Ep 829 - The Providential History Of Salvation From The Viewpoint Of The Principle Part 16
The Providential History of Salvation from the Viewpoint of the Principle - February 1, 2023
Key Points
The failures of people around Jesus ultimately led him to the cross. Although at first Zechariah, Elizabeth and John the Baptist testified to Jesus as the son of God, there is no evidence that they served him as such. Rather, they blocked the people from following him and made his path very difficult.
Mary and Joseph should have maintained celibacy as brother and sister to indemnify Eve and Tamar, but they ultimately lived as husband and wife.
Because Mary did not help Jesus marry and even opposed it, he could not become the True Parent and had to go to the cross.
The way for human beings to return to God is for us to repent completely to God, the Parent, confess everything, cut off all ties with Satan, and seek forgiveness.
God’s love for us is greater than the sins we commit.
God can forgive our sins when our honest confessions and love to return to God become the motive.
A sin we commit after receiving the Blessing cannot be forgiven.
As the messiah True Mother has the authority to forgive sin.
If we have an issue with what she has said, we need to adjust.
We need to create bonds of love, heart and longing among the three generations in our family in order for our family, our spirituality and our relationship with the church and God’s will to flourish.
Our spiritual path and final destination is the family.
Even if the husband is like the archangel, his wife should serve her husband with tears and stimulate his affection.
The age of religion is being replaced by the Cheon Il Guk age of love and the family. As churches decline, the family must become the church where God dwells.
The family is a very precious place. It is the holy of holies.
We must grow, preserve and cherish our first love in our family because the damage from family breakdown is almost impossible to recover from.
To recover from a broken family, we need much more resolve than we had for our first love.
When we long for and live for other family members, they will long for and live for us.
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.♦
Today is already the first of February.
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.> Unfortunately, although at first Zechariah, Elizabeth and John the Baptist testified to Jesus as the son of God, there is no evidence that they served him as such. The respected priest Zechariah was simply a spectator. John the Baptist stood separate from Jesus. These circumstances blocked the people from following Jesus and made his path very difficult. Once this family lost faith in Jesus, looking at him through human eyes, there was no room for them to help him receive his bride. We also need to consider the influence that Joseph and Mary's relationship had on Jesus. Mary had to restore the positions of Eve and Tamar through indemnity, so she was supposed to have remained as only the fiancée of Joseph. Providentially, they could not be husband and wife. It was God's desire that they not have sexual relations either before or after Jesus' birth. Joseph still loved Mary after Jesus' birth, however Mary ought to have separated from Joseph and raised Jesus as the son of God.
The real circumstances did not make this easy to do. Even though Mary's original mind told her that she was not to do so, she had sexual relations with Joseph and they had children, which was a repetition of Eve's mistake. With this condition, Satan established a claim on them. With the exception of Jesus, the whole family came under the dominion of Satan. Everyone who should have helped protect him—his father, his mother, his Abel-type brothers, John the Baptist and his brothers, and his Cain-type brothers, and the children of Joseph—all ended up on Satan's side. When Satan influences someone, that person loses all spiritual support and inspiration. Trust in God, as well as any sense of gratitude to Him, is lost. One begins to see everything through human eyes. Mary did not help Jesus with the wedding he desired. She even opposed it. This was the direct reason that Jesus could not receive his bride, and could not become the True Parent. Ultimately, this compelled him to go the way of the cross.
Let’s summarize this content.
Reasons People Around Jesus Made Mistakes and Their Influence on Jesus
1. Although at first Zechariah, Elizabeth and John the Baptist testified to Jesus as the son of God, there is no evidence that they served him as such.
2. They lost faith in Jesus, looking at him through human eyes, became spectators and rather blocked the people from following Jesus and made his path very difficult.
3. Mary had to restore the positions of Eve and Tamar through indemnity, so she was supposed to have remained as only the fiancée of Joseph and protect Jesus.
4. Providentially, Mary and Joseph could not be husband and wife and were not to have sexual relations either before or after Jesus' birth.
This is really difficult. A husband and wife use the same bed every day. How strong a man’s sexual desire is! Can you imagine? How could Mary overcome that? Maybe she resists one or two times, but every day? It is a really difficult course.
5. In the end, Mary also became humanistic and lived a married life with Joseph, making conditions for Satan to claim, which was a repetition of Eve's mistake.
