Divine Principle - 7) Christology - Section 3

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Section 3. Jesus and Fallen People

A fallen person has nothing of the value of a true person who has completed the purpose of creation. Rather, he has fallen to such a lowly status that he looks up to the angels, who were created to be his subordinates. On the other hand, because Jesus came with the full value of a true person who has completed the purpose of creation, “All things are put in subjection under him” (I Cor. 15:27).

A fallen person with original sin is stained with the condition through which Satan can attack him. On the other hand, Jesus, having no original sin, had no condition in himself for Satan to invade him. A fallen person cannot fathom the Will and Heart of God. At most, he can catch only a glimpse of them. In contrast, Jesus not only understood the Will and Heart of God thoroughly, he also experienced God’s Heart as his own reality in his daily life.

A person has virtually none of his original value as long as he remains in the fallen state. If, however, he were to be reborn spiritually and physically through Jesus, the True Parent, and become his good child cleansed of the original sin, he would be restored as a true person who has perfected the purpose of creation, like Jesus Christ himself. 

His relationship with Jesus would then be like the human relationship of a child with his parent. Even though their relationship will always maintain the vertical order of parent and child, their original values do not differ in the least.

Thus, Christ is the head of the church (Eph. 1:22), and we are his body and members (I Cor. 12:27). Jesus is the main temple, and we are the branch temples. Jesus is the vine, and we are the branches (John 15:5). We, the wild olive shoots, are to be engrafted with Jesus, the true olive tree (Rom. 11:17), before we can become true olive trees ourselves. Accordingly, Jesus called us “my friends” (John 15:14), and it is written that “when he appears we shall be like him” (I John 3:2). Jesus alone is the “first fruits,” but at his return, we who belong to Christ will be the next (I Cor. 15:23).