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THE COMPLETED TESTAMENT ERA AND ME, REVEREND SUN MYUNG MOON

February 14, 1993, East Garden, Translator - Sang Kil Han

The topic of Father's sermon this morning is "Sung Yak Si Dae Wa Na", "The Completed Testament Era and Me".
I see many Japanese members here. Those who are Japanese members, raise your hands. It is the majority. Now, Americans and Europeans, raise your hands.
 As you know, today is Valentine's Day. I understand that Americans cherish this day very much, exchanging gifts between loving husband and wife, such as watches for the husband and combs for the wife, to show their love and appreciation. This is their tradition. Even though the gift may be humble and small, what makes it big is the power of love. It is not the material, but the love behind it which makes a Valentine's Day gift significant.
The opposite case would be for a husband to give his wife a large diamond ring with a heart that was not full of love. By the same token, the wife could purchase something tremendously expensive for her husband, but with a heart lacking True Love. Those gifts would not mean much.
When someone with plenty of money buys a gift for his loved one, it doesn't have such great importance, whereas someone who is living in poverty has to dedicate a lot of heart and energy to buy a gift for his beloved. That is a more valuable gift.
As people of faith, living day by day, how can we dedicate our love to God? What can we do? We understand that God is not in need of any material thing, but God is in need of love, just as we are. The Bible encourages us to dedicate our whole heart and mind in loving the Lord God. So, love is the first commandment. So the presents which the husband and wife exchange are valuable because even though they are a small token, it goes beyond the country, beyond history. The fact that he or she gathered these small things and was able to present them to their spouse is a great achievement, in fact. Even though this handkerchief here may be humble in terms of monetary value, if love is represented by this handkerchief, then it becomes priceless, something which cannot be purchased with money.

Self-Centered Love

There is no doubt about the most important day of commemoration in human life. It is the day you commemorate love, such as today. This is the same, not only among human beings, but also for God. God needs a spouse and family and country, just as we do. Then He perhaps needs the best person in the whole country, too. What kind of person is the best in the country? As we know, God, centering on love, invests so much into everything, and then He forgets. He invested so much into human beings, and then He forgot all that He invested. Even after the human fall, God did not have time to rest, but continued to invest and give of Himself to fallen man. Since God invested all His love into this world, love is the essence of the world. We can understand that this world and cosmos operate centered on love. Love is the power.
We see the fallen world, one that we are not proud of. Still, because God put so much into love and restoration after the fall, in God's eyes, even in this world, He cannot see it as fallen love. He only sees it as His love. It is God's position to invest with original love, not with the idea, "Oh, this is fallen love." God does not think like that.
Here is Satan, who goes completely in the direction opposite from God. To God this is unbearable. Satan is the enemy of love. It was as if somebody snatched your own spouse, but yet you had to love him. Because Satan is part of the creation, God had to forget that he is the enemy.
Satan has been coming against God and against the order of nature, but the one who made that happen was not Satan himself, but man. Because of man, Satan became what he is. What did Satan bequeath to all mankind until now? Satan's life, Satan's love, and Satan's lineage. What is the result of his planting these things in human beings? Unlike God, Satan has been stopping anyone from investing love into others. Centering on himself, he tried to plunder love for his own sake. If we receive and absorb lots of love, then we should return that love to God and to everyone else. But there is no way we can return it, because of Satan.
This is a problem. After receiving love, we draw love to our self, thinking, "I am the center." Even though we are ungodly, human beings became the center, rather than God, one's country, one's parents, and so forth. Each person became centered upon himself, wanting to draw everything to himself for his own purposes. God's action in love was to give out love for the sake of everything else. In the act of creation, God poured Himself out, investing love to create all things. But after the fall, human beings stepped into God's place and reversed the action of love. Rather than giving out their love, people began drawing love into themselves, centering on themselves, stopping love from flowing to everyone else.
This is today's reality. How can this trend be reversed? How can human beings be brought back into the original position which God intended for them? Returning to God is, of course, the path of restoration. Now God is trying to reverse this trend of human beings who have fallen so far down and pick them up again and bring them back to their original position. That means God still has not experienced the original individual and family which He intended, let alone the original country. This is the work which God is still doing. How painful it has been working so hard, yet not seeing any results in human beings returning to their original position.

The Fulfilled Promise

We can see that God has invested so much. God worked day and night, for thousands and thousands of years, tirelessly, but for what? For one man, one woman and one family which God can call His own. That is the objective for which God has been working. We can understand that. Referring back to the title of today's sermon, "Completed Testament Era," what is meant by that? In Korean, the concept of "completed" also refers to fulfillment of a promise. So the Completed Testament Era means the same as "Fulfilled Promise Era" according to the Korean language.
As we know, the original family of Adam had to be restored. That promise had to be fulfilled. Millions of individuals and families stand behind that restored family, but they are bygones. What is most important is now, from this time forward. This is the time when we see the fulfillment of God's promise, the Completed Testament Era, and this is the important time. We must understand that, as already stated, man stepped into history and usurped God's way of love, turning it into a self-centered activity. Then many religions arose, but there was conflict among these different religions. Conflict arose on many levels, between nations and ultimately on the world level. Political and religious disharmony were everywhere. Throughout all of these conflicts, God has been protecting humankind. Had God not been doing that, the human race would have already destroyed itself. But God did not allow that. Rather, God put a lot of work and love into protecting mankind in order to preserve us. Now is the time when God is about to restore mankind, just as He promised after the human fall.
God created Adam, and then Eve was given to Adam. He is carrying out restoration in the same manner. So God has to create Adam, and the earth has to create Eve. Centering on Eve, two sons, Cain and Abel, were lost. How can He restore that loss and eventually restore Eve, as well as Cain and Abel-that is the question. We have seen, time and time again, this formula through history: God creates the circumstances and puts the subject and object into their corresponding realms. For example, God set up the Jewish religion and the Jewish nation which was centered on that religion. They had to come together in harmony, representing Abel and Cain respectively. That was God's formula which we saw at the time of Jesus, as well as at other times.
First Cain and Abel must come into unity, and then together they must unite with a third subject. In that way, all three will become one. Centering on the mother, Cain and Abel have to become one, standing on her left and right sides. The three of them were to become unified. Centering on Cain and Abel, conflict was planted by Eve, the mother, so this must be restored on the world level.
Based on this formula of Cain and Abel, the Jewish nation and religion should have become one and united with the mother, and then the mother would eventually have led them to the father. This would have been the completion of the four positions. The ultimate purpose the earth is pursuing is the father, because that is the one position which the whole earth lost. If this formula had been followed and adhered to, then this world would have been unified a long time ago, and we would have had much time and energy to spare after unification. But it is so difficult, even now.

Providential Nations

If the Israelite religion and nation had understood and had gone in the same direction, then unification would have been rather easily attained. But we see their history. They did not understand and they did not unite, and today God's purpose is still on the way to being accomplished. God's will had to be extended into the New Testament Era and now the Completed Testament Era. In other words, at the end of the Old Testament Era, Jesus came as the True Parent. If the people had followed God's will, then restoration and salvation would have been achieved at that time. It was very simple. We didn't have to see three different eras. The Old Testament was the only one necessary in God's original plan. But mankind did not follow and Jesus had to say, "I must come again." When he said that, it meant that not everything had been accomplished. Mankind had to wait until such time as God's purpose could be tried again and fulfilled. Thus we saw the New Testament Era, and now the Completed Testament Era, which became necessary only because God's purpose wasn't accomplished. We must understand why the New Testament Era came into being.
What does the New Testament Era signify? Because of the failure in the Old Testament Era, the Christians of the New Testament could achieve victory only on the spiritual level and not the physical level. Then how, centering on this spiritual victory, could they bring both spirit and body in the New Testament Era? For this purpose, God made two blocs, centering on the Cain and Abel countries and their mother-position countries. God has been working through that form to achieve His restoration. God put one on His side and one on Satan's side, the same thing He did in the Old Testament era. What was World War II? It was fought between two groups, one centered on England in the mother's position with America in Abel's position and France in Cain's position. And, on the satanic side, there was Japan, Italy and Germany. God put these countries in the different positions. By working that out, God has been achieving restoration. That was the meaning. The goal was to achieve the unified world. That was the meaning of World War II, and after World War II, that was achieved.
In God's eyes, Eve centered on Satan and gave birth to Cain and Abel. Now God is restoring that by making unity. Why does God have to do that? England, America and France fighting on the same side was the form necessary for restoration. By bringing them together and letting them win over the other side, God has restored the failure. That was the goal and the purpose of World War II.

