Ep 828 - The Providential History Of Salvation From The Viewpoint Of The Principle Part 15
The Providential History of Salvation from the Viewpoint of the Principle - January 31, 2023
Key Points
It is important to receive revelation from heaven, but how to maintain it and realize it is the big challenge.
The providential central figures and people who received direct revelation from God absolutely obeyed when they received God's grace, but after a certain period of time, they all returned to their humanistic nature.
Zechariah and Elizabeth should have protected Jesus and educated John to unite with and follow Jesus, to receive God’s will through him and lead many people to follow Jesus.
To keep the strength of God’s revelation and realize it, we must be gentle and humble until we die on the path of faith, always deny ourselves, and maintain a vertical relationship with God through prayer, jeongseong, and the Word.
Sins committed knowingly cannot be forgiven.
The further we go along the path of faith, the more burden we feel because we know God's han, pain, and sorrow, the more loneliness, responsibility and seriousness we feel, the more tears we shed, the more we have to repent, and the more sincere devotion and jeongseong we need to offer.
While on earth we need to confess all our sins to God, even those we feel we cannot confess to our parents or to Abel.
Confessing our sins helps us to remain humble.
We must also repent and ask for forgiveness for the many scars we have left on the hearts of God and True Parents as a result of our sins.
Confession that does not connect with God's heart leads to sinning again.
Satan hates the confession of sin.
We should confess to an Abel we can regard as a parent whom we can confide in and who will keep that confidence.
Only those who have been forgiven can forgive the sins of others.
Confessing even if we know our words will be revealed in front of many people is a true confession.
As Eve, the wife is responsible to attend and naturally subdue her archangel husband with love.
This is even more important than attending church without her husband.
She must invest all of her sincere devotion into attending three generations in her family: parents and in-laws, spouse and children. These are her tangible God.
She must bear the cross for this trinity and take responsibility for it.
We come to church to offer the fruit of our attending this trinity, that is, the longing, affection, and harmony among these three generations, and to gain strength to attend them better.
Rather than seeking grace at church, we must make grace at home and offer it up in church with joy.
Our final destination is the family where the purpose of creation and the three great blessings are fulfilled.
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.♦
Every morning I am so excited to see our beautiful family members’ faces! It is incredible! I have such beautiful family members (investing) their heart and mind and jeongseong for God’s providence. It is incredible that Heavenly God created this kind of online heavenly community. We can have give-and-take and receive God’s word, then God gives us incredible strength and asks us to go forward. How beautiful this time is (in which) we are living now. Let’s really support our True Mother.
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.> Jesus was aware of his path as the Messiah, and he lamented in his heart his lonely circumstances and the serious obstacle they presented to fulfilling the Will of God. The Messiah is the True Parent. To fulfill that mission, however, he needed to receive his substantial bride. Jesus had to reverse, at the very root, the false love by which the archangel had caused the Fall of Eve, who was originally growing up as the sister of Adam.
Consequently, Jesus, in the place of Adam as the son of God, ought to have received as his bride the younger sister of someone in an archangelic position. That bride was to have been none other than Zechariah’s daughter, the younger sister of John the Baptist. To fulfill this in a world where Satan plays the role of owner and lord, Jesus needed a foundation of protection formed by absolute faith. Tragically, the entire foundation ended up collapsing around him.
This would not have happened if Zechariah and Elizabeth, who had received the revelation and spiritual support from God, had maintained absolute faith. If they had fulfilled their responsibility, Mary would have been in contact with them continually, even after her three-month stay at their house. God chose Zechariah's family as the foremost representatives of the entire world, so that even after the birth of Jesus they would protect, serve and witness to him as the Messiah. They not only would have served Jesus as the son of God and Messiah with utter devotion, they would have learned the Will of God through Jesus and followed him absolutely. Also, John the Baptist was born to serve Jesus, and ought to have fulfilled his responsibility to guide everyone whom he led to repentance to believe in Jesus and receive salvation.
This is an incredible declaration by True Father! When Christians hear this message, I think most of them are surprised and shocked.
If we look (at the) background of Jesus' birth, we can see how important the family responsibilities of Zechariah and Elizabeth were. The couple should have absolutely protected Jesus no matter what.
Zechariah and Elizabeth should have kept the commands and revelations they had received from God under any circumstances. Second, their responsibility was to educate their son, John the Baptist, well.
The responsibility of their son, John the Baptist, was that he should have been educated so that he would be someone that was prepared for Jesus. However, because this prepared environment was broken, Jesus alone had to start everything from the very bottom.
