Introduction to Sun Myung Moon
Hyung Jin Moon
May 8, 2011
Istanbul, Turkey
Your excellencies, distinguished leaders, Ambassadors for Peace, ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters!
Thank you for honoring this great day and noble occasion with your presence today. It is my distinct honor to introduce our next speaker, who will deliver the Founders' Address for this historic World Assembly. This is not an easy task. As you know, the next speaker happens to be my father, the Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon. And I believe many of you have heard of him perhaps.
I have know him as the most wise and loving father for the past 33 years. Together with my mother, he brought me into this world. And not a day has gone by in which his love and guidance has not nurtured, sustained, challenged and enlightened me on my own path to a closer relationship with God. I truly have been blessed with the best father and the best mother in the world. I would like to ask you all to give them a very wonderful round of applause.
At the same time I also have come to realize, very deeply, that my parents are not simply my physical parents. They are not simply the parents of their 14 biological children. In fact, I confess that only in the past several years did I awaken to a fuller and deeper and more truthful understanding of the spiritual value and significance of my parents, Father and Mother Moon, as the returning Christ and Lord of the Second Advent.
As you know, we recognize my parents as the True Parents, and in this position they stand as spiritual parents to all God's children, as Jesus, the Christ, should have done. In other words, their mission and their value extends far beyond our normal concept of good parents in a conventional family or our concept of great leaders of a world class peace organization, or even our concept of a founder of a religion.
Then what kind of person is the man who will speak to us tonight? He has been known in various ways throughout his life, as master, as messiah, as True Father. And I personally struggled a long time to try to understand these terms and the true nature and mission of my father. We know that the concept of the messiah has various names and meanings depending on the language, the culture and the environment. But the essential meaning is related to the one who fulfills God's original ideal and humankind's desire to once again stand justified before God in a fully restored position.
God. too, is known by various names such as Jahwe, Jehova, Allah, Hananim, the Great Spirit, Ultimate Being, and other names. But what is most essential, however, is that God is the parent of humankind. He is the source of true love and compassion and is the incorporeal True Parents, who is the spring of goodness. That is why we call God the parent of humankind whose providence is aimed at overcoming the effects of the human fall and re-establishing the parent child relationship with humankind. God's providence is fulfilled through the coming of the corporeal True Parents, who, as the true son and purpose of creation, can communicate with and respond to God, the incorporeal True Parents, as his true object partner.
Ladies and gentlemen, True Parent's life course has been one of inheriting the true love of God, perfecting that true love and bequeathing it to humankind. In this way True Parents have led the way to the liberation of God. They have suffered and been tortured, imprisoned, scorned and hated for us. They have taken on the burdens for our sins and made a way for us to be forgiven by God. They have suffered the torment and damnation that we deserve and have paid the price for us to come before God as sons and daughters. And this is the path of the Christ and the path that our True Parents have walked.
Before I invite them to the podium I want to leave you with one request. I want to ask you, through this program tonight, that you do your very best to come to understand True Parents' value. Let us understand who they are and that they have come to fulfill an extraordinary mission. Let us view the True Parents of heaven, earth and humankind not merely through our physical eyes but through our spiritual eyes. And let us listen intently to these precious words with an open heart and an open mind.
Brothers and sisters, I would like to ask you all to rise from your seats at this point, and please join me in giving a rousing round of applause, to offer glory and honor to the one and only Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon and Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon!
Father, why do you speak so long?
Hyung Jin Moon
May 8, 2011
Excerpts
Hoon Dok Hae
Istanbul, Turkey
Everybody wants to take pictures (of famous basket ball players). (But what about) the Lord of the second advent, Jesus, who has returned? (People) pass by. Nobody knows....
So yesterday, at the event. True Parents up there, and all people left. So sad! Maybe we can feel, "Oh, Father, why do you speak so long? Please, speak just shorter! Or just read! That's better. Then people will stay."
But see, that is seeing True Parents with our physical eyes. Just like Peter did. Just like the 12 disciples did... They forgot that Jesus is the son of God...
I saw True Parents yesterday, just pouring out their heart, and everybody leaving... So what? True Parents are not here to be popular. They are not her to make people's ears happy. They are here as the son of God. And as the son of God they have the mission to save humanity.
