Korea – become the root
HSA-UWC's 60 years have been like a wilderness course. Now, True Parents have opened the new era of Cheon Il Guk.
You have worked hard until now. You went through great difficulty, doing your best through the persecution you received from others in a challenging and unprepared environment.
However, when we look back on the past, we had many inadequacies. We went through many trials and errors in the process. Looking back on those instances, we need to make new resolutions.
We must reflect on our mistakes of the past, reflect on our past efforts and lives of faith to understand how we could not offer more to Heaven, and then truly repent. Using these 60 years as a foundation, hasn't a new era, a new providential age, begun thanks to True Parents?
We have the True Parents' perfect foundation with us. We have received special grace thanks to True Parents. True Parents said that true love means to continuously give, to forget, and to give again.
You should double your efforts to reach those people who have lived in the same era as True Parents but who still do not know about them.
If you realize in the next 60 years what you could not do in the past 60 years, Heaven will bless you, regardless of your age. (2014.05.01, Cheon Jeong Gung)
Now we need to proceed under a single system of leadership centering on True Parents. Korea became the homeland of humanity through True Parents.
Therefore, Korea must set an example in front of the world. In other words, it must become the world leader in practicing true love. A true leader cannot keep only their interests in mind.
Though we have learned about living for the sake of others and tried to practice such a way of life, the truth is that, as people who received the marriage Blessing before others in the world, we are lacking in many ways when compared to them.
If you live your life on earth solely for the pleasures of the flesh, you cannot become eligible to enter the eternal world. The life you lead on earth should be one where you practice true love by the True Parents' words.
What that means is that you should not be in a position where you alone have come to know about True Parents and received the Blessing. That is why True Father's last words were that each of you should bless 430 couples as heavenly tribal messiahs. (2014.11.20, Cheon Jeong Gung)
True Parents are not the True Parents only for Korea. They are the True Parents of humankind. We have to save the unfortunate nations. You are the people who have to help me. While True Parents are alive, you should earn the titles of filial child and loyal servant.
Who will give you those titles once True Parents go to the spirit world?
That is why I told you that this is your most blessed and happiest moment. Depending on whether you fulfill your responsibilities, you can become filial children, loyal servants, and owners of Cheon Il Guk.
Time flies. It is fleeting. You have to be able to stand proudly in front of True Parents and be eternally endorsed by them in the eternal world. Because of you and the burning heart you had when you first came into contact with God's Word in the early years of the church, this nation was blessed, and that opened the way for the world's seven billion people to meet True Parents. (2014.11.20, Cheon Jeong Gung)
This nation must stand tall in the world as God's homeland and as True Parents' nation. Doing well in politics will not achieve that. Becoming a rich nation where companies make a lot of money will not cause that to happen. We must create a nation that people want to visit.
That is why I believe Korea should systematically develop a tourism plan. We must do this. We should make Korea a place that the people of the world can come to, view its beauty, and meet and be educated by True Parents, who are the center of the heart. Isn't Switzerland the leading nation in the world when it comes to tourism today?
The Swiss worked hard, despite their poor surroundings, to accomplish that. It was through forward-thinking people that Switzerland developed a train that went vertically up to the summit of a mountain, and installed cable cars on its most beautiful mountains. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could cultivate our surroundings, for example, the mountains you can see from Cheon Jeong Gung!
While looking out at those mountains, True Father said, “Put a cable car on that mountain; make a coffee shop on that mountain.” Looking ahead, True Father showed us the way for Korea to survive in the future. (2014.06.14, Cheon Jeong Gung)
Hak Ja Han Moon
Japan – a mother's mission
As the Eve nation, Japan needs to fulfill its mission as the mother. Shouldn't a mother raise her children?
And shouldn't she embrace them all? If she were to embrace all children in the world, the mother would not have any time to sleep at night. I hope that you will not avoid your responsibility, and instead do your utmost best to fulfill the mother's mission.
If you can spread the Word to as many people as possible, determine yourself, and act by the Word, many miracles will take place around you. You have also been told that the 250 billion good spirits in the spirit world are cooperating with you.
What that means is that, if there are about six billion people in the world today, more than 40 good spirits are working with each person, and so you should try to receive the cooperation of the spirit world. Henceforth, your ancestors will not let you alone.
If you miss this opportunity where you can leave behind historic achievements, your ancestors will not allow you to stay as you are. Every one of you needs to live each day thinking about how you will look to all your ancestors and descendants if you stand in front of them. (2005.10.13, Tokyo, Japan)
Japan has a great mission. Its mission is that of the Eve nation, the mother nation, isn't it?
There is a Korean proverb to the effect, “It goes ill with the house when the hen sings and the rooster is silent.” This saying, however, was only applicable in the past; in the 21st century, hens must sing.
True Father once said, “Women must be fully mobilized to lead the way. It will go ill with the nation when the cock crows.”
Men should help women in every way. I hope you, too,o will work actively. You need to spread the Word across the world, so that the 6.5 billion people in the world can be liberated from the fetters of Satan. We are now in the final stage.
I hope that the entire nation of Japan will fulfill its responsibility, and that you will be able to stand tall in front of the world as people who have completed the mission of the Eve nation. (2007.05.02, Fukuoka, Japan)
As Father led the global providence, he loved Japan more than any other country.
Can you all personally feel that? True Father came as a man; however, the providence cannot move forward with a man alone. Likewise, the providence cannot move forward solely with masculine nations. This also applies to the cultural history of humanity.
Where did the history of culture begin?
It started from the Italian peninsula, and then moved to the mainland, and then to an island, before returning to a peninsula. Through whom did Japan receive blessings? Japan must accomplish its mission as an Eve nation. It is the same in today's society. A father goes out to earn money while the mother uses the money earned to manage the household.
The mother raises the family, educates the children. The scale of a woman's activities is greater than that of a man's; it includes even bringing a new life into the family. Furthermore, it is the mission of a daughter-in-law to make the family rich.
According to a Korean saying, a poor family can become wealthy if a good daughter-in-law marries into the family.
