jesus from his burial tomb amidst the theological traditions and the religious dogmas of nineteen centuries....What a transcendent service if, through this revelation, the Son of Man should be recovered from the tomb of traditional theology and be presented as the living Jesus to the church that bears his name, and to all other religions!" [Page 2090:3]

The Titles of the Papers

Foreword

Part I: The Central and Superuniverses

1. The Universal Father
2. The Nature of God
3. The Attributes of God
4. God's Relation to the Universe
5. God's Relation to the Individual
6. The Eternal Son
7. Relation of the Eternal Son to the Universe
8. The Infinite Spirit
9. Relation of the Infinite Spirit to the Universe
10. The Paradise Trinity
11. The Eternal Isle of Paradise
12. The Universe of Universes
13. The Sacred Spheres of Paradise
14. The Central and Divine Universe
15. The Seven Superuniverses
16. The Seven Master Spirits
17. The Seven Supreme Spirit Groups
18. The Supreme Trinity Personalities
19. The Co ordinate Trinity Origin Beings
20. The Paradise Sons of God
21. The Paradise Creator Sons
22. The Trinitized Sons of God
23. The Solitary Messengers
24. Higher Personalities of the Infinite Spirit
25. The Messenger Hosts of Space
26. Ministering Spirits of the Central Universe
27. Ministry of the Primary Supernaphim
28. Ministering Spirits of the Superuniverses
29. The Universe Power Directors
30. Personalities of the Grand Universe
31. The Corps of the Finality

Part II: The Local Universe

32. The Evolution of Local Universes
33. Administration of the Local Universe
34. The Local Universe Mother Spirit
35. The Local Universe Sons of God
36. The Life Carriers
37. Personalities of the Local Universe
38. Ministering Spirits of the Local Universe
39. The Seraphic Hosts
40. The Ascending Sons of God
41. Physical Aspects of the Local Universe
42. Energy Mind and Matter
43. The Constellations
44. The Celestial Artisans
45. The Local System Administration
46. The Local System Headquarters
47. The Seven Mansion Worlds
48. The Morontia Life
49. The Inhabited Worlds
50. The Planetary Princes
51. The Planetary Adams
52. Planetary Mortal Epochs
53. The Lucifer Rebellion
54. Problems of the Lucifer Rebellion
55. The Spheres of Light and Life
56. Universal Unity

Part III: The History of Urantia

57. The Origin of Urantia
58. Life Establishment on Urantia
59. The Marine Life Era on Urantia
60. Urantia during the Early Land Life Era
61. The Mammalian Era on Urantia
62. The Dawn Races of Early Man
63. The First Human Family
64. The Evolutionary Races of Color
65. The Overcontrol of Evolution
66. The Planetary Prince of Urantia
67. The Planetary Rebellion
68. The Dawn of Civilization
69. Primitive Human Institutions
70. The Evolution of Human Government
71. Development of the State
72. Government on a Neighboring Planet
73. The Garden of Eden
74. Adam and Eve
75. The Default of Adam and Eve
76. The Second Garden
77. The Midway Creatures
78. The Violet Race after the Days of Adam
79. Andite Expansion in the Orient
80. Andite Expansion in the Occident
81. Development of Modern Civilization
82. The Evolution of Marriage
83. The Marriage Institution
84. Marriage and Family Life
85. The Origins of Worship
86. Early Evolution of Religion
87. The Ghost Cults
88. Fetishes, Charms, and Magic
89. Sin, Sacrifice, and Atonement
90. Shamanism Medicine Men and Priests
91. The Evolution of Prayer
92. The Later Evolution of Religion
93. Machiventa Melchizedek
94. The Melchizedek Teachings in the Orient
95. The Melchizedek Teachings in the Levant
96. Yahweh God of the Hebrews
97. Evolution of the God Concept among the Hebrews
98. The Melchizedek Teachings in the Occident
99. Social Problems of Religion
100. Religion in Human Experience
101. The Real Nature of Religion
102. The Foundations of Religious Faith
103. The Reality of Religious Experience
104. Growth of the Trinity Concept
105. Deity and Reality
106. Universe Levels of Reality
107. Origin and Nature of Thought Adjusters
108. Mission and Ministry of Thought Adjusters
109. Relation of Adjusters to Universe Creatures
110. Relation of Adjusters to Individual Mortals
111. The Adjuster and the Soul
112. Personality Survival
113. The Seraphic Guardians of Destiny
114. Seraphic Planetary Government
115. The Supreme Being
116. The Almighty Supreme
117. God the Supreme
118. Supreme and Ultimate Time and Space
119. The Bestowals of Christ Michael

Part IV: The Life and Teachings of Jesus

120. The Bestowal of Michael on Urantia
121. The Times of Michael's Bestowal
122. Birth and Infancy of Jesus
123. The Early Childhood of Jesus
124. The Later Childhood of Jesus
125. Jesus at Jerusalem
126. The Two Crucial Years
127. The Adolescent Years
128. Jesus' Early Manhood
129. The Later Adult Life of Jesus
130. On the Way to Rome
131. The World's Religions
132. The Sojourn at Rome
133. The Return from Rome
134. The Transition Years
135. John the Baptist
136. Baptism and the Forty Days
137. Tarrying Time in Galilee
138. Training the Kingdom's Messengers
139. The Twelve Apostles
140. The Ordination of the Twelve
141. Beginning the Public Work
142. The Passover at Jerusalem
143. Going Through Samaria
144. At Gilboa and in the Decapolis
145. Four Eventful Days at Capernaum
146. First Preaching Tour of Galilee
147. The Interlude Visit to Jerusalem
148. Training Evangelists at Bethsaida
149. The Second Preaching Tour
150. The Third Preaching Tour
151. Tarrying and Teaching by the Seaside
152. Events Leading up to the Capernaum Crisis
153. The Crisis at Capernaum
154. Last Days at Capernaum
155. Fleeing Through Northern Galilee
156. The Sojourn at Tyre and Sidon
157. At Caesarea Philippi
158. The Mount of Transfiguration
159. The Decapolis Tour
160. Rodan of Alexandria
161. Further Discussions with Rodan
162. At the Feast of Tabernacles
163. Ordination of the Seventy at Magadan
164. At the Feast of Dedication
165. The Perean Mission Begins
166. Last Visit to Northern Perea
167. The Visit to Philadelphia
168. The Resurrection of Lazarus
169. Last Teaching at Pella
170. The Kingdom of Heaven
171. On the Way to Jerusalem
172. Going into Jerusalem
173. Monday in Jerusalem
174. Tuesday Morning in the Temple
175. The Last Temple Discourse
176. Tuesday Evening on Mount Olivet
177. Wednesday, The Rest Day
178. Last Day at the Camp
179. The Last Supper
180. The Farewell Discourse
181. Final Admonitions and Warnings
182. In Gethsemane
183. The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus
184. Before the Sanhedrin Court
185. The Trial Before Pilate
186. Just Before the Crucifixion
187. The Crucifixion
188. The Time of the Tomb
189. The Resurrection
190. Morontia Appearances of Jesus
191. Appearances to the Apostles and Other Leaders
192. Appearances in Galilee
193. Final Appearances and Ascension
194. Bestowal of the Spirit of Truth
195. After Pentecost
196. The Faith of Jesus