Claim. God’s hope is not isolated filial individuals but families — and beyond that, families of patriots, saints, and divine sons and daughters — taken as the providential unit.
Elaboration. “God does not just want filial sons and daughters. He wants a filial family. You must understand that He wanted a family of patriots. He wanted a family of saints. He wanted a family of divine sons and daughters. This is His anguish” (CSG 14.2 §2, 297-204, 1998.11.20). The unit of providence is corporate. SMM ties this to the historic problem of Moses, who according to the cited tradition waited 3,600 years in spirit world without marriage — “God had said to just wait a little more” — to underline that even the patriarchs lacked the family form God ultimately required. The implication is that single-person sainthood is incomplete by design; God’s accounting reads families, not individuals.
See also. csg-only-marriage-and-family-can-establish-true-loyalty · csg-perfecting-the-trinity-grounds-filial-piety-tribally