Christological Understanding of True Parents as the Manifestation of God.

 

< Christological Understanding of True Parents as the Manifestation and Incarnation of God's Substance. >

 

 

 

 

 

A. Quotation from Peace Message XI

 

This is the ceremony of holy lineage transformation that

receives re-creation through True Parents, the King and Queen of Peace,

who manifest and incarnate God's substance to govern this phenomenal world.

<Peace Messages, p. 201, lower section, 5th line to the end of the 3rd line.>

 

 

B. Quotation from Cheon Seong Gyeong

 

I: God created Adam and Eve in order to clothe Himself in a physical body.

<Cheon Seong Gyeong, p. 685, left section, middle of line 12 to middle of line 11.>

 

II: When Adam and Eve embody God's substance,

God dwells within their hearts and governs both the physical and spiritual worlds.

<Cheon Seong Gyeong, p. 685, left section, beginning of line 8 to beginning of line 5.>

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Understanding the Principle of Creation in the above quotations

 

 

 

 

 

the summary of the quoted statements:

 

A. and B. I.  : The perfected Adam and Eve, and True Parents are God's manifestation in substance.

 

The above text means that:

The True Parents, who have come as the perfected Adam and Eve,

are one with God and

are essentially God Himself.

 

 

 

 

B. II.   : God dwells within the hearts of Adam and Eve who have attained a substantial form.

 

 

The above text means that:

The perfected Adam and Eve, as well as True Parents, are

God's children as created beings.

God, as the creator and parent, resides within the children.

Therefore, these two entities are separated and independent beings;

however, God exists within the perfected children as a parent.

 

 

 

A. and B. I.: The perfected Adam and Eve, and True Parents are God's manifestation in substance.

The above text means that:

The True Parents, who have come as the perfected Adam and Eve,

are one with God and

are essentially God Himself.

This concept contrasts with the explanation

provided in Chapter 7 <Christology> of the first part of the Divine Principle.

 

 

 

 

B. II: God dwells within the hearts of Adam and Eve who have attained a substantial form.

The above text means that:

The perfected Adam and Eve, as well as True Parents, are

God's children as created beings.

God, as the creator and parent, resides within the children.

Therefore,

these two entities are separate and independent beings;

however, God exists within the perfected children as a parent.

 

This concept aligns with the explanation provided in the aforementioned Christology.

 

 

 

 

 

3. Conclusion

 

 

 

God is the creator and parent of all beings.

The perfected human (Messiah) is a created being and a child of God.

 

This is similar to the analogy of a dove in a cage.

Even though a dove is in the cage,

we do not call the cage a dove.