ORDER NUMBER
94-07-31-26
REVEREND SUN MYUNG MOON
SPEAKS ON
LET US REALIZE AND PLEDGE
THAT MY FAMILY
IS A REPRESENTATIVE FAMILY
July 31, 1994
Belvedere, International Training Center
Translator - Sang Kil Han
How many are assembled here this morning? (Approximately 400.)
Na Eui Kajong Eun Taipyo Joongshim Kajong Yim Eul Jakak Haja. This is
one of the longest titles Father ever wrote. (Laughter.) "Let us Realize
and Pledge that My Family is a Representative Family and Central Family."
"Representative", as written in this title, means representing
heaven and earth. Unification Church members must realize this fully, otherwise
we cannot connect to the ideal world. Today is July 31 and tomorrow will
be August 1. This year the date of August 1 is special, in that this year
is the true beginning, on a worldwide scale, of a new direction. We are
at the pinnacle of the hill and going over to the other side. Plus and
minus in the satanic world have always fought but they will cease to fight.
That is, all the fighting that is currently taking place between the mind
and body, and couples, children, nations, and even heaven and earth, will
all cease during this year. The world will change dramatically.
Providence of Restoration
On the lunar calendar we have maybe a month before August 1, and during
this period is a time of turbulent transition. Beginning in 1991 Father
established the World Federation for World Peace, the Religious Federation
for World Peace, Women's Federation for World Peace, Students Federation
for World Peace, Youth Federation for World Peace. [Father is writing on
the board] That which is political in nature represents the body, whereas
the mind belongs to the religious realm. A political United Nations and
a religious United Nations should come together. Instead of mind and body
continuing to fight, they will make peace and live in accord. Always the
political realm had a stronger influence over the religious realm, as the
body has constantly been attacking the mind. On the side of the body we
had imperialism and communism, and on the side of the mind we had democracy,
allied power. The world divided into those two big camps, here [indicating
on the board] England, America and France and here Japan, Germany and Italy.
Of course, the former represented the heavenly side and the latter the
satanic side. Just like mind and body, that was the significance of World
War II fought by two camps.
Eve and Cain and Abel came to be united centering upon England, America
and France, the allied powers. England represented the Eve nation. Island
countries always stand in the position of Eve or female. Whereas mainland
always represents Adam or male. America was given birth by England. Japan
was in a similar position to England, but Japan was on the satanic side.
Germany was also on the satanic side, and the satanic world wanted to kill
Abel's world. After World War II, they were unified centering upon Christianity.
The Christian world represents Eve, Cain and Abel-the Garden of Eden. [Father
is drawing and pointing to the board] There were: the Eve nation, England;
the Abel nation, America; and the Cain nation, France. On the opposite
side we had the nations of Japan, Germany and Italy; and these two sides
were fighting each other. After World War II, they were united centering
upon the United Nations.
After World War II, by dividing and representing all the Abel and Cain
countries and the mother country, these positions which were lost in the
Garden of Eden, were restored and rearranged. This was all preparation
and foundation for the Second Coming. In Jesus' time this was at the family
base, but at this time it is extended to the world base. The Christian
world was the prepared bridal foundation. The mother will embrace both
Cain and Abel and all nations as well. American women were to have been
in that motherly position and this is why American women have been prepared
the way that they are; they are like queens, are they not? Because very
distinctly, compared with other nations, the women are superior and men
become almost like servants to the women in this country. America represents
the position of bride for the coming Second Advent. Who is the Messiah
of the Second Advent? (Father.) True Parents.
Unify Cain and Abel
Was it easy for the nations of England, America and France to bow down
to Reverend Moon as the king of kings? Do you suppose that it was easy
for the Christian world of Protestantism and Catholicism, and the governments
to connect and unite centering on the king, Reverend Moon? (Difficult!)
How difficult? It would be like dying, that difficult. All of the three
major nations are white-superiority nations. They did not pay respect to
eastern countries, and may have even despised them. It was the archangel's
mission to protect the young Adam and that is why they have been protecting
Korea all along. Even the problems with communist North Korea were a headache;
still America could not let Korea go. Because if they did, then their country
would be doomed, and so without their even realizing, America had to continue
to protect Korea.
