Instead of my selecting a topic for today, I want you to select the topic. I will obey your direction. The topics you mentioned are all there. What is something you don't have? We have some money and we have people, don't we? What don't we have? What doesn't God have? One thing He doesn't have is a nation of His own sovereignty. So what should we do? I would like the topic to be Fatherland or Motherland of God, or Ideal Nation of God.
What citizenship do you have? Many of you are Americans, so for you America is your fatherland What is my fatherland? Of course, it is Korea. Mr. Kuboki's fatherland is Japan. Dennis Orme's fatherland is Great Britain. Paul Werner's fatherland is Germany. I'm sure people sitting here in front will have many different countries as their fatherlands. But what is God's fatherland? It doesn't exist. God hasn't found His nation on earth. All the fatherlands which people claim have no connection with God. All the characteristics of the different nations resulted from division in the world, usually coming out of war and struggle. That's the way new nations are born. There are many boundaries on earth, all of which are stained by the blood of soldiers killed in hostilities.
The highest wall built to prevent invasion is the one you build between you and your neighbor. As technology advances we can travel to the other side of the world in a short time, but because ancient nations didn't have that mobility they struggled with neighboring nations.
The rise and fall of nations in history often occurs through war and struggle. National boundaries have always been stained by the blood of their people. For all the hundreds of nations on earth there have been thousands of struggles throughout history, resulting in many divisions of sovereignty. That happened because of the fall of man and man's separation from God. What do we mean when we say the fall of man? It means that man and God became enemies instead of being one, that there has been struggle instead of harmony and peace between men and God.
The primary question facing mankind is that of peace. But in light of the background of history, can we really attain lasting peace? When the cause is wrong' the result is always wrong. The result cannot be changed without changing the cause. Human history so far has been sown in blood and war, so we can only reap such a result. Therefore, to obtain a new result in history we have to begin with a new cause, with a fertile land to receive the seeds of peace.
Today the world is filled with more hatred than love between neighbors. There is division between individuals, between tribes and nations. Unless we can start with a new beginning, a new world cannot come about. Human history started from lies, so we have to restart human history from truth. Unless a new movement develops which can sow true peace, there will be no lasting peace.