What is the purpose of the Blessing in the Unification Church? What is the purpose of marriage? It is for the nation. (75- 284) You must realize the importance of the position you are in now. Heavenly Father, despite His heartache and disappointment, came this far seeking a family. For this reason, Heavenly Father blessed Unification Church families. Thus, the path those families should go is to seek a nation. Do you understand? (Yes.) The period in which recruiting is done in over 3,000 locations is our three-year witnessing period for the sake of the nation. (50- 253) Blessed families need to take responsibility for the nation. The individual's and family's desires are for the nation. To seek the nation, one's husband, wife, and children need to be sacrificed. Blessed couples' love for the nation should be deeper than their love for children and spouse. It cannot be less. You understand this, don't you? You should not think that your children are your only concern. If the nation perishes, Satan might throw out that child. (54- 226) It is okay to sympathize about a situation. However, this is necessary only after the prosperity of the nation. Do you understand? When a nation's existence is in question, how can I think of leading you to a happy life? (69- 230) It is very peaceful to look at the believers of the Unification Church. However, we should not be in that position. We must pioneer a path to the world, walking with the coming Messiah on the levels of individual, family, clan, people, and nation. Wasn't that the path which people should have accomplished at the time of Jesus? Having joined the Unification Church, you are also in the same path. You must love the church. How much should you love it? You must love it with greater love than Jesus' relatives and disciples had for him. Do you understand what I am saying? Unless you do so, you will not be able to go to the Kingdom of Heaven. You should not think that the church exists for you to achieve your objectives. This church is to save the nation. I am not sending you witnessing for the sake of the Unification Church. I am sending you witnessing to save the nation. Even if the nation turns its face toward God's Will, we should not think of saving it, but rather that the nation can sacrifice itself for the world. You must know this. (50- 76) It is okay for husband and wife to live joyfully, but what should their central thinking be? To live for the sake of the country. You cannot be joyful just because you are able to eat well and are happy. If you are joyful before the nation is, your joy can be judged by Satan. The present joy that you may have could be remembered as God's resentment and might remain as a condition of grief. Thus, your joy and happiness may not be so joyful and happy. Seek a nation first, and its families, clans, and peoples can celebrate in joy together at once in the country that God protects. Individual, family, clan, people, and nation all enjoy at the same time. The place in the horizontal realm where everyone can be joyful is the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth. You need to understand this. Until that day, we cannot rest even though we want to and cannot be joyful even though we want to be. Although you enjoy now, unless you seek the nation, you will be persecuted by Satan and have to suffer. (56- 282)
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