Divine Principle and The Blessing v3 — de Paulis · Following the Stories of Real People

• The Blessing ceremony of the Unification Church is considered by the Unification Church to be the most important and central ceremony in a person’s spiritual life.

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• The Blessing is given to married (or engaged) couples. Through it, members of the Unification Church believe, the couple is removed from the lineage of sinful humanity and engrafted into God’s sinless lineage.

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• As a result the couple’s marital relationship— and any children born after the Blessing— exist free from the consequences of Original Sin.

• (Children born into Blessed families are known as Blessed Children or Second, • Third, Fourth… Generation.)

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• For Unificationists, these interracial, interreligious and international mass marriage ceremonies symbolize the family as the hope for peace.

It all starts with the Family

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The Blessing Renew families, Restore society

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The original of Holy Blessings 1960 new 3rd sinless Adam and restored 2nd Eve Dr. Sun Myung Moon with Holy wife HakJaHan

1960 … LOVE EXPLOSION! Over the World The Beatles Real Love Lovely Rita Love Me Do Love You To It’s Only Love Words of Love Martin Luther King PS. I Love You I have a dream… She Loves You And I Love Her Free at last… Soldier of Love Thank Step Inside Love God Almighty, Root & Cause Can’t Buy Me Love we are free at last! Messianic Return All You Need is Love 1963 March on Washington 2000 years after Jesus 1960 - 1970 Internet, Globalisation… Climate changes… We are already in the time after the Coming of Heaven!

1st 3 Couple Blessing 16 April 1960, Seoul Korea 2nd 33 Couple Blessing kl 4:30 15 May1961 Seoul Korea 3rd 72 Couple Blessing 4 June 1962 Seoul Korea 4th 124 Couple Blessing 24 July1963 Seoul Korea 5th 430 Couple Blessing (436) 22 Febr 1968 Seoul Korea 43 Couple Bl. 1969 Wash.USA, Essen Germ. ,Tokyo Japan 6th 777 Couple International Blessing 21 Oct, 1970 Korea Requirement: 3 Spir children! = “3 resurected AA” 3-4 years of public mission work 7 days water fast

1970-2012 7:th 1800 Couple Blessing 8 Febr 1975 74 Couple Blessing i New York 21 Febr 1977 118 Couple Blessing i London 21 May 1978 2100 Couple Blessing i New York 1 July 1982 8:th 6000 International Blessing 14 Oct. 1982 Seoul Korea 9:th 6700 International Blessing 30 Oct. 1988 Yongin Korea 1275 International Blessing 12 Jan. 1989, Yongin Korea 1267 Already married Couples Bl. 10 Apr 1992 10:th 30 000 Intern. Blessing 1992 Seoul Olympic arena 11:th 360 000 Intern. Blessing Aug 1995 Seoul Korea 12:th 3,6 Million Blessing 15 July 1997 incl. Spiritual World 36 Million Blessing 29 nov 1997 incl. Spiritual World 360 Million Blessing 1999 incl. Spiritual World … Second, Third, Fourth… Generation Blessing 2000-… Eternity!

1800 Couple Blessing 1975

Sun Myung Moon – True Parents Officiator of Blessing

6000 Couple Blessing 1982

6000 Blessing 1982

Swedish-Finnish couple Seoul Korea Bengt & Maarit

Nordic Blessing Seoul Korea

Later… One of the Nordic Families Blessed 1982

30 000 Blessing 1992

Olympic Arena Seoul Korea

360 000 Couple Blessing Aug 1995

Olympic Stadium Seoul Korea

3.6 Million Couple Blessing July 1997

Olympic Stadium Seoul Korea

36 Million Couple Blessing Nov 1997

RFK Stadium Washington 29 Nov 97

36 Mill Couple Blessing Nov 1997

RFK Stadium Washington 29 Nov 97

Blessing June 1998

Blessing 1998