"Master Speaks"
"Questions and Answers to Reverend Sun Myung Moon"
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.
Question: What are the requirements and qualifications for a person to
be blessed in marriage? What are the requirements for people who are
already married in order to have their union
blessed?
Answer: To be blessed, you must be a pure virgin or bachelor. That is
the first condition. But this is not enough. Since we are all fallen,
to be restored we must go the opposite way. You must have children
first. You must lead three persons and raise them to the point where
they, too, can be blessed in marriage. Then you can be blessed in
marriage and will become their parents. This makes eight people
restored, representing the eight members of Adam's and Noah's
families. Then you must restore all things, the whole world, to God.
Noah's family of eight executed judgment and renewed the whole world
for God. You must make a victorious condition in the satanic world.
God must recognize you as the victor in this world, "Be fruitful and
multiply, fill the earth and have dominion over all things," These
words must be fulfilled in you.
For married people: Since married life in the satanic world is not
recognized by God, husband and wife must go their own ways as sister
and brother. God has been working for 6000 years, and now His
providence is entering the 7000th year. Therefore, in principle they
must be separated for seven years. Then they will find spiritual
children and will be able to reunite. In principle, man should not
marry after the fall. The number 7 is symbolic. Married couples must
abstain from the marriage relationship at least seven months. There
are those in Korea who have been abstaining for over seven years. Live
as sister and brother. Those whom God loves just can't continue their
married life, God strikes their bodies and they can't continue. If the
wife only follows the Principle, great conflict arises in the family.
The same if only the husband follows. So our church has been accused
of destroying families. This is not true. We are uniting them. Other
churches blame us and accuse us, saying that the husbands or wives
have found other mates in our church. This is not true. In other
words, our Leader and the people in Korea have made indemnity for you,
so you are required to abstain only seven months instead of seven
years. We are the only group who does such a thing. On this matter,
there is no generosity. It must be done this way. If couples don't do
this, their blessing will be delayed.
Question: How can we be blessed?
Answer: Some people may not be blessed even in 10 years. Some may be
blessed within a year. It depends on the conditions they make. Since
Adam, Noah and Abraham failed, Jacob was the first who really
fulfilled the dispensation of the restoration of the foundation. He
had 12 sons to start his dispensation. So the number 12 became very
significant. But out of the 12 sons, three were most important because
Adam and Noah both had three sons. Therefore, out of 12, the number
three is most important. Jesus had 12 disciples, but three were the
most important. In a vertical way, three sons can also signify Adam,
Noah and Abraham It also signifies Adam, Jesus and the Lord of the
Second Advent So, without having three sons, you cannot be a parent.
Before I had my wedding. I had to find three sons first with their
potential mates My wedding took place first, before I blessed them,
but their partners were decided. Therefore, I had three sons and three
daughters in-law before I was wed. In that way, the position of Noah
and Adam were restored.
Why three? (These were sons in faith; not direct sons.) When my real
son, who is in Abel's position, was born, the sons in faith, who are
in the Cain position, must bring all the blessings they had received
and transfer them to my real son. They must do this very gladly.
Otherwise, I would have no right to love my real son. The blessing
must come from Cain through Abel. Unless you are blessed in marriage
and form a family, you cannot belong to the heavenly tribe An
individual cannot belong. To be blessed in marriage, you must have
three restored children to have your own true son. So it is absolutely
necessary for you to have three sons and daughters to be restored.
Therefore, you must raise three men and three women. When you go out
to witness, go with the feeling of love in your heart of a father
looking for his lost children. Serve them as servants, but with the
heart of a father. You are going to be their father. From the bottom
of your heart, shed tears, sweat and blood for these people. You must
love the people you are helping to restore even more than your own
child Then Satan will say, "You deserve to be blessed." In that way,
you will be blessed on a victorious foundation. That was what Jesus
failed to do. This is the condition of blessing. To work for this
cause is to work for yourself. If you don't fulfill this condition,
you cannot enter heaven. The gate is open to you, but you have no
condition to enter.
Those three sons and three daughters must love you so much that they
feel they would die for you. You must inspire this feeling by your own
love. This is where the disciples of Jesus failed, and so they were
doomed to die.
Question: What was the meaning of the weddings of the 36, 72 and 120
couples?
Answer: My wedding took place in 1960, which was the fulfillment of
prophecy in the Book of Revelation. In order to have this wedding, I
had to have three children spiritually. Three children had to be
restored so that they could be blessed Three children always means
three couples. So right after my wedding, I blessed these three
couples, these spiritual children. Why did this have to be done?
Noah's family was the first family by whom God executed judgment after
the fall of Adam. Noah's family was the second family from Adam.
Naturally it signified Abel's position. Through Noah's family, God
tried to restore what was lost by Adam's family. By blessing the three
couples, I restored the three sons of Noah, and I was inaugurated as
the True Parent. A family consists not only of mates, but of children.
These blessed couples formed the four positions
in spirit.
Ten generations elapsed from Adam to Noah, which were lost because of
the failure of Ham. This lost 10 generations must also be restored.
Because of the failure of Noah's family, the dispensation was
prolonged until Abraham, and because of Abraham's failure, it was
prolonged to Jacob. From Noah to Jacob, 12 generations elapsed. Jacob
had 12 sons which signified the restoration of the lost 12
generations. After Noah's family was restored, I had to restore
Jacob's family, so I blessed 12 couples.
