After Korea's liberation from Japanese occupation, True Parents completed their 40-year wilderness course and announced that it was time to welcome the new era to enter and settle in the land of Canaan.
The years 1985 to 1988 were the period to settle in the happy land of Canaan.
Thus, True Father emphasized that we must be absolute toward True Parents' words, their commands, and their actions.
At the service to celebrate the 31st True Parents' Day, which was held in the United States on March 27, 1990, True Father announced the liberation of all women and that True Mother would be the second founder of the Unification Church.
This was on the foundation of Pal Jeong Shik, which was consecrated on August 31, 1989, restoring the authority of the elder son, and the Proclamation of Heavenly Parentism, which was held the following day, on September 1.
True Father said, "From now on, even if I am not present and Mother is, there is no disruption to the will." He also emphasized, "Until now, a woman could not represent the providence that represented heaven and earth.
However, the realm of the Liberation of All Women centered on Mother, which is centered on a mother's and father's love, the ideal of one unified body, has been proclaimed on earth."
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The change in True Mother's status
Ten days after True Parents proclaimed the liberation of all women and declared True Mother as the second founder of the Unification Church, they departed for Moscow. It was April 7, 1990.
True Father met with Mikhail Gorbachev, then president of the Soviet Union, at the Kremlin Palace. Their father stressed that for the Soviet Union to succeed in everything, it needs to attend to God.
Moreover, he clarified that the path to the Soviet Union's survival was to take down the statues of Lenin, accept religious freedom, and educate their citizens in religious values.
Afterward, student leaders from the Soviet Union and the Commonwealth of Independent States who received Divine Principle education played a large role in preventing a Communist Party coup.
All of these things contributed to the turning point for the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. In this way, True Father sought out Moscow, the headquarters of the world's communist camp.
In such pressing circumstances, following the proclamation of True Mother as the second founder of the Unification Church, on June 15, 1991, the ceremony for the Gomyeongseong Proclamation was held at Clearstone Deer Park in Canada, with four Japanese women leaders present.
This proclamation essentially made it clear that church members should attend True Mother as they would True Father, even when he wasn't present, and continue to work to complete True Parents' will. Father said that Japan, in particular, should unite with True Mother and embrace the world.
True Parents held the Proclamation of the Day of God's Eternal Blessing (Chil Il Jeol) at Hannam-dong at seven o'clock in the morning on July 1, 1991. Beginning on that day, the providence transferred from the age of restoring the authority of the elder son to the age of restoring the authority of the parents.
With this, the foundation was completed for True Mother, who previously had stayed behind True Father, to be elevated to stand next to him.
True Mother gave her very first public speech on September 17, 1991, at the Tokyo Bay NK Hall in Japan at the First Women's Federation for Peace in Asia Japan Convention, with the title "The True Love Movement Bringing Salvation to Asia and the World:' Following that, on October 31, 1991, the Korean branch was founded and on November 20 at the Seoul Olympic Fencing Stadium, the Women's Federation for Peace in Asia National Rally was held with 15,000 people in attendance.
Then, on April 10, 1992, at the inauguration of the Women's Federation for World Peace, True Mother proclaimed that as the representative of the Eve nation, Japan, she had collectively indemnified Eve's failures.
On the foundation that True Mother had successfully laid, True Father declared the liberation of women and the opening of the era of women.
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True Mother's world tours
On April 10, 1992, at the inauguration of the Women's Federation for World Peace, True Mother officially stood beside True Father.
After it was declared that she was the True Mother of humankind through the "Proclamation of True Parents," True Mother began her world tour of more than 600 public speeches in commemoration of the founding of WFWP, which continued until 2000.
True Mother's world tour course was a period for her to educate all humankind as True Father's representative and as the True Mother of humankind. Before and after the inauguration, True Mother worked to lay a foundation for peace through meetings with present and former heads of state and expanded the missionary foundation by encouraging our members.
After the founding of WFWP in 1992, from September 24 to December 23 True Mother gave the speech "Women Will Play a Leading Role in the Ideal World" at WFWP inauguration ceremonies in 31 cities in 11 countries, including Japan, the United States, Russia and China, as well as in countries in Europe.
On this foundation, True Father proclaimed the historic realm of liberation that brought back the unified global standard that existed after the end of World War II. On April 10, 1993, True Parents proclaimed "True Parents and the Completed Testament Age."
Then, for more than a year, they embarked on a speaking tour to the United States (53 cities), Japan (62 cities), Korea (40 universities), and 40 more cities worldwide for a total of 195 cities. Following this, they toured to an additional 100 universities in the United States.
During the university speaking tour in Korea in particular, True Mother followed an intense schedule amid difficulties such as persistent opposition from activist students and Christian students, as well as potential danger to herself On July 28, 1993, True Mother was the first Korean woman to give a guest lecture at the United States Congress.
Moved by True Mother's speech, the senators and congressmen decided to enact Parents Day on a national level. On March 3, 1994, the law went into effect with President Clinton's signature, and every year, Parents Day is celebrated nationally on the fourth Sunday of July. True Parents opened the doors to the United Nations on September 7, 1993.
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Since then, they have given several speeches at the UN Headquarters and have met heads of state from many nations. They have also given speeches in national assemblies in seven nations, including Korea, Japan, and Brazil. As her speaking tour continued, True Mother followed a strenuous schedule, moving to a new country each day.
In La Paz, the capital of Bolivia, which is 4,000 meters (more than 13,000 feet) above sea level, a respirator was kept on standby next to the stage for True Mother as she spoke. In Croatia, where surrounding nations were engaged in war, she felt innocent spirits who died miserably come to her to receive salvation, and she withstood physical and spiritual hardships alone as she offered prayer and devotion for them.
During her tour in Africa, she caught malaria, yet without taking a break to recover, she continued to go from country to spread the Word.
Meanwhile, in the background, True Father offered sincere devotion in support of True Mother. True Father's utmost prayer and devotion were the greatest source of strength and the driving force for True Mother.
True Father would wait more anxiously than anyone else for the telephone transmissions and video broadcasts of True Mother's speeches and would cry and share joy with her during their telephone conversations.
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