Ep 386 - The Mother Of Peace In The Muslim World Part 1
Mother of Peace in the Muslim World #21
Finally I came back to New York. My home is here now. My dear North American families, do you know why I am wearing this tie today? Because we have just finished our fifty-state tour. This tie symbolizes the fifty states. Thank you to the families who gave me this tie. Now I understand the situation in the United States to some extent. I am able to understand the situation as a whole more than any other leader or family member in the United States. From now on I love and am committed to my North American family members even more!
True Parents love Operation Jericho, the Jericho Strategy. We go around and around until the wall of evil is destroyed. The second tour will begin November 30 in the state of Kentucky, Subregion 3. Each state (should) prepare, at least for couples, a leadership summit for ACLC, UPF, WFWP, ethnic groups, YSP -- any affiliated organization really working together; let’s join together centering on a leadership summit. Then I will go any time. Please prepare well.
I will go to where(ever) a CARP chapter is prepared as well. Now we are focused on leadership summits centering on all affiliated organizations together. Whenever I attend these leadership summits, I would like to encourage the local UPF leadership, WFWP, ACLC, ethnic groups and YSP working together to focus on the leadership conference. That is my second tour that will begin very soon.
Two days ago we had a meeting with Kona members at the Hawaiian Queen garden. It was so sad that I could not see Sunjin nim’s couple because of the Corona issue. In the end we had a corona test again which was negative, so we were able to meet with the Hawaiian family. They prepared a beautiful lunch for us, and we celebrated together the victory of the 50 state tour.
Tawako Parker(?) offered her beautiful painting before God. We had a group photo.
Then I flew to New York, and I arrived here yesterday. Once again thanks to Subregion 5 directors, the Rev. Kevin Thompson Couple, Dr. Jeff and Keiko Nakama and Pastor Char(?) couple. Rev. Kevin Thompson works as the director of Subregion 5. His position should be very clear.
Today I would like to speak about “Mother of Peace in the Muslim World #21” from True Mother’s memoir.
<Mother of Peace, Page 332-334> When I landed at the airport in Niamey, Niger, on November 27, 2019, government officials displayed their highest level of protocol as they received me. We had been told that the president and citizens in general were delighted that I was coming, and these words proved more than true. I truly enjoyed the warm welcome on the part of Prime Minister Brigi Rafini, his chief of staff, cabinet ministers and other high level representatives of this Muslim nation in Central Africa.
Our meeting had been long awaited. The prime minister and 10 cabinet ministers had scheduled to come to Seoul in February to attend World Summit 2019. Pressing state issues prevented the prime minister from making the trip, and he sent a ministerial delegation instead. The officials whom he sent to Seoul were deeply moved. When they returned to Niger, they gave a detailed report about the World Summit 2019 and our activities. The prime minister agreed to attend the Africa Summit, which was being planned for September 2019 in São Tomé and Príncipe.
But once again, this time due to security issues caused by terrorist attacks in northern Niger, the prime minister could not attend the Summit. (omitted)
Thus it was after initial setbacks that we finally met, and this made the meeting even more special and joyful. At the airport, the prime minister and the minister of foreign affairs accompanied me as I was saluted by an honor guard and received a welcome from their lead- ing traditional dance troupe. I was particularly impressed by the honor guard and thought, “Niger’s sons are so gallant, dashing and patriotic.” As True Mother, I felt I wanted to adopt these young men of Niger as my sons.
The evening of my arrival, His Excellency President Mahamadou Issoufou kindly invited me to a Presidential Summit Welcoming Ban- quet. Three hundred current and former heads of state, parliamentary speakers, ministers and other VIPs attended the banquet. I fondly remember President Issoufou calling me the “Mother of peace” and expressing his sincere admiration and respect for the Republic of Korea.
Almost two years earlier, on January 18, 2018, I had proclaimed “Heavenly Africa” during my keynote address at the first continental-level Africa Summit, hosted in Dakar, Senegal. On the basis of this proclamation, beginning in June, the Universal Peace Federation and other organizations began working to secure the support and participation of African governments in the “Heavenly Africa Project,” a package of 10 projects aimed at promoting peace and development that includes the True Family Blessing Movement. At times, it took as many as 10 days for our delegates to meet with a head of state. As it wasn’t unusual for meetings to be rescheduled, our delegation would skip meals and be on standby for many hours to ensure the meetings would take place.
On the foundation of such sincere investments of time and energy, 10 nations signed memorandums of understanding and agreements to participate in our Heavenly Africa Project. Niger, of course, was one of them.
Next let’s study ….
