Ep 669 - The Unity of the World and Humankind Responsibility Part 7
The Unity of the World and Humankind's Responsibility - August 25, 2022
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Key Points
It was women who worked hard behind the scenes to make great contributions to the providence of the restoration of lineage.
Jesus’ mother, Mary, was a revolutionary woman called by God to take part in the process of re-creating Adam.
Jesus was born without sin. Based on that foundation Father was also born as a sinless man.
The heaven our Unification Movement is going towards is total salvation.
If you only assert the kingdom of heaven of the heart, you lose interest in the salvation of others.
The three generations in the family (grandparents, parents, and children) have the responsibility of angels to lead you to Heaven.
Jesus’ han was that without establishing the kingdom of heaven on earth, he needed to die.
Since Father always lived with the absolute conviction and belief that “God is undoubtedly my Father and I am undoubtedly His son” wherever he went, there was nothing in the world to fear or be afraid of.
The current place I am in is a place in which God is with me.
All frustration, doubt, dissatisfaction, and sense of defeat in life are the result of not having conviction in our relationship with God.
We need to always check “Is God really working with me in every moment, every second?”
Your heart needs to be the subject and you are the object.
We need a lot of training to become people who are more dignified the more we face adversity, (who are) not alarmed even if circumstances suddenly approach us, and (who) are able to be grateful even in the face of complaints and dissatisfaction.
If you cannot be victorious in even the smallest of things, in the end, you will not be able to be victorious in greater tasks.
Wherever I go, if I live with absolute conviction that God is my unmistakable Father and I am the unmistakable Son of God, there is nothing in the world to fear.
I am spending time with my wife. I don’t know if this is reality or a dream! I am really glad to work together with my wife.
Today I’d like to talk about “The Unity of the World and Humankind's Responsibility ” from True Mother’s Anthology 2.”
Before this I would like to show a photo Joshua sent early this morning. According to Miilhan the meeting with Mrs. Yong about our Manhattan witnessing was exactly what was needed to take it to the next level. Rev. Joshua did an amazing job … as our witnessing director. My wife came back very late last night, but she was very happy. I was so happy to see her happy face.
God waited nearly 2,000 years until there was a sufficient foundation and a woman who could stand in the position of Eve, to carry out His providence. This finally took place through Mary, the mother of Jesus. When Adam and Eve fell, they were already engaged to marry at a later date. In the same way, Mary and Joseph were betrothed to each other in accordance with God's providence. Similar to Rebekah and Tamar, Mary was a revolutionary woman called by God to take part in the process of re-creating Adam. Mary risked her life to form an absolute unity with God, and placed herself in the position of having deceived father and son in order to fulfill the providential history of restoration through indemnity. It was in this manner that Jesus was conceived. During the time that Jesus was in Mary's womb, Satan could make no claim on his lineage. Jesus was born of the womb of a victorious woman as the first fruit of the first love, which could be claimed only by God. It was the first time in history that a child was born as God’s only begotten son. Even among the saints, there exists no one else whose birth followed such a process for making a separation from Satan's lineage. Thus, we refer to Jesus as a saint among saints. This was the reason the Christian cultural sphere was able to spread throughout the world.
Finally, in this century, God has worked to use the victory of the Second World War and the Christian cultural sphere to accomplish the unity of the world. The Second World War had a particular meaning in the context of God’s providence. In this war, the effects of the Fall transmitted by Eve to the brothers Cain and Abel were magnified onto a global scale. Thus, the island nation of Great Britain stood in the position of Eve. The United States, a nation historically given birth by Britain, stood in the position of Abel. France stood in the position of Cain, holding the birthright of the firstborn. These three countries formed an alliance led by the United States and cooperated together as the Allied Powers. On Satan's side, the Eve country, Japan, the Adam country, Germany, and the archangelic country, Italy, formed the Axis Powers. God's hope was to establish a united world on the basis of the victory of the Allies, who had been placed on the side of Heaven.
True Mother said, “God waited nearly 2,000 years until there was a sufficient foundation and a woman who could stand in the position of Eve, to carry out His providence. This finally took place through Mary, the mother of Jesus.”
