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1. Amid division, the time has come to enter a new era, transcending peoples and uniting societies and nations as siblings, according to the viewpoint of Heaven. In the United Nations, all nations are brothers, but they are still fighting each other. Cain and Abel continue to fight.
When there is peace among brothers, everything will be finished. Thus, Americans should share their wealth with the people of the world, who are all their siblings.
The United States did not generate its wealth; it was bestowed by our Heavenly Parent. Therefore, the United States should share its wealth. If it shares only inferior products, troubles will arise. At this time, the world must embrace a culture of heart centered on Heaven. (151-082, 1962.10.07)
2. For humankind to live in peace, all races need to come together and work to save the world. Otherwise, we cannot arrive at a world of peace. In the future, this work will have to be done by the Unification Church.
When the time comes to pass on to the spirit world, it is not as if white people go to one place, Asian people to another, and black people to a third. They will all become one. (086-184, 1976.03.28)
An interreligious, interracial, and international movement
3. To arrive at the place of glory, the realm of God's love, we have to love our enemies. Since God knows no barriers of nationality, we need to go beyond these walls. Only by doing so can we achieve a world of oneness and peace.
That is the only way we can connect the spirit world and the physical world and bring them into oneness. (111-093, 1981.01.25)
4. The peace and unity of the world cannot be achieved through any ideology, teaching, or religious doctrine that uses people as instruments and manipulates them. That is why, until now, all paths have been blocked.
True Buddhists, Christians, philosophers, and thinkers have long awaited the one teaching that elucidates the ideal that can unify the society, the nation, the world, and the universe. (154-048, 1964.03.23)
5. Now the era of nationalism has passed. The era when certain ethnic groups assert their superiority over other ethnicities has passed. No single person matter how much they fight and struggle, is adequate to complete the formula course of unification that God is following.
It is a course that can only be accomplished through the solidarity of different peoples; that is, an integrated people. We cannot follow a single people to one world of peace. A religion must be able to transcend nationality and embrace all of Asia, the world, and all the heaven and earth. (222-131, 1991.10.28)
6. The ideal world of peace that all religious bodies worldwide wish for is unified, the kingdom of heaven, where all come together in oneness. It cannot be two worlds because that world is the absolute Will of God.
It will be one absolute world. The ideology of the kingdom of heaven aims to create that world. It will be realized at the place where working internationally and interracially, we have triumphed over and overcome everything.
(210-200, 1990.12.23)
7. Religions are seeking the heavenly kingdom. They wish for the ideal world, which some call nirvana or paradise. It is the place where God and humankind can be happiest and most peaceful. Then who is its sovereign?
Its sovereign is God, and its citizens are an interracial people. In that place, it is not relevant whether your hair is black or yellow or whether your face is black or white. Color is not relevant. God is the great King of an interracial kingdom. (210-201, 1990.12.23)
8. What people of faith need to do is establish one world of peace. Whether Muslim, Christian, or of any other faith, they should work together to build a world of peace. This would bring humanity into oneness for all eternity. In this endeavor, at least, they need to be united. (210-120, 1990.12.17)
9. Looking at religions, we see that each one is antagonistic toward the others, believing that it is the best. This attitude creates an environment that will cause great difficulties in the future.
If religions maintain that standpoint, how can they help build one world of peace? I believe that unless the walls between religions are broken down, tremendous damage will result.
That is why I am carrying out interreligious work. Since religions have been guiding their followers, of different nationalities and cultural backgrounds, for thousands of years, breaking down the walls between them is tremendously difficult.
The four major religions – Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Confucianism – all have histories going back thousands of years. If they attack and fight one another in the future, world peace will be destroyed and humanity will perish.
The question is how we can bring these religious bodies together so that, instead of fighting, they can dialogue with one another and head toward the one world of peace. God and the spirit world desire this even more than we people on earth. That is why, by that Will, I am carrying out a worldwide interfaith movement through the Unification Church. (210-117, 1990.12.17)
10. The religious realm and the political realm represent the mind and the body respectively. They need to become one. That is the task of the Inter-religious and International Federation for World Peace (IIFWP).
The prefix “inter” here is used differently from the way it has been used until now. It has only addressed the horizontal relationships between people, excluding God. However, in our term “interreligious,” God is included. It means to fulfill God's wish of uniting the religions. It is also the unity of nations.