After World War II, America aided many countries; but none succeeded
with the exception of Korea. One third of the Asian communist countries
have been washed out. Do you follow? It is so true that the war that began
within the mind and body of the individual has extended to the world. That
is the meaning of history. Today we can realistically feel that within
ourselves our mind and body are fighting, sometimes very fiercely. Do we
all feel that? (Yes.) Our goal is to bring them together. By doing so,
we will eliminate the possibility for Satan to work in this world and,
thus, the Kingdom of Heaven will be here on earth. Actually, this will
be accomplished on the worldwide scale by the Religious Federation for
World Peace and the Federation for World Peace. At the time of fall, centering
upon Adam, the two worlds divided at the family level. Now, centering upon
the Messiah, this will be reunified at the world level. Centering upon
the vertical center, the horizontal world can unite and form a base of
unity and settlement. Right now, humanity does not have an ideal aim and,
therefore, is not headed in the ideal direction. This was lost at the time
of Adam. Now at the time of True Father, this is being restored at a worldwide
level through unification activity. One direction. Do you understand? (Yes.)
This was all supposed to have occurred at the end of World War II, but
this did not happen, as we know. America has destroyed itself. When Father
came to America, that is what he has been doing, restoring America back
to its original position. Now American Christianity cannot help but follow
Father and they are ready to follow Father now. At the time of Jesus' crucifixion,
the thief on the right represented the democratic world, whereas the thief
on the left represented the communistic world. That kind of division originally
began in Adam's family; Cain represented left wing and Abel represented
right wing. From those two, the fighting began. At the time of True Father,
these two camps will be combined into one. At Jesus' time, Israel represented
the Cain side and Judaism represented the Abel side. Based on the foundation
of these two, the mother Mary appeared. Mary, Jesus, born as the bridegroom,
and God-the Father-made one body. Connected to this Father-son base should
be Eve, Cain and Abel. The Cain nation-base (Israel) and Abel nation-base
(Judaism) should then have been connected to God through Jesus. If that
had happened, the ideal nation could have started. But, because of the
crucifixion, Jesus' mission had to be repeated. The right and left thief
represented Cain and Abel. This situation necessitated an expansion of
this onto the world-base at the time of the Second Advent. Then the Second
Advent must unify those who have been fighting. That is the Messiah's mission.
Breakdown of West
At the time of the Second Advent, the role of the Messiah is to bring
these two camps into unification centering upon the mother. Sometimes translation
makes things complicated. It is difficult to listen, but you have to because
you have not learned Korean. In the ideal world English is not the ideal
language with which to convey the heart, thoughts and feelings. You have
to learn Korean because it is very subtle. English is a flat horizontal
language, there is no vertical emphasis. In Korean, we have ten different
ways of addressing "you" depending upon what your position is
and what your relationship to one another is. Whereas here in America there
is only one way to address each other. There is no vertical connotation.
Everyone is moving around without any center. Many countries tell Americans,
"Yankees go home! Don't confuse our country." Why did America,
centering upon the Christian world, come into such a situation? It is ironic.
After World War II, Satan completely occupied this Christian world. [Father
draws on the board] The American family completely broke down without any
center. The American family system has no place for grandparents, parents
and children. Family values have completely broken down. This kind of environment
is contributing to the spread of AIDS, alcoholism, homosexuality and drug
abuse. God does not want this kind of phenomena to occur; only Satan wants
the expansion of this kind of hell upon the earth. You cannot deny that
reality.
American people don't have hope. American women don't have hope; there
are no real men, parents or family anywhere to be found. They are perishing.
This is not just a concept, but reality. Is this true? (Yes!) American
people cannot deny the situation they now find themselves in. Heaven on
earth would have been realized on the earth during the period from 1945
to 1952 when the world was prepared to become united with the Lord of the
Second Advent. During these seven years the unification of the world would
have been achieved. This is what God intended, the realization of Heaven
on earth. Forty years from that year [Father indicates on the board] is
1992. The Lord of the Second Advent had to restore this broken foundation
again, fighting from the individual level up to this level [Indicating
on the board] where it had been prepared once. If he would be unable to
do this within that forty years, the world would be washed out without
being saved. It took 4,000 years in order to establish this foundation
and now during this forty years of his physical lifetime, Father had to
re-indemnify and build the same foundation back again. Centering upon the
four position foundation, family, clan, race and nation will expand.
