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1. Quotations from the Old Testament and Unification Thought

• Old Testament, Genesis 2:7

“The LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.”

(Large Print Bible)

• Unification Thought, Original Image Theory

The Word (Logos) by which all things were created was a living, dynamic conceptual entity.

It was formed in the stage of conceptual operation as a new idea with a precise internal structure. Life was then imparted to this new idea, transforming its static nature into a dynamic character.

How did this transformation occur?

It was through the two-stage process of inner give-and-take action, consisting of an initial and a subsequent stage.

In the initial stage, a new idea (pre-concept, pre-Logos) was formed through conceptual operation. In the subsequent stage, the power of heart (love, divine nature) infused the functions of intellect, emotion, and will, thereby granting vitality—life itself.

Thus, the completed concept became the Logos, the object of God, possessing a unified dual character. This Logos is the Word by which the universe was created, the result of the inner developmental four-position foundation.

(Unification Thought, pp. 121–122)

2. Principle-Based Understanding of the Above

Genesis records the sequence of human creation as follows:

God formed man from the dust of the ground, and then breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, so that man became a living soul.

However, in Unification Thought, the order of human creation is explained differently.

From God’s Original Image, consisting of two attributes—Divine Nature (absolute spirit embodiment) and Divine Character (absolute truth embodiment)—the process unfolds:

• Within the Original Internal Nature (본성상), the inner attributes of internal character (spiritual intuition: unity of intellect, emotion, and will) and internal form (concepts, principles, laws, numbers, universals, particulars) engage in purposeful inner give-and-take action.

• This produces a new idea (Logos: pre-stage, pre-concept).

• In the subsequent stage, the power of heart (love, divine nature) infuses intellect, emotion, and will, granting vitality and life.

• The result is the completed concept (post-stage Logos).

Meanwhile, within the Original External Form (본형상), the attributes of external character (shape, form, regulation, structure, potential for infinite variation) and external form (matter, substance) engage in purposeful external give-and-take action.

This produces Prime Force (forming energy as particles, acting energy as waves).

When the Logos (internal character) and Prime Force (external form) unite in purposeful give-and-take, the created world of all things—including the physical, chemical, and organic structures of humanity—comes into being.

This corresponds to the first half of Genesis 2:7:

“The LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground.”

Finally, the second half of Genesis 2:7—

“…and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul”—

is explained in Unification Thought as the stage in which the power of heart (love, divine nature) infuses intellect, emotion, and will, granting vitality and life.

Thus, the Logos is not merely the completed concept itself, but the Word by which the universe was created, realized through the inner developmental four-position foundation.

3. Conclusion

The explanation of Unification Thought must be carefully distinguished:

• The Logos as the completed concept (post-stage Logos) is indeed the Word of creation.

• Yet Genesis 2:7 clarifies that after the physical and chemical organism was formed (“from the dust of the ground”), God breathed into man’s nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.

Therefore, the statement “Logos as the result of the inner developmental four-position foundation” requires supplementation and correction.

It must be understood as referring not only to the conceptual Logos but also to the process by which the physical organism received the breath of life and became a living being.