Zachariah's family should have been a protective shield for Jesus, but instead, they became an obstacle. Looking at the providence of history in the past, the central figures and people who received direct revelation from God absolutely obeyed when they received God's grace, but after a certain period of time, they all returned to their humanistic nature.
Therefore, it is important to receive revelation from heaven, but how to maintain it and realize it is the big challenge.
Therefore, we must be gentle and humble until we die on the path of faith, always deny ourselves, and maintain a vertical relationship with God through prayer, jeongseong, and the Word.
Without prayer, without jeongseong, without God’s word (and) without reminding (ourself about) the revelation we (have) received from heaven, we can become very humanistic and lose our faith.
Unfortunately, all these foundations around Jesus collapsed. If Zechariah and Elizabeth had continued to have the absolute faith they had at the beginning under God's revelation and spiritual grace, the situation would have been different.
They not only had to serve Jesus with utmost sincerity as the Messiah and the Son of God, but also had to receive God's will through Jesus and follow it absolutely.
And since John the Baptist was born for Jesus, he had to fulfill his responsibility to lead the people he had converted to believe in Jesus so that they could be saved.
Zechariah and Elizabeth did not properly educate their son, John the Baptist. “John, do you know what your role is?” They needed to educate him. Then John would have been well prepared (for Jesus) because John (would have) received guidance directly from his own parents. When Jesus started his public mission, John would have testified who Jesus is. That is why Zechariah’s family completely failed his mission. Jesus’ suffering started from there. It is incredible!
When John the Baptist did not believe and the foundation prepared by God was shattered, how much indemnity did John the Baptist have to pay? We know the Bible story. It became a condition for Satan to accuse him, and he was beheaded and died a miserable death.
Can you imagine? God prepared for John the Baptist for 4,000 years, and when John the Baptist could not follow Jesus, even though he testified when he was filled with the Holy Spirit, he became humanistic. He lost his foundation... right after that(?). God’s 4,000 years of foundation was just lost. What kind of punishment did he receive? He was beheaded and died a miserable death. Can you imagine that. This is a miserable story! Wow!
Actually God prepared everything: Zechariah and Elizabeth. Elizabeth was jealous. Zechariah had no choice but to ask Mary to get out. Of course, in the end she needed to (leave their home). God had already created another plan for that.
(Zechariah and Elizabeth should have) kept going and had give-and-take with Mary: “How are you?” Especially Elizabeth had to be more able to protect Mary. Then Mary would have had more confidence.
But Elizabeth created another problem, the same as (in) Adam’s family. Can you imagine that? Our beloved Jesus needed to suffer because of that.
Everything is an issue of the family. All problems (originate in) the family: Adam’s family, Noah’s family, Abraham’s family. All problems occurred in the family.
How about the current situation of our blessed families? What is the main issue? Our families (have) issues between husband and wife, between parents and children, between siblings. Am I right? That is why the family is very crucial and very important.
Where can we accomplish God’s three blessings? The first blessing, individual perfection, where? Some place? In the ocean? On a mountain? Where? In the family. Where can we complete the second blessing? In the family. When we complete the first and second blessing, the third blessing is automatic. These blessings(?) can only be accomplished in the family. If we complete these three blessings in the family, then they expand to the nation and the world and become God’s Kingdom of Heaven on Earth and Heaven automatically. That is why our final destination is what? Our family.
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.
If we Commit a Sin Knowing it is a Sin, we Cannot be Forgiven
<32-32> That’s how it is in the spirit world. If Believers commit sins, they can feel more qualms of conscience than those who didn’t believe. In that case, there is no way to repent. However, those who lived as was the secular custom doesn’t feel qualms of conscience. So, it is easier for them to be forgiven. On the contrary, believers will keenly feel qualms of conscience. That is why if you commit a sin knowing it is a sin, you cannot be forgiven. You have to know this teaching. Therefore, in the way of faith, as days go by, you feel heavier burden. The further you go, the more loneliness and responsibilities you feel. The further you go, the more tears you shed and the more you have to repent. That is the way of faith. Comparing 10 years ago with 10 years later, if you will be slacking off 10 years later more than 10 years ago, you will become secularized and leave the church. If you are offering more devotion with a sincere heart than 10 years ago, you will go to heaven. This is the conclusion.
It is said that when people go to the spirit world, those who commit sins and have wrong beliefs will have more qualms of conscience. They feel it so strongly as if it penetrates their bones. That is why it is said that sins committed knowingly cannot be forgiven.
Rather, those who live according to the secular customs without knowing the Principle do not feel qualms, so they are closer to being forgiven than those who know the Principle.
