Author: Richard Urban

Love God First, then Husband or Wife Second

When you have completed your portion of responsibility, you cross from the realm of indirect dominion into the realm of direct dominion.

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Cheon Seong Gyeong 2085

    Do you know why I have proclaimed tribal messiahship to both Korea and the world? It is because I have returned to Korea and have now connected Korea to all the nations. Imagine the mobilization of spirits in the spirit world, whose eyes are wide open in anticipation of liberation and who are saying that it’s the right time to return to earth to indemnify thousands or tens of thousands of years of history. So if I do not lay down all these bridges to connect the spirit world to earth, would that be right? Because everything has collapsed, there is no place for me to stand. In order to create a place, I had to send out Blessed Families as tribal messiahs and have them set up three-generation ancestral standards: perfection of Jesus, perfection of oneself, and perfection of Adam. This foundation created an environment upon which I could stand. This is why I have proclaimed tribal messiahship. The unification of North and South Korea does not just happen automatically. It is possible only after all these things are tied together. Since all these things are connected to the family level and the tribal level, they will then bond to the national level, and the Unification Church and the government should then become one. (219-97, 1991.8.25)

Cheon Seong Gyeong 963

    To this day, no one has been registered into the heavenly kingdom. The kingdom did not have a nation. It did not have a family or nation. When you go to the spirit world, your parents, and – if there are ten people in your family – all ten of your family members would be separated. However, from now on it will not be that way. You should know that originally, if human beings had not fallen, heaven would be the place where you enter with your mother, father and clan.
    If your grandparents, mother and father, couple, and children, become one based on true love, and inherit God’s true love that lives for others, then even God would be absolutely obedient to that. In the world that strives to live for others – a world that moves according 964 Book 6 • Our Life and the Spiritual Realm to the love that submits to the tradition of living for others – the basis for peace would surely emerge even if it resisted being formed. (210-354, 1990.12.27)

Cheon Seong Gyeong
Selections from the Speeches of Rev. Sun Myung Moon

Book 8
Sin and Restoration Through Indemnity
Chapter 1

Fundamentals of Indemnification and the Principle of Restoration

Section 1. The Realms of Indirect and Direct Dominion

1.2. The realm of direct dominion

Summary:
The realm of direct dominion is absolutely necessary because it is the only place where we can connect to God’s love, which is the essential foundation required to inherit the universe from Him. True Father emphasizes that he did not invent these spiritual concepts or terms on a whim, but rather discovered them through a lifetime of extreme hardship, prison, and persecution that only God could fully understand. Once we receive the Blessing and enter this higher dimension, denying it is a terrifying sin worse than Satan’s fall, meaning members must faithfully establish a strict heavenly tradition. To cross over from the indirect dominion into this new dimension, men and women must reach spiritual maturity by loving God first above all else, which fulfills their human portion of responsibility. Ultimately, living in this direct dominion means directly sensing True Parents in daily life and bubbling over with so much joyful emotion that we can instantly feel the character of others and experience the Kingdom of Heaven on earth.
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When the Perfect Love of God Is Manifested, Satan Cannot Appear

That is the fulfillment of the portion of responsibility. …There the vertical love of God and the horizontal love of Adam and Eve are connected.

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Cheon Seong Gyeong 1183

    Throughout history, there have been numerous paths of suffering and hardship, but you must realize that the path of hardship of the eight stages that I have passed through never existed in past history. You must understand that it was the way of indemnity where, because of the difficulties, I still wasn’t allowed to shed tears, crying out, “God, I am not able to endure this position!” Those who are going to build the kingdom must not shed tears for themselves while walking this way. It is the heavenly principle that unless we pass through the place of tears with joy, the foothold of the heavenly kingdom will not remain in this earthly world. (161-194, 1987.2.3)

Cheon Seong Gyeong 1964

    Japan was the one that divided the Korean peninsula into the North and South. For this reason, Japan should go to the source and influence it. This is why I am uniting the left-wing and right-wing to return to the position of the bridegroom. I must come back and even turn around Kim Il-sung. The leftwing and right-wing are like sons. After restoring the right of the eldest son, in order to restore the right of the parents, I even have to involve Kim Il-sung. Hence, once a unified realm unfolds here on the Korean peninsula, the Western Civilization of democracy and the Asian civilization, left and right, will become one. They will become one because communism will have disappeared completely. (228-233, 1992.4.3)

Cheon Seong Gyeong
Selections from the Speeches of Rev. Sun Myung Moon

Book 8
Sin and Restoration Through Indemnity
Chapter 1

Fundamentals of Indemnification and the Principle of Restoration

Section 1. The Realms of Indirect and Direct Dominion

1.2. The realm of direct dominion

Summary:
Fulfilling your own portion of responsibility is the ultimate formula for entering the Kingdom of Heaven, as it links the realms of indirect and direct dominion, unites the physical and spirit worlds, and locks out Satan entirely. When human beings successfully mature and connect with God’s vertical love, they become the true embodiment of love, enabling them to naturally love God, their families, and the entire universe. If the original ancestors had achieved this maturity, their horizontal marriage would have allowed God to descend and dwell with them, merging vertical and horizontal love to unify heaven and earth forever. Once this portion of responsibility is met at adulthood, human beings enter into an eternal, inseparable oneness with God’s perfect love inside the realm of direct dominion.
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God Becomes the Internal Father, and Adam and Eve Become the External Parents

When these unite as the inner and the outer, the realm of direct dominion is established for the first time.

