This article is based on the Omoto no Shutsugen wo akasu John's Revelation by Koichiro Omichi (Hachiman Shoten, 1998).



Kunitokotachi no Mikoto (Creator of the Earth) by Onisaburo Deguchi


So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun (Is 59:19).Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires, even the name of the Lord, they shall cry aloud from the sea (Is 24:15)
Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looked toward the east: And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory (Ez 43: 1-2).Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country; And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness (Zec 8:7-8).



The Mystical Correspondence between the Prophecies of the Revelation and the History of Omoto


Event in spiritual worldEvent in physical worldEventDescriptionDate Fulfilled (Japanese Calendar)Date Fulfilled (Western Calendar)
Chap. 1, Ver. 1-7, Ver. 8-20 ---Introduction; origin of the Revelation---------
Chap. 2 & 3
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Sending of epistles to seven churchesProphecies and warnings on the world history of faith---History of faith after Jesus' Ascension
Chap. 4---Sight of the throne---------
Chap. 5---One (= the Lamb) who opens the book; weeping of JohnEmergence of Onisaburo Deguchi; Nao Deguchi's longing for the judge of her automatic writingsMeiji 25-Meiji 321892-1899
---Chap. 6, Ver. 1-8Lamb's opening of four sealsProphecies and warnings on the recent history of the world---17th century-World War II
Chap. 6, Ver. 9-11, Chap. 7---Opening of the fifth seal; judgment of individual souls until the number of God's servants is fulfilledJudgment of individual souls by Kunitokotachi no MikotoTaisho 111922
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Chap. 6, Ver. 12-17Opening of the sixth sealWorld War IIShowa 14-Showa 201939-1945
Chap. 8, Ver. 1-12, Ver. 3-5,
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Calm before the storm; physical crucifixion in this worldGovernment persecution of Omoto (The Second Omoto Incident)Showa 101935
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Chap. 8, Ver. 1-13; Chap. 9, Ver. 1-21Sounding of six trumpetsDetails of World War IIShowa 14-201939-1945
Chap. 10
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Disclosure of the secrets of GodFoundress Nao's prophecies and warningsMeiji 25-Taisho 9

♠After Nao's ascension in Taisho 7, Onisaburo vicariously disclosed Kunitokotachi's messages until Taisho 9
1892-1920
Chap. 11, Ver. 1-6
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Two witnessesEmergence of Nao and OnisaburoMeiji 25 (Nao), Meiji 32 (Onisaburo)1892 (Nao), 1899 (Onisaburo)
Chap. 11, Ver. 2
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Gentiles treading of the holy cityGovernment persecution of Omoto (The First Omoto Incident) Taisho 101921
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Chap. 11, Ver. 15Sounding of the seventh trumpet
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Chap. 12, Ver. 5
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Birth of a man childEverlasting gospel, or the Reikai Monogatari (Tales of the Spirit World)Taisho 10-Showa 91921-1934
Chap. 12, Ver. 1-16
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Woman's birth pangsNourishing of Onisaburo for a time, and times, and half a time (1,260 days)

♠As henjo-nyoshi (having a female soul in a male body), Onisaburo has a male body but a female soul.
Taisho 10-Taisho 141921-1925
Chap. 12, Ver. 13-15
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Dragon's torture of the womanOnisaburo's expedition to MongoliaTaisho 131924
Chap. 12, Ver. 7-12
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Michael and his angels' fight against the dragonRestructuring of the divine world by Kunitokotachi no Mikoto

♠Originally, Kunitokotachi no Mikoto (creator of the Earth) belongs to earth, to the subordinate status and to the man status, whereas Kamususanowo no Okami (Creator of the universe) belongs to heaven, to the superior status and to the god status. However, they have swapped positions to remodel the three major realms of the spiritual world--the shinkai (divine world), the genkai (material world) and the yukai (world of lost spirits). In other words, Kunitokotachi takes charge of the revamping of the world of the divinities and spirits, while Kamususanowo takes on the physical form as the Saviour and embarks on the remodeling of this world. They are supposed to return to their original status upon fulfillment of their mission to create a Maitreyan millenium of perfect bliss.
Taisho 111922
Chap. 12, Ver. 16
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Earth' helping of the womanBurgeoning of OmotoShowa 2-Show 91927-1934
Chap. 13
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Traits of the devils
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Chap. 14, Ver. 1-17
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Preaching of the everlasting gospelDictation of the Reikai Monogatari (Tales of the Spirit World)Taisho 10-Showa 91921-1934
Chap. 14, Ver. 8-21
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Very last warning
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Chap. 17
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Detailed traits of the SatanExposition on Chap. 13
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The remaining chapters are left uninterpreted, reserving judgment for the reader.



