Ep 465 - America - The Elder Son's Responsibility Part 1
America -- The Elder Son's Responsibility 100-25-12-40 - February 2, 2022
It has been one year and 100 days into the second year since we have started Morning Devotion. Time flies so fast! I hope that with Morning Devotion, the surprising works of the Holy Spirit of Heavenly Parent and True Parents manifest in substantial resurrection throughout North America this year. Aju?
Today I’d like to talk again about “America -- the elder son's responsibility” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 1.
The history of the providence passed through the European continent and moved to Britain, centering on Christianity. Heaven blessed Britain, an island kingdom, as the nation that could unite the world. In other words, He established Britain as the Eve nation, the mother nation that should carry out restoration through indemnity for the providence. However, the leaders and people in charge, who did not know about Heaven's great Will, began to go astray from their original heart toward Heaven. They tried to restrict Heaven under a system. Thereupon, there emerged a group of people who wished to have the freedom to worship God in their own way. The Bible was translated into English in the seventeenth century by the command of King James, and the people came to have access to it. Some left for the new world, where they would have the freedom of faith. That is how they came to establish the nation of America. Because Britain failed to fulfill its mission as the mother, America was born as the son that could unite the world in preparation to receive the Messiah at the Second Advent. (2013.10.22, World Memorial Hall, Kobe, Japan)
What is America's mission? You proudly say in front of the world that you are the eldest-son nation. Becoming the eldest-son nation was possible because Heaven blessed your ancestors, the Protestants. Why did he bless them? He blessed them in order to create an environment in which the returning Lord could work. Rather than a system of royal authority, the returning Lord would have been able to work better with democracy. Jesus Christ, who came to ancient Israel, could not establish a nation within the Roman Empire. Yet Heaven must succeed. If the returning Lord, the Messiah, did not plant his feet there, on earth, human beings would have no hope. God's hope and the hope of each person is to transform the world into one that is free and peaceful. They want to live happy lives. However, within Satan's system are many mountains, which is why Heaven—having the ability to prepare a path allowing all to climb those mountains and reach the high plateau— took the side of democracy, whose adherents believe that God exists. The best example of this is America.
True Parents blessed America as the eldest-son nation. The world has more than 200 countries. They are all in the sibling realm in a family centering on True Parents. America's politicians only want their own nation to prosper. If America continues on this path, it will be isolated. In a family with many siblings, if one of them were to greedily try to keep everything for himself, the other siblings would not like it. They would exclude him. You need to understand this. You have the responsibility of God's right of ownership temporarily in order to cultivate it, so that God can utilize it on a greater scale. Being in that position, you should not think of only yourselves. (2016.06.06, East Garden)
Based on True Mother’s word, let’s study Father’s word.
<Pyeong Hwa Gyeong, P. 1307> The American people must not think that the blessings of God that have created the United States of today are only for America. They need to come to the profound realization that these blessings are for the world. They have to realize that the United States must not be a nation that exists for its own sake, but that it exists for all the world’s people. Americans must not refuse any sacrifices or crosses they are asked to bear for the salvation of the world.
Since you have learned that Israel, the Roman Empire and England received the Will of God and did not fulfill their missions, you must make the United States a nation that can fulfill the Will of God. Because it is a nation made up of people of all races, the United States is in the most advantageous position to save the world.(Continued)
TF mentioned very often, “The reason why God blesses certain individuals, organizations, and countries is so that they can bless the world.”
The American people must not think that the blessings of God that have created the United States of today are only for America.
You must realize that these blessings for the United States are for the world and for the salvation of all humankind.
Therefore, any sacrifice or cross should not be refused if it is for world salvation. We need to understand True Father’s guidance. (Concerning) any center activity and regional activity and any activity inside America, we need to think that we should do everything for the sake of the world.
As long as America (works to) help the world and to save all humankind, then America can be a great nation. We need to know why God blessed America. It is not only for America, but for the sake of the world. That’s why I think we really need to raise our youth leaders and young generation and train them. Let them go (out) to the world and serve the world. I think our mission is really important centered on North America.
Israel, the Roman Empire, and Britain received God’s Will, but failed to fulfill their missions because they thought that God's blessing was only for their country.
Therefore, you must make the United States a nation that can fulfill the Will of God.
In that sense, the United States has the best conditions to save the world because its population transcends races.
There were many conditions. I came to realize how much America was prepared by Heavenly Parent.
Never before in history has there been a nation where the five races have lived together. If not for the divine protection of God, it would already have become divided through racial war and eventually would have perished. Therefore, the fact that it has, on the contrary, been blessed and continued to thrive can be attributed to the amazing Will of God. The American people must now awaken and know the meaning of God’s blessings.
