North East Region Summer Workshop 2014 - Lecture 7+8 (principles of restoration + the great families in history)

The Principles of

Restoration

What is God doing?

What should have happened?

Foundation of Faith

God

Word

Adam Eve Archangel

Creation

Foundation of Faith

Faith in the God’s Word

Obey God’s Commandment

Receiving God’s grace

Vertical

Foundation of Substance

Incarnation of the Word

Perfection of a person’s

character -> Holiness

Horizontal

God

Word Word

Proper order in the created world

Blessing in divine marriage

Society

Nation

World

Happy

Family

Adam

God

Eve

Principles of Creation

Foundation

of Faith

Foundation

of Substance

Purpose of Creation Fulfilled

God’s commandment

Adam

Growing period

Perfection of character

God dwells

in the family

Divine Grace + Human Will → God’s Will

What did happen?

No foundation of faith or

substance established

God

WORD

Adam Eve Archangel

Creation

Lost faith in God’s Word

Disobeyed Commandment

Dominated by Archangel

Developed Fallen Nature

God

Christ

Man Satan

“I am the way, and the

truth, and the life; no

one comes to the

Father, but by me.”

John 14:6

Christ is necessary for salvation

Family

Society

Nation

Good World

Ideal

Man True Love

Ideal

Woman

Child

God

Heaven on Earth

The direction of history

Family

Society

Nation

Fallen World

Fallen

Man False Love

Fallen

Woman

Child

Satan

Hell on Earth

Restoration

Salvation

=

Messiah

True Parents

How has God been

restoring his children?

We are in the midway

position

Fallen People

God Satan

Good deeds Evil deeds

Restoration through indemnity

An indemnity condition is what has to

be done to restore something to its

original position or state

An indemnity condition is a reversal of

the process which led to the loss of the

original position or state

Perfection

Fall

History of Restoration

The indemnity

condition

Foundation

Of Faith

Of Substance

Messiah True Parents

3 Blessings

Ideal World

Adam Eve

Adam Eve

1

2

3

Repentance – change heart and

direction

Rebirth

Change

Lineage

4

Foundation

of Faith

Foundation

of Substance

Foundation for the Messiah

Offering

Central person

Time period

Remove sinful nature

The Principles of Restoration

And the Word

became flesh


Foundation of Faith

Original Responsibility

Adam

God’s

Word

21

years

Completion

Stage

Growth

Stage

Formation

Stage

Restoration

1. Central

Person

2. Offering

3. Time

Period

Foundation of Faith

God

Fallen

Person

Subject

Object

Vertical

• Restore faith in

God’s Word

• Unite mind and

body

Fallen nature

1.Not seeing from

God’s viewpoint

2.Leaving one’s

proper position

3.Reversal of dominion

4.Multiplying evil

Restoring

fallen nature

1.Love Abel

2.Receive God’s love

through Abel

3.Submit to Abel

4.Learn God’s will

from Abel and

multiply goodness

Restoration

• Remove Fallen Nature

• Restore proper order


Relative

good Relative

evil

Fallen

Person

Object

Archangel

Position

Subject

Adam

Position

Fallen

Person Horizontal

Restoration in Adam’s family

Adam

Satan God

Cain Abel

Adam Lucifer


Adam

God

Cain Abel

Foundation

of Faith

(spiritual life)

Foundation

of Substance

(removing fallen nature, righteous life)

Satan

Love God

Love neighbour

Foundation of Faith

“Cain brought to the Lord

an offering of the fruit of

the ground, and Abel

brought of the firstlings of

his flock. And the Lord had

regard for Abel and his

offering, but for Cain and

his offering he had no

regard.”

Genesis 4:3-5

Foundation of substance

The Lord said to Cain,

“Why are you angry, and

why has your countenance

fallen? If you do well, will

you not be accepted. And

if you do not do well, sin is

crouching at the door; its

desire is for you, but you

must master it.”

Genesis 4:6-7

Cain’s Responsibility God Satan

Cain Abel

1. Love Abel

2. Receive love through Abel

3. Serve and follow Abel

4. Learn God’s way through Abel

Abel’s Responsibility = Restore the proper order

Cain and Abel Unite

►Abel helps Cain to make

offering (All things)

►Brothers unite – equally

loved by God (Children)

►On this basis the Messiah

can come (Parents)

Cain Killing Abel

►Repeated action of

Archangel against Adam

►Set tradition of murder

Failure in Adam’s family

Adam

God

Cain Abel

Foundation

of Faith

Foundation

of Substance

Satan

►God’s heart broken

►Restoration prolonged

►Abel’s lineage lost

Result of Failure of Adam’s Family

► God could not instruct Cain & Abel

directly – it was their responsibility

► Abel could not complete his

responsibility – so God choose Seth - His

Will must be fulfilled

► Fallen people must seek Abel-type

person to honour and follow

► This is the indemnity course which we

ourselves must walk

Some Lessons from Adam’s Family

Great Families in

History

Noah’s family

What was God thinking?

The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was

great in the earth, and that every imagination of

the thoughts of his heart was only evil

continually. And the LORD was sorry that he had

made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his

heart. So the LORD said, "I will blot out man

whom I have created from the face of the ground,

man and beast and creeping things and birds of

the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.”

Genesis 6:5-7

Noah’s Family = Adam’s Family

Adam

Cain Abel

Shem Ham

Noah

Seth

1600 years 10 generations

Japeth

8 members

8 members

Restoration in Noah’s family

Foundation

of Faith

Foundation

of Substance


Offering - Ark

Central person - Noah

Time period - 40 days


And the Word

became flesh


Foundation of faith

Central person - Noah

Offering - the ark

representing the universe

Time period - 40 days flood

Noah’s family to purify

themselves and separate

from Satan

God said, “You [Noah] shall come

into the ark, you, your sons, your

wife, and your sons’ wives.”

