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역사적 부모의 날
1977. 4. 18
미국 세계선교본부
그러면 미국에서 지금까지 3년간 무엇을 했느냐? 예수님의 3년 노정과 마찬가지로 세계를 중심삼고 싸움을 전개했습니다. 그래서 이 뉴요커호텔도 산 것이요, 맨하탄 하우스나 티파니 빌딩도 산 것입니다.
우리는 전 국가를 걸고 가야 되는 것입니다. 그렇기 때문에 우리에게 있는 인력이나 금력을 모아 가지고 있는 정성을 다해 워싱턴 모뉴먼트 대회를 한 것입니다. 워싱턴 대회는 미국을 위한 세계사적인 봉헌식이었다는 것을 알아야 됩니다. 오색인종이 다 모여 ‘하나님이여 받아 주시옵소서!’ 하고 봉헌식을 올린 것입니다. 그렇기 때문에 미국을 위주한 세계 만민은 그날을 찬양하고 모두 속죄하는 의미에서 회개하고 하나님의 구원의 손길을 바라야 할 것입니다.
섭리의 내용을 모르는 사람들은 많은 반대를 했습니다. 뿐만 아니라 논란이 비등하니까 많은 사람들이 레버런 문이 그냥 조용히 있으면 좋겠다고 말하기도 했습니다. 심지어 미국교회 간부들도 대부분 지금은 안 되겠으니 조금 보류했다가 개최하자고도 했습니다. 그렇지만 이 일을 기필코 성취시키지 않으면 안 될 것을 알았기 때문에 모든 것을 다 투입했습니다. 내 있는 정성, 능력, 자금과 식구들을 전부 동원해 가지고 투입한 것입니다. 하나님이 세계 인류를 살리기 위해서 이런 일을 추진하는 것을 알기 때문에 레버런 문이 실패하는 날에는 하나님이 계획하는 뜻은 좌절되는 것입니다. 그렇기 때문에 하나님이 협조할 것을 내가 틀림없이 알고 있었던 것입니다.
미국의 해방을 위해 감옥살이까지 각오
1976년 9월 18일은 사형수가 형장에 나가는 것보다 더 심각한 마음을 가지고 내가 나갔다는 것을 여러분이 알아야 됩니다. 그 즈음에는 저녁을 아침으로 생각한 때도 많았고 밤을 낮으로 생각한 적이 많았다는 것을 알아야 됩니다. 그건 아무도 모르는 것입니다. 하나님만 아시는 것입니다. 얼마나 심각했는지 모릅니다. 그 대회는 레버런 문에게 있어서 하나의 전환점이었고, 만민을 위한 봉헌식이었습니다.
하나님이 이런 때를 맞기를 학수고대한 것을 알았기 때문에, 그 시간에 나가는 나는 수많은 종교를 대신한 제사장의 입장에서 하나님 심중을 걸어 가지고 이 땅에 끌어내릴 수 있는 일을 하지 않으면 이 세계가 망한다고 생각한 것입니다. 그렇게 많은 사람들이 모여서 아무 사고없이 그 날을 지낼 수 있었다는 것은 다 레버런 문이 한 것이 아닙니다. 하나님이 해주신 것입니다. 그래서 이 대회는 서양 역사나 미국 문화사에서 지워질 수 없고 부정될 수 없는 전통으로 설정된 것입니다.
이렇게 해서 아시아에서 태평양을 건너 미국에 와서 3년 동안 아무도 알아주지 않는 가운데 책임을 완수하여 하나님 앞에 봉헌할 수 있었던 것입니다. 그렇기 때문에 1976년 10월 4일을 기해서 선생님이 천승일을 선포한 것입니다 미국에 와서 세번째 맞는 생일, 3단계를 거쳐 가지고 해방권에 참석할 수 있었다는 것은 놀라운 사실입니다. 그래서, 새로운 권이 맺어졌다는 것입니다. 그런 의미에서 이번 부모의 날은 의의 있는 날이라는 것을 알아야 되겠습니다.