The essence of this foundation is exactly the same; it is just that
it is bigger now. [Father indicates by drawing on the board] It is a 4,000-year
history, a 400-year history, a 40-year history and the family is a four-year
history. Because of the fall, four is the number that was lost, that is,
the four position foundation. The formation and growth stages-both in Jesus'
times-took place from four years to forty years. Father cannot live for
400 years; one man cannot do that. Therefore, the number forty is representative
of 400. This was Father's mission to accomplish, even though the whole
world was against him. The family base, tribe base, national base, world
base were all making a great deal of noise against Father.
Peace in Korea
After the fall, man and God were separated and God could not get into
the fallen realm that man had created. Where there is disharmony and fighting,
God cannot dwell. Do you understand? (Yes.) The whole of human history
has been one of fighting and conflict. This is a bad world, not a good
world. Is this true? (Yes.) If you go out and stop people in the street
and ask them if they think this is a good or bad world, everyone would
declare it to be bad. Why is it a bad world? It is a world of fighting
and conflict. Are Americans good or bad people? Bad people-and God doesn't
like that. He will spit them out. Everyone's mind and body are fighting,
and that is bad. You know this better than me because you have become higher
people. God's original ideal world is not one of conflict and fighting.
Unification activity is to clean up this world. No matter how difficult
we may feel, we have to clean up all over the world and create the kind
of world God is longing for. No matter how difficult this activity might
be, we have to go over and accomplish it. Otherwise we cannot achieve the
Kingdom of Heaven on earth. Is this clear? (Yes.) Yes? (Yes.)
[Father draws on the board] Every single boundary has fallen down because
Father knocked them all down.... Nation-base, world-base, cosmic-base:
all of these boundaries have separated man and God, many variety of boundaries
have always blocked God. No matter how much God wanted to connect with
humankind, He could not because of these various boundaries. But Father
has knocked them all down. After the fall, these boundaries came into being.
At the time of the Second Advent, these separations between God and man
are taken down by the True Adam. The family-base was lost by Adam and Eve.
At this time, the world-base lost the God-centered family. [Father draws
and indicates on the board] This is blessed couples' boundary of race.
All humankind, now centering upon True Parents, are in the realm of original
brotherhood. Humankind did not connect centering upon True Parents' Children
or True Parents' Family-Brotherhood. This time they can share brotherhood,
family, relative, and nation-base. Now the nation-base is unifying in North
and South Korea-the Korean peninsula. That represents the free world of
democracy and the communistic world. One world is God-denying and one world
recognizes God. All this fighting is centered on the Korean peninsula.
The Christian world chased out the Second Advent, the king of North
Korea and South Korea, so unification centered upon that independent country
was lost. Satan's Second Advent was personified in Kim Il Sung, the worst
parents ever to appear on the earth. The Christian world chased out the
King of Kings and Satan occupied the entire world. The Korean peninsula
completely combines the communist world and the free world. Now the Korean
Government has no power to escape from it. This fearful atmosphere pushes
South Korea down. Do you understand? (Yes!) Kim Il Sung constantly controlled
the atmosphere. Centering upon Korea, America represents the heavenly archangel,
China represents the eastern world archangel, the Soviet Union represented
the satanic archangel. Japan now represents Eve, centering upon Korea.
Surrounding Eve are these three archangel countries. When Adam and Eve
fell, [Father draws on the board] at that time, there were three archangels.
After falling, the individual base was planted and bore fruit in Adam's
nation, Eve's nation and these three archangelic nations. This is exactly
the same meaning: the Adam nation of Korea and the Eve nation of Japan
and these three archangel nations. America is the Christian world archangel.
The Asian archangel is China and Satan's world archangel is the (former)
Soviet Union. In Asia, the Cain and Abel archangels combined. The Christian
world did not unite. Had Satan's world in the Cain position, and Father's
world in the Abel position, combined into one, without fighting, then communism
would never have appeared on the earth. Facing this polarity, Satan would
have been chased out. Satan would never have been able to take that kind
of authority, centered upon North Korea. The problem of North Korea would
never have happened.
The appearance of True Parents signifies that the time is now close
for the unification of the Korean peninsula. Do you understand? (Yes!)
America represents the bride and is in the Abel position. Whereas the free
world is in the Cain position. Cain and Abel cannot unify without Parents.
This activity revolves around the give and take of plus and minus. Ultimately,
they must unite and make a vertical connection. That means Cain and Abel
combine centered upon their mother. When Mother appears, Eve, Cain and
Abel should combine into one, re-establishing the original perfection of
Adam and the perfected ideal master plan. Connecting into one place-this
family then represents everything. It is the center of everything.
