Eschatology and Our Time ‘The Last Days’. Family Society Nation One World Family Purpose of Life – Three Blessings Ideal Husband True Love Ideal Wife

Eschatology and Our Time

‘The Last Days’

FamilyFamily

SocietySociety

NationNation

One World FamilyOne World Family

Purpose of Life – Three Blessings

Ideal Ideal HusbandHusband

True True LoveLove

Ideal Ideal WifeWife

ChildChild

GodGod

Ideal Ideal PersonPerson

True True LoveLove ThingThing

ss

Ideal Ideal CreationCreation

GodGod

True True LoveLove BodyBody


GodGod

MindMind

FamilyFamily

SocietySociety

NationNation

Ideal WorldIdeal World

Ideal Ideal ManMan

True True LoveLove

Ideal Ideal WomaWoma

nn

ChildChild

GodGod

Heaven on EarthHeaven on Earth

The Purpose of History

FamilyFamily

SocietySociety

NationNation

Fallen WorldFallen World

Fallen Fallen ManMan

False False LoveLove

Fallen Fallen WomaWoma

nn

ChildChild

SataSatann

Hell on EarthHell on Earth

SalvationSalvation

RestorationRestoration

==

True True ParentsParents

Adam+

Eve

False False ParentsParents

FulfillFail

Ideal World

“Declares [God], ‘The time is coming when…I will put My laws in their minds and write them in their hearts… They will all know Me from the least of them to the greatest.’”

“Behold, the dwelling of God is with men…”

“They shall not hurt nor destroy in My holy mountain, for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord…”

“They will beat their swords into plowshares. Nations shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.”

Jeremiah 31:33-34

Revelations 21:3

Isaiah 11:6-9

Isaiah 2:4

1. God will not accept failure

“What I have said that I willbring about; what I have planned, that will I do.”

Isaiah 46:11

Why is God Working to Save Fallen Man ?

1. God will not accept failure

2. God created us as His children

3. Our spirit self is eternal

Why is God Working to Save Fallen Man ?

God’s Will - All People Are to Be Restored

“God our Saviour…wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.”

“‘Your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost.’”

“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son…”

1 Timothy 2:4

John 3:16

Matthew 18:29

GodGod

SatanSatan

CreationCreation

Last Last DaysDays

Attempts to Restore the Ideal World

NoahNoah

Noah’s Time: Complete Restoration Attempted

“God said to Noah, ‘I am going to put an end to all people…I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth.’”

Genesis 6:13

GodGod

SatanSatan

CreationCreation

Last Last DaysDays


NoahNoah

JesusJesus

Jesus’ Time:Complete Restoration Attempted

“Surely the day is coming…All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble…”

“The Kingdom of Heaven is near.”

Malachi 4:1

Matthew 4:17

GodGod

SatanSatan

CreationCreation

Last Last DaysDays


NoahNoah

JesusJesus22ndnd

ComingComing

Time of Returning Messiah -Complete Restoration to be Attempted

“Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man.”

Luke 17:26

Significance of Religion

► Reconnects God and humanity

► Central means of God’s influence in history

► Centre of culture

Messiah

1. New Adam► Example of ideal person► Overcomes Satan► Begins new history

2. True Parents► Remove original sin► Restore ideal families► Restore God’s love, life, and

lineage

Centre of Restoration

MessiahChrist Lord

Saviour True Man

EnlightenedOne

LastProphet

Avatar

Incarnation

Son of God

New Adam

Centre of Restoration

Messiah True Parents

Christ Lord

Saviour True Man

EnlightenedOne

LastProphet

AvatarSon of God

IncarnationNew Adam

Perfected Perfected ManMan

GodGod

True True ParentsParents

FallenFallenManMan

MessiahMessiah

Position of the Messiah

History of Restoration

MessiahMessiah

Sp

irit

ual

Sp

irit

ual

Develo

pm

en

tD

evelo

pm

en

t

Complete RestorationComplete Restoration

History of ReligionHistory of Religion

Evidence for theHistory of Restoration

1. The development of culture

The Unification of CulturesThe Unification of Cultures

Twenty-one culturalspheres

HinduHindu

FarFarEasternEastern

AfricanAfrican Judeo-Judeo-ChristianChristian

IslamicIslamic

Distilled into five maincultural spheres


OneWorld

Culture

HinduHindu



IslamicIslamic

Towards a ‘Culture of Heart’ - Beauty in Diversity


“In the 21st Century,

human life is going to be

a unity again in all its

aspects and activities.”Arnold ToynbeeBritish Historian

History of Conflict

IndividualIndividual

FamilyFamily

SocietySociety

NationNation

WorldWorld

EvilEvil

GoodGood

What is the meaning of the “Last Days” ?

Traditional Understandingof the Last Days

• Evil people punished

• Good people ‘Lifted up’,others sent to Hell

• Earth destroyed

Bible Prophesies for the Last Days

1. Earth 1. Earth destroyeddestroyed New EarthNew Earth

2 Peter 2 Peter 3:10,133:10,13

Revelation Revelation 21:121:1



2 Peter 2 Peter 3:10,133:10,13


2. Judgment by 2. Judgment by FireFire 2 Peter 3:122 Peter 3:12



2 Peter 2 Peter 3:10,133:10,13


2. Judgment by 2. Judgment by FireFire 2 Peter 3:122 Peter 3:12

3. Meeting 3. Meeting MessiahMessiah

in the Skyin the Sky 1 Thess 4:171 Thess 4:17

1. Earth Destroyed, New Earth Created

“The earth will be laid bare… we are looking forward to a new heaven and earth…”II Peter 3:10,13

Old EarthSatan’s dominion

1. Earth Destroyed, New Earth Created

“The earth remains forever”

Ecclesiastes 1:4

Old EarthSatan’s dominion

New EarthNew EarthGod’s dominionGod’s dominion

2. Judgment by Fire

“Fire…was hurled down upon the earth. The earth was burned up…”

II Peter 3:12

Fire Represents the Word of Truth

“I came to cast a fire

upon the earth, and

would that it were

already kindled.”

