CHAPTER THIRTEEN

               Jesus in the Dispensation for Restoration

Jesus had the responsibility for substantially subjugating Satan.  To
do so he had to follow the model course that God had shown in the
symbol and image courses of Jacob and Moses (Deut 18:18, Jn 5:19). 
But, just as the Israelites under Moses had fallen into faithlessness
in the wilderness, the Israelites at the time of John the Baptist fell
into faithlessness, with the result that Jesus' world-wide course of
the restoration of Canaan also had to progress through three attempts
or courses.

      I. THE FIRST COURSE OF THE WORLD-WIDE RESTORATION OF CANAAN

                      A. The Foundation of Faith

      1. The Central Person for Restoring the Foundation of Faith

The central person responsible to prepare the foundation for the
dispensation of salvation at the time of the Messiah was to "make
straight the way of the Lord" (Jn 1:23).  This central person was John
the Baptist, who was the "greatest born of women" (Mt 11:11).  As was
already explained in the chapter on Moses' course, the repeated
faithlessness of the Israelites had given Satan the chance to invade
Jesus' body, which was the incarnation of the rock and the tablets of
stone.  Therefore, throughout their history, God educated the chosen
people to be a people who would not fall into faithlessness.  He sent
many prophets, especially the prophet Elijah, to teach the people to
unite completely, centering on the Ideal of the Temple, which was
itself the image of Jesus.  However, because the Israelites repeatedly
failed to have faith, Elijah's sole purpose, which was to turn the
Israelites from their faithless ways back to God, was not fulfilled. 
Therefore, God said that Elijah would come again--to accomplish his
mission (Mal 4:5).  The return of Elijah was fulfilled in the person
of John the Baptist (Lk 1:17; Mt 11:14; 17:13).  He was the person who
had the responsibility to establish the base of faith for the Messiah.

    2. The Required Offering for Restoring the Foundation of Faith

As was already explained in "Moses in the Dispensation for
Restoration," beginning with the dispensation for Moses' age, an
indemnity period based on the number forty (referred to as a forty-
based indemnity period or a forty-period) became sufficient to meet
the condition for separation from Satan.  In other words, in place of
making an offering, the central person who had to restore the
Foundation of Faith could do so by remaining united with God's Word
after establishing a forty-based indemnity period of separation from
Satan.  By meeting this condition, he can meet the condition of
indemnity that restores the Foundation of Faith.

John the Baptist was standing on the foundation of a forty-period of
separation from Satan, the four-hundred-year Period of Preparation for
the Messiah, which had begun with the prophet Malachi.  Through his
life of asceticism, John was able to separate from Satan and establish
the Foundation of Faith.  John lived in the wilderness eating locusts
and honey, concerned and thinking about God's Will; so the priests and


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people of Israel looked on his life of faith with the greatest
respect.

                    B. The Foundation of Substance

         1. The Central Person for the Foundation of Substance

John the Baptist was also in the Abel position for the Foundation of
Substance, that is, he was the central person for establishing the
Foundation of Substance.  The mission of Moses had passed to Joshua,
then to the prophets, including Elijah, and finally to John the
Baptist.  Therefore, John the Baptist was standing in the position of
Moses.  Moses had been the central person for the Foundation of Faith
(in the parents' position) and the central person for the Foundation
of Substance (in the position of the second-born).  Likewise, John the
Baptist had the dual mission of establishing the Foundation of Faith
and standing in the Abel position as the central person for the
Foundation of Substance.

              2. Establishing the Foundation of Substance

The national Foundation of Substance would have been established by
the Israelites' loving and obeying John the Baptist, who was their
national Abel.  God had already prepared the chosen people to believe
absolutely in John as a special prophet of God.  Everyone knew that he
was a great man of God, because they had heart of the angel's prophecy
about his birth, of the miracle of his father's becoming mute in the
temple, and of the miracles and signs that had occurred at the time of
his birth.  All the people of Judea watched him with great interest
from the time of his childhood.  As Luke 1:65,66 says, "And fear came
on all their neighbors.  And all these things were talked about
through all the hill country of Judea; and all who heard them laid
them up in their hearts, saying, 'What then will this child be?'  For
the hand of the Lord was with him."  Moreover, John's faith was so
exemplary that many of the chief priests and people of Israel thought
that he might even be the Messiah (Jn 1:19; Lk 3:15).  Thus, the
people of Judea, who were in the Cain position, believed in John the
Baptist and followed him as if he were the Messiah himself, and thus
established the nation Foundation of Substance.

