An Overview of Unification Principle Providential History God

An Overview of Unification Principle Providential History

God has to start at one point If there is no success at one level, He expands the number of people He works with family nation world

Expansion of the Foundation for true parents (messiah) God’s blessing goes from Abel to Cain Satan God Adam Cain Abel Lineage: Law –> heart : purification Seth Noah Ham Japheth Shem Abram Ishmael Family Isaac Esau Jacob 10 sons 2 sons (Joseph) God’s promise to Ishmael’s descendants fulfilled later Inheriting the F/F Making the F/S

At the time of the Hebrew slavery in Egypt, God eventually had to create a nation of people, to be able to stand up for Him amidst other nations Rameses II at Luxor 1200 BC Pyramids at Giza 1000 -2500 BC family nation Abraham world Israelites 1000 BC

400 Slavery in Egypt – Abraham/Jacob 12 sons, 70 Kinsmen – – – Abraham’s failure → 400 yrs slavery Separation from Satan: • • • Circumcision Sacrifices Sabbath 3 miracles 10 calamities ↓ Subjugation of Pharoah ↓ Land of Canaan Moses Old Testament ↓ Tabernacle ↓ Messiah Moses initially protected by Arab farmer, Jethro, and married Zipporah; because of prolongation – reconciliation between Hebrews and Arabs never took place

Expansion of the Foundation for true parents (messiah) Family Tribe Tabernacle Jacob 10 sons F/S F/F 2 sons 2 tribes (Joseph) 10 tribes Moses F/S 2 tribes 10 tribes F/F Joshua F/S

400 Period of Judges – Israelite feudal society 15 Judges Multiple functions: Prophet Chief priest i. e. secular + spiritual King – – Israelites took over Canaan Confusion of faiths with Canaanite tribes Saul ordained ↑ Samuel Divided function → Prophet, Chief priest, King

120 United Kingdom – Ideal of tabernacle → Ideal of temple (image of messiah) • Should establish F/M: F/F: Kings successful reigns F/S: Abel: King, Cain: Prophet, Chief priest – – Saul – David – Solomon (120 yrs) Solomon and Queen of Sheba could have brought two lines of Abraham together, but because of corruption of Solomon’s faith, it never happened.

Expansion of the Foundation for true parents (messiah) Family Tribe Tabernacle Jacob 10 sons F/S Nation (Israel) Temple F/F 2 sons 2 tribes (Joseph) 10 tribes Moses F/S 2 tribes 10 tribes F/F prophet Joshua F/S King Chief priest 2 tribes 10 tribes F/S

One nation ready. The King just needed to revere the temple, and unite with the prophet and chief priest family nation Isaac world Israelites

400 Divided Kingdom of North and South 605 BC – Cain: Northern Kingdom (Israel: 10 tribes under Jeroboam) 9 royal families changed by assassination: 19 unrighteous kings – Abel: Southern Kingdom (Judah: 2 tribes under Rehoboam (S’s son) 1 dynasty, 20 kings, many righteous) • Attempted internal reformation by 4 major, 12 minor prophets – (e. g. Elijah), refused to reform • External chastisement – 727 BC Assyrians → North, 605 BC Babylonians → South

Expansion of the Foundation for true parents (messiah) Family Tribe Tabernacle Jacob 10 sons F/S Nation (Israel) Temple F/F 2 sons 2 tribes (Joseph) 10 tribes Moses F/S 2 tribes 10 tribes King Chief priest F/F prophet F/S Joshua F/S 2 tribes 10 tribes Note: continuous failure of Jacob’s line to avoid corruption of faith – this necessitates restoration of that failure on the next level up Israel (N) 10 tribes Elijah Judah(S) 2 tribes

210 Jewish Exile and Return – – 605 BC King Jehoaichin , Daniel, Ezekiel, Priests, captured by Nebuchadnezzar After ~70 years King Cyrus of Persia invaded Babylon • • Royal decree Israelites repented, and returned over 140 years Restored the temple Malachi brought about reform of faith (messianic prophecies) Israelites prepared for 400 years for true parents (messiah)

539 BC King Cyrus conquered Babylonians. Jews started their return to Judea in Palestine, and rebuilt Temple. Became an independent state after a lot of oppression in ~63 BC. Re-establishing nationhood family nation Isaac world Israelites

