Love is the Bait

The Western way of demonstrating love is often superficial, like a fly trying to break through a wall. 

The traditional Korean couples shows their affection differently than the Western way.

When it is time for the Korean husband to leave for work, there is a depth of communication as they look at each other.  There is no need for kissing and hugging.

The Western wife is more open with her love.  She may give him a quick kiss and talk about what she was going to do for the day. The Korean wife is a few steps behind, as if she is shy, and her husband has to turn to look at her.

As he walks away, she would say a tearful prayer for his day and safety.  This is the most mystical relationship.

This is the time to understand this kind of deep love.

When you taste the style of love from the Orient, you do not want to come back to the tasteless Western way.  The Orient has s mysterious way of expression that is done without words.


Father:

"I am a puzzle to Americans and though they study and analyze me, they cannot measure me. You too are trying to size me up, but there is an infinite quality about me that you cannot digest.
I speak for hours at a time each Sunday and at leaders conferences, but I never run out of things to say.

Do you feel some charm from me? But I am also very fierce. You Westerners have such big eyes that no one will be really afraid when you get mad, while my eyes are so small that you don't know what is happening inside and you tremble when I get mad.

But no matter how mysterious and deep I look, if there were no love in me I would be like the desert. 

The sweetness comes from love.

In our church life, there is a bitter, difficult side but every one of you has tasted the sweet side of love here also.

Do you feel drawn to me? Once you taste the sweetness of love, even if you are criticized or pushed out, you cannot separate yourself from me." SMM



Everyone would agree that God is the master fisherman.  He is very wise.  What kind of bait do you think God as a fisherman would use?

The greatest bait God would offer man is love and truth.  You and I may use the same word 'love' to describe our feelings for something, but the quality of what we mean is very different.  Satan's love is self-centered, self-seeking while God-centered love is always unselfish.

In order for the world to be restored to the original heaven on earth, which God planned, all of the history of mankind since Adam and Even had to be indemnified.  This means reversing the fallen act of unmarried Adam and Eve which caused the fall of humanity to this day.

Historians have researched and tried to understand the causes of what was happening in history, but they never understood the reason for them.  Only with the teachings in the Last Days do the answers to the fundamental questions be explained.

When we look at the decline of morals in the Western society, we see that the people are on an useless march toward death today.  Older people are in the front, middle-aged people next, and the young people follow right behind them.  Since young people are at the back, God is able to reach them first to turn them in a different direction.

God chases the crumbling civilization in order to turn the people around.

America's young people are rebellious and they mistrust older people, but God is also working through that.

Actually, this kind of 'rebellious' attitude makes it easier to turn the youth's thinking around.  God creates environments where the young people who are searching for great ideals can easily join religious movements that are making changes in the world.

Young people have not left anything to the imagination, they have tried everything from streaking to pre-martial sex at the youngest ages.  They know that they are behaving just like the animal world, so at some point, they long for some purpose and value.

When God sees people who have this kind of longing for some ideal, He can more easily work within that person's life.

Help comes in the form of the East.

Those who are in the drug and free-sex lifestyle are tangled in a huge net and start to rip that slavery to this behavior once they hear the depth of truth.

The first test Father encountered when he came to America is that the people would not feel that he loved them as much as the Asian members.

Then after Father would pour out his heart with depth and long speeches to save America, they would discover that no one has ever worked harder.  In fact, Father gave the most difficult task to the Korean and Japanese members to suffer for the sake of America.


At one time, I was persecuted and tortured by Japanese people, but now I don't feel they are my enemies; I truly feel a father-­son relationship with them. When I ask for something to be done, they absolutely follow my instructions, without adding their own interpretation. They are absolutely loyal and trusting. You know now that I truly love America. 


You have worked hard for the restoration of God and the world and have ended your death march.  Now, it is time to go back to your hometown and build and save your family foundation.

The parents have been going in the wrong direction and all of the sudden they look back and see that their children are no longer following behind them.  In the Unification Movement, parents have hired deprogrammers to kidnap and try to erase what they are taught.

