August 7, Eighth Year of Cheon Il Guk
Cheon Jeong Gung Museum, Republic of Korea
Distinguished guests from 190 nations of the
world who have come to celebrate this significant and providential day:
I would like to begin by offering my heartfelt
gratitude to God who protected my wife and me, and all who were accompanying us.
I sincerely thank all those who have prayed and offered devotions for us.
Today I feel truly humbled. Through the more
than eighty years of my life I have gone through countless ordeals, incarcerations
and innumerable life-or-death situations solely for the purpose of fulfilling
God’s providence. Although the rest of the world does not know, my life has been
a continuum of intense battles with Satan that I have fought alone.
Ladies and gentlemen! God truly carries out His
providence in mysterious ways. At that time of the helicopter incident, which
no one could have imagined, Heaven mobilized the spirit world and made sure
Satan dare not harm my wife and me, the True Parents. Even in the eyes of ordinary
people this incident was extraordinary, a miracle among all miracles. However, it
is being recorded as an amazing wonder, incomparable to any other in history.
I publicly announced January 13, 2013 to be the
day the restitution of the Homeland is to be fulfilled, and am devoting my
entire being, day and night, for that purpose. Would Heaven be able to abandon
me? As God’s representative in the flesh, I have accomplished His will on this
earth. Then, if not with Reverend Moon, with whom will God be able to work in
perfecting His providence and in returning humanity to God’s bosom?
As my wife and I are able to stand here before
you today again, thanks to God’s tremendous grace, our hearts are bursting with
emotion. We were called by God and anointed as the True Parents of humanity. Human
beings are orphans who, born without parents into the fallen lineage, have wandered
aimlessly for thousands of years. We have received the great mandate from Heaven
to save all people and bring them back to God.
With four years to go and in the final leg of
our drive towards the year 2013, I proclaimed the Ssang Hab (combined) jubilee years, the 7th and 8th years of God’s
kingdom of Cheon Il Guk, and gave the order to both the spiritual and physical
worlds to advance in all directions.
It was at that very point in time that I was
involved unexpectedly in the helicopter accident. Yet, through this accident, Heaven
has once again revealed to the ignorant and unenlightened human race that God
is very much alive and active. Join me now in carrying out an explosive
revolution of true love and true families.
Let us never forget, even for an instant, that
we are positioned at very urgent point in time, when we must bring every single
person in this world to become part of a blessed family.
The Providential Era Centered on the Special Representatives
Ladies and
gentlemen:
On this momentous
day, there is a message from Heaven that I would like to convey to you who have
come from around the world. It is a message I proclaimed at a seminar held in
both Texas and Washington D.C. from April 30 to
May 2, which brought together leaders of nations from North and South America.
Humanity is now entering a new era—the era
of heaven that turns the world upside down. It is a time when God will work through the special representatives that, in my capacity as king of peace, I am sending to every part of the
world. In other words, it is the time when we will complete God’s kingdom of
Cheon Il Guk.
Ladies and
gentlemen, if John the Baptist had fulfilled the responsibility he had in
relation to Jesus, Jesus would not have been opposed by Judaism or by Israel,
and would not have gone the path of the cross. With John the Baptist at his
side, Jesus would have led the people of Israel to take on all the authority
and power of Rome, which had been prepared by God over thousands of years. Had
such a foundation been secured, Jesus would have sent out his royal
representatives to all corners of the world along the roads leading out from
Rome. They would have been the representatives and ambassadors of Jesus, the
king of peace, and would have fulfilled their mission as his special representatives inheriting
Heaven’s will. They would thus have created Cheon Il Guk, the kingdom of peace
covering all the earth without walls or borders, and which is liberated and
completely free from evil.
However, we know
very well that humanity has been unable to free itself from Satan’s deception,
and instead walked a path of “restoration through indemnity” for the past two
thousand years. The mistake of one person, John the Baptist, who failed to
unite with Jesus and then died a miserable death led to this disastrous result.
Even so, heavenly
law does not allow God’s providence to be permanently interrupted or abandoned
due to human error. Today, this land of Korea is chosen by God to become the
homeland in which His providence would come to fruition. This is because it is
the homeland of the True Parents who were infused with the spirit of this land
at their birth.
I have already
appointed and announced special spiritual advisors for the three key
central nations of providence. I have
appointed and sent
Dr. Chung Hwan Kwak, chairman of UPF, to
represent Korea which stands in the position of the father nation in the providence; Rev. Hideo Oyamada, chairman of UPF-Japan to Japan, the mother
nation; and Mr. Dong Moon Joo, chairman of the Washington Times, to the United States, which stands as the
providential eldest son.
