The 2,000-year history of Christianity has ended - we now live in a new era

Hak Ja Han
September 10, 2017
American Clergy Leadership Conference (ACLC) Luncheon
Cheon Jeong Gung

You are very excited and have lots to say but at this moment, I believe you can listen to me.

We all live in a new era of the providence.

The 2,000-year history of Christianity has ended and we now live in a new era, the era of Cheon Il Guk. Until now many of you think, "I really know God", but I do not believe that it is a level of knowledge that would satisfy God himself.

Among human beings many people have claimed that they know God but who has truly known the purpose of God's creation and the purpose of God. Until now people prayed to God asking for help, 'my son is slick' 'my son is in this situation' please help us. But how many among us has really prayed to God, heavenly parent, this is your situation, this is your heart, I want to help you. I do not believe there have been many.

God created heaven and earth and after creating all of creation he created the first man and the first woman to be the first ancestors of humanity and he said after creating them, 'it is good.' however, among all of the created beings, God gave a portion of responsibility to human beings alone. The reason why God gave Human beings a portion of responsibility is because God wanted human beings to contribute to the realization of his will. Human Beings need to contribute for God's Will to be accomplished. The portion of responsibility given to Adam and Eve was to go through a period of growth with absolute faith, absolute love and absolute obedience to God during their growth.

However, Adam and Eve failed in their responsibility. They became self centered and allowed self centered greed to take over their lives. They wanted to become like God at an inappropriate time and therefore they fell into a position where they had no relationship whatsoever with God. That is the Human Fall.

God wanted Adam and Eve to grow up in a healthy manner and God wanted them to receive His Blessing with God's dominion allowing Adam and Eve to receive the blessing. In other words, the dream of Heavenly Parent and the wish of God was to become the first ancestor by living with Adam and Eve as they became perfected and in that position God would be the first ancestor and be visible as the True Parent of humanity. That is the Principle of God's creation. God is almighty and omnipotent. There can be no failure with God.

Therefore, I hope that you can understand that until now the reality of God hasn't been an almighty ruler sitting on a throne of gold and exercising his authority. The situation of God has been one of endless suffering, misery and pain.

Even though human beings have fallen, Gods Principle of Creation dictates that even among fallen human beings a perfected man and a perfected woman must appear and together they must receive the Blessing of God and fulfill God's Ideal of Creation.

Since fallen human beings cannot go directly back to God, God began the long arduous history of the Providence of Restoration Through Indemnity. In order to fulfill his providence God raised a virtuous people and virtuous nation, the nation of Israel. Please thing about it, how painful, arduous and miserable the history of the providence of restoration must have been for God to go from the individual and raise an entire people and raise an entire nation it took 4,000 biblical years. For the first time in 4,000 years, God sent his only begotten son Jesus Christ.

However, what happened? What did the central figures of the time do? Mary, Zechariah's family, the Jewish leaders of the time and the Israelites of the time. In other words, just to conclude, they failed in their responsibility. The only begotten son, Jesus Christ came for the first time in 4,000 years and since God created one man and one woman, the only begotten daughter was to be found. Mary, who had the responsibility of finding the bride of Jesus, the only begotten daughter, failed in her responsibility.

If you go into a Catholic Cathedral you see that the Catholic Church reveres Mary as the Holy Mother, even though she failed in her responsibility. She is the key person why Jesus had to go the path of the cross.

The truth is that the people in the vicinity of Jesus, the people who should have laid the foundation for Jesus to victoriously carry out his mission failed to lay that foundation, therefore, having nowhere to stand Jesus had no choice but to walk the miserable path of the cross. Therefore, once again humanity was responsible for a terrible act of un-filial piety before God. Why? Because they sent the person who came to be the True Parent, to the cross. That is the 2,000-year history of Christianity that we see today.

Christianity until today has not known the essence. As he lay on the cross Jesus prophesied that he would come again. Jesus said, I will come again to host the Holy Wedding of the Lamb. Since Jesus is coming again to host the Holy Wedding of the Lamb he cannot res turn in the spirit he needs to come in a physical body to host this Holy Wedding.

I could speak for hours but the conclusion is that the only begotten daughter of God was born among the Korean people and the OBD together with the OBS who fulfills his responsibility will together hold the Holy Wedding of the Lamb and they are the True Parents standing before you.

What you need to remember, particularly today is that when a particular individual or a nation fails to fulfill the heavenly mandate or responsibility, heaven does not work with that person or nation again. The reason is that that person or nation which fails their responsibility then they must pay indemnity.

