The Coronation of  Moon

The coronation of Reverend Moon on Capitol Hill, March 23, 2004

     As reported by New York Times (USA), June 24, 2004. WASHINGTON, June 23 - As a shining symbol of democracy, the United States capital is not ordinarily a place where coronations occur. So news that the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the eccentric and exceedingly wealthy Korean-born businessman, donned a crown in a Senate office building and declared himself the Messiah while members of Congress watched is causing a bit of a stir. One congressman, Representative Danny K. Davis, Democrat of Illinois, wore white gloves and carried a pillow holding one of two ornate gold crowns that were placed on the heads of Mr. Moon and his wife, Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, at the ceremony, which took place March 23 and capped a reception billed as a peace awards banquet...

    As reported by Salon.com News: On March 23, the Dirksen Senate Office Building was the scene of a coronation ceremony for Rev. Sun Myung Moon, owner of the conservative Washington Times newspaper and UPI wire service, who was given a bejeweled crown by Rep. Danny K. Davis, D-Ill. Afterward, Moon told his bipartisan audience of Washington power players he would save everyone on Earth as he had saved the souls of Hitler and Stalin -- the murderous dictators had been born again through him, he said. In a vision, Moon said the reformed Hitler and Stalin vouched for him, calling him "none other than humanity's Savior, Messiah, Returning Lord and True Parent."

     What, exactly, drew at least a dozen members of Congress to Moon's coronation? (By the Unification Church's estimate, 81 congressmen attended, although that number is probably high.) The event was the grand finale of Moon's coast-to-coast "tear down the cross" Moonification tour, intended to remove Christian crosses from almost 300 churches in poor neighborhoods -- the idea being that the cross was an obstacle to uniting religions under Moon. Yet the Dirksen ceremony was sold as a celebration of world peace. According to a cheery promotional video released by Moon's International and Interreligious Federation for World Peace, the ceremony marked the dawn of "the era of the Eternal Peace Kingdom, one global family under God." Moon's coronation also cured God's pain, the announcer explains.
 

Bill O'Reilly tells surfer/blogger Scoobie that he "can't win the debate" on Reverend Moon:

12/6/2005

O’REILLY: Stanley, San Diego, California. What’s going on, Stanley?

SCOOBIE: Hello, Bill. I really think this whole, like, fight for Christmas has been overblown and I think it’s largely hypocritical. For one thing, the newspaper that’s championing this--this so-called fight to protect Christmas--is the Washington Times which is owned by Sun Myung Moon who paid black ministers to throw crosses into dumpsters. So when you talk about this Utah cross controversy, why don’t you denounce somebody like Sun Myung Moon?

[O’REILLY DISCONNECTS SCOOBIE]

O’REILLY: Because I don’t know anything about him, and I didn’t even know the Washington Times was involved with this, and I wouldn’t smear Sun Myung Moon anyway, the way you just did, Stanley. I mean, you’re taking it right out of the left-wing playbook—can’t win the debate, smear the person. You ought to be ashamed of yourself.

Moon's Proclamation

     Moon claims that God appeared to him in 1935 at Easter time and explained in a vision that Jesus was not able to complete the mission and asked Moon to assume the position as the True Father and lead the world to salvation.  So, Moon took on that mantle of the Messiah. Tim LaHaye and Jerry Falwell uphold him. When Moon first came to this country he was widely recognized as a cult. People were trying to rescue their children from the Unification Cult (called the Moonies).
 

Moon's Book

     This is from Rev. Sun Myung Moon's book, "The Master Speaks", "My dream is to organize a Christian political party including the Protestant denominations, Catholics and all the religious sects. Then the communist power will be helpless before ours. We have to purge the corrupted politicians and the sons of God must rule the world. The separation between religion and politics is what Satan likes most.  ...Upon my command to the Europeans and others throughout the world to come live in the United States, wouldn't they obey me? Then what would happen? We can embrace the religious world in one arm and the political world in the other. With this great ideology, if you are not confident to do this, you had better die!"

Directly From the False Prophet's Mouth:

The International Mission of Moon

     This family of disciples was the foundation upon which the holy wedding, the marriage of the Lamb foretold in the Book of Revelation, could take place. On March 16, 1960, Reverend Moon was blessed in holy marriage to Hak Ja Han. This marked the beginning of the restoration of humankind back into God's lineage. By the power of God and sacrificial love, Sun Myung Moon and Hak Ja Han established the position of True Parents. They are the first couple to have the complete blessing of God, and to be able to bring forth children with no original sin. Hak Ja Han and her mother, a devout Christian, had also fled south during the Korean War. They soon thereafter joined the Unification Church. At the age of seventeen, Miss Han dedicated herself to the mission of bride of the Messiah. She has, with unwavering courage and dignity, stood by her husband through every hardship.

