Session 3

He was able to restore all of the restorations of the eldest son position and the parents and child position. He had to bring this foundation, and how he was able to bring this foundation is what we're going to investigate now. True Father was born into the family of the Moons. At this time in Korea, there were three kingdoms: Shilla, Kio, and P. The leader of the P kingdom was going to play at the river when he heard the crying noise of a baby. He looked all over the place for where this crying was coming from, and the sound was getting louder. Nearby, there was a rock, and he thought this might be where the baby was crying from. He went up to this rock to investigate, and there was a door with Chinese characters in red ink written on it. This rock happened to be a door to the Rock of the mountain, and inside this rock, there was a baby crying. At this time, there was a leader protecting this baby. Three days before the Shilla King was able to find this baby, he saw a very bright red light from the sky. This king of Shilla saw this symbol and understood that Heaven was blessing all of these kingdoms, especially this baby that was crying in this rock.

Over the northern border, they discovered this baby and persuaded the leader of this kingdom to bring the child from P to Shilla. In Shilla, they raised this child and married him to the princess. This is the start of the first ancestor of the Moon founder. I'm not sure if you understand this concept in the United Kingdom, but in Korea, the southern province in South Korea, which was the area of Shilla, and then Peka, is the area of Chola province, which is southwest in Korea. They brought up this child in the opposite kingdom of where he was from. Even now, these two provinces are fighting in Korea, and the background of this is because this child, born in P Kingdom, went to Shilla and was married to a princess. Even now, politically, the leaders in Korea from these two provinces are in conflict, so this has a very historical meaning. This child had no parents, so the concept is that God became the parent of this child and was born from this rock. This symbolizes Jesus Christ, and the Chinese characters written on this rock represent the words of God.

The background of humanity's fall was Eve's fall. In order to restore this situation, it is only through God's words that we can recreate this kingdom. The Messiah that comes has the symbolic meaning of restoring all of these foundations. Korea is politically divided into eight regions. The Moon clan was able to feed all of these poor people coming from these different regions. This family tradition did not just start from the Moon family but is a tradition that came from the ancestors of these people. Why did True Father's family feed all of these poor people? The first Adam had failed, and the second Adam took over this mission. The second Adam realized the salvation of the spiritual foundation but did not realize the physical salvation. The third Adam has to realize what the second Adam didn't.

What are we talking about when we discuss physical salvation? What do we have to eat to keep our life as a physical body? Yes, food. If we don't eat food, we'll die. We have been realizing this physical foundation since the beginning of time; that's how all of us are still alive. If we look at True Father's autobiography, it starts off with a discussion about food. What is this concept? What is the salvation of the physical foundation through the Moon family? This was prepared through the foundation of the Moon family. The physical foundation is the completion of the family, the spiritual foundation, and the family foundation that True Father has to realize. This is the Messiah's mission: to realize this family foundation and also to take on the foundation that the second Adam wasn't able to realize. This is why the discussion about food starts off with the mission of the third Adam.

I'm only going to introduce people that have a direct lineage relationship to the Moon family. If we explain all of these people related to him, it will be too difficult, so only the great historical figures will be talked about today. Mok, True Father's great-grandfather, said that if you offer a meal to a person from any part of the land, the blessing of that land will flow abundantly to this house. He taught this to his descendants about food. A great historical figure shall be born from my descendants, he prophesied. This is True Father. This is a person that True Father was able to see before he died. This person's name was originally Yongyong, referring to True Father. He shall become a great man in the future; assist him in whatever he desires. What is this person? For ten years, I have been doing these lectures starting from the beginnings of True Father's childhood until now, not just with the people that were directly connected to him but also interviewing many people that had some kind of relationship with True Father.

