Ep 837 - The Providential History Of Salvation From The Viewpoint of The Principle Part 1
The Providential History of Salvation from the Viewpoint of the Principle - February 9, 2023
Key Points
Our goal is to have 30,000 members in America by 2027.
In a family when parents and children, husband and wife, and siblings become one in true love by centering on the three object partners and fulfilling the trinity, an ideal family is formed.
This becomes our eternal trinity and our three position foundation where God dwells, an absolute, unchanging structure of the kingdom of heaven.
Because of this, if our children leave, we absolutely need to bring them back.
The impact on our descendants of our own mistakes and sins is substantial.
It is extremely difficult to atone for sins.
We can resolve the sins of our ancestors through the Ancestor Liberation and Blessing ceremony.
In order to become an ideal couple and establish a family, we must thoroughly deny ourself and live a life centered on our partner.
To live a harmonious life we must commit to consulting with and following our partner as if he or she were our Abel, our “absolute being” and our God.
The law of true love can only be realized vertically through God and horizontally through the partner.
In a true-love relationship we deny ourself, treat our partner as absolute, and exist and live for his sake. Our value is revealed through such relationships.
We can only exist in relationship with others, so relationships are absolute and necessary.
We can only realize true love through relationships.
In order to realize true love, we must regard our partner as absolute, as our life and the conjugal relationship as absolute.
In God’s ideal creation our love comes from our object partner. That is why we need to be humble, serve, deny ourself and put God and the other person first.
Self-denial means to think of others first.
The age of love requires a couple to take responsibility for each other with prayer and jeongseong.
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.♦
(Response to sharing) A famous Korean professor, who is now 104 years old, said his golden time period was 65 to 75 years old.♦
Yesterday I came back to New York. I am so happy to join Morning Devotion live.
We had a 13 Model Church Leaders Retreat on February 6 and 7 at IPEC in Las Vegas. 30 leaders from five subregions gathered together. It was a beautiful time. We discussed how we can really develop our church. We are now very much promoting 13 model churches from the five sub-regions. It was exciting and very good.
President Naokimi shared about National Long term objectives and goal and reviewed what we have done in the past. I am proud of our president Naokimi. He is doing an excellent job. When I give him some vision, he knows how to realize it with all the sub-regional leaders together. I am really proud of him. Every day, every month he is improving so much. Thank you very much, Naokimi!
Leaders shared their best practices and set a six-month vision and goal. All the sub-regional leaders are so powerful!
I shared about vision 2027 for America which is 30,000 members and the creation of happy family churches.
Here are some photos.
We also visited Cheon Shim Won and prayed together. Dr. Kim and Rev. Jau(?) welcomed us. We had a beautiful time.
We also went to Red Rock Canyon. It was very beautiful.
We took a group photo at IPEC.
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.>
There are many differences in the lifestyles of peo ple in the East and the West. In many ways they are com plete opposites of one another. For example, when we Koreans call someone to come, we motion with the palm down, like this. If we do that in the West, people go the other way. We often misunderstand and wonder if peo ple do not like us, because they go away when we are actually beckoning them to come closer. Furthermore, wes tern script is written horizontally, proceeding from left to right. Oriental script in its original form is written ver tically, proceeding from top to bottom and from right to left. Consequently, westerners open their books from left to right, whereas in the Orient we open our books from right to left. Thus western civilization is more hori zon tal in orientation, while Oriental civilization has more of a vertical orientation. As another example, sha king hands is a horizontal greeting, while bowing is vertical.
In Oriental tradition, ancestors are at the core of the family system. In the West, however, there is no strong concept that regards ancestors as the core. Westerners generally regard the self as the center. Because every part of an entity is connected at the core, if the core does not move, the whole entity does not move. Therefore, all six positions and the central core have equal value. In a three-generational family—consisting of grandparents, parents and children—there are twelve types of relationships. These twelve ideally will fit wherever they are placed. The grandchild will not object to anything the grandparent wants. Also, the children of the grandparents will want whatever their parents desire. Ultimately, all three generations will unite, sharing the same desire. All members of the family—grandfather and grandmother, father and mother, husband and wife, son and daughter—will resonate with the center.
Let us consider a family that is based on love. Since the relationship between parents and children is characterized by unity, we can say that they form one body. Likewise, husband and wife form one body through their mutual relationship, as do brothers and sisters. All members of the family form one body. In such a case, what is the common center shared by these relationships? In forming one body, they have God's true love, which is at the center of all love, as their common center. With true love as the center of their relationships, parents and children become one, husband and wife become one, and brothers and sisters become one. Through this process, each member of the family becomes equal in value.