Whether humanity listens or not, that is not the MOST important thing. The most important thing is the grace of God that we can receive through True Parents.
So yesterday I thought that Father is on the cross again. That's what I felt. He is on the cross. We should be up there, declaring True Parents as the Messiah and Lord of the Second Advent. But because We are not declaring, We are not telling people, We are too scared, ashamed, then True Parents by himself has to be up there and declare.
That's exactly what Jesus' disciples did to Jesus....
So as Unification Movement... we must remember once again why we are here. We are not here to just please people's ears. We are here to show that the son of God is here....
True Parents should not go the way of the cross. Jesus should not have gone the way of the cross. The nation should have accepted Jesus and served him as the King of Kings. They should not have killed him.
In the same way True Parents should not go the way of the cross. But again, True Parents always have to walk the way of the cross, hated, scorned... like this.
Christ's path and the path that our True Parents have followed
Hyung Jin Moon
May 1, 2011
Rome, Italy
The day before yesterday we went to St. Peter's Square, in front of St. Peter's Basilica, in the Vatican where the Pope speaks in front of huge crowds while giving outdoor mass. When the Lord of Second Advent came, it seems very sad that he just came alone, quietly like this.
As I was coining here, I thought a lot about Jesus. We have to remember that when Jesus Christ was on earth, when that cornerstone was here in this world, only twelve disciples followed him. He worked in the shadow of Jerusalem. Jerusalem was a powerful city, a religious city, a holy place. Even though Jesus was the king among kings, he was not welcomed in Jerusalem. He was an obscure and unknown person. Jesus was meant to appear there as a king of kings; yet he was persecuted and crucified....
On the path Christ walked, he never experienced glory. As True Father has mentioned, there was sorrow and loneliness. If we truly understand what the Lord encountered on the path he had to travel... He was persecuted for us, tortured for us, he walked the road toward death and hell for us, was hung on the cross, had to accept hatred and ridicule for our sake. True Parents' life course has been the road to save us. That has not just been their life course; it is also an expression of True Parents' love....
I think that -- even though we are not in a situation where millions of followers have come while True Parents are in Rome now -- they are teaching with the truth and with the Holy Spirit just as Jesus did. As I've said, under no circumstances can we evaluate the Lord at his Second Advent based on how many believers are following him.
Only twelve disciples followed Jesus, but if we were to evaluate him based on that number alone, Jesus could be considered a failure. Yet, despite the tremendous power of religion in his days and within the Holy Land, Jesus was the Holy Land itself. Likewise, within this tremendous Holy Land of the Vatican and Rome, True Parents are the Holy Ground.
Brothers and sisters, because the Christians were persecuted, one day they were able to overcome even Rome. Today Christianity, Catholicism, is indeed seated at the center of Rome.
I was talking with the Italian church leader, who said that Unificationists are truly a minority here. In all of Italy, there are only about two hundred families. However, if we were to compare this with Jesus' time, this is tremendous, a tremendous blessing. If these two hundred families, together with all other members worldwide, would join their voices in singing Chambumonim Eog-manses -- the vibration of love, the vibration of praise for the Lord -- I believe the many Christians who long for the Holy Spirit today, Christians who persecuted the returning Lord, even Italian Christians, will come seeking Unificationism.
The King of All Kings who became the Owner of Rome
Hyung Jin Moon
May 1, 2011
Cheon Bok Gung, Yongsan Seoul Korea
Translation: Nina Rosario
Hyung Jin Moon, Ye Jin Moon, and In Jin Moon
Hello, brothers and sisters.
Today I am sending my Sunday message from Rome.
I have prepared my sermon with the title "The King among Kings who became the Owner of Rome." First, let's read chapter 4 of the Book of Acts, verses 7 thru 11.
7 They had Peter and John brought before them and began to question them: "By what power or what name did you do this?"
8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: "Rulers and elders of the people!
9 If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a man who was lame and are being asked how he was healed,
10 then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.
11 Jesus is "'the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.'
In this very important passage, apostles are doing spiritual works in the name of Jesus. At that time they were filled with the Holy Spirit, and that was when many miracles were occurring such that it seemed they could not be true. In that situation, the apostles, particularly John and Peter were captured and were thrown into prison. Then opposing Jewish groups asked them by whose authority they were doing those works. And the apostles replied as we just read in the Bible quote: We did it in the name of Jesus. Both that small group, and the authority with which they healed those people, came from Christ. Metaphorically speaking, the stone that architects had abandoned became the cornerstone. This is a very significant Bible quote.
