Exposition of the Divine Principle
Exposition of the Divine Principle
From the Preface to Exposition of the Divine Principle:
"The text which you hold in your hands contains the Divine Principle, the teaching of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon. The earliest manuscript of the Divine Principle was lost in North Korea during the Korean War. Upon arriving as a refugee in Pusan, Reverend Moon wrote and dictated a manuscript called Wolli Wonbon (Original Text of the Divine Principle). He then guided Hyo Won Eu, the first president of the Unification Church of Korea, to prepare more systematic presentations of his teaching with biblical, historical and scientific illustrations. Reverend Moon gave President Eu special instruction regarding the content of these texts and then checked them over meticulously. These efforts resulted in Wolli Hesul (Explanation of the Divine Principle) published in 1957 and Wolli Kangron (Exposition of the Divine Principle) published in 1966. For the past thirty years, Wolli Kangron has been the text of Reverend Moon’s basic teaching. Exposition of the Divine Principle is the new authorized English translation of Wolli Kangron."
The Divine Principle Translation Committee, March 1996
Human search for truth and need of a new truth ...
Throughout history, fundamental questions about life and the universe have tormented human beings.
Revelation 10: 8-11
8 Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me once more: “Go, take the scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.” 9 So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, “Take it and eat it. It will turn your stomach sour, but ‘in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.’[a]” 10 I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it. It tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth,but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned sour. 11 Then I was told, “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages and kings.”
John 16:25-29
25 “Though I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father. 26 In that day you will ask in my name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf. 27 No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. 28 I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father. 29 Then Jesus’ disciples said, “Now you are speaking clearly and without figures of speech.
John 16:12-13
12 “I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. 13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth.He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.
Mark 2:22
22 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.”
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Colored Version of Divine Principle
Part One
Chapter 1, The Principle of Creation
Chapter 3, Eschatology and Human History
Chapter 4, The Messiah his Advent and the Purpose of His Second Coming
Part Two
Chapter 1, The Providence to Lay the Foundation for Restoration
Chapter 2, Moses and Jesus in the Providence of Restoration
Chapter 3, The Periods in Providential History and the Determination of Their Lengths
Chapter 4, The Parallels between the Two Ages in the Providence of Restoration
Chapter 5, The Period of Preparation for the Second Advent of the Messiah