The Unification Church built its worldwide foundation through its course of persecution of a decade, in a way similar to the development of history. We cannot deny how much God has helped during this period in order to form the religious foundation of the Unification Church that could build a global base. Thus, it means that Satan did the persecuting while God did blessing. Persecution was done by Satan's side and blessing was done by Heaven's side. From such a perspective, we must know that the Unification Church has adequate and satisfactory content to become a world religion. (1983 Jan. 1, \World Mission Headquarters)

From now, on an avalanche of people will come to the Unification Church. Until now, Heaven disliked that many people would join the Unification Church. Why? If many would join, that many people would have to pay indemnity. Do you understand? Many people are not needed to pay indemnity. That is why indemnity has been paid centering on myself.

The portion of individual responsibility, the portions of responsibility of the family, of the tribe, the people, the nation, the world and the cosmos all remain. After Adam and Eve failed, Satan's sphere of dominion extended from the earth to right under the throne of God. We must break through this and rise. In order to do this, Adam himself must remove all conditions of accusations from Satan.

What must be done in order to remove this? In the method of removing this, we must not welcome this at all. We must deny everything, and sever everything. We must cut off everything. Even if I have cut off everything, is that possible? It is not. That is what Satan attacks and strikes. He persecutes. The enemy persecutes. By receiving such indirect persecution, we stand in the position of having severed everything and paying indemnity. Persecution is not bad in itself. Yes! I know the fact that Satan's persecution is one formula for passing on blessings. Do you understand? If you do not deny Satan but have a positive condition for the Satanic world, you will be accused by Satan. (1985 Dec. 24, Headquarters Church)

When we observe today, it is so with society as well as with religion. Just the thin bones of religion remain. Where is the song that can praise my life, and where are the words that extol life? There will come a time when we can be proud of those powers, but if you assert your power too excessively at such a time, it is inevitable that you will be sacrificed. It is that kind of an age. Because of the environment of the times, it is the same with established churches and established religions and established Christianity. All religious groups run into that kind of a fate. If they try to emerge, they will be confronted.

When we think of this, the Unification Church was also born in such a sphere of historical fate, so we must not hold our heads high and appear proud at this point. Since God loves us, He gave us persecution so that we could not so appear. If you think of it in this way, you will be grateful. \Do not so appear. All will die. If there is a secretion that seeps out from the body that represents all of the internal power and all connections that God has dispensed, that must all be concentrated at one point. (1971 Oct. 24, old Headquarters Church)

We must say, may persecution not leave the Unification Church. A religion that evades the way of persecution will be defeated, and if it can have the strength to digest persecution and set as its goals what the country and the world expects on a higher level, rather than its own expectations, Heaven will be with it. That is why the Unification Church, although persecuted, develops without collapsing. You must all know this. (1972 July 16, Chongno Church)

Look. Our Unification Church is different from a social organization. Social groups will all disappear through legal sanctions, but it has been a historical fact that religious groups will see an explosive revival by undergoing legal sanctions. Do you understand? The more they persecute me, it is their eyeballs that bulge out, it is their muscles that become stiffened. We just know that. (1977 Nov. 6, Belvedere Training Center)

Why is it that today in the Satanic world the Unification Church, the true church, is being so opposed? What does the persecution and the opposition mean? \If we do not deny what ought to be denied, then, by the world coming together to strike us, we can stand in a position of being denied. By standing in such a position, we can say, "Become one with you as you strike me? You! I go the opposite path," and automatically stand in a position where we can sever ties with Satan. You must know that religion treads a history of persecution in order to do this. Do you understand? Doesn't it sound strange? These are the things that Rev. Moon knows. Isn't it the first time that you are hearing such things?

The historians say that religion is revived by persecution. If you ask why, they will reply, "We don't know why, but that is so." What in the world does that mean, "We don't know why, but that's so?" (Laughter) That drifts like the clouds. Why? \When religion does not deny the path that ought to be denied, the people who should be denied by the religious world will strike hard to enable denial and thus they can stand in the position of having separated from Satan. This is the tactical effect of God's strategy. (1986 Jan. 31, Han-nam Dong)

Then is it better that the Unification Church is opposed or not? [It's better.] We must know that. If you receive persecution in a true position and are victorious, you should know that you can be a hero among heroes. There is none who will strike against the truth and not yield. Therefore, this year, the entire world will oppose Rev. Moon, even the Soviet Communist Party. Is it a good symptom or a bad symptom that the entire world will oppose Rev. Moon this year? [A good symptom.] Why is it good? It means that an original point that enables overcoming at once has appeared. Look! The Washington Post crushed Nixon in one year, and it's said that they attempted to crush Rev. Moon within five months.

We must know that the truth is more frightening than an atomic bomb, and stronger than any strategy or any persecution. That is why, in that sense, the world attacks now. The world struck me, so will I be forgiven by God if I strike the world, or not? What do you think? If I did strike the world. If I mistakenly struck at the world, whose side will God be on? As we stand in an amazing position of a win-win plan, we will win whichever way we go. We will always win, and always develop. (1976 April 25, Belvedere Training Center)

That is why it is not bad to be opposed. If opposed, that indirectly proves that you are good. You just need to do more than that which is being opposed. We received opposition in the bad sense, but if we do more in the good sense, the evil will be indemnified and as with this fundamental rule, if you indemnify and survive, you will rise. It is the same logic. That is why the Unification Church has not complained when being opposed, but digested that 100 per cent. Do you understand? No matter how much we are opposed, we can digest everything. \ (1975 Jan. 12, old Headquarters Church)

Those who have entered a deep valley can climb a high mountain. Do you understand? The top of the mountain is connected to the valley. The peak is never connected with another peak. All peaks are connected to valleys, so that those who go through hardships will succeed. This is the principle of the universe.

The Unification Church is the first religious organization to have been thrown into a valley worldwide. The question is whether it can climb up out of it or not. Can you climb out? How much? How far will you go before stopping? [Until the end.] It won't be easy. Someone has to climb first, strike steel props into the mountainside, put a rope around them in order to build bridges or cable cars.

We fell into the valley, so we must climb out of it first. Is it easy to go up, or difficult? [Difficult.] We have come down into the deepest valley in human history, the greatest valley. Within the history of man, there has been no system of thought as high as what we have, the ideology of the cosmos. There has been no philosophy that tried to monopolize all of God's love. This is the most difficult path in the world. We must know that, do you understand?

If we build a cable car here, how long would the line of people from all over the world be who come here to try to climb? We would have the longest line in history. It would be unprecedented in the world. Do you think so? We are now at such a plant, working to build this. In such a plant, Rev. Moon is the overall superintendent and the person with all responsibility. (1977 June 19, America)