Gil Ja Sa: A Testimony to God´s Word in Regard to Divine Principle

A Testimony to God´s Word in Regard to Divine Principle

Gil Ja Sa

Comment: Teacher, Father = Sun Myung Moon

Word of recommendation: Tongilgyo, Korean President Seuk Jun Ho

I would like to congratulate Mrs. Gil Ja Sa for the publishing of her autobiography, A Testimony to Gods Word in Regard to Divine Principle.

All Unification Church members live a life of the Principle. We live our lives with the Principle as our standard of faith. That is how precious the Principle is to us, and no being can know the meaning for its existence without the Principle. We can say that Principle is the arrow which points to where we must go as Unification Church members.

In this sense, I am filled with respect and gratitude whenever I look at Mrs. Gil Ja Sa who upholds True Parents words and work very strongly in order to educate and spread the Principle. The first president of the church, Mr. Hyo Won Eu, who is also Mrs. Safs late husband, contributed tremendously in giving birth to the Explanation of the Divine Principle and the Exposition of the Divine Principle on the foundation of True Parents Words and his Original Divine Principle. The Exposition of Divine Principle has been offered to Heaven as one of the Eight Textbooks and Teaching Materials. This truly is the pride of the Unification Church and a bright shining milestone in the history of the church.

As the wife of someone of such greatness, Mrs. Sa is now spearheading the spreading of the Principle. She is working with a sense of calling in training Blessed Family wives as lecturers of the Principle. She does not allow any inaccurate interpretation of the words written in the Principle and she honestly points out errors in order to have them corrected.

She explains that True Parents told her, "Your husband went to the spiritual world without finishing his work, so now it is up to you to take on that task and train leaders and Blessed Family members as lecturers of the Principle." Judging from the words of True Father, I believe Mrs. Sa´s family has been born with the mission to teach the Principle. She has been upholding True Parents command and still teaches Principle to many people with her Hoon Dok Diagrams. She made a variety of teaching material, from the 1-hour diagrams to the 3-hour and the 12-hour diagrams.

Many people in the early days of the church joined as a result of spiritual experiences. They felt impelled to join the church by the great storms that were cast upon them by the spiritual world. Then, these newly-joined members became the people of the Principle when faith settled in their hearts after receiving education about the Principle. However, just as a screw can become loose with the passage of time, we have also allowed ourselves to relax the standards of faith in our everyday lives. When we consider this, I think "A Testimony to Godfs Word in Regard to Divine Principle"will serve us greatly by awakening our spiritual hearts.

This book does a fine job in introducing some of the experiences Mrs. Sa had with True Parents while she was attending them. Mrs. Sa felt the importance of True Father´s everyday life and examined it closely, which she then turned into the compass which has served to guide her life. This wisdom that she has gained has contributed greatly to the writing of this book.

The dialogues she had with True Parents while attending them are well-organized in this book. Therefore, reading this book is very enjoyable and entertaining. This truly is the everyday-life-Principle which we, the members of Unification Church, can utilize as the compass for our own life. All the members around the world can learn how to live their lives according to the Principle through reading this autobiography. I wish for the great blessings and love of God and True Parents to pour upon Mrs. Sa, who has written this precious book, and to her family.

Word of recommendation

The Continental Director of North American Region, Chang Shik Yang I am grateful that Mrs. Sa Gil Ja's book A Testimony to God's Word in Regard to Divine Principle has been published.

The Principle is the most fundamental teaching given to us which explains the purpose and plan for which God created human beings and the universe. Beginning from the time when the Original Divine Principle was first written in 1952, while he was living the life of a refugee in Busan, to The Exposition of Divine Principle published in 1966, and to the Original Divine Principle which has given us a more precise explanation about the substantial body of True Parents, these books have been guiding fallen humanity by teaching them the process of restoration as the compass for life and the light that illuminates the path.

As many of the important parts of the Bible are written in symbols and metaphors, the Principle, which is the teaching of the Completed Testament, also requires deeper explanation because it deals with the complicated stories of Godfs ideal of creation, the process of the Fall, and the Providence of Restoration through Indemnity which has been used as a tool to untangle and resolve the tragic circumstances of fallen history.

The path that fallen humanity has followed in order to be restored as True Children of the Ideal of Creation is the "PilgrimsProgress" which all humanity, without exception, must trod. The ones who have shown the example of the way we must trod are the True Parents. As Moses externally and Jesus substantially walked the symbolic course of Jacob, the Model Course of True Parents is the path of the life of restoration and recreation which all humanity of this age in both the physical and spiritual worlds must walk. If humankind and the universe are the creations that are manifested as the "Substance of the Words," then True Parents are the "Substantial Words." The invisible Godfs original internal nature and original external form have manifested substantially with a physical and spiritual body. Therefore, what is most important in understanding the fundamentals of the Principle are the Words of True Parents and their interpretation.

If the Principle is the bone, the Words are the flesh.

Through the Words given to us at Hoon Dok Hwe which poured down upon us like a waterfall regardless of time and place, we were able to gain deeper understanding of the core of the Creation, Fall, the Restoration. Among the many elder families , the family of Mr. Eu Hyo Won, the first president of the church, is the family that has been carrying out the mission of systematizing the words and educating the members while attending the Substantial Body from the closest proximity. The Exposition of Divine Principle, which is the systematization of Father´s numerous and comprehensive teachings, is the textbook that perfectly explains the fundamentals of systematic theology to the extent that one of the most prominent theologians in Korea praised it as being "a world-level book of theology that Korea has given birth to."

