Sun Myung Moon
January 15, 1984
God's Will and the World
The Necessity for the Day of Victory of Love
(Unofficial Translation)
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As we established the new direction of love, nationally and in the world, I proclaimed, "The Day of Victory of Love." Until now, Satan controlled love, but from now on God will control and dominate love. "The Day of Victory of Love" is such a great day.
I told the [US] court that I was going to Korea for the rally and they said, "Oh, of course. Please go ahead." It's almost as if Jesus had been able to go to Rome, walk up the steps of their Capitol Hill and say, "I'm going to build the Kingdom of God here on earth, and all the elders had responded, "Of course, please go ahead and do it!"
Satan desperately wanted to stop me from having success in Korea, but I had already set all the conditions for our victory.
Since the satanic forces had absolutely no room to attack me or the rallies, they struck the son whom I loved most (Heung Jin). In my lifetime, always the second son or daughter was sacrificed. 2,000 years ago, Jesus was crucified on the cross. However, he opened the gate in the spirit world because of his resurrection. By the same token, Heung Jin who gave his life for God will be resurrected.
Heung Jin took on all the blame for the Unification Church(2); by dying for that purpose, he has liberated everybody else. Therefore, this grace touches not only our church but also the free world and the communist world. All those people will come to love Heung Jin. He loved the world and proved it by becoming the conditional sacrifice for the world. For that reason, the rest of the Unification Church must also love the world.
Heung Jin died in my place. Therefore, your love for him must manifest itself in your love for me. Before this, the spirit world has had no way to connect to True Parents; but because Heung Jin is a direct representative, they can now connect. Also, they can connect themselves to the Unification Church because he died for you, too.
Here on earth, Heung Jin showed the example of loving his fellow man at the risk of his life. Likewise, out of love for his father, he died for the sake of the world, knowing that his father could continue to live for the sake of the world. By loving Heung Jin, those men and women in spirit world can connect with the True Parents on earth. Therefore, his entry into that world was a great and joyful day; he came as the messiah of love for the spirit world. Heung Jin set the example for martyrdom in our church. Thus, members of the Unification church will love Heung Jin more and more. The spirit world and the physical world must love him.
The question is what True Parents must do with their son's death. True Parents should feel that the offering of their beloved son, as a sacrifice to welcome God's love and manifestation of that love on earth is an honor and glory.
True Parents cannot go over this time period (from Heung Jin's death to his funeral) without gaining the victorious realm of heart that they love God with more joyous feeling than witnessing their son's wedding, even if that son passed away. Therefore, I shed no tears during Heung Jin's Funeral ceremony.
Instead of thinking in terms of our departed son, I was centered upon the dispensation of God. In the hospital, I held the "Unification Ceremony". I pledged to God that the True Parents would remain really proud of the victory of love; and that the entire spirit world and physical world would recognize the True Parents and praise them for this victory of love. At that moment, True Parents gained the victory which God is proud, all the ancestors in the spirit world, the angelic world, all saints and sages as well are proud of. Now the entire people of the earthly world will bow down and proclaim to the True Parents, "without a doubt you have the authority of love that overcome even death."
On the Day of Victory of Love the True Parents have reached a new level and are marching forward upon the foundation of Heung Jin's sacrifice. Therefore, I said to Mother, "This is not the time to shed tears. This is actually a moment of glory for God and humanity. Particularly, during the funeral time, you are not in the position to shed tears." I admonished her not to shed tears in public; privately, as a loving mother, she will shed many tears. You must know True Parents went through such a time period. As we established the new direction of love, nationally and in the world, I proclaimed, "The Day of Victory of Love."
Through this event, the Unification Church will never be weakened but will leap forward. This greatest sacrifice will bring about greater victories. From now on, centering on the True Parents and upon the declaration of the Day of Victory of Love, vindication will come to us. As long as you love the True Parents more than your own life, Satan cannot invade you. The power of love will be your vindication, because Heung Jin died for all of us. Therefore, by loving True Parents more than you love anyone or anything else, you will overcome Satan. Until now, Satan controlled love, but from now on God will control and dominate love. "The Day of Victory of Love" is such a great day. Do you understand?
(2) Additional Explanation:
As explained in the text, the leaders of the Unification church did not unite with True Parents with absolute faith. Since they stood in the position of disbelief, the condition was created for Satan to accuse and blame the church.