The God Obliterated from the Revelation: Jehovah = Kunitokotachi no Mikoto (The Earth-Eternally-Standing-Deity; the Creator of the Earth)


A passage that seems to contradict the Trinity is Chap. 1, Ver. 4-6:

John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
There are four, not three, gods appearing in the passage:

  1. Him which is, and which was, and which is to come
  2. The seven Spirits
  3. Jesus Christ, and
  4. His Father
The above passage alone cannot tell whether the gods 1 and 4 are identical. However, the following would help clarify it:

I am Alpha and Omega,the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters,
And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches (1: 8-20).
It is John, not "Him," who says "saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come." What "Him" says is "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending," and in Ver. 17-18, "Him" says "Fear not; I am the first and the last: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death."

The Father in Christianity is the Creator of heaven and earth, the Great Original Soul of the universe with infinity and absolutism, with no beginning and no end. In this respect, He cannot die. Then, is the Alpha and the Omega identical to Jesus? The answer is no, because they are treated as different entities, as in Ver. 4-5.

The conclusion is obvious: there is "Him which is, and which was, and which is to come" besides the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Then, who is "Him which is, and which was, and which is to come"? A likely candidate would be Jehovah in the Old Testament, who reveals to Moses that His name is "I AM THAT I AM."

According to the Reikai Monogatari (Tales of the Spirit World), the creator of the Earth is Kunitokotachi no Mikoto (The Earth-Eternally-Standing-Deity). In the ages of the gods 350,000 years (perhaps a figurative number) back, Kunitokotachi no Mikoto was the supreme leader of the world government in Jerusalem in what is now called Turkey in Asia Mior (not in Israel). He made commandments of heaven and earth with a past incarnation of Moses. However, Kunitokotachi's overly strict observance of the laws touched off a series of rebellion against him by all the other deities, resulting in his resignation as chief ruler and his expulsion from the holy city into the Japanese Archepelago. Because the island country was in the northeast of Jerusalem, he was dubbed Ushitora (Northeast)-no (of)-Konjin (God of Retribution, because the rebellious devils were very much afraid of him). ♣See Summary of the Reikai Monogatari

Ushitora () as in Ushitora no Konjin is quite an unusual kanji character; it has the exactly opposite meanings of "beginning (= Alpha)" and "end (= Omega)."

Also, upon expulsion from Jerusalem, Kunitokotachi turned into Yama in the world of the lost, wondering spirits (= Hell), whose western name is the Lord of Hades. This fits the description of "I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death."

According to Onisaburo, the creator of the universe and the creator of the Earth are different; the former is Kamususano no Okami, and the latter, Kunitokotachi no Mikoto. Kamususano first created the entire universe, and he then entrusted Kunitokotachi with the job of creating the Earth. To apply this to the Bible, the Father would correspond to Kamususano, and Jehovah, to Kunitokotachi. Therefore, in Omoto at least, the Father and Jehovah are different gods, and Jehovah is a deity for all the peoples of the world, not for the Jews alone. Additionally, in the past, a portion of Kamususano took the physical form as Jesus in Palestine, so this concept would never run counter to the Trinity.

As seen in "And he had in his right hand seven stars," "And he laid his right hand upon me" or "The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks," this deity is related to right. According to Omto (and often Shinto as a whole), right signifies "body," "earth," "subject (= man)," "mother," "woman," "water" or "negative," while left means "spirit," "heaven," "master (= god)," "father," "man," "fire" or "positive." (Incidentally, in Japan, left is superior to right in many respects.) Since Kunitokotachi no Mikoto is the creator of the Earth, he is in the line of "body," "earth," "subject," etc., and this is why his status is smybolized by right. The same applies to Chap. 5, Ver. 1, which reads: "And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals."

"And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle" would be describing Japanese kimono, and "His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow" would fit the appearance of Foundress Nao (See her picture below). The pronoun "his" is appropriate because she is the sole medium for Kunitokotachi to such an extent that they can be treated as one. Moreover, Onisaburo describes Kunitokotachi as having gray hair in his poem collection Kiri no Umi (Misty Sea), though he had black hair in the age of the gods some 350,000 years ago (See his picture above).


Foundress Nao Deguchi

Her automatic writings from Kunitokotachi no Mikoto say that she is henjo-nanshi (having a man's soul in a woman's body). Because she is the sole medium for Kunitokotachi, he and Nao can be treated as one. Their union would remind the reader of the next biblical quote:

And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters (Rev. 1: 13-15)

Judging from "And his eyes were as a flame of fire; And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters" and "out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength," John must have seen the godly eyes of Nao (or for that matter, Kunitokotachi) and the yellow feet peculiar to the yellow race. Also, Kunitokotachi's stentorian declaration of remodeling the entire spiritual world through Nao's mouth ("The Greater World shall burst into bloom as plum blossoms at winter's end. Ushitora no Konjin has come to reign at last.") was probably regarded as "the sound of many waters" or "a sharp twoedged sword."