As we all know, Mrs. Gil Ja Sa is one who is filled with Words from head to toe. Her words that fall on us endlessly like a waterfall are not the mere result of learning the textbook, but are the result of her close attendance to True Parents. This is where her testimonies about the Words really shine.

This testimony about the Words is a testimony of Father´s interpretation of the Principle. Therefore, it will serve as precious nourishment for those who are hearing the Principle for the first time. Explaining the Principle with True Father´s Words is closer to the essence than explaining the Principle through secular examples and stories.

I offer my deep heart of gratitude knowing that Mrs. Sa´s testimony of the Words will help the lecturers of the Principle by allowing them to supplement their lectures with the Principle Charts. This testimony of the Words will serve as a manual which will help us understand the eternal rock of our Unification Faith as the Principle that we can apply in our everyday lives.

Foreword

As I am writing this book, A Testimony to Gods Word in Regard to Divine Principle, in compliance with Father´s direction, I will start with an excerpt from Father´s Words. "The Word is the record of the tradition by which Teacher gained total victory over Satan. This tradition must be embedded within our everyday lives for us to bring about the Realm of Liberation for heaven and earth. You must spread the Word for which Teacher had to risk his life. Since the Word is the Word from Heaven, Teacher can work the miracle of resurrection centering on the Word even in the spirit world. So the Word is not something that simply flows by us and is gone. It can be compared to Teachers final testament to his descendants. One day, Teacher will pass away. When he does, he must leave behind the Word. You must realize how rational the Word is, how principled it is, and how it has the power to grasp people´s hearts." (1999.4.16).

The Word spoken by Teacher is filled with energy, and people are drawn to it. They continue to follow the Word, even when they are told not to. The Word spoken by Teacher is the eternal textbook. Teacher teaches through revelation, so miraculous things happen. Therefore, Satan cannot lay his hands on it. We must guide people to read the Principle. (2002.2.9)

I joined the church in 1955. At that time, there was an incident in which certain students and professors of Ehwa Womanfs University and Yeonsei University were harshly persecuted to the point of being expelled from the school or fired. I was among the students expelled from Ehwa Womanfs University during this incident.

It was Teachers Word, his jeongseong and his love that made it impossible for me to leave the Unification Church even after finding myself in this difficult situation. The profound and mysterious Word as spoken by Father penetrated into my heart. Moreover, an amazing spiritual power completely captivated me and led me to follow the Word even in the most difficult situation.

We were young then, and the Principle and the Word spoken to us by Father were nothing like anything else in the world. We could not hope to fully comprehend his teachings. Just as my maternal grandmother used to feed me raw chestnuts as a child by first chewing them herself to make them more tender, Father would explain the Principle and the Word in a way that made it easier for us to digest. Father answered all the questions put to him by naive and childish students.

Father did not have the time to fully explain the Word in detail to everyone in the world. For this reason, he instructed me to spread his Word throughout the world without holding anything back, just as he had once done for us early members. Upholding this instruction, I traveled extensively within Korea and around the world, training people to become qualified to lecture the Principle to others. When giving this training, I was always careful to use only Father´s Words, and none of my own. Many people were deeply moved by this training. When I reported this to Father, he suggested that I write a book testifying to Father´s Words regarding the Principle. He said I should have it translated into English as soon as possible. Many years have passed since then.

If have been following Fathers direction to travel around the world, including Japan, the U.S., South America, New Zealand, and Australia and other locations to train people to become lecturers of Divine Principle. This task prevented me from investing much time into authoring this book. I regret that I am carrying out Father´s direction only now.

The content of this book is derived primarily from the special lectures I gave in the Mobile Witnessing Team Divine Principle Training Workshop and the special lectures during the 40-day Blessed Wives Workshops that began in 2005 at the Cheong Pyeong Heaven and Earth Training Center.

Please try to get a feel for the immensity of the Word Father spoke to us in the early days of the church, and feel the unfathomable love and the great jeongseong and efforts which God and Father made for the Providence.

I would like to extend my gratitude to those who helped to publish this book. I am in debt to the President of Sungji EDP, Lee Yong Ok, the former vice head of the editing department of Sunghwasa, Park Yong Hwa, and all the lecturers and the employees of The House of Unification for World Peace who gave their support for this book.

The Word given by Father is immensely holy and noble. I repent for my inability to live my life according to the Word. I write this book in the hope that I will re-start the course of the Will by studying the Word given by Father again with you the readers.

June 20, 2012

1st of May by Heavenly Calendar

On the 58th Anniversary of the Family Federation and the 50th Anniversary of Day of True All Things,

The House of Unification for World Peace, Gil Ja Sa

Chapter 1: Introduction

The reason the Lord at the Second Advent was born in Korea As a Korean, I am both amazed and gratified that the Lord came to this small country when there are so many countries in the world.

The Second World War broke out when I was eight years old and just began attending elementary school. Japanese people had been treating Koreans very harshly even before the war, but things became even worse after the war broke out. The Japanese took Korean women as comfort women and conscripted the men as laborers or soldiers.

After Korea was liberated in 1945, the communists killed a lot of people, and the American army often interfered with us after they came to South Korea. I think it was very difficult for our people always to be pushed around by other countries. No matter how great a person may be, his fate is tremendously affected by the state his country is in.

