*A: Cosmic Assembly for the Proclamation of the Firm Settlement of the True
Parents of Heaven, Earth, and Humankind and the the Word of the True
Substance.* Through speech A, you can understand how difficult True
Parents' course has been.
* Speech B is the keynote speech of the Abel Women UN Inauguration Assembly.
*The following are some quotations from the speech Father read:*
* Hoondokhae at the Cheon Hwa Gung (HC 5. 29 / July 18, 2012)*
Mrs. McDevitt read Father's speech from the Sermon of the Rev. Moon volume
54, titled "In Order to Give Good DP Lectures" given in Germany on March
24, 1972.
In the speech, Father advised that one should practice their lectures
chapter by chapter rather than trying to cover from the beginning the whole
contents of the DP. For example, if one practices their lectures only on
the Principle of Creation for one month, they can have a clear
understanding of it. He also emphasized that every each person can give
lectures without exception. The "Original Copy of the Principle" has 556
pages and if one memorizes two pages per day, they can be finished with the
whole book within a year.
Father also advised to have guts in standing in front of the audience and
to think that "people have been mobilized here from the world who want to
listen to me most." Father said the lecturers need to think "they are my
sons and daughters" and then we can feel much closer to and responsible for
the listeners.
Father said that by evaluating our audience by checking their responses, we
need to rank them intro three categories. * The most difficult types are
put into the first rank, and the lecturer needs to fight against them. *Father
said we need to check their faces after 10 minutes to see if they become
more stern or become relaxed, without being noticed by them that we are
checking it. Also lecturers need to make the audience to be relaxed with
laughter: once they laugh, they come to listen to the lecture.
Father also explained how to behave and walk when giving a lecture, and
the importance of having adequate facial expressions as a lecturer and the
ability to sing songs. Father emphasized "being natural and flexible" at
the podium and "to become a necessary person" for the audience. Father
talked about the prayer in public, in which he emphasized the poetic sense
as being necessary. Father said the necessity of listening to others'
lectures as much as possible so that they can learn from there.
Father concluded by saying one needs to practice as much as possible so
that they can be relaxed in lecturing and become creative.
*Father said "First, you need to train yourself. Second, you should be
relaxed. Third, you should adjust yourself to the needs of the audience,
this is important."*
The following are some of Father's words after the reading.
The truth taught in Unificationism is great. You have to know that there
are no other teachings in the world which are more organized than ours."
* "Those who do not have confidence can not become successful."*
After the establishment of the Abel Women UN this time, women must advance
further than men."
"Originally, I was destined to live up to 117 years. (Father said here "
사주팔자를 보게되면") I didn't believe it in the beginning but I have already become
93 years old."***********
*Hoondokhae at the Cheong Pyeong training center (HC 5. 28 / July 17, 2012)*
Lawrence, who wrote the classic *Practicing the Presence of God,* believed
that spiritual growth does not require replacing daily tasks with more
"spiritual" duties. Rather, it depends on changing our attitude about our
routine work. Most of us cannot change our work, but we can change our
focus. We can begin doing for God's sake what we commonly do for
ourselves.
As we plant seeds, we contemplate the growth cycle that our creator set in
place long ago. We marvel that we can participate in that life cycle by
planting a seed, watching it grow. Harvesting its fruit feed our families.
As we praise God inwardly, the crop of joy and peace can grow while
outwardly it appears that we are engaged in routine work.
What most of us do will never lead to some major feat, though there will be
times when success is achieved. But all of us can excel in the daily
activities of living. If we do the best we can day after day, week after
week, month after month, year after year in carrying out the routine work
that is necessary for our survival, the world will be better off, we will
have a sense of fulfillment. It is doing the little things every day that
puts us on a course of fulfilling the will of God. Rather than dwell on
the goal of accomplishment, take the time to enjoy doing the task.
Focusing on doing the will of God in ordinary life just might hold the
secret to finding real joy.
* *
*All the dark side of the world is going to start falling apart. Rev.
Jenkins, LLM, 15.7.2012*
Anyonghaseyo!
Please read a short part of In Jin Nim's *very profound and thought
provoking sermon* from 8.7.2012, Lovin' Life Ministry:
.....Hebrews says, "After you have done the will of God .... (The will of
God is something that God has for each and everyone of us. God has a
destiny for you and me...) .... you may receive the promise. Why does
Hebrews use the word "may"? Why does Hebrews not say, "After you have done
the will of God you WILL receive the promise, you WILL have the
promise?"*Why does the Bible say, "You MAY receive the promise?"
*
..... You may have done the will of God, you may have fulfilled you
destiny. You may have conquered evil. You may have conquered your demons,
your temptations. But in that final hour, when all is presented to you, it
is still conditioned [still depends] on something. It says, "You MAY
receive." So what the Bible is really saying is, "You can do all the good
things, you can fulfill all these things, but the most important
thing is *where
your heart is at that moment, in the final hour of your victory?* Where is
your heart? Are you victorious in really thinking and living for the sake
of others? *Or are you thinking only about yourself?*
Please read some excerpts of * Rev. Michael Jenkins' very powerful message,
full of spirit, passion and conviction, as well as very enlightening,
moving and highly uplifting.* The message was given on July 15th, 2012, at
Lovin' Life:
*"Called by Jesus"*
When I joined the church, I was in dental school. I was going to be a
dentist. I wanted to save teeth--and get rich. But* I prayed one night that
I wouldn't miss the Second Coming*, and the next morning I met a German
young lady who was a member of the church. She was very odd-looking,
actually. She was very pretty, but she had buttons all over with Father's
picture. She stopped me as I was going to the bank at Ohio State University
and she said, "Do you believe in God?" And I said, "Yes, but I'm only
interested in the Second Coming."* And she said, "He's here. He's here
now." So that got my attention ...*
*God Answers to Prayer*
... let's look at one of the teachings of Father based on the Scripture.
I'd like to call up Matthew 22:36-40, and we'll read from the screen.
"'Master, which is the great commandment in the law?' Jesus said unto him,
'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul,
with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second
is like unto it. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two
commandments hang all the law and the prophets.'"
Father taught us so clearly that the first condition we always have to make
is to love God, the Foundation of Faith. And the second condition we have
to make is to love our neighbor, love our brothers and sisters. Those two
conditions are more than just words and commandments.* The essence of the
Principle is love: Love God and love all brothers and sisters, all races
and all religions ....*
Rev. In Jin Moon says, "The first-generation had to find God." We had to
find God. How do you find God? You ask God. *If you ask God, God will
respond. *Just like I asked God, "God, don't let me miss the Second
Coming," and the next day a German member appeared ....
Brothers and sisters, especially our young people, if you ask God
sincerely--just like Father kept praying to God until his prayers and
dedication connected to heaven--then God will respond. And once God responds
to you, it's quite an experience when you know it's an answer to prayer.
*When I asked God to not let me miss the Second Coming and a young lady was
standing on the street telling me he's already here. *Nobody knew I prayed.
Nobody knew I said any prayer. That's why I knew they weren't trying to fit
in with my story or something. I prayed another prayer that night before I
met our beautiful church, our Unification Church, and that second prayer I
offered is the one that really got me into trouble. *I said, "God, if you
need me, you can count on me." Oh, wow. *
God works in mysterious ways because after I met Reverend Sudo and started
hearing the presentations, I felt it was something very special, but I was
going to dental school. I had exams that weekend, Friday and Monday. I had
biochemistry. I had all these things going on. I was happy. I wasn't
looking to change everything. I was just looking to meet the Lord and be
connected. But then suddenly they said, "You have to come to a workshop
this weekend." I said, "I can't go to the workshop. I've got exams on
Friday and Monday. This is impossible."