Here in Rome, we saw the painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel of Adam and God's fingers connected together, which depicts the creation, and is Michelangelo's final masterpiece. We were looking at this and other famous masterpieces yesterday. I was taken aback by one incident. While we were there I was sharing some words with with the director of the second generation department in Europe. And he said this: "It's truly sad. These great foundations of Christianity were prepared for the returning Lord, but the returning Lord is now 91 years old and he is visiting Rome as a tourist. How miserable and sad a reality that is."
The day before yesterday we went to St. Peter's Square, in front of St. Peter's Basilica, in the Vatican where the Pope speaks while giving outdoor Mass. The Pope speaks in front of huge crowds gathered here. When the Lord of Second Advent came, it seems very sad that he just came alone, quietly like this, as our brother said. However, when I heard this, I said to him, "It is not finished until God says it is finished."
As I was coming here, I thought a lot about Jesus. We have to remember that when Jesus Christ was on earth, when that Cornerstone was here in this world, only 12 disciples followed him. He was under the shadow of Jerusalem. Jerusalem was a powerful city, religious city, and a holy place. Even though Jesus was the king among kings, he was not welcomed in Jerusalem. No one knew him. He was an obscure and unknown person. Jesus was meant to appear there as a king among kings; yet he was persecuted and crucified, put to death.
I am thinking about how Jesus would teach, sharing the Word with his disciples in the vicinity of Jerusalem. I thought of this because we do Hoon Dok Hae in attendance of True Parents every day. Now it's time for Hoon Dok Hae [here]. As we attend True Parents, what I feel is that this group is a small group. There are not many members, only some 200 blessed families in all of Italy. But in front of this tremendous power in Rome, this center of religion and holy land, True Parents must appear as the king of kings. As I see True Parents giving their teachings in Rome, I come to think about Jesus.
The path walked by Christ is never a glorious one. As True Father has mentioned, it is sad and lonely path. If we truly understand what kind of path the Lord has had to travel -- he was persecuted for us, tortured for us, he walked the road to death and hell for us, was hung on the cross, had to receive hatred and ridicule for our sake. True Parents' life course has been the road to save us. That has not just been their life course; it is also True Parents' love.
At the 'Cosmic Assembly for the Settlement of the True Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind and for the Proclamation of the Word by God's Substantial Self' in Rome, Italy, 1000 Unification Church members and peace ambassadors gathered together. This was a very important time in Rome. This weekend the late Pope John Paul II is to be beatified. Approximately 5 million believers came to Rome and the presidents of various countries of some 51 different head of states came to Rome to participate and observe. That huge and magnificent ceremony just like in Jerusalem is happening. But where is the Lord? Where is Jesus?
True Father has mentioned that many Jesus pictures of Jesus are hung up but Jesus is not there. What Father means by these words is that when we ask where Jesus really is, in the middle of such a splendid ceremony, the answer is that he is with True Parents!
Observing this, I said to that second generation director of Europe, "Yet I don't feel despair. Rather, I feel hope. That's because as I think of Jesus, as I think of True Parents being in Rome now, even though we do not have the situation where 5 million followers have gathered, True Parents are teaching with the truth and Holy Spirit just as Jesus did." And I said, "Under no circumstances can we evaluate the Lord at his Second Advent based on how many believers are following him."
Only twelve disciples followed Jesus, but if we were to evaluate him based on that number alone, Jesus would be considered a big failure. Yet, before the tremendous power of religion, and within the Holy Land, Jesus was the Holy Land itself. And within this tremendous Holy Land of the Vatican and Rome, True Parents are the "Holy Land."
Catacombs in Rome
Brothers and sisters, the other day we visited the Catacombs, underground tombs where the bodies of 500,000 Christians were buried over 300 years. Entering the catacombs, we realized how much the Christians had been persecuted for 300 years. When Christianity first came to Rome, this area was part of the Greek religious sphere. It was not a Christian area at all. Rather, Christianity was seen as heresy, the minority, and if someone believed in Christianity, he was killed. It's said that Christians buried each other's brothers and sisters who died, here in the catacombs, but I was really surprised. In the endless tunnels, there were hundreds of thousands of burial spaces with enough space only for a dead body to be laid. Entering there, we could see truly how much Christians were persecuted, how much blood was shed in this city of Rome, centered on the established Greek powers.
