"Master Speaks"

"Questions and Answers to Reverend Sun Myung Moon"

Chapter 1

The Master Speaks On The Lord Of The Second Advent

These questions and answers have been transcribed from tapes

made during our Leader's sessions with members and guests at

Centers throughout the United States during his trip in

March & April 1965.

Question: What makes Mr. Moon think he is the Messiah?

Answer: Study the Principle and you will know.

Question: Was there some specific point in your life when you realized that you were the one God had been seeking to fulfill the restoration?

Answer: From childhood, I was clairvoyant and clairaudient. I could see through people, see their spirits. I had a very strong desire to live a high life, a life of high dimension. When I was 12 years old, I started praying for extraordinary things. I asked for wisdom greater than Solomon's, for faith greater than the Apostle Paul's, and for love greater than the love Jesus had. This is not a usual thing for one 12 years old. When I was 16, I knew definitely what my mission was to be. My thinking and feeling have always been very different from others.

[Miss Kim: When a child is born in Korea, he is considered a year old at birth. His birthday is January 6, 1920, according to the lunar calendar. My book was wrong. I said he was 17 years old when Jesus appeared to him, but I was depending upon my memory. He says he was 16. That is 15 by your method of counting ago.]

I have also had numerous witnesses to my life. Many people told me who I was.

Question: Where do the qualifications for the Messiah come from? Many people have asked this question, and I don't know the answer.

Answer: You should not let them ask questions before they study the whole Principle thoroughly. In their understanding of the truth, you

must build logically to the conclusion. If this Principle is Truth, then the conclusion must be true. You must convince them with the Truth first. They should be convinced to follow this truth, even without our Master. The Truth is so real and true, that it can be followed even without or apart from him. The qualifications alone will not persuade them to accept him. They have to accept the Truth, the Divine Principle, first. That is why Jesus did not reveal his identity. He told the disciples not to tell people who he was.

Leader's Question: What kind of Messiah are they expecting? What are the qualifications they expect?

Question: Did I understand you correctly? Did you say that if they believe in Principle they don't have to believe in the Messiah?

Answer: No, I meant you should teach them the truth thoroughly, and they should follow the Principle by all means, even though there were no person behind it. They should find the conclusion, the being of the Messiah, by themselves through the Principle. They should find his mission or his personality through their understanding of the truth.

The mission of the Messiah is not healing or performing miracles. A medium in Korea said this, "The mission of the Lord of the Second Advent is to bring the Truth, the words of God." So if this Principle is Truth and from God, then the one who brought this message is to be the one. The most important thing God wants me to do is to resurrect, re-create or reform the hearts of the people, and make them heavenly people. I came to bring about reformation of the heart. With the Principle or by the Principle, my mission is to make new hearts, new persons. Then to make them free from the accusation of satan. Satan constantly accuses people before God. My mission is to change the hearts of the people so that Satan has no one whom he can accuse before God. Although Moses and Jesus performed miracles, they could not change the hearts of the people and make them free from Satan's accusation.

Question: All great religious leaders have represented different aspects of God, such as wisdom, or love, or a combination of these, like faith and love, or power and truth Jesus seemed to represent to his followers and to Christians today, love and truth. Jesus failed in his mission. The method he used to open God's dispensation was not successful. Therefore, will the Second Advent be more related to, say wisdom and power?

Answer: Yes, the Lord of the Second Advent is different in many ways.

When Christians speak of love and truth in the New Testament, what they mean is very abstract. In the Lord of the Second Advent, these words are no longer abstract. How love and truth are related is important. It must become a reality, a substantial reality. In the Lord of the Second Advent, this is fulfilled. Therefore, he is more powerful and more wise. In him, those things are no longer abstract. They are reality. Therefore, it is very different from Jesus. When you read the Bible, it appears as if Jesus knew everything. But he didn't. He did not know how the fall of man took place as clearly as we do. He did not comprehend the history of restoration. The Lord to Come is the King of Wisdom and the Prince of Love.

Question: Does Jesus understand now?

Answer: Of course, Jesus stands in the position of a son to the Lord of the Second Advent, and calls him 'Father'. Jesus ranks among us as our elder brother. Those who receive revelations in prayer call him 'Brother'. Until the Lord of the Second Advent discovered the secret identity of Satan, those in Paradise did not know. That is why they called him 'thief' when he revealed the crime before the throne of God. They felt he was stealing the field.

Question: Was there a physical lineage in the Second Advent?

Answer: Miss Kim: He hints that there is some link between the Jewish people and the Korean people, but he will not say more. We have many customs and traditions which are very like Jewish customs. There is a saying that Korea is the Israel of the East.

Question: What are the ramifications or implications of the lineage in the Second Advent?

Answer: Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist. In so doing, he received the entire inheritance from John who was the representative of the Old Testament dispensation. John didn't realize this, but Jesus had to come under John and be baptized by him. In that way, he received the inheritance of Christianity. The world doesn't know this.

To have this inheritance, you must win out over the old. The Lord of the Second Advent subjected himself to one who represented Christianity, and served him, thus taking the blessing away. This person represented the entire New Testament dispensation. The Master served him, but the man wasn't aware of it.

Question: As I understand it, our Leader discovered the secret crime of Satan, and stood before God accusing Satan. Would he elaborate on this?

Answer: Although I will explain this to you, you may not understand fully unless you yourself have had a spiritual experience. To find the highest truth, you must have the most even conscience. This is an oriental expression. You would say 'clear' conscience, but our term is 'even' conscience, meaning not biased or prejudiced. This is a horizontal level. Then the heart of God or the Spirit of God will work in a vertical way, and a 90 degree angle is made. If the conscience is not even, the angle formed is not 90 degrees, and you will receive the wrong message or revelation. If the 90 degree angle is maintained, when you face a problem you immediately know whether it is good or bad. The reflection is very accurate. When you meet people and hear them talk, you know immediately which is wrong and which is right. This is very important to receive anything. Then suppose you want to know about the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. What is it? Up to a certain level, spirits can tell you what it is. But for the highest truth, spirits cannot help you. They will not tell you because they don't know. And God will not tell you outright. Therefore you have to search, to find out by yourself. So, from this 90 degree position, you may ask God, "Is this tree of the knowledge of good and evil a real tree?" You immediately know that is not right. It is something else. You continuously inquire and eventually find out what it is. Then, quite naturally, you will know that the tree has something to do with staining our blood. In other words, when you become one with God, you can know the answers. You will guess answers to your questions and bring them to God, saying, "Is it this?" When it is cor