Ep 420 - The Family Foundation to Send the Only Begotten Daughter Part 2
The Family Foundation to Send the Only Begotten Daughter #55 - December 19, 2021
How was our Blessing Fest yesterday? For me it was one of the most beautiful events! I want to receive the Blessing again! There were such beautiful testimonies! The testimonies, the music and True Mother’s word were all connected together. I felt overwhelmed after watching yesterday’s event. I think all of you may have had the same feeling as I did. I really appreciate all the leadership, the media team, Steve Jares, many brothers and sisters centered on our national leadership. Thank you once again.
Today I’d like to talk again about “The family foundation to send the only begotten daughter” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 1.
Daemonim is a person who spent her whole life seeking and attending the returning Lord. She opened up the environment through which you could be resurrected. She was the historic person who protected the family of God's only begotten daughter and gave birth to the only begotten daughter. Not just anyone could conduct Daemonim's works. She is a person who made substantial preparations for the returning Lord. That is why there is no one comparable to Daemonim. It is not an easy thing for a spirit person to work on earth! This required effort that you cannot even imagine.
What is the difference between one's nanny and one's actual mother? Anybody can say that the lineage and the heart are different. But I would like to explain it like this: A nanny is a public figure. She cannot have personal emotions in the task entrusted to her. When Daemonim gave birth to me, Heaven told her, “You are her nanny.” Daemonim is a person who showed absolute faith. Daemonim is a person who, throughout her entire life, never thought of herself. She is the one who knew the most about providential history, about the Returning Lord and about the status and position of True Parents. (2014.10.27, Cheon Jeong Gung).
True Father received his mission from Jesus at the age of 16. Just as Adam and Eve had to go through a growing process, Father also had responsibilities that he had to complete. In order to begin as the Returning Lord, he had to go through a course of indemnity. He ended up going to prison in North Korea. However, Heaven could not just let everything end in prison. Heaven had to protect Father. That is why Father came south with the help of the UN Forces. After arriving in Busan, Father was able to complete the task of writing down the Word, which was his responsibility as the only begotten son of God. That is the responsibility of the only begotten son of God. After he completed that, he could start to look for disciples. On that foundation, in 1960 he met the only begotten daughter of God and moved forward into the position of a True Parent.
The 2,000 years of Christian providential history was the providence to find the only begotten daughter of God. The Bible says, “ And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.” (Luke 12:10) This is because in our Heavenly Parent's providential work through history, the final component that had to be found was the only begotten daughter of God. A new stage of provi dential history is beginning through the only begotten daughter of God (2016.10.04, Cheon Jeong Gung).
Let's study more about True Mother's explanation of Daemonim in Chambumogyung.
<CBG p.155~156> “As we see from the life of my mother, Hong Soon-ae, we should live a life of which we can be proud. Out of the four persons who are parents of the True Parents, my mother is the only one who attended True Father until the end. For this reason True Father bestowed on her the title Daemonim. Before she received this title, she offered endless prayers, shedding tears of anguish. Her sincere devotion was a devotion that heaven alone could understand. Before she met True Father, she prayed that God would guide her to meet the Returning Lord. After she met True Father, she prayed even more deeply for the entire True Family, because she was well aware how hard Satan was trying to invade the True Family spiritually. She fought with Satan to protect the True Family; in fact, she kept on praying for them even during the ten years when she was suffering from failing health.”
“As an example to your families and descendants, all of you should inherit Daemonim's heart of single-minded loyalty and establish a proper tradition of attending God. This grandmother lived only to attend God. In attending God in your families you should fulfill the way of a loyal heart with single-mindedness even greater than hers. On November 4, 1989, in honor of Daemonim, I created a calligraphic tribute, Chungshim Bong-shin which means "with a loyal heart she dedicated herself" to God and True Parents. Anyone, like her, who goes to the spirit world after a life of sacrifice lived with single-minded devotion will open the gate to receive blessings from God free from any accusation.”<CBG p.156>
Before meeting True Father, Daemonim paid the price of unimaginable suffering and sacrifice only to meet the Second Coming Lord. In addition, she dedicated True Mother to True Father (Heavenly Father?) from the position of a nanny with all her heart.