The 36 couples consisted of 12 previously married couples, 12 couples
who had sexual experience but were not married, and 12 couples who
were pure virgins and bachelors. The first 12 married couples
represented Adam's family, and the 10 generations between Adam and
Noah. The second group of couples represented Noah's family and the
generations between Noah and Abraham. The third group of couples
represented Jacob's 12 children. By the blessing of these 36 couples,
the period from Adam to Jacob was restored. Without the restoration of
this period, I could not have started the dispensation of the
restoration, because until Jacob was found the restoration could not
start. At the same time, the first 12 represented Adam's dispensation;
the second 12 Jesus' dispensation; the third 12 the final
dispensation. The first 12 represented the spirit world, the second 12
the Christian world, the third 12 the new world. So this 36 couples
mean many things.
Adam had two sons - Cain and Abel. After the blessing of the 36
couples, I blessed 72 couples. The 36 couples represented Abel's
position; the 72 couples represented Cain's
position.
Then 120 couples were blessed, representing Jesus 12 disciples, and
120 people who awaited the descent of the Holy Spirit after the
ascension of Jesus and went out later to spread his Gospel. By the
blessing of the 120, the universal blessing could start. Since Jesus
was crucified, the dispensation from Jacob to Jesus was nullified.
Indemnity had to be paid and restoration made from that point. By
blessing this number of people, I started the dispensation of
restoration all over again.
After Jacob's dispensation, the tribal mission started. So after the
blessing of these couples, my tribal mission, the mission of Moses,
started. Then the mission of Jesus, that is the national and universal
missions, started. To do this, I had to pay indemnity for what had
been lost by Jacob, Moses and Jesus. If Moses and Jesus had
accomplished, this would not have had to be done. But since they
failed, it had to be paid before the mission could be started, Jesus'
mission was carried out only spiritually. By blessing these couples,
restoration was completed both physically and spiritually. Therefore,
starting from these blessings, heaven and earth, which have been
separated, are united. Consequently, international affairs are turning
in a new direction. These blessings affected our national affairs in a
very conspicuous way.
Question: You said that the 72 couples were the spiritual children of
the 36 couples. Does that mean that the 120 couples were the spiritual
children of the 72?
Answer: In terms of a circle, the 72 were inward and the 120 were
outward. In terms of height, they can be considered children of the
72, because they are the next generation. But it really doesn't
matter. You don't need to think this way. Consider God, Adam, Cain and
Abel. Even though Cain and Abel were brothers, for this purpose we
regard them as two generations. Corresponding to this we have my
marriage, the blessing of the 36, the 72, and the 120 -- again a total
of four generations
Question: Was Noah's great faith in building the ark for 120 years
restitution for the 12 generations back to Adam?
Answer: Yes. Adam, Jesus and the Second Lord also represent Adam, Noah
and Jacob. The 12 generations between Adam and Noah and between Noah
and Jacob were vertical In Jacob's 12 sons, the number 12 became
horizontal. Since I represent Jacob, I had to bless 120 couples. In
this blessing, the world blessing could start. There were 120 people
who received the Holy Spirit in the upper room. That means Jesus had
120 people already. They were all spiritual
children.
Question: In the blessing of either the 72 or 124 couples, you prayed
to the Father to free the 24 elders. Who are
the 24 elders?
Answer: When I blessed the 36 couples, the first 12 couples were
married people who were blessed again in marriage. The second 12
couples were people who may have loved one another, but were not
married. The third 12 couples were pure virgins and bachelors who had
never loved. As each couple marched to be blessed, the other 24
couples stood in rows on each side making 24
elders.
The 10 generations between Adam and Noah, plus Cain and Abel, are
Adam's offspring. Noah also had 10 generations after his sons, all
Noah's offspring. Jacob had to have 12 sons in order to restore the 12
generations in reality. I also must do this. I had to restore both
Adam's and Noah's 12 generations. By blessing 36 couples, I liberated
the ancestors from Adam to Jacob, and restored
the 24 elders
Question: How many blessed couples will it take to lay the foundation
for America?
Answer: We will follow the pattern which has already been set. So it
will start from a small number. Whatever has been fulfilled in Korea
becomes the condition for world restoration. That land was chosen to
make condition for the whole world, not only
for itself
Question: When you were blessed in 1960, were there others blessed at
the same time?
Answer: A week later, my three spiritual children
were blessed
Leader's comments on blessing:
Those who are single must reach the point where they could marry one
of another race and nationality If you are white, you must be able to
marry a Negro; if Negro, an oriental, etc. If you do not reach this
point, I cannot recognize you as having reached the international or
world-wide standard. The whole world is being restored as a Family.
The married couples already have partners, so the request will not be
made of them. But any single man or woman of the white race must be
particularly prepared. In God's eyes, there is no difference at all
between the races. For me, it is no problem at all what you race may
be.
You must be able to pay any sacrifice if it is God's will. So don't
look for a beautiful girl or a handsome man. If this is what you have
in your mind, God will give you the ugliest mate. If you seek a
brilliant man, God may bring an ignorant one for you, Marriage is not
for yourself, it is for your descendants. In the course of
restoration, we must remember that we are sacrificial offerings in
order to purify and restore the world. We must make each succeeding
generation better and better. The stress is on heredity. A tall man
might be wed to a short woman; an extrovert with an introvert; a
southerner with a northerner; a masculine woman with a feminine man.
The whole world is to be mixed in this way.
What is an ideal couple? The union between an ideal man and an ideal
woman. What is an ideal man and an ideal woman? An ideal man is a
God-like man; an ideal woman is a God-like woman. What is 'God-like'?
One who loves everyone, from one extreme to
the other. If you have
God's heart, you can love anyone and can live in harmony and
happiness, God may pick for you one whom you would never dream of
marrying, Even though there may be small disharmonies between you, God
knows that your descendants will be of an elevated
standard.