6. Everyone who should have helped protect him—his father, his mother, his Abel-type brothers (John the Baptist and his brothers) and his Cain-type brothers (the children of Joseph)—all ended up on Satan's side.
7. When Satan influences someone, that person loses all spiritual support and inspiration. They lose trust in God, as well as any sense of gratitude to Him and begin to see everything through human eyes.
That is why once we lose the standard, we become horizontal and humanistic. We follow our physical desires. How can we keep our spiritual dignity centering on our first motivation. This is really a task. That is why I really admire how Father, from the time he started (following) God’s will, kept his first motivation and resolution all... the time.
A few days ago I mentioned that today’s determination needs to be stronger than yesterday’s and (that of) the day before yesterday. This month’s resolve and determination should be stronger than (that of) a few months ago. This year’s determination should be stronger than (that of) last year. Otherwise we cannot keep our first motivation. If we lose it a little bit, it becomes very easy to become horizontal.
For me, keeping Morning Devotion is not a simple matter.
Once we lose, we lose everything.
Can you imagine Jesus’ family.
8. In the end, even Mary did not help Jesus with the wedding he desired and even opposed it.
She became humanistic and saw everything from a humanistic point of view. She no longer had a heavenly point of view.
9. Because the people around Jesus failed to become one, it became the direct reason that Jesus could not receive his bride or become the True Parent and ultimately compelled him to go the way of the cross.
What a pitiful Jesus!
Everything happens in the family. How important our family is!
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.
If we Repent Completely for all of Our Sins, we can Return to God
<33-327> Children tell parents all of their problems and try to solve those problems if their parents love them. Why do they let their whole beings be on display? Is the reason why they do it to attract their parents’ attention to them, or to snuggle up to their parents? (They try to snuggle up to their parents.) Have you ever heard that you can return to God if you repent completely for all of your sins? Human beings should be centered on love because such is the way of love. Public love is not the love centered on human beings. It is the love of the original nature centered on God. Therefore, the love centered on God needs the original nature. So, when it is the center, you can return to God automatically.
How can sinful human beings completely return to God? Parents who love their children wish that when their children have problems, they will confess all their problems to their parents and solve those problems heartistically with the parents and overcome them.
God has the same heart towards human beings. If there was a child who committed sin, if they come before God and confess everything and repent while crying, God, who is love, will try to solve and help overcome everything.
In the end, the point is that all sins that are the problem of heart between God and human beings must first be resolved.
Therefore, the way for human beings to return to God is for us to repent completely to God, the Parent, confess everything, and seek forgiveness.
That is why we need heartistic communication with God.
“Heavenly Father, I am a fallen man. Do you know how much sin I committed!” (Then we should) confess everything sincerely with tears, really repenting. We need to really communicate with God: “God, you are my eternal God, my eternal parent. My reality is something like that...”
We must know that God’s heart of love for His children is greater than the sins they committed. But because Satan will accuse if God just forgives unconditionally, human beings need to establish conditions that can receive forgiveness from God.
That is to honestly confess one’s own sins. And it is to have the mindset to receive any indemnity and punishment for the sins committed. And most importantly, we internally completely cut off ties with Satan and have the heart to return to the heart of the loving God.
Even though we may cry and tell Heavenly Father we are sorry, but we go back again and commit sin again, that does not make any sense.
Just look at the father of the prodigal son who forgave him. The prodigal son repented with tears and stood in the position of gladly accepting any punishment” “Father, do not treat me as your son. I beg you(?) to become your servant of servants.” He was ready to do anything. Then his father forgave and accepted everything.
Why did the father of the prodigal son accept him? Because he completely gave up. He knelt down and seriously repented with tears. Then his father forgave him and accepted everything. This prodigal son repented with tears and stood in the position of gladly accepting any punishment. “I will take it.” He was prepared to receive any kind of punishment.
That is making a condition God (can) sympathize (with). At the same time, Satan cannot accuse (him) any more because of that kind of complete repentance.
Why can Satan accuse us? Even though we (may) repent, (it is) not from the bottom of our heart. It is not real repentance.... Satan can accuse us again. When temptation comes again, we will sin again. (It will occur) over and over again like that.
Looking at this, God can forgive our sins when our honest confessions and love to return to God become the motive. Human beings should be centered on love because such is the way of love.
In conclusion, the fact is that forgiveness and salvation happen when we cut off ties with Satan and seek to genuinely return to the embrace of the love of God, our Parent.
