Ep 817 - The Providential History Of Salvation From The Viewpoint Of The Principle Part 4
The Providential History of Salvation from the Viewpoint of the Principle - January 20, 2023
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Key Points
God created all beings as necessary to realize the ideal of true love.
He made humans absolute, eternal, unchanging, unique, indispensable, necessary like himself. We are indispensable to him just as he is to us.
Whoever knows this cannot commit suicide.
In the ideal of love, spouses are essential for each other, as are parents and children.
All beings are necessary for God to achieve his ideal.
Each of the four positions in the family is necessary for us to experience the four great realms of heart.
The desire of humankind is initially the original nature of creation. While our sexual organs have led humanity to the bottom of hell, they can also be the way the Kingdom of Heaven starts and spreads by multiplying true love, true life and true lineage.
Our sexual organ is the crossroad of good and evil. How we use it is what matters.
In the Family Pledge “original homeland” refers to the original world of creation with no trace of fallen nature where a true couple representing the four great realms of heart and love dwells and in whom God can dwell.
If God is in us, we have spiritual authority and we “look” holy.
If we believe in and serve our spouse as God's son or daughter, he or she can gradually reach the standard of spiritual authority.
A couple of Heaven’s heart refers to a husband and wife who attend heaven through Hyojeong, and sincerely serve each other and practice Hyojeong in all their relationships.
All our family members should use respectful “hyojeong” language with each other and speak softly. This will completely change our family atmosphere.
The language of hyojeong is serving, authoritative, respectful, soft and welcoming. We should speak feeling that God needs to speak through us.
The family kingdom of heaven begins with very small things.
The way we talk can really destroy and hurt someone’s heart. We can avoid hurting people by using hyojeong language with everyone.
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.♦
I really miss America now. According to the original plan, I was supposed to go to Korea to participate in True Parents’ birthday, then go to America. But Mother said there is no need to go to Korea. (I should) just attend the May 5 event. So I will return to America soon. I really miss all of you very much, especially our Clifton Church brothers and sisters.
Today I’d like to talk about “The Providential History of Salvation from the Viewpoint of the Principle” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 2.
<This speech was given by Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon between July 20 and October 29 on a speaking tour for Koreans residing in the United States.>
God's act of creation was necessary and we cannot imagine creation without a purpose. There was only one reason God needed the creation: to realize the ideal of true love. God developed life in pairs, from the simplest and lowest levels up to the human level, subject and object and positive and negative, to form reciprocal relationships under the ideal of love. The creation's ideal of love and God's ideal of ultimate love are not separate or different. The Principle of Creation is at work to complete the absolute love of God through the realization of true love between men and women in the human world. This is the reason why, in the beginning, God created one man and one woman, Adam and Eve.
God's purpose of creation called for Adam and Eve to obey the commandment from God, who is the subject of true love, and complete their maturation as a true man and a true woman. Beyond that, they were to become a true couple united in the true love of God and then, by having sons and daughters through true love, they would have become true parents and lived in happiness. Had Adam and Eve matured in true love, they would have fulfilled God's desire to dwell on the earth in a substantial body and when they perfected themselves as a true couple, the ideal of God's absolute love would have been fulfilled. By Adam and Eve having children of goodness and becoming true parents, God would have established substantially the position of parents eternally and achieved His ideal, which was to create an infinite number of citizens for the kingdom of heaven in heaven by means of multiplying myriad generations of loving descendants in the physical world.
God's act of creation was necessary, and we cannot imagine creation without a purpose. There was only one reason God needed the creation: to realize the ideal of true love. God is not the kind of God who would create unnecessary beings.
God did not create human beings as beings that may or may not exist. God created them as absolutely necessary beings. In that sense, we must know that we are an absolute being, not a being that may or may not exist for God.
When God created human beings, if he created them to be such beings that they may or may not exist, then God has no qualification to be human parents. No!
God's attributes are absolute, eternal, unchanging, and unique. When God created human beings, he made them eternal, unchanging, and absolutely necessary. Therefore, human beings were created as absolute beings who are indispensable to God.
