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Explore the academic perspective of Unification Church history with biblical prophecy and imagery, tracing past, present, and future through the lens of True Parents. Discover the legacy of Han Seung-woon and HakJa Han as they fulfill their providential roles. Witness the unwavering journey of a true daughter, sister, and wife, overcoming trials with strength and unity. Dive into the sacred mission of True Mother, from celestial prophecies to earthly victories.
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The Victorious Gospel of True Parents And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. (John 21:2)
The Victorious Gospel Unification Church believers were so busy that they did not think about history. …put this into perspective academically… You must go through the past, present and future to understand this. This must be done by the Unification Church History Compilation Committee.(CBG 9:2-5-13, 2004.03.06)
Biblical prophecy and imagery • Mother set the conditions to qualify as the Mother of three ages. (1999.06.26) • Biblical imagery casts the historical personages of Sun Myung Moon and HakJa Han onto a cosmic providential canvas.
The Messiah comes with the authority of the Father to meet the person in the position of God the Mother, who is the substantial form of the Holy Spirit, and restore the position of the True Parents. The Victorious Gospel
A true daughter She was told "They say that you are going to get married tomorrow," she responded, "Is that so?" She was like that. She did not oppose anything.
A true daughter • Han Seung-woon (f), Hong Soon-ae (m) • Conceived after 9 years, then they separated • “the one who will be the bride of Heaven” • "So HakJa Han has been born in Korea." • “I did not give up my core principles, and thus laid the foundation whereon I could meet Mother."
A true daughter • The nation, Christianity and Unification Church members opposed the wedding. • A month before the Holy Wedding, Father appeared to me in a dream. • More than a marriage proposal, it was a decree from Heaven. • Whatever Your providential purpose for me may be, I will follow as You command. (1977.05.03)
A true daughter • Three generations • Three spirit-led churches • Educated to become True Mother • She knew persecution • Divine isolation, wanted never to marry • She doesn't waver • She knows all the contents of the heavenly way • She looks forward to his coming and prepares to welcome him.
A true sister 1968: The Abel of heart "…all kinds of rumors spread. People said that Mother is like this or that and that we would get another Mother very soon. Mother had to endure in silence."
A true sister • She had to go through the positions of wife, mother and grandmother, and rise up to the position of queen. • She first had to be in a position from which she could embrace all Unification Church women as their Abel, which is a very difficult thing to do.
A true sister • Constant clamor • Rumors • Psychological warfare • She was being tested • The women were bound to accuse Mother • Father persecuted "that old woman" • Father treated True Mother poorly
A true sister • Young Mother…didn't look as if she had made any conditions at all. • If the Abel of heart cannot win over the Cain of heart, he has no place to stay. …To occupy the position of the Abel of heart, one has to absorb and keep intact the foundation of the Cain of heart.
A true sister • Even under such circumstances, she still kept up with it all, and in the end she became the True Mother who is even greater than the holy Mother Mary. • The foundation of unity of my heart and Mother’s can bring together all the things in the world that are divided.
A true sister • Mother's mission was to have unshakable confidence in her husband, regardless of the circumstance and in spite of all opposition. • Whatever happened, even if she should die. • When God and man could believe in a woman 100 percent, God's Day could be established.
A true sister • Mother and I could obtain God's seal as a true, perfected family, and we could take our position on the earth. (God’s Will and the World, pp. 577-8, May 1, 1981)
A true wife 1982: Godly offspring Has not the one God made you? You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring. (Mal 2:15)
A true wife • True Mother needed to give birth to at least twelve children • I keep pushing Mother. She just gave birth to our twelfth child, which was the incredible historical burden of her mission. Even so, I asked Mother this morning, “Can you lift yourself up and go with me to Belvedere?”
A true wife • I rectified all the internal and external conditions on which Satan could accuse my family… In doing so, there were many complicated issues, internal problems. • The foundation of unity of my heart and Mother's can bring together all the things in the world that are divided. • Because Mother was united with me in everything I did, my victories were also Mother's victories.
