American people have pride, being at the top of everything in the world - Original document

F irst of all, I’d like to thank you for the heartfelt welcome that you have bestowed upon s. A long time ago, I knew that your hearts were agonizingly seeking the day of my isit, and I have known your hearts for a long time. But for an even longer time, I anted to come to visit you — each one of you. You must understand and be generous with me for not coming here sooner. I had my responsibility in Korea to pay indemnity. T hat you may not know; that was my task.

Lfu English_;_? I am sorry for the English. (Laughter.) I cannot speak very well, so hat I need interpreter.

t has been one month since I arrived in the United States. In this one month, from San F rancisco to Washington, D. C., I have visited many cities and places.

understand that the American people have pride ·being at the top of everything in he world, and this is my first impression of America. America is indeed a vast country in which there are deserts, mountains, and plains; and the very weather a ries much across the land. I also recognize a truly great nation and the greatest power of sovereignty. Also, I am indeed impressed by the powerful civilization which ~ou have achieved, which indeed can provide the leadership of the world today. You ve almost everything, but above all you need one important thing.

bat one thing is: You need to know how God is looking at you. What are you in the ~:gbt of God? Are you really the nation the :heavenly Father is proud to have at the · p ? It is not important that you are proud of what you have, but it is important that .heavenly Father is proud of you. We enjoy the civilization of the twentieth century, - .. how does the heavenly Father look at the civilization of today?

• ile traveling across this land, I was often in fear that if we are mistaken about this c:.nd, we shall J:>e awfully mistaken in the sight of God. As I look at the vast number of s and the many, many buildings and cities, I often meditate, thinking of our Father d what destiny, what course we have to run; I question whether there is any further rizon that can be bridged or opened up. I have been in deep thought about the many eas I have seen between San Francisco and Washington. I have wondered and have een anxiously hoping that there is something I can find in this land which not only we, t the .heavenly Fathe r can be proud of. The. important thing is not the size of the and. I ask, Is there one man or one family upon whom God can really rest? Is there - ch a family in this land? Instead of millions of people with the power of the earth, d is seeking that one man or one family whom He can really trust. This is a vital • c stion. Is there such an individual, or such a family, which, under any circum- ta nce, any hardship, any kind of situation, without retreating will stand in the name God?

• there one? Is there one individual or one family that our .heavenly Father can .alue· and be proud of because of worthiness? This is of greater .value than the whole ntincnt and ‘w ealth of the United St.ates. God would not exchange that one individual · r the whole country. With such an individual of such faith, Ood can pursue the ::-estoralion of the world. He may lose or sacrifice the country, but in return He will = in the entire bles sed universe. There may be a few people without sovereignty, ·thout power and without fame but who have the ideal of the twenty-first or twenty- Eecond century. Upon the m God may base His dispensatibn. They may become the a sters of the future world. God is seeking that foundation here upon the earth .

.Jet us recall the accomplishments of Jesus, who lived on earth 2, 000 years ago. Even ugh he left no physical accomplishment, and even though he was physically defeated, ~t he left the ideology, the new vision of the future; and he accomplished what has - come the molding power and the foundation of. our interim , history. -ave you ever contemplated what God is thinking and what He is seeking here on earth? · God seeking democracy? Is God favoring Communism? Do you think God is seeking . e churches of various denominations of today? No, He is not. God is seeking the dividual to be Hi s object, to assume the object position; one who can have give and ·-= e with Him. God, as Subject, has been seeking that object here on earth upon whom - e can lay the foundation of His kingdom. Therefore, it has been the hope of God, d the hope of huma nity, that He will find one individual, one family, upon whom .::.e can rest His Ideal so that He can freely give an? take in perfection. This bas been · own to us as the ideal of the coming of the Lord. We need this hope since all humanity s deviated from the original creation because of the fall of man. If there is God, He - st contemplate finding that very o:1e here on earth upon whom He can expand His -· gdom, His ideal. But it is not easy to secure that foundation here on eirth. He ~ea many forerunners, many previous workers; and God has also b_e en sweating. It - not only important that God prepare, but it is also important to God that there are _ c h people ready to accept Him .

