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[00:25] Okay, part eight, God’s search [00:30] for his only forgotten daughter. [00:34] Well, ain’t that what it’s all about? [00:37] I mean, guys, if you just think about this from the [00:41] beginning, all God’s been looking [00:44] for is a family, a son and a daughter. [00:48] We lost the first round. [00:50] We had the son on the second round, [00:53] but no daughter could emerge. [00:55] Surely God is longing [00:58] to find his only begotten daughter. [01:01] All right, so let’s dive in. [01:02] Mother says, since the creator was originally supposed [01:06] to become the true parent through one perfected man [01:08] and woman, he could only complete his dispensation [01:11] through Jesus, because Jesus was a perfected man. [01:14] However, there was no one around Jesus. [01:18] There was no woman around Jesus. [01:20] There was no wife for Jesus. [01:22] There was an only begotten son, [01:24] but no, only begotten daughter emerged. [01:28] So what can God do? [01:30] How can God find the only begotten daughter? [01:34] How, where and when should she be born? [01:40] God could no longer work through the Israelites [01:42] who led Jesus to the cross [01:43] because they had indemnity left to pay. [01:45] Thus, they were a people wandering without a nation [01:48] for 2000 years. [01:50] And finally, 6 million people were mercilessly massacred [01:53] during World War ii. [01:55] Sadly, they still do not know why such a [01:58] tragedy occurred to them. [02:01] So this is, of course, like [02:05] such an incredible tragedy, [02:09] and we can say these things, they should never occur. [02:11] Absolutely isn’t, is not God’s heart. Nonetheless. [02:17] Um, such a central people with such an important role. [02:22] Why, since the, uh, since sending Jesus to the cross, [02:27] why have they suffered so much? [02:31] And even the 4,000 years of preparation for Jesus’ birth? [02:34] There’s plenty of accounts of the Israelites, uh, [02:39] having to pay great prices when they don’t, uh, completely [02:44] unite with God’s will. [02:46] This is, um, [02:49] this is not about vengeful God or something like this. [02:52] God has simply been trying to establish the foundation from [02:56] among fallen human beings, a foundation [03:00] to send his children anew, such that they may [03:06] form a foundation of true parents and bless the world. [03:10] And it has been an incredibly painful history, painful [03:14] for God, painful God to watch, [03:16] and painful for humanity, uh, suffering, uh, [03:20] in ignorance for thousands of years. [03:23] And so these tragedies have occurred throughout human [03:26] history, and many times it seems like how, [03:29] how could God allow such things? [03:31] But remember, this all starts with our responsibility. [03:36] God gave us three blessings. God gave us a responsibility. [03:41] And whenever we can’t feel it [03:43] or can’t fulfill it, uh, unfortunately, then we have [03:47] to pay some price for that, especially central figures, [03:51] central people, central figures. [03:53] Nonetheless, although the only begotten daughter couldn’t be [03:56] born through the, uh, foundation [04:00] of the Israelites, it does seem that in such an incredibly, [04:04] uh, huge price, surely was paid. [04:07] And this is all around the time of the Second World War, [04:09] around the time of the birth of mother. [04:11] And so you can really see that all these things coming [04:14] to pass in support of God’s providence, uh, [04:18] by hook or by crook. [04:19] So, you know, really, [04:21] we wanna be grateful for every victory. [04:24] Mother says, heaven has raised up many righteous people [04:29] throughout the world and has also allowed religions [04:31] to lead various regions through them. [04:33] But the purpose of all religions should be to be able [04:36] to explain the creator [04:38] and to know what the nature of the creator is. [04:42] So mothers really getting to the point here, is that [04:45] no matter the religion, no matter the teaching, [04:47] no matter the era, the essential purpose [04:51] of their religion should be to explain God well, [04:55] and to know the nature. [04:56] In other words, to be able to explain God’s essence. [05:01] Unfortunately, communist ideology also emerged from the [05:05] foundation of Christianity, atheism and other ideologies [05:10] and teachings that do not recognize the creator, [05:12] who is the master of the universe, [05:15] all emerged from the Christian realm. [05:17] Until now, all religions have been male dominant. [05:21] That is why something was out of balance. [05:25] All these problems, mother is explaining all these problems [05:30] emerged from a male dominant culture, [05:34] a male dominant culture. [05:35] So we had all these religions, [05:37] but, uh, it wasn’t, they weren’t religions [05:42] based on the true essential nature of the Creator. [05:45] Creator. They’re one sided. They’re