Ep 518 - Peace Road Part 2
Peace Road 153-38-13-40 - March 27, 2022
Today is a very beautiful Sunday. I hope you can have a great time together with your communities, with your brothers and sisters.
(Showing photos) Yesterday I had breakfast with Chicago family church ministry members.
I talked about how to run our church ministry properly (and) the role of each department. It was a great time to share with each other. I could know more about their situation.
We had lunch with the Sub-Region 3 Kodan leaders. I had a chance to share their situation.
Also, I had a Kodan and Japanese Outreach meeting at the Chicago Family church. I had personal touch with each Japanese member, and heard their beautiful stories. I was so moved by their testimonies about having spiritual children through campus witnessing and other activities.
I gave guidance about the mindset of witnessing and encouraged them to have their own spiritual children. I also asked them to read DP EDP books with guests in order to raise their spiritual children.
Today I’d like to talk again about “Peace Road ” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 1.
Father taught us many things and started a lots of projects. I am making plans and working hard to ensure they yield more concrete results. A few days ago, I visited the construction site of the Korea-Japan Undersea Tunnel in Japan. Father presented his plans on the World Peace Highway and the Korea-Japan Undersea Tunnel at the 10th ICUS conference in 1981. Japanese members who heard about it then wanted to carry out the project and bought land in Karatsu, located at the shortest distance from Korea. They began digging the tunnel five years later. They were able to tunnel under the sea 600 meters. They had to stop, however, as they could not focus on that alone due to the on-going global providence. However, there are still Japanese members who continue to work hard on this project.
Powerful nations today are not looking into the future of this world and are putting their national interests first. It is today's reality to see nations prioritize their national interests regardless of what happens to their neighboring countries. The Korean peninsula is still divided between the North and South and these circumstances make it difficult for the Korea-Japan Undersea Tunnel to be constructed. However, as the True Parents, we must think of the whole world and cannot stand still.
Great Britain and France waged the Hundred Years' War against each other in the past. However, when Germany began to rise, they felt threatened and joined hands to build the Euro Tunnel under the Strait of Dover. Their heads of state joined forces and mobilized private capital to build the tunnel. If the Korean and Japanese governments could likewise join forces, this project also could be fully realized through private capital. We have prepared for this project for the past 30 years, and 28 prefectures in Japan are supporting the project. If Japan makes that connection to Russia, Korea will become like an island nation. Yet, there are no politicians foreseeing this.
I asked that an actual map of the World Peace Highway be drawn. We should not simply talk about a path leading to one world. Hence, I asked that a map be drawn—a map that shows how this can be executed in the next few years on the basis of a substantial plan. At one end, the highway will begin from Santiago, Chile, in South America, go through Central America, cross Canada, pass through the Bering Strait Undersea Tunnel, traverse Russia and move toward Asia. At the other end, the highway will begin from the Cape of Hope, Africa, cross through Europe and the Middle East and move toward Asia. In conclusion, all of these roads will meet in Korea. I hope you will all participate in this project. (2016.11.18, Cheon Jeong Gung)
Let's study True Parents' words about the World Peace Highway in the Cheonseong Gyeong.
<Cheon Seong Gyeong, P. 1133> The Korea-Japan Tunnel will impact Asia. Once that route links Korea and Japan with a railroad, many of the goods transported across the world from Asia, the United States and the Pacific region will pass through Korea. Once the Korean Peninsula is unified and the tunnel is constructed, the time will come when trains through Korea will transport a great quantity of goods.
It has been quite a while since we began excavating the Korea-Japan Tunnel. When we open the way from Japan through the Korean Peninsula to China, the unification of South and North Korea will not be a problem. Then Japan also will have hope for the future. I consider that this tunnel is paving the way to supply Japan with the boundless resources of the continent.
<Cheon Seong Gyeong, P. 1134> In establishing the kingship of peace in the world, the Korean Peninsula needs to be capable of playing a leading role. For that to happen, first South and North Korea need to be unified based on the cooperation of Japan and Korea, and next a tunnel needs to be built to connect the Korean Peninsula to Japan and the Pacific. Then, under the leadership of the United States, Korea can join forces with Japan and Taiwan in the Pacific and they can bind with the nations that had been their enemies.
The Korea-Japan Tunnel will become an important strategic point in the economic distribution channel. If Japan were to export goods to Europe, the Middle East and all across Russia through Vladivostok or Dalian, but not Korea, it would be difficult. But if we build a highway through Korea, branching out into three different routes, Japanese producers would be able to transport goods to places as far away as London. Products of Europe and Asia could move through this route to the five major continents.
