Hak Ja Han
December 4, 2016
Are all of you in the second or third generations? Who am I? I am God's only begotten daughter. Due to Adam and Eve's Fall, Heaven has had to endure a painful and difficult providence. Heaven has led the history of the providence of restoration through indemnity; Heaven could not help but follow this painful and difficult path. In the beginning, God created heaven and earth, and lastly God created Adam and Eve to become the ancestors of humankind and said, "This is good. This is beautiful."
However, God especially gave Adam and Eve responsibility; that responsibility consisted of them going through a growth period and becoming absolutely one with God. Adam and Eve should have grown in this way. The point at which Adam and Eve would have received the blessing would have been the point at which God became the True Parents of humankind, which was the purpose behind God's creation of heaven and earth -- God's dream. Adam and Eve, who should have fulfilled their responsibilities as expressed in the Bible, fell due to the Satan's temptation. They became greedy and self-centered; they began to look towards themselves.
It is the same with you. As children in blessed families, True Parents are your essence. You cannot fulfill the purpose of your existence separated from True Parents. Do you understand that? Having received blessings, you have a responsibility; that responsibility entails that until you have reached perfection, you should listen to your parents. More importantly, you must become absolutely one with True Parents. Wherever you may be -- whether you are studying or developing your talents and abilities -- you should think always in this way: I am doing this, and I would like to offer this to True Parents. What do True Parents wish for me? Is this what True Parents would like me to do? If True Parents want this, I will take responsibility for this area and be triumphant and successful for True Parents. That kind of desire, that kind of ambition is good. However, allowing in self-centeredness will lead to anger.
Do you understand? The greatest wish of fallen human beings is to meet the True Parents, to be saved through True Parents; that is their greatest wish, whether they are aware of the providence, or not. They are waiting for the absolute owner, an absolute being who can preside over creation. We can see this in the four major religions, but this belief is most prominent in Christianity, because even though Christianity could not fully explain God, Christians believed God was their Father.
Preparing for Jesus
Originally, God's purpose for creating was to become humankind's parent. It is difficult to explain concretely, but God is our Father. At the time of the Creation, beginning with the smallest microorganism all the way to the animal world, God created everything in pairs. God created humankind in pairs too. If that is the case, God, our Heavenly Parent, is not just male. Isn't that so? During the history of the providence of indemnity, for the sake of restoration, God selected the chosen people, who in comparison to the rest of the fallen world were a good people armed with the ideology of the chosen people. God selected these people and developed them. How difficult that process must have been that it took four thousand years to develop the foundation from the individual, the family, the tribe, the people and then to the nation. Four thousand years -- how difficult it must have been! It has been about two hundred and forty years since the founding of the United States. Isn't that right? It took four thousand years until God gave birth to his only begotten son in the fallen world, a son that God could call "my son." How painful this must have been for God! However, Mary, who gave birth to Jesus, did not understand the providence. She did not know all that had transpired in order for her to be able to give birth to Jesus.
It was the same with Zechariah's family, Joseph's family, Judaism and the people of Israel: All of them waited and yearned, asking God to send the Messiah, and Heaven kept that promise. Heaven sent the Messiah, but the people could not attend the Messiah properly. Their thinking was that a strong power would come and conquer everyone in the fallen world that did not belong to the chosen people of Israel. This was what they hoped for, but that was not what happened. The providence of restoration through indemnity is difficult. Why did God, who is almighty, omnipotent and can act as he wishes, let go of Adam and Eve? It would have been easier to erase Adam and Eve and make a fresh start.
Why did God persist and save human beings? Because God cannot fail. God expressed a special love for human beings, and that expression of love was responsibility. That is why the people around Jesus were unable to create a protective environment for Jesus. Mary could not fulfill her responsibility. However today, Catholics worships Mary as the holy mother. They left Jesus hanging on the cross for two thousand years. How is it possible that God would prepare for four thousand years to send the only begotten son and then have Jesus not live for a hundred years but go through crucifixion at the age of thirty-three? How can you consider this salvation? I believe that this is a testament to human ignorance. God has endured so much pain and suffering, and yet he had to prepare for the future and try again.
Jesus and the Israelites
Through two thousand years of Christian history, God has worked to develop the providence. Unfortunately, Christianity still has yet to understand God fully; they have a superficial understanding of God. They see God as the Father and consider themselves servants of the Lord. They consider themselves servants; they do not understand the essence of their relationship with God. Why is the returning Messiah so important?