.: ve you realized that there are people who are ready to accept Him at this very moment? you recognize yourself as the type good enough for His service? Have you ever ondered whether this country is ready to accept the one when he comes to establish : ~ ideal here on ea rth? The time will inevitably come. If you believe the Bible to be · e truth, and if you know. 1 that there is a God , then He will not change, but He will fulfill ·s promise. The refore, the first thing we have to do here on earth, since we are - t ready, is to awaken. We must be awakened to be ready for the new day and for · e ultimate one who is coming. Since we are a fallen generation, we have a wish to - restored and a journey to return home, and we have to prepare for this journey. :e cannot make this preparation blindly. The Divine Principle Movement is preparilig _; · e way, to have the people of the world ready and awakened for this ultimate corning : the day and His ideal.

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3eforc the fall of man, our ancestors, Adam and Eve, could freely converse with and -ee God. They always communed with God in oneness. Eternity was already there, d they were living together with God, not separated. Because of the fall of man, , umanity lost God. The God who was spiritually visible, the living God, the God who ·as a partner in man’s life, was lost. Therefore, as we prepare a way back home we ::aust know all the facts about the fall of man. Without knowing the magnitude of the : ss, how can we be restored? Since man’s separation from God due to the fall, and ecause of our love for living reality, we have longingly searched for a God who will e visible in our lives. Remember that Adam and Eve freely communed with God in : irit. Since we lost that God, our way back home .through the restoration is the - arch for the God of communion. We have to go back to God Himself. God was the :: ing God, the God of life; living life with man. Since we lost this God, we have to _repare for the searchfoi’the God who can be our companion, our family, our partner “” life. We desire to see God spiritually, to return to Him and to live with Him.

:· ese three are the essence of the importance of the preparation for the homecoming. - , the humanity of today has longed for these three major desires. You may not know · y, but innermost within your he art there is this desire to be with God. Within your -earts you have a homesickness; some kind of an idea, hoping, adoring, admiring, :eekiiig, searching. You don’t even know why; you have no reason, but somehow you •:-e agonizingly-desiring God to dwell within you, and you desire to dwell with Him. -: humanity, after the fall, had completely lost this desire, this adoring, there would : no hope for the restoration of mankind. Now, after knowing this, let us :..~eexamine · d reevaluate our lives, past, present, and future. Do you really want to see God? __, you have a desire to live with God for all eternity? To what degree do you have · - ·_s desire? Can that degree be compared with your desire to be with your own children? = your desire to be with your husband or wife? Or can it be compared with your -:imiration bestowed upon the heroes or leaders of the nation? Your desire is not•~God’s ~ y requirement.

- ce men and God have been separated, there has been no way for them to unite :..:ectly. Since all humanity has been incapable of .reuniting with God directly, God · - been promising to send one individual who can bridge the gap. Now, this distance ot be covered at once. At first, God restores _u s from the position of the fall to • position of the servant, then to the position of the adopted son and then to the 0

- ition of the real father-and-son relationship. These steps God has been taking. ~ 0 ieve it or not, thus far it has taken 6, 000 years of the toil and sweat of His _- eavor. The dispensatibn of God has been known in the three major testaments. _ .._ring the time of the Old Testament, God helped man to advance from the indebted : sition of the fall to the position of the servant. During the New Testament era of - us, God helped man to reduce furthev his indebtedness and advance to the position : he adopted son. And now, in the Completed Testament Age, the promised one es, heaven and humanity become reunited, and the true relationship of son and __ :he r becomes . . reestablished.

