Although there have been many great men in history, there has been no one like Reverend Moon, who has striven with all his strength to establish a peaceful world in every possible arena. The four great world religions, Confucianism, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam, have been at the core of the historical development of the world's great cultural spheres. Yet during his lifetime none of these founders propagated his teachings far beyond his own country, much less spread a movement to practice his teaching all over the globe. Throughout his life Reverend Moon has traveled the world, devoting himself to fulfilling God's deepest desire and saving fallen humanity.
Despite enormous opposition and persecution from established Christian denominations, and despite being imprisoned six times due to political and religious prejudice Reverend Moon has never once given in to defeat. His life has been filled with hardships and adversity, yet he has always kept the mind and heart to love Heaven, love humankind, love his nation and even love his enemies. Despite a difficult life journey, he has always maintained a heart as clear as a cloudless blue sky. For 30 years since he first came to America in 1971, he has given everything to enlighten Americans and Christian leaders about the providence of God.
Hundreds of thousands witnessed the life and death effort he made to complete the recent 50-state speaking tour, with which he finished his 30-year course of public life in America. Without even a day's rest he traveled to 50 states in 50 days, from February 25 to April 17, 2001, in order to awaken American clergy and political leaders with the speech, "The Way Humankind and America Should Go in the New Millennium." Now at last, many clergy were deeply moved by Reverend Moon's ceaseless efforts and love. They set up the American Clergy Leadership Conference (ACLC) and started in earnest the movement of alliance among churches, seizing on the opportunity of the 144,000 clergy Blessing. Furthermore the trend to study Father Moon's teaching is now spreading very quickly by addressing the core question, "Who is Reverend Sun Myung Moon?"
Many clergy are studying and seriously discussing Reverend Moon's thought and achievements, and reaching consensus with the fact that Reverend Moon is the Savior, Messiah, Second Coming, and True Parents of humankind, as the five religious founders testified from the spirit world. His identity as the Messiah is evidenced by the fact that he is the champion in seven of the most fundamental arenas of human existence, those relating to God, Satan, human beings, the spirit world, Jesus, the Bible, and history.
The Champion in 7 Areas
First, Reverend Moon is the champion in his love for God. He knows God better than any one in history, having clearly revealed not only the characteristics of God, but also the relationship between God and man and woman and God's Heart. He revealed that the essential and fundamental relationship between God and human beings is that of parent and children. This relationship can only be fully realized based on true love, true life and true lineage. He plainly teaches about God's sorrowful situation, about the heart of Him who is absolute, unchanging and eternal. After His children's fall and their expulsion from Eden, God the Father became the God of sorrow and grief, who every day sheds countless tears and emits mournful sighs.
Knowing God's sorrow. Reverend Moon went through unimaginable suffering and hardships to liberate God, finally offering Him the Coronation of God's Kingship. God should have occupied the throne of nobility and glory from the beginning of history. He will be eternally joyful and comfortable as the substantial Heavenly Parent, both in spirit world and on earth, from the time the "Coronation of the King of the Blessed Families for the Peace and Unity of the Heavenly Parent and the Parents of Heaven and Earth" is held on February 6th, 2003. From that time forward, the new age of God's substantial absoluteness and omnipotence will open. Then the God of absolute authority will rule over the world with the Principle as His law.
Second, Reverend Moon is the champion who defeated Satan. He knows of the identity of Satan, the source and substance of evil, better than any one has in human history. He revealed who and what is Satan, that he is the being who corrupted humankind and destroyed our history, the ringleader of evil, and the one who transmitted the original sin to human beings. Reverend Moon revealed in detail the motivation and process of Satan's committing sin, his nature and his strategy. Accordingly, he teaches us how we can be separated from Satan and how we can eradicate the root of his evil power in ourselves.
It is impossible to save humankind and establish a peaceful world without knowing the identity and nature of Satan. He is the enemy of humanity, who alienated humankind from God, and is the source of all manner of conflict, antagonism, war and alienation prevalent in human society.
