True Family Values Ministry, 20th Anniversary Celebration at IPEC

Dr, Hak Ja Han Moon

December 12, 2015

Did you miss me? How much did you miss me? (The light is a bit too strong for me, that's why I would like to use the glasses, please understand.)

Every year in December there's something we all feel and celebrate. However, in particular, when you look at the foundation of Christianity that's here in America, I wonder sometimes how do people think about Christmas? So all of you, I'd like to ask you a question. Jesus came, and because the people around him did not fulfill their responsibility, he was crucified. He could not avert the path of the cross. However, even then, he gathered his disciples and hosted the Last Supper, isn't that so? And during that Last Supper, what do you think was the menu on that table? There are so many pastors here. Pastors, do you know what the answer is? What was the menu on the Last Supper?

In the 15th century, Leonardo Da Vinci, the famous artist, drew the painting of the Last Supper, and until that time, all the Christian believers, maybe they were not able to think broadly. We in the 21st century civilization see that civilization has developed to the highest level. Civilization has developed so much. As you heard in the conference just before this one, climate change, food security and the survival of posterity are issues we can't ignore. We live in that era right now. The situation centered on Christianity, I feel it hasn't developed as much as it could.

Pastors, what was the menu of the Last Supper? The conclusion is, it was fish. The sign of a fish represented Christianity. Fish was used as iconography of Christianity. One miracle of Jesus was feeding the masses, the distribution of fish to 5000 people. How was it possible, Bishop Stallings? In the environment in the Middle East, there the summer is long. If the fish isn't preserved, it rots. They developed the method of salting fish. When we think about this and look at today's Christian culture, we wonder how it was possible. Some fish was preserved in salt. Several people could share one large piece of fish. When we look at this fact, we realize there are many things you need to learn from me, I'm realizing.

The time has come for us to reveal the truth, to testify to the truth. Today, when we look at Christian civilization, it has waited for the returning Lord. The returning Lord is here, but Christians do not know what the returning Lord was supposed to accomplish. Many people thought that if we believe and follow, we will go straight to heaven. So, this was a simplistic or naive belief. It can be sweltering hot in Korea and when it's hot the watermelon are ripe. To taste the sweetness and freshness of the watermelon, you have to cut the watermelon open. People, Christian civilization, need to know the truth of the returning Messiah.

Today we must acknowledge that the people close to Jesus did not fulfill their responsibility. How were they treated afterwards? Aren't you curious? How?

When we look at Mary, for example, she had a profound spiritual experience and through that, she conceived Jesus, and she stood as the physical mother of Jesus. Yet the environment at that time was truly not an environment in which she could speak freely of her pregnancy. I'm sure you've learned this content through the Bible already. However, what happened? How was it that Jesus, during his 33 years, even during his active life... How was it, that Mary, as the mother of Jesus – did she fulfill her responsibility, yes or no? How was it possible that Jesus, who came as the only begotten son of God, even at the age of thirty-three, was still by himself, alone. He was going a painful, miserable path that ended in crucifixion, a truly sad, miserable, and painful story.

When we think of Christmas, that wasn't the original birthday of Jesus. How is it that even after so much time had passed, there was not one person who could really tell the truth. It is truly sad. This is a sad reality.

Heaven has a grand vision, a great dream for humanity. However for four thousand Biblical years, Heaven worked so hard to send one person and shed so many tears. How painful and difficult it was to have taken four thousand years. However, in just thirty-three years, the foundation of four thousand Biblical years was lost. How miserable Jesus's heart must have been because he couldn't fulfill as a filial son who fulfilled his mission! How painful and miserable his heart must have been before the Heavenly Parent. Can you imagine? Have you thought of this? The two thousand year history of Christianity hasn't told us of the heart of Jesus. Today when we stand here, we need to be different.

We know the True Parents. You met the True Parents. Through True Parents you received the Blessing. You are no longer false olive trees. You have been engrafted into the True Olive Tree. What does this mean? It means you no longer have any relation to the Fall. If this is the case, can you stay in this blessed position by yourselves? What is the wish of the Heavenly Parent, of the True Parents? For all of humankind to be blessed by the True Parents and become children of the True Parent! The Kingdom of Heaven can be realized. You have been called. You pastors have been anointed. I have shown you the path to go. The True Parents have shown you the path to walk. If you follow the path of True Parents, you will be victorious. Don't think that because your family received the Blessing, that is everything.

When we look at the world, we see many disasters. We need to overcome the challenges. Let us become one. Let us educate humanity continuously. Everyone, fulfill your mission as tribal messiah. There must not be anyone who doesn't know about the coming of True Parents. We need to testify. There should be no one who doesn't know the True Parents. If you love your families, don't let them stay in ignorance or in darkness. We cannot turn our back on the world.

Don't keep the blessing to yourselves. We have second and third generations. As ancestors and blessed parents, we have a responsibility to our descendants. If you truly love your children, fulfill your responsibilities. May your children lead virtuous lives.

Everyone of you, if you affirm that you will fulfill your responsibilities as tribal messiahs, blessing 430 couples, if you fulfill that, what will happen? This nation – how would it change? There's a great hope that Heavenly Parent has for this nation. However, in the two hundred and some years of this nation, devotion has been diluted a lot. Through the True Parents, this nation can be the blessed nation you can be. Having spent blood, sweat and tears in this nation, we hope this nation can fulfill its responsibility. There have been many mistakes that happened here.

Many are waiting for the messiah. Even though the True Parents have come, Christians are still believing in the New Testament. In the age of the Completed Testament, in the age of Cheon Il Guk, we need to live different lives. Fulfill True Parent's and True Parents' dream for humanity. There are several roadblocks caused by ignorance regarding religion and people. There cannot be ignorance. This is my hope and earnest request for each of you, this December, especially regarding the life of Jesus. We are in the same position as the people who attended Jesus. ACLC, this is your responsibility. Please understand this. Don't repeat their mistakes.

That is why, until the year 2020, before the world, we need to show the love of our True Parents to humanity. May Cheongpyeong become the eternal Holy Ground. Be proud of the fact you could be with our True Parents. ... Be proud that you lived together with the True Parents. I want to create that kind of environment. When you think about it, live every day a life of gratitude and godliness. Realize the hope of our Heavenly Parent and the hope of humanity. Feel that in your heart.