In the 1960s, True Parents laid the foundation for their family and the church. In the 1970s, they focused on the national foundation that could impact the world, with external activities including Victory Over Communism and the Christian ecumenical movement.
True Father declared a motto for each year. In 1970, it was “The Victorious United Front.” In 1971, it was “Securing the foundation for unity,” and from 1972 to 74, “Safeguarding the front line of unity.”
The five-year period from 1970 to 1975 was a time to marshal the troops in preparation for moving into the world arena and carrying out full-scale activities.
In 197,2, True Parents welcomed the new year in America and began preparing for world mission activities launched from the United States. In the following years, Father went on speaking tours, speaking in more than 40 cities around the country.
On January 1, 1975, at the original Cheongpa-dong headquarters church, True Parents declared the motto for the year, “The realization of the kingdom of heaven,” and proclaimed the start of the third seven-year course. In 1976, it was “Realization of the kingdom of heaven by God's children.”
In 1977, it was “Realization of the kingdom of heaven through ideal families.” In 197,8, the motto was “Realization of the kingdom of heaven through the formula course,” and in 19,79, might to it was “Building the kingdom of heaven through home church.”
Through these annual mottoes, True Parents charted a specific course for realizing ideal families and activities for building the kingdom of heaven.
The victorious united front
1. We now welcome the 1970s. We must run continuously throughout this year based on the motto I established, “The victorious united front.” During the first two years of the second seven-year course, I said that we have to move forward under the motto “Charge forward with all our might.” We had to charge forward with all our might to bring victory.
This year, a must-do activity has risen to prominence in Asia and also in the world. I established the motto, “The victorious united from must-done,” because we have entered a religious era when we must fulfill that kind of responsibility. It is difficult to be victorious. God has been carrying out the providence of restoration solely to welcome this day of victory.
Continuing down through 6,000 years of history, from Adam's family, Moses' age, the age of John the Baptist and Jesus to today, God has been fighting with the single purpose of welcoming this one victorious time.
(027-325, 1970/01/01)
2. This morning, as we greet the 1970s, the Unification Church is taking its first step to rally the people on behalf of Judaism. We have achieved victory on the individual level, victory on the family level, and now victory on the tribal level.
Next, religion we must establish a foundation for victory on the level of religion and advance toward the next stage. We are entering an era similar to when Judaism and the nation of Israel were linked directly to God's Will.
Worldwide, The 1970s is the time when we can do that. We have lived in an age full of resentment, an age of indemnity, and an age full of indignation in which we had to pay compensation.
But, beginning in 1970, we need to bring an end to all these things and enter a new era of history. The time has come when our fight for the sake of the Korean people and the nation of Korea will bear fruit for their glory. (027-329, 1970/01/01)
3. All of you must expand the victorious united front, beginning with yourselves as individuals. The victorious united front means uniting, centering on God's love.
When the mind and body unite, God can come and dwell in that individual.
Multiplication is certain to arise when God dwells in the place where this type of giving and receiving is happening. If God does not dwell there, multiplication cannot take place. That is the fundamental rule of the creation of heaven and earth.
God's love is the motivation for the creation of all things. Consequently, without God, there is no way for multiplication to arise. If there is giving and receiving centering on God's love, God enters there, dwells there, and multiplication occurs.
We must go out and expand our united front, like a rope linking the individual to the family, to the clan, to the people, to the nation, the ten years, and to the world. Presently, the Unification Church has advanced to the position where we can go out and recover a people and then a nation.
The time has come when we can influence the Korean people and the nation of Korea. We are now on the threshold of dealing with the global political situation, having made all the necessary preparations. On the day we break out of our shell, we will soar upward. (027-345, 1970/01/01)
Securing the foundation for unity
4. The motto for 1971 is “Securing the foundation for unity.” In other words, it means we have to secure the foundation for the unification of Korea.
During the ten years, from 1960 until now, we were engaged in pioneering the environment so that God's providence for the Will could advance outward under mottoes that I designated, too, such as “Let us charge forward with all our might” and “The victorious united front.”
So, too, we fought a war of attrition. It was not a fight to gain ground. On the road that the Unification Church traveled, we paid the price with many sacrifices to break down the external barriers that were blocking our way. We did not begin our path from the top.
Suppose we are in Seoul; we ought to be able to begin with the leading citizens of Seoul. Looking at the standard for the fulfillment of the Will, we should have been able to start from the top. But because we were opposed by the Korean people and numerous Christian churches, we had to start from rock bottom and climb. That is how we were able to advance to our current level.
Numerous individuals were sacrificed during this period, and I honor the many sacrifices made by Unification Church families. In Korea alone, many people who were connected to us suffered harm on our account, including the relatives of church members and those people who established bonds of heart and affiliated with us.
