Opening Ceremony of the Exhibition of the Lifetime Achievements of True Parents

Opening Ceremony of the Exhibition of the Lifetime Achievements of True Parents of Heaven, Earth, and Humankind commemorating the Third Anniversary of Cosmic Seonghwa
True Parents presided over the event and gave benediction, with more than two hundred leaders from all parts of the world in attendance

Today is the day on which the Exhibition of the Lifetime Achievements of True Parents has been opened in commemoration of the fifty-seventh anniversary of mission work in Japan and the fifty-sixth anniversary of the founding of the Japanese Unification Church, with the third anniversary of Seonghwa almost upon us.

True Parents have walked the historic course of fifty-seven years of blood, sweat and tears in order to establish Japan, the enemy nation, at the center of the Providence, and they have always worked together with the Japanese Unification Church to make it what it is today.

Father! Please help the people of Japan to practice the true love of living for the sake of others, the example of which you have set before us, so that they can indemnify every disloyalty they have shown in the course of Providential history, and please guide them to stand at the center of the mainstream of Providential history.

Father! How hard have you worked to give birth to Blessed families, who can fulfill the promise to achieve the one world of peace, the one united world, which is the realization of the wish of our Heavenly Parent and True Parents of Heaven, Earth, and Humankind?

When we look upon the items exhibited here today, we can realize only too keenly how hard God has worked and how much effort and devotion He has

given until now to embrace humankind. Please help all members of the Unification Church to follow in the footsteps of True Parents, so that they can do their utmost best and spur themselves on more and more in carrying out the work of establishing Cheon Il Guk.

We hope and pray that you will embrace all Blessed families living together with you in this proud age, and help them to make a firm resolution as of this moment of this day and to translate their resolution into action, so that they can receive the award of being your proud filial sons and daughters and your loyal followers.

We sincerely hope to become people who no longer desire to only receive, but who can instead share out what we have to others and embrace the seven billion world population.

Beloved True Parents of Heaven, Earth, and Humankind, Father! We love you. We pray that you will hold us all in your embrace, so that we can become proud Blessed families and second and third generations who can follow in the footsteps you have trod before us, as you set an example of the life we need to live. We also hope that all these items we have prepared will be a source of comfort and of joy both to you and to us. I report this in True Parents’ name. Aju!”

True Mother hopes in her benediction that we can embrace the seven billion world population

The opening ceremony of the “Exhibition of the Lifetime Achievements of True Parents of Heaven, Earth, and Humankind”, commemorating the third anniversary of the Cosmic Seonghwa of Sun Myung Moon, True Parent of Heaven, Earth, and Humankind, was held at the first-floor lobby of Cheongshim Peace World Center under the guidance of True Parents on July 14 by heavenly calendar (August 27 by solar calendar) at 3 p.m..

Through the benediction she gave on this day, True Mother conveyed an encouraging message as she explained the meaning of the Exhibition, by saying, “Let this be an exhibition that will help us realize only too keenly how hard God has worked and how much effort and devotion He has given until now to embrace humankind, so that all members of the Unification Church can follow in the footsteps of True Parents and do their utmost best and spur themselves on more and more in carrying out the work of establishing Cheon Il Guk.”

The event held on this day was attended by more than two hundred people, including World President Yeon Ah Moon of Women’s Federation for World Peace, Chairperson Hoon Sook Moon of Universal Culture Foundation, World Vice-president In Seob Park of Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (hereafter FFWPU), World Vice-president Joon Seok Ahn, Korean Church President Gyeong Seok Yu, Japanese Church General President Yong Cheon Song and other continental directors, leaders of Providential organizations, and participants of the First Global Top Gun Workshop.

The opening ceremony, emceed by Japanese Church President Eiji Tokuno, was begun with the entrance of True Mother, followed by her benediction, tape-cutting, and taking of commemorative photographs. After the ceremony, True Mother moved to the Exhibition Hall set up on the second floor of Cheongshim Peace World Center, and after being presented with bouquets, she walked around the exhibition together with major leaders and looked at the exhibited objects with great attention. When she reached the fifth section, she even sat down on the chair placed in front of the exhibition panel to watch a video of her giving a speech in Japan to the very end before moving on.

Afterwards, True Mother moved to Cheon Jeong Gung Museum and, after participating in the tape-cutting together with major leaders in front of the Cheon Jeong Gung Museum Exhibition Hall, she also had a look around it.

An Exhibition of True Parents’ Providence in Japan seen at a Glance

The Exhibition of the Lifetime Achievements of True Parents of Heaven, Earth, and Humankind, opened with the blessings of True Parents, will be held under the title, “Providence in Japan and the Footsteps of True Parents”, for five days from July 14 to July 18 by heavenly calendar (8.27~8.31) at Cheongshim Peace World Center and Cheon Jeong Gung Museum.

The Exhibition prepared under the leadership of FFWPU-Japan was planned with the intention of particularly introducing the Providential work carried out centering on Japan by True Parents from among all the victories and triumphs they achieved during their lifetime, and the course of faith of the Japanese members who participated in this work, in order to prepare the starting ground for education to achieve the victory of Vision 2020.

