Ep 410 - The Lord of The Second Advent and True Father's Indemnity Course Part 1
The Lord of the Second Advent & True Father's indemnity course #45 - Dec. 9, 2021
Today I’d like to talk about “God's providence and our portion of responsibility” from True Mother Hak Ja Han Moon : An Anthology, Book 1.
Among today's humankind, has there ever been anyone who knew about God's heart and circumstances and wished to liberate Him? Though Heaven continued to educate the people of Israel, they failed to accept Jesus, with the result that they had to wander around for many years.
However, Jesus' death on the cross set the condition by which the foundation of Christianity could be laid on this earth, so the history of Christianity continued for 2,000 years, and the foundation to receive the Lord of the Second Advent was finally prepared by 1945. However, those who were prepared failed to connect to True Father.
For a person to stand as the lord of a nation, there must be citizens. Similarly, in realizing God's providence, the people who are following Him need to fulfill their responsibility. However, when True Father came, his followers failed to fulfill their responsibility, leaving him no choice but to begin again from the bottommost part of hell. (2006.07.19, Nairobi, Kenya)
True Father was called by Heaven at the age of 16 to begin working for the providence. It is true that Heaven prepared the environment surrounding True Father, and also built a protective fence around him. True Father's great uncle was a Christian pastor. At the time, Korea was under Japanese rule and the people who were taking part in the independence movement against Japan were Christians. True Father also knew when Korea would regain independence. The people who had received spiritual revelations from Heaven knew when Korea would be liberated. Under such circumstances, Heaven chose a central figure and made preparations, but the forces on Cain's side were just too strong and the ideal imagined by those on True Father's side were very different from reality, so he received much persecution. Even after Korea was liberated, it could not gain complete independence and, torn between America and the Soviet Union, it was divided contrary to its wishes into North and South. At that time, True Father still had to embrace the whole country, and so after staying a while in the South he went up to the North to lay his foundation. There, he was persecuted and imprisoned. (2006.05.04, Miami, USA)
When Father was 16, he received his mission from Jesus and assumed the role of the only begotten son. This was when Father had to fulfill his responsibilities at the growth stage, during which Adam and Eve should have looked only to-ward God with absolute faith, absolute love and absolute obedience under God's realm of protection. During that time, Adam and Eve looked toward themselves instead, which led to the Fall. Father also had to pay indemnity for all the responsibilities that Jesus, the only begotten son, had not been able to fulfill, which was why Heaven told Father, who was in South Korea, to go to North Korea.
True Parents' position, reestablished by Heaven in the fallen world, could not come about without indemnity.
Consequently Father went to prison. In the prison, Father was in a situation in which he was to have been executed the following day. Heaven could not ignore this, which is why Heaven worked through the UN Forces in order to make it possible for Father to return to South Korea. The historic work of the UN Forces would not have been possible without Heaven's help. If Russia had voted against it there would have been no way for it to happen. However, Heaven moved the UN to vote in favor of sending troops.
True Father fulfilled the restoration through indemnity that Jesus had not been able to achieve in his 33-year life course. True Father wrote Wolli Wonbon, the first version of the Divine Principle, in Beom-il Dong during the hardships of the refugee period. That is why we have the Exposition of the Divine Principle today. The only begotten son of God must find the Word. (2016.08.01, CheongPyeongTraining Center)
Based on True Mother’s guidance, I have found some content related to Father’s word. So let’s study Father’s (Mother’s?) word.
Christianity’s Opposition and True Father’s Heungnam Course
<222-46> After World War II, if the Christian cultural sphere and Christianity had accepted President Moon, the unification of all countries would have been achieved in 1953. It was what God had promised. I have that kind of skill. However, due to the opposition of Christianity, Reverend Moon was driven out into the wilderness. History has lost all the foundations up to now. That's not all. You may not know the feelings of Reverend Moon, who went to the Heungnam Prison in shackles. No one knew that Reverend Moon was the one who came to seek the true liberation of mankind through the great providence of the historical God.
If the prepared Christians had understood and accepted True Father, his public life course would have started from 1945. During the 7-year course from 1945 to 1952, True Father and Christianity were united to achieve total world global unification. From 1953, the 7-year public course of the Messiah ended in victory, so that the kingdom of heaven on earth could begin in full-scale.
