Ep 597 - Tasks To Fulfill For The Secure Settlement Of Cheon ll Guk Part 2

Tasks to Fulfill for the Secure Settlement of Cheon Il Guk - June 14, 2022

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Two days ago, on Sunday, the ACLC 22nd Founding Anniversary Banquet and Award Ceremony was held in Paterson, New Jersey. About 150 Clergy and members were gathered together. It was a beautiful event.

Rev. Michael & Zena Sykes couple were MC. And Mayors of Clifton and Paterson gave congratulatory remarks. They really appreciate our activities.

 Joshua Homes introduced the ACLC co-chairs. I gave a Founders Message and Dr. Rouse gave a Keynote Address. 

 I emphasized that religious leaders are the owners of this world and through our actions, we can bring this nation and this world back to God. 

Then, we had an Award Ceremony for the people who (have been) dedicated for the community. (Humanitarian Awards, Leadership Awards, Spiritual Leadership Awards, and True Family Value Awards) 

 Then, Dr. Tanya Edwards gave Congratulatory Remarks and Dr. Greg Agulan gave Closing Remarks. And then we all prayed together. 

Dr. Agulan is a great guy. He works so hard, 24 hours. All our staff and the choir team and all our blessed families helping with the ACLC event, thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Today I’d like to talk about the “Tasks to Fulfill for the Secure Settlement of Cheon Il Guk” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 1.

Spring is the season of hope. Our dreams can be grand. Depending on how you dream, your dreams can develop infinitely. We must fulfill our responsibilities and achieve the first stage of the goal we set by 2020, and then we must continue to move toward global restoration. What kind of seeds will you scatter around you, in your nations, and in the world? Those seeds will grow throughout the summer and when harvested in the autumn they must produce a beautiful harvest. You have the responsibility to help them grow well. You must all have the same heart. You must do this with a mother's heart. You cannot solve all the problems that are occurring throughout the world if you do not attend True Parents at the center. You must enlighten people about this. You must teach them. You must be serious about education. 

Like roosters, you must tell people that it is time. Roosters tell us when it is time. The rooster's comb is also a symbol of courage and wealth. However, to be successful, you must make effort. Through your efforts, you must be able to fly. You must work so hard that twenty-fours a day is not enough. We are happy people. Rather than my speaking a lot, while I am here on earth, I would like to fill my heart with memories of all of you. The urgent task is national restoration! Especially this nation, the Republic of Korea, must unite and must emerge as God's homeland. This is a pressing matter. Let us unite and become proud, brave generals of Cheon Il Guk, who will assuredly realize that goal! (2017.02.10, Cheon Jeong Gung) 

True Mother said, “Our dreams can be grand. Depending on how you dream, your dreams can develop infinitely. What kind of seeds will you scatter around you, in your nations, and in the world?” 

I was very moved last Saturday when I attended GPA's graduation ceremony. I saw and felt where God is in this era through GPA. As I discovered where God's wishes were, I saw infinite hope. There is really a great future through GPA. I reconfirmed the dream of our American Unification movement and where we should go. I was very happy to see where God was living and working through them. 

In particular, many GPA graduates this time went to 7 countries last year for missionary work. Their testimonies were very explosive and moving. Some of the ACLC ministers who participated in the event for the first time were also very moved. 

This graduation ceremony was, in a word, a national revival event. When most of the GPA 2nd generations went to their mission countries, they met God. So next year, this GPA graduation ceremony will be held at the national level with all the leaders, external key figures and peace ambassadors invited. 

When we practice the words of Jesus and True Parents to “become the light of the world,” “become the salt of the earth,” and “become the United States serving the world and humankind,” everyone should experience the work of God and the spirit world. 

True Mother told us to keep educating ourselves and not be lazy in education. We believe that when we send our blessed children, who are growing up, (out) to the world and continue to educate them, many of them (will) experience meeting God before returning home. 

