1 The Theological Significance of True MotherWith comments regarding recent challenges to her authority

2 True Father’s Mission Complete Jesus’ unfinished workComplete restoration through indemnity and subjugate Satan Salvation of humankind Foundation for God’s kingdom (Cheon Il Guk) Liberate God

3 True Mother is essential to all five purposes

4 1. Complete Jesus’ unfinished workJesus called him to marry: “When I was 17 years old, Jesus came and called to me, ‘Elder brother Yong Myung (용명형님).… I came here today to go with you to join the marriage.’” (July 16, 2012, at the founding of the Abel Women’s UN)

5 1. Complete Jesus’ unfinished workHad Jesus married, he would not have been crucified His marriage was to have been the starting-point of the True Parents God had prepared his Bride: John the Baptist’s sister

6 1. Complete Jesus’ unfinished workMarriage Feast of the Lamb Father: 14-year course of preparation Mother: 3 generations of preparation Establish True Mother 7-year course to perfection at God’s Day (1968) Recover the “Bride” religion and nation WFWP led by True Mother took the place of worldwide Christianity (1992)

7 2. Subjugate Satan True Father carried the cross of restoration through indemnity To recover lost Judeo-Christian foundation Final indemnity condition had to be made by True Mother To subjugate Satan as Eve should have in the Garden Adam cannot subjugate Satan by himself, because Eve was the weak point where he invaded

8 True Mother subjugated SatanEstablishment of God’s Day (family level) Since a man got the victory, a woman also had to gain the victory. Mother confronted the society and nation that opposed her and overcame everything during that 7-year period. When, for the first time in history, God and man could believe in a woman 100 percent, God’s Day could be established. That was January 1, 1968… Mother and I could obtain God’s seal as a true, perfected family, and we could take our position on the earth. (GWW pp , May 1, 1981)

9 True Mother subjugated SatanWilling obedience in faith Not because Father explained everything True Mother knew because God, Daemonim and her grandmother had raised her to be that way Mother had her own portion of responsibility to unite with God and Father 100% Just as God did not explain everything to Eve in the Garden

10 True Mother subjugated Satan180-nation speaking tour in 1996 Basis for rapid expansion of the Blessing in 1997 Declaration of Chil Pal Jeol, the Cosmic Sabbath 72-city Cosmic Expansion of True Families world speaking tour in 1999 Satan surrendered to God and True Parents March 21, 1999 Proclamation of the Liberation of the Cosmos, Americano Hotel, Pantanal, May 14, 1999

11 True Mother subjugated SatanTrue Father gave True Mother an award for her cosmic-level victory Mother established the condition through the 80-city speaking tour to make even Satan surrender to God, True Parents and humankind. Therefore we are holding a ceremony honoring this victory; it is the Ceremony for Proclaiming and Celebrating True Parents’ Cosmic Victory. (June 14, 1999)

12 3. Salvation—change of lineageRebirth through perfected Parents True Mother is absolutely required; Father alone cannot give rebirth Salvation based on True Father alone is only spiritual, like Jesus’ level To deny Mother is to deny the very basis of salvation

13 3. Salvation—change of lineageHow can True Parents be the progenitors of God’s lineage? God and True Parents must be one “Vertical True Parent” and “Horizontal True Parents” “Parent of the Cosmos” and the “Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind” Complete resemblance is required

14 Complete resemblance between Heavenly Parent and True ParentsDuality Heavenly Parent is both Father and Mother, so there must be Father and Mother on earth Attributes Absolute, unique, unchanging and eternal Absolute faith, love and obedience Authority over heaven and earth

15 Complete resemblance between Heavenly Parent and True ParentsTo claim that Mother could deviate or separate from Father is to deny their resemblance to God: Duality Attributes Absolute faith, love and obedience Authority over heaven and earth Tantamount to denying that True Parents can be progenitors of God’s lineage

16 Starting point of God’s lineageOnly when the vertical Parent and the horizontal Parents harmoniously join together centered on true love can this place of convergence of firmly established love become the origin of life and the connection to God’s lineage. People born from that place are sons and daughters born in God’s love, who can live for eternity with God’s lineage. CSG (2006)

