The Value of the Cross-cultural Marriage Blessing

Sun Myung Moon
June 1, 2006
Excerpt
The Mission of the Clan Messiah in the Revolutionary Era After The Coming of Heaven (Peace message 4)

Furthermore, the best way to restore people to the position of the children of God through conversion of lineage is through the cross-cultural Marriage Blessing. It is the greatest of moral acts, creating the Heavenly lineage on a whole new level, transcending the barriers of race, culture, nationality and religion. It is an act that severs all links of enmity. It is the sacred rite of the change of lineage, through which all can be re-created through the True Parents, the King and Queen of Peace, the substantial manifestations of God, who enable Him to exercise His providence in the present world.

Beloved representative leaders of the clan associations: ponder this question quietly in your hearts. Is there any other way to deliver this world from the war and conflict we see around us? Is there a way that would be more certain than by creating one global family, where there is no hatred between family members, through intercultural marriage between enemy clans or, going even a step further, between enemy nations?

As the representative leaders of clans representing hundreds of thousands, or even millions, you each stand in the position of a clan messiah. Your ancestors going back tens and hundreds of generations have been mobilized to watch your every move. Hence, your mission has now been made as plain as plain can be. First and foremost, you will need to make it known to every member of your clan that the revolutionary era after the coming of heaven, that is the era for the establishment of Cheon Il Guk, has now arrived. It means that you have the responsibility to educate them about the providence God is carrying out on a worldwide level in this era, centering on True Parents.

You will need to teach them without fail that the intercultural Marriage Blessing is the ultimate means to establish a peaceful, ideal world here on earth, so that your families and clans can all join the holy ranks of those blessed through the intercultural marriage.

Ladies and gentlemen, it is truly regrettable that you cannot sense with your own eyes this precious revolutionary era after the coming of heaven never before seen and never to be repeated. The reason for this is that you are relying only on your five physical senses. It is my heartfelt hope that you will open your five spiritual senses as quickly as possible so that you may definitely perceive how the providence of Heaven is unfolding in this era. However, there is one thing you need to know for sure: this providential time, this era of heavenly fortune, which you have received without giving anything on your part, will not wait for you indefinitely.

Now the time has come for you to unite into one as the representatives of the Korean clan associations who have preserved the spirit of the Korean people and the pride of the "white-clad race." There is no time to waste. What does it matter whether your name is Kim or Pak? What reason is there for Gyeongsang Province and Jeolla Province not to unite in harmony? The pro-Seoul Korean Residents' Union in Japan (Mindan) and the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chochongryon) each have their roots in the same Korean Peninsula. How about South and North Korea? Aren't we all brothers and sisters, sharing a common lineage? At this time, we should bear in mind that we are the descendants of the "white-clad race'" and the kinsfolk of a people called, selected and anointed by God in this era.

Our ultimate purpose is to find and establish "His kingdom and His righteousness," while serving God as the center. What country would be the kingdom? It refers to the kingdom of the peaceful, ideal world, similar in form to a true family with three generations living together in harmony, trusting, respecting and supporting one another and becoming one in love. In short the kingdom is the one where God is sovereign.

Then what is meant by "His righteousness"? It signifies the heavenly way and heavenly rule. The command has been given to us on earth to judge, with the heavenly authority of true love, this evil world that suffers under scheming, treacherous regimes and to establish the ideal, peaceful world of true love, a liberated, free world, based on justice and truth.

After all, humanity is meant to become one family. The remarkable advances of modern science are contributing greatly to making this world one global village and family. The beautiful kingdom of the peaceful, ideal world in which whites and blacks, and Orientals and Westerners, come together in harmony as one great family will be established on this earth.