ORDER NUMBER
92-01-02B
REVEREND SUN MYUNG MOON
SPEAKS AT
INTERNATIONAL LEADERS'
CONFERENCE
January 2, 1992
Grand Ball Room, World Mission Center, New York
Translator - Dr. Bo Hi Pak
Could you move back about ten more feet? Father wants to sit in front
of you so he can see your faces very clearly. How many countries are represented
here? Ninety six nations.
Not all of you were able to participate in the special pledge service
today for the Day of Victory of Love. Father gave a very profound message
about the meaning of this day. It is being transcribed immediately so the
missionaries will have copies to disseminate among their members. Father
has instructed that the recorded tapes should be transcribed today so that
will be done.
What would you like to hear from Father today? You already heard Father's
great morning message. What else would you like to hear?
Regardless of race, color, age or sex, the most important questions
people ask are: Who am I? What am I doing? and What is important to me?
Those questions are important to everyone. My self is very important. We
have a built-in desire to become the center of attention and a central
figure. We also have a built-in nature to make our family a central family.
We want our tribe, clan and nation to become the center of the entire world.
There is no one who doesn't think like that. We all have these concerns.
But even though everyone thinks in that fashion, has anyone fulfilled
that desire? No one has. Has even a head of state, President Bush for example,
fulfilled that totally central position in terms of the world, nation,
society and family? Not quite. Human desire is based on an eternal timetable.
The U.S. presidency lasts eight years at the most.
We must recognize the core reason for this innate desire of men and
women. History did not start from you, so the origin did not come from
you. There was a beginning a long time ago. This desire exists not only
within yourself, but it will exist in the millions and millions of people
who will come after you. It is an historical desire which also extends
eternally into the future. This desire goes all the way back to the Creator.
It originated in the Creator who started with that particular ambition
and desire. It originated right at the top. Therefore every one of us must
realize we are not just simply one individual. We are a representative
of an incredible number of people who have lived throughout history. We
represent our entire ancestral tree and the future generations as well.
One man represents all men and one woman represents a multitude of women.
As a representative you must feel you represent God as well. People
do not know that. You know you are a representative, however you are not
just representing the United States of America. You are representing heaven
and earth. You are representing all of humanity.
When you act truly as a representative of the entire world and heaven
and earth and humanity, people in the world will look up to you and pay
respect to you. A couple, husband and wife, are not just a simple horizontal
husband and wife. A couple is like a pinnacle on the tree of families that
came before you. That husband and wife center upon their clan and the clan
represents the nation. That's how the different races, skin colors and
creeds have prospered and engendered themselves.
It is like a big tree. A tree always has a central stem or trunk. At
the same time there is a multitude of branches both big and small. There
is a central love, central root, central trunk and a central bud. You need
the bud. Everyone wants to be connected to the central line. Even if you
are a branch, you want to be connected to that central trunk line. By doing
so you are connecting to the source of life. When you are in the central
line you are standing on a vertical line, but if you are a branch you have
to make a horizontal move to reach the central point. In other words, you
are in a horizontal position. That is the only difference. However where
you are doesn't make a difference. Every branch, the leaves and buds are
all connected to the central trunk line where they receive life.
Each particular branch is connected to the central trunk line. Without
it, the branch will die. The only difference is that the trunk has a strict
vertical line. The central bud attached to the trunk disappeared so someone
has to replace it. There is no longer a vertical bud, but the nearest branch
would play the role of the central trunk line.
Wherever you are placed, let's say you place yourself in the South Pole,
it doesn't make a difference. You are still connected to the central trunk
line, therefore the central trunk line is "me". The central bud,
all the surrounding branches and the central trunk line are all connected
to me, therefore they are me. Nothing is foreign in this respect. Nothing
is alienated, isolated or disconnected. The tree is engaged in one life.
Everything on that tree shares the source of that one life.
If one branch is broken off, the entire tree feels pain. When Father
pulls this brother's hair, where does he feel pain? Does only the hair
say ouch? Your hair is pulled, but your mouth says ouch. Isn't that funny?
It means there is some relation between your hair and your mouth. You share
one life.
Where does life come from? It comes from love. Love is the source of
life. You are the fruit of the love of your parents. Everything comes from
love. When you go way down to the base of the root, you will find that
love is the source of everything. All things germinate from love and are
permeated by love. Here at the center, the center nerve is love. Everything
else, such as your body and your life, surrounds that. Therefore you are
also love because your axis penetrates down to the very bottom which is
love.
Do you have life also? Life has circulating blood. There are three basic
elements. First is life. When you say life, there is love on the right
and blood on the left. When you say blood, love is on the right hand side
and life is on the left. When you are centered upon love, on the right
hand side there is life and the other side is blood. This is how those
three come together.
When you are in love with someone, your blood heats up. That love stirs
you to action centered on love. Man and woman come together in a head-on
collision, but it isn't destructive. These three elements do not move separately,
but harmoniously together. When the blood heats up, life is exciting and
love is germinated.
How can life multiply and be extended? Your life has been handed down
generation after generation, through what? By blood. You never say life
lineage, you say blood lineage. Blood heating up, blood in action and blood
handed down from generation to generation. New life comes from your blood.
When parents are in love, the mother's blood, which is connected to her
life, and the father's blood, which is connected to his life, come together
to create new life. Do you think this man just came down from heaven? Where
did he come from? The blood of his mother and the blood of his father.
Life has been injected through the love of his parents. My self, my own
being, could not have existed with my parents removed. If your parents
are removed, you wouldn't be here. Your parents are the past and you are
the present. Without that past there would be no future. The children are
the future. Those three are one category. They cannot be separated.
You receive the source of life, love and lineage from your mother and
father and you will hand it down to your children. But again, you cannot
do it alone. You need your wife to do it. When yourself, your parents and
your children are united, you are actually whole. Your body is completed.
You are in the center of the past and the future. You are the representative
of heaven and earth. You are the center of the universe as well. Not only
are you the center between your parents and children, but you are the center
of the universe.
What is the power to do this? It is the power of love, life and blood.
Where does it come from? Originally, it comes from God. You can boldly
say, "In my body, I have God's love. In my body, I have God's life.
In my body, I have God's blood. Therefore I am a total representative of
God." That is the true way of human rights. That is where true human
value and dignity come from.
Our life comes from love and our life is handed down through the blood.
The blood is separate in woman and man, but after that they come together,
a connection leads to the expansion of humanity. You are the representative
of the historical blood lineage of God. "I represent historical life.
I am representing historical love. I represent God Almighty, the Creator.
I am His child, His being and His representative. This is my pride and
value and right. God is the center of love, life and blood and I have inherited
those three things. Therefore I am representing God in this world and in
eternity as well."
Even the smallest cells multiply. They are productive all the time.
