Ep 889 - God's Ideal Family and the Kingdom of the Peaceful Ideal World 1 Part 8
God’s Ideal Family & the Kingdom of the Peaceful Ideal World I - April 2 2023
Key Points
· Human Beings, regardless of who they are, can lead a life of perfection only when they are born through the three stages of rebirth, resurrection, and eternal life through True Parents.
· The Marriage Blessing offers the Grace of being grafted onto the true olive tree.
· Even though we are fallen people, since we still have our original mind, our mind is bound to move in accordance with the Word.
· Therefore, you must search for the Word that moves your original nature and body during your life course.
· Finding such words is the way for us to make an eternal relationship with God who is in deep sorrow and lamentation.
· We establish an eternal relationship with God through the Word.
· The last days are not a crisis, but an opportunity to meet the coming Lord and the Word; a time of hope.
· In the last days we must restore all indemnity conditions in history all at once.
· All Blessed families have to take charge of the destiny for HTM. Do not waste time! We need to know the area of our responsibility.
· Even if it is small, what we promise before Heaven must be put into practice.
· Live for the sake of others according to the laws of our original nature, always be stimulated by the Word and put it into practice.
· No matter what we do, if we do not put our heart and utmost sincerity into it, it will not last long and we will only waste our time.
· Sincerity is key. Be a person of heart.
· Fulfill your promises to yourselves. What we promise before Heaven must be put into practice. If you keep your promise with Heaven and with yourself well, your heart will be very happy.
· Believe that God is alive and continue to challenge yourself.
· The life of faith which continues to overcome challenges over and over again reaches higher and higher dimensions.
· If we always live a life of joy and gratitude and our hearts voluntarily live for the sake of God, God will come looking for us. And our heart becomes God's resting place.
· The final, last stage of salvation is the stage in which all mankind is saved on a global level and all people are liberated from the satanic world.
· We really need to save everybody. With that kind of concept, total salvation, you heart becomes larger and wider, and you can really embrace everybody. Even your enemy. No one is missing.
· Treat everybody as God’s sons and daughters.
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. ♦
Last Friday, I had a meeting with Essex Community members at the NJ Family Church.
Yesterday, the 2nd Filial Heart Three-generation Family Award Ceremony organized by Chinese Peoples’ Federation for World Peace and New York Chinese School was held in China town in New York. Amy Yang, President of Chinese Peoples’ Federation for World Peace –USA did a great job. I really appreciate all the staff members and leaders who are supporting this Chinese Peoples’ Federation for World Peace USA activity. And I gave a keynote speech regarding Hyo Jeong. Filial Heart. The Three-generation Family Award was presented. It was a very beautiful ceremony.
Then, we had the Cheon Shim Won Bequeathal and Settlement Ceremony in NJ Family Church. Thank you for Dr. Ki Hoon Kim for coming to help with opening Cheon Shim Won in New Jersey Family Church. It was very beautiful. All the members and staff prepared so beautifully in our Cheon Shim Won hall. Thank you.
Today I’d like to talk about “God’s Ideal Family and the Kingdom of the Peaceful Ideal World I” from True Mother’s Anthology Vol.2
<This speech was given by Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon between October 3 and October 14, 2005 during a speaking tour in Japan to mark the launch of the Universal Peace Federation.>
God’s Ideal Family and the Kingdom of the Peaceful Ideal World I
Respected leaders! Our bondage to the lineage of Satan has caused much suffering throughout history. Let us now boldly step forth to sever it and be grafted onto the root of the lineage of the True Parents. Why would we foolishly continue to live and die as wild olive trees? A wild olive tree, even if it lives a thousand years, will only continue producing the seeds of more wild olive trees. Where can we find the path to escape this vicious cycle? It is through the marriage Blessing. The marriage Blessing offers the grace of being grafted onto the true olive tree. It was inaugurated through the True Parents, who bring God's true lineage to humankind. Once you change your lineage to God’s lineage, your offspring will belong to God's lineage naturally.
The grace of the marriage Blessing includes three stages: resurrection, rebirth and eternal life. Once you receive the True Parents' marriage Blessing, you can give birth to pure, sinless offspring and build an ideal family. The best way to receive the marriage Blessing is with someone from another race, nationality or religion, to join in a cross-cultural marriage Blessing. This contributes to the enormous task of transcending the barriers of race, culture, ethnicity and religion and creating one family of humankind. In God's sight, skin color makes no difference. God does not stand behind the barriers of religion and culture. They are nothing more than the devil's tricks. The devil has used them to rule over humanity as a false parent for tens of thousands of years.
