Short ACLC presentation

1. The Purpose of Creation: A Journey on the Path of True Human Freedom

3. The School of True Love

5. How can one know… …the invisible nature of the Creator?

6. Revelation: By Studying the Scriptures

7. “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God, created he him; male and female created he them.” Genesis 1: 27

8. The Dual Characteristics of God & the Creation -- Negativity Femininity + Positivity Masculinity “…male and female created he them.” Genesis 1: 27 Complementary Harmonious Universal

9. “Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created.” Genesis 5:2

10. The Pair System “But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; And they twain shall be one flesh.” Mark 10:6-8

11. “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge.” Psalms 19:1-2

12. Job 12:7-9 "But now ask the beasts, And let them teach you; And the birds of the heavens, And let them tell you. Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you; And let the fish of the sea declare to you. Who among all these does not know That the hand of the LORD has done this?”

13. Proverbs 6:6-8 “Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.”

14. Matthew 6:28-30 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

15. By Scientific Observation

16. How is the Principle of the Divine Nature of the Creator evident in all created beings?

17. The “Pair System” Stamen and Pistil

18. - + The Pair System Textbook of God’s Nature

24. 1 John 4:8 “He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.”

25. The "Pair System" in God's Creation

26. Creator Creation Parent Child Why a Pair System? Love Requires an Object Object Partner God as Subject The nature of God: “Our Father, which art in Heaven” Matthew 6:9 “Ye are the children of the Lord your God” Deut. 14:1

27. The Dual Characteristics of God & the Creation Body •Form •Energy External Form Mind •Intellect •Emotion •Will Internal Character “God is Love.” 1 John 4:16-17(original internal character)“God is a Spirit.” John 4:24(original external form) Complementary Harmonious Universal

28. Internal Character External Form The Dual Characteristics of God & the Creation Human Beings Animals Masculinity/ Femininity Male/ Female Spiritual Aspect Plants Minerals Instinct Plant Internal Nature God’s Nature Laws of Physics, Chemistry Molecules, Atoms, Particles Cell Body Movement Minerals Bodily Aspect Plants Male/ Female Masculinity/ Femininity Animals Human Beings Human beings, male and female, were designed together to be a microcosm of the universe and the direct object of God.

30. The Cause behind the Universe 1) Harmonious union of original masculinity and original femininity. Genesis 1: 27 (original parents) 2) Harmonious union of the original internal nature and the original external form.(having personality & power) 3) Subject partner of internal nature and masculinity towards the universe as object partner. (the invisible Creator & the visible creation)

31. What can we learn about the nature of God’s ideal for the family?

32. God’s Presence Matthew 18:19-20 “Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”

33. Give and Receive Action Origin--Source of Common Base, Source of Purpose, Source of Harmony, Source of Universal Prime Energy, etc. God Giving Precedes Division--separate manifestations of dual characteristics; primarily + or - , masculine or feminine. cause Object (reciprocator) Subject (initiator) Unity Centered On God and His Divine Purpose + - effect Giving is Reciprocated

34. Origin-Division-Union Action Origin--Source of Common Base, Source of Purpose, Source of Harmony, Source of Universal Prime Energy, etc. God Giving Precedes Division--separate manifestations of dual characteristics; primarily + or -, masculine or feminine. cause Object (reciprocator) Subject (initiator) Existence Action Multiplication + - effect Giving is Reciprocated

35. Four-Position Dynamic God's Creative Energy Origin Existence Action Multiplication Object Partner (reciprocator) Subject Partner (initiator) Division A Higher Dimension Union--combined qualities of subject and object partners and third object to the origin. Union

36. Four-Position Dynamic God's Creative Energy Origin Cl - Na+ Unity Action Multiplication Object Partner (reciprocator) Subject Partner (initiator) Division Greater atomic weight than the sum of its components!Crystalline structure! Union Union NaCl = salt

37. Four-Position Dynamic God's Creative Energy Origin Wife Husband Unity Action Multiplication Object Partner (reciprocator) Subject Partner (initiator) Division God’s presence and love extended! Union Union Children

38. The Pattern for the Realization of God’s Ideal of Creation The Four Position Foundation Origin Formation of the dynamic for God’s creative energy to realize a higher dimension Division Union

39. The Family: The School of Love We grow through 4 Realms of Heart Children’s Love Conjugal Love Brother/sister Love Parental Love

40. “And thou shalt love the Lord with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first and great commandment.” Mark 12:30 1) Children's Love God’s Position: the Source, the Heavenly Parent God Father Mother (Parents Position) (Parents Position) Child (Children’s Position)

41. 2) Brother & Sister Love “And the second is like it, namely this,‘Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself.’” Mark 12:31 God (Parents) True Sisterhood True Brotherhood God Child

42. God (Parents) Developing Heart of Love and Advancing Position in a Spiral of Maturity of Love True Husband True Wife True Sisterhood True Brotherhood True Child

43. “But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; And they twain shall be one flesh.” Mark 10:6-8 3) Husband-Wife Love God Husband Wife Union Child

44. Developing Parents’ Heart God (Parents) True Father True Mother True Husband True Wife True Sisterhood True Brotherhood True Child

45. “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son…” John 3:16 4) Parents' Love God Parents True Father True Mother Father's Love Mother's Love Child Child

46. Four-Position Dynamic God's Creative Energy Origin Husband Wife Object Partner (reciprocator) Subject Partner (initiator) Division Union Union Children

47. Three Objects Purpose (Position of being the initiator) Subject Object Union God Object Subject Union Union Subject Object God God Subject Object Union God Communion of the three object partners

48. God Subject Partner Object Partner Spherical dimension of existence Fulfillment of the three-object purpose Union

49. The Purpose of Creation

50. Love Beauty The Purpose of the Creation of the Universe Genesis 1: 4 - 31 “it is good” God Delight Creations Object Partners of Goodness

51. How is joy realized through the Creation? Ideal Substantiated God Joy! Subject Partner Object Partner Union

52. How is joy realized through the creation? Ideal Substantiated Joy! Nature reflected

53. Parents feel joy when their nature is reflected in their children.

54. The Cause behind the Universe 1)Harmonious union of original masculinity and original femininity. Genesis 1: 27 (original parents) 2) Harmonious union of the original internal nature and the original external form.(having personality & power) 3) Subject partner of internal nature and masculinity towards the universe as object partner. (the Invisible Creator & the visible Creation)

55. Reflecting the Nature of the Creator 1) Harmony of Internal Character and External Form 2) Harmony of Masculinity and Femininity 3) Harmony of True Subject-Object Relationship (personality & power) (original parents) (Creator &creation) Genesis 1:28“The Three Blessings”Genesis 9:1“Be fruitful, multiply and have dominion...”

57. True object of absolute love and joy for God

59. To move as “one” Can families move as “one” with God’s will at the center?

60. Can the Church move as one?

61. John 17:20-21 20Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; 21That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

62. “A new commandment…That you love one another.” John 13:34-35 ἁμαρτία = “miss the mark” James 4:17 “To him that knows good and does it not, to him it is sin.” “What do you have in your hand?”