Since the United States has reached the height of its spiritual and material civilization, it can become a nation that can await the returning Lord, just as the First Israel yearned for the Messiah, as the representative nation made ready according to God’s Will. Upon receiving the Lord, it can realize the united world where the ideal of creation is achieved.
Until now, the reason the United States could continue to thrive with races of all five colors was that there was God's protection.
Therefore, America and the American people should know where God’s Will is now.
This is our portion of responsibility.
We need to guide America and the American people (about) where God’s will is now. All American people should receive this education.
God had the United States achieve the height of spiritual civilization and material civilization to make it a central nation in achieving a unified world for the coming Lord.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: Principle of Creation 16 - The Life of 4 Position Foundation
When the origin, the subject partner and the object partner projected from the origin, and their union all fulfill the three object purpose, the four position foundation is established.
Four Position Foundation and Origin-Division-Union Action
This is something different (from before).
● God’s purpose of creation is the completion of the four position foundation.
● Four position foundation is the spatial concept where give and take action occurs, and through the result of give and take action God’s purpose of creation can be explained.
● On the contrary, origin-division-union action is the time-based concept where give and take action occurs, and through the phenomenal process of give and take action God’s purpose of creation can be explained.
I already explained the difference between origin-division-union and the four position foundation.
The four position foundation is based on a spatial concept, and origin-division-union is a time-based concept. The process of origin-division-union creates the four position foundation. The four position foundation is the result of the process of origin-division-union.
We are talking about how to apply the four position foundation in our daily life.
Do You Live Centered on 4 Position Foundation?
1. You need to check “Is my life always centered on God or not?
The center of the four position foundation is God. I must always check whether I live centered on my origin or not.
If you do not put God in the origin at the center of the four position foundation, (then) you (yourself) are always at the center. Your self is the only center. If you turn away from God and become self-centered, you will flow horizontally and become humanistic, and eventually -- you must know the facts -- (you become) related to Satan. For this reason, the center of the 4 position foundation must be God.
2. You always need to check “Do I live centered on God as Adam’s position?”
3. You need to check “Do I live centered on God as Eve’s position?”
4. You need to check “Do I live centered on God as (the) Child’s position?”
Always we need to check.
I already spoke to you about the importance of the origin. Where is my origin? Adam is always looking for, searching for, thinking about “Where is my origin?” Eve and children’s position, couples position and siblings’ position always need to think what is more important. (It is) the origin position, which is the position of God.
Adam lost God. Eve lost her origin. So their children lost their origin.
To apply the life of the four position foundation, we need to think, “What is my center?” Adam and Eve quarreled with each other as husband and wife. What is the best way to reconcile? Adam has to think about the position of the origin. Eve, too, needs to think about that. Children, the same. When each of them thinks about “Where is our origin?” (then they) can solve any problems.
The Greatness of the Four-Position-Foundation Principle
Discovered by the Unification Church
<24-278> “What is sin? The failure to form a four-position-foundation is called sin. Didn’t I teach you this? Was a four-position-foundation formed or not? [It was not formed.] If you apply the principle to interpret anything, you will see that everything must live and die according to and within the perimeters of the principle. That is why, I too, am confined within this principle and unable to budge even an inch.”
The four position foundation is the basic structure of Heaven. Therefore, if you fail to form the four position foundation, you will be unable to achieve the ideal of the individual, family, and God in the end.
True Father said that it is a sin for anyone to fail to form the four position foundation while they live on Earth with True Parents.
In other words, if the four position foundation is not formed, no matter how loyal and how much an individual or couple (have) sacrificed for the Will, they cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. It becomes a sin because it hurts God’s heart when He looks at such individuals and couples.
Filial piety is comforting God and True Parents in the end by completing the three great blessings on the foundation of the four position foundation.
It is not a sin if you and your couple fail to enter heaven because you did not form the four position foundation, but it is a sin to make God worry because you did not form the four position foundation while living with True Parents on Earth.
Therefore, I form the four position foundation not in order to go to heaven, but to comfort God by realizing God's love.
God has prepared everything, a home, a beautiful, incredible environment, everything for the children.
But his children cannot come to the kingdom of heaven. How much God’s heart has been hurt by me. (The issue is) not just about me entering the kingdom of heaven. You need to think, “My parent, how can I console him? How can I comfort him? How can I return joy and happiness to him?” That is the reason I need to enter the kingdom of heaven -- not for my own sake. Think about how sad God would be if you could not go to the kingdom of heaven which was sincerely created for your family, for your couple, for your grandchildren.