     All people, whether previously married or single, can receive the blessing of God upon their marriages through Reverend and Mrs. Moon standing as the True Parents. The number of couples who have received this blessing has grown, from 36 in 1960, to 8,000 in 1982, to 30,000 in 1992, and most recently, to 360,000 in 1995.

     The large weddings represent the unity of humankind by joining together men and women of different races and nationalities. Reverend Moon teaches that through the blessing, fallen men and women can be engrafted into the true lineage of God. Consequently, for fallen humanity, which traces its roots to the false lineage created by Adam and Eve, the blessing is the greatest hope. The couples blessed by Reverend and Mrs. Moon accept God's call to establish ideal, God-centered families. The establishment of ideal families is the starting point for the building of a peaceful world.

 Main Teachings

     There are three main parts to the Principle (the basic tenants of the Moonies' beliefs): the first part deals with the nature of God and why He created man and the universe; the second part explains why God's ideal for man was not realized and how evil came into this world; the third part explains how God has been working throughout history to restore humanity and establish His ideal world of true love. (Basically, what Moon falsely teaches is that because Adam and Eve fell into sin all people are out of the lineage of God and need to be brought back into the true lineage of God for salvation and the world will be at peace. In order to be brought into the true lineage of God's family people have to have a blessed marriage performed through vows by True Parents. There have been many attempts throughout the history of mankind by True Parents to establish this "plan" of salvation but all attempts have failed until now, that is, until Moon was "called" to be the Messiah and, along with his wife, the True Parents are here to save the world if you are blessed by them through their "blessed" wedding ceremonies).

     According to Moon's website God, the Parent of humankind, has worked through various religions to liberate His children from evil and selfishness. Every religion teaches people to overcome fallen nature, through precepts of humility, self-denial and unselfish service. Philosophy does the same, by teaching people to control their passions and work for the larger purpose, as dictated by reason. But the human struggle to defeat the fallen nature will have no end until the problem of the original sin is solved and humanity can be restored to a pure, God-centered lineage. For this, the world has long awaited the Messiah, a new Adam who, with a new Eve, can establish the position of True Parents and a family of perfect love (pure blasphemy).

     Thus, all men and women, no matter what kind of life they have lived here on earth, eventually will be elevated to the highest realm of the spirit world. This is because God, as the Parent of all humankind, cannot suffer anyone enduring eternal separation from him, and, as the almighty Creator, He will ultimately draw all His children to Him. But again, because human beings have their own freedom, this process of restoration and development requires that each person take responsibility for his or her own growth. (Moon teaches their is no literal hell. Is that what Falwell condones when he accepts bailouts by the Rev. Moon?) Thus, the way of salvation is a path of self-denial and self-sacrifice, according to Moon.

Moon's Third Adam

      Coming as a new Adam, the Messiah has the mission to realize for the first time the three blessings (as explained in Part One, [see the Unification "church's" website if you have time to waste]) by becoming one with God and establishing an ideal family as the basis for an ideal society, nation and world. As the head of the first ideal family, we call the Messiah and his bride True Parents. The True Parents will establish a new lineage untainted by sin (the Moonies are supposedly this line of sinless people). Through uniting with the True Parents, men and women can separate from Satan and be engrafted into the lineage which has nothing to do with the fall.

     As we saw with the story of Adam and Eve, the Bible contains symbolic language. Jesus stated that he spoke in parables and symbols. In the case of the biblical description of Christ's coming, the word "heaven" does not refer to the literal sky but connotes great value, sacredness, or goodness. Representing and embodying these qualities, Christ will again come as a man on earth (known as the Messiah, who Moon claims to be), with the power and presence of God, rather than in a supernatural fashion by literally descending from the sky.

     Because Adam and Eve did not fulfill God's ideal, and because Jesus was prevented from bringing God's kingdom on earth (as a result of being rejected by his contemporaries), someone will be born on earth as the third Adam to complete the providence of restoration. He will destroy Satan's dominion over man and substantialize God's three blessings on the earth. Born of a woman, somewhere in the world, he will finally cure the infection of false love, brought on by the fall, by establishing a pure, God-centered lineage into which all humankind, of every race, religion and nation, can be engrafted. The future of humankind is not gloomy, but hopeful. All will be saved.

