Ep 397 - Course Towards a Heavenly Nation, Heavenly Continent, and Heavenly Unified World, with Unceasing Tears Part 1
Course toward a Heavenly Nation, Heavenly Continent, and Heavenly Unified World, with Unceasing Tears #32
How did you spend Thanksgiving with your family yesterday? I hope everybody had an incredible and great time.
Today, I would like to speak with the title “Course toward a Heavenly Nation, Heavenly Continent, and Heavenly Unified World, with Unceasing Tears” from the contents of True Mother’s memoir.
“I challenged those thousand ministers: ‘The 21st century is the era of True Parents. Who are the chosen people of this age? The answer is, you! You are the chosen people centered on True Parents in the 21st century.’
And in Los Angeles and Las Vegas in April and June of 2019, the Family Federation and ACLC sponsored Blessing Ceremonies and Peace Starts with Me Rallies of Hope for the Advancement of a Heavenly Unified World. In Los Angeles, inspired by not just ACLC but by the youth of Los Angeles CARP, Bishop Noel Jones of the City of Refuge Church, a former mentor of US President Barack Obama, testified that I am the Mother of peace.
‘Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon was specially sent to unite humankind,’ he announced to an audience of 5,000, as he invited all couples to receive the marriage Blessing. At the end of the Rally, the City of Refuge Church raised our Family Federation’s flag.
True Mother officially recognized and proclaimed our ACLC clergy as the chosen people. What a wonderful blessing.
When True Mother came to America the last time and I reported on ACLC, she very much emphasized the importance of the Cheonbowon.
And True Mother said at the last Las Vegas meeting that all ACLC clergy must enter Cheonbowon. So, starting with the ACLC co-chairman, Dr Rouss, the ACLC had to show the model.
From that point of view, each of the five sub-regions in the United States should soon invite ACLC 40 pastors couples who have completed the 43-day condition to hold a Cheonbowon seminar so that everyone can register for the Cheonbowon. So, I think we need to convey the importance of Cheonbowon to them and encourage them so that our goal of 144,000 people, or 72,000 couples -- centered on couples -- can all enter Cheonbowon.
Six months later, on October 31, 2019, in the Lotte Hotel in Seoul, Korea, some 700 clergy members, including 40 Americans and 400 Koreans, attended the inaugural ceremony of the Korean Clergy Leadership Conference (KCLC). Then, on December 28, 2019, at the culmination of my 40-day Cosmic Canaan Course for the Firm Establishment of Cheon Il Guk, clergy gathered from all over the world to establish the World Clergy Leadership Conference (WCLC).
… 400 American ministers were joined by more than 600 Christian ministers from 70 countries including 160 pastors from South Korea, and prominent members of the clergy from Japan, Latin America, Asia and Africa. From Europe came ministers from the World Council of Churches, the world’s largest council of Christians. In all, 1,000 Christian leaders united under the banner of a Heavenly Unified World centering on our Heavenly Parent.
... At that Rally, Rev. Paula White, a spiritual advisor to US President Donald Trump, spoke on the direction the United States should take for the sake of our Heavenly Parent.
Six Christian clergy, representing the regions of the world, then spoke. Among them were Archbishop George Augustus Stallings, representing America, KCLC co-chair Rev. Kim Soo-man, representing South Korea, and Prophet Samuel Radebe, representing Africa.
Then, on December 28, 2019, at the culmination of my 40-day Cosmic Canaan Course for the Firm Establishment of Cheon Il Guk, clergy gathered from all over the world to establish the World Clergy Leadership Conference (WCLC). At the Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey, amid a crowd of 25,000 at the Peace Starts with Me rally. The first to take the podium was Prophet Radebe.
‘We held two Blessings in South Africa this year alone,’ said Prophet Radebe.”
True Mother said, “My determination to ‘complete True Father’s inheritance’ was to unite Christianity.‘
From this point of view, we do not know how big the mission of ACLC and YCLC is. As I start my second 50-state tour, I am determined to create an opportunity to completely unite Christian pastors in the United States.
My first tour in Kentucky was really a great success. I hope all the sub-regional leaders, state leaders, regional leaders will organize well for my second 50-state tour based on our leadership seminar.
True Mother’s Speech Korean Clergy at East Garden - December 29, 2019
Today I’d like introduce “True Mother’s Speech Korean Clergy at East Garden, December 29, 2019.”