Omoto's divine drama needed the top two characters--namely, Kamususanowo no Okami (Creator of the universe) as the leading actor and Kunitokotachi no Mikoto (creator of the Earth) as the supporting actor. In order to make it a success, Kamususanowo, who is originally in the line of "spirit," "heaven," "master (= god)," "father," "man," "fire" or "positive," moved to the status of "body," "earth," "subject (= man)," "mother," "woman," "water" or "negative," to the Moon-Deity, to the Spirit of Mizu, and to Susanowo (in the Kojiki), whereas Kunitokotachi-no-mikoto, who is originally in the line of "body," "earth," "subject (= man)," "mother," "woman," "water" or "negative," moved to the status of "spirit," "heaven," "master (= god)," "father," "man," "fire" or "positive," to the Sun-Deity, to the Spirit of Izu, and to Amaterasu (in the Kojiki). Once they fulfilled their mission, they returned to their original positions. (In Omoto's history, Onisaburo played the role of Kamususanowo, and Nao, Kunitokotachi (more precisely, Kunitokotachi remained as a spirit using Nao as his physical instrument.) In this respect, it is little wonder that Kunitokotachi's countenance is described as "the sun shineth in his strength."


Originally, Kamususanowo no Okami (Creator of the universe) belongs to the superior status, while Kunitokotachi no Mikoto (creator of the Earth), to the subordinate status:
KamususanowoKunitokotachi
  • spirit
  • heaven
  • master (= god)
  • father
  • man
  • fire, or
  • positive
  • body
  • earth
  • subject (= man)
  • mother
  • woman
  • water, or
  • negative
However, to play the divine drama, the two deities trade their roles to remodel the three major realms of the spiritual world--the shinkai (divine world), the genkai (material world) and the yukai (world of lost spirits):
KamususanowoKunitokotachi
  • body
  • earth
  • subject (= man)
  • mother
  • woman
  • water, or
  • negative
  • spirit
  • heaven
  • master (= god)
  • father
  • man
  • fire, or
  • positive
In other words, Kunitokotachi takes charge of the revamping of the world of the divinities and spirits, while Kamususanowo takes on the physical form as the Saviour and embarks on the remodeling of this world. They are supposed to return to their original status upon fulfillment of their mission to create a Maitreyan millenium of perfect bliss.


Daniel had similar visions as well:

I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought hm near before him (7: 13).

Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:
His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude (10: 5-6).

And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength (10: 16).



The Relationship between Kunitokotachi and Moses


Despite the fact that the term 'Jehovah' is frequently used in the Old Testament, it does not appear in the New Testament. It would be because Jesus called Him Father. But on the other hand, wouldn't it be conceivable that Jehovah was regarded as a god for the Hebrew nation? Creator of the Earth, Jehovah, or Kunitokotachi in Japanese, should have been treated as a deity for all humanity; however, the Jews thought of only themselves as His chosen people to such an extent that they must have treated Jehovah as their exclusive god.

The name Jehovah (YHWH) first appears in Chap. 3, Ver. 14 of Exodus, where He reveals Himself as 'I AM THAT I AM' when asked by Moses about His identity. YHWH (Japanese reading: "yeah-way," sort of) is reminded of letters of the Japanese alphabet--ya, yi, yu, ye, yo or wa, wi, wu, we, wo. From the perspective of kototama (a belief that a sacred power or spirit dwells in the words of the traditional Japanese language), Onisaburo argues that the first kototama to appear in the Void is su, which gives birth to u, which then gives birth to a, o, e and i as the cosmos is formed. A represents heaven. O represents earth. U represents unity (of heaven and earth, water and fire). E repersents water. I represents fire. Moreover, a-o-u-e-i is the voice of heaven, ya-yo-yu-ye-yi (= ya-yi-yu-ye-yo) is the voice of man, and wa-wo-wu-we-wi (= wa-wi-wu-we-wo) is the voice of earth. It is interesting to note that according to Onisaburo, the five basic kototama--a, o, u, e and i--are resounding through the cosmos.

KototamaRepresentation
  • a
  • o
  • u
  • e, and
  • i
  • heaven
  • earth
  • unity (of heaven and earth, etc.)
  • water, and
  • fire


a-o-u-e-ivoice of heaven
ya-yo-yu-ye-yi
(= ya-yi-yu-ye-yo)
voice of man
wa-wo-wu-we-wi
(= wa-wi-wu-we-wo)
voice of earth


Volume 2 (See summary) of Onisaburo's Reikai Monogatari (Tales of the Spirit World) tells of the relationship between Kunitokotachi and Moses in the age of the gods. In the holy city of Jerusalem 350,000 years ago (literal or figurative?), Kunitokotachi, his wife-deity Toyokumonu and Amaji-wake (The Heaven-Way-Deity; a past incarnation of Moses) decreed the commandments of heaven and earth:

Internally, you shall:
  1. Examine yourself.
  2. Feel ashamed.
  3. Repent.
  4. Revere heaven and earth, and
  5. Awaken to truth.
Externally, you shall:
  1. Strictly observe the way of husband and wife and maintain a monogamous relationship.
  2. Serve God, respect your elders, and show love and affection for all that is, and
  3. Be forbidden to commit such immoralities as envy, slander, falsehood, larceny, and murder.
One of the reasons why the Revelation has been seen as esoteric literature would be a somewhat forcible attempt to ascribe all the deities in the Revelation to the Christ alone from the standpoint of the Trinity. For example:

And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned (11: 15-17).
"...of our Lord, and of his Christ" indicates two gods. However, it is followed by the singular pronoun "he," as in "he shall reign...." This gives the impression that the two gods merge into a single king. Furthermore, the elders give thanks to "Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come" as he has taken great power and reigned. This clearly witnesses another deity besides the Christ. Since Chapter 1 makes a distinction between "Him which is, and which was, and which is to come" and Jesus Christ, it would be better off interpreting (1) the voices' glorifying of "the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ" and (2) the elders' worshipping of "Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come" as two different kings.

This apparent contradiction arises from attempting to attribute the two kings to the Christ alone. In light of Omoto's theology, which reveals the reinstatement of Kunitokotachi as supreme ruler of the Earth, it is quite natural to have two kings--namely, Kamususanowo (Creator of the universe, comparable to Lord, Jesus Christ) and Kunitokotachi (Creator of the Earth, comparable to Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come). The former assumes the status of the weft and the Spirit of Mizu, while the latter, the status of the warp and the Spirit of Izu. The warp and the weft weave the tapestry of an ideal world. Hence, without either king, the Kami's design would never be completed.

KamususanowoKunitokotachi
  • Creator of the universe
  • assumes the status of the weft and the Spirit of Mizu
  • comparable to Lord, Jesus Christ
  • creator of the Earth
  • assumes the status of the warp and the Spirit of Izu
  • comparable to Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come
The warp and the weft weave the tapestry of an ideal world.


Upon establishment of God's Kingdom, the Revelation observes the seven angels glorify Him as follows:

And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest (15: 3-4).
This is a song lauding the judgment that the reinstated Kunitokotachi will make; it is also a song extoling the weaving of an ideal world with the warp being the world of law (symbolized by the Spirit-of-Izu song of Moses) and the weft being the world of salvation (symbolized by the Spirit-of-Mizu song of the Lamb). In other words, only after the songs of the Spirit of Izu (Moses) and of the Spirit of Mizu (the Lamb) are in perfect harmony can the mellifluous symphony of the Spirit of Izunome (Izu + Mizu) (ideal world) echo throughout heaven and earth.

To better understand the Revelation, the reappearance of Kunitokotachi (Jehovah) should be recognized. It is also necessary to realize that the One and Only God manifests Himself as different entities. In the case of Shinto, there is the Original Deity named Ame-no-mi-naka-nushi-no-kami (The Deity Master-of-the-August-Center-of-Heaven), or Kamususanowo no Okami according to the Reikai Monogatari. Ame-no-mi-naka-nushi-no-kami then manifests Himself as Taka-mi-musu-bi-no-kami (The High-August-Producing-Wondrous Deity) and as Kamu-mii-musu-bi-no-kami (The Divine-Producing-Wondrous-Deity). The Creator entrusts Taka-mi-musu-bi-no-kami with creating spirit and entrusts Kamu-mi-musu-bi-no-kami with creating material; the former corresponds to the Spirit of Izu, and the latter, to the Spirit of Mizu. These Deities are three but one, and one but three (cf. SECT. I.--THE BEGINNING OF HEAVEN AND EARTH.).

Ame-no-mi-naka-nushi-no-kamiGosantai no Okami (The Three Most August Deities of Heaven), consisting of:
  1. Ame-no-mi-naka-nushi-no-kami
  2. Taka-mi-musu-bi-no-kami (progenitor of spirit), and
  3. Kamu-mi-musu-bi-no-kami (progenitor of material)
The webmaster's note: In a broad sense, Ame-no-mi-naka-nushi-no-kami's two emanations, Taka-mi-musu-bi-no-kami and Kamu-mi-musu-bi-no-kami, are included as attributes of the Great Original Deity of the Universe.
Kamususanowo
Different names of the same Ultimate Cause


With the above two kinds of spirit (Spirits of Mizu and Izu) in action, the second coming and last judgment of the Christ should also be dualistically interpreted. That is, it refers to the reemergence of Kunitokotachi on the one hand, and the second coming or reincarnation of the Christ Spirit (as the Son of Man) on the other hand, so that He can implement His mission of salvation while making preparations for Kunitokotachi.





To be continued....




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