3. Jesus said:
When it is evening, you say,
It will be fair weather:
for the sky is red.
And in the morning, It will be foul weather today:
for the sky is red and overcast.
O you hypocrites, you can discern the
appearance of the sky; but can you not discern
the signs of the times?
/Math 16:2,3
4. How true the words of Jesus:
The Jewish faith still
are waiting for the coming of Elijah, and then the Messiah.
8. 1st
Adam-Eve brought
Death & darkness
to Earth
3rd
Adam
TrueParents
brings
Great Blessings
to Earth & Heaven
”The Golden Age”
A Holy United Korea
A New Sinless World
2nd
Adam Jesus
brought
Spiritual LIGHT
to Earth
Korea
9. 1st
Adam-Eve brought
Death & darkness
to Earth
2nd
Adam Jesus
brought
Spiritual LIGHT
to Earth
Korea
For as by one man’s disobedience
many were made sinners,
so by the obedience of one
shall many be made righteous. Rom 5:19
3rd
Adam
TrueParents
brings
Great Blessings
to Earth & Heaven
”The Golden Age”
A Holy United Korea
A New Sinless World
10. In the early days of the church, the female members
were dying to come to the church.
Their hearts kept shouting, "I want to go!"
I could hear their inner voices.
When I began listening to them, they began
speaking in the language of another world.
They entered into a spiritual state of mind.
If I liken God's love to electricity, it was just like they
were connected to that love through an electric cable.
11. The Cheongpa-dong Church is on a hillside,
and that hill had spiritual power to attract people.
Who can block the magnetic needle of a compass
from pointing south and north?
Even if they were determined not to come to the church,
they would soon find themselves leaving their room and
walking around in circles in the courtyard of their home.
Finally they would open the gate, catch a bus and arrive
at the church, despite themselves.
The Unification Church on that hill had such mysterious
power.
If you have never had such experiences,
you do not yet know true love.
/Cham Bumo Gyeong
Book 3
12. 1954
Coincidence – or timely Spiritual Inspiration
Lord of the Rings was published in English
for the first time 1954-1955 divided into three volumes,
entitled The Fellowship of the Ring,
The Two Towers and
The Return of the King (= Messiah).
13. 1954
(1935 SMM accepted the mission of 2nd
Coming)
Tolkien had already 1937 in Bilbo,
adventure of the Hobbit,
introduced both the Ruler Ring, and several of
the main characters in the trilogy.
The idea of a ruling ring that can determine the future of
the world (= Blessing through the True Parents, Messiah)
This theme also appears in Richard Wagner's four operas of
Der Ring des Nibelungen.
Both authors have been inspired by the same old stories,
including Völsunga Saga and Eddan.
In middle of the 60:s, the stories have become a
cultural phenomenon. (True Parents' Holy Blessing 1960)
15. Divine Spirit
Jesus of Nazareth
Be you therefore perfect, even as your Father
who is in heaven is perfect. /Math 5:48
16. Ask any Christian when Jesus will return!
And he/she will answer that nobody knows
not even Jesus himself according to Scripture.
Thanks to the Law of Indemnity and
the Revelation Divine Principle,
through the Lord of The Second Advent,
we now know that enough Indemnity must first…
and have now after 2000 years finally been paid.
18. Jesus & Sun Myung Moon
1935
Jesus said: “Lets go to the Blessing”
19. Extracted from the book II Vero Amore (True Love)
December 21, 1979 Rome.
Daniela: We want to ask you how the Movement
[the Unification Church] will develop.
Horward (in spirit world): The truth is the truth.
The Principle shall continue. I already told you that.
It will develop even more after the year 2000.
20. It is not important whether the person who revealed it will
still be alive at that time. (SMM passed over 2012)
I tell you, he shall work more freely and will accomplish
more when he is in the spirit world than while he
is on earth. (= Prophecy 1979)
21. Chapter 2 - The Korean Books Of Prophecy
A white cross, a great heavenly way
that unifies Confucianism, Buddhism, Christianity
and all other religions into one.
He will come
April year (2000-2001) or
2024-2025 (Moon Calendar).
Believe in God
(this is the teaching of the Holy man
who came from Heaven).
22. Authors Comments:
• He is the master of both the east and the west; he is
the holy man coming from the olive tree and
he appears to be a man but he is not a man.