The construction of Heaven begins with forming the four position foundation centered on your family.
Again, what is sin? The failure to form a four position foundation is called sin. How much God prepared in order to create the kingdom of heaven. Before he created Adam and Eve, how long did it take to create such a beautiful kingdom of heaven?
<24-278> It is the same when a man and woman meet and come to live together. A man and a woman, and their sons and daughters must form a four-position-foundation in this way. The laws of heaven and earth are structured to enable the formation of a four-position-foundation. One’s mind and body must be united centering on the heavenly law when forming a four-position-foundation. What did I say sin was? Sin is the failure to form a four-position-foundation. The youth should in particular understand this point well. That is why I am saying that you should be dutiful to your mother and father. A son whom the mother and father is fond of will inherit everything. This means that everything belonging to the parent will belong to the son.
True Father said it is a sin not to form the four position foundation. That means that it is a sin to have no parents, a sin to have no wife, a sin to have no husband, a sin to not marry, a sin to have no siblings, and a sin to have no children.
In heaven, if the four position foundation is not formed, all are rejected or defective products.
If something is out of order in the factory before (a product) goes to the customer, this kind of (product) never goes to the customer. (Regarding) the kingdom of heaven, it is the same. When you are on the earth, if you are not a completed product, if you are a defective product, nobody will use it -- like inferior goods. While we are on the earth, how can we become a perfected product? Form the four position foundation.
A Four-Position-Foundation Refers to the Unity of Three Generations
<28-81> What are the hardships that God has gone through to this day? It was in finding a person who was aligned to God’s will and bringing that person’s descendants into alignment centering on that person. The four-position-foundation is the result of creating this alignment. There are three generations in a family. Adam and his children centering on God in the end constitutes three generations. Isn’t that so? Why is the four-position-foundation needed? It is because God’s will is fulfilled when this is formed. However, if the four-position-foundation is not completed, a world where the vertical and horizontal is aligned will not be created. A four-position-foundation refers to the unity of three generations.
The four position foundation will eventually be completed when three generations are reached. Therefore, no one has completion in their first generation. There is also no completion in the second generation. You must go down to the third generation and have grandchildren. In that sense, my savior, my couple's savior, and my family's savior are the grandchildren.
If you go to the spirit world after seeing your last grandchild get blessed, there is nothing happier than that. This is the greatest happiness!
Just as God was the God of the three generations of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, you must make Him the God of three generations centered on your blessed family.
Do You Have a 4 Position Foundation?
Father said, “What is sin? The failure to form a four-position-foundation is called sin.”
1. Are you married? (Blessing)
If you are not blessed, you are not complete. You cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.
2, Do you have a husband?
No husband? You cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. That is a sin, Father said.
3. Do you have a wife?
(If not,) how can you complete the four position foundation?
4. Do you have children?
Even though you are blessed and your husband and wife relationship is very good, if you do not have children, what does Father say?
No children means failure to form the four position foundation.
Some of you may be hurt by these words, but I am telling you the reality; I am telling you the Principle. Please do not struggle. Just accept the reality. This is true. This is the Principle I am talking to you about. No matter what, you need to fix it.
5. Do you have brothers and sisters?
Just one boy (or girl) is not enough. One child does not know about siblings' love: what brother’s love is, what sister’s love is, what elder sister’s love is, what younger sister’s love is. You need to know what siblings’ love is. You need a minimum of three children. If you only have one child, then you need to get along very well with cousins and other blessed family (members) centered on the trinity. Then our children can understand what the love of siblings is. Then they can go out from their home and love all humankind as brothers and sisters. This is very important.
6. Do you have parents?
No parents? How can we form a four position foundation?
7. Do you have grandchildren?
(If) you have already received the Blessing and have a good relationship (with your spouse), but you do not have grandchildren, that means a failure to form the four position foundation.
8. Do you attend and believe in God?
Even though you are married (blessed), you are husband and wife and have children, brothers and sisters, you are parents and (have become) grandparents, if you are not centered on God, it does not make any sense.
9. Do you have True parents?
In your family do you attend True Parents or not?
10. Do you have 3 generations?
If you do not, that means a failure to form the four position foundation.
Father’s guidance is crystal clear. Father said if you die -- and you know what I am talking about. No religion, no sages, no great people have taught clearly about the importance of the four position foundation. That is the issue.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: The Age of Substantial Results and the Fruits of Love
1. Human beings are entities that must fulfill their responsibilities with a joyful and grateful heart as they live their life day by day and show substantial results of true love. We have a responsibility to return substantial results of joy and true love to the Lord who brought us into existence.