The influence of the daughter-in-law on the family environment is extensive. Creating a big environment requires a big energy investment. This includes effort, dedication, sacrifice, and living for others. (2013.08.24, Cheon Jeong Gung)
Japan is the nation that was blessed at the center of the providential work and the great will, which the True Parents of Heaven, Earth, and Humankind desired to fulfill. Japan needs to reveal the truth. The world is becoming more united with each passing day, and an isolated nation cannot exist. I am sure that you also feel this reality most keenly.
If Japan asks others to unite with her while covering up the past and only looking to the future, the truth will be buried. Then Japan will not be able to make any friends. During the 55 years of mission work, many people were blessed in Japan. Now there are second and even third-generation members.
What the 130 million people of Japan should value the most and be most proud of is their blessed families. At present, Japan is facing difficulties not only in politics and its economy, but also in other areas as well. Only when your country attends True Parents from a truthful and modest position can it survive in the world.
As I gazed upon the luxuriant water grass growing in Lake Akan of Kushiro, Hokkaido, I spoke to it in my mind, saying, “You should be grateful to Heaven for being in an environment where you can grow like this. The water, the wind, and all these other conditions created the environment where you can grow so well. That environment should not be spoiled.”
I believe the Japanese blessed families know what kind of environment they need to create for Japan and the world. The environment we create will last eternally.
Now the time has come for us to show others through our actions, with our mind and body united. Consider how hundreds and thousands of people can be brought back to life through you.
What could give more joy and hope than that?
To make that happen, however, you first need to fulfill your given responsibility and mission. (2013.10.14, Sapporo, Japan)
Japan was blessed and liberated through True Parents. Receiving such blessings, however, entails responsibility. You must not forget your responsibility. Through you, the indemnity that Japan needs to pay should be lessened.
That is why you need to walk the path of living for the sake of others, according to True Parents' words. You need to show the world that you are indeed doing so. When you think about the love of True Parents, who have established you in a position where you can be respected by other nations in the world, what should you do?
When Japan follows the wrong direction externally, you should set it right. Korea and Japan need to become one and bring about the reunification of North and South Korea, which should be established as God's homeland.
To do so, you need to translate this idea into action and practice. That is why, as I left Hokkaido, I blessed it, saying, “May everyone become rich.” The way to become rich is by witnessing.
Cranes safely cross the Himalayas by riding the updraft. Similarly, though it may be difficult for you to begin at first, once you start, you will be able to achieve your goal.
The blessed families have the mission of guiding the 130 million people of Japan. I hope that the wonderful fathers of the great mother nation will also cooperate most actively and take the lead in uniting with Korea, the father nation. (2013.10.17, Tokyo, Japan)
Right after the Second World War, the Allies, led by the United States, which were the victorious nations, helped rebuild Japan, a nation that had been defeated. They helped Japan to revive its economy without paying any indemnity.
Why did they do that? It was because the time had come for the appearance of True Parents, the Messiah of the Second Advent, responsible for providential work. For fallen humanity to advance to God's presence, the central figures must fulfill their responsibility.
Though humanity has multiplied for 6,000 years until there are now billions of people, there was not one person among them who knew about Heaven's providence.
It was only through True Parents that the secrets of Heaven came to be revealed. This nation, which made many mistakes in the past, was established as the mother nation.
Hak Ja Han Moon
That was a decision True Parents made based on forgiveness and love. It is not easy for people in the world who think themselves superior to uphold Heaven's Will. That is why Heaven chose and employed people who thought themselves inadequate. Japan is not an exception.
Everyone must know the truth. I know that many good people wish to adopt a fresh attitude in the face of that truth. Nonetheless, even if all the people who are responsible for this country and Korea do not know about Heaven's Will, I hope that you at least will be able to look upon the world with a broader perspective.
The people who should do so are those of you gathered here today, as well as the blessed families, including our second and third generation members. (2013.10.18, Port Messe Nagoya, Japan)
The longest we can live in this world in our physical bodies is 100 years. We, however, know about the spirit world. That is why the way for you to become rich is by witnessing.
The providential work, for which humanity yearned for 6,000 years and for which the Heavenly Parent also yearned and waited for so long, was carried out by True Parents, and thus God was released from His sorrows. He was liberated and made free. I do not know if you can understand this, but it is thanks to True Parents that God can now be free.
Our hope is a world of freedom, peace, unity, and happiness. God also wants this. It has taken this long because throughout thousands of years of history, the perfect True Parents who could complete the providence of restoration through indemnity did not appear.
Now, having attended True Parents, we have entered a new era, but is it enough if only we are happy?
Isn't our goal to open a happy kingdom of heaven on earth and in heaven, and attend True Parents and our Heavenly Parent together with our neighbors, our nations, and the world? To achieve this, you have to stand in the position of proud filial sons and daughters, loyal patriots, and divine sons and daughters. (2013.10.18, Port Messe Nagoya, Japan)
The mother's mission is to guide the children in the world to True Parents. In the fallen world, Eve's mission is to find the sons and daughters who have gone wrong because of her and bring them to the presence of the Messiah, the True Parents. It is the mission of Japan, the Eve nation, to fulfill that responsibility. That is why Japan needs to unite with Korea. Eve alone is not enough. She needs Adam.
Adam and Eve must fulfill their responsibility to True Parents. You need to bear in mind that it was True Parents who blessed you and thus enabled you to carry out that task. For Japan to survive as a nation respected by the world, it needs to uphold True Parents' will and fulfill its mission as Eve. (2013.10.20, Nagano Church, Japan)
True Parents chose Japan as the mother nation. What a great blessing that is! The reason it could be chosen as the mother nation without paying indemnity is that True Parents did it on Japan's behalf. Then what attitude should you and Japan assume toward the providence?
When Korea, which is geographically close by, is the father nation, then Japan becomes the mother nation. A family lives in harmony only when the mother and father are united. The father and mother I have mentioned just now should embrace all children in the fallen world and bring them to the presence of True Parents.
Since fallen human beings have inherited Satan's lineage, they need to go through a conversion of lineage through True Parents. Korea and Japan are the nations that should help humanity to attend Heaven under the grace of True Parents. We must find the hometown that our Heavenly Parent wishes to see.
Where is our Heavenly Parent's hometown?
It is True Parents' hometown. Japan and Korea must become one to support the path toward the unification of the fatherland, that is, the unification of North and South Korea. When this happens, True Parents will stand in the central position before humankind, and all things will arrange themselves naturally.
