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God’s Work of Salvation is the Providence of Restoration

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Exposition of the Divine PrinciplePart 03 · Eschatology and Human History
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The sinful world brings humankind sorrow and causes God to grieve (Gen. 6:6). Would God abandon this world in its present misery? God intended to create a world of goodness and experience from it the utmost joy; yet due to the human Fall, the world came to be filled with sin and sorrow.

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If this sinful world were to continue forever in its present state, then God would be an impotent and ineffectual God who failed in His creation. Therefore, God will save this sinful world, by all means.

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To what extent should God save this world?

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He should save it completely. First, God must expel the evil power of Satan from this sinful world (Acts 26:18), thereby bringing it back to its original state prior to the Fall of the human ancestors. Salvation must then continue until the good purpose of creation is fulfilled and God’s direct dominion is established (Acts 3:21).

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To save a sick person is to restore him to the condition of health he had before the illness. To save a drowning person is to restore him to the state he was in before he fell in the water.

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Likewise, to save a person suffering under the yoke of sin means to restore him to his original, sinless state. In other words, God’s work of salvation is the providence of restoration (Acts 1:6); (Matt. 17:11).

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The human Fall was undoubtedly the result of human mistakes. Nevertheless, God also assumes some responsibility for the outcome because it was He who created human beings. Therefore, God has felt compelled to conduct the providence to correct this tragic outcome and to restore human beings to their true, original state.

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Furthermore, God created us to live eternally. This is because God, the eternal subject partner, wanted to share eternal joy with human beings as His object partners. Having endowed human beings with an eternal nature, God could not, by the laws of the Principle, simply annihilate them just because they fell. If He were to do that, He would be violating His own Principle of Creation. The only choice left to God is to save fallen people and restore them to the original, pure state in which He initially created them.

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When God created human beings, He promised to help us accomplish the three great blessings (Gen. 1:28). He declared through Isaiah, “I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass; I have purposed, and I will do it” (Isa. 46:11), meaning that despite the Fall, God has been working to fulfill His promise to us through the providence to restore these blessings. He sent Jesus to restore us to our original, ideal state, as we can discern from Jesus’ words to his disciples, “You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect” (Matt. 5:48).

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An original, ideal person is one with God and has realized a divine nature; thus, with reference to the purpose of creation, he is perfect as God is perfect.