When True Father went to Japan, he was able to interview about 240 people regarding his life. While working in the history department, he was a minister at H in Sa. At that time, True Father was going to middle school there for about six or eight months. When I was a minister there, True Father came to visit about twice. The first time, the national leader of Korea was Reverend Hang. He came in the morning suddenly, and all of the members were in the room waiting for him. True Father told Reverend Hang to tell the history of this place. Reverend Hang talked about True Father's life in middle school for about 15 minutes. After he started talking, True Father asked who the church leader of this place was, and he raised his hand and said it was him. The minister of this place should know a lot about True Father's life, so he asked him directly if he knew about his life. At that time, I had interviewed many people and knew a lot about his history, so I had about 90% of my knowledge about True Father's life.

True Father told him to come in front and explain. Because Reverend Hang had talked for 15 minutes, he thought maybe he should talk for 20 minutes. He started talking, and even after 20 minutes, True Father was laughing and telling me to continue. All of the information that I had started to forget, I began to remember. Even though True Father was starting to forget a lot, he was able to remind him of all of his childhood memories. I started talking from the beginning of his childhood all the way through his life, not just the time when he was at the church but through True Father's whole life. After that lecture, True Father went to a chicken restaurant for lunch and told me that I had researched a lot about his life. He said I was very young, and even though there were things he had forgotten, I had reminded him of his childhood. He encouraged me to start lecturing more about his life. Since then, this is why I am lecturing about True Father's life.

Because of the war in Korea, many people from North Korea had to come down to the South. It wasn't easy to find people with a relationship to True Father who were able to escape to South Korea, as many are still in North Korea. He was able to interview those he could find in South Korea. Listening to them about Muni grandfather, I learned what kind of person he was. In the winter, North Korea is extremely cold, minus 30 degrees Celsius. People there find it very difficult to eat and start to starve, with many dying in the winter. To survive, they would live near True Father's house during this season. True Father's house had a farm where they grew lots of fruits, so many people came in the winter to live near this area because of the farm and the harvested products that had been kept. They would go in the morning to get food from True Father's house for about a week or two, hiding their faces while doing so.

Some of these people had a conscience and knew it was difficult to get food for free, so they would clean up around True Father's house and do what they could to earn the food. They had to live about three months to escape the worst of the winter. True Father's grandfather would make food, and his wife would bring the rice to him. He had a habit of checking outside his window to see if anyone was starving. He would shout at his wife to give food to the beggars outside. His wife would get very annoyed and want to refuse many times, but if she didn't bring food, she would have to feed the beggars first to prevent her husband from starving. This shows how prepared their family was, and these ancestors are the ancestors of True Father's family.

You probably thought about this and listened as if it were an old book or some kind of story, but this is actually real. Next is the grand uncle, M Y, who was a minister. When Japan was occupying Korea for 40 years, he was a key figure in the independence movement. The Japanese were trying to find him, so he had to escape and hide in the mountains. He went to a place in Kangan Province, where his students were still living. He was able to meet his disciples, and one of his disciples, Shin Manun, was a Chinese character lecturer and expert. This person started to talk about True Father, and much of what he said I had never seen in True Father's speeches. Shin Manun was a Christian and heard a revelation that the Messiah would come through him while he was in prison. This shows that there was a minister prepared for this.

Since childhood, he had told Shin Manun about all of True Father's childhood. Shin Manun was able to share this information with me. He was friends with the president at that time, President S. The president of Korea at that time told Shin Manun to be a general of the army, but he refused. There was a chance he could have been one of the main people in that time, but he wanted to be a pastor, realizing that True Father, the Messiah, would be born in his lineage. When asked why he was like this, he said he was not speaking because his father's father was not speaking. True Father's mother, Kim, always walked with her hands closed. When asked why, she said it was because she was holding a very important person. She believed and knew that the Messiah would come in her lineage. Before True Father was born, she was very talkative, but when he was born, she stopped speaking, not because she could not speak, but because she decided to speak only in short words. When asked if she had eaten, she would simply reply, 'Yes' or 'No.' This is a reflection of the significance of True Father's lineage.

