The Master Speaks On the Blessing and Witnessing

These questions and answers have been transcribed from tapes made during our Leader’s sessions with members and guests at Centers tl1roughout the United States during his trip in Ma rch and April 1965.

Does the Leader approve of marriage before the participants reach perfection?

This has been the case <luring all of. man’s history. In the nible , all men were considered to be as bachelors, and no marriage is recognized in the sight of God , Everything has started from the denial, (ibd has started from the denial. God has not recognized our marriages , We believe ourselves to be married, but in the li.qht of the Divine Principle, without having True Parents, we are not even born as yet, now can we think of marriage i” we have not yet been born?

Our physical marriages and our. having children without having reached perfection is a fait accompZi, God knows it, but the dis- pensation cannot be based upon it, God’s dispensation must start from the restoration of the perfected Messiah , the perfected Adam ,-… and Eve, and the ‘lrue Parents, and then will come the restored children, ~Hhen these children mature, their marriage is considered . This is the logical sequence, That is why we must be born again, even though we have been living, \-le must become a new breed of new persons , After our re-births, our subsequent marriages, which must be blessed by the True Parents, will be recognized qy Heaven, l’\-0 ,,_._r~’,t ,~ rtt. ,-<1_~._,..,.,..,t,.;,.._ Jesus explained that no one is married in Para<li~. The highest possible achievement today is Paradise, There is no married life in Paradise, but there is in the Kingdom of Heaven , /\ husband and wife do not have marital status in the spirit world until they are spiritually blessed in marriage by the •rrue Parents. The first marriage r e cognized by God is the marriaqe oF the True Parents , which is mentioned in Revelation as the 1·1arriaqe of the Lamb, ,C-,od gives the blessing in marriage to the True Parents at the ~larriage of the Lamb, The True Parents are the true J\nam and Eve.

Jesus originally came with the mission to be the true f:ather of mankind, and to restore the true mother so th«t they could become our True Parents, Jesus was unable to achieve all of this, but he did achieve elder brothcrship, Jesus is in the position of our elder brother,

Our Leader, assuming the responsibility of the dispensation of God, has achieved the True Parentship, and C,0d’s blessing oF marriages ---- is now ~eing fulfilled , These are marriages for eternity, beginning

here on earth . F’or all of the years of history, there has been no marria g e in the spirit world. Because of the fall of man, there c o u ld b e no True Parents, so all men are like orphans, being wi thout ?arents. This has been the case o~ earth as well as in the spirit world. This is the reason for the biblical statement which says that a woman withnut children is more blessed. At the end of the world, the time of reorganization, everything will be put into its true pattern; the woman without children will be less entangled, a nd will be closer to the new pattern. Jesus wished very much that he might be able to explain all of this, but there were many steps which he would have to complete first. .Ile said, “I have so many things to tell you, but you cannot bear them now.” Jesus could not establish the True Parents by simply getting married and having children , God ‘s restoration had to follow the Principle of Resti- tution, the debt had to be paid , conditions had to be created, and a ll of the groundwork had to be accomplished before he could marry. Un fortunately, he could not achieve all of this,

Our Leader knew the truths at the age of twenty , but he had not progressed to the achievement of the ble~sing in marriage until he was forty years old, in 1960, lie first had to accomplish the pay- ment of indemnity for the entire 6000 years of biblical history .

Since the day of /\dam, many of our Leader’s ancestors tried to establish God ’ s foothold but failed and were accused by Satan, All of these things he had to clear up . The Divine Principle teaches the Principle of Restitution, which is the record of our Leader’s life. For instance, there is an episode in the dispen- sation of Adam!s family that would never have been known if it had not been revealed through the Leader. Similarly, the parts involving restitution in the dispensation of Noah , Abraham, and ‘.1oses have been revealed by the Leader, He put himself in the position of each of these and won the spiritual battle.

I f one is sick, the remedy is applied in the opposite direction, This is why the Leader started at the very time of the fall to cut off all the elements of spiritual sickness, and cleared the deck o f history in order to establish the foundation, In his lifetime , he has accomplished the restitution for the entire 6000 years of biblical history ,

When each follower of the Divine Principle is born again to the True Parents, and grows in spirit, the Leader will recognize when the spirit is mature enough to receive the blessing, and then a mate will be selected and the blessing in marriage will be given, This is a matter of restoration, The pioneer is the hard worker; b ut when the pattern is established, it will g o more quickly.