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When God cente red upon Israel as the chosen nation, · He wanted His chosen people to subjugate all nations so that all nations would know Him. And when God chose one fa mily of Israel upon which to center His dispensation, He wanted all other families to surrender to this family in a true oneness. With Moses as leader, the Israelites were the chosen people, and it was God’s desire to have even the most distant ones, ike Pharaoh of Egyp!,, surrender before Moses. God prepares, focusing upon one ~amily and one people · and one nation so that all nations can be united as one. Upon his base His promise of sending the ultimate one is realized. It was the responsi- oility of Israel, the chosen nation, once it recognized the expected Messiah, to expend :ts entire effort to support him and his mission. His purpose was foremost. It was the responsibility of the people of Israel to ’ stand ready to be commanded, .reaay to .:allow,: and ready to obey the Messiah under any circumstances.

3ut at that time the people of Israel were more interested in their own sovereignty. “’hey were under the oppression of Rome. They were most interested in gaining ·r eedom from the Roman Empire and in ::reestablishing their own nation. Their “deal was narrowly focused upon the nation rather than upon the world or universe . They did not realize, upon the coming of Jesus; that he was not only interested in ~s rael but that his . interest was focused upon the entire world and universe. Israel ·ct not know this. And they measured the Messiah, Jesus, by the Old Testament. T other words, their concept of the Messiah was a very narrow one._ The Israelites . e re so anxious to get away from the subjugation of Rome that they believed that the essiah would free them of the Romans and give them their independence. Their cope of the coming of the Messiah was not the same as God had contemplated.

e$US could not come with such a narrow purpose. Jesus taught that they should· love :heir enemy, and that even soldiers of the Roman Empire were included. And he did ~ot want to be corfired by the detai-ls of the regulations of temple worship. We even ve evidence in the Bible that when he entered the temple he behaved destructively, ·sagreeing with many of their ideas. He showed that it was not his purpose to support :heir self-centered views. In other words, Jesus did not come to fulfill his work •ithin the framework of the Old Testament. No, he came upon the foundation of the Ol d Testament, but he taught a new ideology. His purpose was to restore the entire ‘’ ngdom of God, which means to restore the entire universe to God. That was the ~11 and determination of Jesus because, c:if course, it was the ,vill of God.

e sus’ will was 100 percent parallel with the will of God and that will was made own to the people of Israel. As explained, the circumstances affecting the ac- eptance of Jesus were quite different from what he desired in teaching the · \,rill of JOd. Even Jesus, the Me ssinh, did not change the people’s thoughts, although he hould have bee n the most sought- after, thirsted-after, hoped-:-for and desired of 1 men. The establis hme nt by Jesus of a dwelling place upon earth would ha ve . rovidcd the pl ace for the .heavenly Father to come to dwell with him. It was God’s pc and des ire to dwell on carLh in the l,ingdom whic h was centered on J e sus Christ. ~ other ,vords, God wanted to make His home he re upon earth.

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God was agonizingly seeking the day when He could dwell with Jesus and could really establish His home here on earth. This had been His hope and desire and agony · · during the 4, 000-year history before the Christ. Did the people have the desire to see the Messiah as much as God wanted them to have that desire? If anyone’s deter- mination of desire to see the Messiah paralleled God’s desire to find His children, hat person, without fail, had the privilege to meet the Messiah. If one could follow he Messiah under all circumstances, God would allow that one to find him. And that one could be further blessed by being privileged to liye with God in eternity. God desired, so much, to give His love.

For example, Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist, may be one who really desired from her heart to see the day of the Messiah. And of course, John the Baptist was one who really hoped, in an agonizing sickness, for the day that he could meet the Messiah. The three wise men from the East were guided, and their hearts burned to seek God’s Son. Without that desire, they would not have had the privilege of seeing the infant Jesus on that glorious -day. But they forgot one thing! They all had good intentions and were successful in finding the Messiah, but they forgot that they must stay and live with him. Where was John the Baptist? Where was his mother? Where were the wise men listed among the disciples of Jesus? Where were the shepherds? All gone! There were those who prayed in the temple and recognized Jesus as Anna recognized him there. Where was she?

There we;re many, particularly during a _ time of emergency or a time of discord or an “end of the world” who sought after :a·nd found the Ultimate One, but there were not many who stayed with him and lived with him. There were not maµy ! Many were called Qllt few were chosen. The people of Israel, in a similar case, had a desire for the Messiah, but they did not have the slightest idea what they would do when he came. They did not know what they would do !

