Claim. True Parents are the original ancestors of humankind — those who would have emerged had Adam and Eve not fallen — restored historically through the messiah who comes free of original-sin.
Elaboration. SMM defines the position counterfactually: “Who are the new parents of humankind? Adam and Eve, who fell in the very beginning in the Garden of Eden, became fallen parents. The new parents coming with the mission of giving rebirth to humankind are the original, parents who have nothing to do with the Fall. They have become one with God’s will and can be approved by God” (2.1. Who are True Parents?, 22-269, 1969.5.4). The structural condition is strict: “It is a place where Adam and Eve, centered on God, have united into complete oneness and are free from Satan’s accusation” (ibid, 25-30, 1969.9.21). Their providential function is dual — restoring what the first Adam failed and what Jesus, as the second Adam, was unable to complete physically: “The True Parent, as the perfected Adam, must restore the standard of the first parents, which Adam failed to meet. He must also perfect the standard of the parent that Jesus, who came as the second Adam, failed to achieve” (ibid, 55-173, 1972.5.7).
See also. true-parents, messiah