ORDER NUMBER
85-08-29
REVEREND SUN MYUNG MOON
SPEAKS ON
CAUSA SEMINAR SPEECH
August 29, 1985,
Manhattan Center
Translator - Bo Hi Pak
Have you been studying well during the last couple of days? We are
gathered together as members of the Unification Church. What is the
Unification Church? It is a religious organization pursuing a noble
goal: the unity of all religions. You realize that is no easy task; it
is so difficult. But God's will and desire is the unity of all
religions and eventually the unity of all ideologies-such as communism
and democracy-under one understanding of God.
This is the United States, and most of you here today are American
citizens. There is much diversity and mixture of people and problems in
America. Unity is relatively easy if you lower yourself, but not so
easy when you elevate yourself. Europe is a community of nations
encompassing a great diversity of cultures and peoples. To try to
elevate all of Europe to a higher level and then to unite everyone is
quite a difficult task. But God exists and we must consider His
standard. Is He content with the present level? No, He desires
something much higher, the highest possible level. When you attempt to
raise the world up to God's standard and unite it, you encounter
immediate problems. To try to bring unity while maintaining the status
quo, without altering the current ideologies and philosophies, is
virtually impossible. Every country has its own idiosyncrasies; its
people are proud and stubborn. Americans, for example, feel that the
United States is number one. Europeans think they are tops. Such
attitudes make it impossible to form a harmonious body out of these
nations.
Still, if only human factors were involved, we might keep hoping
for unity. But another element exists: the invisible but real influence
of Satan. The forces of Satan in our world push mankind in the opposite
direction of goodness and try to block people from ever reaching it.
God has His own will or purpose, people and nations have their own
goals, and the forces of Satan have their own agenda. All three factors
or parties-God, mankind, and Satan-play a role, and their
responsibilities are intertwined. Eventually, they must reach a
consensus, or common understanding.
Were those three parties originally destined to be divided and
operate in conflict with each other? If so, unity would be hopeless.
We must understand the difference between good and evil. All three
parties began heading in the same direction, goodness. But mankind, in
the middle, turned toward the left and became evil. Satan was
originally an archangel, one of God's creatures. God's will cannot be
fulfilled unless mankind, in the center, participates in His
dispensation. Likewise, Satan could not accomplish his goal without
mankind's cooperation. Present divisions stem from the deviation of
God's original concept in the Garden of Eden. When God instructed Adam
and Eve not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, He
warned them that the consequence of disobedience was death. There, good
and evil divided. To obey God's will and achieve what God desires is
good; to disobey God and go away from Him is evil.
Only the Unification Church understands deeply how mankind's
lineage was transferred to Satan because of the fall. Having started as
a good archangel, Satan also longs ultimately to return to his original
position. The central criterion for determining good and evil is God's
will. The consummation of God's will is, naturally, good. Therefore,
whoever totally fulfills the will of God is a complete, or perfect,
person. Such a person is one with God.
The purpose of the Unification Church is to unite the religions and
peoples of the world centering upon the will of God. I am the founder
of the Unification Church, but that does not mean it exists to do my
will. No, I live for God's will. I work day and night to unite the
religions of the world, centered upon God's will, not my own. I only
obey the will of God and walk the providential road.
Then what is God's will? The average religious person seldom has a
clear idea what it is. But the Unification Church has a crystal-clear
answer: to fulfill the ideal or purpose of creation. The ideal of
creation is the completion or perfection of humankind and the universe.
When men and women are perfected, the universe will also be perfected.
Also, the ideal of creation includes the completion of the heavenly
four-position foundation. That begins with one God-centered individual,
whose mind and body are united under God's own lineage. Such a person
becomes God's man or woman. That is the first stage. Such a man and
woman can create a family, becoming God-centered husband and wife, and
giving birth to God centered children.
If this is God's concept, is there any room for separate American,
Soviet, or European ideologies? Can each hold onto his own way of
thinking and preserve his well-being? Is there room for a Japanese or
Korean way of thinking, for Oriental and Occidental ways of thinking?
God's mind totally focuses upon the completion of this heavenly
four-position foundation. He does not consider whether something is
distinctively American, Korean, Japanese, or whatever. He cares only
for the perfection of Adam and Eve within the Garden of Eden.