Cheon Seong Gyeong 2107

    Without love, oneness cannot be achieved. When uniting two into one, words alone will not work. What should there be in order for two to become united? If they became one through material things, they would separate once the material things were gone. If they became one through the introduction of a third party for a specific reason, they would separate once that person disappears. In order for two to be one eternally, there has to be love. It will not work without love. (51-75, 1971.11.1)   

Cheon Seong Gyeong 1180

    Mother had to be less than 20 years of age. Why was that? It was because Adam and Eve fell when they were teenagers; they were younger than 20 years old. Since they fell at that age, Mother had to be of a similar age. How difficult that was! Moving the Unification Church was a difficult task in itself. On top of that, when I had to choose Mother, there were a number of young ladies in the Unification Church who were university graduates and some even held doctorates. With their eyes burning they were making all kinds of maneuvers to become my mate. While keeping an eye on this situation, I actually had to look for an innocent, unworldly teenage girl. That was not a fate to be enjoyed, but I had no choice. Because of the principle of restoration through indemnity, I could not do as I pleased. (145-161, 1986.5.1)

Cheon Seong Gyeong
Selections from the Speeches of Rev. Sun Myung Moon

Book 8
Sin and Restoration Through Indemnity
Chapter 1

Fundamentals of Indemnification and the Principle of Restoration

Section 1. The Realms of Indirect and Direct Dominion

1.1. The realm of indirect dominion

Summary:
If Adam and Eve had not fallen, they would have completed their portion of responsibility in the indirect dominion and married to establish the direct dominion, creating a perfect focal point where God, humanity, and the spiritual and physical worlds harmonized in true love. Because of the Fall, a perfect photograph of love has never been taken, nobody has entered the true Kingdom of Heaven, and Satan has blocked the path to God’s love. To correct this, a marriage between a perfected Adam and his bride is absolutely necessary, as an individual cannot enter the direct dominion alone. True Parents have spent their lives establishing a global standard of indemnity to help fallen human beings overcome these spiritual barriers and fulfill their responsibilities. Ultimately, by creating families centered on true love that unite all directions, members can connect the heavenly and earthly worlds, securely leap into God’s direct dominion, and finally expand the true Kingdom of Heaven on earth.
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Do Not Taste Love During the Indirect Dominion

It means that until you reach maturity you should never have a love relationship.

Cheon Seong Gyeong 1999

    Once we establish God’s nation, we will be able to see the traditions we should hand down to our descendants for thousands of generations to come. We will see the efforts we have made, shedding blood and sweat, as well as God’s monument that celebrates His victory and all traces of glory on the earth eternally. Without a nation, all our work will be in vain. The crucifix, culture and institutions of today’s Christianity, which have all been handed down from the earliest days, should be thrown in the river or burnt to ashes if they cannot create a nation desired by God. Christians should understand they are being mocked and ridiculed by Satan. Therefore, you should realize that the real issue at hand is building the nation of God. (55-339, 1972.5.9)   

    The holy wine ceremony is carried out in the reverse order of the Fall of Adam and Eve. Before you can get married, you need to be engaged. Then there is the holy wine ceremony. Only then can you attend the holy wedding ceremony. You could not become the original Adam and Eve because of the Fall. Through the engagement ceremony, you present yourselves before God and True Parents, who are trying to reclaim their children, saying, “We will become a better Adam and Eve, who are better than your fallen children.” Adam and Eve were still in the state of engagement. Through the engagement, a new world is created. You must therefore understand that the holy wine ceremony establishes the conditions that restore all these relationships. (120-167, 1982.10.13)

Receiving the holy wine is pat of the Blessing.