America is the Kingdom of Heaven on earth in the outward sense, not
only because of its cultural achievements, but because all races are
represented and intermarriages are freely done.
Out of 180 million people, 80 million should go out to other countries
to serve as our missionaries. If the money wasted in this country were
spent to send these 80 millions to other countries, the whole world
would be restored in a very short time.
Question: I don't understand the reason behind physical abstinence in
the marriage relationship It is impossible to achieve spiritual
separation when you have lived with someone for a length of time. The
relationship is part of you and has been for years. You're not like
brother and sister at all. What, then, is the point of physical
abstention?
Answer: Adam and Eve's fall was on the physical level. Therefore,
physical abstention is necessary in order to make restitution. You may
still incline to one another spiritually, but the physical abstention
is important.
Question: Didn't the fall also take place spiritually? They were
spiritual and physical beings, and when they united it was both
spiritual and physical. That's what love is.
Answer: You must abstain from the sexual relationship both spiritually
and physically. That is, if you abstain physically but spiritually
continue your relationship sexually, that is imperfect. Therefore, the
spirit world requires you to be completely separated
on both levels.
When a man loves God more than his wife, and a woman loves God more
than her husband, then even though you live together and sleep in the
same bed, you feel like brother and sister. No matter how many years
you have lived together, nor how close you are, still your love for
God is stronger than that toward your partner.
Jesus said he was the Bridegroom. The Lord of the Second Advent is to
be your Bridegroom. You should love him more than your partner. As you
feel closer to him, you will not feel as close to each other, even
though you live together. Otherwise you cannot be restored. The fall
was the fall of love. Therefore, love must be re-channeled. If a man
loves the Lord more than the woman, she should follow the man as Abel.
If she loves the Lord more than the man, then he should follow her as
Abel. You must come to this point, even for
a short period.
Adam fell while he was still imperfect. Now a perfect Adam has
appeared. Eve must be united with this perfect Adam in order to be
restored. So Jesus said, "Whoever does not love me more than husband
or wife, mother or father, is not worthy of the kingdom of heaven."
Husband and wife must love the Lord more than anyone else. Restoration
is the restoration of heart and love. Husband and wife must feel
stronger love toward the Lord than between themselves Your present
relationship of love is satanic. The new relationship of your love
will be divine and heavenly. It will be reoriented through the Lord.
Your love for God, and accordingly for the Lord, must be stronger than
the love between you. Those who have spiritual experiences will know
this very easily.
Question: What I don't understand is how you become brother and sister
when you've never been brother and sister, and the relationship which
you know has become part of you. It is part of what I am at the
moment.
Answer: Even male members should be able to feel that the Lord is like
their own father, or an elder brother, or like yourself. You will like
to touch him and embrace him, to be close to
him.
In the course of restoration, husband and wife cannot go side by side.
One will go ahead of the other, and the other will follow. Adam and
Eve did not fall together at the same time. One fell first. Therefore,
one member of a couple will be restored first, and the other will
follow. Women are more creatures of heart than men. Therefore it is
not unusual to see them go ahead in spiritual experiences. Men should
follow them in this case. After restoration, the order will be
reversed.
In the relationship of brother and sister, you don't feel possessive.
Between a couple you do. That is the difference.
Question: By that same nature of heart, is not woman more possessive?
Is she not at war within herself because of the fall, pulled in two
different directions?
Answer: Man is not less possessive. You cannot enter the Kingdom of
Heaven side by side. One must go first Usually this is the woman,
because Eve fell first You are blessed as a couple, but to prepare
yourself to be blessed, the way is one by one.
Early in the history of our movement, there was a long period when one
partner in a marriage would feel very close to our Leader and remote
from her mate. This caused family trouble. But now this period is very
short. You have to go through it, even if it's
only five minutes!
Question: You have spoken of family restoration. How does one go about
such restoration when there is one person in the house who does not
cooperate, does not approve of the Divine Principle, and who does not
want the rest of the family to participate?
Answer: It is your cross to bear. You must serve them to move their
hearts. Patience is necessary. With your deeds and words, you have to
move their hearts. But if, no matter how much you try you still get no
response, then one partner represents heaven and the other represents
hell. Our Father in heaven has been waiting for 6000 years, very
patiently. Wait and work to change them, do your best to teach and
guide them, trying to lead them patiently and humbly for at least
seven years. After you have done your part and have not succeeded, you
are doomed to be separated from them, and you can form another family.
If the time is prolonged, your blessing will be prolonged. With the
mind or spirit or heart to save the other person (this you call 'doing
your best', but our meaning is much deeper; we mean to pour all your
love, your will and your heart out for that person, thinking that you
would endure even seven years for him), then in a shorter period, God
will do something to help you. He will chastise the other, or destroy
him, or in some method will open your way. But if you neglect this
task, even seven years will bring no result. So do your very best.
Then something will come about quickly and easily. That person may
follow you, or may go away. No individual can enter heaven. You can
only enter as a family. Therefore, if the whole family follows, it
will be a most blessed family.
Question: Do you mean that any individual on earth who does not have a
family is doomed?
Answer: If you have lived alone in this world, and have not had
opportunity to form a family, then you must find your mate in the
spirit world and be blessed there.
Family doesn't mean just a couple. You must also have children. In
other words, children in faith. You must lead at least three sons to
God who will be your children in faith. You must take your children
with you to enter heaven. This is three persons each year, or 120
persons in 40 years. If you can't take 120 people with you, take at
least three people. Adam had three sons with whom God operated his
dispensation of restoration; Noah had three sons; and so did Jesus. He
had three disciples whom he took with him always. Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob - three generations - fulfilled God's will. Adam, Jesus and the
Lord of the Second Advent fulfilled God's will. All these have the
same significance. Because of this principle, we too must have three
sons.
