Hak Ja Han
January 6, 2017
Forty-day workshop for talented young people
Cheon Jeong Gung
People who have dreams are happy people. When they are able to substantiate those dreams, they become even happier. The world we aim to realize as your dream becomes the same as Heavenly Parents' dream and True Parent's dream, which is the kingdom of heaven on earth. What the omniscient and omnipotent God purposed at the beginning must be complete in the end. That is why we had to go through the tearful course of restoration through indemnity.
We must develop from the individual to the family, the tribe, the race and completely cut our relationship with Satan.
It took four thousand years of adhering to the course of restoration through indemnity for God to raise the chosen people of Israel and prepare a national foundation for them. It was at this time that God sent his only son, Jesus Christ.
However when God sent a son -- whom he could directly communicate with and called "my son" -- to the fallen world, no one recognized him.
Jesus lost the prepared environment, and even though he practiced a public life for three years, in the end he had no choice but to go the way of the cross. As he died, he said, I will return, I will return and hold the wedding supper of the Lamb. He informed them very clearly about the marriage supper of the Lamb. That is why the True Parents must come forward to save fallen humankind.
Wild olive trees
The metaphor of the wild olive tree is in the Bible. Fallen humankind is the wild olive tree. In order to become true olive trees, you need the owner's help. Those owners are the True Parents. If you do not go through the True Parents, you cannot appear in God's presence.
The history of the providence! The two thousand years of the Christian providence covers the providential history of preparing and finding the God's only daughter. Heaven chose a new people who could lay the foundation for the only daughter of God, the daughter who had not been born nor found [two thousand years ago].
That people was the Korean people, the Han people, using the same Chinese character for "han" that my family's name does. Centered on this nation, the Koreans were the people who had to fulfill their responsibility of giving birth to the final only son and daughter of God, the True Parents, whose emergence Heaven had worked to realize. These people were from the Christian sphere.
However just as the Judaic people had at the time of the Israelites, [Christians] did not recognize True Parents. Nevertheless, True Parents worked on their own, from the bottom, and created an environment for the global providence.
Coinciding with True Parents Holy Wedding in 1960, blessed families emerged. You all are secondgeneration members right? You all are the "pure water" born through True Parents. You also have responsibilities. The 7.4 billion people in the world have not recognized True Parents. We must enlighten all of them.
You have to live in attendance to Heaven. You must have lived in the kingdom of heaven on earth to go to the kingdom of heaven in heaven later. The work in this land, the providence on earth is that important.
That is why, for a long time I have thought about how to convey this hopeful news to those in many fields. The work to create an environment is not an easy task. All of you are more than seventeen years old. Right? I was the same age when I resolved to go forward in the position of the True Parents. I have been unwavering for the past fifty years. In light of that, should you work to resemble me…or shouldn't you? [We should resemble you.] No matter how difficult or poor the surroundings you are in are, you still have responsibilities.
What does heaven look like?
If I asked you to imagine the kingdom of heaven on earth, what kind of picture would you paint? You must first be able to express [that kingdom] through the deep joy within your heart and through your body. You can express it through dance, song or through art. This does not only convey your own emotions but is an exercise in which emotions can be shared. True Parents' dream is to make that kind of world.
True Parents are working to engage with all 7.4 billion people of the world. Is it possible for True Parents to do this by themselves? You must work to expand True Parents' dream. Therefore, as soon as possible, we must create the kingdom of heaven on earth, the realization of Heavenly Parent's dream, True Parents' dream -- your dream.
There are many obstacles until that can happen. However, while I am still here, while you are here, we can do it! That is why I told you earlier, you are still in the growing stage and must study more and experience many things. That is why you should spread even more widely the dreams you are working towards.
The settlement of Cheon Il Guk, which we are blessed with, brings the kingdom of heaven on earth. I am working hard so that we can have an actual environment we can look at with our own eyes. This is the Cheonwon complex project.
The history of True Parents' providence has not existed through all of human history until now. In order to study this in detail, I will specially create this place, which will last thousands of years. This will be something that you must come to see from all over the world. Aren't you looking forward to it?
In Christianity's cultural sphere, many famous artists or musicians arose. If you go to the Vatican, you can see art works by Michelangelo. That caliber of artists also emerged. In our age, Cheon Il Guk, you who were born as pure water can become people who create works even greater than that.
I am giving you the opportunity to display fully the talents you were born with, so participate in this workshop with happy and grateful hearts. I hope that through the talents you were born with and in connection with my plans, you will paint a grand picture as you look far ahead to the future. I pray you will create a great birthday performance I can be proud of.