He comes as three spirits in one body, those of the
Chung-Do-Ryung, Buddha and Jesus Christ.
23. Some thoughts on Great Philosophers:
Hobbes - Eighteen century monarchies
Locke – inspired American Revolution
John Stuart Mill – Liberalism
Rousseau – 19th century Romanticism
Kant – Imperial states of 19th century Europe
Marx – 20th cent. Communism
They all lived 100 years before their ideas were realized
1944 (DP finished) -2012 (TF ascension) = 2044-2112
24. Some thoughts on Nuclear Physics
Einstein: E=mc^2
Uranium – U92 => Plutonium – A-Bomb
=> 92% left unused with Uranium reactors.
Huge waste problem! – millions of years
Thorium – Th90 => can destroy Plutonium
⇒ Almost no waste, 2% left unused
⇒ Abundant on Earth, India, Australia…
⇒ Potentially eliminates war and poverty!
25. The first electrical power was produced on
December 18, 1957.
The first core used at Shippingport originated from a
cancelled nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and used
highly enriched uranium (93% U-235) as "seed" fuel
surrounded by a "blanket" of natural U-238.
26. Conclusion: The ONLY reason why Uranium was
chosen instead of the much better Thorium,
Was the Cold-War.
Plutonium was needed for the atom-bombs.
Had True Father been accepted by the Christians in Korea
in 1945-52 = No Cold-War,
the nuclear reactor era could have been totally
different with almost no waste-problem today
based on Thorium instead of Uranium.
Please Google Thorium for more info!
28. There are many Great Guides in Our Age
Leading us to Higher Human Wisdom!
Freud & Jung
Sexual neurosis Spiritual World - Dreams
Archetype symbols
29. There are many Great Spiritual Guides in Our Age
Leading us to Higher Spiritual Wisdom!
and many more…Family Constellation
30. Still only the Lord of The Second Advent
True Father, Sun Myung Moon & Hak Ja Han
as True Parents takes care of the root cause to
Spiritual Ignorance! Fall of Man – Original Sin
Solution => The Holy Blessing
31. Divine Messianic Thoughts will create a New World
“…the Son of Man has authority on earth
to forgive sins” /Mark 2:10
32. The purpose of indemnity is to remove the original sin,
but in order to remove sin the fundamental problem
of the lineage has to be solved.
Fallen human beings cannot possibly resolve the
problem of their lineage by themselves.
That is why the Messiah is necessary.
/SMM 1970 Oct 13
33. SpiritualProgress
Jesus
27 yrs
Annointed
by John
2nd Advent!
needed
Messianic Time-window: Jesus
Jesus
33 yrs
(Jesus
40 yrs -True Parent)
Jesus 21 yrs
Old Test.
New Test.
2000 yrs
Rejection
as Messiah!.
7 yrs
7 yrs
Indemnity - Take your Cross!
34. New Messianic
Time-window: 2nd Advent – 1st try!
(1952)
SMM
32 yrs
SMM
25 yrs
1st try 1945 Korea
Rejection
as Messiah!.
Has to go to North Korea Pyongyang
Spiritual Churches
SpiritualProgress
7 yrs
7 yrs
35. True Parents initiated three seven-year courses
beginning in 1960 and spurred the expansion of
their internal and external foundations.
The first seven-year course was a period during which
True Parents organized the Unification tribe through
the restoration of the individual, family and tribe.
This could have been accomplished immediately in
1945 upon the liberation of Korea by laying the
foundation for the restoration of the people,
but it was not accomplished at that time.
/CBG Book5
36. SpiritualProgress
New Messianic
Time-window: 2nd Advent – 2nd try!
(1952)
SMM
32 yrs
SMM
27 yrs
2nd try 1947
Pyongyang Korea
Pyongyang rejection
as Messiah!.
HeungNam Prison!
Korean War 1950-53
7 yrs
7 yrs
40. Jesus & Sun Myung Moon
Many followers – In spite of controversy
Like Jesus, and all Religious founders!
Tokyo, Japan in 1969
41. Unified Korea has the shape of an Angel blowing a horn!
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, "For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the
voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first.
Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the
Lord in the air, and thus we shall always be with the Lord."
The Archangel Gabriel will blow a sacred trumpet
to wake the dead at the Last Judgement
42. The shape of Korea: special meaning according to the I Ching.
It looks like the archangel blowing a trumpet. Rev 8:6
USA has the role of roman-empire 2000 years ago.
