Ep 780 - Women as the Turning Point for Peace Part 2
Women as the Turning Point for Peace - December 14, 2022
Key Points
TF: The renewal of the UN is critical to building a world of lasting peace as originally envisioned at the creation. For this True Parents have created WFWP as the Abel Women's UN.
FFWPU, UPF, WFWP and YSP should form a Four Position Foundation.
The world is an extension of the family. Its structure needs to be the same as that of the family.
The archangel’s han is that he only received the love of God at the top of the growth stage, not at the completion stage. His han is also that he never received the perfect love of human beings, who should have dominated him as his true master.
The human portion of responsibility in the restoration is that we have to set the condition of loving even our enemies and bringing them to natural submission.
Now there is no longer any condition for Satan to accuse Jesus and True Father any more because Jesus and True Parents loved the archangel centering on completed love.
Even though the archangel tempted Adam and Eve, he also wished that they would reject his temptations, dominate him, and love the archangel himself.
The completion of our portion of responsibility is to unconditionally forgive and love the enemy who has persecuted, accused and even tried to kill us, so that he naturally surrenders.
Sin is thinking, judging and acting self-centeredly. It is doing things as one pleases.
Since we are beings created by God, if we know God’s principle of creation well and with what kind of principles God created us and obey them as they are, we can achieve our purpose of life.
We cannot do as we please, because God’s law of the universe is absolute and limits us.
God’s absolute law does not consider our personal situations and position. We need to adjust to it.
Just as there are laws for nature, there are laws for our life which we need to follow.
Sunday is a holy day, not a day when I can do as I please. If we honor Sunday, then each other day can become holy.
Fallen man cannot become holy without holy conditions.
In our life of faith there is not one thing we can do centered on ourselves and as we please.
Love comes from absolute obedience. When we are absolutely obedient to the absolute laws of God’s true love, we can feel joy and love.
The word absolute obedience implies that there is not even 1% of self-assertion.
You must absolutely obey the laws of nature and the principles of the universe.
A couple must be absolutely obedient to each other.
It is absolute that we must become God’s children and realize true families.
Children need to be trained to be absolutely obedient to the heavenly law from a young age.
If parents live a life of obedience of being absolutely filial to Heavenly Parent, their children will also think that being filial to their parents is absolute.
Parents need to praise and encourage their children a lot and show them how filial their parents are toward heaven.
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 “Women as the Turning Point for Peace” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 2.
<This speech was given at the Women's Federation for World Peace USA Turning Point Assembly for the Abel Women's UN, held on October 27, 2012 at the M Resort in Las Vegas> Beloved women leaders, I ask for your support in carrying the weighty responsibility of completing the providential mission of the Abel Women's UN, the final organization that Reverend Moon and I created together. As you are aware, the UN was founded in accordance with God's Will, to address the plight of many people around the world who had endured unbearable suffering in the aftermath of the catastrophic Second World War, with a deep yearning for peace based on the viewpoint that war must never be waged again. However, what is the reality today? In the sixty years of the United Nations’ existence, it has been unable to prevent wars breaking out, including the Korean War. Even though the Cold War has ended, the world is not free from outbreaks of war, whether big or small, that stem from conflicts between rich and poor, between races, and between people of different faiths. Hasn't the UN seen repeated breakdown of its work to fulfill its original mission to maintain global peace, according to the purpose of its founding?
At the time of its inauguration, the UN was the result of a compromise effected between the U. S. and the then Soviet Union under the confrontational structure of the Cold War. From the outset, therefore, it was limited in its ability to bring about lasting world peace transcending the interests of individual nations. This is why we have proclaimed that from the standpoint of God's Will, the UN has been unable to emerge from the position of Cain. This is why we emphasize that the renewal of the UN is absolutely critical to building a world of lasting peace as originally envisioned at the time of the Creation. The United Nations has struck a brick wall, being unable to move beyond the level of balancing the various interests of individual nations. In history up to now, we have depended on government organizations centered on men to bring about global peace. Now, however, to surmount the limitations they have demonstrated, I believe that a women's peace movement centered on nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) should take root as the new system resolving problems that arise in the field.
