Part One: The Absolute Nature of the True Parent Position
1.
Introduction:
It pains me to know
that citizens of Cheon Il Guk around the world have divided into two groups
since the ascension of True Father, Rev Dr. Sun Myung Moon in 2012. What pains
me more is the logical framework which has brought this division. One group
remains loyal to the True Parent position, represented now by True Mother, Dr
Hak-ja Han Moon; while the other group professes loyalty to True Mother’s son
as the proclaimed Heir to the True Parent position, H.E. Heung-jin Nim Moon. The
arguments and discussions between various breakaway fractions of the
Unification Movement[1]
fill the air waves of public media like the internet, Facebook, Vimeo, etc.
What these breakaway
groups fail to realize is the absolute nature of the True Parent position in
front of Heaven and the painful path one must walk to properly establish this
position on Earth. The Divine Principle clearly explains why it is even beyond
the power of God to establish this position on earth, since it requires the voluntary
fulfillment of human responsibility which God does not interfere with. Thus, in this article I wish to share some
insight on the process of establishing this position and the absolute nature of
the position once established.
2. The Meaning of the True Parent Position
The first man and woman
couple to properly fulfill God’s purpose for human existence stands in the True
Parent position as God’s direct object partner on earth. As God’s direct object
partner this position becomes perfect like God, meaning it becomes absolute,
eternal and unchanging. There can only be one True Parent position since there
is only one God. All other couples blessed to fulfill this divine plan of
marriage, stand in the position of “children of God (COG)” not “the True Parent
position (TPP)”. While they too can qualify as True Parents for their various
families, tribes, race or even nations; there can only be one absolute True
Parent for Heaven, Earth and Humankind.
According to the Holy
Scriptures[2],
God made human beings in His image as male and female[3]. Thus,
all males are a unique extension of God’s masculinity while all females are a
unique extension of God’s femininity. Only the unity of one man and one woman
bond[4]
together as one centered on God’s love, can represents “the tabernacle of God”
(TOG) on earth. Within that tabernacle, the God-like man is called a True Man; while
the God-like woman is called a True Woman. When such a couple successfully
marry centered on God’s will and bear children on earth they qualify to inherit
the title of Parents. Without properly bearing and raising children no couple
can inherit the heart of True Parents, which is the very heart of God our
Heavenly Parents.
It is for this reason I
say the TPP is an absolute, unchanging and eternal position representing the
physical anchor of Heavenly Parent’s (GOD) heart and presence on earth. It is
the ultimate expected fulfillment of human responsibility on earth. Everyone is
destined to be a True Parents (TP), living a life in resonance with God’s heart
and character. But the first True Parent on earth is unique because Heavenly
Parents (God) promised in the bible (Isa 9:6) to claims that 1st
Victorious TPP as their eternal tabernacle and representative on Earth and in
Heaven. Thus, the messianic promise:
Isa 9:6 “For unto us a child is born, unto us a
son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall
be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The
Prince of Peace.”
So, like a radio station broadcasting at a
unique frequency, the 1st TPP on earth reveals the true nature and
heart of God. All other TP (as children) are like radio receivers, sharing a
common bloodline and destined to resonate in oneness with that absolute
standard of love, life and lineage. Allow me to further supplement this argument
by referring to the bible.
3. Biblical introduction to the idea of True
Parents on Earth & in Heaven:
The
bible starts in Genesis with a Garden created by God with only one man and one
woman, and they both lived in the presence of God happy and joyfully. We are
told of a tragic misfortune (the Fall of Man) which led to the expulsion of
Adam and Eve from the presence of God (kicked out of the Garden). From this we
can assume they started their family life and the dawn of humanity on earth outside
of God’s garden or presence.
The
bible ends in Revelation with the arrival of a new heaven and earth but this
time we are told that the tabernacle of God (TOG) is on earth with man. It even
specifies that through this TOG the invisible God is empowered physically to
resolve all human problems on earth and thus establish His Kingdom on earth and
in heaven for the first time in human history.
Clearly
from this simply overview of the bible we can conclude, the original Adam and
Eve failed to fulfill the role of True Parents, thus in John 8:39 to 47 Lord
Jesus explains indirectly how Adam & Eve become False Parents and born all
of us outside of the Garden of Eden as Satan’s children (instead of God’s
children)
John 8:39-47 They
answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye
were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham. But now ye seek
to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this
did not Abraham. Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, we be not born of fornication; we have
one Father, even God. Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father,
ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of
myself, but he sent me. Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye
cannot hear my word. Ye are of
your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a
murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no
truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar,
and the father of it. And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me
not. Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye
not believe me? He that is of God
heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
.
