Mother of Peace CHAPTER 11. The Restoration Of Canaan In Heaven And On Earth 8. Giving birth to the Heavenly World
Over the decades, I have kept a particular photograph close to my heart. When I close my eyes, I can clearly see it. It is of a woman, with a little girl on her back, holding the Korean flag.
It was taken in the market of Anju, my hometown. The woman's face is flush with desperation, and it looks as if she wants to grab onto someone and plead her difficult situation.
The image is of my maternal grandmother, Jo Won-mo, carrying her daughter-my mother Hong Soon-ae-on her back, as she took part in the independence movement on the first day of March in 1919.
My maternal uncle used to tell me stories as we looked at that photo. Unfortunately, we did not bring it with us when we fled the North. It is probably safe, somewhere in my hometown.
And there was a very similar photograph of grandmother Jo waving the Korean flag. But this one was taken August 15, 1945, and in that photo it is me she is carrying on her back. This time, her face is filled with joy, and she looks ready to embrace everyone she meets.
Her expressions in those two photos contrast the sorrow of losing one's nation with the joy of gaining it back. Our sorrow over having lost God's world is soon to transform into the joy of gaining it back.
From the moment I could understand speech, my maternal grandmother told me, 'God is your Father.” Her words formed the core of my faith. They set me on the course I had to walk.
My husband, Father Sun Myung Moon, and I have lived our whole lives for the liberation of God's homeland. We have nothing to be ashamed of, nothing to hide. I have never looked back, nor to the left or the right; I have only looked at the path ahead. I never became attached to my circumstances. Night or day, there has never been a moment that I did not keep Heavenly Parent with me.
In the Kremlin, we said to the leaders that they should remove the statues of Lenin and accept God. In the presidential residence in North Korea, we spoke out. On that foundation, President Mikhail Gorbachev and Chairman Kim Il Sung opened their hearts. We never wavered for the sake of the liberation of God's homeland. Whenever crises arose, Heavenly Parent guided us with pillars of fire and cloud.
Standing before True Father's holy body in 2012, I promised in tears, 'By the end of my days, I will absolutely bring about the settlement of Cheon Il Guk on this earth!”
Whenever the opportunity arises, I repeat these words. After True Father's ascension, I set forth like a female Don Quixote spreading our teachings and embracing the world. I have lived every day with my promise to Father Moon in mind.
The Republic of Korea did not honor True Father at his Seonghwa Ceremony. That is why I publicly committed to restore seven nations by 2020 and open the new Cheon Il Guk as a gift to True Father.
With that accomplished, the providential opportunity has returned to Korea. The call of the Pacific hyojeong culture of giving and giving again must take root and show visible fruit in this nation. This door will not remain open forever.
In 2018 on New Year's Eve, members from all over Korea gathered at the Cheongshim Peace World Center to pray for the Settlement of the Era of a Unified Heavenly Korea. From the evening until the small hours in the morning of the new year, 2019, we beseeched God in tears to restore the Korean nation and liberate our Heavenly Parent's homeland.
That winter and spring I addressed five Rallies of Hope in South Korea. In Seoul, 100,000 people attended. We promoted the unification of North and South Korea under the theme, “Inherit Heavenly Fortune, Bring National Unity.” We also held a rally in honor of the United Nations troops that came to Korea's aid during the Korean War.
In Chungcheong Province, our rally was themed, “The 100th Anniversary of the March First Movement and the Movement for Peace between Korea and Japan.” In Gyeongsang Province, we held a “Rally for Town and Community Leaders,” and in the Honam region, the rally theme was, “New Life Centering on True Mother and the Settlement of the Era of the Pacific Civilization.”
In Gangjin County, there were villages that had not heard the cries of new babies for many years. It is like that in all farming areas in Korea, because young women have moved to the cities. We held the “Gangjin County Rally of Hope for Childbirth and True Families” and conducted the Blessing Ceremony in three villages. The whole of Gangjin County was filled with a festive atmosphere.
I sent holy robes that I had treasured as a gift to a slightly older couple that had been one of the representative couples during one of the Blessing Ceremonies. I later received a note of thanks: After wearing the robes, they had given birth-to twins! Amazingly, three couples that attended those Blessing Ceremonies gave birth to twins. In addition, as if caught up in the spirit, a cow gave birth to twin calves.
The governor of the area sent a video of himself bowing to express his thanks. He said that Korea is on a demographic cliff-there have been too few marriages and births, and now the workforce is shrinking. He said that the Family Federation’s Blessing Ceremony is the path of true patriotism, for only it can save the nation.
Sometimes I ask myself, “What will save the world for the sake of our Heavenly Parent?” Korea is not alone on the demographic cliff. Japan, China, Europe, Russia—the birthrate is in decline in many countries. The only solution is to bring joy through the Blessing of marriages in harmony with Heavenly Parent. The Blessing will bring peace within ourselves, within our families and communities, nation and world, heaven and earth.
One hundred years ago, for the liberation of her homeland, my maternal grandmother waved the Korean flag that she had hidden in her bosom. Now, for the liberation of our global family's homeland, we must raise the Heavenly Parent flag that we have hidden in our bosom. Just like her, we must passionately live for God's kingdom of Cheon Il Guk.
The dawn of a new history is growing brighter. Through the manifestation of the only begotten Daughter in the providence of restoration, humanity has new hope. Now Heaven's providence is entering the era of the completed Cheon Il Guk.
I am reaching everyone in our global village with the message of the Mother of peace and the only begotten Daughter. Vision 2020 brought us to the mountain top. The promised land is in sight. Now it is time for us to greet the new rising sun with all our hearts. Let us march together toward the bright, new, hopeful era of the settlement of God's kingdom, Cheon Il Guk. |