Fallen people did not know that God’s providence was the providence for changing the blood lineage. Nobody revealed the content of the Providence behind figures, such as Rebekah, Tamar, and Mary.
What we ultimately come to realize is that more than men, it was women who worked hard behind the scenes to make great contributions to the providence of the restoration of lineage. Jesus’ mother, Mary, was a revolutionary woman called by God to take part in the process of re-creating Adam.
Until she met her fiancée, Joseph, she was a devotee who risked death to become absolutely one with God and completed the work of restoration through indemnity. It was in this manner that Jesus was conceived. During the time that Jesus was in Mary's womb, Satan could make no claim on his lineage.
Our True Father went through this kind of process as well based on Jesus’ foundation. Jesus was born without sin. God had already made that kind of foundation. Based on that foundation Father was also born as a sinless man. We need to know about this clearly.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: The Principle of Creation 63 - Heaven and Hell (2)
• It is not God who decides whether a person's spirit enters heaven or hell upon his death; it is decided by the spirit himself.
• Humans are created so that once they reach perfection they will fully breathe the love of God. Those who committed sinful deeds while on earth become crippled spirits who are incapable of fully breathing in the love of God. They find it agonizing to stand before God, the center of true love, and choose to dwell in hell of their own will.
• Since the human spirit can grow only in the soil of the physical self, the multiplication of human spirits takes place at the same time that the multiplication of physical selves occurs: during earthly life.
Let’s study Father’s word.
Who Can Understand Jesus’ Heart?
<120-48> If the kingdom that Jesus desired was only that of the heart, it would be eternally impossible to realize the substantial kingdom beyond that. It would also be eternally impossible to realize the kingdom transcending the family, through the society to the nation. When will the global Kingdom of Heaven and God’s Kingdom in Heaven be realized? The Messiah had the responsibility to save humankind and to liberate the spirit world and God. When you think about his situation, how frustrated he must have been! For Jesus, being crucified was nothing. If he had collapsed, how could he not face God? If he were to stand as a failure in the ideal of the Kingdom of Heaven and the ideal society, if it existed, he would have wanted to cover his face and hide. Who can understand the remorse that filled Jesus’ heart, remorse which he could not remove even if he were to die a hundred times
Jesus said in Luke 17:21, “The Kingdom of God is within you.” Here, Father emphasizes that if you only focus on the Kingdom of Heaven of the heart, it would be eternally impossible to realize the kingdom transcending the family, tribe, nation, and world.
Also, Father said that (you can) not only talk about the kingdom of God within you, not just within your heart. Also, you need to talk about the kingdom of God in your body. You need to talk about the Kingdom of God in the family, the nation and the world.
Jesus, who was in the position of being unable to realize the family, only emphasized the kingdom of heaven of the heart, but the Lord of the Second Advent has to save all humankind, liberate the entire spirit world and even God.
Jesus’ purpose for coming to this earth was to fulfill the responsibility of liberating the whole world and humankind and God, but he was in a position of having no choice but to be crucified. Father said that Jesus, who faced such a position, would be so ashamed and lower his head in front of God even if he were to die a hundred or a thousand times. Nobody could have known about Jesus’s heart at that time
This is really crucial. Jesus (was ready to) die any time, even 100 times, even 1,000 times. Do you know what Jesus’ agony was? His agony was, “If I die, who can establish the kingdom of heaven on earth substantially?” His last prayer was very serious: “No matter what, Heavenly Father, I want to survive and establish and fulfill your dream, which is the substantial kingdom of heaven on earth” -- not just on an individual level, a family level, a national level, a worldwide level, but he also had to liberate God. That was Jesus mission. Because his disciples and followers did not follow and unite with him, Jesus had no choice but to die. Can you imagine Jesus' heart at that time? Many people sympathize with Jesus’ (agony on the) cross. According to Father, dying was not an issue for Jesus. The important thing was, “If I die, who will liberate all humankind and God’s han?” Only Father has revealed (Jesus’) inner situation.
Therefore, what we clearly need to know is that the heaven our Unification Movement is going towards is total salvation.
Jesus could not have a family. That is why he could not talk about family salvation, nor tribal salvation. We need to know that God’s concept of salvation is what? Total salvation. It is total salvation without leaving anyone behind.
