Beloved leaders from throughout Japan.
Brothers and sisters from the Family Federation for a Heavenly Japan.
Ladies and Gentlemen.
It is a great honor to stand before you today, on the 60th Anniversary of the Mission to Japan.
My heart is always moved whenever I come to this blessed land, for I know the enormous sacrifices that you have made for the sake of this nation, and for the sake of the world.
Over the past 60 years, Japan has been at the forefront of Heaven’s providence. You have shed your blood, sweat, and tears to attend and support our True Parents and realize HP's dream of one peaceful loving family under GOD.
Please accept my words of appreciation and love. Kamsahamnida. Arigato gozaimas. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.
We are gathered here today to honor the past, but also to make renewed determination to forge a bright future for our children and for generations to come. This is the mission of the Family Federation for a Heavenly Japan. AJU!
True Parents have always had the deepest love and respect for the people of Japan, recognizing that Japan and the Japanese people have a historical, providential role to play at this time in history. They have always seen Japan as a mother nation to the world, a parent who lives for the sake of all of God’s children and who works to restore all that was lost in the past.
Our keynote speaker today is none other than Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, our beloved True mother. Together with my late father, my mother has been an unwavering champion of peace. In my heart of hearts, I recognize her as the most courageous female role model of our time, she is a liberator of humanity and creation, and the embodiment of purity, goodness, and absolute true love.
For 52 years she stood side by side with my father, as a devoted, pure, loving wife, giving birth to 14 strong-willed and passionate children. Since the time of our True Father’s passing, she has led our worldwide movement forward with wisdom, grace, and clarity, surpassing all expectations. She has ignited the torch of hope and peace for all 7.5 billion people of the world to see.
She has always lived for a public purpose, working across the globe, founding charities, schools, scholarship programs, and educational organizations that raise our youth to be peace-loving global citizens.
From the time of her birth, she has been guided and protected by heaven. She has offered everything in her lifetime to God, giving everything she has to fulfill His dream of peace. Even in her golden years, a time when most retire, she valiantly carries this torch of hope across the globe so that we can all come to achieve True Love and True Peace.
She is my hero. She is my guru. She is our salvation. She is the light of Hyojeong, True Love, and liberation for all.
As my mother delivers her message today, I sincerely hope you will give her your complete attention. She is calling upon all of us to rise as the champions of peace, to become manifestations of Heavenly Parent’s love and truth so that, together, we can usher in a new world order of lasting peace and prosperity for the whole human family and creation.
Please join me now in giving a warm and thunderous welcome to Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, my beloved mother, and our beloved True Mother.
Respected guests from at home and abroad and leaders from all areas of society. I am so pleased to meet you today to honor the Japan movement’s 60th anniversary.
In terms of human life, the 60th birthday is not the end but a new starting point.
Today, when we look at problems in the world we can conclude that we have reached the limit of what can be done by human power alone. When I was approaching Japan in the airplane, I saw the beautiful sky over Tokyo. Today Tokyo, which in the 1970s was known as a very polluted city, is known as the capital city with the least amount of pollution.
This is possible because of your hard work. When we look at the issues around the world caused by human ignorance such as pollution we can see that the future of humanity and the earth cannot be guaranteed.
We can see that all of humanity should unite, but we need a focal point for that unity. Today I would like to share with you how we can realize the world of peace that all humanity yearns for.
There is only one answer: human beings are not the center.
Godis the center, the true Owner of the universe. When we live about our Creator and His principles, a world of peace is possible.
God created the heavens and the earth and all the universes maintaining His external aspect. Finally, He created a man and a woman. He gave them a period during which they were to grow; in that period, the men, and women were responsible for growing and realizing their potential. Yet, the first ancestors became self-centered, and that is why people in the world today are not in a relationship with God.
God thus had to begin the painful providence of restoration of humanity, through indemnity.
Thus, God raised the people of Israel, until the foundation for a nation could be established.