In any case, we have invested great effort during the ten years since 1960 to usher in this era necessary for our country. We worked focusing on the single goal of pioneering the road to victory, breaking down the barriers of persecution and opposition. Now, for the ten years from 1971 until 1980, we have to establish a firm foundation of unity among ourselves. (038-011, 1971/01/01)
5. “Our cherished hope is for unity.” This means that based on mind and body becoming one, husband and wife must become one, children and parents must become one, the family and tribe must become one, the tribe and the people must become one, and the people and the nation must become one.
This is the unity that we are seeking. Because I wanted to establish this standard, I designated the motto for 1971 as “Securing the foundation for unity.”
The foundation for unity is firmly established only when it spreads out from the individual to the family, tribe, people, and every nation. Only then will we establish a national-level foundation for God to achieve the unification of the Korean Peninsula. (044-065, 1971/05/05)
Safeguarding the front line of unity
6. I established the motto for 1972 as “Safeguarding the front line of unity.” This motto means that this year will be the historical starting point for our church. Simply put, by establishing this motto, I am calling for us to secure the inner workings of the church.
When an outsider takes responsibility for the whole of an organization and does whatever it takes to stabilize its inner every so that the inner workings become harmonious, the result is that the entire organization is elevated.
Therefore, every member of the worldwide Unification Church must move in one direction according to the direction of that center.
The more individuals, families, tribes, peoples, and nations there are that in this way, the more those individuals will be global, those families will be global, those tribes will be global, and those nations will be global. When this comes about, the kingdom of heaven will be created automatically and will be manifested globally.
In safeguarding the front line of unity, there must be a philosophical foundation, an economic foundation, a foundation, and an activity foundation grounded in this basic principle. Otherwise, the ideal of the kingdom of heaven will be impossible to achieve.
Because I understood that beginning in 1972, you must carry out this mission, I decided on “Safeguarding the front line of unity” as the motto for this year.
(052-236, 1972/01/01)
7. We must build a defensive line to avoid a crisis in the nation and the world. This is why I decided on the motto “Safeguarding the front line of unity.”
We must cast a global net based on all the foundations we built in Korea. The spirit world will be coming in and taking control. So, now the issue is simple: How much are you united, when and to what extent are you willing to be mobilized for the sake of the nation?
Unification Church men and women must mobilize 100 percent to the Israelites left Egypt on their way to the promised land of Canaan, everyone, whether male or female, old or young, had to leave.
This is a time exactly like that. We are heading to the worldwide land of Canaan. It is the same as the time when the Israelites departed from Egypt. The Israelites left Egypt to the east to create the realm of the chosen people in a new nation. In the same way, when I give direction, everyone must mobilize. (056-203, 1972/05/14)
8. In 1972, heaven's we heard the remarkable motto “Safeguarding the front line of unity.” We cannot limit this safeguarding to ourselves as individuals.
We have to shoulder the crucial mission of defending the world in this land of Korea, which is situated at the borderline. What is it that we have to defend first? In the worst case, if there is an attack on heaven's territory at this time, then heaven will have to counter-attack.
But our first purpose is to prevent this scenario to protect the world and prevent damage to the worldwide providence. Even as God has been living for the sake of the world, I am saying that we have to pave a path to build the base for God to have Sabbath rest in His heart. (060-023, 1972/08/01)
9. From now on, we have to establish a tradition that no nation has ever had. We must establish the tradition that no country can ever change. By doing that, we can make a condition to establish the foundation by which God can protect the democratic world.
From this perspective, not only are we to become one as the nation of Korea, we have to establish the condition for all peoples of all the nations of the world to become one.
By doing so, we can safeguard not only the front line of unity of the individual but also the front line of unity of the family, tribe, people, nation, and world. For that reason, we are devoted to more than just safeguarding the individual front line of unity. Our problem is how to protect the front line of unity of the family, tribe, people, nation, and world. This is the final mission entrusted to the Unification Church.
We must become completely one and go out to accomplish this. If we become one and develop this foundation of unity in America, our foundation will spread throughout the nation. Then, the communist world will begin to decline. When goodness rises, evil cannot rise together but must go down.
When this work is accomplished here, then even if Japan is in Satan's realm and even if Korea is in Satan's realm, the way to rescue them will appear. This is what I have been planning to do in America during the three years from 1972 until 1974.
Until 1974, many members from throughout the world were active in all regions of America. We must demonstrate that we are a group in America that others can trust and follow. I believe everything will be resolved. (065-285, 1973/01/01)
10. In 1972, 1973, and 1974, a certain country. We are the group that stepped forward and pledged in front of heaven that we will safeguard the front line of unity for the entire world.
