Ep 511 - The Movement for the Unification for North and South Korea Part 2
The Movement for the Unification of North and South Korea 146-31-13-40 - March 20, 2022
(Response to sharing) I always speak about the concept of total salvation and the concept of total investment. Do not waste even one second, one minute, even for a moment. (You should have) really total concentration and investment. Whatever I do, taking care of our young generation, second generation, every moment, every second is connected to eternity. That is why each moment of our life of faith is so precious!♦
(Shows photos) Last night I came back to New York and am preparing to go to subregion 3 very soon.
Yesterday, I visited GPA members at the Morgan Ranch, Texas. I was so happy to see our heavenly, beautiful children. I felt overwhelmed. They are handsome boys and beautiful girls! I gave guidance to GPA regarding the purpose of witnessing, which is to experience God’s heart, and also how God’s concern is total salvation. Some of them shared with tears. I was really moved by some of the GPA reflections after they came back from overseas.
Our brother Roland gave a very beautiful report of the Cheon Il Guk missionaries’ activities from Albania, Benin, Dominican Republic, and Zambia.
We heard testimonies from Cheon Il Guk missionaries who went overseas; they had a tearful and heartistic sharing about experiencing God’s heart to save all humankind. Each team offered a great performance.
Today I’d like to talk about “The Movement for the Unification of North and South Korea” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 1.
Humankind has suffered through World War I and World War II and after World War II, there was endless conflict between democracy and communism. Since then, Korean regained independence from 40 years of Japanese occupation and suffered through the horrors of the Korean War, leaving Korea one of the last divided nations in the world today.
The division of the Korean peninsula into north and south is the global fruit grown from the seeds of good or evil that were sown from Cain and Abel due to the Fall of the first ancestors. In other words, the North's communism is the result of a Cain-type view of life and structure that appeared in history. It represents a world communist camp by denying religious values and establishing an atheist communist country. On the other hand, the South is the result of an Abel-type view of life and structure that appeared in history. It is a representative nation of the free world and is the country that has more religions than any other on earth.
Soon, the Koreas will represent the division between good and evil in the world, with South Korea representing good and North Korea representing evil. The Korean peninsula will represent the whole world in the last battle between good and evil. Therefore, unification on the Korean peninsula is the key to world peace and unification. Thus, Korean reunification is not a simple political event or task.
Unification is the providential historical gateway to realizing God's ultimate goal of the providential history of salvation, which is the restoration of heaven on earth, an ideal world of interdependence, mutual prosperity and universally shared values. It is a three-dimensional task that concerns countless people in this world. Thus, Korean reunification is not a problem that can be solved through politics alone.
Therefore, in early December 1991, for seven days, he visited North Korea and held a meeting with its leader of the time, President Kim II-sung, in order to inform him of Heaven's command and God's Will regarding the matter of unification.
Father spoke clearly: "North Korea and South Korea cannot unify with Juche ideology. With Godism and Unification Thought, which is head-wing thought, North Korea and South Korea can achieve peaceful unification and become a unified Korea that can lead the whole world.” He openly refuted the hackneyed story that the South had invaded the North on June 25 rather than the North invading the South. While touring the world with my husband, I have met many leaders in various countries. Yet, during my visit to Pyongyang, I needed particularly resolute and serious determination.
The Bible records how Jacob's older brother, Esau, tried to kill him, but through severe trials and hardships, Jacob moved Esau's heart with wisdom and devotion and the two brothers were able to reconcile. Through similar efforts, my husband and I held successful negotiations with Kim II-sung of North Korea.
Korean reunification is not only the politicians' responsibility, but God can intercede. Even now, Reverend Moon is mobilizing a foundation across the globe to achieve Korean unification according to God's Will. He is tackling it day and night to build an ideal world of peace without immorality and decadence. (1992.06.10, 1992, Little Angels Performing Arts Center, Seoul, Korea)
Let's summarize what True Parents said here.
1. Korea is the last divided nations in the world today.
2. The division of the Korean peninsula into north and south is the global fruit grown from the seeds of good or evil that were sown from Cain and Abel due to the Fall of the first ancestors.
3. The Koreas will represent the division between good and evil in the world, with South Korea representing good and North Korea representing evil. The Korean peninsula will represent the whole world in the last battle between good and evil.
4. Therefore, unification on the Korean peninsula is the key to world peace and unification
True Father said that if only North and South Korea just unite centering on God, world peace will automatically come about.