However, because the prepared Christianity and the people who stood on behalf of John the Baptist did not fulfill their responsibilities, True Father had to restart God’s providence, so he went to North Korea, which was a communist regime at the time, and paid indemnity from Heungnam Prison, the lowest prison of all prisons.
You need to know that because John the Baptist figure could not fulfill his portion of responsibility, God lost his entire foundation. The messiah needed to start from the bottom of bottoms. Jesus (situation) was like that. All the central figures were like that. That’s why the role of John the Baptist is really incredibly important.
Through Heungnam Prison, True Father paid all the indemnity for the failure of the prepared Christians. And from Beomnaetgol in Busan, instead of Christianity, he established the Unification Church and prepared the 7-year course again, and with the Holy Wedding in 1960, God’s Providence actually began.
Wow! If prepared Christianity and the John the Baptist (figure) had united with Father -- can you imagine? -- Father said in 1953 already the entire world (would have) accepted True Parents, already the kingdom of heaven would have already begun. Wow! That is really an incredible situation.
North and South Korea Reunification and God’s Will
God must not kill Kim Il-sung. To liberate Kim Il-sung, We need to know that there is God's providence and love to liberate the 2 billion people connected to the 36 countries of North Korea. North and South Korea must be unified. Just as the body and mind are fighting and the enemy of Satan and God are fighting, false parents and True Parents are fighting. How far did Reverend Moon come from the current follower (referring to the person who is at the bottom)? The only person who can guide the direction of the future world beyond the free world and the communist world is now only Reverend Moon. How do you unify North and South Korea? You can't do it with your fists, you have to know God's will. okay?(1991.10.27 (Sun), Shinyang Park Hotel, Gwangju, Korea)
There are times when I personally think about God's providence based on True Father's birth. This is not official. This is my personal view of the providence. It could be wrong.
We want to see the years from 1920 to 1960, when True Father was born, as God’s formation providential period, and from 1960 to 2000 as God’s growth providential period, and from 2000 to 2040 as the completion providential period that must completely and substantially settle God's providence.
From 1920 to 1960 is forty years, like formation, and from 1960 to 2000 is the providential growth period, and from 2000 to 2040, the last 40 years, is the completion stage.
In that sense, I think that the remaining 20 years from now on will be a period in which the world will be unified centered on True Mother, and heaven on earth and in heaven will be realized in full-scale.
In 2040, True Father will be 120 years old and True Mother will be 97 years old. I wonder how great it would be if a heavenly unified Korea could really be achieved by 2027 or before, when the 2nd 7-year Cheon Il-guk course ends, and further, (whether) it will be possible to reach the stage of world unification by 2040.
True Father often said that he had to live until he was 120 years old. But sometimes it was said that if you go to the spiritual realm early, you can settle God's providence at an early stage.
I often think of how great it would be if True Mother could fulfill the life of True Father who did not live to the age of 120 and did not achieve North and South Korea reunification and world unification. It is True Mother's earnest wish that she will live a healthy life until the age of 120, and that her promise to God will be fulfilled and her firm determination to complete all providences in Mother’s (Father’s?) life according to True Mother's words.
That’s why we really, really need to pray for our True Mother’s health, that she becomes very strong. What she promised to heaven (is that) she wants to “settle down” (resolve) -- everything within her own generation. She doesn’t want to see any more evil sovereignty(? disobedience?). That is True Mother’s strong determination. I think True Father supports True Mother and the entire spiritual world supports True Mother. That is why we really (need to) unite together and support True Mother. She should not just live until 120, she has to have a healthy body. (By the time) she passes away, the entire world needs to recognize her identity, and God will welcome her happily. Wow! This is our utmost wish.
Living Divine Principle: God is the Word
God is:
• The subject and harmonious union of original internal nature and original external form.
• The harmonious union of original masculinity and original femininity.
• The subject partner having qualities of internal nature and masculinity towards the universe.
1. God is my eternal parent.
2. God is the subject of the Three Great Subjects thought
3. God is absolute, unique, unchanging and eternal.
4. God is a God of love.
5. God is a God of heart.
6. God is the Word.
7. God is dual characteristics.
8. God is the original absolute Sex.
9. God is a being of character.
10. God is the origin of Principle, law and order.
Recently I have been talking about who God is: “God is my eternal parent; God is the subject of the Three Great Subjects thought; God is absolute, unique, unchanging and eternal; God is a God of love; God is a God of heart.” Today I would like to focus on “God is the word.” Very important content.
