Ep 806 - True Mother's Message At The Thanksgiving Dinner (11/24/222)
True Mother’s Message at Thanksgiving Dinner (11/24/2022) - January 9, 2023
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Key Points
While True Mother is still on earth, she wants to dedicate Korea as Cheon Il Guk, as well as to let more than one-third of humanity know about True Parents. She regrets that so little time remains.
She is aware that this is humanity’s “last stop” and urges us to walk the will with hyojeong.
This is also the most glorious period when people can join True Parents on their path.
We should live with gratitude and dedication to God’s will and with hyojeong, and bring results we can be proud of.
The dedication of the Cheon Won Gung’s Cheon Il Sanctum on May 5 is key to establishing the Kingdom of Heaven.
Our goal is not only Cheon Il Guk but the divine unified world.
We should have mercy on and forgive the sinner who has become a tool of Satan working behind the scenes.
Hate the sin but not the sinner.
We should not blame the sinner or the spiritual world for our sins but, knowing about Satan’s work behind the scenes, forgive and liberate them, become one with the True Parents, eradicate our sin and fallen nature and realize an ideal family.
Humans are children of Satan, and Satan reproduces his children through his lineage.
The Messiah comes to this earth to eradicate Satan's lineage and multiply God's lineage.
While through Jesus we became God’s adopted children, only through the Blessing can we become his direct lineal children and enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
In our church do we experience God’s presence, rebirth and resurrection?
We should always reflect on our standard of “truth” centered on our original mind and heart. We must always ask our original mind and heart.
What is the difference between the execution of Jesus 2,000 years ago and disbelief in the Lord of the Second Advent by today’s Christians?
Whether we are a Unificationist or a Christian is not important. What matters is whether the word and our faith experience has brought us rebirth, resurrection and spiritual transformation, and whether we have experienced God’s, Jesus’ and True Parents’ heart and have come to live with shimjeong and true love.
Our heart and love are the common points beyond any nationality and people, that allow us to unite.
Transcripts from November 3, 2021 to the present, personal notes from November 11, 2020 until November 2, 2021 and slides from August 29, 2021 to the present are available at MD.Hoondok.com as PDF files.♦
Today I’d like to talk about “True Mother’s Message at Thanksgiving Dinner (11/24/2022).”
Sometimes I want to pick up recent content that True Mother is talking about. Let’s study Mother’s word.
True Mother’s Message at Thanksgiving Dinner (11/24/2022)
I said I would like to see one-third of humankind come to know about Heavenly Parent. Wouldn’t that be great? Unfortunately I am not so young anymore. It is important that we achieve the mission of having one-third of humanity attend Heavenly Parent together with me. Together with me. This is not a blessing just for you.
There are no words to describe the world right now. In all respects, it has reached the end point. It is the end of the line. That is why I have said that all religions, races, and nations have reached their final destination and must disembark. Where should they go after disembarking? Finding True Parents is the only path to the future, the only path to life—so it is an immense honor to have participated in the earthly providence of True Parents. What kind of life will your descendants be able to lead with pride? Aren’t you looking forward to seeing that?
True Mother has said that while she is alive on earth, she wants to dedicate Korea as Cheon Il Guk, as well as let more than one-third of humanity know about True Parents.
Although this may seem impossible from the outside, we must know that we live in an amazing time where True Parents can be known through a network called the Internet.
We do not know what will happen.
True Mother knows that the older she gets, the less time she has, and she feels regret as time continues to flow.
She also said that the blessings of those of us who know and attend True Parents should not end just by knowing them.
Therefore, True Mother requests that we take True Parents' regret as our own and move forward with a heart of hyojeong while walking the will.
Many people know that the unspeakable end of the world has arrived. It is truly the last stop. Since we have come to the final stop, everyone got off and said that the only way to live the future is to visit True Parents.
From this standpoint, we must know that in the history of God's providence of restoration and human history, joining True Parents on their path is the most glorious and golden period.
If so, what should you do? Have a grateful heart every day. You must create many such instances when we can spend time together, as we are doing now, working to fulfill Heavenly Parent’s wish, True Parents’ wishes, and the wishes of all people.
Therefore, what should you do? To begin with, ensure you are able to achieve results you are proud of in all aspects of your work. In essence, this nation must become one that attends Heaven—the Heavenly Parent and True Parents.
The reason this must be achieved is that we must be able to stand in a position of which God can be proud when we dedicate the Cheon Won Gung’s Cheon Il Sanctum on May 5 next year. “Thank you for your tireless efforts. From now on, let us completely commit to restoring not only this country, but also the entire world! We must strive only for victory!” Wouldn’t God say that? Will you do it? Based on that standpoint, please make your resolutions and take action accordingly.