I am
initiating a peace movement to unite the Americas. I would recommend someone
such as former US President George Bush as a candidate for the special
representative for North America and someone such as former President Julio
Maria Sanguinetti of Uruguay as the special representative for South America.
For the special representative to
the Republic of Korea, the providential homeland, I have selected Dr. Cheol
Seung Lee, whom the people of Korea respect as a great elder statesman.
Ladies and
gentlemen, I am working hard to send out special representatives to all nations of the world. They live in an era in which the mistakes such as that
committed by John the Baptist will never be
repeated. Unlike Jesus, whose time abruptly came to an end through his going
the way of the cross, I will surely complete the restoration of God’s homeland
on this earth, as I have received Heaven’s seal as the king of peace. With God
and the king of peace as the central axis, I shall lead the special
representatives sent throughout the world and so create the
original ideal kingdom of everlasting peace.
Please unite your mind
and body and engrave in your hearts the pieces of the heavenly secret that God
is revealing to you. Please remember that this message speaks of the heavenly
path that will guide your activities and life from this day on.
Respected President
George Bush of the United States, President Julio Maria Sanguinetti of Uruguay,
former and current heads of state from Central and South America, ladies and
gentlemen! First of all I would like to extend my appreciation to you, on
behalf of my family, for taking part in this International Leadership
Conference despite your busy schedules.
I also wish to express
my deep appreciation to the United States of America and to all the nations
that participated in the Korean War, and especially for the sacrifices your
veterans made, upholding the founding ideals of the United Nations and the
noble cause of world peace. Knowing God’s will, I convey my heartfelt
gratitude.
Ladies and gentlemen,
God’s desire is to save humankind from evil and sin, and to actualize the ideal
He envisioned for all that He created. From the viewpoint of God’s providential
plan, the Korean War was not a simple war involving one country. It was a
historic, righteous war that played a decisive role in bringing God’s
providence to fruition. This understanding will become an important principle
and tradition for the “Abel UN.” Due to constraints of time, I cannot explain
in detail today the profound providential plan God has had for my life’s work
and for the Korean peninsula. I will therefore speak about some aspects of
God’s providence dealing with the Pacific Rim Era that I have recently
announced.
Distinguished guests, I
have declared 2007 and 2008 as jubilee years in God’s providence. God has
greatly blessed these holy years. It is a time of jubilee the likes of which
God and humankind have never experienced in thousands of years of history.
God’s heart has been in
pain throughout history because humanity has been confined under Satan’s
dominion. Humanity had endured oppression under the sovereignty of evil
throughout the “era before the coming of heaven.” That time has finally come to
an end! From this year on, the gates are opened wide to the revolutionary “era
after the coming of heaven,” ushering in the time of a new sovereignty of
goodness in which humanity can serve and attend God as the Central Being.
Without your being
aware of it, Heaven’s providence has been expanding in extraordinary ways. Now
Ambassadors for Peace in 185 nations, numbering in the tens of thousands, have
received my teachings and are working day and night in response to a special
decree from God. Hence, today I would like to convey to you Heaven’s message,
which is entitled, “A Providential View of the Pacific Rim Era in Light of
God’s Will: The United States and the Future Direction of the United Nations
and the World.” It is a declaration of God’s plan for His dispensation and the
direction humanity should take.
The Progress of Human History
Ladies and gentlemen,
if you carefully examine the progress of history, you will undoubtedly discover
God’s plan and sense His presence as He tirelessly worked behind the scenes.
Consider the history of civilization, which began centering on four of the
world’s great rivers. We are familiar with the Egyptian civilization that
flourished along the Nile River, the Mesopotamian civilization between the
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, the Harappan civilization on the Indus River, and
early Chinese civilization around the Yellow River. The center of civilization
shifted over time to the shores of the Mediterranean Sea where the
Mediterranean peninsular civilizations flourished in Greece and Rome. History
continued to progress and the European continental civilization emerged. This
continental civilization in turn gave birth to an island civilization, Great
Britain, which flourished in the Atlantic sphere. The British Empire, which
dominated the seven seas and wielded its might as “the empire on which the sun
never sets,” passed its splendid culture on to North America. We know these
facts from history.
Civilization on the
North American continent raised the banner of democracy, which was rooted in
Christianity. It bequeathed to the world the principles of freedom of religion
and respect for equal human rights as it led the struggle against fascism and
communism, which had established atheistic, evil sovereignties. Through the
victories of the First and Second World Wars, and the third — the Cold War — it
won victory over totalitarianism and communism.