Question: If, in order to do work for the Father, you must cut
yourself off from your own family, will the suffering they endure
during this separation help them later on when they come to
understand?
Answer: Yes. They will be protected by God and will receive benefit
through you.
Question: Is marriage important?
Answer: Yes!
Question: I am now too old to marry. I never married and I am now 73
years old. I think it would be wrong for me to marry now. What will I
do?
Answer: Older men marry older women. Destroy all your pride, and marry
if it is arranged for you. You may find your mate in the spirit world,
but nothing is nobler than finding your mate
on earth.
Question: If two people are blessed in marriage and one of them dies,
can you marry again?
Answer: No, you must remain single all your life. Your mate will be
with you in spirit, always.
Question: What do you mean by 'children'?
Answer: Those are people whom you have lead into the Principles and
made real followers.
Question: You don't mean we have to give birth to three sons, but we
have to lead three people to God?
Answer: After you are blessed in marriage, you will have your own
children. Your own children will be in the Abel position. Then you
will have children in faith who will be in the Cain position. You must
love Cain first. Satan has had dominion over the world before God. In
Adam's family, Abel must subjugate Cain. Only on that condition could
Abel be blessed. Abel must make Cain come under him and love him. The
three sons in faith represent Cain in your family. They also represent
the rebellious people of the three stages - Formation, Growth and
Perfection. You must love those children and become one with them, so
that these children in faith become willing to transfer all their
blessing and love to your real child who is in the Abel position. In
that way, you subjugate Cain in your own family. Therefore, you love
Cain first so that Cain is willing to give all his love to your real
child Abel). Then you have the right to love your own child best. The
blessing will be given through your children in faith to your own
child. God could not love his only begotten son or his servants
directly. He had to send them to the satanic world first. Then He
could show His blessing and love. If there had been no fall, Cain
would not have existed at all. Since man fell, however, we must go
through the process of restoration. This process is to love people in
the Cain position, then love people in the Abel position. That is why
Jesus loved his chief disciples most. By loving them and uniting with
them as one, he raised them as his spiritual children. After his holy
marriage, he would have become a true father with his own son. Then
the three disciples could transfer all the love and blessing they had
received from Jesus to his son. Then Jesus could love his own son
truly.
This is what I have been doing. I loved my spiritual children first.
In the course of restoration, you must love other families more than
your own, other nations more than your own, etc. In that way, you go
outward first, then inward.
Christians are all adopted children, not true children of God. Jesus
and the Lord of the Second Advent are God's true sons. They are in
Abel's position. The adopted children are in Cain's position. These
adopted children must love God's true sons with all their hearts,
minds, spirits and life. You must love and completely become one.
Through that love, you will become also true children of God. The true
sons, in the Abel position, are the inward. The others are in the
outward position. They will become one, and then all will receive the
cosmic inheritance. Adopted children still have the right to receive
the inheritance if they take the right procedure.
Some people have no possibility of bearing children on earth. In that
case, you can show your utmost love to the children of Abel. By doing
so, you can receive the same benefit as others. On that condition, you
receive the same blessing. First love your spiritual children, then
love the children of the Lord. Then you will be taken into the
kingdom.
It is the reverse of what has been happening in the satanic world.
Here parents have been making children. In the restoration, you make
children first, and then you can become true parents. You must know
this clearly, or you will not be accepted. This is the condition of
your victory.
You must love your restored children first. Then I will make a special
condition through a special ceremony for those who cannot have a child
of their own physically.
Question: Do you have to raise these sons and daughters yourself?
Suppose you bring someone in and then leave the area, and leave their
raising to others in the Principle. They may accept the Principle and
the Leader, but we may not be able to stay and raise them to full
maturity. So one brings them in and another raises them. Who gets the
credit?
Answer: Suppose Gordon brought them in, but Pauline raised them,
Gordon must have the same heart and feeling as Pauline does for these
people, then it becomes Gordon's credit. But if he completely neglects
them, ignores and forgets them, and Pauline does all the work and the
worrying, then it is Pauline's credit. If Gordon stands behind Pauline
with the same heart it becomes Gordon's credit.
It is the Principle of Restoration to love others before yourself. You
have to love other nationalities better than your own nationality,
other nations better than your own nation, other families better than
your own family, others better than yourself. You and what you belong
to cannot come first in your heart. The suffering you do on this
account is important. Through the suffering you make indemnity, and
restore the original order. Since the time is full, I may bless people
who have not fulfilled these conditions. In this event, those people
must fulfill these conditions within three years of the blessing. The
blessing will be conditional until such time as the conditions are
fulfilled. The principle of forming a family follows the pattern which
the Leader has followed. Everyone must follow
the same formula.
Question: Must our three sons and three daughters be able to be joined
together in marriage, or may they marry others?
Answer: No, they may marry others. If they wish to marry one another,
that is fine. If not, it doesn't matter.
It is not allowed to have a married life before this. It is the
Principle. You cannot love your own son unless you have restored sons.
It is the Principle that you must desert your own sons and love others
before you can love your own. I can tell you this now, but I couldn't
tell you before, because who would believe it? We are not breaking the
family, but really bringing the family to God.
Question: In the case of married couples, does each one have to find
three sons and three daughters? This would make a total of 12 for the
couple.
Answer: I will make a special concession. Married couples need only
find three sons and three daughters, since they will work together in
finding, teaching and raising them. They need only raise six people
instead of 120 But if they can find and raise
more, they should do so.
