The Master Speaks On the Restoration and Judgment

These questions and answers have been transcribed from tapes made during our Leader’s sessions with members and guests at Centers throughout the United States during his trip in March & April 1965.

After the Leader was released from prison and came down to South Korea, he lived with two other persons in a very tiny room. They would discuss the problems of uniti~g the universe o If any out- sider had heard their conversation he would have thou ht them all to be crazy.

The problem is whether we can endure until the time comes. We must continue our efforts for a few more years and things will happen. We must work as hard as we can, without reservation. God is working. You will se~ the change.

The Art of Preaching a Sermon and Other Things

The highly spiritual message suffers through interpretation. The flow of the spirit is interrupted. A sermon should flow like a poem. As the spirit world harmonizes with this world, the message originating in spirit should not be interrupted. Good preachin should not re uire or anization of the thoughts, u sou d be like water flowin • Translation destroys tne grammar and causes awkward presentation, but teamwork improves the effort. ·

For instance, the water in the pitcher is calm and beautiful and crystal-clear, but it is not alive. A mountain stream which runs, falls mak~s no· is living water. S irit is somewha t similar. t should flow like running water andn ave true beauty. In order t ogive a goo dsermon, YOU must be inspired first . ~ nless your heart is touched and y u ~ - in e grace or Go , you can never inspire other peopleo You must be capable of first ins iring ourselfo The sermon is n ot for other people as much as it is f or ourself. I do not lan a written s ~ n . ee the s piri- t ual atmosphere of the audience and fit the sermon to it. A ser- mon should not be like a sharpened knife, with re-sharpening be- tween sermons ~ The sermon should inspire you with power over- f lowing inside with an endless supply of spirit flowing from you. so, if you give a good sermon, you can give another good sermon, and then an even greater sermon. That is the way it should be!

There are many who can be critical of the situation. three-year-old can criticize. Even a Criticism is not a virtue. Great leadership consists of knowing the circumstances and controlling (½CJ them for a certain pu~pose.

The true light of religion comes by experienceo We should not commit the mistake of judging others by what we know. Should we sa t ome n ood or bad based onl u on our own under- ·s.;…:=tca-” .- n””’d””il-·n__,,g~,,.__,t_h-= i -=s= i~s~ -n-=oe.-at>-…:=-=-…~c…=.W --= e -=-m~u~s=t~ =b--”e.:..;::_o::c..c.c- e~n-”-.”-=--…W --=ch=e:..n.: ;. ;c.;:_s--= o .rn= .;: eone does

something wrongp there could · be a reason w Until you are sure, don °t close the dooro Otherwise, you are moving toward only one type of Heaven o Heaven · is -like a vast ocean , Unless your life is open and fle xibleu you cannot freely live in that vast spiri- tual heaven , You are limited to one particular section o

When you are giv:,inCJ-jl se.rmon~ _you must start at the level of the owest ~ i n the .ru;oupa· Humble _yours~lf, belittle yourself! If you announce that you are about to deliver a great message which you have prepared, no one will receive any inspiration. Start at the bottom. Some of those who begin - to preach will make many ·mistakes because their experienc~ is not very good~ and because their understandi ng of the Divine Principle in depth is not very good , We must not judge a person when our ability is not very goodw Even God said that He will judge last .

In some cases you may be afraid ~ or unexpected things happen to you, or you may be disturbed becaus~ the condition is not the same as the one you asked for in your prayer . Da not be concerned. There is a purpose behind what you experience v ana it is certain to bring you some benefit . Even though · some occurrences seem tra- gic, do not be complacent , but digest the matter and search for the true grace and benefit .

Many people have their own fixed religious concepts and simpl y do not wish to be bothered with the Divine Principle, or some persons may purposely come to disturb your sermon or even try to harm you ., Do not judge them but realize that all such__ha..Q- penings help you to become more perfect Manyp many of such disturbing factors cooperate in helping you to reach perfection.

