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Cheon Seong Gyeong 1188
It is only after we go beyond the realm of the Fall and restore the rights of both the first and second born sons on God’s side, that we can stand in the original world for the first time. This is the original ideal of creation. As God is absolute, His ideal has also remained absolute. To regain the original ideal, we must undergo a historical course of restoration through indemnity in order to go beyond the fallen realm. (134-304, 1985.8.16)
Cheon Seong Gyeong 1916
Where should America go? It should return to Asia. It should seek the Asian continent where Jesus’ body was lost. The era of the Pacific civilization is coming. Yet, why is the era of the Asia-Pacific civilization coming? Even scholars do not know this. This cannot be solved without Rev. Moon’s principle. America will be compelled to seek Asia. Currently, America has only the spiritual standard. Therefore, in order to make use of the body, it must return to Asia. (225-30, 1992.1.1)
Cheon Seong Gyeong
Selections from the Speeches of Rev. Sun Myung Moon
Book 7
Etiquette and Ceremonies
Chapter 4
Section 14. Blessed Families Ceremonies
14.1. Birth
Summary:
Children are a precious, irreplaceable gift from God that cannot be bought or exchanged for anything in the entire world. The process of childbirth is intentionally designed by God to be a grueling, life-and-death struggle so that parents can experience a brilliantly shining, profound depth of love. In the chaotic moment of birth, when a newborn finally cries out, a mother’s intense pain vanishes in an instant, allowing her to love her child even more deeply because of the hardships she overcame. To honor this mysterious and unfathomable miracle of new life, Blessed families should hold a formal ceremony to dedicate their newborns to heaven, which must be performed on the seventh day after birth for daughters and on the eighth day for sons.
Your beloved sons and daughters are undeniably precious. They are the precious treasures of heaven and earth, treasures that you can neither buy nor exchange for the entire world. They are that precious to God and to their parents as well. Would anyone trade their children for anything else in this world? Children are God’s precious gift. (165-100, 1987.5.20)
Babies are very mysterious. If you 1 think about them, they are intriguing. We almost want to ask one, “Hey, you! How were you born?” Try to think how unfathomable it is. If you were to try to create human beings like that, could you succeed? You could not be able to do it in a thousand years. (118-289, 1982.6.20)
Do you recall how difficult it was when you were coming out of your mother’s womb? Why did God make birth like this? How easy would it be if giving birth were as simple as talking, as easy as eating good food or smelling the scent of perfume or opening your mouth and laughing “Ha ha ha.” Why is it that giving birth is not simple like that? Giving birth produces perspiration in situations that border on life-and-death. Why was it made like that? Why? It is in order for us to experience a brilliantly shining love. (107-43, 1980.1.20)
In such a state of near-death, when your eyeballs pop out, when everything is destroyed and heaven and earth are in chaos, then if a child cries its first cry and is born, your eyes open wide. All pain disappears in an instant. Since you gave birth with such difficulty, you can love more than the difficulty you have experienced. You will say, “Aigoo!” Do you understand what that means? (107- 43, 1980.1.20) You should hold a ceremony of dedication to heaven for daughters on the seventh day after their birth and on the eighth day for sons. (11-82, 1961.2.2)
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Daily Inspiration Discussion Forum
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