The more you must live risking your life for one purpose, the more you have to have hope and confidence for victory and invest everything that you have. The wise person is the one who dies together with Heaven but not with his enemy. Jesus lived like this. He went the way of destiny, taking on his shoulder the whole responsibility for the future of Israel, giving all his power. His disciples scattered in all directions; concerned only to protect their own lives, they abandoned Jesus. On the other hand, Jesus didnOt think about his own life at all and, having utmost sincerity and responsibility more than any other person who lived for God in history and being eager to accomplish God's purpose, went the way of the cross. He lived together with God. Because of JesusO final fate of the way of cross, the new tradition had to be rooted in this world of death and enmity, and it allowed fallen history to continue. We know this fact. OO my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.O(Mt. 26:39). In this prayer of Jesus everything is included. He went to God not obsequiously. He went to God with a standard of God's son following His Will, fulfilling His desire to see His son. Until now there were many people who wanted to live like Jesus, but there was no one who could do it practically. Even at the climax of his thorny path, Jesus earnestly entreated the salvation of the people who killed him. Even though Jesus had to go back to God at that time, he was sure that his time would come, and he would rule over the world together with God victoriously, and that the world of hatred would become the world of forgiveness. In the very moment of death, with confidence of victory in the future, Jesus blessed the persecutors and Romans, who would be defeated in front of JesusO victory in the future. When we see these facts, we can understand that Jesus is truly a person who could occupy everything internally and externally. The standard of his fidelity and filial piety toward God, the historical tradition based on this standard, his attitude of tolerance and forgiveness to enemies, all make us bow down our heads in front of Jesus; we cannot stop admiring him. Indeed, Jesus is a person who lived his life without any stain in any aspect. His life did not end on earth when he was just 33 years old, but it has continued together with history. History has been flowing to accomplish his purpose. It was impossible that history could go in any other direction than the direction in which Jesus wanted to lead history. That is why Christianity has become a world religion. No matter how violent the persecutions were, Christianity did not go to the way of ruin, but the way of prosperity. The more Christians endured difficulty and persecution, the more solid a foundation of victory and tradition they could make, and finally they could make Christianity a world religion. Today, the Unification Church must go the same way. All of us must live for God and know that we were born to save the world. We must make up our minds to deal with the matter of life and death in the world. You must know it clearly. If there are members of the Unification Church who are living centering on themselves, then they are truly enemies of God's Will. On the way of restoration you have to worry about the nation when you leave home every morning, you have to worry about problems of the world beyond nations, you have to worry about the Will of God. We must go forward thinking how we can accomplish the providence as soon as possible. Then the unified world will come soon.
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