Chapter 21- 7+7+7=21…The 21st Century is the
Age of Spirituality, Holy Marriage Blessing, Education and more than we can now
imagine...
Just like
a man and a woman take three 7-year periods of development, then at reaching
the age of 21, they likely are beginning their marriage life, beginning and
building their family.
Rudolph Steiner has expressed
this using astrology.
http://www.institute4learning.com/2012/08/07/the-stages-of-life-according-to-rudolf-steiner/
Interestingly
in terms of education, it is possible to look at Christian history expanding
upon mankind, in three 700-year periods; now reaching the 21st
Century.
*Spread
of Christianity in 21 Centuries.
Relatively
reflects three stages of growth in maturity.
*1st 7
Centuries-
by ‘word
of mouth’ and written scrolls.
*2nd
7 Centuries-
by
Universities of Higher Education, Scholars and Ministries using Sacred libraries.
*3rd 7
Centuries-
In the
hands of the common man, since the advent of the ‘printing press’…Now the 21st
century is in the making, the Holy ‘Interneted’
Kingdom of Heaven on Earth of Heavenly Parent and Cheon Il Guk.
Heavenly
Parent is King and True Parent!
21st
Century- The Holy Marriage Blessing expands rapidly in the world.
21st
Century-The East and The West meet throughout the world.
21st
Century-Religion and Science understand and support each other’s value; centered on God.
21st
Century- The rich and the poor are liberated from their prisons of limited
human experience.
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*Jesus 1st-7th centuries. ‘By
Word of Mouth’ and
extremely limited scrolls.
The Rise
of Christianity, the rise of the Catholic Church and The Orthodox Churches.
Influence throughout Europe and North Africa.
*From 7th century Ireland’s
Catholic Monasteries…
opened Europe’s major historical
Cathedral-University-Seminary centers of
learning, bringing them to a practical development by 14th
Century…read ‘How the Irish Saved Civilization’ by Catholic Theologian Thomas
Cahill which tells this story better than anywhere else.
thomascahill.com/books/how-the-irish-saved-civilization-tr
After the
fall of the Roman Empire and in the dark ages when all texts of past
civilizations were being burned by the Catholic Church, Irish Catholic
monasteries were trading with the Muslim world and buying all the captured
texts they could.
These
texts were magnificently copied and copied and copied to make Ireland ‘the
first Xerox Copier’ on the planet. On
that foundation and with the world’s ancient languages learned and saved, these
monks went and were called to open the great Universities of all Europe.
These
Monastic Scholars saved both internal and external knowledge from the burning
fires of the Church and by the 14th Century gave this world the
University’s with its records of History to use building the Western World,
with its sciences, the bride culture of Christianity, in search of ‘The Second
Coming and The Groom Culture of The East, with its Spirituality…
The time
of Marco Polo’s Adventures and The Mona Lisa’s portrait were just ways of
getting to know each other. Marco went to Asia and the Mona Lisa Portrait is a
painting of a woman born of western
heritage and eastern heritage. The parents were likely from families that
traded between the east and west.
*In The 1400’s Johann Gutenberg-Invented the ‘The Printing Press’; giving all mankind
the opportunity to read and study.
Then in the 15th Century, Johannes Gutenberg invented the
world’s first printing press and soon published the Bible; putting all
information into the hands of all people who could read
and soon began The Protestant Reformation, the Enlightenment, the development
of sciences in the western world and its division from religion.
In this
700 years period many people had to fight for the right to do that; overcoming
slavery, discrimination of women, work abuse of children, the poor and all
kinds of barriers were challenged and many overcome.
When Gutenberg
invented the printing press in 1445, he forever changed the lives
of people in Europe and, eventually, all over the world.
*The 21st
Century and ‘The Internet.’
21st
Century- The Holy Marriage Blessing expands rapidly in the world.
21st
Century-The East and The West meet throughout the world.
21st
Century-Religion and Science understand and support each other’s value; centred on God.
21st
Century- The rich and the poor are liberated from their prisons of limited
human experience.
In the 21st Century, the years 2020-2024 are a great turning point, ‘back to the Original Garden’ and a New Beginning with
Cheon Il Guk, the Sovereign Nation of Heavenly Parent on Earth in 2024 is absolutely to be by that time, according to combined Prophecies of the East and the West over the past 500 years.