Before True Father went to the spirit world, he proposed and created the Abel Women's UN, the final organization that he and True Mother created together. Until now, the UN has seen repeated breakdowns of its work to fulfill its original mission to maintain lasting global peace, according to the purpose of its founding.
At the time of its inauguration, under the confrontational structure of the Cold War, the UN was limited in its ability to bring about lasting world peace transcending the interests of individual nations.
This is why True Parents are emphasizing that the renewal of the UN is absolutely critical to building a world of lasting peace as originally envisioned at the time of the Creation.
In order to overcome the current UN’s limitations in the establishment of world peace, True Parents have created WFWP as the Abel Women's UN and UPF as the Abel UN representing men.
From this perspective, UPF and WFWP have a mission to go out and lead the world peace movement from a position similar to that of a couple that solves all the problems of the world.
We need to understand how much Father emphasized the importance of UPF and WFWP. The two organizations need to go together side by side. WFWP is not under some organization.(?) True Parents’ concept is very clear. Woman is not under man. Man is not under women. She has the same equal position. The role of mother and father, of women and men, are equal. We – including our members – need to change our concepts about this.
UPF and WFWP have important missions to lead the world and establish world peace.
True Mother raised up one more organization in the position of children; that is YSP. So centering on FFWPU, UPF, WFWP and YSP are a Four Position Foundation organization. All affiliated organizations (should) relate to these four main organizations. We need to know this point very clearly. This is an important structure to create world peace.
The world is an extension of the family. Its structure needs to be the same (as that of the family).
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: The Human Fall 11 - The Spiritual Fall 1
• God created human beings with two components: the spirit self and the physical self. The human Fall likewise took place in two dimensions: the spiritual and the physical.
• The fall which took place through the sexual relationship between the angel and Eve was the spiritual fall, while the fall which occurred through the sexual relationship between Eve and Adam was the physical fall.
• How can an act of passionate love be consummated between an angel and a human being?
• All the emotions and sensations felt between a person and a spirit are exactly the same as those felt during contact between two earthly people.
• Undoubtedly, a sexual union between an angel and a person is possible.
• We can understand this more clearly from the fact that there are reported cases of earthly people leading a married life with spirits.
Based on this EDP content, let’s study Father’s word.
The Resentment of the Archangel
<46-231>How lonely religious people have been as the body of the rebirth of the archangel? They felt they were receiving less love when they were loved by God… That’s the resentment of the archangel. Once the archangel is able to stand in the position of a perfected archangel, he must receive the perfect love of God and the love of perfected Adam. However, the archangel has never received such love until now. That’s why the archangel accuses God saying, “Although I became Satan and am not qualified to receive your love, I can only accept being kicked out after receiving, at least once, the perfected love that You promised me.” This is so true. That’s why Satan has been clinging onto this hope for 6,000 years saying, “You’ve kicked me out without setting a condition that you loved me. God! How could you do that to me?”
This is why Jesus blessed Satan, the enemy, in order to set such a condition. He just gave the blessing to Satan as if he had the same heart as God. Thus, since Jesus finally set a condition that he had loved the archangel, Satan was banished and a new world has expanded since then. I can not explain these deep stories to you.
The archangel’s han, his bitter heart, is that the love he received from God was love received at the top of the growth stage. Because the archangel did not receive (love) from God at the completion stage, he has han.
Since the archangel had never received the perfect love of God, he is still accusing God to this day.
Also, the archangel never receiving the perfect love of human beings, who should have dominated him, is his han. With the archangel being in the position of the servant, his wish to receive the perfect love of the true master remained as han.
To kick out Satan, we have to set the condition of loving even our enemies and bringing them to natural submission. Because of that, even in the place of dying on the cross, Jesus set the condition of having loved even the enemy that pierced him with a spear.