6. God is the Word
<3-323> Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life," and today, these meaning of these words intimately show us God's words, show us God's true self and God's life.
God's love is surely expressed through His words. What is it that people finally wish to find through the Word? They want to find Jesus again. It is not enough to just have the Word. They need to attend Jesus directly.
True Father said that God's love must be revealed through the Word.
I really appreciate True Father’s expression. Again God’s love is expressed through his word. This is an incredible declaration and guidance.
How do we know that God exists? How do I know how much God loves me? How can I know God's dreams and visions for me? How can we know God's heart toward mankind? And how can we know what God wants of humankind? He said that all of these things are expressed through God's words. Through God’s words!
And he said that we cannot possess only the Words we wish he would speak. He said that first, we must possess the Word, and then serve the True Parents, the substance of the incarnated Word.
Therefore, the purpose of our study of the Word is to meet the Messiah and God. You must know that reading the principle is to read the heart, mind, and love of God.
<3-323> But because there is no substantial being that they can attend instead of the Word, people continue to long for such a being. You must know that the course of history has been spent seeking for a person who is the incarnation of God's Word. If such a person exists who can become one with God's word, through that person, the entire earth can be moved.
The formation stage of our faith is to know God through the Word and to know the existence of the Messiah.
The growth stage is to become one with the Messiah, who is the substance of the Word, and to actually serve the Messiah in my living environment.
We do not simply believe in and worship the vague God, but the desire of human beings, His children, is to live and serve together with True Parents, who are the Messiah.
John 14:6: "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (This is a confident statement that he is the Messiah. Outside people would think he’s arrogant.)
Jesus said he was the truth. This means that Jesus is the incarnation of the word of God substantiated. It is an amazing revolutionary expression. I really love Jesus’ declaration. He really had the qualification to be the messiah. He very clearly and boldly proclaimed that “I am the way, I am the truth, I am the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” When Jewish people heard this, they said, “Wow! This guy is really an arrogant guy. How can he speak like that?” Because of this proclamation, many Christians do not know how to work together with other religions. They think only Christians, only Jesus is the way, only Jesus is the truth, only Jesus is the life. Sometimes they misuse these words. Then their mind is very, very narrow, and they ignore other religions. We need to understand that messiah came, not just for certain religions; he came for the sake of the world.
True Parents say -- and also True Parents can say and declare, “I am the way, the truth, the life, the love, the blood lineage and the absolute sex. No one comes to the Father except through True Parents.” Father very clearly spoke about this. He actually said more than Jesus. Jesus only said, “I am the way, the truth and the life.” He did not talk about love. He did not talk about lineage. He did not talk about absolute sex.
Comparison between Jesus and True Parents: Jesus could not talk about love, blood lineage, and absolute sex because he could not form a family.
You cannot talk about love without experiencing love. You cannot marry? Then how can you know conjugal love? If you do not marry and do not produce children, how can you know parental love. That’s why Jesus could not talk about (parental love) because he could not form a family.
The way: Path to completion, providence, and the formula course.
What does “the way” mean? “I am the way. I am the way.” What does “the way” mean? The path to completion. How we can become complete. What is God’s providence? What is our direction? What is the formula course? Where to go? What to do? What is the formation stage? What is the growth stage? What is the completion stage? The messiah comes to the earth to seriously(?) human beings. What is our direction? Where to go? Where is our vision? This is a very important mission as the messiah.
The Truth: Eternal truth, Eight Major Textbooks.
“I am the truth.” What does the truth mean? This is the eternal truth which is the Divine Principle. Later on Father talks about eight major textbooks. “I am the truth.” These are not just textbooks. This is the eternal truth. Jesus could not reveal God’s eternal truth, everything. That’s why Jesus said, “I want to say more truth later on.”
The Life: True life, salvation.
True Parents are the life. We came from fallen life. Through meeting the messiah we gained true life which is true salvation.
The lineage: Change the lineage through the blessing
“I am the true lineage.” What does lineage mean? Changing the lineage through the Blessing. Through the Blessing we can have a transformational experience from the fallen blood lineage to God’s blood lineage. We can change our DNA from Satanic DNA to God’s DNA.