Brothers and Sisters, because the Christians were persecuted, one day they were able to overcome even Rome. Today it is indeed Christianity, Catholicism that is now seated at the center of Rome.
I was talking with the Italian church leader, and Unificationists are truly a minority here. In all of Italy, there are only about 200 families. However, if we were to compare with the time of Jesus, this is tremendous, a tremendous blessing. If these 200 families, together with all of the worldwide members, would gather their the voices of Chambumonim Eog-mansei -- the vibration of love, the vibration of praise for the Lord -- I believe that the many Christians who long for the Holy Spirit today, Christians who persecuted the returning Lord, and even Italian Christians, will come seeking for Unificationism.
Edward Lorenz (May 23, 1917 – April 16, 2008)
Brothers and Sisters, I was doing a little research, and in 1963, there was a meteorologist named Edward Lorenz. He coined the famous term, the Butterfly Effect. You have probably heard of it. Edward Lorenz discovered what is called the Chaos Theory, and he was doing some calculations one day in order to forecast the weather. He was putting in various numbers into a computer model, in order to come up with the daily forecast. He was trying to input the number '0.506127' and in order to shorten it, he put in only '0.506.' but because the final digits were cut off, the result of the forecast became completely different. Through this, Lorenz was able to see mathematically, that this minor difference created a huge change in the weather forecast. He was able to prove this mathematically.
Thus, what this famous term, 'the Butterfly Effect' means. An illustration would be a butterfly in South America flapping its wings then a typhoon could result in the USA. So, after confirming the numbers scientifically, Edward Lorenz announced this Effect before scientists and published his famous theory. This points to the fact that even a very tiny, tiny matter, a tiny change in an incident can lead to completely different results.
When all of us can take part in the Chambumonim Eog-mansei with a pure mind, motivation and heart, brothers and sisters, I am convinced that vibration is a thousand times more powerful than a butterfly flapping its wings! Brothers and sisters, if a butterfly flapping its wings in one country can produce a typhoon in another country, how tremendous would the Chambumonim Eog-mansei vibration of the love of the purpose of creation, the vibration of the love of the followers, the Chambumonim Eog-mansei of love for the Lord be?
Brothers and Sisters, today, when we bring together the Chambumonim Eog-mansei vibration of eternal peace, if we think truly about the Butterfly Effect, how a small vibration can create truly incredible change, and think also that within this vibration, the Holy Spirit wants to manifest itself, as this vibration has already started in Italy, together with our brothers sisters of Italy, let's truly send our True Parents glory and victory from this sanctuary with all of our heart.
Brothers and Sisters, today we are heading for Norway. We offer our service together with everyone with our heart, and I will conclude here. All glory, eternal peace, Chambumonim Eog-mansei! Thank you.
Let's close together with Father's words. Aju.
Introduction of True Father
Hyung Jin Moon
May 2011
Founders' Tour 2011
Incheon, Korea
It is my distinct honor to introduce our next speaker who will deliver the founder's address for this historic world assembly. This is not an easy task. As you know, the next speaker happens to be my father, the Reverend Sun Myung Moon. I have known him as the most wise and loving father for the past thirty-one years. Together with my mother, he brought me into this world. Not a single day of my life has gone by in which his love and guidance did not nurture, sustain and enlighten me on my own path to a closer relationship with God.
I truly have been blessed with the best father, and the best mother in the world. And I would like to ask you to join me in giving them a great round of applause! At the same time, I have also come to realize very deeply that my parents are not simply my physical parents. They are not simply the parents of their fourteen biological children.
In fact, I confess that only in the past several years did I awaken to a fuller, deeper and more truthful understanding of the spiritual value and significance of my parents, Father and Mother Moon, as the returning Christ and Lord at the Second Advent.
As you know, we recognize my parents as the True Parents, and in this position they stand as spiritual parents to all God's children as Jesus, the Christ, should have done. In other words, their mission and their value extends far beyond our concept of good parents in a conventional family or our concept of great leaders of a world-class peace organization or even our concept of the founder of a religion.