“Number 2024 relates to
number 8 (2+0+2+4=8) and Number 8.”
“ • The age of war will be replaced by the age of peace (Isaiah 2:4).
• The age of scarcity, by the age of plenty (Amos 9:13).
• The age of hatred, by the age of love (1 Corinthians 13:4-13).
• The age of sin and evil, by the age of obedience and good (Revelation 22:14-15).
• The age of futility and corruption, by the age of liberty, glory (Romans 8:20- 21).
• The age of tyrants, by the age of leaders who are servants (Matthew 20:25-26).“
“Acts 3:19 calls the coming age the “times of refreshing”! Who could deny that this world is in desperate need of refreshing? Many inspiring biblical passages describe this coming age of utopia.”
“100 in Hebrew terms is The Power of ‘The Messiah in You’ to accomplish a task. Speaks of the Glory that results from His Grace.”
“ • The age of war will be replaced by the age of peace (Isaiah 2:4).
• The age of scarcity, by the age of plenty (Amos 9:13).
• The age of hatred, by the age of love (1 Corinthians 13:4-13).
• The age of sin and evil, by the age of obedience and good (Revelation 22:14-15).
• The age of futility and corruption, by the age of liberty, glory (Romans 8:20- 21).
• The age of tyrants, by the age of leaders who are servants (Matthew 20:25-26).“
“Acts 3:19 calls the coming age the “times of refreshing”! Who could deny that this world is in desperate need of refreshing? Many inspiring biblical passages describe this coming age of utopia.”
“100 in Hebrew terms is The Power of ‘The Messiah in You’ to accomplish a task. Speaks of the Glory that results from His Grace.”
There are increasing numbers of people that are
making improvements in their life.
We all are coming to be able to work out our
differences because of that and find True Parents.
This is an example:
‘21 Symptoms 😊 of Spiritual Awakening’.
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The End /The Beginning…
Every day shall be as Christmas!
Merry Christmas
Heavenly Parent!
Merry Christmas True
Parents!
Merry Christmas Jesus
and His Wife.
We Love You and Thank
You!
And
Happy God’s Day (New
Year) for all Eternity.
‘God’s Great Dance
Floor’
“You’ll never stop
loving us
No matter how far we run
You’ll never give up on us
All of heaven shouts let the future begin
Let the future begin
No matter how far we run
You’ll never give up on us
All of heaven shouts let the future begin
Let the future begin
I feel alive, I come alive
I am alive on God’s great dance floor”.
I am alive on God’s great dance floor”.
*
These words are the words of
Reverend Sun Myung Moon from His Auto-biography
The Ultimate Purpose of
Twenty-first-Century Religion
“The
twentieth century was a time of tremendous change. More happened in that
hundred-year period than during the past two thousand years. It was the
century when there were two world wars and when communism rose to great
strength and then disappeared. It was also the century when humanity turned its
back on God and buried itself in material things. What about the twenty-first century, then? Some say that advances
in science have proven that many religious beliefs are mere superstition and
irrelevant to the modern world. I contend, however, that the role of religion
will always be relevant as long as the spiritual aspect of human beings remains
a reality and a world of peace has not been established. What is the purpose of religion? It is to bring about God’s ideal
world. The reason religions evangelize is because they desire to increase
the number of citizens under God’s sovereignty. If everyone were to live under
God’s sovereignty, we would have a world of peace where there would be no war
or division. The ultimate destination of the path followed by religions should
be peace. God created this world out of
a desire for love and peace. If we
create division by insisting that our own religion is the only path to
salvation, we go against God’s desire. God wants everyone in the world to
work hard for peace, reconciliation, and coexistence. If people say that coming
to church creates division in their family, then I do not hesitate to tell them
that they should put their family first. Religion
is only a means to bring about God’s perfect world; it is not an end in itself.
