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[00:25] Okay, so here we are, part 12, [00:26] and we’re gonna look at the true parents [00:29] and the wilderness era, [00:31] and specifically how the challenges [00:33] that they were facing also created difficulty [00:36] for Christianity to fulfill its role. [00:40] And we’ve got to this point now [00:42] for the first time in human history [00:45] where true parents are born, true parents are born. [00:48] And unlike our understanding in the past, [00:52] mothers revealing the deeper truth. [00:54] We just covered this in the last, uh, part. [00:58] Uh, especially when you listen to True Mother’s Prayer [01:01] and her understanding of the centrality of her role. [01:05] We’ve always understood the story [01:07] to be mother playing somewhat of a secondary role. [01:10] And thanks to father’s love [01:13] and teaching, she was able to rise up to a certain position. [01:17] This is a misunderstanding of the truth, [01:22] even if it was presented that way. [01:25] Mothers bringing clarity around all of this now, [01:28] and it is spe specifically that clarity that helps to answer [01:32] so many of the unanswered questions [01:34] that we have since the movement’s beginning. [01:38] And it’s important. This isn’t a fact, this isn’t a matter [01:41] of mother just kind of going back [01:43] to get things off her chest or something like this. [01:45] No, not at all. But actually, uh, [01:48] because of the, uh, challenges in the past, [01:52] it affected our understanding and it affected our culture. [01:55] It affected the way husbands and wives treat each other. [01:58] Parents and children understand one another. [02:01] And I’m sure there could have been, uh, many, uh, [02:04] better routes to get to this point. [02:06] But just like everything in God’s providence, [02:08] everything since the beginning of time, [02:10] nothing really worked perfectly the first time round. [02:15] So, uh, there were serious challenges just to get [02:18] to the point of the holy wedding. [02:21] And we’ve had a sim, we’ve had somewhat [02:23] of a simplistic understanding, uh, in the past [02:27] that it was the Christian mainline leaders at the time [02:31] that didn’t understand, father couldn’t you under, [02:33] couldn’t unite with father. [02:35] And therefore, that’s why the wedding was so humble [02:39] and there was so much accusation against this, uh, you know, [02:43] new religious movement. [02:45] But actually, what if there were deeper reasons as to why [02:51] a Gulf existed between, uh, Lord [02:56] of the second only begotten daughter [02:58] and Christianity, right? [03:01] Uh, so that’s what Mother wants to reveal, [03:04] and that’s what we’re gonna cover next. [03:06] So let’s dive in. So on March 16th, 1960, [03:10] the true parents were born, [03:12] and so many blessed families were born. [03:14] This incredible true Family movement, [03:16] this blessing movement, finally [03:18] for the first time in human history, is able [03:21] to take place thanks [03:22] to True the establishment of true parents. [03:24] True parents were born so we could all be reborn. [03:28] However, mother says, if such a background [03:31] for the restoration of the Christian realm had already been [03:34] prepared since Father was 16, [03:36] the situation might have been a little different. [03:40] So, just so you know, in her original speech, she says, uh, [03:45] the restoration of the c uh, [03:47] Christian realm had already been prepared since he was 16. [03:51] So this is an editor’s note here, [03:53] but the context of her speech, [03:55] she was referring to True Father. [03:57] So, but what she’s really saying here in this statement, [04:01] it’s interesting to me how we digest mother’s speeches [04:06] because, uh, for anybody paying attention, you’ll notice [04:09] that they’re, they’re very consistent. [04:12] Some might feel, oh, they are repetitive, [04:14] they’re so consistent. [04:16] But actually she, if you un, if you read the room [04:20] and you understand the context of who she’s speaking to, [04:23] and, but even more than that, [04:28] it’s like Mother might say a very similar thing each time [04:32] she talks, but she will [04:37] reveal one little nugget in there [04:38] that you almost just cruise right by without realizing. [04:42] And this is a very deep [04:47] statement, right? [04:48] She’s saying that if the background for the restoration [04:53] of the Christian realm had already been prepared [04:59] since Father was 16, [05:02] the situation might have been