[002] Words of Hak Ja Han Book 1 - Global Unity Through True Parents Part 1 : The Life of Hak Ja Han as True Mother 1) God’s Ideal of Creation and the Providence of Salvation 1. The ideal of creation and the Fall - 2
You have no idea with what great joy and excitement God created the entire universe, including Adam and Eve, following His Will. God intended to bless Adam and Eve after they had reached maturity.
It was His wish to complete the work of creation together with them. God commanded Adam and Eve not to eat of the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil and they had a responsibility to obey that commandment.
Once they had fulfilled their responsibility and achieved perfection, they would be qualified to stand in the same position as Him and have authority equal to His.
However, Adam and Eve failed to carry out His Will. That was the Fall. Even though it would have been easier to abandon them and start over by creating new human beings, God could not forsake these first human beings, whom He had created with an eternal nature. Because of these circumstances, the history of the providence of salvation has continued until now. (2006.07.01, Amman, Jordan) The Bible tells us that God created one man and one woman. God, however, was unable to achieve His ideal and His dream. You have already learned from the Divine Principle the reason why God, the omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent Creator of all things, was unable to interfere with the Fall of Adam and Eve.
His history has been a sorrowful one, for He could only carry out the providence to save fallen humanity indirectly. Even in this world, when one commits a crime, one is absolved only after serving one's time in prison or paying a fine.
Similarly, fallen people cannot come into the presence of God without indemnifying their sin through their own efforts. God's providence of restoration has had to go through such a sad process. (2006.08.04, Kingston, Jamaica) |