God was looking upon the entire universe, but the chosen people had focused their interesL . upon their own nation. God wanted the Messiah to love other people more than His chosen childrep, but the Israelites wanted his love to be entirely their own.

In other words, they did not seek the Messiah of God’s version, but they sought the Messiah of their own version. Then isn’t it logical and reasonable to you that these people who were seeking the Messiah of their own version had to crucify Jesus upon Calvary because the Messiah of God’s version was not the one they were seeking, wanting, or accepting? In other word~, their interest, .their concept, their thought, their ideology, their welfare, was self-centered — not God-centered. They were wrong because they focused upon themsell’es, ·in the center position, instead of God.

We must realize that God is thinking, searching, contemplating and planning works that are greater than we are. Therefore, if it is pod’s desire, He may give up one individual in order to save something greater than that one individual. God may give

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up a family in order to save the tribe. God may give a nation as sacrifice to restore His world. Such a nation is known. God will judge the world in order to save heaven, or the _heavenly ·universe, which is the spiritual universe and the physical universe ogethcr. Therefore, the ideology and the ideal of the people of Israel, which was ocused upon their own nation and their own people, was against the Will of God.

Thinking of today, let us bring th3 problem to our own shoulders. Let us look at he churches in Christianity today. We’ve been seeking the coming of the Messiah, he coming of the Ultima te One, but we may be seeking this One’s coming for our own benefit, or for the Christian benefit. Remember that he is not coming for Christianity. At this time, as at the time of Jesus, people think that because of Christianity, God will not abolish the nation. They want a nation. and Christianity too! Do you know of any nation or group of people today that is blessed upon the foundation of Christianity? You might say America is the one nation blessed upon the foundation of Christianity; Don’t misunderstand me. God likes it, and you have that pride and that spirit. God likes it. But there is one thing we must not forget. God is not seeking democratic America, but God is seeking .heaven on earth. God seeks he sovereignty and the civilization which are centered, not on men, but on heaven, on Him. Do you think that when the Lord comes upon this earth, he will .:utilize the people’s ideology and ideal as suggested by the system of government of each nation? It is in God’s plan that you are either in the camp of democracy or of Communism. It doesn’t make any difference. Each one of you has to be b_o rn again in a new con- sciousness: in a new universe. — a new universal understanding and a new universal c onsciousness.

History seems to be running arbitrarily, without any cause, but we must solemnly realize there is a definite cause of history. The destiny of history will ultimately end in one world, if you know God. Today, we frequently speak about two worlds ; and ~’2” is the nearest number to ‘..’ l. !’ Today we have, in a way, a stalemated, hope- ess situation. Democracy cannot eradicate Communism. Communism cannot sub- jugate the entire free world. We have a stalemate. As this situation of the stalemate is prolonged there will be a moment of crisis for the free world. Communism is claiming totalitarianism. Its benefit and welfare is based on the total. On the other hand, democracy is based on the right of the individual. The question before the free world today is ,how. this individual -centered concept of the universe can be developed or . reestablished or rebor_n into the concept of heaven. If today’s conventional Christianity has to decline, then this must be the situation here in America. The time certainly has come when we have to start the new step — go beyond the con- ventional step. The new way is an absolutely new ideology that can disregard the situation of the present and go beyond it by revolutionizing. We have to get out of the dead end.

There are many Christians who anxiously desire to see the day of the coming of the Lord. If the Lord comes by the clouds of heaven, I know there will be no problem

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for this present world to accept him. But it is also possible that even after the Lord has come through the clouds of heaven, and even after people meet him and realize that he is not their concept of the Messiah, some may not accept him at once. As I mentioned already, it is of vital importance that we must live with him.-- live with the Messiah, with the Lord, with the One. It is not only important to see him and meet him but it is important to stay with hi,n. This is of ultimate importance. Therefore, Ame rica today has to develop a new way of life in which there is room for him.

