< A Study on the Conceptual Misapplication of “God’s Marriage Ceremony” in Cheon Seong Gyeong >

 1. Citation from Cheon Seong Gyeong.

*When the time comes for the fully matured Adam and Eve to form the bond of love, because God exists as a Being of dual characteristics, a. the masculine Divine Characteristic would dwell with Adam, and b. the feminine Divine Characteristic would dwell with Eve.

God would dwell within our mind and body, and c. God would conduct the marriage ceremony.

Adam’s mind would be like the Holy of Holies, and Adam’s body like the Holy Place, and within that, God would be present.

Had it been so, d. Adam would have become God’s body, and d. Eve also would have become God’s body.

Adam resembles God’s masculine nature, and Eve resembles God’s feminine nature.

c. The marriage ceremony of these two persons would establish the kingship of the universe— the kingship of love.*

< Cheon Seong Gyeong, p. 1218 (right, lower, line 6) – p. 1219 (left, upper, line 12) >

2. A Principle-Based and Christological Interpretation of the Above Passage.

a. Overview of the Attributes of God’s Original Being.

The Original Image (原相, Absolute Divine Original Image) of God consists of:

• Divine Spirituality (神性, Absolute Divine Spirituality of Original Essence) and

• Divine Image (神相, Absolute Divine Truth of Original Essence).

The Divine Image (神相) consists of:

• Original Internal Nature (本性相, Original Internal Nature) and

• Original External Form (本形狀, Original External Form).

The Original Internal Nature (本性相) consists of:

• Inner Internal Nature, and

• Inner External Form.

The Original External Form (本形狀, Pre-Energy) consists of:

Outer Internal Nature, and

Outer External Form.

b. Principle-Based Christological Understanding of the Cited Text

Based on the above Ontology of God’s Original Being, the concepts of:

• a. masculine Divine Characteristic, and

• b. feminine Divine Characteristic

do not exist within God’s Original Being.

God exists as the harmonized, unified, and blended Being of Original Internal Nature and Original External Form.

As such, God—who is the Harmonized Union of Internal Nature and External Form— dwells within the perfected Adam and Eve, who have become God’s temples.

c. “God’s Marriage Ceremony”

The correct Christological understanding is this:

At the marriage ceremony of the perfected Adam (temple) and perfected Eve (temple), the spiritual Original Being of God, who is the Harmonized Union of Original Internal Nature and Original External Form, dwells within them.

This indwelling is what the passage refers to— not that God is literally conducting a marriage ceremony for Himself.

d. “Adam becomes God’s body; Eve becomes God’s body”

This means:

God’s spiritual Original Being dwells within the perfected Adam and Eve, who have become God’s temples.

Just as a dove inside a birdcage does not transform the cage into the dove’s biochemical organism,

likewise, even though God’s spiritual Original Being dwells within the perfected Adam and Eve, Adam and Eve themselves do not become God’s spiritual Original Being.

There is indwelling, but not ontological transformation.

3. Conclusion.

As examined above:

Even though God’s spiritual Original Being dwells within the perfected Adam and Eve, Adam and Eve themselves do not become God’s spiritual Original Being.

Therefore:

The marriage ceremony of the perfected Adam and perfected Eve cannot be God’s marriage ceremony.

This is the Principle-based Christological understanding.

• Outer External Form.Outer External Form.