Welcoming Remarks at the 56th Anniversary of True Parents’ Holy Wedding

Welcoming Remarks at the 56th Anniversary of True Parents’ Holy Wedding by Prof. Yeon Ah Moon, International President, WFWP 3.16 by the Heavenly Calendar in the 4th Year of Cheon Il Guk April 22, 2016

R espected dignitaries from home and the Holy Wedding, create one family and one abroad, beloved leaders of Cheon Il Guk! world centered on the Heavenly Parent and I would like to thank you all for taking ultimately, realize the ideal of the Kingdom of the time out of your busy schedules to Heaven on Earth, the world of peace, unity and attend the historic occasion that is the 56th happiness. However, since Adam and Eve could anniversary of the Holy Wedding of the True not fulfill their responsibilities, the dream of the Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind. Heavenly Parent remained an unfulfilled ideal. Following the human Fall, humanity stood in the The Heavenly Parent, the True Parent of humanity, miserable position of orphans living in the realm of profoundly yearned and hoped for the Holy death. However, the Heavenly Parent is a parent of Wedding that took place 56 years ago on this day. love and the True Parent of humankind. It took This is because for this first time in human history, 4,000 long biblical years before the Heavenly the only begotten son and daughter received Parent could send the only begotten son He could Heaven’s true lineage and held the Holy Wedding. freely love and interact with. Jesus was sent on this Let us congratulate True Parents on this historic earth to embrace the Heavenly Parent’s children. day! (Applause) Beloved leaders! Beloved leaders! What was Jesus’ mission? What dream led the In the beginning, the Heavenly Parent had a dream. Heavenly Parent to endure 4,000 long biblical That dream for His only begotten son, Adam, and years in order to send Jesus? That dream was the His only begotten daughter, Eve, to unite through realization of one family and one world centered on 1

the Heavenly Parent. The only begotten son and and from North to South; they shed blood, sweat daughter prepared by Heaven were meant to host and tears on their path to save humanity and the the Holy Wedding and realize the ideal of creation world. Furthermore, following True Father’s by creating a true family, tribe, people, nation and ascension, True Mother redoubled her efforts, world. However, Jesus was not able to meet the investing herself completely to realizing True only begotten daughter prepared by Heaven; Jesus Parents’ heavenly mandate. Even today, she pushes could not host the Marriage of the Lamb. herself to the limits of human endurance to lead the Regrettably, Jesus could not become True Parents. providence. Jesus left the ideal of True Parents and as he laid on Beloved leaders! the cross, he promised to come again. Therefore, the 2,000 year Christian history that unfolded after Recently, True Mother has been offering special Jesus was the history to find the only begotten devotion in preparation for the anniversary of the daughter. Holy Wedding. She quietly toured the starting point of True Father’s providence in South Korea, Respected leaders! the Busan Bomnetgol holy ground. The first What happened on this day 56 years ago? On that responsibility of the only begotten son is to find the historic day, the only begotten son of Heaven, True only begotten daughter and vice-versa. The Beom Father, and the only begotten daughter of Heaven, Il Jeon holy ground in Busan is the starting point of True Mother, held their Holy Wedding. Unlike the providence that led to the Holy Wedding of Jesus, on that historic day True Father met the fruit True Parents on March 16, 1960. In this historic of the 2,000 year history of Christianity, the only location, True Mother serenely offered profound begotten daughter of Heaven, the second Eve and devotion and on the foundation of that devotion, True Mother that Heaven had prepared for 6,000 True Mother is about to unconditionally bequeath years and given birth in a special environment onto us a special grace and blessing. True Mother through Daemonim and Daebunim. True Parents continues to pray that through this grace and overcame unspeakable difficulties and through the blessing, we can attend the Heavenly Parent and Holy Wedding, firmly established the ideal of True True Parents as the center, be victorious in VISION Parents on this earth. Let us give True Parents a 2020 and realize Cheon Il Guk on this earth. It is warm round of applause! (Applause) my earnest prayer that we can inherit this earnest Beloved leaders! wish of True Parents. I would also like to take this opportunity to extend my heartfelt gratitude to each Following their historic Holy Wedding, True and every one of you for attending this historic Parents have had one goal in life: to liberate the occasion. I would like to conclude my welcoming Heavenly Parent who is the Cosmic True Parent, remarks by wishing that the blessings of the restore Him to the original position of parent, save Heavenly Parent and True Parents be with you and ignorant humanity from the realm of death and your families. Thank you.. return them to the embrace of the Heavenly Parent. In order to realize this ideal, True Parents overcame Victory to Heavenly Parent’s dream and our bone-crushing hardships; they devoted their lives to dream!!! saving the world and saving humanity that had Victory! Victory! Victory! (Seung-ri! Seung-ri! become orphans. Forgetting about sleep or rest, Seung-ri! True Parents toured the world from East to West