Lord Jesus’ words are reinforced
in the book of Revelation (Rev. 21:1-4):
Rev 21:1-4 “(1)And
I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth
were passed away; and there was no more sea. (2)And I John saw the holy
city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride
adorned for her husband. (3) And I heard a great voice out of heaven
saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them,
and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their
God. (4)And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there
shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any
more pain: for the former things are passed away.
In these four verses
Heaven reveals four key events expected to take place at the end of human
history as follows:
1.
The Last Day Events Concluded (Rev 21:1): This verse states clearly that at the dawn of
the 21st century Heaven will have concluded its providence of
restoration, reconciliation and ultimate salvation of humankind, thus the
pronouncement of a New Heaven & a New Earth. It also means the end of
Satan’s dominion on earth.
2.
God’s Sovereignty Established on Earth
(Rev21:2): In this second verse
Heaven prophesies the establishment of God’s sovereignty or Kingship on Earth.
It is said to descend from Heaven, meaning it will start as a spiritual
revolution in the hearts and minds of God’s children. With time, they will
mobilize and boldly proclaim the need for a “New Nation of Cosmic Peace and
Unity on Earth” as the “New Jerusalem[5]”. As
this revolution grows worldwide the global system of earthy governance will
reflect Heaven’s will automatically. This is the meaning of “prepared as a
bride (Earth) adorned for her husband (Heaven)”.
3.
The appearance of True Parents on Earth (Rev
21:3): In this 3rd
verse we are boldly informed of the arrival God’s Tabernacle on earth. We are
told this tabernacle will allow the invisible spiritual creator of the Cosmos (God)
to dwell with mortal human beings. How is this possible? From a Christian perspective,
this is a clear fulfillment of the Second Coming of Christ on earth in the
flesh. Only the Messiah is anointed to properly represent God’s physical
presence on earth.
4.
The Restored Garden of Eden on Earth (Rev 21:4): Final in this 4th verse we are told
of the mission or purpose of God’s physical presence on earth. God comes to
clear up the world (wipe away all tears from our eyes) and thus restore His
true ownership and will on earth… to restore His sovereignty one earth. In also
means the end of relative good and evil. When the cleaning process is complete Rev
22 states, there will be no evil on earth and likewise none in heaven. The
Divine Principle[6] confirms this on page 45 by
stating “people who are in total resonance with God’s heart will lead the
natural world in the free-flowing sharing of love and beauty, and the entire
universe will realize goodness”.
Christians
who normally read the Book of Revelation can never fathom its inner meaning
relative to God’s search for True Parents on Earth. They never fathom God’s
desire to reveal Himself in the flesh as a True Man & a True Woman. Only by
studying the Divine Principle and the words of True Parents does the bible open
its treasure to the inner heart and mind of its readers. For example:
A.
In Rev 11
readers are mysteriously introduced to two witnesses (two candlesticks or two
olive trees) on earth serving as twin prophets. As a Unificationist I interpret
these two prophets to mean the physical return of Lord Jesus Christ and the
Holy Spirit as the Lord of the Second Coming (LSC) and His Bride.
Rev 11:3-4 “And I will give power
unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and
threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. These are the two olive trees, and
the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.”
B.
During three
major battles (3 Woes or 3 World Wars) with Satan’s evil forces the “twin
witnesses” are driven to the point of death and resurrection. The true suffering,
they endured can only be understood and explained by Heavenly Parents (God).
Rev 11:11-14
“And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into
them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw
them. And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up
hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld
them. And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the
city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the
remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven. The second woe is past; and, behold, the
third woe cometh quickly.”
C.
In Rev 12
to 18 readers are told in symbolic details of the two witnesses and their
battle with Satan and his people. Finally, the reader is told of the Rise and
Fall of Babylon the Great (BG) as the Harlot nation who betrays Heaven.
Rev 18:1-4 “And after these things I
saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was
lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen,
and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and
a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of
the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and
the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the
merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that
ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.”
D.
This harlot
nation, also called “the Great City”
in Rev 11:8 and 16:19, symbolizes modern day global nations-states after the
fall of Communism and centered on the United States of America. The world is
prophesied to be divided in the Last Days into three major economic zones after
the fall of Communism. I personally refer to this as the three great USA
(United States of America/N&S, the United States of Africa/Europe and the
United States of Asia/N&S). The cause of the Fall of Communism is depicted
as a great Earthquake, since it will be a period of global restructuring of
nations-state prior to the rise of God’s bride nation as the new singular Global-State.
I believe this great earthquake refers to a spiritual awakening linked to the
work of the LSC.
Rev_11:8 “And
their dead bodies shall lie in the street of
the great city, which spiritually is
called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.”
Rev 16:18-19 “And there were voices,
and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not
since men were upon the earth, so mighty an
earthquake, and so great. And the
great city was divided into three
parts, and the cities of the nations
(Nation-State era ending) fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before
God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.”
