1. HISTORICAL COURSE OF RESTORATION THROUGH INDEMNITY 1) Historical Course of Restoration Through Indemnity You understand that history indemnifies the vertical history horizontally. It proceeds along the Old Testament, New Testament, and the Completed Testament Ages. The Old Testament Age is offering things as sacrifices, the New Testament Age is offering the body as the sacrifice, more specifically, offering the being itself as the sacrifice, and the Complete Testament Age is the time to offer mind as the sacrifice. Why does it proceed in this way? It moves according to the law of creation of the universe. Because man fell, fallen man is worth less than even a lump of dirt. Water must be mixed, oil poured, and it must be shaped in the re-creation process. In order to create man, all things were made, the body was formed, and God's heart was blown into it. Thus, man is a synthethized being. He is a synthesis of the cosmos. As the Principle says, he is a microcosm. This is the meaning behind what you have learned of man as the incarnation of God's Sung Sang and Hyung Sang. So, what must we do for restoration through indemnity? First, the creation must be restored. Because after the Fall the creation, which were God's things, became Satan's belongings, for them to be considered as God's things they must be remolded and created again. They must be recreated: but what must they be made out of? What I am talking about is ideals and conceptions. All things were created centering on the Principle in order to realize the Word. Therefore, the Old Testament Age is the time one is to believe based on the Word, and what comes next is the time when the Word is to be put into practice, and after that is the era of living centering on the Word. We are to enter the time of living the truth. In order to build the Kingdom, all this must become one. The eras of faith, of practice, and of life; this is the course that the progress takes. What is this? Because one man has fallen... Originally, Adam and Eve were to at once... (speaks while writing on the board) The realm of matter, then the realm of the body, then the realm of the mind. After that is the realm of spirit. In the Unification Church, we consider them as precious as our lives. Since when all these are achieved creation will take place, matter will become one with the body, the body will become one with the mind and the mind will become one with the spirit. (speaks while writing on the board) These are the domains of formation (body), growth (mind), and completion (spirit). It is the same. This is the unfolding of that. It unfolded during seven thousand years of history, divided into the three stages. In the Old Testament Age, to be returned to God, blood had to be shed for the condition for indemnity. Blood had to be shed no matter what. Why? It is because Satan's blood was inherited. It is because Satan's blood must be taken out. For this reason, the offering had to shed blood. The Old Testament Age is the time of sacrifice centering on the animal, and next the New Testament Age is the time of sacrifice of the body centering on Jesus, in other words the time of sacrifice of the son. This was because people did not believe. Next is the Completed Testament Age, and this is the time of sacrifice of the mind. Therefore, you are to experience great pain in your heart after joining the Unification Church. This is how restoration has been proceeding forward. (74-318) Offering material things is the way to pay indemnity in the Old Testament Age, and offering the body is the way to pay indemnity in the New Testament Age, and attending the Will of God with a heart of faith and tears is the way toward restoration in the Complete Testament Age. (1) The Old Testament Age is the era when the foundation of faith is restored through indemnity, and during this time all things are restored through the symbolic offering. (2) The New Testament Age is the era of restoring through indemnity the foundation of substance, and through the substantial offering man's physical body is restored. (3) The Completed Testament Age is the era of restoring the foundation of heart, and in this period man's mind is restored through the sacrifice of the heart. So, what is this? When this is restored though indemnity, when the world comes to an end, then what would happen? In the Last Days, all these are not supposed to be indemnified in separate positions. This will be manifested horizontally according to the era. This (speaking while writing on the board) is the Old Testament Age, right? This is the time of all things. This is time of matter. But we have to rise to the position where we ourselves can be claimed to be re-created before God. All must be unified at once before God. So first is the realm of man's possession. Next is our bodies. Then is the mind. All this at once... Man always failed because these were separated. Because everything arose from this failure, in this era all must be unified at once to bring victory. Who caused the failure? The failure was not caused by God but by Satan. That humanity was defeated by Satan is the same as God being defeated. Then, on account of man's victory, who will reap the victory? God will claim the victory. For this reason, it is not God who creates the victory; it is man. Man is the one who will bring it about. But how is it done? It must be made to be one with the Principle. (74-320)
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