one sided. [05:50] Giving birth to life is not done by the father, [05:54] but by the mother. [05:55] A child born of the woman inherits 99.999% from the mother [06:00] and only 0.001% from the Father. [06:05] Isn’t that right? Mother says, mothers using this as, [06:10] as an example, really to underscore [06:14] that man alone cannot solve all the problems. [06:20] A male God is not the essential nature [06:24] of the origin of the universe. [06:27] It’s both male and female. [06:29] Male by itself does not give birth. [06:32] So that is why all things are created in pairs. [06:37] You need both. And when you look at how much [06:40] a child inherits from the mother, these figures are, [06:44] you know, represent that quite accurately. [06:50] The father contributes a lot, [06:52] but the mother is definitely there. [06:55] And in the case of our birth, we, our bodies, [06:58] we give 99.999% of our thanks to our mothers [07:03] heaven has been aching for the birth of true parents [07:06] who can create an environment that can embrace humankind [07:09] by knowing, knowing his circumstances. [07:12] So this is from the perspective [07:17] of human history. [07:19] Heaven has been aching for the birth of true parents [07:25] by knowing his circumstance. [07:27] So it’s about being a bridge. [07:31] True parents come to fulfill a role of saving [07:34] humanity from the fallen state. [07:37] But you know, that’s only a restorational role. [07:40] They also come with an original role like Adam [07:44] and Eve had to begin a new era, [07:49] a new lineage, and creating an environment [07:53] that can embrace both humankind [07:56] and also an environment that humankind can embrace God, [07:59] because then we can finally know God’s characteristics, [08:02] God’s nature, God’s essence. [08:04] So in order to complete his ideal of creation, heaven had [08:07] to find a nation with a Christian foundation [08:10] where the only begotten daughter, the one [08:12] who could not emerge 2000 years ago, could finally be born. [08:17] The only begotten daughter that heaven had to find, had [08:21] to be born in a nation with a Christian foundation. [08:25] Doesn’t that make sense? This makes sense. [08:28] Christianity, aside from all of the world religions, [08:33] Christianity was still playing a central role [08:39] as it’s, as, as it’s the, the, the origin [08:42] of Christianity comes out of the incredible sacrifice [08:45] of our Jesus, of Jesus Christ, yes, our Lord and Savior. [08:50] But even more than that, Jesus Christ, [08:52] the original true father that came to fulfill the role [08:56] of true parents and build the kingdom of heaven on earth, [08:59] where we sent him to the cross. [09:01] And since that time, the foundation [09:04] of Christianity has been leading up to the point [09:07] upon which the only begotten daughter could be born, [09:12] and it needed, it needed to be a nation. [09:14] She needed to be born in a nation [09:16] with a Christian foundation. [09:19] The nation that God prepared was the Korean Nation. [09:22] The Korean people known as a people of white clothing [09:25] and spiritual culture survived for thousands of years [09:28] by focusing on revering heaven. [09:30] We have never attacked other nations, [09:32] but rather we have overcome, even while being attacked, [09:37] even before Christ the donkey, [09:39] people established the Han Kingdom, they revered heaven [09:42] and were knowledgeable about astronomy. [09:47] So the foundation of the Korean culture [09:49] of heart has been prepared over thousands of years, [09:51] is truly an incredible people. [09:54] And after the death of Jesus on the cross, God was found [09:58] to be preparing the Korean people as a new people, [10:01] a new lineage upon which that he could work with [10:04] to give birth to the only begotten daughter. [10:07] Mother says that Korea was on fire with the words [10:10] of the Spirit and truth by the American Protestant churches [10:14] centered in Pyongyang. [10:15] And through the history. And though the history [10:18] of Christianity in Korea was very short, [10:21] there had been these incredible, powerful spirit led groups. [10:27] Christians throughout the world thought that Jesus [10:30] who said he would return, would do so on the clouds. [10:34] Yet there was one spirit led group in particular [10:37] that believed the returning Messiah must [10:39] return in the flesh. [10:42] They had received revelations that the realization [10:44] of the providence would occur centered on Pyong yang. [10:47] So they believed this was a Christian. [10:50] Uh, this was an arm of Christianity, a spirit led arm [10:53] of Christianity within, uh, Korea in the north [10:56] of Korea centered in Pyongyang. [10:58] And they believed not only would Christ come [11:04] in the flesh, but that he would come to Korea. [11:10] So the foundation for true parents that was [11:16] sort of dismantled at the time of Jesus [11:19] had been