The Preparation for the Second Coming Part One
Jesus Second Coming Persecution In Rome Patriarchs United Kingdom Divided Kingdom Papal Captivity Preparation Preparation for the Second Coming
CainAbel Restoration History Israel Hebraism Esau Hellenism Jacob Greece-Rome Family Nation World
Hebraism Hellenism Internal Culture External Culture Religion Religion Faith Faith Duty Duty Piety Piety Science Science Reason Reason Rights Rights Humanism Humanism
Hebraism Hellenism Internal Freedom External Freedom The Freedom of the Original Mind wants to find and respond to the Messiah and build Kingdom of Heaven the Ideal World
CainAbel Restoration History Israel Hebraism (Internal) Esau Hellenism (External) Jacob Greece-Rome Abel-type Worldview Cain-type Worldview Family Nation
Abel Side Cain Side World Foundation for the Messiah United World
Preparation for the Messiah Hebraism – Jewish Culture Hellenism – Greco-Roman Culture 400 Preparation for the Second Coming New Hebraism – Reformation New Hellenism – Renaissance
Period of the Reformation and the Renaissance Period of the Conflict Between Religion and Ideologies Period of Maturing of Politics, Economy and Ideology FormationGrowthCompletion Preparation for the Second Coming (400 yrs)
God’s Work Through History The Ideal of the 3 Blessings
God’s Work Through History The Ideal of the 3 Blessings
God’s Work Renaissance Reformation The Ideal of the 3 Blessings
Renaissance Reformation Preparation for the Second Coming Reformation and Renaissance Cain- type view Abel- type view
► Intellectual Renewal ► Human value based on reason and creativity Renaissance Rebirth of Hellenism
Renaissance Arts: Michelangelo Science: Copernicus
Renaissance Arts: Science: Leonardo da Vinci
Renaissance Politics: Machiavelli Literature: Shakespeare
Renaissance Reformation Preparation for the Second Coming Reformation and Renaissance Cain- type view Abel- type view
► Reform of medieval church and dominance of the Papacy ► Restoration of Hebraism - recover the early Christian spirit to earnestly follow God’s will ► 14 century – Wycliffe - English Bible ► Response to Pope Leo X and indulgencies – Martin Luther 1517 The Abel Type World-view – Internal Freedom
Reformation Protestant: Luther
Reformation Protestant: Calvin
Reformation Protestant: Zwingli
Renaissance/Reformation Holland: Erasmus
Renaissance/Reformation Holland: William I
Counter-Reformation Catholic: Ignatius Loyola
The Council of Trent
Period of the Reformation and the Renaissance Period of the Conflict Between Religion and Ideologies Period of Maturing of Politics, Economy and Ideology FormationGrowthCompletion Preparation for the Second Coming (400 yrs)
RenaissanceEnlightenment Reformation Second Reformation Preparation for the Second Coming Conflict between religion and philosophies Reformation and Renaissance Cain- type view Abel- type view
► Truth through scientific method ► Questioning of values and doctrines ► Rejection of religious experience Enlightenment
Rationalism: deductive method Descartes Empiricism: inductive method Bacon
Enlightenment Scientific Method: Newton Social Contract: Locke
Enlightenment Voltaire Deism: Rousseau
► Overemphasis on human responsibility ► Disrespect for faith and religion ► Overemphasis on material life Tendency of Cain Type World view Resentment toward Abel
Dutch Enlightenment Pierre Bayle
Dutch Enlightenment Spinoza Astronomy; Eisinga
► Truth through personal religious experience ► Study and application of the Bible Second Reformation
Puritanism: Pietism: Phillipp Spener Mystical experience, religious passion and the inner life and individual piety
Second Reformation Methodism: John Wesley The Great Awakening: Jonathan Edwards
Second Reformation Idealism: the inherent and transcendent ‘spiritual awareness’ of the person integrates reason and experience Immanuel Kant Georg Friedrich Hegel Idealism: mind and spirit
Second Reformation Spiritualism: Emanuel Swedenborg
► Overemphasis on God’s responsibility ► Disrespect for reason and science ► Overemphasis on life after death Tendency of Abel Type World-view Arrogance toward Cain