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Creation: A Journey on the Path of True Human Freedom

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The Purpose of Creation: A Journey on the Path

of True Human Freedom

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Why Family?

The Basis for Divine PresenceThe School of True LoveThe Model for True Unity

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FOR EVERY EFFECT,THERE IS A CAUSE.

Am I my own first Cause; or am I a resultant Being?

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How can one know…

…the invisible natureof the Creator?

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Revelation:By Studying the Scriptures

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“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God, created he him; male and female created he them.”

Genesis 1: 27

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ComplementaryHarmonious

Universal

“…male and female created he them.” Genesis 1: 27

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“Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created.” Genesis 5:2

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Psalms 19:1-2

“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge.”

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Job 12:7-9 "But now ask the beasts, And let them teach you; And the birds of the heavens, And let them tell you. Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you; And let the fish of the sea declare to you. Who among all these does not know That the hand of the LORD has done this?”

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Proverbs 6:6-8“Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.”

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Matthew 6:28-30And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

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By Scientific Observation

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How is the Principle of the Divine Nature of the Creator evident in all

created beings?

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The “Pair System”The “Pair System”Stamen and PistilStamen and Pistil

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+ -

Textbook of God’s Nature

The Pair System

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1 John 4:8 “He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.”

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God as Subject

Object Partner

Creator Creation

Parent Child

The nature of God: “Our Father, which art in Heaven” Matthew 6:9 “Ye are the children of the Lord your God” Deut. 14:1

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Mind •Intellect •Emotion •Will

Body •Form •Energy

ComplementaryHarmonious

Universal

“God is Love.” 1 John 4:16-17 (original internal

character) “God is a Spirit.” John 4:24 (original external form)

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Human beings, male and female, were designed together to be a microcosm of the

universe and the direct object of God.

Laws of Physics, ChemistryMolecules, Atoms, Particles

Cell Body

Instinct

Movement

Spiritual Aspect

Bodily Aspect

Masculinity / Femininity

Masculinity / Femininity

God’s Nature

MineralsPlants

AnimalsHuman Beings

Plant Internal Nature

Male / Female

Male / Female

Internal Character

External Form

MineralsPlants

AnimalsHuman Beings

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Particle

Human

Atom

Molecule

Plant

Animal

Higher PurposeHumankind

God

The Family: Divine Design

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The Cause behind the Universe

1) Harmonious union of original masculinity and original femininity. Genesis 1: 27(original parents)

2) Harmonious union of the original internal nature and the original external form. (having personality & power)

3) Subject partner of internal nature and masculinity towards the universe as object partner.(the invisible Creator & the visible creation)

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What can we learn about the nature of God’s ideal

for the family?

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Matthew 18:19-20“Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”

God’s Presence

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Give and Receive Action

cause

effect

Origin--Source of Common Base, Source of Purpose, Source of Harmony, Source of Universal Prime Energy, etc.

Division--separate manifestations of dual characteristics; primarily + or - , masculine or feminine.

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Origin-Division-Union Action

cause

effect

Origin--Source of Common Base, Source of Purpose, Source of Harmony, Source of Universal Prime Energy, etc.

Division--separate manifestations of dual characteristics; primarily + or -, masculine or feminine.

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Four-Position Dynamic

Origin

Division

A Higher DimensionUnion--combined

qualities of subject and object partners and third object to the origin.

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Four-Position Dynamic

Origin

Division

Union

Greater atomic weight than the sum of its components! Crystalline structure!

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Four-Position Dynamic

Origin

Division

UnionGod’s presence and love extended!

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The Four Position Foundation

Formation of the dynamic for God’s creative energy to realize a higher dimension

The Pattern for the Realization of God’s Ideal of Creation

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We grow through 4 Realms of Heart

Children’s Love

Brother/sister Love

ConjugalLove

Parental Love

The Family: The School of Love

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God

Child

Father Mother (Parents Position)

(Children’s Position)

(Parents Position)

God’s Position: the Source, the Heavenly Parent

“And thou shalt love the Lord with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first and great commandment.” Mark 12:30

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God

Child

(Parents)

True Sisterhood

True Brotherhood

God

“And the second is like it, namely this,‘Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself.’”

Mark 12:31

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True Sisterhood

God (Parents)

True Brotherhood

True Husband

True Wife

True Child

Developing Heart of Love and Advancing Position in a Spiral of Maturity of Love

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God

UnionHusband Wife

Child

“But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; And they twain shall be one flesh.” Mark 10:6-8

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True Sisterhood

God (Parents)

True Brotherhood

True Husband

True Wife

True Child

True Mother

True Father

Developing Parents’ Heart

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GodParents

True Mother

True Father

Child

Child

“For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son…”

John 3:16

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Four-Position Dynamic

Origin

Division

Union

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Object SubjectUnion

Subject

Union

Object

Subject Object

Union

Subject Object Union

(Position of being the initiator)

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Spherical dimension of existence

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“it is good”

Love

Beauty

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Subject

Partner

Object

Partner

God

Union

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Parents feel joy when their nature is reflected in their

children.

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The Cause behind the Universe

1) Harmonious union of original masculinity and original femininity. Genesis 1: 27(original parents)

2) Harmonious union of the original internal nature and the original external form. (having personality & power)

3) Subject partner of internal nature and masculinity towards the universe as object partner.(the Invisible Creator & the visible Creation)

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Reflecting the Nature of the Creator

1) Harmony of Internal Character and External Form

2) Harmony of Masculinity and

Femininity

3) Harmony of True Subject-Object Relationship

(personality & power) (original parents) (Creator & creation)

Genesis 1:28 “The Three Blessings”

Genesis 9:1 “Be fruitful, multiply and have dominion...”

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Object of Goodness for the Joy of God

Families who fulfill the Ideal of Creation are a: Microcosm and center of harmony for the whole of the Creation True object of absolute love and joy for God Qualified co-creator of goodness through realizing the three Blessings

1) Personal Victory

2) Family Victory

3) True Ownership

Mind Body Husband Wife True Families

Creation

Child Ideal World

True Person

God God God

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The Purpose of CreationThe realization of the home of love

for you, for your eternal partner, and even for the Creator and Source of Love.

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To move as “one”

Can families move as “one” with God’s will at the center?

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Can the Church move as one?

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John 17:20-21

20Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; 21That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

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“A new commandment…That you love one another.” John 13:34-35

ἁμαρτία = “miss the mark”James 4:17 “To him that knows good and does it not, to him it is sin.”

“What do you have in your hand?”

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