Transcript An Overview of Unification Principle Providential History God has to start at one point If there is no success at one level, He expands.

An Overview of Unification
Principle
Providential History
God has to start at one point
If there is no success at one level,
He expands the number of people He works with
family
nation
world
Expansion of the Foundation for true parents (messiah)
God’s blessing goes from Abel to Cain
Satan
God
Adam
Cain
Lineage:
Law –> heart : purification
Abel
Seth
Noah
Ham
Japheth
Shem
Abram
Ishmael
Family
Isaac
Esau
Jacob
10 sons
2 sons
(Joseph)
God’s promise to Ishmael’s
descendants fulfilled later
Inheriting the F/F
Making the F/S
At the time of the Hebrew slavery in Egypt,
God eventually had to create a nation of people,
to be able to stand up for Him amidst other nations
Rameses II at Luxor 1200 BC
Pyramids at Giza
1000-2500 BC
family
nation
Abraham
world
Israelites
1000 BC
400 Slavery in Egypt
–
Abraham/Jacob
12 sons, 70 Kinsmen
–
–
–
Abraham’s failure → 400 yrs slavery
Separation from Satan:
•
•
•
Circumcision
Sacrifices
Sabbath
3 miracles
10 calamities
↓
Subjugation of
Pharoah
↓
Land of Canaan
Moses
Old Testament
↓
Tabernacle
↓
Messiah
Moses initially protected by Arab farmer, Jethro, and married
Zipporah; because of prolongation – reconciliation between
Hebrews and Arabs never took place
Expansion of the Foundation for true parents (messiah)
Family
Tribe
Tabernacle
Jacob
10 sons
F/S
F/F
2 sons
2 tribes
(Joseph)
10 tribes
Moses
F/S
2 tribes
10 tribes
F/F
Joshua
F/S
400 Period of Judges
–
Israelite feudal society
15 Judges Multiple functions:
Prophet
Chief priest i.e. secular
+ spiritual
King
–
–
Israelites took over Canaan
Confusion of faiths with Canaanite tribes
Saul
ordained ↑
Samuel
Divided function →
Prophet, Chief priest, King
120 United Kingdom
–
Ideal of tabernacle → Ideal of temple (image of messiah)
• Should establish F/M:
F/F: Kings successful reigns
F/S: Abel: King, Cain: Prophet, Chief priest
–
–
Saul – David – Solomon (120 yrs)
Solomon and Queen of Sheba could have brought two lines of
Abraham together, but because of corruption of Solomon’s faith, it
never happened.
Expansion of the Foundation for true parents (messiah)
Family
Tribe
Nation (Israel)
Tabernacle
Jacob
10 sons
F/S
Temple
F/F
F/F
2 sons
2 tribes
(Joseph)
10 tribes
Moses
F/S
2 tribes
10 tribes
F/F
prophet
Joshua
F/S
King
Chief priest
2 tribes
10 tribes
F/S
One nation ready.
The King just needed to revere the temple,
and unite with the prophet and chief priest
family
nation
Isaac
world
Israelites
400 Divided Kingdom of North and South
605 BC
–
Cain: Northern Kingdom (Israel: 10 tribes under Jeroboam) 9 royal
families changed by assassination: 19 unrighteous kings
–
Abel: Southern Kingdom (Judah: 2 tribes under Rehoboam (S’s son) 1
dynasty, 20 kings, many righteous)
• Attempted internal reformation by 4 major, 12 minor prophets
•
–
(e.g. Elijah), refused to reform
External chastisement
– 727 BC Assyrians → North, 605 BC Babylonians → South
Expansion of the Foundation for true parents (messiah)
Family
Tribe
Nation (Israel)
Tabernacle
Jacob
10 sons
F/S
Temple
F/F
F/F
2 sons
2 tribes
(Joseph)
10 tribes
Moses
F/S
2 tribes
10 tribes
King
Chief priest
F/F
prophet
F/S
Joshua
F/S
2 tribes
10 tribes
Note: continuous failure of Jacob’s line
to avoid corruption of faith – this necessitates
restoration of that failure on the next level up
Israel
Israel (N)
10 tribes
Elijah
Judah(S)
2 tribes
210 Jewish Exile and Return
–
–
–
–
605 BC
King Jehoaichin , Daniel, Ezekiel, Priests, captured by Nebuchadnezzar
After ~70 years King Cyrus of Persia invaded Babylon
•
•
Royal decree
Israelites repented, and returned over 140 years
Restored the temple
Malachi brought about reform of faith (messianic prophecies) Israelites
prepared for 400 years for true parents (messiah)
539 BC King Cyrus conquered Babylonians.
Jews started their return to Judea in Palestine, and rebuilt Temple.
Became an independent state after a lot of oppression in ~63 BC.