Daemonim showed the life of a model who served True Parents directly from True Mother and True Father's holy wedding to the moment of her death.
Daemonim prepared everything for True Father's Seonghwa through the providence of Cheongpyeong since she went to the spirit world. And for the first time in human history, Daemonim became one with True Parents and began the providence of the liberation ceremony and blessing ceremony for the ancestors of the spirit world. Thus, she made the greatest contribution to liberating the spirit world.
I had a very beautiful experience. Hungmo nim came to Thailand. We organized the ancestor liberation and blessing ceremony. On the way back to the Thailand headquarters from the southern(?) part (of Thailand), Hungmo nim told me that (sometime before Father’s ascension) she had received an incredible revelation to prepare quickly for True Father’s seonghwa. Before Father passed away, Daemonim appeared to Hungmo nim and asked her to hurry because True Father would come to the spiritual world very soon. She needed to complete the World Peace Center quickly. That is why Hungmo nim hurried to build the World Peace Center. Our Daemonim is an incredible lady. She knew when True Father was going to come to the spiritual world. If she had not prepared the World Peace Center and all the other things for True Father’s seonghwa, when would we have been able to celebrate True Father’s seonghwa?
Not only this. I heard many secret stories from her about how Daemonim prepared for True Father’s seonghwa. She had dedicated her entire life to True Parents and then went to the spiritual world. Then she helped True Parents’ providence even more. Because of her we started to have ancestor liberation ceremonies and (ancestor) Blessing ceremonies. She is a really historical, incredible woman.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: Who Is God?
God is:
• The subject and harmonious union of original internal nature and original external form.
• The harmonious union of original masculinity and original femininity.
• The subject partner having qualities of internal nature and masculinity towards the universe.
11. God is the God of absolute faith, absolute love, and absolute obedience.
12. God is the subject of true love, true life, and true lineage.
13. God is the subject of conscience.
14. God is a God of bitter pain.
15. God is a God of mercy.
16. God is a God of sorrow.
17. God is a being who needs to be liberated.
Today will be the last part of the series of lectures on Who God Is.
17. God Is A Being Who Needs To Be Liberated.
Until now I shared the seeds(?) about who God is. Now you can understand more about who God is. In order to arrange these lectures on who God is, I really researched thoroughly a long time ago. I was inspired by Father’s word, and I understand more very clearly who God is. Today is the last (in the series).
<7-150> For six thousand years, God has been searching for a person of desperate faith, a person of desperate hope, a person burning with love who can say, "God is imprisoned because of humankind! God is imprisoned because of me! Because of one person like me, God has been accused by Satan! Jesus died because of me! The Holy Spirit has endured a history locked in mortal combat because of me! God, who does not forget me, and who gives me strength, my Father, I will give you a chance to rest, and prepare for You a place of liberation." We must understand this.
God is a being who needs to be liberated.
1. As long as I am in prison, God also is in prison.
Father talks about why. (It is) because God is the parent of each human being. Therefore any child who is in prison, God as a parent is in prison as well. I really appreciate that Father has discovered the fundamental truth - that God and human beings are in a parent-child relationship. If we do not understand this fundamental truth, we can only believe that God is the creator, an absolute being, so powerful, almighty God. However, we (also) understand that he is the parent of each human being. We can understand more about our relationship to him. As long as I am in prison, God is also in prison because of the parent-child relationship.
Then who liberates God? I am the one who liberates God. If I liberate him from hell and (he) enters the kingdom of heaven, then I could liberate God’s heart. Who liberates his heart? Not God himself. I am the one who liberates his heart.
2. God is imprisoned because of me!
That’s true. If children are in hell, then God is in prison.