Question: I'm 40 years old now. You say we are supposed to have 120
children in a lifetime or 40 years. What if I don't live another 40
years? What if I don't have the 120 children
by the time I die?
Answer: Then you must have at least three children. Through the work
and merit of our Leader, the gates of heaven are open for everyone,
particularly you. When you stand at the gate of heaven, you must have
met the conditions for entrance. No individual can enter heaven. You
must enter as a family. In order to be a family, you must have three
sons and daughters.
Question: What becomes of the children of our
satanic marriages?
Answer: If the children follow you, you can love them but as those in
the Cain position. They cannot be your spiritual children. To make
spiritual children, you must actually take them from the satanic
world. Satan took away God's children. In order to reverse this, we
must take Satan's children from him. Children of your satanic
marriages cannot be included among your spiritual children, but if
they follow you, you can love them.
Therefore, when you witness to other people, you must feel actually as
if you are seeking your own lost children. When you find them, you
must serve them as a servant, but with the heart of a father. It was
God who has been seeking us. We must seek people with a father's
heart. In that way, you can feel and experience the heart of the
Father. You must shed tears and sweat and blood for those people to
truly make them your own children. Your spiritual children will not be
obedient and gentle to you at all in the beginning. They will be most
satanic and rebellious to you. Then you will know how the Father in
heaven has felt. And you will make indemnity very quickly, in raising
and loving the unlovable. This is the way God lets you know the heart
of the Father. When you feel bitter or sad with your spiritual
children, always think of God who has suffered even more than you, for
your sake.
That is why the Lord of the Second Advent must subjugate the communist
world. They are in Cain's position. He must bring them to God as the
most rebellious ones. This must be done from the individual to the
world level. Before I actually married, I raised three spiritual sons.
On the national level, I must love three other nations more than
Korea. America, Japan and Germany are those three nations. I must love
them more than Korea, and they must love Korea more than themselves.
That is why I have been offering so many prayers to these nations, and
why I am making the trip to bring blessing to these countries. At the
time when I was being most persecuted, I sent missionaries to Japan
and America. Centered upon these three nations, I must send
missionaries to 12 other nations. Anyone who is participating in the
work at this stage is very blessed.
Paying indemnity and helping the restoration is very hard work.
Christians believe that they can simply believe in Jesus and go to
church in order to go to heaven. You see the great difference between
their belief and ours.
Question: What happens to the couple who do not fulfill the
conditions, but still have love for God?
Answer: If their love for God is not changed, the period will be
extended. But if they fall, another couple will replace them in that
position.
Question: The blessings -- 4, 36, 72, 124 --
what is the next number?
Answer: The next number will be greater than 124. But you don't need
to worry about preparing that many to be blessed. To start here, it
will be a much smaller number, I will do things here after the pattern
I established in Korea. It will probably start with three, I can talk
about the blessing because certain things have already been
established otherwise I would not even talk
about it.
All of this was to have been fulfilled by Jesus with the Israelites.
Since he didn't do it, I must do it with Koreans. Until this was done,
I couldn't come here. It was a year's battle
to fulfill this much.
When the 36 couples were blessed, I really took away sons and
daughters from satanic families. There was a big protest by their
families on the day of the wedding. Some of the parents did not know
anything about it. They were so upset, Later they all expressed
thanks. When the 72 couples were blessed, I notified their parents so
there was no problem. But during the time of the restoration, I could
not contract with Satan, so I just had to take them away, Satan has
really hated me! You are lucky and blessed people. You don't have to
go through all those difficulties. If anyone studies and understands
the Principle, and finds out how I have worked to fulfill these
things, going through such hardships, no heart can remain of stone.
Since I was in the father's position, I could not consult with my
children. There was no one with whom I could consult. A father does
not consult with his son.
There are three blessings: The first stage is the blessing of
religion, or by our church. This is what has taken place so far. Then,
after the national restoration, comes the national blessing. When the
whole world is restored, the final blessing will come. So far, it is
only within the scope of the church.
Question: Will the third stage occur within
our lifetime?
Answer: Of course! You must be blessed while I am alive. So you must
hurry with your victory. I am not in a hurry, but you are. I am ready
to bless. Are you ready to be blessed?
You must know why you are to witness. Whatever you do for God is for
yourself. If I hadn't known this Principle, I wouldn't have suffered
for 40 years. What is the restoration? To win
people into the bosom of
God! To love people from the satanic world and make them His sons, His
Family, to bless them. I could not have my own family until I loved
others and won them by love. You must follow
the same pattern.
[Mrs. Choi]: Who would know all this? The present-day Christians? no
He (our Leader) is love and truth itself. Jesus had truth and love,
and it was not enough. Our Leader adds wisdom and power to win over
Satan, make condition, and then do the actual things according to the
providence of restoration.
[Master]. You couples must be aware that you have a long way to go.
Some day you will regret that you found this movement and joined the
group so late. So hurry up and work hard. You have to go your way, no
one can take you there, you must do it yourself. The Principle is
official. It is a formula. It does not make you an exception. Each one
must travel his own course. Your present lineage or bloodline is not
recognized by God. It must be changed.
Question: What about the children we have now
- physical children?
Answer: Your present children are not the same as your children of the
future, but if they follow you, they will be benefited spiritually
because of you. They also will be blessed in their maturity, in the
same way that you will be blessed. You should be sure to keep them
pure. You must protect them from falling, and teach them the
Principle.
Question: Should we keep our physical children
with us?
