Among the members of the Unification Church today, there are those crazy ones who say, "I am Abel because I joined earlier and those who joined later are Cain; so you should serve me!" There are many such crazy people. What kind of person is Abel? Abel is one who lives according to the Will of God. The one who is more public-minded is Abel. You have to understand this. Who is Cain? He stands on the side of Satan. Who is Satan? Satan starts off from selfish thoughts. Abel begins from thinking not about himself, but about God. You should understand this.

Even among those who joined earlier, one who is satisfying one's own greed is Cain. One who thinks about oneself first is Cain. This kind of person must be chased out. This is the principle that I use when I am dealing with people.

No matter how long one has been in the church, if one is living selfishly, I completely ignore him or her. I cannot do anything about it now, but when the time comes, I will tell him to pack up and leave. You are not Abel just because you joined earlier. Do you understand? One who pursues personal agendas more is Cain and one who thinks more about the public matters and Heaven than about oneself is Abel. You have to understand this clearly. (58-68)

In deciding upon the brotherly order among the members of the Unification Church, one who joined first stands in the Abel position but is at the same time also Cain, and one who joined later is in the position of Cain but is also Abel simultaneously. (24-348)

Centering on the Cain-Abel problem... You might say, "I am the regional leader, area leader or district leader sent by the headquarters, so you should listen to me." But, this is not how it is. This is God's side and that is Satan's side, so would Satan's side listen to you? He won't. To have him listen to you, you must put in three times more effort. When you put in three times more effort, then a third of that will return fruit. Why is this? Since the number of completion arrived at after passing through the formation and growth stages belongs to God, in order to save one Cain in the course of restoration today, we are to put in three times the effort. This is how it is. However, ignorant of this Principle, you just order people and do not know how to receive orders. This attitude is wrong.

This is not how the principle of Cain and Abel is. Abel is supposed to shed blood and tears... The difference is that he is shedding tears to open the way through which Cain can survive. This is where the precious thing, the foundation of victory is. You are the same. How much did all of you fulfill the responsibility of Abel for the sake of the members? Sacrificing for the sake of that one life... You must reflect and answer to yourself on the question, "How much you have exerted yourself to raise the life of one person, considering it as the ultimate goal of your life?" (70-149)

Among the members of the Unification Church, ones who assert themselves are all Cain. Wasn't Cain born first? Abel was not one who was born first. Because one who was born first is Cain, those who think of themselves highly just because they joined early and scorn those who joined late are people who have inherited the lineage of the Cain tribe. This type of people have to receive training all over again, perhaps even in the spirit world. There is no other way. You just wait and see.

I will not use the service of those who assert themselves just because they joined earlier. If I were to use them, then we would surely be ruined. This type of people stand on the side of Satan.

For this reason, you are to respect people until the end; you are to love and revere people until the end. Those who sleep until late in the morning even though I wake up at dawn will all be chased out. You have to understand that there exists such principles. Do you understand?

Among the members of the Unification Church, what kind of person is Cain? Those who raise their head high and order others around are Cain. Then who is Abel? Those who are trying to complete their responsibility are Abel. Do you understand? [Yes] Despite the fact that those who joined first are originally Cain, they try to act like Abel. This is like falling into a trap set by oneself. For that kind of person, no matter what he does and how hard he tries, unless he does things according to the Principle I will not use him. (49-214)

What kind of being is Abel and what kind of being is Cain? To define them straightforwardly, according to our Divine Principle the being called Cain is one who tries to put the burden of his problem and concern on the shoulders of others, while Abel is one who is trying to reach out and take care of problems of others even if he himself is also facing difficulties. That is the difference. (62-189)

What kind of person is Abel? He is one who receives God's love first, then sets out doing the mission to the degree that equals the love, and then makes contributions to the providence as much as the love he received. Because Abel received the love of God, he must even sacrifice himself in order to walk the way of the providence. He has no other alternative but to move forward because he has the duty to establish the reciprocal foundation for receiving love equal to the foundation of the dispensation, even if he has to offer up his life. This world is not a world of correspondence but a world of conflict. The fact that we still hope to destroy the world of conflict and build a world of correspondence shows that the world is not the world that we have now. The new era is going to dawn upon us. (51-82)

What kind of person is Abel? He is one who is liked in any environment. Who is he liked by, then? God must first like him and then the environment must like him. When reflecting with this perspective, we can understand that in Adam's family Abel did not fulfill his responsibility to the full extent.