<Cheon Seong Gyeong, P. 1135> The issue of the Bering Strait is the key to establishing the kingdom of peace. Now that you have come to the arena of the final battle, you need to persuade people with a lot of money to assist with this. You can tell them, “At this juncture in time, I know of something that will generate more value than diamond mines, gold mines, or mines of the twelve birthstones. You had better invest in it, even if you have to sell your property, your lands, or even the soil of your nation.”
When a tunnel is excavated across the Bering Strait, connecting the continents of the Pacific Rim through Russia and Alaska, the era will arrive when people will be able to travel anywhere on the globe by car. The Korea-Japan tunnel will be part of it. When that comes to pass, Korea will become the hub. I am the only person with this vision, who has influence in Europe, Africa, South America, the Asian continent, even the islands of the seas. I have laid a foundation in all the member states of the United Nations.
I will summarize the contents of True Father’s words on the Korea-Japan Tunnel and the Bering Strait Tunnel.
What is the Impact and Purpose of the Korea-Japan Tunnel?
1. If the road from Japan to China through the Korean Peninsula is opened, the road to the unification of South and North Korea will be opened.
2. The world's cargo go through Korea to reach two-thirds of Asia, the United States, and the Pacific region, and therefore (Korea) plays a central role as the homeland of humankind.
3. Japan can supply unlimited resources to the continent and can receive many resources from the continent.
4. This is because the Korean Peninsula must be able to play a leading role as a central nation of the providence in establishing the royal authority of world peace.
5. It is to unify North and South Korea centering on Japan and Korea.
6. It is to connect Japan and the Pacific.
Why is the Bering Strait Tunnel Needed?
1. This is because the Bering Strait tunnel is the number one key to establishing the kingdom of peace.
2. If only the oceanic sphere is connected by drilling a tunnel that connects Russia and Alaska with the Bering Strait as the center, an era of peace will come when you can travel anywhere in the world by car.
Maybe it will take a long time to accomplish this Bering Strait tunnel project and also (the tunnel) between Korea and Japan. The important thing is that our True Parents have initiated this project for the sake of world peace in order to establish the kingdom of heaven on earth. That is why the True Parents have this concept and idea and blueprint. I think all of our descendants someday will surely appreciate that True Parents had that idea. How much our True Parents think about world peace! We really need to inherit this kind of spirit, how to really establish world peace.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: Principle of Creation 27 - Family Perfection is the Completion of the 4 Great Realms of Heart (Centered on True Father’s Words)
I would like to share again based on Father’s word.
Completion of the 4 Great Realms of Heart
<263-57> When are the Four Great Realms of Heart perfected? When do sons and daughters achieve perfection, and when do brothers and sisters achieve perfection? When do husband and wife achieve perfection, and when do parents achieve perfection? It is when they consummate their marriage. When marriage takes place, it is at that time that three types of love; children’s love, siblings’ love, and husband–wife’s love, all bear fruit. That is how it is on the earth. The parents reside in heaven.
Why did Father say that the time when Adam and Eve get married is when the four great realms of heart are completed?
That is because when Adam and Eve reach the position of children-siblings-married couple, God's position becomes the first generation, True Parents become the second generation, and the blessed couple becomes the third generation. (So,) God comes to stand in the position of completion of the four great realms of heart.
Therefore, the place where the blessed man and woman get married becomes the place where the four great realms of heart are completed centering on God and True Parents.
However, the path that the blessed families (take to) complete the substantial four great realms of heart on earth centered on the 1st generation is to give birth to (children?), grandchildren and obtain 3 generations including great grand children. If you have (those) three generations based on your position, your couple, (then) your family can complete the realm of the heart, the four position foundation.
God has Also Been Growing
<259－44> God himself has also been growing. God created, through the form of the substantial Adam and Eve, the children, siblings, husband and wife, and parents that he envisioned in His invisible formless mind. By experiencing them grow as siblings, husband and wife, and parents, God experienced them as his own second self, and through this, He feels infinite joy as the God who has perfected His ideal of true love.
God’s blueprint, which is the four great realms of heart, he (has) already completed spiritually, internally, but he did not complete them yet physically. How can he complete his blueprint based on the four great realms of heart? He needs to grow up together with his own children based on Adam and Eve. That is why Father says here that God has also been growing. When your children become ten years old, (their) parents (also) become ten years old, growing together.