In doing so, I sincerely hope that you will be able to harvest the many fruits that Heaven has been hoping to see.
Then, what should we do in this golden age? True Mother said that we should truly thank our Heavenly Parents every day and live centering on the wishes of God and True Parents.
And she said that we should bring about achievements that can produce results and be in a position that we are proud of in every aspect. In the end, she said that Cheon Il Guk must be built by creating a Korea that attends Heavenly Parents and True Parents.
However, in order to find and establish such a kingdom of God, she said that the dedication of the Cheon Won Gung’s Cheon Il Sanctum on May 5 is of utmost importance.
If we dedicate the Cheon Il Guk Temple, Heaven will recognize our hard work and praise us for making achievements that we can be proud of. True Mother emphasized that we must drive this momentum to find and establish Cheon Il Guk in a substantial way, centering on Korea, and go further to find and establish the divine unified world.
True Mother reminds us what kind of time we live in and reminds us of the importance of the Cheon Il Sanctum or Temple. I would like to encourage American brothers and sisters to prepare your heart. Of course your situation is not easy to go to Korea, but try your best. True Mother is getting old. When can we see True Mother again?
Our Mother is not just a simple lady. She is God’s beloved daughter, and she is our True Mother. She appears once in eternity. She is such a precious woman! Before she gets old, we need to support our beautiful True Mother spiritually and physically. How much do you have a longing heart for her? As long as she is alive, we have great hope we can go forward. That is our powerful hope and vision.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: The Human Fall 16: The Consequences of the Human Fall
Section 4: The Consequences of the Human Fall
• What were the consequences of the spiritual and physical fall of Adam and Eve for the entire universe, including humankind and the angels?
• Satan is the name given to the Archangel Lucifer after he fell.
• When the first human ancestors fell, they bound themselves in blood ties with Lucifer. They formed a four position foundation yoked to Satan, and thus all humanity became the children of Satan.
• This is why Jesus said to the people, "You are of your father the devil," (John 8:44) and called them a "brood of vipers" (Matt. 12:34; Matt. 23:33).
• Also in Rom 8:23, St. Paul wrote, "Not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait for adoption as sons." This indicates that no one belongs to the lineage of God, instead human beings are of the lineage of Satan.
• Adam and Eve fell while they were still immature, and they formed a four position foundation centering on Satan. Consequently, this world has come under Satan's sovereignty.
• Hence, the Bible calls Satan "the ruler of this world" (John 12:31) and "the god of this world" (II Cor. 4:4).
Let’s study Father’s word.
The Reason That we Have to Forgive our Enemy
<21-40> The Bible says that one must be forgiven even 70 times of 7 times despite of one’s sin. Then why should the sinners be forgiven over and over again? Does it mean that they are to be killed after seeking forgiveness? It’s not like that. People need to seek for forgiveness, however Satan can not. In other words, people can be forgiven but Satan can not be like that. Repeating the forgiveness is one of the strategies to expel the enemy. Do you understand what I mean? As the enemies devastate people, it can be the way of revenge to the enemies by forgiving them. (Hate sin, but do not hate the sinner. The reason why descendants can only commit sins is because of their ancestors.)
The Bible says that one must be forgiven even 70 times 7 despite one’s sin. Then why should sinners be forgiven over and over again?
As I have said last time, there is a reason why I have to forgive the sinners and my enemies. This is because the archangel, Lucifer Satan, always works through evil spirits in the spirit world, and evil spirits in the spirit world work through the evil people on earth. And evil people on earth commit sin through their own bodies.
If you find out who is behind a person's crime, you will find that it is committed by an evil spirit behind him. And the evil spirit is found to have committed such a crime by being used by Satan, who is the mastermind of evil.
Therefore, we must first know and deal with the root cause of doing evil. Rather than judging humans who have committed evil, we must punish Satan who controls humans behind the scenes. If you think like that, you can, if anything, have mercy and forgive the person who has become a tool of Satan's use. This is because that person has become a tool used by Satan behind the scenes.
In that sense, the sinner can be forgiven, but Satan cannot.
Satan is the king of devils, of evil. We need to completely remove evil. Goodness and evil cannot compromise, but the person is just used by Satan. That is why we need to forgive.
People can forgive, but Satan the devil cannot. This is because, behind human sins, Satan tramples on human beings. This is what it means to forgive those who have sinned. Therefore, we are told to hate the sin, but not the person who sinned.
That is why Jesus forgave his enemies, those who were killing him. He knew who was behind the sins.
According to True Father's words, because God knows very well the reason fallen humans were forced to commit sins by evil spirits and Satan, He had no choice but to forgive and give opportunities to those who sinned.
