Keynote Address at the Rally of the Global Membership to Proclaim and Uphold the Declaration of True Parents

Beloved Blessed Families and fellow Unification I joined the Unification church 54 years ago, in Church members throughout the world! February, 1957 while I was a major in the ROK army. It was at that time that I first heard the I am very happy to see you all today! From 1960 Divine Principle. When I met Rev. Sun Myung to 1990, I was working together with you, here Moon, I was shocked to learn that he had been in America. I love America as if it were my own sent as our Savior and Messiah. country. For the past 21 years I have missed you all very much! How fortunate I was! Out of the billions of people in the world, even though I was not worthy of it, Today, September 18th is a very memorable I was given the chance to meet the Messiah! day in our church history. On September 18, Although there were millions and millions of 1974, True Father held his first major rally in the Christians who desperately prayed to meet the U.S.A., speaking at Madison Square Garden Messiah during their lifetime; they were not that here in New York City. On September 18, 1976, fortunate. Yet I had met the Messiah! I met the True Father held one of the largest religious Messiah! rallies in the history of the U.S.A., speaking at Washington Monument, in Washington, DC. For me, this was the greatest heavenly blessing of all blessings, and the greatest glory of all However today, on this very special occasion, it glories. This reality, which has moved me since is you and I, Unification Church members, who that momentous day, still makes my heart burn have gathered together to commit ourselves to with passion even at this moment, 54 years the ‘True Parent’s Declaration’ given on May after our first encounter. 25, 2011. During the past 54 years, I gave up everything My dear brothers and sisters! in order to follow the Messiah. I do not know where the time went; it passed by so quickly. The Unification Church began with the birth And now, all of a sudden, I find myself to be an of True Father on January 6, 1920, based old man, at the age of 81. on the Heavenly calendar. On May 1, 1954, Father officially named our church the Holy My dear brothers and sisters! Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity. For the past 54 years, the words of True Parents have been Law to me! The fundamental In less than half a century, the teachings of our principles governing my life have been those True Parents spread to 194 nations across the of absolute faith, absolute love, and absolute world. Never before, in the history of religion, obedience. I do not know how many more years has such a miracle been achieved within the I have left on this earth, but I will adhere to these lifetime of its founder. By the hand of God, principles until my last breath. And even after the Unification church has prospered by leaps that, I shall continue to follow True Parents for and bounds. However, our church is presently eternity, in the spirit world. That is my greatest facing the greatest crisis in its history: that of desire and highest dream. internal disunity.

In 1950, I offered my life to fight for my country My dear brothers and sisters, in the Korean War, and many times I narrowly escaped death. I was 19 years old. I oftentimes In recent years however, like a bolt of lightning wondered why God spared my life. But that from out of the blue, we were shocked to realize question was answered when I met True that there were some members who were Father. God spared my life so that I could meet blatantly being disobedient to our True Parents. the Messiah. Previously, such a thing happening within our movement could not even be imagined. I will dedicate the rest of my life to True Parents. What could be more important than this? Is That group of people violated the tradition there anything greater than this? I am sure you of the Unification Church, which we value as feel the same way that I do. This is our privilege much as our own lives. They set a precedent of as Unificationists! disobedience before True Parents. This was the first wrongdoing - the sin of disobedience; the Yes, Father’s words are our Law, and it is the sin of breaking the tradition. duty and responsibility of all Unification Church members to absolutely obey the law. This is the Who committed this sin? The people who Unification Church faith, because our life, our committed this wrongdoing are the former eternal life, comes from True Parents. reverend, Kwak, Chung Hwan, his family, and those acting in concert with them. They not In John 14:6, Jesus says: “I am the way, the truth only disobeyed True Parents, but they also and the life. No one comes to the Father except committed a second serious wrongdoing. through me.” Today, who does ‘me’ refer to? ‘Me’ refers to the Lord of the Second Advent; They usurped the assets of the Unification our True Parents. Without True Parents, there is Church without the permission of True Parents. no other way to go to the Kingdom of Heaven. These assets were accumulated through the blood, sweat, and tears of all Blessed families Our True Parents showed us the Way. Our True and Church members from around the world. Parents brought us the Truth. Our True Parents It is actually YOUR blood, YOUR sweat, and gave us Life. No one can go to the Heavenly YOUR tears. Even as we speak, they are Father except through the Messiah, our dear squandering these assets away. True Parents! They have also committed a third wrongdoing. Some of you may know that I was once They are blinding some Church leaders and kidnapped in the past. While going through that members, thereby fostering disunity within torturous ordeal, the thought came to me that, ‘I the Church. Where are they trying to take the have met the Lord; I am following True Parents!’ Church members? Are they trying to take the That thought made me proud, and gave me members away from True Parents and lead explosive energy even when they threatened them to hell? to kill me. At the moment my kidnappers were preparing to execute me and stuff my body into It grieves me to no end to see that my past a barrel, I shouted out: “True Parents, MANSEI comrade, and one of the most loyal of all !” three times. I was not afraid of dying! followers, Kwak, Chung Hwan, has broken