Human dilemmas over the problems of religion, politics, ideology, and borders will be resolved. You have to stand at the forefront of this path. (2013.10.22, World Memorial Hall, Kobe, Japan)
This is the age when all historical truths are revealed. In providential history, if Israel had known of God's providence and accepted His Will, the world would have been united at that time through the foundation of the Roman Empire. How hard has Heaven worked?
God waited for 4,000 years, educating people meanwhile. How, then, did it come to be recorded as such a sorrowful history? Heaven's work for the providence has continued unceasingly. Thus, True Parents came to complete, conclude, and perfect every part of the providence of restoration through indemnity, and they opened a new age for us.
In other words, they opened the way to the era of Cheon Il Guk. Now you need to educate not only your neighbors who do not know about the providence, but also everyone else in the entire world, and guide them to become one with the Will of the Heavenly Parent and True Parents.
That is the only way for Japan to pay back the debt it owes to Heaven, and to fulfill its mission as the Eve nation, the mother nation respected by the world. (2013.10.22, World Memorial Hall, Kobe, Japan)
Hak Ja Han Moon
America – the elder son's responsibility
The history of the providence passed through the European continent and moved to Britain, centering on Christianity. Heaven blessed Britain, an island kingdom, as the nation that could unite the world.
In other words, He established Britain as the Eve nation, the mother nation that should be restored through indemnity for the providence. However, the leaders and people in charge, who did not know about Heaven's great Will, began to go astray from their original heart toward Heaven.
They tried to restrict Heaven under a system. Thereupon, there emerged a group of people who wished to have the freedom to worship God in their way. The Bible was translated into English in the seventeenth century by the command of King James, and the people came to have access to it.
Some left for the New World, where they would have the freedom of faith. That is how they came to establish the nation of America. Because Britain failed to fulfill its mission as the mother, America was born as the son that could unite the world in preparation to receive the Messiah at the Second Advent. (2013.10.22, World Memorial Hall, Kobe, Japan)
What is America's mission?
You proudly say in front of the world that you are the eldest son nation. Becoming the eldest son nation was possible because Heaven blessed your ancestors, the Protestants. Why did he bless them? He blessed them to create an environment in which the returning Lord could work.
Rather than a system of royal authority, the returning Lord would have been able to work better with democracy. Jesus Christ, who came to ancient Israel, could not establish a nation within the Roman Empire. Yet Heaven must succeed. If the returning Lord, the Messiah, did not plant his feet there, on earth, human beings would have no hope.
God's hope and each person's hopes are to transform the world into one that is free and peaceful. They want to live happy lives. However, within Satan's system are many mountains, which is why Heaven, having the ability to prepare a path allowing all to climb those mountains and reach the high plateau, took the side of democracy, whose adherents believe that God exists.
The best example of this is America. True Parents blessed America as the eldest-son nation. The world has more than 200 countries. They are all in the sibling realm in a family centering on True Parents. America's politicians only want their nation to prosper.
If America continues on this path, it will be isolated. In a family with many siblings, if one of them were to greedily try to keep everything for himself, the other siblings would not like it. They would exclude him. You need to understand this.
You have the responsibility of God's right of ownership temporarily to cultivate it, so that God can utilize it on a greater scale. Being in that position, you should not think only of yourselves. (2016.06.06, East Garden)
Though America received God's blessings for 200 years, what is it like today?
True Father carried out his worldwide providence centering on America from 1972. He said, “I came to America as a doctor because it is sick. I came to America as a firefighter because it is on fire.”
America was undergoing a moral breakdown and was thinking only of its interests and forgetting the true purpose for which Heaven had established it. That is why the True Father wished to awaken America and establish it again in front of Heaven's providence so that it can fulfill its responsibility in this age when the Messiah of the Second Advent has appeared. He thus poured out his love on the elder son's nation.
Fallen human beings, however, are unintelligent. They cannot realize how the history of the providence has unfolded until now, or even whether God is alive or not. And so, for 34 years, True Father tried to enlighten them in various ways through his actions. America has much to repent for.
If it does not repent, it will not be able to save face in the future as a respected nation in the world. History has taught us that, when people or nations chosen by Heaven fail to fulfill their responsibility, they have to pay severe indemnity. (2013.10.14, Sapporo, Japan)
The United States of America is the nation to which True Father dedicated himself for more than 40 years. America was established as the elder son nation, but it did not fulfill its responsibility. An elder son must embrace his younger siblings. America is not taking care of its siblings because it is more focused on its well-being, which is wrong.
We have the broad foundation that True Father laid. From now on, the American church needs to move forward based on the spirit and truth. I have also said that it needs to become a lively church filled with spirit and truth, where the lights are burning 24 hours a day. I hope that you will endeavor to make that a reality. (2013.02.10, Cheon Jeong Gung)
True Father established America as the elder son. An elder son should be a filial son to his parents and a respected elder brother for his siblings, but has America fulfilled that responsibility? You cannot enter the kingdom of heaven based on the mere fact that you were given a responsibility.
True Father has taught you and shown you what you need to do 100 percent, and if you cannot put that into practice, you will be disgraced. True Father first thought of the Las Vegas providence because he wished to establish America in a position to carry out its responsibility.
True Father called Las Vegas the “sin city,” didn't he? It means that Las Vegas is a sinful city. Why, then, did he begin the providence here? Whatever the motive may be, when you consider the position of Las Vegas today, you can see that its environment is such that everything that happens here is connected to the world.
At the time of the Roman Empire, it was said that all roads led to Rome. At the time of the British Empire, it was said that the sun never sets on the British Empire. Las Vegas is in an environment where it can be connected to the world, and True Parents knew that.
If this city can be restored to Heaven's side, ultimately, the restoration of the world will become possible. Though it has casinos where people from all over the world gather, it also has a remarkable system for holding conventions, and enough hotels to house hundreds of thousands of people in one city.
What a wonderful environment this is! This is the only city with such an environment. There are many travelers here, aren't there? When people visit this place, they think only of their country's interests. However, if you can form connections with such people and witness to them, it will be an opportunity to spread our movement around the world.