What kind of person is the man who will speak to us tonight? He has been known in various ways throughout his life, as "Master," as "Messiah" and as "True Father." I struggled a long time to try to understand these terms and the true nature and mission of my Father.
We know the concept of the Messiah has had various names and meanings, depending on the language, culture and environment, but the essential meaning is related to the one who fulfills God's original ideal and humankind's desire to once again stand in God's presence in a fully restored position.
God, too, is known by various names, such as Yahweh, Jehovah, Allah, Hananim, the Great Spirit, Ultimate Being, and other names. What is most essential, however, is that God is the parent of humankind. He is the source of true love and compassion and is the incorporeal True Parent who is the spring of goodness. That is why we call God the True Parent of humankind. His providence is aimed at overcoming the effects of the Fall and reestablishing a parent -- child relationship with human beings.
God's providence is fulfilled through the coming of the corporeal True Parent, who as the True son and fulfillment of the original purpose of creation can communicate with and respond to God, the incorporeal True Parent, as His true object partner.
True Parents' life course has been one of inheriting God's true love, perfecting that true love in their own lives and bequeathing it to humankind. In this way, True Parents have led the way in the liberation of God.
True Father was tortured, imprisoned, scorned and hated for us. True Parents have taken on the burdens of our sins and made a way for us to be forgiven by God. They have suffered the torment and damnation that we deserve and have paid the price for us to come to God as sons and daughters. This is
Christ's path and the path that our True Parents have followed.
Before I invite them to the podium, I want to leave you with one request. I want to ask that, through today's program, you do your very best to come to understand True Parents' value. Let us understand who they are and that they have come to fulfill an extraordinary mission.
Let us view the True Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind not merely through our physical eyes but through our spiritual eyes. And let us listen intently to these precious words with an open heart and an open mind.
In order to usher in a new era of universal peace and in order to establish a United Nations that brings an end to war, conflict, poverty, suffering and injustice, we must receive God's word and God's guidance and we must understand God's providence. That is why we have gathered here tonight. So, let us now all rise from our seats. Please join me in giving a rousing round of applause to offer glory and honor and welcome to the Rev. and Mrs. Sun Myung Moon, our beloved True Parents -- the True Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind!
When the Holy Spirit works
Hyung Jin Moon
April 17, 2011
Cheon Hwa Gung, Las Vegas, Nevada
When the Holy Spirit works, we can feel much change. However, these changes are not only for us. Recognizing that we actually are sinners, though knowing that our repentance is inadequate even if we repent every day -- we receive joy from this repentance. Repentance is not self-hatred, but is done while thinking about and focusing only on God's great love. I believe that's why, when we offer prayers of repentance with a pure mind, pure motivation and pure heart, and we love and believe in True Parents, amazing works will be done.
Brothers and sisters, while those works are being done, even though we don't notice, we can be reborn from the womb of the Holy Spirit. We have to be reborn through the Holy Spirit every day. Living with the Lord, living with Christ, living with God, changes and renews a sinner like me, giving me a new heart.
When we repented with such a pure heart, the Holy Spirit came into the center of our heart and planted new feelings within us. The Holy Spirit can instill in us the heart to earnestly love True Parents, the son and daughter whom God sent.
When that heart is planted within us, we can become His witnesses....
Brothers and sisters, having arrived in America this time, we are hearing some truly remarkable testimonies. We came together -- about two thousand American members -- in Caesar's Palace, the famous hotel and casino in Las Vegas. Challenging that sinful culture, singing praises in the power of
Chambumonim Eog-Mansei, we amassed vibrations of love for a whole hour. It was truly like gathering the people of the world; there were black people, white people, people from the East -- members from all the races of the world, all singing Chambumonim Eog-Mansei together, and breaking into deep tearful prayers. Amid these spiritual experiences and phenomena, many healings took place.
Spiritual phenomena occurred, whereby people who had been unable to walk could stand and walk again, and people whose eyes were damaged could see. One Christian, not a member of our church and someone who did not know Divine Principle, was participating. For many decades, he had suffered from a very uncomfortable skin disease on his back, which through the Chambumonim Eog-mansei vibration disappeared completely without him even being aware of it was happening. This Christian man put his testimony up on the internet. These kinds of special things are happening. Brothers and sisters, the Holy Spirit is once again coming to our church.