You might sometime meditate upon the situation we would have if history repeated ·tself so that your founding fathers’ time was repeated now. The Pilgrim fathers came upon this land in a life or death effort to settle it. Are you willing and ready to join them in that circumstance? You know that the world situation of today is difficult and confused. Many people have the erroneous idea that when the Lord comes he will employ supernatural power to eliminate every single bit of evil at once, and .haLin the very short period of one·. lifetime the world will be completely restored by him. If that is God’s way, He would not have had to wait until today. How could God have abandoned man 6, 000 years ago?

God is the God of principle, the God of law. A..nation has laws which prevent the pronouncement of death sentences without a logical way of holding a trial and rea- ~onable anq logical proof of the crime. By the same token, universal order cannot :::>e conducted arbitrarily. There are stern rules and principles of God involved . … he law of God is the law of justice. It cannot be avoided or compromised. Then, hen God sends His illtimate One to earth do you think that the ffitimate One will change everything to good in a second? No! The answer is NO! The Lord will ot appear to you initially as the Lord of Glory. No, he will come with his divine “reative work and genius which he will put into effect slowly but surely, and with is sweat and blood he will construct his l~ingdom, not just bring it down with him . . nd all the people of the world will know that their Lord has come. He will exercise · · s power and judge the world. Judgment means the judgment of Satan.

:>o you know the real identify of Satan? Satan has been aggravating God for the last ~, 000 years and has been aggravating Jesus and the Holy Spirit for the last 2, 000 :;·ears. Do you think such an enemy will just give up everything and fall quickly in :ront of you? No. In order to subjugate Satan, we must pe greater and stronger and ~eeper in every respect. We must be qualified and confident. We must be greater :ban Satan in every qualification .

. 11 right. You will receive· the command from the Lord to go out to fight against -atan and e:i…-terminate him. Suppose you have that command. How well equipped :ire you at the present time? What strength do you have? If you have a command :rom the Lord you should have appropriate weapons and ability to comply. Are your 1eapons and abilities good enough? As a symbolic example, we know that Jesus had

to take the cross because something was lacking; and today no one seems to have the ability to destro y Satan. Do you know how Jesus Christ subjugated Satan? There ,was a sharp contrast between the desires of Jesus and those of Satan. Satan wanted to · ave the center position of the ,vorld. He wanted to be the Lord. He wanted everyone :o focus upon him, but Jesus would not. Jesus offered an alternative. Jesus focused pon God and taught others to do the same. This difcrencc gave Jesus the weapcn to subjugate Satan. Jesus’ battle was tough and rugged ; a suffering one, leading him up :he hill of Calvary bearing the cross. So in order t.o return we have to come by the -ame road. Jesus nailed himself upon the cross as a sacrifice. Therefore, ultimate · ·ctory will be won when we nail our enemy, Satan, to the cross. Therefore, the Lord as to gather strength by sustaining and encouraging his disciples, who must push into :hat same view of the cross upon the hill of Calvary, and who must expand the size of :he dispensation to the tribe, the nation, and the world. If the Lord comes and calls :-ou, will you join this trip for the final glory of God? Now, initially you must suffer. ou must go this way. Does your conscience tell you to go ,vith him? The Divine ?rinciple Movement does not call for glory but calls for the cross .

…’ou have an erroneous idea if you think the Lord will come, take up your problems-and elp you while you take it easy. No. The Lord comes to give you the awakening, the r and-new awakening, in which you will be called to drink the bitter cup, because this the way 90d has been working. In other words, the Lord is not coining_to gtve you ig baskets of fruit. No, he is coming to invite you to take the road of sacrifice — .• e road of servant to the nation and to the world. And I humbly, as the Leader of the ::)ivine Principle Movement, have already trod this rugged road. After knowing the . ill of God and His heart so deeply, I am strikingly surprised at how far away from ~ e true · ,Vill of God is what the present world understands· it to be. After knowing, let .:.s look at the two.