The people who come here from other countries are people of rank, either in the financial sector or in other sectors. It could be said to be a city that Heaven has prepared for a certain time.
Though it is a city that has a bad image throughout the world, it will be able to save the entire world if we can digest and resurrect it internally. In other words, in Las Vegas, we can start indemnifying the responsibility that America failed to fulfill. {2013.05.02, Cheon Hwa Gung)
Your members were chosen, just as America was chosen. You, however, owe a great debt to Heaven and humanity. It is a debt that you cannot pay back in full during your lifetime.
So great is the debt you owe that, no matter how much you pay back, it will still not be enough. In the history of the providence, the failures by a central figure or chosen person to fulfill their responsibility have been followed without exception by the need for indemnity.
What is the status of America today?
For 60 years following the founding of our church, True Father worked publicly and earnestly for the sake of God's providence. It is not an overstatement to say that he spent two-thirds of that time, 40 years of his life, in America. Our eternal homeland is Korea, but he invested more in America.
This is because he was thinking about all humankind. The great blessing that America has received as the eldest son nation means it has the responsibility to gather all the brothers and sisters and bring them to the parents. (2012.11.05, Manhattan Center, New York)
Hak Ja Han Moon
Asia
If Japan is the mother nation entrusted with Eve's mission, the Philippines is the nation entrusted with the daughter's mission. Therefore, it needs to know the language of its parents.
Since a daughter is younger than her mother, she may have a wider activity radius. True Father created the Federation of Island Nations.
What is he planning to do with it?
He is trying to create a united world by bringing the great continents together. Because he did this, the island nations are significant. There are national borders on land that you need a visa to cross, but on the sea, you can go wherever you want to go. True Father particularly loves the sea. Fish swim around freely in the five oceans. In a way, they seem to be freer than people.
This period of the 180-nation tour is the period of special grace when you can receive the true lineage through True Parents and True Children. Would it do if our children were worse off than mere fish? We began the tour across Asia with the Philippines.
If all these numerous people are inspired to make a resolution and translate it into practice, what could stand in their way? Study True Parents' words. They are the textbooks that tell you what you need to do each day and what results you will achieve through your actions. (2006.05.29, Manila, the Philippines)
For Sri Lanka to save face as a nation, it needs to find its place. It needs a foundation. Even in the secular world, there are principles to be followed when doing something.
All people in the world should be registered as citizens under God, but the nations possessing the necessary qualifications will be registered first, and those that do not will be excluded. For Sri Lanka to gain the qualifications to be registered, it needs to take the next leap. The methods you have employed until now will not do.
You should abandon the and create a wider stage for your work, just as True Father continued to carry out his work by creating ambassadors for peace and many collateral organizations. It is difficult for an island nation to live by itself because it tends to move toward the continent. Island nations need to connect.
Even in this nation, people are fighting one another because of religious or racial reasons. If those people are educated and married interculturally, they will not fight anymore. Everyone feels the same in their innermost heart. No one likes to fight. In the end, fighting only results in pain. From now on, you need to introduce True Father's words and life course to people.
You have the responsibility of tribal restoration. You should forget the methods you have employed until now and do your absolute best, feeling that working 24 hours a day is not enough. The time has come when the spirit world can cooperate with us 100 percent.
You should not miss this opportunity where, once you have reached a certain standard, the spirit world can cooperate with you 100 percent, even 120 percent. (2006.06.01, Colombo, Sri Lanka)
Perhaps because Nepal is situated at the highest altitude of any region on this planet, the power of the good spirits in the spirit world is quite dominant here. I believe that its situation helps Nepal to receive help faster than any other region, through the direct dominion of the spirit world.
I feel that the meeting was such a great success because your heart is at a place where you can be connected more quickly, not only to God but also to True Parents. Nepal, in various ways, is located where it can stand close to Heaven's heart.
Moreover, the people of Nepal, by nature, can embrace everything in their surroundings, including their heaven-blessed natural environment. Therefore, if you continue to move forward centering on the Word, you may become the central nation and central figures. You should study the Word every day, and from that find out what you need to do. (2006.06.02, Kathmandu, Nepal)
India is the nation where God gave birth to several religions. What this means is that there are people here who were prepared by God. We need to find those people and save them.
The message given at the Universal Peace Federation Speaking Tour to Return to the Original Fatherland and Hometown will be more than valuable in reaping those fruits, for it is a message that anyone can accept. In the Cheon Il Guk era, we need to harvest and dedicate everything to God as quickly as possible.
There is no time. We do not have much time for harvesting. True Father's work must be fulfilled at all costs. Geographically, India is located at a place of great importance in maintaining peace in Asia. After touring across island nations around the world, I noticed that there is not one nation that is not swayed by China.
This means that China exerts a strong influence on the world. It would be nice if China worked together with True Parents, centering on God's Will, but at present it stands in the position of Cain and is thinking only of its interests as it increases its influence. The nation that can keep China in check is India.
This Asian nation needs to stand on the side of the providence. Now that the time has come for us to achieve actual results, it will not do for us to just deliver the Word and let it drift away as we did in the past. You need to take charge of everyone who comes to our meetings.
You need to set an example through your actions so that your heart can speak to their heart. I hope that you will thus link them to you with such a strong connection that they will not be able to sit still because they will miss you so much. (2006.06.03, New Delhi, India)
Hak Ja Han Moon
There is hope in Cambodia because there are so many young people. You need to study hard in college, of course, but the most important thing is to keep yourselves pure. Purity comes first.
You need to set an example by practicing a life of living for the sake of others in your school, religious community, or society. More than anything else, you need to let everyone currently know about the Word, and open the way for them to approach True Parents and receive the marriage Blessing.
True Father speaks to us every day, but he also reads his speech with as much solemnity as if he were attending the rally himself. He reads the speech at least twice a day when he wakes up in the morning. The history of mission work in Cambodia is rather short, but I feel refreshed through you.
If each one of you can carry out the work of saving 10, no, 100 people, and thus put down your roots and grow branches, this nation will be restored in no time. There are people here from Thailand as well, and I have heard that Thailand and Cambodia use similar alphabets.
