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When you look at a horizontal line, it looks like a plane but when it stands perpendicular, the standard for that perpendicular line will be different. How do you adjust to the zero point? If you go this way, there will surely be a counteraction. Therefore, you have to adjust to that zero point. In a power plant there are many different types of meters. Each meter has something similar to the zero point from which direction, power and quantity are measured. There has to be such a zero point standard.
What kind of standard is that? It is something that exists and yet does not, or something that does not exist and yet does. There is such a place. Those who practice Zen meditation use the term ecstasy to refer to a state of mind similar to that. You should be able to approach a spiritual level of that kind. Once you reach that standard, you will find something that would surely enable your horizontal standard to respond.
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The first commandment is, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” The second commandment is, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” The first commandment says you should love God, and the second one says you should love your neighbor, meaning all humankind. You should love all humankind; they are your brothers and neighbors. (136-139, 1985.12.22) Arrogance is your enemy.
Arrogance and stubbornness are the natures and elements of Satan. Instead of being arrogant and stubborn, you should be modest and harmonious. You should be a person who can create harmony and friendship; someone who can harmonize with everyone. Everything starts to flow from here. Something greater cannot arise if people or things do not unite. This is what happens when there is no harmony. Jealousy and envy are other natures of Satan, but for us, arrogance and stubbornness are unforgivable. (37-132, 1970.12.23)
Cheon Seong Gyeong
Selections from the Speeches of Rev. Sun Myung Moon
Book 8
Sin and Restoration Through Indemnity
Chapter 3
The Formula for Indemnification and Restoration
Section 1. The Works of Rebecca, Tamar and Mary from the Viewpoint of the Restoration of Motherhood
1.3. The mission of Mary in the course of Jesus
Summary:
Jesus was born through a purified lineage established by the sacrifices of biblical figures like Perez, Zerah, and Tamar 📜. Because Tamar’s son represented an adopted child, a pure virgin who shared Tamar’s radical faith and willingness to risk her life was needed to fulfill God’s direct lineage 🕊️. Mary fulfilled this role by accepting the archangel Gabriel’s message and conceiving Jesus during her engagement to Joseph—risking public execution under Jewish law to inherit and protect God’s sacred lineage 👑.
Tamar bore a son after having relationships with several men. This was not the ideal. Thus, the son represented an adopted son. Therefore, a woman who had inherited the faith and determination of Tamar but who could receive God’s calling as a virgin, with devotion, was needed. A virgin with these qualities was needed. This was Mary. (43-201, 1971.4.30)
Mary, at her time, was a woman who pursued the will of God with more fervor than anyone, risking her own life. She was a woman who had the resolve and loyalty of Tamar and boldly faced any type of danger in order to continue the precious lineage of God. When the archangel Gabriel appeared and announced to her that she would soon conceive, Mary replied, “How can this be, since I do not know a man?” When the angel again said, “For with God, nothing will be impossible,” she replied, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be done unto me according to your word.” (Lk. 1:34-38) (35-222, 1970.10.19)
How was the birth of Jesus brought about? The lineage was purified and then Jesus could appear.
Esau and Jacob were born as twins, going through the period of being brothers, and finally restoring the birthright of the firstborn son. Later, there was the unprecedented struggle of Perez and Zerah in Tamar’s womb, to change positions, and they changed the lineage in the womb. As he pushed aside his elder brother who would have been born first and came out as the firstborn son, he was named Perez. The midwife tied a red string around the hand of the “elder” Zerah, when his hand appeared from Tamar’s womb. This was to become a sign that communism would arise before the victorious Lord of this world appeared in the future. If we cannot restore the right of the eldest son, a unified world cannot be created. (140-149, 1986.2.9)
Mary, the fiancée of Joseph, was in a position similar to Tamar’s. Didn’t Mary deceive her mother and father? She deceived her future husband Joseph in order to conceive a child. Adam and Eve fell in this same manner, by deceit. This is how the principle of restoration through indemnity works. As Adam and Eve transgressed heavenly law during their engagement period, so Mary, following the way of Tamar, had to inherit the original work of God in her womb. Understanding the precious value of the blessed lineage of God, Mary had to go through this at the risk of her life. According to the Jewish law, an unmarried woman who conceived a child was to be stoned to death. All women should be prepared to risk their lives for the providence. (211-101, 1990.12.29)
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