By the same token our life should be that way. Each cell has the elements
of the entire tree; the root, trunk, branches and buds. Everything exists
within each individual cell. My pride comes from the fact that my blood
is the same as God's blood. My life comes from God and my love comes from
God. They are the same; I am not foreign to God. If I pull a hair from
this lovely brown head, who is that hair? It is me. It represents me. In
this respect the universe is a place of equality because every one of us
has inherited from God the same qualities of love, life and blood lineage.
When God hears us saying, "I am a representative of God and representative
of the universe and world and nation", He would not say, "What
a blasphemer! That guy is talking too big!" God won't say that. He
will call you His son or daughter.
One's life will multiply. Because of time and other factors involved,
there will be some variation in how far it will go and how wide an area
an individuals life will cover. However, in terms of value, all men and
women will be absolutely equal. Your life pattern is one of two possibilities:
you are either giving energy to the tree or taking energy away from the
tree. When a person becomes sick, he becomes a burden to the neighbors
and family. What kind of person would you like to become? Would you like
to be a burden or a contributor to the family, neighbors and world?
Productive societies are made up of individuals who feel "I need
to contribute to society. I don't want to become a burden to the tree.
As much as God invested every ounce of energy for creation, I want to give
to others." We are not going to be pushed down. In other words, this
world of ours is not going to see us struggling with each other. We are
going to receive universal blessing all together like sunshine coming upon
every man. In the same way, the life of God, the love of God and the blood
lineage of God will come down upon every man.
When you become a true representative of the universe and God, where
will you go? Do you pluck the apple and eat it? That would be like committing
a crime. If you represent the Creator, you are a co-creator, so everything
in the creation belongs to you. It is your prerogative and right to enjoy
the creation. The universe would not push down that kind of man. The universe
will protect and admire that kind of person just as the universe has lifted
up God. It is the same thing. You are a walking God.
Reverend Moon came to America, not with the ambition to take over the
United States. On the contrary, when he came to America, he wanted to multiply
true life, true value and true lineage among Americans and lift them up
so that they could become co-creators. The saintly life is to commit yourself
like God. God's life has been one of commitment. God is committing His
love, life and lineage to the creation. By the same token, your life has
been designed in such a way that every day you are committing your love,
life and lineage to humanity. You can indeed become a true image of God.
You shall be a reprsentative no matter what, because the universe operates
under that principle. God operates under that principle too, so you are
a co-worker of God.
Father visited North Korea and Kim Il Sung. Do you think Father went
there to take something away from him? Or, was Father pulling energy from
the precious lives of the young American members of the Unification Church;
their life, love and energy to give to Kim Il Sung and the twenty million
poor people in North Korea for their survival, re-creation and prosperity?
Is Father's way of thinking a crime? What are the communists? They are
like a chunk of dirt. There is no soul, no love, no blood lineage in communism.
In order to re-create them you have to give a lot of love, a lot of blood
and lots of life. Where will Father get that? From you! Father is even
thinking that for that purpose he would be willing to divert great resources
from expenditure in America. How about that? That money can be invested
in North Korea for the sake of life, love and blood lineage. The whole
universe would welcome Reverend Moon, bow down and be thankful forever.
What a glory for the American members, to give life, the source of energy,
love and blood as investment for the people of North Korea. Those twenty
million people could spring out into new life and new prosperity and a
new well being. It would be a new nation. What a great fulfillment that
would be for our projects in America! You couldn't hope to do anything
better than that in the United States. Kim Il Sung has an original mind
and will see that Reverend Moon did not come to take anything away from
him or exploit him. Instead Reverend Moon came to give him the source of
life, love and blood. What will Kim Il Sung do? He will just go down and
down and down and bow down.
Reverend Moon is always in debt for the sake of doing God's work. He
is probably the most indebted person under the sun. This is Reverend Moon's
spirit, to even mortgage himself and get as much money as possible to do
the work of God for the sake of humanity. Those on the receiving end are
trying to get one more penny, a higher salary and more benefit from their
organization. That is a crime. Those who follow Reverend Moon's principle
shall remain, survive and prosper, but all those who go against it shall
be demolished.
During my entire life, nobody gave me one month's salary. In seventy
years I didn't receive even one month's salary. What about Robert Grant,
Ronald Godwin and Donald Sills? Without receiving a salary would you stay
here fighting or would you run away? This is serious talk. I'm looking
for that kind of champion, the type of men and women who would be absolutely
dedicated, giving every ounce of their energy for the re-creation of man
and the world. Do you think Father is telling you some daydreamer's scheme
or is he expounding a principle which not only he is living, but the entire
world can live?
God is the Creator. Reverend Moon is the re-creator. The same principle
applies. The creation principle applies to the re-creation. For that reason
the purpose is so much the same that the Almighty God is ultimately responsible.
If Reverend Moon runs out of money or energy, God is the one who will supply
it. That is Father's conviction. Father always goes one step short of the
edge of the cliff. With another step he would go over the edge. However
he goes that far with the absolute faith and belief that God is coming
and that if he runs out of energy, God will supply it. From now on, the
more people understand Reverend Moon's goal in life, more people will come
to aid and support Father, financially and spiritually, politically and
academically.
Your blood came from your parents and ancestors, so you can say that
through their blood flowing in you, your parent's life and your ancestor's
lives are alive within you. Within your blood, right now, God's life, love
and blood is living. God is asking and waiting for this particular individual
body, which is the true image of God, to blossom and explode and multiply
so that God's creation goal can come through you. Men and women are the
image of God separated into male and female. By bringing them together
they have the power of multiplication. They will multiply another image
of God, which is children. What route will we take up to that level? How
can we get there? The basic core energy is love, because out of love everything
was created. Love is the origin and motivation of all creation. What kind
of love? True Love. What is True Love? True Love means to invest your life,
then forget it. Even if you lay down your life, you forget it. God wants
you to multiply love. Do you think that love is smaller or bigger than
God? Do you think God wants that love to be even bigger than Himself? [Yes!]
How do you know? By looking at yourself you can see it is true. You always
want a love bigger than yourself. Does anybody want their love object or
partner to be smaller than themselves? How much bigger do you want them
to be? So big that you cannot even handle them. You will be completely
crushed by them. You would like to see south and north, east and west completely
filled with that kind of love.
Does any parent want their children to be inferior to themselves? You
want your children to be even bigger than God. That is love's true nature;
to have a bigger partner and bigger object. That is exactly the way God
feels. When God created His partner of love, did He want to make someone
inferior to Himself or bigger than Himself? When you invest 100% of your
energy you can only expect a 100% return and that's all. How can you make
something bigger than 100%? You do that by investing 100%, and then forgetting,
and then giving more and forgetting again. Keep giving 100% but forget
your investment every time. That is how you will get a bigger partner and
love object. Do you understand? True Love started out beyond the level
of life; beyond life is where True Love begins.