The Second Advent and World War II

We see the historical significance. The problem was sown by Adam and Eve, but now it has been restored on the world level, as we see. God has been putting all His energy into this result. Since that time, on the world level, the one man whom God has fostered until now is, of course, the Messiah. But what is he? He is in the position of inheriting the victorious foundation on all levels. That is the Messiah-to-come, and he was to be connected with this foundation after World War II. In that position, since he inherited and stands on all the foundation of victory throughout history, Satan has no claim over him. Still the satanic forces tried to stop God's work. Therefore, Japan, Germany, and Italy tried to stop God's advancement, but they failed. They were defeated. This adds to the fact that Satan no longer has any claim, because his side already tried.
These defeated countries had no claim over their victors, England, America and France. Nor did they have any claim or blame over the Messiah-to-come. In this general situation, how much God coveted the foundation and the Messiah being united. How much God wanted that! So the attention of all the people on earth has been focused on that one point: this victorious foundation and the Messiah becoming one. That is the one focal point of all human beings and all existence. Unification at that time meant the perfection of the whole world. What does that mean? Perfection of the world automatically means the perfection of the country, perfection of the clan, perfection of the family, and perfection of the individual. Perfection of all these different levels could have had a good start at that time. Every living existence would have shouted out "Mansei!" because that is the purpose which all mankind has been craving throughout history since the fall.
The world and mankind approximately forty-five years ago did not understand their situation. Only three persons knew that situation: God, Satan, and the Second Advent of Adam. No one else understood. The Second Advent means, of course, the return of Jesus. So this is the real, clear conclusion of all history. You all received that booklet, Proclamation of the Messiah I, on True Parents' Birthday, containing Father's sermons. The first portion of the second sermon [January 10, 1993 speech] contains all this content. This is something we must realize; we must learn it by heart.
If the world had united at that time, how wonderful it would have been! Now we can understand what has taken place in history, as well as the position we are in now. If Adam had not fallen, then the Messiah would not have been necessary, or because the fall did occur, the Messiah could have come in Adam's family. Since it didn't happen then, the next opportunity was at Jesus' time. Jesus came at a higher level, one much more complicated. Still, he could not succeed. So now, if this whole world level of restoration should not succeed (although we know it will succeed), we can see how much more complicated God's work would be.

Two Women

Imagine. Looking back, was it easy for the people of Jesus' time to understand and serve him? Who was Jesus? Jesus came with no social background. That means his position was lower than humble. At that time, everyone had a father, but Jesus didn't even have a father. It was very detrimental, and ultimately fatal. It took two thousand years after that to restore from the root.
Eve deceived Adam and her Father, too. That was the beginning of the fall. To restore that, God has to put everything in the same position and let them go backwards to restore. To go backwards means you have to deny that existence completely. It was not easy at that time. It isn't easy now.
Centering on Jacob, the older brother was subjugated with the help of the mother. After the three become one, they connect with the father. That means, the father will eventually be saved, also. Father and son are on Satan's side. If Jacob and his mother are on God's side, then his elder brother and father are on Satan's side. Jacob and his mother were 180 degrees in a different direction from the father and the elder brother. How much this father and elder son hated the younger son and mother! Jacob went and for twenty-one years worked so hard under that hatred. This portrays the essence of restoration history. We know the story from the Bible. For the first seven years, Jacob worked hard to gain the hand of Rachel, but whom did he get? He got Leah instead. We see that the intent of God was to reverse the process of the fall. Therefore, by first going through the process with Leah first and then with Rachel, he could restore the fall. Do you see that?
In the world, there are two types of women. One is fallen women and the other is women in the restored position. Just like God's position, the Lord-to-come faces the same problem of two women, one in the fallen position and the other restored. How can he restore fallen Eve's position and bring her back to the original Eve's position? Leah sort of plundered her younger sister's position. First embracing the satanic side, later embracing the heavenly side, Jacob tried to work this out. We can see how hard he worked, even though it was difficult. Basically the problem for Jacob was none other than these two women fighting each other. They weren't harmonious; they fought each other. We see the same thing in Adam's family. This is an exact replica of Adam's family. They were disharmonious and fighting. Centering on love, Satan came in. This is the action which destroyed the ideal of God. Two thousand years after that, the same situation which occurred in Adam's family also took place in Jacob's family. We know that restoration gained by paying indemnity is the formula of history: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth-that one-for-one principle.
Laban and his wife had two daughters. When the husband works toward the unity of these two men, the wife had to work with two women. She did not know at that time, but we can look back in history and pinpoint that now. Rebecca, in the woman's position, worked with a clear purpose of bringing oneness centering on Jacob, to subjugate the one in Cain's position. We can now see how difficult it was for her at that time. So it is not Leah's but Rachel's position which has to be upheld, and together along with that to be restored. How difficult it was to achieve that.
In Jacob's family, as long as Esau was not ready to unite with his younger brother, the whole family would continue to have difficulty. Esau and his father were in Satan's position. Nothing will automatically come into unity. They had to work very hard. Esau and Isaac were in Satan's position, so the mother and Jacob had to work. The mother had to work to subjugate them under Jacob. How difficult it was for her.
Even though the mother really worked hard and with a lot of tears, apologizing, saying, "I am sorry because I made a mistake," no matter how much they had dedicated, they had to take the position to be grateful. Even if Esau and Jacob made unity at that time, what were they thinking about? Was Esau angry? That's a problem. How can we erase that kind of phenomenon in the family? How can peace be found in that situation? Esau and his father had to be subjugated naturally, not by force or any other means. They had to say, "Yes, you are right. I will come under you." You have to make it work, you have to make it like that. Then the mother had to work very hard. Jacob had to work hard, of course, but his mother had to work even harder. She had to work hundreds of times harder. How much rests upon the mother! Even with Jacob's hard work, the mother's responsibility was necessary to make the restoration possible.

Restoration by Giving

So we see, don't we, that in history, Jacob worked hard for twenty-one years. He then received his wives, and lots of domestic animals. Then what did he do? He gave them all to Esau, didn't he? That's exactly what God did. Jacob worked so hard, but gave his rewards to Esau so that his mind would no longer be antagonistic. Otherwise, restoration is not possible. God worked so hard, but had to give to Satan to make him peaceful.
When Jacob came back home, his mother was surprised. Also, his father was surprised because the father made a mistake and gave the blessing to the younger brother, which should have gone to the older brother. To be "blessed" means that that person stood in the position of God, on God's side. When Jacob came back and worked as the center, then the father and mother would have become one. She had to work with Jacob so that Esau would not come against them.
Did Jacob come back triumphantly and announce, "I am the victor representing the three generations, so now since you have sold off your blessings, you must come and be subjugated under me"? Would Jacob have said that? Then what would Esau have done? Wouldn't he have kicked him back? At that time, there were three, instead of two, Jacob, his mother and father. These three were very uptight, very serious and uptight, wondering what Esau's response would be. If Esau rebelled against them, the whole purpose would have been broken down. But what was Jacob's model attitude? Jacob's attitude was humble. He was dedicated, living for the sake of others. He was not centered on himself, but centered on others. That was the key which brought Satan to be subjugated under Abel.
We must remember this principle. As we saw in the Bible, that scene must pass. Now we know the meaning of natural subjugation. Jacob worked so hard, but he was humble.
America is Abel, as we have said many times, but what must Abel uphold? Of course, Abel must be humble, not arrogantly saying, "Everybody must come under me because I am the Abel." If someone in the Abel position receives some blessing, that person should not be proud of his own position, but should try to work for the sake of those in the Cain position, for Cain's family, in order for Cain to come under him. That is the formula. We know that.

Natural Subjugation

This natural subjugation begins from the individual. Look at how much our mind continually works for the sake of the body, but our body resists the mind. Still, the mind continues to pour out love and work for the sake of the body. With the knowledge of Divine Principle, we know clearly what should happen. In the family, too, mind and body become one, then corresponding to the subject and object relationship will be the mother. After the mind and body become one, then that kind of mother must become the center of unification of "me". We have to be the center of unification. The formula applies everywhere. That is why it is a formula. Now we know why natural subjugation must be accomplished, not subjugation by force.
We see the perfect example in Jacob's family. Centering on Jacob, we know what happened. When Jacob behaved as he did, bowing down before Esau, do you think his mother was very happy, or was she angry, saying, "You are Abel, the blessed one, and you should become more dignified"? No, she applauded what Jacob did. Her husband, Jacob's father, applauded him also, saying, "You have done right." That was natural subjugation. Of course, Esau, too, felt very good. Otherwise he would have rebelled against Jacob. Esau, in Cain's position embraced the younger brother in Abel's position. This was a historical embrace. That means the whole world changes its direction 180 degrees, just by Esau embracing Jacob. The whole direction of history changed. The "whole world" at that time meant the "whole family." The family was the whole world. That family came to bear the name of Israel, which means victor. What did Jacob win over, how was he victorious? He won over Cain and he won over Satan.
Naturally, this has been a long-held secret, a puzzle for many. Nobody could understand what happened in that Bible story, no matter how many times they read it. This is the Jewish ancestors' history and secret. Now Father has solved the problem and has taught them what happened. Therefore, Father now stands in the position to be qualified to teach all Israelites, all Jewish people. That means Father stands on a higher position than the Israelites' ancestors. That means he stands above the ancestors of the fallen world. Do you understand?
This history has been going on continually. Even though Jacob and Esau achieved success after forty or more years of physical life, the fall still had spoiled their lineage. Their blood lineage became dirty. You cannot restore that after forty years of age, which is fully grown. What about those years between one to forty years of age? They were still a part of Satan's domain. The restoration of these years was continued in the work of Tamar. Tamar had to work to restore the lineage from below the age of forty years. We saw the solution of the Cain and Abel problem in the mother's womb, the very root of human beings. Tamar deceived her father-in-law, didn't she? How could she do that? Because she understood the life and death importance of what she had to do for God. Therefore, she risked her life to do it. If her scheme had not succeeded, she would have been killed. Of course, heaven was right behind Tamar, helping her to do her heavenly work.

