Ep 768 - Opening, Inheriting, and Fulfilling the Era of the Victory, Liberation and Completion of the True Parents Part 10
Opening, Inheriting and Fulfilling the Era of the Victory, Liberation and Completion of the True Parents - December 2, 2022
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Key Points
Heavenly Parent's ideal is that women are independent individuals who as their object partners make men whole and more masculine and have equal value, rank, participation and ownership in true love with men. By uniting in true love, men and women complete each other and become a bigger whole.
TF: “Men are born for women; women were born for men.” That is the purpose of our life. If we know that, then there is no need to talk about the equal value of men and women.
Because of the disbelief of the Jewish people, the doubt of John the Baptist, and the disciples who only believed in and followed Jesus' external miracles, Jesus eventually died on the cross.
That is why True Father never performed miracles.
When the prepared Christians did not accept him, True Father had to pay indemnity in Heungnam Prison and witnessed to 12 other prisoners for a fresh start to the providence.
As our foundation on earth, we need to give birth to three spiritual children.
In order to win the physical battle, you must first win the spiritual battle just as Jacob’s victory in his fight with the angel allowed Esau’s resentment to be resolved.
If your faith is strong, you can win against Satan even in your dreams.
The purpose of 7-day fasting is to win the spiritual battle against Satan. The fast can show us whether we love God more than food.
If seeds of truth fall on the roadside of our stubbornness and self-assertiveness, we need to respect others and listen to their opin ions. If the seeds fall on the stony ground of our nervousness and e mo tional instability, we need to pick up the stones. If they fall among the thorns of our worries, we need to entrust those prob lems to Heaven and take on Heavenly Parent's worries as our own.
Good soil is a heart that is sensitive to the Will and is easily moved and inspired, that sheds tears over holy songs and the Word.
To maintain a heart like fertile soil, we have to deny ourself and believe that we belong to Heavenly Parent, not ourselves. We need to have the heart of a parent and the body of a servant. Also, we need to view all our worries as Heavenly parent's responsibility and Heavenly Parent's worries and han as our responsibility.
Because it takes time for the word to cultivate in our heart, we must protect it well until it sprouts.
To resurrect our hearts we need a preparation period based on the numbers 3, 7 or 21 for our heart to mature and for the word of grace to sprout and grow. During that time avoid joking and horizontal relationships, meditate on the word and have give-and-receive with Abel. Resurrecting the heart is our portion of responsibility.
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 “Opening, Inheriting and Fulfilling the Era of the Victory, Liberation and Completion of the True Parents” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 2.
<This speech was given at the Assembly for Inheritance and Accomplishment in the Age of Liberation Opened by the Victory of the True Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind held on March 4, 2012 at the Daejeon Convention Center in Daejeon, Korea> Beloved WFWP members and my fellow women leaders! Women are not born just to help or to be protected by men; rather, we are interdependent individuals who, as the representative of the other half of God's nature, are meant to make men more complete and manly. Centered on the ideal of true love, women are the precious object partners of men's love. In terms of value, men and women are absolute equals. Thus men and women, united through the original true love of God's ideal, are created to become completely equal in terms of value. Based on true love, they are to share the right of equal participation, the right to the same rank and the right of mutual ownership of their possessions.
Therefore, men and women do not need to confront or contend with each other, imitate the characteristics, dispositions or roles of the other, or covet them and try to take them by force. Instead, we are to unite as a larger whole, sharing ourselves one with another, by giving to the other what we have, with true love, and thereby completing each other. In the twenty-first century, women, together with men, have to play a major role in world events by serving as the wheels of progress advancing the construction of a peaceful world. Going beyond the century of power and technology, women will be the central axis in building the century of love and a culture of peace, with our role more important than ever before
Let’s summarize what Mother is talking about.
The Relationship Between Men and Women Seen from Heavenly Parent's Ideal
1. Women represent another aspect of Heavenly Parent and are independent individuals who make men whole and more masculine.
2. Centering on the ideal of true love, women are the object partners of men's noble love.
3. In terms of value, men and women are absolutely equal beings.
4. Under Heavenly Parent’s ideal, men and women who are united by original true love share not only the right to equal rank and participation, but also each other's own things.
5. Men and women were created to be completely equal in value centering on true love.
6. It's a relationship in which men and women share each other by giving each other what they have in true love, uniting into a bigger whole, and making the other person more complete.
I was inspired to hear Father’s words a long time ago about what the purpose of men and women. These words really touched me.
He said that men are born for women; women were born for men.
Wow! This kind of philosophy and principle is very powerful. There is no need to talk about men and women’s value. This one sentence really (tells us) what the purpose of our life is: men are born for women; women are born for men.
