Ep 587 - Foundation Day is The Day God's Dream is Realized Part 1
Foundation Day is the Day God's Dream is Realized - June 4, 2022
PDF Printable Text and Images + Testimony Yoko Asuma de Groot
Today I want to have a beautiful experience with Naokimi, Miilhan, Joshua and Resfred. Because I have not gone out fishing even for one day, I need to inherit our True Parents sphere of the ocean providence. So today I want to have a special time. That is why my speech is recorded now. Please understand me.
Today I’d like to talk about”Foundation Day is the day God's dream is realized” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 1.
Foundation day is the day when God's dream is realized. While thinking about that day, I wondered,”Why did True Father emphasize the 13th day so much?” I prayed to Heaven many times about it. Why the 13th? Much of the Bible is written in metaphors and symbols. God did not take six days to create the universe. It took God 12 days to create the universe. The 13th day was decided as the day when God's dream was realized. That is why True Father chose the 13th day to be Foundation Day. Father conducted the Coronation of God's Kingship and the Cheon Jeong Gung Palace Entrance Ceremony leading up to Foundation Day. It took Father 12 years of preparation for Foundation Day. (2013.01.07, Cheon Jeong Gung)
In the Bible, it says that God began creating the universe and rested on the seventh day after creating Adam and Eve. It is said that when the night turned to day that was the first day. This refers to a period rather than a time. This means that,”It took God a period of 12 days and not six days to create the universe. He rested on the following day, the 13th day.” In the same way that God created the universe, I gave birth to over 13 children. The number 13 is important. It is a number that no one in history has been able to master. (2016.08.01, CheongPyeong Training Center)
True Mother said, ”Foundation day is the day when God's dream is realized. Father conducted the Coronation of God's Kingship and the Cheon Jeong Gung Palace Entrance Ceremony leading up to Foundation Day. It took Father 12 years of preparation for Foundation Day.”
According to True Parents, Foundation Day, the historical day when Cheon Il Guk was established, was on January 13, 2013, in the same way that God created the universe.
The number thirteen begins when each position of the four-position foundation completes the number three, it becomes twelve. The number twelve is the number of each position of the four-position foundation realizing completion. The number thirteen means the number surpassing the level of the completion of each position of the four- position foundation and making a new beginning on a different dimension. True Parents came to this earth and conducted the Coronation of God's Kingship and the Cheon Jeong Gung Palace Entrance Ceremony. After 12 years of preparation for the proclamation of Foundation Day, Cheon Il Guk was finally proclaimed on January 13, 2013. It was the first event in history where the kingdom of God was proclaimed
Next, let's look at True Father's words about Foundation Day.
<499-220> I held the Enthronement Ceremony for the Kingship of God on January 13, 2001, which marked the beginning of the third millennium. In 2013, after going over the peaks of twelve years beginning from that day, our families, people, nation and world have to bid a final farewell to the enemy land. No matter what pitiful circumstances beset us, we must not look back. We will carry aloft the torch of independence for the nation of our desire, and shake heaven and earth with a resounding shout of victory. Let us not forget: we are advancing toward the day we will plant the flag of heaven’s glory through the lightning of love.
We have to shout of the new love that unites heaven and earth. After enduring tremendous hardships on this earth, where the history of sorrow has extended until now, True Parents achieved oneness with God and held the Enthronement Ceremony for the Kingship of God. Yet the True Parents of heaven, earth and humankind still have a responsibility remaining. Once we have gone beyond 2012 to the thirteenth day in 2013, we have to raise high a torch, a beacon of the founding of the nation and the nationwide victory, and offer everything to Heaven.
Foundation Day is the first day in the history of mankind that the kingdom of God is born. This Day of Foundation is the day that God is most pleased with in God's 6,000-year history, and it is a day when mankind must return praise to God and True Parents forever.
The substantial Kingdom of Heaven has already begun. That is why Foundation Day was really an incredible day. God’s wishes to start God’s substantial Cheonil Guk on the earth were finally accomplished.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: The Principle of Creation 50 - The Indirect Dominion and the Human Portion of Responsibility
The Reason for Human Responsibility
• God endowed human beings with a portion of responsibility for the following reason:
• By fulfilling their given portion of responsibility, with which even God does not interfere, human beings are meant to inherit the creative nature of God and participate in God’s great work of creation.
• God intends human beings to earn ownership and become worthy to rule over the creation as creators in their own right, just as God governs over them as their Creator.
• This is the principal difference between human beings and the rest of creation.