DP: The situations unfolding in Christianity today are
similar to those which took place in Judaism at Jesus' time.
Church level - 1960
43. The shape of Korea: special meaning according to the I Ching.
It looks like the archangel blowing a trumpet. Rev 8:6
USA has the role of roman-empire 2000 years ago.
DP: The situations unfolding in Christianity today are
similar to those which took place in Judaism at Jesus' time.
Church level - 1960
World level - 2003
44. The shape of Korea: special meaning according to the I Ching.
It looks like the archangel blowing a trumpet. Rev 8:6
USA has the role of roman-empire 2000 years ago.
DP: The situations unfolding in Christianity today are
similar to those which took place in Judaism at Jesus' time.
Church level - 1960
World level - 2003
Cosmic level - 2013
45. SpiritualProgress
Jesus
1st try with John the Baptist
and Jesus as the Messiah
2nd try with Jesus as John the Baptist
40 day fast – desert indemnity trial
3rd try Jesus Crucified.
Only Spir. Salvation
loss of Phys. Lineage – New 2nd
Israel needed!
Potential Holy Marriage Jesus and Bride
Children, Grandchildr, Great grandchildr...
2nd Adven
needed
46. LAW
Eye for an Eye
Animal sacrifice
LOVE
YOUR
ENEMY
TRUE
LOVE
STRICT HEAVENLY LAWS
Old Test.
New Test.
Compl Test.
47. B.C.
Before Christ
A.D.
Anno Domino,
Year of the Lord
3rd
Adam
6 Jan 1920
2nd
Adam
3 Jan
1st Adam
1 Jan
Time
Monk Dionysius Exiguus suggested BC/AD in the year 525 CE.
50. Resurrection involves close cooperation
between Physical and Spiritual Worlds
Lord of Second Advent
True Parents
+
+
+++++++
+
+
+++++++ +
51. Resurrection is Based on:
• Merit of the Age
• Gods Word and guidance,
+ our responsibility to believe and practice it
• Physical self
• Three orderly stages of the growing
52. Me!
Original Sin
Collective Sin
Indemnified. By Jewish diaspora
World War 1,2,3 =Foundation for LSA
Ancestral Sin
Ancestral Liberation
Korea
Personal Sin
Indemnified by Jesus Crucifixion
Common Base for defense: 10 Commandments
Like a spiritual Magnet
we are drawn to Sin!
54. See all the N.T. Prophecies being fulfilled in our time,
the Year of the Lord 2016-2024.
www.slideshare.net/bdp003/dp-amp-prophecy-presentation-helsinki-8-nov-2015
55. Jesus Death
3 followers!
Jesus Birth
Many Testimonies
Jesus Life
12+ Disciples
Ressurection
Few followers
Pentecost
120 followers
Christianity
2000 years
Millions
Old Testament
2000 years
56. Paradise
Life Spirit!
Jesus: I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away:
for if I go not away, the Comforter (Holy Spirit) will not come
unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
58. Pentecost
Celebrated: Fifty days, seven weeks after Easter Sunday
Pentecost "the fiftieth [day]") is the Greek name
for the Feast of Weeks, a prominent feast in the calendar of
ancient Israel celebrating the giving of the Law on Sinai.
Christian feast commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit
60. Pentecost
When the day of Pentecost came,
they were all together in one place.
Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind
came from heaven and filled the whole house where
they were sitting.
They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that
separated and came to rest on each of them.
All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began
to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
61. Pentecost - 2000 year of New-Born Christians - Second Coming
3 x Resurrection
Jesus
Ascention
Jesus
ReturningPenetecost New Born Christians
66. The continuation of the incarnation the Christ, not Jesus, but a Christ,
is the Holy Spirit. This Holy Spirit has never been silent – never been
inactive. God - in many names ~ and worshiped in many ways –
will touch the hearts of people, and many prophecies will be fulfilled. /A Ford
68. 1960 – 1984 – 2003 – 2013
New Vocabulary: True Parents
The Blessing
Ancestor Liberation
Cheon Il Guk
CSG-CBG-PHG
Our Time
4 x Resurrection
69. Jesus 7 Words on the Cross
‘Father, forgive them: for they know not what they do."
"I Thirst."