Genesis 6:18

Covenant with Noah God said to Noah, “Go forth

from the ark, you and your

wife, and your sons and your

sons’ wives with you.”

Genesis 8:15

Noah built an altar to the Lord

and offered burnt offerings on

the altar.

And God blessed Noah and

his sons, and said to them,

“Be fruitful and multiply, and

fill the earth.”

Genesis 8:20, 9:1

Mount Ararat

Foundation of substance

Noah

Ham Shem

Abel

One in

heart

Indemnity condition

to remove fallen nature Cain

The incident in the tent

Noah plants a vineyard

He makes wine,

becomes drunk and lies

naked in his tent

Ham sees Noah naked

He tells Shem and

Japeth to cover Noah

Noah wakes up and

curses Ham’s son

Canaan

Test of Ham’s unity with Noah

Noah

Ham Shem

Abel

Felt

ashamed

Stirred up &

multiplied sin Felt ashamed

Covered with garment

Rebuked

Japeth

Abraham’s family

Abraham’s world

Abraham came from Ur

Ur was ruled by Nimrod a

dictator with a

personality cult

Name means ‘let us

revolt’

He built the Tower of

Babel to challenge God

Abraham’s father was

called Terah. He was an

idol maker Tower of Babel

Abraham and the idols

Abraham discovers God Abraham and the idols

Abraham’s journey

Abraham, Sarah and Pharaoh

Now there was a famine

in the land. So Abram

went down to Egypt to

sojourn there. Genesis 12:10

The Fall

Satan Eve Adam

Humanity

Creation

Restoration of Eve

Pharaoh Sarah Abraham

Lot

Wealth Genesis 12:10-20

Abraham’s faith in God

"Look toward heaven, and number

the stars, if you are able to number

them." Then he said to him, "So shall

your offspring be." And he believed

the LORD, and he counted it to him

as righteousness.

"I am the LORD who brought you

out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give

you this land to possess." But he

said, "O Lord GOD, how am I to

know that I shall possess it?”

Genesis 15:5-8

Foundation of Faith

Dove & pigeon

Ram & goat

Heifer

God

Abraham

Central person

Offering

Abraham and Hagar

Sarah was 76

Sarah offered her

maid to Abraham

Abraham slept with

Hagar

Ishmael was born


Abraham

Ishmael Isaac

(Abel) (Cain)

Jews Arabs

Hagar and Ishmael sent away

Second chance

God’s covenant with Abraham

“I am God almighty; walk before me and be

blameless. And I will make my covenant with you.”

Genesis 17

Descendants number stars of heaven

Father of many nations

Everlasting covenant

Land of Canaan

Sign of the covenant - circumcision

Promises to Sarah

Have a son

Mother of nations

Restoration of Eve

Abimelech Sarah Abraham

Slaves

Wealth Genesis 20:1-16

Foundation of Faith

God

Abraham

Central person

Offering Isaac

Genesis 22:1-19 Absolute

Obedience


God

Abraham

Isaac

Esau Jacob

(Abel) (Cain)

“Two nations are in your womb,

and two peoples, born of you,

shall be divided; the one shall be

stronger than the other, the elder

shall serve the younger.” Genesis 25:23

Restoration of Eve

Abimelech Rebekah Isaac

Wealth

Genesis 26:1-16

Jacob restored Abel’s position

Bought the birthright from Esau with bread and lentils

Received the blessing from Isaac

Isaac blessing Jacob


Isaac

Esau Jacob

(Abel) (Cain)

Now Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father

had blessed him, and Esau said to himself, “The days of mourning for

my father are approaching; then I will kill my brother Jacob.” Genesis 27:41

Jacob’s ladder

Restores Three Blessings

Man of character

Establishes family

with 12 sons

and one daughter

Acquires wealth

21 years in Haran with Uncle Laban

Jacob leaving Laban


Jacob sent messengers before him to his brother Esau . . .

[saying] “I [Jacob] have sent to tell my lord, in order that

I may find favour in your sight.” Genesis 32: 3

And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your

brother Esau, and he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men

with him.” Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed. Genesis 32: 6-7

Jacob divided possessions in two and sent gifts to Esau.

Victory over the Angel

“Your name shall no

longer be called Jacob,

but Israel, for you have

striven with God and with

men, and have prevailed.”

Genesis 32:28

The Ford of Jabbok

Jacob wins Esau’s heart

“I pray you, if I have found favour in your sight,

then accept my present from my hand; for truly to

see your face is like seeing the face of God, with

such favour you have received me. Accept, I pray

you, my gift that is brought to you, because God

has dealt graciously with me, and because I have

enough.” Genesis 33:10-11

Jacob and Esau embrace

But Esau ran to meet him,

and embraced him, and

fell on his neck and

kissed him, and they

wept.

Genesis 33:4

Jacob and Esau reconciled


Abraham

Isaac

Jacob

Twelve Sons

Twelve Tribes

Jewish nation

Jesus

Foundation

of Faith

Foundation

of Substance


Offering

Central person

Time period


Preparing for the Blessing

The Blessing


Providence of Restoration

Original state Fallen

people

God

Grace

Principle of restoration

Noah’s family represented Adam’s family

Adam

Seth Abel Cain

Noah

Japeth Ham Shem

Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation;

Noah walked with God. Genesis 6:9

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North East Region Summer Workshop 2014 - Lecture 7+8 (principles of restoration + the great families in history)