Ep 915 - God's Ideal Family and the Kingdom of the Peaceful, Ideal World II Part 5
God's Ideal Family and the Kingdom of the Peaceful, Ideal World II - April 28, 2023
PDF Printable Text and Images + Testimony Carlos Scott, New CARP Member, Joining CARP
Key Points
Along with the renewal of the UN and building God's homeland, the Universal Peace Federation will provide the leadership for a new sovereignty of universal peace known as Cheon Il Guk.
UPF’s goal is to form a parent–child relationship with God whereby humankind can live in attendance to God as their Father in one model family embodying God's ideal of peace and experiencing eternal joy.
In the last days religion and science can and must converge – with religion as the subject.
When the object becomes one with the subject at the center, a principled order is established, one purpose can be fulfilled, and God's love can be received.
The principle of the Unification Church is not hypothesis, but “true-thesis.”
Only when we declare the Divine Principle with confidence on earth can the spiritual world work.
We ourself must have the firm conviction that the Divine Principle is the absolute truth in order to declare it effectively.
As a young person if we have a clear vision, dream, and goal for becoming a true person and for making substantial contributions to God's providence and dream, heaven will protect us and guide us on the path to fulfilling that goal and dream.
As senior blessed couples we need to provide a clear purpose and vision to our young generation.
In the Completed Testament Age we are justified not only by obedience and faith but by attending God and parenting heavenly families.
We have a family in order to “taste the fruits of love.”
Family is the path of perfection and the final destination, so we must avoid mistakes like divorce from which it is very difficult to recover.
Once divorced, a person tends to get divorced repeatedly.
We must check whether we are being reborn and resurrected and whether our heart is growing every day through serving and attending our spouse and family.
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.♦
Today I’d like to talk about “God's Ideal Family and the Kingdom of the Peaceful, Ideal World II” from True Mother’s Anthology, Volume 2.
<This speech was given by Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon between September 1 and October 14 during a 40-nation Victory and Complete Freedom Rally to Bring Universal Peace to the Fatherland and Hometown speaking tour. 115,116>
Now, however, it is entirely possible for the Universal Peace Federation to fulfill its mission to unite heaven and earth and form the kingdom of the peaceful, ideal world. That is because it represents God's victory and the fruit of the True Parents' blood, sweat and tears. Therefore, the Universal Peace Federation is the world's cherished hope. It will carry out the role of an Abel-type counterpart to the existing Cain-type United Nations, to renew the UN and provide the leadership for a new sovereignty of universal peace known as Cheon Il Guk. Therefore, please bear in mind that you, as the world's leaders, are given the heavenly mission to build God's substantial homeland, which is nothing less than the ideal that God intended at the time of creation.
Respected world leaders, what do you think is God's ultimate purpose for creating human beings? Simply put, it is to experience joy through relating with ideal families filled with true love. What does an ideal family look like? When God first created human beings, He made Adam representing all men and Eve representing all women, with the intention that they become owners of true love. Then what was the quickest way for them to cultivate a character of true love? In a word, it was to secure a parent–child relationship with God, whereby they could live in attendance to God as their Father and form a model family embodying God's ideal of peace. They were to have followed the path of living as one family with God, experiencing joy eternally.
Along with the renewal of the existing UN and building God's substantial homeland, which is nothing less than the ideal that God intended at the time of creation, the Universal Peace Federation will carry out the role of an Abel-type counterpart (to the U.N.) and provide the leadership for a new sovereignty of universal peace known as Cheon Il Guk.
The birth of the Universal Peace Federation is God's victory, the fruit of True Parents' blood, sweat and tears, and our hope, and the world's cherished hope. The Universal Peace Federation will fulfill its mission as the Abel-type kingdom representing Cheon Il Guk before the existing Cain-type UN.
The ultimate goal of the Universal Peace Federation is, in a word, to secure a parent–child relationship with God, whereby (humankind) can live in attendance to God as their Father and form a model family embodying God's ideal of peace. (People) are to follow the path of living as one family with God, experiencing joy eternally.
Do you understand Father’s intention to create UPF? This is really an incredible organization! (After) True Father inaugurated UPF, he (spoke in) 120 nations, and True Mother and true children also shared the message about (the founding of) UPF. Today we understand clearly the purpose for and the role of UPF.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: Eschatology 5 - Human History is the History of the Providence of Restoration 2 - The Progress of Religion and Science
• Second, considering the progress of religion and science, although they have been working independently with little connection to each other, religion and science inevitably must converge. Today they are on the threshold of reaching this destination, where they will resolve all their problems together in one united undertaking.
• This trend shows that human history has been walking the providential course to restore the original world.
Let’s study Father’s word.
In Order for Religion and Science to Converge
<16-131> Since we couldn’t unify our mind and body so far, religion and science couldn’t merge into one either. Nevertheless, they must eventually completely converge. In the process, religion must become the center, not science. Human beings must also make the internal conscience their center, not the external body. So, the time must come when religious thought which focuses on the conscience will dominate the world. Do you have an objection to that? What will happen in that world? That is the world in which God’s purpose would be fulfilled and God’s love would be manifested. Let’s say you made something good, that you desired, then, what would you like to do after that? Would you like to boast that it is a masterpiece of your nation? Love comes from that. Love manifests when the purpose is fulfilled.
