Hak Ja Han
February 14, 2014
The Bowing Ceremony of the First Anniversary of Cheon Il Guk Foundation Day was held on January 13th in the 2nd Year of Cheon Il Guk at 7:00 AM by the Heavenly Calendar (February 12th), at the Cheon Jung Goong Main Hall. The True Parents of Heaven and Earth, the True Family, VIPs, including corporate executives, public and pastoral officials, elders, royal family members and Unification Church members were all in attendance, totaling about 300 participants all together.
“We Must Always Envision the Realization of Cheon Il Guk.”
On this day, True Mother emphasized that, “To become true owners of Cheon Il Guk, we must always envision the realization of Cheon Il Guk. Please unite with and realize the will, and become people who always take true ownership to heart. I pray that you can become people who can realize Cheon Il Guk in your lives.”
Korean Continental Director Kyeong-Seuk Lu presides over the proceedings
On this day, Korean Continental Director Kyeong-Seuk Lu presided over the Bowing Ceremony. President Lu explained the meaning of Foundation Day and the 7-year course until Vision 2020, saying, “As we usher in the completion of the substantial Cheon Il Guk and the Cosmic Revolution proclaimed by the True Parents of Heaven and Earth, I hope that as citizens of Cheon Il Guk, all members of the Unification Church will unite with one another and resolve to offer total devotion and filial piety to True Parents.”
Hoon Dok Reading from True Parents’ Scriptures.
True Parents received ceremonial bows after their entrance and the lighting of the Holy Candle. The various representatives offered up bows of respect first, followed by the families of Hyo Jin Nim, Heung Jin Nim and other True Family representatives. They were followed by the 5 Great Saints and other representatives from the spirit world.
Japanese Continental Director Yong-Cheon Song offered up a prayer report, saying, “I sincerely pray that we can reflect on the blessing and enormous heavenly love that has brought about the Foundation Day of Cheon Il Guk, which was unprecedented though all of human history. I want to offer up my sincere gratitude for allowing us to live as the subjects and citizens of Cheon Il Guk, where we will attend the True Parents of Heaven and Earth in the cleanest, brightest place, and where we will enter the new heaven and new earth of the restored Garden of Eden.”
Japanese Continental Director Yong-Cheon Song offers up a prayer report
After the Holy Communion, President Young-Whi Kim also read sections of True Father’s and Mother’s words from the “True Parents’ Scriptures,” which will be dedicated at the historical First Anniversary of Foundation Day Commemoration Ceremony.
President Young-Whi Kim reads Hoon Dok Hae
The Hoon Dok Reading at the Bowing Ceremony
You Must Realize the Blessing and Become a Lighthouse that Shines into the Night.
Tongil Foundation Chairman No-Hi Pak leads 3 cheers of Eok Mansei
When I received the summons and the responsibility to become the Messiah, I could not selfishly decide, “I am the Messiah!” Instead, I had to be aware that there was no other path but for me to be the Messiah. I had to start from the viewpoint of fallen Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Restoration is the same. That standard is not just words. Just because God says that you are blessed does not mean that you are blessed. Only after you have completely realized the blessing and can live together as equals can you receive the inheritance. You can receive the inheritance after you are able to live and work together as equals. Then you must say, “I am absolutely the True Parents, I am absolutely the Messiah.” It is the same as a lighthouse that shines into the night. No matter how dark the world is, the lighthouse must shine the light of hope into the night. We have to work as though we were lighthouses shining into the dark, guiding all of the insects and animals. [True Parents’ Scriptures] Chapter 1, Paragraph 1, “True Parents’ Approval and Awakening”
From the very beginning, we have raised our members through the strong bonds of the world of heart, through love and the word. Mother thinks that from now on, the Korean church and the world church both need to become like this. We must lead all of the Korean churches in this direction. We must do the same with the world churches. Even if we do not have eloquent explanations, people can feel our love that is bound to heaven. If we become one, everything can be expressed. Mother will foster the Unification Church with this kind of strong love, so that the Unification Church, the blessed families and the True Family can all become one. You must all cooperate with me. Regardless of whether or not you are in a public position, you must live for the sake of your partner and your environment through your words, your actions and your attitude. –Chapter 2, Paragraph 1, “Reviving the Church and Resurrecting Faith”