Restore the Lost Family
Because of the historical events, I and my family are representing the
center, the divided I, because each individual is divided. [Father indicates
on the board] How can my divided self unite? We cannot unite individually
but rather must go through this pattern. We have to unite in this way.
The fact is to restore the lost father, lost mother, lost Adam, lost Eve,
lost children and lost God. All have been lost because of the fall and
all these must be restored through our families. How can that restoration
take place when Satan is occupying the head place? God cannot occupy the
lower place. Abel position is God's side and all authority is the elder's
right. The elder position has to be taken back again and this is the process
of indemnity. That position cannot be reversed without paying indemnity.
By accomplishing this, the next step is to find mother and lost brotherhood.
Mother is the center point for the unity of Cain and Abel from the family
to the world level and uniting with True Father and True God. Until now,
God has been the God of restoration, hard work and deep agony. Do you understand?
(Yes.) Upon the victory of the Second Advent, God can be liberated into
the God of glory. This is exactly today's situation in Korea, because centering
upon Korea these three archangel countries are looking towards Japan. Japan
is in the Eve position; and America, China and Russia all want to unite
with her. Also, the Lord of the Second Advent wants to combine with her,
and so who will occupy Eve? These four countries are competing with each
other to win over Japan. Now is the time of the global village, global
family, which signifies the proximity of the Kingdom of Heaven on the earth.
One world under God.
It is so clear no one can deny that history has been the history of
restoration. We must restore all the lost elements of father, mother, children
and angels before my family can be realized. Then we have to realize that
we are the representing families and central families of this world. Your
family is object to True Parents' family as subject and these two have
to combine into one. You have to work hard to achieve this. True Parents'
family is the formula family. No matter what difficulties you may face
you have to combine into one with this formula family, vertically and horizontally
combine into one. When that happens everything will be perfected. Do you
understand the concept? (Yes.)
Restore Mind and Body
After our mind and body come into unity, then we find mother. Centering
upon mother, Cain and Abel must become one, because this is exactly the
reverse of the process of the Fall. After the Fall, mind and body came
into separation and lost their mother, and Cain and Abel were also lost.
Now it is time to combine our mind and body, and find mother. [Father draws
on the board] We must go through these historical steps which have actually
taken place in the restoration course; then we can find our family for
the first time after that. True Parents' family was certainly the family
that went through that course and found the family. As an individual, Father
has received the world-level persecution as has Father's family. As an
individual he finds the family and goes over the hurdle, and takes down
the wall of the clan and restores the clan, race, nation and cosmos. That
has been Father's path.
Centering upon Korea as the Adam nation, the Eve and archangel nations
are what Father is dealing with now. There were so many things that happened
in North Korea, and now centering upon the youth of North Korea, the situation
has developed so badly that they are now on the verge of atomic war. Will
there or will there not be atomic war? That kind of critical position we
are facing with North Korea. Father sent a representative to speak to Kim
Il Sung and they went and made peace. Then centering upon the United Nations,
Mother has restored the children of the world horizontally, centering on
the South and North Korean youth. In this time, after forty years from
World War II, the question remains how to unify the Eve, Cain and Abel
nations. This needs to be done. Otherwise we cannot reach the ideal Kingdom
of Heaven on earth.
True Mother's Foundation
In the Garden of Eden, the archangel combined with Eve and fell into
Hell. At this time, the archangel side, that is, Cain and Abel side-which
includes all of Satan's side-is centering upon Mother (Eve). Through this
process, Mother is saving that Cain and Abel. Do you understand? On the
occasions of the United Nations and Capitol Hill speeches True Mother was
welcomed. Making that victorious foundation of unifying into one, Mother
embraced the Abel and Cain nations. After World War II, America represented
the Abel position, the Christian world, and the free world represented
the Cain position. That foundation was lost and at this time is being restored
centering upon Mother. After the speeches of United Nations and Capitol
Hill this was accomplished. Mother embraced Cain and Abel. But individually,
Mother does not have a nation. Just the opposite. Horizontally, that nation
is Japan. At the end of August 1992, the Japanese government began a fierce
activity against our church. The media and television continuously spread
negativity against us, throughout the whole of Japan. However, when Mother
went to Japan nobody could come against her. That means that Eve's nation,
Abel nation, Cain nation, and three archangel nations combined into one
centering upon Mother representing the bride position.
