The Purpose of God's Dispensation and the Mission of Humankind
The 4,000-year history from the fall to the coming of Jesus was not a history of goodness but a history of sin. Although countless prophets came to the earth and fought against sin while upholding the will of the dispensation, they were unable to eradicate all the sins. Similarly, the fight with sin repeatedly failed, and the dispensation was prolonged for 4,000 years.
The purpose of God's dispensation is to completely purge all these sins. Accordingly, until the day that all sins are liquidated, the history of conflict will not be concluded, and the history of the dispensation will not finish. What is more, God has no choice but to send his beloved children as workers for the dispensation.
Therefore, to fulfill the will, God established Noah's family in place of Adam's family. Yet because Noah's family repeated the failure, He had to raise Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Moses, who acted on behalf of the people.
Thereafter, from King Saul to King David to King Solomon, as well as to the four great prophets and the twelve minor prophets, the will reached John the Baptist.
Before us lies the mission that humankind must fulfill for Heaven now. What is that mission? Since the root of sin was implanted by the fall of man, it must be man who subjugates Satan and the root of sin and returns goodness and glory to God. God has led the dispensation for 4,000 years for the sake of finding such people.
The Cause of the Tribulations of Jesus, the Faithlessness of John the Baptist
What then was the mission that John the Baptist was supposed to accomplish on the earth? It was to testify to and attend Jesus Christ.
Because Jesus was elevated to the position of perfected Adam, who did not fall from his birth, he could return glory to Heaven. What is more, he was someone who could bring joy to God. God sent Jesus Christ to proudly display him before humanity and Satan.
From his birth, Jesus was not supposed to walk the path of suffering. He was supposed to represent humanity, return joy to God, and become the honorable mediator, the mediator of love, and the mediator of goodness. However, humankind could not receive Jesus.
Consequently, as you know very well through the Divine Principle, although the life of Jesus should not have had any connection or relation to sin but should have been teeming only with goodness and joy, Satan invaded Jesus' life because John the Baptist did not complete his responsibility.
What then is the mission that lies ahead of us, we who live in the last days? We must fulfill the mission of John the Baptist. In other words, before Jesus, who came as the representative of history, we must become the sons and daughters of glory who reap victory and people of goodness with whom Jesus can rejoice. You must bear in mind that this is our mission.
The sorrow of God was caused when Satan tried to pull Jesus Christ down and put him through tests. What is more, the reason that Jesus had to fight with Satan for 2,000 years after he passed away was because of the disbelief of the Jewish people at the time. Furthermore, as you all know, it was because John the Baptist made a grave mistake.
Human Beings Are the ones who must subjugate Satan and Eradicate Sin
At this time, when we have arrived at the threshold of an era like the end of a century, you must stand opposed to sin and fight. You must understand that you are in the same position as John the Baptist, who had to fight with Satan. Satan has opposed and fought with God for 4,000 years.
You must fight Satan. In place of the 6,000 years and the mission of John the Baptist, you must fight with Satan and bring him to submission. In this way, you must remove all traces of Satan in yourself. Such a responsibility lies on your shoulders. If you cannot fulfill this responsibility, then the Lord of the Second Advent, who is to come, will not be able to receive you.
Originally, according to the ideals of creation, God's garden did not have any trace of Satan. Consequently, to realize God's ideals of creation on the earth, we must vanquish Satan and rise to the level of the perfected Adam who did not fall.
Therefore, if you do not represent God's glory and do not become the source of pride that He can display before Satan, there is no way to cleanse the resentful grief of Jesus, who was put through tests before Satan.
Due to the fall of man, Satan trampled on humankind and is dominating all over the land. To reverse this, we must rely upon the principles of indemnity. Because humankind was trodden on by Satan, even if Jesus does not help and the Holy Spirit and God do not help, humankind must subjugate Satan with their hands.
They must be able to overcome all the conditions of sin that Satan presents to them. This is the only way that they can become victorious sons and daughters.