The Absolute sex: Only the Messiah brought the sinless baby seed.
Father says, “I am the absolute sex.” What does absolute sex mean? This is a very important point. We came from God’s love organ. Only the messiah brought the sinless baby seed. That is why only True Parents inherited God’s absolute sex. Therefore as a fallen man we need to be born again. Absolute sex should be our absolute hometown, our eternal birthplace. That’s why through the Blessing we need to really inherit absolute sex. Before marriage we need to keep absolute purity. After marriage we need to keep absolute fidelity. That’s why True Father really completes his (Jesus’) word. Not only “I am the way, truth and life.” He added, “I am the love, I am the blood lineage and absolute sex. It is very very clear.
Gospel of John, chapter 1
1. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God.
2. The Word was with God in the beginning.
3. All things were created by him, and apart from him not one thing was created.
4. In him was life, and the life was the light of mankind.
5. And the light shines on in the darkness, but the darkness has not mastered it.
How did God create humans? It is said that God created man and all things with the word. And the Bible says that the word of God is fully God.
And he (John?) said that the word of God contains life. Therefore, those who truly believe and accept the word of God will change the word into life, and the word will create new life.
That’s why God’s word is so powerful. God word has life. Life! Giving your life! That’s why as long as God’s word is alive in your heart, it will change your life. You can have a transformation experience because God word contains life. That’s why when you accept God’s word and it becomes alive in your heart, it really works to change your life. You can have a transformational experience. We can understand that God’s word can create new life.
He also said that the Word is light. It means that wherever the Word shines, darkness is conquered. It means that hope will come to those who were in darkness. Darkness never wins over light. In this way, we do not know how important the Word of God is!
God is (the) word.
God’s word is his love. I love Father’s expression, God’s word is love. That’s why the more you read, the more you receive God’s love because God’s word itself is love. You can have a lot of spiritual food which is God’s love. I challenged one guy who completed the eight textbooks 100 times. I asked, “What is your conclusion? After reading each of the eight great textbooks 100 times, what is your conclusion?” He realized that God’s word is His love. Therefore the more he reads God’s word, (the more) he can receive a lot of God’s love. That’s why even though (he is reading) the same words, same expressions over and over again, when he thinks that God’s word is love, like when we are having a meal -- breakfast, lunch and dinner -- even though it is the same kimchi, same fruit, same bread, same rice, but when you are happy, it is always delicious. God’s word is delicious. God’s word is so delicious because his word is his love.
Secondly, God’s word is his heart. The heart is much deeper than love.
God’s word is his life. I was just now talking about God’s word having life. That is why anyone visiting God’s word, anyone accepting God word can create new life. God’s word can change everything. Even though you are a fallen person, when you believe in God’s word, it creates new life within your mind, within yourself.
God‘s word is his light. Light can come from any damus(? direction?) If you are possessed by God’s word, your own negativity, your own difficult situation can be conquered by God’s word. That’s why God’s word is a light.
God's love is surely expressed through His words.
The Teaching of Rev. Moon of the Unification church Is the Truth for the Salvation of the World
<201-339> “People of the entire world must pay attention now. The teaching of Rev. Moon of the Unification Church is the truth for the salvation of the world. They are words of true love and true life, which are needed eternally for humanity . If the Savior is coming to save the world, he should not judge humanity with a rod of iron. You cannot make even one person give in by hitting him or her.”
The way the Second Advent saves the world is not a weapon, nor any coercion, nor any instrument. No one human being can be subdued by nature if it is forced. True love has the attributes of true freedom, peace, and happiness that are not bound by anyone. True love begins and bears fruit with voluntary motivation by giving thanks for all things with joy.
So, how will the Second Advent save humankind? The first level is the Word, the second level is blessing, and the third level is love and heart.
That’s why in order to revive yourself, you need to love the word. Secondly, you need to receive the Blessing, and you need to transform yourself. Thirdly, you need to enter the world of heart and love.
My Final Words for Humankind
“True Parents have already prepared the last words I will give to humankind. These have been prepared based on my triumphs over six or seven life-or-death situations, including six periods of unjust imprisonment. I am leaving behind eight textbooks and teaching materials for humankind to use for all eternity. Altogether, these are published in almost a thousand volumes.”