The Leader learns from everyone , from you, from children, fro~ those who are insane # and from the ignorant laborer” They all inspire him o

In this, the Leader 0 s first trip to the United States, he sees many things which can be compared to things in Korea. But in no way is he judging ~our way of life from the Korean point of view. He is observing from your ‘tandpointu with a completely open mind o

Everything is moving by waves, small waves here and large waves which seem to be far away . They are all in harmonyu In some cases a ship turns over and many die in the shipwreck “ But all of the waves fill the one purpose of running forward straight toward the goal o See the big picture and do not be critical, but ke ep yourself free.

To our Leader, Americans appear to be physically big, like giants, but also they ear to e small in a way 1 by.li_ying lives ~hat are ver re u ated o They are regulated by metersp by pounds, by ounces, certain foods p doing things in a certain wayf breakfast of two eggs sunnyside-up . Our Leader has a mind like an ocean; busy all the timeu

The world cannot be cooked in heavenly fat o

Our interest and o ,inion should be focused u on God and upon no one else o Do not build a fence around ourself mo or your- self into a certain shape o For instance~ the Washingt on - group shou not be the pattern 0 but God should be the pattern o Let your imagination work and tell you how God would do things .,F o- cus your imagination upon God as the pattern o It is not meant that you should not have individual traits or gifts . You should, and do 0 have your own individualitya The Leader wants the Divine Principle to develop your own gifted character into a universal character that can fully communicate with God o You will fully develop your individuality o If you are completely confined with- in yourself~ then the world cannot come ino The world is greater than you , and God is greatest a God is like the ocean , capable of containing all things a You should make an effort to expand yourself and grow more like God every day u “Do not be centered upon yourselfo

In many cases our Leader assigns tasks which are not parallel with the individual Qs giftso This i s do~e so that the member will not be confined to too small an area 9 because the Leader wants him to expand o In many cases 9 the Leader trains disciples this wayn

Even though you · may live with our Leader for many years 0 still you do not know him o This is good for you , because if his depth were shallow and you could see the bottom clearly v then you would have no desire to fellow him o

Many people classify our Leader as a reljgious leader , but he is not 0 he is free , he is universal o He can per£orrn many jobs, from laborer on up c He was the best labor.er in the Communist prison camp o The Communist police were amazed because he could produce so much energy” Even in the labor camp v he was known as a super- mano The Leader asks each individual if he has confidence to go the way of the Divine Principle o We are going a hard way When 0

the Leader leaves we will have many things which we would like to report to him to get his sympathy and he~p o But when you meet him again , everything ~as melted away and you have no word to speako He is like the ocean and you are like the sand The 0

sand doesnut take m~ch space o~ make much noise in the ocean.

There is nothing he hates , because he J.i kes everythin . He likes every ind of taste of life _, He - is _§_yen i;:;ympathet.ic to Sat~ri: In a wa Satan is amicable o Satan has done a r~at j9b 0 He has changed the course o f t e istory of God o The Leader wants his iscip es to be as courageous as , an to fight as hard as Satan does , but on God 0 s side , of course a In the Divine Principle move- ment, all kinds of people are needed, and everybody has a place 0

There is no segregation, or prejudice u Every type has a mission. The movement of your mind is very flexible o You can be literally crying 0 and the next minute can be laughing like a child 0 This ability to change moods rapidly comes into your life through train ingo So 0 three billions are existing for you and your per- fectiono Your children are all around 0 for you to see as training aids, for your own perfection o

If our Leader wants to use you in a greater mission of greater leadership v he tests you in a very unusual way p in fact , in a harsh way o He is still training his President of the HSA in Koreao Even at this stage u Mr o Eu is being trained and is having a hard time o Our Leader has had so many messages from spirit world that he knows that his own responsibilities are grave since he has this mission o If he fails , it would be not just the end of his own mission, but it would be the failure of. the entire dispensation “ So he has the greatest of all missions -

Comments ; Jesus was a man~ you are a man u He was hungry as you are hungry, if ye ~ rlo not eat o He grew tired as you grow tired . The ability to perform a miracle does not make a Messiah “ Moses performed even greater miracles than Jesus did Moses was not a Messiah “ There is t d ’ fference between Jess and other men J~sus was the direct heir of God God 0 s blood line 7 born-----;7 God u o er men were not born of God but of the father devil , as stated in John o Jesus was the only·person who could say that he was born of Goda that he was of the Father f God o The fall separated man from God the Father, and man became the son of Satan.