If you do not become the sons and daughters who can reap victory even while fighting alone with the universal Satan, you will not have any relationship with Jesus. This is the fateful path that we simply have no way of escaping. This is the fateful path that we must walk even after our death if we fail to do so when we are alive.
Jesus Christ, because he failed to accomplish the will that he was meant to bring to pass while he was alive, even today, after 2,000 years have passed, he hopes to find someone who can act on his behalf so that he can fulfill that will even after his death. When you consider this, you will see that the 6,000 years of history are not a history of glory. It was not a glorious history for God.
Moreover, you must realize that as long as Jesus and the Holy Spirit are fighting against Satan, as long as the sons and daughters who follow Jesus and the Holy Spirit are being tested by Satan, the original ideology of God's creation cannot be said to have been materialized on this earth.
Therefore, the resentment that permeates heaven and earth became set as the grief of God. The new history, which sought to eliminate the resentment of heaven and earth, was manifested through the cross of God, the cross of Jesus, the cross of the Holy Spirit, and the cross of the faithful ones today.
Until now, we have survived by the protection and commands of the Holy Spirit, Jesus, and God. We must, from now on, become the “I” who can comfort the Holy Spirit, the “I” who can console Jesus, and the “I” who can comfort God.
The will of the Holy Spirit, the will of Jesus, and the will of God are not personal desires. This will penetrate the individual and the world; it links even heaven and earth.
Who will live on behalf of this will and become the universal sons and daughters who can console the universal heart of God? You must understand that Heaven has been guiding the dispensation to find such sons and daughters.
Similarly, to dismantle the wall of sin rooted in history, we must carry on the fight in the present and the future. Heading toward the past of sin that we must cross, even risking our lives, and while pouring out all our energy and life, we must make a new determination and march forward.
Jesus remained unchanged, testifying to Heaven and giving a new kind of baptism, even when the law-abiding believers of Judaism and the Jewish people opposed him. We also must do the same. Now we must step up to the final stage and transcend denominations.
Moreover, while transcending denominations, we must also surpass all ideologies. Even if we are alone, we must fight against Satan. If you can win the battle with all Satan, then the glory of Heaven and the joy of Heaven will descend and reside in you.
We Must Fulfill the Mission of John the Baptist in His Place
Even in this hour, the wall of sin blocks your way. Yet, what is the nature of this wall of sin? It is a wall of sin of 4,000 years of slaying the prophets and sages that God loved.
It is a wall of sin to hang Jesus on the cross. Therefore, if you cannot eradicate this sin in your generation, then you will have nothing to do with the Kingdom of Heaven. If you cannot dismantle this wall of sin, you cannot enter Heaven. You must be clear on this point.
If you are to represent the will of God and to stand in the position of John the Baptist, you must learn how to observe the universal sin. By doing so, you must bear on your shoulders the grief and resentment of God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit.
You must comfort Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, and God, who have been suffering because of sin. If those who can usher in the day of the Sabbath do not appear among you, then even if the Savior were to come to this land, it would be to no avail.
In these last days, we must fight against sin for John the Baptist. We are to represent the 6,000-year history and substitute for the mission of John the Baptist. What is more, besides this, we must personally experience the course of conflict that Jesus walked.
After Jesus Christ passed away, what remained behind him was the path of the cross. Although he tried to establish an eternal standard of victory based on baptism and the cross, he could do so only in the spiritual dimension.
Today, the mission lies before us to mobilize both the spiritual and the physical and to fulfill the universal, heavenly mission of John the Baptist.
You must personally experience the bitter and indignant heart of Jesus, who came to earth and was not honored by humankind, and resolve it on his behalf. Because humankind has this mission, Jesus and the Holy Spirit have been working with them for 2,000 years. Yet, the faithful believers of today are not aware of this fact.
They believed that Jesus and the Holy Spirit were simply their servants and messengers.
Who then is Satan?