And then Reverend Sudo, out of nowhere, slaps me on the knee and
says,*"Well, God needs you. Can he count on you?"
* So watch what you pray for. But that touched me, and that's why I could
come forward.
*The Foundation of Faith and the Foundation of Substance*
So we have the Foundation of Faith: Love God. Jesus taught, love God and
love your neighbor. The Foundation of Substance that Father teaches is the
same: Love your neighbor, love brothers and sisters, love each other. *That
is not a restorational principle. It's the principle of creation. *Before
the Fall, Adam and Eve were to fulfill the Foundation of Faith. They were
to love God, and they were to take his word, his commandment, and believe
and obey it. And in loving and obeying his commandment they would perfect
their love; they would perfect themselves; and when the time came in which
they were mature, then they would receive God's blessing and build a
beautiful family.
*....The Foundation of Substance means that you have to substantially live
the truth. When the truth is lived, it comes alive. Truth just as truth has
power, but when it's lived, it really comes alive.*
That's why we find that many historic teachers and preachers, when they're
really living the truth, can plant that seed deeply. That's why Rev. In Jin
Moon can plant the seed....That's why when Father proclaimed that the
Berlin Wall was going to fall down and communism will fall--even though when
he said that word, nobody believed it--suddenly a couple of years later it
fell down. That's because he's living the word, and he is the word. Amen ...
Foundation of Faith and Foundation of Substance: These were the two
principles. And what's interesting is the teaching of Jesus that on these
two laws, love God and love people, hang all the law and the prophets.
Isn't that amazing? *Everything in the Bible revolves around those two
principles.... *
Cain had a holy assignment. He wasn't bad. He had a holy assignment to
checkmate the rumors and the bad news that Lucifer was trying to spread
around. But instead Cain didn't listen to God. And he didn't keep his role.
But also what made it worse, right after that they went and had a
conversation? In the Bible we see that Abel and Cain talked and the next
thing, Cain killed Abel. *Now I'm going to ask you a question. "Do you
think they had a good talk?"* No. It wasn't a good talk. So Abel didn't
love.
*"Love Is the Key"*
Father's teaching is always the commandments: Love God and love others.
Love.* Love is the power. Love is the key.* It's the whole essence of
everything in the Bible. The successful story in the Bible is when Jacob
loved Esau. That's the most beautiful story ...
*"Betrayed into the Hands of Sinners"*
... Why would Jesus pray, "Let this cup pass?" Because Jesus was not
supposed to take the cup of the cross. He was not supposed to die. He was
supposed to create a true family, to marry and to create the heavenly
kingdom through the blessed central family. But unfortunately, John had
gone his own way, and also the three disciples slept in Gethsemane ...
And he [Jesus] said, "Stay awake!" He didn't ask them, "Please help me
out." He gave them a command: "Stay awake!" And he prayed again, "Father,
if it's your will that I go this way, thy will be done. Not my will, but
thy will." Then he came back, and for the third time he found them asleep
again.
Then he proclaimed, "Behold, the Son of Man is now"--at that
moment--"betrayed into the hands of sinners." Why? .... Because those three
disciples in Gethsemane represented the three archangels. And when those
three archangels couldn't stand with Jesus then there was no protection,
there was no foundation to support him, and therefore he had to recreate
the foundation.
That's why history comes full circle now when True Parents arrive. Father
in his autobiography testifies that Jesus gave him the words over 10 years.
But then Father had to live it, prove it, and realize it--and True Parents
then walked this path of restoring everything that was lost for the last
6,000 years ..
The restoration course was done by True Parents. We're now in the
settlement course. We're now in a new age, but what about that restoration
course? If we understand these restoration principles, we can understand
how Father is working because nothing happens by chance. *Everything is
either restoration or settlement. Those two principles are working at all
times.*
*Loving Gorbachev and Kim Il Sung*
When Father proclaimed that communism would fall down, he didn't proclaim
that just because he had a prayer. *He set the condition to love the
central figure of the evil kingdom of the communist empire.* First he went
to Mikhail Gorbachev..... *Nobody believed* the Soviet Union was going to
lose power and collapse...
... in fact, through the proper conditions, Father was able to meet
President Gorbachev. And the most amazing thing is, on Christmas Day of all
days, in the year 1990 Gorbachev stood up and announced the dissolution of
the Soviet empire...* Through love then you take the power away from the
kingdoms of the evil world. *
Then Father went to meet Kim Il Sung, and the same kind of thing was being
played out. It was impossible. It was much, much more dangerous.* It was
absolutely impossible.* But Father went and embraced him; Father was
courageous in that moment when he went there. The first thing Father shared
with the representatives before he knew if he could meet Kim Il Sung
was,*"You have to tell your leader that he's got to stop teaching this
false
teaching, because God exists."*
Now imagine, Father goes into the North Korea, which is such a completely
closed empire that no country can affect anything going on inside
there. *Nobody
could protect True Parents.* But True Parents were there, and Father
courageously cried out, "You have to teach that God exists." So the
representative there said, "You're not going to meet the Great Leader.
Forget it." And everybody who was with Father and Mother thought, "*We may
be executed.* This may be our course if we can't reconcile, if we can't win
Kim Il Sung."
Because of Father's courage, when Kim Il Sung heard Father's message, Kim
Il Sung said, "I want to meet this man who would come into my house, when I
have all power over his physical life, and he would tell me I'm wrong."
That's courage.
Brothers and Sisters, *when you speak the truth courageously, you may
suffer, but God's kingdom will advance greatly. Speak the truth because
Father showed that example time and again. *So the Foundation of Substance
is a deep thing that Father practices. *It's not just a theory. *Love God,
and love your neighbor ...
*Marching in God's Direction*
So now we're marching to Foundation Day, January 13, 2013 .... What does
that mean?
Let's look at that quickly as we go to our conclusion ... In that first
year of Cheon Il Guk, what did Father do? He had the coronation for God ...
And then as we went on through each year of Cheon Il Guk, amazing things
happened. On May 5, 2004, Father suddenly proclaimed that this was the day
after the coming of heaven. May 5, 2004, was the turning point. Suddenly,
somehow, through the unity of True Parents, *the perfection of their love
had come to a place where they could step into the Kingdom of Heaven, and
True Children could walk with them as True Family. *And we're walking with
them, too, only by condition. Father and Mother, from God's point of view,
have entered the Kingdom of Heaven. That day is when things really started
to turn in God's direction.
*"God Will Dwell with Us Forever"*
When we heard the proclamation that, "The Kingdom of Heaven is going to be
revealed on May 5, 2004," it may have seemed like other times when Father
made proclamations but we didn't see anything different. In fact, it seemed
like things got harder.* But actually from God's point of view, True
Parents became more secure, more complete as the dwelling of God, as the
temple of God...*
Where does God dwell? He dwells in True Parents permanently .... the only
time God could actually permanently dwell on earth before was with Jesus ...
But then True Parents came, and when True Parents completed the process to
become the dwelling place and the living temple of God, that was
unbelievable ... *The essential part is also that True Children are now
coming into the position of perfect inheritance, where they also must
become the true and perfect temples of God. *
*The Roles of the True Children*
That's why in August 2008, Father appointed Rev. In Jin Moon as the
chairman of the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World
Christianity in America. That was something unexpected. We didn't
understand what Father was doing. Then later, in March, Father appointed
her president and CEO of the Unification Church of America, and absolutely
from that moment on Rev. In Jin Moon has walked that path....