Yesterday at the rally, I cried while speaking. I do not know how you felt, but I was overwhelmed knowing Heavenly Parent and how he had waited for six thousand years wanting to embrace humankind with love, despite people's ignorance, and how True Parents had worked throughout their lives and finally ushered in an era in which we can speak of the completion of this providence, in an environment in which the Christian foundation did not become an environment for True Parents. You cannot imagine what a miracle this is for humanity. This is a miracle. If this is not a miracle, what is?
I have revealed the truth about the providence and the truth about history. I have revealed Jesus Christ's essence. When I speak about history, I explain that following Jesus' crucifixion, Christianity began through Jesus' disciples after their rebirth through the Holy Spirit. They waited for Jesus, who had said he would come again. In ad 313, Rome officially recognized Christianity. Then, from the Italian Peninsula, Christianity spread throughout the European continent to the island of Great Britain.
As the era of the Atlantic Civilization began, Christianity spread throughout the world. However, people did not grasp Jesus' essence. They did not practice his teaching of "Love your neighbor as yourself." In the end, their cultural civilization ended as one that took away from others.
Therefore, today, through the True Parents, a new era is beginning, but if we linger on the past, wishing something were one way or another, we cannot move forward. Will you become like Lot's wife, or will you become those who survive, move forward and those whom history remembers? There is no perfection in ignorance. Please learn. Korea will change. Heaven will not stand still, so I am telling you to awaken first. Do you understand? Thank you.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: Dual Characteristics of Internal Nature and External Form
♦ There is another pair of dual characteristics in reciprocal relationship which is even more fundamental to existence
♦ Every entity possesses both an outer form and an inner quality. The visible outer form resembles the inner invisible inner quality.
♦ The inner quality, though invisible, possesses a certain structure which is manifested visibly in the particular outer form. The inner quality is called internal nature. The outer form or shape is called external form.
♦ Since internal nature and external form refer to corresponding to inner and outer aspects of the same entity, the external form may also be understood as second internal nature. Therefore, the internal nature and external form together constitute dual characteristics.
More fundamentally, however, every entity possesses both an outer form and an inner quality. The visible outer form resembles the invisible inner quality.
Based on this content, how can we apply this principle in our daily lives, especially regarding witnessing? We need to know someone’s internal nature and sometimes we can guess at that person’s character through his external form. I gave some examples here.
It is wise and well-advised to do witnessing based on an understanding of their temperament.
So, let's study what kind of temperament people usually have on average.
It is Wise and Well-Advised to do Witnessing Based on an Understanding of Their Temperament
It is wise and well-advised to do witnessing based on an understanding of a person’s temperament. Temperaments are not easily distinguishable, but their inclinations can be understood. This can affect how you converse with a person, whether it be politely or with persistence. Each individual has a complex mixture of temperaments based on their body type, age, personal lifestyle, and personal habits. These temperaments are categorized broadly into sanguine, melancholic, choleric, and phlegmatic. A person’s temperament can change based on age, and witnessing is more effective if done wisely upon analyzing a person’s temperament.
The Holy Spirit leads us to God. God calls us, and we receive salvation upon responding to His tremendous love. The Divine Principle brings salvation to all, regardless of who they may be. We must believe in God’s power to bring about changes to the people we meet and do witnessing wisely to lead them to Him.
1. A man of hot temperament (Sanguine)
Peter is a typical man of hot temperament in the Bible. Jesus established a church through the hot- tempered Peter. A typically hot-tempered person is emotional, active, and outgoing. Even if he makes a mistake, it is in line with a person who witnesses. If the person beng witnessed to has a hot temperament, his good points are that he wants to enjoy life, is optimistic, and is sympathetic. His bad points would be that he has a weak will and is filled with anxiety. Hot-tempered people can be selfish and are agitated by emotion and are thus easily excited by impulses. To guide their life of faith, foster patience, encourage volunteer work, and emphasize focusing on logic over emotion.
2. A man of melancholic temperament
Moses is a prime example of a perfectionist from the Bible. A typical melancholic temperament is sensitive and doesn’t exactly lack self-reflection or meditation but is easily influenced by new things, thus doesn’t finish what was started. Melancholic-tempered people are introverted and always maintain a high ideal.
The merits of a melancholic person when witnessing is a deep, though not broad, character, and a sense of superiority which makes them seek new things.
Melancholic people are perfectionists. They are sincere in their work, and sincere in their friendships.