He is the archangel. The fall allowed the archangel to snatch from human beings the right to dominate the creation and act in that capacity. Therefore, during restoration, we have to pass through a course in which we are dominated by Satan.
To walk this kind of path, what must we do? Using the life of John the Baptist, who testified to Jesus, as an example, and using the life of Jesus as an example, we must walk the same path as they did.
The Path Jesus Walked to Destroy the Wall of Sin
What kind of path did Jesus walk to destroy this wall of sin? In the last days, we must pass through the path that Jesus once walked.
When Jesus was fighting with Satan, he did not take the offensive position to uproot the universal sin. Jesus did not stand in the offensive position toward sin to purge it. For the sake of purging sin and bringing it to submission, he stood in the position of taking it on his shoulders. You must understand that this was the spirit of Jesus Christ.
Sin is an evil thing. We have a mind linked directly to the original nature of creation, and sin is the thing that acts diametrically counter to that. Jesus took on this sin for the sake of purging it. He bore the sins of the individuals, families, societies, nations, the world, humanity, and even the spirits above.
You must understand that Jesus even took on the sins of the countless spirits who had lived in the 4,000 years since the creation.
He went so far as to bear even the sins of the spirits who were sent to hell. The reason is that Jesus came as the perfected Adam. Because everything, including Heaven, was overwhelmed with resentment due to the fall of Adam, Jesus had to drag out all that was produced by the fall and bury it.
Thus, Jesus' life of pioneering a new course took the opposite course from life in the satanic world. Knowing that there is no hope in the elements and essences of the satanic world, he opposed it and taught the way of meekness and humility. Accordingly, the truth of Christianity transcended this world. The Christian truth is meant to rebel against the world.
Jesus led a difficult and toilsome life. Obliged by the dispensation, he was not supposed to take on the sin that came to him from the front. He was supposed to turn back and take charge of sins from behind.
Jesus Christ was a pitiful person who took charge of all universal sins and suffered the agony of the cross until the moment of victory. Even today, though he lives in that other world, he cannot rest in peace. He hopes that someone on Earth will take responsibility for all the sins.
Jesus Suffered All Kinds of Ridicule and Tribulation
When we reflect on the life of Jesus Christ, who came to take charge of the sins of human beings, we can see that during the thirty years until his death, he experienced all the ordeals and difficulties that humankind goes through.
He put himself in the shoes of a miserable person so that he could bear the sins of those who are miserable. He put himself through hunger so that he could take on the sins of those who are hungry. He sought a lonely place so that he could bear the responsibility of those who were lonely.
After having attained the ability to manage individual sins in this manner, Jesus sought to take charge of the sins of families. To take on the sins of families, he went before a family, but that family opposed Jesus.
The parents he loved opposed him, and even his younger brothers and sisters contradicted him. Furthermore, Jesus was rejected by the Jewish sects. This was because he also had to be responsible for the sins of the religious sects. What is more, Pilate and King Herod rejected him.
They drove Jesus toward the cross because they thought that the will of Jesus was not in line with their wishes. Despite all this, until his last breath, Jesus did not hold it against these enemies. Instead, he wished blessings upon them. You must cherish this image of Jesus in your mind.
Jesus was born in a stable. He started in the lowest and most humble position but rose to the highest position of being the Son of God. Jesus came for the sake of humankind and for the sake of the people who believed in God.
Yet, who are the people who befriended Jesus?
When he was praying in the Garden of Gethsemane, the three disciples he loved were dozing off. Although they should have become one in heart with him when he was heading toward the hill of the cross, the three disciples took a position that had no resemblance to that.
Realizing that he had the mission to bear all the universal sins, Jesus was grateful, regardless of who was whipping him. Even if people mocked him and sneered at him, he took it all with gratitude.
You must understand that to realize the purpose of purging sin, Jesus did not strike it and eliminate it by shattering it. He tried to shoulder all the universal sins that were in any way connected to Satan. Nonetheless, because sin has not yet been fully purged, Jesus has been at work to eradicate it.