*I have seen how Father is trusting Rev. In Jin Moon more and more*, and
Father is absolutely standing behind True Children. Because where else are
True Parents going to go? They have to expand through True Children.
Because that's the true lineage of God. That's the lineage that directly
receives True Parents' seed and element....
Are you ready?* I absolutely see the Kingdom coming, without question*.
Father has asked us to make the Foundation of Faith. How do we make the
Foundation of Faith? ...* We have to study Father's words and receive the
words of True Children, *receive God's words, and strengthen our spirit. By
taking in the word of God, you strengthen your spirit. You change ....
*Loving Others More Than Yourself*
*What's going to happen on D-Day?* True Parents are going to have the
Marriage Supper of the Lamb. True Parents are going to have the marriage of
God. Why? Because the masculine and feminine absolute embodiment of God has
been fulfilled and now when True Parents come together in marriage,* it's
going to be the actual sanctification of God's own marriage.....*
*Becoming Perfect Temples of God*
*So on D-Day what's happening? D-Day is when the Kingdom of God is
coming.*The realization of the kingdom of God is coming on the earth.
That's the
Marriage Supper of the Lamb. That's why we're all going to be re-blessed on
January 13, 2013. We're all going to prepare ourselves now through the
OSDP, through the Principle, and through Rev. In Jin Moon's sermons--through
the word of God. *We're going to prepare ourselves to become perfect
temples of God, aren't we?*
The Kingdom of Heaven doesn't come with signs to be observed. It's not
external. It's internal.* The Kingdom of Heaven is when we really are the
dwelling place of God.* Just think if all of a sudden you had God in you
24-7, every word you spoke was God's word, every thought you had was God's
thought. How beautiful that would be!
That's why Father has asked us to make the Foundation of Substance. How are
we supposed to make the Foundation of Substance as we're settling into the
Kingdom? How do we make the Foundation of Substance? Our international
president has asked us to bring 12 spiritual children to Lovin' Life
Ministries. Why do we bring 12? *It's not just to multiply numbers. It's so
we all grow ...*
*"Become Jesus"*
The clergy were asked to do the same thing. Father gave a speech right
after the 172 went to Korea, and it was so beautiful. *Father suddenly
said, "You have to become Jesus." *And then next he said, "You have to have
12 come to the OSDP." Father wasn't just looking for external numbers. *Father
wanted them to really become Jesus ...*
I saw what happened when Bishop Sykes got Father's words, and he was
scared. He was scared to bring people to the OSDP. But suddenly he said,
"Well, Father said to do it." So he decided, "I'm going to risk it." He was
afraid to bring his members to the OSDP because "They might get negative.
They might be scared there's too much truth here. I don't think I want to
bring them."
But he brought his people, and they had a great experience, and then they
multiplied to 28. *Now that church is really a Lovin' Life-, a Unification
movement church. It really is. It's a family church of God because
everybody's blessed, and they're really coming along. Amen. It's
exciting....*
Father gave us a goal of 13,000. Twelve thousand was the original; that's
12 disciples, right? Then he added one for Jesus, 13. So 13,000 have to
come. *Six thousand have completed now.*
*The Youth, the Elders and the Clergy*
What inspired them [the clergy] the most at the OSDP [-Workshops] was
seeing our young people, seeing the young people there going through the
sessions with them. Then I realized, this is amazing. Our first-generation,
we need leaven; we need the yeast for the bread.* The yeast for us is our
second-generation.* They're like the yeast. Wow. When the young people come
in then our bread has power to expand. I think the first-generation, we're
like bread without yeast. Without the young people we won't expand, but
with the young people we can expand.
What I also saw is that our Unification family, first- and
second-generation, is like the yeast for the ministers, the yeast for
Christianity. Christianity can't grow without us. It can't even expand into
the Kingdom now. They know it, too. They can feel it. *Look at the
testimonies of our second-generation when they came to these conferences: *
*"This experience with the ACLC and the OSDP changed me a lot more than the
experiences I've had in any other workshop. Seeing the ministers had a
bigger impact on me than I could imagine. **More specifically, the
importance of Jesus' foundation sunk into me for the first time and why
Father's so strong about reaching Christianity. As a second-generation in
the Unification Church, I never thought Christianity was that valuable
**because
it seems that they were rejecting True Parents. Thus I also believed Jesus
really wasn't that important to me. But now seeing these ministers
accepting True Parents and understanding the Bible more deeply through the
Principle, I understand better than ever that Jesus in his love set the
foundation for True Parents and Father stood on that foundation and
expanded it to the salvation of all religions and all humanity." *
Isn't that beautiful? It's from one of our second-generation sisters.
Another brother wrote, *"At this OSDP workshop I gained a deeper
understanding of Divine Principle and the Bible. As a second-generation, I
grew up with not so much emphasis on the Bible but only on the Principle.
After this workshop **I really feel how important the Bible is and how much
I need to study the Bible to understand the Principle.** And what a miracle
it was that Father discovered it." *
So when we go together in these OSDP sessions, we three--the young people,
the elders [elder members], and the clergy--are together as one, and the
yeast is working, the bread is expanding. I just came from Los Angeles. I
couldn't believe that there were 100 ministers there. *It's starting to
break loose. I can see it coming.* We have to just keep following
faithfully, keep uniting with Rev. In Jin Moon faithfully, and keep going
forward faithfully.
*The Rise of God's Lineage*
... As I go forward, I see more and more how our movement is expanding. *The
quality of our movement is developing. Our broadcast of Lovin' Life
Ministries is such high quality. Now the day is coming when we can just
open the gates and bring the people in.... *
I can see clearly now the Kingdom is coming, and we're going to march
together. That's why I want to say this once again. I give my life, my
fortune, and my sacred honor to unite as one with True Children, and I pray
that we can march together as one to Cheon Il Guk.
On January 13, 2013, True Parents and God are going to be married. It's
going to be the dwelling of God and expansion of God through all families
that are united as one. Then we will see what Father predicts for that
era.*Like the communist empire falling down, all the dark side of the
world is
going to start falling apart.* It already is. Nobody can do anything
without the lights being turned on, and they'll be exposed if they're
corrupt. *Nobody can hide his or her sin any more because the corrupt world
is just falling apart.*
Now think about the darkness flipping over and falling apart. All the
things of this world that are lifting up the wrong image of the family are
those kinds of things. They don't have power.* They're not going to have
power any more, and that's why it's all going to fall down in terms of the
dark side, and the side of God's love and true life, true love, and true
lineage is going to rise.*
God bless you all. Thank you.
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Unificationist Discusses Fatherhood on British
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| July 20 2012
Simon Cooper, head of London's Unificationist congregation, was featured on
4thought, a daily religious, moral and ethical opinion show on Britain's
Channel 4, on July 19, 2012.
According to
4thought.tv, the show is on every day of the year, after the
news: "Every week we explore a theme, such as whether it's wrong to want to
be rich, if faith schools should be banned, or whether God chooses sides in
war."
4thought.tv<
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*Contributed by Yoshie Manaka.*
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Parents' Day Rally in Harlem Hears Call to Action Against
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| July 20 2012
Despite inclement weather, the Parents' Day Award ceremony in Harlem on
Friday, July 20, 2012 drew spokesmen for lawmakers supporting the holiday,
several faith leaders, and 70 citizen activists, one of whom announced a
plan for a street protest against media that facilitate child prostitution
and sex trafficking
The nine awardees heard congratulatory remarks from Rev. Luonne Rouse, a
United Methodist minister from Huntington, New York, who said the
following: "We have come to congratulate the award recipients for their
model of responsible parenting."