Centering on true love, parents and children become one, husband and wife become one body, and siblings become one. In a family, when parents and children, husband and wife, and siblings become one by centering on the three object partners and fulfilling the trinity, an ideal family is formed.
In that sense, the trinity of our family is an eternally inseparable foundation. Our parents, our spouse, and our children are our eternal trinity and our three position foundation. In this trinity, true love will be at the center, and God will dwell in that position.
The fall of human beings is the failure of the trinity to become one. Since this family's trinity is an eternal relationship, it must be restored if something goes wrong or if the relationship goes wrong. We must know that this is an absolute, unchanging structure of the kingdom of heaven.
In order to form this trinity, there must be parents, there must be an object partner (spouse), and there must be children. However, just having this structure of the trinity is not enough, it is necessary to also restore love internally to form an ideal family.
The trinity centered on the family in Adam’s family broke down. Their relationship with God, (each other) and their children was completely gone.
This is an eternal trinity. We cannot survive if we deviate from this trinity. We need to have an incredible relationship with our parents, not matter what with our spouse, and with our children. This is our eternal trinity, not only in this earthly world, but when we go to the spiritual world (our existence will be) based on this trinity system. (In) our eternal trinity we need to have inseparable relationships no matter what. With our father and mother we need to have a great relationship. We need to make great unity between husband and wife. And with our children, even though they may not follow us, they may not (live?) like us and go their own way. No matter what, we need to bring them back. Why? This is the eternal family trinity. How important it is!
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: The Human Fall 21: Original Sin
• First is the original sin. This sin originated with the spiritual and physical fall of our first human ancestors. It is ingrained in our lineage and is the root of all sins.
• Second is hereditary sin. This is sin which one inherits from one’s ancestors on account of their connection through lineage.
• Third is collective sin. This is sin for which a person is responsible as a member of a group. For example, as a consequence of sending Jesus to the cross, the Jewish people were cast into the position to undergo grievous suffering.
• Fourth is individual sin, which an individual himself commits.
• The original sin may be thought of as the root of all sins, hereditary sin as the trunk, collective sin as the branches, and individual sin as the leaves.
• All sins sprout from the original sin, which is their root; hence, without extirpating the original sin, there is no way to completely eradicate other sins.
• However, no man is able to unearth this root of sin. Only Christ, who comes as the root and True Parent of humanity can grasp it and uproot it.
Based on that let’s study further.
Hereditary Sin (Sin of Ancestors)
God said to Abraham that his descendants will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and will be slaves there, and they will be oppressed for four hundred years. It means that his descendants with 10 generations had to be slaves because of his mistake. When Moses was born, Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, gave the order to all his people: “Every Hebrew boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live.” Those who had boys wailed in sorrow. Abraham’s mistake caused all these tragedies. In this way, sins of ancestors bring hardships to their descendants. Therefore, the contribution of ancestors is quite important.
Because of Abraham's mistake in the sacrifice, his descendants went to Egypt and suffered slavery for 430 years. Look at how many descendants have to pay indemnity for this one ancestor's mistake.’
In this way, hereditary sin (sin of ancestors) is terrifying. When we think of these things, think about how great the impact of our own mistakes and sins will have on our descendants.
Jesus said, "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up.” (John 3:14) When the Israelites lost faith in Moses on the way to Canaan, fiery serpents appeared and began to kill them. God commanded Moses to make a bronze serpent and set it on a pole, so that all who looked upon the serpent might live.
Due to the Israelites' disbelief in Moses, six hundred thousand people suffered in the wilderness. Due to the Israelites’ disbelief in Jesus, six million people surmounted the steep path of indemnity through death. Hence, we can understand how difficult it is to atone for sins.
Lives of Ancestors Affect Lives of Their Descendants
According to a result of the genealogical research in the United States, they have studied descendants who moved to the United States from the England and the Netherlands in the 17th century and reproduced until the 8th generation. Edward who is a devout Christian moved from the England to the United States and reproduced 1400 offspring. They consist of 664 leaders: 73 presidents of universities, 100 professors, 14 founders of schools, 60 men of letters, 60 physicians, 75 military officers, 180 judges and attorneys, 1 mayor of New York city, 1 vice president of the United States, 100 religious leaders.
