TABLE OF CONTENTS IN FULL
INTRODUCTION / 1
1. PRINCIPLE OF CREATION / 9
I. The Dual Characteristics of God and the Creation / 9
A. The Dual Characteristics of God / 9
1. The Dual Characteristics Sung Sang (Internal
Character) and Hyung Sang (External Form) / 10
2. The Dual characteristics of Positivity and
Negativity / 11
3. The Dual Characteristics of God / 12
B. The Relationship between God and the Creation / 13
II. Universal Prime Force, Give and Take Action, and the Four
Position Foundation / 14
A. Universal Prime Force / 14
B. Give and Take Action / 14
1. The Meaning of Give and Take Action / 14
2. The Relationship Between Universal Prime Force and
the Forces of Give and Take Action / 18
3. The Relationship Between God and Man in Terms of
Give and Take Action / 18
C. Origin-Division-Union Action, the Three Objects Purpose
and The Four Position Foundation / 20
1. Origin-Division-Union Action / 20
2. Three Objective Purposes / 20
3. The Four Position Foundation / 21
III. The Purpose of the Creation / 22
A. God's Purpose for Creating / 22
B. How is Joy Produced / 22
C. Man --- The Object of Heart for God's Joy The Three
Blessings / 23
1. The First Blessing / 24
2. The Second Blessing / 24
3. The Third Blessing / 25
D. The Creation is One Interconnected Body of Beings With
Dual Purposes / 26
IV. The Growing Period for Created Beings / 27
A. The Growing Period for Created Beings / 27
B. The Three Stages of the Growing Period / 28
C. God's Direct Dominion / 28
D. God's Indirect Dominion / 29
V. The Invisible Substantial World and the Visible Substantial
World Centered on Man / 31
A. The Invisible Substantial World and the Visible
Substantial World / 32
B. The Position of Man in the Cosmos / 32
C. The Relationship Between the Spirit Self and the
Physical Self / 33
1. The Structure and Functioning of a Human Being /
33
a. The physical self / 33
b. The spirit self / 33
c. The relationship between the spirit self and
the physical self / 34
2. The Human Mind in terms of the Relationship
between Spirit Mind and Physical Mind / 36
2. THE FALL / 39
I. The Root of Sin / 39
A. The Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good
and Evil / 39
1. The Tree of Life / 40
2. The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil / 41
B. The Identity of the Serpent / 42
C. The Sin of the Angel and the Sin of the First Man and
Woman / 43
D. The Fruit of Good and Evil and The Root of Sin / 44
II. The Motives and Process of the Fall / 45
A. The Creation of the Angels / 45
B. The Spiritual Fall and the Physical Fall / 46
1. The Spiritual Fall / 46
2. The Physical Fall / 46
III. How It Was Possible For Man To Fall / 48
A. The Force of Love and the Force of The Principle / 48
B. The Purpose of the Commandment and the Period Necessary
for It / 48
VI. The Results of the Fall / 49
A. Satan and Fallen Man / 49
B. Satan's Actions in the Fallen World / 50
C. Good and Evil Seen from the Viewpoint of Purpose / 50
D. Sin / 51
E. The Fallen Nature / 51
3. THE PURPOSE OF THE MESSIAH / 55
I. God's Purpose In The Dispensation For Salvation / 55
II. The Fulfillment of the Dispensation for Salvation is the
Fulfillment of the Purpose of the Creation / 56
III. The Dispensation of Salvation through the Cross / 57
A. The Crucifixion of Jesus / 57
B. The Extent of Salvation Available through the Cross and
the Purpose of the Second Coming of Christ / 59
C. Two Kinds of Prophecy Concerning the Messiah / 60
IV.John the Baptist and the Return of Elijah / 60
A. The Messiah and Elijah / 60
B. The Mission of John the Baptist / 62
4. THE CONSUMMATION OF HUMAN HISTORY / 65
I. The Meaning of the Last Days / 65
II. Phenomena Prophesied for the Last Days / 67
A. Heaven and Earth Destroyed and a New Heaven and New
Earth Established / 68
B. Heaven and Earth Judged by Fire / 68
C. Meeting the Lord in the Air / 69
D. Sun and Moon Darkened; The Stars Fall from Heaven / 69
III. The Present Days are the Last Days / 70
5. RESURRECTION / 75
I. The Meaning of Resurrection / 75
A. The Death Caused by the Fall / 76
