When we walk the course of restoration, why do we emphasize fundraising and witnessing? Viewing from the perspective of the providence, because man wrecked all that God had created, I have to recreate them. In recreating them, since God had exerted Himself then when I exert myself that condition is being restored. Can this be done while you are playing around? [no] When God was creating this universe, He did not do it while He was playing or dancing around. He poured out everything that He had. The path of restoration is recreating it in the same way that God created.

Viewing it historically, fundraising is the means to go through the Old Testament Age. You have to understand this. In the Old Testament Age, the material offering was made. For restoring it through indemnity, the material offering must be made, and through this, victory must be won. Did you do this or not? [We did]

We must bring it to perfection. Only after passing it, we can enter the New Testament Age and begin witnessing. We can deal with people. Do you understand? Only after passing the course of building the financial foundation that the church presents before you can you go out witnessing. What is witnessing? It is creating man. It is going out to recreate man. Can one just casually do witnessing?

You have to reflect on this point. You must be thinking, "How difficult was it to restore the financial problems; I cannot let go of it because I have put so much effort in it." You have to understand it. This is how you should have done it. You must have the thought, "Because for its sake I have put in all the treasures and everything that I had and shed my sweat and tears, it is the most precious thing."

You must complete restoration through indemnity in this world. What is the most precious thing once you go to the spirit world? It is not money, not children, and not nation. The most important thing is restoration through indemnity. If you suffer affliction while doing this, then you will come to realize that this is the most precious thing. You cannot go to the Kingdom of Heaven without passing through it. You will not have any relationship with God and me.

Therefore, you must go through restoration through indemnity of the financial foundation and the Old Testament Age. After that, after passing that, where should you go? Then, you must go out witnessing. You have to witness to twelve people. What are you to do after that? You have to restore through indemnity the failure of Jesus to find twelve faithful disciples in three years.

When Jesus died, all the disciple ran away, right? You have to raise disciples who will not run away when you die, who are better than the disciples of Jesus. You have to understand this. When you think about how difficult it is to raise one person, you will understand how difficult it was for God to raise one Adam and one Eve. Everything that you have must be poured out. Unless you exert yourself to the extent that your bone marrow melts, nothing will remain. Do you understand? [Yes]

By walking the three year course, you have to witness to more than twelve people. Then you will not decline. You will become a part of the group that will not perish but survive. This is how you can pass over the New Testament Age. The reason that the New Testament Age came into being was the death of Jesus. He died because he lost all of the twelve disciples. In order to go through the New Testament Age, you have to find people who can be better than the twelve disciples, and become the representative of the messiah who can love God and humanity. (96-115)