Christians are ignorant of this truth. They believe that overnight the world will change and a new world will appear. This kind of fantasy-like thinking is not rooted in logic. This does not agree with natural order. In other words, Christians have been completely ignorant of God's providence.
From God's point of view, the two-thousand-year history of Christianity in God's providence has been the providence to find God's only begotten daughter. You need to understand this point fully. As Jesus hung on the cross, he promised to come again. Why would he come again? To host the marriage supper of the Lamb. To have a marriage, you need a bride, don't you? Jesus gave the message, the word, so that everyone would fully understand. That is why God's only begotten daughter must appear in the Messiah's presence. You are all looking at the person; it is I.
I would like to explain this to you using historical evidence. God has led providential history, and throughout the providence, God has been appointing central figures because human beings, with their limited understanding, cannot fully explain God. Owing to the Fall, God has to select -- from among fallen people -- a central figure who is better than all other people in the fallen world. If a central figure were to fail in his or her responsibility, God would forgive the person but God could not attempt to fulfill the providence through that person again. One who fails in one's responsibility must then pay indemnity. The same is true for a nation.
The Israelites sent Jesus to the cross. From that moment, the value of their existence as a nation was lost. You need to understand that. Even today, in America are Jewish people, who for two thousand years lived as a people without a nation.
Responsibility in Jesus' time
According to the Bible, the God of humanity has worked for four thousand years, going through so much pain in order to send the only begotten son, Jesus, so that Jesus could meet God's only begotten daughter. They would have become the True Parents, and God would have become the True Parents of humanity, but the Israelites were unable to understand this providence. Therefore, they allowed Jesus, who was to have been the True Parent, to go to the cross. This was a great sin. Do you understand? Heaven waited for this particular moment and endured many unimaginable difficulties.
During the time of Jesus, the Roman Empire was such a powerful empire that people said that all roads lead to Rome. The situation in Rome at that time was that if Jesus had received recognition as the True Parent, he would have absorbed Rome's foundation. Rome would have had no choice but to accept Jesus as the True Parent. If that had happened two thousand years ago, in Jesus' time, the realization of one world centered on God, the kingdom of heaven on earth, would have followed. However, the people of Israel were responsible for this being unable to happen. You can imagine that the indemnity they had to pay was extreme.
As I mentioned before, central figures have responsibilities, and if they fail in their responsibilities, the indemnity to be paid will be great. It is the same for a nation. God's only begotten daughter could not be found at the time of Jesus, so Heaven had to restore the foundation to give birth to God's only begotten daughter. God could no longer work through the people of Israel and had to select a different people.
Around that time, the Dongi tribe was in Asia. When selecting the chosen people, God must find righteous people among fallen human beings and give them responsibility. This was during the Han Clan Empire.
Between 800 and 400 BC, the Dongi tribe prospered in what is today China. Those people revered Heaven, and they developed extraordinarily advanced astronomy. They were not a nomadic people; they developed agriculture. They became the chosen people. The Han people also loved white clothes. Every time they made devotions, they would dress in white and yield to Heaven in reverence. Those people existed during the same time as other kingdoms in China. Eventually, since people in the Han Empire did not like fighting and always tried to avoid war, they fled from place to place until they reached the Korean Peninsula.
They eventually came to be known as the nation of Korea. When you look at the history of Korea, you will learn that people say Korea has a fivethousand- year history. If you look at Korea's history, you can see that a kingdom called Goguryeo (고구려) vanquished many Chinese kingdoms. That kingdom of Goguryeo endured for about a thousand years. However, after the Goguryeo kingdom, the next kingdom to rise was Goryeo (고려). They used the "go" (고) character from Goguryeo and named themselves Goryeo. After the downfall of the Goryeo kingdom, King Yi raised a new kingdom called Joseon (조선), meaning "new kingdom."
In Korea's past, from among one of the earliest kingdoms, we had Gojoseon (고조선), and King Yi used "Joseon" from "Gojoseon," to name his new kingdom.
Unfortunately, Japan occupied the kingdom of Joseon for forty years. Liberation from Japan came in 1945. I was born in 1943. It was only a few centuries since Christian culture had come to Korea. Among Christian believers were many who did not believe that the Messiah would come from the clouds. Many believed that the Messiah would be born through a woman, born in the flesh. Many spiritual groups held the belief that the Messiah would be born on earth.