I am really thankful to True Father for this kind of beautiful, detailed guidance. (It is) so powerful! He is talking about God’s heart and children’s heart. Wow! Father original sin really amazing!
A Sin that we Commit after Receiving the Blessing Cannot be Forgiven
<38-66> Since we are descendants of fallen Adam, we have left numerous footprints of suffering for thousands of years. In such a history, sins that you committed were forgiven. However, sins committed centered on families cannot be forgiven from now. Adam and Eve who committed sins must go to hell. For this reason, human beings have had to go the way of suffering and pain from Adam and Eve. The time has come when we have to establish the traditional foundation centering on families. I believe that such an era will come.
Since we are descendants born from fallen Adam, until now, True Parents have forgiven sins that we committed. However, if we make mistakes after receiving the Blessing, they cannot forgive the sins we committed.
Because of that, the time has come when we have to establish the clear traditional foundation centering on families. Such an era will undoubtedly come. Then what kind of age would that be? It would be an age when the Cheon Il Guk is proclaimed and everything is governed by the heavenly law.
Therefore, as True Parents proclaimed Foundation Day and Cheon Il Guk, they made a new start and forgave any sins.
True Mother created new holy wine so that any kind of sins are forgiven. “I forgive you.” That is why Cheon Il Guk holy wine is very important.
The messiah has the authority to forgive sins. True Mother already proclaimed it.
If someone is struggling about this, reality is reality. Father said, “When you go to the spiritual world, you will know.” That is why if anyone has an issue with this anywhere, in our family, we need to adjust. True Father and True Mother need to talk centered on a standard. They cannot negotiate. They need to talk about the standard. They need to first set up the standard, then case by case True Father always resolved (issues).
No matter what, we have to be responsible for our own sin, our own children’s issues. “I am not perfect. You also are not perfect. We are committing sin all the time.” What shall we do? We need be humble and repent. We need to follow what True Mother says according to her setting up a standard. We need to adjust well.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: Family is the Holy of Holies
The Reason Why Families Become Destroyed
1. I emphasize to you all once again. The family is the final destination. So, if the family is twisted, the church will also come to an end. That is why many senior blessed families gave up on the path of the will in the middle. Why? It happened because nothing changed even after going to church. Because the family cannot create a relationship of affection and yearning for each other through the relationship of attendance centering on the three generations, the ties with heaven and the church are severed.
Now we have reached the era of Cheon Il Guk, and we have come to the final destination where we must finally bear fruit in our families. Family is the destination of life. If I do not long for my family and am not reborn heartistically, I am still living in the wilderness. The wilderness course is just wandering aimlessly because there is nowhere to go. In other words, if you do not have longing and a relationship of heart in your family, your spirituality becomes a wilderness. No matter where you go, there is no path.
Until now, religions has not known that family is the final destination. They have not known that God’s Three Great Blessings, which are His will, are to be realized in the family. So, if the family is twisted, the church will also come to an end. Furthermore, an ideal nation and world cannot be established.
Since they did not know that family is the final destination, many senior blessed families had conflicts between couples and as they brought discord into the family, they gave up on the path of the will in the middle.
Another important thing is that because the family cannot create a relationship of affection and yearning for each other through the relationship of attendance centering on the three generations, the ties with heaven and the church are severed.
If we do not long for our family and are not reborn heartistically in the family centered on three generations, we are still living in the wilderness. The wilderness course is just wandering aimlessly because there is nowhere to go.
If we cannot create relationships of longing in the family, then where else can we create it? Apart from the family, there is no where else we can form relationships of love, heart, and longing. That is why family is the final destination.
In other words, if we do not have longing and a relationship of heart in our family, our spirituality becomes a wilderness. No matter where we go, there is no path.
That is why family is everything, our final destination. In the family we need to create a relationship of heart
We need to create a longing heart. We leave our home early in the morning (to go to work). On our way home at night, we yearn for our spouse and children. How can we create that kind of longing heart and beautiful relationships among family members? If we cannot create that (in our family), where can we create such a longing heart and longing relationship? Where? In our workplace? In the church? In the Christian church? Somewhere else? In some temple? No place (else)! Only in the family. Family is... beautiful!
Family is the Holy of Holies
2. Will a husband return to his wife whose heart is as barren as the wilderness? Even if the husband is like the archangel, you must examine whether you, as his wife, can stimulate your husband's affection. Please check carefully. It is not something you can easily brush off and get over. If you go into a family and treat the church members in the same way as in the past, there is no way to go.