Their defects are that they can be self-centered, pessimistic toward everything, and unsociable. To guide their life of faith, it is important to give them a good first impression. They can be influenced by active leadership and need to clearly grasp the core, then they will follow well.
3. A person of bilious temperament (Choleric)
People of bilious temperament are work-centered, like Joshua. A typical biblical figure is Solomon. They are passionate and impetuous. Unlike the hot or melancholic temperaments who are easily swayed by emotions, a bilious person has a strong will. They are enthusiastically active and have endurance. They are adventurous and like to undertake the unknown.
In witnessing, the merits of a bilious temperament is a strong will, active, and a strong driving force.
Their faults are that their emotions are too weak, they are unyielding, and they are not thorough in virtue, making them hard to keep in check if they fall.
To guide their life of faith, keep in mind that they have little interest in spiritual experiences. It is because they are very down-to-earth. If a man makes effort and succeeds, making a name for himself and has a lot of wealth, religion is a subordinate requirement to foster a wife and children. Guiding this type of person’s life of faith is very difficult. However, for God it is possible. Though it is hard for them to believe, once they believe, they can become a hard worker for the Lord.
4. A person of phlegmatic temperament
Like Isaac in the Bible, their disposition consists of kindness, leisureliness, and stubbornness. Phlegmatic people are passive, seclusive, satirical and enjoy having spare time. They make plans for everything and consider safety as the first priority. They lack resolve in everything.
Their strong points for witnessing are their composure, cooperativeness, realism and practicality.
Their weak points are insensitivity, concentration on self-protection, passiveness, and prudence.
There are people in Korea who fall under this category. Guiding their life of faith is very important. It may seem easy to witness to this type of person, but it is very difficult to make them resolute. When witnessing, initiate your approach through a keen analysis of sin. When guiding them, be patient and persistent, and strengthen their will.
Wow! Very interesting, isn’t it?
What kind of type do you have? In my case, maybe (I am) a melancholic type. Maybe you can reflect based on these four types of temperament. When we witness to people, we need to know them very well. How can we know their character very well. Based on that character and nature, we really extremely carefully take care of them. Our final purpose is how to let them know God’s will. Anyway, even though there are all kinds of types of temperament, character and personality, the most important part is what? We need to serve everyone centering on parental heart. When we have that kind of parental heart serving anyone, we can invest in all types of people. Of course, some (types of) character are very difficult. (In) some cases the character(?) is very different, but without exception if we have the heart of the parent, we can digest and embrace everything. The most important thing is to have a parental heart. Second is to serve them, rather than (worrying about?) how to educate them, how to teach them. The important thing is serving, a serving heart centered on parental heart and mind.
Today’s Youth Ministry: Jacob’s Course - With Whom am I doing Give-and-Receive?”
We are talking about Jacob’s course.
So far, we have dealt with Adam's family, Noah's family, and Abraham's family. Starting today, we are going to look for many lessons in the course of Jacob.
First, we will study the biblical content of Jacob's birth.
Genesis 25: 19-26 Esau and Jacob are Born
19 “And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac: 20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian. 21 And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the Lord. 23 And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger. 24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. 25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau. 26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.”
Based on that I would like to talk with you about “With whom am I doing give-and-receive?”
1. We know that God first conducted the providence to restore the right of the eldest son in order to send the messiah to this earth as part of the providence. The eldest son was placed in the position of Cain, close to Satan on Satan’s side, and the second son was placed in the position of Abel, close to God’s side.
2. Rebecca (Jacob’s mother) bore Esau and Jacob, the two sons in her womb, as the central figures who would have to undergo the providence of restoring the eldest son, as eldest and second son, respectively.
3. When we observe history, we (note) that the second son, as someone closer to God’s side than the eldest son, has found himself in the position of greater suffering, sacrifice, and becoming an offering.
4. Families outside the church are unaware of this providence and Principle. Although their situations may not completely match Esau and Jacob’s situation, we should have the perspective that God has been conducting the providence to restore the right of the eldest son in such families through some method. This can be seen in cases where the second child is more good-natured than the first child, the third child more so than the second child, and so on.
