The True Love Way: Peace Education for the 21st Century

"Jesus said, "You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires." 23(John 8:44)CEV|KJ|NI Since the Devil is identified as Satan, 24(Rev. 12:9)CEV|KJ|NI we can assert that human beings are descendants of Satan, the "ancient serpent" who tempted human beings. Through what circumstances did humankind become the descendants of the fallen angel, Satan? There was an illicit sexual relationship between the angel and the first ancestors. As the fruit of that relationship, all humanity is of the lineage of Satan. When St. Paul wrote, "we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies," 25(Rom. 8:23)CEV|KJ|NI he was acknowledging that we fallen people stem from the lineage of Satan, not the lineage of God. John the Baptist reproached the people, calling them "a brood of vipers," 26(Matt. 3:7)CEV|KJ|NI that is, children of Satan. Jesus sai...

I.       Introductory HDH Reading: “God is the great King of truth, goodness, trueness, and love. Did He exist from the beginning, or did He come into being? Even God has grown. We must know this. How can we know it? We can know it from the principle that causes everything that resembles God’s original nature to start as a small cell and grow. So what has made God grow? He has grown because of love, an absolute love wherein God is the subject partner of love and human beings are His object partners.” CSG p.2233, Rev Dr. Sun Myung Moon Figure 1: The historical search for God as the origin of Man has only led to religious diversity and global warfare   2.  My Reflection on the Origin of God: a. Religious diversity as the root cause of global conflicts: There are many views of God in the hearts and minds of human beings. This has led to a great diversity of views amongst the religious group. While we must respect all religions from...