REVEREND SUN MYUNG MOON

"Who does God like most -- Blacks, Asians, or Whites? Have you thought that God’s face has three colors? God decides to have a universal face. What kind of person will God love? God’s love is true love, so God will love a person of true love. God’s love is a unique, unchanging, and eternal love. Harmony. … I would like to have a harmonious and symbiotic relationship with the audience, but with harmony there must also be order. I am 81 years old. How many ministers are at least 81? Three ministers raised their hands. At most meetings thus far, no one raised their hands. Who is the oldest being in the world? God is. God is the Grandfather of all grandfathers, the Father of all fathers, and the Elder Brother of all elder brothers.

"Can anyone say, ‘I know God because I met God’? What part of God do you love? … I have spoken with God. … You may not reject that. I know the tradition of God in the spirit world. … People labeled me with all kinds of crazy ideas – brainwasher, family breaker, etc. But at 81, I am stronger than ever because God has been with me and my work every step of the way. [Enthusiastic applause.]

"The three most precious things are life, love, and lineage. Which is the most precious? … It’s complicated. When we see a tree grow but it suddenly stops growing and even begins to die, we have to trim it. Life and love cannot multiply the tree in such a way that it will be able to bear fruit. … What does it take in human life? Lineage, blood lineage. Without having secured your blood lineage, you cannot have a heavenly family. Grandparents, parents, and brothers and sisters – we need three generations… It takes lineage to form your family… Do we still have Jesus’ lineage or the lineage of his twelve disciples on earth today? No. No true lineage was established. … Adam and Eve committed the fall before they established the true lineage. Their children had nothing to do with God. … When you look at the result of the fall, God could not have his own children, grandchildren, and family. But Satan did. Therefore, God has been a God of grief and lamentation. Throughout history, people have never thought of God as a God of suffering. [Father quotes John 8:44 and discusses its implications. Then Father quotes Gen. 2:16,17 and asks what this means.] God created the archangel as caretaker of Adam and Eve. The archangel was spiritually matured, so he knew exactly what God meant by Gen. 2:16,17. When Adam and Eve were in the Garden of Eden, they were in the period of growth. … As Adam grew, he would go off exploring by himself while shy Eve, growing in beauty, would tend to stay at home. Everyone was naked. The archangel carried Eve on his back. They watched [creatures] make love. The archangel felt temptation. … If we misuse love even once, everything will be lost. … Why does the Bible refer to Satan as a snake? … The head of man’s love organ looks like a snake, looking for something to bite. Woman’s love organ looks like a rattlesnake’s mouth wide open, ready to bite. … If we understand God, you have to absolutely protect your purity. As a pastor, don’t you want to teach your children this way? In the Garden of Eden, they could not resist. Everything was lost. No lineage, love, or life connected God with Adam and Eve. After the fall, what did Adam and Eve cover? The lower part of their bodies. Why suddenly, after eating this lousy apple or peach, did they cover their love organ? They realized they destroyed the place where true love, life, and lineage should have originated. Because of the fall, we have original sin. Our blood lineage was stained. Therefore, we have to cut it off. [Father quotes from Luke 17, ‘Whoever seeks to gain their life will lose it…’] Would you still like to believe that a physical fruit [caused] the fall? Jesus said, ‘You must be reborn.’ But how can you go into your mother’s womb again? Humanity’s only choice is to go through the Messiah as True Parents … grafting … true olive tree … For this purpose Reverend Moon started giving the Holy Blessing Ceremony over forty years ago. … My conclusion is: we should all become true parents ourselves with true children, creating a true family. Otherwise, we cannot go into the Kingdom of Heaven."