different. [05:05] So the situation that she’s referring to is the [05:10] difficulties surrounding the Holy wedding, the fact [05:13] that Father was being interrogated up [05:15] until 11:00 PM the night before. [05:18] And frankly, the fact that that was happening as a result [05:22] of members that were defecting [05:24] and causing all kinds of trouble. [05:27] So it wasn’t just that Christianity, mainline Christianity, [05:31] pounced on our back and gave us a hard time. [05:34] The problems existed, uh, within. [05:38] And, uh, so why, why, [05:43] so what does Mother mean when she says, if the background [05:49] prepared, had already been prepared, [05:52] what does she mean by that? [05:54] Right? Let’s look at this. [05:57] What true mother means is that from the time [06:01] of receiving the mission of Jesus, [06:04] and while True Mother was growing to maturity, [06:07] true father should have focused on restoring the [06:09] realm of Christianity. [06:12] So Jesus is asking, father, [06:17] please help me finish my mission. [06:19] That’s of course just me paraphrasing in simple [06:21] terms for Jesus. [06:23] If you don’t mind, this was a spiritual conversation between [06:28] Sun, young Moon, and Jesus in 1930. [06:32] It was actually 1935, right? [06:36] Uh, when, when Father was just 15 years old. [06:41] And please help me fulfill my mission means [06:49] find the only begotten daughter. [06:52] So what mother’s getting at here is that the Ministry [06:56] of Father, from the time of his visitation, [07:01] let’s say from the time of his calling [07:03] and appointment until the time of the Holy Wedding, [07:08] what should the ministry of Father been like? [07:12] Mothers indicating here [07:13] that there should have been some emphasis on the restoration [07:16] of the Christian realm. [07:18] What does that mean? Restoration of the Christian realm? [07:22] What does it mean, right? [07:26] Restoration of the Christian realm? [07:27] Well, what’s the problem with the Christian realm? [07:29] Mothers already identified that the problem was [07:31] that it was too male centered. [07:33] The truth was, was, was, was revealed by men, understood [07:37] by men disseminated by men, [07:39] and the, the, the religious [07:43] architecture, not only in Christianity, [07:46] but in most major religions, right? [07:49] Uh, set up with a very male dominant point of view. [07:52] And there was problems because of that. I’m sorry guys. [07:55] I’m sure ladies understand what we’re talking about here, [07:58] but men alone cannot get everything right. [08:01] By definition, we need to work together. [08:04] And no more importantly than the first family, the model [08:08] couple of, of, of, of humanity, [08:12] our our our original ancestors failed. [08:14] And somebody needs to come along [08:16] and rebuild that model for God. [08:20] So the the reality here is that what, [08:24] what you can read into what mother’s saying here is that [08:28] the way in which Father carried himself, [08:31] and we’re not just talking about, you know, he should have [08:34] not married before, that’s one point, [08:37] but even the way in which he was presenting himself [08:40] and revealing the truth was still in the vein [08:45] of a male dominant perspective. [08:48] And in some, in some sense, quite naturally. [08:50] So, because that’s been the trajectory of human history [08:53] for 6,000 years, and even the way the Bible is written [08:57] and understood, and all of the reflections [08:59] and all of the depth that Father was discovering a deeper [09:02] truth, he was revealing. [09:04] But still, there was this, there was still this flavor [09:08] of a male centered point of view. [09:10] But what mothers saying here [09:12] for the first time in human history, [09:14] and really for the first time in our movement, is [09:17] that the emphasis of the ministry [09:19] should have been something more. [09:21] There was, there was something else that really needed [09:23] to be emphasized. [09:24] And what was missing was the understanding [09:26] that we were all waiting for the only begotten daughter. [09:29] Even father knew it, and father talked about it, [09:32] but it wasn’t emphasized. [09:34] It wasn’t emphasized. [09:36] The only begotten daughter and the ministry around that [09:39] and the prayer around that, [09:41] and the preparation around that needed [09:43] to be given greater weight. [09:44] And there was no one around other than father [09:47] who would’ve been able to discover that and emphasized that. [09:50] So I don’t, I’m not