Sun Myung Moon
July 1967
Compilation of Excerpts from Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Addresses in Japan
(Unofficial Translation)
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First of all, you must restore Japan. You must love Japan more than I do. Love the world more than I do. Love our Heavenly Father more than I love Him. If I collapse in front of you, do not cry cringing to my dead body. Who loves Heaven whom I love in my stead? Who will take responsibility to Him? In the situation, you must not lament and despair over my demise to God. This is what Rev. Moon wants to leave behind for you. Please understand that you must pioneer the path of judgment in this age and under this circumstance. We are the ones who must awaken humanity who must be judged. Should you waken the people after you die or while you are still living on earth? Once you understand the fact that this is the path of the salvation that people must follow even if casting out everything, you must become the ultimate victors by sparing no effort to give your tears, blood and sweats in order to save them all. By so doing, although you perish before achieving it on earth, you are surely the ultimate victor in Heaven. I pray that you march forward with the conviction that even against all difficulties in the state and destiny of this world, if you establish the firm foundations -- the dimension of unification -- in all the nations in the world, this world will without doubt be re-created and resurrected.
(The Final Stage of Jesus and Our Determination, January 31, 1965)
Throughout my life, while facing the spiritual battle, I prayed as follows:
"God! I know the humanity has been committing all sorts of crimes against You throughout 6,000 years of God's restoration history. Please let me shoulder the 6,000 year history combined into the next six days!
Or, "Let Satan hit me instead of the 3.2 billion people on earth as well as all the ancestors who are in the spirit world. Have all machine guns shoot me instead! Let him hit me. I don't care if I become crippled. Keep me just alive to continue Your work. I don't care about my future, let him beat me instead!" I used to pray such prayers. I had no other ways but do this to establish conditions to save humanity. This never changes even now.
(Jesus who Stands at the Center of Cosmos, October 3, 1965)
When Rev. Moon started going this path, I cannot remember how many times I must have determined to die going forward -- could it be several thousand times or tens of thousands of times. I am still facing the same life or death situation even today. However, what I am most afraid of is not dying. What is the most dreadful to me is that my concern about what could it happen after my death. No one will know what God's providence is all about. On top of it, who will then be responsible for fulfilling the providence? No one can take this responsibility. This is what I fear most. Of course I know the reality of the spirit world very well. Sure, where I will go never change even if I go today, tonight or thousand years later. It is clear. But, what is going to happen to this world or humanity? Without Rev. Moon, there will be no one who can be responsible for it. This is my concern. This is what I am afraid of most. Even I say fearful, it not I fear this for myself. I am talking about humankind. If you tighten your belt and determine that you will tackle the tasks in front of you risking your own life centered on God's purpose, then I am not afraid of dying any more.
(Address to members at Sosei-Ryo, Tokyo, October 8, 1965)
When you receive Heaven's mission while standing firmly for God's Will, even if you lose your arm being beaten because of this, it is a symbol of real happiness. Leaving unforgettable scars on your body will take you under the brilliant light in the eternal world of light. It is the cause of praise. Rev. Moon always thinks about these things. Therefore, even if I was dragged in a jail and was being beaten and vomiting blood, I look at the situation and rejoice because finally a great time is about to come. If I miss this opportunity, I will waste the history that was prepared. Or, all sacrifices and efforts of good ancestors will be in vain. This would cause the national foundation to crumble. Knowing these, when I face such tense moments, circumstance surrounding me is not a problem. Rather, I must be keen and serious within myself. Then, I resolve myself to follow God's Laws absolutely. With such determination, when you surpass the seriousness of the historical figures facing similar situations, then your victory is already determined.
(The Borderline of the Heart, June 12, 1967)
I must push forward the new ground risking my life more than tens and thousands of times. I did not think casually that I would succeed since I started this path. I am always determined. The longer I go forward, the harder I must struggle. If I reach where God can recognize me and if I become one in heart with God at a certain destination, I would become the victor at the end. I continue pushing myself with this determination. When you face a mountain pass of indemnity that blocks you, you must break through and go over the pass.
Do you avoid the obstacle and go around the hill? If you avoid and go around it, then you can never establish the complete indemnity. Someone must pioneer the wild land of the complete indemnity. In this situation, you must make your body like a bullet and shoot yourself at one focal point. You must tackle it head on. When you jump into it, you may think you would die doing it, but you will never die. Thinking that it is moment of your death, when you open your eyes, you will know that you already overcome the obstacle. When you gain a victory resulting from such a battle, you would shorten the path of historical indemnity by tens and hundreds of years. The spirit world will praise your victory. Along with angels, all good ancestors will praise you. Why do they have to welcome you? Such victorious foundation can expand to the world and usher others into the world stage. Because of your victories and foundations, all ancestors of the spirit world can come down to the earth and work in all races and nations.
(Spiritual Phenomena, July, 1967)