1) The Restoration Providence Is the Providence for Restoring the Birthright

What would have happened if the progenitor of humankind had not fallen? The owner of this earth would be only one, not two.

Due to the Fall, God lost His position as the Lord and human beings lost their position as God's children. Instead, Satan became the lord of this world and human beings became closely connected to Satan. It is not that easy to establish the providence for salvation in this world ruled by Satan.

As you learned from the Old Testament, Jews, the descendants of Jacob, were the first ones to win a battle against Satan. Therefore, centering upon the nation of Israel, a family, tribe and a nation were organized. God promised to send the Messiah to rule the world centering upon this nation of Israel. God has been pioneering the way centering upon a nation.

Israel means victory over Satan. What is it anyway? \History has been the work of separating the satanic side from God's side. As you all know, Cain was the first son on the satanic side. Then what is Abel? Abel is also a descendant of fallen Adam and Eve, but he is on God's side. Abel is to stand in the first son's position on God's side. He is to establish the birthright for God's side. Then two birthrights can appear here-one on God's side and the other on Satan's side. That is why conflicts and fighting have occurred unrelentingly. The fighting has to do with the problem of Cain and Abel and of the satanic birthright and heavenly birthright. Since the older brother was claimed by Satan, the younger brother cannot escape being persecuted by him in his attempt to restore the birthright. While receiving such persecution, Abel has been separating from Satan and expanding the level of obtaining the birthright from the individual level up to the familial level, tribal level, national level and worldwide level.

What does Israel mean? It is the place where there is a standard which can be victorious and replace the satanic birthright with the heavenly birthright. What then is the external world-the satanic world? Satan has maintained the birthright on a national level. Since God has been looking for the birthright on the worldwide level in His restoration providence, Satan has been promoting division among all the nations and making people be very nationalistic. Satan causes people to care only about their nation, not the world. That is why all godly people always want to transcend their national boundaries and go out to the world. They are on the way toward the world. (1986.6.8. World Mission Center)