The way to restore the sins of ancestors

Resurrection

The way to restore the sins of ancestors through indemnification

We’re talking about the sins of ancestors here. The sins of ancestors can be categorized through the order of which they fell, and that became our ancestors debt.

What does it mean by dept of ancestors? Father said there are three different types of debts according to the order of the Fall.

The first is the debt of shimjeong, ie, the sin of shimjeong. This come from the spiritual fall. The spiritual fall is where the first love of Eve was taken. Love is the problem in the end. In our human society, many conflicts are aroused due to the complication with love.

Second, we find the debt of physical body. This comes from the physical fall. Approximately 80 percent as to why our physical bodies weakens, becomes deceased, and experience suffering is due to our ancestors having done physical harm to others or having committed sins of that nature. Father sais that physical suffering is a phenomena resulting from that.

Third is the failure to have dominion over all things. It means that we human beings have debts owed to all things. That is why we suffer from financial difficulties.

Because Adam and Eve became husband and wife through the illicit love, which God did not allow in any way, they have failed to fulfill the blessing of having dominion over all things after perfecting themselves. As a result they ended up to use all things through stealing them. That why in the book of Rome 8: 22, all things groan in pain.

Human beings had to go through much suffering because they failed to pay the indemnity for these three debts. God wants to have these three things and Satan also wants to have these three things. We human beings have also considered these three things as important.

Then how can we pay the indemnification for the sins of our ancestors? Since the fall happened in this order ③ ② ①, the restoration must take the opposite course like this ① ② ③. ① is material restoration, ② witnessing, and ③ is blessing.

We must restore the economic first; that is the reason we tithe. Economic restoration means that, just as God first created all things and the environment in which Adam and Eve could live in abundance, we must first restore all things that Satan has stolen and create the environment in which we can re-create ourselves.

Next comes the witnessing of fallen humans since we lost our physical bodies due to the physical fall.

Third is the problem of love. If we are to fundamentally eradicate original sin and restore our lineage to that of God, we must receive the blessing. We personally have to receive and we must lead other people to receive the blessing as well. Father told us, “I must bless the whole 7 billion people in the world before I go to the spirit world, only then, we must sever the lineage of Satan and be restored to the lineage of God, and only then the Ideal World can be established.

Two people will have difficulties in their relationship if these ①②③ becomes their problems. If my ancestors brought harm to this person’s ancestors in the form of love, health, or economy, then my ancestors become the perpetrator and the other person’s ancestors become the victim. Therefore the descendants of this victimized ancestors keep harassing me with these problems. Then we will feel that this person is our enemy.

However, Father said such person is not our enemy but our teacher. Because we were oblivious to the sins of our ancestors but thank to this person, we can now realize, “Oh, my ancestors had committed sins to your ancestors”. That is why we must love our enemy. If you simply avoid your enemy and leave them, your ancestors sins will not be indemnified. If you don’t make the indemnification, your descendants will have to make the payment. That is the reason we must be good to those who arm us. We should treat our enemies better than we treat those who are good to us.

For example when a beggar comes knocking on your door, asking for some food, you must not turn them away empty handed. Why did the beggar come to you? Father told us that it is because one of my ancestors was a beggar and one of this beggar’s ancestors gave food to our begging ancestor when the position was other way around.

When Buddhist monks come knocking at the door, Christians close their doors, but we offer them food. Giving something means that we are paying for the debts of our ancestors. That is the way we see it. Father once told us that the debts of our ancestors’ desires must materialize in this physical world. Therefore, there is a reason behind meeting good people and there is also a reason behind meeting bad people who do bad things to us because these people come to us so we that can receive salvation trough love, if we do not treat with the utmost sincerity of heart, the resolved dept will become our descendants’ burden. That is Karma; what comes around goes around.

So when you come across an enemy, you should not hate the person who has done bad things to you, but rather think that you are making indemnification for the sin of your ancestors. Even in the same brothers, the ancestors at work are different. Also, if you resemble your father, then you are affected by the ancestors of your father, whereas if you resemble your mother, you are under the influence of your mother’s ancestors.

However, we must endure the difficulties until our ancestors are finished being accused. We must endure it throughout our lives. We can’t blame others for that. Then, only when we continuously offer Jeongseong, we will receive God’s pity, and the pity of the victimized ancestors.

This is possible because we know the Principle of restoration. The meeting between the human beings that are the fruits of the fall are actually all meant to be the meeting between enemies. Adam, Eve and the archangel were supposed to build a relationship of love and kindness, but they become enemies because of the fall. God’s providence however is to return this relationship back to that of loving the enemies.