The exhibition in Cheongshim Peace World Center has been divided into nine chronological sections, from the time of True Father’s studying abroad in Japan to the Providence being recently carried out centering on True Mother, and a tenth section has been added under the theme, “Memorable photographs and testimonies with True Parents of Heaven, Earth, and Humankind & Photo Zone”, which sections have been set up in the form of panels in the second-floor hallway. At the center of each section, a video clip showing True Parents at each time period is screened to add more liveliness.

In Cheon Jeong Gung Museum, more than 120 items are exhibited, which give testimony to all major events and achievements in the Providence carried out in Japan, from when True Father studied in Japan in his teens to when he dispatched missionaries, as well as displays of the process of receiving an official permit as a religious organization, the first editions of the Explanation of the Divine Principle and the Exposition of the Divine Principle, and True Father’s visits to Japan and True Mother’s speaking tour across all parts of Japan.

In addition, exhibited in six separate sections are the articles of clothing True Father wore at the time of his first visit to Japan in 1965, the holy salt he used when he chose holy grounds during his world tour, the soil he brought back from holy grounds, letters exchanged between leaders, and a writing personally written and bestowed by True Father after the Blessing of Japanese Church President Osami Kuboki, which says “Lover of Japan and Origin of Loyalty and Filial Piety (日本之情 忠孝之源)”.

Among the exhibited items that attract the attention of visitors are such items as the wallet True Father gave True Mother to be cherished as his other self when she set out for her tour of Japan in 2002, as well as the writing of “Mansei for the Perfection of One Hundred Sixty Thousand People”, which True Father wrote on the blackboard of the great hall of Guri Central Training Center at the conclusion of the Japanese Women Leaders’ Workshop on November 20, 1994, and which has been preserved together with his autograph.

In the Exhibition Hall prepared at Cheon Jeong Gung Museum, more than sixty rare and valuable items are exhibited in all their splendor thanks particularly to the earnest cooperation and support of the Japanese Unification Church, including the writings bestowed at the time of the selection of eight holy grounds in Japan and other such occasions, and speeches from major events.

Meanwhile, one of the staff of the Exhibition Hall stated that, in the True Parents’ Relics Exhibition Hall situated opposite the “Providence in Japan and the Footsteps of True Parents” Exhibition, a permanent exhibition has been maintained from the Foundation Day of the first year of Cheon Il Guk until now, and that at this time they have newly renovated the exhibition by changing about forty percent of the exhibited relics.

True Mother's Prayer at the Opening of the Exhibition of the Lifetime Achievements of True Parents

Hak Ja Han
August 27, 2015
FFWPU Korean HQ Weekly

Opening Ceremony of the Exhibition of the Lifetime Achievements of True Parents of Heaven, Earth, and Humankind commemorating the Third Anniversary of Cosmic Seonghwa

True Parents presided over the event and gave benediction, with more than two hundred leaders from all parts of the world in attendance

True Parents’ Benediction given at the Opening Ceremony of the Exhibition of the Lifetime Achievements of True Parents of Heaven, Earth, and Humankind

“Today is the day on which the Exhibition of the Lifetime Achievements of True Parents has been opened in commemoration of the fifty-seventh anniversary of mission work in Japan and the fifty-sixth anniversary of the founding of the Japanese Unification Church, with the third anniversary of Seonghwa almost upon us.

True Parents have walked the historic course of fifty-seven years of blood, sweat and tears in order to establish Japan, the enemy nation, at the center of the Providence, and they have always worked together with the Japanese Unification Church to make it what it is today.

Father! Please help the people of Japan to practice the true love of living for the sake of others, the example of which you have set before us, so that they can indemnify every disloyalty they have shown in the course of Providential history, and please guide them to stand at the center of the mainstream of Providential history.

Father! How hard have you worked to give birth to Blessed families, who can fulfill the promise to achieve the one world of peace, the one united world, which is the realization of the wish of our Heavenly Parent and True Parents of Heaven, Earth, and Humankind?

When we look upon the items exhibited here today, we can realize only too keenly how hard God has worked and how much effort and devotion He has given until now to embrace humankind. Please help all members of the Unification Church to follow in the footsteps of True Parents, so that they can do their utmost best and spur themselves on more and more in carrying out the work of establishing Cheon Il Guk.

We hope and pray that you will embrace all Blessed families living together with you in this proud age, and help them to make a firm resolution as of this moment of this day and to translate their resolution into action, so that they can receive the award of being your proud filial sons and daughters and your loyal followers.

We sincerely hope to become people who no longer desire to only receive, but who can instead share out what we have to others and embrace the seven billion world population.

Beloved True Parents of Heaven, Earth, and Humankind, Father! We love you. We pray that you will hold us all in your embrace, so that we can become proud Blessed families and second and third generations who can follow in the footsteps you have trod before us, as you set an example of the life we need to live. We also hope that all these items we have prepared will be a source of comfort and of joy both to you and to us. I report this in True Parents’ name. Aju!”

True Mother hopes in her benediction that we can embrace the seven billion-world population

The opening ceremony of the “Exhibition of the Lifetime Achievements of True Parents of Heaven, Earth, and Humankind”, commemorating the third anniversary of the Cosmic Seonghwa of Sun Myung Moon, True Parent of Heaven, Earth, and Humankind, was held at the first-floor lobby of Cheongshim Peace World Center under the guidance of True Parents on July 14 by heavenly calendar (August 27 by solar calendar) at 3 p.m..