S hould n’ t our spiritual children f ocus entirely upon God , rather than upon their spiritual parents?

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When Jesus died, all of his disciples fled. They should have died ·.-1i th him or for him, Your children need not die for you apart From Cod. They should be willing to die for you when you die for God ,

In the headquarters in Korea, certain people who work in the office do not have a chance to raise children. They constantly ask for the opportunity to go out to preach . When yo11 are seekinq children, time is urgent, You do not find time to rest, If you have that attitude, God will send them t o you,

Earthly knowledge a n d educat ion are not very important, If you really seek for children with wholehearterlness and readiness you will finrl those wh0 are waiting, Don ’ t lament because you think you cannot speak. Do your best with what you have . l’lithout beautiful language, you can communicate with your heart from one heart to another he;irt,

The family which can love its child with a true love will have a really happy ch i ld, People have a natural t e ndency to follow , so if you contact them with true love , they will follow you in the same way,

IR it correct that we , in the Abel position, must po through the Cain position before the present Cain persons can go thro ugh us?

Yes, Cain receives the blessing through Abel by subjugating himself to him , but Abel is receiving the inheritance from Cain . Cain must come under Abel and Abel must receive the inheritance from Cain and be blessed by God ; then Cain will follow Abel,

Recause Abel associa t es himself . with Cain, Abel is blessed by God, Then Abel gives the !.>lessing to Cain, Note the chain of command, [From the assumed position of servant, Abel moves to a pos ition above Cain . )

Cain must subject himself to l\bel. As a result Abel r e ceives the inheritance of the entire satanic world, Abel takes the whole sa- tanic world . God’s blessing in Genes is says, “Be fruitful and mul - tiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over all things.” Therefore, unless you take all things, you cannot receive the blessing, You must take all things in order to have domini on over them, :~e have been subjugating Cain f or 6000 years, There was on ly one original Cain, but in effect there are three, one in each of the three major stages of development, ,Tcsus was in the Abel position, and in the Isaac position with respect to Abraham, He was liable to be killed if the ,Tews did not fulfill their role. The Abel position is t he position o f the second son, In terms of the dispensation , Abraham was in the Cain position and Isaac was in the Abel position . Isaac afforded the means to remedy Abraham ’ s failure, Cain killed Abel, and Abraham was in the position to kill

Isaac. Jesus and Abel were both in the position to potentially remedy Adam’s mistake.

The blessing of God is always a blessing of promise. God promises a blessing, but the blessing is not given at the time of the pro- mise . f’or example , in God ’ s promise to /\dam, of perfection, multi- plication, and lordship, the fa 1 1 occurred after the promise and before the bestowal of the blessing. God gave a promise of a blessing and then a conditional commandment, God gave the promise first and then lie gave the command ent or responsibilit, The blessing becomes reality upon fulfillment o f t e responsibility.

/\braham ‘s promise followed his talk with God about the stars in the sky and the sand on the beach, when God promised that his descendants would be like the stars and the sand . Hhen Abraham asked what he should know, he was really asking about his responsibility in order that he might deserve the blessing, Then God explained what sacri- fices Abraham should offer, So, if /\braham had fulfilled hi s re - sponsibility, he would have deserved the blessing.

Our Leader blessed many children in Korea. The blessing is condi- tional in that the blessing is withdr;~wn if the recipient fails to fulfi ll his responsibility, ·The bless1. ng is promised upon the ful- fillment of a responsibility, The recipient is vulnerable, as Adam was before the fall, The Leader will confirm the blessing as the state of pe r fection is accomplished,

We are given the blessing in three parts, First, we are given the promise of the blessing ; second, the g rowth stage confirmation; and thira, the perfection stage con f irmation, The blessings are of. great importance in that they are bestowed upon individuals who bacome the parts of the ,;tructure that the Leader is building for ~ The position is of great importance, and the individual is of importance as long as he properly fills the position for which he is chosen, If he fails his mission, then he is replaced by ar>,..t-1-\er who can fulfill the responsibility of the position. The of reat im ortance and remains. The individual can be

The three parts of the blessing are quite different in scale, The fi rst blessing, which is the type the Leader has already given, is wi thin the realm of the .’.:oundation of the church, The second blessing is within the realm of the nation. /\nd the third blessing extends to the whole universe, So , church, nation, universe, These three blessings can be compared to the first, second and third heavens experienced by St, Paul and recorded in the Dible.