So I often wondered: Why are we, the people of Korea, so incapable? What kind of sins did we commit? Do the people of Korea have less value than the people of Japan and America because our ancestors did a lot of bad things? I was strongly resentful about these matters. After hearing the Principle, however, I realized that our people had to go through a 5,000-year history of painful indemnity so the Lord could be born in this land.

The reason the Lord was born in this suffering nation is that God is a suffering God. If we are to become the elder son and the elder daughter who sympathize with the deep heart and the grave situation of God and realize everything that God desires, we cannot be born in a nation that is well-off.

I felt that the Lord had to be born among this race, because He could not have felt the sorrowful heart of God if He were born in a wealthy nation. All the painful history endured by our ancestors, that seemingly shameful history, was something that was very valuable and worthy.

Traits of the Messianic Clan and Its History of Indemnity

So the Messiah came to the Earth, but how is it that his surname happens to be Moon?

Certain traits are common among members of the Moon clan. For example, many members of this clan have a strong spirit of sacrifice and service. Moon clan members are generally broad-minded and they don´t try to use others. In fact, they have often been used by others, but their kind hearts never allowed them to hold a grudge. Father told us about his own father as an example, saying he was a man of great kindness. For this reason, Father said we should refer to his father as "Chung Bu Nim" (the Father of Loyalty) and his mother "Chung Mo Nim" (the Mother of Loyalty).

In those days, old men often smoked cigarettes by filling crushed dry tobacco leaves into a pipe. Tobacco was not sold as packs of cigarettes. Instead, it was sold as crushed leaves packaged in small bags. The town where Father was born, however, was so small that it had no stores where tobacco powder was sold. So a large cigarette store located in another town had asked Chung Bu Nim to take a few dozen bags of cigarette powder to sell for them. It was a form of commission-based sales. He would sell all the bags and collect a small commission as compensation for his work.

Chung Bu Nim felt anxious when it neared the end of the month, when an agent from the company would come and collect the money. He would worry about the unsold bags of cigarette powder. After a while, he came up with a solution. Even though all the bags contained the exact same amount of tobacco, customers would handle each bag to see which contained the most powder. This would cause the powder in unsold bags to keep shifting downward, creating an empty space at the top of the bag. Chung Bu Nim would fill that space with tobacco from the other bags. If he began with five bags to sell, this process would leave him with just three. Father said Chung Mo Nim was much better at economic matters. She was a practical person.

She told her husband, "Why have you done such a foolish thing?" "If you empty two bags to top off the other three, who will buy those two empty bags? Don´t we end up paying for them anyway? We lose money instead of earning the commission. Please stop doing such a foolish thing.

Then Chung Bu Nim replied, "No. The company gave me this responsibility because they trust me. I have to sell all of them and give them the money. I don´t mind losing money. My heart is more comfortable that way."

Another thing about the Moon clan: When a person who has borrowed money does not repay it on time, most people will go to that personfs house and try to collect the money. When a member of the Moon clan goes to collect a debt and finds the debtor in greater financial difficulty than himself, he is likely to empty his pockets to give the debtor his money. So he returns home with less money than when he started. That is an illustration of their generosity. The Messiah was born into such a generous clan.

Father told us that if the Moon clan did not exist in Korea with their great spirit of sacrifice and service, the Messiah would not have been able to come. The history of indemnity made by our ancestors played a role in preparing for the Messiah to come to Korea as well, but Father said the existence of the Moon clan also played a very decisive role. It is said that in our nation of 50 million people, there are only around 400,000 people who bear the Moon surname.

Then there was a rumor in the Moon clan that "the Moon King would be born in the Moon clan." What would have happened if the Moon King had been born during Koreafs Yi Dynasty period? It is said the Yi Dynasty rounded up and killed many children of the Moon clan.

Many boys were killed during the time of Jesus, and it was the same at the time of Moses. Within the Korean race, the Moon clan paid a lot of indemnity.

A slave in the Moon clan whose surname was Kim once saved the life of his masterfs son by switching his own son for his masterfs so as to fool the authorities into taking his own son for execution as a Moon clan member. The slave Kim raised his masters son as his own for a time and later returned him to the rightful parents. This illustrates the path of indemnity the Moon clan had to endure.

Fathers birthplace, Jeongju-gun in Pyeongan Province, was where the Moon clan settled. Moon Seung Ryong, a second cousin to Father also born in Jeongju, told us the members of the Moon clan would become apprehensive whenever a woman in their clan became pregnant. They would remain that way until the baby was born.

The reason for their apprehension was that it was common at that time for babies to be born with disabilities. They often had deformities such as harelips or six fingers on a hand. When such a baby was born, everyone in the community would express sadness, saying "Oh, no. Another crippled baby has been born." Such things kept happening to the Moon clan as a tribal indemnity. It was because a foundation was needed to be consecrated for God within Satanfs world. Gods providence cannot be advanced without a price. This is why it is said there was a history of much indemnity, or paying the price to Satan.

Father told us: "It is a great blessing to become a part of the chosen people with the Moon clan, so you probably have someone who originates from the Moon clan among your ancestors." Father said the Korean people could not have become the chosen people without the Moon clan. After hearing this, I went to my mother and asked her about our ancestry. It turns out that my motherfs grandmother was a Moon. She told me that her grandmother was very kind and nice. I was relieved to hear that I, too, have the blood of the Moon clan in me.