True Mother’s Speech at 2019 African Continental Summit in Niger
(Palace of Congress, Niamey, Niger, November 28, 2019)
I understand that several chiefs are attending this conference. If you go back down your family line as chiefs, you will find out that we all have one parent. Living as fallen humanity, not attending Heavenly Parent in our lives, has resulted in the formation of national boundaries and many barriers that prevent us from becoming one.
However, the time has changed. It has been seven years since new history commenced from God's only begotten daughter, the True Mother… Seven Cheon Il Guk years. If all people worldwide become Cheon Il Guk citizens who attend Heavenly Parent, all the problems that we worry about will be solved. I particularly know the hard work of Prophet Mohammed of Islam. That is why I have many sons from among top Muslim leaders.
This movement is a movement that truly attends Heavenly Parent. It is a movement that seeks to bring about Heavenly Parent's dream and humanity's hope of One Big Family under God. From such a perspective, the President of Niger is a wise president. I am confident that many great leaders who truly love peace and their people, will emerge from the continent of Africa. We may see out there in the world, some children trying to maintain some distance with their fathers, but they are one body with their mothers.
Therefore, please remember that the way to receiving eternal blessings from Heavenly Parent is by having your nations or all of you here today become one with God's only begotten daughter, who is the mother of the universe. I sincerely pray for the eternal development of Niger and the rest of Africa. Thank you.
Wow! True Mother is really the mother of all mankind. She is really God’s only begotten daughter. She embraces any religion, all religions leaders. It does not matter if you are Islamic leaders, Jewish leaders, Christian leaders because she is the mother of all mankind. I am really grateful to Mother’s leadership that can embrace and love any category of people. It does not matter what their religion or nationality are. Really Mother is the mother of all mankind.
Living Divine Principle: Introduction 6 - Need for a New Truth
♦ Religion and science, setting out with the missions of dispelling the two aspects of human ignorance, have seemed in the course of their development to take positions that were contradictory and irreconcilable.
♦ However, for humankind to completely overcome the two aspects of ignorance and fully realize the goodness which the original mind desires, at some point in history, there must emerge a new truth which can reconcile religion and science and resolve their problems in an integrated undertaking.
♦ It may be displeasing to religious believers, especially to Christians, to learn that a new expression of truth must appear. They believe that the scriptures they have are already perfect and flawless..
♦ Certainly, truth itself is unique, eternal, immutable and absolute. Scriptures, however, are not the truth itself, but are textbooks teaching the truth.
♦ They were given at various times in history as humankind developed both spiritually and intellectually. The depth and extent of teaching and the method of expressing the truth naturally varied according to each age.
“The Depth and Extent of Teaching and the Method of Expressing the Truth Naturally Varied According to Each Age”
Unique, Eternal, Immutable and Absolute
1. According to each age…God reveals His Word and truth
a. Are you living in the era before the coming of heaven?
b. Are you living in the era after the coming of heaven?
c. Are you living in the era of CIG?
Where are we now?
d. The age of Cheon Il Guk is the age of noon settlement and the age of direct dominion of God.
We need to know where we are now and where we are going. We need to focus on which era we are living in now. This is very important. Many people do not know what the era of Cheonil Guk is, what the Era After the Coming of Heaven is. We need to know our current address, “Where I am now.”
2. According to the stage …God reveals His Word and truth
a. According to the standard of each individual's spirit and the degree of growth, God has different contents and depth of revelation.
b. If the standard of my heart is the level of a servant, God cannot express His heart.
c. Therefore, we must start from the servant stage, grow to the adoptive stage, and go up to the stage of children of filial piety, where God can expect us.
d. God is looking for people with a high level of heart.
If you upgrade the level of your heart gradually more and more, then when you enter the completion stage beyond the top of the growth stage and your level of heart is very high, God directly reveals his word, his truth and his secrets (to you). He no longer uses a symbolic, external way.
3. According to spirit and intellect…God reveals His Word and truth
4. According to Jeongseong and prayer…God reveals His Word and truth
One who invests in jeongseong more and more when his degree of jeongseong reaches a certain level, then God has no choice but to reveal his secrets (to him). That is why jeongseong is very important. We need to invest in our jeongseong until God is really moved by our jeongseong. Then he will have no choice but to reveal his secrets and his situation. Jeongseong is one of the best ways to reach Father’s heart.
♦ Jesus indicated that God would someday reveal a new truth: "I have said this to you in figures; the hour is coming when I shall no longer speak to in figures but tell you plainly of the Father.”
This bible verse is very familiar to us.