E.
For their
crime of betraying God’s love and trust, by playing the Harlot with the Beast (Satan’s
Nation), the Old-World Order of Nation-States (Babylon the Great) are prophesied
to be JUDGED by Heaven with God’s wrath, thus the need for a New Jerusalem on
Earth as a 3rd Israel leading the way to a New-World Order of
Nation-States.
Rev 18:21 And a mighty angel took up
a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with
violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more
at all.
F.
That New
Jerusalem is what we call the “Nation of Cosmic Peace & Unity” or simply
“Cheon Il Guk” (CIG). It was inaugurated Jan 13, 2013 by True Parents.
Currently it is still descending out of Heaven to earth, through the hearts and
mind of blessed family members worldwide as its inaugural citizens. The
Constitution of this New Nation has also been written by TPP.
4. Why did Christianity as BG fail to receive
True Parents?
The reason why Global
Christianity lost its position as the 2nd Chosen people of God and
ended up betraying heaven’s 2000-year period of grace and protection is faith.
Mat_17:20
And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you,
If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain,
Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be
impossible unto you.
Christianity, as a
global institution, rejected the True Parent position (TPP) of Rev Dr. &
Mrs Sun Myung Moon. While Dr Moon and his Bride started as the two witnesses of
God on Earth in 1945 (Rev 11), by 2013 (Rev 21) they had risen to the
victorious position of God’s ordain tabernacle on Earth. Little did
Christianity know they were rejecting once again God’s physical presence on
Earth with man.
Just as 2,000 years ago
the 1st Israel (Judaism) betrayed Lord Jesus Christ (& the Holy
Spirit) to the extent of crucifying him under the authority of the Roman
Empire; between 1945 to 2,005 the 2nd Israel (Global Christianity)
betrayed Lords Moon (& His Bride) even imprisoning Him 6 times under the
authority of Global Democracy due to the same faithlessness.
Luk_18:8 I
tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man
cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
In summary, as warned
in the book of revelation, Christianity became Harlot and betrayed heaven’s
trust after 2,000 years of grace and protection, not True Mother (Dr. Hak-ja
Han Moon) as some misguided Unificationist has asserted on the internet. Just
as Christianity as an institution didn’t believe in Lord Jesus’ second coming,
many Unificationist lost faith in the TPP after Father Moon ascended.
When Lord Jesus
appeared through the body of Rev Dr Sun Myung Moon, He spoke new “Words of God”[7] (Divine
Principle) as prophesied in Rev 9:13 to identify himself as the same Jesus to
his children; yet only a few Christians believed that Rev Moon was the Lord of
the Second Coming (LSC). By grace the author of this article was one of them.
I believed because I
read the Divine Principle over 100 times, and checked it carefully with the
bible. Most of those who condemn the TPP have barely read the divine principle.
Many developed faith due to circumstances not the truth. Yet the bible says clearly
God should be worshiped in spirit and truth (John 4:24; 8:32) not circumstances.
Let’s review the events of TPP activity from 1945 to 2005 to see how the
Principle and the Bible worked to review the Lord’s activities on earth.
5. The Sixty Year Battle of Armageddon
During the 60-year period
from 1945 to 1995 True Father walked the painful path of restoration backward to
the Garden of Eden on Earth, while battling Satan in three world wars. The
bible refers to this battle as the Battle of Armageddon. It represents the
final great battle between Good (God) and Evil (Satan) for total sovereignty on
Earth and in Heaven.
Rev
16:14-16
“…For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and
of the whole world, to gather them to the
battle of that great day of God Almighty. Behold,
I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk
naked, and they see his shame. And he gathered them together into
a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.”
After a prayerful study
of the Divine Principle and the bible, seeking to understand the inner meaning
of this last book of the bible, Lord Jesus revealed to me the meaning
Armageddon. It is a type of acronym for “Arm-Age-Doom-Day-On. It was Lord Jesus’ way of telling
the enlightened faithful Christians that He would appear as a “thief in the
night” during the period of history when nuclear weapons were developed that
could cause global self destruction of humankind. This was exactly the 60-year period
when True Father began his ministry as the LSC.
During this period (1945
to 2005) He had two main antagonists to deal with:
1. The first
is called the Harlot or Babylon the
Great (BG) Rev 17. She symbolizes
the core Christian democratic nations like England and America. They were to be
bride-like nations destined to receive the Lord in His second coming and
support Him. However due to their fornication with Satan[8],
symbolized as the 7-headed scarlet beast,
they are judged unworthy. In Rev 18 BG faces the wrath of God as punishment.
Rev
17:1-3,5,18 “And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven
vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee
the judgment of the great whore that
sitteth upon many waters: With whom the
kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the
earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. So he carried me
away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of
blasphemy, having seven heads and ten
horns… And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF
HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when
I saw her, I wondered with great admiration…. And the woman which thou
sawest is that great city, which
reigneth over the kings of the earth.