However, that victory
does not simply mean that America is great, and the development of human
civilization did not stop there. Victory came because God had chosen and raised
the United States of America as the Second Israel, in accordance with His
providential plan, and had raised and trained the American people through
Christianity. God worked through America to bring His providence to its present
stage of fruition.
Ladies and gentlemen,
the present time marks an important milestone in the development of
civilization. Civilization has completed a circuit of the entire globe and has
now arrived on the shores of the Pacific Ocean. History’s course has come to
the point under God’s providence where it must be concluded in the Pacific Rim
region.
No force can stop God’s
providence now. Though there were both victories and defeats during the course
of indemnity under the evil sovereignty in the era before heaven, now nothing
can prevent the rise of the Pacific Rim Era. Herein lies the special reason
that Heaven declared this a jubilee year.
Our Mission in the Pacific Rim Era
Ladies and gentlemen!
The arrival of the Pacific Rim Era signifies many things. What do you think the
world would have been like if Jesus had fulfilled the complete messianic
mission during his lifetime on earth? Jesus came as the Savior and Messiah, to
save all humankind. He did not come just to save the people of Israel, a small
nation located on a corner of the Mediterranean Sea. At that time, Rome, based
at the center of the Mediterranean, was the center of human civilization. Rome
was ready to rule the seas. Heaven earnestly wished for Jesus to first teach
and transform Rome and then rule over her Empire. Heaven was eager for a
civilization that could bring salvation to all humanity by employing Rome’s
strength. Yet, Jesus was cruelly put to death on the cross, as we know all too
well through the biblical record.
After thousands of
years of preparation, God finally was able to send Jesus to the earth as His
only son. There is no way to fathom God’s heart as He anxiously watched Jesus’
each and every action. Jesus’ death was a tragedy that broke God’s heart. It
brought Him anguish even more extreme than the time when Adam and Eve, whom He
created as the first ancestors of humankind, were lost from the Garden of Eden
due to the Fall.
During the two thousand
years since the cross, God, in the background of history, has walked a
suffering path that is beyond human imagination. Through this course, He
prepared the United States of America to serve as the nation of the Second
Israel. As a Christian nation that includes Catholicism and Protestantism as
well as the Orthodox world, the United States’ mission is to bring harmony and
unity to Christianity as soon as possible, and, in the twenty-first century, to
fulfill the responsibility that had been the Roman Empire’s, but which was not
realized in Jesus’ time. On America’s shoulders rests the responsibility,
within God’s providence, to bring harmony and oneness among the world’s 6.5
billion people and to expedite the creation of a peaceful, ideal world. These
are not simply the words of Rev. Moon. This is Heaven’s decree.
Then how can we unify
Christianity? God has already revealed the solution through me, Rev. Moon, the True
Parent of humankind. God has given me the supreme command to practice a life of
true love, to understand completely the reality of the spirit world to which we
go after we die, and to establish a model, ideal family — a true family. Then
what kind of love is true love? And what kind of family is a true family?
True Love and True Family
Ladies and gentlemen! God’s
absolute true love does not instill a desire
to have one’s partner exist for one’s own sake. Rather, true love’s essence is
giving, living for the sake of others and for the sake of the whole. True love
gives, forgets that it has given, and continues to give without ceasing. True
love gives joyfully. We find it in the joyful and loving heart of a mother who
cradles her baby in her arms and nurses it at her breast. True love is
sacrificial love, such as that of a devoted son who finds his greatest
satisfaction through dedicating himself with all of his body and mind to
helping his parents.
When we are bound
together in true love, we can be together forever, continually increasing in
the joy of each other’s company. The attraction of true love brings all things
in the universe to our feet; even God will come to dwell with us. Nothing can
compare to the value of true love. It has the power to dissolve the barriers
fallen people have created, including national boundaries and the barriers of
race and even religion.
The main attributes of
God’s absolutely true love are that it is absolute, unique, unchanging and
eternal. Therefore, whoever practices true love will live with God, share His
happiness, and enjoy the right to participate as an equal in His work.
Therefore, a life lived for the sake of others, a life of true love, is the
absolute precondition for entering the kingdom of heaven. This is the new way
of life in a family where its members live peacefully centering on God. It is
the ideal model of peace for all creation.
The path is now wide
open for humanity to establish true families. God’s true family establishes the
pattern for people to live for the sake of others. The warm environment of
oneness based on true love and respect between true parents and true children,
mutual fidelity and true love between true husband and wife, and trust and
mutual reliance among siblings is the manifestation of the model, true family.
