No one can put out the fire that burns in our hearts

Thomas Hwang
October 2013
International Vice-President of FFWPU

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

I am grateful for this opportunity to greet our devoted brothers and sisters who are working hard to spread the kingdom of heaven, Cheon Il Guk, throughout the world.

That kingdom is expanding now. Our blessed central family members are the people who cherish God's hope, working day and night with burning hearts to realize that divine hope. No one can put out the fire that burns in our hearts until the kingdom of heaven is realized on earth. That fire is the key to our success, the key to our victory. We are grateful to our True Parents, who lit this fire in our hearts.

The task of the FFWPU International Headquarters is to support the blessed central family members worldwide, to encourage you and support you so you can continue your ardent efforts until the kingdom comes. True Parents' victory has ensured that the kingdom will absolutely conic. Our responsibility is to usher it in as quickly as possible.

Recently, True Mother has been emphasizing the creation of the environment for Cheon Il Guk. I would like to share with you several key points she has mentioned in explaining what this means.

First, throughout the history of God's providence, there have always been certain people who attended God in spirit and in truth, and thus attracted the Holy Spirit to work through them. Today, our FFWPU is the place in which God's Holy Spirit manifests and his words are substantially implemented. Among our blessed family members are some in particular through whom God's Holy Spirit is working, thanks to their sincere devotion and effort. Our church leaders need to recognize these people among our blessed central family members. We all need to encourage them and work together with them, so we can expand the work of the Holy Spirit within our community. As we pledge in the sixth article of our Family Pledge, we need to move heavenly fortune.

On 9.6 (October 10, 2013) at the Cheon Jeong Peace Palace, in the presence of elders of the Korean movement, True Mother presents Prof. Hwang with his certificate of appointment as international vice-president of FFWPU.

Secondly, in the world outside our group, there are also people who are capable of recognizing God's spirit and are prepared to receive his word. The focal point of our witnessing is to find such people, to give them new life and to have them join our community. We not only need to move heavenly fortune, we also need to expand it.

Through our members' lives of dedication we have developed a strong vertical tradition of heart centered on Heavenly Parent and True Parents. This is the core and the center of Cheon Il Guk. However, now the time has come to expand our horizontal relationships and create a true culture of heart among brothers and sisters. True Parents have completely uprooted Satan's power. The foundation stone of God's kingdom has been laid and can never be moved. What we need to do now is to firmly lay the foundation of the culture of heart. Thus Mother has been speaking about the need to recognize and appreciate one another, to praise and uplift each other. This is the way of life of true brothers and sisters, and the practice of true leaders.

Upon this foundation, True Mother has emphasized that we must educate our second and third generation and raise leaders among them. They are the owners of Cheon Il Guk and the hope of the future. It is the destiny of our descendants to lead the world, and it is our responsibility to prepare them to fulfill that destiny.

Finally, we need to claim the external environment for God. True Father pointed out many times that we need people, land and sovereignty. Now True Mother is stressing that tribal messiahship is the way to do this. This means sharing God's spirit and truth with our family, friends and neighbors, and thus expanding our community of heart. She even said that witnessing is the best way to become rich! It is true that as our community grows, our material wealth will expand. Everything we need is already prepared by God.

Building Cheon Il Guk is not a simple or short-term task. But we must not be daunted by the challenges that lay ahead.

We are the inheritors of True Parents' tradition of love and devotion, and the inheritors of their victory. Success is our destiny. Therefore, let us go forward with confidence to share with the world the gifts that True Parents have given to us -- the holy light of our faith and the precious love of our hearts.

God bless you all in your important missions.

Thomas Hwang