1. John 16:25 "Though I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father.
What does this mean? When the time is right, God’s wishes and circumstances and his sorrowful heart will be revealed. In the end Jesus died without saying a single word about God’s heart because the time had not yet come. This eventually became Jesus’ regret and sorrow. Maybe he knew internally, but he could not express God’s real situation and God’s reality.
2. John 16:12-13 "I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.
What God is saying in parables and symbols is that the time has not yet come. However, when children grow up, parents can express their wishes directly to their children. If the children are not mature, they cannot directly express the circumstances and wishes of their parents.
3. Rev. 10:11 Then I was told, "You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages and kings.“
The Bible said Jesus said that new wine must be put into new wineskins, and the times have changed. It tells us that a new mindset is needed to accept the new truth.
4. John 3:12 I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things?
Although Jesus had many things to say, he suffered a lot because he could not become a standard for preaching the new word. True Father wanted to speak about Absolute Sex in the Divine Principle in the beginning, but because of the time and because the standard was not established, he had to wait until the time finally came. True Mother also said that she wanted to reveal that she was the only begotten daughter from an early age, but in the end she could not reveal the truth and secret of history until the time came. Even though God wants to do something, if the foundation is not ready, the environment is not ready, then he cannot do anything. Each human being (lacks?) preparation and attitude and (needs to) upgrade our level of heart. This is God’s situation. That is our reality.
Mission of the New Truth
> Overcoming the two types of ignorance
> Overcoming the contradiction
- The reality
- The of heart of joy at the time of creation
- The heart of striving to save
♦ It will enable all people to overcome the two types of ignorance, internal and external, and fully comprehend the two types of knowledge
♦ Next, the new truth should lead fallen people to block the ways of the evil mind and to pursue the goals of the original mind, enabling them to attain goodness. It should empower religious people to overcome the contradiction which they face in their struggle to live according to the Way.
♦ The new expression of truth should be able to reveal the reality of God and the Heart of God: His heart of joy at the time of creation; the broken heart He felt when humankind, His children whom He could not abandon, rebelled against Him; and His heart of striving to save them throughout the long course of history.
♦ In order for God's providence of salvation to be completely fulfilled, this new truth should first elevate the idealism of the democratic world to a new level, then use it to assimilate materialism, and finally bring humanity into a new world.
♦ This truth must be able to embrace all historical religions, ideologies and philosophies and bring complete unity among them.
♦ Unity starts with the unity of mind and body and the unity of husband and wife
♦ Since the purpose of truth is to realize goodness, and since God is the origin of goodness, God will be the center of the world founded upon this truth. Everyone will adore and serve God as their Parent and live in harmony with each other in brotherly love.
♦ The ultimate purpose of God’s work of salvation is to establish the kingdom of Heaven on earth.
♦ The new truth should guide fallen human beings to return to their original state. To do this, it must reveal the purpose for which God created humankind and the universe, and teach about the process of their restoration and its ultimate goal.
♦ Did human beings fall by eating a fruit called the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, as is written literally in the Bible?
♦ Why did the God of perfection and beauty create human beings with the potential to fall? Why did the omniscient and omnipotent God not prevent their fall, even though He was aware that they were falling? Why did God not save sinful humankind in an instant with His almighty power?
♦ If human history is God's providence to restore the world wherein His purpose of creation is fulfilled, it must be that God, the Master of all laws, has led the long providence of restoration according to an orderly plan.
♦ It is our most urgent task to comprehend how the sinful history of humanity began, what formulas and laws have governed the course of the providence, how history will be consummated and, finally, into what kind of world humanity will enter.
♦ When the answers are made clear, it will not be possible to deny the existence of God, the Ruler who plans and guides history. We will recognize in every historical event traces of the Heart of God as He has struggled to save fallen human beings.
♦ The new truth should be able to elucidate many difficult issues in Christianity. They have carried out many theological debates about the difficult mysteries surrounding the Holy Trinity.
♦ Furthermore, it should show why God's salvation of humanity was possible only through shedding the blood of His only begotten Son on the cross. What is the extent of redemption by the cross?
♦ Also, why must Jesus come again? When, where and how will His return take place? How will fallen people be resurrected at His coming? What is the meaning of the biblical prophecies that heaven and earth will be destroyed by fire and other calamities?
♦ The new truth should explain these puzzles, not in esoteric language but, as Jesus promised, in plain language that everyone can understand.
♦ Divergent interpretations of such symbolic and metaphorical Bible verses have inevitably led to the division of Christianity into denominations. Only with the aid of the new truth, with its clear explanations, can we bring about Christian unity.
Based on this EDP content, let’s study True Father’s word. This is very important truth.