Therefore, God’s final providence is the providence centered on the reunification of the Korean peninsula. Because of this, centered on the Korean peninsula, many problems are occurring between surrounding powerful nations.
The current war between Russia and Ukraine should also be viewed from this perspective.
In that sense, Korea’s 38th parallel is like the boundary between the whole communist world and the democratic world.
From a providential point of view, centering on South Korea, the mother nation Japan, and the elder son nation, America, must become one with True Mother to deal with the Cain realm centered on North Korea.
On the other hand, in the Cain Realm centering on North Korea, China, the Eve nation, and Russia, the archangel nation of (the) Cain (side), are uniting and fighting against the Abel realm by forming a cooperative system.
5. Korean reunification is not a simple political event or task.
6. Unification is the providential historical gateway to realizing God's ultimate goal of the providential history of salvation, which is the restoration of heaven on earth, an ideal world of interdependence, mutual prosperity and universally shared values.
7. Korean reunification is not a problem that can be solved through politics alone.
8. Korean reunification is not only the politicians' responsibility, but God can intercede.
Since Korean reunification is the final battle between God and Satan, it cannot be solved through politics alone.
In Korea reunification, God must become the center and (the situation) must be intervened (in) by God.
Therefore, the unification of the Korean Peninsula must be unification centered on True Parents on behalf of God.
In that sense, as the eldest son, the United States must do its best for the father nation.
Therefore, we must offer a lot of prayer and jeongseong for the providence of cheon il guk centered on the Korean peninsula. How seriously our True Mother is focused on heavenly unified Korea! That is why we need to really support our True Mother (in) how we can establish substantial cheon il guk centered on the Korean peninsula.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: Principle of Creation 26 - Family Perfection is the Completion of the 4 Great Realms of Heart
Let’s study EDP content first.
• In order to fulfill God's second blessing, individually-perfected Adam and Eve, by joining in loving oneness as husband and wife and raising children, should have constructed a God-centered four position foundation in their family.
• A family or society that has formed the four position foundation in line with God's ideal is patterned after the image of a perfect individual. It thus becomes the substantial object partner to the individual who lives in oneness with God, and consequently, it also becomes the substantial object partner to God.
• The individual feels joy, and likewise God feels joy, when each perceives in this family or community the manifestation of his own internal nature and external form.
• Thus, when God's second blessing is fulfilled, this family or community also becomes a good object partner giving joy to God.
Recently I have shared Dr. Sang Hun Lee‘s thought about the four great realms of heart. Father asked him to properly explain (this), and he came to the headquarters church a long time ago and explained it.
Today we are talking about (it) centered on the universe and full of love. Particularly I would like to talk about conjugal love.
(7) Center of the Universe and the Fruit of Love
1. Conjugal love is not only the love of one man and one woman, but God’s love, family love, and love of the creation all summed up together as an unified love.
2. When love is summed up, it gives rise to a multiplication effect, and appears as a difficult to control starting power and motion. The place of union of such a couple is the position representing the universe, that is to say the center of the universe as well as the position where the ideal of creation is completed, and the position of the 2nd creator.
Since the union and love between a man and a woman in a couple represents the union and love of the universe, when a husband and wife become one, they love the universe and occupy the universe.
A couple's love is to occupy God. In that sense, my husband and I should serve and love each other like the universe.
What do you think it is to love the universe? Don't think too big. When a wife loves her husband, and a husband loves his wife, that is the love of the universe. This is the way to become a second creator.
The way to conquer the universe is for a husband to conquer his wife with true love, and for a wife to conquer her husband with true love. Also, this is the way to conquer God.
Dear brothers and sisters, starting today, when you love your spouse, think that “I love the universe.” Shout out to each other that, “You are my universe.”
“Hey Darling, my heavenly honey, you are my universe.” We need to shout to each other as husband and wife: “You are my universe! I love my universe!” We need that kind of thinking and concept of really loving each other and shouting to each other. This is a beautiful commitment to really connect and (have) a closer relationship between husband and wife.
3. The Messiah (humankind’s True Parent) is the person who comes as the standard model of such a 2nd creator. That makes this position the most precious and holy position, the position resembling God.
4. Therefore family and at the same time all other external loves(love for the race, humankind, creation, fraternal love, patriotism, etc.) also have their root in conjugal love.
Conjugal love represents all love. Because everything in any being is a pair.
The root of my love for people, for humanity, for my compatriots and for my country, comes from conjugal love.
Therefore, when I love my country, humanity, compatriots, and motherland, I must love them as I love my spouse.