On the other hand, God is not an optional being who doesn’t have to exist. He is eternally, unchangingly, and absolutely essential to human beings. So, is our partner someone who doesn’t have to exist for us? For the ideal of love, our partner is absolutely necessary for us.
Is it absolute or not that God created human beings as male and female? It is absolute. For parents, children are an absolute necessity. Parents are also absolutely essential to their children.
All things are also absolutely essential to human beings. Air, sun and water are absolutely essential to human beings. God never created anything unnecessary.
If we know that all beings exist as necessary and absolute in order to achieve God's ideal, we will respect each other and live for the sake of each other. This is a truly remarkable discovery.
Even if we look at the structure of our body, the eyes, nose, mouth, ears and all other structures are absolutely essential. If anything doesn’t work properly, we’re considered disabled. Each of the 4 positions in the family is also absolutely necessary. In order for us to experience the four great realms of heart, parents, husband and wife, siblings, and children are absolutely necessary.
God is not an optional being! He is an indispensable, necessary being. We absolutely need God. God also needs human beings, each of us. Each human being is not an optional being. Each is indispensable.
“Oh, human beings are not necessary. Sometimes I need you; sometimes I don’t.” If God created each human being like that, he would not have the qualification to be our parent.
As a wife do we need a husband? Absolutely! Our husband is not an optional being. He is an indispensable being. Our wife is an indispensable being. So are our children. God is an indispensable being. We need him absolutely, unchangingly, uniquely, eternally. (That is) absolute. (He is) not optional.
Is becoming a blessed family optional? Is becoming our spouse optional? Creation is not like that. True Mother said God’s act of creation was necessary, and we cannot imagine creation without a purpose.
There was only one reason God needed the creation; that was to realize true love. To realize the ideal of true love, (he is) a necessary(?) being. He is absolutely needed. He is an indispensable being. (That is?) the qualification to become parent.
When True Father met God, he asked him, “Heavenly Father, you asked me to become the messiah, (Father really challenged God!) How much do you need me? What percent? 10%, 70%, 100%, how much?”
God’s answer was, “I need you absolutely.” Wow! That was God’s answer.
Do you think God would only answer this to Rev. and Mrs. Moon in this way? Each one of us is a son or daughter of God. We are not optional beings. If we were just optional beings, then we (would) not have much value. Sometimes we are needed; sometimes we are not. We are not that kind of being. God needs us 120%. In order to realize his love, he needs to have an object partner.
Why? There are so many human beings. That is true, but each human being is an individual truth (body). Your character and mine are different. We each have a different character; only this person can “meet” (satisfy?) God’s joy and happiness based on his (unique) character.(?) No one is the same.
Today when I meditated on this word again and again, (I realized) God needs me not 70%, not 80%, but 100%. I am an indispensable being to God.
If we knew this, who would commit suicide? Why are people depressed?... We are an indispensable, absolute, necessary, eternal, unchanging, unique being. This is human value.
No one clearly explained human value in this way. No book describes it in this way. How could Father describe it in this way? Because he realized what the fundamental relationship between God and human beings is. That is parent and child....
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: The Human
Fall 18: Good and Evil from the Viewpoint of Purpose
• Had Adam and Eve loved each other as God intended and formed a four position foundation centered on God, they would have established a good world.
• But when they loved each other with a purpose contrary to God's intentions and established a four position foundation centered on Satan, they ended up forming an evil world.
• This demonstrates that although good and evil elements or actions may take the same form, their true nature may be discerned through the fruits they yield in accordance with the divergent purposes they pursue.
• Being part of our God-given nature, desires are good when they bear fruit for the purpose of God's Will,
• Or are evil when they bear fruit for the purpose of Satan's will.
• Accordingly, the providence of restoration may be interpreted as the process of changing the direction of this fallen world from its current satanic purpose to the purpose of building the Kingdom of Heaven, God's ideal of creation.
• Any standard of goodness set during the course of the providence is relative.
• In any particular period of history, obedient compliance with the doctrines expounded by the prevailing authorities is considered good, while actions in opposition to them are considered evil. But the change of an era ushers in new authorities and new standards.