400 Preparation for true parents (messiah) – – – Malachi – reformer of faith Israelites external hardships at hands of Persia, Greece, Egypt, Syria and Rome The Axial period: – – – Buddhism (India) Gautama Buddha (565 -485 BC) Confucianism (552 -479 BC) Socrates (Greece) (470 -399 BC) Scientific method, maths, architecture, machines Roman empire, communications

At time of Jesus, one nation almost ready. God needed someone to restore Elijah’s mission and bring people to Jesus, this was the prophecy of Malachi. family nation Isaac world Israelites

Expansion of the Foundation for true parents (messiah) 1 st world-wide course 2 nd world-wide course Jesus God John Israelites F/S Jesus Israelites F/S John the Baptist didn’t fulfil his role as Elijah. (Mal 4: 5, 6); (Matt 11: 11) Jesus then gathered his own disciples, but they fled.

Satan’s false love Satan Adam Cain God Eve Children Family False Parents Abel Tribe Nation World (Kingdom of Heaven on Earth) Abel

God Adam God’s true parental love Eve True Parents Children Family Tribe Nation World (Kingdom of Heaven on Earth)

Expansion of the Foundation for true parents (messiah) 1 st world-wide course 2 nd world-wide course Jesus God John Israelites F/S God Jesus Israelites F/S 3 rd world-wide course (Christian) Disciples F/S resurrected Jesus Finally through his resurrection he made the F/S But this was not the original plan; he came to find a bride and create a new lineage. But the Israelites suffered a heavy price - in the AD 66 -73 uprising the temple was destroyed; beginning of total destruction of Palestine.

Through Jesus’ death on the cross, Jesus created spiritual realm where God could work freely with Christians on the world level. Whole 2000 year providence from Abraham had to be repeated, with Christians as the chosen people By the end of AD 2000, Christians on the world level needed to receive true parents (the messiah). family nation world Christians

God has to start at one point If there is no success at one level, He expands the number of people He works with First, re-establishing nationhood all over again family nation world

400 Slavery in Egypt – Abraham/Jacob 12 sons, 70 Kinsmen – – Abraham’s failure → 400 yrs slavery Separation from Satan: • • • Circumcision Sacrifices Sabbath 3 miracles 10 calamities ↓ Subjugation of Pharoah ↓ Land of Canaan Moses Old Testament ↓ Tabernacle ↓ Messiah 400 Persecution under Roman Empire – Jesus 12 apostles, 70 Kinsmen – – Theodosius I decree against paganism 392 Constantine recognised Christianity 313 Jesus’ crucifixion → 400 yrs persecution Separation from Satan: Sacraments of • Baptism • Communion • Sabbath Spiritual Augustine reformation (City of God) (Word) New Testament ↓ ↓ 392 State Church religion ↓ ↓ 2 nd Messiah Spiritual Canaan Rome sacked by Visigoths 410

Expansion of the Foundation for true parents (messiah) Family Tribe God Disciples F/S F/F Jesus resurrected Jesus F/F Patriarch Church F/S

400 Period of Judges – Saul Israelite feudal society 15 Judges Multiple functions: Prophet Chief priest i. e. secular + spiritual King – – ordained ↑ Israelites took over Canaan Confusion of faiths with Canaanite tribes Samuel Divided function → Prophet, Chief priest, King 400 Christian Churches Under the Patriarchal System – Christian feudal society Patriarchs Multiple functions: Monastic i. e. secular Pope + spiritual King – – – Rome, Antioch, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Alexandria Christianity went to the occupying Germanic tribes Confusion of faiths with Germanic tribes 570 Mohammed sent to prepare the Ishmaelites, by 632 a national foundation had been laid. Charlemagne (800) crowned ↑ Pope Leo III Divided function → Monasteries, Pope, King

120 United Kingdom – Ideal of tabernacle → Ideal of temple (image of messiah) • Should establish F/M: F/F: Kings successful reigns F/S: Abel: King, Cain: Prophet, Chief priest – Saul – David – Solomon (120 yrs) 120 Christian Kingdom – Charlemagne: Christian ideal (Augustine City of God) → Christian Kingdom (image of messiah (king of kings) ) • – – Should establish F/M: F/F: Kings successful reign F/S: Abel: King, Cain: Monasteries, Pope • By 800 the United Islamic Empire was at its zenith under the Abbasids. • Charlemagne made overtures to Harun Al Rashid, Caliph in Baghdad, but, too much corruption in the Christian church by then Position of Pope → conflict between Rome and other Sees; complete break by 1054 AD. Disunity in the kingdom; after 120 yrs grandsons divided it into 3 domains E, W Franks and Italy, which became 2 blocs: the E and W Franks