Among Korean family members who join our church, most of them were born as second sons, rather than elder sons. I don’t know about America. Not exactly (not all are second sons?), but I researched that. In my family, I am the second son. When I compare character and faith, I feel I am much better than my older brother. I don’t mean to be arrogant. My older brother has already retired from his Yonsei University professor job. When I deal with him regarding a life of faith... (I have sought) to restore each of my family members. I restored my mother in one week. And I restored my younger brother and sister and other family members, but it took longer to restore my elder brother. He is a little bit more Cain type than I am.
When I look at other families, they have a very similar course. God has the same kind of providence in each family. The second son is better than the first one, and the third son is better than the second one. Always among family brothers and sisters, the second son is in a kind of Abel position -- more sacrificial, more loving, more serving God, than the first one. This is very interesting. It is not just Jacob’s family. Of course, it is not a 100% match. God’s providence goes through that kind of course in each family as well.
5. However fallen human beings are like the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, with both components of good and evil, and thus must separate good and evil within ourselves and make ourselves grow, even if we are born in the position of Abel.
Even though Jacob was born in the Abel position, he has his own fallen nature. That is why he needs to know how to separate good and evil because we were (he was?) born and grew up under the taksna(? protection? branches?) of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.(?)
6. Jacob fostered a good common base with his mother from the time he was young, and went on to grow while maintaining good give-and-receive with his mother. For anyone to establish a life of faith, they must first have a good relationship with their mother (mother and child cooperation). Thus, the people with whom we share a common base are of great importance in our own path of faith. We can understand a person based on whom he or she shares the most give-and-receive with on a daily basis.
This is a very important point. In order to grow up properly so that your life of faith becomes very stable, your relationship with your mother is very, very important, very, very crucial. We need to know about this. When your mother already has faith -- of course, our second generation’s mothers already have faith -- your life of faith becomes stable. You really need to have a good relationship with your mother because God is working through mother-and-child cooperation. This is one of the main providences of God, mother-and-son cooperation. This is very important. If you have a relationship with your mother, then your life of faith becomes very, very stable.
7. Who does that person place as the center of their life? Who are the people he or she has a connection of heart [shimjung]? Who does he or she respect? What kind of friends does he or she have? These are all important things to consider. Jacob was able to succeed due to a constant and close connection of heart [shimjung] with his mother.
How did Heavenly Father raise Jacob? Jacob had to go through the relationship with his mother. That’s why mother-son cooperation is really important.
8. It would have been ideal if Jacob was able to restore the right of the eldest son when he was in his mother Rebecca's womb. However, this did not come to pass, and Jacob was born after his older brother. He thus required someone’s absolute cooperation for him to be able to rise to the position of eldest son. He was able to form such a bond with his mother. This can be seen as the best and excellent condition that he could make. (mother and child cooperation)
Jacob was such a great success because of mother-son cooperation.
9. If you look at a person who has succeeded in providence, you can see that everyone must have gone through the process of providence of mother and child cooperation.
Isaac; Jacob; Joseph had an incredible relationship with his mother; Moses, how he grew up under his mother. True Father’s relationship with his mother -- it is incredible when we hear Chungmonim’s (Kyung-gye Kim) story, right? How about True Mother; how did she grow up? Through Daemonim.
However, look at the Adam's family's Cain and Abel. Why did Cain kill Abel? Why couldn’t Abel make a proper foundation? I think his relationship with his mother was not so great.
(In Noah's family) why did Ham fail his mission? Because Ham did not receive proper education from his mother. Noah’s wife always complained and complained. That is why finally all of Noah’s children failed their mission.
We can see that now. Mother-child, mother-son cooperation, how important that is. All central figures who had great success went through the condition of mother-son cooperation.
In our families it is the same. How can we raise our second generation? How can we raise our third generation? The key is the mother. The key is the mother! If the mother does not have faith, then (she) has no expectation for her children to grow up very well. I am not exaggerating. Actually the man is very external. (He is in) the archangel position. The husband's position cannot do much. Children are more than 90% influenced by their mother. That is why in order to raise children of faith very well, the mother’s faith is everything! I can say it is 100% mother’s faith. We have learned throughout human history how central figures’ relationship with their mother -- mother-son cooperation -- how important it is!
If mother’s faith is not so great, if some children have great faith, that is a miracle. This is a miracle, I am telling you! I am an external guy and go around here and there, visiting the members. Without my wife, all my children could not have received the Blessing. I realize that I really appreciate my physical mother, how she raised me. Of course, I love my father, but I cannot compare them, I tell you frankly. When I think of my mother, my tears come down. How much she loves me! Mother is not (just) a “woman;” Mother is a mother. Wow! I was influenced very, very much by my mother. That is why when mothers raise their own children, I don’t know how to describe the importance of the mother’s faith. Children follow the mother’s faith. If the mother only gives them food and only externally nurtures them, then children cannot grow up properly.