Had to give a description about all of these fathers from True Father's side. Now, this is about Mother Kim, who was very important in restoring the foundation of the mother and son. This mother is a Kang. Let's see what kind of life Mother Kim lived. There is not much documentation or information about her because True Father wasn't able to meet his mother; he was imprisoned many times. However, God had prepared someone, and history has been written through this historical person. This person is the youngest sister's daughter of True Father's mother. This lady, Kimy, is living in Ki City in Korea. It is a relief to be able to meet her, as she was able to tell me a lot and see many things about True Father's mother that were not even mentioned in True Father's speeches.

True Father's mother, at the age of seven, received a revelation from God, stating that she would have a baby but could not marry any man; she had to wait for the person that God would send her. After receiving this revelation at the age of seven, she could not just marry any random person. We often think that True Father came from a wealthy family, and indeed he did, but according to what this lady, the niece, is saying, she was actually very rich. She inherited a lot and had many servants in her house. True Father's mother had two servants and was quite wealthy, which attracted many suitors who wanted to marry her.

In Korea, girls typically got married between the ages of 12 and 15. This was due to historical invasions, particularly by China, which left many Chinese women unmarried. During the Japanese occupation after the Second World War, young women were sent to the army in Japan and were exploited. Thus, marrying at a young age was crucial for survival. After receiving the revelation at seven, True Father's mother had to wait for the man that God said she would meet. Many men were matched with her; she met someone about 15 times but had to reject all of them. As she approached the age of 16, it became increasingly difficult to find a husband, and many men began to reject her because she was over that age.

At 16, she became engaged to a man that her parents introduced her to. In traditional Korean culture, the wife would go to the husband's house for 40 to 100 days without having a relationship during that time. After getting engaged, she went to this man's house, but because she had received the revelation, she cried for about three days, trying to persuade him that he was the man she was meant to marry. She knew that there would be many hardships for his family because of the revelation she had received from God. This situation reflects the restoration of Eve's course, as True Father's mother was meant to restore the path of Eve.

The responsibility of Kim Kang was to marry the Messiah. This was her core responsibility. Even Mary had a responsibility to get Jesus married, but she was unable to fulfil that. When True Father lifts his voice, he wants me to lift my voice as well to maintain the flow of the sermon. Mary had to fulfil her responsibility, and True Father's mother had to find True Father's matching wife. She asked her younger sister to find this lady, who was the mother of S. Jim, the first wife of True Father. Matching True Father with his first wife was a fulfilment of her responsibility, establishing the foundation of mother and son and getting her son married.

So why did the first wife fail, and why did the second wife fail as well? Many may be curious about this. The first wife of True Father was S. Jim's mother. I cannot tell you everything, but I will share the core reasons. This wife was the prepared wife of True Father. One day, she dreamt and received a revelation while looking in a mirror. In the mirror, she saw a moon, and then the sun appeared and became one with the moon. She received this revelation, indicating that she would meet a perfect man and become one with him when he appeared. Although she was engaged 24 times to other men, she ultimately married True Father.

The reason the first wife failed is tied to a prominent minister from a large Christian church called Yak Church. This minister was a friend of True Father from childhood. Just as Jesus struggled to receive recognition, True Father faced similar challenges. This minister began to shout, questioning how anyone could think True Father was the Messiah, attacking the first wife. The wife had two younger brothers who were dragged to the church and brainwashed, leading them to fight with their sister and attack True Father and his family. In the end, the first wife could not fulfil her responsibility and began to give up her role as True Father's wife.

When True Father was imprisoned in Sodon, he was forced to sign divorce papers. Although he did not want to divorce, he was compelled to do so. I interviewed the first wife of True Father three times directly, and during our conversations, she expressed much regret. However, it was too late; True Father had waited 14 years, seven years after the divorce, hoping she would succeed. In 2010, she passed away, and before her death, True Father and True Mother visited her home three times to pray and offer gifts. They made many conditions for her, and just before she passed away, she began to repent deeply. She uniquely shared her heart with Kim Wan Pill, the first wife of True Father, and expressed her gratitude for their support. She cried and passed away, having repented and returned to True Father's heart before her death.