The parents rather have their children experiencing promiscuous sex, drugs and wild behavior than to be taught the Completed Testament, the Divine Principle, which this blog is based upon.  What kind of parents can they say they are?

It is up to every member whether they rather stay in the movement or to run back to their parents.  If you cannot be victorious over your own sins, how can you imagine to conquer over the world's problems?

We need people of discipline to do this work.

We are marching toward life instead of death. We are able to save those who are on the death march.  God has the central thinking that young people must come to do this work first so they can be the prime movers of morality.  Is this the right way of thinking or the evil way?

When you first have an understanding of these revolutionary teachings, your concept about family, life, society, nation and world become pure and different.  This way of life is complete opposite of the satanic way and you may wish that you have not come upon the truth which you were seeking.

Even if you were able to deny your discovery of this teaching, you still would be able to know that America needs to turn away from the path which it is following.  America is suffering and going down into the pits of hell.  Without knowledge of the Completed Testament, there is no way for survival.


Americans will realize that they definitely need me; when that time comes, I will leave America. I have much more territory to cover for the sake of the world. We have missionaries in 120 nations and I will meet them on their battlefields. I know when I visit them that I will find them being persecuted and enduring suffering. I will go and vindicate them and they will be victorious. 


How would Africans feel when they hear that such a man is in their country?  You should plan your entire life.  There are three stages of adult life:    fifteen to thirty is the formation stage; thirty to 45 is the growth years; and 45 and beyond is the time of perfection.

Father made a goal to be number one in every challenge: in eating less food, sleeping less than others, working harder and be his own harsh critic.

In that respect, he was able to set world records.  One of them giving an over twenty-hour speech at a conference nonstop.

Not only God's world welcomes such a person, but the satanic world has to welcome him and surrender to him.

Since the Divine Principle is filled with such secrets such as the original sin of Satan, how to bring families together and a world of peace, those who spread it get much opposition.

Instead, the nation should have supported such efforts instead.  Children born of such members are the brightest American young people and someday they may become the national leadership.

America is the slowest to awaken to the new truth; other nations-and even the communists have already realized my significance. 

One after another, God will remove from office the unrighteous legislators; the makeup of the legislature will change. In time, Congress will take the position of supporting and welcoming me. That pattern has been seen in Korea.


When one side attacks us, God always prepares another side to give us support.

The principle has been taught for over fifty years and have not only changed lives, but have moved nations and peoples with its historical information.

What kind of world would we have today if Rev. Moon had never been born to relay such timely Revelations prophecy.  Would unity of different races, religions and East and West have happened within that time frame?

People may be skeptical and say the world is never going to head toward world peace, but if you turn around and look at history, blacks were not allowed in certain areas, different religions didn't intermingle and many countries were still at war.

If you venture even further back,  you will see that religions were persecuted more, poverty was had everywhere and suffering was more evident.  In comparison, we can see the work of God, people of faith and the Second Coming will truly usher in a heaven on earth which God wished from the beginning.

Could you seen God's precise plan that He has hidden in the Bible without this teaching?  Sometimes the information that is revealed seems like a dream.

This speech was given on an early, cold morning, but instead of staying in bed or complaining people gathered around to hear the breaking news.  Who makes people do that?

Only the power of God can do that.

Anybody, even the government who tries to stop this history from happening will work in vain.   The victory doesn't come in an office or in the headquarters, but on the battlefield.



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The First Day and Our Lifetime

Pompeii, Roman Empire Fell From Within

One individual may seem to be very insignificant, but each one is the product of history. 

This person represents the history of the past, present and future of his family, nation and also world.

Nowadays, we think that ancient nations are isolated and separated from the rest of the world, but in this day and age all of the nations are united by one destiny.

The societies and cultures of the world are becoming mixed together moving toward a united world.

The world of nature is already one in perfect harmony. 

Take for example the fact that the air we breathe can travel all over the world without any limitation.  A storm doesn't just stay in one confined area, but moves across whole continents and oceans.

Flocks of birds also migrate over the whole continent of North America.  Once the birds return, it is a refreshing reminder that a new season has arrived.

