Day of Total Victory

Blessed couples in suburban New York gathered at the International Training Center in Belvedere at 3:15 in the morning of August 20, immediately following Reverend Moon's release from prison. It was also a victory ceremony to commemorate a new start from August 16, the day following August 15, 1985, the fortieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War on August 15, 1945.

"In order for me to go to the position of parents, Cain and Abel should be completely united. My children are in the position of original elder son, and blessed children are in the second son's position. Within forty years centered on Hyo-jin, the second generation should be united and all the second generation and blessed couples of the world should be united by bringing together all the blessed couples in Korea and Japan. For the Unification Church to indemnify everything, the second generation together with the blessed couples must completely establish the sphere of Cain and Abel on a worldwide foundation. This time Hyo-jin called together the second generation and they united together. When Hyo-jin restored the number 40 centered on the second generation in Korea, he unified not only the blessed children but also the blessed couples. Thus a new beginning is made through the Unification Church in Korea and Japan creating a sphere on which a new revival could arise, and through CARP making a new start through the conditions surrounding each nation of the world. Thus August 16, 1985, the 41st year (since independence from Japan) is the Day of Total Victory when these things are being connected together. So far we have been fighting to go upward, in order to develop vertically. However, we now stand in the position from which we can advance on the worldwide horizontal level. This means we are completely surmounting the conditions through which the elder son, second son or Satan can accuse us. Parents can begin to settle down on the world level."