歴史的父母の日
1977年4月18日
ニューヨーク マンハッタンセンター
1972年に先生が、アメリカに来てからこれまでの期間に、先生は世界的な規模で、万物、子女、父母を神に捧げる条件を立てることに成功しました。なぜなら、ニューヨークは全世界を象徴する所だからです。このニューヨークにおいて、土地や建物等の経済基盤と人材を復帰し、神に捧げたことは、世界的に、万物と子女を捧げた条件となるからです。また、全世界を象徴する供え物を捧げる条件とするために、ニューヨークにおいて投入されたお金と人材は、全世界の兄弟姉妹たちの血と汗と涙の努力によってまかなわれました。
そして、この供え物の最大なるものが、ワシントン大会の勝利だったのです。1976年9月18日は、復帰摂理において、正に全世界的な規模における「供え物の日」だったのです。ワシントン大会には、全世界の人類を象徴する、すべての人種が集まりました。そして、神がこの供え物を受け入れてくださるように心を合わせたのです。
このような意味でこの日は、復帰歴史上において、輝かしい勝利の日でした。全霊界が、勝利を宣言したのです。地上においても、神を愛するすべての人々が勝利を宣言し、祝うべきでありましたし、アメリカ自体が私たちと共に勝利を宣言し、祝うべきであったのです。しかし、アメリカはそれをなすことをしなかったのです。
どれほど真剣だったか
ワシントン大会を決行しようとする過程において、様々な障害がありました。多くの人々が、「ワシントンでそのような騒ぎをするのは、ためにならないから取りやめてはどうか」と進言してきました。統一教会の幹部の中にさえ、「財政的にも技術的にも、困難が多いから、今ワシントン大会を行うことは不可能だ」と言う者がいました。
しかし先生は、断固として言いました。「これは先生の一生一代の勝負である。いかなる犠牲を払っても、成し遂げなければならない。私たちのもてるすべての力をこの勝利のために捧げなければならない。それは神のために捧げる供え物なのだ」と。
先生は、ワシントン大会は、レバレンド・ムーンのためのものではなく、神自体にとって、のるかそるかの大勝負であり、それだけに、先生以上に、神御自身が必死であることを知っていました。だから必ず神が働き、私たちはきっと成功するだろうということを知っていました。それが、その時の先生の確信となっていたのです。
1976年9月18日、大会が始まる前の先生の気持ちは、正に死刑囚が死刑を執行される日のように真剣なものでした。その数日前から朝食と夕食とを取り違えるほどに時間の経過すらも分からないほど、必死だったのです。9月18日の大会は、正に復帰摂理歴史上における最大の善悪闘争の時であり、統一教会の浮沈をかけた一大決戦でありました。これに勝利するためには、何としても神と霊界の協力が必要です。しかし神と霊界が働くためには、何よりも人間が命懸けで頑張らなければならないことを、誰よりもよく知っていましたから、先生はそれこそ真剣だったのです。
ワシントン大会に、多くの人々が集まり、雨も降らず、事故もなく、始めから終わりまで大会が見事に成功裏に行われたのは、正に神の力が働いたことによる以外の、何ものでもありません。人間の力だけでは不可能なことを、奇跡的に成し遂げたのですから、正に、神が働いたとしか言いようがないのです。
ワシントン大会の時、一人の男の子が迷子になって行方が分からなくなってしまいました。ラジオやテレビでもそのことが報じられました。しかしその子は、三日目に無事に発見されたのです。それを聞いて先生は、このことは、神から離れてしまった人類が、必ず神のもとに復帰されることを見事に象徴している、と思いました。人類の復帰は必ず成る、と先生は確信したのです。
このワシントン大会の成功は、実に大きな成果です。アメリカの歴史においても、1976年9月18日は、レバレンド・ムーンが築いた最も意義ある日として記録されることでしょう。先生が太平洋を渡ってアメリカへやって来た時は、全く孤独でした。しかし先生は、神に対して深く祈り、必ず勝利すると誓いました。それから3年半後に、見事に、なすべき責任を果たしたのです。
ワシントン大会の勝利によって、その後1976年10月4日を「天の勝利の日」と宣言し、さらに1977年2月23日には「天地の勝利」を宣言することにより、霊界と地上界のすべてが許され、解放されることが宣言されました。こうして新しい時代が出発しました。新しい天の歴史が出発したのです。そういう理由により、きょうの第18回目の「父母の日」は、極めて意義深い日となりました。
Historic Parents Day
God’s Will and the World
Parents' Day from the Historical Point of View
April 18, 1977
Since I came to America in 1972 and during my 3 1/2 year campaign here, I was able to successfully complete all the necessary conditions—offering All Things, Children and Parents to God—on the worldwide scale. New York symbolizes the world. Thus, what we had accomplished for God in New York—restoring our financial foundation such as obtaining the lands and buildings—firmly established conditions of offering for all things and children to God in the world-wide level. In addition, in order to create such conditional offerings that symbolize the world, every bit of money and manpower used for this purpose in New York came from the blood, sweat and tears of all our members around the world.
