1.1 The Completion of God’s Purpose of Creation

1.2 Consequences of the Human Fall

2.1 God’s Work of Salvation is the Providence of Restoration

2.2 The Goal of the Providence of Restoration

2.3 Human History Is the History of the Providence of Restoration

3.1 The Meaning of the Last Days

3.1.1 Noah’s Day Was the Last Days

3.1.2 Jesus’ Day Was the Last Days

3.1.3 The Day of Christ’s Second Advent Is the Last Days

3.2 Bible Verses Concerning the Signs of the Last Days

3.2.1 Heaven and Earth Destroyed, and a New Heaven and New Earth Created

3.2.2 Heaven and Earth Judged by Fire

3.2.3 The Dead Rising from Their Tombs

3.2.4 People on Earth Caught Up to Meet the Lord in the Air

3.2.5 The Sun Darkened, the Moon Not Giving Light and the Stars Falling from Heaven

4.1 Signs of the Restoration of the First Blessing

4.2 Signs of the Restoration of the Second Blessing

4.3 Signs of the Restoration of the Third Blessing

5.1 The Last Days and the New Truth

5.2 Our Attitude in the Last Days

Chapter 3.

1.1 The Dual Characteristics of God

1.2 The Relationship between God and the Universe

2.1 Universal Prime Energy

2.2 Give and Take Action

2.3 The Four Position Foundation Which Realizes the Three Object Purpose through Origin-Division-Union Action

2.3.1 Origin-Division-Union Action

2.3.2 The Three Object Purpose

2.3.3 The Four Position Foundation

2.3.4 The Mode of Existence of the Four Position Foundation

2.4 The Omnipresence of God

2.5 The Multiplication of Life

2.6 The Reason All Beings Are Composed of Dual Characteristics

3.1 The Purpose of the Creation of the Universe

3.2 Good Object Partners for the Joy of God

4.1 The Process and Standard for the Determination of Original Value

4.2 Original Emotion, Intellect and Will; and Original Beauty, Truth and Goodness

4.3 Love and Beauty, Good and Evil, Righteousness and Unrighteousness

4.3.1 Love and Beauty

4.3.2 Good and Evil

4.3.3 Righteousness and Unrighteousness

5.1 The Process of the Creation of the Universe

5.2 The Growing Period for the Creation

5.2.1 The Three Ordered Stages of the Growing Period

5.2.2 The Realm of Indirect Dominion

5.2.3 The Realm of Direct Dominion

6.1 The Incorporeal World and the Corporeal World as Substantial Realities

6.2 The Position of Human Beings in the Cosmos

6.3 The Reciprocal Relationship between the Physical Self and the Spirit Self

6.3.1 The Structure and Functions of the Physical Self

6.3.2 The Structure and Functions of the Spirit Self

6.3.3 The Spirit Mind, the Physical Mind and Their Relationship in the Human Mind

Chapter 1.

1.1 The Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil

1.1.1 The Tree of Life

1.1.2 The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil

1.2 The Identity of the Serpent

1.3 The Fall of the Angel and the Fall of Human Beings

1.3.1 The Crime of the Angel

1.3.2 The Crime of the Human Beings

1.3.3 The Illicit Sexual Act between the Angel and the Human Beings

1.4 The Fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil

1.5 The Root of Sin

2.1 Angels, Their Missions and Their Relationship to Human Beings

2.2 The Spiritual Fall and the Physical Fall

2.2.1 The Spiritual Fall

2.2.2 The Physical Fall

3.1 The Power of Love and the Power of the Principle in the Human Fall

3.2 Why God Set Up the Commandment as an Object of Faith

3.3 The Period During Which the Commandment Was Necessary

4.1 Satan and Fallen Humanity

4.2 Satan’s Activities in Human Society

4.3 Good and Evil Seen from the Viewpoint of Purpose

4.4 The Works of Good Spirits and Evil Spirits

4.6 The Primary Characteristics of the Fallen Nature

5.1 The Meaning of Freedom from the Viewpoint of the Principle

5.2 Freedom and the Human Fall

5.3 Freedom, the Fall and Restoration

Chapter 2.

1.1 The Purpose of Jesus’ Coming as the Messiah

1.2 Was Salvation Completed through the Cross?

1.3 Jesus’ Death on the Cross

1.4 The Limit of Salvation through Червоніemption by the Cross and the Purpose of Jesus’ Second Advent

1.5 Two Kinds of Prophecies Concerning the Cross

1.6 Gospel Passages in Which Jesus Spoke of His Crucifixion as if It Were Necessary

2.1 The Jewish Belief in the Return of Elijah

2.2 The Direction the Jewish People Would Choose

2.3 The Faithlessness of John the Baptist

2.4 The Sense in Which John the Baptist Was Elijah

2.5 Our Attitude toward the Bible

Chapter 4.