This means that you
need to establish a true family wherein the stem of true love emerges from the
root of true love and bears the fruit of true love. In this manner, the three generations of true grandparents, true parents, and true children
should live together as one family and serve the eternal God. God desires to
see such families, and it is your responsibility as tribal messiahs,
Ambassadors for Peace, and special representatives to seek after and establish
them — families of the kingdom of God.
If
only the entire world were filled with such true families! It would be an
orderly world where people governed themselves by the heavenly way and heavenly
laws, with no need for lawyers, prosecutors or even judges.
The Future of Humankind Is Rooted in the
Future of the Pacific Rim Region
Peace-loving leaders! Among
the 6.5 billion people on the earth today, almost five billion are our
neighbors, relatives, and brothers and sisters belonging to the Pacific Rim
region. In other words, many of our fellow human beings share the same root as
the sphere of the Mongolian peoples. There is nothing we cannot do if we
receive the Marriage Blessing and pull together centering on God’s ideal for
peace! The future of humanity is in our hands.
God’s providence has
now spread from the North American continent and blossomed in the island
civilization of Japan, which is in a position similar to that previously held
by Great Britain, but on the other side of the world. It is now about to
fulfill its destiny by reaching fruition on the Korean peninsula, the homeland
of the True Parents who have emerged on the earth as the Savior of humanity and
the returning Messiah. The Korean
peninsula stands in a position similar to that of Rome in Jesus’ time.
The current conflict on the Korean peninsula transcends religion and
politics, which have the mission of resolving the world’s problems. From a
geo-political point of view, the Korean peninsula persists as an arena of most
intense confrontation despite the ongoing efforts on the
part of all to secure peace.
The principles of
restoration through indemnity make it inevitable that civilization will bear
fruit in the Pacific Rim region, centered on the Korean peninsula. Fortunately,
during the Korean War, the UN forces, led by the United States, were mobilized
to the peninsula. Yet, they did not recover the homeland and hometown of God’s
desire as they should have, according to God’s will, and they left the job half
done. As a result, global conflict and strife emerged, soon to be called the
Cold War. During this period, the Korean people were deprived of their
possessions and displaced, leading them to search for God.
In order to restore
this through indemnity, I established the Universal Peace Federation (UPF). I then
reorganized the Peace Kingdom Corps and Peace Kingdom Police Force, comprising
the heavenly women who have received the Marriage Blessing, who love peace, and
who are willing to serve and sacrifice for the work of the Universal Peace
Federation. I have taken the lead in educating those involved with these
organizations. These peace organizations stand in the forefront for actualizing
a world of peace centering on God. They will create the peaceful, ideal world
that God desires.
You may not be aware of
this, but I have been assisting behind the scenes of the Six Party Talks
currently being held for the sake of resolving the nuclear issue on the Korean
peninsula and reconciling democratic nations with communist nations. I am presenting
a solution based on the principles of peace and harmony rooted in the new “Way of the Heavenly Father.”
At such
intense times, what exactly should be the role of America and the United
Nations? Hawaii in the Pacific and Norfolk on the Atlantic bridge East and
West, link North and South, and represent the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and
all the great oceans of the world. With the support and protection of the
American continent, the Korean Peninsula should become the homeland that
protects and defends the Pacific Rim region by bringing together all the island
nations of the Pacific. I say this because the future of humankind lies in the
preservation of the Pacific Rim region centering on Korea, Japan and the United
States.
As I was well aware of
Heaven’s plans for this region, I invested thirty-three of the prime years of
my life in the United States beginning in the early 1970s, for the sake of
world peace. While on my way to meet Kim Il Sung of North Korea in 1991, I
first visited Hawaii and prayed there, at that critical moment, with the
purpose of bringing an end to the Cold War era. On that victorious foundation I
returned to Korea, where I am working to complete the providence of
establishing God’s homeland and hometown. This year, in particular, a jubilee
year in the providence, I again prayed in Hawaii as the first stop of a visit
to America.
Ladies and gentlemen, I
ask that you analyze the current state of affairs in the world closely.
Although the days of communism are gone, even now powerful nations such as
China and Russia are constantly on the lookout for opportunities to pursue
their own interests aggressively at the expense of the powerless and small
island nations. No small island nation by itself can deal with these powerful
nations and their economic, political or even military ambitions. They are so
powerful that, if they wanted to, they could dominate any smaller nation in a
single day, without shedding blood.
Only when peace and
security are settled in the Pacific Rim can peace for all humankind be
guaranteed. As I have mentioned, the small island nations by themselves cannot
contend with the great tsunami of powerful nations moving into the region. The
time has come, therefore, for all these small island nations in the Pacific Rim
sphere to unite as one and build the homeland of the new civilization. The
small island nations dispersed in both the northern and southern regions of the
Pacific, on either side of the equator, as well as Japan, Taiwan, the
Philippines, Indonesia, the Solomon Islands, Australia, New Zealand and other
countries, should become as one country, forming a union to sustain peace
throughout the Pacific Rim civilization. This will secure peace and stability
for all people.