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    Those Who Will Possess the Kingdom of Heaven of HopeSermon · 16 Dec 1956 · ¶ 127Now, since we seek the grace of Heaven and try to take over God's work and be in the place of God, centering on Jesus, God's Son, we must know why Satan has been fighting against…
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    God’s Providence of Restoration Is Complete RestorationSermon · 27 Mar 1960 · ¶ 17God’s work is a work of Restoration, and what sort of restoration does the work of Restoration require? It requires complete restoration,…
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    Inside God's StadiumSermon · 9 Aug 1959 · ¶ 6…of your conscience and your daily lives. All those who have ever lived have stood on the racetracks of God's providence of restoration.
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    Let Us Open Our Eyes Once More and Behold the SkySermon · 15 Feb 1959 · ¶ 95The 6,000-year course of God's providence of restoration has been an attempt to find one brave person who can remove the sorrow of being dragged about by the…
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    Let Us Become Someone Who Can Hold Jesus' Body and MournSermon · 13 Apr 1958 · ¶ 22…of Heaven and the historical heart of humanity is the crucial reason he could not fulfill the providence of the restoration of God.
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    Let Us Be Strong and Bold and Restore the Lost LandSermon · 23 Jun 1957 · ¶ 16When reflecting on God's providence of restoration, God established one person, Noah, after having endured a long 1,600 years since the fall of Adam and Eve.…
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    What Kind of Life Will I Leave Behind?Sermon · 27 Sep 1970 · ¶ 134…That is why he came to remain in the breast of every human being and left behind the content necessary for God’s Providence of Restoration. You must know that that place became a foundation of resurrection and is the place that has gathered up…
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    Restoration And BlessingSermon · 2 Feb 1969 · ¶ 61…position as new ancestors. And we have to restore Japan, Asia, and the rest of the world, thus developing God's providence of restoration on a worldwide level.
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    The Great Transitional Period Toward The Original WorldSermon · 1 May 1996 · ¶ 167…Son of all humanity and the True Parent and True King? It should have happened, but it did not; therefore, God's providence of restoration was destroyed.
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    The Proclamation of the Complete Testament Age - View of the Principle of the Providential History of SalvationSermon · 16 Apr 1996 · ¶ 49…God Himself as their Original Parent. Yet even though His sons and daughters serve Satan, God has worked for the Providence of Salvation. Because He is an absolute being, and His ideal of creation is also absolute, He has carried out the…
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    Our Responsibility In Becoming Children Of True ParentsSermon · 16 Feb 1997 · ¶ 111…enter into this portion of the world. Therefore, the whole world needs to be surrounded by God's love. The providence of salvation is the providence of restoration.
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    Personal Salvation and Collective SalvationSermon · 1 May 1997 · ¶ 62Where is the base for advancing God's providence of restoration from the individual level to the world?
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    Everybody Wants True LoveSermon · 20 Nov 1999 · ¶ 72God's providence of salvationboth has been a providence of restoration. Throughout human history, God has been working to restore True…
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    A Life Devoted to OthersBook chapter · ¶ 45…planned condition and order, God wages a dispensation for salvation. Thus, I have been teaching that God’s work of salvation is the work of restoration, which is synonymous with the work of re-creation. God’s purpose lies in the…
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    Bequeathing the Tradition of True LoveBook chapter · ¶ 25Thus, as I have been teaching, God’s work of salvation is the work of restoration, or synonymously, the work of re-creation. According to Heaven’s Will, religion…
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    God, Women, and World PeaceBook chapter · ¶ 40So the key to God’s work of salvation has always been to unite such divided sides, based on His ideal, to build a foundation on which to reclaim…
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    The Way to World PeaceBook chapter · ¶ 75In the final fulfillment of human history, therefore, God’s work of restoration is the restoration of True Parents first, liberating humanity from its orphan status.
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    Human History Is the History of the Providence of RestorationBook chapter · ¶ 1As clarified above, God’s work of salvation is the providence of restoration. Human history can be seen as the history of the providence through which…
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    The Providence of Restoration in Adam’s FamilyBook chapter · ¶ 1Even though the Fall resulted from human failure, God has felt responsible to save fallen humanity (cf. Eschatology 2.1). Therefore, God immediately began His providence to restore fallen people by having Adam’s family lay the…
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    The Providence of Restoration under the Leadership of MosesBook chapter · ¶ 57…made it possible for the Israelites to be liberated from Egypt. It foreshadowed that even when Jesus came, God’s work of salvation could not be accomplished unless the people underwent an internal circumcision.
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    The Conditions for RegistrationBook chapter · ¶ 17The returning Lord descends to earth to completely fulfill God’s providence of restoration, insofar as it remained unfulfilled by Jesus. In other words, he comes as the true, original human seed that…
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    True Parents and OurselvesSermon · 7 May 1972 · ¶ 7As an analogy of God's work to create the ideal world, we can look at the way rivers flow. From the mountains to the valleys, streams…
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    UnificationSermon · 9 Dec 1972 · ¶ 140…to Abel. By doing that alone, we can mold people back into their original form. That is something resembling God's work: fighting against Satan. He tried to get rid of Satan, remove Satan, who comes attacking God. By loving His…
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    Change Of Blood LineageSermon · 18 Jan 1973 · ¶ 89…you will have a clear picture of how there has been the removal of stained blood throughout human history—God's work through all the limited personages in the Bible. I can even give you all those things in a contracted form,…
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    6th God's DaySermon · 2 Jan 1973 · ¶ 62…things, you must be able to be harmonized with each other in strong oneness, having a new unified goal in God's providence of restoration. If you are disharmonized, just as the disciples of Jesus were, then you cannot expect anything to remain…
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    The Starting Point Of Good And EvilSermon · 25 May 1973 · ¶ 45If, in that case, you think of the urgency of God's providence of restoration and are desperate to witness to the people from that viewpoint, then it is good. It is good because you are…
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    God's Hope for ManSermon · 20 Oct 1973 · ¶ 125Since the fall of man, God's work has been the restoration of original goodness.
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    The Unification WaySermon · 21 Apr 1974 · ¶ 126…be obedient to Abel. By doing that alone, we can mold people back into the original form. That resembles God's work. He tried to get rid of Satan, who comes attacking even God.
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    Let Us Turn This Historical Moment Into a Great VictorySermon · 8 Sep 1974 · ¶ 103And you are making history. You are the chosen champions of God. We are the main actors and actresses for God's work. So somebody may spit at you, maybe someone will hit you, but you must smile at them and bless them. Be…
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    Let Us Establish The Kingdom Of Heaven!Sermon · 1 Jan 1975 · ¶ 16In the 6,000-year history of God's providence of restoration, the New Testament Age has been the middle period or growth stage on a worldwide scale. At the end of the…
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    The Day of the Victory of HeavenSermon · 4 Oct 1976 · ¶ 35…Him. Ever since the fall, it has been God's will that man be restored or recreated. That is the meaning of God's work of salvation.
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    The Benefit and Grace of This Time in HistorySermon · 19 Dec 1976 · ¶ 171You are the ultimate result of God's hard work for 6,000 years. Each one of you represents the resurrection of your ancestors, and through each of you,…
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    God's Will and ChristmasSermon · 25 Dec 1976 · ¶ 10That is the providence of God's salvation, or restoration. Throughout history, men have not been in a position to save themselves; salvation comes…
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    Interview With Reverend MoonAddress · 16 Oct 1977 · ¶ 231…light. The dispensation of God is a process of resurrection, so we look at resurrection as the process of restoration and salvation.
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    True Parents' Day From The Historical Point Of ViewSermon · 18 Apr 1977 · ¶ 73The work of restoration has been proceeding by the application of God's principle, and that formula of restoration will endure. It…
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    God's Preparation for Our Church, and Its Early DaysSermon · 1 Jan 1977 · ¶ 182God's work has been that of taking serious, drastic action to reverse the rush of human history toward its doom. I am…
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    Let Us Think Once MoreSermon · 12 Jun 1977 · ¶ 90Whatever you do, if your motivation is to improve the work of God and His Kingdom, then your actions are good, no matter how trivial or menial they may appear. Fundraising…
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    The Tradition of the Unification ChurchSermon · 11 Dec 1977 · ¶ 274…working for God. You once ate much good food in the world, but this time you want to eat solely to do God's work.
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    Resurrected Kingdom of GodSermon · 26 Mar 1978 · ¶ 346…their children and send them to college and so forth, but single men and women are beautifully prepared for God's work and ready to plunge into this life.
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    To the CrusadeSermon · 28 May 1978 · ¶ 27The work of salvation, the work of restoration of God, has started from such minds, those minds that are giving up the secular…

