Sun Myung Moon
January 14, 2012
On Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012 True Parents began a nation-wide tour in Korea. More than 7,500 people from throughout the Gyeonggi Province attended the kick-off rally held at Kintex, in Seoul’s suburb of Goyang. During the rally, True Father said, “This year will be a huge watershed for the Korean peninsula and other major countries. The Korean people, as God’s descendants, have the mission of saving humankind. We must overcome this crisis and make a huge change in the history of civilization by fulfilling the ideal of One Family under God.” The day’s event was hosted by the Ambassador for Peace Association in Seoul, which was represented jointly by Dr. Minha Kim and Rev. Sun Jo Hwang.
This tour, which is being covered by Korea’s Segye Times, is called (unofficial translation): “Korean People’s Rally to Support the True Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind for the Sake of Korean Unification and World Peace.” Segye Times reports that the meaning of the tour is to encourage peace leaders to begin the year 2012 with a determination to push forward in the New Year through efforts for the sake of Korean unification and world peace.
Another event was held Jan. 9, 2012 in Cheongju (North Chungcheong Province), at the Ramada Plaza Grand Hall. On Jan. 10, 2012, True Father will speak in the Expo Convention Hall in Daegu (North Gyeongsang Province). On Wednesday, True Parents will travel to the Hoban Indoor Auditorium in Gangwon Province. On Thursday, the tour will go to the Yeomju Gymnasium in Gwangju (South Jeolla Province), where 12,000 people are expected to attend. Hongseong Gymnasium in Daejeon (South Chungcheong Province) will be the site for Friday’s event and the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center (BEXCO), representing South Gyeongsang Province, will host Saturday’s event. The grand finale of the tour will return to Kintex on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, this time with the guests invited from Seoul and Incheon rather than from Gyeonggi Province. Preparations are being made for 10,000 people to attend the final event.
According to Rev. and Mrs. Hyung Jin Moon’s Twitter account, at today’s rally, “True Father, before beginning his prepared speech, said: ‘I am not standing here today to tell you about rebirth and resurrection. I stand here to tell you that this land is God's fatherland.’” Rev. and Mrs. Moon also twitted a quote from today’s Hoon Dok Hae meeting with True Parents: “The final destination of our lives, the position where the heart of Heaven meets the moral principles of humanity, is none other than God.”
Also, according to Rev. and Mrs. Moon’s twitter account, early during his speech at yesterday’s rally, True Father said, “Many people in the world have put labels on me to make me look like a bad person. However, even though I have been unjustly labeled, I have not paid any mind to such labels and instead said, ‘Time, go by!’ I have had to bear unimaginable pain on this course.”