The New Word of Truth is a Record in the Treasure Trove
<303-59> “You should realize that I, who discovered even the world of God’s heart, am not a fraud. None of the things you hear from me can be found in any place in this world. My teachings cannot be found in any library book either here on earth or in the spirit world. It is the first time, the very first occasion that these truths have been known! These are the new words of truth. They cannot be found anywhere else on earth or in the spirit world. They were locked away in the treasure storehouse and could not be taken out before, by God or any person in the spirit world or on earth.”
True Father said, “You should realize that I, who discovered even the world of God’s heart, am not a fraud.” This means he was not a liar. Many people know about the existence of God, but no one so far has revealed what kind of wishes, what kind of heart, what kind of circumstances he has. This is True Father’s great discovery.
The thing that I am most thankful to True Parents for is that they told me who God is. I did not know that God has wishes and dreams. And I really did not know that God has a nail in his heart because of the fall of man. From that point of view True Parents are truly my great parents and teachers and owners. Wow! Without True Parents how could I have known God’s existence? But if True Father had not taught me, I would not have known that God is a God of sorrow. If True Parents had not taught me, I would not have known that God has a dream, God has wishes. I thought he was almighty God and could do anything he wanted. That is why I thought he did not have any wishes because he is almighty God.
But True Parents taught us what God’s portion of responsibility is and what the human portion of responsibility is. We are the ones who have to accomplish God’s will, not God alone. Wow! Divine Principle is really amazing. The most inspiring thing, the thing I am most grateful for, is that True Parents taught me God’s reality: He is a God of sorrow. How much he sheds tears for me! I came to understand the reality of God. It is incredible. No one told me. No books guided me in this way. That is why we have to be grateful to our True Parents eternally.
Triple P Movement
Brag About Being the Heir of the Heavenly Blood Lineage
<137-256> The engrafting was done until 1985 in your own world. Therefore, if you think that it is shameful to believe in the Unification Church, it will become a sin. From now on, when you go to school or somewhere, if you behave disgracefully by not being able to say that you are a member of the Unification Church, you will become a sinner. Such a person is not a member of the Unification Church. Why is that? Children who stand in the position that Satan should not accuse need to rise above the realm of Satan's accusation. Nevertheless, if you hesitate and are afraid of Satan’s world, it shows that you are in the realm of Satan’s accusation and under Satan’s control.
<137-256> From now on, all members of the Unification Church need to brag about me and about being blessed families. Are you doing so? It should not be inside the Unification Church, but in Satan’s world, from here to the end of the earth, in all directions, even in the three-dimensional world. Centering on what? A worldwide tribe will be formed centering on love. You need to brag about being the heir of the Heavenly blood lineage who has the authority of our true love group. You swine! Now finally you are beginning to say that you are a member of the Unification Church? Do you understand?
I think True Parents are guiding us about a very important thing. Father always says we need to be proud of True Parents. When I was in Asia I particularly guided our second generation, our young people; we can speak of the “Triple P movement.” The first P is for “Proud:” be proud of True Parents. The second P is for “Praise:” praise True Parents. And the third is for “Proclaim:” proclaim True Parents. This Triple P Movement is very important. How proud of True Parents are you? How much do you praise True Parents? How much do you proclaim True Parents wherever you go?
If you are a Unificationist, you need to be proud of yourself: “I am a Unificationist. I am a member of the Unification Church.” If our movement does not clearly testify to True Parents, it will not be able to develop anymore. The conclusion of following up is to teach with a certainty that True Parents are the Lord of the Second Coming. True parents are the only begotten son and only begotten daughter. If this is not clearly taught, my witnessing candidates will forever be just ambassadors for peace or just guests. What is the conclusion to following up? We need to teach True parents identity very, very clearly. If this is unclear, “I am so afraid to teach them about True Parents and to proclaim the second coming,” then I am telling you, your spirit is unclear. You hesitate to talk to people about the identity of True Parents. This is a problem. You don’t have confidence.
When you introduce your parents, are you hesitant or ashamed to say that “He is my father; she is my mother; they are my parents”? When your parents look at their children in this situation, how ashamed they are! Therefore, we need to boldly and strongly (proclaim True Parents). We need to be proud of True Parents. We need to proclaim our True Parents, not just praise God, not just praise the Lord, not just praise Jesus. We need to be proud of True Parents and praise them and proclaim them and share the identity of True Parents. If you feel ashamed and hesitate to proclaim that God is our eternal parent, True Parents are my eternal savior, the movement will not develop further.
Of course, a foundation is needed to teach that True Parents are the messiah. We shouldn’t declare it from the beginning. However, the conclusion must clearly teach the identity of True Parents. If we do not go beyond this stage, our movement will not develop further. Christianity developed despite persecution because it revealed that Jesus was the messiah, even at the place of death. Even when Christians were about to be killed, they proclaimed, “Jesus is my savior.”
