Ep 671 - The Unity of the World and Humankind Responsibility Part 9
The Unity of the World and Humankind's Responsibility - August 27 , 2022
PDF Printable Text and Images + Testimony Simon Jeong
Key Points
Korea holds a central position for building heaven on earth and in the spirit world.
The seed that was planted on the level of the individual in the Garden of Eden now bears its fruit on the worldwide level.
We cannot go to heaven without obtaining Satan’s signature that we were historically victorious. In order to obtain Satan’s certification, you ultimately need to subjugate even your enemies.
Make a jjak-sarang prayer list of your enemies and pray for them; then go to them directly and establish a standard of loving them.
Healthy faith means that our heart is always on fire. A person whose heart is on fire is enthusiastic and passionate in everything and full of hope.
A leader needs to have very clear vision and passion, to work harder and become very positive and aggressive, challenging and overcoming.
The more you know God’s Will, and True Parent’s difficult circumstances, heart, and wishes, the more you will feel pity for the Will and strive to fulfill it and the more your fire will burn.
I must live attending God centering on my individual and environmental realm, and I must overcome conflicts with the people around me and inspire them.
A person whose heart is burning can be seen as a man of few words.
People who are liberated from the Satanic realm always have a longing for God and for people, and when they see uneasiness and conflicts, they shed tears.
We should always ask, “If I were God, what would I do in this situation?”
Each of us knows all about what God within us wishes for.
If you have a longing heart and tears for God and his will and for True Parents, you can distinguish good from evil.
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.♦
Because we have a workshop in Alaska, I need to record one or two Morning Devotion sessions.
Today I’d like to talk about “The Unity of the World and Humankind's Responsibility” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 2.
<This speech was given at a national convention for the Women's Federation for Peace in Asia held on November 20, 1991 at the Seoul Olympic Fencing Arena> On the Korean peninsula, the Jacob and Esau of the twentieth century are faced off against each other in the form of the two Koreas. The True Parents, working with true love in this conflict, confronting Kim Il-sung in the position of the false parent, have restored through indemnity the realm of the victorious parent. Through this process, Korea was established as the Third Israel that has accomplished history's ultimate victory and has become the chosen nation of a new and united world. Korea as the Third Israel is the base from which the True Parents and their children are able to accomplish their fervent hope for a united world of peace. It holds a central position for building heaven on earth and in the spirit world.
It has to be understood that, from a providential standpoint, the great prosperity experienced by Korea, Japan, the United States and Germany in the postwar period has been due to the fact that these countries received God's blessing, again, with Korea as Adam, Japan as Eve, the United States as Abel and Germany as Cain. In the garden of Eden at the time the Fall was perpetrated, the archangel was with Adam and Eve. In this age, when the seed is planted on the level of the individual, it bears its fruit on the worldwide level. Korea, the Adam country, is neighbored by Japan, the Eve country, as well as by three archangel countries—the United States, China, and Russia, all vying for advantage on the Korean peninsula.
With the protection of God, however, these countries are developing an alliance among themselves centering on Korea. In his time, Jesus was not able to bring about unity among the nations of Asia. Today we are seeing the fulfillment of God's Will to indemnify this on a worldwide level. Similarly, the significance of the coming of the Asia-Pacific cultural sphere is that a substantial sphere, both material and spiritual, such as Jesus sought to accomplish in his time, can be constructed in Asia. In other words, the countries of Asia must now establish a united world centering on the True Parents.
I will summarize what Mother said here.
Because of True Parents’ victory through restoration through indemnity, Korea, as the Third Israel, became the base from which the True Parents and their children are able to fulfill their Will and fervent hope for a united world of peace, and it holds a central position for building heaven on earth and in the spirit world.
Secondly, in the garden of Eden at the time the Fall was perpetrated, the archangel was with Adam and Eve. In this age, when the seed is planted on the level of the individual, it bears its fruit on the worldwide level. Korea, the Adam country, is neighbored by Japan, the Eve country, as well as by three archangel countries—the United States, China, and Russia, all vying for advantage on the Korean peninsula.
Now, God’s providence is advancing to where Japan, the United States, China, and Russia are developing an alliance among themselves centering on Korea and bringing unity among the nations of Asia, which Jesus was not able to accomplish in his time, on a worldwide level.
The significance of the coming of the Asia-Pacific cultural sphere is that a substantial sphere, both material and spiritual, which Jesus sought to accomplish in his time, can be completed in Asia centered on True Parents.
In other words, the countries of Asia must now establish a united world centering on the True Parents.
That is why True Mother has recently spoken continuously about the Asia-Pacific union centered on the era of Asia.
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.
Father’s word:
You Must Receive the Proof of Subjugating Satan
<24-337>Since the Fall took place, not in God’s presence, but with Satan as subject, we must subjugate Satan in order to free ourselves from its realm. We must be able to say, “Satan, you wretch! I am where I am now because of you. I will subjugate you and return to God!” If you do not obtain the certification that you subjugated Satan, you cannot receive God’s love. Jesus, too, was victorious in overcoming the three Great Temptations. We cannot go to heaven without obtaining Satan’s signature that we were historically victorious.