The Path of Tamar

You may remember that at that time in Jewish history, if one son died early without offspring, the next brother in line would inherit the wife of the elder brother. Then he would try to conceive a child by her so the lineage could continue. This is what happened at that time. As we see, in that particular family, the second son didn't want to do that. They slept together, and he ejaculated, not in her, but outside of her. This man soon died. There was only a small son remaining and he was too young. Because of this, Tamar had to work in a different direction and that was toward her father-in-law. What principle made this possible? In the Old Testament time, including even in the Garden of Eden, the son and the father were the same, equal. Therefore, when the second son did not fulfill, Tamar went to his father. When Adam became an adult, of course, he became a father. So instead of going through the son, Tamar went through his father, and achieved the same purpose.
Today, this will help us to change our fixed ideas more easily. There is common sense in the twentieth century. Look at that time. Even then, for a perfectly decent woman to be disguised as a prostitute and lie with her father-in-law and then conceive a baby, how can that be justified? Even in today's morality, how can that be justified, much less in those days? Yet, we can see today that God was actually working in such supposedly "immoral" ways. We have a way of explaining it according to the Divine Principle. Since the fall took place unethically, the restoration goes backwards. Even though it goes backwards, it is apparently unethical. This is why in the past, especially in Old Testament history up till now, the stepmother system, or the system of second wife, third wife, has been legal in God's eyes.
Because these women had to work the main area of restoration, we see plenty of examples. Therefore, in order to work that, this generalized that all men, even in the fallen world, had nothing to do with the direct dispensation. Men could have second wife, third wife, still they could get away with it, basically because of this thing. There were lots of tears shed by women, especially the great women, and they worked very hard to make the husband very successful. After the husband became successful, what did he do? He took another woman, which caused a lot of tears in the eyes of women throughout history. But here is the lesson, the rationale: if such a woman, the real wife, should find harmony with the illegitimate wife, or the second one, can there be any more perfect woman's mind than that? That means, can any wife love her husband's second wife just as much as she loves another woman? Can anyone do that? That's the question still remaining.
We must understand that without going through that actual situation, of "I am the wife, but now my husband has another wife," but still loving her, unless she does that, she cannot understand God's heart. A woman's position can never be perfected until she understands God's heart. Same thing if a man's wife takes in another man. Unless her husband can forgive that man, accept him and love him as much as any other man, the husband cannot understand God's heart. That's the same thing; it is a reality. We must extend love to that perfection.
Let's assume that you trusted your husband very much. He was a perfect husband otherwise, and you got along very well, but then after thirty years of marriage, one day he tells you, "Actually, to tell you the truth, I had one woman before you whom I loved so deeply." Just those few words of betrayal can cause you to turn away from those thirty years of love and deny everything. This is the way love responds.

Love with Tears

We must understand God's position. In order for God to be God, He must go over that hurdle today. What about man? We have Japanese members here, as well as Korean, American, and so forth. Do you say, "I cannot be subjugated by such-and-such a nationality"? This is out of the question. Do you understand? For a woman to persevere in such a painful way, to persevere under another nationality is nothing. That's the point.
Today is the day of love, so to speak. Every day is the day of love, but today is Valentine's Day and therefore, I have been giving all these examples of love. We must understand first what kind of God we are loving, then also, we must know how to serve and live under that God. What should our position, our attitude, our heart be? We must understand what posture we as individuals must have in serving the historical God, who has been persecuted and rejected by the world, by the country, nation and all clans, as well as all families and individuals of the world. God has been rejected by all of these. That is the God you must serve as your own Father.
You will say, "Yes, Father, now my family will love God very much." But I think that is far too ambitious of you. Why? Because, before "my wife" or "my husband" understands, before "my children" understand, "I" must first understand. When the individual understands this kind of God in the impossibly difficult situation, when he loves that God first, we have no time to even think about the rest of our family. This is why when we understand this heart of God, when we feel this impossibly difficult position of God, then to forsake the rest of the family and come to join the work of God is the only way we can go. Now we understand.
How serious this is, how miserable this is. We must understand that Father must solve this highest problem, then Father must come back and forth to this realm very often and freely, to solve the essential problem. Father has a past; there was a time when Father had to come back and forth to try to solve this essential problem. When someone understands his father's problem and takes that upon his shoulders, saying, "You go and rest, father, I will take that problem on," when he grows up and understands his father's problems and tells him, "How difficult it must have been for you to handle all those problems," if the son truly says that to his father and says, "You don't have to worry now. I will solve that problem for you, I will bear that burden on my shoulder," then wouldn't the father burst into tears?
This is the actual historical happening. And we, each one of us, must go into that position to understand it deeply. That means we have to follow God to the point where God is being troubled with a problem, we go around God in that position and come out of it. That is what we have to do. Then we are better prepared to understand the problem. We have to do this not only with our head, but in reality. Now we are more ready to so-called subjugate the world. We must first understand God's historical problem, our Parents' historical problems.

The Cross of Love

She is Satan's wife, even though she was meant to be my wife. Originally, Eve was God's wife. Do you understand? Eve's children were originally to be God's children. After the fall, Eve became Satan's wife and started the fallen world by giving birth to Satan's children. How can God love His enemy's children? Is that easy or difficult? It is difficult, without question, but how difficult? It is so difficult that, if you are given the choice, would you rather die than bear such a burden? Many would prefer to die.
Do you understand God's heart? You have to take action. Otherwise, you cannot go over. In this way, do you think God loves Father? If so, how much?
Jesus said, "You must love me more than anybody else, including your wife, your children, and anybody in your family. You must take up your own cross and follow me." What is that cross? It is the cross of this love which everyone has to carry.
We read the story in the Bible about the twins who struggled to get out of the womb first. One of the twins was about to come out and he got pulled back and the other came out first. How did the midwife know? One little hand came out during the labor, so the midwife tied a red string around the wrist. Then that hand went back inside the womb. Later, the one without the red string was born first. That's how she knew. If you didn't do such a thing, how would you know that one brother pushed his way past the other one?
That red string symbolized the communist world to come, where he will act in disguise or falsely in his original position. In other words, this one with the red string will have the elder brother's position. That means the communists will act in the elder brother's position. Communism was rampant, and even America was pretty much following that direction, but the second son came out and took the position of elder son, just like the Messiah, who will do the same. Who won over communism? Wasn't it Reverend Moon? Nobody was even thinking about going against communism, but Father did. This was predicted thousands of years ago.
If you paraphrase the Bible in terms of history, we could write many volumes. It has that much content. Being restored from the womb, which is the very root of human life, the true women's history begins from there. We know in the Unification Church that the woman has to suffer more, and there is more suffering ahead of us. That's the suffering of heart, of love. That means the woman must give birth to the devil's son and bring him up as the perfect son of filial piety. In order to do that, how many tears should all women shed? Until now, women lamented, "Why do we have to suffer so much, without exception?"

Women's Suffering

Nobody understood the reason why women had to suffer throughout history. Even though American women may not suffer the same way that women of other countries suffer, are they particularly happy? No, many of them are very unhappy. What about free sex? Will that make them happier? No, it certainly does not. Women are confused, disgusted, and so on. All five senses, as well as the five spiritual senses, are confused. Through love they must come into focus, into unity. That's the nature of love. Free sex works the other way around, causing people to become disturbed and confused.
As a result of free sex, there will be many children who do not even know who their father is. This is the worst thing that can happen in the human world. Even Satan doesn't want to have anything to do with that kind of person. This is the kind of confusion that can take place through free sex. Still we cannot say it's impossible. Even though remote, there is still a chance, and Satan is looking towards that. Satan helps people to lie to themselves and others, causing them to be unaware of how bad their lives are, of what is happening.
In Jewish history, the main history in God's providence of restoration, we see that disharmony in one family between two women caused the later division between northern and southern Israel. Ten tribes and two tribes divided. Leah and Rachel, as I have already stressed, should have come into unity, but they didn't. They fought. Leah and her servants gave birth to ten children, while Rachel had two. There were divisions within the family, ultimately becoming a divided nation, even fighting a war in the future. So here, Eve, that has fallen, and the two women, those three must become one and be restored, and go back to be restored through Rachel. They must become one, then go back to God. Then the brothers would be behind them. So the mother, together with Rachel, must pave the road for them to go on. But Leah not only did not help them, but even opposed them. These three generations should have become one.
Horizontally, this is three generations: Eve's time, elder sister's time, and younger sister's time. Through this process, ever cleansing the blood, the dispensation goes up to a higher and higher level. Satan's side already made a national base. These three generations is where Mary's lineage came from. Now from there Mary will arrive. We need to understand the course of every crucial personage in history, then you have to go over that history. They failed the same points, and they had to be overcome. We see that sort of formula. Look at Mary and what she did. She had to betray and lie too, she had to do that in order to accomplish her mission. She had to deceive Joseph. Joseph's position was Adam's position. Adam and Eve were engaged, and then Eve deceived Adam. Now through Mary, Eve had to deceive again on heaven's side. She had to deceive Joseph's entire family. Isn't that what Mary did? She was put into the position to deceive them, and then to conceive a baby.
Then there was enough work put into the restoration, because the blood had been cleansed in her family tree, and therefore Satan had no claim over the baby she conceived through this process. Even though Satan had no claim over that baby, she had to conceive that baby in such a way. Only God could legitimately claim the baby which Mary conceived, saying, "It is MY son."