"Eli, Eli, lama sabachthania."
("My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?")
"He saith unto His mother: ‘Woman, behold thy son!‘";
"Then saith He to the disciple: ‘Behold thy mother!‘"
"Verily I say unto thee: today shalt thou be with Me
in Paradise."
"Father, into Thy Hands I commend My Spirit"
"It is finished."
70. Jesus:
If any man will come after me,
let him deny himself, and take up his cross,
and follow me. Math 17:24
Conclusion:
deny himself = our fallen nature, fallen bodies
take up his cross = our fallen Physical body
St Paul: ”O wretched man that I am!
who shall deliver me from the body
of this death? Rom 7:24
This is the True reason Christ - Adam must return!
Physically!
71. Final Victorius Prayer of Sun Myung Moon 2012
Today, as I have returned the completion of the
final perfection of the Father, I am aware that I
have offered my whole life up to this moment to the Father.
According to His Will, I am spending this time to bring
my life to a conclusion, using this time to bring it to a
close with Jeong Seong...
Tribal messiahs have established a name that can
represent the nation.
I have accomplished all these tasks.
I have accomplished everything.
Aju.
77. ABBA – One Man One Woman 1977
One man, one woman
One man, one woman
Two friends and two true lovers – True Parents
Somehow we'll help each other through
the hard times
One man, one woman
One life to live together
One chance to take that never comes back again
- time of 2nd
Advent
You and me, to the end
Outside I can see the sun through the open window
Inside everything feels so cold - Fall of Man
What's wrong, what is happening, where did all our love go
Sometimes when I just can't cope
I cling to a desperate hope - Restoration - 2nd
Coming of Christ - Resurrection
And I cry and I feel like dying
Divine Inspiration
Music
78. Subcounceous Heavenly Spiritual Inspiration!
1984 The year Heung Jin Nim dies!
And is recieved as a King in the Spiritual World
The King's right has been coming to True Parents' side
by Heung Jin Nim's ascension
80. I Want To Know What Love Is - 1984
Now this mountain I must climb, - Finding DP - Saving the World
feels like the world upon my shoulders - The Second Coming
Through the clouds I see love shine, - Gods Love
it keeps me warm as life grows colder - Rejection
In my life there's been heartache and pain
I don't know if I can face it again
Can't stop now, I've traveled so far, to change this lonely life
Foreigner
81. QUEEN - One Vision 1985
spiritually very inspired
No wrong no right,
I'm gonna tell you there's no black and no white,
- One Love Race
No blood no stain, - Absolute Purity
All we need is one world wide vision - Divine Principle
One flesh one bone,
One true religion, - Unification of All Religions
82. Whitney Houston - Greatest Love Of All - 1985
I believe the children are our future – Pure Sinless Blessed Children
Show them all the beauty they possess inside – DP-CSG-CBG
Give them a sense of pride to make it easier
Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be – before the Fall
Everybody's searching for a hero
People need someone to look up to – The Messiah
I never found anyone who fulfilled my needs
A lonely place to be – Fallen state
And so I learned to depend on me
83. ERIC CLAPTON - My Fathers Eyes 1998
Sailing down behind the sun,
Waiting for my prince to come. - Messiah
Praying for the healing rain - TP Blessing
To restore my soul again. - 1st
Blessing
Just a toe rag on the run.
How did I get here?
What have I done?
When will all my hopes arise? - 2nd
Coming of Christ
How will I know him?
When I look in my father's eyes.
My father's eyes.
When I look in my father's eyes.
My father's eyes.
Then the light begins to shine - Gods Lighting Guidance
And I hear those ancient lullabies. - before FallofMan
84. ERIC CLAPTON - My Fathers Eyes
And as I watch this seedling grow, - Parents Love God-Man
Feel my heart start to overflow. - True Love
…
As my soul slides down to die. - FallofMan
How could I lose him?
What did I try?
Bit by bit, I've realized
That he was here with me; - Gods ever presence with us
I looked into my father's eyes.
My father's eyes.
I looked into my father's eyes.
My father's eyes.
My father's eyes.
My father's eyes.
I looked into my father's eyes.
My father's eyes.
