The Marriage of Jesus and
the Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown’s book, The Da Vinci Code, a Best Seller on the New York Times Bestseller’s list, has now reach over 60 million copies sold. The Movie, of the same name, has also been a Box Office smash. Why such a great success on the world stage? Because he purports a sexual liaison of the highest degree between Jesus and Mary Magdalene, one of his female followers, of whom the Bible informs us was possessed by demons (Lk.8:2), before Jesus liberated her. Brown, drawing on psuedepigraphic content in Gnostic writings, states that Jesus was married to Mary Magdelene, fathered children with her, and established a lineal descent which exists somewhere in France.
According to Brown, all this information was historically subdued because the Catholic Church strangled it in the cradle.
The issue of Jesus’ marriage is of interest to us above and beyond the assertions and
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The Divine Principle
The Divine Principle is God’s message of the Completed Testament age (Second Coming and new millennium) revealed through Rev. Sun Myung Moon (Jn. 16:13,25; Rev.10:10,11). Excerpts are cited from the Exposition of Divine Principle, HSA-UWC, 1996—English translation of the original Korean text.
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The Second Coming
God’s promise to send the Messiah to Israel was fulfilled through the birth and mission of Jesus (Lk.1:31-33). It was God’s hope that Jesus would be received by the Jews and, as a result, he would restore the long lost ideal of God, from creation - the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth.
Due to the rejection and crucifixion of
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Islam vs. Christianity,
Christianity vs. Islam
The historical conflicts initiated by Islam against Christianity, and Christianity against Islam have now emerged on the global stage. The grand prize: world dominance and influence by the victor.
Atheistic Communism, championed by the historical materialism of Marxism-Leninism, in its conflict with theistic world Democracy, met its demise, largely through internal decadence and the right timing of Heaven’s providence. Now, the world is experiencing another global struggle; this one, steeped in the religious traditions of the Abrahamic faiths. That is, the struggle of the sons and daughters of Sarah and Hagar, wife and concubine of Abraham, respectively (Gen.16).
Unbeknownst to many, military and political showdowns between these two groups of common paternal descent cannot resolve their mutual deep-seated resentment, anguish, grievance and historical disagreements.
What then is the answer? Many do not see one, some continue to await “the day of the Lord,” expecting a miraculous, otherworldly solution such as a “white-horse-mounted messiah who comes to destroy the enemies of peace with a sword protruding from his mouth.” (Rev.19:11-15).
However, the path that God has laid out for the resolution of brothers and sisters in conflict, is the path of loving one’s enemy.
The classic biblical model resulting in victory for God’s providence is the course for unity of Jacob and Esau (Gen.33). The path must be one of mutual forgiveness,
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Purposeful Design or
Chance Evolution?
Part 7: Solving the Mystery of Creation
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In the Unification view, a “Purpose of Creation” is inextricably connected to the Principle of Creation.
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The Purpose of Creation gives meaning to the vast reality of man and all things, and addresses both the internal and external dimensions of life. The question of the “Why” of existence cannot be wholesomely answered by science since it is limited only to the corporeal reality. The Unification Principle sees a teleological end to each individual entity and to the cosmos as a whole. It identifies two basic purposes: 1) a purpose of the individual; and 2), a purpose of the whole.
The purpose of the individual is realized through its many
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