Re-establishing nationhood
family
nation
Isaac
world
Israelites
400 Preparation for true parents (messiah)
–
–
–
Malachi – reformer of faith
Israelites external hardships at hands of Persia, Greece, Egypt, Syria
and Rome
The Axial period:
–
–
–
–
–
Buddhism (India) Gautama Buddha (565-485 BC)
Confucianism (552-479 BC)
Socrates (Greece) (470-399 BC)
Scientific method, maths, architecture, machines
Roman empire, communications
At time of Jesus, one nation almost ready.
God needed someone to restore Elijah’s mission and bring people to Jesus,
this was the prophecy of Malachi.
family
nation
Isaac
world
Israelites
Expansion of the Foundation for true parents (messiah)
1st world-wide course
2nd world-wide course
Jesus
God
John
Israelites
F/S
Jesus
Israelites
F/S
John the Baptist didn’t fulfil his role as Elijah. (Mal 4:5,6); (Matt 11:11)
Jesus then gathered his own disciples, but they fled.
Satan’s false love
Satan
Adam
Cain
Cain
Cain
Cain
God
Eve
Children
Family
False Parents
Abel
Abel
Tribe
Nation
World
(Kingdom of Heaven on Earth)
Abel
Abel
God
Adam
God’s true parental love
Eve
True Parents
Children
Family
Tribe
Nation
World
(Kingdom of Heaven on Earth)
Expansion of the Foundation for true parents (messiah)
1st world-wide course
2nd world-wide course
Jesus
God
John
Israelites
F/S
God
Jesus
Israelites
F/S
3rd world-wide course (Christian)
Disciples
F/S
resurrected
Jesus
Finally through his resurrection he made the F/S
But this was not the original plan; he came to find a bride and create a
new lineage.
But the Israelites suffered a heavy price - in the AD 66-73 uprising the
temple was destroyed; beginning of total destruction of Palestine.
Through Jesus’ death on the cross,
Jesus created spiritual realm where God could work freely with Christians on
the world level.
Whole 2000 year providence from Abraham had to be repeated,
with Christians as the chosen people
By the end of AD 2000, Christians on the world level needed to
receive true parents (the messiah).
family
nation
world
Christians
God has to start at one point
If there is no success at one level, He expands the number of people He works with
First, re-establishing nationhood all over again
family
nation
world
400 Slavery in Egypt
–
Abraham/Jacob
12 sons, 70 Kinsmen
–
–
Abraham’s failure → 400 yrs slavery
Separation from Satan:
•
•
•
Circumcision
Sacrifices
Sabbath
3 miracles
10 calamities
↓
Subjugation of
Pharoah
↓
Land of Canaan
Moses
Old Testament
↓
Tabernacle
↓
Messiah
400 Persecution under Roman Empire
–
Jesus
12 apostles, 70 Kinsmen
–
–
Theodosius I decree against paganism 392
Constantine recognised Christianity 313
Jesus’ crucifixion → 400 yrs persecution
Separation from Satan:
Sacraments of
• Baptism
• Communion
• Sabbath
Spiritual
reformation
(Word)
↓
392 State
religion
↓
Spiritual Canaan
Augustine
(City of God)
New Testament
↓
Church
↓
2nd Messiah
Rome sacked by Visigoths 410
Expansion of the Foundation for true parents (messiah)
Family
Tribe
God
F/F
God
Disciples
F/S
Jesus
resurrected
Jesus
F/F
Patriarch
Church
F/S
400 Period of Judges
–
Saul
Israelite feudal society
15 Judges Multiple functions:
Prophet
Chief priest i.e. secular
+ spiritual
King
–
–
ordained ↑
Israelites took over Canaan
Confusion of faiths with Canaanite tribes
Samuel
Divided function →
Prophet, Chief priest, King
400 Christian Churches Under the Patriarchal System
–
Christian feudal society
Patriarchs Multiple functions:
Monastic
i.e. secular
Pope
+ spiritual
King
–
–
–
Rome, Antioch,
Constantinople,
Jerusalem,
Alexandria
Christianity went to the occupying
Germanic tribes
Confusion of faiths with Germanic tribes
570 Mohammed sent to prepare the Ishmaelites,
by 632 a national foundation had been laid.
Charlemagne
(800)
crowned ↑
Pope Leo III
Divided function →
Monasteries, Pope, King
120 United Kingdom
–
Ideal of tabernacle → Ideal of temple (image of messiah)
• Should establish F/M:
F/F: Kings successful reigns
F/S: Abel: King, Cain: Prophet, Chief priest
–
Saul – David – Solomon (120 yrs)
120 Christian Kingdom
–
Charlemagne: Christian ideal (Augustine City of God) → Christian
Kingdom (image of messiah (king of kings) )
•
–
–
Should establish F/M:
F/F: Kings successful reign
F/S: Abel: King, Cain: Monasteries, Pope
• By 800 the United Islamic Empire was at its zenith under the
Abbasids.
