Hak Ja Han
August 24, 2013
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Please be seated. You have worked hard until now. I will also sit and speak more comfortably. As you saw in the video, these teachings are our root. If we were to compare ourselves to the structure of our physical bodies, these teachings are our backbones. If something goes wrong with the backbone, all organs become twisted, and then you become sick. In other words, it is very important. Do you understand? We can live with Father because these teachings appeared. After Father’s ascension, I first spoke about returning to the faith we had in our church’s early days, which were filled with the Holy Spirit and the truth.
When the Holy Spirit and the truth become one, the word begins to live and breathe. Do you understand? Hence, these teachings are the word of life for you. Should you be thirsty when you have the word of life? No. These teachings must live and breathe within you for your health and future generations.
However, they should not be limited to you alone. I said that we must create the environment. If the dominion of goodness grows, the shadow of darkness will naturally disintegrate and disappear. Whether we accomplish this within our generation will depend on how we expand this dominion. No one knows for sure how many more years he or she has before passing into the spiritual world. I am also in my seventies. How many more years do you think I will live? Not many people can confidently say they will live in good health for a hundred years. It may be possible for those who invest special effort, but as one approaches a hundred years of age, naturally all organs lose firmness. Do you understand? They slacken. Many fail to keep this in mind.
Thus, it is necessary for you to become determined now and act upon that. You are the one that has to make the environment in the areas you have been given responsibility over. That is why it is crucial.
You fully understand this. Don’t you? When Father conducted the global providence, he loved Japan more than any other country. Can you all personally feel that? [Yes] True Father came as a man; however, just as Rev. Young-hwi Kim explained earlier, the providence cannot work with man alone. Regarding the global providence, man-centered countries alone cannot conduct them. Do you understand what I am trying to say? This also applies to the cultural history of humanity. Where did the cultural history of humanity start? Did it start from the Italian Peninsula? Where did the providence move from the peninsula? From a peninsula, where did it move to? It went to an island. It must now come back to a peninsula. Isn’t that right?
When the time comes to bring a culmination within human history… Through whom did Japan receive blessings? Japan, from the perspective of the providence and cultural history, must accomplish its Eve mission. Don’t mothers in today’s world do that? A father goes out to earn money while the mother uses the money earned to manage the household. Right? The mother raises the family, educates the children. Right? A woman’s scale of activities is larger than that of a man. Isn’t it? A mother also reestablishes a family; for example, it is a daughter-in-law’s mission to make the family rich. According to a Korean saying, a poor family can become wealthy if a good daughter-in-law enters the family. That is because the environment created by the daughter-in-law in that family is big.
Big in size also requires consumption of the same amount. Consumption, effort, dedication, sacrifice, living for others… When it comes to practicing the most important parts of Father’s teachings, we always avoid responsibility. Many people think this way. However, that is an erroneous thought. Some people have heard my testimony. When I first met Father, I understood the providential history and the providence of restoration through indemnity. I had not studied the Divine Principle, but I just understood it….
Father absolutely needed my support in order to be victorious and in order to complete and conclude his mission as the returning Lord. However, I never placed responsibility on other people; I always paid all indemnity myself, completed all of my responsibilities. I will work on developing God’s ideal, bringing victory, and defeating Satan as long as I live. Everyone! You have just heard this! Isn’t Mother great? You could all become blessed families because I devoted and sacrificed my body and mind. [Aju]
All of you here today, especially Japanese members, must look up to Mother. You must love Mother more than you love anyone else. If you do so, you will receive double blessings. If you do so, you will meet Father. Do you understand? [Yes] I hope that you do your best to restore Japan as a nation centering on these teachings, on the Cheon Il Guk Scriptures. You invested a lot of hard work to make this scripture box [Cheon Seong Gyeong], especially, Mr. Seok-byeong Kim who was in charge of the execution of the scripture box.
I had to meet the people directly that were building the box in the factory. I coached them on every single detail. As you all know, summer this year has been sweltering. The humidity made it even more difficult. The lacquer is natural, not made with chemicals. Applying it once would be insufficient. It was applied and then dried, applied and then dried, applied and then dried. This had to be repeated seven or eight times for this color to emerge. Those in charge have worked hard. Making this box in such a short time would have been impossible had those in charge not had sincere respect for the True Parents and had they not had this ideology…
This scripture box is also like a precious stone. Since the scripture box must contain True Father’s gem-like teachings, they were made with a great deal of dedication and are every bit as good as a precious stone. You are the first people to receive these scripture boxes. Don’t you feel grateful? I understand that this event must come to a close and then after taking post-event photographs, many of you have to go to the airport. Right? That means I should not hold you here for much longer. Let me just sing you a song.
I am carrying the tremendous responsibility to restore God’s homeland by 2020. Will you help me? I will then sing the Battle Hymn of the Republic. Please stand up. Let us sing together. [True Mother sang the Battle Hymn of the Republic and Omaya Nunaya.]
I said yesterday that we have become one from this moment on, right? From this moment on, the True Family, all of you, and I have become one. Yes. Let us all work together to realize the hope of our Heavenly Parent and the True Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind, which is the completion of Cheon Il Guk!