Through the benediction she gave on this day, True Mother conveyed an encouraging message as she explained the meaning of the Exhibition, by saying, “Let this be an exhibition that will help us realize only too keenly how hard God has worked and how much effort and devotion He has given until now to embrace humankind, so that all members of the Unification Church can follow in the footsteps of True Parents and do their utmost best and spur themselves on more and more in carrying out the work of establishing Cheon Il Guk.”

The event held on this day was attended by more than two hundred people, including World President Yeon Ah Moon of Women’s Federation for World Peace, Chairperson Hoon Sook Moon of Universal Culture Foundation, World Vice-president In Seob Park of Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (hereafter FFWPU), World Vice-president Joon Seok Ahn, Korean Church President Kyeong Seuk Lu, Japanese Church General President Yong Cheon Song and other continental directors, leaders of Providential organizations, and participants of the First Global Top Gun Workshop.

The opening ceremony, emceed by Japanese Church President Eiji Tokuno, was begun with the entrance of True Mother, followed by her benediction, tape-cutting, and taking of commemorative photographs. After the ceremony, True Mother moved to the Exhibition Hall set up on the second floor of Cheongshim Peace World Center, and after being presented with bouquets, she walked around the exhibition together with major leaders and looked at the exhibited objects with great attention. When she reached the fifth section, she even sat down on the chair placed in front of the exhibition panel to watch a video of her giving a speech in Japan to the very end before moving on.

Afterwards, True Mother moved to Cheon Jeong Gung Museum and, after participating in the tapecutting together with major leaders in front of the Cheon Jeong Gung Museum Exhibition Hall, she also had a look around it.

An Exhibition of True Parents’ Providence in Japan seen at a Glance

The Exhibition of the Lifetime Achievements of True Parents of Heaven, Earth, and Humankind, opened with the blessings of True Parents, will be held under the title, “Providence in Japan and the Footsteps of True Parents”, for five days from July 14 to July 18 by heavenly calendar (8.27~8.31) at Cheongshim Peace World Center and Cheon Jeong Gung Museum.

The Exhibition prepared under the leadership of FFWPU-Japan was planned with the intention of particularly introducing the Providential work carried out centering on Japan by True Parents from among all the victories and triumphs they achieved during their lifetime, and the course of faith of the Japanese members who participated in this work, in order to prepare the starting ground for education to achieve the victory of Vision 2020.

The exhibition in Cheongshim Peace World Center has been divided into nine chronological sections, from the time of True Father’s studying abroad in Japan to the Providence being recently carried out centering on True Mother, and a tenth section has been added under the theme, “Memorable photographs and testimonies with True Parents of Heaven, Earth, and Humankind & Photo Zone”, which sections have been set up in the form of panels in the second-floor hallway. At the center of each section, a video clip showing True Parents at each time period is screened to add more liveliness.

In Cheon Jeong Gung Museum, more than 120 items are exhibited, which give testimony to all major events and achievements in the Providence carried out in Japan, from when True Father studied in Japan in his teens to when he dispatched missionaries, as well as displays of the process of receiving an official permit as a religious organization, the first editions of the Explanation of the Divine Principle and the Exposition of the Divine Principle, and True Father’s visits to Japan and True Mother’s speaking tour across all parts of Japan.

In addition, exhibited in six separate sections are the articles of clothing True Father wore at the time of his first visit to Japan in 1965, the holy salt he used when he chose holy grounds during his world tour, the soil he brought back from holy grounds, letters exchanged between leaders, and a writing personally written and bestowed by True Father after the Blessing of Japanese Church President Osami Kuboki, which says “Lover of Japan and Origin of Loyalty and Filial Piety (日本之情 忠孝之源)”.

Among the exhibited items that attract the attention of visitors are such items as the wallet True Father gave True Mother to be cherished as his other self when she set out for her tour of Japan in 2002, as well as the writing of “Mansei for the Perfection of One Hundred Sixty Thousand People”, which True Father wrote on the blackboard of the great hall of Guri Central Training Center at the conclusion of the Japanese Women Leaders’ Workshop on November 20, 1994, and which has been preserved together with his autograph.

In the Exhibition Hall prepared at Cheon Jeong Gung Museum, more than sixty rare and valuable items are exhibited in all their splendor thanks particularly to the earnest cooperation and support of the Japanese Unification Church, including the writings bestowed at the time of the selection of eight holy grounds in Japan and other such occasions, and speeches from major events.

Meanwhile, one of the staff of the Exhibition Hall stated that, in the True Parents’ Relics Exhibition Hall situated opposite the “Providence in Japan and the Footsteps of True Parents” Exhibition, a permanent exhibition has been maintained from the Foundation Day of the first year of Cheon Il Guk until now, and that at this time they have newly renovated the exhibition by changing about forty percent of the exhibited relics.

Martial Arts Festival

“Martial Arts Festival in Commemoration of the Third Universal Seonghwa Memorial of Sun Myung Moon, the True Parent of Heaven, Earth and Humankind” Martial Arts Federation has expanded to forty nations ever since its establishment and is continuing the founder’s spirit of Love God, Love all People and Love your Country.