That is why I am striving to unite the nations as well as the religions. By uniting the religions and the nations, I am striving to bring them to voluntarily create a realm of oneness in my heart. Then together they will become the fruit of the cosmos and heaven and earth, encompassing everything. (331-037, 2000.08.23)
11. If humankind is to be one family, the sons, and daughters of God, then it must be interdenominational, interreligious, and international. That is the concept of the Inter-religious and International Federation for World Peace, transcending all the barriers in this world. Religions, as they are today, cannot solve the world's problems.
Neither can the nations of today. That is why, by adding the prefix, “inter-,” we are talking about being interreligious and international. IIFWP must manifest a heart of oneness centered on God, which will bring a harmonious society. Only then can we solve world problems. (327-080, 2000.07.27)
12. The IIFWP currently stands in a position to move the United Nations. Therefore, it must fulfill its responsibility. It is the ultimate initiative in the physical realm through which the Unification Church relates to the world.
Next, we will create organizations to work with the press, with academics, and with the financial sector – four in total. These will become the pillars that will help shape the world in its final stage, with the IIFWP at the forefront.
(302-310, 1999.07.02)
Reconciliation of Christianity and Islam
13. As a result of Jesus' death, the left wing, the right wing, and the realms of Barabbas and Jesus manifested as four opposing entities. The world, divided in this way, must come into unity at the time of the Second Advent.
Hence, the left wing and the right-wing need to unite. Furthermore, Barabbas' realm and Jesus' realm need to unite; in other words, Islam and Christianity must unite as one, in peace and unity.
We need to return to the path of peace and unity by recovering them all. What is on the right will go to the left, and what is on the left will go to the right. If Christianity opposes this ideal, it will lose to communism or Islam.
The Bible verse, "The last will be first, and the first will be last," (Matt. 16:20) refers to what occurs in the Last Days.
Therefore, we have to bring them together. No matter how much the Communist Party, Christianity, and Islam oppose us, we have to bring them together in peace and unity. If we do this, we will pave the way to the throne of God. (249-097, 1993.10.08)
14. As a result of Jesus' death, Satan took over the world. At the time of the Second Coming, that history will be repeated. That is, in the Last Days, the left wing and the right-wing will emerge and fight against each other.
They are the communist world and the democratic world, the conflict between the left wing and the right wing merged and spread across the world due to Jesus' death. The right wing is centered on the United States and the left wing is centered on the communist world.
The situation is the same as at the time of Jesus, except that from the two thieves, it has expanded to the worldwide level. At the time of the Second Coming the democratic world, the communist world, and even the Islamic world will have to be brought into oneness. That is the mission to be fulfilled at the time of the Second Coming. (219-259, 1991.09.08)
15. The Lord of the Second Advent needs to work with the democratic world, the communist world, and the Islamic realm. At present, the realm of Barabbas has taken possession of Jesus' body. That is, as a result of Jesus' death, Islam came to take over the land where the twelve tribes of Israel had resided.
Barabbas' life was spared in the place of Jesus. Hence, the Arab realm, the Islamic world that represents Barabbas who survived, could take over that land. In doing so, it developed uneasy relations with Christianity and Judaism. By taking possession of Jesus' body, it came to inherit everything.
My perspective is that, by bringing unity between the Muslim realm, the Christian realm, and the Jewish realm, and bringing them together in the Last Days, we can go to the one, peaceful world of the kingdom of heaven. (229-339, 1992.04.13)
16. My mission is to unite the two worlds that became divided just after the Second World War. At that time, everything was divided. Korea was divided between democracy and communism. Although the people of Israel returned to their homeland, that land also has become divided between the Jews and the Palestinians.
Even the United States was divided into religious people centered on Christianity and humanists who didn't believe in God. If I can unite Christianity, as the Second Israel, and Korea, as the Third Israel, then a unified worldwide realm can arise based on the United States.
Then the issue of Israel and that of North and South Korea can be resolved. At present, North and South Korea, as the third Adam nation, and Israel, as the first Adam nation, are posing problems globally. Once they are united, a world of peace can come. It remains for me, and for the Unification Church, to fulfill this responsibility. (243-297, 1993.01.28)
17. If Islam and Christianity are left to battle on their own, humanity is bound to perish. We are living in a world where atomic bombs and even biological and chemical weapons could cause far more serious destruction than even the World Wars.