Safeguarding the front line of unity means connecting with the entire world, moving forward to accomplish God's Will, and securing the position where we protect and nourish the world so that it will not be invaded by Satan's forces. (069-270, 1974/01/01)
The realization of the kingdom of heaven
11. In 1975, we will proceed under the banner “The realization of the kingdom of heaven.” What must you do according to God's Will? From now on, what is the fastest road? It is not to go around here and there and proselytize. Rather, I am telling all of you to return to your hometown.
After you return to your hometown, you must work harder and witness with more sincerity than you ever did when you were witnessing the outside world. If you make more effort, you will make progress.
When you understand this, you have to follow the path to rally your clan, your tribe, and your people, centering on your family. Beginning in 1975, individual To this became the standard of the completion stage. Thus, the time is coming when you will be able to relate to your tribe on a horizontal level.
Consequently, I believe the road before you will open rather easily from now. How much territory you can claim for the realization of the kingdom of heaven on earth will determine your ownership rights when you go to dwell in the heavenly kingdom.
It will be given to anyone who takes action. You must take action centering on this new plan for the realization of the kingdom of heaven.
(074-345, 1975/01/01)
12. I designated the motto for 1975 as “The realization of the kingdom of heaven.” It is not enough to know these words. The issue is how to Do them. Child, we realize the kingdom of heaven, we have to center on the principle of God's creation, which is the original standard of the kingdom of heaven.
The fallen world became hell on earth. The kingdom of heaven is a place that has nothing to do with the Fall. God is the absolute being. His Will does not change.
Because it is the Will of He who is the one and only, that Will remains as the one and only Will, even though humankind fell.
Therefore, unless He establishes that absolute Will and completes it, even though He is the Lord of Creation, He cannot have His authority and dignity as the omniscient and omnipotent God.
Consequently, God has had to pursue a long, historical course that passed upward through a series of reversals from the age of the servant of servants to the age of the servant, the age of the adopted son through the age of the children, to the age of the parents. Through this process, God is manifested in the kingdom of heaven.
What I am saying is that you need to stand in a position in which you no longer need to go through this process of re-creation. As long as re-creation is required, the realization of the kingdom of heaven will not be realized. Only when re-creation ends and the purpose of creation is realized can the kingdom of heaven be established. (074-305, 1975/01/01)
Realization of the kingdom of heaven by God's children
13. The motto for 1976 is “Realization of the kingdom of heaven by God's children.” The realization of the kingdom of heaven comes about because of you, not because of True Parents.
Until 1975, we spoke of the realization of the kingdom of heaven only in a broad sense. But now because it will be realized through you, God's children, I am speaking more concretely about how to realize the kingdom of heaven.
When the universe revolves around the universal commitment to love, your overall sphere of influence unfolds to embrace everything.
That is why, although you are but one individual, you can create the atmosphere of the kingdom of heaven in which your family and you can dwell. Your influence will connect to every level.
Furthermore, as the kingdom of heaven emerges in the tribal realm of the Unification Church, and as the kingdom of heaven emerges within the realm of the nation, on that basis, the kingdom of heaven will be realized on earth.
(083-227, 1976/02/08)
14. On January 1, 1976, the child's annual motto reads, “Realization of the kingdom of heaven by God's children.” This means that if you remain the same as you used to be, you will not be the kind of Cann who can realize the kingdom of heaven. You must change completely. From the moment you change, you will come one step closer to realizing the kingdom of heaven on a new level.
The kingdom of heaven is not realized because of God. It is accomplished by His sons and daughters. Had Adam and Eve believed in God absolutely, they would have become God's son and daughter.
However, because Adam and Eve could not believe the words of God absolutely, they fell and became Satan's son and daughter. In this time, you must become the sons and daughters who believe the words of Heaven.
Accordingly, if you come to believe absolutely that the words of True Parents are the words of God, you will become the sons and daughters of God.
(082-105, 1976/01/01)
Realization of the kingdom of heaven through ideal families
15. The motto for 1977 is “The kingdom of heaven on earth and ideal families.” In other words, it is “the realization of the kingdom of heaven through ideal families.”
What has been God's hope? The providence of restoration has been seeking one family that stands on the world level and does not receive Satan's accusation in the fallen world.
Because of the Fall, we could not see the origin of the family in God's direct dominion. Therefore, a perfect family must emerge, one that can enter the realm where it can receive God's love directly. It must not have anything to do with the Fall and must not be subject to Satan's invasion.
That is, we have to establish the original family that can be totally one with God. It must fulfill the ideal standard that should have been attained by Adam and Eve.
