The Preparation for the Second Coming Part One

The Preparation for the Second Coming Part One

Preparation for the Second Coming Persecution In Rome 400 Jesus United Kingdom Papal Captivity Divided Kingdom Patriarchs Preparation 400 120 400 210 400 Second Coming

Restoration History Abel Cain Jacob Esau Family Greece-Rome Nation World Israel Hebraism Hellenism

Hebraism Hellenism Internal Culture • Religion • Faith • Duty • Piety External Culture • Science • Reason • Rights • Humanism

Hebraism Hellenism Internal Freedom External Freedom The Freedom of the Original Mind wants to find and respond to the Messiah and build Kingdom of Heaven the Ideal World

Restoration History Abel Cain Jacob Esau Israel Hebraism (Internal) Greece-Rome Hellenism (External) Abel-type Worldview Cain-type Worldview Family Nation

World Foundation for the Messiah Abel Side Cain Side United World

400 120 400 210 400 Preparation for the Messiah Hebraism – Jewish Culture Hellenism – Greco-Roman Culture Preparation for the Second Coming New Hebraism – Reformation New Hellenism – Renaissance 400 120 400 210 400

Preparation for the Second Coming (400 yrs) 1517 -1648 -1789 -1918 Period of the Reformation and the Renaissance Period of the Conflict Between Religion and Ideologies Period of Maturing of Politics, Economy and Ideology Formation Growth Completion

The Ideal of the 3 Blessings God’s Work Through History

The Ideal of the 3 Blessings God’s Work Through History

Renaissance God’s Work Reformation The Ideal of the 3 Blessings

Preparation for the Second Coming Caintype view Renaissance Abeltype view Reformation and Renaissance

Renaissance Rebirth of Hellenism ► Intellectual Renewal ► Human value based on reason and creativity

Renaissance Arts: Michelangelo Science: Copernicus

Renaissance Arts: Leonardo da Vinci Science:

Renaissance Politics: Machiavelli Literature: Shakespeare

Preparation for the Second Coming Caintype view Renaissance Abeltype view Reformation and Renaissance

The Abel Type World-view – Internal Freedom ► Reform of medieval church and dominance of the Papacy ► Restoration of Hebraism - recover the early Christian spirit to earnestly follow God’s will ► 14 century – Wycliffe - English Bible ► Response to Pope Leo X and indulgencies – Martin Luther 1517

Reformation Protestant: Luther

Reformation Protestant: Calvin

Reformation Protestant: Zwingli

Counter-Reformation Catholic: Ignatius Loyola

Preparation for the Second Coming (400 yrs) 1517 -1648 -1789 -1918 Period of the Reformation and the Renaissance Period of the Conflict Between Religion and Ideologies Period of Maturing of Politics, Economy and Ideology Formation Growth Completion

Preparation for the Second Coming Caintype view Abeltype view Renaissance Enlightenment Reformation Second Reformation and Renaissance Conflict between religion and philosophies

Enlightenment ► Truth through scientific method ► Questioning of values and doctrines ► Rejection of religious experience

Enlightenment Rationalism: deductive method Descartes Empiricism: inductive method Bacon

Enlightenment Social Contract: Locke Scientific Method: Newton

Enlightenment Deism: Rousseau Voltaire

Tendency of Cain Type World view Resentment toward Abel ► Overemphasis on human responsibility ► Disrespect for faith and religion ► Overemphasis on material life

Second Reformation ► Truth through personal religious experience ► Study and application of the Bible

Second Reformation Puritanism: Mystical experience , religious passion and the inner life and individual piety Pietism: Phillipp Spener

Second Reformation Methodism: John Wesley The Great Awakening: Jonathan Edwards

Second Reformation Idealism: the inherent and transcendent ‘spiritual awareness’ of the person integrates reason and experience Immanuel Kant 1724 -1804 Idealism: mind and spirit Georg Friedrich Hegel 1770 -1831

Second Reformation Spiritualism: Emanuel Swedenborg 1688 -1772

Tendency of Abel Type World-view Arrogance toward Cain ► Overemphasis on God’s responsibility ► Disrespect for reason and science ► Overemphasis on life after death