Cheon Seong Gyeong
Selections from the Speeches of Rev. Sun Myung Moon

Book 8
Sin and Restoration Through Indemnity
Chapter 1

Fundamentals of Indemnification and the Principle of Restoration

Section 1. The Realms of Indirect and Direct Dominion
1.1. The realm of indirect dominion

Summary:
According to the Principle of the Unification Church, God created the realm of indirect dominion as a necessary boundary line for human beings to safely grow and mature from adolescence into adulthood through the stages of formation, growth, and completion. Within this realm of indirect dominion, God cannot interfere in immature love, meaning that individuals must fulfill their own portion of responsibility by remaining pure and avoiding any romantic or sexual relationships until they reach absolute spiritual maturity. Because Adam and Eve failed to follow God’s warning to wait, humanity fell into a state that is disconnected from God’s love, which has prolonged the process of restoration. Ultimately, the purpose of the Principle is to clearly define this border between immature growth and adulthood so that human beings can successfully fulfill their responsibilities, overcome the Fall, and finally enter the realm of direct dominion where they can connect fully with God’s absolute love.
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You Should Have a Yearning Heart for the Holy Days

Only by establishing such a tradition can you build a life of tradition for your descendants.

Cheon Seong Gyeong 1884

    When you are swimming, would you say, “Hey, I am thirsty. Get me a cola or a McCol!”? If you are in the water for the entire day, you can get by without even drinking a cup of water because your cells absorb water. Last time I spoke, I talked for sixteen and a half hours. One might think, “How could he endure for such a long time without going to the restroom?” but everything that should go out as urine goes out instead as sweat. It is released as vapor because of the heat and comes out as sweat.
    That is why even if you are in the ocean for the entire day, you do not have to bring any water with you. If you are thirsty, then try swimming around like a whale in the ocean for an hour or two. Would you still be thirsty? If you were lying on a sandbank, you would drink water because of the heat. Water is essential to human beings and air is important as well! Where there is water, there is air. Is there air in the ocean or not? (217-206, 1991.6.1)

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You should live every day with the thought in your mind that you are traveling to and fro, and taking part in this great work in the evil world of today as God’s messengers, all because you were given the mission to become meritorious public servants in seeking out and founding that nation, all for the restoration of the homeland. If you don’t, you will not be able to be recognized as dignified citizens of the nation to come. (50-255, 1971.11.7)

Cheon Seong Gyeong
Selections from the Speeches of Rev. Sun Myung Moon

Book 7
Etiquette and Ceremonies
Chapter 4

Section 15. Attitude when Observing Holy Days

15.1. The significance of Holy Days

    You should have a yearning heart for holy days. Only by establishing such a tradition can you build a life of tradition for your descendants. Holy days should be spent in joy while sharing everything with one another amid the joy of heaven. This day is based on the family and is a day for establishing the heavenly law.
    You should know that celebration days that occurred in this world throughout the history after the Fall were not something that brought God joy but were days that brought delight to Satan. The days for commemorating the independence of a nation or holding some international event have all been celebrated within the fallen realm. (92-250, 1977.4.18)

    From a principled viewpoint, the day of celebration and hope that human beings long for the most is not the day when they were born or the day they get married, or the day you, as a citizen who lost your nation, recovered your nation, or even the day of your nation’s independence. You should know that the greatest day of hope, the day that humanity truly longs for, is God’s Day and Parents’ Day. The establishment of such a day on the earth has become our deepest wish. Once God’s Day and True Parents’ Day are established, then this naturally leads to Children’s Day and the Day of All Things. (92-252, 1977.4.18)

    No one living on earth until this time has ever seen God’s Day, True Parents’ Day, True Children’s Day, and Day of All True Things. There are 365 days in a year. You should clearly understand that the most important days among all 365 days are those days that I have just mentioned, which have now appeared in providential history. You should know that these days are the king of all days, and if a year like that existed it would be the king of all years. (92-252, 1977.4.18)

    The holy days and anniversaries we observe in the Unification Church are providential days of victory, obtained after bloody struggles against the satanic world. Since they are days commemorating the accomplishment of absolute victory, you should commemorate these days with a heart of thanks and gratitude toward God and True Parents.

There are eight Unification movement holy days; four were designated after the above writings.  Additionally, there is Foundation Day, January 13, 2013 on the Heavenly Calendar, which Rev. Moon declared before his sacred ascension (Seongwha).

15.2. Ceremonial robes

    I will be going to the highest position, to the heavenly throne, but not all of you will be able to come with me. Because you received the precious thing called the Blessing, the door is open for you, but not all of you have the proper ceremonial robes to wear. Even if you have been invited to a feast, you cannot attend unless you have the proper clothing, can you? If you have been asked to be a groomsman at a wedding, can you go dressed as if you just finished working on the farm? You have to dress appropriately before you go. Only then will you be qualified to be welcomed into that environment. If not, you will be thrown out. They will yell at you: “Get out of here, you good for nothing!”

    Similarly, not everyone can come here. You cannot just come here unprepared. You must come dressed in holy robes. (212-226, 1991.1.6)

    A sacrificial offering represents the life and belief of the person making it. When you buy the goods for a sacrificial offering, do not try to get a discount but give a little bit more. You should do the same when you buy material to make your holy robe. (37-279, 1970.12.30)
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