True Families and the Family Pledge (072) Chapter two. Explanation of the Family Pledge Section 1. Explanation of Family Pledge Number One
Our family, the owner of Cheon Il Guk, pledges to seek our original homeland and build the Kingdom of God on earth and in heaven, the original ideal of creation, by centering on true love. 1.1. The owner of Cheon Il Guk 1.1.1. The meaning of Cheon Il Guk It was not God who established God’s kingship. It was True Parents. It was True Parents, not God, who established Cheon Il Guk. Cheon Il Guk (天一國) means the Nation of Cosmic Peace and Unity. When you write separately the parts of the Chinese character for Cheon (天 Heaven), you have “two people” (二人). This means two worlds. They are level. The character has a dual structure: a person of heaven and a person of the earth. Your mind and body constitute a duality, don’t they? Are your mind and body united or not? People who are fighting cannot be citizens of Cheon Il Guk. (364-101, 2002.1.1) In Cheon Il Guk, sovereignty, a nation, and people are needed. The Coronation Ceremony for the Kingship of God last year was the restoration of the sovereignty. Next, the rallies for the settlement of God’s constituted the restoration of the land; and next you are to register as the people of Cheon Il Guk. Do you understand? That is why you must have the Cheon Il Guk identification card in order to become a citizen of Cheon Il Guk. (364-275, 2002.1.3) Cheon Il Guk is the nation in which two people become one. Heaven requires that there be two people. To be parents, there must be two people. All the things of creation are in pairs, aren’t they? What is Cheon Il Guk? Even the entire insect world and animal world are in pairs. Each pair must become one. Only when the original foundation is laid through the unity of two things, two people, two parents, two characteristics, and subject and object partners can God take His rightful position. This is also in the Bible, isn’t it? When two or more people pray…doesn’t that make three including God? It is the same. Those two or three people are the basis of a nation. They are the basis of a family, a nation, and the world. From that point, a family is formed, and the tribe begins to form. It works like this when there are at least two people. (2002.2.19) Do you have a country of your own? We must come to an overall conclusion about everything in relation to this country. Now what I mean to say is that the pledge starts with “our family, the owner of Cheon Il Guk”; you are the owner. “Our family, the owner of Cheon Il Guk, …centering on true love” is the core content. That is how it is to be done. Do you understand? The pledge is changing. The concept of “the owner” has come into the pledge. No one can just sell off the words of the pledge! However, for all eternity, the term “Cheon Il Guk” will have come into existence through the True Parents.
Now we have established God’s Kingship, and by establishing the Realm of Life of the Completed Settlement of the Parents of Heaven and Earth, we have held the Special Rallies for the Harmony and Unity of Heaven and Earth and have completed the Holy Burning Ceremony for the Peace, Unity, and Liberation of Heaven and Earth. Therefore, we need a new nation. (396-149, 2002.11.5) |