85. WHITNEY HOUSTON - My Love is Your Love 1998
If tomorrow is judgment day (Sing Mommy)
And I'm standing on the front line
And the Lord asks me what I did with my life
I will say I spent it with you
If I wake up in World War III – Prophecied in Divine Principle
physical or hopefully spiritual
I see destruction and poverty
And I feel like I want to go home
It's okay if you're coming with me
…
As the years they pass us by
We stay young through each other's eyes – True Love
And no matter how old we get
It's okay as long as I got you baby – True Love
86. "A Testimony to God's Word,
in Regard to Divine Principle"
Gil Ja Sa Eu 2013
Early Testimonies from UC 50’s
Unification Members
89. Blessing is the Key = Forgiveness of Original Sin
A New start of Families with Original Sin removed
New start for Mankind
90. Blessing is the Key
"Even if you think you are lacking education or experience,
you can cover them and grow when you come to have your
spiritual children.
Even if you don't have heavenly fortune, when you meet a
person of fortune through your witnessing, you come to
share that fortune.
The reason why you could become the Blessed family of
the Unification Church is because you have received the
fortune of True Parents.“
/True Mother, Hak Ja Han Moon 2013
94. It is the Word of the Lord of the Second Advent
that convince Future Mankind that Christ has come!
She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron (Truth).
He had a name written that no one knew except Himself.
Rev12:5,&19:12
The Messiah will come with a "New Name“ = New Adam
96. Share the Gospel of Gospels
Christ has come
A New Bright Future for Sinless Mankind
97. Members of the Unification Church today do not like
the path of indemnity.
This means they do not like restoration.
There is no such thing as, “I like restoration, but I
don’t like indemnity.”
You like restoration but not indemnity.
You have to be clear about this.
God’s side cannot just like restoration.
Only after going through indemnity can restoration
occur.
/1981.12.27
98. If people understand the true meaning of the word
indemnity, then they will all like it the most.
Without indemnity, there can be no blessing.
Indemnity is the invaluable nugget of gold in
the Unification Church.
It is an amazing word that can face death, sacrifice
everything, and overcome all difficulties.
/1978.2.26
101. References:
Main Source: Divine Principle: www.unification.net/dp96
Journal of Unification Studies Volume:
www.tparents.org/Library/Unification/Publications/JUS-8-2007/JUS-8-2007-7.htm
Speeches by Sun Myung Moon: www.tparents.org/Lib-Moon-Talk.htm
Cheon Seong Gyeong www.euro-tongil.org/swedish/csg
+ Unification and Christian friends and some own Inspiration
102. Remember the beauty in Gods nature is there
to inspire the most Holy original inside us all!
Have a great Blessed week. Prepared for 2nd,3rd... Gen inspiration by Bengt de Paulis.
More of my Spiritually Inspired slides at
www.euro-tongil.org/swedish/english/PPT/SundaySchool/
Editor's Notes
v1.1 May 2016 Finland
v.1.0 Sund. Service 24 April 2016 Finland
"In February when I was 17 years old (16 western counting), Jesus came to me saying 'Mr. Yong Myung Moon. Let's go to the Blessing.' I didn't know the term Blessing meant marriage at the time." (Cheon Jeong Gung on 3. 18 HC / May. 8, 2012)
Early Easter morning 1935, after I had spent the entire night in prayer, Jesus appeared before me. He
appeared in an instant, like a gust of wind, and said to me, “God is in great sorrow because of the
pain of humankind. You must take on a special mission on earth having to do with Heaven’s work.”
That day, I saw clearly the sorrowful face of Jesus. I heard his voice clearly. The experience of
witnessing the manifestation of Jesus caused my body to shake violently, like a quaking aspen’s
leaves trembling in a strong breeze. I was simultaneously overcome with fear so great I felt I might
die and gratitude so profound I felt I might explode. Jesus spoke clearly about the work I would
have to do. His words were extraordinary, having to do with saving humanity from its suffering and
bringing joy to God. My initial response was, “I can’t do this. How can I do this? Why would you
even give me a mission of such paramount importance?” I was truly afraid. I wanted somehow to
avoid this mission, and I clung to the hem of his clothing and wept inconsolably. /from Biography
Chapter 2 - The Korean Books Of Prophecy
http://www.tparents.org/Moon-Books/Cta-ik/Cta-ik-6-2.htm
This is a Free interpretation of Jesus 3x7 years,
that SMM talks about in Chambumo Gyeong.