How can we, who became wild olive trees due to the fall of human ancestors, escape from the condition? It is through the marriage Blessing. The marriage Blessing offers the grace of being grafted onto the true olive tree. In conclusion, you cannot change your seed without changing our lineage. In order to change our lineage, we need to receive the Blessing. That’s why the Blessing is not just only the marriage ceremony. The Blessing is a celebration. Completely changes our blood lineage from Satan’s blood lineage to God’s blood lineage. That’s why we need to restore each human being from the wild olive trees to the true olive tree. That is the Blessing.
Human beings, regardless of who they are, can lead a life of perfection only when they are born through the three stages of rebirth, resurrection, and eternal life through True Parents. Father talks about three stages. Rebirth and resurrection and eternal life.
I want to explain. According to True Father’s word. Here, rebirth means being born again on an individual basis, resurrection means being born again on a family basis, and eternal life means that all mankind will be perfected together on a global basis and live eternally in God's homeland and by serving True Parents, the King of Kings, and by forming the Kingdom of Heaven on earth and in heaven.
Therefore, human beings must be born through three stages. The first stage of rebirth refers to being born as a new person through True Parent’s Word. When you joined the church and really accepted the True Parents as the True Parents of all mankind. And the third is like the first level of rebirth through God’s word.
And according to Father, resurrection also refers to the husband and wife receiving the blessing and being born again through the 4 great realms of heart and the 3 great kingships. The final, last stage of salvation is the stage in which all mankind is saved on a global level and all people are liberated from the satanic world. And when we enter the final stage, there is no place that Satan exists. Completely restored. No more Hell, no more Paradise. Then Father said we can enter the final stage. The first one is rebirth. Second one is resurrection. The last one is eternal.
In that case, not only ourselves and our families, but everyone will live forever in God's homeland. This is because Satan no longer exists in a world where complete salvation has been achieved. I would like to emphasize again. God’s concept of salvation is total salvation. No one missing. That’s why our goal is to restore the entire world, not just only our family, tribe and nation. That’s why we have to have the same mindset, same vision and same goal as God. Total salvation.
In that sense, when I realized the true goal of salvation, I had a transformation experience. I completely reached a different dimension. God’s concept of salvation means I have to embrace the world. I need to have the same concept and same goal, same heart, same situation as God. That’s why if we really think of total salvation, we need to embrace any nationality. Any colors, any kind of people, even including enemies, because we cannot miss even one. We need to have that kind of heart to embrace entire world, even spiritual world. That’s why I really love True Parent’s concept of salvation. Total salvation. We really need to save everybody. With that kind of concept, you heart becomes larger, wider, and you can embrace everybody. Even your enemy. That’s why I love the concept of total salvation. No one missing. Treat everybody as God’s sons and daughters.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: Chapter 3 Eschatology and Human History
Introduction
· We dwell in ignorance of history, uncertain about its origin, the direction in which it is heading, and its final destination.
· Concerning eschatology, or the doctrine of the Last Days, many Christians believe literally what is written in the Bible: “the heavens and the elements will melt with fire” (II Pet. 3:12); “the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light and the stars will fall from heaven” (Matt. 24:29); and “the dead in Christ will rise…to meet the Lord in the air” (I Thess. 4:16-17).
· However, we must ask whether these events will take place literally or whether the verses are symbolic.
· To address this issue, we should first understand such fundamental matters as the purpose of God’s creation, the meaning of the Human Fall, and the goal of the providence of restoration.
Search for the Words Which Move Your Original Nature and Body
<3-263> What if the Word which brought the cosmos into existence appeared again on earth? Even though we are fallen people, since we still have our original mind, our mind is bound to move in accordance with the Word. Therefore, you must search for the Word that moves your original nature and body during your life course at the end of human history. Otherwise, there is no way for you to make an eternal relationship with God who is in deep sorrow and lamentation. You must understand this clearly.
Because the fall of man is the loss of the Word, it is important to find the Word that will inevitably move our original mind in the Last Days.
If we do not find such words, there is no way for us to make an eternal relationship with God who is in deep sorrow and lamentation.
The reason why the word is important is because the word is our life, love, and salvation. And it is because we establish an eternal relationship with God through the Word.