God longs for people to fulfill their human portion of
responsibility, to climb out of God's indirect dominion into His direct
dominion, and to become totally one with Him. That is God's one fervent
desire. But people sometime object, "All we really need is our
freedom. Why should we be bound by 'human responsibility'? Why worry
about setting all these conditions? Why is the heavenly four-position
foundation so necessary that we should give up our freedom for
it?"
God's supreme desire after creating the Garden of Eden and Adam and
Eve was to see people fulfill their responsibility and reach
perfection, or completion. Can any of you confidently say, "Yes, I
will follow God's desire and fulfill human responsibility whatever the
cost"? Raise your hands if you can. Supposedly, you have
volunteered to fulfill God's will. Do you realize that you should
become the champions in achieving it? Or do you think you don't need my
sermons, since you are Americans and have all that is necessary? How
much have you Americans been thinking about human responsibility?
Please reflect on it. Of all the people in the world, I am taking human
responsibility most seriously. I am putting my life on the line in
order to fulfill it.
God and Satan separated during the period for fulfilling human
responsibility. If human and angelic responsibilities had been properly
fulfilled, do you think Satan would have emerged? No, Satan has mankind
in a choke hold, telling people, "Until you fulfill your human
responsibility, you don't belong to God; you belong to me. I've got you
by the neck." There is a certain protocol among the three parties;
Satan and God know it, but human beings have been unaware of it. Only
at my coming has mankind's ignorance been conquered. Now human
responsibility has been clearly defined.
Once a person fulfills his human responsibility, Satan can never
conquer him and God will never abandon him. Satan and God made that
agreement. Everything hinges upon human responsibility. Whether we
follow God's will or Satan's will depends upon one thing: the
fulfillment of our responsibility.
For example, Dr. Durst is the president of the Unification Church
of America. He met me and followed my will, traveling throughout the
country to promote our movement. He knows the American way of life, and
he is absolutely confident that he is doing God's will to the maximum
of his ability. But is that the entirety of human responsibility? Is
that sufficient to fulfill God's will and please Him? The answer is no.
The American way is very trivial in relation to the universal will of
God. Even though you may have completed lots of workshops and seminars
on the Principle, including leadership courses, and you think you know
the Principle, your nose is still hooked by a wire, and that wire is
called human responsibility.
I am a smart man. If human responsibility were not required, I
could have chosen a very easy path and become popular wherever I went.
Think about it. There are plenty of experts and PhDs in the world, each
looking for better ways of achieving human fulfillment. Do I
concentrate on such things less than they do? I put a lot
more thought into it. Do you think I am so dumb that I just picked
the wrong route, causing so much persecution and misunderstanding? Do
I enjoy that kind of persecution? Then why has it happened? Why did I
have to go through such adverse situations? Because there is no other
way, in heaven or on earth. I had to take that course and overcome it.
Even if our parents reject us, we must follow this way. Even if our
wife and children reject us, we must continue. If our own nation and
people reject us, still we must go on. If the entire world and the
universe opposes us, we persevere. That is the road of survival. That
is the destiny we were born to fulfill. That is the covenant between
God and Satan, the rules upon which they have agreed. We don't have the
option to digress from these rules; we must follow them.
Those of you sitting in the front row have been CAUSA lecturers.
Have you been truly serious, investing all your effort into your
commitment, paying indemnity and trying to fulfill your responsibility
in a manner acceptable to both God and Satan? Even if nuclear war broke
out today and the entire world were demolished, still human
responsibility would remain. It will never go away. Therefore, what
people should dread the most is not necessarily an atomic bomb or
nuclear warfare; it is unfulfilled human responsibility. For the whole
United States of America to be demolished in one second, or for your
entire family to be incinerated, would be less fearful than unfulfilled
human responsibility.
While Adam and Eve were fulfilling their responsibility, were they
supposed to have children? Before completing their human
responsibility, they should not have turned to each other and said,
"I love you; I want to kiss you and make love." This is why
Jesus told his disciples, "A man's foes shall be those of his own
household. He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of
me; and he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of
me." (Matt. 10:36-38). Does that make sense to you? Is it
realistic? Have you had such a serious attitude? Have you made a
life-and-death commitment to bear the cross and follow the Lord,
wherever he leads?
