Founder of the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity
Spiritual Messages — page 14
The revelatory phenomena of the Last Days begin with a spiritual awakening. The twentieth century saw the birth of Pentecostalism, exhibiting speaking in tongues and other phenomena of the first Christian church. Throughout the world, many new sects have arisen
Abraham is the source of the three monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. He is the ancestor of the Jewish people; for Christians he is the father of faith (Romans 4.1-3); in Islam he set up the Kaaba in
Tolerance begins with how we treat people of other faiths. We have gathered passages from the scriptures that urge treating non-believers and believers with equal respect.
Sin cannot be removed unless someone takes responsibility to make expiation for the transgression. This is the concept of atonement.
Scriptures of all religions testify to demonic beings and powers. Their chief is known by various names: Satan, Lucifer, Iblis, Mara, Samael, Beelzebub, and Angra Mainyu, among others.
At the moment of death, the passage into the next life is a nearly impenetrable mystery.
Father Moon teaches that through plants and animals, God provided even the earliest humans with sufficient instruction to live a life of love and value.
Human beings are meant to be the living temples of God.
How can we recognize whether the Last Days are at hand? Numerous millenarian movements have appeared in history proclaiming the Lord’s coming, often leaving their followers disappointed when the appointed hour came and went without seeing the expected event.
Of all the tests of faith that Abraham faced, surely none was more difficult than the command that he sacrifice his son as a burnt offering. Yet, Abraham was obedient to God’s order. He journeyed with his son to
Father Moon has the highest respect for Buddhism, a religion that has deeply influenced the culture of his native Korea.
World Scripture takes a universal outlook in emphasizing the common features of all religions; nevertheless, religions also have their unique characteristics and emphases.
The true self, formerly obscured by false habits of thinking and vain desires, is suddenly revealed.
The biblical meaning of sin is to “miss the mark.” Thus, sin denotes how human beings deviate from the true standard of life.
There is a ledger recording every deed and its consequences on the people it affected.
A human being is a microcosm of the universe, encapsulating in him or herself the essences of all things.
Jewish and Christian scriptures call God our “heavenly Father”; this insight can be found in most of the world’s faiths.
Scriptures of many religions speak of a coming leader who will consummate the fulfillment of the divine will on earth. He will manifest in his person the righteousness and compassion of God, bring about the final defeat of evil, and
Jacob is one of the most victorious figures in the Bible, and one of the most problematical. Clever and ambitious, he tricked his brother into selling him his birthright and deceived his father Isaac into giving him his brother’s
Today, with the rapid Westernization of Asia, many are discarding Confucian values and codes; nevertheless, for thousands of years, its moral philosophy has guided family life and molded the conduct of kings with the values of benevolence, righteousness, and propriety.
The spiritual freedom experienced by people who are released from the fetters of desires and attachments to worldly things is called Liberation (moksha).
Religions often explain differences in people’s fortunes and native endowments as the consequence of an inheritance from the past.
Conceptions of heaven and hell are found universally among the religions of the world.
Although human beings are but a part of the natural world, we occupy a unique position as lords of creation.
He created us as His beloved children, infinitely precious, even equal to God.
The Millennial Kingdom is an ideal world without evil or sin, a world in which God’s sovereignty is fully manifest. Hope for its advent can be found to some degree in every world religion, but it is most strongly
Joseph, the dreamer, was hated by his brothers and sold into slavery in Egypt; yet years later, when he rose to a high position and his brothers came to Egypt to buy food, he had the opportunity to help them
Christianity is Father Moon’s own religious heritage; hence, he has more to say about it than any other religion. His main teachings concern the essence of Christianity—its core tradition, the unity of the Church, and Christianity’s mission
As the first great religion in God’s providence, Judaism holds a unique place among the world’s religions.
Emptiness, nirvana—the ultimate state of inner peace in Buddhism—is a state without self, without passions, without desires.
Individuals are also inextricably bound to the collectives to which they belong: nation, race, tribe and religion.
Souls who have passed on do not really leave us. They remain with us as more than mere memories.
Yet it is a painful truth that most people live out their lives far away from the original standard of God’s love.
The biblical image of man’s primordial home is not a wild place, but a Garden.
The conscience is a gleam of the divine within, prompting us to do good deeds and opposing our inclination to do evil.
Moses led an adventurous life, from the comforts of the palace to the hardships of exile in Midian, from the heady days when he led the Israelites in their exodus from Egypt to his painful struggle to keep them united
Today, Islam is playing a major role in God’s unfolding providence. Father Moon finds in Muslims a firm faith and moral clarity that is sorely needed in this relativistic age when Christianity has grown feeble. He rejects the “clash
Spiritual union is the final goal of the religious mystic. The experience of this unity is profound; it can hardly be described in words.
Passion, greed, covetousness, hatred, lust: these emotions dominate the soul, causing blindness and leading to destruction.
There is a current of deep distrust for spirits and their communications within the major religions.