Let's say that a farmer bought an expensive piece of land, planted apple trees, fertilized them with all his sincere devotion, and did his best to nurture it while spraying pesticides and pruning to prevent disease and pests depending on the season. But how disappointed must the farmer's heart be if the tree he has cultivated with such care does not bear fruit? If the apple tree appears to have grown outwardly, but just sucked in the fertilizer and did not bear any fruit, the farmer will think about cutting down the apple tree and growing another tree or crop.
2. God created human beings in order to see the fruits of love. But if that person does not bring results that God desires, how would God feel? Humans can be seen with the same exact logic as all things. If someone was born as a human being, but was unable to bear the fruit of love for the Lord of their life who brought them into existence and instead just wasted their life and missed opportunities, what would be the result? Just as a tree that does not bear fruit is removed, if love fails to produce results, humans pay the corresponding price, suffer, and pay indemnity. Since we are beings born for love, we are the beings who must bring the fruits of love and joy.
One of the attributes of love is reproduction, multiplication. Failure to reproduce means that my soul is already dead. Only living life reproduces life. Only life produces life.
The reason why they are judged in the spirit world is because they did not reproduce love. Just as the owner planted a fruit tree for the purpose of seeing fruit, God created me for the purpose of seeing the fruit of true love. We need to be very clear about this point.
3. As we grow, we receive protection from nature, receive a lot of love from parents in the family, and receive many lessons from teachers at school. Also, until the birth of my single existence, there have been unimaginable merits of the blood, sweat and tears of ancestors working behind me that have been connected down to me. Some descendants have ancestors who made contributions for the people and nation. Until this day when I received the mission of God’s will, there have been unimaginable labor and jeongseong of God and great sacrifices of countless ancestors hidden behind the scene. Based on that foundation, representing all the ancestors and prophets and martyrs, I was called by God and met True Parents and became a blessed family.
4. You should know well that wishes that Heaven, ancestors, and universe are expecting are behind my existence. Because we stand on the foundation of their accumulated blood, sweat, and tears of jeongseong, we have a responsibility to return substantial results of beyond their expectations. Therefore, never forget their jeongseong. Therefore, we must be better than our parents, we must be better than our seniors, and we must be better than any of our ancestors who made contributions through history.
Also, as time goes on, we must not forget that this year should be better than last year, and next year should be better than this year. For example, if 100 (pieces of) fruit were picked from a certain fruit tree last year, if 120 (pieces of) fruit were picked this year and 130 next year, the owner will be happy to see the tree and experience the taste of love. However, if the number of (pieces of) fruit born gradually decreases from 100 to 80, and decrease again from 80 to 50, the owner can no longer expect (fruit) from the tree. At the same time, the tree loses its value as a tree.
How is your life of faith? Has this year grown over last year? Is this month growing more than last month?
We should always lead a life that brings a plus to our day-to-day life. So live by giving every day. For me in order to create a life of the plus, what is the best way? How can I give and give and give?
Through Morning Devotion how can I give more? When I see people, how can I give more? We always need to create something plus (in addition). Today should be better than yesterday; this year, better than last year. Next year should be better than last year. This is the same principle as original nature. We need to have this kind of lifestyle. This is the best way to save people. Live by witnessing every day.
5. In accordance with the laws of nature, all things are in harmony with the given time and environment, receive sunlight at the right time, breathe air and receive adequate nutrients from the earth, and always reproduce well and bear good fruits. All things flourish more and more with the passage of time. But what about human life? Are we beings that bring gain like all things? Or are we beings that bring loss? Or are we beings that bring neither gain nor loss, but are stationary?
There is a phrase that Koreans often use. “If you ate rice, pay the price of eating.” It means that if I eat rice, there is something the rice demands from me. The rice looks at me and demands that I fulfill the responsibility of eating rice. It is asking you to make greater substantial results of love. My parents and teachers invest in me also to see gains in love. Nothing is free. We have never seen someone who likes free things prosper. Results obtained without hard work and effort flow away. In order to reap the fruits of love, you must pay a price for it.
Father said that all the grace that is not labored (for) flows away. No pain, no gain!
6. When we look at human history, we see a lot of benefits of the times on the price of the merits and sacrifices of our ancestors in the past. In particular, how much do modern people see the benefits of the convenience of civilization? Now is the age of one-second. With the Internet, you can meet anyone, transcend time and space, and get things done. In a spiritual aspect, the level of human spirit and intelligence is gradually improving, and everyone has the benefit of being able to explore the truth on their own. Things that people who lived in the Old Testament and New Testament times could not even dream of are happening today, and we are receiving the benefits.