Among these spiritual groups, were formation-level groups, growth-level groups and completion-level groups. The leader of one of these groups testified about me, revealing who I was. When I was born, Satan knew who I was and tried to kill me. Why? Through my birth, Satan's dominion over the world would end completely. That is why Satan resolved to kill me. From Heaven's point of view, this was unacceptable. I fought with Satan and was victorious, allowing me to stand here today.
Following the downfall of the Joseon kingdom, Korea was liberated. Why, though, is Korea called "Dae Han Min Guk" [대한민국 -- the Republic of Korea] literally the "Great Han Kingdom"? My family name happens to be Han. The Chinese character for "han" within Dae Han Min Guk is the same as for my family name. Isn't that interesting? Because of God's protection for the Great Han Republic, people say, "Republic of Korea, Mansei!" With the liberation from Japan, Korea divided into the communist North and the democratic South. Communism and democracy have been in conflict ever since. The culture was Christian; nevertheless, communism, which claims that God is dead, was introduced into the Christian sphere.
I was born in North Korea, far north of the Thirty-Eighth Parallel. As a child, I lived in North Korea. However, God saw that if I had stayed in North Korea, I would have been in danger; I could have even died. If that were to happen, God's providence, which had been expecting God's only begotten daughters for six thousand years, would not have been able to create True Parents. That is why God worked to help me escape.
My maternal uncle was studying pharmacology at [Japan's] Waseda University. After he finished his studies, he should have returned to his hometown, but we received a telegram saying he chose to go to the South and join the South Korean Army. At that time, many Holy Spirit phenomena were occurring in Pyongyang, and my family did not want to flee, to leave, because they believed Pyongyang would become the Palace of Eden. Nevertheless, because my maternal uncle joined the South Korean Army, three women alone -- my grandmother, my mother and I, only the three of us -- left North Korea and went to South Korea. God worked to help us leave North Korea and come to South Korea. Two years after we left North Korea, the Korean War suddenly broke out.
Listening to the story of my life and looking at this background, I am the only person ever born like this. Do you understand? How great the value of God's only begotten daughter is! Some blessed families still do not understand the value of God's only begotten daughter, which is regrettable.
Furthermore, you who are here today, you in particular, need to know the truth. I hope that you can arise and become central figures. In order for you to fulfill your responsibilities, you need to unite completely with True Parents; unite with me. Do you understand? You have such a beautiful future ahead of you. You have the potential to contribute to the providence greatly as outstanding leaders and outstanding, talented people. We have more time than we did with the first generation. Is that right, or not? Therefore, I hope that you can grow properly. What happens if you get caught in Satan's sweet and tempting seduction as Adam and Eve did?
History changed because of Adam and Eve. We still have not restored this nation. I hope that you can stand in the center and become central figures who can expand this environment, so that it can return to Heaven and receive the blessings of Heaven as a blessed nation.
You can create that nation. Will you accept this burden? Truly, Heaven has blessed all of you with support; you need not be afraid of anything. In the course of providential history, you know the truth, and it's now time for you to reveal the truth. Do not keep the truth to yourselves. There are 7.3 billion people in the world. I hear there are now 7.4 billion people; the human population is increasing exponentially. Telling every one of them that True Parents are on earth is important. If they do not know this, when those people ascend to the spirit world and realize that the True Parents were on earth, how sorrowful and regretful they will feel and how resentful against you. Please take this point seriously. I hope salvation can come to many people through you.
Because you are not sharing the good news, many people do not realize that the True Parents are on earth. They can't see True Parents or come to True Parents.
Have you thought about this? Looking at today's world inspires little hope. Even in America, so many challenges lie ahead. In particular, filled with individualism and selfishness, the world's superpowers place their national interests first, but God does not want that. God wishes to have one family under God. He wishes to have one united family, but some nations are going in a direction contrary to God's will. Superpowers like the United States, Russia, China -- as well as the European nations -- exude selfcentered individualism. You cannot find God amid self-centeredness. Do you understand?
Your pride is your relationship to True Parents and that you received the blessing from them. That is your pride. I told you during the Aloha Workshop that you are all pure water, which requires growing up properly. You are pure water, truly pure, unpolluted water. You should grow as this pure water. Do you understand? Through you, we need to purify the world, so please arise in the proud position of an owner, as the person in charge.
For the first time in six thousand years, God's only begotten daughter, the True Parents, are on earth. You have met True Parents in person. You have heard their message and have received love directly from them.
Please do not keep that to yourselves. Do you understand? The more you share your blessings, the more you extend your blessings, the better. Do you see? Young people, I would like to hear a louder response. Do you understand that that is why you are alive? Will you do that?