Man’s original sin is hereditary , a matter of lineage , and God’s restoration has been going on for 6000 biblical years . If the sin had been of some other nature it could have been overcome very quickly o The transformation of the blood line is not easy and takes many 9 many years”

Will the Leader please tell about conditions i n the new physical world? When that day comes , the definition of sin will be different . By today 0 s standardsp society assumes that it is a sin to take food from a store without paying for it o While this would not even be a temptation in the new world, it would not be consid- ered sin o The gravest sin in the New Kin dom is the violation of love the misuse of love and the adulterationof one~ lin- eageo Man ° s original si will remain the capital crime 0 The sin of adultery or misu~f love will be a c rime against one’s ancestors th~ present…g_eneration,_ and-..the followi~ ene~ation. Such a sin will be worse than the sin of Adam and Eve because they did not have a11cestors to defile “ The misuse of love will degrade past 0 present, and future .

We uphold the war in Viet Nam, as an effort for good, and in pursuing the war, we kill and destroy “ ft is hard to understand . Actually it is simple o We must define good and evil in the sight of God o In His sight, an action is right if it is good. Evil is a self-centered action, which pulls everything toward the individual 0 while good is God-centered action which pushes

everything toward Godo Evil pulls in. to the individua1 o Good pushes away from the individual and to God o In God 0 s dispensa- tion, the lesser is sacrificed in order to achieve the greater o An individual ma be sacrificed to save his family and consequently ecomes the center of his famil ‘· s reverence· or virtue of goo - - ness o This works at a.1.1. levels o Man ns highest honor 1.s to- further the purpose of God o In the last days , God 0 s Will is fulfill.ea on a world-w ide seal.ea God is seeking individuals , familiesp trites p and groups of people who can be sacrificed for the fulfillment of the world goalo When t~e_ new order is established those who were sacri- ficed become the lorified cen er of the new world o Our Leader is leading our group· accor ing to this princip e o His motto isr 0 BE A LIVING SACRIFICE u v for God 0 s ultimate fulfillment o Thenp when the order of God is establishe d, his followers will be the lords of that world o They will be the center , and will be blessed by Godo This is basic 1 and fi.m,gamentall the teachi~q_of Jesus 0 who lived in this manner o If you desire to be like Christ, jou must live your life in this way o Good and evil are a matter of airection o Love itself is neutralg and is neither good nor evil o When love is erroneous ly given to Satan and the action is self-centeredp the resulting direc- tion is evil u On the other hand , when your love id given to Godp compassion and energy to bring His Will to earth 0 the direction is toward goodo This is fundamentally the essence of the teaching of Christ o This is self-giving sacrifice or sacrificial love 0 and is the giving of oneself to the enemyo This will continue until the time of the fulfillment 0 when those who have been sacrificed are the glorified ones or the masters. The Lord of the Second Advent comes upon this foundation of vic- toryo Within the boundary of man ° s activity he can move in either the direc~ion of good or the direction of evil o Currentlyp everyone is self-centered, living fer himself a However 0 when one begins to go the selfless heavenly way, he is traveling in the opposite direction o This is why Jesus said that the road to destruction is wide and everyone is traveling on it~ but the road to Heaven is narrow and no one wants to qo that way o

Why are yow optimistic about the future of the world? It is the nature of man to be self-centered and to work for him- self o The Divine Principle will not change self-centere dness, but will change the concept of purpose o The Divine Principle will give a new awakening , so that ~n indi~idual taxes a differ- ent dire,.. ion to hel himself,:, He has to J earn rhat-H ~ benefit himself he must ive his whole self to others u The full ~nowl edge of God brings the new awakening of consctousnes$ to the urgency of taking the road to God and reaching God 0 s kingdom in thi s lifetime o This will bring the change in the world order.

