Great Construction

Turning Point in Civilization

     There is no need to dwell upon the amazing progress of civilization which humanity has accomplished and is still achieving. We have but to consider the primitive condition of living thousands of years ago to realize this. History tells us what tremendous efforts man has made to develop civilization, struggling with dreadful natural calamities, wars, epidemics, etc.
     Under these almost super-human efforts, there has always existed an eternal longing for peace and happiness. This has been the impelling force. In order to realize this ideal, man has been chiefly engrossed in developing the material side of civilization Each time a new discovery or invention was made, man applauded and extolled it and firmly believed that the welfare of society had been benefited by it and that he was approaching ever nearer to the realization of his goal.
     Ironically enough, however, the discovery of the theory of atomic fission as the acme of scientific progress is now leading mankind to the greatest possible terror he has ever experienced before. Such scientific discoveries should bring the opposite to terror and be a great boon to man’s civilization. This road which man thought was guiding him to paradise was in reality leading him to hell! Atomic fission showed itself to be a principle of annihilating tens of thousands of people in the twinkling of an eye! Man gave birth to this discovery. Nothing has ever been discovered that is more diabolical. Man is now confronted with a problem of how to harness this terror for constructive purposes.
     This discovery in itself is nothing to be afraid of, however, but rather something that can be made a wonderful blessing and benefit to the welfare of mankind. Man fears it because its first use was as a weapon of war and destruction. It is now time to adopt it to peaceful and constructive accomplishments. In this light it turns out to be a splendid discovery. It resolves itself then to this fact that its usage is the determining factor as to whether it is to be used for good or evil, whether it is to be used constructively or destructively, whether it is a tool of Satan or of an Angel. In this sense, there is no problem should man, user of this energy, be guided by his primary spirit. However, as you see, the actual state of things is not so easy.
     Here enters the noble mission of religion which consists in the reformation of man. Existent religions, moral teachings, education and laws all have rendered commendable service to some degree, it is true. But in spite of all these efforts, it seems the world is being enslaved by evil forces and good is being tyrannized. That is why people in general must have fear lest this atomic energy be used for a vicious purpose of destruction.
     But let us think about this matter from a more enlightened viewpoint. Should such a satanic tool of destruction be permitted usage, a complete obliteration of mankind would be inevitable. How can God permit such destruction to happen?
     When we ponder over this, we cannot but realize that this catastrophic result which might be caused by the erroneous usage of atomic energy must be what Jesus Christ prophecied as the end of the world. But if he stopped here, this would foretell the complete annihilation of mankind. Instead, Jesus went a step further and predicted that the advent of the kingdom of heaven was at hand. These two predictions belong together and clearly show what the future of our world will be.
     It is absolutely necessary for man to be governed by his primary spirit which is the divine in him, if he wants to be saved from the utter destruction by atomic power. This would be made possible only by the great love of God which is the Divine Light. In this reformation of the world, however, there would still be many vicious people who are beyond redemption. They must continue their way toward ruin. It can not be helped. Jesus called this the “Last Judgement”. Thus, everybody should realize the importance of this transitional period of passing from evil to good, from the old order to the new one, from destruction to construction.
     The conception of the coming new age of new civilization has already been prepared not by human wisdom or power but by God. He has been steadily carrying out His Plan through the long age of the past tens of thousands of years. This is an unerring truth for this is revelation from God.

The Glory, Number 028, page 2, April 10, 1960