Answer: Yes, of course. You cannot leave them on the street. you must
protect them. If they do not obey you, you can even strike them. In
the satanic world, if you beat children it is from your temper and is
sin. But now you know the absolute good, and if they do not obey you
can bring them by force. It will be good for them after all. In our
group, some people have neglected their children and devoted
themselves completely to witnessing. This has happened because, if you
are not restored, your children will perish automatically. If you
don't find three spiritual children, how can your physical children
benefit? In that sense, your problem is more urgent. For this reason,
some parents have neglected their children. After they are blessed
they and take them back.
But this does not mean you have to do the same thing. You should not
leave your boy on the street. It is said in the Bible, "Woe to the
woman with child." That means that you have to go your way which is so
urgent. If you have children, you have to devote time to raising them,
too. Since the fall came through Eve, wives should make their husbands
free to witness, to find their three spiritual children in order for
them to be blessed. If you want to be blessed quickly, you should send
him away to witness while you work to support him. Since we know the
urgency of witnessing to people, some of our members might have
stressed witnessing and suggested sending away
your physical children.
We would like to see a boarding house for the children of our members
where some responsible persons could raise them and educate them at
least for a few years. It will be ideal. This would release you for
your necessary witnessing. We have people in our group who are well
qualified and willing to conduct such a boarding house and school.
This is in the future, when we have more money to support such a house
and the children. It will be very good for the children, good for the
parents, and very good for our movement. No one can enter the Kingdom
of Heaven as an individual, but as a family.
Question: You keep saying we should find three sons. Do you mean sons,
or may it also be daughters?
Answer: Women should find daughters, and men should find sons. It
doesn't really matter.
You should find people who have the wealth to help us finance such a
school. Then we could make you free right away. Don't worry too much
about it. There will be a way. Wouldn't it be good to have such a
school? Our members could raise them and teach them, protect them from
bad influences. They would receive an excellent
education.
The Christian desires only to go to heaven without knowing all these
secrets. They can't be admitted! They are lost They are not doing the
right work, and are only greedy. How lucky you are to know all this,
because now you can do it. There is nothing
impossible to you.
Suppose the wife goes to heaven and the husband goes to hell. Is this
heaven for the wife? They should go together. After you are blessed,
even though you are separated geographically, still you can trust one
another. The leader of the Japanese movement, Mr. Nishikawa, was
blessed while he was in Tokyo and his bride was in Korea. They knew
each other, but not very well. They met after a full three years.
Because of the very delicate relationship between Korea and Japan, he
couldn't go to Korea and she couldn't go to Japan. During all that
time, there was no trouble. They trusted each other completely. Now
they are united physically. So after your blessing, there will be no
problem whether your mate is near or far, Even if one dies soon, still
in spirit he will be with his mate. But it is
good to live together.
Question: You say perfected couples will have to train their children
to know right from wrong. Does this mean we will never be free from
Satan?
Answer: I didn't mean that. As soon as you notice that your child is
an adolescent and is aware of sex, they are blessed in marriage. Why
should they fall? God, or Heaven, is responsible to each person on
earth - to feed, to educate, and to marry. Nowadays, people work hard
and yet do not have enough food. People are ready to marry, but they
cannot. It is a satanic world. But in God's world, this will not be a
problem to anyone. Man has the right to eat under God. So God is
responsible to feed every person. Stealing will not exist in the new
world. If one has a necessity, he can take it from another person. You
pray and just take it. It is not stealing. No one can accuse because
it is a necessity. So feeding, educating, and blessing in marriage
will be taken care of. Why should one be left after one has started to
have the impulse to love? It is the parents' responsibility to
determine the proper time.
Question: I thought they still had to grow to Perfection before they
could be blessed.
Answer: Until they grow to Perfection, they will not know of sex. They
have no idea of it.
Do you disclose your most precious things to other people? Or do you
treasure them and hide them? If you have a very precious jewel in your
house, do you put it in the front window so everyone can see it? Love
is the most precious thing in the universe. Therefore, love should be
done all by yourselves. It should not be done on the street, in front
of your children. If it is precious enough, do it while you are alone
together. Why do you show it in front of everybody - on the street, in
the station, in the airport? Those things should not be disclosed. It
is too precious. To show off your love expression in front of others
is not love. You are only showing off.
Today is the time of harvest according to God's timetable. Adam and
Eve sowed their fallen love in their teens. Therefore, today we are
reaping this harvest. Teenagers make love and fall. This is a time of
reaping, and we cannot avoid it. In the New Age, it will not be this
way. If we continued this kind of life, there would be only decline.
Therefore, in the New Age we will not express love in front of others.
True love, heavenly love, must be centered upon God. Today you make
love without parents' permission or blessing. This is the consequence
of the fall. But in the New Age, love must be sanctioned by the
parents. Your present free love affairs are not love. Free arrangement
of marriage will not be allowed. It must be blessed and permitted by
God.
Question: What if the marriage already exists?
Answer: You will have to follow a special requirement. I married in my
40th year. It took God 6000 years to see the True Marriage. Since the
fall of Adam and Eve, it took nearly 7000 years to find the True
Parents. Therefore, in Principle, God has not allowed anyone to marry.
That is why not only Catholics but many other religions exercise
chastity. In Principle, you have to remain single, unmarried for 700
or 7000 years. You have to meet the True Parents as an unmarried
daughter or son. Your marriages are not recognized by God they are
satanic, not centered upon God even if you were married in a church.
In our church, married couples abstain sexually. Before my marriage in
1960, the married couples abstained for several years. If I wasn't
married, how could they be married? But after my marriage, I shortened
the time. Now you can abstain seven months before your blessing. That
means that before your blessing, a husband and wife should remain as
bachelor and virgin for at least 7 months, and come before me as
sister and brother. Then they can be blessed
in marriage .