17 God’s Only-begotten DaughterBy the logic of lineage True Parents are the unique starting-points of God’s lineage on earth Root of the new, unfallen humanity They must stand in the position of God’s only-begotten Son and Daughter They must experience that reality from birth, childhood, betrothal, marriage, parenthood

18 God’s Only-begotten DaughterBy Mother’s experience Daemonim told in a dream: “The child is the Lord’s daughter, and you are her nursemaid” Satan attacked Daemonim, trying to kill Mother Heo Ho-bin’s mother blessed Mother at age 6: “You are Heaven’s Bride” Daemonim raised her with awareness of her special position

19 God’s Only-begotten DaughterAbout one month after my birth, my mother had a dream. Kim Seong-do of the New Jesus Church appeared to her in white clothes on a white cloud, and said, “Sun-ae, you must have worried a lot about your baby. But don’t you worry. She is the daughter of the Lord, and you are like her nursemaid. Make sure to nurse her and raise her well.” (CBG 2.4.1, #1)

20 God’s Only-begotten Daughter“No original sin?” A Christian concept The virgin birth Conditional at birth, confirmed at the Holy Wedding Applies to Father and Mother both

21 4. Foundation for God’s KingdomFour-position foundation True Parents’ marriage is eternal The starting-point for expansion to the kingdom The basis for our hope for eternal life To see True Mother has as having separated from True Father is to deny the basis of the Kingdom on earth Society Woman Man God Child

22 4. Foundation for God’s KingdomObject Woman Man God Child True Mother has her own direct channel to God Guidance from True Father, also directly from God Relates to the feminine side of God—Heavenly Mother To view her as only a follower of Father is a Christian paradigm; ignorant of the four-position foundation Man Woman God Subject Object Subject Subject

23 What’s the Issue Here? 「ref３」　The fulfillment of the True Family Ideal ① The husband in the subject position unites with God, the subject partner, and then completes the wife. ② The wife in the object position unites with her husband, the subject partner, and completes the husband. ③ The husband and wife were born as sons and daughters. They grow and perfect by attending their parents. ④ Therefore, the husband must attend his wife as he attends his mother and the wife must attend her husband as she attends her father... God God Subject partner Subject partner Man Husband Wife Object partner Subject partner Object partner (Son) (Daughter)‏ Source: Original Divine Principle 23 23

24 Confusion between the Principle of Creation and RestorationIn Restoration Jesus restored position of Adam Father relates to God on Jesus’ foundation Father raised Mother 20 years younger Her way to God was through Father God Subject partner True Father True Mother Subject partner Object partner 24

25 Confusion of Principle of Creation and RestorationAdam and Eve both have relationship to God Adam to God’s original masculinity Eve to God’s original femininity Women need integrity in their own relationship to God How else can they have a whole- some partnership with their men? Eve Adam God Child 25

26 Respect Mother’s direction as from GodHer own direct connection with God In constant communication with Father Her directions have God’s support as well as Father’s support on matters such as: The new Cheon Seong Gyeong and the 3 CIG Scriptures God as Heavenly Parent Liturgical innovations

27 4. Foundation for God’s KingdomTrue Father and True Mother each represent half of humankind Father victorious in restoring man’s dominion Mother striving to restore woman’s dignity Mother, representing womankind, carries a heavy cross Eve’s sin Women’s denigration by men

28 Mother’s Cross for WomankindAt the Ceremony for Proclaiming and Celebrating True Parents’ Cosmic Victory, Father declared Mother’s position equal to that of Father I will proclaim this to heaven and earth… From now on, Mother stands in a position equal to my own. The age of the equality of man and woman has come. (June 14, 1999)

29 Mother’s Cross for WomankindTrue Mother made the condition herself Restored the dignity of Eve Through the Rally for the Advancement of the Globalization of the True Family in 80 cities around the world, True Mother won the supreme victory over the highest level of Satan’s world. She attained this position based upon recognition by God, Satan and all people that she had fulfilled her responsibility as the True Mother…. She can occupy… the precious position of Eve whose mistake in front of Adam has been restored. (CBG , 8)

30 Mother’s Cross for WomankindWomen’s denigration by men continues: Cultures that relegate women to the domestic sphere Religions that privilege men as closer to God Scriptures written by men from a male point of view Language that is subtly male-centric Women’s lack of relationship to God’s feminine side “Bride of Christ” is not enough