You are all brothers and sisters under one God and True Parents. Wherever you may be, if you do your best, Heaven will rejoice. Young people in particular should think of getting married interculturally. That is the fastest way of creating a united world. (2006.06.05, Phnom Penh, Cambodia)
I heard that Mongolian women are strong, that there are excellent women who surpass men in various aspects. You should not allow any of your relatives anywhere in this nation to remain ignorant of True Parents. The time has come to show that women are more brilliant than men.
Therefore, Mongolian women should work even harder, not only to take the lead in restoring this country, but also to find all means by which its people can be grafted to God as quickly as possible. Men, too, should get themselves moving. It is said that men are heaven and women are the earth.
Would it do for heaven to be under the earth? You need to invest in yourselves with the resolve to restore this nation. If you take part in mother-child cooperation together with True Parents, you will succeed. It is now time to achieve results.
There is only one way to make your dream come true. You can find that way if you seek it through the foundation laid worldwide by True Father.
Depending on how keen you are to live for the sake of the providence and this country, your efforts will bear fruit that much more quickly. (2006.06.17, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia)
You probably know that even in the secular world, when you set a goal, you need to try 10 times or even 100 times more than others to achieve it. You should set the goal of informing everyone around you of these teachings and try to succeed in doing so.
In particular, you need to do your best to bless everyone in your clan. Keep in mind that how quickly this country will develop depends on how well you carry out your work.
If Kyrgyzstan could rise through the world, there would not be a greater blessing than that. In the past, Kyrgyzstan lived without a name because it was oppressed by the Soviet Union, but if you want to make sure that such a thing never happens again, you need to let the entire nation know of True Parents.
The rally held on June 18, 2006, cannot be said to be satisfactory, but through it, we have sown our seeds. You need to do your utmost to make sure that these seeds bear rich fruit as soon as possible.
Nothing could be more worthwhile than that. There is no time. Therefore, you need to present exceptional results to True Parents as quickly as possible. (2006.06.18, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)
Sun Myung Moon
Europe
Racial conflict is a problem in Europe, and religious people also fight one another. If you just allow this to continue, there is no future. Are you going to just stand and watch? You must inform everyone in the world that True Parents have come.
You should tell them, “Brothers, we should not fight among ourselves. Let us all become one in the shade of our True Parents.” This path alone can save the nation and the whole of Europe.
The entire world will be able to live together in harmony. Somehow or another, you have to know about this. These days, it is possible for everyone to be connected in a matter of seconds through the internet. Those who are getting older and do not have much energy to move around can access information through the internet.
Because of their love for humanity, True Parents worked hard, beginning from the very bottom, to realize a future free of misery and a secure and happy world. Now that Satan's worldwide realm has been restored to the side of goodness through indemnity, the doors have opened wide to the realization of a peaceful world. Only when everyone joins in this effort can we live. We should all live together. (2015.05.11, Hilton Hotel, Vienna, Austria)
Think about how difficult, dumbfounding, and bitter God's providential history of re-creation has been. For an olive tree's roots to grow takes 15 years. However, once an olive tree has rooted itself and adjusted to the environment, it can live for more than 2,000 years.
Today, we can still find trees that were alive in Jesus' time. Similarly, European members, centered on Austria, have faced all sorts of difficulties during the past 50 years, and yet we see that they have grown roots, confidently and deeply. A tree that has roots that take 50 years to grow is more likely to survive any kind of natural disaster than a tree that has roots that take 15 years to grow.
Listening to the testimonies of older members, meeting them and the second and third-generation members that are their fruit, I felt that there is hope in Europe at this point as it says farewell to the past 50 years and sets off on the road to a new 50 years.
For this reason, I have emphasized the need for us to change our lives for the future, so that today and tomorrow are different from yesterday. (2015.05.24, Manhattan Center, New York)
We must reveal the truth. You must awaken European Christians, who are unaware that the returning Messiah, who is to come amid the Christian cultural sphere, has emerged as the True Parents and that over 50 years they have accomplished wonderful things.
As of today, a new Cultural Revolution will begin on this continent. I sincerely hope that you become a proud Unification Church blessed families that fulfill their responsibilities and hasten the day that all people become one family that attends our Heavenly Parent and True Parents.
It took 2,000 years for Christian culture, which arose centered on Europe, to establish its foundation on the global level. As we reflect again on the past 50 years, how should the Unification Church civilization move in this Era After the Coming of Heaven?
Please remember that you must continue to grow roots that are big, thick, and deep until you breathe your last. I came with the heart that I will graft the Christian cultural sphere-which has endured the past 2,000 years with a heart desperate to meet the Returning Messiah as their last ray of hope-to True Parents' true love.
What then should all of you do? You must reveal to all people of the world, who are living in ignorance and clinging to the past, that blessed families of the Unification Church are beacons and can bear the fruit of hope for the future.
Please fulfill each of your tribal responsibilities and rapidly expand your environment to the tribe, ethnic group, nation, and world. I conclude my message by expressing the sincere hope that you will become blessed family members who can be remembered for eternity as those who invested themselves fully throughout their lives, and that you can all become proud, true ancestors. (2015.05.10, Vienna Center, Austria)
When you look at the Christian providence, at one point in history, Britain, the Eve nation, had expanded her territory overseas to the point that people said the sun never set on the British Empire. Britain spread Christianity all around the world.
On the cross, Jesus died, saying that he would return. Christians believe that they can receive salvation through Jesus' death on the cross. God is omnipotent. He is an absolute being.
Would he have suffered for 4,000 years to send his only-begotten son to the cross as a means of salvation?
Mary did not understand God's Will in giving life to Jesus. She did not understand why Jesus had to come to earth. After the Bible was translated into English, the general population of Britain was able to read it.
The Bible contains many metaphors and symbols. One important message in the Bible is that Jesus said that he would return and hold the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. In the providential history through the new True Parents, we must complete the past duties that Britain left unfulfilled. (2016.07.20, Cheon Jeong Gung)
I heard that Malta was under British rule for 180 years. It has not been very long since you were liberated from Britain. Do you think things are better now that you are free? Most of the people in this country are Catholics.
Do you believe that you will go to heaven as long as you believe in Catholicism?