Where there is persecution, there is development all the time. Every religion developed through persecution because God is alive. But if we always are negotiating about something, hesitating about something and feeling ashamed to proclaim something, who will join such a movement? If you are not proud of yourself, if you are not proud of your True Parents, if you do not speak about True Parents, and if you do not declare your True Parents, who will follow this kind of movement? Why did you join the Unification Church, and why are you still there? It is because you knew that the Principle is the eternal truth and that the True Parents are the messiah and savior and the second coming. Of course, True Parents are not just the True Parents of the Unification Church. They are the True Parents of mankind. This has to be very clear.
Of course, we need to make a certain foundation. We can’t proclaim it from the beginning. Because if we just proclaim it from the beginning, everyone will simply close their mind. That is why you need to (proceed) wisely step by step (and) in the end certainly declare who True Parents are. This is very important.
That is why when I was in Asia and someone hesitated to declare True Parents, I trained our second generation and young generation to purposely, “Go to the street and no need to explain anything for 30 minutes or one hour, at least 20 people or 30 people just proclaim that True Parents are the messiah. Even though people persecute you and they think you are crazy, it is ok. I want you to have the confidence that you are children of God. Just say it. ‘Do you know who Rev. Moon is? He’s the messiah!’ Get some persecution.” Because they were really hesitating, I wanted to give them confidence. I purposely did that.
After that, wow! All our members became very, very strong. Whenever we delivered the Divine Principle, at the end we very clearly said who True Parents are. It does not matter if we receive persecution. It is ok. That guy is the wrong guy. We need to reveal the truth.
Today’s Youth Ministry: The Correlation Between the Bible and the Principle
1. The Principle of Creation in our Principle is truly incredible. In the Bible, everything is only shown symbolically. Without the Principle of Creation, how could we have possibly known all the symbolic contents of the Bible concretely? Therefore, the Principle of Creation is like a key or a scale that solves all problems.
2. Today, we are left unaware of the meaning of the symbols of the Old Testament. The most precious of the Bibles is the Book of Genesis. If you do not know the Book of Genesis, you cannot know Adam's family or Jesus. If you do not know Noah's family, you would not know God's will on this earth. If you do not know Abraham's family, you would not know the secret to forming a parent-child relationship with God. In order to know God's deep circumstances and heart, you must know the Book of Genesis in the Bible.
The Book of Genesis is like the Principle of Creation. Very important. Without Father knowing the Bible, how could he have revealed God’s eternal truth? Our Divine Principle(?) is very connected to the Bible. When Father discovered the eternal truth, it was not just from the Bible. He discovered it from nature and from direct give-and-take action with Jesus, and he traveled in the spiritual world. Also, he had direct communication with God. But it was based upon the Bible. Bible stories are not just simple stories. We can learn God’s 6,000 years of (providential) history there. Why is the Bible the best selling book throughout human history? Because God revealed his truth there. Amazing!
3. We can know God's secrets and dreams through the Book of Genesis.
4. You should know how amazing it is that our Principle has three stages. The Principle of three periods of growth is amazing. Whatever we do, we must solve it through the law of give and take, the law of the four position foundation, and the three periods of growth.
Our Divine Principle is very, very clear: How to grow up, formation, growth and completion stages. Adam and Eve fell where? At the top of the growth stage. The Bible only mentions symbolically (about the) three offerings, but it is unclear about that.
5. Even when we have a dream, we must be able to apply the dream according to the Principle of Creation. However, when we dream, it is difficult to interpret. A dream doesn't show me a single moment, it shows me my life. Dreams are not just for showing today's problems.
6. Just like when parents give various advice when raising children to talk about their lives, God shows me things through dreams because He cares about my life. Why do we need dreams? What often makes us dream is that dreams are for Heaven to guide me on the path of life.
That is why dreams are really important. Dreams are like God’s guidance, not just for the moment, not just for one day. Parents talk to their children about many, many things. It is not only for one day; their scolding is not just for one moment, one day. They worry for their entire life.
7. In view of the Principle of Creation, as we grow, we must grow with the spirit mind, which is the heart of the spirit self, but we keep thinking about the flesh. When we often indulge in the flesh and concern about what to eat, what to wear, what to drink, etc., God shows us through dreams.
8. Therefore, it should be known that there is a very close correlation between the Genesis of the Bible and the principle of creation.
We can learn many things. There is a kind of inseparable relationship between the Bible and the Divine Principle. We can learn many details through the Divine Principle.
Thank you very much.