Martials Arts Federation for World Peace (Martial Arts Federation in short) hosted the Martial Arts Festival in Commemoration of the Third Universal Seonghwa Memorial of Sun Myung Moon, the True Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind at the gymnasium in Cheongshim International Youth Centeron 7.12 by the heavenly calendar (Aug25), 10.30 a.m.

True Mother observes martial arts demonstrations and encourages the martial artists

True Mother honored the event on this day by observing in person the martial demonstrations of our blessed families’ second- and third- generation martial artists and their congratulatory performances and by encouraging their work. She was welcomed with ardent cheers and applause as she made her entrance. After receiving a ceremonial bow from everyone, she received a bouquet of flowers from a representative second-generation martial artist. From a seat prepared for her on stage, she watched the martial arts demonstrations of the second part of the event.

Around 700 people including the Women Federation for World Peace (WFWP) Chairwoman Moon Yeon-ah, the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU) International Vice-President Park In-sup, heads of providential organizations, key leaders, eighty or so martial artists, the first class of the Global Top Gun Workshop, Universal Peace Academy cadets and members participated in this festival, a time of resolve and determination to inherit True Parents’ teachings and honor True Father’s great life and spirit.

Martial Arts Federation Chairman Moon Kwon-jin gave the opening address, through which he said, “August 2015 is indeed a meaningful month as we celebrate both the 70th anniversary of Korea’s independence and the Third Universal Seonghwa Memorial. Now that the period of offering mourning conditions for True Father has come to a conclusion, this Martial Arts Festival is a platform upon which we must all make the resolve to form a solidarity centered on our HeavenlyParentandTrueParentsfortheunificationofNorthKoreaandSouthKorea,the hope of our people, and open an era of unification.”

He urged everyone saying, “In order to successfully achieve a peaceful unification and become the leading force in the Pacific Rim Era and a world based on the culture of heart, we must train our minds and bodies, attain body and mind unity and grow into mature people that excel both at martial arts and in literary work…. Let us become future leaders who spread True Parents’ ideology and spirit and contribute to the realization of a world of peace through martial arts.”

FFWPU-Korea Chairman Ryu Kyeong-seuk said in his message of encouragement, “At the Martial Arts Federation for World Peace Inaugural Rally, Rev. Sun Myung Moon emphasized that the path of true martial arts is one that restores the original role of the body and is one that trains the inner self and seeks to attain mind and body unity.” After talking about the history of Martial Arts Federation, which has expanded its foundation to forty nations today, Chairman Ryu said, “As martial artists that have both trained mind and bodies and character, I sincerely hope that you creatively and actively respond to the changes of this new age and work toward bringing about harmony and unity in this twenty-first century.”

In a report prayer offered by Director Lee Gi-seong prior to the above message, Director Lee earnestly prayed, “Please enable all Tong il Moodo artists to become heavenly soldiers that achieve Vision 2020 and the substantial Cheon Il Guk at all cost. Our True Father of Heaven, Earth and Humankind gave the name Tong il Moodo with his blessings; please enable us to make Love God, Love all People and Love your Nation, the guiding ideals of Tong il Moodo, truly live up to the meaning of “Train and Advance Bravely” and “Teaching Filial Piety and Gaining Ten Thousands of Victories,”and enable True Parents authority of true love to come down on earth.”

The meaning of realizing peace and unification through martial arts

Today’s event was emceed by Martial Arts Federation President Moon Pyeong-rae. The event was divided in two parts: the memorial ceremony and demonstration of martial arts. The ceremony went in the following order: the opening remark, ceremonial bowing, the Cheon Il Guk Anthem, a report prayer by Cheongpyeong Heaven and Earth Training Center Lee Gi-seong, floral tribute and silent tribute, opening message by Martial Arts Federation Chairman Moon Kwon-jin (Read by Martial Arts Federation Vice-President Seok Il-jing) and words of encouragement by FFWPU-Korea President RyuKyeong-seuk (read by FFWPU-Korea Vice-President Lee Hyeon-yeong).

Martial arts demonstrations, which were held in True Mother’s presence, began after the first part ended. First of all, teams of second-generation and third-generation members re-created a story. Next, the True Love Peace School team gave a demonstration centered on district pastor Hwang In-chun. Thirdly, four cadets from the Universal Peace Academy demonstrated discipline and courage through their performance of martial arts using sticks. Following it, the Japanese Cheon-Bu-Eun-Go team presented a special performance based on Moon Hyo-jin’s song, “Be Successful” to express their firm loyalty and filial piety for True Parents.

Fifth, the Seonjeong–Seonhwa Brothers International Team presented a performance. One particular plot centered on Shin-chulnim conveyed the firm determination of blessed children that they will pierce through the darkness and move on to become True Parents’ hope. Finally, martial art demonstrators of the Martial Arts Federation presented the essence of TongilMoodo based on Divine Principle contents including the four-position foundation and the give and receive action, by forming harmony between soft circular movements and strong strait-line movements.

All participants then stood up and sang together “Saranghe Tangshin-eul” with a heart of respect and gratitude toward True Parents. Following the song, Universal Peace Academy Principal led everyone with three cheers of uog mansei. The entire event came to an end after taking a commemorative photo.

