The Words of the Lu Family

Celebrate the First Anniversary of the Foundation Day of Cheon Il Guk

Kyeong Seek Lu
February 23, 2014
President of FFWPU-Korea
Sunday Sermon
Cheon Bok Gung, Seoul Korea, HC 7.24

Significant events to realize an ideal world of peace on earth were held to celebrate the first anniversary of the Foundation Day of Cheon Il Guk. Through the joy of seeing the festivities and seeing that one or two ideals that Heaven has hoped for will come to fruition, we could dedicate victory to our Heavenly Parent and True Parents. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all local regional heads, public leaders and members for their hard work toward the victory of the Foundation Day commemorative events.

True Mother called me and heads of providential organizations today and spoke about how we can harvest the providential results our Heavenly Parents desire in 2014. One thing I always experience, whenever I see True Mother, is how deep and extensive her experience and knowledge of the providence is. As people who must achieve Vision 2020 while attending our noble True Mother, our most essential task is finding how we can define the teachings given to us and materialize them within our lives.

What can we truly pass down to our descendants? Many people have come and gone throughout history. Most live a regular life but others are remembered as saints, sages or simply as great men or women for their considerable contributions to the nation or world, to the prosperity and welfare of humanity or to the future and the providence.

For example, President George Washington, who led the fight for the independence of the United States and President Abraham Lincoln who contributed to the liberation of slaves are among the most respected presidents in the United States. Here, the life of President Abraham Lincoln gives us a very special lesson. He entered politics at the age of twenty-two and by the time he was elected president at the age of fifty-two, he had already experienced defeat in nine elections. He repeatedly suffered bitter defeats in his campaigns to become a state lawmaker, a congressman and senator and was not chosen by the people during his first attempt at a presidential election. Hence, we can say that the life of Abraham Lincoln itself was not such a successful life.

Finally in 1860, he was elected as president and it was during his term of office that he made the historical achievements of bringing about the emancipation of slaves and of bringing together the northern and southern parts of the country as the United States of America. This can be regarded as one of the most important foundations that had to be prepared for the returning Messiah from the Heaven's providential perspective. He greatly contributed to not only United States history but also to Heaven's providence. The lesson left by the saints, divine sons and great men who came and went in history through their lives is not how they lived but what results they left behind.

We are opening a new providential era as citizens of Cheon Il Guk while attending True Parents. At this time, Heaven has called us and bestowed upon us a historic mission and responsibility. What can we achieve as people that Heaven's providence has called? What will we leave behind for our descendants ten, twenty, fifty, a hundred or a thousand years from now? How do you want to be remembered by your descendants?

The answers to these questions cannot be given only verbally. We must be able to show the answers through our lives. After True Parents called us all into the new history of Cheon Il Guk, they hope that we put into practice their teachings and live victorious lives.

Your individual lives are important but when it comes to the life you led, attending True Parents, at the center of the providence, you should also be able to answer the question, What did I truly do for the providence and for God's will?.

This is the fateful task of all brothers and sisters of the Unification family. True Parents perfected, concluded and completed all missions given to them by Heaven and opened the era of the substantial Cheon Il Guk. They hope that we can set up the status of citizens of Cheon Il Guk as people that have all been called into the new history and that we achieve the vision Heaven has given us within our lives.


True Parents on their birthday in 2009

Foundation Day and a Changing World

We have begun 2014, passed the first year of Cheon Il Guk, entered the era of settlement and celebrated the first anniversary of the Foundation Day of Cheon Il Guk. We held a total of twenty-eight providential events including international conferences, peace symposiums, sharing and service, culture and the arts to properly dedicate this historic clay in accordance to the will of our Heavenly Parent and that of the True Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind.

While directly supervising and participating in the commemorative events, I could identify three major changes. First, the walls -- under the names "nation," "religion" and "language" that had separated humanity throughout the six-thousand-year history since the Fall, committed by our first ancestors, are collapsing. People are looking at the Unification family from a new perspective as it seeks to achieve a world of peace and harmony.

Second, people have started to show interest in the invisible world, apart from the real world -- politics, economy, society, media, culture, the arts, etc. The world is paying attention to the Unification family as it presents the clearest teachings regarding the reality of the spiritual world.

