Ceremony of the restoration of the creation and the ceremony of the restoration of children. April 16, 1960; March 21 on the lunar calendar. Today is the date that we conducted the ceremony of holy matrimony in which three couples of sons and daughters of Heaven came together. At ten in the morning, the first ceremony, "the ceremony of the restoration of all things," took place. After Teacher sat in a chair on the stage, he received the bows and gifts of many representatives of members, and following the eulogy read by Mr. Won Pil Kim, the True Parents raised their hands and gave a prayer of blessing. With the prayer, the ceremony came to its conclusion. There were 21 people besides the Teacher and his wife who were called to take part in the ceremony. Immediately following, the second ceremony began, and this is none other than the ceremony of the blessing that ties together eternally each of the three couples, Won Pil Kim and Dal Ok Chung, Hyo Won Eu and Gil Ja Sa, and Young Whi Kim and Dae Hwa Chung. With them, first came "the ceremony of the restoration of the children." According to the order written above, the three couples, spaced evenly apart, marched toward the stage where the Teacher was sitting, and stopping in front of the stage they stood in a neat line. While the spirit of the thousands of years dwelt on this place, a nervous and breath-taking question and answer ritual took place between the Teacher and the couples. After that, the Teacher offered a prayer of blessing in resonance with the heart of God, which consummates history, solves the torturous vicissitudes of restoration and reports the start of history,. (Sa-Bo, no. 1, p. 3) When I give the Blessing to families, I should do so revolving around the three families. Do you understand what this means? So even when I was giving blessing to my own children, I did it centering on the three families. There was also that kind of historic significance. Do you understand? Only when you tie together on the earth what had been divided in the spirit world can it also be tied together in the spirit world. Only when the indemnity is paid completely on the earth will it also begin to break down in the spirit world. The satanic world will be driven out. (122-101)
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