                   C. The Foundation for the Messiah

The Foundation of Faith and the Foundation of Substance established by
John the Baptist together constituted the Foundation for the Messiah. 
The Foundation for the Messiah is people who are prepared to serve and
attend the Messiah and fulfill his will.  Therefore, as the
representative of all the central persons who had worked so hard
throughout the dispensational history to establish the Foundation for
the Messiah, John the Baptist should have served the Messiah more than
anyone.  Furthermore, based on this historic Foundation for the
Messiah, John the Baptist should have served the Messiah more than
anyone.  Furthermore, based on this historic Foundation for the
Messiah, John the Baptist had to lead the people of Israel to believe
in Jesus and follow him, establishing the situation which would have
enabled Jesus to easily carry out the Dispensation for Restoration.

However, although John the Baptist had initially established this
foundation and had himself testified to Jesus as the Messiah, he did

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not follow Jesus (Jn 1:29-34).  Furthermore, John later even came to
doubt that Jesus was the Messiah (Mt 11:3).  Also, although he had
come as Elijah, he did not understand this and denied it (Jn 1:21). 
Because the Israelites believed in Malachi's prophecy that Elijah
would come before the Messiah, John's denying that he was Elijah
confused the people so that they did not know whether to believe Jesus
or John and thus had the effect of blocking the way to Jesus for the
people of Israel.  Therefore, the Foundation for the Messiah that John
the Baptist had established did not function as a foundation for
Jesus, but in fact became a barrier between Jesus and the chosen
people.

The Foundation for the Messiah is the base on which God will
completely fulfill the purpose of his Dispensation.  Yet, this
foundation did not function as the foundation to serve the Messiah,
who was supposed to be the center of the dispensation, As a result,
this "foundation" was in reality a failure.  Although God had
carefully prepared John the Baptist for Jesus, John did not follow
Jesus, and thus he lost his qualification as an historic Abel.  And as
a result, the first course of the world-wide restoration of Canaan
ended in failure.

     II. THE SECOND COURSE OF THE WORLD-SIDE RESTORATION OF CANAAN

                      A. The Foundation of Faith

    1. The Central Person for Restoring the Foundation of Faith --
           Jesus Succeeds to the Mission of John the Baptist

Because of John the Baptist's faithlessness toward Jesus, the
Foundation of Faith in the first course of the world-wide restoration
of Canaan was invaded by Satan.  The Messiah came, but the Foundation
for the Messiah crumbled, leaving no place for Jesus to stand as the
Messiah.  Actually, the Messiah can only appear where there is a
foundation free from Satan's invasion.  Therefore, Jesus was compelled
to meet the indemnity conditions that would restore the Foundation for
the Messiah by himself, and as he did so, he acted not in the capacity
of the Messiah, but in that of John the Baptist.

Since Jesus was the Son of God and was to be the Lord of Glory, he
should not have had to walk the path of tribulation (1 Cor 2:8). 
However, John the Baptist, who was born for the mission of
straightening the Lord's way (Jn 1:23; Lk 1:76), failed to accomplish
his mission.  Therefore, Jesus had to succeed to John the Baptist's
mission and himself prepare the foundation for his own appearance as
the Messiah.  Thus, in the second course of the world-wide restoration
of Canaan, Jesus was the centra person who had to pay the indemnity to
restore the Foundation of Faith.

      2. Required Offering for Restoring the Foundation of Faith

The central person responsible to restore the Foundation of Faith
could establish it by becoming one with God's Word after first
establishing a forty-based period for separation from Satan.  To do
this, Jesus fasted for forty days and overcame the three temptations
from Satan.  Jesus met these conditions not as the Messiah, But as a
person succeeding to the mission of John the Baptist.  In other words,
he met these conditions to restore the Foundation of Faith from the

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position of a central person involved in establishing the Foundation
for the Messiah, rather than as the Messiah himself.

Let us look at the reasons for Jesus' forty-day period of fasting and
praying and the three temptations.  In the course of the nation
restoration of Canaan centered on Moses, the rock symbolized Jesus
(1 Cor 10:4) had suffered Satan's invasion because of Moses' anger at
the faithlessness of the Israelites.  This invasion remained as a
remote basis for Satan;s direct attack on Jesus, the true rock, should
the chosen people become faithless again at Jesus' time.