10. All human beings, regardless of who they may be, are born with problems. We are born with the lineage of distrust that can form a connection with Satan. What must human beings born with this fallen nature do to form a connection with God? We have no choice but to cling on to a person who is closer to God’s side than us.
11. We need to have people in our lives of faith with whom we can genuinely share everything on our minds and have give-and-receive. People who lack such people in their lives can be seen as the most unfortunate.
“I don’t know how to share my heart. I don’t have anyone to share my heart with.” You are a miserable guy. You cannot even talk to your father; you cannot talk with your own mother. You don’t have a central figure to talk with. You don’t have any object partner to have give-and-take with. I am telling you, you are a most unfortunate guy.
12. We are born through a connection of love, and thus must always have give-and-receive with a loving Abel figure.
You need to receive a lot of love from your Abel. And when you receive love from your loving Abel, then you are the one who can take care of your own Cain. Without receiving love from Abel, you do not know how to love Cain. That is why in your life of faith in the beginning, in formation stage, you need to receive a lot of love from your loving Abel, loving Abel figures. This is very important. Who is a lucky guy? If you have a loving Abel, then you are really a lucky guy!
I am so extremely grateful that I had Rev. Yo Han Lee. If Rev. Yo Han Lee had not been there at that time, I would not have remained here (in the church). I am extremely grateful to Yo Han Lee! He is the one who raised me. He is the one who really made a great relationship with God and True Parents. Because of him, I came to understand who True Father is, who True Mother is. That is why give and take action with your Abel is very important. When you are at the formation stage, you need to receive a lot of love from your loving Abel.
What is important in our life of faith, a road we tred for our entire lives, is having a subject of our love, subject of our heart [shimjung], and subject of God’s word from the people around us. People without such relationships always falter.
They are not stable. That is why you need to have that kind of Abel figure. And then you will always be stimulated by Abel’s word. You always need someone giving you stimulation by God’s word. And you need to have that kind of substantial figure really caring for you, loving you, listening to you. You need to have that kind of heartistic Abel, heartistic central figure. Without that kind of experience, you won’t know how to love Cain, and when you start a family, you won’t know how to love your husband or how to love your wife. That is why in your life of faith, you need to have someone as a central figure, as a loving Abel figure, always loving you, taking care of you and stimulating you by God’s word. You need to have that kind of parental figure. If you don’t have that kind of Abel figure, it is impossible to grow your life of faith.
13, It is easy to lose the center due to our environment being more evil than good, so we falter and lower our standard of goodness as a result. Thus, this means that we must have a center of love of whom we can give-and-receive with in our lives who can raise our standard of goodness.
In the family, I remind you again, the relationship between mother and son, mother and child, is incredibly important. That is why I am always thinking about how to raise our girls, our sisters, to become great mothers in the future. In the church we need to have many, many loving Abel figures, especially mother figures. In any church if at least 3 or 4 mother figures who have that kind of heart, that kind of loving heart and mind, embracing the entire congregation, if at least 3 women become like that, that church will never decline. That is why the central figure as a pastor, as a minister, needs 3 mother figures who really love and take care of the people very, very well.
When I started my ministry, Rev. Yo Han Lee always said -- sometimes I did not want to hear it any more -- he emphasized, “You need to have three mother figures who always protect you, care for you.” Also, if these three mother figures unite together and support you, these three mother figures (can) take care of the congregation.
As a minister, Miilhan, our YCLC, Miilhan, you are taking care of one church. If you don’t have 3 mother figures who love you, who love the congregation, if you don’t have that, it is impossible. Even though we deliver God’s message very well and stimulate people very well, there is (nonetheless) a limitation. Substantially, who takes care of them? This is the point.
God’s providence always uses the cooperation between mother and son. Not only that, with whom am I having give-and-receive very well? You need to find someone with whom to have give-and-take very well, not only just a mother figure -- with your father, among your friends, among church members. If you don’t have that kind of person with whom you can always give-and-receive very well, then your life of faith is really unstable.
We can learn from Jacob’s course: with whom am I doing give-and-receive very well?♦