Heaven and Satan’s Seal
<24-337>The Unification Church is the only place that will teach you that you need Satan’s approval to go to heaven. We are quantitatively different from established churches. They ignorantly say, “Rev. Moon of the Unification Church says that you need Satan’s approval to go to heaven. Therefore, he must be Satan.” Is that what I am teaching you? Those people really love to spread rumors. But we are not the people that the rumors speak of. No matter what, you must get Satan’s signature. When Jesus overcame Satan’s three Great Temptations, Satan acknowledged tearfully, “You are eternally different from me.” Jesus’ victory depended on Satan’s acknowledgment.
Since the Fall took place with Satan as subject, if we do not subjugate Satan, in the end, we cannot enter Heaven. That is why if you do not obtain the certification that you subjugated Satan, you cannot receive God’s love. And we cannot go to heaven without obtaining Satan’s signature that we were historically victorious.
The Unification Church is the only place that will teach you that you need Satan’s approval to go to heaven. We are quantitatively different from established churches. If Heaven were a place we could enter just by believing in Jesus, God’s providence would not have been prolonged like this.
When Jesus overcame Satan’s three Great Temptations, Satan acknowledged tearfully, “You are eternally different from me.”
In order to obtain Satan’s certification, you ultimately need to subjugate even your enemies. Just as Father subjugated Gorbachev and Kim Il Sung of the substantial Cain realm, if we do not love the enemies on our level, we can never enter Heaven.
One thing I would like to suggest to all of you is to make a list for loving your enemies. If there is someone who has even a little bit of conflict with me or /that /I cannot love, you need to make a jjak-sarang prayer list /and pray for them, then go to them directly and establish a standard of loving them. Everyone has to overcome the hurdles of loving their enemies.
When I was young I struggled with a person, not really my enemy, because of his leadership and character and fallen nature. Maybe I was right and he was wrong, but I needed to reflect (about) myself.
Father’s guidance is that without overcoming your enemy, there is no way to remove your fallen nature. That is why I write a jjak-sarang prayer list and really pray for someone I cannot love and cannot (have a) close relationship (with). I pray and pray. Sometimes I go to a place to meet my enemy or a person I don’t have a good relationship with and talk with them. I feel (as a result of this that) my heart has become deeper and wiser and more embracing.
That is why I am telling you, if you cannot love your enemy, you cannot obtain Satan’s certification. In the Kingdom of Heaven there is no enemy. Total salvation means what? You need to even love Satan, even your own enemy. In this way we can raise our spirit: I can love and embrace everyone. This is really challenging, but to enter the Kingdom of Heaven , you need to obtain Satan’s certification.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: The Fire of the Heart
1. Because fire burns, it gives off light and heat. Because our hearts are also burning all the time, we are overcoming reality with enthusiasm and hope. When we compare this kind of flame with our hearts, we today must become resurrected people. Those who are being resurrected are those whose hearts are always on fire. We are the people who feel pity for True Parents for their circumstances and fulfilling the Will. Resurrected people are those who long for True Parents and feel pity for His will. As we have a heart to serve True Parents and know their circumstances, our hearts are on fire to fulfill that Will. Therefore, when resurrected people come to know the circumstances and heart of True Parents, they will also have tears. On the other hand, if we live with hearts not on fire, trying to light it on fire also brings tears to our eyes. Also, even though I myself am not burning, trying to light others also brings tears.
The heart is like fire. Just as fire always gives off light and heat, normal, healthy faith means that our heart is always on fire. If your heart is on fire, you can burn any difficult circumstances.
And since a person whose heart is on fire is always burning, he is enthusiastic and passionate in everything and always overcomes reality full of hope.
Those who are being resurrected are those whose hearts are always on fire.
How much have we felt pity for True Parents’ circumstances and fulfilling the Will, and how much are we burning to accomplish that Will? One important attribute to becoming a leader is passion. A leader without passion cannot be called a leader.
That’s why someone who has fire to fulfill God’s will always has passion. For me as a leader one of the most important things is to have very clear vision. Secondly, you need to have passion. As a leader with no vision and no passion, you cannot lead(?) anyone. As a leader you need to have fire. Fire means passion. You need to work harder and become very positive and aggressive and challenging and overcoming and again going forward centering on vision. That is true leadership.
Since the more you know God’s Will, and the more you know True Parent’s difficult circumstances, heart, and wishes, the more you feel pity for the Will and strive to fulfill it, your fire cannot help but burn.
On the other hand, when we do not have such heart, since we try to light it on fire, tears come to our eyes. Also, even though I myself am not burning, trying to light others also brings tears.
I Must Overcome My Surrounding Environment and Human Relationships
2.We are like wet wood. We also have to conquer many things. We have to sanctify the vulgar things within us. We are ones who have to go out while fighting like this. Next, we have to harmonize the disharmonious things in our surroundings. Our surrounding environment is always wet. We are stuck in habits and stuck in preconceptions. When it is not always possible to create an environment of hope and a new heart, I have to fight by burning my heart. I must live attending God centering on my individual and environmental realm, and I must overcome conflicts with the people around me and inspire them. The problem is that I am always easily in discord with the people around me or invaded by the environment. Being in discord means to be invaded. Being invaded by the surrounding environment means to become emotionally in discord and conflicted.
