Stars Falling Down - an End-Time Sign

"Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven . . ." (Matthew 24:29) I remember hearing about the last days in a sizeable church here in Springfield and how these signs were taken literally. I think that these signs can be much better understood by connecting with the term "True Parents" which has been the consistent goal of restoration history since the Fall of Man. It makes perfect sense to me that we need True Parents to replace the false parents that the first human ancestors became from their lack of seriousness to connect with God's commandment, "Do not eat, in the day you eat of it you shall die." 

From this point of view Jesus and the Holy Spirit are spiritual true parents. You know for sure that although you and your spouse can both be re-born through Jesus and the Holy Spirit that your children with still require re-birth. The main purpose of the 2nd Coming of the Messiah will be to make this re-birth complete both spiritually and physically - a fundamental re-set to the state before the Fall. As well as bringing new truth.

Viewed in this way the Sun and Moon darkening and the stars falling from heaven can take on a completely new meaning from the dream of Joseph when the Sun, Moon and 11 stars bowed low before him meant that his family members would bow down to him. Which, of course, actually happened when Joseph became 2nd to Pharoah in Egypt.

Jesus and the Holy Spirit, spiritual true parents of born again Christians, will become relatively darkened when their light is outshone by the new truth brought by the 2nd Advent of the Lord. Jesus was restricted in the truth that he could bring because of the lack of proper response from the then chosen people, as the following verses from the Bible testify:
"I still have many things to say you, but you cannot bear them now . . ." John 16:12 
"These things I have spoken to you in figurative language, but the time is coming . . .when I will speak plainly about the Father (God) John 16:25

You must have thought about these Bible verses, right? What kind of content do you think that the Lord of the Second Coming would share that would make everything about God plain?

How about why God could not stop the Fall of Man even though He knew that it was taking place? How about the origin of evil? If God is totally good and all things were made by Him then how, exactly, did evil get off the ground? Why is there so much suffering: poverty, war, disease, hunger in the world and for such a long, long, time?

Doesn't the concept of True Parents make more immediate sense to deal with the Fall of Man than the terms 'Christ' or 'Messiah'? The first parents indeed became false parents through their wrong choice right at the start of history.

Which brings me to 'stars falling from heaven' which I was thinking about after learning that several prominent Christians have "de-converted" and did so quite publicly on social media. This was from Martyn Iles from the Australian Christian Lobby and here is the link to that. Also that they didn't leave Christianity for something else but are in a state of limbo, confusion. Christians are the children of Jesus and the Holy Spirit, and they will fall from heaven if they fail to connect with the Lord of the Second Advent which will be the True Parent to bring complete re-birth.

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On the Home page of this site are some pages to get up to speed regarding signs of the Last Days. These signs can be taken literally or figuratively. For example "fire" is an expression signifying God's Word. Jesus said that he came to cast fire on the earth and wished that it was already kindled. "Is not my Word like a fire?" says the Lord . . . (Jeremiah 23:29)

I've spoken before about the clouds that the LSA (Lord of the Second Advent) is going to come on as being figurative. For example, Jesus said that all the Law and the prophets prophesied until John (John the Baptist) which means that the visions described in Daniel 7:13 were describing Jesus. "I was watching in the night visions, and behold, One like the Son of Man, coming with the clouds of heaven! He came to the Ancient of Days, and they brought him near before Him". But we know that Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Because of this prophesy there were a significant number who doubted Jesus as Messiah because he didn't literally fit this verse. And there are many today who wrongly think that prophesy is for the LSA.

The same kind of thing happened with the LSA. Everyone is looking at the sky and the LSA is born on the earth (1920!) So, I feel sorry for these Christians who are not connecting with the LSA, also known as the True Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind; and God's Substantial Self!

A lot of Christians are familiar with John 3:16 but I feel that 1 Corinthians 3:16 more accurately sums up the purpose of creation: 'Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the spirit of God dwells in you?'

Adam should have become, with Eve, the true parents of mankind had they taken seriously God's commandment and not succumbed to the Fall. The LSA is doing what Jesus was prevented from accomplishing as the then chosen people did not know the time of their visitation as St. Paul put it. (Luke 19:44) They made a humungous mistake in not recognizing and connecting with Jesus as the Messiah.

You would think, wouldn't you, that Christians would be really nervous and worried about making the same kind of mistake with the LSA. You would think that they would really pray about the warnings that Jesus gave that it would be extraordinarily difficult to recognize the LSA. (Luke 17:25; Luke 18:8 and the scary Matthew 7:21-23) Well, think again. Because Christianity has made the same kind of mistake.

St. Paul was always regretting that he missed connecting with Jesus in the flesh, yet he made enormous contributions to Christianity. It's never too late to connect with God's will. The crazy things that are happening in the world right now should really get through to anyone that we're living in a very significant time. I think the judgement is really a choice between those who connect with God versus those who want to live apart from God and seek to impose their relative values on everyone through force. You can see that happening world-wide in an astonishing way right before your eyes!

Please check out some of the introductory ideas on the Home page and also the early sermons of the Reverend Moon from the 1950s when he was speaking almost exclusively about Jesus. Since he has the same kind of mission it gives an insight in how to connect with the living Jesus rather than the Jesus of the cross. The ones in Volume 4 have the facility that they can be read for you - I'm trying to make them more accessible - and I'm about a third through Volume 3.

I would love to hear from you. We should do what St. Paul said in testing all things and holding fast to what is good. We should never be afraid to look at new ideas - Jesus was truly revolutionary, right? The LSA is equally so. 

Soon it will be spring when kings go off to war. This will be a good year. Praise God ! ! !

Andrew Derricutt