What I am saying to you
is that you have the responsibility to protect and save the oceanic realm,
which is a lifeline upon which humanity’s future depends, from the
environmental destruction and conflicts that are worsening by the day, and to
shield its natural resources for the sake of peace in the future.
True Parents’ Work for Peace
Distinguished guests, I
have surmounted and triumphed over a course of inexpressible suffering and
tribulation. I have not lived for personal glory or comfort. Even as I walked a
thorny path, on the thin line between life and death, I received Heaven’s seal
and was made fully aware of the destination of God’s will. Thus, I held dearly
to Heaven’s command to bring salvation to humanity. Though beaten down many
times, I rose up like the phoenix and continued my demanding work.
I have come to be
recognized by leaders of religion, academia, politics and other fields, both
here in America and throughout the world, as the champion in eight areas of
spiritual knowledge and discipline.
The first has to do
with knowledge of God. Until now, God has been known only as an all-knowing and
all-powerful being. People think God is sitting on the throne of honor and
glory as the absolute Master, having nothing to do with the created world of
all things. There is another side to this, however. From the time I first
embarked on a journey to fulfill God’s providential call, I came to know that
the relationship between God and human beings was that of parent and child. I
learned that God has been the Parent of pain, sorrow, and lamentation ever
since He lost His first children, Adam and Eve.
Throughout my life, I
have been doing my very best to dissolve God’s pain and sorrow and bring
liberation and total freedom to His heart. Finally, on January 13, 2001,
through the Coronation Ceremony for God’s Kingship, I was able to restore His
throne of glory and power and offer it to Him.
The second area has to
do with the reality of Satan. Throughout history, human beings have not known
the identity of the devil, Satan, who caused the human Fall, which led to all
kinds of evil. For fourteen years, I labored desperately to discover all the
secrets of the spirit world through many bruising spiritual battles. Finally, I
discovered the real identity of Satan, the origin of all evil. Taking one step
further, I also uncovered Satan’s strategy and tactics for multiplying his
power.
After I discovered
Satan’s strategy of defiling the human blood lineage through the Fall, I became
totally committed to restoring God’s original blood lineage. The heavenly
strategy developed for this purpose, and now widely known throughout the world,
is the International and Cross-cultural Marriage Blessing movement.
The third area has to
do with understanding of the human condition. Where are we human beings from,
how should we live, and where should we go? Why are our minds and bodies
fighting, and why do we struggle in conflict? What is the meaning of life and
death? Does the world after death truly exist? If so, how should we live while
we are on earth? The answers to these questions and others are expounded in
detail in the Principle of Creation that God revealed to me.
I have the intuitive
ability to look into the hearts of men and women and predict their destiny.
That is why many young people from throughout the world come to me, hoping to
be matched with an ideal spouse.
The fourth area has to
do with knowledge and understanding of the spirit world. The spirit world, the
world after physical death, is a world that really exists, and to which all
humans are bound to go as an extension of their earthly life. Human life is one
continuous stream from conception and life in the womb all the way to an
eternal life, after physical death ends our earthly life. When their physical
life has ended, those who have received the Marriage Blessing, which eradicates
the original sin and opens the way to spiritual perfection, go through the
sacred ritual of Ascension. Thereupon they are welcomed and celebrated on their
path to the heavenly realms, where they will enjoy eternal life.
We should understand
clearly that the numerous saints and sages who have lived on earth throughout
history are actually still living in the spirit world. They are assisting God’s
providence on the earth, having been reborn as absolute good spirits after
receiving the Marriage Blessing from the True Parents. Each moment in our
earthly life is recorded in the spirit world exactly as it takes place. On the
day when we cross over to the spirit world, our life’s record will become the
basis for judgment. That is why all human beings should practice a life of true
love and sacrifice themselves for a greater cause.
The fifth area has to
do with knowledge of Jesus. I came to understand the terrible tragedy of the
crucifixion of Jesus. Jesus came as God’s son, the Savior and Messiah, but he
was rejected and opposed, even by the people whom God had prepared. It was
God’s will that Jesus, as the second Adam, should fulfill the model of a
God-centered ideal family, and engraft all humankind to himself.
