Michael of Nebadon, the creator of our local universe, having completed the life experience of a mortal in the form of Jesus of Nazareth, now “having freely made the decision to give up the mortal life, had the power to take it up again.” As a mortal Michael experienced material death, but as the Sovereign of a universe, had “elected to pass through the whole of the experience of mortal creatures, from birth on the material worlds, on through natural death and the resurrection of the morontia, into the status of true spirit existence.” “On Friday Jesus died as a mortal of the realm, and on Sunday morning rose again as a morontia being of the system of Satania in Norlatiadek.” When the followers went to the tomb, they found it empty.