Kim Yeong-gi, member of North Gyeonggi Guri Church and guest at the event, gave the following reflection on the event: “It is the 23rd anniversary of the 30,000-couple Blessing and our last son performed as part of the True Love Peace School team. I am truly grateful and it is an honor that we could show True Parents our hearts of loyalty and filial piety through this meaningful Martial Arts Festival.

The First Global Top Guns

True Mother gave this speech on August 19 in Korea to participants in the midst of the Global Top Gun workshop.

All right, I heard your testimonies from the workshop so far. This Top Gun workshop has one more G added into it. Global Top Gun. GTG. You are the first graduates of GTG. There are many Top Gun graduates in Korea and Japan. Can I expect more from you?

I have always told you that you are different. History has lasted six thousand years according to the Bible. Human history would have been much longer than that. God had a dream. God created heaven, earth, and all of humankind with this great dream in mind. God planned to work with human beings to achieve this dream. The first human ancestors, Adam and Eve, were supposed to obey God’s command and fulfill their responsibilities. Yet, what happened? What happened to them? They became greedy. God wanted to give them everything after they had fully grown, but they became greedy before that time. What was the result of that? They were kicked out of Eden. God had planned to become the True Parent through the first human ancestors. Human beings destroyed that dream. That is why human history has continued as the providence of restoration through indemnity.

When people do something wrong, they are punished. They have to pay a cost for their wrongdoings. This is the same. Six thousand years passed before the arrival of True Parents. God should have been the owner of all things and the owner of humankind, but on that day, he became a lonely God filled with pain, grief and anguish. He wanted to be with humankind. Therefore, God looked for individuals who could be central figures in history and had them pay indemnity for the providence. Those were the people of Israel, the chosen people. God gave them the designation, “chosen people,” and raised them in the fallen world. The result was the only begotten son of God. He was the only person whom God could dwell within and he carried God’s lineage. Yet, it was impossible with just God’s only begotten son.

For four thousand years, God had prepared the proper environment. However, though the people anticipated his return, waiting patiently, they did not recognize him when he came due to their own disbelief. That was the Cain world era, the age of the Roman Empire. Israel did not even have a nation. Through the Messiah they would have established a great nation and found a way to work together with Rome. However, they did not understand God’s providence. The tribe of Israel, the leaders of Judaism and the people close to Jesus did not fulfill their responsibilities. Mary, even more so, did not fulfill her role. Moreover, people who did not fulfill their responsibilities formed the root of today’s Christian culture. You have to know that.

What did Jesus say when he was crucified? He said, I will return.

What did he say he would accomplish when he returns? The marriage supper of the Lamb, which means, when he returns he will become the True Parent. Yet, Christianity could not figure out this one point for two thousand years. Even to this day, Christians are still waiting for Jesus to come down from Heaven on clouds. That is the problem. A spiritual being cannot come down and fulfill the providence of restoration through indemnity. Fallen people lost God’s lineage. They have to receive the blessing from True Parents and change their lineage. After that, they can form blessed families and be called God’s children. While this amazing providence is being accomplished, for the world it is still in the middle of the night.

In today’s world, many problems–religious disputes, racism and disputes over national borders still exist. Wealthy countries are becoming greedier. How, then, can we solve these problems? It’s not just that. God’s beautiful creation is being destroyed because human beings are not fulfilling their responsibilities. Isn’t this a serious issue? The ones that can solve all these internal and external problems are the True Parents. If we look at the four major religions, we can see how desperately humanity has been waiting for the True Parents, whether they were aware of it or not. The four major religions have been working in their sphere to educate fallen people to purify their hearts and connect them to their original minds. However, they have no center. They are too far away from the mainstream, the truth.

They cannot help it, can they? None of them can become religions that explain God clearly. Christianity is the same, but we are different.

You should not forget how blessed you are. I do not know how all of you are feeling, how you are thinking or how you’re living right now, but I heard that you received much from this workshop so far and have felt deep gratitude toward our Heavenly Parent and towards your own parents.

Though you may not know this, all around the world the forty or fifty-year missionary history has set down deep roots. Please grow well and build the greatest Cheon Il Guk, where we proudly attend True Parents in the presence of the world and of God. Cheon Il Guk is to be a nation where all of the world’s seven billion people attend Heavenly Parent together. To do that, can you just stay still and watch the spot where you sit? You must run. You must fly. Therefore, you must save your brothers and sisters in all parts of the world who do not know True Parents and are miserably dying.

I have said this repeatedly: In this generation, everything will be short-lived if you go alone. You must go together. Even great countries that have a large population like America, China or India cannot go alone. The same is true of all nations. You must communicate with those in countries around you. You must unite. Do you understand? There True Parents are at the center. Thus, there is a cure, internally and externally, that can solve all problems in every part of the world. I hope that you will stand in the center of the Cheon Il Guk mainstream and shout out in front of the world. I hope you will become proud first Global Top Gun graduates..

The First Global Top Guns

Hak Ja Han
August 19, 2015
Korea
To participants of the first Global Top Gun workshop

All right, I heard your testimonies from the workshop so far. This Top Gun workshop has one more G added into it. Global Top Gun. GTG. You are the first graduates of GTG. There are many Top Gun graduates in Korea and Japan. Can I expect more from you?