Reverend Moon came as the third Adam and revealed the identity of Satan. This is the work of the Messiah. It is the Messiah's responsibility to reveal the nature of Satan and bring Satan to surrender. In this process, God cannot help directly, because the fall of the first ancestors is our responsibility. This is because it occurred as the result of the human ancestors failure in the responsibility that God entrusted to them when He set them up to be co-creators with Him.
To expose the secrets of Satan, Reverend Moon spent over 14 years fighting tremendous spiritual battles, the content of which only God knows. At the end, he uncovered the identity of Satan. He also learned the way to subjugate him by making him surrender voluntarily. Finally on March 21, 1999, Satan offered the surrender documents to God and, repenting of his past crimes, he resolved to root out the evil in the world.
Third, Reverend Moon is the champion in exemplifying the life of a true human being. He knows what man is better than anyone in human history. What is a human being? Where do we come from? How should we live? Where do we go finally? What is the source of true human liberation? What is the purpose and meaning of life? No great men have yet given clear answers to these fundamental questions. Reverend Moon uncovered and revealed the answers clearly. He teaches the way that human beings should live as God's children. He teaches that the final purpose of human life is to perfect the spirit self, the real essence of a human being, and prepare the foundation for eternal life in the spirit world through living for the sake of others on earth.
Honor, knowledge and money are only accessories for a true life. The real essence of life is to become the perfect substance of true love, resembling God's divinity. The perfect man does not suffer from the original sin, so he doesn't need a life of prayer, or faith, or even a Savior. The Kingdom of Heaven on earth is the society in which all people serve God as they would their parents in daily life, and live together with all other people in the world as brothers and sisters in one great worldwide family.
Fourth, Reverend Moon is the champion of the spirit world. He knows the spirit world better than any other religious leader. Every person lives in three different worlds, the womb, the earth, and the eternal spiritual world. The 10 months in the womb are to prepare for life on earth, and in turn, life on earth is the time of preparation for eternal life in the spiritual world. People should perfect their inner self while they live on earth with their physical body. Then, as mature fruit belongs in the storehouse, people will pass over to the next world and fit in there naturally. Reverend Moon calls this trip, formerly called a funeral, "the ascension." He wields the brush of blessed grace upon the departed person at the ascension ceremony for those who have fulfilled what they should do on earth in their physical life.
Especially as far as the spirit world is concerned. Reverend Moon is the champion of champions. He rules over the spiritual world even though he stays on earth. He freely comes and goes between the spiritual world and the physical world, traveling without difficulty like the uninterrupted communication and traffic of earthly technology. He has the penetrating eye to see through appearances to the truth beyond time and space. In an instant he can see everything about an individual's past life. Hence, even major political leaders, exalted religious personages and eminent scholars feel small in front of him, and at last they cannot but admire him.
Fifth, Reverend Moon is the champion of love for Jesus Christ. He knows Jesus better than any theologian, any clergyman, and any Christian saint in history. He met Jesus while deep in prayer on Easter Sunday at the age of fifteen, when Jesus entrusted him with the remainder of the messianic mission. From that time, he freely communed with Jesus and the deceased saints, sages and martyrs to leam of the providence of salvation. He knows plainly and in detail about the Jesus' mission and life, from his birth to the cross, from his resurrection and ascension to the reality of his life in Paradise. He cried out bitterly and prayed through numerous sleepless nights to know the broken heart of Jesus, who was betrayed by the disbelieving and ignorant religious leaders and countrymen of his day. Jesus disclosed to Reverend Moon the detailed circumstances surrounding the cross. Knowing these facts. Reverend Moon has taught the clergy why theyshould pull down the crosses from their churches.
Even now Reverend Moon talks with Jesus in the spirit world and cooperates with him for the furtherance of God's providence whenever necessary. In the early days of his ministry, he was absorbed in prayer 16 hours in a day. He would discuss with Jesus detailed plans for the salvation of humankind, after which he proclaimed the result of those discussions to the spiritual world and on the earth. Finally, he enabled Jesus to meet the Substance of the Holy Spirit by holding the Holy Marriage Blessing for Jesus, who had been unmarried for so long. Through this, Jesus could at last reach the position of spiritual True Parent. No one other than Reverend Moon, who came as the third Adam, can even imagine, much less achieve, this providential work.