An analogy~ suppose that ¥Our one possession is a huge diamond which you treasure with your life. Then you have an awakening of consciousness which says that you can sell this jewel and, with the proceeds v buy and do things which ~ ~e of more than ten times the value of the diamond. You have acquired a new sense of values . By giving up something of value today you have gained something of much greater value tomorrow . Today your food, your shelter and your clothing seem very important, but then you sud- denly awaken to the truth that these things are not nearly as im- portant as working for others and working for God. Then the energy and power are provided o In my personal life there is no moment of easy time and comfort~· I live Christ’s difficulty and hardship time and again, but I have had boundless energy to bring me this far, because I have known that this is the inevitable way that I .have had to go, rather than its being a matter of choice. This sense of responsibility and value keep pushing me on my way. •

Jesus paid indemnity through crucifixion. Does the Leader think in terme of crucifixion? No, in terms of complete victory. Jesus gave his flesh as ran- som or sacrificeo That was a bargain. In order to take some- thing away from Satan, God had to give Satan something that Satan wanted o On the other hand, when the war is absolutely won, there is no bargain but unconditional surrender. Satan was supposed to remain unconditionally surrendered to Jesus. Jesus should not have had to yield any pityo He should not have had to give his body because he was already victorious. But the people failed Jesus. He was alone in his victory over Satano So, because the people were possessed by Satan, and in order to bring them into the sight of God, God allowed Satan to take the body of Jesuso The body of the.Son of God was given in exchange for the sp.irit of the wor.ld. Do not believe in the Christ upon the cross, but in the victorious resurrected Christ. Salvation was not won by the cross, but by the resur- rected Christ who g i v e s ~ ~ ~ to save your spirit. The cross on-to of the church i a mis-chosen s mbol. The cross is the symbol of the giving up of the body of Christ- to Satan. The cross is the s mb 1 of Satan’s victory. The resurrection is a symbol of the victory of Go o o, salvation comes from the resurrected Christ. In the New Age, we no•longer use the cross as a symbol.

Why did God have to bargain?

In the process of the fall of man, ~e tend to blame Satan, saying, 0 Satan took Adam and Eve’. Tis is not so! Satan is res onsible because a itated and t ted Eve. It is true that the motivation of the evil came from Satan . However, Adam and · Eve themselves were partially . responsible ‘-- for the fall of man because they had been given by God the power to reject the temptation of evil. And, instead of rejecting, they responded by willingly cooperating with Sat.an. It was a con-spiracy in

which the three worked together o So man has responsibility for his fallo So God cannot take man to His side without giving something to Satan ~ Satan is holdihg Adam and Eve and is pre- serving his right to do soo Even God cannot take man away with- out allowing certain conditions favoring Satano Hence 0 God allows Satan to make these certain conditions when He takes men back o In additionv they became the adopted children of the father devil and became Satan us childreno They were no longer God 0 s children, hnd God would not take another 0 s children without making a bar- gain or paymentn Of course 0 God created Adam and Eve 0 but they betrayed Him and united with Satan 1 thus becoming Satan us child- ren o Any parent can question the right of an outsider to take his children o

A condition can be made by the children [man] themselveso A child can decide that he is under the wrong parent in which case he can sever his relationship and return to the parent he really desires. There is room here to exercise free will. If the children of Israel had done thisq God would not have had to give the body of Jesus to Satano There would have been no need for any paymento However 0 the people failed, and remained with Satan 0 so 0 God 0 in order to open the way had to allow Satan to take Jesus 0 body [physical life]. It was a pity because Satan had millions of sons but God had only Jesus c

For 4000 years Satan was indulging in his sovereignty of the world. He is cunning and cleverc He knew that the Messiah would destroy the satanic kingdom. Satan feared the Messiah and plotted to do away with him in order to preserve his own kingdomo This is why Satan asked for t~e body of Jesus 0 which request God allowedo Satan 1 s greatest desire was to kill the Christ o What Satan wanted most was Jesus 0 so 6 when God allowed Satan to take His son v Satanus complete desire was fulfilled . So then God exercised His power in resurrecting the Christ “ Satan exercised his maximum power in killing the Messiah . Because Satan had done thisf God could justifiably use His great power to resurrect His Sono Since Satan us claim was completely satisfied 0 he had no reason to ask for more 0 so the resurrected Jesus is completely free from satanic accusation o So all men who unite with Jesus are automatically free from rhe accusation of Satano

Don °t we still have to bargain with Satan?

