Ep 827 - The Providential History Of Salvation From The Viewpoint Of The Principle Part 14
The Providential History of Salvation from the Viewpoint of the Principle - January 30, 2023
Key Points
The rejection of Jesus by the Israelites made his mission as the messiah very challenging and ultimately led him to the cross.
But his family environment was also problematic, namely: Zachariah and Elizabeth could not protect Mary; Joseph could not protect Mary and Jesus until the end; Mary’s faith diminished over time; John the Baptist ultimately doubted Jesus; and the disciples under threat denied and abandoned him.
Without the support of his own family and that of Zachariah, Jesus was seen as an illegitimate son and grew up with “indescribable loneliness.”
Humanity has had to bear unimaginable indemnity because of the fall.
After True Parents have indemnified all 6,000 years of sinful history and blessed us, if a blessed member falls, God cannot take responsibility for it.
Nonetheless, a family member who commits adultery must follow the Blessed Family Department guidelines for the process of paying indemnity.
The spouse whose partner commits an obscenity must shed many tears for him, carry his cross on behalf of God and inherit God’s sorrowful heart.
Those who fell once will fall again and become a slave to Satan.
The position that can be eternally good, eternally prosperous and eternally fortunate is the public position. So we should eat, work and speak in a public way.
As public people our own children and our partner belong to God, not to ourself.
If we avoid arrogance and criticizing others and rather feel compassion for them and take on their sin, our heart is resurrected in the end.
We must change our blood lineage externally through the Holy Wine and the 3-day ceremony, and internally by serving each other. Then our heart becomes fertile soil, that is, the true lineage.
When the heart changes, the lineage changes.
If we avoid treating our circumstances, pain and sorrow as our own, then when our sorrowful heart meets True Parents’ sorrowful heart, they become sorrowful together while attaching to each other, and our heart will become engrafted.
Arguing convinces no one.
As a blessed couple we should not argue about right and wrong, but instead deny ourselves, move each other without words and simply obey each other. Then we will become harmonious, and our hearts will be engrafted.
If we yearn for, embrace and practice the word, which is God’s love and heart, we will come to live for the sake of others and be engrafted to True Parents and “welded” to their heart.
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.♦
Yesterday, we had a special Sunday Service celebrating True Parents’ Birthday at Woodrow Wilson Middle School in New Jersey.
We changed the name (of the) Clifton Church to the New Jersey Church. Japanese people can pronounce this (more easily).
More than 500 people attended the service, and we also celebrated people whose birthdays are in the month of January. It was very beautiful.
I gave a sermon with the title of “Why do I love True Parents.”
President Naokimi shared about the vision and plan for New Jersey Family Church, and other leaders introduced about ministries in their teams.
We celebrated True Parents’ birthday together with various performances. It was very beautiful, especially the Heavenly USA team. ...
We took a group photo.
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.> In the Bible it is recorded, “And Mary remained with her [Elizabeth] about three months, and then returned to her home.” (Luke 1:56) After that, there is no biblical record of any further communication between Mary and Elizabeth and Zechariah. From the time Mary left Zechariah's house, difficulties began for Mary and Jesus. The family of Zechariah ought to have been the wall of protection for Jesus until the very end. A short time later, Joseph discovered that Mary was pregnant. How shocked he must have been at that moment! Mary, his beloved fiancée, without having had any conjugal relationship with him, had become pregnant after a three month stay in another place. It was natural for Joseph to question Mary about who the baby in her womb belonged to. What would have happened if, at that time, Mary had explained everything candidly? If she had exposed everything, it could have been the end of a clan. So Mary simply responded that she was pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
Mary's pregnancy began to show, and the people of the surrounding area became aware of it. What would have happened if Joseph had declared that he didn't know anything about it? However, Joseph was a righteous man. He believed in the revelation of God and defended Mary, saying the pregnancy was his responsibility. Mary may have been ridiculed for becoming pregnant during her engagement, yet she avoided being stoned to death. Joseph, who loved Mary, protected her this way in the beginning. However, there was a great deal of anguish deep in his heart. Once Jesus was born, Joseph’s suspicions about the father of Jesus only increased and his heart ached. As Jesus grew older, the two became more and more distant in heart. And because of this, family problems frequently arose. Jesus was viewed as an illegitimate son and, lacking the protection of Zechariah's family and the love of Joseph, he grew up with an indescribable loneliness in his heart.