Restoration is a reverse process. If there had been no fall, a couple
blessed in marriage would then produce children. But because this is
the restoration, we must have children first before you are blessed in
marriage. In Adam's family, Abel could not be blessed directly by God.
He first had to subjugate Cain, because the whole world was under Cain
and Satan. Cain had to love Abel, and through Cain Abel could then be
blessed. In our case, we must have three spiritual children, children
in faith, whom we have to love and do our very best to raise. They
become your children, and with them you are blessed. Then you produce
your own child, who will be in Abel's position. Your three spiritual
children will be in Cain's position. Since you have loved the
spiritual children so much, they will love your own child very much.
Therefore, your Abel will subjugate your Cain. In that way, your whole
family will be restored. In order to be blessed, you must raise three
children quickly.
Question: How do you start your spiritual family?
Answer: By witnessing. That is why Jesus took three disciples with him
wherever he went. They were his three spiritual
sons.
Question: After you get your three spiritual children, what is the
next step?
Answer: You have to be blessed by God in marriage. Then you will go
into actual married life which God recognizes and which is free from
Satan's accusation. Your spiritual children must reach the point where
they, too, can be blessed. They must fully accept the Principle and be
fully dedicated to it. Then automatically they
will also be blessed.
Question: This means after they have reached
the State of Perfection?
Answer: It is our regulation that those people are blessed who work
with our movement and are dedicated to it for at least three years.
Otherwise God doesn't trust them. So after you have followed
faithfully for three years, and have raised at least three people,
then you can be blessed. In your lifetime you have to raise 120
people. But for now you must raise at least three children to be
blessed.
Question: What about our physical child. Can he be regarded as our
spiritual child?
Answer: Yes, if you lead him to the Principle. If he understands the
Principle, is dedicated to it, and becomes a good leader among his
school friends yes, you may consider him a spiritual child. But in
Principle you should lead others beside your own bloodline. Cain means
someone you cannot love, and you have to show love and raise him
anyway. So other people than members of your own family are Cain. But
you should not desert your own children.
Question: Are you saying that parents will be able to tell when their
child should be aware of sex?
Answer: When children are aware, the parents
should notice it quickly.
Question: Then some children would marry earlier
than others?
Answer: Yes. In this satanic world, those children who are aware of it
early are aware because they have seen and heard about it early. In
God's world, this will occur only when they are physically mature,
which will be at approximately the same age. I have a headache about
this whole problem.
Question: What happens when one's spiritual children fall away? How
does this affect one's own blessing?
Answer: You have to find another child to replace the one who falls.
You must really have 12 children in order to choose the three. Jesus
had 12 disciples from whom he chose three to be his spiritual
children. He was not able to accomplish this, so we must fulfill what
he couldn't. Do not worry about their falling, but have enough that
you can replace one who does.
Question: If you have 12 children, who chooses the three to be
blessed?
Answer: You do. The three children must love you so much that they can
share even your destined life with you. So those who do not witness
feel very strange and troubled in their heart, because they are not
doing their work. It is each one's course to seek his children, and
those who don't feel uncomfortable and troubled. Even in the eternal
world, this is the course which must be followed.
Question: In witnessing to people, is it better for them to pay
indemnity on their own, or for us to pay it
for them?
Answer: It is good for you to pay indemnity, because Satan always
strikes others first. Heaven is the reverse. Heaven would allow you to
be stricken first, and then you can strike Satan. This is the love of
God. Then Satan cannot accuse you, even though you take people from
him, because he struck you first.
But don't try to pay indemnity before you approach someone, because
when you find someone who is conscientious and good, your heart will
automatically turn toward him. You will feel responsible for him, and
then you should pay indemnity.
But sometimes you will feel completely shut off when you approach one
who is not ready at all. Your indemnity would be endless if you paid
for them. Approach people first and judge their response. If they are
responsive, do your best. Spending a great deal of time on an evil
person is a loss for God. It is better to lead two good persons
quickly, Don't waste your time when you get no response. Our members
are constantly seeking people wherever they go. This is exactly what
God is feeling and doing. Those who do this are closest to God,
because they share His nature.
Question: So then it is important for us to focus our attention on a
few individuals and bring them into the Principle, rather than
focusing on bringing in many?
Answer: The wider your influence reaches, the better. In principle you
should have 120 people before you are blessed. Winning three persons a
year makes 120 persons in 40 years, a lifetime. With humanity, you
cannot tell which will be successful and which will not. Sometimes you
think that one will ripen into real fruit, but after three years you
find he is still green. Sometimes you will lead a person who ripens
within a few months. In order to choose those who will ripen, you must
have many candidates. If the millions knew this wonderful secret, they
would take me away. You are really more blessed than the millionaires.
You have greater treasure. All things in creation are choosing God,
saying, "We don't want to be slaves to those evil, satanic people. We
want to serve you, Father," That is why, if the material things of
this country are not used for the right purpose, they will be taken
away. The things themselves are now accusing man. They don't want to
serve wicked people. They "groan in travail," in order to escape from
the bondage of evil. They want to come and belong
to the True Parent.
Question: Do you want the missionaries to other countries to be
natives of the country they serve?
Answer: It doesn't matter. The international mission is your
responsibility, because there are many nationalities
in this country.
You should also approach wealthy people and explain the nature of our
message. They will be able to help financially, even if they can't go
themselves.
Question: What is the relationship between the blessing of the ground
and the blessing of people? What is the reason for blessing ground
before blessing people in any one country?
Since people have been blessed in Korea, the blessing of ground here
is possible. It is better for you to have the ground blessed first.
Since it has been blessed, I can bless you whenever you are ready. The
36 couples were selected from those who had been in the Principle more
than six years. The 72 couples and 120 couples were selected from
those who had been with the group over three
years.
