< The Conceptual Definition of Israel:
A Perspective on Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy >
Understanding Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy
within the Course of the Providence of Restoration
1. The First Israel: The First Orthodoxy
Humanity, having fallen through the first ancestors’ disbelief in God’s commandment,
lost the position of God’s direct lineage and
was expelled from Eden, descending into the position of the enemy of God—both spiritually and physically.
Approximately 1,600 years later,
God raised Noah’s family.
Their position before God rose one level,
yet they still remained within the realm of restored enemies.
Four hundred years after that, God called Abraham, and through Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, He advanced the providential course of restoration.
Their position before God rose another level compared to the previous era: they stood in the position of servants.
During this period, God’s providence centered on educating the servants, guiding them through a religion designed for the training of servants.
Through Moses and the Israelite people, they upheld the altar and walked the path of obedience until the coming of the Messiah (Jesus Christ).
Those who maintained this providential path until the Messiah’s advent are called the First Israel, and they occupied the position of the first orthodoxy in the providence.
2. The Second Israel: The Second Orthodoxy
The First Israel—the Jewish people— crucified the Messiah who came to them,
thus surrendering the Messiah’s spiritual life to Satan.
As a result,
God abandoned the First Israel and raised the disciples who followed the resurrected Jesus
to continue the remaining course of restoration.
These disciples of the resurrected Jesus are called the Second Israel, and
they became the second orthodoxy of the providence.
At that time,
the former orthodoxy (the First Israel) persecuted the new orthodoxy (the Second Israel).
Thus,
the former orthodoxy fell into the position of heterodoxy in the new providential era.
3. The Third Israel
The nation where the Messiah returns is called the Third Israel.
The Second Israel—the global Christian community— was meant
to welcome and attend the Returning Messiah in the nation of the Third Israel.
However,
Christians of the Second Israel not only failed to attend the Returning Messiah in the Third Israel, but
also persecuted him on a global scale.
Therefore,
they fell into the position of heterodoxy in the new providential era.
Because of this persecution, the Returning Messiah had no choice but to abandon the Second Israel and
the people of the Third Israel and
begin the construction of a new lineage, new people, new nation, and
new world through the Blessing Marriage Ceremony.
Thus,
the Blessed Families around the world— who were established through the Blessing—
became the new orthodoxy, and
they are called the Third Israel.
Conclusion: The Providential Criteria of Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy
Throughout the history of the Providence of Restoration, orthodoxy has always been defined as the individuals, peoples, nations, and global communities who stand at the center of God’s providence and actively advance His restoration course.
Conversely, those who fail to recognize the new providential era and persecute the central figures of that era— even if they were the orthodoxy of the previous age— inevitably fall into the position of heterodoxy.
Thus, the concepts of orthodoxy and heterodoxy are not fixed labels but historical and providential statuses that shift according to God’s advancing providence.
Those who stand with God and pioneer the new providential age become the new orthodoxy, while those who cling to the past and oppose the new providential center become the heterodoxy of that era.
