March 18, 2007

• A
  Message of Peace

  We
  long for peace, yet our world remains plagued by war and conflict.
  Daily headlines are filled with reports of violence from every corner
  of the globe – between nations, within communities, and even in
  families. While some despair that genuine peace is possible, still
  the yearning for peace burns within the human heart.

  Efforts
  to end conflict and build peace have always been frustrated and
  fallen short. It is time for a fresh approach that addresses the
  most fundamental issues and root causes.

  A
  compelling and unique “message of peace” is now being shared
  around the world in venues big and small – from large arenas to
  small neighborhood meetings. Authored by the Rev. Dr. Sun Myung
  Moon, this message reminds us that there is an internal dynamic at
  work in our lives and in history, and clarifies our personal role and
  responsibility in the unfolding of God’s plan for the human family.

  The
  following excerpts provide an overview of some of the central themes
  addressed by this profound “Message of Peace”:

  • Peace
    cannot be achieved through
    human effort alone.

  “Throughout
  history, peace movements inevitably reached their limit and ended in
  failure because they were carried out by imperfect human beings. This
  is why the United Nations, although launched with the splendid dream
  of realizing world peace, today has to admit its innate limitations
  and confess that it can no longer give hope to humanity. This is
  simply because the UN was launched during the era prior to the time
  when God could directly govern the unfolding of His providence in
  history.”

  • The
    model for genuine peace is found
    in the ideal family.
    

  “When
  God first created human beings, He made Adam representing all men and
  Eve representing all women, with the intention that they become
  owners of true love. Then what was the quickest way for them to
  cultivate a character of true love? Simply put, it was to secure a
  parent–child relationship with God, whereby they could live in
  attendance to God as their Father and form a model family embodying
  God’s ideal of peace.”

  “The
  family sets the pattern for living together in harmony. It is the
  model for living together as one. There we have love and respect
  between parents and children, mutual fidelity and love between
  husband and wife, and trust and mutual reliance among siblings. This
  means that you need to establish a true family wherein the stem of
  true love emerges from the root of true love and bears the fruit of
  true love.”

  • Families of true love
    begin from individuals of Godly character. Purity before marriage
    and fidelity within marriage are essential to such families.
    

  “For
  people to perfect themselves in resemblance of God and obtain the
  stature of people of character who can be called sons and daughters
  of the Absolute Being, they must follow the path based on the
  absolute standard determined by Heaven. The essence of this path is
  the standard of absolute sexual morality.”

  “Husband
  and wife are eternal partners given to each other by Heaven. Through
  having children, they become the co-creators of true love, true life,
  and true lineage, and the original source of that which is absolute,
  unique, unchanging and eternal. This is because it is a heavenly
  principle that people cannot give birth to children by themselves,
  even if they live for a thousand years.”

  “Only
  within the boundaries of a family upholding absolute sexual morality
  is it possible to create relationships based on an ideal model of
  sexual ethics for life as it originally should have been.”

  • All
    people can genuinely be part of the “human family” when God is
    at the center – when connected to God’s lineage.

  “Do
  you know what has pained God’s heart most, causing Him the greatest
  grief over the long history since the Fall of Adam and Eve? God lost
  His lineage. With it, God lost the basis of human brotherhood and
  even His ownership over the creation.” (Over)

  “The
  parent–child relationship is the highest and most important of all
  relationships, and the model, lineal relationship between parent and
  child is the only way through which God’s lineage can be bequeathed
  and made to last forever.”

  • All
    people should live with an awareness of spiritual reality - that the
    choices we make and the way we live have lasting consequences.

  “Though
  it cannot be perceived by the eyes in our physical bodies, the spirit
  world is the automatic and inevitable extension of our lives on
  earth, humankind’s eternal, original homeland, created by God.”

  “The
  spirit world does actually exist. It is not a world that has been
  fantasized or imagined into existence. We do not have the right of
  choice concerning it. It is not a world we can go to if we please or
  refuse to go to if we would rather not. Just as God is eternal and
  unchanging, the spirit world He created is also eternal and
  unchanging.”

  “Whether
  you are bound for heaven or for hell is determined by your thoughts,
  speech and behavior in each moment.”

  • The
    peaceful world of God’s ideal is a world of true love, beyond the
    boundaries of nation, race or religion.

  “Then
  what is true love? Its essence is to give, to live for the sake of
  others and for the sake of the whole. True love gives, forgets that
  it has given, and continues to give without ceasing.”

  “Heaven
  is a world filled with the air of true love, where all breathe true
  love. Its life throbs with love, everywhere and all the time. The
  citizens of heaven are all linked together through their common
  membership in God’s lineage. There, the whole world and all its
  people are linked together in an inseparable relationship, like the
  cells in our bodies. True love, the love that is God’s essence, is
  Heaven’s only governing power. Accordingly, God also exists for
  true love.”

  “In
  God’s sight, skin color makes no difference. God does not recognize
  national borders. God does not stand behind the barriers of religion
  and culture.”

  “We
  need a movement to realize a society of interdependence, mutual
  prosperity and universally shared values. We need to make humanity
  one great family, by breaking down the walls in our hearts and
  eliminating even the boundaries between nations.
  This movement begins from one family. Therefore, each of us
  should bear in mind that it is our providential calling to form and
  establish a true family. It is the way we can advance the
  establishment of the cosmic peace kingdom on earth.”

  • Now
    is the time when our human effort can be joined with God’s power
    to realize
    a world of true and lasting peace.

  “You
  are now advancing into the era of liberation and complete inner
  freedom… The present time…corresponds to the era, prior to Adam’s
  Fall, of building the original ideal world. It refers to the era of
  true love that is all-encompassing, all-powerful and has overall
  authority… It is the era of the kingdom of peace and unity in
  heaven and on earth.”

  These excerpts are from
  the speech entitled “God’s Model for Absoluteness, Peace
  and the Ideal Is the Family and Global Kingdom Upholding Absolute
  Sexual Morality” by Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon. To
  access the entire speech, please go to the following web address:

  www.ambassadors4peace.org/PeaceMessage10.mht

  Find
  out more about the

  Universal
  Peace Federation at www.peacefederation.org.
  

  God
  Bless You and Your Family!

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