We know through history for 2,000 years the people of Israel were a nation with no land to call their own and during WW2 6 million were mercilessly and brutally massacred. Why would this happen? I believe that even today the people of Israel remain ignorant of this. The sin of leading the son of God to the cross is truly a great sin. This is the historical truth.

You are all spiritual leaders and before this fallen world you are absolutely necessary.

However, what you need to remember is the appropriate time. A person who lives in a country where there is no summer, only winter, if that person moves to a different climate and welcomes winter with summer clothes that person will freeze to death.

In the Bible, it is written you must pour new wine into new wine skins. Because Israelite people were nomadic for such a long period of time maybe that is where this expression came from.

Nevertheless, today all of you who are spiritual shepherds to your flock, now that you stand before the new truth please let go of old vestiges, take off the old clothes and wear the new clothes of truth.

Do you understand?

When we look at nature which committed no sin before God it is following the Principle of Creation. However, due to the acts of fallen human beings even nature is suffering. If you look at the world today you can see many natural cataclysms happening throughout the world. For example, in China there were a lot of devastation because of climate issues. America has suffered a lot because of hurricanes and typhoons. Why did this happen? As human beings, we need to know how to fear (feel?) God. We need to truly know God.

We cannot make the Ideal of God with manmade structures or manmade systems alone. Please think about it.

How many of you know about the monarch butterfly? During the winter, the monarch butterflies will migrate all the way from Canada to Mexico, a 5,000-mile journey and the wingspan of the monarch butterfly is less than 4 inches. So, who talk the monarch butterfly how to migrate? When you look at nature you can see that nature knows the truth, nature knows God's Principle while human beings still remain ignorant. Therefore, we need to look at and learn from nature about God.

We live in a new era. Thanks to True Parents we live in an era of Chun Il Guk. However, God is the original owner of this cosmos and the reason God cannot have proper dominion over the entire cosmos he created is because of human beings.

Human beings need to truly know.

Benediction Prayer at the Dedication Ceremony for HyoJeong Sunsu Won

Hak Ja Han
September 9, 2017

Dear Heavenly Parent!

The wishes of the True Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind are to establish one peaceful family for all humankind.

All of the providential institutes will be located in this place, HyoJeong Cheonwon, for the day when this country can proudly stand before the providence.

We dedicate HyoJeong Sunsu Won as a joint institute in the HyoJeong Cheonwon which assists us in realizing the providence and works hard every second of the day.

Please help us to accelerate our progress and work without rest until we can achieve the dreams and wishes of our Heavenly Parent, True Parents, and humankind.

I sincerely appreciate that you allowed us to make this place one in which everyone working here can become one and go forward together.

I pray in the name of True Parents. Aju!

Major Events of The Seonghwa Festival Commemorating the 5th Anniversary of the Ascension of Sun Myung Moon, the True Parent of Heaven, Earth and Humankind

The HyoJeong Cafe Dedication Ceremony held with True Parents and members

Gi Seong Lee
September 9, 2017

On 7.19 of the heavenly calendar in the 5th year of Cheon Il Guk (Sept. 9, 2017 of the solar calendar), the HyoJeong Café dedication ceremony was held with 300 members with True Parents.

On this day, International President Sun Jin Moon, General Director of the Universal Ballet, Hoon-sook Moon, Director-General of FFWPUI HQ, Sung-il Cho, Deputy Chief of Staff, Young-ho Yun, President of FFWPU-Korea, Kyeung-seuk Ryu, Chairman of FFWPU-Japan Yong-cheon Song, National Leader of FFWPU-Japan, Eiji Tokuno and other world leaders including continental leaders, attended this ceremony.

At 10:25 am, True Parents arrived in front of the bridge connecting the HyoJeong Cafe and the Cheonseong Wanglim Palace to officiate the first part of the ceremony. The Dedication Ceremony was carried out by Vice President Myong-kwan Lee (Master of Ceremony) and The event then proceeded as follows: Opening Remarks, Bow of Greeting, Floral Tribute, and Unveiling Ceremony of True Parents' Cornerstone. They walked over the bridge and entered the 3rd floor of HyoJeong Café where they gave the sanctification. After this, they visited the HyoJeong Food Court on the 2nd floor, Jaemiin shop on the 1st floor and the Marina. They also sanctified the Marina, blessing the newly bought boat 'HyoJeong No.1'.