If you only assert the kingdom of heaven of the heart, you lose interest in the salvation of others. And you also lose interest in the nation and world. But if you know that the concept of God’s salvation is total salvation, you cannot help but to live for the sake of others, (for the) nation, and (the) world and be concerned about God’s liberation.
I am really happy that Father clearly explained this point. … (We must) not simply sympathize (with Jesus about his suffering on) the cross. At that time, what was Jesus’ inner heart? His han? Without fulfilling his portion of responsibility without establishing the kingdom of heaven on earth, he needed to die. That was Jesus’ agony and sorrow and han. People only talk about Jesus’ cross; no one knows about his inner difficult situation, his sorrowful heart. We need to know that.
The Three Angels that Lead You to Heaven
<135-120> You need to understand that your husband, your children, your parents and grandparents that live together with you are the 3 angels that will lead you to heaven. Your grandfather, wife and children are the three angels. You need to understand this. They are coupled off into pairs and combined represent 3 angels. The parents learn from the grandparents and the children. Do you understand? The husband and the wife learn from each other. This is the truth. This is the family tradition
I emphasize once again, the basis of God’s salvation is not the individual but it starts from the family. So Father said that we need to understand that the three generations in the family (grandparents, parents, and children) have the responsibility of angels to lead you to Heaven.
From the husband's point of view, the grandmother, wife, and children are angels guiding heaven, and from the wife's point of view, the grandfather, husband and children are angels guiding heaven.
Therefore, we must all make our family become the model of heaven and fulfill the role of angels who lead the world to Heaven.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: Always Live with A Close Relationship with God
1. In our life of faith, we must always live forming inseparable relationships where we can say “you and me, me and you” (you are me, I am you). The job I currently have should not only be a means of making a living. I must make my relationship with God closer through the work I do and relationships with people. And I must think that the current place I am in is a place where God is with me. Also, think that the things God wants to do are the things I want to do. We should always live with this kind of internal relationship with God. Since True Father lived with this kind of relationship with God wherever he went, there was nothing in the world to fear or be afraid of. We must also become successors and resemble True Father. This is not something done with knowledge. It is always done with God’s love and forming a reciprocal relationship with Him. In order to form reciprocal relationships of love, I need to test what kind of person I really am.
Since Father always lived with the absolute conviction and belief that “God is undoubtedly my Father and I am undoubtedly His son” wherever he went, there was nothing in the world to fear or be afraid of.
Father always lived forming an inseparable relationship with God where he can say “you and me, me and you” (You are me, I am You). (Theirs was) a kind of inseparable relationship.
Father said, “If you have this kind of inseparable relationship between God and yourself and an absolute conviction that ‘God is my Father; I am the child of God,’ with this kind of belief and conviction, … (you will have) no fear at all.” That’s why we need to have that kind of firm(?) relationship between God and me. This is the key point. In our life of faith the most important thing is to live with a close relationship with God. That is everything.
So, in order for us to become Father’s successors, we need to live with this absolute parent-child relationship between God and me, just like Father. The job I currently have should not only be a means of making a living, not just making money.
Therefore, I need to think that the current place I am in is a place where God is with me. Also, think that the things God wants to do are the things I want to do.
This is a very important point. If you do not think like that, you will easily space out. Your mind is somewhere; that is a big problem. I would like to re-emphasize that I need to think that the current place I am in is a place in which God is with me. Also, think that the things God wants to do are the things I want to do.
However, this is not something done with knowledge. It is only possible when I always form a reciprocal relationship with God’s love. All frustration, doubt, dissatisfaction, and sense of defeat in life are the result of not having conviction in our relationship with God. That is the main issue. That is why I say to always live with a close relationship with God.
Always Live Checking Your Spirit
2.In our life of faith, we should always live checking our spirit. Will I really become the subject partner of spirit? Will I really become the subject partner of longing? Does God really work with me? If we know the secret that God is with us at any time, we can always be victorious. And if a person who lives a life of faith and knows such a secret makes a wrong determination, he will soon discover what he is like. We become mature people only when we become people who live based on our hearts, not according to our environment. When I can feel God being with me, I know that the more I face adversity, the more God cares for me and is with me. Parents worry when their children are in adversity.