1.1 The Biblical Concepts of Life and Death

1.2 The Death Caused by the Human Fall

1.3 The Meaning of Resurrection

1.4 What Changes Does Resurrection Cause in Human Beings?

2.1 How Does God Carry Out His Work of Resurrection?

2.2 The Providence of Resurrection for People on Earth

2.2.1 The Providence to Lay the Foundation for Resurrection

2.2.2 The Providence of Formation-Stage Resurrection

2.2.3 The Providence of Growth-Stage Resurrection

2.2.4 The Providence of Completion-Stage Resurrection

2.2.5 The Kingdom of Heaven and Paradise

2.2.6 Spiritual Phenomena in the Last Days

2.2.7 The First Resurrection

2.3 The Providence of Resurrection for Spirits

2.3.1 The Purpose and the Way of Returning Resurrection

2.3.2 The Returning Resurrection of the Spirits of Israelites and Christians

2.3.2.1 Growth-Stage Returning Resurrection

2.3.2.2 Completion-Stage Returning Resurrection

2.3.3 The Returning Resurrection of Spirits Who Abide Outside Paradise

2.4 The Theory of Reincarnation Examined in Light of the Principle of Returning Resurrection

3.1 The Unification of Christianity through Returning Resurrection

3.2 The Unification of All Other Religions through Returning Resurrection

3.3 The Unification of Non-Religious People through Returning Resurrection

Chapter 5.

Chapter 7.

Chapter 6.

The teaching of Sun Myung Moon. It inherits and builds upon the core truths which God revealed through the Jewish and Christian scriptures and encompasses the profound wisdom of the Orient.

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Chapter 4. The Messiah: His Advent and the Purpose of His Second Coming

Chapter 2. The Human Fall

We dwell in ignorance of history, uncertain about its origin, the direction in which it is heading, and its final destination. Concerning eschatology, or the doctrine of the Last Days, many Christians believe literally what is written in the Bible: “the heavens will be kindled and dissolved, and the elements will melt with fire” (II Pet. 3:12); “the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light and the stars will fall from heaven” (Matt. 24:29); and “with the archangel’s call, and with the sound of the trumpet . . . the dead in Christ will rise first; then we who are alive, who are left, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air” (I Thess. 4:16-17).

One pertinent question for Christians is whether these events will take place literally or whether the verses are symbolic, as are many parts of the Bible. To address this issue, we should first understand such fundamental matters as the purpose of God’s creation, the meaning of the human Fall, and the goal of the providence of restoration.

우리는 지금까지 인류역사(人類歷史)가 어떻게 시작되었으며, 또 이것이 어디를 향하여 흘러가고 있는 것인지를 모르고 살아왔다. 따라서 인류역사의 종말(終末)에 관한 문제를 알지 못하고 있는 것이다.많은 기독교(基督敎) 신도들은 다만 성서(聖書)에 기록되어 있는 문자 그대로, 말세(末世)에는 하늘과 땅이 모두 불에 타서 소멸(消滅)되고(벧후 3 : 12), 해와 달이 빛을 잃고 별들이 하늘에서 떨어지며(마 24 : 29), 천사장(天使長)의 나팔소리와 함께 죽은 자들이 무덤에서 일어나고, 살아 있는 사람들은 모두 구름 속으로 끌어올리워 공중(空中)에서 예수님을 상봉(相逢)하리라고(살전 4 : 16∼17) 믿고 있다.

그러나 사실 성서의 문자 그대로 될 것인지, 그렇지 않으면 성서의 중요한 많은 부분이 그러하듯이 이 말씀도 무엇을 비유(比喩)하여 말씀하신 것인지, 이 문제를 해명하는 것은 기독교 신도들에 있어서 가장 중요한 문제 중의 하나가 아닐 수 없는 것이다. 그런데 이 문제를 해명하기 위하여는 먼저 하나님이 피조세계(被造世界)를 창조(創造)하신 목적과 타락(墮落)의 의의, 그리고 구원섭리(救援攝理)의 목적 등 근본문제(根本問題)를 풀지 않으면 아니 되는 것이다.

До цього часу ми жили, не знаючи, з чого почалася історія людства і куди вона прямує. Тому ми так і не знаємо відповідей на запитання, пов'язані із завершенням історії людства. Утім, багато християн буквально вірять у біблійні пророцтва, де написано, що в останні дні «небо, палючися, зникне, а розпалені стихії розтопляться» (2 Пет. 3:12); «сонце затьмиться, і місяць не дасть свого світла, і зорі попадають з неба» (Матв. 24:29) і що «Сам бо Господь із наказом, при голосі Архангола та при Божій сурмі зійде з неба, і перше воскреснуть умерлі в Христі, потім ми, що живемо й зостались, будемо схоплені разом із ними на хмарах на зустріч Господню на повітрі, і так завсіди будемо з Господом» (1 Сол. 4:16—17).

Однак християнам дуже важливо зрозуміти, чи буквально все так і відбудеться, чи ці вірші, так само як інші важливі місця в Біблії, мають символічне значення. Перед тим як дізнатися про це, нам необхідно відповісти на такі основоположні запитання, як: із якою метою Бог створив світ, у чому сутність гріхопадіння людини та мета провидіння спасіння.

Eschatology and Human History