How much do those distinguished gentlemen [referring to Dr. Grant, Dr.
Godwin and Dr. Sills] practice True Love? How much do they really give
100% and more for the sake of their object, partner and children? When
Father entered North Korea do you think he went with the feeling of going
on a picnic? Or was he serious to the point of thinking that even if something
happened to his life, he would have no regret but would still go there
to fulfill his responsibility? If they wanted to, the North Koreans could
have done anything to Father. Father was not only in the lion's den, but
inside the lion's mouth. For example, they provided a very good motorcade.
The driver was North Korean and there was an aide-de-camp always sitting
in front of Father who was also North Korean. They could have plotted anything.
They could have stopped all of a sudden and called an ambulance saying,
"Reverend Moon has had a heart attack!" What would Mother be
able to do? Two or three big men could have come and pulled Father out
of the car saying, "His heart has stopped, let's take him to the ambulance."
Once in the ambulance, instead of injecting some good heart medicine, they
could have injected some lethal drug. Who would deny Reverend Moon had
a heart attack in North Korea? They could have done it. But even under
those circumstances Father was not intimidated even one iota. Father was
proud, always commanding, yelling and criticizing. Father took God's position.
Father was the representative of God. God cannot be intimidated under any
circumstances. The North Koreans were the ones who were intimidated, asking,
"Reverend Moon, how can I serve you better?" 150 people were
serving Father night and day during the seven days he was there. At a meeting
in the gigantic congressional building, there was a conference room in
which they planned to preach Juche , their "self reliance" ideology,
to Reverend Moon. We called it a brainwashing session. They prepared a
brainwashing session for Reverend Moon! They gave a very polite, but very
strong, propagandistic, scientific message to Father. Father listened and
smiled then he told me, "Bo Hi Pak, give them a shock." So I
reported the things Father has done in the last twenty five years for the
sake of America and the world, for peace and anti-communism. They thought,
"Well, we can tolerate this much. That's okay, that's fine."
Then all of a sudden Reverend Moon stood up. They said, "Reverend
Moon, why are you standing? Please sit down." Father said, "No,
I am going to stand. Please bring me my water." He drank the water
and then the Belvedere-style teaching began! Father spoke about True Love,
Godism and the Headwing ideology. Father spoke with the same conviction
he is speaking to you today. Finally Father began to criticize the Juche
ideology, which is considered sacred in North Korea. Nobody can touch Juche.
By that point Dr. Pak was dying, thinking, "Oh no Father, we're
not going to survive here!" Father was pounding the table, saying
"You have to follow Heavenly Godism! Otherwise there is no way for
you." Father's conviction was "I must do my responsibility. I
came here to tell the truth. My life is in the hands of God. Whether I
die here or go back home depends on God's decision. Let God make the decision
but I will do my duty." That was Father's position.
Father was really giving with creative energy, like God at the time
of creation. Father has been thinking of North Korea, that he would go
to that country for the re-creation of that nation, society and the human
beings who live there. God works in strange ways.
Father told them, "You are talking about the Juche ideology, the
self reliant, central ideology. But who is central? God is central and
I represent God. So I am the Juche ideology, not you. Yours is wrong, mine
is correct." That was a declaration! Father was not only pounding
the table, but he had his finger pointed at the Chairman sitting in front
of him. Father told him, "You are the first one who should obey this
ideology." He happened to be the chief of the entire propaganda organ
of North Korea!
Father is not just preaching to you, he is living this Principle. He
just practiced it in North Korea. It wasn't a special time, though; Father's
life has always been like that. In North Korea he just lived his natural
way. He represented God, His blood and life and love are within me and
I represent Him. How could I be intimidated by these people? I pity them.
It is 180 degrees opposite there now. But forty five degrees turned
around, then slowly but surely almost seventy five degrees were turned
around. A crack was made in the dam so it can break open. What happened
to Gorbachev after meeting Father? Only one and a half years later, Gorbachev
and the Soviet Union are completely demolished. Within one year and six
months something great will happen in North Korea. It will be a constructive,
good thing for God and the sake of the world.
Your commitment for representation is necessary. "I am representing
God, heaven and earth, humanity and the nation. Most important I am representing
the Creator God, His love, His truth and His life and His blood."
Are you going to be that kind of representative? [Yes!] Those who say,
"Yes, Father, I am going to be a representative of Heavenly Father
and a representative of His creative energy, a representative of the great
spirit of His love, life and blood" please raise your hands!
"I am a representative of this great United States of America.
No matter how much it comes against me I will make take that attitude and
action and push." In the United States there was a confrontation:
the United States of America versus Reverend Sun Myung Moon. That was actually
what the trial was all about. Speaking spiritually and physically, who
won? Did the USA win or did Reverend Moon? What about communism? One man,
Father, versus the entire worldwide communism. Father did not come here
to enjoy a glorious good life in the United States. Father didn't come
aiming for that. Father was aiming at prison. When he came to this country,
he knew he would end up in prison, yet he knew it was the only way he could
shake up and save this country. Father gave his life to this effort. It
is only by the grace of God that Reverend Moon survived. When Father became
an inmate in that wide open, jungle-like prison, anything could have happened.
One person could have stabbed him, someone else could have ambushed him
in an attack and killed him. All kinds of things can happen in prison.
The United States Government pushed him into that situation for him to
die. Without hesitation they could have washed their hands, saying, "We're
not responsible. We didn't want him to die."
As late as 1988, the KGB, together with Kim Il Sung, had a plot to kill
Reverend Moon. Unfortunately the U.S. government collaborated with this
master plan. Only by the grace of God could Father survive.
Then, in 1990, what happened? In April of 1990 Father was sitting in
the Kremlin face to face with Gorbachev. Even at that time, Father made
the most startling statement, saying the two pictures in Gorbachev's office,
one of Karl Marx and the other of Lenin, must come down. Father also made
a special television interview with Novosti. At that time he emphatically
stated that all of Lenin's statues had to come down. Father also said Lenin's
body should be taken from the mausoleum and be buried. In one and half
years all the things Father ordered have been fulfilled 100%. Lenin is
going to have a decent burial. Lenin's statues have all come down and Karl
Marx came down. Not only that, but the USSR has been completely demolished.
The USSR is like a phantom that disappeared from the face of the earth.
The small, minor government of South Korea thought Reverend Moon is
taking too much power, he took over the government's role, he should not
sign a joint communique and so forth, but what happened? After Father left
North Korea, there was a meeting between the Prime Ministers of both Koreas.
For forty six years they have been fighting over only one thing in Panmunjom:
that was the height of the flag pole. North Korea would put theirs a little
higher and then South Korea would put theirs a little higher and this went
back and forth. The only thing they ever accomplished was agreement about
the height of the flag pole. One day after another was filled with confrontation.