True Parents moved to the observation deck on the 4th floor to officiate the luncheon. This was carried out by the Master of Ceremony offering the following invocation:

"I believe that this Cafe will become increasingly meaningful. As it was built around the original sanctuary where, in the beginning, True Parents shed a lot of blood, sweat and tears. This wonderful building will remain in history forever, and I believe that it will become a place of pilgrimage for all peoples of the world to commemorate. I believe that while looking at the beautiful sky and nature, mind and body will be healed and resurrected and this place will be a warm nest for visitors, making them feel they are in mother's arms. For more than 20 years, True Parents laid out the foundation of Holy Spirit's Works with Heung Jin Nim, commander of chief in the spirit world and Dae Mo Nim. I believe this place will become the homeland of shimjeong (heart) not only for church members but also for the whole of humanity as True Parents directly preside over the world. I believe that all who visit this place will experience amazing miracles, as this place will be the hall of training and prayer, and the hall of True Parents' Words.

I am really grateful to True Parents who provided such a historical place. I would like us to share food to praise and welcome them. I would like to ask God to officiate this time from the beginning to the end. I prayed in the name of Myong-kwan Lee, blessed central family. Aju."

Then True Parents blessed HyoJeong Cafe with precious words as follows:

"You did a great job today. It will be a Holy Ground of the world. People from all over the world must come. Yesterday the HyoJeong Cosmic Blessing Ceremony was held. I created this environment where if you take a responsibility then you can be a historical person. You must fulfill your responsibility. I wish you all the best to be eligible to enter into the Cheon Bo Won (heavenly genealogy center)."

President Gi-seong Lee made a victory toast as follows:

"During the construction of this building, when True Mother made an order to them, they worked hard and as fast as possible, as if they were in a hurry for the war. They devoted themselves so much into completing this building so that we are able to dedicate this building today. I think that this kind of mind of HyoJeong will be the driving force of Vision 2020 victory.

Let's depart in the hope of Cheon Il Guk from today when we dedicate HyoJeong Café to Heaven. This place will become a nest for a couple of cranes to rest. HyoJeong Café will become a symbolic building to open the era of Pacific Civilization across the ocean."

The luncheon followed with performances from Chung Pyung Training Center team, a guest singer Uahan, Apple Heaven band and lastly Rev. Barrett of ACLC and Senegal Leader, Mansour Diouf sang several songs with a beautiful voice.

We could see True Parents' love and many participants were overcome by emotion when True Parents blessed HyoJeong Café which was built at the starting point of HyoJeong Cheonwon Chung Pyung Holy Ground.

Benediction prayer at the Cheonji Sunhak Won Construction Groundbreaking

Hak Ja Han
September 8, 2016

Today, we gather at the groundbreaking of the Cheonji Sunhak Won in beautiful Chung Pyung, where we can show Your dreams and hopes to humanity.

Two thousand years ago, You sent Your only begotten son, the Messiah, to fallen humankind after a long Providential period of four thousand years. However, Judaism and the nation of Israel did not take responsibility. The reason why our Heavenly Parent sent the only begotten son was to fulfill His dream that His son would take the place of True Parents in front of humankind. Despite Heavenly Parent's efforts, and the suffering He experienced in sending His only begotten son, the 2,000 year history of Christianity started out centered around the people who crucified the only begotten son, and the disciples of Jesus. It has been passed down to the present without people knowing the true nature of Jesus or the providence of Heaven.

Throughout 6,000 years of Your repeated efforts and love, You built the Korean nation and gave birth here to Your only begotten daughter, so that humankind's True Parents would manifest and new providential history would begin. You have opened the pathway for all people around the world to go forward as children of the Heavenly Parent. How miraculous is this? I am however truly sorry that the world is still unaware of this amazing fact. Therefore, in the name of True Parents we will quickly build Cheonji Sunhak Won, for the sake of the members and future generations of the Unificationist family, the citizens of Cheon Il Guk. Cheonji Sunhak Won will show them, in a stimulating way, True Parents' love and True Parents' providential work.

Loving Heavenly Parent, thank you. I am so grateful and thankful to You for Your hard work. You did not forsake such ignorant people, but instead have continued to lead them. With regards to the tremendously hard work You have invested, we are so sorry and yet so grateful. Heavenly Parent, now, through True Parents who are fulfilling Your original dream, a foundation for the settlement of Cheon Il Guk has been laid. Through constructing this facility, we will now advance toward the day when this people will be awakened, and all the people of the world will be able to return thanks and glory to Heaven with a shimjeong (heart) of hyojeong.