Therefore, husbands should not assert themselves in front of their wives and (should) just serve them. And the wife should not assert herself in front of her husband.
Husbands also should think that they live their entire lives just serving their wives, and wives should think that they are living their whole lives just serving their husbands. “Because I was born for my spouse, I am ready to serve her anything.”
How beautiful this philosophy is! Rather than talking about men and women being equal in value. Of course, we understand this content by the Principle, but which content is more powerful? With a humble mind we can serve our spouse. “I was born for you; you were born for me.” That is why I always need to remind myself in front of my wife: “Hey, Darling, I was born for you. That is why I am ready to serve you any time. I do exist for you. I was born for you. I can do anything for you. Darling, hey Darling, I love you so much!”
If a man and a woman have this kind of attitude, how beautiful it is! Even God says, “I do exist for the sake of human beings, my children.” We children also need to say, “We do exist for the sake of God.”
In this kind of inseparable relationship – if we say, “I am born for you.” – then we become very humble. There is no need to have any assertion. We just serve and love my spouse and people.
I really admire True Father’s teaching.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: The Human Fall 10 - The Motivation and Process of the Fall
• The motivation of the human fall lay within the angel. Therefore, before we can know the motivation and process of the fall, we must first learn about the angel.
• Angels were created by God prior to any other creation.
• God created angels to be His retainers (Heb. 1:14), "servants," (Rev. 22:9) and "ministering spirits,” (Heb. 1:14) who would assist Him in creating and sustaining the universe.
• Because God created us human beings as His children and gave us dominion over all creation, we are meant to rule over the angels as well.
Let study Father’s word.
It Should Penetrate the Heart of the Angels First
<3-234> Jesus would never have been crucified if the Israelites had penetrated the heart of the angels, and resembled God’s heart that had been joyful and understood God’s wish to send angels on earth. If the Israelites had fully taken the responsibility to spread testimonies no matter what, even to bear the cross instead of Jesus, he never would have been crucified.
Since the believers at that time had heard the prophetic words of the shepherds and testimonies from the three wise men and Anna and John the Baptist, they should have been able to celebrate the day when the long-awaited Messiah of humankind came to earth and also gloriously fought against the disbelieving people. If ever there had been such believers, we would not feel sorrow for the loss of Jesus now.
The Israelites were bound by existing laws and traditional rituals, and did not realize the heart of Heavenly Parent when He sent angels to testify to the birth of Jesus.
The saints at the time of Jesus heard the prophecy of the shepherds, the wise men from the East, and the testimony of Anna and John the Baptist.
Due to the disbelief of the Jewish people, the doubt of John the Baptist, and the disciples who only believed in and followed Jesus' external miracles, Jesus eventually died on the cross.
The reason Jesus' disciples and those who followed Jesus failed was because their faith believed in the miraculous Jesus. They must believe that miracles must come from faith, but they have faith through miracles. This is the issue. Is their faith(?) centered on faith or ... on miracles? Father talked about this many times.
When Jesus was arrested, miracles did not happen, so everyone ran away. Therefore, faith should not come and go according to the result. Internally, the father-son relationship between God and me, and the father-son relationship between True Parents and me are important. Taking Jesus' course as a lesson, True Father never performed a miracle. Instead, he internally educated his disciples with the Word. If the saints who followed Jesus had been able to fight against the unbelieving people, Jesus would never have died on the cross.
They only know Jesus externally because Jesus did a lot of miracles. They believed in miracles. Then Jesus can’t do anything. Their motivation for following Jesus was wrong.
That is why Father said, “I don’t want to do that. I need to take Jesus’ course as a lesson.” That is why True Father never performed miracles. How he educated people we already know about.
What course did True Father take when the prepared Christians did not accept him? True Father had to pay indemnity on their behalf and make a fresh start from Heungnam Prison, the prison of prisons.
True Father subdued his disciples through serving and words.
True father witnessed to 12 people in Heungnam Prison and laid the foundation for a new start to the providence. We have to start following True Father's course and Jesus' course, and setting up at least three spiritual children who believe in us as a foundation on earth.
If Father had (performed) miracles, we would not have been able to create this much of a foundation. Father really guided us properly.
The Fight Between Jacob and the Angel
<3-336> If the angel, taking the place of God, had not wrestled with Jacob who stayed up all night at the River Jabbok, Jacob would have faced Satan’s trial. God had him wrestle with the angel all night so that God could make Jacob the representative whom Satan could not accuse because he was trustworthy and could fight centering on the words. Jacob fought with the angel determined that he would fulfill his mission to defeat the angel as a human being although he might die. Satan could not find any reason to accuse Jacob. You must understand that owing to this victory accomplished at the River Jabbok, Heaven could have Esau (Jacob’s 2nd trial) moved and subjugated by Jacob.