This is a Free interpretation of Jesus 3x7 years,
that SMM talks about in Chambumo Gyeong.
This is a Free interpretation of Jesus 3x7 years,
that SMM talks about in Chambumo Gyeong.
This is a Free interpretation of Jesus 3x7 years,
that SMM talks about in Chambumo Gyeong.
This is a Free interpretation of Jesus 3x7 years,
that SMM talks about in Chambumo Gyeong.
Sun Myung Moon speaking to followers in suburban Tokyo, Japan in 1969
Following Christ “The Way” as early Christians labeled it,
means treading into the realm where no Law or Police is needed
Heavenly Law – True Love abides.
Heavenly Calendar = H.C. started by Sun Myung Moon in 2010. Year 1
The Birth of 1st,2nd and 3rd Adam is according to SMM, Moon Calendar.
AD/BC notation was first proposed by the monk Dionysius Exiguus (Dennis the Little) in the year 525 CE.
He used it to identify the years in the Easter tables.
Heavenly Calendar = H.C. started by Sun Myung Moon in 2010. Year 1
The Birth of 1st,2nd and 3rd Adam is according to SMM, Moon Calendar.
AD/BC notation was first proposed by the monk Dionysius Exiguus (Dennis the Little) in the year 525 CE.
He used it to identify the years in the Easter tables.
See Dr. Chang Shik Yang 1998
www.unification.net/csyang/yang_chung_pyung_thesis.rtf
See Dr. Chang Shik Yang 1998
www.unification.net/csyang/yang_chung_pyung_thesis.rtf
Like a peace of metal in a magnetic field, we are pushed and pulled around by invisible “spiritual forces” that effect us in our daily life.10 Commandments are still a valid base to follow! “According to Dae Mo Nim, we are not just ourselves, but always there are our good and evil ancestors, good and evil spirits from history, so it is possible we may waver sometimes…Father has said that when you have a problem you are struggling with, then read at least 10 of his prayers and then the answer will come to you. Right now there is a spiritual typhoon. We have to stand at 90 degrees and make sure we have an absolute relationship between husband and wife and an absolute relationship with heaven.”
http://www.unification.net/csyang/csyang_1998_10_04.html
See Remarkable Messages from the Spiritual Real
www.euro-tongil.org/swedish/english/SW-World%20Leaders.pdf
www.messagesfromspiritworld.info/
Marriage of the Lamb
From Hyung Jin Nims Lecturehttps://vimeo.com/56883978
From Hyung Jin Nims Lecturehttps://vimeo.com/56883978
Sprit World & Righteous inspiration from God.
The Words of the Eu Family
Forward to "A Testimony to God's Word, In Regard to Divine Principle"
Gil Ja Sa EuSeptember 11, 2013
As I am writing this book, A Testimony to God's Word in Regard to Divine Principle, in compliance with Father's direction, I will start with an excerpt from Father's Words.
"The Word is the record of the tradition by which Teacher gained total victory over Satan. This tradition must be embedded within our everyday lives for us to bring about the Realm of Liberation for Heaven and Earth. You must spread the Word for which Teacher had to risk his life. Since the Word is the Word from Heaven, Teacher can work the miracle of resurrection centering on the Word even in the spirit world. So the Word is not something that simply flows by us and is gone. It can be compared to Teacher's final testament to his descendants. One day, Teacher will pass away. When he does, he must leave behind the Word. You must realize how rational the Word is, how principled it is, and how it has the power to grasp people's hearts."4/16/99
"The Word spoken by Teacher is filled with energy, and people are drawn to it. They continue to follow the Word, even when they are told not to. The Word spoken by Teacher is the eternal textbook. Teacher teaches through revelation, so miraculous things happen. Therefore Satan cannot lay his hands on it. We must guide people to read the Principle."2/9/02
I joined the church in 1955. At that time, there was an incident in which certain students and professors of Ehwa Woman's University and Yeonsei University were harshly persecuted to the point of being expelled from the school or fired. I was among the students expelled from Ehwa Woman's University during this incident.
It was Teacher's [Sun Myung Moon's] Word, his Jeong Seong and his love that made it impossible for me to leave the Unification Church even after finding myself in this difficult situation. The profound and mysterious Word as spoken by Father penetrated into my heart. Moreover, an amazing spiritual power completely captivated me and led me to follow the Word even in the most difficult situation.