Kingdom of God
Hyung Jin Moon
April 17, 2011
Cheon Bok Gung, Yongsan Seoul Korea
Hyung Jin Moon, January 9, 2011
Most of these sermons are either are transcribed from the simultaneous interpretation provided at Cheon Bok Gung or edited from the preliminary notes the interpreters use for reference. As such, they should not be considered a complete or definitive translation in whole or in part, and are not reliable enough to quote from authoritatively.
Brothers and Sisters, the title of today's sermon is: "The Kingdom of God". If we look at the words of Jesus we find that, in the Unificationist family, we often forget about Jesus. From the viewpoint of the Principle we should always remember that Jesus is the Lord and the son that God sent. As we all know, True Father has completed the mission of Jesus as the Lord at his Second Advent.
If you look at the Bible, Luke 17:20, where Jesus is speaking with the Pharisees, they ask Jesus: "When will the kingdom of God come?" and "How will it come?" Jesus replies: "The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed, nor will people say 'Here it is. There it is;' because the kingdom of God is in your midst."
The actual Hebrew translation is that the kingdom of God is 'next within us' rather than inside my heart. If we first think why Jesus spoke like this, we can think: "Ah, my heart is the kingdom" but this is mistaken. Jesus spoke many words regarding the kingdom of God, regarding God's heaven, but ultimately, where is the kingdom of God?
Because the son that God has sent is the only king, the kingdom of God is the place where the son has descended to and is present. Therefore when our heart changes to become one with the returning Lord then this heart becomes the kingdom of God.
It doesn't come with loud trumpets but when our heart changes internally to a heart of accepting this, becoming filled with obedience, righteousness and love for God and love for the son that God has sent, then our heart becomes the kingdom of God. Furthermore if we come to realize this, then the Lord himself, Jesus himself, True Parents themselves, become heaven. It becomes the kingdom, a place where the son that God has sent and where True Parents reign as king of kings, and is indeed heaven.
In our home groups as well, if you are loving and praising True Parents as the king of all kings, that place is heaven. Our heart will be heaven. The church will be heaven and we, the Unificationist families, will be heaven. As I am attending True Parents closely, I feel that, if the place where True Parents are, where they reign as kings of all kings is heaven, then the place where True Parents' substantial bodies are, can also be seen as heaven. So I feel that True Parents themselves are heaven, the kingdom of God.
Where do I feel this the most? This April 11th, True Parents will again go to Las Vegas. For two or three years True Father has been promoting this providence but whenever I visited there, there was something bothering me. That place bothers many people's minds. It is the city of greatest evil. There are drugs, and among the 50 states it is said that only in Nevada can prostitutes work legally. That's why it is a place with many bad rumors and many people view this city in a bad way. That's why, since two or three years ago, that city has always bothered me. Why does True Father go there? People can easily misunderstand True Parents and see them in a bad light. Everyone was concerned.
This time when I attended True Parents, wherever they went, I came to one big realization. This time True Father said to prepare a big rally in Las Vegas that includes the Grand Canyon and Hoover Dam fishing and game competition. Seeing this I was very inspired. But there was the concern that many people see True Father being active in Las Vegas, and that someone with bad intentions might take a video of them and show their activities. But through the Las Vegas fishing and game competition I saw that True Father was changing the gaming culture totally.
You may know that in Las Vegas there are many card games, like Poker, Black Jack etc. If we think about it, a game itself is not bad, right? When we ask if the Korean traditional game 'Yut' is bad, we can say it isn't. But if the gaming culture is such that as you play you earn money, become addicted and this goes in a bad direction, then the game itself becomes God. Therefore this time I saw for certain that True Parents are totally changing the gaming culture that involves alcohol, addiction and gambling.
The reason I feel that is, if True Father were just a regular religious leader he would go to Las Vegas to do some volunteer work or something. However, True Father is holding a Grand Canyon and Hoover Dam Las Vegas tournament, and through that is trying to change the game culture there from Black Jack to fishing -- by connecting people with fishing. He is inviting Unification Church members to come, and while they are having a good time, True Father will give prize money to the first, second and third winners of the fishing competition. He will then donate all the funds collected through this to poor prostitutes in Las Vegas. He decided to give all the money collected to help drug addicts and poor prostitutes.