Question: Now that this ground has been blessed in America, will our
work here be speeded up?
Answer: Now that the foothold has been established in this country,
the spirit world will be more active through these channels.
Consequently, you will find more people more quickly. Then there will
be enough candidates to have the blessing. If there are not enough
people, the blessing will be postponed.
You should send workers to those states where ground has been
sanctified. Otherwise, the spirit world cannot help you in those
states. There is no base. Some spiritually gifted people, not in the
Principle, will receive that such a place is Holy Ground, but they
won't know why nor what it means. You must be there to explain its
meaning and make a connection with the Principle.
We are stabbing the heart of Satan by sanctifying ground. It is most
detrimental to him. By ordaining the grounds, some aged Politicians
and leaders may die quickly and be replaced by new people; There will
be a change of personnel in leading positions.
Question: What is our tie-in, if any, with the Universal Link group in
England, and who is the one who calls himself
"Truth"?
Answer: The Universal Link is a group which is playing the role of
forerunner. Their mission is to testify to the existence of the spirit
world. The one who calls himself "Truth" is a spirit who manifests
himself in the name of, or through, Jesus. That group will introduce
the spirit world to the people. Many intellectual people will inquire
through the group and will seek higher truth. If the group is not able
to answer them, showing them higher truth, then that group will begin
to decline. The people will turn in another
direction.
One of our tasks is to form an association with this type of spiritual
group, such as Universal Link and other New Age groups. We should
contact these groups and use them as forerunners. They are closer to
us than completely secular groups, and we should not cut them off. We
should find people through these New Age metaphysical groups, God is
sending many archangels to play the trumpet. These groups are some of
them. They are announcing to the world that the New Age is coming, and
that the spirit world exists. These groups announce through the world
that the New Age has come and that the new leader has arrived,
Meanwhile the whole world will really seek where he is. In this way,
the groups prepare the world.
Question: What do you do when some of their members can see nothing in
the Divine Principles?
Answer: Some may not receive anything about us. But others may. For
instance, Arthur Ford has not accepted the Principle himself, but he
testifies through his trances. Spiritually gifted people are receiving
similar messages. Some people in San Francisco may have received
something when he arrived here by plane, saying that he had come in
the cloud. It is very wise to use spiritual people. That is, use
mediums and people from spiritualist churches as a bridge to find good
people.
Question: What happens to the person who is very faithful but is not
very good in witnessing?
Answer: He must be faithful in other aspects of our work. He must be
so faithful and dedicated in other types of work that those who can
witness regard him in Abel's position. Suppose someone else is very
good in witnessing and brings in so many people, then I will take
three of them and make them the children of the faithful one who has
no children. So if you are faithful but are not good in witnessing,
still do your best. I will make a special arrangement for you. But try
to witness, even if only to your relatives.
When a multitude of people join our group, I will designate which
'children' will be assigned to which 'parents'. So don't just work to
get three persons.
Question: What happens when you bring in many children, but they leave
for other parts of the world to work. Are they still responsible in
terms of love to the one who brought them in?
Answer: That doesn't matter. They should be grateful not only to the
one who brought them in, but also to our Master. If they are grateful
to him, he knows how much the one who brought them in has done. He
will count them as children. You don't have
to worry about it.
The important thing is to be recognized by God for how much you have
done. When the whole world is restored, the blessing can be performed
within a year. Among all these, it will be easy to pick up three
adopted children for you. Good ones. Since I have laid the foundation
and paved the way, your way will be much, much easier from now on. In
the past, I deserted even my own family because I had to lead Cain
first. Pure Cain, not relatives, not blood ties -- but pure Cain. Now
I am leading even my own relatives, because my time has come. With
regard to nations, I had to love other countries before I could love
Korea. That is why I sent out missionaries before 1960. They were in
the Cain position.
Answer: In other words, love is the absolute fulfillment? If you love,
you can't help but love the children of earth?
Yes, you must love everyone. But at least you must love three and
really make them God's children. Love is not just a vague thing. You
must bring the fruits of your love to God. So don't waste your love,
but bear fruit.
Master's Comments.
You must consider your chastity as the most important thing from now
on. Forget about the past. But from now on, be careful! Couples,
strictly observe abstention for more than seven months. Single people,
be careful!
Which would you like better. Coming to Korea and being blessed there,
or my coming here to bless you? I prefer to take you there. When is up
to you. I may call you to Korea, so you had better prepare everything.
It will be a most glorious thing for you to go there to be blessed. I
hope to come back next year (1966) definitely for that purpose -- to
match you. So you may be called next year to be blessed. But I would
like to bless three single couples in Korea, and marry the couples in
this country. To do this, I must bring my whole family. The four
positions must be established. Since the world doesn't know what we
are doing, your going to Korea to be blessed is more beneficial than
was the coming of those to the West for gold. It is a greater
blessing. It has taken 6000 years for God to come to you to bless you.
So it is nothing for you to go to Korea to achieve
it.
So you must bring in more people. Don't think that you can just
observe these activities and achieve the benefits.
In three years, other people may be performing the blessing. In this
sense, the earlier members are most privileged. It is a great
privilege to be blessed by him personally. So
find people quickly.
I will come frequently in the future. And I will stay longest in the
place which has done the most significant work. Work desperately!
I have seen the significance of literature work. The correspondence
course should be utilized. In some cases you will have to give them
away.
First, you must lay a foundation in each state. Second, we must use
the press and bring them to our side. Then we must approach the
leaders of this government and make them have interest in our
movement.
I may give you orders to make adventure. Will
you take it?
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