Claim. The restoration of the homeland is a once-only providential opportunity that places the entire weight of the believers’ responsibility on those alive to fulfill it.
Elaboration. SMM frames the mission as historically unrepeatable: “Before this time, there was no one who could come in front of Heaven and take responsibility. This is a solemn responsibility that can be fulfilled only once and only at a given time in history; it cannot be approached carelessly … For heavenly fortune to appear here, you must have the conviction not to be concerned even if the path brings you face to face with utter disgrace a thousand times, or if you die hundreds of times” (CSG 13.1 §3, 29-50, 1970.2.16). The role-name is “standard-bearer”: “When each of you can determine anew to achieve your mission in this decisive way, the paths you are to take will naturally open up in front of you.” The cost is total: “You must accomplish this even if you cannot sleep, even if you cannot eat, and even while you are being pursued. If you die, you must die having already made this determination within yourself.” Believers’ responsibility in Book13’s idiom is not optional devotion — it is the mechanism by which the homeland comes into being.
See also. believers-responsibility