How long does this dispensation take?
To this fallen world, God sent Jesus to be our savior. Yet four thousand biblical years elapsed before that could be done. Even Mary, who gave birth to Jesus, and the leaders of the time, did not truly understand the essence of Jesus, and so he had no choice but to walk the path of the cross. Indemnity was paid throughout history for this.
Had the people united with Jesus and stood with him, he would have used the foundation of the Roman Empire to build the kingdom within his lifetime. How sorrowful and regrettable was the crucifixion of Jesus!
The center of Christian civilization has moved across the world, through the Atlantic civilization the sun never set on the British Empire, so vast it was. But rather than practice Jesus’ teachings of true love, they sought their interests, and this civilization became one of oppression.
Sun Myung Moon
God does not use for a second time people who have failed their responsibility. The 2000-year history of Christianity sought the daughter of God who could become the Heavenly Bride. In 1943, in Korea, the begotten daughter was born.
In 1945, Korea was divided into North and South. At that time, I was still in North Korea, my homeland. Many Christian groups believed that the Messiah would return to Pyongyang, so in my household, my mother, and grandmother did not originally think of fleeing south.
However, since my uncle had enlisted in the South Korean military, we eventually decided to go south. I needed to grow up in a safe environment, so Heaven worked so that I could come to South Korea.
Two years after I came south, the Korean War erupted. Young soldiers from 16 nations came to protect this nation. And thus I too was protected. I knew when the time had come, and in 1960 Father and I became the True Parents.
Fallen humanity cannot return to God through belief alone. Fallen lineage must be changed, and only the True Parents can do this. Therefore, FFWPU upholds the ideal of the Blessing. We work to multiply blessed families.
The Blessing is wonderful because the more you share it the greater it becomes. So I am asking you to become heavenly tribal messiahs. By becoming tribal messiahs, blessed families can work for the sake of the nation and the world.
We can realize the peace for which humanity years, One Family under God. Today’s title would be: “The Point of Settlement of Heaven’s Providence, and What We Should Do Now.”
Even if one person or nation excels, a world of lasting peace cannot be actualized. It is when we join together that we can succeed. As long as solutions are human-centered, true unity will remain just a hope. When people put aside personal interests, then all is possible. If people do not place God at the center, we cannot find a true solution.
Hak Ja Han Moon
During the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War [2010], we sent the Little Angels to thank the nations that had sent their soldiers to help South Korea. This is the principle that we have to repay the grace we have received. Let us unite, recognize our past mistakes, and join hands for a bright future!
From a human perspective, some things are impossible to forgive. But True Parents blessed Japan to be the Mother nation to live for the sake of the world.
What are the characteristics of a mother?
A mother gives and sacrifices wholeheartedly for the sake of her children. And the culture of heart our second generation of children is conveying worldwide is permitting great success.
FFWPU should place the family first. Let us be the hope of the future by taking care of our second and third generations and realizing Cheon Il Guk as brave warriors of Cheon Il Guk. Our 2nd and 3rd generations are doing this right now. This is our hope!
At this time, the earth is ailing, and appalling things are happening because of human ignorance. Thus, we cannot sit idly and be satisfied with the present. In light of this, we have worked to heal this earth, and we have brought together scientists, including Nobel laureates, to find lasting solutions, to restore the world to its pristine, original state.
From long ago the world could have been united through the International Peace Highway, which True Parents initiated. I want to move this project forward and realize it in substance. I wish to connect Korea and Japan through the Korea-Japan Undersea Tunnel. I want this road to connect to North and South Korea, to Eurasia, and beyond.
This nation is heavenly Japan, and when it attends God the nations of the world will revere Japan as Mother nation. Righteous people need to recognize the mistakes of the past, and together with FFWPU, UPF, WFWP, and YSP, all should unite together and march forward. I hope that today is such a blessed day!
Sun Myung Moon