There are many religions, but what can we do to cross over the walls of religion, race, and culture? God's Word contains the answers to all these questions. A new holy seed was sown in this country through the marriage Blessing. It is now your mission to multiply it and reap the fruits of it.
You are truly happy people. You attend God, you attend True Parents, and you have received the marriage Blessing. You should not stop there, however. From now on, you need to multiply. All of humanity are wild olive trees, and we, who have been blessed, are the true olive trees.
We need to show the world the value of the true olive tree. In so doing, we need to bring all people of the world to desire to become true olive trees as well. You need to be proud of True Parents and let others know about them. (2006.07.02, Valletta, Malta)
Even in the history of Poland, there must have been many ups and downs. And at such times, many people must have prayed. Now you need to change. You should never forget that you are proud people whose task is to substantially fulfill God's Will, that is, His ideal of creation.
People of past times wished for God to help them and to do things for them, but you need to lead a different kind of life. You should live a life where you report what you have accomplished to God. (2006.07.03, Warsaw, Poland)
Romania's history is by no means inferior to that of Rome. Be that as it may, what is important is the result. Until now, it has lived as a wild olive tree, but from now on, God will take more interest in any nation or people that becomes perfected as the true olive tree.
In a friendly competition, the more intense it is, the better. This is only the beginning. Anything that lives and moves also thrives. Anything that stays still dies out. In comparison to the rest of Europe, this country may seem to be developing more slowly in various aspects.
However, if it were to take the lead in the work of the providence, it would rise to a position higher than that of the more advanced nations of today, based on the standard set by God. All problems in the world can be resolved when we all attend to God and True Parents.
We need to let everyone know about that. It is your mission to open the eyes of people, who currently can only see their living environment, so that they can see the wide world and the universe. (2006.07.04, Bucharest, Romania)
Sun Myung Moon
True Parents' teachings are the remedy by which Slovakia can be established as a healthy nation. There is no better remedy than what they have taught. I know that many social problems, including domestic and juvenile problems, are on the rise, even in this country.
Though the rally of July 4, 2006, was a success, it does not end there. That is only the beginning. If you can arm yourselves with the Word and practice it in your lives, Slovakia will grow more prosperous and powerful. You have no idea what a great joy it is to all humanity that national-level marriage Blessing ceremonies were held together with the Universal Peace Federation Speaking Tour to Return to the Original Fatherland and Hometown.
In the Eastern European region in particular, some countries cannot accept the grace of the marriage Blessing due to Russian Orthodoxy. That is the same as going against God from both the viewpoint of God and the viewpoint of the original nature of humankind.
We, however, still need to save them by blessing them. The fact that you can attend an event like this in the Cheon Il Guk era under the leadership of True Parents is almost miraculous. And the fact that Slovakia took part in this historical event is nothing short of a miracle.
When you consider the countries that were unable to participate in this event, you are truly happy people. You need to research ways by which you can return that grace to God. Happiness you enjoy all by yourself is not true happiness. The more happiness you share with others, the greater the happiness that is returned to you.
You need to know how happy you are to be in a position where you can give to others, instead of receiving from them, and you should try to do so. (2006.07.05, Bratislava, Slovakia)
This is my third visit to this country. Korea in the 1960s was in a terrible state, much worse than today's Albania, because it was right after the war. At that time, True Father started the New Mind, New Life Campaign and the New Community Movement on a national scale.
He mobilized the youth to lead the enlightenment movement by bringing them together and making them take part in such activities as the eradication of illiteracy. By thus giving the people hopes and dreams, he put his teachings into practice, one idea at a time.
I have taken this opportunity to speak to you at this time because I hope that you, ambassadors for peace, will play a central role in the work of purifying everything in your surroundings, and take the lead in developing this nation with new dreams in your hearts. A good fruit is fully ripe and plump.
In making your country more prosperous and powerful, the economic aspect is important, but what is more important is the internal aspect. Your minds need to be stronger.
If you follow True Father's words, you can make this country prosperous and powerful in only a few years. In the beginning time in Korea, we had fewer than 100 active members.
There are 300 people gathered here today, and that means that you can make this country three times more prosperous in ten years. I hope that you will all do your best. (2006.07.07, Tirana, Albania)
Sun Myung Moon
Africa
You are in a position where you have received the marriage Blessing and become true olive trees, so you should not sit still. Instead, you should grow and multiply.
You need to fulfill the mission of tribal messiahs. You need to make every effort to let others know of True Parents. How wonderful it would be if wild olive trees could become true olive trees, and if all wild olive trees in the world could be transformed into true olive trees at once!
You all wish to live in a more advanced country, a wealthier country, don't you? From God's viewpoint, however, you are better qualified to go to the kingdom of heaven. A person who owns much in this world needs time to get rid of it all. On the other hand, when it rains in the desert, all the water is absorbed.
You can absorb all these teachings and multiply more quickly than the people in more advanced nations. What I mean is that you can realize the Will faster than others because you are in a position of innocence.
You should dream big. This is my fourth tour of Africa, and this is the very time when you blessed families should be fulfilling your responsibilities. Though you may not own much externally, you possess a lot internally.
You have now reached maturity. The time has come for you to carry out the New Mind, New Life Campaign and the New Community Movement. Every one of you should have a sense of ownership and work hard with the thought, “This is my country.” You should have big dreams. You are now different people. You need to become true olive trees and sow seeds. I hope that Kenya will become an internally advanced country. (2006.07.20, Nairobi, Kenya)
I know that there are various difficulties in Tanzania. I have heard that there are domestic and juvenile problems, and also many orphaned children who have lost their parents to AIDS, though I know that this is also true of several other nations in Africa.
That is why Africa is a place that desperately needs the pure love movement and the true family movement. You should carry out the work of newly purifying Africa through the New Mind, New Life Campaign and the New Community Movement.
Korea in the 1950s, after the war, was in a more difficult situation than this country is in today. At that time, the True Father mobilized a few people and created the basis for national revival.
Though things were difficult in the beginning, True Father carried out a nationwide enlightenment movement centering on middle and high school students. He taught those in rural areas to read and focused on the agricultural movement.
On the foundation thus laid, today's Korea was able to join the ranks of the advanced nations. At that time, we started in one country, Korea, but you are in a different position now. Those around you are also in the same position as you, and many countries can help you.