One individual can bring ruin not just to a whole village, but even to the whole planet. We can no longer depend on external forces for protection. No matter how much we fight we will never see the end of strife.
That is why for decades now I have been conducting activities to unite the religious world. I am working to unite them through the God Conferences, which teach that the God of Israel and the God of Islam are not different.
The God of Christianity and God as known in other religions are the same. In this way, I am continually carrying out interreligious activities worldwide. In addition, I continue to lead an interracial movement among all people.
(366-263, 2002.01.16)
18. The Islamic realm opposes Israel, which has returned to its homeland claiming the right of the eldest son. Yet without unity between Israel and Islam, there cannot be peace in this world. Such is the history behind the division into two nations.
The world now faces a problem in Israel and the Middle East based on religion, and a problem between North and South Korea on the Korean Peninsula based on the struggle between two ideologies, democracy and communism.
If a third world war were to break out due to a collision between these two camps, with their backgrounds in religion and ideology, humankind would be annihilated. We are in the midst of such danger. Who will bring peace to this world? I am the one that can deal with this issue. (229-126, 1992.04.11)
19. It is a historical fact that I have transformed the relationship between the left wing and the right wing. It is undeniable. Moreover, the biggest problem in the world is the struggle between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Who can reconcile them?
No one has succeeded in this task, but through me, they are now coming together. You need to understand that this is the fundamental solution to the problem of world peace. We are now standing in such a time of historical transition.
(225-014, 1992.01.01)
20. When Jesus was on the cross, the thief on his left and the thief on his right represented the left wing and the right wing. One represented the position that denies God, and the other, the position that recognizes God. Now the left wing has crumbled, the right wing is beginning to decline, and the realm of Barabbas remains.
The returning Lord needs to engage with Islam as a religion on Heaven's side, even as he needs to engage with the communist nations and bring them to Heaven's side. That is why I created the Inter-Religious Federation for World Peace (IRFWP). I have already taken steps toward peace in nations in the Islamic sphere such as Syria. (213-186, 1991.01.20)
21. If Christianity and Islam were ever to fight, that war would make the conflict between the democratic and communist worlds pale in comparison. Conflicts between religions are fearful things. At present, the devil is trying to cause a religious war.
By doing so, he is trying to drag the entire spiritual foundation based on the Christian cultural sphere to himself. Before that can take place, I am contacting them behind the scenes to prevent such a tragedy. (214-304, 1991.02.03)
22. Islam is the realm of Barabbas. It occupied the area where the twelve tribes of the Jewish nation used to live. Since this situation originated at the time of Jesus' death, when Jesus comes again he needs to win over the right wing and win over Islam and guide them toward the world of peace. He must do so because only then can Jesus' teaching of unity and peace, which he demonstrated through his resurrection, be established on this earth.
Eventually, the Christian and Islamic realms should unite, but how can that be? It will be through head-wing thought. The only thing that can digest both the left wing and the right-wing is true love.
Then what should we do going forward? We ' need to give both worlds the family education that God has wanted to teach to the children, siblings, husbands and wives, and mothers and fathers, Through this education, all people from both worlds need to form families that can receive the blessings of the heavenly. Nation of peace. (221-218, 1991.10.24)
23. Currently, there is fighting between two nations of the Islamic world, Iraq and Kuwait. But what would happen if the Christian world were to explode with widespread outrage and the Islamic region united against it? A religious war would break out, and that would be a serious problem.
An Arab Muslim leader, the Grand Mufti of Syria, and I proposed the Middle East talks that are being held at this time. The two of us took the initiative. This fact has now become known throughout the world, particularly in the Islamic world. The conclusion is simple.
Religious people need to step forward and build a world of peace. This is my conclusion regarding the conflict between the free world and the religious world. (210-130, 1990.12.17)
24. In the Arab world, religion stands above the nation. If the Arab nations were to rally together against a Christian nation that struck any one of them, war could break out between the entire Christian and Islamic worlds. Then, because the thief on the right side, on God's side, would be standing in the position of having struck first, the gates of world peace would break down.
That is why I issued strict orders never to fight. I sponsored an emergency meeting with the Grand Mufti of Syria, who is a major Muslim leader in the Arab world, and the religious leaders from Syria and Yemen, among others. Islam and Christianity must not fight each other.
