Now Is the Age of Judgment Between Life and Death

Now Is the Age of Judgment Between Life and Death *Dojeon 2:40

1 Commenting upon a saying passed down through generations—‘For every one hundred ancestors, only one descendant survives’—Sangjenim declared,

2 “When the autumn wind blows, leaves fall and fruit ripens.

3 Now is the age of judgment between life and death.”

The Coming Catastrophes of the World
4 One day, a disciple asked Sangjenim, “There is a saying, ‘People do not know that the coming catastrophes of the world are due to the spirits’ creation-transformation.’ Is this saying indeed true?”
5 Sangjenim revealed, “Even the gaebyeok of heaven and earth cannot be accomplished without the spirits, for no undertaking can be realized without the participation of the spirits.

6 My world shall be the world of creation-transformation, for it shall be the world in which spirits and humans become one.”
7 Sangjenim also declared, “My work shall be accomplished through the union of humans and spirits.”

 

Heaven and earth perpetually repeat the process of giving life in spring and taking life in autumn. Giving life in spring, taking life in autumn! Giving life, taking life! Heaven and earth labor to bring this to pass, never resting for a single second, never for a single moment.

The Autumn Gaebyeok does not signify that people will slay each other. Rather, heaven and earth will strike down humanity in accordance with the principle of ‘giving life in spring and taking life in autumn.’ This is akin to the way that the frost and snow of the earth year’s autumn desiccate vegetation without the sparing of even a blade of grass.

When the Autumn Gaebyeok occurs, only the seeds of those who should live will survive, while multitudes of human beings shall perish like falling leaves. This is a major characteristic of the Autumn Gaebyeok. Although humans are born in cosmic spring and are raised throughout cosmic summer, the growth process is abruptly brought to a halt in cosmic autumn. Just as the heavy frost of a single autumn morning kills grass at a single stroke, in autumn the autumn energy takes away many lives in a single stroke.