True Families and the Family Pledge (107) Chapter two. Explanation of the Family Pledge Section 1. Explanation of Family Pledge Number One 1.5. Building the Kingdom of God on earth and in heaven
1.5.1. The starting point for the Kingdom of God on earth and in heaven is the family - 1
Adam’s family should have created a family of true love that was one with God’s ideal. Adam and Eve, our first ancestors, were created in the expectation that they would convey God’s will and love to the universe after becoming perfect as the substantial manifestations of God’s invisible characteristics.
Adam, Eve, and their children would have established the fundamental principle in their lives that all humanity could follow. Adam and Eve’s descendants were to attain unity of their minds and bodies, and thus become individuals who were one with God, couples united in families, and families with unity between the parents and the children.
In that way, they would have created a stable foundation that is full of freedom, peace, happiness, and hope throughout the earth. God’s ideal was that this model would not stay in the family or nation but spread out to the world and the entire universe.
The model of the Kingdom of Heaven realized in the family can spread out to the entire nation; the Kingdom of Heaven in the realm of a nation can spread out to the entire world; and the Kingdom of Heaven in the global realm can spread out to all of heaven and earth. (288-167, 1997.11.27) A person’s fundamental heart and character is formed in the family. The family is the starting point of love, character, and life. It is the fundamental basis.
We start our lives as children who are born on a family foundation through the love of our parents, and we are meant to grow to be husbands and wives, and then parents and grandparents, and perfect ourselves as beings of loving character that pass through all the different levels.
Ultimately, we go to the spirit world surrounded by the love and affection of our descendants. That is the principle of creation. Through families, history and nations come into existence and the ideal world begins. Without this, there is no meaning to life as an individual, and there is no continuation of the bloodline to other generations.
Therefore, the family is the fundamental base for human love and life which are more precious than and are superior to all values, ideologies, systems and organizations. (288-167, 1997.11.27) |