Ep 830 - The Providential History Of Salvation From The Viewpoint Of The Principle Part 17
The Providential History of Salvation from the Viewpoint of the Principle - February 1, 2023
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Key Points
At the wedding feast in Cana, Jesus expressed his han to Mary for her lack of mother-son cooperation in supporting his mission.
He expressed grief over the loss of his family foundation when he asked who his mother and brothers were and lamented that he had “no place to lay his head.”
His three year course was an attempt to replace his lost family foundation.
Because his disciples and the nation disbelieved, Jesus’ foundation collapsed and he had to go to the cross.
We must comfort Jesus and resolve to fulfill the will that Jesus failed to achieve, centering on True Parents.
Denying the existence of God and of his parent-child relationship with us is as serious a sin as denying the existence of our living parents.
Rev. Moon has shown us that God exists.
We need to know not only God’s existence but his han.
We need to have a heartistic parent-child reunion with God to come to know his sorrowful situation.
Knowing God’s misery is Father’s resource and reason to never give up.
Sin is to deny the center – True Parents, our own parents – and to “steer away from the path.”
Heaven is a world of love and longing which we learn and master in the family and develop further at church where we connect them “to an even bigger center.”
Singing praise, praying, being moved by the Word at church should help us practice filial piety at home.
Because the Word is God-centered vertical values, the standard for filial piety, and God's love and heart, we must educate ourself in the word in order to practice filial piety in the family and grow spiritually.
Armed with the word, we will want to serve whomever we meet.
Having raised children, mothers are closer to the original world than men are and should be the model in establishing the vertical values of serving parents, husband, and children as the center.
Because God’s word is God’s love, we can upgrade our spirit by studying it and yearning for it.
People who are easily moved by the Word absorb everything because their hearts are like fertile soil.
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.♦
I am so happy to hear beautiful testimonies from our dear brothers and sisters.
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' words to Mary during the wedding at Cana, “Woman, what concern is that to you and to me?” (John 2:4), reveal a reproachful heart to a mother who helped in the weddings of others while neglecting to help Jesus receive his own bride, the most important requirement of the providence. With this perspective, we can now understand why Jesus asked, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” (Matt. 12:48) Faced with the opposition of Mary, Zechariah, Elizabeth and finally John the Baptist, Jesus gave up hoping to gain their protection as he sought to fulfill his mission. Therefore, Jesus left his home in search of a new spiritual foundation to restart the providence of salvation. Now without a family and household, Jesus lamented, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the son of man has nowhere to lay his head.” (Matt. 8:20) Having lost his family-level foundation, Jesus sought to replace it. This was his three-year course.
In the end, as people disbelieved and the disciples lost faith and was invaded by Satan. As his foundation crumbled, he went the way of the cross. Originally, Jesus came to the earth as the Messiah to give blessings to his disciples and all humankind. He was to build the sinless kingdom of heaven. Because of the lack of faith in him, Jesus could not receive his bride, they could not become the True Parents, and he could not complete his mission. This is why he promised to return. The Lord of the Second Advent comes to complete the foundation of God’s providence of restoration left uncompleted by Jesus. That is to say, he comes as the seed of the original true child to complete the ideal of creation. He comes to complete the ideal of True Parents, who are the origin of the true love, true life and true lineage of God. He comes on the victorious foundation of the fundamental providence of God's side up to the time of Jesus. He also stands upon the victorious foundation of Jesus' life and will find the bride that Jesus could not find. Together they become the True Parents to save all humankind.
While studying the course of Jesus, we studied how important the course of environmental restoration centered on the Jesus family and mother-son cooperation is. Jesus, who lost the family prepared by heaven, had no choice but to walk in the wilderness.
It is truly deplorable that Mary asked Jesus to make more wine at the wedding feast in Cana. When Jesus said to Mary, “Woman, what concern is that to you and to me?” Jesus expressed his han, his sorrow, toward Mary.
Does it make sense for Mary, as the mother of Jesus, to ask Jesus to come to someone else's banquet and perform the miracle of making wine without thinking of providing a bride for him?