Now, let's discuss the second wife of True Father. After divorcing the first wife, True Father waited seven years. During this time, many spiritual ladies came to pray at his house, questioning why he was not marrying and fulfilling his mission. Kim Yong-i, the second wife, was someone I interviewed frequently. I became friendly with her, often picking her up and bringing her to church events. Because the first wife had failed, the second wife had the responsibility to realise all of these missions. She needed to go through an indemnity period to restore the first wife, which required her to walk a difficult path not only in Korea but also in other nations.

She had a mission to go to Japan and have a child there. After having the baby, she faced challenges returning to Korea due to not having a passport or official visa, as she had gone to Japan secretly during the occupation. While trying to return, she encountered a Korean man who turned out to be a bad person and raped her. She wrote a letter to True Father, explaining that she could not accomplish her mission under these circumstances. True Father cried and promised to restore her, no matter what had happened. The mother of Hijin knew that her return would complicate True Father's path, so she hid in the mountains for seven years, living off whatever she could find.

The second wife was worried that her return would become an obstacle for True Father, so she deliberately stayed away from him. She tried to live a course as a model but eventually fell ill and ended up in a hospital. This difficult course of the first and second wives failing as True Mothers is not widely known, leading to many misunderstandings and strange rumours. There is a book called 'The Six Maras' written by Paka that addresses these misunderstandings. True Father brought back descendants from North Korea, and I worked closely with a lady who helped me while I was at the Historical Foundation. A man named El provided me with an original document written by True Father, which he kept during his life. He shared it with me before publishing, allowing me to compare it with what was eventually released. I found that about 70% of the content had been changed due to negative influences on the movement.

This original document is now in the hands of those who oppose the movement, and it has been misused by individuals who do not have the truth. In the Historical Foundation, we have real videos and content that we are preparing to release, but True Father advised us to wait. Now, he has given us permission to release these documents. The mother of True Mother realised her responsibility to help True Father marry his first and second wives, but she was unable to take responsibility because she was in North Korea.

About the Elder Son Foundation. This is the elder brother Mongu. He knew his younger brother and understood what kind of person True Father was. This older brother demonstrated absolute obedience to True Father, even though he was his older brother. He acted as a younger brother to True Father and supported him in his mission. Even before True Father was born, while he was still in his mother's womb, the elder brother was able to fulfil the foundation of the elder son position, substantially restoring the birthright of the eldest son. Not anyone can become the Messiah; to do so, one must historically have the lineage of God and the foundation to transfer to that lineage. The elder son foundation and the mother and son foundation are essential for this transfer. Only a family that has fulfilled all these foundations can have the Messiah within it.

The reason True Father is the Messiah is that he is the son of a family of ancestors who have fulfilled these foundations. We have the first Adam, the second Adam, Jesus, and now the third Adam, True Father. The Messiah must come from a non-fallen lineage to restore those with a fallen lineage. Many individuals in the past have proclaimed themselves as the Messiah, and I have encountered numerous such people. The pattern among these so-called Messiahs is similar; they often claim to be the Messiah based on their words or speeches. While some parts of their messages may be commendable, they are not entirely accurate. When I ask them to provide objective proof of their claims, they often become flustered and defensive.

True Parents have explained and interpreted the Bible in a way that no one else has. Those who listen passively and follow blindly without passion in their faith are at risk of being taken away by Satan. It is crucial to engage actively with the teachings and not merely to sleep through them. Why do you think I am here discussing the Messiah? Because the Messiah is now 94 years old and present among us. Are we proclaiming him as the Messiah to the world? Are we still hesitant to identify ourselves as part of the Unification Church because we lack a proper understanding of the Messiah's identity? We must be able to provide objective reasons for believing that True Father is the Messiah.

During my visits to Africa, I was surprised to find that the African people often have a better understanding of the Bible than American Christians, despite their historical challenges. Chiefs from various tribes expressed their happiness in hearing about True Father. We cannot remain indifferent; we must either be very passionate or completely disengaged. There is no middle ground. So, I urge you not to fall asleep. In the next lecture, I will discuss further why True Father is the real Messiah.