Masculinity (Yang) vs Femininity (Yin)
God is the harmonious union of masculinity & femininity.
God is The Parent of All Humankind
One of the most basic characteristics we see in the universal is the duality or polarity of masculinity and femininity. "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them" (Genesis 1:27). First Corinthians 11:7 states that man "is the image and glory of God." Human beings are divided into men and women; animals into male and female; plants into stamen and pistil; molecules, atoms and particles into positive and negative charges. This means that the cause, God must also be equally masculine and feminine. Thus, we can say that God is the parent of humankind.
God is Universal Masculine Subject
God is the harmonious union of masculinity & femininity.
God is The Parent of All Humankind One of the most basic characteristics we see in the universal is the duality or polarity of masculinity and femininity. "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them" (Genesis 1:27). First Corinthians 11:7 states that man "is the image and glory of God." Human beings are divided into men and women; animals into male and female; plants into stamen and pistil; molecules, atoms and particles into positive and negative charges. This means that the cause, God must also be equally masculine and feminine. Thus, we can say that God is the parent of humankind.
If God is our parent then why do we call God Father? Sun Myung Moon explains it this way:
We are born as visible expressions of the invisible image of God. God has the qualities and characteristics of both men and women, the harmonized duality of masculinity and femininity. The Principle of the Unification Church establishes the fact that God is like human beings, containing both masculine and feminine aspects, and is our invisible subject. Thus, God is our Parent; He is our cause, and men and women are the visible effect. Our physical parents are our visible parents, and God is our invisible parents. (3-1-87)
Is God masculine or feminine? God has both dual characteristics, but how does He appear, as a masculine God or feminine God? Masculine is in the subject position and the giving place. Feminine is the object and the receiving place. Do you understand? That is why God is portrayed as masculine, the absolute Subject. (2-5-95)
Although we know through the Divine Principle that God contains within Himself the dual essentialities of masculine and feminine, we also know that God is the universal subject and as such has a primarily positive nature. (1-30-83)
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