Looking at True Father I realized that this was the original mind of True Parents. True Parents have been investing their devotion in Las Vegas for three years and I felt that now it has started to bear fruit there. True Parents themselves are heaven, and without our knowing, True Parents came to Sin City just like Jesus' word that he came for the sinners and not for the righteous people. Just as Jesus went to the houses of prostitutes, the most evil places, where people cursed the most, so did the Lord at his Second Advent, as the only person that could save them. True Parents went to the worst "sin city" and pioneered. And we are witnessing that they are completely changing that culture, brothers and sisters.
True Parents' existence itself creates tremendous 'Chambumonim Eok Mansei' vibration. The fact that True Parents are in that city, Las Vegas, it is already changing Sin City into Sun City. No one else would think of challenging that gambling culture, to take out the gaming culture from Satan's word and change it into heavenly culture. Through games, families can have fun and in the meantime money gathered there will be donated to suffering people. I believe now that this is something that only True Parents can do; no one but the Lord can do this.
Brothers and sisters, when we enter into the Chambumonim Eok Mansei vibration, I feel that the vibration is very powerful these days. Once I was on my way back from Yeosu to Seoul and I was playing the Chambumonim Eok Mansei CD. On that day my body was stiff and not so comfortable. But when I heard the Chambumonim Eok Mansei vibration my body started to relax and the stiffness went away.
When there are too many things on my mind I listen to Chambumonim Eok Mansei (that I have copied onto my phone) and my mind clears completely. So I feel, 'Ah, Chambumonim Eok Mansei'! Even though we are not right next to True Parents, we can feel the vibration of True Parents through the love, filial piety and heart that wants to offer glory to them. True Parents, as king of kings, exist in that sound, and that vibration contains Heaven's strength. Through the strength of their vibration I was much moved. I received the merit of the healing and was able to truly offer gratitude as I repented.
Brothers and sisters, today, as we send the strength of this vibration to True Parents, when we offer the Chambumonim Eok Mansei praise, let's not do it routinely, as we do it every week, but let's offer praise with each Chambumonim Eok Mansei that we utter. When we sing I hope that you feel that True Parents exist within that sound as the king of kings. I pray that the Holy Spirit may allow us to receive the energy and strength of heaven and send great strength and Qi energy to True Parents.
Brothers and sisters, I send you greetings from Chung Pyung. I pray that today can be a day that we can send great strength and devotion to True Parents.
Thank you very much.
Notes:
Luke, chapter 17
1: And he said to his disciples, "Temptations to sin are sure to come; but woe to him by whom they come!
2: It would be better for him if a millstone were hung round his neck and he were cast into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.
3: Take heed to yourselves; if your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him;
4: and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, and says, `I repent,' you must forgive him."
5: The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"
6: And the Lord said, "If you had faith as a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this sycamine tree, `Be rooted up, and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.
7: "Will any one of you, who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep, say to him when he has come in from the field, `Come at once and sit down at table'?
8: Will he not rather say to him, `Prepare supper for me, and gird yourself and serve me, till I eat and drink; and afterward you shall eat and drink'?
9: Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded?
10: So you also, when you have done all that is commanded you, say, `We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.'"
11: On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Sama'ria and Galilee.
12: And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance
13: and lifted up their voices and said, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us."
14: When he saw them he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went they were cleansed.
15: Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice;
16: and he fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan.
17: Then said Jesus, "Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?
18: Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?"
19: And he said to him, "Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well."
20: Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, he answered them, "The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed;
21: nor will they say, `Lo, here it is!' or `There!' for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you."
22: And he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and you will not see it.
23: And they will say to you, `Lo, there!' or `Lo, here!' Do not go, do not follow them.
24: For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of man be in his day.
25: But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
26: As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of man.
27: They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
28: Likewise as it was in the days of Lot -- they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built,
29: but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom fire and sulphur rained from heaven and destroyed them all --
30: so will it be on the day when the Son of man is revealed.
31: On that day, let him who is on the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away; and likewise let him who is in the field not turn back.
32: Remember Lot's wife.
33: Whoever seeks to gain his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
34: I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.
35: There will be two women grinding together; one will be taken and the other left."
37: And they said to him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, "Where the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together."