Changing a wild olive into a true olive

By Maurice Kanungu

Nicodemus asked Jesus what he could do to enter the kingdom of God, (John 3:1-21)
Jesus answered, “I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born of water and spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
What is born of the flesh is flesh and what is born of the Spirit is spirit, do not be amazed that I said to you, you must be born from above...’
Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon clarifies that:
“God created man and woman to become true husbands and wives and to create ideal families through unselfish love. As we know from the biblical record, however, something went wrong in the beginning. The first parents created a dysfunctional, fallen family, in which disunity between parents and children, and intense sibling rivalry, led to murder. Such a family was clearly separated from God's love, life and lineage.” We all are descended from the false parents of that family.
We have noted also in Romans 11that the Gentile believers are spoken of as wild olive branches that are grafted into the true olive tree, or Israel. Unless a wild olive branch is grafted into a true olive tree, it cannot produce good fruits.
Through the Blessing given by the Reverend and Mrs. Sun Myung Moon, We change our lineage by being grafted to a true lineage and become part of royal family.
God's true love can enter into every family in the love children have for their parents, the love of brothers and sisters, the conjugal love shared by husband and wife, and the love parents have for their children. These are the four great realms of heart.
God's power can enter through the love of grandparents, the love of parents, and the love of children, with a dignity the Bible attributes to true kings and queens. The "realm of the royal family" means that we all become relatives in one great family of humankind. Everyone in the human family has the dignity and grace of kings and queens, princes and princesses.

This is eternal true love within the family. Through the Blessing, we renounce the false love that has polluted the human family throughout history, and commit together with God to building a world of true love. Based upon this commitment to God on your part, our marriage is an eternal marriage, as real in the spirit world as on earth. This is solemnized through four vows, through which you affirm that you will become:

--a true man or woman who practices sexual purity and life for the sake of others;
--a true husband or wife who respects True Parents' example and establishes an eternal family which brings joy to God;
--a parent who rears your children to follow the tradition of true love for the sake of the family and world; and
--an ideal family which contributes to world peace.

The Blessing is open to people of all races, nations and religions. For married couples, it simply requires understanding and affirming the Blessing vows. For betrothed couples and singles, virginity is required. For those who are not virgins, sexual abstinence is required from the time of Blessing application until the Blessing. Qualified singles may apply for Reverend and Mrs. Moon's selection of future spouse. Others may arrange for betrothal through their own families or religious communities. Does affirming the Blessing vows mean you become a member of the Unification Church? That is up to each couple and family to decide. The Blessing is a universal experience for those of all races, nations and religions and for all people of good conscience. It does not automatically make you a member of the Unification Church, nor is membership a prerequisite.
The community of Blessed couples is growing together as the Family Federation for Unification and World Peace. It is a non-sectarian organization founded in 1994 for those who are contemplating the Blessing and those who have received it.
After the blessing ceremony, we make the spiritual transition from the lineage of false parents to that of the True Parents. Through this ceremony, we each are restored conditionally to the position of "original man" and "original woman," like Adam and Eve before the fall.
The Reverend and Mrs. Moon will officiate on October 10, an interracial Blessing, to be broadcast throughout the world by satellite. Those who are considering participation are encouraged to further prayer and study.

Will you join us?

GOD'S IDEAL FAMILY AND THE KINGDOM OF PEACEFUL , IDEAL WORLD

By Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon.

Let me talk about lineage for a moment. Lineage is more important than life and more important than love. Life and love come together to create lineage. Lineage cannot be established if either life or love is missing. Therefore, among the three qualities that define the parent-child relationship -- love, life and lineage -- lineage is the fruit.


God's lineage contains the seed of true love. God's lineage provides the context and environment for a true life. Hence, for us to become the ideal people envisioned by God, that is, people of ideal character, and to create ideal families, we first need to be linked to His lineage. To take it a step further, only when we are linked to God's lineage is it possible to create God's homeland, the ideal nation. Only when we are linked to God's lineage is it possible to establish the kingdom of the peaceful, ideal world. Please inscribe the importance of lineage in your hearts. I cannot emphasize this enough.

Without lineage, neither life nor love can endure. You strive to set a good tradition, but it will endure only through your lineage. Lineage is the bridge allowing the parents' spirit to carry on through subsequent generations. In other words, lineage is the first and final condition necessary for parents to harvest the fruits of their love, the fruits of their life and the fruits of their joy. We need to know this with certainty.

Yet when Adam and Eve fell, this lineage, more precious than life, was lost. The fruits of true life and true love never matured. They became the fruits of Satan, lacking any relationship with Heaven. From them descended the six billion people now inhabiting the earth.

God intended for the seeds He planted in the springtime of the Garden of Eden to grow into a bountiful crop that He could harvest in the autumn. The ideal of God's creation was to raise Adam and Eve, His son and daughter, to the point where they would blossom in true love, flourish with true life, and bear fruit in a true lineage. God desired to gather up owners -- and families -- of eternal life, eternal love and eternal lineage, and to bring about His kingdom of the peaceful, ideal world as their homeland.