1) Country of God's Settlement

A. Country Where The Messiah Can Come

Today, there are hundreds of denominations in the world, arenOt there? Just as there are hundreds of denominations, there are hundreds of countries in the world. Among these countries, God chooses one country to establish his cultural sphere, where the world is with God's providence, a nation is with God's providence, a family is with God's providence, and an individual is with God's providence. This is a free world, a democratic world.

Therefore, there must be a chosen nation in the democratic world. The chosen nation must be a Christian nation, that is, one which has received well the teachings of Jesus, and Christianity must exist in this nation. This is as Judaism was in the Israelite nation in JesusO time. There must come a nation substituting for Judaism and Israel. So, what people will be the chosen people? God worked to build a church in the chosen people by spreading many denominations.

Is it better to have a big denomination? No, the smaller the better. Would there be more chance of realizing God's Will in a large nation? No, the smaller the better. The nation of Israel is as big as Kang-won province. It took me only 4 and half hours traveling around Israel. It was not even 5 hours. Israel is that small. Rumors can travel around the country within a day. For that reason, God chose this nation and carried out his providence.

It would be very difficult for God to realize his Will in a nation where the strong foundation was built through a long history of Christianity, because God's establishments were destroyed in a nation where the foundation of a long history of Judaism was built. Therefore, God would choose a nation which had just received blessings and was fired up with spirit. In other words, the Messiah cannot come to a nation that has 1,200 years of Christian history.

For that reason, Korea is the nation where the Messiah can come. How many years of Christian history are Christians celebrating in Korea? When did Protestants come to Korea? It must be less than 100 years. From the 1930's to the 1960Os, Christianity suffered persecution. This period was the time of the Japanese occupation. Just as Christianity was persecuted in Rome, Christianity in Korea was persecuted at the national level. Because Christianity was devastated, the chosen nation had to face the same condition of devastation. In JesusO time, that had happened to Israel. Korea is that kind of nation. Therefore, many spiritual people know that the Messiah will come to Korea.

B. A Nation Where God's Will Resides

God has worked throughout the 6,000 years of providential history in order to recover the lost ancestors. We have to know this.

Then, where and how will the Messiah come? In which country will he come? This is the question. You would be happy if he came to America, wouldnOt you? However, although you will find it painful, he will come to the land of Korea. God would listen to the prayers of people who shed tears with a devastated heart. If God goes to the rich people, the outcome will be obvious. Even earthly parents would be concerned more with crippled children than normal children, wouldnOt they? God's love flows in this way.

Then, where should the Messiah come? Where would you want the Messiah to come? Korean people would want the Messiah to come to Korea and Americans would want him to come to America. Would you Americans pray, "Lord, please go to Korea!"? Would English people pray, "God! We know you love England, but please send the Messiah to Korea."? Everyone without exception would pray, "Lord! Please come to our country."

However, people who pray like that are thieves. They made their lands dirty and pray, "Lord! Please come quickly." These dirty people, with selfish minds, pray, "Lord! Please come here. Come here." God is so pitiful. Should we be like this? What would they do to the Messiah if he came to their nations?

Korea is the nation where God sends the Messiah. But, it is not only for Korea. Korea just offers a place where the Messiah can come. Whoever comes in this direction trying to become one would automatically realize this. You must have this kind of mind. When you pray, seriously, you must think about where God can send the Messiah.

God created Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden after he created all things. Then God wanted to reside centering on Adam and Eve; but he lost them.

Therefore, the history of restoration began. It underwent a tremendous hardship, sorrow, and pioneering course for 6,000 years and took the risks of sacrificial ways. In the meantime, God has prepared a place where he can send the Messiah. It is not Israel; it is Korea. within Korea, it is no other place than the Unification Church. Then, where in the Unification Church? The answer to the question is, in Father.

C. Where Would the Anchor of God's Providence Be?

A primitive country like Korea! DonOt be so disappointed about what I just said. A third-world country! Still, I feel happy that I was born in this country. Why? There is so much to look at and so many things that are incomparable. Because of that I would naturally have much concern about this country. I canOt resist having these interests.

On the other hand, I could lose interest by asking "What is it, what's more?" to those who are proud of their countries' being number one. This can be compared to a country man and a city slicker. The country man would have much more interest in city life than the city slicker does in the countryside. In this point of view, because I was born among the people of this third-world country, not the highly civilized people, I can possess the awesome faculty of sensing all things in the world, to compare and analyze them. No other people, but only third-world-country people can sense this.

While God works in the providence for salvation, what people would he choose to carry out his Will? Civilized people, or third-world-country people? You can easily think that God would choose civilized people, but that's a big error. Among people who have no concern about the world, just thinking about themselves, who are so proud of their high civilization, who are selfish and narrow-minded, God would not drop the anchor of his providence for salvation.

On the other hand, people in the third-world countries have so many concerns and worries. God is more likely to drop down the anchor of providence among these people. If God should appear miserably, people who are proud of being number one would probably turn their backs away from God. Generally, if God appeared among people in a third-world country, a lot more people would have relationship with God and more people would have more concern about God. But if God appears among highly-civilized people, then there will be a limited number of people who show concern about God.

D. A Nation Which Can Be Offered on the Altar of Worldwide Indemnity

YouOve heard many times about the responsibility of going through the indemnity course from individual, family, tribe, and nation, to the world. What country will walk the path of indemnity on behalf of the world on the global scale? By all means, there must be a country that can represent the world. Would Japan have these qualities? No. Then, is there a nation which possesses these faculties among the countries who are proud of greatness as advanced countries? On behalf of the world, which of these countries can offer itself on the altar of indemnity? None. Countries who are singing happiness now are not the kind of country God is looking for. In the history of restoration, only a country that possesses people who had bloody fights and tried their best to survive, who related to world affairs and tried to resolve these problems as if they were theirs, can take responsibility for the world. You must know these things.

Then, what kind of people are they? They should be able to accept this concept of hardship as their main ideology and pursue an ideal nation. People, whether male or female, old or young, must without exception accept 100% of this ideology and practices, so that they can become the symbol of hope, and must practice this ideology from the individual to the family, to the tribe.

Then which country is like that? Today, there are many countries, but Korea is small and miserable, and furthermore is divided in half. Despite all the poor conditions, Korea is not just waiting for misery to disappear, but is trying its best to overcome and to equip itself with the armor of a new world. No matter what obstacle blocks its way, it naturally realizes and accepts it as a part of its responsibility, and it invests its life for one year, 10 years, 40 years, a half century, or whole century, or many centuries to carry out a one-people movement, a unification-people movement. If that's so, without a doubt, this kind of country can take responsibility for the world's indemnity.

With that in mind, through the long 6,000 years of history, among many people who perished and formed again, the people of Korea have survived and held together as one nation. WouldnOt you say that Korean people deserve this? The history of Korea is a sad history, isnOt it? You must realize this for yourselves. Now, we have to liquidate the long history of misery and gain the authority of victory. I have been demonstrating that Korea, where I live, will be that kind of country.

A country where the Second Coming comes must be divided. In the present case, Korea is divided North and South. The North represents Cain, and the South represents Abel. The world of democracy is in the sphere of mind. The democratic world is internal and stands on God's side, and the Communist world is external and stands on Satan's side. Actually, matter and mind are one. We fight only because we don't know this fact.