Nature harmoniously intermingles without conflict, but what about men who are placed higher than the natural world?  Men put up tremendous barriers and obstacles between each other.  Just to go from America to Canada, one has to get a visa and check through customs.  Does anyone enjoy this kind of procedure?

Some nations in Asia observe a better system where travelers only need a passport.

Some nations don't even want to see a passport and think it a dull system.  With this kind of trusting treatment from such a nation, you hope God's blessing on that country.

Why does the human world which is higher than nature, experience such division and deapartments?!

Basically, it is because men do not bide in accordance with some principles or standards.

In order to have harmony, men must live in accordance with some basic principle.

A law or principle is always enacted to benefit the nation or all of humanity.

Not just one individual.  This is unavoidable no matter how inconvenient it is, because some people disregard that particular principle so it must be reinforced.

Throughout their life, everyone acquires certain habits which becomes a long-lasting behavior.    Families as well as societies also collect habits which develop into what we label as traditions or cultural behavior.

Great thinkers will try to come up with a simple way of living in the world that will unify the world and get rid of the division and separate ways of living.

They will wonder why there can't be certain laws created that can be liked by everyone on earth that will promote and guarantee that everyone profits and benefits with those laws.

Those unifying laws must have continuity between the past, present and future and must not serve different purposes at different times.


The President of the United States is responsible for America, and a President of the world would think about the world.  Those two presidents and God would all be thinking differently because their areas of responsibility are separate. We have to consider what would be of benefit to America, the world and the whole universe at the same time.


From the American viewpoint, the most important thing would be national sovereignty or power.

Cruel things are going on in the name of national security. 

There is a lot of underhanded dirty activity in order to maintain superiority in knowledge.

For instance, if a person was a double agent, after his mission and purpose is accomplished, he may be murdered in the name of protecting national sovereignty.

There are power struggles in the financial world and competition between nation over computer technology.  Would these be the most important things a nation needs?

Of course love is needed.

You can't live off of love, so why do you like it?  What does love do for you when you are hungry?  Love can't produce money, knowledge or power either.


There must be some law that can be enacted which, from the point of view of God and religion, will protect and advance the benefit of all mankind. There must be a solution for the world.  America has power and sovereignty, plus lots of money and knowledge, so it seems to have everything. But is it declining or continuing to prosper? 


Will American wealth be able to stop this decline?  What about Christianity in America, is it declining or increasing?  What about teens in America?  Are they rising and moving forward or morally corrupt?
Not only are the youth declining, but they are just the same as living corpses with no future.

What about New York and other big cities in America?  Is it declining or staying prosperous?

America is also losing its edge in technology. 

Ask God what it can do.  The supremacy of white influence is fast declining.  Black and yellow people are quickly gaining.  The Japanese are making high-quality products that are less expensive than those that the Western nations produce.

Even in the sports area, other nations see that black people emerge as the champions.  People in other nations may only see America through watching sports, so they may think that because blacks dominate sports that America is a black nation.

Black people are rising and also in the music industry and now with the first black president,

We can see that in history, the powerful Roman empire collapsed not from an external war, but through immorality within its own national boundaries tearing it at its fabric of the nation.

The famous city of Pompeii was destroyed by a volcano.  Centuries later through excavation it was  seen why: the citizens of Pompeii were focused only on free sex, drinking and sensual ungodly pleasures.

History shows us one important law-whenever a society becomes morally corrupt it faces a quick downfall. 

This is not just someone's opinion, this is a lesson of history.

It does not matter what culture, race or nation you belong.  Even if you are wealthy, this law is consistent.  Moral corruption is an incurable disease.  It usually takes over a nation with its infestation which has much money, power and knowledge.

It is easy to see that America today is in the same position as the Roman Empire was centuries ago.  America has the wealth, power, resources and knowledge.  Everyone thinks it is a great country, but in reality the people within suffer from the worst internal disease.

History shows that any nation that catches this disease always declined, no matter how high they have climbed.  No nation has ever been cured of this immoral disease, just destroyed.

One symptom: the youth are given no discipline in how to run their lives.

They become promiscuous. This behavior multiplies through the family leading the nation to become undisciplined and permissive as well.  When you see that arrogance of the American people you wonder how under these condition such prosperity can continue.