I have always told you that you are different. History has lasted six thousand years according to the Bible. Human history would have been much longer than that. God had a dream. God created heaven, earth, and all of humankind with this great dream in mind. God planned to work with human beings to achieve this dream. The first human ancestors, Adam and Eve, were supposed to obey God's command and fulfill their responsibilities. Yet, what happened? What happened to them? They became greedy. God wanted to give them everything after they had fully grown, but they became greedy before that time. What was the result of that? They were kicked out of Eden. God had planned to become the True Parent through the first human ancestors. Human beings destroyed that dream. That is why human history has continued as the providence of restoration through indemnity.

When people do something wrong, they are punished. They have to pay a cost for their wrongdoings. This is the same. Six thousand years passed before the arrival of True Parents. God should have been the owner of all things and the owner of humankind, but on that day, he became a lonely God filled with pain, grief and anguish. He wanted to be with humankind. Therefore, God looked for individuals who could be central figures in history and had them pay indemnity for the providence. Those were the people of Israel, the chosen people. God gave them the designation, "chosen people," and raised them in the fallen world. The result was the only begotten son of God. He was the only person whom God could dwell within and he carried God's lineage. Yet, it was impossible with just God's only begotten son.

For four thousand years, God had prepared the proper environment. However, though the people anticipated his return, waiting patiently, they did not recognize him when he came due to their own disbelief. That was the Cain world era, the age of the Roman Empire. Israel did not even have a nation. Through the Messiah they would have established a great nation and found a way to work together with Rome. However, they did not understand God's providence.

The tribe of Israel, the leaders of Judaism and the people close to Jesus did not fulfill their responsibilities. Mary, even more so, did not fulfill her role. Moreover, people who did not fulfill their responsibilities formed the root of today's Christian culture. You have to know that.

What did Jesus say when he was crucified? He said, I will return.

What did he say he would accomplish when he returns? The marriage supper of the Lamb, which means, when he returns he will become the True Parent. Yet, Christianity could not figure out this one point for two thousand years. Even to this day, Christians are still waiting for Jesus to come down from Heaven on clouds. That is the problem. A spiritual being cannot come down and fulfill the providence of restoration through indemnity. Fallen people lost God's lineage. They have to receive the blessing from True Parents and change their lineage. After that, they can form blessed families and be called God's children. While this amazing providence is being accomplished, for the world it is still in the middle of the night.

In today's world, many problems: religious disputes, racism and disputes over national borders still exist. Wealthy countries are becoming greedier. How, then, can we solve these problems? It's not just that.

God's beautiful creation is being destroyed because human beings are not fulfilling their responsibilities. Isn't this a serious issue? The ones that can solve all these internal and external problems are the True Parents. If we look at the four major religions, we can see how desperately humanity has been waiting for the True Parents, whether they were aware of it or not. The four major religions have been working in their sphere to educate fallen people to purify their hearts and connect them to their original minds. However, they have no center. They are too far away from the mainstream, the truth.

They cannot help it, can they?

None of them can become religions that explain God clearly. Christianity is the same, but we are different.

You should not forget how blessed you are. I do not know how all of you are feeling, how you are thinking or how you're living right now, but I heard that you received much from this workshop so far and have felt deep gratitude toward our Heavenly Parent and towards your own parents.

Though you may not know this, all around the world the forty or fifty-year missionary history has set down deep roots. Please grow well and build the greatest Cheon Il Guk, where we proudly attend True Parents in the presence of the world and of God. Cheon Il Guk is to be a nation where all of the world's seven billion people attend Heavenly Parent together. To do that, can you just stay still and watch the spot where you sit? You must run. You must fly. Therefore, you must save your brothers and sisters in all parts of the world who do not know True Parents and are miserably dying.

I have said this repeatedly: In this generation, everything will be short-lived if you go alone. You must go together. Even great countries that have a large population like America, China or India cannot go alone. The same is true of all nations. You must communicate with those in countries around you. You must unite. Do you understand? There True Parents are at the center. Thus, there is a cure, internally and externally, that can solve all problems in every part of the world. I hope that you will stand in the center of the Cheon Il Guk mainstream and shout out in front of the world. I hope you will become proud first Global Top Gun graduates.

The First Global Top Guns

True Mother gave this speech on August 19 in Korea to participants in the midst of the Global Top Gun workshop.

All right, I heard your testimonies from the workshop so far. This Top Gun workshop has one more G added into it. Global Top Gun. GTG. You are the first graduates of GTG. There are many Top Gun graduates in Korea and Japan. Can I expect more from you?

I have always told you that you are different. History has lasted six thousand years according to the Bible. Human history would have been much longer than that. God had a dream. God created heaven, earth, and all of humankind with this great dream in mind. God planned to work with human beings to achieve this dream. The first human ancestors, Adam and Eve, were supposed to obey God’s command and fulfill their responsibilities. Yet, what happened? What happened to them? They became greedy. God wanted to give them everything after they had fully grown, but they became greedy before that time. What was the result of that? They were kicked out of Eden. God had planned to become the True Parent through the first human ancestors. Human beings destroyed that dream. That is why human history has continued as the providence of restoration through indemnity.