What elements interacted to cause human responsibility to fail'?
Illicit love and the acquiring of satanic blood lineage have prevented
mankind from fulfilling human responsibility. If people's bloodstream
and lineage had remained connected with God's original lineage, human
responsibility would have been automatically completed. Because of the
human fall and unfulfilled human responsibility, a new will of God went
into effect: salvation and restoration. Only after the fall did those
concepts emerge.
Once His children had fallen, God could no longer deal directly
with them. He could not reach out to mankind, and mankind could not
reach out to Him, because the fall occurred during God's indirect
dominion. God can exercise His power only when people reach His direct
dominion. Otherwise, God has no way to deal with us.
Can people traveling the course of God's providence focus on having
lots of fun and a wonderful time now, and still achieve salvation? How
wonderful if it were the case! That is basically the way American young
people- especially women-think. So what can we do? Men and women who
think that way should be kicked out as detriments to the dispensation.
The Principle works to bring fallen generations back to God's
direct, unstained, pure and original bloodstream, restoring mankind to
God's original lineage. Only after you fulfill your human
responsibility can God's lineage flow into your bloodstream,
transforming you into a new person. Our ultimate goal is to be linked
with God's lineage and become His true children. How can we bring Adam
and Eve into oneness? How can we create that unified heavenly
four-position foundation? How can we inherit God's lineage? By
centering on God's love.
Does anyone here have a different idea? You are very wise people,
but much of your energy has been spent in complaining and trying to
dodge the mainstream work. Yet you still want to reap the benefits.
Have you ever said, "I completely accept my human
responsibility"'? Can you say it with confidence? Since you have
not fulfilled all of your human responsibility, are you in God's direct
of indirect dominion? Who controls the indirect dominion-God or Satan?
You remain in Satan's realm until you enter God's direct dominion. Is
this clear?
The important thing is not to run around all over the place, but to
be enrolled in a certain course. You have to be clearly registered and
connected with the professors who teach that course. Then, upon its
completion, you will receive a certificate.
I have proclaimed the goal of uniting the peoples and religions of
the entire world. God's game plan, or formula, is quite simple. First
of all, God gives you the chance to fulfill human responsibility, and
then comes the harvest. Those who fulfill will receive God's new
lineage and enter heaven, like the grain. Those who fail shall remain
in this hellish world, like the chaff that is thrown away.
Every person is destined to go this course, even though it might
take billions of years in spirit world to finish it. All people must
fulfill their responsibility. Your best opportunity is on earth.
According to the principle of creation, human responsibility is
supposed to be completed on earth, or in the spirit world. Have the
major religious leaders, such as the Popes, cardinals and famous
ministers, fulfilled all the requirements and attained God's direct
dominion?
Suppose you worked throughout your life on earth, giving your very
best, but you discover when you reach the spirit world that you had not
completed the necessary courses? What would happen if you said, "I
just want to stay here"? The rest of the spirit world would kick
you out and tell you, "There is no place for you here." They
would send you back!
You joined the Unification Church and have done your best. Now that
you are blessed and have children, you might think of relaxing. But
you still have responsibility, and if you fail to fulfill it, when you
enter the spirit world, you will be judged by that failure. Your own
children shall be your accusers. They will grab you and say, "Why
didn't you do more and fulfill your responsibility?" Also, the
wife might say to her husband, "Didn't you know the truth? Why
didn't you treat me in a more disciplined way while we were on earth?
You weren't serious about Father's dispensation, and so we ended up in
hell. Why weren't you more stern and demanding? Why didn't you take
human responsibility more seriously?" How tragic if the wife
becomes her husband's accuser!
I know this absolute rule and principle. While I am here on earth,
I have to teach it thoroughly and without compromising even one iota.
Whatever the consequence, whether persecution or imprisonment, I must
lay down a straight rule. Even though the United States opposes me, I
will confront it squarely and fearlessly, because I have a job to do.
Not even the strongest earthly power can prevent me from fulfilling my
human responsibility. That is my mandate from God and my firm
resolution.