This book chapter refers to5

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    The Human FallBook chapter · from ¶ 7
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    JesusBook chapter · from ¶ 9
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    Acts 26:18Bible
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    Acts 3:21Bible
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    Acts 1:6Bible

Also in Part 03

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  1. 3.01The Completion of God’s Purpose of Creation4 min
  2. 3.02God’s Work of Salvation is the Providence of Restoration2 min
  3. 3.03The Goal of the Providence of Restoration1 min
  4. 3.04Human History Is the History of the Providence of Restoration9 min
  5. 3.05The Meaning of the Last Days12 min

Cite this book chapter

APA 7

Moon, S. M., Eu, H. W. (n.d.). God’s Work of Salvation is the Providence of Restoration [Book chapter]. True Parents Legacy Archive (J. Auror, Ed.). https://n2t.net/ark:/68749/gods-work-of-salvation-is-the-providence-of-restoration

MLA 9

Moon, Sun Myung. “God’s Work of Salvation is the Providence of Restoration.” True Parents Legacy Archive, https://n2t.net/ark:/68749/gods-work-of-salvation-is-the-providence-of-restoration.

Chicago 17

Moon, Sun Myung. “God’s Work of Salvation is the Providence of Restoration.” Book chapter, n.d. True Parents Legacy Archive. https://n2t.net/ark:/68749/gods-work-of-salvation-is-the-providence-of-restoration.

BibTeX

@misc{moon,
  author = {Sun Myung Moon and Hyo Won Eu},
  title = {God’s Work of Salvation is the Providence of Restoration},
  howpublished = {True Parents Legacy Archive},
  url = {https://n2t.net/ark:/68749/gods-work-of-salvation-is-the-providence-of-restoration},
  note = {Book chapter}
}
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Text bySun Myung Moon, Founder of the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity; Hyo Won Eu, The first president of the Unification Church of Korea and a key early disciple of Sun Myung Moon.
TranslationWorking translation from the Korean. Official editions are reproduced verbatim.
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