We can clearly see how Heaven has prepared the circumstances behind the birth of Jesus. In order for Jesus to come as the Son of God and fulfill God's will, we can see how important the environment surrounding Jesus is.
The disbelief of the Israelites was the reason why Jesus went through a difficult road and even went to the cross, but here we come to know that the family environment around Jesus was also a problem.
The first is that Zechariah and Elizabeth could not protect Mary. The second is that Joseph, who was Mary's fiancé, could not protect Mary and Jesus until the end. The third is that Mary did not maintain the absolute faith she had when she received God's revelation and conceived.
The fourth is that John the Baptist, prepared by God, did not become the environment for Jesus. Zechariah and Elisabeth had to teach their son, John the Baptist, about his mission.
The fifth is that the disciples of Jesus could not protect Jesus at the risk of their lives. All of these things have gone wrong within the family. From this point of view, we know once again how important the family is.
Like this, Jesus was viewed as an illegitimate son and, lacking the protection of Zechariah's family and the love of Joseph, he grew up with an indescribable loneliness in his heart.
How pitiful Jesus was! We do not know how many times True Father wept ... (about) the sorrowful course of Jesus and Jesus’ indescribable heart. Without knowing the heart of Jesus, we cannot inherit the foundation of Christianity. The way to save American Christianity is for us to love Jesus more than any Christian and to inherit his han.
In the early (days in our) church Father constantly spoke about Jesus, about his heart and sorrow, his mission. For more than 15 years he spoke about Jesus. How much he cried over Jesus’ loneliness and pitiful situation.
That is why True Father completely inherited Jesus’ mission. It is incredible how True Father inherited Jesus’ mission through his tears and through the paying indemnity, hard work and jeongseong – more than anyone. Without inheriting that foundation and only criticizing Jesus’ life or Christianity does not work. There is only one way: we need to inherit Jesus’ heart. And we need to work harder than any Christian. That is the mission of ACLC. If we do not do this kind of important mission with jeongseong and heart, that will (create) a limitation to (our being able to) revive Christianity.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: The Human Fall 20: Sin
• Sin is a violation of heavenly law which is committed when a person forms a common base with Satan, thus setting a condition for give and take action with him.
Let’s study Father’s word.
The Price of Sins of Adultery and Sexual Misconduct
<22-211> I have enabled you to establish the indemnity condition to receive this new Blessing and create a new family and I have tried to take responsibility for your heavy burden. But if you transgress the heavenly law even after I carried out my responsibility, that constitutes the most fearful sin – one that will be transmitted down to dozens of generations
If one person, who has argued that he/she lived on the foundation in the realm of the heart of the Unification Church, dates and get married and has children as he/she likes, who can be responsible for them transcending the limitation of the Principle? God will not take the responsibility for them. In the Old Testament Age, those who committed adultery or did sexual misconduct were stoned to death. What about something worse? That is why Japanese members have to be more thorough about it.
This is critical guidance from Father.
Adam and Eve's sin of obscenity left their descendants paying indemnity for 6,000 years. (For) the sin of adultery committed by one human being, (humanity) paid such an unimaginable price of indemnity.
However, think about the consequences of committing adultery again, even after True Parents indemnified all of the past 6,000 years of sinful history and gave us eternal blessings unrelated to sin.
Take a moment to imagine how terrifying the indemnity will be to pay for a blessed family once something goes wrong. True Father said that we will know this when we go to the spirit world.
True Father said, "If they knew God's will and (that of) True Parents then married each other or received blessings and one of them fell, who would be responsible for it?" Father said that even God could not take responsibility for this.