Luonne Rouse, along with his wife, Marie Rouse, giving the congratulatory
remarks.
Recipients of the Parents' Day NY 2012 Award Certificate.
Mary Pannell of Harlem said that what she regretted most is that she didn't
give her daughter a father in her home. "We have got to stop making excuses
and get back to the real deal, which is the two-parent household," she told
the crowd.
street demonstration targeting advertisers with the *Village Voice* is
poem entitled"Mom and Dad, In Your Honor*."* She said, "It's so easy to
speak about my mother. I love her so much. She is the reason I am here
today. When I got pregnant at twenty, Mom was never judgmental. She told me
I did wrong, but beyond that, no one was ever allowed to say anything about
me, her baby. She always protected me."
*The words of "Mom and Dad, In Your Honor," follow:*
"It was the day of Graduation, It just wasn't feeling right
Then I realized what it was, As I crossed the stage that night
You both have always been there, times were tough or I was sad
Always offering a shoulder, As well as everything you had
You taught me to make decisions, By offering sound advice
And I knew you'd always be there, Without ever thinking twice
You shared with me your wisdom, When you were proud, you let me know
Allowing me to make my own mistakes, Without saying "I told you so!"
Dad, I think you should wear this cap, As you taught me to stand tall
I know without your guidance, I could not be here at all
Mom, you deserve to wear this gown, For all you've sacrificed
You deserve a day of glamour, Wow, wouldn't that be nice!
Though it took some time to realize, Now at last I know
I received my favorite gift, Eighteen years ago
I'm looking forward to the party, In fact, I can hardly wait
I'll be telling everyone, That it's you, We Celebrate!
Your reward is soon to come, So look up towards the sky
You gave me roots, You gave me wings
In Your Honor, Watch Me Fly!"
*Contributed by Yoshie Manaka, Iris Quesada, and Renee Shaw*
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Tesla's Secret Saves the World from Rooftop of Rev. Moon's
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| July 13 2012
The New Yorker Hotel, Nicholas Tesla's home during his final years, was
featured in AT&T's *Daybreak 2012*.
Rev. and Mrs. Sun Myung Moon bought the New Yorker Hotel in 1976 and are
shown blessing the building.
*Daybreak 2012*, launched on May 31, 2012, is a transmedia web series by
Tim Kring that was released in five, weekly, ten-minute chapters.
The New Yorker Hotel, a building that has been owned by the Unification
Church since 1976, was featured in a made-for-internet web series
called *Daybreak
2012, w*hich was launched on May 31, 2012 and released in five weekly
chapters.
*Daybreak 2012* is an "immersive and interactive" transmedia web series by
Tim Kring (creator of television shows *Strange World*, *Crossing Jordan*, *
Heroes*, and *Touch*), according to
wired.com, and was presented by AT&T.
very important role in *Daybreak 2012*. In the fourth episode, one of the
major supporting characters, Charles (played by Eugene Byrd) says, "For the
last 10 years of his life, Tesla lived in a room at the New Yorker. He used
to spend his days on the roof feeding pigeons, so people thought he lost
his mind, but he was up to something."
According to Kinney, he has known about Tesla since high school. "When I
came to work here in 1996, I was the New Yorker's first Tesla-friendly
person. If you Google the New Yorker Hotel and Tesla, my name comes up
multiple times. I became the point of contact for all things Tesla at the
New Yorker. So, I got a call from the studio in California, saying AT&T
wanted to do this film, and of course I was delighted and excited."
The climactic scene of *Daybreak 2012 *takes place on the rooftop of the
New Yorker Hotel, with its iconic sign playing a key role in the world's
preservation.
"We sent quite a few emails back and forth," said Kinney. "They wanted
dimensions of the New Yorker's sign and the roof, what the brick and other
materials looked like, so that they could re-create a sound stage on the
west coast, which they did. All the scenes up on the roof were actually
shot in California."
*The History of the New Yorker Hotel and the Unification Church*
According to Kinney, the Unification Church bought the hotel in 1976, when
"many of our departments were stuck in a few rooms at [a house in]
Belvedere. It was obviously very cramped. We had a lot of members to house,
so Rev. Sun Myung Moon bought the building, and all these departments were
relocated to the New Yorker Hotel. Church leaders and members finally had a
place to reside.
"It was a miraculous purchase, because the building was bought for less
than 6 million dollars, and currently, it's worth 300 million dollars.
That's quite a bargain! The hotel is a very historical building, in terms
of the Unificationist faith. Such a large percentage of American members
lived here at one time or another. My wife and I lived here. My first two
kids were born when we lived here. Rev. Moon spoke here many times.
Kinney explained that for many Unificationists families with growing
children, living in a hotel in Manhattan "wasn't ideal," and the New Yorker
soon began to lose tenants. However, in 1994, Hyo Jin Moon, the eldest son
of Reverend and Mrs. Sun Myung Moon, initiated efforts to renovate the
hotel. At that time, more than 70 percent of the rooms were storage rooms,
and the building itself was "in pretty bad shape, with electrical and
plumbing problems," recalled Kinney. However, through a gradual and
consistent process of renovating and renting floors one by one, more than
1,000 rooms had been substantially renovated by 1998.
*The New Yorker Hotel and Unificationist Public Image *
"I think it's good for Reverend and Mrs. Sun Myung Moon, their family and
the Unification Movement to be associated with anything successful,
especially something that is visible, iconic, and has a lot of influence.
Everyday, people come here and ask, 'Who owns the hotel?' and I always say,
'the Unification Church and Rev. Moon.' Before they leave, I always tell
them that I am a member of the Unification Church.
"Being good neighbors reflects well on the Unification Church. We are not
here to flip the property. Here, people see good stewardship and good
service and a building that complies with safety codes. They see
professional staff and good rooms. We are not an amateurish business.
"At the time of September 11, we gave away more than 10,000 room nights to
support the community. The Chicago Fire Department autographed a chief's
helmet and presented it to the New Yorker Hotel in gratitude for providing
them with free rooms. Acts of public service, providing jobs, and
acknowledging people like Tesla is a part of being a good citizen of the
community. So, in its own way, by our cooperation and openness, we have
influenced many city officials."
*Contributed by Yoshie Manaka.*
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| *July 15, 2012*
We are now having very good--and better and better--communications with the
media.
Recently The Learning Channel (TLC) was going to air a beautiful
documentary on our Blessing, but they had the title "Getting Married to the
Moonies." So thanks to Ariana's efforts to strengthen the media and
outreach in communications, Doug Burton and others communicated with TLC.
At first, they got back and said, "Well, we're just going to keep that
title. That's what we want to do, and it sells. It's a juicy title."
But then we got the clergy together. And when we go together and we start
to communicate, they start to realize the Unificationists are not alone; we
have incredible allies throughout every community and every faith
tradition. So when TLC saw beautiful letters coming from Dr. Rouse, who is
the chairman of Operation Push for New York and a great United Methodist
pastor, and others, saying, "You can't discriminate against these people of
faith; do not denigrate them; they have to be called properly as
Unificationists, and don't belittle them," that got their interest.