:’here is that person who wants just the Lord of Glory. He wants a religious purpose ~ cused upon simply thinking that he is already in heaven. By contrast, there is the . rson who understands the agony of the heart of God; and, knowing that His dispen- -ation is not finished and His· ,vill is not done, he asks to take the burden of the cross ~ n his shoulder — to carry it over the hill of Calvary by way of the thorny path. ? r om the l.’iewpoint of God, which person would you choose? Which type would you -eed as your comrade? We do not nee d the one who just hopes and desires. John the aptist, his mo ther, Elizabeth, the wise men, and Annn were of this type. By contrast, · ose we do need are those who, after discovering the Lord, stayed with him to do his ·ork and live wTth him. If those people whc, in their way, betrayed Jesus had remained ith him, had truly known him, had helped with his manual work — had worked, sweat, _aten, and slept with him, they would have been given great blessing and the crown of ory. In other words, if they had suffered alongside tbe Lord in the physical life, vod woulcl have bestowed great blessings upon them. If all the prophets who knew of : e coming of the Me ssiah and who knew the ide ntify of Jesus h:1d, through adequate -e termination and decision, stayed with Jesus, lived the physical life, suffered together,

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taughed and rejoiced together, then the history of Christianity would have been far . different. In fact, Jesus would not have been crucified.

So, I giyc the implication, and the general outline, of the direction in which the Divine Principle Movement is heading. Whether you like it or not, whether you are awake or asleep, the time is coming whe , according to God’s plan, God will meet men and men . ill meet God, and they will unite together. This time will come in the course of ·story. And there is One who is promised for this purpose, with this miss.i on, the One for whom humanity has been agonizingly and tearfully waiting for 6, 000 years. iie is the One whose mission is to fulfill God’s hope and desire by physically estab- :ishlrig · God’s home here on earth so that .God can dwell with us, as Revelation says. History will start anew from that time, and that will be God’s victory. And from the ew beginning, the Promised One will become the ·ultimate :forefather, the Father f mankind. He will be the mediator. Through him you can be united with God. ~ hrough him God is united with you. The will of the Father was exactly parallel to :he ¼’ill of Jesµs Christ. By the same token, this true will will be parallel to the will f all men. God wants so much to have His Son on earth with mankind. God wants to ave you and all men eagerly hope and search for His True Son. Then God wants to eet both His True Son and mankind as they are united together. God has wanted, with 1 His heart, to see the Leader, the Son of God, physically dwelling here on earth . .”\nd we must realize how much God wanted Jesus to fulfill his mission so that God’s me on earth could be established.

3”od has many, many plans, even extending into eternity. His renewed plan of the ~deal of creation was focused upon Jesus. As God was desirous of Jesus’ success, - your heart must be crying out to meet that ultimate One who is coming. Your eart must be burning, _rededicating and recommitting you by saying, “Wherever he .eads me, I shall go. I am ready!” You must have that fervent view and desire that _.ou will never depart from him, that you will stay with him through eternity. There- : re, your searching, your desire, your hope for him should be many times greater : an any desire you can have for worldly things. In other words, you have many :.esires and many hopes which unfold in your life, but your desire for him must be uch, much greater.

·e sus came to change the existing world to a new one. The old world was not up to ·-·s expectation. Consequently, in your desi.re and longing for God’s Son, you should e searching beyond this present \vorld. \Vhen God looked upon His entire universe, e loved it with infinite love; so it is with infinite love that God loves the people of the orld today. God has endured 6, 000 bi~lical years and still loves you this way. How uch do you think God loves Christianity today? God’s love toward all these things is ~inite, limitless. God has been longing and searching too. Father has been searching :or His lost children. That is the very ideology that Jesus brought to this world. God’s _ ople long to see the Christ and long for his world and his love. Since this universe :s God’s, it belongs to Christ, and when you belong to Christ, this world belongs to you.

