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Book 3: Cheon Il Guk and Our Mission
Part 3: Our Mission for the Secure Settlement of Cheon Il Guk
Chapter 12: Cheon Il Guk Special Forces
This message was given at the Assembly and Call to Action of Youth and Students for Peace to Support the Victory of Vision 2020, on February 23, 2017, at the CheongShim International Youth Center, Korea.
You are the Cheon Il Guk special forces who must work hard to create the environment to expand Cheon Il Guk throughout the world as you attend True Parents. Brave warriors! I hope that you will go out with that confidence.
The Kingdom of Heaven on earth should be built with our hands
Originally, God the Creator made all things in the universe, and then he created Adam and Eve, who were to become humankind's first ancestors. God gave Adam and Eve responsibilities. During the growth period, they should have achieved absolute oneness in heart, oneness in body and oneness in harmony with God and lived their lives without ever leaving God. However, during the growth period, Adam and Eve greedily focused on themselves. Through that, their great mistake occurred, which we call the human Fall, as a result of which they had no alternative but to leave God's side.
The omniscient and omnipotent God had no alternative but to conduct the providence according to the principles he had set up, in line with His purpose for having created. Therefore, God had no alternative but to search from within fallen humankind for a people who could fulfill humankind's responsibility through the providence of restoration by paying indemnity. This was the 4,000-year course of restoration through indemnity, which we know of from the Bible, to raise the Israelites to create a national foundation, beginning from the individual, the tribe and people, in order to send Jesus Christ, whom God called "my son.” Jesus had no relationship with Satan.
However, Jesus could not lead the providence on his own. The people around Jesus—Mary, Zachariah's family, the Jewish leaders and the people of Israel—did not fulfill their responsibilities. If Jesus at that time had been able to fulfill his responsibility, he would have met the only begotten daughter of God and they would have become the True Parents. At that time, the external foundation Heaven had prepared was a vast and powerful empire, the Roman Empire, of which it was said, "all roads lead to Rome.” Jesus and a united people of Israel would have been able to absorb Rome. If that had happened, through the Roman Empire God would have been able to achieve his dream of one human family under God. However, the people made another mistake, and this did not come about.
Before he died on the cross, Jesus said he would return and hold the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. Christianity developed through the work of the Holy Spirit, however, Christians did not understand the nature of their own religion. The 2,000 years of Christian history constituted the providence to find Jesus' partner, the only begotten daughter of God, when he returned to hold the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. Christians are unaware of this.
Yet, Heaven's providence had to continue to progress. Heaven could not send the only begotten daughter of God through the people of Israel, who had not been able to fulfill their responsibility. Heaven had to select a people who would lead the providence with the highest standard. That people are those who are today the Korean people. Then, the only begotten daughter of God, who was to be born after 2,000 years, must also come from a Christian background.
Today, the dream of our Heavenly Parent, and at the same time, the dream of fallen humankind, is to receive True Parents. Human beings have caused all the problems that are occurring around the world today. It is the same in the background of religions; there is a limitation to what can be accomplished by human beings alone. The problems of religious conflict, ideological conflict and territorial conflict today all arose from not knowing our Parent. Originally, God, the Creator was our Lord and our Parent. The world and the people who do not attend God, our Creator or attend the True Parents who are working to realize God's dream, will meet their end. God's principles of creation are eternal. All created beings that have not fallen will continue to exist forever. It is only fallen human beings that have caused many problems.
Cheon Il Guk special forces, warriors, you must be prepared. As members of the special forces, if True Parents give you an order, you must follow with absolute obedience. With our own hands, we will build the Kingdom of Heaven on earth, in which all people will attend God as their Parent. In relation to this, and in all areas, you must become the best.
Cheon II Guk Special Forces, you must know you are heroes
In order to expand our global foundation, in 2016 I proposed the establishment Of the International Association of Parliamentarians for Peace, an organization comprised of those who have been selected as representatives by the citizens of their nations. We held founding assemblies in all 13 regions, including the assembly for the North America chapter of IAPP, which was held at the U.S. Senate’s Kennedy Caucus Room in Washington, DC. At the United Nations, one person per nation, a politician or a diplomat participates, and they say they will solve problems. This method has not fully resolved anything. Only once since the UN was established has it played a role in helping True Parents, the returning Lord. That was during the Korean War, when 16 nations agreed to participate in the fighting. Since then, the UN has made effort in many ways but has not been able to find solutions.
However, what will happen when all people are enlightened about the True Parents, and they receive the Blessing through the IAPP, through legislators elected by the citizens of each nation? We can become one unified world. Many things are being done for this throughout the world. UPF, WFWP and YSP must unite and work together.
Revitalize young people
Youth and Students for Peace will not work only in Asia, but in all the nations around the world in which we have established IAPP. This work will support our goals for national and global restoration by 2020. We will guide these nations on the path of the Blessing, so that they can assuredly become nations that will achieve Heaven's Will. You who have come here today must not be idle in pursuing that responsibility. That is why you should be aware that you are warriors among the proud Cheon Il Guk Special Forces who attend True Parents! I hope you will unite for the sake of the global providence and fully invest yourselves for national and global restoration. During the time of the Shilla Kingdom, a group of elite youth called hwarang were established to revive and protect the nation. We need to vitalize our university and CARP movement to revive Korea and make national restoration possible. That is why especially the central nations of the providence, Korea, Japan and the United States must further develop CARP and raise many members to become part of the special forces who will participate in national and global restoration.
If the 6,000 years of the providence of restoration through indemnity was like a dark winter, the time now in which we are working for national and global restoration is the springtime of the providence. I pray that you and those leading you can sow many healthy seeds during the spring so that God can harvest the people of talent and ability He desires to see.