Then all of a sudden Reverend Moon came out of North Korea and the North
Korean Prime Minister hurriedly went to Seoul and nervously said, "Let
us agree on something. Let us make a joint statement and have a signature
ceremony." Father signed a joint communique in North Korea on December
5th. Eight days later, on December 13th, North and South Korea signed a
joint agreement after forty six years of struggle. So, are you the baby
of a tiger or of a cat? [Tiger cubs!] You look like kittens! [Tiger cubs!]
No, no!
This year's slogan is what? The Unification of the New Nation. Proclaim
it standing confidently. That is your mission and responsibility, just
like Father. Do you understand? A tiger roars and all over the mountain
other animals want to escape. Like that you must make a powerful proclamation.
Then the world will change. When your frame of mind changes, the world
will change. It is up to you. Those who have absolute confidence, once
again, raise your hands.
Think about it, one tiger named Reverend Moon shook the entire universe.
There are 1000 tigers in this room, you can turn the world upside down
ten times. If that does not happen it means you are still kittens. What
would a tiger do? A tiger would eat up a kitten. Father wants to see tiger
cubs. There is a second generation in the secular world out there. There
are a lot of tigers in the second generation out there. All they need is
channeling to the proper ideology. They need a proper education and they
can all become tigers. If you are kittens they will come in and eat you
up. Your position will be demolished and you will become nobody. Many of
you are way behind the world's standard. You are fearful and timid and
act like old men and ladies. You have no power. Your eyes are like three
day old fish eyes. It's true. Who will be afraid of you?
You saw at yesterday's entertainment program a video of the 20 and 21
year old Russian college students who are teaching the Divine Principle.
Reverend Moon saw them as tiger cubs! Are you tiger cubs too? The first
become the last and the last become the first. The Soviet Union started
late but they might end up first. I see great signs of that. They will
come up and quickly become tigers themselves. They will eat you up. Father
does not see you as tiger cubs yet. Father said he does not even recognize
you as kittens yet. I don't see a tiger cub among you. So many times in
the past you have said, "Yes Father, we will do it. Please trust us
one more time", but I don't see any tiger's action. I think I don't
even have to show up here anymore from now on. I may go to Latin America,
Argentina for example. I will go work with one university and turn it upside
down to make a Divine Principle University. It may be much more profitable.
Do you think Reverend Moon's teaching would be blown away? Could anyone
say the Principle is ephemeral, a one-time fad? Do you think God will bring
another new ideology with the next generation? [No!]
Father went to Korea and activated a generation change. The old leaders
have completely moved out of the picture and have gone to the hometown
providence. New church leaders, right out of college, have been assigned.
Father is going back to Korea and he is going to lead those young people
to become absolute tiger cubs then let them do their work. Father is saying
there is not much left here in the United States. I have done my job here
in the U.S. My mission here is fulfilled. What about the money we're spending
in the United States? What if, from now on, we spend it in North Korea?
What do you think that would do? You are responsible for the U.S.A. But
you say, "We don't have any resources, we don't have any means."
When Reverend Moon came to the United States in 1971, he had no resources.
He didn't bring any foundation here. All he had was his commitment, his
brain, his shining eyes and two bare hands.
Which nation are we talking about when we talk about the new nation?
We're not just talking about Korea, we're talking about the United States.
The U.S. has to become a new nation. You are becoming the new national
leaders. America must become a new nation. You should not plunder the work
of God. You must become a contributor to the work of God. God has been
working and working and accumulating energy and resources, material, spiritual
energy and so forth for the sake of this one day. You must not become a
plunderer of those things.
Let me ask this question as my conclusion. Have you ever really lived
a remarkable God-like life? Think about yourself. Have you really lived
risking your life, sticking your neck out? Did you ever live your life
in that determined way? How many hours, how many days did you live like
that? You know yourself very well.
Father began this ministry with his life on the chopping board. He has
lived with his neck sticking out. When all of us are sticking our necks
out, in the eyes of God, whose neck is precious? Whose neck will God want
to save? Yours or Father's? Definitely Father's. Knowing God's will, Father
always stuck his neck out. He always risked his life, looking forward to
prison because he was determined not to retreat. Did Father ever retreat?
[No.]
The news of Father's indictment reached him just as he arrived in Korea
from Germany. Just as he arrived, he received a telephone call from America
telling him, "Your indictment has been issued." Reverend Moon
was supposed to be in Korea for a prolonged period, but after hearing about
that indictment and knowing the arraignment was coming up, Father said,
"Let's go." Immediately, without even unpacking, he turned around
and came back to the United States. There are many, many rich people who
have tax evasion problems. They become tax dodgers and do whatever necessary
to escape prosecution. They go away somewhere. But Reverend Moon's case
is opposite. American lawyers recommended that Father stay in Korea, explaining
that since America had no extradition treaty with Korea, he had no obligation
to return and face trial. They told him to stay in Korea and be comfortable.
Father asked, "Is that so?" and said, "I am not abandoning
my mission in the U.S.A. God asked me to go to the United States. No lawyer
can give me contrary guidance."
Father knew he was innocent, but Father also knew he was going to jail
because of the media and public opinion. The American court today is almost
like a kangaroo court. This is what the jury system is all about and Father
knew he was going to jail. Knowing that, Father still came back to the
United States.
Every day since Father came to the United States in 1971, Father has
been in constant danger, with his life being threatened. He had to go beyond
life, always sticking his neck out and risking his life. Furthermore, Father
is not only risking his life, he is bringing his entire resources to the
United States to do the mission. America is deeply indebted to Reverend
Moon. How long will it take you to pay him back? Reverend Moon will not
be here for a long period of time. Reverend Moon laid a foundation of tradition.
The United States would not be faltering if it followed Reverend Moon's
Principle and tradition. America has hope. Do you know why? Because of
you. If you become a tiger cub America has hope. You are the hope of America.
Like a farmer, you have to turn the field completely upside down. You can
plough the field of America and make it so new life can germinate upon
this beautiful land.
Again, if you listen to Father's message today and live up to it, America
has hope. America will not decline. If you feel you are representing this
great nation and its great heritage and especially if you represent the
Creator God in America, America will not falter. This particular eye represents
God's eyes. Millions of billions of eyes have come down here on earth and
made God disappear. They did not see the correct way. But this eye, your
eye, must see the correct truth, unlike the millions and billions of eyes
in the past. This particular ear, nose, mouth and body are the same. So
many billions of bodies came on the earth, but they have not done the right
job. "I am the God-approved central person. I am the center of the
universe approved by God. Therefore what I see, God sees and what I hear,
God hears. Where I am going, God is going." That should be your thinking.