John the Baptist was the central person who could stop this from
happening--by fighting against Satan to establish the Foundation of
Faith.  However, John failed to believe in Jesus.  With the
faithlessness of John the Baptist as the immediate cause, Jesus could
not continue free from Satan's direct attack and he came Satan's
constant target.  Therefore, Jesus himself had to meet the indemnity
condition of the forty-based period of separation from Satan by
fasting for forty days and overcoming Satan's attack, which was
manifested in the three temptations.

                     3. Satan's Three Temptations

In Matthew 4:1-10 we read that Satan tested Jesus through three
temptations.  Satan's original purpose in attacking Jesus with these
temptations was not to test any external conditions or Jesus's power
to perform miracles, but was specifically intended to prevent Jesus
from accomplishing his purpose as the Messiah.  Because the Messiah
comes to restore the world intended at the time of creation, which was
not established because of Satan, from Satan's point of view, the
Messiah's fulfilling his purpose would mean Satan's eternal
destruction.  Since the Kingdom of Heaven is based on The Principle,
and since Adam had failed by not following The Principle, Satan's
temptations centered on The Principle, and Jesus' answers had to be
based on The Principle.  More specifically, the world which the
Messiah must create is the world intended at the time of creation,
which is the world based on the fulfillment of God's Three Blessings. 
Thus, Jesus had to realize God's Three Blessings, and Satan's attempt
to prevent Jesus from fulfilling his purpose was through three
temptations that were based on the Three Blessings.

                        a. The first temptation

In the first temptation, Satan appeared before Jesus and said, "...'If
you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of
bread'" (Mt 4:3).  The stones in Satan's possession represented the
broken tablets of stone and the rock that had been struck twice by
Moses, Because of the faithlessness of the chosen people, Moses had
broken the tablets of stones and had struck the rock twice, providing
the basis for Satan to claim the rock.  The stones with which Satan
tempted Jesus symbolized Jesus himself as the true rock and the true
tablet of stone (1 Cor 10:4; Rev 2:17).

When the chosen people became faithless, as they had become in the
wilderness, Satan was in a position to attack Jesus, who was the
incarnate Word that had ben symbolized by the tablets of stone.  Jesus
had to overcome these circumstances.  Satan know well that Jesus had
come into the wilderness to restore the rock, so Satan tempted Jesus

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to change the rock to bread, because Jesus was as hungry as the
faithless Israelites had been at the time of Moses.  If Jesus had
become faithless and had abandoned his purpose of restoring the stone,
choosing instead to command the stone to become bread in order to fill
his hungry stomach, then Satan would have succeeded in preventing the
Messiah from accomplishing his purpose.  By keeping Jesus under his
sovereignty, Satan would have had possession of the stone forever.

Jesus answer to this temptation was, "'..."Man shall not live by bread
alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God"'"
(Mt 4:4).  This means that even though man's physical body can live by
eating bread, his life would not be complete.  Man can become whole
only if, in addition, he lives by the bread of life, that is through
Christ, who is God's Word made flesh (Jn 6:35,51).  Jesus' answer to
Satan's first temptation means that even if he were then at the point
of starvation, bread for the physical body is not the real issue. 
Jesus had to triumph over Satan's temptation and become the living
bread of God's Word, the bread capable of giving life to all mankind.

Through his triumph over the first temptation, Jesus met the condition
for again establishing himself as the true incarnation of the stones
which had been lost to Satan in the wilderness because of the
faithlessness of the chosen people.  In other words, by overcoming
this temptation (from the position of John the Baptist), Jesus
symbolically restored the position of the Messiah, the model of the
perfect person.  Through doing this, Jesus established the foundation
for restoring God's First Blessing to man, the first step toward
accomplishing God's Purpose for the Creation.

                       b. The second temptation

In the second temptation, Satan set Jesus on the pinnacle of the
temple and said, "...'If you are the Son of God, throw yourself
down...'" (Mt 4:6).  Jesus referred to himself as a temple (Jn 2:19-
21) and believers are also called temples of God (1 Cor 3:16).
1 Corinthians 12:27 tells us that believers are members of the body of
Christ.  Therefore, we can understand that Jesus is the main temple
and the believers are the branch temples,  Satan's setting Jesus on
the pinnacle of the temple means that, as a result of Jesus' triumph
over the first temptation, Satan had to recognize Jesus' authority as
the master of the temple.  Satan's urging Jesus to throw himself down
from the top of the temple was not to test Jesus' ability to perform
miracles, but was to tempt him to give up his position as master of
the temple, to throw himself down and be as a fallen man, thus putting
an end to his restoring people as branch temples.  Just as Satan
dominated the world as its false master after causing Adam's fall
(2 Cor 4:4; Jn 12:31), Satan would have become the master of the
temple in place of Jesus, if Jesus (the Second Adam) had succumbed to
this temptation.