Furthermore we must understand Jesus' words "Who are my mother, and who are my brothers" from this standard.
Having completely lost his family foundation, Jesus had to run away from home and start a new providence. What kind of heart did Jesus have at that time?
To put it bluntly, Jesus lamented, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the son of man has nowhere to lay his head.” Having lost his family-level foundation, Jesus sought to replace it. This was his three-year course.
However, because the nation disbelieved and the disciples' faith weakened and was invaded by Satan, Jesus' foundation collapsed and he had no choice but to go the way of the cross.
Originally, Jesus came to the earth as the Messiah to give blessings to his disciples and all humankind. He was to build the sinless kingdom of heaven. Who is the one who knows the sorrowful course of the forlorn Jesus?
Even if no one else knows, blessed families who know the principle must comfort Jesus and resolve to fulfill the will that Jesus failed to achieve, centering on True Parents.
Jesus’ course of han was so lonely. The more we study Father’s and Mother’s word, the more we understand Jesus’ sorrowful situation.
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 Worst of Sinners
<39-168> What is the biggest problem in our life? What we need to clarify first is the question of whether God exists or not. The worst of sinners says that God doesn’t exist even though He exists. For example, if a child says that his parents passed away while they are still alive, is he a filial son or not? He is not a filial son. Then, what about those who say that God doesn’t exist while He exists? They will be ruined. If they are fine, I will let them be ruined.
The Existence of God is Undeniable
<39-168> So, there is nothing that is worse sin than denying the existence of God. Today, there are people who say that “God is dead.” “You dimwits! There is nothing that is worse sin than it.” I will go to America and scold those who say it. It isn’t so bad for Orientals to go to America and scold ugly guys, is it? Or, if it isn’t enough, I will take them to Korea. Is it good or bad? (It’s good.)
If I found the place where God is, is it good or not? (It’s good.) Rev. Moon of the Unification Church engaged in desperate prayer whether God exists or not. I desperately prayed whether God exists or not in the position of the child of God. By doing so, God felt admiration for my desperate prayer. At last, I could understand clearly that God exists.
The greatest sinner among sinners is a person who says there is no God despite God existing. For example, if the mother and father are alive and well, but the child says that he has no mother and father, would that child be called a filial son or an unfilial son?
Therefore, the ignorance of ignorance and the greatest sinner of sinners is not knowing the existence of God and not knowing that God is our parent. Then where will the sinner go? There is only one way, and that is to perish.
Therefore, the most important thing in the course of faith is to know the existence of God. And it is to know the relationship between God and us as parents and children and to do our best in filial piety.
How much do we know God? Do we really believe that God is our parent? Do we know that God is truly a miserable being who has lost his children? All those who live without knowing the existence of God are destined for hell. What sin could be greater than saying that we don’t have parents when our parents are still alive?
Therefore, there is no greater sin than to say that there is no God. Rev. Moon of the Unification Church is the one who negotiated the question of whether God exists or not.
At first, Father went into the position of a child of God and negotiated whether God existed or not. After doing this, even God was amazed, and people came to know that God really existed.
Of course, we believe in God, right? We believe in the Principle. Heavenly God is our parent; we are the son or daughter of God. That’s fine. We believe in that.
The next issue – Father didn’t talk much about this – is how much do we understand God’s han. This is the point. Many people believe in God. Definitely he does exist. Then how much do we know his will? How much do we understand his heart and situation? In order to become filial sons and daughters, we definitely need to know his heart. Is it happy or not? Is it sorrowful or not? We need to know his heart.
Why can Father keep going without giving up? He testified that one of the main reasons is because he came to know God’s miserable, sorrowful situation. He said, “I will never go back since I know God’s sorrowful heart. This is my resource and my power to go forward without giving up.”
We need to have that kind of meeting with God, a reunion with God. Then God will come to understand us, and we will understand God’s inner, sorrowful situation. We (will be able to) hug and embrace and cry together and have heartistic communication. (That will be) a heartistic reunion between Parent and child. That is the real meaning between the parent and child relationship.