The "Blessing" of Moon

1 --a true man or woman who practices sexual purity and life for the sake of others;

2 --a true husband or wife who respects True Parents' example and establishes an eternal family which brings joy to God;

3 --a parent who rears your children to follow the tradition of true love for the sake of the family and world; and

4 --an ideal family which contributes to world peace.

Explanation of the Blessing

1. Repentance and Forgiveness: The Chastening Ceremony

2. Grace for the Blessing: The Holy Wine Ceremony

     In the Holy Wine 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.

     In the ceremony, the officiator gives the Holy Wine to the woman. She bows to him and drinks half of it. She then gives the Holy Wine to her husband who bows to her and drinks the remainder. He bows and gives the empty cup to his wife who bows and returns it to the officiator.

3. The Spiritual Blessing of Marriage: The Holy Blessing Ceremony

     The ceremony includes several traditional elements. One is a sprinkling of Holy Water. This represents the rebirth or renewal of the husband and wife together as a Blessed couple. Then there is a recitation of vows. Here the couples pledge to consummate the ideal of the creation of God as an eternal husband and wife, to rear their children to live up to the Will of God, and to love the people of the world as God does. Finally, the bride and groom exchange rings and the officiator offers a prayer and proclaims the participants husband and wife standing within the realm of God's original and eternal Blessing.

4. Thanksgiving: The Separation Period

     Many couples have discovered from experience that the Separation Period can be a significant step in the process of transformation and renewal. Sexual abstinence is an honored religious tradition. On the spiritual level, problems are often worked out during the Separation Period. Moreover, the act of love itself takes on a new dimension of sacredness after offering the period of separation.

5. Consummation of the Blessing: The Three-Day Ceremony

After the Blessing:

Building a Harmonious World Community

     You have also shared a very special experience with other couples in your home community and around the world. If the building blocks of community are shared experience, shared values and shared vision, this Blessing and the global relatedness it engenders contribute in a vital way to the emergence of a world embodying the ideals of true love and peace. The continued expansion of this community offers hope and vitality for the global human family in the new millennium.

Moon's Ultimate Blasphemy

   Moon will say he does not think that Jesus had failed. But if you read what Moon says from his website you see that is exactly what Moon is purporting. Moon says: Tragically though, Jesus was unjustly put to death on the cross, because he was not received by the people of Israel, whom God had chosen. The Messiah, Jesus, who should have restored the position of True Parents, then produced true children, and risen to the position of King of Kings, was prevented from establishing even the position of a true husband with God's Marriage Blessing. Because of this, he could not establish the position of True Parents or multiply true children. Instead he died on the cross. (What Moon is blasphemously saying is that Jesus was supposed to be married and produce physical children in order to establish God's lineage, and Jesus and His wife would be the True Parents. Since Jesus did not accomplish that mission it is now Moons turn to be the Messiah. Moon does not believe that Jesus is God manifest in the flesh but just another man called of God [and Falwell applauds Moon, and his money of course]).

     According to Moon, Heaven gave its blessing for the Messiah of the Second Coming to appear on the foundation of the spiritual restoration Jesus carried out throughout the 2,000 years of Christian history. The returning Messiah (which Moon believes is himself) comes with the incredible burden of completing the mission of True Parents. To accomplish his mission, he must first, above everything else, achieve victory over the satanic realm. He must then go on to achieve victory in the spiritual realm as well. He must fully engage the satanic and spiritual realms, both of which cannot be sensed through the five physical senses, and be victorious in the life-and-death battle to subjugate the devil, Satan. Additionally, he must win over the many religious (like Falwell and Robertson, etc.) and philosophical leaders who are in the spirit world. None of this, however, can be accomplished through forced subjugation. Centering on God's character of absolute love (and Moon's money), he must convince them by revealing the universal principles of religion and the universe and in this way bring them to a natural surrender. Reverend Moon, who stands here before you, is the one who has appeared in this world bearing this incredible mission of the True Parent.

Straight From the Horse's Mouth

     The phrase, "True Parent," does not appear in any encyclopedia. It is not a phrase that I created, nor is it something that anyone in the world can attach to my name easily. Instead, it is the destiny and blessing that Heaven has bestowed on my wife and me. The position of True Parent carries with it the vertical missions of Savior, Messiah, and returning Lord, responsibilities that have never been realized before in history or will ever be seen again in the future. For this reason, human beings still affiliated with the fallen realm must fulfill a number of conditions in order to attend the True Parents and accomplish Heaven's will. The Messiah and True Parents, Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon, 27 January 2004, Shilla Hotel, Seoul, Korea, World Summit on Leadership and Governance, Congratulatory Banquet, Founder's Address.

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