Therefore, the last days are not a crisis, but an opportunity to meet the coming Lord and the Word; a time of hope. Therefore, we must find the words that our original mind cannot deny. When we are inspired by True Father’s Principle, his Word, our Original Mind cannot deny it. No matter what. Sometimes we are inspired by this and that The words that our original mind does not follow will eventually disappear. Therefore, find the words that cannot be denied even if you want to deny them. Because this is our destiny of the way to go. Many people may persecute you and misunderstand you, insulting you. You cannot deny this word. Because this word comes from God. In the last days, we need to find that kind of word.
The Fortune of People Who Live in the Era of the End of the World
<3-292> In terms of the time in which we must restore all indemnity conditions in history all at once, among those who live in the era of the end of the world, there are those who take charge of the fortune of one time, there are those who take charge of the fortune of the era, and there are those who take charge of the fortune of the world and heavenly fortune. Then, how can we connect and bring them together? This is the mission of ascetics and religious people. This mission is to be fulfilled by religion.
What is the destiny of people who live in the era of the end of the world?
In the last days we must restore all indemnity conditions in the history all at once.
Therefore, we need to know what kind of destiny do we take charge? And in the age of the end, think about what historical indemnity conditions we have the responsibility to restore.
Do we take charge of destiny of just one time? Or the era? Or family? HTM? Nation? Continent? Or world? All Blessed families have to take charge of the destiny for HTM! What kind of area of responsibility do we take charge?
Do not waste your time! We need to know the area of our responsibility. Our mission.
Therefore, we can’t waste time, we have to run and be serious! Once you know your portion of responsibility. Everything will come true according to our thinking, vision, belief, jungsung, declaration, preparation and practice. This is really the last stage. This is why no matter what, we need to unite with True Parents, unite with True Mother, and keep going. I am really inspired by Father’s word. Of course, God never makes mistakes. Father said if God is wrong, we have to correct him, to be the Absolute Being. Father has absolute confidence in God. Absolute confidence in the Principle. Do we have that much confidence in God? Confidence in the Divine Principle? Do you have that much confidence in True Parents no matter what? I am talking of fundamental issues. About God, about Divine Principle, about True Parents. You need to have confirmation from Spirit World. Does God really exist? Does spiritual world really exist? Does Satan really exist or not? We really need to get confirmation about Sun Myung Moon, Hak Ja Han Moon. Are they really True Parents? You need to get confirmation. I was really inspired to hear testimony from Rev. Yohan Lee, who went to the spiritual world, and I met him. How he really got confirmation of the position of Father Moon and Mother Moon. It is really incredible. He said what it was like living in spirit world. He said he traveled here and there. I asked “How is Father over there?” He said Father is living in such a high dimension. His level of love is really very high, really shining, he couldn’t even open his eyes because it was too bright. He visited each of the 36 couples, 72 couples, those who already died. He said they and True Father are really amazing to behold.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY:
How to Live with a Rock-Like Faith?
A Willing Heart, a Grateful Heart, a Joyful Heart
1. Those who go to Sunday worship habitually lose their focus quickly. This is because it is easy to get tired of a life of worship for external appearance. Whatever you do, if you do not put your heart and sincerity into it, it will not last long and will only waste time. While attending worship, we cannot maintain our faith if we do not come up with the kind of heart that says to ourselves, “I really enjoyed attending,” and “I am really grateful.” So no matter what you do, if you do not have a willing heart, a grateful heart, and a joyful heart, you will wither away like a tree without roots. You must always have something to earn, be rewarded for, and be grateful for, in order to establish your personality.
Those who are capricious, those who are dominated by circumstances, and those who cannot overcome adversity become weak-willed. At first, when you hear the words, it feels right and feels good, but when you are in a difficult environment, you feel weak and you will wither. You need to know how to overcome and manage any environment in order to gain skills. Even in difficult circumstances, we must have the experience of overcoming them and practicing them in order for our faith to take root.
A person who attends Sunday worship or does everything as a mere formality will easily get tired and lose focus no matter what responsibility he or she carries out. On the other hand, the person who digs deeper and deeper, becomes more and more centered the more he or she digs. That’s why we have to go deeper. More internally. More connected to God, to the heart. Then we will never get tired. Be more inspired. But if we are very external, only looking for an external result, just as a formality, I am saying we will really get tired. Do not just think of how to get the result. How to reach the goal. Especially when our GPA members are doing fundraising, trying to reach the $1,000 or $2000 goal. If they just have an external goal, not internal or heartistic, they will get easily tired.
Therefore, no matter what we do, if we do not put our heart and utmost sincerity into it, it will not last long and we will only waste our time. This is a very important lesson. That’s why we must be sincere, put our heart into it, otherwise we are just wasting our time.
