Commemoration of True Father's Ascension in London, UK

The first has to do with knowledge of God.

Until now, people have believed in God only as an all-knowing and all-powerful Being. People have been thinking that God is sitting on a throne of honor and glory as the absolute Master, having nothing to do with the created world of all things. There is more to God than this image. From the time I first embarked on a journey to fulfill God’s providential call, I came to know that the relationship between God and human beings is that of Parent and child. I learned that God has been the Parent of pain, sorrow and

lamentation ever since He lost His first children, Adam and Eve. Throughout my life, I have been doing my very best to dissolve God’s pain and sorrow and bring liberation and total freedom to His heart. Finally, on January 13, 2001, through the Enthronement Ceremony for the Kingship of God, I was able to restore His throne of glory and power and offer it to Him.

“A Providential View of the Pacific Rim Era in Light of God’s Will” Peace Message 13, August 27, 2008 (edited)

Here Father outlines eight areas of spiritual knowledge and discipline where he is a ‘champion’:

The first has to do with knowledge of God. Until now, people have believed in God only as an all-knowing and all- powerful Being. People have been thinking that God is sitting on a throne of honor and glory as the absolute Master, having nothing to do with the created world of all things. There is more to God than this image. From the time I first embarked on a journey to fulfill God’s providential call, I came to know that the relationship between God and human beings is that of Parent and child. I learned that God has been the Parent of pain, sorrow and lamentation ever since He lost His first children, Adam and Eve. Throughout my life, I have been doing my very best to dissolve God’s pain and sorrow and bring liberation and total freedom to His heart. Finally, on January 13, 2001, through the Enthronement Ceremony for the Kingship of God, I was able to restore His throne of glory and power and offer it to Him.

The second area deals with the reality of evil. Throughout history, people have not known the origin of evil. For fourteen years, I labored desperately through many bruising spiritual battles to discover all the truths of the spirit world Finally, I discovered the real identity of Satan, the origin of evil. Taking it one step further, I exposed and repudiated Satan’s strategy and tactics for multiplying his power. After I discovered Satan’s strategy of defiling the human blood lineage through the Fall, I became totally committed to restoring God’s original lineage. The heavenly strategy developed for this purpose, and now widely known throughout the world, is the international and cross-cultural marriage Blessing movement. I have the intuitive ability to look into the hearts of men and women and predict their destiny. That is why many young people from around the world come to me, hoping to be matched with an ideal spouse.

The third area has to do with understanding the human condition. Where are we from, how should we live, and where will we go? Why are our minds and bodies fighting, and why do we struggle in conflict? What is the meaning of life and death? Does the world after death truly exist? If so, how are we to live while we are on earth? The answers to these questions and others are expounded in detail in the Divine Principle, which God revealed to me.

The fourth area encompasses knowledge and understanding of the spirit world. The spirit world, the world after physical death, is a world that actually exists, and to which all people are bound to go as an extension of their earthly life. Human life is one continuous stream from conception and life in the womb all the way to an eternal life, after physical death ends our earthly life. When their physical lives have ended, those who have received the marriage Blessing, which eradicates the original sin and opens the way to spiritual perfection, go through the sacred ritual of ascension to the spirit world (seonghwa). Thereupon they are welcomed and celebrated on their path to the heavenly realms, where they will enjoy eternal life. We need to understand clearly that the numerous saints and sages who have lived on earth throughout history are living in the spirit world. They are assisting God’s providence on earth, having been reborn as absolute good spirits after receiving the marriage Blessing from the True Parents.

The fifth area concerns knowledge of Jesus. I came to understand the terrible tragedy of the crucifixion of Jesus. Jesus came as God’s Son, the Savior and Messiah, but he was rejected and opposed, even by the people God had prepared. It was God’s Will that Jesus, the second Adam, fulfill the model of a God-centered ideal family and engraft all human beings onto himself. Christianity became the foundation of Western civilization through Rome, and then became the center of the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean civilizations. It has always stood in the position of the bride to receive the Lord at his Second Coming.

The sixth area is in the knowledge of the core contents of the Bible and other religious scriptures. These are books of revelation that enable human beings, trapped in ignorance after the Fall of the first ancestors, to return to God. Many of the important issues in scripture are described in metaphors and symbols. Only the Messiah sent by Heaven can clearly reveal the meanings of these metaphors and symbols. Hence, Jesus was able to disclose the core contents and deep meaning of the Hebrew Scriptures. Likewise, my teachings are now revealing God’s truth regarding His providence of salvation, contained throughout the Bible.

The seventh area is in the knowledge and understanding of the goal of human history. History is not merely a sequence of events that occurred by coincidence. It flows in a clear direction and with a clear purpose. It is a history of the providence for the re-creation of human beings in their original state, a

history of restoration through indemnity and of human salvation. Based on these insights into the origin and direction of history, I was able to predict accurately the sudden end of communism and dialectical materialism. Today, I am declaring that it is time for all nations and religions to break down the barriers dividing them. Through this, the era of one family under God will arrive and last forever. God is leading history.

The eighth area concerns true family values. God’s ideal of creation is to build God-centered true families. It is the goal of His salvation providence to restore the ideal of the true family, the ideal that Adam could not fulfill in his own family and, in this way, to establish the foundation for the kingdom of heaven on earth and in heaven. The marriage Blessing, which is at the core of the movement I have been leading, is not an ordinary wedding ceremony. It is a sacrament through which to eradicate the original sin and engraft people to the true lineage of God. True families are the wellspring and foundation of true love, true life and true lineage. The true nation, true world and true kingdom can be built through true families.

Even though I have become well known as a champion in these eight areas, we who are working for this cause cannot complete this work by ourselves. The support of all humanity is urgently needed for everything to be fulfilled. With God’s grace, we will soon win the victory!