At this point, Jesus said, "'..."You shall not tempt the Lord your
God"'" (Mt 4:7).  Satan is a fallen angel; a true human being is to
have dominion over the angels.  Therefore, a fallen angel was
naturally supposed to be under Jesus' dominion.  Although Satan may
temporarily control the world as its false master, his attempt to
stand in the position of the lord of the temple was a non-Principle
act.  Satan, a fallen angel, should not have tried to tempt God.  Yet,
he did not by tempting Jesus, for when Jesus had triumphed over the

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first temptation, he had restored his position as a true person and
individual, and thus was the true temple and body of God.

Jesus' answer was a scolding to Satan for his non-Principle act, and
it meant that Satan should leave him and stop tempting God's
representative and true son.  Jesus was the main temple and the True
Father of mankind. By overcoming the second temptation, he established
the condition that would enable him to restore believers as branch
temples, that is, as his children.  Through overcoming this
temptation, Jesus established the foundation for restoring God's
Second Blessing to man, the second step toward fulfilling God's
Purpose for the Creation.

                        c. The third temptation

In the third temptation, Satan led Jesus to a very high mountain and
showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.  Then he
said, "...'All these I will give you, if you will fall down and
worship me'" (Mt 4:9).  Of course, in reality, there is no mountain
where all the kingdoms of the world can be seen.  Then, what does
Satan's leading Jesus to this very high mountain mean?

Because of his fall, Adam had lost his authority as lord of the
Creation and had come to be dominated by Satan; so Satan had naturally
become the ruler of the Creation in place of Adam (Rom 8:20).  God
sent Jesus to be the perfected Adam and, thus, the lord of the
Creation (God put all things in subjection under Christ (1 Cor 15:27). 
Satan knew this, and since Jesus had been victorious in the first and
second temptations, Satan had to place Jesus in the position of lord
of the Creation.  This was the significance of Jesus' being led to the
mountain where all the kingdoms of the world and their glory can be
seen.  Then, Satan tempted Jesus by offering to let Jesus be lord of
the Creation if Jesus would yield to him (Satan).  Satan wanted the
second Adam to yield to him as the first Adam had done in the Garden
of Eden.

Jesus replied, "'..."You shall worship the Lord your God and him only
shall you serve"'" (Mt 4:10).  Angels were created to be ministering
spirits (Heb 1:14), to worship and serve God.  Jesus' answer recalls
this principle that Satan, a fallen angel should worship and serve
God.  Naturally, in accordance with this principle, Satan should also
worship and serve Jesus, for Jesus was the temple of God.

By overcoming the first two temptations, Jesus had established the
foundation that would enable him to restore to man God's First and
Second Blessings.  On this foundation he also had to restore to man
God's Third Blessing, man's dominion over the Creation.  Although
Jesus might have gained all of the kingdoms of the world and their
glory if he had yielded to Satan, his purpose as the Messiah would not
have been fulfilled.  Jesus answered that although Satan was offering
him sovereignty over the Creation, he would not fall down and worship
Satan, for he (Jesus) was the temple of God.  Jesus' responses were
based on The Principle, and thus he was victorious. By overcoming the
third temptation, Jesus was able to meet the conditions for restoring
man's dominion over the Creation.  In other words, he established the
foundation for restoring to man God's Third Blessing.  Thus, through
enduring the forty-day fast and overcoming Satan's three temptations,


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Jesus, in place of John the Baptist, established the Foundation of
Faith.

                    B. The Foundation of Substance

Jesus' forty days of fasting and praying for the Foundation of Faith
and his triumph over Satan's temptations established Jesus as the
central person and Abel for the nation Foundation of Substance. 
Consequently, if the people of Israel, who were in the Cain position,
had believed, served, and obeyed Jesus, who was in the Abel position
substituting for John the Baptist, the nation Foundation of Substance
would have been established.  This Foundation of Substance and the
Foundation of Faith together would have constituted the Foundation for
the Messiah, and that would have enabled Jesus to shift from the
position of John the Baptist to the Messiah's position.