2.
The second
antagonist is referred to in Rev 17 as the “8th Head of the Beast from the Sea’” symbolizing Global
Communism. The rise and fall of Communism is clearly linked to this 60-year
period of history and ten core Communist leaders representing the ten (10)
horns of the Beast[9].
Rev 17:10-14
“And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not
yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is
the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. And the ten
horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet;
but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind,
and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome
them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.”
In Revelation 19 True
Father is described as “the man on the White Horse”. His name is simply “the
Word of God” and His tool of battle is not guns and weapons of mass destruction,
but simply the spoken words of truth from God (the Divine Principle &
Victory over Communism)… out of His mouth goeth a sharp sword.
Rev 19:11-16
“And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him
was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had
a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with
a vesture dipped in blood: and his name
is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven
followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword,
that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of
iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty
God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF
KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”
Eventually by 1980 Father Moon defeated Global
Communism with His Sword of Truth (Victory Over Communism) and paid indemnity
for the failure of Christianity by raising up the global Unification Church
movement as the 3rd Israel. This ended what historians call the Cold
War era as World War III. Also during this sixty (60) year period of battle heaven
assisted True Father to redeem a worthy Bride. In 1960, they were married
representing the glorious “Marriage Supper of the Lamb” in Rev 19. Her name was
Hak-ja Han Moon. She was the third (3rd) attempt to restore the number SIX(6) stolen by Lucifer (666...Rev 13:18) when he RAPED Eve in the Garden of Eden. Through Her divine wisdom a victorious Eve was finally redeemed from
this world as the "Only Begotten Daughter of God"[10]. By the year 2000 the victorious position of the “Tabernacle of God
on Earth” was prepared by Rev & Mrs. Moon. Finally, history could see the restored
victorious Adam and Eve together as one flesh in absolute faith, absolute love, absolute obedience and with absolute wisdom to God their Heavenly Parents.
6. Can a human being serve as the temple of God?
For those still in
doubt that the Spirit of God can dwell in the flesh of man, lets read together I
Co. 3:16:
I Cor_3:16 “Know
ye not that ye are the temple of God,
and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in
you?”
The bible clearly
states that all human beings are meant to be the “temple of God”. A proper
reading of the bible centered on Divine Principle validates this completely.
For example, in Gen 2:7 we are told that “the breath of life” was given to Adam
and from Adam to Eve at the beginning of creation. This essential divine
essence was a seed soul or gem spirit from God. It is the very meaning of the “WORD”
in John 1:1-4. For those esoteric among you, notice how this seed gem was
referred to as “LIGHT”.
Gen 2:7 “And
the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life; and man
became a living soul.”
Joh 1:1-4 “In
the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All
things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made.
In him was life; and the life was the
light of men. “
This
spirit substance made from light is like a spiritual embryo which grows in our
physical body during our earthy life span. It is the very reason we are called
children of God. We have an eternal light-spirit growing (or dying) in each of
us. We are created from the very essence of God as pure energy or light being. The
key requirement for this embryo light-spirit to become perfect like God is for
it to grow through our absolute faith, love and obedience to God’s word.
John 14:23 “Jesus
answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my
Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him”
The process of this “become
like God” will be discussed in part two of this article.
Until such time, thank
you for reading this article. Please feel free to comment and connect. Love you
all forever.
[1]
Former Unificationist broke away over issues of Rev Moon’s purity, referred to
as the 6 Marys incident. Current Unificationist following HJN as Proclaimed
Heir of Rev Dr. Moon broke away over issues of HJN’s temporary removal as Heir
of the movement by His Mother.
[2] Gen
1:27 of the Bible and chapter one of Divine Principle.
[3]
Not male and male or female and female
[4]
The meaning of bonded together is explained in Gen. 2:23-24, as “becoming one
flesh”
[5]
Citizens of Cheon Il Guk called this “the Nation of Cosmic Peace and Unity”
[6]
The Exposition of the Divine Principle; by Holy Spirit Association for the
Unification of World Christianity, p.
[7] Rev 9:13 “And he was clothed with a vesture
dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.”
[8]
They lost their purity of faith and attendance to God’s will, becoming corrupt
and spreading their corruption worldwide
[9] In
my new book “Revelation Revealed” I will introduce these ten Leaders.
[10] True Parents course of indemnity is beyond human comprehension. As True Father represented Adam, True Mother represented Eve. They both had to walk separate but united courses while God (as Heavenly Parents) used their bodies to redeem the complete blood lineage of humankind from Satan's twisted dominion of evil. Few will be able to understand the details of their life courses, thus I recommend absolute F.L.O.W with the will of God.
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