Heavenly Parent, if You are with us, we will accomplish this without fail. This will be a starting point for the sake of that day. Father, Please preside over all the events of today. All these things I give thanks for and pray in the name of the True Parents. Aju!"

True Parents' Life and Works Educational Center "CheonJi SunHak Won"

True Parents' time on earth is limited by the human life span. Moreover, within a comparatively small number of years, everyone who worked together with True Parents, heard them speak or greeted them even once at a public event, will have departed this earthly life and be in the spirit world. Within a few decades our movement will be totally made up of people who never met or saw True Parents in the flesh.

Knowing this, True Mother -- who perhaps more than anyone is aware of the speed at which time passes - - decided that an educational exhibition center and archive devoted to the lives of True Parents and to the movement they initiated and inspired, should be created while they are still on earth and while all that they have accomplished is still well within living memory.

In 2014, Mother announced that the CheonJi SunHak Won would be built in HJ Cheonwon (the Chung Pyung complex), and established a planning committee. Last year, Mother mentioned the following to a large crowd gathered at the Chung Pyung Azalea Festival:

"At the center of the Chung Pyung development, which can fulfill the hopes and dreams of our Heavenly Parent and True Parents, I will construct the CheonJi SunHak Won, to be unique and at the highest standard, ready to show these hopes and dreams to the world. It will be a place where you and your descendants can experience the True Parents' love, and a holy place where you can return eternal thanks to Heavenly Parent." May 7, 2016 (Azalea Festival)

CheonJi SunHak Won will have four basement levels and two stories above ground. The first and second floors will host some 6,600 square meters of exhibition space. Displayed there, in 13 thematic zones will be the story of True Parents' lives, from their births to the foundation of Cheon Il Guk. The lower levels will have models of the houses in which True Parents were born and there will be artifact storage arch.

The Cheonji Sunhakwon will show humankind your dream and hope through us

Hak Ja Han
September 8, 2017
Prayer at the groundbreaking for the Cheonji Sunhakwon - a Museum of True Parents

Noble Heavenly Parent, Today, we are constructing the Cheonji Sunhakwon here in the beautiful Chung Pyung area to show humankind your dream and hope through us. Two thousand years ago, after a fourthousand- year providential course, to fallen humankind you sent the Messiah, the only son of God. However, the central figure, Mary, could not fulfill her responsibilities. Figures in Judaism and other people of Israel could not fulfill their responsibilities.

Your dream was to send the only son of God to realize your vision and form the True Parents of humankind. However, the only son of God, whom you sent after going through tremendous suffering, went the way of the cross. The figures at that time, Jesus' disciples… The two-thousand-year history of Christianity! They did not know Jesus' essence or Heaven's providence and scattered these in their ignorant state.

As Jesus died on the cross, he said he would return. He said he would come back and hold the marriage supper of the Lamb. That was the mission of Jesus, who should have formed the True Parents of Heaven Earth and Humankind. However, those who should have united with Jesus could not fulfill their responsibilities; furthermore, they could not preserve any evidence that Jesus had come. They had nothing that they could show throughout history. This is an embarrassment. However, with your repeated hard work and love, after six thousand years, through the birth of the only daughter of God, in the Han clan, the True Parents of humankind were born and a new history of the providence -- the path for all the people of the world to advance on as True Parents' children -- was established. What a miraculous and amazing truth this is! That the people of the world still do not know, however, is regrettable. Therefore, today we are constructing the Cheonji Sunhakwon in True Parent's names so we can show True Parents' love and True Parents' providential work vividly to those who are living in the world today, but also to our descendants and to the people we must find as Cheon Il Guk citizens.

Beloved Heavenly Parent: Thank you. We feel so sorry, and we are grateful that you did not give up on ignorant people and worked hard to pull us forward. Heavenly Parent, as the True Parents who can realize your dream, we have now laid the foundation for us to be able to realize the settlement of Cheon Il Guk. Now, through the construction of this place, these people have come to a realization and we will advance to the day we can return gratitude and glory to Heaven through the heart of hyo jeong, and to the people of the world.

Heavenly Parent! If you are with us, we will assuredly realize this. We will realize your dream, the dream of one human family, the kingdom of heaven on earth. This has become the beginning for that day. Father! Please reign over everything today. I pray all of this and thank you in True Parents' names. Aju!