Christianity became the
foundation of Western civilization through Rome, and then became the nucleus of
the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean civilizations. It has always stood in the
position of the Bride to receive the Lord at his Second Coming. Therefore
Christians in particular must comprehend the sorrowful heart of Jesus, who was
driven to the cross, unable to fully unfold God’s will for him. My teachings
clearly explain the truth about Jesus’ mission, the limitation of salvation
through the cross, and the reason and purpose for his return.
The sixth area is in
the knowledge of the core contents of the Bible and other religious scriptures.
These are books of revelation that enable human beings, trapped in ignorance
after the Fall of the first human ancestors, to return to God. Many of the
important issues in scripture are described in metaphors and symbols. The
meanings of these metaphors and symbols are to be fully revealed only by the
Messiah sent by Heaven. Hence, Jesus was able to disclose the core contents and
deep meaning of the Hebrew Scriptures.
In the same way, God’s
secrets regarding His providence of salvation, hidden throughout the Bible, are
now being revealed by my teachings. The Bible is a book of revelations that
concealed the secrets of God’s ideal for the creation, the Fall, and the path
of restoration. The Divine Principle, revealed to me by God, lucidly answers all the questions that
are raised in the various scriptures.
The seventh area is in
the knowledge and understanding of the goal of human history. History is not
merely a record of events that take place by coincidence. It is flowing in a
clear direction and with a clear purpose. It is a history of the providence for
the re-creation of human beings’ original state, through indemnity — a history
of restoration for their salvation.
Because of this insight
into the origin and direction of history, I was able to predict accurately the
sudden end of communism and dialectical materialism, which I proclaimed in a
speech at the 1985 Professors World Peace Academy conference in Geneva,
Switzerland, a time when the Soviet Union was still at its peak.
Today, I am declaring
that it is time for all nations and religions to break down their barriers.
Through this, the era of “One Family under God” will arrive and last forever.
God is leading history.
With the help of heavenly fortune, under the auspices of the “Abel UN”, we will
now make rapid progress toward a world transcending religions and nations. It
will be God’s kingdom on earth, which in Korean we call Cheon Il Guk.
The eighth area
concerns true family values. God’s ideal of creation is to build God-centered
true families. It is the goal of His salvation providence to restore the ideal
of the true family, the ideal that Adam could not fulfill in his own family. In
this way, it is to establish the foundation for the kingdom of Heaven on earth
and in heaven.
The Marriage Blessings,
which comprise a movement that I have been leading, are not ordinary wedding
ceremonies. They are sacred rituals through which to eradicate the original sin
and engraft human beings to the true lineage of God.
True families are the
wellspring and foundation of true love, true life and true lineage. Through
true families the true nation, true world, and true kingdom can be built.
Families centered on the True Parents can become the base for the perfected
relationships within the Four Realms of Heart and the Three Kingships, and
become the foundation for the kingdom of Heaven.
On September 12, 2005, I
founded the Universal Peace Federation. Then, in order to build “One Family under
God” through the twin strategies of proclaiming God’s Word and conducting the
Marriage Blessing, I completed three world speaking tours with my wife, Dr. Hak
Ja Han Moon, our children and our grandchildren. In this way we were able to
successfully demonstrate three generations fulfilling the Marriage Blessing
ideal within one family.
Afterwards, 120
Christian representatives in America as well as 1,200 religious leaders and
12,000 Ambassadors for Peace from across the world traveled simultaneously throughout
190 nations. They represented their own nations by spreading the Peace Messages
of the True Parents and sharing the Marriage Blessing. These tours helped
spread true family values as the universal values of humankind that will
establish a new God-centered civilization.
I have become well
known as a champion in each of these eight areas. But we cannot complete this
work by ourselves. The support of all humanity is urgently needed for
everything to be fulfilled. With God’s grace, we will soon win the victory!
These victories that I
attained through blood, sweat and tears, and on the basis of the unity of the
True Parents and all humankind, laid the foundation for a series of historic
proclamations. First, in Jerusalem, in 2003, I had Jesus proclaimed as the King
of kings before heaven and earth with the acknowledgement of Christianity,
Judaism and Islam.
Following this, in
2004, my wife and I were acknowledged as the king and queen of peace in a
United States Senate office building and then at the Korean National Assembly.
Subsequently, in June 2006, we held the Coronation Ceremony of the True Parents
as the King and Queen of Peace in Heaven and on Earth.
Ladies and gentlemen,
as we begin the twenty-first century, we find ourselves at a truly historic turning
point. We are at a point of decision. Can everlasting world peace take root, or
are we doomed to repeat the twentieth century's dark and oppressive history of
war and conflict?
The twentieth century
was a period of ceaseless struggle, including that of colonized countries to
gain their independence, the First and Second World Wars, the Korean War to
which United Nations forces were mobilized with sixteen nations taking part.
