The Mission of Asia and God's Providence in the History of Human Civilization

This message was delivered at the Founding Assembly for Youth and Students for Peace (Asia Pacific Region) on June 13, 2017, in Bangkok, Thailand.

Distinguished guests, Ambassadors for Peace, and especially leaders from the political and academic circles: Today, we are witnessing the hope of Asia's future, and I would like to reveal the truth of history in front of the 12,000 young people here today who will grow into our future leaders.

You need to know the truth and essence of history

The title I would like to speak on today is "The Mission of Asia and God's Providence in the History of Human Civilization."

When we specifically consider the East and the West, we see that the West has sought to develop a material civilization, whereas the East has sought to develop a spiritual civilization.

As a result, the four main religions emerged from the Asian sphere. Though they had different beginnings, they are headed toward one common conclusion. I would like to speak today from this perspective.

Originally, the owner of the universe is God, the Creator. God created all things and then created one man and one woman who could become our first ancestors.

He also gave responsibility to these first human beings, who were to become the ancestors of humankind.

However, they experienced greed and then fell before they were able to become the true ancestors of humankind. They emerged with self-centered hearts. This resulted in the world we see today – a world unconnected to God.

Hence, even though people's original minds seek goodness, the environment in the world around us does not support that, resulting in the phenomena we see today, such as repeated wars, egoism frustrating all relationships from attaining unity, and self-centered individuals and nations.

The omniscient and omnipotent God, however, had already established principles of creation that require all people to find their path to God. Hence, God has been waiting all through history for the first ancestors who can do this successfully.

This is the reason He raised a chosen people and promised to send the Savior in the Last Days. It must have been tremendously difficult for God, given that it took Him 4,000 years.

To advance beyond the mistakes people have committed, indemnity is unavoidable. Only in a place in which all indemnity has been paid can a person be born who can become a victorious ancestor. Just as promised, Heaven sent Jesus Christ, God's only-begotten son, after 4,000 years.

The purpose of God's only-begotten son is to realize the true parents of humanity. To realize the true parents, Jesus, being a man, must meet a woman who can become his partner.

Unfortunately, the central figures surrounding Jesus, who should have taken responsibility for that, failed to do so. Within the Cain-type world at that time, there existed the great Roman Empire. There is a saying that all roads lead to Rome.

If Jesus could have established the true parents and had advanced to the world through Rome, one world under God would have been realized. Unfortunately, Jesus could not avoid his crucifixion; yet he promised that he would return and conduct the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.

The Marriage Supper of the Lamb implies that God's only-begotten son, who is a man, will meet and marry God's only-begotten daughter, who is a woman. This is the hope of Heaven and all humankind.

The 2,000-year history of Christianity has been a history of resurrection through the Holy Spirit. Yet, Christians did not know Jesus' essence. Their mission was to prepare for God's only-begotten daughter.

Israel, which failed to fulfill its responsibilities, had an indemnity to pay. From the study of history, we can understand the course that Israel has followed in paying this indemnity.

Asian young people will lead the culture of filial piety.

God then turned His eyes toward Asia to find the nation that would give birth to God's only-begotten daughter.

I was born in 1943, at a time when Korea was not well known to the world and a time when it had yet to see liberation. As soon as Korea gained liberation in 1945, it was divided into North and South.

Korea was divided similar to democracy and communism. That was a time when North Korea had established one united system and was making all preparations to invade the South. Back then, democracy in the South had not yet established itself.

Spirit-led Christian churches, in which people believed that the returning Messiah would come through Pyongyang, began to develop in and around Pyongyang.

Many Christians today believe that Jesus will come on the clouds because he promised to come again. In that case, however, Jesus cannot become the ancestor of humankind nor establish the True Parents.

He must return to the flesh. In such a situation, Heaven could not leave me, as a young child, in North Korea, and worked to make arrangements for our family to go South.

Following this, the Korean War broke out in 1950. South Korea, however, was in an abject, defenseless state. Had it not been for Heaven's protection and the participation of the 16 UN nations, South Korea might have perished in the Korean War.

Thankfully, the young people of Thailand were among those from the 16 nations that intervened. This is something we are grateful for. When Korea commemorated the 60th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, even though the government was not even thinking of it, my husband, the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, and I sent the Little Angels to those 16 countries to meet the still-living Korean War veterans, to comfort them and to convey our grateful hearts.

This moved them, and they expressed their gratitude to Reverend Moon for recognizing their efforts despite the long passage of time. Many of them shed heartfelt tears. We are one family under God.

A barrier was formed through the Fall that is stopping us from being able to communicate freely with God. That is why the Messiah became necessary.

Humanity's True Parents, these messianic figures, are your Parents, who have brought resurrection to humanity through the marriage Blessing and opened the way to your becoming God's children.

Today, even though we may believe in different religions, we should leave our original minds free to search for and follow the original truth, just as a sunflower finds and follows the sun. We must do no less than the sunflower. You are studying history so that you can understand this.

Human power alone cannot solve all the difficult problems taking place around the world. Only God, the true Lord, the Heavenly Parent, can solve them. Hence, when all people are united with True Parents beyond religion and race, humanity can become one. Isn't that so?

A hundred years ago, at a time when Korea was under the control of Japan, Tagore, a great Indian poet, wrote a poem about Korea that includes the lines "Korea was one of its lamp-bearers, and that lamp is waiting to be lighted once again for illumination in the East." Lamps and light represent truth.

Only a true-love movement, which is part of True Parents' teachings, can bring this light to humanity. The 2,000 young people here today, must all become one, lead the culture of the heart, based on filial piety, ride on the strong wave of the Pacific civilization forged by True Parents, and advance toward the world? In this way, you will become the lamp, the light, and the savior to all the people of the world.

This path alone is Asia's hope, and this will open the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth, one family under God, a world of freedom, equality, peace, unity, and joy centered on God. I understand that you have learned a lot through the Pure Love Movement and FFWPU.

The Kingdom of Heaven is a place for families to enter, not a place for a husband to enter alone, regardless of how strong his faith is. It is a place where the husband and wife, and family enter together.

If we usher in such a world, we need not worry about adolescents falling anymore because the environment will guide each person to follow the desire of his or her original mind, enabling all to find the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth by themselves and to live within a culture of filial heart civilization.

To attain such a world, I hope all the young people of Asia who have come here today become pioneers and leaders who can stand strong in front of the world. The United World that we all wish for is not so distant.

When you practice true love, living for the sake of others as taught by True Parents in your families and nation, that place becomes the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth.

This is my message of encouragement and gratitude to you.

We are now one family centered on True Parents. I sincerely pray that you all can advance powerfully toward one large family under God, which is the realization of Heavenly Parent's dream and that of humanity's wish.