Claim. Pledge Two pledges the family to become central to heaven and earth by attending God and True Parents, perfecting the four expansions of dutiful family life: filial sons/daughters in the family, patriots in the nation, saints in the world, and divine sons/daughters in heaven and earth.
Elaboration. The text: “Our family, the owner of Cheon Il Guk, pledges to represent and become central to heaven and earth by attending God and True Parents; we pledge to perfect the dutiful family way of filial sons and daughters in our family, patriots in our nation, saints in the world, and divine sons and daughters in heaven and earth, by centering on true love” (5.2. The content of the Family Pledge, 260-157, 1994.5.2). The escalation is structural: every member of the family inherits the tradition of filial piety, then patriotism, then sainthood, then divine sonship. “We will educate the children in our family, the citizens in our nation, and the people living in the world, and in heaven and earth, so that they may become eligible to become the family members of God’s Kingdom” (ibid, 260-190, 1994.5.8). The implication: family is the seed of a four-stage ethical expansion; the family doesn’t just produce children, it produces saints and divine sons.