God’s Word is a ‘fire’

Luke 12:49

Jeremiah 23:29

‘Judgment by fire’ isReaction to the Truth

“All who reject me and my message will be judged… by the truths I have spoken.”

“Everyone who does evil hates the light… for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into light so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God.”

John 12:48

John 3:20-21

3. Meeting the Lord in the Air

“We shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air” I Thessalonians 4:17

Heaven

Earth

GoodNear to God

EvilFar from God

Through the Messiah fallen people are ‘Lifted up’

Matthew 6:9

Colossians 3:2

Meaning of the “Last Days”

1. End of Satan’s dominion and beginning of God’s dominion

2. End of evil history and beginning of good history

3. A time of dramatic change and hope

Last Days – Turning Point of History

Evil

Goodness End of Evil

Eternity

MessiahTrue Parents

Last Days

► First Days of New History

► Time of fulfilment of theThree Great Blessings

Ideal World is Based on the Three Blessings

GodGod

PersonPerson

CreationCreation

1. Ideal Person

SecondSecondBlessingBlessingThirdThird

BlessingBlessing

FirstFirstBlessingBlessing

PersonPerson2. Ideal Families

Nations World

3. Ideal Dominionover Creation

FallFall

History of Restoration

3 Blessings Lost3 Blessings Lost

PreparationPreparation

for thefor the

Restoration Restoration

ofof

3 Blessings3 Blessings

The Last Days are the First Days

► Beginning of a historyof goodness

► Realization of theThree Blessings

• Human RightsHuman Rights• Freedom, EqualityFreedom, Equality• Spiritual PhenomenaSpiritual Phenomena

1.1. PerfectedPerfectedIndividualsIndividuals

Last Days First Days

Restoration ofSpiritual Capacity

“In the last days…I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions…” Acts 2:17

Restoration of the First Blessing

Spiritual CapacitySpiritual Capacity

Freedom of Original Freedom of Original MindMind

Original Original ValueValue

Original Original LoveLove




• Merging CulturesMerging Cultures• League of Nations, UNLeague of Nations, UN• Economic InterdependenceEconomic Interdependence• Inter-Cultural ExchangeInter-Cultural Exchange

2. Ideal 2. Ideal Families,Families,

Nations, Nations, WorldWorld


OneWorld

Culture

HinduHindu



IslamicIslamic

Towards a ‘Culture of Heart’ - Beauty in Diversity


Positive SignsPositive Signs

Overcoming barriers of race, Overcoming barriers of race, religion, culture, nationalityreligion, culture, nationalityOvercoming barriers of race, Overcoming barriers of race, religion, culture, nationalityreligion, culture, nationality

Religious Tolerance

Interracial Harmony

Sense of Brotherhood

Original Value of Marriage

One One WorldWorldFamilyFamily

Restoration of the Second Blessing



• Merging CulturesMerging Cultures• League of Nations, UNLeague of Nations, UN• Economic InterdependenceEconomic Interdependence• Inter-Cultural ExchangeInter-Cultural Exchange

2. Ideal 2. Ideal Families,Families,

Nations, Nations, WorldWorld

• Ecological ConcernEcological Concern• Conservation MovementsConservation Movements• Technological AdvancesTechnological Advances

3. Ideal 3. Ideal DominionDominion

Over CreationOver Creation


Original Creativity

Material Comfort

Original Health

Original Love and Care for the Creation

Ideal ofIdeal ofCreatioCreatio

nn

Restoration of the Third Blessing

Last Days – Turning Point of History

Evil

Goodness End of Evil

Eternity

MessiahTrue Parents

Higher ExpressionOf Truth

“New Truth” explains principles underlying Bible and Holy Scripture

► Nature of God► Purpose of creation► Origin of evil► Purpose of the Messiah/salvation► How mankind can be restored“I have yet many things to say to

you…”

“The hour is coming when…I will tell you plainly of the Father.”

John 16:12

John 16:25

1. Unite with God’s central person of the age

2. Expect the old age to oppose the new age

Our Attitude in the Last Days

Old Age Opposes the New

“The Pharisees…said, ‘It is only by…the prince of demons that this fellow [Jesus] casts out demons.’”

“‘We have found this man [Paul] to be a troublemaker…a ringleader of the Nazarene sect.’”

Matt 12:24

Romans 3:12



3. Keep an open mind to receive the new truth


We Must Keep an Open Mind

“New wine must be poured into new wineskins.”

“Whoever humbles himself like [a] child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.”

Luke 5:38

Matthew 18:4



3. Keep an open mind to receive the new truth

4. Make our own decision


Documents

Eschatology and Our Time ‘The Last Days’. Family Society Nation One World Family Purpose of Life – Three Blessings Ideal Husband True Love Ideal Wife