B. The True Meaning of Resurrection / 76
II. The Principles of Resurrection / 78
III. The Dispensation for the Resurrection of the People on Earth
/ 79
A. God's Dispensation for Resurrection is Based on the
People on Earth / 79
B. The Three Stages in the Dispensation for Resurrection /
79
C. Heaven and Paradise / 81
D. Spiritual Phenomena Occurring in the Last Days / 82
IV. The Dispensation for the Resurrection of Spirit Persons / 83
A. Returning Resurrection of Spirit Persons / 83
B. Returning Resurrection of Spirit Persons Who Believed
in God / 83
C. Returning Resurrection of All Other Spirit Persons / 84
D. Returning Resurrection and the Theory of Reincarnation
/ 85
E. Unification of Religions by Returning Resurrection / 85
6. PREDESTINATION / 87
I. The Predestination of God's Will / 88
II. God's Predestination for the Accomplishment of His Will / 89
III. God's Predestination of the Central Person / 90
IV. Clarification of Biblical Passages Which Appear to Support
the Doctrine of Absolute Predestination / 91
7. CHRISTOLOGY / 93
I. The Value of a Person Who Fulfills the Purpose of the
Creation / 93
II. Jesus and the Person Who Fulfills the Purpose of the
Creation / 94
A. Jesus and a Perfect Person / 94
B. Is Jesus God? / 96
C. Jesus and Fallen Man / 97
III. Rebirth and Trinity / 97
A. The Meaning of Rebirth / 97
B. The Meaning of the Trinity / 98
8. OVERVIEW OF THE PRINCIPLES OF RESTORATION /101
I. History From the Viewpoint of the Dispensation for
Restoration / 101
A. Fallen Man is the Womb of Good and Evil / 102
B. The Struggle between Good and Evil --- The Hidden
Dimension of History / 102
C. The Cause of the Development and Progress of History /
104
II. The Principles of Restoration / 105
A. The Dispensation for Restoration and the Messiah / 105
B. Restoration Through Indemnity / 106
C. The Foundation for the Messiah / 108
1. The Foundation of Faith / 109
2. The Foundation of Substance / 109
D. The Central and Peripheral Histories in the
Dispensation for Restoration / 111
III. The Course of God's Dispensation for Restoration / 113
9. ADAM'S FAMILY IN THE DISPENSATION FOR RESTORATION / 117
I. The Foundation of Faith / 117
A. Separation for the Offering / 117
B. The Second Son in God's Dispensation / 118
II. The Foundation of Substance / 119
III. The Foundation for the Messiah / 121
10. NOAH'S FAMILY IN THE DISPENSATION FOR RESTORATION / 123
I. The Foundation of Faith / 123
A. The Central Person for Restoring the Foundation of
Faith / 123
B. The Required Offering in Restoring the Foundation of
Faith / 124
II. The Foundation of Substance / 125
11. ABRAHAM'S FAMILY IN THE DISPENSATION FOR RESTORATION / 129
I. Foundation of Faith / 129
A. The Central Person for Restoring the Foundation of
Faith / 129
B. The Required Offering in Restoring the Foundation of
Faith / 130
1. The Symbolic Offering / 130
2. Abraham's Offering of Isaac / 132
II. Foundation of Faith Centered on Isaac / 134
A. The Central Person for Restoring the Foundation of
Faith / 134
B. The Required Offering in Restoring the Foundation of
Faith / 134
III. The Foundation of Substance / 134
A. The Origin of the Chosen People / 137
B. The Foundation for the Messiah / 138
12. MOSES IN THE DISPENSATION FOR RESTORATION / 141
I. God Uses a Model Course in His Dispensation / 141
The Reason for Establishing the Model Course / 141
II. Moses' and Jesus' Courses Followed the Pattern of Jacob's
Course / 142
III. The Dispensation for Restoration Centering on Moses / 144
A. Overview of the Dispensation / 145
1. The Foundation of Faith / 145
a. The Central Person for Restoring the
Foundation of Faith / 145
b. The Required Offering in Restoring the
Foundation of Faith / 145
2. The Foundation of Substance / 146
3. The Foundation for the Messiah / 146
B. The First Course of the National Restoration of Canaan
/ 147
C. The Second Course of the National Restoration of Canaan
/ 148
1. The Foundation of Faith and the Foundation of
Substance / 148
2. The Tabernacle in the Dispensation for Restoration
/ 149
