The Background of the Proclamation of The Day of Victory of Love (1a)

Sun Myung Moon January 15, 1984 God’s Will and the World - The Necessity for the Day of Victory of Love

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Those scholars attended the recent International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences in Chicago. They all left Chicago by Nov. 29, 1983 and were returning to their countries. As I was leaving for Korea, I asked that all the chairmen of the PWPA be called to join me before the rallies started on Dec. 14. One- third of those professors had not even arrived home by then. When they heard about the invitation enroute, they turned around and went to Korea. Just as I found disciples in the North Korean prison, I was able to find faithful scholars who would come to join me in Korea.

As I arrived in Korea, I declared to the world that I would hold rallies to defend Korea from communism. When those scholars arrived at the airport in Seoul, the first question they asked was, “Why did I come here?” The answer they were given was, “You came because Reverend Moon wanted you to.”

That was a very busy time in the academic community; December is normally a time for taking care of many duties. Yet they came; disregarding their own feelings, because they were motivated by a special person - Reverend Moon.

1983 was the first year of the final three years of the Forty-Year wilderness period from 1945 to 1985. Accordingly, Satan would give severe resistance before the year was over.

(In order to silence all objections and protests from the church leadership) Father pulled out his little notebook and said, “I have written down right here that this rally is a mandate from God, and therefore it will be a success.”

The rallies in Korea were of worldwide and historical importance because they turned the battle against communism in a totally new direction.

For these Victory Over Communism (VOC) rallies in Korea, I invited distinguished scholars and leaders of the academic communities in 72 different countries. The 72 heads of the Professors World Peace Academy (PWPA), representing the 72 disciples of Jesus, were asked to come to Korea, but were not given a clear explanation why. So they came on faith, knowing that when they got there, they would find out the reason. That’s a very unusual way to treat scholars.

There had never been such a rally in Korea during December. With Christmas on the way and so much to do, people are not usually interested in rallies. Korean government could not believe that we were going to hold rallies. Even the leaders of the church opposed me saying, “This is a mistake. We should not hold the rallies.” There was only one person - me - who believed it would work. Therefore, the Unification

Church members failed to have faith in me. Korean leaders and members tried to tell me all the reasons why they should not be held in December.

The Christian churches in Korea have always been quick to oppose me. However, when they heard that I was sponsoring rallies for VOC they were put on the spot. If they tried to oppose me, people would ask, “Are you pro-communist?” They couldn’t say anything against me at that time! The Korean government was laughing at me, too, thinking, “Reverend Moon is making a colossal mistake to hold rallies in December. He’s going to rent those gymnasiums and they will be half empty. He will lose his shirt!” But what happened? The rallies were a success. The Korean government was completely taken aback.

Forty million Korean people came to believe that only I am able to defeat the Kim Il Sung’s North Korean government and restore health and prosperity to their country.(1)

Kwangju was the eighth city for the rallies, the final opportunity for Satan to strike. Satan desperately wanted to stop me from having success in Korea, but I had already set all the conditions for our victory.

It was most important that the national foundation centered on True Parents - the same national foundation that Jesus wanted to establish for his victory - was established in Korea during my lifetime. Thus, as a condition, I was treated like a head of state at these rallies. There are certain requirements for Korean diplomatic protocol, among them that no man except the president is allowed to have his wife with him on the stage during a rally. But Mother and I were always on the stage together.

Also, the preparations for the rallies were made by both Eastern and Western members, not just Koreans. The level of participation was worldwide because of the representatives from 72 nations. These Korean rallies symbolized the total victory on the national level.

From there, we could move to the worldwide level. That day 72 scholars pledged in front of Mother and me to dedicate themselves to the fight against communism under our leadership. This means that this era is the time the national foundation will be connected to 72 nations of the world, which Jesus could not do in his lifetime. In the name of 72 nations, we can march forward to the victory in the world level. December 18 was a very historical day. I asked you to pray about the significance of December 18 and to report back to me, didn’t I? Do you understand why?

(1) Additional Explanation:

In order to eliminate any conditions that allow Satan to invade the 40-year wilderness course, the rallies were planned. This can be achieved by bringing victory in the rallies, as a result of uniting with True Parents with absolute faith, absolute obedience and absolute love on the part of the leaders of the Unification church, the 72 chairmen of PWPA, the Korean Established churches, the Korean government, the Korean citizens and the Eastern and Western members.

During Jesus’ lifetime 2,000 years ago, if the Israel nation united with him with absolute faith, absolute obedience and absolute love, Jesus would not have needed to walk the path of crucifixion.