And then when we told them we had 15 pastors who were ready to come to
their Discovery-TLC headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, that really
got their attention--they felt the love of God. And without our even going
to their office--now, this never happened before--without our even going to
the office, they changed the title to "Reverend Moon's Mass Marriage," with
respect, and it's a great documentary. So thank you, Ariana, thank you, Jin
Sung Park and all of our True Children and True Family.
*"Called by Jesus"*
I have more to say about that, but I'd like to give some personal
testimony. Rev. In Jin Moon would like us to give a little testimony about
our background. When I joined the church, I was in dental school. I was
going to be a dentist. I wanted to save teeth--and get rich. But I prayed
one night that I wouldn't miss the Second Coming, and the next morning I
met a German young lady who was a member of the church. She was very
odd-looking, actually. She was very pretty, but she had buttons all over
with Father's picture. She stopped me as I was going to the bank at Ohio
State University and she said, "Do you believe in God?" And I said, "Yes,
but I'm only interested in the Second Coming." And she said, "He's here.
He's here now." So that got my attention.
She took me inside, and I heard some lectures. It was a nice lecture room
with about 50 chairs. I was the only guest. But they said, "It's always
full but it's not full today." Anyway, the lecturer, Rev. Ken Sudo, came
out and gave me my first lectures, and it was a beautiful experience. I
joined right after that. My family had a very hard time with it because
they wanted me to be a dentist, and I was happy with life. But God called
me in a different direction.
When I came home to my family to explain what I was doing, my father
brought a Christian minister over, and we went over the Bible for about
four hours. Then this minister named Rev. George Tashup got up and said to
my father, "Bill, you've got to let him go. He's called by Jesus." So my
father gave me a blessing and then I went and joined the church. That was a
great step in my life. I'm so grateful for God and True Parents.
*"God Will Respond"*
I have always found this to be my experience: If you ask God, God will
respond. I was in the workshops in Barrytown in 1975 when Father was
opening the Unification Theological Seminary. Everybody who was a college
graduate was asked to apply, so I applied. Then I saw the list of those who
got accepted; my name wasn't on the list. That was okay, but I didn't know
what it meant. Then when I looked at the list I saw that, "Oh, these are
very serious men and women of God." And I thought, "I really am curious why
my name is not on the list."
So I went to the dean and said, "What happened?" And he said, "Father
didn't even see your application because you just said, 'If it's the will
of God,' you'll go to the seminary. We needed somebody who really wanted to
go. So then I decided, "Well, gosh, if Father didn't even see my
application, how can God's will be done?"
So I wrote Father a long letter and said, "I need to go." I didn't know why
and then I said, "I'm going to fast until I hear the word from you,
Father." So I started fasting. The first day I felt so inspired, you know,
"I'm doing God's will." The second day I felt so hungry, so I kept checking
in the office every couple of hours: "Did you hear anything yet?" I'm not
such a great hero, so on the third day I got too hungry, and I ate. And I
felt a little bad afterward because right after I ate, the word came that I
could go to the class. Through this experience, I always felt a personal
relationship with Father. It was very special from that time on.
*From Enemy to Family*
Then when it came to the Blessing, Father encouraged us to have
international marriages, so I volunteered to be blessed internationally. I
did ask for a wife from Japan, and Father pushed us all forward. He called
on all of us. Many of you were there. That was in the 1979 matching, and
then I met my wife Reiko, Reiko-san. And it was great. We met and we both
had pretty much decided from that moment. The first thing she said to me,
she looked at my card and she said, "You're a Scorpio, and so am I." And I
thought, "That's an interesting first conversation for our Holy Blessing."
But, yes, Scorpios are known to be a little strong and strong-minded, and
when you put two of them together, they sting each other a lot. But it
works out in the end.
So, I'm really grateful to my family and my children, who have been very
sincere about following God, True Parents, and True Children. I'm very
grateful for them. Also I'm so grateful for our daughter-in-law, Irion. Our
son, Miken, and Irion have a son. His name is Liam. There's nothing like
having family. Family is just great, young people. As Rev. In Jin Moon is
raising the young people of our movement, raising me and everybody else,
family is really where the greatest joy of God is.
One morning recently, we had our grandchild over for the night, and
grandchildren really work in mysterious ways because it was 5:00 a.m. and
there was no indication whatsoever that we were getting up for *Hoon **Dok *
*Hae*. We weren't moving. I heard the alarm, and it kept ringing. But then
the grandchild jumped in the bed. He was jumping on us, and he said, "Come
on guys, let's go." He's two years old. "Come on guys, let's go." Well, we
had to get up. So that's a beautiful experience. I'm very grateful.
But the Blessing doesn't come easily because Father asked us to go
internationally and see if we can embrace our enemy. I never thought of
Japanese as my enemy because the culture we grew up in, in our generation,
was long after World War II. So on the day of the matching, right
afterwards, I went out to the corner on 34th and 8th Avenue. We didn't have
cell phones then. We had pay phones. From the pay phone I called my father
and mother and told them, "I'm getting married." They said, "Great, that's
great, son. What's her name?" "Reiko Sakata."
Then I heard this long pause. My father was in the PT boats of the U.S.
Navy in World War II in the Philippines, so he fought at that time. He
paused, and then suddenly goes, "Sakata? Sakata?! That's Japanese! That's
the enemy, Son!"
Later he told me he really believed that it was a scheme. Because they were
defeated in World War II and he always thinks Chinese, Japanese, and
Koreans are all the same, he said, "They're like the Chinese, Son. They
plan for thousands of years what they're going to do, so when they couldn't
beat us in World War II, they decided to send their daughters over and get
our sons." That's what he believed.
But fortunately he was changed through the grandchildren, my sons and
daughters, Reiko's sons and daughters, and also through Reiko herself; she
never got upset or angry at them. When I first brought her home, it was a
very unpleasant, very painful situation when he picked us up at the
airport. This was years ago before we even had started our family. We were
driving home and Reiko was in the back seat. I'm in the front seat, and
he's giving the tour of Dayton, Ohio, telling her, "This is the National
Cash Register Company." Then he started yelling.
Reiko understood English, but you can imagine how she was so shy and scared
about how to respond. So my father said, "Mike, she's not speaking. She's
not speaking." And then he started getting stronger and stronger. Looking
back at the situation, I understand what was happening. It was similar to
what happens sometimes when we take ministers to Namdaemun in Seoul and the
Korean merchants don't understand English. The merchants will just work
with a little calculator and show you the price, but sometimes our visitors
from America have a tendency to think that even though the people don't
understand English, if you yell at them in English, they'll understand
better. Or you speak loudly. So that's what was happening with my father.
He was speaking louder and louder and louder. It was very painful.
But God works in mysterious ways. Later we found out that when my father
was an orphan, one of his most painful experiences was tied to a visit by
his relatives during the Depression, when they brought him a little toy
horn to play. As soon as the relatives left, the caretakers took it because
no child could have any gifts because they'd all start fighting over it.
That was one of his most painful memories.
So one Christmas all our children got together and bought him a little toy
horn, and he cried that day. That horn is still sitting by his chair. That
was very beautiful because that changed the atmosphere. So now my father
tells others in our family, "You should get a Japanese wife. They are
really great." So God bless True Parents.
*The Truth Revealed*
Today I'd like to talk about the historic path we walk. True Father met
Jesus in prayer on Easter Sunday. I'd like to take a look at Father's
autobiography. It will be on the screen and I'd like to read for you an
excerpt from Father's autobiography.