Even while attending Sunday services, we cannot maintain our faith unless we say to ourselves, “I really enjoy attending” and “I am so grateful to attend Sunday service”, from your sincere heart. Before Sunday service, you need to be there at least 5 minutes, 10 minutes before, and prepare your heart. Anyone coming last minute to join the Sunday service, I can guarantee you, they will not get God’s Grace. In order to get God’s Grace, you need to prepare you heart. You need to come earlier, in order to receive God’s Word. You need to receive it through your attitude and through your preparation. Preparation is important.
So how can we keep our faith and move forward without losing our initial motivation? It means that whatever we do, we must do it with a willing heart, a grateful heart, and a happy heart. Otherwise, it will wither away like a tree without roots.
We have to always have something to earn, something worthwhile, and something to be thankful for, so that we can personally establish ourselves. People who are capricious, those who are dominated by circumstances, and those who cannot overcome adversity become weak-willed and lose their first motivation.
Therefore, we need to know how to overcome and manage any environment in order to develop our skills. To do so, we need faith to overcome reality. And in order to have faith, we must keep listening to the Word of God, meditating, and practicing it to make it our own. That’s why Sincerity is Key. Even in small things. Whenever we meet people, when you talk to someone, be a person of heart. When you see someone who is externally beautiful and handsome, has money has a good job, etc., when you get close to them you will surely become disappointed. You must be a person of heart, a person of utmost sincerity.
How to Live with a Rock-Like Faith?
2. A person solidifies their will through experience. That is why this kind of faith is called a rock-like faith. First, when we hear the Word, we believe in it and when we practice it, our heart is resurrected. As your heart resurrects, your will becomes stronger. It is important for students to study, but they must also do their basic responsibilities well before studying. You must live a life of eating, sleeping, and dressing with principle, and go further and practice basic faith such as prayer and studying the Word. What you promise yourself, you must study while fulfilling it first. How can you study when you do not fulfill the basic things you promised yourself?
Basically, if people do not fulfill their promises to themselves, they will always feel burdened and will not be able to lead a normal life. Therefore, even if it is small, what we promised before Heaven must be put into practice. Students must be punctual to class, and come to school because they long for their studies and teachers internally. Beginner believers must keep the worship time well and come because they long for the worship time. In addition, we must do well in prayer and tithing, which are the basics in the life of faith. When we make an effort to practice what we promised in front of Heaven, our lives become worthwhile and satisfying. If you keep your promise with heaven and with yourself well, your heart will be very happy.
First, when we hear the Word, we believe in it and when we practice it, our heart is resurrected. A person solidifies their will through experience. Faith is a constant challenge in overcoming. Faith compromises with reality when it tries to settle or settle in the life it stays in. In Fallen man, reality is much greater than faith. Who has faith? Faith is much greater than reality. All fallen men are subjugated by reality. That is the problem. Faith must constantly challenge its own growth and completion. Believe that God is alive and continue to challenge yourself. There is no growth and development without challenges. Those who don’t like a challenge, their spiritual life cannot grow. The life of faith is always challenging and overcoming. Reaching to another dimension. And then challenging and overcoming, and then reaching another dimension, etc. Through that way, we can grow up. Live of faith is what? Challenging and overcoming.
How can we overcome? We must realize that God is a living God. “God is dead, spiritual world does not exist” – we need to overcome those beliefs. God is alive, we need to believe this to overcome any kind of challenge. We need to have that kind of faith.
Through these constant challenges and overcoming, our faith is strengthened and we live a life of faith that is not shaken. That is why this kind of faith is called a rock-like faith.
As our heart resurrects, our will becomes stronger. It is important for students to study, but they must also do their basic responsibilities well before studying.
Basically, if people do not fulfill their promises to themselves, they will always feel burdened and cannot lead a normal life. Therefore, even if it is small, what we promised before Heaven must be put into practice. That’s why, for me, no matter what, I need to wake up at 3 o’clock. And keep going, wake up early every morning and pray and prepare God’s Word no matter what without missing even a single day. Keep going, doing Morning Devotion. What I promised to me, I do. I always get power. That’s why what you promise to yourself, even a small thing, you do. When you promise to yourself, keep going! Do Hoondok for 5 minutes, 10 minutes, even small things. Keep going, to practice. Then you get strength. Make your first resolution and then practice with determination.