You are my disciples and children, aren't you? In your position,
can you say, "I don't care about human responsibility. Let Father
do it?" Regarding indemnity, perhaps you rationalize and say,
"Backward people from countries such as Korea might live that way,
or Japanese people can do it. But we are American citizens. This is a
free country, and we have everything we need." You are free, that
is true, but you are not free from human responsibility.
How deadly in earnest God has been! He lost all His saints and
martyrs, and He wants to restore this world using their blood
sacrifice. This world has always been running away from Him. He is so
serious now! But even God could not clearly specify what human
responsibility is, because finding that out is also part of our
responsibility, according to the Principle. If God could have led
people by the hand directly to the goal, the world would never have
become like it is.
Satan is always taunting God and saying, "People have to learn
human responsibility and prove by the way they live that they are
worthy of being Your sons and daughters. But none of them are doing it!
That shows that all men and women on earth are my children. Don't touch
them, God!" And God has to agree with Satan.
Once we go to the spirit world, the truth of this will become
crystal clear. But it will be too late then. The tragedy will be even
greater when men and women who knew about their human responsibility
while on earth still failed to fulfill it.
I know clearly what has to be done and how to do it, and I can lead
you by the hand. But sometimes I feel disgusted when I stand before
you, because it is so impossible to lead you. I issue emergency
instructions, but you take them lightly, saying, "Well, I'll do my
best, I guess." And some people waste their time, just wanting to
have fun. What a tragedy when God declares an emergency but none of His
soldiers take it seriously enough to tackle it! I am speaking
particularly to you leaders, you "big shots." l wear special
eyeglasses of human responsibility, and I use them to check your
movements and behavior, to see whether you pass their approval.
The great blessing of God's love is waiting to be bestowed, but no
one is deserving, because your blood lineage is not pure enough to
receive it. You have received the Blessing, but none of you really
understands its importance a.d value. Sometimes this makes me feel
deeply hurt and full of regret. My feelings about the Blessing are so
deep: is it an immeasurable, priceless gift. But you handle it like an
old pair of shoes. Those who have been blessed, raise your hands,
please. Do you think the Blessing was just a simple child's game we
played? On the contrary, it is a life-and-death showdown. The Blessing
came to you upon my lifelong sacrifice. I paid an incredibly high
price to give it to you, in order to connect the heavenly lineage to
you.
Have you felt that your blood is different now'? Have you been
reminding yourself, "I am connected to the heavenly lineage; now
my whole body is God's'?" That is such a poignant realization.
Have you experienced it? Only when you go beyond human responsibility
can you deserve the Blessing. In a way, the truth is simple and clear.
Human responsibility has eight different levels, starting from the
individual level and extending to the family, tribe, nation, world,
universe and cosmos. God inspired the creation of the various religions
of the world and has been cultivating them like wild olive trees so
that when the Messiah came, He could engraft his lineage onto them.
That is the entire purpose of the chosen people and the chosen
religion. The Messiah is the one who first fulfills human
responsibility and brings the heavenly lineage with which to engraft
the wild olive trees, so that they can become true olive trees.
The Unification Church culture, centered upon True Parents, who
represent true love and God's true lineage, shall be propagated to all
of humanity, creating a new culture and a new world. That is the
essence of the Unification Church culture and the mission of the
Unification Church. Only through this channel can the Kingdom of God
become a reality on earth. Only as we spread the truth and overcome the
world's ignorance, gaining acceptance of the True Parents, can the
Kingdom of Heaven emerge on earth.
This is the mission of the Messiah and the Unification Church. The
heavenly four-position foundation lost to Satan must be restored.
Therefore, wherever the Unification movement goes, Satan and God
inevitably have a showdown, because that is where life and death,
heaven and hell, and the victory of God or Satan are determined.
You Unification Church members sometimes think you have nothing to
do with Jesus. That is erroneous. Actually, the Unification Church was
born at the time of Jesus, who came to be the True Parent 2,000 years
ago. Had he been able to fulfill everything without going through the
crucifixion, the Unification Church would have begun in his time.
Moreover, the Roman Empire would not have fallen; the world would long
ago have been united; and there would have been no room for communism
on earth.
The close of World War II was another ripe opportunity. The United
States of America, as the key Christian nation of the modern world,
could have led the entire world and heralded the coming of the Messiah
at that time.
