May 2005


My dear brothers and sisters,

True Father gave a speech about TRIBAL MESSIAHSHIP nearly 12 years ago on May 24, 1993 in Shimjung Garden, Berkeley, with Bo Hi Pak as translator. I wanted to let you know which excerpts from that speech I found relevant for our NATIONAL MESSIAHSHIP.

"What is the meaning of Messiah and True Parents? Only because of the fall do we have the term "Messiah"; without the fall, the only thing necessary is True Parents or Original Parents. The Messiah is bringing true love..."

Personally I feel this last short sentence says it all: Our task as NMs is to bring True Love to the people in our countries.

"The Savior is necessary and has to come for the purpose of salvation. When that is accomplished, he will be elevated to the position of True Parenthood."

This is suggests for us that we need to fulfill our mission as NMs in order to reach the positon of true parents ourselves.

"The Messiah goes everywhere in the place of God, and brings God down, all the way down to your own living room."

Do we feel this dignity of representing our Heavenly Father to the people we meet? Can we show to them that God is alive in our life? What about bringing God down all the way to our holy NM list? Personally I have not the slightest doubt that He is with us, that He is guiding us and our sharing with one another to show each other many things which are important for our personal development and for our mission and therefore it would be very important that all of us stay in our internet NM community as much as possible.

Father proclaimed tribal messiahship which is the growth stage after family messiahship as "the most important mission." How much more important must then national messiahship be representing the perfection stage!

"Everything is there. Father is the cosmic Messiah, the worldwide Messiah, the national Messiah and the tribal Messiah. Everything is in place. Only one messiahship is missing: that is, family Messiahship, the family Messiah. That is the True Parents, Father and Mother. If there had been no fall, where would the messiahship begin? Not from the tribe, not from the nation. Family Messiahship would have been the beginning point. In that case, the Messiah and the True Parents would have been the same thing."

It is interesting that Father spoke about having fulfilled the cosmic, world, national and tribal Messiah level with only the family Messiahship missing. This speaks of a reverse course that he had to care for the higher levels first and afterwards he could take care of the lower levels. This means for us as NMs that we also have to be concerned first about the higher levels and then come back to our national level.

"Cosmic True Parents, world True Parents, national True Parents, Father substantialized those completely. He made the deepest root of true love, deeper than the root of satanic love. He made the true love bud, which is the central bud, most high. In this area, Satan cannot control anything; therefore, he cannot remain. Only God can connect with this area. He can connect to the root, the trunk, and everything. This is the victorious root and trunk, with God dwelling in everything."

"Within the successful foundation of True Parents there are three layers: True Parents' victory, Jesus' victory and Adam and Eve's victory. Now Father is holding out the realm of Jesus' victory and giving it to you in Tribal Messiahship. That means you are in that
role. In that position, you include the perfection of Adam and Eve. Therefore you can be a messiah; you can go out and save others. You have that power as a blessed couple; you have the power to bring them salvation."

"Jesus could not have the blessing; there was no Marriage of the Lamb. However, you are blessed, so you are in a higher and greater position than Jesus. Within you, since you are blessed, you have Adam and Eve, already perfected, at the particular level of perfection.
Therefore, you are superior to Jesus' role 2,000 years ago."

Again I would like to remind us that if we are in such a high and important position then our way of relationg with one another should also represent such a standard as it would be appropriate.

"What is first and most important is the tribal messiah's mission of restoring your ancestors. Without the restoration of your ancestors, you are all by yourself; you have no foundation for your family. The family foundation is lost. The family is the center, the base. On top
of that there is the tribe and on top of that is the nation. You are first of all restored into the family messiah, to recreate the family, which Father said is the most important level. The tribal messiah first restores the parents. From the family foundation, you connect
the tribe. Once you complete the tribal messiah mission, then you can go to the level of nation messiah and world messiah."

Soon it will be exactly 12 years that Father told us to fulfill tribal messiahship and then to move on to national and world messiahship. Personally I think that it is important to have this higher level of messiahship in mind while working on the national level. That will
lead to our much more being concerned about each other who represent as a whole the worldwide level.

"So what is the first mission of the tribal messiah? [Restoration of ancestors.] Second? [Restoration of hometown.] You must restore the rights over everything that is connected to
your parents. This means the lineage, ownership and heart. So, there are three areas. The restoration of lineage is first. The second is restoration of ownership, property. The third mission of the tribal messiah is to let God dwell with human beings. This is shimjung - heartistic restoration."

