.
Also, the Principle is now being expressed through the preaching of
the clergy which, through their decades of fighting evil with the power
of the resurrected Jesus and the scriptures, they are able to bring forth
a flowering of Biblical support for the Principle in a way never imagined.
Therefore brothers and sisters, the cross is coming down. It cannot
be reversed. Destiny is upon us and the Second Israel has responded in
the affirmative.
The amazing thing about following Father's direction is that you don't
see the result right away. It's like planting the seeds. When we were
directed to proclaim the revelations of Jesus and the saints concerning
Father being the Messiah, it planted a seed. It looked as if, for the
first few months, that all the key ACLC ministers would just collapse and
fall away. Fortunately Rev. Jesse Edwards and Bishop Stallings, Bishop
Johnson and a few others would not be moved away from their support and
faith in the anointing of Jesus on True Parents. Because of that, they
suffered greatly but they overcame. The September 14th blessing was the
first major event that came after the Clouds of Witnesses. Through the
blessing activity together with our New York family centering on Rev.
Dong Woo Kim and the New York Clergy, the first breakthrough came.
Now I'm happy to report that on this last series of DP convocations,
almost every single minister who left us has now come back "home".
It's truly amazing. Bishop Stallings and I can't believe what we are
seeing. Some of our worst persecutors have come back to the ACLC saying
"count me in". Why is this happening? Because Father knows the way we
must go. Though the "way" is painful, it is the shortest way to secure
God's Kingdom on earth.
Now the ACLC is strong in faith, beyond anything I've ever seen.
Then on top of it, a most important Christian leader came through the
gate, the Rev. Dr. E.V. Hill. Because of his immense preparation, he is
a man who is totally comfortable to be in an uncomfortable, unpopular
position, as long as he is sure that God is in it. Therefore once he
knew that Jesus was behind this, he couldn't stop witnessing. We are
now just hearing of dinners he had with key Christian leaders where he
testified that Father Moon knows the Bible, that's where his authority
and power comes from. It's from the Word.
Today Dr. Lonnie Mcleod, a pastor and theologian in New York stated
that the power of the Rev. Moon and the ACLC is in the Word. "It's so
powerful that its changing my ministry. I cannot follow denominational
opinions and traditions when I see that the Word of God in the Bible
is telling me differently. We must follow God's Word and that's what
Rev. Moon is doing."
Father said of Dr. Hill when they first met, "Dr. E.V. Hill, I can
see that you are a man who believes in Jesus is such a way that you
are like a rock. When God sets you down some place it's like setting
down a gigantic rock. Once you are set, I can see that no amount of
human effort or opinion will turn you over. God truly loves that kind
of leader." Dr. Hill was happy at that moment. Soon he would make the
inevitable journey to go to the other side. His going home (Seung Hwa)
was just 40 days ago. Why? Because God needs him in the spirit world
with Jesus to help direct the outpouring of the spirit at this end time.
We know that Dr. Hill is appearing to many key believers at this time
and directing them.
This brings us to another reason we discovered that Christian
leaders are accepting True Parents: because of dreams and revelations.
Many will not tell when it first occurs but later when they feel more
secure, minister after minister is coming forward to us and saying that
"such and such" happened in my dream, or 20 years ago God revealed what
was taught today. They then reveal that that is why they are sure that
it's true. Rev. Edwards, Dr. McGhee and many other key leaders have
shared that this is how they knew in their "heart of hearts".
That's why Jesus asked Peter,
"Who do you say that I am?" Peter replied in Matthew
16:16-17 "And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ,
the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed
art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto
thee, but my Father which is in heaven."
Brothers and Sisters, flesh and blood is not revealing Father's
identity to the clergy and the Ambassadors for Peace and the heads of
state. It is the spirit of God which is revealing it, based upon the
condition of faith that the Blessed Central Families and the Second
Israel show at this time. We must have Absolute Faith in True Parents.
Your faith will determine the outpouring of the spirit and the assistance
that we receive from heaven. However if we had not testified and followed
Father's direction, the clergy would have these revelations but would not
have known what they mean. We must testify and teach the Divine Principle.
It has power. We must serve with a spirit of love.
The cross is coming down. Then the Second Israel will go to Jerusalem
to set the conditon of embracing and loving the elder brother. Together
they will lift up Jesus. On that basis they will know True Parents and
the Muslim family can be liberated from the pain and resentment caused
by the failure of the chosen people to demonstrate true faith and lift
up the Lord.
Dr. Yang shared that Father is emphasizing now that we must understand
that the reason for the war in the Middle East and the enmity there
must be traced back to the origin. The origin is the fact that the
chosen people rejected Jesus. If they had accepted him, Jesus would have
first unified his cousins in the Arab world and together they would have
assimilated Rome under spiritual authority. From that foundation Jesus
would have built the True Family and the Kingdom of God on earth.
Because the first Israel failed, then Christianity came about and
divided and went through martyrdom. Because the first Israel failed,
the Muslim faith had to be founded by God. If Israel had succeeded,
there would have been no Christianity and no Islam. This is Father's
emphasis at this time. This is why it is so important that the Second
Israel of Christianity fulfill its role and mission as the Second Israel
by a chosen few representing John the Baptist, fulfilling the condition
of believing and following True Parents. Please pray strongly for our
key clergy. They are restoring the failures of history. We as disciples
of the Lord are restoring the first disciples' roles.
The key condition for the next phase of this unity will be fulfilled
on Good Friday. When 120 faithful in the "upper room" will take down
the cross. As with the day of Pentecost, when 120 gathered the spirit
moved on the disciples, Father said when Christianity takes down the
cross a massive revival will break out in Christianity. 120 founded
ACLC, now 120 set the condition to remove the cross and lift up Jesus
in the resurrection.
This will lead to the unity of Christianity, Islam and Judaism and
soon a massive "family" movement that will bless marriage removing the
stained blood lineage from the earth. This will be the true solution to
the conflict within the individual and the wars among nations.
Thanks America and all the nations of the world. We are one!!
MWJ