The greatest disease is not that of poverty. Poverty can be cured.

Poverty can be cured through determination to develop an economic capacity and through hard work and industriousness.  Knowledge is gained by hard study, power gained through unity of effort,
 by hard work and applying some ingenuity to developing an economic capacity.

But this disease we see of illicit love is not easily cured.  This love disease which spreads throughout America, is worse than the war on drugs.  Because if it drains one's motivation to be good and productive.

When a person catches this love disease, he does not care about money, knowledge or the well-being of his country.

That disease is terminal because it leads to destruction.

Can you say that Americans are close to enjoying the ideal love in their lives, or are they far away?

What if your father was very successful, but he and your mother fought so much that they divorced.? It would not mater how much money you have, he would still look like a miserable man.

When children become involved in immoral practices, their parents also become weakened. 

Why do we need love?

How is it possible for love to be strong enough to solve all human problems?

God made love supremely powerful.  This has not changed all throughout history.  Therefore, when love is used in the right way, it is the most constructive.  This will not change in the present or the future.

America is a great country with a Constitution and a code of law.  But this country is like a desert in the area of love.

American people's way of thinking can be corrupted.  They might not see anything wrong with a mother and son having relations.

Promiscuous sex makes humans look like animals, which have no rules about love. 

Humanity is corrupted through the misuse of love.

There has never been an outbreak of sexual diseases in the animal world because they do not have a spirit.  Venereal diseases are rampant in America; most young people have experienced it at one time.
It does not matter how much money one has, what kind of children, or fruit will they bare?

Why does man who is supposed to be higher than the animal kingdom experience such diseases?

God gave it as a punishment, as proof that the law of love is one that even He can and will not bend for anybody under any circumstances.

America's problem is not a shortage of money or knowledge or power, but one of love. 

Mother Teresa had made a statement after working hard for the sick and diseased in India that when she came to America when drugs were becoming rampant, that she could cure the sick in India, but the spiritual and love problem of America was a tougher cause.

Americans should be asking themselves, what can they do to help remedy this situation?

Before learning about this sacred law of keeping our sexual organs for only our spouse and joining the church, you may have been promiscuous or had a sexual disease.  Now, you understand that love is supremely powerful and unchanging from past, present and future.

Love has been misused and has led man into ultimate destruction, so we must look for some discipline of love.

Through true love we should be able to bring man back to God's original purpose and achieve again unchanging prosperity.

Where would we be able to find such discipline?

God would not worry about money or power or knowledge when He is trying to correct the human problems.  His efforts will be focused on solving the problem of love.  The misuse of love is where the root of the problem lies.

God's concern is far more than the salvation of men; He plans for the salvation of love. 

Once we are able to place love back into its original position as God planned at the Creation, then we have solved the problems of the past, present and future.  We then bring mankind back to the original ideal God designed.

Many people of faith forget the main function of the religious mission which is to solve the basic human problems.  They can get lost in the traditions, judgments and battles among themselves..  What use is it for God to save you, if you are to abuse love again?

If you just keep repeating the same mistakes of the fall, which is the misuse of the sexual organs, what good does this do for God's dispensation?

A true policymaker in Washington would be one who places his concerns about America's future for the next one hundred thousand years using this kind of high-level thinking.

What if America continued on the way it is head?

What kind of family would we see in the future?  What would be the relationship between children and parents, and brothers and sisters?  Also, those who love nation and all of humanity should concentrate to find solutions of love.

They should find the kind of discipline that is necessary for a happy home and family for the generations to come.

Many people, like in the Israelites time, anticipate that the Messiah will return to save them.  But he does not return just for the development of one nation or to build up economic strength.  These are secondary.

The Messiah comes for the primary salvation of love.  

He will teach to discipline the standard of love which will enable it to blossom into the concept God envisioned in His original ideal. This kind of love has the power to create the ideal family and world for which we long.

The world doesn't need any other kind of Messiah, but the one who comes for this one purpose.

Many people view the economic and political turmoil as the number one human problem.  The Messiah understands that the problem of love is the major problem we face today.  By solving this problem, we can help render other problems.