That is why Jesus is really great. Adam could not do that. He (was supposed) to (have) become a perfect being and needed to love the archangel, but (instead), Adam was completely dominated by the archangel. (As a result) the archangel did not receive love from a perfected human being.
Finally Jesus came and had to go the way of the cross. When he was crucified and his enemies accused him, what did Jesus do? (He) prayed for (them) and forgave (them). Then the archangel, Satan, for the first time received (love from) and was recognized by God’s begotten son. Satan totally surrendered to Jesus. Jesus showed that kind of example because Jesus was an individually perfect being.
When True Father came to the earth, he received the same temptation and (went through the) same struggle. Satan always accused Father, but Father still forgave his enemies and prayed for them. In Heungnam Prison Satan, the archangel, completely surrendered. Why? Father forgave him and loved him. How amazing this is!
Now there is no longer any condition for Satan to accuse Jesus and True Father any more because Jesus and True Parents loved the archangel centering on completed love.
From some perspective, setting a condition of completely loving the archangel is the condition of fulfilling the human portion of responsibility. Even though the archangel tempted Adam and Eve, he also wished that they would reject his temptations, dominate him, and love the archangel himself.
When can we become a perfect being like Jesus and True Father? Even though our enemy (may) persecute us and try to kill us – (as he did) Jesus and True Father – (if we) forgive (the enemy) unconditionally, Satan will naturally surrender. “Wow! I tried to kill you many times. I tempted you many times. I blamed you and persecuted you so much! How come you (have) loved this unworthy person? How could you love such an enemy? I can testify that you are a true owner, a true son of God.”
Then (when we have fulfilled) our portion of responsibility to surpass the top of the growth stage, Satan can recognize us. “You fulfilled your portion of responsibility. You have the qualification to become the owner of all things. You can control me and dominate me. I completely surrender. You are my owner. I really recognize you.” Something like that. That is the completion of our portion of responsibility.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: I am Living Within the Absolute Law
What is Sin?
1. What is sin? Having discord with one another is sin. Discord is asserting yourself as you please and having conflicts with one another. If there is something to assert about yourself, you must assert it according to God. Can you assert yourself regardless of God? Can I inhale and exhale as I please? If I could control my breathing as I pleased, can I just exhale? On the other hand, can I just inhale? Can I inhale for more than 30 seconds? I will realize that even though I think that eating, sleeping, waking, coming, and going are done as I please, there is actually nothing I can do as I please.
It is the same with time. We need to keep the time and right moment. Who controls the four seasons? Can you extend spring? “Spring, this is my situation, so can you come later?” “I have my situation, so I will sow the seeds in May.” Can you say this? “Autumn, don’t come. The fruits in our field have not ripened yet.” Can you say this? When autumn comes, it comes mercilessly regardless of my own situations. Therefore, we need to harvest adjusting to the harvest season. Therefore, the law of nature is absolute.
What is sin? Sin is thinking, judging, and acting self-centeredly. Because we do everything as we please and (put) our own assertions first, we (create) discord with each other. Doing things as one pleases is sin.
Human beings are not beings created by ourselves. Our own being is a resultant being. In order for us to use a car well, we need to know how to use a car. To drive a car well, we need to drive knowing the principles of the person who made the car.
Similarly, since we are beings created by God, if we know God’s principle of creation well and with what kind of principles God created us and obey them as they are, we can achieve our purpose of life.
The one who created human beings is God, so we must live according (his) creation manual.
God's creation manual becomes the purpose of my life. Yes or no?
We cannot live according to our own will. We are resultant beings. God is the one who created us, so we must absolutely follow God’s creation manual, his blueprint. If we go our own way against God’s principle, if you don’t follow God’s creation manual, you (may have) an accident or have many problems.
Can I inhale and exhale as I please, as I want? If I could control my breathing as I pleased, can I just exhale? On the other hand, can I just inhale?
Impossible. God did not create us like that.
Inhaling and exhaling need to follow universal principle.