Also, True Mother said that we should tell the time like roosters. The world doesn't know what today’s era is. Many people in the world do not know who True Parents are. That's why she said that 24 hours a day is not enough, and you must work hard while running forward. 

As you all know, I was born in the year of the Rooster in 1957. So, I believe that my mission is to inform not only the American family but also the whole world, like a chicken, to announce the present time, the era of Cheon Il Guk and the coming of True Parents, and wake up their souls without missing even singe day. Do you agree? 

True Mother said that we need to create an environment in which Heaven can do whatever it wants. What is urgently needed is national restoration. I think that our GPA should be the cornerstone of future missionary work in 200 countries around the world to restore countries. 

LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: The Principle of Creation 53 - The Realm of God’s Direct Dominion

• What is the realm of God's direct dominion? 

• Human beings abide in the realm of direct dominion when, as subject partners and object partners, they unite in the love of God to form a four position foundation and become one in heart with God. In this realm they freely and fully share love and beauty according to the will of the subject partner, thus realizing the purpose of goodness. 

• The realm of direct dominion is the realm of perfection.

• What is the meaning of God's direct dominion over human beings?

• Once Adam and Eve had perfected themselves as individuals centered on God, they were to live together as one, forming the four position foundation in their family. Living in oneness with God's Heart, they would have led a life of goodness, sharing the fullness of love and beauty with Adam as the head of the family.

• What will the world be like when the natural world abides under the direct dominion of human beings? 

• When a fully mature person relates with the diverse things in nature as his object partners, they come together to form a four position foundation. People who are in total resonance with God's Heart will lead the natural world in the free-flowing sharing of love and beauty, and the entire universe will realize goodness. In such a manner, human beings will exercise direct dominion over all things.

The Position for Connecting to God's Love 

 When God's love is clearly vivid, Satan cannot appear. That is the completion of the portion of responsibility. With the portion of responsibility completed, the love relation can be linked with the realms of God's direct dominion and indirect dominion, That is where God's vertical love and Adam's horizontal love can be connected.(173-286, 1988.2.21) 

The Time Period Required for the Portion of Responsibility

> The portion of responsibility is necessary until you reach maturity. Once you reach adolescence and become mature, everything is finished. It is like entering the realm of God's direct dominion within the realm of love. (198-371, 1990.2.11) 

> What is the portion of responsibility in the Principle? The completion of the portion of responsibility is like making God's love and the love of humankind into one. Because God's love is eternal love, by centering on God's love forever, human beings in the position of God's object partner of love also become eternal beings. From there, separation becomes impossible. (212-14, 1991.1.1) 

 According to True Father, the original portion of responsibility for Adam and Eve was only necessary until the stage before they receive the Blessing. He said that once Adam and Eve received the Blessing and entered God's direct dominion, there could be no fall. 

However, he said that even if we receive the Blessing, the environment in which our blessed families live is Satan’s environmental realm. Therefore, although we are in the realm of God’s direct dominion externally, we can fall at any time because of the environment. 

So, the important thing is that when a country becomes Cheon Il Guk, everything is governed by the Heavenly Law, so no one can deviate from it. 

That is why we need to substantially restore one nation, one sovereignty, one people. That is God’s and our True Parents’ greatest wish. It is our wish as well.

TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: The Spirit World Suffers from our Wrongdoing 

1. Although we were blessed at the top of the growth stage, the Blessing is a conditional position. The position of having received the Blessing is a great position, but we must continue to grow internally beyond the completion stage. In fact, True Father said that, in God's eyes, there are many formation stage families among us that are at the servant level. The position to receive the Blessing is the position of filial sons and daughters, the true child, beyond the levels of servant and adopted son. But have we really become children of Heavenly Parent and True Parents? True Parents put us in a great position and blessed us, but have we ever wept over ourselves for not being able to embody that? Have you ever thought about how worried Heavenly Parent and True Parents are for us?

Because the Blessing we Unification Church members receive is at the top of the growth stage, the Blessing is in a conditional position in every point. No one has received the Blessing with the qualification of having grown in spirit to the top of the growth stage. 