If Jesus had been able to secure this victorious foundation on earth,
then he would have been able to give total rebirth to mankind and he
would have been able to completely fulfill God's Purpose for the
Creation.  Therefore, Jesus revealed secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven
in his speaking and testified to himself through the performance of
miracles--all to make his people believe in him and obey him
(Jn 10:38).  Because it concerned the Foundation of Substance for the
national Foundation for the Messiah, it was very important for the
leaders of Judaism and the people to serve Jesus and follow his will,
since he was in the Abel position.  However, the leaders of the
people, such as the priests, the Levites, and the scribes, were in the
front ranks of those who became faithless toward Jesus.  The general
populace also fell into faithlessness and even began to slander Jesus. 
And even from the early stages of Jesus' ministry, the Pharisees
declared that he was a sinner (Jn 9:16,24), though he was actually
without fault.  On several occasions the people took up stones to
throw at Jesus, even though he was teaching them the truth (Jn 8:59;
10:31).  Jesus even had to take refuge for some time, because of the
people's conspiracies to kill him (Jn 7:1; 8:40).

Meanwhile, Satan, who had been defeated in the temptation, had
departed from Jesus "until an opportune time" (Lk 4:13).  Satan's
departure from Jesus until an opportune time implies that Satan did
not leave Jesus completely and would be able to come before Jesus
again.  Since Jesus had overcome Satan's tests, Satan could no longer
attack him directly; so Satan had to try to invade through the people,
and he centered on the leaders who had fallen into faithlessness,
finally focusing his efforts on Judas Iscariot. 1 Corinthians 2:8
says, "None of the rulers of this age understood this; for if they
had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory."  The people's
attitude toward Jesus went beyond simple ignorance about him.  They
developed a strong feeling of disbelief and distrust toward him, to
the point where they feared him and wanted to be rid of him, and they
crucified him.

Because of this faithlessness of the people, the Foundation of
Substance was not established.  Accordingly, the Foundation for the
Messiah was not established in the second course of the world-wide
restoration of Canaan.  Naturally, the second course of the world-wide
restoration of Canaan also failed.

     III. THE THIRD COURSE OF THE WORLD-WIDE RESTORATION OF CANAAN

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        A. The Spiritual Course of the World-wide Restoration 
                     of Canaan, Centered on Jesus

Because of the faithlessness of John the Baptist, the first course of
the world-wide restoration of Canaan had ended in failure.  Next,
Jesus, himself, had tried to establish the Foundation for the Messiah. 
However, because the people did not follow him. and especially because
his disciples became faithless, the second course of the world-wide
restoration of Canaan also failed.  Therefore, Jesus had to go the way
of the cross.  In John 3:14, Jesus says, "'And as Moses lifted up the
serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up....'" 
When the people with Moses were bitten by fiery serpents and began to
die, God directed Moses to raise up a bronze serpent in order to
provide a way for the people's salvation.  In the same way, when the
people at Jesus' time became faithless, God then had to ask Jesus to
go the way of the cross.

What is the meaning of the cross?  As was already explained in "The
Purpose of the Messiah," Jesus' messianic purpose was to complete the
dispensation for salvation, that is, to fulfill the Purpose of the
Creation.

Man was created with a physical self and a spirit self, and man fell
both physically and spiritually.  Thus the salvation should also be
for both the physical and the spiritual aspects of man.  When we say
that we absolutely believe in Jesus and we obey Jesus this means that
we are fulfilling the ideal of becoming one body with him.  Jesus
spoke of this when he compared himself to a vine and the believers to
branches (Jn 15:5), and when he said, "'In that day you will know that
I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you'" (Jn 14:20). 
Unfortunately, the people did not believe in Jesus and did not become
one with him.  As a result, God had to allow Satan to take the
physical body of Jesus to indemnify mankind's sin of faithlessness. 
Thus Jesus died on the cross.

Since Jesus is the root of life for all mankind, Satan's invasion of
Jesus' physical body means that even saints who believe in Jesus and
become one with him cannot avoid satanic invasion of their physical
bodies (Rom 7:22,23).  No matter how faithful believers may be, their
bodies are still within the realm of Stan's invasion.  Thus, they have
to pray constantly (1 Thess 5:17), and their children still have
Original Sin.