It is said that on the path of faith, as more days go by, the more we feel the burden because we know God's han, pain, and sorrow.
If we try to walk the path of true will, the further we go, the more loneliness and responsibilities we feel. The further we go, the more tears we shed and the more we have to repent, the more we keep walking the path of faith.
Comparing 10 years ago with 10 years later, if we (begin) slacking off in 10 years, we will become secularized and leave the church.
(On the other hand,) if we are offering more devotion with a sincere heart than 10 years ago, we will go to heaven. This is the conclusion.
That is why Father became more serious as he got older. He was more serious, shed more tears and was more dedicated. He offered more jeongseong. (That was) because he could feel God’s burden, his cross and the responsibility.
Looking at True Parents' course, the older they got, the more serious they became, and the more tears they shed. I think it's because they felt God's heart, desire, and han more than anyone else.
What I feel today through the words of True Parents is that I must reflect on myself, thinking that the Morning Devotion I give every morning must be done with deeper jeongseong and prayer.
This year we need to invest more jeongseong than last year. In five or six years we (will) invest more jeongseong than now. That is the way we can survive
In that sense, jeongseong is something that we must keep giving until we die.
Sometimes I am so tired. Sometimes I want to run away. Everyday without missing is not a simple matter, right? (However,) God always gives me power. (In) today’s message Father gave me strong motivation to go forward. Compared to ten years ago...
In ten years (from now) if we will slack off, we will become secularized. (We will have) nothing to do with God. Wow! It is not simple.
But I am very fortunate. My beloved family members, you are always supporting this unworthy guy! You are always supporting me and joining Morning Devotion. I am extremely grateful to our online holy community, our brothers and sisters.
All Sins Should Come Clean About What They are
<33-327> If you don’t love people, you are not a human being. Do you understand? The person who is warmhearted and has a deep affection of listening to situations of his siblings knows all of their faults even without moving. His siblings tell him how his eldest brother and his eldest sister are doing. Likewise, we have to confess all our sins on this earth to the loving God who is the great Master of heaven and earth. We have to report to God, “My God, I’m a sinner who committed such a sin. I’m so sorry.” When you pray, you have to confess, “I want You to know that I am a sinner even if my parents don’t know it.” Will you do it? (Yes.)
This looks like a very simple message from Father, but it is very important. Let me explain (to avoid) misunderstanding some content.
True Father said that we have to confess all our sins on this earth to the loving God who is the great Master of heaven and earth.
We have to report to God, “My God, I’m a sinner who committed such a sin. I’m so sorry.” When our heart becomes lazy and increasingly arrogant, we must remember the sins we have committed and confess that we are a sinner among sinners.
Confessing our sins humbles us. We must be able to confess all our sins to God. We must specifically confess all the sins that we cannot confess even the ones that we cannot confess to our parents or Abel-figure.
However, the important thing is that it should not end with confessing the sins we have committed. We must repent and ask for forgiveness for how (many) scars we have left on the hearts of God and True Parents as a result of our sins.
The reason why we confess our sins is not just to escape from the great judgment but also from the pain we feel when we commit sin. We must ask for forgiveness before Heaven, who has suffered and was hurt because of us. Confession that does not connect with God's heart leads to sinning again.
We can sin again and again.
Those who have experienced forgiveness from God, True Parents, and the true Abel can forgive the sins of others. Only those who have been forgiven can forgive the sins of others. Wow! This is an important point.
Satan hates confession of sin. He doesn’t like it because our sin has been revealed and we have no choice; we need to confess it. That is not true confession.
The thing he hates more than dying is confessing one's own sins. Therefore, we must know that the more we confess our sins, the more Satan falls away from us.
He really does not like confession.
However, there is something to be careful of when confessing sins. Of course, we must confess honestly before Heaven. However, when we confess to someone, we must find a good Abel figure who will protect and embrace us, who will raise us and treat our sin as his own sin. We need to find that kind of Abel figure.
It should be a person (whom) we regard and respect as a parent, and someone (to whom) we can give everything we have. Confessing to just anyone can hurt us even more because they can't keep our secret.
However, if there is a path to be forgiven, those who confess their sins must have the heart to do so without fail even if it is revealed in front of many people. That looks very shameful, but they do not care if someone knows their sin. We need to have this kind of heart. Only then will it become a true confession.