But the important thing is that we should not always blame our ancestors or Satan for our sins. We must take responsibility for our evil ancestors and the evil spirit world, and have the determination to forgive and liberate them.
Therefore, it is necessary to have a firm determination to clear all the cycles of sin from my first generation, go further, and become one with the True Parents, completely eradicate fallen nature, and realize an ideal family.
The People who were Born with the Blood Lineage from Satan
<41-294>All the people of the new testament era who have believed in Jesus until now is with a bunch of fakes. That’s why they must inherit the true blood lineage. The Bible says that “Of your father the devil “(John8:44)? In here who is the father of us, the human kind? It’s Satan, the devil. The devil has become our father. As we were all born with the blood ties from Satan, we have become the children of Satan. We are wild olive trees and Jesus is a true olive tree. Then what is a wild olive tree? It is an adopted child, meaning that it has different blood lineage. Do you understand? The Bible also says that “but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” (Rome 8:15), meaning that they can not call ‘father’ for they are adopted children but only can call “Abba, Father.” An adopted son can never become a direct son. They are totally different. Why is this so? Because the adopted son has a different father. (Wild Olive Trees: Adopted Children, True Olive Trees: Parents)
I don’t feel good hearing from some church leaders saying that “ We are God’s servants.” Even though Jesus said that you are like adopted children, are we only that fellow servants? We must become adopted children rather than God’s servants. I don’t feel good with the adopted children either…, that’s why they could not grow more than that but just remain as God’s servants.
We must know our identity clearly. Our identity is that we are not a son or daughter of God, but a child of Satan due to the fall of Adam and Eve. In other words, we must know for sure that our parents are the devil and Satan. However, after understanding the will, we must thoroughly know that we belong to God.
The reason why God's providence has been extended so far is that Satan reproduces his descendants through his lineage. Therefore, if this lineage of Satan is not completely eradicated, it will result in Satan continuing to reproduce his own descendants.
The most fundamental reason for the Messiah to come to this earth is to eradicate Satan's lineage and multiply God's lineage. Although Jesus came to this earth as the Messiah 2,000 years ago, he had to become a true couple and true parents through the Lamb's Supper and multiply God's lineage.
We are wild olive trees, and Jesus is the true olive tree. What is a wild olive tree? It is the adoptive child. The difference between the adoptive child and the biological child is that of lineage. Therefore, without receiving the blessing of converting Satan's lineage into God's lineage, we are forever unable to become a part of God's lineage.
Therefore, it is an amazing fact that anyone who receives the blessing (enters the) direct lineage of God. The faith of the New Testament Age is the fact that no matter how well you believe, the highest level can only be adopted. As adopted children, you can never enter the kingdom of heaven.
If you believe in Jesus, you can go to paradise spiritually, but you can never go to heaven. Therefore, it is also a reality that among the New Testament saints who have believed so far, not a single one has entered the kingdom of heaven.
This is reality. Father said, “You die, and you (will) know.”
Many Christians say that they are servants of their masters, which is very offensive from God's point of view. This is because our ultimate goal is to become sons and daughters of God's direct line, not servants.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: A Life of Not Stumbling
1. Churches today are not becoming places that genuinely give rebirth to and resurrect people. This is because people do not change through the church. So, just because we come and go to church, we must not mistakenly call ourselves believers in God. Then, where should we set our standards so that we do not stumble? We should always reflect on the standard of “truth” centered on our original mind and heart.
If you define yourself with some doctrine, organization, or affiliation, you become someone who pretends. The Jewish people mistakenly thought that they were the chosen people of Heaven because they were circumcised, but then they just became bound by their traditions and brought about the result of killing Jesus. It is the same with other religions today. In particular, because Christians are baptized and believe in Jesus, they are unable to unite with other religions based on their knowledge of the Bible and beliefs and think of True Parents and the Unification Church as enemies. What is the difference between the execution of Jesus 2,000 years ago and disbelief in the Lord of the Second Advent by today’s Christians?
Churches today are not becoming places that genuinely give rebirth to and resurrect people. So the church today is gradually declining. This is because the church today cannot experience God's presence, people are not truly experiencing resurrection, and people are not changing.
So, just because we come and go to church, we must not mistakenly call ourselves believers in God. Whether we are a true believer or not, we should not think of ourself as a believer in terms of belonging to a church, reading the Bible, and studying the Word.