The Only Begotten Son

For the first time a different lineage came about through Mary. For the first time in history, God could start a new history, and God could call Jesus His only begotten son. There were many sons, but why was Jesus God's "only begotten son"? This is why. In all mankind, Jesus was the only holy man with that lineage. Therefore, he was the holiest of all holiest. He is the leader of Christianity. There have been other holy men, such as Buddha, Confucius, Mohammed, but Jesus was the holiest.
We can understand, God will unite the world centered on the holiest man, who is Jesus. He is the mainstream of God's providence. Other religions try to serve the same purposes, but they are only sidestream religions, so to speak. Christianity, centered on love, is the most holy religion. Since Jesus was the only-begotten son, he had no ancestors, so to speak. He was the beginning.
Thus he who is to come, comes alone. We have to be prepared to fulfill all of his needs, with a bride for him, with a place for him to live. We have to prepare all things for him. But how did Jesus come? He was laid in a manger, a horse stable. How can we be proud of the fact that our own father was born in a horse's stable? That is ignorance. What do you think? Are the traditional Christians today ignorant, or is Father ignorant? Who is right? How can we say that? We have a formula and we have to solve all our difficult problems with a formula.
Mary and John the Baptist's mother were stepsisters to each other. If Jesus is Abel, who is Cain? John the Baptist. Who took Adam's wife? Satan, who is Cain. Did Jesus have a woman? The bride was lost on earth, therefore she has to be restored from earth. So they have to become one first, then prepare for the king to arrive and prepare for him. This is what it must have taken. Eve was Adam's younger sister. So Satan took the younger sister; therefore, in Cain's world, Jesus had to take the younger sister of Satan, or Cain, John the Baptist's younger sister, to be very specific. It is the opposite way.
John the Baptist's mother and Mary had to unite. Their relationship was the same as Leah and Rachel's. They should have united and prepared someone for Rachel's position, but that first step of those two mothers becoming one was not fulfilled. Even at that stage, they failed. These two mothers should have become one, then prepared. Then John the Baptist would have united, or at least moved in that direction. If the three had become one, then John's sister would have been available for Jesus as his physical bride. This was what God intended. Do you follow?
We have been talking about the women's side, but the men, like Joseph's father and John the Baptist's father, they too, should have cooperated in this one plan. Then the restoration would have been achieved perfectly within Jesus' family, between these two families. Then witnessing to bring in more people would never have been necessary. The purpose of God would have been achieved right there. Have you ever stopped to wonder who was Jesus' father? Jesus had a father, since no living thing can be born without a father. Did you believe that Jesus didn't have a father? Who is Jesus' father? It was Zechariah. So John the Baptist's father is also Jesus' father? You know better than I know.
Who was the one who opposed this the most? That was the father himself. John the Baptist's mother and father knew about this fact more clearly than anybody else, and they were the ones who opposed. It was almost like brothers and sisters marrying together. But think about the Garden of Eden. Adam and Eve got married, but they were brother and sister, weren't they? In the strictest sense. So it's nothing new. The true lineage must turn away from the whole satanic mainstream of history, all those billions of people. The true lineage must turn away, turning around and going back to the original direction. This is what God intended in history.

Restoration History

Who knew these staggering secrets? No one can deny them. By reason and by Principle, what I am saying is clear. As we see, it would have been like a brother and sister getting married, although they represented two different families at that time, in the most important lineage of God. At the end of the days here in America, sexual ethics have become very confused and mixed-up. The only explanation for it is that this kind of restoration can take place amidst that confusion. It has a significance. If this kind of a situation would be used to achieve God's purpose, it can be very holy. In today's America, it is being used as a satanic playground, but originally it must have had a meaning. Do you understand?
This intra-family relationship, what has happened in history in God's own working, is the same concept as that of "free sex," isn't it? Therefore, God is leaving it as is, and after finishing His work, then He will help us to correct it here in America. Here in America we see the elder brother enticing his younger sister; in other words, engaging in incest. We see uncles invading their nieces. This is occurring among the three generations. It is very confused. The whole meaning of that taking place is just one time, one point, centering on God. We know that the rest of it doesn't mean anything. Therefore, basically, free sex is not good.
Much time has passed already today. It is not easy to understand restoration history.
If Jesus had married John the Baptist's younger sister, would he have had to go to the cross? No, he would not have had to have been crucified. John the Baptist knew the good side, but it simply did not occur to him at that time, according to his standard of morality. He thought, "How can a person like Jesus, in such a miserable position, ever be the Messiah?" He did not believe God would send a person in that situation to be the Messiah.
There is one puzzling scene in the Bible where Mary is helping at the wedding at Canan, and asked Jesus to help them because they ran out of wine. Jesus became very angry at her at that point and said, "Woman, what have you to do with me?" In Jesus' mind, he was saying, "You should be worrying about your own son's marriage, not that of strangers." That is what Jesus was angry about. Of course, Jesus could have wed someone who was prepared, but who would give their daughter to Jesus, being a fatherless child? He was simply an outcast.

Preparation for the Messiah

That was Jesus, the one who should have been served by the whole world as their king, the king of Israel, and the king of the whole Jewish race. Could anyone of that time even have imagined, "This is the one I have to serve as my king"? On the other side, all the nation was waiting for Elijah to come, knowing that the Messiah could come only after that happened. They were all waiting for Elijah. They believed that Elijah was coming on a cloud, but then Jesus said, "Elijah surely has come." The people asked, "Who was he?" And Jesus told them, "John the Baptist." Nobody believed him.
After World War II, centering on America, the free countries of England, America and France were at the pinnacle of the world. These free countries were waiting the arrival of one person, and that person was Reverend Moon. Could they, at that time, easily accept and serve him as the Lord of the Second Advent? He who is an Oriental man, not even a white person? Christianity is the bride religion, isn't it? The bride religion means it must prepare for and wait for the bridegroom. Reverend Moon prepared himself, but the world, especially England, America and France, never even dreamed that he was the one.
If they had known, they should have become one. Cain and Abel must become one. America represented Israel and Christianity represented the Jewish religion. The two should have combined into one and made preparation for Mother. That would have made the foundation representing a palace of the world's nations. After welcoming that, the world would have seen the bridegroom, that is, the Second Advent. Is that true? Those three enemies nations looked to be at the top peak at that time. They controlled everything. The Messiah had to go to the top. Who is the Messiah? Only one man is coming just like Jesus with no bad background, no evil tradition. Only one man appears, suddenly saying, "I am Messiah." He spoke out, "You have to follow me." Those three independent races should have combined with one person, me, and dedicated themselves to me. At that time, those three would stand on top of the world. But could any of those countries receive the lonely, miserable Reverend Moon?
The same situation as at Jesus' time happened 2,000 years later. Today the people are again looking to see the Lord coming to them on a cloud, with the angel's trumpet. Did Reverend Moon come to the world on a cloud with angels blowing trumpets for him? We can see it is the same situation. It has to be the same. That is why we must have restoration through indemnity. Indemnify first, then restoration.
What God prepared through America, England and France was not able to serve His purpose of receiving Reverend Moon. Now they have declined. They have been chased out into the wilderness. Where does God go? That means the whole thing is going back to Satan again. What God built up till then had to be turned back to Satan. Then we saw what Father did. Father gave up everything and started all over again. From where? From 6,000 years ago, in Adam's time. He has been re-indemnifying and re-restoring Adam's situation. First he re-indemnified the Old Testament time. Jesus was crucified with one thief on the right and one on the left; the free world came to represent the one on the right, and the communist world came to represent the one on the left. Barabbas, the released prisoner, came to represent the religious world of Mohammed. Father had to restore that. That restoration foundation could come at the end of the Second World War, but when it went back to Satan again, then Father had to go back to that situation, starting all over again, and reindemnifying it. That means, after the end of World War II, if America, England and France had received the Lord of the Second Advent, Reverend Moon, then communism would have been stopped right there. It would never have gone on for another twenty or thirty years, as we saw.

The Tribal Messiah

If America and England had received him, it would have been the culmination. But as they didn't, history slid back, back to the Old Testament time. Then Father did it again, and reindemnified the whole thing in forty years. This is why on September 27 and 28, 1991, Father brought it back again to the victorious foundation, just like after World War II. That is when the whole religious and political realm came into unity, and communism went down.
Father did it all over again. This time Father is utilizing Japan as the Eve nation, and America as the archangel nation. Father has done that. We saw that Father has achieved again what was lost before in history. Father spent fourteen years in Korea, then came to America and worked for twenty years, taking America back again. Actually, America was selected by God, and it failed. God cannot select it again. But, Father is second generation to God, therefore, Father could choose it again. So Father indeed took America because it is the only country which spans over Christianity and the Jewish time, the Old Testament and New Testament time. There is no other country with that qualification anywhere in the world. Therefore, Father took it according to his own authority and claimed America as the chosen nation again. The Completed Testament Era must stand on the foundation of Christianity and the Old Testament. Therefore, Father cannot stand alone. Father took America in and let all the enemy nations come here, rebuilding America. On that rebuilding of America, Father uses today America as his chosen nation.
All these nations, including Japan, Italy, Germany, were on the satanic side. After that, in World War II, we saw England, America and France on God's side. In this time, all those nations on God's side, as well as all those on Satan's side, came against the Second Advent, the Messiah. All those six nations. How could Father unify all those six nations again? Without that unity, Father could not restore world after World War II. That means the bridegroom must recover the bride who was lost. It took forty years.
Father did that all by himself. Everyone came against him. Why? Because it takes only him. To do away with him would have meant that the satanic world would remain intact and continue. Therefore, since everything belongs to the satanic world, all the world goes against him. By taking the action he did, Father reindemnified the whole thing. From the individual level he was opposed, then the family opposed him, his clan, nation, even the whole world opposed him. He had to rebuild that foundation step by step. In 1991, Mother won her victory, and made it possible for Father to take her in. That is the history we saw within the last twenty-one and fourteen years.
Father reindemnified the whole thing. Now he brought God back to going over the national barrier, the world barrier, all the way down to the individual barrier, alone with God. Now Father is establishing the tribal messiah. Father now starts the tribal messiah on that foundation and sends out hundreds of thousands of messiahs on the horizontal level to the world.
The whole purpose is to connect all the rest of the families, what used to be the fallen families, back to this lineage. Since Father's family is the prototype family, all we need to do is to connect all the families in the world to this tree. We know our task, our mission is the formula mission, to help all the families in the world win their mother and their children back into unity. In the fallen world, they became enemies. Now restore the world and the mother and their children become one and they bring their husband into salvation. We see that more concretely now that we help other families in which the mother and the children are becoming one.