In our life of faith, we should always check our spirit. In everything I do, does my heart become the subject or does the work I do become the subject?
In everything I do, if the work itself becomes the subject rather than heart and longing, I become someone who is always dominated by the environment. When work becomes the subject, since I live a life that has nothing to do with my heart, I cannot find the worthiness of life. It is even hard to find some happiness and joy.
We become mature people only when we become people who live based on our hearts, not according to our environment. We need to always feel that God is always working with us.
We need to always check “Is God really working with me in every moment, every second?”
When I am at the Clifton Church, when I go to Korea and even to my home, when I relate with people, I always need to check, “Is God working with me or not?”
If God is really working with you, you can get victory conditions everywhere and have a victorious life everywhere. The important issue is whether God is working with you or not. Is God working between my wife and myself? You need to always check. Your number one concern is that God is working with us, with our couple, with our family members.
Also, secondly your heart needs to be the subject and you are the object. If you become the subject, you are like a workaholic without using your heart and making money, just repeating the same things again and again, not using your heart. When you come back home, you have not gained anything. That is why fallen man has a very habitual life and goes here and there only by the system. This is a big problem. Fallen man does not know how to apply his heart in his work. That is why God cannot do anything.
That is why we need to be careful about our habitual life, our conditional life, our traditional life, right? That is really killing our spiritual life. You always need to know how to utilize our heart, how to “evoke” our heart. We need to always care about this point.
To Overcome Adversity, You Need to Train Well in Your Normal Life
3.When a child becomes sick, a parent cannot sleep. A child might be able to sleep even if they have a fever, but a parent cannot sleep. A sick child may be at ease, but it is even sadder for a parent to see their sick child. A child’s illness is healed with such parental care, love, and protection. Now, what should we do if there are adversity and tribulation in our life of faith? God tries to take responsibility for me when I am more dignified the more I face adversity, when I am not alarmed even if circumstances suddenly approach me, and when I am able to be grateful even in the face of complaints and dissatisfaction. We need to train well because we have a personality that makes us easily disappointed, offended, and repulsed in difficult circumstances. Normally, when we listen to the Word and receive grace, we think we will be able to overcome adversity well, but in reality, it is often not possible to do so.
Train Yourself Starting with the Smallest of Things
4.Therefore, while living, we need to train ourselves starting with the smallest of things. When a crisis comes, you can overcome that hurdle without difficulties when you try to play the role of a servant to serve the other person and lower yourself in front of others and even be treated with contempt. Consider the training course of a person who has mastered a difficult sport. How many times have they fallen? How much sweat and tears must have been shed before they became champions in their field? That is why we, too, must constantly train in our life of faith.
Since fallen people have a personality that makes us easily disappointed, offended, and repulsed in difficult circumstances, we need to train well.
There are many unexpected adversities and tribulations in our course of faith. We need a lot of training to become people who are more dignified the more we face adversity, (who are) not alarmed even if circumstances suddenly approach us, and (who) are able to be grateful even in the face of complaints and dissatisfaction.
In order to be victorious in all these tribulations and adversities, you need to live a life of winning starting with even the smallest of things. If you cannot be victorious in even the smallest of things, in the end, you will not be able to be victorious in greater tasks. That is why you cannot ignore even the smallest of things.
When a crisis comes, you can overcome that hurdle without difficulties when you try to play the role of a servant to serve the other person and lower yourself in front of others and even be treated with contempt. That is why we, too, must constantly train in our life of faith.
And most importantly, like True Father, wherever I go, if I live with absolute conviction and conviction that God is my unmistakable Father and I am the unmistakable Son of God, there was nothing in the world to fear or be afraid of.
Today we learned very important things about the relationship between God and myself, and about training yourself starting with the smallest things. That is training to dominate your physical self. If you cannot control your smallest things, how can you control yourself. … You need to deal with (even) smallest things as precious(?). That is the way to control and dominate ourself, and finally to gain a victory.
LIVING TESTIMONY: I’m a Living Testimony for Whom Anything is Possible
(Testimony of Jonathan Diamond, Pennsylvania)
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