Hak Ja Han
June 13, 2017
The launching of the Youth and Students for Peace in the Asia Pacific area
Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand
Distinguished guests, ambassadors for peace, and especially leaders from the political and academic circles: Today, we are witnessing the hope of Asia's future, and I would like to reveal the truth of history in front of the twelve thousand young people here today who will grow into our future leaders.
The title of what I would like to say today is the Providence through Human Civilization, Asia's Mission in Heaven's Providence. When we specifically address the East and the West, the West has sought to develop material civilization; whereas, the East has sought to develop a spiritual civilization. As a result, we can see that the four main religions emerged from the Asian sphere. Though they had different beginnings, they should have one common conclusion. I would like to talk today from this perspective.
Originally, the owner of the universe is God, the Creator. God created all things and then created one man and woman who could become human ancestors. However, he also gave responsibility to the first humans, who were to become the ancestors of humankind. Just as he did to all of you who have gathered here today, he gave them a growth period. During their growth period, they had to grow well.
However, they fell and experienced greed before they were able to become ancestors of humankind. They came out of this with self-centered hearts. This resulted in today's world -- a world unconnected to God. Hence, even though the original human mind seeks goodness, the environment could not back it up, resulting in the phenomena we see today such as the repeated wars, egoism frustrating all relationships from attaining unity, and self-centered individuals and nations.
God will not compromise
The omniscient and omnipotent God, however, had already established principles of creation, which require human beings to find God by themselves. Hence, he has been waiting for those human ancestors who successfully do so. This is the reason he raised a chosen people and promised to send the Savior at the end of days. It must have been tremendously difficult for God given that it took him four thousand years.
To go beyond the mistakes committed by human beings, indemnity is unavoidable. Only in a place where all indemnity has been paid can a person who can become a successful human ancestor be born. Just as promised, Heaven sent Jesus Christ, God's only son, after four thousand years. Yet, people in the surrounding environment and particularly Mary, who gave birth to God's only son, did not fulfill their responsibilities. The purpose of God's only son is to form the True Parents of humanity.
In order to form the True Parents, Jesus, being a man, must meet a woman, who can become his partner. Unfortunately, the surrounding central figures, who should have taken responsibility for that, failed to do so. If Jesus had been able to form the True Parents… Within the Cain-type world at that time existed the great Roman Empire. There's a saying that all roads led to Rome. If Jesus could have formed the True Parents and had advanced to the world through Rome, one world under God would have been realized.
The crucifixion
Unfortunately, Jesus could not avoid dying on the cross, promising that he would return and conduct the marriage supper of the Lamb. The marriage supper of the Lamb implies that God's only son, who is a man, will meet and marry God's only daughter, who is a woman. This is the wish of humanity and Heaven.
The two thousand-year history of Christianity was a history of resurrection through the Holy Spirit. Yet, they did not know Jesus' essence. Their mission was to prepare for God's only daughter. Christianity, today, does not know it, either. Heaven's providence, however, was able to forge that path through the True Parents, who were able to become the victorious ancestors of humankind.
For this incident, we should feel tremendously grateful. Israel, which failed to fulfill its responsibilities, had indemnity left to pay. Heaven then turned his eyes toward Asia to find the nation that would give birth to God's only daughter.
The sacred daughter
I was born in 1943, a time when Korea was not well known to the world and a time when it had yet to see liberation. As soon as Korea gained liberation in 1945, North and South divided. It divided along the lines of democracy and communism. That was a time when North Korea had established one united system and was making all preparations to invade the South. Back then, democracy in the South had not yet established a firm system of its own.
God's only daughter had to be born on a Christian foundation. That is why spiritual movements in which people believed that the returning Messiah would come through Pyongyang began to develop around Pyongyang.
Christians today believe that Jesus will come on the clouds because he promised to come again. In that case, however, Jesus cannot become the ancestor of humankind, nor form the True Parents. He must return in the flesh. Amidst such a situation, Heaven could not leave me, as a young child, in North Korea and worked to make our family go South.
The turmoil of war
Following this, the Korean War broke out in 1950. South Korea, however, was in an abject, defenseless state. Had it not been for Heaven's protection and the participation of the sixteen UN nations… The only daughter, who stands here in front of you, also needed some time to fulfill her responsibility through a growth period. Thankfully, the young people of Thailand were among those from the sixteen nations that intervened.
This is something to be grateful for. When Korea commemorated the sixtieth anniversary of the Korean War, a time when government were not even thinking of it, my husband, Rev. Sun Myung Moon and I, sent the Little Angels to those sixteen countries to meet still-living veterans, to comfort them and to convey our grateful hearts. This moved them and they expressed their gratitude to Rev. Sun Myung Moon for recognizing their hard work despite the long passage of time. Many shed heartfelt tears. Yes, that is so. We are one family under Heaven.
The burdens of sin
A barrier stopping us from going to Heaven formed through the Fall. That is why the messianic thought came to exist. Humanity's True Parents, these messianic figures, are your parents, who have brought resurrection to humanity through the blessing and opened the way to your becoming God's children.
Hence, even if all countries today believe in different religions, we should at least not do worse than a sunflower, which always follows the sun in complete alignment, in our search to follow the essence desired by our original minds. From such a perspective, you are studying the truth of history. Human power cannot solve all the difficult problems taking place around the world.
Only God, the true owner, the Heavenly Parent, can solve them. Hence, when all humanity is in a position of unity with True Parents, surpassing religion and race, humanity can become one. Isn't that so?
We need a vision
A hundred years ago, at a time when Korea was at its worst, Tagore, a great Indian poet, wrote a poem about Korea that includes the line, "Korea was one of its lamp-bearers and that lamp is waiting to be lighted once again for illumination in the East." I have recited that beautiful, prophetic poem. What is the lamp here? Light is the truth. Only a truelove movement, which is part of True Parents' teachings, gives light to humanity. When that light from the East appears through you, the two thousand young people here today, and you all become one, lead the culture of heart based on filial piety, ride on the strong wave of the Pacific Civilization forged by True Parents, and advance toward the world, you also become the lamp, the light and the saviors to all people of the world. Will you do this work? This path alone is Asia's hope and this will open the kingdom of heaven on earth, one family under God, a world of freedom, equality, peace, unity and joy centered on God.
I understand that you have learned a lot through the Pure Love movement and FFWPU. The kingdom of heaven is a place for families to enter, not a place for a husband to enter alone regardless of how strong his faith is. It is a place where the husband and wife, and the family enter together. Do you understand? If we usher in such a world, we need not worry about adolescents falling anymore, because the environment will guide each person to follow the desire of his or her original mind, enabling all to find Heaven by themselves and to live within a culture of heart. In order to attain such a world, I hope all of the young people of Asia who have come here today become pioneers and leaders who can stand strong in front of the world.
Our aim is attainable
The united world that we all wish for is not distant. When you practice true love, living for the sake of others as taught by True Parents, in your families and nation, that place becomes the kingdom of heaven on earth. This is my message of encouragement and gratitude to you. We are now one family centered on True Parents. I sincerely pray that you can all powerfully advance toward one large family under God, which is the realization of Heavenly Parent's dream and that of humanity's wish.