The Prototype Family

This is important, so let me reiterate. By centering on the mother and the children becoming one, then becoming one with the True Family, their father and husband are in the archangel's position. He, too, can be brought in later. After restoring him, that family becomes complete. We saw what Father did to reindemnify all of history. What is the end goal? The end goal is to bring the fallen family back into God's tree. How do you do that? Exactly as Father has told us now. It takes so long.
After the fall, each family went into incredible difficulties and hardships, and it was a long way. But now the reconnecting time is here, circling around the world and it must fit in the right position, the right direction. The family in that position actually is the family which represents not only itself but also the clan, nation, and whole world. Do you understand? Therefore, this is aptly called the Completed Testament Era.
Referring to my topic this morning, "The Completed Testament Era and Me," then what becomes of each "me"? Each person becomes the son and daughter that can live with God literally. Anytime, wherever we go, the fall has nothing to do with us any more. With "I" as a restored being, wherever I go, God can follow me, can live with me. This is each person's goal.
Father has already given you the concrete direction of restoring the four great heart realms and three great kingships to restore the royal family. That means all of us become the royal families to God, not fallen families. We are in the position to return to God and indeed live with God. Then wherever we go, it will be heaven. In order to go to heaven, we will become one with Father's family and we have to love other families as well. We have to have that qualification by practicing love here on earth. Our family, too, will become a royal family.
This is the Completed Testament Era. We must go beyond the satanic customs and boundaries, wherever our brothers and sisters may go. We are scattered around the whole world for the sake of our missions. By being blessed families we are literally brothers and sisters of one another, and God can live in each of our families, anywhere and any time. We have to live like that. This automatically solves all the color problems, racial problems, you name it. All the problems here don't exist any more. Each person must say, "This is the way I must trod."
We must understand this morning about Valentine's Day. It is a great day, even in the satanic custom. Yet even among this Valentine's Day, True Parents are on earth with us at this time and celebrating this Valentine's Day. How significant this is! This is the day for which we see no parallel at any time in history. We cannot see the same providential position anywhere. On this Valentine's Day of love, we understand about love, we understand the root of love, we understand the history of God, which is to restore love, and we know everything about love. We have that entity in front of us, in the center of us, and therefore, God is right here with us. How meaningful this is!

The First Proclamation

This is the second Sunday in February, the second month of 1993. This is the second most important talk Father has given you this year. So Father sees the future of the Unification Church wide open from this point. If you are really aware of the day of which we should be most proud in history, the day representative of all history, should we be proud of today, or not?
This year Father proclaimed the reappearance of the Messiah, or the Completed Testament Era. Understanding the secrets of history, as Father taught us today and the last few Sundays, is not enough. What we must do is be able to explain this content to other people, especially when they ask questions of us. We should be able to explain clearly what we learned from Father. There will be a newspaper mobilized, and on the worldwide scale Father will proclaim what is happening. The happiest thing is for us to receive Parents and the Messiah. The Messiah is absolutely necessary to restore the whole world, but True Parents are necessary to restore the family. The nation's problem and the family problem is the most important problem faced by today's world. It is our privilege to be here. We can be proud in the spirit world to say, "I was the one who was sitting here in 1993, and I was one who received this first proclamation." This is the historical position of which we will be proud.
Until now we have been hiding our church affiliation, not proclaiming our Unification Church membership proudly. But now we should be very proud, and we should proclaim everything because we can teach them everything. We have no other teacher, we are the teachers of ourselves. Look at Father. Father fought single-handedly against Satan all the time. Father didn't hide. All the time Father fought in the open field against Satan on all different levels. Father never fought as an individual, but always as the head of the Unification Church and on behalf of all of you. You should do the same. I had to be arrested and put into prison, and in the fetters of the prison I also fought against evil until now. You should do the same. This victory is the victory which Father won with so much hardship, including imprisonment.
It is your responsibility as tribal messiahs to proclaim these things and teach these truths to all of your relatives and clan members. You yourselves must literally be the messiah to them. You have no other teachers. You are the teachers of yourselves. You should be proud and grateful for the fact that you serve True Parents. If you receive a Ph.D. from Harvard or if you became the president of the United States, of course you would be very proud. But you are now in the position to be more proud than those people because you are in a more honorable position. With unabashed confidence, you should proclaim to the world the secrets of history. The era of the Completed Testament is the era of teaching the people about True Parents. Teach and proclaim True Parents.
Who will do that? It is "I", "me", the one who first learned it. "I" must do that., wherever we go, to whomever we meet. We wake up in the morning and the first thing we should think about is to proclaim these truths today. Wherever we go, when we go to our job-site, then we should find a person to proclaim these truths to, the person we can teach. Wherever we go, in the restaurant, in the bathroom, we should be thinking about how to find someone we can teach this to. We should make the world full of the sounds of these precious teachings. The nation which does this first will be the first nation to be restored. Of course, there will be voices of opposition. But the voice of teaching should be louder than the voices of opposition. We should proclaim this not only individually but also through the media.

"My" True Parents

True Parents are "my True Parents", not "our True Parents." You should feel they are your True Parents personally. How loudly you proclaimed and taught people while you were here on earth shall be your source of pride once you reach spirit world. At Jesus' time, the Israelites were a country, and that country was the world, but today it is literally the world-beyond the nation, beyond all religions, beyond all colors of skin, we can proclaim this literally to the world. If we eat three meals a day, we should do more than three meals worth of proclaiming, before we can eat. Do you follow? Those who say, "Yes, Father, I will do that and even more," raise your hands. Then the world will be restored much more quickly. Now there is no indemnity to pay.
First have them prove that Father is not the Messiah and you are not the messiah. If they fail, then you explain why you are the messiah, why Father is the Messiah. Teach what Father taught you this morning. That content should more than qualify you as the messiah. Do you follow?
Of course, fundraising is very important on this precious Valentine's Day, as you know, but how much more important are the contents of what I have said this morning, which I have given you as my gift this morning? So with much hope and pride, you can go out fundraising today, believing that God is right behind and beside you and knowing that today's fundraising will be wonderful. Now you have spent three precious hours-from 4 o'clock to 7:00 in the morning-listening to Father's words. But this small investment will really increase your results by tens and even hundreds of times. So from now on, run to recover these lost three hours. They are not lost, they are gained! Have a good Valentine's Day! Let us pray.

4.8.13

INVESTING IN THE COUPLES WHO ARE BLESSED BY HEAVEN, REVEREND SUN MYUNG MOON

Belvedere, New York, February 7, 1993, Translator - Sang Kil Han

When we say heaven, what are we referring to? When we say heaven, centering on God, it means all spirit world, except hell. As we see, the Hudson River flows in one direction. It flows into the sea which is the deepest part of the earth. All water flows from high to low; the opposite doesn't happen. Air, too, flows from a high pressure area to a low pressure area. What about human society? Do we see a similar relationship between high, middle and low classes? Does it flow from high to low, or the reverse? All nature shows us that things flow from high to low, but as we look at human society it is backwards and disordered. There is struggle and war. The heavenly spirit world also flows from high to low. The natural flow is from high to low, but man struggles against this. Why is this? Because of the fall.Our mind represents heaven and the body, earth. The mind always wants to give to the body, but the body fights and struggles against the mind. Why is this? The fall. And, who is the master of the fall? Satan. All nature wants to get rid of Satan so it can return to normal. What is the one thing that always works? Man. Even going against nature, he still wants to go to the highest place. This is especially true of evil organizations. We see the Mafia, which does not allow the natural flow of the mind, but rather threatens and coerces people. They feel that in order to survive with that wicked goal, they have to strike first. We also find individuals who hate others. Satan is against the laws of nature, whereas God upholds them. Satan tries to reach the top by going against the order of nature. God tries to reach it in an orderly way, but how difficult it is!