Therefore, we should know that True Father has repeatedly emphasized that the Unification Church must make this issue clear.
Furthermore, a family with a problem of adultery must make a fresh start by going through the conditions and process of paying indemnity in strict accordance with the instructions of the Blessed Family Department.
And husbands and wives who are suffering from their partner's obscenity must shed many tears for their partner with the mindset that they are carrying the cross on behalf of God and True Parents no matter what.
Just as God took responsibility for the fall of Adam and Eve, those who shed tears over their partner's sins and promised to take responsibility will inherit God's sorrowful heart and become a person God will remember forever.
And if we do not obey absolute faith, absolute love, and absolute obedience more than before the Fall, we will sin again. This is what True Parents are worried about.
Those who fell once will fall again. That's why the fall is really scary. Once we fall, we become a slave to sin, and Satan constantly tries to tempt us and take us as his own.
You see our families’ situation and reality everywhere. There are all kinds of issues.
Anyway, True Parents have to be responsible. We cannot do anything by ourself. That is why True Parents always give an opportunity, but we take it for granted. We need to think very seriously how we can (resolve this). Only True Parents as the messiah have the authority to forgive sin. Even though Father (speaks) very severely (about this), he gives us opportunities (to be forgiven) again and again. Even though Heavenly Father and True Parents forgive us, how about our own self? How can we be liberated from our own sin? Even if God, the Principle, True Parents forgive us, the problem is how about ourself? This is the issue.
Once we receive a forgiveness ceremony, how serious are we not to fall again? Also, even though one spouse is good, the other (may be) a problem. Father understands this. We really have to be responsible for the value of the Blessing: “No matter what, I want to keep this Blessing.”
Some of the women and men cry about this issue. I saw many cases, such sorrowful situations, but Heavenly Father and True Parents see us. In order to keep the Blessing even though one’s spouse has a problem, “I want to be responsible no matter what,” that person is the one who is really recognized by True Parents.
Everybody can commit sin. The problem and issue is who will be responsible. If we just throw away our spouse, who will be responsible for him or her. This kind of mindset is very critical and important.
Of course, some cases need to be settled by the Family Department. This is a transitional time. All the issues (are coming out).
We should not judge each other. We need to really encourage (each other) how to (resolve this) through God’s bosom, True Parents’ bosom. We definitely have this kind of process because it is a transitional time period, but Father as the savior and messiah has to speak very strongly (about this). If Father says, “It is ok, that is fine,” then everyone will take (forgiveness) for granted and this will bring more serious problems. That is why Father always needs to speak about the standard. If Father loses the absolute standard, then how can he save all humankind? We need to understand this point.
Sin and Public Position
<31-163> What is sin? Sin arises from private standpoints. Ruin also comes about in the private sphere. Evil is the same. When private matters are pursued beyond a certain degree, they manifest evil. Private matters have certain limits; when exceeded, sin, evil and ruin result. Then, where is the position that can be eternally good, eternally prosperous and eternally fortunate? Where is the position that can prevent sin, evil and ruin? It is the public position. Even when you eat, do so in a public position. When you work, manage from a public standpoint. When you speak, digest the situation with public words. In this way, live connecting all aspects of your lives with public matters. Such people cannot go to hell even if they try.
What is sin? Sin arises when we treat ourselves as private rather than as public, in other words, God's. God Himself is a public being. Therefore, we, the children of God, must also become public beings.
Private matters have certain limits; when exceeded, sin, evil and ruin result. Then, where is the position that can be eternally good, eternally prosperous and eternally fortunate? It is the public position. Even when we eat, do so in a public position. No matter what personal work we do, we should think of it as public and when we speak, digest the situation with public words.
In that respect, our own children are not our own children. Our partner is not our partner either. All of them should be considered public.