Students must be punctual to class, and come to school because they long for their studies and teachers internally. Beginner believers must keep the worship time well and come because they long for the worship time. In addition, we must do well in prayer and tithing, which are the basics in the life of faith. Start from small things. What you promise, even small, can become a good habit. In three months, try another one. Another one. 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7. Whenever you make up your mind and can do it continuously, then you will become a completely different person. Do what you promise.
When we make an effort to practice what we promised in front of Heaven, our lives become worthwhile and satisfying. If we keep our promise with heaven and with ourselves well, our hearts will be very happy all the time.
For me, it is not easy to do Morning Devotion, prepare my heart and wake up every morning. It is challenging. But by overcoming the challenge, when I complete it, I am so happy I overcame, I overcame. I encourage myself. I am so proud of myself when I do something that I promised myself I would do.
When Will My Heart Be Happy?
3. Up until now, you must have tried very hard to live according to the commands and laws that your heart longs for. When you lived according to the law of the heart, you would also have tasted the reward of joy. When you attended the service, you must have experienced that your heart was very proud when you prepared, prayed, and listened to the Word before others. However, if you are late for worship or class as a student, you must have also experienced that your heart is not clear. In this way, our hearts are like a scale of love. The more I practice the truth in my life, the more joy I get, or how my heart becomes heavy when I don't. Then, how can I live a life of faith where God is with me? First of all, you have to judge what is right and what is wrong. After you have judged, you must put it into practice. So today we must do our best to put into practice what we promised to God and ourselves. If you realize and practice the laws of your nature in this way, you will experience that wisdom gradually emerges and greater power emerges.
Mankind's original nature, created by God, made them obliged to live for others. Therefore, when we follow the law of our heart and live for the sake of others, we will taste the reward of joy. This is how heavenly law is made.
When attending worship, go ahead of others to prepare, pray, and listen to the Word. If that happens, you will experience something very clear in your heart.
Conversely, how does our original nature feel when we live only for ourselves rather than others or neglect our responsibilities? For example, we may have experienced that when being late for worship, or when being late for class as a student, we felt dishonorable. In this way, our hearts are like a scale of love.
The more we practice the truth in our lives, the more our original nature overflows with joy. On the other hand, if we do not do this, we know that our hearts become heavy. Therefore, live according to the wishes of your original nature. Then joy will without fail, accompany the law.
Then, how can we live a life of faith where God is with us? First of all, we have to distinguish what is right and what is wrong. After that, we must discard the wrong things and put the right things into practice.
So today we must do our best to put into practice what we promised to God and ourselves. If we realize and practice the laws of our nature in this way, we will experience that wisdom gradually emerges and greater power emerges.
Why Do We Gain Strength When Living According to Our Original Nature?
4. Why, then, does strength come out when we live according to our original nature? This is because God is with me there. Strength in my heart means that God is pleased. My heart is full of joy because I have fulfilled the promise I made to Heaven and to myself. You must keep these principles of mind and the promises you have made to yourself and become people who are victorious in everything. When I always live a life of joy and gratitude and my heart is at peace, God will visit me and my heart will become God's resting place. So, we must try to have an attitude of mind that allows God to be with us. Those who know the meaning of this word today and put it into practice will truly become great people. If you practice the word from an early age, you will be able to develop your own spirit self well without wasting time. So, in our life of faith, if we thoroughly understand the position and motive we have been placed in, we cannot help but become a very proud person.
Centering on God's laws of creation, if we live according to the wishes of our original nature, we are guaranteed to obtain joy. The reason why there is no joy in our life is because we are not living according to the wishes of our original nature, which are God's wishes.
If we live according to our original nature, we will surely experience the presence of God. This is the law of the universe. Strength in my heart means that God is pleased. When God's wish and my nature's wish become one, any human being is bound to feel joy and happiness.
Our hearts are full of joy because we have fulfilled the promise we made to Heaven and to ourselves. If we keep these principles of mind and the promises we made to ourselves, we will live a victorious life.
If we always live a life of joy and gratitude and our hearts voluntarily live for the sake of God, God will come looking for us. And our heart becomes God's resting place. So we try to have an attitude of mind that allows God to be with us.
Therefore, we should live according to the laws of our natures. Live for the sake of others according to the laws of our original nature, always be stimulated by the Word and put it into practice. Such people are bound to become great. If we realize and practice these things from a young age, we will be able to grow our own spirit self well without wasting time.
So, in our life of faith, if we thoroughly follow the position and motive we have been placed in, we cannot help but become very proud people.
Today I talked about how to live with a rock-like faith. Thank you very much.
(Testimony, Ken Owens, Coronation of God’s Kingship) ♦
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