Blessed families are also union of enemies. That is because the new history can only down when the enemies come together and resolve their hatred through the relationship of love, called the blessing.

If my enemy’s heart is moved and if he is brought to natural subjugation, his ancestors will no longer hold their grudges against my ancestors. This is the question we must ask ourselves in our everyday lives. If we consider that the difficulties coming our way is the word of God to help resolve ancestor’s sins, our path of faith become lot easier

Resurrection of evil spirits

Resurrection of evil spirits means the resurrection of the spirits in hell. It was difficult for me to understand as well, even after reading divine Principle many times over. I can however explain it, as I understood it from listening to Father’s words.

Father said that the people who succeed in this world have good ancestors. That is because the ancestors cooperate with their descendants. Father told us that we absolutely need the cooperation from the spirit world if we are to achieve great success in this world.

It is hard for us to take ownership of something only with our physical body and head. We need the spirit world cooperation.

There are people around who fall into more difficulties without any particular reason. Such things happen to these people because their ancestors do not have a lot of good deeds under their belt. They did several bad things and many of them are murderers, robbers, or other criminals.

Some of these bad ancestors even went to the spirit world without receiving punishment for their crimes. However, such ancestors don’t have a way to make the necessary payment since they no longer have their physical bodies. That is why they need the physical bodies of their descendants. That is also the reason their descendants unconsciously commit the same crimes that their ancestors has committed.

Then what happens? Such people (the descendants) will go to jail when their crime are revealed. Father said, “If a person receive 20 years for his crime, he should not blame someone for it or try to avoid the sentencing but rather receive it gracefully.”

Father taught us to think that way. If our ancestors force us to commit sins, and if we repent after receiving the punishment, he will be forgiven and his ancestors will be forgiven together.

Bad ancestors don’t know how to do good deeds. Since bad ancestors go to the spirit world after only doing bad things while on Earth, they make their descendants repeat their crimes, lead them to be punished, and have their sins forgiven together with the sins of their descendants. This what ‘s important in the resurrection of bad spirits.

As such, evil spirits in the spirit world are eager to use the people on earth to do their bidding. That is because they are trying to relieve their sorrowful heart and make atonement for their sins.

Joy of life centering on the principle of resurrection

How does Father, who know the principle of Resurrection live? Father told us “I always think of two things when I meet someone.”

One thing is, as we have mentioned earlier, since people are born of one sungsang out of God’s twelve sungsangs, Father treats whoever he meets with the sense that they are precious people, whether they be children or elderly folks.

It’s hard for us to get closer to Father. Father said that he treats anyone he meets with a humble heart and thinks “God wants me to learn his certain sungsang!” Then his heart become so joyful. Father said that it is just like the first day of school, ready to learn new things. Father enjoys meeting people because there are always new things to learn. He never get bored or tired.

Father loves Mother in ways that change over time. Father sees Mother in the morning and feels the beauty of spring, the beauty of passionate summer in the day, the beauty of refreshing breeze in the autumn in the afternoon, and coziness of winter in the night. So he never get tired of his love for Mother.

Father once told us: we should not think our spouse is ugly, but look at it as their uniqueness. In Japan, people says that when people are in love, even the ugly feature look pretty. If your spouse’s nose isn’t placed straight or small, look at it carefully. Then you will later think that your wife has a unique face and she will look pretty if you keep thinking that she is pretty. We must eternally own and become joyful of the uniqueness of our spouse. Father lives such a life and he never becomes bored of life.

The second thing Father thinks about whenever he meets someone is “How will I make this person happy?” He said that he realizes that method if he keeps thinking about it. “Omnipotent and omniscient God” means “The love of God.” Since God is our parents, he said that he is bestowed with the knowledge and ability to make people happy. Therefore, God’s omnipotence and omniscience means His love.

So when we deal with people, the sheer facts of thinking “How will I make this person happy?” bring a great joy. When we experience the happiness of others, then their happiness can become our happiness and their joy can become our joy. Father told us that there is nobody more pathetic than those who thinks “How will I use this person?” Father said that we should therefore only think about how we will make people happy. All that effort will ultimately return to us.

When we make other people happy, not only do those people become happy but we can become happy ourselves. Rather, we gain even greater happiness. When we live in such way, would there be people to hate, people you don’t like or people you think are bad? That’s Father’s perspective on life. Father live like that and that is why his days are always filled with joy. He is excited to see everyone he sees. Let us live like that as well.