• For the adherents of any religious tradition or school of thought, complying with the precepts of its doctrine or philosophy is good, while opposing them is evil. But whenever a doctrine or philosophy undergoes a change or if an adherent converts to a different religion or school of thought, their standard of good and evil will also change.
(• Throughout the endless cycles of conflict and revolution in human history, people have been seeking the absolute goodness which their original mind desires.)
• Once the sovereignty of Satan is expelled from the earth, then God, the eternal and absolute Being transcendent of time and space, will establish His sovereignty and His truth. In that day, God's truth will be absolute, and hence the purpose which it serves and the standard of goodness which it sets will both be absolute.
• This cosmic, all-encompassing truth will be firmly established by Christ at his Second Advent.
The Desire of Humankind is Initially the Original Nature of Creation
1. The same is true for the sexual organs of humankind. When people of this world curse, they refer to the sexual organs. Now, the sexual organs are in the most miserable context. But, there is nothing more precious than the sexual organs.
2. All men and women are born with sexual organs. Because humans have sexual organs, when the time comes, they meet the people they love. This later develops into true love, leading to true life and true lineage, which begins at the marriage blessing. By doing so, they can establish a happy family. From this point, a family, tribe, race, nation, and world is able to begin. That is how heaven originated.
3. When a sexual organ is used in the same way a blind person wanders aimlessly and without direction, it will undoubtedly lead you to the bottom of hell.
Depending on what purpose the sexual organ is used for, that is a crossroad between heaven and hell. To go to hell or heaven (depends on) how we use the sexual organ. Adam and Eve misused the sexual organ and went to hell. But if we use the sexual organ, which is the original palace, for God and for our object partner only, then definitely we can enter the Kingdom of Heaven. From the beginning our body itself was not centered on evil. How we use our instruments, our body and mind, is what is important.
Good and Evil Conflict with Each Other Because They Have the Same Structure
1. For example, if there is a sharpened knife, the knife can be good or evil depending on the purpose. When a doctor uses a knife for performing operations to save a dying patient, it is a good knife. When a murder uses a knife to kill people, it is an evil knife.
2. The same is true for the human body. A lot of religions regard the human body as a sentry post of Satan, which is stained by sexual desire and sin. So they strike their bodies while fasting and doing all-night vigils. However, originally the human body wasn’t evil from the beginning. Because of the fall, our body became Satan’s body, a body of evil. If you understand God’s will and have your body restored by centering it on God’s will, your body will become a good body.
3. Although we often think that the characteristic of human beings is evil, there are many cases in which they can be good, which is when it centers on God’s will.
If man’s fallen nature is restored and used for God’s sake, that weakness can become a great strength. For example, a stubborn person can become loyal if he uses his character for the sake of God’s will.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: What Kind of Couple Is a Couple of Heaven’s Heart?
What Family Pledge No. 1 Teaches Us
1. The lesson that the first verse of the Family Pledge gives us is to live with a life value centered on our original homeland. The “original home” part of “original homeland” in the Family Pledge refers to the original world of creation with no trace of fallen nature. And “land” refers to the holy of holies where God can dwell. Then, where is the Holy of Holies among the Holy of Holies? It is a true couple. And who is the center of the original world? It is a true married couple who represents the four great realms of heart and love. A true husband and wife represent true parents, true children, and true brothers and sisters. Therefore, the “original homeland” refers to the true couple, the holy of holies, where God can dwell. Therefore, the original homeland refers to a blessed couple casting off all their fallen natures and becoming a couple where God can dwell centered on Heaven’s heart (God’s Shimjeong) without conflict.
The “original home” part of “. And “land” refers to the holy of holies where God can dwell. Then, where is the Holy of Holies among the Holy of Holies? It is a true couple.
And who is the center of the original world? It is a true married couple who represents the four great realms of heart and love. A true husband and wife represent true parents, true children, and true brothers and sisters.
In terms of the heart, True Parents have a deeper heart, deeper than anyone else. But I am talking about “represents:” representing True Parents, true children, brothers and sisters centered on the true couple.
The original homeland refers to a blessed couple casting off all their fallen nature and becoming a holy couple where God can dwell centered on Heaven’s heart (God’s Shimjeong) without conflict.