It is not that Satan does not know God's will. Satan knows about God very well. Satan, however, tries to go in an unorderly way. We can classify all human beings into two categories: conscientious and not conscientious. Satan makes relationship with an unconscientious person and God with a conscientious person. We see that they contradict each other. What is the point of origin? Is it an individual or family? (Individual.) Yes, it is man and woman. We see all contradictions, struggles and wars begin from the individual. Because of the fall, all trouble begins from the individual. This is a great awareness, an important thing to know. Roughly, my body tries to go against my mind. The body belongs to Satan's side, and our mind to God's side.
We have five senses in the body and also in the world of mind. My mind has an eye for seeing and a nose for smelling, just like the body does. Therefore, do I belong to Satan or to God at this moment?
The mind directs to go one way, and with much energy we go. Then the body complains and resists. We go back and forth, but over much time are we going forward or backward? Am I going to be a bodily person or a mind person? Which one? (Mind.) If that were true you would be an individual who did not fight within himself. However, as you go back and forth, chances are you will end up as a bodily person. Often even when we know what is right, a person asserts what is wrong. When you know what is right you have to bow down to it. An individual knows better than God which is right or wrong. At the judgment there is no way for us to defend ourselves. Without religion this is that way of perishment for all people. To save them, God has given religion. Religion says, "Whatever you want-do not do it. Deny your desires." This is because the bodily five senses are always going against the wishes of God.
Is self-denial a natural thing or not? Is it normal for God to force us to deny ourselves? It is only normal because he has our best interest at heart. Isn't it true that deeply religious men in the past didn't even know this? Once Father points this out, then of course we know it, but if it were not pointed out, nobody would know. What chance did they have to succeed?
How much mankind has gone against God and religion! From this perspective, what is America like? It is a Christian nation which is supposed to follow God's teaching, but it has ended up as the kingdom of individualism. This has settled down in the middle of Christianity. God worked for thousands of years, but has He failed in America or not? Clearly failed. Now we see the 180 degree opposite direction. If America continues to live as it does, will we all go to heaven or hell? Therefore, we see very clearly that the Christians have come to an ungodly place. Do they work against good things or bad? They work against good without their knowing it.
All religions sprang up in different circumstances. Their cultures, languages and customs were different, but God made them universal. Today we see lower, middle and higher religions. We should be able to identify the religions corresponding to these levels. We know that this law works. Any religion which only works on the family alone will be rejected by the clan. A religion which is specific to a nation will be rejected by the world. This is not only true for religions, but applies to the secular world, too. If a family is confronted by a strong clan, they will be driven out. A nationalistic country can be isolated by the world. With each step we go upwards. Once we reach the top level, the whole world will be divided into two, one good, one evil. So we see the communist and democratic worlds. The democratic world has tried to follow God, whereas the communist world has denied even God. They should be done away with, but they still bring trouble. Even atheism and theism begin with the individual.
Each religion in the world starts its own ideology. In the free world we have many ideologies, whereas the communists have only one. Actually all religions should come together, because their purpose must be the same, to bring communism down. It would have happened much sooner had they united. Why has communism come down, and not the free world? It is because the free world, through sacrifice, tried to live for others. The free world also tried to love their enemy. Amongst all religions, only Christianity is like that. Buddhism is not like that. In order for God to save us, He must let us know that our body is our mind's enemy. In order to save all we have to save ourselves first.
We can clearly see why God had to let Christianity be the central religion. It is because they love their enemy. Christianity had the chance to save all the world at the end of World War II. But what if a stronger religion, which loves its enemy more, arises in the last days? In that religion a man will have the attitude to sacrifice even his own family. That religion will stand on top of the whole world, asserting more influence than any other religion in history, including Christianity, and will be supported by God.
There is no denying this through reason. The family that lives for the nation will prosper. The nation that lives for others will prosper. The true history of the Unification Church is for Abel to sacrifice for Cain. We have the tradition where Cain will push Abel up because Abel is working for the sake of Cain himself. Abel will voluntarily push Cain up.
God has done so much; has He ever raised His voice showing what He has done? No. He just does more. Unification Church members live for the sake of the whole and even want to get a nation for the sake of the world. Why are they right to do that? For example, water has the responsibility to reach to the deepest depth. No matter how big a river is, when it flows into the sea, does it stay fresh or does it become salty? (Salty.) Likewise, all men will go to the spirit world; none will stay. The habits and customs of fresh water do not matter; we will all end up in the salt water. Religious people, while living in the fresh water, go against the fresh water and prepare for the salt water. What would happen if we went unprepared?
Everyone starts from individualistic thinking, then becomes a family man. When they realize this is not enough, they will live for their tribe, nation and world. Are we going to get closer to Satan or further away? Is there anything that Father asked you to do, that you like: fasting, fundraising or witnessing for the sake of others? Before, we did whatever we did and our conscience didn't bother us. Today we know enough, but we don't do enough. Does our conscience bother us or not? When you drink alcohol, does your conscience bother you? It used to be that it went down freely. Not any more. When Father says do this and we don't, then we feel uncomfortable, don't we? Even though we may not go straight ahead, we at least walk like a crab. We have changed from the first day. Is walking sideways like a crab the normal standard for a Unification Church member? Each one of us knows which angle we are going in. There are very few who are confident and going exactly 180 degrees opposite from where they used to go. We have no choice. There is only one way to go whether we go willingly or unwillingly.
Which is more salty, the deep ocean or the surface of the ocean? (Deep.) Why? Because salt is heavier than water. Then where would the palace of the Kingdom of Heaven be? In the deepest salt water. So where should I be? In the deepest part of the ocean. God is in the highest, the cleanest and purest place. The higher a religion is, the more they know of God and His ways. They must help the other religions. This is what the higher religion must do. The fact that we live for others, even the enemy, is because that is how the spirit world is. That's why we have to do that here. Religion is to love the satanic world, not to fight each other. If they fight they will end up in a very difficult place. How can two religions reach up to God if they fight each other? The Unification Church has to treat all religions the same. We cannot call other religions heretical, we must love them. Even Shamanism, which is a very low religion, was fostered by God in the beginning. Reverend Moon and the Unification Church fought against communism for their sake and Father is now teaching them, to save them.
What Reverend Moon has done is what America should do for the religious world. However, they are not even thinking about it. Only Reverend Moon is serious to save the communist world. God must love Reverend Moon and the Unification Church. God cannot help but support the Unification Church when He sees this. Do you agree? These walls must be happier than us. The wall has a fixed mind, whereas our minds are still wandering. We are thinking that Father is speaking too long. So compared to the wall, you are in a low position. Stay awake.
Father has not talked about investment. How much have we been given by God? We owe so much to God. All religions have been persecuted. As they were persecuted, they grew. Among all religions Christianity was the most persecuted and sacrificed the most. All the fruit of that sacrifice is now in America. Are Americans aware of that? Americans must turn and embrace all the world. Instead, America is turning away. The universe will spit at it and it will fall. But we Unification Church members must hold America and apply the brake and turn America around. Are all the Unification Church members strong enough to do that, to bring America to a screeching stop? This is a serious point. How serious this is when America is on the brink of dying. How can we be comfortable?
Father may bring guests to Atlantic City where there is gambling. That's a very difficult place to survive, too. So, we have to stay awake how long? Father tries to stay awake longer than anyone else who sets foot on that place. By exerting a strong power, try to apply a brake to the direction America is going. Then no matter what you use, you must investigate and you must apply a tremendous energy to accomplish this. Free sex must go. Hollywood and the immoral media must go. We must shed light on the dens of prostitutes. Should Father visit there or not? The thing that is different from Reverend Moon and any other person is that Father can stop at any time. At any moment he can turn around, but not everybody else.
A good doctor also experiences the sharpest pain of the patient. Without that he cannot be a good doctor. Drinking alcohol itself is not a sin, but once you start drinking alcohol it gets the better of you and makes you sin. It takes an extraordinary person to get over that. You must control your body, control yourself. Even in the matter of love, we have to control.
Has there ever been a true man and woman, until now? Here is God who is an absolute plus, an absolute subject and He demands that discipline and says, "Man, you must become a complete minus, a complete object." For women it is the same. Father is the plus of the Unification Church. How much have we united with Father? What is the reality? What about the closest person to Father, who is Mother? Is that one hundred percent or not? What about woman? They all want their husbands to follow their desires. It is not necessarily bad, because in love we are equal. However, when rotation stops the woman should be below. American women want to end up on top. We must be very aware of this. We are on a rail and we do not want to derail. The rail is not always straight. We must consider the speed and the curve. To stay on the rail we must know these things.
What are we, good, bad or mediocre? We want to be the highest, but sometimes we are low. How do we know this? When we tell someone he is low, he will get angry. This is Satan's way, Satan's temper. When we are criticized we should keep silent and try to improve. Never try to fight back. That is a serious point. God knows the standard of the world. He is a pain-filled God; He cannot find anyone who resembles Him.
Compare men and women. Which is slightly better than the other? Can you solve this problem? Each one of us here thinks that "I" am the center of all men or the center of all women. Does your mind think like that? Even though our mind desires that, we must find a way to that point. By the time you reach the center, you don't even know you are the center because you have been betrayed and disappointed by all people. For everyone you see, you think is there to betray and deceive you. Father came to America with the sole purpose of saving America, but all Americans think that Father has come to exploit us. Has Father come here to make a slave out of you? No. Father tried to make us better people, even to the point of sacrificing his children.
When God wanted to be the center of women, God was betrayed by the person He was working with, and He had to start again. This was repeated many times. All the time Satan denies God and He has to start all over again. This is why religions have to sacrifice and build a foundation to continue, to continue, to continue. The same is true for the man's world. God only needs one prototype man. Only one perfect man and one perfect woman. Once all women know which woman is to be the prototype, they all come against her. What is women's favorite thing? Jealousy? Talkativeness? Men. What do they want most? Money? Power? Knowledge? Among these what is it that women want? Man. Rightfully so because that's what they were born for. That means that everybody has a purpose. If it weren't for man, women would have no purpose for living. So naturally, her first purpose is man. Yes, woman needs a man.