rebuilt over the last 2000 years, [11:21] and it looks like it’s coming [11:22] to fruition on the Korean peninsula. [11:26] Wow. Mother says this, I was born on [11:30] that foundation as the only begotten daughter. [11:34] I was born as God’s daughter [11:37] in 1943, a Jew. [11:41] So this is the incredible, uh, story of the [11:47] work of heaven to establish, uh, [11:50] the Christian Foundation in Korea, which all came from the [11:55] American Protestant churches. [11:57] There’s incredible studies on the experiences [11:59] and testimonies of the Christian missionaries [12:04] that came to Korea. [12:05] And what they found in Korea was that people [12:08] so brightly ready [12:09] and prepared to inherit the heart of Christianity, to [12:14] embrace Jesus Christ as their Lord [12:16] and Savior, it was such a phenomenon [12:18] that they had never experienced anywhere [12:20] else, uh, in the world. [12:22] So America definitely at that time was already, uh, [12:25] being set up to be a leading nation, a Christian nation, [12:28] but evangelizing to the far distant shores [12:31] of the Korean Peninsula, they found a people literally [12:36] waiting, chomping at the bit to, uh, [12:40] embrace the Christian, uh, flame and to expand it. [12:45] Many believed many of those early Christian missionaries in [12:48] Korea believed that Korea would, [12:51] you know, become the future. [12:54] Um, uh, the, the, the [12:59] really, the, i, I think they felt it would become. [13:03] Some people referred to Pyongyang as the Je Jerusalem [13:06] of the East, which is very interesting parallel. [13:09] But also they felt that Christianity from Korea would [13:12] spread, spread in, in new, new light of Christianity, [13:16] would spread from Korea, uh, to the world, this land [13:20] of the east, a new light, a new faith. [13:23] So this was the foundation upon which mother was born. [13:27] This is, uh, one of the earliest pictures [13:29] we have of True Mother. [13:31] She was born in, uh, close towards the end [13:34] of World War II in 1943, in [13:38] what is now known as North Korea. [13:40] She was born in 1943 in the village of Anju, very close [13:45] to the village where father was born 23 years earlier. [13:49] So these two incredible historical figures born both within [13:53] the stones throw of Pyongyang, the Jerusalem of the East, [13:57] the newly formed foundation on a national [13:59] level for Christianity. [14:01] Both, uh, father was born [14:03] and mother was born, the only begotten daughter. [14:06] Incredible. However, there were major, major challenges [14:12] ahead, major challenges ahead that we need to understand [14:17] and we need to look at, because there were already, [14:22] um, as you can see from the very beginning, I mean, [14:26] you gotta feel sorry for God, right? [14:28] In the very beginning, nothing ever really went [14:31] right the first time. [14:33] That has been the nature of every chapter [14:36] of God’s providence. [14:38] So now, mother was born in 1943. [14:42] This was not gonna be an easy situation. [14:46] Yes, we’re still in World War ii, um, [14:49] but we’re also now just moments away from major challenges, [14:54] division of the Korean Peninsula, north [14:56] and South Korea, uh, the Korean War, and, [15:00] and many more challenges, uh, to the providence. [15:04] And yet, um, this is a, this is a story of great victory. [15:08] This is a story of great victory. [15:10] So we’re gonna hear a little bit more from True Mother about [15:13] what God then would need to do to protect mother [15:16] and protect the foundation for victory to occur despite all [15:20] of these major challenges. [15:22] So we’ll get, okay, part nine, protecting the emergence [15:26] of God’s daughter. [15:29] So what was Heaven’s role [15:33] in protecting God’s only forgotten daughter? [15:35] We know there’s challenges coming. Let’s take a look. [15:39] Korea mother says, Korea was on fire with the words [15:43] of the spirit and truth [15:45] by the American Protestant churches centered in Pyongyang. [15:49] And I was born in 1943. [15:51] However, imminent danger was approaching the [15:55] Korean Peninsula. [15:58] In 1945, Korea gained liberation from Japanese occupation, [16:02] but with it, Korea soon was split into [16:06] North Korea and South Korea. [16:08] The communists operated under a single system in the north, [16:12] and they were actively preparing to invade the South. [16:15] However, the south was trying to settle a democracy [16:18] and was not properly organized yet. [16:20] So the Korean War War broke out on [16:23] June 25th, 1950. [16:27] Mothers simply giving an account of the nature [16:30] of the relationship between North [16:32] and South, under this single system dictatorship [16:35] of the North, they were able [16:36] to organize themselves much more quickly. [16:39] They were actually more successful than the South in the [16:42] early years. [16:44] It wasn’t until much