A wondrous miracle has taken place. Through discovering the
Principle, I was able to telescope 6,000 Biblical years of fallen
history, and particularly the past 2,000 years, into 20 years. I have
condensed a long dispensation into a short time-making a long story
short!
My efforts until the Holy Wedding in 1960 were to restore the
position of Jesus. Therefore, I had to walk his path, because as Jesus'
heir I could not move forward unless his position was completely
vindicated and restored.
The 25 years from 1960 to 1985 has been the era of the True
Parents. In 1960, the age of True Parents dawned. From 1960 to 1972, 1
laid the national foundation in Korea, which became the cornerstone of
the worldwide foundation. During those 12 years, I declared the four
heavenly holidays, set the pattern of true patriotism, and through the
various organizations which we founded, laid a substantial foundation
for the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. I also sent out all the blessed
couples to the field, offering them as sacrifices for the redemption of
the country. From 1970 on, I have encountered worldwide opposition,
which was expected and normal.
During the 12 years from 1973 to 1985,1 expanded the foundation
from the national to the worldwide level, centering upon the United
States. We mobilized all the races of mankind and extended our
foundation throughout the earth, in preparation for the global conflict
with the worldwide satanic forces. This has been the time for planting
the new tradition for the democratic world and the new tradition for
international blessed families.
The pattern of struggle has been the same in both periods. On the
national level in Korea, there were daily threats against my life. Now,
in the United States I have faced tremendous opposition and persecution
on an international scale, as you are well aware.
Actually, what is happening now in 1985 was supposed to have
happened in 1945. Had established Christianity accepted me at the close
of World War 11, what we are now witnessing would have occurred then.
But because established Christianity failed, I spent 40 years in the
international wilderness and finally volunteered for the crucifixion of
Danbury. Because I was resurrected rather than defeated there, I opened
the way for a new era of total religious and international unity. I
have succeeded in restoring every level of the dispensation-individual,
family, tribal, national, worldwide, universal and cosmic.
The Cain-Abel relationship is the classic pattern of providence.
So far, Cain has tried to control everything. When established
Christianity is Cain, the Unification Church is Abel. But attitudes
have been gradually changing, particularly after my incarceration at
Danbury; now established Christianity is approaching the position of a
Cain who accepts the leadership of Abel. The United States government
is Cain to the Christian churches, who are Abel; but the government has
been more powerful and has been exerting its will over the churches. In
world affairs the United States has been trying to control everything.
The democratic world, centering on the United States, is Abel, and the
communist world, centering on the Soviet Union, is unquestionably Cain;
but both Cain and Abel have been lost and filled with chaos.
So the Cain-Abel relationship clearly exists on every level, even
within the Unification Church. According to the Principle, unless unity
between Cain and Abel is restored, the parents cannot emerge. After
World War 11 God gave an unprecedented opportunity to the United
States, a Christian nation, to assume the leadership of the entire
world. At the close of World War 11, the Christian churches were filled
with inspiration and glorified God for bringing them the victory. But
they should have clung to God, remaining humble and praying for him to
send His anointed one to lead America and the whole world. That should
have been the focus of their prayers. They should have been waiting to
receive the Messiah, the True Parents. Had all this happened 40 years
ago, restoration would have been accomplished in virtually one stroke.
I was a young man at that time, but already I had uncovered the
entire Principle. Conditions were as ripe then as they are today for
leading the world back to God. Had the True Parents been accepted 40
years ago, with the nations and churches (as Cain and Abel) united and
welcoming them, it would have taken only seven more years to establish
the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. Communism would never have become so
strong. However, the United States surrendered its responsibility and
abandoned the world, and communism, which had been feeble, amassed
power and took over nations one by one.
Korea was in the position to accept the True Parents first, but it
opposed me instead. Established Korean Christianity became a tool of
Satan and totally turned against me, and the Korean government
immediately joined in the persecution. Thus, Satan snatched that
opportune time.
Not only did Satan divide the Unification Church from the larger
Christian community, but he also preyed on Christianity itself. Today
Christianity in America has been infiltrated by godless attitudes, such
as liberation theology and secular humanism. The world has become a
wilderness and Satan is devouring it, left and right. It has become the
target for Satan's rampant attacks.