3. God has been accused by Satan! Because of me!
I carry on always (with) fallen nature. Sometimes I connect to Satan, sometimes to God. My situation is always unstable. Then Satan constantly accuses me and accuses God: “You did not love me, you love your own children, Adam and Eve, more than me.” He always feels a lack of love. Because of me, Satan always accuses our Heavenly Parent.
4. Jesus died because of me!
We need to think that way: “Israelis have the same blood lineage as I do.” We are fallen people. That is why if I were born 2,000 years ago, maybe I would have repeated the same things as they did. We cannot blame them. We have the same kind of blood lineage. That is why we need to think that Jesus died because of me -- not (just) because of the Israelis. As long as I maintain fallen nature, any time I can betray God. I am the one who betrayed Jesus. We need to think that way. We have to even be responsible for the failures.
5. True Parents have been suffering because of me!
If I become a filial son or daughter and my heart becomes increasingly mature, then our True Parents will be very happy. But I still could not overcome. I am still hanging around here and there with all kinds of fallen nature. Because of me our True parents suffer so much!
6. The Holy Spirit has endured a history locked in mortal combat because of me!
7. God, who does not forget me, and who gives me strength, my Father, I will give you a chance to rest, and prepare for You a place of liberation!!!”
True Mother is really a filial daughter. When she wrote a letter to True Father in the spiritual world when we had the seonghwa anniversary, she said to Father, “Father, don’t worry about me. I will be responsible. Please rest in the spiritual world. Your job is to comfort and console God’s heart. God is the one who has gone through all kinds of suffering, incredible hardship. So Father, do not worry about me or about the earthly world to build the kingdom of heaven. I will do it. Do not worry about the earthly mission.” It was a beautiful true motherly heart. Her motivation was how to liberate God, how to liberate the heart of True Father.
<7-150> In order to liberate God and True Parents, and to save the world, we must delve into the bottom of hell. If you just break through the bottom layer of hell, you can find the Kingdom of Heaven. You must understand this. It is very close. That is why you are sacrificing and serving, isn't it? If you say, "I believe in the Unification Church, and I am going this way so that I can be saved," you have missed the point completely. With that attitude, it is impossible to influence the world. You must think, "I am going to liberate God, liberate True Parents, and save the world." Do you understand? This is completely different.
Maybe when Christians hear these words from Father, they will be shocked. “In order to liberate God and True Parents, and to save the world, we must delve into the bottom of hell.” Why? Because most of humankind is in hell. Who is at the bottom of hell? God is there. If children are in hell, then their parents’ heart puts them in the hell of hells. That is why True Father says, “If you just break through the bottom layer of hell, you can find the Kingdom of Heaven.” When we liberate, that is the meaning of the kingdom of heaven.
You have to go down to hell to go to heaven. Don't try to go up to the kingdom of heaven, but make a determination and go the path of hardships.
God is not in heaven. As a single parent whose children are in hell, God is shedding blood, sweat and tears in a place worse than hell.
The reason we joined the Unification Church is to liberate God first. The second is to liberate humankind. The third is not to (seek to) go to the prepared heaven, but to build heaven on this earth.
The motivation of (reason?) Christianity believes in God and (reason) a Unificationist (does) are completely different. Why did we join the Unification Church? In order to liberate God and all humankind, in order to build the kingdom of heaven on earth, not just to enter the kingdom of heaven. Our motivation needs to be very clear.
The liberation of hell is the liberation of heaven.
We are talking about God as a being who needs to be liberated.
Our final goal is to liberate God, True Parents and the world. That’s why we always need to think, “What is my final goal?” What is our final goal?
> I will liberate God.
No matter what, I will liberate him. Because he is my father, my parent. How much indemnity he has paid!
> I will liberate True Parents.
They are the ones who have suffered the most, their entire life. Father went through prison life six times. They have had no rest, working so hard. How can I liberate True Parents? I need to substantially establish the kingdom of heaven on earth.
> I will save the world!!!”