later that the South really started [16:47] to get itself together. [16:49] So mothers, uh, reminding us of the context within which [16:55] the danger was approaching. [16:57] So not only was war breaking out, [17:01] but even if you were trying to escape from the north [17:04] to the south, the north is chasing you [17:08] because they’re invading the South, right? [17:12] So what is heaven’s responsibility under such [17:15] such circumstances? [17:17] Mother says, I was born in North Korea [17:19] and was there until 1948. [17:21] However, according to the principle of creation, [17:24] the creator has to give human beings a [17:26] period of time to grow. [17:29] In that case, if I’m the only begotten daughter, God had [17:31] to protect me until I grew [17:33] and could serve heaven by my own will. [17:35] He had to protect me. [17:37] So in one sense, mother’s just reminding us of [17:39] that principle of creation, that God is [17:41] creating the environment for originally Adam [17:44] and Eve to grow, or for Jesus [17:47] and his bride to grow God’s responsible [17:49] to create the environment around which they can be born [17:52] and protected to grow physically, [17:55] and they’re responsible [17:56] to maintain their character internally during that time. [18:01] But you can think of it as proof also [18:05] of the centrality of mother’s role, [18:07] because frankly, it is miraculous. [18:09] It’s completely miraculous that this young girl [18:15] survived, escaped the north to the South with her mother [18:19] and grandmother in tow. [18:21] So what was the nature of this time? The Korean War. [18:24] She’s just a girl. It’s 1943. [18:27] She’s born just a few years later. War breaks out. [18:30] But she’s got to get all the way to adulthood. [18:33] We have heaven has some responsibility to protect her. [18:37] What does heaven do? Let’s take a look. [18:41] Do you know how the 16 nations rallied by the un? [18:44] Were able to participate in the war? [18:47] It was not because of human strength or effort, but [18:49] because heaven was working for whom in order [18:53] to realize his ideal of creation, God had no choice [18:56] but to protect the birth of the only begotten daughter. [18:59] So I think most of you know that the Korean War took place, [19:05] and that 16 nations plus several more supporting [19:10] nations were somehow roped in [19:14] to this conflict on the Korean peninsula, a land which none [19:19] of these soldiers had ever been to, probably most [19:22] of them haven’t even heard of Korea. [19:27] So led by American forces, these un forces [19:33] risked their lives [19:35] to save Korea. [19:39] Of course, they were protecting, uh, the advancement of, [19:42] of, of communism. [19:45] Uh, that’s a real factor. [19:48] But if you just look at the reality of [19:53] whether you were North [19:54] or South Korea at the time, very, very underdeveloped. [19:57] A very, very humble circumstance. [20:00] And now we’re sending people from all over the world [20:04] to risk their lives to save this little place. [20:06] Incredible. And that miracle, it stems from the, from the, [20:11] the, the place of not only the Korea being especially [20:15] prepared place, but the fact [20:16] that mother was born there successfully, [20:18] and now God doesn’t want to lose her. [20:20] This is the first time we’re gonna be able to get to, [20:23] you know, protecting the birth [20:25] and maturity of God’s daughter. [20:28] Can you imagine how God felt? [20:29] I mean, I think what mother’s saying here is God was not [20:32] gonna let anybody hurt his order this time, right? [20:34] And so he sent 16 un uh, nations [20:40] to participate in this war, to protect her. [20:43] Isn’t that incredible? What a miracle. [20:45] But also, what a story, what a story for this young girl [20:50] to experience, and how many ways this [20:52] must have impacted her. [20:54] I think she was about six, [20:55] and she tells the story in her memoir, the Mother of Peace. [20:59] So let’s go ahead [21:01] and take a quick look at just a short excerpt of Mother [21:06] describing the moment [21:07] that she escaped from the north to the south. [21:20] Peace in those days was at best a dream [21:24] Communism was on the rise. [21:26] And as a devout Christian family, [21:28] we knew we needed to escape south. [21:32] The distance between my hometown [21:33] and the 38th parallel was over 200 kilometers. [21:37] Heading south was not only forbidden, [21:40] it was almost impossible. [21:42] There were no good roads, [21:43] and they plowed the rice fields in a [21:45] way that was impassable. [21:47] You couldn’t travel by day. [21:49] And because of the night police, [21:50] it was dangerous to go at night. [21:53] Finally, the 38th parallel came into view. [21:57] I remember it so vividly. [22:00] I saw a young woman run across the border [22:03] as if she was escaping death, [22:05] but our family could not run like that [22:07] because