세상에서도 부모가 환갑이 넘어 낳은 만득자(晩得子)인 7대 독자(七代獨子)가 죽는다고 생각하면 절망 중의 절망일 것입니다. 젊으면 또 낳을 수 있지만 만득자로 태어난 7대 독자가 죽는다면 7대권을 계승하려던 조상들의 마음이 얼마나 애가 타겠습니까? 조상들은 자기의 후손, 자기의 핏줄을 통해 세계에 없는 만복을 받고 싶어합니다. 그러니 자식이 죽는다면 부모는 따라 죽고 싶을 것입니다.
그런데 아담은 7대 독자가 아니라 영원한 독자(獨子)입니다. 하나밖에 없는 아담을 가정을 이루게 하여 창조의 대업을 이룬 자리에 세우려 하였는데, 그 아담이 죽었으니 하나님의 마음이 어떠했겠습니까? 이렇게 일이 틀어졌을 때 어떠했겠습니까? 하나님은 아담과 해와의 타락으로 6천년간 충격에서 벗어나지 못하고 계십니다. (20-210, 1968.6.9)
この世でも、父母が還暦を過ぎてから生まれた七代続きの一人息子が死ぬことを考えれば、絶望中の絶望だといえます。若ければまた生むこともできますが、年を取ってから生まれた七代続きの一人息子が死んだとすれば、七代圏を継承しようとしていた先祖たちの心はいかばかりでしょうか。先祖たちは自分の子孫、自分の血統を通して世界にまたとない万福を受けたいのです。ですから子が死んだとすれば父母は後を追って死にたいのです。アダムは七代続きの一人息子どころか、永遠の一人息子です。一人しかいないアダムをして家庭を築かせ、創造の大業を果たした立場に立たせようとしたのに、そのアダムが死んだのですから神様の心はいかばかりであったでしょうか。このように、よじれたのですからどうしたらいいのでしょうか。神様はアダムとエバの堕落によって六千年間、衝撃から抜け出せずにいらっしゃいます。
How desperate it is when an only son born into a lineage of seven generations of only sons dies, especially if this son were born when his parents were advanced in age. If the parents were young they could have more children. However, if an only son born into a lineage of seven generations of only sons dies, how anxious will his ancestors be for the lineage to continue beyond the seventh generation? Through their descendants and lineage, the ancestors want to receive numerous blessings transcending this world. If their children die before they do, parents themselves feel like dying.
Adam's position was like that of the only son-the eternal, only begotten son, not merely the only son after seven generations. Can you imagine how profoundly God's heart was broken at the death of Adam, who was to establish an everlasting family and accomplish God's great endeavor of Creation? How would He feel that everything had gone wrong in the way it did? Even after six thousand years, God has not recovered from the shock of Adam and Eve's Fall. (20-210, 1968.6.9)