Nothing (should be) private. We should think about it.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: How To Graft Onto True Parents
The Purpose of Receiving the Blessing
1. What is my benefit if I feel sorry for others? My benefit is that my heart is resurrected. However, if you think that others are mean and judge them, what will your heart suffer? My heart hardens and grows cold. If I criticize others, my heart hardens. However, if I feel sorry for others, my heart becomes fertile soil. That's why the Bible says that those who are merciful to others receive comfort from God.
True Parents did not bless us just to change our external lineage through drinking holy wine, going through a 40-day separation and experiencing the 3-day ceremony. They gave the Blessing to the husband and wife to go beyond the dimension of the Blessing and change their lineage by heartistically serving each other. We must clearly know the purpose for receiving the Blessing. The reason we received the Blessing was to change the lineage heartistically. The change of lineage is a change of the heart. When the heart changes, the lineage changes. We must know for sure that we have received the Blessing in order to purify the fallen nature within us, eliminate the satanic lineage, and engraft onto the lineage of God's love.
The fall of man originated from self-centeredness. However, if a person (is) self-centered, there are symptoms that appear in that person. First, a person with strong self-centeredness is very arrogant.
Arrogant people get offended very easily. A person who is very easily offended is good at condemning others and blaming others for everything. Those who like to condemn others do not have a humble heart and are hard-hearted. A hard-hearted person has a cold heart.
What is our benefit if we feel sorry for others? Because we think everything is our own sin and blame ourself, we have nothing to lose. So we can keep our heart, and we benefit by our heart being resurrected in the end.
If we think that others are mean and judge them, our spirits suffer. It is because our hearts are hardened and cold. That is why we are told not to criticize others because we will also one day be criticized for that same reason.
Therefore, we should always have pity for others. Then our heart becomes fertile soil. That's why the Bible says that those who are merciful to others will receive comfort from God.
True Parents did not bless us just to change our external lineage through drinking holy wine, going through a 40-day separation and experiencing the 3-day ceremony. We must change our lineage externally through the Holy (Wine) and the 3-day ceremony, and internally by serving each other.
If we change our internal lineage, our heart will become fertile soil. We must not forget that we have been blessed to turn our hearts into the fertile soil, that is, the true lineage.
The reason we received the Blessing was to change the lineage heartistically. The change of lineage is a change of the heart. When the heart changes, the lineage changes.
How can we change our lineage? The external conditions are the Blessing, the Forty-Day Separation, the Three-Day Ceremony. And what is the internal (condition for) changing our blood lineage? It is serving. We change our heart and finally change our blood lineage. The formation stage is the Foundation of Faith; the growth stage is the Foundation of Substance; and the final stage is the foundation of heart. Heart is deeper than love.
How can we remove our original sin? Not alone. It is by couple. We need to serve each other and be responsible for (our spouse’s) fallen nature and problems. Through serving and getting better and understanding each other and creating unity, our heart will finally change. When our heart really changes, that is the way to change our blood lineage.
What is the outcome? Surely our second generation, third generation, our descendants, will be much better than we are. That is our final stage, the foundation of heart.
We need to change our heart. Otherwise there is no way to change our blood lineage.
How To Graft Onto True Parents
2. How do I graft onto True Parents? You graft onto them when you shed tears over their course of hardships, and when you see the conflicts in your own family, you don't just think of them as conflicts within your own family, but think that True Parents are sad. When my sorrowful heart meets True Parents’ sorrowful heart, they become sorrowful together while attaching to each other. If you want to graft your heart into the heart of True Parents, treat the pain of your family as the sorrow of True Parents, then tears will flow from you and your heart will be engrafted. However, fallen humans cannot do this.
3. When does the lineage change? We shouldn't argue, judge right or wrong, or clash with each other. If we do, our spirit becomes even more hardened. If a married couple fights each other arguing “right” and “wrong” and assert themselves, they become an unhappy home. Married couples should never discriminate between right and wrong. Husband and wife must simply obey each other. Why? It's because of love. This is because love comes and goes only within absolute obedience. There is no love in self-assertion. If you affirm yourself, your lineage is the same as Satan's lineage. Therefore, you have to deny yourself.