When men fail to make correct judgment in using their free will and fail to respond to Godv then the bargain takes place 0

When you follow the resurrected Christu since he is free from the accusation of Satan v you are also free from the accusation of Satan 0 spirituallyo ‘I’hereforev the spiritual salvation is comingo Jesus failed to restore man physically since he had given up his body~ so his bod must come once a ain in the form of the Lord of the Second Advento

If man cDntrols only 5% and God controls 95% » it seems that God is most responsible for man °s condition u

God did not mis-use his 95%0 His 95% was always perfect0 The 95% has to do with our forgivenesso If we will pay 5% of the restitution required by our indebtedness 0 then by His grace 0 God will forgive the remaining 95%0 No one on earth is capable of getting out of sin by himself o But God, in His mercy and love, will forgive the 95% when we have demonstrated our sincere desire by paying the 5% by loving Himo This is the Law of Forgiveness.

If God did not require that man pay a part (5%) of h~s debt 0 then Satan could accuse God of being unfair, because man shared the responsibility of the fall~ and Satan must be paid when man is taken away from him. Because Adam and Eve responded to Satan u Satan accuses in front of God o Hence 9 man °s payment of the 5% frees him from the accusation of Satan o Man was to be in the likeness or image of God o God wants us to be like He is 0 to have the same creative virtue, otherwise we can never be true sons of God. If God does the full 100%, then we turn out to be mere puppets, with no free will o So , God does the 95% and requires that we co the 5% u When you reach perfec- tion, God will bless you 0 saying 0 Oh 0 My son, you are in My own ~ikeness-even with the creative virtue v because you have created your 5% out of 100% 0 You have participated in your own creation.’ Since God allowed us the supreme responsibility of the 5% fulfill- ment, we can become the lords of creation . Man is thus above all other things of creation which have a set will but no free will. This is the supreme quality of man o Since man has this creative virtue 0 all things, including his house , the air condit i oning, and the decoration come out of the creative ~ind o Animals do not have this ability, because their wills are set to engage in a certain way of life o They cannot choose to make their lives creativeo With them 0 everything is set ~ Because of this man can become the Son of God o God made the condition that perfec- tion is achieved by each individual person , by man , not by God. This is a tremendous blessing that God gives us o However , ~e- cause of this 0 the fall of man was possible o Because of this 5%, the fall of man occurred and because of this , God has taken 6,000 years to restore man s

Abraham 0 Moses 0 and Jesus all worked according to the 5% require- ment 0 Our Leader has worked according to the 5% requirement in his universal mission and this he has accomplished 0

If man is 95% controlled by God and has only 5% free will » I must believe that God takes the major blame for everything including the fall . You are right [in a way] o This is why God is taking the major responsibility for the fall of man. God is no~ ma.kin~ aru,~ xcuse. The arent of children w o commit a crime must be held responsi- o So Go is not den in j t , but is taking ~rst responsi- bilit o

I think that God aould have done a better job. A son needs $100000 for schoolo His father gives him $95.00. The son says that he needs another $5.00. The father tells the son that the son must earn it; that if he earns it he can then go to schoolo The $5.00 is the key to the entire matter. If the father should give the entire $100.00, the son has absolutely no responsibility and becomes a mere puppet.

Many unsolved questions have to do with this 5%. Even athiests set up a strong theory that there is no God because God does not seem to be working or is failing. What kind of God is this? You see, if man did not have this 5% responsibilityv the res- toration would have occurred a long time ago and the fall would never have happenedo This explains that if man doesn’t do his part of the work, then God fails. Certainly God is almighty and capa e, but He established the principles as they are, and· He will not violate themo In a wa , God loved man too much and ex- pected too much from man~ ou know Jghn 3:16. The p~omise is made to ‘whoever’ believes.

It aeems ihat God and the d~vil are equal foraes, beaause if they are not, then God would not have to bargain with the devil. God has to bargain even though Satan is nothing, compared to God. God bargains with Satan because He loves us and gives us the op- portunity to be like His image. He bargains with Satan because He loves His children.