Third, the final destination humanity desires to go to is the ideal world. Numerous thoughts, philosophies and religions talk about the ideal world, but none compare to the vision of Cheon Il Guk that True Parents proclaimed. Those pursuing and longing for an ideal world will naturally find their way to True Parents' teachings, thereby more deeply and sincerely illuminating True Parents' ideology and lives.

I would like to offer my deep gratitude and respect to True Mother at this time of change, because these changes have accelerated as True Mother has commanded the Unification family.

The walls that have separated us are collapsing in this new era. Divisive elements such as envy and jealousy, hate, suffering and pain, persecution and ordeals that evil has governed, are disappearing and a culture of love, peace, understanding and sharing is being established. True Mother's leadership, which is based on true love, is presenting new hope to our world which is filled with pain, discouragement and despair. This hope is bearing actual fruit in the field again.

Members' Lives of Practice

A few clays ago, I had the opportunity to talk to a peace ambassador. He confessed, "I have taken part in UPF activities as a peace ambassador for seven years; during this time, I unwittingly become immersed in the teachings of Rev. Sun Myung Moon and Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon."

In order to deeply understand the Unification Church, he ended up living in the house of a Cheon Bok Gung member. He followed the life of faith of that member, starting from Hoon Dok Hae early in the morning to prayers, church activities, attending worship services, etc., without fail. However, it was so hard that he gave up within four days.

Ever since, whenever he saw church members, he could feel his body tremble. He was afraid. Until then, he had thought lightly of blessed families and other Unification Church members. Seeing us sincerely conduct a life that is of a completely different dimension from that of the world, he concluded that it is truly difficult to be a Unification Church member.

I did not see him at Sunday services or events for quite some time for the above reason probably. Then I discovered him among the married couples receiving the blessing during the Foundation Day Blessing Ceremony. After the ceremony, I met him and asked, "How is it that you received the married couple blessing?"

After he separated from our church, he focused on societal activities for three or four months. Strangely, he kept meeting Unification Church members. Also, wherever he went he found himself talking about peace ambassadors' activities and the originators of that initiative. He felt an invisible power and decided to reconnect with the church. While listening to his testimony, I thought about how, in a world that has not yet been restored, he could have such an experience. I believe that those in the spiritual world were with him and had intervened.

He returned to the church and listened to the Divine Principle again but could still not make a definite decision. After much thought, he went to the Chung Pyung Heaven and Earth Training Center and liberated 245 generations of ancestors.

Heaven then gave him the precious realization that he had read the Divine Principle with humane eyes and listened to it with humane ears. He could finally look at Unification Church members' lives of faith from a perspective of the heart; he confessed that he found with certainty the kind of life that is most precious and thereby, decided to go through the Blessing Ceremony.

Presently, he is passionately partaking in UPF peace ambassadors' activities. Even though this is just a single example, such precious results are being formed in the field of our Unification family. Brothers and sisters, what do you think made this person change? It was our members' lives of practice. In other words, your lives are advancing Heaven's providence.

Testify Boldly About True Parents

Having been invited to many large and small events, I have had more opportunities to lecture these days. Once the events are concluded, I get to meet the members of the National Assembly, chairmen of provincial assemblies and city councils, governors and the community leaders in each area. Surprisingly, the first thing they speak about is the returning Lord, the Savior and Messiah who has come to earth, Rev. Sun Myung Moon and Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon.

This was something unimaginable in the past. They no longer find these expressions -- Savior, Messiah or True Parents -- awkward at all. Being aware of the great love of True Parents toward humanity, the sweat, tears and blood they shed as they dedicated themselves for the realization of a world of peace, they sincerely respect and long for True Parents.

Who moved the hearts of these people? Of course the cooperation and intervention of the spiritual world played a part, but this was possible thanks also to the foundation that members of this community built by shedding blood, sweat and tears with the same heart and will.

I participated in the 2014 UPF Peace Ambassadors Launching Ceremony at the Cheongshim International Youth Center in Chung Pyung a few days ago. Around three hundred peace ambassadors participated and most had prepared note-taking tools and were waiting for the event to start. In the past, participants just sat, listened and looked around like bystanders. However, participants of this UPF event knew the value of the rally and were ready to learn something through the event. As the program of the event progressed and time for the teachings and lecture came, I could feel that the time has changed by seeing participants actively taking notes. Participants found themselves naturally and seriously conversing about True Parents' providence, discussing how UPF should carry out activities for the peace movement in the future.