My dear brothers and sisters, heartistic restoration is our clear task and therefore we are called to concentrate on this most important level in our daily dedication to the mission.
This should also bear substantial fruits in our NM community while we are fulfilling shimjung restoration, really deepening relationships of heart, connecting closely with one another. For this purpose we need to express ourselves so that others can know us well and from such a viewpoint it is inevitable that we speak
a lot about internal aspects of our life, more than about practical ones.

"Try to come back to the family. At least 160 families should be living closely together. Jacob had 12 children. Moses had 72 elders under him. Jesus had 120 disciples under him. Those were their families, their one clan, one tribe. The Lord of the Second Advent has 160 families, the earthly number. When you have 160 families come under your tribe, registered in your book, you can say you have completed Tribal Messiahship. You cannot enter heaven alone, no matter how great you are, without the recognition of those 160 families."

Here is one very important quotation which is indeed crucial that we fullfill it as a family: "As Abel, you are to love your enemy as you love yourself. You must love Cain before you love your own children. Otherwise, Cain will become jealous and try to kill your children. That's exactly what happened in the Garden of Eden. This is why God said to love your enemy. This is not just a simple word; this is a message that has to be lived."

Can each one of us say with conviction that we are lving our Cain children more than our own children? Is this true for everyone in our NM community?

"True love gives out, creating a low pressure system. Does high pressure go into low pressure, or low pressure go into high pressure? [High pressure to low.] High pressure to low. This cures everything, creating true ownership."

It is an enlightening statement that we have to give and give love in order to create such a strong low pressure which will finally cure everything. Are we all busy with creating such low pressure 'spheres' for the sake of healing the hearts of people? My addressing you so intensively on this list is my contribution at this time for this very purpose.

"To summarize, tribal messiahship, first of all, is restoration of ancestors; second, restoration of hometown. Since you are restoring Adam and Eve, Adam and Eve's surroundings, the town, will be restored also. That is the hometown mission, the second mission of the tribal messiah. Everything which is connected to your own father and mother, their heartistic attachments, whatever that is, it will be restored and transferred to the heavenly side. What about the third mission of tribal messiahship? The third is to attend and live with God. God has to come down, and the dwelling of God is to be with you and your family. That is the Kingdom of Heaven. Thus, Adam and Eve's family and your hometown have the same value. God's dwelling place is the hometown of Adam's family. That place is God's dwelling place, all the time."

Isn't it a holy mission to bring the dwelling of God down on this earth as it has been prophesized in the Bible for the end of the world. We are now fulfilling the hopes of our ancestors and show to this world that the Parent of Mankind is real, living with us day by day.

"Your hometown will no longer be in the satanic realm. It will be a town where God can come freely, all the time. The dwelling of God will be with you, in your home and your hometown. If you fail tribal messiahship, then you cannot attain the restoration of your ancestors, you cannot restore your hometown, and you cannot have God with you. So is tribal messiahship an absolute mission or a mediocre mission? [Absolute.] It is the same thing with Father. Throughout his entire life, Father's been going this way."

Do we think the same about our mission as National Messiahs? Can we feel down to our bones the importance of our God-given task?

"You are worrying about mundane things, such as which school your children go to, or going out and earning a living and so forth and so on.You have excuses. But compare these things to the dimension of tribal messiahship. Which one should come first? [Tribal messiahship.]
If your husband doesn't want to go, what should you do?"

When we should not have any worldly concerns stopping us to do tribal restoration how much more should we be able to go beyond them in our responsibility as National Messiahs?

"I'm not trying to push you to work; I'm not trying to kick you out to work harder. I'm not planning any strategy for you. This the truth I am giving you; it's up to you to fulfill it."

What I am doing here is only to remind you of such core statements of our True Parents concerning our mission because it is obvious that we are lacking in our attitude in one or the other point.

"When you go to your hometown, you should exceed the record of serving set by your good ancestors, because you are the first tribal messiah for your hometown. You must set the standard. Your ancestors were until now on Satan's side. We belong to God's side; you are the number one champion of God's side. So, we have to do tribal messiah, saving your hometown, your ancestors and God. If you do that, you are a tribal messiah."

We are definitely standard setters for our nations and therefore it is so important that we check ourselves thoroughly to see if there is one or the other aspect in which we are not corresponding to the standard which our True Parents expect of us. For such a reason I am offering you excerpts of Father's speech which may be helpful for having a close look at our mindsets and attitudes concerning our common NM mission.

I am humbly offering them to you in my desire to serve you and with such a heart

I remain sincerely yours,