Father told us: "During your life in this world, you must not try to use others. It would be better for you to be used by others. Also, do not serve yourself but serve others. Do many good things for others. Even if it doesn´t earn you a profit right away and you feel as though you lost something, your kindness will be passed onto your descendants as a great fortune. You will be succeeded by many good people in your bloodline." The Korean race is a very special race that it has such a clan as the Moons.

Iam sure all the brothers and sisters of our movement are aware that the Moon clan originated from Nampyeong in the province of Cholla Nam Do. It is said that the first ancestor of the Moon clan was born as an illegitimate child in a very small village in the Nam Pyeong Myeon of Naju-gun, Jeolla Nam Do. Why was the Moon clanancestor born as an illegitimate child? Father said: "It is because illegitimate children are born by the special Will of God." He told us that God cannot find his lineage in the children who are born to a formally wedded couple, as such children are the children of Satan. That is why Jesus had to be born as an illegitimate child.

The Lord had to be born on the foundation of many events within the Providence of Restoration and thus be born into a special lineage that was not the lineage of Satan.

Father showed special abilities as a youth

Our Father talked about the time when he was very young. He especially talked a lot of the time when he was eight years old.

Father told us that as early as when he was eight years told, he could tell a persons future just by glancing at him. If Father said, "I think that old man is going to die soon,h the man would die on the same day. If Father said that one of his uncles who lived far away would come to Father´s home on a certain day, even though it was the busy farming season, that uncle would surely come. People around him would say, "It is a busy season for farmers, why would he bother to come?" but the uncle would surely come.

What was even more special was when someone in the town or a close relative of Fathers that he knew well was about to get married, Father would reveal what would happen to the couple in the future. Father would often say, That bride and groom shouldn´t marry each other.

When the elders asked, "Why not?" Father would tell them, "Unfortunate things will happen to them if they marry each other." The couple would ignore Fathers advice and go ahead with the marriage, saying, "Why would a boy like you say such an ominous thing?" Then, what Father had predicted would always happen after some time. He said this happened quite a few times.

So then the elders of the town brought potential couples to Father and asked him, "Howis this man? How about this woman?" If Father nodded, then it was okay, and if Father shook his head, the marriage would be off. After a while, the word got around to nearby towns that a genius boy, a shaman, a prophet, had been born into the Moon family living in Jeongju.

People from distant towns came to Father with photographs of their potential spouses and asked, "Is this a good woman for me?" or "Is it okay for me to marry this man?" If Father put down the picture quietly, it was okay. If he tossed it aside, it was not a good match.

Sometimes Father had stacks of photographs. Many people from different places came to him with their photographs. Once, it became so much that Father yelled, "I am not doing this today! I don´t want to!" He threw the photographs on the floor and stomped on them.

Why did God give him such an ability? I thought about it, and I feel that God gave him this ability so he could fulfill the Will of God. What will Father have to do in order to create a world where there is no fighting, no hatred, the world that God and all humanity desire? Wouldn´t we have to love even our most hated enemies?

The best way to help people love their most hated enemy is to have them marry their enemy. That is why Father matches many international couples. When you look at the ancestors of Korean-Japanese couples, aren´t they all enemies? However, what happens when a child is born between the couple whose ancestors are enemies to each other? They can´t be enemies anymore. The father is happy, the mother is happy, and the children love each other as well.

So I realized, Aha! God gave Father such ability from when he was very young, because Father had to bless enemies to each other on a global scale. He has to know how to match people if he is to match enemies to each other.

There are three great enemies in this world. They are Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. These three religions believe in God just the same. However, they are enemies who really hate each other. Father sent many peace ambassadors to the Middle East region and hosted many peace events. The people sent by Father were welcomed in both Israel and Muslim countries. That is because Father worked his entire life to unite them.

Father said that when these three great religions are unified, other religions will be unified as well. Once all religions are unified, a unified and peaceful world can be realized. Father said he is greatly concerned about how he will match and bless the enemies who hate each other so much and have been killing each other. It is possible, though, because they are all fond of Father.

Father once told us: "There is one final scene that I want to show God when I go to the spirit world. I want to show God these people saying Oh! Our Heavenly Father, we never knew You were our Parent. We human beings divided among many races hated, fought, and killed each other, but now we realize that we are brothers. We come from the same God. So we will not fight. Instead, we will love each other and help each other as we attend you as our Parent." Then I want to show God these people returning to God with their arms around each other crying, "We were wrong. We did it because we were ignorant."

Then Father said, "I have to be able to show such things to God and say "Father, the mission of bringing the world of peace which you entrusted me with has been accomplished. The sons and daughters who betrayed you and turned their backs on you have returned." Only then I will be able to close my eyes with a smile on my face. Such a time is now approaching.

True Father receives his calling from God

True Father received his calling from Jesus when he was sixteen years old. True Father had shown amazing abilities since he was only eight years old. He was deeply concerned, though, over one issue.

His grandFathers younger brother, Yoon Guk Moon, was a Christian pastor who underwent much suffering as a result of his patriotic activities. Father told us that watching Mr. Yoon Guk Moon made him question: "Why is our nation so weak? We are so powerless. I´m sad to see our nation suffering at the hands of Japanese people."

Together with other children in this town, Father often hunted small animals such as birds and eels. Why did Father do this? According to Father, it was because of the children who were at a similar age as Father. During this period, people in Korea did not have much to eat. So the younger children would say to Father, gOlder brother, I want to eat some meat. I want to eat something sweet.They didn´t have anything to eat, because the Japanese people took everything.