This is how the world is changing. The perspective from which people look at us is changing. This is not happening only in Korea. The same phenomenon is happening around the world. The gaze of the entire world is moving toward the Unification family today.

Journalists from several media outlets interviewed me before or after Foundation Day commemorative events. The attitude of the media has also greatly changed from the past. Before each interview, the journalists would all tell me the parts that touched them the most.

Their attitude toward us was different from that in their regular coverage and reporting on other organizations or groups. They were not simply taking photographs and conducting interviews out of obligation. According to the journalists, they felt their hearts inclined more toward us, and they asked us what we desired that they cover and report on. This is an aspect that has changed.

The age when we would call the press because of our needs has passed. We live today in an era when the press seeks us out in response to public interest. Aside from the national press, those from other countries such as the United States, England, Australia and the Philippines are all coming to Korea to cover us.

If our members look around carefully, you will also be able to experience the changed attitude of people toward us. This also means that we should not act carelessly anymore. We are all providential stars. You should always have in mind the position and duty of a blessed member wherever you go because the world is watching us.

The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, also known as the Unification Church, is the religion that is leading the new era and the new culture. Who enabled this to happen? True Parents' providential experience and knowledge and our members' lives of practice brought about this result.

As blessed members, we must be able to proclaim proudly who True Parents are. As Cheon Il Guk citizens that are opening a new era, we must become even more confident. When we are strong and bold, Heaven will be by our side and will support us to greater extent in what we do.


On 1.14 (February 13) During the victory celebration in Cheon Jeong Gung, the Supreme Council members received their plaques of appointment. One member, Farley Jones, arrived later. from left: Yeon Ah Choi Moon nim, Julia (Hoon Sook) Moon, Hyo Nam Kim (Dae Mo Nim), Kim Young Hwi, Jae Suk Lee, Kyeong Seuk Lu, Jin Chun Kim, Yong Cheon Song, Hideo Oyamada, Ki Hoon Kim and Thomas Walsh

A Church with Unquenchable Fire

True Mother gave the following message knowing that a historic and victorious time was coming:

On January 13, 2001, the Coronation of God's Kingship was conducted but it did not mean getting only royal authority. We must proclaim the owner to both heaven and earth. In 2013, we regained a country and family and everything returned to its original position; hence, we must now cross on to one united world centered on God. There is no border between earth and heaven. Even though individuals and families are all in a contradictory state, we are living in the unification era where everything can become one.

FFWPU is attending the Heavenly Parent and the True Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind and opening the era of unification on earth. Humanity desires to become one with its in actual life. Brothers and sisters, have you felt this change? If you haven't, please open the door and go outside yourselves. The world has lost its way. If human beings do not find true life and the truth, they will never be able to get away from a life of wandering. I am confident that those that live conscientious lives cannot help finding the Unification community. Let us all practice True Parents' teachings within our lives to enable people to easily find our Unification family.

True Mother, who knew of this new age earlier than anyone else, asked us to do the following:

Setting up plans is not what matters. Practicing is what matters. Please show me practice. We are in an era where we must demonstrate everything. Please do not sleep at night; be awake at all times to ensure that the fire in our church remains unquenchable, so that were True Father to look around at the world and sees the fire ablaze, he would come down even if he had to drag himself! I am asking you not to become a church that Father bypasses.

True Parents' hope and expectations toward us is not that big in the end. Everything that True Parents had to realize on earth has been completed already. When the right time comes, Heaven's works will envelop the entire earth. True Parents hope that all blessed members, beloved sons and daughters of the Unification family, that have followed this path after them can stand right at the center of it all when the right time comes.

We must all achieve True Parents' hope and expectation. This is the duty of Cheon Il Guk citizens, who attend True Parents. It is the way to become families of devoted children, patriots, saints and divine sons and daughters.

We have ushered in a precious time as we set off on a new era after victoriously conducting the first anniversary of the Cheon it Guk Foundation Day. I conclude my sermon here today with the hope that you deeply contemplate the path that we must follow and what we must achieve and that you become wise Cheon Il Guk citizens that can advance with a firm will and determination for the remaining part of 2014. 

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