Then, how can we become a couple of the original homeland, that is, a holy couple? Do we see our husband or wife as holy? If our partner does not appear holy to us, it means our couple is still a horizontal or humanistic couple.
Then, how can we become a holy husband and wife? If God is in us, we appear holy. If God is in us, spiritual authority automatically follows. Why does Jesus look holy? Why do True Parents look holy? Because God resides in them.
True Father says that even if the other person doesn't seem holy, has no authority, and doesn’t seem respectable, if we believe in and serve him as God's son or daughter, he can gradually reach that standard.
If we look holy, we automatically respect others. And there is a lot of spiritual authority there. A married couple of the original homeland is just such a couple. We blessed couples can fulfill the first Family Pledge when we become a couple with this kind of spiritual authority.
When we see Jesus’ life, he is like God. He had that kind of spiritual authority and power. He said, “If you see me, you see God. Why are you looking for God?” Jesus’ words are so powerful because God resides in Jesus.
When we see True Father, his word is absolutely God’s word; (it is) from God. We truly believe – and according to our experience – God resides in Father and Mother. That is why they are holy. Even though we may speak very well, give good sermons and take care in a nice way, we are not a holy man. Why? God does not reside in us. (What we do) is only a humanistic way.
In our family, when we see our wife or our husband, “Wow! My husband is really holy! I can smell God’s smell. I can see God through him.” Even our children (may say), “I really respect my father and mother. They are so holy. Even though I cannot know who the invisible God is, through seeing my father and mother, I can feel that God is something like (them), and True Parents are something like (them).
Can we show that kind of holy standard to our spouse, our children and our parents? That is why Jesus said, “You have to be a temple of God.” In order to be a temple of God, he needs to live in our heart.
If we look holy(?), we automatically respect others. This is our goal: how we can become a holy man and a holy woman, a holy couple, holy parents, holy brothers and sisters and holy children. “Holy” means God is (present).... When we discover God in them, what do we feel? Authority, spiritual dignity, no need to say, “Follow me.” We will automatically follow. Natural surrender. The original world is like that.
Family Pledge #1 (describes?) this kind of person, a holy person, a holy man and woman, centered on the original homeland.
What Kind of Couple Is a Couple of Heaven’s Heart?
2. What is a couple of Heaven’s heart? It refers to becoming a husband and wife by heaven, a couple who attend heaven through Hyojeong, and cherish each other. A husband and wife by heaven must have thorough life values. The life value of knowing who we are and who our couple is must be thorough. It refers to a married couple chosen by God who live centered on God's heart. From a worldly perspective, it is easy to see a husband and wife as a man and a woman who give and receive horizontally from the viewpoint of subject and object, but in fact, we must know that a couple is a horizontal relationship that unites centered on the vertical relationship with Heaven. As for the relationship between husband and wife, each spouse must first confirm that they have a vertical relationship with God and serve each other horizontally with the vertical heart of relating with Heaven. On top of that standard, you must become a couple who lives your lives centering on Hyojeong.
Have a Life Value of Filial Piety
3. Our life value should have a view of filial lineage, filial family, filial church, and filial job. Everything must be occupied with this Hyojeong. In order to become a family of filial piety, parents should not speak disrespectful words to their children. If you parents speak disrespectfully to your children, they will treat you horizontally, and if your position is different from theirs, they will have animosity. Try to be really respectful with your children using respectful language. If parents become solemn, their children cannot treat them carelessly. If you use respectful language with your children, their attitude will change. Also, parents who use respectful language with their children cannot be recklessly angry with them. In the family, speak soft words, cherishing words, words that are not straightforward, and always support each other. Also, don't speak disrespectful words not only to your family but also to others, and use words of Hyojeong and have the same attitude as you do in your family. We must always use the language of filial piety.
What is a couple of Heaven’s heart? It refers to becoming a husband and wife by heaven, a couple who attend heaven through Hyojeong, and sincerely serve each other. A husband and wife of Heaven’s heart must have thorough life values.