Now, in the Unification Church, we, too, in Heaven, are entering the family realm where we can receive the direct love of God.
As these families multiply, we enter the time when the more Satan opposes us, the more it will benefit Heaven, From now on, the more opposition there is, the more Satan's world will crumble. In direct proportion to that opposition, we will advance and expand. (090-191, 1977/01/01)
16. The pressing task faced by the Unification Church is to realize the kingdom of heaven. To achieve that, each of you, as individuals, wherever you are, must establish the foundation for your ideal family. This will be a starting point for completely overcoming Satan's world that is collapsing around you and for constructing your foothold.
From now on, what are you to think about? You have to think about living the kind of life that was to have been lived by unfallen Adam and Eve together with God in the original ideal world. You have to think about living the kind of life that is in complete alignment with True Parents' family in all aspects, be it your family life or your life in society. If you do not do that, you cannot become a true family in God's dominion.
The ideal that God originally envisioned for creation was that children live together eternally with their parents and never be separated. You have to be able to feel that you Are in that position.
If True Parents and all of you were in a parent-child relationship, it would be the relationship between a true parent and a true son or true daughter. However, no matter how much you and True Parents try to realize that relationship, you just cannot do it by yourself, nor can True Parents make it happen by themselves.
God must be part of it. Just as God participates in the True Parents' family, God will be with your family also and bind your family to their family. Only then will you on earth be able to experience the heart of a new family of heaven.
(090-192, 1977/01/01)
Realization of the kingdom of heaven through the formula course
17. The motto of the Unification Church for 1978 is “Realization of the kingdom of heaven through the
formula course.” To bring this motto alive, the mother and father and sons and daughters who are in a parent-child relationship must be one in heart with God. The mother takes care of the children in a family, and leaders are in the position of the mother.
Therefore, they must make that bond of heart with the members. Centering on this formula, you have to advance boldly. You must fight with boldness and courage. That is why I gave you this motto, and I am asking you to practice it, centering on God's love. (097-305, 1978/03/26)
18. The nation is an extension of the family. America consists of people from numerous ethnic groups coming from countless cultural backgrounds. The President of the United States is in the position of the god of that nation, meaning that the president represents God to the nation. Furthermore, the US president is like the parent of the nation.
In your family, Heaven, the father and mother are the God's of your home, meaning that they are God's representatives. The same formula applies to the nation.
If the sovereign of a nation is totally one with his or her spouse, and their sons and daughters become totally one with them, that nation will be completely united.
That sovereign and his or her children are not people who live for the sake of their family's Kingdom but people who live for the sake of the nation.
The sovereign and the children ought to be the life of the nation, they ought to be the love of the nation, and the circumstances of their life ought to be centered on the nation. Even as the president must be able to build his family's kingdom of heaven centering on God, he has to be able to build his kingdom of heaven based on his relationship with his spouse.
With that as the core, there must be oneness between them and the nation.
(096-030, 1978/01/01)
Building the Kingdom of Heaven through home church
19. The motto for 1979 is “Building the kingdom of heaven through home church.” The term “home church” was originally to have started in the Garden of Eden.
When we discuss a church, we are referring to religion, and we cannot exclude God from discussions about religion. If we interpret the Chinese characters for religion, they mean “floor-like teaching.”
Religion is like the floor in a house. Among all teachings, it is the center, the principled teaching, that provides all the fundamental rules. Therefore, if God were excluded, the cosmos would crumble.
Religion is the foundation of the providence to build the house of a new cosmos. Religion is also like the ridge beam of a house. Even if you level the site, erect the pillars, and complete everything for that house, if you do not put up the ridge beam, the house will not be complete. (102-229, 1979/01/01)
20. As active workers for the home church, you must become people who teach like God and love like God.
When you are the kind of person whose church loves its members from the position of parents, and when the nation becomes like that, and every person in the world becomes like that, then God will be able to visit any place on earth and earth will become the kingdom of heaven.
In the home church, education is to be given first. Then, family-level love will follow on. Therefore, you must sacrifice to give the proper education. When you sacrifice for your home church because truth and love are there, God will not be able to leave it.
Then, family's the people there will attend to God as the Parent, and they will learn from Him, attending Him as the Teacher. Then, Tothey will dwell together with God.
To substantiate this teaching, there must be Abel-type people on God's side. Among these Abel-type people, there must be a king.
There must be family-level champions, family-level champions, tribal champions, champions of entire peoples, national champions, and a world champion. Finally, there must be a champion who represents the whole and who is responsible for God's providence from the very beginning of history. (102-242, 1979/01/01)
Sun Myung Moon