Claim. The indemnity fund is a numerically structured monetary condition by which children indemnify the betrayal of Jesus — the thirty pieces of silver returned over four years, scaled in Korea as 12,000 won — releasing the unresolved bitter grief that Jesus’ children failed to liberate.
Elaboration. SMM grounds the fund in the Judas-money image: “The money Judas received for selling Jesus was used to buy a plot of land for the burial of vagrants. Thus, we have to use the indemnity fund to prepare a house where church members can gather and stay” (5.3. The indemnity fund, 14-69, 1964.5.12). The numerical schema is explicit: “As a condition for indemnifying this, an amount of money pertaining to the number three should be returned to God over a course of four years, representing the actual value paid in betraying Jesus. Four years pertains to the four directions of north, south, east, and west. In Korea, members donate 12,000 won on the condition of paying three thousand won each year over a course of four years” (ibid, 22-188, 1969.2.2). The fund must be earned, not drawn from bank deposits: “You should offer the money you gathered while shedding blood and sweat for this fund. You should not pay from the deposits you have in the bank” (ibid, 14-97, 1964.6.14). The children must complete what the parents left unresolved: “The parents have been victorious but the children were invaded” (ibid).
See also. indemnity