Principled Examination of the Concept of 'Incorporeal'

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The Concept of "Incorporeal" as Generally Explained in Educational Materials

in Relation to the "Incorporeal World" or the "Incorporeal God."

1. Quotations from Cheon Seong Gyeong and Divine Principle

*  Cheon Seong Gyeong:

Because God is incorporeal,

He is invisible even in the spirit world.

<Cheon Seong Gyeong, p. 685, left section, beginning of line 16 to the middle of line 17. >

*  Divine Principle:

When the spirit self and physical self fully unite in a perfect give-and-take action centered on God,

completing the Four Position Foundation,

the spirit self becomes a life spirit.

Such a spirit self can perceive all realities of the incorporeal world as they are.

<Divine Principle, p. 67, lower section, beginning of line 8 to the end of line 6.>

2. Understanding the Principle of Creation in the above quotations

*  Cheon Seong Gyeong :  God's spiritual essence is incorporeal and

therefore invisible in the spirit world.

*  Divine Principle :  A life spirit can perceive all realities of the incorporeal (spiritual) world

as they are.

A life spirit (perfected spirit self) can perceive the realities of the spiritual (incorporeal) world

as they are.

Although God exists as a spiritual being with form and shape,

due to humanity's fall,

humans' spiritual senses have become nonfunctional,

rendering God imperceptible.

Thus,

God is perceived as incorporeal.

Then God said,

'Let us make man in our image, in our likeness...' (Genesis 1:26)

So God created man in his own image,

in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them (Genesis 1:27)

When humans are fully restored and perfected,

their spiritual senses will also be restored and function normally.

Therefore,

they will be able to perceive the form, shape, and appearance of God,

who exists as a spiritual being.

This is the explanation of the concept according to the Principle.

3. Conclusion

The concept of "incorporeal" in the context of the "incorporeal world" or the "incorporeal God,"

as generally explained in educational materials, means that:

Due to humanity's fall,

the spiritual senses of humans have become nonfunctional,

rendering them unable to perceive spiritual realities.

Consequently,

until humanity is fully restored and perfected,

this state is temporarily and processually perceived as "incorporeal".