Early Easter morning, after I'd spent the entire night in prayer, Jesus
appeared before me. He appeared in an instant, like a gust of wind, and
said to me, "God is in great sorrow because of the pain of humankind. You
must take on a special mission on earth having to do with heaven's work."
That day I saw clearly the sorrowful face of Jesus. I heard his voice
clearly. Jesus spoke clearly about the work I would have to do. His words
were extraordinary, having to do with saving humanity from its suffering
and bringing joy to God.
My initial response was, "I can't do this. How can I do this? Why would you
even give me a mission of such paramount importance?" I was truly afraid. I
wanted somehow to avoid this mission and I clung to the hem of his clothing
and wept inconsolably. My encounter with Jesus changed my life completely.
His sorrowful expression was etched into my heart as if it had been branded
there. I could not think of anything else.
From that day on I immersed myself completely in the word of God. On those
days when my prayers and dedications connected to heaven, Jesus appeared to
me without fail and conveyed special messages. If I was earnest in my
desire to know something, Jesus would appear with a gentle expression and
give me answers of truth. His words were always on the mark and they struck
deep into my bosom like sharp arrows. These were not mere words. They were
revelations about the creation of the universe that opened the door to a
new world.
Isn't that beautiful?
So our heritage, our history, comes from True Parents and God. We look at
our history and we understand Father had that encounter with Jesus, and in
that encounter he inherited the mantle or the mission of Jesus. He got the
anointing of Jesus and of God. Also what's beautiful there, Father says,
"When my prayers and dedication connected to heaven." Father is so humble.
He didn't say, "Every time I prayed Jesus appeared," or "Every time I made
effort, I got an answer." No. It was like, "Wow, when my prayers and
dedication connected to heaven, then Jesus would appear."
And for years Jesus appeared and guided Father into the secret hidden
meaning, the deeper meaning, of the Scriptures--the parables and symbols. In
John 16:12, Jesus says, "I have yet many things to share with you but you
can't bear them now. But when the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you
into all truth." Jesus promised the day would come when all truth would be
made clear.
He said in John 16:25, "I have spoken to you in parables, but the time
cometh when I no longer will speak to you in parables and symbols but I
shall show you plainly of the father." When that revelation started to flow
to Father Moon, that was the time when everything was being made clear. The
truth was now being revealed, and the parables and the symbols of the Bible
can now be understood. That's why the clergy are coming close to us and now
the secrets of the Scriptures are being unfolded so we can really enter the
time of the return of Christ, but also bring the whole world with us into
the kingdom of Heaven. Amen.
*God Answers to Prayer*
Then let's look at one of the teachings of Father based on the Scripture.
I'd like to call up Matthew 22:36-40, and we'll read from the screen.
"'Master, which is the great commandment in the law?' Jesus said unto him,
'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul,
with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second
is like unto it. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two
commandments hang all the law and the prophets.'"
Father taught us so clearly that the first condition we always have to make
is to love God, the Foundation of Faith. And the second condition we have
to make is to love our neighbor, love our brothers and sisters. Those two
conditions are more than just words and commandments. The essence of the
Principle is love: Love God and love all brothers and sisters, all races
and all religions.
So that's quite an experience, to love God, to show God your love, to
actually connect with God. Many times we search. Like Rev. In Jin Moon
says, "The first-generation had to find God." We had to find God. How do
you find God? You ask God. If you ask God, God will respond. Just like I
asked God, "God, don't let me miss the Second Coming," and the next day a
German member appeared.
Now I've asked God many things, and usually I don't get the answer that
fast, but I've asked God different things. Brothers and sisters, especially
our young people, if you ask God sincerely--just like Father kept praying to
God until his prayers and dedication connected to heaven--then God will
respond. And once God responds to you, it's quite an experience when you
know it's an answer to prayer.
When I asked God to not let me miss the Second Coming and a young lady was
standing on the street telling me he's already here, nobody knew I prayed.
Nobody knew I said any prayer. That's why I knew they weren't trying to fit
in with my story or something. I prayed another prayer that night before I
met our beautiful church, our Unification Church, and that second prayer I
offered is the one that really got me into trouble. I said, "God, if you
need me, you can count on me." Oh, wow.
God works in mysterious ways because after I met Reverend Sudo and started
hearing the presentations, I felt it was something very special, but I was
going to dental school. I had exams that weekend, Friday and Monday. I had
biochemistry. I had all these things going on. I was happy. I wasn't
looking to change everything. I was just looking to meet the Lord and be
connected. But then suddenly they said, "You have to come to a workshop
this weekend." I said, "I can't go to the workshop. I've got exams on
Friday and Monday. This is impossible."
And then Reverend Sudo, out of nowhere, slaps me on the knee and says,
"Well, God needs you. Can he count on you?" So watch what you pray for. But
that touched me, and that's why I could come forward.
*The Foundation of Faith and the Foundation of Substance*
So we have the Foundation of Faith: Love God. Jesus taught, love God and
love your neighbor. The Foundation of Substance that Father teaches is the
same: Love your neighbor, love brothers and sisters, love each other. That
is not a restorational principle. It's the principle of creation. Before
the Fall, Adam and Eve were to fulfill the Foundation of Faith. They were
to love God, and they were to take his word, his commandment, and believe
and obey it. And in loving and obeying his commandment they would perfect
their love; they would perfect themselves; and when the time came in which
they were mature, then they would receive God's blessing and build a
beautiful family.
The Foundation of Substance was part of that obedience of the commandment,
"Don't eat the fruit," which meant "Don't share love prematurely." Adam and
Eve first were to bring the Foundation of Substance between their mind and
body, with the mind believing God, God's commandment. But you've got to
live it. The Foundation of Substance means that you have to substantially
live the truth. When the truth is lived, it comes alive. Truth just as
truth has power, but when it's lived, it really comes alive.
That's why we find that many historic teachers and preachers, when they're
really living the truth, can plant that seed deeply. That's why Rev. In Jin
Moon can plant the seed. If you're living the truth, then you have a
different power when you speak the truth. That's why Father's words will
never perish. They'll never go away. They're going to continue to rise.
That's why when Father proclaimed that the Berlin Wall was going to fall
down and communism will fall--even though when he said that word, nobody
believed it--suddenly a couple of years later it fell down. That's because
he's living the word, and he is the word. Amen.
So Adam and Eve were to live that word. For the Foundation of Substance,
they were bringing mind and body together. But also what else were they to
do to make the Foundation of Substance? They were to be one together as the
subject partner pair, and they were to bring all the creation into harmony.
They were to love all the creation. All the creation was to come under
their dominion--the mosquitoes, the seas, the fish, everything. Most
importantly, the angels were to come under their dominion.
The angels were to come under their dominion of love, and that's where the
problem came. Lucifer came up with his own self-centered idea, but Lucifer
wasn't given the commandment, was he? Adam and Eve were given the
commandment. So Lucifer had his own selfish ideas, but he was immature. He
was not a mature angel. The creation cannot become perfected without
humankind. So think about that.
That's why it says in Romans 8:19, "The creation groans in travail, having
been subjected to futility." It is groaning, waiting for the revealing of
the children of God, the liberation of the children of God. Why? Because
when God's true sons and daughters come alive, as they are now, and God
starts to dwell with men and women again, then the creation will be
liberated and will be used properly. We'll use atomic power for love,
giving energy and power to all of our world and not using it to hurt others.
Foundation of Faith and Foundation of Substance: These were the two
principles. And what's interesting is the teaching of Jesus that on these
two laws, love God and love people, hang all the law and the prophets.