I was only six years old [22:09] and we were exhausted by then. [22:12] I had caught a cold and desperately needed water. [22:16] So my grandmother went to fetch some from the locals. [22:20] The police were everywhere. [22:22] And as I was drinking, they found us [22:27] because we were just women. [22:28] They did not expect us to defy them. [22:31] The officer told us, go back to your hometown. [22:34] But after walking 200 kilometers, there was no turning back. [22:38] So at the risk of our lives that very night, [22:42] we crossed the border, it feels just like yesterday. [22:51] Wow. So imagine that escaping certain death. [22:57] And she whistled her way, sung her way [23:00] south across the border, which is really what saved her, [23:03] because it, it, it alerted to the alerted the South Korean [23:08] soldiers that, uh, they might be innocent. [23:12] You know, they’re, they’re taught to shoot on site. [23:15] And so that was a, a miracle. [23:17] You got the 16 UN Nations [23:21] and, uh, all these types of phenomenon, many other stories. [23:24] So I recommend if you haven’t yet read Mother’s memoir, [23:28] but the, the, the point I want to point out here is the work [23:32] of Damon m and grandmother Joe one Moore. [23:36] Unlike the time of Jesus, when certainly, [23:41] uh, the family of Jesus did very little to understand [23:45] and protect him, Damon’s role and Grandma, Joe [23:50] and Mo’s role to support mother, three generations [23:54] of single only daughter, uh, generations, uh, [23:59] along with the UN forces [24:01] and the, uh, genius of heaven, [24:05] mother was protected. [24:07] And this gap of 2000 years between [24:12] Jesus and Hahan, uh, [24:15] an incredible journey to get to this point. [24:18] And thank God this time the foundation to protect her [24:23] and support her, not only physically, [24:26] but this, this, this support really became a bedrock for her [24:31] to be able to achieve her mission. [24:35] Okay? So Mother says [24:37] that the only begotten daughter grew up knowing [24:38] that God was a heavenly parent from birth. [24:40] She had no teacher. [24:42] This is a common misunderstanding, even from members. [24:45] She had no teacher. Mother said, [24:47] nobody taught me what I know. [24:49] Heaven, heavenly parent was all that I had. [24:52] That’s why he has waited for the time when I grew up [24:55] to be able to take responsibility for myself. [24:59] So actually mother was asked, how is it that you come [25:04] to know so much? [25:06] And she said, how does a baby know [25:08] to find its mother’s breast? [25:09] How does a baby know to find its mother’s milk? [25:12] In the same way I came to know God, I came [25:17] to know myself. [25:18] I came to know the truth. [25:20] So, mother’s relationship with God and the truth [25:24] and her own maturation, [25:26] I believe is very similar to what we might imagine. [25:28] It was for Jesus from a young age, she would’ve been able [25:32] to teach others, and yet she had to wait until this time. [25:37] What I want to point out here is that [25:40] born in 1943 [25:42] and then graced by heaven’s protection, [25:45] until she can become mature, you have now a true daughter, [25:50] just like the original blueprint that God set out [25:53] to achieve a true daughter for the first time. [25:55] You have a daughter that resembles God’s f [25:58] feminine characteristics. [25:59] That means the first daughter, the only begotten daughter, [26:03] the first of her kind, and [26:04] therefore, establishing for the first time in human history, [26:07] the substance through which God can then claim the position [26:10] of heavenly mother, not only heavenly Father, [26:14] this would become the foundation for God to be able [26:17] to claim heavenly parenthood. [26:19] This is a, this is why the term heavenly parent is [26:22] so important. [26:24] What mother is doing is like Jesus, 2000 years ago, [26:28] opening up, it’s like opening up the other entire half [26:31] of God’s grace, opening up the other entire half [26:35] of universal love from God. [26:38] So for the first time, God’s feminine nature could be [26:41] represented substantially on the earth. [26:45] Now, all that was left to accomplish from this point [26:50] was true parents in substance. [26:54] She has to now find the Lord of the second advent [26:59] or vice versa, and they have to meet and marry [27:01] and establish the foundation for true parents. [27:03] This is what Jesus is working on, right? To find her. [27:08] Uh, and yet, uh, there would be more challenges ahead. [27:13] And we need to understand at least the basics in order [27:15] to understand where we are to today. [27:18] In other words, we’re really getting to the point of needing [27:21] to understand the truth of human history. [27:26] That’s where we’re up to so far. [27:28] Stay tuned for the next presentation. [27:30] We’re gonna discuss the challenges for true parents [27:34] and more peace.