Genesis 45: 17
17Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do this: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan, 18and bring your father and your families back to me.
Ezekiel 21
1The word of the Lord came to me: 2“Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuary. Prophesy against the land of Israel 3and say to her: ‘This is what the Lord says: I am against you. I will draw my sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked. 4Because I am going to cut off the righteous and the wicked, my sword will be unsheathed against everyone from south to north. 5Then all people will know that I the Lord have drawn my sword from its sheath; it will not return again.’
Isaiah 17
10You have forgotten God your Savior;
you have not remembered the Rock, your fortress.
Therefore, though you set out the finest plants
and plant imported vines,
11though on the day you set them out, you make them grow,
and on the morning when you plant them, you bring them to bud,
yet the harvest will be as nothing
in the day of disease and incurable pain.
Richard: Today we have three readings about God’s judgement. In many ways this is already occurring as men abandon God and Christ. Gangs wantonly murder people in America’s large cities; in Europe gangs of Muslim men rape women. Yet, a new sovereignty is coming, as the Cheon Il Guk Constitution has been released, and President Donald Trump is fighting for sovereignty. Substantially, you can join with the Second King and Rev. Sun Myung Moon, study the Cheon Il Guk Constutution, join the Marriage Blessing (and movement of preparation for marriage blessing, Urban Life Training. Attend our seminar on March 18th, 2017. (Log in for these links).
Let Us Restore God’s Kingdom and His Righteousness
Sun Myung Moon
October 15, 1957
Chung Pa Dong Church
Seoul, Korea
Matthew 6: 16-34
Today I would like to reflect with you on the topic “Let Us Restore God’s Kingdom and His Righteousness.”
Today the many people living on the earth cannot find the Kingdom of God and His righteousness which God foretold. Consequently, finding the kingdom of God and His righteousness is the hope of all humankind today. It has been the hope of humankind in the past, too, throughout the thousands of years of history. You should understand this.
Why has the hope for God’s kingdom and His righteousness remained as our ultimate goal? It is due to the human fall. Due to the fall, God and man, who should have been the center of God’s kingdom and His righteousness, came into a state where they could not relate to one another. That is, people came to a state where they did not know about God, the center of His original kingdom and His righteousness. God has been toiling throughout history to educate such ignorant people and, indeed, all of humankind, so they could learn who is their Father. That is the reason finding and restoring God’s kingdom and His righteousness remains our hope and goal. Similarly, if the Father exists, who desires to find and restore His kingdom and righteousness on earth, you must comprehend that the will of the Father still remains on earth.
To find and restore God’s kingdom and His righteousness, what should you then do? You should first find the Father, who has been working hard throughout history to have a relationship with people and establish His kingdom and His righteousness. If you cannot first find the Father, you cannot find His kingdom and establish His righteousness. Consequently, anyone and everyone living in this world should find the Father, the star of the kingdom, no matter what he or she may have to go through. However, if humans cannot find that Father, the glory of that Father cannot be revealed on this earth. The kingdom and the righteousness of God, for which people long, also cannot be found and built.
Before Jesus’ coming, no one appeared who could claim before Heaven and earth, “I am the master of the kingdom.” In other words, before Jesus came, no one stepped forward proclaiming confidently that he could represent the righteousness of God’s kingdom, that he was following God’s righteousness, and that he was the substantial incarnation of that righteousness.
One person, after being born from the hope of Heaven and the lineage of righteousness, proclaimed before hopeless and desolate Heaven and earth: “I am the representative of the Father of the kingdom. I am the substantial incarnation of the righteousness of that kingdom.” This was the gospel of gospels, the most joyous of joyful news for humankind on this earth.
Who was that man then who stepped forth making such a proclamation? That very man was the one who was distrusted by the religious leaders. He was the man who was ostracized by the prevailing denomination and evicted from the nation. This was the very same Jesus Christ in whom you believe today. You should clearly understand this.
What did Jesus say when he appeared on this earth? He overturned the history of 4,000 years and asserted, “I am one with God; I am the son of God.” He also said, “You will come to know God by believing in me. Only by believing in me will you establish the kingdom.” He also stated, “I am the way, the truth and the life.” Similarly, Jesus strongly asserted that to attain the comprehensive goal of Heaven, man should believe in him and that man could not help but go through him.
Jesus emerged after making his way through all that was blocking Heaven and earth and said, “By believing in me, you can have a relationship with God.” He said this to fallen people who could not possibly have a relationship with God, the center of that kingdom and righteousness. This was the gospel of gospels. You should understand this. You should now inform today’s Christians who believe in the gospel of Jesus that the time is near when they should not stand still just gazing at Jesus.