When people do something wrong, they are punished. They have to pay a cost for their wrongdoings. This is the same. Six thousand years passed before the arrival of True Parents. God should have been the owner of all things and the owner of humankind, but on that day, he became a lonely God filled with pain, grief and anguish. He wanted to be with humankind. Therefore, God looked for individuals who could be central figures in history and had them pay indemnity for the providence. Those were the people of Israel, the chosen people. God gave them the designation, “chosen people,” and raised them in the fallen world. The result was the only begotten son of God. He was the only person whom God could dwell within and he carried God’s lineage. Yet, it was impossible with just God’s only begotten son.

For four thousand years, God had prepared the proper environment. However, though the people anticipated his return, waiting patiently, they did not recognize him when he came due to their own disbelief. That was the Cain world era, the age of the Roman Empire. Israel did not even have a nation. Through the Messiah they would have established a great nation and found a way to work together with Rome. However, they did not understand God’s providence. The tribe of Israel, the leaders of Judaism and the people close to Jesus did not fulfill their responsibilities. Mary, even more so, did not fulfill her role. Moreover, people who did not fulfill their responsibilities formed the root of today’s Christian culture. You have to know that.

What did Jesus say when he was crucified? He said, I will return.

What did he say he would accomplish when he returns? The marriage supper of the Lamb, which means, when he returns he will become the True Parent. Yet, Christianity could not figure out this one point for two thousand years. Even to this day, Christians are still waiting for Jesus to come down from Heaven on clouds. That is the problem. A spiritual being cannot come down and fulfill the providence of restoration through indemnity. Fallen people lost God’s lineage. They have to receive the blessing from True Parents and change their lineage. After that, they can form blessed families and be called God’s children. While this amazing providence is being accomplished, for the world it is still in the middle of the night.

In today’s world, many problems–religious disputes, racism and disputes over national borders still exist. Wealthy countries are becoming greedier. How, then, can we solve these problems? It’s not just that. God’s beautiful creation is being destroyed because human beings are not fulfilling their responsibilities. Isn’t this a serious issue? The ones that can solve all these internal and external problems are the True Parents. If we look at the four major religions, we can see how desperately humanity has been waiting for the True Parents, whether they were aware of it or not. The four major religions have been working in their sphere to educate fallen people to purify their hearts and connect them to their original minds. However, they have no center. They are too far away from the mainstream, the truth.

They cannot help it, can they? None of them can become religions that explain God clearly. Christianity is the same, but we are different.

You should not forget how blessed you are. I do not know how all of you are feeling, how you are thinking or how you’re living right now, but I heard that you received much from this workshop so far and have felt deep gratitude toward our Heavenly Parent and towards your own parents.

Though you may not know this, all around the world the forty or fifty-year missionary history has set down deep roots. Please grow well and build the greatest Cheon Il Guk, where we proudly attend True Parents in the presence of the world and of God. Cheon Il Guk is to be a nation where all of the world’s seven billion people attend Heavenly Parent together. To do that, can you just stay still and watch the spot where you sit? You must run. You must fly. Therefore, you must save your brothers and sisters in all parts of the world who do not know True Parents and are miserably dying.

I have said this repeatedly: In this generation, everything will be short-lived if you go alone. You must go together. Even great countries that have a large population like America, China or India cannot go alone. The same is true of all nations. You must communicate with those in countries around you. You must unite. Do you understand? There True Parents are at the center. Thus, there is a cure, internally and externally, that can solve all problems in every part of the world. I hope that you will stand in the center of the Cheon Il Guk mainstream and shout out in front of the world. I hope you will become proud first Global Top Gun graduates..

True Mother invited Top Gun workshop participants to lunch

August 19, 2015
Cheong Jung Gung

On August 19, True Mother invited Top Gun workshop participants to have lunch with her at the Cheong Jung Gung in Korea. She shared a message with them and encouraged the participants to reflect on their future after the workshop.

Top Gun participants arrived to the Cheon Jeong Gung early that morning and visited True Father’s resting place, where they offered a bow and prayers.

“Actually seeing True Father’s resting place brought me to the reality that he really isn’t here physically,” said M. Kim, one of the Top Gun participants. Participants of the workshop are preparing for the third anniversary of True Father’s Seonghwa (ascension) on August 30, and recently visited nine Holy Ground sites throughout Korea which were significant in the history of True Parents’ life and work for God’s providence.

At lunchtime, participants gathered in the Cheong Jung Gung where they were welcomed with a beautiful arrangement of dining tables all across the room. True Mother entered the hall, and was greeted with loud cheer and applause from everyone. “Our intention was to send her energy and comfort,” said M..

To begin the lunch program, three Top Gun participants offered moving testimonies of their Top Gun experience so far. These included a couple from America, a young man from Korea, and a young lady from Japan.

True Mother had prepared an American-style lunch of pizza, hamburgers and Kona coffee for the group. Everyone ate together with True Mother, and after lunch True Mother took time to speak with the workshop participants.

True Mother described the long history of God’s providence and God’s deep desire to reconnect with His children, and shared about the path to solving the internal and external problems of this world by connecting to True Parents. She said that the providence of restoration has already been completed; however much the world does not know. She told participants to realize how blessed they are for the roots from which they have grown, expressed her hope for the Top Gun participants to learn about Heavenly Parent and True Parents through this workshop, and encouraged them to be able to proclaim confidently the good news about True Parents and God’s heavenly kingdom to the world. She also acknowledged this group as the graduating class of the first global Top Gun workshop in history.