Isn't that amazing? Everything in the Bible revolves around those two
principles. That's why you find every single story in the Bible has a story
of someone making an offering of a foundation of faith, loving God; and
then a foundation of substance, loving a brother or sister.
Abel and Cain. Abel made an offering. Abel and Cain didn't love each other.
Abel didn't love Cain properly and Cain left his proper role. God told Cain
in the Bible, "If you do well, you'll be accepted. If you don't do well,
sin is couching at your door. But your holy assignment, Cain, is to rule
over him." It says that in the Bible. "You're to rule over him." "Sin is
couching at the door. His desire is for you but you must rule over him."
Cain had a holy assignment. He wasn't bad. He had a holy assignment to
checkmate the rumors and the bad news that Lucifer was trying to spread
around. But instead Cain didn't listen to God. And he didn't keep his role.
But also what made it worse, right after that they went and had a
conversation? In the Bible we see that Abel and Cain talked and the next
thing, Cain killed Abel. Now I'm going to ask you a question. "Do you think
they had a good talk?" No. It wasn't a good talk. So Abel didn't love.
*"Love Is the Key"*
Father's teaching is always the commandments: Love God and love others.
Love. Love is the power. Love is the key. It's the whole essence of
everything in the Bible. The successful story in the Bible is when Jacob
loved Esau. That's the most beautiful story. Jacob gave everything he had
for Esau and bowed to the ground seven times for his brother. Then they
reconciled and they wept. He gave everything that he had gotten from 21
years of difficulty in Haran, and when he gave it all to Esau, his brother,
who wanted to kill him, like Cain wanted to kill Abel. What happened? They
wept.
And then Jacob was very humble. He didn't walk in boastfully, saying, "I'm
proud, and I've got the blessing." He actually walked in before Esau,
saying, "Seeing your face is like seeing the face of God." That was a most
beautiful moment. And then they reconciled and came together. And then
there was no family story any more in the Bible. Every family centers on
Jacob's family because that family completed family restoration.
Then Jacob and Esau united, but Jacob had 12 sons, and from those came the
12 tribes of Israel. Jesus came from the fourth son of Jacob, named Judah.
So then Jesus came and we see the Foundation of Faith and Substance all
over again. John the Baptist was supposed to make a foundation of faith and
trust God. And then he also was supposed to be in a position to embrace the
Israelites and bring them to unite with Jesus.
*The Unfulfilled Mission of John the Baptist*
In another way, when we look at it, John was the older cousin of Jesus,
wasn't he? And Jesus' mother, Mary, was the cousin of Elizabeth, John's
mother. When Mary and Elizabeth came together, Elizabeth said, "Behold,
Mary, you are the mother of my Lord," and the baby John jumped in her womb.
He was six months along. And then Mary stayed with Zechariah and the seed
came from heaven and Jesus was conceived. We know how that seed came from
heaven. God doesn't only work through the spirit. There has to be a
physical body to plant that seed, so you put two and two together, and you
understand that Zechariah had a very special role in God's providence.
Zechariah's family was to protect Jesus because Zechariah had authority. He
had the authority in Israel to keep the Pharisees on the right track.
Zechariah was well respected. Then when John the Baptist came up, he, too,
was a powerful man of God. He could tell the Pharisees that they were a
bunch of snakes. When he heard Jesus' words, and when God spoke to him
saying, "This is the Son of God, my Son with whom I am well pleased," John
knew who Jesus was. It was clear. He testified to Jesus. But the problem
finally was with John himself--he didn't stay with Jesus. He kept doing his
own thing.
He went back to baptizing, got involved with Herod's house, and ended up
losing his head over it. His head was cut off because he left Jesus. If you
leave, thinking you're going to go do God's work and not stay with the
Messiah, you're going to end up not understanding the Messiah because the
messiah is not stationary. The messiah is always moving forward, giving new
words and new understandings. There's new advancement. Therefore, even
though John knew who he was at that moment, because he left and didn't stay
around--he didn't do *Hoon **Dok **Hae* with Jesus--he lost his way.
John was absolutely sure he was doing God's will. But he ended up dying in
a situation in which his last word to Jesus, his last message, was, "Are
you the one who should come or should we look for somebody else?" That's
sad, isn't it? This is the one whom God prepared. If John had stood up with
Jesus, all of Israel would have followed. But because John didn't stand up,
then Jesus couldn't make his family.
*"Betrayed into the Hands of Sinners"*
There was one other chance for Jesus to make the family, to complete
restoration. Jesus did restore Adam, and all of this restoration is
re-creation, or just going back to the Principle of Creation. Adam and Eve
were to love God, love creation, and bring oneness, vertically and
horizontally. Jesus completely fulfilled vertically his Adam's role. But
now he had to be supported. And the second chance for that was at
Gethsemane. Remember the three disciples who were praying? Jesus asked them
to stay awake and pray with him, but they couldn't stay awake. He prayed,
"God, let this cup pass."
The cup that was to pass was the cross. It was death on the cross. Why
would Jesus pray, "Let this cup pass?" Because Jesus was not supposed to
take the cup of the cross. He was not supposed to die. He was supposed to
create a true family, to marry and to create the heavenly kingdom through
the blessed central family. But unfortunately, John had gone his own way,
and also the three disciples slept in Gethsemane. Jesus came back after he
prayed, "God, let this cup pass from me," and they were sleeping. Then he
said, "The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak."
And he said, "Stay awake!" He didn't ask them, "Please help me out." He
gave them a command: "Stay awake!" And he prayed again, "Father, if it's
your will that I go this way, thy will be done. Not my will, but thy will."
Then he came back, and for the third time he found them asleep again.
Then he proclaimed, "Behold, the Son of Man is now"--at that
moment--"betrayed into the hands of sinners." Why? If you read Father's
words, you get even more insight into the Principle because Father's words
expand on the deeper meaning of the Principle and the Bible. Why was it a
betrayal? Why at that moment was Jesus betrayed into the hands of sinners?
Because those three disciples in Gethsemane represented the three
archangels. And when those three archangels couldn't stand with Jesus then
there was no protection, there was no foundation to support him, and
therefore he had to recreate the foundation.
That's why history comes full circle now when True Parents arrive. Father
in his autobiography testifies that Jesus gave him the words over 10 years.
But then Father had to live it, prove it, and realize it--and True Parents
then walked this path of restoring everything that was lost for the last
6,000 years. But it's important to know that Father never leaves anything
behind.
The restoration course was done by True Parents. We're now in the
settlement course. We're now in a new age, but what about that restoration
course? If we understand these restoration principles, we can understand
how Father is working because nothing happens by chance. Everything is
either restoration or settlement. Those two principles are working at all
times.
*Loving Gorbachev and Kim Il Sung*
When Father proclaimed that communism would fall down, he didn't proclaim
that just because he had a prayer. He set the condition to love the central
figure of the evil kingdom of the communist empire. First he went to
Mikhail Gorbachev. That was an impossible situation--to set up a meeting for
Father with Mikhail Gorbachev, who was the president of the Soviet Union.
That time, brothers and sisters - you younger people can study it in
history - was an amazing time because the Soviet Union was gobbling up
countries, left and right. America was in turmoil. Nobody believed the
Soviet Union was going to lose power and collapse. When Father proclaimed
that years before, nobody believed it.