Since we couldn’t unify our mind and body so far, religion and science couldn’t merge into one either to this day. Nevertheless, in the Last Days, they must eventually completely converge.
However, in the process, religion must become the center, not science. Human beings must also make the internal conscience their center, not the external body.
Among religion and science, we must know that all problems can be solved only when the role of the subject is religion. This is just like when a person's mind becomes the subject and the body becomes the object, order is established.
When the object becomes one with the subject at the center, a principled order is established, one purpose can be fulfilled, and God's love can be received.
We Need to Abandon the Concept that Religion and Science can’t Converge
<35-100> The reason why God sacrificed His beloved son Jesus on the cross was to open a way to restore the Heavenly Law that was lost through the Fall. Thus, people who follow Jesus can have the hope of salvation. When looked at from this perspective, Christianity is exceedingly logical. Accordingly, we need to abandon the concept that religion and science can’t converge. We tend to think that science is concrete and systematic, but actually religion is more concrete and systematic. Science was formed by experiments based on hypotheses and assumptions. Have you ever seen an atom which science explains? It is proved only by hypotheses and experiments. However the principle of the Unification Church is not hypothesis, but true-thesis. It is an exceedingly scientific principle.
Christianity is exceedingly logical. Accordingly, we need to abandon the concept that religion and science can’t converge. We tend to think that science is concrete and systematic, but actually religion is more concrete and systematic.
Science is formed through experimentation on the logic of hypothetical and subjunctive (subjective? objective?) methods. In science, hypotheses are formulated and proven through experiments.
However, the principle of the Unification Church is not hypothesis, but true-thesis. It is an exceedingly scientific principle. The principle of the Unification Church is not “It will be,” but “It is.”
Therefore, the Divine Principle must be proclaimed with confidence. When we declare the truth, the spirit world works only when we declare it with confidence because the Divine Principle is the eternal truth.
There is no negotiation, no discussion (about that)...
First, declarations must be made on earth before the spirit world can help.
Whenever we proclaim the Divine Principle, we (need to) really have confidence (that) it is the eternal truth. True Father confirmed (this) again and again. Even Satan recognized that this is the eternal truth. All the saints and sages in the spiritual world recognized that this is the eternal truth. Even God finally gave his absolute authority: this is eternal truth.
That is why when we deliver the Divine Principle, we need to have confidence.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: Family is the Final Destination, so if you Make a Mistake, there is No Hope
The Reason Why We Have Families
1. You have to start as a child in your family and think about what kind of person you will eventually become as you grow up.
In the Old Testament Age, it was emphasized that we must keep the law and that we must live righteously. In New Testament Age, it was emphasized to believe in Jesus and become trustworthy sons and daughters. Anyone who has faith becomes a righteous person. Faith, in the end, is to become a trustworthy person in front of heaven and people through the Word.
The Completed Testament Age is about gaining justification by attending God in our lives beyond the age of faith. So, the Completed Testament Age is the age of fruition. Every human being is born as a being and goes through the growth process of rebirth, growth, and completion. After passing through the age of children, the age of students, the age of youth, and finally the age of married couples, they become parents by giving birth to and raising children. A person's life always goes through the process of rebirth, growth, and completion when looking at the stage of growth.
As we grow older, we have to think seriously about what kind of person we will eventually become. People who have become great figures in history have always had a grand dream of living for their country and the world from a young age.
Therefore, we too must have a clear vision, dream, and goal for what kind of person we will grow into in the future. If we do not set a vision when we are young, we will quickly get caught up in a horizontal environment and will be subject to numerous horizontal temptations that will ruin our life.
One of the reasons why today's youth are addicted to drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, games, and obscenity is that they have no dreams about who they will become in the future.
If we have a clear dream from a young age, we have a strong power that can overcome addictions to drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, games, and obscenity. Know that a heaven-centered vision has the power to overcome any horizontal temptation.
As a senior blessed couple we should always give a clear vision to our younger generation. Vision is very important. We should share what God’s vision is, and ask “What do you want to be centering on God’s vision and God’s wish?” If they had captured God’s vision and had a very clear vision, if their purpose of life were very clear, (then) why are they taking drugs and alcohol? Why are they like this? Because they don’t have a clear purpose and vision.
Therefore, from an early age, we must live with the vision of becoming a true person and making great contributions to the country and the world. If we have God's dream, Heaven will protect us and guide us on the path to fulfilling that dream. Therefore, we must have the conviction that our heaven-centered dream will come true.
In the Old Testament Age, it was emphasized that we must keep the law and that we must live righteously. (In) the next (age,) the New Testament Age, (we) were to believe in Jesus and become trustworthy sons and daughters.
Anyone who has faith can become a righteous person. If we have the faith to treat ourself as God's, our life will be completely different.