away from the Providence and refuses to follow independence, True Parents brought together the True Parents. To justify and conceal their 300,000 people at the Washington Monument, separation from the Providence, they have and held one of the greatest religious rallies in established the third son of True Parents, Hyun the history of the USA. At that rally, True Father Jin Moon, as their leader. declared ‘Godism’. The name of Rev. Moon rocked the entire nation of America. It took You may ask, “What about you, Bo Hi Pak? Are only 5 years for Father to come to this level of you perfect?” The answer is: ‘NO, I am not’. accomplishment. There are few people in the Unification Church who have been scolded as harshly and as many In 1977, I incorporated UCI according to the times as I have, by True Father. I am also a instructions of True Father, and I served as the sinner; I have made many mistakes and have founding Chairman of UCI. At the time, True committed many unfilial acts. However, I will Father clearly explained the purpose for the never, ever leave True Parents as long as I live. founding of UCI when he said:

Definitely, the time will come when I am finally “Within the next three and a half years, I will bring called by God. At that moment, like at the time about a tremendous change in the hearts of the of my kidnapping, before my last breath is American people through the Divine Principle. I taken, I will cry out: “True Parents, Eok Mansei!” will stand at the forefront of the world mission three times. That is my dream and prayer. work. The world will yield before the Divine Principle, like snow melting after a frigid winter. Brothers and sisters, To achieve this, we will need a large sum of money and many assets. UCI will be the place There is one thing that you must clearly where we accumulate the funds and assets understand and always keep in mind. True necessary for our world mission work.” Parents’ mission is to save the world; to save ALL of humanity. God sent them for this special During the next 14 years, Father’s ministry mission. spread like a wildfire to all corners of the world. The Washington Times, the flagship newspaper In 1971, True Father moved the World Mission begun by True Father in 1982, became one Headquarters to the United States, as he felt of the three major newspapers in America that his headquarters must be centrally located within the first two years of its publication. The in the world. I served under Father in the United Washington Times was the wake-up call that States from the very first day of his arrival. signaled the ’dawn of a New Age’ in America. President Reagan in the White House, started During the next five years, until 1976, True each day by reading the Washington Times. Parents completely conquered all 50 states of America. They were warmly welcomed, and Then, in 1990, the unimaginable happened. True received the keys to the city and proclamations Parents, the supreme leader of the ‘Victory over from Governors wherever they spoke. Communism’ movement, entered the Kremlin in the Soviet Union. He held a historic meeting On September 18, 1976, the year that with the then supreme boss of the Communist marked the 200th anniversary of American world, President Mikhail Gorbachev. It was