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You have a mission to perform for Him. I am fully capable of carrying out such a mission. Can you face it? Although God and Jesus love America dearly, they love he rest of the world as well. In view of this, should you focus on America alone? If you love beyond this limitation, if you love every corner of this entire world, will you be criticized? No. When you love God’s whole world, His entire creation, God loves you more than ever.

If you have a desire to see God, meet God, and live with God, do you know the first hing you have to do? You do His \vill. You go out to the place where other people hesitate ~ to go and you say, “Oh, Father, since I love this world, I’m willing to go anywhere under any circumstances and love your people. Just let me go!” And if you have this attitude, commit your wholehearted love toward Him, then you are the one! You are the closest one to the heavenly Father. Thro ugh such people, the ideal of God, and His hope and His desire will become the reality upon this earth. In the Divine Principle Movement, we long to serve the Lord and we also long for the resto- ration of all people in the world. Yes, our love is full for this world.

Use your very longing, very desire, very love for the Lord in the salvation of all humanity, including even the most. miserable people. You must go to the miserable and love them as much as you love the Lord. You must love your fellow humans with the same intensity that you love the Lord. Love both with· a single love.

After the resurrection, Jesus asked Simon .Peter, “Do you love me more than these?” and Peter answered, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” Do you know the next command of Jesus? Jesus repeated three times the same questio.n and when Peter replied, “Yes, Lord . . . . “then Jesus commanded, “Feed my sheep.” Jesus wanted his undying love. Jesus wanted the disciple, not as a follower, but to be as Jesus himself. Jesus wanted his disciple to be another Jesus. Jesus wanted his disciple to be not merely a follower but to become as perfect and as great as he was himself. In my own experience, after a long life of prayer, I discovered that this is ·the real way to serve God. Be not just a follower, ·hot just a receiver of the command, but be one with God, be one with Christ. So, do not hope to go into an already-prepared heaven. There is no such heaven. You must create. construct, and reconstruct a hea~§:_~ of your own; then heaven is automatically yours . You are within the limit of the Divine Principle 1\1.ovement now. We have no nationality, we have no boundary because there is no .. boundary in your heart. In the background of the history of civilization we see revolutionary plans of action. Does any good come of this? Although we desire to see the Christ, we also long for the world to be restored. As much as you desire to live with the Lord and have him accept your soul, you likewise desire to have the world transformed by restoration. You associate your own interest with the interest :of the world. Your intensive compassion goes to the world, bringing God’s kingdom here on earth to humanity.

Wherever you go, you will find God. He is wherever you are doing your work. Like- _wise, Jesus and the Holy Spirit are found at the battleground, not at th€} rest camp.

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The keys to the Kingdom of Heaven are not to be found where you sit to relax, but they are to be found in the battle. Thus, the longing to see, the longing to go, and the longing to live with are desires which, before being made known to God, should be cried out to the world. I want you to know that as much as you love me, please love the world even more. If you have the desire to see me and meet me, please first concern yourself with the 180 millions of your brothers and sisters in America. Before you rejoice with me, please rejoice with your brothers and sisters. If you do this, you will find that I am always there.

God is seeking that one. Are you desiring to be the one to fulfill this mission? Do you hink you can take up this responsibility? If you do this, if you take up this reponsi- bility, you seem to be leaving e verything, losing everything, destroying yourself. You seem to be losing everying, but you are the one who is really gaining. Even ·hough you cry to God with compassionate love for the world, for your people and the vorld, your mission could fail for some reason. Even though your mission became a fiasco, this would not be the final outcome. God would send a greater one to fulfill i.he responsibility of the mission in your name. When you hear my personal life story, ou will know that the greater part of it is nothing but tears, nothing but crying, nothing :::mt thorny paths. Many times I had to boost myself up and rededicate myself; and in my heart recommitment came.

ay I say, ‘then: I am a visitor to the United States, and this is my first trip to this ::x>untry. Yet, I am the one who loves you and loves Amer”ica most. I am not concerned ith the present America, what you earn and what you own, but I am concerned with the .-~rnerica of tomorrow. For the future America. There is no one who has shed more :ears. There is no one who has knelt down in prayer more than I have. I have done : is because I have absolute command and authority from Him, and I. have absolute ::!Ompassion and I beseech you from my own heart. I know what I am doing.