Wii i unmarried members choose their mates, or wiii the Leader choose them?

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The Leader favors individual desire, hut he applies the Divine Prin- ciple in matching suitable types. IF this is violated, then the marria’}e wilt not be harmonious, and the children will not be ;>er- fect . \·Jhen a couple is perfectly ma tched, then the children will be potentially perfect, Do not expect the Leader to personally find you a mate, He simply does not have the time to natch t hree billion 9rospective mates. In t he world of today, some couples find within a few days that they are not properly suited because they arc of different types. Even though a couple lives according to the hi g h standards of the Divine Principle, they may not be suitad for. mar- riage . They must still be properly ma tched, All persons are not blessed in marriag e in the same lenrrtl· of time . The len q th of time varies considerably because of the di f ferent characteris tics of tha individua ls.

Fo r examp le, if springtime is the wedding time, those who <lre ready in the winter have only a short wait, but those who are r e<ld y in the snrnmer must wait much longer. The time varies according to the types of individuals, Each one has his own best time for marriage, Some persons have the inherent probability of marrying twice, In this case, the Leader would make the m wait unt il later in li fe so tha t they would have only one marriage . !·l hen a nan and woman are ideally matched, they can marry early in life. For exanple , if the man is hard as rock and the woman is soft as cotton, the y are not ,…_ properly matched and t-he woman survives with great di f f icult y . l\ tiger and a house-cat cannot marry ~ecause they are of different species and are natural enemies, Do not depend upon quick judgment to choose your mate. Association For three ye <1rs may be necessary in order to be sure of the inner depths of your prospective partner , This is not too long a time because you are also dedicating yourself to God. The purpose o f your existence is to marry . Shouid everyone get married?

f. ou do not want to, you d o not ha ve to. The Pri nciple explains the duality o . •. . age ts <lual. By you rsel f , vou cannot reflect t .hc image of God, When r-,o(! created you, He crcate ,l tt1e way God cre;ites His im<lrrc. You ~~-:”;:-:’”-:’’=~~~~~~~..,…;~~m=:,~a::r~r~y. II. man is ident i f ied by his wifc?, y her. husband. Comments:

Even if people do not listen to your words, t h ey will be moved by your attitude. When you preach, you must labor, sweat, toil, work and shed tear.s, Then your soul is preaching, Speak from powe r. and authority, humbly, not arrogantly. People are a ttracted by your strong e ffort- to win them. Preaching a sermon, like praying, is a battle. You do it from your soul and heart and mind. The ,… spiritua l battle is sif!lilar to wrestling .

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Even in gesturing, do so with spiri·t. Peel that you are moving the universe, When you stand in f.ront o f a congregation to preach a sermon, f.eel that you are making a proclamation of revolution, Our Leader drinks a great amount of wa ter, because he develops much heat as he speaks of his mission , but he never drinks water during a sermon, During this very evening, e ven though he appears to be relaxed, he is talking to, and battling with, the satanic world. Inside he is burning with zea l,

I f. you are a good teacher of the Principle, you can tell the adequacy o f the students by watching them and n etting a feeling about t hem, This is a serious consideration , Also , if you marry an inad equate partner, not only your d esce.ndants, b u t your ancestors suffer, The Lead er knows which mate is best f.or you 0

I f you could be capable of creating your happy Kingdom of Heaven with a partner who is the person whom you hate most, if through the Divine Pr inciple you could live in harmony even with him, then with a de - sirable partner there should be absolutely no problem, In other words , i f you have been successful under the worst situation, things could only get better and can ’ t get a ny worse , If you would create the Heavenly Kingdom under the bitter …:ircumstances of. hatred, you are destined to be a leader in the Heavenly l(ingdom, You can lead and control . If you create a kingdom · 1ith a partner you like, you will be a citizen or a resident but n r t a leader, Which do you prefer?

You know the Leader ‘s choice, There are those who act and those who observe, You make your choice, There are many who seek and wish to serve, but there are not many who take an active part in le a dership, Always, you should be trained under the Divine Prin- ciple, Then you are free from the tata nic organization . Then Sa tan h as no door,

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Haster Speaks , Second Series , Dece mber, 1967