Where is the refuge in which Heaven can dwell?
Rev. Sun Myung Moon
Former
Church Headquarters Seoul, Korea January 12, 1958
Matthew 8:18-22
Prayer
Father
of love, I have come with words of truth in this hour. Please let the heart of
the giver and the hearts of the receivers become one. Father, we wish for You
to allow us to become one in heart and will so that when the Father stops, we
stop. When the Father moves, we move.
Please
allow us to feel the heart of Jesus, who was concerned about the faithless land
of that time, comforted the sorrowful heart of God and felt heartbroken
himself. On that foundation, please let our minds not stagnate in this hour.
Let us act after connecting with the heart of the Father and the historical
heart of Jesus.
Please
allow us to feel the distressed heart of the Father. Let us experience the
heart of Jesus Christ, who felt distressed for the salvation of humanity, so
that the beloved brothers and sisters who have gathered here can cleanse all
the sins of darkness that remain inside their hearts. Beloved Father, we
ardently wish and hope for this.
We
know that the work of Satan, who is trying to block the grace of the Father, is
ahead us. Father, please allow us to escape from the invasion of Satan and be
embraced in Your bosom of eternal love by understanding when and from what
position comes the grace of the Father. Beloved Father, we sincerely desire and
want that even just for this hour You will allow us to feel Your hands of
compassion that have not forsaken foolish and inadequate us. You have sought
for us while You were leading the dispensation for 6,000 years.
We
have entrusted everything in this hour. Wishing earnestly that the Father will
personally govern from the very beginning to the very end, I pray in the name
of the Lord. Amen.
You
know very well that when God was creating all things of Heaven and earth, He
began with the intention of finding eternal, peaceful rest in the created
world. However, you also know well that this foundation God created was handed
over to Satan because of the fall of man.
Consequently,
although a long period of 6,000 years has passed, you must clearly understand
that in not even one small corner of this earth has a nest, a place of rest,
been secured. You have to fathom the aching heart of God that came into
existence because of this.
The Will of God toward Adam and Eve
What
did God use then as the basis to create all things? He began to create all
things through the eternal and unique words of truth. The purpose of God's
creation of Adam and Eve was His hope that they would perfect the purpose of
those words and become the substantial bodies in which He could substantially
dwell. Furthermore, when God blew in the breath of life, He tried to create a
place of rest in their minds by dwelling there as the eternal subject of life.
God created Adam and Eve after establishing this great purpose of the heavenly
principles.
To
put it another way, after creating Adam and Eve, God tried to establish the
laws of life in the Kingdom of Heaven with words. Through their bodies, He
tried to form the altar in which He could personally dwell. In their minds, God
tried to build the holy temple where He could directly settle down.
However,
the laws of the heavenly principles, which can act on behalf of the words of
truth, also disappeared from human beings due to the fall of Adam. Adam was
created as the body of God. When he fell, the temple in which God could live
also disappeared from the human world. The basis of the mind where the
invisible God could dwell, sitting on the eternal throne as the substantial
hero, also disappeared.
The
laws which represent the words, the ideology of creation and the body (the holy
temple of all things) all went out of line with the original will due to the
fall, so did the mind that can represent the holy of the holies in the
invisible world. The sorrow of God began from there. Therefore, the minds of
men, who were created for the sake of Heaven, also became sorrowful. The body
that must relate with that mind also became sorrowful. The result was that the
laws which represent the words of truth, based upon which the mind and body
could move, also disappeared from human beings.
When
we examine the standard and content of the basic principles of Heaven, where,
among the innumerable people on this earth, would the laws of the words of
truth that Heaven is seeking emerge? Where would the substantial temple, where
God can dwell, emerge among those who were born of the sinful lineage due to
the fall? Where on this earth would the temple that will become the holy of the
holies, where God can dwell, instead of the infinite invisible world, emerge?
Countless people throughout the course of history have tried to solve these
things. Today, in this hour, you must realize that countless prophets and
patriots have walked through a course of shedding blood and tears while
offering many sacrifices, all to accomplish this purpose.