The final and greatest offering was the victory of the Washington Monument rally. I want you to know that September 18, 1976 was “the day of offering” at the world-wide scale in the providence of restoration. Symbolizing the entire humanity, all the five races of the world gathered together at the Washington Monument. All of them gathered united in their hearts; thus making the conditional offering to which God could accept.
Because of these reasons, that day was glorious day of victory in the history of restoration. Because a pure offering was made that day, the salvation of the world is destined to be consummated. On that day the entire spirit world declared victory. All the people of God united to declare victory. America should have declared victory together with us, but America failed to do that.
Many well meaning people even advised me that for the sake of the church we should be a little quieter, "Why do you want to make all the commotion of a Washington rally?" Even some of our leaders came to me saying, "Father, this will be a blunder. We just did Yankee Stadium and we need more money, more men; it is really impossible to do it this year." But I remained determined. "This is the showdown of my lifetime. I will give my sweat, my heart, and my life to do it." I decided to give everything -- myself, my family, our members, whatever economic strength our movement could mobilize -- everything that I could possibly give to successfully make that offering to God in Washington.
This was not actually my showdown; it was God's showdown. I knew that God could not afford to fail in Washington, and I knew that God was the most anxious. Therefore, I was confident that God would come to our aid and I had only one conviction, "We shall succeed. We shall win."
I want you to know that Sept. 18, 1976, was like my day of execution. I deeply felt like a criminal who had been sentenced to death and was going out to be executed. That is how serious I felt that day, utterly dead serious. Until Sept. 18, I completely lost track of time. I mistook my breakfast for dinner and my dinner for breakfast. Time swam in my mind. Even on my way to the bathroom I would suddenly find myself in a completely different place because my mind had gone blank. You cannot imagine how serious I was during that campaign; only God knows. How can I express to you the seriousness of Sept. 18? The showdown of God was at hand. The showdown of the entire struggle of good and evil was at hand. The entire destiny of the Unification Church was before me that day. Unless all the conditions could be established for God's power and the entire spirit world to be connected to the earth on that day, I knew that I would not succeed. I was utterly serious, and I did it.
The victory of that day was a miracle. It was the work of God, not of Reverend Moon or the Unification Church that we succeeded in Washington. Extraordinary numbers of people came. The whole event was totally beautiful! Without rain or accident, all was beautiful from beginning to end. Do you think that could be the work of men? No, it was God's work. That victory established a new tradition. No matter what may happen to America in the future, nobody can remove that footprint which I so strongly imprinted in Washington on Sept. 18, 1976.
One child got lost that day, and announcements were made all over Washington. There was deep suspense as people wondered what happened to the child who had come to Reverend Moon's rally. But he was found within three days, happy and well. I felt that he symbolized the lost, wandering world which shall be restored. It was a beautiful symbol of resurrection.
When I came to America I was a lonely man. As I crossed the Pacific Ocean I prayed to God, pledging that the mission would be fulfilled. Three and a half years later, through the victory at Washington Monument, my prayer was answered; I was able to fulfill my pledge and covenant with God. Thereafter I could declare liberation. On Oct. 4, 1976, I declared the Day of the Victory of Heaven as one step of liberation. On True Parents' Birthday, Feb. 23, 1977, I declared that all heaven and earth, spirit world and physical world together, shall be forgiven. Forgiveness and liberation have now been declared. The new age has dawned; the new calendar has started. The Year One has been pronounced. This particular 18th Parents' Day is a very meaningful and extraordinary day for these reasons.
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