Treat ourself as God’s belonging, then we can reach a different dimension. This is really faith. Faith is, in the end, to become a trustworthy person in front of heaven and people through the Word.
The Completed Testament Age is about gaining justification by attending God in our lives beyond the age of faith. So, the Completed Testament Age is the age of fruition. After passing through the age of children, the age of students, the age of youth, and finally the age of married couples, they become parents by giving birth and raising children.
Family is the Final Destination, so if you Make a Mistake, There is No Hope
2. The reason we have a family is to taste the fruits of love. Just as the purpose of growing fruit trees is to bear fruit, the reason people go through the growth process of rebirth and growth is to see fruit. You cannot do it alone to see results. Until the period of formation and growth, they grow as virgin woman and man, and when they reach maturity, they become husband and wife and bear the fruit of children.
In the process of formation and growth, if you make a mistake, you can correct it again, but once you leave the family as a couple and make a mistake on the way, your life is over. You have no wish. If you make a mistake in the family, life has no way to go any further. Because the family is the final destination. Nobody knew this until now. Some people get divorced. It is several times more difficult for divorced families to reunite and start over again than the first marriage.
The reason we have a family is to taste the fruits of love. Just as the purpose of growing fruit trees is to bear fruit, the reason people go through the growth process of rebirth and growth is to see fruit.
To be fruitful, they must be paired. Until the formation and growth, they grow as virgin woman and man, and when they reach maturity, they become husband and wife and bring forth children.
Children are the fruits of true love. Just as a tree is cut down by farmers, if it does not bear fruit, we must know that we cannot enter the storehouse of heaven if we do not bear fruit in the heavenly world.
In the process of formation and growth, if we make a mistake, we can correct it again, but once we leave the family as a couple and make a mistake on the way, our life is over. We have no wish. Therefore, before creating a family, we must establish the foundation of faith and the foundation of substance. If we make a mistake in the family, life has no way to go any further.
The family is the final destination. Nobody knew this until now. Some people get divorced, but it is several times more difficult for divorced families to reunite and start over again than (to remain united in their) first marriage.
Before starting family we need to properly grow up from infancy, from our teenage years, and be thoroughly trained. Then as a man or woman (we need) to keep our purity and understand very clearly what the purpose of life is.
Then when we start family, how can we love each other? We need to go through the formula course (which is) the Foundation of Faith and Foundation of Substance. This is very important.
In the secular world how many people know the value of the family? How many of them really know that the family is the final destination? If we make a mistake, it is very difficult to restore. Look at outside people; once they divorce, they divorce again and again. When we have lost the first love, it is so difficult to restore.
That is why the first generation needs to (set an example for) our second and third generation. Our church name is Family Federation for World Peace. Family Federation. It is time to show the model.
I emphasize again and again: how often Father spoke of the importance and value of the family. Why do other religions only focus on individual salvation? Our movement is very much focused on family salvation. When we run our family properly and very well, we can manage everything. The problem comes from the family, from Adam’s family.
Father’s guidance is really amazing! We need to remember that “Family is the final destination.”
Am I Truly a Reborn, Resurrected Person?
3. Do you think there is a way for me to go on the path to perfection without getting married? Can we see the fruit of love as children without meeting as husband and wife? Look at the people of the secular world. They claim that as long as they have money, there is a way, right? Even now, people in the world do not know that the family is the final destination. We came to know about this because True Parents announced it for the first time. This is something that all religions did not know. So, we must check whether we are being reborn and resurrected every day in the family.
True rebirth is accomplished by serving each other in the life of a married couple. From that point of view, am I truly a person who has been reborn through my spouse? Am I really a person who was resurrected through my spouse? If I'm resurrected, what's different about me? Reborn and resurrected people clearly have different feelings. A person whose life is completely changed is a person who brings about a change in heart.
People in the world do not know that the family is the final destination. This is because the perfection of human beings can be achieved only when they get married and bear the fruit of having children. Therefore, there is no way to go on the path of perfection without getting married.
Without marrying how can we produce fruit? How can we have children? Children mean there is fruit, right? As a man can we produce fruit (by ourself)? As a woman can we produce the fruit (by ourself)? The final destination is to create the fruit.
People in this world claim that as long as we have money, we have a way to go, right? Even now, people in the world know that the family is the final destination because True Parents first announced it. No religion has ever known this.
So, we must check whether we are being reborn and resurrected every day in the family. True rebirth is accomplished by serving each other in the life of a married couple.
Am I really a person who was resurrected through my spouse? If I'm resurrected, what's different about me? Reborn and resurrected people clearly have different feelings. A person whose life is completely changed is a person who brings about a change in heart.
I really love Father! How clearly he has explained the life of the married couple in talking about the family. We cannot deny that True Parents are the messiah! (They have taught us) in such detail! When we read outside books, we cannot find a solution. Only the Divine Principle provides the solution, right? True Parents are really amazing!
Today I spoke about “Am I truly a reborn, resurrected person or not?”
(Testimony Carlos Scott, New CARP Member, Joining CARP)♦
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