Ch. 3 Sec. 1, 3, &4
When a period of history repeats the events of a previous period, they are called ________
parallel providential periods
The conditions which add up in providential history due to the failures of central figures in fulfilling their responsibility are called _____.
Vertical indemnity conditions
In the Age of the Providence of Restoration, what happened during the first 400 years?
How long was the final period before Jesus came to the Earth?
400 years
Satan will have built an unprincipled world in a distorted image of the Kingdom (of Heaven of Earth) What is this world called?
Communist World
How long was the period of Israel's Exile and Return?
210
God chose Noah to shoulder the providence __(#)__ generations and __(#)__ years after Adam.
10 generations, 1600 years
What are the first three periods in the Age of the Prolongation of the Providence of Restoration?
Roman Persecution, Regional Church Leadership, Christian Empire
What is the parallel of Papel Exile and Return?
Israel's Exile and Return
After the end of Roman Empire, where did the center of the God's providence of restoration shift to?
Western Europe
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
In the Age of Substantial Parallels, the period of the Christian Empire is a parallel to what period in the Age of Image Parallels?
Period of the United Kingdom
How could God give credit to Abraham for having fulfilled the horizontal indemnity conditions which he had failed to complete within his generation?
By completing them vertically through the generations of Isaac and Jacob
During the period of Roman Persecution, what parallels the 12 sons and 70 family members enslaved in Egypt from the period of Egyptian Slavery?
the 12 apostles and 70 disciples persecuted by Rome
How long were the last three periods before Jesus came to the Earth?
400, 210, 400 years
There are four types of societies that are formed through social development guided by Satan. What are the four types of societies?
Primitive societies, clan societies, feudalistic societies, and monarchic societies
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
The principle cause behind these parallel providential periods lies in _____________
God's Providence of Restoration
Explain why 10 is called the number of unity
If we divide each of the 3 stages of the growing period into 3 sub-stages, we arrive at a total of 9 levels. Each of God's creations passes through the 9 levels of the growing. Each then fulfills its purpose of creation when it becomes one with God in the real of His direct dominion which constitutes the 10th level
What 3 things happened during the period of the United Kingdoms?
1) Separate roles of prophet, priest, and king established
2) Temple built to manifest the ideal of the Tabernacle
3) Prophet Samuel anointed Saul as King
What two things happened in the period of Israel's Exile and Return?
1) Jewish people: went into exile in Satan's realm in Babylon
2) After 70 years in captivity, they returned home in 3 waves
What socialistic ideals will the Kingdom of the Heaven on Earth be centered on?
interdependence, mutual prosperity, and universally shared values
What are the two characteristic of parallel providential periods
1) The lengths of the parallel providential periods are determined based on a fixed number of generations or years of the indemnity period necessary for restoring the foundation of faith
2) The parallels in history are shaped by the other three providential factors: the central figure and the object for the condition offered for the foundation of faith, and the indemnity condition to remove the fallen nature for the foundation of substance
DOUBLE JEOPARDY WHY and HOW is the Providence of Restoration prolonged?
WHY: God's Will is absolutely predestined (God's portion of responsibility + Human portion of responsibility = Fulfillment of God's Will)
HOW: According to the Principle of Creation, God is a being of the number three; all things created in God's image are revealed through a three-stage process; whenever the providence of restoration is prolonged, it may be prolonged to as many as three stages; up to three attempts are allowed
What 4 things happened during the period of Roman Persecution?
1) Jesus' cross (faithlessness of the people)
2) 12 apostles, 70 disciples persecuted by Rome
3) Holy Communion, baptism, living sacrifice, Sabbath
4) New Testament canonized after Roman persecution
DOUBLE JEOPARDY What 3 things happened during the period of Divided Kingdoms of North and South?
1) After 3 generations of a divided kingdom: Israel (North) and Judah (South)
2) Israelites violated covenant -> prophets sent for internal reform
3) External attack by gentile nations
From seventeenth century to French Revolution what political system flourished?
Absolute monarchy