The Divine Principle is 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 a more systematic presentation 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"
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
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.” 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. 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. Then I was told, “You must
prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages and kings.”
John 16:25-29
“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. In that day,
you will ask in my name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your
behalf. No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and
have believed that I came from God. I came from the Father and entered the
world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father. Then
Jesus’ disciples said, “Now you are speaking clearly and without figures of
speech.
John 16:12-13
“I
have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. 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
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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