The Completion of the Portion of Responsibility and its Difficulty
<63-326> It is hard enough to manage your own body and mind, but when a man and a woman have children and make a family, it is not an easy matter to complete the portion of responsibility. It is dozens, hundreds of times more difficult than completing the individual portion of responsibility. The Principle teaches the course you must follow to erect the family portion of responsibility upon the individual portion of responsibility, and the clan, peoples' and national portions of responsibility upon the family portion of responsibility, but you should be aware how difficult a thing this is to accomplish. Jesus, who understood this clearly, said that those who sought to live would die. This means that you cannot do it unless you are willing to die in the process.
Buddha said that he was the only one in the heavens or on earth. Being the only one in the heavens or on earth may be possible temporarily, but is it ultimately possible to continue? It is impossible. Why? It is because even though you have completed your individual portion of responsibility, you should start again from the bottom to complete the course of restoration for family through indemnity. Even Buddha must go down to the bottom and start again, as the way to complete the family portion of responsibility is completely blocked, even though it may be possible to barely manage to accomplish the individual portion of responsibility.
And if it is possible somehow to complete the family portion of responsibility, this does not create the grounds to boast of any authority, because the tribal, peoples', national and cosmic portions of responsibility still remain. Sacrifice is required. At each stage of victory, you must go down again. Even though you complete the cosmic portion of responsibility, as long as you do not pay the price of sacrifice to the love of God, toward the love of God, you cannot complete the portion of responsibility.
The completion of an individual’s portion of responsibility begins with realizing mind and body unity. However, no one in history has been able to unite mind and body.
Furthermore, realizing husband and wife unity and fulfilling the family portion of responsibility is dozens, hundreds of times more difficult than completing the individual portion of responsibility. Out of all the saints in history, not even one has been able to achieve husband and wife unity, complete the family, and fulfill the portion of responsibility.
And the completion of the tribal portion of responsibility and national portion of responsibility is even more difficult. That is why Jesus, who understood this clearly, said that those who sought to live would die.
Why? The portion of the individual responsibility, (the portion of family responsibility?) is really difficult to accomplish as a fallen man. There is only one way. In order to live, you need to prepare to die. Otherwise you cannot fulfill your individual portion of responsibility. Furthermore, the portion of responsibility for the family is almost impossible for a fallen man.
The way to complete your portion of responsibility is a way that human beings cannot walk on unless you are willing to die in the process from the very beginning. That is why Jesus said to make a determination to die.
When you prepare to die, you will live. When you prepare to live, you will die. Why? To fulfill the human portion of responsibility is that difficult.
Buddha said that he was the only one in the heavens or on earth. Buddha said that even if you reach the state of mind and body unity for one moment, how long you can continue, that is the key.
Even for one second. Maybe for a moment you can reach that kind of standard, but how long can you continue that? That is the key
Even if the individual completes his portion of responsibility, in order to complete the family portion of responsibility in restoration through indemnity, you must start from the bottom again. And if it is possible somehow to complete the family portion of responsibility, this does not create the grounds to boast of any authority, because the tribal, peoples', national and cosmic portions of responsibility still remain. It becomes harder the more you go on.
To complete the portion of responsibility from the individual to the cosmic (level), there is only one way: you must go down the path of making a resolve to die and (you) completely need to deny yourself, to sacrifice for the sake of the greater purpose. The more you go up each level, the more sacrifice you make.
That is why God’s providence was prolonged again and again. It took a long time.
How about you? Before starting family and after starting family, what is the difference? It is not easy, right? It is not easy to make unity between husband and wife, right? It is not easy to make unity between parents and children, right? Between brothers and sisters, right? It is not a simple matter.
That is why when I see our blessed families, how much they struggle, including myself, in order to make unity among family members – especially between husband and wife! It is almost impossible to unite. That is why everyone must carry a very heavy cross.
The Divine Principle teaching is very ideal – talking about the ideal family – but in terms of reality, wow! It is very hard to achieve that standard. That is why Father said how difficult it is!
I am (?) proud of our blessed families. Even though you are in a difficult situation, you are still trying to love your husband, your wife, your children. The relationship with your spouse is sometimes hell. Sometimes you wonder, “How can I be responsible for my children? They go their own way. I know the value of the Divine Principle. I know the value of the other(?ideal?) family. How come in my family I don’t know what to do?” You bear that kind of heavy cross.
What is the difference between our blessed families and outside families? Even though we are struggling, we have goals and vision. We know where to go. But in the case of outside people, when they are struggling with their spouse, then there is no other way but to separate from each other.
But we know the Divine Principle. Even though it is so difficult to unite, we are still trying to overcome it because of the Principle.
Can you imagine? We could not solve the family issues until now. Even individual issues until now. But we are the ones who first initiate to make unity between mind and body, between husband and wife. That is why I encourage my brothers and sisters, please do not give up.
Father tells blessed families:”Please do not die.” You need to remain until the last minute, the last moment, and still unite with me. I will be responsible for that.”