5. This is because conjugal love is not simply the love between yang and yin, but represents the love between all types of subjects and objects. In other words it represents the love of substance(mind) and form(body), as well as the love between master and servant.
6. For example, man is heaven and woman is earth. It is the relationship of God and His object, creation. Therefore conjugal love represents the love between God and creation(humanity).
7. Additionally, man as the mind(substance) commands the wife and woman as the body(substance) does the action, thus the relationship of a couple is the relationship of subject and object as the Sungsang and Hyungsang.
8. Consequently conjugal love represents all the love between all of the universe’s intangible and tangible existences.
9. In such a sense a conjugal relationship is a subject and object relationship. Consequently, from such a viewpoint, conjugal love is the representative of all loves between a tangible center(subject) and object. (For example: between teacher & pupil, government and citizens, sun and earth, nucleus and cytoplasm, etc.)
Today we learned (from) beautiful guidance centered on our True Parents. I think Dr. Sang Hun Lee described the meaning of conjugal love very well.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: Three Kinds of Crosses (Series 5) - Which Cross am I Carrying?
1. As the Israelites went on their journey in the wilderness, they were in a hurry to solve their hunger and thirst. Among the 600,000 followers of Moses, how many people were genuinely concerned about him? How hard was it for Moses to lead the Israelites? How many people were worried about how pitiful his position was? How many people at that time thought that Moses was worried about his people so much that he couldn't worry about his own personal affairs? We can see that very few people were concerned about him, who had to take responsibility for the Israelites when they all complained that they had no water and no food.
Which cross am I carrying?
Faith that carries the cross on the left is busy solving the problems of one's own circumstances. They cannot afford to worry about Abel's situation. But the faith of the right cross is trying to understand Abel's heart as they worry about and struggle to relieve their center, Abel's cross while carrying their own cross.
While witnessing, the faith of the cross on the left learns the circumstances of others and gradually understands Abel's position. As we raise spiritual children through witnessing, we understand the circumstances and heart of the center. Therefore, witnessing is the best training to get to know the Lord and the circumstances of God.
The faith of the cross on the right side is not only concerned about his Abel, but also his Cain who follows and respects him. Those who do not have spiritual children who follow and respect me cannot always go beyond the faith of the cross on the left. Only when I have someone who respects and follows me can I go beyond the faith of the cross on the left. In order to have faith in the cross on the right hand, a substantial result of love is absolutely necessary.
In order to reach the level of the foundation of substance we need to raise up my followers who really respect me and follow me. This kind of life of faith is connected more to the faith of (the thief on) the right-hand.
2. The word to take up the cross and follow the Lord means to know the suffering of the Lord whenever I am suffering. Those words mean to accept, follow, help, and serve the Lord while feeling that my suffering is not just my suffering but the Lord’s suffering. We all go on the path of hardship for the sake of the Will, but what kind of suffering are we going through ourselves? It was very painful for those who bore the cross on both sides of Jesus to bear the cross together. They both found it difficult to bear the pain. Both bled equally. However, one side accused Jesus, and the other side testified that Jesus was right. One committed a crime, and the other was saved.
Growing your faith and making an effort to carry Abel’s cross on his behalf is the faith of the right cross.
Whenever the pain of one’s own cross is heavy and difficult, the faith of the right cross comforts Abel and the Lord while thinking that the crosses they carry are heavier.
Whenever I have troubles, treat my troubles as the troubles of the Lord. Then, the circumstances of the Lord become my circumstances, and the pain of the Lord becomes my pain.
If I treat my suffering as the suffering of the Lord, I will automatically be freed from my suffering, and I will grow into a different dimension. This is the way to overcome hardship.
3. Today, we also go through hardship together on the path of faith. However, it is human responsibility to decide whether to be saved or to sin because of one’s suffering. As you go down the path of hardship, it is decided which side you are on. The direction of the crosses on both sides was decided centering on the cross of Jesus. Even today, every time we suffer, are we members who care about Heaven or do we complain about our suffering and say that we can't go on any longer? “I can’t suffer any more,” “When will this suffering end!” “Has God forsaken me!” There are people who complain like this. “Why does my suffering continue like this?” “Why can’t my work go well?” “Has God forsaken me?” These complaints are resenting God.
Everyone goes carrying a cross without exception. But while going through hardships, one’s own identity quickly reveals what type of person one is.
For example, maybe many GPA brothers and sisters are watching this Morning Devotion.