Just as in the time of Moses, 40 years is the period for changing
generations. The first generation which followed Moses died without
entering Canaan. Likewise, the first generation after World War 11
which rejected the True Parents, has mostly passed away. The second
generation is now ready to accept and embrace me. I had to pay the
indemnity to make a link to his second generation and open the door to
them.
For that reason, I trained Hyo Jin to be the Abel, or second
generation leader, by having him direct the blessed children's
workshops around my time in Danbury. The first was held a year ago, and
the second one just finished in Korea on August 15. There are various
Cain-Abel relationships within our church. When I am Abel, you're Cain.
But the second generation is Abel to the first generation, as Cain.
Your children, for instance are Abel and you are Cain. In my family,
Hyo Jin and the second generation are Abel and I am Cain.
Now that the victory has been won in Danbury, I am setting up a
clear channel of command, with the emergence of Hyo Jin as the
second-generation Abel. My victory at Danbury also has meant my own
resurrection, both physically and spiritually. I am now in the position
of Lord of the Second Advent to the world. A new era has begun, in a
way, so one of the most important issues now is the leadership of the
second generation.
My period of incarceration at Danbury was also comparable to Moses'
40 days on Mount Sinai. Much confusion and chaos prevailed before I
entered prison. But with my emergence as the victorious Lord of the
Second Advent for the world, a new order has come into being. You have
a new opportunity to renew your connection with the True Father. The
Unification Church, established Christianity, and the whole world are
being renewed through that relationship. My mission has also been
renewed. The bond between the True Father and the second generation has
been renewed. Moses himself died in the wilderness, unable to cross
over into Canaan; only the second generation actually entered the
promised land. Now Moses is resurrected physically and is personally
leading the first and second generations together into Canaan!
During the Exodus, the Israelites had a simple direction: to follow
Moses. They could survive by following him. By the same token, after my
emergence as the new world leader, people will say, "A new Moses
has arisen, the Reverend Moon. Our survival depends on following his
direction."
Blessed couples have an absolutely crucial mission. All the Korean
blessed couples went out to witness for three years, from 1970 to 1972,
setting a new tradition for the national foundation in Korea. This
time, the international blessed couples are going out to witness to the
world, especially in America. During these next three years, we will
set a worldwide foundation and tradition. I have already paid all the
indemnity necessary to restore human responsibility on all levels from
the individual to the global scale. Furthermore, I have planted God's
true lineage on earth and laid its foundation and set its tradition. I
am standing upon that foundation today.
You received the Blessing at your present level of the restored
growth stage. But I want you to know that even though you are blessed,
your indemnity condition and your human responsibility have not been
fulfilled. One more stage remains before you can enter God's direct
dominion. Chaos, misunderstanding and faithlessness may all occur
during this final period. But when you finish that last step and enter
God's direct dominion, Satan's accusation will leave you permanently
These next three years until 1988 will be absolutely vital. If you
blessed couples throughout the world unite with me and follow my
instructions and fulfill your responsibility, we will all cross that
final completion line.
The world is filled with confusion now. The Soviet Union is
desperate. August 15, 1985 marked the 40th anniversary of the end of
World War II. Before that date, I wanted it declared to the world that
communism was coming to an end. Prominent academic leaders at the
Second International Congress of the Professors World Peace Academy
this summer predicted the end of world communism. I already foretold
the decline of the United States 12 years ago. So the end of communism
is near and the United States and the free world are declining. So who
shall survive? Only those who uncompromisingly follow the will of God.
They will be the remnant, the survivors.
Men and women who fulfill their human responsibility and receive
the True Parents' direct lineage through the Blessing are the remnant,
the grains which shall be harvested. You can carry out that task by
going to the satanic world and subjugating it. You have inherited my
tradition and the charge to teach it to all of America. This is the age
for you and your families to take up the responsibility. Therefore, all
the blessed couples shall be mobilized. Whoever is not involved in this
mobilization has nothing to do with True Parents. Now is the time to
cross the Jordan River. You can enter Canaan or remain in the
wilderness. You need to be bold and strong. The two key words are bold
and strong.