In the same age, Max who is a heavy drinker and moved from the Netherlands to the United States reproduced 1200 offspring. They consist of those who lived miserable lives: 310 beggars, 60 thieves, 300 people who died from malnutrition, 7 murders, 130 prisoners, 40 epileptics and disabled patients.
These results show how great the influence of ancestors are on their descendants. We must know how amazing God's blessing is that we can resolve the sins of our ancestors through the Ancestor Liberation and Blessing ceremony.
What kind of outcome will come out from our descendants?
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: If Couples Regard Each Other As Absolute, Harmony of Love Will Arise
The Standard of Ideal Couples That Heaven Wants
1. For the couple to live with each other affectionately can be both easy and difficult. Originally, the ideal couple that Heaven wants must live discussing with each other, always making decisions through the partner, and obeying each other, but that did not happen. True Parents’ esteemed couple always lived an exemplary life as they always moved together as a couple. And wherever True Father went, True Mother lived a life of showing that she and True Father were absolutely one. Even after True Father ascended, True Mother showed us the standard of grave mourning in attending True Father for 3 years. All the while, True Mother told us that his thoughts became her thoughts and her thoughts became his thoughts, and she showed that the two of them are one body. But we haven’t been able to live like that, have we?
The fall of human beings was that they tried to control their partner centering on their own thoughts. In that sense, in order to become an ideal couple and establish a family, we must thoroughly deny ourself and live a life centered on our partner.
I must live knowing that discussing with our partner, always making decisions through our partner, and obeying our partner is the absolute law and the absolute commandment.
Therefore, we must know that always asking our partner and taking action is our own pledge and commandment that we must follow, just as we always follow the Family Pledge.
Whether we are the parent or the child, the husband or the wife, regardless of our position, we must always ask questions and act as if our partner is our Abel and God.
In the relationship between husband and wife, between Cain and Abel, and between parents and children, if we uphold this commandment and treat each other as our own life, we can always live a harmonious life.
We need to think that our object partner is our absolute being. Our father and mother are our absolute being. Our spouse is our absolute being. Our children are our absolute being. If we treat our object partner as our absolute being, then what is the next action? To completely deny ourself. (We should) discuss and get permission from our spouse and respect our partner as absolute. If we have that kind of commitment as an absolute law and commandment, I am telling you, surely we can create a beautiful harmonious life.
Couples Must Live Regarding Each Other As Absolute
2. Blessed couples must live regarding each other as absolute, just like True Parents. Originally, Eve had to live regarding God as absolute, and she also had to live regarding Adam as absolute with the same standard of attending God. It was the same for Adam regarding Eve. The problem was that doing things to their own accord was the Fall. According to the law of true love, the principle is that true love cannot be realized without going through the other person. The law of true love says that one cannot do everything as they please. In that sense, Adam and Eve were not allowed to marry as they please without God’s permission.
Blessed couples must live regarding each other as absolute, just like True Parents. Originally, Eve should first have regarded God as absolute, and secondly, she should have considered her partner, Adam, as God, and regarded him as absolute.
The law of true love is a principle and an absolute law that can only be realized vertically through God and horizontally through the partner. In that sense, the law of true love says that one cannot do everything as he pleases.
If Couples Regard Each Other as Absolute, Harmony of Love Will Arise
3. If the wife regards her husband as absolute, and the husband regards his wife as absolute, what remains between the two? The only thing that remains between those two people is love. In this way, harmony arises between a husband and wife who regard each other as absolute. When looking with the law of true love, a couple is meant to absolutely live for the sake of each other. If you deviate from this law, no one would be able to exist. What is the purpose for the husband and wife to form a bond? It is because of true love. True love is based on the premise of not asserting oneself. True love is meant to think about the partner first while denying oneself. If the couple is an absolute entity that must exist for the partner, we must completely deny ourselves. Isn’t that right? It is easier said than done. Isn’t it difficult to put it into practice? If you put yourself first and assert yourself, you cannot regard your partner as absolute. Who do I exist for? Don’t I exist because of my husband or wife? I, who exists because of myself, cannot exist. Conflicts and fights arise to those who exists for themselves. So, for the couple that asserts themselves, their relationship is Hell and suffering.
If the wife regards her husband as absolute, and the husband regards his wife as absolute, what will (happen with) the couple? There will only be harmony of love. This is God's law of creation.
When looking with the law of true love, a couple is meant to absolutely live for the sake of each other. A couple that absolutely lives for the sake of their partner cannot self-assert themselves. If we deviate from this law, no one would be able to exist.
The absolute law of true love is premised on not asserting oneself. If the couple is an absolute entity that must exist for the partner, we must completely deny ourselves.