So, Father made a determination that he would make it possible for the children to eat meat. So he dug holes in the ground, used branches to construct traps, and then clapped and whistled. Then all sorts of birds from the sky would dive into the holes and be caught in the trap. He caught many birds with such traps, and the children would eat roasted bird meat to their hearts content.

The skin around their mouths would often be stained black after munching on burnt bird meat. Father would still have some birds left flapping about so he put the birds inside the waist band of his clothes. The birds would start pecking on Fathers stomach and sometimes even defecate. The birds caused him a lot of pain as he ran back to the town to them away to others who were hungry.

One of Fathers younger cousins, Yong Ki Moon, was one of the children Father fed in this way. Yong Ki Moon also tried to catch birds like Father by clapping and blowing a whistle. No how hard he might try, however, he could not get even a single bird to come down into his trap. Father was able to catch birds because he had spiritual abilities.

Father truly lived for the sake of others, beginning when he was still a child. He purchased large tracts of land in South America. He said: "Do you know why I tried to feed all those friends and give as much as possible? The Messiah, as is the case with God, is not supposed to let other human beings suffer from starvation." It is the most difficult thing for God and the Messiah to watch people suffer starvation. That is why God trained Father to feed the starving children in a small town.

Father went to prison six times. He told us there are many different types of sadness but the most difficult sadness is the one that comes from starvation.That is why Father thinks, "I must not let people starve. I must solve the problem of people starving to death." Father still thinks "I must solve the problem of world hunger!"

The land in Brazil that Father purchased is so rich with sunlight and water that people can sow seeds and harvest the grain three times a year. In other words, it would be possible to harvest rice three times a year. Father said "We should cultivate farmland in Brazil and tell people in North Korea or anyone in the world suffering from hunger to come there. They can be given land to farm and fill their stomachs." Then Father told us that God trained him in such things since he was young. Father walked such a path of the Messiah even before he was aware of it.

Father met Jesus when he was 16 years old. (15 western counting) Fathers parents originally came from a Confucian background. They converted to Christianity as a result of guidance by Yoon Guk Moon, who was a patriot. So, Father discovered God and Jesus, and he started praying very sincerely.

What did Father pray about? Father said he prayed, God, do you really exist? If you exist, why does our nation have to go through such tremendous suffering? We are suffering from so much pain. What is the fundamental solution? He prayed very persistently, seriously and ardently about these matters.

Jesus appeared and told him "I came to fulfill everything that you want to fulfill, but I was unable to finish it. That is why I must do it with you now." Father was so surprised when he heard the voice of Jesus saying "Let us do this together" that he was unable to answer Yes! right away.

Father was so surprised to spiritually witness the suffering Lord. What Jesus asked Father to do, he said, was like trying to thread a needle hanging in midair. Then, why did a sixteen-year-old boy first think about the image of a needle and a thread? I never asked Father about this, but I think I know the answer. Father had many sisters. In those times, women had to go out farming during the day and come back home and sew during the night. To sew, it is necessary first to pass a thread through the eye of a needle. Father must have seen his sisters trying to thread a needle in the dim light of oil lamps. You can probably imagine it too.

There were no synthetic fibers or electric lights in those days, and we cannot even imagine the amount of cotton there was that had to be sewn. His sisters must have worked late into the night on many nights. Father must have seen his sisters trying to thread needles and thought it was very difficult. Threading a needle is difficult even under a bright light, and itis unimaginable how difficult it must have been to thread a needle as it swings back and forth in midair. He probably wasn´t able to answer yes to Jesus right away, because he thought it was as difficult as threading a needle swinging in midair.

Anyway, after declining the heartfelt request of Jesus by saying "I can´t",Father thought. If I were to live my life as I want, I would be able to live better than anyone. Then a question came to his mind: What would ultimately remain at the end of my life?He suddenly realized that nothing would remain. Then he began to consider that maybe he would walk on the path which Jesus had asked him to go. Then he thought again: How could someone like me do this? What should I do?He thought of the many obstacles, mountains of them, that he would have to overcome, and all the suffering he would have to endure.

When you go to Fathers hometown, Jeongju, Pyeong-An Buk Do, you will see that the house where Father spent his childhood faces a field, with a mountain beyond that. Father used to climb that mountain (Mt. Myodu) to offer sincere prayers whenever he received an inspiration. Then, he said God appeared. God appeared as a pitiful being and begged Father with a tearful voice that said Father, as the child loved by God, must take on the unfulfilled mission of Jesus, because there was no one else on Earth who can do it.

Father said that the sorrowful heart and the sadness of Gods voice penetrated deep into his bones. Then Father felt gChristianity taught me that God is the God of Glory, God of Holiness, and the God of Judgment, and I believed Him to be so, but now that I feel him so closely, he is a sorrowful being who is in so much pain.

He told us that after this experience, he would often shed many tears to see elderly men on the street begging, because they reminded him of the way God appeared him as a pitiful being.

Father prayed, "God, are you really there? If you are, I can´t take on this task if I haven´t been deep inside of your bosom. If you really exist, you have to stay beside me and live with me so that I can always feel you." Then Father asked, "God, what are the laws of the universe"? This was his fist question to God.

He asked God, "What is the origin of universe, and what is the original relationship between God and human beings?" Then God answered, "I, God, am the parent of humanity, and you human beings are my children. Our relationship is the relationship of parent and child, God continued.