From a worldly perspective, it is easy to see a husband and wife as a man and a woman who give and receive horizontally. However, we must know that a couple of Heaven’s heart is a horizontal relationship that unites centered on the vertical relationship with Heaven.
Sometimes we look at outside couples. They (may be) a really beautiful couple without fighting. Wow! But (we should be aware whether in) that couple there is really heavenly value, a heavenly moral standard, or not. Or are they just centered on humanistic (values) having very good give-and-take?
Our life value should have a view of filial lineage – this is the first time I am talking about this – filial family, filial church, and filial job. Filial means vertical alignment. We must live lives where everything is centered on this Hyojeong.
In order to become a family of filial piety, the first thing to do is establish a tradition of always using respectful words. If our parents speak disrespectfully to our children, they will treat us horizontally, and if our position is different from theirs, they will have animosity.
(We should) try to be really respectful with our children using respectful language. If parents become solemn, their children cannot treat them carelessly. If we use respectful language with our children, their attitude will change.
When I come home, even (with) my grandchildren... As a Korean it is almost impossible to use respectful language with grandchildren or one’s own children; it is very strange in Korea. According to Korean tradition, we cannot use respectful language to children or grandchildren. Koreans have a special way to express (themselves), right?
But I am using (respectful language) with my brother and my own children and grandchildren, and my wife. This is very important. As long as we use respectful language, we cannot fight. Using respectful language means that we really treat someone – our children – as God’s representative.
Also, parents who use respectful language with their children cannot be recklessly angry with them.
In the family, we should talk with each other softly, not using strong words. (We should) talk softly, respectfully, not directly, and always be protective. In other words, we should always use the language of Hyojeong with our family. I love this expression! We need to use hyojeong language with our family!
If we follow this simple tradition and speak respectfully to each other, talk softly and respectfully and not directly, always are protective, and use the language of hyojeong, I am telling you, our family atmosphere will really change. Just using these kinds of words will change our family atmosphere completely.
Use the Language of Hyojeong
4. Secular people speak carelessly. You can tell a person's character by listening to their language. Know that this is our responsibility. Always speak only words of Hyojeong with your family and to others. Our mouth must be a holy mouth. When we use the language of Hyojeong, our words have authority. The words we use should not be words we use because we need them, but because God needs them. Those who live attending God with Hyojeong always use words of Hyojeong. If you listen to the other person's words, you can quickly know whether or not that person is really attending God with Hyojeong. Therefore, True Father often emphasized that our eyes, nose, mouth, and ears should all be used as tools to build the kingdom of God. If you do well in using respectful words and living a life of worship, you will change. And it becomes the starting point to realize an ideal family. In this way, do not forget that the family kingdom of heaven begins with very, very small things.
We can tell a person's character by the language they speak. Therefore, always speak words of Hyojeong with our family and to others.
The language of Hyojeong is always used with a heart of serving. The language of Hyojeong is always authoritative and respectful. The words we use should not be words we use because we need them, but because God needs them. Therefore, the person who uses the language of Hyojeong will have a holy mouth.
If we listen to the other person's words, we can quickly know whether or not that person has a heart of Hyojeong. Even if our daily life becomes a habit of only using respectful words, worship, and greeting first, we will change. And the spiritual atmosphere around us changes.
This kind of family is the starting point for creating an ideal family. In this way, do not forget that the family kingdom of heaven begins with very, very small things.
Please remember. Let’s use hyojeong language – respectful and polite. This is really beautiful. I really love True Father for this kind of detailed, powerful guidance.
I also selected content from some senior brothers and sisters’ testimonies in Youth Ministry. I combine Father’s word, testimony of senior brothers and sisters and my own experience. Of course, (it) is all based on Father’s word. It is very powerful and beautiful.
Let’s use the language of hyojeong. If we just practice this language of hyojeong, really using respect, in the beginning maybe it is not easy (and may feel) external, but later on it will become more internal.
Why do we fight? Because we use our own satanic language, very bilated(dilated?) language. The way we talk can really destroy and hurt someone’s heart. We need to decide to use hyojeong language with everyone. It can change our life.
(Testimony Chungbom Katayama, 2022 Midwest CARP Workshop, Midwest CARP director)♦
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