Sixth, Reverend Moon is the champion in understanding the Bible. His understanding of the Bible is superior to that of any theologian or clergyman in human history. The Bible is a revelation in which many of the secrets of the way to God are communicated in metaphors and symbols. Reverend Moon revealed the meaning of these words plainly. This fulfills what Jesus said, "These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but I will tell you plainly about the Father." (John 16:25) He explains how the Bible offers sure guidelines for the salvation of humankind.
Only the chosen person who has received heavenly wisdom from God can interpret the Bible clearly, revealing the straight-forward truth of God's ideal of creation, the origin and circumstances of the human fall, and God's providential formula to save humankind. As Jesus was re-interpreted the Old Testament as he revealed the new expression of truth, so Reverend Moon has newly interpreted both the Old and New Testaments as he reveals the new expression of truth in the Completed Testament Age.
Reverend Moon has grasped the right and proper direction for Christianity, which has been leading the central providence through the New Testament Age. He clearly explains its position as the second Israel, with the mission to recognize and meet the Second Advent of Jesus. As long as the metaphors and symbols of the Bible had not been interpreted effectively and comprehensively, the Bible itself caused division among denominations. Reverend Moon has brought light to the Scriptures! Hence, his teaching of the Holy Scripture provides the key to the unification of Christianity as one seamless garment.
Seventh, Reverend Moon is the champion in knowing the direction of human history. He understands history better than any historian and knows the future better than any prophet. Men are bom into history and perish in its wake. The flow of history directly affects the course of each human life. Hence, it is vital to understand the origin, process and direction of history and of human culture. Reverend Moon interprets human history as guided by God's providence of salvation, a providence of restoration through indemnity. Conflicts in history pit relative good against evil, treading in the direction of establishing the Kingdom of Heaven on earth and in the spirit world.
History will be consummated after the good conquers the evil at the time of the Messiah's advent. This optimistic perspective of history gives hope to Christians, who conventionally believe that history will end with the dire judgments of the Last Days. People have not realized that God is working in the background to guide the course of history. The options given men and women as actors on the stage of history is very limited. The current of history is moving towards the re-creation of the ideal world of God's original creation according to the principle of restoration.
Other philosophies of history, such as historical materialism, are superficial by comparison. Simply viewing human history as the history of conflicts fails to recognize that the essence of all conflict lies in the struggle between relative good and evil, or that the its final destination is the establishment of God's Kingdom on earth and in the spirit world. The relatively evil side can win temporary victories along the way, but the side of goodness will finally bring the evil side to its knees.
Reverend Moon's extraordinary stature regarding these seven fundamental areas should be enough to persuade anyone that Reverend Moon might plausibly be the Savior and world-teacher of this age. Yet all this aside, even by his visible achievements, his monumental stature as a world leader cannot be denied. The quality and quantity of Reverend Moon's achievements have a breadth and depth that other historical leaders would hardly imagine. The collection of his words is enormous, constituting 400 volumes that demonstrate the breadth and depth of his teachings.
He personally leads the providence "hands-on" to achieve the substantial Kingdom of Heaven on earth with all his heart and love. He has established countless institutions, associations, and firms all over the world and in various fields, including peace institutions such as FFWPU and UFWP; newspapers including The Washington Times, Tiempos del Mundo and the Segye Times', institutions in the fields of culture, athletics, art, science, scholarship, philosophy, technology, etc.
All these activities show that he not only proclaims his teachings but also puts them into practice. He has pursued all these activities over the past 40 years without any setback in accordance to the formula of the providence of restoration. They are all components in his overall vision for the establishment of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth and in Heaven. Each of his works day by day are significant steps clearing away the old corrupted history and open the new age. The numbers of people who attend Reverend and Mrs. Moon as the Parents of Heaven and Earth is growing. They are spreading his teachings and expanding his activities all over the world.