(last part of the intro of DP) Some people do, indeed, refuse to believe in religion. They disbelieve because they do not know the reality of God and of the next world. But, however strongly they deny spiritual reality, it is the nature of man to accept and to believe that which is proven in a scientific way. It is also the inherent nature of man to feel empty, void, and uneasy with himself if he has set his ultimate purpose of life in the external world of everyday things. When one comes to know God through the new truth, he learns about spiritual reality and comes to realize that the fundamental purpose of life is to be found not in the external world of matter, but in the internal world of spirit. Everyone treading this one way will meet one day as brothers and sisters. If all men will thus meet as brothers and sisters at one destination through this one truth, what would the world founded on this basis be like? It would be a world in which all men form one big family under God. The purpose of truth is to pursue and to achieve goodness, and the origin of goodness is God Himself. Therefore, the world attained through this truth would be one in which all men would live together in wonderful brotherly love under God as our Parent. When man realizes that if he makes his neighbor a victim for his own benefit, he suffers more from the pangs of conscience than he profits from unrighteous gain, he will find it impossible to harm his neighbor. Therefore, when real brotherly love arises from the bottom of mans heart, he cannot do anything to cause his neighbor to suffer. How much more would this be true of men who live in a society in which they experience the actual feeling that God is their own Parent, transcendent of time and space, who watches their every action, and that this Parent wants us to love one another every moment? The new world, which will be established by the new truth, will usher in a new age when the sinful history of mankind has been liquidated. It must be a world in which no sin is possible. So far in human history, even those who have believed in God have committed sins. Their faith in God has taken the form of a concept rather than the form of living experience. If man could feel the presence of God and know the heavenly law that sinners are sent to hell, who then would dare to commit sin? The world without sin could be called the Kingdom of Heaven, the world which fallen man has long pursued. Since this world will be established as a reality on earth, it may well be called the Kingdom of God on earth. Thus, we can conclude that the ultimate purpose of Gods providence of salvation is to establish the Kingdom of God on earth. It was already made plain in previous discussion that man fell from grace, and that the human fall came after the creation of man. From the standpoint of the reality of God, the answer to the question of which world God originally intended at the creation becomes evident (cf. Part I, Ch. 3--99). We can say at this point, however, that this world is the Kingdom of God on earth, in which Gods purpose of creation is realized. Because of the fall, however, mankind has not been able to realize this world. Instead, man has brought about a world of sin and has fallen into ignorance. Therefore, fallen man has struggled unceasingly to restore the Kingdom of God on earth, which God originally intended. He has done this by seeking to overcome internal and external ignorance and pursuing ultimate goodness through all the periods of human history. The history of mankind, therefore, is the history of the providence of God through which God intends to restore the world in which His purpose of creation is fulfilled. To restore fallen man back to his originally intended state, the new truth should be able to reveal to him his ultimate destiny in the course of restoration by teaching him the original purpose for which God created man and the universe. Many questions must be answered by this truth. Did man fall by eating the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil as the Bible literally says? If not, then what is the actual cause of the human fall? How could the God of perfection and beauty create man with a possibility of falling? What was the reason for Gods inability to prevent man from falling while He, being both omnipotent and omniscient, must have known the fall would take place? Why could God not save sinful man in an instant with His almighty power? These and many other questions have troubled the minds of deep thinkers and should be resolved by the new truth. When the scientific nature of the world is observed, it can be concluded that God, the Creator, is the very origin of science. If human history is Gods providence to restore the world to His original purpose of creation, it must be that God, Master of all laws, has manipulated providential history according to a plan and an order. Therefore, it is our most urgent task to discover how the sinful history of mankind began, what course it must follow, in what manner it will be concluded, and into what kind of world Providence will ultimately lead man. The new truth, then, should be able to resolve all the fundamental questions of life. With all these questions clarified, the reality of God as an absolute being who plans and guides history cannot be denied. When the truth is known, all will come to understand that the historical events which man has seen and experienced are the reflections of Gods heart, struggling to save fallen man. In addition, the new truth should be able to explain lucidly all the difficult problems of Christianity, since Christianity plays a major role in the formation of the world cultural sphere. Intellectual people cannot be satisfied by merely hearing that Jesus is Gods son and the Savior of mankind. Many controversies have arisen in theological circles in an effort to understand the deeper significance of Christian doctrines. Thus, the new truth must be able to clarify the relationships among God, Jesus, and man in light of the principle of creation. Furthermore, the difficult questions of the Trinity should be elucidated. The question of why Gods salvation for mankind has only been possible through the crucifixion of His son must be answered. When it is seen that no parent has been able to give birth to a sinless child entitled to the Heavenly Kingdom without redemption by a savior, is this not a sound proof that parents still pass on the original sin to their children even after their own rebirth in Christ? This inquiry leads to yet another question: What is the extent of redemption by the cross? A vast number of Christians throughout the 2,000 years of Christian history have been confident that they have been completely saved by the blood of Jesus crucifixion. Yet, in reality, not one individual, home or society has existed free from sin. The Christian spirit has actually been on the path of decline day after day. Therefore, there remain many difficult problems leading to a central contradiction between the present reality of Christianity and the belief in complete redemption by the ransom of the cross. The new truth which we are looking for should be able to explain all of these questions clearly and completely. There are more questions such as: Why will Christ come again? When, where and how will he come? In what manner will the resurrection of fallen men take place? What is the meaning of the Biblical prophecy that heaven and earth will be destroyed by fire and other natural calamities? The new truth should provide a key to all these difficult Biblical mysteries which are written in parables and symbols, and do so in plain language which everyone can understand, as Jesus promised in John 16:25. Only through these answers and plain truths will all the denominations be united, as the divisions caused by differing interpretations of Biblical passages are broken down. This new, ultimate, final truth, however, cannot come either from any mans synthetic research in the scriptures and in literature, or from any human brain. As the Bible says, You must again prophesy about many peoples and nations and tongues and kings. (Rev. 10:11). This truth must appear as a revelation from God Himself. This new truth has already appeared! With the fullness of time, God has sent His messenger to resolve the fundamental questions of life and the universe. His name is Sun Myung Moon. For many decades, he wandered in a vast spiritual world in search of the ultimate truth. On this path, he endured suffering unimagined by anyone in human history. God alone will remember it. Knowing that no one can find the ultimate truth to save mankind without going through the bitterest of trials, he fought alone against myriads of Satanic forces, both in the spiritual and physical worlds, and finally triumphed over them all. In this way, he came in contact with many saints in Paradise and with Jesus, and thus brought into light all the heavenly secrets through his communion with God. The Divine Principle revealed in this book is only part of the new truth. We have recorded here what Sun Myung Moons disciples have hitherto heard and witnessed. We believe with happy expectation that, as time goes on, deeper parts of the truth will be continually revealed. It is our earnest prayer that the light of truth will quickly fill the earth.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 12:40:01 +0000
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