• Charlemagne made overtures to Harun Al Rashid, Caliph in Baghdad,
but, too much corruption in the Christian church by then
Position of Pope → conflict between Rome and other Sees; complete
break by 1054 AD.
Disunity in the kingdom; after 120 yrs grandsons divided it into 3 domains
E, W Franks and Italy, which became 2 blocs: the E and W Franks
Expansion of the Foundation for true parents (messiah)
Family
Tribe
Nation (“City of God”)
God
F/F
God
Disciples
F/S
God
resurrected
Jesus
Patriarch
Church
F/S
F/F
King
Pope
monastics
Church
F/S
One “nation” almost ready.
The King just needed to live Godly life, love God
and unite with the monastics and Pope
family
nation
world
Christians
400 Divided Kingdom of North and South
605 BC
–
Cain: Northern Kingdom (Israel: 10 tribes under Jeroboam) 9 royal
families changed by assassination: 19 unrighteous kings
–
Abel: Southern Kingdom (Judah: 2 tribes under Rehoboam (S’s son) 1
dynasty, 20 kings, many righteous)
• Attempted internal reformation by 4 major, 12 minor prophets
•
–
(e.g. Elijah), refused to reform
External chastisement
– 727 BC Assyrians → North, 605 BC Babylonians → South
400 Divided Kingdom of East and West
–
–
Cain: West Franks
Abel: East Franks + Italy (flourished under Otto I – known as the Holy
Roman Empire)
–
Ecclesiastic conflicts; Popes in Rome encouraged ecclesiastics in West to go on
crusades – on way destroyed Jewish communities, captured Constantinople,
defiled St. Sophia: spiritual corruption and decline
•
Attempted internal reformation by monastics
•
External chastisement
Thomas Aquinas, St Francis went to see Pope.
–
8 Crusades defeated many times
Expansion of the Foundation for true parents (messiah)
Family
Tribe
Nation (“City of God”)
God
F/F
God
Disciples
F/S
God
resurrected
Jesus
Patriarch
Church
F/S
F/F
King
Pope
monastics
F/S
Church
“Nation”
W. Franks
E. Franks
Francis,Aquinas
210 Jewish Exile and Return
–
–
–
–
King Jehoaichin , Daniel, Ezekiel, Priests, captured by Nebuchadnezzar
After ~70 years King Cyrus of Persia invaded Babylon
•
•
Royal decree
Israelites repented, and returned over 140 years
Restored the temple
Malachi brought about reform of faith (messianic prophecies) Israelites
prepared for 400 years for true parents (messiah)
605 BC
210 Papal Exile and Return
–
–
Authority of papacy declined after crusades
1309 King Philip IV arranged election of Pope Clement V, moved
papacy to Avignon, where it remained for 70 years. (sometimes termed
as the Babylonian exile of the Pope)
–
–
–
–
1377 Pope Gregory XI returned the papal residence to Rome.
Further period of confusion and disunity (the Great Schism). Three
popes vying for universal recognition at one point.
Council of Constance (1414-1417) sought to resolve key issues
Led to protestant reformation Martin Luther 1517
Great Schism.
Council of Constance.
Reformation: Martin Luther, Counter reformation
family
nation
world
Christians
400 Preparation for true parents (messiah)
–
–
–
Malachi – reformer of faith
Israelites external hardships at hands of Persia, Greece, Egypt, Syria
and Rome
The Axial period:
–
–
–
–
–
Buddhism (India) Gautama Buddha (565-485 BC)
Confucianism (552-479 BC)
Socrates (Greece) (470-399 BC)
Scientific method, maths, architecture, machines
Roman empire, communications
400 Preparation for true parents (messiah)
–
–
–
Martin Luther (1517) – reformer of faith. Counter-reformation
Christians internal tribulations: challenges from Humanism, secularism,
freedom of faith.
The renaissance:
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–
1517
Politics, economy, culture, science,
transport, language, communications
Christianity expanded onto world level: Portugese Jesuits, Spanish
Catholics, British Anglican, protestants :Dutch, Belgiums, etc
1917
By the end of AD 2000, after a 400 year period of preparation, Christians
on the world level should be ready to receive true parents (the messiah).
family
nation
world
Christians
1930
400
Slavery in
Egypt
400
120
400
Period of
Judges
The United Divided
Kingdom
Kingdom of
N&S
400
Preparation
Jewish
Captivity & for true
parents
Return
(messiah)
Persecution
under Rome
Patriarchal
System
The
Christian
Kingdom
Preparation
Papal
Captivity & for true
parents
Return
(messiah)
Divided
Kingdom of
E&W
210
1517