If we encourage homosexuality, and are successful in making everyone homosexual, will humanity perish? Yes. The most effective way for Satan to prevent man from returning to God is drugs and homosexuality. We already know that Satan's purpose in working and existing is to turn 180 degrees around against God's direction. Who wants to go to bars and dancing places? If God told you to go and dance, how happy would you be? You can dance with no clothes on. If you were in love with your husband and danced naked at home, would God complain? No. Would God punish you? No. He would support you. He would say, "Go ahead and do more because that's what you were born for." But, the question is, if that same woman did the same thing with another man, would God mind or not? (Yes.) Is that a problem? It's a very simple principle.
So, what is salvation? Before my family can be saved, I must be saved. We should follow a straight line back to God. However, if we follow a zigzag course, it is permitted provided we are going forward and getting closer to the goal. We can't go backward. Those who have been in the church only one year often go faster than those who have been here much, much longer. The one who is in the church for only one year goes in a most straight line. They go ahead of those who have been in the church twenty and thirty years. What do you think happens? Do you think they say, "Even though you are a young person, I respect you, do more"? Do you think they do that? No. Instead, they will probably say, "You don't know about seniority. You can't be ahead of me." Do we see that happening in our church, or not? (Yes.) What about Father? If someone went in front of Father, he would promote him.
You Americans feel more comfortable when you speak to Americans. Father feels the same with those who speak Korean. We must know the importance of our customs and language, to promote goodness. It is not a small thing any more. In order to do that, language plays a large role. Father explains that almost every day in Father's long table with Korean and American leaders, Father speaks in Korean, and American leaders don't know what to do. They just sit there and maybe get one word if someone translates. But how much can you get from one word? Everyone is busy trying to understand Father's words. There's no time to translate for Americans. Unless we solve these problems, that effect will be lasting to the rest of mankind. Don't you feel that way? It's a very important factor now. How ineffective and confusing it is. Americans and the British have been very happy, because all the world is learning English and has been focusing on them. But, how about God? Do you think God will follow that crowd? (No.) What about True Parents? Are they going to follow the language of the satanic kingdom? (No.) Who does God love the most, America or Reverend Moon? He loves them both, but must choose Reverend Moon, for apparent reasons. So, should all of us who are English-speaking people learn about Reverend Moon and introduce him to English-speaking people; or should Father follow all English people and teach them in English, so in that way all English-speaking people can learn and change faster?
There are 200 or 300 books of all of Father's sermons in Korean, not in English. In the scholarly world, already that's the way. We must learn our ancestors' language too. Imagine, the devoted Christian, and other religious people, who have been living for fifty years following the Bible exactly. Now they come to the Unification Church and learn the Divine Principle. How long will it take? Maybe one year? He will compare the Bible and the Divine Principle and see that the Divine Principle is a higher teaching. He will know the value immediately, and shoot forward like an arrow. Can we match those people? We never witnessed so much, we never prayed so much, we never did anything so much. When the Christians are celebrating with the True Family on the top of the mountain, will we still be struggling up the hill? Should we expect Father to come down to us and apologize?
Up until now, American members have thought, "Well, Father favors Korean first and secondly he favors Japanese. Americans are just a remnant." That's the way American leaders often think because they don't understand but one word in two or three hours. How can Father help it? Each one of us must try not to think about other people so much because we are busy. We should be busy with our own goal and schedule. The one who comes in place of God is the Messiah. The Messiah does exactly what God tells him to do, die, get up, go east or west. The Messiah knows how hard God worked, how miserable God's position is and no matter how miserable his position is, thinking about God, he cannot complain. All he can do is follow and try to console God. Thus we can know how much suffering God has endured from the wounds of history. There is not even one piece of God that can rejoice. The Messiah knows the root of God's suffering and tries to uproot that. Not even once during prison did Father pray to God for help. Father now has a problem with Japan, but he doesn't ask God to help. Father feels that even if he goes to hell, God will protect him. When Father lands in a happy place, all he will do is stay in the corner. That's all Father will do in front of God. God needs Father when he is in difficulty and also when he is happy.
Now we know what the Messiah is. We know what is needed to be the Messiah. True Parents are the Messiah. True Children are the Messiah. Father has a certain idea about the standard of the tribal messiah, but when the children don't live up to that standard, Father realizes there's a problem. In the spirit world Reverend Moon will be the standard of judgment. Anyone who falls short of Reverend Moon will be judged if they don't reach it. Reverend Moon's standard is 100 percent. God doesn't mind if ours is 120 percent, but it should not be lower than 100. Father wants all of us to become better. Have we been supporting Father by doing many difficult things, or are we pulling him down when he's trying to go up?
Father has proclaimed his Messiahship. Are we claiming our tribal messiahship? If we identify ourselves as disciples of True Parents, as Father goes higher we go higher, too. When people find out we are Unification Church members they pay attention to us.
If you ever go to a conference, put on your name card that you are Reverend Moon's disciple. Walk everywhere with this on. People will stop and talk to you. How many times a day are you witnessing and talking? All the media is broadcasting news about your president. Is Father less important? Do you understand what it is to be a Messiah? What about the bride to the Messiah, she must completely obey the groom. This is the greatness of Mother. Father took the leaders of the women's movement in the car, yet told Mother to stay at home. She did not complain. Rather, she embraced them. No matter how hateful a woman may be, Mother still has to embrace her. That means not only son, but daughter, too. God wants a daughter who will introduce another woman who is an enemy to her, to her own husband. God wants that kind of broad-minded women. That doesn't mean we have to do that literally, but our mind should be as broad as that.
For the last thirty-three years, Mother has had to untangle Jesus' regret. She had to indemnify a lot of women's past. She has to make all her rough edges very smooth so that old women or young women who might try to scratch her, or upset her, cannot. All women thought that Mother took their position as Father's wife. Mother was only a teenager. Everyone blamed her for taking their husband. The whole spirit world was like a tornado. Every woman was crazy for Father. You, too, would have wanted to marry Father. If Father was a bad person, he could have behaved as a secular person would have done, but Father knew Adam's responsibility. Father took everybody as his own sister and raised them up and matched them as they were supposed to be. At the same time Father raised up Mother as True Mother. Father treated her as his own daughter, sister, spouse and mother. Father restored all these positions which Adam and Eve lost.
The spirit world worked through the older women. Spirit world revealed the whole thing to them. So, when Father would go some place for that day, the grandmother already knew where Father was going and she went there before him. When Father arrived she smiled very sweetly at him because she was embarrassed and said, "I'm here." Spirit world told her, so she just believed what the spirit world told her.
They boasted to all that, "Reverend Moon is my husband." In other words, there was a time in history when God allowed an equal chance to everybody, no matter how old or young. They sincerely believed that the spirit world told them. At that point God allowed all to run for that position, just as in an election. Forty years later Father can laugh and talk about this. But can you imagine how irritating it was? The old women came up to me and said "You are my husband." How bad that was! Father had to laugh it off. These women all moved to the neighborhood of Father's church. They watched day and night. Each one prepared the meal for Father. They cried for Father. They made his bed for him. It was to such a degree that it was actually fearful. But Father knew the principle and could survive. Father teased them when everybody was there, "Grandmother, even if you get married to me, you cannot have a baby." They would say, "Look at Sarah, she was over one hundred, I'm only eighty." But then spirit world had a reason. Father gradually taught them, and they gave up.
Father brought it down to the younger age and Father inherited all that spiritual foundation. Father said to them at last, "Is it up to you or up to me to choose my bride?" They admitted it was up to Father. In the meantime, Father collected all that scattered foundation into one to select a bride. Each one knew who the candidates were, but then Father chose someone from far away. Everyone then tried to find Mother. It took six months to a year trying to figure out from where Mother was coming. During this time an exchange took place. Each woman had an absolute trust in Father. Now True Mother should have more trust in Father than they displayed.
Abel's position must love Cain more. Mother, too, as Abel must love all women in Cain's position. If Mother had behaved differently, she would have been poisoned by these women. The strong jealousy from the spirit world would have said to them, "If you erase her, then you can become Father's spouse." So Father had to chase Mother out, too. When Father and Mother were walking, if someone came, Father would push Mother away and embrace the other person. If Father had not done this, the other women would have come against Father. He couldn't hold hands with her, or kiss her. Father had to treat her completely as a sister.
All persons have historical regret, not just personal regret from many, many generations. All women's regrets were dumped on Mother. What could she do? The golden rule is to be silent and digest them. Father told Mother what to expect and prepared her. He told her stay close behind Father and do not leave. If she followed exactly behind Father, Satan had no claim on her. Satan could then attack Father. All women tried to accuse Mother, but she stayed very close to Father, like a shadow. With this tradition, Father paved the road for women to follow. So the way to the perfection of Mother was to follow Father exactly. Once she has done that, Satan has no accusation. All he can say is, "You are a great woman." All women must know how difficult that road is. There are so many things Father would like to share and talk to you about. This is necessary for American women to know, so they may become humble. All American women, too, want to be in Mother's position. Father has to give us the blessing before our perfection, so now he has to teach us more.
Father has been damaged by man, blaming him and accusing him before he can pave up man's role. The worst that can happen to him is go to jail. Who put father into jail? Man or woman? (Man.) Why? Because when man saw how women behaved, centering on Reverend Moon, they did not understand what was going on. They did not understand history, that's how it was possible for them to put Father in jail. It happened in Korea when an ordinary housewife no longer stayed at home, but instead followed Father completely. The husbands could not understand that. Looking at that kind of wife, it was difficult for a husband to bear. If Mother had not been selected and Father was still selecting a bride, the same thing would be happening even now.
Mother accepted this challenge and digested it. She now has her position today. Father stands representing all men, and all men go against him, accusing him of taking their dear wife away. "You came here on earth to snatch her away from me." But then all women are so close to him. Father has to collect, harvest the blessing that was given to woman a long time ago and she's held it, kept it. Now she has to return that to one who's on top.