This country desperately needs a God-centered president, senators
and congressmen. America's intellectual establishment is liberal,
godless, secular, humanistic, and anti-religious. We are declaring war
against three main enemies: godless communism, Christ-less American
liberalism, and secular-humanistic morality. They are the enemies of
God, the True Parents, the Unification Church, all of Christianity, and
all religions. We are working to mobilize a united front against them.
While I was in Danbury, I focused on uniting all religious
people-regardless of their faith or denomination, race or culture-in a
common cause.
Do you feel in your bones that established Christianity has turned
towards us? This is the blessing I expected immediately following World
War II. Because of the failure of established Christianity at that
time, the road of providence has passed through 40 arduous years of
indemnity. But after completing a huge circle, we have returned to that
original time of blessing. In these 40 years of journeying in the
wilderness, I re-indemnified everything through my blood, sweat, labor,
and tears. If established Christianity had responded properly at first,
that blessing would have swept across the country and throughout the
world. Since I have re-indemnified everything, that opportunity has
returned. Now, when you go out you will have a sweeping effect
nationwide. You should expect to harvest an incredible victory.
Do you feel what I am saying in your bones? No matter what, we must
remain committed during these three years. Please rise above all
difficulties, opposition, persecution, and internal struggles. You
blessed couples must set the tradition on the worldwide level; then you
shall reap the great victory for everyone. We shall return this world
to the original, unpolluted condition of the Garden of Eden and to the
pure, unstained heavenly four-position foundation. That is our mandate
for these next three years. We will leave no room for the opposition to
invade.
Several major external events are scheduled for 1988: presidential
elections in the United States and Korea, the election of a prime
minister in Japan, and a change of leadership in Germany. The four
major providential nations, representing Cain, Abel, Eve and Adam on
the worldwide level, will decide their destiny in 1988. Korea is the
Adam nation, Japan the Eve nation, the United States the restored
heavenly archangel, and Germany the fallen archangel. This is the
dispensational significance of these four nations.
Germany is divided vertically, between East and West; the East
belongs to satanic communism and the West to the free world. Korea is
divided horizontally, at the 38th parallel, between North and South. In
North Korea, Kim II Sung has taken the position of satanic parent of
the nation, while in the South, there are True Parents. By overcoming
North Korea and East Germany in one way or another, we will make the
condition to solve the world's problems and end the struggle between
communism an the free world. Who shall bring that solution? Secular
national leaders cannot solve these problems. Only leaders who know
God's will and God's mandate can do it. That day is at hand.
Shall we work to receive this blessing and eliminate the need for
indemnity? Shall we take the final leap forward-or give up our mission
now? What do you think? We shall fulfill human responsibility and
create a sphere free of indemnity. We shall build a True Parent
centered society. We shall create the Kingdom of Heaven on earth and
make our final settlement. God's people have never been able to settle.
Final settlement must come. We have been the objects of ridicule
wherever we have gone. But that shall change. In the next three years,
Moonies shall become honored, respected and revered.
Your children shall be free from persecution and opposition; they
will not need to pay indemnity for the past. They will truly live in
the Kingdom of Heaven from birth on and will automatically enter the
Kingdom of Heaven in spirit world. That is the kind of foundation you
as a parent can lay.
Did you hear my plans to mobilize 7,000 people to go to Korea: We
have already educated more than 7,000 Christian ministers. Imagine
bringing 7,000 American ministers following Reverend Moon to Korea,
under the banner of CAUSA! That would have an impact on the entire
nation.
The fallen archangel, Germany, must follow the United States, the
heavenly archangel. The United States must follow Japan, the Eve
nation. Japan must follow Korea, the Adam nation. The ultimate showdown
will take place in Korea. Therefore, the United States cannot pull out
of Korea; the archangel must save Adam. At the fall, the archangel
turned against Adam, instead of serving him. God's side and Satan's
side are both moving in the same direction. North Korea is in the
position of satanic Adam, Red China is satanic Eve, and the Soviet
Union is the satanic archangel. When the four nations on God's side
unite, the satanic side will split apart. Red China is already
rebelling against the communist ideology and will inevitably turn in
God's direction.
If Korea, Japan, the United States and Germany unite and move
together during these next three years, incredible things will happen.
