Garden of Eden
In 
the
last 3000 years of recorded history, there have been some books and
writers who had a dream of an ideal world where all mankind lives in
peace and harmony as one huge happy family. The most famous book in
the world is the Bible. It begins by saying that God created
Adam and Eve to be his son and daughter. They lived in harmony in a
place called the Garden of Eden. Some artists have tried to paint
their view of the Garden of Eden. I have put several here. One of
them is by Michaelangelo who painted his masterpiece on the ceiling
of the Sistine Chapel.
Then we read that this paradise they were living in turned into
a living hell. They failed to obey God and were kicked out. Then it
got even worse. Their son, Cain, killed his younger brother Abel.
Then it gets even worse. Mankind forms nations with different
languages and nations went to war with each other. Human history has
been a bloody nightmare.
Rev. Moon learned how evil came into this world. You can read
what this revelation 
is
in my book, Divine Principle In Plain Language at my website:
www.DivinePrinciple.com.
I write in that book, "All cultures provide some conception of the
origin of evil, many of which are remarkably similar. Ancient
Egyptian stories tell of a golden age which was lost by the
'ancestress of woman' and of a serpent. In ancient Greek literature
Pandora's curiosity 
led
her to release evil into the world. ... The story of Adam and Eve in
the Bible gives us the most information."
Because Rev. Moon knows the cause of evil and disunity, he
knows the cure. Again, you can read the formula for how God wants to
restore the world into one big Garden of Eden in my Principle
book. What we're going to look at here are some of the books and
authors throughout history that deal with the concept of an ideal
world. The most popular term these writers use is the word "Utopia."
Very few people believe that there will ever be a worldwide utopia.
In ancient Athens the philosopher Plato gave his vision of an
ideal society. Two thousand years ago, Jesus of Nazareth spoke of an
ideal world. He called it "The Kingdom of Heaven on Earth." Let's
look at Plato first and then Jesus.
