The Fallen world is the world under the control of Satan. This is not just an idea but is reality. If we look spiritually at today's environment we have to agree that this is so. Why must you believe this? Because Adam did not believe he fell. He didn't believe God's word and didn't act on it, and because he didn't act on it he couldn't attend Heaven. These are the three great conditions. Therefore the Old Testament Age is the age of faith, the New Testament Age is the age of action, and the Completed Testament Age is the age of attendance. Adam himself is not the way to go. Adam himself inevitably and historically must search for the place of the original Adam, because of the Fall and because he entered into the realm of Satan's domain. So we must form indemnity conditions, and if we don't establish victorious conditions, we will not be able to return to the place of the original Adam. Why must we pursue the meaning of attendance, faith, and action? You cannot distinguish good and evil without righteousness. The world of goodness and the world of evil are together. Then, what is the central point of goodness, the criterion of righteousness? Whenever we ask this question the answer is always God. It is to have God's belief, God's action, and God's attendance and always have God as our center. Why is it that way? Satan cannot falsely accuse a righteous person, such as God. If you are placed in the environment of attendance which lives God's life, God's actions, and God's belief then Satan cannot interfere with you. What we are saying is that it is not enough to just go through just the Old Testament Age of faith, or the New Testament Age of action, or the Completed Testament Age of attendance . Even the Old Testament Age needs action, and the New Testament Age needs faith. Even the life of attendance needs these things. The Completed Testament Age requires belief and action, as well as attendance. The growth stage builds upon the formation stage and similarly the completion stage builds upon the growth stage. You cannot remove or leave out any part. The reason why we now call this the age of attendance is that it means the age of actualizing in our life hte Kingdom of Heaven. So we must now understand attendance. If we ask, "What is restoration history?" It is the restoration for God's ideal of creation. (161-218) What was the purpose for Jesus coming to earth? It was to establish the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. What kind of place is the Kingdom of Heaven? It is the place one goes who he has passed the test in preparation for attendance and who is eligible to live the life of attendance. It is also the world which is able to take eternal pride in the cosmic life of attendance. (8-307)
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