A true wife • We had not yet overcome the final obstacle in Satan's world. We had to establish the realm for the liberation of women. • She still needed to establish herself in the position of having perfected herself on the world level. (CBG 12-4-1 23, 1992.07.09)
A true wife • The time has come when Eve can emerge to restore the world. This Eve is the embodiment of the Holy Spirit and the representative of all women on earth. • At this point, True Mother began her public speaking career spanning two decades, as the primary public voice of our movement, speaking in over 900 venues throughout the world.
A true leader 1992: The second founder The time has come when Eve can emerge to restore the world. This Eve is the embodiment of the Holy Spirit and the representative of all women on earth.
A true leader • A wife’s testimony to the world • I believe that only God knows my husband better than I do. • There is no negotiation or compromise in matters of right and wrong, or good and evil, and that there is no yielding when it comes to devoting our lives and love to God.
A true leader • At this turning point in the history of restoration, a woman in the position of True Mother has to prepare the world to receive the True Father. • Based on this foundation, my husband and I can now stand on a worldwide level as the first True Parents.” (1993.09.07, PHG p. 942)
A true leader • April 10, 1992, the WFWP was founded • Not an individualistic-competition model, but a relational-complement model… • Our movement's ideal is to seek out tasks that men cannot perform, that is, tasks that can be performed only by women, so that we can join men in complementarity in order to establish true families. (1992.09.24, PHG p. 927)
A true leader • We need to establish a model for the whole world …the realization of true love in which we embrace our husbands and raise our children properly. • By doing so, we need to develop the FFWP
A true leader • They asked how we could possibly gather 10,000 people for a national assembly in just 20 days. But we did it, gathering 15,000 people for the nationwide rally of the Women's Federation… • Four months later, about 160,000 people attended the inaugural assembly of the Women's Federation for World Peace.
A true leader • By Mother taking leadership like this, she substantially came to stand right beside me. • For me to go to the heavenly kingdom, both of us have to go together, and the children will have to follow after us. (CBG 12-4-1 1, 1992.04.13)
A true leader • Mother shouldered a great responsibility when she had to stand on the front line for three years, from 1992 until 1995. • The True Family was welcomed worldwide • I gradually handed over my authority to Mother in a process that continued for three or four years.
A true leader • Even when I am alone, I represent True Parents. And the same goes for Mother. When she is alone, she represents True Parents. • Fundamentally I am the first founder of the church and Mother is the second founder of the church. Up to this point women have followed men, but from now on they are on a horizontally even footing. (CBG 12-4-3 3, 1990. 03. 27)
A true leader • I am sure that all of you know that the title "second founder of the church," which makes her status equal to mine, is not just words, and that you feel, "Father gave her this title on the basis of knowing her well." (CBG 12-4-3 2, 1991. 10. 11)
A true leader • She accomplished the position of having perfected herself on the world level,and therefore we could finally proclaim the liberation of women throughout the world. (CBG 12-4-1 23, 1992.07.09)
A true leader • You are the sons and daughters of True Mother, the woman who represents the world. • Mother is the Holy Spirit. Mother is the one who resurrects your life. She gives you rebirth and then she blesses you.
A true leader • The Bible teaches that if you betray the Holy Spirit, you cannot be forgiven. There is no way for you to be reborn. • Even though she wants to forgive you, you have no basis on which to be forgiven. (CBG 1:1-2-48, 1992.7.30)
Representative woman 1999: I am offering to you The time has come when Eve can emerge to restore the world. This Eve is the embodiment of the Holy Spirit and the representative of all women on earth.
Representative woman • May 24, 1998, Belvedere: Father conducted the "Ceremony of the Turning Point of the Offering," or "Turning Ceremony." • Father stood in God's position and Mother faced him and said "I am offering to you." Then True Parents faced the stage, held hands, with their outside hands palms turned upwards, and Father prayed. • Afterward, Father said, "So, everyone made the commitment to be responsible even if True Parents are not here.”