The Messiah comes to bring judgment to society's corrupt moral standard: clean up adultery, homosexuality and sex before marriage.

Promiscuity is the worst disease man is suffering from, for which man has no hope.

The Messiah lifts them up through the Completed Testament to a higher level of love.

God searches for people to be part of a movement here on earth which is dedicated to solving this basic moral problem.  This group and the solution to this problem can be only found in the religious world.

The Islamic world has strict regulations on how women dress and conduct themselves which goes too far.

On the other hand, American women go the other extreme and wear less and less clothing and people hug and kiss wildly in the street.

Would any man want to see his fiancée or wife embracing another man?

A man is very generous minded compared to woman, but even so he cannot stand seeing his woman hugging another man. If a woman saw her man hugging another woman, her tiny mind just couldn't stand it!

Is there any difference between Eastern and Western women in this respect?

Has this standard changed over the centuries?  What about in the future?  Whether you are in primary school or a university professor you know this standard is true.

Is it bad to have money?

If it is nicer to have more money than less money, and more knowledge than less knowledge, then isn't it better to have more husbands and wives? Here in America children frequently have more than one mother and father because their parents marry several times.

Wouldn't you enjoy having that many parents so you can have many allowances and gifts on holidays?

Is this a sign of happiness to have this many husbands and parents?

This is a sure sign of tragedy.

No one truly wants more than one mother and one father, but who will bring the solution to this marriage problem in America?

America would not allow a dictator to rule, but if he was to put love in it proper perspective, they may vote and welcome him.


If you ask what we can do because we don't have enough money, you aren't asking the right question. If you ask what we can do if we don't have enough power or knowledge, you still aren't asking the right question. But, if you ask how we can bring a standard and discipline of love then you are on the right track.

If a little nation has no power, money or knowledge but it does have a discipline of love and lives morally in the sight of God, that nation will not envy another nation. 

That nation already has everything it needs for its citizen's happiness.

Eventually, people from other places will bring prosperity to that small nation and go there to live because they see that nothing else brings happiness.  People who have finally lost hope in love are like leaves fallen from the tree.

Why is a supposedly Christian nation such as America suffering from the disease of the misuse of love?

The Bible is specific about God-centered love, but America has become degraded from its original godly path.   Why do we keep shying away from this question?  Why doesn't the church teach about the proper use of sex?

God does not tolerate this kind of behavior in America.  Christian ministers are unable to escape the clenched fist of God's judgement on these matters


Decades ago, I predicted that America would decline. What can we do here? We do fund raising because we are here to make lots of money, right? Are we here to get smart and be knowledgeable? Are we here to get political power? If you don't have those things then what is left?


In the meantime, as you do the work in the Completed Testament age, you are persecuted and ridiculed.  Father has been accused of having evil intentions in his efforts to save American society from its immoral behavior.

Why is this so?  He is the secret source to help.  So, God tells the people who try to get rid of him that they cannot do it because they need him like a sick person needs a doctor.

Father's messianic work in America is powerful.

He was able to break down the barriers between the East and the West, and between the whites and the blacks.  He set up God's standard of discipline for love.

Anyone who is interested in genuine, pure true love has to study Rev. Moon and his teachings.  This would include national and world leaders. "I have a very real power which no other leader has: young people want my permission to love through arranged marriages. That's real power, isn't it?"

The time is here for all five races to gather and ask the question, "What can we do, God, in order to find the right love so we can be saved and we can prosper? We need only true love!" 

How serious are you in finding true love and the solution tp the misuse of true love?

Would you stand or bend fervently on your knees praying?  Would you smile or have teared-stained cheeks, nose and mouth dripping?  Are you that serious?

Right now, you receive many curses from people.  Let them do so.  In the future, many people will inevitably be climbing over walls to attend lectures to learn the solution for love.

People of faith must take responsibility for the historical problem of love and ask Him for permission to take care the problem for Him.  If you were to ask Him what was the most serious problem He ever had to face in human history, He would replay: "Yes, the problem of love has pierced my heart over and over all these years more than any other problem." That is God's primary problem and work.



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This post was rewritten and derived from the speech What Shall We Do?