In the end, there is actually nothing I can do as I please. It is the same with time and the right moments.
We need to absolutely keep the time and right moment. Can you extend spring? “Spring, this is my situation, so can you come later?” “I have my situation, so I will sow the seeds in May or June.” Can you say such things? You cannot.
We absolutely need to follow universal and natural law. They are absolute; no negotiation.
When autumn comes, it comes regardless of our own situations. We need to harvest adjusting to the harvest season. The law of nature is absolute. In other words, we need to know that God’s law of the universe is absolute.
I am Living Within the Absolute Law
2. I am living within the absolute law. Can I have my own situation within the absolute law? I cannot have my own situations. Just as there is the law of nature for nature, everything, without exception, has laws and principles. Therefore, our lives must also absolutely follow those laws.
Sundays are holy days when we meet God, but can you leave worship service as you please or according to your situations? If some person leaves worship, that person becomes someone unrelated to God. Sunday is a day that God has chosen. Sunday is a holy day.
By keeping Sundays holy, the Bible says “make your home holy.” Fallen man cannot become holy without holy conditions. We have received the Blessing, but with this Blessing from God, the couple cannot respect each other without conditions. If people do not set conditions, they easily flow horizontally and get into conflicts.
We are living within the absolute law. Can we have our own situation within the absolute law? God’s absolute law does not consider our personal situations and position. We need to adjust to the right time. Sowing seeds of grain, growing them, and harvesting them according to the right time is our portion of responsibility. The right time will never wait considering our situation.
Just as there is a law of nature for nature, there are laws and principles for everything, without exception. Therefore, our lives must also absolutely follow those laws.
Sundays are holy days.
Recently I studied the Old Testament. Keeping Sunday service (the sabbath?) was absolute. If you don’t attend, you will be punished. Sunday is a holy day, God’s day, when we meet God, but can you leave worship service as you please or according to your situations? If some person leaves worship, that person becomes someone unrelated to God.
If you do not keep Sunday service, you determine(?) your own situation. “Sunday night belongs to me. Sunday belongs to God. We need to glorify ... God. Sunday is important. If you even cannot keep Sunday service, (how can) you talk about a life of faith?
Sunday is a day that God has chosen, not us. Sunday is a holy day. Sunday is not a day when I can do as I please.
Keeping Sundays holy, and, the Bible says, “Make your home holy.”
You need to have a certain standard. You need to respect the holy day, prepare your heart, go to church, worship God and communicate with him, meet your brothers and sisters and create happiness and joy. (You need to) make Sunday a holy day. Then when you come back home, you need to make your home a holy home. You need to have a standard of keeping the Sabbath, Sunday, as a holy day.
Fallen man cannot become holy without holy conditions.
That is why when we attend Sunday service as a condition, how can the last(?) six days become holy days? Sunday is a standard to worship, respect and kyungbei before God. This is a vertical holy condition. Then “Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, (Thursday,) Friday, Saturday – I want to treat each day the same as a holy day.” (That is a) holy day condition. If we ignore Sunday, how can we value each day? You cannot, because you do not have the vertical standard.
We have received the holy Blessing, but with this Blessing from God, the couple cannot respect each other without conditions. If people do not set conditions, they easily flow horizontally and get into conflicts and fight.
That is why we always need to have a vertical standard. This is the first commandment. We need to love God, put that first, the first commandment. When we set up this condition, vertical alignment with God, it is easy to practice the second commandment to treat our neighbor as our body, as our own self. (That’s) because we have already set up the condition.
If we ignore the first commandment – vertical alignment – we cannot practice the second commandment. The purpose, the main reason, (for observing the first commandment) is to practice horizontally in order to love my neighbor as my own self. The Bible is really great!
Love Comes from Absolute Obedience
3. How can a couple that have lived as they please obey each other? Secular couples think that their spouses are spouses they chose themselves and that they decided their own marriage, so they quarrel, use impolite speech, and mistreat each other. Because the secular world meet and live unprincipledly, they cannot help but have conflicts and fight. In the end, God is not with such couples.