Representative woman • May 1, 1994: Family Pledge was given • May 3, 1994: Family Federation established • April 8, 1997: the official end of HSA-UWC, beginning of FFWPU • April 10, 1997: the end of religion and the start of the family era. NO MORE CHURCH—True Parents are beyond Christianity and beyond religion
Representative woman • August 9, 1997 Declaration Day of the Cosmic Sabbath for the Parents of Heaven and Earth (7-8 Holy Day). • Sept 11, 1997: Age of Fourth Adam was declared • The conclusion is simple: In the Fourth Adam era, I will become a son or daughter of filial piety to True Parents. (1999.10.24)
Representative woman • 1997.11.29: 40M couples Blessing • 1998.6.13: 120M couples Blessing • “Rally for the Advancement of the Globalization of the True Family" • Mother established the condition through the 80-city speaking tour to make even Satan surrender to God, True Parents and humankind. (CBG 12-4-3 9, 1999.06.12)
Representative woman • Mother gained recognition by God, Satan and all people that she had fulfilled her responsibility as the True Mother. Starting with Christianity, she has gone beyond the realm of religion and has achieved victory. • Therefore she can occupy and act from the precious position of Eve whose mistake in front of Adam has been restored. I will proclaim this to heaven and earth.
Representative woman • The age of the equality of man and woman has come. It is the age of the equality of man and woman based on love. • Now is the time when we have to unite women and teach men about this. (CBG 12-4-3 8, 1999.06.14)
Representative woman • You are God's original child, with God's special mission. • You completed the mission of true child before Heaven, the mission of true wife before your husband, and the mission of true parent before your children • Your achievement through such pain…
Representative woman • Throughout history the Eves of three ages sacrificed the Adams from those ages. But at this time Mother set the conditions to qualify as the Mother of three ages. • …standing in the position of completely realizing God's ideal of creation.
2008: embodiment of God Queen of the family After True Parents enter into heaven as the incarnation of God, all their sons and daughters can enter in their wake.
Queen of the family • Long-term vision: CheongpyeongHoly Ground • Heung-jinnim’s and Daemonim’s legacy • Rid the body of evil spirits, ancestor liberation and Blessing • Be pure and active as a tribal messiah • Center of providence: national messiahship, registration for CIG citizenship, coronation of True Parents, and more
Queen of the family • Long-term vision: UN Foundation • BIRTH: 1993.09.07: True Mother first spoke the Word at the UN; she taught about Tamar and the lineage of Jesus and proclaimed True Parents. • MARRIAGE: 2001.1.27: International Blessing of matched couples • DEATH: 2010.3.18: Seunghwa ceremony for Alexander Haig, Gus Dur, and other UN-related eminences
Queen of the family • Long-term vision: The Pacific Era • The culture of the oceanic sphere constitutes the original women's culture, transcending all nations and crossing all oceans.To create this culture, all women need to unite in heart and take concerted action under the guidance of True Mother.
Queen of the family • generously embrace and unite • in the lowest place • accepts all the water of the world • conceives all life • tides ebb and flow • peaceful on the surface • enormous currents constantly surging • swallow everything
Queen of the family • 2001.1.13:Enthronement of Father and Mother God (two chairs) • First three points of the Heavenly Constitution • First proclamation of Cheon Il Guk • Blessed couples can bless their children
Queen of the family • True Mother is such a woman, with the value of the original True Mother. She is the Queen of heaven, the Queen of the earth, the Queen of the nation, the Grandmother to her ancestors, the Mother of humankind, the Wife of God and the Daughter of God. Mother's value is found in all of these roles combined together.
Queen of the family • The ideal of creation was completed both spiritually in heaven and physically on earth, so it became possible to perform True Parents' Holy Wedding and institute registration. Then children's Blessings and the registration of their births became possible on earth. • Establishment of marriage and birth in God’s nation…