But in terms of the internal growing centered on the four great realms of heart, God (will) not yet (have) completed (growing) until our True Parents come to the earth.
<259－44> As human beings we are created to feel joy in the same way that God does. For that reason, no matter who we are, we come to stand in the position of a child, sibling, spouse or parent to someone else. No matter who we are, as human beings, we come to establish families centering on the four great realms of heart; our families are the base for us to experience the ideal realm of heart. And just like God, only those of us who actually experience the four great realms of heart can find oneness anywhere in the kingdom on earth and the kingdom in heaven. The reason we feel drawn to establish families is because we want to become such ideal human beings. For the same reason, all human beings, whoever we are, must seek for the original family and restore the protected nest of love.
Completion of the realms of heart in the four position foundation centered on the intangible God can only be achieved when God becomes the 1st generation, True Parents the 2nd generation, and the blessed couple the 3rd generation.
The completion of the Four Position Foundation centered on True Parents is achieved when True Parents become the 1st generation, the blessed couple becomes the 2nd generation, and the blessed second generation becomes the 3rd generation.
The completion of the four position foundation centered on the blessed couple is achieved when the blessed couple becomes the 1st generation, the blessed second generation becomes the 2nd generation, and the blessed third generation becomes the 3rd generation.
We need to know this clearly. Not just centering on God, not only centering on True Parents, after receiving the Blessing from God and True Parents, we need to have our own four position foundation substantially. That is why we need to have 3 generations. Then you need to experience the heart of the grandparents (as well as) the heart of the parents. I am really amazed by our True Parents’ continual guidance about how to fulfill the four great realms of heart. We really need our children and grandchildren. Our children, our grandchildren and great grandchildren are the ones who will complete our four great realms of heart. Through them we can establish substantially the four position foundation.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: Do Not Enjoy Glory Centered on Yourself
Recently I have been continually talking about the Bible verse Revelations 2:1-17. Today I would particularly like to talk about the Church in Pergamum. It is very interesting. We need to reflect on why the Lord praised them and also why he rebuked them. We need to study this and learn how to apply this to our church and reflect on what the lord is talking about.
To the Church in Pergamum (Revelation 2:12-17)
12 “To the angel of the church in Pergamum write:
These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword.
13 I know where you live—where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me, not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death in your city—where Satan lives.
14 Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols and committed sexual immorality.
15 Likewise, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
16 Repent therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
17 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it.
Based on this Bible verse, let’s study more in detail.
1. The Lord commended the church in Pergamum for holding to their faith under a threatening environment where Satan’s throne is, even if some were martyred. To keep faith in the midst of Satan's throne means that you kept your faith well even in a position where you enjoy wealth and glory and in a position that the world envies you. This is really difficult. The Church of Pergamum had money, authority, and everything that was good in the Satanic world, but they served God faithfully. This church is the opposite of the Smyrna church. The Lord praised this church very much.
2. However, the Lord has a rebuke against this church in Pergamum. It was that the church was promiscuous and worshiped idols. Therefore, it is a church that needs a double-edged sword. They had to be able to clearly distinguish between the words. When a person is in power, it is easy to take a bribe. If he has a lot of money, he will receive some gifts from others. When he sits on the throne, he gets bribes from everyone. In the Bible, this is called an idol sacrifice. It can be thought of as an idol offering to receive without payment. In this way, it seems that the church in Pergamum was rebuked for eating food sacrificed to idols because it was received without paying the price.
3. If even our pastors eat without paying any price and if they are indebted, this is the same as eating food sacrificed to idols. If you are on the throne, it is easy to be in a position to receive idol sacrifices. It's like when the son of a rich family spends money at home, he doesn't know that tears are behind the money. The son of a rich family does not know the value of money and is just too busy spending. Just as the son of a rich family does not know that his parents risked their lives and labored to accumulate wealth, we also do not know the value of the blessings we have received from True Parents today. You do not know how hard True Parents worked behind the scenes. Until I was called before the will today, I did not know how much God and True Parents paid the price for me. As a result, I am not very good at dealing with reality. The reason we are not able to contribute to reality even though we are called by God is because we have not inherited the historical spirit behind True Parents.