They were mobilized to the Korean peninsula under God’s providence for the sake
of regaining God’s homeland of peace. Even afterwards, however, human beings
had to endure a period of conflict and hostility during the Cold War between
the Eastern bloc and the West.
Living through this
era, I dedicated my life entirely to bringing about the kingdom of God, the
kingdom of the peaceful, ideal world. I have always prayed sincerely that the
United Nations, founded after the Second World War, would be an institution for
peace, and that it would uphold God's will for the realization of eternal world
peace.
The United Nations has
indeed made important contributions to peace. Nevertheless, around its sixtieth
anniversary in 2005 there was a broad consensus, both inside and outside the
organization, that the UN had yet to discover the way to fulfill its founding
purposes. The number of member states approaches two hundred, but the offices
of these states do little more than represent and even insist on their own
interests. They seem inherently unable to resolve conflicts and achieve peace.
Ladies
and gentlemen, on September 12, 2005, I proclaimed throughout all of heaven and
earth the establishment of the Universal Peace Federation (UPF), which will
enable God’s providence to flourish. Now, it is possible for UPF to serve as an
‘Abel-type’ counterpart to the UN in the era after the coming of heaven. It will renew the ‘Cain-type’
United Nations and lead the way for millions of Ambassadors for Peace
throughout the world who have taken up my teachings, the “Way of the Heavenly
Father” — which consist of the principles of true love and the ideal of true
family — and, without fail, fulfill the heavenly will of creating “One Family
under God.”
The International and Cross-cultural
Marriage Blessing
Ladies and gentlemen,
through the Cross-cultural Marriage Blessings that transcend religious
denomination and nationality, the Universal Peace Federation will be in the
vanguard of carrying out the great revolution of restoring the original lineage
of humanity, hearkening back to Adam before the Fall. Some may laugh and say
that this is impossible. Yet, where there is a will there is a way, especially
if it is the will of God. Please think about this: what do you think will
happen if people from the United States and Russia marry across the boundaries
of their nationalities through International and Cross-cultural Marriage
Blessings, according to the teachings of Rev. Moon, who does God’s work on His
behalf? The two nations will belong to one family under God, the eternal,
absolute Lord of all Creation. How could anyone harbor antagonism toward, much
less point weapons at, a nation that many millions of grandchildren from their
own lineage make their home?
Distinguished guests,
you who have been called by God! The holy task of building the ideal kingdom of
heaven — the sacred reign of peace on earth — by recovering our ideal homeland
and hometown, is being carried out enthusiastically in all corners of the
world. This is God’s hope for engrafting the 6.5 billion people of the world to
the lineage of the true tribe. At this very moment, people are competing to
fulfill their responsibility to hold assemblies featuring the teachings of
peace and the Marriage Blessing in twelve thousand locations in each of the 185
nations of the world.
The Coming Culture of Peace
Ladies and Gentlemen! You
have truly come to a meaningful occasion today. Please do not miss your chance
to ride on the surging currents of heavenly fortune during this important and
sacred jubilee year. Take the lead in protecting and developing the realm of
the oceans, which cover seventy-five percent of the earth. Where else will you
find undiscovered treasure-stores of natural resources that hold the promise to
resuscitate the earth endangered by all kinds of pollution and resource
depletion?
Now the oceanic era has
begun. The oceanic era represents the universal era of women. The culture of
the oceanic sphere constitutes the original women’s culture, transcending all
nations and spanning the seven seas. To create this culture, all women should
unite in heart and make concerted action under the guidance of True Mother.
They should fulfill their missions, taking the lead in pushing triumphantly
through every obstacle to give birth to this new civilization that will
transcend the Pacific Rim civilization. Please take this to heart.
On this meaningful
occasion, please engrave this message on your hearts. The families of your good
ancestors in heaven are already blessed. Numbering in the billions, they have
come to the earth today, and they are listening to this message with you. This
is because it is only through you, their descendants, that they can perfect
themselves and advance to the positions of true parents, true teachers and true
lords and owners.
Furthermore, they must
become one in heart and body with the True Parent, the King of kings. From the
original position before the Fall, they must uphold the True Parents’ standard
absolutely, take an active role in carrying out their works, and be mobilized
for the creation of the kingdom of heaven on earth and in heaven through a life
of service and attendance. Please remember that the spirit world and the
physical world are to unite in this way as one living entity, and move and
breathe together.