Fallen people are like wet wood. Are you dry wood or wet wood? Wet wood does not easily catch on fire. Fallen people easily have discord with those around them, become dominated by the environment, and have emotional disharmony and conflicts.
Therefore, we have to conquer everything and sanctify the vulgar things. Next, we have to harmonize the disharmonious things in our surroundings.
Our surrounding environment is always wet. We are stuck in habits and stuck in preconceptions. So, my heart must be burning with fire.
Therefore, what we have to clearly understand is that I must live attending God centering on my individual and environmental realm, and I must overcome conflicts with the people around me and inspire them.
My Spirit Must Be Burning
3. When I am invaded by my environment and become dominated or become emotionally divided and conflicted, my heart gradually burns out. Since I am dominated by my surroundings and shrivel away, my spirit is weakening. That is why my spirit must be burning. It must be burning with tears. I must really invest my heart and light it on fire. A person who burns their heart can be seen as a man of few words. In a word, he is a mute. People with pity in their hearts must become a mute. Resurrected people say nothing. Resurrected people feel grateful when they see good things and feel pity when they see uneasiness and conflicts. Each of us is a person who embraces God. Each of us has a God-given original nature.
Since our surrounding environment is always wet, when I am invaded by my environment and become dominated or become emotionally divided and conflicted, my heart gradually burns out.
That is why my spirit must always be burning. It must be burning with tears. I must really invest my heart and light it on fire. A person who burns their heart can be seen as a man of few words.
That is why in order to keep that kind of spirit, you need to meet God. You always need to pray. You really will have a beautiful experience with God. When you see God’s difficult circumstances and situation and console him and comfort him, God will give you strength and power.
Father’s word always inspires me: “I need to work harder than God, than True Parents as a child.” This (is) filial piety, hyojeong with tears, no matter how tired you are.
Today the whole day – now it is 9 p.m. – it (has not been) easy. It is not easy (right now) to put my heart into delivering God’s message. But when I think about God’s difficulties, about True Father’s hard work, my burning heart and passion comes out because God has worked harder than I have all the time. True Parents are working harder than I do. Heavenly God is my example, and True Parents are my true example. When I think about them, I have power and passion.
When you only think about your own self, when you are tired and exhausted and try to sleep, you need to do something. You to think about God and True Parents . They are really working very hard. We can only gain strength and power from our True Parents , right?
The important thing here is that those with pity in their hearts must not speak, just like a mute. Rather than words, they should prioritize putting it into practice. If words precede actions, the fire in my heart goes out. If you see good things better than the Word, you should feel grateful, and if you see uneasiness and conflict, you should feel pity.
We always need to remember that our spirit must always be burning. (Since) Heavenly Father lost his children, his heart has been burning to bring back his children. He had no time to get tired. That is the heart of our Heavenly Parent and our True Parents .
People Liberated from the Satanic Realm
4. You can distinguish whether or not you are liberated from the Satanic realm by centering on longing. If I have longing, I can immediately tell if I am in God’s standpoint or my own standpoint. Therefore, we cannot fall away from our original nature’s standpoint. Since I know God’s standpoint, if I fall away from God’s standpoint, it is sin; if I do not fall away, it is original nature. Each of us knows all about what God within us wishes for. Each of us knows how to behave. The heartistic attitude of longing is very important. If we only rejoiced in that relationship without any longing, that is the formation stage. Rejoicing over the relationships you have and belonging there means you are in the formation stage.
People who are liberated from the Satanic realm always have longing. They have longing for God and longing for people. And when they see uneasiness and conflicts, they shed tears because it is so pitiful.
If I have longing and tears to fulfill my will, I can discern good and evil, and I can immediately tell what kind of position I am in. Therefore, you must never deviate from God's position. We should always ask “If I were God, what would I do in this situation?” and discuss about it.
If I fall away from God’s standpoint, it is sin, Father said; if not, it is original nature. Each of us know all about what God within us wishes for.
We must live our lives by always checking our emotions with longing and tears for the Will.
If you have a longing heart for God, for True Parents, then any difficult situation that comes when you need to distinguish good or evil, you can, (in fact,) distinguish (them). That is why a longing heart is the key. One who is truly longing for God and True Parents will know what is going on and what the problems are. Always if you have a tearful heart and mind for God’s will, you can immediately distinguish and separate good and evil. This is really powerful.
That is why as a leader you always need to have tears and a longing heart. As long as you have a longing heart for the sake of God’s will and tears to love and tears ... for people, with a mindset of a loving heart and tears, in order to receive revelation from Heavenly Parent and True Parents , you know where to go and what to do and how to distinguish ... between good and evil.
We need to live our lives by checking our emotions with longing and tears for the sake of God’s will.
I am so excited to go to Alaska. All our leadership needs to inherit True Parents’ legacy, and we need to plan and discuss our future activities.(?)
LIVING TESTIMONY: I’m a Living Testimony for Whom Anything is Possible
(Testimony of Simon Jeong, Maryland, 40-Day Workshop in Korea)♦
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