The top leaders of Islam should maintain this rule as a foundation for peace. This is the only way those leaders can defend against those who cry out for war against Christianity. Therefore, I am supporting them in this work. (206-275, 1990.10.14)
25. At this time, as war in the Persian Gulf looms, I am trying to call for restraint. A war there could be an enormous tragedy for humankind, and greatly impede progress toward world peace.
Even if the Americans were to win by destroying everything until all the land lay in ruins, what good would it do them? It would not profit them in any way; it would only become a stain on history that would inflame tensions.
This could rupture the peace between the Christian and Muslim cultural spheres. In the work to actualize world peace, I am standing at the forefront. This is why I cannot help but think about this matter. (212-326, 1991.01.11)
Proposal for technology sharing
26. Technology is something that belongs to humanity. It does not belong to any specific nation. As a man who stands for justice and fairness, I am taking responsibility for bringing German, Japanese, and American technology to the world. That is how we can build a base for peace for all humanity.
This is what I believe, and that is why a decade ago, I began to promote the sharing of technology for world peace. When I told the Chinese, “Open your bags. I will bring you German technology and the best Japanese electronic science and technology that I have acquired,” they did not believe me at first.
However, after investigating the matter for over three years, they came to know that what I said was true. (196-115, 1989.12.31)
27. I have become an authority in the world of science and technology. In Germany, during the five years from 1980 to 1985, I purchased four factories. I wanted to buy factories to bring the best of German technology to the developing world.
Having declared at the International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences in 1981 that I would address the issue of sharing technology with China, I bought the factories promptly. I also announced there that I would construct the International Peace Highway, so without delay, I commenced the initiative of excavating the Korea-Japan Tunnel. (190-245, 1989.06.19)
28. The time will come when there will no longer be a need for this policy when there is no longer any distinction between developed and developing nations. Knowledge belongs to the entire universe; it can never belong to just one nation.
That is why, since the 1980s I have been promoting the sharing of technology, knowledge, material, and financial resources. Currently, I am promoting equality in education and technology. These days, many developing nations are building technological research facilities in Germany.
They are competing against one another to manufacture even individual small parts. What they need to do is to standardize their quality and sizes and then, having secured supplies of raw materials, invest time into manufacturing them.
Yet because they are competing, they are all suffering tremendous losses. We now need to reconsider the international economic system and its entrenched divisions. The economy will not work well unless the world is united. (340-084, 2000.12.24)
29. Many prominent people are concerned about the future of Germany, but I have discovered that no one cares about Germany more than I do. This is evident if you listen to the tapes of my speeches over the past ten years about the sharing of science and technology.
Yet, the German people have been unaware that I truly care about them. Nonetheless, when I discuss the fair distribution of science and technology, my vision transcends Germany; it is to connect Germany to the world of peace. They have not understood what I have been saying.
Yet, if they were to listen to all I have spoken until now, they would not find anything to oppose. Rather, the content of my speeches would lead them to respect my views. (192-294, 1989.07.09)
30. God is not pleased with a nation that monopolizes science and technology, which He has given as a means of peace for all people, and uses it to exploit the world for his interests.
Science and technology were given to humankind for the happiness of all people. They are not only for certain white people to benefit from and use for weapons while disregarding peace. It is from this viewpoint that I am talking about the fair distribution of technology. (190-178, 1989.06.19)
31. Now China is bound to accept my embrace. At present, I need to help China. Currently, China needs heavy industry, and it also urgently requires the development of small medium-sized businesses.
Therefore, it understands joining hands with me is the best way for it to advance in the world. If China joins hands with me, it will leap forward thirty years.
The system of joint-venture companies it has created through diplomatic ties with Japan will take decades to bear fruit. Japan, the United States, and other advanced capitalist nations will not simply hand over their science and technology.
Under such circumstances, I proposed the fair distribution of science and technology at the Tenth International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences, held in 1981. I said that I would share all that I have with China.
Why? The United States could not deal well with China, nor could the Soviets. Although they could not, I knew I could, through science and technology.
(183-072, 1988.10.29)
32. I am trying to help develop nations based on the foundation of science and technology that I have established across the world. Accordingly, for the fair distribution of science and technology throughout the world, I declared in 1981, “Cutting-edge science and technology does not belong to just one nation; it belongs to all people of the world, for world peace.”
I said that science and technology should not be developed only in one nation like the United States, but rather, they should be developed and used for the goals of the entire world. (215-204, 1991.02.17)
Sun Myung Moon