Because of the crucifixion, mankind lost the physical body of the
savior and thus lost its physical object of faith and could not
receive physical salvation.  Therefore, the third course of the world-
wide restoration of Canaan could not be started as a substantial
course on both the physical and the spiritual planes.  Instead, this
course of the world-wide restoration of Canaan was a spiritual one and
was centered on the resurrected Jesus.

                 1. The Spiritual Foundation of Faith

The central person responsible for establishing the spiritual
Foundation of Faith was the resurrected Jesus.  In fulfilling that
responsibility, he stood in John the Baptist's position.


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Although God let Satan take Jesus' body so that man's faithlessness
could be redeemed, the foundation for spiritual salvation was
established when God, using Jesus' absolute obedience as a foundation,
resurrected Jesus' spirit self and placed him in a position where
Satan could not invade.

Jesus said, "...'Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise
it up'" (Jn 2:19). He was obviously speaking of his own resurrection
in three days.  The resurrected Jesus became the central person for
establishing the spiritual Foundation of Faith.  During the forty days
following his resurrection, Jesus established the spiritual foundation
of separation from Satan.  This also established the spiritual
Foundation of Faith for the spiritual third course of the world-wide
restoration of Canaan.

Of course the resurrected Jesus was not the same as he was when he had
lived together with his disciples before his crucifixion.  He was
already a spirit person who transcended time and space and could not
be seen by means of normal physical sight (Lk 24:16).  For example: he
once suddenly appeared in a closed room where his disciples were
gathered (Jn 20:19); on another occasion he appeared at the sea coast
of Tiberia and was not immediately recognized by his disciples
(Jn 21:1-4); on still another occasion, he suddenly appeared before
two disciples on their way to Emmaus and accompanied them for a
considerable distance without their recognizing him (Lk 24:15,16).  As
a matter of fact, Mary, who was the first to encounter the resurrected
Jesus, was also unable to recognize him (Jn 20:14).  During the forty-
day period on earth following his resurrection, Jesus appeared to his
disciples transcending time and space, and thus established the
spiritual Foundation of Faith.

               2. The Spiritual Foundation of Substance

By establishing the Foundation of Faith, on the foundation of the
central person for establishing the spiritual Foundation of Substance,
that is to say, he also secured the spiritual Foundation of Power,
that is to say, he also secured the Spiritual Abel position.

God could no longer deal directly with the Jewish people, for they had
betrayed Jesus; so he needed a new Israel, that is a Second Israel
that would follow the resurrected Jesus with absolute faith.  The new
Israel, in the Cain position, had to absolutely believe in and obey
Jesus, the spiritual Abel, and thus establish the spiritual Foundation
of Substance.  Jesus made a great effort to establish the spiritual
Foundation of Substance, which would establish the resurrected new
chosen people who would unite with him in faith.

Acts 1:3 speaks of Jesus' disciples, saying, "To them he presented
himself alive after his passion by may proofs, appearing to them
during forty days, and speaking of the kingdom of God."  Jesus
gathered his disciples, who had scattered after they had lost their
faith, and appearing repeatedly before them, taught them to have
absolute faith in him as the Messiah.

     And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he
     interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things
     concerning himself.
                                                            (Lk 24:27)

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     And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven
     and on earth has been given to me.  Go therefore and make
     disciples of all nation, baptizing them in the name of the
     Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching
     them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am
     with you always, to the close of the age."
                                                         (Mt 28:18-20)

     And while staying with them he charged them not to depart
     from Jerusalem but to wait for the promise of the Father,
     which, he said, "You heard from me, for John baptized with
     water, but before many days you shall be baptized with the
     Holy Spirit."
                                                          (Acts 1:4,5)

Jesus performed many miracles (e.g., Jn 20:19; 21:6); he instilled
faith in the faithless Thomas (Jn 20:26-29); he made Peter pledge
absolute loyalty to him (Jn 21:15-18); and he taught his disciples to
be the roots of the new Israel.  The disciples gave their lives to
believe, serve and follow the resurrected Jesus, unlike the old way in
which they had only weakly believed in him.  Thus, they were able to
establish the spiritual Foundation of Substance.