‘”’od is using the youth of America today, and God will continue to use them. But the :,~outh of America today are not good enough to serve His purpose. Revolution! There ust be a revolution of the person. The heart of each American youth must burn so · at a new concept of the universe and new awakening awareness \\’ill come to the · dividual in order to be used by God. I know that if you really follow the Divine - rinciple Movement you will love this country most, this nation most, this people ost; and you will rea lly be ready to give yourselves up for the welfare of the entire nation. And I know from reports about some Divine Principle members that : ey are so poor that they cannot afford even one meal a day, and that they sell their _ ood in order to buy food. Many in the Divine Principle Movement are living in such _·r cumstances now.

:… you have faith in God, don’t you sec that God is with them? The Korean youth who -re in the Divine Principle Movement currently live lives of hardship, but they see · at perhaps within a few years, perhaps within a decade, the world must surrender

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:o this ideology. I have asked the Korean youth if they are ready a,nd willing to bea~ n even heavier cross than the one that was borne by Jesus. Compare your standard ith the standard that I enforce upon the Korean youth in the initial movement of the :)ivine Principle. Even though you are within the scope of the Divine Principle Move- ment in what you have accomplished and in what you are struggling for, there is much : urthcr to go . I may give you the entire world as a gift, but if the value of the gift oesn’t last more than a year or two, I don’t know why I should have the desire to give ou such a gift. I do not want to give you any lesser gift, so I br”ing you the g”ift which :s the de sire, the longing after God, the desire for Chris’t. With that desire you can illingly make any sacrifice, endure any hardship that might be required of you.

:f you have this commitment and this determination, and if I give it to you as a gift, nou are the recipient of the greatest gift ever known and one which will not desert :;ou within a year or two but will go on eternally. Do not be discouraged. Even though ometimes you feel that there is no God, know that He is always present. With that :eeling you must remember that God is with you. When you feel, “Oh; there is no uod. I’m hopeless; I’m discouraged. Nobody talks to me; even God doesn’t look at me,” you must feel God is close to you, closely watching you. In that hour when you would :hink that you are apart from God, say, “My heart is full and rich; I have God; I am _ 11 of grace. “

hen I was ·in the most critical emergency of being tortured in prison, I did not want :o pray to God about this miserable situation. While the situation was unnatural, I .IDew that God was near. I knew His presence even without praying. In that circum- - ance of being close to death it was not difficult to feel that God wasn’t looking at me r looking after me. But I definitely knew that God was there and was preparing to … eliver me in an unexpected way. When I was in tears, unexpectedly God sent me “’omfort. I was in prison under the Communist regime. The hard, inhuman way in hich they treated me is beyond your imagination. Under that circumstance, even, : felt that God was always there and was comforting me. One time I wondered if I ·ea in this manner who would take over my mission. But today I’m showing you the :niracle that I’m here to carry out the mission which at that time seemed to be impossible . ·

any times I knew that I was dying. As I was dying I thought that the mission was termi- ated, but a miracle brought me through. Who did this? Father! God! Under such ircumstanccs we really discover God. We want to know God as Father, not as Master . . hen the time of a crisis of other miserable circumstance comes, you call God “Fathe r” and He calls you “Son.” And there is ‘a pxomise. Oh, this promise can never be broken. his is real. Only then can God claim y_ou as His true Son, My Son, Son of God. That ~ecognition can be earned only in such a situation. And Satan cannot say anything. You re as free of Satan’s accusation as if be were not there. Satan has nothing to do with

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::)uring my torture in prison, arrogant Satan said to God, ‘’Oh, God, he is really -our Son. I have no power whatsoever over him. He .is yours.”

h, what a profoundly significant experience that I embrace the Father and the Father ~mbraces me in this circumstance. I wish that I could more fully share this experience.

~ thank you.

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December, 1967