How do we graft onto True Parents? When our sorrowful heart meets True Parents’ sorrowful heart, they become sorrowful together while attaching to each other. Until now we have treated our circumstances, pain and sorrow as our own.
However, if we treat the circumstances and suffering of our family as the pain and sorrow of True Parents, then tears will flow from us and our heart will be engrafted.
Married couples shouldn't argue with each other, judge what's right or wrong, and clash. (If we do,) our spirits becomes even more hardened. Have we ever resolved anything by deciding between right and wrong as a couple? In order for a married couple to be harmonious, they must move each other without words.
Husband and wife must simply obey each other. Only then will the lineage change. This is because love comes and goes even with just the heart of absolute obedience.
There is no love in self-assertion. If we affirm ourself, our lineage is the same as Satan's lineage. Therefore, we have to deny ourself.
Arguing, fighting between husband and wife, “I am right, you are wrong,” ... Of course, one side may be wrong and the other correct, but this (arguing) does not work at all. This is my own experience. We need to give up arguing.
“I need to tell this guy!” We could be correct, but even though we teach (him), our partner’s heart is not moved. This (method) does not work. (Arguing about) which one is wrong and which is really good doesn’t work at all.
Through serving no matter what, through loving no matter what, we are responsible of our partner’s sin or problems. That is why we need tears, not human tears, emotional tears. (We need to be) centered on God’s point of view. When we struggle with our spouse, God already knows about it. This is God’s sorrow, his difficulty. When we resolve (conflict) between husband and wife in our family, God can be liberated.
If we say, “God is God, my issues are my issues, my spouse’s issues are his issues,” if we say this and think like this, I think we will never meet God, never meet True Parents. There will be no way to graft our heart on to True Parents’ (heart).
When We Yearn for the Word and Are Moved, We Are Grafted
3.(4.?) What did we not know until now? We didn't know how to change the lineage in the family. We didn't know how to live a life grafted onto True Parents. Do you know what to engraft through? It is the Word. There is no engrafting without the Words. If I never stop yearning and longing for the Word, I will not carelessly assert myself. The concept of self gradually disappears, and I live only for the sake of the other person. And I don't judge others as I want thoughtlessly. If you live a life like this, you will be welded into the hearts of True Parents. The moment when the Word enters me and moves me is the moment of being welded and engrafted. If you connect the inspiration you received through the Word to your life, you will be engrafted. The problem is that we cannot live such a life of faith. If you fail to do this, you will all fall down and your lineage will not be converted.
Until now we didn't know how to change the lineage in the family. We didn't know how to live a life grafted onto True Parents. Do we know what to engraft through? It is the Word.
There is no engrafting without the Word. If we never stop yearning and longing for the Word, we will not carelessly assert ourself. The Word is God's love and heart. So if we embrace the word of God, the concept of self gradually disappears and we only live for the sake of the other person.
If we live our lives and embrace the Word, we don't judge others as we want thoughtlessly. If fallen people do not live a life centered on the Word, the self-centered fallen nature will soon emerge.
Therefore, if we live a life centered on the Word, we will be welded into the hearts of True Parents. The moment (that) the Word enters us and moves us is the moment of being welded and engrafted.
If we connect the impression we received through the Word to our lives, we will be engrafted. The problem is that we cannot live such a life of faith. If we fail to do this, we will all fall down and our lineage will not be converted.
We need to read the Divine Principle again and again. We need to read Father’s eight textbooks again and again. Because God’s word is God’s love, when we read the Divine Principle, we can read God’s mind and heart. God’s word is so powerful! It always stimulates us because his word is his love and heart. The more we read the Divine Principle, the more we can get spiritual nourishment. Very powerful! Without reading God’s word, there is no way to engraft. How (fortunate) we are. We have received God’s word from True Parents. We need to really appreciate our True Parents’ words.
Today I talked about “How To Graft Onto True Parents.”♦
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