beyond belief! How was this possible? It was was that of the Washington Times, on New absolutely a miracle! This meeting marked a York Avenue. Also, the world famous news turning point in world history. True Parents told agency, UPI, belonged to True Parents. The President Gorbachev in a resolute manner: strategically located building that stood high, between the Congress and the White House, “Communism will never take over the world with the Atlantic Video Center, also belonged to True a godless ideology. Without God, there can be Parents, as did the Sheraton National Hotel. no peace in the world either.” The achievements of True Parents had become prominent features throughout Washington Only one year later, after that fateful meeting, DC, and a source of worldwide pride for our the Soviet Union, which had striven to conquer members. the entire world, collapsed. After only 74 years of rule, it was relegated to the dustbins of However, the usurpers of UCI have completely history. This marked the victory of ‘Godism’. annihilated and dismantled all historical traces True Parents had won the ideological war of True Parents. What have they done with the between ‘God’ vs ‘No God’, and liberated the millions of dollars they obtained after selling communist Soviet Union. True Parents carried off all these assets? With the exception of The out all this work, with UCI standing on one side, Washington Times, which was regained after and the Washington Times, which had made a year of difficult struggle, we can’t find even even the Soviet Union tremble in fear, standing one trace of the footprints of Rev. Moon in the on the other. spiritual capital of True Parents, Washington, DC. What could be sadder than this? My dear brothers and sisters! But this is not all! In commemoration of True Where is that UCI today? UCI is gone! It has Father’s 80th birthday, the Japanese Blessed disappeared from the hands of True Parents. families and members had collected offerings The Kwak family and their collaborators, and presented True Parents with a new private together with Hyun Jin nim as their leader, have jet. In short, they had given True Parents stolen UCI away from our True Parents! wings with which to fly. With this private jet, True Parents carried out two 120-nation world But who is the true owner of that money? Of speaking tours. How could they have achieved course, all the money actually belongs to True this without a private plane with which to Parents and the Unification Church. They have maintain their intense non-stop schedules? absolutely no right to touch this money; not even one penny of it! They are disregarding the The people in the Kwak group however, have fact that UCI belongs to True Parents and that confiscated this private plane! At this very it was created through your blood, your sweat moment, it is up for sale on the used plane and your tears. market. Can you imagine this? Through their actions, they made it necessary for True Parents Let’s look at Washington DC… Washington DC to stand in long lines, waiting for each of their was virtually the spiritual capital of True Parents. commercial flights. What are they trying to True Parents’ buildings could be seen here and accomplish by selling the plane? It would seem there throughout the capital. The first building that money is more important to them than True

Parents’ safety and security. little to show them.

On July 15th, True Parents visited Africa as It breaks my heart to see this. I participated in honored dignitaries, personally invited there by the construction of each and every one of those the new president of Nigeria. They however, buildings, under the guidance of True Parents. I did not have a private plane. Why is the Kwak was so mortified that I bowed down before God group making True Parents look so miserable and wept countless tears. I called out the name in the eyes of the world? Are they not afraid of Heavenly Father hundreds of times, asking of God’s judgment? Why did they take away Him, “WHY?” the wings of the King of Kings? What are they trying to do? Isn’t this one of the most unfilial Finally, the first light of dawn appeared. With the and disloyal acts they can perform? Do you not heart of a parent, True Parents patiently waited. feel rage at this treasonous arrogance taking When things became no longer tolerable; they place right before our eyes? finally broke their silence and proclaimed the ‘Declaration’ on May 25, 2011 (April 23rd by My heart is crying out: “True Parents, I am the Heavenly Calendar). The first part of the sorry! True Parents, I am sorry! It is MY fault that Declaration states: things have come to this. I am so ashamed that I cannot even ask for forgiveness!” “All members are not to forget that they must obey absolutely all directions and commands of UCI, which was usurped from the hands of the True Parents, who are the only True Parents True Father, is now nothing more than an in the world for all perpetuity and eternity. This empty shell. Virtually everything that belonged is the eternal tradition and faith of the Unification to True Parents in Washington DC has been Church.” sold off. Even the Washington DC residence of True Parents, Jefferson House, is gone. The If all the Blessed Families and members UPI building is gone. The Atlantic Video Center throughout the world, and even those who have is gone. The Sheraton National Hotel is gone. gone against the Providence, obey this one The Washington Times was also seized for a teaching of True Parents, then all our problems year, but was eventually recovered at the last can be resolved at once. However, there seems moment by True Father. However, its reputation to be little possibility of that happening. So what has been badly damaged. are we to do?

Wouldn’t those who visit Washington DC be On December 18, 1971, upon his arrival in the pointing here and there and making a mockery United States, True Father shouted out: “I have of the dignity of True Parents, saying “There come as a fireman to put out the fire in America.” is hardly a trace of Rev. Moon left here!”? I was there, at that very moment. Previously, hundreds of thousands of people came to Washington DC and praised the It is now our turn. We, Unification Church achievements of True Parents. We brought a members throughout the world, need to great number of people from Korea and other become the firefighters who can put out the fire parts of the world to show them those very of disobedience and extinguish the flames of things; didn’t we? Now however, we have very betrayal. Our True Parents are suffering.

