Chapter 2
Secrets of God’s work of salvation
(Amos 3:7)
Principle behind God’s providence
Unable to discern the mysteries
Providential courses of Jacob and Moses
Jesus’ course
Section 1
The Model Courses
for bringing Satan
to submission
Model course for subjugating Satan
Jacob: Symbolic course
Moses: Image course
Jesus: Substantial course
Model course for
Israelites and Humanity
1.1 Why Jacob’s course and Moses Course were
setup as the models for Jesus’ course
Goal of the Providence of Restoration
Voluntary submission of Satan
God
Jacob
Moses
Symbol
Image
Jesus
Satan
People of
faith
Humanity
Section 2
The Providence of Restoration
under the leadership of Moses
2.1 Overview of the Providence led by Moses
2.1.1 The Foundation of Faith
God
Foundation
of faith
• Central figure: Moses
• Object for condition: God’s Word
Moses
• Indemnity period: dispensation of forty
1
Represent God
2
Prefigure Jesus
2.1.2 The Foundation of Substance
Age of the Foundation
for Restoration
Age of the Providence
of Restoration
God
God
Isaac
Jacob
Esau
Family Foundation
of substance
Moses
Israelites
National Foundation
of substance
2.1.3 The Foundation for the Messiah
God
=
National foundation for the Messiah
National
foundation
of faith
National foundation of substance
+
National foundation of faith
Moses
Israelites
National foundation
of substance
2.2 The National course to Restore Canaan
under the leadership of Moses
Moses course
Jesus’ course
Egypt
Lives of sin
Israelites
Christians
Miracles and signs
Miracles and signs
Red sea
Sea of evil
Wilderness
Desert
Canaan
Eden
Prolonged three times
Prolonged three times
2.2.1 The First National Course to Restore Canaan
2.2.1.1 The foundation of Faith
God
Foundation
of faith
Moses
• Central figure: Moses
• Object for condition: God’s Word
• Indemnity period: Forty years in
Pharaoh’s palace
Dispensation of forty
for separation from Satan
2.2.1.2 The foundation of Substance
God
Foundation
of substance
Abel
Moses
Cain
Israelites
National Indemnity condition
to remove fallen nature
Dispensation to start
2.2.1.3 The Failure of the First National Course
to restore Canaan
God
Moses killed Egyptian
Israelites misunderstood and speak ill of him
Pharaoh sought to kill Moses
Foundation
of substance
Moses
C
Israelites
Failure of dispensation to start
2.2 The Second National Course to Restore Canaan
2.2.2.1 The foundation of Faith
God
Foundation
of faith
Moses
• Central figure: Moses
• Object for condition: God’s Word
• Indemnity period: Forty years in Midiam
Dispensation of forty
for separation of Satan
2.2.2.2 The foundation of Substance
God
Foundation
of substance
Moses
Israelites
Success of dispensation to start
Three signs and ten plagues
God
Foundation
of substance
Moses
Israelites
Dispensation to start
Rameses
Three day journey
Succoth
Pillars of cloud and fire
Red sea
God
Foundation
of substance
Moses
Israelites
Dispensation to start
Rameses
Egypt
W. of sin
Manna and quail
Rephidim
Rock
Defeated Amelekites
2.2.2.3 The Providence of Restoration and the Tabernacle
First and second foundation for the Tabernacle
Wilderness of Sinai
•
•
•
•
Forty days twice
Instructions concerning Ark and Tabernacle
Two tablets of stone (Ten Commandments)
Constructed the tabernacle
2.2.2.3.1 The Significance and Purpose of the tablets
of stone, Tabernacle and Arc of the Covenant
Significance
Tabernacle
Tablets
Ark
Purpose
• Faithlessness of the Israelites
• Even Moses might act faithlessly
• Unchanging object of faith
The Third foundation for the Tabernacle
God
Foundation
of substance
Moses
X
Israelites
• 40 days spy mission
• Faithless reports
• Israelites murmured against Moses
2.2.1.4 The Failure of the Second National Course
to restore Canaan
God
Foundation
of substance
Moses
5
Israelites
Failure of first, second and third foundations for the Tabernacle
Failure of 21-month second wilderness course
Prolonged to 40-year third wilderness course
2.2.3 The Third National Course to Restore Canaan
2.2.3.1 The Foundation of Faith
God
Foundation
of faith
Moses
• Central figure: Moses
• Object for condition: Tabernacle
• Indemnity period: Forty years in
wilderness
Dispensation of forty
for separation of Satan
2.2.3.2 The Foundation of Substance
2.2.3.2.1 Foundation of Substance centering on Moses
God
Foundation
of substance
Moses
Israelites
Dispensation to start
based on the rock
Enter Canaan
Dispensation to start
God
Foundation
of substance
Moses
5
Israelites
Failure of dispensation to start
(Base on water and the rock)