Going back to a previous discussion, the Lord of the Second Ad- vent could not possibly come in a cloud of h~aven or a spirit body. He must come in flesh as Jesus did because the failure of Jesus’ mission occurred when he sacrificed his body. Because Jesus’ physical body was given to Satan, man ’ s physical salva- tion was lost. In order to regain physical salvation, the lost cJ body of Jesus must be restored. Consequently, the Lord of the Secon Aavent is corning in flesh, in a physical body, through which he will regain the physical salvation. The body is needed. Many Christians have the very erroneous belief that the Lord is coming in a heavenly cloud accompanied by the trumpets of the angels and great fantastic light. It ig not that way! What will God do to restore the physical salvation? He will provide a Lord with both the spirit and the physical selves here upon the earth. Therefore, the Leader is both spiritually and physically a man. He can perfect the spirit and he can restore the’ salva- tion of the flesh, for all men. Was Jesus’ physiaal body resurreated? No. Jesus no longer needed the physical body. Because of the loss of the physical body of Jesus, the bodies of all men on earth remained in Satan’s camp. Satan’s children are born in the satanic body. Our Lord is corning to take this physical body away from Satan and return it to God. He fights this ’ war, here on earth, through the use of his own physical body.

Do es Divine Prinoiple explain why peo p le are so un e qual at birth ?

You are looking at this particular moment of life in this gener- ation o Some are crippled, some are privileged 0 and the distri- bution seems to be unfair ., But it is not really unfair when you look at all of history o You are an historical product o Your an- cestors ’ lives affected each succeeding generation o You may not have exactly the same characteristics as your parents ~ but you are affected by all of your ancestors o God does not measure a person at just one special time o You are the total sum of his- tory from the beginning to the pres e nt o When everything is re- stored there will be no underprivil e ged persons a [Individuals will still be quite different o )

Does the Leader know our hearts i ndividually without the use of words?

Our Leader helps you by (?) giving love and truth, not just making a surprise by hitting the painful part of your heart o This is not his desire o This is why he tries to not see your mind, but to see your person, your character, your virtueo Our Leader, being a perfect Son of God 0 came down to your level o He doesn’t need prayer o A man of perfection doesn 8 t need prayer a Then why does he pray? He prays as your companion o He comes down to your level to prayo He ties us together by praying with us, at presento Even though he is not trying to see the mind of a person, his intuition is so correct that he is aware of many thingso Even though he does not tryv when he looks at you, he knows you very wello

An angel came to him to report something, but he rejected the angel p telling him to be quiet and go away o If he should rely upon the spirit and angelic worlds 0 he would be required to allow them privileges because he would be using thern o He does not want to pay their wageo He wants earth to come first and to receive the privileges o Flesh people come first o Soon a time will come when he will have to use certain spiri tual powero For example; when somebody is corning to the door , he knows who i t is 0 why he is corningp and much more; before he enters . The world situation is clear to hirn 0 even though he doesn ’ t concen- trate upon his psychic power o He does not care to make predic• tions o

Anyone under our Leader must be capable of subjugating Satan with his own power without having any spiritual assistance o If our Le ader had destroyed Satan °s power by using spir i t assistance h e would have blocked the way of those who would have the pri- v ilege of subjugating Satan without help o Even without spirit assistance, the truth itself is a strong enough weapon to des- troy ·satan 0s camp o Even without contacting the spirit world, our Leader can control mediurnso When a medium reports to him, he knows which part of the message is correct and which part is incorrect and what advice he would give to the mediumo

Mro Walter Voelker, who came to see our Leader this morning, reported that Arthur Ford, the medium, is very much interested in doing a seance for our Leader. Mr. Ford questioned the suc- cess of the sitting because of the great spirit activity a nd tension caused by the Leader’s presence. Our Leader does not emphasize spirit phenomena. You go to heaven through the TRUTH. If you indulge in spirit phenomena, you must pay the price; you pay indemnity. Jesus paid much indemnity because he appealed to the people through phenomena. He paid a high price for the miracles, in the end, paid with the crucifixion. The truth is the simplest, best, and easiest way . Miracles and phenomena are temporal, the truth is eternal ! Therefore, we go the way of truth.

