True Father’s farewell message before he entered prison in Danbury, Connecticut (U.S.) July 20, 1984
Note: This message has been translated and edited by TP magazine team, and published in September 2014 issue of True Peace magazine.
It is God’s Will that everything be brought into oneness. Had the Fall not occurred, our mind and body would have become one.
The mind and body of man would have united and the mind and body of woman would have united. Had this happened, the unification of these two beings of harmonized mind and body as a couple would have engendered a world of unity. When we look at today’s world, we can see that it is not a united world. What does the world of today reflect? It is meant to be a magnified expression of man and woman.
Can you say that your mind and body have been united throughout your life? Whether this question is posed to a man or a woman, I do not think that anyone can answer affirmatively. We can reach the overall conclusion that this world is not the outcome God desired. This is why we say it is a fallen world. Thus, since there is not a single person whose mind and body are united, the conclusion is that we have no unified families, tribes, peoples, nations, world or cosmos (heaven and earth).
Therefore, we can see that if one person succeeds in uniting his mind and body, God will seek to manifest Himself as God to that one person.
This is how we think. Thus, if two such people become one, it is clear that God will manifest Himself as subject partner to this couple. And if this couple forms a tribe, God will manifest Himself in this tribe once it achieves oneness. Thus, thinking this way leads to the understanding that even though there are hundreds of millions of people in the world, the Almighty God wishes to manifest Himself before each of them as their subject partner.
Then what is the path I am taking and what is the work I am carrying on? This is the issue. The ultimate goal is to find the path to the oneness of all humanity. This is the path the sons and daughters that stand in the position of God’s beloved children must take. Had human beings not fallen, who would have been responsible for the unity of human beings? It would not have been God; human beings should have achieved oneness and lived a life of attendance to God. We must understand this point. Had this been achieved, it would have become the starting point of unity and would have brought together all the hundreds of millions of people.
However, due to the Fall, all of this was destroyed and human history after the Fall became the history of recreation and, at the same time, the history of restoration. Accordingly, God’s position became one of seeking and hoping for someone to redress this outcome all the way to the global level.
Jesus was alone when he carried the cross. He bore the cross by himself. As a result of Jesus’ crucifixion, God lost Judaism. Christianity, the new ideal religion that would have formed had it not been for the crucifixion, was lost, rome was lost and the world was lost. Then on what position is rev. Moon standing today? What work is Rev. Moon doing? Because I knew what work God desired…What is the Unification Church doing today? You need to clearly understand this. Your fathers and mothers are trying to separate you from rev. Moon; you face opposition in all corners. Judaism seeks to separate you; Christianity and the Communist party also. Nonetheless, you are saying that you will not be pulled away.
My philosophy is to choose and follow the path that leads to the realization of God’s hope of bringing together the four billion people of the world.
After hearing the Supreme Court’s verdict, you may be asking, “God, what next do you have in store for us?” After the Supreme Court’s verdict, however, Christianity returned to the side of the Unification Church. What kind of great blessings do you think await us through my going to prison after this legal battle? Humanity will take our side. Henceforth, on the path that I take, united families not seen in the fallen world are following me, united tribes are following me, united countries are following me and a united world is following me. This is why when I overcome this hill, a united group of people from all over the world will be waiting for me.
Therefore, I believe that the path I am taking is the path of hope. I am setting out on a path of hope and joy.
This is why all of you who are gathered here must gather and make unity with all the different people of the world, and then follow me. Blessed couples must make oneness with their families and follow me. Leaders of tribes and nations must be united with their tribes and nations and follow me. All the members of the Unification Church worldwide must unite and follow me. I know that because of this day, the Unification Church tradition, which is capable of bringing unity, is connecting the True Parents with their sons and daughters, with the existing churches, with the United States, and with the world.
On this day, as I set out on my assigned path, I do not want you to send me away with tears. I welcome your tears if the tears you shed spring from the thought of fighting ten times, a hundred times more than I have for the sake of this nation and this world. If your hearts are sad and grieving, please become pillars of the Unification movement who, when I am released, will come to see me, having united thousands and tens of thousands of people. Please do not forget that God is staking this moment in the hope that you will accomplish this.
With the belief that you, our Unification Church members whom I leave behind, will make oneness with Christianity and the world, I am going to prison with the aim to bring the people there, who are not united, into one. Since that is also our territory, please know that I am going there to ignite a movement that will newly bring all those living there together. Therefore, all of you who are remaining outside must unite completely. If you do not unite, we will not be able to further the movement to open the gates of hell and liberate hell. This is why to open those gates, you who are remaining outside [of prison] need to first unite. That place is also our territory.
The number of people listening to me in East Garden today may be small but you must know that there are many outside people, people that believe in God, who have been shedding tears, without your knowledge, because of this day. Why am I trying to accomplish on a global scale what no one else has been able to accomplish? I have fought until now waiting for the day when the world can welcome the blessing of becoming a new world. From now, when I cry out, all those with conscientious hearts will spring forth and engage in a unifying movement that will spread like wildfire. There can be no despair before the path that leads to greater unity. There can only be glory and prosperity. You must know this. Please have this resolve and reach out to everyone around you, investing with the heart, “Staying outside [of prison], I will build a bridge to reach across to the realm that possesses the good fortune of unity on a global level, and play the role of the concrete that cements things together.”
Look at the world. We have our Unification Church, we have Christianity, we have so many friends and colleagues around the world. You must be more confident. Until yesterday, people laughed at you and called you Moonies. Do they do that even now? You know who the great Moonie leader is. Take pride in being a Moonie. Therefore, we must stand up anew. This is the right time. We have no time to grieve. We have no time to cry and no time to despair. We only have time to move forward for hope. We may be distressed tonight but we only know of advancement. Why? To liberate God. From that moment, the era when God can freely oversee the world will come. I sought out this path because I knew that from the moment God becomes free, the kingdom of heaven on earth will be realized from there. You and I share the homework of uniting the world and I entrust this task to you. As for me, I am going there to open the gates of hell. “We will bring about unity! We will realize unity!” This is our homework. We shall move forward for this purpose. All of you who desire this, please stand up. We shall move forward toward that purpose.
Amen!