After World War II, America and France in bride position should have
combined with the bridegroom's position. So we can go back to the original
hometown nation, go back to the Korean peninsula. Those three nations,
Mother and Father combined into one means that in this year we reached
again the same position as after World War II. [Pointing to the board]
Do you understand? (Yes!) Now the Unification Church is in the Abel position
and the Christian world is in the Cain position. No matter how much Christianity
protests and makes a noise, they are going down and diminishing. No hope.
Father has claimed back the youth and has established the Youth Federation
for World Peace on July 26. The Religious Federation for World Peace, Women's
Federation for World Peace, and Youth Federation for World Peace are victorious
Eve's foundation, Mother's foundation. Do you understand? The Eve nation
of Japan connected with Mother. Completely, the Eve nation, which represented
Satan originally, has been reclaimed by God and combined with Mother centering
upon the Second Advent. There is only one direction and that is Godism,
the Headwing value system.
Until now everything has been centered upon man. Man's power, man's
talent and intellectual power have not saved the world. All that kind of
activity has been defeated. There is only one way and that is Godism and
Headwing. Democracy is representing brotherhood, and brothers are fighting.
Parenthood is Godism, no fighting. True Parents represent real parenthood
and the bearing of true children. True Father is the real teacher, real
king of kings and real parent. Those three. Centering upon True Parents,
everything can be unified. Father has built that kind of foundation throughout
the world. Now is the time that Father announces equalization of the cultural
world, political world, etc. Only one world under Godism is what Father
has declared. Do you understand? (Yes!)
Invite God in Your Family
Now we are headed towards having our own family. We have arrived at
the point where we are able to invite God within our family. If we don't
know these things then certainly we cannot invite Him because we don't
know why and how. But through here [indicating on the board] my family
has now arrived at the point where we can invite God to dwell within our
family. Therefore, we have to realize that my family is the representative
family and the center family through this historical perspective. We have
to realize this, and this has been the topic of Father's sermon this morning.
Father certainly has gone through this step by step and won the victory,
and that is what Father's family is. Our families have to follow the same
way. This is the meaning of the Blessing. True Parents and God have given
you Blessing in order to make your family a model family after which all
other families of the world can pattern themselves. We must inherit True
Parents' family and their historical meaning. As a result, our family is
in a father-son relationship. What is this relationship? It means that
the son is able to inherit everything that the father has. We inherit everything
that True Parents have, naturally and automatically.
For the families who are able to claim that they have trod the same
course as True Parents and now realize their position as a representative
family, and when Father can recognize that family has all these qualifications,
then Father will bequeath everything to that family. How can I go through
these completely as Father did? Although Father did it all completely and
physically, all we have to do is to go along with Father, just as his family
has done, deep in heart. By doing so, we will come to be saved. Simply
put: God and Father's family really became one, being well connected and
united. Likewise, our family should connect and unite with Father's family.
Now we have three generations, God as the first generation, Parents as
the second generation and we as the third generation or children's position.
The perfection place is not the vertical way, but only the horizontal way.
God is standing in the grandfather position, Adam and Eve are in the parents'
position, and Adam's children are in the children and grandchildren position.
This is making, horizontally, three generations. Do you understand? In
this time, you must know how to connect into one with Father and Mother,
standing on the horizontal base of the earth. God is standing on the right
side, Parents in the middle and you on the left side. Combining three generations
horizontally creates the horizontal world settlement. After the Fall, God's
children and grandchildren didn't appear. In this time, horizontally, God,
True Parents and children- three generations-connected all over the world.
Central Being Responsibility
This basis will liberate God and all mankind. Individual position, family
position, tribe, nation and world centered upon God-all would be connected
under Heavenly Father. Ultimately that is God's ideal purpose of creation.
That is called the Kingdom of Heaven on the earth. Do you understand? (Laughter.)
Thus, let us realize deeply that my family is the representative family
and the central family. In reality today there are all things alive which
have been here all throughout history, for millions of years, but they
are all in lamentation. We know that they are sad and dismayed and that
is because the world has never had the rightful master. The rightful master
fell and for thousands of years God has been fighting to restore this.
In the meantime, the plant kingdom and animal kingdom remain in grief.
