The years 1945-52 should have seen the victory of True Parents and expansion of the blessing to the cosmic level, through Catholicism and Protestantism centering on the United States. This failed and Father went the way of the cross. The years 1992-98 are the period to restore this failure. South America represents Catholicism, North America Protestantism. The symbol of victory now is the white cross.

On June 13, 1998, True Parents established two completed four-position foundations, one in spirit world and one on earth. This liberates the spirit world. This relates to the Hoon Dok Hae tours True Parents carried out in Korea, Japan and America in the spring. The topic was "Blessed Marriage and Eternal Life," and they proclaimed the truth of blessed marriage in spirit world.

On April 17, 1998, the day following the end of the American tour, Father announced to the membership at Belvedere about Jesus' marriage. It was on April 17 of 1935 that Jesus gave Father his mission. Since then, Father has always considered April 17 to be the resurrection day (Easter). Two couples now bridge spirit world and physical world: Heung Jin Nim's couple and Jesus' couple. One important internal mission of the elder son nation is to attend Jesus as part of the providence of uniting Christianity together with True Parents. Later that day, Father proclaimed America the elder son nation. His speech at Belvedere continued until 2 p.m., at which time he had 40 Americans (elder son nation) hold hands encircling 12 Koreans (father nation), 12 Japanese, 12 Fililpinos, 12 Taiwanese and 12 Canadians (mother and daughter nations). As we held hands, Father gave a ceremonial prayer.

There was an intermediate period during which Father could have gained worldwide victory, 1954-61. The key failure here was that of Mary Pak, vice-president of Ehwa Women's University and wife of Korea's prime minister. It was most difficult for Father to forgive her, but this May, through Dr. Sang Hun Lee, God told Father to do so. To do this, Father undertook a course of personal hardship in South America. He even fasted without sleeping for three days and reached the point of vomiting blood. Finally he found the condition to forgive her, and found incredible liberation.

On Nov. 29, 1997, 3.6 billion spirit persons were blessed at RFK Stadium's Blessing 97; 120 million of them were Christians. They attended Heung Jin Nim's 100-day workshop and then arrived in America at midnight of May 2­3, 1998. At that hour, True Parents held a prayer meeting at Belvedere. These spirit persons assisted the Madison Square Garden campaign, inspiring countless Christians to work with us.

Throughout the spring, True Parents paid incredible indemnity in South America, fishing day and night in the most rugged conditions. This was the internal foundation for Blessing '98. Father did three hours of Hoon Dok Hae the night before Blessing 98, reading Dr. Sang Hun Lee's letters. He engaged the four religious leaders in spirit world. All the walls in spirit world came down, spirit world and physical world became one and the battle of Cain and Abel for elder sonship was completed.

Then came the 40-day workshops. One was for Adam National Messiahs in the Pantanal. A second was for Blessed Families at Jardim -- the Ideal Family workshop. A third was for the second generation, centering on Hyun Jin Nim, in Alaska, and the fourth was for international leaders in Kodiak. These represented, among other things, the unity of north and south and of land (South America) and water (Alaska). Hyun Jin Nim bagged the biggest moose of this year in Alaska on the final hours of a seven-day long hunt. Father said this represents the transition to the leadership of the second generation hand in hand with first generation.

During this period, Father set up five declarations. The five declarations connect to what Adam and Eve had to do in the Garden of Eden. First was to have absolute faith, absolute love and absolute obedience. Second was to establish the parents, husband-wife, children and family that are absolute, unchanging, unique and eternal.

God needs the restoration of the fall of two generations: Adam and Eve, and Cain and Abel. In the Garden, God could love His children for a time, but never His grandchildren. So restoration required a new Adam and Eve and their children being blessed. This is the meaning of the third Jardim declaration, which states that the children -- the second generation -- are the third Creator (God is the first, parents are the second). This means that each generation can call God "Father." The second generation is unique in that they possess elements both of the invisible God and their visible parents. They receive both God's love and their parents' love. Also, the children's generation is where horizontal multiplication comes about. o It is "fate" for both generations to relate to God as their Father. In Father's terminology, "destiny" can change, but "fate" is deeper than destiny and cannot change. The parent-child relationship, husband-wife relationship and brother-sister relationship all are treated as fate. That means that they cannot change. Thus in the ideal there is no concept of divorce. This relates to the fourth Jardim declaration.

After February 7, 1999, the number of blessed people on earth, plus their kin, will surpass 50% of the world's population. This is the foundation for God to be all transcendent, all immanent, all capable and all sovereign, exercising complete authority over Satan in the world. This relates to the completion of the four position foundations of parents and of children, and in spirit world and in the physical world.

In Kodiak on October 5, 1998, Father declared the Age of Liberation and Unification. On that day, Father gave the five blessed religious founders their missions on earth. They and the good Christian spirit men are looking for people to work with for their resurrection, especially their descendents. When the descendents don't realize this, they will face difficulties. But if we do recognize it, the blessing we receive will be great. Everything we undertake from now should be with the spirit world doing 95%, even 98%. They are ready to do it.

One method to mobilize spirit world is prayer at a holy ground. Holy ground prayer includes Hoon Dok Hae, kyung bae, recital of the Family Pledge and prayer.

The highest priority is to establish your individual relationship with God. It is the basic form of indemnity necessary at this time. Everything True Parents have done was accomplished not by money, knowledge or organization, but by indemnity, and the most important indemnity is mind-body unity. Hence True Parents are living sacrificially, denying themselves in the South American wilderness.

The foundation for the ideal family includes land. Therefore, Father is developing four areas: Jardim, Fuerte Olimpo, Rio Perdido and Salobra. These together are a four position foundation, a new Eden. It has been apportioned to the 185 nations. The foundation also includes daily Hoon Dok Hae, loving all things, and attending the 40-day Ideal Family Workshop. This workshop culminates in your family's photograph with True Parents, the authority to match and bless, and entry into True Parents' family registry. To register fully, we need the foundation of all things (an offering representing "16" -- ideally, $16,000, and children (our tribe of 160 blessed families). On the foundation of offering all things (OTA) and children (NTA), we offer ourselves as parents through attending the Ideal Family Workshop in Jardim (CTA). We should make these offerings with great pride. Partial contributions toward the material offering are of course acceptable. I hope that this brief summary of True Parents' course may help us all become stronger in faith and sharper in understanding.

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