The servant, stepson, adopted son, and son all go against Father who comes to represent them. So Father must think and behave just like God has in the past. Father has to make them as Cain, the elder brother to him. Otherwise each one cannot stand in their own place. At that time even beating Father was unthinkable, but it did happen actually. In the secular world, even in prison, it simply was blinding. Father went into prison to give them blessings, yet they beat him. Now many years have passed. Thirty, forty years later, today, all men bow down to him. Then no one knew, but now we are grateful to you. No one forced men to bow down like that; it is a natural subjugation. America, too, more and more despised Reverend Moon, but as time goes by they realize he is their benefactor. He is one who gives blessing to us.
So, what course did Father take? Eye for an eye, or did Father embrace them, continue to love them and they were naturally subjugated? It's the second one isn't it? (Yes.) Do you American women know enough about why we should bow down to Father? (Yes.) What about you American men? (Yes.) Father did everything to pave the road back to God so now he stands on top of the world. Even God would give up all religion and even all mankind, but not Reverend Moon.
All great men in history have been challenged by Satan but not one survived. Satan has spread a large net. You cannot survive by fighting with weapons, only by love. First you have to be beaten. Satan can only beat you unjustly three times. After that he must retreat. Satan casts so many nets. As Father avoids the nets, Satan cannot use them again. So who would Satan follow? Satan's people. Would Satan's people follow Satan, or would Satan's people follow Reverend Moon? (Father.) Why? Because in the beginning when they hear the teaching, they feel the impact and magnitude of it. They also understand the truth of Father's teaching. They start to follow Father, not Satan. Satan has nothing to teach. So how about us? Will you follow 100 percent or less? (100 percent.) Why? By doing that, God can love our children 100 percent. God has many children in Satan's world. Father must embrace them all.
Between Father and son is True Love. Centering on True Love you can call God Father. True Love is the same for all people for eternity. In the Garden of Eden, God could not embrace his grandsons, but now He can. In order to have sons and daughters we must become one with Father completely.
Father has gone over all eight barriers. As you go over one wall you have to pay indemnity. Satan is waiting for you to pass at each level, from the individual to the cosmic level. If Adam had not fallen we would've naturally arrived at the end, but because of the fall, we have had to reindemnify everything.
Even the communists, whom Father fought against so much, now love Father. So there are no enemies in front of Father. Father can go anywhere - Russia, China, or North Korea. Could the United States President's wife go to China and have a rally for the people? Mother has done that. Women's time has arrived. The women go ahead of Father and Father will follow. In America they know better than anybody else what we are talking about. Those who are successful in this country, always have a woman in front of them.
All women can now untangle their regrets through the man. Both in the spirit world and the physical world, all women can combine and make one women's rally for man, for all the bad things men did against them. They can resolve all their bad experiences with men. All women who have been betrayed, mistreated, cheated, you name it. Men have done very bad things to women throughout history. When a woman goes to the spirit world she knows what kind of things man did even though she was faithful. She never knew while living. So, they all come down to you and pound on you men. But instead of fighting back all you men can do is say you are sorry, apologize. She will try to enslave you, drive you like a servant. She was at the beginning, so now she is trying to do that back. No matter how terrible she treats you, you must be thankful. Why? Because you have to be saved by her. So obey woman even though she persecutes you. No matter what she does or says. Even 360 degrees, all around, in all directions of persecution, you become only thankful. Now you stand in the archangel's position; follow thankfully.
Father has been giving the position to all American women here. Teaching them and raising them in front of all the Christian women in this country. Father is treating you like a queen. The Christian world want to become the bride, and you are one step ahead of them. Christianity is the bride's religion, isn't it? So, American women should really appreciate this present day position. American women can obey Oriental women and indemnify that position and responsibility they couldn't fulfill. Otherwise, there is no way to go back. No way to reconnect.
If we resemble our Father and Mother, Satan cannot accuse us anymore. We will be liberated. This is how liberation comes. Now such a couple has come to exist for the first time in history, and in the family level too. Like a stamp, we can mass produce it. It is that kind of a time now. God and all things will give the same value to each couple. Father was the first, but all the later ones will have the same value. The main factory is the True Parents, who have the blueprint, but the tribal messiahs, who are the branch factories, can produce many copies. They all have the same horizontal value, and all connect vertically to True Parents. All tribal messiahs have that formula. That mission is the mission of the tribal messiah. You can save the whole world that way. Horizontal expansion is no problem. When the Christian world understands these concepts, how wonderful it will be.
So, this is how much God has invested to bring about True Parents. Now True Parents give away the Blessing freely. We have to understand the value and try harder to teach this. To arrive at this destination God tried through Jesus, but failed and now through the Second Coming. How much investment God made! We must understand. When Christian nuns and priests meet the bridegroom, would they be married? Yes. What about Buddhists, who practice strict celibacy? How difficult it is to start from scratch.
After World War II, the Christian world represented the bride's position. The bridegroom would come down vertically. After World War II England, America and France stood in the positions of Mother, Cain and Abel. Japan, Germany and Italy stood in the same positions on Satan's side. If the three Allied nations had accepted Father, all could have received the Second Messiah. The Messiah is vertical and comes down with nothing except True Love. This is then manifested in True Children. If those three nations had united and believed in the Messiah, within seven years the kingdom of heaven would have come. The year 1945 plus seven years equals 1952.
Woman represents earth and man heaven. If they united with True Love all could have been solved, and during the seven years could have spread all over the world, but it failed. All four thousand years of God's history was lost. In 1945, the Allied nations controlled all the world and if they had connected to the Messiah they could have created one world under God with no problem, but everything was lost. Only Reverend Moon and God were left. Father had to restore everything in forty years. He could not sleep. Father had to go over every level, tear down every wall.
At Jesus' time the nation was lost. Jesus returned and restored spiritually twelve, seventy-two and one hundred and twenty disciples. Father had to do the same with the Blessed couples. This broke down Satan's world. The 30,000 Couple Blessing destroyed Satan's number six. The tribal messiah goes in True Parent's position to connect their tribe to the true blood lineage.
So centering on the tribal messiahs, God is restoring Adam's position through their parents. The tribal messiah stands in Jesus' position. The True Parents stand in the Second Coming's position.
Secondly, by going to their hometown, the tribal messiahs must change their hometown from Satan's to God's hometown. God's home is Adam's family. They must restore their parents and ancestors and restore their hometown. They can do this by changing their blood lineage through True Parents. Satan cannot do this. We do not need religion. Once we restore a nation, the world will be no problem. We do not need a specific nation. We don't need police. There will be no fighting or war. We absolutely do not need this. Do you want this ideal world? It's not so easy. The problem is the individual.
Centering on Mother we proclaim the women's world. The Korean women are elder sisters. They can connect to Mother, then the younger sisters can connect. You have to know these things clearly, otherwise you cannot restore these things.
Anyone born after 1945 can be claimed by Father, not Satan. This is the same as the Israelite nation. Those who were born in the wilderness survived, all those born in Egypt died. You were born through fallen action, but because Father was on the earth, it can be considered as a mistake, not a repeat of the fall.
This is different from Satan's world. Those people can come more easily to me. Those born before 1945 are in Satan's realm. Those born after, are in the Parent's realm. If you make one mistake, you cannot go into heaven.
After World War II the Christian bride world did not invite in the groom. How much difficulty, pain and sacrifice it caused. During the last forty years, the free world and the Christian world have been wrecked. The big churches became empty. Look at Fifth Avenue and the Empire State Building; God is not there. During the two thousand years history of Christianity, their sacrifice built them up, but then in the last forty years, there has been so much decline. Look at Judaism's decline after Jesus' birth. They have been wandering for two thousand years. How miserable was the death of six million people during World War II.
How much is owed by the Blessed couple to True Parents!
We have to combine the Federation for World Peace and the Women's Federation for World Peace. Also, we have to combine the religious world, or else there can be no peace.
How much investment has been made by the True Parents towards the Blessed couples? What is the biggest United States corporation? IBM. It is no comparison to this foundation. We must understand this value before we can understand our own value. The main root can connect anything. We will become a branch to this tree of life; this is a tribal messiah. How staggering it will be when this huge tree grows in the next thirty to forty years. It will be millions of times more valuable than the fallen tree. Are we going to live this life with all of our might? We must cherish it. Get hold of your clan with your teeth, hands, gums, whatever. Hold on to them. Once you let go, to catch it again will be harder. Think about the historical value of this investment. This is our destiny. Mission is destiny. No matter how hard it may be, you cannot escape it.
God put so much into America, but didn't God invest more into the Blessed couples? Yes. Is that reality or imagination? What about the whole earth? God put more here. We can understand the value of true man and woman. They have more value than all creatures. It's so huge, it's awesome, isn't it? Each one of us, with that confidence, can face any opposition. All opposition is so small. This is how Father thought. God said, "I never saw anything like it before. You are like a mutation." Has he been successful or a failure? (Successful.) Even though Father thinks he is special, his deep wish is that his children will do more. This is the parents' wish.
In the last twenty years we saw with our own eyes and heard with our own ears, what Father has done. Are you going to shoot to perfection? (Yes.) When I look at you I believe in your perfection. Father wants to give you the gift of the title of Holy son. How much confidence you can have in the investment that was made in the heavenly Blessed couple. You have received True Parents' name. This was the first Sunday of the month and Father will teach chapter by chapter.
Will the Japanese couples please raise your hands? Almost half. This is not America, but Japan. Father has merged Japan into America. Do Japanese women work harder than American women? Why? America belongs to fair hair girls. Remember salt water will change fresh water to salty. Try not to be outdone by Japanese. Which is more efficient, the Japanese way or American? Japanese. Do you feel good that Japanese take the head and you take the tail? You are like a grasshoppers, but Japanese are like ants. The grasshopper and ant fable is pertinent here. Why do Americans laugh so much? What are they so happy about? They are like grasshoppers. Grasshoppers don't mind what others do, they make something new. Grasshoppers will dance too much, then they get tired. Orientals enjoy it to some extent, but then are ready to work again.
All those who are going to go this way, please raise your hands. Thank you very much.