But Father knew he was going to set the condition of loving and embracing
the enemy. So, in fact, through the proper conditions, Father was able to
meet President Gorbachev. And the most amazing thing is, on Christmas Day
of all days, in the year 1990 Gorbachev stood up and announced the
dissolution of the Soviet empire. I thought he picked a nice day to do
that--on Christmas Day, when we celebrate Jesus' birthday. Through love then
*Signing the Jerusalem Declaration*
Then Father sent the ministers over to Israel after they had taken down the
cross. The whole idea was that the ministers were the younger brothers.
Christianity is the younger brother to Judaism. So Father directed us to go
to Israel, embrace the rabbis, and ask them to sign the Jerusalem
Declaration that said they were sorry for not having loved Jesus.
That doesn't sound like a big deal, does it? But I know that for many of
the brothers and sisters who worked on that, it was a big deal--because for
the rabbis, it's a deep thing. We know that out of that whole separation
between the younger brother and the elder brother, so many breakdowns
occurred, and Jews were persecuted throughout history. They fear the cross.
They fear Christians. They fear they're going to be betrayed. So asking
them to come into a primarily Christian gathering and sign a document, the
Jerusalem Declaration, was not simple.
But the Christians had made the condition of taking down the cross,
proclaiming that Jesus wasn't supposed to die, but his victory was the
resurrection. So on that basis the Jews were interested. That's the reason
they met us. We had 120 Christians and 120 Jewish folks, and they came. The
only reason they met us is because the Christians took down the cross.
That's Father's wisdom. If we hadn't taken down the cross, they wouldn't
have met us. We would have been just another do-gooder Christian group that
wants to come and say they love everybody. But these were Christian
ministers who took down the cross from their churches, and the rabbis were
curious: "What can this be?"
So then we went there, and Bishop Stallings was the one who gave the
testimony. He repented first as a Christian that we haven't loved our
Jewish family properly over the last 2,000 years. We allowed much suffering
to come to them because we didn't do our job as Christians to protect them.
And that moved Rabbi Bar-Dea to sign the Jerusalem Declaration. But he
asked for one thing. He said, "I'll sign if my brother, Sheik Manasrah,
will sign." And we saw right before our eyes what Father told us: "When
Jews and Christians come together, the Muslims will come, too." We saw it.
Suddenly Sheik Manasrah from Nazareth just walked up and signed. That's the
Foundation of Substance. It was done by True Parents. It was amazing.
*Marching in God's Direction*
So now we're marching to Foundation Day, January 13, 2013--that's the lunar
calendar January 13th. The solar calendar date, I believe, is February 22.
That's the day Father calls D-Day. That's really the essential realization
of the Kingdom of God on Earth. What does that mean?
Let's look at that quickly as we go to our conclusion. We're in a 12-year
period of Cheon Il Guk. We're in the twelfth year of preparing for the
Kingdom of God on Earth. In that first year of Cheon Il Guk, what did
Father do? He had the coronation for God. Father actually organized the
coronation for God. Nobody in history had ever crowned God king of all
kings. It was a beautiful ceremony; all of us came together from all races
and religions, and Father and Mother crowned God as the king of all kings.
And then as we went on through each year of Cheon Il Guk, amazing things
happened. On May 5, 2004, Father suddenly proclaimed that this was the day
after the coming of heaven. May 5, 2004, was the turning point. Suddenly,
somehow, through the unity of True Parents, the perfection of their love
had come to a place where they could step into the Kingdom of Heaven, and
True Children could walk with them as True Family. And we're walking with
them, too, only by condition. Father and Mother, from God's point of view,
have entered the Kingdom of Heaven. That day is when things really started
to turn in God's direction.
*"God Will Dwell with Us Forever"*
When we heard the proclamation that, "The Kingdom of Heaven is going to be
revealed on May 5, 2004," it may have seemed like other times when Father
made proclamations but we didn't see anything different. In fact, it seemed
like things got harder. But actually from God's point of view, True Parents
became more secure, more complete as the dwelling of God, as the temple of
God. Then Father established Cheon Jeong Gung, the dwelling place of God.
That was based on three generations of True Family: True Parents, True
Children and True Grandchildren and their blessings. Because those
three-generational blessings could occur in early 2006, when there was a
world tour, then Father could open and dedicate on June 13, 2006, Cheon
Jeong Gung, the heavenly palace.
The heavenly palace is not an average palace, believe me, because Father
said from that day on God permanently will dwell on earth forever. God will
never leave the earth ever again.
Where does God dwell? He dwells in True Parents permanently. When God
dwelled in Jesus, he could live there all the time, full time. But when God
dwelled in Isaiah or the prophets, yes, he could come in, give an inspiring
word, but then Isaiah would have a funny thought and then God would have to
leave. If your temple's not clean, God can't stay there. So the only time
God could actually permanently dwell on earth before was with Jesus.
If we think about God, we think, "God can see everything." Actually, it's
only through the physical temple that he can really experience things. Let
me ask you, "Would you rather go to Hawaii or see a video? Which is
better?" You've got to go there and feel the surf with your body. Your body
is the instrument through which you really experience truth and love.
Therefore, God couldn't even experience the waves of the ocean or the smell
of a spring breeze before Jesus because there was no one he could safely
live in. And then Jesus had to go the way of the cross. Therefore, God had
to withdraw. He could give revelation and inspiration only through people
who were really following God.
But then True Parents came, and when True Parents completed the process to
become the dwelling place and the living temple of God, that was
unbelievable. That's why everything opens up because God can now truly
dwell permanently on the earth. God will dwell with us forever. That's the
meaning of the Cheon Jeong Gung. The essential part is also that True
Children are now coming into the position of perfect inheritance, where
they also must become the true and perfect temples of God.
*The Roles of the True Children*
That's why in August 2008, Father appointed Rev. In Jin Moon as the
chairman of the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World
Christianity in America. That was something unexpected. We didn't
understand what Father was doing. Then later, in March, Father appointed
her president and CEO of the Unification Church of America, and absolutely
from that moment on Rev. In Jin Moon has walked that path. Think about
that. It's almost four years since she was appointed chairman. Three years
have gone by already successfully since she was appointed president.
What does it mean to stand in those kinds of providential roles? Believe
me, everything possible comes at central figures to try to move them into a
situation where they can't fulfill. But I have seen how Father is trusting
Rev. In Jin Moon more and more, and Father is absolutely standing behind
True Children. Because where else are True Parents going to go? They have
to expand through True Children. Because that's the true lineage of God.
That's the lineage that directly receives True Parents' seed and element.
And then we're grafted in. But the second-generation is not grafted in.
You're born into it. That's why for you to relate with True Children is a
very different kind of relationship.
That's why on January 15, 2009, Father reordered heaven. He also did
another coronation of God, and he anointed Rev. Hyung Jin Moon as the
inheritor of Father's role. Father conducted the ceremony three times:
January 15th in Korea, January 31th in Seoul, and then in America all on
the same day, two times on the same day. So then Rev. Hyung Jin Moon took
on this incredible position with his wife Yeon Ah Moon to really, truly
grow into being the temple of God. And each one of the True Children is
walking that path.
Who are True Children? Jin Sung Park has taught us a lot that helps. But
actually who are True Children? I don't understand many things; I can share
that honestly. But I can tell you this. Do you think it would be easy to
relate with Jesus? Nobody understood Jesus. His family didn't understand
him. It was very difficult to understand heaven's representative.
True Children are born into a status that's even greater than Jesus'
position and substance because they are inheritors of True Parents' victory
and also they come from the True Family. They're already standing on the
foundation of True Parents' absolute victory on every level. So then, if
you really understand, you should relate to True Children ...
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