This speech was given at a celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Yankee Stadium Rally on June 5, 2015, on the lawn of the Belvedere Training Center in New York.
Beloved members, blessed families, Ambassadors for Peace, members of the American Clergy Leadership Conference, I am pleased to meet you here today.
Since we have gathered today to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Yankee Stadium Rally, there is something I would like us to reflect upon.
Let us think about what kind of hope Heavenly Parent and True Parents have for America right now. After creating the environment for them to live in, God created our first ancestors, Adam and Eve, who were to fulfill His dream. He especially gave human beings their portion of responsibility.
However, because Adam and Eve fell during their growth period, God's dream could not be realized. For God, who is omniscient and absolute, the beginning and the end must be the same. There can be no failure.
That is why Heaven had no choice but to begin restoration through indemnity in search of human beings who would unite with God, while enduring a tremendous course of indemnity filled with suffering and hardships.
Hak Ja Han Moon
Therefore, over the long course of restoration history, God established the Israelites as the chosen people.
Finally, after 4,000 years, God sent his only-begotten son, Jesus Christ, who was to have realized God's dream and the ideal for human beings.
However, his mother, Mary, did not fulfill her responsibility. Other people close to Jesus, Joseph's family, Zachariah's family, the people of Israel, and the Jewish people also did not fulfill their responsibilities.
Jesus, who lost this environment, worked until he was 30 years old as a carpenter's assistant and then began his public ministry. Yet, the twelve disciples could not follow the path as Jesus' representatives. Jesus, who had lost everything, had to take the path of the cross.
Before he died, he said he would come again and hold the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. Jesus had come as the only-begotten son of God. If the only-begotten daughter of God had appeared at that time, Jesus would have been able to fulfill God's dream.
However, that did not happen. The 2,000-year Christian history was the providential history in search of the only-begotten daughter of God. Christians today are unaware of this truth.
When God gives responsibilities to or establishes a people, but they fail in their responsibilities, God does not continue His work through them. He finds different people. Since 400 B.C., in Asia, there was the Han kingdom of the Dongi people; Heaven chose a nation and a leader of the highest level from the fallen world.
The Korean people loved peace, and they loved freedom; they respected their parents and respected Heaven.
Just as God prepared the Israelites for 4,000 years in the past, He chose and established the Korean people as the people among whom the only-begotten daughter of God could be born.
Heaven's providential history
Please think about this. In 1945, Korea was liberated from Japan with Japan's defeat in World War II. Before that, Korea did not have a significant international standing. However, at the time of its liberation, Korea was divided along the 38th parallel between communism and democracy.
Soon after, in 1950, the Korean War broke out. I was born in 1943 as Heaven led the providence in search of the only-begotten daughter, which was central to the essential preparations for the Second Coming of the Lord.
Through the foundation of Christianity in Korea, I was selected, and I was born.
That is why Satan attempted to kill me, saying, "I am ruined because of your birth. I must kill you."
However, Dae Mo-Nim battled with Satan spiritually and was victorious. I was born in what is now North Korea. When I was very young, Korea was separated into democratic and communist areas at the time of its liberation from Japan, and the situation in the country was not stable.
Furthermore, Christianity had come to Korea just a little more than 100 years earlier. Nearly all the Christians at that time were waiting for the returning Lord to come on the clouds.
However, there were many spirit-led churches in the area around Pyongyang who believed that the returning Lord would come in the flesh. These groups believed that the returning Lord would come to Pyongyang.
With Korea divided into North and South and the forces of democracy and communism still in conflict, it was not safe for me to remain in North Korea, so Heaven guided my maternal uncle to go abroad to study in Japan.
After my uncle completed his studies in Japan, he was expected to return to his hometown in the North, but instead, we received a telegram saying he had enlisted in the South Korean Army.
Thus, my grandmother, out of maternal love, said we should go to him; so, my grandmother, my mother, and I, three women, traveled south. Two years after I came south, the Korean War erupted.
What does this tell us?
There are situations that we cannot solve with human effort alone. Heaven had to work to protect the position, the life, of the only-begotten daughter who appeared for the first time in 6,000 years. That is why Heaven prepared that environment and led me to the South.
However, in that same situation, God told True Father to go to the North. Why was that? God also had to confirm the person in the position of the returning Lord, the position of the only-begotten son of God.
