Unification Church by J. Isamu Yamamoto

Author:J. Isamu Yamamoto [Yamamoto, J. Isamu]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2016-07-02T00:00:00+00:00

V. The Resurrection of Jesus Christ

A. The Unification Church’s Position on the Resurrection of Jesus Christ Briefly Stated

1. Jesus Christ was resurrected from the dead spiritually but not physically.

2. After Jesus Christ was raised from the dead, he appeared to his disciples as a transcendent being—a visible, spiritual being without a physical body.

3. The resurrection of Jesus Christ only furthers God’s plan of redemption to a limited degree; it accomplished the redemption of a believer’s spirit, but not his or her physical body.

B. Arguments Used by the Unification Church to Support Its Position on the Resurrection of Jesus Christ102

1. When Jesus was resurrected, he no longer possessed a physical body.

a. No human body can be resurrected to its original form after death because it decays.

b. After Jesus was raised from the dead, he could not be seen with physical eyes because he had become a being transcendent of the material world.

c. “The physical resurrection and bodily ascension of Jesus … are not an essential part of … faith in Jesus as the risen Lord.”103

2. The Jesus the disciples saw was a spirit being, not limited by time and space.

a. John 20:19: Jesus suddenly appeared in a locked room where his disciples were gathered.

b. Luke 24:15–16: Two of Jesus’ followers did not recognize him while they walked together on the road to Emmaus.

3. The resurrection of Jesus Christ restores humanity spiritually but not physically to God.

a. What the resurrection of Jesus Christ has accomplished

(1) Jesus’ resurrection breaks believers from the Satanic lineage.

(2) Jesus’ resurrection means the return of believers to the heavenly lineage.

(3) In other words, Christ’s resurrection restores the spirit of true believers to God’s heavenly dominion.

b. How to achieve the benefits of Jesus’ resurrection

(1) Since Jesus’ resurrection was spiritual, not bodily, the benefits are only spiritual; that is, the benefits pertain to the restoration of believers’ spirits to God’s heavenly dominion.

(2) Believers “come closer” to Jesus’ resurrection when they repent of their sins. In other words, repentance begins the process of restoration, but believers must continue to do God’s will in order to accomplish the total purpose of Christ’s spiritual resurrection; that is, complete restoration to God’s heavenly dominion.

(3) As believers daily make themselves better, they come closer to Jesus’ resurrection.

c. The limitations of Jesus’ resurrection

(1) When Jesus was crucified, Satan invaded his body, thus killing Jesus. (When Moon speaks of “invasion by Satan,”104 he is not speaking of demon possession, but that the body is still subject to the attacks of Satan upon the flesh. The fallen condition of the flesh was originally caused when Satan physically seduced Eve and whose condition has been passed down to all humans.)

(2) To believe in Jesus means to become one body with Jesus. When Christians become one body with Jesus, “their bodies still remain subject to Satan’s invasion,” since Satan had invaded Jesus’ body.

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