In our life of faith today, there is not one thing we can do centered on ourselves and as we please. In absolute obedience, can I act as I please? Love comes from absolute obedience. That means that if I am centered on myself, I cannot receive love from my partner. Children receive love from their parents when they absolutely obey their parents. If they do things in their own ways, how can they receive love from their parents?
Then who do you all have to absolutely obey? You must absolutely obey the laws of the nature and principle of the universe. Just as we need to be absolutely responsible in accordance with the approaching moment, in our couple’s relationship, we must be absolutely obedient to each other.
Since secular people live ignoring the absolute principle and laws of the universe, there will always be conflict, envy, jealousy, hatred, and fights. If problems arise, they do not know what to do. Because the secular world meets and lives unprincipledly, they cannot help but have conflicts and fight.
In our life of faith today, there is not one thing we can do centered on ourselves and as we please. In absolute obedience, can I act as I please? Love comes from absolute obedience. When we are absolutely obedient to the absolute laws of God’s true love, we can feel joy and love. The word absolute obedience implies that there is not even 1% of self-assertion.
Absolute obedience means that if we are centered on myself, we cannot receive love from our partner. Children receive love from their parents when they absolutely obey their parents. If they do things in their own ways, how can they receive love from their parents?
Then who do you all have to absolutely obey? You must absolutely obey the laws of nature and the principles of the universe. Just as we need to be absolutely responsible in accordance with the approaching moment, in our couple’s relationship, we must be absolutely obedient to each other.
It is Absolute that We Must Become Filial Sons and Daughters
4. It is absolute that we must become God’s children. That is why children need to be absolutely obedient to the heavenly law from a young age. We call being absolutely obedient to parents “hyo (filial piety).” It is absolute that we must become filial sons and daughters. That is why we need to train to obey God’s commands and our parents’ commands from a young age. Being filial to parents is absolute. What is filial piety? It is not doing things as I please, bringing joy to parents, and receiving love from parents and growing and becoming people who are better than the parents.
Parents need to praise and encourage their children a lot so that they can become a filial child. Children who are praised by their parents study well, too. If parents apply pressure to or make things compulsory, the children will become more stubborn. If children are praised at home, too, they become model students even in school. Among those who are praised by their parents, there are not many people who are bad at studying. Children who cause their parents to worry are not even good at studying. The reason is simple. People who assert themselves will not have capabilities in the end.
It is absolute that we must become God’s children and realize true families.
This is absolute. Everyone needs to accomplish the first blessing, the second blessing, third blessing and finally realize a true family. This is absolute.
That is why children need to be trained to be absolutely obedient to the heavenly law from a young age. They cannot do so loosely with so-called freedom.
We call being absolutely obedient to parents “hyo (filial piety).” If parents live a life of obedience of being absolutely filial to Heavenly Parent, their children will also think that being filial to their parents is absolute.
That is why we need to train to obey God’s commands and our parents’ commands from a young age. Being filial to parents is absolute.
To become an ideal family is (an) absolute (requirement). There is no room for choosing to be filial or not.
Parents need to praise and encourage their children a lot so that they can become filial children, and parents need to show their children how much they are filial to Heavenly Parent, True Parents and their own parents.
Today I talked about “I am Living Within the Absolute Law.”
Many don’t like the concept of “absolute.” God is an absolute God. Absolute law is absolute. The universal law is absolute. Absolute does exist. Spring, summer, autumn and winter surely come. We need to (live) according to God’s absolute law. The sun, moon, stars and the entire universe exist according to the absolute law. That is why human beings need to live according to God’s absolute principle, not by our own way. (God’s Principle) does not allow this. If we absolutely follow God’s law, God’s principle centered on his true love, everything will be fine. This is the best way we can grow, become a perfect being and create an ideal family.
(Testimony Margaret Figuroa, Testimonies of Chicago Elders)♦
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