There is no relationship that is more fundamental than the "parent-child relationship," He said. "All relationships are created through this relationship." However, what saddens me the most is the fact that I have never been able to relate to humanity as a parent. My enemy has taken all of my children away. I still wander around in tears looking for my beloved children.

Then Father deeply realized that God is in the position of greatest suffering and in the loneliest place of all. Realizing that humanitys suffering will not end unless the suffering heart of our Parent God is first relieved, Father answered, "Is it really so?"

Then I will do it!

God then spoke to Father again, saying, "Yes, you have to do it. You are saddened by the suffering of the people of Korea, but suffering people exist all over the world. You must save all the people in the world and return them to me." Father then accepted the request of God and Jesus.

How did Father endure such great pain? How could he endure vomiting blood? How could he stand right back up, even in situations where it would be impossible to get back up? Father told us it was because he knew that "humanity has never known about the pitiful God who suffers unspeakable pain. I have to first liberate God from such pain and relieve Him of His sorrowful heart. If I don´t liberate God from pain and relieve his sorrowful heart, who will do this? If we can´t liberate God from pain and relieve his heart, people will never be free from pain and the sorrow in their hearts will never be relieved."

Humanity has always known God as the God of Glory, but for the first time in human history, Father has uncovered the truth that God is a pitiful God.

A Test Lets Father experience God's Love

Father said God at first promised him infinite blessing. God blessed Father as Isaac blessed Jacob: "You will be in the most glorious position among your brothers." Jacob, though, had to escape to the hell that was Haran and spend 21 years there to avoid the wrath of Esau. In a similar way, God sent Satan to Father, even though He had promised to put Father in the highest position.

I want to digress for a moment on this topic.

At which stage did Adam and Eve fall? Adam and Eve fell at the completion level of the growth stage. God established Father when he was at the same stage in his life so that he could represent all of humanity in order to restore this stage. Father needed to soundly defeat Satan in this matter of shimjeong and pass the test. The Providence of Restoration can only be completed when Gods 95% portion of responsibility and the 5% human portion of responsibility are combined. This is why Father had to fight Satan in a bloody battle known only to God and Satan during his quest to discover the Principle.

Then, what was Gods portion of responsibility here? Gods responsibility was to give questions to Father. For example, God would ask Father "Why did I not interfere with the Fall of your ancestors, Adam and Eve? Find the answer to this question!" When Father set out to find the answer to the questions, Satan attacked Father in the form of compressed air and tried to interfere with his breathing. It became so bad sometimes that Father couldn´t even breathe.

Ithas been already 50 years since Father told us this. He says when he prays, the timeis almost here. Father said Satans attacks were more ferocious than anything we could imagine.

Father said Satans attacks were beyond description. Placed in a position of having been abandoned by Heaven, Father endured excruciating pain, successfully found the answers to Gods questions and managed to ascend to the completion level of the growth stage.

The Archangel was able to speak to Adam and Even when they fell. It is likely that the Archangel also spoke to Father, but he spoke so as to confuse Father. The Archangel spoke of things that were opposite to the Principle. Father was exposed to the danger of making mistakes, because Father at the time was still in the Realm of Indirect Dominion where God could not intervene. In order not to be deceived by Satan, Father would go in the opposite direction of whatever direction Satan would tell him to go. Father kept fighting back.

Father would work hard to find an answer to a question. When he brought that answer to God for confirmation, though, God would say it wasn´t correct. God had to do this to indemnify the history when the son denied his father; the father had to deny his son this time. When God denied Father like this, all spiritual beings of higher status such as Jesus would also deny Father and refuse to accept him.

Moreover, God even left Father when Satans attack became very harsh. Father said he felt so much pain because of this. Jesus had only God to depend on when he was bearing the cross. He only had God. God, though, abandoned him. That is why Jesus cried gFather! Why did you forsake me?

Father spoke of such mysterious ways of the providence. He pointed out that the physical pain of Jesus ended when the pain of the cross ended. Father said, however, that the pain he felt while carrying the cross of shimjeong was incomparable to the physical pain of Jesus. Father said, "What would you know even if I told you this? Father said that, when God abandoned him during Satans attack, it was as if he had been thrown into a completely black void. He could not even be conscious of where he was. The reason we stand balanced on the ground and enjoy the sunlight is that God protects us. When God abandoned Father, there was no light or creation.

Father could not tell where his physical body was or where his spiritual body was. In such a position, Father felt, This must be the situation Jesus found himself in. At that time, Satan appeared to Father and taunted, "Will you still not succumb to me?" Father, though, never doubted or held resentment against God because of the promise God made to him. Seeing that Father was unwavering, never complaining about his situation, Satan, in the end, raised his hands up high and gave up. Satan said, "Normally when a person in this situation blames God. I have never seen anyone like this."Then, he backed off.

Then God came to Father in tears. He cried so violently it shook heaven and earth. God then embraced Father saying "I have finally found my son." Father told us that Gods love was so great then that it penetrated the marrow of his bones. Then, Jesus and all the spiritual beings who denied and persecuted Father returned as well.

What did Gods love feel like then? Father said His love was completely absent of any hatred or enmity. There was not even a concept of such feelings. We human beings are prone to hate and feel betrayed when we are even slightly mistreated. Then we regard those persons as our enemies. When Father experienced the Love of God, it was completely different from any other love he had known before then.

Wehave heard that Father as a child was short-tempered, he liked to get even, and he once felt so angry just to lose a wrestling match that he couldn´t sleep, right? He had a very scary character which dictated that he had to win. Father told us, though, that he changed completely after being melted in the Love of God. After this, Father couldn´t hold a grudge against anyone for too long. He said any emotion of hatred would cause him pain.