31 Let Mother be Mother Not a cookie-cutter duplicate of FatherOur expectation of the Messiah should not be based solely on a male model Mother’s character and leadership style may be different

32 God designed masculine and feminine to be complementaryMasculine Sungsang Will: Determination to push forward Intellect: Problem-solving Goal-oriented Emotion: Enthusiasm Pride in achievement Feminine Sungsang Will: Create harmony Tend to relationships Intellect: Sharing and discussion Sensitivity to environment Emotion: Compassion Nurturing 32

33 Masculine and Feminine LeadershipMasculine Leadership Goal-oriented Charismatic and enthusiastic speaker Gives directions and expects obedience Encourages achievement and competition Rush ahead despite hardships Feminine Leadership Team-oriented Says little and looks to others to respond Promotes discussion to share ownership Nurtures growth in second generation Consolidates and lives frugally 33

34 Let Mother be Mother Not simply Father’s object partnerMother’s position > wife’s position Men are Mother’s children, not husbands who can judge Mother as if she were their wife In the mother-child relationship, mother is the subject partner To children, father and mother are co-authoritative subject partners

35 5. Liberate God To fulfill the purpose of creation, God needs object partners Who must resemble God by having: Emotion, so God can share His heart Intellect, to know God’s situation Will, to exercise free choice as co-creators They must co-create that reality 5-percent human portion of responsibility

36 5. Liberate God Mother, as God’s object partner, must be a co-creator with God Father cannot instruct her; she has to figure things out for herself Just as Father had to come to the Principle for himself Mother has to be able to say, “Father didn’t teach me” to be True Mother

37 Mother liberated God to be our Heavenly ParentProclamation: “When we pray, we need to address God as our Heavenly Parent” (CSG , 38, January 7, 2013) Haneul Bumo: “Heavenly Father and Mother” True Mother opened the door for Heavenly Mother to manifest to Her children

38 Mother liberated God to be our Heavenly ParentTrue Father was aware of this issue: Wolli Wonbon When we know God and attend Him as our Father, and likewise when we know God and attend Her as our Mother, that is the time when the ideal of re-creation will commence on earth. We must know when this time is. We must have the experience of finding our Father and Mother once and for all. (55-56)

39 Mother liberated God to be our Heavenly ParentTrue Father was aware of this issue: Wolli Wonbon 하나님 아버지 만으로 모시는 영(靈)인(人)은 미완(未完)전(全)생(生) The Spirit Selves of Those Who Attend God Only as Heavenly Father Live Incomplete Lives People continue relating to God, the Creator of heaven and earth, only as their Father. This is due to the Fall, which caused human beings to be imperfect (645)

40 Mother liberated God to be our Heavenly ParentTrue Father was aware of this issue: Wolli Wonbon Throughout human history we have related to God only as our Father and not as our Mother. We have not even thought about why God had to become the Father, but not the Mother. Further, we have not even considered that the fundamental meaning of God is as our Parent— our Father and Mother. How can we even fathom the pain and bitterness of God… (278)

41 Mother liberated God to be our Heavenly ParentTrue Father was aware of this issue: Wolli Wonbon God must be inaugurated as the Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother. Only then can we begin the ideal family as God’s children. (278) Peace among the children requires the Mother’s active involvement

42 Mother liberated God to be our Heavenly ParentWhy did Father leave this portion of the Principle to be proclaimed by Mother? For the dignity of Eve and womankind Mother’s position to know Heavenly Mother, as she is Her embodiment on earth

43 Mother liberated God by officiating at Foundation DayFoundation Day of CIG was the absolute victory God is liberated to work everywhere in the world Beyond the constraints of restoration through indemnity True Mother stood as True Parents on earth to proclaim Foundation Day With absolute faith despite Father’s passing

44 After Foundation Day God is beyond the constraints of restoration through indemnity Can bring unity through heart and love God’s sovereignty is becoming ever more apparent in the world Vestiges of evil are being exposed, for judgment God needs us to co-create the new world and restrain the evils of the old world

45 After Foundation Day Cutting-edge of the providence is the liberation and elevation of women Mother’s providential role is crucial for this time We should defend her against those who, in cutting her down, are standing against the providence