Then, where should we set our standards so that we do not stumble? We should always reflect on our standard of “truth” centered on our original mind and heart. “Am I true or am I false? Am I really a true person? Or am I a liar? Am I a hypocrite or a truthful person? Do I really have love or not? Am I merciful to others or not? Have I let go of my enemies and have a heart of mercy or not? Do I really have gratitude in my heart or do I have a lot of complaints? Am I really happy or unhappy in my life of faith?” We must always ask our original mind and heart.
We should not judge centering on our Christian concept or our Unification Church concept, centering on a blessed couple concept. (If we do,) we make the same mistake. What is true or what is not true? Always reflect centering on my original mind and (about a) true standard centering on heart. Then we can really develop.
If because of different doctrines and theories and religions we judge each other based on our knowledge, that is a big problem.
If we define ourself with some doctrine, organization, or affiliation, we become a hypocrite. The Jewish people mistakenly thought that they were the chosen people of Heaven because they were circumcised, but then they just became bound by their traditions and brought about the result of killing Jesus.
If they had not had that tradition and what they had learned from Moses and the Bible and they had not thought they were chosen guys but just normal people, they would not have killed Jesus. What is the main reason they killed Jesus?
Aren't they unable to unite with other religions based on their knowledge of the Bible and beliefs and think of True Parents and the Unification Church as enemies? What is the difference between the execution of Jesus 2,000 years ago and disbelief in the Lord of the Second Advent by today’s Christians? If Christians had not believed in Jesus, they might have supported the Unification Church from the bottom of their hearts.
The Reason We Are Separated From Each Other
2. What is the difference between those who joined the Unification Church and Christians? We are same in that we also attend worship externally and study the Word like Christians. Then how much have those who read the Word and attend worship changed? Christians have not changed and neither have we. There are already other groups within our church, too. Even our members of the Unification Church are not becoming one. In conclusion, if we do not put the Word into practice centering on our original nature and heart, we will be separated. And if we do not experience the world of God’s heart, we become separated based on our own knowledge we experienced.
There are many times when everyone mistakenly thinks that they belong to where there is a sign for a certain organization. The Jewish people also made mistakes or claimed that they were the chosen people. Even Christians make the mistake of calling themselves disciples of Jesus. It is also easy for Unificationists to go on the wrong path if they claim that they are Heaven’s people and blessed families.
What is the difference between those who joined the Unification Church and Christians? Whether we are a Unificationist or a Christian is not important. We must check how much we have changed after listening to the words of the Bible and of True Parents.
How much have we changed by listening to the Word and following Jesus and True Parents, or are we the same as before? Do we live formally and habitually, or do we truly live with our shimjeong? In order not stumble, reflect on how much we are becoming a true person. Rather than judging which one is good or bad, which one is right or wrong with doctrine, reflect on how much you have changed. We should focus on how much our personality has changed.
In that sense, Christians have not changed and neither have we. There are already other groups within our church, too. Even our members of the Unification Church are not becoming one. In conclusion, if we do not put the Word into practice centering on our original nature and heart, we will be separated. If there is no experience of being born again through the Word, judgment is based on theories, habits, doctrines, and existing traditions, so it is bound to split and divide.
And if we do not experience the world of God’s heart, we become separated based on our own knowledge we experienced. When we experience the Holy Spirit and God's shimjeong and love, God will lead us in the direction (in which) everyone becomes one. And embrace all people as brothers and sisters of God with love and shimjeong.
That is why anyone who truly experiences God’s heart and rebirth and is really united with True Parents’ heart, can embrace everyone, love anyone beyond religious boundary or color boundary because he has already had an experience of God’s... parental heart that embraces little differences and understands and can digest them.
If we do not experience God’s heart and only (consider) what we have learned based on theory, habit and doctrine and existing tradition, we will easily judge people.... and then our group is really divided. This is a problem.
We need to really focus: “Since I met God and True Parents and learned the Bible and the Divine Principle and met True Parents, how much did I change? How much did I become a better person? How much true love do I have?” Our heart and love are the common points beyond any nationalities and people. Our core point is heart and love. Any who reaches that kind of level can unite with anyone. That is why we need to focus on how much we have changed.
There are many times when everyone mistakenly thinks that they belong to where there is a sign for a certain organization. The Jewish people also made mistakes or claimed that they were the chosen people. Even Christians make the mistake of calling themselves disciples of Jesus. It is also easy for Unificationists to go on the wrong path if they claim that they are Heaven’s people and blessed families.
Some parents have several children. Some are good but some really betray (them) and run away. Then the parents say, “You are not my child.”
Who is a real child? Who is a real filial son or daughter – not in terms of external blood lineage, but in terms of hyejeong, heart and love? We need to decide based on this kind of standard of truth, love and heart, right?
(Testimony Liam Jenkins, 12, Next Generation Winter Workshop at UTS)♦
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