Even If You Face Persecution and Rejection, You Must Maintain Unchanging Faith
Since you are the ones who are attending Jesus as the Savior, before him, one should contemplate, “To what extent have I taken charge of sin? How much sin did I try to bear on my shoulders?” What is more, you should place yourself in the same environment as the one in which Jesus lived.
If you have the fate at the end of the century to bear the sins of the individual and family, then you will someday face persecution on the individual level and family level.
Just as Jesus suffered the opposition of individuals, his family, and the sects, Christians who live in the last days today will receive the same kind of opposition. Furthermore, there will emerge one religion that will be opposed by society, the nation, and the world.
Jesus' fight to purge the sins of humankind has not come to a full conclusion. In his place, there will emerge on earth one believer who will be denounced by individuals, families, society, nations, the world, and the spirits in heaven during his efforts to bear all the sins of the universe. History is working toward this one crucial moment. You must understand this.
People who believed in the Old Testament became the enemies of Jesus. Similarly, it is easy for those who have been believing in Jesus today to become the enemies of the new dispensation of God.
Jesus cried out on the cross, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" (Matthew 27:46)
This was because God said He did not know Jesus at the moment of the final settlement.
Similarly, when you try to offer yourself the task of bearing responsibility for the whole sinful history, God will deny any knowledge of you. If that happens, you have to have the same immutable faith as that of Jesus on the cross.
You should have the mindset that you are already a dead person. It is the mission of Christians to advocate this somewhat revolutionary faith.
Is there anyone who opposes you?
You must be grateful to them. What is more, is there any family that opposes you?
You must be grateful to that family. Is there any religious group that opposes you? You must be grateful to them. Even if the nation and the world put up opposition, you must be grateful to them. Moreover, even if the spirit world, the physical world, and Heaven deny any knowledge of you, you should have an unchanging heart. You must have the faith that does not shake.
There must appear believers whose faith will remain unaffected even if Satan, who caused Adam and Eve to fall, opposes you, and Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and God claim not to know you.
This is the last remaining mission. Yet, the 2.4 billion people of humanity and the Christians who believe in Jesus do not clearly understand this. Moreover, even if you become this kind of faithful believer, that is not the end. You have to form a family, a society, a nation, and a world that all have the same kind of faith.
If you do not cultivate this kind of faith, then you will have no vertical relationship with the will of God. The path through which Jesus will come to you as the bridegroom will be blocked off.
Overcome Persecution With Love and Be Triumphant
The love of Jesus represents the love of God. The love of God cannot be undermined by any creature in the whole universe. You must receive this love of God.
To achieve that, you must bear upon your shoulders all the sins of this world and become the triumphant sons and daughters who will not be knocked over even if Satan were to test you, but will digest it instead.
Otherwise, you will have nothing to do with the love of God, which is the center of all the powers of this universe and operates as the center of all substantial existence.
Consequently, just as Jesus shed tears of concern for the sake of men on earth even after suffering injustice and mistreatment at their hands, there must emerge in the last days many believers who can do the same.
If there are many such believers, there will not be any divisions between denominations. What is more, even if no one is martyred because of the power of conscience, truth, and universal principles wield great influence, the whole universe will have no choice but to follow those believers.
We can erect the signpost of victory, build the victorious family, altar, and world, and connect the victory to Heaven only when we stand in such a position. You must never forget that this is your responsibility.
What is more, the conflict that is taking place centering on yourself, and all the events that revolve around you, is not limited to yourself. Thus, you must be cautious.
If you make a mistake, it will have ramifications for the whole. You must never obstruct the will of God. You must walk the path of sacrifice for the sake of the whole.
Moreover, if there is a good person, then you must attend to them well. If there are evil people, you must be worried and anxious for their sake.
Having become such a person, you must march forward bearing even the ordeal of crucifixion for the sake of creating that kind of family, society, and world. You must embody the heart of Jesus Christ and persevere and be victorious in fulfilling the will of God.