There is hope for this country if you work actively, almost as if twenty-four hours a day is not enough, with the awareness that you own this country and with the resolution to renew this country with your hands. (2006.07.21, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
Hak Ja Han Moon
South and Central America
On my tour across Africa, I introduced the story of how, at the time when Korea lay in ruins after the Korean Civil War, True Father mobilized what few church members he had to promote a national enlightenment movement.
There were not many adult members at the time, so even middle and high school students were mobilized to actively carry out the nationwide enlightenment movement. With that momentum, he laid the foundation on which the New Community Movement was expanded nationwide, which in turn played a major role in leading Korea to become the prosperous country it is today.
The New Mind, New Life Campaign, centered on the teachings of the Divine Principle, was also jointly carried out, which empowered Korea to join the ranks of today's advanced nations.
True Father contributed much from behind the scenes to Korea's becoming a central nation, both spiritually and financially. Africa is in a better position than that of Korea in the 1950s and 1960s. Its land is so fertile. Whatever you plant grows well.
How, then, did Africa become a continent where people are dying from starvation and suffering from diseases? It could not develop because there has never been a leader who had a sense of ownership, who believed that the country was his country and the people his family.
The Word is the guidebook and textbook we need in living our daily lives. If you practice the Word to the letter, there is nothing you cannot do. It teaches you everything about how you should live. And yet, we are still living impoverished, we are unable to witness to others, and we are unable to achieve development, for which we should repent.
When I came to Uruguay, I took a look around Montevideo, and it felt like the city was very run-down. What I mean is that it felt like a deserted city. You, the people of Uruguay, should feel remorseful about this.
You have been greatly blessed. If you are the true olive trees, the world yet to be restored is the field of wild olive trees. And if you fail to multiply, you will be outnumbered in the end. You need to resolve everything by yourselves.
Stop thinking that someone else will do it for you, or that others will help you. This is what you need to do. You should work hard with the thought that, if you don't do something about it, your children could become the victims. (2006.07.28, Montevideo, Uruguay)
At one time, Argentina was a wealthy country. For Argentina to become a prosperous country once again, you need to change your way of thinking. To that end, all of its citizens should be armed with the Divine Principle teachings.
You blessed families and ambassadors for peace should unite and take the lead in constructing a new nation. If you can make such a resolution at the Rally to Return to the Original Fatherland and Hometown on July 30, 2006, my visit here will have been worthwhile.
You need to bear in mind that many countries are competing with Argentina. Depending on your achievements, you can be in first place or last. The restoration of Argentina rests on your two shoulders. (2006.07.29, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Hak Ja Han Moon
I believe you have the greatest responsibility in establishing Bolivia in front of God. Your members have been given an opportunity.
All you need to do is to establish as many people as possible on the side of the providence, through such means as the marriage Blessing ceremony of the Universal Peace Federation Speaking Tour to Return to the Original Fatherland and Hometown.
What I came to realize on my recent tour of Africa is that the more effort you make, the more prosperous you can make your country. If people who own fertile land remain poor, it is because of their ignorance.
True Parents' teachings will not only help human beings reach maturity, but also revive Bolivia to become a blessed country. (2006.08.01, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia)
The more you convey the message from the Rally to Return to the Original Fatherland and Hometown of August 1, 2006, to the people of your country, and the more people learn about True Parents, the greater hope they will come to have. Such a time is now upon us. Heavenly fortune has come to us.
That is why your responsibility is important. There are many second-generation members in the blessed families in Colombia. You blessed families need to create an environment where your children can live practicing true love in free surroundings. Many countries are suffering from issues such as domestic problems and drug problems.
Colombia, too, is troubled by problems connected to drugs, violence, juveniles, and AIDS, among others. All these problems can be resolved through the true love and true family movement. Through it, you should reinvent the image of Colombia. It is now time for you to translate this into action.
You need to make sure that every person in every nook and cranny of this country knows about True Parents. You need to plant the tradition of true family, true lineage, and true love.
To accomplish this, all activities, including those of the Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles (CARP) and the youths' pure love movement, need to be carried out in earnest, so that Colombia can be remembered by God. (2006.08.02, Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia)
Switzerland was in a tight spot and found it difficult to become independent because it was kept down by its powerful neighbors.
However, it was a good place for people from other countries who had ideological or religious problems to come and settle down.
For instance, it is said that Lenin stayed there, and Protestant leaders also lived and worked there. That country had good ancestors who looked ahead into the future; its people also had great love for their country, so they were able to make their country a prosperous and powerful one while preserving nature as it was.
I have come to think that, if this country also had such farsighted leaders, it could appear in front of the world as a nation with a beautiful environment equal to that of Switzerland. In terms of mineral resources, Venezuela is one of the top five countries in the world, but the country itself is still poor.
Everyone, from statesmen to citizens, should accept True Parents and begin anew.
Even if only those of you present here today were to try for the eternal peace and development of your country, as long as you would work so hard that it seemed as if twenty-four hours a day were not enough, there would still be hope. (2006.08.08, Caracas, Venezuela)
Sun Myung Moon
For you to restore Peru, you need to witness to many college students. Then you need to train them to become leaders who can work for our future as well as for the future of this country. The fastest shortcut would be to cleanse them of all the wrong social customs they have observed until now, and to educate them.
When they graduate from college, they will be old enough to get married. And when they are thus blessed, they will form true families, which in turn will purify society. What could be better than that? You need to prioritize witnessing to college students, so that your second generation can also settle down. (2006.08.09, Lima, Peru)
For Chile to develop and grow, CARP must become more active. You are at an appropriate age to be nurtured to become the future leaders of this country or the leaders of the church. The world today is encumbered with many problems. There are grave domestic problems and drug problems. AIDS is also a problem.
In addition, there are also serious juvenile problems. The responsibility of college students is important. During your time in college, you should study harder than others and set an example in front of them in all aspects, including the way you act.
You should create a trend where other students your age wish to befriend you and work together with you, and thus you can save them all. Your CARP activities are also important for the future of our Church. Student activities need the same kind of support as other witnessing activities.