Literally, truly in grief. This has been going on so long that now, in
the last days, even nature is becoming sick. Now we appear because of Father's
complete settlement and quick settlement on our part in this family center
which represents the world. We will quickly take our position and become
the true master of all things. Now is the time when all things are about
to revive once again.
As the true masters, we console all things; we should know how to shed
tears for the sake of the flowers and plants, asking them how long they
have been unhappy and grieving. Then we should treat all things as a true
center and true master. We must learn how to do that. Since I am liberated,
then in turn I am bestowing upon you liberation. We should give all things
the blessing with our own hands. How close are True Parents to me and to
my family and to creation, and how close God is to me because He is right
next to True Parents' family. How staggering and fantastically huge a subject
this is, that all of a sudden the liberation takes place; the liberation
of myself, the liberation of my family, and liberation of all things-because
of these connections. You must clearly understand what you are now thinking,
what you are now very much seriously up to. That world, even if it comes
right next to you, has no connection with you. Likewise, no matter how
much we appreciate and think, without action, that thinking and that world
cannot become our own. Do you understand? Representative family, and center
family, is the topic. Those who are the central families, or representative
families, must bear the responsibility. Responsibility comes with that
position. Secondly, it has the responsibility of protecting the surroundings.
Also, the central being has the responsibility to cause the objects to
develop and grow. All central beings must realize the responsibility of
all that they are responsible for: to give life, to help them grow and
develop. Not favoring one over the other.
We Are Indebted
True Father really bears that responsibility and that is why he is always
in the front. Whenever there are critical questions, he is always there
at that time. Father didn't really do anything wrong which should cause
him to go to jail, but the members did not do their part and so that responsibility
fell to Father. In the early times, Father discouraged the early members
from completely dedicating their lives to the church. He told them to stay
in their families and bear the burden of their families and follow him
at the same time. But many young members did not obey Father, they just
left their homes and this caused social unrest. Therefore, Father had to
pick up all of their responsibility and go to jail. We as the central family
and representative family, following Father's example, must take up the
responsibility, taking on the consequences of our surroundings. Then we
have the responsibility of protecting those who are under ourselves.
The Unification Church has stretched its financial resources; Father
is now fighting against this situation single-handed. He is teaching workshop
to 160,000 Japanese women in groups one after the other, helping them to
mature. Father is always making an offering of himself. Even though the
position of offering is a difficult one to bear, still everything has to
bow down to that offering. That is the nature of offering. Then as the
central person he is responsible for each nations' growth. Therefore, are
you indebted to Father or is Father indebted to you? (We are indebted to
Father.) At least we know. You have persevered a lot in your own way, too.
But stop and think. Compare the day you joined the Unification Church and
today. Whatever we may have had to go through, now we feel different from
before, don't we? (Yes!) We have grown considerably and changed a lot.
How much did we change from the past? (180 degrees.) Those of you who think
that you deteriorated and became worse, raise your hands. This is why God
is striking those who oppose you, those who oppose our camp. Isn't it true
that nobody comes to this great land of America bringing their own money
with the expectation of helping America? True Father is historically the
only person who poured seven billion dollars into this country, together
with manpower, for the sake of America. Father is not supposed to do that
forever, but at a certain time American members will learn and see that
meaning and take upon their shoulders this burden at some time. That time
is now.
America is the land of immigrants: one nation under God. God doesn't
want this concept centering only upon one nation, but God wants the one
world under God. This is God's concept. American people don't know that.
Reverend Moon has spent a lot of time, money and effort for this country
with only one aim: to build one world under God centering upon America.
I have been embracing that concept, but for years America has opposed me.
Father has stopped America from perishing and wants to save this nation.
Is this true? (Yes!) This is not a concept; this is a reality. Is this
clear? (Yes!) One nation under God is too self-centered. This is not good
enough for God. One world under God is what God is longing for. You must
be the family which is a representative of the world, not just one country,
and the center of the entire world. If somebody is starving, that should
be very much a part of our concern. Thus, for twenty years, Father has
made this foundation strongly by encouraging the promotion and development
of the fishing and marine industry. Tomorrow, as we all know, is the twentieth
anniversary of Ocean Church and we are planning a grand celebration and
commemoration. Father is about to speak on how and what Father accomplished.