The Occidental cultural sphere is moving towards the Orient. The sun
rises from the East and goes to the West. World culture as well is
moving toward the East. The Cain-type cultures of the West have taken
the subjective role around the world, while the Abel-type cultures of
the East have been in the objective role. But the subject and object
positions are now reversing; the United States and the Christian
cultures have begun to admire and strive to emulate the Oriental
cultures. The Unification culture is the Adam culture towards which
everything is moving.
Today the United States is trailing behind Japan in many fields,
including technology, scientific research, computers, and automation.
This is how God is turning the world. At the fall, Eve handed her
entire power over to the archangel. Now the archangel is returning its
power to the heavenly angel and to Eve; through Eve, Adam will be
restored. This is happening today on the worldwide level.
Eventually I would like to see Koreans, Japanese, Americans and
Germans living together in the same building. There will be
condominiums to house international families and communities. The
children of families in the same complex will intermarry and live as
part of a larger community, like one great family growing up together.
This will be our tradition. Such communities will be our tribes.
Without a pattern of tribal life, we will never be able to enter the
Kingdom of Heaven. Do you understand? We have not yet set this heavenly
tradition.
You international blessed couples are very precious. International
couples will become highly respected and valued. The era of white
supremacy is past. Whoever still harbors feelings of white supremacy in
the Unification Church has a satanic attitude.
A great providential opportunity is at hand. Now that you know the
complete picture, God and True Parents are giving a mandate to all
members of the Unification Church-especially blessed couples-to be
mobilized. Marching orders have been issued. We are going to the front
line. The day will come when even if you volunteer for the front line,
there will be no more mobilization. There are growing numbers of people
who, although they are not even members of the Unification Church, are
investing much time, effort, and even tears in the study and
propagation of the Principle. What is the difference between you and
them? Even though they study Principle so much harder than you, unless
they pay a certain amount of indemnity they cannot enter the kingdom of
Heaven. Your indemnity is your advantage.
Who will conquer the worldwide Satan? Ultimately, it is up to you.
You have to confront Satan. True Parents can give you all the guidance
and direction you need, but you will force the ultimate showdown-not
us. When the world totally embraces the Unification Church and no
longer opposes us, you should volunteer for labor camps and coal mines!
We will have to create some indemnity course within our own system! I
will give directions about that.
When the world accepts the Unification Church, should we become
self-satisfied and boast, "Our day has come! Hallelujah!"?
Not at all. Do you think your children, the second generation, will
have their own portion of human responsibility, they too shall be
accused; they may not end up in hell, but heavenly law will chastise
them, because the law of indemnity still applies.
We are now assembling like the Israelites at the time of Moses.
You have been given your marching orders. Please don't complain like
the ten faithless spies. Be like Joshua and Caleb and cross the Jordan
River to challenge the city of Jericho with victorious faith. This is
the standard and tradition that the blessed families in the United
States should establish.
I will pass on to you the fruits on my 40 years of indemnity during
these next three years. God suffered for 6,000 biblical years. Through
my 40 years of indemnity, I could receive from Him a great inheritance,
which I am ready to give to you, upon the completion of your three
years of service.
Centered upon God and the True Parents, the heavenly four-position
foundation has already been erected. The final heavenly four-position
foundation will be composed of God, the True Parents' family
foundation, the True Children's family foundations, and your own
blessed family foundations. That heavenly four-position foundation by
families is the ultimate foundation. Within that, there is no room for
Satan. Does the Principle indicate that Satan can invade such a
foundation? This is the absolute foundation-absolute God, absolute True
Parents, absolute faith of the True Children, and absolute faith of the
blessed couples. That leaves no loophole for Satan.
In the Garden of Eden there were no boundaries. Eventually national
boundaries shall also disappear. In the ideal world you can go
anywhere. The whole of modern technology developed to help fulfill
God's ideal. We have been expecting this time. Our only responsibility
is to make one final jump, set out on the one final march. You blessed
couples have been given your marching orders.
Those who will respond by saying, "Now I am determined to
carry out the True Parents' wishes. I will fulfill that goal. I will
accomplish God's will"-please stand up. Raise your hands. Do you
pledge before me to fulfill your human responsibility and to live up to
my expectations?
Yes or no?
Yes or no?
Yes or no'?
Thank you.