Hak Ja Han
October 14, 2017
To senior Japanese members in Chiba Prefecture, Japan
It's nice to see you. Aren't most of you national messiahs? I have been on many world tours. I am sure many national messiahs are here whom I met in the places I toured. I visited Europe when the European movement celebrated its fiftieth anniversary and I spoke of a revolution in the culture of heart.
After Jesus took the way of the cross, through resurrection by the Holy Spirit Christianity began. Christianity's two-thousand-year history developed in Europe. Christianity went through harsh persecution for 313 years. Christians waited with earnest faith for Jesus, who had said he would return. They strongly kept their faith even going through incomprehensibly harsh trials until the Roman Emperor finally recognized Christianity in AD 313.
A Covetous, Acquisitive Culture
Centered on the Italian Peninsula, Heaven then blessed Christianity, which spread through Europe to the island nation of Britain. Britain began the Atlantic Civilization Era and expanded the Christian foundation throughout the Atlantic territory.
Britain's territory was so great people said the sun never sets on the British Empire. However, they did not know Christianity's or Jesus' essence. They should have lived with true love for the sake of others, but they created a culture of taking. Today, if you go to the British Museum, you will see many displays of items reflecting cultural heritages from all around the world. They were taken from those other cultures. This is not Christianity's true nature. Yet, through True Parents, I opened Cheon Il Guk and I spoke of the Pacific Rim Civilization. I said the Pacific Rim Civilization must spread with Korea, Japan and America at its center. The culture of heart revolution!
Since the Fall, human beings have tried to reach Heaven through their original hearts. We can see this if we look at the ancient civilization of Egypt. People then knew that the afterlife in the spiritual world was greater than life on earth. Four thousand five hundred years ago, how could they move such large, heavy stones through the desert and build pyramids taller than a hundred and forty meters? Have you considered this before? We could say they pursued the future life in the eternal world more ardently than they did life in their physical bodies.
People Today Are Lost
Fallen people today are not the same. In their original hearts, they wish to live good lives but their bodies do not listen. Therefore, Heaven allowed religion, which could save humankind and guide us in the direction of good, to exist. Four great religions exist today. Yet, these religions have continued until now with ideologies established two thousand years ago. They must change. In the new era, we must change to new clothes. We cannot enter a new era, a new age of history, the era of Cheon Il Guk, wearing the same worn rags.
Reminiscences
Seeing your faces, I am remembering many things from the past. I see Dr. Kuboki and Rev. Sudo here. They are long-time members. Mr. Kuboki had been the Japanese church president, but he has passed away. I have many fun stories about Mr. Kuboki. He loved me very much, and I loved Dr. Kuboki very much too.
Meaning of the Mother Nation
After Father's Seonghwa, I began a new era. I opened all the doors so you can remain citizens of Cheon Il Guk until the end. You must clearly know the providence. Jesus said he would return and hold the marriage banquet of the Lamb. God's only son was born but God only daughter wasn't there, so Jesus could not hold the banquet. Christianity had to make a foundation of devotion to give birth to God's only daughter.
Through God's only daughter, a new providential history developed. I was born in 1943. In 1945, Korea was liberated. Japan had committed many wrongdoings. With liberation, Korea divided into north and south. The Korean War began and Japan, the defeated nation, did not even think to compensate the nations she had damaged due to the war. At the time, Japan went through economic revival because of the American and UN troops. This means Heaven gave them the opportunity to become wealthy. According to God's principle of creation, what should you do with that? You cannot insist it is yours. You must practice a life expressing true love by living for the sake of others. That is Heaven's blessing. The ones who enlightened us about this are the True Parents.
Heaven blessed the Eve nation at the center of the providence as the mother nation. This is a tremendous blessing for Japan. The politicians and citizens of this nation, which received this miracle-like blessing, must know this.
A mother gives and continues to give without holding back for her children. She gives of herself. As mothers, they do not say, Children, bring everything, all the good things, to me. There are parents in this world who are like this, but Japan, which stands at the center of the providence, has responsibilities and must not be negative. You must not think it is difficult. All you senior blessed family members, who are like my old friends, thank you for living well and in good health. I said this yesterday, but you must fulfill your responsibilities until the last day of your life. To fulfill that responsibility, the first thing is the responsibility as tribal messiahs. It makes me happy and grateful that Dr. and Mrs. Kuboki were Japan's first successful heavenly tribal messiahs. This is something to be proud of.
Senior blessed families! Those in the twelve-couple blessing group must become the model. You must get rid of "self." You must throw away self-centeredness. A song I like recently goes, "I threw away my greed so happiness now comes to me."
In the past, Adam and Eve fell because of their greed. Your life of faith is also the same. Saying, I worked so hard in the past for the church so I should receive compensation means you want to make it yours.
That is greed. If you are thinking like that, throw those thoughts away. I hope you will be beautiful senior blessed families who live successful lives until the end.