Therefore, True Father said that it is fortunate if we go to the spiritual world after our spiritual level reaches completion beyond the top of the growth stage, but (we who have not reached that level yet) have to stay in Paradise of the spirit world for blessed families until we set whole(?) conditions. 

Because the blessing is in a great position, when anyone goes to the spirit world, he goes to the stage beyond the top of the growth stage externally. So, when we are on earth, we must continue to grow because we received the blessing for nothing. 

That's why True Father said that among our blessed families, there are many formation stage families at the servant level, but the position to receive the Blessing is the position of filial sons and daughters, the true child, beyond the levels of servant and adopted son. 

True Parents put us in a great position and blessed us, but have we ever wept over ourselves for not being able to embody that? Have you ever thought about how worried Heavenly Parent and True Parents are for us? 

We really need to reflect on that. Even though our external position is above the top of the growth stage, the level of our spiritual standard (is different). Some are still at a very low level at the formation stage; some are at the growth stage, some are at the servant of servants level, some at the step son’s level, some at the adopted son’s level – all different levels.

The position of anyone who receives the Blessing is above the top of the growth stage which is almost like the Kingdom of Heaven. Anyone without exception who receives the blessing enters that realm. Even though you have entered the realm of completion, internally spiritually you have not yet grown up. That is why you need to wait in the waiting room, which we call paradise for blessed families. It is a different level from the paradise that Jesus entered. 

Anyone who receives the blessing enters the highest realm in the spiritual world. Though you have entered that realm externally, you need to grow up without exception, and your spirit needs to become a perfect spirit. That is our reality.

2. At first, when we receive the Blessing, we only think of it positively. However, after we receive the Blessing and live life with a family, when we think about how our family is growing, have you ever wondered how much God worries about your family that is not growing properly? We say we are blessed true children, but True Parents saw us as servant-level families. True Parents spoke of the eight-stage faith course. He said that on our faith course, we must grow from the level of servant of servants, servant, outside son, adopted son, true children, true couple, true parents, to God. On the other hand, although True Father said that our families are servant-level families, the spirit world cannot interfere and work as easily as with established churches because the position we received in the Blessing is very high. 

True Parents spoke of the eight-stage faith course. He said that on our faith course, we must grow from the level of servant of servants, servant, adopted son, outside son, true children, true couple, true parents, to God. 

What stage is your family at right now? A servant family only knows their own family’s circumstances. An adopted son family struggles to live for God and His Will and is willing to bear the crosses of others. 

However, a family of true children is a family where the couple becomes a married couple of Hyojeong, bears the cross of God and True Parents, and devotes their entire lives for the world and humankind. The family always comforts God and True Parents and always sheds tears for the hard work of God, our heavenly parent, and True Parents. This is the highest level of the hyojeong family.

 3. Then why is it so difficult for our church to receive spiritual work today than the established churches? Established churches can experience the work of the Holy Spirit more easily than we can and experience the spirit world faster than we do. However, since the position in which we are blessed goes beyond the top of the growth stage and enters the completion stage, it is said that there are no ancestors spiritually higher than us in the spirit world. Therefore, even if the spirit world cooperates with us blessed families, we are in a position that cannot be dominated. No matter how high-class spirits are in the spirit world, they cannot interfere with our families, which have been blessed in the position of true children. That is the concern of the spirit world. From that point of view, the spirit world feels very awkward when looking at us. On the contrary, a spiritually open person said that the spirit world is suffering greatly because of us blessed families. 

Among all spirits who have lived on earth so far, there is not one spirit who went beyond the top of the growth stage. In order to go beyond the top of the growth stage, we must meet the Messiah, get rid of our original sin, receive the Blessing, and experience rebirth. That's why True Father said that Heaven is empty. 