We were young then, and the Principle and the Word spoken to us by Father were like nothing else in the world. We could not hope to fully comprehend his teachings. Just as my maternal grandmother used to feed me raw chestnuts as a child by first chewing them herself to make them more tender, Father would explain the Principle and the Word in a way that made it easier for us to digest. Father answered all the questions put to him by naïve and childish students.
Father did not have the time to fully explain the Word in detail to everyone in the world. For this reason, he instructed me to spread his Word throughout the world without holding anything back, just as he had once done for us early members.
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A Testimony to God’s Word, In Regard to Divine Principle
For example, readers of True Father’s autobiography will learn of his trips as a boy to the sea shore to catch eels, and he was skilled at trapping wild birds. He says he loved doing it and didn’t mind running eight miles to the water. Eu explains in the chapter, “True Father Receives His Calling from God” another reason: due to the Japanese control of the farming produce, many in his village were on the edge of starvation.
“During this period, people in Korea did not have much to eat. So the younger children would say to Father, ‘Older brother, I want to eat some meat. I want something sweet.’ They didn’t have anything to eat, because the Japanese people took everything,” she reports, and “He caught many birds with such traps, and the children would eat roasted bird meat to their hearts’ content.”
Every chapter it seems has a gem of insight that humanizes True Father even as it illustrates the extraordinary achievement of every day of his life.
Soon after True Father arrived in the United States to personally lead the movement, he got the order from God that he must meet President Richard Nixon. She writes that he had no clue how to do this and cried in tears every night, but to his family and to the church members he showed not a hint of self-doubt. As she explains: “…Father prayed with many tears. Father cried when he prayed, but he couldn’t cry in front of Mother or his children, let alone in front of the members. Why? Because Father was the hope of all hopes, Father thought about how we could follow him if we saw him shedding tears because he was worried or because he didn’t know what to do... Father told us that he told Mother, his children, and us that he was confident, but then he would turn around and shed tears. We were dumbfounded when we later learned this. At that time, the people around Father were recommending that he not meet President Nixon.” Having learned this, it casts a nuance on Father’s broad, radiant smile in the photo of him shaking hands with President Nixon early in 1974.
Mrs. Eu expands on the notion some have heard at seminars that God experiences life through the bodies of people who are aligned with his ideas. As she explains: “Father once said, ‘God grows together with humans!’ What kind of amazing thought is this? I could not understand how a perfect being such as God grows together with humans. So I asked Father, ‘Does God really grow like a child? Christians will think we are crazy when they hear this. They keep persecuting us, because we say different things, but now you say that God grows? Then Father said, ‘God of course is perfect, but love cannot be felt unless there is a partner. You will know this if you have children. If your child is five-years old, you will have to play with your child as if you are a five-year-old as well.’”
We learn that True Father had to struggle with all the emotions that we feel in the course of life. He had to force himself to forgive Kim Il Sung of North Korea before meeting him at the historic reunion in December 1991. His attitude is recounted by Mrs Eu this way:
“Before Father went to North Korea to meet Kim, he went to Hawaii to offer Heaven the last prayer so he could overcome his hatred for Kim. ‘I can’t hate him even if the whole world hates him and accuses him of being a murderer. If I hate him, too, he cannot be saved. Then what kind of heart will I have to have when I see him? Yes, I will go there as his father who gave birth to him. People might say, ‘Kim Il Sung is a murderer, execute him, shoot him,’ but if his father were there, he would still say with the heart of a father, ‘My son is a bad person, but I still want him in front of me. ’ Kim Il Sung’s father would do anything to save his son’s life. I will go with that kind of heart.” She concludes that the trust created at that meeting in 1991 was possible only because Kim could feel Father’s sincere love.
Mrs. Eu concludes her book with a discussion of the meaning of the words, “Hoondok,” and her prediction that our movement is entering an age of Hoondok in which the leaders who continually read True Father’s words will gain ascendance over those who do not. In her book’s promotional tour through cities on the East Coast she has been referencing what she refers to as a Hoondok revolution that has been gaining momentum in Southeast Asia for two years.
This book is bound to have great impact in the circles of serious devotional practice of our movement. Without question this is the book of the year. Make that book of the decade.
Contributed by Douglas Burton, Public Affairs Director of HSA-UWC.
Our Sunday School Class in Finland Jan 2013 for 12+