              3. The Spiritual Foundation for the Messiah

The Foundation for the Messiah is actually the foundation upon which
the Messiah can save both physically and spiritually.  But the
resurrected Jesus, who was carrying out the mission of a spiritual
John the Baptist, could restore only the spiritual Foundation for the
Messiah (the Foundation for the Messiah in the spirit world), first
setting up the spiritual Foundation of Faith (the Foundation of Faith
in the spirit world) and then the spiritual Foundation of Substance
(the Foundation of Substance in the spirit world).  Jesus' original
mission was not to carry out the mission of John the Baptist.  Thus,
once he established the spiritual Foundation for the Messiah, he stood
as the spiritual Messiah.

No conditions for Satan's accusations exist in the realm of
resurrection which Jesus established (in accordance with the principle
of restoration through indemnity) by letting Satan take his life. 
Thus, the Foundation of Faith that the resurrected Jesus established
on the spiritual plane is not vulnerable to Satan's invasion.  The
spiritual Foundation of Substance, established by believing in Jesus
in one's own life, is therefore impregnable to Satan's spiritual
attack, and the spiritual Foundation for the Messiah is thus a sphere
which Satan cannot violate.

The most fundamental role of the Messiah is the role of the True
Father.  The resurrected Jesus became the spiritual True Father by
restoring the Holy Spirit.  The arrival of the Holy Spirit recorded in
the second chapter of Acts is the arrival of the spiritual True
Mother.  The resurrected Jesus, as the spiritual True Father, and the
Holy Spirit, as the spiritual True Mother, work together to give
spiritual rebirth to believers.  Therefore, anyone who believes in
Jesus and the Holy Spirit, who are the spiritual True Parents, and
spiritually grafts onto them stands on the spiritual Foundation for
the Messiah and will have spiritual salvation (Jn 3:16).

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Spiritual salvation means that believers are restored only as God's
spiritual children, through spiritual parents; that is to say, only a
spiritual Canaan is restored.  Thus, Christians can only receive the
benefit of the establishment of the spiritual canaan, and can still
have their physical bodies invaded by Satan, just as Jesus, man's
mediator, had his body invaded by Satan.  As a result, Original Sin
still remains within man (Rom 7:25).

The Messiah must come again in order to complete salvation and restore
the substantial Canaan where man can be restored both spiritually and
physically as the true children of God.  The Israelites, centered on
Moses, spiritually entered Canaan; the second generation Israelites,
centered on Joshua, substantially entered the national Canaan. (This
is explained in "Moses in the Dispensation for Restoration.") 
Likewise, Christians, centered on Jesus, established the spiritual
Canaan world-wide; and at the Second Coming, the Messiah, like Joshua,
will lead Christians to establish the substantial world-wide Canaan.

       B. The Substantial Course of the World-wide Restoration 
          of Canaan Centered on the Lord of the Second Coming

If, at the Second Coming, those with the mission of John the Baptist
fail to fulfill their missions, the Lord of the Second Coming himself
will have to assume the role of John the Baptist and establish the
Foundation of Faith for the substantial phase of the third world-wide
course to Canaan.  However difficult a way the Lord of the Second
Coming may walk, devout people will gather around him, absolutely
believing in and serving him, establishing the Foundation of Substance
in the substantial phase of the third world-wide course to Canaan.

The Lord of the Second Coming must come in order to restore all
mankind into God's direct lineage, as God's children.  Consequently,
he must be born on earth, in the flesh, just as Jesus was.  He must
restore, through indemnity, the tearful course that Jesus had to
tread, and, on the basis of the substantial Foundation for the
Messiah, he must engraft all mankind both spiritually and physically. 
Mankind will then finally be in God's direct lineage, having the
Original Sin removed through the Lord of the Second Coming.

The spiritual phase of the third world-wide course to Canaan, which
began with the spiritual Foundation for the Messiah, has expanded its
territory to a global level over the last two thousand years.  Just as
Joshua succeeded Moses' mission and completed the national course to
Canaan, so also the Lord of the Second Coming will complete the
establishment of the Kingdom of Heaven by completing, on a physical
level, the third world-wide course to Canaan which began centered on
Jesus.

Just as Jesus walked the bitter path of the spiritual restoration as a
result of the disbelief of the chosen people of Israel, so also the
Lord of the Second Coming will experience similar tribulation if and
when the Second Israel, the Christians, fall into disbelief.  And just
as Jesus had to abandon the First Israel and begin a new course,
centered on the Christians as the Second Israel, so also, if the Lord
of the Second Coming experiences rejection by the Christians, he will
begin a Third Israel.