There is one more
special request I would like to ask of you today. Please immerse yourselves in
the contents of my Peace Messages to the point where you know them virtually by
heart, and make them the guidelines for your life. These messages of peace are
a summary of my teachings that can be found in the more than one thousand
volumes of True Parents’ speeches. God will stand at the forefront. The spirit
world and the physical world will unite to protect and aid you in creating the
peaceful, ideal world of God’s desire in which you can enjoy eternal liberation
and complete freedom.
Your families should
now find their place in history by fulfilling their missions as members of the
Peace Kingdom Corps and Peace Kingdom Police Force of the “Abel UN,” which is
advancing God’s providence in the revolutionary era after the coming of heaven.
History will forever remember you for leading a noble life of devotion to the
well-being of humanity and world peace. I am now developing globally the Peace
Kingdom Corps and the Peace Kingdom Police Force, which I founded. Who, if not
leaders such as you and your families, can stand in the forefront of these two
organizations under the banner of UPF, the “Abel UN”?
Ladies and gentlemen
gathered from different nations. What would you do at this critical junction of
human history where we stand to complete the providence of building God’s
fatherland, as the culmination of human history? Would you live foolishly for
the rest of your lives merely seeking for your own comfort and self-interest,
in the vain pursuit of extreme selfishness and individualism?
Whether you like it or
not, you are now called by Heaven. You will be guided under the shining banner
of the “Abel UN,” which was proclaimed before heaven and earth and launched on September
23, 2007. You must therefore quickly work to complete the reformation of the
existing UN, and also fulfill the mission of the “Abel UN.” In this way we will
unfold God’s ideal of creation in politics, economy, culture and education with
God’s realm of heart as the axis.
No nation can be an
exception from this. All the walls and barriers are to break down before the
heavenly fortune of the conjoined jubilee years of 2007 and 2008, the seventh
and eighth years of Cheon Il Guk of
the Universal Peace Federation. Please become the owners of the era of God’s
realm of heart, by inheriting the victorious foundation of victory brought by the
True Parents of heaven and earth. God’s fatherland will be surely built by our
own hands.
Please do not forget
that democracy is an ideology of brotherhood. Democracy serves a transitional
role to reach the age of the true parents and the true family, the era of the civilization
of God’s heart. So, quickly take a revolutionary leap over the hill of
democracy.
Esteemed leaders, there
is one more thing that you need to know. From a providential viewpoint, UPF is
in the position of Abel, and the new “Family Party” is in the position of Cain,
representing the secular world. Those who joined the recent 18th
general election campaign in Korea will have to inherit the tradition of True Parents
who have already obtained a cosmic level victory.
In order to allow the
Republic of Korea to fulfill its role as the homeland on the stage erected by
the “Abel UN,” which was created with the participation of 194 nations of the
world, you must all actively take part in the forthcoming presidential
elections, congressional elections, and local government elections that decide
the county heads, mayors, governors and the like, and also in the appointment
of secretaries of government, and be successful without fail. Your task is to
bring all the existing political parties within each nation together as one,
and regain your homeland on earth, centering on God’s representative governors.
The Korea-Japan undersea tunnel and Bering Strait Tunnel Project was proclaimed
and launched before Heaven. These are projects that you, as owners who have
accomplished True Parents’ will and who support the goal of regaining the
homeland, must succeed in without fail.
Cheon Il Guk and the “Abel
UN” stand as Abel. The United States and the existing UN stand as Cain. These
two sides should be bound together as one to create a cosmic equilibrium. You
should all become one in heart and body with God, the great King of kings, who
is the axis, and with the True Parents, the king and queen of peace, and with
their special representatives. You must perfect the creation of the original
Garden of Eden which knows not of the Human Fall, that is, you must complete
the building of our homeland.
Ladies and gentlemen!
Everything that exists in this universe, regardless
of size, originated from a single root. This is not easily perceived because
all relationships were severed and humankind fell into ignorance due to the
Fall. However, all things of creation, including the sun, wish to live in the
realm of true love within the realm of the true lineage. This is a world in
which everything creates a sphere of resonance, and in which everything lives
for the sake of the other according to its own standard and form while
attending the True Parents and True Family.
In such a world, death does not exist. There is no need for education. There
is no beginning or end. It is a world where the Creation lives naturally
together with humankind in a state of equality, with no overloaded circuits (to
use an electrical term) and completely centered on God. In other words it is a
world in which the kingdom of goodness is formed, a world in which all things
of creation would wish to live for eternity under a reign of peace.
I pray that you may all attend God and True Parents and live with them
while enjoying this jubilee year in the original world of liberation and
complete inner freedom, the kingdom of God on earth and in heaven. May God’s
blessings and grace be upon you, your families, and the divine task of
regaining our homeland! Aju!
Thank you very much!