“What struck me the most from True Mother’s message was when she asked if she should expect great things from us,” said M.. “And we all replied with a confident ‘Yes!’. Even though we had a successful workshop so far, I feel she is now anticipating how we will move forward as global Top Gun alumni. We welcome that and want to offer our lives for True Parents and become top cadets wherever we go.”

After True Mother’s message, Top Gun participants offered a series of songs and performances as musical entertainment. Earlier in the workshop, participants were divided into “clans”, and each clan sang, danced or performed on the piano.

Songs matched the theme of True Mother’s message and the spirit of the Top Gun workshop, such as “Amazing Grace,” “Stand By Me,” and “We are the World”. They all concluded with a powerful arrangement of “You Raise Me Up”, after which True Mother immediately joined in the fun by singing, “Sarang Hae.” The hall was full of bright spirit and hope as the group shared these special moments with True Mother.

Preparing to Go to the Original Homeland

Hak Ja Han
July 23, 2015
Adam Nation National Messiah's special luncheon (HC 6.8)

If I were to express why I called you here today in a few words, it is because I trust you and love you. I repeatedly say this in official meetings, but I am the True Parent. I am the True Parent of 7.5 billion people. The path the True Parents take is not decided by rule of thumb. What does humankind hope for? What is Heavenly Parent's hope? True Parents.

Humankind's six-thousand-year history is in the realm of the Fall. We are the one and only True Parents. There cannot be a second or third. True Parents have given birth to physical sons and daughters, but just as God created heaven and earth and created Adam and Eve and gave them responsibilities, True Parents' children must also fulfill their responsibilities.

Young Hwi Kim, chairman of Cheon Il Guk Parliament

Do you understand? You must receive the status of a filial son or daughter and the status of a loyal subject by uniting absolutely with True Parents. That is the Principle.

True Parents have successfully completed the providential history of the restoration through indemnity and opened a new era. In the new era, you must unite with True Parents and have absolute faith, absolute love, and absolute obedience centered on them. There cannot be any onlookers. Do you understand? This is the same in blessed families. Do not take the side paths.

You must understand this. These things are happening while I am here, and I will settle these issues. I will take care of them. I cannot help but doing this because I am thinking of the time after I am gone. We are different from the world.

I asked you a moment ago what you saw and felt when you first met Father. He is different from the people in the fallen world.

This life on earth is a preparation period so that our bodies can go to the next world, the eternal original homeland after we fulfill the will. There is no need to say that Father should go there in a beautiful way that does not even compare with the way the people of the world go.

As I was organizing his speeches, I said that I should make these gemlike words shine more brightly. The hope of Heavenly Parent is the providential history of restoration through indemnity, which has caused him to shed tears of blood for six-thousand-years.

True Mother met with Adam-nation national messiahs at Cheon Jeong Gung

There was not one day when he could rest. It has been a history full of pain beyond description. Can you imagine what Heavenly Parent must feel when someone he trusts goes astray or gives up? It is the same for me….

Wonju McDevitt, special assistant to True Mother

It is a good thing that I am alive. Heaven is taking care of all the issues that could happen after I am gone.

Do you understand?

Do not become foolish people. Not just anyone can become the True Parents. How can anyone become the True Parent if a person cannot get in the line for the only begotten son of God or the only begotten daughter of God? There is only one Heavenly Parent and True Parents -- forever. Become filial sons or daughters and loyal subjects who stand in front of them. In that regard, you must have very good fortune to have met me….

God has searched for True Parents for such a long time, more than six thousand- years. Now you must protect those that are close to you and your brothers and sisters. It is the Principle.

Kyeong Seuk Lu, president of FFWPU-Korea

You who are in the position of elder members should make it so that they become brothers and sisters that do not damage True Parents' status. You should embrace them with the heart of a parent, the heart of an elder brother or sister and be in a position where you can die well. Don't you all want to die well and go to the original homeland?

Because you are national messiahs, you must restore this nation before you die. That is more urgent. Father is the one who worried most for humankind -- and for the future world to come as well -- throughout his entire life.

Right now, every side feels urgency about global warming and other issues. Do you remember, though, how much he loved nature and worked for humankind's future food problems even before that? Living by an ocean or a river, he did not use just one fishing pole.

Do you remember him fishing in Jardim when you attended workshops there? Who was that for? Your responsibilities are important. You need to develop centered on the church. All of you should help the development of the church by working together and fulfilling your tribal messiah responsibilities.

Song Yong Cheon, chairman of BFA in Japan

Looking back on the experiences of that time and from a global point of view, the Korean churches need to soar straight up in front of the world as the owner nation. You must be able have pride in that. Do you understand?

You must witness. I hear that even middle school and high school students are witnessing. So you must let the truth be known to both sexes and all ages. No people should die without knowing True Parents, especially when they lived in the same age as they did. Isn't that right?

You will be slandered in the next world -- "Why were you the only one to be in that position?" You must witness to each person as a valuable person.

A Cheon Jeong Gung staff member sings accompanied by back-up dancers (also staff members)