After 6,000 years we are like pioneers. We received the Blessing at the top of the growth stage. That means at the top of the growth stage, we enter the completion stage and complete all of our portion of responsibility. We are the pioneers. Even Adam and Eve could not enter the completion stage. We are the first ones to enter the completion stage.... That is why Father understands your difficulties.
Therefore, the course of completing the portion of responsibility is a course full of Han, resentment, that no one was able to achieve. However, the fact that True Parents were able to complete the portion of responsibility up to the cosmic level is truly an unimaginable, great event! Wow! Thank you True Father, True Mother as human beings.
2,000 years ago, Jesus could not fulfill it. Can you imagine? Our True Parents carried that heavy responsibility, not just the individual portion of responsibility, not just the family portion of responsibility, not just the national portion of responsibility, not just the cosmic portion of responsibility, they even included God. They needed to liberate God. Who can do more than this? That is why we really appreciate our True Parents’ hard work.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: Attitude of a Leader’s Heart (1)
Before we start today, I would like to introduce a poem by Margaret Fishback Powers (entitled) Footprints.
As you know, this poem is very famous. Many of you know it. Before sharing my internal guidance, we need to understand how much God loves us, how much he takes care of us. Especially when we are facing some difficult issue and problem, how much Heavenly Father loves us. This poet shows something (about this).
Footprints – Margaret Fishback Powers
One night I dreamed a dream.
I was walking along the beach with my Lord.
Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life.
For each scene.
I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand,
one belonging to me.
and one my Lord.
When the last scene of my life shot before me
I looked back at the footprints in the sand.
There was only one set of footprints.
I realized that this was at the lowest
and saddest times of my life.
This always bothered me
and I questioned the Lord
about my dilemma.
"Lord, you told me when I decided to follow You,
You would walk and talk with me all the way.
But I'm aware that during the most troublesome
times of my life there is only one set of footprints.
I just don't understand why, when I needed You most,
You leave me.”
He whispered,” My precious child,
I love you and will never leave you
never, ever, during your trials and testings.
When you saw only one set of footprints
it was then that I carried you"
Oh my God!
When I am tested and faced with difficulties, it seems that God does not care (take) of me, and it seems that he does not love me.
However, when God says it is difficult for me to move forward because I am in the most difficult situation, it is a beautiful poem that shows that God is actually walking with me in the closest place.
Let's read it one more time.
(Reread the poem)
Amazing!
Today, we will study the content of the attitude of a leader’s heart.
1. The thing you should always reflect on is whether Heaven is really moving with you. And whether your family is really a family where Heaven works. If you are a leader, the question is whether you are the subject of longing in your family life. The next question is whether you are a person who can inspire and move the object when you meet them. This has always been a problem. This is a question we should always look back on. What kind of person am I? What kind of family is my family? Am I a person who has an influence on the object as the subject of longing? When I am not able to walk with God, the question is what should I begin to improve about myself?
The thing you should always reflect on is whether Heaven is really moving with you. Am I living, feeling in my heart that God is really working with me every day? Is my family really a family where Heaven works? Am I living and feeling that God is working with the members of my family?
When church members look at their leaders, is God really working with our leaders? Also, if you are a leader, the question is whether you are the subject of longing to your family and church. If I meet my object partner, am I a person who can really inspire and move the object when I meet them?
If I am not such a person, the question is where should I begin improving?
2. What we have focused on in our life of faith so far is to first treat ourselves as God's. Our life of faith is to find our original nature first. To think of oneself as the Father's is the way to find your original nature. This is the first stage of rebirth. In order to change from fallen nature to original nature, I need to know that I am in Heavenly Father’s position and that I must completely deny my self with fallen nature. You must be someone who says,”I do not exist” and”I am a person who has only the Father’s circumstances and wishes.” Only such a person is a resurrected person and will be in the position of a person who has entered a relationship with God.
If we first treat ourselves as God’s, the way to find our original nature is opened. In this way, human beings have experienced rebirth by denying themselves and finding their original nature.
If fallen human beings are not reborn, they cannot see God’s kingdom. If they are not reborn, the object partner’s heart cannot be seen. God cannot be seen and the object partner’s suffering and sorrow cannot be seen.
Therefore, human beings must experience the course of rebirth through completely denying yourself. Only by experiencing the course of rebirth can I be resurrected and form a parent-child relationship with God.
Then how are you born again? To be reborn, you must die again. If I really die in order to become a true self, I will be reborn and resurrect. What do I have to do to die again? You must completely deny yourself and repent.
Repentance is really important.
Man can never be born again unless he goes through the process of true repentance. The reason we are not growing today is because we have not truly gone through the process of repentance.
What was the first gospel that Jesus preached when he came to this earth? Jesus said,”Repent! Heaven has come near.” The first cry of John the Baptist was ‘Repent! Heaven has come near.”
