New Ideas from the Old Testament

As an individual, each one of us is a product of the history of the providence of restoration. Hence, the person who is to accomplish the purpose of history is none other than I, myself… To become such an historical victor, I must understand clearly the Heart of God when He worked with past prophets and saints, the original purpose for which God called them, and the details of the providential missions which He entrusted to them.

…The path which all past saints walked as they strove to fulfill God’s providential Will is the very path we must walk again today…. Herein lies the reason why we must study the Principle of Restoration in detail.

- Divine Principle: “The Providence of Restoration and I” Introduction to Restoration - http://www.tparents.org/Library/Unification/Books/Dp96/dp96-2-0.htm

‘When I looked at Father’s Bible, there were many lines and sentences in black and red and also many blots from tears Father shed.’ – Won Pil Kim

..and that would be the sweetest thing of all

Tev’ye: “If I Were A Rich Man” – from Fiddler on the Roof

Why I’m Interested in the Bible - Background - A Thirst for truth - Seminary and “drink deeply of the fountain” - After the seminary

New Ideas from The Old Testament

• Is the God of the OTA the same as the God of the NTA and the God of the CTA? • The continuity of scripture and revelation

Love God and Love your Neighbor

 “Hear, O Israel: The LORD  You shall not take our God is one LORD; and vengeance or bear any you shall love the LORD grudge against the sons your God with all your of your own people, but heart, and with all your you shall love your soul, and with all your neighbor as yourself. might.” — Lev. 19:18 – Dt. 6:4-5

God Desires Mercy not Sacrifice

I desired mercy and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God, rather than burnt offerings. But like Adam they transgressed the covenant; there they dealt faithlessly with me.

--Hosea 6:6-7

‘The sins of the fathers… ‘

I, the Lord your God, am a The child will not share the jealous God, punishing the guilt of the parent, nor will children for the sin of the the parent share the guilt of parents to the third and the child. The righteousness fourth generation of those of the righteous will be who hate me. credited to them, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against — Deut. 5:9 them. — Ezekiel 18:20

Even in the OTA, God liked ‘Exchange Marriages’

Abraham & Hagar Judah & Tamar Joseph & Asenath

In the OTA, sometimes God liked ‘Exchange Marriages’ Moses & Zipporah Boaz & Ruth Solomon and the Daughter of Pharaoh

God Blessed the Northern Kingdom Then Ahijah took hold of the new garment that he wore, and tore it into twelve pieces. And he said to Jeroboam, Take for yourself ten pieces, for thus says the LORD “You shall reign over all that your soul desires, and you shall be king over Israel. And if you will hearken to all that I command you… as David my servant did, I will be with you, and will build you an enduring house, as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.” — 2 Kings 11:31-39

Alternative Messianic Lineages?

Judah (David) Benjamin (Saul) Joseph (Jerobo’m) Judah’s relationship with Rachel’s sacrifice of her Joseph’s being sold into Tamar, and her giving life to him birth. His own slavery, his marriage to birth to Peres and Zerah, symbolic death and the high priest’s who reversed the rebirth under Joseph in daughter, and his position of Cain and Egypt. [The story of course of restoring Abel while still in the Hannah?] himself to the position of womb. a ruler.

David’s Three Main Wives

Michal Abigail Bathsheba Belonged to Saul. Saved Saved David from sin when First son died soon after birth. David’s life. Given to he planned to murder her Her second son Solomon was Paltiel. Later restored to husband. Became David’s blessed by the prophet David. wife. Kidnapped by Nathan and later became Amalekites and restored. king through Bathsheba’s influence.

The Prophet who failed to love Israel’s enemy When God saw how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened. But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry. He prayed to the LORD, “Isn’t this what I said, LORD, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish.’ But the LORD said: ‘should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left—and also many animals?”

The Psalms ‘Sing joyfully to the Lord, O you righteous ‘ It is fitting for the upright to praise him. ‘Praise the Lord with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre. ‘Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy.’

Conclusion… As an individual, each one of us is a product of the history of the providence of restoration. Hence, the person who is to accomplish the purpose of history is none other than I, myself… Herein lies the reason why we must study the Principle of Restoration in detail.