(During) this seven years course, we have already read True Mother’s memoir. Now we are studying the Divine Principle. After finishing the Divine Principle, we can read True Father’s autobiography, (then) Cheon Seong Gyeong, Wow! Wow! Seven year course. We have enough material to study. How powerful it is!
If You Set up the Hoondokhae Study Tradition in Your Family….
I repeat again and again, Father said…
1. Satan will find no room to move.
2. It is possible to eradicate the satanic lineage. There is no way(?) to eradicate the satanic lineage (except) through God’s word. (?) The more you read, the more you can remove Satanic blood lineage.
3. Your family is aligned with God as at high noon, where no shadow is cast. 90 degrees. Very clear alignment. No shadows. God directly intervenes with you when you set up the Hoondokhae Tradition. That’s why I am really grateful to True Parents. Because of True Parents we set up the Hoondokhae tradition in our family, when our children were very young, That’s why everybody now naturally joins morning devotion and shares their reflection and are inspired by God’s word all the time. That’s why don’t be late. Even though you are late, please set up Hoondokhae in your family.
4. Your family can create a world where people in the spirit world and the earthly world can both attend True Parents at the same time.
5. Your family will receive God’s blessings Because of Hoondokhae, I’m telling you, I protected my three children from the fallen world. They keep purity, and all my three children received the Blessing because of Hoondokhae. Because of Hoondokhae I have three grandchildren now who join Hoondokhae together. Because of Hoondokhae we four generations come together, living together. I really, really appreciate the tradition of Hoondokhae.
6. The world will automatically become the heavenly kingdom on earth and in the eternal spirit world, fulfilling the vision of “one family under God.” How to create one family under God? Very simple. Through setting up tradition in your family. Now everything is based on the family level. The era of the church will be gone. The era of the megachurch will be gone. Now everything is based on family. Family!
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: Jacob’s Course - Restoration of All Things and Restoration of Love Seen Through the Providence of Restoration (2)
Maybe this is the last of the (Jacob Course) series.
Today, continuing from yesterday, we will study the Restoration of All Things and Restoration of Love seen through the Providence of Restoration.
First, let's look at what the Bible says about this.
Genesis 30:25-43, 31:1-10 : Jacob’s Flocks Increase
25 After Rachel gave birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can go back to my own homeland.
26 Give me my wives and children, for whom I have served you, and I will be on my way. You know how much work I’ve done for you.”
27 But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me because of you.”
28 He added, “Name your wages, and I will pay them.”
29 Jacob said to him, “You know how I have worked for you and how your livestock has fared under my care.
30 The little you had before I came has increased greatly, and the Lord has blessed you wherever I have been. But now, when may I do something for my own household?”
31 “What shall I give you?” he asked.
“Don’t give me anything,” Jacob replied. “But if you will do this one thing for me, I will go on tending your flocks and watching over them:
32 Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb and every spotted or speckled goat. They will be my wages.
33 And my honesty will testify for me in the future, whenever you check on the wages you have paid me. Any goat in my possession that is not speckled or spotted, or any lamb that is not dark-colored, will be considered stolen.”
34 “Agreed,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.”
35 That same day he removed all the male goats that were streaked or spotted, and all the speckled or spotted female goats (all that had white on them) and all the dark-colored lambs, and he placed them in the care of his sons.
36 Then he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob continued to tend the rest of Laban’s flocks.
37 Jacob, however, took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond and plane trees and made white stripes on them by peeling the bark and exposing the white inner wood of the branches.
38 Then he placed the peeled branches in all the watering troughs, so that they would be directly in front of the flocks when they came to drink. When the flocks were in heat and came to drink,
39 they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.
40 Jacob set apart the young of the flock by themselves, but made the rest face the streaked and dark-colored animals that belonged to Laban. Thus he made separate flocks for himself and did not put them with Laban’s animals.
41 Whenever the stronger females were in heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs in front of the animals so they would mate near the branches,
42 but if the animals were weak, he would not place them there. So the weak animals went to Laban and the strong ones to Jacob.
43 In this way the man grew exceedingly prosperous and came to own large flocks, and female and male servants, and camels and donkeys.
We can see how God was with Jacob. What should we learn? Let’s study.
Genesis 31:1-10
1 Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken everything our father owned and has gained all this wealth from what belonged to our father.”