amazingly difficult job that he had, [09:55] but the result of not emphasizing [09:58] the only begotten daughter prior [10:00] to the holy wedding made it very difficult [10:02] for the Christian realm to fit in to the, [10:07] uh, providence in support of true parents. [10:12] The principle of creation is man and woman. [10:15] Mother says the only begotten son [10:17] and the only begotten daughter. [10:19] But the 53 year history [10:21] of the Unification Church is a wilderness area era [10:25] where men were the focus. [10:27] Now, we can’t deny this. [10:31] I mean, I know of no other [10:34] worldwide religious movement built in such a short amount [10:39] of time centering on a couple that remained [10:42] as a couple from start to finish. [10:44] That’s extraordinary. [10:45] Certainly true parents seemed to lead as a couple. [10:49] But look, the emphasis was on the man. [10:54] And you can see that by the way, we’ve built [10:57] and led the church [10:59] and the way male leaders have carried themselves, [11:02] it’s not easy at all to move around the world as a part [11:07] of a fast moving providential organization as a couple. [11:10] It’s not easy. And who’s gonna take care [11:12] of the kids if you do so? [11:14] So it wasn’t easy for [11:17] leaders in the unification movement to replicate the [11:22] model that true parents were setting [11:24] by constantly moving everywhere together. [11:29] But it was more than just physically being together or not. [11:33] There was an emphasis on this whole relationship [11:36] between subject and object. [11:37] The way we understood this was somewhat male centered. [11:41] Mother says it right here. [11:43] And so we set out on a course of wilderness [11:47] for 53 years, and until now, we have put the blame [11:51] or cast the blame on the mainline Christian leaders at the [11:54] time, not understanding the providential [11:57] timing that they were in. [11:59] But is it really fair to blame it on them that simply, [12:02] when in fact what we were selling was kind [12:07] of like one button off? [12:09] Mothers referred to this one button off, right? [12:12] Her mother says it very clearly. [12:14] She said, if the truth [12:15] of the only begotten daughter was properly revealed 60 years [12:19] ago, Christianity would not have opposed us. [12:22] That is a shocker of a statement [12:25] to anybody that really pays attention. [12:27] I was there when she, uh, gave this speech, uh, [12:32] actually I was in the room for all of the speeches [12:34] that we’re referring to here, [12:37] but in this speech, I remember in particular, she [12:43] just inserted this again in one of these speeches [12:46] that was quite similar to the one she’d given prior [12:49] and the the one she gave after. [12:52] But this was an incredible statement that just, you know, [12:56] hit me right between the eyes, [12:58] because you know what question comes [13:01] to mind when you hear this? [13:03] If the truth of the only begotten daughter was properly [13:05] revealed 60 years ago, Christianity [13:06] would not have opposed us. [13:07] Well, what question comes to mind [13:11] when I ask people, they usually say, well, [13:14] why wasn’t it properly revealed? [13:16] That’s maybe a good question, but the, [13:19] but the first question that came to my mind was [13:22] who didn’t properly reveal it? [13:26] And I knew what mother was saying as soon [13:28] as she was sharing this, [13:30] but I was very, I was paying great attention [13:32] to the way she words herself very carefully. [13:36] She words her expressions very carefully to try [13:39] to give us enough for us to pray about, reflect on, [13:43] and take responsibility for actually, if the truth [13:48] ago, there’s only one person that could have done that, [13:51] and that would’ve been father. [13:53] So the real question is, [13:55] why did Father not properly reveal it? [13:57] Because had it been emphasized better mother states [14:00] Christianity would not have opposed us. [14:03] That’s huge, right? True Mother, the only begotten daughter [14:07] who was supposed to see the completion of true parents, [14:10] Providence could not say [14:11] that she was the only begotten daughter. [14:13] It was not up to me to do it. [14:15] It was my partner’s responsibility. [14:17] Mother is saying that she already knew who she was. [14:19] And you can feel that even in her prayer, [14:21] in her prayer at the wedding, in in the accounts [14:24] of her childhood, in her memoir, you can see [14:27] that mother knew who she was, [14:29] but has