Through the Fall, the human ancestors lost the earth, the human self, and God. So what is it that remains to the end? It is a battle to find God. Four great saints struggled to find God. Who are four famous saints? (Buddha, Confucius, Jesus, and Socrates.) Who is another? (Mohammed.) Some count Mohammed instead of Socrates, right? When we have Socrates, it becomes five saints. But the question is who is counted as a part of four saints. Did Socrates teach about God? (No) When it comes to the question of life and death, knowledge has no value. Knowledge has no power to resolve the problem of life and death. So those who claim to know the truth based on knowledge cannot belong to the ranks of saints. Confucius vaguely said that the one who practices goodness is rewarded by Heaven, and the one who does not practice goodness will be punished by Heaven. His idea of Heaven is too vague. There is nothing concrete about God. He taught about Heaven, but in a too ambiguous way, so Confucianism is a half-way religion. It is not active enough. Buddhism taught about Heaven, but its content is too difficult and esoteric because it does not understand the matter clearly. It confuses God and the law. It says that the law is God, and God is the law. But this is not the case. Buddhism is a religion of logic. If it goes deep enough, it ends up denying the existence of God. \Thus it cannot make any relationship with human beings. Islam is a synthesis of religions. While following the Old Testament, it also upholds the Koran. The Koran contains biblical elements. This is an archangelic religion. For this reason, Islam may seem sympathetic to communism. This religion will serve the prophetic mission of setting fire to the changing world. Of course, it has a certain content, but it is borrowed from the Old Testament. Borrowing from other religions does not bring the greatest recognition. What did Jesus bring forward? You may say that I like Jesus because I happen to follow Christianity. But I did not believe in, or like Jesus from the beginning. I searched to find the principle of the universe and the saint who had the right content. If Christianity is a world-level religion, God will assign to Christians the mission of the Last Days to dominate the whole world. We can see this clearly from the fact that Christianity is dominating the democratic world today. Then what did Jesus teach? Jesus taught concretely. He taught that God is the Father. This is excellent. This is the teaching that can connect human affection to heavenly love and heavenly decree. Jesus is the only one who taught like this in the whole of human history. Next, Jesus said, "I am the bridegroom, and you are the brides." That means that his objects all become his brides. There is no relationship that is more intimate than that of husband and wife. Also, Jesus said, "You are brothers and sisters." Is there any relationship closer than this? You should know this. He was talking about a family that is based on God's Will and a family based on human will. This is a conclusion that brings everything into consideration. This is taught only in Christianity.
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