If anoth~r South Korea-North Korea war developed and the Leader was called into the army, would he fight? Yes! The answer is so clear in the Bibleo God is love and judg- ment. Judgment is the other side of love. Since he loves he has to judge. For instance, because I love my child, if the child is afflicted with cancer, I put him upon the operating table so the affected part can be cut out. This destruction of an ungodly force, a satanic force, is a good virtue. If I tolerate the can- cer, can I love the body? On a number of occasions in the Bible, God proclaimed a judgment and ordered the destruction of the evil tribe. However, rather than serving as a soldier in the front line, ~ our Leader would have a much better and quicker way to win the victory. If he could work with the youth of America for ten years, he could destroy Communism without the firing of a single shot in a hot war. We are the youth. Let us be under his training.

Does the Leader believe that Communism is satanic? Yes! The final scene of Jesus’ crucifixion is synonomous with today’s world situation. Jesus, the Son of God, and the center of truth was in the position of Godo On the two sides of Jesus were the two thieveso The one on the right was sympathetic toward the Christ, saying that the Lord was not deserving of such punishment. The thief on the ‘left was cruel to the Christ, cursing him.

If we think that Communism is evil and that this justi- fies the violence and suffering of war, do we really have a correct attitude? The Divine Princfple is a positive attitude. And this group is not a highly militant organization. Yet, since God’s purpose is so vitally important to us, in seeking to do His Will, we are not really making up our own minds, but we make our deci- sions in the sight of God. We do not hesitate to enforce the Will of God.

Jesus said~ ‘Love your enemies’~ and I aannot see killing one that you Love. Let us seek the answer in the Bible. Jesus told the story about the farmer who planted the crop. During the night the devil planted weed seeds. So when the crop grew, the weeds grew also. The servant came to his master and asked if he should pull out all of the weeds” The master decided against this, explaining that weeding now might hurt the crop and that it was better to let them grow together and that the separation would be made at the harvest .

This means that during the growth period as Jesus prepared his disciplesp if he tried to weed his enemiesp the good followers would be hurt. The faithful were in the minority . Jesus said, ~Love r enem O which meant t tolerate hi :Yen thou h he ~ ~ means t a t iLyou tolerate__your enem, he has ~o tolerate you7 giving you the choice of the time to act. At the harvest the grain goes to God and the weeds are burned. So do not be fooled by cheap sentiment when you read that Jesus said, 0 Love your enemy. 0 If sus loved the enemy, how could he put the weeds into the unquenchable fire?

How could Jesus say, 0 Love your enemy’, and also say , ur came as judge’? We must understand the complete picture and not ~ook at it piece by fece. God is love, and since He is love, He oes not want to tolerate prolonged suffering of mankind. Because He loves us, He wants to restore this world as quickly as possible so that all men can live in Heaven here on earth and spirit Heaven thereafter. In pursuit of His dippensation God asks that the purity of His chosen people be maintained. Hence, at Caanan, force was used; the Gentiles were killed.

Also evil used violence against good in the Garden of Eden . Cain slew Abel . On the world-wide scale, the struggle between good and evil is inevitable in order for Abel to win over Cain. We cannot be hesitant about this.

I aannot believe that I should destroy everyone around me who has some evil in nim . Do not misunderstand the definition of the word--enemy 0 In World War IIp America destroyed Japan. America 0 s war machine and atomic bomb were designed to destroy the sovereignty of the Japanese nation. After the surrender,·you gave the Japanese people_ food, and had no hostility with them as i.ndividuals . By the same tokenp when the Leader advocates a positive attitude toward the destruction of Communism, he does not mean that every individual Russian should be slain. God is anxious about the sovereignty of evil. The destruction of Communism is an act of mercy toward the Russian people.

Shouldn’t you teaah them the Divine Principle rather than kill them?