• Israelites: murmuring
• Moses struck the rock twice
2.2.3.2.2 Foundation of Substance centering on Joshua
God
Foundation
of faith
Moses
Foundation
of substance
Younger
Israelites
Joshua
Success of dispensation to start
Spying out of Jericho: faithful report
Start
Entering Canaan
God
Moses
Foundation
of substance
Younger
Israelites
Joshua
Success of dispensation to start
Three day course
Jordan river
Gilgal
Jericho
Canaan
(Arc of covenant)
(12 stones)
(Defeated 31 kings)
2.2.3.3 The Foundation for the Messiah
5 of Messiah
Coming
God
Foundation for the Messiah: established
Foundation
of faith
Moses
(National)
Foundation of substance
Younger
Israelites
Joshua
Entering
Canaan
Section 3
The Providence of Restoration
under the leadership of Jesus
Course to subjugate Satan
God
Jacob
Symbolic
Family
Moses
Image
National
Jesus
Actual
Worldwide
Satan
3.1 The First Worldwide Course to Restore Canaan
3.1.1 The Foundation of Faith
God
Foundation
of faith
John
the Baptist
• Central figure: John the Baptist
• Object for condition: Faith and obedience
to Heaven
• Indemnity period: Life in the wilderness
Dispensation of forty
for separation of Satan
3.1.2 The Foundation of Substance
God
Foundation
of substance
John
the Baptist
Jewish
People
Success of dispensation to start
• John the Baptist : Miracles
• Jewish people: Believe and follow
3.1.3 The Failure of the First Worldwide Course to
Restore Canaan
Foundation for the Messiah: failed
God
Foundation
of substance
John
the Baptist
5
Left Abel’s Position
(doubted Jesus, denied his being Elijah
Jewish
People
Opposed Jesus
3.2 The Second Worldwide course to restore Canaan
3.2.1 The Foundation of Faith
3.2.1.1 Jesus Takes on the Mission of John the Baptist
God
Foundation
of faith
• Central figure: Jesus
• Object for condition: Forty-day fast
three temptations
• Indemnity period: Forty-day
Jesus
Took on John’s mission
3.2.1.3 The Result of the Forty-day Fast and
three Temptations
1
Restored through indemnity
-All that had been offered for Foundation of faith
- All the dispensations of forty for separation of Satan
2
Fulfillment of three Blessings
- and Restoration of the four positions foundation
3.2.2 The Foundation of Substance
Kingdom of Heaven on earth
Jesus: John the Baptist
God
Messiah
Foundation for the Messiah
Foundation of substance
Jewish
People
Jesus
Dispensation to start
John the Baptist
3.2.3 The Failure of the Second Worldwide Course to
Restore Canaan
Foundation for the Messiah: failed
God
Foundation of substance
Jesus
5
Disbelief (Judas Iscariot)
John the Baptist
Jewish
People
3.3 The Third Worldwide Course to Restore Canaan
3.3.1 The Spiritual Course to Restore Canaan under
Jesus Leadership
God
Second course
Jesus
Resurrected
Jesus
5
Jewish
people
Third course
Christians
Spiritual
Second
Advent
Third course
Believers
Spiritual and physical
3.3.1.1 The Spiritual Foundation of Faith
God
• Central figure: Resurrected Jesus
Foundation
of faith
• Object for condition: work of forty-day
resurrection
• Indemnity period: forty-day resurrection
Resurrected
Jesus
(Spiritual John the Baptist)
Spiritual dispensation of forty
for separation of Satan
3.3.1.2 The Spiritual Foundation of Substance
God
Foundation
of substance
Resurrected
Jesus
Believers
(John the Baptist)
Success of dispensation to start
Spiritual Foundation of Substance: restored
3.3.1.3 The Spiritual Foundation for the Messiah
Foundation for the Messiah: laid
Jesus: position of spiritual Messiah
Spiritual True Father
Spiritual True Mother
Spiritual
Messiah
Holy
Spirit
Believers
Spiritual Rebirth
3.3.1.4 The Restoration of Spiritual Canaan
Christians
Resurrected Jesus
Spirit
Body
Spiritual Salvation
Assaulted by Satan
Restoration
of spiritual Canaan
Separation of Satan
to prepare for the
Second Coming
3.3.2 The Course to Restore Substantial Canaan under the
Leadership of Christ at the Second Advent
Returning Christ
Born on
Earth
Third
Attempt
Democratic
Society
Realize the Heavenly Kingdom on Earth
God
The Relation of Kinship between
God and human Beings
Adam
Eve
Children
Completed Testament:
Direct linage
Return
Christ
New Testament:
Adopted Children
Jesus
Old Testament: Servants
Abraham
Before the Old Testament
Satan
Noah
Adam-Eve
Faith
Devotion
Servant of Servants
• Children of direct Lineage
• Family, clan, society, nation
world and cosmos
God
Heavenly
Kingdom
Foundation for the Messiah: laid
Foundation of substance
Returning
Christ
Dispensation to start
Take on mission
of John the Baptist
Believers
And
Humanity