Claim. Those who can build God’s Kingdom are those who deny themselves for society, nation, and world — and feel sorrow on their behalf rather than for themselves; God’s true children comfort His historical pain.
Elaboration. SMM gives an explicitly ethical contour to citizenship: “Then what kind of people can build God’s Kingdom? They are those who can deny themselves out of a heart of concern for Him. Those who deny themselves for the sake of their society, people, nation and world are the very ones who can build His kingdom” (CSG 15.4 §3, 3-131, 1957.10.13). The principle widens: “Those who live for His sake even to the point of denying their nation and the world are the ones who can build His kingdom. Also, however sorrowful their circumstances may be, those who feel sorrow for their society, nation, world and even God rather than for themselves can build His kingdom.” A consequence is a Jesus-shaped life: “You should attain the standard of the heart of Jesus who went through hardships for God’s will and for humankind.” Citizenship of Cheon Il Guk is therefore a moral posture sustained against the gradient of self-interest, not a passive inheritance.
See also. csg-cheon-il-guk-is-the-nation-of-cosmic-peace-and-unity