Then you will become the center of this nation, the center of society,
the center of the gathering, no question about it. Have you been living
like that?
Today you have heard a very important message. It is the second message
today. This morning you heard one and this second one is equally important.
Father sees that this new year of 1992 is going to be the most important,
crucial new year. Your new year's resolution is so important, so Father
is giving the most incredibly crucial message to you. Father is urging
you to commit yourself with an absolute iron will.
When America was liberal, Father helped Ronald Reagan to bring the national
tradition in the right direction. By the same token, to the liberal world,
you will become a conservative. In a way, the liberal world represents
satanic tradition. You represent God's tradition so you will be known as
God's conservative forces. You shall be the hope of America and the hope
of the world. You will have a central role in this country.
The missionaries represent their own mission countries. Therefore we
are not only talking about the U.S.A. You are gathered here from ninety
six countries around the world. "I am going to represent God and True
Parents in my country. I am going to make the difference in my country.
I am the central figure in my country, not the President, but me."
All the missionaries must realize that though your situation may be
lonely and difficult, compared to Father's situation in 1971 . . . Father
came as a missionary to this country in 1971. The turmoil, confusion and
difficulty that Father faced at that time makes your problems look like
peanuts. It's almost like a county-level problem of the United States,
much smaller than even a county problem. All you missionaries, did you
hear Father? [Yes.] Please raise your hands and show Father. These are
the missionaries. In 1975 and 1974 I sent out missionaries all over the
world. I have not written you one letter yet. Why? Because spiritually
I am looking at you all the time. No one really deserves my letter. I want
you to be top of the national leadership, dealing with your President and
Speaker of the House, Ambassadors, Embassies and so forth. But I see you
are not even climbing above ankle level, the first level. When Father came
to this country as a missionary in 1971, the first thing he did was knock
on the door of all the big people; the senators, congressmen and secretaries,
even the President himself in the Oval Office. At that time I was looked
at very scornfully and some senators said, "This Korean man is coming
here trying to change the way of life of American people. He is trying
to alter our habits and influence us. There is no way this Korean man can
do that." They virtually, spiritually spit at Father. I was very calm
and comfortable with them. They were thinking, "We have been Senators
and Congressmen for ten or twenty years. We are in good shape, we are doing
alright. I know this country, I know America, but you are a newcomer and
a foreigner and you do not even speak our language well. You come here
trying to save America and help America? You are going to save me?"
I do not forget that particular treatment they gave me. I said to myself,
"You just wait ten or twenty years."
When Father was mistreated by the United States, he did not think of
himself. He thought of God and how much God has been mistreated by ignorant
human beings. He has been mistreated ten times, a thousand times, a million
times more than me by the United States. That is the way Father felt. There
was a time the United States was like an unsinkable aircraft carrier. It
is not so anymore. The Roman Empire fell and all the great empires, one
by one faltered. The United States is no exception. Unless this nation
wakes up in time it will falter too. American people are complacent. They
have been satisfied with their lives while Father was fasting and going
without sleep and working double and triple time. America really did harsh,
painful things to Father. Your own parents gave me much harsh treatment,
but actually your parents must be grateful to me. What Reverend Moon has
been trying to do is make their children, which is you, into better sons
and daughters and better and more decent than any other Americans ever.
Father wants to create a God fearing America, a moral America and dedicated
America. Father is sure of one thing, I am giving you an education that
Harvard University cannot give. No university or great professor could
lecture on this subject. I am giving you that education, a real spiritual
education of heart and soul. Man is remade and re-created. All I'm telling
America is to wake up before it is too late.
In 1971 America looked good, but today, in 1992, America looks very
bad. You know that. The American family must wake up. Those Senators were
so snobbish and arrogant, as well as all the big shots in this country-the
leaders of the economy and religion. Unificationists look like nobody,
but they are really the soul of America. You represent the soul of America
because I put the soul into you. Any political or community leaders you
are assisting have a very special privilege. You are not cheap. Unlike
those famous people, Unificationists listen to Father. Let's say you are
Secretary of State, it still doesn't matter. If Father tells you to pack
it up and go to Zaire as a missionary, you would take off. That is the
kind of people I created. In that respect, it is not easy, because you
are not zombies. Those who have that commitment and devotion to Father,
those who are absolutely confident they could do that, raise your hands
please and show Father. I don't believe that. Only those who can risk their
life 100%, saying that even though that may be the cost, I would undertake
that mission, tackle it and become successful, those who have that determination,
please raise your hands once again. Say, "Yes, Father." [Yes
Father!] Now you have raised your hands and answered clearly. The walls
have heard your statement, the whole building, all the New Yorker, even
the entire universe is looking at you. Don't forget this commitment. Do
you understand? [Yes!] Thank you.
That is the end of Act I. You want to have more? [Asking Dr. Sills,
Dr. Grant and Dr. Godwin.] They seem to be enjoying it. I wonder how much
they have become Unificationists, but Father says they seem to be enjoying
it. The important thing is they can't just be bystanders. Do you want to
just sit in a comfortable chair and watch the show or do you want to do
the show? Father is asking you. That is your mission from now on. Father
would like to see your show. There are all kinds of shows, including half-hearted
shows. But nobody will cry, no tears will come from looking at a half-
hearted show. Tears come only from watching the show of someone who is
committed. Whether there is a salary or not, whether there is honor or
not, whether there is criticism or not, whether there is controversy or
not, I shall go and do. That is the kind of commitment needed from men
who will re-build America.
I talk about the salary system of the United States and people say,
"Reverend Moon, that is absolutely unreal, you are trying to destroy
the American system." I am not talking about trivial systems, it is
merely an example. What I am saying is that by following the Principle,
any nation, any society, any corporation, any individual will not falter
or be demolished. I have met thousands and millions of people and I have
benefitted them. I never exploited them. I never took a penny away from
them. I think that is the reason God likes me. God did not lose anything.
But in my case, God is very unmerciful. He is very merciful for all others,
but not for me. God is always pushing Father so hard. I only feel God behind
me and always pushing.
Why didn't God stand in the forefront, on the front line? That would
mean God is doing it, not His son is doing it. God wants to give all credit
to His son therefore God stays behind. Afterwards He will say, "Bravo,
my son. You did it. It is your glory, your accomplishment, your success."
So sometimes it seems that God is pushing unmercifully. Many times Father
said "God is very cruel to me." By the same token, did I commend
you often saying, "You did a great job"? Did you hear that very
often? [No.] I am a pusher, pushing you and scolding you all the time.
But at the same time, when you turn around, I pray for you. I pray in a
dark room with tears all the time, for you. In front of you I am a very
unmerciful commander, but when you don't see me I am very soft-hearted.
I want to push you from behind so the credit will go to you and not to
me. I am not seeking credit. You shall be the hero.