Even though this seems very simple, it is very clear. (We should) confess where, to whom and with what kind of attitude. I shared everything here. Many people do not know this and confuse this and that. Please, we need to study again Father’s word here.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY
Focus on Attending the Three Generations and Bear Fruit
There are many cases where many people from the western world, including Korea and Japan, receive the blessing but the husbands do not attend church. Some wives have conflict with their husbands making them leave the husbands and attending church alone. Statistically, there are many cases where men are blessed and do not come to church more than women. Looking at this, there is no doubt that women are in the position of Abel and men are in the position of the archangel. However, wives, who are in the position of Eve, are responsible for naturally subduing their husbands, who are in the position of the archangel.
If the wife comes to the church without attending her husband, who is she attending? If there is no husband, who is the object of attendance? When we receive the blessing, we must attend the three generations. That is parents, couples, and children. Centering on these three generations, you must bear the fruit of attending. We must invest all of our sincere devotion of attendance into this. You must focus on attending the three generations and bear fruit. The purpose of coming to church is to realize myself and reflect once more on whether I have lived with jeongsong for my family.
Wives, who are in the position of Eve, are responsible for naturally subduing their husbands, who are in the position of the archangel. Therefore, wives must subdue their husbands, who are in the position of archangels, with love no matter what. That work is more important than coming to church.
But if they give up and come to the church alone saying that their husbands don't listen, who are they attending? If there is no husband, who is the object of attendance?
When we receive the blessing, we must attend the three generations; that is parents, couples, and children. Centering on these three generations, we must bear the fruit of attending. We must invest all of our sincere devotion of attendance into this.
Now is the age of attending. Presently, we must not only attend the invisible God in our family, but attend the tangible God, centering on the three generations.
Our parents, our spouse, and our children are the trinity of our family. We cannot exist without this trinity. We must bear the cross of the three generations and take responsibility for it.
Our parents, spouse and children are our eternal trinity in our family. We cannot run away from them. We have to be responsible (for them); we need to bear (their) cross.
Family is our Final Destination and it is also God's
2. Until now, how much have I been moved by True Parents' words and put them into practice within my family? This is something I must reflect on when I attend church. I come to church to reflect on how much I have moved my parents (parents-in-law), husband (wife), and children with the words that have moved me. What are you doing if you are just coming to church without reflecting on these things? Those who fail to move the three generations in their family will never receive grace when they come to church. If there is no longing, affection, and harmony in one's own family, one cannot receive grace when coming to church. The church must be the place where you come to offer to Heaven what you have practiced in your life of attendance within your family. In fact, you must make grace at home and offer it up in church with joy in front of Heaven.
From that standpoint, we must clearly understand that the family is the final destination. Family is also God's final destination. So please know that family is the final destination of our life. What happens to that person when the family breaks up? Even if you grew up promising as a student, if you get married and have conflicts between husband and wife, you are ruined. There is no way to go if there is a conflict between the couple. Do you think there is a way to go even if the couple is in conflict? There is none. Conflict between husband and wife is the end of it. Isn't that pitiful? What God wants most is the fruit borne from the hyojeong centered on the three generations of parents, husband and wife, and children.
What is our purpose for coming to church? I come to church to reflect on how much I have moved my parents (in-law's parents), husband (wife), and children, and to receive more strength.
Those who fail to move the 3 generations at home will never receive grace when they come to church. If there is no longing, affection, and harmony in one's own family, one cannot receive grace when coming to church.
We must come to church to offer what we have practiced through the life of attendance towards our family. In fact, in front of Heaven.
In the end, everything should come to fruition at home. God's purpose of creation is the family. God's three great blessings are not fulfilled within the tribe or nation, but within the family.
Where do we fulfill God’s three Blessings? In the family. God’s purpose of creation can only be fulfilled in the family. We can only become perfect in the family. Husband and wife can only become perfect beings in the family. How can we become true parents? In the family.
From that standpoint, we must clearly understand that the family is the final destination. When a family breaks up, that person is ruined. We must know that there is no further way to go if there is conflict between husband and wife.
Even if we get married again, there is no way to be happy anymore. From that standpoint, we don't know how important it is to serve the three generations within the family and practice filial piety.
If we don't gain strength within the family, we won't find strength no matter what we do, whether we go to church or go to work. Because family is the final destination of human beings.
If we had come to know such a family value earlier, how much that would have helped us in the past. Anyway, we need to educate our children (and) our grandchildren from now on.
Today I spoke about focusing on attending three generations and bearing fruit.
(Testimony Francis Marsal, GPA 8 Day Divine Principle Workshop)♦
NOTE: This text and the PowerPoint slides from this speech are available as a link at the top of this text. 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. Books of the transcripts and notes are available as PDFs at MDBooks.Hoondok.com.
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