We are in the awesome and fearful position of having the problem that whether or not we will be liberated from our tragic history depends on our course of action today. As for that position, we know that we will not be able to appear as soldiers of victory who represent God by seeking to stay alive. This age needs daring, brave people of heaven.
The age when heaven raised up Joshua and Caleb and had them look into Canaan and urged them to be strong and of good courage was just this kind of age.
When gentle David was sent to stand against Goliath, David believed in heaven and went forth. The clothes he wore were shabby. He had the miserable appearance of a shepherd, of someone who had no home, no village, who had no culture and no tradition.
Today the Unification Movement is in a situation just like his. We are like naked people in front of world communism; we are a group like David who presented himself before Goliath. And we don't even have a slingshot. All we have are tattered clothes.
But we have hearts that love you, Father, and hearts that believe you, that are stronger than any of the people who have sovereignty in those nations.
We believe in you more than in the strong power of the people who hold that sovereign power.
Oh, Father, please protect us. Please defend us. The time is coming to fight the final battle of our destiny. So please defend us along the way and please guide us.
We are longing for the day when you can look down on a free heaven and earth, and you can take a seat on this earth, which is being revived, and have dominion over the heavens and the earth.
We know that this is the heart of the filial child, and it is the heart of your children who are following this path. Because we have realized that the path that must be gone is our path, and the mission that must be done is our mission, we must now go forward again. We must go forward again to protect the frontline of unification.
We must take hold of these people and appeal to them with tears. We know that it is our responsibility to awaken them to the fact that the Last Days are coming. We know that unless we fulfill that responsibility; the nation of glory, the position of glory will not be able to come. Father, please remember this people of Korea who have longed for the day of true glory.
We earnestly hope that you will not let your Will, which sought these people and has not deserted them, leave behind any grief.
We offer all these things in the name of the True Parents. Amen.
Dr. Sun Myung Moon