When you face Father you are in awe, feeling a little fearful and overwhelmed.
But still you like Father so much; you are very attracted to him. There
is a dual aspect to Father, a very dignified and awesome aspect and a very
merciful and fatherly aspect. You are pulled by them both. Father is the
universal messiah and you are the tribal messiahs. You are the seeds of
the messiah and you can grow into greater messiahship. You can grow in
fertile ground. The ground will be covered with fertilizer. Fertilizer
is a dirty thing. This smelly place is where I want to see you germinate
and bear fruit. Father knows exactly how to use fertilizer. He does it
by not giving you honor every day or sunny smiles every day, but by pushing
you to the valley.
Father is wearing a beautiful tie today. This is the first time you
have seen me with a tie at a conference, isn't it? The only reason Father
wore a tie is because there was a ceremony this morning for the Day of
Victory of Love. Because of the ceremony Father has to wear a tie, otherwise
he would not. Father is almost thinking of a "No tie campaign,"
but the important thing is that you can contribute your tie money. You
shouldn't save your tie money in your pocket. Give your tie money for unfortunate
people. That money alone could become millions of dollars. Sixty thousand
people are dying of hunger every day. God's eyes are tearful to see so
many of His children dying every day. We have to wipe out famine. Food
is the most basic human need. There is so much wastefulness in the lifestyle
of white people. If you can cut that waste into half, nobody would be hungry.
There would be no famine. America is wasting food. Wasting food alone has
brought the world into famine. You have to teach how to farm and raise
stock in Africa and developing countries. America has not been teaching
this. Instead America has been plundering more instead of teaching and
giving. You have to give more.
The African continent was plundered by the European white countries.
South America has been the target for the United States. There are a lot
of grievances in Latin American nations against the United States. I do
not condone America's treatment of South America. I am on the side of the
poor nations. I want to create a commonwealth of the Unified Nations of
South America so they can deal with the United States better. AULA is the
harbinger of such an attempt. If the United States goes too far in coming
against me, from now on I have another recourse. I'd rather go to my headquarters
in South America and bring those countries together. We will make the U.S.
behave better and differently. I think that is the peacemaker's role. Do
you follow?
How many years has it been since you missionaries came to see Father?
Did you come last year? Those who haven't seen Father for two years, raise
your hands. For the first time in three years, raise your hands. First
time in four years? Those who saw Father last year raise your hands please.
I know it would provide a great deal of strength if Father wrote you a
letter individually, praising you for your good work and cheering you up.
So far he has not done that, but he is willing to do it. I hope you deserve
it. Look up to the pinnacle, don't look down. From now on you will not
have much persecution. Persecution will become less and less. You shall
be honored and recognized more so you can deal with the leaders of your
country. Educate them and work with them. Do you follow? If you want to
win the war, Father will win the war with bigger people. Even if you're
going to be criticized, you'd rather be criticized by the head of the state.
Father's opponent has been the United States of America and the entire
communist bloc, the Soviet Union. They are the top of the world, there
are no others bigger than they. By the same token, they are number one
in the satanic world. Father went all the way to the top, knowing Satan's
secret and using it as a weapon. If you don't come my way, I will take
your people away from you. He will come my way. All kinds of opposition
and accusation and criticism never bothered me. I have come to the point
where there is no such thing as my enemy. There is no enemy out there for
me. At least in my heart there is no enemy.
So you should deal with those at the top. Do you understand? Teaching
Princple to the embassy is a very good idea. Use it as your channel for
your testimony and witnessing. Father sent out three people from three
nations to make each missionary team. One Japanese member, one German member
and one American member. That means you can mobilize the Japanese embassy,
the German embassy and the American embassy. They are the most powerful
and influential groups in your mission country. With the three ambassadors
in the position to help you out, you can do a lot. What happened was that
there was no unity among the three missionaries. "Oh, you are Cain,
I am Abel." There were Cain and Abel fights between the three missionaries.
The Japanese missionary would say, "I joined the Unification Church
first, therefore I am the oldest so I am Abel." The American member
would say, "No, in World War II you were the opponent and we defeated
you. You bombed Pearl Harbor and I will knock you out so I am Abel."
The German member said, "What are you talking about? In terms of technology
we are number one." That is the way the missionaries fought among
themselves. But Father said the unity of those three, the three becoming
one, is the key to success in that country. You can carry your witnessing
to your embassy first. Your embassy is the place of your national language.
Make those three embassies into one and you can automatically teach the
nation, no problem. People of your own nationality are in your mission
country. Disregarding those people, to whom would you go? In developing
countries like the African nations, if the ambassadors from the U.S.A.,
Germany and Japan got together to help you out, it would almost be like
the whole country was taken over. Do you follow? Deal with your embassies
even now, it is not too late. Win them to your side. If these three ambassadors
work together you can invite the head of state or King and Queen and they
will respond. Making influence will be no problem. You don't know where
to start. You have been pushing the cart, but it was the wrong cart.
In restoration by indemnity we know we have to pay indemnity to restore
anything. All the communist countries have been brainwashed for over seventy
years by Marxist ideology. But you can turn them around with a three or
four day workshop. Then they go on to twenty-one day and forty day workshops
and they become lecturers themselves. You saw proof of this last night.
That is the power Divine Principle and Godism has. God's armament is very
powerful.
Seventeen years have passed. What kind of foundation have you laid in
your country? Very trivial, Father knows. You don't have guts; boldness
was missing. You were not bold and strong in following direction. If you
have no good strategy then just be like a kamikaze. You will have a head-on
collision. In a satanic direction that kind of strategy would bring self
destruction, but in a heavenly direction for the good of the public, that
is the best way to quicker result. A head-on collision in a heavenly way
is not necessarily a bad strategy. Sometimes it is best. That is one method.
Another one is starting from the bottom and serving. You let them ride
on your back.
There is no single, beautiful, easy way you can win a lot of people.
There is only one way and that is to give your single-minded, whole-hearted
devotion. Particularly you must start with prayer. Your offering table,
with your candles and picture of True Parents, must not be dry. Your tears
should constantly be making it wet. If it dries, make it wet again. Let's
say your holy table cloth has been wet with your tears for ten years. In
the meantime, without your even knowing it, an incredible amount of wealth
has been accumulating. That is the power of your energy. It may be invisible
but you have accumulated it. Do you follow?
Try sometime to pray for one single person every day for three years.
See what happens to that person. You can test the power of prayer. Amazingly
that person will one day happen to pass by your house and even though he
may want to go away, he will not be able to. His feet will automatically
turn toward your house and bring him inside to meet you. This is the mysterious
power of prayer. It works.