4. The amazing thing about the church in Pergamum is that it was sitting on the throne in the world of Satan and keeping faith, so a victor like the Lord was seated in that place. Today, we too have received many blessings thanks to True Parents. However, if we like to be respected by others but are not worthy of respect, it is equivalent to eating food sacrificed to idols. What an idol is referring to is asking for blessings without paying the price for efforts.
What do you think an idol is? In short, if there is anything I love more than God, it is an idol. Do you understand?
If I love money more than God, I am serving an idol. If I love sex more than God, then sex is my idol.
If I love myself more than I love God, it's like serving an idol.
If I love the desire to eat, drink, sleep, and have sex more than God, I am serving idols.
If I love my body more than my heart and my body is in control, it is like serving an idol.
Do not blame people for worshiping a statue of Buddha or other (figures). We cannot blame them.
If I love my children more than God -- “I don’t care about God. I (will) only take care of my children, more than anything else” -- my children become my idols.
Next, they said that if I receive something without hard work, that is, without paying a price, it is like serving idols.
All fallen human beings live by worshiping idols. Do not think that just worshiping a golden calf or any superstition are the only idols.
Every fallen man without exception is worshiping idols. We need to really reflect about that. Anything I love more than God is an idol. How can we blame somebody (else for worshiping idols)? True Father said that many people are even using Jesus' cross without (engaging) their hearts, trying to heal their sickness or (resolve) their own situation. They try to get some kind of fortune worship using Jesus’ cross. That is worshiping (an idol).
Even when I go to Thailand, everywhere they are using Buddha’s statue (for healing or solving problems?). That becomes an idol.
When there is no involvement of your mind and heart and love, that is worshiping idols.
Those who cannot control their body are highly likely to serve idols.
Because I love my body more than my heart and mind, I am more focused on what to eat, what to wear, what to drink, more than on God’s will. That is worshiping idols.
We cannot blame any other religion -- Buddhism or Islam or any other religion.
We need to reflect: am I worshiping God or idols?
If you love your body more, (you) love eating and sleeping, getting materials, getting more money (more) than loving God. Wow! We need to really reflect about that.
What is the greatest commandment? You need to love God more than anything else with your whole soul, whole heart, (and) whole mind(?). You need to love God more than anything else. That is vertical alignment. If you miss this kind of situation, something becomes wrong. You will try (to avoid) troubles, but all kinds of problems will occur with your children, your spouse, your husband, your parents, your neighbors, and with your Cain and Abel. What is the fundamental reason? Because we are worshiping (ourself?) … “I love me more than anything else,” serving myself more than God, serving my body’s desires more than anyone else.
We cannot blame anyone else (for worshiping idols). We need to blame our own self. How much do I practice God’s first commandment? Do I really put God as a top priority, more than anyone else? How about my children, my family -- even though they have the name of a blessed couple, second generation or third generation. We need to reflect on that. Whatever we do, we do not use our heart. Without heart and mind and sincerity, only putting our body first, that is a life of idols.
As long as I serve idols, God cannot come to me and live with me. To serve the heart rather than the body is to serve God. Serving others more than yourself is serving God. To live and serve for a greater purpose is to serve God.
Wow! Even though the lord appeared giving this kind of inspiration and revelation (about) that church, this is very (much) related to our daily life, to our family life.
Truly let’s serve God. Only God is my lord, only True Parents are our lord. I need to love God, love the Lord, love True Parents more than anything else. Then I have a clear order between God and myself, and everything can go on very smoothly.♦
(Response to sharing) How can I put God as (my) top priority? It is not so complicated. How can we put God first? I always tell you that you need to deny yourself. Denying yourself means treating yourself as belonging to God. If you treat yourself as God’s belonging, then this is incredible self-denial.
(Then) you are no longer dead because God is doing everything through your body, through your heart. That is the best way to worship and attend God. As long as you deny yourself, as long as you treat yourself as God’s belonging, you will very much have new concepts and new ideas. You will have no need to have preconceptions. You (will be able to) deal with anyone with a very fresh heart and a fresh mind because “I do not belong to myself; I belong to God.”
You say you don’t have confidence. “This is difficult. This is impossible.” (However,) this is centering on your idea. It is worshiping yourself. This is centering on your own mindset. That is why you need to deny (yourself). If you treat yourself as God’s belonging, (then) nothing is impossible. You can divine everything in the name of God because you belong to God. You treat your body as God’s belonging.
Then you can get along with God for 24 hours, every second, every day. That is the life of putting God as your top priority.♦
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