In the Garden of Eden, Eve fell for the sweet-talk of the Archangel because the Archangel was very good with words. Eve was intelligent, so the Archangel could not have deceived her unless he was good with words. The Archangel knew what God was going to do in the future, so he used Gods plan first. The Archangel's words were very close to the Principle but he spoke centering on himself. Here, Father had to wrestle with the Archangel in battles of wisdom, and it was very difficult to discern what was principled and what was not.

"Father, how did you know what was principled?" I asked him one day. Father said "I was able to tell what was what because I discarded the evil-mind." So then I asked, "Then what was the evil-mind?" Father answered, "The evil-mind is selfcenteredness." It is explained in more detail in the Divine Principle chapter titled "Fall of Man", but selfishness is centering on oneself. It means that the reason the Archangel became Satan was that he was self-centered.

If the Archangel had centered himself on God and Adam and Eve, he wouldn't have fallen. The Archangel thought "If ve been a faithful servant to God but now I am just a mere slave now that He has His own son and daughter." In other words, the Archangel reflected and thought "Who am I?" Such self-centeredness was the seed that grew into the Fall.

So we must remember that we are unable to meet God unless we completely discard our self-centeredness and deny ourselves while living a life of faith. Self-denial is very important. This is the first trait that we need in walking this path of faith. After choosing Father as the Messiah, God put Father through the harsh training of selfdenial. God had Father do not the things he enjoyed or wanted to do, but only the things that he hated doing and didn´t want to do. Doing the things that you don´t like, doing the things you can´t do is the way to train yourself in self-denial. Then, Satan cannot follow you. Father realized that it was Gods plan only after he passed the rigorous training course of self-denial.

Father gave us an example. Father entered America in 1971 but the way into America was a difficult one. He couldn´t even go directly to America but had to take a detour through Canada. The Christians were about to kick Rev. Moon of the Unification Church out of the country even if said nothing and did nothing wrong. Father was a religious leader who wasn´t even widely-accepted in his own country. Christians in America were watching Fathers every move.

Father was in a very difficult situation. Nobody knew what would happen to him because of the connection between Koreas Christianity and American missionaries. Then, God ordered Father to go meet President Richard M. Nixon. In the end, Father met the President. When Father first heard Gods order to meet Nixon, not only was he surprised but he had no idea how to make it happen.

However, knowing that this was the Will of God, Father prayed with many tears. Father cried when he prayed but he couldn´t cry in front of Mother or his children, let alone in front of the members. Why? Because Father was the hope of all hopes. Father thought about how we could follow him if we saw him shedding tears because he was worried or because he didn´t know what to do.

Father told us that he told Mother, his children, and us that he was confident, but then he would turn around and shed tears. We were dumfounded when we later learned this. At that time, the people around Father were recommending that he not meet President Nixon.

Father then had to shed many tears and set up a conditional period all alone before he was finally able to meet the President. As we can see from this, the things that Father does are not done easily. Father has offered immeasurable amounts of jeongseong so as to do things that ordinary people could not do.

Father is a human being just like us, but how is he different? Father knows the spiritual world and he has the heart to fight and defeat Satan. That is the difference between Father and us.

How evil was Kim Il Sung? He killed a lot of people. Before Father went to North Korea to meet Kim, he went to Hawaii to offer Heaven the last prayer so he could overcome his hatred for Kim.

"I can´t hate him even if the whole world hates him and accuses him of being a murderer. If I hate him too, he cannot be saved. Then what kind of heart will I have to have when I see him? Yes, I will go there as his father who gave birth to him. People might say Kim Il Sung is a murderer, execute him, shoot him, but if his father were there, he would still say with the heart of a father, My son is a bad person but I still want to see him in front of me. Kim Il Sung´s father would do anything to save his son´s life. I will go with that kind of heart!"

Father was able to hug Kim Il Sung without any hesitation when he saw him, because he went to North Korea with this kind of heart. Kim Il Sung was able to feel Fathers love.

Bo Hi Park said something interesting after returning from Pyongyang. He said he stood behind Father and ended up hugging Kim Il Sung, too. However, when he hugged Kim Il Sung, his heart was filled with curses such as "You murderer!" He acted exactly the same as Father outwardly, but his heart was completely different. Then he felt that there is a clear difference between the heart of parents and the heart of brothers.

God molded Fathers character and his ability to love. Also, because God is always with Father, his ability to love is on a different level from ordinary people. I have felt that many times in my life.

Father discovered every detail of the Principle after fighting bloody battles against Satan. Father told us he sometimes feel angry to have to give the Principle to people who are unworthy and never made any contribution to the providence. However, he said he still gives the Principle without receiving anything in return, because he has to save all of humanity.

I can´t fully express the sorrowful, indignant heart of Father. However, this knowledge will help you in some cases.

What Father needed to fulfill his Messianic mission

Father asked himself, "What do I need to begin the work of saving humanity?" Ordinary people do not know God well. Nor do they know Jesus and the spirit world. They do not know what happens in the world that is invisible to them. That is why Father thought, "I must first teach people about these matters, I will need a systematic ideology."

Then he felt: I must have power if I am to educate humanity and bring them to God. I must have power, financial power! He thought, Oh, I need an ideology and financial power. Just as a train runs on two tracks, those two things will be equally important. Ideology and economy are like our mind and body. Just as human beings can have a wholesome life by uniting their mind and body, ideology and financial power are absolutely critical as well.