Isn’t it our responsibility as Blessed families My dear brothers and sisters, and Unification Church members to resolve this crisis, even if it means that we must stake our Today, who are we serving? The person we are very lives on it? serving and attending is not just another king of a small country. Not at all! He is the Messiah! Brothers and Sisters! He is the Lord of the Second Advent! He is the one who God has sent to save humanity! And In Korea’s past, we can find some of the most he is the one who revealed the aching heart of passionate acts of loyalty and filial piety recorded God and liberated Him from His sorrows! He is in history. At the time of the Koryo Dynasty, a our King of Kings! He is our eternal True Parent! famous patriot by the name of Jeong, Mong Joo was called upon by the would-be king, Lee, The loyalty we show before True Parents should Seong Gye. He was asked by the followers of be on a completely different level from that of Lee, Seong Gye, who were trying to establish patriot Jeong, Mong Joo! The word ’eternal’ him as the new king, to join forces with them. follows us wherever we go. We are in a position Patriot Jeong, Mong Joo revealed his heart to to show eternal and unchanging loyalty! That is them in the form of a poem: the mission and awesome duty of the Blessed families. That is the privilege of the Blessed “Even if I die over and over again; a hundred families and Unification Church members times over again, until my bones become the around the world. We Unificationists, are a dust of the earth and my spirit is neither here different kind of breed! We are Compassionate, nor there, my single-hearted devotion to my Dedicated, Uncompromising, Steadfast, and Lord will never fade away.” never afraid, even in the face of death!

When he learned about the resolute heart of Brothers and Sisters! patriot Jeong, Mong Joo, Lee, Seong Gye instructed his servants to attack him on the The Unification Church must never be divided. Seon Jook Bridge on his way back home. We must never, ever allow this kind of thing to Jeong, Mong Joo was killed, however the blood happen. We must defend our church with our that the loyal patriot spilt on that bridge could heart and our soul! What should we do? Yes, not be washed away, and it remains there even we must become a modern day Jeong, Mong today. Joo! Let us pledge before our beloved True Parents: This story teaches us a very important lesson. The king that patriot Jeong, Mong Joo served ‘Even if I die over and over again; a hundred under, was just an ordinary secular king. He was times over again, until my bones become like not the Messiah. He was not the Savior. He was the dust of the earth, and my spirit is neither not someone sent from God. He was simply the here nor there, my single-hearted devotion to king of a small nation. And yet, the loyal patriots our beloved True Parents will never fade away! pledged their allegiance to him, and were even Aju!’ willing to give their very lives for him. This is the path that we Blessed families and Unification Church members need to follow.

On the positive side, we have the World Dear Rev. Kwak, won’t you and your family President, Rev. Hyung Jin Moon, the heir repent with tears? established directly by our True Parents. He is the one who has been clearly entrusted by My dear elder brother Hyun Jin nim, from when our True Parents with the responsibility of the you were young, I saw what a filial son you were. worldwide Unification Movement. He is the Won’t you repent before True Parents and ask filial son and loyal patriot who sets an example for forgiveness, with tears? You are our elder before us. brother and we love you! No one will stop you from coming to True Parents. Even recently, in Here in America, we are blessed to have the Alaska, Father asked: “Why are Hyun Jin and daughter of our True Parents, Rev. In Jin Moon, Jeon Sook not here to welcome me?”. Please leading our Church. She is completely united go to True Parents as quickly as possible! with our World President, and our True Parents. Our dear members who are caught in the trap of We Blessed families need to unite as one, the Kwak group, please return to True Parents. centering on our loyal and obedient World How did you lose your way? Come back while President, Rev. Hyung Jin Moon, and our the gates of the Kingdom of Heaven remain open. American president, Rev. In Jin Moon, who are Do not put this resolution off until tomorrow, as faithfully attending our True Parents. They are tomorrow may never come. the ones who will guide us through these difficult times. Beloved Brothers and Sisters,

We need to encourage the Kwak group and Won’t you pray for those who strayed away? their families to repent for their actions and ask United we stand; divided we fall. Yes, united we for forgiveness from our True Parents. They are stand; divided we fall! However, we will never fail, now treading down a dead-end street that leads because our True Parents are already victorious! to death and destruction. We need to save our brothers and sisters! Long live our True Parents! Aju!

True Parents are the True Parents of mercy, and Thank you very much. they will offer forgiveness and welcome them back, just as the Father welcomed back his son in the biblical parable of the Prodigal son. There will be great rejoicing from our True Parents and all Blessed families and members on the day they return home to True Parents. Doesn’t the ‘Declaration’ imply that if those people repent, then True Parents will erase everything and forgive them? But before they can be forgiven, they first need to repent. There can be no forgiveness without repentance.