In order to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, these are the conditions. You need to meet the messiah. You need to receive the Blessing and go through the Three-Day Ceremony. You need to experience the Four Great Realms of Heart and the Three Great Kingships. Before the messiah comes, no one has had these kinds of experience. That is why, I am sorry to say, no one has gone to the Kingdom of Heaven.

True Father said that high-ranking spirits can come down to earth and help and directly work on spirits of lower rank than themselves, but they cannot interfere or take control of blessed families who are in a higher position than they are. That is the order of the spirit world. 

That is why the high-ranking spirits of the spirit world are in a very awkward position because they cannot do this or that with us blessed families. It is said that they are suffering greatly because of us blessed families. 

Our position is much higher than theirs, but internally we are lower than they are. That is the issue. Externally we are in the position of princes and princesses, but internally our spiritual level is lower than theirs. This is the situation. That is why the spiritual world – our ancestors and saints and sages – try to relate to us, but they cannot control (us). They can help us, but cannot control us because our position is higher than anyone else. This is the reality in the spiritual world.

4. The good spirits in the spirit world are cooperating with us rather than controlling us. When our blessed families are troubled, they cooperate by showing a pastor or an Abel whom our family respects in a dream. God provides guidance through the church president or an Abel whom the members respect. He advises or rebukes them through someone in their circle of belonging, Abel, or a pastor. In the case of an established church, someone they respect appears. If you had a teacher you admired in elementary school, that teacher will appear to you even when you are old. In Korea, the time after the liberation in 1945 was a time of great religious turmoil. At that time, it was said that Dr. Syngman Rhee (the first president of Korea who was a Christian) appeared and worked. Therefore, in established churches, Dr. Syngman Rhee was regarded as Moses. It is not because Dr. Syngman Rhee is so spiritually high, but because the people respected him, Heaven set him up symbolically and worked. 

The good spirits in the spirit world are cooperating with us blessed families rather than controlling us. 

God provides you guidance through the church leader or an Abel whom the members respect. He advises or rebukes them through someone in their circle of belonging, Abel, or a pastor. In the case of an established church, someone they respect appears. 

Then, why does the spirit world educate people on earth by appearing through someone that person respects? This is because if you don’t educate that person through someone they respect, they will insist on asserting themselves and not follow. 

This is the same in the spirit world and on earth. Even on this earth, people follow the words of someone they respect. The reason we do not see True Parents often in our dreams is that we do not have a sincere heart to love or miss them. 

Since the spirit world is a world of longing, if you truly long for your partner, he or she will appear. Even in our life of faith, we need to find a person whom we can respect and receive guidance from. 

If you respect your Abel, some central figure, then that guy will appear (to you?). If you can't find someone you admire or respect, you must be someone others admire and respect so many people will miss you and follow you. 

Today we learned very important things. Even though in our external position we can enter the spiritual world, but internally we need to grow up. Our spirit can only grow while we are wearing our body. That is why those who have left the earthly world have to come down and help their descendants. Only through that kind of condition can they grow. Without the tree, the fruit (cannot grow). Similarly, anyone who has left (the earth) cannot grow by themselves. They have to come down and help someone who is (still) wearing a physical body. This is the reality. 

That is why while we are on earth, what is our responsibility? We need to raise up our spirit and become perfected spiritually, then finally enter the spiritual world and go to the Kingdom of Heaven. That is why the earthly world is so important. You need to be healthy. Your age does not matter, 70 or 80 years old. God does not care about your physical age. The important thing is your spiritual maturity, how much you are growing, how mature you have become. That is the issue. 

LIVING TESTIMONY: I’m a Living Testimony for Whom Anything is Possible

(Testimony of GPA members Brian and Masami.)

I told Joshua that we really need to create our heavenly choir team to travel to Christian churches. Our HUSA (Heavenly USA) choir team can (help) revive them. We need to raise up our YCLC and youth members. Each sub-region can create your own HUSA team and go to churches. We need to serve them. Without our HUSA team of young members there is no way Christian churches can grow. We are in the position of Abel, and they are in the position of Cain. Cain and Abel need to unite.♦

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