3) Ownership

One of the main teachings of Unification thought is: Mine is yours, and yours is a nation's, and a nation's is the world's, and the world's is God's, and God's is mine. (6/4/72)

Owing to the Fall, Satan invaded even up to the bottom of God's throne, and owing the Fall, the blood lineage of humans was invaded, and due to the Fall, all things fell under the dominion of Satan. All things created by God ended up with the enemy, Satan, not God. What could be more sorrowful than this? (14-270)

Today, all things in the creation are dominated by the children of Satan in Satan's domain, and they belong to Satan. This you must understand. Therefore, all of this must be restored to God. From the perspective of the Principle of Restoration, all things should have first belonged to the original human ancestors. This is because God blessed humans to use all things although all things belong to God. Those ancestors should have been parents of goodness. (23-332)

The Fall started from the desire for possession. Even when God and the Messiah come, if one repeats this desire, one will end up being on the side of Satan and will inherit his blood lineage. That is why without obedience, one cannot be restored. In the fallen world, such chronic problems will be often repeated. What would you do if asked to use your possessions for God's sake? Even in dreams, I have never said that the things that I have established belong to me. (30-10)

We should belong to God, not to Satan. Then, ladies and gentlemen, whose is the Unification Church? Is this mine? No, it is not, but it is God's. Therefore, anyone who claims this is his or hers is a thief. Since, according to the Principle of Restoration, things should belong to God first and next to Adam, such a process should take place. In the Bible, when Jesus was questioned by Pharisees who brought a donation, "To whom does this donation belong?" Jesus explained that what belonged to Caesar as taxes should be returned to him, and what belonged to God should be returned to God.

Well, to whom do your possessions belong? Because they belong to Satan, in order for them to be transferred to God, they should be united with humans and be loved by them. Only then can God have dominion over them. Do you understand what I mean? In the original world without the Fall, perfected Adam should have loved all things as their master on God's behalf.

What you should understand is that you must make indemnity conditions to have material objects that God can love. In order to make the offering objects to be God's, you must love them with all your sincerity. When seen from this perspective, as there is a "chosen people", there should also be "chosen things". You must be hearing this for the first time. Right? Those chosen things are to represent all things as objects offered to God.

If you have a family, you should think that the things in your family belong to God as the representatives of all things. If you truly love them as Adam before the Fall should have loved, then they will be totally one with you in heart and will want to die with you if you have to. Only when that happens will they belong to God. If an animal that is to be offered to God struggles to survive, it cannot be acceptable to God as a sacrificial offering. (1/1/75)

Your body, your mind, your heart--none of these started from your. When looking at yourself, you realize that you are connected to your ancestors. You are the fruit of all of your ancestors. Therefore, you should never take yourself lightly. You are not really yours, even if it appears so. Before this people, you are a present sent to this people, and before your family, you are a present sent to your family. By the same token, before your spouse, you are a present for him or her, and before heaven and earth and the world, you are a present sent for them. This you must understand. (8-12)

Things that belong to the church are more important than your personal possessions, and things that belong to a nation are more important than the church's possessions, and the things that belong to the world are more important than a nation's possessions. In the future, all things should belong to the world. At the same time, they should belong to the worldwide God, the worldwide True Parents, and the worldwide True Children. We are responsible to restore all things to such a position. This is what you should realize whenever you receive a Day of All Things. (123-336)

Do you know how rich the Unification Church will be? According to the formula that was discussed earlier, all things that belong to us should be offered first to God. In order to do this, we should start from the position of servant of servants, moving through the positions of servant, adopted son, stepson, true son, and true parents, and finally to the position of God. Since Adam and Eve made the parents' things lost, parents should restore them.

This formula will remain a truth, a principle, and on the day when it is applied always in daily life, after having been proven as a historical fact, all things will return to God through True Parents. Because Adam and Eve lost the parents' things, the fact that True Parents restore them to the original position accords with the Principle of Restoration. Therefore, if True Parents appear on earth, they should be able to bring unity to all. (1/1/75)