The Divine Principle works in the broadest sense o God is working with the Communistic campo Our Leader knows that there are very many fervent Christians in the Communistic nations and there is much spiritual grace and communication o These people are wa~ting for the liberation o They want to see the sunshine o It has al- ready been said that we, without sword or gun p are truly fighting against Communismo Communism is in the Cain position and is the true antichrist of this age o So Crist can be the only positive winner against the ideology of Communism o We cannot defeat Communism on physical level by physical destruction alone o We must win b chan ing their ideology o It is most important t1iilt our ideology is superior t o t a o the Communists “ The Divine Principle movement battles by procl a iming the inward ideologyo We do not fight with weapons o We proclaim the Christly power as quickly as possible to the free world and Communism will be automatically doomed.

It is our hope that in the meantime the Democratic governments of the free world will stand firm, without losing ground to Communismo Therefore, we want America to win in Viet Nam, while we proclaim our ideology to the world o The Divine Principle is the only ideology which can gain the complete victory over Com- munism. We are right now really fighting the battle against Communismo We proclaim the power of the Christ so that the power of the antichrist is automatically doomed u

In South Korea, Communism feels the threat of the Divine Prin- cipleo Because they fear us they are attempting to undermine our movement even though we do them no harm and no violence o

At the -prison camp at Taejon where there are political prison- ers such as spiesp there were many Communist fanati.cs n These fanatics held to their ideology until at the invitation of the Korean governmen he Diyine Principle ~~e resentatives taught their me_ssageo Many lifetime Communist fanatics embraced the movement o Many repented, shed tearsp and called the name of Godo They were miraculously shown the way to salvation by Divine Principle c When they really know that there is a Godp there is no longer room for Communism o

Churahes have always aarried the white banner of truth and have aaused wars and have trampled people in the proaess o Your way is the same o There must be a better way 0

In a free world we will sooner or later come to an ideological dead-end. There is need for a positive ideology which is much stronger than that of Communism o Today the free world defends freedom under the banner of Arnerica o We DEFEND freedom 0 Under its banner, Communism spreads WORLD REVOLUTION o Communism has the power to win 0 because as long as we defend p we have no chance to wino Eventuallyp the aggressor breaks through the defenses 0

We do not oppose their version of the kingdom of heaven, without Godo So, in this struggle of ideologiesp the free world is los- ingo Our Leader says that there must come a time when the free world realizes that the ideological struggle must come td a dead-end 0

14 MS-4(2) Then wha’.- ideology could possibly be stronger than Communism which proclaims WORLD REVOLUTION? Two opposing statements cannot both be true. Consider: “There is a God”, and “There is no Godo” Only one is true. If Communism says, “There is no God”, then the only statement that can win over Communism is “There is a God o “ Now, the free world has believed in God, but that God has never been a livin g Go9, living with man as the most important part of his life o The Divine Principle movement is accomplishing this. When this new ideology spreads around the world the Communistic ideology is doomed.

In Korea, the Divine Principle movement is the strongest ideology of all. Communism is the sorest spot in the lives of the people because they have been so badly hurt by Communism. Communism destroyed our country and represents the devil o Since the Divine Principle movement has spread throughout the nation, the people have new hope to truly win over Communism. In Korea we see a model case of the struggle of the two ideologies. Our Leader comments that our discussion started with the Bible and ends with world politics. In this room, the living philosophy is taught which is not covered in any library or any college class- -1 room. We hope that it will not be long bef2re schoo ~extboaks contain the ideolo of the Divine Principle.

You dwell upon Communism. Even if it did not exist, you would still have the problem of individual men. {The questioner aontinued the questions about Communism.) Our goal at present is not Russia, but the people here in Washing- ton, D.c., and in the United States. We are not preparing to march on the Kremlin, we are marching right here. You are right that there are evil forces around us, while Communism is symbolic of the satanic kingdom.

Religion is elementary teaching of life. Religion should not become involved in politics, but it is the foundation of poli- tics, of the economy, foundation of moral groundsr foundation of family life. Religion is not a professional thing, but is the essence of basic living. It is the bed-rock foundation.

The separation of church and state in America is actually hel- ping the dispensation. Religions persecution is reduced •••• (End of Tapeo)

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Master Speaks, Second Series, June, 1967.