Expansion of the Foundation for true parents (messiah) Family Tribe Nation (“City of God”) God Disciples F/S God F/F resurrected Jesus Patriarch Church F/S F/F King Pope monastics Church F/S

One “nation” almost ready. The King just needed to live Godly life, love God and unite with the monastics and Pope family nation world Christians

400 Divided Kingdom of North and South 605 BC – Cain: Northern Kingdom (Israel: 10 tribes under Jeroboam) 9 royal families changed by assassination: 19 unrighteous kings – Abel: Southern Kingdom (Judah: 2 tribes under Rehoboam (S’s son) 1 dynasty, 20 kings, many righteous) • Attempted internal reformation by 4 major, 12 minor prophets – (e. g. Elijah), refused to reform • External chastisement – 727 BC Assyrians → North, 605 BC Babylonians → South 400 Divided Kingdom of East and West – – Cain: West Franks Abel: East Franks + Italy (flourished under Otto I – known as the Holy Roman Empire) – Ecclesiastic conflicts; Popes in Rome encouraged ecclesiastics in West to go on crusades – on way destroyed Jewish communities, captured Constantinople, defiled St. Sophia: spiritual corruption and decline • Attempted internal reformation by monastics Thomas Aquinas, St Francis went to see Pope. • External chastisement – 8 Crusades defeated many times

Expansion of the Foundation for true parents (messiah) Family Tribe Nation (“City of God”) God Disciples F/S God F/F resurrected Jesus Patriarch Church F/S F/F King Pope monastics F/S Church “Nation” W. Franks E. Franks Francis, Aquinas

210 Jewish Exile and Return – – King Jehoaichin , Daniel, Ezekiel, Priests, captured by Nebuchadnezzar After ~70 years King Cyrus of Persia invaded Babylon • • Royal decree Israelites repented, and returned over 140 years Restored the temple Malachi brought about reform of faith (messianic prophecies) Israelites prepared for 400 years for true parents (messiah) 605 BC 210 Papal Exile and Return – – Authority of papacy declined after crusades 1309 King Philip IV arranged election of Pope Clement V, moved papacy to Avignon, where it remained for 70 years. (sometimes termed as the Babylonian exile of the Pope) – – 1377 Pope Gregory XI returned the papal residence to Rome. Further period of confusion and disunity (the Great Schism). Three popes vying for universal recognition at one point. Council of Constance (1414 -1417) sought to resolve key issues Led to protestant reformation Martin Luther 1517

Great Schism. Council of Constance. Reformation: Martin Luther, Counter reformation family nation world Christians

400 Preparation for true parents (messiah) – – – Malachi – reformer of faith Israelites external hardships at hands of Persia, Greece, Egypt, Syria and Rome The Axial period: – – – Buddhism (India) Gautama Buddha (565 -485 BC) Confucianism (552 -479 BC) Socrates (Greece) (470 -399 BC) Scientific method, maths, architecture, machines Roman empire, communications 400 Preparation for true parents (messiah) – – – Martin Luther (1517) – reformer of faith. Counter-reformation Christians internal tribulations: challenges from Humanism, secularism, freedom of faith. The renaissance: – – 1517 Politics, economy, culture, science, transport, language, communications Christianity expanded onto world level: Portugese Jesuits, Spanish Catholics, British Anglican, protestants : Dutch, Belgiums, etc 1917

By the end of AD 2000, after a 400 year period of preparation, Christians on the world level should be ready to receive true parents (the messiah). family nation world Christians

1930 400 Slavery in Egypt 400 Period of Judges 120 400 The United Divided Kingdom of N&S 400 Preparation Jewish Captivity & for true parents Return (messiah) Persecution under Rome Patriarchal System The Christian Kingdom Papal Captivity & Return Divided Kingdom of E&W 210 1517 Preparation for true parents (messiah)