had to keep these pearls hidden in her heart [14:32] because it wasn’t her responsibility to reveal this truth. [14:36] It was father’s responsibility. [14:37] And although he touched upon it here [14:40] and there, the framework of our understanding, [14:42] the way we were introduced to true Mother is incorrect. [14:46] That’s the fundamental reality. It was incorrect. [14:52] And because of that, it made it difficult [14:57] for Christianity from the very beginning. [15:02] And so what mother is wishing is [15:04] that there was greater emphasis placed on [15:06] that in the early ministry, even [15:07] before the wedding, such that it would’ve been easier [15:11] for Christianity to support us. [15:13] Again, mother’s saying, if the restoration [15:15] of the Christian realm had already been prepared since [15:18] Father was 16, [15:19] the situation might’ve been a little different. [15:21] Yeah, that’s what mother’s saying. [15:22] It might’ve been a little different. [15:24] Can we go back and rewrite history? [15:25] No, we can’t relive it and redo it, [15:28] but we do need to understand it a little better. [15:32] If Father could have made the preparations necessary [15:35] to restore Christianity at that time. [15:38] And if he had known he would need to meet the first [15:41] and only forgotten daughter, [15:44] the Christian world would not have been able [15:46] to call the Unification Church [15:49] heretical from 1960 until today. [15:52] So this also reveals a little bit of mother’s angst [15:55] around Korean, uh, around Christian leadership [15:58] that is blocked from really discerning [16:01] and feeling the way the Spirit is working [16:03] through true parents. [16:04] Mother wants to protect true parents [16:06] and expand the foundation of their victory. [16:09] And she wishes that Father had emphasized the master key. [16:14] The fact that the only begotten daughter had been born had [16:17] emerged and had come, and the, and, and the, [16:19] and this is the time that we’ve been waiting [16:21] for dear Christians, instead of [16:25] emphasizing stories about, well, Jesus, [16:27] what didn’t come to die? [16:28] And you know, John the Baptist failure and Cain and Abel [16:31] and Restoration and so on [16:33] and so on, mothers even now saying [16:36] that she’s not emphasizing those teachings [16:38] because that, that those are Restorational era teachings. [16:42] But don’t you think that the time of of indemnity was over, [16:46] even for the conditions for Father and mother to be born? [16:49] The conditions for true parents [16:51] to be victorious without indemnity must have existed. [16:54] So why are we teaching restoration? That’s the key. [16:57] We needed to emphasize more the fact [16:59] that the 2000 year history of preparation [17:01] for the only begotten daughter had, had, had, you know, [17:05] victorious she’s born and here she is. [17:08] This needed to be more emphasized. [17:10] And so that is why the 53 year history [17:12] of the Unification Church was a wilderness era. [17:15] It was a time when we could only build tents. [17:18] Okay, guys, so what is Mother saying here? [17:21] And I’m sure I’ll do another big wrap up at the end of all [17:24] of these, so stay tuned. [17:26] But Mother is identifying [17:30] that there was an alternate course, [17:33] and it wasn’t just as simple [17:34] as blaming the Christian leaders blaming Christianity, [17:37] and that’s why we, uh, went to difficult way. [17:41] That’s not the case. This, all [17:43] of this was somewhat self-created by the fact that, uh, [17:49] we didn’t understand who true mother was. [17:53] We did not understand the mother, the essence of Mother. [17:57] It’s related to the fact [17:58] that we didn’t understand the essence of Jesus. [18:01] So the essence of Jesus wasn’t such [18:03] that he wasn’t supposed to die. [18:05] The essence of Jesus wasn’t such that he was, you know, [18:09] supposed to live and raise some woman [18:11] and restore a woman from the fallen world taking back, [18:16] you know, uh, fallen eve from, from the fallen world [18:19] and raising her, you know, himself. [18:22] That’s not the case. Fa you know, this is not the case. [18:30] But that was a male perspective from a [18:33] Restorational point of view. [18:34] And when you study the Bible [18:36] and you study everything [18:37] that happened over the last 2000 years, you can see [18:40] how Father understood, uh, the restorational, uh, truths. [18:45] And actually, [18:47] I believe Father even said something along the lines in 1979 [18:51] that