7. The seniors who have pioneered our church up to this day said that more than the words of the Principle, there were more people who came to the church because of the spiritual atmosphere, family atmosphere, and the bonds of heart of that time. When our church was in its early stage, True Parents directly led the church, so they were drawn to True Parents’ jeongseong and spiritual power, and there were many people who were unknowingly connected by the atmosphere of the Holy Spirit.
Even now, there is no way to deny that it is an amazing time when a tremendous history is taking place thanks to True Parents' amazing triumphant fortunes and heavenly fortunes. However, we are now facing the age of children in which we have to take responsibility for ourselves, going beyond the triumphant fortunes and atmosphere of God and True Parents.
8. Now is the fruiting (harvest?) season. Now is the time to inherit True Parents’ shimjeong, love, and achievements and become the owner and be excited with my capabilities and substantial results. Fortunes can come once and just disappear like wind. Gone are the days of being indebted to someone. Gone are the days of being controlled by certain atmospheres and fortunes.
This is the point. Now is the time for me to become the owner of Cheon Il Guk and bring substantial results of love that create greater fortunes of heaven.
The present age is a time of one's own growth through the Word, one's own self-discovery of one's own value, and a time to fulfill the responsibilities with gratitude and joy in the responsibilities given to you. This is not an age in which I believe in God and True Parents, but an age in which God and True Parents can believe in me and believe in you. It is an age when God and True Parents can entrust all tasks to me and rest.
That is why the era of cheon il guk is the era of hyojeong, filial piety. The era of filial piety and filial sons and daughters means what? I take ownership instead of God and True Parents. This is hyojeong; this is filial piety. I do not rely on parents. I fully take ownership. Then my parents fully trust me.
In the formation stage we believed in God and True Parents. That era is over. Now is the era of cheon il guk in which Heavenly Father can trust in me, can believe in me and can give me all kinds of responsibility. I fully take ownership with filial piety. This is the era of cheon il guk.
9. Gone are the days of testifying to others. It is not a time when I am influenced and received grace by things like great people of the secular world joining the Unification Church and accepting True Parents, or the head of a certain religious group bringing tens of thousands of people to our church. It is also not the age in which only True Parents are unconditionally testifying and praising. This era is already gone.
Now, the world wants to know what True Parents are like through me. No matter how much we testify that True Parents are great through the Principle, the world wants to see how much change in our lives have been made through the Principle. They want to confirm what True Parents are like through my resemblance. This is what we call the era of the owner of Cheon Il Guk.
People who do not know God’s Will are moved by me, and you must bear testimonies of, “If it is the True Parents you believe in, I want to believe and follow you, too.” We must become the owners of CIG where they can say, “Now that I see you, I truly believe God exists”; “Now that I see you, I truly believe that True Parents are the Messiah.”
How long have we said, “We believe in God. We believe in True Parents, we are teaching the Divine Principle everywhere, but they want to see. They want to find True Parents through you.
You testify that Rev. Moon is the messiah. You testify that God does exist. How about you? Then(?) I know True Parents are great people. How about you? Now is the era of cheon il guk. We are the ones who fully take ownership.
10. Now, we are moving beyond the age of testifying of the Word and lecturing on principles. This is the age of fruitfulness in which I grow through the Word and testify of my own transformation. In order to do that, you need to build up the substantial results of love through each day experiencing that everything is pleasant, everything is gratitude, and every thing is happiness.
As the days go by, I get deeper into the truth, and through the Word, I can sympathize with the circumstances and feelings of heaven. When I think of the pitiful God, the tears in my eyes must not stop. The era of Cheon Il Guk wants to see such filial sons and daughters. Spiritual World wants to see me and see the accomplishment of the liberation of God and True Parents’ han and sorrow.
It is an amazing time now. Until now how many times have we given lectures? How many times did we proclaim True Parents? But why does the spiritual world not help me? It is the time to show. “Since I learned the Divine Principle, since I met True Parents, how much I have changed! How much of a transformation experience I have had! This is the key point. Even though we declare True Parents, even though we are teaching the Divine Principle, why doesn’t the spiritual world recognize us? Because you are the one who does not change. This is the reason the spiritual world cannot help us. However, when we show that kind of exemplary life and when many people can testify to me through you, “Then I can know True Parents; through you I can try to believe in True Parents and to believe in God.”
We call this the era of cheon il guk: fully taking ownership.♦
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