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Jesus And The Spirit World

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Jesus died bearing the cross while performing the mission of John the Baptist.

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Thus, he was unable to completely fulfill his mission as the son. From his death until now, he has been working to restore the archangel.

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After restoring the archangel, he must go the way of the son. In this way, he has been seeking to go the way of the servant and that of the adopted child. Jesus could not fulfill his mission as the legitimate Son. He went the way of the archangel, the way of the servant, and the way of the adopted son.

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Consequently, even those who believe in Jesus Christ can only become adopted children. They are in the same position as Cain, who is of a different lineage. A relationship that is not linked by blood remains in the archangel's position.

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Providential history until now has been that of a struggle to link the lineages.

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Jesus did not die on the cross as the son. If he had been in the position of the son having spirit and body unity, becoming a victorious offering to God, there would be no need for him to come again. He could not offer his total self.

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He could offer only half of himself. Furthermore, he lost his body and could offer only his spirit. This represents a level equivalent to the angelic realm in the spirit world.

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Therefore, Christians cannot enter Heaven but go instead to a spiritual realm lower than paradise and wait there. That spiritual realm is under the dominion of the archangel.

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To secure a victorious realm in the spirit world, that victorious realm must first be established on earth. This was the purpose of Jesus' coming and this is why Christianity must restore and establish the victorious realms in both the spirit world and on earth and inherit the realm of the archangel.

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That is the mission of Christianity. Because there has been no substantial perfection in Christianity, only spiritual perfection, Christianity emerged placing prime importance on the spirit world.

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The returning Lord must have the authority to subjugate the archangelic realm in the spirit world. If he does not, he cannot begin his mission on earth. He must come into the position to inherit all the spiritual realms under Jesus, who attained victory in the spirit world, in the same way that Jesus inherited the accomplishments of John the Baptist.

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Although John the Baptist had spiritually bequeathed everything to Jesus, John did not carry out his promise, and these realms became separated. Consequently, Christianity was established to rebuild that.

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APA 7

Moon, S. M. (1971, August 28). Jesus And The Spirit World [Sermon]. True Parents Legacy Archive (J. Auror, Ed.). https://n2t.net/ark:/68749/jesus-and-the-spirit-world

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Moon, Sun Myung. “Jesus And The Spirit World.” True Parents Legacy Archive, 28 Aug. 1971, https://n2t.net/ark:/68749/jesus-and-the-spirit-world.

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Moon, Sun Myung. “Jesus And The Spirit World.” Sermon, August 28, 1971. True Parents Legacy Archive. https://n2t.net/ark:/68749/jesus-and-the-spirit-world.

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@misc{moon1971,
  author = {Sun Myung Moon},
  title = {Jesus And The Spirit World},
  year = {1971},
  month = {aug},
  howpublished = {True Parents Legacy Archive},
  url = {https://n2t.net/ark:/68749/jesus-and-the-spirit-world},
  note = {Sermon}
}
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Text bySun Myung Moon, Founder of the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity
TranslationWorking translation from the Korean. Official editions are reproduced verbatim.
Editorial scopeTexts are not abridged or paraphrased. Paragraph numbers are stable for citation. Report an error