All members of the Church should come together and embrace the students, just as the mother embraces both Cain and Abel. Since the Church is in the position of the mother, it should help out CARP as well. We cannot but say that the world has reached its end. It has done everything it wanted to do, and now it is at a dead-end and sinking into the mire to the very bottom.
Those people who are intelligent and righteous realize the truth right away when they hear these words. What do you think? You think that Africa is poorer than South America, don't you?
The fact is that a governor in Africa was so moved by our work that he donated 30,000 dollars, and he said he will send those around him to us and asked us to educate them all.
If you work hard, you will also meet righteous people like him in this country, too. The hope of this country, and our hope as well, is to educate the college students and send them out into the world. The college students should witness to their parents. You need to fulfill the mission of tribal messiahs today.
Henceforth, things will change depending on your actions. Now you can feel what you harvest in your heart. You are not working alone; the entire spirit world has been mobilized to cooperate with you.
What do we have to fear when we know that God is on our side?
From now on, the more you reveal True Parents, the higher your position will be elevated. You need to educate others. If you educate them with the heart that they are your brothers and sisters, they will all follow you regardless of who they may be.
Those in charge need to do their best. Whether this country can present its name to God or not can only be answered by you. (2006.08.10, Santiago, Chile)
Fifty years ago, Korea was in a more difficult situation than Africa or other third-world countries are today because it was right after the Korean War. It was also the beginning of our church, and most of the members were middle and high school students.
Through them, True Father carried out the enlightenment movement in the rural areas and the New Community Movement. Moreover, knowing that the machinery industry would play an important role in Korea's joining the ranks of the advanced nations, he also focused on training many talented individuals in preparation for that day. Today's Korea is not inferior to any other advanced country.
What I mean is that, depending on the resolutions you make, Jamaica can also change. One person can move and change the world. True Father alone created the basis upon which the world can be changed; there are a great many people in the world who have been transformed into true olive trees through him, aren't there?
There are many blessed families in this country as well. You are not alone. The time it takes to restore your country and your tribes to God's side is determined by your resolve. I looked at this country and wondered why it could not be like Switzerland when its natural environment is just as beautiful.
When I went to Switzerland, I discovered that their ancestors had worked hard to make what they have today. While they were alive, the ancestors did not live in comfort; instead, they went through many difficulties for the sake of their descendants, and thus they created such a wonderful environment.
I also visited the Blue Mountains in this country, which are renowned for their coffee, and they were so beautiful. Switzerland had to grow and prosper while observing neutrality because powerful countries surround it. Your country, on the other hand, does not have such restrictions.
You can make your country beautiful and prosperous through your own decisions, and yet you did not know that until now. I pray that you will cherish the hope that your country can become the number one nation in the world. (2006.08.04, Kingston, Jamaica)
The Bahamas, an island nation in the Caribbean Sea, in Central America, was the place where Columbus landed first when he discovered the New World in 1492. It was under the rule of Spain and then became a British colony, and gained independence in July 1973.
The fact that we are holding the Universal Peace Federation Rally to Return to the Original Fatherland and Hometown in the Bahamas, which is made up of more than 700 islands, is truly a great blessing from God.
Though it has been a long tour for me, I rejoiced in meeting people prepared for a long time by God in new places, and I finally arrived here in Nassau, Bahamas, on August 4, 2006.
This was a tour for delivering this message and performing the marriage Blessing ceremony, and the only way for the Bahamas to stand in front of God again is to receive these teachings and True Parents with a passionate heart. I hope that you will all work hard, so that the blessings of God can be with the Bahamas. (2006.08.05, Nassau, Bahamas)
Sun Myung Moon
Oceania
New Zealand needs to fulfill the mission of the mother nation in Oceania. It has the responsibility to unite with Australia and support and help the island nations, and also to educate them. That is the mother's mission.
Until now, New Zealand has been asleep. Now, however, it needs to soar. You have the Word, and our foundation laid down worldwide is also solid. All you need to do is to convey what you have heard and seen to others.
You have plenty of teaching materials. You now need to stand in the position of children who have reached maturity, and return all that you have received from your Parents for free. You need to determine yourselves anew. (2006.08.14, Auckland, New Zealand)
I passed through Israel and the Middle East region before coming to Australia. The ambassadors for peace took the lead there in making the Universal Peace Federation Rally Tour to Return to the Original Fatherland and Hometown a great success.
I left that region after achieving such wonderful results, but war broke out shortly afterward. When I think about that, the ambassadors for peace come to my mind, and my heart aches for them. The only way to resolve all world problems and to cross over the walls of religion, race, and culture is to receive True Parents.
You blessed families are the people who should enlighten others and make them aware of this fact. You, too, should feel responsible for the crisis in the Middle East. You have the responsibility to make as many people as possible in your regions and countries aware of True Parents.
Consider the fact that, currently, when we are discussing happiness, hope, and peace centering on True Parents, there are people who are dying without knowing anything about that. With a sense of responsibility, you need to take the lead in establishing them on the side of the providence. (2006.08.15, Sydney, Australia)
In the farming villages of Korea, the New Community Movement was begun together with the enlightenment movement. You should take an interest in how the Korean Church was able to grow in the beginning time centering on True Father.
The Solomon Islands is a country that is in a situation similar to that of Korea in the early days of the church. You should take that time, when church services were held with spirit and truth centering on True Father, as an example, and endeavor to make the flames of revival rise in this country.
One of the harmful consequences of today's material civilization age is that it destroys nature and causes pollution. Your country should nurture and cherish its God-given natural beauty.
It should be more active in advocating the nature preservation movement. That is why you need to carry out a nationwide awareness movement centering on True Parents' teachings. (2006.08.18, Honiara, Solomon Islands)
For Palau to be able to compete with bigger nations and join ranks with them, it needs to propagate the Divine Principle teachings. You may not know in detail about the heart of God when He created the world, or about the many stories behind how True Parents came to this earth and laid their victorious foundation to restore fallen humanity.
Once you learn of them, you cannot help but love the Word, and love True Parents who are the center of the Word. With such a loving heart, you need to love your country of Palau.
The Christians who oppose you do not truly love this country. Henceforth, you need to practice true love centering on the Word, thus taking the lead in making Palau a nation that can be beloved by God. (2006.08.19, Koror, Palau)
Sun Myung Moon