The Ocean Providence
The ocean is virtually untapped because it is a hard life to go out
to sea. American people don't want to go to the ocean because they have
plenty to eat here on the land. That is what they say. But that won't last
forever. No one can deny that the future lies with the ocean; that is the
last frontier. These twenty years were years of laying a foundation. Meager
as it may seem now, it is a good foundation for the future because the
sea occupies three times the area of land. There are enormous amounts of
resources to be developed in the sea. As the true masters, it is our task
to tap and develop it. When Father began this twenty years ago, many America
people viewed it from a very narrow perspective of invading their territory.
What is their territory? They kept safeguarding their own so-called small
territory and for fifteen years kept on protesting. It is only in the last
couple of years that they have stopped doing this. Now they know that they
will eventually benefit. Nobody can chase Father away from the ocean. Father
has been riding on a boat that nobody else has wanted to ride. For twenty
years, Father has been going out to sea. Father knew that no satanic world,
or no satanic brothers and sisters, would be serious about saving their
so-called brothers and sisters. He knew that only the true master of the
world can and must be responsible for protecting them, to prevent them
from starving. In that respect Father has been the champion and center
of the ocean business. Is that true? (YES!)
If you don't like to work on the ocean, then someone else will do so
in your place and you will be deprived of that opportunity. All the immigrants
from various other countries of the world who came to this nation are the
ones who are harvesting from ocean businesses. When we first applied for
permission to begin a fishing farm on the west coast, at that time they
did not have a law for that. Later on they enacted a law and gave that
permission to somebody else, someone who had nothing to do with the pioneering.
We were the pioneers but we were bypassed by them. Everywhere we went we
were persecuted and unfairly treated. All the things which Father started
twenty years ago, America had not even begun to think of doing. Certainly
they had no laws enacted for such activities. However, now they are doing
this. Father's vision is still clear, that America's millionaires and billionaires
should now think and do exactly like Father. They should sell their own
houses and bring the proceeds to Africa and help the people there develop
and save Africa. By doing so America will prosper even more than it has,
thus far, in its history.
America has to allow for the free flow of people in order to facilitate
the entire world. America, being the first immigrant and in the Abel position-and
Africa in the Cain position-should save Cain and establish the Kingdom
of Heaven on earth. Soon enough, we shall witness the harvesting of the
ocean in order to live. There will be a great movement on the face of the
earth. Those who are blessed to a brother or sister from Zambia, for example,
may be requested to go to Zambia. You cannot refuse just because you prefer
to live in America, but you should go to Zambia and build it up like America.
When Father gives us such an order, would we go? (Yes!) Suppose Father
asks you to trade the best house in America for the worst house in Africa,
would you do so? (Laughter.) No problem? (No problem.) No matter how grand
a particular house may be, compared to the blessings that individual received
from Father, it is nothing. We certainly can do this, can't we? Japan is
already doing this.
The Pain of God
There was one person who donated great wealth. That's a beginning. Then
he moved into one small-room apartment. God would declare him to be a wonderful
king of properties. No matter how difficult the situation you may face
in this world, when you pass to the spiritual world, I will make you the
king of rich people. How about that? This lifetime on the earth is very
limited, compared to eternity. Those who are eager to give with sweat and
tears, and who live like that all of their lives, will be fit to be kings
and queens in the spiritual world. Have you experienced being choked when
you try to eat a meal because you are so filled with compassion and emotion
thinking of the agony and suffering of others? Because today is Sunday,
Father has dressed up in this way, but usually Father never does. Father's
usual attire is very simple, in order to live in a frugal way without extravagance.
The world needs such people. Do we all love Father? (YES!) Do we all like
Father? (YES!) Whenever Father is here, everything feels and seems full,
but when Father goes away from America, you feel empty, don't you? (Yes!)
Immediately your heart feels that your life is vacant. Who made you feel
that way?
God looks down at humanity and sees people in difficulty calling out
to Him for help. That natural voice; this is not something that is taught.
Rather, that natural voice springs up in people. Nobody teaches children
to follow behind their parents, automatically they want to follow. Even
when parents scold them, even though they may be crying, still the children
are following behind their parents. This is a natural way. Mind moves automatically;
these are Godly attributes. We must realize deeply that we must save the
world, just as Father has been trying to save us and the world. When we
have that strong feeling and tearfully express this to the multitude, they
will suddenly listen to our voice. We must understand that whenever we
are bereaved because one of our loved ones has died, compared to the reality
of a country about to die, or which has already died, it bears no comparison.