a. The significance of the tablets and the ark
of the covenant / 150
i. The significance of the tablets / 150
ii. The significance of the tabernacle / 150
iii. The structure of the tabernacle / 151
b. The purpose of the dispensation with the
tablets of stone and the tabernacle / 151
c. The Foundation for the Tabernacle / 152
i. The first Foundation for the Tabernacle
/ 152
ii. The second Foundation for the Tabernacle
/ 152
D. The Third Course of the National Restoration of Canaan
/ 154
1. The Foundation of Faith / 154
2. The Foundation of Substance / 154
a. The Foundation of Substance centered on Moses
/ 154
b. The Foundation of Substance centered on
Joshua / 155
13. JESUS IN THE DISPENSATION FOR RESTORATION / 159
I. The First Course of the World-Wide Restoration of Canaan /
159
A. The Foundation of Faith / 159
1. The Central Person for Restoring the Foundation of
Faith / 159
2. The Required Offering for Restoring the Foundation
of Faith / 160
B. The Foundation of Substance / 160
1. The Central Person for the Foundation of Substance
/ 160
2. Establishing the Foundation of Substance / 161
C. The Foundation for the Messiah / 161
II. The Second Course of the World-Wide Restoration of Canaan /
162
A. The Foundation of Faith / 162
1. The Central Person for Restoring the Foundation of
Faith --- Jesus Succeeds to the Mission of John
the Baptist / 162
2. The Required Offering for Restoring the Foundation
of Faith / 163
3. Satan's Three Temptations / 163
a. The first temptation / 164
b. The second temptation / 165
c. The third temptation / 166
B. The Foundation of Substance / 167
III. The Third Course of the World-Wide Restoration of Canaan /
168
A. The spiritual course of the World-Wide Restoration of
Canaan Centered on Jesus / 168
1. The Spiritual Foundation of Faith / 169
2. The Spiritual Foundation of Substance / 170
3. The Spiritual Foundation for the Messiah / 171
B. The Substantial Course of the World-Wide Restoration of
Canaan Centered on the Lord of the Second Coming / 172
14. DISPENSATIONAL TIME-IDENTITY / 175
I. Indemnity Conditions and Dispensational Time-Identity / 175
II. Division of the Dispensational Ages Based on Time-Identity /
176
A. Division of the Ages / 176
B. The Parallels Among the Dispensational Ages / 177
1. The Period of Slavery in Egypt and the Period of
Persecution in the Roman Empire / 178
2. The Period of the Judges and the Period of the
Christian Churches under the Patriarchal System /
179
3. The Period of the United Kingdom and the Period of
the Christian Kingdom / 179
4. The Period of the Divided Kingdoms of North and
South and the Period of the Divided Kingdoms of
East and West / 180
5. The Period of Jewish Captivity and Return and the
Period of Papal Captivity and Return / 181
6. The Period of Preparation for the Messiah and the
Period of Preparation for the Second Coming / 182
15. PREPARATION FOR THE SECOND COMING / 185
I. The Period of the Reformation / 185
A. The Renaissance / 185
B. The Reformation / 186
II. The Period of Conflict Between Religion and Philosophies /
187
A. The Cain-type View of Life / 187
B. The Abel-type View of Life / 188
III. The Period of the Maturing of Political Structure, Economy,
and Ideology / 190
A. The Development of Modern Political Systems / 190
B. The Industrial Revolution and the Maturing of the
Economy / 192
C. The Stages of Revolution in Politics, Economics,
Ideology and Religion / 192
IV. The World Wars / 194
A. The Dispensational Causes of the World Wars / 194
B. The First World War / 195
C. The Second World War / 196
D. The Third World War / 197
16. THE SECOND COMING / 199
I. How will Christ Come Again? / 199
A. Lessons Based on the Second Coming of Elijah / 199
B. Lessons Based on the First Coming of Christ / 200
C. The Second Coming of Christ Takes Place by his Birth on
Earth / 201
D. The Principle Point of View / 203
E. The Meaning of the Clouds / 204
II. When Will Christ Come Again? / 205
III. Where Will Christ Come Again? / 207
Jesus' Age and the Present Age from the Standpoint of
Time-Identity / 212