Through repentance, we must realize how great a sinner and unfilial man I am. You need to know how much damage and hurt I have caused to God's heart and how much damage and hurt I have done to the people around me.
What was the cause of the disciples, who betrayed and ran away from Jesus, experiencing the Holy Spirit when they met the resurrected Jesus? They repented again and again with tears of sincerity for their betrayal of Jesus. Through such tears of repentance, the work of the Holy Spirit took place. The reason we have not experienced the work of the Holy Spirit today is because there was no genuine and tearful repentance like the disciples of Jesus.
Today, there is only one way for Christianity to live again, for America to live again, and for God to come again. It is repentance at the national level. We need to know that God will never come again unless we return to the movement in which all church members and people are awakened centering on repentance. Our Unification church is no exception. We need to know that.
Without repentance I cannot see God’s kingdom, I cannot see my spouse’s heart, I cannot (see) someone’s suffering heart. That is why we need to have the experience of rebirth. In order to have the experience of rebirth, we need to really repent. Without... repentance our spiritual life cannot be improved.
3. Next, you need to go into your family and see if you are dealing with your own family with the relationship of Hyojeong, which has a relationship with God. Like the saying,”Love your neighbor as yourself,” ask yourself whether you love your neighbor according to the standard you love yourself. Ask yourself whether you are treating your family with the same heart that God treated you. You should always look at yourself and reflect. Because God created me to work, I should always think of myself as a walking stick and an offering before God. If I become a person Heaven can deal with, God will want to work through me. God doesn’t try to just work through people, it's that God will directly work through me if I meet God’s relative standards. The liberation of the Israelites happened because God was working, not because Moses said to do it. Therefore, human's responsibility is to deny himself. Then, in that empty heart, Heaven directly works.
The next level is”Love your neighbor as yourself,” ask yourself whether you love your neighbor according to the standard (by which) you love yourself. Ask yourself whether you are treating your family with the same heart that God treated you.
Denying yourself means standing in the position of an offering to Heaven. An offering cannot assert itself. An offering must think that he is completely dead and obey according to the way the master performs rituals. It is putting yourself in the position of the offering and being willing to die like Isaac.
If I just become someone whom God can deal with, God will work through me. If I just form a common base with God, He will work directly. The human portion of responsibility is denying ourselves. Then, God will directly work in that emptied mind and heart.
4. The liberation of the Israelites was what God intended to do, not what Moses said to do. Therefore, human's responsibility is to deny himself. Then, in that empty heart, Heaven directly works. Moses refused God’s orders a lot, thinking that God told him to do it himself, but that was wrong thinking that came from not knowing God. God told Moses to go before the Pharaoh, but he refused to go eight times. Moses himself couldn't do it with his own power, and even King Pharaoh didn’t yield to what he said. Moreover, the people of Israel could not believe that Moses was a leader.
5. Moses went before Pharaoh and performed many miracles. Every time Moses showed the Pharaoh, Pharaoh became more stubborn and drove Moses into a corner. Moses prayed to God,”Look at this. Doesn't Pharaoh become more stubborn as I thought?” Moses said to God,”I can’t do it. I am slow of speech.” This indicates that he did not know who God was.
Moses was unable to completely obey God. He (thought) that he had to do everything in the end. Moses himself was unaware that if he denied himself, God would directly work on the foundation of that belief. We today are just like Moses. The human portion of responsibility is ultimately denying ourself. Heaven will work if we just deny ourselves.
Knowing that God would turn to Moses and tell him to do something, Moses refused many times, but that was wrong thinking, not knowing God. God told Moses to go before the Pharoah, but Moses refused 8 times.
God talked to Moses.”You just obey. Just deny yourself. I am the one who will do everything, all that remains. Why do you think you can do everything yourself? Just deny yourself and empty your heart. (Then) I can use your mouth, your body. I am the omnipotent and omniscient God. Anyone who denies (himself) and comes to me, I can do anything (through him).”
“Why do you continuously insist on yourself? ‘I cannot do that; I cannot do this.’ Why are you thinking centered on your own mindset, Moses? Believe in me. If you deny yourself and determine to go and obey, then based on your self denial, I will do everything.”
God already prepares everything. It is the same with our life of faith.”I already prepared everything.” I just have to get out, just obey and get out.”Do not worry about what to say, how to approach them. Just invite me. Deny yourself, and I will do everything. Let me talk. I can borrow your mouth. I can talk with your guest.”
We do not have faith. That is true. Let’s deny ourselves. Let God work through my empty mind. Let’s invite God based on my self denial. That is a life of faith.
LIVING TESTIMONY: I’m a Living Testimony for Whom Anything is Possible
(Testimony of Yoko Asuma de Groot.)♦
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