In order to win the physical battle – I am sharing something very important; please listen carefully – you must first win the spiritual battle. An example of this is given in the course of Jacob.
Jacob, who was staying up all night by the Jabbok River, won a spiritual victory by fighting an angel on behalf of Heavenly Parent and with that spiritual victory, could fight and win a substantial fight.
In front of Jacob, who has achieved spiritual victory, Satan could not dare present any conditions for accusation, nor could he offer any excuse. Because this spiritual victory was accomplished by the Jabbok River, Heaven was able to move Esau, the object partner of the second test, and (have him) submit to Jacob.
If your faith is strong spiritually or mentally, you win against Satan even in your dreams. Therefore, our life of faith must always win spiritual battles first.
If you eat a lot in a dream while fasting for 7 days – you and I have both experienced this – this means you have already lost the spiritual battle. Even if you have fasted externally, you can always be tempted by Satan in the spiritual aspect.
If you clearly separate Satan, that kind of (experience) will appear in your dreams.
A person who has dreamed of sexually falling shows that there is a high chance of falling when temptations of lust come in reality.
Therefore, if you look at the present dream that a person is having, you can know the inner attitude of a person's mind. We must first win spiritually in the fight against Satan. Victory in a dream portends victory in reality.
That is why if you are spiritually and mentally very strong, then you fight and overcome the reality.
If you lose in your dream, then when temptation comes, you will surely lose. If you have conviction and confidence and are very clear, then you can overcome any realities. Your dreams are really important.
In your dream if you have a sexual relationship with another woman or a man, or you have all kinds of temptations in your dream, that means you are mentally like that. Your thinking is like that.
When you have a dream you cannot remember, that means your thinking is unclear. Dreams show everything. What kind of standard do you have? If you eat a lot of food in a dream while fasting for seven days, you need to really repent. “Why am I doing a seven day fast? For what purpose? I really want to thoroughly control my physical body. I need to love God more than food, even though I am really thirsty and very hungry, but this hunger and thirst did not win my spirit.”
When you do seven-day fasting, you immediately know your reality, what kind of person you are. “Do I love God more than my hunger?” Try seven days of fasting and then ask, “Do I have a longing heart for God more than for food?” What is the purpose of the 7-day fasting. It is not just a condition. We want to win in the spiritual battles with Satan. Many could not win. “Oh, 7 day fast is already over. Where is the bread, the rice, the Korean kimchee.” Oh my goodness! You have already lost!
Without controlling our physical body, how can we grow up?
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: How Can You Make the Heart Resurrect?
Let’s study.
The Meaning of Arming Oneself with the Word
1. In order for us to resurrect our heart, we first need to arm ourselves with the Word. Then what does arming ourselves with the Word mean? Just as you bury seeds in soil, arming ourselves with the Word means that you are when graced and touched by the Word, you bury them in your heart and protect it so that those words can sprout well. Through the parable of the Sower in the Bible (Matthew 13:3~8), we heard about an example of the resurrection of the heart.
If you sowed seeds in the soil, you must chase away birds from eating the seeds, and if it is rocky soil, you must remove the rocks. The rocks mentioned in the Bible mean behaving capriciously. In other words, this means that fallen peoples’ emotions are dominated horizontally, and being dominated by circumstances while saying “it’s like this and that” makes it easy to behave capriciously, so protect the seeds of the Word so that they will sprout.
The reason why we cannot resurrect our hearts is because we are graced and touched through the Word but cannot keep it in our hearts.
The field of fallen humans is like seeds that (sometimes) fall on the roadside and birds come to eat them, sometimes they fall on stony ground and the seeds do not take root, and sometimes they fall among the thorns and get choked to death. (Matthew 13:3-8)
If my field is a path, it tells about my stubbornness and strong assertion. If I am stubborn and assertive, the Word cannot enter my heart.
This kind of person needs to break their stubbornness and give up assertiveness completely. The person needs to respect others and listen to their opinion.
And if their field is rocky, they have to pick up the rocks. Rocks here means nervousness. This means that fallen human are governed horizontally by their emotions, and they are subject to change and are easily influenced by the environment.
And if the field of their heart is filled with thorns, they must first remove them. This kind of person has a lot of worries in their heart. Even if they listen to the Word, if one is surrounded by worries, the Word cannot settle in their heart.
Those who have a lot of concerns and worries on a daily basis should have the mindset that they completely entrust their problems to Heaven and that they rather take Heavenly Parent's worries as their own.
Seeds Must Be Sown in Fertile Soil and Be Well Protected
2. People who farm have to sow seeds in fertile soil. Fertile soil means having high sensitivity to the Will and having a heart that is moved and inspired. A person who is easily moved by the Word and touched by praise songs is like a person with fertile soil. A heart like fertile soil sheds tears when singing praise and is moved when hearing the Word. That is why we need to protect the heart that was moved the Word and keep it lasting in our lives.