Suppose that two people hold intense animosity against each other as if toward an enemy and, no longer able to hold it in, they get into a fight; among the two what kind of person will prevail at the end? Here, revenge is not an iron-clad rule. If on the other side of revenge there is a condition, a room for forgiveness, then there can be no excuse for undertaking revenge. Everything will be absorbed when it comes before something that is better. Here, which one is the subject and which one is the object? That which is better is subject and that which is worse is the object.

Then, what kind of person is one who is trying to become a good person. It is the one who has established the absolute standard before God, the Absolute Being. Within that absolute standard, the world, nation, and people as well as all the institutions and ideologies of the society will be included. This is how it should be. You must create the absolute environment in which this can take place. You have to become someone who has the capacity to give and extend oneself regardless of what society and system you are in. (34-233)

Up to now, you have failed to understand the tactics of God and Satan. The road of Abel is one of being struck first and then taking all. At first, it seems that Satan is winning because he is striking first, but in the end he has to return everything adding unto it all that is good in him. Do you understand what I am saying? The evil side, even if it conquers others, will not be triumphant; instead, even the goodness within the evil in them will be seized. In other words, the way God works is as if God makes a rice cake and then hands it over, and when He takes it back there are powdered beans added on top of the rice cake. For a short period evil flourishes and stands in the position to strike goodness, but that does not mean that Heaven will decline.

Then, you have to understand how to distinguish Cain and Abel. Even among the Unification Church members, if there are two people, then among the two there are Cain and Abel. To define which one is Cain and which one is Abel, the one who is struck is Abel and one who strikes is Cain. Even if you only call out rudely to someone who has brought no harm to you, you become a Cain. Let's take an example and say that there are two sons before parents, and the age difference between the two is quite substantial. However, even when for consultation or in any other aspect the older brother can act on behalf of the parents, if the older brother hits the younger who is without any fault, then the parents will stand on the side of the younger son. People do not understand that this is the criterion for judging good and evil that applies to today's society. The one who is harming others always becomes the Cain figure.

Among the Unification members, if you mock one who is working hard and exhibiting great devotion for the sake of the church, "Why does he act so special?" then you become Cain. You must understand this. This is how Cain and Abel set themselves apart from each other. One who is being criticized and being harmed without having committed any sin is always Abel, while one who criticizes and strikes others always becomes Cain.

This is how it is, even when saying just one word. Even when you are speaking, one who speaks words that are beneficial is Abel, and one who speaks words that harm others is Cain. In other words, when you benefit someone you are not striking him, but when you are doing something for someone for your own sake, it is the same as harming the other person. For this reason, the public position is the place whose purpose is to benefit others, and the private position is the place where one lives for the sake one's own benefit. In this way, centering on public and private, Cain and Abel as well as good and evil are differentiated. You have to understand this. (56-85)

One who is more public-minded is Abel. Among the members of the Unification Church, there are those who believe that they are Abel because they joined first, but even if they joined early, if they cannot be public-minded, then they are Cain. They are Cain for sure. Cain was born first, but because he was not more public than Abel, he had to follow Abel. There might be those among the members of the Unification Church who insist just because they joined early, "Because I joined early, I am Abel." However, what are those who cannot be more public-minded than those who joined later? [Cain] They are Cain. If they claim to be Abel, then they are thieves. The Abel figure is one who stands in more public position. (31-165)

Within the Unification Church, you are all linked together as Cain and Abel. According to the Principle, we have to restore the individual, family, tribe and people, but if you try to make horizontal relationships, then you will come into conflict with one another. Even while you are like that, you have to silently cast your head down and live for the sake of others.

Therefore, there are many people who seem to be apathetic to each other. However, you have to understand that one who sacrifices for the sake of the whole is the Abel. Do you understand. No matter how early you joined, that is all of no use. Because the vertical history is composed of the three stages of formation, growth, and completion, the horizontal history also is composed of the three stages of formation, growth, and completion. The time period can be shortened or extended. You have to understand this. (49-217)

You will naturally come to admire me because I have offered my life to sacrifice more for the sake of the public cause than for my own benefit and have invested the materials and quantity. This is the Principle. This is the heavenly fortune.

When you go back this time, I hope that you can become someone whose memory will dwell in the hearts of many people. This is the only way that you can become Abel. Do you understand? The will of Abel will not be realized in the rebellious position, but when one sincerely bows the head down and lives for the sake of others. This is how one is connected to the foundation for the perfection of Abel.

The restoration of the global Kingdom of Heaven cannot come into being unless the foundations for the perfection of Abel on the levels of individual, family , tribe people, nation and world can be linked. We who understand this must apply this Principle centering on each day, regardless of night and day, and for the sake of the development of this fundamental principle, we have to be on the run without rest. We can say that this type of person is a man or woman of God. Do you understand? (64-81)