All throughout Father's life, from the earliest days, whenever he had
the occasion to grieve and to be sad, immediately, he would think: Can
this pain of mine be compared to that of God who lost the nation, the world,
who lost so many of His children? Always Father made sure that he did the
right thing and followed the right path by asking himself what could he
do in the place of God. God is in such a difficult position all the time.
Father always checked himself this way by remembering Heavenly Father's
pain. We have to live that way. Whatever happens around us will be a superb
lesson to me in order that I may become broader and better like God and
eventually save the whole world. Every day we have to live that way. When
people become divorced and they fight and say bitter things to one another,
looking at that situation Father knows he would never do that. He would
rather offer all the blessing to the other party and try to pioneer again
rather than to be bitter. No matter what we face, small things, unlikely
things, they are all lessons for us.
Father has experienced so many times that God has promised to him the
best, the highest, the most exemplary position and then God places Father
in the opposite extreme. He finds himself in the lowest, the most horrible
kind of place and that opposite lowest place is only paper thin; but one
board under that is the top of Heaven. However, when you realize this and
are grateful to God, Heavenly Father will embrace you. God has always connected
with me and embraced me every time. It is only then that we realize that
God exists and is right beside us. There is no trace of Satan in that place,
only God's presence. When we go down to an even darker and darker place,
beyond a certain level of darkness, even Satan does not reign because it
is too dark. (Laughter.) When we go into that place, then God will visit
us. You are the source of light at that time and God takes that very seriously
and He expands that light. You become a person of personal dignity, high-level
dignity. God looks around everywhere, no man, no Satan. Do you understand?
At that time God is teaching you to inherit everything. In the deepest
valley of tears and darkness, Satan leaves you and goes someplace else.
The Settlement Base
As we all know, for the representative family to go out and fight and
win is very difficult. Therefore, what kind of tactics or strategy will
God use? He places that representative right at the top and lets everyone
persecute him. If you persevere through that persecution, you will have
won the war. Satan cannot go God's way. This is a strange place, isn't
it? (Indicating on the board) We may have come from a bad place, but it
can be an exchange place if we go in the right direction. When we go beyond
the worse thing that Satan can throw at us, we come to God's domain. Again,
we must realize deeply: myself, my mind and body; my family-husband and
wife in unity with the children-with these three elements we become the
representative and center. That is the family seed. [Father draws on the
board] That seed contains everything: family king, tribal king, national
king, world king and cosmic king. God wants to experience each one of these
kingships. From one seed, many other seeds can be multiplied. One seed,
mother's seed, develops into children's seed, into children's-children's
seed. This has the same value, same good-life content. Adam's family represented
everything centered upon the seed. Your family has to become the same seed.
Do you understand? (Yes!) You Blessed couples represent family-king, tribe-king,
world-king, cosmic-king-in meaning. Seed to seed to seed. Each seed is
the same, no matter how many generations pass. This should go on forever.
Blessed couples represent Adam's family. Adam's family represent all creation,
including mankind and everything. Ultimately, you represent God and True
Parents.
You must realize that kind of concept as part of your living reality.
Determined upon recognition. We have to determine deeply by recognizing
these responsibilities. How glorious it is that we have 30,000-plus families
whose seed is exactly the same as Father's own seed. No difference. How
does the satanic world really feel? How wonderful this is: wherever we
go and settle down, God can automatically come and live with us! We are
expanding and expanding. As we expand, then Satan will be expelled further
and further away. How wonderful this is!
To buy the Empire State Building seems difficult, don't you think? But
it is very simple; just sign one paper and the Empire State Building is
yours. The owner signs and the buyer signs and that's it. (Laughter.) Father's
family represents the settlement base for all mankind and all creation.
Therefore, Parents sign and your couple sign and you inherit everything.
It's simple. However, the contents is difficult. Contents of Father is
everything: you need absolute faith in Parents' concept, in your mind and
body. Do you understand? No matter how anyone tries to separate your thoughts
about True Family, you should not become separated. You must be absolutely
one. You represent the starting point, and everything will follow you-just
like Father. It's the same activity. It has the same value, inheriting
everything. Do you follow me? (Yes.) Clear? (Yes!) You can do it or not?
(YES!) Then raise both hands in the presence of God. We have to pledge
to God. Do you want that? (YES!) Really? (YES!) Unification is through
God and True Parents. God and True Parents bless YOU! (Applause.)
Let us pray.