If your life is always self-centered and horizontal, the heart that was moved by the Word will disappear. If our emotions were fickle according to circumstances, the buds of the Word will not appear from my heart. If you were first moved by the Word, you need some time period until the buds of those Words come out. Once seeds of the Word fall into my heart, I need to protect those seeds until they sprout.
A person who can resurrect his heart is like a farmer who sows seeds in fertile soil. Good soil spiritually refers to a heart that is sensitive to the Will and is easily moved and inspired.
Those who are well moved by the Word and holy songs are like those who have a heart of fertile soil. People with a heart of fertile soil shed tears when they sing holy songs and are moved when they hear the Word.
Then, how can we maintain a heart like fertile soil? You have to be good at denying yourself. We must believe that we belong to Heavenly Parent, not ourselves.
In human relationships you must always have the heart of a parent and physically stand in the position of a servant. And you must think that all your worries are Heavenly parent's responsibility and Heavenly Parent's worries are your responsibility.
For the will, you have to go to the position where you will take responsibility for the Han and sorrow of our forlorn Heavenly Parent and True Parents.
Once you are moved by the Word, it takes a period of time for the word to cultivate. Once the seed of the Word has fallen into your heart, you must protect it well until it sprouts.
How to Resurrect the Heart
3. The formation stage when we hear the Word and grow is an extremely important period. Just as time is needed for buds to sprout, to make the Words I was graced by sprout and grow, a life centered on the numbers 3 or 7 is very important. In the early days, we lived lives of prayer vigils or fasting centered on the numbers 3 or 7, focusing on the Words we were graced by.
If you received grace and were touched by the Word, whether you joke with anyone, you must not be tempted where the eyes move horizontally. And if possible, within relationships, do not talk horizontally but quietly close your eyes and meditate on the Word again and again. To sow seeds in a field and protect them, you cannot let someone enter the field and step on them. You also cannot let any beasts, such as dogs or pigs, enter. That is why when we are first touched by the Word, we need to protect our hearts well until the buds sprout well and make our hearts resurrect. This is how you can resurrect the heart.
Resurrecting the Heart is Our Responsibility
4. Resurrecting the heart is our portion of responsibility to the end. If you plant seeds in a field, you must make the surroundings in a way that nothing can enter. That is why when you join the Unification Church, you need to go through 3-day, 7-day, 21-day, and 40-day workshops. When that happens, it becomes a preparation period to mature the heart. True Father said that people who go through this process well are in a state of beginning to take root as 3 or 4 leaves come out. However, while we should be sprouting in this way, most people are unable to do so and leave themselves to be like the rest of the world. That is why such people resemble secular people a lot. Some people are unable to pick out rocks and keep on having rocky fields. When such people become couples and start family, there are many families that fail because they could not grow their hearts properly. This is our concern.
We Need to Take a Look Back on Our Faith
5. If it has been a long time since you learned about God’s Will and joined the church, you should have become people who grew a little bit, but we are still just as we were in the past. So we need to take a look back on our faith. Am I someone in the formation stage? Or someone in the growth stage? Am I still someone in the formation stage of being bound by formalities and conditions, or am I someone resurrected by the Word and really becoming a person of characters? Since I did not properly go through the formation stage and growth stage, it is very difficult for complete resurrection to happen and become a person of the level of divine spirit.
Let’s summarize:
How to Resurrect our Hearts
1. Just as a seed needs time to grow, we need a preparation period for our heart to mature and for the word of grace to sprout and grow.
2. In order for the Word to settle in your heart, set a period centered on the number 3 (3 days), number 7 (7 days), or number 21 (21 days) and meditate on it.
3. If you receive grace for the Word, do not joke with anyone. Do not be tempted where your eyes wander horizontally.
4. In human relationships, if possible, do not speak horizontally, but quietly close your eyes, meditate on the Word, and reflect on it over and over again.
5. If you have planted sprouts in farmland, you must make sure that animals do not step on them. If you receive grace from the Word, Satan comes in and tries to take it away. Therefore, I must always have give and receive with my Abel-figure, who can protect me.
6. Therefore, resurrecting the heart is our portion of responsibility in all respects.
Today we learned how to resurrect our heart. When you plant, you need to wait for a certain time for the seed to grow. You need to protect the seed. Do not talk with people horizontally. Quietly close your eyes always meditating again and again and really practice.
Today we have received beautiful guidance from heaven.
(Testimony Pastor E.J. Rapada, Ethnic & Blessing Ministry, Elizabeth, NJ)♦
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