he said, if Christianity didn’t oppose us, then [18:57] I would, I wouldn’t have taught about the [18:59] fall and restoration. [19:01] That would’ve been after the fact, after the fact. [19:03] So this, I didn’t put a slide on that, [19:06] but Father said something like this in 1979. [19:09] So then, if that’s true, why? [19:14] Right? So why was father teaching those things? [19:18] Well, since father would say he was teaching those things [19:20] because Christianity wasn’t, um, really, you know, [19:25] aligning with him mainstream Christianity wasn’t [19:29] trusting what he was teaching. [19:31] Uh, but what mother’s saying is sort of the inverse, [19:36] which is that what he needed to be teaching was preparation [19:39] for the only begotten daughter. [19:42] And I mean, they, true parents did an in incre. [19:45] I mean, I we’re not judging their work. [19:48] They, they, they’ve, they’ve done the incredible work [19:52] of human history. [19:54] But when we try to cast blame [19:58] or fault too easily on an, an entire body of Christianity, [20:02] that that was actually being, [20:06] uh, presented, [20:12] there’s one button off. [20:14] Mother explained it that way, one button off. [20:16] It was the male point of view. [20:17] It wasn’t the combined point of view. [20:19] There was a something missing with the emphasis of [20:22] how true parents were presented. [20:24] And that means how father and mother were presented both [20:27] as individuals and as a couple. [20:29] And if we understand the essence of Jesus is actually [20:32] that he was true parents [20:33] and came to marry the only begotten daughter, [20:36] then it’s natural to understand that Father two needed [20:39] to wait and find [20:40] and marry the only begotten daughter if he was doing the [20:43] work of finishing Jesus work. [20:45] So this is what led to more than anything, this is what led [20:50] to the 53 year wilderness course. [20:53] Nonetheless, um, uh, true parents walked [20:56] through it victoriously and many of us with them. [20:58] So, uh, that’s still a victory. [21:01] But we do need to understand, uh, [21:04] why we’ve been in an era of living in tents. [21:07] And we also need to understand, like I mentioned, that many [21:10] of the cultural things [21:11] and the educational components that have made up our culture [21:14] until now have been one button off, slightly misunderstood, [21:19] and that’s affected how we treat one another [21:21] and it’s affected how we relate to God. [21:23] We have to clear those things up so [21:25] that we can really now live not intense, [21:27] but live in the era of cha G [21:30] and, uh, create substantial joy [21:33] and happiness for God to experience through us. [21:36] So next we’re gonna look, uh, briefly at [21:39] how true parents expanded their mission to the world. [21:41] Mother still acknowledges this [21:42] and talks about this, so we’ll do that next. [21:44] Alright, part 13, this is a short one. [21:48] Uh, true parents expand the mission. [21:50] Now, true parents accomplished so many things [21:54] you could do hours and hours, days [21:56] and days of exploratory [22:01] research on the incredible foundation that they built. [22:05] I’m not covering it in any fullness here at all. [22:08] I’m just pulling from what mother, uh, says in her speeches. [22:14] Uh, but mother does encourage us to really teach about [22:17] and learn the incredible work [22:18] that true parents did all over the world. [22:21] And so this is just a few slides [22:23] to touch upon some key points that mother, uh, [22:26] not only in these speeches that we’re reading here, [22:29] but in several speeches, she refers in these ways. [22:32] So this is about how true parents expand the mission [22:34] despite the persecution. [22:36] True parents are expanding this worldwide providence, [22:39] especially centering on America. [22:41] Mother says, however, so she’s, she, she’s continuing. [22:45] This is all a continuation of the speech. [22:47] You know, it’s like even though Christianity, [22:49] it might have gotten better [22:50] with Christianity if we emphasize the [22:52] only begotten daughter properly. [22:53] And all that being said, [22:54] nonetheless, as we silently ran toward the one day [22:58] of the fulfillment of the providence, without complaining, [23:01] we expanded the world’s missionary organizations. [23:04] Moreover, we made the conditions whereby [23:07] families could receive heaven’s blessings [23:09] through true parents and the true family movement. [23:14] And we cannot deny [23:16] that even under these difficult circumstances, [23:18] our efforts achieved remarkable results. [23:20] Like Christianity, we are now widespread all over the world, [23:24] and it truly is an incredible foundation that true father [23:28] and true mother expanded in lightning speed, [23:31] lightning speed, right? [23:34] All that time. We have been working [23:35] for the world restoration for more than 40 years. [23:38] Mother says, centering on the United States, but [23:41] because of this, we could not take proper care of Korea. [23:45] And, and this is something we hear more [23:48] and more over the last few years, mother emphasizing Korea, [23:52] mothers emphasizing Korea. [23:54] I should also point out that the era [23:57] of true Mother’s leadership coincides with the era [24:01] of the unification movement moving its center [24:05] of operations back to Korea. [24:07] And this actually happened before Father passed, a few years [24:11] before Father passed, that was already a, uh, [24:16] a direction from true father that we need [24:17] to take the providence back to Korea and work from Korea. [24:22] Nonetheless, father [24:24] and mother spent still so much time coming back [24:26] and forth to America, [24:29] but especially since father’s passing, uh, [24:33] true parents’ work has really been based almost entirely, [24:36] uh, out of Korea. [24:38] Not withstanding all of the world tours [24:40] and still visiting America, [24:41] but you can see mother’s been spending a lot more time in [24:44] Korea and she really wants to love the Korean people, [24:48] wake the Korean people up to understand their true identity. [24:52] And I saw this ex expressly, uh, mentioned by her [24:58] after the dedication ceremony [25:01] of the Cha Wong Gong in 2023, you could, you start [25:05] to see much more emphasis on Korea. [25:08] And so yes, uh, true parents. [25:10] She’s saying, we expanded the worldwide movement [25:12] for more than 40 years century on America, [25:15] but we could not take proper care of Korea. [25:17] And so in this sense, it’s not like mother’s apologizing, [25:19] but in some sense you can say she feels sorry. [25:22] She really wants the Korean people [25:24] to understand their true identity. [25:27] And because the Korea must become the father land [25:30] of the providence, the father land of heavenly parent, [25:32] it has a great responsibility. [25:34] And she wants Korea to fulfill that responsibility. [25:38] And in order for the two careers to unite, since we need [25:41] to gather all the strength in the world, [25:44] the providence has been unfolding on the, in the world. [25:46] That means in America especially. [25:48] But now a new era [25:49] and a new providential history has been [25:51] proclaimed by true parents. [25:55] So this is to say, especially for our American audience, [25:58] for us to understand that these two people, father [26:03] and mother, uh, have [26:07] as true parents worked around the world [26:11] centering on America for the sake of the world. [26:16] They come from Korea. And Korea. [26:21] Of course, the movement has been developing [26:23] and growing over time, [26:24] but they could not give it the attention [26:28] that it really needed in order to, in order to play [26:31] that role as the fatherland providential [26:33] and fulfilling that role, especially this matter [26:37] of uniting the Korean peninsula, we all know well is, [26:43] uh, a providential step that’s, uh, [26:46] desperate on God’s heart. [26:49] And America representing the world must surely [26:54] play a major role [26:57] in supporting true parents’ work [26:59] to unify the Korean peninsula, to create [27:03] the environment in which the Korean people can understand, [27:07] uh, and work centering on their true identity [27:11] as a people chosen for this time. [27:14] So the purpose of of, of this point here is to, is [27:18] to recognize that it’s really America [27:21] that’s been receiving a lot [27:22] of the attention and a lot of the love. [27:24] And now it’s on us to really stand up, to rise up to, [27:27] to rise up, not just a few, [27:29] but to really, uh, build, uh, the movement in America [27:34] that can gather the momentum to really, really, uh, [27:38] shake things up in, in Korea. [27:40] So this is our divine destiny [27:43] and uh, I make a point of it because mother says as such. [27:48] Okay, so that was a little short one. [27:51] Uh, next we’re gonna be looking at, uh, how, uh, [27:55] America, uh, is the shortcut. [27:58] In fact, we can just go straight to it.