Then what is this ideology? It is the Principle. Then, what is the Principle? In simple terms, it is the Bible plus nature. Father explained all the secrets of the Bible that were not explained before. Father claimed victories in the wars against Satan so as to take back the secrets of the Bible stolen by Satan.

What is nature? Nature means all created things. Humans fell, but nature didn´t. Nature has not changed, since it did not fall. It is eternally unchanging. Nature still has the character of God and lives for the sake of others.

Father realized that humanity has to live for the sake of others in order to return to God. He found this Principle more in nature than he did from the Bible.

If you read Fathers autobiography, there is a part that says, "Each species [of fish] feeds on something different. Living together in a complex system, they devour anything that dirties the water. Their act of feeding has the function of keeping the water pure. Fish are very different from human beings. Fish don´t live for their own sake. They live to clean their environment and make it better."

Have you seen nature wage war? The created beings in nature live in harmony, help each other, and maintain peace. Strong animals, of course, sometimes eat weaker animals, but they do it not because they hate their prey but because they have no alternative.

If we human beings did not Fall, we would have never fought over food. Everything is created for human beings, so we can live in abundance easily.

Father has said the ocean has infinite resources. It is said that there are lots of diamonds in the jungles of Africa where fierce predators like lions roam. They protect the resources from fallen human beings.

God calculated everything before He created this infinite amount of natural resources so that human beings would not have to starve. However, people wage war on each other, not because they are in need but because of their greed, trying to hoard as much as possible to satisfy themselves.

True Father told us that the other name for Principle is "Natural Law". Therefore, the Principle is not a religious dogma that has to be taught within the Unification Church and that only Unification Church members must obey. Instead, it is the natural law that was created by God which must be obeyed by everyone.

Therefore, we cannot return to God unless all of humanity knows the Principle. That is why we learn the Principle. Besides the seven billion people on Earth, what about the people in the spirit world? Spiritual beings must learn the Principle as well. So we need many Principle lecturers. We need an ocean of them. Father already foresaw this and told me, Educate the wives of Blessed Families to become lecturers of Principle. Your husband went to the spirit world without fulfilling this task, so now it is up to you.After listening to Fathers command, I felt, Oh, this truly is my mission.

Purpose for publishing Explanation of the Divine Principle and Exposition of the Divine Principle

The publication of Exposition of Divine Principle in 1966 followed the publication of Explanation of Divine Principle by nine years.

Exposition of Divine Principle was published when Father gave the direction to rewrite the Principle text to be more systematic and logical so the lecture could be given by just reading the book. One member who joined the church after attending a lecture on The Exposition of Divine Principle testified that he was greatly moved when he heard the lectures.

Explanation of Divine Principle was shorter than Exposition of Divine Principle and it was almost like a written appeal. In the past, when there was about to be a war, the government would post a written appeal in all the villages around the country in order to recruit soldiers. The appeal would say something like, Young people of this nation!

We have a war to fight. Drop your hoes and plows and come defend your nation! Explanation of Divine Principle was a similar written appeal. It was conscious of the strong opposition from Christianity at the time it was published. It called on Christians to "Come and rally!" Now that the secret of God that had been kept hidden from humanity for the last 6,000 years had been revealed. It was similar in the way John the Baptist, while he was in the wilderness, shouted to the people "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!" For these reasons, Explanation of Divine Principle contained many more Bible quotes than Exposition of Divine Principle.

Exposition of Divine Principle was published to develop lecturers. Father once told us, "I told President Hyo Won Eu to organize it so that a lecture could be given easily just by reading it, but he didn´t listen to my direction." Then Father told me, "You must complete the work your husband couldn´t finish."

There was a reason why President Eu did that. During the early period of our church, many people came to our church demanding that we return their husbands, wives, sons, or daughters or even the church members who quit their own churches to join ours. President Eu thought that he had to give a very passionate lecture, shooting out many examples at them like a machine gun so the people who opposed us would understand and accept us.

However, Father was very disappointed when he heard that many pastors and Principle lecturers still lecture the Principle like the early period of the church, even though Heavenfs Will is materializing more concretely, thinking that to be the orthodox method. Father originally wanted people to lecture on the Principle while reading Exposition of Divine Principle.

The book was very long and its contents very deep. The lectures required a lot of time. Father directed us to summarize Exposition of Divine Principle and create diagrams for it to save time. This is why today we have the Divine Principle Summary Hoon Dok Charts (1-hour, 3-hour, and 12-hour charts), and we are giving lectures with these charts.

In the early days, Father shed tears and sweat during Divine Principle lectures and Sunday services. His Words, filled with grace, caused many spiritual miracles. Many people received spiritual fire, spoke in tongues, and received revelations. Many received testimony from the spirit world about who Father was. This is why many such people joined our church even though Christian churches opposed us so harshly. When I asked former President Eu, "Why is Exposition of Divine Principle so difficult to understand?" (because I was having much difficulty while studying the Divine Principle) he answered, "Did I write the book for the current Unification Church members level? No. I wrote it for the prominent scholars and theologians who will read this book one day."

Father once told us, "Scholars all over the world will have to wear the hat called Divine Principle if they want to perfect their expertise. There will be no perfection in scholarship unless one wears the hat of Divine Principle." For example, Unification Thought is one of the fields that has been perfected.

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