Did we have to send Jesus Christ to the cross in that way?

Hak Ja Han
September 8, 2017
The Cheonji Sunhakwon groundbreaking victory celebration speech

The Cheonji Sunhakwon building will house museum-quality exhibits on True Parents' lives and their work as the embodiment of the word, and thus will present True Parents as models for all men and women.

How are you feeling? Today, at the Cheonji Sunhakwon groundbreaking I prayed that the two thousand years of Christianity is an embarrassing part of providential history. Isn't that so?

Present today are leaders from around the world, especially members of the clergy from Africa and America. You must know this. Did we have to send Jesus Christ -- the only son of God (found after the long, four-thousand-year period of the history of the providence of restoration and the dream that Heavenly Parent so longed for) -- to the cross in that way? How could Christianity leave a wretched Jesus nailed to the cross for two thousand years and believe that was human salvation? The members of the clergy here today must reflect on this. This is the embarrassing Christian providence. However, you are lucky sons, because you met True Parents.

You members of the clergy, alive in True Parents' era, during which repetition of the mistakes of the past have not occurred, must stand up. Moses waited for so long to enter Canaan. Yet, in the end, did he enter Canaan or was he unable to? Only Joshua and Caleb entered. All of you here today, what position do you want to be in? You have to enter Canaan, right? Thus, you must throw away your past and live lives as blessed families whose spirits experienced resurrection through True Parents. Will you all do that? This is a banquet, so if I speak too long I will regret it.

The Victory Toast

Therefore, while True Parents are still on earth, realize one human family under God, the kingdom of heaven on earth, which is Heavenly Parent's dream, True Parents' wish and humankind's wish. Please find the determination to lead the way and fulfill your responsibilities. When I say "Victory for 2020" please say Victory three times. Victory for 2020! [Victory, Victory, Victory!]

True Parents' Life and Works Educational Center Groundbreaking

Gi Seong Lee
September 8, 2017

True Parents' time on earth is limited by the human life span. Moreover, within a comparatively small number of years, everyone who worked together with True Parents, heard them speak or greeted them even once at a public event, will have departed this earthly life and be in the spirit world. Within a few decades our movement will be totally made up of people who never met or saw True Parents in the flesh.

Knowing this, True Mother -- who perhaps more than anyone is aware of the speed at which time passes - - decided that an educational exhibition center and archive devoted to the lives of True Parents and to the movement they initiated and inspired, should be created while they are still on earth and while all that they have accomplished is still well within living memory.

In 2014, Mother announced that the CheonJi SunHak Won would be built in HJ Cheonwon (the Chung Pyung complex), and established a planning committee. Last year, Mother mentioned the following to a large crowd gathered at the Chung Pyung Azalea Festival:

"At the center of the Chung Pyung development, which can fulfill the hopes and dreams of our Heavenly Parent and True Parents, I will construct the CheonJi SunHak Won, to be unique and at the highest standard, ready to show these hopes and dreams to the world. It will be a place where you and your descendants can experience the True Parents' love, and a holy place where you can return eternal thanks to Heavenly Parent." May 7, 2016 (Azalea Festival)

Today (September 8, 2017), the transformation of that vision into reality began with the groundbreaking ceremony held at 9:00 am this morning. CheonJi SunHak Won will be located near the beginning of the road that goes up to Cheon Jeong Gung, the Palace, thus a few minutes' walk from the Sunhak UP Graduate School.

Upon True Mother's arrival at the wide stretch of bare earth upon which an elevated dais had been prepared, Mr. and Mrs. Han Eui-Il offered True Parents bouquets of flowers. Mr. Han is the head of the CheonJi SunHak Won Committee.

True Family members, representatives of the CheonJi SunHak Won Committee, plus prominent leaders from society sat with True Mother in front of a crowd of at least a thousand people, including Cheon Il Guk leaders and Chung Pyung Great Works participants.

According to Dr. Yoon Young-Ho, deputy-chief of True Mother's secretariat, who was the MC for the occasion, CheonJi SunHak Won will have four basement levels and two stories above ground. The first and second floors will host some 6,600 square meters of exhibition space. Displayed there, in 13 thematic zones will be the story of True Parents' lives, from their births to the foundation of Cheon Il Guk. The lower levels will have models of the houses in which True Parents were born and there will be artifact storage archives, event halls and meeting facilities, as well as galleries for temporary exhibitions.

