< The Resurrection of Jesus and the Start of Spiritual Salvation:
An Analysis of the Principle of Restoration in Matthew 27:51 >
1. Quotation of D.P.
The Veil Was Torn in Two
When Jesus was crucified,
the curtain in the temple, which separated the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place,
was torn in two from top to bottom (Matthew 27:51).
This symbolizes that, through Jesus' crucifixion,
the providence of spiritual salvation was fulfilled,
opening the way for the spirit and flesh, or heaven and earth,
to communicate with each other.
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2. Understanding the Principle of Restoration of the Quoted Text.
Based on the Principle of Restoration,
I will briefly outline the process concerning the completion of the providence of restoration:
1. The event of the Messiah's crucifixion.
2. The three days in the tomb (a period of separation from Satan to begin the new path of spiritual restoration).
3. The spiritual resurrection of the Messiah's spirit body.
4. The completion of the spiritual foundation of faith to receive the spiritual Messiah (the 40-day period of the resurrected Jesus' spirit body's activities on earth).
5. The completion of the spiritual substantial foundation to receive the spiritual Messiah (gathering and re-educating the scattered disciples, unification with the resurrected Jesus' spirit body).
6. The completion of the foundation to receive the spiritual Messiah.
7. The manifestation of the resurrected Jesus as the spiritual Messiah.
8. The restoration history of the world through the substantial restoration of the Holy Spirit on earth and
the spiritual body of the Messiah in heaven.
9. The crucifixion of the Messiah, giving His body to Satan, and the resurrection, uniting His spirit body with believers’ faith, returning them to God's possession spiritually both on earth and in the spiritual world.
(The physical world on earth and the spiritual world in heaven: waiting in paradise, the antechamber to heaven until the gates of heaven open.)
10. The manifestation of the Second Coming Messiah to completely clear original sin in the physical body,
completing the restoration of both spirit and flesh
(direct dominion and perfection in the physical world on earth and the spiritual world in heaven).
The Spiritual Restoration Path of the Resurrected Jesus as the Spiritual Messiah
When compared to the quoted text:
The crucifixion of Jesus was a period of preparation for the start of the providence of restoration as the spiritual Messiah.
It was by no means the completion stage of the providence of restoration as the spiritual Messiah.
Therefore, the fact that the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom at the event of Jesus' crucifixion
signifies that the providence of restoration was not completed by Jesus' crucifixion.
Instead,
it was a symbolic event announcing the start of a new providence of spiritual restoration.
3. Conclusion.
The interpretation of the Bible verse:
"When Jesus was crucified, the curtain in the temple, which separated the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place,
was torn in two from top to bottom (Matthew 27:51),
signifying that through Jesus' crucifixion, the providence of spiritual salvation was fulfilled,
opening the way for the spirit and flesh, or heaven and earth, to communicate with each other."
Based on the Principle of Restoration explained above,
this interpretation has been found to be erroneous.
It should be explained as:
"The start of the providence of spiritual salvation"
rather than "the completion of the providence of restoration."