When Father visited North Korea he started from Hawaii. Father already
knew exactly what was going to happen. He already knew exactly how he was
going to deal with the situation. Of course the other staff who went along
had absolutely no idea. Father has an invisible antenna. Father is absolutely
following the way the antenna signal points. Those people who do not have
antennas are trembling and saying, "Oh Father don't do that. It's
fearful." If Father followed that kind of advice what would have happened?
That is just one example, but therefore I listen to nobody's advice. I
know they don't have my antenna. I receive a signal but they don't. If
I follow their advice I will always be misled. Do you think Father is telling
you the truth or tricking you? [Truth.]
At least you have been following me for many decades. Even though you
may not have an antenna you at least have the virtue of obedience. Following
that long, you have been testing Father many times. I know you have been,
that is the American nature. After these many years, now you come to truly
believe in Father and that what he is saying will come true. Act one is
over, let's give Father a great big hand.
What would you do if Father passes away? You should be truly grateful
that you have been under the leadership; correct and wise, committed and
faithful, God-centered leadership. It is an absolute blessing. When you
are in despair and have no hope, only a great deal of despondency, there
you will find hope. It's almost like a ship finding a lighthouse. You harbor
hope and follow it and not only live a rich, worthy life, but also you
have tremendous hope for the future. That is real happiness.
. . . . Speaking of the Soviet Union, Father has educated 5,000 elite
university students under this new value system, the ideology of Godism.
Father has done the job for the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union will
be alright because of it. Father has educated 1,000 professors in all fifteen
republics of the Soviet Union. These people know precisely where they are
heading.
Now the People's Republic of China's young people have been invited
to Japan, where J-CARP will take care of them. They are so popular that
by leaps and bounds more young people are coming from China to Tokyo to
the CARP center to become reborn. North Korean students will soon be joining
the Chinese. Soon that will happen, so North Korea, China and Japan will
all be working together. Eventually Father would like to invite them to
the United States as well. There are tremendous numbers of people who would
like to come to the United States.
Father will be liberated himself because Father has already dispatched
missionaries and tribal messiahs. Father is helping all the communist countries.
Father has fulfilled all his roles. Christianity has been filled with martyrdom
for 2,000 years. However, from now on Unification Church history will not
require martyrdom. Put yourself in Jesus Christ's position, looking down
from spirit world on the face of the earth at his own disciples. One after
another was martyred for no good reason except for following Jesus. How
heartbroken Jesus must have been. Can you imagine? After Father goes to
spirit world he does not want to see people martyred for following him
over the next one thousand or two thousand years. I do not want to see
that kind of history.
If Jesus avoided the crucifixion and entered the Roman Empire he could
have spoken to the elders at the lawmakers' houses and made great proclamations.
There would have been great fanfare and welcome from the Roman Empire in
his own lifetime instead of 400 years later. There would not have been
a history of martyrdom. For that reason Father came to the modern day Roman
Empire, the United States of America. I'm dealing with Congressman and
Senators and the White House and all the ministries. Therefore Father is
already working so closely with this nation. In his own lifetime this nation
will come to realize the value of Reverend Moon to America.
The greatest martyrdom could come about through the expansion of communism.
The communists would kill all of you without a moment's notice. That is
what communism is all about. That is why communism had to disappear within
Father's own lifetime. And we see it has happened. The next problem is
the Muslim world. They are very militant. They could create all kinds of
disharmony. But Father would like to ease that situation by bringing the
Muslim world into unity with Father so they can ask Father's blessing upon
their world. This is happening now.
Within Father's lifetime, he is laying enough foundation so that there
shall be no martyrdom after Reverend Moon's era is finished. Within your
lifetime, therefore, while Father is here on earth, you are the ones who
must be bold and strong, marching on all over the world. Are you doing
this? Are you grateful?
No religious leader such as Father has ever come on the face of the
earth. No one has had this kind of ambition; no one has done so much. As
the founder of a great religious movement, has Father fulfilled his mission?
Father has accomplished both internally and externally. Internally Father
has blocked and eliminated the way of your death so that you will not have
that kind of suffering. And externally, Father has laid the foundation
through organizations such as the Federation for World Peace and the Inter-Religious
Federation for World Peace. They will be a shield to protect you. So you
have an internal and external shield. That means our golden age has been
ushered in. This is not a daydream; it is real and it is happening.
Father sees the presence of Dr. Ron Godwin, Dr. Bob Grant and Dr. Don
Sills as very precious. Father looks at these precious three collaborators,
supporters and members of this great movement almost like Jesus' three
disciples. The three of them are really accomplished giants in our world.
By uniting with Reverend Moon's ideology they will become even greater.
Each of the three has very special characteristics. They are very different
characters, as much as Jesus' three major disciples were different from
each other.
[Speaking to these three men.] Father said you are lucky. If you fulfill
your mission, fine. If you don't fulfill your mission, that is fine too.
The reason is you are responsible for the first generation. The second
generation is already mine, I claimed them already. But I don't want to
see the first generation become like Moses' flocks who perished in the
wilderness. It is very difficult to wipe out the concepts initially implanted
in the first generation. Even Bob Grant, a great preacher and Don Sills,
a great preacher and Ron Godwin, a great Christian leader, have been reading
the Bible which says the Lord is coming on the clouds. That is the concept
they have. Billy Graham has been preaching the Lord is coming on the clouds.
For you the important thing is not the Washington Times or AFC or the Coalition
for Religious Freedom. Wherever you go, that is your house, your podium.
Your podium is not only your church. Wherever you are standing or wherever
you meet people that is your podium.
Where was the headquarters for Jesus Christ established? Where is Jesus'
headquarters church? Where is the secretary of his staff? Wherever Jesus
dwelt was his headquarters. Wherever he worked with his disciples was his
meeting place. Amazingly enough Reverend Moon doesn't even have one office
of his own. He has no secretary and no special telephone dedicated to his
use. He doesn't have any of those. Everyday, Father is offering himself.
Wherever he is and no matter what he is doing, that is the place for offering;
offering sacrifice. Sacrifice belongs to no one but God.
You were selected as a sacrifice. Abraham for example, selected a pigeon,
a heifer and so forth. Those animals that were selected may have come from
Mr. Jones' house, but it doesn't matter, they are not Mr. Jones' sacrifice.
Once you are selected as an offering you belong to God and no one else.
By the same token, Reverend Moon does not have his own identity. I am an
offering to God. Wherever he is, Father gives himself on the offering table.
There are no excuses. It is very important that we don't have any attachments;
you do not operate out of organizations.
The program of 250 USA rallies was announced at the last conference.
Father asked for a successful repetition of the three city speaking tour
in 250 cities around America. The sooner the better! I would even like
to see all 250 cities done before April. That is good for the United States.
The Regional Directors are responsible for fundraising. They should be
ready to do anything and everything to provide enough money for this crusade.