Therefore,
there must now appear on this earth the person who possesses the words that can
be considered the best in Heaven and on earth. A person must appear who can
build the substantial temple of the invisible God to bring Him joy and give Him
support. He must possess the cosmic value that represents Heaven and earth. The
basis of one power which can represent the spirit world and the throne of the
Father, which can also attain the substantial ideology to be able to move the
world of creation, is the hope of God, the hope of humanity and the hope of all
people of faith who must receive salvation today.
What
have we humans lost? Looking at it centering on ourselves, we have lost the
laws of the words based upon which we can stand before Heaven. We have lost our
bodies where God can dwell and the temple of the mind that can represent the
center of the throne of eternal life. Similarly, because people have lost all
right of possession, they are endlessly struggling in search of something.
Consequently, today you must consider the search for the words of God that can
represent the heavenly principles as your own hope. Today and tomorrow, you
must dash forward at full speed.
After
passing through the era of words, what kind of era will come? The era when we
must pass through the substantial body will come. Consequently, the greatest
purpose in twentieth century civilization today is actualizing the substantial
realm, connected to the words of the basic principles. You have to understand
that this is the reason that people in the Last Days today long for the
appearance of the embodiment of the laws of the heavenly and human principles
which God originally proclaimed to humankind.
If
the words and the embodiment become one, people no longer remain at the level
of materialistic animals, but are put in the position where they can perform
the duties of the heavenly principles as the beings who possess the internal
heart. You have to realize that their heart is stimulated by actions which can
transcend the living environment and head toward the eternal ideology. When you
think about this, if you do not set the standard with which the forces of your
minds and bodies can relate, you can only recognize the existence of God as
some conceptual deity. You cannot feel Him as a substantial deity.
Therefore,
after connecting with the words and the substantial embodiment now, you must
end the period of history centering on the will of the invisible sin that you
have adored. If you cannot do that, there is no way for you to be in accordance
with the purpose of the great dispensation of the heavenly principles.
Furthermore, you will fall into a miserable situation where you cannot exist in
this substantial world that we call the realm of the ideology of the creation.
You
must realize that this kind of historical fate lies before you. Therefore, you
must now connect with the words and move forward to connect with the one
embodiment which can stand as living proof of the words. You must search
vigorously for the place where you can solve all the problems.
If
God were to come seeking us in the midst of all things of Heaven and earth,
with what is He going to come? God will come with the laws of the words He
spoke. This is the word of God for which all of humanity has hoped, the words
that are greater than any other thought or words of any individual on this
earth. Accordingly, it is your fate to restore the words established at the
time of creation as the words that can govern your life. In other words, you
must restore them as the words that can save your life.
Only
after crossing over this can you form the one family, society, tribe and build
the Kingdom of Heaven on this earth, using God- centered individuals as the
foundation. Therefore, until the time that you fully digest the words as your
own, you must overcome any kind of hardship and sorrow. You must feel that the
course of conflict still lies before you.
When
we look at reality today, religion represents the field of metaphysical truth
and the natural sciences represent the field of physical truth. Where would all
these go? We have lost the word due to the fall of Adam and Eve. By losing the
words, we have lost the substantial embodiment. By losing the substantial
embodiment, we have lost the ideology. Therefore, in the Last Days, we must
restore this centering on some person. Therefore, one person who stands on the
cutting edge of scientific civilization must appear today, in the concluding
era of human history, as the embodiment who represents all physical ideologies.
When
we look at ourselves, where must humanity head? Our bodies must be in a
position to connect to the ideology of the natural sciences. Our minds must be
in a position to connect with the world of the metaphysical and supernatural
sciences.
However,
although our minds try to perform goodness and live for Heaven, our bodies try
to carry out evil and head toward the world. Living in this confused situation,
divided into two, is the reality of human beings today. Therefore, people have
been seeking endlessly, until now, for the master who possesses the words of
Heaven that can unite these two and the laws of heavenly truth. People have
been longing until now for the emergence of the new words, which can truly
transcend the world of our minds and connect with the spirit world, but can
also connect to the field of natural science.
Accordingly, if you possess these words today, you will live with more confidence than anyone else in the world. You will be overwhelmed by the joy of possessing the highest ideology that no one else in history could possess. Therefore, today you must at any cost find the laws of God's words lost in the Garden of Eden.
Rev. Sun Myung Moon
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