I’m beginning to see a possible reason why Michael chose Urantia for his seventh bestowal. It is unlikely he would have selected a planet further along, spiritually speaking, because he could do the most good for his entire universe right here on Urantia. No doubt there are millions of reasons, and his achievements are beyond my comprehension. But it stands to reason in my mind that he passed through the MOTB, as every Urantia mortal would, if he or she sought to do the will of God and chose to do it.
Jesus lived alone with God for six weeks on the slopes of Mount Hermon. While there, he completed the task set for Creator Sons to live to the full the incarnated life in the likeness of mortal flesh on the evolutionary worlds of time and space. He became the unquestioned sovereign of Nebadon. While there, Gabriel told him “Your course from now on is a matter of your own choosing.” The rest of his life, we are informed, was a purely personal ministry. (186:5.3 ) I’m so glad he stayed, so that we could have so many fascinating pictures of the rest of his life and earth ministry. It’s given me such a spiritual boost over the years.
And, via the book, we have glimpses of his morontia career. It wasn’t required that he go through the morontia regime by my way of understanding. He chose to do so for the benefit of this universe to further reveal the will of God to his creatures. (191:3.1)
But at least, we are thinking and hopefully self-correcting. Perfection of understanding may take an eternity (or two).