Those three champions, just bring them and work them day and night.
If they can't keep up with the schedule and they run away that is alright,
I will bring somebody else. But I think those three strong men won't run
away. Father invited Ron Godwin to join in this great crusade not because
he is such a great business man. He is, but more importantly Father is
concerned about Jerry Falwell, who represents the great Southern Baptist
Christian community. He is not fulfilling his responsibility, so Father
would like to see if Ron Godwin can fulfill it. Unless he knows me now,
Jerry Falwell is in the position of a foreign person. Jerry Falwell cannot
become president himself, he should come together with Father and make
the spiritual and moral foundation for a God-chosen man to be President
of the United States. We have to have a righteous God-centered president
in this country, not just anybody.
The Washington Times is a side activity, the prominent mission is a
spiritual mission. That is basically what Father is saying. This is very
important: the Washington Times is secondary. As far as Father is concerned
your primary mission is a spiritual mission and the revival of Christianity
is crucial.
The AFC alone cannot save the country. Christianity must be rejuvenated.
All Christian ministers must be re-educated. They must become new Christians.
Unity with Reverend Moon is of vital importance. Without it, no matter
how much they do, God will not be on their side. You should be a champion
for the teaching of the Divine Principle. You should be able to teach them
and testify to them much better than anyone else because you have that
background.
What American Christianity needs is not revival. It is already too late
for that. American Christianity needs resurrection. After World War II
the greatest revival came to American Christianity, but it did not do any
good. The United States continues to go further down to a difficult position.
Without Reverend Moon that resurrection cannot be a true one. I am telling
you this as an historical testimony. It would not work because your success
will be determined by God, and this is God's desire. If you want to test
Reverend Moon, please go ahead. Dedicate yourself in forty days prayer
with single-mindedness. Ask God for an answer by fasting forty days and
praying. Father is not speaking to this country as a bystander or guest,
I am speaking from the master's position.
You three must be united and working together. Three persons living
in one house would be wonderful. In Jesus' time, the three main disciples
had families. To tear down the barriers and live in one place was Jesus'
purpose. I am saying the same thing. If you cannot do that, you cannot
see the expansion of Christ's ideas. This is the same situation now.
I am destined to go to Asia. I would like to see these three champions
take over the United States and be the real masters of this nation so I
can return to Asia freely. 33.2 billion people in Asia are waiting for
me. They are 100 times more miserable than the people of the United States,
but I abandoned them and came to America to dedicate my most productive
time during the last thirty years to this country. But I really belong
to them and I must go back.
I abandoned Korea and came to the United States because of the importance
of working on the world level. This is a key important statement: an alliance
between Christianity and the Unification Church is absolutely vital. It
is a life or death matter for this country's future. It is not easy because
of public opinion and the media, but this is God's will and it can be done.
These three most Abel-like champions will spearhead this work. I think
you are here, not because of your own will, but because this is God's will.
You have been divinely ordained, hand-picked by God to be here and represent
each a different segment of Christianity. For that reason you have a crucial
role to make that alliance between Christianity and the Unification Church.
Do you follow?
I know those words are harsh and difficult to hear. But I am registering
this as a testimony to God and the world. I'm not embarrassing you at all-again,
I am doing it with a parental heart. Nobody else in the entire world would
say anything like this to you. But Reverend Moon, with absolutely no personal
ambition in it, is saying this to you because he is living with a parental
heart.
Christianity in the United States has done the most evil against me;
you know that. But I have no grudge or vengeful feelings. I have only sympathy.
I only want to bring life to this country, that is my sole desire. However,
my departure for Asia is immanent. Therefore I want to have some champions
in the United States to take responsibility and move this country. You
three can do the job.
You will be like the three disciples of Jesus. Each one of you will
put your self in Jesus' position and multiply three disciples of your own.
Then your number will grow to a team of twelve. With twelve people of your
character and determination, at this level, you will be invincible. Your
catch phrase will be the that American Christianity needs resurrection
more than revival. Let us resurrect American Christianity. It is crucial
to the survival of this nation and the world.
New York is a rotten place, you know that. 42nd Street is a living hell.
Father would like to have 8th Avenue up to 42nd Street cleaned up. Only
by resurrection of the Christian spirit can this be accomplished. You follow,
right?
[At this point, Dr. Grant, Dr. Sills and Dr. Godwin stood up and grasped
their hands together, holding them high. Father waded through several rows
of members to himself grasp the clasped hands of the three, making four.]
Reverend Moon is going to go up and have a little meeting with Mrs.
Moon. Father will come down shortly but Father would like us to proceed
with the testimonies of these three men.
[Dr. Ron Godwin gave his testimony talking about the USA activities
and his part in it. Afterwards Dr. Pak gave a testimony about Dr. Godwin
and his first meeting with Father at Danbury. Father returned, and Ron
Godwin made a presentation to Father on behalf of the Washington Times
family. It was a large drawing of an Atlantic salmon.
Dr. Pak then introduced Dr. Robert Grant as a man with a deep spiritual
connection to Father. Dr. Grant then spoke about his work for God and the
direction of the USA activities. Finally, Dr. Pak introduced Dr. Don Sills,
who has completed a forty day workshop under Reverend Ahn. Don Sills spoke
about his growing relationships with the Korean elders and how he came
to work with our church. He ended by offering himself completely to Father's
service.]
Father spoke again:
Time has passed very quickly, but Father is very satisfied and fulfilled
in his heart because Father has been assured that the three heavenly musketeers
will do the job. Father looks at them almost as heavenly locomotives pulling
the train of America in the right direction. They are locomotives, but
not electric ones, they are choo-choo trains. Father likes that sound.
Don Sills said wake up America. What is a better way to wake someone up
than by making a locomotive noise?
I feel very confident that even though I may not be here all the time,
if you trust these three musketeers and unite with them and join with them
and work together toward the goal, I am sure you will fulfill a great victory
here in America.
Father has precise instructions he wrote last night, after long meetings
all day that went until 1:30 in the morning. Father still had the desire
to give organized instructions to you. However because of the time element,
it would take a couple of hours to issue these instructions. Instead, Father
is now instructing us to get the video tapes of Father's midnight message,
the God's Day morning message, this morning's message at the Day of Victory
of Love Main Ceremony and this leader's conference. These four videos should
be in each center. If you study these it will take the place of instruction
Father has written.
This is the holiday season. We are celebrating the new year as well
and making a new commitment. Father is very confident that we have a great
new year ahead in 1992 with the slogan, "The Unification of the New
Nation." We are going to create a new nation. Every nation shall become
new. This new crusade will take place from today. Tomorrow you can leave
for your own posts. God bless you and God bless your families. Most important
of all, God bless your mission. Shall we show Father our appreciation?
Thank you Father! Let's have three cheers of Mansei!