After the Korean FFWPU President Rev. Ryu Kyeon-seok's opening prayer, Mr. Hong Sun-Pyo, who chairs the CheonJi SunHak Won construction team, gave a report on the project, in which he gave some information about what is required to begin the actual construction of such a facility:

"As a greenbelt region, all design work for such buildings in the area must incorporate a minimum of 60 percent green space. Environmental impact assessments, evaluations by the metropolitan area authorities and other approvals have been processed, and just at the end of this past July, business operations and development approvals were secured from the Gapyeong County authorities."

Mr. Hong also mentioned some of the features of the new museum:

"The tribute hall in the center of the building will feature large panels, painted in a traditional Korean lacquer technique, reflecting significant historical moments from the birth of True Parents through the completion of the history of the providence of restoration. A multipurpose hall is designed to accommodate some 1,000 people for various kinds of workshops, performances, banquets and other events. Exhibition galleries on four levels will be used for exhibits on True Parents' lives and achievements, art exhibitions and other seasonal exhibitions and events."

Two important guests offered congratulatory remarks. Notably Mr. Kim Young-Woo, chairman of the National Assembly Defense Committee, in referring to North Korea's nuclear bomb test on September 3 and the changing situation on the Korean peninsula, said that a clear vision was necessary:

"I think we can find the key in the example and the words of the late Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon and Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, who have consistently taught us to 'Live for the sake of others.' These two great teachers have offered their entire lives for the reunification of Korea and for world peace. When this museum is completed, even more people will come to visit this region, to enjoy the beautiful natural environment, and to share the vision of world peace. I hope that many new apostles of peace will be born through the work of the CheonJi SunHak Won."

Mr. Kim Seong-Gi, the governor of Gapyeong County, in which the HJ Cheonwon area is located, then spoke briefly, and his message included the following statement:

"This area in particular has already experienced great advancements and development through projects advanced by the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, and is well on the way to becoming an eco-friendly self-reliant suburban area. As we turn the first spade of earth today for CheonJi SunHak Won, which will be an important landmark in Gapyeong County, we are taking a great step forward in the development of arts and culture here, which will in turn strengthen the tourist industry in the area."

After these congratulations had been offered, and a video presentation of True Mother's messages viewed, Mother prayed deeply over the providential initiative to be embarked upon. In her prayer, Mother referred to the providence by which God had sent the Messiah, and said that important providential figures and the people at his time had been unable to understand God's providence and thus could not fulfill their responsibility; thus in going the path of the cross, Jesus said he would return and hold the marriage of the lamb. Mother then mentioned that God had raised up the Korean people and brought the True Parents to appear in the blessing of a new providence, so that all humankind would be able to live as the children of the Heavenly Parent; and that this was an amazing miracle. Mother expressed her deep regret that the people of the world do not yet know about this. Mother then prayed specifically, with a voice filled with emotion, about the CheonJi SunHak Won:

"And so, in the name of the True Parents, we will quickly build CheonJi SunHak Won for the sake of the members and future generations of the Unificationist family, and citizens of Cheon Il Guk who will come. CheonJi SunHak Won will show them, in a lively way, True Parents' love, and True Parents' providential work.

Loving Heavenly Parent, thank you. I am so grateful and thankful to you for your hard work. You did not forsake such ignorant people, but instead have continued to lead them. In front of the tremendously hard work you have invested, we are so sorry and yet so grateful. Heavenly Parent, now, through the True Parents who can fulfill your original dream, a foundation for the settlement of Cheon Il Guk has been laid. Through constructing this facility, we will now advance toward the day when this people will be awakened and all the people of the world will be able to return thanks and glory to Heaven with a heart of filial love. Heavenly Parent, if you are with us, we will accomplish this without fail. This will be a starting point for the sake of that day. Father, please preside over all the event of today. All these things I give thanks for and pray in the name of the True Parents."

After concluding her prayer, True Mother, True Family members and distinguished guests cut the tape symbolizing the opening of the construction site on which the CheonJi SunHak Won will rise over the next few years.

Following this came an exciting (if not unexpected) blast of fireworks and colored smoke, accompanied by hundreds of helium balloons floating up into the sky in celebration.

The occasion was brought to a cheerful and poignant close with Japan Group Chair Rev. Song Yong-Cheon leading all present in a set of rousing cheers of Eok-mansei.(provided by FFWPU International Headquarters, )