Humankind’s destiny is to bring together all the points of view that are now
divided against each other. The
philosophy that will lead humanity in the future must be able to bring together
all religions and philosophies. The days have ended when one country stands
at the forefront and leads humanity. The era of nationalism (MEANING: selfish
power of one nation over another to their own advantage and disadvantage of the
other-NAZI’s) has also ended. If we
continue the era of people congregating together only by religion or race, then
humanity cannot avoid a repetition of war. The age of peace absolutely
cannot come unless we transcend cultural customs and traditions. No ideology,
philosophy, or religion that has influenced humanity in the past is capable of
bringing about the peace and unification that is needed for the future. We need
a new ideology and philosophy that goes beyond Buddhism, Christianity, and
Islam. For my entire life, I have called
on people until my voice is hoarse to transcend their religious factions and
even their religions. There are more than two hundred countries in the
world, and each has its own national borders. A border separates one country
from another, but countries separated by borders cannot endure eternally. Only
religion can overcome national borders. However, religions that should be
bringing people together have instead divided themselves into many factions
that are busy fighting each other. They have fallen into a selfish thought process
that puts their religion or faction first. They are oblivious to the fact that
the world has changed and a new era of selflessness has dawned. It will not be easy to tear down the
religious walls that have stood for thousands of years, but these walls must
come down if we are to advance into a world of peace. Religions and their
factions must stop their meaningless fighting, find a middle ground for their
differing opinions, and develop concrete ways to advance the world of peace.
For humanity to be happy in the future, material affluence alone will not be
sufficient. It is urgent that the struggles of modern ideologies, cultures, and
races be overcome through interreligious understanding and spiritual harmony.
All my life I have made the following appeals to the wide variety of religious
people I have met around the world: First,
respect the traditions of other religions and do everything you can to prevent
conflict and discord among religions. Second,
all religious communities should cooperate with each other to serve the world. Third, the leaders of all religions
should work together to develop a structure that will let us accomplish our
mutual mission of establishing world peace. The right eye is there for the left
eye, and the left for the sake of the right. The two eyes together exist for
the sake of the whole body. The same can be said for every other part of the
body. Nothing exists for its own sake. Religion,
too, does not exist for its own sake but for the sake of love and peace.
Once world peace is accomplished, there will be no further need for religion. The ultimate purpose of religion is to
bring about the reality of a human community filled with love and peace. This
is God’s Will. It is not easy to create an environment where people’s
hearts are filled with a craving for peace. Continuous education is the only solution. This is the reason that I devote myself to
projects in the field of education. We founded the Sunhwa Arts School even
before our church had developed enough to stand on its own. A school is a holy
place where truth is taught. What are the most important truths that should be
taught in school? The first is to know
God and recognize His existence in the world around us. The second is to know the fundamental origin of human beings, our
responsibilities, and how to fulfill our
responsibilities for the sake of the world. The third is to realize the purpose for the existence of human beings
and to then create an ideal world for that existence. These things can be
understood only after they have been taught with sincerity and dedication over
a long period. Education today is focused on creating a winner-take-all society
where those who finish first are rewarded with a monopoly on happiness. This is
not the right way to educate children. Education must be a means for creating a
world where all humanity can live well together. The philosophies and methods
of education that have dominated us until now must be changed to ones that let
us advance toward humanity’s common goals. If the United States were to educate
only for the sake of the United States, and Britain only for sake of Britain,
then humanity’s future would be dark. Educators must not teach how to live
selfishly but instead impart the wisdom needed to resolve the myriad social
problems we face today. The role of religious scholars is even more important. Religious scholars do not need to be
teaching complex theories and the superiority of their own religions. Instead,
they need to give their students the wisdom to love humanity and build a world
of peace. They need to teach the principle of selflessness. We cannot
expect a future of happiness for humanity if scholars do not take the lead in
teaching our descendants the principles of peace. Humanity is one brotherhood and sisterhood, and the world is one
family. The most important wisdom
needed by humankind comes from knowing God’s heart and His ideal. For this
reason, the role of religion continues to be important, especially in the
twenty-first century, when science and technology seem to be replacing the role
of religion in understanding how the universe operates. Religions around the world must understand the destination of the human
journey and immediately cease all major and minor struggles. They should not be
fighting for the purpose of protecting their own honor. Religions must pool
their wisdom and combine their energies and work diligently to build the ideal
world. They must forget the past struggles filled with hatred and work out
peaceful solutions. No matter how much we have done for world peace, there is
always more to be done. Religious people, whose mission is to lead humanity
into the ideal world, must not forget for a moment that truly their only
mission is to be apostles of peace.”
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