What is our portion of responsibility? The responsibility of God and True Parents has already been completed. The age of religion has now passed. Does religion have the ability to guide people? If love isn’t realized in the family, where do you go to replace false love? Family is a very precious place. It is the holy of holies. So, when you enter a family, you must do a pledge service and enter. We must know for sure that if we fail in the family, there is no way to go. Would you agree?
Will a husband return to his wife whose heart is as barren as the wilderness? Even if the husband is like the archangel, as his wife, we must become a wife who serves our husband with tears and can stimulate his affection. Since men are external and have a lot of archangelic temperament, if they make mistakes, they cannot be liberated from the wilderness.
When the husband comes back from the workplace and his wife opens her heart, “Welcome home, darling!” She rushes to the door and hugs and kisses him. How beautiful! If the husband comes back early, cooks something for his wife and when she comes back, he does the same thing, how beautiful! The family is really an incredible place to create a longing heart, a loving heart!
We have now ushered in the age of family and the age of love, which is the era of Cheon Il Guk, and if we treat family members (as we did in) the past, there is no way to go.
What is our portion of responsibility? We need to fulfill our responsibility in the family. The age of religion has now passed.
Does religion have the ability to guide people? Where? Please show me. Which church is like that?
Look at now. Now, religions are declining. This is because how, it is the age of proclaiming the family, the age of love when families must take its place. Now, the family must become the church where God dwells.
If love isn’t realized in the family, where do we go to replace false love? Family is a very precious place. It is the holy of holies.
So, when we enter a family, we must do a kyungbei and enter. Before entering your home, you need to do a kyungbei because it is the holy of holies. Everything is there. Our spiritual growth, our relationships, our longing hearts, give-and-take with our family members. The family is the holy of holies.
Why is that? It is because family is the holy of holies.
Please know the reality that if we fail in the family, there is no way to go.
Where should we go? We can become people of the wilderness. Where can we settle our heart? In the mountains? In a temple? Will we become a man of the wilderness?
I deeply appreciate (that) True Parents teach us the importance of the family.
The Last Stop of Love is Family
3. Some people say that they live well even after divorce. Know that a divorced family is more likely to break up again. If a divorced family receives the Blessing again, know that the same course will be repeated unless you make a decision several tens and hundred times stronger than the first marriage. Know that the last stop of love is the family. Isn’t it clear that if you do not long for, yearn for, and aren’t affectionate in the family, you'll become a pitiful person? Where can I find the object of my longing? And will there be anyone longing for me? There is no one who will long for me. Who will live for me? No one.
Once a family is broken, straightening it out is nearly impossible. Like so, once we lose our first love, recovering it is difficult. If someone who made a mistake remarries, if he does not make an effort several times or even tens of times more than with his first love, it is almost impossible to recover.
I am not judging you. Some cases are like that. But then you need to have stronger determination, more than your first love. Otherwise it is not easy to keep it. There are many kinds of cases. Even though you do well, if of some accident or other problems (occur), you need to have strong resolve and repentance, then you can keep your married life very well.
That is why breakdown of the family is a disaster. Know that those who start a new family after their family is broken have a risk of their new family being destroyed at any time unless they really empty themselves and are born again. Because of this, the family is the final stop.
Isn’t it clear that if we do not long for, yearn for, and aren’t affectionate in the family, we'll become a pitiful person? Where can we find the object of our longing? And will there be anyone longing for us?
There is no one who will long for us. Who will live for us? No one.
We become a pitiful person. That is why we are the one in any difficult situation – sometimes it is really difficult to unite with our spouse – (we are the one who) through serving, through effort, through jeongseong, to resolve (any issues). Through serving we can solve any issues. We need to put in more effort than before.
Now is the era of love. We need to initiate with our utmost sincerity. Then God will bless us.
Today I spoke about “The family is the holy of holies.”
(Testimony Gabby von Euw, Secretary General and Young Adult Coordinator SR5, Young Adult Retreat)♦
(Response to sharing)
What is God’s final goal? Total salvation. Nobody (will be) left (out) no matter what. Anyone who makes a mistake, my children’s problem, your children’s problem, we need to save them. Total salvation. If we do not save them, even God will have no liberation.
No matter what, we need to be responsible for our children, for their mistakes, for our wife’s or husband’s mistakes. No matter what, we need to complete. We need to become God’s sons and daughters. This is our final destination and goal.♦
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