2 And Jacob noticed that Laban’s attitude toward him was not what it had been.
3 Then the Lord said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your relatives, and I will be with you.”
4 So Jacob sent word to Rachel and Leah to come out to the fields where his flocks were.
5 He said to them, “I see that your father’s attitude toward me is not what it was before, but the God of my father has been with me.
6 You know that I’ve worked for your father with all my strength,
7 yet your father has cheated me by changing my wages ten times. However, God has not allowed him to harm me.
8 If he said, ‘The speckled ones will be your wages,’ then all the flocks gave birth to speckled young; and if he said, ‘The streaked ones will be your wages,’ then all the flocks bore streaked young.
9 So God has taken away your father’s livestock and has given them to me.
10 “In breeding season I once had a dream in which I looked up and saw that the male goats mating with the flock were streaked, speckled or spotted.
1. Before Jacob restored all things, he subjugated Laban and others around him through service and love. On the foundation of Jacob's love and dedication, God blessed Jacob and his wealth began to increase day by day.
2. Laban used Jacob and deceived him 10 times to increase his wealth. However, when Jacob passed the indemnity period with devoted efforts and sacrifices, heaven began to bless him. Secular people try to take advantage of someone if they are generous or loyal to them.
3. Most secular people think that the money they earn is their own, but they also think that the other person’s money is also all their own. They rarely care about others or live for others.
4. As Jacob was with God, even if Laban took away his wealth by various tricks, spotted sheep continued to be born because God worked centered on Jacob.
5. Laban is a representative of secular people in the world. When Laban discussed with Jacob, he first didn’t make such guarantees as, "I'll do this for you.“ "I will do this." People who want to use others always hide their identity.
6. Laban was always calculating in his relationship with Jacob. Laban told Jacob, "You're now starting to make a living, so what should I do with the wages?" However, Laban did not distribute the wealth to Jacob even though his wealth increased a lot. How moved would Jacob have been if Laban had distributed as much wealth as he had gotten in autumn? Even though Laban was indebted to Jacob, he deceived him 10 times considering wages.
7. Secular people's minds are always strong because they are greedy for themselves. So Jacob is very unlikely to have a spotted sheep out of hundreds of sheep, but he makes a trade with Laban asking to have the spotted sheep. If a spotted sheep comes out, Jacob asks to own it. There, Laban gives a quick answer.
8. Jacob had good faith. So God was with him. In order to make spotted sheep be born, Jacob took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond and plane trees, peeled the bark exposing the white inner wood, and placed them in all the watering troughs, so that they would be directly in front of the flocks when they came to drink. When the flocks came to drink, they mated in front of the branches and bore young that were streaked, speckled or spotted.
9. The Bible says that Jacob used poplar, almond and plane trees to make more spotted sheep. In the Bible, trees always point to people by analogy. What we have to learn here is that we have to meaningfully associate everything, such as the clothes we wear and equipment (with God’s will).
10. A person who chooses a color they like according to their style and uses something according to what they need without linking it to God's will is not living a life linked to God’s will. The clothes I wear, all the lifestyle items I use, etc., should be used as tools for the substance of the Word, giving the meaning of God's will. The poplar tree used by Jacob is a tree that knows spring well; the sycamore tree is a tree that knows summer well; and the peach tree is the first to bloom in spring. It should be seen that all of these are compared to human growth.
11. These trees are preaching something to us because they are made of the substance of the word of God's will. True Father said that all trees are teaching God's love and that they are materials of love for humans.
This is important. Even though the Bible is very symbolic, it talks about each tree, each item, everything as relating to God’s will. Whenever we choose any item, any clothes, any instrument, always we need to connect to God’s word meaningfully. Otherwise, life is life, (and) faith is faith. If (we have) that kind of thinking separate from God’s will, then our life of faith never grows because we don’t know how to apply our Divine Principle to our daily lives. “Oh, I love this color necktie.” This is centering on your own point of view. “Oh, today is God’s Day. I need to wear this necktie. Then maybe God loves that one. Wow! Today someone bought this necktie. I need to appreciate his gift when I wear this necktie. Wow! Today is God’s Day, True Parents’ Day,” Whenever you choose any item, any clothes, whenever you buy any item, everything from one to ten (should) relate to God’s will, relate to God’s word. Without connecting to God’s word, just using (things) for my own purpose, it does not make any sense. That’s why we can learn from the Bible, Jacob’s course.