Jesus had appeared to Father when Father was 16 and asked him to complete Jesus' unfulfilled mission. To achieve this, Father had to restore through indemnity Jesus' 33-year life course. And during that time, he also had to uncover the message that God wanted to teach all the humankind.
Father completed all of these providential responsibilities, and in 1960, he met the only-begotten daughter, and the Marriage Supper of the Lamb was held. God's providence is truly profound.
Hak Ja Han Moon
It is time for a new culture of heart revolution
Heaven brought about the birth of the returning Lord and the True Parents, and laid the foundation in the satanic world for the providence to unfold. That was the motivation that led to America's preparation as a leading nation.
In the 17th Century, King James of England had the Bible translated into English so that common citizens could read it. Even then, Christianity was unaware of the true center of the providence, as if it were a shell without a core.
Unaware of its role in the providence, Christianity developed various systems and laws under which people could not lead their lives of faith freely. Therefore, the Puritans began following their path, seeking a place where they could freely practice their faith and attend to God.
That is how America was founded. America had previous leaders before the Puritans came; however, Heaven took the side of the Puritans and blessed America abundantly so that the foundation for the returning Lord could be established.
During the Second World War, Heaven raised America to a position in which it could embrace the entire world. America attained a status similar to that of the Roman Empire 2,000 years earlier.
America should have created the environment to receive and attend the returning Lord, not only in America but also throughout the world.
However, America came to be led by groups focused on their interests rather than on working for the sake of God's Will and the overall welfare of the world.
As America lost sight of its original nature and essence and became corrupt, True Parents came to reawaken America; they led the providence that unfolded in America to complete God's providence and the global providence.
Today, we are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Yankee Stadium Rally. Back then, Father invested his heart and soul into hosting rallies to give messages that would inspire and teach the young people and leaders of America, even though America's environment at that time was paralyzed.
I know that many long-time Unificationists who worked with True Parents on the front line at that time are here today. What path should America take today? When we look at all the external issues arising, America is growing apart from God.
What should you who are alive in this present era do?
What is Heaven's wish? Heavenly Parent's dream, True Parents' dream, is to realize one family under God, to embrace all 7.3 billion people of the world, and to form a world of happiness and peace.
For the first time in 6,000 years, the dream Heaven has yearned for can be realized through children who could be blessed due to the advent of True Parents.
The fastest way to accomplish Heavenly Parent's dream
It is time now for us to begin a new revolution to create a culture of heart so that the people of America begin living in deep gratitude to Heavenly Parent and True Parents for their hard work and love.
It is time for Americans to live such a life and become such a nation, embodying filial piety and loyalty in front of Heavenly Parent's infinite love.
America must not forget that it should be the center of this revolution! America has been proclaimed the eldest son nation by True Parents.
True Parents are leading a providence that reaches more than 200 countries all around the world. Among all those nations, it is your country that stands in the eldest son position.
To bring happiness to your parents, as filial children, you should step up to fulfill your position as the eldest son by embracing and supporting all your brothers and sisters around the world. America must not focus on its happiness.
The eldest son should bring happiness to the Parents by uniting all the brothers and sisters and guiding them so that they can all live in happiness together.
What do you think? Is that the direction America is headed in today?
While the Americans who are attending True Parents are moving in that direction, the country as a whole is not. Not all American politicians or citizens share this mindset.
Many of them are centered on their interests, or those of their constituency or their nation, rather than the needs of the world.
However, America cannot prosper in the world in isolation. The whole world must prosper together. I hope that you can become people who can teach that. You should boldly testify about True Parents. Be proud of True Parents.
That is the quickest way to realize humanity's dream and Heavenly Parent's dream. When I came here today, my mind was filled with many thoughts. I hope all of you can become one with True Parents, and that this nation can fulfill God's wish and dream. However, I am aware that many issues still need to be resolved.
I have determined that I will realize this dream without fail.
What about you?
Centering on Chung Pyung, Korea, I will uphold True Parents' achievements so that they can shine brightly for all the people of the world, for your future generations, and the future world.
Will you join me in this?
For all of us, each day is a day filled with hope, each day is a day of progress, and each day is a day of happiness. I hope that all of you can share and take part in this life.
Before Heaven, I offer my blessing on America and implore America to become a nation that Heaven remembers and a nation that all the world's people can be proud of.
Hak Ja Han Moon