How many people understand God’s level of heart. That is our homework, our number one (task). How can we meet such a sorrowful God and comfort, understand and console him. Then our life standard will never change because we will have come to really understand God’s inner situation very well.
A Sin is to Deny a Center
<57-246> What is a sin? It’s to deny a center and a direction. When Adam and Eve were about to fall, the archangel showed up and asked them, “Hey, Adam and Eve! did God tell you to eat all the fruits in the Garden of Eden?” “No, God told us to eat all the fruits but except the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” After hearing the answer the Satan denied the center saying, “No, that’s not true!!!” Denying center was the origin of evil. When Adam and Eve determined not to eat it and follow the right direction, the archangel said “Hey, hey. It’s not like that. It goes to this way.” This is why Evil is told to deny a center and make the cross paths.
What is a sin? It‘s to deny a center and a direction. The angel flatly denied what God told Adam and Eve not to eat. So what sin is the denial of center? This is Satan.
Denying the center is the origin of evil. Then, what about the people or groups who deny the True Parents who came to this earth as the center? What if we deny True Father? What will happen if we deny True Mother?
Anyone who denies True Father is Satan. Anyone who denies True Mother and does not accept her identity is really substantial Satan. How can we deny True Parents? Father said, “Denying the center is Satan.” How can we (try to) separate Father and Mother? (We) cannot separate Father and Mother.
What we must clearly know is that sin is denying the center. It is denying God, denying true parents, and denying one's own parents. This is the origin of evil. That is why to steer away from the path is sin, and it is Satan.
Satan always denies the center. He says, “No, it is not true! No, it is not like that.” Satan always denies that.
Now we are entering our final stage, which is the era of the Cheon Il Guk. We are really working hard to follow True Parents. But if at the end in our life of faith we deny the center, what does it mean? It has no meaning at all. We need to understand this point. True Parents’ teaching is very clear here.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: The Word Is the Vertical Standard of Values
The Reason We Come to Church
1. Is church a place we come to because we long for it? Or is it a place we come without a choice? When you come to church, do you come with a joyful heart? Or do you come out of sense of duty? When I come to church, if I do not have a heart of longing, the standard of my spirit is in an ambiguous and very low state. If I do not come to church because I long for it, it means that my heart is empty. The reason we need church is because we need to connect the fruit of the heart and love that is harmonious and full of longing in the family to an even bigger center. It is also to be moved even more through words during church and then return home and practice filial piety.
Think of singing praise, praying, being moved by the Word at church as a candlelight or lamp, and without turning it out, go back home and put filial piety into practice. Church is a place that creates such motivation. That is why one who serves the church will receive even greater blessings.
Who takes responsibility over filial piety and practices it first? More than men, who are in the position of the archangel, it is women, who are in the mother’s position, who must take responsibility first. Restoration is exchanging. Exchanging means denying myself and I, who have Satan’s lineage, changes it to God’s lineage. It means “exchange from self-assertion to self-denial.” What is self-denial? It means to not do things according to my lead or insistence but to be obedient to God.
Heaven, in a word, is a world of longing. Family is the place where longing and love are created. We must create longing and love in our family and connect them to a greater center when we come to church.
Therefore, if we want to long for the church, we must have a record of creating joy and longing within our family. When we come to church, if we do not have a heart of longing, it is proof that we have led an ambiguous life within the family. If we cannot come because we long for the church, our heart is empty in our family life.
The reason we need church is because we need to connect the fruit of the heart and love that is harmonious and full of longing in the family to an even bigger center. It is also to be moved even more through words during church and then return home and practice filial piety.
Think of singing praise, praying, being moved by the Word at church as a candlelight or lamp, and without turning it out, go back home and put filial piety into practice.
Church is a place that creates such motivation. That is why one who serves the church will receive even greater blessings.
It is women, who are moved by the church and who are in the mother’s position, who must take responsibility first before men, who are in the position of the archangel at home.