When you do fundraising, your identity is quickly revealed. It shows whether I am a dissatisfied person or not, or how impatient or patient I am, whether I am an easily angered person or not, whether I am an easy-going person or not, whether I am a lover of people or not. If you do fundraising, all of your fallen nature will come out.
If you do fundraising, you can quickly find out whether you have faith in the cross on the left or the faith on the right cross.
My dear GPA brothers and sisters, members, are you of the left cross? Or do you have the faith of the right cross? When you complain and all kinds of fallen nature comes out, then you are very near the left-hand cross. But if you are very patient and understand very well, when you feel difficulties and can feel God’s difficulties and can have more understanding of Abel’s heart, True Father’s heart, True Mother’s heart, and Heavenly Father’s heart, then you have grown up a lot. Your life of faith is more connected to the right-hand cross.
When I face hardships, do I have complaints or do I think more about True Parents who are facing even greater hardships? If you worry more about your own cross than Abel’s, you need to go to the front line and have to undergo more training.
When you are focusing on fundraising and you see your reality, all kinds of fallen nature and complain easily up and down and easily compromise, no patience, then you (need to) strongly resolve, “No matter what, I need to break through in fundraising. Through fundraising I want to change my character. I cannot be this kind of person. I really need to adjust my character and (determine) how I can remove this kind of fallen nature. I need to stabilize.” That is why you need to work harder; you need to go to the front line. You need to challenge yourself and overcome. A life of faith is overcoming and challenging. If you try to avoid hardship and suffering, there is no way to get rid of your fallen nature. That’s why whenever you discover your fallen nature, you are very up and down and not stable, then you need to go to the front line more. You need to challenge your fallen nature. “No matter what, I need to overcome it. I need to get a victory. I have to be a victor.”
A life of faith is (one of) challenging and overcoming. “I don’t want to be a left-hand thief. I cannot be a left-hand thief. I need to be a right-hand thief and more Abel-type and more concerned about Jesus. When I think about Jesus’ suffering and (that of) True Parents and God, this kind of challenge and overcoming is very important in our daily life. That is why you need to challenge (yourself). Don’t avoid suffering. “God gave me suffering in order to remove my fallen nature and to develop a more heartistic relationship with God. To the extent that I get rid of my fallen nature, I can come closer to Heavenly Father.
If you are still complaining and complaining and are up and down, you are still the same as the left hand thief with complaints and dissatisfaction.
4. Asking who will understand my suffering is also resenting others. We really need to reflect on whether we are carrying the cross on the left or the cross on the right. What kind of cross do God and True Parents want us to bear today? What kind of cross did the True Parents who came to this earth entrust to us today? The cross that Jesus entrusted to us when he came to this earth is different from the cross True Parents entrusted to us. Jesus said, “Take up your cross and follow me,” but True Parents said, “Let's take up God's cross and relieve God’s resentment.” Through these words, we should know that we have responsibility as children of God. This is the cross from a principled point of view.
Jesus said to us, “Take up your cross and follow me.” But True Parents said, “Take up other people’s crosses.” They said (to) take up the cross of the nation and world.
Furthermore, they told us to become filial children who take up the cross of God and TPs.
What kind of cross do we, who are living in the era of cheon il guk, go on and carry? We are ones who must go and carry the cross of hyojeong that liberates God’s Han and sorrow.
I am really grateful for our True Parents. We have learned so many things from True Parents: how I can take ownership -- not only taking up my own cross, not just following Jesus and True Parents. Father says, “Let’s take up God’s sorrowful cross, God’s suffering cross. Let’s liberate sorrowful God. Let’s relieve God’s incredible han. This is the hyojeong cross, True Mother says. When you have hyojeong, you willingly, happily, voluntarily take up God’s cross, God’s sorrowful cross, True Parents’ suffering cross. Then we can have strong determination to relieve God’s sorrow, True Parents’ sorrow, and substantially establish God’s cheon il guk on the earth.♦
NOTE: This lightly edited transcription may contain errors and omissions. Indecipherable or uncertain words and guesses are tagged with a “(?)” and indecipherable phrases, with an ellipsis “ ...”. First, second and third person pronouns have been left as spoken if the meaning is clear, and other apparently Korean English expressions have been preserved. Some repeated phrases have been eliminated. This text and the powerpoint slides from this speech are available as pdf files at the top of this text and at text.morndev.com & yong.hoondok.com. Audio only is available at anchor.morndev.com, spotify.morndev.com & audio.morndev.com.♦