We need to liberate all humankind. If one person still remains in hell, that is not complete liberation. That is why we need to, “Let ALL humankind enter the kingdom of heaven. Heavenly Father, I want to be the last guy. Let all of humankind enter the kingdom of heaven. (I want to be unable to find) anyone in hell.” If we have this kind of attitude, we are truly a son and filial daughter.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: Moses and the Course of Faith - Formation of Human Personality and Marital Relationships
1. It is very important what environment you grow up in in your course of faith. The environment sometimes protects life and sometimes destroys it. Fortunately, Moses had a relationship of mother-child cooperation. He had a very good relationship with his mother, the environment in which he grew up was a royal palace, and he inherited a good lineage from his mother.
God’s providence of restoration shows us the importance of mother-child cooperation. Children are influenced by the mother, not just 70% or 80%, I think almost 100%. If the mother does not have good faith, there is no hope for the children. Even if the husband is the worst case, as long as the mother has amazing faith and she is a great mom… Throughout human history, we already know that. Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, even Moses became central figures because of mother-child cooperation -- how the mother raised up her boy as the central figure. Why did Noah’s children fail? Because there was no mother-child cooperation. That is why the woman is not just a woman; the mother is the center of love.
I realized that the purpose of woman … to me the woman is everything. The mother is everything.
2. The environment in which we were born is not my own decision, but was already given to me. My mother and father had already been decided according to the family name. Since I don't choose my mother and father, it's very important how I adapt within the environment where I was born. It is my responsibility to understand and distinguish well what is "good" or "bad." You can't blame the environment and you can't blame your parents. Even your parents weren't born into this world because they wanted to be.
You were born into a certain environment. Some families are poor. Some families have a good background. Some families have a better economic background. There are all kinds of different environments. But if you start to blame your father and mother, (you should realize that) your father and mother did not decide to be born by themselves. Their birth was already given. That’s why, don’t blame them.
We should just adjust. “This is my destiny already.” Someone may be from Korea or from America. Your destiny is already decided centered on a certain environment. What should we do? How do we distinguish good or bad? How can we relate to God? How can we accept our destiny? How can I invite God to my own destiny? This is important.
When we start to blame others -- “Why am I like that? Why is my father like that? Why is my mother like that? Why is my school like that? Why is my country like that? Why was I born as a black person? As a yellow person?” -- (this is a problem.) Do not think that way. If you start to blame someone, how can they be restored? I need to appreciate (them). I need to love my destiny. If I do not appreciate it and start blaming here and there, and my descendants go that way, when will it end? Within my generation it needs to finish! I don’t want a problem to be repeated again and again. Let’s finish within my generation!
3. Moses entered the palace and lived there, but there was something in his blood that could distinguish between good and evil. The reason Moses grew up in a very good environment externally, but was not secularized in the external environment was that he was born with a different lineage from others from his mother's womb. It was completely different from the blood of Pharaoh.
Moses’ mother was so dedicated. She was really a patriot. She loved her ancestors, the nation of Israel. She loved her Levite blood lineage. That is why she educated Moses. “Where did your blood lineage come from?” It was like Daemonim. Moses’ mother (took care of him in) the position of a nanny. This shows us the position of the nanny. “Moses, you are a son of God. Do you understand what I mean? You have a different blood lineage. Your blood lineage comes from Israel. You are a chosen guy. Your lineage comes from the Levite lineage. The Levites always attend God and become priests.” This (was her) education of a chosen person.
I think Moses’ mother did great hoondokhae for Moses from a young age. Hoondok education is very important for our second generation and third generation -- the same as Moses’ mother. It was not easy. The entire palace environment was really evil. In that situation how did Moses become a central figure who loved the Israeli people? It was first because of his mother’s education. Secondly because he was born very well centered on his mother’s blood lineage. She had cleansed her blood. Based on the foundation of her royalty, her patriotism Moses was born.
4. Let me give you an example. In the early days of the Japanese Unification Church, a Japanese person entered the Unification Church, received the Blessing, and even had children. Both of his parents were Japanese. However, his mother’s first husband passed away, so she married her second husband and had children.