The Word Is the Vertical Standard of Values
2. The next thing we must do is to be engrafted onto the Word. To be engrafted onto the Word means to always educate my heart according to the Word. We cannot educate the heart without the Word. This is because the Word is the vertical value and standard centered on God. Therefore, without the Word, I cannot educate my heart. Therefore, my mind must absolutely obey the Word, the vertical value. If the Word thinks something is “right,” we need to put that “right” thing into practice. However, even if the Word says so, if I say, “That’s not right for me. The circumstance I am facing is different,” then it is disbelieving the Word. Believers must always be armed with the Word. When you arm yourself with the Word, you will want to serve whoever you meet. In the family, since women play the role of the mother while raising each child, they are closer to the original world than men are. Men usually have strong self-assertion. However, since women have to deny themselves in order to serve her children, women can practice love for others better than men if they just focus their hearts on it. As women become mothers and give love to their children, women know very well what love for the sake of others is. In the end, they know very well that love for the sake of others makes oneself grow.
If we wish to practice filial piety in the family, we must educate ourself with the word. Without the word, fallen human beings cannot have the mind of hyojeong.
This is because the Word is God-centered vertical values, the standard for filial piety, and God's love and heart. Therefore, our mind cannot be educated without the Word.
Those who distance themselves from the Word are already dead and have given up on spiritual growth. Those who do not like the Word eventually become distant from God and become a very humanistic and horizontal person.
Even if the Word is right, and we say, “That’s not right for me. The circumstance I am facing is different,” then it is disbelieving the Word. Believers must always be armed with the Word. When we arm ourself with the Word, we will want to serve whomever we meet.
That is the power of God’s word.
In the family, since women play the role of the mother while raising each child, they are closer to the original world than men are.
Therefore, in the family, the mother should be the model in establishing the vertical values of serving parents, husband, and children as the center.
What Can we Do to Upgrade our Spirit?
3. If I am not centered on the Word, there is no way to elevate my level of love. It is impossible to upgrade my spirit without the Word. This is because God’s Word is God’s love. The more I consume God’s Word, which is His love, the more the level of my love is gradually upgraded. That is why we need to know True Parents and long for their Word more than anything else. We should be moved each time we recite the Family Pledge while spending each day like Ahn Shi Il. We should be moved each time we read the text of the Words while doing Hoon Dok Hae. If you are not moved even after reading the Word, it means that your self-assertion is strong. People who cannot be moved by the Word have a lot of self-assertion and the concept of “me” is strong. If the concept of “me” is strong, there is no space for God’s Word to enter me and stay there. People who are easily moved by the Word absorb everything because their hearts are like fertile soil. That is why we always need to engraft our spirits onto the Word. And we need to arm ourselves well with the Word we engraft onto. Then, during our lives, through the Word, we need to grow our spirit selves from the form spirit to life spirit, and from the life sprit to divine spirit.
If we are not centered on the Word, there is no way to elevate our level of spirit. It is impossible to upgrade our spirit without the Word. This is because God’s Word is God’s love.
That is why I am asking our brothers and sisters to read the Divine Principle over and over again and again and listen to God’s word again and again. Listening, reading and practicing. Without God’s word how can we elevate our heart and level of spirit? It is impossible. Why? God’s word is his love and heart. He expresses (his heart) through his word.
Only through God's love can we upgrade our level of spirit. Loving God begins with loving the Word. That is why the Bible says that the Word is God.
The more we consume God’s Word, which is His love, the more the level of our love is gradually upgraded. Therefore, we must always have a heart that yearns for the Word.
We should be moved each time we recite the Family Pledge while spending each day like Ahn Shi Il.
It is not just once every eight days. We should spend every day like Ahn Shi Il.
We should be moved each time we read the text of the Words while doing Hoon Dok Hae.
If we are not moved even after reading the Word, it means that we are insincere, external, very outward and assertive.
People who are easily moved by the Word absorb everything because their hearts are like fertile soil. That is why we always need to engraft our spirits onto the Word.
I feel that the more we read the word, the more we feel God’s love and heart. How close (we come to) God! We understand God’s han more. That’s why God’s word is so powerful! What can we do to upgrade our spirit? (By reading) God’s word.
Today I spoke about “The word is the vertical standard of values.”
(Testimony Reimi Mizuguchi, Young Adult Retreat SR5)♦
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