Hak Ja Han
December 12, 2015
The twentieth anniversary of the True Family Values Ministry
International Peace Education Center
Las Vegas, NV
Did you miss me a lot? How much? [Audience member: As much as the sky and the earth] The lights are a bit strong, so I will put these [sunglasses] on.
Even though we experience it in December each year, I am curious about what Americans who have a foundation in Christianity think about Christmas. I will ask you something: Due to the irresponsibility of those around him, Jesus knew that he had no choice but to die on the cross, but he gathered his disciples for the Last Supper. At the Last Supper, what was the main course? You famous pastors, do you know? What was it?
In the fifteenth century, the famous artist Leonardo Da Vinci painted “The Last Supper.” Until then, those who were Christian must not have been able to think broadly. Civilization today, in the twenty first century, is very developed. As has been said before, we are now in an era when we cannot ignore climate issues and the issue of future human survival. However, for some reason Christian culture did not develop.
Da Vinci painted “The Last Supper” in the fifteenth century, but throughout the years, it became badly damaged. Restoring it took twenty years, and when they looked, they saw that the Last Supper’s main course was fish. Did you know that? Christians, who received persecution during the time of the Roman Empire, used fish as their secret symbol. They used fish a lot, symbolically. Fish contributed a lot even in developing a civilization.
In that case, one of Jesus’ miracles recorded in the Bible is the miracle of multiplication. I thought about how he could have fed five thousand people with just two fish. Pastors… Bishop Edwards, Archbishop Stallings, what do you think? The Middle East has a long summer. If you do not eat fish right away after catching them from the river or sea they rot. What method did they develop? Salt preservation! The two fish that Jesus used were salted fish. In other words, fish preserved with salt. I do not know how the Christian cultural sphere explained this, but it is possible. Right? You can feed many people with just one piece of salted fish. Isn’t this so?
Awaken the people
When you think about it, you have a lot of learn from me. It is time to reveal the truth. Those in the Christian cultural sphere have been waiting for the returning Lord, but they were unaware of why he was coming and what he has done.
They simply thought that they could go to heaven if they believed in and followed him. There is a Korean phrase, “licking the outside of a watermelon.” Watermelons are beautiful in the sweltering summer season. Yet you cannot know the cool, sweet taste that is on the inside if you only lick the outside. You need to break it open. Those in the Christian cultural sphere need to break open and strive to learn the truth. Yet they have not developed in that way. Until today, how could those who did not fulfill their responsibility stand in the center and deserve respect? Aren’t you curious about that?
Do not repeat failures
Through a spiritual process, the Virgin Mary was the one to conceive Jesus. You will know through the Bible that the environment at that time was a very difficult one, in which people could not speak about things plainly. Yet for the thirty-three years of Jesus’ life and during his public ministry, did Mary fulfill her responsibility as a mother or not? How is it that Jesus, who came as the Messiah, had to live a difficult life alone until he died at thirty-three? This is a heartbreaking, sad story.
Christmas is not Jesus’ actual birthdate. How is it that not one person spoke the truth about that throughout all these years? This is a sad situation. God had a dream; Heaven had a hope… God had gone through a process with tears of blood for four thousand years just to establish a single person. How hard was it that it took four thousand years until he could lead an individual, family, tribe and people? However, those four thousand years disappeared once again into bubbles in only thirty-three years. How did Heavenly Parent feel in his heart? How did Jesus himself feel? How painful was it for Jesus, who was unable to achieve the position of a filial son to his parent? Ladies and gentlemen, can you imagine that?
The two-thousand-year Christian history displays a superficial faith, unaware of the internal circumstances. The people of today need to be different. You have met the True Parents. You have received the blessing from True Parents. You are no longer wild olive trees but are true olive trees. This means that you are now in a position that is unrelated to the Fall. Is it okay for only you to be in such a position? Heavenly Parent’s wish and True Parents’ wish is to bless all seven billion people as Heavenly Parent’s children.
End catastrophes
If they know of the truth, what will happen to today’s people? They will become one. If that happens, the unified world, heaven on earth, will be achieved automatically. However, to you who have received the blessing, to pastors who have received the calling first, you have a responsibility. True Parents cannot fulfill this responsibility for you. You need to do it. True Parents have shown you, practiced it and prepared a foundation of victory. Thus, you only need to fulfill your responsibility by following us exactly. I am saying that you must not stop because one family is blessed.
Educating people will help overcome natural disasters and all the things that are happening around the world. Whether I am in Korea, Japan or America, I ask members to unite and educate others so that these problems can be resolved. This is fulfilling one’s responsibility as a tribal messiah. You need to tell others. There must be no one who does not know, especially since they are living at the same time as True Parents. By doing this you will live freely in the eternal world.
Our life as blessed families is the greatest blessing in all of the six-thousand-year history of fallen human beings. You must not hold it to yourselves. There is a future for us, and for those in the second and third generations. You must fulfill your responsibility as the ancestors and as parents of the future. Depending on how you expand your environment, your descendants can be freer. Doesn’t a parental heart hope that children will live a better life than the parents have? Hence, for the sake of your loving children, you must fulfill your responsibilities before you go to the next world.
Spread the blessing
Someone told me that about twelve hundred people have come here today. If all of you were determined to complete [blessing] four hundred and thirty couples as tribal messiahs, what would happen? What would happen to this nation? Heavenly Parent had a great dream for this nation. However, such devotion has become very scarce over the past two hundred years. In the speech, it said that God would have no choice but to leave this nation because he can no longer see any hope. However, True Parents have devoted half of their lives here giving everything to reawaken the people in hopes that this nation becomes the one that fulfills its original responsibility, which God blessed it for, and becomes a nation that can embrace the world. Yet this nation has made many mistakes. They are still waiting for the returning Lord on the foundation of Christianity. Even when the returning Lord has come as True Parents and the providence has turned a page, the reality is that today’s Christianity is living in the Old Testament Age.
Therefore, we who are living in the twenty-first century need to change at this point. I said this before, but in the Last Days, what is true must be revealed. You must reveal the truth. God’s hope and True Parents’ hope is the same as the people’s hope. Thus, no ignorant religions or people should become obstacles. They need to be educated. Once again, True Parents are stressing and earnestly asking this of you today. In December, we especially think a lot about Jesus’ life. You are in the position to restore through indemnity the responsibility that those in the days of Jesus did not fulfill and to be victorious. Please be aware that the central ministers in ACLC who are leading this nation have this responsibility.
What did I say I would make in Chung Pyung by 2020 so that becomes an eternal holy ground where the people can experience and feel True Parents’ love? I will make the Cheonji Sunhak Won [museum]. I am going to make an environment, in which we can show the results of the time when you lived with True Parents to the people of the future. When I think about this, every day I am grateful and happy. Even though my body may be weary, I can make an environment where God’s hope and humanity’s hope is accomplished. Ladies and gentlemen, will you join me in this? Once again, may your days of hard work and responsibility bring that day nearer.