This speech was given at the 2nd Wonmo Pyeongae Foundation Scholarship Award Ceremony, on February 9, 2014, at Cheon Jeong Gung, Korea.
Everyone here today is an important guest. I would like to express my gratitude to all the distinguished guests from home and abroad and to our beloved members who have contributed to the development of the Wonmo Pyeongae Foundation in different respects.
There is something I thought about while I was watching the opening ceremony for the Sochi Olympic Winter Games. All the countries in the world want to focus on the growth and development of their countries. And all of them have sought goodness.
Why has human history had so many ups and downs?
While watching, I wondered what would have happened if all those people at the opening ceremony were to meet and attend True Parents from now, even though they are late to do so. Families are the building blocks of the Kingdom of Heaven.
We must attend to God, our Creator, throughout our lives. Yet, when we look back at history, this has not been easy. Thus, the long providence of restoration became inevitable. For our Almighty God, the beginning and the end must be the same.
Why, then, has it taken such a long time?
That is because human beings have their responsibility. Even though human history has been long, nobody could go to Heaven because the fundamental problem of the Fall has not been resolved.
However, all of you who have come here today have come to know True Parents.
You have learned that the starting point of the Kingdom of Heaven is families established through the Blessing given by True Parents and centered on Heavenly Parent.
Christian churches teach us that after you die, you will go to Paradise if you believe in Jesus. We, however, believe the Kingdom of Heaven to be a place to which parents and children go together as families, after living in the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth.
True Parents are the ones who resolved this concern and showed us the way.
Without knowing True Parents, it is not possible to accomplish the dream of a one united world. The Sunhak Peace Prize will be more important than the Nobel Peace Prize.
Our dreams are moving closer and closer to reality. We are all following the highway that leads to one united world because we are attending True Parents in our daily lives.
What do you think will happen to this nation and the world in ten years?
A few decades ago, there was not a single nation in the world that recognized the Republic of Korea. But now things have changed. Korea is indebted to Heaven for its rapid growth and development. Each one of you needs to put your beliefs into practice. Will you do that?
You are the ones who can become the owners of history through ownership and a parental heart. I will work to develop the Wonmo Pyeongae Foundation, so its work will reach further and wider.
It will become an organization that can bring benefits to all of humanity. However, do you think I can achieve all this by myself? I believe that we should all join hands and move forward together. Here in this country, in this society, the surrounding countries need some future leaders.
Please invest to the best of your ability and offer your support so that we can bring greater development. The Wonmo Pyeongae Foundation will continue its work to establish the Sunhak Peace Prize, a prize that could greatly surpass the Nobel Prize.
The prize will recognize people and groups who work for the Will of Heaven and for the peace of humanity rather than for their glory or honor. I would like to conclude my message with the hope that you will earn a precious position in history by working hard to contribute to the projects under the great vision of the Wonmo Pyeongae Foundation.
Hak Ja Han Moon