Can We Become 'Ideal'?

What does the ideal mean?  Is it possible for a man to become ideal?

Only God can be the subject to this explanation.  This means that God is central to the ideal.

God's goal is the creation of the ideal house of the universe.

The Divine Principle, which this blog is based upon, teaches that the Messiah will come to the family, which is the building block of the universe.

Your home began with your parents.  A husband and wife, plus children are there.  Is this all there is needed to have happiness in the home is having parents and brother and sister?

Happiness comes when you have harmony in relationships, when there is loving give and take.

A happy home is an environment that allows you to freely express yourself in love.

If something joyful happens to you, would you like to celebrate it by yourself or look for someone you can share it with?

You would look for a loved one to rejoice; a husband wants to rejoice with his wife, parents with their children and children with their parents.

Would the ideal home consist of siblings that fight with their parents?

Wouldn't it be more natural for them to want to be with their parents?  A wife and husband do not come together for just their own happiness, but solely for their children.

The relationships that are contained within the four-position foundation (husband, children, sibling, God) can cover the entire earth.  Children eventually become parents who have their own children, who in turn become  parents continuing this cycle.

Would the children think that it is bad that their parents call the town together to celebrate with them when they are happy?

Would children want their parents to only share their happiness with the children instead?

Father's children could understandably complain in their hearts that their parents spend too much time with the church members instead of having fellowship with the children.

If children have this selfish thinking can they be called good children?  Father's children would not complain because they understand that they labor to pour out their love for the sake of the world.  For that reason, they appreciate their parents.

What is happiness within children whose parents work hard for the members of their church and for a public purpose?  They have happiness because they know eventually that love will come to them.  The ones who receive that devoted parent's love will pour their love to the children.

If those parents instead spent time with their children instead of the the members, then the members would be justified in their complaints that Father only loves his own family.

Those parents aren't neglecting their children, of course they love them, but more than their own children, they love society, nation and the world. Eventually that love will come back to our children.  This principle is true and will not change with time, nor will its value diminish.

When you love the universe more than your own family, you are entitled to receive more and ultimately it will benefit your own children. 

Ideal parents will expand their love universally.

If the parents bring a great benefit and love to Russia, when their parents visit there, they will be well received with love and respect.  If the parents love the world, then wherever their children go, they will be welcomed.

When people receive a lot, they want to reciprocate.  When parents see that their parents are loving the world and working hard to spread that love, the children should not feel neglected.  They should be able to understand this realization and see it as their hope.

What if a wife only wanted her husband to pay attention to only her, or a husband wants his wife to ignore other families and pay attention only to him?  Such a person deserves hell.

Many American women are this way.  They even look for a man who does not have a family ties so he will pay attention only to her as the wife.  A husband or wife usually become jealous when the spouse pays too much attention to the family, resenting the love that person gives to someone else.

If the world is filled with such husbands and wives, would this be a hellish or heavenly place?

Women should realize that the ideal husband is he who loves his wife, but loves his parents, brothers and sisters and neighbors as much as he does her.

That kind of husband is not wasting time with others, but inviting their love for his wife.  It is only natural that the love he shares with them will come back to her.  A daughter-in-law can become the central figure to the husband's family because of the love she gives.

She can become a queen of love in that house.  Any home that violates that principle is judged and shall decline.  Is this true or false?

Some women who are humble and live this principle may not be as pretty, but are ideal because they have this concept of ideal womanhood, ideal family and ideal love.

What kind of husband would you want?

The kind that does not have a family or the one who has nagging parents and grandparents and even great grandparents?  The husband with the big family will be the most exciting place to go.  There you have more objects to love and fellowship with.  By having this foundation, you can receive more love.

This principle is very simple, but American women are blind to it.  Once they are awakened to this way of life, however, a revolution will occur in American homes.

Now, you have the tools to become an ideal husband or wife.

What if your husband disappeared on the night of your honeymoon?  Then you find him in fellowship with his father-in-law, and the next night with his mother-in-law.  If you were unable to see your husband the whole honeymoon, would you complain when you see him loving your parents instead?


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This post was rewritten and derived form the speech Ideal Home