5. When he was in elementary school, watching Japanese people discriminate and despise Koreans a lot, he said he felt sorry for Korea and sympathized with them. After graduating from Waseda University, he entered the Unification Church and felt more affection for Korea after listening to the Principle.
6. So one day, he told his mother that he had an affection for Koreans in spite of himself. His mother told him that his father (her first husband) was, in fact, a Korean. At that time, it was a great risk for a Japanese woman to marry a Korean and live together. This is because when they married a Korean, they were treated badly by Japanese society. Once married to a Korean, not only did they receive bad treatment, but it was also difficult to get a job, so they were financially poor. Therefore, marrying and living with a Korean person could not be done without a deep relationship of affection.
7. It turned out that his late father was caught and killed while participating in the independence movement. So his mother said that she met a Japanese man, got married, and registered her son from her late husband under her second husband. If you look at this story, you can see that Korean blood was flowing in that person's blood. That's why when he saw Koreans, he felt sympathy for them before realizing it, and when he saw victimized people, he felt righteous for them without realizing it.
Moses’ blood lineage, even though he had grown up in Pharaoh’s palace, was different. That’s why education is not enough (to prepare a central figure?). The blood lineage background should be different. Moses’ blood lineage came from a long time ago, connecting his ancestors, and finally his mother had a beautiful heart with a different blood lineage compared to other people. Moses was born with that kind of blood lineage.
8. Families with a high level of women’s heart have a great influence on their children. Therefore, all men are responsible as archangels to raise the level of women’s heart, raise her values, and clean her lineage. From a principled point of view, secular men in the world are in the position of a fallen archangel before his wife.
9. In the beginning, the archangel raised Eve. Therefore, it is important to know on the course of restoration that men are not sons of God, -- this is very important -- but in the position of the archangel. The environment in which we live now is a world where archangels act as masters. Just as the archangel dominated Eve, most men have formed an archangelic culture that dominates women. To date, women have suffered a lot from men and have paid unimaginable indemnity.
That is why when we have the matching ceremony under True Parents’ guidance, the man’s position is the archangel’s position. In the three-day ceremony the man’s position is the archangel’s position, and the woman’s position is the Eve position. This is different. Event though we have received the Blessing, we did not change our blood lineage. We still carry fallen nature. We (men) still have the position of the archangel. The woman’s position is (still) the position of Eve. That’s why we should be happy to connect to Heavenly Parent.
10. Therefore, this should be indemnified backwards in the era of Restoration. From the position of the archangel, a man must serve Eve, who is in the position of God’s daughter. If the husband lives for his wife and often makes her happy, the wife feels more affection for the family and has respect for her husband.
That’s why when I go back home, I think I am in the position of the archangel. I still have a lot of fallen nature. “My wife, you are in the position of God’s daughter.” The archangel is supposed to help God’s daughter, Eve.
We brothers need to know that our position is that of the archangel. We need to cultivate our heart to become the real Adam, God’s real son. We still have far to go. We need to be humble. This is the era of the woman. Let’s encourage our wife and inspire her. Then finally we can be liberated from the position of the archangel. Without receiving any respect from our wife, we still have the position of the archangel.
We need to know this very important guidance from Moses’ course, mother-son cooperation. This directly influences our children. Our wife will receive a lot of love from the husband; we are the ones who inspire her to guide her children. We have learned so many things from Divine Principle, part 2, all the central figures. Let’s appreciate that.♦
NOTE: This lightly edited transcription may contain errors and omissions. Indecipherable or uncertain words are tagged with a “(?)” and phrases with an ellipsis “ ...”. First, second and third person pronouns have been left as spoken, and other apparently Korean English expressions have been preserved. Some repeated phrases have been eliminated. This text and the powerpoint slides from this speech are available as pdf files at the top of this text and at text.morndev.com & yong.hoondok.com. Audio only is available at anchor.morndev.com, spotify.morndev.com & audio.morndev.com.♦