12. When we wear clothes or choose any color, we have to think about everything in connection with the will. Jacob’s will to have spotted sheep can be thought to mean that he will restore the flocks in Satan’s realm to Heaven’s side. The white sheep symbolize God and the spotted sheep symbolize Satan, but we should see that the spotted sheep were chosen to be restored.
13. We entered the Unification Church, but we are all spotted people. Even in the midst of God's will, we doubt, we boast, and we pretend that we entered for the will even though we entered for self-growth.
14. Therefore, the Bible cited an analogy of wearing sheep’s clothing with the heart of a wolf. It can be seen that the spotted sheep that Jacob mentioned represents us. We are like spotted sheep because we try to become God’s sons and daughters even though we are Satan’s children.
15. We are not people who live only with food. We are people who have to live with the Words, which is eternal food. We have to wear the Words and think about all the lifestyle items, clothing, and food we come into contact with.
16. When people eat food and say, "It's delicious," you have to think about how delicious you are to make others happy. This is the way of thinking of a person who lives by the word.
“Oh, this is delicious, delicious, delicious, delicious, delicious!” We need to think how to become a delicious man, to have that kind of (delicious) taste for anyone. We need to think meaningfully. We need to know how to apply the Bible word and the word of God to our daily life. I learn a lot from Father (about) how to apply (the word). I (also) learn from Yo Han Lee. (For him) every item always connects to God’s word.
17. Look at all living things. All living things are always fresh. They adapt well according to their environment and are very sincere. As they grow, there is no gap even for a moment. There is no misconception there, and it is only sincerity itself. Therefore, we must live genuinely and sincerely like all things. If you do your best every day in a given environment like all things, you will bloom, grow, and bear fruit according to the season.
Recently I reflected: I live in New York City. When I crossed over the way (? walk on the street?), people do not keep traffic rules, so I also became like that. Later I reflected that “Oh, I need to change my lifestyle. I cannot be like that. I cannot follow the same way as New York City people.” One day, I decided, no matter what, I will follow the traffic rules. Blue (Green?) light, red light, I need to wait for the red light. I need to be sincere to my person. If I do not keep the rules and just follow the New York City people who ignore the lights and traffic rules, then what will happen. This can become a habit. (Someday when I) go somewhere, I will surely someday make an accident. It does not matter whether people look at me or not. I really (will) keep the rules.
I have to be sincere to myself. Nobody looks at me in my room. How sincere am I with myself? I don’t have any kind of spiritual pollution(?) or spiritual fall. Every second, every minute I have to be sincere to myself. This kind of sincerity we can learn from all things. All trees and plants are very, very sincere. They know how to have give and take with the sun, how to have give and take with the air, how to have give and take with the environment. Nature teaches us very clearly, How sincere it is! Why can’t we grow spiritually? Because we are not sincere. We are just influenced by the secular environment.
18. All things are drawn to where love is. This is because all things like people who resemble them. In every moment, all things live true, sincere lives and do their best. Since man is the subject of love and the lord of all things, all things are automatically attracted when they see sincere people.
19. All things follow where there is love and heart. Therefore, it is natural that heaven blesses you with all things when you become a person of love and heart. If you focus on restoring all things before first restoring love, Heaven’s providence flows backwards. If you become a person of love in accordance with the first and second blessings, then the third blessing, the blessing of all things, is automatically realized.
That’s why we need to focus on how to restore love. How can I move people? How can I really help and live for the sake of others. If I reach that first and second blessing, the third blessing -- which is the material blessing -- will automatically come to my life. Many people focus on the third blessing: how to increase my property. That is a disorder. First of all you need to restore your love and heart. You (need to) comfort people’s heart. Then the third(?) blessing, which is the material blessing, will come to you automatically.
Today’s content was a little bit long. Because this is the end of Jacob’s course and is very, very important, I am so sorry (that) the content was a little bit longer.♦
(Response to sharing) We know that the Divine Principle is wonderful, but we struggle how to convey it to people. We do not know how to express it. According to my experience, we should only convey what really inspires us from God’s word. When you start to share the content that was life-changing for you, even if some people do not understand what you are talking about, but when you are inspired about what you learned and you begin to share what inspires you, God will give you more wisdom about how to convince the person. That is what I learned when I was young.♦