Whom do I exist for? When I think that I exist because of my husband, I exist because of my wife, I exist because of our children, I exist because of Cain, I exist because of Abel, a pastor exists because of the church members, and church members exist because of the pastor, the value of one's existence becomes revealed.
Therefore, the value of our existence can only be revealed through the other person. Conflicts and fights arise to those who exists for themselves. So, for the couple that asserts themselves, their relationship is Hell and suffering.
The Realization of True Love Is Fulfilled Through Relationships
4. When we look with the principle of true love, we cannot deny that we ourselves exist because of relationships. Just as I have a relationship with God, my spouse, my children, and my brothers and sisters, my being exists because of relationships. If I deviate from these relationships, I am a being that cannot do anything. The realization of true love can only be fulfilled through these relationships. There is no doubt in this. These relationships are not relationships that don’t matter if they exist or not. They are absolutely necessary relationships. Knowing this principle of true love, True Parents’ esteemed couple lived with standards of absolute trust and love. This promise is God's absolute commandment. Therefore, anyone who is a couple must live with this absolute standard.
What is God's absolute commandment? Our being only exists through relationships, and it can never exist apart from relationships. Therefore, it is God's absolute commandment to regard these relationships as absolute.
Having a relationship with God, my spouse, my children, my brothers and sisters, and my Cain and Abel, is something that is absolute. I cannot deviate from these relationships for even a moment.
Humans are beings that cannot do anything if they deviate from these relationships. The realization of true love can only be fulfilled through these relationships. However, these relationships are not relationships that don’t matter if they exist or not. They are absolutely necessary relationships.
Anyone who relates with us, we should not think it is a temporary relationship. This does not make any sense. Whenever we relate to somebody, we need to think that this is an absolutely necessary relationship. So, in order to create that kind of absolute relationship and build harmony, we need to completely deny ourself. We need to think, “I exist for the sake of my object partner.” If each person has that kind of mindset to deny oneself and serve others first, we will definitely create incredible beautiful harmony and unity.
The problem is that we put ourself first and think of ourself first, that is the problem. God’s ideal creation is not like that.
In God’s ideal creation our love comes from our object partner. That is why we need to be humble and serve and deny ourself. Otherwise how can we create beautiful and harmonious relationships?
Anyone who thinks (of) and puts himself first cannot create harmony and unity. Therefore, our life of faith is to deny ourself and think of and serve others first, to put God first, put our object partner first. That is a life of faith. A life of faith starts with self-denial. Self-denial means to think of others first.
The Age in Which The Husband and Wife Must Take Responsibility for Each Other
5. Next, the husband and wife must make an effort to not hurt each other’s heart. When a couple deviates from their partner and acts as they like and think centered on themselves, they hurt and sadden their partner’s heart. If the husband acts as he pleases without his wife’s agreement, it brings the consequences of disregarding his wife. If the wife also acts as she pleases without any relation to her husband, it becomes an act of disregarding her husband. Therefore, between the husband and wife, we should strive to never disregard each other. The opposite sex of male and female is for each to find true love. What is the purpose of husband and wife? They are people They are people who met each other to find true love. Can you deny this? When we look centered on the Word, what kind of family are you today? You are a family with what kind of attitude? As husband and wife, we are people who must live regarding the couple relationship as absolute. We must take responsibility over each other. This is the age when we must know about the principle of true love and each fulfill their own portion of responsibility. This is not the age to pray or go to church, it is the age when the husband and wife must absolutely take responsibility over each other.
Conflicts between Cain and Abel, conflicts between husbands and wives, and conflicts between parents and children occur because people do things their own way without their partner's consent. If we do what we want, do not agree with our partner and ignore him or her, it will only results in hurting and saddening our partner’s heart.
What is the final purpose of the couple meeting? What is the purpose of the existence of parents and children? All of this is to realize true love in the end.
However, we must know that true love must always be based on our partner. So there's no choice there. Therefore, the conclusion is that in order to realize true love, we must regard our partner as absolute, as our life.
What kind of family are we today? As husband and wife, are we living our life regarding the conjugal relationship as absolute? The couple must take responsibility (for) each other. The age of love demands this. The greatest prayer and jeongsong among prayers and jeongsong is for a husband and wife to regard each other as absolute, as our life.
Today I talked about “If Couples Regards Each Other As Absolute, Harmony of Love Will Arise.”
(Testimony Mi-Hye Platt, Cheon Il Guk missionariy, Romania)♦
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