Claim. Receiving the Blessing does not confer absolute completion; it places the Blessed couple at the top of the growth stage, with the completion stage still requiring their own believers-responsibility.
Elaboration. SMM heads off triumphalist readings: “Since human beings fell while at the top of the growth stage of the growing period, we cannot go directly to the completion stage. … people at the top of the growth stage can rid themselves of original sin through the Blessing. They can then rise to the level above the point where the first ancestors fell. Therefore, you must realize that the position you have acquired today through receiving the Blessing is not that of the top of the completion stage but the top of the growth stage” (3.1. Unity of heart with True Parents, 35-233, 1970.10.19). The implication is that Blessed couples remain in “conditional perfection”: “Until they cross over from this fallen realm, they are only in the realm of conditional perfection. They are not in the realm of the perfected Kingdom of Heaven. Since they are only living in that conditional realm of perfection, once they pass on to the spirit world, they need to go through certain formalities” (ibid, 100-144, 1978.10.9). The Blessing opens the door, but does not seat the couple.
See also. blessing, formation-growth-completion-stages